President WJfam Delivers His Message on Trust Legislation to Congress ' H —i b P HARRISBURG flliliik TELEGRAPH LXXXIII — No. 17 President Note in * Antagonism Between Busi ness and Government Is Over"; Recommends Friendly Co-operation PUNISH INDIVIDUALS AND NOT THE BUSINESS Outlines Plan For Restraint of Monopolies and Crea tion of Inter-state Trade Commission By Associated Press Waslngton, D. C.. Jan. 20.—Presi dent Wilson personally laid before a joint session of Confess to-day the fundamental principles of the Demo cratic administration's program for dealing with trusts and "big business." The President presented the caae, he said, "as it lies in the thought of the country" reiterating "that private monopoly is indefensible and Intoler able" and declaring that conscientious business men throughout the nation would not be satisfied until practices now deprecated by public, opinion as restraints of trade and commerce were corrected. "We are now about to write the additional articles of our constitution of peace" said the President, "the peace that is honor and freedom and prosperity." Besides suggesting the scope of legislation the President made a per sonal appeal for an atmosphere of friendliness and co-operation in Con gress while handling the problem. Antagonism Is Oror "The antagonism," he said, "IKV tween business and government is over. We are now about to give ex pression to the best Judgment of America, to what we know to be the business conscience and honor of the land. The government and business men are ready to meet each other half way in a common effort to square business method# with both public opinion and law." The chief points which tho Presi dent singled out as a basis for legis lation were: I—Effectual prohibition of the interlocking of directorates of great corj(orations banks; rail [Continued on Page 6] William F. Troup, Man Who Found the Runaways William F. Troup, of the Troup "Brothers piano house, in South Third street, and not J. H. Troup, of the .T. 11. Troup Music House, in Market Square, as stated in the Telegraph of last evening, was the man who found Sarah Coble and Alma Shearer, tho two girls who ran away from home, in a boarding house at Carlisle. The error occurred in long-dlstanc© tele phone transmission. 6 Late News Bulletins NO PASS PROTESTS ENTERED Chairman Ewtng then read a list of questions raised and asked If any persons desired to s|>eak on them, lie also asked If any one de sired to enter protests. No one responded and the hearing adjourned at S.lO. El Paso, Texas, .lan. 20.—The 3.300 Mexican federal soldiers si* Mexican generals and 1,3«» women and children who sought asylum In the United StaUti after they were driven out of Ojinaga. Mexico, by General IVancistv Villa's rehel forces, arrived hi El Paso to-day. Washington. Jan. 20.—Hearings for the shippers in tile ' eastern freight rate advance cases will belli I>efore the Inter-State (Vtnunervn Commission iiere next Monday morning and will continue until Mareli 5. Washington. Jan. 20.—"Tho President's plan is inadequate." de clared Representative Murdock, oi Kansas, leader of the llouse Pro gressive*. "I/ikc all Inadequate plans it will render the trust evil more acute. It will not remedy. Tlie I "resident is well lntentloned. bdt so long as there are reactionary forces In his party he cannot get results In this problem." Philadelphia, dan. 20.—Edward S. Krenip, of Heading, was sworn in to-day as second assistant United States district attorney for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania. The oath of office was administered by William W. Craig, chief clerk of the United States court. Toledo. Ohio, .lan. 20.—Declaring tliat they had Information that wages woidd be <nit. 400 employes in the' Toledo plant of the Genera' Electric Company struck early this morning. Chicago, Jan. 20.—Bankers from several neighboring States were prepared to-day to thrash out differences regarding the slate of the reserve hank district of which Chicago may be the center, when the second day's hearing was begun Jjefore William C. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury and David F. Houston, secretary of agriculture, compos ing the organization committee. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 20. —The hearing In the government's suit to dissolve the United Btates Steel Corporation under the anti-trust laws was resumed here to-day and probably will be terminated to night. The testimony was by witnesses for the defense only. Washington, Jan. 20.—"That the government take immediate sten S to acquire possession of the copper mines and operate them under union conditions," was the demand of resolutions by trade unions throughout the country, which poured to-day Into Congress. New York, Jan. 20.—The market closed strong. Stocks were"put up again by force of covering operations In the final hour, an oversold condition apparently being establ shed In some of the leaders. Cana dian -Pacific recovered nearly all ol the leaders. Canadian Pacific recov ered nearly all of fts decline, and Western Union improved 2W on President Vall's optimistic statement as to the prospects of the com pany. VV __ Ji Sounds Peace Message on Trusts " 1 1 ■ 11 Bs V Bait- PRESIDENT WILSON GREAT CROWDS PACK GALLERIES TO HEAR WILSON'S MESSAGE President's Family Occupy Places in House; Diplomatic Corps Represented By Associated Press Washington D. C. Jan. 20.—-Presi dent Wilson left the White House at 12.10 o'clock to deliver his message on trust legislation to a Joint session of Congress. Both the House and Senate met. at noon and recessed while the senators two by two, filed over to the hall of the House for the Presi dent's address about 12.30 o'clock. House galleries were packed. Mrs. Wilson and others of the President's family occupied places \thile the dip lomatic corps was well represented and the floor was crowded with vari ous government officials. A Joint com mittee met the President in Speaker Clark's office to conduct him to the rostrum. The high banked galleries presented a wave of color. On the floor the leg islators in sombre conventional gadb, packed the hall to its utmost corners. Secretaries Garrison. Daniels and Wil son, and Postmaster General Burleson had seats on the floor and other offi cials were clustered about the speak er's desk. Hundreds of people strain ing for a glimpse of the President and unable to secure admission packed the halls of the Capitol. The roar of applause that began when the President entered, WRS only stilled by Mr. Wilson's evident desire to proceed with his reading, and as he began in a clear voice that car ried throughout the chamber, one might almost have heard a pin drop. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1914. CONGRESSMAN HITS LAWYER IN FACE AND THREATENS HIS LIFE "Get Me My Pistol, I'D Kill Him," Shouts Kentuckian as He Rushes From Room By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Jan. 20. —A fist | fight between Representative Johnson, j of Kentucky, and John R. Shields, a | Washington attorney, broke up a j meeting to-day of the House commit j tee on District of Columbia. After the j two men had clashed and several blows were struck Representative | Johnson broke away, shouting "Get ime my pistol. I'll kill him." Mr. Shields was knocked down be fore clerks of the committee, with ! several spectators, could quiet the two j combatants. Fred Allen and Samuel ! Kskew. two clerks, tried to hold the j Kentuckian. but he got the better of I them and. breaking away, dashed off j for his private room, shouting for his revolver. A dozen men were in the room when Johnson started away, but his demand for firearms soon emptied the office. When he returned only the clerks remained. The Kentuckian be rated them for (heir interference and the incident closed. The clash between the two men fol lowed a hearing on a bill to increase the salaries of crossing policemen, whom Shields represented. Representative Johnson declared "he heard that Mr. Shields had col lected a large lobbyist's fee" during the last Congress and that to vote a proposed increase might be "voting somebody a four or five thousand dol lar lobby fee." Shields demanded an opportunity to "reply to false, statements" and at that Johnson struck the lawyer a blow straight from the shoulder that caught the attorney under the eye and sent him to the floor. ; Lady Pery Is First Titled Woman to Fly Upside Down Special to The Telegraph London, Jan. 20. Lady Victoria Pery, daughter of the Earl of Limerick, earned the distinction of being the first i titled woman to fly upside down. As a 'passenger with Gustave Hamel, in his i monoplane, at Hendon, she looped the loop five timeß in twenty minutes. | "It was quite the most thrilling ex ■ p««rlence 1 ever had," she said after ward. "I have enjoyed many flights by aeroplane, but looping the loop Is something beyond all in comparison. Hamel's management of the machine was wonderful. I did not feel the least bit nervous, but when descending my hands were so benumbed by the cold that I could not unclasp my Angers from the straps." Hamel was the first British aviator to duplicate the feat of the French aviator, Pegoud, In looping the loop , with an aeroplane. RANKIN C. POTTS DIES; WAS ILL SHORT TIME Rankin C. Potts, a farmer and fruit grower, of near Lewisberry. who has many relatives and friends in this city, died Friday afternoon following a short illness. Mr. Potts took a trip to ! Florida two weeks ago, but was forced to return soon after he had reached I the. South. Mr. Potts was a member of Post 58, Grand Army of the Republic, and Company K, One Hundred and Thir tieth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Sur lving him are two brothers and twp Isters. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock from his home. Burial will be made in St. John's Church Cemetery, Lewis- I berry. KARDSCRABBLE MAY BE WIPED OFF CITY IP BY NEW COUHCIL Question of Eliminating District to Be Taken Up at Meet ing Next Tuesday BAR CHILDREN FROM MOVIES Introduce Measure Recommended by Chief of Police Regulating Theater Attendance Whether or not steps shall be taken to eliminate "Hardserabble." the dis trict lying on the west side of Front street between Boas and Calder streets from the city map, will be discussed at a confedence next Tuesday after noon of City Council and the execu tive committee of the Municipal League. Tho date for the meeting WHS fixed this afternoon when a special com mittee of the league consisting of William Jennings and Ross A. Hickok, conferred with the councilmen. Other matters that will be talked over will be the construction of the public comfort station In Market Square, the shade tree ordinance and the proposed park extension. The "Hardserabble" question has been threshed out in councils from time to time. Those favoring the elimination of the district believe the section in question is necessary to the < completion of the river front park system. The methods whereby the city could proceed have been dis cussed pro and con and the general opinion prevails that the city could condemn the properties. The prob able effect the new city planning com mission ordinance will have on the [Continued on Page 7] HEALTH REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL BY BOWMAN Dr. Raunick Asks For Social Serv ice and Contagious Dis ease Nurses Edward If. Sehell, one year. Oliver P. Keller, two years. Dr. .Tames Is. MoA lister. three years. •laines H. Ivehr, four years. J>r. George H. WUlder, five years. Harrisburg's Board of Health under the new commission form of govern ment was appointed to-day in that or der, In accordance with a resolution offered In City Council by Commis sioner Harry F. Bowman, superin tendent of the Department of Public Safety. The personnel is the same that has served so efficiently under the old sys tem of government and the, board will continue to serve in an advisory ca pacity to Mr. Bowman. The superin tendent of public safety recently had their terms of office and the method of their election provided for In an ordinance. Under the old system of govern ment the terms of the members would have expired as follows: President Widder, 1 HI7; Mr. Behr, 1915; Mr. Seheil, 1914; Dr. McAlister, 1916; Mr. Keller. 1918. Dr. John M. .T. Raunick is retained, of course, as secretary of the board and city health officer. In connection with the resolution [Continued on Page 14] G. Frederick Holtzman, Elizabethville, to Be Deputy County Controller G. Frederick Holtzman, of Elira bethville, will be Dauphin county's deputy controller. Announcement to thin effect was made to-day by County Controller H. W. Gough, and Mr. Holtzman was on the job looking over the work and getting his hand In. The new ap pointment will go into effect about February 1. Mr. Gough's assistant is one of the younger upper end men and is widely known as a bookkeeper. He was one of the first applicants for the posi tion. For the last two years he has filled the position of bookkeeper with the, Swab Wagon Works of Elizabeth ville, and prior to that he served as bookkeeper in the offices of S. L. Allen & Co., D. A. Shatz & Co., and H. Em merman & Co., all of Philadelphia. Robbers Took Everything Even Unto a Bit of Left-over Sausage Robbers entered the home of T. J. Eisenhart near Hainton along the Linglestown road last night and emptied the cupboards, refrigerator and shelves of all eatables, even taking a small piece of fried sausage which had been left in a pan from last even ing's meal. The thieves entered through a rear window. They ransacked every room on the lower floor. So thoroughly did the robbers do their work that there was not a bite to eat when Mr. Eisenhart and his family awakened this morning. COMMERCE DIRECTORS TO MEET Officers of the Harrlsburg Cham ber ol' Commerce will be elected at a meeting of the board of directors of the new organization this evening at the Harrlsburg Club. Among those spoken of for president are George B. Tripp, David Kaufman, Henderson i<Jilbert aud J. W. Bowman. , ORDER RESTORED IN PRISON WHERE SEVEN WERESHOTTO DEATH Battle Between Guards and Con victs Causes Tragic End to Day's Work INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE Men Who Made Break For Lib erty Among Those Whp Were Killed By Associated Press McAlester, Okla., Jan. 20. Quiet prevailed to-day at the State peniten tiary, where last night, seven persons lost their lives during a battle be tween guards and three convicts who attempted to escape. Bodies of the three prison employes shot down while at their posts of duty and of three convicts were at the penitentiary morgue, while In the city, a few miles distant, the body of Judge John H. Thomas, of Muskogee, a visitor at the prison, killed by a convict's bullet, awaited final preparation for ship ment to relatives. In the prison hospital suffering from bullet wounds were Miss Mary Fos ter, telephone operator at the prison; John Martin, turnkey, and C. L. Wood, guard. The bodies of H. 11. Drover, head of the Bertillion department; Patrick Oates, assistant department warden, and F. C. Godfrey, a guard, will be i held for word from relatives as to their disposition which was expected to come to-day. Pistols, smuggled into the prison and reaching the hands of Charles Koontz, China Reed and Tom Lane, the convicts who gave up their lives in their dash for liberty, were the [Continued on Page 9] MRS. FRITCHEY GOES TO HACKENSACK TODAY TO SUE HER ACCUSER Highway Commissioner's Wife Victim of "Frame-up," De clares Mr. Fritchey Mrs. Elmer E. Fritchey, wife of the City Highway Commissioner, left for Hackensack, N. J., on the 1 o'clock train this afternoon to file a suit against Mrs. Florence Van Buskirk who named her as co-respondent in a divorce proceeding filed Saturday against Charles J. Van Buskirk her husband. Elmer E. Fritchey when asked this afternoon on what ground Mds. Frit chey would flic suit against Mrs. Van Buskirk said ho could say nothing about it. "The matter is in the hands of Mrs. Fritchey's attorneys and they will de cide what to do when she arrives there." It was said this morning that Mrs. Fritchey would (lie a damage suit against Mrs. Van Buskirk on charges of defamation of character. Mr. Fritchey repeated his assertion of last night that the whole matter is a frame-tip. It is said that Mrs. Van Buskirk informed Mrs. Fritchey some time ago that her hushand in tended to sue her for divorce and asked that Mrs. Fritchey aid her. Mrs. fritchey. It is said, would have nothing to do with the matter and then Mrs. Van Buskirk said she would bring a suit for divorce against her husband and name Mrs. Fritchey as co-respon dent. When Mr. Fritchey was pressed for a further statement as to his mean-* ing when he said "it was a frame-up" he refused to say another word. "The whole affair is now in the hands of >\lrs. Fritchey's attorneys" he said. General Wood Reports on Gettysburg Camp General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the United States Army, in his annual report to the Secretary of War, refers to the great camp of the vet erans of the Civil War at Gettysburg last July and compliments the officers in charge upon the creditable sanitary conditions, the quality of the food and the absence of sickness and dis ability among no many old men. Major J. E. Normoyle, who had charge of the laying out of the Get tysburg camp, is also praised for his great work as head of the relief army in Ohio during the flood period last year. Considerable attention is also given in the report to' the students' mili tary camp, which seems to have been beneficial in many ways, especially in "the fostering of a patriotic spirit, without which a nation loses its viril ity and falls into decay." FIRST BUSINESS EFFICIENCY EXPERT COMMITS SUICIDE By Associated Press New York, Jan. 20. —Stephen T. Williams, known as the first. business efficiency expert and who reorganized more than four hundred of the largest business concerns in the country, com mitted suicide last night in his home here by shooting himself in the head. Mr. Williams was 60 years old. It is understood that In recent years he had suffered heavy financial losses and had been 111. BOXING PROHIBITED By Associated Press Indianapolis, Jan. 20. —Boxing matches before clubs used solely for the purpose of holding such events will not be permitted in Indianapolis again. Superintendent of Police Per rott to-day announced that he Isued an order forbidding the issuance of i permits to such organizations. Railroads May Grant Passes to Families of Employes, It Is Argued Speaker Alter, Senator Beidleman and Bishop Darlington Before Public Service Commission; Jurisdiction ol Commission Questioned; No Decision For Some Days at Least Questions asked by Public Service Commissioners during the hearing given to-day on the requests for rul ings as to tile relation of the public service company law of 1913 to the is suance of passes to families of railroad employes, the carrying of policemen and firemen free when in uniform; free service to charities and reduced fare for clergymen, indicated that the commission desired to know how far its Jurisdiction extended without a test ease being hrought. Several times questions were asked of attorneys for railroads and railways why they did not give passes and let the issue be raised. Particular attention was also devoted to ascertaining the views of speakers as to the jurisdiction of the commission. Speaker George E. Alter, who ap peared at tlie pass hearing to-day on PERRY. COUNTY MAN NAMED FOR MARSHAL President Names James S. Magee, of New Bloomfield, For Place in Middle District Hy Associated Press Washington. D. C., Jan. JO.—Presi dent Wilson to-day nominated James S. Magee for United States marshal for the middle district of Pennsyl vania. James S. Magee. named to-day as United States marshal of the Middle district, is editor and publisher of a newspaper at New Bloomfield and has taken an active prrt in Democratic campaign affairs in the Seventeenth congressional district and in work at Democratic State headquarters. He has been a follower of the reorganiza tion faction. Mr. Magee will succeed James M. Yeager, of Mifflin county, appointed by Roosevelt In 1907. Arrested For Writing Threatening Letters to Harrisburg Physician Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Jan. 20. Charged with mailing threatening letters to Dr. Frank D. Kilgore, of Harrisburg, George 11. Bruder, a former resident of this city, was arrested yesterday and arraigned before United States Commissioner Edmunds by govern ment officials. Bruder, it Is alleged, used the mails to defraud by writing letters containing a semi-veiled In uendo and demanding money. He will be given a further hearing on Friday. Dr. Frank D. Kilgore, of 2011 North Sixth street, when asked about the charge against Bruder, admitted that he had received threatening letters from such a man. but had never heard of him before. He said he had turn ed them over to postal authorities. The last letter he said came on Fri day. He would not say anything about the contents. Stock Exchange Seats Take Jump of $5,000 By Associated Press New York, Jan. 20.—Stock Ex change seats took a ss,ftpo jump yes terday. Two sold at $50,000. The previous sale was on December 24 at $45,000. Since then there has been a large expansion in activity on the exchange and the feeling is of renewed confidence. Vhe low recor.d for Stock Exchange seats was $37,000 last sum mer. Roof Garden Planned For New Y. W. C. At The building committee of the Young Women's Christian Association decided at a meeting yesterday to have a roof garden on the new edifice now in course of erection at Fourth and Walnut streets. The garden will be a great addi tion to the building and will be used for open air meetings, rest and recrea tion in the summer, and for various other purposes. It will cover the en tire building. Williamsport Council Votes For Policewoman WlUiainsport, Pa., Jan. 20.—City Council last night passed an ordinance for the employment of a policewoman, the first one In the history of the city. As the mayor voted with the other councllmen, he Is certain to approve the bill. While part of her duty Is to be that of police matron, the bill provides that she shall have the same powei as any other police officer and may be called upon for any duty. THREE MENTIONED TO FILL PLACE LEFT BY WILLIAMS Special to The Telegraph Washington, D. C., Jan. 20.—Con siderable speculation is being indulged in here In congressional and depart mental circles as to who will succjed John Skelton Williams, the new Comp troller of the Currency, as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Among those mentioned are Byron R. New ton, Charles S. HaiYilln and George W. Norrls. Norrls is backed by Rep resentative A. Mitchell Palmer. 14 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. behalf of railroadmen's organisation*, declared that a prohibition of paasea to employes and their families was not contemplated by himself and collea gues In the last legislature. He con tended that the employes of a rail road and his family were identical la the eyes of the public and that th« issuance of passes to employes w&« intended as a favor to its employes so as to save them money in transporta tion. Mr. Alter declared that the consti tution doe* not prevent by Implication Issuance of paßses to the wife of a conductor or his dependent children. He read from the debates in the con stitutional convention showing that the prohibition of passes was intended to prevent indiscriminate issues, but [Continued on Page 9] "111FTII NIGHT" 111 OPEN § JUNE 3 Devereaux Theatrical Company of East Orange to Give Open Air Performance The progressive spirit at the Har risburg Academy is again exhibited In the fact that Headmaster Brown has recently arranged with the Devereux Theatrical Company, Inc., with head quarters at East Orange, N. J., to give an open-air performance on June 3, the night before the Academy com mencement, on the Academy campus. This theatrical company, headed by Clifford Yard Devereux, consists of twenty people, each thoroughly trained and experienced in the classic drama. The company begins its circuit of open-air performances at clubs, schools, colleges and universities at the end of the metropolitan theatrical season. Their t'jur fi'irovgh Central , Pffnnsyl vania embraces two academies, Mercersburg Academy, June 2, and Harrisburg Academy, June 3. ' The company of high-grade artists carries Its Htage. several hundred re served seats and In fact everything requisite for the rendering of the I comedy, all of which makes It a most expensive attraction, and the Tele graph congratulates the Academy upon their courage in undertaking such a commendable enterprise. The patrons and friends of the school should manifest their pride in render ing every aid and encouragement in making this novel undertaking a splendid success. The stage, patterned I after the classic Greek stage, is splen didly lighted from all angles. The costumes of the players are designed by one of the best New York co»- tumers, George Haddon. The Academy has chosen Bhsk»- speare's "Twelfth Night" for the at traction of June 3. For Harrisburg and vicinityi Rain to-night and probably Wednes day) colder Wednesdays lowest temperature to-night about 35 degrees. For Kastern Pennsylvania! Rain In soutb, rain or snow In north por «lon to-night and probably Wed nesdayi colder Wednesday) mod erate, varlnble winds, breomlnv north. River Th „l "JV 1 "■ trtlrutarles wilt probably rise slightly and the qusntlty of lee will diminish. General Conditions Snow was falling this morning la the l/pper Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys, and slight snow and rain have occurred In JJ 1 * region and the Upper Ohio Valley and thence eastward to the Atlsntlc coast. Temperature! fi a. m., 86i 2p. ra „ M Suni Rises, 7i25 a. m.| sets, Bil3 Moon: New moon, January 96, liM River Stage! Three feet above low water mark. . ... . Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 84. I.owest temperature, 25. Menn temperature, 80. Normal temperature, 28. MARRUOII! LICENSE] Marx M. trank and Pearl M. Mechen. city. * "'Mou'ting Time'* in the Stores January Is the season when the stores go through the process of cleaning stocks a natural and healthy business transaction. They plan to gi#t out all the Winter merchandise they can and get ready for Spring. Believing in the adage that "Trade follows the price" they act acordingly. What the ad vertising at tills season of the year may lack In literary quality It more than makes up in pocket book appeal. Glance through the advertising in to-day's Telegraph and you will see the passing of the sea sons. The new goods are knocking at the doors and you find th< whispers of Spring creeping in , with the passing of Winter. As they "take stocks" most of the merchants are making their business plans for 1914. If you asked them what the most Im portant part of these next year's plans were, they would tell you* Provision for advertising In the newspapers! *-
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