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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. *