THE WEATHER
RAIN TO-NIGHT
AND TOMORROW
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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.
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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.
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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.