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.
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Sulphur Vapor Baths
RHEUMATISM
Lumbago, Sciatica, Gout, Neuritis, Colds,
Obesity, Blood Poison and Many Chronic Diseases
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HEALTH STUDIO
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207 Walnut St., Harrisburg, Pa.
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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
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