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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-17
Chamber of Commerce
Ira d e Excursion
to Take in Central
Pennsylvania Cities
LOOP THE LOOP
IN SPECIAL CARS
Big Commercial Advantages Expected
to Result From Annual Trip to
Meet the Representatives of Many
Business Organizations
BY ROBERT R. FREE

Sunbury, Pa, Feb. 17.-Seventy-five
Harrisburg business men, members OF
the Chamber of Commerce, having
thrown dull care away for two days to
spread the message of ''Buy in Harris.
burg through Central Pennsylvania
arrived here at noon to-day happy and
eontented, with two stops and as many
royal receptions behind them.
Before night the whole Susquehanna
valley viii know that Harrisburg is
on the commercial map. The cities not
lucky enough to have the Harrisburg
men stop learn of the passage of the
business men when the special of two
cars passes through. Both cars are
elaborately tagged with Harrisburg. -
The men also are tagged. Each is
wearing badge, heart t-shaped, bearing
the Chamber of Commerce slogan.
Harrisburg, the Heart of Distribu.
ton. ( Across the face of each tag il
space for the name and the business
of the member and there is none so
modest that he is not advertising him.
self among his friends.
rave committees are already formed
Richard NJ. H. Wharton heads the
vigilance. He had examined the bag.
gage OF the various members and no
eontraoand has been taken. Howard
I. Fry heads the cheering section and
sees 10 1t that no town goes bv with
out proper salutatiOn. A. f. Buchanan
personally looks after the train TO see
that no one steals it.
Musser Leads the stChoir,,
John 5. Musser assumed the leader.
snip OF the choir. and song sheets pre-
pared by the Chamber of Commerce
are a great help to him.
The souvenirs appeared soon after
the party embarked in the special
there being books in which TO Keen
score, - with pencils, openers for nor
bottles, court plasters for use in case
OF INJURY and matches to light CIGARS
j. viii Bowman is the boss of the 81.
gar concession.
A bit of factory discipline was
SHOWN TO the visitors in Millersburg
the hrst stop on the trade expansion
trip. The employees of the johnson
ballee shoe factory marched in fire drill
as the visitors looked on.
W. II. Bowman, president of the
Millersburg Chamber of Commerce
welcomed the visitors, speaking from
the oandstand in Market square. 9th
ers on the reception committee were.
j Hay Bowman, W. l. Brubaker. A
Dowden, Ned Thornton, A. J. Polk.
l.. B. Bowman, II. NJ Fairehilds. Frank
L. Payne, Frank Campbell, Howard E.
Frederieks and 7. F. Braidenbaugh.
representing practically every manu-.
featuring plant in that busy town.
Short Stop at Herndon
A short stop was made at Herndon.
but the party could not leave the sta
tion. There Gus NJ. Steinmetz made a
short address.
The officers of the Merchants and
Business Mems Association met the
wayfarers at Sunbury and conducted
the party to the City hotel, where
luncheon was ready. F. L. Wright. a
Harrisburg insurance man, spoke dur
ing the luncheon.
Stops will be made this afternoon
Continued On seventh Page.
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$4,000 Paid on city Contract

The Sucker Brothers Construction
Company to-day was paid $4,000 as
an installment on the contract price for
building the intercepting sewer protec-
tive wall along the river. This pay
ment is made in accordance with the
agreement entered into yesterday be-
tween the city and the contractors un-
der which the contractors waive the
right to appeal from the decisions of
the engineers on the question of paying
for extras on the wall job.
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ONE YEAR FOR HARDSCRABBLE
Front Street Settlement Will Be Per-
mitted to Stand at Least IL Months

Formal court action, incident to the
opening of North Front street, between
Herr and Cahler streets, and the abol-
ition of the Hardscrabble district,
will be taken on next Monday morning
when City Solicitor D. S. Seitz will ask
the Judges to appoint board of three
viewers to assess damages and benefits
incident to the razing of the buildings
With the court rests the power of
appointing these viewers who must be
selected from the standing board of
nine Dauphin county viewers.
The viewers, it is predicted, will not
be able to complete their work for five
or six months, and the tenants in the
Hardscrabble homes will not be re-
quired to vacate for. at least year.
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WALL STREET CLOSING

New York, Feb. 17.-Final opera
tions again reflected pressure upon lead
ing stocks, some of which went to low
est quotations of the day. The closing
was heavy. Heaviness prevailed for the
greater part of to-day's stock market
session Foreign conditions were
against an adverse factor.
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MURDERER STILL AT LARGE

Whereabouts Of accused Italian Slayer
Continue to Battle Police
Harrisburg police authorities are
still seeking for Carlo Conte, the Itai,
ian who is accused of the murder of
John Polmueh during fight Monday
night at 22S Cherry street.
A man who answered to the descrip-
tion of Conte, with the exception of a
missing finger, was arrested yesterday
in York. Word was received at the To-
cal station of his arrest, but Detective
White later learned from Mrs. Lauda
that Conte was not minus any fngerss
The foreigner told the York police
he came from Philadelphia and that he
left Harrisburg Friday night. He was
later released.
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Big Fall in Price of Wheat

Chicago, Feb. 17.-Inereasing appre-
hension as to vessel risks in the war
zone largely brought about a serious
fall to-day in the value of wheat. As
much as five cents bushel was cut
from the price of the July delivery, in
which trading chiefly centered. That
month dropped to 1917 as against
1868 and 1867 last night.
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w a t ters Surrounding
CoaStof United King
dom Under Ban of
Germans at Midnight
NO PROSPECT OF
TRUCE IN SIGHT
Apparently Great Britain Has Made Up
Her Mind Not to Deviate From Pro
posed Plan to Shut OF Germany's
Foodstuffs

London, Feb. II, 12.47 P. M.-At
the stroke of midnight the waters sur
rounding the coasts of the United King
dom will become, so far as lies within
the power of Germany to make them, a
war zone which all vessels, neutral or
otherwise, will penetrate at their peril.
Some of the services across the chan
mel probably will be curtailed but ma
jority of the neutral shipping lines will
accept the risk and continue their sail
ings. The names and nationality of the
vessels and the flags of their nations
will be painted on their sides in the
hope that German submarines will not
sink them by mistake.
Will Not Accept Germany's Proposal
England's announcement of the de-
tails of her proposed retaliatory policy,
by which she plans to shut off the Ger
man food supply from the outside, is
expected momentarily and apparently
there is not the slightest prospect that
this country will accept the German
proposal to call off the blockade if Eng
land will retain naval pressure ON ship
ping.
1t is not expected that there will be
any immediate and widespread activity
by the German submarines but the de-
velopments regarding neutral ships
should bring to head one of the M st
interesting and threatening situations
of the war.
England was noticeably cheered by
the second big air raid upon the German
bases ON the Belgian coast but, as was
the case at the time of the previous
raid, the official report does not indicate
the extent of the damage.
Rejoicing Over Hindenburg
Berlin is again celebrating the sue
cess of Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
as further details of the East Prussian
operations are received. 1t is officially
claimed in Berlin that $4,000 Russian
prisoners were taken while all dis
patches agree that the Russians are
still being pressed further eastward,
fighting rear guard action in an en-
deavor to prevent the Germans from
surrounding their wings. In the Car
pathians the fighting is yet to reach a
decision. The western end and the
center of the Russian line is holding out
Notwithstanding repeated and violent
attacks, but in Bukowina the Austri-
ans have pressed ON to within IL miles
of Czernowitz.
It is believed that recurrence of
the general German offensive in the
western theatre depends largely upon
the outcome of the present eastern sit
uation. Opinion here is divided wheth-
er the Germans are planning great in
vasion Of Russians or whether their
chief desire is simply to free Austrian
territory of hostile forces and make Sc
cure their lines in central and northern
Poland.
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Villages pisappear under snowfall

Rome, Feb. 17.-Many villages in
the Friuli region of the italian Alps
have disappeared from sight under a
snow fall of almost unprecedented ex-
tent for that locality.
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Reading Declares Usual Dividend

Philadelphia, Feb. 1.-THE directors
of the Reading Company to-day declar-
ed the regular quarterly dividend of !
per cent. on the second preferred stock.
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K ais er's Submarine
Torpedoes Dulwich
and Latter Vessel
Goes Down Quickly
NEARLY ALL OF
CREW ARE SAVED
Twenty-Five Members of the Crew Of
Thirty-one Are Picked UP By a
French Destroyer and Taken to
Havre

Havre, via Paris, Feb. IT, las A.
M.-The British steam collier Dulwieh,
bound from Hull to Rouen, was torpe.
doed by German submarine twenty
miles northeast of Cape De La Heve
at 6 O'Clock last night. The torpedo
struck the middle starboard side. As the
crew took to the boats the submarine
which torpedoed the ship was seen
speeding away. The Dulwieh sank in
twenty minutes. Twenty-Five members
of the crew of thirty-one men were
picked up by the French destroyer
Arquebuse and brought to Havre. Sew
en- others rowed to Faeamp. The fate of
the other two is unknown.
The weather was clear but a heavy
sea was running when the Dulwich was
blown up. The torpedo struck under the
water line and the explosion which fol-
lowed was terrific. While pulling to-
ward the French coast seeking a ship
which might rescue them, the crew of
the Dulwich saw the submarine rise to
the surface several times as if watch
ing them and then disappear again.
A dispatch from London last night
stated that Lloyds had received infor-
nation from Focamp, France, that the
Dulwich had been blown up. This in
formation was brought ashore by seven
men of the crew who rowed to land.
The Dulwich was vessel of 3,2s9 tons
owned by the British Steamship Com
pany.
Evening journal., 1915-06-02
WILL consolidate
COLORED churches
Bishop Ruley to Be PreSi-
dent of Organization
to Be Formed
APPOINTMENTS TO
DELAWARE CHARGES

Bishop b. T. Ruley, of Wilmington,
who is head of the United African Meth
odist Episcopal Church in Delaware, was
mentioned at the closing yesterday at
Philadelphia of the thirteenth annual
conference of colorcd churches for one
of six presidents OF new organization
TO be formed by consolidation of the L.
a. 7. r.. churches and L. A.
M. T.. churches Of America. The Rev.
J. II. Bell, of Wilmington, was elected
treasurer of the conference.
The formal consolidation of the tive
colorcd church bodies viii take place
some time in September. 4 meeting OF
a special committee appointed TO max,
plans for the merger will meet at Cam
den, y. j., next Thursday. Both churches
once were under the same banner, but
for years they have been separated an,
are reuniting now for the purpose O
strengthening themselves.
Instead of bishops the heads Of the
new religious body, which are called
presidents now. will be known after
the consolidation as bishops. There
will be six of these. Appointments by
the Rev. ]. b. Cooper, general vice.
I president of the Connection, for Della,
were, were announced as fellows:
Mt. Plymouth, Viola. Del, ]. II. w
| Phillips
ST. Johns. Woodside. Del, Isaac
( Hovington.
St. James. Wilmington, Del. to b.
supplied.
Chippey, Hockessin, Del, J. 7
Y Rector.
). Mount Zion and Spencer Mission
Wilmington. Del, Peter Brookins.
y City Missionary, Wilmington, Del
r.. v. Freeman.
b City Missionary. New Castle, Del
| Mary Queen.
Reeves Crossing Mission, Delawar,
William Richardson.
Evening journal., 1915-06-02
CAPTURE ALLEGED Horse
Thief after AUTO Chase

IN City Court today Mark Cham
bers, George Proud and John Ma
honey we're each held in $1,000 bail
for the Court of General Sessions on
the charge Of the larceny of horse
and wagon belonging to ]. ]. Connor,
of 40 Riddle avenue, and a set of
harness belonging to Thomas NJ. Cord.
Detectives Wardle and Benson ar
rested the men with the team yes
terday on Concord pike near Brandy
wine Summit, after a chase in an
automobile
The team was taken from the stable
of James Doherty on Kentmere Road,
where it was kept. Connor said the
horse was worth $50 and the wagon
SO. Mr.. Cord said the harness was
valued at ST.
Evening journal., 1915-06-02
MISS MARY A. TAYLOR
HEADS MISSION SOCIETY

At the meeting of the Woman's
Missionary Society of Central Pres
byterian Church yesterday afternoon.
Miss Mary A. Taylor was elected
president for the ensuing year. The
retiring president, Mrs. A. II. Berlin,
presided.
As treasurer, Miss Lillian A. Tay-
lor reported balance for the month
Of $12.O9.
The home subject Alaska" was in
terestingly conducted by Miss Mary
A. Taylor, while the foreign subject,
Africa" was entertainingly pre-
sented by Mrs. T. ID. Brown, of Clay
mont. A delightful solo was sung
by Mrs. Calvin Swayne. Postcards
stamped and addressed we're dis
tributed among the members to be
sent to missionaries in various fields
Following the business session a So
cial hour was held.
Evening journal., 1915-06-02
TURKS SUFFER Great
LOSSES BEFORE ALLIES

BY The United Press.
, ATHENS. June 1.-The Turks have
suffered terrible losses in night at
tacks on Gallipoli Peninsula in the
past forty-eight hours. Mytilene dis
patches today said the heavy Turkish
casualties in the recent fighting make
IL appear probable that their losses
since the Dardanelles fighting began
will total close 10 100000.
Onicered by Germans. the Turks are
hurling themselves against the al
lied positions near Gaba Tepe in close
formation. From their warships the
allies have brought ashore powerful
searchlights which have been posted
on the cliffs AZ a signal from the out
posts the advancing enemy columns
are swept with a glare OF light and
then riddled by machine gunhre.
The Turks have been heavily rein
forced in the past few days. but des-
pite their attacks the allied troops re.
tain all their positions.
Evening journal., 1915-06-02

against warships. there would be
trouble at home.
Therefore many officials believe tho
next note to Germany should leave no
doubtful grounds and should make It
clear that what the United States
wants is assurances that her citizens
will have the protection they are en-
titled to and that we are not trying
to stretch international law so far as
to cover protection to contraband or Of
merchantmen admittedly engaged in
that trade.
Weighs Az Suggestions.
There Is no doubt that the President
is carefully weighing all suggestions
received by him. In the full lnowl-
edge that the slightest evidence Of
lack OF determination will certainly be
construed as weakness and will per-
cipitate instead of preventing a crisis,
he is prepared TO make II plain that
on the big questions at issue, there
can be no backing down by the United
States. If il is possible. however, to
assist Germany in meeting our views
by changing essentials, 1t is GER
tain that Germany will find the adj
ministration most sympathetic.
One thing which has caused feel
ing of worry here is the apparent at
tempt on the part OF certain British
and continental newspapers TO cause
trouble by misstating matters. Stories
that the United States has assured the
allies they can count on support have
been printed in London and Paris,
and conveyed to London as facts.
They are entirely false.
The Presiden1 remains hopeful that
when the last word is said. the years
of friendship between this country and
/ Germany will outweigh everything
else and that a way will be found foI
peace and continued friendship with
out the sacrifice of single honorable
principle.
IL is because of this that the Presi
dent is proceeding very slowly HI
intends to be fair, those closest e
him say, and he does not want Il
make a move that can be construe'
as giving aid or comfort to Germany
enemies. All that he is striving 70
Is to ensure the respect due America
as one of the worlds greatest nations
, The new note. to go forward mex
, Friday, will be completed in tha
I spirit.
Evening journal., 1915-06-02
DEATH N bullet
At Drinking BOUT
Daviu Ferguson Wounded
AS He Lay In Bed at
Home In North East
ACCUSE JOHN FRIDAY
OF FIRING THE SHOT

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
ELkTON, Md, June David Fer
guson. who was fatally shot Monday
morning at North East. while he lay
in his bed by John Friday, it is al
legged. who now is in Elkton jail died
yesterday after making a statement
20 States Attorney Henry l.. Con-
stable.
The shooting occurred early in the
morning. when. according TO Fergu-
son, Friday and Floyd Smith fired a
shot into his left lung. The men had
been drinking. he said
Both Friday and Smith say they
we're under the influence OF liquor
and say they do not recollect any
shooting. The injured man was taken
20 a hospital and died next day. He
is survived by a widow. He was 55
years old.
Evening journal., 1915-06-02
HAD NO AFFIDAVITS
LUSITANIA Was ARMED
BY The United i-ress.

WASHINGTON. June 2.-Secretary
Bryan today stated that the State De-
partment did not have any afildavits
asserting that the Lusitania was arm
ed and carried explosives, in viola
tion Of United States laws. when Il
left New York on its last voyage.
lie had had the matter investigated.
he said. and no such afiidavits had
reached the department. He was also
without official information, he stated,
concerning the story that the Ameri-
can liner St. Paul was chased by a
German submarine.
From the Brazilian minister in
Mexico City, he said, he had received
advices telling of the extreme gravity
OF the food situation there.
He admitted that instructions had
been sent to American representatives
in Mexico to do all they could TO get
Percy w. Shufeldt. OF Washington. re-
ported captured by Mexicans in
-Tehuantepec and i'm danger Of being
shot, sent back TO the United States
Evening journal., 1915-06-02
RODNEY council TO
Give FLAG TO School

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del. June 2.-The Sum-
mer School for colored teachers open
ed yesterday at the State College for
Colored Students, near Dover. to re-
main in session for five weeks.
Caesar Rodney Council. No. 8, Jr.
o. U. A. NJ. will present to the Dover
public schools on Friday afternoon
next flag, which will be unfurled
with appropriate exercises. at which
State Councillor Riggin and other
members of the State Council are ex-
pected to be present.
Yesterday was the day appointed by
the First National and Farmers
Banks of this town to open their saw
ings fund department, and large de-
posits we're made in both banks The
amount received at the First National
Bank for deposit in the savings fund
was $13,5OO.
Evening journal., 1915-06-02
WILNINCTON|ANS
chosen TO OFFICE
HeptaSophS Elect J. W.
Weidman, William Win
trup and Others Today
C. F. ROBINSON AND
E. R. FARRA ELECTED

Four Wilmingtonians we're honored
at the closing this afternoon Of the
three-day convention of the Improved
Ordered of Heptasophs of Delaware,
Pennsylvania and Ohio at the head
quarters of the local body, No. GOA
Market street. They we're elected to
the following Offices: Supreme
treasurer, John w. Weideman: su-
preme secretary, William Wintrup;
supreme herald. c. f. Robinson, and
supreme sentinel. 4. Ross Farra. The
session adjourned with the selection
Of Atlantic City rs the next place of
meeting.
other officers elected were; Supreme
archon, John NJ. Phefifer, Baltimore;
supreme chancellor, Edward kurtz, Iron
ton. o.; supreme provost. Emil Horst
Baltimore; suprem prclate, George W.
Wright, Norfolk, Va; supreme inspector
William n. Hughes, Orbiston. o.; SUI
preme warden, John Bauersfeld, Balti-
more.
This mornings session was devoted e
discussion Of business unfinished yester
day and new business. Yesterday after
noon the delegates, about seventy y-fve il
number were entertained with an auto
mobile tour of the city.
Evening journal., 1915-06-02
AGED COUPLE ARRAIGNED
FOR ASSAULT. DISMISSED.

Joseph Faret and his wife, Pauline,
both well advanced in years. were ar
in City Court today on a
charge of assault and battery on Jo-
seph Capka of No. l04 Poplar street
They we're dismissed as the testimony
in the case was conflicting. Capka
said couple boarded at his place and
owed three months board Capka said
Mrs. Faret attacked him with paker
and Faret hit him with his fist.
Evening journal., 1915-06-02

The Lusitania's status has been fix
ed by the United states as an un-
armed merchantman. Such vessel.
under international Jaw, cannot be
sunk without first visitation and
search. and. seconly, II conveying
contraband, time must be given for
the crew and non-combatants to save
themselves before destruction. That
being the American position. the con
tentions raised by Germany are not
OF a nature 10 be submitted to arbi-
iration and can form only an Incl
dental factor in the general negotia-
tons.
German Ambassador Calls.
The greatest interest was oYinccd
I'm Count Bernstorff's visit TO the
White House. the first time he has
seen the President since the war be-
gan He fatty refused to discuss the
matter. When his attention was call
ed 10 the statement that the inter-
view had been arranged by the State
Department at his own request and
with the knowledge that he had not
been asked to make the visit by his
home government the count said
frankly that he could neither con-
firm nor deny the assertion. Under
the strict rules of diplomacy he could
only discuss whatever the President
wanted discussed. and could present
no views that the President did not
personally invite. officials generally
however. believed that he desired tc
secure from the President the latter's
views of what could be done by Ger.
many to meet the views of the
United States. in language that would
not be qualified by the verbiage that
diplomatic intercourse demands.
II is admitted even by officials whC
think Germany has failed TO meet th'
American demands in the slightes
degree. that the Berlin officials are il
a bad position to make any rndica
conditions. Germany is encircled b!
enemies. some of whom had been look
cd on as certain allies. She has n
means Of learning the exact sentimen
of the American people because Eng
land has cut her cables. A large per
centape of Germans believe the Wa
would end in a month IN the Unite
States would stop supplying the allie
with munitions. Because of this, il tn
German government should seem [
bow without protest to the Will Of IN
United States, especially by agreein
to stop submarine warfare eXceI
Evening journal., 1915-06-02
VETERAN PILOT RETIREs.

Captain Frank Eldridge of Cape
May. a veteran pilot of the Delaware
River and Bay, has presented his res
ignation TO the Commissioners of Nav
igation because of failing sight. He IS
20 years old and began his career as
a pilot in 1852. During his many
years OF active service he never had
serious mishap.