THE WEATHER
FAIR TO-NIGHT
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STEELION LIKELY
10 GET PARI OF A
MOJIWORK
Local Plant Looks For
Some of Contracts
to be Let by Penn
sylvania Railroad
BIDS ARE NOT
YET ASKED FOR
Announced That 144 Locomotives, 146
All-steel Passenger Cars and 9,745
Freight Cars Are to Be Included in
the New Equipment
It was stated in the executive offices
of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, in
Steelton, this morning, that the local
corporation confidently expects to re
ceive a considerable shijre of the con
tracts for material under the plan of
the Pennsylvania railroad, announced
last night in Philadelphia to spend
$20,000,000 for new equipment.
While the Steelton Company has not
yet received specifications on which to
base bids the steel company officials
feel sure that it will share largely in
the contracts.
The Harrisburg and Enola car shops
of the Pennsylvania railroad will not
build any of the new rolling stock, ac
cording to information obtained this
morning from the office of William B.
McCaleb, superintendent of the Phila
dfflph " vision of the Pennsylvania
railri
Th lurtiil shops are not equipped for
the building of locomotives or ears, the (
work done here being principally re
pairs. Much of the car and locomotive
building work will be done in the Al
toona shops of the company.
Philadelphia, April 17. —Signs of an
impending era of country-wide prosper
ity are seen in the announcement from
the offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad
last night that the company would to
day go into the markets for $20,000,-
000 of ni-W equipment and for new ma
terial for cars and locomotives which
it will build in its own construction
shops.
The company will build at once 144
new locomotives, !4l> all-steel passen
ger cars and approximately 10,000
freight cars. This is the largest order
for rolling stock given by the Pennsyl
vania in years, and assures a protract
e I period of great activity in the com
pany s own shops and for other rail
way construction concerns.
Ail the new equipment will go to re
place rolling stoek now worn out. The
announcement bears out the statements
made by railroad officials to the effect
that when they got a 5 per cent, in
crease in freight rates they would be in
a position to make large expenditures!
on new equipment.
Coming on top of the announcement
by President E. B. Thomas of the Le
high Valley Railroad, that his com
pany would spend $1,000,000, the
Pennsylvania's announcement heralds a
business boom which will affect the en
tire country.
The Pennsylvania will buiUl much
of the new rolling stocks in its Juniata
shops, at Altoona. It is likely that a
number of large Pennsylvania concerns
will get some of the contracts.
Cars to Be of Steel
Most of the new equipment is to be
all-steel, in keeping with the Pennsyl
vania's announced policy to build only
with steel until ultimately every train
operated by the company—passenger
and freight—will be of all-steel con
struction. ■
The company's comprehensive pro
gram includes the building of 144 new
locomotives, 76 of which will be loco
motives of the new standard freight
type, and 68 shifting engines. Bids
will be asked to-day for the materials
for these engines. Only this week the
Juniata shops management laid off a
number of men ami cut down the num-
Contlnurd on Sixth Par*.
GOVERNOR ATPENNSY MEET
Will Witness Track and Field Games
In Chestnut Street Hall—Mc-
Caleh Open Day's Sport
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh,
"who has ibeen invited to act as a hon
orary referee at the indoor track and
field games in the Chestnut street
auditorium, has asnured the managers
of the meet that he will be present
this evening to witness a number of
events.
This is the annual system meet of
Pennsylvania Kailroad " Young Men's
Christian Associations and twenty-one
will be represented. The events of the
day were opened this afternoon by
William B. McOaleb, superintendent
of the Philadelphia division of the
Pennsylvania railroad, who tossed out
the volley ball for the first event.
After the track and field games this
evening the local P. R. R. Y. M. C. A.
basketball team will meet the All-
Stars of the Eastern League in the
Chestnut street auditorium. Nearly
1,000 tickets have been sold.
Increase in Bank Reserve
New York, April 17.—The state
ment of the actual condition of Clear
ing House banks and trust companies
«hows that they hold $1*68,057,820
reserve in excess of legal requirements.
This is an increase of $9,842,880
over last week.
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BLOCK'S WEDDING IS
FORMALLY ANNOUNCED
City Employes Among Those Who Oet
Word of Marriage of the License
Tax Collector and Mrs. Kauffman
in New York
A telegram recived at noon to-day
bv Mrs. M. H. Sangree, 1219 State
sfreet, this city, announced that the
wedding of her daughter, Mrs. Hope
Sangree Kauffman, of this city, and
William D Block, Harrisburg's license
tax collector, place in New York
City late yegterday afternoon. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Paul Leinbach, a Reformed Church
clergyman. Cards formally announcing
the wedding are to be issued within
the next few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Block, according to the
advices received here, left New York
last night for a honeymoon trip of
several weeks. Upon receiving the no
tice of tie marriage Mrs. Bargree told
of the details of the wedding plans.
Mr. and Mrs. Block were met in New
York by the latter's brothers, Dr. Chal
mers Sangree and Allen Sangree, the
latter a New York newspaperman.
They went direct to the home of Dr.
Sangree.
A letter and post card received this
morning at the office of City Clerk
Charles A. Miller, where the license tax
collector makes his headquarters, con
tained messages from Mr. Block aud
were addressed to the City Clerk and
Ross R. Seaman, Assistant City Clerk,
respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. Block were at the Ho
! Tel McAlpin, Greeley square, New
York, when the bridegroom mailed the
informal announcements. To the City
Clerk Mr. Block wrote as follows:
"My Dear Friend—We arrived here
iin good shape, were met by Hope's
! brothers and found everything in apple
I pie order. Give mv regards to the
| boys. W. D. B."
On the post card received by the as
j sistant city clerk Mr. Block wrote:
"Old Hundred, we are having an
elephant time. W. D. B. P. S.—Do
j not take in any wooden money.''
Friends of the license tax officer are
| planning to decorat, 1 the couple's future
I home at 130 . *een street with old
i shoes, pennant' 1 cards bearing ap
propriate insen, jns.
> CHIEF HUTCHISON BETTER
His Condition Becomes Stronger After
Passing a Restless Night
Chief of Police Joseph B. Hutchi
son, who is in the Miners' hospital in
| Ashland, where he underwent a serious
! throat operation yesterday spent a
1 restless night last night, according to
a telegram received here this morn
ing.
He was able to take nourishment
this morning, however, and bis condi
tion has become stronger.
Mill
ILJJIOI
CapitolStirredby Story
That Sleuths Are at
Work in Legislative
Halls
GOSSIP VARIES
AS TO PURPOSE
Opinion Is Divided as to Whether De
tectives Are Here to Shadow
Friends or Foes of Local Option
Bill
Under whose auspices, and by whose
directions have Burns detectives been
in Harrisburg for several weeks? And
why do they haunt the capitolt
These are questions that were fre
quently asked on Capitol Hill to-day.
That Burns detectives have been lurk
ing about legislative halls for some
time has been a rumor that was light
ly dismissed by those who discussed it
at all. It is asserted beyond a doubt,
however, that they have been here, but
nobody seems to know their mission or
who employs them.
Gossip says, on the one hand, that
they have been employed by friends
of the local option bill to learn whether
any insidious means are or have been
employed to obtain votes against that
measure, and that they have been de
voting their time to shadowing legis
lators who are non-committal, with a
view to ascertaining what means are
being used to draw them to the side of
local option opponents.
On the other hand it is asserted
that the sleuths are here to work for
the opponents of the local option bill,
the iiiiea being to ascertain why men
pledged to local option propose to
change their minds and now favftr the
measure.
Both the friends and the enemies of
local option are charged with being re
sponsible for the appearance of the de
tectives, but both the leaders of both
factions profess to be entirely ignorant
of the presence of the sleuths.
It was said last night that at least
six of the best of the Burns detectives
have been in Harrisburg for weeks and
that their presence here was learned
of by an old detective who is acquaint
ed with the men personally, but not in
any way connected with them. They
are said to have kept much to them
selves during the recesses takeD by the
Legislature, but to be alwaya on hand
when the sessions are on.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1916—12 PAGES.
NRS.IOCKEFEL'R
LEFT $2,10010
Her Will Gives About
Half Million to Rela
tives and Friends and
Disposes of Jewels
REST OF ESTATE
GOES TO CHARITY
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Gets His Moth
er's Wedding Ring and Other Jew
elry In Connection With a SIOO,-
000 Cash Bequest
By Associated Press,
New York, April 17.—The will of
the late Mrs. John D. Rockefeller was
filed in the surrogate's court to-day. She
leaves bequests in the neighborhood of
$500,000 and valuable articles of jew
elry to friends and relatives. The rest
of her estate, which is estimated in all
at $2,000,000, is bequeathed to
charitable institutions.
The charitable bequests are to be dis
tributed at the discretion of her ex
ecutors, who are her husband, her son,
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and her daugh
ter, Alta Rockefeller Prentice, wife of
E. Parmalee Prentice. The will is
dated March 5, 1913.
Children Each Get SIOO,OOO
Sums of SIOO,OOO each are left to
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Mrs. Prentice
and Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick,
her other daughter, wife of Harold F.
McCormick; and $50,000 to Miss Lucy
M. Spelman, Mrs. Rockefeller's sister.
To her granddaughter, Margaret
Strong, daughter of Bessie Rockefeller
Strong, deceased, SIOO,OOO is left in
trust but with the provision that until
she will arrive at the age of 35, the
executors shall pay her such parts, or
the whole of the fund, as they may
deem wise in their "aibsolute and un
restricted discretion," for her actual,
personal and beneficial use. Any por
tion of the fund which shall not have
been paid at that time reverts to the
residuary estate.
A sum sufficient to produce a net
income of $l,OjM Is left to Mrs. Rocke
feller 's friend, Caroline P. Sked.
Charitable Institutions Benefited
The charitable institutions named as
beneficiaries of the residuary estate
are the Euclid Avenue Baptist church,
Cleveland, 0., the Baptist Home of
Northern Ohio, Women's Baptist Home
Missionary Society, Women's Baptist
Foreign Missionary Society, Spellman
Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., anil the Bureau
of Social Hygiene.
"The said trustees may give to
each of said instituting so much of
the property as they shall see fit," the
will reads, "and shall have the right
to exclude any one or more of gaid in
stitutions absolutely."
Disposing of Personal Belongings
With tile exception of a few be
quests to friends the will gives Mrs.
Rockefeller's jewels to relatives. To
John D. Rockefeller is left a ruby and
diamond ring, while John D. Rockefel
ler, Jr., inherits his mother's wedding
ring and an emerald and diamond ring.
Her uaughters, daughter-in-law, sister,
granddaughters and nieces also are re
membered with gifts of jewels.
Mrs. Rockefeller's dresses, books
and other personal belongings are be
queathed to her sister and her two
daughters to dispose of as they shall
see fit.
12 FIRMS BID ON FIRE HOSE
Proposals Range All the Way From 32
Cents to 81.10 a Foot
Twelve firms to-day submitted bids
to Fir e Commissioner Taylor for fur
nishing fire hose that is to be bought
with $2,500 appropriated when the an
nual budget was compiled. The bids
run from fifty-two cents to sl.lO a
foot. Taylor said he will not decide
until the City Commissioners meet on
Tuesday and possibly not then as to
who will get the contracts.
Harry F. Sheesley who, despite Tay
lor's recommendation, last year got a
contract for 1,000 feet of'a certain
brand of hose at 75 cents a foot, put
in a bid to-day agreeing to furnish the
same type of hose for 70 cents. Tay
lor this afternoon said the Sheesley
hose that has been in use here" is
very good."
The Eureka Fire Hose Company and
the Bi-Lateral Fire Hose Company each ;
got contracts for 1,000 feet of hose
last year. Their bids to-day were the
sam e as last year, sl.lO a foot.
PLACED LEMON SEED IN EAR
Boy Expected It to Come Out Mouth,
hut Physicians Removed It
Howard Boyer, the 3-year-old son of !
George W. Boyer, of Marysville, fol
lowed his brother's instructions and to
see a lemon seed come <tut»of his mouth
he placed it in his ear. It did not come
out and his parents becoming worried,
brought him to the Harrisburg hospital
this afternoon.
It so pained the little boy that phy
sicians had to remove the seed while
the boy was under an anesthetic.
930,000 Fire at Tork To-day
By Associated Press,
York, Pa., April 17.—The planing
mill of Jacob Beitzel & Sous, engaged
extensively v on government contracts,
was completely gutted iby fire which
broke out at 9.30 o'clock this morning.!
entailing a loss of $30,000, covered by
insurance. A large quantity of finished
mill work for federal buildings was de
stroyed.
SCHOOL BOARD BOYS PLOT
AT 5 PER CENT. REDUCTION
Site of New Tenth Ward School House
At Fifth and Mahantongo Streets
Will Be Enlarged By Last Night's
Action
The Harrisburg Board of School Di
rectors last night voted to buy a plot
of ground across Reel street from the
site of the proposed Tenth ward school
from the Harrisburg Realty Company
at $8,668.75, a reduction of five per
cent, from the price originally asked
for the ground by the company.
At the last meeting of the board,
Director Werner introduced a resolu
tion asking for the purchase of this
plot of ground for $7,000. The Realty
company asked originally $9,12'5 and
the matter was placed in the hands of
the building committee. This commit
tee reached no conclusion at a session
before the board meeting last evening
and the committee was discharged
from further consideration of the mat
ter at the board meeting.
Several realty experts and west end
business men wrote to. the board, Hav
ing the plot was worth $9,00<0. Ed-'
ward Moeslein, former director, ap
peared before the committee support
ing Mr. Werner in his contention. The
doors were closed while the board
voted on the question. Messrs. Boyer,
: Bretz, 8011, Kennedy and Saul voted
; to purchase the plot for $8,668.75.
Directors Werner, Yates and Houtz
were opposed.
Secretary Hammelbaugh was au
thorized to sell $90,000 worth of
bonds to provide for the building on
this enlarged plot at Fifth and Ma
hantongo streets and C. Howard Lloyd
was made supervising architect with
a remuneration of five per cent, of the
cost of the building. Mr, Lloyd won
the architectural competition.
COES BACK TO DOPE HABIT
AND THEN TRIES SUICIDE
Harry Nelligan Tells olice He Secured
Quantity of Cocaine From Physi
cian's Prescription—Attempted to
End Life by Gas at Home
Harry Nellingan, 634 Reily street,
who, according to the police, had been
"cured" of a longing for cocaine by
treatment in the special ward at the
almshouse and ye3terday secured a pre
scription from a Harrisburg physician
attd took rhe docaine he secured with
the prescription, tried to commit suicide
at his home this morning by inhaling
illuminating gas.
His family, the police say, discovered
the gas in the room shortly after he
turned on the fixture and the officers
rescued him. He was taken to the /Har
risburg hospital iu the police ambu
lance. There it was said that his con
dition was serious, but he had a chance
to recover.
While on his way to the hospital he
told the policemen that he had been
used to taking a large amount of
cocaine each day and had been dis
charged from the almshouse after treat
ment as "cured," Yesterday he was in
such condition that he wont* to a physi
cian for treatment and got a prescrip
tion for some of the narcotic, he is said
to have told the police.
His serious condition is due to the
fact that he yesterday got more of the
"dope" than he was accustomed to
taking and not from the effects of the
gas, according to the information given
out at the hospital.
ANOTHER MASSACREIs NOW
FEARED IN TURKISH ARMENIA
Engagements Frequent Between Kurds
and Armenians and Slaughter of
Christians Is Expected in the Vi
cinity of Van and in Bashkala
Tabriz, Persia, Friday, April 16, Via
Petrograd, April 17, 12 Noon, and
London, 1.20 P. M. —Engagements be
tween the Armenians and Kurds are
frequent in the vicinity of Van, in
Turkish Armenian, according to re
liable information reaching Tabriz and
again a massacre of Christians is ex
pected in the province of Bashkala.
The Armenians of Van are hurriedly
trying to raise volunteers in Azerbaijan
province to help them againßt the Turks
and Kurds.
After several stubborn engagements
between Russians and Turks to the
north of Dilman, in Persia, the Turks
retreated to the south of Dilman. From
the district of the Choruk river it is
reported that after an unsuccessful de
fense of Khopa, the Turks retreated
beyond Archava, whero they have 're
occupied fortified heights from which
they are making sorties. There is said
to be growing hostility between the
Turks and the Kurds, the former de
precating the inhumanity of the latter.
In cases where Turks and Kurds
are serving the greater this disaffection
anid at times approaches the mutinous
stage. Turkish soldiers and even fhe
younger of the Turkish officers are pro
testing against the countenancing py
higher Turkish officers p( the outrages
committed by the Kurds. There are sev
eral instances of Turkish soldiers hav
ing lynched Kurds guilty of unusual
atrocities.
"A FOOL AND HIS MONEY"
The first installment of "A Fool
and His Money" will appear in the
Star-Independent on Monday. This ,
new serial is George Barr Mc-
Cutcheon's best novel. Who was the
lady in the towerf The successive
chapters of the st<?ry will unfold the
mystery.
FIRST CLASS TO BE GRADUATED
FROM LANDISBVRO
These young women are graduates of
the Landisburg, Perry county, High
School, class of 1915. They are mem
bers of the first class to be graduated
since the school was established. The
commencement exercises were held on
Monday night.
Henry Houck, Secretary of Internal
Affairs, made the principal address,
while County Superintendent D. A.
Kline presented the diplomas to the
I Mil BASE
AT HE BUY?
United States Govern
ment Awaits Offi
cial Advices Concern
ing Startling Rumor
BELIEVE REPORT
IS GROUNDLESS
Huerta, Deposed President of Mexico,
Asserts He Nfever Gave Japan
Bights of Concessions on the Coast
of Lower California
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 17.—The United
States government to-day awaited of
ficial advices as to whether or not
Japan had established a naval base at
Turtle Bay, Lower California, as has
been reported. Although officials are
not inclined to place any credence in
the reports they have sought to ascer
tain through American consuls and the
Pacific fleet exactly what use the Jap
anese and British vessels were making
of Mexican territorial waters. Of
ficials are certain that there is no
foundation for the reports because of
the fact that the British colliers were
assisting Japanese warships.
Admiral Howard, commanding the
Pacific fleet off the west coast of Mex
ico reported to the Navy Department
to-day that he had ordered Commander
Nofble E. Irwin, of the cruiser New
Orleans, to proceed at once to Turtle
Bay, Lower California, and report on
the activities of Japanese naval forces
there. The New Orleans was due to
reach Turtle Bay to-day and Com
mander Irwin is expected to report the
result of his inquiry by wirelees.
Secretary Daniels had telegraphed
Admiral Howard a summary of the re
ports alleging that while the osten
sible purpose of Japanese activities in
Turtle Bay is to salvage the grounded
cruiser .Wama, the real object of the
operations is to occupy the bay and
adjoining shores as a base of opera
tions.
Huerta Gave No Concessions
New York, April 17.—Victoriano
Huerta, former president of Mexico,
declares in a statement published by
the "Herald" to-day that he had
never given Japan or any other for
eign government rights or concessions
on the coast of Lower California.
"I never gave any rights or priv
ileges to any foreign nation tha* would
affect the autonomy or integrity of
Mexico," he said.
BILLETS FALL ON U. S. SOIL
Funston Says Desultory Firing Still
Goes on at Matamoros
Washington, April 17.—Major Gen
eral Funston, at Brownsville, Texas,
telegraphed the War Department to
day that desultory firing was being
kept up by the contending factions
across the river at Matamoros, ami that
many bullets continued to fall upon
American soil. So far no one has been
injured on the American side of the
line. There is no indications, the gen
eral said, when the Villa besiegers will
make another serious effort to take the
town. He added:
"Reports from many sources indi
cate the Villa forces have at least 12
field guns, in addition to the two used
in the last fight, but impossible to veri
fy reports up to present time."
Brownsville, Tex., April 17.—The
danger to Brownsville through a battle
at Matamoros apparently was post
poned indefinitely to-day. Major Gen
eral Funston, who has been here await
ing the Villa assault upon Matamoros,
made preparations to return to San
Antonio as soon as the movements of
the Villa troops confirm the eorrect
ness of their announcement last night
that they intend to abandon Mata
moros.
graduates. Professor Fred. V. Rockey,
a graduate of Bucknell University, is
principal of the school.
Reading from left to right, the grad
uates are: Top row. Miss Pearl Burt
nett, Miss Erma Billman, Miss Violet
Evans, Miss Ruth Carl, Miss Marion
Burtnett, Miss Mildred Hooke; lower
row. Miss Adda Rice, Mißs Mary Rice,
Miss Mary Patterson, Miss Margaret
Ritter.
RUSSIAN CRAND DUKE SHOT
BYONEOFOWNCENERALS?
Berlin, April 17, by Wirelss to Say
ville.—The "Lokal Anzeiger," of
Duisburg, Rhenish Prussia, says it
learns "from an absolutely unimpeach
able source" that the reported sickness
of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholavitch,
commander-in-chief of the Russian
forces, was due to a shot in the' ab
domen fired by the late General Baron
Sievers, of the defeated Russian
Tenth army.
The "Lokal Anzeiger" says General
Sievers was summoned by the Grand
Duke to explain the defeat of the Rus
sian Tenth army. A heated colloquy
took place, the newspaper says, and the
Grand Duke gave General Sievers a
box on the car. The latter thereupon
drew a revolver and wounded the
Grand Duke, subsequently turning the
weapon upon himself.
The fact that General Sievers had
committed suicide, the "Lokal An
zeiger" continues, was learned at the
time of his funeral, but the news that
Grand Duke Nicholavitch had been
wounded has just become known.
General Sievers was the commander
of the Russian Tenth Army which, in
the middle of February, met with a se
vere defeat at the hands of the Ger
mans in the Mazurian lakes region, of
East Prussia. The report that the gen
eral hail committed suicide appeared in
the Frankfurter Zeitung, on March 12.
The newspaper said it had received a
dispatch from Petrograd intimating
that the Russian officer had ended his
own life. The authority for this infer
ence, however, seemeil' to rest on the
fact that reports had been in circula
| tion concerning a mourning service
which was held for the general in a Lu
theran church and the report was not
confirmbed from any other source.
' Turk Says Italy Will Stay Neutral
Rome, April 16, 8.55 P. M., via
Paris, April 17, 4.30 A. M.—"l am
convinced that Italy will remain neu
tral," was a statement made to the
"Idea Nazionale," by Carasso Effan
di, member of the Turkish Chamber
of Deputies, who has been in Italy
on a mission for his government, on
the eve of his departure from Rome
for Constantinople.
Many Nurses For Belgian Army
New York, April 17.—The Amerl»
can line steamship St. Louis sailing
to-day for Liverpool, carries four sur
geons and twenty-four nurses compos
ing, with two additional surgeons to
join them in England, two complete
Red Cross field hospitals. These units
are to be attached to the Belgian army
and stationed at La Panne.
Austria May Suddenly Attack Italy
Paris, April 17, 5.30 A. M.—The
belief is becoming general in Rome that
Austria will make a sudden attack
upon Italy as soon as she becomes con
vinced that the latter has determined
to intervene in the war, according to a
dispatch to the "Matin" from its cor
respondent in the Italian capital.
LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY
From such scattering reports as are
permitted from the eastern front it is
becoming gradually apparent that the
greatest battle of the war, at least so
far as concerns the number of men en
gaged, is being fought in the Carpa
thians, along the US-mile front from
Bartfeld, in Northern Hungary, to
Stry, in Eastern Galicia. This line
roughly parallels the boundary between
Hungary and Galicia, running through
a difficult mountain region, through
which the Russians hope to break a
way into the heart of Hungary.
German war correspondents style this
battle the greatest In the history of the
world and it is estimated that 8,500,-
000 men are taking part. According
to the German reports, the Russian ad
vance, which a week ago seemed to be
threatening the Integrity of Hungary,
has now been checked definitely. It is
said that the Russian losses in killed,
wounded, sick and prisoners are 500,-
000.
Russian reports throw little light on
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PRICE, ONE CENT.
7KILLED.B
WOUNDED IN
AIRSHIP RAID
Bombs Dropped by Two
German Aeroplanes
Flying Over Amiens
Find 15 Victims
NO DAMAGE TO
THE CATHEDRAL
The Latter Building, Apparently the
Target of the Missile*, Not Struck
During the Bombardment One
Woman Was Decapitated
Amiens, France, April 17, 4.40 A.
M.—Seven persons were killed and
eight were wounded by bombs dropped
'by two German aeroplanes which Hew
over this city yesterday, one in the
morning and one in the evening. The
cathedral apparently was the target of
the missiles, but it was not damaged.
The first aircraft appeared at 6.45
a. m., and dropped five bombs. The
explosions of the projectiles were fatal
to four women and two men while
seven other persons were wounded, in
cluding two soldiors guarding the rail
road station. The property damage was
trivial
The second aeroplane appeared over
the city at 5 p. m. One of the bombs
dropped from it demolished a house, de
capitating a woman seated in the par
lor -"nd injuring another woman.
Amsterdam, Holland, April 17, Via
London, 3.27 P. M. —A hostile airship
at half past one o'clock this morning
dropped 1 2 bombs on the city of Strass
burg, capital of Alsace-Lorraine.
Searchlights showed it disappearing in
a northerly direction, under bombard
ment of anti-air craft guns.
Two persons in Strassburg were
slightly wounded; otherwise no dam
age was done by the bombs from the
airship.
French Cruiser Bombards Forts
Paris, April 17, 11.40 A. M.—The
Ministry of Marine to-day gave out an
official communication reading:
"During the day of April 16 m
French supporting a recon
naissance made by aeroplanes, effective
ly bombarded the fortifications of El
Arish, a fortified town in Egypt near
boundary of Egypt and Palestine,
as well as certain detachments of Turk
ish troops which had concentrated near
El Arish."
DEALINGS IN STEEMY
WERE ON ENORMOUS SCALE
U. S. Stock Frequently Change* Hand*
In Blocks of 1,000 to 4,000 Shares
and Touches 60, the High Prtoe of
Current Movement
By Auociated Prrtt.
New York, April 17.— Feverish
trading in stocks was resumed at the
opening of to-day's two-hour session
on the Exchange. Industrial and equip
ment shares of the class which made
yesterday's operations memorable were
again the most prominent features,
particularly New York Airbrake,
Baldwin Locomotive and Pressed Steel
car, in which gaintt of 2 to 5 points
were made.
American Locomotive vesterdny'a
sensation faature was again reaction
ary, declining over four points to B"S,
from which it soon made full recov
ery.
Other specialties, including Bethle
hem Steel, rose 1 to 2 points, and
leaders, especially U. S. Steel, denoted
further accumulation at oubstantial
advances. Dealings in Steel were on
enormous scale, with several lots of
2,0'00 to 4,000 shares.
Profit taking made absolutely no
impression upon prices, the entire list
continuing its advance in the second
hour on an increasing scale of activ
ity. War shares added materially te
gains of the first hour, closing with
advances extending from 3 to 7 points.
The extraordinary demand for U.
K. Steel was the outstanding feature.
That stock frequently changed hands
in blooks.of 1,000 to 4,000 shares and
just before the end touched 60, the
high price of the current movement.
Other former leaders, including Bead
ing, St. Paul and Amalgamated Cop
per, attained to best prices. Buoyancy
was maintained to the end. Total
transactions approximated 6 7 5,000
shares.
New Orleans, April 17.—Trading in
cotton here to-day brought new high
levels for the season, July touching
10.09.
Buying was stimulated by tha,
showing of the week's statistics. Fbr-'
eign clearances were twice as large aa
for this week last year, the figures be
ing 171,074 bales against 85,56-6.
The market stood 9 to 11 points up at
its best and closed 6 to 10 up.