THE WEATHER
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VOL. 77—NO. 5.
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BERMANS
PUSHING ON
TO WARSAW
After Having Occupied
Lodz, the Kaiser's
Troops Are Pursuing
the Fleeing Russians
LOSSES OF BOTH
ARMIES HEAVY
Lull Expected Soon on Eastern Battle
Front While the Troops Recuper
ate From Terrific Strain Both Sides
Are Experiencing i
London, Pec. 9. 11.4 0 A. M.—The
center of the German line in Russian
Poland having occupied Loir, it is >-oa
tinuing to push on to the eastward aft
er the retiring Russians, according to
official announcement made in Berlin.
Nevertheless the strain on both sides
has been terrific and the losses heavy, so
that a lull probably soon will set in on
this part of the eastern battle front
while the troops r<vuperate.
The Russians continue to assert that
their retirement from Lodz was a
strategical necessity rather than a de
feat. but it is will take future develop
ments to show whether this claim is
correct or not.
Germans in Position to Advance
Twice driven back from Warsaw,
the Germans again are in a position to
advance on the capital of Russian Po
land. and even the British press points
out that it is on the trunk line railroad
between Kalis/, and Warsaw, whioh line
is now held by the invaders probably to
a point considerably to the east of the
occupied city.
Viewing the fighting in the vicinity
of Lodz in retrospect, it would appear
thai Germany had a crushing victory
almost within her grasp and lost it by
not being able to unite her forces, while
later the Russians were successful in
gaining a dominant position which they
could not hold.
Violent Attack Near Ypres
In the western arena it would ap
pear still generally true that the Ger
mans are more on the defensive than
the offensive, but the now# that they
have made a violent attack to the
south of Ypres indicates that they have
cot abandoned the idea of breaking
through to the French coast and it is
said that the pick of the German west
ern army has beea concentrated for this
latest effort.
The fate of General Beyers in South
Africa has not yet been absolutely
cleared up. If he is dead as is believed
it will remove the last of the important
South African rt«bels. General De Wet
is a prisoner. Colonel Marrtz a fugitive
and most of the commands have been
broken up.
A FORMER GERMAN CONSUL
TO DIE FOR HUiH TREASON
London. Dec. 9, 4.52 P. M.—Nicho
las Ahlers, former German consul in
Sunderland borough, was to-day con
victed by the Durham Assizes of high
treason and sentenced to death.
The grand jury of the Durham As
sises returned a true bill against Nich
olas Ahlers on a charge of high treason
early in November. According to the
indictment Mr. Ahlers was naturalized
in 1905. After the declaration of war
he engaged in helping German reserv
ists leave England for Germanv.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Important advance of the allied
troops, in their new effort to throw
back the German Invaders In France
are reported to-day by the French War
Offices. In the east, according to a
statement of the Russian military au
thorities. a serious defeat has been in
flicted on the Germans, in the Galician
campaign.
The French statement of to-day is
one of the most optimistic of any
which has been issued since the Ger
mans settled down in trenches across
France and the long siege begun. It in
dicates that the offensive movement of
the allies is even more general than
bad been disclosed previously. Although
the announcement gives few details,
references to the capture of entrenched
positions and the blowing up of a
French trench by Germans tends to
show that the engagements now in pro
gress is being contested furiously. The
statement refers to the advantages of
the allies from Arras southward along
the Aisne, on the heights of the Meuse,
in the Argonne and in the Vosges.
Roughly speaking, this takes in all of
the line from the Belgian border across
France and into Alsace.
It is reported unofficially from Ber
lin that Emperor William, whose illness
was announced yesterday, is suffering
from pneumonia and nervous depression.
The Emperor is quoted in Berlin as
having told his troops recently that
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FINE OLD BUILDINGS OF YPRE
"*" w It j
BUILDINGS IN YPRES SHATTERED BY SHELL FIRE.
In the above picture is shown the destruction wrought on some of the fine old buildings of Ypres. The town is now in a most pitiable condition. It
has for many weeks borne the brunt of the heaviest fighting ret experienced in the present war. with disastrous results. Formerly it was one of the most
beautiful towns in Belgium, boasting of almost perfect architectural beauty.
FRENCH SUFFER HEAVY
LOSSES !N ATTACKS AT
NANCY. STATES BERLIN
Berlin, Dec. 9. by Wireless to Lon
don. 4.10 p. m.—The official state
ment issued by the German army head
quarters this afternoon says:
•'To the west of Rheinis, a fishery,
although flying the Red Cross flag, has
been bombarded and set on tire by our
troops as we had ascertained by means
of photographs taken by our aviators.
, that behind the fishery was hidden a
i French heavy battery.
"French attacks in the district
around Sous in am! on fchf villages ot'
Varennes a:i,i Youquers. in the eastern
part of the forest of were re
pulsed at heavy losses to the enemy.
; , "In the forest of Argonne it is said
ground was cained in several places,
on this occasion we took a number of
prisoners.
"The French suffered heavy losses
. in the battles reported yosterdav to the
north of Nancy. Our losses were com
paratively small. 'No new reports are
at hand from East Prussia.
"In Northern Poland our troops are
I in close touch with the Rnss ans who
I have come to * standstill in a stroogiv
fortified position. East of the Warta
the fighting for Lowicz continues.
"In Southern Poland, Austrio-Hun
gar-.an troops fighting side by sioe with
j oir tto>ps. have successful! v renewe-t
the attack.''
LADY DECIESWOUNIED
BY AN AEROPLANE BOMB
London, Dec. 9.—A correspondent of
the "Westminster Gazette," telegraph
i ing from Dunkirk, says in an undated
dispatch:
'As 1 write, a Taube (German aero
plane) is reported apprjaehing.
"On the occasion of the last visit of
a Taube one of the bombs killed a
woman and wounded a young so
! that it was necessary to amputate her
i arm.
'•Lady Dec-ies (formerly Miss Vivien
Gould), who has bt?n active in Red
Cross work here for t'ue past couple of
months, happened to be passing elose
to the spot where the bomb fell. She
was struck in the shoulder by a splinter
of iron, and as long as she lives will
carry the mark as a memento.
" Regardless of her own wound, Ladv
Deeies went to the assistance of the
little girl.''
EMPEROR WILLIAM REPORTED
SUFFERING FROM PNEUMONIA
London. Dee 9. 3.05 P. M.—Emper
or William is suffering from pneumonia,
which is combined with nervous de
pression due to overexertion, according
to telegrams from Berlin forwarded by
the Amsterdam correspondent of the
Exchange Telegraph Company.
The message adds that the German
Emperor's doctor* have advised him not
to return to the front.
May Take Charge of Turks
Constantinople. Dec. 9. Via london,
3.10 P. M.—FieM Marshal Baron Von
Der Goltz, who had been governor of
the territory in Belgium now occupied
by the Germans, has arrived at the Ot
toman capital. The report has been
circulated that he is to take charge of
the Turkish troops
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1914—14 PAGES.
WINNERS l« THE
ill CONTEST
Letter Writers Are
Basing Reasons for
Choices on Needs of
Christmas Season
SCHOOL GIRL
GETS AN AWARD
Those Presenting Best Reasons for
Their Selections Are Lucetta Mc-
Elheny. Gladys T. KautTman and
H. B. Hoagland
The C hristuias spirit has begun to
pervade the many letters coming to the
Bargain Editor's desk, selecting what
the writers consider the best offers on
the >tar-lndependent's Bsrgain and
Educational Page. Contestants for the
prizes are basing their reasons for their
selections in many instances on the
nee.i> f the season, thus to some extent
strengthening their arguments.
The winners of the prizes this week
are: Lucetta McElheny, Euliaut. first
prize of $3; Gladys T. Kauffman. 1607
North Sixth street, second prize of $2,
and H. B. Hoagland. 1401 North Front
street, third prize of sl.
The second prize-winner, who says
she is a 9-year-old school girl, was se
lected solely on the merit of her letter,
without allowances for her age. Her
reasons for considering cakes the best
hargain are simple and natural ones,
and she presents them as though she
means exactly what she is saving. Her
contribution is above many entries,
coming from her elders.
School children, by going over to
day's Bargain Page of the Star-Inde
pendent very carefully, with the assist
ance of their parents perhaps, should
be able to write letters to the Bargaiu
Editor which will stand a good chance
of winning prizes next week. The
money will be acceptable to children,
as well as to older folks, for toe pur
chasing of Christmas presents.
The prize-winning letters this week
follow:
First Prize-winner
Bargain Editor: 1
Dear Sir—
The best bargain offered this vvjok
on your Bargain anil Educational "age
Continued on .\lnth Page.
MRS. LYTTLE AND SOX DIE
Wife and Child of Dr. Eugene W. Lyttle
Succumbed to Pneumonia
Many of the teachers of the city will
recall Dr. Eugene \N". Lyttle, of Albany,
regent of New York State University,
who has spoken at several teachers' in
stitutes here. Two weeks ago Dr. and
Mrs. Lyttle and their sons were taken
to an Albany hospital suffering from
attacks of pneumonia. Mrs. Lyttle and
Warren, the oldest son, died this week,
and the other son is still in a critical
condition.
The Albany "Journal" says that the
entire eltv is sympathising with Dr.
Lyttle. He is a cousin of Mrs. Mabel
Cronise Jones, of this city.
GREAT CALAMITY
AVERTED BY IS.
Secretary McAdoo, in
Annual Report, T6lls
How Impending Pan
ic Was Thwarted
TREASURY DEP'T
TO THE RESCUE
By Formation of Gold
Pool, $ I :i5,000,000 Cotton Loan
Fund and Other Timely Moves, Sit
uation Was Believed
Washington. Dec. —Secretary Mi
Adoo, in his aunual report to Cougress
to-day outlined at length the steps ta
ken by the Treasury Department to re
store confiden e and support American
business, shaken and weakeued by the
European war.
"A catastrophe of calamitous pro
portions,"' said tho report, "was nar
rowly averted. It is a tribute to the
economic strength and soundness of the
country and to the patriotism of its
people in every class and walk of life
that the shock has been so admirably
withstood. A panic of cataclysmic pro
portions might easily have resulted and
if it had, the injury to the country
would have been incalculable anj manv
vears would have been required to
overcome its effects.'''
Factors in Beviving Confidence
By formation of the $100,000,000
gold pool, the $135,000,000 cotton
loan fund, issues of emergency cur
rency and the deposit of crop moving
money in national banks, the situation
was relieved, aud confidence was re
vived, the report says.
"Through the prompt and effective
action of the Treasury Department and
with the cordial and intelligent co-op
eration of the banking and business in
terests of the country, the danger has
been averted," says the report, "con
fidence has been restored and specie
payments have been maintained in the
face of the warld. At uo time since
the war broke out has there been, to
the knowledge of this department, with
the exception of a few isolated cases,
a failure on the part of any solvent
national bank to honor its checks in
currency or money or to meet its obli
gations. The general revival of busi-
C'ontinup<t en Fourth Pace
Bichloride Victim Better
Physi'-ians at the Harrisburg hos
pital believe they will gave the life
of Miss Beeaje Hagey, 321 Poplar
street. Steelton. who took bichloride of
mercury tablets yesterday in mistake
for headaohe tablets. Her condition was
somewhat improved this morning, but
she is not out of danger.
Mrs. McCauley Has Pneumonia
Mrs. Uilbert M. McCauley,, whose
late husband was superintendent of the
Central Iron & Steel Company, who has
been quite ill with incipient pneumonia
at her residence, 13 Bouth Front street,
is reported em improving to-day.
STEPS TAKEN FOB
i II HI KU
Movement Started for
Municipal Ins tit u tion
to Care for Cases of
Contagious Diseases
POOR DIRECTORS
ARE BACKING IT
Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, for the Visiting
Nurses' Association, and Represent
atives of Other Local Charities Give
the Plan Their Endorsement
With charitable societies and the
City Board of Health offering their co
operation and assistance, bat>l financial
ly and otherwise, It was officially an
nounced from the ofiice of the Directors
of the Poor this morning that a move
ment is to be beguu at once toward the
establishment of a municipal hospital.
This institution is intended to
ca r e of all contagious diseases, small
pox excepted, and, while the cost of the
treatment of patients suffering from
such diseases will be borne by the coun
ty and city alone, it is not intended
that the hospital shall be recognized as
one to be used exclusively for indi
gents.
The plan to establish such a hospital
has been the subject of a number of
suggestions made to the Directors of the
Poor within the last year, the last of
which came this morning from the Vis
iting Nurses' Association through a
committee composed of' Mrs. Lyman D.
Gilbert and Miss Mary Miller, the vis
iting nurse The plan also was incor
porated in suggestions which Dr. Johu
M. J. Raunick, Cit/ Health Officer,
made to' the old City Councils. He also
referred the subject to tbe present
City Commissioners a vear ago.
To Cost $lO,<MH> First Year
Under the testative arrangements,
data on cost ot the hospital construc
tion and maintenanoj will be gathered
from the managers of similar institu
tions in the State and then will be sub
mitted to the Directors of the Poor
for action. This, it is believed, will
not exceed SIO,OOO in the first year.
The cost of maintenance alone will be
comparatively small, it is believed.
,The need for a municipal hospital,
the Directors of the Poor say, is now
apparent and, in their opinion, its es-
Conttaurd on Thirteenth rage.
$lO FOR BELGIAN RELIEF
Wormleysburg United Brethren Sunday
School Gives Money For Belief
The United Brethren Sunday school
o* Wormleysburg, has sent |lO to the
Belgian relief committee to aid the
starving Belgians through tbe Star-
Independent. This money was sent yes
terday to the proper'officials.
The official board of the Sunday
school decided on November 30 fo
take that amount from the treasury
and the treasurer, T. F. Baker, was
directed to forward the money to this
newspaper for that purpose.
JURY WBEELUSED 80 YEARS
SPINS LAST TIME TO-BAY
Old Deyicft Known to Have Been Op
erated M Lon( Ago m 18.14, la Re
moved and a Modern, Fireproof,
Steel Wheel la Substituted
The little jury wheel which has been
in service in Dauphin county for at
least eighty years—records show it was
in use in 1804 —passed into history to
day. Hundred and hundreds of times it
has been opened Hint the names of men
liable for jury duty placed in it to be
drawn subsequently. More than fifty
thousand names have been dropped into
it through the little slot. To-day it
was brushed aside and n steel, fire
proof and much larger wheel substi
tuted.
The new wheel has a capacity of 2,-
000 names. President Judge George
Kunkel and Jury Commissioners Kd !
"aril Dapp ami Samuel M. Taylor t.t
dsv inserted in the wheel the names of j
900 Dauphin countians from whom the
1915 court juries will be selected.
It has been the custom fur Years to
place that number of names in the
wheel annually. From the abandoned
wheel 157 names were extracted tins
Continued on tCticlith Pnjjc.
SHOOTS Clf!L_flND HIMSELF
Potty Naval Officer Kills Sister of Con
way. Member of a Tri-State
Baseball Team
By Associated Prrss,
Philadelphia, Dec. 9.—Jesse Adams,
• a petty officer on the battleship Illinois,
stationed at the Philadelphia navy
1 yard, shot an 1 killed a young woman
named Anna Conway at her home here
early to-day and then committed sui
cide.
According to the police, Adams shot
j the girl because she refused to«marry
| him. Adams, whose home address was
j given as Oakland. 111., was 35 years old.
i The girl was 24.
Miss Conway was a teacher in a pub
j lie school and was a sister to Conway,
a member of a Tri-State baseball team.
Officials of the Harrisbtirg baseball
| team of the Tri-State League said this
afternoon they could not re> II that a
: man named Conway pkyed with any
I team in the league.
P. KUNKEL TO SUN AGAIN
Announces He Will for the Second
Time Oppose Michael E. Stroup
for District Attorneyship
Paul A. Kunkel. brother of Judge \
George Kunkel and a member of the
Dauphin county bar. who was defeated
by 'Michael K. Stroup in the race for
District Attorney in 1911, to-day an
nounced he will again enter the race for
that office in the election in 1915.;
•stroup already has announced himself
a candidate for re-election.
Kunkel said he has not decided defi
nitely what party nomination he will
seek, although he added that he may
run independently, *'so as to be non
partisan." Later he said he will like- i
ly be a candidate at the Democratic pri
maries and also oppose the County
Prosecutor foi thfc Republican nomina
tion.
The fight for District Attorney in
1911 waxed into a hot contest and end
ed with Stroup having a plurality of
less than 100 votes. Kunkel was the
fusion candidate on the Democratic
and Keystone ticketd, and reports that
some of the tickets marked in his fa
vor. crosses, one in the Democratic and
another in the Keystone blocks, had
been thrown out, led to Kunkel con
testing his opponent's election.
About one hundred witnesses were
called to testify in the inquiry which
was conducted by Judye McCarrell anil
during which several ballot boxes were j
opened. However, Stroup was ulti
mately found to be the winner. A part
of the costs in that suit 'Ave not yet 1
been paid, the question of liability for
the costs not yet having been decided
by the court.
MRS. KEITERJOUND DEAD
Mother-in-law of George W. Mcllhen
ny. Republican Leader, Victim
of Apoplexy in Bathroom
Mrs. Florence Keiter, mother-in-law
of George W. Mcllhenny, leader of the
Republican organization in this county
and treasurer of the Harrisburg
School Board, was found dead at 8.10 ;
o'oloek this morning in a 'bathroom in
the home of Mr. Mcllhenny, 25
Thirteenth street, where she had lived
for the last eight yetrs. Dr. G. E.
Bill found the cause of death was
apoplexy.
Mrs. Keiter was the widow of the!
late P. W. Keiter, of Williamstown, ami'
was 81 yeats old. She left seven chil
dren: Dr. I. A. Keiter, Wieoniseo; Dr.
C. F. Keiter, Philadelphia; Charles O.
Keiter, Liverpool, Pa.; Mrs. Ellie
Thompson, Williamstown; Mrs. George
W. Mcllhenny, Annie R. Keiter and
Jennie M. Keiter, of this city.
The following sisters also survive:
Mrs. James Messersmith, of this city; !
Mrs. Emma Messner, Williamstown; .
Mrs. H. Rough, MiddlAurg. There are 1
seven surviving grandchildren- and |
three great-grandchildren. The funeral j
arrangements had not been made late j
this afternoon.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
ins. HIT'S ID
A MM
Wife of State Statisti
cian Fired at Masher
Who Followed Her
Maid Into the House
BALL LODGED
IN THE CEILING
Intruder. Who Had Forced Ills Atten
tions on the Gir!, Fled at tho Repo-t
oi the Pistol—Banging of Serena
Door Told of His Departure
Tin- poor aim of Mrs. Wiimer R.
Halt, wi fo of ili > register of vital »t:u-
, 1 5 ,U ' I M , ,u State Department of
Hon I tii, is responsible for the oseapo
from im )urv of an unwelcome masher
who followed a maid servant into t.hu
Hatt home, 1! I:» S North Second street,
earlv tins morning .wis. Bait tired one
shot front a revolver pointed down the
stairs Ironi the second st-orv of lier
home, but it missed the mark, lodged in
the roiling and the intruder got awn •.
I tie hanging ot a screen door an in
stant after Hie shot was lired told Iho
women of his hasty departure.
I'hvlis (iablonska, the maid, is an
Austrian, who speaks broken Knglisli.
■ s ''° was waiting for a ear in Market
sipiare at 11.30 o clock last night aft
er-attending a show at a motion pietaro
theatre, when she was approached Itv
the man.
"What car do you takef" he asked.
"Second street," she replied.
The man got onto the same c.ar and
later asked her what street she intend
ed to get off at. She told hint "Wood
bine. and lie replied that he lived in
Woodbine street. When Woodbine
street was reached both the man and
girl left the car.
I ntil she started along Second
street the girl did not know she was
being followed. She walked to the rear
door of the Batt home and remon
strated with the man when he went up
on the rear porch He refused to leave
and the girl attempted to jret into the
house. lie, however forced his wftv
into the kitchen. The girl told him she
would call her mistress and then she
lied to the second lloor to Mrs. Bait's
room. Shi' hurriedly told her story to
Mrs. Batt, who went to the head of tlie
: stairs ami shouted:
"If there is a man down there lm
j would better get o>;t, for I'm goinj; to
[ shoot.''
She followed that declaration with a
j shot front a 22-calibre pistol and then
the screen door banged, telling of a
hurried departure. The bullet lodged in
the plaster ceiling of the stairway and
did no other damage. The maid de
scribed the man to the police as about
2li years old and ■> feet t> inches tall.
SNOW OK RAIN IN PROSPECT
Little Change tn Weather Condition*
for To-morrow
There is little hope for an improve
ment in weather conditions before to
morrow nij;ht. according to reports fro n
the local ofli.-o of the Weather Bureau
to-day. Kxcept for the departure of
the severe storm and its place beiir*
taken by a secondary one of consider
able less strength there is no big change
in conditions, cloudiness being still gen
eral over a greater portion of the cou.i-
I try.
Snow or rain is forecasted for this
afternoon and to-night and probably to
morrow, with not much change in tem
perature. With its (tenter iu Montana
a high pressure area has moved iu from
I Canada lowering temperatures there
somewhat. Snow, however, is still fac
ing in the central valleys.
The minimum temperature still hav
ers around the freezing point and no
I change is expected to-night.
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TWELVE LUCKY PERSONS
GET ORPHEIM TICKETS
FREE IN PRESENT WEEK
X
Twelve persons have enjoyed
will enjoy the excellent show at the
Orphenm this week as guests of the
Star-Independent.
Last Monday the Star-Independ
ent began a plan of giving away, ab
solutely free, two Orpheuni tickets,
each day for the rest , of the the
atrical season.
The persons who get these tickets
arc selected in a novel manner. A
young lady is blindfolded and is
given Boyd's Directory of Harris
| burg and vicinity. She opens it at
random and makes a mark on the
page with a pencil. To the person
whose name is nearest the mark is
awarded the tickets.
In this way no partiality is shown
—the name of the person who gets
the tickets is announced in the form
of a "Want," "For Rent," "For
Sale" or similar advertisement in
the classified columns.
The idea of putting the announ're
ments in this way is to get people
| in the habit of reading through these
; interesting little advertisements. So
! far four tickets have been awarded
j —two on Monday to Cieorge Gio
vanns, 208 Market street, and two
j yesterday to Miss Blanche V. Mc-
Cormick, 530 Race street.
Two more will be given away to
day.
Perhaps von are lucky enough to
get them. Look through tho classi
fied ads and find out. If your name
is there you will easily find it.
The Star-Independent takes great
pleasure in giving out these tickets.
There is satisfaction In affording
two persons every day the enjoyment
of a treat at the Orpheum.