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.
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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.