COIRtCIL REFUSES TILLEV PIPOSII Resolution Fixing Annual Rental For Use of Mechanicsburg Streets Voted Down Special to The Telegraph Mechaniesburg. Pa., March 18. With only one dissenting vote the resolution by which the Valley Kail ways Company wants the borough to settle the suit over the annual street rentals, was turned down, at an ad journed meeting of the town council last evening. A warm contest was expected, and many citizens were pres ent at the meeting, but the decision was quickly reached. Public senti ment strongly favored the rejection of the resolution since the borough of Ulechantcsburg has already won that eult in both the lower and the Superior Courts. Under the original contract the borough reserved the right to fix the annual rental, after the expira tion of ten years. In the lower court. Judge Gillan sitting, the decision was In favor of the borough, whereupon the trolley company appealed to the Superior Court. This, in turn, af firmed the decision of the lower court, declaring 2that the question at issue was the borough's constitutional right to make and enforce a contract, ■which neither the Legislature nor the courts had the power to nullify. The Supreme Court, where the case Is How pending, was next appealed to by the trolley company. The resolution, introduced at the request of George E. Lloyd, attorney for the company, at the last meeting of the council, annulled the ordinance fixing the annual rental fee at $1,200, making It SSOO instead, for a period of twenty years, or as long thereafter as the said company may use its fran chise. The refusal to accept this reso lution meets the approval of the ma jority of taxpayers and citizens with Whom the same has been the subject of conversation since the last council meeting. Villa Reported to Be • in Precarious Position According to Federals El Paso, Texas, March 18. —The thousands of persons in this section whose fortunes are locked up In the military and political developments In Mexico to-day awaited authentic in formation of the reported battle north of Torreon. In the la6t twenty-four hours exactly fifteen words of a press dispatch seaped through the censor and over the single telegraph line con necting Juarez with the present war rone. It was so restricted as to be scarcely more than an index of what It is assumed the censor removed. Meanwhile federal agents here as serted that General Villa, moving con fidently in the direction of Torreon, suddenly came upon the enemy a hun dred miles north of where he had expected them, was defeated at Es calon, on the main line of the railway, and at Rosarlo. If the claims of the federals are cor rect, General Villa had to do battle for his life and is still in-a precarious position, with an enemy In front and another threatening by a flank move ment to occupy his rear. Woman Fined For Calling Teacher a Suffragette Cologne, March 18.—For calling a woman school principal a "suffragette" the wife of a physician in a suburban village was to-day convicted and fined on a charge of slander. The ofl'ense was committed in the course of a quarrel over the punish ment by the school principal of the physician's daughter. The complainant, in supporting the charge before the court, argued: "The suffragettes have shown themselves to be scarcely normal. Educated people are enraged against them owing to their outrages, and nobody would en trust children to me if I were a suf fragette." The defendant refused to apologize and declared that the teacher had "acted like a suffragette." She was thereupon ordered to pay a fine. Haven't Decided on Form of Institutional Work at Pine Street Just what form of institutional work Pine Street Presbyterian Church will organize to carry out the bequest in the will of John Y. Boyd by which 1100,000 is given to the church in the interest of men and boys is not de cided. No announcement as to any specific plans was made to-day from "the Boyd home and It is probable that no actlor. toward carrying out the provisions of the bequest will be taken for some time. - ~ —— . _____ Sulphur Vapor Baths RHEUMATISM Lumbago, Sciatica, Gout, Neuritis, Colds, Obesity, Blood Poison and Many Chronic Diseases I * 1 HEALTH STUDIO JOHN HENRY PETERS, H.D. 207 Walnut St., Harrisburg, Pa. Open HA. >l. to 10 I*. M. LADY ATTENDANT 801 l Phone 2102U .w ■ \ WEDNESDAY EVENING &AIUUSBURG TELEGR APR MARCH 18,1914. BRICKS MID PUSTER TraSMOF Anast Belehas Sues Mechanics Bank Building Contractor; Other Courthouse News At frequent in- ILI ) ( ' 111 tervals during the yyiL Ir^h.i construction of the fy Mechanics Bank LI_!??-5u ducts a shoe shin ing stanu and barber shop. The falling bricks occasionally lilt a water pipe it is believed, for the rooms were flooded from bursted pipes. Belehas contends all this in an ac tion in trespass against the contractor, Charles McCaul Company. He began suit to-day through his counsel, At torney Charles C. Stroh. No state ment has been filed as yet but it is said that $5,000 may he asked for. Thousands ill Building Penults. — Building permits issued to-day totaled $26,000. They were: William C. Porr, two brick dwellings, 2143-45 Swatara street, $4,000; G. B. Llppman, five dwellings, 622 to 632 Mahantongo, $7,000; D. H. Hetrick and Son, six houses, 29 to 39 North Nineteenth street, $15,900. Pennsy Takes Over Second Street Property.—Realty trur.sfers yesterday included the recording of the deed of Harriet Adams to the Pennsylvania Hallroad Company for one of the South Second street properties which the railroad company purchased to make way for the proposed freight station. The purchase price was $15,- 000. Other transfers: J. E. Litch to J. B. Litch, Steelton, $2,200; J. B. Litch to W. S. Bellows, Steelton, $2,000; James M. Wix to Minnie Thomas, Lower Paxton, $1; William P. Wil liams to M. S. Williams, Lykens, is2so; E. N. Lebo to J. N. Foltz, 2333 Jeffer son, $3,200; S. O. Richabaugh to L. Shaffer, 1317 North, $1; A. Brandt to Samuel Hotter, Conewago township, $77. Probated Will For Coroner. The will of Thomas Lowe, the aged cooper who died suddenly yesterday morning, was probated to-day in order that the coroner could legally take over his estate pending its settlement. Lowe who was worth approximately $5,000 left all his property to his niece, Isa bella T. Shimp. Lewlstown, Alittlin county. Change Polling Place. —Because the building formerly occupied as a poll ing place in Hockersille, Derry town ship, has been demolished, the coun ty commissioners to-day changed the voting booth to a building owned by I. C. Erb less than 100 feet away. Paid Ught antl Paving Bills. —Street light and paving bills were paid for February by the city treasurer, yester day. The Central Construction and Supply Company got a warrant for $5,700 for paving of Front, Penn and Park streets. The Harrisburg Light and Power Company was paid $4,- 384.13 for electricity. Attorney John A. Herman An Executor.—John A. Herman, a mem ber of the Dauphin eountj' bar, was named an executor of the bill of Mrs. Eliza B. Hummel along with Mrs. Eliza Hummel Mac Donald, Mrs. Hay Donaldson and V. Ijorne Hummel, grandchildren and beneflcaries under Mrs. Hummel's will. Trial of Angelo Boschelli Continued to June Sessions Trial of Angelo A. Boschelli, former proprietor of the Menger Hotel of "Rosegarden" fame, who is charged under several indictments with selling liquor to minors, to visibly intoxicated people and to conducting a disorderly house, has been postponed until June quarter sessions. Boschelli's case was scheduled for to-day. Boschelli, with Jacob Eckert, for merly proprietor of the Hotel Essex, were indicted together on similar charges. Following the trial of Eck ert the Essex proprietor pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay fines and costs totaling more than SI,OOO. The liquor licenses of both men were revoked several months ago. $50,000 GIFT TO METHODISTS By Associated Press New York, March 18. —An anony mous cash gift of $50,000 was received to-day by the Board of Foreign Mis sions of the .aethodist Episcopal Church, to be added to the permanent fund for the care of retired mission aries. LIBRARY NOT SOLD London, Marcn 18.—The Duke of Devonshire to-day authorized the state ment that the reports that he has sold his famous library at Chatsworth are unfounded COMMOHH IS TAKING UP HIS TIE No More Than Out of the "Jug" When in He's Popped Again The past, present and future time of Charles G. Perry, alias Wllharm, has been, and will be, pretty well taken up by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Perry confessed to Judge Johnson In March Quarter Sessions to-day to having forged some checks. Inci dentally it developed that he only re cently got out of Lancaster Jail after having served fifteen months. Judge Johnson sentenced Perry to-day to twelve months in the Dauphin prison —and when he gets out he'll find a de tainer from York county awaiting him. So the prospects are that he will spend some time at least in the prison beyond the Codorus. Notwithstanding the fact that County Detective Walters and City Detective White both told on the wit ness stand of how Thaddeus Toy coolly informed them of certain thefts he committed, tho Jury acquitted him. Pava Keric was convicted of stealing fifteen chickens and was called for sentence this afternoon. Other sentences included Charles En gle, fraud against boardiqghouse keeper, thirty days; George W. Lewis, false pretense, six months; Samuel Henson, larceny, three months; Hor ace Mlnichan, felonious entry, three months. Archibald Hamaker was on trial for assault and battery upon W. H. Alberts when court adjourned at noon. Most of the morning session in Presi dent Judge Kunkel's court was taken up with the trial of Samuel Emanuel, who, witji William Todd and Harvey Yingst, is charged with robbing aged Charles O'Neill. Todd pleaded guilty and was the chief witness for the prosecution this morning. Chamber of Commerce May Help Firemen Get Convention Funds To assure the successful meeting of the State Firemen's Association in Harrisburg next October, Chairman Howard O. Holsteln, of the finance com mittee, of the Firemen's Union, will confer with the officials of the Harris burg Chamber of Commerce on the question of raising funds. Last night, at a meeting of the union. Chairman Holstein said the funds were coming In very slowly. The business men will be appealed to through the Chamber of Commerce. COLT STOLEN While three stable hands were busy feeding horses in the stable of D. H. Snavely, on the John Reijy farm, near Fort Hunter, a valuable colt was stolen last evening from a stall. The Harrisburg Police Department was notified this morning. MILKMAN LATE; 2 ARE NEARLY KILLED Nearly Caught by Train While Trying to Get Over Tracks Dauphin, Pa., March 18. Two men nearly lost their lives this morning be cause a milkman was late. Walter Seller, clerk at the Pennsyl vania station, and Acting Agent Eyster were almost caught by the Lykens lo cal at 8:30 o'clock, while trying to get across the tracks with milk cans brought for the train at the last minute. Only the presence of mind of young Seiler saved the life of Eyster. who rolled oft the track against the safety gates a second before the train whizzed by. He was uninjured. Just as the train entered the town, this morning, the milkman arrived with his shipment. The c»nß had to be transferred to the platform across the tracks for loading. Seiler and Eyster tried to get the truck across, but saw time was too short, and each picked up a piece of baggage. They made the first trip in safety, and Eyster was coming back for the second load as Seller was starting across with a bread box. They ran into each in the center of the track. Eyster fell. The engine was fifty feet away. Seiler grabbed Eyster and pulled at him. Eyster's legs rolled oft the track just as the engine shot by. He lay between the track and the fence until the train had passed. Spectators thought he was killed. Carry Sick Woman 4 Miles on Door Used as Stretcher Wrapped in four blankets and tied with ropes to a door used as a stretch er, Mrs. Myrtle Jones, aged 25 years, suffering with convulsions, was carried four miles over hills and rough roads to Duncannon this morning. Later she was placed on a train and brought to the Harrisb&rg Hospital. Mrs. JoHes, who lives in the country back of Duncannon, was taken ill last night. The family physician said it was a hospital case, but it w.ould be dangerous to convey Mrs. Jones to the train in a wagon or carriage. The husband. William Jones, with three other men, started at 6.3 0 this morn ing with Mrs. Jones on the stretcher. It was rough walking and hard work. Stops were made at houses en route, where restoratives were ad ministred. While still quite ill, Mrs. Jones was reported as improving this afternoon. Westinghouse Leaves Bulk of $35,000,000 to Widow; Favors Employes Pittsburgh, March 18. —The will of George Westinghouse, who died in New York last week, was filed here for pro bate to-day. No estimate of the value of the estate is made, but it is said to be about $35,000,000. The testament is a brief document and under its terms Margaret E. W. Westinghouse, the widow, is given two-thirds of all the capital stock of the Westinghouse Air Spring Company, of which he was owner, and one-third of such stock to his son. Certain personal office and household employes are given a year's salary and a bequest of $5,000 is made to Alexander Garden Updefraf. The residue of the estate Is divided 40 per cent, to the widow, 40 per cent, to the son and 20 per cent, to the brother of the testator. The will is dated January 13, 1914. SEEK FAMILIES IIISRE Mrs. Lillian Omchundre, White Creek, Tenn., has written the Police Department a request for aid in locat ing families In Harrisburg by the name of Halsley and Wagner, who originally came from Frederick county, Md. IIAII V HORN 0\ TRAIN A baby was born on the Immigrant train which left Harrisburg shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Tho mother, a Slavish woman, was taken ill at Huntingdon, and the baby ar- I rived as the train reached Altoona NEW ORDINANCE TO INSURE UNIFORMITY OF PAVEMENT LINES Commissioner Lynch's Measure Will Regulate Construction of Sidewalk Uniformity of "pavement lines in front of unimproved properties will be insured when the new ordinance introduced yesterday in City Council for the regulation of sidewalks be comes a law. The measure was offered by City Commissioner W. H. Lynch, Superin tendent of Streets and Public Im provements, and serves as a repealer to the present ordinance regulating the construction of sidewalks. By the provisions of the proposed new Lynch regulation the question of construction of pavements in front of unimproved property will he left to the jurisdiction of the superintendent of streets. Alignment will be gov erned by the lines of the majority of other pavements in the same block. Under the present sidewalk ordi nance it Is provided that within thirty days after the street is opened, pave ment shall be laid in front of the un improved property for a distance of at least one-half the width of the side walk next to the curb. This left the space between the house line and the pavement to be filled In with gravel or earth. On some blocks the pavement Is laid in the center of the sidewalk, while in other sections the old style is followed. Commissioner Lynch's plan, how ever, is to require the pavements to be laid uniformly throughout the block. Whether or not the 1914 budget or dinance as read for the first time yes terday in Council will be passed with out change next Tuesday is a question. The item of S9OO for an assistant health officer may be Included after all, although it is said that Commis sioner Bowman will not call the Coun cilmen together at special session for the purpose. The change might be made next Tuesday on the floor of Council. Commissioner Bowman said he may offer a resolution next Tuesday pro viding for the appointment of the two food Inspectors under his new ordi nance. BURGLARS ESCAPE WITH »150| 85.000 WAS NKAII AT HAND Chicago, March 18.—While a com panion guarded their automobile a rob ber early to-day entered the Briggs house, one of Chicago's oldest down town hotels, shot and slightly wound ed an assistant manager, took $l5O from a cash register and fled Just as the night clerk liwd opened the safe and was about to hand him the $5,000 which it contained. The bandits then drove rapidly away from the hotel. IA/ALKING NEEDED BY STATE'S PEOPLE They Will Not Only Save Car Fare, But Bills From the Old Family Doctor People do not walk enough and if they walked more and rode less In the cars they would be In pocket not only car fare but doctors' bills as well, says Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, the State Commissioner of Health. Dr. Dixon says about walking: "Nature intended the human animal t<f walk. From the dawn of history until a century ago this was the chief method of locomotion for the majority of mankind. Among the multifarious inventions of the last century were in cluded more new methods for the transportation of man than had, been known in the previous history of the human race. "The speed with which we can be whisked about on train and trolley Is a thing which has made possible our great cities. To their perfection we owe much that is beneficial and some things which are not. Among the lat ter Is the fact that we are forgetting how to walk. How many times have you heard people say, 'Our new housb is most convenient —just half a block from the trolley,' or "You know we are right at the elevated station,' Office and apartment buildings with elevator service are most in demand. "Walking has come to be looked upon as a burdensome waste of time by the majority of people. A European traveler when asked what most im pressed him in this country said, 'The fact that your laborers ride to and from work.' "No one seems to walk if It is pos sible to ride. The trolley, railway and auto serve the majority of us in the place of legs. What is the result? "Thousands of business men and women go day in and day out with but a fraction of the physical exercise which Nature intended that every human being should have during his or her waking hours. The easiest and most natural of all exercises is neg lected and often looked upon as a positive hardship. Is it surprising that our statistics show a remarkable in crease in the number of deaths from Bright's disease and kindred ailments which result from overeating and underexercise? "Walk to and from work whenever possible and save doctor bills as well as car fare. This Is a rational exercise which you need not fear overdoing and its steady practice will improve your digestion and Insure more rest, ful sleep and aid in increasing your resistance to disease." BIG GEM IN WILSON RING Washington, March 18.—Miss Elea nor Wilson's engagement ring Is In strong contrast to the simpler one of her sister Jessie, now Mrs. Sayre. Mr. McAdoo's choice for his fiancee Is a large diamond set in platinum. The stone weighs about four and a half carats and is blue white. It is set in prongs, surrounded by an elaborate and delicate filigree studded with small diamonds on each side of the solitaire. Miss Wilson has shown her ring to all her friends. WANT CIVIL SERVICE EXTENDED Washington, March 18. —Extension of civil service to practically all federal offices, including collectors of cus toms and all postmasters, was propos ed to President Wilson to-day by Rich ard H. Bana of Cambridge, Mass., and Robert W. Belcher, of New York, offi cers of the National Civil Service Re form League. TO BURY VICTIM OF CAR ACCIDENT TO-MORROW Mrs. C. E. Jones, the Camp Hill woman who was killed when a Valley Railways car Jumped the track near Shlremanstown on Monday night, will be burled to-morrow. The funeral ser vices will be held from her home near tho tollgate at 9 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. E. D. Weigle, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Camp Hill, will officiate. Members of the church council will act m pallbearers. ICE Will PASS OUT WITH LIHLE DAMAGE State Water Supply Commission Rods Conditions in Susque hanna Valley Reassuring The warm weather of the past week has melted most cf the snow in the valleys, solidified that In the moun tains and -tted the ice in the streams and rivers, according to a report is sued to-day by the Water Supply Commission. A large part of the wa ter has run off and broken up the ice in some places; at Clearfield, on the West Branch of the Susquehanna river, the ice broke and moved out quietly; at Renovo, farther down the river, the Ice went out on March 16, at 3:30 p. m., on an 8.8 foot stage; a.t Lock Haven, the ice was moving out at 11 a. m., March 17. At Williams port the ice held firmly until 11 a. m. of March 17 when it moved on a seven foot stage. Above Willlamsport and ] about three miles below Jersey Shore i the ice is jammed. | The Juniata river is probably higher | than the other rivers, and the ice moved out at Newport on a high but not dangerous stage. At the gaging stations of the Water Supply Commis sion of Pennsylvania at Saxton and Huntingdon, on tho upper part of the Juniata watershed, the river stages | are falling, while there is a cor responding rise in the lower part of | the river at Newport. The North ! Branch of the Susquehanna river is ] frozen on both sides with an open [channel in the middle throughout a large part of its course. On the" other hand, the main Susquehanna river fot~ long distances above Clarks Ferry dam is entirely closed. On the North Branch the temperatures are not so high as elsewhere, and the indications iare that the Juniata river will dis charge its load of ice and melted snow I first, with the load from the West ; Branch following closely. The cooler I conditions prevailing on the North Branch will probably require a warm rain to relieve the river and its '\- tershed of the burden of snow and ice. With the three largest tributaries of the Susquehanna, the Juniata, West and North Branches discharging their loads one at a time, their effect is not accumulative nnd the ice should pass out of the main river without any general damage. Although the danger from floods in the Susquehanna basin has been greatly relieved, a heavy rain at this time would necessarily do more dam age than at other seasons In the ye r, when the rivers are entirely free from ice and the ground is not saturated. The light rains and sun of to-day will probably not have material effect on the streams. THREE GOOD ACTS AT THE ORPHEUM "Wronged From the Start" Is a Scream; "Buster" Is More Than a Little Intelligent Three good acts feature the Or- j pheum bill this week. They are J "Wronged from the Start," a travesty melodrama; Monroe Hopkins and Lola Axtell in "Traveling," and "Buster," a dog, with his trainer, Ed. Vinton. The rest of the show is more or less what In the vernacular might quite reason ably be called "punk." "Wronged from the Start" is all that its name implies. The act opens to the sweetly and completely ruined strains of the "Old Oakeri Bucket," or some such melody of long ago that sends the shivers up your back and makes you wonder what in the name of Sam Hill, or whoever the musical Hoyle may be. has happened to the first violin. Then it all breaks upon you quite clearly, for the curtain goes up on the stage of the "opera house" In a town that is from all appearances miles and miles from Gotham. The scene of the play is "Fair Pines" and because of "Jack Barrington," who holds the mortgage, "clouds are gath erin' about the old home." The rest of the skit is a scream from the hero to the electrician and stage carpenter. Some of the more tender scenes are labeled "On board tho Richard Croker at sea," "Adrift on the bell buoy" and "Sunshine again at Fair Pine." None of the action, however, was so far fetched that It was so very far re moved from the genuine, ten, twenty, thirty that can be seen most anywhere in the smaller stands . Monroe Hopkins and Lola Axtell, in "Traveling," do a stunt somewhat similar to the Pullman scene of "Ex cuse Me," seen at the Majestic this winter. "Buster" is a live wire and is harder to bluff than a lot of folks who paid 50 cents to see the rest of the show, which included the "superb" Orpheum orchestra; the Orpheoscope; Frawley and Hunt on the rings; Hall and Francis in a song and patter; Kline, Abe and Nlchelson, in a loud and not very melodious musical act, and Lai Mon Kim, who is billed as a Chinaman and a prince. He is a Chinaman. MAX ROBERTSON. Says Argentine Beef Production Is Now in Control of Chicago By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ March 18.—How Argentine's beef industry, which im ports millions of pounds of meat into tho United States monthly under the new tariff law, is dominated by Chi cago slaughtering and packing com panies, which "do by far the ma'or nortion of the entire business," is de scribed in a "farmers' bulletin" issued to-day by the Department of Agricul ture. That Argentina beef has caused a reduction in the prices of meat in the United States has been generally sup posed, but the department's bulletin re marks that "it is not assumed that ths American-controlled companies in Ar gentine are using Argentine beef to beat down the prices of Chicago beef." At the present time, the bulletin says, there are nine establishments for slaughtering, chilling or freezing and exporting beef located in or near Buenos Ayres, and five of these com panies are owned or operated by Chi cago houses. CANKERS OF 1 STATE HERB TO EFFECT ORGANIZATION Representatives of thirty-flve can ning industries in Pennsylvania met at the Commonwealth Hotel this afternoon to organize a State Association of Can ners. Information concerning similar or ganizations in other Btates was given by J. O. Colbert, of Baltimore. Those Interested In the Pennsylvania bodv are. Chris Musßelman, Blglervllle, and D. L. Welitbrenner, Pittsburgh. I WILSON ASKED FOR FULL INFORMATION ON PANAMA MS Senator Jones Condemns Cringing Policy of Democratic Adminis tration Before England By Associated Press Washington, March 18.—The broad charge, that President Wilson deter mined to ask Congress to repeal the Panama tolls exemption as a conse quence of his recent conference with Sir Lionel Carden, British minister to Mexico and that the President's action was the culmination of negotiations with Great Britain for the preserva tion of the Monroe Doctrine, threat ened by the Mexican situation, was made in the Senate to-day by Senator Jones, Republican, of Washington. He was speaking on his pending resolu tion calling on the President for full information on the tolls controversy. Senator Jones intimated that a re peal of the tolls exemption was the price of non-interference in Mexico by other foreign powers. He further declared that "it is reported as one |of the conditions that Great Britain will seek reparation on its losses through confederate bonds issued during the Civil War, by a plan sanc tioned by this government under which, if successfully applied, the bur den of reparation will fall upon the Southern States." For that report Senator Jones maintained develop ments had shown there was a basis. "Our Craven Action" "What is the foreign policy that re quires such humiliating, cowardly, craven action on our part?" the Sen ator demanded. "What are the deli cate matters that demand this humil iation, this price? Have we become so inert, so weak, so supine, so servile that the Monroe Doctrine must be sus tained and invigorated by the very powers against which it was invoked? Are we so weak or so entangled in the meshea of our own diplomacy that the demands of England based upon the selfish interests of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company must be granted, right or wrong? Have Rny nations besides England objected to the legislation it is proposed to re peal? These are questions that must be answered to the satisfaction of the American people." Message Lacks Facts "The President's message." said Senator Jones, "is not only remark able for Its lack of facts, dearth of reason and for the sublime assurance of the schoolmaster that the Iws will do what he wants but it is more re markable in its conclusion. He says: " 'I ask this of you in support of the foreign policy of the administra tion.' "What are the 'other matters of even greater delicacy and nearer con sequence.' That this legislation is a part of an understanding expressed or tacitly implied relating to Mexico is shown by the words of the message and by the circumstances surrounding its delivery. "It had been repeatedly announced that no message would be sent to Congress on the tolls question. A British subject was murdered in Mex ico by rebel authorities, whom Great Britain does not recognize. Our posi tion prevents Great Britain from en tering Mexico. The British minister has a long conference with the Presi dent and immediately the newspapers say 'President Wilson announced to night immediately following the con ference with Sir Lionel Carden that he will go before Congress Thursday (this conference was Wednesday evening) and deliver a message urging the re peal of the Panama canal tolls exemp tion section.' Former Situation Paralleled "A hint is declared to have been taken from the historical fact that the Monroe Doctrine was originally in spired by England. The President is said to realize that the Mexican tangle has brought about almost a parallel situation with that which existed when President Monroe announced his pol icy. As a result an agreement is said to have been reached with Great Brit ain under which the two countries will stand together against any European attempt to test out the Monroe Doc trine in Mexico." Senator Jones asked Immediate consideration and passage of his reso lution, but in a parliamentary wrangle between Senator Hoke Smith, Demo crat, and Senator Brlstow, Republican, action was deferred until to-morrow. i Church Council Will Investigate Charities Investigation of charitable organiza tions in the city will be made by a committee of the Civic Council of Harrlsburg churches to determine what ones are worthy of support and doing good work. The committee con sisting of the Rev. J. C. Forncrook, J. H. Gingrich and Edward Bailey was appointed .at the monthly meeting of the council last night in the Fourth Street Church of God. The meeting which was attended by nearly two hundred men, unanimously endorsed the curfew law prepared for presentation to city council by the Civic Club, and a committee of fifteen was appointed to go before the coun cilman and urge them to pass the law. Deaths and Funerals MRS. WALTERS BURIED Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Walters, mother-in-law of J. Horace McFarland, who died early Monday morning at her home, 2101 Bellevue road, were held this afternoon. The Rev. Dr. John D. Fox, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. Richard Hinkle, of York, a former pastor of the church, conduct ed the services. Burial was made In the Harrlsburp Cemetery. MRS. ATTICKS DIES Mrs. Florence C. Atticks, aged 22, died Monday at her home, 1715 Hunt er street. She Is survived by her hus band, Clyde S. Atticks, and two chil dren. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. William N. Yates, pastor of the Fourth Street Church of God, will offi ciate. Burial will be made in the Baldwin Cemetery, Steeiton. PRINTER BREAKS LEG Charles W. Penstemacher, of 929 North Third street, a compositor em ployed at the Star-Independent, broke his right leg between the knee and the hip when he tripped and fell In front of his home last night. He was taken to the Harrlsburg Hospital. MRS. RACHBL BURTON Mrs. Rachel Burton, aged 68, died yesterday morning at her home, 634 Brlggs street. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from the Second Baptist Church. The pastor, the Rev. Albert Green, assisted by the Rev. Eugene Leper, pastor of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, will officiate. Burial will be. I made In the Lincoln Cemetory. UNEMPLOYED NOT ANXIOUS TO WORK Men Make Demands and When Refused They Object to Handling Tools By Associated Press Fonda, N. Y., March 18.—Fifty of tht seventy unemployed New Yorkers who came here yesterday as the first install ment in Governor Glynn's campaign to place the city's workless people on up state farms, were lodged to-day in the village engine house. Only twenty of the seventy arrivals accepted offers of employment with farmers, although the wages offered were those generally paid to farm hands here. The fifty who are idle are dependent on the townspeople for shelter and food. The neighborhood farmers do nut appear enthusiastic over their new help ,as the men are absolutely ignor ant of farm work. The men demand $45 a month and maintalnanee while the farmers offer only $2 for men with no experience l and $25 for those who have worked on farms before. A tailor who had never seen a cow l or a live fowl was willing to become a farmer for $5 a month $25 of this in advance. He failed to convince any prospective employer. Several others were willing to work but could not got up before 0 a. m. Deputy State Commissioner of Agri culture C. W. Larmoa who was In charge of the men would not say this morning what would be done with those who did not secure work. Fonda resi dents are fearful that they will bo left here. The men are getting restless. West Virginia Leader Confers in Parkersburg By Associated Press Parkersburg, W. Va., March 18.— The destinies of the Progressive and Republican parties in West Virginia rest upon the result of the meeting here to-day of leaders of each party. The Republicans at their State con vention in Charleston recently did not decide on a final course for this year's election hut postponed action and asked Progressive leaders to meet them here for a conference looking to amalgamation., J. B. Handlan, of Wheeling, Progressive State chairman, has instructed progressives not to at tend to-day'siheeting. Union of Branches of Churches Is Proposed By Associated Press Philadelphia, March 18. —The pro posed union of the various branches of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches in America was the prin cipal topic for discussion to-day at tho session of the council of the Reformed Churches in America holding the Pres byterian system, whic his holding Its fourth biennial session here. The council Includes representatives of the several denominations on a basis of four delegates to each 100,OfO com municants. All Hope of Saying Steamer Is Abandoned By Associated Press Halifax, N. S., March 18.—The bow of the steamer City of Sydney, which *' ' was abandoned yesterday after run ning on the Sambro Rocks, 25 miles east of Halifax, was still clinging to the jagged edge of the rocks to-day. The constant pounding had shattered the bottom of the steamer and in the after part the water was almost up to the decks. There was no hope of : saving the vessel. New Rockville Trolley Extension Now in Use The new Rockville extension of the Harrlsburg Railways Company is now in operation. Tho flrst car left Mar ket Square at 4 o'clock yesterday. Rockville people will hereafter have a daily service beginning at 5 a. m. with last car at 11 p. m. BROOKLYN BRIDGE WILL UNDERGO RECONSTRUCTION By Associated Press New York, March 18.—Old Brook lyn bridge soon will undergo a trans formation that will change Its appear ance greatly, according to plans mad<* public to-day by P. J. H. Kracke, bridge commissioner. The famous structure Is to be turned Into a double-decker and the Man hattan and Brooklyn approaches are to be reconstructed. Kracke said the plans are almost completed and the work will start soon. PROGRESSIVES WEAKENING Hudson, S. D., March 18. — Progres sive leaders to-day announced that no definite plan for the future of the party in South Dakota had been de cided on at yesterday's conference be cause of the small attendance. They said that a temporary State commit tee probably would be appointed to call a convention to place a Stat© ticket in the Held. 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