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The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-09
GERMANS SHOOT FIRE
 FROM A NEW DEVICE
Carried on the Back and Protects q
 Long Flame on Trenches.

London. correspondent of the Morning Post at British headquarters sends the following description of the German fire protector" attack on the British trenches at Hooge:
 At 3:30 o'clock in the morning the German attack began. A tremendous fire was concentrated from three sides upon the Hooge salient. There was a direct fire of five inch and field guns against our parapet, in addition to high explosive shells of longer range and rain of every sort of bomb from hour of this the enemy crept toward our battered parapets by saps they had carried forward and began to play upon what was left of the defenders with fire projectors.
 The fire projector is carried strap ped to the back exactly as is fire ex- tinguisher and apparently contains some inhammable oil under pressure which, when the cock is opened. pro- jects long, flaming jet.
  ing they had undergone and with de- lenses badly knocked about, the troops holding the salient had to relinquish the trenches on the north side of the road and fell back slowly from the ridge
 Owing to delays inseparable from the situation, 1t was impossible to get counterattack into shape before o'clock in the afternoon. Then the ad- vance was made partly under cover of an irregular piece of forest known as the Zouaye wood, which offered the only concealment, but from the ridge east of Hooge German guns swept the wood. The whole place looked as though it had been thrashed with a fail of thunderbolts, yet the troops held on to 1t and even succeeded with the greatest gallantry in advancing to the edge of it facing the enemy, which was found, in German fashion, to be completely swept by machine gun crossfire, so advance beyond 1t was almost certain death. None the less, the advance was repeatedly attempted, and small isolated parties of officers and men succeeded in getting right up to the barbed wire in front of the enc my's trenches We were in the end obliged to be content with holding the line of the wood to which the troops had chung with such determination.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-09
ADMIRAL BADGER RETIRES.
His Career In the Navy One of Service
 and Honor.

ana f7onor.
 Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger of the general board of the navy, who since his retirement as commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet last year has made Washington his home, goes on the retired list after forty-six years in the navy, twenty-five of which have been at sea. He has sailed on every sea, has been superintendent at An napolis. was one of the officers who participated in the famous Greedy re lief expedition to the Arctic and was the senior commanding officer in Mex ican waters for months following the taking of Vera Cruz by the marines and bluejackets under Fletcher, his successor to the Atlantic fleet com mand
 Admiral Badger Is Marylander. His father was the late Commodore Oscar c. Badger, U. S. N, and Ensign Badger, II. s. N. is his son. President Taft made him commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet, and President Will son made him a member of the general board.
 As superintendent at Annapolis he was known as Square Deap' Badger, n nickname that has stuck to him ever since. He was a strict disciplinarian, but just
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-09
Swiss Army as Model for Ours
 Has a Force of 262,o0o Soldiers

the candidates to pass the examina. tions. About D per cent of the candi dates are accepted, 15 per cent are 'postponed'' and 30 per cent exempted wholly.
 Divided Into Three Classes.
 By the law of 1907 the Swiss army is divided into three classes-the aus zug, or elite, comprising men from twenty to thirty-two years of age; the landwehr, men from thirty-three to for ty years. and the landsturm, men be- tween forty-one and forty eight years
 The recruits serve for different pc riods during their first year, according to the arm of the service into which they are incorporated-infa and engineers siXty-five days, artillery and cavalry ninety days, while those in the auxiliary troops serve but sixty days.
 Soldiers in the elite are called out seven times during their term of serv- ice for period of eleven days year (fourteen days for the artillery and Soiiiooii tiooPSi, W ullc luc cIl is called out only once for q training period of eleven days
 Cayalrymen serve ten years in the elite (no service in the landwehr and during that period are called out eight times for training periods of eleven days. Between the ages of twenty and forty each soldier must attain a certain proficiency fin marksmanship while there is an annual inspection of arms. uniforms and equipment. The confederation also makes money grants to rife societies.
 Rifle and uniform become the full property of the soldier after he has completed his full term of service Officers serve in the elite to thirty eight years of age and the landwehr till forty-four, while they remain in the landsturm till fifty-two years of age.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-09
RFaOY FOR INSTANT SERVICE

rLie Country Had as Many Soldiers
 |, Proportion to Its Size as Has
 ;.-erland the Army Would Consist
 4 About S,OOO,ooo Men-Reserve
 Would Also Be Large
 rho Swiss system of military train ,,c has been held up by Theodore noosavelt and other advocates of uni ...rsol military education for the Unit aa states as d model to be followed
 The little republic, with an area of ,5 o76 square miles and population Inf 100000, has an army, ready Tor r-or of 262 900 men of all branches of tbo service and a further unorganized roserve of 10000 men. who have all |had military training.
 The United States. with an area up- ward of 3N00,O00 square miles and a nopulation of 1O0OOO.OOO, has regular army of 5000
 Here is how Switzerland creates by universal compulsory personal military service an efficient army of citizen sol ders. for the Swiss army is purely a militia force;
 Every Swiss male citizen is bound to render personal military service be- tween the ages of twenty-two and for tv-eight. Only high federal officials and clergymen not serving as chap lains. policemen and officials of pub l lie means of communication, whose services would be indispensable fin . times of war. are exempted.
 Must Report at Twenty.
 Every young man who has reached the age of twenty must report at the various canton headquarters for med ical and literary examination. The l gymnastic tests that qualify for serv- ice are as follows:
 running broad jump of not less than eight feet lifting at least four times a weight of about thirty-seven pounds in both hands at once and run ming about eighty yards in less than fourteen seconds. Those falling below certain standard are exempted, but may be 'postponed' for not more than four years in the hope of coming up to the standard.
 Those who are totally disqualified must pay q tax of francs up to the time they are forty years of age plus lh francs for each 1000 francs net property and ll2 francs for every 100 francs net income
 About 3O00o candidates report for service each year under this system. in order to keep down the expense as much as possible the tests for entering the army are made as severe as possi- Oe' Every opportunity is given the young men after they reach the age of eighteen to prepare for entering the army, and the government assists gym nastlc and school organizations to fit
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-09
BEFORE AND AFTER.

The public officials of Clarksburg. W. Va, are quoted by the Clarksburg Telegram as saying that but one seventh as many arrests were made in the city during July, August. Sep tember and October under prohibition as were made during the correspond ing months of last year. Three mem bers of the police force have been cut of as result of prohibition.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-09
965.OOO RIFLES ON HAND.

But In the Event of War This Country
 Would Still Be Behind European Ma
 tions-America Has Supplied Only a
 Small Percentage of the Shells Fired
 by Allies In France.
 Unofficial inquiries made by the war department and the navy department have shown that through the extension of private intuition plants and the con struction of others the munitions pro- duction of the United States since the beginning of the war has been increas- ed about fourfold. In small arms am munition the increase has been from 100000 rounds day, this being the amount that the government was able to turn out for its own use, to 5.0O0.- 900 rounds a day. But as compared with the amounts of munitions that would be required should the United States become involved in war the augmented production has been in finitesimal.
 How small is the proportionate abili-
  tions plants in this country to turn out supplies may be understood by the ap. propriate figures of German prepared ness. At the outbreak of the war a year ago the German army had on hand five rifles for every soldier, regu- lar and reservist, with 2,0O0 rounds of ammunition for each rif1e-that is to say. the German army before hostile shot was fired had 25.OOOO0O rifles and 50000, 100000 rounds of ammunition Since the war began the German arms and ammunition factories have been working night and day to keep up a proportionate supply of such muni- tons. This government has something more than 100000 modern Springfield rifles of the present army pattern and in the nelghborhood of 365.000 rifles of the Krag pattern, which are not now used by the regular army, but could be distributed to troops in the field in case of an emergency. Thus the re- serve supply of rifles of the United States is about 100000 as compared to 25,O00,00O for the German army.
 Encouraged by Increase.
 The government Is greatly encourag- ed over the increased ability of the country to turn out arms and ammuni. tion through the extension of present private plants and the construction of new plants. But with these additions the producing capacity Is far behind the demand that would exist if the United States should go to war. The capacity of 100000 rounds for the government plants and 5,000,OoO rounds for private plants Is based on a work ing schedule of twentyfour hours q day This means that if the govern ment should put million men in the field each man would have an ammuni- tion supply of only five cartridges a day. At the rate of ammunition ex- penditure in the European war the SUD- ply of cartridges would leave the Amer. ican forces engaged in hostilities in a very dangerous position for either of, fensive or defensive work.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-09
"AutomobiIe Eve Tire"

The automobile eye tire" and much of the headaches and so called neu- ralgic headaches are not headaches. but merely inflammation of the ocular muscles, Dr. Franklin Baker of Phila- delphia told the Physical Therapeutics society of the American Institute of Homeopathy.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-09
FIVE MONTHS OF WAR COST
 FRANCE $1,2so, ,eoo,ooo.

The first five months of the great war cost France exactly G,4O3,0O0,0O0 francs ($1,2SO.6O0 oOO). This Is shown by the re- port of the budget committee on supplementary military and na- val credits just issued.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-09
On His Day of Rest.

On his day off William Anderson, in Los Angeles, Cal, blundered into a stable, was bit by watchdog. kicked by four horses, assaulted by twelve Chinamen, who thought him thief; fell from seven foot fence trying to escape and was arrested as a plain drunk.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
million spent FOR PENROSE
So Declare Palmer and Rupley to the
Senate Elections Committee Pro-
bing Campaign Expenses

Washington, Jan. 6.-Representa-
tives Palmer and Rupley, of Pennsylva-
MIA, alleged before the Senate Elections
committee to-day that more than mil
lion dollars was spent on behalf of Sen
ator Penrose in his recent successful
campaign for reelection
The committee resumed consideration
of the Norris resolution to direct an
inquiry into Senatorial campaign ex-
penditures in Pennsylvania and Hi
nois. On request of Senator Oliver the
committee deferred action until Mr..
Penrose could be asked il he wishes to
appear.
''We were able to show the commit
tee that more than a million dc liars
was corralled and spent in behalf of
Senator Penrose s candidacy said
Representative Palmer, who was the
Democratic candidate for Senator in
Pennsylvania.
''We charged that both Pennsylvania
and federal laws were violated in the
expenditure of vast sums on behalf of
Senator Penrose," said Representative
Rupley, 'and that proper returns of
the expenditures never hay been filed. -
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
Flames Break Out in Stalled
Train at Height of Rush Hour
This Morning and the Entire
Fire Department of the City
and All Ambulances Are
Summoned to Scene---Hun-
dreds of Half -SuHocated Pas
sengers Rescued From Sub
wdy Stations and Hurried to
Hospitals---PreparationsA Are
Made to Dynamite Streets to
Let Air Into the Tube
By Associated Press.

New York Jan. 6.-New York's subway was visited by
fire and panic to-day which 200 persons hos
ptals caused the death of and damaged the
transportation system Of the city
The fire said to have been due to an electrical ex-
poslon In conduit between the Fifteth and Fftv-nnth
street stations The noise and smoke terrified the 700 or
more passengers OF two downtown trains stalled near by
and their unreasonng efforts to escape scores were
badly bruised many knocked unconscious and still others
were overcome by smoke.
The subway service according to Commissioner Mccall
OF tie Public Service Commission may be tied up for
era days result of the accident If this proves true
1T Will mean that the than million persons day
carried by subway trains will be diverted to the surface
and elevated systems and congestion without
parallel in the history of the city.
AT first it was thought there had been terrible
catastrophe and reports reached police headquarters that
at least had been killed The entire fire depart
ment and all the ambunces in the city, together with the
pulmotor squad were rushed to the scene.
Smoke pouring out of the subway entrances man
holes and venatos and for help could be heard
1t turned out, however that while police and remen had
all they could do in bringing out the unconscious including
of who tainted the early reports
had been eXaggeratonS.
1t than three hours after the accident that
the last passenger rescued and during that time in
the streets nearby there continuous procession of
flying ambulances and private automobiles removing the
injured to the various hospitals
The accident described by the police as the worst
in the history of the subway.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
Says CROOKS COT HIS $500
Frank Marshall Tells Police He Was
Cheated Out of the Money by
Pair of Clever Rogues

Frank Marshall, of 946 Paxton
street, told the police this afternoon
that he has been cheated out of $500
in novel way, by two men known
only by their descriptions, who, he
said, fled from the city. He asserted
the men offered him a job in Market
street hotel yesterday morning, posing
as the proprietors of the establishment,
and requiring a check for $500 from
him as security for the job.
He handed over the check, he said,
and the men then took him to the ho-
tel, where they acted as though they
owned the place, treating him at the
lunch counter and even showing him
rooms upstairs. He left but returned
again, according to his story, and de-
manded the $500 back, telling the men
that he had changed his mind about
taking the job offerell to him.
The men, he said, then ran from the
building and made their escape in a
hired automobile, refused to pay the
chauffeur, Archie Olewine, and made
their getaway on a train to Elizabeth
town.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
Organization Carries to
Court Dispute as to
Ownership Of tn e
Fleming Masion
TRUST COMP ANY
RAISES ISSUE
AS Executor of Estate It Holds Club
Has Not Legal Right to Take Prop
erty Willed to It-Action to Decide
to Whom Mr.. Payne Shall Pay Rent

Because the Civic Club of Harris.
burg, composed of many of the wealth.
lest and most prominent women of this
clty, to which organization the late
Virginia H. Fleming bequeathed the
magnificent $4,000 Fleming mansion
at 612 North Front street. was not a
chartered corporation under the laws
OF Pennsylvania when Mrs. Fleming s
will became effective on June IA, last,
immediately following her death, the
Central Trust Company, of New York,
executor of the estate, claims the Civic
Club cannot take over the property.
The Civic Club disputes the trust
company, however, contending the club
is rightfully entitled to the mansion,
and it is because of this dispute that
Frank Payne, the present tenant of
the mansion, a wealthy shoe manufac-
turer, who is prominent socially, has re-
fused TO pay his mtnthly rent either to
the executor or to the Civic Club, pend
ing an adjustment of the dispute as to
ownership of the property.
Mr.. Payne is ready and willing to
pay the rent, but he, wants to be salts
fled, when he does make payments, that
he is giving the money to the legal
owner. The situation is almost unique,
few cases of its kind being on record,
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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
Youth is killed COASTINC
John Walker, of Near Carlisle. When on
Sled, Crashes With Fence and
Is Fatally Hurt

Especial to the Star Independently
Carlisle, Pa, Jan. 6.-John Walker,
l9 years old, farm hand, whose home
was in Huntsdale, died last night a
few hours after crashing into rail
fence on his sled near Hunters s Run.
He had been coasting down a steep
hill and while going at high speed his
sled left the road resulting in fatal
injuries.
The boy had been alone on the sled,
but his companions were nearby and
rushed to his side. They pulled him
On the sled to the home of his broth
er, Levi Walker, where a physician
was summoned, but the doctor was un-
able to save the boys life. His alb
domen was injured where it struck the
rail. There were no bones broken.
Besides his mother, the boy leaves
three brothers, Levi, Leo and Harvey.
and sister, Claire, of Huntsdale, and
sister, Mrs. May Reid, of Harrisburg.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
Mrs. Blair Carries Boy
Through Smoke-Fill-
ed House. Then Helps
in Mothers Rescue
GAS EXPLODES
DURING BLAZE
One House Ruined and Four Others
Damaged by Early Morning Flames
Rescued Woman Seriously Burned
One Man Injured

Through the smoke-flled halls of her
burning home at o'clock this morn
ing Mrs. A. G. Blair, 613 Schuylkill
street, carried her son, Roy, 10 years
old, saving his life and risking her
own. Then she directed the efforts
of Claud Lontz, 20 years old, of Gil
Schuylkill street, in rescuing her moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Wilbur Blair, from a
burning rear room of the second floor.
Mrs. Wilbur Blair was burned about
the face, hands and feet when she at
tempted to extinguish the fire which
started when a blazing matchhead fell
on the carpet as she attempted to light
the gas. She was taken to the Har-
risburg Hospital where her condition is
said to be alarming, although she has
a chance to recover. Eugene J. Nc
Curdy, of 612 Schuylkill street, was
burnt by falling plaster while helping
the fremen.
The fire destroyed the Blair home,
did slight damage to the adjoining
house, Gil Schuylkill street, occupied
by Charles Lontz and the house ad-
joing the Blair home on the other side,
615 Schuylkill street, occupied by
George W. Presley, superintendent of
the Pennsylvania Railroad stockyards.
An explosion which occurred in the
Blair home before the fremen arrived
slightly damaged two other dwellings,
GIT and 619 Schuylkill street. The
houses are all in one row and are
owned by J. G. Mehring. The loss will
reach $4,000.
The explosion which followed the
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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
Presentation w as Made
by Secretary Daniels
a It Brooklyn Navy
Yard To-day
BRAVERY OF THE
MEN EXTOLLED
Head of Navy Also Pays Touching
Tribute to Nineteen Sailors and
Marines Who Lost Their Lives Dur
ing Occupation of Mexican City
By Associated Press.

New York, Jan. 6.-Thirteen enlist
ed men of the United States navy who
won special mention for distinguished
conduct at the occupation of Vera Cruz,
were presented medals of honor by Sec
retary Daniels to-day on the deck of
the battleship Florida at the Brooklyn
navy yard. Rear Admiral Fletcher, now
commander-in-chief of the Atlantic
fleet, who commanded the American
naval forces at Vera Cruz and other
high officers of the navy participated
in the formal ceremony.
The medal winners were: Henry N.
Nickerson, boatswain IS mate, first
class; Abraham De Somer, chief turret
captain; Joseph G. Harner, boatswain IS
mate, first class; George Cregan, boat.
swain s mate, first class; Lawrence C.
Sinnett, gunner s mate, third class
Percy A. Decker, chief boatswain s
mate; Charles F. Bishop, qusrtermas-
ter, first class; James A. Walsh, quar-
termaster, third class; Charles l.. Nord-
sick, seaman; Fred j. Schnepel, sea
man; Berrie H. jarrett, gunner s mate,
third class; William Zuiderveld, hos
pital steward; Harry G. Beasley, cox
swain.
Edward Gisburne, electrician, second
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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-06
Late WAR news SUMMARY

A German trench nearly half mile
long in the Argonne region was blown
up by the allies, according to to-day's
official statement from Paris. The
French then made an infantry attack
ing this charge a grandson of the Ital-
ian patriot Garibaldi was killed. The
recent death in action of another grand
son was said in Rome to have reawak-
ened the war spirit in Italy.
Aside from the fighting in the Ar
gonne, activity Is limited chiefly to up
per Alsace, where the Germans seem
to have checked the French advance.
The only claim made in the French
statement is that the ground won has
been held. The loss of one position to
the Germans is admitted
The Berlin War Office states that
the French are bombarding towns to
the rear of the German lines and ''seem
Indifferent to the killing of their own
countrymen and to the destruction of
French homes.' The capture of several
trenches from the allies is reported.
Fighting continues along the main
line west of Warsaw, but dispatches
from Petrograd and Berlin agree that
there have been no important develop
ments recently. To-day's developments
German official communication says that
few Russian positions were captured.
The garrison which has been defend
ing the Galician fortress of PrzemysI
under siege by the Russians for many
weeks, attempted another sortie. Of the
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CUYER and BARBER ARE
REELECTED UNANIMOUSLY
No Evidence at Reorganization Meet
ing of Directors of the Poor of AL
legged Plan to Gust These Two Coun-
ty Employes-Walters President

John 2. Guyer, clerk to the Directors
of the Poor, and S. f. Barber, steward
in the Dauphin county almshouse, were
unanimously reelected to their present
positions and all other county employees
connected with the poor department,
were retained for another year when
the directors organized this morning
for the new year. Harry A. Walters,
one of the Democratic majority mem
bers, again was elected head of the
board. Charles l.. Boyer, the other ma
jority member, was elected agent, and
b. Frank Mead again was chosen as
legal adviser.
There was not the slightest evidence
of the alleged plan, referred to recently
by Director Walters, under which he
said politicians sought to compel him
to "ix" Guyer and Barber. Walters
made no reference to the so-called
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