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PEN! HAS BEST
DAM LAWS IN UNION
State Can Exercise Closer Supers
vision Than Usnal, Say
Engineers
Closer supervision over the construc
tion of dams is exercised by the State
of Pennsylvania under the present laws
than any other State in the Union, in
the opinion of prominent engineers
from New York, who attended the lec
ture on the Stony river dam failure
given in the Board of Trade last night
by T. E. Seelve, assistant engineer to
the State Water Supply Commission.
In an effort to learn the causes of
such failures of dams, the State Water
Supply Commission sent Mr. Seelye to
AVest Virginia as soon as the dam
broke, on January 15. He was sent
there to learn the cause so that similar
accidents could be prevented in the fu
ture in this State. Mr. Seelye said the
cause of the failure was that a portion
of the cutoff wall on the upstream side
of the dam was not sufficiently deep
and was not set on impervious strata.
Contrary to earlier reports it was
shown that the ice in the reservoir had
nothing to do with the failure.
A discussion, in which a dozen promi
nent engineers from New York, Phila
delphia, Pittsburgh and other cities
tooK part, followed Mr. Seelye's paper.
Among those who talked were; 11.
P. Shoemaker, city engineer of Lock
Haven; R. F. Huhcr, former city engi
neer of Chambersburg: F. W. Scheitlen
helm. consulting engineer and chief en
gineer of the Hydro-Electric Company,
of West Virginia; Herman B. Schreibel,
of Seller and Rippey, Philadelphia en
gineers; A. T. Hllberg. associate editor
of the Engineering Record: F. O.
Wright, associate editor of the Engi
neering News; J. W. Ledoux, Philadel
phia.
COT,. O'SHAI GHNESSY ILL
By Associated Press
Xew York, Fob. 14. —The condition
of Colonel James O'Sliaughnessy,
father of Nelson O'Shaughnessy,
American charge d'affaires at Mexico
City, was improved to-day. He is
suffering with pneumonia.
XL - Hershey was laid out to meet
IHv the needs of man and his
home. Not alone were the
fAMHAniAM/kAii needs provided for, but that
Conveniences Which goes to make life com- j
plete—beauty. Hershey is a !
nf town bui . k upon city P r °P° r -
UI IJLCI ollCjr tions, without city sordid
ness. All public and social
institutions are here. You
need not go to a city to shop j
or bank.
Hershey is built upon the
Garden City plan. Its broad
avenues of macadam—its
grass plots—its homes can
not fail to impress you. Her
shey spells contentment in
life. If that is your object in
life; we desire the opportun
ity to explain in detail just
how much Hershey will mean
to you.
Lots sell for $600.00 upward
for 40 feet frontage. A few
reasonable restrictions pro
tect your home. Representa
tives always on the ground.
Phone or write.
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SATURDAY EVENING,
Two Men Cause Death of
Nine Persons in England
By Associated Prfss
London, Feb. 14.—Sudden outbursts
of insanity in two fathers of families
were Responsible for the death of
nine persons at Hurlesden, northern
London, at at Tombridge, Kent. Wal
ter Johnson, an official of the Harleß
den Street Car Company, strangled
his wife and three children and then
hanged himself. James Standen, pro
prietor of a laundry at Tombridge,
shot his three children as they lay in
bed and then himself.
INTERNAL REVENUE PLACES
FILLED BV KIHKENDALL
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Feb. 14. N. R.
White. Wellsboro; John T. Matt, Ever
ette: Thomas A. Kuddy, Scranton, and
W. C. Myton, Altoona. have been ap
pointed division deputies by Collector
of Internal Revenue Kirkendall, of the
ninth district, to take effect March. I.
W. V. Davis, Edwardsville, and Wil
liam Lantz, Chambersburg, were named
as office deputies at Lancaster.
IN HEAT OF BIjOOD
Let me live our my years in heat of
blood!
Let me die drunken with the
i dreamer'B wine!
Yet me not see this soul house built
of mud
Go toppling to the dust —O Vacant
Shrine!
Let me go quickly like a candle
light
Snuffed out just at the heyday of Its
glow!
Give me high noon —and lei it then
be night!
j Thus would I go.
And grant that when I face the grisly
| Thing,
\ My song may trumpet down the gray
Perhaps!
! Let me be as a tune-swept fiddle
string
That feels the Master Melody—and
snaps!
—John G. Neihardt in "A Bundle
of Myrrh."
I ask Thee for the dally strength
To none that ask denied;
A mind to blend with outward
life.
While keeping by Thy side;
Content to fill a little space
i If Thou be glorified.
SUIT FOR SHIS
FILED IN], S. COURT
Steelton Austrian Whose Hand Is
Mangled Wants Redress
of P. S. Co.
The
brought in Uncle Sam's Court be
cause the law provides that where a
foreign subject Is injured In the em
ploy of a corporation of Pennsylvania,
the Injured one may have his choice
of seeking redress in the Federal or
county courts. The trial will likely be
listed for May term.
The damage claim is based upon the
alleged negflgence of the company in
ordering Joseph, through one of the
shifting foremen, to unlock a gondola
car about June 16. 1913. The door re
fused to budge and Joseph and a com
pany were beneath, prying at the re
luctant bolt, when another draught
bumped into the can Vrcek's left
hand was so badly crushed as to make
It useless. Only the thumb dangles
from the wrist.
Auditor FOP Danville Rank.—Pres
ident Judge Kunkel to-day appointed
William J. Baldy, Danville, to audit
the accounts of William G. Pursell,
receiver for the People s Bank at Dan
ville.
At the Register's Office. —The will
of Catherine Light, Millersburg, was
probated to-day and letters were
granted to her son, John W. Light,
Palmerton, Pa.
Realty Transfers.—Realty transac
tions Recorded yesterday included the
following: T. Yoselowitz to Tama
Sain, Steelton, $950; A. Baumbach to
S. Klanvoresky, Middletown, $1,600;
H. L. Spangler to Ellas Seltzer, Lower
Paxton, $950; Sara W. Hess to Alice
Harner, 406 % Reily, $1,200; W. H.
Wagner to Roy W. Wagner, Brook
wood street, $1,300; Dora G. Speak
man et al. F. F. Hetrick. 1910-14 and
24 Park street, $10; F. F. Hetrick to
Wayne B. Johns, 1920 Park, and E.
G. P. Raunicker, 1926 Park, $1 each;
W. G. Long, 1922-24 Park, $100; Guy
W. Welham, 1914 Park, $3,050; Dora
G. Spealman, 1910 Park, $3,000, and
Samuel Weigle, 1916 Park, $3,050.
Boyer as St. Valentine.—More than
a dozen post pards and valentines in
tended for the inmates and attache?
of the almshouse were mailed to the
office of the board to-day and wert
taken out to the poor house by Di
rector C. L. Boyer.
To Celebrate 82nd Birthday. —An-
nouncements have been received bv
many of the county officials of th<
eighty-second birthday anniversary
February 16, of Samuel B. Coles
senior editor of the Lykens standar
and probably one of the oldest print
ers and editors in the State. Count\
officers and attaches will mail tht
veteran editor cards of greetings.
FIXED FOR CRUELTY
Simon Cooper, of 600 North street.
| was arrested this morning by Samue'
C. Cunkle, special officer for the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, charged with working a horse
I with sores on his back. This being
Cooper's second offense he was fined
S2O by Alderman Murray.
POSTMASTER FOR GETTYSBURG
Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 14.—News
reached here last night of the selection
of C. S. Duncan as postmaster for till'
place. Congressman Brodbeck is being
severely censured for the appointment
as hundreds of Gettysburg people pe
titioned for other candidates and Dun
can was apparently the choice of the
minority.
VICTORIA THEATER
At this theater to-day "Madam Sa
tan," a three-act feature showing how
a young and beautiful girl takes the
leadership of a band of outlaws and
lawbreakers, will be shown. "Little
Billy's Strategy" -is a Keystone comic
picture. This picture shows the smallest
and youngest comedian working in mo
tion pictures. "At the Patter's Wheel"
and "For Her Brother's Sake" will also
be shown. —Advertisement.
TELEPHONE SOCIETY TO MEET
The monthly meeting of the Tele
phone Society of Harrlsburg will be
held Monday evening, February 16,
1914, at 8 o'clock, in the Board of Trade
Building. The speaker will be W. B
Clarkson, division manager of the Cen
tral District Telephone Company, Pitts
burgh, Pa., who will deliver an'address
on "Government Ownership."
OLD MILL IS DESTROYED
By Associated Press
Williamsport, Pa., Feb. 14. —The
West Branch Box and Lumber Com
pany mill burned here last night. Loss
$50,000.
Deaths and Funerals
DR. SUSAN F. ROSE
Professor Edward G. Bose, super
visor of muhic in the public schools,
leaves to-night for Meadville to attend
thi funeral of his sister, Dr. Susan F.
Rose, for the past ten years supreme
medical examiner of the Ladles of the
Maccabees. Dr. Rose died yesterday
at the Meadville city hospital, after an
illness of four years following a stroke
of paralysis. She practiced her pro
fession for twenty years prior to her
connection with the Ladles of the Mac
cabees, and was known throughout the
country for her ability and kindliness.
Dr. Rose is survived by two sisters,
Mrs.'Annie B. Phillips, of Hazleton, and
Mrs. Tleanor Dewey, of Townville, Pa.,
and one brother, Professor Edward G.
Rose, of this city. Funeral services
will be held on Monday.
PLUMMER FUNERAL
Funeral services for Amos J. Plum
mer, the telegraph operator of the
Pennsylvania Railrdad, who died Wed
nesday morning at the Harrlsburg
Hospital, were held this afternoon from
ills late home, 1407 Regina street. The
Rev. James F. Bullitt, pastor of the St.
Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church,
officiated. Burial was made In the Pen
brook Cemetery.
DIES IN FATHER'S ARMS
Nicholas Gany, 13-month-old son of
George Gany, of Altoona, became sud
denly 111 in a Philadelphia train, early
this morning, as it reached the local
yards, and died shortly after. Accord
ing to Coroner Eckinger, the child died
from stomach trouble. The father and
child were or. their way home to Al
toona from New York City.
LOTTIE C. HAMMACHER
Lottie C. Hammacher, aged 9 years,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abram Ham
macher, 1937 Swatara street, died last
evening at the home of her parents.
Funeral services will be held to-mor
row afternoon at 2 o'clock. The body
will bo taken to New Buffalo, Pa.,
Monday morning for burial.
taAFRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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I Story of His Failure Brings I
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■ Moved by a very natural impulse, a young lawyer sat ||
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B of his failure to make a living at his profession. The H
fi Pviblic Ledger printed that letter on a prominent page B
■ last Sunday because it believed that the letter was a Bj
B human document of unusual interest. §1
■ Now come many letters to the Ledger for this man — Hi
H oi:e from ex-Governor Penny packer; others from officials |i
■ of prominent corporations; some offering advice; others B
B offering legal work. B
I This man's letter written to the Public Ledger may H
I prove the turring point in his career —as momentous a S|
I moment as when Dick Whittington, sitting on the first 11
H milestone out of London, heard Bow Bells adjuring him El
B to come back and be thrice Mayor of London. H
H This delightful sequel to the young lawyer's letter 13
HI will be printed fully in the Sunday Ledger tomorrow, to- I
B gether with other interesting things, as B
B (1) a Philadelphia woman has kept a little shop for fifty-seven rag
B years and has never been inside a department store or a street car; B
B (2) a Philadelphia man has collected nearly every published edi- H
B tion of Robinson Crusoe, and there are thousands of them; (3) B
P ; "movies" are made in Philadelphia, and making a film is as in- B
B teresting as the show. 13
P These four true stories of Philadelphia life and many I|l
H other articles give an added value to the five cents you m
B spend for the Sunday, February Fifteenth VI
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Mexican Newspaper Says
Wilson and His Word Are
Both Lacking in Honor
By Associated Press
Mexico City, Feb. 14.—1n spite of
the protest made by Nelson O'Shaugh
nessy, American charge d'affaires, and
of the instructions of the Mexican for
eign office to desist from attacks on
President Wilson, El Imparcial to-day
bore a three column first page head
line:
"The Word of Wilson Lacks Honor
as l>oes He Himself."
The article which follows comments |
on the recognition by the United
States of the new Peruvian govern
ment within four days after the suc
cess of the revolt. "This was done,"
the newspapers says, "in face of the
declaration from the White House on
March 11, 1913, that the purpose of
the United States is to deny sympathy
to all revolutionary governments.
***** Yankee processes
work only along the line of evil pas
sions."
With similar prominence El Im
parcial publishes an account of the
alleged failure of 160 banks in the
southern United States because of
President Wilson's "iniquitous Mex
ican policy." An effort is made by
the newspaper to show that President
Wilson's policy is disapproved by the
great majority of people in the United
States and by practically all those in
southern States.
SUFFRAGISTS TO BE HEARD
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 14.—Announce
ment was made to-day by Represen
tative Clayton, of Alabama, chalfman
of the House Judiciary committee,
that the congressional union for wom
an suffrage would be given a hearing
by the committee on March I.
FUNERAL OF ADAM LEXTZ
Grantville, Pa., Feb. 14. —The fu
neral of Adam Conrad Lentz took
place from his late home at Shells
| vllle on Weduesday afternoon. Mr.
Lentz was at on time a resident of
I Harrisburg, but moved to this locality
I many years ago, where he was high
i ly respected by neighbors and friends.
I Services were held in Shell's Church
where the deceased was a member and
regular attendant of the Lutheran
I congregation as long as his health
permitted. Services were In charge
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FEBRUARY 14,1914.
of the Lutheran pastor, the Rev. O. R.
Bittner. Mr. Lentz was the son of
Jacob and Elizabeth Lentz and was
born in Germany on February 27,
1837. He came to this country in his
youth and later married Annie Mary
Sayre, by whom he is survived; also
by three sons, four daughters and one
sister. He was 76 years old.
WORKING OX IMMIGRANT BILL
Washington, Feb. 14.—Despite pre
dictions from some senators that thera
will be no immigration legislation at
this session of congress the Senate
Committee on Immigration was in
clined to-day to exert every possible
effort to expedite a report on the Bur
nett bill as it passed the House.
ADIRONDACK HOTEL BURNED
By Associated Press
Oloversvllle, N. Y., Feb. 1£. —Lewey
Lakehouse, for half a century, one of
the best known Adirondack hotels was
destroyed by Are last night.