THE WEATHER &AXN TO NIGHT AND TO-MORROW Detailed Report, I'agf A A r^ ED VOI, 77—NO. 1. MONARCHS AT FRONT; HALT NEWS With Emperor William and Ring George on the Battle Fields, Cen sorship Tightens THE DOMINATING ISSUE IS POLAND Result of the Great Clash of Arms in the Eastern Arena Expected to Go Far Toward Determining the Dura tion of the War London, Dec. 4. 12.4 7P. M.—A few Indirect inferences, in the shape of pic turesque sketches of the visits of Em peror William and King George to the respective battle fronts and the activi ties of the Prince of Wales in the trenches, constitute virtually the entire budget of war nws which has reached the British public in the past twenty four hours, apart of course, from the unilluminating reports given out at the French, Russian and German headquar ters. Ot the details of the fighting, with its enormous tolls of killed and wounded, the public hears nothing. For the moment the dominating issue remains in the eastern arena of the war, ■where the result of the great clash of millions of men in Poland will go far toward determining the duration of the war, as well as its character during the next few months, but those more or less behind the scene* believe they see signs that the deceptive interim of relative calm which has marked the operations in Flanders for the past few days has aibout reached its limit. Predict German Onslaught The present activity of the German artillery is believed to be a prelude to another formidable and concentrated onslaught somewhere on the allies' line. T'aig line, however, is believed by both British and French experts to have been made impregnable since the last Ger man effort was so nearly successful in hammering its way through. However this may be, it appears to be established that in these recent ar tillery duels the allies have found their heavy guns capable of overbearing the artillery of the enemy. This has been emphasized in many of the recent dis patches of General Joffre, commander in-chief of the French forces. Should the new German assault meet with the same fate as have previous attempts to reach the coast of the chan nel, observers in London expect that it will be followed by a general advance on the part of the allies. Signs of Activity in Alsace There are signs of approaching ac tivity in Alsace, where the French re cently have been improving their posi tions. At the same time the Germans are said to have been heavily reinforced in this section. General Joffre's re cent declaration to the Alsatians that •'we are back here to stay" may soon be put to test. The fighting in Russian Poland, in the opinion of British observers, ap pears to have had no effect on the Rus siau operations against Cracow, to stop which has been the main object of the Germans. In the possession of heights within three or four miles of the outer forts of the former capital of Poland, the Russions appear to have the Cracow fortress at their mercy. The very fact that the Muscovites have been able to get to such close quarters seems to indicate that the guns of Cra cow are not so formidable as has com monly been reported. If this city falls it is anticipated that it will have an immediate effect on the campaign in Poland, it being argued here that the Germans would then be forced to double back to stem the invasion of Silesia, which would be the immediate sequel to the Russian capture of Cracow. The first story of the loss of a Brit ish superdreadnaught, copied from American news, is published here to day with the omission of the name of the ship and the locality where the mis hap occurred. The British superdreadnaught re ferred to is the Audacious, which went down off the northern coast of Ireland October 22. 3:{,000 Russian Officers Lost Berlin, Dec. 4. by Wireless to Say vi lie, L. I.—Among the items of news given out bv the German official press bureau to-day is the following: "The Ru.-sian military newspaper, 'Russkv linalid,' states that the number of Rus sian offiers killed, wounded or taken prisoners now totals 33,000." Caricatures of Kaiser Barred London, Dec. 4, 2.12 P. M.—Post cards caricaturing Emperor William and the German Crown Prince have been barred from the fighting line by the English and French authorities. , This action is due to the discovery, it is said, that the German military code renders the possessors of such cards who may be taken prisoners liable to sum mary treatment. Fractures Arm In Fall Frank Addicks, 62 years old, of Faxtang, fractured his right arm above the elbow early last evening in a fall from Mover's dam, on which he was walking. He was admitted to the Har ridburg hospital for treatment. ©)c Star- Jti&cpett&ewt LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY The first, official word to indicate that the predicted assault of the allies on the German lines in Belgium may have been begun came to-day. The Ger man War Office statement says that the French have made repeated attacks in Flanders, which were repulsed. This brief reference does not make it clear how extensive the movement is. For several days it had been reported unofficially that the allies had deter mined on an assault which would lead to one of the greatest struggles of the war, with tha object on their part of breaking the German line in the north west and, if possible, forcing a general retreat. In Alsace, too. the French apparent ly have made a new attack. The Ger man statement reports that an attempt ed advance northwest of Altkirch. Up per Alsace, was beaten back with con siderable losses fox the French. Paris and London are curiously re served concerning these reported de velopments. So far as was related in dispatches from those cities, no events of great importance arc under way. In the campaign against the Rus sians, Germany asserts that she has won a victory in East Prussia, inflicting heavy losses in checking a Russian ad vance east ot the plain of the Mazurian lakes. Emperor William has returned from his trip to the battlefields of East Prus sia and Poland for a short stay in Ber lin. The almost complete stoppage of news of the wir to-day from official o* other sources raised the question wheth er a censorship of unusual severity had been put in force. The cables brought practically no information notwith standing the fact that surely in the east and possibly in the west there are now in progress battles of the highest im portance. On several occasions earlier Continued on Fifteenth I'age. SBOO,OOO IN ART DESTROYED Fire in Hold of Freight Steamer on Voyage From Havre By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 4.—"Paintings and art objects of an estimated value of about s<oo,ooo were destroyed by fire in the hold of the freight steamer Mis sissippi, which arrived here ou Novem ber 27, it became known yesterday when the shipment was examined by customs officials and representatives of insurance ''ompanies. The fire started soon after the Missis sippi left Havre, and no news of the fire was given out. ('rates containing other paintings were rot opened, but, as they are badly charred, their cou tenta are also expected to. be a total lqss. The works destroyed were con signed to New York art dealers. Stonewall Jackson's Home Burned By Associated Press. Weston, W. Va., Dec. 4. —The boy hood home of General Thomas J. ('•Stonewall") Jackson, a frame house north of here, was destroyed by fire last night. Leaves left burning bv children are believed to have ignited the building. The old Jackson mill nearbv was not harmed. FLOWERS FOR A IIIID HOIGS Autos Carry Bouquets to Invalids To-day With Compliments of StoUgh Campaign BIBLE VERSES ARE ATTACKED At Tabemacl* Last Night, Evangelist Tries to Have Audience Visualize Christ's Crucifixion by Presenting Realistic Scenes of Calvary To no less than a thousand homes in this city and surrounding towns this morning, automobiles brought flowers for shut-ins, with the compli ments of the Stough evangelistic cam paign. Cut flowers and potted plants were donated at the tabernacle last night, "Flower Night," in great abun dance and banked along the front of the platform making a great display. They were kept there in water until this morning, when several hundred women gathered to sort them and pre pare them for distribution among the sirk. Owners of automobiles responded in large numbers to the call for con veyances, and transported the women to the homes, of the shut-ins. The names and addresses of invalids were collected last night at the taber nacle. The same names were in many instances supplied several times, but they were carefully sorted to avoid duplication. No distinctions were male between members of different denomi nations, some of the flowers going to Catholics, Episcopalians and Lutherans, nor was any distinction made between church members and persons outside of the church. Each bouquet, before it went on its mission from tbe tabernacle, was care fully wrapped in a newspaper by deft feminine hands, and a card attached to it bearing th e name anil address of the recipient and a passage of Scripture. Continued on Milk Pace, HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1914 16 PAGES. CHAISE OF TWO A001T0RS» Cassel Has Not "Yet Submitted His Bill for Going Over Coun ty Records HOUSTON WORKED FOR 106 DAYS Riegle Seeks Remuneration for 93 Days Employment—Officials Say the York County Audit Was Made in Two Weeks The annual report of the board of Dauphin county auditors who examined the 1913 accounts of County Treasurer A. H. Bailey, as required by law, was to-day turned over to Henry F. Holler, the clerk of the courts. Francis W. Hiegle, one of the three auditors, submitted a bill for 93 days' work on the audit at $3 a day. or $279, and a bill for mileage of 1,512 miles at 6 cents, or $90.72, making his total charge $369.72. Fred. W. Houston charged for 100; days' work at $3 a day, or $3lB, and for mileage at 32 miles at 6 cents, or $1.92. His total charge is thus $319.92.' The bills of the two auditors who, j have submitted their charges thus to-i j tal $659.64. j *The third auditor, .1. W. Tassel, presi-1 I dent of the board, had not submitted i his bill late this afternoon. He said i he has been too busy to make it out and that he would be unable to do so to-day. He added that he does not; j know how much the amount will be ami cannot tell until h e consults his ! records of the time he put in at the ; work each day. At the time the audit started Judge Kunkel and members of the board of | County Commissioners said that tliev j estimated the thirty days would be ail; the time necessary for the auditors to complete the work. County officials re marked this afternoon that only two 1 weeks were required to make the' audit j in York county. They asked, too, why] Mr. Houston, who lives in the city, had a bill for mileage. The charges cove.- the time the au ditors spent on the examination of the i county records, from July 27, when the j Treasurer's books were given to them j by virtue of a Dauphin county court de- j cision, up until to-day. County Treas- | urer Baiiev examined the report imme diately before it was given over to the ! Commissioners and he stated that the i auditors' balances do not differ from I his. The report is a resume o fthe coun- j ty's financial transactions for the fiscal year of 1913 and is bare of anything; save Ihe actual accounts. No comment I is made by the auditors, they simply j certifying in an accompanying affidavit as to the correctness of the report "to' the best of their knowledge ami be- I lief. *' $142,362 Balance at Year's End The funds or balance iu the hands! j of the County Treasurer at the close; |of the 1913 fiscal year,—January 5, j 1914, —the report shows, was $142,- | 562.02. The assets, including the (treasurer's balance, were made up as Cunttnu<-<1 on Twelfth I'niif. c. O.TCIIEFS ARE HERE ; Ponrose, Oliver, Crow and Mayor Arm- i strong Will Confer With Gov ernor Tener To-night United States Senator George T. Oli-! j ver and Mayor Armstrong, of Pitts- j 1 burgh, arrived here this afternoon to be ! the guests of Governor Tener, anil it is ; understood that during their visit the ! political situation in Western Pennsvl j vania with reference to filling vacancies in certain offices will be considered. The matter of appointing a successor I to Judge Prazer. -vho goes on the Su- j j preme Bench in January, will not be one of the subjects taken up, as it is said that Governor Tener has already j decided on that appointment. Later it was learned that Senator j 'Penrose plans to arrive here to-night \ and that William E. Crow, chairman of J the Republican State Committee, also j will be here. The political conference will be held ! to-night at the Executive Mansion. One 1 of the things that will be discussed, i it was learned late to-day, is the selec- ] tion of the man who will become Speak er of the House of Representatives. Beyond that it was impossible to learn I • what would be discussed at the confer i ence. SAYS WOMAN ROBBED HIM i Edgar Hicks Charges Her With the Larceny of $23 Rebecca Thomas, colored, was arrett ed this morning by Policeman MeOann and taken to police headquarters where she was identified by ildgar Hicks, 1304 North Third street, as the wom an who accosted him on Cowden street near Xorth 'last night and robbed him of a pocketbook containing $25. Hicks is a ina.il clerk and waa on his way to work when he was stopped by the woman who succeeded in get ting his pocketbook out of his pocket. He went to police headquarters and 11 p«crit«d his assailant and Rebecca Thomas was picked up. He positively identified her. She was given a hear ing in police court this aifternoon. ANALYSIS OF POWDER WILL FICORE IN POISON CASE Besult Will Be Submitted in Testimony When Man Accused of Causing the Illness of tH Persons Is Tried Be fore Alderman Nicholas To-morrow Analysis is being made to-day of a white powder which iMrs. JaQin Pollicic, No. 1101 South Ninth street, said she removed from tie top of sauerkraut she was preparing in the kitothen of her home last week, and the result of the analysis, it was announced to-day, will be made known at the hearing of An drew lMeloctiwick, who will be arraigned before Alderman Nicholas to morrow on a charge of having poisoned IMt. atwl Mrs. Pollicic, their five ilhildren and eleven boarders in the Pollicic home. The eighteen j>ersons who became ill aPter eating the sauerkraut in tlhe boarding house were all reported to day to be out of danger and they prob ably will appear as witnesses at tihe hearing which will be held ait 7.30 o'clock in the evening. The powder that Mrs. Pollicic removed from sauerkraut she was pre paring may not have been wlaait caused the illness of the eighteen persons. The belief was expressed ■to-day that the white powder was intended as an antidote for something that previously had been put into the food. There is a strong belief, in fact, that the white powder that is being analyzed to-day is nothing more than epsom salts. None of the original baitch of sauer kraut, which is said to have caused the illness, is available for analysis, so far as could be learned. THIRD lILJEFT ARRETS William F. Frasch Held in Bail for Connection With Parcel Post Robbery William P. Frasch, 1710 Carnation street, a baggageman at the Pennsylva nia railroad station, was arrested' last night by Captain Barclay, of the Penn sylvania railroad police, and W. K. Lucas, postal inspector, on a warrant issued by the latter charging Frasch with larceny from the United States mail. Frasch was arraigned before United States Commissioner Leßoy J. Wolfe this morning and pleaded guilty to the charge and was held under sl,ooo bail for United Staates Court. This was the third arrest in connec tion with the larceny of parcel post jai-kages in the Pennsv station. Frasch was released on bail furnished by his father. Income Tax. Order to Consuls By Attociattd Press. Washington, Dec. 4. —Bv an exeou tive order just issued American consuls are required to perform any necessary service in connection with the execu tion of income tax returns without fee. M mm in n Mr. and Mrs. Newton Miller Take One- Year-Old Son to a Pittsburgh Surgeon HIS LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE Presence of Open Pin Discovered Yes terday Afternoon by Physician Aft er X-Hay Examination at the Har risburg Hospital With an open safety pin lodged in his aesophagus, point upward, Fred erick Miller, the one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Miller, 1221 Market street, was taken to Pittsburgh last evening and placed in the hands of the famous surgeon, Jackson, for an operation in the hope that the child's life could be saved. Arrangements for the operation were made by physicians at the Harrisburg Hospital and the anxious parents left here at 7 o'clock last night with the baby. The result of the operation was not known here late this afternoon. Ijate Wednesday morning the baby was playing on the floor of his home and picked up a pin. It was at first thought that it was an ordinary pin and after choking a while the baby seemed to get better, but the mother bundled him up and took him to the Harrisburg Hospital. He was plaeed in the care of physicians. The child was smiling and it was hard to believe that he had swallowed anything as dangerous as a pin. He was watched carefully and yes terday, when he seemed to grow worse, an X-ray examination was made and the presence of the safety pin, lodged in the gullet, the tube which leads from the mouth to the stomach, was discovered. Throat specialists were called to the hospital at once and when the dangerous position of the pin was discovered it was decided that heroic measures would have to be taken if the child's life was to be saved and his parents were advised that he be taken to the famous Pittsburgh spe cialist. Arrangements were immediately made and the baby was taken to Pitts burgh last night. 13,000 WILL GET HOLIDAY CDS Union Trust Com pany's Christmas Saving Fund Will Be Released Next Week MEANS A BOON TO THE SHOPPERS Money Accumulated by Small Deposits During the Year Is About to Be come Available to Santa Claus or for Permanent Investment Thousands of dollars will be put into circulation in Harrisburg and sur rounding towns next Thursday or Fri day when the Union Trust Company's Christmas Saving Fund will send out its checks to its 13,000 members. This announcement was* made this morning by Charles S. 8011, president of t'he Union Trust Company. The many members of this fund who had the acumen last year to look a year ahead will soon receive the reward of their tihrift. For the last several weeks Andrew S. Patterson, treasurer of the Saving Fund, has been working day and night at the tiresome task of signing these 13,000 checks, which range in value from $12.50 to $63.75, according to the classes that the members en tered. The checks coming right at the time when every person is wondering where he will be able to got enough nvoney to buy all of the Ohrifltinas presents he wishes to give, will be a boon to the Christmas stoppers. The issuing of these checks will mean not only crowded stores and happy Christmas awakenings but also that many persons who never before could start a saving fund will now deposit their checks in their bank so as to have simething toward a rainy day. Any of t'he local merchants will be glad to cash any of these checks, which are in the same form as those issued last year except for tihe fact that this year the checks bear the picture of an u|>-to-itate Claus who is driving au automobile instead of the old J tinio sleigh and rei:i<leers. Iu the four yenrs of t l hi«* saving fund's existence its growth has been remarkable. During the first year the vlub had 3,500 member*, but tihis vear it has almost one-fift'h as many inen, women and children as constitute the population of Harrisburg. Next year's club opens Monday, De oember 21, at which time new mem bers will he permitted to join. This club has tonight many people to save small amounts who, without its aid, were accustomed to look forward to Christmas with apprehension that they would be uuable to purchase presents for all the friends they wished to re member. It has also aided many in buying that home ' which for maiiv years had been looked at with envy." Many memberships are kept tip by husbands for their wives as a present and by many wives to present to their husbands. Fathers often practice self denial so as to be able to keep up their fund, and when they receive the dbeck immediately place it in bank to help pay for "Johnnie's" or "Marys" education. ENTER PLEASOF NOT GUILTY William Rockefeller and Other Former New Haven Directors Change Their Former Action By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 4. —The pleas in abatement made by William Rockefel ler and seven others of the twenty-one directors and former directors of the New Haven railroad to indictments charging them with criminal violation of tbe law, have been dismissed ami pleas of not guilty were entered in stead to-day. In addition to Mr. Rockefeller, Rob ert W. Taft and Charles F. Hrooker, Frederick F. Brewster, D. Newton Barney, Henry K. McHarg, A. Heaton Kobertson and James S. Hemingway were the defendants who entered pleas of not guilty. The new pleadings were ma le necessary by the dismissal of the pleas ill abatement, which contended that the iddictments were improperly drawn. William Skinner, James S. Elton and George F. Baker entered pleas of im munity on the ground that they had testified before the Interstate ' Com merce Commission at Washington. These pleas and the ones already filed by John R. Billard, K. D. Bobbins and T. DeWitt Cuyler, will be argued be fore Judge Rudkin on Monday. ACTOR'S RELATIVES FOUND Heart Trouble Cause of Deatb of Co lonial Performer Valvulat heart troulble is given as the cause of the death of the actor who was stricken suddenly at Second and Chestnut streets yesterday afternoon, the cause of the death being determined by Dr. George R. Moffitt, who conducted a jiost-mortem examination under the direction of Coroner Kckinger. The Coroner has learned that his name is James Driscoll, brother of Dr. W. Cyril Driscoll, of Charleston, 8. C. His name, given first as Carter Hotch kiss, was taken from mail matter in his poiket. His brother is making arrange ments for the funeral. COVERNOR A LIFE MEiBER Unusual Honor Granted to Executive at Golfer's Dinner at Harrisburg Country Club At a (tanner given by the golif play ing members of the lin rrisburg Coun try Club at the club house last even ing, Governor John K. Tener was tendered the honor oif the first life membership ever given by the club. It was proposed by Carl H. Elly, a fortius* president of the chub and the proposi tion whs roundly cheered, for Govern or Tener has become an- ardent de votee of golf since his residence in Harrisiburg, where he first started to plav the game. Charles H. Beraner presided at the dinner tlhe feature orf which was the presentation of the cups won during the vear. Governor Toner's handsome presen tation loving cup, which was won by George W. Roily, finally reached Mr. Roily after a series of speeches that began with the Governor and went through officials of the club. Walter P. Maguire was presented with the vice president's cup, a hardy annual, and Mr. Beily also receive! the golfers' cup, another annual. The board of governors' trophy, which carries with it the club championship, was won by Jackson IT. Bovd and the cup given to him. Ross A. Hickok and Carl W. Da vis were winners of the second and third sixteens, respectively. Those at the dinner were Governor Toiler, Mr. Rergner, I)r. Wright, A. S. McCreath, Leslie McCreath, Robert McCreath, William McCreath, B. 11. Kvans, R. Boone Abbott, A. Boyd Hamilton, Donald McCormick, R. V. McKay, T. I>. Baldwin, C. M. Kaltwas ser, W. W. Davis, l>. M. Dull, H. L Hosford, E. Kiester, Paul Hooker, Ross A. Hickok, H. B. Bent, F. .1, Brady, Theodore .1. GoulU, Carl W. Davis, Charles 11. Bergner, R. C. Goldsbor ough, George W. Reilv, F. D. Carney, C. E. Rvdor, W. B. M. Caleb, B. P. Rover, E. L Miller, Clarence B. Mil ler, S. C. Tod I, W. H. Gaither, F. J. Hall, .T, H. Boyd, Frank Payne, Lew If. Palmer, A. Morris Sides, Carl 11. Ely, lie wis E, Johnson, John Fox Weiss. E. J. Bevan, W. P. Maguire, R. P. M. Davis, John P. Dohoney, J. U Shearer, Jr., John E. Ericson* W. L. Gillespie, J. 11. Forsythe, F. Herbert Snow, Dr. H. M. Stine, .1. A. Clement, Neil E. Salsich, T. O. Williamson, W. C. Fowues, Sr., and George R. Moffitt. Policeman Has Narrow Escape Had not Policeman Jwhn Hess stopped at tflie foot of the steps in the Market street su'bwav yesterday afternoon to stop two men from drinking from a thisk 'he wouH have been un ler Ulip headstone when it was knt>ik»'d -Joust by an automobile. The "porticenran lad to jump as it was to escape fhe falling stone and bricks. A machine contemn ing K. E. Currv, of Now York, and E. H. Kyle, of Philadelphia, struck the iron railing when fhe steering mechan ism of t'he msvelhiine failed to work. Representative Merritt Dies By Associated Press, Watertown, N. Y., Dec. L—-Repre sentative Edwin A. Merritt. of Pots dam, died here to-dav. KILLS mini OF MIND Toledo Woman Opens Fire on Gang That Invades Home and Shoots Spouse AIR OF MYSTERY ABOUT TRAGEDY Sensational Shooting Affair Last Night in Residence Section of Toledo When Louisville Gunmen Call Former Saloonkeeper to Front Door By Associated Press. Toledo, 0., Dec. 4.—One Louisville gunman is dead, three others are hid ing in the underworld section of the city, a Toledo man is in a hospital with perhaps fatal wounds and his wife is held by t'he police as a Cor orner's w-itney as the result of the shooting, which took place in the resi dence section last night. The wounded man is Harry C. Plum mer until about a year ago a saloon keeper at Louisville, Ky. His wife is said to have fired the shot which kill ed the unidentified man. The shooting occurred at Phlnuner's home when the man rang the door bell anil said: "we have a message for you from Louisville, Harry." Plummier opened the door and the men opened fire. Plmraner fell to the door with two bullet wounds. His wife, in her room upstairs, heard the shooting and seized a retolver from beneath a pil low on her bod. Hurriedly deweuding the stairs she fired at one of the in truders. They made their exit through a kitchen window. The dead man was found by the police in the rear yard. A dragnet was thrown onit. The men were traced to the tenderloin where they were swallowed lip. Phtmmer says he knew the men m Louisville, but does not remember their names. The police discredit his story. The theory is that the »hooting is the result of an infraction of under world rules and that the four men come here to wreak vengeance. POSTSCRIPT I PRICE, ONE CENT. SMITH CASE WILL GO TO JURYTO-DAY Impression Strong That Youth Will Be Ad judged Insane Late This Afternoon STATE'S LAST WITNESS HEARD If Lad Is Declared of Unsound Mi..a He Probably Will Be Sent to Par view Hospital and Escape Trial on Murder Charge Whether Edward G. Smith now is jane and able to make a rational de so to thc charge of murdering his grandfather, John E. Bush, at Ingle, nook on December 17, Ust— a crime for which he stands indicted—will be decided late to-day by the special criminal court jury which for five days Me Car re II "" " U|,lir - V ln>lort ' S I Kir a , ' W,,,U ' MS - lJr - Thomas enM. i ' an . ,,l " ~UBt ' who «*i«l the at iused. now is sane, loft the stand at the Conn'.vP """''ling session and sol fVir ! l r °secutor, as well as coun w.n.l' i;u"'. ,K ' l ' USlM ' 1,0,11 sa ''' the case Mfiibl likely be turned over to the jury late this afternoon. This morning court attaches and spectators who have hoar,l practically all of the testimony were predicting tin probable decision of the jury. The opinion was almost unanimous that will be declared insane and that 'ounscl thereupon would make a motion have hin- sent to the State Hospital for the Insane in Farview, Pa. Xuch a decision would remove the possibility of a trial for the murder of the grandfather, Bush, so long !4S Smith s mental condition remains the same as now. However, if lie is held to be insane, is placed in an institution tor such unfortunates and bis reason is restored through treatment, he then will be compelled to stand trial for the alleged murder. Scott Trial to Come Next Upon the decision of the jurv in this present special inquiry, court "attaches say, hangs the proliaib.e length of the present continued term of criminal court. District Attorney Stroup is planning to go rijjht ahead with all un tried cases, a plan which, it is be lieved. will mean continuing the court term for at least one uiore week and probably two. If Smith is found to be sane and able to make a rational defense to the murder (thnnge it is nol believed that, his trial on that issue will l.e begun at. once. The case of Robert I'\ Scott, the city patrolman charged wth murdering a colored man in tin Eighth ward, it is said, will be opened immediately after the present hearing Judge Mc< arroli who has officiated in the present Smith inquiry, will in all probability take charge of the Scott trial. Judge Albeit W. Johnson, of the Union-Snyder judicial circuit, who has been holding court here this week, will not be here next week, so he an nounced from the bench this morning, and the District Attorney at noon to day said he is unable to say whether another visiting Judge will be called in. Dr. McKinniss Cross-Examined L>r. C. R. McKinniss, one of the alienists who had testified in behalf of the accused, was this morning called to the stand on cross-examination. In his original testimony he said Sinitill is suf fering from dementia precox, a form of insanity. To-dav he declared positively that it would be impossible for the ac cused to feign that particular type of insanity without being informed before hand just how such subjects act. Dr. Klair, the State's alienist, this morning said that Smith is suffering from a mental inaccessibility—-a foriiV of dementia precox—and that affliction makes it difficult for him to ronfeT in telligently with his counsel; but, Dr. Blair added, Smith is able to make a defense to a criminal charge. The Distrivt Attorney and John For Weils, of counsel for the accused, had verbal tilts that frequently caused the spectators to laugh. Mr. Weiss many times interrupted the witness, Dr. Hlair, objecting to wfyit he considered "ir relevant" testimony. The remarks passed between counsel undoubtedly wore "friendly" but they did not al ways lack a touch of ridicule. SNIPERS KILL A MEXICAN' U. S. Soldiers AIBO Wounded in Firing From Trenches Naeo, Ariz., Dec. 4. —Snipers in the trenches of the Mexican combatants across the line, fired into American ter ritory to-day, killing a Mexican civilian and wounding a United States soldier. Private John Miller, of the Tenth Cavalry, was shot in the thigh while in camp. Miller is the fourteenth soklier to be hit by Mexican bullets. Kighteen Americans and twenty-eight Mexicans on this side of the border have been killed or wounded since the fighting at Naeo, Sonora, began. Dies of Pneumonia at Hospital Furhman F. Kuft'man, 28 years old, 5G4 (amp street, died at 1.45 o'clock this afternoon •at the Harrisburg ho»- l«tal of pnpumonia, two hours after ha was admitted to that institution.
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