THE WEATHER FAIR TO-NIGHT AND TO MORROW Oataltetf Heport. Pact • Sic"". 1 - 1 ,:?"" VOL. 77—NO. 123. II TO DEPTH AS SWEETHEART . PILLS A RIBBON A. H. Cowl, Heir to Hearn Millions, Makes Girl Unwit tingly Rill Him REPORT HE HAD BEEN JILTED Bullet From Concealed Revolver Crashes Into His Head, As Result of His Cruel Contrivance, and He Dies Soon Afterward From Wound New York, April 27.—Arthur Hearn €owl, the youth who accomplished his own death by a singular expedient in Stratford, Conn., last night, was a son of Clarkson Cowl, president of the Cen tral Mercantile Association, of this 1 city. The youth was a grandson of the late George A. Hearn, of the retail dry goods firms of James A. Hearn & Son, who died in 1913, leaving an estate valued at $10,000,000. Under the will of his grandfather he inherited a sub stantial interest in that firm. Calling at the home of his fiancee, IMiss Emily Wheeler, daughter of Ar thur De Forest Wheeler, a banker, the young man directed the girl to pull the end of a ribbon attached to a revolver which he had concealed. When she did so the revolver was discharged, inflict ing a wound in Cowl's head from which he died in a Bridgeport hospital early to-day. It was reported here that Miss A\ heeler had broken their engagement. Cowl, 'who was 22 years old, lived with hii father in this city in the win ter and at Great Neck, Long Island, in the summer. He owned a fast power yacht on which he frequently crossed the sound to the home of his fiancee. Several months ago he suffered a ner- vous breakdown and was sent to Ber muda whence he returned a week ago. His mother, Mrs. Clarkson Cowl, was a daughter of the late George A. Hearn, anjl held in trust for him and another grandson of the merchant 1,680 shares of the firm of James A. Hearn & Son to be divided equally. CLOCKWORKMBHIDDEN IN PARIS MINISTRY OF WAR Paris, April 27.—A powerful clock work bomb was found hidden yesterday in the Ministry of War at Constanti nople according to a dispatch from Sa lonika It was timed to explode at an houf when the council would be in ses sion. The meetings of this body are at tended by Enver Pasha, Minister of War, Field Marshal Von Der Goltz and General Liman Von Sanders. An investigation is said to have dis closed that the bomb was placed in the room by a sweeper who had come to clean the chimney and who then disap peared. Several minor officials connect ed with the Ministry of War havo been arrested on suspicion of being his accomplices. The police believe the plot was directed against the young Turks and the Germans. Members of the committee of union and progress are said to- have decided at a meeting to which no Germans were admitted to adhere to a "waiting pol icy," but to favor the conclusion of a separate peace with the, allies if Germany failed to provide assistance sufficient to repulse an attack on the Dardanelles. RUSSIANS IN NEW AnACK ON CARPATHIAN UZOK Geneva, Switz., April 27, Via Par is, 12.50 P. M.—The Russians have begun another strong offensive move ment around the heights of Uzok Pass, in the Carpathian mountains, accord ing to a telegram received from the "Tribune," of Geneva. The Austria German casualties there in the last two days, the dispfctch says, numbered 20,000 men. Melting snow has hindered the Rus sian advance between Stry and Mata- Greece geeks $7,(MX),000 Here London, April 2 7.—The Exchange Telegraph Company's Athens corres pondent says the newspapers in that city state the Greek government has negotiated with American capitalists for a loan of $7,000,000. Sl)g Star- iljjjgfe- Siifcpaifcttt ASK FOR SSOOIO REMOVE FIRE IHENACETO CHILDREN Managers of the Industrial Home Make Plea for Public Subscriptions So That Electricity Can Be Installed and Matches Eliminated The use of matches is to be elimi nated from the Children '» Industrial Home, Nineteenth and Swatara streets. That was determined yesterjay by the board of managers of that worthy in stitution, who believe it necessary in order to remove a constant menace to the lives of the 130 little ones who are now housed there. To remove tho menace, the members of the board say, it will be necessary to substitute electricity for gas as a means of lighting the building, and this will require the expenditure of SSOO. This it has been determined to raise through public subscriptions, as all the available funds that the borne now has are required to meet current expenses. j It is recalled that within one week 1 1 recently the Children's Industrial Home i! was set on fire throe times, presumably j by a youngster with too great a fond ness for playing with matches. These blazes, by good luck, were discovered in time to prevent panic among the in mates or serious damage to the build ing. There also have been other blazes [in the home, notably several recent ones in the basement, all of which have been attributed to the presence of matches in the building. It has been decided, therefore, as a means of protecting the lives of the little ones, to call for contributions to install electricity in place of gas in the building. Cash contributions will be received at the offices of the daily ; newspapers or may be sent to Miss Ag- I nes Felix, treasurer of the board, at 10 North Market square. SEVENDEfIDJpXPfoSIfIN Italian Workmen Killed in Premature Blow Up of Dynamite in Cutoff Trench By Associated Press. White Plains, N. Y., April 27.—Sev en Italian workmen were killed and eleven injured to-day when there was a premature explosion of dvnamite in the cutoff trench at the New Kensice darn. The charge had been placed and the men were getting ready to go to safety when the explosion occurred, throwing out forty tons of rock. Four of the injured are so seriously hurt it is thought they will die. STARTS $1,200,000 CONTRACTS Morton Truck Company Begins Work on Big Foreign War Orders In the last week definite arrange- j i ments were made by the Morton Truck i & Tractor Company, of Harrisburg, to begin work on the large war orders for motor vehicles, aggregating in the neighborhood of $1,200,000, obtained from the Russian and British govern ments. The Morton company also is ne gotiating for other and larger con tracts, and it is expected that they will be closed in the very near future. Extra manufacturing facilities have | been arranged for with the Harrisburg Manufacturing & Boiler Company. The i work on these first orders all will be j done in Harrisburg and on future or ders according to capacity of the local j I plants. : In expectation of receiving other j j large orders, tentative arrangements l>ave been made elsewhere for the man- I ufacture of such trucks as can not be | taken care of in Harrisburg. REPORTER KILLS HIMSELF Former Member of Harrisburg "Tele graph" Staff Uses Pistol Williamsport, Pa., April 27.—George Morganroth, 28 years old, a magazine writer, committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart in the woods near a Rose Valley farmhouse where he was staying in search of local color for his stories. 11l health was the cause. George Morganroth worked in Har risburg last summer -as a reporter for the Harrisburg " Telegraph." He went to Kane, Pa., in October, to benefit his health. His Harrisburg address was 719 North Sixth street. He contrib uted to several periodicals including th e Associated Sundays Magazine. Mr. Morganroth came here from Shamokin where he has a brother who is a law I yer. (AN XON nANC ES VI R« INIA RE EL Former Sneaker, Nearly 79, Fulfills Promise at 'Frisco Fair By Associated Press. San Fraacisco, April 27. —Congress- man Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, last night fulfilled a promise made five years ago by dancing a waltz in the New York State building at the Panama-Pa cific Exposition. The former Speaker is a member of a Congressional party en route to the Hawaiian Islands. The promise was given at the time San Francisco and New Orleans were fighting before Congress for the right to hold the exposition. Mr. Cannon, then Speaker of the House, declared that if San Francisco should be select ed as its site he would visit the grounds and participate in a Virgina reel. Con- 1 gressman Cannon will celebrate bis sev enty-ninth birthday anniversary on May 7. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1915—12 PAGES, TMPLJTPLOT PROJECT HELD OP His Effort to Get Ac tion on $9,000-an- Ac re Purchase Is Voted Down 3 to 2 MAYOR ASKS FOR A DELAY Says by Next Week He Will Have a Definite Plan Whereby the City Can Get a Site in Hoffman's Woods —-Curfew Bill Amended Despite Park Commissioner M. Har vey Tavor's persistent effort to get ac tion on his ordinance to purchase an acre and a half of land at Fifth and Emerald streets for a playground site at the rate of $9,000 an acre, three of t'he five members of the City Commis sion—Mayor Royal and Messrs. Gorgas nnd 'Bowman—voted this afternoon to postpone consideration of the Taylor bill for another week. Lynch voted with Taylor against postponement. It was at the request of Mayor Royal, who wants to buy a part of the Hoffman woods at a price not to exceed $4,000 for the proposed playground site, that the question of postponing the Taylor measure was raised. Taylo* strenuously objected to delay, saying: "I cannot agree. Here this ordinauc<» has been postponed from one week to another, and—" 'Mayor Royal interrupted 'before Tay> lor could finish his statement, saying: "Yes, and you have had the park money available for more than a year and now suddenl. want to spend it." ■ Immediately after this Mr. Taylor argued in favor of the passaige of his measure, paying that Hoffman woods is six and a half blocks farther north than the site he proposes to ibuv. "Of course the ground I'd like to buy would cost a lew more dollars," commented Tavlor. "Phew. A few more dollars," put in the Mayor. "Well I guess, $4,000 an acre for one plot and $9,000 an acre for another. Yes! That is some difference and a few md'ie. Gorgas Against Taylor Plan Gorgas suggested that to buy the Fifth and Emerald street ground would mean that the city sooner or later would have to pay assessments inci dent to paving around this property, ■a'nd said that there is no money avail able to take care of it. He added that in his judgment it also will be neces sary to get much earth to fill mud holes. "No, no," quickly returned Taylor, "we would not do that, (referring to the mud holes.) We could drain the I ground with sewers. And we could pay i the paving assessment out of the park loan.'' This would mean an added expense, officials estimate, of more than SI,OOO. By next week the Mayor expects to •be able to present an offer for the pur chase of a part of Hoffman's woods, and he will attempt to have Taylor's or dinance amended. Information obtained by City Clerk Miller from five cities—.Beaver Falls, New Castle, York, Titusville and Me- Keesport—-tended to show that tihe cur few law in force in those cities are "working to perfection." Curfew Bill Amended The curfew bill, which is pending beforo the Commission, was amended j on motion of the Mayor so as to per j init children, when unaccompanied bv i parents or guardians, to be on the streets until 9.30 p. m., between April Continued on Fourth Pajre ASPHALT PLANT CONTRACT LET Cummer ft Son Company Gets It To day at Bid of $0,7(18 The contract for the municipal as 'Phalt repair plant was awarded by the City Commissioners this afternoon to F. D. Cummer & Company, of Olevo- I land, 0., at their bid of $9,768. The vote on the award was 3 to 2, the Republicans being in the aflirmativo and the Democrats, Mayor Royal and Commissioner Gorgas, in tland next Sunday to guard •aigainst a further violation of a city ordinance, which prohibits the bathing without trunks. Offenders will be fined the limit. HOMERS. MAY IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF CLASSIS Ministers and Laymen of Reformed Church Open Annual Meeting Here —Lancaster Clergyman to Preach on John Huss To-night The Rev. Homer Skyles May, pastor of the Fourth Reformed church, was elected president of the Lancaster Classis at the opening session of the annual meeting of the classis held last night at that church. Other classis officers, olected to-day, are the Rev. Robert L. Bair, of Lancas ter, vice president and the Rev. Wil liam J. Lowe, of Maytown, assistant clerk. Committees were announced this morning as follows: Religious Services—Harry Nelson Bassler, Homer S. May and Elder M. S. Kline. Minutes of the Eastern Synod— W. F. Lichliter, C. A. Huyitt and G. J. P. Raub. Minutes of the General Synod—W. S. Cramer, J. H. Watts and j. W. Ap ple. Minutes of Classis—D. G. Glass, A. 8. Meek and W. 8. Miller. Overtures—H. J. Ilillegass, G. B. Rafzer and E. H. Mengle. Examinations and Licensure—J. H. Pannebeckor, G. A. Whitmore, Oeorge S. Butz, E. P. Savres and H. L. Gise. Continued on Fourth Pane 102IHERCHANTSUNASSESSED Ccnstables Report the Names of Those Omitted From the Lists of Mer cantile Appraiser Joseph A. Miller, Dauphin county's Mercantile Appraiser, has completed his appraisement for tne year 1915, show ing about 2,700 assessments, and now the constables of the county, as is cus tomary, are certifying the names of such merchants an are alleged to be liable for the tax but whose names do not appear in the appraiser's lists. Thus far thirty constables have made returns to the County Treasurer. Twen ty-four have certified the combined to tal of 102 merchants who, they hold, should have been assessed. County Treasurer Bailey to-day said this num ber is considerably smaller than that certified to by these constables a year ago. The majority of the constables already have made returns. Some of them had no unassessed merchants to report. The extra lists show the following re turns:. H»r.ri,st>urg, First ward, 7; Sec ond, 17; Sixth, 3; Seventh, 28; Eighth,' 1; Twelfth. 14; Thirteenth, 2. Steel ton, First ward, 2; Third, 3. East Hanover, 1; Swatpra, 2; Hummelstown, 2; Highspire, lfPenbrook, 1; Halifax township, 1; Lower Paxton, 2; Halifax borough, 1; Wiconisco borough, 1; Up per Paxton, 1; Jefferson, 4; London derry, 1; Royalton, 1; Lykens, 4; Mid dle Paxton, 2. The"'constables will receive the fifty cent commissions in these cases instead of the appraiser. AUTO DOES FREAK STUNT Machine of Joseph Goldsmith Runs Away and Damages Home of Mrs. Kate McCormick A freak stunt on the part of an au tomobile occurred this morning when the machine owned by Joseph Gold smith, a local upholster, started down Briggs street and smashed into the home of Mrs. Kate McCormick, 633 Briggs street, tearing away a corner of the house anil loosening the plaster in the parlor. The automobile was standing unat tended a few doors above the home of Mrs. McCormick, the chauffeur being in one of the neighboring houses doing some work. Suddenly the machine started down Briggs street, turned at the corner of East street, darted over the curb line, tore down a tree and then smashed into the McCormick home. Mrs. McCormick, an elderly woman, was sitting on her front porch when the accident occurred and barely es caped being injured by the runaway machine, which came within a few feet of her. No reason for the freak ac tion of the machine could be learned. To Test Prize Fight Film Law Washington, April 27.—The Depart ment of Justice is friendly to a suit to test the law forbidding importation of prize fight films. Solicitor General Da vis recently assured attorneys for tho film manufacturers that the government would expedite «ich a case. $1,415,080 LOPPED OFF STATE COLLEGE BILLS The State College appropriation bills, which were reported out this morning from the House committee, cut $1,415,000 from the amount ask ed. The maintenance item granted by the committee is $900,000 or $450,- 000 less than requested. Separate re quests for $900,000 for buildings and s6's ,000 for'purchase of property and live stock are not allowed. ' Amounts in other State college bills reported out are: SIIO,OOO for exten sion work; SBO,OOO for extention work in connection with the federal government and SIO,OOO for summer schools. Chairman Woodward, of the appro priations committee, said that as much money as possible from the present revenue wag given to this institution. MAN AND HORSES ROAD AS LIOHTN jjl^ H* __ jB These Pictures Were Snapped in Hockersville Just After Lightning Killed Harry Hoffer, of Lebanon, and His Team of Horses During Storm Late Yester day—Pictures Were Taken by Dr. J. Irwin Ruff, of Hummelstown. HOLT ILLS HOT 1 HIS HORSES Lightning Brings In stant Death to Youth and Team Near Hum melstown RECORD APRIL HEAT CONTINUES Weather Forecaster Holds Out No Promise for a Material Drop in the Temperature in the Next Few Days —Heat Makes Shopman 111 The lightning and thunder storm which swept this section early last evening resulted in the death of Harry Hoffer, 17 years old, of Lebanon, and a team of two horses which he was driv ing when a bolt of fire hit the vehicle in the maiu stree;, Hockersville, near Hummelstown. Lightning struck in several other places in the county, caus ing some damage. Young Hoffer was on his way home to Lebanon. By the time he reached Hockersville the storm was raging with terrific force. When he got within a short distance of Erb's store a heavy bolt of lightning struck both him and the horses, causing instant death to man and beast. The clothing of the young man was badly burned and torn, and his body was severely scorched. Following the storm no quick com munication could be had with the boy's parents, as all the telephone wires wero out of commission for the time. A number of trees that were struck and blown down obstructed the public roads and paths, and trallio was impeded many hours. Another place where the lightning struck was in I'axtang when the home of S. H. Kutherford was slightly dam aged by a bolt A number of shingles at various parts of the roof were torn off and the roof was otherwise damaged. Many large trees in the town were struck and split by lightning. The outlook is for continued warm weather for several days. The tem perature at its highest to-day registered 92 at 2 o'clock, within one degree of .the record for the mouth, of April in this city. That was 93 established last Sunday. A Washington dispatch to-day said: "Generally fair weather throughout the country except for some thunder storms and scattered showers, was pre dicted to-day by the* Weather Bureau for the week beginning Wednesday. The hot spell over thie eastern half of the country will be broken by Satur day and Sunday anil cooler weather then will prevail." The heavy _ rain was welcomed in Fishing Creek Valley, Cumberland county, where a forest fire that- had been burning since Sunday was extin- Continurd on Mrventh Paxr. Wilson to Christen Grandson Washington, April 27.—President Wilsou plan? tc go to Williamstown, Mass., Friday for tne christening of his grandson, Francin Sayre. He probably will return here Monday. The Presi dent is expected to be godfather to the baby, • who was born in the White House. FOUR ITALIAN AMBASSADORS ARE SUMMONED TO ROME Rome, April 27, Via Paris, 3.50 P. M.—The Italian Ambassadors at Paris, London, Vienna and Berlin have been summoned to Rome to confer with For- eign Minister Sonnino. In Home this action is regarded as preliminary to the announcement of a grave and important decision on th« part of the Italian government. Signor Tittoni, the Ambassador to France, reach el Rome this morning. He left this city only a fortnight ago for Par is. Marchese Carlotti, the Ambassa dor to Petrograd, will not come back because of the distance and the diffi culties of travel under the present con- ditions but a messenger has been sent him with instructions. SWEDISH STEAMER IS SUNK BY A MINE; CREW IS SAVED Stockholm, April 27, Via London, 12.38 P. M.—The Swedish steamer Centric, on her way from Stockholm to Helsingborg, Sweden, has been sunk by a mine off Alland islands. The members of the crew were saved. The steamer Centric was of 990 tons net and 260 feet long. She'was built at Port Glasgow in 1903. She left Sa vannah March 3 for Kirkwall, where she arrived March 27, sailing subsequently for Gothenburg. CRIMSBY TRAWLER BLOWN; MEMBERS OFCREW MISSING London, April 27, 1.08 P. M. —The Grimsby trawler Recolo has been blown up in the North sea. Some of the members of her crew are missing. Several survivors, some of them ter ribly mutilated, were picked up out of a crew of nine. The engineer went down with the ship. One of the in jurod men died. Opinion differs whether the trawler was destroyed by a mine or a tor'pedo. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY The German rush in Flanders has halted, at least for the moment. Of ficial communications from German, French, British and Belgian war de partments to-day bring out this point, although it is not clear whether the allies have accomplished anything of importance further than to check the advance of their opponents. The official announcement from Ber lin shows that the Germans are now on the defensive along their new line north of Ypres. The statement is made that British attacks broke down "with extrrordinarily heavy losses." * Both the French and British repefrts claim that part of the "lost territory has been retaken. A dispatch from Field Marshal Sir John French, Brit ish commander in chief, says the Brit ish made progress in the vicinity of St. Julian. It is also said the French Comttaued on Fourth Page * POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE CENT. YPRES AFIRE AS GERMANS HURL BOMBS Fighting Hot All Along Front, Says Corres pondent in Northern France KAISER'S FORCES IN DARING FEATS Using Effectively Armored Trains Carrying 4.7 Guns—Strategical Move of German Troops In Uniting Small Towns Near Ypres London, April 27.—"Ypres is in flnrties, the Germans having thrown A hail of incendiary bombs in the town." Thus telegraphs the "Morning Poet's" correspondent in Northern France. "The fighting continues hotly all along this front," the correspondent adds. '' The Germans show extraord inary daring in bringing heavy artil lery close to their front line, the guns used being mostly 13-inch Auatrian howitzers on movable carriages. ''The Germans also are using ef fectively armored trains carrying 4.7 guns. For the use of these armored trains the Germans have consolidated •and strengthened the system of light railways uniting a number of small towns in the neighborhood of Ypres, to which they have added strategical branch lines."» London, April 27—A correspondent of the "Daily Mail" in Northern Prance pave: "The thirty French guns which th# Germans claim to have captured north of \ pres are not in German hands, al though the French were forced to abandon them. The guns were aban doned in the marshland with their wheels half covered with water. At present they are in 'No Man's Land.' between the rival forces. The French keep up a hail of artillery fire around the guns to prevent the Germans from getting near them." FRENCH SAY THE GERMAN ATTACKS WERE REPULSED London, April 27, 1.50 P. M.— The following report from Field Marshal Sir John French, commander of the British forces at the front, under to day's date, was given out here to day: "Yesterday all German attacks northeast of Ypres were repulsed. In the afternoon our troops took the of fensive and made progress near St. Julien and to the west of that place. "The French co-operAted on our left •and further to the north they retook Het Sas. "In the course of yesterday's fight ing our artillery took full advantage of several opportunities for inflicting se vere casualties on the enemy. "On the remainder of the front i there is nothing to report. In addition i to the destruction of Courtrai Junction ■ mentioned in the communique last [ night, our airmen yesterday bombard '■ ed successfully stations and junction#' at the following places: "Tourcoing, Houbaix, Inglemun ster, Staden, Langentarck, Bielt and Roulers." Paris, April 27, 2.40 P. M.—The of ficial statement given out to-day by the French war ollice reads: "There is nothing to add to our communication of last night except that we consolidated our jiositions and continue to make progress to the north of Ypres, Belgium, and also on the heights of the Meuse. "The summit of Hartmans-Weiler kopf, which was taken from us yester day morning was recaptured by our troops the evening of the same" day. Wo also took some prisoners.'' Swiss Government Seeks Loan Geneva, April 26, Via London, April 27.—The Swiss government has taken steps to place a second loan in the United States this summer. WALL STREET CLOSING By Associated Press. New York, April 27.—Unfavorable foreign advices were followed by de clines of 1 to 2 points in the final hour. The closing was Irregular. Dullness and irregularity were the dominant fea tures of to-days market. Reports that Italy had decided to define her attitude caused extensive selling and resultant losses in the later dealings.