Mackay Divorce Decree Proves Big Surprise to Many Friends of Principals HARRISBURG gjggj&l TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 43 Liquor Sold "On Credit" Over Many Hotel Bars of City, Proprietors Admit Woman Tells How Husband Runs "Booze" Bills as High as S2O a Month; Hearings on 5 Remonstrances Heard Until Late This Afternoon; Half Dozen Others Will Follow Liquor la iolfl "on credit" over many hotel bars of the city, accord ing to the statements of witnesses and the admissions of saloon proprietors at this morning's session of the 1914 Dauphin County License Court. How the systems are carried on to the detriment of many a monthly pay check, and the evils that result, were developed In the course of a eerles of Inquiries begun at the In stance of the Clvlo Council of the Federated Churches of ITarrlsburg. All day President Judge Kunkel heard remonstrances. The inquisition of saloonkeepers affected marks the Initial move of the campaign pro posed by the Dauphin county "No licelns* League," -whose purpose is to NO TRACE FOUND OF SCHOONER KINEO AND 11 MEMBERS OF CREW Wireless Calls, Sweeping Over Sea, Unable to Locate Disabled Vessel By Associated Press Norfolk. Ya.. Feb. 19.—Wireless calls sweeping over the sea from the radio towers on the Middle Atlantic const, revenue cutters and numbers of steamships to-day found no trace of the five-master schooner Kitieo of Bath, Maine, last reported yesterday taking twelve inches of water :m hour and in a disabled condition. The schooner with her crew of eleven had been in bad fortune' for the last month, twice she had her sails blown away by scowtherlng gales and onre put into port for safety. When she i was sighted by the steamer City of At lanta yesterday, it did not seem neces sary fur the liner to take off ber crew [ Continued on Page 6] Four Men Seriously Injured by Explosion in Pumping Station By Associated Press Wayneaburgr, Pa., Feb. 18.—A pumping station of the Manufacturers' Light and Heat Company, one mile 1 from here, was ".down to pieces early l to-day. John Spicer, In charge of the station, was hurled through the air fifty feet and when found two hours later, was in a dying condition. Three other men were seriously hurt. The pumps in the station were wrecked and the gas igniting blazed a hundred feet into the air. The station was the principal pumping point on the com pany's main linj from the- West Vir-, ginia natural gas fields to the Pitts burgh district. Crazed Man Kills One and Wounds Two Others By Associated Press Hutchinson. Kas., Feb. 19.—1n what I Ae police believe was a sudden fit of ynsanity, Abraham Ostatter, a pawn-, broker here, to-day shot and killed 1 his mother-in-law, Mrs. Joseph Coahn, then shot his wife, Mrs. Sadie Ostat ter, and his father-in-law, Joseph Coahn, inflicting probably fatal wounds. Ostatter fell to the floor un conscious. A physician pronounced him suffering from e 4 llepsy. & Late News Bulletins PATRONS' DAY IN SCHOOL Patrons' Day will lie observed in the city schools to-morrow. In each building the principal is permitted to make arrangements for exercises. MRS. BOND WILL APPEAL Oklahoma City. Okia., Feb. ll).—Motive of appeal from the verdict wm given to-day by attorneys foi Mrs. Bond, who lost her Milt against Senator Gore on the charge of asault. VILLA FOR NEUTRAL ZONE Juarez. Hex., Feb. 19.— General Francisco Villa, the rebel com mander. agreed to the proposition for a neutral zone at Torreon, in a conversation to-day over the telephone uith General Hugh l>. Scott. • MRS. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON DEAD Santa Barbara. Cal., Feb. 19. —Mrs, Robert I,ouis Stevenson, widow of the famous novelist, died of apoplexy at her home hi Monteeito yesterday. CASTILLO TO GO TO EL PASO HACHITA, X. M.. Feb. lit.—Maximo Castillo, the captured Mexi can bandit and those taken with him will lie taken to El Pnso this aft ernoon. There were rumors that an attempt would he made by Cas tillo's Mends to hold up the train, but these were not taken seriously. CELTIC AND MADONNA SAIL New York, Feb. 19.—Neither the White Star Ijine steamer Celtic nor the I'abre Line steamer Madonna, which were reported yesterday In collision in the bay of Naples, was damaged to the extent of delaying It* sailing, acordlng lo advices revived hero to-day by cable. Botli bailed from Naples for New York oil their regular schedule. HASSETT DENIES RUMORS New Vork. Feb. 19.—Thomas Ilassett. a prominent Tanunauy poli tician, to-day refuted rumors that lie would plead guilty to an indict ment growing out of District Attorney Whitman's graft Investigation and demurred to tho indictment on technicalities. It had lieen per-' ■latently reported that lie would aid the prosecutor. New \ork. Feb, 19.—The market closed steady. Prices drifted idly In the late dealings, and the level was not essentially changed. Rock Island shares wer(s offered down steadily. The preferred established a new low figure at 9%. Wail Street Closing.—Aniai. Copper. 75%; Atchison', 97%: Balti more and Ohio. Brooklyn R. T.. 92%; Canadian Pacific 21514 • Chesapeake and Ohio. 6|V, : c„ M & St. P.. KM: Ijehlgh Valley. 150*?' New Vork Central. Northern Pacific. 110 • ; Heading 167 «i' PennsyUaiila Railroad. 112(4; Southern Pacific, »«'*,; lnion Pacific' 1621 nited States Steel. 60. ' * drive the liquor tnflfro from the county. The particular places in which the existence of the credit system on more or less extensive scales was pointed out, was a direct result of the state ments made to President Judge Kun kel in four letters relative to uptown saloons and signed by one "George Brown." Couldn't Find Ijetter Writer George Brown failed to answer to his name to-day and counsel for the liquor men affected, the District At torney and the counsel for the Civic Council of Federated Church all de clared their efforts to locate a George f Con tinned on Page *ll MACKAY DIVORCE IS GREAT SURPRISE TO FRIENDS OF COUPLE Separation Granted In Paris; Case, Many Thought, Would Be Heard in Maine Py A.tfonated Press Xew York, Feb. 19.—The announce ment that Clarence H. Mackay, finan cier and president of the Postal Tele raph-Cable Company, and Catherine Duer Mackay, hi* wife, had t>een granted a mutual divorce by the French courts on February 11, came as a surprise, not because it was un expected but because of the place and manner in which the decree was granted. For many months the cou ple have been living apart, and so ciety's only query was when a suit for divorce would be filed. Tt was thought Portland, Maine, would be the place, as Mrs. Mackav leased a house and established a resi [ Continued on Page d 1 Original Gowns Worn by First Ladies of Land to Be Put on Display By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 19.—Many of the original gowns worn by the first ladies of the land on State and other occa sions and draped on plaster figures, will be placed on exhibition at the National Museum beginning next Mon day. The remarkable collection will show how the wives of the Presidents from Martha Washington to Mrs. Taft were garbed in the style of their dav. Ten gowns have thus far been se cured, but the collection will be added to until every period of the na tion's feminine fashions is represented. The first ten figures to be placed on view are Mrs. Washington, Mrs. James Madison, Mrs. John Tyler, Mrs. James K. Polk, Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, Mrs. U. S. Grant, Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Mrs. William H. Taft and Mrs. Samuel L. Gouverneur. Mrs. Washington will be shown at a tea table at Mount Vernon in one of the picturesqde costumes of her day, while .Mrs. Taft's cast will be garbed in the facsimile of the gown she wore at the inaugural of her hus band. The display will be In charge of Mrs. Julian James and Mrs. R. R. Hoes, the great-great-granddaughter of President Monroe. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1914. MELTING SNOWS! IDT LIKELY TO PUT RIVER ONAIIMPIGE Susquehanna Is Low and Excess Drainage Will Not Overflow Banks of Stream ICY STREETS CAUSE ACCIDENTS People Fall by Dozens; Colder Weather Expected by Tomor row Afternoon Anxious property owners and real dents of the flood district along the Susquehanna river in this city and its vicinity have little cause for worry on account of the rapid melting of the snow, according to a statement issued to-day by E. R. Demain, of the Weather Bureau. Hundreds of people living along the river entertained fears to-day that (he stream would be thrown into a dangerous flood stage because of the snow and the steady rain of last night and to-day. Harrlsburg Is lying In the very cen ter of the section of the State affected by the heavy storm of a week ago. A foot of snow covers the Susquehanna water shed, but the river will not rise until to-night to any noticeable ex tent. By that time, the rise may be rapid, but because of the low stage of the river no alarm need be felt. It Is said. Melting snows from the upper branches will begin to effect the river here to-morrow but the creeks above the city will begin to pour their bur den down to-day. >lany People Fall The rain which started early last evening froEe as it *ell and made walking treacherous. Many people fell before they realised that the pave ments were covered with ice. Half a fContinued on Pajjr ft] "BUTCH" M'DEVUT MIK BRING STATUE TO REILV HOSE FAIR Millionaire-f or-a-daj,'' Says He's Broke, But Wants to Come to Help the Cause j Harrißburg will see John Jay McDe ?.!i ter kno,rr > as ••Butch" McDel I vitt, the millionaire for a day" and , his statue providing arrangements can „ 6 ,r i ? do l w by . the Relly Hose Company to have the famous Wilkes- Barre resi dent visit Itarrisburg during the fair i now in progress. The man who became famous spend ing tw-o small fortunes, chartering spe cial trains, visiting New York and lat er Washington, D. C.. to have his statue placed in the Hall of Fame writes in answer to a request from ' iM 0 oh that he m «J" come to Har risburg and visit the Reily Hose Com pany fair. He says: ; I do not knov- what to say re- I garding the sta je and the re quest you make, as you will ap preciate the fact, that I am no longer a man of money. How- I e\ er, I would be only pleased to assist the cause and if I could see my way out T would do so. It will i naturally cost you a few dollars | to have the same expressed to I your city, and if you desired mv presence I would be obliged to i na\ eat feast my expenses. ou understand that X do not make a cent out of the venture but. as I have stated. I am not in i a position to get down in mv ; pockets. Anyhow if I did get down 1 would find them emptv. ) Ho if you wish. I will arrange to go Saturday evening and take mv I 3 I a ,! UP wlth me - but 1 would be j obliged to stay but ore night, as I have other engagements'under consideration. It was announced by the Belly Hose ( ompany committee that it is the in dention to have "Butch" McDevitt | come to Harrisburg, but the date had not been decided upon. It will be (either on Saturdaj or early next ; week. | Chief Justice White Has Been On the Supreme Bench 20 Years By Associated Press Washington, D. 0., Feb. la.—Chief Justice White to-day observed the I twentieth anniversary of his appoint | ment to the Supreme Court bench. iThc twentieth anniversary of his ser j vice on the bench will not occur until ! March 12. ; The anniversary recalled the bitter i contest which preceded Chief Justice i White's appointment as an associate ! Justice on the bench. Two selections by President Cleveland had proven j unsatisfactory to the Senate. The j President solved the problem by I choosing a member of tho Senate it self, Edward Douglas White, of Louisi ana. His nomination was confirmed without delay. The Chief. Justice has many years Ito serve before he approaches the 1 record for long service in the court. | Chief Justice Marshall and Justices i Field and Harlan are credited with I more than thirty-three years' service j each. I GREEK CROWN PRLVCE TO WED Special to The Telegraph Vienna, Feb. 19. —According to a i Bucharest dispatch to the Neue Fret ! Presso, the Greek crown prince and Princess Elizabeth of Rumania will be married in Athens. May 21. It Is stated that the Kaiser arranged the match and will assist as wltnesß with I Queon Elizabeth of Rumania. LOOK WHO'S HERE. sV/tM lH (oNt CIHT LtTTeiL, 1 New* Item—One cent letter postage is being demanded at Washington. President Bur rows and Secretary Mcintosh of the National One Cent Letter Postage Association, are heading an invasion on the National Capitol in behalf of lower letter postage. BEGINNERS IN IE SCHOOL ROOM HAVE HE DIE SESSIONS Crowded Conditions Compel Divid ing of Youngsters Into After noon and Morning Classes Overcrowded conditions in Allison' I Hill have made necessary half-day] sessions for beginners in one room of I the Webster building, and tilled every) other room on the Hill to capacity. . Two hundred and twenty-three be ginners were admitted to schools all over the city during the first two! weeks of February. This number is' larger by half a hundred than last. | year's record, when 168 were admitted. With these beginners, the total enroll ment in the city schools is close to 10,500, the highest in the history of the city schools. To accommodate the rush on the Hill and relieve several crowded rooms twenty of the beginners were sent to Miss Morgan's room of first grade students in the Webster building. There were forty-eight pupils in this room before February 1 and sixty eight scholars were too many to handle. Dr. F. E. Downes decided to divide the school into two sections, having one section attend school in the morn ing and the other In the afternoon. This condition will last at least until j June. In other parts of the city, schools! are also crowded. At the Forney j building six new desks were crowded i into one.room where there were forty- j eight children before. At the Reily building nine new desks were added iii ' a room which had not been crowded I before. Speaking of the attendance this year j Dr. F. E. Downes, cltv superintendent! said that this is the first year that there lias been an enrollment every month of more than 10.000 pupils, lii I January the enrollment was 10,230. Last year at the sam time the en rollment was 10.063. The addition of the 223 beginners will 1 ring the eu rollment for February up almost to .10,500. Alaska Railroad Bill Passed By House By Vote of 230 to 87 i Special to The Telegraph Washington, D. C\, Feb. 19. l3y a' vote of 230 to 87 the House of Kepre- I sen tat Ives last night passed the Alas- I kail railroad bill. It provides for the i construction by the United States Gov- I eminent of a railroad in Alaska at a! cost of $35,000,000. The road Is to be ' owned nnd operated by the Government and will tap the Bering and .Matanuska coal fields. The action taken assures the carry ing out of the Wilson administration project for such a Government rail way, because the Senate has already passed a similar bill. While the House added important amendments to the Senate measure, these are not such as to prevent adjustment of these differ ences in conference. VIM; LANGUAGE MAY CAUSE WOMEN TO IA)SE LIBERTY tiy Associated Press Albany, N. Y., Feb. 19.—Inmates of the State Priso for Women at Au burn will probably lose their recently granted liberty of conversation. The rule permitting general conversation at meals and in the shop was adopted at the suggestion of two young women investigators who voluntarily entered the prison -■evral months agp *.o study conditions there. The chief matron's report to-day shows that the rule lias not worked well "because the opportunity has been used by some to engage in vile language anil degraded discussions. DECISION ON FREIGHT RATE INCREASE TO BE IDE IN 3 MONTHS Announcement of Commissioner Harlan Is Received With Interest By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Feb. 19.—De cision by the Interstate Commerce I Commission on the proposed freight ' rate increases is expected to be reach ed probably within three months and i certainly before the commission ad ! journs for its summer recess on July 1. ! This announcement substantially, made by Commissioner Harlan to day. Commissioner Harlan said: "Recognizing the public importance of an early disposition of the prob lems before use here, the carriers, shippers and the commission are using every effort to bring the inquiry to an early conclusion, and there Is rea son to think the record on the main issues in the case may be closed and the arguments had in time to enable the commission to dispose of those questions before the summer recess." Commissioner Harlan explained that the commission had before it two broad inquiries in respect of the pro posed advance: "Are the present, revenues of the ; carriers adequate?" i "If not, how may they be supple j mented'.'" Hearing: anil Argument At the hearings held so far, testi i mony was taken regarding free serv ices and special allowances to large | shippers. A hearing will be held here j February 27 and 28 to consider fur -1 ther charges for "spotting" cars on j sidetracks nnd for similar services: I and on March 16 and 17 those subjects will be argued. Records of the corn ! mission show that there are 25,000 ; shippers' sidetracks and spurtracks in the territory east of the Mississippi rivi r. .Mr. Hi rlan expressed the desire of [ Continued on I'age lo| Pacific Coast Men in House Insist on Action on Immigration Bill liy Associated Press j Washington. D. C., Feb. 19. —De- j spito efforts of the administration to I prevent agitation of proposed legls | lation lor exclusion of Asiatic imml i grants pending in the peace negotia tions with Japan, Pacific coast mem bers were prepared to insist upon ac tion when the House committee on immigration again considered the sub ject to-day. Representative Raker, of California, was ready to urge his bill, which would exclude Japanese and other Asiatics, while Representative Church, also of that State, who, al though preferring the more sweeping exclusion legislation, pressed as a com promise his bill designed tc bar out the Hindus. D. OF R. HERE MAY 1H The annual convention of the Daughters of Rebecca, a branch or ganization of tlic Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will be held In this city May 18. More than 200 members of the organization from all parts of the State will be present. They have made reservations at the Bolton'Hotel. EXPRESS CAR BURNED Stamford, Conn., Feb. 19.—A sealed express car filled with packages ship ped from New York by the American Express Company 'was burned here to-day. The loss will be heavy, as among the packages burned were a containing valuable silks. TRACY MAY HAVE NO SUCCESSOR ONBOARD; MORE FOR FORHER Granjmar and High School Pupils to Protest Against His Removal I While the question of the election of a successor to David E. Tracy as presi dent and member of the Board of Public Works was discussed at the meeting of the board this afternoon, the chances are that no choice may bo made. The board as now constituted, with two members, may continue the city's public Improvement work. The resignation of Mr. Tracy as president and member of the board had been expected for some time by J. William Bowman and Ed. C. Thompson, fellow- members, as well as W. H. Lynch, Commissioner of Streets of Public Improvements, the head of the department. They all wanted Mr. Tracy to remain until the improve ment work now under way—the rivet dam, the wall and the Paxton creek job—were completed. Press of busi ness made this impossible, however. In view of the fact that the board under the new form of government serves only in an advisory capacity to Mr. Lynch, one of the members said to-day. that he didn't know whether a third man would be chosen. ! To-morrow night the Harrisburg track athletic committee will meet •to act on the question of the dismissal of V. Grant Forrer as park superin tendent. Resolutions will be adopted, it is expected, and it iH likely that S plans will be laid for arranging' a demonstration of tlie high and gram j mar school pupils. Mr. Forrer him self declared that while he appre ciated the evident efforts of the ehil jdren of the playgrounds to appeal to j Council in his behalf, he advised against this because of the weather. ! "This isn't the kind of weather for i little folks to be out," he declared, J "and while 1 sincerely appreciate the j motive behind this contemplated ac i tion, I really don't think the children I ought to do it." ' Kunkel Building to Be Opened April 1 By Mechanics Bank 1 The Kunkel building, the city's new- I est "skyscraper," Third and Market !.streets, will be ready for occupancy by | April 1. The contractor is rushing the I interior work now, and the floors in I the offices will be laid just as soon as [a delayed carload of lumber arrives ifrom the South. The Mechanics Bank will be settled lin the rooms on the ground floor of | the building on April 1. On May 1, ;the Mechanics Bank will become the j Mechanics Trust Company under a ! new charter. Some of the stock Is now j being offered. I Half of the floor space in the eight I floor building is already rented, ICharles Kunkel said this morning. j Reserve Bank Committee Making Study of Data Washington, D. C., Feb. 19.—With I the return here of t lie Federal Reserve | Bank organization committee, com ] posed of Secretaries MeAdoo and j Houston, after an extended tour of the country. Interest was revived in the question of location of the reserve I banks provided for under the new 'currency law. On this point the com ■mittee were emphatic that there wonld Ibe no decision until after they had made a thorough study of the data .1 gathered. * POSTSCRIPT. 14 PAGES. FIVE lies IT Br FILL OF HOCK IT WILLHMSTOWni Accident Occurs in No. 2 Shaft of Summit Branch Coal Mine This Afternoon ONE IS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Series of Mishaps in Same Coal Operation Recently Result in Injury and Death Special to The Telegraph Willlametown, Pa., Feb. 19.—0 a» man was seriously Injured and four othens hurt in the No. 2 shaft of the Wllliamstown Colliery this afternoon, by a fall of rock, which became loos ened from the top and crashed down on the. men. Several other miners working: nearby narrowly escaped being: buried benoath the fall. Elmer Shade, of Pine Valley, was the most seriously injured and he wa* taken by train to the Miners' Hospital at Asbland for treatment. Jesse Hand, of Tower City, and John Hoppel, El mer Bast, and Arthur James, of Wil lis mstown, received severe injuries, but were able to go to their homes after the accident. Shade and Baat are married, but the others are single men. The accident occurred In the No. 2 shaft of the Summit Branch mine, operated by the Susquehanna Coal Company, at the same place where a miner was killed several weeks ago. It is located near the No. 1 shaft of the same operation, where two men were killed and two injured by an explosion of gas on Tuesday morning last. i Rebels in Haiti Lose Two Important Battles By .IsMeiaieH Prctt Cape Maitien, Haiti, Feb. 19.—TWO | serious defeats were inflicted to-dav [on the armies of the rebel leader. I Senator Davilmar Theodore, at Grande | Riviere, fifteen miles from here and at I-iimbe, west of Cape Haitien. Gen eral Paul, commander-in-chief of the I rebel forces, was killed in one of the | battles. The rebels retreated toward I Cape Haitien, pursued by the grovern- Iment troops. Fortillcations have been erected here by Senator Theodore, who refused to leave. I''«r Harrlaburg and vicinity: Rain thin afternoon and probably changing to snow to-night; Fri day fair nnd colder. For Hantrrn Pennsylvania) Rain In southeast, snow In north aad neat portions to-night} Friday fair and colder, except snow In mountain districts; moderate and variable wlnda becoming north west. River The Susquehanna river and It* principal tributaries will rise xllghtly. !Mo lee movements of portance arc likely to occur. General Conditions 'l'he temperature has risen 4 to 2ft degree* east of the Lake region nnd east and south of the Ohio river since last report, the most decided rise occurring In the Up per Susquehanna Valley. Temperature: H a. m., 32; 2 p. BL, 3ft. Sunt Rises, UdO a. in.; seta, Si4U p. m. Moon: Sen moon, February 24, 7:02 p. ni. River Stage: 2.9 feet above low I water* mark. Vesterda.r's Weather Highest temperature, 34. l.owest temperature, 20. Mean temperature, 27. formal temperature, 30. MARHI4UK I.H'ENSKS Joseph U Kashore, Upper Paxton, aiwf Edith Viola Smith, city. Karl Austnn Koons. Unglestown, and Esther Heist Clay, city. John Alfred Snyder, Milleisburg, and Clara May L>eitzel. Elissabethville. Felix Forti and Flora Antoinette, i Swatara. Max Goldstein snd Hessie Snyder. I city. ! Jacob H. Snyder and Anna M. Nye city. j/ Dividends For You This newspaper Is like a cou pon bond that carries dividends for you. The coupons are the advertise ments which offer you opportu nities. Vou do not In a literal aonse, have to do any clipping. All you have to do Is to read and keep yourself posted, take what you want, and leave the rest. Reading the advertisements commits you to nothing. It mere ly tells you what is being offered. When you buy you naturally want to get your money's worth. You want to buy the thing that will serve you best and you want to pay the lowest market price. The advertisements spread be fore you each day the business I news. They are part of the service you pay for when you buy this newspaper. You are not getting tile full worth out of your newspaper un less you keep posted on what it lias to say in Its advertising col umns. Incidentally some of the adver tisements are so well illustrated and written (Ist they are better reading than tee news.