Many Person&tKMfed and Injured in H HARRISBURG OfSlfii TELEGRAPH LXXXIII — No. 22 Will Arrest Widow on Charge of Murdering Her Husband, Floyd Keller Mysterious Poisoning Laid to Door of Woman Now Mar ried Again; State Police Lay Evidence Against Franklin County Woman Before District Attorney; Letters to Alleged Lover Figure in Case Spnial to Tht T*lfgraph Chambersburg. Pa., Jan. 3 6.—Frank lin county authorities, headed by Dis trict Attorney W. O. Nicklas, think they have solved the question who killed Floyd Keller, a well-to-do farmer, who died on November 29, 1912, from paris green poisoning. His widow, Zelda Keller, who lives In Mercersbtirg with her second husband, John Lewis Gerholt, a youth of 18, whom she married on December 31 last in Chambersburg. will be arrested within a day or two. chanted with the murder of her first husband, the court officials announced to-day. Since December 22, 1913, Corporal Ctirtiß A. Davies, of Troop C, Slate police, has been here working on the case, bavins been sent by Captain C. M. Wilhelm from the Pottsville bar racks, on order of Superintendent John C. Groonie. Davles for a time worked under cover, but since his recent re turn from reporting at Pottsville lie has openly announced his purpose and has been ransacking St. Thomas town ship. where the murder occurred, for evidence. To-day he is in Chambers burg securing the little,remaining evi dence he needs before making the arrest. Among other testimony against the widow are the letters she wrote before her husband died to her alleged lover. Isaac Heckman. who went West and returned later. Tiiese letters were ch ained by Davies from Heckman and 'orin strong links In the chain against ler. Keller WP° married to Zelda. daugh [Continued on Page 7] STATE WILL IKE PRACTICAL TESTS Oil MOVIE THEATERS Committee Arranges With Dean Jackson For Making Basis of Regulations A committee representing mauu acturers of moving picture films and lanagers of theaters, which came ere to-day to protest against the pro ofed State censorship of moving pict ure views, arranged with Commis ioner of Labor Jackson for a series f practical tests of tho time required i empty theaters, to extinguish tires ftused by films and to operate various evi -es for safety of th< public. The ndings will be laid before the new tate Industrial Board and made the asir, of regulations. Tiie committee was accompanied by cnato Joseph H. Thompson, of Bea er Falls, its counsel, and the plan dopteil is for representatives of lanufacturers and managers in Pliila plphia. Pittsburgh, Scranton and :her places to meet with representa ves of the State Architects' Associa on and of the State Department of abor and Industry, and make the «ts of various types of theaters in iveral cities of the State. Particular tention will he paid to the time it quires to clear theaters of people. Governor Tcner heard the objec ons of the committee to the censor lip at the executive mansion and jinted out that the appointments ere made by authority of the Act of ssetnbly. It is possible that the com ittee may decide to make a test of ic censorship law by an action in luity. Late News Bulletins Sun bury. I*ti„ *l•• ~•«#] . Northumberland count} court to (lav refused licenses to old applicants from Mount Carmel and held up thirtc.... 1., vf Mid Coal town-hip. the Ilu , t Uvo " ears ™'^ ,n now license. Temperance workers from Suii'burv i. ,i «i a crowded the courthouse and demanded the revoking of 1 mmis£s A delivery wagon owned by the Jednota Prlntin" Mlddletown. driven by Andrew Kolesar of \ii,i,nnear lids morning shortly cUkTTv" an easu JunH "P"* nt the Ann street crossing. The driver 'was hurled .' r five feet by the engine, but escaped with hi, t . "T wagon was demolished. nodj. The Indianapolis. Jan. 2«.—After Charles II m....... Western Federation or Miners, had charged that "If th,"^iV nt V f t !'° copper miners hi Michigan is lost it will lie tine SiJ »i . °' of the executive co.u.Su of t J Amerk" ™ "i convention of the United Mine Workers of AmerUu to ,t. v v!w th .° mously to request Samuel Gompers. president <>i . i'? ! i '. ' ,lnan| - pcar liefore the convention and theattkud o J rt^ 0 " W ap " Ix.s Angeles, Cat., Jan. 26._s!,uiu Itarba™ , had been cut off from the rest of the world for more a °*«ard hours at daylight this morning, the Southern Pacific liad hVsi I ' WUPtoe " line and its valley branch south of Mojave, and suburb!. 'VT'-h flee around Los Angeles had been badly crippled This the third day of the worst storm southern California has seen iS la>s Angeles, Cal.. Jan. 36.—Denial or charges by *uinov. # ' John H. Grondln accused of having murdered his „-jf e Zelia that the police had used tl.e "third degree" uilh a "ghost" a.Vtle,U», C In an attempt to extort a confession was made bv the district neys office to-day. It is declared that the "ghost" which a darkened room where tlie police had taken ilie prisoner inui ill!! manded to gloomy tones, "why did you murder mc?" wa S » p^duet of druggists imagination. product Washington, Jan. 26.—Former Senator Shelhv M niltmn , a restless nlglit and his physicians said to-day that his very unsatisfactory. Tl.e wonderful vitality or the fortner sustaining him rrom hour to hour. "iter senator Is Mexico City, Jan. 26.—Forty rebels have been killed in the ing along the Guatemala ll,nc, according to war office advices tStfJS"'*' T ' My -S ,0 " aVC tt-e'c^Juo Now York. Jan. 26.—The market closed easy. Buoyancy of Steel which extended its gain to two points, intimidating the shorts into btiv buylug all around the room and prices, rose still further. Some of the earlier weak features including Baltimore and Ohio, were bid tin rapidly. Just at the end prices rnn off sharply under the weight or ,vy profit-taking sales. - ' P •... • ■" i / >A \ J ''''' ' S:< '~ '' CURTIS A. DA VIES State Trooper Who Worked Up Evi dence in Poison Case SEPARATED 17 YEARS BROTHER AND SISTER ARE REUNITED HERE Have Not Seen Each Other Since They Left Children's In dustrial Home After a separation of more than seventeen*years, In which they had lost all trace of each other, Anna Brown, of 1102 Grape street, and her brother, Lafayette Brown, of Powls Valley, were reunited this morning. The reunion took place at Miss Brown's home to-day. They had not seen each other since they left the Children's Industrial Home in 1897, the boy, then 5 years old, being taken to a distant farm, and his sister. 11 years old, being taken by another family living near this city. The children were placed in the Industrial Home in January, J897, when their parents parted. They saw little of each other at the home, and when they were sent to widely sepa rated farms they lost all trace of each other. The reunion was brought about through a chance remark made by John Hoover, a fellow workman of young Brown's when he was calling at Miss Brown's home on Friday night. He mentioned the name of her brother and she inquired about the boy's history. Finally she becaiue convinced that he was her brother. Miss Brown came to this city two years ago and is living with relatives. She lias always been keeping a look out for clues to her brother's where abouts, and when she was convinced that Hoover's friend was the boy, she made an immediate effort to have him come to see her. When they met this morning they were able to recognize each other de spite the changes of sixteen years. Young Brown works in a lumber camp in Powls Valley. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26; 1914 CHURCH SHOULD AID, NOT SCATHE, FALLEN WOMEN—HUTCHISON Chief of Police Raps Minister Who Tells of House From Pulpit SPOILED CHANCES FOR ARREST Says It Would Be Impossible to Get Any Evidence Now "Give me evidence and lens public ity, advertising Harrisburg as a city of iniquity and I will do my duty," said Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison this morning when asked if he knew of a house of ill fame in Capital street, near the Central High School, referred to in a statement made by the Kev. Harry Pringle, of the International Reform Bureau of Washington, at the Ridge Avenue Methodist church last night. Continuing, the Colonel said: "The Rev. Mr. Pringle with a com mittee representing the Civic Council of Church called on me Saturday and told me of the Capital street house and then by the publicity given last night made It Impossible to bring about the results expected by the court. Do you suppose it would be possible to get evidence against the Capital street house now? "It is discouraging." the chief went on, "when local ministers, after otter ing to help this department clean up the city, hire an outsider who simply advertises Harrisburg as a wicked place. There never were fifty houses of ill fame in Harrisburg and only one place was found doing business Satur day night which was raided. Give me evidence of dens of vice and ] will do my duty. Stop telling the world that Harrisburg is such an awful place. "What the ministers ought to do is to provide some way to take care of the fallen women who are huddled up in two*or more houses like rats in a trap, without money to leave the city and some with no place to go if they had money. Real Christianity would be trying to find places for the fallen women and show them how to lead a better life." Convicts Die After Drinking Hair Tonic Special To Tht Teiegraph Philadelphia, Jan. 26.—Two prison ers died yesterday in the Eastern Penitentiary as the result of drinking a bottle of hair tonic stolen from the prison barber shop as a substitute for alcohol. One became Insane after a guard found him writhing on the floor of his cell. Each died in intense agony. Wood alcohol contained in the compound had eaten the lining of their stomachs, according to physi cians. Charles H. Harris, 24 years old, died at 1:30 o'clock yesterday morning. Charles Rich, also 24 years old, died at 7 o'clock last night. Both men lived in this city. Harris' aunt lives at Twelfth street and Montgomery avenue. WOMEN" FILE PETITIONS FOR PLACES OX COUNCIL By Associated Press Chicago, 111., Jan. 26.—The petitions of two women who aspire to member ship in the city council were among those filed with the city clerk to-day. Miss Sara M. Hopkins, of the Sec ond ward,'filed her petition personally after standing in line with other can didates or their representatives for an j hour. A friend filed the petition of Miss Marion Drake, who will seek to wrest the First ward Democratic nomination from Alderman John Coughlitl. Four other women are ex pected to file petitions to enter the primaries. IA>RD STRATHCONA BURIED IN NORTH LONDON CEMETERY By Associated Press London, Jan. 26.—The body of the lute Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, high commissioner for Canada, was buried to-day with the most sim ple ceremonies in Highgate Cemetery, North Ixmdon. His body lies beside that of his wife, who died only a few months ago. Before the burial a great funeral service was held in West minster Abbey and was attended by a large gathering of State officials and prominent persons. "CATCH MY PAL" FOUNDER HERE By Associated Press j New York, Jan. 26. —Rev. Robert | <5. Patterson, founder of the temper lance order In England known as the I "Catch My Pal" movement, which has spread us far as Australia and Cana !da. arrived yesterday on the steam ship Cedric to lecture for the National Reform Association of America. Each convert to temperance has to promise to convert his best friend. SMALLPOX AT NIAGARA FALLS By Associated Press Niagara Falls, N. Y., Jan. 26.—Dr. Edward Clark, of Buffalo, who has been assigned by Dr. Herman M. Biggs, of the State Health Depart j ment, to take charge of the smallpox i situation here, arrived here to-day. (The total number of cases of the dis ! eose is now 122. NEW VERDICT IS WANTED By Associated Press Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 26.—A commit ! tee of the New York Bar Association ]at a meeting this month will recom mend the enactment of a law to pro vide that a jury in a murder case in ■ which insanity pica has been used as a defense, may return a verdict of | "guilty, but insane." j CAR PUSH BUTTONS IX USE I Conductors on several of the trolley : lines this morning v/er trying to let the passengers know that the push buttons between the windows in the curs were in use. Freuuently they would reach over and stop the car by pressing the button. On the Second, ; Third and Steeiton lines, the buttons : are In use in some cars. More will ' be ready to-morrow and the remain der by next week. COUNCIL TO INSIST ON REMOVAL OF ALL POLES FROM STREETS Expected That Central District Will Be Cleared Within Next Month FEBRUARY IS TIME LIMIT Light and Power Company Direct ed Under Merger to Finish Work by That Time Nothing in the way of municipal im provement has pleased the public more than the removal of the un sightly poles and overhead wires which have blocked the highways and sidewalks of the city for years. It Is expected that within the next month the central business district will be almost entirely rid of these overhead nuisances. There are one or two cor porations yet, however, which have made no move to eliminate the poles and it is expected that the city council will insist upon action in the near fu turr. The following table shows all the poles on important streets and ave nues between Mulberry and North streets and Front street and the Penn sylvania railroad. This is taken from Inspections made last summer since which time many poles of the Htirrie burg l-ight & Power Company In Mar ket and Second streets have been re moved. Polos of this company shown in black type were required by the merger ordinance to be removed with in Continued on Page " j Cancer Patient on Road to Recovery Dies of Pneumonia in Hospital By Associated Press Philadelphia. Jan. 26.—Erman Zook, of Konnett Square, Pa., who was showing signs of improvement under the radium treatment for cancer, died in the Hahnemann Hospital here to day from pneumonia. Zook. who be came ill with cancer nine months ago while employed as a civil engineer on the Panama railroad, was given the radium treatment. last week after it. had been found the disease had pro gressed too far to perform an op eration. Physicians declared to-day they believed they cotild havfr arrested the progress of the disease If pneu monia had not. developed. LOOPS LOOP IX AIR «7 TIMES Antwerp, Jan. 26.—Jan Olislaegens, the aviator commonly known by the sobriquet "Dare-Devil Jan," looped the loop 67 times yesterday in his aeroplane, turning seven complete back somersaults. Veteran Writes For Record; Told He Was Killed 50 Years Ago Special to The Telegraph Kaleigh, N. C.. Jan. 26.—P. C. Jor dan, a Confederate soldier who went to Ohio after the war, wrote to the State Auditor for his record in Moore's Company during the Civil War. He received the reply that on June 26, 1863, Jordan was killed in an engage ment. The veteran has not been heard from since he made the request, and the local historians cannot account for the request. Every circumstanfce that Jordan gave to aid the identification of himself with Moores' Company tallies with the enlistment papers, and he directed the historian to destroy those on which his name was written. He wrote that he wanted to see the rec ord before he died, and the State of ficial replied that he is dead now. "Boys' Pig Clubs" to Be Organized in South By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 26.—Organization of "Boys' Pig Clubs" in the Southern States is the latest step taken by the Department of Agriculture as a means of reducing the high cost of living. The department is endeavoring to In terest the young Southern farmer in the breeding of good hogs, the object being to raise at least enough pork for home consumption and if possi ble a surplus for the market. It is pointed out that pork can be produced so as to sell much cheaper than beef. "A shortage of beef," says a state ment Issued to-day, "means an in creased demand for pork and it seems reasonable that there should be a ready demand for all the avallabbe supply. This means money in the pocket of the boy hog raiser." FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF CHARITIES BUREAU DIES By Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. 26. Samuel Laughlin, former superintendent of the Bureau of Charities of this city and a prominent Mason, died to-day from cancer. He was educated at Princeton and from Princeton he went to College and took up a theological course. About the time he finished preparing for the ministry he decided to embark on a business ca reer. He later entered public life and became connected with the charities bureau and retired several years ago. He was 63. U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR DROPS DEAD By Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. 26.—Clarence E. Seltz. a United States internal revenue agent, dropped dead in a street car here to-day. Death was due to hem orrhage of the brain. Mr. Seitz was a revenue agent for four years and an expert accountant and worked on the taxation of corporations. He was well known throughout the State. Before becoming connected with the govern ment he was an auditor in the office of the Pennsylvania Bureau of (Charities at Easton. He was born in that city L anU was 43 yeara old. i WHITE HOUSEHONEYMOONERS JOY- ) | OVS AT RETVRH TO YAHKEELAHD 1 isl »IBHFIF J NBIHR TWTTI I ' .US . Mr. and Mrs. FYancia B. Sayre, photographed on their arrival in New York, at the end of their honeymoon tclir which Included all of the places of interest in Western Europe.' Mrs. Sayre, who was Miss Jennie Wilson, daughter of the President, informed the reporters that they would soon be gin housekeeping at Wllllamstown, M ass., where Mr. Sayre will begin a < course in sociology while acting as secretary to the president of Williams College.—Copyrighted by Internationa 1 News Service. Harrisburg L & P. Co. in Annual Session; D. E. Tracy a Director Directors and officers who will serve for the ensuing year were elected this afternoon by the stockholders and the directors, respectively, of the Harris burg Light and Power Company. The stockholders met first and chose the directors; the new board of directors later met and organized. In addition to the elections the reports of the heads of the construction, commercial and other departments during the year were submitted. David E. Tracy, president of the Board of Public Works and secretary of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bend ing Works, was chosen on the direc torate to succeed E. B. Mitchell, who died some months ago. W. W. Griest, Lancaster, was elected to succeed R. E. Griscom, New York. The other directors, all of whom were re-elected, are: Ed. S. Herman, W. M. Ogelsby, Harry C. Ross, E. SC. Wallower and George B. Tripp, thip city; George Bullock, S. J. Dill and F. T. Homer, New York, and John S. Jenks, Phila delphia. The directors organized by re-elect ing all the old officers, as follows: George Bullock, president: George B. Tripp, vice-president and general man ager, H. W. Stone, secretary and treas urer: Henry Morgan, assistant treas urer, and E. Z. Wallower, chairman of the board or directors. Veterans Want Bull Run Field For National Park By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Jan. 2ti. —Advo- cates behind the movement to have the federal government create a na tional park out of a portion of the ground on which the first Battle of Bull Run was fought are planning to renew the fight with increased vigor. The project is being backed by mem bers of the Grand Army of the Re public and veterans of the Confed eracy, together with persons living in the vicinity of the historic spot. Rep resentative Carlin, who represents the congressional district of Virginia In which the site is located, has prepared a bill which he will introduce prob ably this week which would provide for the establishment of the proposed park. Washouts Halt Traffic on California Lines By Associated Press San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 26. : —F100d waters swept down from the Sierras to California's 700 miles of seaboard yesterday as rain runs off a roof. Last night Santa Barbara was en tirely cut off from communication. At I last reports water stood two feet deep on the railway station platform. Five washouts on the Southern Pacific Rail road's coast and valley line stopped all traffic. WILSON" HAS NOT OFFERED , GOETHALS PLACE IN PANAMA i Washington, . Jan. 26.—President i Wilson has not yet officially offered to I Col. Goethals the civil governorship of the canal zonq and cannot do so un- Itil he issues an executive or.der for a permanently government ot the zone. •10 PAGES. Poultrymen to Make State Society Similar to the State Grange Representatives of the seventy poul try associations in all parts of the State gathered at the Bolton House this afternoon for the purpose of mak ing the Pennsylvania Poultry Society a semi-secret society, patterned after the Pennsylvania State Grange. Following the method of the Grange in promoting the interests of farmers of the State in educational and legis lative matters, the organizers of the poultry association will adopt meas ures by which the forces of those in terested in poultry will be lined up In. a State organization. The present organization was or ganized a year ago in Pittsburgh. The officers of this society are: E. A. Wierman, of Heading, president; W. Theodore Wlttman. Ailentown, vice president: J. D. Koons, Treichlers, sec retary; Charles Rosenow, Norristown, treasurer. Church Advertising Pays Says Smucker "Advertising does just as much for a church as it does for a business." This was the declaration of the Rev. Clayton A. Smucker, D. I)., pastor of the B. F. Stevens Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, Thirteenth and Vernon streets, to-day in speaking of the results of advertising the evan gelistic services now on in the Stevens Church. "Does it pay?" smiled Dr. Smucker. "Well, y/e have had crowded churches every night. Dast night we had to open the Sunday school room to ac commodate the overflow crowd. That, it seems to me, is sufficient proof that people will go to a church as they will go to a department store or any other place of business when told through suitable advertising just what they can expect at the service." Methodists Buy Land in Rome For College By Associated Press New York, Jan. 26.—The Rev. Dr. Ezra Z. Tipple, president of the Drew Seminary, speaking to-day of the an nouncement from Rome that , his brother, the Rev. Bertrand M. Tipple, pastor of the American Methodist Church of Rome, had bought land there on which to erect a great mod ern college, said the purchase was made for the Board of Foreign Mis sions of the Methodist Episcopal Church In America. This was the lirst step, he said, in the board's founding of a college in Rome for boys and young men. The institution as planned is to be pri marily for gecuta> education, but with a religious motive. No religious discrimination, however. Dr. Tipple said, would be allowed. + ALL. KILLS OLD MAX Augustus Poolman, the 70-year-old man, who lay unconscious In his home at 1015 South Ninth street for hours after he fell down the stairs dieu ai the Harrisburg hospital this morning. The old man who lived alone was out of work and weak from lack of food, when he fell. , * POSTSCRIPT. FOUR PERSONS LOSE LIVES IH READ-ON COLLISION OF TRAINS Dozen Others Injured, Some Fatal ly, in Crash Near Jack son, Mich. TWO CARS WERE TELESCOPED Cries of Mangled and Helpless Plainly Heard by Rescuers By Associated Press Jackson, Mich., Jan. 26.— Four peiv sons are dead and a dozen injured, some perhaps fatally, as the result of tho head-on collision last night be tween a passenger train and a freight train on the Saginaw division of the Michigan Central railroad three mlleß north of here. A misunderstanding of orders Is believed to have been re sponsible for the accident. The dead are Cal. Johnson, Jackson, engineer on passenger train, and the following passengers: R. W. Cochran. Lansing, Mich.: Theodore Scroogie, Owosso, Mich., and J. B. Beck, of this city. Although a relief train was promptlv rushed from this city to the scene of the accident, it was S hours and 50 minutes after the crash when the first victim was removed from the wreck age So great was the force of the collision that the smoking car was telescoped over the baggage car, one car completely enveloping the other. The cries of the mangled and helpless victims within the car were plainlv heard by the rescuers long before the relief corps were able to penetrate tho twisted and .lammed wreckage and render assistance. ■ The passenger train was on Its wav from Saginaw to this city. A north bound freight, which. It is declared, should have taken a siding to allow the passenger to pass, ran beyond the switch and the two trains, going at a good rate of speed, met head-on. Harscrabble's Mayor To Oppose Wiping Out of River Front Section Harry J. Berrier, "the Mayor of Hard scrabble," to-day made known his intention of opposing any move ment to wipe the little community from the city map. He says ho will continue the fight and predicts the same success at tained in 1906 when he prevented a movement to annihilate , the 'fifty odd houses of the settlement. BANK HEARING IN DENVER Denver. Col., Jan. 26. —The claims of the Kocky Mountain section for a regional reserve bank under the new federal banking system were heard to-day by Secretaries McAdoo and Houston. Representatives from Wvo ming, New Mexico, Arizona. West Texas and Western Kansas and Ne braska also were heard. BUTTER FROM NEW ZEALAND Chicago, 111., Jan. 26. —Butter that has traveled 12,000 miles from New Zealand soon will be placed on sale In Chicago and other sections of the United States. A Chicago produce firm announced to-day that it has signed a contract for 300.000 pounds of butter to be shipped this year. CAVE-IN DELAYS TRAFFIC Wilkes-Barre, Pa.. Jan. 26. Tli« damage caused to the Central Rail road of New Jersey at Ashley by a cave-in of the Burface over a mine wa» repaired at noon to-day and trafflo resumed. The cave came suddenly last night and its timely discovery by a trackwalker saved the New York and Philadelphia "flyer" and an ex cursion train which followed from be ing wrecked. — < For Harrlsburg and \iclnltyi Un settled weather to-night and Tuesday, pro ha lil.v uon or ralnt lowest temperature to-night about degrees. For Eastern Pennsylvania! Unset tled and narmer to-night and Tuesday, probably snotv or ralni moderate east to south winds. Temperature: 8 a. m., 261 3 p. m., 35. Sunt Hlses, 7:10 a. m.j sets, Bi2l P. m. Moon: New moon, flnrt quarter, to-day. 1:34 a. m. River Stage■ 3.0 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 38. l.owest temperature, 24. Mean temperature, 31. Normal temperature, 28. HAHHIAUE I.K lO.VSr.S Mike Koren and Mari Torok, Steel ton. Mihaley Wisekovics and Mari Molnar, city. / No Restraint of Tred? Here Competition Is tho Mother of Square Deal and the Policeman of Fair Prices. Newspaper advertising such as you see in this newspaper every day Is an example of the finest, fairest competition to be observ ed In tliis country. Under certain restrictions (to bar the dishonest or unworthy) , the advertising columns of a newspaper are common carriers. They are open, on equal terms, to all business men with a clean proposition to put. Advertisers meet here fairly Frequently the advertising o£ competitors appears on the same page. The newspaper Is your market place. It is brought to your door step. You can buy where you can get the best terms or the beßt merchandise. Readers of newspaper advertis ing always enjoy the advantage of an open market and prlceq regulated l»y the law of compe tition.