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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH

LXXXIV— No. 54

WARSHIPS' SUCCESS

RESULTS IN SERIOUS

SITUATION IN GREECE

Governor of National Bank Unable

to Organize New

Cabinet

KING DESIRES NEUTRALITY

Great Battle Is Believed to Be

Developing in Eastern

Theater

Dispatches from Greece report the

situation there as grave as a result of

the political deadlock over the ques

tion whether the country shall inter

vene in the war on the side of the

nllies. M. Zaimis, governor of the Na

tional Bank of Greece, has not yet

shown any indication of being able to

pet together a new cabinet to succeed

that of- Premier Venizelos, which re

signed on Saturday because King; Con

stantine did not approve the premier's

aggressive policy for participation in

the war. King Constantine is under

stood to desire the maintenance of

neutrality, but Athens dispatches say

popular feeling is with M. Venizelos,

who has declared that he and his par

ty will not support any now govern

ment which may be formed with a

policy of neutrality.

The bombardment of the Darda

nelles by the allies, which is primar

ily responsible for the present situ

ation in Greece, has had its effect also

on other nations. London dispatches

Kays the Bulgarian premier has prom

isad a statement concerning his gov

ernment's position. Public opinion

In Italy also is aroused, although there

are no indications that this nation will

change its policy of armed neutrality

at this time.

Germans i.ose 3,000

A Paris newspaper, in a description

of the recent battle at Notre Dame Do

I.orette says that the Germans lost

S.OOO men. Although they succeeded

in capturing the three lines of French

trenches they are said to have been

expelled from them in a furious night,

battle.

The fighting in the Carpathians,

which for prolonged and desperate en

counters rivals any phase of the war.

continues without a decisive victory

for either side. The Austrian forces

«re still on the offensive, an official

statement from Petrograd says, but

apparently neither side has given

ground. In Northern Poland the Rus

sians are still pressing forward in an

effort to expel the Invaders, but ap

parently the resistance of the Germans

lias stiffened, following their defeat at

Przasnysz, and they are holding thetr

positions firmly.

To-day's official statements indicate

that there was no fighting of great Im

portance yesterday. The French claim

slight trains in Champagne and Lor

raine. The German statement asserts

French attacks in Champagne were

repulsed.

In the eastern campaign the Rus

sians apparently are maintaining the

offensive in North Poland. The Ger

man statement tells of Russian attacks

at several points, but asserts that all

were repulsed.

"Palefaces" to Be Guests

of Warrior Eagle Tribe

at Meeting on Wednesday

Warrior Eagle Tribe, No. 340, Im

proved Order of Ked Men, on Wednes

day evening, March 10, will hold an

"open meeting." when members of the

tribe will have as special guests one

or two friends.

The regutnr uusincss of the tribe

will be omitted on this occasion. The

grand chiefs and prominent members

of the organization will make "long

talks" (speeches) of general interest.

Music and refreshments will be fea

tures of the evening.

Warrior Eagle Tribe is now twenty

two years old and has a membership

of more than 1,000. including many of

the most prominent men in the city.

FIVE YEAR MM IT VOTED DOWN"

Carlisle. Pa„ March S. —At this

morning's session of the Central Penn

sylvania Conference of the Evangelical

Church, a proposition to make a five

year limt for pastors was voted down

and the cunterence decided to adhere

to the old four-year term.

FOURTEEN INCITES OF SNOW

FEU, l)l'RI\<; STORM

Fourteen inches of snow fell in Har

risburg and vicinity but by 8 o'clock

last night it had melted to such an ex

tent that it measured just eight and

one-half inches.

HEALTH BIJREAIy TO MEET

The bi-weekly meeting of the city

health bureau will be held Wednesday

evening in the offices of Dr. J. M. j.

Kaunlck, director.

THE WEATHER

For Ilnrrlxhiirg anil vicinity: Fnlr

weather to-night anil TUCNIIIOI

xomcwhnt collier -to-night.

For Hiinti-rn I'ennMylvanln! Fair

went lier to-night anil TueMilar)

xomcwhnt collier to-night in

aoilth portion.

River Report

With -the exception of one ntntlon

nil river reportN report n falling

condition. \ fringe of clone to

n.O feet In inillcnteil for Ilarrln

hurß Tuewluy morning.

General Cnndltlona

Cloudy weather prevnllH generally

thl« morning ulong the >"ortii

Atlantic S'tatea. A ilUturbnnce Im

now panning; out to *ea off the

North Carolina ennm. General

precipitation occurred during the

pant -twenty-four hourn In the

eantcrn portion of Jlie country

from Ten nonce northward.

Tempernturc: 8 a. m., 30.

■Sunt HIMCN. 6:24 a. m.; netn, <1:00

p. ra.

Moon: Hlnen. 1:42 a. m.

Hirer Stage: Five feet ahovc low

water mark.

Veaterilay'H Weather

lllicheat temperature, 33.

I.onent tempera-Hire. :il).

>lenn temperature, 32.

Aormai temperature. "1.

I PENNSYLVANIA, AMERICA'S GREATEST BATTLESHIP, AND GIRL WHO WILL CHRISTEN HER I

This is the Pennsylvania, to bp. launched March 16, at Newport News. n' i^,

and Miss Elisabeth Kolb. described by Governor Brumbaugh as the "sweetest . . f It." *

girl in Pennsylvania." She will christen the vessel. 3F i

The battleship is 600 feet long with a beam of 97 feet; she will be just ' JP ,'

able to squeeze through the Panama Canal if she is sent that way to the 9 _■

Pacific Ocean. She is of 31,000 tonnage, considerably larger than the Queen |

Elisabeth, Britain's erreat new battleship, which has been chiefly instrumental

in talcing the torts of the Dardanelles. The cost of the vessel, when com

pleted, will be about $14,000,000. -

Miss Kolb Is a student at the National Park Reminary In Washington. .

She is the daughter of Louis J. Kolb, a former president of the Poor Richard J

Club of Philadelphia. f *

—.. L ,,— —- T —_———.—-—— J V mm m B-i

LOCAL OPTION BILL

STATE-WIDE QUESTION

Legislators Must Consider It as

Such and Not Hide Behind

Local Conditions

SO THE GOVERNOR BELIEVES

Members Sworn Servants of State

at-Large, Not Merely Local

Representatives

"The fight is on and the people are

speaking on local option. It is not a

question of a member of the legisla

ture voting to represent a district. A

legislator is a sworn officer of the

Commonwealth and should obey

tho will of the Common

wealth and not hide behind

local conditions," said Governor Brum

baugh this afternoon when he came

back to the Capitol after his week-end

visit to Philadelphia to take up the

cudgels for local option.

"Legislators must face this problem

as members of the legislature of

Pennsylvania, as representatives of the

people of Pennsylvania and not hide

behind local conditions in their own

districts," continued the Governor, em

phasizing his repetition of the refer

ence to local conditions.

When asked about the meetings be

ing organized in Philadelphia and the

attitude of Billy Sunday, the Gover-

I nor said "they are going to get some

formidable influences behind local op

tion.

Compensation Hearing

The Governor said that when the

workmen's compensation bills go into

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MOTORCVCLE SHOW

OPENS WITH CROWD

Enthusiastic Followers of the

Sport Brave Inclement Weather

to See New Models

The snow and slush of Saturday

evening seemed to have no effect on

the opening of the first annual motor

cycle and bicycle show at the Chest

j nut Street Hall. With the hall draped

in the colors of the motorcycle club,

; brilliancy of light effect and musical

j selections by the orchestra, the deal-

I ers displayed their new models and

accessories to a crowd of people which

seemed especially interested in the

comparative merits of the machines.

Questions were asked freely and those

in charge of the displays as well as

their assistants were all busy explain

ing points of advantage in their re

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Another Great Battle

Is Developing on Left

Bank of River Vistula

By Associated Press

London, March 8, 1.15 p. m.—The

center of interest on the eastern front

again has shifted with the announce

ment from Petrograd that a great bat

tle is developing on tho left flank of

the river Vistula at a point to the west,

and also to the southwest of Warsaw.

It is not yet clear, judging from

messages reaching London, which side

has taken the offensive, but inspired

sources both in Berlin and Petrograd

have been hinting lately that vital

operations might well he expected in

this region. Messages from tho Rus

sian capital have declared that the

old field of action in direction of Pos

en and Silesia alone could serve as the

decisive battleground, while Berlin has

been practicing another brilliant ac

tion in the direction of Warsaw.

MOVIES INSTEAD OF PIIBLE

Salem, Oregon, March S.—The regu

lar Sunday religious service at the Ore

gon State Penitentiary were eliminated

yesterday, in favor of a motion picture

play with the approval of Governor

Wlthycombe. For the next four Sun

days prisoners will attend picture

>hows instead of religious services.

HARRISBURG. PA., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1915.

PLAN OLD-FASHIONED

ARBOR DAY FOR CITY

Forester Harry J. Mueller Sug

gests Celebration in Which All

Children May Participate

An old-fashioned observance of Ar

j bor Day to be participated In by hun

: dreds of school children will lie a big

outdoor feature for llarrisburg this

j Spring: if City Forester Harry J. Muel

ler obtains the desired co-operation of

I the school authorities in tho inovc

| ment.

| The forester bas not yet worked

out details for the celebration, but lie

j expects to take up the question with

I President Harry A. Boyer and the

other members of the board at an

early date.

"Harrisbuwr undoubtedly should ob

! serve Arbor Day on a hip scale," said

| Mr. Mueller, "and the occasion ought

j to be made sucn as would Rive all the

j school children as well as tho grown

j ups a chance to take part.

"To my mind there should be a gen-

I eral setting out of trees in the parks

i or perhaps in some of the playgrounds

lof this is feasible, and the planting

should be marked by appropriate cere

monies. It is my intention to place

this matter before the school board

i at my earliest opportunity."

While a complete survey of the

trees of the city will be a matter of

weeks, City Forester Mueller has fin

ished a general, but more or less cur

sory inspection of the tree situation

i in the parks and in the principal

• streets. Incidentally he is perfecting

! plans for organization of the depart

ment, preparation of such notices to

taxpayers and property owners as will

be of interest on the subject of trees,

i and in preparation of a blank form

1 for permits to do transplanting, prun

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miQRITYQF'DOPE'

l| FIENDS ME WOMEN

: Astounding Facts Bared by New

Federal Law; Doctor Says

| There Are 1,000 Users Here

I Authorities at the Harrlsburg Hos

j pital and local physicians have found

j that most of the "dope" fiends in this

city are women. This discovery was

: made since the new federal drug law

1 went into effect. The fact that some

jof these women are of high standing

j socially is another piece of startling

I information given by the physicians.

| The retail druggists feel the effects

jof the law, three in particular, of

i whom it is said, furnished most of the

j "dope" used in this city. These drug

! gists had an exceptionally large busi

| ness and owing to the enormous profit

I have made small fortunes from the

I sale of the poison, alone. One in par

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CITY PAYS U. S. HI MS

By Associated Press

New York, March S. —The city of

; New York Is expending $1,000,000 a

'; year in paying for the care of deport

-1 able aliens, the cost of which ought

! rightly to be met by the United States,

[says John W. Kingsbury, commis

sioner of charities. In a statement

made public to-day.

AMERICAN STEAMER SAFE

By Associated Press

1 London, March 8, 10:10 a. m.—A

| dispatch to Lloyd reports that the new

I American steamer Pacific, which sailed

I from Falmouth last Friday and for

I I which some fear was felt because of

1 1 her failure to report her arrival at

I Rotterdam, the port for which she

! departed, arrived Saturday at Mans

| lius, a fishing town of the Nether-

1 ' lands.

| SITUATION BECOMES SERIOUS

By Associated Press

! Madrid, via Paris. March 8, 3:15

,a. m.—The economic situation in

Spain is becoming steadily more ser-

I ious, notwithstanding the efforts of

the government to find a solution for

•the difficulties which confront the

"country. It is feared In some quar

ters that conditions soon will become

.so bad that they may lead to a eon

• flict fraught with grave consequences.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS GIVE

S9OO TOWARD RELIEF

Contributions Total $11,000;

Work For 350 Families Until

April Practically Assured

Contributions totaling more than]

S9OO have been received from thej

Sunday school organizations and citi- i

zens of the city who were appealed to;

by the ways and means committee of j

the Home and War Helief commit

tee.

This brings the grand total to more

than $1 1,000. If contributions continue

to come in as at present, the work

of aiding the more than 350 needy

families of this city will continue un

til April.

Sunday schools and organizations

which have contributed more than

S9OO in h. week's tit,." are: Keystone

Motorcycle Club, Hi, ,H Street Unitod

Evangelical Sunday school, Pine Street

Presbyterian Sunday school, Central

Democratic Club, Grace Methodist

Episcopal Sunday school. Capital Pres

byterian Church Sabbath school, Mt.

; Calvary Episcopal Sunday school,

I Camp Hill; Harrisburg Republican

I Club, Brotherly Love lodge. No. 98C,

|G. U. O. O. F.: Motor Club of Harris

; burg. College Club of Harrisburg, John

j Harris lodge, Knights of Pythias; Dau

! phin conclave, I. O. H.; primary de

i partment, Market Square Presbyterian

I Church; Wesley A. M. E. Zios Sun

| day school, Salem Reformed Eutheran

j Sunday school, Reily Rose Company,

I No. 10; Silver Star conclave, 130,

I Daughters of Liberty; Susquehanna

j Fire Company.

THREE MIXERS KIEI.ED

| Oakland City, Ind., March B.—The

three men entombed in the Ayreshire

coal mine near here yesterday were

i found dead to-day when the debris was

cleared away.

18. DR. liIORCROSS

DIESJT CARLISLE

Well-known Retired Presbyterian

1 Minister Had Served More Than

50 Years in Church

Special to The Telegraph

Carlisle, Pa., March B.—The Rev.

Dr. George Norcross. former pastor of

the Second Presbyterian Church of

Carlisle, died at his home early this

morning, following a severe attack of

Ila grippe. Dr. Norcross was 76 years

I old and served as pastor here for more

i than 40 years, retiring about eight

years ago. He represented Carlisle

Presbytery at the General Assembly

in the years 1871, 1874, 1885 and 1895

and was also its representative at a

meeting In Edinboro, Scotland, several

years ago, during a tour of Europe.

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Rittman's Discoveries

Are Told at Columbia

By Associated Press

New York, March B.—Tests of the

processes discovered by Dr. Walter F.

I Rlttman, chemical engineer of the

United States Bureau of Mines, by

which Tuluol and Benzol may be ob

tained from crude petroleum, instead

of from coal tar, were to be made In

the laboratories of Columbia Univer

sity to nay. Representatives of the

United States army and navy, of oil

and powder companies will be present,

It was stated. The tests will be con

ducted by Dr. Rlttman and Van H.

Manning, assistant director of the Bu

; reau of Mines. They are intended to

| demonstrate that the processes recent-

Ily announced by Dr. Rlttman are a

commercial possibility.

I Benzol, which is used in the manu

facture of dyestuffs, hitherto has been

[ obtained from coal tar. Importation

lof these dyestuffs from Germany has

ibeen Interrupted by the war.

! GUNBOAT OX WAY TO MEXICO

By Associated Press

Washington. March B'.—Secretary

Daniels announced to-day that with

the exception of the gunboat Petrel,

now returning from Mobile to Mexi

can waters, in accordance with pre

vious plans, no additions are contem

plated to the American warships now

on the east coast of Mexico.

EDISON DISCOVERS

FIRE IN HIS PLANT

Summons Firemen in Time to

Prevent What Might Have

Been Serious Loss

INVENTOR SOAKED BY WATER;

j

Building Burned Was One Not

Touched by Conflagration

Last December

fly Associated Press

West' Orange. N. J., March 8. —

Thoiuas Edison at work in bis labora

tory after midnight to-day discovered

a tire in one of the buildings of his

| great plant here and summoned the

; firemen in time to prevent what might

have been a serious loss. The lire

practically destroyed a building where

the most valuable phonograph records

were stored, but most of the records,

which were in a concrete vault, were

saved.

When ho saw the flames Mr. Edison

dashed out of the laboratory in his

shirt sleeves and stood outside direct

ing the flretnen for some time before

his wife and son, who arrived from

the Edison residence nearby, could

persuade him to put on an overcoat.

[ The inventor was soaked to the skin

Iby a hose which twisted out of the

| hands of the firelighters and fell with

| in a few feet of him.

The combined efforts of the fire de

j partments of West Orange and Orange

J were required to subdue the blaze.

I The building burned \<"as the one not

touched by the conflagration which

| nearly wiped out the Edison plant

last December.

PUBLICITY JUITO RUN

PLllfS POINT SUCCESS

Dozens of Cities Along the Route

Offer Trophies; Will Eclipse

1910 Event

Preliminary arrangements beln,?

made for the 1915 publicity run of the

Motor Club of Harrisburg, May 10, 11

and 12, planned a week aggo. Indicate

one of the best contests ever held by

the local organization.

Great encouragement is being re

ceived from the cities along the pro

posed route by the advance agent who

Is preparing the reception for the four

or five hundred Harrisburgers who will

advertise the city. Ten entries have

already been filed at the Motor Club

offices and many more requests for in

formation are being received.

An enthusiastic reception will await

those who are fortunate enough to ac

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Russian Spent Hundred

Million Before Death

By Associated Press

New York, March B.—Captain

Dmitri Vassilieff, acting naval attache

of the Russian embassy at Washing

ton, who died here yesterday, was sta

tioned in this city to direct the pur

chase of war supplies for Russia in

this country. Before illness prevented

him from continuing his work it was

said he had spent nearly $100,000,000

In America. Captain Vassilieff was a

personal friend of Emperor Nicholas,

of Russia, and for several years was

the Emperor's aid on board the royal

yacht.

BRIG. GEX. HUGH SCOTT

STARTS TRIP ACROSS DESERT

By Associated Press

Denver, March B.—Brigadier Gen

eral Hugh Scott, chief of staff of the

United States Army, planned early to

day to begin a 120-mile overland lour

ney into the desert country of South- j

eastern Utah, in search of Tse-Ne-Gat

a Piute Indian wanted by the federal

authorities on'a charge of murder.

Tse-Ne-Gat Is being aided in his ef

fort to resist capture by his father,!

"Old Polk," and a band of Plutes, who'

are thought to be entrenched a few I

miles southwest of Bluff, Utah.

12 PAGES

UNITED STATES DEMANDS

THAT CARRANZA BETTER

CONDITIONS IN MEXICO

Entire Change of Policy Hinted at in Latest Note Sent by

Washington Government; Wilson and Bryan Rapidiy

Losing Patience as Result of Mexican Leader's Atti

tude; American Cruiser Tacoma Ordered to Vera

Cruz

Washington, I). C., March B.—New and urgent representations, amount

ing practically to a warning, have been sent by the lulled States to Gcncr;.l

Carran/a demanding an improvement of condition', in Mexico City.

THplonintists familiar with the contents of the note, which American

Consul Silliman has l>ccii instructed to present to General Carran/.a. Inter

pret it as an entire change of policy on the part of tlic Washington govern

ment toward the Mexican situation.

The communication to Carranza,

which was drafted after conferences

between President Wilson, Secretary

Bryan and Councilor Lansing, wits

guarded with secrecy pending some

word from Carranza as to his attitude.

It was said by some officials that

the note contained the strongest rep

resentations that ever have been made

to Carranza and indicates that the

American government is rapidly losing

patience with his indifference to the

objectionable acts of General Obregon

at Mexico City.

Those who know the contents of the

communication said it did not threaten

force and was not in the nature of an

ultimatum, but pointed out. in explicit

language the serious consequences that |

might follow if the welfare of foreign

era continued to he disregarded.

Send Cruiser to Vera Cruz

Early in the day Secretary Daniels

had said no additions were contem

plated to the fleet in Mexican waters,

but later it was learned that the

cruiser Tacoma had been ordered from

Port au Prince, Haiti, to Vera Cruz.

Secretary Daniels was In consultation

later with Secretary Bryan concerning

the situation. Further movements' of

vessels may be decided upon.

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% Georrne P«>r«y Springer. 14>iitt»*llle. Md„ nuil Anna .loarphlnr Carlaon. ([

f White Hull. Karl N. Unman nod llattle Kldrr, city. Albert Frank l.vwl* v|

m ,* Hnjflilnn, city. Samuel Levi Koppenliaver and Norn i.uella m

m Frank, vlty. Johu !%» /oil, llcmhry, and Anna Berry, Auntlllc. (iforge (|

W Peclcan and Mary Miitrutl, city, J

* POSTSCRIPT.

In diplomatic quarters there wt r

more manifestations of concern over

the Mexican situation than at uny tll'.io

since the American forces were land il

at Vera Crus. The foreign diplo

matists conferred among themselv cs

and communicated to one another t >

latest developments as they hea I

them.

Some of the diplomatists declar '1

themselves satisfied that the course "C

the American government would pro

duce results. One of the ministei «,

who had received a telegram sayii't

the diplomatic corps in Mexico Cii.v

had decided to leave, cabled his lep i

tion there, saying that after learning

what steps the American government

had taken he advised the corps to r *-

main in the capital and await develop

ments.

Plans Kept Secret

Just what move now is contem

plated is known only to President Wi'-

| son and a few of his closest advise- : ,

but it was apparent from the attitui 1 >

of officials that it was realized that i

new crisis was at hand which mig t

have to be met with strong measurer.

The general impression in offieiil

quarters was that even though the u- •

of force hajl not been threatened i'i

the note to Carranza, the America i

government was prepared to met

eventualities and would hereafter pu -

sue an insistent course to compel pro

tection for foreigners and their lii

t erests.