THE WEATHER RAIN TO-NIGHT AND TOMORROW Detailed Report. Pace ( VOL. 77—NO. 62. MORE BONES OF MURDERED GIRL ARE FOUND TO-DAY BY WORKERS SIFTING CELLAR DIGGINGS IN HUNT FOR CLUE County Detective Wal ters Says He Will Seek to Learn Where abouts of Bessie Guyer.of Mechanics burg, Who, Dr. C. E. Ayres Says, Was Em ployed by the Physi cian in the Four teenth Street House But Went Away— More Hair and Razor Found CORONER SURE IT WAS MURDER Eckinger Makes First Public Statement Since Bones Were Unearthed on Friday —Turns Case Over to District Attorney and Says it Will Re quire Prolonged In quiry City Police Not Yet Called Into Investigation Investigation to day in the mystery surrounding the finding last Friday of the skiHoton of a young girl under the cellar ste)>s at 133 South Fourteenth street, included search for further in formation regarding all former oceu pants of tJie house and the sifting of the diggings from the cellar excavation in quest of clues to the identity of the victim. Workmen, under the direction of Coroner Eckinger, were engaged in clearing out the hole in its original proportions with the result that many more pieces of hones w are uncovered. Among the articles brought to light were -parts of a razor—a piece of a blade and a part of the handle. The Coroner this morning made his first public statement regarding the mystery. He said he is convinced that murder was done. He said the case will require long and diligent investigation and called on District Attorney Stroup for aid, saying he knew that the liar risbung police department does not have *at its command the funds with which to pursue the inquiry. To County Detective James T. Walters, attached to the District Attorney's office, was entrusted much of the work of the in quiry. Walters went to York today to in terview Dr. Charles K. Ayres, one of the former occupants of the house, at 133 South Fourteenth street. Coroner Eckinger is in charge of the workmen engaged in clearing out the hole in the cellar aJid has cautioned those doing the work not to talk of their discover ies. He has also cautioned the mem bers of the Stoner family, who now oc cupy the "mystery house," not to talk about the case or to permit any curious persons to view the hole in the cellar. Detective Walters returned here this nfternoon after interviewing Dr. Ayres in \ ork. The detective said: "Dr. Ayres told ine about living in the house and that he had a hired girl to take care of his two daughters, who were quite small at that time. She was Bessie Guyer, 15 years old, of Me chaniesburg. She left Dr. Ayres' em ploy to finish her schooling and he never saw her again. He had heard, how ever, that she married, but he did not recall to whom. I intend to learn whether this girl still is living." More of Victim's Hair Found Every bit of earth from the hole where the skeleton was found is being minutely examined to-day. By noon pieces of the vertebra, parts of the pel vis bone, the breast bones and some of tiie smaller bones of the fingers and the &l)c Star- Snkpcnknt hands had been added to the bones pre viously uncovered. It was noted to day the bone of one of the upper arms had been severed from the rest of the body which led the workmen employed on this gruesome task to believe that the body was cut up before it was bur ied. Another peculiarity of this hit of bane is that it is black, presumablv charred by fire, while the vertebrae are red-spotted like the rest of the bones uncovered on the first day. More parts of the skull were discovered to-day with another matted lwk of the chest nut brown hair. Bits of concrete, chicken feathers and some other miscellaneous tna tcrials were found in the dirt. These, the workmen bel'ieve, became mixed with the earth as the latter was being thrown in to make the grave. The cellar, so far as the authori ties have been able to determine, was cemented about 1896. Most of this ce ment has now all worn away in the cel lar. There is scarcely any indication that a cement surface had been there. The plumbers who uncovered the skeleton on Friday are doing the work for the coroner in cleaning out the hole. Charles Thomas, 126 South Thirteenth street, this morniug took three wheel barrow loads of the dirt from the hole add wheeled it to the workshop of C. R. Cashman, at the rear of 206 South Thirteenth street. At noon to-day he said he is convinced that he had the "old ditch" completely uncovered as the walls at the side of the hole are firm and do not look as if they ever had been disturbed by a pick or shovel. Murderer a Skillful Digger The work has been difficult as the plum Iters had to go through gravel aud small stones. Cashmau said he believed 'uc nwyderer used a digging iron as the **il - of the hole axe unusually straight. He was careful to get the proportions of the old hole and with the removal of the barrow loads of dirt this morn ing he is convinced he has reached the bottom of the '"grave." He believes a careful search of the excavated ma terial will bring to light everything that had been put in the hole. A wire screen of small mesh has been constructed and shovelfuls of the dirt from the hole are being thrown on the | screen and carefully washed away with Continued on Tenth I'aite. CUNNINGHAM RESIGNS AS DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL Relinquishes Post to Take Up Private Practice of Law, Despite Fact Gov ernor Urges Him to Stay at Higher Salary .Jesse E. B. Cunningham, Deputy At torney General oi the State since July 1, 1909, to-day tendered his resigna* tion of the office to Governor Brum baugh, who has accepted it to take ef fect on Marcih 1, next. Mr. Cunning hum's letter of resignation says: "I desire to express to you my sin cere appreciation of flhe honor you have done ine in requesting me to continue to serve in said oflice during your ad ministration, and to assure vou'that the sole reason for my resignation is a de sire upon my part to devote mv entire tune and attention to the general prac tice of the law in a private capacity." Governor Brumbaugh, in his letter accepting Mr. Cunningham's resigna tion. expresses much regret, but savs lie is obliged to accept it, "much as'it distresses me to do so." The Gov ernor t'hen writes: '' \on know that in frequent con ferenco I have urged you to remain in the service of the Commonwealth, and have even made it plain that 1 would gladly recognize your splendid public service by any advancement in salary or service at my command. Attorney General Brown has also, as you know, joined me in this appeal. " Your convincing argument that this is the opportune time for you to in augurate your long-cherished plans to take up for yourself the practice of Continued on Tenth I'age. LAWYERS TO DINE TO-NIGHT Seventeenth Annual Banquet of Bar As sociation at Harrisburg Club Seventy of the seventy-five members of the Dauphin County Bar Association have signified their intention of attend ing the seventeenth annual banquet of the association, wfliich will be held in the Harrisburg Club to-night, beginning at 6.30 o'clock. J. H. Shopp, the retiring president of the association, will be toast-master. Addresses will be ma.lo bv Jffhn K. Pox, A. E. Brandt, Phil S.' Mover, B. Frank Xead and Scott 8. 'Leiby. Judges Kunkel and McCarrell will be among the invited guests. The ban quet hall will be attractively decorated with cut flowers, palms and flags. On the committee of arrangements are Charles H. Bergner, John Fox Weiss and Job J. Conkliu. • HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1915 10 PAGES. Ml HIES mm WORKS, PMiraon Historic Plant, Estab lished in 1846, Pur chased To-day for Extension of Park COMPANY BUYS ANOTHER SITE Announces It Will Erect Big Modern Structure onNine-Acre Plot Situated Along the Railroad Just North of Cumberland Street The Capitol Park Extension Commis ( sion to-day made its largest purchase, from every point of view, when it took over the ( rcpe.rtv of the W. 0. llickok Manufacturing company, bounded by State and North streets, the Pennsyl vania railroad and Poplar street, at a purchase priee of $210,000. It will be razed in connection with the plan to extend Capitol l'ark. The i>roperty purchased contains alto gether three parcels, 717 North street; the northwest corner of State and Pop lar streets on which standi) the old Bay shoe factory ,at onV time used as a Capitol office building, extending through to North alley, and the large manufacturing plant extending from North street on the north to State street on the south, and from Canal street or the railroad on the cast to Poplar street on the west, i The parcels contain in all about two j and one-fourth acres. The property con j taius the extensive manufacturing plant I of the llickok Company and is consid- I ered to be one of the most advan tageous manufacturing sites in the city, particularly in view of the railroad facilities afforded. The purchase was made after very little conference. The commissioners considered that a purchase price of $2.50 a square foot for a property, in cluding the buildings covering such an extensive area, was fair to all con cerned. One-eighth of the Purchased Zone The purchase constitutes about one eightili of the total area to be purchased by the State. The entire area comprises twenty-nine city blocks, - covering twenty-nine acres, of which nine are Continued on Mnth I'nsr POSTOFFICE ROW |F ENDED Elizabethvillc Controversy Results in Its Being Moved Into Quarters in New Daniels Building (Special to the Star-Independent.) Eli/.abethville, l'a., Feb. 15.—The Elizabeth ville post office to-day was moved from the Eby property to the new building adjoining that was erect ed by W. J. Daniels, and with that change there came to a close a series of conferences in which Senator E. E. Beidleman, Congressman A. S. Kreider and the postal authorities in Washing ton, 1). C.. took part. The controversy arose over the Fed eral authorities' alleged failure to carrv out a contract made by a (>ostal in spector with Daniels in which it was agreed to move the postoffice to /the Daniels building upon its completion. After Daniels had gone to $3,000 ex pense to fit up o.oper quarters, he claimed that on December 1, the time the j>ostoffice was to have been moved, he was notified that his building was not wanted. The Senator and Congressmau then were prevailed upon to present the case to the Washington authorities. Robert Burns Lodge to Celebrate Robert Burns bodge, No. 464, Free anil Accepted Masons, will celeforate the forty-fifth anniversary of its institution on the evening of March 29. A com mittee of thirty-one, of which Frank C>. Fahnestock is chairman and Charles C. Scbriver is secretary, win arrange for the holding of the anniversary which will include a banquet and ad dresses by prominent Mason* of the State. Taft Will Lecture Here A lecture will be given in the Tech nical High school auditorium on Thurs day niijlit, April 15, by Ex-President William Howard Taft, according to an nouncement made here to-day. Professor Taft comes to this city at the invita tion of students of the Harrisburg Academy. The subject of. his lecture will be given later. IHOW ZEPPELINS COMMUNICATE WITH OUTSIDE WORLD Attn W Ik! 1 aSBS ■, /• jflfil ?ÜB§ i Mklßb■Pi" 5 Sot ■ ; ir -{ ; Bj< \ COPYRIGHT JJi N. X. U til ALU L'O. THE WIRELESS CABIN ON A ZEPPELIN. This picture, drawn specially for this newspaper, the New York lierald and the London Sphere by G. H. Davis, ibows the wireless equipment of a Zeppelin, The modern Zeppelin Is equipped with a wireless apparatus with h range of 120 miles. The aerial consists of 7SO feet of pho phor-bronze wire, which hangs from the airship with a plummet on the end, and when not in use Is wound arou id the wheel, seen in the Illustration. At night, when wire less waves are most efficient, a Zeppelin over England could easily communicate with the wonderful system of wire less stations in Germany. CONTENDS 5 WICONISCO BARS ARE UNNECESSARY No-License League Enters Protests Against Liquor Licenses Being Re newed—Fight Is Made Also on a Leukerville Bottler Johii Mackerfc, a beer bottler with an i establishment in ]Utukervllle, 011 the outskirts of M'illersburg, Upper I'axton township, is chary oil with violations of ' the liquor laws aJid the court is asked to reject his application for a renewal of his liquor license, in a bulky re ; monstrance filed by representatives of j the Dauphin County No-License League with I'rothonotary Henry F. lloller this | morning. Five other remonstrances also were tiled. These are 111 opposition to the [ five hotels in Wiconiaco township, j which are classed bv the remonstrants I as "drinking'' The proprietors 1 are mentioned as .T. 11. l'ontius, B. F. j Welker, Andrew Hoffman, John J. Mur- I phv and Kdmoud Umholtz. No specific j violations of the law are charged, the 1 petitions simply setting out that the I hosteiries are not necessary. 1 The Kev. Alfottl Keliey, who is heading the no-license movement, said ! this morning that the court will not be j asked to allow hearings in connection with the Wiconisco remonstrances, the ; plain being simply to give the court an idea of the opinion of the township residents and "let it go for what it is I worth." The Lcukerville bottler, the rcmon ! strants allege, has sold intoxicants to i minors and permitted beer to be drunk 1 at his place of business and a further j claim is that th" business is not a ne • cesslty. More than GOO persons have ■ attached their signatures to the re monstrance. Of those, 273 are Mil ! lersburg eletcors, 25 5 are Millersburg ; women. 75 are voters in Upper I'axton | township and 3 4 ane women in that I district. i To-morrow is the last day on which I remonstrances to liquor license applica i tions may be tiled, and it was said to j day that tour or five licenses will be opposed in papers to be filed with the i court to-morrow. The applications of , Harry F. Kckingcr, for the l'axtonja Inn, and Harry A. White, for the Ann Street hotel, Middletown, 'ire among those to which opposition will be ex pressed. It was said to-day that sev eral Harrisburg hotels are likely to be attacked. EXPLOSION KILLS TWO * Gasoline Engine Accident Makes Widow and Six Orphans By Associated Press. Heading, Pa., Feb. 15.—The explo sion of a gasoline engine on the farm of John Hallman, in Herford, this coun ty, to-day, resulted in the death of his 15-year-old daughter, Helen Viola Hall man, and of Mr. Hallman. Hallman leaver a widow and six children. It is thought that Hallman got too close to the gasoline tank with a match. Suddenly there was a terrific explosion and Hallman Bank to the ground with burns all over his body. His daughter was instantly killed and nearly all of her clothing' was burned from her body. BURGLAR ENTERS PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MS 139 Goes in Front Doors of Three Places After Picking "Burglar- Proof" Locks THE POLICE ARE AMAZED Cannot Understand How It Is Done Until They Try It and Accomplish Task in One Minute—Five Bob beries the Night's Record By removing the cylinders of so called " burglar-proof " locks n burglar, with expert knowledge of his calling, entered three places, one of which was the new SIOO,OOO Harrisburg Public Library, at Front and Walnut streets, last night and made away with more than $35, of Which S3O was taken from the library. The burglar entered the front door of the ilrug store at' Oroll Keller, 405 Murket street, and took $5.50 from the casti register. There he removed the cylinder from the front door lock and did not replace it, giving the police a clue to his manner of entrance. He also entered the front door of the store of John T. Ensminger, Jr., 214 North Second street. After ramsack the place and finding 110 money he took a telephone instrument with the coin box attached and deiparted. There, too, the cylinder of the lock was not re placed. After gaining entrance in the «amo way to the Harrisburg Public Library he went to the secretary's office and pried open a fire prooif case and took about S3O. He overlooked as 2 bill. The fact that the burglar boldly en tered the front doors of all three places, despite the supposed "burglar-proof" locks, floored 1 the police. They, how ever, tried out his method on a similar lock at Police Headquarters and found that it could be opened after a little more than one minute's work. It was so simple they laughed. Through the arrest c)f Richard Wil liams, a young colored man, by Patrol man McFarLand, in the store oi C. D. Stonesifer, 1303 Bailey street, at 10 Caattaae* ra Mitt Fan. PICKPOCKET DROPS EMPTY PURSES IN LETTER BOXES Mail Carriers Have Found Five in the Last Few Weeks—Two Were Drop ped in Box at Second and Walnut During Kreidler's Fire Excitement Finding pockct.books in street letter boxes lias recently gotten to be quite a common thing for city letter carriers, but the important part of the tind is tha here isn't any niouey in the pocket books. This leads to the supposition that some pickpocket lias stolen the purses, appropriates their valuable con tents and dropped them into the boxes to avoid being "caught with the goods." On the evening of the fire at tho Kreidler grocery, at Second and Wal nut streets, February 8, after the ex citement was over and the crowd had dispersed, a letter carrier on his rounds found two pocketbooks in the letter box on the corner in front of the store, leading to the surmiso that a pick pocket had been operating in the crowd at the fire and hail gotten rid of in criminating evidence by putting the pocketbooks in the box. One morning recently a letter carrier found a man waiting for him at a box in the upper part of the city, with the information that his pockefcbook was in the box and he wanted it. The carrier found a jioc-ketbook all right, but there was no money in. The contents consist ed of railroad tickets and passes. The man was told to ajvpear at the post ofiice and identify his property, which he did, and the pockefbook and papers were handed over to him. He was non-communicative as to how his pocketbook got iuto the letter box, but a little investigation on the part of those interested brought out the fa<:t that the man had been robbed in a house in the neighborhood, had discov ered his loss after he had gotten away and on returning to raise trouble was told where his [locketbook had beon dropjied. Then he beyan his lonely vigil on the box. The papers wero of value to him alone. Mail carriers report having found a total of five purses in letter boxes in the last few weeks. STILL AFTER VAST FORTUNE C. B. DeMin to Leave For Holland Soon to Claim Metzgar Estate * Further discussions toward securing the $500,000,000 belonging to the Metzgar Estate in South Holland took place yesterday afternoon when twenty five persons claiming themselves heirs to the Dutch general mot at 133 7 North Sixth street. The meeting was called for 1 o'clock by Norman Lichtenberger ami C. ft. DeMin, the latter of Philadelphia, who are after gotting all the heirs pos sible. It was stated at the Lichtenberger home, 1310 North Sixth street, yester day, that several more persons have taken out papers since the previous meeting to help in securing the fortune. It was further said the Dutch govern ment is waiting to pay the amount as soon as all the heirs have signed off. Mr. DeMin will leave on or about April 1 for Holland. h POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE CENT. AUSTRIANS RENEW FIGHT AT ANTIVARI Fleet Bombards Monte negrin Port and Aero planes Attack Palace of Ring Nicholas THE STRUGGLE IN BURG WIN A Decisive Battle in Northern Poland Looked For When the Retreating Russians Beach Positions on Which They Decide to Make Stand After a long period of inactivity, fighting between Außtria and Monte negro has been resumed. An Austrian fleet bombarded the Montenegrin port of Antivari and two Austrian aero planes attacked with machine guns the palace in which were King Nicholas and the other members of the Monte negrin royal family. Of the groat struggle in Poland, Galicia and Bukowina there is little new information. A decisive battle ia , Northern Poland is looked for when the retreating Russians reach positions on which they decide to make their stand. In Bukowina another important contest is in progress. The long drawu ■ struggle in the Carpathians shows no i sign of approaching an end. Both the Austrian and Russian war offices claim ! victories along this front German Comment on U. S. Note German newspapers continue to com ment on the American notes, some of them taking the stand that America's | representations to Great Britain are more vigorous than those to Germany. ! It is asserted that the fault is Eng land's on account of her use of th« American flag. A Rome newspaper states that Prince ! Von Buelow, German Ambassador to : Italy, shortly will make proposals for the intervention of Italy in the war on the side of Germany, in return for ter ritorial concessions. German Note to United States The German government, in note pre sented to-day to the State Department at Washington, announced its willing ness to consider receding from its inten tion of attacking British merchantmen provided Great Britain would desist from efforts to prevent foodstuffs from reaching the civil population of Ger many. The German plan this note set 9 forth, is in retaliation for what is termed Great Britain's violation of in ternational laws, by attempting to cut off the food supplies of noncombatants, Gevmans Advance in East Prussia German troops are advancing rapidly everywhere in East Prussia, the Berlin war office says in its statement to-day. In Northern Poland, also, considerable gains are reported. Petrograd military commentators assert that Russia will gain an advantage in falling back to her own territory by depriving Ger many of the use of the railroads which she employed effectively in transporting troops along the front when the fighting was on German soil. In French Lorraine the Germans achieved a local victory, occupying po sitions which the allies were able to re cover only in part by a counter attack. Trench warfare continues with varying degrees of intensity elsewhere along the front and both the French and German war offices in to-day's communications claim small victories. GERMANY WOULDRELBNT IF BRITAINWEREJO RECEDE Washington, Feb. 15. —Count Bern storff, the German ambassador to-day presented to t!he State Department a note from his government announcing that Germany stands ready to consider receding from it:-, announced intention of attacking British merchantmen, if Great Britain will withdraw its efforts to prevent foodstuffs from going to Ger>r.any for the civilian population. British Steamer Damaged by Mine Loudon, Feb. 15, 2.25 I'. M.—The British steamer Wavelet, 1,918 tons, Captain Cole, from I'ensacola, Kla., Jan uary 5 via Newport News January 13, encountered a mine in the English chan nel and was badly damaged. Czar Back From the Front Petrograd, Feb. 13.—Emperor Nich olas to-day returned to Tsarkoe-Selo from a visit to the Bussian army head quarters at the front. WALL STREET CLOSING By Associated Press. New York, Peb. IS.—Prices sagged again in the final hour, but held above their early low level, except for certain specialties which declined abruptly. The closing was irregular. The Euro pean situation which caused a further sharp decline in foreign exchange over shadowed all other developments into today's stock market.
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