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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
BURNS SELF TO DEATH

Altoona, Pa, Nov. 10. - Mrs.
Katherine Mayer, aged 45, was burned
to death in her home in this city at
$50 O'Clock this morning. According
to appearances she built fire on the
attick floor and laid down in the
flames with suicidal intent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10

ment Company, Incorporated, held to-
gay at the office of the company. 1872
Locust street the usual semi-annual
dividend of 3 per cent on the pre-
rerred stock was declared; also the
usual semi-annual dividend of per
cent. on the common stock The Off
GERS OF the company are Nj. G.. Baker.
president; M. A. Shelter treasurer;
George w. Nelly, secretary
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
NO NOBEL PRIZES

Stockholm. Nov 10. - The Swedish
Academy of Science has decided not
to distribute the 1915 Nobel Prizes
for physics and chemistry. The sums
available for these prizes will be
added to q special fund
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
To-DAY's REALTY TRANSFERS

To-day's realty transfers Included:
Laura r. Snavely to Joshua S.
Hoke, Londonderry township, $500;
Jacob Erger to Bias Dumbono, Steel
ton, $1,700; Sava Savric to Mark Mum
ma, Steelton. $1,000: Barnard Bloom
j. Snyder to Northern Central Rail-
road. Upper Paxton. $1,000; Lena E.
Bucher to John III. Kreider, 141O Der
ry, $4,000: William A. McIlhenny to
Anna W. Schmidt. 1910 Market street,
$1,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
Will ARBTTRATE TROUBLE

Louisville, KY, Nov. 10. Difficult
ties between the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad Company and its fire.
men which have been threatening a
strike. will be arbitrated
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
COAL PRICEs DRoPpING

New York. Nov. 10.-The tension
OF the coal situation has eased in the
past few days and Wholesale prices
have dropped several dollars ton,
according to statements by trade au-
thorities here to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
ARTIST G. N. FLAGG DEAD

Hartford, Conn.,. Nov. 10. - Charles
Noel F'lagg, widely known as an
artist and portrait painter was found
dead in bed at his home. here to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10

odee<zs4sS19 Official tabulation
S-uuuu-u-- of Harrisburg s vote
| cast at Tuesdays
presidential election was completed
early this afternoon by Additional Law
Judge S. ]. M. McCarrell. Prothonotary
Holler and Attorneys b. +. Umberger
and b. Frank Mead, the tally clerks,
and the computing began Immediately
, with the computation o. the county
1 districts. By tomorrow noon at the
latest it is expected the count will be
completed. although it is possible that
\ the long columns of figures will not be
totaled until late tomorrow afternoon
or Monday morning.
The board is taking up the returns
from each district on the returns for
the candidates. the school loan and the
| 1itney amendment measure together so
that the figures can be had cleaned up
simultaneously.
Not Same Old 'Coon.-Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Robert 7. Fox was host
Wednesday evening at a coon and rab-
/ bit dinner at his home in Hummels.
town. The coon was juicy speci-
men from Adams county which Mr..
Fox, Attorney A. Ross Walters and
some other local huntsmen had cap
tured few days ago. The appoint.
ments were especially attractive. the
dinner cards having been worked out
in the autumnal suggestion of water
color oak leaves, while the favors were
tiny papier mache coon dogs. Guests
included President Judge George Kun
kel, Additional Law Judge s. j. M.
McCarrell. State Senator f. e. Beidle-
man, ex-State Senator John e. Fox.
Assistant District Attorney f. B. Wick
, ersbam, c. M. Hershey. A. Ross Wal
| ter, Allan K. Walton. Allan G. Walton,
James G. Fox. Thomas A. Fox, Jr..
and Robert T. Fox
Ask $1,000 Damages.-In a state
ment filed to-day in an assumpsit ac-
ton against G. M. Forney. Annie and
w. II. Hoffman demand $4,000 dam
1ges for injuries the former received
luly Z, 1914. when car owned by
Forney and driven by his son Harry is
alleged to have run down Mrs. Hoff-
man near Oysters Point. The plain
tiffs each demanded $4,000. An agree
ment had been reached, the statement
explains, by which Forney was to have
paid the damages, but he only paid
portion of it.
Creditors Meet November 20.-The
first meeting of creditors of Edwin j.
Cavender. bankrupt. to select trustee
will be held November 20 in the offices
of John X. Olmsted. Federal referee In
/ hs,Y, ,l-t.tt Nt.xr
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DIR. WALLACE INAUGURATED

New wilmington, Pa, Nov. TO- -
DR.! William Wallace was inaugurated
president of West Minister College here
o-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10

steps and drew his body through the
window and escaped by jumping onto
an adjoining building.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
DECLARE DIVIDEND

At meeting of the directors of the
pennsylvania Realty and Improve
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-10
DAUPHIN SPENT
$6,143 TO VOTE
Commissioners Pay Bills; Off
cial Count IN City Completed
This Afternoon

Dauphin county
election cost Just
$6,143.20. according
to bills for election
officers. rentals for
po II r DOM s, con-
stables, ETC., prac-
tically all Of which
were o KID to-day
by the County Com
missioners.
Official tabulation
of Harrisburg's vote
4n.t nf TrAaIa ~ e.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16

An official proclamation calling to the colors the remaining single men under the Derby plan and the Military Service Act, was posted in England.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK
 ASSEMBLED SMALL CRUISERS. Berlin Says They Carried Crews of 78 Men-Commissione in January.

Berlin, Feb. 15, 1905 a. m., via Lon don, Feb. 16, 2.05 a. m.-It is announced authoritatively here that two British warships sunk off the Dogger Bank the night of Feb. 10 were of a new type built for mine and anti ti-airship service. They resembled small cruisers and had a speed of Is knots. They carried a crew of 78 men and were only com missioned in January.
 French despatches intimating that the warship torpedoed off the Syrian coast was the cruiser Admiral Charner and not the battleship Suffren caused a hurried searching of the naval refer ence books. In them were found sil- nouettes of the two warships, which are. much alike, but differ slightly at the bcws. Therefore, despite the diff ference in tonnage, it is considered here that it is not impossible that the two vessels may have been confounded. The admiralty experts however, desire @ more definite report from the com mander of the submarine which sank the French boat before pronouncing a more definite verdict as to which vessel actually was lost
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
AMENDMENT TO BAY STATE
 RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BILL Provides That a Candidate for Presi-
 dent Must Give Actual Assent.

Boston, Feb. 15.-A presidential pri- mary Dill now before the legislature was amended by the senate today so as to provide that a candidate for president must give an actual per sonal assent to a proposed nomination before the names of delegate candi- dates pledged to him can be placed on the primary ballots. The original bill provided that such acceptance could be signed either by the candidate or his authorized agent
 Members of the committee on cleo ton laws, which presented the amend ment, denied that the action was taken with any reference to the proposal of Congressman Augustus P. Gardner, Charles s. Bird and others to enter the republican primaries as delegates pledged to former President Roosevelt, who IS now absent from the country. Colonel Roosevelt, according to his an nounced plans, is not expected to re- turn from his West Indian journey un- til some weeks after the expiration of the time for filing lists of candidates for the primary.
 The amendment now goes to the house for action.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
S25o, 100000 IS NEEDED FOR
 CANADA'S MILITARY FORGE,
Announced Before House Committee in
 Annual Budget Speech.

Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 15.-Sanction for an additional war appropriation of s25O.000, 900 and other measures for raising money for the needs of the Dominion's military forces will be asked by the Canadian government at the present session of parliament These financial necessities were an- nounced before the house committee today by Sir Thomas White, minister of finance; in his annual budget speech
 Already the government has borrow ed s15O, 100000 to meet war expendi- lures, but these, said Sir Thomas, have been mounting rapidly to enor- nous figures" From the beginning of the war to January last Canada's war expenditure for 150,000 troops had been $15S, ,000, ,000 said the minister, and now with 25O, 900, 900 more men enlisted and 50O, 600 the total authorized, the prime minister would ask $250. .00a,e00 for op- eratiors during the coming year.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
Public Execution
 Held at .Juarez
ATTENDED BY CROWD OF G.
 VILLAINS BY INVITATION
RETRIEVE FOR THREE
Six Prisoners Were Marched Throuuh the Streets for Half an Hour With Fife and Drum Corps Just Prior to the Execution of Three.

Fl Paso, Tex, Feb. 15.-Six prisoners unuer death sentence were marched through the streets of Juarez for half an hour today, escorted by three drum corps and regiment of soldiers. Drior Io the execution of three of the ac- cuSed.
 The execution was attended bv a large crowd of civilian residents of Juarez at the invitation of General
 Juan Aguilar, trumpeter to General SaVlra; Francis Rojas, a civilian. and Jose Morena, a soldier, convicted of IraInc Tn stolen ammunition, were exc cuted in order. Then came a pause Crsptn Guevara, a soldier: Rafael GaIvls and Eligio Salcedo. renaininn prisoners and witnesses to the execu uons' were striving to stand erect when colonel Fajardo stepped to the bodies or those executed and announced fI1r lher executions suspended
 SheerS, in which some of the soldiers Jolned' greeted the announcement.
 Iuevara was the only one of the re- prleVed suspected of dealing in amrnu- nltlon. The other two were employees or the Hearst ranch at Babricora charged with stealing and seIIinp ranch provisions. Their reprieva was secured by the American ranch man ager. -ii''ii
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
MORE THAN 500 LEPERS
 AT LARGE IN UNITED STATES
serious Menace Unless Steps for
 Segregation Are Taken.

Washington, Feb. 15.-More than 5OO lepers at large in the United States constitute menace of serious possi- ollltles unless proper steps for segre- Sadon are taken, in the opinion of physicians, nurses and others who tes- tlned before the senate health commit tee today in support of a bill to estab- Ilsh national ieperosarium. The wit nesses, all of whom had made extensive personal researches on the subiect. agreed that the 300 persons under treatment in the country's free state or municipal leper asylums included less than one-third of the total of those afflicted. They declared the dis ease was rapidly spreading: that the danger of a serious epidemic was real ana that segregation was the first de- mana In the campaign against it.
 IL was the consensus of opinion among those who testified that about oO lepers were at large in New York city, so in Chicago and at least one or two in each of the large cities throughout the country. They declared In arguing for a national asylum that individual victims were treated in many instances with great inhunanitv by local authorities interested chiefly in shifting the burden of care to some other community
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16

Switching their offensive from the Artois and Champagne regions in France to the Belgian sector around Ypres, held by the British have smash ed their way by an artillery lombard ment and infantry attacks into a British front line trench over dis tance of between 500 and 800 yards. Berlin gives the distance as 500 yards and the British official communication in admitting the gain asserts that 1t was on a front of about 600 yards.
 Berlin says that a majority of the defenders of the trench were killed but that one officer and several dozens of soldiers were made prisoners.
 In the Artois region between Lens and Bethune the crater of mine blown up by the Germans was occu- pied by them while the French guns have been busy shelling German posi- tions in the neighborhood of the road to Lille. The French also lombard ed German positions north of Vic- Sur-Aisne and to the northeast of So- issons and in the Argonne exploded a mine and occupied the crater.
 In Champagne Berlin asserts French infantry attempts to regain lost po- sitions north of Tenure were lost. as likewise was 9 similar attack in the Vosges near Ober-Sept.
 There has been considerable renew
  around Dvinsll, south of the Pripet river and along the upper and mid dle Stripa river, but no important changes have occurred.
 The Italians are still using their guns and infantry in attempts to re- take from the Austro o-Hungarians the positions recently captured on Monte Rombom, but all attempts have been repulsed with heavy losses, according to Vienna.
 Both sides of Sizera occupied by the Austrians afd positions in the See bach valley and on the Austrian front between the Fella valley and Viche Mountain also have been heavily bom- barded by the Italians.
 The Russians are still on the offen- sive against the Turks in the Caucasus region, but ConstantinopIe reports theirattacks have been halted by counter-attacl6s. In Mesopotamia the situation around Kut-el- Amara and Felahie where the British are. oper- Rting against the Turks is unchang- ed,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
MILLION AND HALF DOLLAR
 FIRE IN FALL RIVER.
The Steiger Department Store De-
 stroyed-FIames Extended a Third
 of a Mile Through Business Section.

Fall River, Mass, Feb. 16.-Fire early today destroyed the Steiger depart ment store at South Main and Spring streets and spread rapidly. At 1 o'clock the flames had extended a quarter of a mile through the busi- ness district and it was estimated that the loss would reach at least $500,00O.
 The flames swept rapidly south along South Main street to Columbia street, taking small business blocks on both sides of the street, and worked up Spring street, attacking the R. Baillie clothing store. When the firemen ar rived the Steiger store was a mass of flames. The New York Clork and. Suit company's store was ablaze almost be- fore the first stream could be played.
 Help was called from Newport, Taunton and New Bedford,
 The undertaking establishment of D.. D. Sullivan, the drug store of J. c. Brady company. the New York Cloth ing company's store and the four-Story Lenox apartment hotel were destroyed. St. Mary's cathedral, the largest Cath olic church in the city, was seriously menaced
 A light northwest wind drove the fire away from some of the largest buildings and quantities of STOW on the roofs prevente d a more serious confiagration.
 Flames Driven Toward Tenement Dis-
 trict. Shortly before 2 o'clock the wind shifted to the west and drove the fire towards the tenement district. Sev- eral houses caught fire and it looked as if the flames would rush through the dwellings of the millworkers to the waterfront Some of the fire de- partment officials thought the loss would run to more than a million dol lars. No loss of life had been reported up to o'clock.
 The Campbell block was one of the large business blocks to fall before the flames.
 The occupants of the Lenoxr apart ment hotel and the families living in the tenement district had scant time to save their belongings. There was much excitement in the tenement district, but the police and fire officials believed that all those in danger had received ample warning.
 Under Control at 2.45-Loss $f,5oo, 900
 At 2.45 o'clock the fire was believed to be under control. About 50 build ings, including several of the largest business blocks in the city, are de stroyed. Most of the tenement dis trict has been saved.
 The loss is estimated at about ST., 5O0 000
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
QUICK WORK BY SAILORS
 OF RATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA
Saved the Ship From Serious Damage
 By Fire at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Feb. 15.-Quiclz work by sailors on the battleship North Da- kota at the Philadelphia navy yard saved the ship from serious damage by fire last night. They jumped from their hunks at the sound of the fire alarm and extinguished a slight blaze in the engine room in about three min utcs. The fire was started by the blow out of fuse in a dynamo. Oil caught fire and ignited woodwork. An alarm was sounded and when the sail CTS discovered that oil was ablaze they grabbed bags of sand which are kept in the engine room for such an emer- gency and threw the sand upon the burning f1ued, putting out the fire.
 The fire was good test of the ef- ficiency of the fire drills on the va rious warships. At frequent inter vals the fire alarm is sounded and the sailors respond to it just as promptly as if there was fire.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
HARTFORD SCHOOL GIRL
 COMMITTED SUICIDE
Because Her Teacher Read to Class an Intercepted Note for Boy Friend

Hartford. Conn, Feb. 15.-Gladys Stone, If years old, committed suicide tonight because her school teacher, Miss Victoria D. Jamison, has read to the class in the Wadsworth Street grammar school today an intercepted note, in which the girl invited a boy friend to attend a valentine social at a church. The girl took the affair to heart and went to a drug store, where she purchased some poison; locked herself in a room and then swallowed the contents of the bottle Her mother, hearing her groans broke in the door and found the girl dying. She died soon after being taken to a hospital. She left a note to her par ents, MT. and Mrs. Fred A. Stone, who live on Capitol avenue, asking for giveness.
 The girl was an honor pupil in the ninth grade.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
CANTON, O., MAN PROTESTS
 TREATMENT AT FALMOUTH,
Max Birzer, His Wife and Their Son
 Arrested as Spies.

Canton, O., Feb. 15-Emphatic pro- test has been made to the state de- partment at Washington by Max Birzer of this city against treatment accorded him at Falmouth, England, Jan. 16, when Birzer says his wife, son and himself were arrested as spies and their American citizenship papers con- f1scated by British officers. Birzer had visited in Germany and sailed aboard the liner Rotterdam for home. At Fall mouth he was held two days by British officers, who stripped and searched him, seized his effects and blew cigar ette smoke in his face, he says After two days he was allowed to proceed, but his citizenship papers were not re- stored. BirZer is breWmaster for a brewing company here.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
LOW TEMPERATURES IN
 NEW ENGLAND YESTERDAY,
Hartford Registered BeIow-BIack
 Island 12 Above.

Boston, Feb. 15.-Unusually low tenn peratures prevailed early today over the greater part of Nek England, with Northield, Vt, deporting the lowest, IS below zero, while at Nantucket the official record was IS below The min imum temperatures at different gov ernment stations were: Concord, N. H.. Is below: Greenville, Me, 14 be- low: Burlington, Vt, 10 below; Hart ford. Conn, below; Portland, Me, 2 below; Boston, 3 above; Block Island, F above.
 Unofficial thermometers varied con- siderably from the government instru- ments, one glass in Newton, N. H., recording 30 below zero.
 The intensity of the cold wave was mitigated in large measure by the ab- sence Of wind and the dryness of the atmosphere.
 A warm wave now prevailing in the northwest is expected to reacn New England before the last oH the week.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
PLAYED IN ORCHESTRA WHICH
 ACCOMPANIED JENNY LIND
Ludwig M. SoItau. Veteran Musician.
 Dead in New Haven.

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 15.-Ludwis M. Soltau, a veteran bandsman and musician of this city, who died at last midnight, had the distinction of having played on the cornet in the orchestra which accompanied Jenny Lind, the famous soloist, when she made an ap- pearance in the Grand Opera house in this city. Soltau in early life played in the homes of members of the royal family of Germany, and after coming to this country was with Patrick GiI- more, the band leader, and arranged and transposed many works for his orchestra. Soltau playe dseveral wind instruments and also was widely known as an instructor on them.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
FEDERAL COURT HAD
 NO JURISDICTION
In Suit for Alleged Infringement of Patent by Outlook Paper Co.,, Chi cago-Decision by Judge Thomas.

Hartford, Conn., Feb. 15.-Judge Ed win S. Thomas, in the United States district court here today, filed a de- cision holding that the court did not have Jurisdiction in the suit of the United States Envelope company and the Outlook Paper company of Chi cago against the Transco Paper com pany of Chicago for alleged infringe ments of letters patent for a trans parent envelope.
 The case, is a long standing one and previously a judgment of $149,975.S7 had been rendered for the plaintiffs by Harrie E. Hart of Hartford, acting as a master. Counsel for the defendants filed exceptions, arguing that under the federal statutes the court had no jurisdiction.
 w. T. Manning of Waterbury, as an agent in this state, was made one of the defendants when the suit was first brought. The effect of the decision today is to set aside the judgment and the case must be tried over again.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16

the republican national campaign. He was introduced by Frederick c. Tan ner, chairman of the state committee, and was greeted with an ovation which lasted two and a half minutes.
 Every Seat Filled.
 Every seat in the convention hall and every inch of standing room was occupied long before the convention Spened. The boxes were almost en- tirely reserved for women, one being filled with suffrage leaders
 The first part of MT. Roots speech which was devoted to a consideration
 (continued on Page Eisht)
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16

% Department of Justice agents have discovered secret stores of arms along the Canadian border.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION
 FOR LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Speaker Clark and Other Southern Representatives Speak in Advocacy.

Washington, Feb. 15.-Speaker Clark and other southern members of con- gress joined today in eulogizing Abra- ham Lincoln and in urging the house to concur in a senate proposal to add $5794 900 to the $2,00O, 900 already ap- propriated for the Lincoln memorial structure now being built here. A motion to concur was carried, 257 to S4, over a vigorous protest from Rep resentative Fitzgerald of New York, chairman of the house appropriations committee.
 MT. Fitzgerald accused the Lincoln memorial commission, which includes former President Taft, chairman; Governor Mccall of Massachusetts, Speaker Clark and former Speaker Cannon. of extravaganza and of ap- proving a memorial which they knew could not be completed within the cost fixed by congress.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-16
AND-AMERICAN LINER
 AFIRE RETURNS TO PIER
Was Passing Out to Sea When Dis
 ccvery Was Made.

New York, Feb. 16.-F'ire was dis covered in the cargo in the steamship Veendyk of the Holland-America line as the vessel was passing out to sea today Captain Lieuweh quickly turn ed about and put back to the pier at Hoboken. It was said late tonight af- ter 30 firemen had fought the flames for more than 60 hours that the fire was under control. No effort will be made to determine it's cause until to- morrow, however The ship carried a cargo of about s20O,0O worth of oil cake consigned to Rotterdam.