1 'v pypvq THE WEATHER FAUt TO-NIGHT CLOUDY TO MORROW Detailed Rend F>m 8 d^ a " , l'«" ed vol. 77—NO. 108. n. USES IT HORSE. HELD IA OA L OF $509 He Is Identified by Miss Waters, of State Hos pital, As Man Who Accosted Her SHE FACES HIM IN POLICE COURT Bays She Is Positive He Is the Man Who Approached Her on the Street and Ran Away When She Com plained to a Policeman Clarence Dorsev, a negro, was iden tified in police court this afternoon by Miss Frances Waters, a nurse at the (State Hospital for the Insane, as the man who followed her for almost four blocks in the heart of the city between S and 9 o 'clock last evening, and who escaped when Miss Waters appealed for aid to Patrolman Coleman, at Third and Waluut streets, but was arrested in the Eighth ward early this morning by Patrolmen McCann and Parsons. Dorsey was held under SSOO bail by Mayor RoyaJ for appearance in court on a charge of assault and battery with attempt to rob. Patrolman Coleman, who chased the negro who annoyed Miss Waters through back streets, looked at the man who later was arrested on suspicion and identified him enough to satisfy Lieu tenant Worden. who committed him to jail to await further identification by Miss Waters. Miss Water 3 was first approached by the negro on i»econd street just above Pine street. His attentions antoyed her and she turned out Pine street to ward Third street. At Court and Pine streets he asked her to turn down Court street and she brushed past him and continued on her w»v to Third street, turning down Third ee. o Walnut, where she walked up to Patrolman Coleman. Miss Waters barely had time to speak a few words, pointing out the ne gro, when he made off out Walnut street, turning toward Market on Aber deen. The policeman ran to Fourth and Walnut streets in an effort to head him off. thinking he was making toward a house well known to the police, near Cowden and Strawberry streets, where it would bo easy to elude pursuit. The negro «aw the policeman turn into Strawberry from Fourth street and he turned on his heels and disap peared in one of the back streets. Miss Waters immediately made a full report to the police, giving a de scription of the man. which was given in turn to all of the policemen on duty last night. The arrest of Dorsey was made from this description. OUT-OF-DOOR WORK GIVES JOBS TO MANY CITY MEN Improvements Along the River Front, in Second Street and Market Square and Elsewhere Reduce Number of Unemployed in Harrisburg City Improvement work now is well started for the spring, with many men employed ajid scores of others to be added within the next several weeks. The Stucker Brothers Construction Company has its regular force working on the river wall job in the northern part of the city and yesterday made a record run by laying 77 blocks of the concrete pavement at the top of the wall. These paving blocks are six feet square. The Central Construction & Supply Company is busy setting granite curb ing preliminary to paving Derry street, while the Harrisburg Railways Com pany is relaying its Second street tracks, in and around Mulberry streets, where improvements have been maile incident to th c subway construction. Work on this new line has so far ad vanced that the railways company will, within a few days,—possibly to morrow, —begin laying the concrete base for the paving. • With an enlarged force, W. H. Op perman is making rapid headway with the construction of the new sewer sec tions iu Second street and Market square. Since work liar been completed on the dirt fill along the river front, be tween Calder and Maelay street, City forester 11. J. Mueller has been laving plans for tree planting along the riv er front and work to that end was be gun this morniug. Young c lm trees are to be planted, forty feet apart, all along the river front. Oriental plants and shrubbery also will be placed along the bank, under the supervision of the '.Forester. This is Mr. Mueller's first tree planting here since he was appoint ed several weeks ago. Until to-day he had been busy removing dead trees and trimming others. Typhus Fatal to Dr. Magruder Washington, April 9.—Dr. Ernest P. Magruder, of this city, one of the phy sicians at the head of the American Red Cross unit in Serbia, has fallen a victim to typhus fever. iHis death was reported to-day from Belgrade to Bed Cross headquarters here. ■** — ■ i -~ya*~ * - /• r (7 Cl)c Skr- iMMb Jtifrepettfretit GOVERNOR NAMtS MILITARY STAFF New Members Are Young, Kolb, Gribbel, Cummings and Shoe maker—s Retained COLONEL O'NEILL MADE GENERAL Contemplated Increases by Railroads in the Charges for Carrying Soldiers May Interfere With Tentative Plans for Guard Encampments Announcement was made to-day by Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart, chief of staff of the National Guard, that Governor Brumbaugh has appoint ed the following members of his staff with the rank of lieutenant colonel: James Elverson, Jr., Philadelphia, re appointed; Oliver S. Hershman, Pitts burgh, reappointed; Thomas E. Murphy, Philadelphia, reappointed; Samuel D. Lit, Philadelphia, reappointed; Benja min Wolf, Philadelphia, reappointed; Edward M. Young, Allentown, Lehigh county; Louis J. Kolb, Philadelphia; John Gribbel, Montgomery county; J. Howell Cummings, Berks county, and Henry W. Shoemaker, Altoona, Blair county. It was also announced by Adjutant General Stewart that the Governor has appointed Colonel C. T. O'Neill, of Al lentown, commander of the Fourth regi ment, senior colonel of the division and a colonel for sixteen years, to be briga dier general commanding the Fourth brigade, succeeding Brigadier General J. B. Coryell, Philadelphia, whose com mission expired. General Coryell was formerly commander of the Twelfth and Sixth regiments. It also was announced at National Guard headquarters that Brigadier Generals C. M. Clement, Sunbury, com mander of the Third brigade, and Wil liam G. Price, Jr., Philadelphia, com mander of the First brigade, have been reappointed. They were assigned to the same commands. Governor Brumbaugh 's staff appoint ments number three, fewer than those of Governor Tener. The aids ou the Tener staff nltt- reappointed in the list of to-day are James W. Fuller, Jr., Catasauqna; Walter T. Bardley, Phila delphia; Andrew B. Berger, Pittsburgh; C. C. Pratt, New Milford; Samuel D„ Foster, Pittsburgh, who just has re signed as chief engineer of ttio State Highway Department; William H. Kaul, St. Mary's; Frank Connell, Erie, and Lewis E. Beitler, Philadelphia . Within a few days general orders Cnntlnned on Thirteenth Pas*. VICIOUSLY ATTACKED BY CAT "Johnnie" Hayes, Peanut Vender, Ter ribly Scratched on Hands by Pet Johnny Hayes, who hangs up his hat at 611 Walnut street when not selling double-jointed peanuts, went about his work with his hands swathed in band ages to-day, all because he did not speak in his usual cheery voice to his pet tabby cat when he went into the cellar of his home early this morning to get a bucket of coal. Tabby, not recognizing its master, leaped from a dark corner and dug both front paws into Johnny s hands, inflict ing terrible scratches on the left one. Only the little finger of the right hand was scratched. Haves applied at the HarrisbuTg hospital for treatment, where his name ■was registered as "John R. Hayes." Few persons know nini by any "other name than "Johnny." I). C. 81'CORMICK A DIRECTOR Chosen to Succeed Late John Weaver On Chestnut St. Market Board The stockholders of the Chestnut Street Market Company, besides de claring the regular semi-annual divi dent of 2 1-2 per cent., at their meet ing last evening, elected the following board of nine directors: W. J. Lescure, H. E. Hershey, Don ald C. McCormick, Samuel Kunkel, John Hoffer, Jr., J. H. Shopp, C. H. Bergner, Robert McCormick and George W. Reily. Donald C. McCor mick succeeds the late John Weaver. All the other directors were chosen to succeed themselves. The directors will meet on May 11 to elect officers and transact general business. LORIMER MUST STAND TRIAL Former U. S. Senator Charged With Wrecking Chicago Bank By Associated Press, Chicago, April 9.—William Lori mer, former United States Senator and other officials of the defunct La Bailee Street Trust and Savings bank, must stand trial on State charges of con spiring to wreck the institution. This was the effect of a decision in criminal court to-dav by which a mo tion to quash the indictment was over ruled and twenty-four of the twenty five counts in the document were sus tained. Great Grandmother at 40 Marion, Ind., April 9. —By the birth of a boy baby to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cole, Nelson street, Mrs. Bertha Shriv er, 32, and Mrs. Ella Moonshower, 49, both of this city, became grandmother and great-grandmother, respectively. Mrs. Cole, the mother, was 15 years old in January, and Mr. Cole, the fa ther, is 18 years >he campaign opened in Marysville, and was operated on the following day in the Harrisburg hospital. Mr. Red den 's recovery was slow, but he is satis fied to be able to join the evangelistic party before its departure from Marys ville. He left the hospital last night. LABfIRREE TELLS OFKDHBK Describes In Detail the Flight of Christians From Urumiah and Other Places APPEALS TO RED CROSS FOR AID Mr. Labarree Also Asks the Presby terian Board of Foreign Missions For $50,000 to Relieve the Suf fering People of Urumiah By Associated Pros. New York, April 9.—"A fearful rate of mortality," amouj the- 10,000 refugees crowded into the yards of the American mission at Urumiah where, it is said, 5,000 persons could scarce ly find accommodations is reported in a communication received here to-day through the State Department at Washington by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. So great was the menace, it is said in the com munication that for a while it was un safe for any one to leave the premises and consequently the bodies of the dead could not be buried, Later, when the way was opened, the communica tion declares, one missionary was kept busy attending to the burial of the dead. At times on an average of forty refugees diedt every day. The communication which is a copy of one sent to F. W. Smith, American consul at Tiflis, Persia, by the Rev. Robert M. Labarree, of Urumiah, de scribed in detail the flight of Chris tians not only from Urumiah but from all Azerbijan' provinces after the with drawal of the Russian troops and then continued in part an follows: "Of the thousands who were forced to remain behind, their villages being C'ontlaned on Blevntk I'age. LANDMARKS THAT HAVE GONE FROM SOUTH SECOND STREET Dr. Hugh Hamilton Tells History of Buildings in Once Aristocratic Section That Have Been Wiped Out in Path of Improvements I—|T|"1 —|T|" ! hi ' Hatm^U^V./I, .. . , *•... y.-. ® •»» «L ?/? 1 ~ '' ' ""I--- - s ■ "•• ir •;»Tr--ga& FIRST POSTOFFICE, 302 SOUTH SECOND STREET Building Razed for Railroad Improvements Where John Wyoth, the First Post- master, Took Charge August 10, 170:1 T " : *y ■ . ■ THE HISTORIC MANSION HOUSE The street was originally at the level of the front door where tlio balcony is seen. The borough cut the street down to bring it to the level with the railroad tracks. Now they are digging 22 feet down to put the street under the railroad tracks. This building was at the northeast corner of Second and Mulberry streets. General Lafayette stopped in this hotel in 1821. Dr. Hugh Hamilton, who for years was a resident of that section of South Second street—one of the very oldest parts of the city—that has re cently been razed to make way for the Pennsylvania railroad froight re ceiving station and tracks the South Second street subway, made an historic address before the Dauphin County Historical Society last even- NEW SET OF BIDS SAVES SI ,135 ONFIRE QUARTERS Total of Low Proposals For Construc tion of Royal Company's Home Is 17,402 and Commissioner Taylor Will Recommend Awards Through advertising a second time for bids for the construction of the proposed new Royal Fire Company 's house, Derrv street, near Twenty-first, Park Commissioner Taylor to-day ob tained new proposals in which the combined total of the low bids on the various specifications approximate $7,402, or $1,133 below the combined amount of the low bids received on March 27, last. With these latest bids the $7,500 appropriated for the erection of the fire house is sufficient to finance the improvement and to leave a balance in the fire house fund. Commissioner Taylor, after opening the bids, an nounced that he is entirely satisfied with the new proposals and will ask the City Commission, probably at the meeting on Tuesday, to confirm his award of the contracts for building and furnishings, to the several low bidders. Some slight changes were made in Coatlnued on Klrveath I'age. ing in which he told of South Second street in the years gone by when it was an aristocratic neighborhood. With his talk Dr. Hamilton dis played photographs of many of the old buildings which have been torn down. One of these was Harrisburg's first poetoffice at 202 South Second street, Continued on I2ljfhth I>ase. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY A further advance in the region be tween the Meuse and Moselle rivers, where a concentrated attack was be gun by the allies several days ago, Is announced to-day by the French mili tary authorities. It is said that trenches were captured at several points, and in some instances they were choked with the dead. The German v. ar office says the bat tle is proceeding with Increasing fierce ness and heavy loss of life, but that the efforts of the allies were unavailing. On the contrary, it is said, the Germans succeeded capturing trenches from the French, The village of Drei Gratchen, which the Germans captured only to lose on the following day, has been again taken from the Belgians, the Berlin state ment announces. In the German campaign against Russia a new fighting has developed north of Suwalki, the result of which Continued on Eleventh Pace. Injured When Knocked Fro A Bicycle Harry Wilhelm, 17 years old, 1419 Market street, was knocked from his bicycle by an automobile at Cameron and Berryhill streets this morning, sus taining a laceration above the left eye and bruises of the left arm and left leg. He was treated at the Harrisburg hospital. POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE CENT. TRENCHES ARE CHOKED BY CORPSES British Troops Repel Night Attack of Ger mans at Eparges With Awful Result LATTER CEASE THEIR ATTACKS At Ailley the Allies Capture New Trenches and Repulse Two Counter Attacks—Take Six Machine Ouns and Two French Mortars Paris, April 9, via .London, 2.40 P. —The official communication from the War Office this afternoon follows; "'British troops rebelled during the night of April 7-8 a German attack. We left unoccupiod in the teeth of the enemy Germpn trenches at Mparges Whic.li were completely choked with corpses, and we repelled at the close of the day two counter attackg by the "In the wood at. Ailley we captured uow trenches and repelled two counter attacks, as already reported. We aleo secured six machine guns and two trench mortars. The enemy censed his counter attacks after middav." Joffre Rushing His Advance London, April 9, 11.55 A. M.—Th® French movement between the Meusa and the Lorraine frontier is developing a distinct offensive, with General Joffre pushing his advance, while the Germans are making fierce counter attacks. This is the substance of the latest dispatches reaching I>ondon from the continent. According to an analysis of the sit uation by the French General Staff, the French offensive movement of the last few days has been on three sectors. The first, is on a front of fourteen miles to the east of Verdun, the actual line run ning southeast from a point near Etain; the second on a front between St. Mihiel and Pont a Mousson, where the French are attacking from the south, and the third is in the north in the vicinity Of Gussninville, where the French now d(Alioate the valley of the Orne and are threatening the railroad beyond the river Ornc with attack. 1,000 Dead Germans on Field The French advance is thus being pressed from three bases in throe differ ent directions. Affording to Pnris offi cial reports French forces on fronts many miles long have occupied new ground measuring from several hundred yards to two miles deep. That the Ger man resistance to these advances has been stubborn is indicated by the French report that the Hermans dn one point of the attack left 1,000 dead on the field. SI'ES A BROKER FOR $1,400 William Russ Goes to Court With Claim Based on Stock Transaction A civil 11 it 011 n claim for $1,400, filed in the office of the court clerk this morning by William Russ, of this city, against H. W. Suavely, who for several years has conducted a stock brokers' office in the Arcade building, Court anil Strawberry streets, led to the confirmation by Mr. Suavely this afternoon of a report that a Now York brokerage firm with which ho transacted business has failed. Mr. Suavely said he had no state ment to make other than that his wire connection with the New York firm was cut off yesterday and that while he had a "substitute" wire connec tion, he was not doing business to dav. Russ' lawyer and Suavely both said that the suit is based upon a stock transaction. • At the office of Lescure, Suavely & Company, North Market square, it was said that H. W. Snavely is in no way connected with that firm. Assemblyman Jumps to Death 'Milwaukee, Wis., April 9.—Chris topher Paulus, 61, a member of the State Assembly, to-day jumped from the tenth story of the First National bunk building and was instantly killed. Discovered Diphtheria Bacillus Berlin, April 9, Via London, 4.30 P. M.—The death is announced of Pro fessor Frierii-ieh Ijoeffler, the German scientist who in 1884 discovered the diptbtheria bacillus. Dr. Loeffler was born in 18S2. WALL STREET CLOSING Mew York, April o.—Dealings la the final hour became increasingly active at highest prices of the day. Steel's rise ran to over Biz points. The closing was buoyant. The strength and activity of to-day's market exceeded any session of recent years. Gains in leading stocks ran from 3 to fl points.