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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
EMPTY STOCKING
CLUB BRINGS JOY
ON WEST SHORE
Saving Their Pennies Young
sters Provide Cheer For II
Children and 7 Adults

West Fairview, Pa, Dec. 24.-Ten
weeks ago five children, three girls
and two boys, ranging in age from
to II years, organized an Empty
Stocking Club to help make a number
of poor people in the borough happy.
The youngsters Pauline Wilbar, 10,
William Hoover, 3, Ethel Hoover, II,
George Wilbar, 3, and Clara Hoover,
IL. called on their friends and neigh
bors and urged them to become mem
bers of the new organization. The
dues were a penny a week and as
Christmas was ten weeks away 10
cents was collected from each men,
ber. The little boys and girls worked
hard and few days ago they counted
up their funds and found that they
had enough to take care of seventeen
children and seven adults. Stockings
We're purchased and to-day they are
being filled. Each child will receive q
toy. nuts, candy. popcorn and an
orange. The adults will receive waists.
collars, dishes and other articles.
This evening Santa Claus will visit
the townSand the presents provided by
the Empty Stocking Club will be deliv-
cred by him personally.
Three gifts have already been sent
across the Atlantic to a widow and
two orphans who at one time resided
here.
The Hoover and Wilbar children
expressed regret to-day that more per-
sons could not be provided with pres
ents, but because of the limited funds
they could not carry out their plans as
desired. However, they believe that
this is only a start and that within the
next few years the club will grow to
such proportions that all the needy
will be cared for
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
Crew Charges Germans
Sank Oil Steamer
.Sbccial to The Tcleernth

Philadelphia. Dec. PA German
plot to prevent the cargo of oil con-
signed to the French Government
reaching its consignees is reported to
have been responsible for. the sinking
of the three-masted schooner, Grace
Seymour. of this port. which foun-
dered about a hundred and seventy
miles south of the Irish coast Decem-
ber 4.
The crew of the schooner arrived
in this city last night, after harrow
ing experiences. Members of the crew
said last night there was no doubt
that the seams of the schooner had
been tampered with. Before leaving
port the vessel had been thoroughly
overhauled at a cost of $4,000. She
was in good condition and fit to
weather the trip to Rouen, France,
where, the cargo of oil was to be de-
livered.
The schooner sailed from New York
on October II. Barely two weeks out
of New York a leak was sprung. Then
1t seemed, the crew said last night,
that leaks sprang from everywhere,
and water rushed in, gallons a minute.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
Force Daniels to Bare
Real Navy Estimate

/ Washington, d. c., Dec. 24.-The
full text of the report of the Navy
General Board urging that the United
States navy be placed on an equality
with the strongest afloat by 1926 prob
ably will be made public by Secretary
Daniels before Congressional commit
tee hearings begin on the administrar
tion's navy plans.
The board also submitted a building
plan for 1917 involving, it is said, an
expenditure of $50O,0OO,O00 for new
ships, and said that If the program
We're followed out in succeeding years
the desired result would be obtained
in 1925. Details of that part OF the
July statement, Daniels said, would be
given to the Congressional Committee
If asked for.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
Cadillac Speeds at Rate
of 95.2 Miles Per Hour

Ninety-fve and two-tenths miles per
hour is the rate of travel attained by
a Cadillac Eight on the beach at
Jacksonville, Florida. recently. The
test was made over a measured mile in
thirty-seven and four-fifths seconds.
The car was driven over the course
by several different drivers at speeds
exceeding ninety miles per hour, the
record time being made by Mr.. Leon
ard, of the Claude Nolan organization
Jacksonville Cadillac representatives.
The event was the one of the closing
features of a two days convention of
the southeastern Cadillac dealers held
in Jacksonville, presided over by Sales
Manager E. c. Howard and his assist
ant, Lynn McNaughton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
1000, 900 in Poland
Reported Destitute
Special to The TELEGRAPH

New York, Dec. 24.-More than A.
100000 of the population of Poland
are destitute and entirely dependent
upon soup kitchens, where there is is.
sued to each applicant a small loaf OF
bread and pint of soup daily. ac-
cording to William il. Hamilton, OF
the American Mercy and Relief Com.
mittee, who reached New York yester.
day on the steamship Rotterdam. Mr.
Hamilton has been in Europe several
months looking into relief work for his
organization.
In Warsaw alone it is estimated that
l0,OOO persons are destitute" he said
and unless relief reaches them soor
the majority will not be alive when
Spring comes.
II am going to urge my committee
to bring every possible pressure to bear
to induce the British to relax theil
blockade sufficiently to allow at least
$4,000 tons of supplies to go into Po-
land each month"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
All Is Ready For Big
Celebration at Newport

Newport, Pa, Dec. 24.-The open-
ing exercises of the second municipal
christmas tree celebration will be held
this evening at Z o'clock A large tree.
measuring 45 feet from the ground to
the top, the gift of George w. Taylor.
has been placed in the Square and will
be Illuminated by 200 red, white and
blue lamps. The program to be car
ried out will be u selection by the New
port Germania Band, followed by
prayer by the Rev. L. O. IL. Kersch-
ner. Under the leadership of Clar-
ence IL. Robert, accompanied by, Miss
Eva Il. Wilson, the chorus will sing
the ''Hallelujah' chorus. Burgess
Charles E. Delaney will light the
star at the top of the tree, after which
the chorus will sing Sing, o Sing.
This Blessed Morn" by Neidlinger.
The burgess will then light the tree
and a selection by the band will COM
plete the exercises. Santa Claus will
then appear with his pack and will
distribute 700 gifts to children of
twelve years of age and under.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
CURRENCY BASIS
CAUSES TROUBLE
Carranza's Greatest Problem Is
to Get 1t on Foundation
Acceptable to Soldiers
By Associated Press

Eel Paso, Texas, Dec. 24.-The most
pressing problem of the Carranza de
facto government of Mexico to-day in
its newly acquired villa territory, is
the establishment of paper currency
on basis that will insure it's accept
ance by former Villa soldiers.
Last nights near riot in Juarez was
the result of the discovery that there
was no silver in sight. Preparations,
however, had been made for an out
break and ii was speedily put down
after show of arms in the street
1t was said the outbreak was start
ed by some of General Manuel Ochoa' S
men, who bewildered by the departure
without notice of their leader, believed
they were to De deprived of the desired
coin for their services in the army.
Adds to Unrest
The presence of agents of a party
working in opposition to the de facto
government was indicated when unoffi-
cial notice was given that two Amer
leans We're meddling in Mexican poll
ties in Juarez. They were ordered to
remain on the American side.
Miguel Diaz Lombardo, foreign min
lister in the Villa cabinet excepted
from the terms of amnesty under the
surrender agreement and a strong ad-
herent ~of the Villa faction is said to
be conducting a spirited controversy
here with Carranza officials as to the
trustworthiness of the guarantees Of
fered the surrendered forces by the
Carranza government. This, too, has
added to unrest on the border.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
Charges Against Pastor
Are Pronounced BaseIess

Lebanon. Pa, Dec. 24.-The Rev. ].
l.. Gruber. pastor of the United Evan
gelical Church in Newmanstown.
whose activity in obtaining signers to
the petition for the revocation Of the
Park Hotel license at that place led to
serious charges being made against his
character and moral integrity. yester-
day was exonerated of any wrongdoine
by committee of ministers.
Bishop w. +. He'll, of Allentown;
the Rev. F. S. Borkey and the Rev,
w. j. Edelman, both of this city, who
composed the investigating committee,
gave out statement in which they
declare their conviction that Mr.. CRU
Der is innocent and that no reason for
a formal investigation exists.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
LOESER TO LECTURE ON
DARK SIDE OE NEW YORK

lecture on The Dark Side of
New York" will be given by w. l..
Loeser, Royal Arcanum Hall, Cameron
Building, Second and Walnut streets,
Tuesday evening, December 2S, at s
o'clock.
The lecture will be based on a trip
through the interesting parts of New
York City, portraying the missions
and the homes of the poor; the houses
of correction and all interesting parts
of New York City. together with u
complete illustration of the opium
and gambling joints of Chinatown
The lecture is under the auspices
of Harrisburg Council Royal Arcanum.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
PLAN BIG RECEPTION

Stockholm, Dec 23, via London,
Dec. 24.-The Ford peace expedition
o narriving here tonight will be met
by the Swedish Peace and Arbitration
Society and several other organizations
prominent in peace work. Arrange
ments for the reception include a pub
lie meeting on Christmas Day.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of Denver.
Col, is the object of special attention
in the newspapers, which give a full
column to the sketches of his life and
activities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
Motor Club Governors to
Meet in Mechanicsburg

George W. owen, of Mechanicsburg,
has extended an invitation to the
Board of Governors of the Motor club
of Harrisburg, to have the January
meeting at his office on the evening
of the 4th. That is the night for NOM
inationof officers for the local motor
club. A number of Mechanicsburg
motorists will be in attendance to con-
slider matters of general interest to
the motorists of that vicinity, and a
lunch Will be served to those present
by Ms.. Owen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
ANOTHER BLAST IN DU PONT
MILLS AT WILAIINGTO,

SPECIAL TO The Telegraph
Wilmington, Del, Dec. 24.-With a
roar which could be heard for miles,
a grinding mill in the Hagley yard of
the du Pont Powder Company ex-
ploded yesterday. Nobody was killed
or injured, as the accident occurred
when no one was in the building.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24

fair treatment and absolute justice at
our hands, and at the same time we
take this. means of assuring, the work.
men that the compensation law is In
tended and will be of untold advan-
tage to him, and we will not allow any
employer to discriminate in any way
to the workmen's disadvantage"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
TO CHANGE BORDER LINE
BY Associated Press

Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 24.-Announce-
ment was made here to-day of q
movement to secure a change in the
boundary line between the United
States and Mexico by extending the
present line directly west along the
thirty-first parallel from the one hun
dredth meridian so as to take in the
northern part of the Gulf of California
and part of Lower California.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24

Ill 6k7fSafEfEhxiS1 q t o n + o m h e
A9HMMnTlVME Auditor Generals
1eUSS depart m n t next
week, arrangements
- zazAAAAEAB having been made
FOR mailing the forms on December 2S.
These forms have been drawn up in
accordance with the acts OF 1915,
which made the capital stock tax year
conform to the calendar year and pro-
vided for other changes. Arrange
ments have also been made for the
laking| care of the intervening period
between the end of the former report
ingNear and the new.
The first stamps for the new State
stock transfer tax, which will become
effective on January l and provide
'or a tax of cents on the hundred
dollars of value, will be sent from the
Capitol to the approved agencies on
December %. In addition to the agen-
cies in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and
Harrisburg there will be subagencies
N New York. Boston and Chicago.
Compensation Board Meets. - The
Workmen's Compensation Board will
meet in this city on Monday after
noon at 2 o'clock
Many Go Home-There was a gen.
sral exodus from Capitol Hill to-day,
hundreds going home for Christmas.
Christmas Gifts.-Those connected
Yesterday afternoon presented Joseph
l.. Baldwin, State Fire Marshal, whose
residence is in Philadelphia, with a
diamond scarf pin as a Christmas pres
snt and farewell gift. He is retiring
from that position to accept the place
of assistant director of public works
in Philadelphia under Mayor-elect
Smith on January g. Chief Assistant
state Fire Marshal Charles d.. Wolfe
made the presentation speech. Benja-
min Spangler "a former member of the
Legislature. of Carlisle, also a MEM
her of the department, was presented
with sold-mounted pipe by the other
employees.
Governor in PhiIadelphia.-Gove
nor Martin G.. Brumbaugh will be in
Philadelphia over Christmas, and the
gifts of candy which it has been the
custom for years to present to children
from the Executive Mansion, will this
year be distributed by one of the Gov
ernors messengers.
Ticket Complaint.-A complaint was
filed this morning with the Public
Service Commission by the Phoenix
Vile Chamber of Commerce against
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road Company, against the increase of
10O-trip tickets between PhoeniXville
and Philadelphia.
Opinion on Bond.-Deputy Attorney
General largest to-day handed down
an opinion deciding that one bond of
$4,000 will cover the requirements of
the clerk of the courts of Allegheny
county, when the same man is clerk
of the quarter sessions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
G2 BELOW IN SWEDEN
By Associatcd Prcts

Stockholm via London Dec "a. -
Sweden is experiencing the severest
cold in the last $50 years. The tenn
perature at some points has fallen So
below zero.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
AGEn WOMAN FRACTUREs HIp

Mrs. Anna Amanda Barr. aged 60
years, 326 Chestnut street. is in the
Harrisburg Hospital with a fractured
hip, the second time within a year.
Last night Mrs. Barr slipped on an
orange peel and fell to the pavement,
striking her right hip.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24

1.-The Quality Counts" when YOU
buy a piano. Consult this store
Spangler, Pip Sixth St.-Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
NEW TAX BLANKS
OUT DECEMBER 2S
Stamps For Stock Transfer
Assessments Will Be De-
livered at Same Time

Thou s a n d S of
Pennsylvania cor
porations will re-
ceive the new forms
for reporting on
capital stock and
loans for State tax
a lion f + o m I h e
Auditor Generals
depart m e n t next
week, arrangements
having been made
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24

activities.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-19
WORK.FOR.WOMEN
PLAN STIRS UNIONS
British Organized Labor Wants
Guarantees That Soldiers
Will Not Lose Jobs.

London. March 18.-The plan OF the
government to mobilize women to re-
place the men needed for war service,
although only tentatively outlined by
the Board of Trade, has created wide
discussion in England, especially in or
ganized labor circles. =.
Miss Mary Macarthur, secretary OF
the Women's Trade Union League, an
organization with a membership OF
100000, says there are at least 10000
union women at present without cm-
ployment, and she feels the govern
ment should give them first consldera..
ton. "Trade unions. even if convinced
of the necessity of this innovation"
she said to-day, will require satlsfac-
tory guarantees as to the conditions
under which these women are to be
substituted for men. Are they to re-
ceive the same wages for the same
work? What guarantee is to be given
to the men that their situations will
be open when they return TO civil life?
If this is guaranteed, what is to hap
len to the women displaced, if IN the
l. AN time they have become self-de-
pendents?"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-19

London, March 1s-The village OF
Neuve Chapelle, converted into a
shambles by the bombardment OF
the British, now is heap of ruins
thickly strewn with bodies, according
10 the description of the British on,
erations in that region by an official
eyewitness" gave out to-day by the
press bureau. Although the Germans
were inferior to their antagonists both
in numbers and in artillery, the eye
witness declares they offered heroic re-
sistance, using machine guns enec-
lively.
One captured German officer stated
that three German princes, including
Prince Leopold OF Hohenzollern. were
serving in one Of the battalions at
Neuvc Chapelle. This prisoner ex-
pressed the belief that all three princes
had been killed.
Prince Frederick Leopold OF Hohen-
zollern, a twenty-year-old cousin or
Emperor William, had a commission as
first lieutenant in an infantry regi-
ment.
At tho end Of March 10 the bodies
Of two thousand German soldiers had
been found in the section south Of the
village of Neuve Chapelle. In front
Of one British battalion east Of the
village, the statement asserts, FIVE hun
dred more were counted, which did not
include the large number buried in the
ruins of the village.
During the night q curious device OF
New-York tribune., 1915-03-19
CANNON NOT WORDS
PLEAD FOR FRANCE
BRAND Tells Why Min
listers Decline to Grant
Interviews.

Paris, March 18.-Aristide BRAND,
former Premier of France and now
Minister Of Justice and Vice-President
of the Cabinet, explained to-day to the
correspondent of The Associated Press
why he and other Cabinet members had
consistently declined to grant inter
views concerning the position OF France
in the present war.
ave rely upon the justice of our
cause" the Minister said, (which we
think is amply proved by material
facts not susceptible of misconceptlon.
France consequently does not care to
lower herself by engaging in any sort
of propaganda. We have passed the
hour of words; it is cannon that plead
for US now the cause of right, fidelity
TO engagements and resistance to ag-
gressions. AS for our friends abroad,
they are in a position to understand
the facts. If they do not take account
of what is going on, so much the more
unfortunate for them.
"The material facts are: First,
France made every possible effort to
maintain peace; this has been demon
strated by the diplomatic documents
already made public. Second, France
was not first to take measures for
mobilization, and she even withdrew
her covering troops for distance of
ten kilometres (six miles) from her
own frontier TO avoid any irreparable
incidents. In this she took the risk OF
imprudence.
"At the same time, she affirmed her
attachment to peace and her desire to
preserve it. Third, Germans, not
Frenchmen, invaded Belgium, and there
again is a positive fact sufficiently elo-
ouep+-a fact which offers solid foun-
dation upon which the judgment of
neutral countries may be built"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-19
MORGAN AWAY TILL MAY
Banker and Wife Sail for Lon
don-Annual Visit, He Says

J. P. Morgan sailed yesterday %
the Philadelphia on his way to L't'
dor, where he and Mrs. Morgan, 's'
accompanied him, will open their house
in Princes Gate. The Morgans will r''
main abroad until May, it being e.
planned that the trip was merely !ssi
annual spring visit TO England.
Asked about his plans abroad W
Morgan said: Not one word. Ter
is one thing / wish TO get of my nii.
and set the minds OF you reporters .
rest, and that is that will say 2"
one word about any plans ! may d"
or admit that have any plans"
Mrs. William Pierson Hamllto', NJ
Morgan's sister, and his partner, hsa'
ry P. Dawson, were at the pier
Also on the Philadelphia was !0a1
Campbell White, second secretary q
the American Embassy at Pe,rorSa,
The vessel carried about 5000 bas' "
mail.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-19
SUDAN IN REVOLT,
GERMANS REPORT
Traveller Declares Der
wishes i'm Possession of
Entire District.
GENERAL HAWLEY AND
ALL OFFICERS SLAIN
Attempt to Oppose 100000
Tribesmen with Only 5000
Men Proves Suicidal.

Berlin, March 18 (by Wireless to Say
vile, n. Y.).-A German merchant who
has recently returned from Egypt is
authority for the declaration that the
whole of the Sudan, including Khartum,
and also parts of Nubia, are in posses
sion of the Dervshes. The statements
this traveller are published in the
"Vossische Zeitung." He describes also
an engagement near Fashoda last De-
cember in which General Hawley, of the
British army, and a number of other
officers, together with almost two thou
sand men. lost their lives.
The merchant in question relates a
story of the alleged uprising of the
Senussi tribesmen in November. He
declares that they destroyed an Aus
tralian camp near the Pyramids on No.
vember 10, killing two hundred Aus
tralians and capturing guns and pro-
visions. Later, in large force, not less
than eighty thousand, they overhowed
the entire Province of Fayum and de-
stroyed all railroads, including the
Cairo-Assuan Line.
On December l they destroyed the
AlexandriaCair Railroad, near Da-
HdUHuT. lHOuSdHu- u lTlDtoHleH
sponded to the appeal of the Dervishes,
and on December l3 forty thousand Of
them marched in the direction Of
Fashoda, on the White Nile, where
General Hawley opposed them with six
IIawley all the native soldiers deserted
to the Dervishes, leaving him with only
two thousand men. Most of this con-
tingent was killed, and General Hawley
and all his officers fell. Nahurel-Asl,
commanding the Dervishes, lad all his
prisoners decapitated.
AS a result OF this victory all the
native chiefs joined the Dervishes, who
on January l took possession of the
important military post at Nasser, in
the district of SEMINAR.
This merchant declares furthermore
that the Dervishes destroyed all the
telegraph lines in lower Egypt.
Granted that the news given out by
the German merchant from Egypt is
true. it is the first definite statement
of these serious conditions to reach
the public. The only previous refer
ence to any such state OF affairs came
from Berlin in the latter part of De-
cember, when a wireless message to
Sayville said that Constantinople re-
ported uprising of serious dimensions
in the Sudan. Eighty thousand natives
had started to attack the British Prov
ince of FL Kad, and the Moslem popu-
laton of certain districts was de-
scribed as rising against the English.
The Senussi trbesmen are members
of a Mosiem sect of North Africa.
The latest available British army
list contains no general of the name
of Hawey, either in its active roster
or among those who have been reported
killed since the war began. While
there are several Hawleys named as
officers in the official record, none of
them ranks so high as a general.
The only General Hawley mentioned
in available reference books in counec-
tion with the British army is Major
General William Hanbury Hawley, who
retired in 1890. He is eighty-fve years
old.