THE WEATHER UNSETTLED TO-NIGHT AND TO-MOKHOW Detailed Report* P«c« • SaWR™ VOL. 77—NO. 46. GREAT CHECK TO GERMANS AT LA BASSEE French War Office Re port Claims Raiser's Forces Lost Two Full Battalions OVER 400 BODIES FOUND ON ROAD In the Region of Perthes Four Violent Attacks Made by the Germans Are Repulsed by the Allies, Says the French Statement Paris, Jan. 27, 2.40 P. M.—The French report given out by the War Office this afternoon records yesterday the customary artillery exchanges, and says that on January 25 the Germans lost near Ypres what amounted to a battalion and a half of men (one Ger man battalion contains 1,000 men). The French claim that a check was ad ministered to the Germans near La Bassee yesterday. Here the losses of the Germans are placed at two bat talions. The statement follows: "In the sections of Nieuport and of Ypres there were artillery engagements yesterday. A German aeroplane was brought down within the lines of the Belgian army. Statements made by prisoners establish the fact that it was not a battalion but a brigade which, on January 25, attacked our trenches to the east of Ypres. The enemy lost in this affair what amounted to a bat -laJion and a half of men. "It has been confirmed to-day that rear Ija Bassee, Givenchy and Guineby the Germans yesterday suffered a great check. On the road from La Bassee to Bethune the bodies of six officers and 400 men were found. The losses of the Germans consequently must represent at least two full battalions. "From Lens to Soissons yesterday saw artillery fighting. In the region of ( raonne we maintained ourselves in the trenches recaptured by us during our counter attacks of January 2'5. "In the rbgion of Perthes, Hill No. 300, four violent attacks on the part of Ihe enemy have been repulsed. In the Argonne, in the vicinity of St. Hubert, a German attack was repulsed with the bayonet. At St. \lihiel we destroyed new foot bridges thrown over the Meuse by the enemy. Yesterday passed quietly in Lorraine and 'in the Vosges.'' THREETURKiSHARMY CORPS ARE MARCHING ON EGYPT London, Jan. 27, 3.17 P. M.—Dis pathes from Cairo state that great military activity prevails at the Suez canal. Troops and warships are being assembled and all inhabitants are leav ing the vicinity of the canal. Important reconnaissances are being made. Athens, Jan. 27, Via London, 3.17 P. M. —It is reported here that three Turkish army corps (about 120,000 men) are marching on Egypt in com mand of Djnite Pasha. Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 27, Via London, 4.20 P. M. —An engagement occurred yesterday to the eastward of Elkantara, in Egypt, presumably with the advance guard of a Turkish army, although de tails aro lacking. The Egyptian losses were one officer and four men slightly wounded. Detachments of Turkish troops have been sighted at three other points to the east of the Suez canal, but no fight ing has resulted except that in the vicinity of El Kantarn. In this en gagament the Turks opened fire at long range with mountain guns. The British replied with machine guns and rifles. A British aeroplane dropped bombs upon the Turkish forces near Birinurhadad, inflicting losses. Fighting in this locality indicates that not only has a Turkish invasion of Egypt been begun, a« was re]>orted in an earlier dispatch from Athens but that Turkish forces have penetrated a considerable distance into Egypt. El Kantara is 28 miles south of Port Raid and is on the Suez canal, which, it is assumed, is the immediate objec tive of the Turkish aidvance. The ter ritory to the east oif El Kantara, re ferred to in the foregoing dispatch, is the northern part of Sinai peninsula, which extends to the Turkish frontier. German Colonel Killed in Africa Cape Town, via London, Jan. 27, 9.44 A. M.—Colonel Seydebreck, com manding the German forces in German Southwest Africa, has been killed at Windhoek, according to advices receiv ed here. He was examining hand gren ades when one of them was accidental ly exploded and caused his death. Sl)c Star- 3nkpcnknt AUSTRIANS INFLICT HEAVY LOSSES IN SEVERAL FIGHTS Vienna, Jan. 27 —(By Wireless to London, 9.32 A. M.) —The official Au strian communication issued to-day re ports successes in the fighting in the passes leading into Northeastern and Northwestern Hungary. The statement follows: "In the valleys of Ung, Latorcza and Nagy-Szaincs the enemy has beeu forced to evacuate some important heights after repeated and fruitless counter attacks which cost the enemy heavy losses." LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY Emperor William is 56 years old to-day and although there is little in formation of the day's military activi ties the latest reports available made it apparent that the Emperor's troops were endeavoring to win for him a birthday gift in the shape of a victory at arms. Two days ago violent German attacks were begun at several points. They developed with greatest force against the British along La Bassee canal in Prance, near the Belgian bor der, and against the French further south, in the region of Craonne. To-day's official communications from Paris and Berlin which deal with yesterday's fighting show that on the day before the Emperor's birthday, the Germans won a measure of success near Craonne. The French war office admits that trenches were lost, but says that some of them were retaken later. The German statement, however, claims sweeping victories in this region, in cluding the capture of several points of support along a section of the front nearly a mile in extent. Concerning the fighting at La Bassee Continued on Rlevetith Patre. KAISER ISSUES TWO AMNESTY DECREES ON 5fiTH BIRTHDAY Berlin, Jan. 27, By Wireless to Lon don, 9.37 A. M.- —T*u'n birthday de crees of amnesty were issued by Em peror William to-day, the fifty-sixth anniversary of his birth. The first releases the active military from the disciplinary punishment in flicted upon them bv court martial wi'th | in a limit of six months imprisonment; the second decree annuls the prosecu tion of soldiers for offenses committed previous to the receipt of their call to arms. Wilson Congratulates Kaiser Bit Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 27.—President Wilson to-day sent a message to Em peror William of Germany, congratu lating him on his 56th birthday. His message was as follows:- "Tu behalf of the covernmont and people of the United States, I have the pleasure to extend to Your Majesty cordial felicitations on this anniversary of your birth, as well as my own good wishes for your welfare." U. S. Wants Colored Recruits Captain R. C. Williams, in command of the local recruiting station in the Bergner building, received instructions to-day from the War Department to ac cept desira'ble colored applicants for enlistment in the infantrv branch of the United States army. All such ap plicants accepted are forwarded to Co lumbus barracks, 0., for assignment to duty. COURT HOUYEIMED BY "SIBALL-POX" SCARE Monotony in Life of the Office of the Directors of the Poor Is Disturbed When Visitor Is Suspected of Hav ing a Contagious Disease "You stay right there and don't move out of that corner until you are ordered to do so, or you will be jailed! Hear me?'' The speaker was William D. Block, city license tax collector, erstwhile assistant city health officer, and he was addressing a young man who was standing this morning behind the desk in the office of tho Directors of the Poor, awaiting a reply to a request for assistance to get him to his home in Indiana. The stranger was dumfounded. Miss Rachel Staples, connected with the j>oor board, was too badly frightened to speak. Charles L. Boyer, one of the Poor Directors, sat by, staring as Block spoke on, and John P. Ouycr, clerk to the Directors, stopped "pounding" on a typewriter to get an '' earful.'' Then Block commanded Miss Staples to "call the City Health Department and get Doc Raunick or Doe Ritzman down here right away to examine that man." Dr. Raunick is the health officer and Dr. Ritzman is his assistant. Miss Staples obliged, but the Health Depart ment wasn't so eager to put the Indi ana man and the office of the Directors of the Poor under quarantine. "Send the man up," advised the health officer, "we'll give him the once over." But here was a man in the office of the Directors of the Poor, a public of fice, with red spots on his face and something that looked like a rash —it might be smallpox—and Block was re luctant to accept the advice of his for mer "boss'' Eventually, however, the stranger was taken to the Health Department. Dr. Raunick just laughed when he saw him. What really was the matter with the visitor was indigestion or something no more contagious. Block got a scowling glance from the granger as the latter headed again for the office of the Poor Board. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1915 12 PAGES. SIDES WITH IN HE PROSECUTES The District Attorney Takes Pare of Defend ant for "Justice's" Sake ROW IS ABOUT HUNTER'S TAG County Prosecutor Surprises the Court by the Attitude He Assumes in De fense of Man Who, Stroup Believes, Ought Not to Have Been Fined Rather than have what lie regarded as an injustice done to the defendant, District Attorney Michael E. Stroup, in court this morning, forgot all formali ties and in the face of the Judge's sug gestion that he might be overstepping his official duties, undertook to defend George F. Fleck, a North Cameron street man, who is accused of violating the game laws, whom Stroup had gone into court prepared to prosecute. Stroup thought. Fleck should go free and expressed that opinion to the court. The District Attorney, of course, did not offer to shirk any part of his offi cial duty, but he repeatedly said he wanted to see "justice" done to the defendant, whom, Stroup figured, had been the victim of an overzealous con stable. Fleck hnd been fined S2O and costs by Justice of the Peace E. B. Dunkle, of Susquehanna township, on a charge of refusing to show his hunt er's license tag, and the case was brought into court on an appeal from the summary conviction. The court took the papers. The arrest of Fleck was made in November by Deputy Game Warden John A. Smith, who is the superintend ent of the E. B. Mitchell farms in Sus quehanna township. Fleck maintains that he had the license tag on his arm and offered to show it to the deputy by throwing up bis arm. He ran, he said, "when Smith ordered me to come over to him and show him my num ber. '' District Attorney Outspoken Smith himself said that he did not make his identity known to Fleck until after the chase in which Smith cap tured tl»e defendant. The order to "show your license," both said, was made by Smith while he was seated in Continued on Ninth l*n)e«-. WHEAT STILL SOAK May Cereal Breaks All Previous Rec ords and Climbs to 51.47% in To-day's Dealings Chicago, Jan. 27. —Dealings in wheat expanded rapidly to-day, and high rec ord war prices continued to be broken. Gains of nearly two cents a bushel as compared with last night were quickly made. July wheat, which had closed at 1.30% and 1.31 jumped to 1.32%. May climbed to 1.47%. The highest point attained before by May since the be ginning of the war was yesterday, 1.46%. New upturns in quotations at Liver pool and predictions of a cold wave possibly endangering the domestic win ter CTop had much to do with the fresh advance here. In later dealings the wheat market, lacked only l'/sc of touching the ex traordinary price of $1.50, the May de livery ascended to $1.48%. July made a greater relative advance, tiree cents a bushel to $1.33%. Reports were received that Nebraska millers were buying wheat at prices equal to $1.50 on the track at Chicago. TRIES TO END LIFE WITH RIFLE Miss Mary E. Kennedy in Critical Con dition at Harrisburg Hospital Miss Mary E. Kennedy, 22 years old, 529 Filbert street, who attempted to commit suicide last evening by shooting herself in the head with a twenty-two calibre rifle, is in a very condition at the Harrisburg hospital and physicians entertain little hope for her recovery. She is believed to have been de spondent over ill health. She went to a store room at the front of her home and seizing the rifle placed the barrel against the right side of her head and pulled the trigger. The bullet frac tured the base of the skull. Her step father, George Lewis, heard the shot and later found her in the store. RESCUED BY POLICEMAN Man Found Hanging By Foot in Cellar way Gets 30 Days Harry Lauterbach, sentenced to thirty 'lays in jail by Major Royal this afternoon, proibably" owes his life to Policeman Zimmerman, who arrested him last evening according to the lat ter's testimony in police court this aft ernoon. He was found dangling head first over a cellarway at Cameron and Mar ket. streets, being supported only by one foot which had caught-on a step. The policeman testified that Lauter- Uacli was intoxicated. UNCLE SAM HALTS STATE IN IMPORTATION OF QUAIL Washington Orders Pennsylvania to Cease Bringing Mexican Game Birds Here Pending an Investiga tion to Learn if They Are Healthy The State Game Commission had just made all arrangements to import from 12.000 to 15,000 quail into Pennsylvania from Mexico, anid already had imported 200, all but a dozen of whi.'h have been distributed, when further importation and distribution was halted to-day by the authorities in Washington. The federal authori ties feared there "might be some dis ease among the Mexican quail" and it would be best to make an investigation before permitting Pennsylvania to im port any n.ore. This was a very great disappoint ment to the State Game Commission which was sending the birds by the half dozen pairs throughout the State to be released early in tho spring in order that they might get acclimated and be hardv for breeding purposos. The demand for" the birds has ■ been larger than usual, and the 15,000 could easily have been placed in coun ties and localities that have not heard a Bob White whistle for years. The 200 birds received from Mexico, nearly all of which have been distrib uted, were fine lively creatures, but they were neglected o"n the way up from Mexico and were thin. A few days' careful treatment, however, caused them to chirk up and they were so lively that as soon as they got to the capitol and saw the park they wanted to get out. Two of them escaped from the boxes at the Game Department and ran through the capitol until they reached an open window when tl»ey darted out into the park. They were recovered without any trouble, but not until their whistle had attracted much attention from the department attaches in the capitol. Some of the remaining dozen here will be sent to the Pathological depart ment of the University of Pennsylva nia for examination as to their condi tion and to ascertain whether they are in any manner diseased. 'SWITCHES' AWAIT OWNERS Harrisburgers Who Gave Up "Comb ings" Can Recover LOBS by Identi fying Them at Police Station Nine bundles of hair nicely wrapped and labeled, et»eh one "combing*)" for the manufacture of hair "switches," are at police headquarters awaiting the identification of Harrisburgers. The hair was taken from W. E. Pelar, ar rested here yesterday and taken back to Altoona to-day to answer a false pre tense charge. The hair was collected, the police say, for the manufacture of switches for February delivery. Originally there were eleven Harrisburg bundles, two having beeu claimed. Two trunks full of bundles will be shipped to Al toona. On a tip furnished the Moun tain City police by the local depart ment the wife of Pelar was arrested in Johnstown this morning. That, in the opinion of the police, is all of the persons who were working the scheme in Altoona. No charge can be brought against the trio taken here yesterday because they represented to the llarrisburgrs that they were living at 329 Chestnut street, and that is where they were found. Con trary to this plan, the police say, they gave the wrong address in Altoona. Pelar uud the two women, £lisc Bige low and Sarah McGuyre, were taken to Altoona by Policeman Ilouser this aft ernoon. "MOVIE" MEN INVITED TO JOIN NATIONAL BODY Newly-formed State Organization De cides to District the State for the Purpose of Establishing Branch Lo cals—Law Committee to Be Named This morning's discussion in the convention in the Bolton House of mo tion picture exhibitors of the State who yesterday decided upon tho formation of a State-wide body centered largely upon the methods to be adopted in car rying out the purposes of the organiza tion, which has chosen as its name "Tho Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of Pennsylvania.'' It was decided to-day to appoint, be foro the adjournment of the conven tion, a committee to prepare proposed laws for submission to the legislature. One of these laws will call for the repeal of the law which created the Pennsylvania hoard of censors, it being the sense of the delegates that even in an amended form the act would bo un fair to the motion picture business. It also was decided to appoint a commit tee wihieh will district the whole State for the purpos-J of creating local branches of the new State league. There was also discussion oi tho in vitation submitted yesterday by Marion 8. Pearce president of the national league of exhibitors, for the new Penn sylvania league to become affiliated with the national body. At noon to day no definite action had been taken on this proposition, but the general opinion seemed to be in favor of joining the national league. Last evening the men who are at tending the convention held, a smoker over which J. Fred Herrington, Pitts burgh, presided. About 20 Senators or Representatives were in attendance. There was an informal discussion of the censorship law and among other things that were said, Senator Stine, oif Pitts burgh, declared that if the exhibitors have a just cause in desiring to have the censorship law repealed, that can Cutlnued on BUvwttll P«*«. WEDDED MANY MILES BRIDE GOES TO ""pieTEft SCHOLTEN Denver, Col., Jan. 27.—Miss Eugenia Campbell, who was married in this city to John Pieter Scholten a young Danish engineer now located at Samarang, Java, is now on her way to meet her husband. The marriage which made them one took place after a special dis pensation had been obtained from the Queen of Holland, so that the young woman would not be subject to the im migration laws of Holland when she reaches Java, which is in its province. E. S. RARTIN DIES Oil 11 Til Stricken This Morning With Heart Trouble, He Succumbs Before Station Ls Reached SERVED AS CITY ASSESSOR 1896-99 A Resident of Harrisburg Most of His Life, He Was Well Known Here, Especially in Lodge Circles—State Chemist Kellogg His Son-ln-Law While on a train going between Blain and Newport, early this morning, Ed mund Smith Martin, 1731 Green street, this city, became suddenly ill and be fore Newport was reached, had died. Heart trouble was given as the cause of death. Mr. Martin was 59 years of age, had lived in this city most of his life, and was especially well known in lodge cir cles. He was city assessor from 1896 to 1899, and belonged to the Masons, the Elks, the Modern Woodmen and the Roval Arcanum. For the paat thirty years he had been a traveling salesman for the Young, Smith & Field Company, a Phil adelphia notions and dry goods firm. His territory was in this section of the State. He was on the road for the firm at tho time of his death. He leaves a widow, one daughter, Mrs. James W. Kellogg, and two sons, William Richard and Edmund H., all of this city. His son-in-law, James W. Kellogg, is chief chemist of the State Bureau of Chemistry at the Capitol. Funeral arrangements have not yet 'been made. Undertaker Hoover has gone to Newport for the body. COLD WAVE IS COMING HERE Material Drop in Temperature Expect ed—to Below in Northwest To-day A cold wave is headed this way aud will arrive here tomorrow night or Friday morning, according to the esti mates of E. R. Deinain, Harrisburg's forecaster, made this afternoon. The coldest weather of the season is covering the Northwest to-day with temperatures as low as 40 decrees be low zero. While it will show its effects in the East, Mr. Demain was not pre pared to say that it will be anything like that cold in Harrisburg. There is a disturbance in the Southwest which may intervene and prevent this city feeling the full effect of the present very low temperature in the North west. The mercury is expected to touch 28 a'bove zero here to-night and go lower to-morrow night or Friday. A dispatch from Winnipeg says a 1915 weather record was made there to-day when the mercury went to 36 below zero. Dnluth Shivers at 31 Below By Aggortated Prcgg. Ihiluth, Minn., Jan. 27.—Street ther mometers at 8 o'clock this morning showed from 27 to 31 below zero, the coldest of the winter. On the iron ranges th'e cold was reported five to eight degrees lower than in Dulutli. At the wedding Harvey V. Deuel, a Brooklyn youth, now resident here, acted as proxy bridegroom and a girl unknown to \liss Campbell was her proxy in a ceremony performed simul taneously in Java. Miss Eleanor Me- Fall was maid of honor and Russell Chelgard, of Minneapolis, best man. Colonel G. B. McFall gave the bride away. A sister of Miss Campbell and another girl, attired in Dutch costume, were the bridesmaids. THAW TO REIHAIN TOMBS Pll SODER Pleads Not Guilty to Charge of Conspiracy and Trial Is Set for February 23 COUNSEL NOT TO APPLY FOR BAIL Supreme Court Justice Davis Denies Motion to Have Thaw Sent to Belle vue Hospital to Have His Sanity Passed Upon There By Associated Press. New York, .ran. 27. —Harry K. Thaw pleaded to-day not guilty to the charge of conspiracy under which he was brought here from New Hampshire last Sunday. His trial was set for February 23. Meanwhile he is to re main a prisoner in the Tombs, his coun sel having agreed not to apply for bail. No attempt will be made by the St<\te to have Th->.w commit! sd to the Matteawan asylum pending his trial, unless his lawyers change their deci sion not to apply for bail. Deputy At torney General Franklin Kennedy, who iB in charge of the State's case now that William T. Jerome has dropped out of the litigation, made this announce ment to-day. In accepting Thaw's plea and fixing the date for trial, Supreme Court Jus tice Davis denied the motion made by Thaw's counsel last Monday to have the prisoner sejit to Bellovue hospital so that physicians there might pass upon his sanity. Thaw was elated to-day when his counsel confirmed the news that Mr. { Jerome was 110 longer connected with the case. "It iB a long lane that has no turning," he said. For the first time in nearly nine years that the case of Harry K. Thaw has been before the courts of this State, William T. Jerome, former Dis trict Attorney of ""New York county, did not appear for the State to-day when Thaw was brought before Justice Davis. Mr. Jerome's connection, with the case ended yesterday, when he was relieved from duty as a special Deputy Attorney General by Attorney General Kgburt F. Woodbury. Franklin Kenne dy, Deputy Attorney General, will here after have charge of the case for the State. John B. Stanchfield, of Thaw's coun sel, said the removal of Jerome would not in any way affect hiß plans for the liberation of Thaw. Standard Oil Reduces Prices By Associated Press, New York, Jan. 27.—The Standard Oil Company, of New York, to-day re duced the price of refined petroleum for export, 26 points, making oil in cases 10.25 cents per gallon, in the tanks 4.25 cents and standard white, 7.76. POSTSCRIPT PitlCE, ONE CENT. SUFFRAGE BILL IS INTRODUCED Women on Hand at the Capitol When Meas ure Is Presented in the House To-day SEEMS CERTAIN TO BE CARRIED Would Give Voters Bight to Decide at the Next General Election Whether There Is to Be Equal Suffrage—Ad journment Until Next Monday The Woman's Suffrage amendment, which political leaders say is practically assured of passage in this session of the legislature, was introduced in the IHouse this morning by Representative William H. Wilson, of Philadelphia. There were a number of suffragists from the Central Pennsylvania Associa tion and from the State Suffrage head quarters at work in the hall during the session. The amendment calls for the sub mission of the question of whether women can vote, to the people at a general election, and during the next two months spirited battles are ex pected to be waged for and against the passage of the amendment by the suf fragists and the antis. One of the heaviest appropriation bills ever introduced for extraordinary expenses was that fathered by Repre sentative Hess, of Lancaster, calling for the appropriation of $558,000 for expenses in eradicating the foot and mouth disease and for the control of transmissable diseases in aniimals. The United States government has appro priated half of the amount needed to pay for the expense incurred in stamp ing out the foot and mouth disease which recently infected cattle in almost every section of the 'State. Proposed New Legislation Through a bill introduced by Rep resentative Wearkle, of Allegheny, it will be a misdemeanor to issue a check without funds in bank, aud fines and imprisonment for persons found guilty are provided lor. The bill allows a period of twenty days for restitution before suit can be brought. Representative Cans, of Philadelphia, introduced a bill providing for the in corporation of trackless trolley com panies. Representative Hess, of Lancaster, introduce,! an appropriation bill pro viding $390,000 to the several State Normal schools under State control. Through a bill introduced by Rep resentative Showalter, of Union, bor oughs owning electric light plants will be authorised to supply current for power purposes. Representative Dunn, of Philadelphia, offered an amendment to the school code which extends the pension requirements to .janitors. Adjournment Until Monday Other bills introduced are: Duuri,\ Philadelphia, providing for semi-month ly pay for public employes in cities of Continued on %'lnth Pan. BIG SLUMP IN U. S.~STEEL | The Market Disturbed To-day As Re sult of Dividend Suspension on Common Stock Yesterday By Associated Press. New York, Jan. 27.—'Between 40,- 000 and 50,000 shares of United States Steel common stock were offered lor «ale at its minimum price of 4 8 when the market opened to-day but only a few hundred shares of the big offering were accepted. Yesterday afternoon the stock was selling at 51 1-2. Suspen sion of the dividend was not announced Hut 11 the market closed. Tho entire market was disturbed to day as the result of the dividend sus j pension. Active railroad stocks broke • from one to more than three points. [ Steel, pfd., on which the regular divi ] dent was maintained, broike over four points and the bonds weakened also. There was practically no market for steel common at its minimum price. Steel common hung at the minimum throughout the morninig while the pre | ferred made a total decline of over 5 points. In the so-called unofficial mar ket steel sold at 46, two points under its official minimum. Officials of the Stock Exchange re ceived many inquiries as to whether there would be any revision in tho present minimum. They intimated that any action they might take would be guided largely by the character of the selling during the next few days. Pennsy Declares Regular Dividend By Associated Press, Philadelphia, Jan. 27.—The direc tors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany to-day declared the regular qua.- terly dividend of 1 1-2 per cent. WALL STREET CLOSINO By Associated Press, New York, Jan. 27. —Selling was re newed In the later trading, but rallies of a point in Union Pacific and Read ing imparted a better tone to the final dealings. The closing was weak. Unex pected suspension of United States Steel common dividend provoked heavy selling and sharp declines In to-day's stock market. Losses of 2 to 4 points were general, leading shares showing 1 the greatest weaknei*.
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