Strike of Delaware and Hudson Employes Completely Ties Up System Steto Library rim 7 Herrisburg Pa HARRISBURG WSmSm TELEGRAPH LXXXIII — No. 16 LAW ENFORCEMENT ALL THAT'S NEEDED TO ROOT OUT VICE Pennsylvania Has the Strictest Sort of Legislation Against AH Brothels NEW ACTS NOT MUCH NEEDED Public Should Demand That Ex ecutives Perform Their Duty, Says Lecturer That undue emphasis is being placed on the passage of reform laws In this country while the enforce ment of the laws In existence is loose wu a fact very forcibly brought out by the Rev. Henry N. Pringle. assist ant superintendent of the Interna tional Reform Bureau of Washington, In his talk at Curtin Heights 'Meth odist Episcopal Church iast night. He calls on the reformers of the country not to strive so much after new laws as to arouse the people of the country to obey and require the enforcement of the good laws now on the statute books. Mr. Pringle said, in part: "My experience in hundreds of criminal prosecutions before scores of courts in about ten States," he said, "is that the enactment of law Is not one-quarter so important as the ad ministration of law. The. amplitude of the law and the completeness of the evidence are ineffectual if tho prose cutor and judge are hostile or in different to the spirit of the statutes. Reform Terrors Rare "There are possibly 1,000 men In the United States who are employed by State and national organisations devoted chiefly to the abatement of commercialized vice. These reform ers are usually intensely interested in the enactment of laws on moral Issues, but few are devoting much time and money to the work of arousing citi r.ens and enlisting officials in the ad ministration of existing laws. Reform leaders are rare who have personally become a terror to evil-doers, like Authony Comstoek, of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice; J. Frank Chase, of the N'ew Eng.and Watch and Ward Society; Edward H. Emery, of the Christian Chic League of Maine; A. S. Farwell, of the Hyde Park Protective Association of Chi cago, and Owen O. Wiard, of Cleve land. "From recent observations," the speaker continued, "I api able to cite some, typical instances of the bad re sults of this popular tendency to fly for help to the legislature Instead of to the city hall. Pennsylvania has a strict and adequate law against broth els. but hundreds of them are con ducted openly In York, Sunbury, Ix>ck Haven, Williamsport, McKeesport, Scranton and Pittsburgh. The New York law prohibits the opening of sa- ] loons on Sunday, but in so small a city a* Niagara Kails I saw from the side-! walk, on my way to church, drinks served in a saloon, and the municipal judge stated that he believes that 175: of the 200 saloons are open Sundays.! An unlnvoked law is as impotant as any other unused instrument. Should Enforce I<awi "Ambassador James Bryce in his "American Commonwealth" called at tention to the civic phenomenon of popular lawlessness under a popular government—that is. laws most vlo [Continued on Page 7] Three Hundred Refugees Buried by Fall of Cliff By Associated Press Kagoshlma, Japan, Jan. 19.—Three hundred refugees from Sakura were burled under a falling cliff in a neigh boring village to-day. One hundred bodies has been recovered. This new disaster is a result of the volcanic eruptions and earthquakes which for a week have devastated the island of Sakura and made a wreck <»f this city. The eruptions and earth quakes continue but with activity much subdued. Late News Bulletins MAY ACT ON CURFEW RECOMMENDATION Recommendation that the city council pass a curfew law may lie made to the Civic Club at its meeting this afternoon by the Municipal Department of the club. For some weeks, a special committee ha* been working out a plan which will probably be made to the club. At 8.30 o'clock this afternoon, flails Solbrls*. John Tohmas and Edward Smith, the three men accused of murder were arranged before President Judge Kunklc aiul this cares were formerly continued until tlic March session. Washington, Jan 19.—Mothers' pensions were proposed to-day in a bill introduced by Representative Gorman, of Illinois. All widowed mothers, liaving one or more chlltlrcn under 18 years and made tie pendent by death or disability would be placed upo nthe roll for $lO to sls a month. Washington. Jan. 19.—Senator Xorris introduced a bill to-day for a bureau In the Department of Agriculture to lend money on farm land at 4 per cent, for a period of five years, to be repaid at the rate of one-fifth each year. Money would be loaned for the purchase of land to pay debts or for farm buildings. Kagosliima, Japan, Jan. 19.—Fresh eruptions of the volcano of Sakura-Jiuia, which recently caused such widespread devastation, oc curred to-day. They were accompanied by earthquakes and violent subterranean noises. The governor of Hokkaido to-day estimates that about 300.000 people on the island of Klustdu will need relief and that about 53,500,000 will l»e required. Pottstown, Pa., Jan. 19.—The 300 puddlers of the Glasgow Iron Company refused to return to wf.rk this morning on t.lie company's proposition that they work for SI less per ton. They were assured "of a good run or work if they returned but none showed up this morn ing. The pndtllers had bebn receiving $5 per toil and if they relumed to work would still lie able to carr aliout $1.25 a day. London, Jan 19.—"The kins lias got to sec us er we shall know the reason why," Mrs. Dacre-Eox told the militant suffragette* in Lon don this evening. It was at a meeting called to reopen the campaign for equal suffrage after the recent lull, and the women showed plenty of fighting spirit. Hankow. China, Jan. 19.—Dr Lilicgaard, a misslouarv of the Amerleao Lutheran mission, was wounded in one arm on January 16 In the course of fighting at Kwang-Chow. in the province of Honan An army of bandits under the "White Wolf," who has l>een devastat ing the district, on that date, captured and looted Kwang-Chow. Welleeley, Mass., Jan. .9.—An anonymous gift of SIOO,OOO to Wellesley College was announced to-day. New York. .lan. 19.—The market closed easy. Profit taking sales were numerous In the final hour and prices went off in all directions. Renewed selling of Reading commenced after It had worked liack to Its high figures and there was also.i lilieral supply of Union Pacific. JACOB H. ECKERT PLEADS GUILTY OF ALLCHAR9ESTODAY Sentence at Once Imposed; Fines Aggregate $650; No Jail Term JUROR MYSTERY EXPLAINED Talesman Just Quit Work For the Day and Went Home For the Week-end \C 3 o'clock this afternoon counsel for Jacob H. Kckcrt an nounced to the court that Mr. Eckert wished to enter a plea or guilty for all cluirges against him. Sentence of tines aggregat ing SB">0 was at once imposed. On the disorderly house count the lino was *300; on tlio selling of liquor to intoxicated persons, SI50: on the two counts of selling liquor to minors, the hues were SIOO each. The court announced that a jail sentence was not 1m- Viosed In \ lew of the fact that license had some time been revoked. The mystery of the missing elev enth juror in the Jacob H. Eckert hotel cafe was fully explained at the resumption of the trial this morning. The juror had quit work for the day and had gone home for the week-end. William H. Howard, a Mifflin town ship farmer, is No. 11; he turned up bright and early this morning, a bit astonished, perhaps, at his uncon scious leap into the limelight. He told President Judge Kunkel all about it. Here it Ift; The trial of Eckert, former pro prietor of the Hotel Essex, whose license has been revoked and who is now answering for selling liquor to mtnors. intoxicated persons and keep ing a disorderly house, was ready to be resumed when the absence of No. 11 juror was discovered. The trial waited while County De tective Walters went out to find him. All he could learn was that Mr. How ard had paid his hotel bill, turned in his key and left, presumably for the Courthouse. And because the defense didn't care to go on with but eleven jurors the trial wa,i continued until this morning at 10 o'clock. The trial will probably hardly go to the jury before to-morrow afternoon. , Wanted Saturday Half-Holiday Before the case was resumed Mr. Howard, in answer to the court's query as to his absence, stated that he had understood from District At torney Stroup that he us well as the other jurors were excused until to-day. [Continued on Page 7] Declares He Is Owner of 300,000,000 Acres in Susquehanna Valley Declaring that he Is sole owner to 500,000,000 acres of land in the Susque hanna Valley, and has enough money in the Dauphin Deposit Bank to buy Harrisburg; Frank Quandt, a German, hailing from Vermont, applied to Col onel Hutchison this morning for assist ance in locating Edwin K. Morris, of Mifflintown. Morris he said was the only person who could leagally sign a check that would enable him to get his money. Quandt was given lodging at the po lice station. Hen's Egg Accepted in Lieu of Nickel Tarrytown, N. Y„ Jan. 19.—West Wood, carrying a basket containing a white leghorn hen, boarded a trolley car coming from White Plains to Tarrytown to-day and was dismayed to find that he had left home without money to pay his fare. Just then the hen cackled and 'West, raising the cover of the basket, discovered a newly-laid egg. The con | ductor agreed to accept the egg in l lieu of fare, saying: "Fresh eggs are I scarcer than nickels."' HARRISBURG. PA., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1914. HARRISBURG IDEA OF RIVER FRONT PARK ADOPTED IN TRENTON Plans For Development in New Jersey City Very Much Like Those Here WIDE BOULEVARD AND WALL Walk, Trees and Shrubbery Very Similar to Front Street Improvements Trenton plans for the improvement of its river front In very much the same manner as Harrisburg in beauti fying its water front park strip are set forth in an illustrated article writ ten by Mayor Frederick W. Donnelly for the Public Ledger of yesterday. The Harrlsburt; idea prevails so ex tensively in the plans of the Trenton city project that it Is difficult to be lieve that they were not in soms meas ure adapted from the river wall and parking specifications over which the local Improvements are being made. At all events, the Trenton project in dicates that Harrisburg In transform ing its river front from an ash dump into a beautiful park strip for the use of its people has taken a step that r Continued on Page 9] IVIRSiLMER FRITCHEY NAMED IN DIVORCE CASE AT HACKENSACK Harrisburg Woman Figures in Suit Brought by Wife of C. J. Van Buskirk Special to The Telegraph Hackensack. N. J.. Jan. 19.—After causing the arrest last night of Charles J. Van Buskirk. a wealthy young stock broker of Hat-kensack, his wife, Mrs. Florence Van Buskirk, had him served with divorce papers to-day. naming Mrs. Bertha Frltchey, wife of Elmer E. Frltchey, highway commis sioner of Harrisburg, Pa., as corespon dent. Justice James Bratt, of Hacken sack, fixed bail at ?500, which the de fendant furnished. The principals in the divorce suit are well known in Hackensack. Each us well-to-do. Van Buskirk owns several fine houses, In Hackensack among them being the one at 71 Berry street, occupied by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sara A. Hoffman, a wealthy widow, with whom Mrs. Van Buskirk is now living. The Van Busklrks were married eleven years ago. A year ago the I young broker was Introduced to Mrs. ! Fritehey, who was visiting friends in | Hackensack. Mrs. Van Buskirk in j vited her to visit her home. The first visit lasted nine weeks, and Mrs. Van Buskirk said that her husband's at tentions to their guest at that time aroused her suspicions. In December Mrs. Fritehey was again a guest at the Van Buskirk home. A trap was set and while the I Van Buskirks and Mrs. Fritehey were out autolng on the night of December 5 Mrs. Hoffman, Constable Trainor fContinued oil Page 10] STORES CLOSED ON SUNDAY Special to The Telegraph Mechanlcsburg, Pa.. Jan. 19.—For the first time, probably, In the history of Mechanlcsburg the Sunday law closing the cigar stores was enforced and no business was done by the to bacco men Sunday. Notices were sent to all the above stores to close on Sunday. This change has occurred since the advent of the new burgess, H. A. Mishler, and the policemen say that there is already an improvement in the order of the town. I FUNERAL OF REV. W. A. TROSTLE Special to The Telegraph Mechanicsburg, Pa., Jan. 19. —To- ! morrow morning the funeral of the Rev. W. A. Trostle, who died in Pal myra. N. J., will he held at the home of his sister. Mrs. M. H. Pfleager, Roxbury, about one mile west of Me ■ chanicsburg, to-morrow morning at 10 I o'clock. The Rev. Thomas E. Shearer, | I pastor of Trlndle Spring Lutheran . i Church, and the Rev. Dr. H. N. Feg- i I ley, pastor of the St. Mark's Lutheran | Church, will conduct the service. BRYAN TO OPEN CONFERENCE By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 19. Secretary Bryan has promised to open with an address an extensive Bible confer ence to begin here February 1 and | continue foe seven ifays. Other dis tinguished speakers will be the Revs. Dr. Campbell Morgen, of London; 1 . I Dr. Henry Jowett. of New York; andl I Dr. William Souper. of London. I'I'GILIST EXONERATED By Associated Press Santa Rosa, Cal., Jan. 19.—A coro-1 ner's jury last night exonerated Charles Kirby, a middleweight pugl-' list,- of responsibility (or the death,! Saturday, of Philip Sehindler, who was! fatally injured in the sixteenth round of a boxing contests here Friday night. TO DISCOURAGE SUICIDE By Associated Press Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 19. —Organ- ized in the form of a bureau, a num ber of social workers have banded to gether to discourage suicide in Cleve 'ond. Working secretly through this bureau, members will attempt to In-1 duce those determined to "end It all"! 1 to come to them for counsel. J TRENTON PATTERNS AFTER HARRISBURG'S RIVER FRONT IMPROVEMENTS Trenton, X. J., plans to treat Its river front very much as that of Harrlsburg is being improved. The ac companying sketch shows how closely the Harrlsburg model Is being followed at Trenton. The foresightednesß of those who have been back of thelocal developments along the river strip is Illustrated by the fact that cities everywhere are awakening to the desirability of beautifying their water fronts in much the same fashion. Bishop Darlington Says Dance Craze Is Eetter Than Whist Declares the Modern Steps Are No Worse Than the Old Ones; Predicts Return to Minuet In reply to an Inquiry as to Ills opinion of the new dances, James Henry Darlington, Episcopal Bishop of Harrisburg, the Protestant Epis copal Church, has stated that he thinks th» modern steps are no worse than the old ones which preceded them. The bishop states further that he believes the tendency of the new danoPK l* toward the mjnuet of. our forebears. Blshpp Darlington's opinion in full Is as follows. "My own opinion, so far as I have been able to observe, is that the new dances are no worse than the old dances which preceded them. In fact, Find Girls Believed to Have Been Lured Away by White Slavers MISS SARA COBLE While the police of Harrisburg, Steel ton and Carlisle were seeking high and low for Alma Shearer, 16 years of age, of Steelton, and Sara Coble, 16 years of age. of lyemoyne, the two pretty run aways were spied in Carlisle by J.»H. Troup, of the Troup Piano House, tills city, and brought to Harrisburg. The girls disappeared Thursday even ing, and so far as any troce of their whereabouts was concerned, the earth might have swallowed them. The sud den disappearance of the girls started a report that they had fallen into the hands of white slave "traffickers." Mrs. Cobii' put in many a frantic hour. The Shearer girl's parents are dead and she makes her home with the fam ily of W. L. Messlnger, Steelton. The two girls are chums and spent Thurs dav evening together. The last Mrs. Coble saw of her daugnter, in fact, was when she boarded a car to go to Steel ton. The two girls later Thursday evening left the Messinger home for Harrisburg, the Shearer girl explaining that they were going to a party. Mr. Troup brought the two girls to this citv on the train arriving from Carlisle'at 2.4.1 this afternoon. The girls said when asked why they left th"ir homes for Carlisle without tell ing their parents: Oh, we Just wanted to sec the town, that's all." RIVERSIDE FOLK TO MEET Residents of Riverside will gather In the Methodist Church at 7.4 C o'clock to-morrow night for the monthly town meeting. At the meet ing further action will be taken on the ptoblems facing the community, such as street lighting, paving, auto speed ing and bitter postal service. I think the tendency Is more and more towards stately walking dances and will eventually bring back the old-time minuet, to which there could be no possible objection. "The present craze for dancing which has driven out so completely the former craze for bridge whist, is a great improvement. Gambling and drinking could be combined with bridge whist, bat they cannot well bo with dancing, Evil disposed per sons will make evil of anything, but the tendency of dancing in proper placeß and under proper chaperonage, I think, beneficial and proper. HENRY DARLIT• 3TON, "Episcopal Bishop of Harrlsburg, "Harrisburg, Pa." John W. Dougherty Is Offered Big Job by Penna. Steel Company Rumor that John W. Dougherty, formerly general superintendent of the Steelton plant of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, had been asked to accept the position of general man ager of the Sparrows Point plant of the firm was confirmed this morning by friends in this city. It was said, however, that Air. Dougherty had signed a contract to remain w' th the Crucible Steel Com pany in Midland for two years longer. Mr. Dougherty went to Midland about two years ago. Automobiles and Women's Clubs Cause of Slim Attendance in Churches By Associated Press Washington, D. C.. Jan. 19.—The automobile Is chiefly responsible for the present-day slim church aggre gations, according to the Rev. Dr. C. Erns Smith, rector of fashionable St. Thomas' Episcopal Church here. In a sermon last night he refuted tho theory that women's clubs are the cause of the decline in church attend ance. "Much of the IWame," he de clared, "can be laid at the door of the ministers themselves. They do not work hard enough." Steamship Agents Do Not Believe Oceano Is Lost By Associated Press New York, Jan. 19.—Simpson, Spen cer and Young, local agents for the steamship Oceano, thirty-three days out from Lisban and nearly fifteen days overdue here, said to-day that thf-y felt no alarm because of her non arrival. She has no passengers and only a small cargo. The crew num bers between thirty-five and forty. It was explained that the Oceano was no fast boat and that she had prob ably been delayed by bad weather. JANUARY BEST MONTH IN WHICH TO TRAIN BOYS By Associated Press Hoston, Jan. 19.—Frank E. Lak'ey, of the Commercial Department of the English high school, has been investi gating the hour of the day, the month of the year, and the year of their youth when boys and girls are at their best —or worst—mentally and physicallv. He says that parents should make their appeals to boys at 1.0 o'clock in the morning any day In January or early in February and when the youth has reached the age of Hi. The net results in mental and physical im provement will he greater than at any other time chosen, he says. TEMDeHLOIN CI, OS ED Everything was closed tight, Satur day ntglit, in the tenderloin. It was the most unlet city in years. Everv one of the houses of ill-repute named by Colo nel Hutchison lir hi* report 'to the Court was closed down and no signs of life could be seen. Many of the wo iinen have left the city. NEW LICENSE TkX OUNCE MAY BE OFFERED IOMORKOW Superintendent Gorgas Busy on Preparation of Council manic Measure An ordinance regulating tlie levying anil collection of city license foes and providing for a collector will likely be offered In "CUV 06ini(')i to-morrow aft ernoon by Commissioner W. U Gor gas, superintendent of finance. Under the old system of government these fees were collected by the City Clerk, who appointed some official for the work. The fees usually totaled five or six hundred dollars. Under the Clark act, however, the issue of all licenses and the collection of fees is under the jurisdiction of the city superintendent of finance, and in order to have the measure on the statute books as early as possible Mr. Gorgas is having the ordinance pre pared. Instead of a salary, a system of fees will likely be fixed as compensation. The probable collector hasn't been an [Contlnued on Pajfe 10] Militia Incomplete and Unbalanced, Says Brig. General Mills By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ Jan. 19.—Con ditions in the organized militia of the coi\ntry are. on the whole, far from satisfactory in organization, in strength and in training, according to Brigadier- General A. L. Mills, chief of the division of militia affairs of the War Department, in his annual report to day. In his opinion, the militia's or ganization is top-heavy, incomplete and unbalanced; Its strength is much below the important items necessary for field service, and In training Is on the average far below the standard required for efficiency In time of need. General Mills declares, however, that despite a decrease in numerical strength in the militia, the past year was one of considerable progress and Improvement. General Mills believes that this im provement may bo made more certain by enactment of a militia pay law. lie strongly urges federal and State co-- operation on the ground that the or ganized militia's welfare can be fos tered only in that way. Some of the States are severely criti cised for failure to take proper care of the government property so that about a million dollars worth was dropped or carried on a suspended account. The strength of the militia at the end of the fiscal year was 9,130 offi cers and 111,672 enlisted men, a net decrease of 12 officers and 1,033 en listed men compared with the preced ing year. Collings Will Retire From Seat in Parliament By Associated Press London, Jan. 19. The Rt. Hon. Jesse Collings, who from the laborer's cottage of his father In Devonshire rose- to be a member of the king's privy council, has decided to follow into retirement his leader, Joseph Chamberlain, who a few days ago an nounced that he was about to give up political life. Mr. Collings. who is 83 years old, said to-day that he would not. at th*-. next election renew his candidacy for the Bordesley division of Birmingham. He has represented this constituency in parliament since ISBfi. The aged statesman has always beer) greatly Interested in popular educa tion. Alderman Rodgers Will Resign Office, Report • Alfred P. Rodgers, new alderman of the Tenth Ward, It was announced this morning, will likely resign his office because of ill health. Mr. Rodgers Is now in a Philadel phia hospital, suffering from ptomaine poisoning. lid has been unable to take his oath of otflce. 10 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT. STRIKE OF D. Hi H. EMPLOYES TIES IIP II COMPLETELY Approximately 5,000 Men Walk Out Quietly to Await Re sult of Conference TWO MEN CAUSE OF TROUBLE Only Their Reinstatement Will Bring About Settlement, Declares Leader By Associated rress Albany, N. Y., Jan. 19.—Approxi mately 6,000 men employed by the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Com pany walked out quietly at 5.45 a. m. to-day. The strike order was Issued last night to every union engineer, fireman, conductor, trainman, and telegrapher at work along the line from Rouses Point, N. T., to Wllkos- Fiarre, Pa. Crews brought their trains to ter minal points, took their engines to roundhouses and went to their homes to await the result of a conference be tween union lea'ders and officials of the company. The conferees were still in confer ence at 8 o'clock. The mediation of both nation and state lias been re quested by the company. C. W. Man ger, of (he federal board of mediation and conciliation, telegraphed to Mar tin C. Carey, in charge of the strike, but Carey replied: "The die is cast. Only the concessions we ask will bring about a settlement." The men demand the reinstatement of two men who were discharged for alleged disobedience. No Agreement I touched A conference this morning between union leaders and Superintendent J. A. McGrew resulted in no agreement. Neither side would state what had rContinued on Page 7] Jersey to Be Without Governor For 12 Hours By Associated Press Trentqn, N. J., Jan. 19. At 12 o'clock to-night. New Jersey will l.e gin its once-iu-three-years custom of getting along without a either elective or any other kind—for about twelve hours. The old constitution is the cause of the dilemma in which the State finds itself. It provides that the term of the governor shall end at midnight on the Monday preceding the Tuesday when the governor Is inaugurated. The inauguration is never held until noon on Tuesday, so that the State is without a head during the interval. James F. Fielder, Democrat, will become governor at noon to-morrow. Schmidt's Second Trial Is Opened in New York By Associated Press New York, Jan. 19.—The second trial of Hans Schmidt for the murder of Anna Aumuller began to-day be fore Justice Davis In the Supreme Court. As in the first, trial, which ended with a disagreement on De cember 29, insanity will be Schmidt's defense. For llarrlshurg and vieinltyl Un settled weather, probably rain to night and Tuesday; warmer! lowest temperature to-night abont ar. degree*. For Eastern reunsylvnniat linset tled amd warmer to-night and Tuesdayi probably rain In sotrth and rain or mow In north por tion; moderate aouth wind*. River Mo Important changes are likely to occur in river condition*. The tee will Mottcn under the Influence of milder temperature. General Conditions It I* 4 to 32 degree* colder than on Saturday morning along the At lantic ncahoard, while in 'the Central Valley*, the l.ake region and the Plains States there ha* been a general rlne of 2 to 20 de gree* In temperature. Temperature! H a. m., 2»lt 2 p. m,, 88. Sun Itlne*, 7:2K a. m.| set*. Bill p. m. Mooni New moon, January 2H. Klver Stagei 2.1 teet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather Highest temperature, 21>. I.owevt temperature, 22. Mean temperature, 2fl. Normal temperature, 28. MARRIAGE: LICENSE Samuel Lester Holsteln and Maggie Jane Daly, city. \ The Red Flag of Failure When you do not advertise your business you are Inviting the Sheriff to come and do it for you. His red flag and bell form the final advertisement. It Is poor policy to save your advertising for your business obituary. Just run your eye over the ad vertisements In today's Tele graph. You will notice that the names attached to them are the namef of men who enioy sound financial ratings. Certainly they are namos of those on whom the bankers look as good moral risks. They are mighty good company to be with and a man Is often Judged by the company he keeps. It Is better to march behind the band of progress than to halt un der the red flag of fallur*.
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