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SKY KILL 15
IN DUNKIRK
Buildings in All Parts
of the City Wrecked
by Missiles of Ger
man Airships
32 ARE WOUNDED
DURING ATTACK
For Half an Hour the Whole City
Crackles With Rifle Shots and
Bombs Whcih Throw Up Dense
Clouds of Black Smoke
By Associated Press,
3#ondon, Deo. 31, 3.33 A. M.—Four
Oerntan aeroplanes flow several times
over the city of Dunkirk Wednesday,
dropping bombs as they went, according
to the Dunkirk correspondent of the
''Daily -Mail." Soldiers in the street
fired on the ma(i\hine« and one Taube
eeemed to be hit, but all got safelv
away. The official returns of the casual
ties show that fifteen persons were
killed and thirty -two wounded. The
bombs were filled with shrapnel.
For half an hour the whole city
Crackled with rifle shots and bombs,
.which threw up dense clouds of black
pinoke. No sooner did one aeroplane
peem to depart, than another arrived.
Buildings in all parts of tbe city were
wrecked.
The first bomb fell on the fortifica
tions, two more near the railway sta
tion and many others in different parts
of the town and in the suburb of Rosen
dalle and the districts of Condekerque
and Furnes. One child had an arm
liltraMfl' and «u old woman was killed
outright.
The fifth aeroplane remained as seu
try outside the town, ready to attack
any of the allies' aeroplanes that might
tcek to repel the air assailants.
LATE WAR NEWS" SUMMARY
The views of Great Britain concern
ing the detention of American vessels
by British warships were made known
to Ambassador Page by Foreign Secre
tary Grey in Loudon to-day. Al
though the formal reply to President
Wilson's note has not been drafted.
Earl Grey outlined the position taken
by himself and his colleagues.
The French army of invasion in Al
gace has made a further advance, and
to-day's official report from Paris says
Continued on Sixth Pace.
WHAT GERMAN SHELLS HIH TO SCARBORO
ROUGH . Sleet Thto bombardment re ML ted, it la Mid, la the death of 80 pewoaa killed by shells and over 145 Injured. The MR EC> AND
British retaliated by attacking by both aea and air the Geiwan base at Cuhavea. "TWFETE CHILDSEM .
®be Star- Snkpcttkni
ENTIRE FRENCH COMPANY
ANNIHILATED BY CERIHANS
Berlin, Dee. 31 (by Wireless to Lon
don, 3 I*. M. —The Herman official
statement given out in Berlin this aft
ernoon relates that ill the village of
Steinbach, in Alsace, house after house
was destroyed by the French artillery,
but that the community is still iu the
possession of the Germans. An entire
French company was annihilated on the
northern end of the line; French at
tacks south of Rheims were repulsed;
in the Argonne the Germans occupied
several French trenches and captured
1!50 prisoners, and their artillery broke
| down French attacks in upper Alsace.
RUSSIAN ARTILLERY FIRE
PITS THE TURKS TO FLIGHT
Petrograd, De«*. 30. — (Delayed in
j Transmission) —The following eommu
! nieation from the general staff of the
I army of the Caucasus was given out
here to-night:
"The battle at Sarikamysh (in
Transcnucasus, 30 miles southwest of
| Karsl against large Turkish forces con
j tinues. Our artillery Are dispersed a
strong column of Turks who endeavored
! to save themselves by flight alter hav
j ing lost half of their contingent.
"Part of the Turkish forces coneen
| trated in the region of Yaliniz.-Chatue
| Pass are marching upon Ardahan. (Ar
j dahau is a fortified town in Transcau
i sa-sia, 40 utiles northwest of Kars). The
j Yaliniz-Chame Pass is southeast of Ar
[ dahan."
■
67,000 PRISONERS TAKEN BY
HERMANS AT 1,01)7 AND LOWICZ
Amsterdam via London, Dee. 31. 4.52
i P. M.—What is described as an nnofti
j eiaJ telegram but whic'h nevertheless
I was issue*! to-day by the German army
headquarters, has been received here. It
reads:
i "Our troops in Poland are pushing
! the enemy. After the battles of Bo 1/
and Lowiez we took more than 67.000
prisoners and many eaanon and machine
guns. The entire booty sore e the be
ginning of our offensive in Poland in
I November totals 1 .'10,600 prisoners,
j more than 100 cannon and over 300
maohine guns."
Thirty Warships Bombarding Poll
Copenhagen, Dec. 31, Via London,
! 1.45 A. M.—A private lisratch re
eeived here from Berlin savs that ovo
| thirty French and British warships are
|at present engaged in bomUardin , Po'a,
the Austrian naval base on the Adriatic,
and also the seaport of Itouiguo, aVout
i fifteen miles away.
Answer to Nove Will Be Friendly
London, Dec. 31, 5.10 P. M.—The
official information bureau this after
| noou gave out the following statement:
j "An answer so the American note
[ will be drawn up as soon as possible.
! It will be in the same friendly spirit in
j which the American note is written."
British Occupy Solomon Islands
Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 31, Via
j London, 4.40 p M.—British forces
j have occupied Bougainville, the largest
]of the Solomon Islands. It was an
| nounced here to-dav that the British
j flag had been hositod over the island
| on December 9.
HAKRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1914—12 PAGES.
FATHER NSIN
COIII FIGHT
Court Holds Brinser
Milling Co. Is Unfair
Competitor of Solo
mon C. Brinser
LATTER ENTITLED
TO GET DAMAGES
Judge Kunkel Rules New Firm, of
Which Briuser's Son Is a Member,
Must Not Use Packages Similar to
Those Used by the Parent
Judge Kunkel to-day filed an opinion I
deciding that the Brinser MiMing and
Feed Company, a recently organized
Middletonn concern, is engaging in un
fair competition with Solomon C. Brin
ser, an independent cornmeal manufae-.
turer, also of Middletown. by disijws
ing of corntneal in paekaiitw similar in
size, design, color and manufacture to
those of the independent dealer.
The court further holds that the
plaintiff who. incidentally is the father;
of Harry H. Brinser, one of the defend
ants, has sustained substantial damages
and that the (defendants must account
to him for his losses. The amount is!
to be reckoned by statements showing;
what profits the milling company real-1
ized "through and under the name and |
advertisement complained of."
Counsel for the elder Brinser savs
he believes the damages will run into
several thousand dollars. At the sug
gestion of the court, Fox & Geyer,
counsel for the plaintiff, framed a d<#-
erce permanently restraining the Mi'l
ing company from further using corn
meal packages "which would lead pa !
t.rons to mistake their product for that
of the independent dealer," and it was
signed by Judge Kankel.
In the Business Einco 187! i
The members of the Brinser Milling
an I Feed Company arc Ilsrry K. Brin
ser, the son of the plaintiff: Howard
W. Bailsman and A!:>art 1,. Foltz. They
opened the milling business in Middle
town nboat two years ago or shortly
afler the : Jn, H::rry If. Brinser, left the
C'untfntirri n ntli f::sr
SII.VKR l)\<Ai y W.s I'SKD
That Is Testimony cf Doctor Whan
Mrs. Viola S.niih is Arraigned
Mrs. \ iola Smith, charged with stab- '
bitig and seriously wounding her hus
band, W. Herman Smith, with a day
gcr. was given a- hearing late this aft
ernoon iy A! Ii rma:i .Murray. Smith was
stabbed on the night of De amber 10
in the vicinity of Co.vden and Vcrbeke
streets, and was taken to the Harris
burg hospital where he remained for
more than a week.
Dr. i arson Coover, of the hospital
staff, at the hearini; this afternoon,
said the wound was a dangerous one
and was probably made by a silver
dagger. The CfWO was brought before
Mayor Royal and later transferred to
Alderman Murray's office when Smith
himself decided to prosecute his wife.
City Detective Ibach made the arrest. 1
Mrs. Smith was held under SSOO bail j
for court.
ORDERS ASH COLLECTIONS
Health Bureau Gives Contractor Until
Monday to Resume Regular Sched
ule or Pay Penalty
Resolutions directing the Pennsylva
nia Reduction Company to resume the
ri'guiar ash and garbage collection
schedules by .Monday, January 4, or
suffer penalties that may be imposed
under the contract with the city, were
last night adopted, by the City Bureau
of Health. This action was taken as
the result of the Health Bureau receiv
ing no fewer than a hundred complaints
from uptown residents against the
company's alleged failure regularly to
collect the ashes and garbage.
A copy,of the resolutions was sent
to the officials of the Reduction Com
pany to-day and the City Health Of
ficer, Or. John M. J. Raanick, an
nounced that unless the Health Bu
reau 's orders are followed proceed
ings will be begun at once against the
company. A fine of $5 may be im
pose*! in each case where it is shown
the company has been tardy in its col
lections.
l«ast year tines imposed against the
company for this offense amounted to
no less than $385. Officials in the
Health Bureau now are of the opinion
that the company will be able to re
sume its regular collection schedule i»
a day or two. To-day the garbage col
lectors were working in the district
between Hamilton an I Mnclay streets
and to-morrow they expect to finish
the upper section of the city.
SflY MP RILLED WITMER
I
Witnesses Blame Falling Globe for
Boy 's Death in Auto Crash—Mor
row Put Under $3,000 Bail
That Kalpli Winner, a lad for whoso
death Samuel Morrow is detained on a
charge id' Involuntary manslaughter,
died as the result of being struck bv
an electric street lamp which fell from
its fastenings when an auto struck the
light pule, and not from being struck
l>\ an automobile, was brought out at
the preliminary hearing giveu to Mor
row this morning by Alderman Sprout.
•Judge McCarrell at noon directed the
Alderman to accept a $2,000 bond to
be furnished by Morrow. John K.
Dare, a brother-in-law of the accused,
-igned the required bond, and the de
fendant was released to await the ae
t'on'of the Grand Jury.
The accident in which young Witmer
was killed occurred at North and Sev
enteenth streets on November 6, last,
when autos driven by Morrow and Ed
ward E. Miller, 2145 North Sixth
stieot. collided. Witnesses to-day dif
fered in their testimony, some saying
Morrow's cat hit Miller's machine, and
others that the Miller ear was at fault.
One of the cars struck the light pole
and the lamp dropped, striking the Wit
mer boy, who, with two other children,
was a passenger in the Miller ear.
Beading Employes Paid
The employes of the Philadelphia &
Reading Kailroad at Rutherford were
paid yesterday. More than $30,000
were distributed to the city.
"HEARTS AMI MASKS"
Harold MacGrath, who has writ
ten many big sellers, was in his
lightest and gayest mood when he
wrote "Hearts and Masks," a grip
ping story of a masquerade ball.
The plot is novel and holds the at
tention of the reader to the end.
"Hearts and Masks" will be run in
serial form in the Star-Independent,
the first installment appearing to
morrow.
w in
WILL BE 111 Li
Big Fantastic Parade
Will Provide Fun for
the Afternoon of New
Year's Day
RACKET WILL
WELCOME 1915
Cars Will Run Late To-night to Accom
modate the CTOwds That Will At
tend the Watch Night Services and
Other Gatherings
A mummers' paTade to-morrow after
noon in which it is expected there will
be at least 2,000 marchers, will pro
vide Harrisiburg with a Now Year's
Day celebration unlike any heretofore
held in tihis city.
All of the usual observances have
been scheduled, but the parade is an
extra added attraction, as it were, to
fill in the afternoon. There will be
open house at various Christian Asso
ciations, and at many social clu'bs.
State, county aud city oltices will be |
closed for the day and most of the j
business places will be closed. The ■
work on the railroads will be curtailed t
as much as possible. Banks will be
closed and holiday hours will be observ
ed at tha postotlice.
The celebration will start this even
ing with vvatc'hnight services in the
city churches to continue until mid
night. In all there will be a social
hour and a religious service and in most
cases refreshments will be served. In
order that the persons can reach home
with as little trouble as possible fol
lowing the close of the meetings, the
Harrisiburg Railways Company has de
cided on a schedule which wiil run the
cars until 1 o 'clock.
The weather to-uiorrow, New Year's
Day, will be such that the various
celebrations planned for the day can be
carried out without any discomfort.
The temperature does not promise to go
! below 22 degrees to-night*- according to
Contlnurd on Klevrntb I'nier.
To-morrow Last Day for Tree
The municipal Christmas tree at
| Front and Market streets will be light
ed to-morrow uight for the last time.
On Saturday it will be dismantled and
taken away. The platform beneatn has
been removed and it will not interfere
in any way with the Mummers' parade
. to-morrow afternoon.
Resigns as Deputy Sheriff
J. Edward Wetzel, one of the depu
ties under Sheriff Harry C. Wells, to
day tendered his resignation to the
| Sheriff, to take effect this evening. The
Sheriff said that for the present, at
I least, he will not appoint a successor
! to Wetzel.
Dr. Stine Seeks Commissionership
■ Dr. Henry M. S'tine to-day confirmed
| tihe report that he will be a candidate
in the coming primary election for the
Republican nomination for County
i Commissioner.
CAN'T BAR COLORED RACE
FROM SEATS IN THEATRES
Athens George Loses Tight to Obtain
Retrial and Arrest of Judgment in
Case of Alleged Discrimination—
Decision by Judgfe McCarrell
To reserve a certain section of a
public amusement house for the special
accommodation of the white race and
to deprive colored patrons of the right
to occupy that particular section, is a
discrimination against the colored race,
a violation of the criminal statutes and
punishable bv a tine, so Judge McCar
rell decided in an opinion tiled this
morning.
Tlio decree came in the case of Ath
ens George, proprietor of tlio Victoria,
H Market street moving pioturi theatre,
whom a jury some time ago found guil
ty on a charge of refusing to accom
modate colored patrons. The court to
day rejected the defendant's motion
for a retrial and an arrest of judg
ment. District Attorney Stroup was
Continued on Twrllth Fnec.
STATE BUYSJRTH PLANT
Pays $"l,no» for Property Including'
Star Laundry and Jennings Fac
tory in Park Extension Zone
The Capitol Park Extension Commis
sion to-day closed its work for 1914
by acquiring the big manufacturing
plant owned by W. E. Orth at State
and West streets. The price was $71.-
000 and the State obtains a property
with 100 feet on State street and a
depth of 150 along West street to
North alley. The property was taken
over at a special meeting of the Com
mission this morning.
The Orth property contains the City
Star Steam Laundry, one of the largest
in the city; tlio Jennings Manufactur
ing Company plant and other establish
ments in three ami four-story build
ings. It is close to the Bethel A. M. E.
church recently bought by the State.
In addition to this big purchase the
Commission has taken over in the last
I few days six small properties in the
| extension district. The s*tate now hits
1 title to 423 of the 527 properties in
the district.
VETERAN DEAD AFTER FALL
Aaron Poorman, Civil War Soldier,
Stricken With Paralysis and
Falls Down Stairs
j (Special to the Star-Independent.)
Middletown, Pa., Dec. 31.—Aaron
Poorman, a Civil war veteran, suffered
a stroke of paralysis at 9 o'clock this
1 morning, plunged down the basement
I stairs of his Son's home on South Wood
street and was dead when picked up by
j his daughter-in-law a moment later.
Dr. C. E. Bowers, who was called to
| the home a few minutes afterward, said
j the stroke of paralysis caused instant
j death and what injuries Poorman might
| have sustained in the fall were not
< the cause of the fatality.
Poorman was 62 years old and since
liis retirement from business several
years ago had been living with his
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
CAmO FORCES
CLOSE TO 111
Amazoc and Other
Point Near the City
Are Taken After a
Brisk Action
NOW FIGHTING IN
THE ENVIRONS
General Luple Blanca, Who Remained
in Military Command of Mexico
City After Carrauza's Withdrawal,
Has Been Imprisoned by Villa
By Associated Press,
Washington, Doc. 31.——General Luoi<»
progress by the forces of General Car
ranza in their advance on Pitebla is
indicated last night in reports here.
According to these advices, Amozoc. and
other points near Puebla have been ta
ken after a brisk action and fighting in
tlio immediate environs of Puobla has
begun.
Washington, Dee. 31.—General Lucia
Blanea, who remained in military com
mand of Mexico City for some time aft
er the withdrawal of Carranza forces,
and pending the arrival of the Villa
and Zapata forces, has been imprisoned
by Villa, according to H dispatch to
day to the Carranza agency here from
Vera Cruz. The message, dated yester
day, savs:
"Advices from Mexico City received
by the War Department from secret
service men say General Lucie Blanco
has been made prisoner by Villa and
that Blanco's staff officers nave neen
scattered among Villa regiments against
their will. The State of Vera Cruz
to-day became denuded of rebel Villa
istas and Zapatistas, when General Sau
virran, operating under command of
Villa, with 600 soldiers, surrendered his
force and himself to General Obregon
in Jaltipan and offered his sword to
the first chief."
Carranza Evacuated Monterey Tuesday
Carranza forces evacuated Monterey
011 Tuesday. talunjr with them the ar
chives, according to n dispatch to-da\"
to the State Department, sent late last
night from Laredo. Villa forces were
reported advancing 011 Monterey from
the south Trains arriving at Laredc
.last night from Monterey were loaded
with Mexican refugees. The dispatch
adds that the railway between Tampico
and Monterey has been cut and that
trains have been fired upon.
A dispatch from Mexico City, dated
yesterday, says the Minister of Public
Instruction has resigned and that the
national convention will meet in Mexico
City to-morrow.
WALL STREET CLOSING
Bit Associated Press,
New York, Dec. Ill,—A feature of
the tinal hour was the weakness of the
Gould group. Missouri Pacific declining
:i points to anew lower record price of
$7. This was partly offset by a mod
erate demand for motor shares, while
leaders eased on profit taking. The clos
ing was irregular. The close of to-day's
stagnant session also marked the con
clusion of the dullest year in the local
stock market since IH7H.