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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
KILLSHEaSTER ON STAGE
Algerian Dancers Brother Then Shoots
Unfortunately at Entertainers
and Into Audience
By associated Press.

San Francisco, March 19.-An Al
gerian dancer, known as the princess
Turkait, member of a ballet in a
Russian amusement concession at the
Panama-Paeitie Ex xfosition, was shot
and instantly killed last night by her
brother, Isaas bizraki. Lizraki then be-
gan firing indiscriminately at the en-
tertainers on the stage and into the
audience, causing panic.
The zone" theatre, in which the
shooting occurred. was crowded when
Lizraki entered, brandishing a pistol.
He began firing at once and his sister
fell with a bullet through the heart. One
of the male entertainers on the stage
was shot in the arm. The spectators
made a rush for the doors. None of
them was injured.
Lizraki had fired half dozen shots
before group of soldiers from the
Presidio military reservation seized ana
disarmed him. He was arrested and
taken to the police station. No reason
for the shooting vas learned.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
They Exonerate Him
of the Charge of In
voluntarily Killing
Miss Maugans
TEN WITNESSES
ARE QUESTIONED
Son of Former Register of Wills Is
Found Not to Have Been Response
BILE for Fatal Auto Crash That oc-
CURED on New Years

John j. HargeSt, Jr., who drove the
automobile on the night of January /
last, that crashed against a Valley rail
ways trolley ear at Front and Walnu,
streets, resulting in the death of Miss
Grace MauganS and injuries to three
other occupants of the machine, to-day
was exouerated by the March Grand
Jury which ignored the charge of in.
voluntary msnslaughter that had been
brought against him.
largest, who is son of John ].
Hargest, former Register of Wills of
Dauphin county, had been arrested ano
released under $4,000 bail after the
death Of Miss MauganS. A Coroner 3
jury, following hearing Immediately
after the accident, decided that Har.
gest was negligent in not having mis-
automobile under control as it ap,
preached the street intersection where
the crash occurred
Half dozen of the ten witnesses. in.
cluding members of the trolley crew.
who testified before Alderman Hilton a,
preliminary hearing a week ago, de.
clared that largest immediately before
the accident had been driving he auto
at Il fast rate of speed down Front
street. None of those witnesses, how
ever, attempted to fix the rate of speed
at which the ear was going.
The largest ease was one of two
the Grand Jury ignored this morning.
The jurors report to the Court was re-
eeive6 BY Judge Hunkel without com.
ment. The Grand Jury, as is customary.
conducted its inquiry into the largest
case in secret, but check marks opposite
the names of the witnesses on the back
of the blank indietmentr as drawn
mp by the District Attorney. indicated
those who testified.
Assistant District Attorney Frank r.
WrckerSham, who is presenting the
eases to the Grand Jury at this court
term, made the cheek marks as a guide
to himself. The witnesses included
Iounty Detective James T. Walters. Ed
ward Stauffer, c. A. Lafever. George
lampaS. Clair Smell. Edward Cooper.
,Iohn II. Early. Annie Gambler, Harry
M. Reeser and Ira Reeser.
DR.. Fred Coover. vino attended Miss
MauganS immediately following the ac-
eident, apparently did not testify, as no
mark appears opposite his name. The
words mot found are opposite the
name of Lacharias Bamberger. To the
right of the names of William L. and
Daisy Gambler il written: Excused
for March,
The occupants of the auto, at the
time Of the crash. in addition to Har.
Sest and Miss Maugans, were Miss
Lillian Swails. who was severely in
iured; T. Elder Cleckner and Samuel
Neoer, both of who, were hurt, but not
So seriously.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
ZEPPELIN BOMBS DROPPED |
IN Calais KILL Z PERSONS|

Calais, Via Paris, March 10, 5.1o|
A. MA shower of shrapnel from|
French artillery greeted the Zeppeliu|
which raided this city Thursday night
and dropped bombs, which killed seven|
persons, without damaging ,ne ra,lroad|
station, at which they were aimed. The|
characteristic throbbing of the Zeppe-
Inns engines gave warning of the air |
ships approach between midnight and
l a. m.
The rays of powerful searchliglts !
We're turned upon the clouds in an eff !
fort to locate the aerial invader. butt
the German craft few high above the
banks of dark clouds and for sume time|
was invisible. Finally, however, Id
came into view and the artillery was
trained upon the airship. Notwith
standing the bombardment, it dropped
several bombs, which missed their tar
gent, and then made off as rapidly as
possible.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
BROWN FAVORS Retaining
MOTION Picture CENSORS
Attorney General Comes Out Flatfoot-
edly Against Plan of Exhibitors to
Repeal the Law Responsible For
Existence of Present Board

Attorney General Brown, Govern
or Brumbaugh legal advisor, let it be
known to-day that he regards with
scant favor the attempt to repeal the
act providing for censorship of NOV
ing pictures in this State, and the con-
sequent adjustment of the offices of
chief censor, now held by Louis Brett
niger, of Philadelphia, and his assist
ant.
A bill to abolish the censorship is
now before the House, and the moving
picture men have been quite active in
furthering its passage. They argue that
there is no necessity for a legalized
censorship as the greatest care is taken
In the making of pictures so that they
will not offend the morals of the State.
That Mr.. Breitinger is worried over
the situation was seen this week when
he called on Attorney General Brown
to ask that he take hand in opposi-
tion to the attempt to abolish his of.
fee.
Attorney General Brown said to-day
that he favored censorship.
Mr.. Breitinger was in to see me
yesterday" said the Attorney General,
"and after l had heard what he had
to say l told him very plainly that his
duty is to enforce the law no matter
what the eitieisms or attacks are made
on him. The law is there, very plain,
and all he has to do is to enforce it,
and that is what told him to do.
'Of course, there should be a GEN.
sorship of moving pictures in Pennsyl-
vania. 1t is so in other States, and is
Pennsylvania to take a step backward
nowf / don I think so. Mr.. Breitinger
may be subjected to knocks, but any
man in a public position must expect
to be knocked. 1t is part of the stock
in trade of some people to knock, and
it is expected by those who are the
subject of their knocking.
eyes, | regard the repeal of the
moving picture censorship law in
Pennsylvania as step backward. and
people in Pennsylvania will not stand
for it.
"There has been marked improve
ment in the character of motion pie
lures in this State since censorship
was established here.''
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
TO START PAVING april /
Contractors Receive Orders From the
City to Get on the Job-Fast
Work Done on Sewers

In line with his plan to have all
city improvement work in full swing
by April l, William H. Lynch, Com.
missioner of Highways, to-day sent ad-
diuonal notice to the Central Construe.
tion Supply Company, paving con
tractors, directing it at once to assem-
bic material for paving sections of
Emerald, Nineteenth and Market
streets.
Unless the weather and river con
dltlons prevent it, work will be begun
on the river dam; the intereepter sew
er protecting wall and the Paxton
creek job during the first week in
April. These jobs will give employment
to hundreds of men. Work ON the
smaller jobs, such as sewers, laying of
water pipe and street grading, also will
De carried ON materially relieving con
ditlons of unemployment.
William H. 0pperman, a contractor
on several city jobs, this week estab.
ilshed record by completing within
four days 450-foot section of twelve
lneh sewer pipe. Opperman employed
forty-eight men on this job, fully fifty
per cent more than he would ordinarily
engage, and he wound. up the work this
afternoon. 1t was sewer in Third
and Geiger streets.
Inc contractor also completed work
to-day on the Twentieth street sewer
and ON Monday he expects to begin op
erations on the proposed twelve and
nfteen-ineh sewers in Second and Mar
ket streets and Market Square.
The first big paving job to be done
TINS year will take in Derry street.
from Twenty-third to Melrose, Sec
tion nearly mile leng.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
HURRY repairs TO EITEL:
british CRUISERS WAIl

Newport News, Va, March 19.-Ma.
cbinists of her crew are working dav
and night on the German auxiliary
cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, but SC
far Commander Theirichens has made
no formal reply to Collector Hamilton 4
repeated requests for definite state
ment OF the time he wants to put his
ship in condition for sea.
Meantime British cruisers continud
to lie off the Virginia eapes in wait fod
the Germain raider, and the belied
grows that the Prinz Eitel eventualld
will be interned
No arrangements had yet been madd
to-day for disposing of the rs unde|
sirable immigrants which the Prinz Eli
tel took from the sunlen French lined
Floride.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
WOMAN HELPLESS FOR HOURS
Mrs. Margaret Amweg, 81, Lay on
Floor of Her Room for Two DAYS

Having fallen between her bed ana
a steam radiator as she was preparing
to retire Tuesday night, Mrs. Margaret
Amweg, 81 years old, who lived alone
in a room on the third floor of an
apartment house, 225 North Second
street, was dangerously near death
from exhaustion when City Detective
lbach opened her door with a skeleton
key last evening and released her aft.
er forty-eight hours without care or at.
tention.
Mrs. Amweg is the descendant of
one of the oldest families in Harris
burg, being a daughter of Frederick
Fen who came to this city from Con-
necticut when Harrisburg was but a
village. She was taken to the Harris
burg Hospital where she responded to
treatment. Her condition is slightly
better to-day.
Persons who live in the apartment
house became alarmed over not having
seen her for so long and, discovering
her door locked, sent for Detective
Ibach who released the aged woman.
DR.. j. E. Dickinson said she was suffer.
ing from exhaustion and recommended
that she be sent to the hospital.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
Senator Lewis Depicts.
Dire Di S a S ter to
America In the Event
of War
TELLS HOW ENEMY
COULD ATTACK US
In Address to Missouri Legislature the
Illinois Statesman Points Out the
Weak Spots Where the United
States Would Suffer
By Associated Press.

Jefferson City, Mo-, March 10
Warning that the United States must
now decide on definite foreign policy
was given by Senator James Hamilton
L. Lewis, of Illinois, who addressed
the Missouri Legislature to-day.
Senator Lewis said the United
States should decide whether she would
retain the Philippines and maintain
two large fleets to resist aggression on
the part of foreign powers, or the
United States must decide to leave the
Philippines and return to the tradi-
tional policy of isolation.
Seizing of China by Japan
"Should the United States find it
necessary to make a protest against ia
pan forcibly seizing China, Japan
would probably exact of her present al
lies-England, France and Russia
support for her against the United
States," said Senator Lewis. Then
America would be confronted with a
remarkable situation. Should Japan,
in conjunction with China, be forced to
vent the grievance of her people by
war, she would seize the Philippines
and then would seize Hawaii as the
base from which to intercept our fleet
on its way to recover the Philippines.
Then Russia, the ally of japan, would
seize Northern Alaska.
'This would divide our army and
navy. England, because of her alliance
with Japan, could render no aid to the
United States in Canado or Alaska
nor would she dare to do so in view of
English possessions and English citi-
zens in Japan and China.
Central America, which has a
grievance against us because Of the
claim that we forcibly took Panama,
might lend itself to aid our foes by
destroying the Panama Canal to pre-
vent our fleet in the Atlantic and Pa
cific from joining.
But One of Two Courses
"It is plain that the United States
has but one of two courses. Either we
must come out of the Philippines and
remove any governmental interest from
the Far East or we must maintain. an
Atlantic fleet large enough to cope with
combined Europe and Pacific fleet
large enough to combat the combined
Orient
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
Attorney General Has
Bill Designed to Help
Solve the Highways
Problem
TO BE OFFERED
NEXT MONDAY
Governors Legal Adviser wants State
to Share More in Benefits of Its
Mineral Resources-would Replace
Present Law

Attorney General Brown finished the
preparation to-day of bill TO be pre-
sented to the Legislature ON Monday
night placing a tax on anthracite coal,
the only feature of it yet to be agreed
upon being the amount per ton taat is
to be levied. This tax will be for the
exclusive use of building new highways
in Pennsylvania and establishing =
good roads system throughout the State.
Il see no reason why Pennsylvania s
vast mineral resources should not be
taxed for the permanent benefit of
Pennsylvania said the Attorney Gen.
eral. ''We are standing by and see.
ing the State stripped of her great
wealth to be given TO residents of 9th
er States, aud it is about time Penn.
sylvania, as 4 State, should claim her
share.
81 have letter from prominent
resident of Arizona, man who has
been there for many years, and he
complains bitterly of the manner in
which Arizona has been stripped of her
mineral wealth until now she is COM
paratively without such resources
And. Furthermore. he says that outSid-
ers reaped the benefits and Arizona got
nothing.
PENNSYLVANIA should wake up to
what is going on and demand her share
of her mineral wealth for State pur-
poses.
1.-The bill will place tax on anthra-
cite coal, and tine money raised by this
taxation is to be devoted exclusively to
the making of good roads-not for the
maintenance Of roads, but to the max
ing of roads "
The opinion expressed by legislators
to-day was that should the bill prepared
by Attorney General Brown become n
law il will. act as repeater to the
present law taxing anthracite coal, the
constitutionality of which is in dis.
pute in tine courts.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
MRS. William ]. LESCURE
dies. victim OF Stroke
Daughter of the Late Colonel John
Motter Had Attack of Paralysis
More Than weeA Ago-of An
Old Dauphin County Family

Mrs. Alice Motter l,escue. wife of
cure 4 Snavely, stock brokers. died at
4.s0 o'clock this morning at her home,
sos North Second street. She suffered
a stroke of paralysis on Wednesday of
last week while At the Commonwealth h
Hotel, was taken to the Office of her
husband nearby and later to her home.
Mrs, Lescure was a daughter of the
late Colonel and Mrs. John Motter.
The family has been among the most
prominent in the city and county. Col.
onel Motter was horse dealer at the
time of the Civil war and was one of
the most widely known men in that
business in the State. He also had an
important place in financial circles in
this city and large farming interests in
the county, near Highspire.
Mrs. LeScure, besides her husband.
left three sons, peForest, John and
William; one daughter, Alice, and FIVE
sisters, Mrs. J. Rowe. Fletcher. Mrs.
William NJ, Hahn and Mrs. John Barr
MeAlister, all of this city; Mrs. ]. II.
Manifold. of York, and Mrs. ]. IL.
Tinker, of Pittsburgh.
MIS- Leisure was resident oil dar-
risourg all her life. She had been ac-
tive at all times in charity work. Not
only was she interested in local ehari.
table organizations but her henevol-
enee took the form of direct aid 10 the
needy aS well. She was member of
Zion Lutheran church and of auxiliary
organizations of that church. and of
the Womeu's 5 Aid Society of the Has.
riSburg hospital.
Funeral services will be held on
Monday afternoon at o'clock. The
Rev. 5. Winfield Herman, pastor of
Zion Lutheran church, will ofiiciate, as
sisted by the Rev. Ellis y. Kremer,
pastor of Salem Reformed church.
Burial will be in the Harrisburg eeme.
terry.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
AUTO IN DITCH 4 DAYS
Machine Stolen in Philadelphia Recov
cred Near Dauphin

A Ford automobile which laid in the
culvert east of Dauphin from Thursday,
when it ran over the bank, until Sun.
day was sent to its owner in Philadel-
phia to-day. The machine was stolen
last Wednesday at Fifty-frst and Mar.
ket streets, Philadelphia, and the fol-
lowing night was badly damaged when
its driver ran it over the bank near
Dauphin.
The machine was taken out of the
eulvert by local auto dealer ON Sun.
day and to-day sent to its owner. -Four
Philadelphia boys are believed to have
stolen the machine.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
LOOK UP PALMER'S S EXPENSES
Stranger" on the Hill Inquire Where
They Can Be Found on File

Inquiry as being made on Capitol
Hill yesterday by two mysterious
strangers" as to where they could find
the expense bill of former Congressman
A. Mitchell Palmer for his campaign
as candidate for United States SEN
ator last year. They were directed to
the State Department, where all ex.
pense bills are filed, but up noon to-day
they had not yet reached the State De-
partment.
1t was suggested that it may be the
purpose to get hold of Mr.. Palmer q
expense bill to examine it in connection
with scrutinizing his record before his
nomination by President Wilson, as a
judge of the United States Court of
Claims, is passed upon in the next ses.
sion of the United States Senate.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
With the Fleet at Target Practice

Lieutenant Commander Neo C. Kafb-
fus, chief navigator of the Atlantic feet
of battleships, and Lieutenant Com
mander Harry C. Brinser, chief engineer
OF the fleet, both Harrisburg boys, are
I'D the nagship Wyoming in Guantanamo
bay, where the feet is engaged in tar,
get practice. Lieutenant Kalbfus writes
to friends here that some wonderful
shooting has been done by the gunners
of the fleet.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
TRI-sTATE FUNERAL TO-DAY
w. Harry Baker Representing Local
Club at Final League Meeting

w. Harry Baker, president or the
Pennsylvania Exhibition Company,
owners of the Harrisburg franchise in
the Tri-State League, attended the flu
neral of the league in Philadelphia to-
day,
All the bonds of the different clubs,
except Reading, which was held until
players salaries were settled, had been
lifted before to-day. A meeting at
which the leagues affairs would be
wound up was held in Philadelphia this
afternoon.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
Britain Mobilizing Women For War

London, March 10, 12.43 P. NJ
The government is proceeding with the
plan to mobolize women to replace men
needed in the war Upward of 700
women willing to substitute for men
have been registered during the past
twentyfour hours.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19

London, March 10, 4.07 P. M.-The
British steamer Blueiacket, with wheat
from Liverpool has been torpedoed by
a German submarine off Beachy Head.
The crew took to the boats. The
steamer, although badly damaged, re-
mained afoat.
The steamer Hyndford was of
2,775 tons net burden She was 376
feet long and was built at Port Glas-
gov in 1906. She was owned by the
Scottish Ship Owners Company, of
Glasgow.
The Bluejacket was of 2,271 tons.
She was 336 feet long, was owned by
G. Hallet, of Cardiff, and was built at
Sunderland in 1904.
Beachy Head is promontory on the
south coast of England, projecting into
the English channel about 20 miles east
of Brighton
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
Continued on Fourth PAGE
Old Printer Suffers Stroke

John Felker, "a years old, well.
known retired printer, was stricken
with stroke of apoplexy in the store
of the Scheffer estate, Fl South Second
street, this morning. He was taken to
his home in the nolice ambulance. His
condition is serious
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
Turkish Shells Hit warshins

Paris, March 1S, 1.30 A. M.-An
artillery duel in the Dardanelles be.
tween Turkish shore batteries and war
ships protecting allied mine sweepers,
lasted from midnight until 2 a. m. YES.
terday says an Athens dispatch to the
Havas Agency, based upon informa-
tion from Tenedos. The warships are
reported to have been struck bv sew.
eral shells but the damage done was
slight. Two shore batteries were silen.
ced.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
WALL STREET CLOSING
BIZ Associated Press.

New York, March 19.-New points
of strength developed in the final hour,
with greater activity in the Pacifcs
and other railway issues. Bethlehem
Steel increased its gain to five points
The closing was strong. No traces of
the reactionary tendency recently
manifested by the stock market were
visible to-day, the entire list MOVING
upward.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
SUCCESSFUL AUTOMOBILE
SHOW ON HOME Stretch
If Business Continues Tomorrow Night
Will Close Record Exhibitions That
Will Be Hard to Beat in the Flu
ture-Small Cars Being Sold

The automobile shows in the West
End are entering on the last stretch of
the most successful shows in the his
tory of the industry in Harrisburg.
Former exhibits have been outdistanee l
in the point of attendance and real
business. There is not one exhibitor
in any show who has not had returns
for the effort expended in making a
pleasing display. The shows will close
tomorrow night.
Tomorrow is expected TO be ban
ner day if the weather man is only a
blt indulgent Special efforts to en-
tertain the crowds will be made. The
winners of the door prizes at each show
will be announced as soon as possible
tomorrow night. This has been an in
teresting side feature all week.
More attention is being paid to the
small ears this season than ever be-
fore. The little machines are being
developed TO mechanical perfection and
some of them have real body design.
The reduction in price of these cars
and the resulting cheapness of upkeep
will make automobiles this season in
great numbers. While the great ma
jority of people are admiring the big
ears at the dual shows they are paving
the attention of real purchaser to the
smaller ears on display. The develop
ment of this class of automobile is one
OF the features of the 1915 auto pro-
duction. All of the best known makes
of small ears are represented at the
two shows
At Kelker Street Han
Entering their first show with appre-
hension, the Capital City Automobile
Dealers Association, with an excellent
showing of cars of reputable manufao-
turers, will end it satisfied that thev
have done we'll Manager B. r. john
son has well-appointed exhibit that
Continued on Fourth Page
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-19
z MORE british VESSELS
TORPEDOED BY CERMANSIN
english Channel TODAY

Glasgow, Scotland, March 10, Via
London, S.45 p. M.-The British
steamer Hyndford was torpedoed Co
day in the English channel by Ger.
man submarine. 1t is reported that
one member of her crew was killed.
This steamer was torpedoed in the ia,
Norite hunting. ground of the Gergit
submarines off Beachy Head while she
was proceeding for London under her
own steam.