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Heat Closes Pittsburg schools.

PITrsBuRG. Sept. li--Schools were
closed here this afternoon because OF
the heat. The official noon temperature
WINS 80, breaking September records.
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We met the c q onel at the head Of
nm indescribable pit Of ruin. full OF
sunshine, whose steps ran down a very
steep hillside under the lee OF AN
almost vertically plunging parapet.
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NAY MEET
\ c Conferees 10 Take IN
Mexican Case Here.

W~AsHINGToN. Sept. l4-lmportant de
velopments relative to Mexico are en-
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Near the German Positions.


"Halt." said Alan at last, when she
Rad done everything except initiate
the mule.
THE road continues" said the
demon driver ~seductively. Z
"Yes, but they will hear you II you
60 on. Stop and wait. We've a
mountain battery to look at
They were not at work for a mo-
ment, and the commander, a srin'
forceful man, showed me come details
of their construction. When we let'
them in their bower It looked Ike a
hill priests wayside shrine. We heard
them singing through the steep de-
scending pines. They, too, X the
"75' men, seem to have no pet name
IN service.
1t was a poisonously blind country,
The woods blocked all sense or direc-
tion. Above and around, the ground
was at any angle YOU please ano al
sound were split up and middle ps
the tree trunks, which acted as slienc'
ers. High above us the respectaple
all concealing forest had turned lht'
sparse, CHASTITY blue sticks OF tnper-
an assembly Of leper trees rouhd d
bald mountain top. -,
That's where we're going sal.
Alan. Isn't ii an adorable
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Nv RupYARD KIPLING.
(CopyriOht IN u. y. A., 1915, BY Rud-
Udrd kiplinD.)

spsoiai cable Despatch to THk srS.
LoNpoN, Sept. livery early In the
morning I met Alan Breck with a half
healed bullet scrape across the bridge
of his nose and an Alpine cap over one
ear. His people n few hundred years
ago had beer Scotch. lie bore n Scotch
name and still recognized the head of
his clan, but his French occasionally
ran into German words. for he was
Alsatian on side.
This" he explained, "is the very
best country in the world to fight In
IL IL picturesque and full OF cover.
I'm a gunner; I've been here for
months. It's lovely"
II might have been the hills under
M~ussoorie, and what our ears ex'
pected to do in II | could not under
stand, but our demon driver, VINO mao
been "A road racer. took the 10 horse
power Mercedes and threaded the "a
row valleys, as we'll as occasional hall
Swiss villages full of Alpine troops
at n restrained thirty miles an hour
He shot up a new made road more
like Mussoorie than ever and did not
fall down the hillside even once. Ar
ammunition mule of n mountain bat
terry met him at n tight corner ant
began to climb "a tree.
There isn't another place In France
where that could happen" said Alan
81 tell you this is "A magnificent coun'
try"
The mule was hauled down by hi'
tail after he had reached the lowe
branches. and went on through th'
woods, his ammunition boxes Jinkint
on his back for all the world as II HI
were rejoining his battery at Jutogh
One expected TO meet the little hill
people bent under their loads undeI
the forest gloom. The light, tn
color, the smell OF wood smoke, PIN
needles, wet earth and warm mul
were all Himalayas. Only the Mer
cedes was violently and loudly
stranger.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-18
Found Dead Near His
Telegraph Key With
Five Bullets in His,
Body
ANOTHER VICTIM
HAS THROAT CUT
Highwaymen Operating Along West
Shore Railroad Enter Station and
Slay Telegrapher, Whose Cousin
Met Similar Fate Three Years Ago
By Associated Press.

Highland Falls, N. Y, March 49,
Highwaymen operating during the night
along the West Shore railroad held up
one man, robbed him and cut his throat
and later entered the railroad station
here, shot and killed the night tel
graph operator and escaped with a
small sum.
George Griffin, whose throat was cut,
is in a serious condition. The body of
the murdered operator, Omar Hotaling,
was found near his telegraph key with
five bullets in his body. Apparently
his assailants had fired from inside the
station. An unfinished report on his
desk indicated that the shooting oc-
Cured between / and O. 'clock in the
morning.
Hotaling was "a years old. Three
years ago his cousin, of the same name,
was murdered under similar circum.
stances in the railroad station at Tap
pan. AT the hospital where he was
taken Griffin said he had been attacked
by three men on the railroad tracks.
They robbed him of So and cut his
throat. Two arrests have been made by
detectives who are engaged in search
for Hotaling's murderers.
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PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING
is DEDICATED AT BIC FAIR
Former Governor Tener Makes Histor-
ical Address as He Turns Structure
over to the Panama Pacific Expo
sition
By Associated Press.

San Francisco, March S.-Pennsyl-
vanians gathered at the Panama-Paci-
ic exposition to-day for the dedication
of the States building, which is a re-
production of part of Independence
Hall in Philadelphia. John X. Tener,
former Governor of Pennsylvania, and
representatives of the nation, State,
city and exposition were on the pro-
gram for the dedicatory exercises. The
building is equipped for the demonstra-
tion of Pennsylvania industrial ac-
tivities by means of motion pictures,
lectures and exhibits.
Following a welcome address to the
people of all countries to visit the
building, delivered by James L. Ad
ans, of Pittsburgh, former Governor
John X. Tener, of Pennsylvania, dedi
Gated the handsome structure. He
spoke as follows:
son the third day of July, in the
year 1912, it was my privilege to Wis
it this great City of San Francisco in
company with my fellow members on
the Pennsylvania -Panama-Pacifc Ex-
position Commission. We came, repre-
senting the people of our Common
wealth under the law, to select within
these fair grounds a,suita5le site upon
which to erect structure to be known
as the Pennsylvania building. We
promised you then that Pennsylvania
would heartily cooperate in your great
undertaking, by representation here in
Continued on Sixth PAGE,
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S22.750 IN new BUILDINGS
Ford Auto Sales Company to Put S.
900 Structure on Site of Plant
Recently Destroyed By Fire

A three-story brick building to cost
$4,000 is to replace the wreckage of
the Ford Auto Sales Company garage
on South Cameron street, Just above
Mulberry, which was destroyed by fire
on February 4, last. Patrick Driscoll,
for the company, this morning obtain
ed permit to erect the structure work
on which will be started at once. Dris-
coll said the building is to be as near
fire proof as possible.
This permit was one of several is
sued to-day by Building Inspector
James III. Grove for new buildings and
Improvements to cost $22,75O Fred c.
Miller will erect two History brick
houses on the east side of Fifth street,
40 feet south of Curtin, costing $6.-
600. William A. McIlhenny will build
two 12-story brick dwellings at
1S44-46 Market street, costing ST..
900.
Bay windows and other changes
costing $500 are proposed for the
dwelling at 1928 Wallace street,
owned by William Bishop. George Det-
weller plans to spend $500 making i'm
provements to the History dwelling
at 1912 Market street, and G. w.
Orth got permit to put bay windows
in the property at 1881 North Sixth
street, to cost $3.50.
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CITY PROMISES MOTTO CUT
OFF front Street VIEW
With This Assurance Several Property
Owners Agree to Bear Expense In
cident to Condemnation Proceed
ing North of Harris Street

In return for the assurance that no
buildings will be erected on the west
side of Front street, between Harris
and Maclay, and that the present
beautiful view is to be perpetually en-
joyed, some of the. property owners on
the east side of the street, among them
Edward S. Herman, president of the
Harrisburg City Planning Commission,
this morning before board of viewers
expressed willingness to reciprocate
by bearing the expense incident to the
city Is condemnation of the river front
ground there. This attitude on the
part of the property owners was not
unanimous, however.
The city is taking the ground from
the west curb of the street to the low
water mark of the river, under an or
dinance providing for the formal open
ing of Front street. The proceedings
are similar to those which are being
followed in the Hardscrabble" case.
The viewers are Paul G. Smith, James
ID. SALESMAN and Karl Steward.
Among the property owners who ap-
peared as witnesses in addition to Mr..
Herman, were DR.. r. II. Moffitt, Jo-
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plans TO LET TRACTION
COMPANIES RUN J|TNEYS
Representative Whitaker Presents
Measure Giving the Street Railways
of the State Permission to Operate
Lines of Autos in Their Territory

Traction companies in the State can
operate jitney bus lines in connection
with their other lines if a bill intro
duced in the House this morning by
Representative Samuel R. Whitaker, of
Chester, becomes a law.
This is the third bill for the govern
ment of this class of vehicle which has
been presented in this session of the
General Assembly. 1t provides that
street railway companies Incorporated
under the laws of the Commonwealth
or lawfully operating lines shall have
the power and authority to own. lease
and operate lines of self-propelled en-
nibuses in connection with the present
lines, providing they first obtain the
authority Of the municipal governments.
The sponsor of the bill said it was
drawn to meet local condition.
The House passed twenty eight bills
on second reading, among which are !:
Allowing an increase in the number
of tipstaves in counties of from 80, 600
to 10000 population; repeating the
act OF 1911 imposing tax on traction
engines; allowing the Department of
Forestry to grow and distribute young
trees; providing for the appointment Of
board of examiners''for operators of
steam boilers in third class cities; pro-
viding for the education of blind chill
dren more than 8 years old.
A bill permitting George s. Smith,
of Huntington, who was crippled while
employed on State highway, 20 bring
suit against the Commonwealth was
passed finally. The military code bill,
on third reading in the House, was re-
committed to the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs for the purpose of minor
amendments. The House adjourned at
11.30. O'Clock, to meet Monday night
at 8 clock.
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MEMBERS OF THE House
FORM A bible Class
For the First Time in History of Penn
sylvania Legislature One Is Organ
lied To-day by Legislators Who
Can't Get Home for Sundays

The members of the House If Repre-
sentatives who stay over in Harrisburg
at the weekends because they live too
far from Harrisburg to get home con.
veniently organized the House of Rep
resentatives Bible class at meeting in
committee room 324 this afternoon.
Such action is absolutely without prece.
dent in the Pennsylvania Legislature.
A notice calling the meeting was pre-
sented to the clerk this morning by
Representative Mckay, of Conneaut
Lake, Crawford county, and was read
by the clerk at the close of this morn
ing's session. The notice says that
the Bible class will meet each Sunday
afternoon until May at 9 CLOCK in
the House of Representatives caucus
room.
The notice took the House by sur
prise. 1The Bible class will have in
the neighborhood of fifty members, for
it is estimated that many Assemblymen
remain in Harrisburg over Sundays.
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SITUATION Between japan
and j. s. Termed DELICATE

Washington, March 18.-It was
stated officially at the White House to-
day that representations by the Unit
ed States to Japan concerning the lat
ter IS demands on China had been en-
tirely independent of any action by
Great Britain or other Powers.
Further than this statement, officials
in all quarters preserved the strictest
silence, regarding the situation as one
of delicacy. State Department officials,
however, have admitted that since the
BEGINNING of the negotiations be-
tween Japan and China over the
former demands for commercial and
other concessions, the United States
has been endeavoring to influence
Japan to ameliorate her demands and
to prevent any infringement of the
rights of the United States. None of
the steps in the representations, which
have been made to the Japanese am
bassador here, as well as to Toxic and
Pekin, have been made public.
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REPORT Berlin and vienna
negotiations BROKEN Off

Geneva, via Paris, March IT, 11.35
P. M.-The "Tribune" says tonight
that according to information from
Vienna the negotiations between Ber-
lin and Vienna and Prince Won Bue-
low, the German Ambassador to Italy,
have come to an abrupt end
''The Austrian Emperor" the news
paper continues, "irritated by the con-
stant demands for the cession of the
portions Of the Adriatic coast to Italy
as compensation for Italy's neutrality,
informed the German Ambassador at
Vienna to seek other bases for an un-
derstanding with Italy.
Perhaps the negotiations will be
resumed in order to gain time, but En-
peror Francis Joseph is obdurate.
Prince Won Buelow's bait to Italy has
failed. If Italy wants Trieste and
Trent while the Emperor lives, she will
have to fight for them.''
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Unofficial News inLon-
don States Outer De-
fenses of Besieged
City Succumb
CONFIRMATION
QUITE LACKING
Austro German Forces Making Progress
Between Stanislau and Kolomea,
Pushing Forward in An Attempt to
Turn the Russian Left Flank

London, March is, 12.45 P. M.-The
outer forts of Przemysl toward which
part of the Austrian army has been
struggling in an effort to bring about
the relief of the besieged garrison, have
at last fallen before the Russians ae-
cording to unofficial reports reaching
London.
Although confirmation is quite lack
ing, British newspapers this morning
apparently are eager to regard the re-
port as not improbable. They refer to
the fact that news dispatches received
from Petrograd yesterday said the sur
render of this stronghold was but a
matter of few days.
Weak Russian Attacks Reported
True or untrue, this is about the only
overnight news from the eastern front,
although there has been much specuia-
ton concerning the engagement report
ed on the northern frontier of East
Prussia and referred to in wireless mes
sages from Berlin as "weak Russian
attacks on Taurrogan and Langszar-
gen." Langszargen is just within the
borders of East Prussia, not far from
the important German fortress Of
Tilsit, and the presence of Russian
troops at this point may mean a new
invasion of German territory.
Nowhere in the eastern arena OF the
fighting, according to the opinion OF
British observers, do the Austro Ger
man forces appear to be making prog
ress except between Stanislau and
Kolomea, to the north Of Bukowina,
where they are pushing forward in an
attempt to turn the Russian left flank.
Opinion of British Experts
British military experts think that
the position of the German armies in
the east precludes the transfer at this
time of any troops to the western arena,
and that the German plan of dealing
Russia crushing blow before attempt
ing the much discussed spring advance
in the west has failed. Five out of six
of the new German army corps are said
to be engaged on and beyond the from
tier of East Prussia, fact which Brit
ish observers think will make it diff
cult for Germany to meet the demands
likely to be imposed on her in the west.
British Victory at Neuve Chapelle
The full import of the British VIC
tory at Neuve Chapelle is only now be-
ginning to be g~asped by the public It
has greatly cheered both troops and
civilians as confirming the belief that
the German line can be broken if the
allies care to pay the price. Several
thousand wounded men from this battle
field already have arrived in England,
five train loads having reached Brigh-
ton during the twenty four hours endea
last evening.
The press to-day again cautions the
people that the taking of the Darda-
nelles is likely to be slow affair, TO
accomplish which the allies must pay
the price just as they have done as
Neuve Chapelle.
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Part of Freight Train
Hurled Down River
Bank Near New Cum
berland To-day
FLAGMAM SAVES
FAST PASSENGER
Runs Along Track and Gives Danger
Signal by Waving Lantern-Eight
Touring Cars of Pullman Type and
Farming Machines Demolished
Especial to the star-Independent)

Especial to the independently
New Cumberland, March 1S.-A
freight wreck, in which six box cars
were hurled from the track and eight
new automobiles were demolished along
with other merchandise, occurred early
this morning on the Northern Central
railway within fifty feet of the Yellow
Breeches creek, in the lower end Of
New Cumberland. A passenger train,
north, from Baltimore, arriving a few
minutes after the wreckage of the
freight train half covered the tracks.
was saved from plunge into the pile
of broken cars through the presence of
mind of the fagman of the freight
crew, r. McLaren, of Baltimore, who
ran back several hundred feet with his
lantern.
The passenger train, No 33, sched-
nled to arrive in Harrisburg shortly
before 2 O'Clock, was held up below
New Cumberland for several hours, the
wreck having damaged both freight
tracks and the north bound passenger
track. Later an extra section of the
train was made up in Harrisburg and
sent to carry the passengers, who were
fransfered around the wreck, to points
further north.
In two of the smashed freight cars
were eight new four-seated passenger
touring automobiles, consigned to a
firm in Toledo, Ohio. Each of the ears
contained four autos, shipped by the
York branch of the Pullman Auto Com
pany. These cars were hurled down
the river bank and barely escaped roll
bng into the river. The autos all were
so badly damaged that no parts of them
can be used again.
Harrisburg representatives of the
Pullman automobiles said to.day that
a standard Pullman touring car sells
for S2,S50, so that the loss of eight
such cars totals $1S,S00.
Three Other Cars Wrecked
Another of the freight cars which
was tossed over the embankment was
loaded with farming implements con.
signed to a Chicago firm from a York
company. This car also was badly
smashed and the goods damaged to such
an extent that they are beyond repair.
The three other wrecked cars were
loaded with merchandise from Balti-
more, one of them being consigned to
Columbus, Ohio, and the other two to
Pittsburgh. These were thrown across
the tracks and much of the stuff thrown
out, but the wrecking crews were able
Continued on Eleventh Page.
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2 OTHER KINDS
FOR CHASERS
Wife Slayer Topped OFF the Whole Com
bination With Elderberry Wine
and 1t Is Held Now He Was Unac-
countable for the Crime
At 3.1o o'clock this afternoon the
Pardons Board announced it had de-
cided not to grant pardon to Zareovic,
the Dauphin county murderer.

The case of Luka Zareovic, the for
eigner who was convicted in the Dau-
phin county court in January, 1909, of
murder in the second degree and SEN
fenced by Judge McCarrel Co twenty
years in the Penitentiary, was before
the Board of Pardons here to-day on
an application for Zareovic's release.
Philip s. Meyer, an attorney, of Steel
ton, presented the application.
Meyer said that Zareovic, in June,
1909, was in the vicinity of Paxton
furnace and early in the morning
drank raw alcohol, beer, porter and at
least two other drinks, and then, with
companion, went to Steelton where
he drank elderberry wine. On the
evening of that day, crazed with liq
uor, he went to the residence of a man
named Jacob Rose, in Steelton, to see
his (Zareovic 's) wife, and after few
words with her shot and killed her. He
then turned his gun on himself and
shot himself, but was only wounded
and eventually recovered.
Reads Letters From Jurors
, , Zareovic was convicted of murder in
the second degree. In sentencing him
it is alleged, Judge McCarrell intimat
ed that the crime was murder in the
first degree and for that reason gave
him the maximum sentence. When the
Continued on Eleventh Page.
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late WAR news summary

The renewal of heavy fighting on
both the western and eastern fronts
during the last fortnight apparently
is being followed by another lull. To-
days official reports speak of no i'm
portant engagements. Russian forces
continue their efforts to throw back the
Germans in Northern Poland, but the
German war Office announces that all
these attacks have been repulsed. The
statement shows, however, that the
Russians succeeded in penetrating Ger
man soil once more, striking in at the
northern end of East Prussia. The Rus
slams are accused of burning and pillag-
ing villages. The German government
announces its intention of retaliatIne
by destroying three Russian villages
for every German village burned.
Although fighting is still under way
in Belgium, Champagne and the
Argonne, the French and German state
ments indicate that the activity yester-
day was limited principally to the ar
til1ery. The Belgians are said to have
made further progress along the User.
A London newspaper publishes
Copenhagen dispatch stating that EN-
peror William has arrived at the Ger
Continued on Eleventh Page
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READY TO START WHARF JOB
Light Company Will Begin Work On
Island Structure Next Week

Actual work on the construction of
the coal wharf, which the Harrisburg
Light and Power Company will erect
on largest Island under city lease, will
probably be begun next week, so rep
resentative of the light company said
to-day. The preliminary work will con-
sist of building the retaining wall and
making the dirt fill back Of the wall
for the wharf site
The company now is negotiating
with contractors, the official said, with
a view to letting contracts for building
the plant; rebuilding the roadway
from 'the proposed wharf to the Wal
nut street bridge, and also for hauling
the coal from the wharf to the COM
pany's power plants, in this city.
The company is planning to resur-
face the entire road leading to the
bridge, and may use either concrete,
asphalt or wood block.