Atlantic Fleet Headed For Tampico to Demand Salute to American Flag
HARRISBURG ll§l|§ll TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 89
CENTRAL GIRLS CAN
LEARN ALL ABOUT
MANAGING ROME
New Courses to Give Students
Wide Training in Care of
the Household
CAN LEARN "FINE ARTS"
Special Provisions Made Under
New Plans For Those Who Study '>
Music and Painters
/ I
Two years' instruction in "burnt" j
leather or other craftswork is in- j
eluded in the proposed "line arts" ettr- !
viculum lor the girls of the Central j
High School, Which will be one of the j
seven new courses adopted Friday ]
evening by the School Board. Crafts- j
work, drawing and painting will con-:
6titute one of the sixteen "units" nee- I
essary to obtain a diploma, and the j
studies will be one the student pro-1
grams four times each week.
The "line arts" course, "a cultural,
course for girls" as it is called, is I
modeled in some respects after the!
domestic science or "home economic®" j
course. While the fundamentals are j
different, there is a similarity of choice |
of electives. The course in home eco
nomics, however, extends throughout)
the four years: the first two years of j
the fine arts course are the same as'
In the domestic science, and the other |
regular courses, except the normal, i
In the third year of the tine arts 1
course the pretty High School Junior j
begins the serious study of how to |
paint, to draw and to "do" burnt j
leather and other work. Moro atten- j
t!on will be devoted to music, and in I
addition to the history of music, she j
will have to go in for vocal training j
twice a week. English and English
history are the other regular studies'
and she will have a choice of two I
studies from these electives: Geome- |
try, Latin, French, German, Greek, I
domestic chemistry, physiology and
dressmaking, with public speaking as
an optional choice.
In the senior year of the same I
course there will be the final year of!
drawing, painting and craftswork, i
American history and civics, music j
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President Wilson Puts
His Trust Policy Into
One Bill m Congress
Washington, April 15.—Important |
rhanges in the Administration's pro-1
gram of anti-trust legislation are j
proposed in a bill introduced in the |
House by Representative Clayton, 1
r hairman of the Committee on the!
Judiciary.
By direction of President Wilson the I
Bnti-trust program, heretofore made I
up of four tentative bills, is embodied.
in one measure. It is the opinion of |
Hie Administration's leaders that it;
will be easier to pass one antl-trust j
bill than a series of four.
The revised program softens the re- ,
strictive features of the original bills i
in some respects. This is notably the i
ease in the provisions dealing ' with i
holding companies. Other fpatures of!
the revised program are more drastic'
than those provided in the first in-1
stance.
This is true in the matter of the I
prohibitions against interlocking cH- I
reetorates. In the anti-trust bills as i
originally presented subsidiarv con
ferns representing the legitimate
growth of corporations were prohibit
ed. Under the revised program the
holding company prohibition does not
apply to subsidiaries of this character.
The new feature of the new anti- j
trust program that is expected to cause !
a lot of trouble in a political way is to
be found in the provisions dealing
with labor.
W VSIIIXGTON LETTER RKTXGS
$107.50 AT DOCUMENT SALE '
New York, April 15.—A two-page
autograph letter, written by George
Washington at Mount Vernon on July
15, 1798, to John Marshall, later chief
Justice, congratulating him on his re
turn from France, brought $lO7 50
the highest price, at the sale yesterday
of the rare autograph letters and other
documents collected by a Massachu
setts lawyer.
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Late News Bulletins
BATTLESHIPS OFF FOR SOUTH
\ a v- — T '"* Battleships Arkansas. Vermont, New
Hampshire and New Jersey and the dispatch boat Yankton sailed from
Hampton Roads to-day fc- Mexican waters, at full speed. The New
Hampshire was »he lirst lo get under way.
BECKER TRIAL MAY 6
. A P r f —May « was tentatively fixed to-dav for the
beginning of Hie second trial of Charles Becker, the former police lieu
tenant sentenced to die for instigating the murder or Herman Rosen.
M T u„n!", . i a "PP«>lB decision. It was announced that
M. T. Muntou luul succeeded Joseph A. Shay as chief counsel for
ijccker.
ANOTHER STEAMER SINKS?
St. Johns, N. F., April 15.—Fear that the Kite, the smallest steam,
er In the sealing fleet, has met with disaster, was Increased to-dav
Se'no".' «H^ a ofT r here' le ' ** * rneßßa « e sported sighting wreck-
GUNBOATS LEAVE TAMPICO
Washington, April 15. —This dispatch from Rear Admiral Fletch
er at Vera Cruz, dated iO o'clock last night, was
Department to-day: No new development at Tampico Constitution,
allsts have retired from the vicinity. Business" esumed
-turned. M» xican guniK>ats lYogrcswi and Karagosa have left Tarn-
TAKEN FROM DOLPHIN'S BOAT
Washington, April 14.—One new fact brought out at the AVhite
Hog* conference was that two of the Aemrlcan blue jackets arrested
at Tamplco actually were taken from the Dolphin's boat
FOUR KILLED IN AUTO
Georgetown, Texas, April 15.—Four infcn were killed ami two so
rlously Injured here to-day when a Missouri, Kansas and Texas nasi
senger train crashed Into an automobile in which they were drlvinir
Te "Y re: C G "-£ C Robinson, W?j;
New York, April 15.—The market closed steady. Speculative in. I
terest converged on the city bond sale and little Influenced* exerted 1
by a drive against Lehigh Valley which lost 1%.
* ork Closing—Chesapeake and Ohio, 51%; Lehigh Vallev
109%; So,,tl,orn Pacific. 1)1%; Union
155; Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul, »8; P. R. R„ noU;
Canadian Pacific, 1!)U; Anial. Copper. </ H u S steel ">8"
PUUIK BODY IS
IUMED: WILL GET
TOGETHER IT ONCE
Organization of First Commission
to Be Effected in the
Near Future
SERVE DIFFERENT TIMES
Five, Four, Three, Two and
One-year Men Are
Designated
The First City Planning Commission
Francis Jordan llall, one year.
(ieorgc A. Shreiner, two years.
Benj. F. Umberger, three years.
(ieorge \V. Kelly, four years.
Ed. S. Herman, five years.
llarrisburg's first City Planning
Commission was named this after
noon by City Council in adjourned
session.
The commission's personnel is as
the Telegraph announced last evening
and City Commissioner M. Harvey
Taylor's selection has met with gen
eral approval.
The act creating the commission
provides that the first appointees shall
serve for one, two, three, four and
five years, respectively, and thereafter
one each shall be elected for five
years.
Under the Taylor resolution this
afternoon, Francis Jordan Hall will
serve for one year. George A. Shreiner
for two years, Benjamin F. Umberger
fofr three, George W. elley for four
and Ed. S. Herman for the five-year
term.
The new commission, according to
Mr. Herman, will get together in the
near future, and organize by electing
a president, secretary, etc. Miss Anna
Cubison. clerk to Mr. Taylor, will be
the secretary, it is understood. The
commission's offices will be in the
quarters of Mr. Taylor, in the Union
Trust Building.
Commission's Duties
The commission's duties will be to
pass upon and approve all plans for
improvement or development of ter
ritory within three miles of the city
limits. Ordinances relating to public
buildings, park extensions, playground,
parkway or boulevards must also be
submitted to the commission and the
commission will have the power to
voice its disapproval of any of the
amendments or ordinances in ijues
tion. The actiuft of . commission,
however, shall not nek-eSsarlly act as
a veto. The act provides that all such
changes in city plots, proposed devel
opment, etc., must be passed upon
and approved by the comriission be-!
fore the proposed development may
be approved by the County Recorder. |
In addition to presenting the names
of the Planning Commission, Council I
postponed action on the curfew ordi
nance.
Father Sues Son to
Get Back His Farm
Father and son, the former white- i
haired and bent with the burden of 78
years, the latter fast graying with the
years of middle-age, appeared as plain
tiff and defendant in an ejectment suit |
in April Common Pleas Court before
President Judge Kunkel to-day, when
Moses Mlnsker sued his son, John, for
the recovery of the Mlnsker farm, in
Powl's Valley. The aged man contends
he was forced to leave the farm be
cause he wasn't given enough to eat.
This case was occupying President
Judge KiiTikel's attention in No. 1 room
while Judge Henry disposed of two
trespass suits against the Harrisburg
Railways Company in No. 2. Elmer E.
Hummel, a Deputy Prothonotary, who
sued the company for damage to his
auto, won a vei;dlct of $!»1.75. while the
case of Kasimir Posega against the
company for damages growing out of
the death by a trolley car of Posega's
daughter, was settled for S7OO.
BIiAUVEW RIIX.S VETOED
Albany, N. Y„ April 15.—The Blau
velt bills, designed to provide for a
plea of "guilty but insane" in crimi
nal cases, were vetoed yesterday by
Governor Glynn. The measures were
recommended by a committee of the
State Bar Association to meet con
ditions resulting from repeated at
tempts uf Harry K. Thaw to regain his
liberty.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1914.
ODD FELLOWS PI
TO IKE IIS CITY
LODGE HEMRTEDS
Old Fight to Transfer Grand Lodge
Offices Will Be Resumed at
Session in May
1,200 DELEGATES ARE COMING
Argument Will Be Put Forth lhat
Harrisburg Is More Accessible
Than Philadelphia
As the time draws near for the
ninety-first annual session of the grand
lodge of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, to be held here the week
of May 17, Intimations that there will
be a renewal of agitation to transfer
the grand lodge offices from Phila
delphia to Harrisburg are again rife
in Odd Fellows' circles.
It is said to-day that there will prob
ably be a strong effort to bring the
offices to this city, and that if the
movement gathers the strength that
it appears to be gaining, the Harris
jburg Chamber of Commerce will be
asked to co-operate in s uring a site
j for the erection of : building.
I Such an attempt was made some
years ago, but was not successful. It
has grown out of the alleged difficul
ties of the management of the offices
in Philadelphia on the grounds of ex
pense, and also the ai.rment is ad-
I vanced that the offices should be lo
cated in a city more accessable to all
parts of the State, thus economizing
time and money of officers who have
to do business with the order. Also
it is advanced that there are more
past grands within a radius of fifty
miles of Harrisburg than in any other
section of the State, and as these men
have Jurisdiction of the various schools
and homes of the Odd Fellows, that it
j would be a great deal more convenient
: for the management of affairs to have
the grand lodge offices located in Har
risburg.
Change Constitution
According to some members of the
I order, particularly the Philadelphia
[contingent ,the interpretation of the
1 constitution requires the permanent
! residence of '.he offices In Philadel
phia. It is said that the constitution
is capable of a different interpretation,
but even If construed so as to permit
o r no other site for the official head
quarters than Philadelphia then, ac
cording to the plans of the insurgents,
a move io amend- th<s eon«o«t»t-MHt atl
as to permit of the removal of the
offices will precede the direct attack
toward getting the headquarters here.
In whatever way this agitation may
result, Harrisburg is planning to make
the coming session one of the most
successful in the history of the or
der. Committees appointed were an
nounced to-day and th will meet
Apri". 24 at Steelton. in connection
with the anniversary celebration of
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RATTLESNAKE HEART
CONSUMPTION CURE
Reporter—and Others—Saw Can
ned Rattlers in Barroom
Today
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THE "SNAKE KINO"
The "Snake King" arrived in town
this morning.
No, this is not a vaudeville stunt;
neither is it a term to be applied to
working off the effects of the night
before. It is merely the soubriquet
which B. W .Crawford, now a resi
dent of Summerdale enjoys after a
lifetime spent in following the trail of
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! WORK IS STARTED ON NEW
j HIGHWAY THROUGH ILLINOIS
By Associated Press
j Chicago, 111., April 15. Governor
Danne, members of Illinois legisla
ture, Judges, bankers, businessmen,
school children and scores of others
| to-day began the work of building the
j Lincoln Highway across Northern Illi
j nols, from the Mississippi river to the
I Indiana State line. Every one of the
! persons who wielded a pick or shovel
I will receive a check for one cent and
a card signed by Samuel Gompers
signifying that he is an honorary
member of the American Federation
of Labor.
PROWS OF BA T TLESHIPS
FLEET TURNED TOWARD TAMPICO TO FORCE
HUERTA TO SALUTE COLORS OF THE U. S. A.
PRINCIPAL FIGURES )
Above, left to right. President Vic
irlana Huerta of Mexico, and Presl
ent Wilson: below, Admiral C. S.
adger and Admiral Henry T. Mayo.
The refusal i.f Mexico to accede to w 1
dntiral Henrj T. .Mayo k demand that " V Ife' * ' •
le Stars and Stripes be honored by • > •'Sr \
io customary salute from the guns \
Federals at. Tampico was thi INm \
:tlon that caused President Wilson ■ 5 \
de Mexico,inciting to A I
der the United States I
to proceed to Mexican waters I
command of J dmiral Badger, -JpRRgV. /
ic head of the Atlantic fleet.
nerally believed that extraord! HV/.Apffimj
try naval demonstration on the part
' Uncle Sam In Mexican waters will « \
-Ing President Huerta to his senses
id at least cause him to seriouslv
insider the possibility of Intervention
. t V.nort nf 1'nU.,.1 *
99-Year 0M Woman to Turn
First Dirt For New Church
Oldest Member of Wesley Congregation to Be Given Honor
of Throwing Out First Shovelful
The oldest members of the Wesley
Union A. M. E. Zion Church and
probably the oldest member of any
church in this city, will turn the first
shovelful of earth next Monday after
noon when ground is broken for the
building of the new Wesley Union
Church at Forster and Ash streets.
The oldest member is Mrs. Henrietta
Jones, of 128 Indian street. "Henry"
Jones, as she Is known. Is 99 years
old.
Headed by the Perseverance Band,
the congregation will form in a line
in front of the old church in South
Paraffin Bath Heated
to 125 Degrees Is New
Rheumatism Treatment
Paris, April 15. A paraffin wax
bath, heated to 125 degrees Fahren
heit. Is a new treatment for rheuma
tism, sciatica, gout and kindred ail
ments, as described by Dr. Barthe de
Sandfort at the Academy of Medicine
last night.
The physician, rinding that super
heated wax applied to wounds, burns
and ulcers removed all pain and
caused them to heal rapidly, was led
to believe that it might, be advan
tageously applied to the whole body.
Accordingly he went to an oil refinery
and got into a vat containing 100 gal
lons of wax at a temperature of 140
degrees. Not only did this cause no
burning, but it resulted in a pleasant
sensation. A number of patients suf
i fering with various aliments were then
put through" the same process, with
results that exceeded the physician's
! expectations.
Dr. Sandfort communicated bis dls
j coverles of the properties of hot wax
I to Dr. Alexis Carrel, of the Rockefeller
Institute. New York, who is said to
have used it with great success in con
nection with skin grafting experiments.
Double Celebration by
Lewisburg G. A. R. Post
Special to The Telegraph
Lewisburg, Pa.. April 15.—Andrew
Gregg Tucker Post, of the O. A. R„ of
this place, will hold a double anni
versary celebration in their halls In
this place next Friday evenlnp. Al
though not falling on the same date
as the real event, the local post will
observe the anniversary of the sur
render of General J <ee and also the
forty-seventh anniversary of the in
stitution of the loco 1 post. The Rev.
H. C. Rose, of th» Lewisburg Luth
eran Church, and th; Rev. J. E. Kauff
man, of the Christian Church, will
make the addressee of the evening,
scholars from thi< Lewisburg high
ischool will sing, an.l there will be sev
eral other feature# of the program.
street on Monday afternoon at 4
o'clock and will proceed to the new
site where the ground breaking pro
gram will be presented. The pro
gram will be opened with an address
by the pastor, the Rev. J. Francis Lee.
Following his address the entire con
gregation will sing "Zion." The Rev.
1. B. Turner, pastor of the Harris Zion
African Methodist Episcopal l.nurch,
and the Rev. W. H. Marshall, pastor of
the Methodist Church, at Mechanlcs
burg, will deliver addresses.
And then will come the ground
breaking with the nearly a century-old
negress at the shovel.
Boy's Desire For
Marbles Never Left
Him E 'en as Burglar
Charged with breaking into the
home of Oliver O. Waltz, 2039 Boas
street, on the afternoon of April 8
anil carrying away valuables amount
ing to $26, Charles Nagle, aged 12
years, ot 2039 Boas street was held
for juvenille court by Alderman
Fritz Kramme this morning.
It is alleged that Nagie pried open
a window while the family was away
and robbed the house of the following
articles: Five packs of street car
tickets, 14 lead pencils, one niekle
plated watch, 500 tobacco tags, 164
marbles, one razor, one printing out
fit and one pair of kid gloves. The
arrest was made by Levi Horst, of
Susquehanna township.
To Organize St. George
Lodge Here on April 23
Plans under way for the organizing
of a local branch of the Order of Sons
of St. George in this, city by F. 1'
Cooper, of Philadelphia and Major
Robert Griffiths, of the State Trea
sure Department, are gradually tak
ing form. More than fifty members
have now been taken into the tent
ative organization.
The new lodge will be formally or
ganized on St. Georges ua.v, .vp.ii
23. No meeting place has as yet been
decided upon. The now order will be
organized in full view before next
August wl.en the annual convention
will be held in this city. Lodges from
AVilkes-Barre, Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh, Seranton and other cities will
be there to participate in a dress
parade. More than i 500 people are
expected to atend.
WILL ISSUE STATEMENT
Explaining thai then mis
construed and promising that as soon
as the approval of President George U.
1 ripp wa,« given to issue another state
ment, members of that body to-day
met Firemen's Union objections to their
plan to take charge of the decorating
I if they furnished the $4,200 promised.
12 PAGES.
BOY SAVED FROM
GALLOWS BY BOARD
State Body Recommends Commu
tation of Sentence of
Fayette Lad
Luigi DeLeo, a lad of scarcely seven
teen years of age, was saved from the
gallows by to-day's recommendation
of the State Board of Pardons that his
sentence of death for murder in Fa
yette county be commuted to life Im
prisonment, but Frank Wells, aged 19,
convicted with DeLeo, must die. The
cases were presented together to-day,
it being represented that the extreme
penalty should not be inflicted be
cause of their youth. District Attor
ney S. Ray Shelby, of Fayette, entered
a protest setting forth that the men
were guilty of shooting down a man
who interfered to prevent a highway
robbery. Counsel for DeLeo asserted
that he did not do the shooting. Wells
is to be hanged next Thursday.
The board continued the applica
tion for a rehearing of the case of
Malena Massa, Schuylkill, who was
refused commutation last month.
The following recommendations for
pardon were made: Dominico De-
Maio and Domlnick Fontinana, Lawr
ence, illegal sale of liquor; Samuel W.
Sproul, Philadelphia, larceny; William
McClelland. Washington, larceny;
Fredrick W. Biggard, Montgomery,
larceny; Theodore Eisenhower,
Schuylkill, first degree murder, com
muted In 1897; Charles B. Snyder,
Philadelphia, forgery.
The following were refused: Mart
in L. Kratzer, Snyder, carrying weap
ons; Harry Bisantz, Philadelphia, for
gery; Adolph Strohl, Clinton, forgery
and larceny; Nicholas Roccell, North
ampton, robbery; Claude Jennings,
Fayette, assault.
MILLIONS IN MFRCHAXDISE
TO GO THROUGH CANAL
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C.. April 15.—Evi
dences of the extent of the traffic
which may be expected to pass
through the Panama canal are given
In figures made public to-day by the
Department of Commerce, which show
that in 1913 two small isthmian rail
ways carried $130,500,000 worth of
merchandise brought by vessels from
the United States and later shipped to
other ports in the United States and
foreign countries.
MUTINY REPORTED
Ulna, Peru, April 15.—Official an
nouncement was made yesterday of a
mutiny which occurred in the Iqultos
regiment some time ago, owing to the
failure of the government to pay the
men. The mutineers were suppressed
i by the officers of the regiment and
the prefect of gendarmes. President
Henavides has ordered that the muti
neers be punished with the utmost
severity.
POSTSCRIPT.
Giant Sea Fighters Are Pre
pared to Attack Mexican
Cities if Provisional Presi
dent Continues His Refusal
to Honor American Flag
BIG ARMY TRANSPORTS
PLACED IN READINESS
Marines Will Be Landed at
Tampico as Soon as Ships
Reach Harbor if Neces
sary; Constitutionalists
Are Beginning to Leave
City
i
Washington,' April 15. —Hnerta will
I salute the American flag or the Atlan
tic fleet will seize Vera Cruz or Tam
pico. What happens afterward de
pends on Hucrta.
Tliat Is President Wilson's determi
nation. l/cadcrs In Congress with
whom lie conferred to-day agreed
there was ample precedent for sueli
action.
Not only the Tampico Incident btit a
! long series of Indignities offered to
tiie United States to the conspicuous
| exclusion of other foreign nations rep
j resented In Mexico, has convinced the
11' resident and his advisers that the
United States has been singled out for
"man"estatlons of 111-will and con
tempt."
Official dispatches to Charge
O'Sliaughnessy have been intercepted
by tlic Mexican censor.
A ship's orderly ashore In full uni
form In Vera Cru/. on business of the
: United States was arrested and re
leased, wlrtle a nominal punishment
wan meted out to the local officials,
These hitherto unpublished facts were
disclosed to-day hi an oflicial state*
; ment
i President Wilson told Ills advisers
he stands for peace but Is determined
to force Hucrta to recognize the honor
and dignity of the United States.
I While these developments were tak
jing place in Washington the ships of
i the Atlantic fleet were hep-inning to
move toward Tampico. The lirst of
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I THE WEATHER
For Harrlshurg and vldnltyi Rain
I this afternoon and to-night |
Thursday fair; not much change
In temperature.
For (Saltern Pennsylvaniai Haln
to-night) Thursday generally fair
In south, cloudy In north portions
fresh to strong northeast to north
winds this afternoon and to-night
moderating by Thursday morn
morning.
River
The rain Indicated for the Knsque—
Itnnnn Valley In thr next twenty
four hours will probably cause a
general rise In all streams of the
river system, beginning In the
smaller tributaries this afterpoon
or to-night. A stage of Rbout
41.1t feet Is Indicated for llarrU
burg Thursday morning.
General Condition*
The southern storm la moving
slowly northeastward with In
creasing energy.
It Is 2 to 13 degrees warmer thla
morning over the northeaster*
rart of the country and a slntl
ar rise has occurred In the tem
perature generally west of the
Rocky Mountains and la the
Southwest. It Is slightly cooler
In the East Gulf and South At
lantic States.
Temperature! S a. m„ tfl; 3 p. m., 43.
Sunt Rises, 5i29 a. m.| acts, til 43
p. m.
Moont Last quarter, April 17, 2i52
a. m.
River Magei 0.5 feet above l»w
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, nil.
Lowest temperature. 34.
Mean temperature. 46.
Normal temperature, 60k
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Charles Wilbur Kirk and Elsie Gay
Harper, city.
John E. Buggy. Wllllamstown, and
Stella M. Uptegrave, Philadelphia.
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Profit Sharing
This Is the age of profit-shar
ing. Business men are finding
that to give their employes a
shore of the profits Is stimulat
ing to the employes and help
ful to the business.
Co-operative advertising be
tween merchant and manufac
turer in the local newspapers is.
In a way, a phase of this profit
sharing movement.
The manufacturer brings to
the merchant a certain share of
Ills profits by advertising in
the newspapers of the mer
chant's city.
These profits in turn create
more business, and when the
merchant is shrewd enough to ilo
liis share In pushing the goods,
the increased sales aro well
worth-while, both for the mer
chant and for the manufacturer.
If any manufacturer who is
! interested In newspaper adver
tising will address the Bureau
of Advertising, American News
paper Publishers Association
World Building, New York It
will be glad to answer question*,
i t Booklet on request.
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