THE WEATHER
FAIR TONIGHT
AND TO MORROW'
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E& A : , :^ KD vol. 77—NO. 47.
BIG BATTLES
NOW RAGING
IN GALICIA
Large Force of Austro-
Germans Fighting to
Stem Russian Inva
sion of Hungary
TURKISH ADVANCE
IN EGYPT BEGUN
Sultan's Shattered Forces in the Cau
casus Also Reorganize, Pause in
Their Flight Toward Their Own
Frontier and Resume the Offensive
Potrograd, Via Ijondon, Jan. 2S. 9.41
A. M.—The battles in Gaiicia appear
to be developing ou a broader scale
aiong the Carpathians, for a distance of
u hundred miles. Both sides appear to
attach great importance to the outcome.
The Hungarians, it is said, hijve been;
concentrating iu the Carpathian passes
since December await.ng the arrival of
Bavarian reinforcements.
London, Jan. 28, 1.30 P. M. —The|
Carpathian passes in Western Gaiicia,
Egypt and the Caucasus by reason of,
the sudden offensive of armies hereto-:
fore defeated, are again to the fore to-1
day as the chief areas of interest in:
the military operations.
In the Carpathians a big force at'
Aastre-Germans has boon concentrated
and :s fighting not only to stem the
invasion of Hungary but if possible to
cut off the Russian forces occupying
Bukowina to the south. In Egypt the
Turkish a rvance appears really to have
l<eguu. lu the Caucasus the shattered
Turks have more or less reorganized
and paused in their flight toward their
own frontier and resumed the offen
sive.
Austrian? Recapture Passes
Both Vienna and Petrograd empha
size the importance of the Austrian op
erations in the Carpathians. The All
stnans claim the recapture of certain
mountain passes, and Petrosrad con
cedes that the Austrians have thrown
fresh men into this region and are
evincing activity along the entire Ga
lician front.
While it is not probably that any
considerable body of Turks has yet
penetrate>i the Sinai peninsula, their
advance scouts are virtually at the
edge oil the Suez canal, having moved
along the Caravan route near the Medi
terranean. It is believed that another
column i lar.s to advance through the
center of the peninsula, while perhaps
a third will attempt to reach Sue/, alonj
the southerly route from Akabah. All
these routes are without water, and
those to the north and south are open
to Hank attacks from the Mediter
ranean and Red Sea. respectively. It is
Relieved here that the Turks who have
been in contact with the British to the
east of K'kontara. worked their way
westward under the protection of the
sand dunes. This would leave them
selves open only to attack by aero
planes from the sea.
Desperate Fighting Yesterday
Desperate fighting marked yester
day, the anniversary of Emperor Wil
liam's birthday at many points on the
western front, but the claims of the
contending armies as to the result of
these engagements are widely at vari
ance. Generally speaking the allies say
the German attacks were costly fail
ures. whiie the Germans assert that the
French and British but notably the
British attacks in Flanders broke down.
Reports of the engagement in the
North Sea last Sunday have deveio[>e>l
a similar discrepancy." The war lords
of Great Britain insist that the battle
cruiser Lion was the only big ship to be
seriously damaged. On the other hand
wireless reports from Berlin admit the
loss of the German cruiser Bluecher, but
assert that the Germans inflicted great
er punishment than this on the English.
LATE WARIi" SUMMARY
The official reports of the war to-day
are in such complete conflict that the
outcome of recent hostilities, particu
larly in the west, is left in doubt. In
Upper Aisace brisk fighting has been re
sumed, and the battle at Craonne con
tinues with undiminished severity.
The French War Office statement an
nounces that every German attack was
repulsed and that every French attack
made progress. It estimates German
losses in the last three days at 2:»,0O0
and asserts that ground was won by the
allies in Upper Alsace and near Craonne.
The German statement says that the
French were defeated in Upper Alsace,
fleeing in disorder at two points and
that at Craonne another long section of
trenches of the allies was captured.
Concerning the war with Russia, the
Berlin War Office says, that German
troops won the advantage in two unim
portant engagements.
Severe fighting is in progress in the
trans-Caucasus, where the Turks, not
withstanding their reported defeat re
cently, are admitted by the Russian
military authorities to have assumed
again an energetic offensive. An official
communication from Petrograd says
that the Turks made a series of attacks
but were thrown back with heavy
losses. Other Turkish defeats are an
nounced in fighting in Northern Persia.
An official announcement from Con
stantinople, however, says that the
on itttaU l'aae
%\)t Sfax" 4Stikpetikwi
FRENCH CLAIM VICTORIES
ALL ALONC THE FRONT ON
IHE KAISER'S BIRTHDAY
Paris, Jan. 28, 2.45 P. M. —The |
French official announcement given out 1
by the War Office this afternoon makes
claim of uninterrupted French successes j
on January 27.
The French were successful in every |
one of their endeavors and they esti
i mat* the German casualties during the
days of January 25, 26 and 27 at no
I fewer t.han twenty thousand men. At
Craonne alone they say the Germans
j had losses amounting to 6.000 men.
In this particular tight the French give
| their losses at SOO. The report follows: j
"January 27 was the anniversary of
the birthday of Emperor William of 1
Germany. Our adversaries announced .
tor this day very particular effort, but
I if it was made by them it did not re
suit to their advantage.
"The day was a good one for us
along all the front. Every German at
tack was repulsed, while every FroiK'h
1 attack made progress.
••In Belgium the positions of the
I enemy were shelled and several of his
trenches were demolished. To the south
of tiie Lys the British artillery shelled •
the roads over which the German troops
were moving, as well as the points
where they wo e assembling.
'•ln the sectors of Arras. Albert,
Rove. Xovon and Soissons there was in- ;
termittent cannonading and rule firing
at various points. The infantry of the
enemy endeavored to come out of its
trenches to attack bat it was at once
driven back bv a severe fire.
•"Iu the region of Craonne the total
Continued on Mnth Pace
GERMAN BATTAUONS ARE
FORCED BACK ON VISTULA.
SAVS PETROGRAD REPORT
Petrograd, Jan. 28.—The general
staff of the Ku>s:an army to-day gave
out a communication on the progress of
the fighting with the Teutonic allies. It
is dated January 2 7 and reads as fol- j
lows:
"In East Prussia fighting has con
tinued in the region of Malwischken
and Lasdehnen. On the right bank of
the lower Vistula tliere took place
again an artillery engagement and en
counters with advance parties of tbo
enemy, lu front of this river, in the<
neighborhood of Skempe, we were suc
cessful iu forcing back several German
battalions.
"The night of January 26 and the
duy -oUowjng saw no important change
ou the left bank of the Vistula. The'
Oermans, however, delivered reiterated
attacks against our front in the vicinity
of Bolintow, but in every case they
vveVe driven back. During one of these
engagements some detachments of the
enemy who have been successful in:
gaining our trenches were dispatched
at the point of the bayonet.
'" Attacks made by the enemy in the
vicinity of the villages of Rabskebikip* l
and Kamion also resulted in failure. In I
the course of January 26 our artillery
bombarded with success the lines of
the enemy and reduced to silence a
German battery located at the village
of AtJanka, which is near Sochaczew.
"In Gaiicia the engagements are de
veloping on a large scale. The front
extends from Mount Dukla to Mount
W yszekow. On the right wing of this
front we have captured one hundred
prisoners and two machine guns.
"In Bukowina on January 25, in
the vicinity of Weleputne to the south
west of Kimpoluntr, there was au ar
tillery engagement.''
1,500 FRENCIIEN FOUND
DEAD ON BATTLEFIELDS AND
1,100 TAKEN PRISONERS
Berlin, Jan. 28, By Wireless to Lon
don, 3.10 P. M.—Victory for German
troops in two important engagements
along the western front is announced in
an official communication from the War
Office to-day. In the region of Cra
onne another section of the trenches of
the allies was captured, • the report
state, and in Upper Alsace the French
retreated in disorder after suffering
heavy losses in attacks on the German
positions. The report is as follows:
"In the Western theatre of war the
(villages of Middelkerke and Klcpe, on
, the coast of Fianders, were bombarded
j by the enemy's artillery.
"In the heights of Craonne another
500 metres of trenches adjoining on
the east of tlx? position we captured
on the day before yesterday, was taken
from the enemy. French attacks were
repulsed without difficulty.
"The enemy has suffered heavy
losses in the battles between the 25th
and the 27th of January. Over 1,500
! dead Frenchmen were found on the bat
tlefiekis. Including these reported on
the 27tb, 1,100 prisoners fell into the
hands of our troops.
"Iu the Vosges several French at
tacks in the neighborhood of Sennome
and Ban de Sapt were repulsed, with
considerable losses to the enemy. One
officer and 150 Frenchmen were taken
prisoners. Our losses were quite small.
"In Upper Alsace, along the front
line between Lower Aspache. Heid
weiler and the Wurzbaeher forewt, the
French attacked our position at Aspa«ch,
Heidweiler, Aminerzweiller and iu the
Wnrzbacher forest. Their atta ks were
repulsed everywhere, with heavy losses
to the enemy. Their losses were es
pial ly large south of Heidweiler and
Aminerzweiller, where the French re
treated in disorder. Five French ma
chine guns were captured.
"In the Eastern theatre of war un
important attempts of the enemy to
make'an attack northeast of Giuttbin
nen were repelled. t
"Near Biezum, to the northeast of
Sierpec (near the West Prussian bor-
Ider in Poland) a Russian division was
repulsed. Otherwise there are no
changes in Poland."
HARRISBURG, PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1915—12 PAGES.
iimiHiL
VBTOEBBYWiLSOS
President Disapproves
It Because of Litera
cy and Other Tests
Required by Measure
REGRETS ACTION
IN HIS MESSAGE
Says Proposed Law Embodies Radical
Departure From Traditional Policy
of America in Respect to Its Rela
tions to Peoples of World
By AssocnUt d Press.
Washington. Jan. 2S.— President!
\\ ilson vetoed the immigration bill and ,
sent a special messaga to Congress say- :
ing he disapproved of tin- measure lie- ;
cause of the literacy test and other re
strictive tests which it purposes as a
condition of admission of immigrants to
the l"uited States. President Wilsou's
message delivered to the House was as j
l follows:
"It is with unaffected regret that I
j iiud myself constrained by clear con- '
| viction to return this bill IH. R. 6060, i
I an Act to Regulate the Immigration of i
j Aliens to and the Residence of Alieus !
in the United States) without my sig
; nature.
Exercise of Veto Power Serious Matter
"Not only do I feel it to be a se
! rious matter to exercise the power of
j veto in any case, because it involves ,
opposing the single judgment of the
President to th>- judgment of a majority
of both houses of the Congress, a step
which no man. who realizes his own 1
i liability to error, can take without ;
' great hesitation, but also because this !
lull is in so many important respects
admirable, well conceived and desir- .
able.
•'lts enactment into law would un
doubtedly enhance the efficiency anil !
improve the methods of handling the
fimportant branch of the public service
to which it relates. But candor and
a sense of duty with regard to the re
sponsibility so clearly imposed upon me '
by the Constitution la matters of leg
islation leave no choice but to dis
sent.
Bill Violates Spirit of Nation
"In two particulars of vital conse
quence this bill embodies a radical de
parture from the traditional and long
established policy of this country, a
j policy in which our people have con-
I ceived the very character of their gov-
I eminent to be expressed, the very mis-
Continued on \lnfh Pnce
TARES A PICJO CAPITOL
Representative Adams Says He Will
Introduce It to Law-makers—Has
No Reference to Pork Barrel
Representative Adams, of Luzerne,
county, is the possessor of a real live
pig, and he took it up to the Capitol
this morning.
The Capitol has often seen exhibi
tions of live things aside from the hu
man species, especially when Professor
; Surface has snakes, bumble bees and
| other things sent to him. Game Cem
■ missioner Kalbfus receives consign
ments of live quail; a few squirrels
| sneak into the departments in quest of
i food, and an owl once in a while in
j vades the Supreme Court room and
perches on the chair of the Chief Jus
tice, but never before has a live pig
gotten within the sacred precincts of
the Capitol building.
Last night Representative Adams
went to a local theatre which gives
away prizes to its patrons, and held
the lucky number that drew a small
pig. The veteran of the Philippine
war did not shrink from annexing the
porker, but boldly took it under his
arm and marched off, congratulating
j himself on his luck.
This morning he took the small pig
up to the Capitol and confined it in a
box in the House postoffice. It is said
that if the pig does not escape before
Monday night Mr. Adams will introduce
it to the members of the House when
the original resolutions are introduced.
The pig attracts much attention and
has become quite a pet among those
legislators who did not go home for
the week-end. One cf them remarked
to-day that his pigship has nothing to
do with the pork barrel.
( H \KGES SLANDER:ASKS SI,OOO
Insurance Agent Files Suit Against
Steelton Church Member
Asserting that slanderous remarks
made by the defendant caused him fi
nancial losses in business, that they
were the direct merns of his being de
■ feated for the presidency of the Steel
i ton Bulgarian church, and that his
' good name and reputation had beep
injured, Tnschko Dundoff to-day
'J brought suit against Strega Kastoff, de
'j manding SI,OOO damages. The papers
j | were filed by Wickersham it Metzger,
I as counsel.
The plaintiff asserts the defendant,
both in his private talks with friends
and at meetings of the church council,
said that Lhindoff "gave me a bad
check and fooled me" and that "he
will fool us and injure the church."
Dundoft declares the reports were
false, unwarranted'and made by the
defendant in a malicious plan to in
jure him. Dundoff is as insurance
agent.
CAST OF PLAY, "AT POTT ERS
TO BE GIVEN BY THE STEELTON H. S. SENIORS
As the time approaches for the pre
sentation of the funny play, "At the
Pottersville Postoffice," by the Steel
ton High Seliool Senior class in honor
of the Juniors, the demand for tickets
ZERR IS CHOSEN HEAD OF
MOTION PICTURE LEAGUE
Reading Man Elected President of
State-wide Body That Will Fight
Censorship—Nine Locals Will Be
Established in Pennsylvania
Ben H. Zerr, of Reading, was elected
thi first president of the newly-organiz
ed Motiou Picture Exhibitors' League
of Pennsylvania in this morning's ses
sion of the convention of exhibitors
that is being held iu tile Bolton House.
Other atticers were elected and it was
decided to accept the invitation of
.Marion s>. Poarce, of Baltimore, presi
dent of the National Kxltibitors'
League, to make formal application for
affiliation with the national body.
The othet; officers of the league, as
chosen this morning, are: First vice
president. G \Y. Sahner, of Pittsburgh;
second vice president, Gilbert C. Miller,
of Plymouth; secretary, James Delves,
of Pittsburgh; treasurer, Charles Segall,
of Philadelphia; publicity representa
tive. Frank A. Gould, a prominent
newspaperman, of Reading, to whom a
special tribute was paid by the con
vention as having done a great deal in
recent years for the benefit of the mo
tion picture industry in the State. ,
Herr.ugton the "Live Wire"
Fred J. Herrington, of Pittsburgh,
who has done much toward bringing I
about the State-wide organization and
who has been called the "live wirc"i
of the convention, was elected national !
vice president, it being assumed that!
the national body will grant the na-
Continued on Ninth P«*e.
PENNfIT DAYjf7RISCO |
September 4 Selected by Commission—
State's Building at Exposition Will
Be Dedicated on March 8
The Pennsylvania Panama-Pacific |
Exposition Commission to-day arranged j
for the dedication of the Pennsvlva-1
nia building at the 'Frisco Exposition l
on March 18 and approved of Septem- j
ber 4 for Pennsylvania day. The de- I
tails of the ceremonies on these days '
will be arranged later.
Governor 'Brumbaugh, ex-officio chair- j
man of the commission, presided at the
meeting, and James S. Hiatt, secretary |
to the Governor, was designated as sec
retary of the executive committee, sue
i -ceding Walter H. Gaither, who re
' signed last month.
A committee of five commissioners
will be designated by Governor Brum
baugh to attend the dedicatory exer
i cises, it being decide*! not to send a
| larger delegation because of the ex- i
pense. Governor Brumbaugh will name
John K. Tener, his predecessor, as his
personal representative on that occa
j sion.
. Saturday, Se > t-enrber 4, the day pre-
I ceding the anniversary of the first meet
i ing of the Continental Congress, was
] chosen as Pennsylvania day because of
' its peace significance at the suggestion
I of the Governor.
The matter of an appropriation was
i left until the next meeting.
U. s. STEEL DOWN TO 41
After Touching Minimum Common
Stock Rallies but Again Falls Back
New York, Jan. 28.—United
Steel common stock dropped to its new
minimum price of 43 at the opening of
the Stock Exchange to-day. On the
| Consolidated Exchange it sold down to
j below 41.
After touching the minimum, the
stock raJlie.i, but fe'.l beck agaiin. A
feature in connection with the trading
in Steel was the action of the Consoli
dated Exchange in establishing a mini
mum of 40.
At the close of the market to-day"
the governors of the New York Stock
Exchange established a new minimum
; of 40 for United States Steel common.
The stock had remained practically ail
I day at its previous minimum of 43.
is rapidly increasing and all indications
this morning pointed to a crowded
house to-morrow evening when the play
will be rendered in the Steelton High
School Auditorium.
CLING 3 DAYS 10
DIH WRECK
Survivors of Two Ship
wrecked Vessels Ar
rive in New York
Port To-day
TERRIFIC GALES
ENCOUNTERED
i
Schooner Roessner Stripped of Sails in
Storm, Her Seams Opened and She
Is Soon Waterlogged—Life Boats
Swamped With Crew
Ity ,t»jocia!< J rrrns.
New York, Jan. 28.—The Clyde Line
freight steamer Algonquin, herself dis
abled, in tow of her sister ship, tho
Cherokee, brought to this port to-day
the survivors of two shipwrecked ves
sels which she picked up beforo she
developed propeller trouble on her trip
from Santo Domingo.
Of the eilght rescued men aboard the
' Algonquin, seven were the captain and!
' crew of the American schooner Freder
j ick Roessner, which sailed from Jama
cia, December 3, for Stamford, Conn.,
i with logwood. The eighth man was
I the pursuer of the Norwegian steamer j
I Anita, bound from Halifax for Kings-!
! ton, which wrecked on North Caicos:
reef January 10.
Flight of Crew Desperate
Captain Swain, of the Roessner, said
that after his vessel was out ten days
: she encountered terrific gales and was
j completely disabled. The sails were
jcarried away and all the sails were
! stripped off and were blown to sea. In
I the heavy pounding the schooner's
j seams were opened and she was soon
j waterlogged.
i % The crew attempted to put to sea
i in the boats when their plight became
I desperate, but the boats were swamp
! od. For three days the crew clung to
| the drifting wreck. Finally they were
sighted by the steamer Iroquois* which
sent a *boat to their relief, took them
off and landed thein at Turks Island.
Continued on Fifth I'nee.
WOMEN PENNED IN ELEVATOR
Frightened When Door of Car Refuses
to Open in Y. W. C. A. Building
What is spoken of to-day at the new
Y. W. C. A. building as quite a joke,
occurred yesterday afternoon when
Miss M.VriShbank, the matron, took a
number of women in the elevator car
to the second floor and was unable to
j open the door at the landing place.
: There was really nothing the matter
; with the %'ate, "for with a sufficient
: amount of persuasion it finally was
| opened.
The elevator car was full of women
at the time. They were at first frighten
ed, but when the gate swung back they
went into the assembly room and list
ened to the lecture on "Mormonism,"
as though nothing had happened.
Miner Killed at Altoona
By Associated Press.
I Altoona, Jan. 28l—By the breaking
| of a haulage rope at the' Delanev mines
I of the Altoona Coal and Cofce Company
I to-day, one miner was killed and six
injured. Three of the men were se
riously hurt.
Foot Crushed Under Box
Harry Snyder, 136 South Third
street, employed at the P. R. R. freight
station, was injured by a falling box
while at work at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. His right foot was crushed. Aft
er treatment at the Harrioburg hos
pitai he was taken to his hornet.
j The Seniors have perfected their
| parts and the play will abound with
! side-flitting incidents. The accom
! panying photograph of the cast of the
| play gives a goi»d idea of the fun that
| will be provided.
COLD WAVE 10 SEND THE
MERCURY TO 8 DEGREES
Warnings Fluttered Throughout the
EaSt To-day Forecasting Big Drop
in Temperature—Susquehanna May
Freeze for Second Time This Winter
Cold wave warnings were flashed I
nbout the eastern part of the country
this morning presaging the arrival of |
extreme low temperatures. The Weafch- j
er Bureau here to-day forecasted a drop
mf twenty-four degrees over the mini
mum temperature of last night to a
mark of S degrees for to-night. This
will be lowest mark reached here since
Docembea- 27, when the mercury touch
ed the one degree mark.
With its arrival, of course, will come
fair weather, which will continue for a
.• days with low temperatures. Its
effect here may be the closing of the
Susquehanna river for the second time!
this winter. The river first closed De
cember 15, when the mercury went to
4 degrees. The river is now falling
from the mouth to its source and will
continue to fall. K. R. Domain issutvt
the following river forecast this morn
ing:
''The main 'branches and their trib
f utaries and probably portion* of tho
main river are likely to become frozen
in the next forty-eight hours."
The river stage here is 5,4 feet and
j the increased flow may serve to keep a
channel open. However, Wildwood lake
! may be frozen as a result of the cold
: snap and the skaters can again bring
I out the steel which has been laid away
I since tlie early January thaw. This
I prediction was issued from the Wash
ington office of the Weather Bureau:
"The cold wave iu>w covers the
! great central valleys and the upper
region. The lowest temperature
| reported was 58 degrees below zero at
I White River, Canaila. The cold weath
; er will continue east, reaching the At
| lantie coast to-night and continuing
Friday. In the interior, cold weather
j to-night will be followed by rising tem
-1 peraturos Friday, ('old wave warnings
have been ordered in New Jersey and
j Kastern Pennsylvania."
GARZA FLEES MEXICO CITY
j Provisional President to Establish a
Temporary Seat of Government
at Cuernavaca
Washington, Jan. 28.—Tho flight
of Roque Gonzalez Garza, acting head
of the government at Mexico City since
the departure of General Gutierrez, was
officially reported to-day to the State
Department by American Consul Silli
man. With Garza went a number of
j other officials to estaiblish a temporary
) seat of government at Cuernavaca, a
i short distance south of Mexico City.
A dispatch to the Carranza agency
I here from Mexico City said the Car
j ranza troops were four miles outside
I .Mexico City and that forces
were evacuating, going toward Cuema
i vaca.
j San Antonio, Jan. 28.—A message
: received at army headquarters Inst
I night said former President Kulalio Gu
tierrez had been located at Monclova,
150 miles south of Bugle Pass, with an
army af 30,000 men. The reiK»rt says
it was feared Gutierrez may attempt
to act independently as recent proposi
tions to other leaders were said to have
been received unfavorably.
Mrs. Beverly Ward Dead
Mrs. Beverly Ward, wife of the
Rov. Mr. Ward, 123 Balm street, died
of a complication of diseases at the
Harrisiburg hospital at 9 o'clock this
morning. She was admitted to the in
stitution yesterday morning in a very
serious condition.
Inspects City's Special Schools
Superintendent I>iffenderfer of the
Nanticoke schools, a medical inspector
and a number of the members of the
school board of that place inspected
the open air and special schools in
Harrisburg to-day with a view to open
ing similar schools in Nanticoke.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT
"TOIIELLEYIN
A Mill AUTO
He and a Police Ser
geant in an Uhruly
Car That Shatters a
Telegraph Pole
COP'S TROUSERS
LOST IN CRASH
Mishap Occurs When Men Are Going in
Quest of Supposed Member of Trio
Who Break Into and Rob the Half
Way House iu Steelton
Thomas J. Nelley, ;i widelv-kiiown
politician, chairman of the Pollen Coin
mitt»»«» of Steelton Borough Council and
proprietor of t lio Half Wnj House, of
that town, ami Valentine Maesters, ser
geant of the Steelton police force, had
a thrilling ride in an unmanageable au
tomobile ami a narrow escapo from
death when the machine this morning
struck and snapped oft' a telegraph pole
on South Front street, Steelton, just
below the overhead bridge at the Cuiu
bler's stone quarries.
The men had jumped into the ma
chine at the Half Way llouse garage
at 7.10 o'clock, intending to make a
quick run to Middletown, where a for
eigner was being held by Policeman
Soulliard, of the Pennsylvania railroad
police force. They wanted to learn
whether this prisoner was one of a
party of three foreigners who had
smashed the large plate glass window
at the Half Way llouse at 4 o'clock
this morning and stolen the entire con
tents, consisting of 15 quarts of whis
key and gin.
A few seconds after Nelley and
Maesters, in the auto, had passed be
neath the bridge at the quarries the
steering gear ot the auto refused to
work, the machine swerved to the left
and began climbing the cinder bank
leading to the steel company railroad
at a sharp angle. The machine side
swipe! a telegraph pole supporting a
wire of the Harrisburg Railways Com
pany and snapped the pole off at tho
ground.
Loses Trousers in Clash
The machine kept on the incline un
: til a deep rut in the c'nder hill stopped
! its further progress. When this oe
-1 urred Nelley climbed out the wreck,
j followed bv Maesters. Te latter is a
very large man and when he attempted
to leap from the auto part of his
j trousers caught oti a sharp projection
jof the broken windshield. He landed
I safely, but found te his chagrin that
his trousers ornamented the broken
shield.
After obtaining a substitute pair of
trousers for Maesters, the two men
jumped a passing auto truck headed
for Highspire, and from there the trip
1 to Middletown was made on a trolley
I car. The foreigner held at that town
j was not the man wanted for the Steel
| ton robbery and the two Stceltonites
i returned to the borough.
About t> o'clock this morning, on
"information received,'' Chief Ijong
; naker. Sergeant Maesters and Police
! man Tromboni sea.cl.ed several for
eigners living along the steel company
j railroad, not far from where the robbery
| occurred. The police say six quarts of
; the stolen liquor were removed from
the persons of Mike and Joe Bonovie,
who were placecLin the borough lockup,
i The third man implicated escaped tho
I police, and it was while following up
! the clue that Nelley md Maesters met
| with their mishap.
Auto Much Damaged
The damage to th* auto consists of
j a disarranged steering apparatus, brok
en windshield, right front mud guard
damaged beyond repair and right step
of the machine stripped off. The metal
rim of the right front wheel also was
bent. Both men escaped unseratched.
Nelley was a police sergeant in Har
risburg under Mayor John A. Fritchey.
• lie has been active in Democratic poli
tics.
Realty Co. Elects Officers
The directors of the Harrisburg
Realty Company met yesterday after
noon and elected officers for the year
as follows: President, B. P. Umberger;
vice president, John P. Melick; secre
tary and treasurer, Andrew C. Mc-
Creath.
WHERT UPTosl.sfl BUSHEL
At the Outset of Trading To-day May
Delivery Touches the High
Water Mark Figure
By Associated Press,
Chicago, Jan. 2b. —Wheat selling as
high here as $1.50 a bushel becamo a
reality to-day. At the very outset of
trading the May delivery touched that
figure, opening figures ranging from
$1.49i/| to-$1.50, a rise of %("% to
I'/sC" 1% compared with last night.
A still higher peak was reached in
the last hour. May ascending to
$1.50 7-8, but finishing unsettled at lc
off from the topmost level.
WALL STREET CLOSING
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 28.—Prices hard
ened in the late trading, the only ex
ception being Missouri Pacific issues,
the convertible bonds declining 4
points. The closing was firm. Rail
way shares, as well as coppers and some
si.ecialties, made partial recovery to
day from the setback caused by the
suspension of the U. 8. Steel common
dividend. Steel common scarcely
moved from Its new minimum.