j Governor Tetter's Farewell Message /o-Lej/js/afi/re
HARRISBURG |Ssl® TELEGRAPH
LXXXIY— No. 4
* LEGISLATURE OPENS WITH
REPUBLICANS
Charles H. Kline Chosen
President Pro Tem and
Charles A. Ambler Speaker
of House
PERFECT HARMONY
IN BOTH BRANCHES
Governor's Message Read;
Adjournment Today Until
Evening of January 18
Amid flowerß and with general ex
pression of good wishes the One Hun
dred and Twenty-first General Assem
bly of Pennsylvania began its work
to-day. The organization was effected
in a manner in striking contrast to the
scenes characterizing the first sessions
of the Legislature of 1313. Repub
licans, being in control of both
branches by large majority, elected
the presiding officers and principal
officials. The start of the session of
1918 is most favorable for enactment
of the Important legislation to be laid
before its members.
When the presiding officers had
been elected by strict party vote and
the routine business transacted au
thority was given for the arrange
ments for the inauguration of Dr. Mar
tin G. Brumbaugh on January 19 and
then the members settled back to
listen to a very Interesting farewell
message from Governor John K.
Tener. Later in the day they will
adjourn until the evening of Monday.
January 18. to enable the committee
lists to be made up by the President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House, duties which have been re
stored to him. and to permit the gen
eral work to be outlined.
The Senate organization resulted In
the election of Charles H. Kline, of
Allegheny, as President, and In the
House the selection of Charles A. Am
bler by the Republican caucus was
ratified. *
Convenes and
jQf Elects Senator Kline
as President Pro Fern
At 12.15 Lieutenant-Governor Rey
nold# called the Senate to order for
Ihe session of 1015. wltli every mem
ber present, and following a prayer
l>y Chaplain Arthur C. James, the
fot mallty of opening the returns of
lust November's election were taken
up on motion of Senator Snyder.
All was harmonious and there was
not a ripple on the surface to mar
the program decided upon at the Re
publican caucus last, evening.
Senator Charles If. Kline's friends
had already congratulated him upon
his choice as president pro tein. and
it only remained to put the matter
to the formality of a vote.
The Senate chamber was a bower
of flowers and filled with a throng of
good-natured, smiling faces long be
fore the hour of convening rolled
around. A huge bunch of roses in a
tall wicker vase graced the desk of
Senator Heidleinan, who was the cen
ter of a crowd of old friends, shaking
hands and renewing acquaintances of
last session. Senator Martin, of Cum
berland, was also early on the lloor
and Dr. Gerberieh, President pro tern,
last session, was warmly greeted and
seemed as popular as in the days when
he was a presiding officer.
The Senate is overwhelmingly Re
publican this year, there being thirty
eight Republican, eleven Democrats
and one Washington party member.
Among the. new faces on the floor
to-day were E. W. Patton, Republican,
Philadelphia: Owen B. Jenkins. Re
publican. Philadelphia; William Wal
lace Smith, Republican, Philadelphia:
Frank P. Croft, Republican, Merion:
Elmer Warner. Democrat, Carbon:
Horace W. Schantz, Republican, Le
high; W. Clayton Hackett, Democrat,
Easton: William M. Lynch, Repub
lican. Lackawanna; W. Wayne Hind
man. Democrat. Clarion; Plymouth W.
Snyder, Republican, Blair; Samuel J.
Miller. Republican. Clearfield; Horace
A. Thompkins, Democrat., Carbon;
William 11. Semmens, Republican. Al
legheny; W. J. Burke. Republican.
Allegheny; William S. McKee, Repub
lican. Allegheny; J. W. Stewart, Demo
crat. Jefferson; Marshall Phipps, Re
publican. Franklin, and Raymond R.
Smith. Washington, Crawford.
William C. McConnell. Republican,
of Shnmokln. was welcomed back after
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THE WEATHER
For Ilarrlnhorg am] vlrtnHj! Fair
anil ntlKlitlj Marnier to-night,
with loHfit temperature about 23
ilmrffdi Wrilmndny clout] y and
warmer.
For ICaatern Fennaylvuniai Fair and
warmer to-night: Wednesday ln
■ reanlnK eloudlne** and warmer!
gentle to moderate enat to south
wind*.
River
"O Important change* in river eon-
T ditto** lire Indicated for the next
thlrty-alx hour*.
(ieaernl Condition*
The hlftli preNKure aren from the
l.ower Ohio Valley and Tennen
*ee haw moved northenatward to
the Middle Atlantic coant with
HOmewhat Incrpaaed ntrength. It
In caualug generally cloody
weuther throughout the terrl
tor> under It* Influence with light
scattered rnln mid anow In aome
<!l*«rlot* and haa reaulted In a
general rUr of 2 to 24 degree* In
temperat|ire in the I.ake Region.
lllKHlaMlppl and Mlaaourl valley*
and In the Southweat.
Tempercturei S a. in., 30.
Snni Rlaea, 7t2S a. m.j arta, 4iH2
p. m.
Mooni Ul*e*. 10i2S p. nt.
River Stngrt !,s feet above low-
Mater mark.
Ve*terday'a Weather
ltl&he*t temperature. 32.
I oi.eat temperature. 20.
Mean temperature, 20.
I\i.ri,uil teuivcralure. 30.
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Above are seen the five candidates for Speaker of the House: Standing, left to right, Henry J. Wilson, JeiTer
son county; Robert I'. Hnbgood, Bradford. McKean county; seated, George W. Williams. Tioga; Charles A. Am
blur, the Speaker. Montgomery, and 11. J. Baldwin, Delaware.
GOVERNOR TENER'S
FAREWELL MESSAGE
STRONG
(Full Text of Governor's Message
I'ages 12 and 13)
The farewell message of Governor
Toner, submitted to the Legislature a'
its opening session this afternoon,
deals very largely with a review of Ills
administration, but nevertheless con
tains a number of very Important rec
ommendations which the Governor
says are the results of his observations
in office. It is practical and progres
sive throughout.
of greatest popular interest, per
haps. are the Governor's pleas for the
passage of a workmen's compensation
act and for the adoption of the wom
an's suffrage resolutions which was
passed two years ago and if approved
this session will go before the voters
in November next as an amendment to
the State Constitution.
Surfeit of I jaws
Governor Teller believes Pennsylva-
BUB IN GIGE
OF ITER STATION
Company Failed to Furnish Coal
and Move Was Made For
Town's Safety
Dallastown, Pa.. Jan. 5. —To pro
tect itself in case of tire the borough
yesterday assumed charge of the
pumping station of the York County
Consolidated Water Company. Super
intendent Hoffman closed the plant on
account of the company not furnish
ing fuel, the coal having been pre
viously sold at sheriff's sale on an
execution of Wag!nan Brothers, who
recently erected a filtering plant. With
only seven feet <>t' water in the reser
voir, the people became alarmed and
Burges'- Ziegler, after consulting lhr>
borough attorney, purchased coal and
put a man in charge. The company
has promised to adjust the matter.
Civil Administration For
Part of Russian Poland
By Associated Frets
Berlin, via wireless on London. Jan.
5, 5.30 A. M.—Announcement is made
here that the portion of Russian Po
land occupied by the Germans has
been provided with a civil adminis
tration under Ilerr Von Brandenstein.
German alrifien, It Is also announced
have dropped bombs on British am
munition stores on the outskirts of
Rosendael and Goudskerque, near
Dunkirk, France. The explosions, it
Is stated, killed and injured hundreds
of persons and set fire to a portion of
one of the villages.
News from Durazzo, Albania, states
that in the first fight in that vicinity
a number of followers of Essad Pasha,
the provisional president of Albania
who held back, were hanged.
GOOD WORK FOR CHILDREN
fly Associated Press
Washington. D. C., Jan. s.—Reports
of good work <lpnc during the post
year throughout the country in behalf
of working children were enthusi
astically received here to-day at the
opening session of the eleventh annual
conference on child labor. As a general
proposition the reports showed there
had been a marked improvement of
conditions under which children are
employed to-day as compared with
those which existed five years ago, but
It was admitted by several speakers J
that much remained to be done.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, J ANUARY 5, 1915.
nla to be well and economically gov
erned and that a great volume of new
legislation is not necessary at this time.
"People throughout the nation, gen
erally speaking, are suffering from a
surfeit of laws, rather than too few,"
he says, and he recommends for his
successor "earnest co-operation and
assistance in passing only such laws
as are necessary and will prove for the
benefit of all the people of the com
monwealth."
The Governor urges the Legislature
not to appropriate money beyond the
estimated revenues of the State and
makes .specific recommendations for
appropriations for the following pur
poses:
For charities in no case more than
the amount specified by the State
Board of Charities.
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10 HUNT DOWN ALL
FALSE ALARM RINGERS
Sixty Firemen Pulled Out of Warm
Beds Needlessly at 1:45
by "Joker"
Resolutions urging the Fire Chief to
use his influence toward securing the
arrest of all persons sending in false
alarms will be adopted at the next
meeting of the Firemen's Union.
Seven companies were called to Box
32, Third and Hoas streets, early this
morning only to be told there was no
lire.
Tn the opinion of a member of the
Hope Kire Company, running to a tire
In winter is a hazardous proposition.
Sixty firemen were Called from their
beds at 1.45 this morning by the false
alarm. Ar t.ne meeting of the Fire
men's Union next week a request will
be sent to Fire Chief Kindler to make
a special effort to bring the persons to
justice who send in false alarms.
Within the past four months there
have been seven false alarms. It wsis
said to-day that up until the present
absolutely no efforts have been made
to bring the guilty persons to justice.
Dr. W. C. Jacobs Succeeds
Dr. Brumbaugh as Head
of Philadelphia Schools
Special to The Telegraph
Philadelphia, Jan. s.—Dr. William
C. Jacobs was elected superintendent
of the city's public schools to succeed
Governor-elect Brumbaugh at yester
day's meeting of the board of educa
tion. His election followed a spirited
debate as to the advisability of de
ferring action until more candidates
could be brought forward.
John Wanamaker led the opposition
to holding the election immediately.
His views were supported by two other
members of the board. The only can
didate opposed to Dr. Jacobs was John
P. Garber. associate superintendent of
schools. He received one vote, that
of David H. l>ane, who nominated him.
Ex-Judge Dimner Beeber, who also
favored a postponement of '.lie elec
tion. joined Mr. Wanamaker in declin
ing to vote either for or against Dr.
Jacobs. The only other member who
had voted for a delay. Dr. Edward i
Martin, after Mr. Wanamftker's mo-1
tlon was lost, support<-'l Dr. Jacobs, I
who was elected by a vote of 12 to 1. |
MILL WOMEN TO
SEW TO 1 RELIEF
First Neighborhood Circle to Meet
Tomorrow in St. Andrew's
Parish House
Organization of ole of the llrst
neighborhood Hewing circles which
are proposed in all parts of the city
an branches of the work of the Har
rlsburg Home ami War Relief Com
mittee will take place at 3 o'clock to
morrow afternoon in St. Andrew's
Protestant Episcopal parish house,
Nineteenth and Market streets. The
circle will meet weekly at 3 o'clock
until Easter.
Preliminary plans for the circle to
meet in St. Andrew's parish house
were made soon after the organtza-
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WICKERSHAM EARNS
57.4G1 EXCESS FEES
Largest Sum Ever Turned Over to
County by Recorder
Is Netted
Dauphin county's share of the ex
cess fees netted by the County Re
corder's office during 1914 totaled
$3,730.82, according to the annual re
port of Recorder 0. C 5. Wiokersliam,
tiled to-day with Special Auditor
William R. Boyd.
Tlie total excess fees amounted to
$7,461.64, representing the largest
volume of business ever transacted
in any one year In the history of the
office. In issuing his report Recorder
Wickershant paid a tribute to the
work of his deputy, Nlssley Mumma,
land his'office force for their co-opera
jtlon and efficiency in helping to mako
'possible the unusual showing.
I During the year 5,419 instruments
of various kinds were handled; in the
preceding five years the number
ranged from 4.058 in 14)08 to 5,171
in 1913. The total receipts of the
office amounted to $10,841.63, ex
clusive of the $2,709.50 collected for
the State as taxes on instruments.
This is a net gain of $397.74 over the
previous year. The sum received dur
ing the last twelve months exceeded
by several hundred dollars the high
est totals earned during the last ten
years. Of the excess fees the county
and Recorder divide ,on a flftly-fifty
basis, «o that the county and official
each received $3,730.82. In addition
to this, of course, the Recorder, like
the. other county officials, receives a
salary of $2,000.
AUSTRIAN'S SURROUNDED
By Associated Press
Paris, Jan. 5, 4.55 A. M.—A Petro
grad dispatch published in I.'lnpor
mation reports that the Russians have
occupied eight Hungarian townships
and that several divisions of the Aus
trlans are surrounded in the Carpa
thians.
STRUCK BY ENGINE
Jacob Erger, 511 South Front
street, Steelton, employed by the Hai
rlsburg Gas Company, was' struck by
a Cumberland Valley Railroad en
gine this morning at the rear of the
Pennsylvania freight station, Third
and Mulberry streets. He received a
sprained back and bruises about the
body, and was admitted to the Harrls
burg Hospital.
FOUR WOMEN KILLED
BY EXPRESS TRAIN
Stepped Out of Way of Shifting
Engine and Directly in Path
of Fast Train
I
WERE ON THEIR WAY TO WORK
All Natives of Austria and Are
Without Relatives in This
Country
By Associated Press
Alientown, Pa., Jan. s.—Four young
women, natives of Austria, who were j
on their way from their homes in |
Cementon to Coplay, where they |
woi-ked in a cigar factory, stepped out i
of the way of a shifting engine on the
Lehigh Valley railroad tracks directly
in the path of a fast eastbound train
at 6 o'clock this morning.
Mary York Orski, Katie Urkas and
Katie Madiea were killed instantly and
Mary Forenzao died soon after being
carried into the station at Coplay.
They had no relatives in this!
country.
Fire in Shed Starts
Rumor That Stough
Tabernacle's in Flames ;
Fire in an abandoned hay shed, re- j
cently acquired by tlie State front the i
Paxton Flour and Feed Company, I
caused much excitement in the vlcin-;
ity of State and Cowdon streets this:
morning. The flames were extin-1
guished with slight damage. It is be- j
lieved the flames were caused by a >
tramp who was seen coming from the!
left shortly before the fire was dis
covered. Many persons were attract- '
ed to the scene by the rumor that the
Stough tabernacle was in flames.
CALL FOB BANK STATEMENT
Washington, Jan. s.—The Comptrol-|
ler of the Currency to-day called for
a report on the condition of national
banks at the close ol' business Decem
ber 31.
SPENT $32,000 LESS"
FOR WATER BUREAU;
Bowman Shows Council How Eco
nomically City Water Was
Furnished in 1914
Operation of the water department
in 1!»1 4, the first year under the com
-1 mission, form of government, cost just
I $32,3(17.56 less than in 1f)1 n, accord
ing; to the annual statement of re
ceipts and expenditures submitted to
'Council this afternoon by Comnils
jsioner Harry F. Itowman, superinten
dent. of public safety.
The report, of the water bureau
shows that despite the improvements,
etc.. that were inaugurated or devel
oped 'luring the last twelve months,
the net earnings totaled $80,915.93.
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TRADESMEN TO FORM
FEDERATED COUNCIL
All Branches of Organized Trade
in This City to Co-operate
in Work of Body
A union meeting of all the organized
trades of Harrisburg will he held this
evening in Schutzenbach's Hall,
Fourth and Walnut streets, for the
purpose of forming a Federated
Trades Council under the control of
the American Federation of Labor.
The new body will consist of two
or three delegates from each of the
separate labor unions of the city, to
taling 50 or GO members, and will be
a first court of appeal and adjust
ment for all quesUons arising !r. labor
| circles.
I The movement was started at a
| meeting of the Plumbers' Union, De
cember 17, when the meeting was
; called for to-night. Carpenters, brick
• layers, barbers, bartenders, bakers,
'plumbers, railroaders, metalworkers
land tradesmen of all kinds have been
•invited to join the new body. It will
| follow the general plan of the Central
I Labor Union organized several years
I ago and which went out of existence.
j WEDDED. DIVORCED, WIDOWER
AT 23, READY FOR ANOTIINR ,
Wedded and divorced while still in
his 'teensc and a widower at 23,
George H. Hankey, York, established
i another unique record for the Dau
jphln county marriage license bureau
I to-day by making his third application
for a license. Now he wishes to wed
Miss Ida A. Jacobs, of York.
Hankey, who is 30 years old, said
he was divorced In 1903 from his
first wife and his his second wife died
in 1907. He got the license.
BUNDED BY CJAS EXPLOSION
Special to The Telegraph
Carlisle. Pa., Jan. s.—Willis W.
Daron. secretary of the borough, was
se-!ously Injured, and may lose his
eight as the result of an accident
which occurred when the gas engine I
which operates the ventilating sys
tem at the Franklin school building,
exploded yesterday. The burning gas
struck him fairly in the face and
burned him severely. The building!
was . slightly damaged by the explo
sioi J
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RUSSIANS SUCCESSFUL
IN OPERATIONS IN EAST
GERMAN FORCES RETREAT
Petrograd Says Kaiser's Army Has Been Driven Back From
Battlefront Before Warsaw; French Advance in Als
ace, but There Is Little Other Activity in West; Both
Sides Hold Their Entrenched Positions
The German defenders of Alsace
are still losing: ground before the
French advance. To-day's official
statements from Berlin as well as
Paris speak of lighting to the east of
Steinbach, showing that the French
have pushed beyond this recently cap
lured village. The Paris announce
ment gives the first Intimation of an
other French advance into Alsace
near Orberg, fourteen miles west of
Coltnar, capital of upper Alsace.
Infantry fighting has been resumed
in Belgium and the French report
states that ground was won by the al
lies near Nieuport. Elsewhere mili
tary activitiy is chiefly in the way of
artillery duels.
Few further particulars were re
ceived concerning the eastern cam
paign. The Berlin War Office states
that the advance east of Bolimow, in
the direction of Warsaw, is being
continued, although Pctrograd claims
that the Germans, after capturing
Russian positions at Bolimow, were
compelled to abandon them.
The war spirit in Italy has been
I revived by the death on a French
I battlefield of a grandson of Garibaldi,
i Italy will have about 1,000.000 men
under arms by t.he end of this month,
i and a reserve of another million is
I being formed. Secret committees are
I being formed for the enlistment of
' volunteers.
May Solve Problem
The plan for certification of Amer
ican cargoes before they leave Amer
ican ports, decided upon at Washing
ton yesterday, has been communi
cated to the British government. It
| is expected in London to assist ma
terially in solving the difficulties cre
ated by British interferences with
American shipping.
Further Russian successes in op
erations against the Austrians are de
scribed in unofficial dispatches from
Petrograd. According to these ad
vices. the Russian troops which were
, said several days ago to have pene
trated the passes of the Carpathian
| mountains and begun an invasion of
I Hungary in force have captured eicrht
Hungarian towns and surrounded sev
eral divisions of Austrian troops in the
mountains. There was no official con
firmation of these statements, how
c T
& Washington, Jan.-5. —Chairman !, of the H %
p Foreign Affairs Committee to-day told proponents of m
r legislation to prohibit exports of raw materials to the Ger- C
# man government that the Beilin Foreign Office had made it j
■ plain that it did not expect the United States to stop such 1 j
# exports. I
Chicago, Jan. s.—Charging that the National Com- |
f mission, the governing body of organized baseball, its rules 1 |
C and the national agreement under which its members work i
L are of a violation of the common law and the antitrust J
K statutes, the Federal League filed suit here to-day asking %
_ that the National Commission .be decreed illegal and void g
I and its . members enjoined from further continuing in the '
a unlav. fi.il or inat- in I
) New York, Jan. 5 [adame Gerville-Reache, former '
1 f the Opera House, died this afternoon '
8 at Roosevelt Hospital. For a w.eek she had been seriously '
a 'll of tloodpoisoning. Two operations transfusing blood | '
I from her husband's veins into her's were unsuccessful. I
I WHEAT HIGHEST IN FORTY YEARS '
Chicago, Jan. 5. Directly as a consequence of the I
1 European war cash wheat in Chicago sold at $1.35 a |
i bushel, the highest price in more than forty years. More- <
I over, the chief speculative option, May delivery, rose to C
I $1.37> an< J $1 a bushel, an advance of more than ten i
I cents a bushel since a week ago, and three cents above last i
I night's figures. / The market closed unsettled, but not far ' |
i from the top level of the ■ zy. <
i ATHLETICS GET LAJOIE , ;
| Cleveland, Jan. s.—Napoleon Lajoie for thirteen years
' second > nd former manager of the Cleveland <
I American League Club, to-day was released by President i
I Cha»les W. Scmcrs to the Philadelphia Americans.
1 Argument in defense of the constitutionality of the I
' anthracite coal tax law of 1913, now being attacked in the |
i Dauphin county courts, was made before Judges Kunkel and i
1 McCarrell to-day by Assistant Deputy Attorney General I
I William M. Hargest. i
MARRIAGE J
l Robert V. \ antry ami Catherine I<'lre*tone, <■ raiitlmtn.
I ( Urroi'e J, Ltrprr and Klwte llrlnhauer, streltun. b
f (JruritP W. M. Shutto. city, and Surah K. H. Mmnihnu u b, SI eel ton. %
I (imrm- H. llnukev mill Ida A. Jiicolih. York.
I.ronnrd H. Join, city, and Mary ttajmond, lirtljahurg.
ever, and the latest official announce
ment from Vienna asserts that the
Austrian forces in Galicia have cap
tured strong positions and are pre
paring tfor further operation.
Although it is admitted in Petro
grad that the Germans occupied Rus
sian positions at Bolimow, on the bat
tle front before Warsaw, the Russian
war office states that the invaders
later were driven back again, aban
doning six machine guns.
Except for the advance of the
French into Alsace, there is little ac
tivity in the west. Both sides, appar
ently, are content for the present to
hold their entrenched positions, leav
ing the fighting largely to artillery.
Submarines Endanger
England's Supremacy
at Sea; Borjimow Taken
i By Associated Press
Berlin, ,lan. 5 (By Wireless to Say
iVille, U T.). —Recent war news, a.c-
I cording to the official press bureau,
ilias made an umfmally cheering lm-
I pression. The bureau refers to tho
official announcement that the de-
I structlon of the British battleship
I Formidable was due to a German sub
! marine and says this is further strik
ing evidence as to how England's su-,
primacy at sea Is endangered by Ger
many's submarine fleet.
The capture of Borjimow. In Po
land, on the road to Warsaw, is deem
ed highly important, according to the
press bureau, in this connection it
| says:
i "The capture of Borjimow is treated
I by the military critics as a highly 1m
: portant event. The town lies nearly
| four miles to the eastward of the con
fluence of the Rawka and Bzura
j rivers and commands the direct high
way leading from Bowies to Warsaw.
The desperate efforts of the Russians
Ito hold this strongly fortified point
land their repeated attempts to retako
ilt. Indicate clearly the Importance tlio
Russian commander attached thereto.
"The Turkish bulletin represents
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