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LXXXV— No. 274 24 PAGES

TROOPS DIDN'T

* VOTE ON JITNEY

OR SCHOOL LOAN

Returns From Border Show

That Soldiers Had Voted on

Neither Question

ONLY LOCAL ISSUES

So State Sent Down No Tickets;

Troop "C" Count First;

Splendid Records

Harrisburg voters who are doing

police duty for Uncle Sam along the

Border didn't voice their sentiments on

either the high school loan or the Jit

ney problems, according to the returns

of the "soldier vote" which was opened

for official counting at noon to-day.

The bundle of packages from the

company officers which contained the

sealed tally sheets, registration books,

and ballots, were received a few days

after election but they couldn't be

opened until, to-day.

The remainder of the official count

including all the votes cast in the city

and county has been computed and to

taled but the final returns can not be

certified to until after the soldier vote

is computed.

For this reason, incidentally, Pro

thonotary Harry F. Holler couldn't

certify the jitney amendment return

nor the high school loan vote to Coun

cil or the School Board. Much to the

surprise of the election computing

board to-day, no returns of either the

jitney amendment nor the high school

loan question were included in the

vote from the Border. Inquiry from

State officials revealed the fact that

because these matters were entirely

local, the State had not officially ac

quainted the troops of the problems.

Incidentally, it developed that the

County Commissioners hadn't sent any

additional ballots to the Border for

the purpose, so the Harrisburg men

voted on neither question. Conse

quently, as soon as the official vote is

definitely completed, the Prothonotary

will certify to the count that has al

ready been made on the jitney and

high school loan questions in Harris

burg.

At Tuesday's meeting of Council, the

jitney amendment will be formally in

effect.

The first vote to be counted to-day

was included in the returns from

Troop C, of the Pennsylvania cavalry

command, the organization that had

formally been the Governor's Troop.

Additional Law Judge McCarrell com

mented enthusiastically on the splen

did appearance of the records and re

ports of the soldier election boards.

Miss Copelin to Go

'Long to Border With

Father at Yule Time

If train service doesn't go wrong

and the timetables aren't guilty of

false pretense. Miss Eleanor Copelin

and Christmas morning are due to ar

rive simultaneously at the far away

Border town of El Paso.

For Miss Copelin, who is the daugh

ter of Captain O. M. Copelin, ordnance

officer of the Eighth Regiment, Sev

enth Division of the United States

National Guard, is going to accom

pany her father to the Border when

he leaves here December 20, at the

expiration of a 30-day furlough. The

trip, it is expected will require about

four days.

Captain Copelin, who is an ex-city

treasurer, reached Harrisburg last

evening for a brief stay on home

leave. He visited the courthouse to

day and was kept mighty busy greet

ing friends in city and county of

ficialdom. Incidentally Captain Cope

lin said he "doesn't like the Border

duty"—the same complaint which so

many of the Pennsylvania men and

officers have voiced since the inac

tivity of police work has become so

monotonous.

When Captain Copelin goes back

to Texas he will take along a brief

communication from Captain H. M.

Stine, the recruiting officer, to Col

onel Maurice E. Finney, commander

of the Eighth urging that officer to

acquaint the men of the importance

of filing applications for assistance

for dependent families at home from

the $2,000,000 fund provided by Con

gress.

THE WEATHER

For Harriftburg and vlclnlt.v; Fair

unci colder to-night and Saturday)

lwt temperature to-night

about 30 degree*.

For ICnxtern Pennsylvania t Fair

and eolder to-night and Saturday;

wenterly kulcm.

River

The Su<iuehaiiiui river aad it*

trlbiiturlCH will Hue Kllghtlv or

remain nearly xtntiouary. A Maue

of about 4.7 feet lis Indicated for

Harrlsburic Saturday morning.

General Conditions

The Htorm from the Southnext,

which nnn central ovrr l.ake

Michigan Thurxday morning, him

moved northeaxtward with In

creaxlng force and ix now imp

ing down the St. I.awrence Val

ley. It caused rain generally east

of the Mlxxlxxlppl river in the

laxt twenty-four hours, the rain

being followed by xnow flurries In

the I'pper Ohio Valley and over

a part of the l.ake Region, and

wax attended by strong, shifting

wind* and galex over the Great

l.akex and along the Middle and

*orth Atlantic coast, the hlghext

9 velocity reported being xlxty

' eight mllex, from the West, at

Buffalo, l.lght xnow fell also In

the Rocky Mountains and along

the northwest border. It l '1 to

18 degrees warmer this morning

In the Middle Atlnntle and Xew

England States and the St. I.aw

renee Valley; elxewhere there lias

been a general fall of 2 to :t4 de

grees In temperature, except In

the extreme Southwest, where It

Is xomewhnt warmer. Sherldaa,

Wy., reports 2 degrees below

aero.

Temperaturei 8 a. in., 4<l.

Sua: Rlaes, 7102 n. m.; seta, 4i43

p. m.

Mooni New moon, Saturday, SifiO

a. m.

River Stagei 3.7 feet above low

water mark.

Yesterday's Weather

Highest temperature, so.

I.owext temperature, 34.

Mean temperature, 4<l.

Normal temperature, 30.

GENERAL FLEHZ,

NOTED ATTORNEY

OF STATE, DIES

Man Well Known to Many Har

risburgers Expires After

Third Operation

DUE TO OLD INJURY

Less Than Fifty Years of Age,

He Was Long Active in

Public Affairs

j FREDERICK W. FLEITZ

I Frederic Waldorf Fleltz, one of

j the best-known lawyers In Pennsyl

j vania, member of the Dauphin county

I bar and former State official, died

| this morning at the Scranton State

; Hospital from complications follow

j ing an Injury to his hip received sev

; eral years ago. General Fleitz, as he

i was known to many Harrisburg peo

' pie, recently underwent three opera

tions at the Scranton Hospital and

word came here yesterday that his

; condition was exceedingly grave.

J There were many friends who knew

i his rugged constitution and who hoped

i that he might recover.

} General Fleltz was here early in

I September. He had been away much

| of the summer in Canada and when

Ihe returned appeared to be in good

i health, attending to hearings at the

Capitol and meeting clients at his

| office in the Telegraph Building. On

; September 15 he went to Scranton,

trouble in his hip having developed.

Two of the operations were per

j formed in the last fortnight and he

, died at 4 o'clock this morning.

Well Known to Many Here

Born in Tioga county, which has

given many prominent men to Penn

sylvania, Mr. Fleitz was a boyhood

i friend of State Treasurer Young and

; others from that region. He was the

son of John and Katharine Fleitz, and

was born in Wellsboro, March 1, 1867,

and when a mere lad gave evidence

f of those energetic qualities which

| made him a figure in State affairs. Ho

[Continued on Pago 6]

In Plea For Money Assert

''Dublin Rebels Are Going to

Fight Again and Very Soon"

j Boston, Nov. 24. Speakers who

i asked for funds to support another

! revolution in Ireland, asserting that

| "the Dublin rebels are going to fight

j again and fight very soon," obtained

subscriptions at a meeting here last

I night. The money, it was said will

I be used to pufchasa rifles.

Foreign Ambassadors

Instructed to Learn Effects

of Daylight Saving Plan

New York, Nov. 25. The State

department has instructed the Ameri

can ambassadors in England, France

and Germany to investigate carefully

the practical effects of the daylight

saving system which was in operation

in those countries during the summer.

Bribery Is Charged in

i Connection With Calling

of West Va. Legislature

I Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 24.—Charges

lof legislative bribery in connection

| with the special session called to take

action on Governor Hatfield's legisla

tive program, were laid to-day before

'Thomas Townsend, prosecuting attor

ney for Kanawha county, by Delegate

J. K Wolf, Republican, chairman of the

I special committee of investigation ap

| pointed last night. It was understood

i that some of the witnesses wanted

| were not strangers in Charleston.

102.826,300 PEOPLE IN U. S.

Washington* Nov. 24. Popula

tion of continental United States on

| January 1, 1917, will be 102,826,309

und with its outlying possessions, 113,-

509,285, the census bureau estimates.

NEW NOTES COUNTERFEITED

Washington, Nov. 24. Two new

counterfeit $lO Federal Reserve Bank

notes, both of the New York Bank,

have been reported to the secret serv

ice.

AUTO KILLS IIAKKISBUHGEK

According to a dispatch from Potts

town to-day, George ("rover, aged 37,

of Harrisburg, was killed last night at

Stowe, when he was struck by an au

tomobile driven by Dr. Lee F. Mauger

of that place. 'Crover was taken to

the Pottstown hospital but died from

a compound fracture of the skull. The

Harrisburg directory does not con

tain the name Crover.

AUTOS CUTTING IN ON PARES

Titusvilie, Pa., Nov. 24. Because

so many citizens of this city are using

automobiles the Titusvilie Traction

Company has been obliged to increaso

its fares from live to six cents, except

to workingmen whose fares remain at

three cents during certain hours.

HARRISBURG, PA.,FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1916

IS THE HIGH COST OF LIVING

A PROBLEM IN

LYING the high cost of living is the chief problem in every family just now.

Work is plentiful and the daily wage has been advanced in nearly all lines. But

the dollar's purchasing power has been steadily falling by reason of constantly in

creasing prices.

There appears to be no hope of immediate relief so far as prices are concerned,

so it becomes necessary for the thrifty housewife to learn economies whereby the

table and the home may be suppled at a figure within the family income.

Short cuts must be devised, cheap dishes that are wholesome and toothsome

must be discovered; money must be saved, but not at the cost of household effi

ciency. The problem is a big one.

The Telegraph has engaged the well-known writer, Mrs. Anna Hamilton

Wood, to make a study of conditions in Harrisburg and to write her views for the

benefit of the housewives of this city. The first articles will appear in a few days.

VILLA DEFEATED

IN FIRST ATTACK,

IS TRYING AGAIN

Renew Assault on Chihuahua

City; 500 Killed on Both

Sides

GEN. TREVINO HUBT

Garcia Denies Carranza Forces

Evacuated Chihuahua

City

El Paso, Tex., Nov. 24.

Francisco Villa and his command

renewed their attack on Chihua

hua City at 9 o'clock this morn

ing, a message received in Juarez

stated.

Andres Garcia, inspector general of

Carranza consulate to-day officially

denied a report that General Trevino

and his forces were at Terrazas sta

tion north of Chihuahua City and had

evacuated Chihuahua City.

Chihuahua City, Mex., Nov. 23, via

El Paso Junction (delayed by military

I censor). —One general, two colonels

I and one hundred men of the Carranza

I forces were killed during the fighting

j to-day between Carranza troops and

Villa bandits. Four hundred men of

i the Villa command are known to have

been killed and left on the battlefield.

EI Paso, Tex., Nov. 24. Richard

1 Wisburn, an American member of a

party arriving here early to-day fromt

'.Chihuahua, said that 1,000 Carranza

; troops sent out Wednesday by General

j Trevino, commander at Chihuahua

j ha ve gone over to the bandits without

; firing a shot. The train arrived at

Juarez from Chihuahua about 3 a. m.

bringing 100 refugees in passenger

I coaches and three boxcars filled with

| Chinese. The train left Chihuahua at

noon yesterday, a short time after the

I attack on Chihuahua by the Villa ban

i dits began.

[ At that time the guns on Santa Rosa

[Continued on Page 14]

Carlisle Chamber Invited

to Luncheon Here Nov. 29

Officers and members of the newly

organized Carlisle Chamber of Com

merce have been extended an Invitation

by "the Harrisburg Chamber of Com

merce to attend the luncheon meeting

next Wednesday, November 29, at the

Board of Trade, as the guests of the

agricultural committee of the Harris

burg Chamber.

Carl Vrooman. Assistant Secretary of,

the United States Department of Agri

culture, will speak on "The Import

ance of Agriculture to the City." The

africultural committee of the Harris

burg Chamber met yesterday afternoon

and organized. Plans were dscussed

I for agricultural work in Dauphin and

Cumberland counties. The committee

Includes the following members: Don

ald McCormlck, chairman; K. D. Hille

ary, William Jennings. W. B. McCaleb,

W. F. R. Murrie, Martin R. Nissly, Wal

ter S. Schell, Flavel 1.. Wright, Edward

L,. McColgin, secretary.

Catholic Alumnae Is

Expected to Protest Styles

Baltimore, Nov. 24. Representing

32,000 members in the United States

and Canada, the delegates to the sec

ond biennial convention of the Inter

national Federation of Catholic

Alumna formally opened the sessions

to-day which will continue until Sun

day night.

Dress reform, the drama and mod

ern literature will be discussed and the

feeling among the delegates was that

strong resolutions relative to these

matters would be passed. Short skirts,

low necks and other of the present

day modes of dressing will come in for

criticism.

Chicago Diet Squad

Already Gains in Weight

Chicago, Nov. 24. Members of

Chicago's diet squad of six men and

six women who are to live two weeks

on meals that cost not more than

forty cents a day for each person

have made a net gain of 11% pounds

in wcipht as a result in the first three

days of the test. Nine of the volun

teers have gained in weight while

three have lost.

For breakfast to-day the members

were given stewed pears, griddle

cakes with syrup and coffee. The

bill of fare for luncheon consisted of

beef and rice croquettes, peas and car

rots, bread and butter, ginger bread

and tea. The menu for dinner in

cludes tomato soup, halibut steak,

parsley, potatoes, bread and butter,

cream taplco pudding and tea.

EMPEROR'S BODY

IS REMOVED FROM

CASTLE AT NIGHT

i Silver Urn to Hold Heart of

Francis Joseph; New Mon

arch Well Liked

FAVORITE OF SOLDIERS

Has Mingled With Them Often

.in the Trenches; Will Be

War Lord

Vienna, Nov. 22 (delayed)\—Death

came to Emperor Francis Joseph as

| sleep to a child, while the sovereign

was reclining in an armchair in what

he called his workroom. His strength

had rapidly been ebbing from 2 o'clock

in the afternoon of yesterday, but he

refused to take to hi* ued. After 6

o'clock he began gradually to lose

consciousness, and ■tvent to the end

without uttering another word, rest

ing peacefully in his chair with his

hands folded as if he were in prayer.

Yesterday afternoon a death mask

of the emperor was taken as a pre

liminary to the embalming of the body

and its removal to the Hofburg, where

it will lie in state. The heart will be

sealed in a silver cup. while the intes

(Continued on Page 5)

PA. EXTOLLED BY

FOUR GOVERNORS

Brumbaugh Urges People to

Learn to Know It and to

Love It

Philadelphia, Nov. 24.—Pennsylva

nia, its foremost place in the forma

tive and fighting days of the republic,

its pulsating present and Its coming

years, formed the theme of a series

j of notable speeches at the first dinner

of the new Pennsylvania State Society

at the Bellevue-Stratford last night.

The dinner brought together many

of the men who are leaders in the life

jof the Keystone commonwealth, and

i if the object of the organization born

last fall on Capitol Hill is to cherish

a State spirit in keeping with the

glory of Pennsylvania, it has been

[Continued on Page IS]

High Winds Blow Bridge

Onto Railroad Track;

Trainmen Flag Flyer

A high wind blowing 30 miles an

hour last night tore an overhead

bridge from its fastenings at HX tow

er, east of the Rutherford yards. The

timbers were scattered over the

Philadelphia and Reading railway

tracks. The Queen of the Valley flyer

due in Harrisburg at 10.10 last night,

was flagged by freight trainmen in

time to prevent a serious accident.

The wreckage also blocked the

freight tracks and held up traffic to

and from Rutherford yards for three

hours. Considerable damage was done

to workmen's shanties and watchboxes

in the yards. Arc lights were broken

and wires torn from the poles. No

one was injured.

The Pennsylvania railroad also re

ported damage to wires and poles be

tween Harrisburg and Lancaster and

on the Middle division as far west as

Lewlstown. A car roof was blown

off near Rockville and a number of

arc light globes broken in the Har

risburg yards.

Won't Prosecute Railroads

Until Action by Court

Washington, D. C., Nov. 24.—Under

a tentative agreement arranged be

tween Department of Justice officials

and railroad attorneys, the govern

ment will not insist on railroads put

ting into effect provisions of the

Adamson act until the Suprome Court

has determined the law's constitution

ality.

13 HURT IN N. Y. CRASH

New York. Nov. 24.—Twelve per

sons were injured, several perhaps fa

tally to-day, when the last car of a

seven-car Third avenue elevated train

left the tracks and was crushed

against a workman's shanty and a

steel pillar at ,129 th street. Five of

those hurt were women.

! ANOTHER BRITISH

| HOSPITAL SHIP IS

SENT TO BOTTOM

With Wounded Aboard Brae

mar Castle Is Mined or

Torpedoed

ALL ON BOARD SAVED

: Nurses on Britannic Saved;

Drowned Were Stokers

and Engineers

London. Nov. 24. The British

hospital ship Braemar Castle of 6,280

j tons gross, bound from Saloniki to

' Malta with wounded, has been mined

or torpedoed in the Aegean set, it was

officially announced to-day. All on

board were saved.

The disaster occurred in the My

koni ohannel, the announcement

states.

Mykonl is an Island In the Aegean

sea, distant about 100 miles from

Piearus. A comparatively narrow

passage separates Mykoni from the Is

land of Tino, to the northwest.

A IX NURSES SAVED

Athens, Nov. 22. via London, Nov.

(Continued on Page 21)

HIRAM MAXIM,

INVENTOR, DIES

Born in America and Develop

ed Automatic Gun and Fly

ing Machine

London, Nov. 24.—Sir Hiram Maxim,

inventor of the automatic system of

firearms, died at his home here early

this morning.

Sir Hiram Maxim was born in

Sangerville, Maine, on February 5,

1840. After a meager schooling he

went to work in a machine shop and

later was employed in the machine

works of his uncle, Lew Stevens, at

Fitchburg, Mass. At 28 he was a

draftsman In a large steamship build

ing concern in New York city, where

he invented a new locomotive head

light which went Into general use. He

also did much to perfect automatic gas

machines for lighting private houses.

[Continued on Pasrc 22]

Harvard and Yale Are

Both in Fine Fettle

For Game Tomorrow

New Haven, Conn., Nov. 24. —Har

vard and Yale will complete their long

grind of traintng to-day in preparation

for their annpal football game here

to-morrow. Yale's team plans to run

through sii nals behind closed Kates

at old Yale field, while the Harvard

squad which has been at New London

since last night, will limber up on the

baseball field in that city. From the

rival camps comes the word that both

teams are confident; that the players

are in good physical condition and

ready for the whistle to blow.

PRESIDENT TO ATTEND GAME

Washington, D. C., Nov. 24. Presi

dent Wilson's cold was better to-day

and he expects to attend the Ariny-

Navy football game at New York to

morrow.

Finds Living Up 25 Per Cent.

So Gives 30 Per Cent. Raise

New York, Nov. 24. Based on an

Inquiry which disclosed that the em

ployes of the Central Trust Company

are paying from 25 to 35 per cent,

more for such life necessaries as food

and clothing, a salary increase equiv

alent to from 30 to 31 per cent, was

announced by the company to-day.

CHEESE NOT NOURISHING

New York, Nov. 24. Saloon cheese

and beer may be filling but If there

is any nourishment In such a repast

It is not in the chasse, it was brought

out at the hearing of the Wicks Leg

islative conimttteo investigating food

conditions here. It developed that

"saloon cheese" is not purely a de

scriptive title, but Is the trade name

for a specific article made out of

skimmed milk and sold only to sa

loons for free lunch counters.

Single Copy, 2 Cents CITY EDITION

TURNUSEVERIN

AND ORSOVA ARE

HELD BY TEUTONS

Complete Conquest of Little

W allachia by Breaking Ru

manian Resistance

NEARING ALT VALLEY

I I

Expect Allies to Make Their

Last Stand Here; Bulgars

on the Move

Virtual completion of the Teutonic

conquest of Little Wallachia Is an

i nounced to-day by Berlin. Ossova and

Turnu Severln, on the Danube, have

been captured by the Austro-German

forces which have broken the resist

ance of the Rumanians in this section

of Western Rumania.

No mention is made of the booty

taken or of the fate of the Rumanian

forces which were defending the Os

sova region. The retreat of these

forces is assumed to have been cut off

with the recent capture by General

von Falkenhayn's armies of Craiova

and with it the only main line railroad

leading eastward.

Pushing eastward front the Jiul val

ley after their capture of Craiova, the

Austro-German forces are now an

nounced as approaching the Alt valley.

It is along this valley that the Ru

manians apparently have elected to

make their next stand. Bucharest yes

terday reported a withdrawal of the

Rumanians from the Jiul region and

announced that they were holding

their own in the Alt valley, where a

Teutonic force is driving from the

northern Rumanian border in a con

verging attack with the forces from

the west.

Bulgarians Oil Move

Simultaneously a , movement has

been made, presumably by the Bul

garians, which may prove of notable

importance. Bucharest reports an at

tempt by hostile forces to cross the

Danube at Zimnitza, thirty-five miles

southwest of Giurgiu on the railroad

| leading to Bucharest. This move, if

successful, would mean a cutting in

far behind the present Rumanian line

(Continued on Page 5)

London, Nov. 24. The Greek royalist troops have re

> NINNNI I

! 16 uac force, says an Exchange Telegraph Company dis

t patch from Athens to-day.

I

i

F Hazleton, Pa., Nov. 24.—Acting under the State law i

I fixing the penalty at not less than SIOO, nor more than S3OO,

■ Mayor Jan E. Troupe, of Ber-

I cd while oner-

I

[ . .

[[ VILLA'S SECOND ATTACK fcEPULSEEf '4k

Juarez, Nov. 24.—Francisco Villa renewed his attacks <

forces driven from their positions outside the city, it was an* I

nounced at military headquarters here shortly after noon

,

MARRIAGE LICENSES

L <

J"|> n H. Zimmerman nn ,| Mnry M. E. Ilalley, Mlddletovrn.

!I'r aeh Bott O '-aiienater, and Mabel Marituente thnrabera,

IXor t hTle n iN " 11 nm An,| emon. Snnbury, and Carrie Katherlne l'tlugfelder,

POLICE CODE IS

NOT SO PLEASING

TO COUNCILMEN

Commission Said to Be Any

thing but Enthusiastic

About Meals' Plan

MAKE POLICE CHIEF BOSS

Which Just Can't Be Under the

Clark Act Is Contention

of City Fathers

City Council, 'tis said, isri't a wee bit

enthusiastic about Mayor Meals' new

police code.

The rules cover a multitude of

things—nearly as varied a list of them

as the walrus once discussed—but the

City Commissioners aren't a bit favor

ably inclined toward adopting them

as they sland.

The regulations were laid over for

printing so that they can be taken up

one by one at Tuesday's meeting. And

among other things' that will require

decided revision, so eouncllmen de

clare. is that initial paragraph which

prescribes the duties of the chief of

police.

In brief, the rules provide that the

chief shall be the sole head of the

department; that he has to do the

"hirin" and flrin' " of cops, etc.: shall

prescribe all the rules and regulations

for the department—in other words,

the r hi"f is to he boss.

Which just can't he. say eouncllmen;

the Clark act forbids it.

Hence the revision.

Boy Slayer Saws Out of

Jail to Escape Chaii

Punxsutawney, Pa., Nov. 24.—Hen

ry W. Mottern. aged 17, who was con

victed of killing William Haines, of

Sprangle's Mills, of March 22, and

was sentenced to be electrocuted on

January 22, sawed his way to liberty

from the Jefferson county jail yester

day.

Immediately his escape had

been discovered, posses were organized

and a search begun but no trace of

the fugitive has been found.

RAT.I.Y DAY SERVICES

Shiremanstown, Pa., Nov. 24.

Rally day will he observed in the

United Brethren Sjunday school on

I Sunday morning.