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HARRISBURG ifjjilll TELEGRAPH
LXXXITI — No. 8
,5 Cherry St. Houses
Close Their Doors in
Fear of Police Raids
Chief-of-Poliee Says Some "Friend" Tipped Off the
"Madames;" Scent Danger When Court Sits Next
Week; Someone Tells Women to Leave City
Until After Adjournment
Ftve honm of 111 fame In Ch»rry
(tr««t have closed their doors and
barred their -windows.
With th® closing of the houses of
til repute, came the announcement
this morning that the five propriet
resses of the places have left the city.
The answer to the hasty departure
of the "madames" and the numerous
inmates of the disorderly houses was
given this morning by Joseph B.
Hutchison, chief of polce. According
to Colonel Hutchison some "friend,"
scenting danger when the court sits
next waek. suggested that it might
be a good thing to close up until
criminal court was over.
At a previous session, the court
HEALTH OF CHILDREN
DISCUSSED AT RACE
BETTERMENT SESSION
Mental, Moral and Physical Ad
vancement Treated on by
Delegates to Convention
By Associated Press
Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 9. The
mental, physical and moral advance
ment of mankind was discussed from
almost every fingle by men and women
famed in their respective fields of en
deavor at to-day's sessions of the Na
tional Race Betterment Association.
"The child hyglenlst occupies a new
field and his work makes necessary the
recognition of a new profession," was
the statement made in a paper pre
pared by Ernest Hoag, of Leland Stan
ford University. "The modern school
health officer must be a specialist care
fully trained In the problems of child
hygiene, particularly as this applies
to the school child."
Perhaps the most important depart
ment in school hygiene, said Dr.Hoag's
paper, is that which relates to the
"exceptional child.''
"The proper study of such children
requires some special training psycho
logical procedure," according to the
paper, "which cannot at present be
required of every school official. Every
large, well organized school health de
partment, however, will include this
division and provide a well-trained
person to carry on the work as now is
done in Los Angeles. Philadelphia,
Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Grand Rap
ids and a few other cities.
"Not less than 1 per cent., and
probably nearly 3 per cent., of the
children in the average school are.
below normal In Intelligence to a de
gree to which unfits them to profit by
ordinary schol methods. It is of the
greatest importance clearly to distin
guish between the merely dull and
defective child; between the morally
delinquent ami mentally defective; be
tween the misfit, or specialized defec
tive and the intellectually subnormal;
yet this is rarely done In our schools
to-fla y.
"The new conception of child hy
giene involves the adaptation of the
school to the child instead of vain at
tempts to force the child to fit the
school."
SEEK BI'TTI K COMMUNICATION
Washington, Jan. 9.— To make com
munication between the army and
navy more efficient is the object
sought by the War Department in urg
ing Congress to provide funds for
signaling equipment for coast defense,
posts.
Late News Bulletins
VILLA READY FOR ATTACK
' <**»'dio. rexaa. Jan, !>.—A fresh Influx of refugees from Ojinaga
? ,he ,K>Uof on t,M ' Mexican side <>r the line that
general villa is about to lead tlic combined forces of the constiuition;il
... ,mv "' reparations were made by Ked Cross and
army authorities to eaiv l'or more wounded.
OLDEST MAIL CARRIER RETIRES
rier In the United States, retired to-day at the age of 71. He has car
rled mail continuously since 1856. His trips as driver of a stage wagon
reached an aggregate of 350,000 miles, and his income fron. the Port
Office Department during the entire period totaled 985,00rt
5.000 CHILDREN HAVE HOOKWORN
Austin..Texas, Jan. 9.—The annual State hookworm report to-dav
boopi«illy duringTfJlS hid hSLkwon"? T< *"* cl,ildr< ' n <-*»'"'"«*<» >"»"ro-
TURKS WILL EXHIBIT
. ''£ n ",®-— Wor<l reached here to-day that the council of
ministers of the Turkish government lias voted an appropriation for a
exWWt at the <™'ln ß Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Fran*
RALPH LOPEZ IN LOS ANGELES
wi.J jO SJ %^? eleS, .S al " Kalph l-opez, the Mexican outlaw, who
killed six men aiu! escaped from several sheriffs' posses in the Utah
to Tn fori uat!'m rewiu'll aV?he s'^.^He
MRS. FOSTER IN SCRANTON
9 ' — M . rs Foster, wife of Joel M. Foster ar
rested in Mobile, Ala., oil a wliite slave* eharcre. Is in Scran ton \niihoi*
she nor tlie father of Mr. Foster, T. J. Foster, vreL^nt of Vho
Schools. haVe any statement to make concern
ing the trouble in which the husband and son is involved.
Closing Min jtes in Wall Street
New York. Jan. 9.—Tlie market closed easy. Stocks in which a
protecting short interest existed, held up well in the final hour but the
list otherwise sold off slightly. Publication of what pur port edobean
outline of the anti-trust hills to IK- put before Congress Indu.-cd some
real I ring and short selling. sonic
wanted It understood that no warn
ing should be given, but arrests made
promptly when the evidence war
ranted It. For this reason Colonel
Hutchison has no authority to order
alleged places of 111 repute closed. On
Wednesday night Harry White, the
detective, was on a hunt for a man
in Cherry street. Within twenty-four
hours the five "madames' It Is said,
had left the city, and three inmates
had gone to 'Lancaster.
Inquiries brought the information
that someone had told the women to
get out of the city until after crim
inal court had adjourned. They took
the tip and Colonel Hutchison is try
ing to find the person who gave the
■warning.
TWO TRAMPS EAT 3
SQUARE MEALS A DAY
AT COUNTY'S COST
So Shows Report of Almshouse
Steward Submitted to Poor
Board Today
Tramps were given 2,125 meals at
the county almshouse during the past
year, the report submitted to the
board of poor directors by Steward
John Earls' this morning shows.
Two tramps, in other words, could
have eaten three meals a day through
out 1913 at the .\lmshouse. Of course
that wasn't the case as very few meals
were given to one tramp or during
the summer. Serveral hundred tramps
were fed at least once during the
year.
There was a sngnt falling off of in
mates in the county home. At the
close of the year, there were 215 in
mates. Of these 141 are white men,
4 8 are white females, 17 black men
and five black women. Four children
are being cared for.
The insane patients numbered
twenty-six.
During the year 3,100 bushels of
corn, 527 bushels of wheat. 978 bush
els of oats. 944 bushels of potatoes
were produced. The cattle raised
were productive for 26.438 pounds of
beef and 14,403 pounds of pork were
produced. In addition to this, there
were vegetables of all sorts raised in
varying amounts. Butter and eggs
ran up pretty well. Two thousand
rind eighty pounds of butter and 1,204
dozens of eggs were produced.
Five Members of Crew
of Wyoming Are Drowned
When Launch Is Swamped
By Associated Pres.-;
< 'ld I'oint Comfort. Va., Jan. 9.
Five sailors of the crew of the flag
ship Wyoming of the Atlantic fleet
are reported to have been drowned
this morning when a big freight
launch of the flagship was swamped
with sixteen sailors aboard. Eleven
men were picked up by a tug which
went to their rescue.
Owing to the fact that the Wyom
ing Is anchored far in the roads" and
the rough seas in the roadstead make
it almost Impossible for mall boats
to navigate, reports concerning the
accident are meager.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1914.
LAST CONFEDERATE
LIEUT. GENERAL DIES
IN HIS 91ST YEAR
Widow and Only Son of General
Buckner at His Bedside When
Death Conies
WAS VETERAN OF TWO WARS
Candidate For Vice-Presidency on
Gold-Democrat Ticket Headed
by Palmer in 1896
By Associated Press
Munfordville, Ky., Jan. 9.—The body
of General Simon Bolivar Buckner
who died at his home, "Glen Lily,"
near here last night, will be conveyed
by special train to-morrow to Frank
fort for burial. The widow, relatives
and about twenty close friends of the
Buckner family will accompany the
body of the last surviving lieuten
ant-general of the Conferedate Army
from this city to the State Capital.
Complete details of the funeral ar
rangements have not yet been an
nounced bat it is expected that burial
will take place Sunday or Monday.
General Buckner's death was due to
infirmities of age. Mrs. Buckner and
the general's only surviving child, i
Lieutenant Simon Bolivar Buckner,
Jr., 11. S. A., who is stationed at Fort
Thomas were at his bedside when the
end came.
General Buckner was in his ninety
first year. He was a graduate of West
Point; had been a member of the
United States army for ten years; wrfs
a veteran of the Mexican war; for
four ytsars was governor of Kentucky
and in 1896 was a candidate for vice
president of'the United States on the
Gold-Democratic ticket, headed by
Palmer.
Breveted For Bravery
General Buckner's name is linked
with deeds of valor throughout his
service in the Mexican and Civil wars.
During the Mexican war he was bre
veted for bravery at the battles of
Contreras, Churubusco and Milino Del
Key. He was graduated from West
Point in 1844 and remained in the
United Stales army until 1855 when he
resigned. He entered the Confederate
army as a brigadier general and suc
cessively was advanced to the ranks
of major general and lieutenant gen
eral. He served as governor of Ken
tucky from 1887 to 1891 and as n
member of the Kentucky Constitu
tional Convention in 1891. After be
ing a candidate for vice-president in
1 890 he retired to his home near this
town.
Died Where He Was Born
General Buckner died in the same
house in which he was born April 1,
18L'3. Tlie old log structure had been
remodeled from time to time and is
one of the famous residences in Ken
tucky.
General Buckner's father Colonel A.
H. Buckner. also was a soldier, serv
ing in the War of 1812. He was des
cended from the Buckners of England
who settled in Virginia in IGSE. Gen
eral Buckner's first wife died in 1872
and in June 1885 he married Miss
Delia Claiborne, of. Richmond, Va.
General Buckner was a close per
sonal friend of General U. S. Grant
and was one of the pallbearers at the
Salter's funeral.
Lieutenant Simon B. Buckner, son
of the late General Buckner. is well
known to a number of (larrisburgers
who visited Gettysburg during the
; veterans' reunion last July. Major
j James Edward Normoyle, who was
; assigned to lay out the great camp
was assisted in his work by Lleutea
ant Buckner, who is now stationed
with his regiment, Fifth United States
Infantry, at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
During the reunion week, Lieutenant
Buckner and Lieutenant Saunders had
charge of the newspapermen's camp
on the Held.
City's Oldest Cabinet
Shop Handed Down From
Father to Son in Will
The city's oldest cabinet shop, with
all its tools and paraphernalia, that
has served for years and years, is
handed down from father to son by
the will of Albert R.Sharp.
Sharp, who died a few weeks ago,
was the oldest cabinetmaker in Har
risburg and had a shop at 812 State
street. In his will he bequeathed his
shop and tools to his son. J. Ross;
his grocery store at 817 East street,
he bequeathed to his son, George F.
His copy of "Morgan's Freemasonry
and Deathbed Confession" he willed
to James M. Lamberton, this city. The
remainder is equally divided between
all of his children.
Foster Will Be Held by
Federal Officers Under
Mann White Slave Act
By Associated Press
Pemberton, N. J., j an . 9.—News of
the arrest at Mobile. Ala., yesterdav
of Joel M. Foster, charged with vio
lation of the Mann law, created ex
citement here. Summary vengeance
Is threatened against Foster by resi
dents of this place. Foster is general
manager of one of the largest poultry
farms in the world, located at Browns
Mills, N. J.
Four Men Burned by
an Explosion in Mine
By Associated Press
Moundsvllle. W. Va., Jan. 9.— An
explosion occurred in the First Street
mine of the Mound Coal Company
here this morning. Four men, badly
burned, were taken to the Clendale
hospital nearby. Aji immense erowd
at once surrounded the mouth of the
mine which is in the village.
A rescue party entered the shaft
and discovered that the explosion
had been caused when a naked light
had come in contact with a pocket of
gas in an entry where only a few
men were employed. The remainder
of the 100 miners at work were re
ported unhurt. Physicians said the
four injured would recover, j
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Pittsburgh, Jan. 9. —Philander C. Knox, Jr., son of the former Secre
if V* state . has sailed away to Bermuda with his mamma, and without the
bride with whom he eloped three years ago. As a result rumor has it that
at last trouble has come between the young pair, whose affection was strong
enough to defy a Secretary of State.
"ioung Knox, who is the eldest son, eloped in 1910 with pretty May Boler,
of Providence. 1-Ils father, who was at that time Secretary of State, was
very much upset, and informed his son that his allowance was stopped.
Although at first the Knox family was said to have refused to receive the
bride, later there was reconciliation, and their relations were friendly. The
young couple lived in Wayne, a suburb of Philadelphia, but the house at
Wayne is now closed.
"Woolly Worms" Predict Mild
Midwinter For Harrisburg
Weather Will Not Be Cold, They Say, Until Long About
Reasons for the big drop in prices
for winter clothing was explained this
morning in the announcement that the
"woolly worm" weather prophets and
predicted mild weather until two
weeks prior to the close of winter.
Then the wintry blasts will be of short
duration.
The "woolly worm" has been work
ing overtime to prove its superiority
over the "goosebone" and "Mr.
Groundhog" as a real weather prog
nosticator. During a recent warm
Half Holiday For Each
One of Bowman's 200
Clerks Once a Week
As another means of increasing the
efficiency of their employes, Bowman
& <"o., the department store, yesterday
announced a plan by which every one
of the 200 people working in the
store will be given a half-holiday
every week, the plan to go into effect
on Monday.
After closing hours yesterday J. W.
Bowman announced the plan to the
store force. He explained that there
are to tye no restrictions on the holi
day. Members of the firm said that
the half-holiday idea Is in line with
their profit-sharing plan aivjl the early
closing Idea at Christmas, all carried
out with the view of treating their
employos better, and in turn having a
more alert, efficient force. "All of
which means better public service," ho
added.
Man Who Caught Assassin
of McKinley Is Dead
Special to The Telegraph
Caulev, soldier of fortune, died at
Kansas City, Mo., to-day of typhoid
o Mc'Cauley, when a guard at the Pan-
American Exposition at Buffalo, N. Y.,
stood beside President McKinley when
he was shot by
ley held Czolgosz until other officers
arrived. For bis bravery he received
a special medal from the exposition
officers and a letter of thanks from
Congress.
McCaulev served in the Spanish-
American war, both in the regular and
volunteer service. He served in the
Philippines as a regular and was a
member of Company C, One Hundred
and Sixtieth Indiana Volunteers, or
ganized in this city. He also took
part in revolutions in Mexico and
South America.
ENORMOUS INCREASES AS
RESULT OF FREE LIST
fly Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 9.— ; The free list
ing of beef and other food products
under the new tariff law is causing
enormous increases In the importa
tions of food stuffs Into the United
States judging from figures issued to
day by the Department of Commerce.
Kood importations in November show
ed a marked increase over Imports for
[the same month a year ago and a
considerable increase over the preced
ing month of October.
REQUIRES WEEK TO DRAIN
.7 FOOT OF WATER FROM LAKE
By Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 9.—Some idea of
the size of Oatun lake, the great arti
ficial body of water created by the en
gineers to supply the Panama canal
with water, may be gathered from the
fact that it required a week's time- to
lower the water level seven-tenths of
one-foot through one of the large
gates at the Gatun spillway.
Last of March
spell employes of the Steelton and
Harrisburg Brick Company found a
large number of "woolly worms" near
the plant in North Cameron street.
Each of these worms had black heads
and talis and the middle of the body
was brown.
Those who know something about
these worms say it is a sure indication
that early and late winter will be
severe and that midwinter, during the
latter part of January, throughout
February and for two weeks in March,
will be mild.
Four Candidates Are
Mentioned For Head
of Chamber of Commerce
With the presentation of seven
more applications for membership in
the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce, and the promise of at east ten
more the board of directors hope to
swell thq lost to 260 within the next
ten days. i
It is probable the board of,directors
will meet next week to elect a presi
dent and other officers. Four candi
dates have been mentioned, David
Kaufman, George B. Tripp, J. W.
Bowman and Henderson Gilbert.
Dr. Hill Shows Way
of Industrial Peace
Dr. John Wesley Hill, president of
| the International Peace Forum, and
of which ex-President Taft is honor
la ry president, spoke at the St. James
Methodist Episcopal Church last night
on "Industrial Peace," urging social
reform as against social revolution;
the maintenance of constitutional au
thority rather than disruption, and
the preservation of representative
democracy instead of the program of
socialism, which he designates as "mo
boeracy." Among other things he
said:
"John Mitchell recently said at Yale,
'lf I were asked to propose a,solution
of the whole vexed problem 'of mod
ern industrial life, I should unhesi
tatingly advise a literal application of
the golden rule, "Whatsoever ye would
that men should do unto you, do ye
likewise unto them." '
"And it is just this substitution of
the golden rule for the rule of gold
that carries with it the potency and
prophecy of social and industrial re
generation.
ENGLISH TO TALK OVER
PARTICIPATION PLANS
Hv Associated Press
London, Jan. 9. —The question of
English participation in the Panama-
Pacific Exposition alt San Francisco
is to be raised in the House of Com
| mons during the debate on the address
[in reply to the speech from the throne.
| with which parliamentary session is
| started. Sir Bdward Grey who as
I head of the Foreign Office must take
| the responsibility of the decision of
j the government not to participate In
•the exhibition, has so far maintained
[silence on the subject and the debate
I will give him an opportunity to ex-
I plain and defend his course.
' DRAY WAGON AS HEARSE OF
WOMAN WHO WEIGHED 600
By Associated Press
Huntington. Ind., Jan. 9.—Mrs. Wil
liam Settelmeir, 58 years old, who
weighed 600 pounds, d.ed at her home
near here yesterday of pfteumonia.
A special coffin 4 4 inches wide and 28
inches deep was required for the body
and it was necessary to enlarge a door
; way before the cotfln could bo taken
I inside the house. A dray wagon will
lb© used for a hearse at the funeral.
PASS QUESTION TO.
BE GIVEN PUBLIC
HEARING JAN: 20
Public Service Commission Decides
to Listen to Arguments
Before Decision
ONE OBJECTION IS MADE
Commission Busy With Drinking
Cup and Other Questions
Piled Up For It
The Public Service Commission has
determined to hold a hearing on sub
ject of passes and all matters relating
to free service or reduced rates and
their relation to the public service
company law before deciding the
numerous questions which have arisen
throughout the Suite and Tuesday.
January 20, was to-day fixed as the
time to hear all persons interested.
This action was taken this morn
ing after consideration of the re
quests for ruling on the question
whether the new law prohibits the is
suance of passes to families of rail
road employes, the furnishing of free
or reduced rates for transportation,
water, light, power and other service
to charitable or public institutions,' the
issuance of clerical orders and the
numerous other propositions that
have arisen.
Question Raised by Letters
The pass question has been raised
by a score or more of letters, many
Individuals and by committees rep
resenting the organized railroad men.
The only protest to be made against
issuance of passes to families of rail
road employes was made by D. H.
Shrewe, of Beaver. He will fie asked
to state his reasons when the hearing
is held.
The Board of Public Education of
Pittsburgh inquires if the present
public school rates, effective in the
city of Pittsburgh for gas and elec
tricity, will be affected by the new
law and the American Baptist For
eign Mission Society requests the
Commission to consider the matter of
the continuance of clerical rates.
Must Supply Drinking Cups
Copies of the order of the Public
Service Commission that railroad
companies supply an adequate amount
of drinking water and Individual cups
were sent to-day from the Capitol to
railroad companies. It is held by of
ficers of the commission that the or
der applies to every passenger car
operated by a railroad company,
whether on local, suburban or ex
press service. They must be provided
with water and cups sufficient to
give each passenger a cup.
The .order applies only to railroad
companies and there is no mention
of electric cars in operation on Inter
urban service.
The United Mine Workers of Ara
i erica complain to the commission that
the cars operated on the New York
Central & Hudson River Railroad be
tween Blossburg and Morris Run are
Insufficiently heated.
Morris Helns, of Scranton, wants to
know if he Is required to pay regular
meter rate for heat while Ills house
Is in course of construction.
Enough Water and Cups
The Public Service Commission last
I night issued an order that, for the
I accommodation of the traveling pub
| lie, all railroad companies engaged in
I the transportation of passengers
within the State are required to pro
vide a sufficient supply of water for
drinking purposes upon each of the
cars when engaged in such transpor
tation, together with a sufficient sup
ply of sanitary drinking cups, such as
will enable each passenger to have ono
cup for his individual use. It Is fur
ther ordered that an accessible and
sufficient supply of water and cups be
provided in each of the agency sta
tions of the roads engaged in such
transportation of passengers.
The commission approved the appli
cation of the Cumberland Valley Rail
road Company to make effective a
special rate between Chambersburg
and Waynesboro without the require
ments of posting for a period of thirty
days.
Story Hour Begins at
the Library Tomorrow
A new branch of library activity
will be inaugurated to-morrow morn
ing in the new public library when
the first children's story hour will be
held. This hour will begin at 10
o'clock and will he free to all children.
It is the Idea to have an hour de
voted to stories every Saturday morn
ing throughout the year and Miss
Edith Fair, who has been specially
trained In that branch of the library
work will be In charge.
The parents of children are re
quested to have them at the library at
10 o'clock. The hour Mill be held in
the assembly room, which will be used
for the first time. I
The library has a fine collection of
books for children and one end of the
big library room is set apart for the
youngsters, who may go to the library
any time between 9 and 6 to-morrow
to look at the books.
Counterfeiter Had Red
Hair Sometimes and
Black Locks at Others
Evidence to the effect that many
counterfeit half dollars were being
passed in this city last night led to the
arrest of Petro Stello, alias Harry
Kelly.
Stello had been in Harrlsburg at In
tervals during the last month. The
fact that he one day would be dress
ed like an Italian hobo, with black
hair, and the next was garbed In flashy
street clothes and had red hair, led
to his being suspected, watched, and
finally arrested.
HELI) FOR REDUCTION
j Ballock Polovsky was detained at
'the police station for three hours this
morning when he was taken to Scran
ton to answer a charge of seduction.
|lt is said that Polovsky has been try
ling to get young girls to leave their
homes for moral purposes and will
[be tried under the white slave acu
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CIVIC CLUB ASKS
INAUGURATION OF
MOTHERS' PENSION
Committee Formally Asks County
Commissioners to Act
in Matter
NOW PREPARING SCHEDULE
Believed SSOO Will Have to Be
Paid Investigator in Charge
of Plan
Dauphin county's Board of Commis
sioners was formally asked by the
Harrisburg Civic Club to-day to In
augurate the mothers' pension sy«tem-
The commissioners discussed the
various phases of the act with the
committee of the club and asked that
a schedule or budget of the cost of
maintaining offices, salary of investi
gator, etc., be submitted.
The committee, consisting of Miaa
Eleanor F. Shunk. vice-president, Mrs.
William Henderson and Mrs. Mabel
Cronise Jones, promised to prepare
the schedule and it is likely that it
will be ready for presentation to the
commissioners next Wednesday. Mrs.
John W. Relly, president of the club,
was to have attended the conference,
too, but illness of a relative in Pitts
burgh prevented this.
County Allowed $11,552,57
Dauphin county is allowed by the
State's division of the appropriation
Just $3,652.57 and the act requires
that each county pay the same share.
If Dauphin county decides to adopt
the plan, something more than $7,100
will be available for the purpose. The
appropriation from the State covers a
period of two years.
f)nly tentative figures as to cost of
investigator, etc., were discussed to
day. It was suggested that at least
SSOO per year would have to be paid
for such an official. The office ex
penses and so on would run the out
lay, according to Commissioner Miller,
about $1,500. The mothers' pension
plan is to provide for the care of
needy and deserving widows who are
otherwise unprovided for with a cer
tain sum with which to aid in their
support.
Greatest Battleship
Is Designed For U. S.
Special to The Telegraph "
Washington. D. C., Jan. 9.—United
States naval designers have in prepa
ration plans for a battleship so vast in
size that even the term "superdread
nought" will be insufficient to describe
it. It will be. If authorized, 6,500
tons larger than an- warship now be
ing built anywhere in the world. The
principal dimensions of the proposed
vessel are:
Length, 750 feet; breadth, 100 feet;
draught. 28 feet 6 Inches; displace
ment, 38,600 tons; armament. 12
14-inch guns and 2t 6-lnch guns;
thickness of belt armor, 17 inches;
thickness of barbette armor, 16 Inches;
total cost of vessel, $41,000,000.
Such a vessel will be 15 feet longer
than the superdreadnought Pennsyl
vania, now being built at Newport
News, or her sister ship, under con
struction at the Brooklyn navy yard..
Garrison Silences
Army Press Agent
Washington, D. C., Jan. 9.—Officer*
of the United States army In the
future will not be permitted to discuss
publicly "army matters of a de
batable nature." New regulations to
cover this point are to follow an ex
change of memoranda to-day between
Secretary Garrison and Major-General
Leonard Wood, chief of staff, In re
gard to a published article telling of
"free press matter" furnished to news,
papers by Arthur W. Dunn, a writer
In the employ of the Infantry Asso
ciation. In his memorandum to Gen
eral Wood Secretary Garrison said:
"Please look Into the case suffix
clentl.v to ascertain whether It Is a
fact that officers of the army are fur
nishing matter to the newspapers con
cerning questions of policy that ar«
under discussion between the depart
ment and Congress or any other mat
ters not strictly within the lino ot
duty of such officers."
JOINT BOARD TO DECIDE !
By Associated Press
New York, Jan. 9.—Among both"
labor leaders and manufacturers the
disposition appears to be to refer the
controversy between the cloak manu
facturers and the cloak and skirt mak
ers' union to the joint board of arbi
tration. Louis D. Brandels, of Boston,
Is president of this body.
For llarrl*l>urg and vicinity! Un
settled ivrathrr, with probably
rain or MOW to-night or Satur
day! colder Snturday) lowest
'temperature to-night about 3ft
degree*.
For Eaatem Pennsylvania i Un
aettled to-night and Saturday!
probably anow or ralai eoliler
Saturdayi moderate sonth wlnda
shirting to northwest Saturday*
River
The river and Ita principal trlbu
tarlea will probably remain abont
atatlonary «Wh no material
eliangea In the lee condition*.
General Condition*
There ha* been a further fall la
pressure over the Kastern half
of the country during the laat
twenty-four hour*, nnd a well de
fined storm has appeared with
its reater over the I<ake region.
Thla disturbance ha* a* yet cana
rd no precipitation, except to tha
northward and weatward of the
•torra center, where light to mod
erate snowfalls have occurred.
Temperature) H a. m., SO) 2 p. m„ 35.
Sum Hisea, 7(28 a. m.I aetn, S
p. m.
Moon i Full moon, January 12.
River Stage i 3.2 feet ah«v« low
water mark.
Yesterday'a AVea-lh«r
Highest temperature, 30.
lioweat temperature, 81.
Mean temperature, 85.
Normal-temperature,' 2ft.