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The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-09-24
COURT HOUSE NOTES.


 Joe Larrieau was this week appoin- ted special administrator in the es- tate of Alberto Munguia, deceased.
 The following demurrers were overruled in the superior court this week: Dick Wade vs. Greenlee County; Jesus Martinez vs The Ari- zona Copper Co.,; sylvestro Rocha vs. J. M. Lally ct al.
 Francisco Ferlando has been ap- pointed guardian of the estate of Mi chela and Rosa Moschetti
 In the cost bills in the cases of the state of Arizona vs. Ambrose Spezia Chas. Chesterfield, Tom Sirianni and John Smith, all items were stricken from them except $36 jury fees.
 I. L. Quiat filed a demurrer and the motion was dismissed in the case of the state of Arizona vs. Lorenzo Marrietti. Motion was denied and the demurrers were overruled. Mar rietti plead not guilty and the case was set for trial Oct. IS.
 The liquor case of the state ofAri- zona vs. John Barra was dismissed on motion of County Attorney Wall on the ground of insufficient evidence.
 The three cases against Paul Be- ruatto and one against August Brut- incl, liquor cases, were continued for trial to Monday, in order to allow counsel for the defense to interpose affidavits and motions
 Tn the case of the state of Arizona vs. Pete Beruatto,- his plea of not guilty was withdrawn. Attorney Quiat for defendant filed a demurrer and the case will be heard Monday.
 In the case of Hipolito CarcarelH vs. s. F. Await, administrator, an ac- iton to foreclose mortgage, judg- ment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff
 In the case of the state of Arizona vs. J. P. Risque. an action for delin- quent taxes, judgment by default was rendered in favor of the state.
 A demurrer and motion to dismiss was argued by Attorney Elliott in the case of Winders and Jordan and sub- mitted to the court for decision.
 The case of J. B. Jones, admins trator, vs. the Pacific Casualty Co.,, was set for trial on Tuesday when the judge entertained a motion for contin- uance, which was denied, and the>case was submitted fpr decision upon statement of facts filed therein.
 The Shannon Copper Go. confessed judgment in the case of J. B. Arroya, adm., vs. the Shannn Copper Co., for s3o36, judgment being satisfied. The following were issued licenses to wed: Juan Latein and Maria Voza, Honorato Miranda and Isabel Mon toya, Juan Palafax and Felicitas Or tega, Merced Hernandez and Antonia Ybarra
 The following fines were paid to- day in the liquor cases which were tried at the last term of court: Chas Chesterfield, s1S6; J. c. Smith, $372; Ambrose Spezia, $1S6; Tomas Siri- ami, $1S6; August Brutinel, $25O; making a total of $1180 to the credit of the county treasury. The senten- ces of the above men will expire on 1 the 18th of the present month with possibly the exception of J. c. Smith, who was found guilty on two counts.
 A total of 70 edputies has been ap- pointed by the sheriff's office to keen peace in the district during the pres ent strike.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
OFFICIAL TEXT
OF ANCONA NOTE
BEFORE CABINET
Austrian Reply Considered
Evasive, Unsatisfactory and
Unacceptable
SITUATION is GRAVE
Diplomatic Relations May Not
Be Discontinued Until An
other Exchange of Notes
BY Associated Press

Washington, D. c., Dec. 17.-Aus-
trias $ reply to Secretary Lansing's note
on the Ancona, received during the
night, was laid to-day before President
Wilson and the Cabinet and discussed
more than an hour.
The gravity of the situation caused
by Austria's rejoinder to the American
demands, which is considered evasiVe,
unsatisfactory and unacceptable, re-
mained unchanged.
The next step will not be decided
upon until some minor points not clear
in the official text are checked up.
The apparent discrepancies are not
important and may be due to trans
mission or translation from the State
Department code but they will be
cleared up before another move is
made.
Secretary Lansing said after the
cabinet meeting that he did not know
when the official text of the note
would be given out for publication and
that it certainly would not be made
public until he had an opportunity to
study 1t carefully.
Exchange of Notes Final
Diplomatic relations, although in
danger of being broken off, are not
likely to be discontinued, at least be-
fore there has been another exchange
of notes with Vienna and so the crisis
CONTINUED on Page 26.]
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
Moose to Provide 200
Baskets For the Poor

Harrisburg Lodge No. 107, Loyal
Order of Moose, on Christmas day,
will distribute 200 baskets of food to
needy families. In order that only
deserving ones will get the baskets, the
Moose will have the cooperation of
the Associated Aid Societies.
In addition to the baskets poor
children will be entertained on Christ
mas day at the Moose Home, Third
and Boas streets, A large tree will
be erected, on which will be placed
toys and other gifts for the little folks.
Arrangements for this Christmas cheer
were completed last night at the regu-
lar meeting of the lodge.
Harry Mcdonald of San Francisco
will be Santa Claus. He will be as
sisted by a committee includinRi
Charles G. Moore, S. Hiner, J. Har-
rold, NJ. Aronson and A. Frankenberg.
Members of the Moose, last night,
also planned for a big representation
in the mummers' parade. The Com
monwealth band will play for the
Moose all day. In line will be 200
members in fancy costume The de-
gree team will also be out in uni
form. The committee on parade in
cludes Elmer E. Stacks, A. Cameron,
S. Hiner, j. Emerich and A. Franken-
berg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
10000 MEN ARE
TAKEN BY SERBS
DURING RETREAT
Being Placed in Concentration
Camp in France; Italians
in Albania
PRESAGE BIG OPERATIONS
Believed Allies Will Start New
Movement in the
Balkans

The Serbians succeeded in making
thousands of prisoners during their
retreat before the Aus,ro- German
Bulgarian drive, and 10000 men who
were captured by them, together with
750 Bulgarian, German and Austro-
Hungarian officers taken prisoner
have reached Marseilles on their way
to a concentration camp, a dispatch
from the French seaport states.
Further particulars regarding the
Italian force sent to Albania, with the
presumed purpose of cooperating in
the Balkan operations of the entente
allies, state that the number of men
already landed at Avlona is 10000
The sending of these troops is re.
garded as presaging operations on a
large scale, according to Milan cor
respondent.
OF the large force of Greeks that
was stationed at Saloniki only one
regiment of artillery and one of en-
gineers remain. Athens advices state
Greek army headquarters are now al
kozhani, 50 miles southwest of Mon
astir.
The Cettinje war office admits g
further retreat by the Montenegrir
troops in the San Jak region, where
they have been resisting the Austrian
advance.
Submarines Active
Further operations of submarines in
! the Mediterranean are indicated BY
the announcement from London of the
sinking of the Italian steamer Porte
Said, of 5,167 tons, which was lost re.
ported in Mediterranean waters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
NEWPORT ENJOYS
PROSPERITY; ALL
MILLS ARE BUSY
Juniata Furnace and Foundry
Company Will Soon Re-
open Plant
BY ROBERT f. GORNLAN

Newport, Pa, Dec. 17.-When smoke
again begins to pour from the stacks
of the Juniata Furnace and Foundry
Company's plant within the next few
weeks, every industry in Newport will
be working up to capacity and enjoy
ing conditions of prosperity greatly in
excess of the conditions year ago.
Every person who wants work in New
port at the present time can get en-
ployment and at least one industry has
been forced to refuse some orders be-
cause of the shortage of help.
The Juniata furnace and Foundry
Company operates the only iron indus
try in the town and when the fires died
out in February, 1913, more than fifty
men were thrown out of employment.
The company at that time manufac-
tured pig iron, but the lack of orders
caused "a shutdown with no prospects
of reopening.
Business conditions have improved
since, however, and several months
ago announcement was made that the
old furnaces were again to be put in
operation. The company, with Alfred
Marshall as it's president, Immediately
hired a gang of men to put the fur
naces into working shape and make
all necessary repairs. Since then the
buildings have been reroofed and
painted. the flues and boilers have been
cleaned and every part of the plant
has undergone a general overhauling.
Men who worked at the furnaces
before they were blown OUT and who
were forced to leave town to secure
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
Laundrymen Raise Rates
Because of Compensation

Because of the workmens COM
pensation law enacted by the last
Legislature, and which will be effec-
tive January 1, laundrymen of Har-
risburg will exact a tax of one cent
on every bundle, and will increase
the price of laundrying collars from
two and a half to three cents each.
This decision was reached last night
at a meeting of all laundrymen of
Harrisburg, except two. 1t was de-
Cided to join the Laundry Exchange
of Pennsylvania, an organization for
the protection of laundrymen in this
State. The new rates and bundle tax
are similar to those adopted in the
western part of the State. On every
bundle will be a label explaining that
the one cent tax is to take care of the
provisions of the new compensation
law. None of the dealers would say
anything as to the amount that would
be derived from the increase on rates,
one proprietor intimated that it would
be sufficient to provide a satisfactory
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
AncOnG Situation Meets
With Approval in Berlin
By associated Press

Berlin, via London. Dec. 17.-Sel-
dom has a diplomatic document of
war series met with such general ap-
proval in German circles and the an
swer of Baron Burian, Austrian min
lister of foreign affairs to the note from
the United States regarding the An
coma case. The reply is regarded not
only as a success in finding weak
points in Secretary of State Lansing's S
logic but as a dignified reply to the
American demands for a prompt dis
avowal and punishment of the COM
mander of the submarine which sank
the Ancona.
The German notes in the Lusitania
correspondence all had their critics,
some finding Germany too conciliatory
and others insufficiently adept, but the
general opinion expressed in political
circles is that Baron Burian struck eX-
actly the right note and by inviting
Washington to enter on an inter
change of views and submit some
proof for the charges. shifted. the onus
of defense to the shoulders of the
American government.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
WANTS $23,2SO
MAINTENANCE IN
FORESTRY DEPT
Mueller Gives Out Some
Figures Showing Where
Moneys to Be Spent

Just s23,2S0 is asked by City For
ester Harry ]. Mueller for the main
tenance of the. municipal department
of forestry during 1916.
City Forester Mueller gave out
some figures on his budget to-day and
his report to council as to his depart
ment's needs were among the budgets
considered this afternoon at the first
meeting of the city commissioners to
make up the budget for 1915.
Here are the various items of the
forester's budget:
Tree census, $3.50; River Park
trees, $1,000; planting park trees,
Wildwood Park trees, $1,000; munich
pal forest, $3.50; nursery labor, ST.
900; nursery stock, $4,000; trimming
trees, $4,2S0; tools. 500; spraying
equipment and materials, $500; plant
ing trees, s2,250; wire guards, ST.
ESQ; cultivating, watering, etc, $500;
tree moving machine, 5000; educa-
tional work, $500; printing, postage,
ONCE supplies, $500; office rent, 5000;
clerk, $500; maintenance of automo-
bile, $500; salary of forester, $500.
Present Complete Budget
While the meeting was more or less
preliminary, the five commissioners,
1T is understood, presented their
complete departmental budgets. All
dcClllleu W MAKE tne IlSuTeS pubic
however until the ordinance is whip
ped into shape. Certain parings will
be necessary here and there, if the
nine mill rate is to be retained
The ordinary maintenance require
ments for all the departments will
vary little from previous years with
the exception of certain items where
the natural growth and expansion of
the city requires more money. This
applies particularly to the park, fire,
street and street lighting depart
ments.
In the street lighting department the
principal new item. it is understood,
will be in the neighborhood of $12,-
900 for new electric standards in
Third street from North to Reilly and
in Federal Square. Commissioner
Harry F. Bowman hopes to incorpor-
ate this in his budget. Additional ex-
penses that must be considered this
year will be the $1,000 for city dam
ages in the Naudain street sewer pro-
ceedings, more than $4,000 for State
taxes. sinking funds, etc, and several
other important items that must be
taken care of this year
Few Salary Raises
While few if any raises in salary
will be considered ii is understood
that some will be asked for. The City
Forester wants raise of $500.
Among the salaries that must be pro-
vided for however. will be the city
treasurer's compensation of $4,000,
the city assessors of S2500, an assist
ant at $1,000 and the new city con-
troller whose emoluments amount to
$500.
While Council was called this after
noon to consider only the budget, the
city treasurership and the city as
sessorship ordinances were on the
postponed calendar for consideration.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
Peace Conference Opens
With All Leaders Present;
Gilmore After Presidency
By l4sSecintcd Prcss

New York, Dec. 17.-League mag
mates who will. discuss peace plans,
went into session this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
Rumors which seemed we'll defined
gave the following tentative outline of
developments should the baseball
war be ended:
Sinclair of the Federals will buy
a big block in the New York Nationals
and will be elected to the board of
directors; Weeghman of the Chicago
Federals will buy a controlling inter
est in the Chicago Cubs; Ball and
Stiefel will buy the st. Louis Browns
outright.
Further, it was said, George f.
Ward, of Brooklyn, will retire from
baseball and his Brooklyn parry may
be taken over by the International
League. President Gilmore, of the
Federals, 1t was said, will be elected
president of the Chicago Cubs and will
be groomed with view to his ulti-
mately succeeding Tener as the head
of the National League.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
"POISON" WRITER,
CAUGHT AT LAST,
HADLOVE SORROW
Woman ConfesSeS to Penning
Degenerate MisSiveS to Be-
trothed Girls
GOT NAMES FROM PAPERS
Did Not Know Slandered Per-
sons; Federal Attorneys
Bride to Push Case
Special to The Telegraph

New York. Dec. 17.-By arresting
Miss Theresa Samuels, of wealthy
family of Goshen, n. Y, at her home
yesterday, postal inspectors say they
captured the writer of the poison
PEN letters that in the last year have
been sent to newly married or be-
trothed women. some of them of great
social prominence in New York city.
The letters contained shocking
charges against the young husbands
or tiances. The tone of the missives
was of the most degenerate character.
Sleuths Say She Confessed
Inspectors Duryea and Fitch, who
made the arrest, at Middletown, n. Y,
where they went from Goshen after
Miss Samuels had been admitted to
$1,000 hail, given by her brother, Sig
mund Samuels, said that she had con-
iessed the authorship of the poison
pen communications.
They declined to give the confession
in full detail. but said Miss Samuels
had admitted writing every one of the
twenty letters which have come into
the hands of the authorities in the last
year.
Were you acquainted with any of
the persons to whom you wrote let
ters?" She vas asked. Had you any
grudses against any of Them"
NO, II is said Miss SamuelS an
swered. Il just picked the. names at
random out of newspapers-names
that appeared in the accounts of we'd
dings or engagements"
Have you ever had any love af-
fair"
Yes" the inspectors report she an
Swered. two years ago."
Affected by Own Love Affair
When asked if this love affair had
preyed upon her mind and caused her
10 write such scandalous letters, she
replied:
Perhaps it did"
The last poison" letter known to
have been received was written De-
Cember II on a postal card from a
train running between this city and
Salamanca, \. Y.
Came in Hospital Envelope
1t was addressed to Miss Elsie Sey-
del. of 400 West one Hundred and
Fifty-third street. following the an
nouncement of her engagement to.
Samuel Schary. The postal card was
inclosed in an envelope, on the back
of which was printed Private Pa
Nilon, Mount Sinai Hospital Fifth
avenue. one Hundred to One Hundred
Continued on Page 2G.l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
Halt Man Running Off
With Another's Wife

a man and a woman, said to be
eloping from Lykens to Pittsburgh,
are being held by the local police de-
partment. They gave their names as
Mary Billet, aged %, and George
Vargo. aged 80. both Austrians. The
woman is married. Vargo is also
known as John Patrick.
The couple were taken from a train
at noon by Joseph Ibach, city de-
tective. on advice from the police au-
thorities at Lykens. The man and
woman disclaim any acquaintance.
Both were very much excited when
they heard Joseph P. Thompson, chief
of police. call the Lykens authorities.
The man had ticket from Lykens to
Pittsburgh. The woman's ticket was
from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. Late
this afternoon the Lykens constable
came here. 1t is understood that legal
proceedings will be instituted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
EXPECT CAPITOL
PARK ZONE PLAN
BY EARLY SPRING
City Planners Pleased With
State Officials Assurance
of Speedy Action

Definite plans for the proposed
treatment and development of the
Capitol Park extension zone will
likely be completed by early in the
Spring.
Assurances to this effect were given
the City Planning Commission yes
terday following the conference of
that body with the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings. and Spencer
c. Gilbert of the Capitol Park Exten-
sion Commission. The board will
probably take up the question at its
meeting Tuesday January II.
The planners were anxious to have
some definite information from the
State authorities as to when working
plans might be obtainable, as the city
is desirous of cooperating with the
State officials in planning the best
development possible for the big
stretch to the east of the capitol.
Discuss Whole Plan
The whole problem was thoroughly
threshed out including the plans for
widening Walnut and North streets
and Third streets from North to Wal
nut streets. a splendid map show
ing the location of the trees in the
Continued on Paoe 2O1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
Wealthy Lawyer Weeps
AS He Gets Heavy Jail
Sentence; Wife RejOices
Shceial to The Teleernbh

Jersey City, N j.. Dec. II. - Despite
his lawyers plea that the defendant s
predicament was due to desire to
out of the case" and while the convict
ed man wept Colonel Edward Dudley,
rich Camden lawyer and member OF
the Philadelphia Union League. was
sentenced here yesterday to serve from
eighteen months to three years in State
Prison and fined $1,000 for criminal
carrying the case to the Supreme Court
at once was filed on Dudley's behalf
and he was released on a $4,000 bond.
furnished by his counsel, Alan II.
Strong.
Strong made an eloquent plea for
Dudley and a bitter attack on Mrs.
Marie Dudley, the defendants wife.
to whose Institution of "harrassing'i
litigation" he said the ColonePs IN
fartupntA situation was dliA>
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
Senator PenrOse Leads
Attack Against Extension
of Emergency Revenue Tax
By associated Press

Washington, Dec. 17.-EXtension of
the emergency revenue act, already
passed in the House, was taken up in
the Senate to-day with debate in which
the Democrats uniformly spoke for its
passage and the Republicans attacked
the tariff as having made 1t necessary
Senator Penrose, leading off the
Republican attack, declared the Eu-
ropean war had not made the emer-
gency taxes necessary. but, as a mat
ter of fact, had made them less neces-
sary. because, he contended, the fiscal
condition of the government had been
improved because of the commercial
advantages brought to the United
States by the conflict.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
SHERLOCK HOLMES, JR., HITS TOWN;
WILL BE ON THE JOB TOMORROW
Get Out Your Searchhght and See If You Can Catch Him
and Win $25 ReLDard

manager by surprise. But / am rather
strong on this unexpected proposition.
have a peculiar habit of never ad-
vertising my doings ahead of time
Z Now, good people, in the Tele-
graph tomorrow you will be given
the full details of this contest. You
will be told just how you can capture
me and win that $25 cash for your
trouble. l came in a little unexpect-
edly, and but for the fact that / de-
cided to do a little talking to-day, that
information would be in this space.
do want to say, however, that from
Maine to California, and from the
Great Lakes to the gulf. have never
seen better city than yours for its
size and weight.
Until tomorrow, yours for fun.
SHERLOCK HOLMES, JR."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
IContinued on Page 81
Dies on Way Home From
Christmas Shopping Tour

While on her way home, last night,
from a Christmas shopping tour, Mrs.
Anna Dellar. aged 5S years, 521 Race
street was stricken with heart trouble
She died in the store OF Clarence T.
Mackenson, III Paxton street.
The survivors are two children,
Elizabeth F. and John F.. at home; two
brothers. John Langlotz, Harris
burg, and j. ID. Langlotz, of Baltimore.
The funeral will take place Monday af-
ternoon. The Rev. 5. Winfield Herman,
pastor of Zion Lutheran Church. will
conduct services at the home at 2
o clock. Burial will be made in Har-
TiSbcrg Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17

He is here.
Sherlock Holmes, Jr., is in town.
The mysterious and ingenious gen.
tlemap is walking about in Harris
burg.
Here is what he writes to the Tele-
graph:
Now, it would hardly be fair to
tell you when l arrived or where /
came from.
81 will be on the streets every day
and will meet some of the leading
busin essmen and have a good time
generally. and give all numerous
chances to get a line on me so that
when the bride comes off you will
have no trouble in locating the right
man.
Yes, I'll admit that 1 came in a
little unexpectedly. 1 even took my
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-17
THE WEATHER

TOr Harrisburg and vicinity; Rain
and warmer this afternoon and
Tonight; Saturday partly cloudy.
For Enstern Pennsylvania Rain
and warmer Tonight; Saturday
partly cloudy, preceded by rain In
the early morning.
River
Rain and warmer weather during
the next twenty-four hours will
cause "A general rise In the Sus-
quehanna river and all It's
branches. The Ice IL likely TO
break up In the Upper West
Branch Tonight or Saturday and
form gOrEes.
General Conditions
The southwestern disturbance has
moved nOFthward and In now CEN
trail over wisconsin, Its southern
end renchinE into the Gulf of
Mexico.
Temperatures have risen to 30
degrees over nenrIy all the cOun-
try east of the Mississippi river.
II In to ~ degrees colder In the
Rocky Mountains and the Plains
states, with temperatures mt or
south Dakota and Western Min
nesota.
Temperatures n. m, 30.
Stunt Rises, 7s22 n. mt sets, 4;4O
Mooni Full moon. December II. 7,52
n. m.
River stages 3.s feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, 10.
Lowest temperature, 80.
Mean temperature, IN.
Normal temperature -.