Becker's Counsel Will Make Another MaifsPEfe ' HARRISBURG s§S£& TELEGRAPH LXXXIII — No. 122 101 PARK SYSTEM TO SEE WHAT WORK SHOULD BE STARTED Bridges to Be Erected, Parts of Chain to Be Purchased; Roads to Be Repaired IMPROVEMENTS IN RESERVOIR Will Erect Pavilion on Slope of Cherry Hill to Provide Shelter For Picnic Parties The first use to which the $55,000 of the 1913 park loan will likely be applied will be the acquiring of the necessary property between Derry street and the present end of the parkway to complete the chain that will one day girdle Harrisburg. Some of this property will be deeded or has been deeded to the city, gratuitously, other sections will have to be bought at a price to be agreed upon. In a few instances condemnation proceed ings might have to be resorted to. Xo definite plans for obtaining this land, however, will be discussed until Warren 11. Manning, park expert, ar rives next week to confer with M. Harvey Taylor, commissioner of parks, Assistant Superintendent Iloffert and the I'ity Planning Commission Commissioner Taylor and Assistant Superintendent Iloffert yesterday afternoon took the newspaper men all over the park system and explained some of the work that either has been done or is to be done this year. In (Jiwii Willi Floral Trimmings Wildwood, Reservoir Park, the Uivi - Front and the Cameron park- May —all are in their mid-Spring gowns just now with something espe cially delightful in the way of snowy spirea, rose-colored weigel or bush honeysuckle and German blue iris trimmings. In Wildwood a new road for auto mobiles winding to the west from the "loop," provides a way to readily reach the end of one of the series of pretty sylvan paths. These have been rut through the thickest parts of the woods and follow the devious course of the creek. Here and there the party rjjiii across n lone fisherman a musing himself by hooking carp. Pretty, though substantial bridges, have been built across the stream. In the upper section of the park a ronerrte bridge is to be erected. This is at the first sharp turn after the i top of the bluff is reached. A 1 deep gully has • .it a. gash into tin l side of the bluff that may 1"' dangerous some, day, for ve hicular anil motor traffic, and this is what Commissioner Taylor hopes to j-pan with a concrete arch. Right there by the way, is where the first glimpse of a whole mass of spiraea is obtainable. Some Improvement*, ill Reservoir Keservoir Park appeared to es pecially good advantage under the Vinthmed on Page ll] Upper End People Plan to Complete Midland Pennsylvania Railroad Berrysburg. Pa., May ~:t.—Another effort is being made to untangle the affairs of the Midland Pennsylvania P.ailroad Company, which two years ago started to build a railroad line through the Lykens Valley between Millerslnirg and Ashland. Local people I of the valley have become more inter ested in the project and are trying to raise enough money to complete the line between Millersburg and Oratz. It is estimated that it. will take about 560.000 to put the line into shape for operation. A meeting was held at Grata several days ago, when plans were discussed for the raising of the money. It is planned to have the railroad company turn over the rights of way and all the i stock that has been turned into the road between Millersburg and Gratz. The laying of rails and some grading is all that is necessary for the building of the line. The position of president, which was left vacant ljy the resignation of W. H. Harrington more than a year ago, has not been tilled. Joseph I«\ Romberger, i of this place, still holds the position of vice-president, is one of the, board of directors and Is looking after the interests of the local people. Late News Bulletins MITCHEL PLEASED WITH VERDICT New York. May 2:i.—District Attorney Whitman to-day received the following letter from Mayor .Vlitchel: "I have just heiud of the outcome of the Becker ease. The whole community is under obliga tion to you. Your work has been splendid." KING'S PICTURE SLASHED Edinburgh. Scotland, May 23.—A picture of King George V by John Lavery in the Royal Scottish Academy here, was hacked by it suffragette this afternoon. The woman used a hatchet. She smashed the glass of the picture and made a gash several inches in length in the canvas. When arrested she refused to give her name. WOMEN DO MORE DAMAGE London, May 23.—Two militant suffragette vandals to-day broke tho glass ease of an exhibit in the mummy room of the Rritisii Museum, No damage was done to the exhibits. Both woman were arrested. KUNKEL WINS NOMINATION •Judge Kunkel has been nominated over Judge Endllcli for tho Supreme Court. In tit) counties he has a total vote or 81,881. i ndlich has 73,188. giving Kunkel a majority of 8,093. MEDIATORS AND DELEGATES MEET Niagara Call, Ont., May 23.—-Announcement was made shortly after noon to-day that the llrst full conference between the mediators and both the American and Mexican delegates will be held to-night! BRYAN, LIND AND DOUGLASS CONFER Washington. May 23.—Secretary Bryan. John Limi and Charles A. Douglass, the latter representing the Constitutionalist agency, hail a long conference at the Stale Department afler which Mr. Itryan went to the White House. None of the men would reveal the subject of their conference. COMMENCEMENT IT ACADEMY TO BEGIN INFORMALLY MAT 30 Baseball and Track Meet to Mark the Opening of Festivities FORMAL EXERCISES JUNE 4 Dr. Noble of Dickinson to Deliver Address to Students Re ceiving Diplomas Annual commencement exorcises at tli< Harrisburg Academy will really begin next Saturday, May 30, with a baseball game between the Dickinson Reserves and the Harrisburg Academy. The game will commence in the after noon at 1.30 o'clock. At 3 o'clock on the same day a track meet will be held between the Greeks and Itomans on the Academy grounds, at which time trials will be made for new Academy records. Sunday evening, May 31, at 7.30 o'clock, the graduating class of the Academy will attend services at the Pine Street Presbyterian Church, where the Rev. Lewis Seymour Mudge, 1). D., will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. Tuesday evening, June 2, at S o'clock, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur K. Hrown, headmaster of the Harrisburg Academy, will tender a reception to the graduating class, faculty and trus tees of the institution. <>n Wednesday evening. June 3. at 8.15 o'eleok, the Devereux Company will present Shake-. [Continued on Pago 11] "WATCHFUL WAITING" POLICY (MIES TO PREVAIL IN CAPITAL Wilson Leaves White House Early For a Drive and Garrison Goes to Seashore Washington, May 23.—Watchful waiting' on mediation continued to be thi! attitude of tin.' Washington gov ernment to-day in the Mexican situ ation. President Wilson left the White House early for a ride and recreation after receiving encouraging reports of the nreiiininary peace nego tiations from American Commission ers Lamar and Lehmann. Evidencing m> anxiety over the military situation, Secretary Garrison had gone to Atlantic City for a few days' rest. Secretary Bryan was re lieved over the safe arrival of Ameri can Vice-consul John R. Siiliman at [Continued on Page 11] FINANCIERS IN MOW YORK OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY l>y Associated Press New York, May 2.l.—New York's financial district turned aside to-day from its commercial activities to gives its attention to things sentimental in celebrating the anniversary of 'J'on tinc f'ol'fee House, the original head quarters in 1793 of the. New York Stock Exchange. Included in the cere monies was the unveiling of a bronzo tablet outlining tho history of the old hostelry which is at the northwest corner of AVall and William streets. Ex-Mapor Beth Low presided at the unveiling ceremonies. HOI/1) WOMAN FOR COURT By Associated Press London, May 23. —Frida Graham, the militant suffragette who yesterday slashed a number of valuable paint ings in the National Art Gallery, was to-day committed for trial after a hearing at the police court. The ac cused kept up a continual tirade from the prisoner's enclosure and was held fast by two policemen thrdughout the proceedings. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1914 HARRISBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PAR ' Upper picture was mado by a. member of the party just outside oC Lancaster; lower, left to right, listening to address by burgess of Manheim, who spoke from balcony; in autos, touring Lancaster. BRUMBAUGH VOTE IS NEARLY AS LARGE AS ALL OTHERS COMBINED Republican Nominee Polls Within 1,166 as Many as Added Numbers of Opposers Official returns of Dauphin county cf Tuesday's primaries show that Mar tin G. Brumbaugh, tho Republican liominae for Governor, received 5.740 votes, while the total vote of all the other gubernatorial candidates, in cluding Vance C. MoCormick, Michael J. Ryan, Democrats; Charles N. Brumni, William Draper Lewis, Wash ington; J. B. Allen, Socialist; M. H. Stevenson, Prohibitionist, and Cauf flel. Hitter and Woods, the other three Republican candidates, is 8. 905. In other words, Brumbaugh alone polled within 1,106 votes of as many as all the other nino combined, which includes the three candidates of his own party. The official count for Dauphin, in cluding county and city, was finished to-day. In addition to the C>,740 polled for Brumbaugh, there wre -162 cast for Caufflel, lCt! for Hitter anil 257 for Wood; McCormick got ,",4b2 of the Democratic votes and Ryan 1,370; Brumm polled 452 Washington votes and William Draper Lewis 553; Allen, I the Socialist, and Stevenson, the Pro hibitionist, polled, respectively, 124 and 34. The Official Returns Following are the official returns of each party: Republican United States Senate — Benjamin Ditmnick 185t> Boies Penrose I8!»7 Governor — Martin G. Brumbaugh 57 10 Joseph Caullicl 1152 Williard E. IJitter Ititt E<l. R. Wood 257 I Lieutenant-Governor— I Frank MeClaiu 5-11 A E. D. l'oweil RIIH I Secretary of Internal Affairs— llenry llottck Hl5O j Congressnien-nt -large— ' Aincy 2271 Crago ;t; >»» | Bight ma» | Garland 3721P j Ijifean 1222 j Logan 1102 | Robinson 1138 I Scott 38311 Stoner 1075 Congressman. Eighteenth District— j Aaron S. Kreidcr 6258 | Slate Committee— II William Horner 5715 Charles P. Moyer 5461! Assemblyman. First District— [ J. \V. Swart/. 3153 Augustus Wildman 3215 [Continued on Page !>] | BRAZILIANS TO SEE NAVY I By Associated Press Washington, D. C., May 23.—Per- I mission has been given to the Brazilian i government to send three naval offl i cers to the I'nited States to study mod ! ern battleships and military matters. ! They are to report to Admiral Badger, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, on board the Wyoming at Vera Cruz. I INCENDI ARY EIRE DESTROYS MERRILL HOTEL IN LIBERTY ll,v Associated Press I Williamsport, Pa., May 23.—Fire of ilncendiary origin destroyed the Merrill I Hotel at Liberty, Tioga county, a sum mer resort, early to-day." The Lutheran Church adjoining, which was also on fire, was saved by the town lire de- ' partment. Fifteen guests in the hotel escaped, some in their night clothes. A number of residences were damaged by the flames. BUSINESS MAN MURDERED West Newton, Pa.. May 23. R. G. Stoner, a leading business man, was 1 shot dead as ho stepped on the porch at. his residence here last night. Five ' shots were fired by an unknown assas- , sin concealed in the shrubbery on the / lawn JUDGE KUNKEL WINS OUT OVER ENOUGH BY FULLY 8,000 Has Heard From Sixty of Sixty seven Counties of the With returns complete from sixty of the sixty-seven counties of tho State Judge George Kunkel has a ma jority of 8,(193 over Judge Endllcli for nomination its candidate for Judge of the State Supreme Court. The total vote in these sixty coun ties is Kunkel, SI, BBI, and Endlich, 73,155. This assures the nomination of Judge Kunkel, as most of the coun ties yet to be heard from are small, and It would be impossible tor them to overturn the result. Indeed, it is likely that the later returns will in crease Judge Kunkel's majority. Judge Thanks Friends When assured of his nomination Judge Kunkel said to the newspaper men who asked him for a statement: "I am deeply grateful to my many friends throughout the State for their voluntary, disinterested and efficient support, as disclosed by the returns." | John U. Geyer, who has been in | charge of the Kunkel campaign, said: i "This has been a hard campaign. (Jur friends worked without any State' organization and we arc surprised to learn of the many volunteers active for us, many of whom had never reported at our headquarters. It was not any thing we did but the merit of our [Continued on Page 9] Briggs Street People Petition Council For Opening of Street It was announced te-day that resi dents of the vicinity of Second and Briggs streets will again appear be fore City Council to urge the passage of a resolution providing for tho open ing of Briggs street from Second to Front. Briggs street is tlie only thorough ; fare of its importance running in the same direction that is not opened through to the river. Over thirty prop erty owhers have signed the petition to | have the street put on the city map and 1 at a recent meeting Councilmen ex- I pressed a friendly feeling toward the j measure. There is much interest in the project among people residing in rho vicinity. Band of Thieves at Work in Markethouse, Says Chief of Police That an organized band of market thieves is working about the Verbeke marl-.et is tho belief of Chief of Po lice Hutchison. Two baskets were re ported stolen this morning. For the past ten weeks there have been reported an average of two thefts each market day. Notwithstanding a close watch by the police no arrests, have been made. It is likely that tho market company will arrange to have two special officers on duty beginning Wednesday. 12 New School Ma'ams Get Working Diplomas Twelve were graduated last night from Teachers' Training School. Presi dent of the School Board Harry Boyer presented diplomas to: Sarah Bankcs, Helen Bright, Miriam Brown, Cordelia Brenneman, Alice Buf tington, Uatona Pennis, Margaretta Daugherty, Currance Faust. Florence llartman, Helen Purdue, Louise Steln metz and Oaybriila Werner. Thirty-six students in grades up to the third acted as subjects on which tin- graduates demonstrated teaching methods at the commencement exer- i rises ill Technical High School audi torium. President Boyer presented each with a school companion. L. E. ' .McGinnes. superintendent of the Steel- 1 ton schools, addressed the graduates. HORSE DASHES MILE DOWN MARKET ST. HILL; DOY INJURED Driver Pinned Beneath Wagon at Eleventh and Market Streets One boy was injured, two others narrowly escape by jumping and dozens of persons were endangered yesterday afternoon when a runaway tore down Market street from Fif teenth street to Third. Walter Conner, aged 10 years, of SOS South Front street, was badly hurt when pinned beneath the wagon as it upset after crashing into several pieces of furniture standing along the curb in front of Fry's furniture store, Market street near Cameron. The lad was picked up unconscious. He was placed into a passing automobile and taken to the Harrisburg Hospital, lie is suffering with cuts and bruises and possible, internal injuries. Henry Mowers and a youth named McClure, both escaped serious injury I by jumping from the rear end of the I wagon several feet from where the team was smashed, Mowers fell on his J head when he jumped, but was unin jured. j The team was owned by J. 1). Mil ler. grocer, 70 North Thirteenth street. Young Conner was the driver. It is not known what frightened the horse. After crashing into the furniture the horse broke away from the wagon and tore down Market street, past traffic officers and dozens of men w.-o tried to stop him. Scores of people narrowly escaped being trampled as the animal raced through the crowds on the Mar ket street crossings. The horse was finally brought to a standstill at Third and Market streets. Sunday Observance Is Urged in Report By Associated Press Chicago, 111., May 28. Co-opera tion with the Sabbath organizations of other Protestant denominations and with those of the Koman Catholic Church was urged to-day iti the report I of the Sabbath observance committee I of the Presbyterian General Assembly |in session here. These organizations in all Christian churches and the labor unions are working together hand-in hand, it was stated in the report of the committee as printed in the as sembly blue book, and the results of the co-operation may be seen in a long list of victories all over the world for cessation of Sunday work. The report of the committee ap pointed to investigate "the legal, ec clesiastical and doctrinal status" of Union Theological Seminary, also was cm the docket for thd day. ROWING EVENT AT ITHACA By Associated Press Ithaca, N. V., May 23.—The crews of Cornell, Princeton and Yale were here to-day for the biggest and most Important rowing event that has ever been staged in Ithaca. Cornell has never raced Yale in Ithuca before and a Cornell freshman crew has never raced a Princeton crew in dual race. CAPITAL IS IX HANGER By Associated press London. May 2.l.—Hispatches from Albania indicate that the capital of I the new principality is in danger of attack by insurgent follo«"rs of Essad Pasha, ex-Minister of v>„., who was recently deported and went to Italy. SAYS HE ROBBED AMERICAN By Associated Press Florence, Italy, May 23.—A Floren tine art student, Pletro Kossi, arrested 'to-da.v confessed that he shot anil robbed Mrs. Mary Flavelle, of Chicago, on Thursday while she was on a train between Florence and Assist. Mrs Flavelle is expected to recover. ALL STREET CARS MUST BE EOUIPPED WITH LIFTING JACKS State Order Is Intended to Provide Ready Relief in Case of Accident Notice was issued to-day by (ho Public Service Commission requiring all street car companies operating sur face linos lo supply their cars with jacks capable of lifting at least eight inches one-fourth of the weight of a double-truck car and one-half the weight of a single-truck car. The or der requires that, one-half of the cars in the state must be equipped by De cember I and the remainder by June 1, 1915. This action is the result of agitation to have cars equipped so that. In case of accident injured people can be released without loss of time. The commission held a hearing on the proposition a short time ago. Many trolley companies throughout the state equipped cars with jacks some time ago, although there are few lines which have every car supplied. A bill was presented in the last legis lature requiring that every car bo equipped. "Chief" Sam and His Followers Will Sail For Africa Next Week By Associated Press Portland. Maine. May 2.1. The party of negroes assembled by "Chief" Alfred Charles Sam will sail next week to establish a colony on the "gold coast" of Africa, according to an nouncement made to-day. The steam er Curityba, secured by Sam last win ter and brought here for overhauling, has been changed from Cuban to Brit ish entry and now bears the natne Liberia. "We will tirst go to Norfolk.to take on our bunker coal," said Sam. "and we will then head for Galveston,where many of the colonists are waiting for us. We will have accommodations for a few over sixty." Captain McKenzie, of the Holy Ghost and Us Society, will be master j of the steamer. Japan Ratifies Treaty With United States to Arbitrate Differences By Associated Press Tokio, May 23.—The Japanese- American arbitration treaty, it was an nounced by the government to-day, has been ratified by Japan. The treaty ratified by Japan to-day is one of a number of similar tenor that have been negotiated by the State Department. The treaties were rati lied by the United States Senate on February 22 last. As ratified the treaty pledges the contracting govern ment to arbitrate all questions except ing only those affecting vital interests, independence or national honor and the rights of third parties. Three Drowned and 14 Hurt When Gangplank Breaks at Hoboken By Associated Press New York, May 23.—Three drown ed, fourteen injured, appeared to-day to sum up the casualties incident to the breaking yesterday of the gang plank leding to the steamship Freder ick VIII. The dead are Annette Feld schau, a child, and Mrs. Anna Ed wardsen, both of whose bodies were recovered, and Mrs. Fdwardsen's .1- year-old daughter Mary. Search was still being conducted for the Edward sen child's body to-day. LAn investigation into tlie accident has beer, ordered by the Hoboken au ihorities. 16 PAGES » POSTSCRIPT. 1 I BECKER'S COUNSEL - WILL id WEAL TO SAKE HIS LIFE Action Will Serve as Stay of Exe cution For More Than a Year WILL RETURN TO DEATHHOUSE Former Police Lieulenant Will Hear His Sentence in Court Next Friday By Associated Press New Vorl<, May 2.1.—F0r the second time Charles E. Hooker, former police lieutenant, to-day occupies a eel! in Tombs Prison the convicted murderer of Herman Rosenthal, gambler, for the actual killing of whom the four gunmen paid the penalty in the elec tric chair a little more than a month ago. Becker was found guilty lato yesterday afternoon on the llfth bal lot. To-day, as on October 25, 1912, tho day following his Hrst conviction for the murder of Rosenthal. Becker's only hope of escaping the fate of tho gunmen lay in an appeal from tho verdict. On Friday of next week Beck er will be sentenced and soon there after he will be returned to the death house at Sing Sing Prison, which he left last February on the order of the .Court of Appeals that he be given a new triul. An appeal by Becker's counsel, which is certain to be made, will act !as a stay of execution, giving Becker | more than a year to live and with it the hope of another reversal of tho judgment of the trial court. Martin T. .Manton, chief of the Becker lawyers, announced that, his appeal would be based on the admis sion of the testimony of Mrs. Lillian Rosenberg, widow of "Lefty Louie," the gunman; the ruling of the court in refusing to hear before the jury the argument on the admissibility of the I "Dago Frank" Ciroflci confession and on the justice's charge to the Jury to | which he took exception In court. P Becker refused to discuss the ver dict. To a newspaper reporter the condemned man replied to an expres sion of sorrow that "I feel sorry for [Continued on Page 0] TESTIMON Y IN COAIJ TRADE CASK IS FITiKD WITH COURT By Associated Press 3 Philadelphia, Pa., May 23. Tho , bulky testimony taken by f'harles H. 1 Guilbert, examiner in the ease of the ' government against the Reading, the i Jersey Central and their subsidiaries t to force a separation between tho Reading and the Jersey Central and the subsidiaries in the government's ! efforts to break up what it alleges to be a combination in the anthracite ' coal trade, was tiled in the United ' .States Court here to-day. Argument • in the case will come up on June .1. t LITTLK IIOPK lOlt SENATOR By Associated Press Washington, I). C., May 23.—Small I hope was entertained by the attending , physicians early to-day for the reeov- I cry of Senator Bradley, of Kentucky. who has been critically ill here for ' some time. His condition was such I last night that physicians remained at: • his bedside. Early to-day Senator Bradley w»s '-enorted to be gradually growing weaker. • H ITHE WEATHER For llarrlaburg and vicinity! Fair to—night ami Sunday; cooler to > n i Kilt. For Kantcrn Pennsylvania: Fair to-ulglit anil Sunday; cooler to lilKlil; moderate ueß( and north went wliidt*. Hirer The Sii.sqiirhaiiiin river mid all Ita tributaries will continue to fall alowly to-night and Sunday. A. Ntn»;c of about 11.8 feet la Inill eated for llarrlMliurg Sunday morning. • (aenernl t'oiidMloiin The disturbance that wan central ■lortlieaftt of the Lake reßlon. Friday morning, lia* passed off > northcastw ard attended liy local Nliouern, mostly light, In l*enu-< nylvunin, New York and In New liiiKlaiul. It IN 1! to degree* cooler thin morning lu the Lake region and the Upper Ohio Valley. i'emiierii'turc: S a. M.i .18; 2 p. in.. 78. Sun: ICIMCN, 4:M a. ni.; netN, 7:111 p. in. Moon: New moon, May 24, 9:35 p. m. | lllver Stage: Four i'eet above low water mark. YesterdayV» Weather Highest temperature, 85. liOWCMt temperature, 50. Mean teinpcrntiire, 72. .Normal temperature, tJ4. \ The Orphans of Merchandise The public likes to know the percentage of the tilings for which it is asked to spend its good money. A name made familiar through advertising carries with It a cer tain pedigree. It breathes re spectability and responsibility. Dealers find that they aro moving with the popular current when they display goods of known make and name. When those goods have been made known through the col umns of their home newspapers the dealers know they are carry ing wares that have been intro duced to their customers, and that are desired by their" cus tomers. The logic of good merchan dising is to give the people what they want. 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