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.
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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"
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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!
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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."
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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<fter night fall. After
| an extreme tenacious struggle we sue
| courted w'.th tttfT'aiii of a bayonet charge
jin tlislgdging th£ enemy from t.ho
I trencli. 1 Wc almost annihilated two e.i
tire companies of Germans, capture!
three oflicers anil more than sixty sol
diers and also took a rapid firing gun.
"In the course o fthe day the enemy
made a new attempt to drive us from
• our advanced trendies but was overy
; where repulsed, after a bloody struggle,'
except in one of our saps, where soma
elements of the enemy succeeded in es
tablishing themselves.
"An examination of prisoners dis
j closed the fact that the Germans in
: their attack of tlie 28tli upou a purt
j of our trenches at Borjimow had cm
! ployed four regiments of infantry, soma
lof which were composed of seasoned
men.
Silence German Cannon
"Our artillery oil the left bank of
, the Vistula continued to shell the posi-
CantlmM»<t on Mnth I'asr.
; FRENCH TORPEDO BOAT NO.
219 SUNK OFF NIEUPDRT
I Berlin, Feb. 1, By Wireless to Say
! ville.—Reports to tho Overseas News
| Agency from Paris say that the French
j torpedo boat 219 has beeu sunk off
Nieuport, Belgium.
It iB reported also through the »arae
source that German aeroplanes have
succeeded in throwing some bombs on
the Krench town of Bailleul, nine miles
east of Mazebrouck and near the Bel
gium frontier.
Berlin, Feb. I, By Wireless to Say
villc.—Official dispatches receivod in
Berlin to-day from Constantinople an
nounce that the Turkish fleot on Jan
\iary 26, successfully shelled a Russian
military place on the west coaet of the
Black Sea.
U. S. Cruiser Off Port Au Prince
By Associated PresH.
Washington, Feb. I.—The cruiser
Montena with 600 marines, gathered
from the Atlantic fleet at Guanbanamo,
has taken station off Port au Prince,
Haiti, for the protection of American
interests there.
Under Knife for Appendicitis
Ijawrence Hartma.ii, 15 years old,
370 Pine street, Steelton, was operated
on at the Harrisburg hospital yester
day for appendicitis. His condition
was much improved this morning and
his early recovery is looked for.
WALL STREET CLOSING
By Associated Press.
New York, Feb. I.—Active issues
like Reading and Amalgamated, which
were in steady demand, sent prices
higher in the final hour. U. S. Steel
sold at 4«. The closing was strong.
Stocks rallied 1 to 2 points to-day hut
lost from last Saturday's clesing. Ad
vances in finished steel products and
copp.T were helpful factors.