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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
GAINS POINT IN HIS SUIT
FOR chocolate CO. BONUS
Snyder, Former Emplcye Of the Her
shey Plant oeta Verdict for $144
Which, However, Depends on Deci-
sion Of Pending Legal Question

Paul B. Snyder, Hershey youth, to-
day gained point in his suit against
the Hershey Chocolate Company for q
bonus on wages received during 1911,
in which year he was regularly employ
ed by the company for eleven and q
half months. A jury in Judge McCar-
rell s side of common pleas court re-
turned verdict in his favor in the
sum of $144.25, representing the full
amount of his claim for $120 together
with interest amounting TO $24.25, but
there still remains legal question to
be disposed of before Judgment is en-
tered.
This decision to-day merely settles a
question of faet-that Snyder was yet
in the employ of the company as q sus-
pended employe, although not actually
at work when the bonus was paid to
other employees. Judge McCarrell next
will be called upon to determine, in so
far as the county court is concerned,
the legal question of whether the COM
pany's paying this annual bonus was a
gratuity on its part to faithful en-
ployes or profit-sharing proposition.
Counsel for the company raised this
legal point when the testimony was
closed, having asked Judge MeCarrell
to give binding instructions to the jury
to return verdict in favor of the de.
fense. The court, however, reserved
decision ON that application and will
dispose of it after argument is present
ed on ''motion for Judgment notwith.
standing the verdict" which the de.
fense viii make in day or so.
Snyder and hundred other choco
late company employees were suspended
in December, 1911, they said, because
of lack of work. All remained idle
until month or so after that awaiting
a call, they said, to go back to work
Witnesses for the company declared
that the employees had been discharged
outright, because the installation OF
modern machinery done away with
many positions.
Two weeks after these men were
thrown out of work the company de,
clared the usual twenty per cent. an
nual bonus on wages, but restricted il
to those employees who were then in ac
tive service of the company.
Thirty-two former chocolate com
pany employees who, like Snyder, suf
fered the loss of the bonus, have re
tanned counsel and are planning suit
should the pending action result in an
ultimate victory for Snyder.
Not more than two cases similar tc
this one have been tried in other state:
of the Union. and in each of these the
appellate courts decided in favor of the
employees. No such case ever before wa:
tried in this state and IL was said about
the Court House to-day that no matter
what the Dawphin county court may de
eide. the matter will be taken to the
highest court as test case.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
French DESTROYER HITS
AUSTRIAN Mine and sinks

Paris, Feb. &c, 1910 P. M.-The de-
struction of the French torpedo boat
destroyer Dague in the Adriatic sea
was announced to-day by the French
Ministry of Marine.
The official announcement follows:
"The French torpedo boat destroy
er Dague, while escorting convoy
with provisions for Montenegro, struck
an Austrian mine off the port of An.
tivari (Montenegro) on February "a
and sank. Thirty eight of the crew
disappeared The accident did not
hinder finishing the work of provision
ing and the return of the convoy"
The Dague was 256 feet long and
had a displacement of 720 tons. She
was built in 1911 and was rated at a
speed of 33.1 knots. Her complement
was 81 men. She was armed with two
S.9 inch guns, four 8 Founders and
four 1S-ineh torpedo tubes.
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late WAR news SUMMARY

Two additions to the long list of dis
asters at sea during the war were made
known to-day. The French destroyer
Dague struck mine in the Adriatic and
went down, with the probably lost of
38 lives. The Swedish merchantmen
svarton was damaged badly by mine
or torpedo in the North Sea but was
able to reach a Dutch port.
From Constantinople is announced a
victory by the Turks over Russian
forces in the trans Caucasus. It is said
that after q battle of several days the
Russians were put to fight having suf
fered heavy losses.
So far as official statements from
London, Paris and Berlin show, there
have been no important changes on the
main battlefelds of the west or east. In
London the opinion Is growing that the
Germans are soon to make . great gen
eral attack in France, remaining on the
defensive In Poland. Petrograd, on the
Continued ON Ninth Para
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
WITNESSES In LIQUOR CASE
Straub Says He Will Be on Hand to
Testify in Berrysburg Fight

W. ). Straub, tine Berrysburg man
who in recent letter to the Dauphin
county court alleged that the liquor
laws have been violated by William
Fl. Bowman, proprietor of the ST. Law
renee hotel, in Berrysburg, has written
q second letter to the Judges, announc-
ing that he and half dozen or more
witnesses will be on hand Monday in
an effort to prove his charges.
The court has fixed Monday as the
time for further hearing on the Bow
man application. Straub charges Bow
man with selling liquor to drunkards
and persons of known intemperate hab-
its. Representatives of the Dauphin
County Temperance Union have Joined
Straub in the fight against the re.
licensing of the hotel
The court late this afternoon had
not disposed of the applications of
Harry White, for the relieensine of the
Ann Street hotel, Middletown, and the
Harry F. Eckinger application for the
Paxtonia Inn. All other applications
have been passed on.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
.3LIVESLOST when U. S. ship
CARIB Sank IN NORTH Sea

Berlin, via London, Feb. 26, Ills
A. M.-Three members of the crew of
the American steamer Carib lost their
lives when their ship was sunk Tues
day in the North Sea, probably by a
mine.
1t has been learned that the Carib
went down off Borkum Island at the
mouth of the Ems river and not near
Helgeland (another island, 40 miles
northwest of the mouths of the Elbe
and Weser rivers) as was presumed
from the first announcement. The
American steamer Evelyn also was sunk
off Berkum Island. No further details
of the Carib disaster are available
here.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
FATAL RIOTS In ITALY FOLLOW
NEUTRALITY DEMONSTRATIONS

Genoa, Feb. 26, via Rome, els A.
M.-One person was killed and many
were wounded during riots at Ven
timiglia, which resulted from demon
stration in favor of the maintenance of
neutrality by Italy. A counter demon
stration by persons desiring the inter
vention of Italy in the war led to a
serious fight.
Police and carbineers interfered but
were unable to restore order for some
time. During the fighting several of
the police and major of the carbineers
were injured.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
RECOMMENDS new BRIDGE
FOR NINETEENTH Street
County Engineer Declares That the
Present Structure Was Never In
tended to Garry the Heavy Trafic
For Which 1t Is Now Being Used

Clinton VI. Hershey, county engineer,
who was directed by the County Com
missioners TO examine the Nineteenth
street bridge over the tracks of the
Philadelphia and Reading railway in
this city, following request for such
examination made by City Highway
Commissioner Lynch, made a report
this morning in which he recommended
that a new bridge be constructed there.
He said that while the present struc-
ture is in good repair, except with re-
gard to the footwalks, the traffic over
the bridge to-day is much heavier than
it was ever intended that the bridge
should carry. The County Commission
ers took no action to-day on the en-
gineer's report, which is as follows:
"As per your request l have exam
ined the bridge on Nineteenth street,
crossing the Philadelphia and Reading
tracks, and so far as am able to dis
cern, find not anything particularly
wrong with the bridge except as report
ed on an earlier inspection-the bad
condition of the eantilever footwalks.
Brackets for the repairs thereof have
been ordered and are on the ground.
"But will say that the bridge is
over-taxed and never was designed for
the loads it is asked to carry. The pipe
lines, the traction company and ten and
twelve ton trucks passing over this
bridge, the combined weight of which
over-taxes its capacity, and since the
motor cars are even on the increase in
capacity and weight and the automo-
bile trucks are becoming more in use
daily and have larger capacity, in my
judgment, the only safe thing to do is
TO erect new bridge designed to carry
loads to meet the present and imme-
date future traffic.
81 cannot suggest any way of
strengthening the present structure, be-
ing truss bridge and it is the truss
part that is over-taxed.'
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
Deeds Filed For Trans
fer of Lands Near
Middletown to Key
stone Association
MORTGAGES ARE
GIVEN ON PART
Mrs. Kunkel Receives $1,000 Of the
$4,000 Purchase Price on One
Tract-Mrs. Dunbar's Property
Acquired-Third Plot to Be Bought

Deeds marking the transfer of two
of the three farms skirting the Sus-
quehanna river between Middletown
and Highspire winch have been select
ed as the site for the proposed expo
sition grounds OF the keystone State
Fair and Industrial Exposition Associa.
tion this morning were filed in the Office
of the Dauphin County Recorder of
Deeds by representative of the fair
association, which thus takes over the
land.
Options held on these two tracks of
land ran out last evening, at which
time the deals were consummated. The
transfers were made by Mrs. Elizabeth
C. Kunkel and Mrs, Catherine S. Dun
bar, with the Harrisburg Real Estate
Company, acting as agent for the fair
association.
The association also has an option on
the farm of Charles A. Kunkel. which
adioins the land bought last night.
That option will not expire until next
week, Representatives of the associa-
tion this morning said the Charles A.
kunkel land will be purchased before
the option expires.
The land taken over by the fair as
soeiation to-day constitutes something
like ass acres. the consideration be-
tween the real estate company and the
Keystone company being 81.
$4,000 Ultimately to Be Paid
However the deed between Mrs.
Kunkel and the real estate company
represents $4,000 as the purchase
price, while the on. given by Mrs. Dun
bar to the same company represents
s16,250. The deed shows the amount
of actual cash paid to Mrs. Kunkel for
her farm was $4,000, as the real estate
company gave $4,000 mortgage, pre-
sumably to cover the balance.
To Mrs Dunbar was given a mort,
gage by the same concern in the sum
of 81 1900. the difference between that
and the purchase price being s1,750,
Continued on Ninth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
SOLD WHEAT LESS THAN COST
Letter, Once Noted Operator, Says
Farmers Are Poorly Paid
By Associated Press.

New York, Feb. 26.-oseph Letter,
noted wheat operator of fifteen years
ago, testified to-day at the state inquiry
into the increased cost of bread, that
American farmers had long been selling
wheat for less than what it cost The
farmer, Mr.. Letter said, has nothing
to say concerning what price he shall
receive for his product. That is usual
ly done at the terminal markets or ex-
change, he added; and the Liverpool
Exchange as the leading Exchange of
the world usually fixes the price.
The farmer to-day cannot obtain the
proper return on his work, Mr.. Letter
said, on the old basis of wheat prices
because farm labor has increased in
price and the laborers' hours have been
shortened. The production of wheat
in this country is gradually being re-
duced, he testified
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
RED CROSS Line STEAMER.
IN Distress. ASkSfOR help

New York, Feb. a6.--The steamer
lArongolian of the Red Cross Line bound
from Philadelphia for Glasgow, Scot
land, is in distress 400 miles off Cape
Race, according to message received
here to-day by Bowring & Company
steamship agents.
The Mongolian was said to be calling
for help and leaking badly. The Red
Cross liner tephano, is about 416 miles
from Halifax and is rushing to the as
sistance of the Mongolian.
A message to Bowring & Company,
agents for the Stephsno from ]. R. Ben
nett, acting premier of New Foundland,
said that the Mongolian had 200 pas
sengers aboard. 1t was upon the pre-
mier's request that the Stephano was
instructed to go to the Mongolian S
assistance. Mr.. Bennett 5 message read
as follows:
urgently request that the Stepha-
no be sent TO assist the Mongohan.
Leaking badly and heading in for Hall.
fax. Consider action urgent
The Mongohan was reported by wire
less yesterday to be returning to Hall.
fax for repairs. 1t was said she began
to leak when 1000 miles off the coas,
of New Foundland. The Mongolian
stopped at ST. Johns on her way from
Philadelphia to Glasgow and it was be
heved in maritime circles here tha,
passengers boarded her at st. Johns.
The Mongolian sailed from Philadel
phia on January % and from st. John:
February s, She is 1890 tons register
and is 29S feet long.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
In Reducing Darda-
nelles Forts Three
Big Vessels of Allied
Fleet Suffer
FIRING LASTED
FOR 7 1-2 HOURS
London Announced Last Night That AL
Forts at Entrance of Dardanelles
Were Reduced by Combined Fleets
of Great Britain and France

Constantinople, Feb. rs, via London,
1888 P. M.-Three warships of the
allies were damaged in the lombard
ment of the Dardanelles forts February
20, according to an announcement given
out to-day at the headquarters of the
Turkish army here. Here is the text
of the announcement.
Ten big armored vessels on Febru-
ary 20 again bombarded the Turkish
forts at the Dardanellec for a period Of
seven and one-half hours. At the con-
clusion of this operation they retired
in the direction of the Island of
Tenedos.
"One ship of the Agamemnon type
and two other armored vessels were
damaged by the fire from the forts ON
the Asiatic side of the straits.''
1t was announced from London last
night that all of the forts at the en-
trance of the Dardanelles had been re.
duced by the combined fleets of Great
Britain and France, a naval force which
had been estimated at something over
thirty vessels.
The English announcement made no
mention of losses, either to vessels or in
men. 1t described the operations as
successful and said they were continu-
ing.
Key to Constantinople
The Dardanelles are the key to Con-
stantinople, and the effort to force them
has been going on since the middle Of
/ December. In possession of this water
way, which is a strait about forty-fve
miles long and from one to three miles
wide between the sea of Marmora and
the Mediterranean, the warships of the
allies would not encounter any serious
difficulty in making their way to Con-
stantinople and training their great
guns on the Turkish capital. Turkey
always has relied upon the strength of
the Dardanelles fortifcations for pro-
lection from attack by sea; their de-
fenses in the sea of Marmora and
around Constantinople have been de-
scribed as relatively unimportant.
| 1t has been declared that with Con-
stantinople in possession of the allies,
vast amount of Russian wheat would
come out from the Black sea and be
distributed to ports in France and
England. The possession of Constanti-
nople also would have the effect Of
driving Turkish naval power and par
| ticularly the former German cruisers
Goeben and Breslau into the Black sea
where they would be without any port
of refuge.
Aeroplanes Assist the Fleet
While the efforts to force the Dar-
danelles have been going on for over
sixty days, the immediate operation
which, according to the British official
announcement, has not resulted success
full, began about week ago. Aero
planes are said to have rendered ma
terial assistance.
/ The Dardanelles were forced in 1907
by an English admiral who made his
way through the sea of Marmora to
Constantinople, but then encountered
much more difficulty in getting back
through the narrow waterway than he
had in going in.
The Agamemnon type of British bat
tleship is of 16,500 tons displacement
and 435 feet long, with main bat
terry of four 12-ineh guns.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
miss ClAMP EXONERATED
SAYS PRINCIPAL miller
He Begs Former Harrisburg Young
Woman Who Got Hello, Girlie,''
Letter to Continue as Teacher, but
She Indignantly Resigns Post
Especial to the star-Independent.)

Especial to the STAR independently
New York Feb. 26.-"No, indeed,
l never am going back to the Gutten.
berg public school again, to teach or
anything else,' snapped Miss Helen
Ida Cramp, formerly of Harrisburg,
as she stood over the trunk she was
packing in her boarding place in Wee.
hawken.
"Why won t 1 60 backi Suppose,
everywhere you went, some one called
out at you: Hello, Girliei' That s
what they have been doing to me ever
since | got up this morning and my
name was brought into that affair with
Charles w. Blackmore, the school trus-
tee, who took me to dinner in a cafe
in New York and wrote that Hello,
Girlie' letter.
81 feel as if everybody 1 meet is
looking at me, and I'm not on dis
play" and Miss Cramp bent low over
her trunk and beat hard at clothing
she was pressing down. She was mad
clear through.
"Where am l goingi Well, IN 60
ing away from here and I'm not com
ing back. First, I'm going to New
York to visit relatives Then 1 IN go
ing to my home in Pennsylvania.
Don't you ask me where my relatives
live. I don t propose having them
brought into old man Blackmore 8 at
teLtions to me. It's hard enough on
me.D
The first thing Miss Cramp did yes.
terday morning, after reading the
newspapers which brought her name
into the Gutenberg School Board con-
troversy, was to call up Principal Mil
ler on the nearest telephone.
els that you, Mr.. Miller7 1t isf''
she said. "Well, have just called you
to let you know 1 have quit-quit for
good"
''But I don Il want you to leave; you
are an excellent teacher" objected
Principal Miller. "You will be exon
Grated from all blame, and I want you
as witness against Trustee Blackmore
if his case comes to trial"
"I have quit" insisted Miss
Cramp. 81 don't propose being a wit.
ness against anybody or making show
of myself longer. Goodbye and she
hung up the receiver.
Half an hour later Miss Cramp was
bound for New York.
Mr.. Blackmore had pothing further
to say last night, having already de.
clared that he proposes to fight being
ousted by the trustees simply because
he took an interest in nice, pretty
little teacher.
The Gutenberg school authorities
received telegram last evening from
Miss Cramps father at Lebanon, Pa.
asking to be kept informed of develop
] ments.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
German Officials and
Ambassador Gerard
Giving the Subject
Much Consideration
REPLY IS TAKING
DEFINITE FORM
Said That American Proposals Are Re-
garded as Constituting Q Salts
factory Basis for Future Negoti-
ations-To Danish Floating Mines

Berlin, Feb. 26, Via London, 10 A.
M.-The American note to Germany
and Great Britain on the subject of
foodstuffs to civilian populations of bel
ligerents and submarines activities at
sea, copy of which was handed to the
German Foreign Office by Ambassador
Gerard the night of February 22, has
been subject of exhaustive discus.
sion, the past two days between the
German imperial authorities concerned
and the American Ambassador.
AS result of this close attention
the German reply is gradually taking
definite form. The correspondent of
the Associated Press has been assured
by a most competent and reliable au-
thority that the American proposals are
regarded as constituting satisfactory
basis for future negotiations and that
they are themselves in many respects
acceptable. Certain of the proposals,
however, will be subjected TO more or
less important notifications.
Impressed With Friendly Spirit
Government officials expressed them
selves as impressed by the friendly
spirit in which these proposals have
been advanced. and the evident desire
on the part of the American admins
tration to reach a solution of the diff
fieufties involved in the present meth
DDS of maritime warfare, to belligerents
and neutrals alike.
The American note probably will not
be published here until German re-
sponse has been sent forward, but there
is good reason to believe that it deals
with three principal subjects, namely
mine and submarine blockade of coasts ;
the use of floating mines, and the entry
of foodstutfs for civilian populations.
1t is difficult to obtain any autheri.
tative expression of opinion CONCERNING
the German point of view ON these
points from any of the imperial govern.
mental departments interested in the
negotiations or to overcome the censor.
ship restrictions in treating of this mat.
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DEPUTY DROPS DEAD AS HE
URGES ITALY TO ENTER WAR

Milan, Italy, Feb. 26, via Rome,
6.15 A. M.-Signor Mosti-Trotti, a
Radical deputy, died suddenly to-day
while he was delivering speech in
favor of the Intervention of Italy in
the war.
Signor Mosti-Trotti was addressing
large crowd in the Verdi theatre. His
remarks stirred the crowd deeply. As
he reached the climax of his speech
amid an unusually enthusiastic burst OF
applause, he suddenly pitched forward
dead.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
ARE Twice AS GENEROUS
HERE AS IN PHILADELPHIA
Citizens of Harrisburg Aiding Home
and War Relief at Rate of One Cent
Each Per week-Musicale to Bene-
fit Red Cross

Comparison of the relief work done
by the Home and War Relief Commit
tee of Harrisburg with that of the
Emergency Aid Committee of Philadel
phia shows that citizens here contrib,
ute nearly twice as much per capita a:
those of Philadelphia.
Harrisburg, with an estimated popu
lation of 10000, is furnishing relief
to the needy families at the rate OF
$500 each week. Philadelphia, with
an estimated population of 1,750,000
is furnishing relief to its needy fam
lilies at the rate of $4,000 each week
This means that Harrisburg citizen;
are contributing money at the rate OF
one cent each per week, while Phila
delphia citizens are contributing at the
rate of slightly more than half a cent
each per week.
More Than $4,000 Collected
Such comparison is highly crafty
ing to the local committee, which
through the Ways and Means Commit
tee, has collected more than $4,000
At first not more than $1,000 was be
lieyed necessary for the handling OF
the winters s relief work.
Need for a continuance of the work
Is apparent, not only to the volunteer
workers in actual touch with condi
tions, but to citizens generally. There
are very many families throughout tn.
city which have no other way to secure
a livelihood than through the work of
fered by the relief committee. If thi:
work stops they will be forced to be
come objects of charity. Persons in 9
position to do so are urged to contrib
ute literally. John F. Sweeney, Mechan
les Trust Company, is treasurer.
Musicale for Red Cross Benefit
A musicale for the benefit of the
Red Cross division fund has beer
planned by Mrs. Roy Cox, vocalist, and
Miss Sarah Lemer, violinist. 1t will bs
given Thursday evening, March IL, in
Fahnestock hall, Y. NJ. C. A. building
A splendid program will be offered.
The entire general committee, which
is serving without pay, requests thai
interested citizens call and inspect tht
work going on daily at headquarters,
South Front street. Office hours ar
from 10 to IL and from until 5, ex
cepting Saturdays, when the houst
closes at noon. Mondays, Wednesday:
and Fridays the four subdivisions may
all be seen working, although the For
eign and Red Cross divisions are 0per
on the other days.