THE WEATHER PAIR TO-NIOHT AND TO-MORROW Detailed Report. Pace • SSWfSE™ VOL. 77—NO. 58. LYNCH ASSERTS WON TUBE" Frames Resolution That He Plans to Introduce To-day Attacking Royal's Motives ROW IS ABOUT MENT Republican Commissioners Prepare to Vote For Mayor's Project and Then to Call on Him to Prove That it Isn't Impracticable Characterizing Mayor Royal's pro posal to put the unemployed men of the city at work oil public improvements, as "one more of his numerous efforts for political buncombe only," City Commissioner Lynch gave out to-day the text of a resolution which he said lie projiosed to introduce at one special meeting of the City Commissioners tvheduled to be held late this afternoon to deal with the unemployment prob lem. Commissioner Lynch (-aid. in advance of the meeting, that it was the plan of the Republican Commissioners to vote favorably on the Mayor's resolution in troduced vesterday and 011 which ac tion was post]>oned until to-dav, and then to submit the resolution in which Hie attack of the Mavor's motives is made in the language quoted above. The Mayor's resolution call's on l.vni'li and Harry F. Bowman, who are < ommi*sioners of Highways and Public Safety, respectively, to start work at once 011 city improvements. Mr. Gor gas, Commissioner of Finance, offered to second the measure yesterday but further action upon it wa« delayed un til late to-day at the suggestion of the ■Republican members of Commission. The resolution which Mr. Lynch said lie wc-uld offer to-day, after the contem plated passage of the (Mayor's measure, is as follows: The Lynch Resolution " Whereas, The resolution .just adopt ed directs the Superintendent of Parks, streets and Public Improvements and Public .Safety (Messrs. Taylor. Lynch and Bowmau) to proceed at once with 'contemplated improvements,' etc., so ;is to relieve the presenlt distress of a large number of worthy and able-bodied citlaens now out of employment; there fore, '•Resolved, That the Superintendent of Public Affairs and the Superintend ent of Accounts and Finance, (Mayor '1 toy a I and <Mr, Uorgas) the authors of said resolution, be and they are hereby lespeetfully requested to submit to C-ounvi 1 at their earliest convenience a list of 'the contemplated im))rovements, such as park improvement, laying of sewers, grading of streets and the lav ing of water pipes,' that may be legaliy proceeded with at once, as said resolu tion directs; and "Resolved, That if the authors of said resolution meant by 'contemplated improvements' public work that has not already been authorized by ordinance, as the words would naturally imply, they submit to Council as early ns prac ticable what ' contemplated improve ments' may be so made, whether the vork shall be done by t'he (Superintend ents of Parks and Public Pro|>erty, Streets and Public Improvements, and Public Safety, respectively, on force ac < ount, or by contract as tfhe law directs, and from what appropriations hereto fore made and cost of said 'contem plated improvements' shall be paid; and '• Resolved That a failure on the part of the authors of said resolution to submit a feasible plan w hereby t'he said 'contemplated improvements'" may be legally made ait once, as directed, shall be construed as indicating tihat they know that such improvements could not Continued on Slnth I'agt. MAYOR RULES LYNCH RESOLUTION OUT OF ORDER When the City Commissioners met for the special session, beginning at 3 o'clock this afternoon, the Mayor's resolution was [Kissed unanimously, as the Republicans had entered an agree ment among fheinsalves to vote for it. Then the Lynch resolution, attacking the Mayor, was read. The Mayor, how ever, ruled that it was out of order, saying the various heads of <liepart ments referred to in his own resolution already know what improvement work they can do. The Lynch resolution, therefore, did not come to a vote. It vrtLa generally coneded that the Mayor scored heavily in the tilt against his Republican colleagues. The meet ing then was take® up for a time with a discussion of what improvement work can be undertaken ait once. The Mayor, in answer to the charge of " political biincomvbe," said that he had no political motives in introducing his resolution but was prompted solely by a itiesire to help the unemployed. f, : iJm&f -ift ■ V '■ " \-r ; ? ; ? fflje Stat- Jtikpeitktii MEEDEHTO DIEGTBAUKSLOSS Arthur J. Hoverter in Jail But It Is Now Said That No More Arrests Are Likely 2 NOTE-HOLDERS WILL MARE GOOD Doubt, However, Whether Stockholders Will Put Up Needed Money—lf They DQ Not Do So Receiver Will Likely Be Appointed 'Lebanon, Pa., Feb. 10.—The stock holders of fhe First National Bank of Sellaefferstown in town meeting to-day were'told that they must raise $41,000 in order to save t'lic bank from being wi; e*l out as fhe result of the opera tions of Alvin Binner, the cashier, who committed suicide last Saturday. This sum, it was stated by Uriah B. Horst president of the bank, is neces sary if the institution is to be reopened for business. It was stated that there is no assurance that t'he $41,000 rep resents the total loss of the bank. Failure of fhe ba.nk officials to give tlie assembled stockholders anything definite in the way of figures covering the loss or complete information as to the manner in Which the loss was fus> tained caused a majority of the stock holders to withhold their assent tha't they put u]) money at once. A few of the stockholders, represented by the directorate, pledge themselves to sub scribe funds. President Horst, who was made chair man of the stockholders' meeting, in explaining the condition of the bank, said that fhe $ 11,000 required to re open the bank were debit accounts of three men named by the suicide cashier in bis last note to his wife awl chil dren. He expressed belief that not one cent could be realized from A. J. Hoverter, Lebanon life insurance agent, who is now under arrest and in jail on a charge of aiding Binner in misap propriation of $18,582.12 by means of bad checks. Two Note Holders Will Make Good r>. B. Kiefer. a Middletown cattle dealer, he declared, wns considered good tor all of the $12,000 which he owes and Irwin Horst, the Sclmefferstown cigar manufacturer ami tobacco dealer, is looked upon as certain to pav every penny of his SIO,OOO accounts. The Kiefer and Hor.-tf accounts with the $15,000 represented by Binder's bondsmen, he painted out, would eventually reduce t'he present deficit of SII,OOO to but $4,000, but the wholo of the deficit is demanded at this time in order to save the bank. As it is there is every prospect of the Treas ury Department having a receiver ap- Continued on .\lnth P an . HERSHIUMWERAL. LEARNS NIECE IS DEAD Chocolate King, Returning From Burial of Chauffeur Killed by Auto, Is In formed of the Death of Mrs. J. B. Leithiser (.Special to the Star-Independent.) Hershev, p a ., Feb. 10.—M. S. Her shey, the millionaire Chocolate King, this morning canceled all business en gagements anil attended the funeral of Ira Kohr, his chauffeur, who was killed in an automobile accident early Satur day morning. Services were held both at the Kohr home here and in Hum melstown. On his return from the funeral Mr. Hershey received the news of the death ot his niece, Lorine, the wife of J. B. Leithiser. Mr Leithiser for years has been general manager of the Hershey Improvement Company and as such has charge of all the building operations in and about Hershey. The Leithiser home is a beatuiful brownstone dwell ing situated in the eastern section of Hershey and almost directly opposite the millionaire Chocolate King's man sion. Heart trouble, from which Mrs. Leit hiser suffered for many months, was the cause of her death. She was 46 years old. Before her marriage she was Miss Lorine Hershey, her father and M. S. Hershey being brothers. Besides her husband, Mrs. Leithiser leaves one daughter, Miss Margaret. The funeral services will be held at the home on Saturday morning at 9.15 o 'clock, with the Rev. Mr. Kroft and the Kcv. H. L. Linebaugh officiating. Further services will be held in a Road ing Lutheran church of which Mrs. Leithiser was a member. Interment will be made in Reading. So great wa<s the crowd that attend ed the funeral services of the nhauffeur that persons were turned away from the Hummelstown church and others re mained on the outside. William Leib keicher, general manager of the iller shey Chocolate Company, and E. M. Hershey, the attorney, who was with Koihr on the fatal auto trip, were sir.ong those at the funeral. Burial was in # the Hummelstown cemetery. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1915 12 PAGES. IS. snow HAS THIEF PHRSHED Wife of State Official Gives Alarm From Front Street Apart ments BURGLAR KNOCKS DOWN JANITOR Then Flees Toward the River Bank as Custodian of Building Fires Two Revolver Shots After the Fugitivo in the Early Morning A suspicious looking man was s£en standing in the shadow of the Front street apartments, 1909 North Front street, at 4.40 o'clock this morning by Mrs. F. Herbert Snow, wife i>f the chief of the Bureau of Engineers of the Public Service Commission, who live.* in that building. The stranger was gfix ing into one of the lower windows as if making plans to enter as a sneak thief. Mrs. Snow raised an alarm and the assistant janitor, Leonard Hains, aft?r suffering a blow from the list of the supposed thief, fired two shots at him as he fled toward Front street and dis appeared along the river bank. Stories oif recent burglaries in vari ous parts of the city made Mrs. Snow suspicious when she saw the strange man near the building and she tele phoned to the janitor, William Jack son. His son-in-law, Hains, w"ho act* in the capacity of assistant janitor, n ceivetd the messuge and seizing hi* re volver made his way to the pltu'e diesig nated by Mrs. Snow. Haius surprised the man and leveling his revolver ordered the trespasser to raise his hands. The man complied with the request but nn instant later struck Hains on the face, felling him. Then the thief fled toward the river bank. Recovering his feet Hans opened Are and sent two bul'lets after the fust disappearing man. Neither shot, apparently, took effect anid the man made his escape. The would-be thierf was described to the police as a white man, with moustache, about six feet tall, wearing a long black overcoat and black derby hat. The police reserves were sent and searched the neighborhood but no trace of the dißturber was fonnd. MINE MlM_ KILLS TWO Lebanon County Workers Crushed to Death This Horning When Caught in a Fall of Rock (Special to the Star-Independent.) Lebanon, Pa., Feb. 10.—Two Leba non countians, Christian Long, 60 years old, and his neighboi, Harry Min nich, 24, both "tuners, living in In wood, were killed to-day in the Lincoln coal colliery, near Pinegrove, just north of the Lebanon county limits. The men were at work at pillars in the mines, when a great quantity of loose rock fell and buried them. Both were terribly crushed. George Wolf, who worked beside the men, narrowly escaped death. Long and Minnich were held in high esteem throughout the northern end of Lebanon county The bodies were brought to tLe homes at Inwood and are being prepared for burial. An in vestigation by the State mining inspect ors will be made later. Long is survived by a widow and (Minnich by a widow and six children. WATEU CO. WINS AGAIN Judge Seibert, in Final Decree, Up holds the Camp Hill Rates A final decree dismissing the appeal of George C. Gochenauer and other Camp Hill citizens, who through court action sought to restrain the Kiverton Consolidated Water Company from in creasing its water rates in Camp Hill, has been filed by Judge W. N. Seibert, of the Perry county courts, who spe cially presided at tilie several hearings in the case, which were held in Cum berland county. A tentative decision, having a like effect, was filed by the Chancellor some weeks ago, and exceptions filed to that, the court, in its latest decree, has dis allcwed. The court directs that judg ment be entered in favor of the water company. This closes the controversy between the Camp Hill citizens and the water company, in so far as the Cumberland county court is concerned, yet it will be [Kjssible to appeal to the Supreme Court from the decisions of the county court. AGED TEAMSTER INJURED Two Wheels of Wagon Pass Over Him In Accident at Enola Peter Miller, 70 years old, a team ster at Enola, wns knocked from the seat of his wagon on one of the Enola hills at 11 30 o'clock this morning, two wheels of *e wagon passing over hint. He was auaiitted to the Harrisburg hospital, but little hope is held out for his recovery as he suffers from serious internal injury. Miller was hauling a load of furni ture which, it is said, was not securely packed. While descending one of the hills the load shifted and knocked the ai;ed man forward from his seat to the road, directly in front of the wheels, two of which passed over his abdomen. WITH THE FAMOUS ALPINES " J In- Alpines of the French army, who nre known for their brave fighting, have borne the brunt of the heavy fighting in ttie Vosges Mountains, where the French have gained much ground. In the above illustration is shown a battalion of Alpines held in readiness during a battle in the Vosges. In the other scene a French supply coluniE attached to tbe Alpine infantry is seen passing through a village in the mountains. URDUS HE (OLDS IP BIKER In Pistol Battle One of Two Looters Is Shot to Death in Cincin nati Holdup r CASHIER GETS DROP ON VICTIM Official Grabs for Revolver as He Is Ordered to Hold Up Hands and Cursues Thief Who Darts Out of In stitution With Money By Associated Press. Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 10. —A pistol battle between Cashier William Cross, of the Mohawk German Banking and Savings Company, of this city, and two men who attempted to rob the bank to-day resulted in the death of one of the robbers. Cross was uninjured, although the robbers fired when within a few feot of him and when he made a grab for his pistol after being ordered to fchrow up his hands. The robbers jfrabbod a handful nf bills and darted through the door. Cross followed, tiring, and one of the men dropped with a bullet in him. The other robber was caught in a cellar not far from the bank and witih him was found the stolen money, about S7OO. He gave his name as William H. Patterson, of Covington, Ky., and said that he knew the dead robber only as '' Marks.'' FARMER ENDS LIFE WITH ROPE Found Hanging With Strap Looped About His Throat Lebanon, Feb. 10.—Amos Tobias, aged 58 years, a wealthy retired farmer of Mt. Nebo, ended his life yesterday morning by hanging. He left his home at 9 o'clock, telling his wife that he was going to water the cattle and fif teen minutes later Mrs. Tobias, while entering the barn to secure feed for the chickens, was shocked when she found her husband's almost lifeless body hanging from a harness rack, a leather strap forming a loop about his throat that caused death by strangulation. Tobias was breathing his last when his wife found him. She ran to the house for a knife and when she return ed cut down the body, but she was too late to save her husband's life. Count Boni Again in Limelight Paris, Feb. 10, 5.50 A. M.—The Rcta tribunal has rejected Count Boni I)e C'astellane's suit for the annulment of his marriage to Anna Gould, now the Duchess of Talleyrand, according to a special dispatch from Rome. Argu ments in the third trial of the case were closed yesterday, after wihich the court Announced its decision. WOMEN GIVING FOR GERMAN IRON RINGS First Supply of Symbols Received in This City Is Nearly Exhausted After Three Days—Funds Will Aid Teuton War Sufferers Since the first supply in this city of iron rings to be sold for the benefit of widows and orphans in Germany and Austria-Hungary was received on Mon day by E. Moeslein, 422 North street, more i than a hundred have been pro cured by persons in this city and vi cinity anxious to aid the war sufferers. The rings arc to be given out in ex change for not less than $2 each, or for gold in the form of rings, bracelet.} and so forth. One woman sacrificed a gold band ring and a gold pin of value, while many others arc giving gold rings, in the place of which they are wearing the iron ones. Men are giving $5 and $lO for single specimens of the iron rings. The names of all contributors are listed by Mr. Moesloin, the president of the local German aid society, and each person will receive a recipt direct from the central headquarters, to which Mr. Moeslein report's. Men and women are making special trips to this city from other places to procure iron rings, and the first supply here is now nearly exhausted. Another lot has been sent for and will arrive in a few days. Consignments of the rings have been sent around t'he country from the na tional headquarters only within the last 1 few days, and persons who procured specimens Monday in this city were among the first in the country to wear the symbols. The funds raised bv the distribution throughout the United States will be used to relieve starva tion among widows and orphans left destitute in Germany and Austria- Hun gary by the first half year of the war. BODY RiDDLEDWITH BULLETS White Man Charged With Staying Con stable Is Taken From Jail and Lynched Mayfleld, Ky. ( Feb. 10. —Thomas Tinker, white, who it is charged, shot and killed Constable Richard Tart, was taken from the county jail here last night and lynched. His body was then riddled with bullets. The lynching was done by fifty or more men who rode in from the north part of the county, where the shooting of the contable took place. Some of the men were masked. Arriving in town the band of lynch ers went directly to tho jail, where they demanded that 'tinker be given over to them. Jailer Douplin saw the futility of resistencc, it is said, and - the men took Tinker from the jail and hanged him to a tree on the southside of the court house. The Shooting of Constable Tart oc curred Monday at Melbrey, where he and Constable Sk&ggs attempted to ar rest Tinker on a charge of housebreak ing. The constables no sooner informed Tinker that they had a warrant for his arrest, when it is alleged, that the lat ter opened fire and shot Tart. Tart died later in a hospital. Frigid Weather To-night The temperature in Harris'burg last night reached a minimum of 14 degrees and prospects are that conditions will not change much until to-morrow when the weather forecaster expects a slight increase. A minimum of 15 is forecast ed for to-night. MI LAW OURS KB Bill Introduced To-day in the House Prohib its the Use of Stick ers on Ballots ALL CANDIDATES TO FILE PAPERS Representative Adams Offers Measure Providing for Lincoln Tablet in the Capitol—Third Judgeship Bill Ad vanced Changing the present election laws so as to prohibit the use of stickers on ballots, to require each candidate to filo nomination papers and to increase the time from forty-two to forty-nine days iu advance of the primaries at which such petitions may be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, irf proposed in two bills introduced into the House this morning by Mr. Kitts, of Krie. The measure regarding the time for filing nomination papers applies to every candidate from President of the United States down to thie aspirant. to the smallest office, and includes also delegates to national conventions. If this measure 9hould become a law it would give candidates an additional week's notice of who his opponents are going to be in a primaries contest. Tax measures from the Legislative Reference Bureau, which have been sub ject to public inspection for some time and were prepared under an act passed at tho 1913 session of the General As sembly, were introduced. Third Judge Bill Advanced The bills codify the present tax measures and propose no new ones. Pour separate bills were introduced by Mr. McVicar, Allegheny, concerning boroughs; Mr. Roney, Philadelphia, tax ation; Mr. Stone, Bradford, corpor ation; Speaker Ambler, a general ro pealer of obsolete tax laws. The Rothernberger resolution pro hibitting tho House Appropriations Committee from taking trips of inspec tion to institutions seeking state aid was referred to the Appropriations Committee. Among the measures passed on first reading were the judgeship bill fath ered by Representative Nissley, of the Second district of I>auphiu, providing Continued on Eleventh I'age. Crew of Zeppelin Drowned By Associated Prett, Geneva, via Paris, Feb. 9, i 1.53 P. M.—The entire crew of a Zeppelin whicih has been missing for four days was ilrowned w*ben the airathip fell in the Nort'h sea off the coast of Den mark during a storm, it is reported at Friedrichsnafer. Details of the disas ter havo not been received. Increase in IT. 8. Steel Tonna&e New York, Feb. 10. —The unfilled tonnage of the U. S. Steel Corporation on January 31, totalled 4,248,571 tons, an increase of 411,9'2 , 8 tons over De cember. POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE OENT. GERMANSIN BATTLE LOSE THOUSANDS Six Days' Fighting in Front of Borjimow Reported Disastrous to Raiser's Troops 22 ATTACKS ARE MADE IN ONE DAY War Statement From Petrograd Gives Russians Victories in AU Recent Battles in the Eastern Zcne—Ger mans Abandon Many Dead Petrograd, Feb. 10.—The general ! staff oct' the J%uis-simi army has given out ' an official statement as follows: I "The Germans who gradually l:a« i been concentrating in East Prussia I with frovli troops, began a series ul | energetic reconnaissances and on Feb I rtiary 7 they opened offensive 0-pera i Hons, with considerable forces, in the ! district between Ilorzele and Johannes j burg. They undertook at the same time I active o>peTations on both wings of theii i front, in Kast Prussia. ' "In the vicinity of I>asdehnen. te ! the en-*t of Tilsia, we drove bat'k s ! German attack and succeeded in almost j completely annihilating one of the Her man battalions o-p-iKwed to us. Following : this encounter our cavalry moved for ward in the direction of Sicrpre, trav ; eling over the road to Bypin. Germans Abandon Doad ■ "On the left bank of the Vi.+tula. I during the day of February 8, the CIIO I my showed no signs of activity. Judg ing from the < orpses abandoned by tlx ; Germans in front of our positions, tlu-.v . would appe-ar to have lost in dead ano wounded 'several tens 'of thousands' o' 1 men in the six days lighting in front nl | Borjimow, Gouinine and Wola Szydlowi | eeks. I "In the Carpathians the fighting continues in the vicinity of Burtfelu jVind flvidnilt. The enemy here under ! look active operations, but they did not thus continue and they finally ro tiro I leaving prisoners in our hands. Ic the vicinity o-f Mount ljoupkow we con tinned our pursuit of the enemy and in I one day we captured 09 officers, 0,20 C | men and 18 machine guns. "German columns, having made thcii | way over the Tukolka Pass, delivered during the day of February 7, no fewei Cnntiuunl ou Ninth I'BEI LUTE WAR JOS SUMMARY i A battle which the Russian War Of fice describes as without precedent in history has occurred in Galicia, in the I course of the campaign for mastery ol j the . mountain . region which screen! northern Hungary front Russia. In a single day the German troops charged *23 times on a Russian position. They i msde their charges up a hill, in the fsce of artillery iire. Twice they gained possession of the heights, but, accord ing to the Russian statement, they were finally driven out with bayonets. The German losses are described as "ex cessively heavy." There is no infor mation on this phase of the situation • from German or Austrian sources. In the recent attack of the Germans on the Warsaw front, the Russian state ment says, their losses amounted to ! "tons of thousands." Another Russian victory is said tc i have been gained in Poland, where the Germans attacked the Russian forces. The Petrograd war office asserts that the Germans were driven back and that one of their battalions was almost an nihilated. i The official statements of to-day from Berlin and Paris say that there was no important fighting yesterday in Prance. The battle of the Carpathians, which is to decide whether the Russians will be able to force a way over the moun i tains and Invade Hungary or will b« driven back to the northward, apparent- Continued on Klevfuth Pair*. Germany's Warning to Neutrals Washington, Feb. 10.—Count Bern storff, the German ambassador, deliver ed to the State Department to-day a copy of the memorandum of the German foreign office amplifying the German admiralty's recent proclamation warn ing neutral ships not to enter the new war zone around Great Britain and Ireland. Russians Marching Into Hungary Geneva, Via Paris, Feb. 10, 5.05 A. M.—The Russians are marching into 'Hungary bv the valleys of the Theiss and Ung rivers, according to advices received here. Taking the offensive at Korosmozo, they are said to have in flicted severe losses on the Austrians and advanced five miles in the direction of Borkut, in the Lyutta valley. WALL STREET CLOSING New York, Feb. 10.—Losses la Reading and Lehigh Valley were mate rially reducod in the late dealings, while specialties moved higher. The closing was firm. Persistent selling of coal Bhares, with steadiness in the lead ers and high record prices in specialties, constituted the main features of to day's stock market.
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