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DEC.*. 1«76.
BIS WARSHIP
GDES DOWN
IN CHANNEL
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British Navy Again
Suffers Disaster in
the Destruction of
the Formidable
LOSS OF LIFE
IS UNKNOWN
Seventy-one Survivors Picked Up by
& British Light Cruiser—Not Known
Whether Vessel Was Sunk by a
Mine or Submarine
By Associated Press.
London, Jan, 1, 2.4'5 P. M.—The
war of attrition found another
IBritteh victim tuis morning and robbed
MKhe British navy of the 16-year-old, but
■etill useful, battleship Formidable, of
ithe eame class as the battleship Bul
-wark, which was blown up a few weeks
Oft of Sherness.
Apparently the loss of life on board
the Formidable has been very heavy,
as only 71 members of her crew aro
known to have been saved. The offi
cials, however, hold out hope that oth
ers may have been picked up.
The exact locality of this disaster
has not ibeen revealed, but the fact that
it occurred in the British channel re
calls the circumstance that British
chips have been engaged in bombarding
the German positions on the Belgian
coast, and that German submarines on
several occasions in the past have at
tempted to torpedo them.
AH in disasters to British
ehips, the casualty list in this case in
clude a number of midshipmen, no few
er than 16 having been on board the
Formidable.
London, Jan. lj 2.14 P. M.—The
British battleship Formidable was sunk
this morning in the British channel by
either a mine or a submarine, according
<o an announcement given out by tftie
official information bureau. The text of
the bureau'B statement follows:
"The battleship Formidable was sunk
this morning in the channel, but wheth
er by a mine or a submarine is not yet
certain. Seven ty -one survivors have been
picked up by a British light cruiser, and
it is possible that others may have been
f esoued by other vessels.''
Vhatßrirtrish 'battleship Formidable had
a displacement of 16,000 tons. Sttie was
4 30 fact long and carried a complement
of 75® men. She was heavily armored,
and earned four 12-bioh guns, twelve
6-inch and sixteen 12-pounders.
She vs-ai provided also with four sub
merged ttrpedo tubes. The (Formidable
was taunted in 1898, and was a sister
Bhip to tli Irresistible and Implacable.
The had assigned to her,
according o t'he British navy list for
December, ariouß fleet officers and con
sequently de undoubtedly was acting
as a flagshijat the time of her destruc
tion. Her captain was Artlhur N. LlOl
ley and her ommander, Charles F. Bal
lard. Cai>taii John O. Deed was in com
mand of the marines on board, while
the float surgon was Godfrey Taylor,
and the fleet p.ymaster, P. J, Lin>g. The
chaplain isggi n as the Rev. George B.
Robinson. (>n burd the Formida/ble were
also 16 midshi|nen.
GERMAN AEDPLANES AGAIN
BOMBARD:ITY OF DUNKIRK
Paris, Jan. 1, .05 A. M.—Dunkirk,
on the northern oast of France, was
again bombarded y four German aero
planes Thursday, jeeording to reports
whiuh reached Pa 3 during the night.
Imperial Ch&noior's Son Killed
Berlin, Jan. 1, , a The Hague and
London, 1.05 P. \l._The " Lokal
Anzeiger" says in ts issue of fco-day
that it has learned , a t the eldest son
of Dr. \on Bethman Hollweg, the Im
perial Chancellor, w, killed in action
Jn Poland December 9. The abatement
published at tie tin that the young
man had been vtiimdcand made a pris
oner is erroneous.
Hopes for Peactin Europe
Bio Janeiro, Jan. t-The Brazilian
Parliament, whic;i heltits final session
yesterday, adoptal. a relation express
ing the hope that peacwonld speedily
be re-established in E-,,pe. j
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LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Another British warship want to the
bottom to-day, and apparently Germany
has scored again by her naval methods
of sea fighting. The 13,000 ton battle
ship Formidable, carrying 750 men, was
sunk in the English channel. Whether
she was destroyed by a submarine or a
mine has not been determined. So far
as is known the only members of her
crew to survive are 71 men who were
picked up by a British cruiser.
righting on land is proceeding along
virtually the same lines as during the
last few days. The Berlin War Office
announced to-day the abandonment of
the attempt to retake the Belgian town
of St. Georges, recently captured by the
allies, on account of the high water
there. The heaviest fighting in the west
yesterday was in the Argonne. The Ber
lin official statement asserts that Ger
many has won there and that 4<M> pris
oners and a quantity of supplies were
taken. The French War Office admits
that the Germans advanced fifty yards
in places. The allies, it is said, are mak
ing progress foot by foot in the battle
for possession of the Alsatian town of
Stein bach.
In Poland fighting has been all but
halted by a heavy mist. Russian attacks
In Galicia, near the Carpathians, are de
clared at Vienna to have been repulsed.
Publication in iondon of the text of
the note concerning British interference
with shipping has allayed ir
ritation there which arose from false
impressions of the tone in which the
communication was phrased. It Is be
lieved there that, In view of the British
Continued oa Fourth Pace.
RULERS OFWfIT NATIONS
SEND CREETINCTO WILSON
Washington, Jan. I.—New Year's
greetings to President Wilson from the
rulers of other nations and from many
Americans poured into the White House
to-day. King Albert of Belgium sent
the following message from his general
army headquarters:
'* On the occasion of the new year,
I send you my most sincere congratula
tions and the wishes I form for the wel
fare of the great American nation,
whose generosity to Belgium is of so
much help in this time of distress and
sorrow.''
King George of Great Britain sent
the following:
"It affords me sincere pleasure to
convey to you on the commencement
of the new year my hearty good wishes
for your personal happiness and for
the welfare and prosperity of the Unit
ed States of America, to which we are
united by inch close ties of friendship
and intimacy.''
The following message was reteived
from King Gustav of Sweden:
"I beg you to receive my best wishes
for a happy New Year.'
King Haakon of Norway cabled as
follows:
"On the occasion of New Year's Day
I express my most sincere good wishes
for you and the American people."
Count Bernstorff, German Ambassa
dor to the United States, sent the fol
lowing:
"Please accept my most sincere and
respectful wishes for'a very happy New
Year for yourself, your family and
country."
RUSSIANS ARE REPULSED
MANY TIMES BY AUSTRIfINS
Vienna, Jan. 1, via Amsterdam and
London, 12.40 P. IM, — An official an
nouncement on the progress of the war
was given out in the Austrian capital
to-day. It refers to events of yesterday
and is as follows:
"In Bukowina and the Carpathians
the Russians developed great activity.
Our troops are holding their positions
on the Suczawa river, in the upper
Cscremosz territory, also further west
on the ridges of the Carpathians, in the
valley of the Nagyag, where yesterday,
near Oflkoermezoe, an attack of the
enemy was repulsed with heavy losses
to him, in the upper Laitoreoza district
and north of the Uszok pasts. To the
west of this pass all other passages over
the Carpathians are oKxsu'pied by our
troops.
'' In tlhe district of GorKve and to the
northeast of Zakliczyu determined Rus
sian attacks were repulsed everywhere.
"On the Nida everything is quiet.
Further to the north the attacks of our
allies arc progressing.
"In tho Balkan war everything is
quie«t. To the east of Trabina our ar
tillery compelled the (Montenegrins to
retreat.''
ST. GEORUES DESTROYED BY
FIRE OF ALLIES, SAYS BERLIN
Berlin, Jan. 1, By Wireless to Loo
don, 3.44 P. M.—The following of
ficial conumunicaition was given out to
day at army headquarters:
'' In the western theatre of war noth
ing of importance has happened near
Nieuport. The idea of retaking ' the
hanvlet of Hit. Georges, which has been
completely demolished (by the enemy's
artillery fire, was abandoned in view of
the high level of the waiter there.
'' Bast of Bet'hune, to the south of
the canal, we captured an English
trench.
"In the Angonne our attacks marie
further progress. Another 400 prison -
era, sii machine guns, flour mine throw
ers and numerous other arms and quan
tities of ammunition feH Into our
hands. A French camp northwest of St.
Mihiel was set on fire by our artillery.
Attack* art Flirry and west of Senn
heiim, which were repeated yesterday,
were repulsed.
"The situation on the aast Prussian
frontier and in Poland remains un
changed. A heavy mist is preventing all
operations." ,
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1915—12 PAGES.
MIHERS PARADE
Bill EVENT OF DAY
Thousands of Specta
tors Line Streets and
Applaud Gorgeously
Bedecked Marchers
FLOATS FEATURE
THE PROCESSION
Following the Parade Drills Take Place
in Front of Police Headquarters and
Judger Awardthe Prizes to Best
Organizations
King Mummer was cleverly honored
in llarrisburjf this afternoon. AH Har- j
risburg joined in the celebration and !
enjoyed the second annual parade un- j
der the auspices of the "Harrisburg !
Mjmmers' Association. The weather'
man conspired for the success of the
event and produced as fine a New
Year's Day as couid be hoped for.
Hetd up by the late arrival of one
of the star entries, the parade, headed i
by a platoon of police, started over its i
course ait 1.30 o'clock. The announced
plan of halving taps on the court house
bell as the parade started was a sue-1
ceasful one, many persons remaining in -'
doors until the taps on the bell an- ,
nounced the start.
Motorcycle Club's Display
Clubs created for the purpose of the
parade only, in gaudy uniforms formed
the first division, and many of them
surprised the officials, who were in ig
norance of the costumes until the clubs
arrived. The Keystone Motorcycle
Club, with the Commonwealth band at
the head of this division, was the fea
ture of the parade.
The members all bore small key
stones on their shoulders, their figures
being enveloped in them. A great
large keystone born by a score of oth
er members formed the center of the
group. A color schemo of blue aud
gold was carried out. Peaked caps
were worn by members of the club
and the bamd as well.
The Triangle Club, of Steelton,
formed for this parade, was one of the
gaudy clubs in this division. The St.
Michael Society, of Steelton, with the
Royal Italian Band, of Harpsburg,
was one «f the big clubs. The band
got many a hand along the route of
the parade when the slogan on tho side
of the wagon in which, they rode was
read. It was "Aren't We Glad We Are
Neutral."
5-Year-Old as New Year
Five-year-old Miss Constance Mo
relle, as the New Year, attracted a
great deal of attention in a float en
tered by the management of the Orphe
um Theatre. In the midst of a great
sea of white she rested in her cradle,
which was labeled "1915." She was
capably guarded by "Father Time."
The fantastic division got the tai»?hs,
even though some of the figures pre
sented the meet abject grief. One lone
widow in her deep mouriug got no
Contlnurd on Fourth Pace
DRAFTSMEN'S HOURS REDUCED
Those of B. & C. Department, Steelton,
Will Get 25 Per Cent. Less Pay
A reduction in the working hours of
the draftsmen employed by the Penn
sylvania Steel Company in the Bridge
and Construction Department went into
effect this morning. Heretofore these
men worked until 5 o'clock each even
ing. From to-day on until the volume
of work increases the quitting hour for
these draftsmen will be 3.30 o'clock
in the afternoon. While tho draftsmen
will be paid at the same rate per hour
as heretofore the reduction in hours
will constitute.a decrease of about 25
per cent, in thedr pay.
That this reduction in working hours
applies only to the draftsmen em
ployed in the B. & C. Department and
does not affect any professional or
clerical forces in any other department
of the big plant, was a statement made
in the executive offices this morning.
WAS FATHER OF SAFETY FIRST
30,000 Coke Workers Suspend Labor
as Thomas Lynch Is Buried
By Associated Press.
Connellsville, Pa, Jan. I.—Twenty
thousand coke workers in the Connells
ville region to-day suspended their daily
tasks in honor of Thomas Lynch, of the
W. C. Frick Coke Compauy, whose fu
neral took place at Greensburg, Pa.
Other employes of the company at
Gary, W. Va., and Bunsen, 111 also
ceased their daily tasks. MT. Lynch
was father of the "safety first" move
ment in the coke country and was re
sj>onsiible for much welfare work
among the mining villages in this sec
tion.
BROWN NOW CHIEF JUSTICE
Takes Oath Before Judge Landls In
Lancaster To-day
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. I.—Justice J.
Hay Brown, a member of the State Su
preme Court, to-day took the oath of
office as Chief Justice before Judge
Charles I. Landis.
The new Chief Justice succeeds D.
Newlin Fell whoa® term of office has
expired. There were no ceremonies in
cident to the occasion. Chief Justice
Brown has been a member of the Su
preme Court since January 1, 1899.
Girl's Collarbone Soaps In Fall
Falling on the ice w'hile on her way
to work in the Postal Telegraph office in
Ilhe Pennsylvania railroad passenger sta
tion this morning, Mass Grace Dowhow
er, 17 Evergreen street, suffered a frac
tured collar-bone. £She was aided home,
"bore the family physician reduced the
fracture.
ONLY ONE BROKEN BONE
ON THEC. Y. R. R. IN 1914
President Kennedy Points Out That
There Was Not a Single Wreck in
the Twelve Months and Says Bo ad
Is Safest and Best in United States
M. C. Kennedy, president of the Cum
berland Valley Railroad Company, is
sued the following to the employee of
the road to-day:
"During the year just e.loeed the
Cumberland Valley Railroad transport
ed approximately eight and a quarter
milUiou tons of freight and two million
passengers without the lows of life of
a ]«,sseiiger or one of its 2,100 em
ployes and without injuring a passen
ger.
"While there have boen minor ac
cidents to employes, not so much as a
finger or a toe has been ampu-tatexl,
and with the exception of one fracturei
ankle, not a leg nor an arm broken.
"Without taking into consideration
the few slight accidents on industrial
sidings and in yards there has not been
a wreck in the general acceptation of
that term. Tike wreck crew has only
been called seven times during the year
and the total cost of wrecking lias been
insignificant.
"This splendid reeord of which I
feel juwtly proud, and which I do not
believe has been equaled by any rail
road of its size and same density of
traffic, is not attributable to any one
man but to the hearty co-operation off
every officer and employe in their un
tiring efforts to rnako the Cumberland
Valley the betft and safest railroad in
the United States.
"I congratulate you and ask a con
tinuance of that loyal support without
which such n record could not have
been made, awl 1 I extend to you one and
all my best wishes for a happy and
prosperous New Year."
SLED RUNS UNDER A CAR
Boy's Life Saved By Motorman—Four
Other Coasting Accidents
Stanton Byers, 12 years old, lost con
trol of his sled while coasting on the j
Sitate street hill last niigfot arid he shot j
beneath a trolley car which was g»in(g
south on Cameron street. Fortunately
for the lad the motorman saw him as
he sjied down the hill ajul the car was
stopped in time to prevent a possible
fatality. The lad cscaijied with a few
scratches.
Three other children were injured in
coasting accidents in the city yester
day, although none seriously. George F.
Early, 14 years old, a Dnncannon boy,
was brought to the HarrisJ>urg lios<piital
yesterday following a coasting accident
in Ihincannon in which he sufferped con
cussion of the brain and one'kneecap
was knocked off. He will recover.
JACOB SNYDER GETS DIVORCE
Counsel for Mrs. Snyder Say They Will
Appeal to Higher Court
A decree in divorce in the suit of
Jacob against Louise Snyder was to
day signed by Judge George Kuukol,
anil Mrs. Snyder was directed to pay
the court costs. Fox & Ueyer, counsel
for the respondent, have twenty days
in which to taken an appeal from the
Dauphin county court decision. The a£-
1 torneys this morning said such an ap
peal will be .taken.
The decree of legal separation will
stand meantime and Snyder will bo
compelled to pay maintenance money j
during the interim until disposition is
male of the case by the appellate
court.
JOHN T. BRADY HOST TO 175
Gives His Annual New Year's Break
fast in the Harrisburg Club
John T. Brady, prominent member of
the Dauphin' county bar, was host at a
New Year's breakfast in the Harris
burg Club at 12.30 o'clock this after
noon. It was the thirteenth annual
affair of tho kind given by Mr. Brady,
and among the guests were men promi
nent in business and professional affairs
of the city.
Covers were laid for 175 guests and
the holiday spirit chaarcterized tho
gathering. There were brief, informal
[ speeches by many of the guests. The
breskfast was served in the banquet
hall of the club, which was decorated
elaborately with Christmas greens.
TWO FULL MOONS THIS MONTH
To-night Promises to Be Big One for
Wild wood Skaters
There arc two full moons this month
—not on the same night and existing
only in the mind of a person suitably
stimulated, but on two different nights
and visible under perfectly normal con
ditions. The one moon appears to-night
and the other on January 30.
Two full moons will be none too
many for the January skaters on Wild
wood lake and on the river. There were
about three 'hundred persons at Wild
wood last night, and there may be a
larger crowd to-night to get the benefit
of the first full moon of the now year.
Paul A. Kunkel Pays 91,000 Costs
Paul A. Kunkel, who in 1911 was
defeated for the District Attorneyship
of Dauphin county, by Michael E.
Stroup, and who subsequently started
court proceedings by which he sought
in vain to Show that he, and not Stroup
had been elected, yesterday paid tit a
court costs amounting to almost sl,-
000. This practicality mark* the close
of the contest. More than a hundred
witnesses summoned at the special in
quiry conducted by Judge McCarrell,
now 'will be paid for their court at
tendance.
Pennsylvania Guns For Russia
Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 1. —The Rus
sian volunteer fleet steamer Tambov,
arrived from tihe Orient last night. Aft
er discharging cargoes she will take on
a great quantity of heavy field guns
and projectiles manufactured in Penn
sylvania. One large cargo of Ameri
can guns shipped from Vancouver has
already arrived at Vladivostok and is
toeing hurried to Poland.
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Katheryne Mary Frick
Although She Is Deaf, Dumb and Blind She Enjoyed Going to Theatre Where
Actress Gave Her a Diamond Ring
CAUCUS fIOH
on THE ran
Four Candidates in the
Fight Engage Head
quarters Here—Bald
win Placards City
LAWMAKERS ARE
COMING TO-NIGHT
Hotel Accommodations Will Be Taxed
as Never Before During Coming Ses
sion— Ambler Is Brumbaugh's
Choice in Speakership Fight
The facts that a lively contest for
tbo Speakership of the House is on and
that the Legislature will convene next
week, were emphasized to-day by the
posting of large cards all over that part
of the city frequented by the newly
arrived legislators, announcing that
Richard J. Baldwin, of Delawaro coun
ty, is a candidate for Speaker of the
House.
It is usually tho custom to placard
the trees along the capitol walk with
these cards, but thus far the ban has
been put on that method of announce
ment, and the candidate's cards will
appear on tho vacant bill boards and
telegraph poles of the city, and there
are mighty few of those left. Baldwin's
headquarters will be in the parlors of
the Commonwealth Hotel, and from now
on he and his friemlß will lie in wait
for the unpledged legislators it the
hope of corralling sufficient votes to
carry the Republican caucus, which
will be held on Monday night in the
House caucus room.
Headqtiarters also have been en
gaged in the Commonwealth for Charles
A. Ambler, of Montgomery; Henry 1.
Wilson, of Jefferson, and Robert P.
Habgood, of McKean, but none of them
has arrived.
Surface'indications hero point to the
selection of Ambler, said to bo thie
choice of Governor-elect Brumbaugh,
but there is sure to be a fight annl it
is said that outside of Insurance Cbm
missdoner Johnson, who is from Am
bler's own county, none of the officers
of the Republican State Committee,
who are supposed to act in accord with
the big leaders, are none for Ambler.
Wilson as a Dark Horse
Wilson, of Jefferson, appears to bo
the dark horse candidate, and it is con
jectured that the contest between Bald
win and Ambler will be so bitter that,
to avoid trouble, the leaders will give
orders for the rural legislator to turn
in for Wilson. State Chairman Crow is
Coattnned on Fourth Pact.
TEN KILLED IN COLLISION
Railroad Oars Reduced to Splinters in
Crash Near London
By Associated Press.
London, Jan. 1, 12.55 P. 'M.—Ten
persons were killed and many others in
jured in a train collision this morning
on the Great Eastern railway near
Ilford, five miles from London.
Some of the railroad ears were re
duced to splinters.
Kentucky Now Nearly All "Dry"
Lexington, Ky., Jan. I.—Nine coun
ties in Kentucky became '' dry'' at mid
night, liquor having been voted out last
September with licenses expiring last
night. Only 15 counties out of 120 in
Kentucky are now in the so called
"wet" column.
TENER CLEARING HIS DESK
Retiring Governor Will Make Several
Important Appointments Prob
ably on Monday
Governor Tener expects to have his
desk cleared of all business by the time
his term expires so that Governor
Brumbaugh can begin "from the be
ginning" with no unfinished business
to claim his attention. It is expected
that on Monday, Governor Tener will
name the successor to .Fudge Robert S.
Frazetd on the Common Pleas benci at'
Allegheny county, but up to the pres
ent lie has declined to say w!hom he pro
poses to appoint.
The commission of Judge John A.
Shafer, as President Juidge of the Al
legheny county court, has been pre
pared and will be issued on the re
ceipt of the Frazer resignation, Judge
Frazer going on the State Supreme
bench. The Governor will also have
the appointing of n Coroner for Mont
gomery county to succeed Coroner Ne
ville, who was elected a member of the
House. There are several vacancies to
fill on mother's pension boards which
will be filled in time to permit the
boarvls to get the state appropriation,
and a few minor appointments that will
all be made before the Governor leaves
the cliair.
Tho appointments made by the Gov
ernor during the recess of the Legis
lature, which require confirmation, in
cluding the members of the Public
Service (Jommission, will all be sent to
the Senate next Tuesday among tho
i first lot of communications from the
Governor to the higher branch, and
among the State officials whose ap
pointments will be sent for confirma
tion are those of Banking Commission
er William H. Smith, State Librarian
Thomas Lynch Montgomery and several
others connected with State boards.
RICHARD J. EARNEST, 76, DIES
Stroke of Apoplexy Fatal to Aged
Citizen of Hummelstown
Richard J. Earnest, 76 years old,
died this morning at his home in Hum
melstown, from apoplexy. Mr. Earnest
was born in Hummelirtowii and has
lived there all his life. For many
years he conducted a shoe store and
: later a shoe repairing shop. lie was
lan active member of the Zion Luth-
I eran church.
He is survived by hig widow, two
sons, Dr. S. F. and Richard B. Earnest,
of Hummelstown; four daughters, Mrs.
j George Kttele, of Reading; Mrs. Mag
j gie Griffiths, Cleveland; Mrs. Jacob li.
j Martz, and Miss Mannie Earnest, of
] Humanelsiown, and one sister, Mrs.
Margaret Hill, Philadelphia. The fu
neral arrangements will be announced
later.
1015 12 Hours Late in Meohanlcsburg
(Special to the Mtar-Independent.)
iMeolianicSburg, Pa., Jan. I.—/ Because
some wag at 11.65 o'clock last night
turned t)he hands of the town clonk back
twelve hours, the new year did not ar
rive here until noon to-day. The town
folk iiii lti 't know a'bout it, however, and
celebrated at midnight just as though
1916 had arrived on time.
Record in Bankruptcy Petitions
By Associated Pratt.
New York, Jan. I.—Bankruptcy pe
titions, 1,696 in number, filed during
1914 established a record for this city
since the present law relating to bank
ruptcy went into effect in 1898. Fig
ures published to-day show there have
been nearly 21,000 petitions since the
act became effective.
' Stolen Horse Recovered
A horse stolen from the bam of J,
H. Snyder, of near Dauphin, was recov
ered by Detective Ibach and Police
man Schelhas in the barn of Simon
Cooper, Seventh and Briggs streets,
this morning. The man who stole the
animal was trying to sell the horse and
rail when the policemen arrived.
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MI IMF
HEWS
SHOW 111 TBI
Little Kathryne Frick
Writes Impressions
Behind Scenes for
Star-Independent
SHE IS GUEST
OFRITTY GORDON
In Not* She Writes oil a Typewriter,
' 'SecondHelen Keller" Tells of Gift
of Diamond Ring From Actress Who
Took Great Fancy to Her
Miss Kathryne M -v Frick, the little
deaf, dumb and blind girl, daughter of
William L. Frick. 94 North Seventeenth
street, who is known as a "second Hel
en Keller," was a New Year's Eve
guest of Miss Kitty Gordon, on the
stage of the Orpheum theatre.
Miss Gordon, who fills the headline
position on the Orpheum bill this week,
took a great fancy to the little girl and
slipped a diamond ring on Miss Frick "s
finger as the child stpod in the wings
during the first of the two New Year's
Eve performance!".
Although Miss Frick could neither
see nor hoar what was going on upon
the stage, a large part of the periorm
anco was not lost to her, so remarkably
have her powers of perception been de
veloped at the, Mt. Airy institution
where she is being educated as a ward
of the State of Pennsylvania, the Leg
islature having made a special appropri
ation to pay her expenses.
Among her other accomplishments.
Miss Frick has learned to use the type
writer and on this she wrote to-day for
the Star-Independent the following de
scription of her first experienc behind
the wt'ne in that theatre:
"It gives me great pleasure to praise
Miss Kathryne Gordon and her com
pany for their very kindness to me at
the Orpheum theatre last night.
"I enjoyed touching many beautiful
things on the stage. Whicn I always
had desired to see. I enjoyed going to
the theatre with my mother nerore I
was blind.
"Miss Gordon learned snout me and
invited me to see her. I saw a beauti
ful bed which George Washington u>ed
to sleep in. Miss Gordon put my fin
gers on her lips and she talked to me
that way. What 1 did not understand
my father spelled in my hand and I
enjoyed myself very much.
"I received many beautiful gifts last
night from her and her company.
When Miss Gordon patted me on my
cheek she slipped a diamond ring on my
finger which pleased me very much for
I like jewels.
"Miss Gordon promised to come and
see me at Mt Airy. 1 will be proud
to have her meet my dear friends at
school. Wishing all of my mends in
Ilarrisbnrg a happy New Year, I re
main with love,
"Kathryne M. Frick."
MUST PAY REWARD FOR HOHL
Judge Decides Officer Entitled to Money
For Bandit's Capture
APtoiyua, Jan. 1. —Blair county must
pay the SSOO reward offered for the
"arrest and conviction" of Frank
G. Hohl, the bank bandit, killed in Cin
cinnati, 0., recently, to C. E. Cook, chief
of police, of Salem, 0., accordiag to an
opinion handed down by Judge Thomae
J. IJaJdripe yesterday.
After Hohl held up me Union bank
here March 23, he was arrested at .Sa
lem by Cook. Later he confessed, but
the day before sentence was to be im
posed, he escaped from the Blair coun
ty jaH. The commissioners refused to
pay the reward, because Hohl was not
convicted, 'but the court held thwt un
necessary, where it was evident the
Tight criminal was apprehended.
POISON KILLS J. L. SWARTZ
Father of Carlisle Man Dies Four Hours
After Wife's Funeral
(Special to the Star-Indeppndent.)
Winchester, Va., Jan. l.r —Four hours
after the funeral of Mrs. Jane Cath
erine Bwartz was held here,' her hus
band, John L. Swartz, a prominent resi
dent of this section and father of Sam
uel Swartz. of Carlisle, Pa., died oi
blood poisoning resulting from a faM
on Christmas Kve when he severely
bruised his face. His funeral was held
to-day.
Samuel Swartz did not know of the
accident to his father until he arrive 1
here to attend the funeral of his* moth
er and found the father in a critical
condition. The son expects to return
to Carlisle to-morrow.
More Peru Cabinet Resignations
Lima, Peru, Jan. I.—Further cabinet
resignations, due to the unsettled po
litical conditions, were announced yes
terday. Fernando Fucthz, Minister of tliJ
Interior, and Colonel A'bril, Minister of
War, were the latest members to lay
down their portfolios. Colonel Abru
had held office for only about two
weeks.
Extend Two-Cent Postage Rate *
Washington, Jan. I.—An agreement
extending the two-cent postage rate to
mails between the United States and
the Bahamas went into effect to-day,
marking another step in the movement
to make effective a two-cent rate
throughout the Western Hemisphere.