THE WEATHER
FAIR TO-NIGHT
CLOUDY TO-MORROW
Detailed Hrport, I"ur« 8
5& A 7 , , ,£ VOL. 77—NO. 99.
BIGELOW IS FOUND DEAD
TO RETIREMEN NAMED
ON APRIL 10NTAXLIST
His Resignation, Ef
fective On That Date,
Is Accepted This
Morning by Governor
BOTH LETTERS
ARE VERY BRIEF
Rumor on the Hill Is That Robert J.
Cunningham, the Allegheny Coun
ty Controller, Will Be Named As
Successor to Highway's Chief
It was announced this morning at
the Capitol that Edward M. Bigelow
has resigucd his position as State
Highway Commissioner to take effect
April 1, and that Governor Brumbaugh
has accepted the resignation.
It is reported that Robert J. Cun
ningham, at present county controller
of Allegheny, will be appointed to Mr.
Bigelow's place.
The correspondence between Gov
ernor Brumbaugh and Mr. Bigelow, is
as follows:
"Pittsburgh. Pa., March 26, 1915.
"Honorable Martin G. Brumbaugh,
"Governor of Pennsylvania.
"Dear Sir-—Believing as I do that
the work of the Highway Department
for the ensuing two years will be
principally maintenance work, and
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PrP^vH:
jL.v. m 1..
EDWARD M. BIGELOW
State Highway Commissioner Resigned
to Take Effect April I
knowing that'the man who has charge -
of the work should be in touch with '
the spring work. 1 tender you my j
resignation to lake effect on the first j
d.iy of April.
"Very respectfully,
"(Signed), IM ward M. Bigelow." '
" Ilarrisburg, Pa., March 30, 1915. j
"Hon. Kdward M. Bigelow,
"Pittsburgh, Pa.
"My Dear Sir—l beg to acknowl
edge your letter of March 26, tender- '
ing your resignation, and to say that
I ha\e, in compliance with vour re
quest, accepted the same, to take ef- |
feet on the first day of April.
I wish to think you for your !
courteous assistance to nie in the in- '
itial days of my administration upon I
ail matters hearing upon the effective j
administration ot your department, i
and wish you great success.
"Very sincerely yours, \
"(Signed), M. G. Brumbaugh." '
The resignation of Mr. Bigelow was j
not unexpected. It was rumored last I
week that owing to continued illness
he was about to relinquish his post.
I.ate this afternoon it was understood
on the Hill that the post had been '
offered to Cunningham and that he
will accept the place.
TORESIMK KIVEtt WALL JOB
Contractors Next Week Will Put 50
Men at Work on Walk
Ihe iStucker Brothers' Construction
< ompany this morning prepared to re
sume work on the river front wall. The
big concrete mixer wis moved to Cairter
street and ot'ier machinery is being put
in place.
The work for the present will be
confined to the construction of the con
crete 14-foot walk along the top of
Ihe wall. Tiie stretch between (alder
and Maelav streets will be begun first.
The concrete mixer will be operated on
Kront street this for the purpose of
having the machinery out of the high
water zone—a guard against possible
damage by floods.
A miniatjre railroad will be laid
along the place of the improvement and
little dump cars, carrying the cement,
will run upon it. \Wk on the section
of the walk extending from Market
street to Her: street will bo begun in
two or three weeks. Fifty men will
fjet employment at the start of the
work next week.
mt Inbcpctiktil
County Commissioners
Say Politicians, Not
the Assessors, Should
Be Blamed
THEY PROMISE
BIG EXPOSE
Declare That 200 Names Were Put on
Second Ward Book on Last Assess
ment Day by Republican, Demo
cratic and Bull Moose Leaders
Isaac S. Hoffman, president of the
Board of County Commissioners, this
morning declared it to be his belief
that politicians are responsible for the
alleged padding of some ward assess
ors' lists which County Commissioners
say has been revealed by an inquiry
the Commissioners are uow conduct
ing.
The investigation was brought
about through a tax collector of a
certain ward in the eity who sent a
request to the Commissioners to be
exonerated from the collection of 1,-
750 claims for poll tax against men
im his ward.
The inquiry in that ease was ended
this afternoon and showed, the Com
missioners said, that out of the 1,750
requests for exoneration more than
1.600 eoncerued names of porsons not
registered as voters in the ward. Be
cause so many are not registered, the
Commissioners expressed the belief
that the ward assessor's list, from
whii'h the ward tax duplicates were
prepared, was padded.
Upon completing their examination
into the one ward tax collector' 3 "ex
oneration list" the Commissioners im
mediately took up a similar list pre
sented by another ward tax collector.
When that is finished the Commission
ers will call in the assessor in whose
ward so many exonerations are sought.
That will be within the next week or
teu days, Commissioner Hoffman Haid.
No Benefit to Assessors
Assessors in the county, outside of
the_ city, are paid on the basis of
$2 GO for each forty voters assessed,
that being recognized a a day's work!
Continued on Klffhth Pair*.
1. RiCHfIRDS JWUCKLE DIES
More Than Fifty Years in the News
paper Business and a Veteran
of Mexican War
By Associated Press.
i Philadelphia, March Uo.—Colonel M.
| Richards IMuckle, one of Philadelphia's
oldest and most widely known citizens,
died to-day in his 90th year. Mr.
Muckle was for more than fifty years
in the newspaper business, having been
I business manager of the " Public
ledger" under the ownership of
) George W. Childs.
He served in the Mexican war as a
lieutenant and was treasurer of the re
lict ind that sent to Germany during
I the Franco-Prussian war much monev
j for the relief of widows ami or; bans of
| soldiers. In 1874 the Emperor of Cer-
I many conferred upon Colonel Muckle
the Order of the Crown and in I'BB3
the military Order of the Red Eagle,
i He was for many years the treasurer of
j the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. P., of Penn
| sylvania.
BISHOP DUBS NEAR DEATH
Physician Believes He Will Not Live
More Thau Twenty-four Hours
That Bishop Rudolph Bubs, of the
Lnited Evangelical Church, cannot live
more than twenty-four hours was the
opinion expressed this afternoon by one
of the attending physicians. The Bish
op was in a more critical condition to
day than he had been at any- previous
time.
For more than three months Bishop
O'Uis has been confined to bis home,
j 226 'Harris street. Occasionally he has
I been well enough to sit up in "his bed,
I but has not left his room. His son, Dr.
| Newton Dubs, has been with him con
stantly.
Penrose's Secretary Drops Dead
News reached, Capitol Hiil this morn
! ing that John O'Brien, private secre
tary of United States Boies Penrose,
dropped dead in the street in Wash
ington, D. C., yesterday from heart ills
ease. Mr. O'Brien had served as pri
vate secretary to Senator Penrose since
the death of C. Wesley Andrews, about
six years ago. and had charge of the
Penrose interests to a large extent dur
ing tJie last campaign during which he
was in Harritiburg frequently.
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NOTICE TO MINISTERS
All Easter musical programs to be
printed in the Star-Independent Sat
urday must be in the editorial rooms
not later than 4 o'clock Thursday
afternoon to insure insertion.
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HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30. 1915—12 PAGES.
MODERN BRIDGE, REPLACING OLD STRUCTURE
ATMIDDLETOWN, IS OPENED TO FOOT TRAFFIC
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This picture shows the new $17,000 concrete viaduct which spans the Swatara creek, between Middletown and
Royalton, and which the county threw open to foot travel yesterday. This modern structure replaces a steel truss bridge
which had been in service for more than half a century and which last fall was condemned by the County Commis
sioners. The bridge will be thrown open for wagon travel also within the next fortnight. The wagon roadway cannot
be completed until the work incident to the dismantling of the old iron structure is finished.
TAYLOR URCES PURCHASE '
OF THREE FIRE AUTOS
Recommends Buying Two Chemical
Trucks and One Tractor for $lO,-
HOo—West Enders Petition for
Purchase of $27,000 Playground
i I'nder a private offer, aside from the
competitive bidding, tfce American La-
Frnnce Fire Engine Manufacturing Com
pany has agreed to furnish the Oitv |
j with two motor-driven combination hose ;
and chemical wagons and one motor 1
I tractor for slo.f>oo. This was an
nounced at a meeting this aftern ion J
of tlie City Commissioners, and Park
Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor intro- j
duced an ordinance providing for the
acceptance of the offer.
Should the Commissioners next Tues
day approve th" ordinance finally, Tav- 1
lor will then ask the Commissioners ta
award the contract for two additional
motor tractors to the Front Drive Motor !
Company, a New Jersey concern, at its!
bid of $7,200. This award is to be j
made under the eimpetitive bidding.:
The Park Commissioner, when Mayor j
Royal questioned him, said his latest '
plan is the only way he knows bv I
which the five piecs of apparatus need- |
ed by the City can be obtained for |
Cnntlnarit ou I'lhfh Fnet,
BAY STEAMER SINKS AT FAIR |
SOO Passengers, Mostly Women and i
Children, Are All Rest lied
Bff Associated PTDSS.
San Francisco. March 29.—With
300 passengers on board, mostly women
and children, including forty-rive or- j
phans, the General Frisbie, u small bav j
steamer, stru -k a submerged rock one i
hundred yards off fhe Panama-Pacifl.' j
Exposition grounds last night and oe- j
gan to sink.
Lifeboats from United Stares war-'
sihips anchored nearby promptly took I
off all hands and brought them ashore. !
The party on t*he General Frisbie were j
part of a county delegation to the ex- j
position. The orphans were from a I
home at Vallejo.
ALL BUT 97 PROPERTIES IN THE CAPITOL PARK
EXTENSION AREA NOW BELONG TO THE STATE
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MAP OF TERRITORY 27 ACRES IN feXTENT, COMING INTO POSSESSION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Of the 537 properties located on
the proposed extension to Capitol
Park, the Caputol Park Extension
Commission Jias purchased 440, leav
ing 97 yet to he taken over. The
completion of the purchase and re
moval of the properties must be ac
complished by .) un« 1, 1917, accord
ing to the law creating the commission
THE F-4 IS MOVED 300 FEET
Sunken U S. Submarine Taken Nearer i
to Shore This Morning by Ves
sels With Cables
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j ENSIGN TIMOTHY" A WRKER.
Reported Among Those Believed Dead
In Sunken Submarine
Washington. March 30.-—Submarine!
F-4, sunk at the entrance to Honolulu j
j harbor Inst Thursday morning, had j
! been moved 300 feet toward shore by ;
vessels with cables at 3 o'clock this
morning, according to n message re
ceived to-day by Secretary Daniels
| from the commander of the first snb
niM'ine division. The message gave no
j details.
I This brief message was the first
j positive word that the rescue parties'
, have made any progress iu bringing the ]
j lost submarine to the surface. While ,
j it gave hope of salv aging the boat, it
| revived no hopes that any one may be
• found alive inside.
Replying to urgent inquiries by Rear
Admiral Blue yesterday, Lieutenant
I Smith, commanding the searching par
: ty. reported that the water about her
[varied iu depth from 43 to 60 fathoms.
and authorizing the purchase. This
work of the commission is regarded
by real estate men in Harri»burg as a
remarkable achievement.
The quick accomplishment of the
work is all the more remarkable when
it is noted that the Capitol Park ex
tension bill was approved on June 16,
I 1911, amd Governor Teuer appointed
CREATTHRONC HEARS THE
| TRAINMEN'S SIDE ARCHED
1 Hearing on the Full Crew Law Repealer
Starts in the Hall of the House
of Representatives Late This Aft
{ ernoon
The hearing before the House and
Senate joint railroad committees on
the bill to repeal the full crew law
drew to the House this afternoon an
immense crowd of railroad men, who
thronged the floors and occupied the
i galleries until every inch of room was
| taken.
Last Tuesday the railroad rone
j panics presented their side of the
case in favor of repeal, and to-day was
set for hearing the rfide of tlie train
men opposed to repeal.
Former Attorney General -lolin C.
Bell, of Philadelphia, and lames Scar
let, of Danville, appeared as attorneys
for the trainmen, and there were also
present VV. (i. I>ee, Cleveland, Inter
national President of the Railroad
Trainmen; G. B. Rowan, S. L. Curry
and M. T. Robinson, of the Trainmen's
legislative committee; and S. R.
Laurer, of the Railway Conductors'
legislative committee.
"Scattered through the big hall were
I hundreds of trainmen and other rail-
I road employes.
Former Senator John Fisher, of In
diana, was present in the iuterest of
the railroads, with a number of rail-
Centinun! on Klulitl. Hinr.
CHARLES DISBROW VERY ILL
Regains Consciousness This Morning,
but Is in Critical Condition
| Charles A Disbrow, president of the
' trlarrisburg Shoe Manufacturing Com
pany, who has for several days been ill
at his home, 1815 North Front street,
was unconscious all of last night, but
was this morning able to recognize
members of his family.
According to his physician, Dr. .T. W.
Ellenberger, he is in a very critical
condition.
the commission, consisting of Samuel
C. Todd, Samuel Kunkel and the late
Arch G. Knisely, on September 9,
1911, and instructed the commission
on February 2, 1912, to proceed with
the purchase of the property. In the
meantime the board had organized by
Coatlmae* on Twelfth I'age.
SAVED FROM
FIRE; SiCK
MAN MAY DIE
Patient Suffering From
Typhoid Fever Is
Carried From Blaz
ing Home In Enola
MOTHER RESCUES
LITTLE BABY
I Harrisburg Firemen This Morning Re
spond to flea for Aid When Flames
Across the River Destroy One swell
ing and Damage Another
Flames, which totally destroyed one
j dwelling nnd badly scorched another,
| in Kuola, this morning resulted in a
| Joss of $2,500. The flames wore so
; menacing for a time that the Harris
j burg Fire Department was called upon
for assistance a'id Chief Kindler or-
I dered the Friendship auto chemical en
j gine to make the long run to the
'cress-river town.
' The tire started nt 10.30 o'clock in
j the home of Samuel Wisealle, an assist
ant track foreman, employed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Wise
alle, who has been confined to his home
with typhoid fever for the last two
weeks, was carried to the homo of O.
W. Burros, a neighbor, and later in the
day was brought i 0 th» Harrisburg hos
pital. Ho is suft'ering severely from
slicck, which may prove fatal.
• The fire started in an outshed which
adjoins the house, which is situated
| about a quarter of a mile from High
land Park, along the State road, in the
| extreme northwest part of Knola.
Flames were first seen coming from
j the building by Thomas Gill, a neigh
nor. He seut an alarm, tp the
Fire Company By the time the fire
men arrived the flames had gained
much headway.
Fire Chief A. L. Winn, of the Knola
department, called up Chief Kindler,
of this city, with a plea for aid, and
I Kindler ordered out the Friendship
. auto with a cre.v of Harrisburg fire
' men. A score or more tire fighters from
| the Pennsy shops in Enola also re-
Contlnuril on Kiffhth I'nce.
FARMERS WIX IX HOUSE
j Succeeds in Having Rilled Bill Re
quiring Front and Rear Lights
The "country" members won a sig
j nai victory in the House this morning
! when the Dodtls bill, requiring that
i all vehicles an country roads be equip
' ped with lights so that the vehicles
J can be seen from both front and rear,
from one hour after sunset until one
hour before sunrise, was defeated.
The farmers objected to the meas
ure, savin!; it would work a hardship
on the farmers who would have to
equip their farm machinery with
lights. Debate oil the bill lasted half
an liovr.
The first jitney 'bus bill to come
before the House for final action, will
be the Whitaker bill allowing tractio<n
companies to operate omnibus lines in
connection with trollev cars, this bill
having passed second reading this
morning.
GREEK STEAMER ADRIFT
The Nefali Without Coal About 100
Miles, East of Bermuda
New York, March 30. —The Greek
steamer Nefeli, from Spezi, Italy, for
Delaware breakwater, in ballast, is
without coal and adrift, east of Bermu
da, according to officers of the steam
ship Marchioneps of BAite, which
reached here to-day from Marseilles.
The Marc-hioness fell in with the
Nefeli, needing a tow, March 14. Aft
ter standing by all night, a line was
passed aboard and the Marchioness
started for Bermuda with the Nefeli in
tow. Three times the line snapped and
on the afternoon of the 16th the
Marchioness, her own coal dwindling,
had to abandon her charge about 100
miles east ot Bermuda. The Marchion
ess put into Bermuda to replenish her
stock of fuel. The Nefeli is of 2,476
tons net and is 370 feet long.
Compensation Bill Reported
Chairman Wilson, of the House
Committee on Judiciary General, this
mornintg reported out Governor Brum
baugh's workmen'B compensation bill.
The principal amendment made in
committee was that which gives de
pendents of aliens but two-thirds of
that allowed American dependants. /
To Report Child Labor Bill To-night
The House Manufacturers' Commit
tee this afternoon decided to report fa
vorably at to-night's session of the
House the Brumbaugh child labor bill,
providing for nine hours a day and
fifty-one hours a week for children be
tween 14 and 16 years old.
Governor to Entertain Lawmakers
Governor Brumbiugh, it was an
nounced to-day, will hold a reception
at the Kxecutive Mansion next Tues
day night for the members of the
Legislature, the heads of the State de
partments and the members of the
Legislative Correspondents' Associa
tion.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE. ONE CENT.
BLOCKADE IN
BALTIC SEA
BY GERMANS
The Kaiser's Forces Re
j sume Activity
Against the Trade of
j Finland and Sweden
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! FINNISH COAST
MAY BE ATTACKED
! German Submariues Are Reported Not
Far From Shore and a German Fleet
Is Observed North of the Aland
Islands
Loudon, March 30, 3.39 A. M.—Ger
man naval activity has been resumed
in tlie Baltic sea and the Gulf of Both
nia. with the intention of carrying out
a blockade campaign against the trade
of Finland and Sweden, according to a
Copenhagen dispatch to the "Dailv
News." The correspondent declares
that attacks on (he Finish coast prob
ably are porposed also, as German sub
marines have been reported not far oIF
shore.
A German Heel has been observed
| north of tin Aland islands. Several
| Danish and Swedish vessels are report
ed to have been baited by German sub
marines, but so far as known only one
was tired upon and she escaped uu
harmed.
Prohibition Faces United Kingdom
London, March 30. 12.0ti I'. M.—
j Prohibition, as drastic as that prevail
ing in Russia, to-day faces the United
; Kingdom. Press discussions of the let
j ter sent by David Lloyd George, the
I Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the
I ship owners' federation compete suc
cessfully in point of interest with the
i news of the sinking of the British liner
Falaba bv a German submarine with
the loss of more than 100 lives. The
| Chancellor in his letter said:
j "We are fighting Germany, Austria'
and drink, and, so far as I can see, the
greatest of these three deadly foes is
drink.'' anil added bint he nail a grow
ing conviction that only the severest
method would !ie of avail in dealing
with the evil. Employers are backing
i what Mr. Lloyd George terms "root,
and branch action," even to the extent
of promising to seal their own wine eel
j lnrs and to prohibit the use of intoxi
, cants at their clubs, while labor leaders
I are equally anxious foi the institution
of some prohibitory measure.
2.000 RUSSIANS KILLED;
13,600 TAKEN PRISONERS
Berlin, March 30, Via ljondon, 3.10
;P. M. —The War Office gave out the
following statement to-day:
"A telegram from main headquar
ters dated March 30 states that in the
western theatre of war there were only
artillery combats and sapping opera
tions.
"In the fighting which led to the oc
cupation of Tauroggen (Russia, r.edr
the Prussian border), the East Prus
sian landsturm, according to a report
from Prince .loacliim of Prussia, es
pecially distinguished itself—taking
1 0,000 prisoners.
"Near Krasnopol the Russians suf
fered severe losses. Some 2,000 were
killed. Our booty in this fighting until
yesterday evening was 3,000 prison
erg, seven machine guns, one cannon
and several ammunition cars.
"On the Skwa, near Klimki, a far
Russian attack failed, we captured two
Russian officers and 600 men. Near
Olcyny, on the left bank of the Omu
lew, two Russian night; attacks were re
pulsed. Russian attempts to cross the
lower Bzuria failed."
LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY
Battles in Northern Poland are said
in Berlin to have resulted in a succes
sion of German victories. The official
German statement of to-day asserts
that 2,000 Russians were killed ana
;t,OOO captured in engagement at Kras
nopol. In the German occupation an
nounced yesterday it claimed that 10,-
000 prisoners w< e taken. Russian at
tacks at other points are said to have
been repulsed. The latest statement
from the Petrograd war office is that
the German offensive movement in this
region has been checked.
An official announcement from Con
stantinople says that a Turkish aero-
Continued on Klrvrnlh t'age.
WALL STREET CLOSING
By Associated Press.
New York, March SO. —Speculative!
were in greater demand during the aft
ernoon, the Inquiry extending to Unit
ed States Rubber and half a score ol
miscellaneous issues with advances oi
2to 4 points. Leaders continued t<
show pressure.
Amalgamated Copper sold above «;
in the final hour and some hitherto dor
mant specialties, including Texas Cora
pany, were pushed forward. The clos
lng was irregular. Specialties wer
again the foremost, features of to-day'
active market with numerous substax
tial gains.