flarrisbure Pa ♦ « lJ^lyl4 American Cruiser's Blue Jackets Protect HARRISBURG (nHSITELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 24 Tenants of Filthy Bth Ward Holes and Cellars to Be Ordered to Move Filthy housing condition! in thi« •Uy must disappear. Order* to this effect will be iaaued fcqr Mayor Royal as the result of a tour of inspection made by him this (norning with Chief of Tolioe Hutch ison and Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health officer, through the Klghth ward. The officials were astounded at the conditions found. Tiny cubby-holes with no light, dirty beds, crusty walls and floors were everywhere. At two places they found cellars called Home" by human beings. WESTERN HON IS CONSIDERING PLANS FOR POLE REMOVAL Not Compelled to Place Wires Underground, But Heads of Company Favor It White the Western Union Telegraph Company hopes In time to remove its unsightly network of poles and wires from the city's business district, that Lime Is still indefinite. "We are not compelled to do this," said P. D. Calhoun, plant chief of the company, yesterday, "but we think It is beet to be done fro mthe stand point of protection as «well as to follow aut the Idea of beautifying the city." "We haven't so very many poles us it is," continued Mr. Calhoun, "ex cept," and he nodded toward the great lowering pole at Strawberry and Third streets which helped blot out some of Ihe light from his office window, "the distributing poles. Doing awßy with the poles and wires is some very big job; not the actuaj removal of the poles and wires so much as the prepa ration for the work. That means the planning of ways and means to bring n the wires and cables through the alleys, and so on. As it is, some of our big lines come in through th« rear alleys now." "Isn't it more economical to put he wires underground?" Mr. Cal ioun was asked. flatter of Protection "Oh, in the end I should say it is. it should be done as a natter of protection." "You mean in the event of faHing K'ireß at a fire?" "Well, yes. Not so much danger low, perhaps, since the electric light [Continued on Page "] Agriculturists Elect Officers For Year Vice-President I Terr, of the State Agriculturists, this afternoon ap pointed the following special commit ee to confer with Highway Commiss ioner Bigelow on the road question n Pennsylvania: B. K. Killam, of J ike; Calvin H. DeWitt, of Tioga; S. !. Blyholder, of Armstrong; P. R. Fen temaker, of Lehigh; Matthew Kod :ers, of Juniata. Chairman Killam called the com nlttee to meet late this afternoon. The board elected the following ice-presidents: J. H. Wilson, of 'larion; B. F. Killam, of Pike; S. C. leorge, of Indiana. Governor Tener is president, ex-' fflcio, and Secretary. Crltchfteld is see etary, ex-offlelo. MOOSK SOOIAI, TOMOIUtOW Members of the l-larrisburg ljodge, .oyal Order of Moose, will observe Stlne Night" to-morrow evening, at heir home. The committee in charge, omposed of 13. 13. Stacks. George P. atchell, E. L,. Hlnkenbach and J. C. Cellberg, completed all arrangements or the event to-day. At !» o'clock a audevllle will be given and a Teat surprise Is on the bill, according o the committee. After the perform nce a buffet luncheon will be served n the new social rooms, which will be pened for the first time. Late News Bulletins Washington, Jail. 28.—Former Senator Shelby M. Cullom, or Illi nois, died hero to-day after an Illness of more than a week, during which he hovered between life and death. Ills last words were a wish th»t he mi|ht^ have lived to see the completion of the national me morial to Abraham Lincoln, who was his personal friend Owners, drivers and operators of motor vehicles arc' warned that they must have their 101 I license tags on their machines or be liable to arrest, in a final warning sent out by the State Highway Deiiartment to-day. State Highway Commissioner K. M IMgelow has i .VtHW Thomas (. Boyd, registrar or the automobile division, to take legal a? «,n, , e. Wh ° fH " '° ' ° ,,, ply wlUl ,aw - AiSSI Washington, Jan. 28,—Spurred by reports that prospectors have started a nullum rush to the ( arnotlte lands of Colorado and Utah the House Mines Committee to-day hurriedly closed its hearings jm.i bega,,. preparing a bill for government control oPiHe nation's rodhui! Washington, Jail. 28.—Mission workers apix'aled to l*resident UMI son to-day to defer signing the Kenyon "red light" hill which will wine out the < apltal s segregated district, until they can find some means of disposing of the Inmates. , ,!BUS "■?^SSS2"S .... Gl yg° w y Scotland, Jan. 28.—The annual Scottish labor conference fl nLJI £ to " day ' ""a*** l * peremptory rojolutlon, demanding that the British government recall Viscount Gladstone, governor general of ,,S " " f the «>f labor leaders at Cape Town Wilmington, Del., Jan. 28.——The jury in the trial of Willinm v»uo< Of brtn^ni pll,a, ind,ct * d und^ r the M «nn white slave law on the char™ of bringing a young woman known as Bessie Todd from Philadelphia i? *2 y immoral purposes, returned a verdict of guiltv in the United States District Court this morning. * ,,Uly ,n the New York, Jan. 28.—The market closed heavy. Rapid slacken' ing of the demand for stocks tempted the liears to makf a comtS demand ugainst the list in the (inal half hour. Reading lost aH of i.^ d^ a rto ß ta|. gCnera ' ' eVel S, ' Kge *' ttKaln to fra^ona»y 8 iXwV'ter? N. Y. Closing: Amalgamated Oopper, 75%; American Snwitino 70; Atchison. Topeko and Santa Fe, »»%; Baltimore and OWn #s! Brooklyn. Rapid Transit, »1 %; Canadian Pacific. 211U; and Ohio, 66%; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, 105 Vs! LelUgh Val ley, New Wk Central. 05; Northern Pacific. 115: Pennsylvania Railroad, i Reading, I«»" 8 Southern Pacific, 97% ; Union PaclH," 161 Yi', l>lilted States Steel, 65%; United States Steel pfd., 111%. ' The houses visited were at these places: 810 Strawberry street where the cellar was inhabited; 12, 14 and 16 Cowden street; 112 Short street; 408 North Fifth street; 611 Walnut street; 818, 617 and 606 South street —cellar at 618 Inhabited; 400, 402 and 413 Filbert street; 708 South al ley; 709 and 711 Bast State street. In these houses were found rooms cut off into smaller rooms in which the occupant had nothing more than a filthy cot. At other places there [Continued on Page 9] LANCASTER COUNTY . MURDERER IS FREED . AFTER 28 YEARS Wife and Friends AO Gone; Will Go Back to Farm Philadelphia, Jan. 28. —John Rudy, who spent twenty-eight years in prison for the murder of his father in Lan caster county, Pa., walked out of the penitentiary into the sunlight here to-day a free man. Last week the State Board of Pardons recommended his pardon, which was granted by the Governor. About 100 pereons were at the peni tentiary entrance to see the long-time prisoner come through the big prison gate. Rudy was met by Mrs. Mary [ Price a social worker, who had as sisted in obtaining his pardon. Rudy pushed his way through the crowd and entered a taxicab, the first of its I kind he had ever seen, and was hur ried away .to a church, where he of fered up a prayer of thanksgiving. Later he- was taken to the home of Mrs. Price and planned to leave dur ing the afternoon for Christiana, Pa., 'where he will live on a farm. At Mrs. Price's house Rudy talked of his long imprisonment. He said he was employed at weaving men's socks and later was made a trusty. As a trusty he saw for the first time a year and a hjilf ago an automobile which had entered the prison yard. He stared with open-eyed wonder at tall buildings and other modern things he saw on his way from prison to the church and the social worker's home. Rudy said that when he entered prison he had a wife and four chil dren. His wife has since divorced him and remarried. Rudy said he never heard from them after he en tered the institution, and as they never troubled to visit him he would not look them up. He recalled how his family looked the lsjst time he saw them. The youngest child was 2 years old. "My family could have been of much assistance to me at my trial, but they gave me no help," he said. "After I was sent to prison they abandoned me. 1 guess they thought T never would be free again." Mine Workers Cheer Action of Congress Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 28. An- ' nouncement made by President White that the two resolutions providing for Federal investigation of the strikes in Colorado and Michigan had passed the lower House of Congress by a Targe majority was greeted with prolonged cheers tq-day by the delegates attend ing the convention of the United Mine Workers' of America. The attempt to curtail the appointive power of the international president failed when it cafne to a vote to-da.v. Two negro delegates opposed the change on the ground that it was the only way the race could get represen tation. as they did not have votes suf ficient to elect their members. CORONER Ilili Coroner Jacob Ecklnger is ill at his home, the Lincoln Apartments. Nortel Fifth street. He is suffering from tonsilitis. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1914. GOVERNOR TENER MOMS OETTER HIGHWAYS Asks Members of the State Board of Agriculture to Give Suggestions FINANCE IS BIG PROBLEM Opening Session of the Board Leads to Discussion of Para mount Subject Governor John K. Tener in opening the thirty-seventh annual meeting* of the State Board of Agriculture to-day asked that Its members furnish the State government with their ideas of how to finance the road improvements of the State, suggesting that a com mittee be selected to discuss the proposition during the three-day ses sion of the board with the State High way Commissioner and all Interested persons and to make a report. This committee will be named later in the day. The Governor said that it was ap parent that the people did not approve of th« bond issue for road building. "Now if the State Board of Agricul ture or any other body has a better plan, please let us have it," said the [Continued on I'age 7] MMwr JERSEY LEGISLATURE Women From AU Parts of State Crowd Assembly Chamber to Hear Speeches By Associated Press Trenton, N. J., Jan. 28. —Women from all parts of the State crowded the assembly chamber at the eapitol to-day to hear speeches for and against equal suffrage in New Jersey. The hearing was held before the commit tee of the whole of the assembly, to which the members of the Senate were invited. The House judiciary committee has already decided to report favorably a resolution providing for equal suffrage. Last year the legislature passed a resolution to submit the suffrage ques tion to a. vote of the people and it was to have been passed at the present ses sion. under the provisions of the con stitution. and submitted to the people next Fall. Failure to properly adver tise the resolution, however, nullified the action of the last legislature and the resolution will have to be passed by the present and the next legis lature in 1816 before it can be voted upon by the electors. lIKDBI<L TO BE AMBASSADOR Washington, D. C., Jan. 28. The nominations of Henry M. Plndell. of Peoria, 111., to be Ambassador to Rus sia, and Winfred T. Denison, of Port land, Me., to be member of the Philip pine Commission and Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine*, were con firmed by the Senate yesterday. Taft Urges "Political First" Principles For Younger Generation By Associated Press Albany, N. Y., Jan. 28.—Former President William Howard Taft left to-day for Canada, after urging upon the members of the Yale Alumni As sociation here last night that the younger generation should be care fully trained In "polltcal first" prin ciples. "I don't like to be regarded as an old fog}'," he said, "and I don't think I am. We are in a transition period which in many respects presents a crisis in our national career. We are in the aftermath of a struggle in which wo have escaped a plutocracy. But we also have made a great tran sition and the people are aroused. Such transitions, however, always give rise to an excess of cranks and crankism and they always suggest things which are dangerous. "We should see that the coming generation does not lightly let go of what centuries has given to us of sound political principles. We must not let the boyis take their feet off the ground and place them in the clouds where they would shake the foundations of our liberty—our Con stitution." t Democrats in Jersey Legislature Drop Plan of Reform in Few Weeks Special to The Telegraph Trenton, Jan. 28. The Democrats in the New Jersey Legislature have turned their backs upon the Califor nia plan for a bifurcated session, and this year's session will proceed upon the same old line of having bills in troduced and considered and jammed through jus> whenever the spirit moves the assemblage. It Is said, too, that Governor Fielder was mortally afraid of the scheme. Astor Yacht to Be Used For Prenuptial Cruise By Associated Press New York, Jan. 28.—Vincent As tor's yacht Noma, it became known to-day, Is being put In shape for a 1 prenuptial cruise to the Mediterran- I ean, on which Mr. Astor will be ac companied by Miss Helen Dinsmore Huntington, his bride-to-be; her mother, Mrs. Robert P. Huntington, and his mother, Mrs. Ava Willing Aslor. FIGHT IS OH TO DRIVE RUM FROM - COUNTY BORDERS L (Every Nook and Corner to Be Watched by Divisions of No-License League I $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR BOOZE (That Amount Is Spent Here Every Year For Strong Drink Liquor interests and the saloons of I Dauphin county are now opposed by | an organization which will devote it j self to driving rum from the county's I borders. The No-License League of | Dauphin County was formed yester day afternoon with a temporary or- I ganlzatlon which will be made perma nent next Tuesday. Men and women prominent in so cieties that have been fighting to break the grip of the saloon in the city and county were at the meeting, held at the office of James W. Barker in the Masonic • Temple and enthusi astically launched the movement which they hope will clear the county of the "wets" by 1918. James A. Stranahan, a prominent attorney, was made chairman of the temporary or [ Continued on I'age 10] lEPROSY CASE IS HOLDING ATTENTION Dr. Dixon Confirms Diagnosis by Personal Work; Radium May Be Tried A case of leprosy in Oil City was last night reported to the State De partment of Health. The sufferer is Frank Syracusu, an Ttalian laborer who came to .Oil City from Buffalo a year ago, arid has since' been living in a boardinghouse in that place. In many respects the case is like that which appeared here seven years ago in Mock Sen. The case was first diagnosed by Dr. J. F. Davis, of Oil City, who imme diately reported it to Dr. Samuel G. Dixon. Commissioner of Health, re questing a confirmation of his diag nosis. Specimens were forwarded to the Department of Health laborator ies in Philadelphia and under the personal direction of Dr. Dixon, who has devoted much attention to this disease, the bacteriological studies were made which confirmed the origi nal diagnosis. A number of physicians in Pitts burgh, who have been experimenting with radium have requested permis sion to take charge of this case and endeavor to effect a cure by the use of radium. The State Department of Health has granted permission for the removal of the case from Oil City to Pittsburgh, providing its regula tions for the isolation and care of the patient are rigidly adhered to. I West End People Are Aroused at News of Liquor Application Ministers and West End residents are aroused by the news that Isaac Marcus has filed another application for a lfquor license at 1103 North Third street. Last year they forced him to withdrawn an application for the same place by a remonstrance pe tition two yards long. Marcus, who is a Roumanian, made application yesterday for a license at 1103 North Third street. The news that the man is trying to get a license spread quickly over the West End and the ministers of the upper end are conferring to-day to see what course of action will be taken. 400 Working Women Will Ask Wilson For Ballot By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 28.—Four hun dred working women from seven dif ferent States representing every line of work in which women are en gaged will next Monday march to the White House and urge upon Presi dent Wilson an amendment to the Federal Constitution giving women the right to vote. They will carry with them banners bearing quota- 1 tions from some of the writings of the President. The President has not yet signified his intention of receiv ing the delegation. Foreigners Oust Yankee Farmers in New England By Associated Press Boston, Jan. 28. —The Yankee is being ousted from the farms of New j England by settlers of foreign blood, I according to the State Board of Ag | rlculture's annual report issued to day. | "The only thing that may still save | ' the day for native Americans is the \ use of more machinery, and of more scientific methods," says the report. I CRUISER AT DISPOSAL OF FRENCH CONSUL IN HAITI By Associated Press Paris, Jan. 28.—The French cruiser Conde, now In Mexican waters, was to-day placed at the disposal of the French consul at Port Au Prince, Haiti, where the situation caused by the revolution and the flight of Presi dent Michel Oresto is regarded as serious. The consul was instructed to telegraph* to the commander of the Conde whenever he feels that the services ol' the cruiser are needed. MEN WHO WILL HELP LEAD FIGHT TO DRIVE LIQUOR TRAFFIC Wfpu l fill v ~ ik * ♦> > ttfcW'. v' i* • mVmur -M ft*' W 9 pjpjpF M £ I * JAMES A. STRANAHAN I Chairman Temporary I League Organization REGULARS NAMED TO INSPECT GUARD; General Stewart Designates Hie Days in April When Militia men Will Muster * - General Orders No. 3, announcing that the National Guard of Pennsyl vania will be inspected during the | month of April by United States army officers to determine readiness for field i service; were issued to-day .frorri the ] olßflfe' of Adjutant General Thomas 3. Stewart. The inspection is separate and distinct from that of the Guard inspection officers, which is now in progress, and will be •on much the same basis as last winter. All prop erly available for field service is to be inspected, including field ranges and cooking utensils, and will be made in daylight, but the inspection of per sonnel will be at night. Officers and men temporarily absent from their home commands may be attached to any other organization of the Guard. Every enlisted man must have, in : addition to equipment, one comb, one | cake of soap, one toothbrush, one pair I of stockings and one towel. In addition to a blanket, housewife kit and poncho. The dates for the headquarters in spections are: Division, AViikes-Barre, April 6; First and Fourth Brigades, Philadelphia, April 13; Second, Pitts burgh, • April 8; Third, Sunburv, April 14. Cavalry—First Squadron headquar ters, April 13; First Troop, 13; Sec [ Continued on Page 2] Rebates Must Cease t Before an Advance in Rates Is Permitted Special to The Telegraph Washington, D. C., Jan. 28. ln handing down an opinion in the indus- i trial railways or "tap line" case, the < Interstate Commerce Commission made comments that savor of a warning to eastern railroads that they must cease granting what virtually are "unlawful 1 rebates" amounting to $15,000,000 yer- i ly before they can hope to receive per- ] mission to make a general 5 per cent, advance in freight rates. These "tap line" services, that is the 1 hauling of products from the place of 1 production to the main line of a rail- I road, are in many cases furnished free to obtain traffic and the commission as- i serts that this has been a cause of heavy depletion in the revenues ot rail roads. The commission, in a report by Commissioner Harlan, points out that allowances and free car services grant ed large industrial plants relieve them °f a heavy expense, and adds that on the Pennsylvania lines east of Pitts burgh alone there are 233 such plants where the railroad performs services free. Suffragettes Fail in Attempt to Break Up Meeting of Council By Associated Press London, Jan. 28.—Militant suffra gettes to-day made a futile attempt to break into a meeting of the British cabinet council sitting at the official rasidence of Premier Asquith in Downing street. • The women's automobile was dec orated with placards protesting against the forcible feeding of suffra gette prisoners and demanding that the cabinet cease the "torture of wo men in English jails." BUILD SUNDAY TABERNACLE Special to The ' Telegraph Scranton, Pa., Jan. 28.—Forty min isters of this city yesterday morning i set to work nailing the boards on the "Billy" Sunday tabernacle which is I being built for the coming of the evangelist on March 1. The ministers started at 8 a. m. and called It a day at 11 a. m. Dnner was then served in < the Elm Park Church. SEARCH FOR "PIE BOOK" ! Albany, Jan. 28.—James W. Os borne, graft Investigator for Governor ' Glynn, began search for a "pie book" i said to have been kept by John N. ! t Carlisle, highway Commissioner. It | was said the book contained a record ; of "patronage" disposed of by the , commissioner. rer ~ Mb j|^. ■HT M mtm mm J. GILBERT ALDINGER B ' Temporary Secretary GRUNDY IS HOI\IDBED DY MAIFACTURERS ; 400 Members of State Association Pledge Loyalty to Leader at Banquet Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Jan. 28. —Nearly 400 captains of industry of the Keystone State—manufacturers from all parte of Pennsylvania—-.-paid a remarkable tribute to Joseph R. Grundy. of Bris tol, the head and leader of the asso ciation, at a testimonial dinner at the Bellevue-Stratford last night. And while pledging their loyalty to their chief likewise decided, amid ringing cheers, to reifew the battle to again give to the business Interests of this nation the protection its toilers enjoyed under laws recently wiped from the Federal statute books. The demand also was made that vicious, meddlesome legislation must cease. All parts of the State were repre sented in the large company that gathered to do honor to the guest of the evening, and in speech and song gave token of their appreciation of his work In defending the vast industrial system of Pennsylvania, while assaults upon him in a hostile press were hot ly denounced. The employers of more than 250,000 men and owners of in dustrial plants capitalized in many millions participated in the feast. Mr. Grundy's reception reached the proportions of an ovation. As she rose to speak the audience sprang to their | feet and gave cheer after cheer, then broke into song. Man Wanders Into Capitol Who Police. Believe Is Lunatic Henry W. Harper who says his home is In Easton, applied at the Capitol to-day for a commission as Governor General of Northampton county to which he says he has been appointed. He is looking for the exterminators of his family too he says. He wandered Into the State po lice office and was sent to Colonel Hutchison who put him under the care pf "Dr." Caldwell at the Dauphin county jail, until his mental condi tion can be inquired into. Ten Labor Leaders in South Africa Deported Under Strong Guard By Associated Press Cape Town, Union of South Africa, Jan. 28.—Tho deportation from South Africa of ten prominent labor leaders was carried out so quietly last night that little was known of the occur rence In South Africa to-day. The men who had taken a promi nent part in the recent strike, arrived in punbar under a strong guard. At midnight they were placed on board the steamer Umgeni which sailed Im mediately for England. More Figures Piled Up at Freight Rate Hearing By Associated Press Washington, dan. 28.—The propor tions of the already awe-inspiring pile of tables, charts and other compila tions of figures presented by shippers of the official classification territory to back up their protest against the gen eral five per cent, freight rate increase asked by the railroads were augment e>, to-day with data on the tile brick I and clay industry. Witnesses frorh I many parts of the territory discussed the effect the proposed increase would have on their enterprises. They agreed with witnesses representing other ln | dustries previously heard that the Icarriers could Increase their revenues I more than five per cent by improving (their service and eliminating unneces sary expenditure:). VALUE OF ANIMALS INCREASES 1 Washington, Jan. 28.—The value of farm animals in the Ur/ited States, I as indicated in a report of the De partment of Agriculture, was $5,891,- 229,000, an Increase of $389,446,000, or 7.1- per cent, over the of a i ear ago. 1 10 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. , BLOCKER M [I. S. CRUISER PROTECT foreighis 111 mm On Guard at American Legation, Cable Station and French Hospital GERMANS ARE ALSO ON DUTY Numerous Attempts at Pillage of Houses and Stores in Capital By Associated Frtss Port Au Prince, Haiti, Jan. 28. —Army detachments of American sailors from the armored cruiser- Montana were tp-day on guard at the American legation, the cable station and the French hospital. German bluejackets and marineH were placed on protection duty at the other for eign legations and at the German stores in the city. Large landing par- I ties were sent ashore from the Am erican and German war vessels yester day when President Michel Oreste fled for refuge to the German cruiser Vln eta after fighting broke out in the streets of the capital. Fusillades continued in all quar ters of the city throughout the night and there were numerous attempts at pillage of houses and stores, but these were quickly suppressed and the city is now quiet. A citizens committee of publta safety has been formed. It is under stood that Solon Nenos, former Hai tian minister at Washington, will be selected for chairman of the commit tee. President Michel Oreste and his wife remained all night on board the Vlneta In the harbor. South Carolina on Her Way to Port Aa Prince By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 28.—Under forced draft the big battleship South Caro lina to-day is rushing across the Windward Passage for Port Au Prince, Haiti, to join her bluejackets and marines with the forces of the armored cruiser Montana for the pro tection of Americans and other for eigners. Left without a government by the sudden abdication of President Oreste who fled to refuge on a German war ship yesterday, the island republic is threatened with anarchy by its lat est revolution.- Captain Russel, of the South Caro lina, will be the senior naval officer on the scene and as such will take whatever measures he deems neces sary for the protection of foreigners and their property without orders from Washington. Canada Pays For "Patent . Insides" of Newspapers By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Jan. 28. How Canada has paid the Western News paper Union $42,000 a year for the last twelve years to circulate reading mat ter about the Dominion through the medium of "patent insfdes," which thw union furnishes to newspapers, was told to the Senate lobby committee to day by George A. Joslyn, of Omaha, president of the union, and Alfred Washington, its advertising manager. POOR DIRECTORS HEED GRAND JURY'S REPORT At to-day's meeUng of the POOP Board Directors C. L. Manning, pur chasing agent, was authorized to make the necessary repairs to the almshouse flooring in accordance with the recent recommendations of the grand jurjr. Payment on a bill for printing done by the Telegraph Printing Company wan postponed until next Wednesday pend ing inquiry into an error made in or dering 6,000 blanks. The color wa» not specified according to the order, it is contended. Bills amounting t» $1,004.26 were paid to-day by tha poor directors. The contract for fur nishing carpet for the office of Coun ty Controller Gougli and' County Treasurer Bailey will be awarded to Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart at lUI bid of $1.37 % a yard. TRAINMEN ARE HEARD New York, Jan. 28.—Complaints of trainmen on the eastern railroad* that several of the lines are not obeying the award of the arbitrators are the subject of the conferences here which will continue all of this, week between the general adjustment committee and the conference committee of railway managers. UP IN THE AIR WITH SIX Miami, Fla., Jin. 28.—American records were broken yesterday when a Curtiss flying boat carried six men for one flight and five men for another. Nine hundred pounds of weight, be sides gasoline and oil, were carried. C. W. Wilmer was the aviato|r. Fur HnrrlMburic anil vicinity: Gen erally fair to-night and Thurs day; warmer; lowest temperature to-night about 40 degrees. For Eastern Pennsylvania! Unset tled to-nlitht and Thursday, prob ably occasional rain In nurth and west portions; warmer to-mlglrt In southwest portion; moderate, variable winds. River The river and Its principal trlbu taries will continue to rise slow ly under the Influence of mild weather. Tempcraturei 8 a. m„ 40; 3 p. in., 58. Sum Rises, 7>l» a. m.; sets, till p. m. Mooni New moon, first quarter, February 3, 5)33 a. m. River Stnget Four feet above ' low water mark. , Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 80. I.owest temperature, 20. Mean temperature, 40. Normal temperature, 28. MARRIAGE LICENSES Edward Gough and Ella G. Bttlnmr. city. Norman Curtis Hoover and Rebeooa S. Stroup, Speecevllle. George Schlckley, Edgemont, and l Atary Magdalene Ruder, oily.
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