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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
HIGH WIND TIPS
CATHEDRAL CROSS
CHRISTMAS NIGHT
Terrific Gale Late Saturday
Loosens Huge Symbol at
st. Patrick'S
EIGHS 1000 POUNDS
No Danger of Falling Furthcr
Says Expert After
Examination

The terrific wind which swept the
city late Christmas night tipped over
the large copper cross on the south
west corner of st. Patrick's Cathedral,
State street. The cross, which was on
top of large copper ball. and was
held in place by four steel rods, is
leaning at an angle of 45 degrees.
Two rods hold the cross in position
and prevent it from falling to the
ground.
The condition of the cross was not
discovered until noon yesterday. The
cross and ball are of heavy copper and
weigh nearly 1000 pounds. THE four
rods holding the ball and cross in
position run down through the roof.
1t is believed, the rods became loos-
ened and when the wind blew 40
mile-an-hour gale, it caught the cross
broad-side, breaking off two rods and
bending the other two.
Joseph II. Benfer, of the firm of
Stapf and Benfer, made an examine
alton of the cross and will make imme-
diate repairs. He says there is no
danger of the cross falling further.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
Thousands Gather Round
City's Christmas Tree

Thousands of people from the city
were present at the Municipal Christ
mas Tree celebration Friday evening
at 7:45 o'clock. Erief and impressive
exercises together with musical selec-
tions featured the program. The
school children We're directed by
Prof. z. G.. Rose, while the singers
from local churches and Sunday
schools wero directed by Prof. e. J.
Decevee.
The parade from Zion Lutheran
church. led by Prof j. Fred Weber,
in charge of the Commonwealth Band
proceeded cut Fourth street to Mar
ket street, to Market Square. The
procession halted a minute until the
lights wero turned on the tree, then
marched to. Front and Market streets,
where the singers encircled the tree.
The lights and power were furnished
by the Harrisburg Light and Power
Company. Warm commentator for
the men ON the committee in charge
was heard on all sides
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
Germans Lose 8,0GO Men
in Attack on British
.shesial 70 The 1cIccrnht

Paris. Dec. 27. - Information re-
ceived regarding the fighting on De-
cember 21 between Ypres and Armen-
there's indicates that the Germans sus-
tained a loss of more than 1000 men
without gaining any ground" saws a
dispatch to La Liberte from its CORE
sDondent ON the northern front.
The fighting was most severe. and
a large quantity of asphyxiating gas
was used, but the English lines re-
manned intact. The attack is thought
TO have been the prelude to an often
size, or for the purpose of testing the
strength of the English front"
(This is the first mention of anv in
fantry fighting between Ypres and Ar
mentieres on December 21.)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
SAYS STARCH WON WIFES
AFFECTIONS; ASKS $4,000

Alleging that II. c. Starch, of
Riverside, had won his wife's love
from him, Isaac NJ. Miller, to-day be-
gan a suit for $4,000 for alienation
of Mrs. Miller's affections. Recorder
o. G.. Wickersham, counsel for Miller
began the suit.
The defendant it is understood, is
also married, but according to Miller's
statement. he frequently went to the
seashore and other restful places
with Mrs. Miller. In time this sort
of thing had its effect and eventually
Miller declares he noticed a. cooling
of his wife's regard for him. Finally
the Millers separated and the husband
contends Starch caused il all.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
FINE MIX-UP IN
CITY POLITICAL
CIRCLES RUMORED
Mayor-Elect to Take Bit in His
Teeth, Opposing Lynch
and Bowman .?
NONE QUIT MONDAY
Reported That Meals May Dig
Up Certain Stories For
Publication

VIII Mayor-elect Meals, sur
prised and hurt at the ac-
ton, of the city council
men Friday morning in replacing De-
tective Ibach's $1,000 salary item in
the city budget, take the bit in his
teeth during the ensuing city adminis-
tration and set up an organization of
his own in opposition to Commission
ers Lynch and Bowman?
Rumors that the next mayor was
contemplating such action have flown
thick and fast in municipal circles
ever since the action of the budget
makers so startled the next executive.
Nor is that the only report which
became general throughout political
circles to-day. Disturbed by the fail
ure Of Messrs. Lynch and Bowman to
let salary for Ibach out of the budget,
Or. eMals, it is said. may attempt to
tell why he considers the detective an
obstacle to the efficiency of the police
department. The Mayor elect has fire.
Continued on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
Big French Steamer Is
Sunk in Mediterranean;
Many Passengers Saved

Paris, Dec. pa, 5:35 p. NJ. - The
French steamer Vile dc La Ciotat,
with passengers on board. was tor
pedocd without warming and sunk in
the Mediterranean by a submarine on
December Fl, the ministry of marine
announced to-day. Most of the pas
seugeFs and members of the crew
have been rescued.
The Vile de la Ciotat was one of
the largest of the steamships sunk re-
Gently in the Mediterranean. Her
gross tonnage was 637S. She was 4S7
feet long and so feet beam She was
built at La Ciotat, France. in 1902
and was owned by the Messageries
Maritimes of Marseilles. She was last
reported on her arrival at Saigon,
Indo China December /, on a voyage
from Yokohama to Marseilies
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
Continued on Page 81
Charles M. Graef Is
Tallest Applicant For
Job as Traffic Officer

II Charles NJ. Graeff. 2212 North Sixth
street, is appointed city policeman, he
will be the tallest officer that ever
donned patrolman's uniform.
Graeff is one of half a dozen unusu-
ally big men who have applied for Job
on the traffic squad. Mayor elect E. S.
Meals has declared that he thinks the
traffic men should be big men physic-
ally, and his announcement has pro-
duced a whole lot of tall. broad appli-
cants for places. The tallest is in his
early twenties. He is a corporal in
Company I. of the Eighth Regiment
National Guard. and has seen guard
service in other organizations in the
state
Graeff is six feet, four and three
quarters inches tall.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity: I'm
settled weather, probably light raIu
Tonight or Tuesday; warmer to-
night, with lowest Temperatures
about 35 degrees.
For Eastern PennsyIVania: CIoudv
and warmer Tonight; Tuesday
unsettled with probably raIn.
moderate 70 fresh southwest
winds.
The main river will rise The
branches Will probably fail
slightly except the lower portion
of the North Branch will rise
somewhat tonight. A stage Of
about 81 feet II indicated for
Harrisburg Tuesday morning,
General Conditions
4 disturbance central north of
Lake Huron IN causing cIoudv
weather throughout the Lake
Region and adjacent territory
and some precipitation has occur
red locally.
Temperature; 3 "a. M, n.
Suni Rises, 1870 "A. M; sets, 4;4g
ID. m.
Mooni Rises. IOi48 y. m.
River stages 81 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature, 20.
Mean temperature, 33.
N0rmeI temperature, 30.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
LAST SEWER BIDS OF 1915
OPENED; SUCKER BROS. WIN

Sucker Brothers Construction
Company was low bidder for the con-
struction of the proposed new sewers
extending from Seventeenth to
Eighteenth street, 105 feet south of
and parallel with Berryhill. and in
Twenty-first from Market to White
hall streets. The Suckers bid $535
and $500 respectively.
On the former job G. w. Ensign,
Inc. bid $6S1; William II. Opperman,
1867 and Henry Opperman, $593; on
the Whitehall job Ensign bid 1854,
William II. Opperman and Henry OPP
perman tied at S629.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
CITY SLEEPY ON
TWO-DAY LOAF
Christmas Celebrated in Good
Old-Fashioned Way by
All Harrisburg

If a whole city of celebrators got up
a bit reluctantly this morning they
could scarcely be blamed perhaps; the
two-day loaf after weeks of hustling
preparation was bound to have that ef-
feet.
Christmas 1915. has become history
now and all Harrisburg looks back with
much, much satisfaction on thorough
ly enjoyable time. The official observ-
lighting of the municipal Christmas
tree at Front and Market streets. From
then on Ii was a mighty big occasion.
The Day" had not dawned before
first faint tip of the rising sun Of
Christmas was greeted with the Chin
ing of "Adeste Fidelis" from the tow
ers of Zion Lutheran Church. In most
churches there were early morning
services after which all Harrisburg
settled back to enjoy itself in it's own
way.
That the day was to be marked by
many an informal family reunion
round the Christmas dinner table was
incoming trains carried hundreds and
traffic was blocked to some extent. The
joyous travellers of Friday avening
were not so joyous when they boarded
outgoing trains last night however;
they were more or less subdued.
While in hundreds Of homes the real
spirit of the year prevailed. the holi-
dinary enthusiasm in the various
charitable institutions of the city. At
the Dauphin county almshouse 235 in
mates enjoyed big dinner for which
Mrs. A. Carson Stamm was hostess.
Dinner was served by the Salvation
Army. while at the various orphanaEes
and similar charitable institutions the
day was celebrated with programs, big
dinners and the lighting of Christmas
trees. Pork and sauerkraut was the
chief Christmas dish at the county Jail
and an unusual lot OF, wayfarers had to
ordinary amount of trouble with drunk
and disorderly folk Friday and Satur-
day night.
The Elks and the Moose put in big
days as they lighted Christmas trees
land distributed gifts to the Youngsters.
Some 800 children viii be guests at q
turkey dinner to be served this even
ing by the Frater Order of Eagles.
The Christmas Trees
While the Christmas tree was the
center about which the days festiv-
ltleS reNolVed In many a home soma-
thing out of the ordinary was attempt-
ed in the various institutions, the citv
fire houses, etc. One of the most at
tractive trees perhaps was erected b,,
the Citizens firemen in their house in
North Fourth street. The yard" itself
Is ten feet wide and forty-two feet long
IN that 80 square feet of space a min
and and one tiny wheels are driven bv
electric power. -
OF all the thousands who will heave n
soulful sigh of relief that the big dav
is over. none will do so more hearth,
perhaps than the weary force at the
Post Office. Postmaster Sites declared
handled through the Post Office tbis
year than ever before. Splendid team
work of the STAFF. he declared, made n
possible to successfully finish the iob.
flood the mails.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
DELIVER NEGROES SAFELY
FROM BAND OF LYNCHERS
Br .4fsoeinted Prct.

Muskogee. Okla, Dec. 27.-With the
safe removal from the county jaiI
here of two negroes arrested in con-
nection with the murder of a police
man. Muskogee returned to normal
condition today and there was nothing
on the surface to show that the Jail
had been besieged for five hours late
yesterday by a mob of white men
to lynch the negroes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
Choral Society to Begin
RehearsalS For "Atonement'

The Choral Society of Harrisburg
VIII begin its rehearsaIs for Coleridge
Iaylor The Atonement" on next
Tuesday, January 4. in the Fahnestocll
Hall, Y NJ. G. A. A big enrolment is
eXpeciNd, and already many have sig
nified their intention of joining. The
books for the oratorio have arrived
and work will be taken up on Tuesday
with j. Fred Wolfe as conductor. and
q. j. Decevee as assistant conductor
and ;ACcompanist
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
Thousands Followed
Telegraph's Suggestion
to Light the Candles

Thousands of candles were lighted
in the windows of thousands of Har-
risburg homes Christmas eve.
The revival of the ancient YuletideI
custom was suggested several weelsl
ago by the Telegraph and the way the|
tip had struck q popular and respon-I
sive chord was indicated by the many
tapers in the windows. The homel
which did not boast of at least one|
candle was rare indeed.
The Telegraph led the celebration
by lighting the grandfather of Christi
mas candles in the office wfndows.l
The big taper was lighted at O'clock
Friday evening and is still burning. II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
MRS. EMMA PERRINE DIES
By Associated Press

lSew York. Dec. 27. - The death of
MIS-. Emma Folsom Perrine, mother
OF Mrs Frances Folsom Preston. who
was Mrs. Grover Cleveland, at Prince
ton, n. j.. was announced to-day. Her
de7th occurred late last night at the
home of Mrs. Preston. Her first hus-
band. Oscar Folsom. was a law part
ner of Grover Cleveland before he was
elected President.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
Two American Ships Are
Condemned in Prize Courts
By Associated Press

Washington, d. c., Dec. %. - The
steamer Solveig, owned by the Am
erican Transatlantic Company, has
been condemned by the French prize
court. The owners will appeal
Official addresses announcing the
condemnation by a prize court in
Hamburg, Germany, of the American
sailing ship Pass of Balmaha reached
the State Department to-day
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
Aged King Peter, Broken
in Health, Arrives in
Italy to Go Into Exile

Brindisi, Italy. Dec. %. via Paris.
Dec. 2I. - King Peter of Serbia has
arrived here on board an Italian
cruiser.
The sovereign had refused reso-
lutely until now to leave his army
and il was only at the urgent entreaty
OF his son, the Prince Regent. that he
at last agreed TO 60 into exile.
The prince pointed out to his father
that it would be better for him TO
preserve his strength so that he would
be able after his health had been re-
stored TO return to his country at the
head of a reorganized army.
\ Rome dispatch of December 16
said King Peter had accepted Italy's
offer of a palace for his use at Caserta
near Naples, but it later was report
ed that the aged ruler had declared
ne was determined to die among his
own people and not to abandon his
army The king has been seriously
i'll for months but frequently was on
the nring line with the Serbian troops
before they were overwhelmed by
Austro-Germans and Bulgars.
Paris, Dec. 27. = King Peter of
Serbia was brought from Durazzo to
Avlona on an Italian cruiser" says
the Journals Avlona correspondent
The voyage was rough and the king
had to be carried ashore in an army
"aair IL was a tragic and heart
Fending spectacle.
IAN automobile carried the mon
arch to a secluded inn opposite Italian
headquarters where l called upon him
and was shown into the poorly-fur
nished room he occupied. His clear
eyes, what depths of bitterness they
conceal. His features. followed by
suffering, what immense weariness did
they oetray. That sorrowful counten-
ance was the epitome of the whole
tragic epoch"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
TWO NEW PENNSYLVANIA
POSTMASTERS APPOINTED

Post Office Department has appointed
James w. Bohn postmaster at Pine
Grove Furnace, Cumberland county,
vice Charles II. Cobean, removed.
and Harry w. Albrecht at Turnpike.
York county, vice Henry w. Reh-
mover.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
IN JITNEY COLLISION

Mrs. Harry Matter, aged 80 years,
426 North street hast evening received
a confusion of the hip and leg when
two jitneys collided at Third and
North streets. She was in one of the
buses.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
BRITISH STEAMERS IN SUCCESS

London, Dec. q. = The British
steamship Hadley. 1777 tons gross hsis
been sunk. The British steamer Era
bla, 1892 tons has been beached at tn
mouth of the Thames, Attire forward.
The crews of both vessels were res
cued -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
Consul Cables 1t Was Sunk
Without Warning; Austria
Believed Responsible
FURTHER COMPLICATIONS
U. S. Will Broaden Diplomatic
Correspondence; Expects
Full Reply TO Note
BY associated Press

Washington. d. C. Dec 2T.-Ameri-
can Consul Bristow at Port Said,
cabled to-day that no warning was
given the japanese liner Yasaka Maru
before she was torpedoed and sunk in
the Mediterranean last Tuesday by
submarine of unestablished nationality
The liner. he added, made no attempt
to escape.
The consul's dispatch, which came
in response 20 Secretary Lansing's call
for reports on the disaster, was the
first official information on the incl
dent which probably will be the sub
ject of further diplomatic correspond
ence with the Teutonic powers.
Fraught With Possibilities
The outcome of the Yasaka Maru
case is generally regarded by ofticlais
and diplomats here as surrounded with
wide possibilities regarding Japan
future course in the war. 1t has been
suggested she might answer the chal-
lenge to her shipping by a wide par
ticipation in the war, even to the eX-
tent of taking part in the operations
in Europe.
As Germany has already given as
surances that her submarine COM
manders were under instructions not
to attack liners without warning, there
was a disposition to believe the attack
ing boat was an Austrian. If that as
sumption proves true it is feared the
situation over the sinking of the ltal-
ian liner AnCona will be further COM
plicated, a. he diplomatic corre-
spondence 4 Austria will be broad
ened to TAX, -.. the general subject OF
attack without warning. as it did in the
last stages of the negotiations with
Germany.
Full Reply to Note
Unofficial reports of a favorable
reply by the Vienna Foreign Office to
the last Ancona note have not served
to alter the attitude of the State De-
partment in the Ancona case and there
are direct indications that nothing but
meeting the d6mands of the United
States fully will leave diplomatic rela-
tions between the two countries unim-
paired.
The word that the reply will be
guided with concern for the good rela-
tons between the two countries, Off
cials take it, means that Austria Hun
gary probably expect more diplomatic
correspondence upon the subject. The
United States is diSinclined to enter
into any such negotiations.
Should 1t develop that an Austrian
submarine torpedoed the Yasaka Maru
without warning the Vienna foreign
office undoubtedly will be asked to
disavow the act to give assurance to
govern future conduct of her subma-
rine warfare. AS was done in the cor
respondence with Germany, the United
States will hold to the position that If
submarines fail to give warning their
commanders cannot be sure that an
American life will not be placed in
danger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27

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The Washington times., 1915-07-13

would not be startling in any other
country, perhaps, but in Russia to
permit government department to
fall under the control of elected rep
resentatives and delegates from the
despised commercial classes is moth
ing less than revolutionary.
Then, too, there was the abolition
of the vodka monopoly and the en-
forcement Of practical prohibition
with the attendant phenomenon of
the increase in savings deposits de-
spite the rigorous conditions of war.
That worked a social and economic
revolution which paved the way for
political change.
1t will not be surprising if the
end of the war should reveal a
changed and more powerful Russia
"a country knit together in a new
spirit of national consciousness as
the result of real revolution.
The Washington times., 1915-07-13
EDISON EFT AL.

=. 1t augurs. we'll for American ad-
yancement> in war means and war
methods that. so eminent scientist
and inventor as Thomas Edison has
promptly accepted the invitation of
the Navy Department to head an
organization of experts who shall
study and develop every form of
suggestion for increased efficiency
of defense and offense on land and
on ships at sea. Even the air is
to be included, if rumors that Orville
Wright will be a member Of the COM
mission. are true. 1t. is a regrettable
circumstance that requires this invi-
tation to be accompanied with the ex-
PLANTATION that gratitude is the only
recompense the Government is now
at liberty to offer. Congress surely
will see that more substantial re-
wards are assured. re" "'
The Washington times., 1915-07-13
"INFLUENCE" AT ANNAPOLIS

The testimony of Prof. H. E.
Smith, of the department of mathe-
matics at Annapolis, gives public
and just complaint of a condition
at the Naval Academy which he
says is growing as intolerable as it
is improper.
According to Prof. Smith political
pull has come to be a determining
factor not only in the ranking OF
students as to scholarship, but q
most potent influence in the reten.
tion of students who are convicted
of breaking the rules Of the institu.
tion.
He testified that outside interfer.
ence hard repeatedly kept cadets or
the Academy rolls who had dem.
onstrated an entire lack either OF
disposition or ability to maintain
the standing required for continued
instruction; that cadets had come
to feel that they could rely with
confidence upon the influence OF
"their congressman" to get then
out of trouble whether of a scholar
ship or a disciplinary nature.
This condition, if true, and ther,
seems no reason to question the au
thority of Prof. Smith, is highly dis
creditable to the institution, tn,
cadets, and the politicians. 1t is a con
dition which if continued will worl
inestimable injury to the institution
and to the navy. The government
of both the service academies shoult
be made to feel that they may &C
with entire disregard for any condi
ton and every influence which i
not for the good of the institution
and the cadets.
The Washington times., 1915-07-13
GARDEN.

The Blindness of Virtue" attracted
capacity audiences all day yesterday
to Moore's Garden Theater. There is
a heart appeal to mothers, to faith
ers, to daughters. and to sons, While
in no wise a sermon. 1t is a great
moral lesson. Edna Mayo and Bryant
Washburn. in the leading roles. bring
out all the strong points of the play
with a mastery that quickcns the
pulses and tugs at the heart strings.
from the drama by Co3mo Hamilton,
will hold the screen until Tuesday
inclusive.
On Wednesday there will be dou-
BILE feature program. the central at
traction being Walter Miller, the
jockey. in The Futurity Winner.
the principal scene of which depicts
the running of the Futurity race at
Saratoga. The secondary feature on
this day. ~1l be multiple reel Key
stone farce comedy. The Little
Teacher" in which will be seen a
cotcrie of expert funmakers, includ-
ing Mack Sonnet. Mabel Normand
Roscoe Arbuckle. owen Moore, and
others. On Thursday Kathlyn Will
liams will appear again in The
Rosary" adapted from the play OF
the same title by Edward F. Rose
Another screen star, Teddy" Samp-
son, will be seen on Friday and Sat.
urday in a Photographic version OF
John Luther Longs widely read
story THE Fox. Woman.