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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
CITY BIRTH RATE
CAUSE FOR ALARM
Health Department Head Deplores
insignificant Increase" During
Last Year

City Councils attention is called to
the peculiar significance of Harris
burg's birth and death rate by DIR. J..
Nj. j. Raunick, city health officer and
secretary of the bureau of health and
sanitation. in his fifth annual report
to-day.
In discussing the birth rate DIR. Rau-
nick says:
''As a result of net increase of
only thirty eight births over last year,
our birth rate, while the highest In
the history of the bureau. shows an
increase so insignificant as TO cause us
grave alarm in the II ear future on this
all important matter"
As to the problem of death rates DR..
Raunick says:
While our statistics show many
important and favorable changes. we
must consider that while death rates
can and should show regular decline.
sooner or later certain standard
death rate will be reached, below
which lowering of the community
death rate will be impossible, for in
spite of rapidly advancing sanitary
science, deaths Will necessarily follow
increasingly
The time is not far distant when
communities will not be cIassed ac-
cording to meaningless natural death
rates, continues DIR. Raurick, but
rather by sanitary ratings based upon
the communities ability to combat
and control its number of cases and
deaths from unquestionable prevent
able diseases
Report Most VoIuminous
The problem of births and deaths in
detail was one of a score or more of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
Questions Validity of
Title of Sawmill Which
Has Been Burned Down

Whether or not title in a property is
void when that property is destroyed
by fire was the question raised in Janu-
airy Common Pleas Court to-day before
Additional Law Judge McCarrelI dur
ing the assumpsit suit instituted by
Curtis A. Marsh against Charles Keaf-
fer
Marsh. ii appears purchased hotel
from Keaffer for $13,500. subject to a
$4,000 mortgage. The terms were to
have been $500 cash down on the clos
ing. of the agreement and the re-
mainder when the property was trans
ferred: Instead of the $500 cash. how
ever, 1t was agreed between the two.
that Keaffer. should turn over his port
able sawmill, which was the~ operat-
ing in mountain tract in the upper
end of the county. Marsh. however.
allowed Keaffer the use of the mill
until he finished lumber cutting lob
Before the job was finished the mill
was burned down. whereupon Marsh
endeavored to get his $500 cash
This is not claimable now. according
to Is eaffer, because the destruction of
the property leaves nothing in which
to retain title.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
Mrs. Etter Committed
Suicide, Coroner Decides

Coroner Eckinger to-day said that
Mrs. Emma ] Etter. aged SO years,
116S Derry street. committed suicide
yesterday morning in her home by
soaking her clothes with kerosene. He
made this statement after he had con-
Quoted an investigation.
Mrs. Etter was found dead in room
on the second floor of her home shortly
after II o'clock yesterday morning by
her husband, who had just come with
his automobile to take her to see the
inaugural ceremonies yesterday after
noon.
Mr. Etter found his wife's charred
body and the carpet and woodwork
of the room in flames. He extinguished
them himself. Mrs. Etter had been
i'll for some time and Mr.. Etter thinks
that this may have had something to
do with her death.
Funeral services will be held at the
home Friday afternoon at ! o'clock.
the Rev. Lewis c. Manages, pastor of
the Memorial Lutheran Church, off,
ciating, Burial will be made in the
Hummelstown Cemetery. Mrs. Etter
is survived by her husband and two
daughters. Ruth and Elizabeth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
GERMANS MAKE LONG
PREDICTED A|RSH|P
ATTACK ON ENGLAND
Half Dozen Towns Visited, but
Bombs Dropped Do Little
Damage
FOUR OR FIVE PERSONS DEAD
Raiding Airmen Showed Excellent
Ability in Plotting Vessels
in Darkness

London. Jan. 20.--German airmen
delivered their long predicted attack
on England last night. From base
presumably in Germany they flew over
the North Sea to the eastern coast OF
England where for nearly four hours
they circled over group OF some SIX
English towns only a little more than
100 miles from London, apparently
dropping bombs at will.
So far as has been learned to-day
four or five persons were killed by
these missiles and about as many more
were wounded.
Whether these airships were Zeppe-
lin dirigible balloons or aeroplanes has
not vet been definitely established.
There is increasing belief in London
this morning that possibly only aero
planes took part in the attack. There
has been no news so far to-day to con-
firm the report current last night that
a Zeppelin had been brought down on
the English coast. on the contrary, 1t
now appears as though all the German
raiders have returned whence they
came. The most important towns over
which the German airmen appeared
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
Adams Co. Commissioners
Mandamus State Treasurer
To Pay Election Bills

County Commissioners n. r. Beamer,
S. NJ. Keagy end s. McC. Eicholtz, of
Adams county, to-day obtained a writ
of alternative mandamus upon State
Treasurer r X. Young requiring him
to settle the county's account with the
State for expenses incident to the Fall
primary election of 1913. The bill,
the Adams county commissioners
claim. totals $2,032.62. President Judge
Kunkel fixed 10 o'clock, February [.
for hearing the writ. Jacobs & Jacobs,
attorneys, of this city, represent the
Adams county petitioners.
The plaintiffs contend that the bill
was regularly o KID by the Auditor
General, but that the State Treasurer
refused to honor it. Until the Treas
urer files his answer the defense will
not be known, but it is said that the
petitioners believe State Treasurer
Young refused to settle because the
county owes the State a bigger bill for
road improvements in the apple belt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
ANOTHER QUAKE IS
FELT IN SWITZERLAND
Cold Adds to Sufferings of the
Victims in Avezzano and
Vicinity
BY .4sseciated Prcss

London, Jan. 90, SOS A. MA dis
patch from Lausanne. Switzerland. to
the Central News states that a slight
earthquake occurred at Berne and
Zurich last night. The damage was
trifiing.
Rome, Jan. 90, 1910 4. M.-Next to
Avezzano one of the places to suffer
most from the earthquake was Or
tucchio. a few miles from Gioja de
Marsi. where less than 400 people
were saved out of a population of
$500.
In the church. which was a large
editce, there were between three and
four hundred people when the earth
quake came. The priest and the en-
tire congregation were imprisoned un-
der the ruins as the whole building
suddenly collapsed. Only four wo-
men have since been taken out alive.
Collarmele, 5000 feet up in the
mountains, is another of these towns
in this part of Italy from which many
persons had emigrated to America.
Here thousand out of a population
of 1,500 were killed. The priest in
this town perished while conducting
services at the altar and the Worship
pers, chiefly women and. children,
died with him. The church is in
ruins but two statues of saints are
still standing uninjured. The sur
Vivors at Collarmele are sheltered in
the railway station.
The sufferingS of the surviving vic
Tins in the earthquake districts around
AveZzano particularly to the south
east of that place, have been greatly
aggravated by a sudden change in the
weather, bitter cold and heavy snow
falling succeeded brightness and dry
ness of the previous days.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
TURKS CLAIM SUCCESSES
OVER BRITISH; AIRMEN
LEAVE ENGLAND SAFELY
Airshp Raid English Coast Town Creates Intense Ex
citement in London; Report That Zeppelin Was
Brought Down Is Unfounded; Russians Win Advan-
tage in Three Engagem ents Along Vistua

A German airship raid on Englisl
east coast towns last night resulted i'll
four or five deaths, the injury of sew
eral persons and damage to property.
So far as is known the Germans who
performed this spectacular feat esCap-
ed unscathed. Earlier reports that one
Zeppelin was brought down have not
been borne out. 1t has not yet been
established whether aeroplanes or
Zeppeltns were employed by the raid
ers.
An official Russian statement to-day
describes a series of actions along the
Nistula, northwest of Warsaw during
January II and IS. In three of these
engagements it is said the Russians
won the advantage, twice silencing
German batteries and on another oc-
caSlon repulSing an attack with heavy
losses to the Germans.
Two victories over the British forces
operating near the head of the Per-
sian Gulf are claimed by the Turkish
war office, in n statement issued at
Constantinople 1t is asserted that the
British attempted a surprise attack on
the Turks, but were repulsed with the
loss of 100 killed and wounded In u
cavalry engagement near the junction
of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the
British are reported to have with
drawn after heavy losses.
In Alsace, where the allies were
making progress until checked recently
by the arrival of German reinforce
ments, they now. APPARENTLY, are on
the defensive. The official statement
from Berlin to-day says the Germans
have captured the town of Airsstein,
north of Sennheim. A further ad-
vance in the Argonne also is reported,
but this is disputed in the French
statement. which asserts that the al
lies, although compelled temporarily
to evacuate certain positions, later re-
captured them. Elsewhere along the
western front only minor actions. prin-
cipally artillery engagements, occurred
yesterday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
$50 to Attend Smoker
of Extension School

f.: f. Smith, provost of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. will give the
principal address TO the members of
the Wharton Extension School of
Finance and Commerce, in this city.
who will hold smoker Friday night
at the clubhouse of the Engineers
Society of Pennsylvania, at Front and
streets. More than $50 will
be present, among them some of the
other professors of the University at
Philadelphia. The evening will be
spent in a social way. songs and
speeches. together with the smoker.
making up the program.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
Submarine Launched Is
Biggest Thus Far Built
By 4ssoeiated Press

quincy. Mass, Jan. 20.-The sub
marine LII. to be launched at the
yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding
Corporation to-day. is the largest sub
marine thus far built for the United
States Navy. She is one of seven yes
sells of the same type which have been
authorized. The LII registers $50 tons
and measures 165 feet over all. IL
contract stipulations are fulfilled she
will develop a speed of IA knots on
the surface and 10 knots submerged
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
Plan Big Improvements
to East H'b'g Cemetery

Extensive improvements to the East
Harrisburg Cemetery during the year.
to include the laying out of additional
area and the macadamizing of all the
driveways, was decided on at the ;.n-
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the East Harrisburg Cemetery Com
pany yesterday afternoon. The per-
petual fund was increased $4,000,
making it now $4,000.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President. J. II.
McIlhenny; secretary and treasurer.
Joseph A. Miller; directors, S. S. Mil
Ter. ]. j. largest, G. II. Swope, Ed.
NJ. Knupp, Clinton Nj. Hershey; su-
perintendent, Ed. NJ. Knupp.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
Four Black Eyes After
Argument in Market Square

Four black eyes appeared in one New
Cumberland ramily to-day, as the re-
suit of an argument in Market Square
yesterday. A night in jail, three
knockdowns and an abused wife, fig
ured in the drama.
While standing at the corner of
Market Square and Market streets last
night Rosenberger claims he was in
suited by three strangers. Rosenberg
ed used language not heard often in
church, and when his wife remon-
strated, he knocked her down, pre-
senting her with two splendid black
eyes.
One of the strangers retalated in
defense of Mrs. Rosenberger. sending
the husband to the pavement with a
blow from his fist. Before it was over
Rosenberger had been knocked down
twice and kicked in the ribs and told
he was not fit to have a wife. Patrol
man Romig appeared on the scene and
took Rosenberger to the police station.
and later to jail. He was released this
afternoon after receiving a reprimand.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
MANY NAMES FOR sAYRE BABY
Contest Suggested to Select One For
White House Infant

Washington, Jan. 20.-Suggestions
that President Wilson'S grandson, the
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Frances B.
Sayre, go nameless until contests to
choose a name can be held in various
parts of the country began arriving at
the White House to-day, and caused
amusement among members of the
Presidents family.
The President is reluctant to have
the baby named after himself because
the child would have troubles enough
of his own to bear" He told callers
that family council on the subject
was held at the White House to-day.
but no decision was reached. Frances
Woodrow Sayre was the name most
frequently suggested.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
SEVEN TAKEN TO PEN

Seven prisoners who were sentenced
to varying terms in the Eastern Peni-
tentiary at January quarter sessions
were taken to the States prison at
Philadelphia to-day by Sheriff H. c.
Wells. The terms ranged from nine
months to seven years. The stiffest
sentence imposed was doled out to
Harry Shentz, who to-day began
four to seven-year term for horse
stealing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
KAUFMAN To OPEN
WITHIN SHORT TIME
May Use Part of Old Store Tenn
POrarily; Loss Will Not Exceed
$125,OOO

Within four weeks the Kaufman
Underselling Store will resume busi-
ness in a part of the building in Mar
ket Square which was Quilted by fire
Monday night, David Kaufman, owner
and heaviest loser in the fire, believed
to-day.
In the meantime Mr.. Kaufman will
open a branch in the business section.
announcement of a temporary loca-
ton will probably be made by Mr..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
Police Know Nothing
of Reported Hold-ups

Nothing is known at the police de-
partment about a hold-up at the corner
of Derry street and Poorhouse lane,
last night. 1t was reported to-day that
a member of one of the Philadelphia
clubs, claiming to be an Elk had been
robbed of his gold watch. 800 in cash
and a diamond ring worth SEQ
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
Jim" WILSON QUITS FoRCE

James Wilson. the coIored patrolman.
sent in his resignation this afternoon
to Council. Jim" as he is better
known, 1t Is understood has been Of
lative committees. Wilson is we'll
known to baseball FANS being in
charge of the gate at Island Park. He
was appointed by Council year ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
CONTINUED on Page 81
ZEPPELIN NOT BROUGHT DOWN

Hunstanton. via London, Jan. 90,
9.5S A. M.-The police deny the re-
port that one of the raiding zeppelins
was brought down here. When last
seen il was passing to the northward
over the sea.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity: Gen
orally fair Tonight and Thurs
day; colder Thursday; lowest
temperature tonight about :S
degrees.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: I'm
settled tonight, probably local
SHOWS; Thursday partly cloudy
and somewhat colder; moderate
west to northwest winds.
River
The JunIatn. North and West
branches and all their tributaries
Will fall Tonight and Thursday.
The main river will rise slowly
this afternoon and Tonight and
hegin to fall Thursday 4 stage
of about IL feet In indicated for
Harrisburg Thursday morning.
General Conditions
Pressure is below normal over the
greater portion of the ssatern
half OF the country with a dis
turbnnce central over Northern
New England which extends
Houthwestward into the MtHsis-
EIppi Valley, causing unsettled
weather with light SHOWS In tAs.
Ohio and Upper Mississippi val
leyH, the Lake Region and In the
Interior of New York state.
Temperatures a. M, 56.
SUM- Rises, 7.24 a. M; sets, sos
y. m.
Moon. First quarter, January 70,
2i33 q. m.
River stage, 1917 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature. 81.
Lowest temperature. 80.
Mean temperaturc, IS.
Normal temperature. IS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
MExICAN .GUNBOAT DIsARLEn

On Board y. S. s. San Diego, La Pax.
Diego, Cal. Jan 20)-The Mexican
gunboat Carerro. which has caused con-
siderable anxiety to Mexican shipping
Recently. is disabled at Salina Cruz
The office of the military paymaster,
at Mazatland. has been looted for the
second time. but the amount stolen has
not been ascertained. The city of La
Paz is quiet
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
RUMANIA IN WAR SOON
Special TO The Telegraph

Telegraph from Athens says: THE de-
cision of Rumania to enter the arena
as belligerent is confirmed from vari-
GUS sources. All agree that the time
is to be the first week in February"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
PARTIAL EVACUATION ORDERED
BY .Attocintcd Pre-,

Geneva, via Paris. Jan. 20, $50 A. NJ.
from Budapest state that
the governor of Cracow has ordered
the partial evacuation of women, chill
dren and men unfit for military serv-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20

ice. They have been given forty eight
hours to leave. The banks have been
transferred to Vienna Provisions of
all kinds, it is stated, are scarce in
Cracow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
FIGHTING ON LOWER vIsTuLA
"a Associated Press

Petrograd. Jan. 20.-An official
communication issued by the general
staff of the Russian army indicates
considerable activity and fighting on
the right bank of the lower Vistula.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
WANTS DATA ON LIQUOR HABIT

Information relative to the effect
of the liquor habit upon inmates of
the county almshouse was asked for
to day by NJ. II. Lickett, of Philadel-
phia, who wrote to John p Guyer,
clerk to the Poor Board, and to Aims
house Steward S. f. Barber for the
data. Mr. Lickett says he is COM
piling a book on the subject.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
HOSTILE AIRMEN SIGHTED
Br 4ssocinted Prcss

London, Jan. 20, 7.25 A. M.-An
Amsterdam dispatch to the Central
News states that Cologne telegram
received there announces that two
hostile airmen were seen over Cologne
YESTERDAY,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20

Washington, Jan 2o.-Francis will be the name Of
President Wilson'S grandson the child of Mr.. and Mrs
Francis b sayre who was born at the White House.
Mont Belard, France via Paris, Jan. TO- ss5 A. MA
second earth shock occurred O'Clock last night
beds and crockery mashed.
Unontown Pa Jan 2o.-Receivers were appointed in
the Common Pleas Court here to-day to take charge of the
affairs of w Seaman business associate Of J. " Thonp
son banker and owner of coal lands for whom receivers were
named yesterday seamans liabilities t was stated in
court were $2aooyOoo and his assets s8ooooOo
Washington, Jan. 2o.--The State Department has re
quested of the British embassy information of why the
American steamer Greenber from York to Bremen
with cotton under certificate of the British consulate at
New York stopped by British cruiser sent under
British flag British port detained two days before
being allowed to complete her voyage to Bremen.
Commissioner corgas this afternoon submitted detailed
reports of balances different city funds as follows
General fund.- $2l2l5o3; Water Department fund, $82
1864 and sinking fund.- ,48o43.
1t rumored in eouncilmanic circles this afternoon
that Harry Dickey Seventh Ward Republican, will ap-
pointed fill the vacancy by Patrolman Jim" Viii
sons resignation.
Washington, jan 2o-senator Barton renewed his
speech against the shipping bill floor to-day
the third continuous day of his address.
Roosevelt N. J., Jan 2o.-Mayor Joseph Herman an
to-day that issued for the arest
of twenty-five deputy sherifs involved the shooting
yesterday Of nineteen striking aborers the Lebig plant
of the American Agricultural Chemical Company.
Chicago Jan 20. = Before crowd of baseball sas
that filed the U. 5. District Court. agus to
day opened its and-trust suit bodies
of organized baseball
MARRIAGE IICEasEs
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-23
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TODAY
Items Taken from the Daily
Leader Files

Supt. Daugherty is holding exam
nations today, three applicants writ
ing for certificates.
Badus will celebrate a popular
wedding next Tuesday in the nuptials
of Jacob Gianella and Mary Tuor.
DAILY & Mackay, bankers of this
city. this week purchased the second
installment of Woonsocket city bonds
$4,000, at a premium of $50 for 6
per cent. This class of bonds are a
good investment for the reason that
they are readily negotiable when
money is wanted upon them and are
a safe investment at the present time
when money is plenty and lying idle
The borers of the railroad well at
the roundhouse are pulling up stakes
today and removing their machine to
Sherburne, Mimi, where they sink
another well for the company. Here
they put down 16-inch hole. Sc feet
below the old we'll, but did not get
through the blue clay. The hole fills
up to the old level of water and con-
stitutes a good reservoir only.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-23
GENERAL BEADLE
SAN FRANCISCO NEWPAPER'S
ACCOUNT OF DEATH OF
SOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATOR.

San Francisco Examiner, IA Sol
der, lawyer, educator and author,
Gen. William Henry Harrison Beadle
of Madison, S. d., died in this city
yesterday at the age of II years.
Shock following an operation for or
ganic trouble caused his death.
Gen. Beadle had been in San Fran
cisco for four months visiting his
daughters, Mrs. Fred b. Hughes and
Mrs. Fred G. Frink, 635 Buena Vista
avenue.
No name figures more prominently
in the history of South Dakota than
does that of Gen. Beadle. When
South Dakota was a territory Gen.
Beadle successfully was surveyor
general member of commission to
codify the laws, member of the terri
torial house of representatives, sec
retary to Gov. William A. Howard,
superintendent of public instruction
and organizer of the South Dakota
school system.
In 1905 he became president of
the Madison State Normal school. He
devoted many years of his life to ed
ucation. and in 1911 the school chill
dren of South Dakota and the State
Educational association erected in
his honor In the rotunda OF the state