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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
Three to Twelve Years
for Youth Who Burn
ed the Young Barn in
Middletown
HE CONFESSED
TO HIS GUILT
Ward Sheetz Admitted Also That He
Twice Tried to Burn the Adjoining
Dwelling That His Parents oc-
cupied

On charge of arson brought by
State Fire Marshall Baldwin in connec.
tion with the burning on October 5,
last, of the big bank barn ON the Young
farm. West Main street, Middletown,
Ward Sheetz, 2 years old, of Middle
town, was this morning sentenced by
Judge McCarrell to penitentiary term
of not less than three years and not
more than twelve. He also got the
minimum fine of s5 and was ordered to
pay the costs.
Sheetz besides confessing to firing
the barn told the court he made an un.
successful attempt to destroy, by fire,
the dwelling adjoining, which was oc-
cupied by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Uriah Sheetz. That occurred at 4
O'Clock on the afternoon of the day
following the barn burning. Sheetz
said he also was caught in the act of
applying a match to pile of leaves
and paper, which he had piled in a
room on the second floor of the house
Continued on second PAGE
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
Evangelist Asserts He
Is Against Any Cam
didate for Office Sa-
looms Are For
DOES NOT TALK
PARTY POLITICS
Crowds Outside Tabernacle at Night
Prevent Opening of Doors During
Meeting-Bishop Darlington Cor
daily Greets DR.. Slough

There never was time when the
issue in a political campaign in this
State was drawn more clearly than to.
day, said the Rev. DR.. Henry w
Slough in opening his six weeks evan.
gelistic campaign at the tabernacle at
North and Cowden streets yesterday
1t is not question of party or plat.
form. The one question in Pennsylva.
MIA to-day is booze versus anti booze. y
am against any candidate for of
flee the saloons are for If this be par.
tisan politics, if this be treason, make
the most of it. +"
At the opening service at 1890
o clock in the morning the tabernacle
was less than one-third full, the total
attendance estimated at four thousand
The evangelist gave his sermon on The
Trial of the Gods an ordinary dis
course which afforded him little oppor.
tunity to display his wonderful person,
ality. His most striking passages were:
"All the vices in this city are not
the causes of the city's condition to-
day. They are not causes, they are re-
suits. We must 60 back to the actual
causes. The trouble with this city is,
Harrisburg has forgotten God. God has
been eliminated too much from politics
from the business world, from society
life, from educational institutions from
homes, yes, from hearts of the people. y
"They tell preachers to mind their
own business when they meddle in poll.
tics. Some of you have the muzzle and
the gag on, so that you dare not 60
out and rebuke wickedness. -
No Partisan Politics
Evangelist Slough S most stirring ad.
dress of the day was made at the aft
ernoon meeting for church members
only, at which no less than six thousand
were present He said in part:
''The Slough campaign does not
stand for partisan politics. [ am not
and have not been talking party poll
tics. make this statement because OF
garbled reports which have appeared in
Coz tiBued ON seventh Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
POLLS TO Open At 7 A. NJ.
Last of Ballots Distributed and All Is
Ready Here for the Election
Tomorrow

The polling places will open to-mor.
row at Z O'Clock an1 will remain open
for twelve hours, clasirv at I p. m.
The last of the ballots we're dis.
trtbuted to-day. One vacancy in an
election board was filed by the court
this morning. John Husic was named
judge of election for the Third pre-.
cinct, Third ward, Steelton, to succeed
george Morrett, who removed from the
district.
The saloons will be closed all day.
as required by law. 1t is a legal holt
day and the State, city and county off.
ces, the banks and some other places
of business will not be open.
Dauphin county voters will have a
variety of tickets to confront them
on the ballot when they enter the poll
ing places. The ballot this year is fully
as large as that of last year-it does
not seem to grow any smaller, retaining
Its blanket size because of the addi-
tional names placed on the ballot by
candidates filing nomination papers aft
er the primary elections
There are ten partisan tickets in the
field. These are the Democratic, Wash,
ington, Republican, Socialist, Bull
Moose, Roosevelt Progressive, Prohibi,
tion, Keystone, lndustrialist and Per-
sonal Liberty.
Harrisburgers will vote for United
States Senator, Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and Secretary of Internal At
fairs; four Congressman at Large, one
judge of the supreme court; one Judge
of the superior court; one district Con-
gresham and two members of As
sembly.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
JUDGE FINDLAY DIES TODAY
Wealthy Hagerstown Jurist Had Been
Ill but Short Time
Special to the star-Independent)

topeCldl TO the Star-lndependent.)
Hagerstown, Nd, Nov. 2.-Judge
James Findlay, n years. old, one of the
wealthiest and most prominent citizens
of Washington county, died suddenly at
his home in this city shortly after 2
o'clock this morning.
Judge Findlay was born in Chambers
burg. He was graduate of Princeton
in 1858, and in 1866 he was elected
director of the Washington County
bank, in Williamsport, Nd. He be-
came its president April /, 1880. In
1879 he was elected Judge of the or
phans' court here.
Judge Findlay married first in 1861
and two children of that marriage are
surviving. They are Sophia Van Lear.
wife of Colonel Charles A. Little, and
Nancy Irwin, wife of the Rev. r. A.
Boyle, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, this city. His second wife was
Miss Anna Howell Kennedy, daughter
of DIR. and Mrs. Howard Kennedy and
a granddaughter of Thomas Kennedy,
the famous author. Judge and Mrs
Findlay resided in the old DIR. Kennedy
mansion, built by Colonel Nathaniel
Rochester, founder of the city of Ro-
chester, n. Y.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
KUNKEL MUM ON OUTLOOK
Men Backing His Candidacy, However
Predict His Election

Members of the committee which is
furthering Judge Kunkel s non-partsan
candidacy for the State Supreme Court
bench this morning declared they are
confident the local jurist will be elected.
The more active leaders, however, de-
clined TO predict the size of his major
ity. One of them said:
"We think it unwise to make a
statement N figures on the eve of cleo
ton. 1t would be contrary to the plan
we adopted prior to the primaries, when
we decided to make no prediction of
likely results. We now feel that we
need every vote we can GET
Judge Kunkel only smiled when
asked his opinion of the probable out
come of the election. The Judge will
stay up to get the returns and likely
be at the Kunkel campaign headquar-
ters tomorrow night.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
AU9TRIANS CROSS SAVE AND
DHlNA, IN SPITE OF SERVIANS

Lobdon, Nov. >. 2.O5 A. MA dis.
patch\to Reuters Telegram Company
from Amsterdam gives the following Of
fetal Austrian dispatch received there
from Vienna:
1.-The Austrians Nqn Saturday sue
cessfully attacked a strong fortified
Servian position neaE Rovrye. Our
troops crossed the Save and Drina riv-
ers, which were obstinAtely defended
by servians, aud oecub bicd Ornabaro,
Banovopolje, Rademkoae, Gluosi and
Tabanovio. -
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
CLEAR FOR ELECTION DAY
Normal Autumn Weather Is Officially
Predicted For Tomorrow

Tomorrow, election day, will see
normal autumn weather in this city and
vicinity, according to officials of the
local Office of the weather bureau. There
is. possibility of the temperature be-
ing degree or two above the average
but there is not chance of rain in
the opinlon of the weather man.
Temperatures which have been far
above the average for the last twenty
four hours will go back to normal this
evening. A storm that threatened rain
has been divided into two parts, one
going off the coast through the ST. Law
renee Valley and the other part being
held back by a high pressure which
will retard it for two or three days
at least.
Light rains throughout eastern
Pennsylvania as result of the St.
Lawrence storm made many believe
yesterday that election day would be a
rainy one here, but the unusual strength
of the high pressure area will pre-
vent this.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
SURVIVORS OF FRENCH VESSEL
SUNK BY EMDEN ARE IN PORT

London, Nov. ,, 6.45 A. MA dis.
patch to Reuters Telegram Company
from Batavia, Java, states that an of.
iicer, ten petty officers, % marines and
lS wounded survivors of the French
destroyer Mosquet, which was sunk in
the harbor of Penang by the German
cruiser Emdeu, have arrived at Sabang,
on the Island of Wal, in the steamer
Newbern.
The officer of the Mosquet, who was
also wounded, died soon after his ar.
rival in the hospital at Sabang.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
STAR INDEPENDENT Will
DISPLAY ELECTION RETURNS
Big Screen Across Third Street Will Re-
port the Results as Soon as Avail
able Tomorrow Night-Movies
VIII Fill in the Gaps

As complete and early election re.
turns as can be had any place in Har.
risburg will be thrown on a screen out.
side the Star-Independent building
South Third street, tomorrow evening
the best facilities for gathering returns
and displaying them having been ar.
ranged for.
The screen will be thrown across
Ihird street at Blackberry street, SO
that it can be seen easily from Market
street or Chestnut street. lantern
operated from the Star-Independent
building will display the returns, which
will be received from the Associated
Press and the Western Union Telegraph
Company and from an efficient corps of
stan reporters and correspondents in
this and nearby counties. A special
western Union wire will be run into the
building to augment the service of the
Associated Press, whose operator also
will be in the building.
Local returns will be riven alono
with those from the State and other
states as fast as the votes are counted
and modern newspaper methods ear
transmit them.
Street traffic on Third street is re
duced to minimum at the hour when
the returns will be of the greatest value
and the crowd will not be disturbed by
passing vehicles while watching the
screen. During the early evening, il
the returns come in slowly, motion pie
lures will be thrown on the screen to
entertain the crowd.
The lantern will be operated from a
platform built at the southern end OF
the Star-Inde pendent.
The returns will be displayed with
out regard to partisan considerations
and no news favorable or unfavorable
to any party or candidate will be held
back.
A service of ten trunk telephone lines
has been arranged for by the Star-In
dependent.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
LATE CARS ELECTION NIGHT
Trolley Company Announces Special
Schedule on Many Lines

The Harrisburg Railways Company
announced this morning that there will
be special trolley service for Tuesday
election night, for persons who will be
in the central part of the city to re-
ceive the returns. Cars will run every
half hour on North Second, Fourth and
Sixth streets and on the Reservoir
Park and Hill lines from 2 midnight
until 2 a, m, time of last ear.
The suburban schedule will be:
Steelton cars will run every half hour
between IL midnight and 1.3O a. M.
time of last ear; last ear for Middle
town will leave at a. M; last ear for
Oberlin, lao p. M; last car for Rock
vile, II midnight, and last car for
Linglestown, LAO p. m. Cars will run
to Penbrook every 20 minutes until 70
midnight, time of last car; last car for
Paxtang at a. m.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
both Claim The COUNTY
Republicans Say Brumbaugh Will Have
1880 Majority-Democrats Claim
. $500 for Mccormick

The Republican, Democratic and
Washington party leaders in Dauphin
county aud Harrisburg have been fig,
uriug on the probable figures for to-
morrow, aud this afternoon made their
final announcements.
Republican County Chairman Horner
said this afternoon that he had figured
it out that Brumbaugh will carry Dau-
phin county by $500 majority and that
the vote will be close in Harrisburg
''We have gone over the county very
carefully, said Chairman Horner,
land have every reason to believe that
Brumbaugh win carry the county by .
500, and that he will run ahead of Me.
Cormck in Harrisburg
At the headquarters of the Palmer
Mccormick League, where County
Chairman Moeslein and City Chairman
Jones hold the fort, figures were given
estimating that Mccormick will have
10000 votes in Dauphin county and
Brumbaugh. $500. That is, McCor-
mick will have at least $500 majority
in the whole county of which 2,200
will be in the city
''We have been all over the entire
county in making up our estimates, y
it was stated, ''and we have no reason
to fear that Mccormick will not carry
the county by $500"
Republican meetings will be held to-
night in Williamstown, Millersburg and
Steelton.
The Washington party city commit
tee viii hold meeting tonight at
headquarters TO transact important
business and all members have been
urged to be present
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
Ambassadors Leaving Turkey

Bordeaux, France, Nov. ., Via Par.
is, 2.51 P. M.-The Russian Ambassa-
dor, it was announced here to-day, was
the first of the diplomatic representa-
tives to leave Constantinople. He was
followed by the French and British
Ambassadors. The Turkish Ambassa.
dors in London and Petrograd have
been banded their passports and it is
believed that the Turkish Ambassador
been handed their passports and it is
day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
Grand Jury Charges
Directors With Con-
spiracy in Violation
of Anti Trust Law
BAIL is FIXED AT
$4,000 FOR EACH
William Rockefeller, Theodore N. Vail,
George F. Baker and Many Other
Prominent Financiers Are Marked
For Arrest in Proceedings
By associated Press.

New York, Nov. 2.--Criminal indict-
ments were returned to-day by the. U.
). Grand Jury against twenty-one di-
reetors and former directors of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad Company, including William
Rockefeller, Theodore n. Vail, George
F. Baker, William Skinner, Charles f.
Brooker and John l.. Billiard.
The indictments charge conspiracy
in violation of the Sherman antitrust
law to monopolize commerce. Under
Section III, of. the law, under which
they were returned, the maximum PEN
atty upon conviction is one year impris-
onment and $1,000 fine.
Search warrants were issued for the
twenty-one men named in the indict.
ments upon request of the District At
torney. Several, it was understood,
were to be brought into court to an
swer the indictments this afternoon.
Complete List of the Indicted
The complete list of those indicted
IS as IOlIOWS:
William Rockefeller, George Mae
Culloch Miller, Charles f. Brooker, Will
liam Skinner, D. Newton Barney, Rob
ert W. Taft, James S. Elton, James s.
Hemingway, Lewis Cass Ledyard,
Charles NJ. Pratt, A. Heaton Robert
son, Frederick +. Brewster, Henry K.
McHarg, Edward D. Robbins, former
general counsel of the road; Alexander
Coehrane, John L. Billiard, George F.
Baker, Thomas Dewitt Cuyler, Theo-
dore n. Vail, Edward Milligan and
Francis T. Maxwell. .-.s.- ---.-r
The amount of bail was fixed at So
600 each by Federal, Judge Foster.
Of the twenty-one men indicted, only
five are now on the New Haven direc-
torate. They are T. Dewitt Cuyler,
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Continued on Nints PAGE.
Warmest November Day in 2e Years

High temperature records for TWEEN
ty-six years for November were
smashed here yesterday. when the mer-
curry touched the 7S-degree mark. 1t
was higher by three degrees than any
previous high temperature mark record
ed in the history of the local office of
the Weather Bureau.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
THE BATTLE IN NORTH FRANCE

Paris, Nov. 248 P. M-The French official announce
men given out in Paris this afternoon says that YESTERDAY
the German attack the French left wing particularly
between Dxude and the Lys continued with great VIC
lence In spite of the counter attacks of the enemv in
this region the French made slight progress The text of
the communication follows: 4
On our left wing the German offensive continued
With the same violence in Belgium and in the north of
FRANCE particularly between Dixmude and the Lys In
this region in spite of attacks and counter attacks on the
PART OF the Germans made slight progress on almost
he entire front excepting at the village of Messnes
bs ~ae aner was ios Gy tne allied troops
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
MCCORMICK ON STUMP TO-DAY
Candidate Continues Speech making to
the Very Close of the Campaign

The final windup' of the Demo
cratic campaign, SO far as the Demo
cratic candidates are concerned, is
taking place in Northampton county
to-day.
Vance c. Mccormick, candidate for
Governor, left Harrisburg this morning
for Portland, where he joined Congress
man Palmer to hold the first meeting.
Bangor, Pen Argyll, Wind Gap, Naza-
ret, Bath, Northampton and Easton
were on the schedule of places where
meetings would be held.
Mr.. Mccormick will return to Har-
risburg after the Easton meeting to-
night and will vote here tomorrow
morning Tomorrow night he will re-
ceive the returns of the election at his
private Office in the ",Patriot' build
ing, where his friends will gather.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
By associated Press.


Petrograd, Nov. l, via London. Nov. q 245 A. M-The
newspapers report that the cruisers Goeben and Bresau
and four Turkish torpedo boats bombarded the shore near
Sebastopo yesterday sheing the railroad and docks The
Russian shore batteries replied The ships disap-
peared along the shore to the eastward after in
fhcting trivial damages.
Theodosia, the Crmean coast 100 miles northeast
OF Sabastopol also suffered bombardment Saturday
when Turkish cruiser sailed close enough to throw thirty
shells into the city.
News has been received at the foreign office that the
Russian ambassador has left Consantnople but the Turk
ls minister here has not received his passports nstruc
tions from Constantinope
London Nov. g. 445 A. MA dispatch to the ''Times"
from Petrograd dated Sunday says that British vessel
the Frederick ignted and scuted during the bonn
bardment of Novorossysk. The Turks also wantonly
bombarded Anapa Russian seaport of the Black Sea- at
the western extremity of the Caucasus range.
London, Nov g. 1924 P M-The Turkish Ambassador
to Great Britain Tewk Pasha handed his passports
to-day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
Inquiry Into BOYS Death

Coroner Jacob Eckinger to-day an
nounced that he would conduct an in
quiry on Wednesday morning at s
o. clock into the cause of the death of
5-year-old John Mccormick, who was
struck by an automobile at Third and
Harris streets Saturday and died from
the injuries he received
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
Peace Prize to the Netherlands

The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 3, via
London 1855 A. M.-The "Handels-
Blad of Amsterdam has published a
report from Christiana saying that the
managers of the Nobel Institute have
decided to give this years. peace prize,
which amounts to about $40, ,000, to the
Netherlands government, to be applied
toward the support of Belgian refugees
in Holland
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
MT. VESUVIUS AGAIN active
Inhabitants in the Vicinity Greatly
Alarmed and Repetition of 1906
Disaster Is Feared
By associated Press.

Naples, via Rome, Nov. 2, 12.45 A.
M.-Mount Vesuvius is again in erup-
ton and the inhabitants in its vicinity
have become greatly alarmed. On Sun
day special prayers were made and pro-
cessions of people went to favored
shrines as repetition of the disaster
of 1906 is feared.
The activity of the volcano first man.
ifested itself by deep detonations and
rumblings. This was followed by gigan-
tic columns of smoke and soon there
after an abundant eruption of lava be-
gan.
The last serious eruption of Mount
Vesuvius occurred in the spring of
1906. Several villages were DESTROYED
and the property loss was estimated at
$20,000,000. About 500 persons were
killed and $4,000 were rendered home.
less. Many nations, especially the Unit
ed States, sent aid to the sufferers.
There have been several eruptions since
1906, but all were of minor charac-
ter and no serious losses resulted.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
4 SEIZED AFTER WEDDING
Fight During Celebration Results in
Two Men Being Cut

tSpeciaI 10 the Star-Independent)
Williamstown, Pa, Nov. 2.-Pour
foreigners were lodged in the lookup
here last evening following free for
all fight among the Austrians and Slavs
near the collieries. The foreigners will
this evening be taken before Squire
Conrad on charge of creating nui-
sance.
The men were attendants at we'd
ding celebration where there was live
ly fight. Andy 0lexo was cut on the
palm of the hand during the fray and
Sigmund Rayho suffered cut on the
side. Neither was seriously injured.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
Germans Destroy British Steamship

Rochester, N. Y, Nov. "A private
cable to local firm received to-day
from Para, Brazil, reports the destruc-
tion of the British steamship vandyke
by a German cruiser. The passengers
were put ashore. The Vandyke piled be-
tween Buenos Aires and New York.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
German Cut OFF From Main Army

London, Nov. 2, 3.52 A. M.-The
correspondent of the Times in
Northern France telegraphs under date
of Saturday that report, has reached
him that as the result Off the blowing
up of railway bridge bS Belgian
eyclist corps very large German force
was cut off from the main army and to
the number of many thousands, have
surrendered
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
HOW TO VOTE FOR KUNKEL

To full ticket least three will be neces
sary
One mark in the Party Square
One mark for Judge of the Supreme Court
One mark for Judge of the Superior Court.
There two candidates for Judge of the Supreme
The appear at the of the second column of the
official ballot
You can vote for only
mark in Party Square for candidates
only and is not vote for Judge.
In addition you make name of the
Judge for whom you desire to vote
Vote for Judge Kunkel and mark your ballot this way
GEORGE KINKEI
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
Steamship Head Dies in London

London, Nov. 2.-The death in Lon
don of Alfred Booth, head of the Booth
Line of steamships, was announced to-
day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-02
TURKISH WARSHIPS RUSSIAN SHORE
BATTERIES IN BIG FIGHT AT SEBASTOPOL

Withdrawn Along Cri-
mean Coast After Shelling
Railroad and Docks - Heo-
dosia Also Suffers When a
Cruiser of Turkey Sails Close
Enough to Throw Thirty Shells
Into City, British VesselIg-
nited and Scuttled During the
Bon1bardment of Nouorossysk
--Great Britain Hands Turk
ish Ambassador His Pass
ports--Both Allies and Ger
mans Make Cams in Northern
France Battle
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ON Ninth Page.
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Blakslee S Forecast

Continued on sixth PAGE.