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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
MAJOR BARTON D. evans
| Died IN HIS 71ST Year
Civil War Veteran and Former State
Superintendent of Public Printing
and Binding, Victim of Rheuma-
tism After Long Illness

Major Barton D. Evans. former sol
&er, editor and State official, died
Yesterday afternoon at his home in the
Hgler apartments, Second street near
vainat. after a long illness from rheu.
ltism and neuritis. He was 10 years
The funeral will be held Wednesday
morning at IL o'clock from ST. Steph.
EMS Episcopal church, of which Major
Evans was member for years. The
services will be in charge of the rector,
the Rev. Rollin A. Sawyer. Interment
will be made in the Harrisburg GENE
tefy.
Major Evans for the past twenty-five
yehrs was resident of Harrisburg in
connection with various positions held
Pyl him under several State administra-
'Pns. He was born in West Chester,
NE SON of Henry S. Evans, founder,
p ibhsher and editor of the West Ches.
ttt Village Record" for years one
9f the most prominent and influential
OF Pennsylvan'a newspapers.
MAYOR Evans was educated in the
west Chester Military Academy until
he was IL years old, when he was sent
= Yale University. The Civil war
broke out and after he had been at
the university for two years the young
man determined TO enlist and ne left
Yale and joined West Chester com.
pany attached to the 18th regiment,
Pennsylvania volunteers, serving until
the close of the war. He enlisted as a
drummer and was mustered out as a
having served gallantly and
Continued on Ninth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
Lynch. w hom Patriot
Criticised. Will Put
In an Ordinance Pro-
viding for Purchase
OPTION HAS
BEEN OBTAINED
Plot Is Located On South Ninth Street
and It Is offered by the Estate
for ,63O-Commissio Says 1t
Is Well Suited for Purpose Proposed

Under an option obtained late Satur
dav from the trustees of the Henry Nc
Cormick Estate, the City has cham e
to buy a three-quarter acre plot of
ground on South Ninth street, just
above Shanois, as a site for the pro-
posed municipal asphalt repair plant
Highway Commissioner William Ii.
Lynch. at the meeting of the City Com
misSioners tomorrow afternoon, will in
troduce an ordinance, he said to-day,
carrying an appropriation of $3.50 to
buy the ground.
One half of the plot years ago was
utilized by the Rider Coal Com any.
The ground skirts the tracks of the
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and
is said by Lynch to be we'll adapted
for an asphalt plant site, esi eeially be
cause of its having a railroad trestle
on the western side. Pockets are pro
vided beneath the trestle and much
money can be saved through this meth
cd of unloading ears, in the Commits
sioner S opinion.
Commissioner Lynch said to-day the
option is signed by Vance C. McCor-
mick and Henry B. Mccormick, Jr., as
biuSlSCS VI lHt llCNOIIniCA lJStilt. HC
option will remain in force ony until
March Is and if accepted the site must
be paid for on or before April l, next,
by which time the deed will be trans
ferred.
Lynch to-day said that unless objec-
tion is raised TO his ordinance it can
be passed finally on March and that
Immediately thereafter he will adver-
,tise for bids for the construction of the
plant. He now is in communication
with several concerns which make a
speciality of such work.
The contract for street repairs, which
now is in the hands of Charles p. Wal
tiers, will not expire until April 1, and
the need for municipal repair ant
win not be great, until the middle of
May or June /, said Lynch, by which
time it is hoped TO have the proposed
plant in operation. The cost of the
plant and the site will be paid for out
of the $4,000 Improvement .oan au-
thorized by the voters for that purpose
in the fall cf 1918.
Commissioner Lynch recently was
criticized by the g Patriot, - the Me-
Cormick newspaper, for having private
ly purchased plot of ground at Ma
clay street which the ''Patriot" "
Thought should have been bought by the
city for the asphalt repair plant.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
Stegler's Wife Under
Arrest Following
Scene in New Y ork
Hotel Early To-day
is CHARGED WITH
ATTACK ON SCRIBE
Said to Have Thrown Seltzer Bottle
and Beat Reporter Over Head With
Cane-Mystericu Suitcases and
Another Couple Figure in Case
By Associated Press.

New York, March IA young wonl-
an who, according to the police, gave
her name as Mrs. Annette aStegler, and
Is described by them as the wife of
Richard p. Stegler, a prisoner in the
Tombs in connection with the alleged
passport frauds, was arrested early to-
day on charge of felonious assault
made by Arthur Mateiket.
The arrest was made in the Hotel
Grenoble. Mateiket, who is said by the
police TO be reporter on German
newspaper, charged that the woman at
tackled him with seltzer water bottle
and also beat him with cane.
Mrs. Annette Stegler has appeared
prominently in the passport fraud
charges in the defense of her husband,
Richard P. Stegler 1t was through
her influence, she said, that Stcgler
gave up the idea of being German
spy and caused him to make confes-
sion, in which he alleged that Boy Ed,
the German naval attache, was behind
his activity for the German cause. .
AT the Grenoble hotel it was learned
that the woman, who described herself
as Mrs. Stegler, an! Mateiket came to
the hotel about 8 clock last night.
They arrived IN an Automobile and were
accompanied by another young man and
woman. Both men carried suit eases.
which, according to the hotel people,
they guarded carefully, even refusing to
allow bellboys to carry them to adj
joining rooms which were assigned to
the two couples after they had regis
tered at tie hotel desk.
About l o'clock this morning call
for the police came from the room to
which Mateiket he'd been assigned and
when Detective Burgess arrivd he was
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
Whole Department Di-
vided on Question of
Who Shall Manage
Bluecoats' Team
AN ELECTION
is PROPOSED
Assurance Is Given That the Balloting
Will Not Be on Political Lines and
That No 3-to-2 Vote Will Be Tol-
Grated

The police force is divided on the
ail-important question of who is to be
rsnagerscf the eoppsFsi baseball ! team
this year.
Sergeant Drabenstadt was manager
last season, and pretty good mana Ger
was he, but some of the coppers incline
to the theory that he is not the only
Connie Mack the department is capable
of producing and they want to give
someone else show at the honor. At
any rate they want to have an election
and the members of one faction have
trotted out Sergeant Eisenberger as a
candidate for managerial honors,
fact they have fixed up a new slate
for all the baseball club offices.
The friends of Drabenstadt are lust
as determined to keep their man in
the managerial post and have framed
up ticket including the name of Lieu
tenant Warden for treasurer,-Warden
served in that capacity last year-and
there is going to be baseball war in
the police department that will make
the bombardment of the Dardene.les
look like minor attraction.
Win Petition the Mayor
So much Importance is attached by
the coppers to the contest for baseball
officers that a petition is being pre-.
pared to be submitted to Mayor Roval
and Chief Hutehison to let the blue
coats hold regular election.
1t is denied that the controversy is
based In any way on political lines.
Perish the thought that anything like
politics should get into police depart.
ment baseball! 1t is going to be n
real out-and-out election and nothing
like three-to-two vote will be toler
ated.
The opponents Of the Drabenstadt.
Warden ticket have framed up slate
as follows: President, Captain Thomp
son; manager, Sergeant Eisenberger:
secretary and treasurer, Clarence o.
Backenstoss. Backenstoss has held this
job before, but Thompson and Eisen-
berger are new in police baseball busi-
ness.
The petition will ask that the cop
pers be permitted to hold baseball
meeting on the morning of March Is,
when the entire membership of the de.
partment congregates for the quarterly
march to criminal court to make re-
turns. Then it is proposed TO hold the
election which will decide waien fac
tion will get control of the police af
fairs on the diamond.
The policemen S baseball team aoes
lot for the department Its annual
games put money in the police quick
charity fund, one of the institutions
that the department cannot well afford
to be without.
When the police details changed at
noon to-day there was much discussion,
the result being that there are two we'll
defined factions Being on the police
team means trip to Altoona TO play
against the Altoona coppers, and an
entertainment for the Altoona coppers
when they come to Harrisburg. The
games are as much fixed custom in the
police department as the switching to
summer uniforms ON Memorial Day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
Formers Fleet Reaches
Chanak. is Miles
From Mediterranean
Entrance to Straits
BROUSSA NEXT
SULTAN CAPITAL
Operations of British and French War.
ships Creating Tremendous Stir In
Near East-British Press Warning
on Fall of Constantinople

London, March 1, IL !noon.-The
flags of Great Britain and France are
now flying at the entrance TO the Dar-
danelles over the Turkish forts re-.
duced by the sea power of the allies.
While it would appear to be fact
that he allied fleet has reached Cha
max, fifteen miles from the Mediter.
ranean entrance to the straits, the Brit
ish press warns the public not to ex-
pect the Immediate fall of Constants.
nople. Nevertheless, the operations of
the British and French warships against
the sea defense of Constantinople are
creating n tremendous stir in the near
east. Broussa, in Asiatic Turkey is be-
ing selected by the Turks as their new
capital in case it becomes necessary
to evaeuate Constantinople. The Ger
mans in Turkey, it is declared, wanted
the Turks to move to Adrianople, in
European Turkey, but the Turks would
have none of this and started shipping
their archives to Broussa.
Russians in Desperate Struggle
Interest in the lighting along the
eastern battle front has been DETECTED
for the moment from the Carpathians
to the north of Poland, where the Prus-
SLAMS appear to be making desperate
effort to regain the ground Field Mar
shal Non Hindenburg won when he
threw them back from East Prussia.
Consequently a stubborn struggle con-
tinues on the line from the Bohr to
the Narew where Grand Duke Nicholas
has yet to establish his ascendancy.
Vienna reports a violent engagement
in Bukowina without saying anything
about the outcome, while Petrograd
claims to have checked the Austro Ger
man advance in this region.
Counter Claims on Western Front
In the west interest is centerirg on
the fighting in the Champagne re-
gion, where fierce attack and counter
attack have marked operations of the
last week. Berlin claims to have r g.
pulsed French advances in this region,
while Paris asserts the French troops
have been successful in making prog.
ress and repulsing the German counter
attacks. Paris claims also the capture
of 1000 yards of trenches to the north
west and north of Beausejour
Practically all discussion of the diplo-
matte situation has been suspended in
the expectation of the statement Pre-
mier Asquith is to make in parliament
this afternoon on the steps which the
allies probably will take to meet the
menace of the German submarine block
ade. In the meantime no progress has
been made in the case of the American
steamship Wilhelmina, which will be.
come mere formality if general
blockade of Germany is proclaimed
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
France and Great BRITAIN
serve NOTICE ON U. 5. TO
STOP SHIPPING 1OCERMANY

Washington, March France and
Great Britain served notice on the
United States to-day that they would
hold themselves at liberty to stop all
shipping hereafter to and from Ger
many.
A communication, outlining measures
of reprisals on the part of the allies
for the submarine warfare on merchant
ships conducted by Germany was de-
livered to Secretary Bryan by the
French and British ambassadors, here,
who called personally at the State De-
partment together for that purpose.
Secretary Bryan promptly appraised
President Wilson of the new move but
declined to make any statement.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
STAR INDEPENDENT fills
MAJESTIC FOR THU .9,STON
Great Crush at Box Office by Holders of
Coupons Clipped From This News
paper Means Big Audience Tonight
at Reduced Rates

Large crowds which late Saturday
afternoon and early this morning flood
ed the Majestic box office with coupons
clipped from Saturdays issue of the
r-Independent emitting holders to a
big reduct ton in the price of seats for
the Thurston exhibition of magic to be
given in that theatre this evening, gave
striking testimony that good cffer
needs only to be made in a widely read
newspaper and the public will not be
slow in taking advantage of it.
As soon as copies of the Star-Inde-
pendent were on the street Saturday
afternoon, hundreds of persons seizel
them and hurried with the coupons to
the Majestic box office, where one of
the greatest rushes in the theatre s his
tory was experienced. When the doors
were opened this morning another
throng, which had been waiting outsile
and was each minute increasing in size.
presented the Star-Independent coupons
and received tickets at the reduced
rate.
L think there is good deal of
credit coming to the Star-Indepen-
dent, said G. Floyd Hopkins, man.
ager, of the Majestic this morning.
THE crowds hurrying here to the the
atre for tickets argue we'll for the mer-
its of the paper as an advertising medi-
um. BY running coupon in its ad
vertsing columns, and giving Publicity
TO the offer of reduced rates, the Star
Independent brought on the rush here
Saturday and to-day, and demonstrated
how widely read the paper is.
There has been total of approx
mately 1,4O0 coupons presented at the
Majestic box Office for tickets for to-
night s performance. The holders of
the coupons were entitled to their
choice of any seats in the house while
the choice lasted, at the rate of TWEEN
ty-five cents each. The regularly list
ed dollar seats, of course, went first
and had all been taken before the box
office closed on Saturday.
Thurston, the successor to Kellar. ba,
arrived in the city with his twenty six
assistants and two carloads of equip
ment, and thanks to the Star-Indepen-
dent coupons, win perform before a
packed house tonight, even before the
city starts to talk about the hundred
mysteries he has in store for his audi
ences. Thurston will give matinee and
evening performances tomorrow and
but the coupons entitle the
holders to reduced rates for tonight
only.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
Funds Raised Yester-
day For Sufferers at
Home and Across the
Sea
200 WOMEN ARE
AW AITING HELP
Division Operating in City Has Funds
to Give $50 Applicants Work This
Week and May Continue During
Month

Sunday schools of the city showed
their appreciation of the splendid work
the Home and Wag Relief Gompsittss is
doing for the needy families of the city
yesterday, when many of them voted
money for the work, or arranged for
special collections. Action by Others
win be taken during the week, or next
Sunday.
Glasses of Grace Methodist church
gave ss5; the scholars in Maclay
Street Church of God contributed their
entire collection, s17; Stevens Me-
mortal school planned special con-
tribution for next Sunday; the Fourth
Reformed school is planning heavy con-
tributions; Messiah Lutheran will take
special collection and the Derry Street
United Brethren school will attend to
the matter of contributing "Wednesday
night after prayer meeting Others of
the city S churches have not been heard
from, but in all of them the appeal was
read
The Home Division has enough
money on hand to continue furnishing
work for more than $50 women for at
least another week, and from indica
tions there will be sufficient money con-
tributed to keep the work going until
April l. Friday there was paid out
more than $16S, while to-day S requests
for work will necessitte payment of
more than $500, There are more than
200 women on the waiting list and if
the contributions warrant it they will
all be put to work this week.
One Woman's Industry
One of the visitors to the headquar-
ters, South Front street, who has
done exceptional work has made eleven
visits between February Land "a. In
that time she spent s5.40 for materials
and has Transformed those materials
into "a baby sacques, IA baby caps,
one baby blanket, child S petticoat
and nine hospital socks. Her work is
unusually good. The entire general
committee welcomes such visitors, or
those desiring to inspect the place.
Garments, bandages and medical
supplies sufficient to Gil IA boxes have
been made up by needy women of
this city, working for pay, and by vol
unteers. Shipment on Saturday of two
boxes by the Red Cross division round
ed out the list, which contains more
than $4,000 pieces.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
SCALEb Says FULL CREW
law HASN'T ADDED SAFETY
|2erintendent of Philadelphia Divi-
sion Gives Out Statement in Which
He Declares the Act Has Resulted
in $4,000 Useless Expenditure

W. B. MeCaleb, superintendent of the
iiadelpha division of tine Pennsyl.
hia railroad and a weu-known resi-.
Int of Harrisburg, gave out a state.
mt this morning on the full crew
", In which he SAYS:
The so-called full crew law has
en- IN operation on the division under
jurisdiction between Harrisburg
1 Philadelphia and Enola and West
,rrIsville and | can say positively
# 1t has not increased safety in rail-
d operations, but rather responsible
has been divided by forcing extra
y into train crews. This works
iinst rather than for safety and eff
ncy in railroad operations.
In the operation of the Philadel-
division we move, on an average.
rlS2 passenger trains, 3,527 slow
reight trains and 900 fast freight
rains per month, and it is obvious as
PLAIN business proposition that we
ouiu not afford to permit these trains
move improperly manned. Accidents
nd wrecks are costly and it is the
pnstant aim and study upon the part
myself and assistants to avoid the
line.
During the year 1914 it was nec-
sary to have second brakeman ON
en- OF the fast trains, which only had
I average of 80 cars eastbound and
Continued On seventh PAGE
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
MOVEMENT OF HUGE Coal
Piles BEGINS UP COUNTY
Release of Immense Surplus Stocks Of
Anthracite for Spring Shipment
Causes Much Activity at Mcclellan
and Halifax
Especial to the Star-I independently

Especial to the Star independently
Millersburg, March 1.-Workmen
began digging into the huge mountains
OF anthracite eoal piled up along the
railroad at Mcclellan and Halifax, last
night, and long lines of freight cars
were in waiting to be loaded for the
eastern market.
This Is the usual movement of coal
began every spring to stock up dealers
in New Jersey, New York and the New
England States, and it to great extent
depletes the black mountains that when
seen from the ear windows excite the
wonder and admiration of travellers.
In short time the big mounds viii
have yielded thousands of tons stored
up to meet the demands in cases of
emergencies.
Spring shipments are classed among
the emergencies, the supply of coal in
the East being held down to the lowest
point until almost exhausted when
spring arrives. The coal will be sent
to New Jersey ports and there loaded
on vessels and taken to its ultimate
destination.
The coal movement does not mean
much of an increase in the matter of
freight shipments as whole, and rail
road men say that freight business at
present is away below normal. The
shipment of anthracite will make
things lettle better, but not much.
The anthracite shipments will cease
in short time and the shipment of
bituminous will become active only as
restrictions are removed at South Am
boy, where the soft coal is sent to be
loaded on vessels. The removal of the
restrictions on shipments are irregular
and only come when the supply is low
Then the companies are notified to ship
quickly and activity is resumed.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
Late WAR news SUMMARY

A new attemptsto force back the
German line in France apparently is
underway in the Champagne region and
although no definite results have been
achieved battle of considerable i'm
portance is developing. Attacks of the
allies along this section of the front
have been proceeding tentatively for
several days but the communication
from the German war ofiice to-day in
dicates that an assault in force has now
been launched. It is said that at least
two army corps of French were engaged
and that they were repulsed after fierce
fighting at close quarters.
In the Argonne, Berlin reports, the
Continued ON Second Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
kitnesS Becomes Much
Excitedin Discussing
be Alleged Habits of
is Neighbor
tRT TRIES
TO CALM HIM
BraI Alleged Habitual Drunkards
Testify That They Bought Drinks
i the st. Lawrence Hotel, in Ber-
|ysburg, Dauphin County

everal witnesses, including alleged
uual drunkards and at least one
or, went on the, stand in court be-
Judges Kunkel and McCarrell this
cning and declared that they OBJ
'led liquor iii the st. Lawrence hotel,
\ferrysburg, hostelr~ - use license ap-
cation has not yet veen passed upon,
wing been held up because of charges
violation of the law have been pre-
Erred against the proprietor, William
ID. Bowman.
"A score or more of witnesses also
testified, some opposing and some ia
voriHg the relicensing of the hotel
Bowman himself denied that ne ever
violated the liquor laws and added that
ne always instructed his bar clerks to
sell intOxicants only to elgibles.
Fred. kocher, and Upper End farmer,
who recently professed religion at the
eyangelistic services held in Berrys-
burg, became so excited when he went
the stand to tell of the alleged
Eynfall of a friend that he cried aloud
yelled at the top of his voice.
her in his fit of screaming, said:
What a pity it is for that man. oh
goodness | pity that man. / often
ded with him to let drink alone but
will not do it. He is splendid
b. oh he is my neighbor and friend
pity him so. | am just afraid
t some day he will fill druakard 5
Xe.
ndge McCarrell told the witness
re was no reason for his becoming
cited but Kocher continued yelling:
II can t help it, pity him so. y A
mute later he was quieted and after
gfing away the tears be Sal
: Now | am ready
\ Twenty Years Old Till June
koeher later said that he often saw
ne alleged ''habitualS' under the in.
hence of liquor and added that he at
mes saw them obtain beer and whis
lev at the St. Lawrence hotel.
Cleon Koppenhaver, when questioned
pout his age, said
Il will be twenty years old till
ke'
lie then related story covering sew.
visits to the Berrysburg hotel, say
that he once became so intoxicated
Continued on Second Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
80 KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Barrel of Rice" Explodes on Mexican
Gunboat at Progreso-Five
Women Among Victims
By Associated Press.

Galveston, Tex, March dis
patches received at the Mexican con-
sulate here of an explosion on board
the main gunlboat Progreso which re-
suited in the death of 80 persons in
cluding five women. The exp.osion, ac
coriing to the first report, occurred yes
terday morning while the gunboat was
at Progreso. 1t is said that what pur-
ported to be barrel of rice sent on
board was, in reality, bomb, prepared
by persons opposed to the Carranza
regime.
The Mexican consul here has cabled
for further information as he is in
clined to doubt the report.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-01
FIRE AT SHOEMAKERSvILLE

Heading, Pa, March Fire at
Sshofmakersvihe, this county, this morn.
ing destroyed the Mansion House Hotel
the1stpre room occupied by J. R. Keim.
Warehouse and lodge hall in the same
pnlfdlhg and caused loss of s25,OOO.
Indre Is some insurance on the prop
erty The cause is unknown.
Tep guests of the hotel got out of
the building as quickly as they could.
Not few of them escaped with moth
ing| but their night clothes.