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HO RECEPTION 91
j THE WHITE HOUSE
beath of Mrs. Wilson
jj and War in Europe
i* Check Time-Honored
■; Customs
•4 ——
:pAY IS QUIET IN
itNATION'S CAPITAL
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Daylight Fails to Quell Noise and Eu
i! thusiasm With Which New York
! City Welcomes the New Year in
'j Biggest Celebration Ever Held
H
rt
Washington. .Jan. I.—New Year's
•a>ay in the National Capital was un
usually quiet. Because or the formal
,«tate of mourning which has continued
'jsinee the death of Mrs. Wilson, there
,(was no reception at the White House.
'The anuu.el diplomatic breakfast by the
Secretary of State to the members of
•Jliic diplomatic corps had been abandon
ed because of the war, and many other
.'.time-honored customs which usually
"iMay such an important part in the
New Year celebration were
■lomitU'd for the same rejson.
JJ Iu ottiiial diplomatic* circles tlie
■Mlay was observe*! with the usual ex
changes of iiroetings. though many of
the diplomats were unable to great old
•"friends of the corps, having become
.'enemies, at least officially since 19X4
Itwas ushered in. Both houses of Con
jgress arc adjourned over iwitil Satur
day.
President Wilson began the year by
rising at 3 o'clock to push an electric
that opened the S;ui Ex
position at midnight. Pacific coast time.
"He spent the day quietly at the White
»Housc receiving greetings from many.
;Vallers. With the exception of Kvre
iftaries Daniels and Bryan, who had left
it'or North Carolina, for the week-end,
..most of the Cabinet members called.
• The practice institute.! many years
,ago by the naval observatory of send
ing a New Year's greeting to all the
countries of the world by an arrange
ment by wireless and cable and laud
was abandoned. Under exist
ing war conditions, with so large a pro
portion of the cables and telegraph cir
cuits out of commission or command
"eered for military purposes the officials
the feat of girdling the globe was
"impracticable.
Big Celebration in New York
| New York. .lan. I.—Daylight to-dav
-failed to quell the noisy and enthu
siastic greeting which New York
'to the new year. The revelry along
Broadway continued far into the morn
ing hours and the police although they
had little to do declares the celebration
'the biggest of its kind in the history
.of the city. Therecord crowds which
packed the all night restaurants held
r.their places till after sun up and at 6
'•o'clock this morning many of the iarger
were still 'turning away
ifrotn their doors.
Hotnebound transportation arrange
ments eharacterstic or" the evening
n-ush hour, in effect and needed this
..morninij on suburban lines and ferries.
CAUCUS MONDAY
ONJHE SPEAKER
(.'•■tinueil From Flrat Page.
quoted as saying that no candidate
•■from any county contiguous to Phila
delphia will win. and it is said that
■he is quietly backing the .Jefferson
bounty man.
, The Habgood advocates are prinei
•jially rural editors and they are exert
ing all of their influence for him, hav
ing endorsed him at a meeting in
Philadelphia last week. The fact that
,Thomas H. Garvin, of Delaware, will
•be the nominee for Chief Clerk of the
House, has handicapped Baldwin. in
th P view of Republican leaders.
'■ The Baldwin shouters will arrive this
evening and he will have quite a partv
to help him along, but Garvin will not
-be one of them. Assisting Baldwin to
greet the legislators will be the follow
ing Delaware conntv Republicans- Re
corder of Deeds, J. L. Rigtn-, Isaac E.
H - J - McKiver. Register of
Wills Theodore P. Kreeger, Prothono
tarv J. Harry Smith. County Commis
sioner J. D Pierson, Sheriff J. E. Hev
fcurn and Professor H. D. Meeker. "
The Ambler Headquarters
, The Ambler headquarters nil! be
• opened to-morrow morning. Reports
from Pittsburgh are that the Allegheny
• delegation is urging Henry I. Wilson as
| the compromise candidate, and that he
,will be endorsed at a meeting of that
• delegation in a caucus to be held on
Monday afternoon. This would bear
,out the story that no candidate will be
selected from Philadelphia or anv eon
' tiguous county.
At present there are no out-of-town
'legislators here, but a number are ex
pected to arrive this evening, and by
• to-ltiorrow, Saturday evening, it is ex
pected that the majority will be 011
hand.
The demand for quarters and hotel
accommodations d iring the opening
-days of the session is unprecedented,
and it is almost impossible to secure a
-«>oom anywhere. It is said that this
will one of the reasons urged for a
short session, bu' djes not favor the
idea of the dat." being fixed bv the
tau.-use-! to be held on Monday "night,
preferring that the matter be "brought
up in open session after the two bodies
are organized
Resident Clerk of the House,
and Senate Librarian Miller say that
everything is in readiness for. the ns
nembling of the Legislature, and if it
.will be a comfort to the Senators to
hear it, the $1,400 bootblai'k stand in
the Senate toiiet room is all ready for
bnsiness.
Exposition at San Diego Opens
( By Ataociated Prett.
San Diego, Cal., Jan. I.—The Pana
ma-California Kxpoaition, opened to the
world at midnight by the touching of
an electric butto., by the President in
Washington. D. C., was formally dedi
cated to-day by the President's personal
representative. Secretary of the Treas
ury William MeAdoo.
REFUGEES OVERRUN THE,
HAGUE, WRITES RESIDENT
Letter Received in This City Tells How
Released Prisoners and Fleeing Min
ers Are Giving Holland Much Diffi
culty
A glimpse of u side of the European
war which is little known to Americans
is given it a letter received in the
eity to-Jay from the American wife of
a physician of The Hague, w ho has been
in that country for 25 years.
The horrors of contact with prison
ers suddenly released from the peni
tentiary and the vicious element of the
Belgian mines brought in close relation
with men and women of the business
walks of life are vividly pictured. The
writer also expresses a doubt as to
there being a lastiug peace, if any.
Her leltet was made public at head
quarters of the Home and War Relief
Committee, 7 South Front street, and
reads, in part, as follows:
"The misfortunes of the stranded
Americans this last sr.mmer really gave
me a new life, for 1 was down low in
my mind, and to be able to speak a lot
of "good American' and to hear i!
sjave me a tine "boost' into, or rather
out of, the winter's -nists and rain that
has been incessant for weeks.
• "Our eity still is overrun with refu
gees. The streets and cafes are tilled
with French-speaking people. Thea
tres, ditto. Among the poorer lot that
have to be held in check, we have very
unpleasant times, l fer.r we soon shall
be given the reputation the allies gave
the Germans — murderers —for the au
thorities are obliged to use strong meas
ures to hold these refugees in control.
' • Last week there was a big upris
ing in Zeist. where many thousands are
'encamped—because they did not wajit
to be under arrest, that is. under con
trol. but wanted to be about as they
likeu. The authorities were obliged
to shoot eleven leaders. This has made
a big stir, of course. These people who
walked over from Antwerp, were a
dreadful lot. First, the officers of pris
ons simplv tied. The inmates escaped
and we have most of them as •guests,'
and they want to do as they please. In
Zeland tfcev have mostly 'the boat'
people of Antwerp, and the drinking is
something frightful.
"Bows —not police enough to take
the men in change—the outside world
can scarcely understand what Holland
has had to deal with. I think the
American government would do well to
take a lot of them away to the mines
in America, for there are hundreds of
miners here. Coal is scare and dear
because there are no miners in Belgium
to work the mines.
'"Business there in small directions,
such as shops, really goes on nicely.
Mr. is now in Brussels —will be
back before Christmas, when I shall
hear a lot of Belgian news.
"The armies move slowly. The Ger
mans hold their own, but advance very
slowly. We get very little news we can
depend upon from the west lines. In
East Prussia and Poland there is fight
ing which we hear of, as you surely do,
also.
"Germany now has nearly one mil
lion prisoners to feed. Surely the Unit
ed States should insist on their having
food come to them. How can Germany
feed them if she gets short for her own
people It is all horrible, and I cannot
sleep often, thinking about it. You
must come over some time if the worW
ever sees peace again."
Paying out more than $l5O yester
day to women who had sewed for war
sufferers, the Home Relief division es
tablished a record for handling ap
plicants. Incidentally, the supplies divi
sion broke all previous records for is
suing supplies, though it ran short be
fore the day was over. The Foreign Re
lief division sent away a box for ship
ment to Belgian sufferers, mainly con
sisting of shawls and sabot linings,
skirts and warm woolens for children!
The Red Cross division will ship a box
to Servia on Saturday. AH depart
ments are closed to-day.
Supplies will be given out on Mon
day, Wednesday and Fridav. Hours, 10
to 12 and 2 to 5.
WOMAN'S HORRIBLE DEED
Saturated Her Child and Self With
Coal Oil and Touches Match
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Jan. I.—Saturating th©
garments of her only child, Raymond,
5 years oM, and herself with coal oil,
Mrs. Anthony Rheinholder touched a
lighted match to them in the kitchen
of their home to-day. Both she and the
little boy were found wrapped in tiaines
by a neighbor and sent to a hospital,
where the boy died a few hours later
and the mother is in a critical condi
tion.
I wanted to 'begin the new vear
by killing my boy and myself." jaid
the woman. "My married l'ife ha 3 been
unhappv and I couldn't stand it anv
longer.''
She is 26 years old. Her husband
was held without bail as a material
witness, but his wife, although accus
ing hun of having made her life un
happy, exonerated him of all connection
with her deed.
PRINTERS PAID BY WEEK
Change Goes Into Effect Among Local
Typesetters To-day
Typesetters iu this eitv instead of
doing piecework will be paid by the
week, beginning to-day. The change
was agreed upon two years ago by the
Typographical Union. It has not" pre
viously been put into effect because
contracts for State printing had been
let on the basis of piecework.
Although some salaries are lowered
and some raised by the change, no
serious effects are being felt bv local
printers.
128 MURDERS IN ALLEGHENY
And Not One of the Slayers Paid the
Dealth Penalty
By Associated Press,
Pittsburgh, Jan. I.—There have
been 12.1 murders in Allegheny coun
ty in the last two years and not one of
the slavers paid the death penalty.
This is shown by the rej>ort of the
coroner's office made public to-day.
During 1914 there were 56 murders
while there were 67 jn 1913. The rec
ord shows there has been no legal exe
cutions during the same years.
NO MARKET REPOBTS
The Stock Exchanges being closed on
account of the holiday, the Star-Inde
pendent is without its usual market
quotations this evening. f
HARRISBITRG STAR-INDEfrENDENT. FRIDAY EVENING. JANJJARY 1. 1915.
MUMMERS PARADE
BIG EVENT OF DAY
Chllmml From Klrat Pace.
sympathy, rather the " hs! ha!" as
she passed along the route of par.nde.
(.lay Columbines and Yama Yama
"girls" vied with each other in at
tracting attention. Characters from
Shakespeare ami from the current
comic sections, too, walked side by side
without any tine regurd for the con
trast. There were ghosts galore ak>n>f
with many other impersonations of all
kinds. The bands in fantastic garb got
o hand.
Bomb-Dropping Aeroplane
A fair representation of a Ta ii'be
bom<b-dro! ping aerop.ane entered by
Heagy brothers, attracted a lot of at
tention. The 'boanib-drcipper in the cock
pit of the machine had a cold joib how
ever, riding behind the whirring pro
pellers. The motive power was a Har
ley-Ravison motorcycle.
After completing the route of the
parade Chief Marshal Baclienstoss
and his staff reviewed thf parade from
the west side of Market square. Com
petitive <lrii:s were hekl in front of the
.Mayor's office at 3.30 o'clock.
So firmly has this celebration taken
hold of the citv that it will be au
annual event, growing each year. This
was really the first opportunity for
clubs to form with the proper incentive
of real prise money and the turnout this
afternoon proved that the city was just
awaiting the intial move.
"Shooters" of every description par
ticipated as individuals, in clubs,'in
teams, and many merchants entered
doats in the parade, showing what a
wide interest the paratie has attracted.
Italian Societies Participate
It has given the various Italian so
cieties in this city and vicinity a
chance to celebrate in a measure like
they celebrated in Italy and they were
the tirst to seize the opportunity to en
roll in the association. Other clubs
followed suit and their participation
made possible the big association able
to bear the burden of arranging the pa
rade.
Money was not so plentiful with the
mummers that they could go out to hire
bauds for the occasion, but in one class,
where unpaid bards can enter and com
pete for a prize, twelve organizations,
most of them in fantastic garb, entered
the parade.
Schnitzelbank Band a Feature
The Schnitzelbank band of Eliza
bethtown started the celebration at
11.IS o'clock this morning when they
arrived iu the city and were escorted
to the mayor's office where they gave
a complimentary concert to Clarence O.
Backenstoss, chief marshal. Soon after
officials began arranging the final de
tails of the parade.
The ails reported at police head
quarters and were given final instruc
tions and dispatched to Front and State
streets to arrange the various divisions.
The judges, too, started out from police
headquarters at 1 o'clock in an auto
mobile to view the parade.
Streets Boped Off by Police
Everything had been made rea.lv
for the parade by the police depart
ment. Ropes had been stretched on
Market street early this niorniug and
promptly at 10 o'clock the street in
tersections were closed and traffic
stopped until after the parade. The
entire night force of policemen was on
duty this afternoon.
Police Captain Thompson headei the
detail of police in the parade which
included Officers Lyme, Carson, Hicks,
Shoemaker, Roinich, Pagan, Shaft'ner
and Kautz. The coppers were all
mounted on white horses.
All parade entrants had been sup
plied with proper cards which were
collected by the judges this afternoon.
Following the paraue the drills took
place in front of police headquarters,
after which the judges will meet and
decide the prize winners. The result
will not be known until this evening.
The judges are J. J. Hartman, Georgo
Jack, A. H. Kreidler, Henderson Gil
bert. Edward Ilalbert, Harry Messer
smith, W. Kiester and Fred M. Tritle.
CROWDS OF HAYLY-BEDECKED
PEOPLE WELCOME NEW YEAR
! Interest added to the New Year's
j Day celebration by the Harrisburg
i Mummers' Association last uight
brought out hundreds in motley crowds
to welcome the youngster, 1915, who
has been depicted as arriving this time
amid shot and sheil. It was a New
! Year's eve long to be remembered.
The venders of noise-making toys
were busy last evening selling to the
j crowd the proper instruments for the
•i reception of the new year. Confetti
and colored paper streams floated
through the uir, thrown by hundreds.
The noise continued all evening, but
' at midnight it was combined into one
| big screech. The bells in all of the
I fire houses, locomotive bells and whis
i ties made the backbone of the noisy re
i ception to the new vear. The streets
j were filled with celebrators as early as
I 8 o'clock and the crowd grew greater
as the time drew on toward midnight,
j At that hour they gathered beneath the
j city's Christmas tree at Front and Mar
ket streets to collectively welcome the
new year.
Historic Clontarf
Clonfrarf is one of the most historic
spots in Ireland. It was there that on
Good Friday, April 23, 1014, Brian
Boroihme and the men of Munster,
Cojinauglit and Meath fought the
Danes.
Brian was killed in his teut; Sigurd,
earl of Orkney and Caithness, perish
ed also, and 11,000 Irishmen and 13,-
000 Danes are said 1 to have fallen. Yie
tory remained with the Irish, but the
Danes reoccupied Dublin. In modern
times O'Connell's monster meeting!
for repeal were to have culminated at
! Clontarf, but the meeting was prohib
ited by the government, and O'Connell
was put upon his tiial for conspiracy
, ami convicted, though the verdict wn
eventually reversed by the house of
I lords. —Ix>ndon Chronicle.
The Fanner Must Be Trained
To-day tihe advanced tiller of the soil
i must come up to his calling as fully
j equipped for service as the lawyer, the
! editor, the doctor, the eaptaiu of indus
' try, for the curious fact has developed
. that the calling in which the unlettered
| and untrained man was once supposed
j to have as good a chance as the edu
; catel one is now tlw calling in whicth
wide and varif l knowledge is as impera
tive as is almost any other known
among men.—W. S. Harwood.
All Answered
"Well, Jean, are you cantent about
your examination?"
"Yes. grandpa; I answered all the
I questions."
"And how did you answer themf"
j "I answered that T didn't know."—
i Paris Rire.
ARTILLERY DUELS ALONG
BATTLE FRONT IN FRANCE
CONTINUE WITH SEVERITY
Paris. Jan. 1, 2.4 8 P. M.—The
French official statement given out this
afternoon shows that the artillery ex
changes on the battle front in France
have not diminished in severity or fre
quency. Various places are mentioned
where artillery fighting lias taken place.
At some no results are given, while at
others the French claim successes, as,
for instance, at Steinbach, iu Alsace.
The statement claims the repulse of six
German infantry attacks at a point be
tween the Meuse and the Moselle, aud
says that French aviators have as
sailed from the air the railroad station
at Metz. The text of the communica-.
tion follows-:
"From the sea to Rheinis there was
yesterday hardly anything more than
artillery engagements. The enemy
bombarded without result the village of
St. Georges and the head of the bridge
position organised bv the Belgians at
a point south of Dixnmde.
"Spirited cannonading resulted ad
vantageously for us bet we*n l»a Bas
see and Careney; between Albert and
Hove: in the region of Verneetil and
in the neighborhood of Blanc Sablou,
which is near Craonne. At this last
mentioned point we also demolished
certain German earthworks. .
"In the region of Perthes aiul of
Beause.iour we have held the gains
makie bv us on December 30. During
all the day of December 31 the activity
of the opjiosing artillery forces was in
terrupted.
"lii the Argonne the enemy attack
ed violently almost the entire front in
the forest of l.a Oniric. At certain
points he advanced for a distance of
fifty yards, but counter attacks were
at once delivered. In the region of Ver
dun there have been violent artillery
engagements.
"Between the Jleuse and the Mo
selle to the northwest of Flirev, the
Germans delivered, during the night of
December 30-31 and on the morning
of the 31st, no less than six violent
counter attacks for the purpose of re
taking the trenches captured by us on
December 30. Each of these attacks
was brilliantly repulsed.
"Our aviators bombardetl at
night the railroad stations at Metz'and
at Arnaville.
"We continue to make progress foot
by foot in Steinbaeh. Here the artil
lery of the enemy showed great activ
ity during the morning of December 31
but in the afternoon on this day our
batteries won a distinctive advantage."
War Reduces Customs Receipts
Xew York, Jan. I.—The war in Eu
rope is reflected in the Xew York cus
toms receipts for 19-14. made public to
day. Receipts were approximately
$167,000,000, representing a falling
off of about $36,500,000 from the
figures of 1013. Imports of merchan
dise were about $793,000,000. repre
senting a decrease of more than $35,-
000,000.
MOST OF STATE ICEBOUND
' Stome Streams Have Frozen Surfaces
That Are 10 Inches Thick
A re.uort issued to-day by the State
| Water Supply; Commission shows that
the late freeze was general throughout
| the State and almost all or' the streams
l of Pennsylvania aro ice-bound. The
| report eays:
"Pennsylvania lias been visited by
i winter weather. of the old New Eng
land type in its full severity and the
streams became ice-covered at a much
earlier date than usual and at extreme
ily low stages. The Allegheny aaul
Monongahela watersheds are covered
with snow ranging from one to eleven
. inches in depth while the Allegheny
1 and Yougiuogheny rivers are frozen at
| nearly all points with the other west
ern streams generally ice-bound.
"Except in its lower reaches, the
j main Susquehanna is frozen, while the
tributaries in this basin are covered
| with ice, varying in thickness from six
! to sixteen inches. This watershed is
under suow cover ranging from one to
' twelve inches in depth and the low
temperature has furnished exceptional
' ly tine and uninterrupted sleighing in
certain localities.
! "The navigation poole of the Schuyl
kill and Lehigh rivers and the upper
reaches of the Delaware are ice-covered
although the amount, of accumulate!
?now in the eastern part of the State
is generally small with none in the
southeastern districts."
102,126 BOOKS CIRCULATED
Remarkable Work Done by New Public
Library—One Tear Old To-day
Tlie report of Harridburg's new pnb
' lie library, which closed its first year
of service to-day, ebows that it circu
i lated 102,126 books. This is a figure
i that is far beyond the expectations of
any one connected with the library and
1 there were hcart.v congratulations for
Miss Alice R. Katon, the librarian.
The li'brary was opened to the pu'blic
just one year ago to-day with formal
i exercises, it has been open 307 days
; in the year and the total numiber of per
sons registered for hooks has reached
j the total of 8.840. Of this number
; 6,518 were adults.
: saiFn rwwom ghrdl taun tahunhr
Of the total circulation of 102,126
| books the circulation among children
j reached the surprising number of 29,-
1 324. Children have used the library
■ very extensively. The nmnlber of young-
I sters visiting the library to read or look
; at books, not merely to take out books,
i was 13,405 oat of a total number of
) 38, 441 persons. The largest circulation
I on one day was 1,053.
j The 'percentage of fiction circulated
j was 78. it being noted that the fiction
circulation has dropped with the last
j few months, due to interest in war liter-
I ature. The library answered 1,903 ref
! erence questions over the telephone or
] by mail.
w
May Veto Immigration Bill
By Associated Press. -
Washington, .fan. 1. —President Wil
son, is expected by some administration
officials to veto the immigation bill if
officials to veto the imm»3;ration bill if
•it comes to him containing the literacy
test which the Senate yesterday refus
ed fco strike out. The President does not
believe a literacy test is a test of the
quality of an immigrant.
A Hot One
He —iGirls are queer creatures; they
marry the firsrt fool who asks them, as
a rule. I surpose you'd do the same,
wouldn't yout She —Suppose you aak
me and find out. —-Boston Transcript.
BRITISH SENTIMENT
FAVORS MEETINC THE
WISH OF THIS NAT!
London. Jan. 1, 12.35 P. M.—The
publication in London of the text of
the American note to the British gov
ernment on the question of unwarrant
ed interference with American shipping
has dispelled any irritation occasioned
by the incomplete sentences in the first
summary of the communication cabled
from the United States. There were cer
tain Englishmen who saw something
like an ultimatum in the cable*! ex
tracts, but a perusal of the actual con
text of these particular phases has dis
pelled this conception. The Pall Mu'l
"Gazette" to-day voices the genera!
opinion when it says: .
"We could perhaps place our finger
on certain contentions advanced in the'
note which show some faitore to ap
preciate the difficulties of our position,
•but it is not our business to chop logic
witih the government of the I'nite I
States. Sir Edward Grey may be trust
ed to give the government of President
Wilson nil the satisfaction it can prop
erly ask, while at the same time indi
coifing the courtesy and firmness the
measures our position as a belligerent
Power compel us to continue. The gov
ernment of the United States has shown
every disposition to put itself in our
•place and recognize our difficulties. Our
government will not show itself to be
less fair minded than th»t of President
Wilson. Short of sacrificing our best
weapon of bringing tfhe war to a suc
cessful and speedy end. nothing will bo
left undone to meet the wishes of the
United States."
NOW 578,713 PRISONERS
OF WAR HELD IN GERMANY
Berlin, Jan. 1, Via Wireless to Uon
don. 12.30 A. M. —The total number
of prisoners of war held in Germany at
the end of the year amounts to S3S
officers aud 577,875.
This is shown in a summary issued
from headquarters ten,lav which poiuts
out that the list does not include civil
ians interned in Germany nor the pris
oners taken during the pursuit in Rus
sian Poland or those intransport.
Of the above total the French con
tribute 3,459 officers, including seven
generals and 251,950 men; the Rus
sians, 3.575 officers, of whom 18 aro
generals and :i01»,290 men; the Bel
gians, til 2 officers, including three gen
erals and 36,852 men and the British,
493 officers and 18,828 men.
Heaidiquarters takes occasion to say
that the report that 1,140 German of
ficers and 134,700 men are prisoners
of war in_ Russia is misleading since
this list includes interned civilians.
Probably not more than tifteeen per
cent, of the total are military prison
ers, it is declared.
LATE WAR SUMMARY
Continued From First Pace.
government's avowed intention of treat
ing the question in the same friendly
spirit as is shown by the Ainerlan gov
ernment, an amicable adjustment speed
ily will be arranged.
Emperor William in a stirring address
to his soldiers and sailors on the first
day of the new year, refers to the bril
liant German victories since the open
ing of hostilities and then lays em
phasis on the~ statement that every at
tempt of the enemies of the fatherland
to enter upon German territory in nu
merical strength has failed. Behind the
army and the fleet is the German nation.
His Majesty declared, prepared for ev
ery sacrifice to protect the country from
outrageous invasion. In conclusion the
Emperor calls upon his people to face
the new year unflinchingly and to win
new victories for the fatherland.
As the year 1015 opens, after five
months of hostility in the great war,
the fighting both in the eastern and the
western arenas is going on without de
cisive results for either side.
There has been no material let up
with the advent of severe winter weath
er in the determination and severity of
the encounters. In Poland there are to
day active hostilities between Germans
and Russians between Vistula and Pilica
rivers and along the battle line in
France, from the sea to Switzerland,
there are almost continuous exchanges
of artillery fire or infantry charges
against trenches followed by desperate
counter attcks. Neither is aerial ac
tivity being neglected. Only yesterday
four German aeroplanes dropped bombs
on the French channel port of Dun
kirk.
There are in Germany to-day after
approximately 150 days of hostilities no
fewer than 586,000 military prisoners
of war. These include over 8,100 offi
cers, among whom are found 28 gen
erals. Russian prisoners are the most
numerous, with nearly 310,000 officers
and men.
The American note to the British
government on unwarranted interfer
ence with American commerce to neu
tral countries has met with a favorable
reception in Italy. Italy confronts a
similar situation in the matter of her
own commerce, and she is hopeful that
the steps taken by Washington will re
sult in clearing up the contraband ques
tion for herself and other neutrals as
well as for the United States.
CZAR V ISITS ARMY FROM AND
CONFEKS INSIGNIA OF HONOR
Petrograd, Dec. 31.—Emperor Nich
olas visited the Army front. At the
quarters of the commander-in-chief he
received reports concerning the war op
erations. Afterwards he reviewed the
line of troops, distributing insignia of
honor amonjr the soldiers who had dis
tinguished themselves the most in the
fighting and thanking the various units
of the army for their service in the
war.
After having received the report of
General Ruz«ky, commanding the army
of the northwest, the Emperor departed
from the army front.
War Booty Taken by Germans
Berlin, Jan. t, By Wireless to Lon
don, 3.44 P. M. —An unofficial report
from the Wolff Agency reads as fol
lows:
"We learn from the main head
quarters that the war booty taken by
our troops fighting in the Argoone in
the month of December amounts alto
getter to 2.950 prisoners. 21 machine
guns, 1 4 mine throwers aad one bronze
mortar."
BELGIAN BATTLEFIELDS
APPEAR IN
ie v^C *ii FT~«tWMf *
The most novel offering of the mo
tion picture world lias been secured by
the management of the Majestic for
three days, commencing Monday, with
matinee Tuesday and Wednesday. The
film is that taken for the Chicago
"Tribune" under contract with the
Belgian government, showing marvel
ous news of the fighting and desola
tion in Belgium during the months of
September and October. This is the
only picture of actual lighting that has
been made since the beginning of the
present European war and to obtain the
sanction and protection of the Belgian
KEEP CHILDREN FROM DI M PS
Legislation Recommended by Massa
chusetts Child Labor Committee
11 ii Associated Prn&s,
Boston, .luu. I.—-"'Child scaven
gers" tlio children of the tenements
who go to dump heaps, freight yards,
markets and ash barrels in search of
I'oo-I, fuel and clatlics, aro the subject
of a report issued by t.iie Massachusetts
Child Labor Committee to-dav. The
committee of which Grafton i). C'ush
in, Lieutenant Governor-elect, is chair
man, recommends legislation to exclude
children from dumps.
"In one Boston school district," the
report says, "135 of the 2,128 chil
dren at school do this work. They pick
iu all sorts of weather, with bare toes
Sticking out of their shoes on the cold
est winter days. Their ha mis shake so
that they ean bairely hold their bags.
The ashes crack the skin."
The committee found that in the
same district, 1,628 children made a
practice of visiting markets, freight
yards and wharves and picking over
ash and garbage barrels for ice, pro
duce. fish, potatoes an<l wood.
"Frequently," the report says,
"children pick from refuse Iwrrels ma
terial which they oat on the spot. In
all scavenger work there is a strong
incentive to theft."
U. OF P. EXTENSION SCHOOL
Many New Plans Formulated for Com
ing Tear at Becent Meeting
A'i a recent meeting of the Harris
<burg branch of the University of Penn
sylvania extension school, George W.
•Hill, of the Technical High school and
presilient of the Harristburg branch, ap
pointed 'committeemen who will be in
charge of the school's activities through
the coming year. Many new plans were
formulated. The names of t-iie commit
teemen ami committees a.re as follows:
Athletic committee, James H. Kes
saek, chairman; D. C. Smith, Benjamin
P. ißramlt, R. (Miller, E. W. Millinger;
publicity, H. T. 'McPadVlen. Pawl P. < a
ton, M". J. Rintz, L. Nesfoit; employ -
ment, Jacob <9. ißatim. Abbert P. ijewis,
J. Miller. George B. Dels, Edgar P.
Keller; pin and button, J. Worley, Tra
L. Gordon, George H. Wirt, B. S. Cor
nell, .T. J. MoCutcheon; social. T. J. S.
Kishpaugh. M. 11. Geisking, W. L. Min
ich^J. Ed 'Mi IManamy.
BELL STOCK FOR EMPLOYES
AniericanTelephone and Telegraph Com
pany Offers Easy Terms
Chicago, Jan. 1. —The American
Telegraph and Telephone Company, the
parent company of the Bell system, yes
terday announced, that arrangements
had oe«n made 'bv which employes
ntight purchase stork in the company
foT sllO a Share on easy terms of pay
ment.
The offer is limited to those employes
who have'been t.wo years or more in fife
service, and no employe will be permit
ted to 'buy more than one share of stock
for etch S3OO of annual wages he re
ceives, nor can any employe buy more
than ten shares.
Kavanaugh Gets Divorce
St. Louis, Jan. 1. —W. "K. Kavanaugh,
president -of the Southern Coal. Coke
and 'Mining Company and head of the
Mississippi to the Gulf Deep Waterway
Association, yesterday obtained a di
vorce by default from Mrs. Edna i<ec
Kavanaugh on his testimony that she
deserted hint in 1913 and had expressed
her intention to remain separated from
him.
To Betain Name of Henry Gilbert & Son
Spencer C. Gilbert and Henderson
Gilbert announced last evening that,
having acquired the interest formerly
held by the late Lvman I). Gilbert in
the firm of Henry Gilbert & Son, 219
Market street, the business will be con
ducted under the same name and at the
same place as formerly by the surviving
partners. The same general business
policy will be carried out. The firm
conducts the oldest hardware business
in the city.
Criminals Cost City 9^,.*532.02
Figures just compiled show that
Dauphin .county's charge against the
City of Harrisburg for the maintenance
in the county jail of violators of city
ordinances during 1914 amounts to
$2,532.92. This is less than was paid
by the city during 1913 and is due
principally to revised system of charge
which the county and city officials re
cently adopted.
Only a Trifling Delay
Pigg—Did you succeed in persuading
your wife when she gets angry to count
ten before she sr>eaksf Pogg—Yes, tout,
she's a very rapid counter.—'Boston
Transcript.
1 government to make these tilnis, the
Chicago "Tribune' signed an agreement
to donate one-half of the proceeds of
jthe sale of the pictures to the Belgian
1 Hed Cross Society. The reports of the
exceptional value of the films that have
!coins from New York and Chicago.
|where the pictures have already been
j shown, has aroused great interest
; among members of the clergy and
prominent charity workers in this city
ar.d during the exhibition of the reels
jhere the Majestic will undoubtedly
I have a class of patrons that seldom
llmls interest in feature motion picture
j productions. Adv."
WASTE IN WHEAT HARVEST
Ungleaned Grain Would Keep 0,7116,*
I7M Belgians From Starving
Hutchinson, Kan.. Jan. I.—Careless
ness cost tiie Kansas c heat raisers $14,-
952,252 iu the 191 I harvest, says J.
('. Molilei, secretary of the State Mould
of Agriculture.
I'll value of the -rop was SI 31.553,-
031. It should have been $166,535.-
253. Thirteen million bushels of wheat
was thrown to the birds.
"Probably one and one-hall' bushels
of wheat is waste 1 on every acre,"' said
Mr. Mahler.
"On some farms the waste is big,
perhaps tlhree bushels an a re. 1 believe
the loss is becoming less each year."
Grain left in fields wai enough lo
keep 6.791i,47S Belgians from starving
from now until thoi" next crop is har
vests !. It represents 3.398.239 barrels
of lour.
Gleaning wasted wheat from fields
and straw stacks yielded D. H. King, of
Pawnee county. $159 a month. Mi.
King is 80 years old. In four mouths ho
secured SSO bushels. He cleaned the
dirt from the wheat and threshed tue
grain out of stray bunches he had gath
ered up. He sold file wheat for 7 5 cents
a bushel and cleared $637.
DENVER PLAN'S HORSE SHOW
City Appropriates sr>,oo» to Make
Event Success
Denver, Jan. I.—Denver will hava
its annual horse and stock show at the
Denver I'nion stock yards, January IS
| to 23, inclusive. It is expected to equal
I in drawing power the .National Western
! Live Stock Show, which in the past has
I made this city the winter nte.-cn for
visitors from the (Western and Central
-States.
Decision of the City Commissioners
to appropriate So,ooo assured the suc
cess ot' the plan initiated by the Gen
tlemen's Driving anil Riding Clu'b, alit
or the directors of the National Western
Livestock show had called off their an
nual exposition through fear of the
Spread of the foot and mouth disease.
TAMAQUA TO FLAY HERE
Will Meet Independents in Chestnut
Street Auditorium
The Harrisburg Independents will
meet the Tamaqua team of the Cen
tral Pennsylvania League. This team is
one of the fastest iu the league and
will preseut their strongest line up aird
I endeavor to 'break the winning s ride
of the Independents who have not lost
, a game on their home floor this sea
| son.
The Independents will present t'livir
regular line nip and t'iie men whr were
injured >n the game with Camdm last
Saturday have fully recovered.
Sunday School Officers Eltcted
At the St. Paul's Methodist Kpisco
pal church the following officers have
been elected to serve through the N'ew
Year; Superintendent, Davi.l [lodgers;
assistant superintendent, J .IK. Suave
ly; primary department, Mis Carrie
Suavely, assisted by Miss ifrtha Holi
er; superintendent of the foreign de
partment, Miss Pike, assis»d bv Ber>
nard Rizziment.; secretary, I Mel! Ha
mer; assistant, Edgar stoirr; treasur
er, James Miller; librtyian, Irvin
Geigher; assistant, R. Michel; pianist;
Miss Mary Parson; assjtant, Miss
Mary Hare; chorister, Wiiiam Mell.
Mrs. Katie leis
The funeral services t Mrs. Katie
Keis, the wopinn who \\(s found dead
late Wednesday aftemoc*. in the Aron
son apartments, will beburied to-mor
row afternoon at 2 o'lock from the
Spicer chapel, 313 Wafiut street. In
terment will be made i the Past Har
risburg cemetery. '|ie body was
claimed yesterday by i*ißter who came
on from Lancaster.
Evelyn D. ienhart
Evelyn D. Lenharf S years, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs Walter Lenhart,
died at the home <j her aunt, Mrs.
Harry Poulson, 101 (onov street, after
an illness of one wok. She leaves her
parents, sister and/brother. Services
will be held afternoon at 2
o'clock, the Rev. jr. Kunvau officiat
ing. Interment wl be made iu the
Baldwin cemetery./
Mrs. Beiy Turner
Mrs. Betty Turfr died suddenly ves- •
terday afternoon fit her home, 1425
Marion street, tje was 51 years old
and is survived »v her husband, six
children and tvvojrandchildren.
Small Child Dies
A small chiblif Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Harambasie did yesterday afternoon
of tubercular njningitis at the home,
506 South Seccifl street.
Artistic Prinfng at Star-Independent.