THE WEATHER
CLOUDY TO-NIGHT
AND TO MORROW
a»UU»4 Report. l'«*e «
VOL. 77—NO. 40.
AIRSHIPS
AnACK 6
TOWNS IN
ENGLAND
Two Dead at Yarmouth
and Two at Kings
Lynn, Result of Ger
man Raid
PRIVATE HOUSES
AND SHOPS HIT
Few Public Buildings or Docks Appear
tc Have Been Injured—Raiding
Airmen Show Excellent Ability in
Piloting Their Craft
By Asi i lt"il Prrt*.
London, .'an 20.—German airmen
delivered tlioir lout: predicted attack on
Kiigland last nigh:. From :■ base pre
fimia.'lv in Germany they flew over the
North sea to the eastern coast of Fng
lunJ. where for nearly four hours they
circled over a group of some six Eng
lish town? oi'lv a little more than 100
miles from London, apparently drop
j ir.g bombs at will.
Whether these airships were Zeppe
lin. dirigible Walloons or aeroplanes has
not yet beeu definitely established.
There is increasing belief in London
this morning that possibly only aero
planes took part iu the attack. There
has been no news so far to-day to eon
firm the report current last uig.t that
a Zeppelin had been brought down on
the English coast. On the contrary, it
now a. .ears as though all the German
raiders have returned whence they
came. The most important towns over
v h.oil the German airmen appeared
WOte riooill i Yarmouth. s>fcer:ng
lam. Hunstanton. Cromer, Heacham,
Dersing am and Kings Lynn. King
(ieorgc had left uuly a
few hours before the Germans visited
it.
Most of the damage appears to have
been intlicte 1 upon private houses and
shops: few pub i ■ buildings or docks
fcicm to have been injured.
Tue raiding airmen showe t excellent
ability to pilot their \ essels. as well as
good marksmanship. In spite of the
iiarknes> f the night, they seemed to
find their way over the counny with
remarkable iireotnesa, and tiie a curacy
of tneir aim with bombs was greater
th.a generally had been believed pos
sible.
Among those killed is one so'dier.
The property damage does not exceed
a few thousand dollars. A shoemaker
and a woman were kille I at Yarmouth,
and a civilian and the soldier lost their |
lives at Kings Lynn.
The police reports from the towns
upon which bombs were thrown say
that the public responded very well to
the raid instructions recently made
public. For the most part tr.e people
tok refuge in their cellars. Several
theatres were emptied quietly.
An unexploded bomb found in Yar
mouth weighed six pounds and is cone
shaped.
Comment of the British press on
the airship attack is bitter in tone,
many of the London paper? assailing
the Germans in the same unmeasured
language as at the time of the Hartle
pcol naval raid The event is being
used as a text for editorials urging
more rapid recruiting.
The '"Pall Mall Gazette - ' says the
only fitting answer is the sending of
fresh armies to the continent. The
'•Westminster Gazette" characterizes
the raid as a violation of the fules of
warfare. The "Globe" urges retalia
tion in kind, observing that there are
several flourishing towns within easy
reach of British airmen.
A press dispatch from Y'armouth
says it is generally believed there that
the rai iers of last night came in aero
planes of large size.
YARMOUTH PUBLIC BUILDINGS
AND RAILWAYS NOT DAMAGED
Y'armouth. Jan. 20, Via London, 6.30
A. M. —Careful inquiries thus far made
regarding last night s aerial raid go to
show that public buildings and the rail
way; escaped damage, which is almost
wholly confined to private houses and
shops.
So far as is now known, only two
persons, a man and a woman, were
Killed here. It so happened that most
of the inhabitants were indoors wnen
the raid occurred Fragments or metal
supposed to have been thrown by tht
bombs, are being found in all directions
The whole thing was quickly ove
and fortunately no fires broke out k
any part of the town. The first iir
puise of the townspeople was to rush
out of doors, but many, on finding that
the alarm was an air attack by the Ger-
OK Star- Itikpeitktti
man*, quickly returned to their homos
and took refuse in the basements.
Troops Assist the Police
Tnw(k< were turned out to assist the j
police in the search for wounded. An
other air craft appeared here soon
after midnight, but dropped no bombs.
The chief constable of Yarmouth, in
telling of the raid, said:
••The people stood the raid very >
well. About 400 special constables I
were called out. All Red Cross and '
hospital arrangements proved perfect.
All lights were extinguished and public
performances at the theatres and music
halls were abandoned. The people
went home and the town was without
light until morning.**
Where Greatest Damage Was Done
The first air raider passed along the
sea front and dropped the first bomb
into Norfolk Square garden, dose by ,
the beach, and the Brittar.ia pier. This I
did no damage. The raider then pro- i
ceeded in a southwesterly direction I
across town and when near the center j
dropped several bombs in the neighbor
hood of St Peter's rond, the main
thoroughfare leading to the parade
grounds. It was here t ir! the greatest
damage was done, especially in the'
smashing of windows in houses and
Conllnuril on Seventh I'aSr
RUSSIANS SILENCE GERMAN
ARTILLERY FIRE AT KONOPKIj
Petrograd, dan. 20. An official com
munication issued by the general staff
of the Russian army indicates consid
erable activity and lighting on the
right bank of the lower Vistula. The
statement follows:
"During the lTtb and ISth of Jan
uary, on the right bank of the lower
Vistula, upon the front running from
the river to the railroad from Warsaw
to MUwia. a portion of our trooi«s, hav
ing come in close eontac; with the
eueuiy, had a series of collisions of
secondary importance.
"Fighting >f a more grave charac
ter. though having the nature of sej*
urate actions, took place in the village
of Konopki, where the heavy artillery
with which the enemy bombarded us
was silenced by the tire of our batter
ies, and near Bod.'.anow and Bejounia,
opposite which the enemy occupied well
organized defensive positions. Heavy
fighting also occurred near Dobrzvn,
where an offensive attempt of the Ger
mans was blocked and the enemy was
driven back sustaining grave losses.
"During the day of January 17. the
enemy bombarded from his positions
on the west bank of the Vistula our
lines near Wvszogrod, but our fire, di
rected upon hj > fjont and flank, auenc-,
ed the German artillery.
"On January 18 the Germans vio
lently cannonaed the village of Vit
kovitze and the entrenchments occupied
by us on the left bank of the Bzura.
There is no material change on the
other fronts. - '
LATE WAR NEWS"SUMMARY
A German airship raid on English
east cbast towns lart night resulted in
four or five deaths, the injury of sev
eral persons and damage to property.
So far as is known, the Germans who
performed this spectacular feat escaped
unscathed. Earlier reports that one
Zeppelin was brought down have not
been borne out. It has not yet been
established whether aeroplanes or Zep
pelins were employed by the raiders.
An official Russian statement to-day
describes a series of actions along the
Vistula northwest of Warsaw during
January 17 and 18. In three of these
engagements, it is said, the Russians
won the advantage, twice silencing
German batteries and on another occa
sion repulsing an attack with heavy
IOSS to tie Germans.
Two victories over the British forces
operating near the head of the Persian
gulf are claimed by the Turkish War
Office in a statement issued at Constan
tinople. It is asserted that the British
attempted a surprise attack on the
Turks, but were repulsed with the loss
of 100 killed and wcunded. In a cav
airy engagement near the junction of
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers the
British are reported to have withdrawn
after heavy losses.
In Alsace, where tie allies were
making progress until checked recently
by the arrival of German reinforce
ments, they now apparently are on the
defensive. The official statement from
Berlin to-day says the Germans have
captured the town of Airzstein, north
of Sennheim. A farther advance in
the Argonne also is reported, but this
is disputed in the French statement,
which asserts that the allies, although
compelled to evacuate certain positions,
later recaptured them. Elsewhere alon?
the western front only minor actions,
principally artillery engagements, oc
curred yesterday
l\ S. ASKS BRITAIN WHY THE
(JREEN BRIER WAS DETAINED
Washington, Jan. 20. —The State
i Department has requested of the Brit
ish embassy information of why the
American steamer Greenbrier, from
New York to Bremen with cotton un
der a certificate of the British con
sulate at New York was stopped by a
British cruiser, sent under the British
flag to a British port and detained two
j days before being allowed to fcomplete
' her voyage to Bremen.
Five Die Wtol* Seeking Mines
The Hague. Via Londoi., Jan. 20.
■ 9.55 A. M.—The Dutch naval patrol
boat Toitan, while searching for mines
off Nieuw Sluis, struck a mine and dis
appeared under the waves. One officer
and four men were lust and only frag
ments of their corpses were recovered.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY JO, 1915 12 PAGES.
Ml LOSES 111
EFFORT 10 00H
SLATE IN HOUSE
Voted Down. 133 to
35, When He Tries
to Get an Appoint
ment for Bull Mooser
"PLUM TREES
SHAKEN TO-DAY
After the First Lively Clash in the
Present Legislative Session the
House Adjourns to Meet on the
Evening of Next Monday
When the shaking of the "plum
tree" was over in the House this morn
ing. Representative "Bill" Adams, of
Luzerne county, started a movement
against the report of the Slate Com
mittee by bringing on a coutest for the
position of Beading Clerk. G. J. F.
F&lkenstein. of Allegheny county, had
been endorsed by the Slate Committee
for the place but Adams wished to have
the name of David J. Davies, of Alle
gheny, submitted.
Chairman Woodward, of the S'.ate
Committee, stated that 29 of 31 mem
bers of the committee had signed the
report and that the reason Mr. Davies'
name was not consi iered favorably was
that he was secretary of the Allegheny
county Washington Party committee
during the last campaign. Mr. Wood
ward stated "this is a Republican
Representative Adams asked for the
election of Mr. Davies, who held the po
sitioa in the last session of the Legis
lature. and said that although it had
been stated that Mr. Davies served as
secretary of the Washington Party com
mittee it was because he was out of a
>b and that it did not have any po
ll: ical significance as Mr. Davies was a
"good Republican.'' Mr. Palkenstein
was elected bv the Mouse bv a vote of
133 to
The session opened with prayer by
Representative Bungard. of Westmore
land county, and then Speaker Ambler
announced the standing committees of
the House for the session.
After the committees had been an
nounced Representative Dodds. of Al
legheny county, who was appointed on
the Legislative Apportionment Commit
tee. and Representative Dawson, of
Lackawanna county, appointed on
Mines and Mining Committee, ex
changed committee assignments with
the consent of the Speaker.
Speaker Ambler appointed the im
portant Committee on Rales as follows:
W. H. Wilson. Philadelphia: Jones, Sus
quehanna: Witaker, Chester: Vicker
man, Allegheny; Shaffer, Columbia.
A communication from Adjutant Gen
eral Thomas J. Stewart concerning the
appointment of two members of the
Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania
Soldiers and Sailors' Home in Erie was
read and Speaker Ambler appointed
Representatives Gransback, of Phila
delphia. and MeCaig, of Allegheny, as
the directors from the House of Repre
sentatives.
The House adjourned at 11.25 to
meet on Monday evening, January 25,
at 9 p. m.
"PLI'MS" DISTRIBUTED IN
THE HOUSE THIS MORNING
The following are the minor offices
of the House as announced in the report
made by the slate committee this morn
ing and adopted:
Journal clerk, Allegheny, J. Edward
Brackney; assistant journal clerk, Lu-
zerne, Salvatore De Pierre; reading
elerk, Allegheny, George J. F. Falkeu
stein; desk clerk, Jefferson, Quay H.
Hewitt; SchuyikLH, Thomas Herb; mes
sage elerk, Delaware, Edward Maher;
bill book clerk, Philadelphia, Edward
Korbb; bills in place book clerk, Alle
gheny, Fred. Spreeu; petition book
elerk, Philadelphia, Charles Keeuzer;
transcribing clerk, Montgomery, David
Benningboft; Union, W. E. Housel; But
ler, John H. Negiey; Dauphin, Walter
Kiesler; Erie, Joseph Bowman.
Sergeant at arms, Philadelphia, Oscar
Baird; assistant sergeant at arms, Al
legheny, S. Y. MvFarland; Lancaster,
J. W. XlcCune; Lackawanna, W. T.
Reynolds; Fayette, Henry Douglas;
York, Daniel Lelin; Westmoreland, S.
Continued on KUthtb I'ace.
WHITE HOI SK BABY NAMED
President's New Grandson Will Be
Known As Francis
By Assw-iatfd Press.
Washington, Jan. 20. —Francis will
be the name of President Wilson's
grandson, the child of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis B. Say re, who was born at the
White House Sunday. The announce
ment was nia<le to-day by Mr. Sayre.
Some of the family wanted to caJl the
baity Woodrow Wilson Sayre or Wood
row !?ayre, but the President thought
the chil<l should have an individuality
of his own.
Xo date has been set for the christ
ening. but it probably will be held in
the White House. President Wilson
probably will be the godfather. Both
Mrs. Sayre and the baby continued to
progress favorably to-day.
KAUFMAN AND POMERQY
TO REBUILD ON OLD.SITES
Both of the Principal Losers in Mon
day's Big Fire Will Have Tempor
ary Quarters Pending Erection of
New Structures
Insurance adjusters to-d:vy began
taking account of the losses caused by
the fire on Monday night which wreck
ed the Kaufman and Pomeroy stores, 4
to S South Market Square. Nothing
like a definite statement on the totai
loss could be made by the experts this
afternoon. Salvage crews went to work
under their direction.
David Kaufman, the largest individ
ual loser, has opened headquarters in
room No. 74, Union Trust Building. He
said this morning he expects to be able
soon to announce the location of throe
store rooms which will be ccupied by
his business temporarily as soon as ar
rangements can be made.
"I have more than a hundred em
ployes and my chief concern is giving
them employment now," he sail. He
will rebuild a permanent store on the
site of the burned structures.
S. S. Pomeroy, whose store on the
ground floor of S South Market Square,
was wiped out by the tire, tins moved
across the Square to No. 5 and expects
Continued on lOtiftMh I nixr.
MORE PAVING FOR 2ND ST.
Ordinance Introduced Providing For
Extension of Asphalt Surface to
Schuylkill Street
Ordinances providing for additional ,
street paving an revising the city mer
cantile tax laws were offered at the I
meeting of the City Commissioners this
afternoon.
The paving measure covers the sec
tion of North Second street from khn
erald to Sehvlkill, while under the tax
revision measure provides that one
horse carts and wagons will be taxed
only $2 instead of $.«, and two or more
horse teams will be charged $4 only ,
j instead of $5. Slight changes also are;
proposed in the tax charged against j
.'arage owners, the amounts varying ac
| cording to the size of the business j
places.
Commissioner Gorgas put in a sup- j
plemental report on the city's financial |
standing and announced "that his an-1
| nual printed report will be ready for
distribution within a fortnight.
Ordinances passed finally to day in
cluded a measure abolishing the bill
providing for the opening of that sec
tion of the river front between South i
' street and a point 65 feet north of Lib j
' erty street; one exonerating St. An- I
| drew's Protestant Episcopal church j
from the payment of paving assess- j
inents. and another giving the Park i
1 Commissioner authority to award a j
contract for the installation of electric j
lights on the river front and at the I
Twelfth street playground.
HITS WIFE-JAKES COUNT
William Bosenberger Knocked Down
T*ice, Kicked in the Bibs and
Then Sent to Jail
I
Mr. and Mrs. William Rosenberger,
of New Cumberland, who came to Har
' risburg to witness the inaugural cere
j monies yesterday, were ruthlessly sep
: arated by the police at 10 o'clock last
i night.
I Thinking he was being insulted by
j three men in Market square, Rosen
berger used language not altogether
proper and his good wife reproved him,
( according to the police. He then turned
on her and struck her in the face, fell
ing her to thfc street. One of the men,
( who had been addressed by Rosenberg
-1 er, the police say, took up Mrs. Rosen
berger's fight, and knocked her hus
band down twice and then kicked him
! in the ribs several times.
Policeman Rornick arrived at this
juncture and took Mr. and Mrs. Rosen
berger to the police station. Rosenberg
er was committed to jail for a hearing
on a disorderly practice dharge and
Mrs. Rosenberger was sent home.
ENLISTED MAN IS HELD
Faces Charges In Police Court and
Possible Dismissal From Guard
As a result of alleged insubordination
William Wonderly, an enlisted man in
Company G, Eighth regiment, N. G. P.,
of Carlisle, faces a disorderly practice
charge in police court in this city and
the prospect of being dismissed from
the regiment for the fcood of the serv
! ice.
His company came to Harrisburg
yesterday as one of the provisional
regiments in the inaugural parade and
he got into a convivial mood, accordiing
! to the police, and disobeyed orders.
One of the officers of the company took
him to police headquarters and said he
: would prefer civil charges against him
! in police court and intimated that his
stay in the National Guard would be
I short.
Mayor Royal fined Wonderly $5 this
afternoon.
Wilson Resigns From Police Force
Patrolman James Wilson, who about
a year ago was appointed a member of
the police force of Harrisburg, has re
signed to take a position on Capitol
Hill. The resignation was accepted by
the City Commissioners this afternoon
and will become effective this evening.
Harry Dickey, of the Seventh ward,
was named to succeed Wilson this aft
ernoon. At a late hour' the name had
not been acted on. ■
Q. O. P. ELEPHANTS
■ Lj finji
- K| 111
RR& IS
' v "' s o—■
The two elephants, labeled "G. O.
P." and "Uncle Dave,'* which par
ticipated iu the inaugural parade yes
terday and were for a time quite the
talk of the town, left the city in their
private car late yesterday afternoon.
The yhad nothing to say regarding the
events of the day, but seemed to be
pleased with the reception given them
wherever thev went.
During their stay here, while not
HEALTH OFFICER
AHI
BHITHS
Dr. Raunick, in Annual
Report. Laments an
Increase of Only 38
in Visits of the Stork
IS DEATH RATE
AT MINIMUM?
Head of Bureau Suggests That It May
Not Be Possible to Bring It Below j
the Figure for the Last Year—
Many Recommendations Are Made
f V
ÜBGED BY HEALTH BUREAU
Two additional sanitary officers.
Extension of the powers of the
Food Inspectors.
Legislation abolishing signs that
overhang sidewalks.
Relief for First and Second Ward
residents whose cellars become tilled
with water when the Susquehanna
river is high.
Measure to abolish entirely dis
ease-breeding outdoor toilets.
Traction companies be compelled
to operate - street sprinklers over
their lines in the city at regular in
tervals.
Flooding of city streets and sew
ers by the Highway Department, the
work to be done at night.
Co-operation of the City Commis
sioners with the County Commission
ers and the Dauphin county Direc
tors of the Poor, with a view to es
tablishing a Municipal Hospital for
the care of patients suffering with
contagious diseases.
I
j ' Comments 011 an insignificant in
j crease in the number of births in the
city in 1914 over the previous year,
j a small decrease in the death rate and
I the proportionately small growth in
! population, along with a number of im
| provement recommendations are con
j tained in the fifth annual report of Dr.
| John M. J. Raunick, Chief Health Offi
cer of the City Bureau of Health and
! Sanitation, which was presented to the
' City Commissioners this afternoon.
The report deals with the number of
different diseases, the causes of death.
| methods of sanitation, observance of
: quarantine, aud, in fact, every matter
, that conies within the jurisdiction of
the Health Bureau.
There were 1,360 births in 19T4 as
compared with 1,322, in 1913, showing
an increase of but 38. There were few
er deaths in Harrisburg last year than
the year before, but it is alleged by
Continued on Sixth Pace.
SUSQUEHANNA AGAIN RISING
Maximum Stage of Twelve Feet Pre
dicted by To-morrow Morning
As a result of recent rains iu the
| Susquehanna valley, the river is again
| on the rise at this place, incerasing
I four feet in the twenty-four hours be
fore 8 o'clock this morning, at wihieh
time the stage here was 10.7 feet. A
further rise to 12 feet is expected here
by to-morrow morning.
Bince the ice moved off the river
it has been generally high, twice Hear
ing the 12-foot stage, and it is impos
sible as yet to tell if any damage has
been done to the municipal dam or the
Cumberland Valley pier workings.
Generally fair and colder wenther
will continue, local Weather Bureau of
ficials forecasting a minimum tempera
ture of 28 degrees for to-night.
parading, they remained in their cur.
it had been suggested that they He
offered the boat itality of Oapttol 'Hill
and lodged in the basement of the Mu
seum Building, but they seemed satis
tied in their railroad quarters and it
was decided that the safest thing would
be to let them remain there. They
dined heartily on many bales of hay.
their work of helping to inaugurate a
new Governor seemingly adding zest to
their appetites.
TROUP PLANS TO ERECT
E'GHT-STORY APftRTffIENT
Piano Man Has About Closed Deal for
Dwellings, Whose Sit?s Will Be Used
Dwellings, Whose Sits Will Be Used i
for Big Modern Structure
~~ i
With negotiations about completed |
for the purchase of four houses, 10. -12.
■l4 and 4ti South Court street, situated 1
between Chestnut street and Biaekbery j
street, it was learned to-day that it is ]
the intention of J. It. Trotip. of the j
Troup Piano House, to erect an eight- j
story fireproof, office, apartment and !
warehouse building in Court street im- I
mediately south of the present Troup 1
garage at the corner of Blackberry and 1
Court streets.
The deal for Wie South Court street
houses has practically been completed !
and the deeds of transfer, it is expect- j
ed, will be filed for recording within i
the next several days. No announce- '
ment was made concerning the financial
consideration in this realty deal. The j
plan to erect the eight story building, j
it was assertedi was decided upon bo- j
cause of the Troup firm's increasing
business.
I The architect has not yet completed I
the plans for the proposed new struc
ture, but it is said that the arehitec
i ture will be similar to that of the Ar
cade building, at Court and Strawberry
streets.
Work on the new building, which i
will cost inanv thousands of dollars,
may not be started before next year. !
It will be about ISS feet long and 4T>
feet wide and will, in so far as is pos- ,
sible, be made absolutely fireproof.
A garage to be used by the Troup |
firm will be provided on the first floor j
and tihere also will be several store
; rooms, while the rest of the structure
will be fitted out for apartments, of
fices and warerooms. TTie owners of
the properties about to change hands ;
are residents o< New York City.
OBRECON NEAR MEXICO CITY
Vera Cruz Reports the General With
Large Force Ready to Occupy
Capital Immediately
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 20. —The Carranza
agency here to-day issued the following
statement: ,
"Vera Cruz reports that General
Obregon with a large force is within
a short dlistancc of the capital and is
ordered to occupy the place almost im
mediately."
On Board U. S. S. San Diego, La Paz,
Mex. Jan. 19. — (By Wireless Via San
Diego, Cat., Jan 20) —The Mexican
gunboat Curerro, which has caused con
siderable anxiety to Mexican shipping
recently, is disabled at Salina Cruz.
The office of the military paymaster
at Mazatland has" been looted for the
second time but the amount stolen ha«
not been ascertained. The city of La
Paz is quiet.
Washington, Jan. 20. —Secretary
Bryan said to-day the State Department
hail been without information for two
days as to what had been happening
in Mexico City. He described the sit
uation as "somewhat mixed."
The flight of-General Gutierrez from
Mexico City has necessitated a quick
change in the military plans of the con
vention force commanded by General
Villa. The expected attack 011 Tam
pico, it is not believed, will be delayed.
A general withdrawal of Villa garri
sons from Southern Mexico is believed
to be in prospect.
Advices to the State Department
from Tampieo to-day said that the pe
troleum companies had ceased develop
ing new projects, in accordance with
the terms of the Carranza decree. Many
Americans are out of employment.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
ALLEGED FORGER
TRAGIC ALLY ENDS '
LIFE ON A TRAIN
Charles Ledowsky Tel
egraphs Undertaker
to Meet His Body on
Arrival at Chicago
WAS PRESIDENT
DISTILLING CO.
Suicide Said to Have Issued Forgod
Warehouse Receipts As Collateral
For Loans, Fluxiging the Fox &lvoi
j Concern Into Bankruptcy
I
ISy dwid ilcif Press.
Chicago, .lan. I!o.—Charles Ledow
sky, president of the Fox River Dis
tilling Company, of Chicago, whose
name has been mentioned in connection
I with the alio,,i'd forged warehouse re
ceipts of If. F. Wathen iV Company,
of Louisville, committed suicide by
shooting on a railroad train entering
{ Chicago to-ilay.
| Ledowsky was on a Michigan Con
' trail train from Syracuse, V. Ha
telegraphed ahead to an undertaker,
1 requesting him to meet the train and
j take charge of his body as he intend
j ed to kill himself,
An involuntary petition in bank
ruptcy was filed against Ledowsky'a
company lust Monday, scheduling assets
i of $-0,000 against liabilities of $250,-
j 000 or $300,000.
Attorney Sidney Stein, representing
| Ledowsky's creditors, stated that Led
owsky had confessed to him that he
had forged warchuuso receipts fut
• whiskey valued at $-50,000 or $300,-
' 000 and disposed of them through
I banks which he victimized.
In the confession Ledowsky names a
| business man of Chicago as being the
only person besides himself who knew
• j that the securities were fradulent.
"lie discounted them by keeping lor
I himself about $-3,000 and made me
:
I sign accommodation notes for about
i | $30,000," reads the confession.
Louisville, Ky., J in. —Ware
house receipts for $55,000 purporting
to have been issued by the government
to K. F. Wathen & Co., Louisville, dis
, ! tillers, were produced here to-day by a
. I representative of a Chicago bunk and
branded by Mr. Wathen as forgeries,
j In a statement to day Mr. Wathen iu
i 1 diiitted that the alleged forgeries may
total more than SIOO,OOO.
The receipts, according to Mr.
Wathen s information, were posted
with Chicago hanks as collateral for
' ; loans negotiated largely by brokers
j whose principal is said to have been
j Charles Ledowsky, of Chicago, presi
dent of the l''ox Kiver Distilling Com
pany. Recent attempts to secure fur-
I thcr loans on warehouse iiquor receipts
' moved the Chicago bankers to verify
; the genuineness of the collateral. Yes
! terday a representative of one of the
' Chicago banks arrived in Louisville
; with warehouse receipts on which loans
; had been made. They were presented
! to local distillers in whose names they
( ! had been issued and a number of them
j pronounced forgeries.
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH
, I Coroner Believes Mrs. Etter, in Fit of
Despondency, Set Clothes Afire
Coroner Kckingor said tonlay he is
convinced that Mrs. Km ma Ktter, 55
j years old, who was burned to death
j yesterday morning in the bathroom of
! her home, 1163 Derry street, applied
' | the match to her clothing with suicidal
1 ! intent in a fit of despondency over a
i | lingering illness of rheumatism. There
| was a strong odor of coal oil about
, the room and it is believed by the
" | Coroner tnat she saturated her clothing.
Her husband, Samuel S. Ktter, round
r the body shortly after 11 o'clock and
b I after extinguishing the flames, which
N had caught the carpet, he called in a
physician, who pronounced the woman
1 dead. Mrs. Ktter leaves two daughters,
Ruth and Elizabeth. The funeral will
be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
r Burial will be in the Elizabethtown
, I cemetery.
i WALL STREET CLOSING
New York, Jan. 20.—A feature of
" the last hour was the further rise In
numerous low-priced stocks and bonds,
I especially the Gould group. Standard
stocks also bettered their position, St.
>- Paul and American Telephone gaining
' 2 points with many one point advances
in others. The closing was 3trong.
t Trading In stocks to-day was less ac
tive but embraced a number of minor
•- or secondary, including Missouri Pacific,
h which gained 2% points. The entire
>• list showed a higher tendency in the
final dealings.