THE WEATHER SNOW TO-NIGHT COLDER TOMORROW Oet«lle4 Kepurt. i'age 6 VOL. 77—NO. 19. ESTABLISHED DEC. 4. is?«. A FRENCH SUBMARINE DESTROYED Sunk in an Attempt to Torpedo Austrian Battleships in Naval Base of Pola CREW. RESCUED. ARE PRISONERS Attacks by Turks in the Caucasus Re pulsed. States Official Communica tion Given Out by tne Russian Army Officials This Morning Paris. Dec. 26. 6.10 A. M.—The Italian press states. according to ad vices to the "Matin"' that a French submarine belonging to the fleet of Vice A imiral Lcvpeyrers has been sunk w':>. attemptiv.g to torpedo Austrian ivarti;•« in the Austrian naval base o: Tola. The crew, it is stated, were res. .io.i and taken prisoners. Pftrograd, Dec. 25. —An official communication given out by the Rus sian army in the Caucasus reports quiet there. Some fighting occurred in the Van region where attacks by the Turks were repulsed. The communication says: "In the region of Butaka. Turkish Armenia, the enemy attempted an of fensive from different directions but the attacks were repulsed. On the other fronts there is no change." TURKS ATTACK AMERICAN VESSEL; I). S. CRUISER THREATENS BOMBARDMENT London, Pec. 2 6. —Bombardment by an American cruiser of the Turkish port of Tni.oli, Syria, is said at Athens to have been threatened on account of an attack by Turks on the crew of an A 'ieri.au merchantman on which Brit ish a- 1 French citizens desired to de • ;>-t. The in.''inpiete reports received i :i Athens state that the threat of t warship's commander quelled the , ' k. T';e cruiser Tennessee has n i the western Mediterranean for sev at months and was last reported c • far from Tripoli. BRUSSELS WARINDEMNITY HELD UP BY BRYAN. REPORT Paris, Dee. 26, 5.35 A. M.—''Ger i> proclamations annoancing a levy or 5' " i: ..on fran:s ($100,000,0'.'0 >. in lemuity at Brussels have been pass ed over," says the "Journal" and the re;«rt is current that the measure was w :u irawn by the German governor as the result of representations by the Ariur -an .Secretary of State, William •' Bryan, through Minister Braul Whitlock. pointing out that the t3X was in vio ttion of The Hague conven tion. "It is announced that the Germans have mposed a tax of 25 francs on a unmarried persons over 2" years of age in Brussels." Wa-hington, Dec. 26.—Secretarv Bryan reiterated to-day that if Brand Whitloek, American Minister to Bel gium. ha i taken any action to dissuade the German military authorities from collecting a war levy on Brussels he had been acting entirely in a personal and unofficial capacity and without anv instructions from the American govern ri eat. The Secretary sail he had no information that Mr. Whuloek had been concerned. LATE WAR SUMMARY Although stating that further pro gress has been made to-fiays communi cation from the French war office lays chief emphasis on the repeated attacks by the Germans, who apparently have undertaken a series of vigorous on slaughts in response to the offensive movement of the allies. Some of these German attacks extended over consid erable sections, involving large bodies of troops but the assertion is made that all were checked. Perceptible progress in Alsace is claimed by the French Reviewing conditions in the east the French war office asserts that the Ger mans have been thrust back along the line before Warsaw and that in the fighting in the region of Cracow the Russians have won the advantage. The Japanese embassy at Washing ton gave confirmation to last night's report from the official press bureau in Cuatlaued oa Fourth Page. HOW FIGHTING IN BELGIUM IS AFFECTED' BY WINTER CONDITIONS This picture, drawn by i'aul Tbirtat. special artist for this newspaper, the -New York Herald and the London Sphere, comes from the South Belgian battlefield. It gives some Idea of tt. cvere conditions under which the French troops on the left wing have been operating A correspondent from there writes:—"Always the same spotless snow over the same pur pie lull wood*. From the height to which we have been conducted this afternoon we are on the borders of two regions, clearly divided by tlie abrupt descent of a olaleau as if by a thick *'«■ At our right the Artois and its chalky slopes descend Into steep dykes; at our left is Flanders, the charm of the I>ow Countries." J. KIRK BOSLER STRICKEN BEAD IN CARLISLE HOME Member of Wealthy and Socially Prominent Family Succutnta This Morning a Few Hours After An Attack of Paralysis (Special to the Star-Independent.) Carlisle, Dec. 26. — J. Kirk Bosier, one of Carlisle's wealthiest residents, banker, manufacturer, clubman and ■ formerly one of the town's most prom inent business men, died at his home, North College street, this morning at 6.30 o'clock. He had been in poor health for about five years. The attend ing physician said death was due to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered only a few hours before he died. Mr. Boster quietly celebrated his thirty-eighth birthday ia October. He was born, reared and educated in Car ' lisle—the son of the late J. Herman Hosier—and until his retirement about • five years ago, managed the business of the Carlisle Shoe Company, which ' nis father had success:'ally conducted before him. Following his graduation from D 1 k inson College, Mr. Bosier joined his wealthy father in a number of busi ness enterprises and subsequent to the death of his parent he became a or of both the Farmers' Trust Com pany and the Carlisle Deposit bank, of this [ lace. Including the Fidelity Trust Company, of Baltimore, he also was identified with otner banking institu tions in this and ot&er States. The Bosier family long has been prominent socially both in Cumberland and Dauphin counties. Mr. Bosier was Coßttoned on Fourth Pub*. ATTEMPTS Sl K iDK IX JAIL Tramp, Who Said He Once Was Rich. Cuts Throat With Razor (Special to th Star-[• ie; •■ . Carlisle, Dec. 26.—Frauk Myers, 60 years old, a tramp who was serving out a jail sentence on a vagrancy charge, attempted suicide in prison here last night by slashing his throat with a razor. His windpipe wis backed and the sharp instrument barely escaped catting the jugular vein. Myers was rushed to the Carlisle bosipital where this morning it was sai 1 his ehso.-es for recovery are good. Other prison inmates, who found the I old man after he had attempted self destruction, said Myers told them he once had much eioney but had lost it. Admiral Dewey 77 To-day By Asfxialed Pr**t, Washington. Dec. 26.—Admiral Dew-1 ev was 77 years old today. Secretary Daniels, his aids and members of the navy general board, called on the Ad miral at his home and found him in l good spirits and health. Sledding Accident Serious Edward Cross. 6 years old. 1335 Ful ton street, ran into a water plug while sledding near his home Thursday after noon and lacerated his left arm. He was treated at tfce Harrisbtirg hospital. Gold Coins for Trust Co. Force The clerks and attaches of the Me chanic*' Trust Company were remem bered on the day before Christmas with presents of double-eagle gold pieces. I HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1914—12 PAGER. IJISIIII Eight Are Arrested in an Abortive Uprising in Manila and Its Suburbs 10,000 SAID TO BE IN THE PLOT Constabulary Agents, as Members of Secret Societies, Disclose Plans of Intended Rising, and Subsequently Disperse a Number of Gatherings By -lis - id>' I Pre i, Manila, Dee. 26.—K Filipinos have been arrested on the charge of sedition as a result of an abortive ris ing in Manila an.l its environs on Thursday- night. Further arrest,- are probable. From army source? it is learned that a general warning was sent to ail officers on Thursday after noon stating that fully ten thousand Filipinos in Manila aione were ready for a concerted attack on Fort San tiago, the Cuartel K-pana. the Curatel luf.mteria and the medical depot. The military unit« were immediately pre pared and a street patrol was startod at dusk. Plans of Risng Disclosed Constabulary agent's who are mem bers of the secret societies disclosed the plan- for an uprising, thus enabling a force of Constabulary and police to disjierse gatherings at liagumbaya, Paco and Xavotas, near Malabon. At Caloo ean a squad of American sailors seized chains when a force of Filipinos ap proached a d«me hall in which they were gathered and, using the chairs as weapons, routed the Filipinos, of whom quite a number were injured. The rising was evidently poorly or ganised and lacked leaders. It was composed for the most part of persons implicitly trusting the word of Ar temio Ricarte, a revolutionary, who conducts a continual propaganda from Hong Kong to which .place he was ban ished by the American authorities some Continued on fourth I'agf • Car Window Falls on Hand E. A. Edwards, 169 North Fifteenth street, a conductor for the HarrUburg Railways Company, was injured last evening when a car window fell on his right hand. A laceration of several fingers was treated at rhe Harrisburg hospital. Operation on Miss Bae Snyder Miss Rae Snyder, 17 years old, of Duncannon, was operated on y ester lay afternoon at the llarrisburg hospital for appendicitis. Her condition is much improved to-day and her early recovery is looked for. HANDEL Yil® ON'CHOSEN FOR THE CHORAL SOCIETY Rehearsals for the Twentieth Season's Work Will Start January Under the Direction of Dr. J. Fred WoUe, Conductor of the Bach Choir The Harrisburg Choral Society an nounced to-day it will begin the twen tieth season of its activities on Tuesday evening, January 5, when it will be gin the study of Handel's beautiful oratorio "Samson,'' the work to be taken up this winter. The conductor will be Dr. J. Fred Wolle, of Bethle hem, conductor of the famous Bethle- I hem Bach Choir. La>t year was Dr. Wolle's first connection with the Choral : Society and in the opinion of lo al ! musicians he demonstrated wonderful ability. In addition he was most pcjiu j lar with all the members. The rehearsals will be held each Tues lay evening throughout the win ! ter in Fahnestock Hall, in the Y. M. | C. A. building. They will begin prompt ly at 7.4.i o'clock. The old members, are enrolling rapidly and many new re cruits from the choir of the Stough evangelistic services are coming iuto the Society. "If any who contemplate enrolling have not yet done so they should en roll before the book> are close]," said an officer of the Society to-day. "Such persons should communicate at once with Harry M. Bret 7, secretary of the Society, 222 Market street." Upon being engaged for the season of 1915. Dr. Wolle wrote the following letter from Bethlehem, "It is with the greatest pleasure that I look forward to resuming re hearsals with the Choral Society on Tuesday, January 5, because my rela tions with this splendid body of sing ers during the past season were most pleasant. During those few months the response of the chorus to their leader was so prompt and efficient, it is no wonder that the first year of our co- Conttnued on Sixth I'aife. SHE FILLS FORTY STOCKINGS Mrs. Stebbins Acts as Santa Claus for Children of Lochiel Row Mrs. Lauretta B. Stebbins, who con ducts an eating house at 1019 South Cameron street, made a whole lot of poor little folks in Lochiel Row happy on Christmas Day. Knowing that some of these children would not have the visit from Santa Claus that they expected, Mrs. Stebbins arranged to present all who called at her restaurant with a remembrance of the day, and when the day closed she had filled forty stockings with candy and oranges which she handed out to her little visitors. GLASS CUTS HER ARM Margaret Loper Slips on Ice and Falls on Broken Bottle Miss Margaret Loper, 1624 Fulton street, who slipped on some ice in the rear yard of her home Thursday aft ernoon while carrying a milk bottle, painfully cut her left arm when she fell on the broken fragments of the bottle. She was treated at the Har risburg hospital. fIRE CLUB WANTS UE OF MOO Disputes Right of Mc- Nichol- Penrose Men to Head Line In Inau gural Procession COMMITTEE TO ADJUST ROW Twelve Companies of National Guard FTOHI Harrisburg and Vicinity Will; March—Local Firemen and Pos sibly the State Police Will Parade Although no committee has as yet j been appointed to arrange for the inau-! jiuration of Governor Brumbaugh, those who undoubtedly will be selected to J make the preparations have been giv-l ing the matter some attention, and j from what can be learned the members of the Legislative Inaugural Commit-1 tee will have but little to do except to endorse what will be ready for them j when they hold their first meeting, j This Legislative Committee will con sist of five Senators and seven members of the House, an I it has always been i customary to place the Senator from j Dauphin county at its head, and in this instance Senator E. E. Beidleman will be the chairman of the joint commit tee. The vote for Governor will be com puted in the presence of both Legisla tive branches in the hall of the House j on Tuesday afternoon, January 5, aft-! er the organization of the two houses.' The joint committee will then be ap pointed to arrange for the inaugural, j and adjournment until Monday even ing Jahuary IS, will follow. Meantime! the inaugural committee will meet and J take up the detail of the inauguration j and look over and endorse the arrange- ; meats already ma te. At present it is planned to hold the inaugural ceremonies on a platform to be built over the large flight of steps leading up from Third street to the top of Capitol Hill, in the same spot as that on which the platform was placed Continued on Klrrratli I'lrc. Saws Prison Bars and Escapes By Associated Press. Worcester, Mass., l>ec. 26. —Sawing two bars from tiie window of his cell, Albert W. Johnson, 24 years old, who was awaiting grand jury action on a charge of breaking and entering, es caped from his cell in the county jail to-day and beat Curtis W. Sassefct, a prison guar*l, insen&fole. Whitman Takes Oath as Governor By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 26.—District Attor ney Charles S. Whitman took the oat'h of office as Governor of Xew York be fore Presiding Justice IngraJiam of the Apellate division of the Supreme Court. NOBODY HINDERS WHEN CHILDREN CARRY OFF JOYS Youngsters Help Themselves at Elks' Grill Boom While Benefactors Look Away—More Than Thousand Boys and Girls in Crowd ''Mister, may I take one of these toys home for mv little sister, so sho can have a happy Christinas too?" came the anxious query from one of the thousand children who to-day crowded the grill room of the Elks' home and amused themselves with the loads of toys provided tor their benefit. "Help yourself," came the answer. "There is nobody to stop you." That little incident repeated itself over and over, until the youngsters hiad gotten away with all the playthings in the room, including a second supply, long before 2 o'clock, the closing hour. The toys were all attractive ones. They could not be distributed equally because of the overwhelming numbers of the little visitors, so the men in charge turned their heads the other way. whenever a youngster started for the door with one of the playthings under his arm, and left the distribution take care of itself. Bells on the Tables Attract Nothing was withheld from the guests of the day excepting the orna ments and attachments of the Christ mas trees iu one corner of the room. Efforts were also made to withhold the bells on the tables which are used or dinarily to call the waiters, and only with difficulty were they saved. Prac tically all of them were in constant action while the visitors were in the room . Every child who visited the Elks' home from 9 o 'clock until 2 received Continued on Fourth Pnice, RUNAWAY HURTS MESSENGER Harvey Ensminger Injured This Morn ing and His Bicycle Wrecked Harvey Ensminger, 340 South Fourteenth street, a Western Union messenger boy, was run down end slightly injured at Third and Market streets at 10.30 o'cloek this morning when he tried in vain to get out of the way of a runaway horse belonging to X. Freidlberg, 420 Walnut street. The horse struck the boy after mak ing a dash from Third and Pine streets. The lad's bicycle was demolished. McCormack Will Sing Here .John McCormaek, the Irish tenor, who has won many admirers since he entered grand oj>era about five years ago, will give a recital in probably in the- Chestnut street audi torium, on or about February 4. Mc- Cormack 's coming here is being arrang ed by Fred C. Hand, an attache of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Arm Fractured in Fall Mrs. Lvdio Caddell, 1851 Swatara street, fractured her right forearm yes terday morning in a fall on the ice at Fourteenth and Derry streets. Tho fracture was reduced at the Harrisburg hospital. Irvln Rubin Improving Ija«t evening Irvin Rubin, of the firm of R.i'biii & Rubin, was operated on at the Harrisburg hospital for appendicitis. The operation was successful ami his condition is said to be good to-day. POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE GENT. BANDIT HOHL BURIED WITH POLICE NEAR Small Crowd Orderly At Funeral Services for Desperado Rilled by Bluecoats MOTHER IS IN TEARS AT BIER The Kev. A. M. Stamets Beads Brief Service in Undertaker's Chapel and Then Body Is Taken Away and Placed in Plot Beside Father Severe in . their simplicity were the funeral services held here this aftor -110011 over the body of Prank (i. Hohl, the llarrisburj; bandit who was kill .1 on Thursday of last week by the po lice of Cincinnati, after he had roluod two banks and mortally wounded Pa trolman Knaul. More simple still were th,> services in the Harvisburji cemetery before the body was loweret into the grave in the plot where already Hohl's father, a brother and a sister had been buried. There was no Ion;; line of mourners present at the chapel of H. Mauk, undertaker, at Sixth and Ivelker streets, where the lirst services were held at 1 o'clock. Only a few relatives took, part in the services. Three score ptYrsons, attracted by curiosity, stood on the op posite side of JSixth street but made no demonstration. No provision, had been made to have friends act sis pill bearers and paid assistants of the un dertaker and the undertaker himself took thai duty upon themselves. The sixty curious persons, gathered outside the chapel, stood a rcspeJtful distance away and bowed their he>d< as the body was carried out for its last journey, in expectation of a morbidly curious crowd three policemen had be-M t« the funeral to preserve order but their services were not needed. Fewer Than a Dozen Mourners The mourners, fewer than a dozen, were gathered at Hie funeral chapel at 1 o'clock when the 'Rev. Amos M. Stamets, pastor of the Augsburg Lu theran church, arrived to conduct the services. He talked hut a few minutes and offered up a short prayer. * Tlu> weeping mother was left alone for a few minutes with body and then it was car ried away. The services in the chapel lasted but twelve minutes. Mrs. Hohi was accompanied to the cemetery by her daughter and a sister-in-law. There was but a short prayer at the. grave. The body of the bandit was brought to Harrisburg last Thursday night and immediately prepared for burial. AH through Christmas Day persons went to the chapel hoping to view the body, but all save friends of the family were prohibited from seeing the corpse. Some of the friends did not recognize the body immediately as Hohl had raised a small mustache and it altered his appearance. Hghl's mother, whose hope to the last had been that it was a mis take and that it was not her boy who had been killed, broke down as her doubt finally was dispelled. Delay in Shipment of Body No explanation other than that the Cincinnati police wanted, as far as possible, to clear up other burglaries in and near that city, by holding the body there for possible identification was given to the undertaker here for the delay on the part of the Cincin nati coroner in releasing the body for shipment to Harrisburg. Its arrival here Thursday night was unexpected a* those most interested had been lea I to believe that, it would not arrive un til some time Christmas Day, although it originaJly had been expected last Monday. ENGINE RACESjOR A LIFE Right of Way Over Tracks of Two Bailroads for Shifter Carrying Man Mangled in Yards Tony Lemmo, 647 Verbeke street, a Pennsylvania railroad trackwalker, was struck by a shifting engine while walk ing in the Harrisburg railroad yards at 1.30 o'clock this afternoon and lie was so badly injured that he has little chance to live. Lemmo's back was broken, his skull fractured and his left leg cut off. The man was placed on the shifting engine, which was given the right of way over the Pennsylvania railroad and Cumberland Valley railroad tracks to the illarrisburg hospital, at Front and Mulberry streets, in the slim hope of saving his life. When taken to the operating room the injured man's watch dropped from his pocket. The timepiece apparently had not been damaged, as it showed cor rect time. President 58 Next Monday By Atsoviatcil Pros. Washington, Dec. 26. —President Wilson continued to-day to rest from the cares of office. He is transacting only necessary business during the hoi. days. President Wilson will be 6* years of age next Monday. He will eelebrate the occasion.
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