Herriflburg Pa *
Great Britain, Germany and France May Ask Subjects to Leave Mexico
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII — No. 49
BRUMBAUGH MUCH
TO THE FRONT FOR
TICKETS LEADER
Philadelphia Educator the Man
Most Talked About For Re
publican Nomination
PAPERS TAKEN OUT FOR HIM
Lewis Nomination Fails to Arouse
Enthusiasm—Fuss Started
Over Smith
- Nominating petitions for l)r. Martin
Grove Brumbaugli. superintendent of
the schools of Philadelphia, for the
Hepubtlcan nomination for Governor
have been put into circulation by some
of his friends in Montgomery, Chester
and other eastern counties and it be
gins to look as though the noted edu
cator would be generally supported
for the gubernatorial nomination. A
statement from him is expected at
Philadelphia, as he has been urged by
prominent Republicans all over the
State to stand for Governor.
In this city the mention of Dr.
Brumbaugh's name evokes much fa
vorable comment. Governor John K.
Tener being among the men who favor
the Phlladelphian for the nomination.
The Governor said last night, when
asked whom he would like to see
nominated for the office which he
holds:
"I bjii for Dr. Brumbaugh. J con
sider him a splendid man."
The Governor knows Dr. Brum
baugh well und has several times
spoken of the excellent work he has
done in the cause of education. He
named him as a member of the State
Board of Education when that body
was created.
Will Be Supported Here
If Dr. Brumbaugh announces his
candidacy he will be strongly sup
ported by independents as well as Re
publicans in this community. Many
people here know the educator weli,
;"s he comes from Huntingdon county |
and lias been in Harrrisburg at numer- |
ous meetings. The movement in his
behalf has been watched with interest
and men who were for Edwin S. Stuart |
have decided, since the ex-Governor i
•will not be a candidate, that Dr. Brum
baugh fills the bill.
It is probable that petitions in Dr. I
Brumbaugh's behalf will be put into i
circulation here within a short time
and the committees in various coun
ties which have been active In hiss
behalf will get busy la this direction
The designation of "William Draper
Lewis for the Washington partv nomi
nation for Governor last night failed
to interest people who had voted for
Rooßevelt in 1912. and while thev ap
preciated the intellectual strength or
the professor they were inclined to
think Brumbaugh a more experienced
man.
Fuss Over Smith
The conference which made up the
Bull Moosers' slate last night had
barely adjourned before trouble start
ed, the main point of objection being
Percy F. Smith, of Pittsburgh, who
was listed for Lieutenant-Governor
Smith was put on the tic ket as a sop
to Flinn, who wanted English, and
found that he could not put him across
and arouse any enthusiasm. The sug
gestion for Smith came from Wallace
Powell, Burns. Moore and other Pitts
burghers close to Flinn who favored
the Allegheny jury commissioner
largely on personal grounds.
E. A. Hempstead, the Crawford
county end of the Bull Moose ma
chine, informed Congressman A. R '
Rupley last that he would op
pose Smith and proceeded to start a
fire that was burning to-day.
The nomination of Dr." Swift for
Congress : at-large caused friends of
Vance C. McCormick to look down
their noses today. The Anti-Saloon
league recently came out for McCor
mick because of his local option stand
and it was much exploited. Dr. Swift
is probably the ablest of the field staff
of the Anti-Saloon League and a cam
paigner of strength. He is known all
over the State and his presence on the
Bull Moose ticket will cause comment
in view of what has gone before.
The flght for the Democratic nomi
nation for Governor is something that
lias not been equaled since the Patti
son-Harrity flght in 1890 and is far
jnore bitter' because of the exchange
of personalities.
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Late News Bulletins
TWO AMERICANS CAPTURED
Vienna, Feb. 26.—Continuation or the capture in Albania of two
American citizens believed to be of Albanian extraction, has been re
celTed by the Aus tro-Hungarian Foreign Office. The dispatch does not
give any definite information as to where tliey were taken prisoners, but
the affair is attributed to intrigues between the various factions In
Albania.
BLACK HANDER MURDERED
Beaver Falls, Pa., Feb. 26.—After firing three ballets Into the body
of an unidentified man, killing him instantly. Dominick Prlncepatti, a
railroad trackman, who was to have l)eon married to-day, surrendered
to officers at New Galilee and was brought to jail here. Recently Prlnce
patti received tlireatening letters demanding money and to-day he
claims he shot the man who made the demand.
PERCIVAL TRIP POSTPONED
Washington, Feb. 26.—At a conference to-day between Secretary
Bryan and Ambassador Spring-Rice it was decided that British Con
sul Perceval will not proceed inU Mexico for the examination of Wil
liam S. Benton's body until "better arrangement* can be made."'
VANDERBILT RACERS START
Santa Monica, Cal., Feb. 26.—With a course record of 78.72 miles
an hour to beat, sixteen Cars piloted by some of the best known motor
drivers in the country, started at 10 o'clock to-day in the llrst Vandcr
btlt cup race run on the Pacific codst. The best time heretofore made
in a Vanderbilt event was 74.07 miles an hour.
DISPOSAL OF STOCK APPROVED
Washington. Feb. 26.—Plans b> which the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company will dispose of Its $29,000,000 of Western
Union Telegraph stock through Kuhn. Loel) & Company, o! New York,
acting as underwriters, have lieen approved by the De|»artmeiit of Jus
tice, and according to Information here, the stock will be transferred
within a short time.
New York, Feb. 26.—The market closed steady. Speculation flat
tened out toward the end. Pressure against Northern Pacific depressed
it over u point; but otherwise the movement was trivial.
V>all Street Closing.—Amal. Copjjor 7:5 1 i; American Sugar. 100'
Atchison, #6%* Italtimore & Ohio. 01V,: Bt odklyn R. T.. t)2" k • Ca
nadian Pacific, 212 %; Chesapeake & Ohio, 611: C.. >l. & St. I\, 101 % ■
Lehigh Valley. t49%; New York Central, : Northern Pacific.
Reading, l«l*i: P. R. K„ 111%: Southern Pacific. 95%; Union Pacific'
' 100%; U. S. Steel, 64%. ""
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\ BIG SECTION OF STEELTON TO BE WIPED OFF MAP BY PENNSYL "
RIVER IS EXPECTED
10 REMAIN CLOSED
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS
Temperature Fell to Zero Last
Night, Freezing Stream Tight
as a Drum
With the temperature at zero last
night and the mercury well within the
ten-degree zone this morning, the
river remains closed from shore to
shore opposite the city. It looks as
if it will remain closed for several
weeks' under the present weather con
ditions.
When the river once closes, records
for the past forty-four years show, it
takes several days of high tempera
ture to break the ice. From these
records, a winter in which the river
does not freeze is rather mild. Only
thirteen winters have passed since
IS7O in which the river has not been
closed. One of these times was last
winter.
Way b«*k in the days when they
say they went sleighing across the ice
in winter time, the river had a habit
of staying closed for months. One
time, in 1878. the river was closed
for seventy-two days, from December
26 to March 8. And periods of two
months are not unusual In the records
of thirty years ago. In 1886 the river
closed as late as March 3, but was
open again in two days.
Domain Gets Feet Wet
While measuring the thickness of
the ice on .the river this morning, E. R.
Demain, the local forecaster, broke
through. He was near the shore
where the water was only about six
inches deep. He is none the worse
for the experience.
The river stage was 5.7 feet this
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HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1914.
Photographs taken by a Telegraph photographer show various sections of the lower "West Side" of Steelton that will lie razed by the Penn
sylvania Steel Company to make way for extensive improvements at the plant in the near future. Fifty-one properties below Trewlck street wift be
torn down, the residents of the properties having been given notice to vacate the premises within thirty days. .
25.000 PEOPLE HAVE
USED PRIVILEGE OF
STOPPING OVER HERE
A. E. Buchanan, Who Just Com
pleted First Year in City,
Gives Statistics
Nearly 25.000 people have visited
Harrisburg in less than a year as a
result of the stop-over privilege grant
ed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, secured through the efforts of
A. E. Buchanan, division passenger
agent for the company at the sugges
tion of the Telegraph last June.
To-day marked the first anniversary
of Mr. Buchanan's coming to Harris
burg, and a summing up of the year's
business shows that during the last
month Harrisburg has gained much
prominence and is on the railroad map
as one of the most important railroad
centers in the United States.
At the local ticket office of the
Pennsylvania railroad, figures show
that to date 3,000 travelers from the
Pacific coast and other far western
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Discuss Probable
Make-up of Proposed
Planning Commission
In connection with the prevalent
opinion in municipal circles that the
members of the old park board will
neither be asked nor willing to serve
now as members of the proposed City
Planning Commission, discussion was
general to-day as to the probable
make-up of the commission. Several
names of men, well known In the civic
and business life of the city, have
been mentioned. Official confirmation
011 the probable personnel is lacking,
however.
Chief among the names spoken of
i are Samuel W. Fleming, assistant
| postmaster; Henderson Gilbert, W. S.
Snyder, George B. Triv president of
the Chamber of Commerce; William
B. McCaleb, superintendent of the
Philadelphia division, Pennsylvania
Railroad; Farley Gannett, State Water
Supply Commissioner; A. Carson
Stamm, Theodore G. Calder, William
Jennings, Robert C. Neal, F. Herbert
Snow, chief sanitary engineer for the
State Health Department; Karl Stew
ard and Ross A. Hickok. William R.
Denehey, chief clerk to Mr. McCaleb,
has been spoken of as a candidate for
engineer of the commission. Petitions
asking for his appointment are to be
placed in circulation It was said about
the court house to-day.
"BUND STAGGERS" FOUGHT BY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Feb. 26.—Be
cause of the widespread prevalence of
"blind staggers," a disease which Is
causing the death of thousands of
horses, the Department of Agriculture
to-day issued a statement outlining
methods for combating the malady.
Urgent appeals for- assistance have
been received by the department from
no less than sixteen States showing
the universality of the disease. A total
change of feed and forage is urged.
HARMONY MEETING IN OHIO
By Associated
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 26.—Delega
tions from all sections of Ohio ar
rived to-day to attend the Republi
can State "harmony" meeting which
will be held this afternoon with a view
of solidifying the Republican and Pro
gressive ranks In th« corning cam
paign. Many delegations were accom
panied by brass bands.
MAX BLOWN THIRTY FEET
AND LANDS IN SNOWDRIFT
Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 26. Blown
out of the second story of his house
into a snow drift thirty Teet away,
Wolfgang Clilmmel was latally injured
-early to-day. Mrs. Chimmei and a
young son were also asleep when the
house was torn to pieces by the nat
ural gas explosion, but escaped with
slight bruises. 4
Demolishing 51 Steelton
Properties Will Wipe Out
Entire Third Ward Precinct
With the exception of possibly fifty
voters, the razing of fifty-one proper
ties owned by the Pennsylvania Steel
Company in the Lower West Side of
Steelton will wipe out the entire third
precinct of the Third ward.
This will probably cause the con
solidation of the remaining portion of
this prf»cinct with some other pre
cinct or with another ward. With just
what ward or precinct is a problem
that will have to be solved by the bor
ough authorities within a Rhort time.
The Third ward is now the largest
ward in the borough. The nearest
precinct to the one to be destroyed is
the second. In this precinct there
are now nearly 600 registered voters.
In speaking of the situation created
by the Steel Company's' order, this
morning, a prominent politician ex
pressed the belief that the remaining
U. S. SENATOR BORAH
ASSAILS BEVERIDGE
AND GJ. PERKINS
Monopoly, He Declares, Is Ten
Thousand Times Worse Than
Black Slavery
By Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 26.—Qpen war
on monopoly was advocated by United
States Senator Borah, of Idaho, in an
address here to-day before the Re
publicans of Ohio, at a "get together"
luncheon. The time, he said, had
come for "remedies not palliatives"
in dealing with industrial monopolies,
and ho urged a vigorous policy on the
part of the Republican party in this
regard. At the same time he as
sailed the attitude on this issue of
such leaders of the Progressive party
as former Senator Beveridge, of In
diana, and George W. Perkins, of New-
York, who he said, maintained that
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Putnam Griswold Dies
Following Operation
By Associated Press
New York, Feb. 26. —Putnam Gris
wold, American basso and. member of
the Metropolitan Opera Company, died
tp-day in a private sanatorium here.
He was operated on 'for appendicitis
on February 10. Complications de
veloped.
Mr. Griswold was born In Minne
apolis in 1876. He made his first ap
pearance as an operatic star in Lon
don in 1901. He was a great favorite
in Berlin and was twice decorated by
the Kaiser, before whom he had sung
at the palace. His death came at a
time when he was considered at the
height of his operatic career. Hij
made his last appearance in New York
on February 8. He leaves a widow.
Survivors of Danish
Steamship Are Landed
By Associated Frees
Coruna, Spain, Feb. 26.—The Ger
man steamship Wlldenfels to-day
landed fourteen survivors of the Dan
ish steamship Ekliptlka, which foun
dered in the Bay of Biscay during a
storm on February 23.
The rescue of the shipwrecked
sailors occurred amid enormous seas.
Boats were lowered from the Wilden
fels, but were unable to get alongside
the Ekllptlka.
Everybody on the Ekliptlka jumped
into the water and fifteen were picked |
up, but the'captain of the Danish ves- |
sel wan fatally injured and died after'
lie had been dragged Into the lifeboat.
Seven of the crew were drowned.
portion of the Third precinct would be
sonsolidated with the Fifth »ward,
which touches the precinct to be wiped
out and Is the only ward In the bor
ough having only one precinct. The
large number of voters now In the
Second precinct of the Third ward
precludes the joining with that ward,
In the opinion of this man.
Wipe Out Old District
The district to be wiped out by the
Steel Company to make room for im
provements is one of the oldest parts
of the borough. It was formerly the
village of Ewlngton, so named in hon
or of the man who laid out the dis
trict while it was yet farm land.
Ewlngton was annexed to the bor
ough of Steelton on March 25, 1882,
on the pttition of a number of "free
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lIEGRIiIRii"
NIBLO TRAVEL TALKS
HERE FORONE WEEK
Come to Chestnut Street Auditor
ium; Coupon and Dime
Buy Ticket
An announcement that is bound to
create interest and attract wide atten
tion is the engagement of the Niblo
Travel Talks that come to the Chest
nut Street Auditorium next week un
der the auspices of the Telegraph.
This series, wide In Its scope and
having a complete repertoire of nine
separate and distinct offerings, repre
sents an original outlay of $52,000 in
the cost of the expense, travel and ma
terial in obtaining the same.
There are hundreds of wonderful
colored views, many feature motion
pictures and several panoramic scenes
that afford an opportunity to the stay
at-home tourist to see the world, Its
beauties, its wonders and Its mysteries
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Prisoners Fight Fire
in West Chester Prison
By Associated Press
I West Chester, Pa., Feb. 26.—A dozen
: prisoners in the Chester county prison
| here extinguished a fire to-day which
threatened serious damage to the
building. During the half hour's bat
tle with the flames not a prisoner was
aware of the fire except those sum
moned to flglit it.
_»The fire originated in a cell used as
i a storage place for waste from the
| carpet factory. The warden and
. guards fought the flames for a time
1 with chemicals, but made no head
| way. Then a dozen "trusties" were
; called from their cells and formed a
bucket brigade.
Former President Taft
to Be Heard on Reform
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 26.—Ex-Presider.t
Taft, as president of the American
Bar Association, will be heard to-mor
row by the House Committee on Judi
ciary In reference to the proposed re
form and slmpllcatlon of procedure in
the United States Federal Courts. Mr.
Taft will be accompanied by a number
of well-known lawyers Interested in
the reform of federal court procedure,
Including Judge Alton B. Parker, Sen
ator Root, Eouls Brandeis, Dean Ros
coe Pound, of Harvard: Frank H. Kel
logg, Judge Henry Wade Rogers, late
dean of Yale University, and Thomas
W. Shelton, chairman of the Uniform
Judicial Procedure Committee of the
American Bar Association. i
J. HAMPTON MOORE
ASKS FOR NAVIGABLE
j SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
Quotes Portion of Farley Gannett'*
Speech Before Engineers'
Society
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Feb. 26.—An ap
peal for Federal Improvement of the
Susquehanna river was made Jn the
House to-day by Representative J.
Hampton Moore, of Pennsylvania,
who spoke In support of measures he
has Introduced which would revoke
the War Department's ruling that the
river is a navigable stream only below
the Maryland line.
"In New York State, bordering the
branches of the Susquehanna," said
Mr. Moore, "are such cities as Elmlra,
Binghamton and Osweg%! and in
Pennsylvania, important centers of
population like Athens, Sayre, To
wanda, Tunkhannock, Scranton,
Wilkes-Barre, Bloomsburg, Danville,
Willlamsport, Lock Haven, Empo
rium, Columbia, Wrlghtsville, Harris
burg, Sunbury, Lewisburg, Lancaster,
Marietta and York; and on the beau
tiful Juniata, a branch of the Susque
hanna, which entered into the plans
for Western transportation anterior to
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NEW YORK LOSES BEFOKE KING
By Associated Press
London, Feb. 26.—Three hearty
American cheers and a tiger were
given by the baseball teams to King
George on his arrival to-day on the
Chelsea football ground to witness the
game between the New York and Chi
cago teams. The result of the game
was: Chicago, 6-10-1; New York,
4-8-0.
BODY OF LEOPOLD II REMOVED
By Associated Press
Rome, Feb. 26.—The tomb of Leo
pold 11, the last Grand Duke of Tus
cany, who was burled in the Church
of the Holy Apostles here In Febru
ary, 1870, was opened to-day. The
body is to be transported to Vienna
and placed in the Imperial vault.
COMMANDER'S I,EG BROKEN
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Feb. 26.—Lieutenant,
Commander Walter S. Hunt, aid to
Commandant Benson, of the Philadel
phia Navy Yard, was taken to the
i Naval Hospital to-day -With a leg
| broken In three places. He was bob
sledding at Buck Hill Falls, Monroe
county, Pa., several days ago when
the accident occurred.
MAN FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH
By Associated Press
Poughkeepsle, N. Y„ Feb. 26.
Frank Casey, a chauffeur, who wa
gered that he could walk three miles
in an hour through the deep snow,
from his home to Vincent Astor's villa
at Rhlnebeck, was found frozen to
death last night in a snow drift. He
had gone only half the distance when
he was overcome by the Intense cold.
FIRE IN PENITENTIARY
By Associated Press
Montreal, Feb. 26. —Fire broke out
early to-day in the St. Vincent de Paul
Penitentiary Just outside the city. The
blaze started at the entrance to
the institution, but from what oause
was not known.
SIX KILLED BY EXPLOSION
By Associated Press
Berlin, Feb. 26.—At least six men
were killed a.nd four others fatally In
jured to-day In an explosion which
destroyed an extensive aniline dye fac
tory in Rummelsburg, a suburb.
SOLDIERS IN FATAL DUEL
By Associated Press
■ Metz, Germany, Feb. 26.—Lieut.
Haage, of the Ninth Infantry Regi
ment, stationed here, waf. killed to-day
in a duel with Lieutenant Von La Va
i letto Saint George, a comrade of the
latmi! regiment.
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PRESIDENT DIES
HE WANTED MARINES
IN MEXICAN CAPITAL
Huerta Says He Was Asked to
Allow 2,000 Americans
in Mexico Gty
O'SHAUGHNESSY IS SILENT
Foreign Countries May Urge Their
Subjects to Flee From
Mexico
By Associated Prest
Mexico City, Feb. 26.— Provisional
President Huerta to-day refused par
mission to the United States govern
ment to send 2,000 American marines
as a guard for the legation here. This
information came direct from General-
Huerta himself.
General Huerta says he was asked
by Washington to agree to the dis
patch in addition to the Americans of
1.000 more men made up of Germans
English and French. To all of this he
returned a negative reply, on the
ground that there was no need for
such precautions.
Nelson o'Bhaughnessj\ American
charge de' Affairs, refuses either t«
confirm or deny the information.
President Says U. S.
Never Asked Permission
to Send 2,000 Marines
By Associated Prtts
Washington, Feb. 26.— Word came
direct from President Wilson himself
to-day that the United States had
never requested permission to send
marines to Mexico City and had not
discussed nor taken up the subject in
any way with Mexican officials.
For several days there has been
considerable discussion in official cir
cles about the sending of a legation
guard to Mexico City similar to those
sent by Great Britain and Germany
and while it is admitted that the
Washington administration had been
considering the advisability of such
stop. It was positively stated that no
decision in the matter had been reach
ed. It also has been reported hero
for some time that the Huerta govern
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DEAN* ACCEPTS PRESIDENCY
By Associated Press
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 26.
fessor A. L. Dean, of the Sheffield Sci
entific School, Yale, lias accepted the
presidency of the College of Hawaii,
at Honolulu, it is announced here to
day.
CAR HITS ICE WAGON •
A New Cumberland car due in Mar
ket Square at 6.18 o'clock this morn
ing struck an Ice wagon belonging to
the United Ice and Coal Company at
Market street, breaking a rear wheel
and turning the wagon, filled with Ice,
on its side. No one was injured.
For Harrlsburg and vicinityi Paly
to-night and Frldayi not cold
to-night, lowest temperature
about 10 degrees.
For Eaitern Pennsylvania! Fair
to-night and Friday, not M cold
to-night In north and west por
tions) light, variable irladi.
River
No important changea will •ccur la
river conditions.
General Conditions
The disturbance that «vas neutral
over the East Gulf region, Wed
nesday morning, has moved
northeastward off the comet of
the Carolines pin connection with
the cold air from the strong high
pressure area to the northward
It has caused aleet, anow and cold
rain In the East Gulf and South
Atlantic Statea which had, how
ever, ceased at the time «f ob
servation this morn In g, except la
the Interior of North Carolina,
where snow was still falling.
Temperaturei 8 a. m„ 4 degrees
above seroi 3 p. m., 30 degree*
above sero.
Sunt Rises, ffi39 a. m.| seta, sii7
p. m.
Moon: lf«w moon, first foaitcr,
March S, 13>03 a. ra.
River Stage i R. 7 feet ab«ve lew
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 33.
liOwest temperature, 4.
Mean temperature, 14.
Normal temperature, 83.
Character Reading
Reading character from hand
writing 1B an old endeavor.
But the reading of business
character from a study of adver
tising is far more Interesting and .
profitable.
Just glance over in this news
paper the advertisements of the
merchants whose places you
know.
Does not the merchant write
) his store character Into hia ad
vertising? Is it not possible to
form a pretty good idea of the
j store from the manner In which
it makes its announcements in
the newspapers?
Merchants are coming to rea
lize more and more that when
they write an- advertisement they
are painting a business portrait
of themselves lndlcatlng/thelr
business character.
They are more careful In their
stat€>ment». 'more modest in their
language, and pay more atten
tion to typography and illustra
tion.
Advertising will be prepared
ttilß year even more carefullv
than ever before and there will
be ntfbre of it.
And by the same token it is
going to be more Interesting and
profitable to the readers.
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