Premier Asquifh Accepts Resignation of Secretary For War in British Cabinet
HARRISBURG SfiSSilS TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 75
SAYS IT'S PITY GON
CANNOT BE USED ON
FLOWER DESTROYERS
Physician Declares That Climbing
Through Woods Is Best
Spring Tonic
DENUDING WETZEL'S SWAMP
Vandals Have Been Tearing Rare
Blooms Up by Roots Until
They Are Disappearing
"It's u swat pity a sun cannot
l»o used in such lust's."
In this trite way Dr. J. H. Fager,
botanist, naturalist and out-of-door
man, laments that those who tear up
the tender flowers of Spring cannot be
duly punished.
Dr. Fager has written a letter to
the Telegraph, in which he makes a
stirring plea that folks refrain from
rooting up the flowers when they are
on hikes through the woods. Dr.
Fager, who is one of the city's best
known physicians, also offers the sug
gestion that there would be a great
deal less sickness in the world If
people would spend more time in the
fields and woods. He declares there Is
no better tonic than climbing in the
woods In searc hof birch, sassafras,
slippery elm and so on. Dr. Fager's
letter is as follows:
Ti* the Editor of 7he Telegraph:
The cartoon tn Saturday's Telegraph
was enjoyed by my many friends as
well as by myself, and it was nearer
♦he truth than you thought. Some
times not only close examination is
■necessary, but often you take a slide
in the mud, or a dip in the creek, or
perhaps you are Impaled on the barbed
wire fence in your efforts to find the
lirst wild flowers. Old Wetzel's swamp
was formerly the favorite hunting
ground, but year by year its hills are
being denuded and the search must
be prosecuted in more secluded glens.
Pew Resist Desire
There are a few people who can re
sist the desire to dig up everything
in sight, who enjoy going year after
year and seeing the wonderful displav
without destroying the plants; but the
greater number go with big baskets
and greedily tear every flower and
root from the earth. It's a great pity
a gun cannot be used in such cases.
f ast Friday a friend and mvself,
hunting independently, found quanti
ties of hepaticas, or liverwort, blood
root, euxil'rage, toothwort and ane
uivmy. The bees were working these
early flowers. But still earlier the
bees visit the simploearpus (thi.s
sounds better than to tell its other
name, skunk cabbage). Besides the
awakened vegetation the air is full of
life and the most conspicuous butter
fly, and one seen the earliest, is the
mourning cloak, purplish brown tn
color, with yellow margins, edged with
a row of blue spots. The mourning
cloak hibernates in barns, tree stumps
and wood plies and comes out early
Lots of birds were seen and heard I
mustn't forget to mention the patient
fisherman with rod and line and also
with dipnets making wonderful water
hauls.
As to Tonics
I know of no better tonic for any
person than a climb In the woods
searching for something—birch, sassa
fras, slippery elm, wild cherry, flowers
birds, arrow heads, butterflies—any
thing only so you are hunting for
something with as much steam as you
put into your work for bread and
meat Go into the woods for a day
and drink your fill from the many ex
cellent springs, and if you must eat,
live on what Nature has prepared -
birch, sassafras buds, water cress and
the different mints, digging un the
bulbous roots of th* toothwort and
the Indian cucumber, which reminds
you of cucumbers. After such a day
"if we carry nothing home in our bas
kets, there Is ample gain in dilated
lungs and stimulated blood."
J- H. PAGER.
I)R. SMITH ILL
The Rev. J. Ritchie Smith, pastor of
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Is recovering from a severe cold which
bad affected his vocal chords.
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Late News Bulletins
TITO'MATTEI DEAD
I.ondou, March 30.—Tito Mattel, the noted Italian pianist, (oiiiikimt
ana conductor, died here to-day. Mattel was the composer of "Maria
In Gand" and otlier operas. lie was pianist to the king of Italy, and
wrote many popular ballets and songs.
DR. EGBERT LEFEVRE DEAD
New York, March 80.—I)r. Egbert TjeFevre, dean of the medical
school of New York University since 1898, died to-day of scarlet fever.
He was born in 1858.
ORWIG FILES REPORT
Samuel H. Orwlg, .special auditor, late this afternoon tiled liis re
port approving the accounts of the county register of wills, county re
corder and prothoiiotary.
AMERICANS RELEASED
Washington, March 30.—Charge O'Shauglmessy to-day reiiorted til;■
release of three Americana, Goldsclimldt, Donahue and Crossthwaitc
held on charges of aldfng the rebels. Huerta freed them.
NEWSPAPER OFFICE CLOSED
Mexico City, March 30.—The offices of tlic newspaper "El Pals*'
were closed last night, the police acting on orders of the Department
of the Interior, hnt no reason «M given. "El Pals" was the only paper
in Mexico City that did not announce yesterday morning that the rebels
had been defeated at Torreon. It contented itself with saving that the
Issue was in doubt.
AN INQUIRY, NOT A PROTEST
Washington. March 30—President Wilson to-day described the Ac
cent Instructions to Ambassador (.cntrd at Ilcrlln, In connection with
the German oil monopoly hill pending in tlic Kei.listag, as merely in the
nature of an Inquiry and not a protest. He told callers that the ambas
sador had been Instructed to ascertain If there were any dlscrimlna
tlon against American industry and to report Ills findings to Washington.
Wall Street Closing.—Chesapeake & Ohio. 53: Lehigh Valley M3«T.
Northern Pacific, 111: Southern Pacific. SUV,; Union Pacific ir>'»- Chi
eago. Milwaukee & St. Paul. »0 % ; P. 11. R„ tUUA : Ilea din jr 105'-."
Canadian Pacific, 200%; Anial. Copper, 70: I". S. steel lllPi
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PREMIER ACCEPTS
THE RESIGNATION OF
COLONEL JOHN SEELY
Asquith Himself Has Decided to
Take the Secretaryship
of War
FRENCH AND EWART QUIT
Chief of Imperial General Staff and
Adjutant General Defin
itely Resign
By Associated Press
London, March 30.—Colonel John
Seely, Secretary for War, resigned his
portfolio in the British Cabinet to-day
and his resignation was accepted by
the Premier.
Premier Asqulth himself decided to
take the Secretaryship of AVar in place
of Colonel Seely.
Sir John French, chief of the Im
perial general staff of the British
army, and Sir John Ewart, adjutant
general to the forces, definitely re
signed from the service to-day.
INJUNCTION HILTS
SPECIAL ELECTION
IN PHILIELPI
Citizens of Quaker City Will Not
Be Permitted to Vote
Tomorrow
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, March 30.—The State
Supreme Court to-day issued an in
junction against the city of Philadel
phia from holding the special election
to-morrow on the proposed loan of
$12,900,000 and also declared invalid
tho election last November authoriz
ing a loan of $8,600,000. All city and
county officials having anything to do
with tho matter are enjoined front
holding the election and all officials
having to do with the disbursing of Itie
$8,000,000 loan authorized by the elec
tion last November are enjoined. The
decree of tho court was read from the
bench by Justice Mestrezat. Justice
Elkin dissented. Justice Mestrezat
will file a written opinion later.
Taxpayer Causes Action
The action was brought by Fred
erick T. McGuire, a taxpayer. The
principal question was whether that
part of the city's debt assumed by
the Board of Education when it be
came a separate body under the school
code can be legally deducted from
the municipal bonded indebtedness. It
was held by the applicant for the in
junction that when the $8,600,000 loan
was created the borrowing capacity of
the city was about $2,000,000, while at
present the borrowing capacity is only
$6,729,308, or much less than the
amount of the proposed new loan.
Counsel for the petitioner asserted
that the debt of more than $6,000,000
contracted for school purposes and as
sumed by the Board of Education, still
was an obligation of the city. The city,
it was declared, would be liable In the
case of nonjudgment of the bonds at
maturity and therefore this indebted
ness must be included in the gross lia
bilities of the citw. It was further
argued that the proposed loan could
not be made, taking Into consideration
the unnegotiated $8,600,000 loan,
which must be regarded in the present
debts of the city.
Michael J. Ryan, the city solicitor,
opposed the Injunction when the case
came up for argument last week, de
claring both the authorized loan and
the proposed new loan to be within
the law.
HARRISBURG; PA.,. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1914.
FLOOD DANGER OVER;
WATER IS FALLING
AT MODERATE RATE
Will Have Little Effect on Rivar
Wall, Say Engineers;
Subway Fills Up
MUST CLOSE OPEN HEARTH
Landslide at Marysville Nearly Hits
Western Express, It Is
Reported
All danger of flood is past, said
E. R. Demain, weather forecaster, to
day, in speaking of the present stage
of the Susquehanna river.
At 2 o'cock this afternoon the
water stood at 5 7.7 feet and was fall
ing: at the rate of a tenth of a foot per
hour. According to the 'announce
ment from the weather bureau, there
is little likelihood of the rains of last
night and to-day affecting the reces
sion of the water.
The river reached its crest at 10
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DECREASED EARNINGS
DESCRIBED IN BRIEF
GIVEN COMMISSION
Figures Presented by Counsel For: When John, scion of the house of
n _ _ . . n ; Eslinger, announced the other even
r. K. R.I LOSS of 22 Per I '»g tit tea, that Jim, dean of the Es
/-. • linger flock of water-fowl, had a.
Lent. IS bhown j "Steady," vast surprise was expressed.
I When that bomb-shell was followed
with another to the effect that Mamie,
the pretty little canvasback lady duck
of Wildwood Lake, was Jim's choice,
surprise changed to real amazement.
In the Eslinger barnyard, the dis
covery caused lowing, meowing, bark-
By Associated f
Washington, March 30. A decrease
in net operating income of $51,026,935
or 21'.5 per cent, of the eastern rail
roads, was described a statement sub
mitted to the Interstate Commerce
Commission to-day at the resumption ■ ini/-> nrAAlir
of hearings in the advance rate case! I fjIJ 11 I 1111 l IJLLM 111
covering a period of seven months: I HKI I ll\|U Hr)ll ||r
ended January 31, 1914, as compared ; I |||llLLlllU IILUUUL
with the corresponding period >of lost I
J2& of at re^a.r^ys Pr r; 3J[[LTON MUN
.Stuart Patterson, general counsel for ■■ ' ■ ■W I IUII I ■ 111 l ■
the Pennsylvania Railroad who ad- J f" ■I I A Ift I'm niiir*n
vised the commission that the figures 111 I M 1111 111 IJ 1111I111 I
had been tabulated from reports made ; Ifl I I I 111 111 HIl/rH
to the commission by the roads. I lILLU 111 I U IIIVLiII
Decrease In Revenues
The figures indicated a decrease in
total freight revenues of $16,999,330;
an increase in passenger revenues of
$7,734,227, an increase off $2,269,-'
574 in other sources of Income and a
decrease in total operating revenues
of $6,995,529, or 1.5 per cent. The
total operating expenses showed an
increase of $39,210,233 or 6.3 per
cent. A general increase also was
shown In various phases of railroad
transportation, the aggregate showing
the decrease above stated in net op
erating Income.
Clifford Thomas, chairman of the
lowa State Railroad Commission, rep
resenting eight western States in op
position to the proposed advance in
rates, presented a synopsis of his re
cent testimony before the commis
sion. He maintained that the con
test was one between the carriers and
shippers and that any horizontal in
crease in rates would be unju3tlfled.
Gunmen Want Lives
Spared Until Becker
Trial Is Completed
By Associated Press
New York, March SO. —H. L. Krin
gle, of counsel for the four gunmen
who were found guilty of the murder
of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler,
left. New York for Albany to-day with
a petition asking Governor Glyn to
stay the execution of the death sen
tence, set for April 13, until after the
second trial of Charles Becker, the ex
police lieutenant, whose conviction
was set aside by the Court of Appeals.
The petition Is signed by ten of the
twelve jurors who convicted the gun
men.
Fifteen Charged With
Causing Sheriff's Death
By Associated Press
Winchester, Ky., March 30. An
other chapter in the history of
Breathitt county feuds began here to
day when a special term of the Circuit
Court convened for the trial of fifteen
men who are charged with the assas
sination of ex-Sheriff Edward Calla
han, of Beathitt county. Callahan was
assassinated in 1912 and the cases of
those accused have been dragging
through the courts ever since. Two
men have already been convicted.
These two have filed motions for new
trials, and it is probable that a de
cision In the oases will be handed
down during the special term of the
court.
Nearly all of the accused men are
I under 30 years of age. It is said that
the evidence in the cases was gathered
by Mrs. Lillian Gross, a daughter of
I Callahan.
Unofficial Returns Give
Kirby Lead of 8 Votes
By Associated Press
J kittle Kork, Ark., March 30. —Offl-
! oiul reports of the county central com
i mittees, which will meet to-day to
, canvass the vote cast in the Demo
cratic primary election of last Wednes
| day. are awaited to determlno whether
United States Senator James P. Clarke
has been renominated or will be suc
! ceeded by William K. Kirby, associate
I justice of the Arkansas Supreme
f'ourt. Keturns made unofficially yive
I -Mr. Kirby a lead of eight votes.
WHAT FLOOD IS DOING TO HARRISBURG BALL GROUNDS ON ISLAND PARK
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Several feet of water cow* most of Island Park to-day as a result of the Susquehanna flood. In the etch
Ins Is seen a reflection of the grandstand and bleachers of the Harrisburg Athletic Club In the flood waters.
Dean of Eslinger Water-fowl
Falls For Debonair Widow
She Is Small, Demure and Shy; Is a Flirt; Droops Her
Wings in Slit-skirt Style—And So Can You Blame Him?
Scores See Foreigner Fall From
Boat and Comrade Plunge
After Him
Scores of people who lined the
| banks of the swollen Susquehanna
near the Francis street boat landing,
Steelton, late yesterday afternoon saw
ja thrilling rescue when John Bar
j baric, 225 Myers street, Steelton, saved
IJohn Marocic, 63 Conestoga street
! from drowning.
] Marocic had stepped out into the
rear end of a small row boat .and with
a long pole was attempting to gauge
the depth of the water. A strong
swirl caught the boat, rocking it vio
lently. Marocic lost his balance and
plunged into the river. Weighted
down with the heavy overcoat he was
; wearing, Marocic sank from sight. A
! few seconds later his head reappeared
| yards further down the stream.
I From the crowd that lined the bank
; watching the swirling waters, there
jcame a cry of warning as John Bar
| baric, • steel worker, tlirew off his
J coat and started for the river's edge.
I The struggling man, carried far out
i from the shore by the raging torrent,
I sank from view the second time be
j fore Barbaric entered the water, Run
j ning out on a sand flat below the
j drowning man the steelworker watch
iod for Maroclc'a head to reappear.
! Up it came, fifty feet from shore. With
a short run. Barbaric plunged into the
waters.
In a few seconds Barbaric reached
the drowning man. Grasping him by
J the collar he started on his struggle
! back to the shore. The strong off
shore eddy taxed his strength to the
! utmost but he succeeded in dragging
| Marocic to the shore, far below where
Ihe fell in. Cheer after cheer went up
| from the crowd as the rescuer with
j his burden neared the shore.
West End Republican
Club Will Hold Sixth
| Annual Banquet Tomorrow
! The West End Republican Club will
j hold its sixth annual banquet at the
clubhouse, 1410 North Third street,
| to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. :
j Among the invited guests are Con
j gressman Krelder, Senator Beidleman,
| Representatives Dickinson and Wild
man.
President H. W. Douglas will intro- i
! duce William H. Ilargest, Assistant
; Attorney-General, who will be toast
; master. A number of well-known !
I Republicans are on the program for i
, addresses. The club Is in a flourish
ing condition. A number of new mem
bers were admitted last week and sev
eral applications are to be acted upon
at the next meeting.
. Man Upsets Oil Lamp;
Bedding Catches Fire
I
Ed Taylor, colored, while ill, knocked
over an oil lamp at the home of Ills i
brother, George Taylor, 1208 Fulton
street, early this morning. Flames set
Are to the bedding. Neighbors were
called in to get the sick man out. The
firemen were called by un alarm from
box No. 24. Sixth and CuuiDcrland i
streets, at 3:56 o'clock.
ing, whinnying, braying, gobbling,
quacking, cackling consternation
So much for the denouement.
Here's a brief word of explanation.
The Eslinger barnyard Is an important
adjui -jt to the Eslinger farm. The
Eslinger farm is adjacent to Wildwood
Lake and Park, and Samuel Eslinger,
the farmer, and his sons act as care
takers of the city's big recreation
stretch. Months ago, Jim, a hand
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KUNKEL PETITIONS
FROM VERY WIDELY
SCATTERED POINTS
Johnstown Sends Two; West
moreland, Union, York and
Lebanon Are Represented
1 Upward of a dozen petitions from as
many parts of Pennsylvania were re
ceived at the headquarters of the non
partisan committee having In charge
the campagin of President Judge
George Kunkel for the Supreme Court
bench in this morning's mail, pledging
the signers to support him for the
nomination. Most of them were from
volunteers who have been impressed
with the qualifications of Judge
Kunkel for the high otflce to which
he aspires.
Many of those wtio have circulated
petitions find that Judge Kunkel is
best known throughout the Common
wealth for the splendid manner in
\ which he conducted the Capitol con
spiracy cases, as a result of which the
guilty persons were convicted and
nearly two millions of stolen money
recovered to the State. Among law
yers he Is best known for the Impor
tant decisions he has rendered in State
tax cases, in every one of which he
was upheld by the Supreme Court
when appeals were taken to that final
tribunal.
Among the petitions arriving to-day
were two from Johnstown and one
each from the following: Shiremans
town, Cumberland county: Auburn,
Schuylkill county; New Kensington,
Westmoreland county; New Berlin,
Union county; East Hanover township,
Lebanon county; Delta, York county,
and Christiana, Pa.
Students' Skin Will Be
Grafted on Burned Woman
by Associated Press
Morgantown, W. Va„ March 30.—1n
an effort to save the life of Mrs. Al
bert O. Price, a leader among West
Virginia clubwomen, physicians to-day
began a grafting operation which they
say will not be completed until to
morrow. E. R. Sweatland and ten
students of the West Virginia Univer
sity volunteered to give the skin to
make the operation successful, about
250 square inches. Mrs. Price was
burned a month ago.
Coffinmakers Will
Demand Higher Wages
By Associated Press
New York, March 30.- —According to
the organizers of the Cofflnmakers'
Union, which was recently formed, the
coffin making trade probably will be
the next to suffer In the struggle be
tween capitoi and labor. Samuel Sei
del, organizer of the union, said to
day that a referendum vote have been
ordered on the question of a general
strike to enforce demands for higher
wages and better working conditions
for 3,000 cofflnmakers in the city.
WILL OBSERVE DISCOVERY
By Associated Press
New York, March 30.—Next Mon
day, April 6, will be the fifth anniver
sary of the discovery of the North
Pole by Hear Admiral Robert E.
Peary, U. S. N., retired, and the event
will be celebrated with a dinner in his
honor at which ills hosts will be the
members of the Explorers' club. Ad
miral Peary will be presented With u
Kold medal by the club.
TO PUCE THE STiTE
tOlfT. ON STRICTLY
EFFICICf BASIS
Three Commissioners Named to
Make Recommendations to
Next Legislature
Three commissioners who are to
make a study of the methods em
ployed jn the conduct of the business
of the various branches of the State
government on a business efficiency
basis, and to report to the next Gen
eral Assembly, were named to-day by
Governor John K. Tener on the lir.es
laid down in the resolution adopted
by the last, legislature. Jacob Sofl'el.
a businessman and ex-councilman of
Pittsburgh; Henry f>. Jones. Montrose
former cashier of the State Treasurj
and former assistant chief clerk of the
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Work Is Started on
New Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D. C., March 30.—Ac
tual work of constructing the great
white marble memorial the nation is
to erect to Abraham Lincoln was be
gun here to-day. In Potomac Park,
♦he site of the proposed memorial, a
large force of workmen began ex
cavating for the foundation of the
structure. Ground was officially broken
for the memorial, which is to cost
$2,000,000, on February 12 last, the
one hundred and iifth anniversary of
Lincoln's birth.
Convention Delegates
Discuss Frank's Case
Atlanta, Ga.. March 30.—The case
of Leo M. Frank, the pencil factory
superintendent, under sentence of
death for the murder of 14-year-old
Mary Phagan, was discussed here yes
terday at the fortieth district conven
tion of the Independent Order of B'nal
B'rith. David R. Stern, of Greensboro,
N. C., defending the convicted man,
said:
"When one can cry from the gates
of death that 'the truth is on the
march'; when I know that our leader
has such ideals as his heart dictates,
I have no crossings to and fro in niy
mind as to the trend of justice in this
country of ours."
Since his conviction Frank has been
re-elected head of the local H'nai
B'rith lodge.
Thieves Rob Safe in
Byrem Tobacco Store
Thieves gained an entrance Satur
' day night to the tobacco store of
i Samuel Byrem, 701V6 North Third
street, where they robbed the safe of
' small change.
After boring holes on each side of
Iron bars protecting a rear window
| the entrance was an easy job. There
; are no marks on the safe to indicate
that it was blown open. Byrem says
; he took his large bills out of the safe
late Saturday night. He discovered
the robbery yesterday morning. Mr.
Byrem says he locked the safe and
that only three persons knew the com
bination.
SOXG BY WIRKLESS PHONE
Special to The Telegraph
Paris, March 30. Communication by
wirelesK telephone between Laeken, a
suburb of Brussels, and Eiffel Tower, a
distance of about 200 miles, was estab
lished last n.i<ht. and the voice of a
tenor singing at Laeken could be
heard. This was made possible through
a new and powerful microphone invent
ed by an Italian engineer.
HisiH To yrui.'.noo Missive;
Special to' The Telegraph
Kane, Pa., March 30. Relatives of
Keith Dalrymple, of Port Allegheny,
ore making a search for him through
out the entire country to inform him
that a fortune of $3(15,000 Is awaiting
him on his return. Dalrymple, who is
21 years old, disappeared from his
home seven years ago. The fortune was
left him -by his fattier.
ATTACK CHEAP SEEI) POTATOES
Washington, D. C.. March 30.—The
American potato grower is charged
with paying too little attention to the
selection of seed potatoes by the De
partment of Agriculture In a state
ment to-day. declaring that by the use
of high-grade seed the returns from
the crop would be increased by many
millions of dollars. The increase that
might be expected from the use of
high-grade seed is conservatively esti
mated at not lean than 10 per cent.
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WILSON SMS'"OEMS"
SHDULO NOT HESITATE
111 FAVORING REPEAL
Contradictory Statements in Balti
more Platform Will Come
to Their Rescue
HE DENIES MANY STORIES
Admits He Would Not Have Urged
Passage if England Had Not
Raised Question
By Associated Prut
Washington, March 30.— President
llson declared to-day that on ac
l?°" n t °' the contradictory statement*
ih, ~m ?? Rltl,nore Platform. Democrats
should have no hesitation In voting for
I exemption. ° f the Panama canal tolls
terT-n 'T Bident en »Phatically charac
f , exemption as a subsidy and
timnre I ". ut „ that one P'ank in the Bal
timore platform expressed opposition
° an h y subsidy direct or Indirect, while
another plank declared for tolls ex
should h, The . Preslde nt asserted there
2tn JiS ?° soubt5 oubt amon K Democrats
Th W £ lch , should take precedence.
«.v Presldent iterated that the
o. jnptlon never was a policy of the
Democratic House because It was
passed through a coalition of Republi
cans and a minority of Demoorats.
the majority of Democrats voting
a*subsidy °" th ® * round that
Hlamea It on England
ic Tvllf, T ! reslde . nt e *P'ained that even
if the international situation, to which
lie referred In his message had not
.k ? M VOuld have been opposed
n om 5. .» exemption as against.
Democratic doctrine. But. he Indi
an h ° wever - that if it were not
for the international situation he did
not feel that it would have been proper
for him to question the acts of a
previous administration. Mr. Wilson
talked frankly about the tolls contro
versy in Congress, saying that the
story that he had entered into a bar
f-rrii'i! w 'th Great Britain through Sir
ii .^ I J" private secretary to
air h,dward Grey, was one of a num
ber of insults that had been intro
duced in the congressional debate the
President declared he wanted to ex
press his regret that what has prom
ised to be a dignified contest with
[genuine differences of opinion, seemed
to Lie degenerating In his opinion, Into
ian attempt to discredit the adminis
tration. He remarked that while :t
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CMMBS TREE TO PROPOSE
By Associated Press
Savannah, Ga., March 30. —Scores
of persons yesterday watched Frank
M. Register, of this city, climb a tree
directly in the rear of the city jail hero
and propose marriage to Miss Zeta
Metlock, a young girl confined in the
jail. Register was accepted. There
are no charges against the girl, who la
being held until she can be restored
to her parents.
THE WEATHER
Fur Ifarrlaburg nnd vicinity) Un
"ittlcil wcuthrr to-night and
TucKiluy, probably a how era;
Nomew hut warmer to-night.
For Kuatern I'ennaylvanla i Unset
tled to-night anil TocaiHy, prob
ably nlionrni aomewhat warmer
to-night | moderate, variable
winds.
Hlver
The atreama of the Snaquehanna
river ayatem are now falling at
■ill pointa above Harrlaburg, and
they will probably continue to
tall notnttliatandlngVhe fact that
rain ha* act In over the water-
Hhed, which promiaes to continue
Intermittently for thlrty-afx
lioura. Mo far the rainfall haa
been light to moderate and the
Inillcatloiia are that tt will mot
become heavy.
Maximum river atages occurred
Saturday night and Sunday and
approximately aa followai To.
uandn, 20.26) Wllkea-Barre,
25.3) Itenovo, 18.0) VVllllamaport,
10.0) Seilnagrove, above ltt.o, and
iiarriaburg, 18.2,
General Conditions
Unsettled nnd ahowery weather
ronditlona prevail generally over
the country thin morning. The
henvleat ralna In the laat twenty
four hoara have occurred In Tea
neaaee. Temperature changea
have been aomewhat irregular.
Temperature) 8 a. m., 38) a p. m„ 43.
Sun) lllaea, Ris4 a. m.| at ,ta, 6dM
p. m.
Moon: Xew moon, lirat quarter.
April a, 2i41 p. m.
Hlver St age i 18 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday'a Weather
Hlglieat temperature, 42.
I.oweH't temperature, 38.
Mean temperature, 40.
formal temperature, 43.
MAltltl AtilC ;,k i:\sks
Emillo Lippl and Natollna Plsanl
city.
Fitting Up the
Summer Home
This Is the sennop when the
stores begin to show their
spring and summer furnishings,
find people begin to give thought
to the titling up of their sum
mer homes.
Ijet the advertising in this
newspaper be the link between
your desires and their fulfil
ment.
It Is safe to deal with the
stores that advertise. They are
representative concerns.
They tell you frankly what
they are showing and they guar
antee their words and their mer
chandise.
They have studied th» wants of
the people in the light of many
years' experience.
The guide to the right fur
nishing of the country home la
in the advertising printed hers
from day to day.