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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
ROTARY OFFICIALS HERE
VIII Speak at Dinner at the Harris
burg Club Tonight

Members of the executive committee
of the international Association of Ro.
tary Clubs arrived in this city at 3.15
o'clock this afternoon from Chicago to
attend dinner of the Harrisburg Ro-
tary Club at Z O'Clock tonight at the
banqut hall of the Harrisburg Club.
They are Frank L. Mulholland, of To-
ledo, president of the international as
sociation; Chesley R. Perry, of Ohica-
go, secretary; Arch c. Klumah, of
Cleveland, director, and William Get
finger, of New York, city director.
Tomorrow is the regular meeting
night of the club. but it has been
changed because of the Inauguration.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Ships WRECKED IN Bic Gale.
Twenty -one OF Crew of British Steamer
Penarth Drowned OF the
Norfolk Coast

London, Jan. is, 2.1S P. NJ
Twenty .one men of the crew of twenty
seven of the British steamer Penarth
were drowned to-day off the Norfolk
coast. The Penarth was sailing for
Hull from the River Plata. She struck
Sheeriugham shoal in heavy gale and
is total wreck. Six survivors from
the Penarth were picked up by a
trawler. The Penarth was small ves-
sci of 1915 tons net.
Another British steamer, the George
Royle, is also believed to have been
wrecked in the same locality. She left
the Tyne for st. Nazaire, France. The
fare of rocket signals was observed by
the coast guard at Cromock but the
steamer disappeared before the life
boat reached the scene.
One of the George Royle's small
boats has come ashore. The fate of
the crew is not known. The George
Royle sailed from Hull December 10.
She was of 1852" tons net,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
BATTLE OF EU1NO MARKED
BY HEAVIEST FIGHTING OF
WAR IN RUSSIAN POLAND

Headquarters German Army in Po-
land, Dec. 20.-(By Courier to Berlin.
Correspondents of the Associated
Press Prom Kutno to the headquar-
ters of General Mackenzen 5 army to
one of the divisions of which the Asso-
eiated Press correspondent has been
temporarily assigned runs one of the
boggy trails over which the German
transport service has done almost super
human working in bringing forward
ammunition and supplies for the opera
tions against Warsaw for the past two
months. Ammunition wagons with
lightened loads barely are able TO strug-
gle along behind three span of horses.
The route runs for 81 miles through
an almost continuous battlefield, scar
red with Russian and German trenches.
Kolo at a crossing on the Warthe
river, was the scene of the first big
engagement of the present campaign.
The battle of Kutne was marked by
some of the heaviest and most sangui-
nary fighting of the war. Loose lies
so miles TO the south of Kutno; Lowiez
for the possession of which a great bat
east of Kutno, and the line of the
Bzura and Rawa rivers, which forms
the present dividing line between the
Russian and the German armies is only
eight or ten miles beyond Lowicz. All
this battling has left its unmistakable
imprint on the country. Trenches, some
of them months old and others on which
the upturned earth is still fresh and
yellow run in all directions. Soldier
graves dot the landscape, the German
mounds marked by R cross and the
spiked helmet of the fallen soldier, the
rarer Russian graves usually showing
the Russian cross with its double cross
bar.
Kutno is the present head of the
railway, which the German railway
corps is rebuilding in the rear of the
army at the rate of from FIVE to eight
miles daily. This railway had been de-
stroyed again and again. The bridges
on it, as General Won Lu6endorff. Won
Hindenburg chief of staff, remarked,
have been most of the time Sin the
air Sidings here were full of Red
Cross trains, admirably arranged coach
es with the beds swung on springs TO
avoid jar. Each train has coaches for
the surgeons and nurses and fully
equipped operating car in which urgent
operations can be performed without
delay.
Here at kutno was also a field laun-
dry in full operation. 1t is transported
by automobile and can be brought into
service almost before boiling water can
be obtained.
At Kutno the first cases of cholera
were reported. The whole region is
'eholera suspect but so far the dis.
ease has been confined almost entirely
TO the civil population.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
J DEATH OF CHARLES MILLER
Funeral of Spanish War Veteran to Be
Held Tomorrow

Charles X. Miller, 1851 Logan street,
died on Friday morning after lingering
illness. The funeral services will be
held from his late home tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Amos
Stamets officiating. Mr.. Miller was a
member of the Augsburg Lutheran
church, member of class II of the
Sunday school and the B. l.. F. and Z.
No. 673. He was fireman on the
Philadelphia division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. He was a Spanish
American war veteran, serving in Com
pany l, Fourth regiment, doing foreign
duty in Porto Rico. He is survived by
his wife, one daughter, Edna, his ia
ther, one sister and three brothers. In
terment will be in the East Harris.
burg cemetery.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
BLUECOA1 DENIES
MEANING TO FIRE



police record and was reputed to be a
"bsd character."
Scott himself said that Banks once
cut man with razor and on another
occasion beat man with a pool cue.
The policeman s story of the shooting
eoineided with those of the Common
wealth witnesses save in several i'm
portant points, notably the converse
tions alleged to have been held between
Scott and Banks.
Scott denied that he fred twice after
Banks made the alleged threat that
81 am going to tell your wife about
you being aown in the park with that
woman." The patrolman said he heard
no such remark and added that he drew
his pistol only because he could not
recover his nightstiek which he had
thrown at Banks.
Even then, he declared, it was not
his intention to shoot, his drawing of
the weapon simply being to scare
Banks. He said the discharge of the
gun was an accident.
Scott Under Cross ss-Examinatton
On cross ss-examination, the District
Attorney called the accused bluecoat s
attention to a statement, it is alleged
Scott made to the county prosecutor
Immediately following the murder, in
which it is held the accused declared
he had intended to shoot over Ranks
head. This Scott declared he could not
recall as having said.
At the suggestion of the District At
torney, Scott placed the revolver, with
which ne shot Banks, in his hip pocket
the gun was not loaded-and then
stood up in the witness stand and was
advised to draw the pistol from his
pocket and "tire'' Just as he had done
when Banks was killed. Like a flash
he pulled it from his pocket and pulled
the trigger as he extended his arm.
Suggestions had been dropped dur.
ing the hearing that had the shooting
been accidental, as Scott contends. the
revolver. when discharged. likely
would have been held at an angle and
the bullet would have taken an up
ward course instead of entering Banks
neck on horizonal line.
The Commonwealth witnesses
The Commonwealth closed its case
on Saturday afternoon after dozen
or more witnesses had been examined
Among them were half dozen colored
men and women, including Banks
brother, William, and Bella Brown.
with whom Banks boarded, all of whom
were actual witnesses to the shooting.
All said that the policeman fred the
fatal shot after he had daringly direct
ed Banks to repeat an assertion con.
Meeting Scott s name with woman
not his wife.
They also said that after the shoot
ing, when Banks lay prostrate on the
floor of his home at 1119 Monroe
street, Scott remarked
Now tell that" They alleged he
subsequently said:
It's no use to holler now. It's all
over
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
LAWMAKERS WILL HOLD
BRIEF SESSION TONIGHT

from
Order Committee, which will have the
local option bill in charge, and Bald
win, of Delaware, will head the Insur-
anee Committee. Habgood, of Mexican,
will be chairman of the Printing Com
mittee, and Wilson, of jefferson, of the
Judiciary General Committee, which
disposes of the four candidates for
House chairmanships are:
Other Committee Chairmansaips
James +. Woodward, Allegheny, Ap-
preparations; Charles ]. Roney, Phila-
delphis, Ways and Means; Thomas F.
MeNiehol, Elections; s. J. Cans, Phila-
delphia, Health and Sanitation; W. d.
Walton, Lawrence, Municipal, Corpora
tions: NJ. K. Hoffman, Lancaster,
Mines and Mining; E. E. Jones, Sus-
quehanna, Roads: James G. Steedle, Al
legheny, Fisheries.
In the Senate the important place
of chairman of the Committee on Exec
utive Nomination. new committee,
to which all nominations made by the
Governor will be eferred-will be
given TO Senator Crow, of Fayette.
chairman of the Republican State Com,
mittee, and he will also get ;ne cnair-
manship of the Committee on Corpora
tions. Senator Salus, of Philadelphia.
will head the Law and Order Commit
tee, which will deal with the local op-
tion measure if ever i. gets as far as
the Senate. and Strawberry Jim Nc
Nichol, of Philadelphia, win head the
Elections COMMITTEES; Ware, of Philadel-
fatn OIL
Committee, and Sproul, of Delaware,
will continue to guide the Committee
on Finance. Clark, of Erie, wall be
chairman of the judiciary deneral
COMMITTEES. and Snyder. of Sehuylkill,
will head the Judiciary Special, known
during the last session as the picking
vat.
Brief Sessions Tonight
The sessions tonight will be brief
and no bills will be introduced until
Wednesday. but arrangements will be
completed for the Inauguration of the
new State officials tomorrow, and there
NAV be few committees arranged for
to attend to special work. Governor
Tener may have few nominations of
notaries, justices and such TO send in.
and that will be all that is expected
from him.
The sessions tomorrow will be very
brief and. outside of the formality of
meeting, there will be nothing done in
the House In the Senate Frank B.
McClsin viii take the oath of Office as
Lieutenant Governor, after which the
Senate will return to the chamber and
adjourn for the day, unless the Chair
desires to announce the new commit
tees, in which case the session will be
prolonged for while
There is talk of both Senate and
House adiourning on Wednesday until
January 25 in order to permit the com
mittees TO get together and organize,
and this would delay the actual work of
beginning legislation until almost the
close of the month.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
FRANK APPEAL DoCKETED
By Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-The habeas
corpus appeal of Leo NJ. Frank, con-
victed of the murder of Mary Phagan,
the Atlanta, Ca, factory girl, was dock
eted to-day in the Supreme Court.
The State of Georgia may now at
any time move to have it advanced for
early hearing. Without such action it
will not be reached in the regular
course of business for nearly eighteen
months.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Public Service Commission

The Public Service COMMISSION VIII
begin its regular session tomorrow
morning, when Walter H. Gather, the
new Commissioner, will sit with the
Commission for the first time. The
Commission will dispose of a large num-
ber of applications for charters and
take up a number of proposed con
tracts between municipalities and pub
lie utility companies.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Reports Of Cannon Firing Untrue

Havana, Jan. 1S.-The reports that
cannon firing had been heard at sea
last night off the coast near Havana
were promptly investigated and found
-'to De untrue. 1t seems that some blast
ing work was being done along the
shore, and that these sounds were taken
for artillery. A British cruiser, believed
to, be the Bristol, is patrolling about
hye miles off the coast outside of
Havana, having relieved another vessel
thought to have been the cruiser Ber-
wick
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Opposing Buying New crusher

Inomas ;. Manning, RepubIican mi
nority member of the Dauphin County
Directors of the Poor, this morning said
he purposely neglected to sign the
$4,000 warrant to pay Cor the Aims
house stone crusher. He added he at
all times has been opposed to buying a
new stone erusher to carry out the
workhouse plan. A secondhand stone
crusher, which would not eoss much, !"
he thought, would have been the thing
to buy.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
To Await Cal, for Funds

At meeting of the Sons of Italy
yesterday afternoon at the headquar-
ters. 321 Market street, there was some
discussion about raising funds for the
relief of victims of the earthquake in
Italy. but definite action was postponed
until the national officers of the society
in New York City send out the call
for financial assistance.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Mrs. Catharine Myers

The funeral of Mrs. Catharine A.
Myers, widow of George w. Myers, who
died on Saturday afternoon, will be
held tomorrow afternoon at o. clock
from the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. A. 8. Brehm, South Second
street. Burial will be in the Harrisburg
cemetery. She is survived by these
children: Mrs. S. "A. Brehm, of Steel
ton; Mrs. William Chambers and Mrs.
George NJ. Coons, of Oberlin; Mrs. John
Pope, of Uniontown; William II. Ny
ers, of this city, and C. A. Rachter My
ers, of Mechanicsburg.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
MRS. WINFIELD EXONERATED
Grand Jury Ignores Charge and Puts
Costs on the County

Mrs. Bertha Winfield, midwife, of
this city, was exonerated of a criminal
charge of procuring an abortion when
the Grand Jury of the January quarter
sessions court ignored the bill against
her. The costs were put upon the
county.
The charge was brought by county
officers after physicians had been called
into home in the lower end of the
COUNTY where Mrs. Winfield had been
acting in professional capacity, +
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Mrs. Sadie @. Yeager

The funeral of Mrs. Sadie c. Yeager,
wife of A. L. Yeager, who died at the
Harrisburg hospital Saturday, will be
held at the home of her mother at New
port tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
Burial will be private. The body was
taken to Newport this afternoon at
LAO O'Clock by Undertaken Charles
Mauk.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Mrs. Elmina Darby

The funeral of Mrs. Elmina Darby,
rs years old, who died Saturday at her
home, 446 Cumberland street, will be
held Wednesday morning at IL clock.
Burial will be private. Mrs. Darby is
survived by three sons, William F.,
Steelton; George W., this city, and L.
Wayne.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Electrocution Fixed

Governor Tener to-day fixed the week
of April 8 for the electrocution of Mic
olo Mordallo, the Fayette county mur-
derer. Mordallo murdered woman
named Lillian Leonard.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Mines Resume on opeu 1shou Rax,.

wheeling, W. Va, Jan. 1S.-A num-
Der of mines in the East Ohio coal field
were opened to-day on the open shop
basis, but reports to the officers of the
United Mine Workers declared that
comparatively few men were at work.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Snhst;tut;ons Ua,rishuro O.

.Substitutions, Harrisburg, Story for
Wolfe, Gebhard for Kessack. Field
goals, Chaffey, 8; Keiser, 8; Kessack.
3; Smith, Q; Wolfe, 2; Brandt, 2; Wells.
l; Gebhard, 4. Foul goals, Chaffey.
1S; Brandt, 8. Fouls committed. Har.
risburg, %; Reading, Is. Referee.
White. Timekeeper, Miller. Scorer.
Hecker. Time, Commute halves.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
WHARTON FIvEs CLASH

The Wharton School five of Harris
burg defeated the Wharton School five
of Reading in Cathedral hall Saturday
night by the score of Al to rs. The
Harrisburgers grabbed a safe lead at
the start and were never topped. Geb-
hard and Brandt played Harrisburg 5
best game, while Chaffey and Keiser
starred for Reading. The lineup:
Reading. Harrisburg.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Mrs. Margaret Whitnvsr

Mrs. Margaret Whitmyer, ga years
old, wife of William Whitmyer, 2120
Jefferson street, died from the effects
of stroke of apoplexy this morning at
9.15 O clock.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
coombs signs With Brooklyn nationals

Palestine, Tex, Jan. 1S.-Jack
Coombs, former pitcher for the Phila-
delphia Americans, announced he had
signed contract here to-day with the
Brooklyn Nationals.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Philadelphia Closing Prices
Chicago Grain Market Closing
BN ASsOcinted PresS-

Chicago, Jan. 1S.-Close:
Wheat-May, 142A; July, 1853.
Corn-May, 1875; July, 1914.
Oats-May, Sc; July, 53%.
Pork-January, 1880; May, 1915
Lard-January, 1912; May, 1920
Ribs--January, 1000; May, 1910
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
COURT HOUSE
10 COURT CASES CONTINUED
Tuesdays Gases Win Not Be Tried I'm
til After Inaugural

The ten common pleas court eases
listed for trial to-day either were set
tied or marked continued until the next
term and the jurors were excused until
Wednesday morning, tomorrow ses.
sion being postponed because of the in
augural ceremonies, The eases listed
for trial on Tuesday will be taken up
on Wednesday and others follow IN or
der.
An agreement was reached in the
suit of Harper t. Bressler VS.. the Will
hams Valley Water Company, a cause
listed for trial tomorrow, whereby
Judgment will be entered in favor of
the plaintiff in the sum of $4,000, the
money to be paid with interest within
thirty days. The costs are to be paid
by the plaintiff.
Verdicts were taken in dozen tax
cases, by agreement of counsel. the to-
tai amount of which is $4,242.7S.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
CARA mexico President
With Blanco, Robles and vasconcelos,
Deposed Head of Government
Seeks Refuge in Pachuca

Mexico City, Jan. 1S.-General
Rogue Gonzales Garza was designated
as Provisional President of Mexico Sat,
urday night by the convention here,
over which he has presided, to serve un-
til January 1, 1916.
The former Provisional President.
General Eulalio Gutierrez, together
with Generals Blaneo, Robles and Jose
Vasconcelos. left Mexico City Yesterday
morning at clock for Pachuea, ffty-
five miles northeast.
In electing CARA, the convention
declared itself supreme, and until new
President is elected has assumed all the
legislative, executive and judicial pow,
ers.
Martial law has been proclaimed by
General Cara and the city is patrolled
by mounted police. He is the seventh
man to take the office since the eleetion
OF Porhrio DiaZ for a six-year term in
lsIU. The news of the sudden change
of affairs in Mexico City was received
In Villista circles here last night.
Washington, Jan. 1S.-When Gener.
al Gutierrez left Mexico City Yesterday
morning he took with him most of the
troops garrisoning the capital. State
Department advices indicated that Gu
terrez's present command is 5000
strong and officials here infer that few
soldiers remained in the capita. rom
the fact that the first act of General
CARA, the new Provisional President,
was to utilize the police force temper.
arily for military purposes.
The State Department is particularly
anxious to know whether Gutierrez
had abandoned all claims to the Pro-
visional Presidency or had gone to Pa
chuce with part of his Cabinet to set
up government there in defiance of
the conventionalist faction in Mexico
City.
So far there has been no confirmation
of reports that Villa and Zapata have
broken off friendly relations.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Wills Probated

Wills Probated
The will of Henry D. Miller. late of
Washington township, was probated
this morning and letters testamentary
granted to his daughter. Jennie h. Mil.
Ter. No letters, were granted on the
estate of Peter Weaver, Williamstown.
whose will was probated to-day. On. the
estate of Lydia Shuman, late of Jack.
son township, letters were issued to Mi
nerva Forney. Walter s. Young, of Ly
kens, got letters on the estate of the
late Carolina Kohler.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-18
Damage Suit Filed

Damage Suit Filed
A claim for $3.50 is contained in a
damage suit filed to-day by Benjamin
Behrens. of Hummelstown. against
DIR. c. f. l.. Keene, of this city. The
plaintaiff claims DIR. Keene, on October
II, last, backed his auto across Berry
hill street, this city, so that it struck
and wrecked Behrens market wagon,
Mrs. Behrens, who was seated in the
conveyance, it is alleged, was thrown
out and injured W. L. Loeser filed the
papers.
Marriage License
Charles Benaskie and Mary Kozen.
Williamstown.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-07-31
Quaint Pilgrim Hats We're
Like Those John Alden Wo,,

first cool days in autumn arrf,.
VIII cast aside her hot wear --liiady
fox fur set and don a costnml Whits
silk mousseline. Thin fabries Sheer
be all the 60 for the fall So ca. a.e to
your chiffons, wells and oarye. ss' oat
sgGh and prepare to lay off vour fn sua
till next summer. Iufs
velvet hats are getting thick .s
not only on the wax figures tbo. peas
meltlnGly cut of smart Fifth ga 8
shop windows these seorebinp d,'eIue
on real live figures on the ys ogt
looking in. Most of the new ,usslde ,i'S.
shapes are broad of brim and flot ltvi'ei !
crown and simply adorned with y
Of gourra, a chic wing or r;on.t ot
ribbon bow. They are usually ~ ftIaIt Ham
velvet, although many strikiro uaS'I p,stE
are shown in bright royal pprnIo I'aes ass
few in deep almost black broa' ~ alu
shade or so darker than last season. sou
popular tete de nigre. 0'OnS
One safe and sane note is bo;
sounded for fall footwear II rron'iag uJ,ng
TO be season of shoes. Racl no's nN5
side laeings are to be put in +Sa.1 u
proper place and the rainbow affae,l
of colored kid are looking forward 10
black days. Won't your poor ga5izos
ed feet be surprised and GLAD 70 Ir
once more in neat bu- no,
gaudy black kid shoes and boots l,cos
or buttoned discreetly up the FROM
agalnt Indeed our understan5;na,
have been kidded extensively tbis sns
mer and it seems about time thew ,ro-.
receiving a little serious consideration
Take a long breath and then mil
your corset strings and tie 'em tigbt
The wasp waist is really and truly On,
ng to appear in our midst this fan
Naturally it would appear in our midst
t 1t appeared at all but then we a,o
10 used to things appearing unnatural
y that it should not surprise if a WASH
waist had alighted on our sboulder.
'lade or even an eye brow. Corset
makers are busy revising their model
tays for the autumn figure and com.
ort and good health are preparirc
o torsake us in the imminent an.
roach of an eighteen.inch waist meas.
re.
Thus you have a resume of tls
changes affecting our heads
UT feet and our midsts that this fail
'e will fall heir to.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-07-31
Woman Rewarded
For Years of Toll

Eugene, Ore, July 81, - Property
worth $4,000, is the reward TODAY of
Elizabeth Murray, who for thirteen
years faithfully cared for the late
James Sanford, an eccentric bachelor,
without salary.
Miss Murray worked for Sanford al
SL5O week until l3 years ago when
he proposed that if she would care for
hlm without pay the remainder of his
ME he would leave her his property.
She acquiesced
When Sanford died an unsigned deed
purporting to leave property 10 his
housekeeper was found. Relatives con
tested its validity.
Judge Skipworth late yesterday de-
'ided in favor of the housekeepcr