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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Sf42,562 Balance at Years END
C. 0, P. CHIEFS ARE here
Penrose, Oliver, Grow and Mayor Arm
strong Will Confer With Gov
ernor Tener Tonight

United States Senator George T. Oil
yer and Mayor Armstrong, of Pitts
burgh, arrived here this afternoon to be
the guests of Governor Tener, and it is
understood that during their visit the
political situation in Western Pennsyl-
vania with reference to filing vacancies
in certain offices will be considered.
The matter of appointing a successor
to Judge Frazer. who goes on the Su-
preme Bench in January, will not be
one of the subjects taken up, as it is
said that Governor Tener has already
decided on that appointment.
Later it was learned that Senator
lPenrose plans to arrive here tonight
and that William E. Crow, chairman of
the Republican State Committee, also
will be here.
The political conference will be held
tonight at the Executive Mansion. One
of the things that will be discussed
it was learned late to-day, is the selec-
tion of the man who will become Speak
er of the House of Representatives
Beyond that it was impossible to learn
what would be discussed at the confer
enee.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
enter pleas OF NOT GUILTY
William Rockefeller and Other Former
New Haven Directors Change
Their Former Action
By associated Press.

New York, Dec. 4.-The pleas in
abatement made by William Rockefel-
Ter and seven others of the twenty one
directors and former directors of the
New Haven railroad to indictments
charging them with criminal violation
of the law, have been dismissed and
pleas of not guilty were entered in
stead to-day.
In addition to Mr. Rockefeller, Rob
ert w. Taft and Charles f. Brooker.
Frederick Z. Brewster, d. Newton
Barney, Henry X. McHarg, A. Heaton
Robertson and james 8. Hemingway
were the defendants who entered pleas
of not guilty. The new peadings were
made necessary by the dismissal of the
pleas in abatement, which contended
that the indictments. were improperly
drawn.
William Skinner, James S. Elton and
George F. Baker entered pleas of inn
munity on the ground that they had
testified before the Interstate Com
merce Commission at Washington.
These pleas and the ones already fled
by John r. Billiard, E. D. Robbins and
7. Dewitt Cuyler, will be argued be-
fore Judge Rudkin on Monday.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
ANALYSIS OF POWDER WILL
FIGURE IN POISON Case
Result viii Be Submitted in Testimony
When Man Accused of Causing the
Illness of rs Persons Is Tried Be-
fore Alderman Nicholas Tomorrow

Analysis is being made to-day of a
white powder which Mrs. John Pollieic.
No. 1101 South Ninth street, said she
removed from the top of sauerkraut She
was preparing in the kitchen of her
home last week, and the result of the
analysis, 1T was announced to-day, will
be made known at the hearing of An
drew Meloctwick, who will be arraigned
before Alderman Nicholas to morrow on
a charge of having poisoned Mr.. and
Mrs. Pollicic, their FIVE children and
eleven boarders in the Pollicic home.
The eighteen persons who became i'll
after eating the sauerkraut in the
boarding house were all reported to-
day to be out of danger and they prob
ably will appear as witnesses at the
hearing which will be held at 7.S0
o clock in the evening.
The white powder that Mrs. Pollicic
removed from sauerkraut she was pre-.
pairing may not have been what caused
the illness of the eighteen persons. The
belief was expressed to-day that the
white powder was intended as an
antidote for something that previously
had been put into the food. There is a
strong belief, in fact, that the white
powder that is being analyzed to-day is
nothing more than EPSON salts.
None of the original batch of sauer-
kraut, which is said to have caused the
illness, is available for analysis. so far
as could be learned.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
GOVERNOR A LIFE MEMBER
Unusual Honor Granted to Executive
at Golfers Dinner at Harrisburg
Country Club

At dinner given by the golf play.
ing members of the Harrisburg Coun-
try Club at the club house last even,
ing, Governor John X. Tener was
rendered the honor of the first life
membership ever given by the club. 1t
was proposed by Carl b. Ely, formet
president of the club and the PROPOSE
tion was roundly cheered, for Govern
or Tener has become an. ardent de-
votee of golf since his residence in
Harrisburg, where he first started to
play the game.
Charles H. Bergner presided at the
dinner the feature of which was the
presentation of the cups won during
the year.
Governor Tener' handsome presen.
tation loving cup, which was won by
George w. Reilly, finally reached Mr..
Reilly after series of speeches that
began with the Governor and went
through officials of the club. Walter P.
Mcguire was presented with the vice
president S cup, hardy annual, and
Mr. Reilly also received the golfers
cup, another annual. The board of
governors trophy, which carries with
it the club championship, was won by
jackson Ii. Boyd and the cup given to
him. Ross A. Hickok and Carl w. Da.
Wis were winners of the second and
third sixteens, respectively.
Those at the dinner were Governor
Tener, Mr.. Bergner, DR.. Wright, A. s.
McCreath, Leslie McCreath, Robert
McCreath, William McCreath, B. H.
Evans, r. Boone Abbott, A. Boyd
Hamilton, Donald Mccormick, r. V.
Mckay, t. D, Baldwin, C. NJ. Kaltwas-
ser, w. w. Davis, D. NJ. Dull, II. Il.
Hosford, f. Kiester, Paul Hooker, Ross
A. Hickok, II. B. Bent, f. J, Brady,
Theodore j. Could, Carl w. Davis,
Charles H. Bergner, r. G. Goldsbor-
ough, George w, Reilly, F. D. Carney,
c. E. Ryder, w. B. MeCaleb, B. +.
Roger, E. l.. Miller, Clarence B. Mil
Ter, S. c. Todd, w. H. Gather, F. j.
Hall, j. H. Boyd, Frank Payne, Lew
r. Palmer, A. Morris Sides, Carl b.
Ely, Lewis f. Johnson, John Fox
Weiss, +. J. Bevan, w. p. Mcguire, R.
p. NJ. Davis, John P. Dohoney, j. l..
Shearer, Jr., John +. Ericsson, w. l..
Gillespie, j. H. Forsythe, F. Herbert
Snow, DR.. II. NJ. Stine, j. A. Clement,
Neil f. Salsich, 7. O. Williamson, w.
&. Fownes, Sr, and George R. Mofitt,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Late WAR news SUMMARY

The first official word to indicate
that the predicted assault of the allies
on the German lines in Belgium may
have been begun came to-day. The Ger
man War Office statement says that
the French have made repeated attacks
in Flanders, which were repulsed.
This brief reference does not make 1t
clear how extensive the movement is.
For several days it had been reported
unofficially that the allies had deter
mined on an assault which would lead
to one of the greatest struggles of the
war, with the object on their part of
breaking the German line in the north
west and, if possible, forcing general
retreat.
In Alsace, too, the French apparent
ly have made new attack. The Ger
man statement reports that an attempt
ed advance northwest of Altkirch, Up
per Alsace, was beaten back with con-
siderable losses for the French.
Paris and London are curiously re-
served concerning these reported de-
velopments. So far as was related in
dispatches from those cities, no events
of great Importance are under way.
In the campaign against the Rus
slams, Germany asserts that she has won
a victory in East Prussia, indicting
heavy losses in checking Russian ad-
vance east OF the plain of the Mazurian
lakes.
Emperor William has returned from
his trip to the battleields of East Prus-
sia and Poland for a short stay in Ber-
lin.
The almost complete stoppage of
news of the war to-day from official or
other sources raised the question wheth-
er censorship of unusual severity had
been put in force. The cables brought
practically no information notwith-
standing the fact that surely in the east
and posi- bly, in the west there are now
in progress battles of the highest I'm
portance. On several occasions earlier
Continued ON Fifteenth pare
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
u ion Trust t Com
pany S Christmas
Saving Fund Will Be
Released Next Week
MEANS A BOON
TO THE SHOPPERS
Money Accumulated by Small Deposits
During the Year Is About to Be-
come Available to Santa Claus or
for Permanent Investment

Thousands of dollars will be put
into circulation in Harrisburg and sur
rounding towns next Thursday or Fri
day when the Union Trust Company s
Christmas Saving Fund will send out
its checks to its 1900 members. This
announcement was. made this morning
by Charles S. Boil, president of the
Union Trust Company.
The many members of this fund who
had the acumen last year to look year
ahead will soon receive the reward of
their thrift. For the last several weeks
Andrew s. Patterson, treasurer of the
Saving Fund, has been working day and
night at the tiresome task of signing
these $4,000 checks, which range in
value from $3.50 to $63.75, according
to the classes that the members en-,
tered.
The checks coming right at the time
when every person is wondering where
he will be able to get enough money to
buy all of the Christmas presents he
wishes to give, will be a boon to the
Christmas shoppers. The issuing of these
stores and happy Christmas awakenings
but also that many persons who never
before could start n saving fund will
now deposit their checks in their bank
so rs to have simething toward a rainy
day.
Any of the local merchants win be
glad to cash any of these checks, which
are in the same form as those issued
last year except for the fact that this
year the checks bear the picture of an
up-to-thate Santa Claus who is driving
an automobile instead of the oldltinie
sleigh and reiadeers.
In the four years of this saving
fund s existence its growth has been
remarkable. During the first year the
club had 5000 members, but this year
1T has almost one-ifth as many men,
women and children as constitute the
population of Harrisburg.
Next year s club opens Monday. De-
cember 81, at which time new mem
bers will be permitted to ioin. This
club has taught many people to save
small amounts who, without its aid,
were accustomed to look forward to
Christmas with apprehension that they
would be unable to purchase presents
for all the friends they wished to re-
member. 1t has also aided many in
buying "that home which for manv
years had been looked at with envy.
Many memberships are kept up by
husbands for their wives as a present
and by many wives to present to their
husbands. Fathers often practice self.
denial so as to be able to keep up their
fund, and when they receive the check
immediately place it in bank to help
pay for Johnnie 81 or "Mary -
education.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
SAYS WOMAN ROBBED HIM
Edgar Hicks Charges Her With the
Larceny of S25

Rebeeca Thomas, colored, was arrest
ed this morning by Policeman McCann
and taken to police headquarters whore
she was identified by Edgar Hicks,
1904 North Third street, as the WON
an who aeeosted him ON Cowden street
near North last night and robbed him
of pocketboOk containing $25.
Hicks is a mail clerk and was on
his way to work when he was stopped
by the woman who succeeded in get
ting his poeketbook out of his pocket.
He went to police headquarters and
described his assailant and Rebecca
Thomas was picked up. He positively
identified her. She was given hear
ing in police court this afternoon.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Autos Carry Bouquets
to Invalids To-day
With Complimentsof of
Slough Campaign
BIBLE VERSES
ARE ATTACKED
At Tabernacle Last Night, Evangelist
Tries to Have Audience Visualize
christ's Crucifxion by Presenting
Realistic Scenes of Calvary

To no less than a thousand homes
in this city and surrounding towns
this morning, automobiles brought
flowers for shut-ins, with the compli.
ments of the Slough evangelistic cam
paign. Cut flowers and potted plants
were donated at the tabernacle last
night, "Flower Night, in great abun-
dance and banked along the front of
the platform making great display.
They were kept there in water until
this morning, when several hundred
women gathered to sort them and pre-
pare them for distribution among the
sick. Owners of automobiles responded
in large numbers to the call for con
veyances, and transported the women
to the homes of the shut-ins.
The names and addresses of invalids
were collected last night at the taber-
nacle. The same names were in many
instances supplied several times, but
they were carefully sorted to avoid
duplication. No distinctions were made
between members of different denomi-
nations, some of the flowers going to
Catholics, Episcopalians and Lutherans.
nor was any distinction made between
church members and persons outside of
the church.
Each bouquet, before it went on its
mission from the tabernacle, was care
fully wrapped in newspaper by deft
feminine hands, and card attached to
it bearing the name and address of the
recipient and passage of Scripture.
CaufIuued Ninth R.s
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Third mail Theft ARRETS
William F. Frasch Held in ST, 800 Bail
for Connection With Parcel
Post Robbery

William F. Frasch, 1710 Carnation
street, baggageman at the Pennsylva-
mia railroad station, was arrested last
night by Captain Barclay, of the Penn
sylvania railroad police, and w. E..
Lucas, postal inspector, on warrant
issued by the latter charging Fraseh
with larceny from the United States
mail.
Frasch was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Leroy j. Wolfe
this morning and pleaded guilty to the
charge and was held under $500 bail
for United States Court.
This was the third arrest in connec-
tion with the larceny of parcel post
packages in the Pennsy station.
Fraseh was released ON bail furnished
by his father.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Toledo Woman Opens
Fire on Gang That
Invades Home and
Shoots Spouse
AIR OF MYSTERY
ABOUT TRAGEDY
Sensational Shooting Affair Last Night
in Residence Section of Toledo
When Louisville Gunmen Call
Former Saloonkeeper to Front Door
By associated Press.

Toledo, o., Dec. 4.-One Louisville
gunman is dead, three others are hid
ing in the underworld section of the
city, a Toledo man is in a hospital
with perhaps fatal wounds and his
wife is held by the police as a Cor
orner g witness as the result of the
shooting, which took place in the resi-.
dence section last night.
The wounded man is Harry C. Plum.
mer until about year ago a saloon
keeper at Louisville, Ky. His wife is
said to have fired the shot which kill
ed the unidentified man.
The shooting occurred at Plummer 8
home when the men rang the door bell
and said we have message for you
from Louisville, Harry" Plummer
opened the door and the men opened
fire. Plummer fell to the floor with
two bullet wounds. His wife, in her
room upstairs, heard the shooting and
seized a revolver from beneath a pill.
low on her bed. Hurriedly descending
the stairs she fred at one of the in
truders. They made their exit through
a kitchen window. The dead man was
found by the police in the rear yard.
A dragnet was thrown out. The men
were traced to the tenderloin where
they were swallowed up.
Plummer says he knew the men in
Louisville, but does not remember
their names. The police discredit his
story. The theory is that the shooting
is the result of an infraetion of under
world rules and that the four men
came here to wreak vengeance.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Fire in Hold Of Freight Steamer on
Voyage From Havre
By associated Press.

New York, Dec. 4.-Paintings and
art objects of an estimated value of
about 100000 were destroyed by fire
in the hold of the freight steamer Mis-
sissippi, which arrived here on Novem-
Der q, it became known Yesterday
when the shipment was examined by
customs officials and representatives of
insurance companies.
The fire started soon after the Missis-
sippi left Havre, and no news of the
fire was given out. Crates containing
other paintings were rot opened, but,
as they are badly charred, their cou-
tents are also expected to. be a total
loss. The works destroyed were con
signed TO New York art dealers.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Cassel Has Not Yet
Submitted His Bill
for Going Over Coun.
ty Records
HOUSTON WORKED
FOR LOG DAYS
Riegle Seeks Remuneration for 93 Days
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Say the York
County Audit Was Made in Two
Weeks

The annual report of the board of
Dauphin county auditors who examined
the 1913 accounts of County Treasurer
A. H. Bailey, as required by law, was
to-day turned over to Henry F. Holler,
the clerk of the courts.
Francis w. Riegle, one of the three
auditors. submitted bill for 9S days
work on the audit at SO day, or S279,
and bin for mileage of 1912 miles
at 6 cents, or S90.72, making his total
charge sS69.72.
Fred. W. Houston charged for 100
days work at SO a day, or SS1S, and
for mileage at 80 miles at cents, or
sl.S2. His total charge is thus $319.92.
The bills of the two auditors who
have submitted their charges thus to-
tai s6S9.64.
The third auditor, J. W. Cassel, presi-
dent of the board, had not submitted
his bill late this afternoon. He said
he has been too busy to make it out
and that he would be unable to do SO
to-day. He added that he does not
know how much the amount will be
and cannot tell until he consults his
records of the time he put in at the
work each day.
AT the time the audit started Judge
kunkel and members of the board of
County Commissioners said that thew
estimated the thirty days would be all
the time necessary for the auditors to
complete the work. County officials re-
marked this afternoon that only two
weeks We're required to make the audit
in York county. They asked, too. why
Mr.. Houston, who lives in the city,
had bill for mileage.
The charges cover the time the au-
dltors spent on Tie examination of the
county records, from July %, when the
Treasurer S books were given to them
by virtue of Dauphin county court de-
cision, up until to-day. County Treas
urer Bailey examined the report imme-
diately before it was given over to the
Commissioners and he stated that the
auditors balances do not differ from
his.
The report is a resume fthe coun-
ty financial transactions for the fiscal
year of 1918 and is bare of ANYTHING
save the actual accounts. No comment
is made by the auditors, they simply
certifying in an accompanying affidavit
as to the correctness of the report "to
the best of their knowledge and be-
lief. -
S142.562 Balance at Years End
The funds or balance in the hands
of the County Treasurer at the close
of the 1913 fiscal year,-January 5,
1914, the report shows, was s142,-
562.02. The assets, including the
treasurer s balance, were made up as
Continued on Twelfth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
ACTORS RELATIVES FOUND
Heart Trouble Cause of Death of 90.
lonial Performer

Valvular heart trouble is given as
the cause of the death of the actor who
was stricken suddenly at Second and
Chestnut streets yesterday afternoon,
the cause of the death being determined
by DR.. George r. Moffitt, who conducted
a post-morteh examination under the
direction of Coroner Eckinger.
The Coroner has learned that his
name is James Driscoll, brother of DR..
w. Cyril Driscoll, of Charleston, S. C.
His name, given first as Carter Hotch-
kiss, was taken from mail matter in his
pocket. His brother is making arrange
ments for the funeral
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Policeman Has Narrow Escape

Had not Policeman John Hess stopped
at the foot of the steps in the Market
street subway yesterday afternoon to
stop two men from drinking from a
flask he would have been Under tine
headstone when it was knpekfd losse
by an automobile. The policeman Sad
to jump as it was to escape the falling
stone and bricks. A machine contain.
ing E. E. Curry, of New York, and f..
II. Kyle, of Philadelphia, struck the
iron railing when the steering meehan-
ism of the machine failed to work.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Caricatures of Kaiser Barred

London, Dec. 4, 2.12 P. M.-Post
cards earicaturing Emperor William
and the German Crown Prince have
been barred from the fighting line by
the English and French authorities.
This action is due to tine discovery, it
is said, that the German military code
renders the possessors of such cards who
may be taken prisoners liable to sum
mary treatment.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
SNIPERS KILL A MEXICAN
U. S. Soldiers Also Wounded in Firing
From Trenches

Naco, Ariz., Dee. 4.-Snipers in the
trenches of the Mexican combatants
across the line, fred into American ter
ritory to-day, killing a Mexican civilian
and wounding United States soldier.
Private John Miller, of the Tenth
Cavalry, was shot in the thigh while in
camp.
Miller is the fourteenth soIdier to
be hit by Mexican bullets. Eighteen
Americans and twenty eight Mexicans
on this side of the border have been
killed or wounded since the fighting
at Naco, Sonora, began.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
stonewan Jackson's Home Burned
By associated Press

Weston, W. Va, Dee. 4.-The boy
hood home of General Thomas j.
{" Stonewall'O jackson, frame house
north of here, was destroyed by fire
last night. Leaves left burning by
children are believed to have ignited
the building. The old jackson mill
nearby was not harmed.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
$4,000 Russian officers Lost

Berlin, Dec. 4, by Wireless to Say
vile, l.. Among the items of news
given out by the German official press
bureau to-day is the following: "The
Russian military newspaper, Russky
Invalid, states that the number of Rus
sian offers killed, wounded or taken
prisoners now totals $4,000"
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Fractures Arm In Fall

Frank Addieks, 62 years old of
Paxtang, fractured his right arm above
the elbow early last evening in fall
from Meyers dam, on which he was
walking. He was admitted to the Har.
risburg hospital for treatment.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Income Ta.,, Order to oonsuls

Washington, Dee. 4.-By an exeou-
tive order just issued American consuls
are required to perform any necessary
service in connection with the execu-
tiOn of income tax returns without fee.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Dies of Pneumonia at Hospital

Furhman f. Huffman, 2S years old,
564 Camp street, died at Las o'clock
this afternoon at the Harrisburg hos
rdtal of pneumonia, two hours after he
was admitted to that institution.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
Representative Merritt Dies
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Watertown, N. Y, Dec. 4-Repre.
sentative Edwin A. Merritt of Pots,
dam, died here to-day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04

The British superdreadnaught re-
ferred to is the Audacious, which went
down off the northern coast of Ireland
October %.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-04
$500, 900 In ART DESTROYED

Continued on Fifteenth Page.