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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
WILDMAN ELECTED HEAD OF
The J.TNEY bus Company
Temporary Organization Effected Last
Night of Concern That Proposes
Operating Line of 80 Autos in the
Streets of Harrisburg

Temporary organization of the Jitney
Transportation Company, a concern
which has announced, its purpose to op
crate ffty-ear auto bus line in tne
city and Steelton, was effected iast
evening. Augustus Wildman was made
president; Ross Oenslager, secretary
and Owen NJ. Copelin, treasurer.
- Notice of the new company's inten
tion to apply to the Public Service
Commission for charter VIII be filel
ON Monday, and on the following day
the company will meet again to consid
er plans for the 'busses which pans
now are being prepared. A representa-
tive of an auto concern, which is fur.
nishing the plans, has assured the pro,
moters that if an order is placed at
once with his firm the first installment
of cars will be ready for shipment
within thirty days or immediately af Q.
the time the company expects to get its
charter.
The authorized capital stock of the
company is $4,000 of which, a repre-
sentative said, more than ten per cent
already has been subscribed. A perma.
nent organization will not be formed, il
was said to-day, until the company is
chartered by the State.
City Treasurer o. NJ. Copelin and Dis
trict Attorney Stroup, who are inter.
ested in the company, to-day received
copies, of San Francisco newspaper
Continued on Fourteenth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
FIRE In COVENANT PARSONAGE
$500 Damage to Home of the Rev.
Harvey Klear

Fire starting in some rubbish in the
basement of the parsonage of the
Covenant Presbyterian church, at 521
PETER street, did $500 worth of dam
age at noon to-day. The Rev. Harvey
Klear, pastor of that church, who re-
sides in the damaged dwelling, is at a
loss to account for the fire other than
that children who were playing in the
basement this morning, accidentally
kindled the blaze.
The fire charred the joists which sup.
port the first floor and a good portion
of the basement. The district fremen
were called from Box 213, Fifth and
PETER streets, and were in service
twenty minutes.
A defective fue in the home of
George Walters, 1902 Fulton street,
caused slight fire last evening. An
alarm was turned in from Fourth and
Hamilton streets, but the fremen were
not needed.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
FIVE Liners START FROM
U.S.. FOR BLOCKADED ZONE

New York, Feb. 27.-Five passenger
liners bound for ports in the war zone
set by Germany around the British Isles
were included in to-day's sailings from
this port. Hundreds of passengers were
aboard.
The Lusitania, now the largest az
we'll as the fastest passenger ship trav.
cling the Atlantic, had many cabin pas
sengers booked for Liverpool. The
American liner st. Paul for Liverpool
the Holland-American steamer Rotter.
dam for Rotterdam, the Touraine for
Havre and the Kristianifjord for Ber-
gen were the other sailings.
Americans flags and the words
" American Line in letters four feet
high. were painted on both sides of the
st. Paul s huh. Two more American
flags were painted ON her bows. The
Rotterdam was marked for identifca-
ton by lettering on her hull giving her
name and destination.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
schmidt Interests BUY
HARRISBURG BAKING Co.
Two Largest Bakeries of Harrisburg
Are to Be Operated by the Capital
City Baking Company, About to Be
Incorporated

The Harrisburg Baking Company
with a six-oven plant at Cameron and
Swatara streets, was absorbed last
night by company of Harrisburg cap.
italists headed by Bernard Schmidt,
owner of the Schmidt Bread Bakery,
at Eighteenth and Holly streets.
The management of the South Cam.
eron street plant was placed in tine
hands of E w .Manbeck, formerly man.
ager of that plant and later manager
for Bernard Schmidt at his Eighteenth
street bakery. James A. Andrews,
manager for the Andrews Brothers, OF
Erie, who operated the Harrisburg
Baking Company, turned over the reins
of management this morning.
Both the Schmidt and Harrisburg
bskeries will be operated by a new
company, which will be known as the
Capital City Baking Company. Appli-
cation for a charter for the new com
pany will be made to the State Depart
ment by Fox q Guyer, Harrisburg at
torneys, on March 22.
Neither plant will lose its individual
ity. according to Bernard Schmidt. The
different kinds of bread baked now by
the two concerns will be continued. Mr..
Schmidt said there will be no change
in the size of the loaves now being sold
nor in the price, Notwithstanding the
fact that the price of -four is above
normal. Mr.. Schmidt would not make
public the price paid for the Harris
burg bakery.
The plant of the Harrisburg Baking
Company was opened in 1908 with
four ovens, and the business has stead
lily increased until two more ovens
have been added. Mr.. Schmidt went
into the baking business in a small
way on Derry street in 1891. His
Thirteenth street plant was opened in
1900. That plant was destroyed by
fire in 1911 and the construction of
the new plant at Eighteenth and HOLLY
streets was then started. This plant
was opened April s, 1912. Six ovens
are operated there and the combined
output of the two bakeries to be op-
Grated by the Capital City Baking Com
pany will total $1,000 loaves of bread
day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
Mysteriously Shot and
Killed by One of His
Companions During
the Play
ALL THROW DOWN
THEIR WEAPONS
No One Lays Claim to the One Revolver
With Discharged Cartridge That
Sends Motion Picture Player to
Eternity
Rn Associnted Press.

Los Angeles, Feb. An investiga-
tion was under way to-day of the death
of Clarence Chandler, motion picture
actor, who was shot and killed yester-
day in the staging of battle scene in
the San Fernandino Valley near here.
Chandler was member of an at
tacking party instructed to capture sol
diers barricaded in a cabin. Before
word was given for them to begin firing
with revolvers, single shot was heard
and Chandler fell in the midst of his
companions, shot in the forehead.
All threw down their weapons. No
one laid claim to the one revolver with
a discharged cartridge. The pistols had
been loaded with bullets in order to
produce a realistic scene in shooting
down the door of the cabin.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
&C. MANS thrust BACK IN
plan FOR new ATTACK ON
WARSAW. SAY RUSSIANS

Petrograd, Feb. 81, 1901 P. NJ,
Via London, 1.55 P. M.-The German
infantry forces are being thrust back
across the river Nieman in Northern
Poland and the Russian general staff
believes that another German plan of
attack upon Warsaw has been count
cred successfully.
Relationship is divided between the
stubborn effort of the Germans to cut
railroad communication to the north
from Warsaw and the coincident re-
sumption of pronounced activity near
Boriimow, on the Central Poland front
west of Warsaw. To quote the opinion
of q staff officer as deduced from these
operations by the Germans at widely
separated centers-'' evidently the Ger
mans intend to push forward again in
the center. For this purpose they
needed reinforcements of troops on the
Boriimow front. In the Kovno dis
trict, activity is diminishing. Hence
it is evidence that the Germans are
again using their railway system to
draw troops toward Borjimow.
In order that we shall not be able
to do the same thing, namely rush
troops southwark to the Bzura and Raw
ka rivers, the Germans are making des-
perate efforts first with cavalry and
then with infantry, to cut the railroad
from Warsaw north to Wilma. Thanks
to the watehfulness of our commanders
and to the indomitable energy of our
troops, the efforts of the enemy have
been futile.
This officer added that even though
the German plans had succeeded this
achievement would not have influenced
greatly the Russian position at Borji-
NOW so long as the other railroad lines
from Warsaw to the front remained in
commission. He said further that the
success which the Russians are report
ed to have gained at Przasnysz had un-
covered the German right flank operat-
ing at Ossowetz, where the artillery en-
gagements still remained undecided
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
5 DROPPED FROM FORCE
OF PUBLIC WORKS BOARD
Three Engineers, an Assistant and an
Inspector Are Let Go Because There
Is No More Work for Them to Do
Board to Be Abolished July

The first cut in the engineering force
of the Board of Public Works. which
Is to be abolished on July /, or i'm.
mediately after the present big city
improvements are completed, was made
to-day, when five engineers, assistants
or inspectors, were dropped because
there is no more work for them to do.
Those retiring are Henry NJ. Gross.
Lemuel D. Dubois, Joseph Bingam, en-.
gineers; Frank S. Keet, assistant and
William Halbert, an inspector. Only
Chief Engineer Joel D. Justin and his
stenographer, Miss Sarah Powell, and
two other engineers, Elbridge Cowden
and Lou Shoaff, are retained.
The reduction in the force was de-.
cided upon in conference between the
two members of the Board of Public
Works, E. c. Thompson and J. William
Bowman, and William H. Lynch, Com.
missioner of Highways. Lynch said
this afternoon that all of the engineers
will be reinstated if their services are
needed before the Board of Public
Works goes out of existence. He add.
ed, however, that Cowden and Shoaff,
too, will have to go in a couple of
'NNhS uhiSoo "Olh oCNClOpS lOI
them to do.
Those employees who were dropped to-
day, Lynch said, had been employed
recently in preparing estimates on the
Improvement jobs which have not yet
been completed by the contractors. BY
July l, when the several big public
improvement jobs are completed the
members of tine Public Works Board
and all engineers then in the Board s
employ will be dropped permanently
and the department abolished.
Under plans now being prepared by
the public works engineers, the coal
wharf at Market street and the river
will probably be abolished and the
eighty-foot gap in the river wah closed.
However, the question of whether the
city can legally close the wharf has
arisen and City Solicitor Seitz next
week will be asked to give his opinion
on that subject. Should Seitz decide
that the city can close the wharf, then
the Sucker Brothers Construction
Company, which has the contract to
build the wall, will be authorized to
close the gap.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
Two Hotels MUST Close
BARS PENDING DECISIONS
Ann Street Hostelry, in Middletown,
and the Berrysburg Hotel Will
Have to Stop Sale of Liquor Mon
day Until Court Passes on Them

Three liquor stablishments-two ho-
tells and one bottling works-that to-
day are doing business in Dauphin
county will not open on Monday morn
ing. The hotels will be unable to open
their bars on that day, because the
court has not yet decided whether their
licenses will be renewed. The bottling
works of John Mackert, Lenkerville,
will be closed for at least year by
reason of the proprietor having with
drawn his application for a new license
The new license year starts on Mon.
day. The st. Lawrence hotel, Berrys-
burg, will have 10 close its bar TEN.
porarily on that day because the con-
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
CRANDPRIX AUTO RACE ON
Thirty-fve Entries in Contest Over
Panama-Pacific Exposition Four
Mile Course
BIZ Associated Press.

San Francisco, Feb. 27.-Thirty five
drivers turned up their cars to-day for
the sixth Grand Prix automobile race
scheduled to start at 1870 a. m. on the
Panama Pacific exposition fouS-mile
course. The cars were started three
abreast at intervals of fifteen seconds.
With ideal weather and a track
which experts declared was in perfect
condition, it was thought a new record
might be made. Two right angle turns
and other irregularities in the course
offered, however, formidable handicaps
against fast time.
Every preeaution had been taken to
guard against accidents to racers and
spectators. Beside the Grand Prix cup
cash prizes amounting to $1,000 were
the rewards for the successful contest
ants.
At the end of the tenth lap D. Res
ia, in a Peugeat, led. Time, 35.44
Ruckstell, in a Mercer, was second, nine
seconds behind. Following were Alley
Hughes, De Palma, Rickenbacker. Res
ia s average was 6S miles an hour.
Earl Cooper was forced out of the
race on the second lap by broken con-
neetion rod.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
Damage TO RIVER
front IS LAnGE
Flood Has Washed Out
Fill and Barred Rocks
Between ,Maclay and
Kelker Streets
TAYLOR CANNOT
ESTIMATE LOSS
H. 900 of the $4,000 Yards of Dirt to
Be Dumped Under the $4,000 Con-
tract Had Already Been Placed on
River Bank by Hauling Company

Damage that may run into several
thousand dollars has been Aone by the
high water in the Susquehanna river
to the river front fill, between Kelker
and Maeiay streets, where loose dirt
from the Pennsylvania Railroad i'm
provements in South Harrisburg la
been dumped in the last few weeks,
The exact extent of the damage, how.
ever, cannot be estimated until the wa
ters recede to stage below eleven feet
which will bring the top of the CON
crete wall above the surface of water
The original contract called for
dumping $4,000 cubic yards of earth
ON the bank after placing large stones
for. a foundation. The cost of this to
the City is to be $4,000. Park Com
missioner Taylor said this afternoon
that between 1900 and $4,000 cubic
yards already have been dumped. He
said he will be unable to estimate the
Hood damage until the water recedes.
Continued ON Fourteenth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
WORK ON THE new RICKOK
PLANT TO START IN month
Announced To-day That Buildings to
Cost 100000 viii of Themselves
Occupy Five Acres of the Nine-Acre
Plot Facing, On Cumberland Street

1t was announced to-day that the
Hiekok Manufacturing Company new
plant to be erected along the Pennsyl'
vania railroad tracks near Cumberland
street, will occupy nine acres and the
buildings alone will cover five acres
This plant will be built because the old
plant in the Capitol Park Extension
zone has to be abandoned, having re-
Gently been sold to the State for $21O,-
900.
Work on the new plant is expected
to start within the next month, and the
buildings will be completed early in
the fall. Work will be rushed ON every
part of it. Day 4 Zimmerman, of Phila.
delphia, architects and engineers, who
are regarded as experts in this class OF
work, are preparing the plans, which
are almost finished and will have charge
of the work when the contract is let.
The new buildings will cost about
100000. They will be of concrete
brick and steel. The front part will be
two stories high and contain the offices
The rest of the plant will be one-story
in height of ''saw-tooth roof con
struction by which the light will all
NOlllt 1IUul iilt TUOl.
1t is the intention of the company to
move into the new building much OF
the present machinery, but a large lot
of new machinery will be purchased and
put under the new roofs. The entire
plant will be modern and thoroughly
up to date and with roof tank for
water for use in the various depart.
ments and in case of fire.
The buildings will contain the iron
and brass foundries, the machine shop,
wood shop, paint shop, blacksmith shop
and modern plating department, all OF
which will be thoroughly equipped with
modern machinery for the manufacture
of the products of this old-established
company
As soon as the company has moved
from its present location, which was
first occupied by the founder of the
firm more than half century ago, the
State will sell the old buildings to the
highest bidder. They will be removed
at once and there will be another big
hole IN the Eighth ward
1t is possible that all of the build.
inss will be cleared away within year
including the manufacturing plant
proper and the old shoe factory front.
ing on State street near the bridge
across the Pennsylvania railroad.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
Former Attorney Cen
eral of State Sue
cumbS in Savannah
After Long Illness
FOR MANY YEARS
IN PUBLIC LIFE
Leading Member of Lancaster County
Bar Was Also An Editor and Pub
lisher-Active in Democratic Coun-
ellis of State and a Fine Orator

William Uhler Hcnsel. of Lancaster
former Attorney General of the State
widely known in Pennsylvania jour
nalistic and legal circles and prominent
for years in politics, died in Savannah
Georgia, last night, after long illness
He was 6S years old.
Mr.. Hensel was Frustrated by illness
several months ago, and it was feared
he would die then, but he rallied and by
careful nursing in his country home
near Lancaster he was in short time
considered out of danger, although very
weak
Two weeks ago he accepted the in.
vitation of former Senator j. Donald
Cameron, who for some time has been
residing in Donegal, in Lancaster co';n
ty, and who was Mr.. Hensel's lifelong
friend, TO visit him on his houseboat
the Conewago, then in Southern waters
the object being to restore Mr.. Hensel S
health. The sojourn apparently was
beneficial at the start, for a letter re-
Gently received by Thomas Lynch Mont.
gomery, State Librarian, from Mr.. Hen
sci, who was then on the Cameron
houseboat Gin Florida waters as he
expressed it, stated that he was much
better but was still very weak. AT
the time of his death Mr.. Hensel evi.
IDENTIFY had arrived in Savannah where
he suffered a relapse. The body will
be sent to Lancaster.
Mr.. Hensel is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. John A. Nauman, wife
of member of the Lancaster bar, and
several brothers and sisters, all resid-
ing in Lancaster county
Native of Lancaster County
Mr.. Hensel was born in Quarryville
Lancaster county. in 1851, and after
attending the Lancaster schools, entered
Franklin 4 Marshall College where he
was graduated with honors in 1870
with the degree of A. B.
In 1873 the degree of A. NJ. was
conferred on him by the college. Sub
sequently both Dickinson College and
Washington & Lee University conferred
on him the degree of LII D., and in
1912 Franklin & Marshall, his alma
mater, conferred on him the degree of
Lift. d. as an honor for his services as
member of its Board of Trustees, of
which he was president. He was ad-
mitted to the bar of Lancaster county
in 1873, having while studying law,
been reporter on the Lancaster "In-
telligencer.'
Mr.. Hensel through all his life con-
tinued active III journalism, although
Continued on Third Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
GERMAN SOLDIER SENTENCED
TO DEATH FOR PlLLA6ING

Rennes, France, Feb. 81, Via Paris,
sos A. MA German soldier named
Carl Vogelgesang, of the Twenty.sixth
Saxon infantry, native of Eisleben,
has been sentenced here by French
court martial to military degradation
and death, having been found guilty of
pillaging while under arms, of arson
and Of dispatching French wounded.
The principal evidence against this
German soldier were the entries in his
own diary which was found on his per-
son when he was searched after having
been made prisoner by the French, the
fifteen of last September. vogele-
sang denied before the court that he
had killed wounded men. He admitted
the ether charges, however, but de-
clared that he was acting under su-
perior orders.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27

STROUP QUITS LIQUOR CASE
District Attorney Withdraws as Coun-
sci for Berrysburg Hotel

District Attorney NJ. E. Stroup, who,
with Horace A. Segelbaum, had been
counsel for William H. Bowman, pro-
prietor of the st. Lawrence hotel, Ber-
rysburg, whose application for a renew
al OF his liquor license has been held up
pending the courts inquiry into the
charge that the hotel has been violating
the liquor laws, this morning obtained
permission from the Dauphin county
court to withdraw from the case. He
indicated that his withdrawal was not
meant in any way to prejudice his for
.mer clients chances of getting a re-
newal. Stroup told the court : he
thought 1T was the most advisable
thing for him to do. He said:
When l consented to represent Mr..
Bowman there were no charges of a
violation of the law preferred against
him. Since that time such charges have
been preferred, and I deem it inadvis-
able and inconsistent with my position
as District Attorney-no matter wheth-
er these charges are we'll grounded or
MOTTO represent him in this matter,
and have SC advised Mr.. Bowman.
With the permission of the court, 1,
therefore, desire to withdraw as attor.
ney for the applicant.
Judge Kunkel made this reply:
"We think your action unquestion-
ably is proper. AS public officer and
representative of the Commonwealth,
we cannot very well see how you can
represent the Commonwealth in Grimm al
matters and at the same time represent
one who is charged with violation of
the law. We will :-llow your applica-
tion.o
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
THE ALLIED FLEET BOMBARDS
INNER DARDANELLES UORTS

London, Feb. 81, 4.49 A. VI. The
allied fleet has bombarded interior
forts in the straits of the Dardanelles,
according to an Athens dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Company. The fire
directed upon Fort Dardanos is said to
have been particularly severe and the
Turkish reply feeble.
The Sedd- -El-Bahr lighthouse, at the
entrance to the Dardanelles, is in
flames. The fort of Dardanos is the
first to be passed after those which
guard the entrance to the straits.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
RUSSIANS FIGHT STUBBORNLY
TO REJ0IN THE MAIN ARMY

London, Feb. 81, III A. MA
dispatch to the Chimes from Petro-
grad says that information has been
received in the Russian capital that
several units belonging to the Twen-
tieth corps, which was surrounded by
the Germans in the retreat from East
Prussia, still are fighting stubbornly
and probably will be able to rejoin the
Russian army.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27

Cabinet members, including Premier
Asquith, take the attitude that repris-
ais will be necessary in retaliation for
Germany's submarine campaign. Eng
land s allies, including France and
Russia, which have been considering
the American proposals, were said to
be in full accord with her as to what
steps she would take.
The Washington government believes
that, even though these proposals are
not adopted, efforts will not be wasted,
since it will demonstrate to the bellig.
erents the sincerity of the purpose of
the United States and the impartiality
of its position.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
LATE war news SUMMARY

The efforts of the German and Aus
trian armies to crumple both ends of
the long Russian front are reported to-
day to have been checked. Petrograd
states that the German drive at War
saw from the North has been count
cred. The official report from Berlin
says that new Russian forces have ap-
peared in Northern Poland and began
attacks. Near KoIno, the statement an
nounces, 1,1O0 Russians were captured
In Eastern Galicia, at the other end
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
Bu Associated Press.

Washington, Feb. 27.-An indication
of the British governments s attitude to-
wards the American governments S in
formal proposals to Great Britain and
Germany for the removal of dangers
to neutral shipping, officials here
thought would be forthcoming to-day.
At any rate, an answer is expected in
a few days. The German government S
attitude on the issue is already known
to be favorable to making concessions
and as supplying the basis for nego-
tiations between the nations involved.
Officials here learned to-day through
unofficial sources that some British
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-27
EIGHT OF EViLYN'S Crew
Lost WHLN Vessel SAfK

Washington, Feb. 27.-Minister Van
Dyke at The Hague cabled to-day an
unofficial report that eight of the crew
of the American steamer Evelyn sunk
by mine in the North Sea had been
lost.
Yesterday he sent an unofficial re-
port that the missing boat load was
safe.