Refugees Driven to Hills by Breaking HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 14 TWIIGO IS DEVIL'S BAIT FOR SOULS OF mum PRIEST Steeiton Rector Declares No De cent Woman Would Dance It IMMORAL, INDECENT AND VILE Modern Steps Come From Houses of Infamy. Shame and Sin The Rev. Father J. C. Thompson, rector of St. James' Catholio Church, Steeiton, has condemned the tango, hesitation and the other so-called modern dances. Father Thompson recently ad dressed a short talk to the young peo ple of his church in which he advised them to refrain from indulging: in any of these dances. Vsing for his theme, "The Modern Dances." he character ized the tango as "the Devil's bait" and asserted that there was little doubt that the modern dances are indecent. Quoting Bishop McGavick. of Chi cago, the Rev, Father Thompson said: " "There is an epidemic of im purity which has grown and spread in the last few years. This epidemic is shown particularly in the modern dances—dances which are merely imitations of the animals. They have descended to that to the animals and worse. The special dance, over which the world seems to have gone mad. is a dance of sin. It comes front the haunts of sin and the houses of infamy. its history is a history of sin." Father Thompson said to-day: "While we never saw the new "Devil's bait' for souls, called tango • which is I.atin for 'T touch'), but having made some inquiries, t\ e find I that the concensus of opinion is that i the tango is immoral, indecent and vile and no decent woman would in- ! dulge in it under any circumstances." j Serum Makes Goats Give Greater Quantity of Milk Bv Associated Press Tthaca, X. T., Jan. 16.—Experiments I made on goats in the college of medi cine at Cornell University may eten-j tually lead to an increase in the sup- I ply and therel>> reduce the price of milk. Ai rordine to K. P. Hill, a j graduate student at Cornell, a goat I has been made to give milk of twice ! the quantity and five times richer in Team through the injection of a re cently discovered serum under the! skin or into a large blood vessel of i the animal. Whether the same process will give i equally gratifying results when applied i to cows has yet to be determined, but the investigators are hopeful. Labor Men Expected Indictments Returned By Associated Press Houghton. Mich.. Jan. 16.—Union! men did not seem surprised that in- j dictments had been returned j ester- ! day against Charles H. Moyqr. presi- ' dent of the Western Federation of ' Miners, and thirty-seven other union I men on charges of conspiracy in con nection with the strike of the copper miners. More than a dozen of the thirty eight indicted had been placed under arrest and had been released on bond last night. Deputy sheriffs expected to make other arrests to-day. THAW Wild. NUT BK ADMITTED I OR SKVERAI, WEEKS AT LEAST I By Associated Press Concord. X If., Jan. 16.—The mat ter of admitting Harry K. Thaw to hail will not be decided for several weeks. In a rescript filed with the clerk of the federal court to-day j United States Judge Edgar Aldrlch ' said that there would be no hearing on the matter of bail until th» final hearing on the questions involved in the extradition and habeas corpus, proceedings. (< ' Late News Bulletins I HEROISM SAVES MANY FROM FLOOD Cumberland. Md., -Tan. 16.—Rough estimates place the damage to ji propert> in the valley at $.>00,000. Stories ol' heroism are beginning to I trickle in. One known horseman galloped front the dam to Harrison |i and got hundred* out of the way. When the water and ice came into the Blain Telephone station, the operartor. Miss Ada O'Donnell, stuck '! to her switchboard and saved many, as did the girls at Piedmont COL. GORGAS SURGEON GENERAL WP0sldl01 Toxas ' ~an - —VII the 3.300 Mexican soldiers and the 1.000 women refugees who souglil safety in the United .States after the ' capture or OJinago had left Presidio to-day for the rour-os<\"i ' !' 'Sullivan said some time ago that hp ' was thinking of making application j to have his hotel at 729 State street transferred to Hemlock and Cameron t 'streets and it is said a petition is now v | in circulation for the application. !t FIREMEN PRAISED a Fire Chief Kindler received a letter!} from the managers of the board of i} directors of the Children's Industrially Home, thanking the firemen for their l Rood work during the recent fire at h that institution. Chief Kindler will o convey the thanks to all firemen who Id helped in the good work. THE GIRL WHO TOOK SENATOR FUNN 'J .'1 • ■■■——————», 1 niim riff TTMIW Thla is Mtsa Mary Flinn, chairman of the finance committee of the Pennsylvania Woman's Suffrage As sociation. It is her favorite picture and the original was presented this w#ok to the suffrage association to* be hung: in the Ilarrisburg: head»H*Hrters. Miss Klinn is the daughter of William Flinn. the Bull Moose loader and ,she it was who announced that her father "would not be a candidate for governor, nor for anv office "' To which Mr. Flinn replied: "That goes; she's my guardian." WHAT! Has Mayor the Nerve to Stop Suffrage Lecture?; That's What Several Excited Women Demand; and Just Wait 'Til They Get the Vote •Jne of the Harrisburg newspapers, b. v mistake, yesterday stated that the woman's suffrage lecture last evening would be at the Majestic Theater. About 7.30 two women walked into the lobby of the Majestic and looked about them intiuiringly. There wasn't much light, and other signs of ac tivity were at low ebb. it's going on to-night, isn't it? one of the women inquired as Manager Hopkins chanced to walk through the lobby. The manager of the theater hadn't noticed the newspaper's mistake and presumed that the callers were look- OBSERVHIORY CHIEF COMMITS SOICiDE Many Persons Found Fault With Him Because of Failure to | Give Warning \ Tokio, Jan. lf>.—The suicide to-day l by liari kari of the chief of the ; Meteorological Observatory at Ka- ' goshinia is announced in the newspa pers here. The dispatches declare that the scientist committed suicide because he had been severely criticised for failing to warn the citizens of Kagushima of their danger from the eruption of (lie volcano Saluira Jima. 11 -1 assured them, it is said, that the center of the subterranean disturb- j anee was elsewhere. The volcano of Sakura-Jima was' still smoking to-day. Dr. Fusakiclii Omori, professor ol' seismology at the Tokio Imperial University, arrived at Kagoshima this morning to begin an elaborate official investigation of the disaster. The people of Kagoshinia, many of whom have returned to the ruined city only to find their houses do stroyed, waited with wonderful faith for Prof. Omori to give his decision as to the possibility of further catas trophes. lie declared this afternoon t! ere was no further danger. Out of 38 Pockets on Man Charged With Being Beggar, Cop Gets Knife one old Barlow knife with a rusty I blade was all that Patrolman Weis man found on John Herman, a pan-i handler, after searching thirty-eight, pockets this morning. , Herman was arrested for begging at Thirteenth and Market streets. He ; wore three pairs of trousers, three I coats, three vests, two suits of under wear, two soft bosom shirts, in one of which was a pocket. Trolley Car Hits Wagon j Loaded With Students Sun'ourj, Pa., .Jan. 16.—A trolley car crashing into a hay wagon In which were seated thirty members of the senior class Sunbury High School, smashed the wagon, killed a horse and seriously Injured Miss Josephine Morgan, William Koek, William; Rockefeller. Hiram Bloom, Joseph! Reedy, Margaret Townsend and Emily; Weary. Several vver n unconscious. Broken arms, ribs and cuts about the head constituted the injuries. Fifteen others were slightly hurt. The acci dent occurred on a bridge between Sunbury and Northumberland. 1 1 ing for the "white slave'" pictures, | which hail been suppressed. "No." he replied, "it was stopped by the Mayor." "WHAT!" shrieked the women, in j bold-face caps, "do you mean to say j that Mayor Royal had the nerve to ' stop the suffrage, lecture? Oh, wait j till the women vote, just wait." And then came the explanation that : the suffrage lecture was at the Board of Trade building. "I wouldn't be surprised, though, if they did try to butt in on that; they're ! stopping a Inmost everything." was the I parting shot of the women as they left -the theater. REPIHUS RESENT j ATM ON CLUB Unjust Criticism of West End Or i ganization Bring Central Demo- ' j cratic Club Into Limelight . \ 1 Republicans who have been read-! j Ing the unfair and untruthful Demo i cratic criticism of the West End He publican flub are saying some pretty I drastic things tbout the chief Demo-I c.i ;c organization— the Central Dem- I ocratic Club. It is declared that the! latter organization is largely main-! 1 tained for the convenience of non- ' resident members who find the club room an exceedingly comfortable , | place in the "dry" season. These ! I same Republicans naturally resent at-i i tacks by a Demcratic newspaper 1 upon a prominent Republican club : "hen not a word it uttered against a Democratic organization which is accused of practices which should ! i Invite investigation and reform, j Among the gossip is a story to the : effect that nonresident members, upon , the payment of a merely nominal fee ' are entitled to the full club member-j ship privileges and that manv who' reside just outside the city limits avail themselves of thia "cut rati" to make 1 j the clubrooms a place of congrega gation on Sundays and as a waiting room for "last cars home." It is also 1 | a matter of current report that when H j certain prominent members, who do I not believe that political clubs should ' i be maintained merely for purposes of conviviality, attend the stated meet- ' , ings the "dispensary" lapses tempor- i | arily into retirement. Man Robbed 24 Times Again Held Up on Road B_v Associated Press i ' Haekensaek, N. J.. Jan. 16. Daniel ! •S. MacMullen. postmaster, grocer and 1 coal merchant, of Kochelle Park, who 1 ; ' lias been the victim of twenty-four ! robberies and liold-up?, was attacked ] i last night on a lonely road bv tbree I . t higbw4iytnp;i. The* hlgh'waymen got i ! what they thought was a bag of money, ; but It was only a ledger. MacMullen's store has been robbed i many times. Three on four limes his safes have been dynamited. Three years ' ago Us eoai sheds were burned. Two! years ago he was attacked and robbed i ( near his store while on his way home ! t after dark. " It got so that whenever friends met him they greeted him with "Were you ! 1 robbed again last night. Dan?" ] t RAII'KOAD OFFICER SHOT I _ . —7 — . ' ( ay .'ixsorwtcd Press I, r Sandusky. Dhio. Jan. ! .Moses I I Price, 45, of Doralne. l,ake Shore Hall- I n road detective, was shot and killed here; t early this morning by car thieves whom ( he was arresting while they were |t 'breaking into a cur id the yards. It Flfiy HEW SEWEBS : IV BE SUGGESTED FOR CUT II! 1314 Only Necessary Drains Will Be Decided Upon Because of Funds Fifty or more new sewers costing I approximately $125,000 to $160,000! | will be submitted to City Council in! I the 1814 schedule of drainage im- ' provements to he provided for under j the fourth improvement loan. City Engineer M. B. Cowden, who is making up the schedule, will hard- j Jy have his list ready before the meet- ! ins of the city's legislature Tuesdav January 27. """J. In the fourth improvement loan I I passed by the people last. November ; | was an item of SIOO,OOO for new sew- I . ers, and it is this money that is to be ! ; expended for the construction of new ; sewers under the schedule now being I : prepared. s i Engineer is including in! his list all the sewers that are con sidered necessary and the supposition is that the schedule will have to be pared down to include just the most necessary ones In order to keep wlth- I in the sum available. The Biggest Job The biggest engineering and con- i struction job of .ill the sowers per- ' haps, will be the four-foot storm drain that will extend along the lower land in the Thirteenth Ward from a i short distance beyond Eighteenth to a short distance beyond Twenty-first 1 T .V, e J on * ftsl sewer, perhaps, will be the drain to extend from the \icinity of Seventeenth and ('alder j-.treets to the Paxton creek intercen tor. 1 Less than half a dozen sections of streets will be paved during the year according to the City Engineer, as the money is practically exhausted and no additional funds were voted for at the last election. Among the streets' on which work will be started as' soon as Spring opens will be Derrv : street from Eighteenth to the clt'v i limits. The contract for this section I .las already been let. Maolay street from the Pcnnsy to Cameron streets . < will also be undertaken early. The ' sections are small streets on then Men Charged With Murder of George Spaid on New Year's Day Rearrested By Associated Press Selinsgrove, Pa., Jan. 16.—Out on j bail through a technicality in the law,! Harvey Willow, Martin E. Kratzer and | ltalph Kratzer were rearrested to- ' day charged with the murder of I George Spaid here on New \ ear's | 'Jay. The Kratzers are charged with I being accessories to Willow, who is j alleged to have struck the fatal blow. ! Prominent Canadian Financier Succumbs By Associated f'ress Toronto, Out.. Jan. IS. Senator I George -A. Cox, prominent In Canadian 1 financial circles, died here to-day, aged ' 74 years. He was president of the Canadian I Life Assurance Company, the British- American Assurance Company, the Western Assurance Company", the ! Provident Investment Company, the i Central Canada Loan and Savings Com- i pany, and the Toronto Savings and l/oan Company. Up was n director In a score of large corporations. Including the Grand Trunk, the Dominion Coal Company, the Canada Shipbuilding Company, the Sao Paulo Tramway th« Cnlted States Mortgage Company.' V • 16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. REFUGEES WHO FLED TO HILLS. REM 10 THEIR VALLEY HOMES Although Thousands of Pcrsoc3 Were Imperiled, No Lives Were Lost OPERATOR LAUDED AS A HERO I Man Who Flashed Warnings in All Directions, Turns Up Un harmed in Cumberland By Associated Press Cumberland, Md., Jan. 16. Re assured that the worst of the flood i which swept down the Stony creek : and upper Potomac valleys yesterday jas a result of the breaking of the I great dam of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company at Dobbin, jW. Va_, Is over, the hundreds of , refugee* who fled to the hills upon the | first warning began to return to their homes early to-day. The valley Is | getting Itself together and counting tho damage from the Hood. Although thousands of persons were imperilled, no lives were lost so far as has been ascertained. There were, however, re ports of many thrilling rescues. It Is believed that the prompt action of the pulp and paper company's employes In sending out warning of Impending danger throughout the valley enabled all in the danger /.one to escape. It probably will be several dnjs be fore anything like an accurate esti mate of the damage to property can be obtained, hut officials here fix It at about $200,000. With telephone and telegraph communication re-estab lished. definite estimates of the loss soon may lie had. The greatest dam age was to railroad property. Operator Is Safe The telegraph operator at Schell is being lauded to-day as a hero. He stuck to his post until he heard the noise of the onrushing water, flashing a warning in all directions. It was feared he had been lost, but he turned iip safe at Cumberland later In tho day. No damage was done by the rising ! waters at Piedmont, W. Va., the larg- I est place in the line of the flood, and | the people there who had fled to higher ground reUtrneil to their homes j early In the night. Hundreds of laborers are at work | restoring the washed-out tracks and ! embankments of the Western Mary land Railway, which suffered severe i damage to its* West Virginia division. , It is expected that trftfflc will be re | sumed on that stretch of road to morrow. The Potomac at Cumberland did not I rise more than four feet. lIFPIKS PRKSIDKNT YVIKSON Special to The Telegraph Washington, D. "C., Jan. 16. —De- ; fending the "spoilsmen's rider" in tho ! post office bill. Congressman John A. | Moon, chairman of the House com ! mlttee, defied President Wilson, who j threatened to veto the bill unless th«» objectionable feature was eliminated. For Hurriaburg and vlelnMyi 17a urttlril weather thin afternoon, to-night and Saturday! •lightly warmer to-night, with lowest temperature nhont 35 degree*. For Kastern Pennsylvania! I'nwt tled to-night and Saturday, prob ably unoiv or rain In north por tion i warmer to-nlghti moderate Month and southwest wind*. Hlver I No material ehaugea will oeear In river condition*. (General Condttloaa A dlatnrbanee of moderate enerary • over* the greater part of the Raatern hnlf of 'lhe couotry thin morning. with itn eenter over WlNriinnln. It la eanslng genersl ly cloudy weather throughout the territory under the Influence and llglit snow hiia fallen along the northern and eastern shores of the (ireot l.akes, and thence east wnrd to llie Atlantic eoast with in the Inst twenty-four honri, Temperaturei H a. in., 321 2 p. m„ 43. Sun: Hlsea, 7:22 a .in.; sets, StfMi p. m. Moont Hlse", IOiIB p. m. River Stagei Two feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 32. l.owest temperature, 14. Mean temperature, 23. Normal temperature, 29. MARRIAGES LH KIVSKS Joseph S. Vibcn and Mary Oajkft, Steelton. William Wallace Kspigh. Lewiitown, and Mabel Anna t'asey, city. Ralph M. Day and Margaret E. James, city. ' Watching the Wheels Go Remember how. when you were little, you liked to open the back of a watch and seo the wheels go round? That's just what von do to-day when you watch the advertis ing In your favorite newspaper. . Von are watching' the whir of the wheels of progress. You are catching a real glimpse of the good old world as she whirls along and gets better. Advertising Is the most fascln aring news in the newspaper to day. It is constructive an In structive It mirrors activity. It has ideas and Ideals. As you study the advertising you catch a glimpse of the per sonalities of the men and wom en who are doing things in your town. If you have not grasped the possibilities that come to you through a study of •he advertis ing. begin to-day by turning over the pages in the Telegraph. You will thank us for the sug gestion. i ■ ——. ——< ** *