THE WEATHER
} FAIR TO-NIGHT
AND TO-MORROW
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SMOKES WED
AT m STOLEN
Three Arrests Follow
Uncovering of Plan
Whereby Cigarettes
Are Purloined
TAKEN FROM THE
PENNSY STATION
Clerk Employed at Warehouse Is One
of Those Seized and He Makes
Statement in Which He Absolves
Other Captives From Blame
Following a man who was peddling
cigarettes by the wholesale, at much
under the prices quoted by the manu
facturers, Captain Barclay and Lieu
tenant Crawford, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad police, and City Patrolman
Moirisey and City Detective Harry
Whi'e last night uncovered a plan
whereby cigarettes were being stolen
i>i large quantities from the Penusy
freight station here. Three men were
arrested, one of whom is N. 11. Miller,
1221 Market street, employed bv the
railroad as clerk at the warehouse.
Cigarettes to the value of S7OO con
signed to Harrisburg dealers have been
missed from time to time and the dis
closures made by the police to-day
show how easily the thefts were ac
complished.
Daniel Rose, a barber at 20 North
Cameron street, and Edward Weiler, a
boarder at that address, were arrested
last night when it is alleged the latter
was attempting to dispose of
"smokes" by the wholesale. The po
lice story is that Weiler said he got
them from Rose. Ijater Miller was ta
ken to police headquarters and accord
ing to the bhtecoats made a .clean
breast of the affair.
Miller said he had invested $250 —
which he had received as his share
from the sale of cigarettes—first in
an oyster house and then in a shooting
gallery, both at 1010 Market street.
He said that he planned the thefts
and he absolved all others from blame.
Cigarettes to the value of $250 have
been recovered from him.
Miller declared he reached an
agreement with Rose whereby the lat
ter would send a man with a wagon
to (he freight warehouse with a note
and Miller would permit the man to
•■art the cigarettes away for half the
money received by the sale. Two cases
of cigarettes were taken last Sunday
and one some time ago, according to
the police.
Miller was permitted to go home
last night in consideration for his wife
and child. The others were committed
to jail from |>olice headquarters for a
hearing. The case has been turned
over to Alderman Hoverter, who will
give the men a preliminary trial to
morrow, if the policemen have the
case ready to present at that time.
CAPTAIN I)ELANKY VERY ILL
Reported to Be Gradually Sinking In
His Home at Chevy Chase
Friends of Captain John C. Delaney,
former State Factory Inspector, so
long a resident of Harrisburg by rea
son of his connection with State ad
ministrations and the Legislature,
learned to-day that the illness from
• CAPTAIN JOHN C. DELANEY
Former State Factory Inspector Re
ported to Be Close to Death
which he has suffered for some time
at his home in Chevy Chase, a suburb
of Washington, is likely to prove fatal
and that he is gradually sinking.
Captain Delaney was in Harrisburg
a few weeks ai.'o'and at the time his
appearance indicated that he was a
very ill man, but he greeted his friends
cheerfully. On his return to Chevy
Chase he was again stricken ami has
for some time been confined to his
bed.
Herman P. Miller, Senate Librarian,
who has been a friend of Captaiu De
laney for years, left for Washington
last night in response to a request
from Mrs. Delaney.
Leg Fractured Between Trucks
Wesley Diehl, of Paxtang, suffered a
•omponnd fracture of the right leg at
!he ankle at 7.30 o'clock this morning
while working at the plant of the Key
stone Stone and l>ime Company, of
Paxtang. He wis caught between two
rucks. He was admitted to the Har
isburg Hospital for treatment.
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LYNCH TO OFFER MEASURE
TO CLOSE RIVER WALL GAP
He "Will Present Ordinance, Probably
Next Tuesday, to Carry Out Plan
That Will Leave a landing Place
For Coal Flats Near Market Street
Coinciding with the views of the
engineers ami members ot' the Board
of Public Works, who maintain that
the best way to close the present gap
in the Front street "steps," between
Walnut ami Chestnut streets, where
rivermen maintain a coal wharf, is to
erect a 120 foot wall beyond the outer
edge of the "steps" and fill with
earth back of the wall to the level ot'
the top of the steps. Highway Com
missioner Lynch said to-day that he
will offer an ordinance providing for
that improvement either at next Tues
day's session of the City Commission
ers or the next subsequent meeting.
This change will entail a cost of be
tween $3,000 and $4,000, in the opin
| ion of the public works engineers. The
I work will be done by the Stucker
j Brothers Construction Company, which
I under a contract it now has .with the
city, is building the intercepting sewer
! protective wall.
Engineers figure this 'latest plan
j will permit rivermen to construct a
| folding derrick on the wharf by which
I coal may be taken from flats in the
| river. A bric-k walk is to be provided
| on the wharf.
The original plan to close the gap
| at the wharf steps, just as have been i
j constructed along the greater part of j
! the river front, has been abandoned j
| because it would mean the closing of
j the wharf or "landing place."
That would be in violation of The
| John Harris (grant, it is conceded,
I which among other things specifies !
I that "landing places" be provided!
along the river front. City Solicitor
Beits', this week sent a legal opinion j
to the Board of Public Works on .this j
question. The adoption of the plan 1
to build the wall instead of the steps i
was the result. , j
The folding or collapsible derrick, |
by which the coal may be hoisted
from the river flats to wagons that j
; can be driven on the proposed wharf, j
! must, city officials say, be provided by
those who would have need for it.
P. 4 FI.CHIEFENGINEEIT DIES
Hunter Succumbs to a Stroke Sus
tained While Waiting for Train
in Philadelphia Terminal
lil) Associated Press.
Philadelphia, April 2.—William
Hunter, chief engineer of the Pbiladel
i phia and Beading Railway Company,
died in a hospital here to-day from a
! stroke of paralysis, sustained Wednes
day night. He was 60 years of age, and
had been in the service of the Reading
for many years. Mr. Hunter died at
; 6.40 a. m. Members of his family wore
present when the end came. Later in
! the day the body was removed to his
home at Jenkintown, near here.
The Reading's chief engineer was
| stricken as he was waiting for a train
; in the Terminal here to take him home,
i He had arrived from but
j a short time before. He spent much
time the past winter in Florida and al
though it was known that his health
was impaired it was not considered that
his illness was serious.
Mr.'Hunter was born May 23, 1554,
!at Moselem, Berks county. He was
! graduated from the Polytechnic. College
I of Pennsylvania in 1572 and entered
i Hie service of the Philadelphia and
| Heading as rodman, serving until 1876.
Then he left the employ of the road
I and went into business for himself.
A year later he re-entered the rail
road business, serving from 1577 to
|IB7S as division enginer of the Pitts
burg and bake Erie railroad. In 1878
he returned to the Philadelphia and
I Reading railway. He was first assistant
; engineer, then assistant road master and
j on August 9. 1900, was made chief en
gineer. He has a wife, two sons, Fletch
er and Nicholas, and a daughter, Lil-
I lian.
MRS. CARMAN TO BE BETRIED
j e S ed Slayer of Mrs. Bailey Will
Again Face Jury
Mineola, N. Y., April 2.—Mrs. Flor
ence Conkiin Carman, wife of Dr. Ed
win Carman, of Freeport, will go on
trial again charged with the murder
of Mrs. Louise Bailey.
District Attorney Smith of Nassau
county, announced to-day that the c«so
would be called on May 10 and that
the Appellate division of the Supreme
Court had assigned Justice Abel E.
I Blackmar to preside at the trial.
WILL REPORTTRETOCAL
OPTION BILL NEXT WEEK
Committee Will Bring It Out Either on
Tuesday, When the Open Hearing
Will Be Held, or on Wednesday—
It May Reach Final Vote on Friday
It is expected that the local option
bill, which has been in the House Com
mittee on Law and Order since its in
; troduction in the House, will be re-
I ported out either on next Tuesday, the
day the big mass meeting is held here,
or on the following day, Wednesday.
The bill has been held back in commit
tee at the request of Governor Brum
baugh to give him time to line up votes
for it, and it is understood the Gover
nor will give the word for its releaso
either on Tuesday or Wednesday, as he
says he is "perfectly happy over the
situation." This would make it pos
sible for a final vote to be had on the
bill in the House by Friday next.
Active preparations are being con
summated for the holding of the big
meetings at the Chestnut street hall on
Tuesday next. The morning meeting
will be over in time to permit of those
attending to. go to the capital where
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HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1915—16 PAGES.
JOHRSON TO FIGHT
PEMIOW
Colored Champion De
sirous of Finding Out
How Good He Is Be
fore Tackling Willard
PROTEST AGAINST
BOUT IS RAISED
Friends of Johnson Urge Hira to Can
cel Preliminary Contest for Fear of
Injury to Himself Before Going
Into Ring With White Hope
By Associated Press,
Havana, April 2. —Discussion to-day
between the fight promoters regarding
Jack Johnson's proposed exhibition
bout with Sam McVey led to some
sharp exchanges. This bout is adver-'
tised to take place in the stadium on ;
Saturday. Jack Curley, Harry Frazee
and others are urging Johuson to-cancel j
it for fear of injury to himself 48
hours before he is scheduled to go into j
the ling and battle with Jess Willard j
for the world's heavyweight champion-j
ship.
Johnson is stubborn. He says lie!
will carry out this program, and that
he is anxious to find out just how good
he is. Every man financially interested
in the tight is exerting his influence on
Johnson to-day.
Clerks Busy on Big Bout
A large force of clerks was at work
the best part of last night in allotting i
land distributing tickets. No less than
1,000 complimentary seats will be giv
en out. Out of more than 70 press
I representatives who will be about the
I ring more than 30 are from the United;
States.
The ring, it was decided to-day, is
;to be about 19 feet inside the ropes,
! with a twp foot extension outside.
Threatening weather to-day again in- !
I terfered in a measure with the training
work of th« two men. Heavy rains last
night left the roads wet and slippery t
i and as a result the early morning work
I was short and slow.
The promoters are rapidly complet
ing the final arrangements for the fight,
i With the expected arrival of Referee
Jack Welsh all directly concerned in
tho contest will be on hand. Including !
principals and oiiicers there will be j
■ twenty persons in and about the ring
(luring the battle. This number will
bo made up of the two pugilists, the
two referees, timekeepers, the eight
! seconds, the four physicians, the stake
holder and the announcer.
First Rains of Season Expected
The first rains of the season are ex- !
pected about April 5, the day of the j
j fight. The promoters are planning to ;
avoid any disastrous delay in case of
Continued on Fifteenth Page.
DAVIS IS AGAIN APPOINTED
Wilson Names Him As Revenue Col
lector in This District
Bji Associated Press.
Washington, April 2.—President
1 Wilson to-day gave a recess appoint
ment to Benjamin F. Davis as Collector
.of Internal Revenue, Ninth District of
I Pennsylvania.
Mr. Davis was appointed as collector
while Congress was in session, but dur
ing the rush incident to the closing
hours his nomination was not confirmed
| by the Senate.
FOURTH VICTIM IS DEAD
I Death Toll of Lewistown Steel Works
Explosion Increased
Lewistown, Pa,, April 2.—Fred C.
! Shatzer, of Lowiptown, who was among
those injured in t'he explosion of the
paint tank at fhe Standard steel works
yesterday, died at the Lewistown hos
pital late last night, making four dead.
Aimer H. Knepp and Homer T>etra
were instantly killed in the explosion
and A. A. .Shatzer died on his way to
the hospital. J. K. Gi'bboney, another
one of the injured, is in a critical con
dition. Three others 'hurt will recover.
BAKING CO. CAPITAL $500,000
; Schmidt Concern Increases Amount
From the Original $5,<100
Papers were filed in the State De
! partment to-day announcing that the
j Capital City Baking Company, of liar
| risburg, chartered a few weeks ago with
a capital of $5,000, had increased its
! capital to $500,000.
The incoroprators are Bernard
j Schmidt, John E. Fox and A. G. Eden,
all of this city, the latter" secretary of
the company. Of the original capital,
Mr. Schmidt held 8 of the 10 shares,
according to tihe papers.
s:«><>,<MH) RHODE ISLAND FIRE
Stables and Oarage of Former TJ. S.
Senator Aldrich Destroyed
Warwick, R. 1., April 2.—Fire last
•night on the Warwick Neck estate' of
former United States Senator Nelson
W. Aldrich burned his stables and
garage. An observation tower 100 feet
in height, a land mark for vessels in
Narra'ganeett Bay also was burned.
Senator Aldrich organized a bucket
brigade and directed it personally.
The loss is estimated at $300,000. "
Hospital Attendant Has Appendicitis
Benjamin 11. Linkous, 25 years old,
an attendant at the State Hospital for
the Insane, was operated on for appen
dicitis at the Harrisburg hospital yes
terday afternoon. His condition was
much improved this morning and his
earl/ recovery is looked for.
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BECOMING DDI
Question of Abstinence
In United Kingdom
Now Overshadows
All War News
PUBLIC DIVIDED
IN ITS OPINIONS
Believed That Cabinet Is in Favor of j
Total Prohibition and Has the'
Power to Enforce It Under the
Realm Act
Bj) Associated Press.
London, April 2, 11.55 A. M.—The
attention of the British public is to-day
continued on the question of absti
nence. For the moment it has over
shadowed the war. This is Good Fri- \
day and in l<ondon there are no after- j
noon papers, but it is doubtful if llri j
biggest headlines chronicling military j
activity coubl divert the attention of ;
the people of the all-absorbing topic ■
of the possibility of a "dry" country. :
That some drastic measures are con- i
templated is beyond question but tho;
public is divided in opinion as to
whether the prohibition is to be total,
or whether the consumption of alco
holic liquors will bo permitted under
sharp control.
Petitions for Suppressing Liquor
Several of the London morning pa
pers appeared with full page advertise
ments presenting petitions with tho re
quest that supporters of the movement j
cut them out and send them to Chan-;
ceilor of the Exchequor Lloyd George. ,
petitions read:
'' I am entirely in favor of the sus
pension of the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors during the war,
which 1 consider imperative for a quick
and successful termination of the war.
I shall heartily support the govern
ment in any such measure."
The petition iilea is backed bv mer
chants and business men and other em
ployers of labor, who disclaim any save
a war interest in the proposed measure.
May Defeat Total Prohibition
The sense of personal liberty is so
strong in England that it may defeat
total prohibition. But the seuse of
fair play tights on the side of the ex- !
treme measure, for the opinion is grow- ;
ing that if employes be deprived of
their right to drink employers must .
take their place in the same boat.
It is believed that the Cabinet is in
favor of total prohibition which, un- !
der the defense of the realm act, it has '
the power to tnfoYce without any;
further legislation.
LVBAHGER CASHED ONLY PART j
Says He Still Has Check Given to Him
for Work He Didn't Do
Following publication yesterday of!
the statement that tihe State Treasury I
'has cashed some checks for Jesse J. !
Lybarger for services as a transcribing
clerk in the House during the session of i
1913, "Mr. Lybarger, who now resides
in Beading, explained in a telegram last
night that he has not taken tihe pay ot
S9S representing fourteen days' serv
ice which he did not perform and for j
which, in 1913, he refused to accept :
pay. He says he still has the check m j
his possession—uncashed Mr. Ly- I
barger's telegram said:
"The actual difference in the dispute'
of the 1913 Legislature was over the j
pay for fourteen days representing S9B.
I still have in my possession the State
Treasurer's check for sll2, including
the $98."
COOD FRIDAY MARKED BY
MANY CHURCH SERVICES
i Easter Shoppers Throng the Streets—
Banks and Many Offices Closed for
the Day—Parcel Post Makes Postal
Men Besume Work Early
Harrisburg celebrated Good Friday
to-day with tho usual religious services
in the churches. It is a legal holiday
and the more fortunate persons who
have positions in banks, postoffices, fed
eral state, county and municipal of
fices enjoyed 'a holiday.
There was a pre-Easter atmosphere
everywhere and many of the persons
who were not compelled to work spent
the day in the various shops doing
shopping for Easter. The curb-stone
merchant with his usual supply of hy
acinths appeared this morning and did
a remunerative business.
Services were held throughout the
day in Catholic and in Protestant
Episcopal churches. In the latter the
three-hour service was held from 12 to
3 o'clock. There was song services this
morning at Salem Reformed church,
with an address by the pastor, the Rev.
Ellis N. Kremer.
In practiealy all churches of the city
services will be held to-night.
Because of the Easter parcel post
business, which promises to reach largo
proportions in this city this year, the
main postoffice and the Thirteenth
street and Maclay street stations will
be open at 7 o'clock this evening in
stead of remaining closed until mid
night as is usual on holidays.
The offices closed at 10 o'clock this
morning in observance of Good Friday.
For the convenience principally of per
sons who are sending away Easter
packages they will reopen at 7 o'clock.
BARONESS DECORATED BY THE
EMPEROR FOR
■
BARONES6 H E VON ETTNER
This picture shows Baroness von Ettner, of Vienna, as she arrived iv
America, where she is to rest up after having acted as a lied Cross nurse in tin
hospital she fitted up in the Castle Gratz. her estate on the Austrian-Polish
frontier. On her arrival the Baroness said she was decorated by Emperor
Franz Josef for her interest the work of the Itcd Cross.
GOVERNORIIIERS
ROADS DENUDED
Directs Deputy Com
missioner Hunter to
Start Operations Be
ginning Monday
$700,000 OF AUTO
FUNDS AVAILABLE
Working' Forces Throughout the State
Are Reported to Be In Readiness to
Resume the Work Where It Was
Halted Last Fall
Work ou tlie State highways will be
gin on Monday next under direction of
.1 usej»h W. Hunter, First Deputy Com
missioner of Highways, who> has been
in char go of the Highway Department
since Commissioner Bigelow's resigna
tion, which took effect on last Wednes
day evening. To-day Governor Brum
baugh sent the following message to
Hunter, who is at his homo in Jenkin
town:
" Want you on Monday to begin work
on State highways. The plans being all
made, will you quickly get tie force on
tiio roails? See me soon. M. G. Brum
baugh."
Hunter will arrive here 011 Monday
and have an audience with the Gov
ernor, and will at once set the ma
chinery in motion. Highway improve
ment work has been halted during the
■winter and thus far in the s^j-ing.
There is now in the fund for the
maintenance of the roads and to carry
out t'he plans made by Commissioner
'Bigelow before leaving ollice, the su u
of $700,000 from the automobile li
cense fund, and more is being added to
it every day. This fund is kept sep
arate from the other moneys in the
State Treasury and is avallaible at any
time for road work.
Reports from all parts of the State
are to the effect that the forces of men
necessary to begin roa«i work are ready
at once, anil the machinery can be
placed in condition after long idleness
in a very short time.
No announcement was made to-day
of t'he ajipointment of a successor to
former Commissioner Bigelow.
BISHOP DUBS' FUNERAL
Six United Evangelical Ministers to
Serve as Pallbearers
Six ministers of the United Evan
gelical Church will act as pallbearers at
the funeral of Bishop Rudolph Dubs,
to be held from the Harris Street Unit
ed Evangelical church to-morrow after
noon at 1 0 'clock.
They will be the Rev. W. S. Harris,
Harrisburg; the Rev. J. Q A. Curry,
Johnstown; the Rev. J. D. Shortess,
York; the Rev. H. A. Benfer, Balti
more; the Rev. S. P. Erisman, Allen
town, and the Rev. H. V. Summers, Co
lumbus, Ohio.
MERCHANT'S FATAL PLUNGE
Aged Man, Victim of Somnambulism,
Falls Out Window to Death
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, April 2.—Adolph
Hess, a wealthy retired rubber mer
chant of this city, fell out of a third
story window of hia home here early
to-day and was killed.
Mr. Hess was 78 years old and for
some time had been a victim of som
nambulism. His absence from the
house was not noticed and the body
was found by a passerby.
FORCER TO BE SENTENCED i
UNLESS BOND IS GIVEN
Thus Far New York Authorities Have j
Failed to Post $2,500 as Guarantee |
to Return Mercer to the Local,
Court
If William J. Fallon, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney of Westchester county,
New York proposes to obtain the
$2,500 bond which Judge Kunkel has
said must bo posted before H. R. Mer
cer, a crook in jail here awaiting sen
tenee on forgery charges, will be turned
over to tilie custody of the New York
authorities, he at least has not yet in
formed District Attorney Stroup of his
intentions.
Fallon wants Mercer to give assist
ance in a New York inquiry relative to
several perjury cases.' Dauphin wants
Mercer to pay the penalty for having
attempted to cheat two Harrisburg
barks. He baffled police of other cities,
then came to Harrisburg, which he re
garded as a " jay'' town—and tried a
Uim-flam game. In tihree hours the
local police had him in a cell.
Mercer's companion in crime is one
Fred Leßrun. Both will be called for
sentence on Monday and Mercer will be
sentenced —probably to the penitenti
ary—unless the New York prosecuting
officer posts the S2,T>OO bond as guar
antee that Mercer will be returned to
this State for his "just dues" when
the New Yorkers are through with him.
Leßrun also will be sentenced Monday.
Charley Stinney, who until this week
had been a fugitive since September,
last, and who was wanted for stealing
linen from the old United States hotel,
his attorney says, has decided to plead
guilty and will be called for sentence
lon Monday.
Other delendants wlho will be called
at that time include the folowing:
Samuel P. Baker, larceny; Jim Belford,
; serious charge; Charles Chaney, assault
and battery; Henry Davis, keeping a
gambling house; Samuel Engler, lar- |
| ceny; John Hill and Arthur H. KnoufT,
I non-support; Mi\ck Ritter, larceny;
James Lewis and Illia Rokeric, assault
and battery, and Milos Vorkapic, fe
lonious entry and larceny.
Nick Ferencic, convicted of selling
liquor without a license and to minors,
also will be called for sentence. M. I'.
Johnson, the defendant's employer, will
be called as a character witness.
SEEKING T3S^NTRIES
FOR BIC PUBLICITY RUN
Would Break All National Recordß
—Jersey and Pennsylvania Cities
Have Pledged 120 Trophies—Ex
pect One for Every Car
Twenty-two entries for the publicity
ruii of the Motor Club of Harrisburg
before notices have been sent out to
the 400 odd members gives the secrc
tary, J. Clyde My ton, a hunch that this
will be the greatest run in the history
of motor runs If 135 cars enter from
I Harrisburg, it will be the greatest run
e\er hold and wiil attract country-wide
prominence, and that is what the man
agers are hoping fo^
They have an able ally in the Har
risburg Chamber of Commerce, which
entered into the spirit of "advertising
Harrielburg" yesterday for the first
time and their activity is already bear
ing fruit, with the result that the cham
ber will be able to announce its plans
definitely next week.
Assurances of 120 trophies given by
hotois and'cities which will profit by
the run, which, by the way, is to be a
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POSTWT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
FOUR MORE
BOATS LOST
IN SEA RAID
British Steamer South
point, Thought Lost
In Storm. Sunk By-
Submarine U-28
THE U-10 SINKS 3
TYNE TRAWLERS
Latter Vessels Are Blown Up by the
Germans After All Members of the
Crews Are Safely in Small
Boats
London, April 2, 6.29 A. M.—The
British steamer Southpoint, the crew
of which was landed yesterday at Lis
bon, was not lost in a storm ns at lirst
reported but was sunk by the German
submarine U-28 sixty miles of Cape
Finistorre, according to a Keuter dis
patch from Lisbon.
New Castle, Eng., April 2, 2.58 P.
M.—Three Tyne trawlers, the Gloxi
ana, Jason and Nellie, were sunk by
the German submarine U-10 yesterday.
After all the members of the crews
were safely in small boats the Germans
blew up tho trawlers. They then towed
the fishermen towards the Tyne until
they encountered fishing craft which
brought the men ashore.
Tho fishermen say that the com
mander of tho submarine was quite
genial. He supplied hot coffee and to
bacco and told them: "We have orders
to sink everything. It is war, and
England stinted it."
Amsterdam, April 2, Via London,
2.L T > P. M.—Eleven men, tho crew of
the Norwegian bark Nor, torpedoed in
the North Sea by tho German subma
rine U-20, were landed to-day tb»
steamer Unita at the Hook of Holland.
Paris, April 2, 12.30 A. M.—An
Austrian steamer loaded with arms and
ammunition on its way from Semlin
to Paneaova, both ports on the Danube,
struck a mine in the river last night,
says a Havas dispatch from Nieh. Ser
bian artillery immediately opened tire
on tho vessel whichi exploded with ter
rific force.'
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
German submarines have sunk four
more vessels, one of them flying a neu
tral flag. A Norwegian bark was tor
pedoed in the North Sea by the U-20,
and three trawlers from the Tyne were
blown up by the U-10. The crews of all
! four ships escaped.
Heavy fighting has been resumed In
! Eastern France near the German bor
! der. The official statement from Berlin
j to-day says the French were defeated
jin a battle near Lepetre forest and
i forced to give up ground which they
' had won.
Elsewhere along the western front
there were artillery encounters yester
day but no infantry engagements of
; consequence.
Kaids by two aviators of the allies in
the German province of Baden inflicted
damage in the cities of Hulheim and
Nouenburg. The destruction of prop
erty in Mullheim is described in a Lon
don dispatch as considerable, although
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CLOUDS CAUSE SOME WORRY
Weather Observer Says It Will Be Fair
and He Ought to Know
Prospects for a fair Easter did uot
seem good to many Harrisburgers who
gazed with apprehension at tho cloudy
. sky, arguing that it preceded a regu
lar April shower, but the weather ob
servers did not think so and forecasted
fair weather for to-night and Saturday
without much change in temperature.
The edge of a storm area which was
central in Maine caused the clouds here
• to-day.
1 The Florida peninsula had heavy
! rains to-day as the result of a storiu
1 i there and this seems to be the only
storm that might make a sorry Easter
Day here, but prospects are bright that
it will move off the coast, before auy
' damage is done to new spring togs.
EGGS FOB INDUSTRIAL HOME
1 Usual Easter Donations Have Be«n
Received From School Children
The usual Easter donations of eggt
. for the Children's Industrial Homo
, have been received from the - publie
school children of the city aud from
. other individuals.
A lot of thirty-one dozen came
j from the schools of Hummelgtown.
The counting of the cygs was proceed
ing rapidly this afternoon.