1 State Library j Hajrisbiirg Pa ' ' ... 4 Toll tf&mpfions Provision of Panama Canal Law Laid Before Congress HARRISBURG lilSlll TELEGRAPH LXXXITT— No. 32 I WE THEIR mm FIGHT Movement Back to the Party Never Stronger Than It Is in These Lively Times DEMOCRATS' WIDE BREACH Wilson Declared Not to Be Taking a Hand—Bull Moosers Divide Over Governor TVhlle Democrats and Washlngt.on ians are engaged In factional warfare over who Bhall ha%*e the State nomi nation plums, the return to the Re publican party of the men who left It In 1912 for Roosevelt or for Wilson Is growing greater day by day. The Republicans are lining up for the re trieving of the ground lost a little more than a year ago and the divisions of their enemies are aiding the move ment because every fresh outbreak over the spoils shows the motives be hind the activities of men prominent In the affairs of the Democracy and the Bull Moosers. Yesterday's developments in State politics are significant The announce ment of A. Mitchell Palmer that he would be the Democratic candidate for senator and that Vance C. McCor inick would bo a candidate for gover nor brought a yell oC defiance from the camp of the Old Guard and wa,s promptly met by inspired dispatches from Washington that the President of the United States would send cabi net officers into Pennsylvania to help " faction wipe on. Democrats who did not bow the knee. .And while this was going on I Of) Washington party leaders wrangled In a room iu a hotel in this city over an effort to slate Wil liam Draper Lewis, of Philadelphia, for the nomination for governor and tried to squelch Congressman M. Clyde Kelly. The situation In the Demo cratic- ranks reminded observers of the shattering of the atmosphere with words before, a prize fight and among the Bull Moosers as an insurrection ngalnst being called upon to put up the money for a campaign Instead of having all expenses paid as in 1312. Democratic War Is Epoch-making, Declare Noted Democrats Rrlefly stated the Democratic situa tion 1s that. President Wilson Is being claimed, as the sponsor for the Fsl rner-McCormick ticket, although up to date nothing in the way of a direct •statement has come from the astute gentleman In the White House. Tele gram* by the dozen are being given out and the Democratic State wind mill is in a. whirl over preparations for a red hot campaign in which Pal mer will turn loose his oratorical bat teries and McCormick will shake hands. Secretaries Bryan and Wilson will be summoned from Macedonia to help. Michael .T. Ryan is furiously declin ing to listen to any suggestions of withdrawal and promising to drench his opponents with acidulated speeches. All over the State the op ponents of the rulers of the Demo cratic State organization are lining up lor the supreme test for party control In Pennsylvania. And the primaries are not until May 19. Rumors that David T. Watson, the eminent Pittsburgh lawyer; James Gay Gordon, equally famed attorney of Philadelphia; Judge John M. Gar man, of Wllkes-Barre, will enter the senatorial race against Congressman Palmer, are in the air, but none has been confirmed. The inspired predic tions of yesterday morn to the effect that Palmer would not be opposed appear to ha\e encountered the There Is no disposition to allow two of the four men who arranged the elate in Washington to take the choic fContlnned on Page 14] Late News Bulletins NAVAL PLANT FOR ERIE Washington. Feb. ft.—A bill for a l»oard to select a naval armor plant site at l-Jrie, l»a„ was Introdnoed to-day by Representative Shrevc. AMERICANS ENTOMBED IN TUNNEL .Juarez, Mex., Feb. ft. —Seven American railroad men are believed to bo prisoners In the great Cumbrc railroad tunnel through the Contin ental Divide is in ruins, and the Mexican Northwestern passenger train which left here Wednesday morning is a charred wreck at the mouth of the tunnel, as the result of the depredations of member of the Maximo Costillo gang of bandits. CONFIDENCE RESOLUTION SOUGHT . Tokio, Japan, Feb. o.—A resolution of want or conlldenee in the Japanese government is to IK- moved in the Japanese diet on February 10 by monibers of the opposition. This decision was reached to-day at T.T* organized by the opi>osltion parlies and attended' by 15,000 people. ' WANTS MITCHEL HALTED wi . New' York, Feb. ft—Application for an injunction restraining Mayor Mitctiel from advocating measures in the Shite Legislature increasing the power of the police commissioner, as suggested by Colonel George «. Ooethals, tiie mayor's choice for commissioner, was liied to-dav in J h oS CmC C ° Urt l>V U " CH,l6: American Sugar, 107: \tch eson, 08%; Baltimore-Ohio, 93%; Brooklyn Rapid Transit, »1% - Caiia dlan Pacific, 21ft: Chesapeake-Oh la, ftft; Chicago-Mil.. St. Paul'l Lehigh Valley. 153; New York Oentral, 9i%; Northern Pad lie' titttl' Reading. I«7»:j,; Southern Paclitc. 9~%; Union Pacific, ifta'i'- us Steel. 65P. It. R., Iti%. > u. is. Two Women Accused of Murdering Floyd Ke.ler Fighting For Their Liberty By Asmrintei Prtt.r j Chambersburg, Pa.., Feb. 6. ln oourt here to-day in habeas corpus proceedings Instituted to obtain the freedom of Mrs. Zelda Keller Gerhold and her mother, Mrs. Jennie S. Ricker. in prison charged with the murder of Mrs. Gerhold's first husband, Floyd Keller, Dr. John H. Kinter, who at tended Keller in his final illness, was the chief witness. He said Keller com plained of severe pains in throat, stomach and abdomen for a period of ten days. The medicine Dr. Kinter prescribed for him was to allay the pain, but did not. Dr. Kintor said he never administered any of the med- i SCHMIDT DOES NOT WANT CASE APPEALED Former New York Priest Appears Satisfied With Verdict of "Guilty" TO BE SENTENCED WEDNESDAY For First Time Since First Trial Opened, He Appears With Hair Combed By Associated Press New York, Feb. 6.—-Hans Schmidt, who was found guilty of murder in the first degree for (he murder of Anna. Aumuller, is seemingly content with the verdict and declines to per mit his counsel to appeal. Schmidt will he sentenced next Wednesday to die in the electric chair. The verdict against Schmidt was rendered late yesterday a little over two hours after the jury had retired. It seemed a great relief to the for mer priest who had sal through the twelve trial days as If in a daze and always blankly starlnsr at the court room walls, for his bent figure sud denly straightened, a light came into his eyes an< 1 ho smiled. Schmidt seemed to have prepared for the verdict. Since Ills arrest on September 14 he has refused to be shaved or to have his hair cut. lie has worn a silk handkerchief In lieu of a collar and his appearance has been unkept. As he stood before the bar to hear the verdict Schmidt wore a clean silk handkerchief about his neck. For the first time since the opening of the first trial Schmidt had combed his hair, which has grown so long that it. completely conceals his neck and ears but yesterday it waS parted and smoothed back neatly. Catholic Church Leads Others in Membership Within Continental U. S. By Associated Press Washington,' D. C., Feb. 6. The actual enrolled membership of Chris tian churches within continental United States showed a net increase of 618,000, or 1.8 per cent., during 1913, according to statistics just made pub lic by the Washington office of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. The Methodist Church led in the increased membership with 220,000. The other churches in their order follow: Baptist, 64,(500; Presbyterian, 45,600; Lutheran, 36,100; Disciples, 21,800, and Episcopal, 16,500. The actual membership of the larg est churches in the United States Is given as follows: Roman Catholic, 13,099,634; Meth odist, 7,125,069; Baptist, 5,924,622; Lutheran, 2,338,722; Presbj-teriau, 2,027.593; Disciples of Christ, 1,519,- 369; Protestant Episcopal, 997,407, and Congregational, 748,340. These eight churches contain 34,000.000 of the 37,280,000 of actual church membership within the United States. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1914. cine he left for the patient, but was assured by Keller's wife that she had gßon it to her husband. The Commonwealth declared its In tention of producing a witness who will swear that medicine different in color and character from that left by the doctor was administered the man who died of arsenical poisoning. "If they lift Floyd's body will they be able to find he was poisoned?" Dr. Kinter testified the widow asked him when talk of exhuming became general In the vicinity in which the Kellers lived. The hearing was resumed this aft ernoon. 'TREXLER SUCCEEDS I REAVER ON BENCH > Former Judge of Lehigh County Chosen by Governor to Fill Vacancy Today r WAS A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN I State Librarian Montgomery Re-! appointed to the Office He Ornaments I Frank M. Trex'">\ of Allentown, • | former judge of Li High county, was J] to-day appointed judge of the Super ior Court to fill the vacancy caused I I by the death of General James A. iT -aver. Judge Trexler's commission 1 I will be forwarded to him at once and ' he will take the oath of office in a few days. Candidates for the full * term will be nominated at. the May primary under the nonpartisan judi cial nomination act. The new judge served as judge of the courts of i/ehlgh county from 19U2 until t lie first Monday of January this year. lie was a candidate for re election and was defeated by Clinton ' A. Grotnan for the nomination, lie Is a Republican, a member of a ' family that has been Republican since 1 the formation of the party, but his ' appointment wa» urged by many men ! regardless of party lines. Judge Trexler WSR born in A lien ! town In 1861, graduated from Muhl enberg College in 1879 and admitted to the Lehigh county bar in 1882. For ten years he was city solicitor of Al lentown and on the death of Judge Albright in 1902, he was appointed by 1 Governor Stone to fill the vacancy be ing elected for the full ten-year term in 1903. The appointment of Judge Trexler was received with general commen dation among people at the Capitol as the judge has many friends here. He is a brother of Col. Tlarry C. Trexler, quartermaster general of the. National Guard, arid has been here upon a number of occasions. Montgomery Named as State Librarian For the Third Time State Librarian Thomas Lynch Montgomery, one of the prominent li brary authorities of the country, was to-day reappointed by Governor Tener. Mr. Montgomery was appoint ed by Governor Pennypaeker to suc ceed George Edward Reed and reap pointed by Governor Stuart. While residing here, Mr. Montgomery has taken an active interest in Harrisburg affairs and especially in the new Har risburg public library. He was one of the speakers at its formal opening. Mr. Montgomery comes from Phila delphia and graduated from the Epis copal academy anil the University of Pennsylvania. Ever since ho left, col lege he has been identified with li brary matters. Establishing the first branch library of the Wagner Insti tute he attracted attention by his work and was selected by the Gover nor because of bis fitness. Mr. Montgomery is a member of many learned societies and known throughout the country. SHIP IS REQUISITIONED Bv Associated Press Berlin, Feb. 6.—The German min ister to Mexico to-day requisitioned the German steamship Yplranga for the removal of German subjects from Tampico. SUFFRAGE DEMONSTRATION By Associated Press Washington, I). C., Feb. fi. —Suffrage leaders began preparations to-day for ' the national suffrage demonstration to |be held here May 9. Their first move was a request for a police permit for | the use of certain streets on the day i of the demonstration. GUNMAN'S BULLET FATAL By Associated Press \ New York. Feb. 6.—Policeman Ed l ward Murtha, shot under the heart . last night by a gunman he was en deavoring to search, died to-day. James O'Connor, a bystander, who i was wounded by the gunman, was In | a critical condition to-day. 750,000 SEE MOVIES DAILY By Associated Press Chicago, 111.. Feb. fi.—Seven hun-l dred and fifty thousand persons daily! attend Chicago's «525 moving picture theaters, according to figures compiled to-day. On Sundays it was estimated that nearly 1,000,000 persons, or near ly half the population of the city, go to the "movies." CITY HONORS PERKINS By Associated Press Sioux City, Ta., Feb. 6.—With prac tically every place of business in the' I city closed for an hour as a last tr I - i bote, George 1). Perkins, late editor I and publisher of the Journal, will be' buried this afternoon. i TOLL EXEMPTIONS PROVISION OE GAIL UW IN CONGRESS i Repeal of Section It Administration Measure Backed by Wilson ' 1 ! WILL END ENGLAND'S PROTEST [I ! | President Will Probably Deliver ! Message Before House and Senate By Associated Press j Washington, D. C., Feb. 6. —Repeal of the toll exemptions provision of the Panama Canal law was before Con gress to-day nM an administration , measure backed by President Wilson. | Although a repeal of the section | which would give free passage to I American coastwise ships through the ! great waterway involves a practical I repudiation of one of the planks of I the Democratic platform adopted by i the Baltimore convention which nom* i inated President Wilson, administra tion leaders were sure of prompt ac tion In the House and began lining up I their forces in the Senate, where the I hardest fight will come. Some Demo crats there are avowedly in opposition to the President's wish and have an- I nounced their intention for fighting his proposal. A message to Congress, probably de livered in person by the President, is expected as soon as conferences de velop the administration's courso of action. i> jjeal of the free passage section will dispose of (treat Britain's protest that it is in violation of the i llay-Pauncefote treaty. Democratic. Senate leaders are in clined to the view that initiative action | would be awaited from the Mouse. | The extent of .the President's oppo-j jsHion is expected to be disclosed in I jtlio debate on the renewal of the gen-I oral arbitration treaty with Great Bri tain. Senators who oppose the repeal j of the toll clause argued to-day that the President's course might be con sidered wise from an international standpoint, even though the Senate should check its purpose. Representative Adamson has his bill! prepared to roueal the toll exemption ! clause, and is ready to Introduce it j when he brers directly from the Presi- 1 dent. Republicans Confident This Year's Campaign Will Be a Winner Philadelphia, Feb. 6.—Political de velopments of the last day or two j harve been so rapid-fire in their na ture that leaders of all parties are ob serving a diplomatic reticence in dis cussing the situation. McCormlck's unwise attack upon his Democratic competitor Ryan at the outset of the primary contest has embittered Demo crats all over the State and advices received hero indicate tremendous op position to the slated "reorganization" candidate. Congressman Palmer is said to have declared more than a month ago that he had no thought of being a candidate for Governor and it is said j here by those in his confidence that he has no hope of a successful issue of the gubernatorial contest. He maneuvered for the United States sen atorship because it was more prom ising and would invite support of tho Wilson administration. Attempts to conceal the schism in the Fllnn party have failed and an open break between the honest Roose velt men and those who are con.lur- | hig with his name cannot be avoided much longer. At Republican State headquarters here there is quiet confidence in the outcome of the campaign, the bitter controversies and clashing of personal ambitions among the inanagers of the other two parties giving increased im petus to the "back to the party" movement in this Republican State. Aeroplane Race Over Water Course Discussed By Associated Press New York, Feb. 6. A proposed aeroplane race over an all-water course from the Statue of Liberty, in this harbor, to the Boston harbor and return was discussed by aviators from all parts of the country who met at tho Aero Club of America here to-day. i It was suggested that the contest bo held this midsummer on days when the weather man promises an absence of fog and rain. The distance is ap proximately COO miles. EAST INDIANS AROUSED BY AUTHORITIES' ACTION By Associated Press Manila. Feb. ". —British Kast In dians to the number of 300 at a meet ing here to-day protested against the action of the authorities In refusing tlicm certificates enabling them to proceed to the United States. The speakers declared that hey did hot claim free entry to America for Brit ish Indians, but argued that those now in the Philippines were entitled to I admission to the United States. MONUMENT IN TYLER'S MEMORY By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ Feb. 6.—The ! memory of John Tyler, former Presi dent of the United States, is shortly to be honored by the erection of a monument over his grave in Holly wood Cemetery, Richmond, Va„ for which Congress has appropriated SIO,OOO. ACER MAN WEDS SECRETARY By Associated Press Hartford, Conn., Feb 6.—Winfred H. Nettleton, 88 years of age, a wealthy retired manufacturer, was married to his secretary, Mary Kelsey Baldwin, here last night. They left, to-day for Florida on their honey moon. 4, | Pretty High School Girl Who Disappeared, Tarns Up j '-v.< Brooklyn. The girl came here on a Dake Shore | train yesterday. She was accosted by a, lookout for the Y. W. C. A., and ; after saying that she was looking for j work, went to the association building, j She said she was Florence Lawrence, | but after being questioned admitted her name was Lawlor. ' Love For Two Girls | Prompts Young Man to < Kill One and Himself Special to The Telegraph Greensburg, Pa., Feb. 6.—Love for two sixteen-year-old girls, neither of whom knew of the other's existence, prompted John McFadden, aged 20, to kill Anna Lutz and himself as they sat in an automobile near Llgonier, Pa., early to-day. McFadden, who had taken the girl for a ride late last night, telephoned his employer that he would never see him again, and men In high power machines were sent hurrying over the mountains to find him. They came upon the auto mobile by the roadside, its engine still running, and McFadden and the girl dead. In- McFadden s pocket %as a note saying that Bertha Mllllgan, at Lambert, Pa., could tell the cause of the tragedy. To Coroner H. A. Mc- Murray the girl said McFadden had written her a letter yesterday telling her he was going to kill "the other girl" and himself. Cold Blast Causes Big Drop in Temperature By Associated Press Denver, Col., Feb. 6. —The cold blast and slight snowfall which swept down from the northwest last night caused record drops of temperature through out the Rocky Mountain region. In Denver the temperature early to- i day was G degrees below zero, the lowest for the season. At Trinidad, l Col., coal mine strikers and militia men on duty In the strike zone suf fered alike In the grip of one of the worst storms of the season. SOCIAL CLUBS TO UK TAXED BECAUSE OF AN OVERSIGHT i By Assoc fated Press i New York. Feb. 6.—A1l social clubs, provided they are incorporated, are : subject to the provisions of the In come tax law, according to a ruling , by AV. 11. Osborn, commissioner of in ternal revenue. It is supposed, Com missioner Osborn says, that Congress did not intend that such organizations should come within the law, but failed to exempt them through an oversight, i and the result is that they are taxable. - Toe Nail of l ull Pup Helps Mistress Establish Ownership Dispute Over Hound Leads to Girl's Arrest, But She Proved the Pup Belonged to Her A toe nail taken from her pet bull pup a- reSv weeks ago was produced as evidence in a larceny case la*t evening before Alderman Kramme, by Kitty Brown, 517 Brown Htreet, to prove she was the owner of the dog. Roy Garverick, 1113 Montgomery street, was the prosecutor In the case. Boy had a little white bull dog. So did Kitty. One pleasant evening not long since Hoy's dog decided to take a walk. He failed to return. Koy went out. to look for the little bull and spied him in front of Kitty's home. CITY ABBATOIR 15 lIiER DISCUSSION, SAYS MR. BOWMAN Structure, If Built, Should Be Cen trally Located Thinks Commissioner While the erection of a city abba toir as a solution to the city's meat Inspection problem is still a matter for the future, Commissioner 11. F. Bowman of the department of public safety and the members of the health board have been discussing the var ious phases of such a plan. Whether or not the construction of such a building would be practicable from an economic viewpoint. Com missioner Bowman isn't certain frotn the data ho has obtained on the sub ject. "Nothing has been done definitely about this as yet," said he, "but I have discussed the question with mem bers of the health board. I don't I Continued 011 Page ifll | Washington Association Names 12 Cities Which Should Have New Banks By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Feb. 6.—The plan which the Washington Clearing House Association has approved for the system of federal reserve banks to be established under the new currency law were forwarded to the federal re serve organization committee to-day. Washington is named as the head quarters for one of the first eight dis tricts and four additional districts are also named, in order of preference, in the event that more than eight federal reserve banks are created. The twelve cities recommended are New York, with surplus and capital of national banks of $364,000,000 and capital for a regional bank of $22,000,000; Washington, with $260,- 000,000 and $15,000,000, respectively; Chicago, $184,000,000 and $1 1,000,000; Boston, $165,000,000 and $10,000,000; St. Louis, $90,000,000 and $5,400,000; Kan Francisco, $116,000,000 and $7,000,000; Atlanta, $78,000,000 and $4,666,000; Denver, $68,000,000 and $4,000,000; Cincinnati. $120,000,000 and $7,000,000; Kansas City, $148,- 000,000 and $9,000,000; Pittsburgh, $116,000,000 and $7,000,000, and Min neapolis, with $80,000,000 capital and surplus in the national banks of the district and $4,800,000 of capital for a regional bank. The capital of State banks and trust companies that might come into the system are not Included in the figures submitted. SUFFRAGISTS WILL SPEAK ON LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY By Associated Press New York, Feb. 6. —The Women's Political Union is preparing to cele brate the birthday of Lincoln with a twelve-hour talkfoßt for suffrage. Every part of the city will be visited by speakers and every member of the union who can speak will be utilized for the occasion. . REAR ADMIRAL'S WIDOW DIES By Associated Press Worcester, Mass., Feb. 6. - Mrs. Mary Eastman, widow of Rear Ad miral John Robie Eastman, died hero to-day, aged 73 years. Her husband died about three months ago. Kitty saw the stranger take her ani mal away and she started to run after him. After a dispute Kitty sm-ceeded in getting back her hound, but Uar verick started a suit to recover the pup, declaring it to be his. At last night's hearing Kitty proved conclusively that the dog was hers when she produced as evidence a long toe nail which rocently had been re moved from the dog while the' pup had a sore on his foot. It then de veloped that there were two bull pupa much alike. lioy's dog ie stil! anions the miss ing. I 20 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT. 6. HOG, ACCUSED OF FOOLISHNESS. IS IT. USTJCQOITTEO Br'er Wood chuck Would Chuckle' Today If He Wasn't Asleep in His Hole REPORTER IS HIS ATTORNEY In Rambles Through Slush the? Cold Truth Is Gathered For the Jury If the "proof of the pudding !■'• worth two in the bush" why are not fJew of the facts herein related proof that a certain groundhog who scam pered to cover on Monday was a "wise 1 father who knows his own sun." „„Ti! e attorn ey for the plaintiff, gentlemen of the Jury, relates these tacts for your consideration and if w» show these things we ask you on your' oaths to acquit the prisoner of fooUsh-- ness. Briefly the facta are these: , February 2. 1914, a. Ho* leaving nis winter home for a minute blinked at a bright sun, and scampered back to a hole in an old tree. °i Bll P er stitlon and signs' to"T a there was nothing „,.- Ve , Wls^, to Bhow that G - Hog wa* u , h , B eason - To-day an inch and a half of snow haa fallen with more coming. To-morrow it will be come clear and the wind will turn around until its back is to the North Pole and breath icicles through the atmosphere. Hunc 'ay, let it be known, zero 1 weather will be with us, and this fact alone should convince the wiseacres of the superior wisdom of G. Hog. Ww shiver; he slumbers. Zero for Sunday, unless something unexpected happens, in coming our' way, says Weather Forecaster 1 De-- main. BREMNER FTTNERAI/ MONDAY Passaic, N. .7., Feb. The body of Representative Robert C. Bremner, who died at Baltimore of cancer after the radium treatment had failed, was brought to iiis home here to-dav. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock next Monday afternoon. VOTE ON ROAI> BTTjI; TO-NIGHT Washington, Feb. «.—Un