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VOL. 77—NO. 97.
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GIRL HELPS
SAVE 4 TOTS
FROM FIRE
Aids Painter Rescuing
Youngsters While
Flames Wieck Home
in Highspire
LITTLE ONES
ALONE IN HOUSE
Snatched From Their Beds in Second
Floor After Eldest Brother Gives
the Alarm—Neighbors Prompt in
Clothing Tiny Refugees
Four children, from 2 to 8 years old,
were rescued from flames which de
stroyed a large frame double dwelling
at Willow street and George avenue,
Highspire. this morning, through the
plucky work of Llovd Bailey, a painter
at work on the building, and Miss
Verna Ktnoyer, a girl of nineteen
years.
The children were alone in the build
in}; when the fire was discovert* I and
the flames spread so rapidly that Bailey
barely escaped being overcome by
smoke as he groped his way through
the lwUls with the last of the youngsters
in his arms. At the bottom of the
Hairs he was relieved of his burden
by Miss Btnover who also assisted him
out to the fresh air.
The fire, which had its origiu from
en over-heated stove pipe at 7.30
o'clock, completely destroyed the large
house, together with almost all the be
longings of two families, who were
made homeless and almost penniless by
the blaze. The loss ou the buildings
is put at $3,500, partly insured, and
the tenants lost SI,OOO in furniture.
Building Was a New One
The'touilding was owned by Bailey,
the man who made the rescues. It was
new; in fact, not quite completed, and
was occupied, on the one side only, by
Mr. and Mrs. A H. Wolf, who have
no children, and by Mr. and Mrs. I. G.
Hall, who are the parents of five chil
dren, ranging from 2 to 12 years of
age-
Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Wolf are sisters,
nnd the former had moved in tempor
arily, storing her household goods in
the second and third stories until the
Halls would be able to obtain a per
manent bouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall last all of their
furniture with the exception of one
couch and two rocking chairs.
The rescue of the children from the
burning structure was spectacular in the
extreme and was made possible by the
etreiroous work of Lloyd Bailey, assist
ed by Miss Etnover, who resides nearby.
Bailey.was painting in the unfinished
jiart of the dwelling when the eldest
mm of Mr. and Mrs. Hall, a youngster
of 12 years, called to him that the car
j>et was burning in the sleeping room
of the 'Hall home and that a batby sister
•was in danger of being burned u,p. The
boy shouted that his mother had Just
t;oue to the store for bread.
Thrilling Bescue Work
Dropping his brushes, the painter
liurried to the Hall apartment and
bounded up the steps. 'The boy who
gave the alarm was safe in the 3treet.
(Bailey, hastily getting the four remain
ing children together, ordered the big
test one to march down the steps.
Bailey carried the three youngest, one
at a time, to the bottom of the stairs
•where he turned them over to Miss
Etnoyer, who rushed in from the street
to give aid.
On the last trip Bailey was almost
overcome by the stifling smoke wfoic*
Jilled the bed room and the halls in the
upper stories from ceiling to floor, but
knowing the direction to go managen
to make his exit from the room just us
the flames broke otit over the bed which
had just been emptied of the sleeping
children.
Miss Etnover took the children from
Bailey as they were brought down
stairs and hurried them out into the air
where they were taken in charge by
kind neighbors and given Shelter. On
Bailey *s last trip down she supported
liim to the air. as he was weak from
smoke he had inhaled. He, however,
quickly recovered. Other persons at
tracted to the scene began a canvass of
the neighborhood and gathered such
children's clothing as was obtainable
for the use of the fire refugees.
Children Alone as Fire Starts
An alarm of fire was sent in by John
li. Palmer, a grocer, and the" High
spire auto chemical apparatus was rush
ed to the scene, but the blaze had made
such headway that the firemen could
not save the building. When they saw
the structure was doomed they turned
their attention to saviug the adjoining
pro(>erties, none of which was damaged.
The fire was visible from almost all
parts of Highspire, aud half the imputa
tion of that town tramped to t)he scene.
Those wTi 0 got there early assisted in
caving some furniture from the first
floor.
The heat pipe from tiie kitchen range
Coßlinncd oa Twelfth P>|r.
99)t Star- Snkpinknl
ACREE ON $1.50
FOOT FOR RIVER EDGE LAND
Viewers for the Property Between Har
ris aud Maclay Streets Will Rec
ommend Damages and Benefits That
Will About Offset Each Other
James D. Saltsman, Karl Steward
and Paul 6. Smith, HS viewers, are now
preparing the schedule of damage and
benefit awards incident to the City's
taking that section of the river front
between Harris and Maclay streets, ly
ing between the low water mark of the
Susquehanna river and western Front
street curb line, and except to have it
ready for presentation to the court in
the next ten days, so it was announced
to-day.
The viewers declined to discuss their
decision, suggesting the impropriety of
making any announcement before the
sc&edule is placed on file, yet it was
learned authoritatively from an unoffi
cial source that the river front land
value has uniformly been fixed at $1.50
a foot front. Damages will be allowed
to the property owners on the west side
of the street at that rate and the bene
fits from the improvement to he as
sessed against the property owners on
the east side of the street will offset
the damages in cases where the east
I side property owners also own the prop
erties to the water's edge. In cases
where they do not own the land to the
water's edge they will have actually
to pay J 1.50 a foot front for the im
provement.
Thus the City will acquire the land,
to the river's edge, between Harris and
Ma clay streets, practically without
cost; indeed, the City may make a little
money on the deal.
That is due to the few instances in
which the east side property owners
do not hold title to the ground to the
water's edge and. therefore, will have
to pay cash for benefits— sl.so a foot.
The viewers in this case also are of
ficiating in the "(Hardscrabble" nego
tiations. Their hearing yesterday, at
which witnesses said the " Hardscrato
ble" ground is worth anywhere from
SIOO to $225 a foot front, was ad
journed last evening without a date
having been fixed for the next meet
ing.
Karl Steward, one of the viewers,
will be oht of the city on a business
trip through the West during the next
fortnight nnit the date of the next
hearing will not. be fixed until he re
turns.
CHARGE HE RfICED lN AUTO
WITH THE FIRE APPARATUS
Police Order C. W. Fisher to Appear
Before Mayor to Answer That Com
plaint—Smoke-eaters Were Re
sponding to False Alarm
C. W. Fisher, a grocer, Fifteenth and
Berrvhill streets, whose automobile
was detected racing north on Second
street at 7.30 o'clock last evening with
fire apparatus responding to the alarm
from box No. 54, Second and Harris
streets, was ordered to appear before
Mayor Koyal for a hearing this after
noon to answer a charge of violating
the city traffic ordinance, which pro
hibits interference with fire apparatus
while responding to an alarm.
Policemen Shoemaker and Schelhas
appeared against Fisher in police court
this afternoon. The former testified
that Fisher ran his machine through
the fire apjeratus grouped at Second
and Harris streets and he called Motor
cycle Poiieman Schelhas, Who followed
him and made the arrest. Both testified
that he had no light and license tag on
the rear of his car. Fisher was dis
charged by- 'Mayor Royal.
Before the present traffic ordinance
was in effect a fatal accident occurred
when the driver of a chemical engine
tried to avoid an automobile, and the
firemen have been asked to report all
such cases to the police.
The firemen were responding to a
false alarm turned in from Second and
Harris streets by som» mischievous
boys. They were seen tampering with
the box, but escaped. The matter has
been placed in the hands of Chief of
Police Hutchison. Arrests are expected
to be made.
CLERGYMAN AND WIFE ARE
HURLED FROM A CARRIAGE
The Bev. E. Aurice Mills Suffers Broken
Arm and. With Mrs. Mills, Barely
Escapes Death During an Exciting
Buna way Near Shi reman stown
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Shiremanstown. Pa.. March 27.—The
Rev. K. Aurice Mills, pastor of the
Church of God, here, who, with Mrs.
Mills, was visiting members of his con
gregation late yesterday afternoon, nar
rowly escaped death when a horse he
was driving attached to a buggy be
came frightened on the Lisburn pike
near the Rosemont station, and ran
away. The horse overturned the buggy
and dragged the .Rev. Mr. Mills for
many yards along the road. The car
riage was demolished and then the
horse broke away and ran a mile before
being stopped by farmers.
Mrs. Mills was thrown out but land
ed on her feet and escaped injury. Her
husband, also thrown out, clung to the
reins in an effort to stop the horse,
and he was dragged through the road,
suffering many body bruises and a frac
ture of the right arm.
Mr. and Mrs. Mills were taken home
by farmers and the clergyman was
placed in a doctor's hands. He is un
able to use his right arm bat will
preach as usual to-morrow. He bolievei
that the horse, which was hired, be
came frightened when a part of the
. harness snapped.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1915 12 PAGES.
IIPUUW
HOT TRUED
Lost U. S. Submarine
F-4 Will Probably Be
Raised Late This
Afternoon
FAINT HOPE THAT
MEN ARE LIVING
Army Department Hospital in Readi
ness to Receive Members of the
Crew When Submarine, Submerged
Since Thursday Morning, Is Raised
I
By Astoi iated Press.
Honolulu, March 27.—The raising
jof the United States submarine F-4
! lost in the deep water outside Hono
lulu harbor since early Thursday has
; been held up temporarily, while the
I cables attached to the submerged
(craft are tested.
Honolulu, March 26.—The lost
! United Stater, submarine F-4. which
, has been located outside the harbor en
; trance, should be raised late this nft
-1 erno"bn if all goes well, acrording to a
| statement made bv Captain ot' the
j Yard Duffy last night. Duffy says he
i believes there is a fighting chance to
| save the lives of the men imprisoned
i in the submarine on the ocean floor.
The dredger California, dispatched
from the Pearl harbor naval station in
response to a radiogram, reached the
scene at midnight but did not begin
work immediately. The dredger will
work with the lert, mother ship of the
submarine flotilla. The pontoon sys
tem probably will be used to raise the
F-4. Chains will be passed under the j
bow ami stern of the submerged sub- j
marine, the dredger sunk into the wa- i
ter and the chains tightened. The wa- '
ter than will be pumped out of the j
dredger causing her to rise - higher in :
the water, thus providing lifting pow- j
er to raise the submarine.
The Army Department hospital is in !
readiness to receive the men of the
F-4 when the submarine is raised. Col
onel Ebert has placed his hospital staff
and equipment at the service of the
navy. The weather is fine. The bright
moonlight facilitated the work during
the night.
From soundings and divers' descrip
tions of the oceau bottom over which
the vessel must be draWn the rescuers
learned of a sudden rise in the ocean i
floor nearly fifty feet high. This ridge
forms the iip of a submarine crater in !
which F-4 is believed to lie at a depth !
of 320 feet.
TO GARRY PLAN
i
Late Principal of Central High School
Was Eager to Perpetuate
Alumni Prize
Plans made by the late Prof. W. S.!
Steele, principal of the Central High
school, to secure annually the $25 1
alumni prize to the valedictorian of;
the Central High school will be carried i
out by others, who were prominent in ,
the Alumui Association, according to;
some of the school's graduates to-day. '
The association discontinued its an- j
nual reception to the graduating class
two years ago and since that time the
annual prize has been secured by sub-1
acriptions each year. Prof. Steele's
plan was to secure from the graduates '
a sum of SSOO, which would annually
provide the prize. He had planned to
make a pergonal canvass among the
members to get this money. There are
between 2.500 and 3,000 graduates of
the school.
The prize this y»ar will be secured, I
as it has in the last two years, by per-1
sonal subscriptions of some of the mem- !
bers. The salutatorian gets sls each
yeSr. a priz? from the class of 1907,
and should the alumni prize be discon
tinued it would leave the winner of
first honors witihout recognition.
: SIEQE OFMATAMQRAS BEGUN
| Villa Cavalrymen Open Fire at Noon
To-day on Mexican Town Oppo
site Brownsville, Texas
By Associated Press.
Brownsville, Tex., March 27.—The
Villa siege of Matamoras, the Mexican
town opposite here, began about noon
to-day. Cavalrvmeu opened heavy rifle
fire on the breastworks west of Mata
moras near the Bio Grande.
Simultaneously the cavalry, totaling
5,500 men, began spreading to surround
the city on the west and south. A Villa
officer told the Associated Press cor
respondent that artillery is due to reach
the firing line'some time this evening.
War Veterans to Hold Reunion
Harrisburg Camp No. 8, United
Spanish War Veterans, will hold a re
union and sociable in the City Grays'
Armory building, Second and Forster
streets, this evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Among the speakers will be Hoctor
Mansfield, the commander. A bean
soup and coffee supper will be served.
GALLANT U. S. PHYSICIAN WHO SAVED LIVES OF 3,000
ASSYRIANS IN PERSIA WITH THE STARS AND STRIPES
MISSION CHURCH fiUKNEO IN URUMIAH ARROW SHOWS BISHOP MAR EUA WHO HANGED
Telegrams and letters from rrumiah. In Northwestern Persia, describe the situation of the American Pres
byterian Mission station there as desperate. Turkish regular troops and Kurds are persecuting and massacring
Assyrian Christians. Dr. Harry P. Packard, the physician of the missionary station at Urumiah of the Board of
Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, risked his life In a successful effort to prevent a frightful massacr#
at Geogtaiw, where three thousand Assyrians made their last stand. They had fought for three days, and all their
ammunition was gone At this juncture Dr. Packard unfurled an American flag and advanced between the line#
His act resulted in the saving of all but two hundred of the Assyrians, who had been burned in a church. A de
spatch from Urumiah declared that Turkish troops had entered the French mission there, hanged the Orthodox
i bishop. Mur F.lia. and insulted a missionary named Allen Jnst before sixty refugees had been dragged from the French
! mission ami killed In spite of the tearful pleas of the nuns.
CHARGE THE'DOCTOR TRUST'
HURTS 'BEAUTY' BUSINESS
Manufacturers of Chemicals Used by
"Bleached Blondes" and Persons
Coaxing Perpetual Youth Resent
Attack in the Legislature
Consternation is apparent among
the Pennsylvania- manufacturers of
drugs for beautifying the human form,
for preserving youthful appearance
and for the preservation of hair, be
cause of a bill recently introduced in
the Senate by Senator Thompson, of
Beaver. This bill regulates the sale
of certain medicines, substances und
preparations for "certain purposes."
to use the language of the title, and
provides that it shall be unlawful, ex
cept under certain conditions, to sell
any medicine or other preparation pur
porting to restore or to preserve beau
ty, or to affect the complexion, or to
change the color of the hair, or to af
fect the condition or health of the hair,
to to beautify any organ or part of the
human body, or to increase or decrease
the weight of the human body. The
bill is regarded as a direct slap at the
bleached blondes.
But the bill also provides that these
preparations may be sold if the manu
facturers paste a label on the contain
er whereon shall be printed in plain
English an analysis showing the exact
quantity by weight of every ingredient
of such medicine or preparation. •
The penalty for selling such prepa
ration without its bearing the label is
a fine of not less than S3OO or im
prisonment for one year, or both, at the
Discretion of the court.
Patent medicine manufacturers, mak
ers of beautifiers, hair dyes, hair prep
arations of all kiiuls, and fat reducers,
have gotten wind of this new bill, and
they are flooding the legislative mails
with protests, declaring that the bill
has been framed by "the doctor
trust." whatever that is, and asking
that it be killed.
Senator Thompson, of Beaver, is the
author of the bill, and it is now in the
hands of the Committee on Judfciary
Special of the Senate, known to fame
as the "Pickling Vat" Committee.
17 BID OX NEW FIUE HOUSE
But the Lowest Figures Total 91,037
Above What the City Estimated
Seventeen contractors to-day submit
ted bids for erecting and furnishing the
proposed new fire house for the Royal
company, which is to be built on Derry
street near Twenty-first street. The
combined amount of the low bids—sep
arate proposals on building and equip
ment —is $8,537.19, or $1,037.19 high
er than the amount appropriate in the
City's annual for the purpose,
which was $7,500
Park Commissioner Taylor received
and opened the proposals. He has not
decided, he said, whether he will ask
the City Commissioners to award the
contract at the meeting next Tuesday.
Unless it is decided to re-advertise,
which might result in lower bids, it
first ♦rill be necessary for the City Com
missioners to make an additional ap
propriation.
G. K. Hhaffer, of this city, was the
low bidder on the building proper, his
offer being $6,997.98. M. H. Baker
was low on the heating system, $485;
E. Mather Company, plumbing,
$494.21; Dauphin Electric Supply
Company, wiring, $lB5. These bids to
tal $8,162.19 and, with the commission
of architect, C. Howard Lloyd, make
the grand total $8,537.19.
PERS A OUTRAGES
OIEfJOSW
Grand Vizier of Turkey
Instructs Subordi
nates to Protect
Urumiah Christians
SAYS ACCOUNTS
ARE INACCURATE;
Presbyterian Mission Board in New
York Not So Apprehensive Now as
to the Safety of the American Mis
sionaries
By Associated Press.
New York, March 27. —The Grand
Vizier of Turkey has issued instructions
to his subordinates that all inhabitants
of the mob-ridden section of Persia, in
cluding the thousands of Christians in
the vicinity of Urumiah, must be pro
tected. accordipg to advices received
from the State Department by the Pres
byterian Board of foreign Missions.
Reports from Urumiah, made public
yesterday, announced that the large
village of Gulpashan had been de
stroyed, its men shot and women out
raged and that sixty-five refugees had
been taken from the French and Amer
ican mission compounds and hanged on
a scaffold erected in the French mission
yard. A massacre impended, according
to this message, whi'ch had been de
layed in transmission and was several
days old when ma le public.
Grand Vizier Answers Morgenthau
The communication from the State
Department was Bigned by Robert Lan
sing, counselor of the department, and
was written under date of yesterday.
Coallnurd on Twelfth I'acr.
ELEVEN MEN ROBTWO BANKS
Secure s.*>,ooo From Oklahoma Institu
tions To-day— Bobberß Surround
ed by a Posse of 100 Men
By Associated Press.
Oklahoma City, Okla., March 27.
The two banks at Stroud, Okla., about
fifty miles north, of here, are reported
to have 'been rffbbed of $5,000 to-day
by eleven men.
It is reported here that the band
of robbers rode into Stroud at 10
o'clock this morning, left their horses
at the stock pens and after robbing
the First National Bank and the Stroud
National 'Bank, were pursued by a posse
to three miles east of Stroud where
they are surrounded by more than 100
men.
GERMAN-AMERICANS BALK
AT MEETING IN CANADA
Karl Steward, National Secretary, An
nounces Glass Manufacturers' As
sociation Will Shun Toronto for a
City in the United States
Because a large number, —if not a
majority,—of the meinberß of the ' so
cioty are German-Americana, it has
been decided not to hold the next an
nual convention of the National Orna
mental Glass Manufacturers' Associ
ation in Toronto. Canada, 011 soil of
Great Britain. That fact was an
nounced to-day by Karl Steward, of
this city, national secretary of the as
sociation.
Steward will leave this evening for
Chicago where next week he will meet
the president and executive officers of
the association to select a place for the
meeting, which will be held in June.
It has been suggested, he said, that
the convention be held in Grand Rap
ids, Mich.
"I cannot say that we fear our
German delegates would be made pris
oners," said Mr. Steward, "but it is
our desire to preserve this country's
policy of strict neutrality. We have
taken this matter up with the Canadian
authorities and while they are sorry
for the change of the convention pians,
they agree that it probably would be
the wiser move to have the meeting
somewhere in the United States."
Ross Enjoying Imprisonment
Clarence Ross, the 12-year-old color
ed boy, who has twice escaped from
detention cells in the basement at po
lice- headquarters, but has been recap
tured, is apparently enjoying himself.
The coppers are carrying food to him
regularly and his step-fat her is seeing
that he gets the delicacies of the sea
son. He will be taken into Juvenile
Court Monday to answer a charge of
larceny of two bicycles.
BULBS MAKE FAMILY ILL
Chinese Lily Roots Mistaken for Onions
and Are Put Into the Boiling
Pot for Dinner
When Hamilton Shrenk, auctioneer
at the Verbeke street market, went
there to-day for business he found a
very mnoh excited Polish woman wait
ing for him.
At an auction sale last Wednesday
there was offered a large lot of Chines*
lily bulbs which very much resemble
onions in appearance. In fact it would
take an expert to tell the difference.
The auctioneer was careful bo explain
what they were, but his explanation
was given only in English.
The Polish woman who evidently
never had seen such butbs before ana
who thouglrt they were onions, made
a bid for thetn and got them for a
trifle. What she did with them wa&
told this morning to the auctioneer. She
took them home and cooked them, as
she would onions, and the whole family
was made ill for several hours. To-day
rfhe complained to the auctioneer:
"Say, moosterl Onion no good.
Maka man sick. (Maka litta boy, litta
girl sick, too. Maka nie sick. No
good.''
"They were not onions," explained
the auctioneer. "What did you do
with them?"
"Taka fiome and cook and eat," said
the woman.
'' Great sco+t, woman,'' said the auc
tioneer, "it's a wonder the whole fam
ily wasn't poisoned."
The woman wanted her money back.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
ITALY READY
TO COMBINE
WITH ALLIES
Italian Government
Takes Every Possible
Measure Preparatory
to Beginning War
BULGARIA MAY
ALSO TAKE HAND
She Will Probably Act in Conjunction
With Italy and Rumania—Prince
George of Greece to Support Broth
er's Neutrality Policy
Rome, March 26, 10.55 P. M., Via
Paris, March 27, 5.10 A. M. —Every
measure possible has been taken by the
Italian government preparatory to the
beginning of hostilities by Italy on the
side of the allies.
Rome, March 26, 11.10 P. M., Via
Paris, March 27, 6.45 A. M.—Close
observers here of the Bulkan situation
profess to see indications of a gradual
tendency on the part of the Bulgarian
government to adopt a policy favorable
to the allies. It is believed Bulgaria
hopes to act jointly in that direction
with ItaJy and Rumania.
Brindisi, Italy, March 26, 8.25 P.
M., Via Paris, March 27, 6.40 A. M.—•
Prince Goorge of Greece before leaving
to-day for Athens declared he was go
ing home to support his brother, £» n «r
Constantine, in the stand he has taken
regarding the attitude of Greece toward
the war. Prince George said his coain.
try must conserve all her strength te
command the Balkan complications, re
tain the territory she had conquered
and hold in check the ambition of other
nations which would prevent the ex
tension of Greek influence in territories
which historically and racially belonged
to her.
THREE CERMANSTEAMERS
REPORTED LOST IN BALTIC
Stockholm, March 27, via Ijondon,
4.55 P. M.—The loss in t'he Baltic of
three German steamers, tlie Bavaria,
the Germania and the Konigaberg, all
laden with iron ore, is announced to-day
in the newspaper "Social Demakrnten."
The Havana went down March 15
with her entire crew. The cause of lier
sinking i s not revealed. No details of
t-be destruction of the other vessels are
given.
American Lard for Switzerland
Genoa, March 26, 11 P. M., Via
Paris, March 27, 5.45 A. M.—Acting
upon instructions received from the au
thorities at Koine officials have permit
ted exportation to Switzerland of
100,000 quintals (22,000,000 pounds)
of American lard.
Aircraft Bombs Do No Damage
Paris, LVlareh 27, via London, 4.05
P. M. —Both Calais and Dunkirk were
visited by German monoplanes this
morning but neither town was damaged.
I .Six 'bombs were thrown on Dunkirk and
one on Calais.
LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY
Decisive action by Italy is regarded
in Rome as imminent. A brief dispatch
from that, city to-day states that the
Italian government has taken every pos
> sible measure preparatory to beginning
war on the side of the allies.
It is also said in Rome that there la
observable a tendency on the part of
Bulgaria to adopt a policy farovable to
the allies, and that the government
hopes to act in conjunction with Italy
and Rumania. The attitude of Bulgaria
has been in doubt on acconnt of her
hostility toward the other Balkan na
tions, with the exception of Turkey,
which grew out of the second Balkan
war.
Prince Qeorge of Greece is leaving
Italy for Athens to support the policy
of his brother. King Constantine, for
the continued neutrality of his nation,
in opposition to the faction which fa
vors intervention on the side of the
allies.
Dispatches reaching Paris from Ath
ens say the Turkish forts at Dardantia
and Kilid Bahr, on the Dardanelles,
have been destroyed and that batterlea
which attacked mine sweepers have
been silenced by two battleships of tho
allies. British and French warship*
are said to have taken transports te
Coatlaned oa Twelfth I'ase.