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TURK SHIP
TORPEDOED
DY BRITISH
Battleship Messudieh
Is Destroyed in Dar
ing Feat of English
Commander
HE DIVES UNDER
5 ROWS OF MINES
Lieutenant Holbrook Enters Dardanelles
in Spite of Difficult Current and At
tacks the Messudieh, Which Was
Guarding the Mine Fields
By Associated Press,
London, Dec. 14, 11.25 A. M.—A
communication issued by the official bu
reau to-day announced that the Turkisli
battleship Messudieh has been torpedoed
by a British submarine. The official bu
reau \s statement is as follows:
"Yesterday submarine B-ll in charge
of Lieutenant. Commander Norman B.
Holbrook, of the Royal navy, entered
the Dardanelles and in spite of the dif
ficult current dived under five rows of
mines and torpedoed the Turkish battle
ship Messudieh, which was guarding
the mine fields.
"Although pursued bv gunfire and
torpedo boats the B-ll returned safely
after being submerged, on one occasion,
(for nine hours. When last seen the
Messadieh was sinking at the stern.''
Lieutenant Commander Holbrook. of
the submarine B-11, is one of five broth
(."s. all serving with the colors, the sons
of Colonel Arthur Holbrook, a newspap
er owner of Portsmouth.
The Messudieh was a very old boat,
having been built at Black wail, England,
in 18 74, and reconstructed at Genoa in
1903. Slhe was 332 feet long, 59 feet
beam and of about ten thousand tons
fcurder,. She had a speed of 17>/i knots
*nd her main battery consisted of two
9.2 inch guns in turrets and twelve 6-
snch guns in battery. In the war with
Greece in 1912 the Messudieh was re
ported badly damaged in a naval battle
in the Dardanelles. She carried a crew
of 600 men.
First Serious Blow to Turkish Navy
London, Dec. 14, 12.15 P. M.—The
first serious blow inflicted on t'he Turk
ish navy since the entrance of the porte
into the war, the torpedoing of the
Turkish battleship Messudieh 'by a Brit
ish submarine in the Dardanelles, gave
naval'color to to-day's war news and
was in fact the only striking occurrence
chronicled by land or by sea.
Little or no change has been report
ed on the western oattle front and in
the east Russia and Germany continue
to fight a seemingly endless battle for
the control of western Poland.
Advance of Allies Predicted
English and French newspapers unite
in declaring that the time is drawing
near for the much discussed general ad
vance of the allies through France and
Belgium and some unofficial reports say
this move is about to be undertaken, if
it has not actually begun. Progress
necessarily would be inch by inch and
even the most optimistic of the British
observers, assuming that a general for
ward movement of the allies is to be
essayed concede that it would be spring
before any appreciable eastern progress
(,'ould be made.
Boldest Marine Exploit of War
The feat of Lieutenant Commander
Holbrook in diving under five rows of
mines in the Dardanelles and torpedoing
the Turkish battleship is described here
as perhaps the boldest marine exploit
of the war. The submarine presum
ably was not scratched. She escaped
from gunfire and the pursuit of tor
pedo boats in a manner truly remark
able and it was necessary for her crew
1o endure the ordeal of remaining under
water for nine hours n a stretch.
Russian guns have from time to time
inflicted some damage on Turkish war
ships bombarding Russian ports, but the
disaster reported to-day robs the Porte
of its first big ship. The loss of life
is not estimated in the brief announce
ment of the episode given out by the
British Admiralty, but, if the Messu
dieh was manned as other Turkish
».hips have been, then there were a num
ber of German officers on board .
SERVIANS CAPTURE OVER
2,000 AUSTRIANS, 16 GUNS
London, Dec. 14, 4.56 A. M.—Ac
cording to a Nis'h, Servia, dispatch to
Renter's Telegram Company, an of
ficial communication issued there Sun
day claims that attempts by the Aus
trians to halt their retreat have failed
and that the Servians are continuing
to sweep the country clear of the de
feated Austrian^.
"The Servians are advancing suc
cessfully in the direction of Milano
vatz and Be kg rax le,'' the communica
tion continues. "The enemy is retiring
southeast of Obrenovtatz.
"In the course of the day the Ser
vians captured seven officers and 2,-
188 men, two flags, 16 mountain guns,
other guns, munitions and supplies.''
®ie ; Star- 4MMI SwkfJenkiii
LATE WAR NEWS SUMRY
Vigorous thrusts at the German line
in France were made again yesterday
by allies but reports of successes in
to-day's official statement from Paris
are not borne out by the Berlin com
munication. The French war office states
that German positions along the Aisne
were demolished, that in the Wovre dis
trict a line of tTenches ."»(•<> yards Ion?
were captured and that further progress
was made in the Argonn e and in Al
sace. The German announcement says
that nothing of importance has oc
curred in the west, with the exception
of a few French attacks along the
Meuse and in the Vosges, which were
repulsed easily.
There have been no important
changes in the east, according to the
German statement. Dispatches from
Petrograd, however, assert that the
Bussians have thrown back the Ger
man column which was attempting to
strike at Warsaw from the north and
that as a result the position of the
Bussians all along their front has been
improved.
The French War Office announces
that in Servia further successes have
been won against the Austrians, and
that in the Montenegrin campaign,
which has been almost lost sight of re
cently, the Austrians have suffered a re
verse.
The German cruiser Dresden, sole
survivor of the fight in the South At
lantic on December 8 in which four Ger
man vessels were sunk, iB reported to
Continued on Ninth Page.
RUSSIA CLAMCISIVE
VICTORY OVER GERMS IN
FIGHTING ABOUT WARSAW
Petrograd, Dec. 14, via London,
2.20 P. M.—Reports reaching here to
day from the fronts state that the
operations of Russian forces north of
Warsaw, partial success of which was
announced last week, have now result
ed in a decisive victory, after having
pierced the German front beyond Cie
clianow aDd Prsasnysz. The Russian
successes on this front, according to
these advices, has been clinched by a
wide-swinging movement of tie ad
vancing Russian left on the main high
way from Plook to Mlaiwa, concluding
in a heavy cavalry enslavement at
.lurominetna sevon miles southeast of
Mlawla.
Russian successes of this nature
have three important results. The im
mediate pressure north of Warsaw
would be relieved and the German
threat against the railroad lines load
ing east from the city wwikl be an
swered. Russian, troops on the right of
the Vistula river would be freed to
®e<>k a crossing and endanger the posi
tion of the left wing of the German
army in the region of Lodz. It is said
here that the Russians will now be able
to straighten their entire front running
to the Mazurian lakes.
Petrograd, via London, Dec. 14,
7.59 A. M.—An official communication
issued by the Russian army staff of the
Caucasus says:
"All day Friday fighting occurred
on the front extending through the vil
lages of Pypuvk, Asm or and Tutak
(southeast of Erzerum). The enemy
wtas everywhere repulsed and pursued
beyond the Euphrates with severe
losses."
20.000 CHRISTIANS NOW
THREATENED IN ARMENIA
London, Dec. 14, 4.45 A.. M. A
Petrograd dispatch to the "Times"
says:
".Advices from the front at Erzer
um, Turkish Armenia, describe the
position of 20,000 Christians there as
precarious (because of tiheir Riu®sian
sympathies. Three hundred thousand
Turkish tirooips are mobilized at Er
semm.
"Hundreds of Armenians have been
imprisoned and many hanged in the
streets without trial as examples.
Nevertheless remarkable anti war dem
onstrations have been held in Erzerum,
on one occasion the rioting lasting sev
eral hours."
170,000 JEWS FROM ti ALIC-IA
FLEE FOR REFUGE TO VIENNA
New York. Dec. 14.—One hundred
and seventy thousand Jews have fled
for refuge from Galicia to Vienna, ac
cording to a letter received here to-day
from the Austrian Israelite Alliance in
Vienna by the American Jewish Relief
Committee.
"Galicia as the field of military op
eration" has been cleared of almost the
entire /sivil population," reads the let
ter. "At the present time there are
170,000 Jewish fugitives from Galicia
here, of whom 70,000 are absolutely
penniless. Furthermore, 25,000 desti
tute Jewish fugitives have been placed
in barracks in Moravia and 70,000 in
Bohemia, where barracks are also being
built. .These 165,000 poor Jews are in
pressing need.''
Son of German Chancellor Captured
Paris, Dec. 14.—Reports reaching
here to-day from Berne state that a
son of the German Chancellor, Dr. Von
Bethmann-Hollweg, has been injured se
riously at Pictkrow, Russian Poland,
and that he has been captured by the
Russians.
HARRISRURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 3914—12 PAGES.
"NURSES" WHO WILL SELL RED CROSS SEALS .
Front row, loft to right—Misses Emma Morrow. Ann Fissel, Mary Koons, Marie McCalley, Laura Miller, Ruth Kirktip, Irene McCalley, Mary Roth, Fannie
Hoy, Kathryn MeCloskey, Margaret Baeon,.Kmilv Morrow. Hack row —Misses Helen Roberts, Ann Fogarty, Emily Yauderloo, Esther Ilutman, Kathrj'n Thorn,
Esther Adam, Marie Melville, Mary Frances Ebel, Eleanor Copelin, Maudaline Shoaf, Hilda Fohl.
MTIIN WEEK in
11THWUEM
Society Leaders Pres
ent to Aid Cause of
Sufferers of War in
Belgium
BOX PARTIES MARE
IT SOCIETY EVENT
Joe Jackson With His Funny Bicycle,
Who Shares Headline Honors With
Bessie Wynn, Dainty Singer, Trav
els All Night to Reach City
Graced by the presence of many so
ciety leaders in Harrisbung, who have
entered heart and soul into making the
Rotary Club week at the Orpheuin the
atre one of few emipty seats and one
of many filled stomachs in Belgium the
special charity week opened to-day.
A crowd as great as any Monday
afternoon crowd at the Locust street
JOE JACKSON
His Trouble In Mounting His Funny
Bicycle Will Convulse Orpheum
Patrons With Laughter
play house in recent years, ushered in
the special week this afternoon while
the sale of candy and lemonade through
the operation of sipecial concessions
under the direction of a committee of
the Home and Foreign Relief conunit-
ContinuFd oil Ninth I'mr.
War Tax Penalties Extended
By Associated Press,
Washington, Dec. 14. —An amend
ment to the war tax bill providing
that no penalties shall bo imposed be
fore failure to make returns on or be
fore January 1, 1915, an extension from
December 1, 1914, was passed to-day
!by the Senate. It now goes to the
J House.
91,000,000 to Fight Cattle Plague
lip Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 14. —An emergen
cy appropriation of $1,000,000 for
fighting the foot anil mouth disease was
passed to day by the Senate.
PRETTY GIRLS AS NURSES
TO SELL RED CROSS SEALS
They Will Be an Attractive Feature of
Zembo Drill and Band Concert in
Chestnut Street Hall To-morrow
i Evening
i To morrow night is to be the "big
night" in the 1914 Red Cross Christ-
I mas Seal Campaign.
Zembo band and patrol, of the Mystic
I Shrine, and about two dozen attractive
I young.women, capped and gowned as
I Red Cross nurses, will be the features
iof tire '' Zotwbo'' program in Chestnut
| street auditorium to be presented for
j ttbe benefit of the Christmas seal sale to
j assist in the fight against tuberculosis.
The band, under direction of Corne
i lius B. Shope, will submit a program
that will make band-music loving Har
; risfomg sit up ami take notice. Captain
Frank 11. Hoy, Jr., commander, and the
forty-six members of his patrol, will
| demonstrate how well that, famous
i prize-winning body can drill. The pretty
<tted Cross nurses"will sell the seals in
j the audience.
j To-morrow the "Merchants' Day"
.activities begin when "Haberdashers'
; and Clothiers' Day" will bo observed.
! Among the merchants who have agreed
j to paste the seals on every package
i t'iiat goes out of their places of business
| are: Haberdashers, Shearer & Son, J.
; N T . Kinnard; clothiers, Doutrich & Co.,
I the. Hub, t'he Globe, Sides & Sides; hat
j ters, C. \V. Poulton; special, Harrisburg
Bag and Box Factory.
147,635 PENNIES IN STOUCH
COLLECTIONS IN SIX WEEKS
Coppers Received if Laid Side By Side
Would Extend Mile and Three-
Quarters—They Lead Ail Other
Coins in Numbers
There has been received at the
Stough taibernacle in collections during
t'he past six weeks of the campaign a
total of 1 47,635 coppers, according to
announcement made to-day by Treas
urer Heffelfinger. These coins, if laid
side by side, would extend a distance
of one and three-quarter miles.
Although the amount of money re
ceived in nickels, dime*, quarters and
one and two dollar bills were eaich
greater tlilan the value of the cents,
there were more coppers received nu
merically than any other coins.
The contributions of the six weeks,
according to denominations, follows:
In twenty-dollar bills, S4O; ten-dollar
bills, $150; five-dollar bills, $475; one
and two dollar bills, $1,821; half dol
lars, $570; quarters, $2,044.75; dimes,
$2,548.50; nickels, $6,065.90, and
cents. $1,476.35.
There was raised yesterday at the
meetings of the day, a totul of $639.1N
sufficient to meet the expenses of the
campaign for the ensuing seventh
week, which were not included in the
$19,000 budget.
WEEK'S WASH CATCHES FIRE
Engines Called Out After Clothing Is
Hung Too Near Furnace
Wash day was the cause of a fire at
3 o'clock this afternoon at the home
of ,1. M. Shook, 1190 Christian
street. Clothing had been hung on the
line in the cellar too near to the fur
nace and caught fire. The blaze spread
to several of the joists in the flooring,
but was extinguished before doing any
great amount of damage.
The fire companies of the district
responded to an alarm sent in from
Mulberry and Crescent streets.
34 OF CREW DROWNED
Dutch Steamer Strands on the Portu
guese Coast
Oporto, Via London, Dec. 14, 5.03
A. M.—Advices received here regard
ing the stranding of the Dutch steam
er Bogor, near on the Portu
guese coast, state that 34 members of
the crew of 38 were .drowned.
Several bodies have been washed
ashore from the ship, which has brok
en into three wirts and is a total loss.
WIFE OF SB
CLOSE TO DEATH
Mrs. Throne, Shot 3
Times by Husband,
Is in An Alarming
Condition
QUARREL ABOUT
A LITTLE DOG
Man Sent Three Bullets Into His Wife,
Another Into Woman Boarding
House Keeper ■ and Fired the Last
One Into His Own Heart
Mrs. Beulah Throne, who was shot
three times yesterday afternoon by her
husband, who afterward killed himself,
in a boarding house at 106 Linden
street, is in a critical condition in the
Harrisburg Hospital to-day. One of
the ljullets pierced her right lung and
that wound bled during the night. Slhe
is very weak and physicians have little
hope of her recovery.
Throne shot four times at his wife,
one bullet entering her right breast and
passing through her body; one lodgiug
in her left shoulder and the third in
flicting a flesh wound in t'he left side.
She turnod and half fell behind Mrs.
Fortney, the 'boarding house keeper. In
his eagerness to shoot his wife, again
Throne shot 'Mrs. Fortney in the right
arm.
Mr. and 'Mrs. George Edward Throne
until a month ago Lived in the house
with 'Mr. and 'Mrs. Robert Fortney, 106
Linden street. Then 'Mrs. Throne left
that house, going to 1221 Market
street to live. She went to the Fortney
home yesterday afternoon to see Mrs.
Fortney when a quarrel started between
Mr. and Mrs. Throne over the possession
of a little white dog.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Fortney, 'Mrs. Throne ent to t'he front
door accompanied by her husband where
she said she was "leaving for good."
Throne then struck his wife in the
face with his fist and grappled with
her. She ran to the kitchen. There Mrs.
Fortney began washing tlie blood from
Mrs. Throne's face. Throne returned
Continued on Mnth I'ltKe.
WINS ONTHUS6TH BALLOT
Boyer Re-elected President of the
School Board When Bretz
Changes Vote
Harry A Boye.- was re-elected presi
dent of the (Harrisiburg School Board
at an adjourned session Saturday night.
It required 156 ballots before the elec
tion, the deadlock having existed since
last Monday, when 78 ballots were ta
ken. Seventy-sevon more ballots were
cast Saturday night showing the name
general result. Oil the seventy-eighth
Director Harry M. Bretz, who had sup
ported the Rev. Dr. William N. Yates
throughout the balloting, shifted his
vote to Mr. Boyer, resulting in the lat
ter's election.
Bretz was then elected vice presi
dent of the Board over his Democratic
colleague, George A. Werner. On Mr.
Werner's motion to make the election
unanimous Directors Houtz and Yates
I voted ''no."
9 SEEK DIVORCE IN ONE DAY
Record Broken for Number of Such
Suite Filed in 24 Hours
Charges of desertion or infidelity are
contained in suits for legal separation
•filed in court to-day by nine men and
women who were parties to unhappy
marriages.
The mismated ones all have retained
E. E. Beidleman as counsel, and, so far
as the records show, this is the largest
number of divorce cases filed in one
dav in manv years.
COLD WAVE SCHEDULED
TO COME HERE TO-NICHI
Mercury Will Dip to Ten Above Zero
Before Midnight, Say Weather Ex
perts—Yesterday's Snowfall Was
Unusually Heavy for December
A cold wave from the middle Ca
nadian provinces is scheduled to arrive
in Harrisburg to-night and the mer
cury will drop to the lowest point of
the present season. Weather Forecasters
predict temperature of 10 degrees
above zero before midnight.
The storm of yesterday gave Har
risburg five inches of snow. This came
within two inches of breaking the rec
ord for the depth of a December snow
fall here. In the twenty-six years
since the local office of the Weather
Bureau was established there have
been but three heavier December snow
falls here than that of yesterday.
The storm was unexpected. It was
not until late. Saturday night that
cognizance was taken of the rapidly
approaching storm. SHOW warnings
were issued to the various offices of the
Weather Bureau and by njoon yesterday
the warning had been sent throughout
Central Pennsylvania by the local of
fice.
Snow began falling in this city
shortly after 9 o'elock yesterday morn
ing. It turned to rain at 7 o'clock in
the evening. Five inches had fallen
and the rain turned it into slush which
made walking very bad. The tempera-
Continued on \inth I'liur.
DANCING INSTRUCTOR HAS
SMALLPOX; 30 VACCINATED
Patient Is Promptly Isolated in Munici
pal Hospital and Steps Taken by
Health Department to Prevent the
Spread of the Disease
R. J. Hinkson, 29 years old. 209
State street, who conducts a dancing
academy at 304 North Second street,
last night was discovered to be suffer
ing from smallpox and this morning he
was removed by the city health author
ities to the municipal hospital, near the
Dauptiin county almshouse.
Hinkson gave instructions in dancing
ait his academy as late as last Thurs
day, and 30 of the more than 150 per
sons with whom he came 111 contact dur
ing last week were vaccinated this
morning. City health authorities,
headed ny Dr. John M. .1. R aunick, now
are conducting a rigid investigation to
learn the nnmds of all the persons who
came in contact with llinkson, so that
the vaccination work may he carried
further.
The dancing master is married and
had apartments at 209 State street.
Mrs. Hinkson, t'he four members of the
Academy orchestra, employes in restau
rants at which Hinkson took meals and
the other occupants of the State street
apartment hous-* were vaccinated this
morning.
The apartment house, dancing acade-
Continued on Ninth I'ase.
THIEF ABANDONS STOLEN HAMS
Drops Loot and Runs When Policeman
McCann Gets Curious
Policeman James McCann early Sun
day morning saw a figure at Walnut
and Short streets bending over trying
to put something under his coat and
sneaked up to the figure, who recog
nized the well-known outlines of the
policeman and dashed out Walnut street
and through Capitol Park. The police
man emptied his gun at the fleeing fig
ure but it had no effect.
Returning to the place the police
man found twelve hams that hail been
taken 'through a smashed window pane
in the store of Myer Gross, on that
corner. The hams were returned to Mr.
Gross but the thief is still at large.
Falls From Persimmon Tree
While gathering persimmons near his
home yesterday afternoon, Ralph Dci
bler, 12-year-old of Kdward Dewier, of
Lykens, fell from a tree and fractured
his left leg aibove the knee. He was
treated at his home yesterday and this
morning brought to the Harritfburg hos
pital. The tree was covered with snow
and caused him to slip.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
"KEH'IN
WINS WILL Fit
Instrument Giving the
Bulk of $12,000 Es
tate to Alleged Clair
voyant Is Probated
LIVELY COURT
FIGHT RECALLED
Witnesses Testified That Harrison Sei
ferd, So-called Spiritualist, Claimed
Strange Powers for Odd Devices He
Sold to the Late Mrs. Adains
The will of 'Mrs. Martha Adams, late
of Harrisburg, which Mrs. Adams' sis
ters are contesting 011 tho contention
that the deceased was unduly influenced
when she made a bequest giving the
'built of her $12,000 estate to Harrison
Seiferd, of South Cameron street, au
alleged clairvoyant and spiritualist, to
day was admitted to probate under a
decision filed by Roy C. Dannor, Reg
ister of Wills.
This decision came after a hearing
which lasted more than a week and at
which testimony was offered in an ef
fort to prove that Seiferd, the alleged
spiritualist, induced Mrs. Adams to give
him the greater part of her esti-to.
Many of the witnesses said Seiferd rep
resented himself as possessing super
natural powers, lie sold "force bags,''
they said, by which he represented tha
purchasers could accomplish many won
derful things.
The "force hags," several nf which
were put in evidence, the witnesses fur
ther said, were represented as having
healing properties, could prevent storms,
preserve properties, build up a mer
chant's business and even could sway
courts in their decisions. One of these
"force bags" bad been "worked" on
Judge Kunkel, a witness said, but the
Judge's decision was just the reverse
of what was sought by t'ho one possess
ing the bag.
Found No Undue Influence
The Register holds that no evidence
was produced before him supporting the
claim that Mrs. Adams was unduly in
fluenced at the time she made the will,
and the costs of the contest, the Reg
ister directs, shall be paid by Mrs.
Susannah Albigiht. a sister of Mrs,
Adams and a beneficiary under tine will,
who started the proceedings.
'Mrs. Albright is to receive s.ioo of
the Adams estate, the will provides. It
is said that she personally will not bear
the 'brunt of the costs since other bene
ficiaries under the will joined her in
bringing the action in her name.
James G. Hat/., counsel for Mrs. Al
'bright, at noon to-day said an appeal
will be taken from the decision of tho
Register and the whole matter will bo
tlhrashed out again in the Dauiphin
County Orphans ' Court. The appeal will
be carried to the Supreme Court, if nec
essary, Mr. Hatz said.
The Register is of the o; in ion ttiat.
the will in question as presented to
(hint for prolate, was the will of thto
late Martha Adams; that it was framed
by Mrs. Adams and coincides with her
plans of disposing of the Adams es
tate.
Since the will has been probated, the
executor, Charles Myers, of York coun
ty, a nephew by marriage of Mrs.
Adams, will take charge of the estate
and proceed to settle the estate. I»aw
yers say this work would require a year's
time.
However, it is conceded that since
an appeal is taken from the decision of
the Register, the estate may not be
closed for tfhree or four years. The ap
peal. when taken, will act as a stay to
action by the executor. The hearing be
fore the Register was conducted by Mr.
Danner under the supervision of his
legal adviser, Benjamin F. Nead.
LICENSE TRANSFER DENIED
Court Declines to Give Patrick J. Sul
livan Permission to Move His
Liquor Business Uptown
The Dauphin county court, in an
opinion ij>iiven by Judge McCarrell this
afternoon, refused to grant the appli
cation of Patrick J. Sullivan to trans
fer his liquor license from his hotel at
727 Stele street, to 1819 North Third
street.
Sullivan's hotel as now located is
within the Capitol Park Kxteusioi>_i
zone, is owned by Mrs. Anna Doehne/
so Sullivan, at the hearing on the ap
plication, told the court, and soon will
be taken over by the State and nizled.
Objection to the transfer of the liquor '
license to the Eleventh ward pnnjrorty
was voiced by about 1,700 people,
more than 900 of whom were women.
A year ago the court refused Sulli
van's application to open a hostelry
on South Cameron street.
WALL STREET CLOSING
By Associated I'reus.
New York, Dec. 14. —The first full
day of open trading in stocks was
marked by substantial general advances
in the initial hour. The late advance
followed the announcement that, from
to-morrow all shares are to be read
mitted to the list.
The closing was strong. There were
some recessions in special stocks sub
jected to selling pressure, but elsewhere
further improvement was noted. Amal
gamated increased its gain to 51/
points. *