THE WEATHER FAIR TO-NIGHT COLDER TO MORROW Detailed Keport, Pace a §IT^T H , ED VOL. 77—NO. 10. FIGHTING IN FRANCE RESUMED Combined Attack by Allies on Line From Hollebeke to Wyts chaete, in Belgium TAKE TRENCHES AND PRISONERS Retreat of Germans Toward Prepared Positions East of Yser Confirmed —Masses of Troops Concentrating Along Bruges, Thielt and Courtrai London, Dee. 15, 1.35 P. M.—Ttw official information bureau to-day gave out the following statement: "After a period of comparatively quiet., the fighting in Northern France has recommenced. "A combined attack by the allies wae made yesterday on the line from Hollebeke to Wyttachaete, in Belgium. Beveral German trenches and B num ber of prisoners were captured and progress was mfede." Wytochaete is five miles south of Ypires, Belgium, while Hollebeke lies about three miles northeast of Wytedhaete. Consequently the line re ferred to in the foregoing dispatch is about three miles long. Bobterdam, via London, Dec. 18, 3.25 A. M.—The newspaper "La Bol gique" says that the retreat of the Germans toward prepared positions east of the Yser is confirmed. Masses of troops have been concentrated along a line embracing Bruges, Thiedt and Courtrad with general headquarters at Thielt. Austria Denies Report About Peace Vienna, via London, Dec. 15, 6.02 A. M.—lt is officially denied that Austria-Hungary has attempted to con clude a separate peace with Servia. There have been several report® re garding possible peace negotiations between Austria and Russia, but the official denial is the first intimation here that there have been similar re |>orts regarding Servia. It is probably that following the recently reported success of the Servians such a rumor became current in Europe. FRENCH RETAIN GROUND WON ALONC YPRES CANAL Paris, Dec. 15, 2.40 P. M.—The offi cial statement given out by the French War Office this afternoon savs the French have retained the territory they won recently :.long the Ypres canal to the west of Hollebeke; in the Argonne and eleswhere. There has been artillery fighting from the Somme to the Argonne and in Alsace. German infantry gained a foothold near Steinbach. The text of the communication follows: "Between the sea and the Lys the English have occupied a little forest to the west of Wytechaete. The ground gained yesterday by our troops along the Ypres canal and to the west of Hollebeke has been retained in spite of a vigorous counter attack on the part ot the enemy. "Prom the Belgian frontier to tlio Soinme there is nothing to report. From the Somme to the Argonne there has been intermittent cannonading. Except ing in the region of Crouy this artillery fighting has not been spirited. On the Argonne we have made some progress and retained the advances made by us on preceding days. "In the Vosges the railroad station of St. Leonard, to the south of St. l)ie, has been violently boimbarded by the Germans from a considerable dis tance. "In Alsace there has been much ac tivity on the part of he enemy's ar tillery with the exception of "before Stein'bach where an attack by German infantrymen, coming from Uffholtz, was ■successful in gaining a foothold. Wo have everywhere retained the positions won previously by us." Bumania Wants U. S. War Supplies Chicago, Dec. 15.—Rumania has en tered the American field for the pur chase of war supplies, according to in formation reaching Chicago merchants to-day. The country, although not a belligerent in the European war, has Bent a commission here to place orders for arijis, ammunition, cotton and sani tary supplies to cost $10,000,000. «* Skt- Jntepetiftetit LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY The British military authorities an nounced to-day that fighting in North ern France had recommenced and that a combined attack by the allies in Belgium, to the south of Ypres, had re sulted in the capture of German trenches and substantial progress. This is the first occasion in several weeks on which the British authori ties have considered the day to day activities of the allies of sufficient im portance to issue such a statement. London suggests it may mean that the allies have at last begun the general offensive movement which has been ex pected there for some time. The French statement to-day covers the same ground as the British an nouncement and in addition says that some progress has been made in the Argonne. There were indications, how ever, that the Germans have made progress recently toward the eastern end of the line. The French war office admits that at Steinbach, in Alsace, the German Infantry "gained a foot hold." Bombardment of St. Leonard and of Commeroy by the Germans also has been mentioned in the last two of ficial French statements. St. Leonard lies some distance to the south of points previously mentioned in ac counts of fighting in the Vosges. Com meroy is about ten miles south of St. Mihiel, which has been believed pre- Coadourri on F.leveuth Pace. TURKISH CRUISER MIDIRLI BOMBARDS SEBASTOPOL Berlin, via Wireless to Sayville, Dec. 15.—The official press bureau to day gave out the following: "The Turkish cruiser Midirli (form erly the Rreslau) has bombarded Sevastopol. "Vienna newspapers report a mut iny in the army besieging Przemysl. Several battalions are said to have been stmt away in fe»ters. "The Turkish official bulletin says that the large cruiser Sultan Selim (the Goeben) bombarded Batuni on December 10, setting fire to the city. The Russian land batteries returned the fire without success. "Constantinople learns authoritati vely that a Mohammedan uprising has occurred in the Caucasus and that fifty thousand armed Russian Moslems went over to figiht against the Russians.'' THREE GERMAN GENERALS DIE FROM BATTLE WOUNDS Berlin, Dec. 14. I P. M., Via Lon don, Dec. 15, 12.65 A. M. —Lieutenant General Von Streck former inspector general of ordnance at Munich, has died from wounds received while fight ing in tihe west. The newspapers an nounce also the deaths on the battle field of General Von Brissen, command er of an infantry division, and Major General A. Von Martin. The newspapers to-day generally print the storv of the killing and muti lation of a German sentry who had been watching the wire entanglements and comment appreciatively on what is termed the quick justice meted out by the French to the man who mutilaited him. The soldier was found dead De cember 4. His ears had been cut off. The day following the finding of the body an officer of the French infantry appeared before the German position under a flag of truce and expressed to the German commanding officer the ab horrence of his regiment at the action of the culprit, who, he said, already had been and shot. ABANDONMENT OK BELGRADE ACKNOWLEDGED BY AUSTRIA Vienna, via London, Dec. 15, 5.35 P. M.—The abandonment of Belgrade by the Austrians is acknowledged in an official statement given out at army headquarters to-day. The statement follows: "In the southern theatre of war the retirement of our right wing involved a change in the military situation which made it advisable for us to aban don Belgrade, which was evacuated without fighting. Our troops have fougiht long and fatiguing battles, but are in the best o last 11 i•• ht above the. dam at the lower end of the city and with zero'tempcrature here to-night it will probably become icebound. There was considerable suffering last night on account of the suddenness of the fall. The temperature fell twenty eight degrees over Che previous night to a mark of four degrees. This is the first actual cold wave of the season. In the language of the Weather Bureau the fall must be twenty degrees in twenty four hours to n minimum of ten de grees. List night's fall was six de grees beyond that. Previous Low juark in 1894 The previous low murk for Decem ber was a fraitiou over four degreos on December 29, 1894. Records are on file in the local office of the Weather Bureau for twenty-six years. The clos ing of the river in a temperature of lour Continued ou seventh I'nac MAY BE SKATING NMIORROW Wildwood Lake Will Probably Be Beady for Pleasure Seekers There will be sltntiug on Wildwood hike to-morrow, according to the City Park department, if the temperature continues as at present. Since the in dications from the Weather Bureau are that the mercury will to-night drop ti) zero, those skates had better be sharp ened and polished and made ready for use. The ice on the lake is to-day three and a quarter inches thick, and not considered quite safe. If it is in con dition to-morrow, as is most likely, the boat house will be open for the use of skaters from 9 o'clock in the morn ing until 11.uO o'clock in the even ing. Nine Degrees Below in Lycoming Williamsport, Fa.. Dec. 15. —North- ern Pennsylvania shivered in the cold est December uay in years. The tem perature at Ellonton, the col iest pskint in Lycoming opunty, was nil.a degrees below zero. In this city the thermome ter registered zero. NO BUYER FNE.MV ISSUE Tightness of Money Market Shown by Failure to Get Bids on $17,000 Gilt-edged Swatara School -l^s That money is tight in the vicinity of Harrisburg 3ml gilt-edged bonds go begging for purchasers was evidenced last night when the School Board of Swatara township met to dispose of a loan of $17,000 and found no takers. 'Fhe fact that bids would be received for a duly authorized school bond issue of $17,000 had been advertised exten sively, and last night's meeting was the time set for opening the bids at the school board office in Oberlin. Pres ident P. Eyre Parthemore presided aud announced that the bonds to be issued were 4i/ 2 s ]>er cents,redeemable in thirty years, the board reserving the right to redeem them at the end of ten years. This was followed by the announcement from Secretary .John M. Erb that no 'bids had been received. After some discussion it was agreed that when the money market gets bet ter the board will offer the bonds for sale. The district, however, will nj>r suffer for lack of funds as the board already had made a temporary loan as a precautionary measure. MRS. THRONE SI AY NOT RECOVER Woman Shot by Husband Is Getting Worse At Hospital The condition of Mrs. Beulah Throne, who was shot three times by her husband Sunday aiternoom ait 106 Linden street, after a quarrel, becomes steadily worse at the Harrisburg hos pital. Her temperature increased dur ing the night ami it is feared she can not recover. The body of her husband, George Bdwiard Throne, who committed sui cide, a.fter shooting .his wife, will tie taken to Womelsdorf to-morrow morn ing for burial. SAYS BONDS NEVER CAME Franklin County Man Charges C. W. Shaffer With Attempt at Fraud O. W. Shaffer, jointly indicted for false prepense witih J. E. Rice, who is now serving a term in tihe Dauphin county prison, was arrested yesterday by City Detective White. lie is charged with selling bonds to a Kranlin county man. The bonds were never delivered by Bice, according to the complainant. He entered SI,OOO bail for a hearing. WOMEN TO CONTINUE WORK OF STOUGH WHEN HE LEAVES Personal Workers This Afternoon Form a League to Carry on Evangelistic Endeavors After the Close of the Tabernacle Meetings The first actual step was this after noon taken to cortinue the work of the Stoug 1 !! evangelistic campaign, after the tabernacle meetings come to an end next Monday. At a gathering at the tabernacle at 2 o 'clock, following a talk by the Rev. Mr. Cartwright, Dr. Stough's associate, the hundred or more women who have been doing personal work in the tabernacle audiences were organized into tttie "League of Per sonal Service." The Hev. Mr. Cartwright told the women that the work of saving souls for Christ must go on after the Stough party leaves Harrisburg, ami that for this purpose the men and the women would form separate leagues. The ob ject of the leagues is "both to conserve the results and extend the influence of the evangelistic campaign, especially by winning persons one by oue to Jesus Christ.'' Officers to Be Elected The organization of the league calls for t)he election of a president, a secre tary, a treasurer and t'he chairmen of various committees. The committees consist of membership, program, steer ing and extension work. There will be Personal Service Leagues in all the co-operating churches, the chairmen of which will be vice pres idents of tile central league. Meetings will be held at .the call of the president, but must be solely of an evangelistic nature. Teams of persons who have been ac tive in the Stoug'h campaign will go into school houses nud country churches on Sundays and hold evangelistic services. It is said that such teams are still at work in cities where Stougli campaigns were held more than two years ago. Firemen to Parade To-night Firemen of the city will to-night | march through the streets to the taber nacle, where seats will be reserved for | them. To-morrow night is railroad niglit j and the Pennsy men are eudeavoring to | get out a crowtl of 4,000. Men from | every department of t'lie railroad serv • ice will line up at the P. B. K. Y. IM. •C. A. and march to the tabernacle ! headed by the West End band. A dele ! gatiou from Enola will start to march i from Fourth and Walnut streets. Both i lines will move not later than 7.25 jo 'clock. CHRISTMAS CB9DS STOLEN Thieves Leave Behind Part of Booty Which Is Too Bulky to Go Through Window i (Special to th„- Star-Independent.) Middletown, Dec. 15. —Christmas goods valued at two hundred dollars were taken from T. E. Mayes' drug store on Union street, last night, by at , le»ist two men, who forced their eu ' trance into the building through a rear window. They were not seen and i it is believed that there is as yet no j clue as to their-identity. After the thieves had rifled several show cases, they made their*way from the store through a small opening le j neath the front show window. " This opening is barely large enough jto permit the passage of u man's j body, and they must have had difficulty !in getting their spoils through. At ' any rate, they left behind a box of ! goods valued at more than fifty dollars which they had manifestly gathered together to take with them. They also left behind a coat and a whiskey bot tle, neither of which bore signs of identification. KUKKEL LEFTjON $200,000 Rest of His Estate Goes to the Widow During Her Life and Then Re verts to the Son The will of the late John C. Kunkel was recorded this morning. Under its terms $200,000 is left to the Harris burg Trust Company in trust for Mrs. Kunkel and his son, John C. Kunkel, Jr., a student at Andover Academy. The rest of the estate is left to his widow during her life. At her death it will go to the son, John. Mrs. Kunkel is named as sole execu trix. MIS. CHAPMAN'S MOTH KU DIES Mrs. Chapman-Glines Succumbs After Being in a Coma for Two Weeks (Special to the Star-Independent.) Franklin. N. H., Dee. 15. —Mrs. Ella P. Chapman-dines to whom wa sleft a million by her first husband, Frank H. Chapman, died yesterday in her home 011 Prospreet street after having been in a coma for two weeks. She leaves a son Eben Chapman, of Harris burg, Pa. Another son, Frank W. Chap man, lives in Mississippi. Mrs. Glines was prominent socially in New Hampshire an,l has been ac tively interested in the Franklin Wom en 's Club. She was well known throughout New England and in the West. A fortnight ago she suffered a heart attack. She was 62 years old. Kben Chapman is employed in the mechanical engineering department of the Pennsylvania Steel Company and resides at the Engineer's Club, 31 South Front street. On Saturday he left for his home in Franklin o" ac count of the serious illness of his mother. Breaks Leg in Fall on Ice Steve S»hnjia, an Austrian, residing at 1219 South Ninth street, slipped on' the ice on the I>ock street bridge while running home for his dinner to-day and fra***4 4 WN S '''/'/' /s 4' «iA>* V v :>;> 7 \TJTTsIi> —T// Ur Qut i"' H Ato Of c I<4) " I '''^ •V DISTRICT ATTORNEY STROUP t rom a Stall Correspondent New York, N. Y„ Doe. 15. —Wearied of the-task of suppressing the crime wave in a great city. District Attorney Michael K. Stroirp, of Harrisburg and Elizabeth vi He, passed a restful week end in our town. 80011 as it was learned that Mr. Stroup had taken the 'bus from tlhe Pennsy uepot and had written his name on the register of the Waldorf hotel, Mr. Bennett, the popular editor, sent Mr. Hillegas, the "Herald" re porter, to interview him. That was Sat urday evening and when the "Herald" came out yesterday morning it to id about the prosecutor's visit in tile following headlines: FINDS 00 ET AND REST IN NEW YORK Michael E. Stroup Enjoys the Change From Dauphin County, Pa. Mr. Stroup told Mr. Hillegas the Waldorf was going to have a chicken and waffle supper that night. Some of Mr. Stroup's old friends from Penn sylvania, who are now living in our town, invited him to attend. After that, Mr. Stroup said lie would be rest ing in earnest and would be .glad to have Mr. Ilillegas come Around. Next morning, Sunday, Mr. HiUegas BAND CONCERT TO-NIGHT FOR RED CROSS BENEFIT Christmas Seals Will Be Sold in Audi ence by Pretty Girls at Free En tertainment—Merchants Are Using Thousands of Stickers Almost seventy-five store keepers and other business men of Harrisburg have enlisted in the "Merchant Day" movement of the Ked Cross Christmas seal campaign which opened to-day, and between 15,000 and 20,000 of the Yuletide stamps have already been dis posed of through these channels. The plan is simple. No one who fig ures in the campaign is expected to sell the soals; he merely buys a lot and pasites one upon each package that goes out of his store or office' on the particular day set apart for those in the line of business in which lie is en gaged. The merabant's duy end of the cam paign is being handled by Edward Manser, Who is assisted by some thirty oir forty Hoy Scouts of the city. . The youngsters acted as canvassers and obtained the orders from the store keepers and they later served as mes sengers in carrying around the sup plies of seals. To-dlay was "clothiers' and haber dashers ' day'' and seals were pasted up by the following: CloMiiers, Dout- Continued uo bilfhtk Page. was on hand bright and early. While Air. Stroup was finishing his breakfast of coffee and eggs, —real country eggs fresh laid in the barnyard right back of the hotel, —the "Herald" reporter arrived, his hair nicely combe I and in his best Sunday suit. Mr. Stroup soon approached ami handed the reporter a King Oscar. They cocked their feet up before the stove in the front of fice, called for a spitbox and then the Prosecutor, in his breezy Western way, re.itarked: "Fire away with your interview." Solving New York Problems "What do you think of our town?" falteringly asked the reporter, not yet feeling fully at his ease. "It's a nice quiet place for a man who wants a rest after ridding a big town of scarlet women and the trading ; stamp evil," replied the District At : torney in a reassuring voice that made the reporter feel comfortable right j away. "I'm sorry it's snowing so hard I this morning, though. 1 had planned jto walk down Broadway to Trinity | church for morning service. Thought | a little fresh country air Snd the sight j of the green grass on Wall street would j de me good, but it looks now as though | we 11 just have to sit around the fire land wait for the dinner bell." "What do you think of the crime wave that has struck our city? We have had several bomb-throwings and I shooting affairs right here in New I York, lately, and our District Attorney | doesn't seem to Ifliow what to do about ! it." Gunmen Forsake Harrisburg "We don't have gunmen in Harris burg any more. Chiefy Hutchison, Dr. Stough and 1 ran 'em out long ago. If I you h*ve any real mysteries you want j to solve, though, Joe Ibach is the boy Ito do it. I believe Mayor Mitchel | could hire him if he would offer bigger | money than John Royal. Most of our Harrisburg folk are looking for nice jobs in a little town. I tell you there il nothing to the strenuous life along Market street Now, down in bethville—" "But, Mr. Stroup," interrupted the news gatherer, "Mr. Bennett wants me to confine the interview to our own town. ' Have you been down to the aquarium?" "No. I had planned to go there after church, but I guess I'll have to cut that out, too. Look at that sno v drifting out there in Thirty-fourth street! " " Well, how about a little jaunt up to the Metropolitan Museum? It'll only take a minute for Mr. Bennett to hook up the marc in the cutter. Or, I'll tell you en the quiet, we have a Continued on Seventh I'nftr WOULD PAY $9,675 FOR AN ASPHALT PLANT SITE Lynch Introduces Ordinance To-day Calling for Appropriation for Pur chase of Land in Cameron Street for That Purpose Tentative plans for the construction of a municipal asphalt plant in Harris bttrg were laid by William H. Lynch, Commissioner of Highways, at the meeting of the (Jity Commissioners this afternoon wjien lie introduced an ordi- carrying an appropriation of $9,675 to buy a strip of ground at Cameron and Kittatinny streets, to be utilized as thi plant site. The ground in question is a part of the Margaret McAllister tract 011 the west side ot Cameron street. If the ordinance passes at the meeting next Tuesduy, the deed at once will be trans ferred to the City and the Highway 'Commissioner to-day said he at once will lay pluns for the construction of the plant. This appropriation, as well as the one for building the plant, will be ta ken out of the $25,000 improvement loan approved by tho voters at the November, J 913, election. The establishment of a Municipal Hospital for the care of persons suffer ing from transmitti'ble diseases was again urged upon t ; he City Commission- Continued on tflghtk I'aKe. POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE CENT. PUT THEIR PRICES OHRARDSCRABBLE 60 Per Cent.of Owners Seek Total of $152,- 500 for Their Prop erties and Damages CITY TO PASS ON THE CLAIMS They Are Submitted to the Commis sioners by City Solicitor Seitz Who Says the Improvements Made Since 1809 Cannot Legally Be Considered Estimates on values of homos ami damages likely lo result through tiho razing of Hard®crabble properties to permit the reopening of Front street, between llerr ami Calder, which were wirbinitted by sixty per cent. of tho Hard-scrabble property owners to City Solicitor D. S. Seitz, total something about $1 52,500. The score or more of claims were submitted to tlie City Coinmissionei s at their meeting this afternoon, but ;io action was taken UJKJII them, the com missioners desiring to defer action for one week. They did, however, pass a resolution providing for the tiling of the necessary bonds as guarantees to the Hardscrabble property owners against damages through the taking by the city oif their homes. Tlitvse bonds will be tiled with the court and the property owners will have the oppor tunity and privilege of objecting fo the amounts, if they so desire. Along with the claims came letters from owners of property aloii,' the westside of Front street between t>outiii and a point tis feet north of Liberty street. These claims alone will run close to iff not exceed 175,000. One Property Is "Not For Sale" T'ho City Solicitor, in a communica tion to the Commissioners, advised them that with them is vested the power to say what estimates are rea sonable and equitable and they alone shall say which shall be accepted. The legal adviser then goes on to tell how the property values are to be deter mined—thai the present values oif the honk's are to be considered and that improvement's made since 1 Stilt, when the street was originally opened, shei' not he given consideration 1 i W > points out what legal procedure must be pursued to acquire the homes and accomplish the plan to reopen the street. Many ot the owners refused to sub- Continued mi Rlahtli I nae. WATER BUDGET GOES IN With the Health Department Appropri ation Bill, It Is Passed on First Beading This Afternoon The city ordinances carrying thi 101.i budgets foi the Water and Health and Sanitation departments were intro duced by Commissioner Harrv I''. Uinv man at the regular meeting to-day of the City Commissioners and passed on first- reading. The water ordinance.car ries appropriations totaling sl2 2,- 239.83. For the presqnt nine-month fiscal "year" th-» departmental appro priations totaled $138,798 ami for 1913 they were $135,191.58. This year's budget, however, includes a $22,259 item, the money for which was appropriated after the appropria tion bill had been framed. 11 covered the cost of new water meters and new water pipe construction. The total Health department budget is $49,838 This includes the plumb ing inspector's budget. $1,820; the Health budget, $10,430; food inspec tion, $3,640, and $33,948 provided for the collection of garbage and ashes. The request for a $1,200 appropria tion for the salary of an assistant to the plumbing inspector, which was put in the ordinance at the request of the Plumbers' Association, has been ripped from the bill. CHARTERED TO SKIL A HIS HI P8 Front-Market Motor Supply Company Obtains Incorporation Papers To-day Articles of incorporation for the Front-Market Motor Supply Company, of Harrisburg, were to day approved by Governor Tener and the charter was is sued from the State Department. The new company has a capital of SIO,OOO and the incorporators are Lo- • roy B. Wildermuth and James B. Mef serearu, Harrisburg; Isaac \V. Matter," West Fairview, and 11. J. Wildermuth. Columbus, Ohio. The firm will deal in supplies fur motor vehicles of all kinds, including motorcycles, motor boats and aeroplanes —and in motor boats and flying ma chines. The location of the new Cor poration's quarters is at Front and Mar ket streets. WALL STREET CLOSING New York, Dec. 15.—The lirit day of open trading in the full stock list was marked by considerable irregular ity. Initial prices for all promifnont is sues, including wera higher, but heavy offerings, partly for foreign account, caused a speedy re versal, with losses of a to 3 J ■ 2 points. The closing was heavy. Lofaest prices were made in the final hour, with a con tinuance of the selling in St4el and Bal timore and Ohio. Two More Paydays For Cops The policemen have two paydays be fore Christmas. One was to-day aud the second will be December 23.