United States Senators Weakening Under HARRISBTJRG |Ss|fßfl TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 32 SEMITE. 11l SESSION SINCE MONDAY NOON. IS DEADLOCKED OVER WILSON'S SHIP BICE Senator Penrose, in Washing ton Against Physician's Advice, Weakened by the Strain and Had to Be Taken to His Hotel; Tem perature Over 100 NO BREAK IS IN SIGHT, ACCORDING TO LEADERS Efforts to Adjourn During Last Night Twice Proved Futile; Wilson Now Sug gests Shipping Measure May Be Attached to Weeks' Bill By Associated Press Washington, D. .] CONSIDER APPROPRIATION RUX By Associated Press Washington. Feb. 10. —The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was aprain be fore the House for consideration to day. Items up for debate included an anpropriation of $3,000,000 for a physical valuation of the railroads of the country. Republican opposition to the proposed appropriation was re sponsible for an abrupt adjournment of the House last night. THE WEATHER] For HarrlahorK fiml vlrinllri Knlr, continued cold to-night with lownt tenipcrnture about 15 de- Ifre«i Thursday, fair anil warmer. For Kastern Pennsylvaniai Fair to night and Thursday; warmer Thursday; light to moderate, variable winds. HI ver The river and all Ita tributaries will continue to fall slowly to night and Ttiurnday and probahlv for several days. A stage of about B.R feet la Indicated for Harrlsbtirg Thursday morning. General Conditions Pressure Is high over the eastern and low over nearly all the west ern half of the country. There were snow flurries Tnesdav from the I.akc Region and the Inner Ohio Valley eastward to the \t lantlc coast. There has been a further fall of a to 18 degrees In temperature In the I pper t hlo Valley and front the tireat Lakes eastward to the Atlantic. Tempera! lire I 8 a. m., tS. Sunt lilacs, 7 a. m.s sets, 5:29 p. m. tlooni New moon, February irt. 11:31 a.m. Ulier Stagei 5.7 feet above low wnter mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperntnre, SS, l.oweat temperature, '.K. Mean temperature. 25. .\firunl temperature, 21*. HARRISBURG OPERATIC SOCI AT MAJESTIC TOMORROW AS ' L LEADING PEOPLE IX "THE MIKADO*' These seenes from "The Mikado" show several of the leading people. In the etching on the left is George Hov, royal umbrella furrier, and Elmer W. Ehler, the Mikado of Japan, around whom (lie opera is written. On the right is Miss Ada Heishley as Yum-Yum and Jerome Hamilton as Nanki-Poo, tlie Mikado's son. D'CASTEtUNE LOSES CASE SEC® TIME Rota Tribunal Rejects Count's Suit For Annulment of His Marriage By Associated Press Paris, Feb. 10. 5.50 A. M.—The Rota tribunal lias rejected Count Boni De Castellane's suit for the annulment of his marriage to Anna Gould, now the Duchess of Talleyrand, according to a special dispatch from Rome. Argu ments in the third trial of the case were doled yesterday after which the court announced its decision. <"ount De Castellane's 'appeal to the \ atican courts for the annulment 01" his marriage to Anna Gould has been pending since 1910. Under the eccles iastic judicial system before a religious marriage is annulled the case must be heard three times by the Rota Tri bunal. each time by three different judges and two decisions must favor a contestant before the judgment is final. In the Castellane ease the pres ent Duchess of Talleyrand has won two of these decisions. If the count had been successful in obtaining annulment of the religious marriage he would have been enabled to marry again. Under the French law [Continued on Page 8] ANTHRACITE TAX REPEALER GOES 111 Mr. Ramsey, of Delaware, Pre sents Measure to Kill Act of 1913 A bill to repeal the anthracite coal tax law of 1913 was introduced in the House to-day by Mr. Ramsey, Dela ware. This act placed a tax of per cent, ad valorem on all anthracite coal prepared for market half of which was to be returned by the State 10 counties producing hard coal. It is now in the courts and the revenue ex pected has not been received owing to the litigation. A constitutional amendment to abolish the fee system for county offi cers and place them on a salary is proposed in a resolution presented by Mr. Neville. Montgomery. • itlier bills presented were: Mr. Adams, Luzerne—Appropriating SB,OOO for a bronze tablet bearing Lin coln's Gettysburg address to be placed on the wall of the hall of the House back of the speaker's desk. Mr. Wilson. Philadelphia—Estab [Continued on Page 5.1 Bishop Burt Confers With His Cabinet Here Bishop William Burt, of the Meth odist Kpiscopal Church, who will pre side at the sessions of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, to be held in Shamokln. in March, yesterday met with the district superintendents of the conference at the Bolton House. The meeting of the bishop and his cabinet is held annually for the pur pose of making plans for the annual conference. In addition to Bishop Burt the following district superin tendents were present: Simpson B. Evans, Tyrone; James B. Stein, Hazleton; A. S. Fasick, Car lisle; B. H. Mosser, Huntingdon, and Emory AI. Stevens, Willlanisport. Teamster Knocked Under Wheels by Shifting Load Peter Miller, aged 70, a teamster employed by Robert Bretz, of Enola, is in a* critical condition at the Har risburg Hospital as a resiilt of being thrown from his wagon this afternoon. Miller was hauling a load, of furni ture at Enola. While descending a hill the furniture shifted, knocking Miller from his seat. The aged man fell under the wheels, which passed over his abdomen. He was brought to the Harriiburg Hospital in an un conscious condition. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBkUARY 10, 1915. 26 Pretty Girls Will Be Just One of the Pleasing Features; Elmer W. Ehler as "The Mikado;" Ada Heishley in Role of "Yum- Yum ' Pretty girls, catchy music and all Operatic Society's presentation of ! touches will feature the Harrisburg j < (peratic Society's, presentation of "The Mikado" nt the Majestic Theater to-morrow and Friday evening. Tlie operetta is being given for the benefit of the Belgian suftcrers. The production is under the direc tion of Elmer W. Ehler and Frank H. Davies. Mr. Ehler takes the leading role of the Mikado and Mr. Davies is lord high executioner. The music is under the direction of Professor E. J. Decevee. Miss Ada Heishley as Yum-Ynm and Jerome Hamilton as Nanki-Pdo will put the romance into the evening's entertainment. The cast will be as follows' The Mikado of Japan, Elmer AV. Ehler: Nanki-Poo, his son. Jerome Hamilton; Ko-Ko, the lord high exe cutioner, Frank H. Davies; Pooh-Bah, lord high everything else. H. Russell Hupp: Pish-Tush. Louis Munneli; Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo and Katisha, wards of Ko-Ko, Ruth Hoover, Ada Heishley, Helen Kelster and Mrs. Jacob Miller; C'hee-Fee, royal umbrella carrier, George Hoy. Aet I —Courtyard of Ko-Ko's official residence. Act IT—Ko-Ko's garden. The girls' chorus includes Misses Mary Towsen, Nora Gaffney, Helen Smiley, Susan Kurzenknabe, Mabel [Continued on Page 12] ASK MAYOR TO OFFER RELIEF PLAN OR QUIT PLAYINGTO GALLERY Problem of Providing Work For Unemployed Put Squarely Up to City's Executive RESOLUTION IN COUNCIL Commissioner Lynch Offers Meas ures at Special Session; Eager to Provide Work Mayor John K. Royal was asked by cottncllntanlu resolution this afternoon either to suggest a plan whereby the city could provide work for the unem ployed in accordance with the require ments of Ills own resolution or yester day or— To admit that ho is simply playing UP the galleries. The question that required either an "aye" or "no" vote, or straddling of the fence, was embodied in a reso lution offered at this afternoon's special session of Council by Commis sioner W. H. Lynch, superintendent of streets and public Improvements, and seconded by Commissioner Harry F. rContlnuecl 011 l'age 2] Bishop Urges Ministers to Work For Half-rate Bill Bishop James H. Darlington spoke to members of the Civic Council of Churches last evening In the Zion Lu theran Church, urging them to co operate in securing the passage of the Hefferman bill to permit railroads to grant reduced fares to clergymen. To- , day all the ministers in the city have been asked to work for the passage of the bill. TAFT OPPOSES LAW TO FORBID MUNITION KALE Special Io The Telegraph New Haven, Conn., Feb. 10. —Wil- liam Howard Taft made public to-day a letter he wrote on January 26 to Professor Edmund Von Mach, of Har \ard University, in which the former President opposes the enactment of a I law forbidding the supply of muni-, tlons or war from this country to the! belligerent nations. BELIEVE KSISER IS 10 BECOME MOSLEM ReV. Labaree, Writing of War ! Experiences, Says Persians Think Germans Invulnerable The Rev. Robert M. Labaree, who married Miss Mary Fleming of this city, and is at i>resent with his wife in Tabriz, Persia, as a missionary of | the Doylestown Presbyterian Church, j recently wrote a letter to the congre i Ration. Many Harrisburgers are friends of the Rev. and Mrs. Labaree. He tells many of his experiences in Persia and of the treatment he re ceived in some towns. His letter in part follows: Tabriz, Persia, December 19, 1914. My dear Friends: I missed my last quarterly letter to you because just as I was about to write it the war broke out and it look ed as if no mail would pass either ■way. Traveling Kxperionces Let mo tell you some brief pictures of a few of our experiences on this trip, some of the lighter experiences which helped to give variety and zest to the work. » Where we stopped for our first Sun day, my companion, Rabi Stapun. and I were alone in our very humble rooin, [Continued on Page 81 CUNAFtDEB ORDUI RAISED U. S, FLAG ; Passengers Say Stars and Stripes Were Hoisted to Protect British Liner Ry Associated Press New York, Feb. 10.—Passengers on the Cunard Linn British steamer Or duna, which arrived here to-day from England said that the steamer flew the American flag for nearly 24 hours on January 31 while passing through the Irish Sea. The Stars and Stripes, they said, were hoisted on Sunday about an hour after the Orduna left Liverpool and not hauled down until early Monday morning. The Orduna was scheduled to sail from Liverpool on Saturday, January 30, but did not depart until 10:30 o'clock the next morning. Passengers | heard that the reason for the delay was that a German submarine was hovering in the vicinity. The Amcr|j can flag was raised, they said, shortly after the Orduna cleared the Mersey. The steamship touched at Queenstown the same day and was flying the Stars and Stripes when she entered and left the harbor, they said. The explanation which the passen gers said they received was that the American flag had been raised for the purpose of protecting the American citizens among the 240 passengers. TW O PI- \ NTS ItKSIMH IN Fl'l,l, AFTER LONG CURTAILMENT Special Io The Telegraph Pittsburgh, Feb. 10.—For the first time in six months, the Pennsylvania Rubber Company resumed operations in full yesterday. The night force was ordered on duty Monday night Several hundred men were afforded employment by the Increase in work ing hours. Officials of the plant said vesterday that the present force of 800 men would be augmented by 600 additional work men as soon as the company's new ! plant, which has been under conatruc -1 tion for several months Is opened. This Is expected to occur within the next I two weeks. The Valley Mold and Iron Company's l.lg plant at Sharpsvllle resumed opera tions yesterday morning after several weeks' Idleness on account of a scarcity of orders. Nearly 400 men tve.e or dered on full time. BOMBS DROPPED OX PORTS Mitylene, Via Paris, Feb. io. 6.10 A. M.—Several Jsngllsh and French aeroplanes flejv over Turkish Thrace yesterday according to a dispatch from Tenedos. Two of the machines went as far as Adrianople, dropping bombs on the forts. STOCKHOLDERS HOLD STORMY SESSION AT SHAEF'STOII BANK $41,000 in Cash Needed Before Institution Can Open Its Doors | JAIL INSURANCE AGENT D. B. Kieffer, of Middletown, and Irvin Horst Both Involved in Failure Special to The Telegraph I.elHinon. I'H.. Feb. 10. —A shortage or at least M 1.000 in the accounts of | , the SchacfTerstowii First National Hank, which was closed last Saturday 1 ' morning following the suicide of its j < aslilcr, Alvln iliiiner. was disclosed by 1 | olllcers of the hank tiiis morning at a i stormy meeting of altout 200 stock- 1 | holders. The meeting was Anally adjourned without any dellnitc action lo meet again this evening. | it was alleged that l>. I!. Kieffer. I of Middletown, mid Irvin llorst, of Schaefferstowii. were hotii involved in i the failure, as well us Arthur •). Ho- 1 verier, the l