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constantinople. Aug. ~.

EOnBthntlnople, Aug. II.
VWTHEN Lieutenant Sidney d.
Nv Hancock, flying over the
p" Turkish defenses of the
Dardenelles recently, dropped a
shell on the Hymeneal Palace of
Justinian, where lies buried the
Empress Theodore, SILVER went
over Turkey. For over the empire
Of the Crescent hangs the prophecy
OF the famous Queen:
when the foes of my faith
come conquering, they shall
know my grave and let me
sleep;
When the friends Of my faith
come conquering. they shall
know not, and move me from
my bed"
To the English lines has leaked
the story from the Turks that the
English aviator's bomb fell near
the foot Of Theodora's tomb, break
ing the effigy in half, so that the
splendid wanton now sits half
upright, staring with sightless eyes
for the coming Of the Christians
"of her faith"
The Palace OF Joy, in which
Theodore lived for almost three
years before she was successful in
manipulating the passage of the
law which enabled Justinian to
marry her and make her empress,
was built at her request. A native
or Cyprus, that island of olive
groves circled by the blue waters
Of the Mediterranean, Theodore
loved the sea. To please her within,
the great Justinia built this palace
on the very extremity OF a point OF
land jutting out into the Sea of
Marmora, just before Il narrows in.
to the Dardanelles. Two Summers,
at least, after she became empress,
Theodore spent there, and its name
was changed TO the Hymeneal Pal
ace. Then the former circus girl
thought its beauties not sufficiently
magnificent for her, and she lived
in Summertime thereafter in a pal.
ace built by the emperor on the
Asiatic side OF the Bosphorus.
The columns OF the Hymeneal
Palace, stepping daintily down into
the waters OF the Sea of Marmora,
have made an ideal landing place
for Turkish troops and munitions.
AS q dwelling place, the palace has
long been a ruin, but most Of the
columns still remain and II is not
all unroofed.
Rumor tells that beneath the pal
ace-as. indeed. beneath every pal.
ace where Theodore made her home
are many underground passages
and dungeons. II Is known tat
these have been used as a store.
house for explosives by the Otto
man forces defending that Call.
polls peninsula. II was these stores
that the British aviator was trying
70 destroy. According to his own
report, his own shell exploded, do
ing considerable damage, but the
underground stores, In dungeons
carved out Of the solid rock, were
not detonatec by the shock.
Owing TO its position. the Hymen-
cal Palace is safe from destruction
by the allied fleets as long as the
Smelling is from the side OF the
Aegean Sea. Should, however, the
Bosphorus be forced and the garri-
son entrenched on the peninsula be
attacked from the Sea OF Marmora
side, Il Is probable that the Hy-
meneal Palace would be blown TO
atoms, as Il is I'm the direct line OF
fire from the Turkish forts COM
handing that inland sea.
II is OF a character with the
extraordinary force OF Theodora's
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life that over thirteen hundred
gears after she has passed away
her memory should still be power
ful. History records no stranger
life than hers, raised from a ribald
clown to the throne OF the Byzan.
tine Emperors. the august mistress
OF the world. So marvellous was
her personal force, so unbridled
her passions and so Vindictive was
her revenge that Procopius OF
CaesaPea, her backstairs BIZ
ographer, declares that she was
demon rather than Queen.
There is a skuddering horror in
that medieval Greek relic OF Pro.
copias called Anecdotes" which
bears out the general belief OF her
time that there was something in
human in Theodore. No student
or Byzantine history can fail to
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note the fear OF her that swayed
the whole world IN the century In
which she lived. There is some
thing so characteristic OF Theodore
in the figure OF the broken effigy,
as reported half-sitting, listening
eagerly TO the fighting overhead
and the groans OF dying and
wounded that it creates instant
belief.
Daughter of an animal-trainer,
Aeacius. the keeper of the bears"
Theodore made her first entrance
into the spotlight. soon after her
fathers death. All the political
rings" and all the church fac
tions were allied TO the blue" or
the green" parties OF the circus,
the colors being worn by char
ioteers I'm the races. For over two
hundred years bitter party rivalry
Copyright, 1918,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
NEW STAFF FOR "TATLER"
Members Of Tech Publication to Issue
First Number in Nav

At meeting of the Technical High
school "Tattler staff, at the home OF
Milton Garland, editor -in-chief, new
members were elected. They will edit
the May issue of the school paper and
begin their duties this year alone.
When business was in order Mil.
ton Garland, who was presiding, ex.
planned that John Boyson, who has
for the last year. been editor of
school notes department, was the only
candidate for the Office of editor.in.
chief, and he was accordingly elected
unanimously to the office. The other
men elected are as follows: Associate
editor, Joe Todd; sports, McCurdy; ex.
change, Frank Wolfe; alumni. Kenneth
Stark; teehnicalities, George Stack and
Charles Snyder; advertising manager,
Worcester; assistant advertising man.
ayers, W. Nathan, R. Evans.
Late in the evening refreshments
were served to the following members
of this years staff:
Milton Garland, Stanley Golden,
Franklin Metzler, Glenn Melville. Sam.
uel McIlhenny, Webber Knight, Gar.
ence Beck, William Britseh, John
Yoder, John Boyson, John Todd.
Franklin Metzler was awarded the
largest plate of ice cream for guessing
the correct number of beans in a dish
earlier in the evening.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
nued on Ninth Page.
.MC0RMICK FOR PARTY POST
Washington Dispatch Says He Will BIZ
Candidate for Committeeman

Candidate for Committeeman
The probabilities are that the Demo.
cratic State Committee will be called to
meet some time in June to elect a sue.
cessor to A. Mitchell Palmer as Demo-
cratic National Committeeman. Ac.
cording to a Washington dispatch,
Vance c. Mccormick, of this city. will
be candidate. Mr.. Mccormick was
out OF the city to-day and could not be
interviewed.
A second candidate is Congressman
John J. Casey, of Wilkes Barre. who
succeeded Mr.. Palmer as a member of
the Congressional Ways and Means
Committee and whose friends are push.
ing his claims for the place on the
National Committee. The Washington
dispatch said:
Vance G. Mccormick, who was the
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania last year, will be elected
National Committeeman to succeed A.
Mitchell Palmer. The action will be
taken by the Democratic State Com
mittee about June 1, when Roland s.
Morris, State chairman, returns from
Europe. Mr.. Mccormick while here
said he would submit his candidacy to
the State Committee. Inasmuch as the
reorganizers are in control, three to
one, his election is assured.''
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
Secretary Runs Across
Organization First
Records in Cupboard
In Engine House
CONCEALED IN
FALSE DRAWER
Documents Contain the Company's His
tory From 1914 to 1925 and They
Had Been Missing Since Latter Date
Show Walker First President

William L. Windsor, Sd, 713 Capital
street, secretary of the Hope Fire Com.
pany No. 2, made a remarkable find last
night at the engine house of the orig.
inal minutes of the company, the earl.
lest of which are 101 years old.
Mr.. Windsor, son of former Alder.
man William l.. Windsor. was engagea
in removing papers and other things
from an old cupboard that has been In
possession of the company since its or.
ganization in 1914 as a storage place
for the secretary's papers, and Of late
years had been kept in the odd part OF
the engine house, At the bottom of the
cupboard, in a concealed drawer or false
bottom, he unearthed the original min.
ute book of the Hope Company cover,
ing the period from the date of its or
ganization in January, 1914, to 1925.
The first minutes were transcribed by
John Bueher, who was the first secre>
tary, and are of date January 6, 1914.
Following this is the date of the first
election of officers on January IL, 1914,
when the following officers were chosen.
President, Thomas Walker; vice pres
ident, John NJ. Forster; secretary, John
Bucher; treasurer, Alexander Graydon,
Jr.; directors, George R. Horton. Henry
Antes, Alexander Graydon, Jr., John
Burlington, George Henning, George
Cochran, Robert Skinner and William
Bryan.
These old minutes were hunted for
high and low when the Hope Company
celebrated the centennial anniversary
of its organization year ago, but
could not be found. They will now be
placed where they can be gotten at
whenever needed to establish some mis-.
torieal facts in connection with the
company's existence.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
awaits WORD FROM THE
OWNER OF HOFFMAN WOODS
Local Agent, Apparently, Is willing to
Sell Plot to tho City at $4,000 an
Acre, the Price Suggested Through
Mayor Royal

Since 1t became known that the City
is willing to consider buying part of
the seventeen acre tract in Hoffman s
woods as a playground at rate not to
exceed $4,000 ap acre, instead of pay.
ing $4,000 an acre for land at Fifth
and Emerald streets, which Park Com
missioner Taylor wants the City to pur-
chase, the Harrisburg agent of the Hoff-
man woods land owners is making every
effort to effect the transaction.
At the direction of the local agent a
survey of the woods has been made and
sent to the owners of the ground, who
hive in Pittsburgh. This was accom-
panied by notice of the City's possible
desire for the ground. A reply to that
letter has not vet been received here,
but the agent said to-day he expects
word FROM the owners within day or
two.
The plan to buy a part of Hoffman s
woods was suggested by Mayor Royal
after Park Commissioner Taylor intro.
duced an ordinance at recent meeting
of the City Commissioners providing foi
the purchase of a three-acre plot at
Fifth and Emerald street, in the Tenth
ward, and fixing the purchase price at
$4,000. Later the consideration was
reduced to $4,000 and subsequently
Taylor decided that he wanted only a
trihe more than half the ground for
which ne wants to pay s14,700.
The local representative of the es-
tate expressed hope this morning that
some definite action will be taken by
the owners before next Tuesday S
meeting of the City Commissioners,
although this may not be possible in
view of the necessity of getting a.
number of signers to an agreement to
sell.
The City Commissioners last Tues
day postponed action on the TAYLOR
ordinance providing for the purchase
of the $9,000-an-acre site at Fifth and
Emerald streets, with the hope that a
better offer could be obtained on the
woods property.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
WIDOWS WILL BREAKS
THAT OF HER HUSBAND
Mrs. Collins BY Proceeding Under tho
$1,000 Law, Sets Aside Mr.. Col
lins' Bequests and Gives Houses
to Her Nieces

Despite the fact that her husband s
will probated two years ago, provided
for the ultimate disposition of five
dwellings in Lincoln street, Steelton.
the will of Elizabeth Collins, widow
of Michael Collins, late of that bor-
ough, which was probated this morn
ing, redisposes of the properties, with
one exception to persons other than
those designated by the husband in
his will.
The husbands will provided that
after the death of Mrs. Collins one of
the five houses was to go to Watkins
II. Davies, and the rest of the estate,
including four adjoining houses should
be divided equally ''among my broth
ers, Patrick and James Collins; my
sister, Mrs. Ellen Hunt, and my niece,
Miss Ellen Collins
After their deaths and the deaths of
their survivors the properties were to
go to the Pennsylvania Annual Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Mrs. Collins, however, after the
death of her husband, proceeded under
an act of 1913 which gives the widow
a $4,000 portion of the estate. Under
that act she came into possession of
the entire estate and by her will fled
to-day she disposes of it in the follow
ing manner:
Property at 152 Lincoln street,
Steelton, to Watkins H. Davies, as re-
quested by husband; "No. 15,2 1-2 to
my niece, Mrs. Emily Faunee; No. 154
to my niece, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Jack.
son; 1o6 TO my niece, Mrs. Mary j.
Bethel, and 15S to Mrs. Margaret
Evans"
All the rest of the estate is left to
Mrs. Margaret Evans. William n.
Musser, of this city is made executor
of the state.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
French REPORT zeppelin
WRECKED AMONG THE trees

Paris, April 90, 2.SS P. M.-The
French war Office gave out a report
of the progress of hostilities reading
as follows:
"ln Belgium we have continued to
progress in conjunction with Belgian
troops, in a northernly direction. On
the right bank of the User canal we
took $50 prisoners as well as two ma
chine guns. There is nothing new on
the heights of the Meuse nor in the
Vosges.
"The enemy has bombarded by
means of flying machines and using in
cendiary shells the open town of Ep-
ernay, occupied exclusively at the time
by hospital detachments.
"Defnite information which has
come to hand sets forth that the Yep
pelin airship which eight days ago
threw bombs on Dunkirk, was serious
ly damaged by our artillery. Finding
it impossible to navigate further. the
machine was wrecked in the trees be-
tween Bruges and Ghent."
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
But His Plans Have
Not Been Considered
by Uncle Sans Off
Gals
FACTIONS MUST
GET TOGETHER
No Recognition Until Mexico Has Been
Internally Pacifed by Complete
Military Domination or Peaceful
Agreement Among Elements
BY Associated Press.

Washington, April 29.-Unoficial ad-
vices received here early to-day, which
said that General Carranza expected
early recognition by the United States
government. attracted widespread at.
tention in official and diplomatic circles
here to-day.
The Carranza authorities have been
active recently in seeking recognition
and it has been reported that they in
tended issuing statement covering
their intentions. The United States
government, it is said, has been advised
Of the Carranza plans, although it was
said at the State Department that the
question of recognition had not been
formally considered.
The American government has unof-
heially indicated to the various fac.
tions in Mexico the general principles
which would guide it in considering the
question. !, 1t has been. said that there
would be. no. recognition until Mexico
had been internally pacifed by complete
military domination by one faction or
a peaceful agreement among the more
important elements.
Reports of an impending battle be-
tween General Villa e army and Genera.
Obregon's Carranza forces attracted
considerable attention here. General
Villa 3 agents said that he has gathered
Continued On Ninth PAGE.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
CITY SCALES ARE SET UP
Ready to Protect the Public From
Short Weight in the Markets

Harrisburg municipal scales, de-
signed to- protect market patrons
against short weight, were set up yes,
terday in the Chestnut street, verbeke
street and the Hill market houses. They
will be at the service of the public for
the first time at the market sessions on
Saturday.
The scales were adjusted by the
manufacturer representative late yes
terday afternoon and later were in
spected by City Sealer Harry D. Reel,
County Inspector Harry A. Boyer and
W. F. McGovern, of Mt. Carmel, county
inspector of Northumberland county,
who is here as the guest of the loca,
sealers. Mr. McGovern's visit is for the
purpose of getting information on the
local sealers' work.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
TWICE WE'D; WILL TRY AGAIN
Renova Druggist Obtains License to
Make Third Matrimonial Plunge

Twice married before, the first wife
having died and he having obtained a
divorce from the second Harry B.
Foresman, a druggist of Renova, Pa,
is about to take another step into the
matrimonial field. He obtained a IL
cense here to-day to wed Miss Cathe-
rine E. Meyers, of Newberry. The
prospective bridegroom gave AZ as his
age. The bride-to-be is As. The drug
gist 6 first wife died on April IA,
1910, and it will be one year ago to.
morrow that he divorced the second.
Both members of another couple who
obtained license here to-day said
that they had been married before and
incidentally, each said divorce had been
the means of separation. The couple
was Leroy Meisenheimer, 30 years
old, and Susan E. Shatto, 25, both of
this city. The Meisenheimer divorce
was on December Is, 1908, and that
of his prospective bride was on May
25, 1914. y
Other marriage lisenses were issued
as follows:
John E. Diffenderfer, Steelton, and
Alma v. Meinsler, Middletown; Mico
Miljevic and Magda Kovacs, both of
Steelton.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
MORE Than 1000 men IN
RACE FOR so new JOBS
ofice-Seekers besiege Commissioner
JACKSON With Pleas to Be Made
Deputy Factory Inspectors-Apph-
cations Doubled in "a Hours

Applications for places as deputy
factory inspectors to fill the fifty new
positions created by law as recently
signed by Governor Brumbaugh con-
tinue to pour in on John Price Jackson,
Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Up to noon to-day, Mr.. Jackson said,
the applications had numbered more
than one thousand and the end is not
yet in sight. Commissioner jackson 3
time just now is almost entirely occu.
pied with hearing the pleas of Office
seekers who call on him in person and
who insist in stating verbally their
qualifications for the posts.
The Commissioner says he will make
no appointments until he has conferred
with Governor Brumbaugh. He saws
none but the men best qualified will be
appointed. The number of applications
for jobs has doubled in the last twenty
four hours.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
Thief knew Combination
Safe of Whitman Bros Store Robbed
of S1O3.Oz-Robber Gained En-
trance Through Cellar Window

The store of Whitman Brothers
wholesale grocers, 40 North Tenth
street, was broken into and the safe
robbed of $103.07 during last night.
1t is claimed the thief was no ordi-
nary one for the safe was not blown
open but the combination was success.
fully worked. However, it is believed
that the robbery was committed by one
who was familiar with the combination.
An investigation is now being made
by the police.
Entrance to the building was gained
through breaking cellar window ON
the Tenth street side, the robber as.
cending to the main floor by the cellar
steps. 1t is said that when the store
was locked at 10 O'Clock last night
everything was in good condition, but
on returning this morning the door of
the safe was found by the employees to
be standing open. Nothing else was
taken.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
Former Deputy Attor-
ne y General Cum
ningham Says Under
writer's Need Control
HE ADDRESSES
NOON LUNCHEON
Declares That Premium Rates in Cities
Should Be Based on the Loses in
Each and Should Not Be Deter
mined on a Statewide Basis

The Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce has requested ''key raten for
fire insurance for Harrisburg from the
Board of Underwriters of the Middle
District of Pennsylvania, and former
Deputy Attorney General Jesse E. B.
Cunningham, in speech to-day to
nearly one hundred members of the
Chamber, at noon luncheon in the
harrisburg Club, explained how such
rates are made.
He described fire insurance as a tax
levied to provide for fire losses, saying
that the rate, or tax as he STYLED it,
must be uniform, reasonable and ade.
quate; uniform for the same kinds of
risks, reasonable from the standpoint
OF the men taking out insurance and
adequate to assure the solvency of the
insurance company for the length of
time the policy runs.
he took up the physical examination
of city, such as Harrisburg expel. b.
eneed within two years when a number
OF engineers from the National Board
OF Fire Underwriters came here to
examine and report on local fire condi.
tlons. He then described how. the fiat
rate established by the underwriters is
lnereahed or decreased on account of
the physical defects of city.
He occasioned laugh when he an
nounced that Pittsburgh was penalized
four cents because the fire department
was politically controlled.
Says Board Needs Control
Saying that the board of underwrit.
ers is an economic necessity but needs
controlling, he mentioned measure
now in the Senate, after having passed
the House of Representatives, which
seeks to restrict boards of underwater.
and permits appeals to the State Insur.
anee Commissioner from rates establish
ed by the board
Mr. Cunningham advocated legIs1a.
tion which would compel fire insurance
companies to report by cities the actual
hre losses paid out on claims together
Continued ON Ninth Pane
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
$4,000 IN REALTY DEAL
Half Dozen Persons Interested in
Transaction, Including Number
of Properties, Effected Today

A $4,000 real estate DEAL partici.
pated in by at least half a dozen per.
sons and involving a score or more
transfers of properties, was completed
at the Office of Recorder of Deeds o. G
Wickersham, this afternoon.
Edward Moeslein, former Building In.
spector of Harrisburg, representing the
Provident Building and Loan Associa.
tion, conveyed nine properties at Sixth
and Kelker streets, to Robert Rosen.
berg, Samuel Fishman, Samuel Katzman
and Louis Baturin. Il
The purchasers of this realty in turn
conveyed it to W. s. Harris for the con.
sideration of his conveying title of the
following properties to the grantors:
1903 Market street; plot of ground
fronting 139 feet on Maclay street
$40 Reilly street, 1921 Jefferson and
2046-4S-50-52-54 Swatara street.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
ATTACKS AGAINST GERMANS
At YPRES HAVE ALL FAILED

Berlin, April 20 (by Wireless to Say
villel.-zAt army headquarters to-day
the following statement was issued:
"All attacks against the German po-
sitions on the west bank of the canal
north of Ypres failed. The number of
cannon of the enemy captured by the
Germans was increased to 6S.
Southeast of Verdun the German
positions were advanced by more than
100 yards. Captured French soldiers
confess that they were in great fear,
having been told by their officers that
the Germans shot all prisoners.
"South of Kalwarya, Russian Po-
land, the Germans occupied the village
of Kovale and the height short dis
tance south of Daehovo. South of
Sochaczaw the Germans conquered a
Russian point of support s
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
W0MAN'S BABY COACH STOLEN
Was Taken Prom Train While She
Was En- Route to Williamsport

Especial to the ar-Independent)
Dauphin, April 2s.-Charles Stage.
an italian living in this place, while re-
turning from Harrisburg Tuesday
night on the midnight train, it is al
legged, took a coach out of the vesti-
bule of the train. The woman to whom
the coach belonged did not miss it un-
til she had reached Williamsport.
A search warrant was issued and the
coach was found next door to where
Stage lived. He was arrested by the
Pennsylvania Railroad detectives and
taken to the Harrisburg Jail yesterday.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
BEIDLEMAN ILL In CAPITOL
Senator Is Stricken With Acute Indi-
gestion After Committee Hearing

Following the adjournment of the
Senate Municipal Corporation commit
tee last evening, after consideration of
the third class city bill, Senator E. E.
Beidleman, of this city, who is mem
Der of the committee, was seized with
severe attack of acute Indigestion,
and for time was prostrated. He was
assisted to the private room of the
President pro tenn. and a physician
summoned.
After treatment he recovered suf-
fcieLtly to be taken home in an auto
mobile. Senator Beidleman was able 10
be out to-day, but is still very weak.