Federals Unable to Long Hold Out Against Fir HARRISBURG t£S63i£ TELEGRAPH No. 2 LXXXIII — ALL PLANS MUST BE APPROVED BY BODY ON CITY PLANNING Under Section of Recent Act, New Commission Must Endorse 1 Proposed Work MAY APPOINT PARK BOARD Recorder Believes Plots Must Be Submitted by Planners For Acceptance Section n. All plans or re plots of lands laid out In building lots, and the streets, alleys or other portions of the same In tended to be dedicated to public use, or for the use of purchasers or owners fronting thereon or ad jacent thereto and located within the city limits, for a distance of three miles outside thereof, shall be submitted to the City Planning Commission and approved by it before it shall be recorded. And it shall also be unlawful to re ceive or record such plan in any public office unless the same shall bear thereon by endorsement or otherwise the approvnl of the City Planning Commission. That section of the act of July 16, 1913, which provides for the appoint ment of a City Planning Commission by Harrlsburg and other third class cities of Pennsylvania will be looked Into carefully by County Recorder O. G. Wickersham with a view to de termining just what effect this will have on the future filing of new de velopment and Improvement plots. The application of the city planning act and Section 5 in particular to Harrisburg is being watched with pe culiar interest here in view of the fact that ma .y of the other third class cities lia\ e appointed their commis sions. Harrlsburg's commissioners have not, or at least stty t.hey haven't, con sidered the matter as yet. Further more. the city will soon have available the expenditure of SIOO,OOO for new park and playground development. In municipal circles it is generally held that the commission is created by the passage of the act and that It is now up to Mayor Royal Jo recom mend and Council to approve the ap pointment of five members. Will l/lkelv Name Park Hoard The Park. Commission, it Is gen erally expected, will bo named as the first-City Planning Commission unless Commissioner of |'aik» and Public Property M. Harvey Taylor decides to follow the action of Commissioners Bowman and Lynch and retain the Park Hoard in an advlsorv capacity Mr. Taylor has said thai he doesn't know what he will do about It. as Vet That Mayor Royal had intended to appoint the present Park Hoard as a < 'lty Planning Commission at the last meeting of Council was the general rumor in municipal circles, but the Mayor, it is believed, preferred lo await Council's action relative to the Park Commission before taking anv steps. Recorder Wickersham means to fake it up as soon as possible and probably confer with his , ounsel on the subject. "From a cursory survey of the act, however, said lie, "it seems to me that all these plots and plans will have to be submitted by the new com mission before we can accept them for record. T haven't gone into this at all very fully and I'll have to familiarize myself with It as soon as 1 can iret to it." K Shoots Wife, Injures Two Others, and Then Blows Off Own Head r uncement was to bring trade virtually to a ?{~ n , <>n 'he news was ashed by telephone and news ticker to Jkl £ i Exchange brokers dropped their business, and ror some time "as practically given over to discussion or the announce ~ J™: P r °hably was a complete surprise to every man on the noor. The announcement, had n > Influence upon the market. ATTACK EXPECTED EARLY (h . ,' ,a ". 2 -—Artillery and ammunition are reaching t,» 3£ ? ' a nlann <*r as to Indicate that an early attack may af SSI™ " r on the force of 1.200 federal troops entrenched ■- 3 . idles from the coast. Several pieces or artillery and a to-day ammunition were delivered to the rebels at Cervantes CONSPIRATORS SENTENCED Y " 2 — Bapt Dunn, a Tammany leader, Joseph former emplove of the State Department or Highways, and . Contracting Company, convicted or conspiracy In connection ''O'Wftructlon In Rockland county, were sentenced to-day. and^*Kootwf , ? ; Ki Was . monLh f Imprisonment at Black well's Island 2 -~Wilso was told to-day of the re- I • Morgan and Company rrom the directorates of many corporations. He made no comment. In his next message Wilson expects to deal with interlocking dlectorates. Closing Minutes in Wall Street New York, Jan 2.—The market dosed heavy. Further selling or American Telepliona. with some weakness in Steel and New York Central finally proved effective ami prices yielded In the last hour to a level generally under Wednesday's close. * CHARITY TICKETS CUT OUT ON ALL ROADS IN PENI. Union News Company Hit Hard by New Public Serv ice Law FARMERS ARE KICKING ALSO Many a Railroad Man's Wife Will No More Get Produce Fresh From the Farm Each day something new turns lip making more complicated the tangle caused by the new law affecting pub lic service corporations. To-day came the information that charity tickets have been cut out and that the Union News Company must pay for all privi leges they receive at the hands of railroad companies In Pennsylvania. Heretofore Colonel Hutchison, the Poor Directors and Associated Chari ties were able to buy tickets to Phil adelphia for SI.OO and to Altoona for $1.32. Unfortunates reaching Harris burg' will have to be given full fare to get out of the city. In the opinion of Colonel Hutchison it puts a serious question up to local authorities. The Union News Company is hit hard. The order relating to this com pany Is as follows: "The privilege heretofore ex tended to the Union News Com pany, of transporting free of charge, to and from regular sta tions, the personal property and supplies necessary for conducting the business of the Union News Company, on our lines, will be discontinued on and after Janu ary 1, 1914-." Seriously Affected Another class seriously affected by [Continued on Page 7] IS HEIO SAKS 1913 IS UNSAVORY 111 DESTRUCTIVE Literature Reeked With Immoral ity; All Economic Laws Were Disregarded General Superintendent G. W. Creighton. of the Pennsylvania Rail road, who passed through Harrisburg early to-day on his way to attend the annual dinner in Philadelphia, says 1913 was a year of immorality and destruction. Mr. Creighton expresses himself in pungent language, saying: "The year 1913 closes with tin un savory record. Its literature reeked with subtle and illy-concealed vul garity and immorality. Its stage over flowed with nastiness. "All economic laws were violated by the pursuit and annihilation of those whose industrial activities had builded structures and plants capable of the most, economical output but which were disintegrated and rent asunder by those In authority in defiance of every law of economics, and certainly to the. detriment of the ultimate consumer, the public. "It is to be hoped that each will contribute his or her mite toward making of the year 1314 one of com mercial and Industrial progress, a year fraught with good and pure things, and full of happiness and contentment for all mankind." THERMOMKTKR AT 25 HKI.OW Rii Associated Press • Glen Falls, N. Y., Jan. 2. The thermometer registered 25 degrees be low zero here to-day. Tt was the low- j est temperature in this vicinity In sev eral years. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1914. MANNING SHOULD BE POOR BOARD CLERK, IS BUR'S OPINION I But the Director Insists That It Cannot Be Done Legally II APPOINTMENTS ARE DOUBTFUL : I Forty-two Physicians, a Watchman and Nurses to Be Given Places Monday While Poor Director Charles L. 1 Boyer flatly refused to discuss the , probable appointments of Dauphin i county's Poor Hoard for thi ensuing year until after Monday's reorgan ization meeting, he intimated to-day 1 that Thomas H. Manning, the sole Re publican member of the board and the purchasing agent, might be elected to the position. Mr. Boyer said he believed this could bo done legally and econom ically; Mr. Manning stoutly insisted that it couldn't be done. The Poor Board, he said, couldn't vote salaries i to any of its members. Mr. Boyer holds that all the work of the board could be done by the board members, ; as it is done by ljancaster county. Director and President J. J. Cole man, the retiring member, met with j the board for the last time to-day. i He got a salary of S6OO annually, j while Messrs. Boyer and Manning get t SI,OOO under a later law. "Now why," asked Mr. Boyer, "couldn't we vote, say an additional \ S2OO a year, to Mn Manning and make I him clerk? That would give him a ' salary of $1,200." "Can't Be Done" "Can't be done," promptly declared Air. Manning. rCoiitinued on Page 7] OWNERS RECOMMEND REORGANIZATION OF TRI-STATE LEAGUE Favor Placing Three Phila. Sport ing Writers in Charge of of Affairs Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 2.—owners rep resenting five of the Tri-State clubs met here this afternoon and decided unanimously to recommend a com plete reorganization of the Tri-State at the meeting to be held in Harris burg Tuesday afternoon next. H. Kis ter Free, of York, presided and he out lined a plan of campaign, which if carried out, is expected to place minor league baseball in the Tri-State on a higher standard. While no decision was reached, the owners favored the placing of the Tri- State in charge of three sporting writ ers from Philadelphia, it was also agreed to have the owners of the club properly represented at future Tri- State meetings. Heretofore represen tatives have voted for some things which the owners had not agreed to. The meeting started at Hotel Wheat land at 1 p. m. and later adjourned to the Elks, where the session was con tinued until late this afternoon. Those present were: A. H. Ballletts, Allentown; Tom Brown, Wilmington: J. H. Myers, At lantic City; 11. Kister Free, York, and W. Harry Baker and Mercer passed into history shortly after noon to-day, when It was taken down. It will be cut Into cord wood. A big crowd watched the lowering of the giant pine. STII.Ij AT OI.D STAND Not having received any notice to quit the premises. Mayor Royal Is of the opinion that the police department will continue at the old stand. In Iho Board of Trade Bulldlpg, for an Indefi nite period Penbrook Man Wages Pistol Battle With Two Burglars Trying to Break Into Store { BULLETS WENT THROUGH DOOR 0F STORE David T.entz points nut to Telegraph photographer, hole where bullet passed through door during battle with burglars last night. Bank Clearings Total 14 Millions More in 1913 Than During Year Before Bank clearings in the city during 1913 totaled over $14,000,000 more than during 1912. Hunkers of the city attribute the remarkable increase to good general business conditions. The total bank clearings for IS 13 were *84,346,822.1j5. In 1912 tlwy were $70,- 220.GT3.81. Never in the history of the Harris burg Clearing House Association has there been so great a total for the year, and the Increase over last year ■SON PERMITS | MEXICAN REFUGEES TO CROSS BORDER Secretary of War Orders General Bliss to Allow Federals in Texas if Lives Are Endangered By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Jan. 2.—Briga dier General Bliss, commanding the Texas border forces, hns been instruct ed by Secretary Garrison to permit Mexican refugees lo cross Into Texas from O.iinaga if that is necessary to save their lives. The latest order to General Bliss, which reiterates former orders on the some subject, follows: "With reference to possible situa tion at O.iinaga incident to people crossing the river, you will have to meet demands of the situation which cannot be foreseen at present. IGxtend such aid to wounded as humanity in dicates and permit refugees to cross the river if crossing is necessary to rtkmtinued on Page 71 WILLIAM ROSENTHAL. AMONG OLDEST PUBLISHERS, DEAD * Py Associated Press Heading. Pa., Jan. 2. William Ro senthal, aged 90 years, one of the old est newspaper men in the United States, died Here to-day. He was born in Germany, came to America In 1846 and was at llrst engaged In newspa.per work in Philadelphia. He published the German Adler, a weekly; the I tan ner von Berks and Die Blene (both weeklies) and the Heading DaUy Post, all of which have gone out of exist ence. NEW CITY ALDERMEN When the time arrives for the city's five new aldermen to take the oath of office next Monday, Alfred Rodgers, of 2141 Moore street, who is one of the five, succeeding Alderman Smith, of the Tenth War' 1 , will not, be present. Mr. Hodgers was taken to a Philadel phia Hospital last Monday suffering from ptomaine poisoning. LACK OP WORK RESPONSIBLE By Associated Press Albany, N. Y., Jan. 2. Lack of work, not labor disputes, was respon sible for an increased percentage of Idleness among union workers in New York State during 1913, according to a statement to-day by Labor Commis sioner Lynch. His reports show a greater percentage of Idleness than for any year since 1886 with the excep tion of 1908. MEDAL FOR LATE PROF. KING Washington, Jan. 2.—A medal of honor has been awarded by the Na tional Geographic Society to the. late Professor F. H. King as a recognition of a warning he gave to the United States to follow the conservation methods of China if it hopes to en dure. Professor King has been dead for several months. Announcement, of the award was made by the S9ciety to day. is four million dollars greater than the increase of any other year. Al. K. Thomas, secretary of the as sociation. said the increase Is due to good business conditions in the elty and the fact that the Harrisburg as sociation has added Buncanno'i and Mcchanlcsburg to Its list of clearings. The clearings as shown by the rec ords during the past six years since the association was formed Indicate f Con tin ued on Page 71 MILLION II IF SPENT DURIHGI9I3 ON CITY BUILDING Figures Show Increase of $300,- 000 Over Those of Year 1912 Harrisburg's building operations in 1913 cost nearly a million and a half dollars, almost $300,000 more than was spent in 1912. The report of the number of per mits and the value of the operations represented has not neen officially totaled, but the figures show that the sum expended during me twelvemonth ended December 31 was $1,407,040. In 1912 the operations cost $1,167,125, just $299,915 loss. Some of the largest buildings that have been erected In several years were constructed in 191", chief of which was the Mechanics' Hank build ing, the Harrlsburg Light and Power Company's new steam plant and nu merous other great jobs. The comparative tables of the val ues month by month for the two years follow: 1913. 1912. January $54,475 $6,675 February 42,575 95.875 March 111,555 99.075 April 185,025 58,240 May 124,050 239,025 June 81,275 1 19,830 July 409,055 161,626 August 95,565 77,725 September .... 53.800 101,050 October 153,61 5 51,175 November .... 84,800 57,480 December .... 11,250 99,350 Totals $1,467,040 $1,167,125 SUFFRAGISTS AT NYACK By Associated Press Nyack. N. Y., Jan. 2.—The band of suffragettes, led by General Rosalie Jones, who left New York on New Year's Day to march to Albany, set out from Nyack at 9 o'clock this morning. Their route led through Haverstraw and Stony Point to-day and they hoped to spend the night at Tompkins Cove, eighteen miles north. GOMEZ AND ARMY RETURN By Associated Press Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 2. —Presi- dent Juan Vicente Gomez returned to the capital to-day after an absence of five months. He brought with him the army of 7,000 men with which he had been encamped at Maracay since early in August, when General Clpriano Cas tro, the former dictator, made an un successful attempt to bring about a revolution. SEAL SWIMS TO NEW YOHK By Associated Press New York. Jan. 2. The first seal ever known to have been seen in waters near this city was killed in Gravesend bay, Brooklyn, yesterday. Two fisher men, while rowing about 400 feet off! shore, saw the animal moving a few ! feet under the surface. One of them j stunned it with a boat hook. A hoavv I layer of fat showed that the seal hail I suffered no privations on Its Journey In- I to these waters. • MORGAN & COMPANY RESIGN FROM BOARDS OF GIG CORPORATIONS Step Taken Voluntarily, Says J. P. Morgan While Making Announcement By Associattd Puss Mew York, Jan. 2. —J. P. Morgan A Co. to-day announced that they had severed their connection with some of the greatest corporations In the coun try with which they have long been connected. This step, the firm an nounced, was taken voluntarily in re sponse to "an apparent change In pub lic sentiment," on account of "some of the problems and criticisms having to do with so-called interlocking direc torates." Among the companies from which they retired are the New York Central and the New Haven Railroads. J. P. Morgan made this statement: "The necessity of attending many board meetings has been so serious a burden upon our time that wo have long wished to withdraw from the di rectorates of many corporations. "An apparent chance in public sen [Continued on Page 11 ] Eskimos Have More Back- Bone Than Any Other Member of Human Race By Associated Press Tjondon. Jan. 2. Charles Dawson, who found the famous Plltdown skuli, has made another discovery of consid erable interest to anthropologists. He has discovered that the members I of a certain Ksklmo tribe have literally more backbone than the rest, of hu manity; that is to say, they have one extra vertebrae to which small ribs are attached. Mr. Dawson has lately been making nu examination of various skeleton re mains brought from the Arctic region* and has found that both men and wo jnerr lie Eskimo tribe In question have tffls abnormal development. MURDERER HEARS WORKMEN ERECTING HIIS DEATH HOUSE By Associated Press Windsor, Vt, Jan. 2.—From his cell In the State prison Arthur Bosworth, sentenced to be hanged to-day for the murder of could hear the workmen erecting the death house In which will be placed an electric chair. Hereafter all murderers condemned to death In Vermont will be electrocuted. 21,000 EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT IN SZ V CHUEN IN 1013 By Associated Peking. China, Jan. is offi cially estimated that 24,0t Executions! were carried out in the pn-, irince of! Sza Ohuen alone in 19IS. float of! those killed were robhers, bur fe large ! number weer political offenders. It is hinted by officials that the actual fig- i ure.s -egarding the, executions would i exceed ihe estimate. J WOULD PROTECT PARKS Washington, Jan. 2. —The War De partment bus sent to the IT use pro posed legislation for better protec tion o fnational military parks. The measure submitted defines as misde meanors the wilful dlstructlon, deface ment, injury or removal of any monu ment, statue, marker, guldpost, fence or other structure or tree, arbor or plant within the limits of any national park. The bill Imposes . maximum penalties of S.IOO fine or one year's imprisonment or both. FIND THE MUNDUS" Home, Jan. 2.—Professor Giacoma Boni, director of excavations in Ro man forum and on the Palatine, dis covered yesterday in the center of the Palatine urea the "mundus" or cen tra 1 point of the ancient city, marked out by the famous furrow or formulus It is retailed that on New Tear's day. 1N99, Professor Boni discovered in the forum the "Niger Lapis" which marks the legendary grave of the Xoundar of Home. I * POSTSCRIPT. 14 PAGES. David Lentz, Groqeryman, Catches Robbers After Waiting For Them Every Night For Five Weeks; Store Was Entered Three Times Before ONE FELLED BY SHOT FIRED THROUGH DOOR Efforts Will Be Made to Trace County Detective Waiters Will Make Inves tigation; Search For Man With Bullet WourJ; No Results as Yet ! For five weeks David has been sitting up at nlglit In the back of his grocery store on the outskirts of Pen brook waiting for the return of tha burglars who robbed the place in No- j vember. They came last night. To* day a burglar somewhere near Pen brook has a bullet in li*a body as a mo - mento of the visit. < j r ', shot one of two men who fried to force an entrance to the store shortly after midnight this morning. When Lentz fired the man who was prying at the door fell back against •?i. r on the porch and slipped with a groan to the floor. His com rade dragged him away. Since the store waa robbed five weeks ago, Mr. Lents has made his bed in the store, waiting for a return of the burplars. He suspected two •*- men of committing the last robzerv, when they got away with $25 worth of groceries but no money. The robbers who attempted an en [Continued on Page 7] Skating on Wildwood - Not Yet Sanctioned^ Skating on Wildwood Park lake was not. officially sanctioned to-day. The Ice on the lake Is In good shape but should be watched closely for a few days before taking chances. There are some good skating spots, but there Is also some thin ice and skaters follow their favorite sport at their own risk, says V. Grant Forrer superintendent of parks. - * For llarrlsburg and vicinity i Snow and warmer to-night, with low *«< 'l«nper«»iir(i about 80 d«CNni Saturday snow or rain ana narmrr. For Eastern rrnniylTMitu Snow In north and nut, mow or rain In •onthnrit portion to-nl(kt, warmeri Saturday snow or rain and warmer* moderate ■•rtktul to aoutheaat winds. River The river will continue to fall slow- Ir or remain about stationary to-night, except local rlaea may occur on account of the channel becoming clogged Tilth lee. Tho W'e»l n ranch and posalbly other •trrami of the system will prob ably rise aomewhat Saturday. General Condition* A storm of conalderahle Intenalty, central over Southern Minnesota, I* canning anow In North and rain In South districts over a broad belt of country from the north ern border of tbe Great Lakes southward Into Mississippi an* ' Alabama. Temperature: 8 a. m., s«i 2 p. m., 80, Sum RJsea, Tu2» a. m. | seta, 4>BB p. m. Moon i First Quarter, January 4. 4ifl3 p. m. RJver Stage i 2.8 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather j Highest temperatnre, 84. lioweat temperatnre. 28. ' Mean temperature, 28. Normal temperature, 80. MARRIAGE LICENSES e.. l ff rn i a . n Solomon, Mlddletown, a« Stella Sliver. Steelton. Thorna* Earl Brown and Fern Al berta Bnnker, Seward. Can You Write "1914" Yeti "N Bvery now and then to-day you will catch yourself writing 1911 in the same old way. Do you know why? THE NEW YEAR IS NOT TET SUFFICIENTLY ADVERTISED. In n day or so—after you have seen the date in your favorite newspaper, on calendars, on let ters. everywhere the fact will he hammered home to you that this really is 1914. Advertising will do it. Did you ever stop to think that everything in this life that suggests a desire or the ability to satisfy a desire Is advertising— that the infant's first cry is ad vertising, and very likely to com mand immediate reaponse. , Newspapers did not create ad vertising. They merely opened the easiest channel for this ««. sential part of Ufa to express itself. Newspaper advertising Is of ficiant for business men Just as the Panama Canal will ba effi cient. Each Is the moat direct and the easiest way for Ha user's purpose.