THE WEATHER
CLOUDY TO-NIGHT
AND TO-MORBOW
Detailed Report. Pace 6
VOL. 76—NO. 154.
BSTARLISHED
DEC. 4. IN7fl.
SITUATION IN
SERVIfI NOW
IS CRITICAL
The Servian Army, It
Is Declared, Has Been
Withdrawn From Bel
grade
COMMUNICATION
IS INTERRUPTED
Between Belgrade and Nish, the Pres
ent Location of the Capital, the
Telegraph Lines Are Disabled—
Russians Capture German Barges
London, Dec. 2, 11.10 A. M.—ln a
dispatch from Sofia, Bulgaria, the cor
respondent of Reuter's Telegram Com
pany says reports received there indi
cate that the situation in Servia is crit
ical. The Servian army, it is declared,
has been withdrawn from Belgrade, and
telegraphic communication betwen Bel
grade and Nish, the present location of
the capital, has been interrupted.
Germans Lose Barges on Vistula
London, Dec. 2, 3.4 7 A. M. —The Pe
trograd correspondent of the "Post"
sends the following:
'Spei'ial significance attaches to the
capture by the Russians of ammunition
barges on the Vistula near nock, inas
much as the Germans are relying main
ly on the Vistula for securing easy com
munication to their armies in Poland.
''Lavish supplies of ammunition
have been kept up b.v barges which,
starting from Danzig, Elbing, Graudenz,
Thorn and other points easily reached
by the German railways, have brought
supplies to the heart, of the German po
sitions in Poland. The capture of the
barges is thus a step in cutting com
munication.
"The surrounded German corps are
the Twentieth and the guard corps."
No Definite Decision in Poland
London, Dec. 2, 4.20 A. M. —The
"Times' " Petrograd correspondent,
reviewing the war situation, says there
is still no definite decisiou in Poland,
but that the Germans, while making
desperate efforts to reinforce their
army, which he believes can only be
done from the Franco-Belgian theatre,
are holding their position facing Lodz
and Lowicz, despite the awful climatic
conditions.
In Petrograd, the correspondent adds,
there is ro disposition to underate the
magnitude of the task still before the
Russians. According to the view held
in military circles, he says, the situa
tion is one of extraordinary and un
precedented importance. Nothing like
it in respect to interest and even dan
ger, the correspondent concludes, has
presented itself hitherto and all the in
dications point to the maintenance and
even an increase of the present tension.
Two Sons of Belgian Premier Killed
London Dec. 2, 1.57 P. M. —Tele-
graphing from Amsterdam, the corre
spondent of Reuter's Telegram Com
pany says one son of M. De Broqueville,
the Belgian Premier, has been killed in
battle and it is rumored a second son
also has lost his life in action.
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN AT KIEL FOR ATTACK ON CANAL BY AIR
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ebored in the fjord wear war point and have their torpedo nets- rigged. ° flteTfrom thl ImSl n * tbplr last st «P «t Kiel. The war ships an
plaoards in hotel rooms bear the request that the shutters to the windows be cloned before any Mght is displayed As a further precaution aLn.t blackened to prevent lights from within being seen by hostile aviators, and for a similar reason
■tonally sentine.s may V. seen on the tops of high structures. A broad expanse of fortifica tlons aid
tant Kiel Cnnal by air or by land Otherwise the Kiel of these days of warfxre appears Httle different from the Kiel of ordi ßi ,rv iim« i„ th . h ® driving on the outskirts. These precautions have been taken against any possible attack on the all luipor
the people seem to be purging their ordinary course of life." omcs - lB hart,or « d ttt " *>"» long tows go about their customary work, and in town, although U*re natural to more acUvlty,
Bljc Star- Shkpctikni
STRONG FRENCH POSITION
IN THE ARCONNE FOREST
CAPTURED. SAYS BERLIN
Berlin, Dec. 2. —By Wireless to Lon
don, 3 P. M.—The German official
statement issued to-day claims the cap
ture of a strong French position in the
Argonne forest by Emperor William's
own regiment. The text of the com
munication reads:
"In the western theatre of the war
the enemy made insignificant advances
which were checked. In the forest of
Argonne a strong point of support of
the enemy was taken by the Wurttem
berg infantry regiment number 120,
His Majesty the Kaiser's own regiment.
On this occasion two officers and about
300 of the enemy's troops were made
prisoners.
"There is no news from Eastern
Prussia. In Northern Poland the bat
tles are taking their normal course,
hi Southern Poland the enemy's attacks
were repulsed.
"The report circulated in the for
eign press that the 23,000 prisoners
taken by us sit Kutno are now included
in 40,000 Russian prisoners reported
by us previously, is untrue.
"In the battles at Wloclawek, Hut
no, Lodz and Lowiez, the eastern army
has taken between November 11 anil
December 1 over 80,000 unwounded
Russian prisoners."
LUTE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Heavy fighting has been resumed in
the region of the Argonne forest, to
ward the eastern end of the battle line
in France, and, although to-day's
French and German official communica
tions disagree as to the outcome, it was
apparent that the conflict is marked
with considerable violence. The Ger
.man Emperor's own regiment was se
lected to make an assault on a strong
French position, which the Berlin state
ment says was won. The French
statement, in referring to what appar
ently was the same engagement, says
that the German attack was repulsed
and that progress was made by the al
lied troops.
In Belgium infantry fighting has been
resumed, although it is not clear wheth
er the Germans have begun another gen
eral movement. The French War Of
fice reports that German attacks on en
trenchments were beaten back and that
the Germans suffered heavily in the ar
tillery duel.
At other points in the line fighting
has become more spirited than had been
the acse for some time. According to
the French statement, ground has been
won by Jfoe allies In certain sections, in
cluding the occupation of German
trenches.
Berlin still insists that affairs in the
east are progressing to its satisfaction,
although no new details of the move
ment are given. It is stated that in
the fighting in Russian Poland between
November 11 and December 1, HO,OOO
Russians were captured unwounded.
The situation in Servia is reported
at Sofia, Bulgaria, to be a critical one
for the home army, which is seeking to
Continued on Eleventh Page.
BIG DECREASE IN RECEIPTS
Customs and Internal Revenue Show
Marked Falling Off
By Associated Press,
Washington, Dec. 2. —Customs and
internal revenue receipts for Novem
ber show a markod decrease from the
same month last year. Customs re
ceipts were $16,924,409 compared
with $21,173,628 for November, 1913,
while internal revenue receipts at $24,-
359,963 were nearly $3,000,000 less
than in the same month last year. For
the month the excess of ordinary dis
bursements over receipts was $15,880,-
863 compared with an excess of the
same sort last year of $2,713,732.
Income from the war tax will begin
to show this month.* Custom receipts,
despite the comparison with November,
1913, were $650,000 greater than in
October.
Gold coin and bullion in the Treas
ury trust fund increased during the
month nearly $26,000,000.
$1 More for Belgian Fund
The Star-Independent acknowledges
the receipt of $1 from J. Crutchley for
the Belgian relief fund, It will be
forwarded to the proper persons at once.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1914—12 PAGES.
IT COST PIIT
SiMTO!
Washington Party Can
did at e for Senator
Paid That Amount
Out of Own Pocket
FLINN GAVE
MOOSERS $8,555
Expenses of Judge Frazer's Campaign
Totaled $8,002, of Which He Con
tributed sl,s74—Judge Trexler
Spent 95,110 of His Personal Funds
William Flinn, of Pittsburgh, Pro
gressive party National Committeeman
from this State and head of the Wash
ington party in Pennsylvania by virtue
of being the right hand man of Colonel
Roosevelt in this State, gave $8,555.86
toward the Washington party campaign
this year, according to the expense ac
count filed to-day by Robert K. Young,
treasurer of the party's State Commit
tee. Mr. Young received in all $32,-
475.07, and paid out $31,756.34, leav
ing a balance of about S7OO on hand
for the next campaign.
Besides the Plinn contribution, Mr.
V oung received $1,500 from Vance C.
McCormick, the Demoeratie-Washington
candidate for Governor; $5,000 from
Mrs. Charles B. Woods, of Washington,
Gifford Pinchot's sister; SI,OOO from
Harry Watson, candidate for Congress
man-at-large; SI,OOO from Fred E.
Lewis, candidate for Secretary of In
ternal Affairs; S3OO from William Dra
per Lewis, who retired from the con
test for Governor, and $4,300 from
Amos Pinchot, of New York, brother
of the candidate for United States Sen
ator.
Outside of these large amounts,
Treasurer Young received hundreds of
contributions running from $1 to $25,
but mostly of the smaller sum. The
Continued on Fourth Page
STAR-INDEPENDENT WAN
Til TAKE j© SEA' DIVE
Leland F. Schaner, Reporter, in Cap
tain Sorclio's Suit, Will Telephone
His Sensations From the Bottom of
the Ten-Foot Tank at the Orpheum
This afternoon following the regular
program at the Orpheum theatre, Le
land F. Schaner, 3 South Sixteenth
street, a reporter for the Star-Indepen
dent, is scheduled to dive into Captain
Sorcho's ten-foot tank of water, wear
ing the captain's deep-sea diving suit,
on the stage of the vaudeville house.
Mr. Schaner has volunteered to do
this to test a submarine telephone in
vented by Captain Sorcho. While un
der ten feet of water he will telephone
a description of his sensations at the
bottom of the tank to an editor who
will be at his desk in the Star-Inde
pendent building. .)
All new wires have been installed
in making the connection from the sub
marine telephone apparatus to the sur
face line. This work was under the
supervision of S. B. Watts, local man
ager of the Bell Telephone Company,
and P. P. Lutz, plant manager of the
Bell Telephone Company.
The using of all new wire was sug
gested by Captain Sore ho so as to
prove conclusively that his invention
is not a fake but is a practical ap
paratus which may be a great benefit
to deep-sea divers in the future.
The story telephoned to the Star-In
dependent by Mr. Schaner will be
printed in to-morrow's edition of this
paper.
HTBUI
CO ffit PRIZES
Writers of the Best Let
ters This Week, as
Last, Happen All to
Be of Male Sex
WOMEN STILL
SEER THE PRIZES
The Decision of the Judges, Necessar
ily Impartial, Gives the Cash
Awards to Charles L. Gerdes,
P. Vanderloo and W. Kent Gilbert
Women are losing their reputations
as "bargain fiends," in the bargain
picking contest being conducted by
the Star-Independent. This week, as
was the case last week, the winners
are all men.
The man have just been carrying off
the prizes because they seem to be able
to tell why a bargain is a bargain in
a more logical and convincing manner
than women competitors. It seems un
likely that the women will let them
continue to win the prizes indefinitely,
sin«e that would reflect too much on
their ability to pick good bargains.
The winners of the prizes this week
are Charles L. Gerdes, 536 Forrest
streets, $3; P. Vanderloo, Third and
State streets. $2, and W. Kent Gilbert,
Camp Hill, sl.
The prize winning letters follow:
First Prize Winner
The Bargain Editor:
Dear Sir:
The most conspicuous advertisement
in this week's issue of the Star-Inde
pendent's Great Bargain and Educa
tional Page in my estimation is the an
nouncement of the School of Commerce.
Continued on Xinth I'nce.
SEIZED 111
■MICE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Station Porter Is Ac
cused of Thefts Cov
ering Two Years
SHADOWED BY
SECRET SERVICE
Frank B. Gotshall Will Be Arraigned
For a Hearing Late This Afternoon
Before United States Commission
er Wolfe
Frank B. Gotshall, 29 years old, a
baggage porter at the Pennsylvania
railroad station, was arrested this
morning by P. L. Barclay, captain of
police of the Philadelphia division of
the Pennsylvania railroad. Gotshall is
charged with systematically robbing
mail and parcel i>ost packages and bag
gage entrusted to the railroad company
for transportation.
The arrest followed an investigation
carried OJI by the railroad police and
postal inspectors and covered a period
of two years. Postail Inspectors D. E.
Lucas, I). M. O'Neill and T. N. Disten,
at times worked on the <jase.
The charge agiainst Gotshall is
brought by Postal Inspector Lucas. In
it the inspector mentions a number of
instances of larceny from the mails.
Continued on Fourth Pace.
DR. SIGH HITS
AT RUSSELLISM
In Sermon on Hell He
Calls Leader of Sect
Most Dangerous Man
on Earth
SPIRITUALISM
ALSO GETS RAP
Revivalist, in Hour and a Half of Rapid
Preaching, Tries to Show That
Place of Eternal Torment Is Worse
Than Tire and Brimstone
"There is 110 more dangerous man to
day walking this earbh than Charles
Russell," shouted Evangelist Stough
at the tabernacle last night, in a violent
denunciation of tihe doctrine of a second
eliance in the hereafter, and of the doc
trine's originator. "We need to be
alarmed over the devil-inspired teach
ings of Pastor Russell. He has enough
truth mixed with his lies to deceive
people of superficial thinking, and that
is why his beliefs are becoming so
widespread. The explanation he tries
to advance about the story of Lazarus
is one that only an idiot could have
thought of. Those of you who have
read that explanation can appreciate
what I am, saying."
Hell was Dr. Stough's t'heme, and
he preached about hell unceasingly for
an hour and a-half, introducing argu
ment after argument in justification of
his belief in a place of the most hor
rible eternal torment. His speech came
more rapidly than usual, if that were
possible, anil some of his sentences he
strung out clause after clause for several
minutes with scarcely a breathing in
terval from beginning to end.
Separation of Good and Bad
He began his sermon by saying that
he believed the story of Lazarus to be
not, a parable but a piece of biography,
by reason of the fact that .lesus as
signed a maane to the beggar. He then
proceeded with an argument that since
it is thought wise to separate good
folks from bad folks here ou earth, in
Continued on Sixth Pace.
MAYOR'S SENTENCE LEADS
UP TO MAN'S CONVERSION
William Simmons, of Lemoyne, Obeys
i Mandate of City's Executive to
Attend Tabernacle Meetings and
He "Hits Sawdust Trail"
Mayor Royal, who has met every
type of man, the petty violator as well
as the hardened criminal in the course
of his duty as magistrate in police
court, was never so much cheered dur
ing the occupancy of his office asi this
morning when he learned that one of
the sentonces ho imposed in police
court has turned out better than he
dared hope when he imposed it.
A man sentenced to attend the tab
ernacle meetings carried out that man
date, lweded the admonitions of the
evangelist and lias been converted. Po
lice court was his road to salvation.
On the man's own admission Wil
liam Simmons, of Lemoyne, had gone to
the tabernacle meeting to hear L)r. Hen
ry W. Stougli, the evangelist, on the
night of November 11 with a iiask
of whiskey in his pocket and later, on
attempting to walk to his home across
the bridge, suddenly lost consciousness.
Policemen Schelhas and Wiesman found
him on the island and sent him in un
der a disorderly practice charge. Aft
er his name in the docket was writ
ten "drunk."
Mayor Royal thereupon sentenced
Simmons to attend the tabernacle meet
ings and he promised faithfully to do
so. Indirectly Mayor Royal learned
this morning that Simmons has not
only been faithfully carrying out his
sentence to attend the meetings but
has since "hit the trail" and is living
a clean, upright life.
SCHWAB AND BRYAN MEET
TO DISCUSS.BUILDING OF
SUBMARINES FUR THE WAR
Washington, Dec. 2. —Secretary Bry
an to-day invited Charles M. Schwab,
president of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany, to the State Department and
gave him the views of the American
government on the building of subma
rines in this country for European bel
ligerents. Mr. Brv'an declined to dis
close what was the position of the
American government. He declared
the question was not yet concluded, but
was "under consideration."
Mr. Schwab, accompanied by two as
sistants, also refused to* discuss their
mission. "Mr. Schwab came," Mr.
Bryan said, "in response to our in
quiry concerning the manufacture in
this country of ships or materials for
shipbuilding."
Recent reports that the Bethlehem
Steel Company had contracted to build
submarines, which would be shipped in
sections, have been variously denied
and partially confirmed. The visit of
Mr. Schwab, however, revealed that
the State Department had taken official
cognizance of the subject, although
Secretary Bryan announced yesterday
that government agents, after a thor
ough investigation, had been unable to
learn that any work was being done
anywhere in this country in tho con
struction of foreign warships or parts
thereof.
It was believecl, however, that the
State Department desired to consult
xitl» the steel company officials so there
would be no violations of neutrality if
contracts were taken. While the ex
port of munitions of war, such as guns,
shells or ammunition, is not prohibited
by the neutrality laws, the fitting out
of warships or any armed expedition
from American soil would be considered
a violation.
MUCH LOOT IS RECOVERED
Police Take Goods Valued at Several
Hundred Dollars From Room of
Alleged Shop-Lifter
When the police this morning search
ed the room iu a boarding house on
.North Si.vCh street, occupied by A. J.
Silks, who was arrested last night on
Market Square charged with the lar
ceny of an atomizer valued at $2 from
the Golden Seal drug store, a large
stock of articles of varied kinds was
found and taken to police headquarters.
The goods idame from hardware, jew
elry and drug stores, and are of sev
eral hundred dollars' vailue. Among
them are tools marked P. R. K. and rail
road policemen are among the men w'ho
are this afternoon seeking to identify
their property. Because of delays in
identification the hearing will not be
held uintil to-morrow afternoon at 2
o 'clock.
Silks was arrested last night on the
complaint of DT. Henry Reuwer, pro
prietor of tthe Golden Seal. He was
seize*! by Patrolman Buch in fro nit of
the Market Square Presbyterian church.
It is the opinion of the police that lie
is a systematic ehop-lifter.
TRAGEDY IN APARTMENTS
Prominent Club Man Killed by Head
of Shoe Company
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., Dee. 2.—.lames P. Cal
laway, a prominent young business and
club man, was shot and instantly killed
here to-day by W. B. Carhart, president
of a shoe manufacturing company.
The tragedy occurred in Carhart's
apartments in the fashionable residence
section of the city. Carhart immedi
ately notified the police and surren
dered.
In a statement to the police Carhart
declared he thought, Callaway was a
burglar. He told the police that ho
and his wife returned to their apart
ment at a late hour and Mrs. Carhart
saw a man leaving the room of her
son. She called to her husband who
shot the man as he was climbing over
a rear porch. The dead man is said to
have been a personal friend of Carhart
and the latter's son, Louis.
Partner in Morgan Firm pies
New York, Dec. 2. —Temple Bow
dorn, a partner in the fire of J. P.
Morgan & Company, died here to-day.
He was 51 years old and succeeded his
father as a partner in the Morgan
I firm.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
SMITH FED
CHICKS TO
THE HOGS
Father Says Youth Ac
cused of Murder Put
42 Live Peeps in the
Oven to "Dry" Them
ALIENISTS TAKE
STAND TO-DAY
Mother Testifies the Boy Shunned As
sociates and Refused to Work —He
Bought Only Candy When He Was
Sent to Store for Groceries
That Edward G. Smith, charged with
the murder of his grandfather, John
E. Bush, at Inglenook December 17,
last, whoso mental condition now is the
subject of a special inquiry by a court
jury before Judge McCarrell, is an
idiot, subject to fits and brainstorms,
ignorant, unintelligent, bashful, and a
fit person for an institution for the in
sane, were the declarations of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Smith, the parents of the
accused, made in court this morning.
The parents were the only witnesses
called at the morning session to-day,
the examination of each taking exactly
an hour and a half. Alienists were
called to the stand this afternoon aft
er which it was expected the other
side would be opened. It is not likely
that the jury will make a decision be
fore Friday.
Mrs. Smith said her son, by shun
ning boy and girl friends at the Ingle
nook cottage, had frequently caused
her embarrassment.
"He refused to work and when he
did do little chores for us, it was be
cause we drove him to it," the mother
began. "Frequently I sent, him to the
store for groceries and he came back
with nothing but candy. Later we were
obliged to give him a note telling the
grocer what things we wanted.
The Mother's Testimony
"Ever since this terrible thing hn»
happened he has not once asked for
me. He lias shunned me and refused
to talk to ine when I went to the pris
on to see him."
On a visit to her son in the prison
last March, more than three months
after the alleged crime, Mrs. Smith
said to-day the youth would not speak
to her. Although she kissed his cheek
as she greeted him and before she de
parted, .the mother said he remained
unmoved arfH stared out the window.
She called on him last on Monday,
she said.
"I asked him if he knew me and lie
said, 'ves.' Mr. Smith then spoke tip
and told the boy that I was his moth
er. To that he said, 'Oh, no. It's M's.
Smith, your wife.' "
After declaring that her son, while
in the Inglenook cottage, allowed pota
toes to cook for several days or until
they would get black, before he would
eat them, the mother added:
"That boy has not been right since
birth, but I always objected to his '.ic
ing placed in an institution for tlie in
sane. 1 know he would have been put
away if it had become known what
my father (the murdered man) had
told ine about him years ago."
Youth Pushes Mother Away
The husband and father followed
Mrs. Smith to the witness stand. Whe i
he said he is the father of the prisoner
the accused youth spoke aloud, saving:
"You not : fy Mr Smith to go out and
get his son and bring him into court."
Instantly the mother seized tier son
Continued on Seventh I'inc