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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
ALCOHOL JACK" VANISHES
Goes 10 Work on Huckster Wagon
Rather Than Face Stonepile

"Aleohol Jack" Dillon took one look
az the stone crusher at the almshouse
yesterday and he never stopped running
until he was safely within the limits of
Harrisburg. Dillon. being an habitual
spender Of the winter months al tie
aimshouse, induced S. F. Barber, the
steward to take him out for an after
noon walk. The steward took him cover
the hills away from the poorhouse'i y
and pointed to spot where work was
in sight.
Il was TOO sudden for Jack. He
walked 10 the top of the hill, gazed at
the men at work and started on the
run, whereupon Steward Barber laughed
long and heartily. He wanted to be
rid OF " Alcohol Jack. y
81 Alcohol jack was on his huekster
wagon this morning as usual doing bit
of work on Allison Hill, according to a
report received at police headquarters.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
Refuses to Put His Sig
nature to Resolution
Which Calls His At
titude "Buncombe"
PASSED OVER
HIS PROTEST
Royal Asserts, However, That He VIII
Endeavor to Garry Out Republican
Commissioners Instructions to Pro.
duce Plan For Unemployed

Although he steadfastly refuses to
attaeh ms signature to a resolution
adopted late yesterday by votes of the
three Republican City Commissioners
Mayor Royal declared this afternoon
he will make an earnest effort to formu-
late plan to carry out the terms of
the measure which calls on him and w.
Il, Gorgas, the other Democratic men,
ber of the City Commission, to devise
way to provide work for the unem.
ployed.
The Mayors refusarto sign the reso-
iutloh, which, among other things,
eharacterizes as ''politcal buncombe'
MS proposal to put the unemployed at
work ON city Improvements, is based
on his contention that the measure is
a reflection on him and Commissioner
Gorgas. The Republicans who passed
the resolution are Commissioners Lynch,
Taylor and Bowman.
If possible, the Mayor will submit
his ideas on how to relieve local condi-
tlons of unemployment at tho Commits
sioners meeting next Tuesday. His
failure to submit a feasible plan, the
resolution says in effect, will Indicate
to the remaining members of the Com
mission that the Mayor sis making a
play for political buncombe only"
Considers 1t a Reflection
an not going to sign that reso-
luton because it is a reflection upon
myself and my Democratic colleague,
said the Mayor, "and, while l know
my refusal to sign it will not prevent
its becoming effective, hold that, even
thorsh fail to provide work for the
unemployed, that will not release the
Republican heads of the departments
from abiding by the provisions of my
resolution, which directs them to start
the Improvement work at once.''
The resolution which the Mayor con-
cedes was an attack upon himself was
introduced by Commissioner Lynch and
passed by the Republicans after the
Mayor had ruled it out of order and
and after his decision was appealed
from and defeated. City officials to-
day declared that such action never be-
fore yesterday had been resorted to in
the deliberations of the City Commits
sioners. The Mayor says that city
official has not in all of the twenty
five years of his public experience, been
attacked before in such a way.
The debate at yesterdays meeting
was lively one, in which stingng re-
marks were made both by the Repub-
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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
$40, 600 FOR CAMERON TWINS
They Share in S1,10O.OOO Estate Left
by Grandfather. Alexander Cameron

by Grandfather. Alexander Cameron
Especial to the Star s-IndependAt)
Richmond, Va, Feb. l1.-The will
OF Alexander Cameron. tobacco manu-.
faeturer, fled for probate here this
week, leaves an estate appraised at
sl,l00,0OO to be divided among eight
children. -Four daughters each re-
eeived rs per cent. more than the four
sons. Colonel Cameron left home
and $4,000 year to mis- widow. To
Alexander Cameron, Sd, and James
biaekwood Cameron, Jr.. twin sons OF
James Blackwood Cameron. of Reading
Pa., is hequeathed $4,000 each. Ot5.
er grandchildren. the children of Mr..
and Mrs. j. Heron Crosman, of iaaver.
ford, Pa, will receive similar amonnts
Mrs. James Blackwood Cameron.
whose twin sons receive bequests of
$4,000 from the estate of Alexander
Cameron, was Miss Dorothy Angel. for.
merly of this city. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Heron Crosman, whose children also are
benefieiaries under the will, also are
former Harrisburgers.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
ISSUES ANTI-NOISE ORDER
Pennsy Directs Men Not to Talk OF
Blow Whistles Near Sleepers

The Pennsylvania railroad directed
the attention of its employees to-day to
what the company calls "the necessity
for reducing noises around sleeping
ears during the night The CON-
pany S notice to employees says:
.'We wish the cooperation of all
employees in order to avoid complaints.
Employees at passenger stations and on
trains on freight tracks should endeavor
to avoid all loud talking and unnec-
essary noise by engines blowing off
steam while passing or shifting cars
opposite passenger stations.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
oarpathian Battle Rages Furiously

Geneva, via Paris, Feb. II. $40 A.
N.-The battle which began in the
carpathians on February I still is rag
ing fnriously along front of sixty
miles from mount Polonina Runa to
Mount Mako, according TO the latest
information received here. In the
Mezolaboroz region General Dankl is
said to have been obliged TO send re.
improvements to extrieate a Hungarian
corps which was almost cut of.
The Russians are reported to have
gained, several miles in the valley Of
Lyutza, which borders the northern
slopes of POlonina Runa and also aS.
vaneed half mile in the valley of
La5oroz where tde railroad passes. In a
single charge by the R0ssians upon
Austro-Hungarian trenches 1900 men
are said to have been killed and wound.
ed in three hours bayonet fighting.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
Dacia Sails Under Threats

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 1.-THE Ameri-
can steamer Daeia sailed to-day with
her cargo of cotton for Germany, which
goes via Rotterdam. Great Britain has
threatened to seize the ship, question
ing her transfer from German to Ameri-
can register and she has already been
the subject of diplomatic correspond
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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
EATS GRAPHOPHONE NEEDLE
Boy Places One in His Mouth Tenn
porarily and Lands in Hospital

An X-ray examination was made at
the Harrisburg hospital this afternoon
to discover the location of a graphic
phone needle swallowed by John
Schmidt, IL years old, 473 Christian
street, Steelton, last night.
The boy was changing needles of the
talking machine and placed one in his
mouth, accidentally swallowing it. He
applied for treatment at the Harris
burg hospital at 1850 O'Clock last
night. The needle had disappeared and
he was ordered back this afternoon for
an X-ray examination.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
DOCTOR KEPT FROM AUTO
Police Find Alleged Drunk Interested
In Another's Machine

When DR.. c. NJ. Rhoads, 236 North
Second street, wanted to take a ride in
his automobile which was standing in
front of his hcme at 10 O'Clock this
morning, he found man apparently
under the influence of liquor tinkering
with the machine. The physician went
back to his Office and notified the po-
lice.
Policeman Schelhas, on duty at head
quarters, was dispatched to the scene
and found the man still gazing at the
auto, probably wondering why the ma
chime wouldn't go. He gave his name
as Harvey Bubb when arraigned at po-
lice headquarters but would volunteer
no other information. He was locked
up on disorderiy practice charge. 1t
was the first arrest in Harrisburg in
forty-eight hours.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
Cargo of American YES
sci Taken by British
Authorities in Ac-
cordance With Threat
THE DACIA PUTS
OUT FOR GERMANY
Notwithstanding Threat of Great Brit
ain Latter Steamer Sails To-day
For Rotterdam With Cargo of Cot
acknowledgements Awaited
BIZ Associated Press.

Falmouth, Feb. IL. via London, 1.5S
P. M.-The cargo of the American
steamer Wilhelmina was seized by the
British authorities here to-day in ae-
eOrdance with the decision of the for
eisn Office. The cargo is to go TO a prize
court.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
$4,000 Baking Company Chartered

The Mulgrew Baking Company, Of
Carlisle, was chartered in the State De.
partment to-day with capital stock
of $4,000. The company will do all
kinds of baking and will seek business
in various points of the Cumberland
Valley. The incorporators are Bernard
Schmidt and Joseph McNeal, Harris
burg, and J. B. Gould, of Sunbury.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
Chocolate Plant Ruined By Flames

Philadelphia, Feb. 11.-Three build
ings of the American Chocolate Com
pany, at Hatboro, near here, were de-
stroyed by fire early to-day. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. The fire is sup
posed to have started from an overhead
ed stove. The owner of the plant, Elmer
z. Brode, lives in this city.
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Continued ON Fourth Page
PHONE OPERATOR A HEROINE
She Stays at Switchboard While Ex-
change Is Threatened With Flames
By associated Press.

Independence, Mo. Feb. 11.-Fire,
starting in cafe in the downtown dis
trict early to-day, burned more than
two blocks of buildings and threatened
the entire business section of the town.
Fire companies from Kansas City as
sisted the local firemen.
A telephone operator who discovered
the fire notified firemen and owners Of
the burning buildings, staying at her
switchboard until the building in which
she was working was practically de-
stroyed
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
27 WOMEN FAINT In CROWD
Overcome While Attending Billy"
Sunday Services in Philadelphia
~ associated Press

Philadelphia, Feb. 11.-Twenty-sev-
en- women were overcome in the crowds
which attended the services of the Rev.
William A. Sunday, She evangelist, here
to-day. Because of the crowds the
evangelist was compelled to hold three
services instead of the customary two
services.
Many thousands were unable to gain
admission to the building in which the
revival is being held All of those
overcome were revived by physicians.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11

Mors voluntarily told an as
sistant District Attorney that he
methodically killed eight aged men and
women residents of the home where he
was employed. Mors was sent to the
psychopatic ward of Bellevue Hospital
for observation and an investigation
of his story was begun in this city, in
Bronx couaty, where the home was
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
WALL STREET CLOSING

New York, Feb. 1.-THE high level
of prices was reached in the last hour,
with fractional recessions in the final
dealings. The closing was strong. Stocks
moved steadily upward to-day under
lead of U. s. Steel and the more rep
resentative issues.
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BIZ Associated Press.

New York, Feb. Frederick Aors,
who said he caused the deaths of eight
aged inmates of the German Odd Eel
lows Home at Yonkers, where ne was
employed as nurse, was declared to De
mentally unwell' by alienists who
examined him today at Bellevue hos
pitai. &
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
TEN DAYS TO HONOR 6. w,

Continued on Fourth Page
The Sentinel=record., 1915-05-26

ing for food Foreigners have been obliged 10 relieve the suffering
 Virtually mo crops WiH be gathered this year and little or the food m- ported to Vera Cruz is permitted 10 reach the interior. The people .n southern Mexico. according to word received here are kept wholly in ig- norance of the progress Of General Obregon's campaign against Villa in the north
 The activity of AntiCarranza bands around Vera t-ruz is causing uneasiness Numerous passenger trains have been held up and the pas sengers. incIuding Americans have been forced to run to the mountains under a hail of bullets.
 Two of the prominent retaurants in Vera Cruz closed on May 1S An i'm provised and irregular mail service between Vera Cruz and Mexico City for the benefit of foreigners has been arranged by John R. Silliman, special representative of the state department The mail is to oc taken by train to Puebla and thence by agents of the Brazilian minister by automobile to Mexico City.
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Graft of Panama k
 Con1n1iSSary Told
Manager Of Department Recei0eG $21.OOO as His Share of
 Tobacco Purchases.

New York, May 25-John Burke, former manager of the commisary de- partment of the Panama railroad, iu- dicted for conspiracy 10 defraud the government in accepting commis- sions in connection with tobacco con tracts, appeared as government witness today at the trial of Jacob Sa'as, a tobacco merchant, one of the alleged participants in the conspiracy.
 Having waived immunity, Burke testified that he entered into an agreement with Salas and Ricardo Bermudez. former governor of Colon, also under indictment, uuuer which he was to purchase tobacco for the commissary department and receive a one third interest in the profits they made there from. Burke iden- tified eleven drafts totalhng neaIiy l,000 which he said he receivec in
 payment on account of his interest Tn
The Sentinel=record., 1915-05-26

cupying the attention of vast bodies of troops along these fronts. North of Przemysl in GaHcia the Austro- Germans under General Von Macleen- sen are engaged in a powerful dmvs against the Russian lines and have, according to official statements lcoming from both Vienna and Der lin, taken an additional 21 ,000 pris- oners, nine cannon and 40 machine guns.
 lu the west the British have not been able to hold all of their line against the German assault but the French report important progress to the north of Arras the capture of one of the great German trenches in the neigAborhood of ARgres. which permitted them to advance over ter ritory from which they had previously been barred.
 The nature of the fighting that is going on in the Dardanelles can be inferred from an official statement is- sued at London which, tetlling of an agreement for suspension of hostili- ties for the burial of the dead, says:
 over 5000 Turks were buried-all killed between May IS and 20." And casually Hist just published, giving the names of 919 Australians killed ana -acu1s,,arsss9 :! ais.'e''@'' s' ations me statef2t reports con siderable progress both the French and British on 1e Gallipoli benin. sula.
 Great Britain's new war cabinet, whereby it is hoped to carry on the campaign with greater energy and eff f'ciency, has been formed. Earl Kitchener retains his position as sec retary for war David Lloyd George is transferred for the time being from the office of chancellor of the ex- chequer to the ministry of mGpitions "a new post. Winston Spencer Churchill, whose administration 0f the
 CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
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C0rr0nzd 10 Seek
 HdDen of Safety
Star0otion Faces People of Mexico As No Crops Ha0e Been
 Planted.

Ga.veson, Tex, May 25.-'rhe play ing of searchlghts around Vera Cruz, Mexico, every night and the iucreas- cd garrsons in the outer forufica- tions have given rise to fears that General Carranzas headquarters may be attacked, according to word receiy- ed here today from Vera Cruz.
 Bands of revoluuonists opposed to Carranza have been drawing closer and in shooting at and footing trains in and out of Vera Cruz daily have been growing bolder. Meanwhile ore. parations ha" been made for a possi- ble move oi uen. Carranza to saf, ty on the island of San Juan de Ulloa, in the harbor of Vera Cruz
 For months he has occupied guar ters in the lighthouse un the main land three hundred yeards from a Mexican transport He seldom ventur ed from the lighthouse.
 Stories of distressing conditions in the interior of Mexico are brought to Vera Cruz. At Japata crowds Of wo- men recently filled the blaze and aft CT begging that the revolution be stopped, paraded the streets clamor-
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London May 25-Austria has struck first with her navy and aircraft along ltalys east coast; Italy prompt ly countered by throwing a consider able body of troops across the north- eastern frontier and occupying a stretch of Austrian territory along the river Isonzo. Thus although Field Marshal Non Hindcnburg, who has a reputation for forcing matters. is re- ported to be in command of the Ger man troops along the new front, Italy in a sense has forestalled him.
 Rome officially announces that the Italians have occupied a number of comparatively important towns and have compelled the Austrians to re- treat This in brief summarizes the first 3G hours of the newest phase of the ever widening European conflict.
 The rapid stroke of the Italian army would seem to bespeak a long prepa- ration, bearing out what the press of the allied countries contended months ago that Italy would throw in her iOl NttH liit tHlcUie anu MdS bulS waiting for an opportune time.
 Romes first bulletin dealing with the movements of the army indicate that two movements are under way one to the northward toward the Car nc Alps; the other through the re eion Of Fuiuli, ostensibly aimed al Trieste
 Just as Italy lightly ch ractterizee Mondays Austrian raids long her coast so Austria charactteAzes the military operations to date N border slirnishes. While todays Rome cf. ficiai communication laid stress on the Italian rush across the border, n, official statement from Vienna ignores it and gives details Of the Austrian sweep on the Italian coast enumeTating the damage and empha sizing the slight Italian resistance.
 The campaien in the old theaters of war, the west and the east. are oc
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creditors stating no 1915 fair would be held but that the fair association would later make an attempt to meet the obligations due, and to reinstate the fair in 1916.
 President Fordyce thought that some money should be raised and a committee cull from the ranks of the creditors those who were unfortunate enough to be sadly in need of their money. and that this should be paid. He paid a number of premiums per sona1y, and probably would have 10 pay others if the demand on him wa5 urgent from such creditors.
 Dr, F. T Holland said that it qp- peared to him that the 60 men who at the outset signed their credit 70 the state fair. and had been con tant subscribers, as well as workers, should receive consideration when disbursements were to be made. He believed that the men who put their names to the notes should nave some relief and he suggested that the hanks which had always collected their interest on the notes, should help in the matter by making a dis count for settlement
 The matter then drifted to the pre- senting of the report of Auditor W. O. Creason. His report shows That the fair ocst more than $30000 and that of this sum more than $7000 was still dne and unpaid In reporting he showed where the fair association ac- counts were $G13 short.
 Immediately after this item was read, # was asked by the directors where the shortage came in.
 Secretary Waters stated that he could not report on the entire sum of the shortage, but that one of the fair employes, early in the history of the last fair, had been found to be about $225 short in his accounts. and Mir Waters stated that he had taken the matter uD with the employe and had deducted a sum weekly from his salary afterwards to apply to that shortage He said that as the matter i''''' ''t''N t-i' tlIFlON v. tld IIilI2 HIS additional salary did not admit to be- ing further indebted to the fair. and that the matter should be handled by the directors in some manner.
 In speaking of this, Mir Waters said: The collections of all the fairs have been handled very loose. They have had several collectors. There was nobody bonded to the fair association. l did not think at the time it was a good thing to stir so 1 made arrangements for the employe to refund cut of his salary. and told Mir Bedding, and probably one or two others. and let the matter go over The voucher systdtm has always been bad one. and there has been no sys- tenn in vogue that should have been aIplied to such a large business af- fair.
 Mr. Creason, in support of the laAz ity of the fair management in recent years said: "There has always been a loose system in vogue. and it is more the surprise that the fafT has not suffered more than it mas in re- cent years. I handled all the money of the fair association the first year I came to Hot Springs, and I had not CONTINTfED ON pACIe FOTrp
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Court of Appeals of New York Con- firms Conviction of Becker
 By Jury.
Speculation Rife as to Whether the Convicted Lieutenant Will Tell of the So.Called 'Poce System" to the Governor in An Effort
 to Save His Life.

Albany, N. r., May 25.-Charles Becker, the former Nav York loice lieHtenant, must die in the eleotrlc chair at Sing Sing prison within the next six weeks for the murder of tler- man Rosenthal the New York gam ib'er by four gunmen on July 1G, Fl2, unless Governor Whitman or T Uuited States supreme court in- qeryGTes. The court of appeals of New York today affirmed the con Wdtion of Becker by ( jury in the supreme court al his second t- al. held several ri nths ago The same court granted Becker a new hearing after his first trial on the ground that Presiding Justice Golf had erred
 Executive clemency for Becker is regarded as remote As distric- at- toruey of New York county, the pres. ent governor prosecutef tne former police lieutenant both tanes, person ally conducting the examination of witnesses in the second trial Sgecu- laton is rife here as to whether Becker, facing death, will not seek to have his life by making revelations in connection with the so-called DO lice system in New York to tAe gov ernor. The statement has been fre- quently made that the trial of Beck. CT and the four gunmen who shot kse---Fnttrsrf uuly- 'srTatcned the surface @of tue true conditions in New Yo'k police circles
 The date for Becker's execution may not be set nor the death warrant
The Sentinel=record., 1915-05-26

Washneton. May 2j.-The story of how resources of the United States may be used to aid the republics Of South and Central America in clear ing away difficulties that the Euro pean war has brought upon the west ern hemisphere was told in part to- day to business men and bankers la ho represent this nation at the Pan. American financial conference
 In group conferences delegates from IS countries began eNplanations to representatives of the commerc a and financial interests of the United States of their peculiar needs and in- dicated in what ways capital and credit could be used to best adyan- tage 10 strengthen relations. only a few of the delegates were prepared with concrete suggestions but the gen eral idea expressed that it was with in the southern re ublics and the sur plus capital of the United States would bring a closer commercial in- terest.
 The only general session of the con
 
 ference today was marked by a dra matic speech by Dr. Santiago Perez Trana, delegate from Colombia, who waved the flag of Pan-Americanism and declared that this hemisphere should be for Americans. He propos ed a neN version of the Monroe doctrine that would make it impos sibe in the future for one American nation to covet a foot of a neighbor' territory or invade her sacred soil
 When the groups assembled after the general session the delegation from Argentina advanced a sugges tion which may make rosslble an un derstanding that all the nations rep resented shall work for an arrange ment whereby disputes arising he | tween business men in the different 1nNsrTNvTrTen nNr AII. rprrnr.t,