Hard Freezing Weafher Crips Central and Eastern Sections of Country HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 11 DEMOB PLOT TO CRIPPLE CIVIL SERVICE UNEJIBTID J Port Office Appropriation Bill Has "Rider" Permitting Return to "Spoils System" REPUBLICANS OPPOSE IT Plan Removal of Assistant Post masters to Fill Places With Politicians Special to The T ■Washington, Jan. IS. The post office appropriation bill, carrying 1806,247,767, the largest amount ever rtcommended by a committee to run a government, department, waa re ported to the House by tho committee on poet offices and post roads. The Increase over the present appropria tion is nearly $22,000,000, which is largely attributed to the additional burden of the parcel post. Republicans in tho House and the minority members of the committee declare that a. severe fight will occur over a rider in the bill which would dive the Postmaster-General sweeping powers ,to discharge assistant post masters and appoint successors with out regard (o the civil service law. The section reads: Text of the lUder "That hereafter any assistant, post master who ma.v be required by law or bv the authority or direction of the Postmaster-General to execute a bond to the Postmaster-General to secure faithful performance of official dut>; may be appointed by said Postmaster- General, who may require such bond without regard to the provisions of an act of Congress entitled 'An act to regulate and improve the civil ser vice of the United States' approved January 16. 1883, arid the amend ments thereto or any rule or regula tion made in pursuance thereof, and the Postmaster-General shall have power to revoke the appointment of any assistant postmaster and appoint his successor at his discretion with out regard to the act, amendments, rules or regulations aforesaid." Representative Steenersoti of Min- j ncsota and Madden of Illinois made a ' caustic minority report. They bitterly J condemn the Democrats, anil char. • Uiat it is the first step in a plat, turn the postal service over l" spoils system. Mr. Steen'erson "It is proposed l>j the major: include this vicious rider in this by a special rule for thai purp The policy of inserting riders in is a vicious one and a resort, to it can only be excused by a great, public emer gency. The great Democratic party when in the minority uniformly de clared against it, but no sooner are they in power than they resort to It [Continued on Page 11.] 2,500 Persons Use Public Library in First Seven Days Trustees of the 1-larrishui g Public I Library were last night informed that 3,223 hooks had been circulated in seven days and (hat the registration of persons who desired to secure books | hail exceeded 2,500. These figures wcro a surprise,'as it was not thought that; the library would be as extensively used I during tiie (list month. The library was opened for registration on January 1, but tile book service did not begin until January 3. Allowing two (Sundays to intervene It appears that the book circulation lias been very heavy dally. On last Saturday alone 015 books were circulated. The number of readers reported at the library, that, is persons who visit the library to read books, but not withdrawing them, went up to 1,341. In addition thirty-six questions, most of (hem sent by telephone, were answered. of the books circulated about 80 tier cent, were fiction and 30 per cent of the total taken out were Juveniles The children's work is growing rapidly, as there is n large attendance of youngsters daily, and Ihe story-telling hour on Saturday morning bids fair to be a notable feature of library ac tivity. 6 Late News Bulletins SHIPPING LOST ALONG COAST Boston. Jan. ltt.—The hll/zard that gripped New Kiiglaiid and Ihe Northeastern part of the United States to-day. iaslinl the coast from New York to New Kotindland with tremendous fury.. There were re j>orts of numerous vessels in distress and a heavy toll of life was feared. The schooner *lOllll Paul, sank in Nantiieket sound. Nothing Is known as to the fate of her erew. Another schooner, the Crcta, is lost. NOTRE DAME OF MONTREAL AFIRE Montreal, <lan. 13.—Notre Dame Cathedral, famous the world over, caught fire this afternoon from a blaze that originated in the husiiira* district. For a time It was thought that the fire was under .control, but it was revived by a strong wind and spread from a hardware store whore it started, to other structures. Mexico City. .lan. 13.—The Mexican government will default in the payment of the semi-annual interest on the bonds of the internal and external debt« due this month, according to a decision reached at a cabi net council uldc.li lasted until midnight. Washington, .Fan. 13.—The failure of the Mexican government to meet Its most lni|K>rtanl financed obligation—the interests o oils ex ternal and internal debt—emphasised to official Washington that the ITucrta government really Has in serious financial distress. Philadelphia, .lan 13.—The patient in a local hospital upon surgeons yesterday performed a rare operation in an effort to save liitu from the progressive ravages or paresis, died to-day and surgeons who had watched the case with keen interest* say that one or the most heroic experiments of surgery lias gone to naught. New York. .Inn. 13.—Arthur A. McLean, treasurer of the Democratic State Committee, pleaded guilty to-day to act-eptlng campaign contribu tions rroiu a eotitration. Supreme Court Justice Vernon M. Davis sus pended sentence. IMttsburgh, Pa.. .Jan. 13.—The Allegheny river closed during the night and reports from up river points to-day indicate the Ice is strong enough to bear highway traffic, the llrst time in a number or years. Christian Clark, a farm hand, was found frozen to death near Etna," Pa. Thursday Island. Australia, Jan. 13. \ n Improvement was noticed to-day in the condition of Madame I/lllian Nordiea, the American Singer who has been seriously 111 for several days with pneumonia. Mobile, Ala., Jan. 18.—l>elilah Bradley, 17 years of age, of Browns Mills, N. J., round here In the company of Joel M. Foster, wealthy resi dent of the New Jersey town, who Is charged with violation of the white slave law, to-day said she would return home with her father. New York, Jan. 13.—The market closed steady. Texas company became weaker on denial that control of the company was being sought by Standard OH interests. Canadian Pacific also manifested renewed heaviness, but improved again later. Rise In the Important stocks was checked, but there were no reactionary symptoms. V h STEAMER WITH 150 ! ABOARD IS BELIEVED TO HAVE FOUNDERED Last Seen Ashore Near Halifax' With Forward Hold Full of Water; Has Disappeared RESCUE SHIP IS SENT OUT! Exact Whereabouts Unknown; Vain Search For Missing Vessel Is Being Made Halifax, N. S„ Jan. 13.—'Wire less communication with the steamer Cobequid has ceased and she cannot be seen from the light house at Briar Island near where she was reported ashore. When last reported her forward hold was full of water. She is said to| have carried 150 persons. After sending out wireless calls for' assistance the vessel's wireless appa-| ratus apparently failed and it has not! been possible to restore comtnunica-| tlon with rter. The Cobequid got off ber course when bound from the West Indies and Bermuda for St. Joohn, N. B. It was subsequently learned by telephone from Westport, the nearest port to Rrier Island, that no sign of the Cobe quid could be seen from there. The Brier Island lighthouse keeper re ported that he could not locate the Cobequid on the rocks off the island at the western entrance to the bay. As soon as the grounding of the Uobequid became known the agent of the Department of Marine and Fish eries sent wireless instructions to the government steamer Lady Lanrier to proceed to the steamer's assistance. 150 Teachers of City and County Enrolled For U. of P. Course bast night Dr.' Vocum gave his sec ond talk in the free lecture course for the advanced training of teachers, opened last week by the University of Pennsylvania in the Technical High School. When it was first announced, but. :i Harrisburg teachers enrolled, tier Dr. Tocinn explained the nature the work, at the city institute, sev uty pledged attendance. Last week iiiis preliminary enrollment was dou bled, over 160 superintendents, princi pals and elementary and high school leachors being present from Harris burg, Steelton, Mlddletown and other localities. At yesterday's meeting still others enrolled. The Hartißburg dele gation was led by Dr. Shimmel, while Superintendent Garver and Superin tendent Wickey headed the several count j' groups. White Slave Traffic Movie Is Suppressed Under the direction of Mayor Royal, Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison late yes terday afternooh requested the man agement of the Majestic Theater to discontinue the showing of tho moving pictures depicting white slavery. Mayor, Royal's action was taken after he had 1 been called upon by committees from j the Harrisburg Ministerial AsHocla-j tlon and Civic Council of Churches. | Manager C. F. Hopkins said this I morning that, though he regretted | the attitude shown against tho pic tures, he wanted the people of the city i to understand that he .had acted in all ' fairness, anil had given every oppor- j tunity to the authorities to judge of j tho character of the pictures. BOSTON VOTES FOB MAYOR j Boston, Mass., Jan. 13.—Boston vol-J ers to-day cast I heir ballots for a mayor to serve four years. Both can-; didates. Congressman James M. Cur ley and Thomas J. Kenny, president] of the city council, expressed confi dence this morning. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1914. 7 J * ,tc RIVER EXPECTED TO FREEZE OVER TONIGHT FORECASTER PREDICTS Mr. Demain Expects Temperature to Fall to Ten or There abouts Tonight OFFICIALLY 12 LAST NIGHT In Many Parts of City, However, Mercury Was Crawling in Vicinity of 6 and 7 Observation* made al (hr office of the Weather Hurrau. io-ilaj, nhiiwfd that the temperature In thla eltj- fell to 7V4 ile*ree* at tti.W a. m. during the Know flurry that htt the elty. Thin la the lon-eat offlelnl temperature of the ninter. The Susquehanna is expected to freeze over to-night by Weather Fore caster Demain. Although the mercury did not go down lower than 12 degrees, officially, last night, it was low enough to suit, everybody. The coldest weather of the winter it was without a doubt. At 8 o'clock last night, the ther mometer at the local Weather Bureau registered 14 degrees. It came down only a degree or two during the night, reaching the lowest of 1* degrees at li o'clock this morning. At 8 o'clock it had only gone up to 13, and all morning the rise was very slow. The cold weather Ib to continue for at least another twenty-four hours. To-night the temperature may reach 10 degrees, and to-morrow it may be warmer, but only slightly warmer. Although the. official thermometer at the Weather Bureau registered 1 2 degrees, many thermometers in out lying sections of the city went much lower. At Wildwood the lake is covered with ice two or three inches thick and is getting in condition for skating. Freezing Weather Grips Central and Eastern Sections of Country Hy Associated Press New York, Jan. 18. —The entre cen tral and eastern sections of the coun try to-day are in tho grip of hard freezing weather with prospects that it will continue another 21 hours at least, and in some sections for a longer period. From the Roclry mountains to the Atlantic coaal de cide* drops in the temperature were reported last night and enrly to-day. Bven in the south reports Indicate a general cold wave and it is feared that In many places the orange crops will be damaged. In the northwest below r,ero tem peratures were common last night, the lowest, 20 degrees below being reg [Oonthmert on Page ll] 11l TO DIRECT PHI DEVELOPMENT | FOR ANOTHER YEAR Park Board in Special Session Yes terday Decides to Con tinue Service I t For another year the development | of Harrisburg's park and playground system, Including: the proposed exten sions tinder the SIOO,OOO loan, will be [carried on with the aid of the expert [advice of Warren H. Manning:, land ! scape architect:. At a special meeting: yesterday aft ernoon the Park Board and Cominis- I sioner of Parks and Public Property ! M. Harvey Taylor decided to engage I Mr. Manning for another year, hogin- I ninK January HI, the date of the ex ' piration of his present contract, i Ever since Harrlsburg began the I improvement of its parks and play- I grounds Mr. Manning has served as | the expert. In that time the city has ' made its more remarkable strides ! toward the development of the "city beautiftil" idea. The laying out of the Wildwood tract, the Island, the development of the river parks, the special lines of planting and gardening, the special treatment, of the Oak Knob reservoir, which converted what might have been an ugly, unsightly crest of earth into a pretty driveway and "lookout," these are only a few of the ideas sug j gested by Mr. Manning and worked | out by the commission under Park | Superintendent Forrer's direction. I A t yesterday's meeting the commis sion formally accented the invitation | of City Council to continue its service I in an advisory capacity and a letter | to that effect was sent to that body. Trouble With Heating Apparatus Causes the Closing of Penn Bldg. ! More trouble with the heating ap-i paratus at the Penn school building I required the closing of five or the eight rooms in the building this morn ing. For several weeks the building com-! mittee. and members of the board' have worried over the Penn building'sj heating equipment which cannot bol adjusted. With an expert on heating the building was visited this morning! by Charles Kohl, chairman of the] building committee. President Harry! A. Boyer, fharle? Werner and secre-, tary of the board, D. J). Hamtnel baugh. They spent the morning try ing to find ih.- cHiise of the trouble. Tidal Wave Adds to Horror of Volcano Eruptions and Earthquakes in Japan — lir L 1 HUTCHISON'S LIST < OF TOM IS ! CORRECISIKS FllllK Federal Agent Says Chief of Po lice Returned Nearly All Names to the Court Colonel Hutchison's list of suspected ! houses of ill-repute in the city is prac j tlcally complete, In the opinion of J- Clarence "Funk, Federal agent dealing with vice problems. Mr. Funk said this morning that so far as he knew the lisL furnished the. j Dauphin County Court yesterday by! the Chief of Police includes most ofl the resorts of such character. A few,. of which the Chief of Police (ms only suspicions, may have been omitted | from the list, In Air. Funk's opinion,, but these are not more than half ai dozen. The publication of the list and the report to the court closed the redllghtl district tight last night. Where the! denizens of the underworld have fled I | to is impossible to tell, but everything! was clamped down tight and everybody was under cover, as if a raid was ex-j pec-ted. No action will be taken until after | the close of criminal court this week.' by either Colenel Hutchison or Dls- * trict Attorney Stroup, but the material' Is at hand on which further investlga-j tion and action can be taken. D. A. Stritlin, an employe of the! Lancaster House, to-day promised ni | letter defending the hotel for which he j works. He says the hotel is unjustly | referred to by the Police Department. Suffragists and Antis May Engage in Debate Ry Associated Press Washington, IT C., Jan. 13.—The] woman suffrage and anti-suffrage' camps in the capital have now reach-; ed the stage of joint debate. Mrs. An-: toinettc Funk, of Chicago, temporarily in charge of the headquarters of the \ National Woman Suffrage headquar ters, in the absence of Mrs. Medlll Me-1 Cormick, to-day Issued a challenge to' Mrs. Augustus P. Gardner, one of thei anti-suffrage leaders. RED FI/AG DOESN'T 11,Y Announcement was made late this afternoon from the offices of the City | Park Commission that skaters who go, to Wildwood to-day or this evening do ■ < so at their own risk. The announce-! ment was made following an inapec-1 < tion of the condition of the Ice thisii morning. It was found that in placesl. the ire is absolutely'unsafe. j! * THE STRONG AR BLUMS NOMINATED' FOR COMPTROLLER OF ; CURRENCY BV WILSON He Is Also Named as Ex-Officio Member of Federal Re serve Board By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Jan. 13. —Presi-| | dent Wilson early to-day prepared thoi nomination of John Shelton Williams, lof Virginia, for Comptroller of the [Currency and ex-officio member of thoj I Federal Reserve Hoard. Tlu: itoml-1 Inatlon was sent to the Senate this! | afternoon. ; Mr. Williams is now Assistant Seerc- I tary of the Treasury, in charge of th<-l ! fiscal bureaus and Secretary McAdoo'sl (first. assistant in matters of govern-! j ment finance. The office of Comptrol-i | ler of the Currency has boon vacant; i several months. From time to time j | various reports have been afloat in | congressional circles of opposition be-j | ing brought to bear against the nonii- I nation of Mr. Williams. It was said | jthat the so-called great financial in-' Iterests were opposing hiin. There has! | never been recorded, so far . as Is, ! known, before any committee or! | through any official channel, any op-! ! position to his appointment, though] | there are various reports of impend-; ling opposition to his confirmation by j ; the Senate. ' Announcement of Mr. Williams' se-j j lection followed a conference between (Continued on Page ll] Lock of Hair and Picture of Woman in Pocket of Outcast By Associated I're v. , ! New York, Jan. IS.—That Dudley ji Jardine, son of George Jardlne, found- il !er of an organ building firm, lived on i the Bowery under the name of Wil i j liam Smith after his disappearance j I ; thirty years ago, spending on an aver-j t , age of $1.25 a week for his room, was l i disclosed when the appraisal report ( lof his estate was filed. Dudley Jar- j Idlne, who left an estate valued at t $203,903 speculated in stocks even i 1 while living in Bowery lodging houses. ( i His burial in Potter's Field last Fe!> | ruar.v was narrowly averted through ! 1 , the finding in the lodging house in s which he lived of documents identify- 1 ing him. \ Friends of the man believe that a f j romance caused Jardinc. to live as an j j outcast. Among the articles found by t ! the appraiser of the estate is a locket containing the picture and lock of hair 1 of a woman. It was the only bit of Is ijewelry found in the possession of thei f dead man. j | CITY WILL BEGIN NEW FISCAL YEAR WITH FULL PURSE Estimated Balance $13,545.56 April 6, According to Gor gas' First Report j I-larrisburg will begin its new liscal I year, April (i, with the healthy tlnan- I eial balance of $13,545.66. The- Water Department will start business at the same time with the j equally comfortable balance of $6,459.88. The total balance of the various j sinking funds is $ 101. 54».8 3. The improvement loan balances show that $21,942.50 remains in the first, $409.26 in the second and | sll 1,81 5.74 in the third. City Council was informed of these Important facts this afternoon in the first annual report o City ('oninils j sinner W. D Gorgas, (superintendent iof finance. The report will figure in the preparation of the new city budget I and the levying of the mill rate. [Continued on I'nge I I.J Pecksniff Auditor Bangs Head Against Wall When He Hunts Dixon | Capitol Ilill la hawhawing over the ] manner in which a pecksnlfflan clerk from the Auditor General's Depart ment ran up against a stone wall a few I days ago. For sotne time overzealous j people in the auditing branch of the I government have been working hard on petty expenditures In some of the departments and making; life roiser | able for people in authority. It happens that on New Year's day ■ Commissioner of I lealth Dixon sent a | new year's card to each one of the i hundreds of attaches of his depart-* merit, as was printed iu the Tele graph. Now everyone on the "Hill" j knows t hat Commissioner Dixon is ex jtremely strict about expenditures and that even on his private correspond ence he never uses a postage .stamp r provided by the Commonwealth. Yet the sleuth got on an Imaginary irail I and started out to Unci whether the | commissioner's greetings had been I printed at the expense of the State. It happens that the commissioner per sonally paid for engraving the cards, bought the cards, bought the en velopes, paid an addressing firm to address lliem and, paid for the stamps. And this combination is what caused the great sciMtotion to How up. Audittor Genera) Powell was not here to-day to tell whether he had authorized an ysuch still hunt and as for Commissioner DJxon he bowed i Interrogators out of his office. 12 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT. i Death List in Stricken Cities May Run Into Many Thou sands, Government Be | lieves WORST DISASTER IN JAPANESE HISTORY j Towns Are Deeply Buried in Ashes and All Communica tion Is Cut Off By Associated Press Tokio. Jan. 13. —A tidal wave added Its terrors to the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions which struck Kago shima. in southern Japan, yesterday, according to official advices to-day. It is believed here that the Kngo shima disaster will prove to be one of the most serious in the history of Japan. The loss of life and property Increases with fuller news from the scene. Communication Out Off The full extent of the disaster coufd ; not bo ascertained to-day. as all com [ munication was cut off from the I stricken district south of Curriamott, i 80 or 90 miles north of Kagoshima. The navy department was unable to obtain a wireless report, from the warships sent to the scene, although many messages were dispatched to them. Ashes to the depth of six inches have fallen in the seaport of Mtyazaki. on the east coats of Kiushiu. A postal employe who tied from Kagoshima states that the big post office building there collapsqjß during the earthquakes and tidal, wave and that, a great number oP" residences were ruined, while many people and animals were killed or Injured. The navy and army departments are hastening succor and supplies to Kagoshima. Sakura Jima. which was in violent eruption, is destroying life and devas tating property over extended areas 1«) Kiushiu, southernmost island of the main Japanese group, has been qui escent 'or ni"re than a century, al [Continued on Page i>] j Veterans to Honor Dead on January 30 The veterans of Post N'o. OS will honor their dead comrades on Fridav evening, January no, when the an nual memorial services of the post will be held. The committee in charge of ar rangements will hold a special meeting Friday evening to make further itr ra ngements. CRISIS IV SOI Til AFRICAN AFKAUtS KXPICfTKI) TO-MORROW Prestoria, Union of South Africa, Jan. 13.- Another crisis will be reach ed to-morrow In the strike situation in South Africa, as the miners and all I other organized workmen are to be ordered then to lay down their tools In sympathy with the railroad work ers. For IlnrrlNlturs anil vicinity: Fair, continued enlil in-nUht: lon o*l temperature ahout 10 dricree*: Wednesday fair mid narmcr. For I'.iintt-rii I'eniiH.vU nuln: f-'air. continued colli to-nlichti WrilnrM •ln> fnlr, ■IIkIiII.v warmer; mod erate northnriit to north nlmln, liecomlnK variable. lllver The rltrr will full nlnnbi loenl rises nini occur due to thp chan nel becoming: rlogxril nlth. lee. 'l'lir river Mill |irol>nhly hrnw generally Icebound tn-nlglil. Temperature) S n. ni., 1.1: 2 n. m.. I I. Sum lllaen, 7:2.1 a. m.t nets, 4iM p. in. Moon: ItlMe*. Kit t p. in. It Ive r Staitet Thrre feet above low nntvr mark* t eateritay's Weather l!irlic»t temperature. 111. I.oivent temperature, 12. Mean tempernture, 22. Annual temperature, 2». MAHRIAGF! t.KKVSHS John W. Rlpf, Grampner, Clearileld county, and Florence llaulton, Our weiisvllle. Michael Tarbuch and Agata llanlc,, Steelton. t . <<*% The New Colors For Soring The stores arc already begin ning to answer the question that, so many women want answered. As yo uread your newspaper to-day you will notice the new spring note creeping into tho ad vertising. The stores are al ready beginning to show the beautiful cottons from which women will maj(c their summer froclcs. The woman who pxpeets to keep posted to the minute must be an advertising reader. She must avail herself of the service her favorite newspaper provides for her. It is the best fashion news In the world because it is based on actual merchandise and not on theories. It is up to the minute. It is written In a way that makes it clear to her. Hut it seems almost unneces sary to remind American women of the poys of avertising—for they are already the greatest readers of advertising in the world. • '
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers