ALLIES SUFFER HEAVILY i FROM GERMAN ATTACKS: i 1.200 PRISONERS TAKEN .• 3 Berlin. Jan. 9, by Wireless to Lon don, 4.05 P. M. —The German official Statement given out at the War Office to-day says that French forces have Sbeen repulsed with heavy losses at a J>oint northeast of Soißsons and also Hear Perthes; that in, the Argonne the Shermans took 1.200 prisqners and were "ptherwise successful; and that near •i'liery they blew up a treuch hold by jt'he French, killing all the occupants. Also the French have ben driven from ©ernhaupt-le-'Haut, in Alsace. In the Jjeast the Germans on January i took *2.000 prisoners and seven machine ■*guns. "The statement follows: $ "On t'lie western front there have .been heavy rains, which seemed more :iike cloudbursts than anything else. fThunder was heard all day yesterday. *The Lvg at some places has overflowed 3ts banks. J "Several attacks of the enemy to "the northeast of Soissons were beaten "off with severe loss to the French. A •'French attack also near Perthes, north Chalous, was repulsed with severe Jloss to the enemy. • "In the eastern section of the our troops successfully storm- Jed French positions and took 1,200 »prisoners and some mine throwers and "a bronze mortar. A Lorraine battalion and the Hessian landwehr particularly themselves in this fight. jOne of our advanced trenches, which »we at the time were not occupying, Jnear Fliery, was occupied by the jFrench and at once blown up. All of rfhe French occupants were killed. J "'Both west and south of Sennheim (Oernay) there is nothing to report. The French have 'been driven out of •ißurnhaupt-le-Haut and trenches there iinto their old positions. Some 190 pris oners fell into our hands here, k "On the eastern front bad weather icontinues. The number of prisoners Maken 'on the 7th of January by us »was 2,000. Also seven machine guns "were captured." HOW RED CROSS DONATIONS ARE WELCOMED IN EUROPE J Washington, Jan. 9. —How Red J Cross donations are being welcomed • abroad is told in letters to hea'ltquarters ' of the organization here to-day. J In a communication acknowledging i receipt of a large shipment of hospital • (supplies, Dr. SooHe Nordh&ft'-Jung, who, • with her husband. Dr. Franz A. R. !-lung. is in charge of a hospitaJ at Mu ; nich, declares that "when the carload drove up to our hospital we were over come with the generosity of the ship • ment. Your very generous shipment , has put the entire American colony of 'Munich into a Christinas mood." She added that when the soft an i warm canton flannel, which is unknown in Munich, was unpacked, it "caused a great deal of admiration and appreci ation on the part of the soldiers." From the eourt chamberlain of the I Queen of Vavaria was reviewed tine following: "Her Majesty. Queen Marie The ; resa of Bavaria, has received with genuine pleasure, the splendid an.i wel come donation of feuifguoftl dressings. , Deeply touched by this magnanimous • gift, intended for the aid of our wound ed soldiers, her majesty sends sincere and hearty thanks to all the generous , vtonors. This rich gift will be divided among various hospitals.'' CERMAN MARTIAL LAW AS DESCRIBED BY ALSATIANS Basel, Switzerland, Jan. 9, via Paris, 1.55 P. !M.—German martial law is described by Alsatians in Basel as "weighing heavily" upon t'heir couu itrymen at home. They declare that the speaking of French is classified as an offense under theorders issued bv the commanding generals of the 14th, loth, 16t'h and 21st German army corps, who cite the imperial laws of 1878 and ISS2 to su| poit their contention. The testimony of the children and servants is taken 'by the court martial as proof of guilt of talking French. Peyor;il feeling between pro-French and pro-German Alsatians is running high, visiting Alsatians declared. The local courts have granted divorces re cently to husbands and wives unatole to live harmoniously because of their op posing national sympathies. NO KRAG-JOR6ENSENS SOLD TO EUROPEAN WAR NATIONS Washington. Jan. 9.—War Depart ment officials here to-day believed that an inventory taken by Secretary Gar rison showing that none of the Govern ment's discarded Krag-Jorgensen army rifles have been removed from United States arsenals since the European war began would stop the persisted and widespread rumors that they were be ing sold to European belligerents. In a siatement based on this inven tory, Secretary Garrison declared that the Government has no present inten tion of changing its order issued last sunrfner prohibiting the sale of these guns. The statement said there was no foundation for the rumors anid that the order to stop the sale of the guns were issued. Steady Increase in Cost of Foods London, .lan. 9, 3.31 A. M.—The new spapers here are devoting prominent space to the consideration of the steady increase in the cost of foods and other necessaries which in many cases are 20 to 50 per cent, dearer than before the war. Coal has risen ten per cent.; meats are fifteen per cent, higher; AOUT, which sold in .July at 25 shillings ($6), is now 45 shillings and fish has trebled in price. Urges Government Control of Cables London, Jan. 9, 3.59 A.' M. The "Daily Chronicle" to-day urges the government to take over control of the cable service of all companies as it al ready has taken over the railways an'i wireless plants. The newspaper com plains that while the press censorship is now conducted in an excellent man ner, the censorship of commercial and private messages is too lenient and that there is reason to believe that un der cover of apparently harmless code niessages hostile trading is being con ducted. Artistic Printing at Star-independent. BROKER ENDS LIFE WHENJIRM FAILS Caatlnaed Iron First Pace. Stringer recently returned to New York from Mexico, where he had gone to look over properties iti which bis firm was interested. To the sensational rise in wheat within the past few days was attributed the failure of the firm by C. A. Decker, its counsel. Mr. Decker said that Springer a: Co. had been "badly caught on the short side" of the mar ket and had failed for about $160,- 000. Young Man Ruined by Speculation Mr. Decker issued later a statement in which he said: "The suicide of Mr. Stringer and the failure of the firm are due to the fact that the young mun for the past month had foeen speculating in the wheat mar ket with the money of his friends and his customers. When the market went against him with its heavy resulting losses, he decided to end it all. He toht his father of his financial situation yes terday. "The Mexican situation was in no way the cause of the failure of the firm. It was simply the embarrassment due to sipecu'lation in the wheat market. Young Stringer was an ideal young man. He was devoted to his wife and young baby and was a loving son. I firmly believe that his speculations in the wheat market were the first and only wrong act he ever took part in in his life. The loss of his friends' and customers' money so preyed on his mind that he thought only death could atone for his mistake." REPORTS ON LEAFTOBACCO Should Be Compiled to Show Quantity Produced Each Year By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 9. —p, pastor of the United Brethren church, 'Reily street. Burial will be made in the East Harrisburg cemetery. Mrs. Amelia Schillinger The funeral of LMrs. Amelia Schill inger, 78 years old, who died at the home of her son in-law, H. A. Thomp son. 112 South Fourteenth street, 'will be held Monday afternoou at 2.30 o clock, the Rev. L. C. Manges officiat ing. Burial will be iu Paxtang ceme tery. EMORY BID TOO HIGH School Board to Give Contractor An other Chance on Two-room Job The Building committee of the Har risburg School "Board last evening de cided to submit to John W. Emory, of Philadelphia, contractor on the now Shimmell building, at Seventeenth and Catherine streets, a proposition to finish the two basemen* rooms in the building similar to the other rooms in the build ing for $2,000. His estimate to the committee was $3,000, whereas most of the other bid ders were close to $2,000. It was de cided iu committee to give the present contractor a chance to finish those two rooms at the reduced figure of $2,000. If he fails to do this the Board will likely decide to have one of the other contractors finish the work after Em ory has completed his first contract. MRS. R I.N EH ART TO THE FRONT Clever Writer Sails To-day to Join Banks of the Bed Cross Nurses Mary Robehts Rinehart, the well known author, sailed to-day for Europe to go to the front as a Red Cross nurse. Mrs. Rinehart besides being a writer is also a graduate nurse, and will doubtless be gladly accepted by Lor.l Kitchener who is very tired of the non professionals and has uot hesitated to say so. Mrs. Rinehart goes untler the au spices of the "Saturday Evening Post," and her mission will be decided ly dangerous as well as exciting. She will be able to do what no one else has yet done—give the horrible story of the war from a woman's viewpoint. Her husband, Dr. Rinehart, is in New York to-day and on his return to his Pittsburgh home will sto>p in this city for a few hours to-morrow as the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Wilmer R. Batt. Alleged Forgets Plan Defense City Dctei?tive Ibaeh who on Wed nesday went to Jacksonville, Fla., to subpoena two witnesses for the Com monwealth in the case of H. B. Mercer and Fred Leßrun, changed with forgery and false pretense, is expected to arrive in the city this evening. Mercer's broth er came to Harrisburg this morning to aid in planning the defense. The case will -be called for trial rtext Tuesday. To Prevent "Sham Bargain Sales" By Associated Press. Washini.fton, Jan. 9.—Arguments in support of the bill to legalize price fix ing were mtido before the House Com merce committee to-d>ay toy Louis D. Brandeis, of Boston, and others. Mr. Brand eis argued that the bill would prevent "sham bargain sales," which ho said, by "destroying the confidence of consumers in standard goods," were ail evil that affected the whole commu nity. COURT HOUSE REMOVE CHILD TO HOSPITAL Warren Phillips, Jr., Has Been Weak Mentally Since Birth Following a court hearing this morn ing at which it was shown the child since birth has been weak-minded. | Judge McCarrell made an order direct ing that Warren Phillips, Jr., a 5-year old, be sent to the State Hospital for the Insane at Spring City. Physicians said the youngster is suffering from pre mature ossification of the skull. Stroh Made Receiver What property the Benwood & Me- Meechen Consolidated Water Company, a defunct, concern, which had its head quarters in Wheeling, W. Va., will be taken ovei by Charles C. Stroh, a Har risburg attorney, who this morning was appointed ancillia'ry receiver of the company. The receiver's bond was fixed at sl,ooo^ Marriage Licenses Stephen Pasavsc, Steelton, and Luba Blasjav, Harrisburg. Iy the depart ment as follows: "The advices state that the out break occurred at daybreak on January '2, that the "president was placed in ca-p --tirity and that he was held for twelve hours. It is stated that at 7 o 'clock in the evening of the second the revo lution was suppressed. All diuring the day there was shooting of inusikets and a vigorous cannonading. It is reported that there were not more than seventy five killed and wounded. The National theatre and police headquarters were badly shattered and considerable dam age wa« done to private property. "The Jaristas and Civieos, the two political parties hostile to the adminis tration are reported to have precipitat ed the outbreak. The officer wlio was temporarily in command of the artillery force in the city of Asuncion took sides with the revolutionists. The leaders of the revolution disturbances were given refuge in the legations of Brazil and Uruguay." WEEKLT BANISTATEIYIENT Institutions Increase Their Reserve in Excess of Legal Requirements Over Last Week By Associated Press. New York, Jan. 9. —The statement of the actual condition of Clearing House banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $120,- 579,810 reserve in excess of legal re quirements. This is an increase of $6,- 494,890 over last week. The statement follows: Loans, etc.. $2,188,899,000; de crease, $2,609,000. Reserve in own vaults, $337,582,- 000, of which $264,032,000 is specie; increase, $7,405,000. Reserve in Federal reserve bank, $100,738,000; increase, $441,000. Reserve in other depositaries, $32,- 234,000; increase, $244,000. Net demand deposits, $2,031,280,- 000; increase, $9,115,0'00 Net time deposits, $89,654,000; de crease, $2,282,000. Circulation, $46,216,000; decrease. $2,353,000. Aggregate reserve, $470,554,000. Aggregate reserve. $470,554,000. Excess reserve, $120,579,810; in crease, $6,494,890. GIVEN MEDALS FOR HEROISM Crew of Rescued Survivors of the Burning Volturno By Associated Press. New York. Jan. 9.—William C. Red field, Secretary of Commerce, presented to-day to Captain Paul H. Kreibohm a watch and to 39 officers and seamen of the Red Star Line steamship Kroonland medals awarded to them by Congress for their rescue of 89 survivors of the steamship Volturno, burned in mid- Atlantic on October 9 and 10, last. The watch given Captain Kreibohm bears an inscription mentioning the he roic rescue. The Kroonland's second ofticer, Frederick Mansfield, and four other officers received gold medals, five petty officers silver medals and twenty nine seamen bronze medals. Each med al bore a draped figure pointing to a ■burning steamer. DIES AS AMBULjVNCE WAITS Mrs. Ellen Valentine Collapses as She Is About to Go to Hospital Mrs. Ellen Valentine, wife of George W. Valentine, died at her home, 357 Hummel street, at 1.05 o'clock this afternoon while she was being taken down the stairs to a waiting ambu lance. She ha'd become ill on Wednes day, and was to. be removed to the Harrisburg Hospital to undergo an op eration this afternoon. She had been helped to the head of the stairs on her way to the ambulance when she col lapsed and died. She had been suffering from strangu lation of the bowels. Conferees AgTee to Eliminate Negroes By Associated Press, Washington, Jan. 9.—House and Senate conferees on amendments to the immigration bill to-day agreed to elimi nate the Senate provisions barring ne groes and exempting Belgian farmers from the literacy test and certain other requirements. All other differences, none substantial were compromised anil the perfected "bill will next be present ed to both houses for final passage be fore it goes to the President who will hold public hearings on the literacy test before deciding whether to sign or veto it. To Study Railroad Conditions in West By Associated Press % New York, Jan. 9.—A committee of eight officials of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company including Vice President J. M. Romlin son and General Manager C. L. Bardo, has been appointed by President Elliot, it was announced to-day, to visit De troit, Chicago, St. Paul, Omaha, St. Louis and other cities in the west and middle west, to study railroad opera tions there with a view to obtaining in formation and data, that will be helpful in making the operations of the New H'aiven road safer, more efficient and more economical. 19 Auto Drivers in Big Race Hu Associated Prns'. yan Diego, Cal„ Jan. 9.—Nineteen of the country's best automobile driv ers lined up at 11 o'clock to-dlay for the Panama-California Exposition road race over a course of 305.82 miles. The prize is SIO,OOO, divided into five awards, witih a special prize of $2,500, fdr the car that establishes a new world's record for the distance. Baseball Injunction Filed Monday? Chicago, Jan. 9. —Affidavits of > the Federal League in its injunction suit against organized baseball probably will be filed next Monday. Judge Lan dis in the United States District court ruled to-day that affidavits for the de fendants must be filed not later than next Saturday. STAR-INDEPENDENT WANT ADS. BRING RESULTS. PEACE PROBABLE IN MEXICO Problem of Pacification Has Practically Been Solved, Asserts General Gutlerre* to Convention Bil/ Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 9. —Progress of ne gotiations between the warring factions in Mexico by which "the problem of j pacification of Mexico haw practically ! been solved" were announced last night I to the convention in Mexico City by General Gutierrez.. This was reported in a dispatch to the State Department, to-day from American Consul Srlliman. "It would not be opportune at this time," said General Gutierrez, 'to give details, but their publication will be made in due time. He added he had been in touch with all armed groups in various parts of t'he repub lic, including forces in the State of Coahuila nnd two proposals had been made to him which seemed satisfac tory." , General Gutierrez made no reference to General C'arranza but his statement covering "all armed groups" was ta ken to mean that a reconciliation be tween the warring factions of the once united constitutionalist army was in the making. Gutierrez also spoke of the fact that more delegates were ex pected to the convention from some of the armed groups which 'hitherto had not been represented. The convention elected) new presid ing officers and decided to hold daily sessions. Applause greeted Gutierrez's statement that, the convention would not be dominated by '' any chief or person.'' No further advices were received to- Wtay concerning the negotiations be tween General Villa and Brigadier Gen i eral Scott, chief of staff, U. S. A., for j the neutraJization of Naco and other points on the American border. Leon Canova, special agent of tihu State Department who was recently de clared by General Villa as persona non grata to him because he aided in the escape of former Governor Iturbide, reached Washington to-day and eon ferret! 1 at length with Secretary Bryan. Value of the Mexican peso, normally 50 cents has fallen in Mexico City to fourteen and a half and according to State Department advices to-day some bankers there regard the financial sit uation as somewhat critical. The fall of Pueibla has been fully confirmed at Mexico City. Publication on Care of Infants Bit Associated Prom. I Washington, Jan. 9.—"lnfant Care' I is the title of the latest publication of | tile Federal Children's Bureau which ; was ready for distribution to-day. The ! pamphlet is for the use of mothers and dealers with the care of a child from the time of its birth until it reaches its second year. Feeding, clothing, bath- I ing, sleep and exercise are among the subjects taken up, tog ether with a sec tion on how to keep the toalby well, which describes the minor ailments of bafbyhood and the synnjrtonis of more seTious troubles. Probable Night Sessions for Senate By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 9. —The Senate to day was confronted with possible night sessions to consider the government ship purchase bill. This possibility has 1 iirisen because but little progress has tfhus far 'been made in t'h*_ considera tion of the measure. Although the ship ping bill has been'before the Senate for several days as the unfinished business, only two days have been given over to the measure, it having been side-track ed for the District of Columbia appro priation. Canadian Charged With Grand Larceny St/ Associated Press. London, Jan. 9, 1.26 P. M.j-Benja min Hill Smith, a iWan of Canadian 'birth, was to-day remanded in the Bow street police court on the change of grand larceny. This action was taken | ait the request of the New York police authorities. No details of the case against him are to be had here. Re cently he has been visiting friends in the camp of the Canadian troops in Salisbury Plains. Baseball Hearing Postponed Cincinnati. Jan. 9. —After hearing preliminary arguments in the suit filed by the American Baseball and Athletic Exhibition Company seeking to restrain Leo Hoernschemeyer, known in base ball circles as Leo Ma gee, from man aging or playing with any other team than the St. Louis Nationals, United Slates District Judige Holliater to-day postponed the case until January 16. LOOKING AT A PHOTOGRAPH Better Eftects Are Obtained When Only One Eye Is Used Photographs should be looked at. with only one eye to appear best, says F. W. Marlow in an article on "How to at a Photograph in the Photo Era. "Most photographs, particularly small ones of landscapes, street scenes and interiors, fail to produce their full effect or to be estimated at their true value because they are not looked at in the most effective way," the author says. "Take as an example a print re sulting from a camera with a five-inch focus lens. Such a print is usually looked at with both eyes open and held at a distance of twelve inches or more. Now a camera is essentially a one eyed instrument, or, at any rate, it views the object to be reproduced from n single point, the optical center of the lens. The object must be looked at, therefore, with one eye only and from a- point corresponding as nearly as possible to the optical center of the lens if its characteristics as it is to bo reproduced in the camera arc to be ap preciated. " I-iet it be remembered tha/t when a print is looked at/ "with both) eyes open binocular vision emphasizes the flat ness of the card, and this tends to off set the illusion of greater or less dis tance produced by the light and shade and perspective of the print. By using one eye the impression of flatness is greatly diminished. If at the same time the eye be placed at the right distance everything is seen under its natural angle or perspective, and; the picture unfolds itself, the different, ob jects receding to their proper relative distances, making details very obvious which may be unnoticed if looked at in the ordinary way. "As a sort of corallary to the above use one eye alone to decide whether a landscape or other scene is worth tak ing. If with one eye the scene looks flat it will not make a satisfactory photograph." Into each life some rain must fall, but don't magnify every shower into a cloudburst. 9 TOO MUCH POWER IN ONE HI AN Thus Former Comptroller Dawes Char acterizes the New Federal Re serve Bank Law R.il Associated Press. Chicago, Jan. 9.—That the Federal reserve bank law invests too vast. :t power in the hands of one man, the Secretary of the Treasury, and thus pre sents an element of danger whioh should be ilea It with bv Congress, the assertion nuide here to-day bv Charles G. Dawes, former Comptroller of the Currency, at a Special meeting of < hicago financiers and business men. The speaker said that the utility of the reserve bank system in an emer gency rested ultimately with the Sec retary alone. "The Federal reserve banks," said Dawes, J 'are great credit-creating de vices using as a foundation monev be longing to other banks and already in use by them as a foundation for exist ing credits. They have not as yet to any extent expanded their credits, but if they did and then for some roason were compelled suddenly to contract them, business disaster must ensue. The liquidation of the second Bank of the United States, which resulted in the panic of 1837, is an historical illustra- * tion of this fact. "The Federal reserve law as it stands at present contains such provi sions as are certain to involve, it in political attick similar to that waged •by Andrew Jackson against the second Bank of the United States. Now is the time, before the reserve banks have issued large credits upon whoso exist ence the property of the country will become dependent, to criticize and amend the law." The speaker declared that develop ments might arise by which "an An drew Jackson will again lay prostrate the commercial edifice of a great na tion." TO TRY DISHES ON THE COOKS That Is to Be Part of the Plan at the Central High Mid-year Exams 'Miss Frances Hamilton, presiding dignitary of the culinary department of the Central High school, talked to the girls of her class yesterday regard ing the mid-year cooking exams, which begin next Wednesday. Miss Hamilton is ii veritable stickler for neatness. A button off sjioe or apron, she told the girls, means a lower mark, and the girl who is not especially tidy and clean corn-amitig her uniform and apron also will be marked lower. No looso ends of hair must be flying, and the coiffure must be en regie, not to say comme i| faut, for if not just, so, down drops the average. Hand* must be clear, and the nails manicured perfectly. Finally, each one will be given a recipe and the ingredients that will , form the gastronomic delicacy they are to cook, and that means they must get busy. As a final test, each gir! must eat the dish she cooks. Girl Fractures Arm in Ball Ivy Hiester, 14 years old, 2170 North street, fractured her left arm above the elbow in a fall in the yard at her home this morning. The frac ture was reduced at the Harrisbure hos pital. Irvin Emerick Under the Knife Irvin Emerick, of Camp Hill, was operated on last evening in the Harris burg hospital for appendicitis. His con dition was much improved to-day and his early recovery is looked for. MIND AND BODY Human Emotions Have a Potent Effect Upon the Physical Being A man is handed a telegram. He is eating and enjoying his dinner. He reads the contents of the message. Al most immediately afterward his body is a-tremble, his face either reddens or grows "ashy white," his appetite is gone; such is the effect of the mind upon the stomach that it literally re fuses the food; if forced upon it it may reject it entirely. A message is delivered to a lady. She is 'in a genial, happy mood. Her face whitens, she trembles and her body falls to the ground in a faint, temporarily helpless, apparently life less. Such are the intimate relations between the mind and the body. Great stress- or anxiety or fear may in two weeks' or even in two days' time so work its ravages that the per son looks ten years or even twenty years older. A person lias been long given to worry or perhaips to worry in extreme form, though not so long; a well-defined case of indigestion aud gen eral stomach trouble, with a generally lowered and sluggish vitality has be come pronounced and fixed. Any type of thought that prevails in our mental lives will in time produce its correspondence in our physical lives. As we understand better these laws of correspondences we will be more care ful as to the types of thoughts and emotions we consciously or unwittingly entertain and live with. The great bulk of all diseases are generated in the body through certain states and condi tions of mind. —Ralph Waldo Trine in Woman's Home Companion. THE NEXT OLYMPIC GAMES They May, Through the War's Influence Be Held in This Country The possible effect of the gigantic conflict in Europe on international sporting! events for some years to come offers no more interesting speculation than the future of the Olympic games. Even though three emperors as many kings and one president should cease before the snow flies to play millions of men liko so many no treaty of peace will be strong enough to heal racial rancor at once. Berlin may yet be in a position to adhere to her program of being the scene of the 1916 games but how about British, T>ench, Russian and Belgian atjiletes caring to meet Gorman and Austrian competitors there. In the same sense if t-o a somewhat less de gree the objection would apply to the Stockholm of the neutral Swedes, wheh seems to be willing aijain to hold the games provided the other na tions are agreeable. Notwithstanding the geographical disadvantage to the majority of the contestants one of the cities of the United States east of the Mississippi would be a better alternative than Stockholm.—London Sport. Made Very Clear Tommy—"Hop, which is correct—'l glial' or 'I willf " Tommy's Pop—"lt depends on the sex, my BOH. A man says 'I shal,' and a woman says 'I wil.'"—Philadelphia Record