Steto Library Mew York MilMTValied Out to Quell HARRISBURG ifiilllfc TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 70 HOUSING PROBLEMS TO BE TAKEN UP JIT BIG CONFERENCE Represestatives From Throughout State to Meet April 6 to 8 CITY IS WELL REPRESENTED Waste Disposal, City Planning, Building Factories and Village Construction to Be Discussed Interest of large numbers of organi sations and prominent people of Penn sylvania ie centering on the convention to be held in this city April 6, 7 and 8 for the purpose of forming a State Housing Conference. Representatives from practically every ccunty in the State have signi lied their inte tion of participating in the conference which has for its ob ject the amelioration of conditions of poverty wherever lound and the im provement of the housing conditions of th wage-earners of the State. Among the earliest acceptances was one from Governor John K. Tener, Mayor John K. Royal will also attend and he has appointed the following delegatus: William 11. Lynch, com missioner of streets; William J. Uor gaa, commissioner of finance: Harry P. Bowman, commissioner of public •afety, and M. Harvey Taylor, of the park department; Charles A. Miller, city clerk and Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck, clt yhealth officer. Sessions In Market Square Churoli Many other men and women promi nent In the State will attend the ses sions of the convention which will be held In the lecture room of Market Square Presbyterian Church, procured through the courtesy of the Harrls burg Chambe. of Commerce. Logan McKee, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, of Pittsburgh, has sent a letter to all civic and com mercial organizations, mayors of cities, towns and boroughs, boards of health, poor directors and all organizations interested In improved housing condi tions throughout Pennsylvania ex plaining the object of the c -ivention. He saya: The Importance- of proper hous ing for wage-earners and others of small income cannot be too strong ly emphasized. The efficiency of workmen; the quality of (he pro ducts of factories; 'he health of the Community and the death rate, are all directly affected by housing conditions, as are also the moral »»ell-belng ol the town, city. State and nation. The housing problem is nbt a local one. It exists in small towns as well as in the larger cities. The elimination of the slum is a ques tion of prime importance to every citizen in the land. But th° ques tion does not rest there. The need for proper r .nitary arrangements must also be recognized and met, for, from bad conditions and en f Continued on Page 12] Supreme Court May Tell Whether Phone Company May Cut Off Service By Associated Press Washington, March 24.—Whether telephone companies may cut off ser vice to an individual because of fail ure to pay a bill for past service may be passed upon by the Supreme Court. Mrs. Adella P. Danaher, of Little Rock, Ark., has obtained a judgment for $6,300 damages against the South western Telegraph and Telephone Company for cutting off her telephone service for sixty-three days. The com pany appealed to the Supreme Court for a reversal and the court has taken the case under advisement. Mrs. Danaher filed a brief prepared by her self. The telephone company claimed that Mm. Danaher owed it four dollars tor two months rental. She claimed she had paid '.his rental and held re ceipts therefore. . A Late News Bulletins REBELS TAKE GOMEZ PALACIO Juarez, Mexico, March 24.—Gomez Palado was In the hands of the rebels to-day according to Information given out at the otlice of General Cliao her*; and General lienavldcs at the head of the Zaragosa brigade was moving against Torreon. .Vo statement of easualltes in tlie des perate street fighting In Gomez Piilaclo last night was available. WILL PASS HOME RULE BILL I/ondon, March 24.—"There certainly will be no dissolution of Par -1 lament until the Home Rule bill for Ireland has been passed." This statement was made to the Associated Press to-day by John S. Red mond, the leader of the Irish Nationalist party. Mr. Redmond added that the second reading of the bill would be taken by the House of Com mons on March 30, and that the bill would be proceeded with until It became law. WILL TAKE MORE TESTIMONY Washington, March 24. —The Interstate Commerce Commission will take additional testimony of the railroads before deciding the Eastern advance rate case. As April 20, 21 and 22 are the first days available such an announcement to-day Is taken to Indicate no decision by thut time. MALBURN TAKES OATH Washington, March 24.—William P. Malburn, of Denver, Colo., to day took the oath of office as assistant secretary of the treasury. *Mr Malburn will be In charge of the customs. He Is a son-in-law of Sena tor Thomas. TANNENBAUM ON TRIAL New York, March 24.—Frank Tanneiibuimi, the youthrul leader of the Industrial Workers of the World, who recently led three hundred homeless men Into New York Churches, was placed on trial to-day on an Indictment charging him with participating in an unlawful assemblage. New York, March 24.—The market closed easy. Active liquidation of corn products followed publication of President I ted ford's pessimis tic remarks as to the value of the stock In the event of a decision against the company In the government's dissolution suit. The common stock fell 2*4 and the preferred 5%. Harvester rose 2 points, but else where prices shaded. Wall Street Closing.—Chesapeake and Ohio, l*>hii>h Vallev ! U#; Northern Pacific, 115%; Southern Pacific, »5%; Union Pacific | IS®**; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, 100 Va: P. It. R., 112 W Read ing. Canadian Pacific, liosy,; \mnl. Copper, V. S Steel tS4?s. ' MANY CHANGES IN THIS DISTRICT BY M. E. APPOINTMENT Cabinet Held Session This Morn ing Away From All Possibility of Interruption REV. LEIDY LEAVES THE CITY j Deavor, of Sunbury, Comes to Ep worth; No Other Harris burgers Affected Following a session of the bishop's cabinet, at the residence of H. B. Mitchell, 600 North Third street, to day, Bishop Cranston announced the appointments, and the most tense per iod of the sessions was a thing of the past, the clergymen, and the wives of many, who had accompanied them, knowing, after a morning's waiting where they and their families would be stationed for the following year. There was no definite time set for the meeting of the bishop's cabinet at which, it is understood, the appoint ments are scheduled, and it was gen erally understood that the cabinet was in session in rooms six and seven in the Masonic temple. Sessions were held there, but not this eventful one at which the destinies of the pasUrs are decided. Instead, the clergymen and the venerable bishop at 10:30 glided out of side doors and into wait ing autos and sped to the Mitchell residence. Here, safe from intrusion —and there were many, both lay and clerical, who were eager to put in a last word with this brother or that, the cabinet sat until 11:65 o'clock and [Continued on Page 10.] FOOD HCTII HI PISSES; POLICE Bill IS 111 Mayor . Opposes Ordinances as Usual; Provides Assistant City Solicitor Th<r ordinances creating the new department of food inspection with its : two inspectors, tne assistant health ! otficer, and the assistant to the City Solicitor were passed iinaily by City Council this afternoon by a vote of 3 to 2. Mayor John K. Royal and Commis sioner W. L. Gorgas together voted against all the measures, the Mayor tithing his usual spectacular position that the offices were not necessary and that the new Jobs were expendi ture of additional money. The Mayor indicated his determina tion to oppose the new measures with the reading of the ordinance providing for the abolishing ot the present po sition of cierk' and stenographer to the City Solicitor, and creating the ottice of assistant city solicitor in stead. The new office carries an in crease in salary of $1,500 to SI,BOO per year. The present incumbent, E. Bruce Taylor, will be retained as assistant solicitor. The Mayor said he did not question the compete ncy of Taylor, but protest ed against increases in salary when, as he said, the duties will be the same. Taylor is not yet a member of the bar and the Mayor raised this point, too. Lynch Comes Back Commissioner Lynch quoted cltieß who not only pay their city solicitor more money than Harrlsburg, but who pay In addition a clerk and sten ographer and a messenger in the same department. The Mayor insisted that the clerk's Job will be the same, and Commis [Contlnued on Page 8] HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1914. BOY WHO SHOT MAN AT BILLMYER SUNDAY ; WILL HAVE HEARING . ... Coroner's Jury Finds Vivian nette Wilfully Killed Unof fending Slavonian Special to The Telegraph Marietta, Pa., March 24.—An in quest on the body of the Slavvonian, No. 952, who was shot to death by Vi vian Arnette, at Bainbrldge on Sunday afternoon was held last evening at seven o'clock at the office of Dr. W. T. Worth, at Bain bridge, and immediately afterwards the jury viewed the body in the undertaking parlors of Harry Hawthorne, who has i ready for bur ial. The man who was killed was Stevo Filipac, 36 years old and he had been at the quarries about two years. He was a man of very quiet habits land his fellow-countrymen seem very much affected by the death, which they claim was uncalled for. The lad, Vivian Arnette, was brought from Lancaster on the evening train, and is now at his home, having been released on bail. The young man gives no mo tive for the crime. I Filipac had been seated in the out-1 building at the Arnette home with the 'door open, when tho lad walked to within twenty feet of the man and i itired three shots. The second shot! | penetrated the body over the left kld : ney. He walked towards the lad I about fifteen feet and fell dead. A | number of witnesses were heard, and I more will likely de elop at the hear l ing. | l . uty Coroner S. S. Steffy, with I his physician, Dr. W. T. Worth, em paneled the following jury: William Keenard, Harry Steffy, Philip Libhart, Frank Groff, Austin Hawthorne and George Hawthorne. The Jury decided that the "death was the result of gun| wound by being shot wilfully with a revolver In the hands of Vivian Ar nette." The hearing of the lad will be held at the otflce of Squire Samuel B. Grainm some evening during the week. The lad was brought from Lancaster and after the hearing he said that he was going to his home at Billmeyer, his father accompanying him. '"he boy seems very nervous about the matter, and only realizes. what has been done. After the hear ing and giving of testimony, Under taker Hawthorne prepared the body for burial, and It was burled this morning In the Bainbrldge Cemetery. His fellow countrymen attended the funeral In a body. Diamond Smugglers Taken Into Custody By Associated Press New York, March 24.—Treasury Department agents searched the state room of Armand Leyssens. a saloon | steward on the Red Star liner Lapland when the steamship arrived from Ant werp to-day and took him to the cus tom house to explain how he came to I have a gold bracelet studded with i diamonds. The Treasury Department; recently has received complaints from i diamond merchants in Antwerp and j Amsterdam that men attached to the! crews of Atlantic steamships are hurt- ' ing their business by smuggling dia monds into the United States. Leys sens protested that the diamond bracelet was his property and that he had brought it from his home In Ant werp for fear his wife would pawn It during his absence. VOTING IN NEW JERSEY by Associated Press Paterson, N. J., March 24.—A pri mary election in this, the seventh New Jersey congressional district, is In progress to-day to determine who shall be the nominees for the seat in the House of Representatives made va cant by the death of Vtobert C. Brem ! ner, of Passaic, a Democrat who was | elected with President Wilson in 1912. RUSHING WORK ON NEW PENNSYLVANIA STEEL COMPANY MILLS ! FIELD HOSPITAL IN ! MEXICO IS CROWDED WITH WOUNDED MEN L: ;,! Villa and Hit Rebel Army Attacked, Before They Reach City of Torreon By Associated Press ' Elverjel, Mexico, March 24. —Meet- | ing stubborn resistance at Gomez Pa lacio, only a few miles north and east of Torreon, General Francisco Villa and his 12,000 rebel troops yesterday began the most important battle of the constitutionalist revolution and 1 the rebel chieftain's mi rch to Torreon 1 was seriously checked. To-day the Held hospital here lbj crowded with wounded which stream- ! ed into Elverjel as fast as they could I |be returned from the front. Given I emergency attention here, the serious- | ly wounded were hastened on to the i general hospital at Bermejillo. The federal loss appears to have been much heavier than that of the rebels, but no accurate estimate of their dea,d and wounded has been made. Strongly Garrisoned Apparently determining to deal ; General Villa a crushing blow before : he actually reached the gates of Tor- ; reon, General Velasco sallied out of! the Invested city under cover of the guns on the sides of Cerro Do La Pilar, j and strongly garrisoned Gomez Pa- i locio. Made confident by his easy vie-, tories en route, General Villa heard ' the report from his scouts that Gomez Palacib was s'trongly fortilied, and j gave the order at once to attack. The guns of Cerro De La Pilar were opened up. Volley after volley from! the federal trenches and the lire of rebel artillery and small arms opened the first serious engagement of Villa's 1 troops and the federals, who hope to' check the march of the constitution-! alists to the national capital. Take Water Tank The rebel cavalry pressed forward I to-ward the mountain, and before! many minutes of fighting Villa's men! had taken the water tank, securing! their first vantage ground. From there they fought on to the Brittingham soap factory, infantry engaging the defending forces within and upon the buildinr"'. Another hour and the federals retreated to the Cuartel, where the hottest fighting of the battle took place. Fighting from the front, gaining ground foot by foot, the rebels finally drove the federals back again toward Torreon. Colquitt's Ofier of Reward Stirs Washington! By Associated Press Washington, D. C.. March 24.—Gov-I ernor Colquitt's offer of a reward of I SI,OOO for the delivery upon Texas soil of five Mexicans suspected as mur- l derers of Clernente Vei'gara has caused I State and War Department officials | serious concern for International com plications. The five Mexicans sought are Cap tain Apolonce Rodriguez. Nlto Ceara, Juan Castlllon, Andreas Rodriguez and Dinomislo Martinez. In his report to day Brigadier-General Bliss says: "The men named are charged In the newspapers with complicity in the death of Clemente Vergara." LANSING MAY DO BRYAN'S WORK By Associated Press Washington, March 4. Robert Lansing, newly appointed counsellor of the State Department, will act as Secretary of State In the absence of Secretary Bryan unless the President designates some other officer of the department to act in that capacity. HYMN WRITER 94 YEARS OLD Bridgeport, Conn., March 24. —Fanny Crosby, the blind writer, to-day cele brated her ninety-fourth birthday. To visitors she said her health was excel lent and she felt as young "us when Photographs snapped yesterday by a Telegraph photographer shows how the Pennsylvania Steel Company Is rushing work on Its new mills on the Steelton West Side. The etching on the upper left shows a gang mixing con crete for the piers that will be used as foundations for the big yard cranus. On the upper right is seen the form for a concrete pier in the back yard of one of the West Side residences. The house Is still occupied. The etching below shows a part of one of the big cranes that will handle material from the new mills. wins IRE WORKING FOR JUDGE HEES ELECTION Volunteer to Circulate Petitions; Many Counties Respond to Call of Nonpartisan Committee The nonpartisan committee having in charge the campaign of President Judge George Kunkel for the Supreme Court bench is very much encouraged by the ready response its appeal for support is receiving throughout the State. Every mall brings with It pe ; titions from various towns and coun ties and the number of volunteers who desire to assist in furthering the candi dacy of the Dauphin county Judge is growing daily, as letters in the hands of the committee show. These volun teers for the most part request that j nominating petitions be sent them and i if the proportion of these volunteers continues to increase during the re , malnder of the campaign as It has diiring- the present week Judge Kunkel will be assured of two or three times [Continued on Page 3.] GENERAL ELECTION MAY END TROUBLE Surrender of Government to Army Officers Is Causing Much Comment London, March 24. —The dissolution of the British Parliament has been hastened by the events of the last few clays, according to the opinion gener ally expressed to-day in political circles. The surrender of the gov ernment to the officers of the army who declined to serve against the Ulstermen is particularly significant in this connection. The Irish Nationalists, it is pointed out, will not accept home rule with Ulster permanently excluded, while the government has found it impos sible to compel Ulster to come under a Dublin parliament. It is argued that the only way out of the difficulty is to hold a general election and no one would be surprised if the government during the second reading of the home rule bill next week should offer to dissolve parlia ment on condition that the home rule, the Welsh Disestablishment and the Plural Voting bills be passed. The dissatisfaction of the rank and fill of the Liberals with the govern ment's treatment of the army officers is another factor which is likely to hasten a general election. Many rad loa'» would like to join forces with the labor members and make an ap peal to the country on the refusal of officers to act against striking workmen. The provincial Liberal papers as is usual, are even more outspoken on the subject of the government's surrender to the officers than are their London contemporaries. Rotary Club Now Has Its Own Publication The Harrisburg Rotary Club now boasts a publication of its own. It is to be known as the "Tachograph," which, translated, means literally, "record of speed," which is about the proper sort of a title for such an up to-the-second-and-then-some organi zation as the Rotary Club. As president of the club John S. Musser is the presiding officer in charge of the publication, with Sec retary Howard C. Fry as active assist ant, but the editor-in-chief Is Dr. Samuel Z. Shope, the eye specialist, who adds literary efforts to his medi cal practice. All of the members of the club are assistant editors. The first issue, out to-day, is a bright, breezy little booklet, full of things the Rotarian will enjoy, not to mention a buncji of attractively writ ten ads. of club members. WOMAN ARRESTED TWICE FOR MURDER OF HUSBAND By Associated Press JJast Woodstock, Conn., March 24. Mrs. Amanda U. Lawson was arrested to-day on a bench warrant charging her with the murder of her husband. Jonas P. Lawson, a well-to-do farmer", at their home here on August IB last.' This la the second time that Mrs. Law son hau been under detention charged with his death. MHITII CULLED OUT 10 QUELL DISORDER 111 STRIKE DISTRICT Plant of Gould Coupler Works at Depew, N. Y., Is Under Military Protection 3y Associated Press Depew, N. Y., March 24.—Daybreak found Depew an armed camp. The Seventy-fourth Regiment of militia, ordered out at the request of Sheriff Frederick C. Becker, whose force of deputies was unable to handle the riot ing strikers at the Gould Coupler Works yesterday, began to arrive be fore dawn and by G a. m. the plant was under military protection. The question of placing the whole town under martial law was discussed by the National Guard officers at a conference later In the day. The special train on the Lackawan na Railroad, which was held up and wrecked yesterday, came through from j Buffalo to the plant to-day under (.Continued on Page 7J ROOSEVELT SAFE; WAS NOT WITH FIALA Ex-President's Party Is Reported Well; Exploring Duirata River and Due Soon at Manaos Special to The Telegraph New York. March 2 4.—The follow-: ; ing dispatch from Anthony Fiala, a ' member of the Roosevelt party, re j ceived to-day from South Rema, ! Brazil, says: j "The Roosevelt party is in good : health and safe and Is exploring the j Diuvata river ("River of Doubt"). It j is expected to reach Manaos early in i April. "As part of the expedition plan, I I loft Colonel Rooseveflt at Utlarity, ! Matto Grosso, to explore the Papagaio i river, with a Brazilian cavalry officer, i Lieutenant Lauriodo. seven men and I three canoes. | "Two of the canoes were sunk, with ! equipment arid i'ooa, in the Rapids of I the Devil, leaving us short of sup | plies. We continued the Papagaio, .Turuena and Tapajos rivers, running | 8 9 rapids. "We are in good health and the trip j has been successful. We shall pro j ceed to Manaos to-morrow." Believe M'Carrick Boy Was Drowned in the Schuylkill River By Associated Press Philadelphia, March 24. On the theory that Warren McCarrick, the 7-year-old boy who has been missing from his home here for nearly two weeks, was drowned in the Schuylkill | river, tlie police to-day began grap pling the bottom of the river. Many believe that the boy while playing along the river bank accidentally fell in. Four men who were arrested in j New Jersey on suspicion of knowing j something concerning the whereabouts I of the boy were released from custody | to-day. Harrisburg Rotary Club Will Meet This Evening To-night the Harrisburg Rotary Club will meet at the International Harvester Companv Building. 813 and 818 Market street, to hear a lecture on "The Dawn of Plenty." a moving pic ture story of progress. Buffet lunch | will be served. The members will be I accompanied by their wives and in vited guests. FIND BODY IN RIVKR By Associated Press Stuttgart, Germany, March 24.—The ' body of Prof. Otto Harnack, one of three celebrated brothers, was found' In the Neckar river to-day. The pro- i feasor, who has connection with the i school system here, had been missing j for a month. It is suppose'd that lie ' committed suicide during a mental i 'ireakduwa. 12 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. JtLTOOnU POLICE IMUE TO FIND THE OF BANDIT General Clues Have Been Follow ed and Arrests Made, But to No Avail TOTAL OF $2,882 WAS STOLEN Men Wounded by Bullets From Bank Robber's Gun Are Out of Danger By Associated Press Altoona, Pa,, March 24. —Twenty- four hours after the daring robbery of the Union Bank yesterday, the lo cal police are without a single.clue aa to the Identity of the bandit. Every thread of suspicion has been followed to the end, every theory tested and several arrests made without result Representatives of a surety com pany ar- here assisting: in the hunt, which seems a hopeless one from tho fact that the robbery was effected ac cording to the rulea of the game. Chief Tillard thinks the deed was per petrated by a regular professional, whose well laid plan was assisted by rare luck. The county commissioners have Is sued a notice of a reward of $101) for the apprehension of the thief. De - scriptive circulars have been sent all over the country. A complete bal ance of the bank's books shows that $2,882 was stolen. The thief over looked large piles 6f bills laying on the counters and In an open safe was $90,000 belonging to the Altoona school fund was untouchced. The robber was in the bank lest) than two minutes, his haste in getting away preventing a larger haul. Thu wounded cashier and the customer who was shot entering the bank door are in no danger, their injuries being of a superficial nature. Places of Striking Men on P. R. R. Being Filled By Associated Press Pittsburgh, March 24.—Two car loads of railroad men arrived hero during the night from the east to tako the places of striking freight crews I who have almost completely tied up | the Monongahela division of the Penn sylvania railroad since last Saturday. I It was said to-day that an effort would I be made to move the accumulated freight, much of which is coke and coal, on side tracks in the Connells ville region. The strike is not rec ognized by the railroad brotherhoods and the strikers are endeavoring to extend it to other divisions by their own efforts. COMMISSIONER TELItS INDIAN'S W HISKY IS GREATEST MENACE By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ March 24.—Com missioner Sells, of the Bureau of In dian Affairs, has addressed to each of the six thousand employes of the ser vice a letter which he has instructed shall be read to the students of every Indian school April 6. In it he polnta out that whisky is "the greatest pres ent menace to the American Indian," and he pleads with Indian service em ployes to set an example to the Indian and exert their best efforts and in fluence for the protection of the Indian from this his worst enemy." THE WEATHER For Harrlsburg and vlc:nltyi Fair to-night and Wednesday! not much change In temperature) low «-nt temperature to-night about freezing. For Kastern Pennsylvania I Fair to night and Wednesday) moder ate temperaturei light, variable winds. Hirer The Susquehannu river and nil Ha tributaries will full slowly or re main about stationary to-night and Wednesday. General Conditions Light snow fell Monday generally from the I,alee region aad Ipper Ohio Valley eastward to the At titude roust. Light local anowa have fallen also In the Hooky Mountain region and light rain along the North Pacific coast. Temperature! 8 a. nt., 33) 2 p. m., 4&. Sum Rises, <JiO4 a. m.| sets, t2l p. m. Moon ■ New moon, March 20, ItOS p. m. Illver Stagei 0.1 feet above W water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 41. Lowest temperature, 30. Mean temperature, 30. Normal temperature, 40. Trade Insurance Advertising is trade insurance. It not only builds but conserves. It creates good will, makes customers, retains them. It reduces the cost of doing business by increasing the volume and in cutting tho costs makes it possible to give greater advantages to the cus tomers. It Is to the advantage of tlie buyer to trade with an advertis ed house because that concern is doing business with modorn methods. Read over the advertising in to-day's Telegraph and It will ho clear that the houses making their appeal for your patronage are the representative concerns of tho community. Think of the businesses in tho same line that do not advertise —that Is, if you can remember their names—and then do a llttlo mental comparison. It's not hard to see that tho men who deserve your support are the men who are advertising and waking good on their prom ises.
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