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S&T A ? L ,'s"« ED VOL. 77—NO. 43.
FIRE co:s
HORSE IS
KILLED IN
A CRASH
Friendship Steamer Is
Wrecked in Subway
After Three Big
Roans Dash Unguid
ed for a Block Down
Front Street
2 MEN HURLED
FROM MACHINE
Driver Injured When
Tossed Fifteen Feet
Into Snow Bank-
Firemen on Rear of
Apparatus Try in
Vain to Seize the
Reins —Damaged En
gine Will Be Repaired
With Motor Power
Equipment
Running without a guiding hand
from Front and Chestnut street where
John Radlc was thrown from the driv
er's seat and injured, the three big
roan horses drawing the Friendship
steam fire engine this morning,-tore
madly down Front street into the sub
way at Mulberry street, Where John,
the off horse was almost instantly kill
ed by crashing against an upright sup-,
porting the Cumberland Valley railroad
tracks. The engine was hurled against
the upright and was smashed so badly
that it was put out of commission and
will be sent to the factory for repairs.
This accident will result in hasten
ing thfe purchasing of a motor tractor
for the Friendship engine, as it is the
first on the schedule to be equipped in
this way. It will go at once to the
factory for such equipment, according
to a plan announced by Fire Commis
sioner M. Harvey Taylor.
The engine was responding to an
alarm from Box No. 12, Front and
Dock streets, at 8.30 o'clock, with
Radio, whose home is 1611 Carnation
street, in the driver's seat and Josejih
Demma, 310 South Second street; John
Bretz, 302 South Second street, and
Theodore Magnelli, 112 South Second
street, riding on the rear. A mail wag
on was drawn up along the curb of
Front street, near Chestnut, and Radle
made a wide turn into Front street to
avoid a collision.
The heavy steamer skidded against
the curbstone just below the corner and
Radle was thrown fifteen feet from his
eeat into the snow in the river front
park. He was dazed for a minute but
suffered no other injury than a badly
wrenched knee. Maignelli was thrown
from the back of the steamer, but was
unhurt.
Try to Climb to Driver's Seat
Seeing Radle fchroyn from his post
both Demma and Bretz started to climb
over the side of the engine to reach the
driver's seart in an attempt to get con
trol of the horses before the v entered
the narrow pa*«ageway beneath the
railroad. The three spirited steeds
were plunging wildly and careened and
skidded so badly that the men were un
able to reach the seat. Both jumped
off just before the crash came. Neither
was injured.
John, the horse at the right side of
the trio, ran headlong against the
strong upright and crumbled into a heap
after breaking through a heavy wooden
guard. The steamer skidded around
and crashed again»t upright amidships.
The pumping mechanicism suffered from
the blow and it is entirely out of com
mission. All of the connections, too,
were loosened. The driver's seat was
crushed and the right front wheel was
dished.
The other two horses, Harry and
Dick, behaved admirably under the cir
cumstances and though quivering, stood
amid the wreckage until members of
tho engine crew extricated them. John
suffered a fractured squll and died a
minute after the accident.
Traffic in the subway was stopped,
but fortunately all of the other fire ap
paratus, responding to the alarm, had
gone through the subway. Police
Sergeant Drabenstadt pressed into a
Continued am Seventh Page
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She Star- 4tStlte Snkpettkni
SHE DODGES 1
ISSUES AS TIE
STIVE SLOWS UP
Mrs. Bamberger Suf-:
fers Not a Scratch
When Range Ex
plodes 3 Feet Away
CHAIR SHE SITS
ON IS SHATTERED
Hunks of Iron Are Imbedded Inch
deep In Woodwork All About High
spire Woman, Whose Charmed Life
Saves Her
Though fragments of an exploding
kitchen stove flow past her in all direc
tions as she was seated at a sewing
machine, not three feet away, Mrs.
Emanuel D. Bamberger, not only had a
marvelous escape from death in the
dining room of her home, Jury street,
Highspire, late yesterday afternoon,
but did not suffer even so much as a
scratch.
Mrs. Bamberger had completed her
weekly baking earlier in the afternoon.
The fire in the range being low, she
cleared away the aslu-s and placed wood
on the dying embers. When the wood
had caught, fresh coal was placed in
the firebox to : nsure a good lire for
cooking the evening meal.
Adjoining the dining room is a small
kitchen, containing.one window. After
attending to the fire, Mrs. Bamberger
pulled her sewing machine in front of
this window and, seated on a chair with
her back to the range, three feet away,
commenced to sew. Ten minutes bad
passed, when there was a sudden up
heaval like a miniature earthquake anil
a report like the crack of a mortar gun
in action. Fragments of what once
was a beautiful No. 9 range were show-
Continued on Ninth I'nfte.
AFRICA SEES BRUMBAUGH
Rumor Current That Huntingdon Man
Will Succeed State Highway
Commissioner Bigelow
Among the callers on Governor
Brumbaugh yesterday afternoon was J.
Murray Africa, of Huntingdon, whose
name has been mentioned as being un
der consideration by the Governor for
State Commissioner of Highways when
the Highway Department is organized
as under consideration by the Governor.
It was said that Mr. Africa's call was
purely a personal one, the first oppor
tunity hp had to pay his respects to
old Huntingdon county neighbor on
his induction into office, but there were
those who profess to see in the call
something more than one of congratula
tion, and the story still prevails that
Mr. Africa will be placed at the head
of the State Highway Department on
the expiration of the term of Commis
sioner Bigelow in June.
Governor Brumbaugh has asked that
it be made as widely known as possible
that he desires suggestions in the mat
ter of framing a good road law to do
away with many vexations that are still
preventing the making of the roads of
the State what they should be, and it
was suggested that Mr. Africa's call
was to give the Governor some hints as
requested, as Mi Africa is one of the
best-known civil engineers in the State
and has been at the head of a number
of big undertakings.
13TH STREET THEATRE LEASED
The William Penn to Be Run By Man
agers of Family Theatre, Feb. 15
Announcement was made to-day that
the new William Penn motion picture
theatre, Thirteenth street, near Derrv,
has been leased by Heimbinder & Gold,
of Brooklyn, for a period of five years.
They will assume management on Feb
ruary 15. The theatre was completed
toy Bender Brothers, the owners, a few
months ago and they started to oper
ate it about October 1.
The firm that has leased this picture
house assume control of the Family
theatre, Third and Harris streets, a
motion picture house, on December 1,
so that the company will now have con
trol of two theatres in this city.
BRUMBAUGH FINDSCELLARWET
Official Inquiry Shows Cause of Moist
ure in Executive Mansion
Unhealthful dampness in the base
ment of the Governor's Mansion on
North Front street, resulted in a search
for a bursted steam or water pipe,
made to-day by the City Highway De
partment and Samuel B. Rambo, State
Superintendent of Public Grounds ana
Buildings.
A superficial examination made by
Highway Commissioner Lynch led him
to conclude that frost left a small
crevice betwen the ground and the
building wall, permitting water to get
in, causing the dampness.
15,000 'Quake Victims in Borne
By Associated Press,
Rome, Jan. 22, 9.50 P. M. —Tho
number of injured who have been
brought here from the earthquake
zone to be cared for has now reached
15,000.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1915-12 PAGES.
GRADING LEAVES
HILDRUPIANSIDII
FAR ABOVE LEVEL
J
1 Handsome Homestead,
Long a Landmark, Is
Now on Embank
ment Eight Feet High
MAY HAVE TO
BE TORN DOWN
i Viewers Allow Present Owner Net
Damages of SI,»H7 —Exports Say
i It Will Be Necessary to Spend
Thousands for Safety of Structure
The handsome old Hildrup home
' | stead, a large brick mansion which has
■ long been a landmark situated on tho
' | ground between Mulberry and Hildrup
j and Nineteenth and Nelson streets, on
I Allison Hill, may have to be razed as
' i a result of the grading of three street
, ! sections, —parts of Nineteenth, Hildrup
, j and Mulberry street.
. . The house, which for more than fifty
j years has been associated with the Ilild
i rup family home, and which now is
' j owned and occupied by Arthur F. Nel
• | son, faces the intersection of Mulberry
. ! and Nelson streets. The grading at
the streets left the house standing
! about eight feet above the grade line
!of Mulberry street, while the rear of
the plot on which the home is situated,
—the part th.it is not improved,—
ranges from six to seven feet below the
I grade of Hildrup and Nineteenth
' j streets.
Paul G. Smith, James D. Saltsman
and Harry C. Wright, a board of view
i erg, appointed by the court to assess
r damages and benefits incident to the
' opening anil grading of these three
■ I street sections, to-day presented their
I schedules in which they allow Nelson
1 ( $'1,09 i damages, but they aJx> assess
ijhim benefits amounting to sl,llO, so
that his share for damages really nets
him $1,987.
Beautiful Driveway Buined
At the hearings before tho viewers
Nelson claimed damages amounting to
J. 1,800. The v iewers this morning said
they calculated the damages and bene
fits, just as they do in all other cases,
i upon the theory that the affected land
fan be converted into building lots.
Real estate nen who testified before
the viewer" declared that it will be
absolutely necessary for Nelson to raze
the homestead unless he goes to an ex
pense of several thousand dollars to
build a retaining wall around his prop
erty.
A beautiful winding driveway which
Continued on Ninth I'njge.
RECORD U. STCBTTON CROP
1914-15 Prortuctioh Estimated to Ba
Close to 10,000,000 Bales, Ex
ceeding Figures of 1911
B.V Associatrd Press,
Washington, Jan. 23.—A record cot
ton crop for the 1914-15 season was
indicated in the Census Bureau's report
to-day showing 14,907,942 running
bales had been ginned prior to January
16. Ginnings from January 1 to 15
amounted to 400,149 bales«nd exceed
ed those of that period in any previous
year, exceeding the record production
I year of 1911, by almost 400,000 bales.
Until the Census Bureau's final gin
ing report is issued on March 20, the
exact size of the 1914 cotton crop will
not be known but it is believed it will
1 be larger than the 1911 record which
was 15,553,073 running bales. It de
■ pends upon the quantity ginned from
January 16 to the erid of the season,
. which in 1911 amounted to 1,037,27 4
and for the past five years has averag
ed 4 85,596 bales. Should as much be
■ ginned as in 1911, this year's crop
, would be close to 16,000,000 bales.
j STUDENT THROUGH SKYLIGHT
U. of P. Freshman Seriously Injured in
Escaping From Hazers
By Associated Press,
' Philadelphia, Jan. 23.—Ronald
, Israel, of this city, a freshman at the
, University of Pennsylvania, in an at
. tempt to escape from hazers early to
day, fell through a skylight and was
seriously injured. ,
i Israel was being taken from his room
in a university dormitory to another
building when ho broke away from his
captors and tried to escape. He trusted
his weight to a skylight, but the glass
broke and he fell fifty feet and was in
jured internally. The injured student
i made an effort to exonerate the hazers
, from blame, saying that he took a
chance to escape.
SUNBURY HOTEL BURNED
Guests at the Cake Escape In Night
I Clothes—Loss 925,000
By Associated Press.
Sunburv, Pa., Jan. 23.—The Hotel
Cake, a four-story brick structure here,
was destroyed by fire to-day. The loss
i is $25,000.
Gueet« at the hotel saved little of
I their belongings, having been compelled
to escape in their night clothes.
YAM A YAMA BOYS AND GIRLS WHO WILL HELP
MAKE THINGS LIVELY
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The youngsters in the Yams Yama
chorus will help to make things lively
in the production of "Papa's Daugh
ters," at the Majestic theatre on Mon
day and Tuesday evenings for the bene
fit of the Harristourg polyclinic hos
pital. They have been well drilled for
their parts, and to their training they
have added their own ideas about fun
making, promising to provide pleasing
entertainment while they are on the
stage.
The Yama Yama girls are Agnes
Henry, Miriam Craiglow Jessie Parrish,
May Gross, Mildred Rowe, Caroline
Roth, Hazel Parrish, Mildred Lease,
Roselle Stanford and Sara Hetrick. Tho
THINK mm
IS WHITE HOUSE
REUT9TEB
Police Say Man, With
Pistol, Seized Near
President, Is Spang
ler, Eccentric Farmer
LOCKED UP FOR
TEST OF SANITY
Cumberland County Authorities Say
Prisoner Held iu Washington Had
Hallucinations That His Enemies
Were Trying to Poison Him
(Special to the Star-Inilepenilent.)
Carlisle, Pa., .Jan. 23. —Theodore
Spangler, the farmer who, according to
a dispatch from Washington, D. C., was
arrested yesterday when he was a short
distance from the White House and
who was relieved of a revolver after ho
said his mission was to see President
Wilson, is believed o be a man who
for years hay lived in a hut along the
Walnut Bottom road, seven miles west
of town.
Spangler now is in a Washington
asylum, where he is be : ng held for ob
servation as to his nental condition.
Residents here say he is demented and
that he has hallucinations that some
one is attempting to poison him. That
is the story ho told the Washington
police when arrested on suspicion.
The police here say that Spangler's
wife divorced him several years ago
and, with he> three- children, a daughter
and two sons, moved to Philadelphia,
where they now are living. One of the
boys is a graduate "of Dickinson Col
lege and the other a graduate of the
Vanderbilt University.
Prior to the Spanglers' domestic
troubles, which resulted in the divorce,
the police say, Spangler's home was de
stroyed by fire and Mrs. Spangler sub
sequently made complaint that she and
her childrcr were for'ed by the father
and husband to live in a pig pen.
This story was brought out when tihe
wife sued for maintenance and it also
is said that Spangler offered to his at
torney a wagon load of rotten apples
as counsel fees The pranks of farmer
who, it is said, delighted in shoot
ing a harmless colored liquid into the
keyholes of the Spangler nouse, led the
old man to believe that his "enemies"
meant to poison him.
Neighbors say Spangler became so
enraged at this that he locked all the
first floor windows and doors, stopped
up the keyholes and crevices and gained
entrance and egress through a second
story window by of a ladder. He
has not been seen in the neighborhood
of his home since one day more than a
week ago, when he went down the road
with a pack on his back.
Controller Is Somewhat Better
County Controller Henry W. Gough,
1401 South Cameron street, who is
confined to the houg" due to an attack
of grip, was somewhat improved to-day
and hopes to be back at his desk on
Monday.
Yama Yama boys: Charles Crist. Percy
Walker, John Shuniberger, William
Diener, Fred Morgan, George Young,
3d., Dana Christman, John Koch,
Charles Cox and Lewis May.
A dress rehearsal was held this aft
ernoon at the Majestic, and a very
few details will complete the arrange
ments for the production of the
operetta. The cast and choruses, num
bering 125 persons, have worked stead
ily at their parts for some time. There
will be thirty musical successes of the
season, and the singers will be accom
panied by an orchestra of ten pieces.
One of the stellar performers in the
constellation of local stars will be Dr.
Byron Stanley Behney, who first gained
WANT BUILDING HERE FOR
LOCAL BRANCH Of U; OF F.
Students and Faculty Members et
Smoker Start Movement to Try to
Induce the Legislature to Make tho
Necessary Appropriation
At the smoker last night of tho Har
risburg Branch of the University of
Pennsylvania Wharton School of Com
merce and Finance, the ball was stalled
rolling for the erection by State appro
priation of a building in this city for
the carrying on of the work of the
branch.
Dr. Samuel Shope, of the Rotary
club extension school committee, in a
short address to the students, stated
that he is now having a bill prepared
asking the Legislature for an appro
priation largo enough for the erection
of a branch building of the University
of Pennsylvania here and that ho will
ask Senator Beidleman to introduce it
some time during the present session.
Dr. Shope's suggestion was greeted
by cheers of "Our New Building! Our
New Building!" by the 175 students
and faculty members who crowded the
assembly room of the Engineers' Club,
Front and Chestnut streets. The stu
dents pledged their support in the ef
fort to make the Harrisburg branch of
the University the most important in
the State. At present the Wharton
branch classes meet in the fourth lloor
assembly room of the Technical High
school building.
WANT GYPSY TO CAST "SPELL"
Chief of Police Hears of It and Chases
Nomads Out of Town
•Throe women and three men, a band
of Roumanian gypsies, who established
themselves in Hoffman's woods and at
tempted to earn a living by telling for
tunes were ordered out of the city by
Chief of Police Hutchison this morn
ing. 11c heard that a Harrisburg wrfin
an had given one of the number a ring
in order that the fortune teller would
cast a "spell" over one of her ac
quaintances and immediately pot busy.
One of the women and a man were
found walking on Market street this
morning and they were taken to police
headquarters where the woman was
held until the others turned up and
promised to leave the city.
HANI) CAUGHT IN MACHINE
Hlghspire Man Is Whirled About On
River Flat
George A. Gross, of Highspire, an
engineman and pumpman o»i the Sus
quehanna river tleet of the Harrisburg
Light and Power Company, miraculous
ly escaped death late yesterday after
noon when he caught his hand in the
whirring cogs in the pumping mechan
ism on which he was working.
He was whirled about through the
air several times but escaped striking
any of the other heavy machinery near
by. The little finger of his left hajid
was cut off, the ring finger fractured
and the middle finger crushed. He was
taken first to his home in Highspire
and later to the Harrisburg hospital
for treatment.
JUDGE KINSEY DIES TO-DAY
Well-Known Philadelphia Jurist Had
Been 111 Long Time
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Jan. 23.—John !«.
Kinsey, judge of the common pleas
court, died at his home in this city to
day. Judge Kinsey, who had been ill
for a long while, was 69 years old.
Previously to becoming a judge in
1907 he had served for twelve years as
City Solicitor and fourteen years as As
sistant District Attorney. Judge Kin
sey was a leader in the Republican
party.
laurels in a theatrical way while a stu
dent at the University of Pennsylvania.
While there he was a member of the
university quartet and also of the Mask
and Wig Club. He has had prominent
parts in many amateur performances
since then, notably with the Carlisle
Elks.
"Doc" is said to have great ability
along dramatic lines, and instances
cited by his friends are his alleged suc
cesses in "The Burgomaster," in which
he was the Burg, and in "Marc An
tony," in which he was the Mark. Ho
is said to be able to sing around any
thing of his weight in these parts and
his resources are thought to be unlim
ited.
STREET PAW
IS PRIOTICALLY
AT STANDSTILL
City Commissioners
Say That Only Two
Miles Can Be Done
in Present Year
TWO FUNDS ARE
NEAR EXHAUSTION
Moneys Provided for Street Intersec
tions and for Work in Front of
Non-assessable Properties Are Fast
Ebbing Away
With only $8,868 ic-maining iu the
fund out of whi.'li the paving of street
intersections is paic! for and an insig
nificant balance in the fund from which
claims for paving in front of non-as
sessable properties are satisfied, the
City Commissioners now figure that the
paving work done in 1915 will be even
less than that of last year, when less
than two and a half miles of streets
were paved.
They also point out that unless pro
visions are made for raising money
with which to pay for the paving of
street intersections and in front of
non assessable properties, the paving
work in 1916 will be reduced to prac
tically nothing;. The Commissioners
say this all is due to the fact that the
voters in 1913 defeated the $50,000
paving loan.
One solution for the perplexing sit
uation, the Commissioners say, is to
ask the voters to approve a paving
loan at the fall election, but City Com
missioners are to bo elected next fall
Continued on Seventh Pnsre
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
A complete change in the eastern
campaign, such as would mark a new
period of the war, is expected by offi
cers of the Bussian general staff. .They
say that the Oerman and Austrian mili
tary chiefs have abandoned aggressive
movements against Warsaw and are
concentrating troops in Hungary to re
pel the Russian invaders in Bukowina,
Eastern Galicia and Northern Hungary.
It Is in this section, rather than on the
Warsaw front, that the heavy fighting
of the next few weeks Is looked for in
Petrograd.
Fishermen reaching a Dutch port to
day assert that they saw in the North
sea a wrecked airship, their description
of which corresponded to one of Ger
mrny's fleet of Zeppelins. Reports last
night, which later were discredited,
were to the effect that Zeppelins had
again visited the English coast.
In France and Belgium military ac
tivity is at low ebb, except along the
eastern end of the front. In Alsace
and the Argonne desperate fighting con
tinues, without important advantages
for either side. Minor victories are re
ported to-day in both the French and
German official statements.
Two Bteamers flying the American
flag will soon be at sea, each bound for
Germany and eacb selling with the
Cvitliraed as Ninth Pn*«.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
6 KILLED IN
AIRSHIP RAID
ON DUNKIRK
German Aviators Drop
Eighty Bombs in At
tack From Sky on
French City
SIXTEEN INJURED
BY THE MISSILES
One of the Raiding Machines Is Report
ed to Have Been Brought Down at
Great Dunes and the Two Occupants
Killed
Paris, Jan. 23.—A semi-official note
issued last night says that a number
of German aviators attacked Dunkirk
yesterday, throwing eighty bombs. The
victims numbered twenty-two, six of
whom are dead. A large warehouse was
set afire by one of the bombs.
French and English aviators, who
chased the German aeroplanes, brought
down one at Gray Dunes, on the Bel
gian frontier. Its two occupants were
made prisoners.
London, .Tan. 23, 2.50 A. M. The
correspondent of the "Daily Mail"
at Havre, in liis report on the aeroplane
attack on Dunkirk yesterday says:
"Several German aeroplanes dropped
bombs on Dunkirk Friday afternoon.
One of them was brought down at Great
Dunes, between Dunkirk and Fumes, I
and the two German airmen this ma- !
chine contained were killed. Ten unex
plored bombs were still attached to the
aeroplane."
Amsterdam, Via London, Jan. 23,
10.29 A. M. —A British airman to-dny
dropj>ed bombs on the important Bru
ges, Belgium docks, according to news
which has reached here. The result of
the attack is not yet known. The avi
ator escaped unhurt although he was at
tacked by the Germans.
Dover, Via Ijondon, Jan. 22, 11.57
P. M.—lt was reported here to-night
that a Zeppelin was seen oyer Ostoud
to-day.
Dispatches from Cromer, England,
Friday night contained reports that air
craft had passed over that place and
that preparations hail been made to re
sist an aerial attack. Preparations
were made in tho surrounding tonus
but no attack developed BO that it ap
peared that the reports about the in
vading aircraft were baseless.
London, Jan. 23, 2.47 P. M.—Fisher
men arriving* at Noordwijk to-day as
sert, according to a dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph Company from L?y
den, that they saw an airship founllcr
j in the North Sea on Friday night. The
fishermen, the message adds, were un
able to assist the air craft. Tho de
scription of the vessel given by the
men indicates that it was a Zeppelin.
Noordwijk is a watering place of the
Netherlands, seven miles northwest of
Ley den.
TURKS FORCEIUSSIANS TO
RETREAT WITBJIC LOSSES
Constantinople, Via Amsterdam and
London, Jan. 23. 8.55 A. M. —An of
ficial communication regarding the
fighting up in tho Caucasus has been
issued by the Turkish, government as
follows:
"The Russian main forces which
failed in an attempt to encircle our left
wing, retreated before our counter at
tack. Our troops are now pursuing the
enemy."
(Previous Russian anil Turkish of
ficial communications have indicated
that tho latest fighting was around
Karali-Urgan in Transcaucasia, just
over the Turkish border).
Speaking of the fighting in Arabia,
in the region of the Persian gulf, tho
Turkish communication continues:
"On Thursday the British forces, as
sisted by three gunboats, attacked our
troojw near Kurna, (located at the junc»
tion of the Euphrates and Tigris riv
ers) but were completely defeated anl /
forced to retreat with severe losses,
while our losses were insignificant."
Swiss Frontier Troops Reinforced
Paris, Jan. 23, 4.45 A. M. —The
Bwiss troops have been reinforced aloug
certain sections of their frontier on
account of the uncertainty of the situa
tion, according to telegram information
received hero from Geneva.