Storm on ligff p&ZCozst Costs Number of HARRISBURG lflllil§ TELEGRAPH LXXXIII — No. 23 SALODNLESS COUNTY BY 1915 IS AIM OF NO-LICENSE PEOPLE Fight to Wipe Out Liquor Traffic Will Have Strong Support AFFECT ORGANIZATION TODAY Constant Watch Will Be Kept on Every Holder of the Privilege That the movement to wipe out the saloons in Harrisburg and Dauphin county will be strongly supported is shown by the desire of individuals and organizations to whom no formal notice was sent to attend the meeting this afternoon in the Masonic tem ple. Gilbert Aldinger. superintendent of temperance work of the Dauphin County Sabbath School Association, who issued a call for a meeting to organize a temporary no-license lea gue, said this morning that he ex pected a large attendance this after noon. At this meeting a temporary or ganization of the Dauphin County No license League will be affected and the methods used in Chester county, where a no-license league has had great suc cess, will be explained by the Rev. \V. t». Xyce. of Chester county. Mr. Aldinger says it is not the in tention of the league to make any strenuous campaign between now anil the license court in February because not sufficient time remains in which to obtain evidence, except perhaps in a few instances. "We shall organize the league per manently in the city with subdivisions throughout the county, so that a con-1 stant watch can be maintained over every license holder in the county dur ing the coining year. When any in fringements of the law are discovered, members of the league will make re ports and If sufficient evidence can be procured, efforts will be made to have the license of the offending hotel keeper revoked. When Climax Will Come "Naturally, the climax of «>ur pres ent efforts will come in February,! 1915, at the license court, when we shall throw all our forces together in nn attempt to have every license in the county revoked. of course we ian't accomplish everything In a few months or possibly In a year, but from the enthusiasm that seems to prevail among those who will attend the meeting this afternoon, there can be no doubt that Dauphin county is as much aroused against the saloon as are other sections of the State where tbese campaigns have been started." The meeting which will be held at 4.30 this afternoon at the Masonic temple was called by the Sabbath School Association of Dauphin coun ty, for the purpose of organizing a no license league. Invitations were sent to the Anti- Saloon league of Pennsylvania, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the City Councils of Harrisburg i-hurches, and numbers of individuals, ministers and laymen. Since the call was Issued, represen tatives of the local Christian Endea vor societies have announced their de sire to attend the meeting and many individuals to whom notices were not sent will be there. She Gave Stocking With Hole in It to Beer Fund, He Says William Lewis, known as "Pitts burgh'' Lewis, started a law suit against Alice Williams, last nfght, be fore Alderman Bayles, because Alice save him a pair of stockings in which lie found a hole. He said the .stockings were the con tribution of Alice toward a keg of beer. When he found the hole in the stock ing, he refused to give her a share, but lie said she took it any way. This formed the basis for a larceny charge, lie said, but Alderman Bayles" thought lifferently. when lie learned that Alice liad also contributed a dime. ? Late News Bulletins "HARDSCRABBLE" PROJECT UP Ross Hickok. at the conference between the council and members of tlie Municipal league this afternoon, suggested that the damages in cident to the condemnation proceedings in removing "Hardsc rabble" be paid from the money authorized in the loan for |>ark purposes. Vance C. McCormick talked generally on the city planning, shade tree and isle of safety plans, and J. Horace McFarland talked of the dangers of tree trimming and the needs in the city parks. YOUTH GUILTY OF 16 BOMB OUTRAGES New ork. Jan. 27.—Alfred D. I-china 11. an undersized youth scarcely out of liis teens, sat iu the witness chair to-day and confessed to having partaken in sixteen bomb outrages, revealed knowledge or eighty, cleared up the mystery of two murders and furnished informa tion coneerniii} a iiumlter of lesser crimes, including arson and bur glary. NATIONAL CITY BANK IN RESERVE New \ork, Jan. 27.—Directors of the National City Bank, the largest financial institution in tlie United States, voted to-(lav to join the federal reserve system. NEGRO MURDERER HANGED West Chester. Pa., Jan. 27.—Wilmer T. Potts, colored, aged 19 years, was hanged here to-day for the* murder of his wife In Coatesville more than a year ago. Twice Potts received a respite and a commu tation of sentence was hoped for up to the last moment. MRS. FLORENCE H. POOLEY DIES Leavenworth. Kau., .Tan. 27.—Mrs. Florence Helen Pooley. grand daughter of one of Napoleon's guards at SI. Helena, died at her home here to-day. She was born on the island of St. Helena, fifty years ago. Her husband, Rev. R. K. Pooley, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church here, survives her. MAY USE RUBBER ON WARSHIPS London, Jan. 27.—An invention Tor rubber plating battleships is being experimented with by the British Admiralty. The process con tests of sandwiched sltects of robber between layers of toughened steel and the inventors declare that a wall of rubber will have the same ef fect on cannon shells that. sandbags liave on rifle bullets. Vi J " Jan ' 27 -— T,l< Legislature In joint session to-day selected Edward I. Kd wards, of Jersey City, as state controller for three years at a salary of SO,OOO annually. New >ork. .Lan, 27.—The market closed linn, Hear operations were resumed for a time, but support appeared anil the list again hardened Reading and Canadian Pacific ended with gains of about a point and a point and n half, respectively, but otherwise there were no ini|M>rtaut changes on the day. £ COL. 60ETHALS IS APPOINTED CIVIL GOVERNOR OF ZONE President Wilson Signs Executive Order Putting Permanent Gov ernment Into Effect OPERATIVE ON APRIL 1 CO/* GEO. W. UOETHALS By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Jan. 27. President Wilson to-day signed an executive order putting into operation on April 1. a permanent government for the Panama Ca nal zone and naming Colonel George W. Goethals as the first civil governor. miSMISES nu MICE 3D PER CEM.--IRT One Nonchurch Goer Says "Now You Are Using Common Sense" Tn three weeks attendance at the Sundav services at the Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal Church lias in creased thirty per cent. The increase is attributed to advertising methods adopted bv the church, the Rev. B. H. [Continued on Page 12] Injured Miner Offers 11-year-old Daughter in Marriage to Man 45 Sfecial to The Telcerafh Wilkes-Barre, Jan. 27. —John So dusky, of Lopez, who for several months has been bedfast from in juries he sustained in the mines, of fered Anna Sodusky, 11 years old, his daughter. In marriage to John Sko bon. 43 years old, on condition that Skobon care for the crippled miner the balance of liis life. The offer was accepted, and, despite protests of the girl, arrangements for the marriage were quickly made. The county court interfered, however, and ordered the child to be placed in a charitable in stitution. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1914. SAYS POLICE CHIEF WAS URGED TO PULL CAPITAL ST. HOUSE Rev. Mr. Pringle Thinks It's Queer Police Can't Get Evidence DECLARES PLACE RAN 19 YEARS Publicity Is Best Weapon to Use Against Vice Is His Opinion Claiming the police department knew of the existence of the Capital street resort in time to make a raid, the Kev. H. N. Pringle. of the Inter national Reform Bureau of Wash ington, D. C„ to-day expressed sur prise at statements made by Colonel Hutchison, who said yesterday that tco much publicity made good work by the police impossible. The Kev. Air. Pringle also takes ex ception to other things Harrisburg's chief of police said. He said this morning: "I was surprised to learn from the evening papers that an investigation of Harrisburg's brothels, by the Inter national Reform Bureau had spoiled 'chances for arrests.' Fifty policemen ought to inspire more fear among law breakers than one preacher, and they do when they are on the job. "It is indeed unfortunate that the Capital street resort, which has run nineteen years without an arrest or a raid, was disturbed by public men tion, just three days before Chief Hutchison was going to 'pull' it. "A group of men tried to induce him to raid it last Saturday night, before anv public mention was made. The chief acknowledged that he knew of the character of the place, but he did not explain why it had been omit ted from the list which he submitted to the court a few days ago. The pa pers report that the investigator for the police department could not get into the resorts and, through doors partly ajar received this message, 'so [Continued on Pago 12] FRITCHEYS JOB IS TO BE Wise BY COIUIIIII LEU Is Doing the Work Himself and There Is No Further Use For It Definite announcement that the of fice of highway commissioner is not to be continued under the department of streets and public improvements \Vas made in City Councils this after noon by City Commissioner William H. Lynch. Commissioner Lynch made the statement in offering the long expect ed, much discussed resignation of El mer E. Fritchey as highway commis sioner. The resignuti n becomes ef fective February 1. With it was a resolution authorizing | the acceptance of the resignation. All the councilmen but Mayor Royal voted to accept it. "Is it your purpose, Mr. Lynch," asked the Mayor, "to do away with this office?" "Tea, because I don't think there is any use for it," answered the Superin tendent of Streets and Public Improve ments. "I am doing this work my [Continued on Page 10] Office Created by P. R. R. Company; Atterbury Director By Associated Press Philadelphia. Jan. 2 7.—The directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad to-day created a new office, that of vice-presi dent resident in Chicago, and A. M. Sehoyer, at present general manager of the Vandalia Railroad at St. Louis, was elected to the position. The va cancy on the board created by the resignation of Joseph Wood, also a vice-president, was given to W. W. At terbury. J. J. Turner, now second vice-president, was elected to succeed Mr. Wood in general executive charge of the lines west of Pittsburgh. Whitman Is Urged to Investigate State Graft By Associated Press Albany, N. Y.. Jan. 27.—Plans for conducting a legislative State-wide in vestigation of alleged graft in State departments were discussed in a. con ference of the Republicans of the Senate and Assembly held last night but no decision was reached. Several speakers warmly endorsed the plan and urged the selection of District Attorney Charles S. Whitman of New York county, for inquisitor in case the investigation is determined upon. Two plans for conducting the hear ings were considered. One plan Is to entrust the matter to a standing com mittee of the assembly while the other proposes the appointment of a spe cial committee. Another conference probably will be held soon to decide whether an in quiry shall be undertaken in behalf of ithe legislature. WHITMAN IS SILK XT IBy Associated Press New "York, Jan. 27.—1n reference to the Nelson resolution introduced in the assembly naming District At torney Whitman as the men to con duct a State-wide graft inquiry, Mr. Whitman said: "I will not dlsi uss the suggestion until aTter I have heard officially from j Albany." MRS. CERHOLD SAYS SHE COURTS INQUIRY AND WILL NOT LEAVE Woman Accused of Murdering Her Husband Says She Can Prove Her Innocence ARREST HAS NOT BEEN MADE District Attorney and State Police Are Busy Gathering Details Special to The Telegraph t'hambersbnrg, Pa.. Jan. 27.—Dis trict Attorney W. C). Xicklas told a Telegraph representative this after noon that no arrest had yet been made in the Floyd Keller murder case be. cause the evidence was not yet all gathered in. State Policeman Curtis Da vies Is again at St. Thomas and may make an arrest to-night or to morrow. It is known that Daviea last night met Mrs. Lewis Gerhold, widow of Floyd Keller, In the presence of her father. Reuben Kicker, of Wil liamson. and had a long interview with her. it was said that talk concerning a confession was entirely without basis and Mrs. Gerhold was quoted as saving that she intended staying right where she is and courts investigation, expressing her entire faith In her ability to prove her inno-. cence of any of the charges so widelyj circulated over the county against her. Meanwhile Davies is busy to-day again ana the district attorney says an ar rest will surely come. NO DANGER OF DISRUPTION Kast Liverpool. Ohio, Jan. 27.—Offi cial announcement was made to-day that the referendum of members of the National Hrotherhood of Operative Potters upon the proposed division of the $500,000 defense fund of the order had resulted in the defeat of the project by a ratio of 9 to 1. This obviates any danger of the disruption of the union by the scattering of its defense fund. WILSON OPPOSED 10 EXEMPTING AMERICAN VESSELS FROM TOLL Senators Say His Position Inclines Toward Contention of England By Associated Press ■Washington, Jan. 27.—That Presi dent Wilson is opposed to the exemp tion of American coastwise ships from Panama Canal tolls was flatly asserted at the Capitol to-day by those who know what took place at the confer ence last night between the Presi dent and Senate foreign relations committee. Senators who talked with the Pres ident said that Mr. Wilson fully ex plained his position on the tolls ques tion, that his views incline toward the contentions of Great Britain and that he would make public his attitude in the near future. Several senators expressed surprise that in view of the President's posi tive attitude he had not urged some action at the extra session of congress. Two Views Expressed What the President may recommend was not disclosed in to-day's reports of the White House conference, but it was pointed out that two ways might meet the views of the President. One would be to repeal the exemption pro vision of the act. The other would be the passage of the Adamson resolu tion to suspend for two years the op eration of the exemption clause and thus demonstrate whether the canal could be self-sustaining without tolls from American ships. It is said to-day that the President was not opposed to toll exemptions as such but that he was strongly of the opinion that they would be a discrimi nation which would not agree with the provisions of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Lifting the embargo on arms for Mexico also was discussed at last night's conference. Would End Hostilities Some senators favored it on the ground that it would hasten hostili ties to a conclusion. One senator said to-day he believed the President was inclining more and more to that view and might life the embargo soon. It was the general opinion of sena tors after their talk with the Presi dent on the Japanese situation that officials in Japan were friendly to the United States but were being pressed by radicals. Woman Loses Her Life in Automobile Accident Baltimore, Md., Jan. 27. Miss Grace B. Swank. 28 years old. of this city, was instantly killed, and five others were severely hurt when a large touring car got beyond the con trol of the driver and crashed into a tree early to-day. The accident oc curred at the base of a steep incline in Chesapeake avenue at Towson, a suburb. AI/ASK VS REINDEER ABE R.\ PI I > liV D EUK.V Kit ATI N G Washington, D. C., Jan. 27. —Alaska's reindeer are rapidly degenerating be cause of lack of more careful selection of breeding animals and in danger of complete extinction unless stringent government measures are taken, the Department of Agriculture announced to-day. At the present time there are approximately 30,000 domesticated reindeer in Alaska and upon this foun dation, the department states, a great industry may be built ir scientific I management is applied. PIONEER SAYS RADIUM AND SUN ' RAYS ARE CURE-POWERS j vy ■** V Jlk ■ 1 DR. JOHN KGE AND PART OF HIS COLLECTION OF RADIUM TUBES Reading, Pa.', Jan. 28.—Recent exploitation of the marvelous curative powers of radium rays has raised Dr. John Ege, who lives on the outskirts of this city, from the position of a modest country practitioner to the dignity of one of the greatest medical saviors of mankind. It has now developed that Dr. Ege was one of the tirst medical men in this country to realize the value of radium rays as an aid to surgery In curing cancer, appendicitis and tuberculosis of the joints. Dr. Ege is also know to have cured a man's fall ing sight by application of radium. Poverty has never been a barrier to those who sought treatment from Dr. Ege, and he declares there are scores of his former patients who are enjoying good health to-day and who would have now been in their graves but for his applications of radium. BRIDE WHO WISHED ANNULMENT MAY BE RECONCILED, REPORT Father of Bridegroom Says Youth Has Good Prospects; Maeyer 111 From Worry I Possibilities of a reconciliation be tween Horace C. Maeyer, of 1714 Green street, and Mrs. Editli Miller Maeyer, who left him twenty-four hours after she married him, return ing to her home in Mechanicsburg, asking for an annulment, seemed brighter to-day, Mr. Maeyer and his mother called at the home of the Miller family In Mechanicsburg yesterday, they say, and were treated very well. This morning, Hummel Maeyer, the father of the young man, was reluctant in talking about the matter, except to ex press a hope that the matter might soon be settled. From his expressions It is believed the Maeyer family be lieve the Miller family would not ob ject to a reconciliation. Young Maeyer himself could not be seen as he was In bed most of the day, browen down by the worriment of thd past few days. Ho has had little sleep, his father says. According to Mr. Maeyer, the pros pects of his son were bright. He said the boy is a hard worker, is ambitious and the future would have taken care of itself without any trouble. "Hor ace has pood prospects," he said, "and is not afraid to work. There is no reason why he should not get ahead." Among friends of the young man in this city much sympathy is ex pressed for him, and the action of the young girl he married cannot be understood. GIGANTIC REVIVAL FOR HIISBURG IS BEING CONSIDERED Hill Christian Association Man agers to Confer Tonight With Evangelist Harrisburg soon may have a gi gantic revival. While nothing definite has been done as yet in the matter a committee of laymen has been working for some time on the question of holding a sweeping evangelistic campaign in the city and the matter may be defi nitely settled to-night. One of the most powerful of the influences which are urging a revival for the city Is the Hill Men's Chris tian Association and this evening at 9 o'clock the board of managers of that I association will meet in SDecial ses sion to consider the revival question In the Derry Street United Brethren church, Fifteenth and Derry streets. During the last month, R. F. Webs ter, 233 South Fourteenth street, and E. F. Weaver, Sixteenth and Hunter streets, two officers of the Hill Men's Association, have been visiting var ious cities where revivals were being held on a gigantic scale. Among the more notable revival meetings visited by these two men were the Bieder wolf meetings at Waynesboro and the Cartwright services at Sunbury. As a result of this inspection of the revival field, the Rev. F. T. Cart- : wright, representing the Stough Evan- ! gellstlc Campaigners, now at Sunbury, haa been Invited to visit this city and he will confer| with the association .board of managers at the meeting scheduled for to-night. | 12 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. STORM ON PACIFIC COIST COSTS LIVES OF EIGHT PERSONS High Water Causes Much Damage to Property For Hundreds of Miles MANY FAMILIES ARE HOMELESS Railroads in Several States Suffer as Result of Wind and Rain By Associated Press San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 27. —The Pacific Coast was emerging early to day from the grip of a storm that has drenched the entire region from tha Canadian to the Mexican line. Latest reports place the storm's death toll all eight. High water has caused much damage to propertj*, particularly in Southern California, and railroad ser vice In this State and In Nevada has been badly crippled. Traffic conditions were expected to Improve to-day, how ever. The rainfall yesterday In the south ern part of the State was tremendous. At Pasadena the total for twenty-four hours amounted to nearly five Inches. The Ventura river is on a rampage and many bridges have been washed away, causing a loss for that one item of more than SIOO,OOO. Beveral towns have been partially submerged and hundreds of persona living in the lowland have been forced to move. With the Kern river out of its banks and rain still falling, the situation at Bakersfield was regarded as critical to-day. Close watch is being kept on the levee there. Sudden rise of the Kaweah river is threatening the inundation of 100,000 acres of grain near Hanford. Backbone Has Broken The backbone of the storm has been broken north of the Tehachapi moun tains and the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers have cleared them selves of an overplus of water that for a while caused fear for the safety of several towns. At Sacramento the river climbed almost to 28 feet, the highest since 1909. Washouts have disrupted train ser vice in various parts of the State. Through service between San Fran cisco and Los Angeles has been im poesible for forty-eight hours. Heavy snowfalls and washouts have tied up traffic In various parts of Nevada. A Southern Pacific train is stalled be tween Wabuska and Hazen. Several miles of track were swept away by high water on the Nevada, California and Oregon road and tie-ups on the Virginia and Truckee line have cut off Virginia City. Rotary plows have cleared the Southern Pacific. Ogden line tracks in the high Sierras and snowbound trains were released. In Oregon and Washington consid erable damage has been caused by heavy winds. OBSERVE EMPEROR'S BIRTH By Associated Press Washington. Jan. 27. —Official so ciety of Washington will attend a re ception to be given at the German Ambassy here to-night by Ambassador Count Von Bernstorff In honor of tha fifty-fifth anniversary of the birth of Emperor William. For Harrisburg and vicinity) l'«- settled weather and warmer to night* Wednesday unsettled, probably light ralnt lowest tem perature to-night about 40 de green. For Eastern Pennsylvania! Unset tled to-night and Wednesday, probably local ralnsi warmer to night! moderate to brisk east to south winds. lUver Higher temperature and probably rain over the Susquehanna basin will likely cause a rise in all streams of the system within the next thirty-six hours. General Conditions Pressure Is below normal over tha entire country, except In tbe At lantic and Gulf States and in -the Upper Ohio Valley aid Tennes see, with several centers of de presxlon, the deepest being over Washington State. Temperatnrei 8 a. m., 32t 2 p. m., 48. Sum Rises, "i2O a. m.; aets, 5i20 p. m. Moon i New moon, flrst quarter, 5:33 a. m. River Stage: 5.9 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather Highest temperature, 37. Lowest temperature, 24. Mean temperature, 32. Normal temperature, 28. —^ -1 Do You PLAY FAIR Mr. Storekeeper? Of course you would resent any idea that you did not play fair with your customers. But do you play fair with the manufacturers who help youT IJO you plaly fair with youraelff When a manufacturer place* his advertising in the newspapers of your town and makes a mar ket for you do you back him up? Do you let the public know you have the goods? If not, why not? This Is a fine of questions you should ask yourself until you find a satisfactory answer. The right answer will go far towards building your business and Increasing your sales in 1914. The dollar wagon Is starting. Now Is a good time to olimb aboard! The Bureau of Advertising, American Newspaper Publishers Association, World Building, New York, solicits correspondence with manufacturers Interested In newspaper advertising and co operative dealer work.
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