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