Steto LiUrary - ' "V Harrisburg Ps ■ English women Believed to Have Been Slain When Chinese Sacked Towni HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH I No. 60 LXXXIII— SIECEL AND VOGEL ARE THREATENED BY FIFTYHICTMENTS President and Vice-President of Big Store's Company Accased FRAUD IS THE CHARGE Punishable by Five Years in Prison and Pine if Con victed henry' siegel By Associated Press New York. March 12.—What the district attorney's office described as "material for at least tifty indict-1 merits" alleging fraud against Henry Siegel and Frank E. Vogel, president ind vice-president, respectively, of the Siegel stores corporation, who were arrested yesterday on three indict T merits and are now at liberty under *25,000 ball each, was placed in the hands of the grand jury. Assistant District Attorney Arthur C. Train said that as many indictments as the ends of Justice -seemed to re quire would be found against the mer chant-bankers. Charge Violations The indictments already found charge violations of the banking laws and grand larceny in making false statements to obtain credit. The grand larceny indictment is based only on the affairs of the Fourteenth street store of this city and the Henry Siegel & Co. private banli. conducted in con nection with it. "The affairs of the Fourteenth street store." said Mr. Train, "are typical of the affairs of other Siegel enterprises." Prison Term Threatens Conviction on the indictment charg ing violation of the banking laws in that Siegel and Vogel accepted depos its when they knew the bank to be insolvent is punishable with a term of from one to live years' imprisonment and a fine of * 5,000. For the grand larceny charge the men may be sen tenced to ten years in prison and fined SIO,OOO. ' "District Attorney Whitman said statements of two secretaries employed by Siegel were the basis of the grand larceny indictment. These secretaries testified that false statements were pre pared for merchants and bankers; that liabilities were turned Into as sets and that approximately $2,500,000 of -money deposited in the Siegel pri vate bank was placed into the retail business while it was losing money. tr \ Late News Bulletins C. L. MEIXELL DEAD Charles Lyme Meixell, 42 years old, who lias been ill In a York Hospital for several days, died this afternoon. Mr. Meixell Is a son of Professor "Zac" Meixell, of the' Central high school faculty. For sev eral years he has been superlnten lent of the Bell Telephone Company lines between York and Philadelphia. SIEGEL STORES CLOSED New York, March 12.—Orders closing the two big Now Yolk de partment stores operated by Henry Siegel and his partners were issued to-day by the Federal Court. WANTS PAGE TO EXPLAIN Washington, March 12.—A resolution calling upon Walter H. Page, ambassador to Great Britain for an explanation of a Panama Canal speech which he is reported to have delivered last night before the As sociated Chambers of Commerce In Liondon was adopted to-day by the WILL SIGN ALASKAN BILL Washington, March 12.—Arrangements were made at the White House to-day for President Wilson to sign the Alaskan bill at 3 p. m. Members of the Senate and House and Secretary Lane, who worked for the passage of the bill were invited to be present. PAID TO WORK FOR TOLL EXEMPTIONS Washington, March 12.—That he contracted with ex-Rear Admiral Bowles, president of the Fore Hlver Shipbuilding Company for SI,OOO and a contingent fee of SI. OOO to work for toll exemptions for American coastwise ships in the Panama canal act, was charged to-day by Clar ence W. eKnight before the Senate Lobby Committee. BIG FIRE AT PORTLAND Portland, Ore, March 12.—Six blocks of Portland's water front were wiped out by fire which started early to-day. The loss is esti mated at several hundred thousand dollars. The steam schooner Cricket and Glenroy were burned. LITERACY TEST IN BILL Washington, March 12.—Thr much discussed literacy test will re main in the Burnett Immigration bill when it Is presented to the Senate for action. This was decided to-day by the Senate Immigration Com mittee which will rejKJrt the bill favorably. Wall Street Closing.—Ainai. Copiier, 35%; Baltimore & Ohio. 88- Brooklyn R. T„ 92 */&; Canadian Pacific, 201 : C., M. A.- St. P. OS%- I Chesapeake & Oldo. 51%; Lehigh Valley. 144f£; New York Central . 8»W; Northern Pacific, 11154 ; Reading. 162%; P. R. R„ IJo South- I cm Pacific, !>:»', b ;C. S. Steel, 63 t =t? . . "HIGH JINKS" MEN WATER CO. TRIES TO CUT OFF CiP KILL [Women Stand Over Vaires and Dare Timid Workmen to Disturb Them ONE BOX IS CEMENTED UP Amateur Blacksmith Manufactures Key and Turns on Supply Again By StafT Correspondent Camp Hill, Pa., March 12. Em ployes of the Riverton Consolidated Water Company, under the direction of Superintendent Charles Saunders, this morning began carrying out their i threat to turn off the water supply of residences here whose owners refuse to pay the increased water rates. When the men, six in number, reach ed Camp Hill this morning they were warned by Squire Bowman that airy attemmpt to dig up the streets would be met with arrests Pick and shovels were not used this morning nor early this afternoon but a key, such as is used to turn off water at the water valve boxes In front of houses, played ajjrominent part Two women defied the company em ployes and stood over the boxes refus ing to move until after the men had gone away One Mrs. W. G. Vander grift, who lives in Oyster Point ave nue, stood over the tap for a full half hour The men told her they wanted to turn oft the water and she ordered them away They did not go and she then took up her position on the water box. The men, tired of wasting time, departed The other woman, Mrs. Michael Shipp, of Main street, was equally determined not to allow the water to be turned off. She also stood on the box and threats to dig up the street did not frighten her. Ac cording to spectators, the men told Mrs. Shipp she would catch cold standing in the open air. Neverthe less Mrs. Shipp remained at the box until the men had gone away. The next place visited was the home of William Staufter, of Cumberland street. Mr. Stauffer had placed ce ment over the top of the water valve box in front of his home. The men were about to crack the covering when threats of arrest made by Mr Stautfer made them tarry in their work and they went away without disturbing him. Off Again. On Again At the home of M. H. Glem, in Bow man avenue, and C. C. Sechrist, in Market street, near the tollgate, the men succeeded in getting the water turned off but this afternoon the water in both properties was again running. Shortly after the men turned the water" off, Mr. Gleim had a man to turn It on again and then pour ce ment over the top. If the company [Continued on Page 13] Alaska Bill Signed Klondike Gold Pen Special to The Telegraph Washington, D. C., March 12. —The nen with which Speaker Champ Clark signed the Alaska Railroad bill yes terday was made of Alaska gold and was held in an ivory penholder made from the tusk of a mastodon that roamed in Alaska more than 50,000 years ago. Vice-President Marshall used the same pen and holder when he af fixed his signature. The penholder was carved in the form of an Alaskan totem pole by an Alaskan Indian liv ing in Skagway. The ivory tusk from which the holder was carved was found in the Alluvials of the Kuskok wim. Geologists say that the ivory from those deposits must be at least 50,000 years old. The ivory penholder and the gold pen were supplied by John E. Ballaine, of Seattle and Alaska, who has been one of the active supporters of the Alaska Railroad bill. Mr. Ballaine will present the pen and penholder to the Territory of Alaska. The bill went to President Wilson for his sig nature to-day. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1914. Joir.oofSßony LAID TO REST TOM AS HUNDREDS MOURN I Man High in Life of City Buried From His City Residence \ PINE ST. CHURCH SORROWS People Helped by His Many Bene factions Gather to Pay Last Tribute _____ The body of John Y. Boyd, for years a prominent figure in the life of Har i risburg, was laid at rest in the old Harrisburg Cemetery this afternoon after services attended by people from every walk of life in the city. Men in j high State offices, men widely known I in business, men from railroad lines and shops and people who have been helped by Mr. Boyd's benefactions gathered to pay a last tribute. The services were held early this afternoon at the city residence of Mr. Boyd. 124 Pine street, and before the hour many called at the home, among them representatives of various boards with which Mr. Boyd was connected, and friends from .other towns. Nu merous floral tributes had been sent. The services followed the time honored form of the Presbvteriau Church —prayers, the Scripture and j hymns. The services at the house were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Lewis S. Mudge, the Rev. Dr. J. Ritchie Smith, the Rev. H. B. King and the Rev. John M. Warden. At the grave the service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Marcus A. Brownson, of Philadel phia, a close personal friend of Mr. j Boyd's. During the services the quar [ Continued on Page 3] LOCUST SI. FOLKS INT EXTENSION OF CLUSTER LIGHTS Petition of Property Owners From Third to Second Presented to Bowman | | Following the action of Locust 1 street property owners in petitioning | Commissioner of Public Safety Harry ! F. Bowman, several weeks ago, to ex ! tend the standard cluster light system in Locust street from Second to Third streets, a big delegation from the j West End Improvement Association i to-day asked the comissloner to place standard clusters in some of the prin cipal streets of the West End. Ever since the five-globe clusters j superseded the old over-head arc I lights in the commercial district, the I businessmen in the upper and Hill i sections have been eager for a similar kind of street illumination, as provided j for by the Harrisburg Light and Power j Company. Announcement was made several TContinued on Page 14] Dissention Twixt Poor Directors Over Ernest Mitchell's Successor Four applicants thus far are after the job of engineer at thg almshouse, which must be filled Monday because of the resignation of Ernest Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell resigned a week or so ago, to accept a more lucrative job. And there Is dissension In the Poor Board, it is said, over the question of Mitchell's success. The board expects to meet to-morrow to fill the place, and It Is possible that the differences of opinion between Directors Walter and j Boyer as to whom should get the place, will be patched up b- that time. The four applicants for the place to l date are: John H. Smith, 1443 Vernon • street; James D. Sanderson, 97 North Seventeenth; John Duttenhoffer, 1424 Penn street, and Charles W. Johns, 1813 North Fifth street. ! TURKISH ARMY AVIATORS FELL INTO SEA; ONE MAN DIES By Associated Press Jaffa, Palestine, March 12. Two Turkish army aviators, Nuri Bey and Ismail Bey, fell into the sea to-day while flying to the south of this port. Their aeroplane had broken down and they made a rapid glide 10 the water, where they were able to disentangle themselves from the machine and swim ashore. Both were In a state of extreme exhaustion when they reached the beach and were taken to a hospital where Nuri Bey died. ! OUTLAW BEAKDSLEY FOUND GUILTY By Associated Press Mayville, N. Y., March 12. Ed ward Beardsley, the Summerdale out law farmer, charged with assault on J. W. Putnam, county overseer of the | poor of Chautauqua county, was found 'guilty as charged" to-day. The Jury j .vas out six minutes. Beardsley shot the officer when the latter entered 1 his home to remove his children from j their squalid surroundings. He then ; barricaded himself and defied the au ; Ihorities for eight days. ALLENTOWN MAN WHITE SLAVER By Associated Press Council Bluffs, In., March 12. Claude Henninger, of Alentown, Pa., ! was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury here 011 a white slavery charge 1 last night and at once pleaded guilty. He will be sentenced to-day. Hen ninger who had separated from his | wife, is said to have eloped to Mis souri Valley, lowa, with Miss Mamie Adams, of Allentown, without tirat se i '.lurius 1 divorce. SCHOOLS FOR GIFTED CHILDREN HERE ARE PRODUCING RESULTS Pupils Usually Keep Well and Strong Despite Demands Made Upon Them THIS CITY AMONG LEADERS Harrisburg Doing Everything Pos sible to Aid Advancement of Brighter Scholars [This Is the first of two articles dealing with the "special school" established for the purpose of giv ing very bright pupils opportunity to complete the public school course in less than the regularly allotted period.] By Mrs, Aimu H. Wood •Superintendent F. E. Downes. of the city schools, found upon Investigation that in five cities of the United States there were successfully operated "special schools" for exceptionally gifted children. Through his efforts Harrisburg followed in line. To-day we have two schools in widely sepa rated sections of the city, each under an expert teacher, where ambitious children cover In one year the work usually accomplished in two. The eighth and *nlnth grades thus become the eighth grade, but from it pupils pass on to th'i high school. The work of the teachers is much less Irksome than In schools having pupils of both bright and slow children. It is also more fair and just to those pupils whose minds are unusually receptive, for who would think It fair to join a weak and a strong horse to make a perfect team ? ! In order 'to qualify for admittance I [Continued oil Page 3] PROSPECTS BRIGHT FDA MOTHER WHITE HOUSE MARRIAGE Secretary of Treasury McAdoo and Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson May Wed By Associated FreSs Washington, March 12. —Prospects of another White House wedding be jcame more definite to-day with the persistent renewal of the report that I Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo land Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, i youngest daughter of the President and Mrs. Wilson, were engaged, the marriage to take place in June. There was no announcement from I the White House and when the atten tion of officials was drawn to the re port they refrained from making any comment or denial. Secretary McAdoo himself said it would be indelicate for him to cora j ment on the subject one way or the ! other. Nevertheless official Washing ton is taking it as a definite fact that another wedding at the White House will be solemnized in June after the i adjournment of Congress. Many persons who know Secretary McAdoo were not surprised at the re- Lport because ho has been a frequent : social visitor at the White House dur ' ing the last year. Washington so- I ciety has observed the couple at many £ dance as WPII. Mr. McAdoo is fifty years old while | Miss Wilson is twenty-four. He is a ! widower and has six children, one son . and one daughter being married. "Billy" Sunday Doesn't Make Harrisburg Police Hit the Sawdust Trail Harrisburg witnesses in attendance at the United States Court sessions at Scranton returned home last night, but not a member of the party showed j any sawdust on his heels. All attended the Billy Sunday meeting Tuesday I night but none hit the trail, in the i party were: ! Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison, Detec tives Harry White and John Murnane, Roundsman James McCann and for mer Patrolman Amos Good. They were witnesses in the case of "Red" ! Kelley, charged with passing counter i feit half-dollars in Harrisburg. ANONYMOUS GIFT FOR CHURCH IN SUBURBS OF WASHINGTON By Associated Press Washington, March 12.—An anony mous gift of $500,000 toward the con struction of the great national cathe dral of the Protestant Episcopal church on Mount St. Albans, in the suburbs of Washington, was an nounced to-day. The structure when completed will rank among the fa mous temples of the world. The be quest was made through the New York chapter of the National Cathe dral Association. BADGES TO BE SUPPLIED By Associated Press ! Washington, March 12.—The War [Department has arranged with the di rector of the mint to supply certificate of merit badges to former soldiers who had received the certificates be fore 1905, the date on which the is suance of the badges was authorized. The certificates o* merit are issued to soldiers for honorable and prolonged satisfactory service and not for brav ery in action, y ORIENTAL RUG SALE hast week of this sale at the Blake shop, 103 N. Second. Don't, miss shar ing the bargains. , f Widow, Reconciled to Millionaire, Barred From Bier / *• iSr f i iillt 1 % *1 : * - 1 x.i. I v. .0 y ;■ 41 y,\ . J *( « Jk MRS. BERTHA NOLIN New York, March 12. —Mrs. Bertha Nolin Ford, divorced two years ago from her millionaire husband, J. Howard Ford, and reconciled to him three days before he died, is said to have consulted with her attorneys to ascertain whether she could recover damages from J. B. Ford, brother of her hus band, for refusing to permit her to view the body of her dead spouse. Mrs. Ford declared that she and her husband had agreed their misunderstanding had been the result of a terrible mistake and that slie had dined with him last Friday at the Waldorf Astoria. Mrs. Ford before her marriage in 1906 was Miss Bertha Nolin, of Berlin. She was prominent in New York society for several years. In the winter of 1911 Mrs. Ford sailed to visit her par ents in Germany. During her absence her husband found letters from a German baron and he decided to follow her to Europe. Detectives trailed Mrs. Ford and, it was alleged, the baron, and their evidence was presented at the divorce suit in Goshen, N. Y., in December, 1912. Mr. Ford was 00 years' old. His fortune is estimated at 50,000,000. ABANDON MURYSVIILE ENGINEHODSE NEXT MOMVmMII Orders Issued by Superintendent Smith Yesterday Affecting Middle Division i Orders to abandon the Marysville i engrinehouae as a terminal for middle division engines were issued yesterday ' afternoon by N. W. Smith, superln ! tendent of the middle division of the : Pennsylvania railroad. The order is effective at C p. m. Monday, March 16. Orders affecting the middle division engines are ex pected to come later, It was said to day at the offices of Superintendent W. B. McCaleb. Superintendent Smith's order is the first movement in the line of retrench ment at Marysville, which has been i under consideration for some time which, it is believed, will eventually result In the abandonment of the i Marysville yards entirely. The order states that there will be no change In the present method of handling reg [ Continued on Page 14] Skeleton Believed to Be Thousands of Years Old Unearthed in Africa By Associated Press Berlin, March 12.—A valuable an-J thropoiogical discovery in the northern part of German E.ast Africa Is report ed in the Lokal Anzeiger by Dr. Hans Reick of the Geological and Palaento logical Institute of Berlin University. It is a fossil human skeleton in a magnificent state of preservation. This is held to prove that "many | tens, many hundreds of thousands of years ago a highly developed race of the African continent." J The remains seem to be of a com- I pleteness very unusual in such eases. Not only is the skull perfect with all | the teeth, but also tho "entire frame work of the body the thorax, shoulders, pelvis and extremities." The skeleton is ascribed to the dilu vial epoch, but anything like a precise estimation of its age will only be pos sible after a thorough examination of the remain of extinct animals among I which it was found. . ' 14 PAGES "LOVES JUSTICE BEFORE ART," SAYS SLASHER IF VENUS Miss Richardson's Excuses to Judge Do Not Keep Her From Jail By Associated Press London, March 12. Miss May Richardson, the militant suffragette who on Tuesday hacked Velasquez's "Rokeby Venus" in the National Gal- was to-day sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The case against Miss Richardson was disposed of in record time. She was arrested on March 10, taken to Bow street police courf, and commit jted for trial by the magistrate on the jfiame day; the grand jury yesterday I returned a true bill against her and ' to-day she wag tried and convicted by [Continued 011 Page 14] Dies Trying to Save Sweetheart From Death By Associated Press Williamson, W. Va., March 12. While attempting to save the life of Miss Dtxie Blackburn, his sweetheart, whose foot was caught in a railway i trestle near here to-day, William Mc- Coy was struck by a train and toss ed Into a ravine fifty feet away. Miss Blackburn was Instantly killed and McCoy was dying when picked up by the train crew Father oi Free Lunch in Saloon, Dies in Chicago Special to The Telegraph Chicago, March 12. —The death of Joseph C. ("Cheßterfleld") Mackln, who is credited with having Introduced the saloon free lunch, occurred yes terday at the State Hospital for the Insane. At one time Mackln was a powerful factor in Illinois Democratic politics. After the Clevelund-Blaine campaign In 1884 Mackln served a term In the State penitentiary for election frauds. He had been 111 for four months and was adjudged Insane last week He was 73 years old. * POSTSCRIPT. TWO ENGLISHWOMEN Mia SINCE Til IN CflllU WIS BURNED Both Were Attached to Inland Mis sion at Lao Ho-Kow in Pro vince of Hu-Peh DISAPPEARED YESTERDAY Seventeen Persons Were Connect ed With Protestant Missions in Chinese City By Associated Press London, March 12.—A despatch to the Central News from Shanghai, say* that two English women attached to the station of the China Inland Mla slon at lao Ho-Koow in the provinoo of Hu-Peh have been missing since that town was sacked and burned by brigands yesterday. The two women are Miss E. Black and Miss J. Black. The China Inland Mission la a British missionary society with head ■ quarters in London. It was represent ed in Lao Ho-Kow by five persons. The brigands when they sacked the city killed Dr. T. Froyland, a Norwegian missionary, and wounded several oth ers. Altogether there are seventeen par- I sons attached to Protestant missions | in the city. Charles D. Baker Not Burned in St Louis Fire Special to The Telegraph | Cincinnati, March 12.—Charles D. j Baker, of this city, whose clothing, money and cards were found in some I articles recovered from the St. Louis i |i r e, escaped ttom the burning bulld- J ing. This Information was conveyed to Baker's relatives here on Tuesday Sin a long distance telephone message I from Baker. According to the rela i tives, he said he had been a guest at the athletic club on the night of the | tire and had managed to escape but : that he had lost his clothes and ! money. He asked that money be for warded to him at a St. Louis hotel. ! DK. SHAW IS DISPLEASED WITH ACTS OF MILITANTS By Associated Press New York, Mas'ch 12.— Militant j methods and especially the latest act of the English suffragettes in slashing ! the valuable "Rokeby Venus," we're j declared to-day by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw to be working a great injury to ! the cause of votes for women in this | country. "In one day the militant can seri ously hurt the work of many patient years for us," Dr. Shaw said. "Peo ple don't stop to realize how unfair I that is. We are no more to blame for things they do than our men are re ! sponsible for the murders In Mexico." V. S. LEADS IN SUGAR By Associated Press Washington, D. C., March 12. — The j United States leads the world In tho i Importation of sugar, according to a | report issued to-day by the Depart ment of Agriculture. The grand total of imports in 1912 was 3,022.187 short ! tons, compared with 2,797,514 short Ltons in 1911. Of this amount 50.8 per "cent, came from Cuba. For Harrlsburg and vldattTl Fllr, continued epld to-night, with low rut temperature about 18 de gree* | Friday fair and warmer. For Kantern Pennsylvania! Fair to night and Friday I slowly rlilag temperature! light to moderate variable winds. River No important changes in rtver a*4 Ice conditions will occur to-night or Friday. General Conditions The depression that was central over East Tennessee. Wednesday morning, has been pushed south eastward by the strong high pressure to the northwestward and In now central off the Booth Atlantic coast. This disturbance, though comparatively shallow, has caused general rain soatk and east of the Ohio river aad in Texas within the last twenty four hours, the greatest amount of rsln reported, 1.(18 Inches, (ail ing at Montgomery. Temperature! 8 a. m., 20| 2 p. a., 80k Sum Hlses, . I Mean temperature, 28. | Normal temperature, 30. MARRIAGE LICENSES Cfinries D. Herkert, Ellzabethville, and Mary Elizabeth Grim, Malta, Pa. William A. Mayer and Ettle V. Shafl ner, city. Choosing The Right Piano ■"——~~— One needs to be sure in piano buying. Quality and character count more than price. And the safest, surest guide to the right piano at the right price Is the advertising in a live daily newspaper like the Telegraph. The names of the representa tive Instruments are ail' made known through careful, dignified advertising. The best piano dealers are ad vertisers reputable men who back up reputable Instruments with their own guarantee. Good pianos are not made by | advertising. The types merely herald the quality which has al ready been put there by good materials and sound workman -1 ship. There Is no WRy in which the I advertising In this newspaper can guide you with greater safety than In buying a piano. IN ii ll—— i