THE WEATHER ) F.AIB TaNimr AND TOMORROW P tailed rirjMU-t. !'•«• 6 I fc. .' VOL. 77 —NO. 34. HTI FINANCES H A SOLID BASIS Gough Reports Enough Cash on Hand to Pay All Save $31,000 of the Bonded Debt MUCH MONEY SAVED IN 1914 Controller's Annual Statement Reveals Assets *848,501 in Excess of Obli gations—Balance at the Close of the Year Shows a Material Increase. If Dauphin County suddenly was failed upon to meet all its obligations, including the $421,000 bonded debt, it could do so to-day with actual caeh ou hand to within less than $31,000 and have as assets over and above liabili ties, buildings, furnishings and grounds valued at $848,501.43. Dauphin County will not, however, receive such a hurry call, but the fact that the County is almost free from debt, to gether with other interesting financial statistics, is contained in the first an nual report of Countv Controller Henry W, Gough. copies oi which were filed to-day with the Court and the County Commissioners. Incidentally it can be sai l tha* this report :s more concise, yet more com prehensive. than the statements which heretofore were issued annually by an audit board. While it w.is filed only to-day it really was completed on iSat uriay last, just five days after "he County's fiscal year closed. Dauphin County audit boards have in years pone bv been paid for spending anywhere from three to five months getting out their annual reports. The year just closed will go down in history as a record one for Dauphin County finances. With a tax rate lower than in some recent years, the County met all its ordinary obligations, ma le the ro.rular appropriations to the sink ing fund—s 17,2 71.76—0ut of which the bonded debt is to be paid; re deemed J2 4.000 worth of bonds for less than par value, and erected new bridges, and male additional improve ments costing well on to $33,000.* Balance Exceeds Last Year's Notwithstanding these severs! heavy expenditures, the County Controller's report shows that at the'close of 1914 the county's actual CJS!I balance—the money with which to tide over the sev eral departments until the 1915 taxes begin coming in—exceeds the corre sponding balance of a year ago by a trifle more tiian SI,OOO. During the year, the report further shows, the County, under a Dauphin County Court decision, recovered 51.575.76 from the State that repre sented a part of the money paid bv this district for the maintenanct of persons in State hospitals for the criminal in sane during the five vears preceding 1913. The County for a number of years wa< paving anywhere from $ 1.7*5 to $4.25 a week for the maintenance of its insane and the Supreme Court sus tained the Dauphin Countv Court's de cision that a county is liable only for sl.i 5 a week for each insane patient. The issuance of this report reallv marks the close of Dauphin Countv's Continued on Sixth Puce. DR. BRUMBAUGH HERE FRIDAY He Will Be Guest of Teners and Look Over the Executive Mansion Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, Governor elect, will.be in Harrisburg on Friiav as the guest if Governor Tener and ■will spend most of the afternooD at the Executive- Mansion, where he will be entertained by Governor and Mrs. Tener at luncheon He will leave at 5.30 o'clock the same lav for Philadelphia. It will be largely a social visit, at ♦he invitation of the retiring Governor and wife, and is meant to give the in coming Governor an opportunity to look over the Executive Mansion. Durinp the afternoon it is expected the Governor-elect will find time to visit the executive offices in the Capitol building. A meeting with the Inaug ural Committee also is being arranged for the afternoon. The final plans for the inaugural ceremonies will then be discussed JACOB BITTERMAX, 80. DIES Stroke of Paralysis Fatal to Aged Hali fax Citizen Halifax, .Tan. 13.—Jacob Bitterman, 80 years old, for twenty years tax col lector of this place, died at his home on Fourth street la«t evening from the effects of a stroke of paralvsis he suf fered on Monday. He resigned his po sition as tax collector a year ago. He leaves the following children: George and Grant, of Davenport. Iowa; Mrs. R. P. Miller, of Brooklyn; Miss Mary Bittennan. Mrs. X. Bogar, Wil liam and Charles, of this pla/-e. Fu neral services will be held at his home Saturday morning at 10 oclock. The Bev. J. C. Peace, pastor of Jackson ville circuit of the United Brethren chnreh, will officiate. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Rife. Ober Again on Prison Board B. Frank Ober, of Pen brook, for al most three years a member of the Board of Dauphin County Prison In spectors, to-day was reappointed by the County Commissioners for a full three year "term. Mr. Ober first was named an inspector in February, 191 2, as | successor to Frank Hoof nag Le who re signed. £l)c Stor- 4SBBsfe Jnkpetiktit SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IS AGAIN RISING RAPIDLY Stage of 18.5 Feet I* Predicted for Harrisbarg To-morrow Morning- Flood Which Broke Ice Wis but 12.7—Rnse of 5.5 Feet in Night Heavy and continued rain in the Sus quehanna water shed in the last thirty six hours will again increase the river depth at this point, a stage equal to, if not higher than, the flood which broke the ice on the river being ex pected. The falling action of the river was stopped yesterday morning and a steady increase followed, the river ris ing 5.5 feet since vesterdav morning at So 'clock. Weather Bureau officials announced a I stage of 10.3 feet at S o'clock this; morning and forecast 12.5 by that time ; to-morrow morning. The crest of the flood which carried off the ice was reached here at T o'clock last Saturday | morning and was 12.7 feet. It will' take but a slight rise to best the first j high stage of the winter. At 11 o'clock tins morning the river | was rising until it was up to the top j of the river front steps. The first flood had deposited great blocks of ice atop the steps, which may be carried off to morrow. Little damage was done to the steps. The rail, here was heavier yesterday an i last night than at any point in the Susquehanna valley, a pre cipitation of 1.76 inches being reported ■here after the rain ceased. Previous to S o'clock yesterday morning this : same storm had given Harrisburg a fall of more than seven-tenths of an inch. , The storm is passing north along the Atlantic coast line and was . entral off New Jersey this morning. The weather will remain fair and slightly colder. LOOTING OKLAHOMA BANKS I Robbers Get ST.. ">OO at Oerber and Es cape—Two Men Who Robbed Terlton Bank Captured £j/ Attodated Pr«j», Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. Ijj.—! Robbers early to-day blew the safe of the S:ate bank at Oerber, twenty east of Enid, in Garfield county, Okla homa. and escaped with $7,500, ac- 1 cording to reports received here. Posses are in pursuit. The robbery at Gerber is the four-1 teenth bank robbery in Oklahoma since May, 1314, eleven of them being day light holdups. A bill is pending in the Legislature authorizing the State to pay rewards of SI,OOO for the capture of bank robbers. Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 13.—Two of the three robbers who held up and rob- i bed the F*irst National Bank of Terlton, Okla., yesterday, and killed Robert' Moore, a deputy sheriff, in a fight just . outside of town, were captured a few hours later and are in jail to-lay at ! Pawnee. The third escaped. Most of the $3,000 taken from the bank was < recovered. GIRL PRESIDENTS ARE BARREL) Class Decides to Maintain Tradition and Charles Segelbaum Is Chosen The proposal to depart from prece dent and permit a sirl to run for the\ office of president of the junior class of the Central High school, was quashed in a meeting of a "committee of the; whole ' that decided only a bov can i head the class, and to-dav Charles Seg elbaum was chosen to fill the office. He j defeated his only rival. Charles Saun ders, by a vote of 66 to 47. The class secretaryship, however, went to Dorothy j Schmidt who got 51 votas. while Doro-1 thy Duncan polled 34 and Clarabelle! Claster, 28. Some of the girls tried to induce; Katherine Thorne to become a candi date for president, but the proposal to 1 ignore tradition by permitting a girl to run for the office resulted in a s;e- i cial meeting of the clase being called at which it was decided that only a boy should be permitted to run. Many of the girls voted to bar girls as presi dential candidates. WOMAHIIFFiCEIATEN IN THE ROUSE. 204 TO 174; Representatives, After More Than Ten Hours' Debate, Reject the Proposed Constitutional Amendment Giving the Elective Franchise to Women Washington. Jan. 13.—After a field! day in the House, in which woman suf frage was discussed from almost every point of view for more than ten hours, the proposed constitutional amendment giving nation-wide suffrage to women was rejected by the overwhelming vote of 174 to 204. The suffragists fell 78 men short of the necessary two-thirds vote, with 57 members not voting. It was nearly 9.30 o'clock last night when the vote was taken. Immediatelv afterward the House adjourned. There was applause in the galleries when the result was announced bv the Speaker. The suffragists who had re- ; mained throughout the entire dav had apparently been resigned to their fate, and they uttered no loud disapproval! but the Antig in the gallery burst forth in applause. A feature of the proceedings was the speech, vulgar in parts, opposing the amendment, made by Representative Bowdle, of Ohio. It was roundlv hissed. Most of the votes in favor of. the resolution came from the members rep resenting States where equal suffrage is now in effect. Following the leader ship of Representative Underwood, ma jority leader, few of the Southern Dem ocrats voted for the resolution. Party Cutliul oa Third Pace. HARRISBBFRG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 13, 1915 12 PAGES. SLEEPER PHONES 1 THE HUE Sergeants Page and Eisenberger Lead Squad After Early Morning "Burglar" 6 POLICEMEN ARE PRIMED FOR HUNT After Calling for Coppers. Charles F. Fischer Takes Stick and Goes to Cellar to ••Slnot" Man He • Saw" in Upper Hallway of Home Charles F. Fischer. 227 North Fif teenth street, saw a "burglar" in his house when he was dreaming at 4 o'clock this morning, went to his tele phone, gave that intelligence to the po lice and with a club went on a burglar hunt and was diligently searching for the marauder in the cellar of his home when he awoke, according to a report made by the police this morning. He felt so badly about it after it was over that lie went to headquarters this morning and w-anteft \o apologize to Mayor Royal for calling out a num ber of his policemen on a wild goose chase, as it were. The repor! of "burglars in the house got to police headquarters just as the night force was giving way to the reserves and there was little diffi cultv in recruiting a big bunch of star burglar hurters, and when Policeman Hylan drove away from headquarters in the patrol he had or. board Ser geants Page and Eisenbefger and Pa trolmen Schelhaus, Motter and Boas. When they drew up at 227, Fischer was full of apologies, but the coppers had no ill feeling toward him, for most of them reside on the Hill and were then within walking distances of their homes. Fischer told his story at head quarters this morning. "I was walking through the second floor hallway of my home."' he is quoted as saying, '"and, seeing a shadow from an electric light similar to that of the outlines of a man. I thought it was a burglar. T yelled to Mrs. Fischer to get a revolver —I do not keep a revol ver in the house, so she handed me a stick—and after calling for the police I went to the cellar after the burglar. I was seeking to shoot him with the stick when I realized what I wis do ing. I ha I been asleep all the time. "It was a most unfortunate thing, and I certainly want to apologize. I was worried for fear there might be some expense to it and I wanted to set it right.'' His apology was accepted for the Mayor. The reserves reported to the heals of the department that the police men went oil the burglar hunt, but no burglar was found. LIQUOR LICENSE BONDS ESCAPE Do Not Require War Tax Stamps. Pro thonotary Holler Is Advised I uder a ruling laid down some years ago by the late Chief Justice Fuller, of the United States Supreme Court, Prothonotarv Henry P. Holler has been advised by Fox Jc Geyer, his counsel, that he cannot demand that war reve nue tax stamps b° placed on bonds tiled in connection with liquor license appli cations. Ordinary bonds are subject to the revenue tax and that fact raised the question with the court clerk as to the liquor license bonds. The time for making application for liquor license re newals soon will be at hand. The Supreme Court decision was based on the war revenue bill passed bv Congress in 1898. Attorneys here say the latest law levying a war tax is identical with the 189S law, in so far as the liquor license bonds are con cerned. SUES CONGRESSMAN FOR S2OO Russell Says He Has Bupley's I. O. U. —Bupley Asserts He Paid the Money Basing his claim on an "I. O. U." dated January 12. 1909, U. S. Russell, of Mt. Holly, connected with the Cum berland Clay Company, last evening brought a civil action in the Dauphin county court against Congressman Ar thur R. Ruplev, of Carlisle, to recover S2OO. Ruplev, who is in Washington, has been quoted as saying the money was paid some years ago. Russell was in Philadelphia to-day and could not be communicated with regarding the details of the alleged transaction. His attorney, however, said that the deal was an "ordinary borrow and loan" transaction. May Call Murder Trial To-jnorrow Should the trial of Robert F. Scott, patrolman, accused of murdering a col ored man in the Eiffhth ward, which may be opened to-morrow take up more than three days, county officials fear difficulty may be experienced in get ting hotel quarters for the jury that will decide the case. District Attorney Stroup hopes to get the case started by to-morrow. The fact that legislators and other persons from all parts of the State are now booking hotel accommo dations for inaugural week will, it is believed, overcrowd the hotels. Band for Each Local Fire Company The fourteen fire companies of Har riaburg will each be supplied with a band of music, for the inaugural pa rade on January 19, at the expense oif the inaugural committee, which an nounced to-day it desires to hav c a fine showing of firemen in the procession. The names of the visiting companies have not yet been given to the com mittee. MORGAN FIRM FINANCES THE CZAR'S GOVERNMENT IN LOAN OF $12,000,000 Petrograd, Jan. 13, 3.40 P. M. —A ! group of New York bankers, including ;J. P. Morgan & Co., have agreed to loan the Russian government $12,000,- 000. according to an official announce ment made here to-day. Tlvis nmounfc jis subject to draft by Russia at one, two or thrxv months, at 4 1-2 per cent,, with a half of one per cent, additional i for acceptance. Prominent Petrograd bankers say ! that this is a forerunner of further credits to bo extended Russia by Amor j ican financiers. The president of an I important Petrograd bank has left for New York, where he expects to confer with financiers and government officials with the idea of perfecting Russian ex change facilities. I Now York, dan. 13. J. P. Morgan & Co., confirmed to-day the dispatches i from Petrograd in respect to a loan to the Russian government by stating that a group of Xew York banks and bankers had made a "purely banking" arrangement with Russia by undertak ing to accept short term dralfts of the Russian government, the proceeds of which were to be used in payment for supplies exported from this country. It is understood that the National City Hank is one of the members of the group. NAVAL PROGRAM ADOPTED Two Battleships. « Torpedo Boat De stroyers and 17 Submarines to Be Added to U. S. Navy By AstocuUcd Pi t st. Washington, Jan. 13. —A naval building program of two battleships, six torpedo boat destroyers and seventeen submarines was adopted and incorpo rated into the naval bill to-day by the House Naval Committee. The bill was reported at once to the House. The vote for the two battleships was 16 to 4; for the six torpedo boat de stroyers, 15 to 5, and for the seven teen submarines. 11 to 9. besides the larger eraift, the pro gram includes one oiler, oue transport and one hospital ship. The bill with this program aggregates approximately $ 148,000,000, of which $21,906,000 i" s for .next year's part of the new con struction. The committee made no pro vision for a gunboat, which Secretary Daniels recommended. On motion of Representative Ste phens, of California, it was provided that eiyht coast defense submarines shall be built on the Pacific coast, under certain conditions. Bayard Henry New Pennsy Director By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Jan. IS. —(Bayard Henry, of Philadelphia, was to-day elected a director of the Pennsylva nia Railroad Company. He fills the va , eancv caused by the death of N. Parker j Shortridge. IIFiSII lip PEN. Records for Heavy Sen tences Are Going to Smash in Present Ses sionofCriminalCourt JUDGE WARNS A PICKPOCKET I * Harshly Rebukes NegTO Who Comes Here From Alabama to Steal—Wife of Man Who Is Robbed Dies on Day Sentence Is Passed on Crook Court records have been broken one after another since the opening of the January criminal session on Monday. The eighth defendant to be sent to the Eastern Penitentiary was sentenced this morning; half a doz.en boys have been committed to the Huntingdon Reform | atory; about three score cases have ' been passed upon, and the number of confessions to crime is far in exces« of j those of other sessions. Edmond Reed, an Alabama negro, began working a pickpocket game short ly after he arrived in the city and aft er he relieved A. S. Peareon, an Enola man, of $25, the police got him. Mr. Pearson's wife, court attaches were in formed this morning, died early to-day. Reed was convicted and the court gave him a penitentiary term of not less than fifteen months and not more than three years. Before passing sentence the court told Reed that if he ever again comes to Dauphin county he would better obev the laws. "You certainly had your nerve with you," said the Judge. "Its bad enough for a man to steal in his own com munity, let alor.e going into another for the purpose of robbery. Let others who are inclined to commit offenses like yours take warning." On a robbery charge Dick Owens was Coatlßsed on .Math Face. TERRIFIC 11 SHAKESRfECITY Causes Serious Panic as People Rush From Their Homes in Ter ror After Disaster SHOCK DAMAGES MANY BUILDINGS Among Them Is the Palazzo Chigl, the Famous Column of Marcus Au relius and Historic Structures on the Piazza Colons By Associated Press. Rome. Jan. 13, 7.50 A. M.« —A ter rific earthquake, the strongest ever felt in Rome, occurred early to-day. It lasted several seconds and caused a se rious panic, people everywhere rushing from their houses in terror. Many buildings were damaged by the shock. So far as could be Jearned one hour after the quake, no lives were lost. Nor was it possible to reach any definite idea of the degree of the damage suf fered bv the eitv. There was coufusiou throughout the whole of Rome. In some cases it amounted to terror and bordered ou panic. The telephone was resorted to by a number of people at the same time to inquire of the safety of relatives and friends and then to learn the extent of the damage to the city. The telephone girls did their best to meet the emer gency. A system of gathering and giv ing information was hurriedly inaug urated. It was learned early in the day that among the old buildings damaged was the Palazzo Ohigi, as well as the famous column of Marcus Aurelius. Historic buildings on the Piazza Colona. in the center of Kome, also were damaged, as was also the famous Farnese palace, occupied by the French embassy. Here a piece of the stone cornice had fallen. The belfry of the church of St. An drea is in danger of falling and the building has been surrounded by a cor don of police to prevent the people from approaching it. A large crowd gathered this morning in the square in front of the column of Marcus Aurelius. At a point about half way trp it was P. M.—Two German submarines were to-day fired upon and sunk by tine coast batteries off Dover, according to persistent, rumors current in the city. The presence of hostile airships over the English channel during the past night has been reported to-day from various points on the coast. These re ports, however, have as yet not bwm confirmed. Dover has been assailed by the Ger mans from tne air ou no less than two occasions and ships in Dover harbor are believed to have been the Objective o>f a raid by German submarines. The bombs from above never did much dam age, nor was the attack from under the water suecessufl. Three days before Christmas a Ger man aviator, according to a Berlin dis patch, flew over Dover, throw bombs anil reconnoitered the positions of Brit ish warships. Two days later another hostile aeroplane appeared over the city and dropped a bomb which ex ploded harmlessly in a garden. This aviator eluded a British airman and flew safely to sea. The submarine at tack was reported December 11. That morning a vessel, supposed to be the tender of the submarines, appeared off Dover but retired when fired upon. Shortly after submarines were seen at sea. The channel forts opened fire and kept it up for almost half an hour. At the same time a flotilla of destroy ers put to sea and the submarines were not seen again. PANAMA FILES PROTEST ON VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY Panama, Jan. 15.—The Republic of Panama has filed a note ol' protest with Sir C. SmaHet, the British vice consul, against the violation of her neutrality last month, when British and Japanese warships entered San Miguel Bay and other Panama waters to take on coal and supplies. The note in question is couched in friendly terms and is in no sense aiggressive. Th,is action by the British and Japanese warships was part of the series of incidents which led Colonel Goethals to ask Washington for American torpedo boat destroyers to protect the neutrality of the canal. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY The assaults of the allies against se lected positions in the German line, gaining ground for them at several points during the last week, have led to German counter attacks in force and the heaviest infantry fighting for some time. To-day's official communication from Berlin and Paris indicate that the Germans have brought large bodies of troops into play, have checked the ad vance of the allies and have themselves made important gains. The heaviest fighting occurred yester day to the east of Soissons. The Ger mans state that they definitely repulsed the allies and gained possession of two of their positions, capturing I,TOO prisoners and several guns. .Attacks near the canal of La Bassee, it is said, were defeated, while the allies were compelled by German artillery fire to evacuate trenches near the Balglan coast, in the neighborhood of Nleu port. The Trench statement admits that the allies were driven back near Sois sons, being compelled to yield ground to the Germans. In the Argonne, where desperate fighting has been in progress for some time, the opposing armies temporarily have relaxed their efforts. There, as Cwtliud oa Bleveatk Pact, ♦ POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE CENT. ALLIES ARE FORCED OOT OFTRENCHES ! German Troops Capture Two of the French Po sitions and Take 1,- 700 Prisoners GET CANNON AND MACHINE GUNS Fierce Artillery Duels at Palinsburg. Suburb of Nlenport, Result in Evacuation of Allies' Strongholds- French Attacks Repulsed Berlin, Jan. 13 (by Wireless io lin den, 0.25 P. M.)»—-German victories in several engagements on the western front are announced in to-day's state ment from the War Office. It is said that the allies were compelled by Ger i man artillery to evacuate trenches near tlin Belgian coast in the neighborhood , of Meuport and that attacks were re pulsed at other points, with the capture • of 1,700 French in one instance. In the war with Russia there are no de velopments of consequence. The state ment. follows: i "In the western theatre of war I fi ol " L 'e artillery duels took place in the neighborhood of Nieuport. They re , suited in the evacuation of the enemy's trenches at Palinsburg, a suburb of Nieuport. The enemy's attacks near the canal of La Bassee have been finally > repelled. "French attacks at La Boisselle and the hill of Touvron were repulsed. Yes terday's unsuccessful attacks on the hill near Crony were followed up by a German counter attack, which ended in the complete defeat of the French and the clearing of the hills northeast of Bussie and north of Crony. Our troops . took possession of two French positions ( and captured 1,700 prisoners, four can . non and several machine guns. ( "An attack by French sappers in ( the neighborhood of St. Miliiel has beeu successfully repulsed. Our troops took possession of the hills north and north east of Crony. "The situation in the Vosges remains , unchanged. In the eastern theatre of i the war the situation has not undergone j any change.'' TURKISH ARMY OCCUPIES PERSIAN CITY OF TABRIZ AS RUSSIANS WITHDRAW 1 j London, Jan. 13, 1.15 P. M. —Bcu- Iter's Telegram Company has received a j I dispatch from its correspondent from Petrograd saying that an advance de tachment of the Turkish army lias oc eupied the Persian city of Tabriz. Tabriz is in northwestern Persia and | after Teheran, the largest city in the 1 country. It is 100 miles to the eust of the Turkish frontier. Tabriz was garrisoned by a Russian force, it beiir^ > situated i" that part of Persia undo' ' the domination of the Russians in tiio ' j satno manner as the southern portion of , Persia is considered to he within the ] sphere o>f influence of Great Britain. I | The town has been evacuated bv this ! j Russian force, according to a rep. rt . j sent out by the Turkish government j I and published last night in Berlin. Tlio ! announcement from Constantinople add ed that the Russian garrison had re r ; treated to Djulfa where the Russians were said to be assembling in strong force to defend the passage of tba Araxas river. , Germans Capture Swedish Steamer lj London, Jan. 13, 12.50 P. M. —Tht I j Exchange Telegraph Company has re -1 ceived a dispatch from Copenhagen saying that the Swedish steamer Vega has been captured in the Baltic, by a German torpedo boat destroyer anil taken into Swinemnnde. The Vega was from Rotterdam and is said to have been on her way to Stockholm with a cargo of margarine. American Under Arrest in Scotland Aberdeen, Scotland, Jan 13, via Lon don, 5.13 P. M.—Adolph Dietze, claim ing American citizenship and in pos session of an American passport, was remanded here to-day on the charge of violating the aliens restriction order. WALL STREET CLOSING New York, Jan. (3.—Attempts tc market small amounts of stock disclosed an absence of demand, and prices weak ened in the late dealings. Tbe closing was heavy. A further halt in the re cent rise of stock was recorded to-day. Trading was lighter, with indications ->f moderate liquidation in the interna tional list. V