THE WEATHER BAIN TO-NIGHT AND TOMORROW Detailed Report. Pace G "T A ? L ,VVn FD VOL'. 77—NO. 50, SCHOOLS CLOSED THIS AFTERNOON BYBAOWEfITHCR 10,000 Children Have Half Holiday Because of Icy Pavements and Danger of Wet Feet RAIN TO LAST ALL TO-MORROW Groundhog Not Expected to See His Shadow, Which Means an Early Spring—River Will Rise Rapidly But Not to the Flood Stage Here Half slipping, half wading, Harris burg went about its business this morn ing. A heavy rain fell persistently on the snow of yesterday, makiug one of the most disagreeable days of the win ter. TIIO little ray of hope in the weather situation is that the rain, which will continue to-night and prob ably aJI day to-morrow, may wash away a good part of the slush. Walking was so bad in the morning that the sclwol authorities ordered that no sessions of school be held this afternoon. Br'er Groundhog will, from indica tions to-day, come out of his burrow to morrow and disport himself in slippery mess without the possibility of being frightened to death by his shadow. His not seeing his shadow will inl&cate that spring is nigh; but if the weather man is wrong in his forecast and the sun does peep out long enough and with suf ficient strength to throw a shadow of the groundhog, six weeks longer will Harrisburg suffer the ravages of a hard winter. The combination of atmospheric con ditions that have been Harrisburg'a lot this season \v responsib!. ui the bad weather to-day. Beginning early Sun day morning light snow began falling and continued until late vesterdby aft ernoon when it turned to sleet and then rain. Two inches of snow had fallen when rain started. Some pavements had been cleared of snow and on t-lw.sc dangerous ice formed. The streets became slushy swamps and the climax was reached this morning, when they became mini ature rivers. Conditions were made somewhat better by large force of men put to work cleaning intersections, by the City Highway l>epartment, but this was only after most workers had gone to their places of employment. Half Holiday for Schools The 10,000 school children turned up in the schools this morning, almost all with wet feet, and the school au- Continurd on Xinth Pan. $300,000 MORE NEEDED FOR CAPITOL PARK EXTENSION Legislature Will Be Asked to Appro priate That Amount—Original $2,- (100,000 Did Not Provide For Late Improvements The Capitol Park Extension Commis sion needs more money to make the purchase of the land in the extension zone. Of the 5a7 properties the com mission has bought all but 107, and these must be bought before June 1, 191 i, when the time allotment will ex pire. To the end that the entire pur chase may be made, Senator Heidlenian will this evening introduce a bill in the Senate appropriating sooo,ooo for that purpose. When the original estimates were Biade, and before the Governor signed the bill appropriating $2,000,000 to purchase the properties and pay all ox- ' ponses attendant thereon, it was : thought that amount of money would be sufficient, but it is foipid that after the estimates were made—aud at a time when it was doubtful whether the bill would receive executive approval—a number of improvements had been made aud additional buildings constructed over which the commission had no con trol. This, the commissioners say, makes the SuOO,UOO additional necessary. j Some of the legislators who original- I ly voted against the park proposition, : and are in the present Legislature, now : regard it as an exceedingly good pur chase for the State and favor the idea of the increased appropriation. The first property was purchased just three years ago to-day and the work of purchasing, disposing of properties and having the buildings removed has pro gressed until all but 107 of the 537 have been acquired by the State, and some of the properties annexed have been set aside and are now in use for office purposes. It is anticipated that there will be no serious opposition to the increased appropriation. The com missioners will go before the appropria tion committees and show the progress of the work during the last three years. Arm Mangled In Wringer Paradise, Feb. I.—While the family of J. I. Denlinger was engaged l n wash ing thin morning, their 6-year-old son, Paul, had his arm caught and badly mangled ill the wringer which is oper ated by a gasoline engine. The boys arm came in contact so tightly that "it stopped the machinery. . - . - ' ' ■ .»,» i P...W-..-W'.' « V '' .#; .'! '• • *• ' • 5 1 ;... "•• (4 ; : •» • " •' ' •' .-V y ■ " > ' €l)e Star- Jtikpcttknl USE "NON DE PLUMES" IN BIDDING ON FIRE HOUSE Architects Are Required to Adopt As sumed Names In Their Estimates to Insure Fairness—"TrUngle," Who Wins, Proves to Be C. H. Lloyd Plans drawn by C. Hon-ar*] Lloyd, of this city, for the proposed Royal Fire Company engine house, which is to be ! erected by the City ait a cost uot to ex- ceed $7,500, were to-day accepted by ' iM. Harvoy Taylor, Commissioner of .Parkß and Town Property, who adopt ed a brand new metho*! of selecting the architect. The plans were submit ted in competition, the architects using ''noil de plumes," so that there would bo no suggestion of favoritism being shown. Lloyd's " 11011 de plumes" was '' Triangle.'' One other set of plaus was submit ted, the architect signing the name of "Ja«_*k Axe." Commissioner Taylor de cided to accept Uie ••Triangle" plana after both sets had been examined by himself, a committee from tihe Roval • Fire Company, Fire Chief John C. , Kindler and Assistant Fire Chief Ed ! ward C. HaJbert. Lloyd will prepare the specifications at once ami contractors, within a week or ten days, will be asked to submit bids for the erection of the new fire house. KREIDER PLANS B!G PLANT Congressman Negotiating Here and In Lebanon for Inducements for Set ting Up $2,500,(MN) Enterprise Congressman Aaron S. Kreider, of : Aunville. who operates shoe factories in ; that place, Middletown, Palinvra and j hlizabethtown, is considering establisb | ing a big new manufacturing and dis ! tribnting plant and sftys he will put it either in Harrisburg "or in Lebanon. His decision, it is understood, depends ! on the inducements offered by the re : spective cities. The Congressman stated inducements | have been offered him by Lebanon and | he also is seeking to learn what Htir- I risburg has to offer. In addition to the manufacturing | companies located near here, there are i distributing agencies in New York, ] Pittsburgh, Chicago and St. I,nuis. the controlling interest being owned by Mr. Kreider. It is his plan, he .ays, to combine all of these units into one central company with a capitalization of $2,000,000 or $2,500,000. j The site selected for the new plant will be fi distributing center for all of the present plants, whic,h will be I maintained where they are now, and, in j addition, will he .a cutting center for soles and for the manufacture of what [ is known as ''turned shoes," barefoot sandals and boy scout shoes, the pres ent plants not having the facilities for ; the manufacture of these in sufficient | numbers. MUST FACE ANOTHER TRIAL Mrs. Florence Carman, Alleged Slayer of MTS. Bailey, to Be Tried Sec ond Time for Murder By Associated Press. Freeport, N. Y. f Feb. I.—After a conference last night with William Bai ley, whose wife was shot and killed in the office of Dr. Edwin Carman in this : village on June 30, District Attorney ; Lewis J. Smith, of Nassau county, an nounced that Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman is to be placed on trial again, accused of the murder. The first trial last October resulted in a disagreement and since Mrs. Car man has been at liberty on a bond of $25,000. District Attorney Smith in ! his announcement stated that he would ; try to have the second trial started at j the regular term of court in Mineola ! in May or early in Jnne. Mrs. Bailey, whose home was in Hempstead, was consulting Dr. Carman professionally in his office, which was in his home here, on the night of June 30, when some one on the lawn broke ; a pane of glass in a window, thrust in a pistol and fired one shot. The bullet killed Mrs. Bailey. WATER WAGON REDUCES FINES But $54 Collected in Police Court lur ing Month of January The New Voar's water wagon has de- ] creased the city's revenues to such an! extent that the month of January, when ; that vehicle has the greatest number | of passengers, will break a record in | the police department. But $54 in fines was collected in police court during the i month.' The number of arrests will likely . prove to be a record-ibreaker, also. As against the usual average of 180 arrests per month, the police docket shows but 139 arrests, and during the month there were fourteen arrests made in Harris bung for other cities. The previous lo>w month in the matter of fines collected was during former Mayor Meals' ad ministration, when but S6O was col lected. BLOCKED TROLLEY TRAFFIC Man Stood on Track In Market Square Until Removed By Policeman A man, who gave his name as D. A. Kelly, had to be moved from the trol ley track in Market square at 11.43 o'clock Saturday by Policeman Graham to allow the cars to depart without bowling him ovtsr, according to a report made to Chief of Police Hut chison. Kellv stationed himself on tho track and refused to move or listen to reason and the policeman was obliged to lock him up, the report continues. He was given a hearing this afternoon by May or Royal. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1915 12 PAGES. DROPS DEAD 111 A : BILLIARDS mi > I ___ • R. R. Van Tine, of Bar ■ bar Asphalt Com pany, Succumbs in Holtzman's Store f j : STRICKEN AFTER [ MAKING "RUN" *: ~~~~ I Falls Backward From the Table and 1 ! Breathes His Last in Three Minutes —Widely Known in Harrisburg Through Business Activities Here I • R. R. Van Tine, traveling represent - . aitive of the Barber Asphalt Company, '.of Philadelphia, dropped dead at 1.40 jo dock this afternoon while playing > billiards with another traveling man in | the 'Holt/man billiard rooms, 323 Mar | ket street. j The men had been playing scarcely i twenty-five minutes when Van Tine, 'who had ju&t finished a short "run," i reeled and fell backward to the BOOT. ! He became unconscious almost iramodi j ately and in three minutes died. Dr. M. j L. Wolf or. I pronounced him dead and ji'oroner Jacob Eckinger permitted his j body to be removed to the undertaking | establishment of R. K. Spicer, 313' Wal nut street, to await the orders from the . | family. j Joseph Cunkle. of Hollidaysburg, • j with whom Van Tine was playing the ' j game, has known the Ph'iladelphian in ■ timately for a long time. He inrmedi t : ately phoned to the Philadelphia office I :of the Barber Company. Officials there | wiW communicate with the family. Van ' Tine was about 50 years eld and is | ! survived by his wife and one son. Van Tine stopped in Harrisburg this ' 1 morning on the way to Lewiatown | where he was to meet the Council this | | evening to discuss a paving project. When he entered the billiard room he told an attendnrt not to let him [day longer than 1.4 S ci as ftp had an appoint meat in the Common weal t'h hotel before the time for the tra.in to start for Lewistown. The game of bil Hards was almost fin ished when he was suddenly stricken. He had been traveling to Harrisburg for a number of years and was widely known among city officials here through his business activities. He was known as one of the most exjiert billiard play ers who ever played in this citv. CHARGES WIFE WITH CRUELTY Man Who Lost Leg in Accident Says She Made His Life Intolerable Alleging that his wife many times | gave him black eyes, threw knives, the rolling pin and other household articles at his head and otherwise made his life burdensome, Ralph E. Spink, of Steel ton. this morning began a divorce suit against Lulu Syink, setting up the charge of "cruel and barbarous treat ment." Spink is a Pennsylvania Railroad telegrapher and n son of the late Cap tain A. B. Spink, of Steelton. He lost hrs one leg in an accident several years ago. In his petition to the court, 1 through which the divorce suit is start ed, Spink alleges that his wife "offered j ; such indignities to the person of your ! petitioner as to rentier hia condition in-! tolerable and life burdensome and 1 thereby forced him to withdraw from ! his home anil family and by cruel ami | barbarous treatment hath endangered your petitioner's life." ALLEGED ELECTION CROOKS Mayor Roberts and Others Will Be Tried March 8 Jty Associated Press, Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. I. Holding that the federal government has juris- , , diction over election machinery, Judge ' : Anderson in the United States District ; Court, here to-day overruled the demur- | ' rer filed by Donn M. Roberts, Mayor i | of Terre Haute, and twenty-six others, i to the indictment charging them with ! conspiring to corrupt the election of j November 3, 1914, in Terre Haute. March 8 was the date fixed for the trial ; after the twenty-seven bad been arraigned and all pleaded not guilty. The defense asked for March 8 at the request of Representative A. O. Stah of Henderson, Ky., chief counsel, who did not want to begin the trial until after the adjournment of Con gress on March 4. < CHARLES E. RIPPER INJURED Confined to House by Fail on Ice-Cov ered Sidewalk Charles E. Ripper, foreman of the Star-Independent composing room, is confined to his home, 25 South Fif teenth street, on account of injuries re ceived in a fad 1 on an icy sidewalk at Twelfth and iM'arket streets early Fri day evening. He suffered a slight concussion of the brain and a badly contused back. His condition was somewhat improved to day. Dr. Dubs' Condition Critical Bishop Rudolph Dubs, who has been for some time confined to his home, 226 Harris street, was late this afternoon said to be in a critical condition, with no evidences of improvement. DOES THIS KIND OF WEATHER MAKE YOU QROUCHY? THINK OF THE SOLDIERS AT THE FRONT IN EUROPE! ' ''' ■■■l ■■MMHI ill iin in r ipr it fi riill' ili Fff n iiMi? f j! 1.-gi: i,l -rf ' ■ ■ ... . ii , i i , ===j OUHVKIUUT. UV NEW I'OUK IIRR Alii CO. A French Territorial Soldier Guarding a Road. This sketch, drawn specially for tbis newspaper, the New York Herald and the I/ondon Sphere, bv Paul Thirtat shows a soldier of the French territorial army, which is the counterpart of the (Jerman landsturm. He is a uian of more than forty years, a peasant, a prosperous fanner, who hat. left behind his family, his home and his farm, and has changed, without affectation or sadness, bis plough for a rifle to save his beloved soil. He Is oue characteristic of this war, as seen from the French side. WHEAT UP TO $1.5? BUSHEL The Smashing of High Record War Prices Continued in the Chi cago Market To-day By Associated Press, i Chicago, Feb. 1. —-Smashing of high record war prices continued to-day in i the wheat market here. On top of an I advance last week ranging from 7 J ,.. to j 8% quotations to-day jumped as much 1 i\s 2'/« at the very outset, May delivery , selling at $1.54 a bushel, as agaiust $1.51% when the market closed Satnr day. , Increasing urgency of Kuropean de mand for wheat was indicated by a de- I cided fresh upturn in prices at Liver i pool. Before midday another cent a bushel and more had been added to the value of wheat, May delivery rising to $1.55 3-8. Upwards of 5 cents a bushed had j been added to wheat by noon, May sell ing then at $1.57. Profit taking led to something of a , setback in prices near the close. It J was a nervous finish, with May at $1.56% and the market as a whole 2% to 4% above Saturday night. NO RISE IN PRICE OF BREAD Large Chicago Concerns Ignore Proposal of the Master Bakers Uy Associated Press. Chicago, Feb. I.—There will be no immediate advance in Dread from five to six cents a loaf, it was announced to-day, as a result of the stand taken by large baking concerns which declin ed to Bupjiort the proposal of the Mas ter Bakers' Association. Since the larger bakeries have not raised prices, the smaller batteries, it was pointed out, must meet the com petition and tho price maintained. Rep resentatives of several of the largest baking establishments said tliero would be no advance in prices for several days yet, if at all. Tho high price of flour brought about the threatened advance in bread prices. Kaiser Suffers From a Chill London, Feb. 1, 3.15 A. M.—A dis patch to the ''Daily News" from Co penhagen Bays: "Kmperor William suffered from a chill owing to the se vere weathei. He will remain in Ber lin until the weather is more favor able." ffl IBS BLOCK POST AT BELFAST German Submarines Play Havoc Among Merchant Ships Off Havre and in Irish Se^a FIVE VESSELS ARE TORPEDOED I ; Three British Merchantmen Fall Vic tims to Deadly Aim of German Submarine U-21 and Are Sent to the Bottom of the Sea London, Feb. 1, 12.37 P. M.—Once again British interest, in the military ! activities on the continent lias been overshadowed momentarily by the fact that Germany has brought the com,bat to Great Britain's front door. What is regarded here as tho new German pol icy of a submarine blockade of Brit ish ports is temporarily effectual at least in the case of' Belfast where all lines have been suspended. The Liver pool authorities, however, announce that 110 interruption in the trade of that port is contemplated. The two British merchant steamers torpedoed by the Germans off Havre are the largest commercial vessels that have as yet fallen victims to German submarines; the three ships sunk in the Irish Sea were all small coasters. The belief expressed yesterday that the raider could not remain for more than a few hours in waters so far re moved from his base has been exploded by the news that the mail steamer Leinst-er encountered a German subma rine off Dublin on Sunday, 24 hours after the sinking of the three coasters. Therefore it would probable that the raider renewed his supplidb of food and fueJ from tho coaster Linda Blanche before sending her to the bot tom. Steamers Being Held in Port Belfast, Fob. 1, Via London, 9.48 A. M.—The reports of tho German sub marine activity in the Irish Sea fol lowed by tho sinking last Saturday of three British merchant steamers by the German under sea boat U-21 ha# cre ated a deep impression in shipping cir cles in Belfast. Nine steamers which Coatlaued on Blcveatfc Pace. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY Heavy lighting has been resumed along the Warsaw front in Poland, aft er a long period of comparative inac tivity. An official communication from Petrograd describes battles along the Vistula, near Borjimow, where, it is said, the Germans were dislodged with bayonets from trenches they had cap tured, two companies of their soldiers being almost annihilated. The Oermans lator undertook an attack upon the Rus sian advance trenches and succeeded in gaining one position. The Russian occupation of Tabriz, Northern Persia, unofficially reported last week, it announced to-day by the Russian war office, which says that the Turkish army in that vicinity was put in flight. A dispatch from Athens states that Greece is engaged actively in military Continued on tilevenlh I'Hge. KAISER SHOWS GRATITUDE FOR GALLANT WORK OF LANDWEHR Berlin, via Amsterdam and Lon don, Feb. 1, 9.58 A. -M.—Kmperor Wil liam in a speech to :i landwher bat taii(Ai made before it left general field headquarters, said: "I i'.ongra.tulwte you comrades. Your wish to go to the front has boon ful filled. I thank vou for the good work you did here. I am very much satisfied with you for \ know what my landwehr is worth. Everywhere the landwehr has fought splendidly. It did so in the <'a«t and recently in the Vosges it was tdie landwehr who, with the boldest bravery and contempt for danger, stormed an important height, throwing the enemy off. Behave likewise com rades. 'My wishes accompany you." Afterward the Kmperor learned the battalion was leaving fdr a place near the Crown Prince's army. If« again add/eased the men, saying: "Give- my salutations to my son." Kaiser and His Chief Confer Berlin, By Wireless to London, Feb. 1, 9.22 A. \M. —Emperor William on Sunday had a long conference with General Erich Von Falkenliayn, the chief of staff of the German army. THREE KILLED AT CROSSING Watchman and Occupantß of Sleigh Meet Instant Death B.i/ Associated Press. Beaver Falls, Pa., Feb. I.—Lorettie Bcntile, a crossing watchman, early to day attempten to stop a sleigh in which Lintei Barstili and Guizeppi Farioli were trying to pass in front of a fast Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne a;id Chicago railroad train »t New Gallilee, near here. The sleigh was struck by the train and the three men instantly killed. POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE GENT. DESPERATE FIGHTIN6 ON THE VISTULA | Russians Claim Suc cesses Over Germans in Battles on Left I Bank of River ; KAISER'S TROOPS SEASONED MEN ; Russians Officially Announce the Occu pation of Tabriz, Persia—Turks Lost Four Field Guns, Provisions, Munitions and Many Prisoners j Petrograd, Feb. 1. — A communica ! tion issued late last night by the gen ! oral stair of the Russian army reports j some further progress in East Prussia | and desperate fighting on the left bank ]of the Vistula, in the region around jßorjimow the Russians claim to have j recaptured a trench lost to the Germans jon the preceding uay and declare that j counter attacks of the Germans were re j pulsed everywhere except in one of tiie ! Russian saps, which the Germans cap ' tured. The statement follows: "In the forests to the north of Gum binnen and Pillkellen our troops cou ! tiuuing the conflict, have made progrejs ! at some points. Desperate Combat Saturday "Onjthe left bank of the Vistula on i January 30 a desperate combat was tin : dor way. In the region of Borjimovr the Germans, who had captured one of our trenches on the preceding day, we e ; attacked by us i