Tourists' Hotels in Si Augustine, Florida♦ Destroyed by Early Morning Fire
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 78
~ FOES OF RUM
ORGANIZING FOR BIG
FIGHT
Leaders Plan to Bind All
Bodies Warring Against
Booze Into One Gigantic,
Militant Organization
TWO MASS MEETINGS
TO BE HELD TONIGHT
Temporary Officers Will Be
Elected Late This After
noon; Hundreds of Dele
gates From All Parts of
State
t \ |
Just Who Will Speak
At To-night's Meetings
The following' is the program for ;
to-night's two meetings both .to be
gin at 8 p. m.:
At Ridge Avenue M. E. Church,
Sixth and Herr streets. Mishop A\ .
M. Stanford, Evangelical Church. ■
Harrisburg, presiding; devotional
exercise, led by the Rev. Dr. Spanff
ler, pastor of First U. B. Church.
Harrisburg; Introductions; address
by the Rev. Thompson \V. McKinney,
D. EX., Coatesvllle, Pa.
At Fourth Reformed Church, Fif
teenth and Market Strees, Mr.
Jaines W. Barket. president Dauphin
County Sunday School Association,
presiding; devotional exercises, led
by the Rev. H. W. A. Hanson, pas
tor Messiah Lutheran Church, Har
risburg; introductions; address by
Dr. E. J. Moore, superintendent Anti-
Saloon League of Pennsylvania.
Gathering in the Kidge Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church this aft
ernoon, more than 600 delegates rep
resenting no-license leagues from
forty counties of Pennsylvania, as well
u ■ as unorganized anti-liquor forces from
the remaining twenty-seven,began ses
sions which are expected to result in
a compact, unified, fighting organiza
tion with State-wide scope and etll
clent methods to combat the rum evil.
Three hundred of the delegates came
here from all over the State.
Boarding louses and mealing places
near the place of meeting are crowded
and there was a hurry and bustle all
morning In the church getting ready
to receive the delegates and to pre
pare for the first big meeting th's
afternoon. In the Sunday schoolroom
of the chueh an exhibit of pamphlets,
placards and dodgers and other tem
perance literature.
In the windows of a vacant store
room at Third and Forster streets the
Dauphin county Women's Christian
Temperance Union has a picturesque
exhibit. It Is an object-lesson cartoon,
being arranged with miniature mate
rials Instead of being drawn with
• •rayon. In one window is a heap of
ilny beer boxes and the legend says
that "Jack, in a license town, found it
easy to spend one dollar a week, and
at the end of twenty-five years all he
had to show for it were 1,300 beer
boxes, and he did not even own these,
lor they belonged to the brewery." In
other window is a tiny house, nice
\yy set out on a green lawn amid trees.
VThe legend attaching to this inviting
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PREPARE FOR RECORD CROPS
By .Associated Press
San Francisco, April 2.—The rail
roads are preparing to handle a rec
ord-breaking citrus crbp in California
this season. According to estimates
announced hero yesterday 42.500 oars
will be required to carry Southern
< 'alifornia's contribution of oranges
and lemons to the east. Only 18,000
carloads were moved last year.
(/ J
Late News Bulletins
FIGHTING CONTINUES AT TORREON
Juarez, Mexico, April 2.—Out of the maze of reports and denials
concerning the activities of General Francisco Ylllir at Torreon last
night and early to-day the assumption was drawn at rebel headquarters
that fighting continued to-day. This conclusion was based on a tele
gram from Villa to General Carranza last night,
170,000 MINERS OUT OF WORK
_ l**cds, I.ngland; April 2.—A1l the coal miners in Yorkshire num
bering: 170,000 had left the pits to-day when the la«t of the notices to
quit work expired. The men demand the introduction of a minimum
wage scale.
FAMILY MISSING IN FIRE
Pittsburgh, Pa,, April 2.—Two policemen were seriously burned and
an entire family consisting of the father, mother and three children
were reported missing In a Are on the North Side to-day. Four frame
tenement horses were destroyed with a loss of $50,000. Police and fire
men rescued more than a score of persons.
KING'S CONDITION GRAVE
f Stockholm, Sweden, April 2.—The condition of health of King
GustaTe continues to cause general anxiety. A bulletin issued to-day
by the court physicians says that although the health of the king has
Improved during the past week there is no ground for uneasiness.
Washington. April 2.—A special message from President Wilson
urging appropriation of $500,000 f»r government buildings at the San
Francisco Exposition was ready t >-day in the House.
New York, April 2.—Juno 30 was tentatively fixed by the United
States Express Company to-day a the time for ceasing Its operations.
Some time ago the company anno meed that, because of the parcel
post and the reduced express rat. -s fixed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission It would go out of business.
Washington, April 2.—Presld it \\ ilson announced to-day that
John Lind, his personal represent itive in Mexico, would sail for the
United States from Vera Cruz to-morrow on a vacation, but would re
turn later after he tiad a rest.
Cleveland. Ohio, April 2.—The Mutual Film Comnanies of Ohio and
New Jersey lost their suit to knock out the Ohio Film Censorship law
' In Federal court here.
New York, April 2. —Market closed linn. Efforts on the bull side
1 brought up the level of prices agiin. the inquiry from the shorts re
viving as the session drew to a cljsc. Canadian Pacific rose to 209.
Smelting fell a point, but other copper shares made sonic headway up
| ward.
Wall Street Closing.—Cliesi cake and Ohio, l.ehigli Valley,
115: Northern Pacific, 111}*: Son hern Pacific, 95; Union Pacific. 100%:
. Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Pain, I00>4: P. K. It.. lit)/ 8 : Reading.
1 lUtt; Canadian Pacific. 20N"„: \nial. Copper, 77'< i: U. S. Steel,
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life
i !
JAMES W. BARKER
| He will preside at to-night's session
| of the anti-liquor forces.
EARLY Mdll FIDE
OESIiiOYS S HOTELS
111 ST. AOOUSTINE
County Courthouse and Number
of Residences in Florida
Resort Burned
LOSS MORE THAN $500,000
Many Guests, Scantily Clad, Were
Carried Down Ladders'
by Firemen
By Associated Press
St. Augustine, Fla.. April 2. —Fire
1 early to-day destroyed five tourists'
j hotels, the county courthouse ami a
number of residences here. So far as
lls known no lives were lost, though
I many guests at the Florida House, the
IMunson House, the Clairmont, Atlan
. tic and Central Hotels, which were de
stroyed, escaped scantily clad and had
no time to save their personal belong-
I ings. The flames were checked late
| this forenoon. Property damage is
'estimated at from $500,000 to $750,-
I 000.
1 The fire originated in the Florida
i House and swept toward the bay
' across the area bounded by Char
lotte, Treasury, and St.
j George streets.
A section of the Jacksonville fire
1 department went to St. Augustine on
! a special train to assist in checking
! the flames.
Nearly two blocks near the water
j front were destroyed. For a time the
j business section of the city was en-
I dangered but the flames finally were
• checked by local firemen and a sec
tion of the Jacksonville fire depart
-1 ment, which arrived in a special train
j shortly before daylight.
Carried Down Ladders
J The fire originated in the kitchen
! of the Florida, a large wooden struc
| ture and spread rapidly. The first
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' "APRIL FOOL CANDY FATAL.
By Associated Press
| Quincy, Mass., April 2.—"April fool
candy," which was found to have been
I flavored with poisonous berries, Is
likely to cause the death of two chil
dren here.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1914.
THOUSANDS SAY GOOD-BY TO STILT KING AS HE STALKS THROUGH CITY STREETS
TOWARD THE GOLDEN GATE AT
F——■•'' IMCIUM, **.. ~ immmmm
HE||& ' -V'.'
MUST RUSE TAX
RATE TO PROVIDE
DOMESTIC SHE
New Expenditures' Will Approxi
mate Increase of $25,000,
Say Directors
Domestic science training in grade
and high schools will be practically
Impossible this year if the school tax
rate of 8 mills is to be retained.
The proposed course of instruction ;
is only one of a number of improve- j
ments for Harrlsburg's school system j
that the board would like to bring i
about, but the q-uestion of finances is j
the serious obstacle.
The 8-mill rate, it is generally
hoped, will be kept as it is, although i
it is understood that some tall paring i
either on the ordinary expenditures j
for the year or on some of the new !
appropriations planned for the com
ing year will be necessary.
The finance committee will meet |
this evening to pass finally upon the j
budget anrl to determine upon its ree- !
ommendation to the board as to the j
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TO DELAY CONSISTORY BUILDING |
The proposed $200,000 cathedral of j
the Harrlsburg Scottish Rite Consist
ory will not likely be built this year,!
according to information obtained to
day. Tho recent acquisition of the
old Dlven property. North and Cap
[ ital streets, adjoining the present brick
j structure, and which was sought for
! a long time by the Consistory, made
the building of a new cathedral as
sured, but its immediate construction
is not to be undertaken. It will prob
ably be some time In 1915 before the
building is erected.
LVIS TERRAZAS, JR., ESCAPES
By Associated Press
New Orleans, La., April 2. —Luis
Terrazas, Jr., the wealthy Mexican
held a prisoner for ransom at Chi
huahua by General Francisco Villa for
the past three months, has escaped
and made his way south toward Mex
ico City, according to unconfirmed
reports received hy e newspaper here.
CONSISTORY REUNION APRIL 14
The Spring reunion and initiation of
candidates at the Harrisburg Consis
tory will take place April 14 this year
and preparations for the event are
now going forward.
ITALIAN HOUSES MEET
By Associated Press
Home, April 2.—The Italian cham
ber of deputies and senate reassem
bled to-day. The new cabinet, under
the premiership of Signor Salandra,
made known to both houses its legis
-1 lative program.
six pons in
COUNT JAIL SAW
BARS ID ESCAPE
One Man Who Got Away Was
Sentenced to Be Hanged
on April 24
By Associated Press
Cairo, 111., April 2.—Six prisoners
escaped from the county jail early to
day. Among them was W. M. Wilson,
sentenced to be hanged on April 24
for the murder of Thomas C. Logan, a
special, officer of the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad.
It is supposed the fugitives boarded
a freight train. The men escaped by
sawing the steel bars of a cell. Two
hundred dollars reward was offered
for the capture of Wilson dead or
alive.
Before murdering Logan, Wilson es
caped from the Ohio penitentiary,
where he was serving a life sentence.
Spectacular Scene in
Senate Promised When
Fight on Tolls Begins
By Associated Press
Washington, April 2.—lnformal dis
cussions of the Panama tolls contro
versy centering upon the various bills
waiting action in the Senate continued
to-day pending consideration by the
Interoceanlo canals committee on the
administration's repeal bill scheduled
to begin next Tuesday. Senators
characterized the situation now exist
ing as the Vail that precedes the storm
and declared that once the actual
opening of the fight on the floor is
reached, a spe--Lacultr scene would be
staged.
It was apparent to-<'ny among both
; the adn4 nistration il nnti-repeaJ
forces that the Issue would not be per
[ mitted to be affected by the lull. Per
'slstent efforts will be made, it was
(said hy friends of the bill, to prevent
j any unnecessary delay.
Estimates carefully compiled by the
i leaders of the two factions show that
! the administration forces have the
j requisite votes to pass the repeal bill
by a narrow margin only.
Father and Mother Found
Dead; Children Unharmed
| Philadelphia. April 2. —Hearing four
I revolver shots In quick succession
early to-day, a policeman and a night
watchman broke Into a house in West
Philadelphia and found Alexander
Olaser, 30 years old, and his wife,
Jula, 28, dead from bullet wounds.
In tire house they also found crying
the couple's two sons, 6 and 8, un
! harmed. Neighbors said the husband
feared he was going blind and th«
police believe that this disarranged his
inlnd and led him to kill his wife and
j himself.
RETRENCHMENT ON
AMERICAN RAILROADS
NECESSARY. SAYS REA
Pennsylvania President Last Wit
ness in Increased Rates
Case
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., April 2.—Presi
dent Rea, of the Pennsylvania system, !
was the last witness to be heard to
day before the interstate Commerce j
Commission on behalf of the eastern ;
railroads asking for an increase in |
freight rates. Oral testimony for the j
roads was concluded with his state,
ment.
Chairman Harlan and Commission
ers Clark and Meyer were on the
bench to-day. Dr. Dumban, the
Austro-Hungarian ambassador, and
his guest. Prince Minister of Derne- j
burg, were interested auditors.
J. T. Wallis, general superintendent!
of motive power of the Pennsylvania,
interrogated by Clifford Thorne, ex
plained that steel cars and heavier
locomotives had induced an increase
In repair cost, while higher wages
materially had added to that item of
expense.
J. C. Rodgers. general superintend
| ent of the northern division of tin#
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Supreme Court Refuses
to Grant Injunction
to Assurance Society
By Associated Press •
I New York, April 2.—Supreme Court
'justice Greenbaum to-day denied the
' petition of the Equitable Life Assur
ance Society for an injunction to re
strain the Union Pacific Railroad
j Company from distributing as a spe-
I cial dividend to holders of common
| stock $80,000,000 In cash and stock
jof the Baltimore and Ohio Railroads.
| The Equitable sued to restrain the
I railroad company on the ground that
I the holders of preferred stock in the
' Union Pacific were entitled to share
i in the dividend or else have the SBO,-
' 000,000 regarded as an asset and held
!by the road. The Baltimore and Ohio
|stock was acquired by the Union Paci
fic from the Pennsylvania Railroad In
a deal whereby the Union Pacific re
! leased its Southern Pacific holdings as
i required by Supreme Court decree dis
solving the Harriman system,
j It is understood that the Equitable
will appeal from to-day's decision.
POPE APPOINTS BISHOP
By Associated Press
Rome, April 2. —The Pope to-day
appointed the Rev. Michael J. Curley
rector of, St. Peter's. Deland, Florida,
to be bishop of the diocese of St Au
gustine.
STILT 16 HIKES
MERIT THROUGH
CUMBERLAND VALLEY
Telegraph's Mercury Speeds Down
Roads While Rural Folk Run
to Greet Him
Special to The Telegraph
Carlisle, Pa., April 2.—The most i
singular figure that ever stalked along!
a country road amused and startled j
the folks between hero and Shippens-!
burg to-day, when F. A. Wilvert, stilt- '
walker, who is on his way to the Pa- '
eilie coast with Harrisburg Telegraph's i
greetings, took his giant strides along ,
the highways.
Farmers and their families rushed
to the roads to see him pass and
waved him greeting and teams driving
along the road where the human sky
scraper came were driven almost fran
tic and in some cases runaways were
narrowly averted. In such cases
where the tall pedestrian saw that the
approaching liorses were badly fright
ened lie came to a stop and stood per
fectly motionless until the driver was
safely by.
Wilvert reports that the roads are
in good condition and that he himself
never felt fitter in his life.
Wears « llroad Smile
Wilvert reached Mechanicsburg at
5.10 yesterday afternoon. He wore a
broad smile and said the going had
been good.
Mechanicsburg was agog all day
I awaiting the arrival of the tall wonder
; and so impatient were the kids in
: school that by order of the school
I superintendent they were released at
i 2.30. '''roin then on they kept keen
• eye peeled for the arrival of the Tele
graph's Mercury and 200 of the more
adventurous walked two miles to meet
the pedestrian, and when he hove in
sight a great cheer went up from the
200 boyish and girlish throats.
With one large, terrific whoop the
kids surrounded the skyscraping
walker and escorted him in triumph
to town, where he called on the bur
gess and secured his signature. He
posted last night at the National
j Hotel.
I Reorganize Carlisle
School For Indians
Special to The Telegraph
Washington, D. C., April 2. —Com-
plete reorganization of the force of
employes at the Carlisle Indian School
J war undertaken to-day when Cato
j Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
las the first step, suspended Seceni
j Xori, chief clerk of the school. Nori
I made a confession last week, admit
| ting that he had destroyed evidence
showing the misuse of funds at the
school and charging Superintendent
Friedman with having inspired the ac
tion.
The special Senate committee which
made the investigation of affairs at
Carlisle transmitted th<; evidence, in
cluding Nori's confession, to Commis
sioner Sells to-day. It was said that
the evidence showed Nori to be culp
able and there is some doubt as to the
truth of that part of his confession
which seeks to implicate Superinten
dent Friedman.
Commissioner Sells, In announcing
the suspension of Norl, said that he
had ordered a full hearing of all the
charges. Norl, Friedman and Band
master Stauffer, all of whom are now
under suspension, will be permitted
to tell their stories. It is believed,
however, that a complete reorganiza
tion has been determined upon and
that new officials will henceforth have
charge at the Carlisle school. If the
hearings to be held develop any crim
inality there will probably be prose
cutions.
TWENTY KILLED IN WRECK
By Associated Press
Batavla, Java, April 2. —Twenty na
tives were killed and fifty others in
jured to-day by the derailment of a
| train while it was crossing a bridge
| near Tanjong Prlok, six miles from
this city. The accident waß caused
by a herd of buffalo into which the
locomotive ran.
COLLEGE GYMNASIUM BITKNED
By Associated Press
Rensselaer. Ind., April 2.—The gym
nasium of St. Joseph's College was
I burned to-day with a loss of $75,000.
The gymnasium equipment, the In
struments used by the student brass
hand, seven pianos and the college
, pipe organ were consumed.
14 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT.
WAS AFRAID TO SHOOT
HIMSELF, HE WRITES,
SO JUMPS HID RIVER
Police Confident That Heiiey's
Body Will Be Found Some
where Below City
FOUR NOTES TELL THE STORY
Asks Wife's Forgiveness and Hopes
to "Meet His Folks in
Heaven"
Four brief notes written Into a ltttl*
book found In an inside pocket of a
coat picked up on the Market street
bridge late yesterday afternoon
tell a pathetic story of the suicide ot
Harry G. Heisey, 25 years old, 1719}fc
North Fourth street
Oi\e of the four notes told how Hei
sey went to his death. An abstract of
the missive says:
"I walked about the island intend
ing to shoot myself:—But I could not
pull the trigger, so I gave it up and
decided to Jump into the river."
Colonel Hutchison, Cheif of Police,
this morning felt certain, he said, that.
Heisey had really committed suicide
by jumping from the bridge Into tha
swollen river. In certain quarters
doubt was expressed as to whether
Heisey had not feigned suicide In order
to desert his family and leave this
vicinity without creating suspicion.
The Chief of Police, however, declared
that' he believes Heisey plunged Into
the Susquehanna and that hia body
will be found somewhere below the
city. Colonel Hutchison has asked
that the authorities at Steelton, High
spire, Middletown and Columbia keep
a close lookout for the body.
Was Often Despondent
Heisey. his relatives say, was a suf
ferer from an incurable stomach dis
ease and he often expressed the wish
that he was dead. Two years ago ho
married Miss Grace Allen. His youngr
wife was in a hysterical condition thin
morning and fainted while friends
were discussing the tragedy with her.
The coat found on the bridge was
the one worn by Heisey when he left
home yesterday morning to go to work
at Lucknow shops. The garment wan
hanging to one of the iron girders of
the bridge near the island. Nearby
Heisey's hat was also found. Patrick
McSlanus, a bridge sweeper, at onco
notified the police of his find. In ono
of the coat pockets a revolver contain
ing two loads was found. Four extra
liullets were lying loose In the pocket
beside tho gun.
The Four Notes
Ono of the four notes written by
Heisey before he took his life was to
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Coxey Makes Plans For
His March to Washington
New York. April 2.—Jacob S. Coxey,
loader of the famous army which boro
his name and marched on Waahington
In IS!<4, to-day established headquar
ters hero. He said he would spend
several days looking after plans for
the mobilization of the army of 500,«
000 men which he Intends to lead into
the capital some time this month.
The main division of the army, he
said, will leave Masslilon, Ohio, on
April 16., and will be joined outsldo
Washington by the eastern division.
THE WEATHER
For Ilarrlnburg and vicinity! Part
ly cloudy and colder to-night,
with lowest temperature about 30
degrees i Friday fair.
For Kantern Pennsylvania! Partly
cloudy and colder to-ntght| Fri
day fulr; moderate neat to north
went ninda.
River
Haln haa fallen generally over the
Suniiuehanna Valley In the laat
twenty-four houra, averaging
nearly half an Inch over the head
«liters of the North and Went
liriincliea anil the Juniata. Owing
to the aennltlvc condition of
j thenc streams thla rainfall haa
been sufficient to atart them to
riding again, an anticipated yea
terdny. The rala haa ceased,
however, and the rlaea will prob
ably be slight. hardly exceeding
a too* or two In the Upper North
llrnnch and leas In the Upper
Went Brunch and the Jaaiata.
Thla rlne will retard the fall In
1 the lower portion of the two prin
cipal br n lichen and In the main
j river, but will not entirely atop
! General Conditions
; The ntorm, central near Chicago
Wednesday morning, haa moved
rapidly northeastward with low
creasing Intensity and la Mw
central aloug the Northern JVew
l.iiKland count. It enuaed rain
and snow generally over the
northern half of the country eaat
of the Mississippi river.
! Temperature! Ba. in.. 40| 2p. m„ So.
"p ' m Bit!) n. m. | acta, 8180
MO " n m F,r " t l uar ter, April S, ti4{
Hlver Stage t 12.8 feet above low
water mark. C , * w
. Yesterday's Weather
Hlgheat temperature, 48.
l.owrat temper atu re, 38.
Mean temperature, 42.
Normal temperature, 44.
marriakr i.icknsrs
Edwin Wlnterborne, Oochranville.
J helma May Masner. Dauphin.
Steelton. a 8,1,1 Yellsa Drl *ievlc,
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The Easter Holiday s
i call for a general refurnishing
i of the wardrobe. It Is the season
of new things.
I The advertising In the news
paper reflects the season.
It Is new and newsy. It is
bright in Its suggestions of tho
latest fashion Ideas new fa
brics. new colors new patterns.
Often it seems as though tho
most interesting feature In tho
newspaper is tho advertising.
Certainly there Is no feature
that is more helpful to a large
proportion 6f our readers.
You are reading the advortla
j ins. of course?