Stato Library * fiarrisburg Pa , Hummelstown Maii t&ses Life in Fire W HARRISBURG iSlSSlfi TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— Xo. 58 Big Tobacco Warehouses Burned at Dallastown With Loss of SIOO,OOO Whole Town Fights Flames For Hours This Morning to Keep Blaze From Spreading; Spontaneous Combus tion May Have Been Cause; Red Lion Firemen Come to Assistance of Village; Valuable Tobacco Stored in Building Destroyed (SPECIAL PHONE MESSAGE TO TELEGRAPH) Dallastovvn, Pa.. March 10. Fire destroying a large scrap tobacco factory, a huge tobacco warehouse and a cigar box factory here this morning caused damage estimated at SIOO,OOO. The build ings destroyed are: Scrap tobacco factory belonging to Ness and Naub, $20,000 loss. Warehouse owned by Michael Hose, stocked with high grade leaf tobacco, $75,000 loss. Box factory owned by Michael Hose, $5,000 loss. Flames were seen shooting from the roof of the scrap factory shortly after 7 o'clock this morning'. The three bife. buildings, the center of the town's industries, are set close together back of Main street and nothing could stop the spread of the flames from the scrap factory to the other two build ings. When the extent of the disaster was realized appeals for assistance were PENROSE IS EIOASED B* THE BUG REPUBLICAN CLUB Resolution Is Unanimously Adopt ed at Largely Attended Meet ing Last Evening united States Senator Boies Penrose jius a large number of admirers In the Marrlsburg Republican Club, the im- ■ portant central organization of the' party in this city. There was a large attendance at the. regular meeting of the club last night and at the con elusion of some enthusiastic speech making by several members, resolu tions were adopted endorsing Senator Penrose for re-election and setting forth his distinguished public service. All present signed one of the Pei.rose ijominating petitions and plans were discussed for promoting his andidacy i:i this city. The resolutions were as follow s: "Believing that the Honorable Boies Penrose has faithfully served the State of Pennsylvania and all of the interests of the State in the Senate of the United States, and that his devotion to the duties of that of fice, his unswerving loyalty to all the measures that look to the protection of American interests and American labor and his constant service In the interest of his State and of the nation, and because he is one of the ablest and most painstaking members of that great body merit his re-election, therefore, be it resolved, that the Har rlsburg Republican Club heartily en dorse his candidacy for re-election to the Senate of the United States." West End Republican Club Meeting Tonight The West End Republican Club will hold the first meeting of the Spring campaign this evening at 8 o'clock in the clubhouse in ;«"orth Third street. I»eputy Attorney General William M. Ilargest will deliver an address on the new election laws and the duties of voters. Other speakers will also take part. A large attendance is expected. & 1 Late News Bulletins BIG FIRE IN TERRE HAUTE Terre Haute, Intl.. March 10.—Fire that started shortly before mid night and which broke out again after it was believed it had been brought under control did damage estimated at $250,000 to buildings and blocks of goods, in the center of the business district. VERGARA'S HAND WAS BURNED Austin, Texas. .March 10.—The burning of Vergara's hand, which is j apparently discredited in General Bliss' report to Washington to-da.v, was reported as a fact by Captain Sanders of the Texas rangers whose official statement read:. "One hand was burned to a crisp." ITALIAN CABINET RESIGNS Rome, March 10.—The resiguatit n of the Italian cabinet was offi cially announced to-day by Premier Giovanni Glolittl in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. DEMURRER IS SUSTAINED I Bridgeport. Conn.. March 10. —The demurrer of counsel for ex- President diaries S. Mellen of tlic New Haven railroad, charged with manslaughter as the result of a train wreck in October I»12, was sus tained by Judge Tuttle 111 the Superior Court here to-day. STRIKERS WOUNDED IN ROME Rome. March 10.—A number of strikers were wounded to-day and i one is reported killed In a serious nlfray with the police in the vicinity of the ministry of the Interior. The mounted policemen fired volleys of ■ hall cartridges Into the crowd. After the strikers had dispersed the wounded were taken Inside the Ministry of the Interior for treatment. MANHATTAN LIMITED DERAILED Fort Wayne, Ind., March 10.—Seven cars of the Manhattan Limited train on the Pennsylvania railroad left the tracks at Plcrceton, near here to-day. The cars did not overturn and no one was injured. A broken rail caused the accident. MINISTER TO URUGUAY Washington. March 10.—President Wilson to-day nominated John L. De Saulles, of Pennsylvania, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Uruguay. - New York, March 10.—The market closed strong. The general list became stronger, a number of stocks rising » point or so. I — sent to Red Lion, a mile away, and the Leo Fire Company of that town came to help the Dallastown fire company in its effort to save the town of 2,000 inhabitants from annihilation. For a time it looked as if the entire town would be swept away so fierce were the flames. Fanned by a light wind and fed by heavy bales of fresh cured [Continued on Page 4] TO BUILD ASBESTOS FACTORY ATSTEELTON ! EMPLOYING 50 IN Stoneboro Manufacturer Writes to Burgess Wigfield in Re gard to Site j A new manufacturing 1 plant will lie (located in Steelton within the next jrfew months, if negotiations with the, {Municipal League turn out favorably., | The new concern will be devoted to tiie manufacturing of various articles ! from asbestos. It will give worlt to i ■ about fifty men. mostly skilled me | chanics, A short time ago Burgess Fred 'Wigfleid, of Steelton, received a com ] munieation from James O. Quinley, a wealthy manufacturer, of Stoneboro. Pa„ inquiring about a suitable site. Mr. Quinley .stated that he desired to locate in Steelton as soon as he could. Burgess Wigfield turned the letter over to the Municipal League and ne gotiations have been started that will ; likely lead to the locating of the plant here. Steelton with its excellent transpor tation facilities and its proximity to Harrlsburg is admirably situated for! plants of this kind. At the present time there are many men there who j are out of work owing to the slack-' ness at the big steel plant. Many of these men would welcome a change to j a more steady place of employment, j Robert A. DeFrehn Taken to Philadelphia Hospital Special tu The Telegraph Mechanicsburg, Pa., March 10.— j , Robert A. DeFrehn, a prominent clti- j zen of this place and well known I I throughout this section of the State, | I was taken to the German hospital in 'Philadelphia this morning for treat- 1 [ ment. It is not known if an operation is necessary. He has been ill for sev-1 eral weeks, but was not considered in: | a serious condition. Mr. DeFrehn is connected with the William DeFrehn! : Chair Manufactory of Johnstown and , travels extensively. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1914. MM'SIMS JIND HIRED MEXICANS RECOVERED HIS BODY Report Made by General Bliss, Says Dead Man's Brother-in-law Paid S4OO For Recovery FOUR EULLET HOLES FOUND Captain Sanders States Positively That No Texas Rangers Crossed Border Washington, March 10.—Secretary Garrison received to-day from Briga dier General Tasker H. Bliss, com manding the American border forces the following report on the Yergara case, by Captain 11. P. Howard, of the Fourteenth "United States Cavalry: "Investigation shows Vergara was taken from the Hidalgo cemetery Sat urday .iglit by relatives of Vergara and hired Mexicans. Captain Sanders states positively no Texas Rangers crossed the border. He met the body at a landing opposite San Enrique with Undertaker Convery Sunday morning. Convery brought the body to Laredo 7.30 p. m. Sunday. He states there were no signs of burns on the body. Found four bullet holes. Neck chafed but not broken. Body decomposed but pants match coat left at home by Vergara. Identification seems reliable. Recovery of body said to have cost S. T. Hill, brother-in-law of Vergara, S4OO. Body being held at request of Adjutant General Hutehins. Xo ex citement." Body Delivered Secretary Bryan, entering the Cabi net meeting, said American Consul Garrett reported that relatives of Clemente Vergara recovered his body on Sunday and that Texas rangers did not cross the border. Consul Garrett said he had been notiiled that if he would go to a place on the American side of the Rio Grande across from Hidalgo, Mexico, at 4 o'clock Sunday [Continued on Page 7] Two Men Killed, One Has Narrow Escape, in Mine at Williamstown Today Ail explosion of gils in the "old slope" of the WllliauisCou q colliery at 1 o'clock to-day caused the instant death of John \\elkcr, uged !$5, and Harry l.jnch, aged -'B. John Mack, who was working near tlieni, had a remarkable escape being hurled »o tliej ground and badl} bruised. Both of the men were experienced' j miners from the Pine Valley district j and what caused the explosion may never be known. Mack says that there I BODYOFMMI WEDDED I TWO WEEKS FOUND IN I PKXTON CREEK TODKY! Passerby Saw Human Hand Pro-! truding From Muddy Waters ot Stream; Suspect Murder The dead body of Michael Esck, an Austrian, of 10 Paxton Furnace Row, ' Loeliiel, was found this afternoon ! floating in the Paxton creek near ! where the stream empties into the : Susquehanna river. I Just what caused the man's death jis not yet known. One theory is that I the man was murdered and his body thrown into the creek. The Coroner I will conduct an investigation to learn I the facts 1n the case. Esck was married just two weeks ' ago. He disappeared on Saturday. It , is believed he had money with him. I His wife is nearly frantic with grief, j, She learned of the finding of her hus band's liodv at 2 o'clock this after noon. Georgi; Runisch, of Lochlel, l'ound the body in the creek. He saw a human hand protruding from the I'muddy water of the stream, jl Coroner Kcklnger, after looking .! carefully into the matter, said it was [ unquestionably a case of accident, that j tiie man had fallen into the water. No i inquest will be necessary. || SUFFRAGETTE DAMAGES PICTURE By Associated Press London. March 10.—A militant suf ! fragette Inflicted "severe damage to day on the famous Velasquez picture I known as the "Rokeby Venus," which lis hung in the National Gallery, Tra ] falgar Square. The picture was pur chased for $225,000 in 190fi and pre sented to the nation. Art experts have estimated its present market value at || $500,000. The woman entered the , gallery and attacked the picture with i a shurp knife. YANDERUILT LAID TO REST New York, MJirch 10.—The body of I George W. Vanderbilt was laid at rest to-day in the family mausoleum in the Moravian Cemetery at New Dorp, I Stalen Island, near the old Vanderbilt ; residence where he was lifty-two years i ago. NEW WATER RITES FOR MANUFACTURING PLANTS AUTHORIZED Schedule Based on 1,000-Gallon Consumption Offered in Council I IS PLAN OF MR. BOWMAN | Becomes Effective April 1 —Will Mean Saving to City and Consumers Water rates for manufacturing and ! industrial establishments throughout ! the city are rearranged upon the j 1,000-gallon basis by the new ordi : nance offered in City Council this aft | ernoon by Commissioner Harry F. ! Bowman, superintendent of public ! safety. Heretofore the computation of the I charges has been based on the 00,000- l gallon ratio. One of the llrst big jobs i Commissioner Bowman undertook upon | beginning his duties as City Commis | sioner was to rearrange the water ; rates in such a way as to allow a re i duction of a dollar per year in the I minimum domestic rates and to devise ! some method providing a more equi table rate for manufacturers. The i provision Is made in the ordinance | offered this afternoon. Following is the schedule, based on , daily average consumption per month, i The measure becomes effective April 1: j Under 5,000 gallons, 10 cents per j 1,000 gallons; 5,000 to 10,000, i cents; 10,000 to 15,000, 7 cents; 15,000 I to 25,000, C'i cents; 25,000 to 35,000, j d cents; 35.000 to 50,000, 5 cents; 150,000 to 75,000, 4% cents; 75,000 to I 100,000, 4>2 cents; tOO,OOO to 125,000, 4 ! . t cents; 125,000 to 150,000, 4 cents; : 150,000 to 175.000, S% cents; .175,000 !to 200,000. 3 1 ," cents; 200,000 to 1500,000, 3 E i cents; 500,000 to 750,000, 13 cents; 750,000 to 1.000,000, 2?i I cents, and over 1,000,000, 2 cents per thousand feet. iwas a roar ami lie was Imrleil from his feet, Lynch ami Welker art; bur ied under tons of rocks and efforts are j being made by a rescue party to re | I cover the bodies. Mine Inspector Charles J. I'rlce is on the scene and Is directing men in lun effort lind the bodies. | Tlie explosion occurred in one of 'the lowest iX)liits of the original work | Ings of the mine. Coroner Eckinger was untitled of the ! accident late this afternoon. iCITY SCHOOLS WILL PHY FITTING TRIBUTE TO OS. SUIMMEIi i Short Memorial Services to Be Held Tomorrow in All Buildings Flags at half mast on all public j school buildings and five minutes of | tribute with short memorial services I in every school room in the city at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon will honor the memory of Dr. Lewis S. Shimmell, district supervisor of schools, whose funeral will be held to morrow. The funeral of Dr. Shimmell will be held from" his home. It will be pri vate. The family has requested that no flowers be sent and that there be no demonstration of any kind. In accordance with this wish, the school authorities decided upon the quiet tribute within the schools. In structions were sent out this morning by D. D. Hammelbaugh, secretary of the school board. They are as fol lows: It is with deep regret that I announce the death of Dr. L. S. Shimme 1, who has long and [Continued on Page 3] Boyd Funeral to Be Held in City Residence on Thursday Afternoon ! The funeral services of John Y. ; Boyd, former State liuilroad Commis isioner and public spirited citizen, will j take place at his city residence, 12 4 | Pine street, on Thursday afternoon at 12' o'clock. The services will be in I charge of a clergyman who will be j selected by the family to-day. Throughout the city general expres sion of . sorrow at Mr. Boyd's- death have been heard and many messages \ and letter*) have been received by Mrs. ! Boyd from the friends of her hus , band. Appropriate action will be ' taken within the next few days by . boards with which Mr. Boyd was con nected. Suffrage Division Leaders Are Conferring in This City Today 4&&* m Hg^g^fc MISS LID A STOKES ADAMS Reports Show What Work Is Being Done to Win the Ballot Fifty suffrage division and party leaders from all over Pennsylvania assembled in the Young Men's Chris tian Association building'. Second and Locust streets, at 1.30 this afternoon for a two days' conference In prepa ration for the primary campaign in May. Miss Hannah J. Patterson, State chairman of the Woman Suffrage j party, called the leaders together to ) report on the progress of the work in the State and to discuss the prospects for the campaign this Spring. Each of the division and county leaders made a three-minute report from their district: These reports showed how the work is being con- I ducted by the women leaders, jn I preparation, for Uia Until to ! get woman suffrage. Mrs. Anna M. Oftime, of Phiiadel- i MUGEPLMI II WITH FN BY PI. STOCKHOLDERS Bonds May Be Issued at Any Time to Properly Finance Company ! By Associated Press Philadelphia, March 10.—The Penn- | sylvania Railroad Company stockhold-i ers at their annual meeting to-day au- | thorized the board of directors to ! create a mortgage under which bonds may be issued in such amounts and j at such times as may be required j properly to finance the company. This | is in line with the announcement made by the company last October. The j mortgage is to cover "the whole or| such portions of Its railroad property and franchises as the directors may' authorize," and the aggregate amount I of the bonds "at any time outstand-1 ing shall not exceed the par value of I the then outstanding capital stock of ; the company." Denies Statements President Samuel Rea, who pre sided, read a statement in which he denied published reports alleging that railroads had manipulated their ac counts to show increased costs of op eration. Mr. Rea also referred to the question of increased freight rates stating that, the Interstate Commerce Commission and State commissions had probably failed to appreciate the [Continued on Pago 11] Advises Use of Salmon to Reduce Living Cost By Associated Press Washington, D. C., March 10. —"To reduce the cost of living, eat more salmon, especially of the cheaper grades, and less meat." I This Is the advice of Dr. Hugh M. Smith, Federal Commissioner of Fish eries, In a statement to-day enumer ating the Important factors in favor of salmon as an article of food as com pared with meats. One pound of canned red salmon of the best quality will cost about 16 cents, he says, while the same quantity of oone, muscle, blood and braln building material and body fuel In other foods would cost: Eggs, strictly fresh (at 34 cents per dozen), 3G cents; steak, sirloin (at 27% cents per pound). 33 cents; mutton, leg (at 19 cents per pound), 32 cents; chicken, average (at 25 cents per pound), 21% cents; ham, smoked (at 18% cents per pound), 13% cents, and pink sal mon canned (at 9 cents per can), 12% cents. WILL ENLARGE FLEET By Associated Press Gloucester, Mass.., March 10.—The free fish claOse of the new tafrlft bill has so increased the salt tish business of this port, one of the largest centers of Industry In the world, that the fish lug fleet will be enlarged this summer, according to a statement by Benjamin A. Smith, manager of one of the prin cipal tish companies. j Br -■*' ■■ 111' jHi MISS H. HARRISON HARVEV j phia, spoke on "Organization Meet- | ings." As the representative of the seventh division of the party she j conies from the largest field in the | State. Mrs. George Piersol told of j Pennsylvania's preparations to take part in the big rally day to be held by suffrage workers from all parts of the country in Philadelphia on May 2. I Mrs. Maxwell Chapman talked on the plan for suffrage lunchrooms. To morrow the chief vtopic to be discussed is the plan of Miss Patterson for send ing, n)en favorable to the suffrage amwrrtw-ti't t'O%W tJßtflßlature of 1915. Letters endorsing rnufrag# sent by can didates will be read at the conference. NEW MOVIE CURFEW POSSIBLE HERE IS RESULT OF PROTEST Omnibus Sewer Bill Passes; City Bacteriologist Measure Goes Through > \ Action of Councils In Session To-day Four moving picture proprietors protest against Mayor's ' "movie" curfew and ask for amendments, including change of attendance hour limit to 9 o'ulocji all year Petition tiled. Ordinances offered creating oflice of secretary to Mayor at 11,200 per year; increasing police station jani tor's salary from $720 to S7BO per year, offered by Mayor Royal. Ordinances .fixing new schedule of water rates for manufacturing es tablishments; abolishing offices oi chief clerk and assistant In city treasury, offered by Commissioner Bowman. Purchase of two new typewriters and tiling case for police station and City Clerk's office authorized. Ordinance authorizing sewer in Fifth street, Curtin to Camp, offered by Commissioner Lynch. Water Department budget, provid ing for $116,341.73, offered by Com missioner Bowman. City officials invited to attend conference here April ii-7-8 to or ganize State Housing Association; Mayor appoints all city commis sioners and Dr. J. M. jr. Raunlck, city health officer, as delegates. Ordinances passed finally: Omni bus sewer, providing for fifty-odd sewers at expense of $88,500; pro viding for appointment of city bas teriologist; Increasing salaries of health officer and chief clerk In Department of Public Safety to $2,- 000 and $1,200, respectively; chang ing names of "half" streets In Thir teenth Ward. *- ' City Council, in the near future, may adopt a new "movie" curfew or dinance as a substitute for the Royal measure which becomes effective to morrow evening. Formal protests from four moving picture proprietors and managers were sent to Council this afternoon asking for amendments tc the Royal ordi nance. The petitioners are W. A. Mil ler, Isaac Marcus, A. L. Roumfort and . G. M. Lenny, proprietors of the Sum mit, Royal. Arena and Lenny's The aters, all of which are in the eastern and western sections of the city. The chief contention is that the Royal ordinance discriminates to the advantage of the theaters in the cen tral section of the city and against those "movies" In the uptown and Hill districts. They want the attendance hour limit for children under 15 fixed [Continued on Page 3] Blame Parents For Spread of Chickenpox Forty cases' of chickenpox in the city concentrated in the Eleventh and Twelfth and the Second and Ninth words have kept the health officer."* busy during the last few weeks. Parents who fall to report cases of children with the disease are blamed i for the spread. 12 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. HIIMUELSTOWN MMI IS MIS 111 BIG SI. LOUIS CLUS FIRE J. Luther Haehnlen Was in Build ing When Blaze Started and Has Not Been Located WENT WEST SIX YEARS AGO Sister and Brother Start For St. Louis to Identify Body When It Is Found Special to The Telegraph ! Hummelstown, Pa., March 10.— I Word was received here this morning I that J. Luther Haehnlen, son of Chrls- I tian P. Haehnlen, a well-known busi ness) man of Hummelstown, was burn ed to death In the tire which destroy ed the Missouri Athletic Club build ing in St. Louis yesterday morning. Mr. Haelinlen's body has not been found, but he is known to have been In the building at the time of the fire and is now unaccounted for. Mr. Haehnlen was about 30 years old and was a chemist by profession. He was a graduate of Lehigh Univer sity. He was in the employ of the Laclede Gas Company of St. Louis. He had been away from Hummels town about six years. His sister. Miss Alice Haehnlen and Brother Edgar H. Haenhlen, of New York city, went to St. Louis to-day to [ Continued on Page 12] Pilot of Trans-Atlantic Flyer Goes to England i By Associated Press New York, March 10.—Lieutenant : John C. Porte, a retired British naval ' officer, who is to pilot the Rodman Wanamaker trans-Atlantic tlyer, sailed | to-day for England on the Lusitania. ; tie has spent over a week with Glenn ! H. Curtiss at Hammondsport looking over the machine and making various suggestions as to its equipment. Lieutenant Porte plans to return to this country In about a month and remain until the actual flight takes place. He will bring with him several instruments, some of theni of his own devising, which he hopes will be of value in the ocean flight. Lieutenant Porte said that he re gretted that the United States Weather . Bureau did not have on hand more I information about air currents at high ! altitudes. He says the trip over the i Atlantic will be made at an elevation j of D.OOO feet. I EARLY ADJOURNMENT IS NOW BEING DISCUSSED By Associated Press i Washington, D. C., March 10.—The ! rapidity with which Congress is dis j posing of the annual appropriation 1 measures was cited to-day by smiling I members us on indication of early iadjournment. While admitting It was 1 too early to forecast the time with .any degree of certainty, they declared ' that the speed record of the present 'cession promised encouraging results. For llarrietlitirK nnd vlcinlt.vi Fair to-ulKbt; Wednesday Increanliic cloilillnexst u»t much change In Irmprrnturri l«Wf*t temperature nlion< 2