THE WEATHER CLOUDY TO-NIGHT AKD TO-MORROW Detailed Httwt Pan • SK*«S" D VOL. 77—NO. 131. MANNING WOULD HALT COAL WHARF Says Light Co. Is "Not Desirous" of Meeting His Architectural Requirements ORDINANCE NOT BINDING ENOUGH j City's Landscape Expert Calls on Pub lic Opinion to Sustain Him In His Demand That Island Improvements Be Made According to His Views That Warren H. Manning, of Boston, Harris burg's landscape architect, now regard* the ordinance recently passed by the City Commissioner, giving the Harrisburg Light and Power Company the right to build a coal wharf on the main island, opposite the city, as not •ufiicicntly specific in the restrictions imposed on the light company in erect ing the wharf, was revealed in an open LETTER addressed to-day by MT. I Manning to the Harrisburg newsjiapers. Mr. Manning who, before the ordi nance was passed, approve*! t<he general proposition to give tfhe light company the rights on the island, in his letter to day says that he finds that "in the structure under way, essential features" of the plans he had in mind for making the wharf architecturally attractive "have been omitted." He adds: "Furthermore a representative of the parent company has written that it is proposed to build the structure and add the ornaments afterwards, a pro cess that anyone conversant with good design, knows cannot be done success fully." Mr. Manning appeals to "the force of public opinion" to compel the com pany to have the structure made at tractive in accordance with his views. Tt is recalled that Mr. Manning's orig inal approval of the general project to lease a part of the island for a coal wharf was vigorously criticized by former Mayor Vance C. 'McCormick and others who contended it would mar the outlook from the Harrisburg river front. Mr. Manning's Letter Mr. Manning's letter follows: "I was asked to consider the ques tion of establishing a coal handling plant on the Island at an earlier visit. At this conference the engineers of the company asking for the privilege and the engineer oi the Department of Parks and Public Property, agreed that conditions made it impracticable to es tablish a plant on the opposite side of the Island, or at its upper end. "I was then, and am now, of the opinion that such a plant would better be oa the Island where public utility structures are already established, than on the city shore. "The location of this structure at the point in question, in my mind, hinged largely upon the practicability of making it so architecturally attrac tive as to be a worthy object in the view from the shore and the basin. I believed then, and I now believe, that this can be done. "It was my understanding that the company had given assurance that they would go to a very considerable ex pense to accomplish this purpose. "Acting for and through the Depart ment of Parks and Public Property, I arranged with a competent firm of architects to prepare plans, which were transmitted to the company, with the I expectation that there would be confer- I' ences to adapt plants to meet both the i practically and architectural require ! ments. "I now find that in the structures under way, essential features of this plan have been omitted. Furthermore a representative of the parent company has written that it is proposed to build the structure and add the ornaments | afterwards, a process that anyone con versant with good design, knows can not be done successfully. Appeals to Public Opinion "At a conference during this visit with the representatives of the com pany and of the Department of Parks and Public Property, it is made clear that the company was not desirous of making any important concessions, if any at all, in utilitarian requirements to meet architectural requirements, or that would involve changes in plans that they had made or material that they had ordered. I find that thie or dinance providing for the use of the «ite does not require the company to make any such concessions. "I find that the trees that they were required to save have been tilled over and welled many feet deep,— not transplanted to the new surface as 3 would have advised had I been con sulted. "Without the compulsion of an ordi nance or a stronger evidence of a real desire to make the structure an at- 1 tractive one on the part of the com- 1 pany, I believe that my most effective recourse is an appeal "to the force of public opinion. "If the proposed structure at this t point is to be built and then ornament- t ed afterwards, then in ray opinion it I would be better to at once call a halt, 3 arrange for the city to acquire the '1 dock under construction for a public t boat landing, for which it could be t well arranged, and require tho com- p to handle its coal by a purely t Utilitarian floating structure, which c iflje Star- 48Hfer Sw&epctiltetii TYPICAL SCENES IN THE CIRCU AS IT APPEARED TO-DA V was one of their alternatives, ami then to have made n much more thorough and exhaustive examination of the whole river basin frontage to deter mine the most satisfactory place for handling tho river coal, sand and other products therein, in a less offensive way than it is now being handled. "If it is decided to go on with the dock, it would lie well to call in archi tects of national reputation, such as Henry Bacon or Charles A. Piatt, if they would come, to pass upon the architectural treatment of the struc ture. Warren H. Manning." KALTWASSER ANSWERS MANNING'S LETTER When a copy of Mr. Manning's let ter was shown to Mr. C. M. KaJtwas eer, general manager of the Harrisburg Light & Power Company, this after noon, Mr. Kaltwasser made the follow ing statement: "1 am absolutely at a loss to ac count for Mr. Manning's position as in dicated in his letter to the papers. At no time did the company object to spending money properly' to treat the buildings. The objections which the company raised covered such points in the plan that effectively interfered with operation of apparatus. To dis cuss these jToints I arranged for a con ference 011 last Tuesday with Mr. Manning and our Chief Engineer, Mr. B. F. Wood. At the end of the confer ence it was generally felt that our ob jections could be taken care of satis factorily. "Tho material ordered is such as is absolutely necessary in the construc tion of skeleton frame work. "Mr. Manning's position I can only explain by the fact that he absolutely misunderstands our position. Regard less of contracts or ordinances we must •build on the island in a manner that cannot be criticized. He cannot do other than act fairly and honestly with the people. That is what we aim to do and we regret sincerely that w e can not have the benefit of the advice of Mr. Manning on this problem. "We are perfectly willing to comply with any suggestions of Mr. Manning to make the wharf architecturally at tractive so long as they do not inter fere with the operation of our appa ratus and I am sure that there will be nothing that is not attractive in the appearance of tlie plant when we are through with its construction." CHILDRUNDOWNBYANAUTQ Catherine Watts, 8 Years Old, Knocked | to the Street While Waiting On Parade I * ! While playing with eome other lit : tie children at Second and Muench j streets, this morning awaiting the ar- I rival of the circus parade, Catherine | Watts, 8-year-old daughter of Charles i N. Watts, 2245 North Second street, road foreman of engines of the Har risburg yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was struck by an ■ automotbile. The little girl, it is said, stepped from the pavement to look down Sec ond street to see if the parade was in sight, when the auto, which is said to be owned by a resident, of Middletown, struck her. In falling the child's head struck the pavement. When picked up by pedestrians she was in an uncon scious condition. She was placed in the machine that run her down and quick ly rushed to the Polyclinic hospital. Upon examination it was found the child was suffering from a contusion of the gca-lp with a suspected fracture. The fiolice were notified of the acci dent through the hospital authorities, who secured the name of the owner of the car, but refused to make his name public. Entertaining Captain Halberstadt Captain Baird Halberstadt, a dis tinguished geologist, of Pottsville, is the guest to-day of Mr. Andrew 8. Mc- Creath, 119 South Front street. Mr. McCreath was entertainod in Pottsville 'by ( aptain Halberstadt last week when the captain had as his guests 140 men who are eminent in geology, mining en gineering and similar sciences. Among them was Commander Peary, discoverer of the North Pole. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1915—12 PAGES. i INN eras : PI!)! TILLS ' Streets Thronged With Crowds Including Thousands From Nearby Towns FINE HORSES A RARE SIGHT Wild Animals, Including the Spotted j Oriental Um pah and the Ehinocer os From the River of Doubt. Shown in Caiges—Two Shows To-day j Oh! Here come the eleph'nts! Look lat em pop!" was the remark heard • | from the lips of many an eager boy |or girl this morning, as the Barnum I circus parade passed through principal j streets of the city. j For full}- two hours before 10 'j o dock, the time set for th-e parade to | stnrt, lafge crowds were assembling in | Market, Sixth and Second streets. When | word was jwisaed along the lino that ' the parade had left the show grounds, ! these streets became so thickly peopled that pedestrians found a zigzag course j the easiest route to pursue. The first of the four sections of the circus train arrived here from Iviucas • ter shortly after midnight. At the i Paxton streot siding hundreds of eager ; persons watched the trick of unloading | the monstrous wagons and so quickly. | was it done that when daybreak came | everything was in readiness at the show grounds, Sixth and Mahantonga ■Greets, several miles from the place of ! uetraining. "Stupendous, staggering and su ■ J perb, in the graudiloquent language | ! of the posters, the circus parade moved ■ in impressive grandeur this morning j over the announced route. From the I clowns, with pallid lbut excessively joy ful countenances, to the long string of elephants which brought up the rear, the cavalcade was a joy and delight. While the spotted oriental um-pah, which is studiously avoided on dark nights in its native heath in zoolaud, together with the "bloody sweating Behemoth of Holy Writ," were con cealed in closed cages for the later edi fication of those who attend the circus, many of the e.agos were thrown open and about everything of any standing in tho natural history books was in line. The lions, just as tawny as ever and with just as luxurious. Oom Paul beards as they wear in pictures; the tigers, sleek, striped scions of the cat family, with their insulting, bland stare; the alert leopard, jaunty jaguar, rhinoceros, perhaps from the Kiver of Doubt; haughty hippopotamus—all were there. Some were in open cages and some in closed, but all were there. Thoroughbred Horses Attract There were chariots and tableaux wagons galore, and many of the artistes who appear in the circus rode through bred horses attended by gallant cava- Continued on Seventh Pace, CIRCUS ATTRACTS GIRL Hazel Smith Leaves Home at Clarion and Is Met Here by Police The circus posters near her home pro vided too big a temptation for 7-year old Hazel Smith, of Clarion, to resist, and she ran away this morning bound for the big tent in this city. The police here were notified of 'her escapade and met t/he 10.50 train at the Pennsylvania station, on which the you Eg lady arrived. They took her to the Crittenton Homo to await the ar ri\ al of her relatives. COST OF PARKWAY lIIMO .000 Expensive Proposition to Connect Front Street With Present Cameron Driveway MANNING THINKS SUBWAY NEEDED Necessary to Go Beneath Cameron Street and Nearby Railroad Tracks to Insure Safe Travel—Land There Is Held at SIO,OOO an Acre Officials of the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia & Heading railroad com panies and the Pennsylvania Steel Company were in conference to-day dis cussing the practicability of extending the Cameron parkway from the present terminus at Cameron street, across the site of the old Harrisburg rolling mills to the Susquehanna river,, some distance below the present terminus of South Front street. This plan is one of several suggested by Warren H. Manning, of Boston, Harrisburg Park Department's land scape architect,* and is being considered now in view of Mr. Manning's present visit here and also because work on the project would be begun this summer if the general idea as laid down by the architect is to be carried out. Mr. Manning made it plain to-dav that there will be little or no difficulty in continuing the parkway down along the river Uront from the present south ern end of Front street to the point where the turn is to be made in cross ing over to Cameron street. iHe added, I howover: Cost Would Be $40,000 to $50,000 "The one difficult problem will be to extend the roadway over the rolling Continued on .N'lnth I'ngrr. ' 5 YEARS FOR HOVERTER Man Involved In the Schaefferstown • Bank Scandal Sentenced To-day in the Federal Court (Special to the Star-Independent.) Sunbury, Pa., May 6.—Arthur J. Hoverter, the Lebanon life insurance agent indicted on three charges of aid ing Alvin Binner, the suicide cashier of the First National bank, Schaeffers town, in the misapplication of $lB,- 582.21 of the institution's funds, at 2 o'clock this afternoon was sentenced by Judge Charles B. Witmer, sitting in the Federal court here, to serve five years in the LebaDon county jail. Hoverter's counsel, Mr. O'Malley, of Scranton, made a strong plea for lenien cy, but Judge Witmer pointed out that the defendant's criminal acts covered a period of many months; that he was determined in his intention to get awav with the bank's money, and that he, therefore, did not deserve to be dealt with leniently. Hoverter pleaded guilty to all three counts of the indictment. IHte failed, however, to carry out his avowed threat to "expose" others who, he had informed the police, also were impli cated in the bank wrecking plot. Trolley Struck Auto While rounding the curve at Union and Emaus streets, Middletown, a trol ley car of the Harrisburg Railways Company at 1.25 o'clock this afternoon struck the A. H. Luckenbill auto de livery truck. The trolley fender was crushed and the auto wag somewhat damaged. No person was injured. FEDERAL PROBE IN SfIOPSMEHERE W. H. Pierce Says Pennsy Discharged in Wholesale Lots Men Who Joined Union ATTACKS W.G.LEE, TRAINMEN HEAD Claims Letter Was Guilty of High Treason When His Organization Failed to Support Shopmen In Strikes in This City and Altoona By Associate/! Press. Washington, May 6.—Hearings were continued to-day ibefore the Fed eral Industrial Relations Commission into labor conditions on the Pennsylva nia railroad, involving its telegraphers and shopmen. W. H. Pierce, an organ izer of the Brotherhood of Federated Railroad Employes, resumed his testi mony concerning the Pennsylvania shopmen's strikes a.t Altoona and Har ris-burg last year. He had asserted that conditions among the shopmen never would be what they should be until the railroad company extended the men the right of organization the same as to employes of the transpor tation service. S. L. Long, general manager of the Pennsylvania, was ready to take the stand following the completion of Mr. Pierce's testimony. Wholesale Discharge of Men Pierce, questioned by Commissioner Weinstock, insisted that the Pennsyl vania discharged, in wholesale lots, men who joined the shopmen's union. "I do not say the Pennsylvania railroad objects to five or ten per cent, of their men being organized, but when the organization shows great strength, the company sets its machinery in mo tion to wipe them out of existence." Pierce attacked W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Train men, for his part in the 1911 shop men 's strike. Scathing Opinion of Le« "Mr. W. Ci. l,«e, president of the trainmen—l should call niin brother, but don't, because it's a disgrace,'' said Pierce, "came to Harrisbung and addressed a joint meeting of shopmen and transportation men. Lee said to those men that if the Pennsylvania railroail discharged one of the shop men for joining the union, 'we have 1155,000 union transportation men and $3,500,0'00 i.n the treasury and will use every dollar and every man against the railroad if they discharge those shopmen.' "The trainmen said to the shop- Cnntlnurri on Mnlh I'nacc FIENDISH CHILD MURDERER WRITES TO VICTIM'S MOTHER She Receives Letter To-day As Body of Her Little Boy Was About to Be Buried—Says He Will Commit An other Murder By Associated I\rcss. New York, May 6.—The letter-writ ing murderer who killed 5-year-old Elenore Cohn anil 4-year-old Charles 'Murray has written to tlhe Murray boy's mother, telling her that he will commit another murder when the pres ent excitement over iher child's death subsides. The letter was received to day at the time the little victims' body was about to be buried. Mrs. Mur ray read one paragraph and collapsed. The missive was taken to police head quarters to be examined for finger prints. The murder of the littile boy, who was killed by knife wounds in his abdomen the night of May 3, was pre ceded »bv a similar threat contained in a letter addressed to Mrs. Oo'hn, the mother of the little girl who was killed March 29. Botlh children, the police believe, were killed by the same per son. The letter to Mrs. 'Murray was mailed in this city at 7.30 o'clock last night and was delivered to-day, while prepa rations were being made for funeral services for the body. East Side moth ers. alarmed, are escorting their chil dren to and from school in the neigh borhood to-day. CUBAN QUAIL ARRIVE HERE Game Commission Imports Them to Re lease for Breeding Purposes A big wooden crate perforated with numerous air holes was received at the State Game Department this morning by Secretary Kalbfus. It contained the first consignment of quail from Cuba, ordered by the Commissioner some time ago when the supply of Mex ican quail was shut off by the United States Government through fear of dis ease. The birds will be released at once, and if they can be bred in a healthy condition it is proposed to import many more. Sixth Street Houses Sold A real estate deal was completed this afternoon between Sara B. Wister and William E. Oq;th by which the latter took over properties 1015, 1017 and 1019 -North Sixth street for a total consideration of $26,500. CETS $20,000 FOR LOSS OF HER BEAUTIFUL HAIR New York, May 6.—'For the loss of her hair as shown in the photograph above, Miss Mary Haynes has just won a verdict of $20,000 in a Brooklyn court. She sued for $.">0,000. She lost her beautiful tresses in an accident in a laundry. VICTOiuT fIUSTRIANS CONTINUE THEIR ADVANCE; 50,000 RUSSIANS TAKEN Viewia, May G, via London, May 6, 5.20 P. M.—The victorious Austrian advance continues on the entire Wegt G«lici'«n front, according to an official announcement made by the war office to-day. Russian prisoners to the num ber of 50,000 have been taken. Vienna, May 5, via London, May 6, 2.4'0 P. M.—A battle of the most des perate character continued all night long and throughout to-day, without a break, on the West Galician front. The Austro-Gennan armies continued to gain ground on the southern sec tion of the battle front, capturing position after position from the Rus sians. FORMER U. S. SENATOR YOUNG, ARRESTED IX AUSTRIA, FREED Vienna, iMlay 6, Via I*>ndon, 12.35 P- M. —-Former United States Senator ljafavetrte Young, of Des 'Moines, lowa, accompanied by a former American deputy consul at Berne. Switzerland, was arrested at Innsbruck, Austria, yes terday, on a suspicion of espionage di rected against Mr. Young's companion. Mr. Young was promptly, released, with apologies, after a few hours' de tention in his 'hotel, but his companion was heH in custody in the hotel until to-day before he was able to satisfy the suspicions of the authorities, who ap parently 'hail been warned to look for a man of the same name. Mr. Young arrived in Vienna this morning. Speaking of the incident he said he saw no reason for complaint. He left later in the day for Berlin. Des Moines, la., May fi.—'Former Senator Lafayette Young left here for 'his European totiT January 2'6, first vis iting London' w'here 'he spent a month. He was in 'Belgium for ten days and since has been jn Paris and on the (French battlefields. He was in t.he French trenches in the northern part of France, April 15, 16 ami 17. Mr. Young is in Europe in the capac ity of war correspondent of his own newspaper, the Des Moines "Capital." LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY The battle in Western Galicia, launched a few days ago with an Aus tro-German attack from the Cracow region, has developed into one of the greatest encounters of the war. Petro grad dispatches admit that the situa tion Is a serious one, although It is as serted that the advance has been checked. At Vienna and Berlin, how ever, it is claimed the Russians have begun a general retread that their whole position In the Carpathians is precarious and that the entire eastern campaign may turn on the events of the next few days. Vienna advices say a desperate bat tle continued all day yesterday and Continued on Ninth Page. POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE CENT. TURK CORPS is DEFEATEDI BY RUSSIAN! 30,000 Under Pasha Are Routed Disorder in Khori Region MUSCAVITES USE I BAYONET POINIH Successfully Reputae Every Assault the Sultan's Forces and Then Counter Attack Put the Turks to Flight By Associated Press, London, May 6.—A Petrograd patch to the Kouter Telegram Companj^^H "Dispatches have been received on the defeat by the Russians of ■ Turkish army corps in the j An effort was made by 30,(K)0 ' under Djavid Pasha to invade the man-Khori region which the occupied. "The entire Turkish force hurled against tiie Hussian )«)<->I ion but the Muscovites, although icaliy inferior, held their ground. successive attack was received at 'bayonet point. The Russians then gan a counter attack and routed the exhausted Turks who ed in disorder/ The prisoners the famous Kurd leader Simko.'' Turks Leave t,500 Dead on Field London, May 6.—The Turks, sideraWy reinforced, attacked the lies' ramp at Krithis early morning, but were repulsed, 1,500 dead, according to advices Mitylene received by the Telegraph Company from its correspondent. The allies have ed iuto the interior, the dispatch and now occupy positions of strategic importance. A report from Tenedos says British warships continued their bombardmerft of Turkish tions in the Dardanelles arnd also Smyrna. THREE MORE VESSELS ARE I PUT OUT BY SUBMABINEM Ivondon, May fi, 12.52 P. M.— trawler Stratton, of Grimsby, was in the North sea yesterday by the gun fire of a German submarine. The was taken oil board the submarine. After the crew had been taken the sea cocks of the trawler opened, but this method of sinking vessel proved to be too slow. waiting for four hours, the German) tired eight shells at the Stratton. The fishermen wera-then ordered embark in a small boat which had taken from the Stratton. They landed at Hartlepool to-day. London, May 6, 12.39 P. M.— schooner Earl of Latham was sunk a German submarine off Kinsale, on Irish coast. The crew was permitted take to the small boats and was rescued by a trawler. The submarine fired shells at the schooner before she sftnk. London, May 6, 18.17 P. M.—The steamer Cathay, from Copenhagen for Chinese ports, was either mined or pedoed late last night in the North sea. She went down in twenty minutes. Her passengers and the members of her crew, totaling 43 persons, took to thu small boats and all were landed safely at Ramsgate to-day. WALL STREET CLOSING H By Associated Press. New York, May H.—Prices recorded general Improvement In the last hour under lead of the metal stocks and specialties. Bethlehem Steel gained 9 1-2 points. The closing was strong. The foreign situation was again the foremost factor in to-day's Irregular market. Recoveries in the later deal ings coincided with reports that nego tlations between Italy and Austria were proceeding favorably. *
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