4
PUT'S BE
STIRRBD BY NEGRO
Objects to Way Head
of Delegation Talked
to Him on Capitol
Segregation
AND REFUSES TO
DISCUSS MATTER
Executive Claimed That Trotter, Spokes
man for the Negroes, Was Losing
Control of His Temper, and Then
Declined to Hear Further Argument
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. I'.'.—President
Wilson to-day, while receiving a dele
gation of negroes who came to the'
W'hite House to protest against segre
gating the races in government depart
ments. objected to the tone adopted 'bv
their spokesman, W. ftl. Trotter, of
IBoston and told the committee that if
it tailed on him again it would have to
got a new chairman. The President
added he had not been addressed in such
a manner since he entered the White
House.
The -delegation charged that Secre
tary McAdoo and Comptroller Williims
in the Treasury and Postmaster Ven
ereal Burleson had enforced segregation
rules in their offices. President Wilson
replied toe had investigated the question
and had focen assured there had been
no disintegration in tlhe comforts aud
surroundings given to the negroes.
Segregation to Avoid Friction
He added he had been informed 'by
officials that the segregation had "been
started to avoid friction between the
races and not with tlhe object of injur
ing the negroes. The President said he
•was deeply interested in the nsgto race
and greatly admired its progress. He
declared the thing to I>e sought bv the
negro people was complete independence
of white people, and that he felt the
white race was willing to do everything
]K>ssiible to assist them.
Trotter and other members at once
took issue with the President, declaring
the negro people did not seek charity
or assistance'but that they took position
that the negroes had equal rights with
whites and that those rights should be i
respected. Thev denied there bad been |
any friction between the two races be
fore segregation was begun.
President Quits Argument
t President Wilson listened to what
they had to say and then told the dele
Ration t'hat Trotter was losing control
of his temper and that he (the Presi
dent) would not discuss the matter
with him.
\ After leaving the President's pri
vate office. Trotter, 'Maurice V. Spencer
und others of the delegation declared
their talk had been " thoroughly dis
appointing.'' They declared they would
'hold a mass-meeting in Washington on
Sunday to discuss the question.
'Mr. Wilson is understood to have
told t'he committee the question was
not a political one and he would not
take it up on .political grounds.
The delegation presented a resolution
of the Massachusetts Legislature and
letters from several Massachusetts Dem
ocratic members of Congress protesting
i.gainst race segregation in t'he govern
ment departments.
COURT HOUSE.
VERDICTS IX TAX CASES
Taken In Court by a Special Jury This
Morning
A special jury selected 'by the Court
this morning rendered verdicts in thir
teen State tax cases in whieh settle
ments had been reached by tlhe attor
neys representing the defendant cor
porations and the Attorney General's
department. In nine of the cases the
verdicts were in favor of the defendant,
it being admitted by tfbe Common
wealth's officers that the State is not
warranted in pressing its tax claims.
Two .verdicts were found against the
Quigg Company, one for $39.21 and
another for $36.06; one against the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufactur
ing Company for $-,041.03 and another
against the Ijjko Shore and Michigan
Southern railway, $7,600. Argument
was presented on the appeal l'rom the
iax settlement made by the Auditor
General against the Luzerne County
■Limestone Company.-^
The principals admitted that if any
money is due the State from the lime
stone company for taxes it is $304.70.
' However tho defendants raised the
point that it is not liable, 'basing the
claim on the question of whether or not
crusihing limestone is manufacturing.
Treasury Report Complete
Clarence E. Weber, one of the clerks
in the City Treasury, to-day completed
his re ort on the October business at
the treasury.- The receipts during the
month were $1 51,886.72; expenditures,
$1 13,739.01, leaving a 'balance of
$804,129.30. Tile receipts were boost
ed by reason of the sale of $132,000
worth of improvement bonds.
VSypointed Guardian
The Rev. leather John C. Thompson,
rector of St. James' Catholic church,
>teeltou, this morning was appointed
'guardian for Paul Kirov, a minor, who
is heir to a $1,600 estate left 'by his
father, the late James Kirby.
STOVE AM) TROUSERS STOLEN
Alleged Thieves Take Articles That
Are Necessary at This Time
Among the things stolen for which
arrests were made last night-by the
police are a stove and pair of trousers.
Nathan Branch has been arrested on
information of Frank Cohen, of 607
•State street, charging the theft of a
stove from in front of the latter's
store, and James Edwards lias been ar
rested for the larceny of a pair of
pants from in front of the store of I.
■ L. Shandler, 139 South street.
The defendants were given a hear
' ing before Mayor Royal this after
noon.
HINTING NOW AT
HIGHER TAK RATE
I'onttniird From First Pace.
ceed the appropriations, so arrange- ;
ments were made to use the excess in
satisfying deficiencies which had been
accruing for upwards of ten years and
also in providing for the payment of
the assessments incident to the paving
of the westside of North Front street.
City Lacks Beady Money
The property owners on the east side
of the street paid for the east side
paving and the court has been asked
to determine whether the city or the
owners of the unimproved property on
i the west side are lialble. City officials
are of the opinion that the city will
be compelled to foot the bill.
At any rate all of the revenues ap
propriated were expended during the
1 nine-month period and the same
i amount must necessarily take care of
! the coming full year, unless the mill
age is boosted. When the framers of
the Clark commission form of govern
ment bill decided to change the begin
ning of the fiscal year in cities of the
third class from April 1 to January 1,
they also extended the time for begin
ning the collection of city taxes from
July 1 to August 1. That circum
stance leiKes Harrisburg with very lit
tle ready money—so to speak, with
which to carry on its affairs until
August 1, and even a boost in the tax
rate would not remedy conditions be
fore August.
There is the possibility of the city
doing some temporary borrowing. t al
though the commissioners yet hope
they will not be compelled to resort
to that method of raising funds.
Mayor Royal to day said it will be
impossible to do much salary-boosting
or to increase to any great extent the
city's fixed expenses, although he add
ed that he will in all probability ask
for five additional patrolmen and an
increase in the salary of Chief of Po
lice Hutchison who now receives $1,500
a year.
Wants More Motor Fire Apparatus
Since the Friendship Steam Fire En
gine Company has been given one of
the two motor combination chemical
and hose wagons, purchased lust sum
mer, that company has found no use
for two of its five horses. Commission
er M. Harvey Taylor now plans to get
two or more tractors to be placed on
fire apparatus—one on the Friendship
steamer and the other on the Mt. Ver
non hook and ladder truck. Should he
carry out that plan the Friendship will
have no need for horses.
Mr. Taylor has prepared further ten
tative plans under which he proposes
tearing out the horse stalls in the
j Friendship fire house, and converting
the basement of that fire house into a
storage room for gasoline, oils anil oth
er necessaries which now are bought in
small quantities for use by the city.
It is his plan to put meters on the
oil and gasoline tanks so that all de
partments may be served from tha
Friendship storage place anil the prop
er charge made to each. Besides the
two tractors he proposes buying, Mr.
Taylor also may try to get one or more
combination wagons next vear.
The street sweepers purchased for
the Highway Department last summer.
Commissioner Lynch said, now are
working satisfactorily aud with a sav
ing to the city, and he plans to buy
one or two more in the early spring of
1915. Unless he decides to purchase
two more. Mr. Lynch said, lie may get
apparatus for flushing the streets.
QUARANTINE WORKING WELL
Stste Authorities Establish Two Addi
tional Branch Offices in East
ern Part of State
Tho State-wide quarantine order is
sued by the State Live Stock Sanitary
Board yesterday against the import or j
export of cattle in Pennsylvania super- I
sedes the one of November 5 placing!
ten counties under quarantine.
New cases were reported since the
order was sent out in Cumberland,
•Chester, Montour and Lancaster coun
ties. Dr. Munce, assistant to Dr. Mar
shall, head of the Board, said to-day |
matters are progressing very well and ;
the situatun is well in hand. Those
who are charged with the responsibility
of investigation and enforcement of the
quarantine la.w have Ibeen very active,
he said. ' t
No new cases were reported to-day,
but there are a number of suspects un
der surveillance. The Board has estab
listed branch offices in West Chester |
and Norristown, which -will act in co-!
operatin with tli main office in Har-!
risburg and the branch offices in
Philadelphia. Pittsburgh and Lancaster
established previously.
THANKFUL FOR DONATIONS
Home of Friendless Thanks Donors lor
Many Useful Gifts
These donations were thankfully re
ceived at the Home of the Friendless:
One bushel of crabapples and 2
pumpkins, J. O. Radle; 7 baskets of
peaches, 10 watermelons, 60 gallons of
cider and 6 bushels of apples. Mrs. E.
C. Kunkel: 1 basket of peaches, Mrs.
Weills; 2 baskets of peaches, Mrs.
Philip Hummel; tickets for a festival,
Second department of Sunday school
of Augsburg Lutheran church; a large
basket of apples, 2 baskets of peaches,
Miss Jennie Dull; 1 barrel of apples,
Mrs. Condo, ftoalcsburg. Centre county;
8 bushels of apples, Mrs. John C. Kun
kel: 1 barrel of crabapples and 1 bush
el of tomatoes. Mr. Zieglcr, of Wing
gate, Centre county; 1 porch chair, a
friend; 1 bushel of potatoes, Mr. Hass
ler.
Suggest Federal Control of Mines
11/ i Associated Press.
Philadelphia, .Nov. 12. —A resolution
was presented at today's convention
of the American Federation of Jjibor
urging President Wilson to insist that
the Colorado mine owners accept the
federal plan for peace ami if they fail
to comply that the President take steps
to have the coal mines operated under
government supervision.
The Evacuation of Vera Cruz
Washington, Nov. 12.—The Ameri
can evacuation of Vera Cruz can be ac
complished within 48 hours after Presi
dent Wilson gives the order. Every
thing was in readiness to- lay for bring
ing Brigadier General Funston's 7,000
troojers and 2.500 marines back from
their six months' stay in the Mexican
seaport.
Printing at Star-Independent.
FIARRISBITRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1914.
mi RESCUED
AFTER 12 HOURS
Were Imprisoned Be
hind Fall of Coal in
Colliery Since Mon
day Morning
ROBBING PILLARS
WHEN ENTRAPPED
Hundreds of People Stood Around In
Suspense, Not Knowing Fate of
Imprisoned Men Until Their Deliv
ery to Freedom Tbis Morning
!>'.(/ Associated Press.
Potbsviile, Nov. 12. —John Evans
and William Schreiner, coal miners,
who had been imprisoned for four days
behind a hu<je fall of 'coal in a mine
in which they were working, were res
cued alive tbis morning. The men were
engaged in robbing mine pillars when
the accident occurred. They were tear
ing down the inner pillar of a breast
when the whole structure collapsed
placing between them and daylight a
vast wall of coal, rock and debris.
.Rescuers felt sure the men could get
enough air to keep them alive for
days autl working in a limited space,
forces of miners dug desperately in
an effort to reach their imprisoned
comrades, the work never halting for
a minute.
Great Excitement During Rescue
While the rescuers worked the
greatest excitement prevailed at the
mine opening. Hundreds of people, in
cluding the despairing families of the
two men stood arqrund in suspense,
hoping against hope ami there was lit
tle sleep in the two mining villages in
which they lived while the fate of the
miners hung in the balance.
• The men were l'ouud huddled to" 5
gether in a blind heading when the
rescuers broke through the mass of
coal, debris and then a great cheer re
sounded through the workings. They
were without food and water for three
days but were in good condition and
able to walk.
Miners Walked Into House
They were forced into the ambu
lance against their wishes and taken
home but walked into the house. Nour
ishment was provided and they soon
fell into a sound sleep. They said they
! chewed their boots and flannel shirts
to st'ive off the pangs of hunger and
thirst and were able to keep track of
! the time by removing the crystals
from their watches. They rapped con
tinually l/ut no sound was heard by
the rescuers.
Schreiner's— wife was at the mine
and spurred the rescuers on with her
j lirm belief that licr husband would he
: able to find a place of safety and
j would be found alive. Both are mar
| and have two children.
KUNKELTHANKSTHEVOTERS
Issues Letter Expressing Appreciation
of Confidence in Him Shown
Throughout the State
Judge (ieorge Runkel, cauiiidatc for
Justice of tho State Supreme Court, to-
day sent out a letter addressed to the
electors of the State in which he ex
pressed his appreciation of the support
given hipi at the polls last week. The
letter follows:
"To My Fellow Citizens: —1 take
this method of returning to you my sin
cere thanks for the loyai and generous
support you gave my candidacy for
Judge of tile Supreme Court at the re
cent election. The vote which. I re
ceived, and which was due to your dis
interested efforts, will always be to nie
a mark of your confidence and esteem.
With sincere appreciation, I remain,
'' Respectfully yours.
"George Kunkel."
The Judge polled a handsome vote
in this, his home county. The total was
21,459. It is the largest vote ever giv
en any candidate in Dauphin county
and is regarded by Judge Kunkel's
friends as a silent indication of the con
fidence of the electors.
TO DISCUSS 8-YEAR COURSE
Some Members of Committee Oppose
Adoption of Downes' Plan Now
The Teachers' committee of the Har
risburg School Board will meet in spe
cial session to-night to discuss three
important subjects, the first being the
establishment of an 8-year elementary
course in the grades instead of 9, as
at present.
Members of the Board are not a unit
on tho contemplated change, as some
are of the opinion that it would be
premature to establish this system now,
when graduations to tho high school
would I)t- mal> 100 fast for cramped
accommodations in the present building.
Opposition members, it is said, are in
favor ot postponing action on this rec
ommendation, which was made by City
Superintendent Downes, untiJ* such
time as a new Central High school is
assured.
A request tor the establishment of
a night school, where teachers could
prepare for State examinations, will
also be taken up, as will the plan to
■place a public school teacher in the
Ghildrens' Industrial Home at Nine
teenth and Swatara streets. Members
of the board of managers of the home
have been invited to meet the commit
tee this evening.
Initiate New Members
Phoenix Lodge, No. 69, Knights of
Pythias, will initiato several candidates
this evening at their hall, 311 Broad
street. A large attendance is antici
pated.
Foot and Mouth Disease at Baltimore
Hjj Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 12.—Foot and
mouth disease in the Baltimore stock
yards was reported to-day to the De-
I partment of Agriculture.
UNTIDY TEACHERS SCORED
DY INSTITUTE SPEAKER
Professor Albert Says the Influence on
Pupils of Their Appearance Offsets
Any Good They May Accomplish—
Enthusiasm For Organization
Professor Albert in an address on
"The Working Factors in a School,'
which he gave this morning before the
Dauphin County Teachers' institute,
whieh is meeting in the House of Rep
resentatives, said that no teacher who
does not appear in the school room in
clean clothes and with clean face and
hands and who does not dress neatly
and with good taste should bo allowed
to teach school. The had influence
such a teacher would have on the
pupils would counteract any good he
or she would be able to accomplish.
He also said that children have a
perfect right to ask as many questions
of the teacher as they wish and that it
is the duty of the teacher, if not able
to answer any of them, to tell the
pupil that she does not know but will
find out. Much harm is done by
"beating around the bush about it,"
he said. t
Dr. Barbour changed the subject of
his talk at the last minute. He was
scheduled to speak on "Webster's Re
ply to Hayne," but said that he had
received an inspiration and would talk
on "Public Schools and the State."
He declared that morality should be
taught in the schools. It is a duty to
teach the children that there is a God
that governs nations. If this were
taught, he said, it would make the
study of many subjects • such as his
tory, much easier.
Miss Margaret M. Sullivan, a local
teacher, gave a talk on the importance
of organization of the teachers. She
became very , enthusiastic and offered
to visit any districts where she was
wanted and to help organize the teach
ers of that locality.
Miss Johnson discussed "The Teach
er as a Student," showing how the
teacher has much to learn by observa
tion in order to become a capable aud
all around good teacher.
Professor Shambaugh, superintend
ent of tiie Dauphin county schools,
gave a short talk regarding the bene
fit the teachers would receive by or
ganizing, and saying that be hoped
that every teacher in Uanp'nin county
would join the educational association.
The Rev. S. W. Herman, pastor of
Zion Lutheran church, conducted the
devotional exercises this morning.
The program for the afternoon ses
sion was as follows: Music, conducted
by Professor Harclerode; chorus of the
pupils of the eighth grades in tho
Steelton schools; a talk on "The Reci
tation—lts Threefold Aspect," by
Professor Albert. Professor Mails
spoke on "Soil Studies," and Dr.
Barbour on "The Structure of Dram
atic Literature.''
The teachers appear to be taking
more interest in institute this year
than at any previous time. Most of
them have expressed a desire to be
come members of the Pennsylvania
State Kducatioanl Association as soon
as possible.
A lecture was given in the House
of Representatives last night on "Life
Dreams," by Dr. A. B. Van Ormer. To
night a concert will be given by the
Clara Wallace Concert Company.
To-morrow morning, after the reg
ular addresses the various committees
will report, the auditors for the com
ing year will be elected and the meet
ing will then be adjourned.
NINE PROPERTIES IN DEAL
F. B. Aldingor Turns Over Real Es
tate Valued at s».">,OtM> for
N. K. Oyster Plot
An important real estate deal was
I'onsumatod yesterday when eight prop
erties valued at $95,000 were turned
over to the interests holding the N. K.
Oyster property, Walnut and River
streets, by F. B. Aldinger, proprietor of
the Plaza Hotel, Market street and the
Pennsylvania Station entrance. The
Aldine hotel building at 435 Market
street figured in the transaction.
The Oyster property fronts fifty
feet on Walnut street, 210 feet on
River street and 80 feet on Strawber
ry street. It is now occupied by the
City Auto Garage, the Remington Type
writer Company and the Ilarrisburg
Light & Power Company. According
to a statement made bv Mr. Aldinger
last night the present leases wiil be
permitted to expire. The greater part
of the Oyster property was obtained
from John O. Wentzell.
The various properties to be trans
ferred by Mr. Aldinger are: Aldine Ho
tel, 435 Market street; Shellsville Ho
tel. Shellsvilie; Cook property, 140 by
100, in Maclav street, between Green
and Susquehanna streets; Bayles prop
erty, Sixteenth and Market streets;
two properties in Market street, Mil
lersburg; two properties at 2442-44
Swatara street aud property at 1643
Logan street.
PADDLE FOR RECAU'iTRAXTS
Chief of Police Hutchison Suggests
What to Do With Runaways
A regular paddle to be wielded by a
healthy copper, to take the place of a
house of detention, may be added to
the equipment at police headquarters,
so Chief of Police Hutchison spoke
this morning, when sorrowfullv con
templating three runaways who must
be kept at police headquarters because
there is no place to send them. They
swarm over the. desks, get iir-the way
of the policemen and cause general
consternation.
"I guess we will have to install a
paddle." began the chief, "to curb
these boys when we are compelled to
keep them here. Just now we have
three boys who must be fed on charity
because the county officials do not see
fit to maintain a house of detention."
Two of the boys, Abie Goldstein and
Louis Karmine, of New York, were
stopped hero en route to the Wild West
where they were going to punch cows.
Another juvenile from Baltimore was
haled here on his way to Pittsburgh.
Still Cleaning Up City
The section of tlie city between
North and Caider streets is feeing
cleaned up to-day by tlie Pennsylvania
Reduction Company under the direction
of the Board of Health. To-morrow
they will clean between Caider and
Hamilton streets and the river and the
railroad, finishing the work on Satur
day.
AITHOSITIES ON
TRADE TU SPEAK
Thousands Invited to
Attend Conference in
Y. M. C. A. Hall No
vember 24
EXPERTS ARE
ON THE PROGRAM
Philadelphia Commercial Museum Will
Have Exhibit Showing How Much
Business Can Be Taken Away From
Countries Now at War
Chamber of Commerce officials made
known to-day definite plans for the for
eign trade conference which will be
held in the \ . 'M. C. A. 'ball November
24. Manufacturers and business men
from Central Pennsylvania, Northern
'Maryland and the southern tier of New
York have tbeen invited.
foreign trade authorities of interna
tional reputation will address the con
ference, t'he Harrisuurg chamber hav
ing arranged to 'bring to this city a pro
gram equal to the foreign trade con
ferences held in metropolitan cities}
thus saving local and central Pennsylva
nia people from going to distant cities
to learn about the opportunities in over
seas business.
John Barrett, director general of the
Pan-American t'nion in Washington, ex
minister to Siam, Columbia. Panama,
Ecuador and the Argentine repiibliv,
will be'the first speaker. Mr. Barrett L
an international officer looking after the
interests of all the Pan-American coun
tries, the different countries sharing in
the cost of carrying on the work. As
a. speaker on Central and South Amer
ican trade he is known all over the
United States.
Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic 'Commerce, I*.
S. Department of Commerce, will ad-'
dress the meeting. Dr. Pratt has charge
of the consuls abroad and tile newly
cstalblished commercial agents who are;
being sent to important countries. He:
is charged with putting foreign trade I
information and opportunities into tiio
hands of American business men.
The establishment of 'branches of the !
National City Bank of New York in !
liio Janiero and IBuenos Aires this week j
marked a great step in developing for-!
eign trade. It will enable American |
houses exporting to Brazil and the Ar- !
gentine to use an American bank Tor ;
collections, credit in formation and oth
er assistance. W. 8. Kies, manager of j
ttoe Foreign Department of the National i
City ban'k will address the conference i
and tell prospective exporter# how the ,
now foreign branches will serve them
and about fiuancinl problems connected :
with foreign trade in general.
The- 'Philadelphia Commercial Mu- 1
seuin is the 'body responsible for the in- ;
crease of the export business of the
Philadelphia district. It is now giving
its stM'vi-ce to all of Pennsylvania and
Dudley Bartlett. chief of its Foreign
Trade Bureau, will tell those present
| how it can assist them in getting fousi- I
nesß abroad.
The Philadelphia Commercial Mu
j seum will also have a graphic exhibit j
showing by large loharts the imports I
j of various countries: not only from the !
I I'nited States 'but from other nations, -
demonstrating the volume of business
i this country ean take from those now
at war and kindred information. This
exhibit will emphasise the addresses to
;'bo given at tii" sessions.
Sessions will bo at 10 a. in. and 2.110
j p. m. Admission will be by ticket only.
I Thousands of invitations are being sent i
1 out and commercial organizations in the
/.one between Philadelphia and Pitt*-
| burgh nre being asked to arrange to
j bring whole delegations from the larger
! cities.
I DEATH RESULTS Fito9l STROKE
Mrs. Ida S. Payne Dies This Morning
After Short Illness
Mrs. Ida S. Payne, 60 years old, died
this -morning at 1.45 o'clock at her
j home, 1709 (Market street, after a three
i weeks' illness. She leaves her husband,
j Aaron S., aud the following children:
j Fred 111., Edwin W., Robert A. L., Olnev
| V. B„ Jennie V., Bessie IM. and Ethel E.
j Funeral services will be held -Satur
i day afternoon at 2 o 'clock, the Rev.
| 'Harry B. King officiating.
Mrs. Edmund S. Smith
I iMra. Edmund S. Smith, 5G years old,
I died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock
| after a two 'months' illness. Prelimi
i nary funeral services will be 'held on
Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, after
j which the body will 'be taken to Ship
: pensburg where further services will
| be held and interment made. The Rev.
C. A. S mucker will officiate at the Har
risburg services.
HEALTH EXHIBIT MODELS
Dr. Rauer Confers With Dr. Dixon Re
garding Display at 'Frisco Fair
It is possible that the exhibit of the
Pennsylvania State Health Department
at the 'Panama-Pacific Exposition in
San Francisco will be made more in-ter
! esiting by an exhibit of models to be
; prepared by Dr. Philip K. Rauer. the
[ lierman livgiene expert, who was in
I Harristourg to-day to confer with State
j Health Commissioner Dixon on the mat
j ter.
Dr. Bauer has planned a uumber of
| similar hygienic exhibits fflr the Ger
| man and Italian governments, and
came to this, country to prepare work
for the 'Frisco exposition and the
Rockefeller Institute in New York. Ho
brought with him a staff of artists aud
model-makers and, hearing of the in
tention of Pennsylvania to exhibit, ha
is negotiatings,wit'h Commissioner Dix
on to do for this State.
Should he be engaged, his particular
work will be outlined later by Coinmis
| sioner Dixon.
SEEK ERNEST ALEXANDER
Chief of Police Hutchison is anxious
1 to locate Ernest Alexander, to whom a
telegram has been sent through the of
fice of the chief. The telegram is
dated Akron. 0.. and is signed James
Alexander,
j It reads: "Father was hurt in a
j trolley accident and died Wednes
j day.''
Efforts to find Ernest Alexander in
I this ciity have failed.
PARK SIDE HOSPITAL
1900-02-04 Market Street
Open ti> maternity eases of all reputable physician*. Trained nurses in 8
attendance. Both phones. ;
■ BBR9
SITUATION IN SIfIYSNR STILL
PANICKY: ftlfißT'AiL LAW BNi
London, Nov. 12. 2.08 A. M.—"The
situation in Smyrna is still panicky,''
says the Athens correspond en r u' the
"Morning Post." The British colony,
numbering 1,800 persons, wished to
leave the city in a "body, but the Turks
refused to allow their departure. The
Turks assured the American Consul
General that they would protect the
lives and property of all foreigners, but
the ] opulace express doubts of the
value of these assurances.
"Turkish cannon have 'been placed
on the heights commanding the town
and it is rumored that the Turks (dan
to shell and burn the city themselves
if the allies attempt to take it from
the sea.
"No foreign news is allowed to cuter
the city, except from (Je'inan local
newspapers, which arc filled with en
thiNiastic accounts of Oerinun. Austrian
and Turkish victories. The city i; un
der martial law. Nobody is allowed on
the streets iiftcr !) o'clock in the even
ing. The |>oliee are taking n emisir-;
of foreigners and making an inventory
of foreign property. The American
f'oiisnl protested end succeeded in stop
ping all requisitions of American prop
erty, brt British and Trench property
in outlying villages lias been largely
confiscated, according to reports.
"Three British ships in the harbor
have been taken over by the Turks.
Many smaller craft owned by Belgians.
French and British als> have been con
fiscated. T '
SAY TURKISH CRUISER OOEBEN
WAS BADL) DAMAOEDBY SHEUI.
Petrograd, Nov. 12.—A dispatch fe
ceivod here from Constantiuopie says
that the Turkish cruiser Ooeben was
penetrated by a shell at her water line
during the roc en t bombardment of the
Dardanelles by the allied Anglo-French
fleet. The damage inflicted is described
j«a serious. The Ooeben is one of the
.two German cruisers taken over by
I Turkey after the outbreak of the war.
| MOHAMMEDANS MI'ST SERVE
IN TURKISH Aim ,SAYS KAISER
London, Nov. 12, 7.(0 A. M.—An
! Amsterdam dispatch to the "Central
! News" says:
| "The Kaiser lias ordered that all
Mohammedans captured from the allied
'armies be sent to Constantinople to
| serve in the Turkish army. A telegram
! from Bucharest, Rumania, savs that
! llalil Bey, uncle ot' linvry Key, the lead
|er of t"no Noting Turks, has arrived
j there on a special mission in behalf of
Turkey."
No Important Change, Say French
| Paris, No. 12. 2.45 P. M. —The
Fieneh ollicial statement given out in
Paris this afternoon says the fighting
|on the left wing continues with vio-
I lence and Ims 'been characterized by
| alternate advances and retirements,
' without iuvportail-e. Generally speaking
| the statement declares, the battle front
'shows no important change since trie
| lOtli of November.
Turkish Torpedo Boat Captured
London, Nov. 12. 8.05 A. M.— A
! Turkish torpedo boat which escaped
j from the Dardanelles, has been cap
j tured ofl' Tenedos, an island five miles
j off the northwest coast of Asia Minor,
| according to an Athens dispatch to the
I Exchange Telegraph Company.
i Rumor Three German Cruisers Sunk
London, Nov. 12. 3.30 I'. M.—A re
{ port was current in the lobbies of the
House of Commons this afternoon that
! three German cruisers had been sunk
i in the Pacific at a place not specified.
No confirmation. however, of this
i rumor is obtainable.
Exports Forbidden in Germany
! Berlin, 'by Way of The Hague and
1 Loudon, Nov. 12, 2.11 M.—The of
i ficial newspaper publishes :< decree for
j bidding the export of leather, horse
| skius and calf skins, shoddy anil tin
j plate.
SEND BOX TO WAR ZONE
J Is Filled With Bandages, Cotton and
Other Useful Articles
Miss Esther l«e'v>. IK \oriii Third
• street, to-day announced the results of
j the campaign that LMrs. l>eKue Lemer,
I 313 youth Front street, and herself,
| had been carrying on for t'ae benefit of
Auxiliary Hospital No. 117, in Paris.
| This is the hospital for which IMiss
j May Lecner, who is residing in Europe,
wrote and asked that bandages and
medicated cotton be sent.
Miss Lei'b and Mrs. Lemer had asked
for contributions from the public and
from the money received have been a.ble
I to make 1,028 muslin bandages, meas
uring two and tour inches in width
and five and ten yards in length, and
j have also purchased 100 pounds of
! sterilized bandages of assorted widths
I and ten yards in length, sixty pounds
of the best medicated "otton. one pound
of lintine and five mufflers, all of w'hich
they packed and sent Iby Adams Ex
i press to New York to-day.
The total sum of the contributions re
j ceived from ITarrisburg,. Middletown
land New Cumberland was $ 1 27.20.
BRIDGES ARE DYNAMITED
BY GERMANS ATI|jANY POINTS
Sas Van dent, Holland, Nov. 11,
via London. Nov. 11', 12.13 A. M.—
German engineers to<i<u\ dynamited
bridges across the Lei poid canal at
Dulgcrhoke, Htroobridge, >l. Laurent,
St. .lean aad Watcrvleit, all places 'ii
the northwest part of Kast Klundc:s.
near tiie Dutch frontier. The Uernwins
also threw a number of large trees
across the roals leading lo the Holland
' frontier.
In this way the flight of peasants
which recommenced on November N. • «
made impossible and tlio province of
West Flanders is entirely cut oil" fro.n
tiie world. Since this morning the
customary roar ot heavy cannons iiai
been lacking.
Acquitted for Esjape of Cvuisars
Weymi-uir. No. 11', Via Leu
don, I 2.43 !'. M.- Hear Admiral !•'. O.
I muoridge, second ill < ouimand of the
British Mediterranean fleet, wax to-day
acquitted by a court-martial of neglect
in connection with the escape of t
fi* iner German cruisers Coeben an I
Bresln u.
THE NORTH 'CAROLINA tMI
Not Sunk by a Mine at Beirut, as Re
ported iu Many Persistent
Humors
Washington. Nov. 12 The armored
cruiser Tennessee, in the Mediterranean,
reported early tj-di.y she had been in
■ wireless coiui.iunicnlion with the cruiser
North Carolina yesterday and that tho
ship was safe in Beirut harbor.
| The message ivas sent by Captain
Benton ( . Decker, of tiie Tennessee,
i and reached the United States bv re
! lays of wireless and eaible. It was sis
] words long, simply announcing the
i satety of both ships, but made no men
j tion of the reported lauding of blue.
I jackets from Mie North Carolina at
i Beirut.
The Tennessee's report dispo e$ of
' persistent rumors of the last three days,
' untraceable to any source and .videl •
circulated through the country, that tho
North Carolina had been sunk by a
mine. Hundreds of friends and rela
tives of men and officers on board
were thrown into distress and besieged
the Navv Department with inquiries.
WRECK OK LEHIGH VALLEY
Bight Persons Injured and Many Nar
row Escapes As Whole Train
Turns Over on Side
W ilkes liarre, I'a., Nov. 12—A
crowded Lehigh Valley railroad pa*-
-enger train left this city at 0 o'clock
i this morning and ran oil' the tra
on a sharp curve at Mud linn, be
tween White Haven and Mauch Chum;,
fhe engine and every car turned on i'.s
side and one coach lilled with Italian
laborers slid into tlie Lehigh river.
Eight persons were injured and tak
en to hospitals by a relief train, hnr
; ried to the wreck. A score* or nio e
J were hurt by shattered glass and were
I bruised but not seriously enough in
jured to necessitate their going to a
■ hospital.
The more seriously injured includ
ed the engineer and fireman, one l-"uK
man and five Jay couch pas
t sengers. Karly reports w&re that those
i most seriously injured had suffered
' broken arms. ~
, NO-DANCE &RDER STANDS
School Officials Decline to Reconsider,
Despite Pleas of Tech Students
| "I'nfortuuate publicity'' given, to a
, dance it was proposed to hold iu con
; nection with the bazar in the Teclinica
riigh school to morrow evening was sai l
this morning t'i be the rehson for t*ie
School Board order which compelled
the committee in charge of the biu.ai
to abandon tin dan e.
Secretary HanimeXbaugh. of tin
School Board, who issued the order aft
er consulting two members of tin
I Board, said that he was opposed tc
j dancing, but if it had been a class af
j fair which "would have been exclusive
| he would not have taken such action
j but the committee proposed to make it
i a public affair, ro which any person
| could go on paying the subscription
| price.
The Tech committee in charge of the
affair sought to argue with the School
Board officials, but the latter remained
. j firm and the dance has been aibandonod
| Dancing, in connection with Tech ba
zars is usually held in a vacant room
on the third floor of the school build
! ing. The bam' will be held without
i the dance feature.
_ Camp Hill Bazar
The annual bazar for the benefit ol
the Trinity Lutheran church of Caui|
Hill, will be held at the home of Mrs
Carl K. Deen, in that place to morrow
i opening at 2 o'clock. Supper will t>
served from 0 until 8 o'clock.