Rescued Passengers and Crew of Cobequid Co HASRISBURG SfiSiili TELEGRAPH No. 13 LXXXIII — RADICAL PLATFORM FRAMED BY LEADERS OF PROGRESSIVES Garfield Declares Against Return to Republican Party; Pin chot Hits at Penrose FUSION IS FROWNED UPON Woman's Suffrage, Liquor Traffic Regulation and Unenacted Planks of 1912 Endorsed MBi M ' , ■ jA; -... BSh hm wmm ' J LEX N. MITCHELL Chairman of Washington Party Con gress. The Washington party's two-day conference in preparation for the 1914 campaign, adjourne'd sliortly before 2 o'clock to-day without endorsing any candidates, but witli a definite pro nouncement against fusion. Resolutions which will serve as a party platform were adopted and speeches made on the. Progressive cause. The closing session was mark ed by much debate, especially over an effort to inject fhe taxation system into the platform. The conference was I>y "William Flinn and Republicans and Democrats alike were denounced. Cold, in the Hall ("old weather held back the confer ence! the hall being too chilly for a meeting. At 10.15, when Representa tive C. F. Swift, of Beaver, offered prayer, every one was wearing an overcoat. William Draper Lewis, of Philadel phia, received another ovation when he rose to submit a voluminous report from the legislative committee of the Republican State convention of 3 912, covering its bills and an account of the action of the General Assembly. The report referred to the resolutions adopted early to-day by the resolu tions committee, which were then read at length. They fairly sizzled. Mr. Lewis, in presenting the reso lutions, said that the committee had only considered that which was vital. The declaration against fusion an in favor of separate tickets in every dis trict and county was received With cheers, which also greeted the resolu tions for woman suffrage and the Ini tiative for regulation of the liquor traffic. "Uncle Hob" on Job Kx-Kenator Edmlston, Bradford. de clared it a mistake not to mention tax ation in the resolution. "If we are for a, Bquare deal lets hßve it. Lets have a declaration for equalization. It will mean votes in the country," said he. Mr. Lewis said a taxation clause was considered last night but not in serted. Mr. Edniiston then moved » resolu tion declaring for equalization in the taxation of farm, corporate and per sonal property. Mr. Lewis then explained that the I Continued on Page 3] i (c ==: " Late News Bulletins COMMUNITY OF COAL INTERESTS Philadelphia. flan. *r».—Charles K. llciirlrrson. former dent ol' the Philadelphia and Heading Railwa> and i>f the Philadel phia anil Reading Coal ami Iron Compauy, at the afternoon session was shout) by counsel for the commission letters written in July, IHOI, tending to show, according to tin* commission's < <>unsel that there was a community of Interests Involving tho icrle. Irfhlglj Valley, Heading, Jersey Central and Delaware, l.a« kawannn and Western Railroads in tlie 'fixing' of rates. STATE HISTORIANS MEET HERE The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Federation of His torical Societies Is being held at the Capitol I Ills afternoon. Late to day reports of committees will he heard and the election of officers •will be held, Xiupiig the members of the Dauphin County Historical Society who are attending the sessions are: George W. Parsons Dr L. S. Shlmmel, Theodore B. Klein, Dr. Hugh Hamilton, B. M. Nead OCEANIC IS DAMAGED New York, Jan. 15.—With her bridge torn away by a giant sea and her decks deep In snow, the steamrSiip Oceanic of the White Star Line came in to-day from Southampton twenty-six hours late She brought SO2 passengers. For a time she drifted helpless when her rudder broke. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SECRETARY SUICIDE New York, Jan. 15.—Richard 1). Mnkford. a vice-president and secretary of the Southern Railway, committed suidde to-day by in haling gas in his apartments in Brooklyn. He was soon to have been married to a Brooklyn society girl. Washington, Jan. 15. —Representative ICscli's bill to empower the Inter-State Commerce Commission to compel installation of automatic block signals and to control the speed and headway of trains was taken ?P t °-i la -V b y House Committee. It was opimsed by Vice-lTesldent Dioo of the Reading on the ground that it would Interfere with speed demanded by the public. 1 Lowell, Mass., Jan. 15.—Nathan 1). l*ratt, associate justice of the Superior Court, was found dead In bed to-day. He had been suffering from Indigestion. He wus fll years old. Leghorn, Italy, Jan. 15.—Six violent earthquakes caused a panic among the inhabitants of this city to-day. The people rushed In ter ror into the streets and gathered in groups on the squares and other open spaces. The shocks started at 4.25 a. in. and lasted till 9"7 \ T o casualties were reported. New York. Nov. 15—The market closed strong. Demand for Blocks was unabated and prices rose vigorously to the cud Vclive shares gained one to two points. 24 PASSENGERS AND 72 MEMBERS OF CREW SAFE IN YARMOUTH Seas Were Breaking Over Deck of Cobequid When Rescue Was Effected WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST I Ship, Impaled on Trinity Rock, Badly Smashed and Coated With Ice By Associated Press Yarmouth, N. S., Jan. IB. —The 24 passengers and 72 members of the crew of the Royal Mail steamer Cobe quid, rescued yesterday, were com fortably housed here this ipornlng and recovering from the effeots of their long exposure to icy winds and waves. Captain Hawson and the remaining eleven seamen who remained on board the wrecked vessel following the res cue, left the ship to-day and are en route here. The Cobequid, impaled on Trinity Rock, six miles off Port Maitland, was badly smashed and coated with ice, but the captain's cabin remained In tact. The government steamer Lans downe stood by throughout the night prepared to take off the twelve men if conditions became too da.ngerous. Captain McKlnnon, of the Westport, the little coastal steamer which res cued 72 persons, said to-day that when he came alongside the Cobequid, he found all the passengers and crew in the captain's cabin, the only dry spot on the steamer. The seas were break ing over the main deck. The Cobequid was lying headed to the westward, with the bow down and the stern w-ell out of water. All of those taken on board the Westport left the Cobequid in the three boats launched by the crew of the wrecked vessel. Notwithstanding the gale and the boiling sea. the transfer was accomplished within two 'hours without accident. The nine women and children among the pas sengers were the first to be taken from the Cobequid and hauled aboard the Westport. Seventeen Rescued From Foundered Bath Schooner By Associated Press Botson, Jan. 16.—The foundering of the l'ath ehooner Grace A. Martin 30 miles south of Matlnlous rock yes terday and the timely rescue of her crew of seventeen men from an open boat. 100 miles off shore by the steam er A. W. Perry, Halifax for Boston, was reported by wireless to-day. For nearly 24 hours the Martin's crew, in an otfen boat battled against death under the bitterest of weather conditions. The distance from the spot where the schooner foundered to the steamer route between Boston and Halifax Is fifty mlk>s, which repre sents llie drift of the Martin's long boat from sunrise yesterday until dawn to-day, when the castaways were picked u~ by the Perry. Widow of Dr. Mitchell Dies One Week After Funeral of Husband By Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. 15.—Mrs. S. Weir Mitchell died to-day of pneumo nia. She became ill after the funeral < " her late husband last week. Mrs. Mitchell, who was 77, was Mary Cad walader, member of a famous Phila delphia family. She was prominent, in social affairs for more than half a century. KING IX) FOLLOW EXAMPLE Madrid, Jan. 15.—King Alfonso, ac companied by the premier, Eduardo Dato, yesterday inaugurated the houses built near Madrid by the Journalists' Co-operative Society. The king chatted gaily with the newspaper men and said he intended to follow their ex ample and build houses at low rentals Ifor workingmen at Madrid, Seville, Aranjuez and Prado. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1914. TEMPERANCE CAUSE GROWING STRONG IN CITY OF HARRISBURG Now Is Time to Act, Declares W. C. T. U. Secretary at Prayer Service MEETING CONTINUES 6 HOURS Many Women Fasting in Observ ance of National Conse cration Day For six hours to-day prayer services were held by the Harrisburg Wo man's Christian Temperance Union in Grace Methodist Church for the suc cess of the campaign for nation-wide prohibition of the liquor traffic. Starting at 10 o'clock, the services continued all morning and afternoon until 4 o'clock. Ministers from the city churches conducted half hour prayer services, and plans for the oarrylng out of the campaign for pro hibition were discussed by the mem bers of the W. C. T. U. Mrs. Margaret Eller.berger, presi dent of the union, had charge of the service starting at 10 o'clock. Dur ing the first half hour, Mrs. S. O. Goho, secretary of the union, spoke on the special topic. "Speak to the Wo men That They Go Forth." remarking that now is the time to act as well as pray, for the cause of temperance is growing strong. The proclamation of Mrs. Lillian N. M. Stevens, national president of the ; Women's Christian Temperance Union, announcing the campaign for a con | stitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture or sale of liquor was read |by Mrs. C. M. Spahr. Prayer for the ! leaders in the temperance work of county, State and nation was offered by the Rev. J. C. Forncrook, pastor of liaclay Street Church of God. Ilobson Resolution Road Mrs. W. B. Sloan took charge of the meeting at 10.30. The resolution of fered by Congressman Hobson for na tional prohibition was read by Mrs. A. E. Reigle, and the Rev. William N. Yates, of the Fourth Street Church of God, offered prayer for the govern ment and especially for Hobson and his fight for prohibition. The last morning service was in i charge of the Rev. 11. C. Pardoe, who j spoke of God's willingness to aid in I such causes. Mrs. Rolison read the I plans for the prohibition campaign and j a discussion in which many took part ; followed. Mrs. Pardoe offered the noontide prayer. There was no adjournment at noon for lunch, but a short recess was taken. Many of the members are fast ing to-day. During ,the afternoon, Mrs. .T. C. Iloffsomer had charge of the services. The Rev. .Frank i.eidy spoke on "Prayer a. Power," and the Rev. E. K. Curtis, of Westminster Church, spoke |on "Individual Responsibility." An informal discussion of what the I temperance movement means to in dividuals occupied much of the after noon. A resolution was offered en dorsing the nation-wide campaign and ia prayer service of consecration in the | work was held Immediately after the (resolution was unanimously adopted. 'Mrs. l-larry Leonard had charge of the | music of the day. ! Supreme Court to Pass on Circular Enclosed in Medicine Packages By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Jan. 15.—The I government's right under the pure I food law of liioc to censor circulars enclosed in packages of medicine on i the is to be passed upon by the Supreme Court. Department of Agriculture officials ! claim that the public is being deceived \ every day by exaggerated statements j of the efficiency of nostrums to effect ' all kinds of marvelous cures. They I claim that the pure food law was en ; acted to wipe out this evil. Manufacturers of medicines, how i ever, contend that the, pure food law j merely authorizes government officials i to regulate statements on the label of j medicines and did not confer any au thority over circulars enclosed in packages. Edward Dapp Announces Himself as Candidate For Commissioner ! Jury ('ommissioner Edward Dapp, I electe-d to that office by H, large nia.lor- I itv on the Republican ticket. last No ' vcmber, to-day announced his candl- I d-acy for ('ounty Commissioner. Mr. Dapp made his appearance In i Dauphin county polities last summer, when his friends placed hiH name he fore the Republicans as a candidate I for 111e jury commissioner,ship nomina- I Hon. He won out handsomely at the primaries *and developed into one or the best campaigners on the ticket during the Pall campaign. He is an employe of the Pennsylvania Kailroad, has many friends and is especially pop- I ular throughout the upper end of the i county. 22 Degree Rise in Temperature in 24 Hours From noses red from raw winds and cheeks pinched with the cold zero temperature, the city turned a flipper ] during the past twenty-four hours to I a comparatively perspiring, heat-curs ing community. There lias been a 22- I degree rise in temperature in the past twenty-four hours, and the mercury is j still going up. „ A storm passing across the northern ] part of the country brought the heat,— still comparatively speaking,—and sent the chill scurrying. A slight squall of | snow was the last effort made by the cold wave to show its power, but Local Forecaster Demain says there will be no more snow, and the tem perature will not go to freezing to | night. This morning at 8 oVlock the official I thermometer showed a temperature or j-- decrees. Yesterday at that time it I was at zero. STATE SUFFRAGE LEADERS MEETING HERE TODAY ' ——————— MRS. FRANK M. ROESSING, Pittsburgh, President of the Pennsyl vania Woman Suffrage Association. PUBLICITY THE BEST WEAPON IN FIGHT ON VICE DECLARES JUDGE Evils Have Genesis in Timidity and Inertia of Officials Not in Corruption Newspaper publicity, In the opinion of Judge Frank Carter, of the Superior Court of North Carolina, one of the noted jurists of the United States, la the most effective of all weapons in the fight against vice in its various forms and phases. Judge Carter recently wrote a letter to Dr. Howard A. Kelly, the eminent surgeon of Baltimore, who Is lecturing in the larger cities of the country on the perils of the "social evil," In which lie commends Dr. Kelly for the part he is doing in the elimination of vice by making public the awful results that obtain from the festering sores of humanity, the houses of ill-fame. Judge Carter's letter, In which he declares publicity, persistent, relent less publicity, to be the remedy for victousnese, was sent to Dr. Kelly just before rtie eminent surgeon lectu'red in this city at the Technical high school several weeks ago. It is as fol lows: "I feel so deep an interest In your great crusade against vice that it gives me pleasure to comply with your re quest for an expression of my views, based upon my observation #nd ex perience upon the North Carolina Su perior Court bench, as to the methods best calculated to secure the desired results; although I am very skeptical as to the value of opinions based upon an experience so limited as my own. Must Arouse Public "The indispensable condition of suc cess in this as in. every other moral and legal reform is an aroused and enlightened public opinion. Always and everywhere public opinion con demns vice and crime, but such con demnation is practically inert as a de terrent so long as It exists only In the abstract—so long as it Is merely sub conscious in the public mind and con science. However sound public opinion may be, It only becomes efficient as n normal prophylactic when to its soundness is added enlightenment as to existing conditions of depravity and the Indignation that naturally results from such enlightenment. "You ask as to the part the courts are qualified to play in this great re form movement. 1 answer that as a rule judges are good long-distance fol- [Continued on Page 11.] 33 REFUGEES FOUND AT FOOT OF SAKURA Jll BY RESCUERS Group Found Shelter in Cave When Lava Wa* Pouring From Volcano fly Ansociated Frest Ivagoshima, Japan, .lari. lo.—Tele graphic communication between this city and the north was restored this evening. Many of the people have returned to the city. All their houses are in ruins and the returning refugees are compelled to camp In the open apace. The property loss in this city Is Im mense. The clearing away of ashes and debris has not gone far enough to allow even an approximate estimate of the loss of human life. A group of thirty-three refugees was rescued from amid a great waste of steaming lava at. the foot of the volcano of Saukra-Jlma to-day. Their escape was little short of miraculous; with their rescue no living being re mains. so far as known, on the entire Island of Sakura. The entire' island Is covered with smoking ashes and hot lava. i A detachment of men from a flag ship. heavily bundled to protect them from the heat, was landed. After a hard .struggle they succeeded in mak ing their way through soft, warm ashfes breast high until they reached a great rock. Sheltered behind this rock they found the thirty-three people still liv ing, but coated with thick dust and weakened by starvation and thirst. Among the rescued was a school master, who had borne with him from his school house .the portrait of the emperor: the village policeman, who had saved the records of the station house, and tlve postal clerk, with a , small bag of mail. :.^BI MISS LOUISE HALL, harrisburg, Executive Secretary. BT akH |S| j MRS. CHARLES ETTER, Chairman Literature Committee. SUFFRAGE!* OF STATE FINDS 1914 PROSPECTS BRIGHT Nearly Half of Budget Has Been Raised For Big Campaign Planned Nearly half of the $50,000 budget authorized by the convention of the Pennsylvania Woman's Suffrage As sociation in Pittsburgh for the 1914 campaign for "votes for women" has been -raised, the financial committee reported to the State board at the meeting In the Arcade building this morning. Mrs. 11. H. Harvey, of Wilkes-Barre. chairman of the finan cial committee, reported that $23,000 of the amount has been raised in the few months of the campaign and pros pects are bright. ' >n the committee which has charge of raising the largest budget ever au thorized for suffrage in Pennsylvania are airs. John G. Davenport, of Wilkes-liarre; Mrs. E. T. Prizer, of Lancaster; Mrs. Maxwell K. Chapman, of Scranton; Mrs. Joseph Fels, of f Continued on Page 3 | SERIOUS SB-HP AIDED QUICK MIL DF FIREMAN Royal Apparatus Nearly Struck by Shifting Engine While Running to Blaze A serious accident was miraculously averted thin morning at Eighteenth and Derry streets when the appara tus of the Hoyal Klre company on the way to a fire dashed, onto the tracks of the Reading railway at that, point just in front of n shifting engine. What would ordinarily have been a serious smash-up with probable fatalities was prevented by the quick action of William Shive, driver of the company's hose carriage. The excited horse came racing down the hill above, the railroad tracks at breakneck speed. When within a few rods of the tracks, Shive heard the puff-puff <}f an engine. Down the . track, a few yards away the driver saw the locomotive rapidly approaching. With a frantic cut of the whip. Shive . urged the horse on ward and by a hair's breadth the ap paratus passed over the rails before the locomotive crossed its path. The fire to which the Royal com pany was racing was at the home of William Prior, 1184 Christian street. It was caused by an overheated stove pipe. Damage to the property was slight. WANT IiEUAI/ITY DETERMINED Uy Associated l J ress Washington, D. C., Jan. 15.—Be cause President Wilson has not ap pointed a new judge to the bench of the Supreme Court of Hawaii an ap peal was made to-day to the Supreme Court of the United States to deter mine the legality of acts of the Hawaii court since the commission of Justice Antonio Perry expired on May ti, 1913. 81 mm Rr mm H> tea • 1: , Y w ' jP MRS. ROBERT K. YOUNG. Wellßboro, Treasurer of Association. FSTcTiM OF GRIND IBFFI DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS General Louis Wagner Was Promi nent in Financial Circles For Many Years By Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. Ij. General Louis Wagner, one of Philadelphia's foremost citizens, former commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and prominent in many of the city's activities, died suddenly at his home early to-day after a brief illness. He was 70 years old. Gen eral Wagner attended a meeting of the board of trustees of the New York Life Insurance Company in New York yesterday morning, returned to this city and conducted a meeting of the City Trust, which has in its keeping large estates including that of Stephen Girard, and last night attended church. A few hours later he became I seriously 111. General Wagner was born in Ger many and came to this country with j his parents when he was nine years I old. He served in the Civil War as a member of a Pennsylvania regi ment and was rapidly promoted, being mustered as a brevet brigadier gen eral. He was elected head of the Grand Army in ISBO. j General Wagner was also promi nent in financial circles, being presi dent of the Third National Bank for many years. He was earlier in life active in politics, taking council among the Republican loaders of the city. Shippers Will Be Given Opportunity to Object to Proposed Increase By Associated Press Washington. D. C., Jan. 15.—Ship pers will have opportunity to present to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion their objections to specific in stances in the five per cent, increase of freight rates proposed by the fifty-two eastern railroads. They will not be obliged to present objections to the increase as a whole, but may develop testimony on the cost of moving cer tain classes of traffic. This was decided by the Interstate Commerce Commission to-day with an announcement that the shippers would first be heard in regard to petroleum at a near date, soon to be announced. Hearings on other commodities- will i follow. WILSON MAY SPED OUTING AT HOME OF FORMER LOCAL MAN Ellis Lewis Mumma Has Place Where President Can Surely Find Peace and Quiet From Alabama comes the news that a former Harrisbiirg man, Kills Lewis Miimma, is making a strong bid lo have President Wilson spend hig win ter holidays next year at his home, and Pass Christian may lose Ihe honor of entertaining the Chief Executive during his next outing. Mr. Mutnma is the son of the late David Mumma, lawyer, and is well known throughout the city. He is married to a daughter of Benjamin F. I Meyers, president of the Star Printing Company, who was Miss Rosa Meyers prior to her marriage. Writing under [Continued on 3] Foster is Held Under $5,000 Bail For Trial by Associated Press Mobile, Ala., Jan. 15.—Joel M. Fos ter, the- Pemberton, N. J„ poultry farm manager, who was arrested here by government officers In company with his stenographer, Miss Delilah Bradley, was held for grand jury ac tion yesterday by United States Com missioner Jones after a preliminary examination. He furnished $5,000 bail. Foster and Miss Bradley both were arrested late yesterday by city de tectives on a warrant charging a statutory offenae. They later were re leased on bond. * POSTSCRIPT. 14 PAGES. WALL OF WATER FIFTEEN FEE! UP SWEEPS DOWN MTU BRANCH OF POTOMAC Inhabitants by Hundreds Flee to Hills When Dam at Dobbin, West Virginia, Goes Out OPERATOR SENDS MESSAGE AND FLEES i "Flood 20 Feet Sweeping All Before It," He Telegraphs as Wire Closes I Piedmont, W. Va., Jan. 15. A wall of water fifteen feet liiglt is sweeping down the north branch of the Potomac river fol lowing the bursting of the dam of the West Virginia Pulp and Pa per Company, at Dobbin, W. Va., shortly before noon. According to reports received here inhabi tants of the valley are fleeing to the hills and the greatest anxiety is felt for the safety of the entire district. No loss of life has been reported. An operator employed by the Western Maryland Railroad at Schell, W. Va., fifteen miles below the dam site sent a message to the company's offices at Cumberland, Md., stating that the water was at least wenty feet high and was carrying everything before it. "I'm going to duck. Goodby." The dam was tlrst. noticed to be cracked by a watchman last, night and this morning a large portion of the structure gave way. At 11.20, ttfii* . forenoon a second and larger break occurred notwithstanding efforts by employes to release the immense vol ume of water through sluiceways. The second break made big gaps on both sides of the dam. I The Western Maryland railroad bridge at Schell. W. Va.. it is believed, i will be responsible for the debris clog ging there and holding the water in check for a time until the force of the Hood carries it away. Piedmont, Westernport and Luke. Md., known as the "tri-towns," are threatened with destruction. The high water is expected to reach here late this afternoon and every preparation has been made to guard against loss of life. Considerable ex citement prevails here. No Loss of Life as Dam Goes Out, Is Report By Associated Press Washington, D. C.. Jan. 15. A. special from Cumberland, Md., SR.VB forty feet of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company's dam went out. early to-day; that the remainder of the structure seems to be holding, and that no loss of life has been reported. The West Potomac river at School Is reported to have risen fifteen feet and the crest of the flood was passing Piedmont, W. Va., shortly after noon. Polk were warned of the threatened break by blowing of whistles and took to high ground. No estimate of th® property damage is made. Alaska Coal Worthless in Navy Says Report Special la The Telegraph Washington, D. Jan. 15. Alaskan coal taken from the Boring river field and tried experimentally by tlie Ameri can navy to determine Its fitness for nival uses was a complete failure, ac cording to testimony given before the House committee on naval affairs yes terday by Uear Admiral R. K. Oriffln. chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineer ing of tl|e Navy Department. This coal was mined by a naval ex pedition last summer and received a thorough trial both on the. cruiser Marfyland and at the steam ewrlneer ing laboratory and experimental sta tlou at Annapolis. Chemically tile Ber ing river coal appeared to be better than the famous Pocohantas coal, but when it was tested by the cruiser Maryland it failed to give the antici pated resultr. For Harrlaburg and vicinity! Gen erally fair to-night and Friday* warmer to-night, nlth loweart temperature about 30 degrees. For Eastern Pennsylvania! Gener ally fair to-night and Friday* warmer to-night i moderate south and southwest winds. River No material changes will occur la river conditions. The Ice will soften somewhat under the Influ ence of milder weather. Temperature! Ha. m., 22) 2p. m., 31. Sum Rises, 7:27 a. m.| sets, Bio 6 p. m. Moom Rises, 9i82 p. in. River Stagei 3.1 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest tempera-lure, 18. l.owest temperature, 1. Mean temperature, 8. Normal temperature, 28. MARRIAGE: LICENSES Charles B. Romberger and A!lc» V. Harris, Lykens township. Raymond Stouffer, Wormleysburff, and Mausolene A. Shatter, Newport Harry S. Lingle and Mary E. Care, bjast llanaver. ■ \ Newton F. Shllllngtord, McAllster vllle. .Juniata county, and Norm* C. Kauffman, Juniata county.
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