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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
Governor This After
noon Praises the De-
partment of Labor
and Industry
HE is HONORED
- BY ENGINEERS
This Will Be .'ofacial inspection
Night in Chestnut Street Hall for
Benefit of welfare and Efficiency
Delegates

The wheels at the "Safety First" T"
exhibit in Chestnut street hall, will
whirr and buzz tonight for the tech
nical experts and mechanical engineers
who are attending the Welfare and
Efficiency conference at the Capitol,
for the managers of the big show are
staging what is known as 50 official in
spection night. "
For this evening the price of ad-
mission is to be put to 25 cents so that
the experts will not be hampered by a
great crowd of spectators. The price
will 60 down again for the rest of the
exhibit, however, and the laymen can
mix tomorrow night with the mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce who
have been invited to make visit to
the exhibit at that time.
The last exhibit was put in place
this morning for the benefit of the en-
gineers but the display will be kept
running for the unexpert until the show
closes, Friday night at 10 O'Clock.
At this afternoon s meeting of the
Industrial Welfare and Efficiency Con.
ference at the capitol, the session was
held in the hall of the House, Commits
sioner Jackson presiding, and the at.
Continued on Seventh Pare.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
Local ROTARY CLUB Will
Raise FUNDS FOR BELCIANS
Members at Last Night Meeting Also
Decide on Matter of Monthly Lunch
cons, at Which out-of Town Luss-
ness Men Will Speak

A proposition to raise funds for the
Belgians by means of some sort of en-
tertainment was launched at meeting
Of the Harrisburg Rotary Club last
night. Definite plans will be formed
and presented at the next regular meet
ing, December /.
The business session last night fol-
lowed clock dinner at the Metro.
politian hotel. 1t was decided that the
Rotary Club luncheon plan be adopted
by the local organization. Luncheons
will be held at noon at the Metropolitan
ON the first Tuesday of every month,
beginning next month. At each luncheon
an address will be given by business
man of prominence from another city.
The meetings of the club on the third
Tuesday of each month will continue to
be held as usual at places of business
of the members.
The public affairs committee at last
night Is meeting recommended that the
club members through show windows
and in other ways, start to convey
Christmas greetings and suggestions.
The Recommendation was adopted.
An invitation was extended the club
to visit the "Safety First" exhibit in
Chestnut street hall.
A resolution was adopted expressing
hopes for the speedy recovery of the
Rev. DIR. James F. Bullitt, member Of
the club, who is seriously i'll,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
BODY WAS FOUND IN Barrel
Tailor Identified as a Probable Victim
of Feud Between Gangs of
the East Side
By Associated Press.

New York, Nov. 1S.-The man who
was murdered last night and stuffed
into barrel, carried to lonely street
under the Queensborough bridge and
left there, to be found before the
warmth had left his body, was identi-
fed to-day. He was Luigi Macaluso,
aged %, tailor, who lived in that sec
tion of Manhattan s East Side known
to the police az the home of gangsters
and guumen. He himself had served a
sentence for carrying pistol and de-
tectives seeking to lnraxel the mystery
of his death thought it due to a fe1d
between rival gangs.
Two men unloaded the barrel from
a truck and rolled it to the sidewalk
and stood it on end. Then they leaped
back on their truck, whipped their
horses ana dashed away. A woman
who had seen the actions of the men
went TO the barrel and looked in. She
saw the body of a man, which had
been erumpled and stuffed into the bar
rel. The woman called a policeman
and then made off, Mortified by her find
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
late WAR news SUMMARY

The American nag has been fired
upon by Turkey. A report to the Navy
Department at Washington to-day from
Captain Decker, of the Cruiser Ten
nessee, gave Official confirmation to
earlier dispatches from Athens and the
Greek Island of Chios in the Aegean
Sea, to the effect that Turkish gunners
at Smyrna had opened fire when the
On the battlehelds of Europe there
were few changes of strategic import
ance. The great campaign in the west
apparently has settled down to a series
of detached battles, related only indi-
rectly to the main issue. At some points
along the 300-mile line there is furious
hand to hand fighting, and elsewhere
comparative inactivity prevails.
To-day's French, official statement
was optimistic in tone, stating that
German attacks, wherever made, had
been repulsed, and that the allies had
gained ground at few points. Along
the Belgian coast the lighting has been
left chiefly to the artillery. Near Blk
schoote, few miles north of the
French border, there was a fierce en-
counter with bayonets, during which
the Zouaves, according to the French
war office, won possession Of a forest
which had been contested for several
days.
The fighting in Alsace, which has
been virtually separate campaign and
concerning which little has been heard,
is said by the French to have told
heavily upon the German forces. The
Landwehr, composed of older Cermans
has been used in this district The
French war office announces that the
Landwher battalions have been with.
drawn, as they had lost one-half of
their effective strength.
On the two main battle fronts
from the Belgian sea coast to the Swiss
border and along the eastern boundary
of Germany-renewed efforts were be-
Continued on Eleventh Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
Charles P. Treadwell
Killed by Shock to
His Heart Caused by
the Excitement
BABY. 3. SETS
HOUSE ABLAZE
Woman Nurse, Who Attends His
Mother, Extinguishes the Flames
Started When the Youngster Plays
With Box of Safety Matches

Excitement caused by flames il a
house next door where woman Law -
IN bed, resulted in the death at S.4o
o clock this morning of Charles P.
Treadwell, 40 years old, conductor
on the Erie division of the ennsyqva-
MIA railroad. His lifeless body was
found in the parlor of his home, 81
North Eighteenth street, after he had
returned from the scene of the slight
blaze. Heart trouble is given as the
cause of death. Mr.. Treadwell had been
suffering from weak heart for some
time.
Mr.. Treadwell was seated at the taole
in his home eating breakfast when cries
of fire. from the home of John S.
Hopes, No. 40 North Eighteenth
street, attracted his attention. He and
Mrs. Treadwell rushed to the neighbor-
ing house prepared to carry out Mrs.
Hopes from her bed on the second
floor. The fire, which was in the third
fioor, had by that time been extinguish-
ed by Miss Elsie Lebkicher, 4S7, South
Seventeenth street, who was nursing
Mrs. Hofpes
There being no further danger, Mr.,
Treadwell returned to his home where
his daughter, Martha, few minutes
later, found him dead in the parlor
where he must have fallen just after
returning. The excitement of the fire
was too severe tax on his heart.
The FIRE in the Hopes home was
started by James X. Hopes, years
old, who was at play in the third floor,
He had obtained a box of safety
matches and when he struck one, fire
flew to a pile of rubbish and broken
toys, starting blaze. The boy ran
down stairs to mis- mother S room, say,
ing that the house was afre Miss
Lebkicher shouted to the neighbors and
then went to the third floor where she
threw some water on the blaze. In the
meantime telephone call had been
sent to the Mt. Pleasant Fire Company.
The fremen responded, but did not have
to 60 into service.
The quick work on the part of the
nurse in putting out the blaze made
the carrying of Mrs. Hopes from her
bed unnecessary. The excitement made
Mrs Hopes very nervous and she suf-
fered slightly from shock, but soon aft
erward it was evident she would ex-
perience no serious reaction. Mr..
Hopes is a stenographer in, the employ
of the Public Service Commission.
Mr.. Treadwell had been in the employ
of the Pennsylvania railroad for many
years, having occupied many positions
in the train service and finally being
promoted to conductor. He ran between
this city and Remove. He leaves a
widow and one daughter, Martha.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
CONSPIRACY AGAINST Cats
IN Green St. UNCOVERED
Six From One Household Vanish by
the Poison Route and Ted"
Trick Collie Dog, Barely Escapes
an Untimely End

The attempted poisoning of "Ted,'
a Scotch collie, making its home AT
1872 Green street, brought to light to-
day condition which residents of the
vicinity say has existed there for the
last eight or ten years. Cats in great
numbers, they say, have come to horri-
bio deaths. Somebody manifestly has
been feeding the animals poison.
"Ted, a trick dog, was brought to
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William Ir-
win, at the Green street address, three
weeks ago by their daughter, Mrs.
Ralph f. Steckley, of Philadelphia. The
dog had taken up its residence there
but few days when something evil
IDENTIFY began to trouble it inside.
Tied gave way to grief.
A doctor was summoned and il was
found that the pet had been poisoned
For more than two weeks the patient
has received treatment, and is now able
to be about. "Ted'' was taken for
walk this morning, around the block,
and showed signs of improvement. The
doctor has hopes of "Ted So recov-
cry.
''Tedn is the first dog in the neigh
oorhoou upon whose hIe an ,attempt
has been made, so far as the Irwins
know, but residents testify that many
eats have left the world by the sudden
poison route. Six cats from the Irwin
household alone, it is said, have met
horrible deaths through poisoning.
The neighborhood has become so
much worried because of these fatali-
ties that residents seldom permit dogs
or cats, if they have any left, to ap-
pear unaccompanied on the street.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
Citizens Committee
Will Meet Friday to
Start Movement In
augurated in 1918
A CELEBRATION
LIKE LAST YEAR
Mummers Expect to Take Advantage
of It for Big New Years Eve Frolic
Plan Is to Erect Tree Again at
Front and Market

Harrisburg will have a municipal
Christmas tree celebration again this
year, a big tree covered with electric
lights will again be erected at Front
and Market streets and large choir
will sing Christmas carols on Christmas
eve.
1t may seem late to say that cele-
bration this year was decided after last
years municipal celebration proved
such a success but it is just what hap
pened. The general committee was so
pleased with the way Harrisburgers in
general enjoyed that affair that they
Immediately decided not to disband the
committee but to continue it to plan a
celebration for this year.
This committee will meet in the Of
fee of Mayor Royal Friday morning at
L o'clock to make preliminary plans.
1t may not be definitely decided whose
woodland tract will give up the tree
or who will haul it to the appointed
place, but that is mere detail in the
plans. 1t is more than likely that the
tree will be lighted for the first time
the night before Christmas and be kept
lighted all through Christmas week. in
eluding New Years night. In addition
= Continued ON Eleventh PAGE.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
j u d &c johnson r e.
minds Counsel That
They Are mot at a
Baseball Game"
URGES THEM
TO BE FASTER
Witnesses Who Give Snappy Answers
to Questions in Damage Suits
Against the City Eniven This
Mornings Proceedings

Frequest arguments across the coun-
sci table and snappy responses of the
witnesses enlivened to-day the court
trial before Judge Albert w. John
son, of the Union-Snyder district, spe-
eially presiding here, in the case of
three South Harrisburgers who are
seeking to recover from the city for
the alleged losses and damages to their
property. Judge johnson repeatedly
urged the attorneys to "go on and
make better progress" Once he said:
''This is not baseball game gen
tlemen, go on with your case.'
The plaintiffs. Benedict Schlitzer,
Mrs. Mary Miller and Mrs. Barbara
Koenig, are represented by Herman &
Hahn, while City Solicitor Seitz, and
his assistant, L. Bruce Taylor, are
looking after the .city's interests.
Upon the reopening of South Front
street between Paxton and Iron alley,
the taking by the city of strip OF
ground to permit the continuation of
the river park and the making of GER
tain fills along the river bank in the
vicinity of Conoy street, are based the
three claims for $1,000 damages, all
of which really are appeals from deci-
sions of board of viewers.
The property owners all claim to
have deeds showing they have title to
Osatinued on EIeveath Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
SCALDED AS COFFEE ExPLODES
Pennsy Employe Severely Burned When
Lid Blows Of of Can

Especial TO the Star independently
Middletown, Pa, Nov. 1S.-When
the lid of a molasses can in which he
was boiling coffee on stove, was blown
off last evening, David Mark, 2S years
old, of this place, was so severely
scalded about the face and hands that
he was sent to the Columbia Hospital
for treatment. His injuries are pain.
full but not dangerous. 1t is believed
that his sight will not be permanently
injured.
Mark until three months ago was a
jockey employed by d. B. Kieffer, of
Middletown. Since then he has been en-
ployed with one of the maintenance of
way crews of the Pennsylvania Rail
road in Middletown. He had gone to
the cabin of his train for a meal when
the accident occurred. The lid had
been tightly placed on the can, making
it air tight, and the boiling coffee gen
Grated sufficient steam to cause the ex-
plosion when he was about to raise the
lid,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
WILLPROTEST HEREACAINS
SEGREGATION OF NEGROES
Professor J. E. Spingarn, of Columbia
University, VIII Discuss the Sub
ject in Bethel A. M. E. Church
Next Tuesday Evening

Negro segregation in the federal
service and the subject of alleged dis
elimination against negroes in political
and industrial affairs, will be the sub
ject of an address by DR.. j. E. Spin
garn, of New York, in Harrisburg, on
Tuesday evening, November "a, in
Bethel A. NJ. E. church.
DR.. Spingarn is the chairman of the
board of directors of the National AS
sociation for the Advancement of Col
ored People, which has been active in
fighting segregation in federal depart
ments ever since the first rumor of it
was made public more than a year ago.
DR.. Spingarn, for twelve years pro-
fessor of comparative literature in Co.
lumbia University, author Of many
books some of which have been trans
lated into foreign languages, is widely
known in public life. As candidate
Tor Congress in 1908 he was endorsed
by President Roosevelt and Secretary
Root, and his efforts as delegate to
the Progressive convention in 1912 to
have plank ON the negro question
adopted in the party platform attract
ed wide attention. The association he
represents has large membership of
both white and colored people with an
organization embracing many import
ant cities.
There will also be an address by
Mrs. Wilson, who will discuss the race
question in New England. The officers
of the Harrisburg branch of the asso-
citation, under whose auspices the meet
ing is being arranged are: DR.. c. l..
Garter, president; DR.. Stephen J. Lew
is, secretary; James NJ. Auter, treas
urer, and Robert j. Nelson, chairman
of the executive committee.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
Persons Go to Taber-
nacle This Afternoon
Only to Find the Big
Building Empty
TRAIL HITTERS
ARE VISITED
Inndel Among Those Who Hit the
Sawdust Last Night Following
Sermon on "Prodigal Son. BY
Evangelist Slough

Members of congregations of all
churches cooperating in the Stough
evangeiistic campaign gathered at
their respective churches this morning
at 10 and 1880 o'clock, to prepare for
active work among trail hitters. Brief
talks were given by the pastors, and
volunteers were assigned trail hitters
to call upon this afternoon. The oecs-
sion is called Church Day.
Several hundred workers started
this afternoon to make their visits,
calling upon not only men and women
not church members, who hit the trail,
but also upon families of the congre-
cations, with members who do not be-
long to the church.
Cards signed by trail hitters UP to
Sunday night, on which church prefer
enees are expressed, have been placed
in the hands of pastors of churches
signitied, and it is among the signers
of cards thus distributed to any one
church that volunteers from that
church will work
Because of the church day activities
neighborhood prayer meetings were
this morning dispensed with and no
meeting was held at the tabernacle
this afternoon. A number of persons
joarneyed 10 the tabernacle and found
it empty.
The usual tabernacle service will be
held this evening. Tomorrow evening
members of the Mothers organizations
of Pine Street and Bethany Presbv-
terian churches will meet at the taber-
nacle and march in body to the sec-
tion reserved for them. The time set
for gathering is 6.45 Friday night
will be High school night.
Infidel Hits the Trail
Among the eighty or ninety trail hit
ters at the tabernacle last night who
responded to Evangelist Slough s urging
in speech and the choir's leading in
song, was man who said he had been
an infidel, and was puzzled concerning
the existence of God.
81 don t ask You to believe there is
Continued on Eleventh Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
MORE COMMUTERS PROTEST
Public Service Commission Receives
Plants Against Higher Fares

Protests against the increase in SUD
urban passenger fares out of Philadei-
phia were received by the Public Sere-
ice Commission this morning from the
following persons: f. M. Sco6eld, SEQ
field Engineering Company, Philadel.
phia; Howard Lands, Jenkintown;
Falls of Schuylkill Business Men s As
spciation, Philadelphia; William J.
Byrnes, Jr., Philadelphia; The Wynne-
wood Civic Association, Wynnewood.
The feature OF the change in rates
which meets with most complaint ap-
pears to be the abolition of the fifty.
trip and hundred-trip tickets.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
Captain of Tennessee
Reports Being Shot
at by the Turks at
Smyrna
DANIELS WANTS
MORE DETAILS
Secretary of the Navy Calls Upon Cap
tain Decker to Forward Immediately
Full Report of the Incident to
Washington

Washington, Nov. 1S.-Captsin
Decker, OF the cruiser Tennessee, sent
an official confirmation TO Secretary
Daniels early to-day that while pro-
eeeding from Nourlah to Smyrna to
make an official call the vessel was fred
upon.
An earlier dispatch from Captain
Decker, reporting the Tennessee's ar
rival at Chios at o'clock yesterday
afternoon made no mention of the in
eident. Mr.. Daniels issued a statement
saying the American consul at Smyrna
had been anxious for the safety of the
consulate.
''The Tennessee, added Mr.. Daniels
statement, proceeded to and left Your
Ian at the request of Ambassador Nor
genthau and is now anchored in the
harbor of Chios from which Captain
Decker's telegram was sent
Secretary Daniels has called upon
Captain Decker TO forward Immediately
g full report of the incident.
Awaiting More Complete Report
Captain Decker's report, confirming
last night news dispatches which of
feials hoped and believed were mac
eurate, left them to-day in state of
amused wonder. Every effort is being
made to get more complete reports of
the incident from the Tennessee's COM
mander. His report does not say
whether the Tennessee or her launch,
as war reported in news dispatches, had
been fred upon.
Aside from being considered as a
hostile act, the firing may be explained
in various ways. The first report said
the cruisers launch had been turned
by three shots from the forts as it was
entering the harbor of Smyrna. Of
ticisls say the launch may have been
entering during prohibited hours and
the forts may have taken that method
OF warning the ship against mine fields
in the harbor
Uneasiness About u. s. Ships
There has been considerable uneasi.
ness about the Tennessee and also the
North Carolina, her sister ship, since
they went to Turkish waters to look
after the interests of Americans. at the
end of their voyage to the European
continent with gold for stranded tour
lists. Reports of mishsps to both ships
nave been frequent but always have
been disproved by official dispatches.
Ambassador Morgenthau s reports of
internal conditions in Turkey since the
Ottoman empire joined the dual ALI
Continued on seventh PAGE
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
Prize Awards Made in
the Weekly Contest
for Picking the Best
Bargains
MANY PERSONS
SELECT BANKS
Winners of Prizes For Presenting Most
Direct Reasons Are This Week
Miss Pearl Crow, A. r. Bodmer
and Mrs. Samuel Taylor

Last Wednesdays Bargain and
Educational page of the Star -Independ.
ent was even more carefully read and
deliberated upon than usual, judging
from the nature of the letters received
by the Bargain Editor, choosing what
the writers considered the best offers
on the page. The reasons for the selec-
tions were in most cases logical and
deserving of credit.
A number of contestants chose the
offer of MAKE Christ King" as the
best bargain and submitted well-word-
ed reasons for their selection. Many
others chose advertisements of banks,
and advanced good arguments.
The winners selected by the Judges,
because their letters are worded in the
most direct manner and give the most
concise reasons for their selections of
best bargains, are:
First prize of So, Miss Pearl Crow,
621 Maclay street; second prize of
5, A. R. Bodmer, S13 North Third
street, and third prize of 81, Mrs.
Samuel NJ. Taylor, 90S North Second
street.
The prize winning letters follow:
FIRST Prize-winner
Bargain Editor;
Dear Sir
s. s. Pomeroy's advertisement of
high grade groceries spells Bargain ,
at first glance, because everything ad-
vertised is below market price and ev-
cry article of STANDARD brands" or
trade marks leaves no doubt as to
quality. As the articles advertised are
not for luxury, pleasure or desire, but
necessities that must be purchased by
every housekeeper, the bargain is double
fold. 1t not only benefits the largest
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
RUSSIANS CLAIM VICTORY;
AUSTRIANS FLEE In DISORDER

Petrograd, Nov. 1S.-A dispatch re-
'eived here from Marmoritza, on the
Austro-Rumanian frontier, declares
hat furious fighting is going on in the
'orthern part of the crown land of
3ukowina.
The Russian troops are described as
victorious. As they advance the Aus
.rians are fleeing in great disorder.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-18
SOLVAY Plant Is SHELLED
British Wreck Establishment in Bruges
Operated by Interests That Fur
nish Gas for Harrisburg
BY Associated Press.

London, Nov. s, 1853 A. MA Rot.
terdam dispatch to the "Daily Mail"
says:
Tine British fleet received informa-
tlon yesterday which led them to carry
out a vigorous bomhardment at Knocke
and Zeebrugge on the Belgian coast.
The Solvay Company 5 works on the
Bruges canal, which are being used as
base for German military trains, was
wrecked. \ train of five ears. filed
with soldiers, was struck by a she'll,
took FIRE and was destroyed. Much dam
age was done to the German stores and
supplies.
The Se1-e etISolvay Company has a
coke plant in Steelton which supplies
Illuminating gas for use in Harrisburg.
1t is one of a score or more that the
company operates in the United States
and Europe. These plants, in addition
TO producing coke, are manufactures of
bi-productS. On October 80, last, it was
reported that at least two of the Bel.
gian plants of the company either had
been totally destroyed or were badly
damaged through being shelled by the
armies of the belligerent nations.
One of the Belgian plants has for
some time been in the ha Is of the Ger
mans who are operating it and using
one of the bi-products, 'benzol.' to
operate the high-powered motor vehicles
which the Kaiser's troops are using so
effectively in battle.