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HARRISBURG SfiSitiii TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 91
EOCIE OPTION COMES
TO TEST TOMORROW
Special Order Gives Measure
Right of Way at 11
O'clock; Expect Vote in
Afternoon
GOVERNOR SATISFIED
WITH THE OUTLOOK
Severely Criticises Organiza
tions Which Worked For
Brumbaugh's Opponent
and Neglected the Legis
lators
Local option will come to the su
preme test In the House of Represen
tatives to-morrow. A special order
has been made giving the right of way
at 11 o'clock and it is expected that a
vote will be reached about the middle
of the afternoon.
The vote on this bill is being watch
ed with interest by more people
throughout Pennsylvania than on any
piece of legislation in the last genera
tion. A wonderful campaign, courage
ously conducted by Governor Brum
baugh. has been waged and men in all
walks of life have rallied and exerted
their influence on members in behalf
of a proposition that is State-wide in
its significance.
Kxpects Bill to Pass
"T am satisfied with the outlook. 1
expect local option to pass," said Gov
ernor Brumbaugh this afternoon.
"Things are working out and I am
confident. The people of the State are
aroused and members of the legisla
ture are telling me that they are for
local option because it is 'real home
rule."
The Governor's confidence was re
flected among the members who have
been working for local option and by
the men who have been whcelhorses
in the >/reat campaign.
Why Wrong: Men Slipped In
Now that the final bolts have been
shot and the bill is up to the Legisla
ture, friends who have been review
ing the campaign leading up to its
present stage are by no means satis
fled with the work that has been done
in its behalf by some of the organiza
tions that should have been most
active in its behalf. They point out
that whatsoever its fate, Governor I
Brumbaugh has fulfilled his pledge tol
the people. Last Fall when the local j
option organizations should have been '
bending their efforts toward the elec
tion of legislators who could be de-1
pended upon fo support their measure, I
they were busy with a campaign for
the election of l>r. Brumbaugh's op
ponent, regardless of the fact that it
wai not the Governor but the legis
lators who must pass upon the bill. In
many cases they let the legislative fight
go by default entirely and thus lost
opportunity to make votes for the
temperance cause. To this extent they
are to blame should the bill fail of a
majority to-morrow, say those on the
llill who have been lined up back of
the local option movement.
Williams to Open Debate
Arrangements were made to-day for
the consideration of the local option
bill in the House to-morrow. The
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Have Confidence
If all the people stop
buying everything.there
will l«> no business—tin
market for goods, crops
or services.
If half tlic people stop
buying everything, busi
ness will he cut in half
and everybody suffer.
If all the people buy
one-half tlieir custom
ary purchases, business
slumps to half.
If all the people post
pone for thirty days
buying half their needs
the country's prosperity
drops oue-half for that
length of time.
Buy now the things you
will need soon and
you'll help speed up the
wheels of industry,
commerce, farming and
labor.
Buy-It-Now
This In the time of hII times
for the l". S. A. to imike vn«(
stride*. Let'» all get htiay.
THE WEATHER]
For HarrlabnrK and vicinity: Fair
and cooler to-night an<l Wednes
days lowest temperature to-night
about RO degrees.
For Eastern Pennsylvania : Fair and
cooler to-night anil Wednesday i
moderate northerly nlnd*.
Hlver
The Susquehanna river and nil Ita
tributaries mill continue to fall
alowly Indefinitely. A stage of
about 4.4 feet Is Indicated foe
Ilarrlaburg, Wednesday morning.
General t'ondt'tlons
Light loeal showers have rnllen In
the last twenty-four hours from
the f.ake Region and I pper Ohio
Valley eastward to the Atlantic
eoaat.
Temperature: A a. m.. HI.
Sun: Rises, R:2I a. m.| seta, <1:47
p. m.
Moon: First quarter, April 21
H>:3» a. m.
Hlver staite: 4.5 feet above low
mater mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, SI.
I.oweat temperature. SO.
Mean temperature, US.
Aornial tempera tore, 52.
IS CONCERTS PUNNED
FOB RESERVOIR PARK
Season to Open Memorial Day;
$1,500 Will Be Needed; Solicit
Funds For the Purpose
When You Can Hear the
Band at Reservoir Park
MAY
Monday. .Vny «M. >l«>niorlnl nay—
afternoon anil fveniiiK.
Ji \u
l-'rldny, June 4, 11, IS and rvrn
fiiKß only.
Jl is\
Monday, July —nfteriinon nnd eren
in nr.
Prldnya, July Id, and 30—evening*
only.
\l (Jl ST
Prfdaya, Aiifttnat «, 13. -O and 27
evenings only.
SKITKMIIK'K
Monday. September 11. I.nlior Day—
afternoon and rvcuiiiK.
Fifteen band concerts, including
afternoon programs on Memorial Day,
Fourth of July and I.abor Day have
been planned for the coming summer
at Reservoir Park by the Harrisburg
Hand Concert Association. The or
ganization for soliciting public sub
scription for the necessary fund was
perfected ai a meeting last evening.
The season will be formally opened
on May 31, Memorial Day, with after
noon and evening concerts and will
close on Labor Day with similar pro
grams. Friday evening will be "con
cert evening" during practically each
week of tlte summer months.
The principal bands that will feature
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Ready to Drop Charge of
Arson Against Swoboda
By Associated rrcss
Paris. April 20—French military au>-
thorities have decided to drop the
charge of setting tire to the steamer
La Touraine which was preferred
against the man known as Raymonu
Swoboda, says the Petit Parisien. Cap
tain Bouchardon, the officer appointed
to investigate the case, is credited with
having expressed the opinion that
there is not sufficient evidence against
the prisoner to obtain a conviction on
this charge, lie still faces an accusa
tion of espionage, however.
WILSON AT A. I>. BANQUET
Washington. D. C„ April 20.—Pres
ident Wilson left here at 8 a. m. to
day for New York to attend the
annual luncheon of the Associated
Press. The President will return to
night.
OPEN GiHS FOR
FRESU 1 PUPILS
Youngsters to Raise Vegetables
and Flowers; Civic Club
Provides Seeds
Small tubercular sufferers who at
tend the West End open-air school
to-day celebrated the open .iff of their
flower and vegetable garden with a
program in which city commissioners,
members of the Civic Club and others
participated.
The garden plot at Fifth and Seneca
streets has been made possible for
the children through the joint efforts
of the Civic Club. Commissioners Tay
lor and Lynch and City Forester H.
J. Mueller. It was graded, by Com
missioner Lynch and the planting will
be done under the supervision of Com
missioner Taylor and City Forester
Mueller. Flower and vegetable seeds
were given the pupils this afternoon
by the Civic Club.
Mrs. H. Lindley Hosford presided
at the meeting. "Why We Are Here"
was the subject of a brief talk by Mrs.
Mabel Cronise Jones. Mrs. William
Henderson, president of the Civic
Club, extended greetings. Rrief re
marks were made by Harry Boyer,
William H. Lynch and M. Harvey Tay
lor. Several songs were sung by the
pupils and the program concluded
with an address by Dr. Frederick E.
Downes, superintendent of public
schools.
BEIDLEMI WINS
FOR MINEWORKERS
Senate Adopts Amendments Bring
ing Coal Diggers Under Pro
posed Compensation Law
The anthracite mine workers won
a victory in the State Senate to-day
when that body adopted amendments
to the present hard coal mining code
bringing the coal diggers under the
proposed workmen's compensation
law.
The fight on the bill has been In
progress since the day it was intro
duced, on February 8. It had almost
the solid opposition of coal companies
and was championed by the United
Mine Workers of America. Several
weeks ago there was a sharp contest
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President Will Review
Atlantic Fleet May 17
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., April 20. —With
May 17 selected as the date for the
review of the Atlantic fleet in New
York harbor by President Wilson,
Navy Department officials to-day were i
working out <the details of the review
and of even sto follow ashore. These
include a water carnival on the night,
of May 17 and a parade the next day
of bluejackets and marines from the !
tleet. federal troops and other military l
organizations.
HARRISBURG. PA., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1915.
MAJOR RENT. FORMER
STEEL HEAD. IS DEAD
Active Many Yeari in Business and
Civic Life of Steelton and
Harrisburg
86 YEARS OLD; SHORT ILLNESS
His Police Court Famous; Helped
Build Up the Big Mill
Town
Major Luther Stedman Bent, former
president and chairman of the board
of directors of the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, died yesterday afternoon at
his home. 6040 Drexcl Road, Over
brook. a Philadelphia suburb.
Major Bent was 86 years old. H«
was ill only ten days with paralysis.
The Major was born in Quincy,
Mass. Throughout the Civil war, he
served as major of the Eighteenth
Massachusetts Volunteers. At the con
clusion of the war, he entered the em
ploy of the Union Pacific Railroad as a
.civil engineer in charge of the com
pany's construction work. He was
with the I'nion Pacific until 1 874, when
he entered the employ of the Penn
sylvania Steel Company. He entered
the Steel Company's employ as super
intendent. but rose rapidly until he
became the directing head of the big
corporation. He retired from active
affairs about ten years ago.
Helped Form Harrisburg Club
Major Rent was instrumental in or
ganizing the Harrisburg Club. He was
a director in the Harrisburg National
Bank, the Harrisburg Trust Company
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Name Pallbearers for
Roberts Funeral Tomorrow
Tlte ReV. William B. Cooke, pastor
in charge of Market Square Presby
terian Church, assisted by the Rev.
Ellis N. Kremer, pastor Reformed
Salem Church. wilt officiate to
morrow afternoon at the funeral serv
ices for Alexander Roberts, 10 South
Market Square, who died Sunday aft
ernoon. The services will be held at
2 o'clock in the Market Square Church,
after which private burial will be
made in the Harrisburg Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers at the funeral
will be Dr. Robert H. Moffitt, Spencer
C. Gilbert. Judge S. J. M. McCarrell,
Charles W. Foster. Samuel W. Flem
ing. Edward Bailey. J. Ilenry Spicer,
John K. Royal. Henry A. Kelker, Jr..
George W. Relly, Joseph Montgomery
and W. L. Gorg.is.
MANUFACTURERS HOLB
OUT ON CHILD LABOR
Decline to Endorse Governor's Bill
Unless Changes Are Made
to Suit Them
Six manufacturers from Senator
Warner's district were summoned to
Harrisburg by Governor Brumbaugh
to-day with a view to discussing the
child labor bill. -Mr. Warner is one
of the senators who has declined to
vote l'or the Governor's bill us it
stands.
Those present at the interview were
E. Buhler of the Duplan Silk Com
pany, Hazelton; J. M. Hess of the
Mauch (.'hunk Silk Company, Mauch
Chunk and Nesquehoning; Raymond
Thorp of the Read and Lovatt Manu
facturing Company, Weatherly and
Palmerton; Peter F. Magagna of the
White Haven Silk Company, White
Haven, Nanticoke Silk Throwing Com
pany, Nanticoke, and the Anthracite
Silk Throwing Company, Wyoming;
Alexander McLane of the Century
Throwing Company, Lansford and
Hudson, and A. L>. Roth of the Allen
Candy Manufacturing Company,
Weatherly.
After the meeting a statement was
handed to the Governor as embody
ing the views of the entire delegation,
which will form the basis of the manu
facturers' contentions at the hearing
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Railroaders Preparing
to Retaliate If Full
Crew Law Is Repealed
Railroaders who would be affected
by the repeal of the full crew law are
preparing to make an effort to re
taliate in the event the full crew act
is woped off the statute books.
Senator Burke, ot Allegheny, to-day
Introduced in the Senate a bill limit
ing the length of freight trains. The
bill provides:
"It shall be unlawful for any rail
road company to run a freight train
of more than one-half mile in length
exclusive of engines and caboose and
to run a passenger train consisting of
more than ten passenger, mail, ex
press or baggage cars exclusive of the
engine.
"Any employe or passenger who
shall be injured by reason of the
operation of any train contrary to
the provisions of this act shall in no
case be held to have assumed a risk
thereby occasioned in any suit insti
tuted to recover damages for such
injuries."
MAY RECALL MEN AT FRONT
Special to The Telegraph
London, April 20.—The government
has made an arrangement under
which skilled workmen now at the
front fighting can be recalled to Eng
land to work in the factories produc
ing munitions of war.
MAKE ATTACK OX FRONTIER
London. April 20.—"1t is reported
here." says the Times' Bucharest cor
respondent. "that the Austrlajis at
tempted on the night of April IS a
vigorous attack on the frontier of
Bessarabia, southwest Russia. but
that they were repulsed with heavy
losses after a violent struggle."
RAISE 20 PER CENT
FOR CAMP CURTIN MEMORIAL
JOHN A. HAAS MRS. E. I. BOOKS,
General Chairman. Chairman Women's Division.
fjjj ■
E W. McCLAIN MRS. A. LEE KNIGIIT
Vice-Chairman. Team Captain.
Nearly 20 per cent, of the $38,000 to be raised in the eight-dav cam
paign ot the Lamp Curtln .Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church for the
the erection of a new edifice as a monument to old Camp Curtin, was
° , a ' !' lc °Pening luncheon night from the workers themselves.
The Ladies Aid Society of the church gave *I,OOO. Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Kreamer started the personal subscriptions with SSOO. Other large
subscriptions were as follows: S4OO, Men's Bible class; S3OO, D. W. Cotter
ell's Ladles Bible class: S2OO. J. A.Haas, B. F. Moses. Mrs. E. I. Brook's
class. Mrs. Mary A. Marsh. F. J. Relf: $l5O, the Rev. A. S. Williams, Pri
mary Department. Mrs. Emma Smith's class: SIOO, a friend, Mr Adam
Mart* A. C. Benner, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. MeClain. Mr. and Mrs. 11. F. Faust.
Mrs. i lara B. Lackeys class, Sam Meckley, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Halt and
daughter, Mrs. E. 1. Book, Mr. and Mb, W. W. Cresswell, Sr. Epworth
League.
WILLI! FUi NOW
BUYING GOLD MINES
"Bull Mooser" Discovers Deposits
Are of Little Value and Wants
Option Money Back
By Associated Press
San Francisco, Cal., April 20.—Trial
of a suit brought by William Fllnn,
of Pittsburgh. Fa., against the Twenty
One Mining Company for the recovery
of $25,000 was begun in the Superior
Court here yesterday.
An agreement to purchase a gold
mine, located at Allegheny, Sierra
county, Cal., for $2 50,000 was entered
into by Flinn June 27, 1913, according
to the testimony. An option, it is al
leged, was taken after a favorable re
port on the mine had been made by
an expert. Later, Flinn alleges, an
other examination was made and it
was not favorable.
l-'linn then began the suit for the
return of the $2 5,000 option money
and asked that the agreement be set
aside.
SIR THOMAS S. CLOI'STON DIES
/ By Associated Press
Edinburgh, Pa., April 20. feir
Thomas Smith Clouston, well known
as an authority on mental diseases,
died yesterday. He was born in 1840
and married Harriet Storer, daughter
of AVUliam Storer. of New Haven,
Connecticut.
| School Children Will
Celebrate Arbor Day by
Planting 5,000 Trees
Harrisburg's greatest Arb#r Day
celebration will take place Friday aft
ernoon. Wildwood will be the scene
of the memorable event. The partici
pants will include at least 5,000 school
children and city and school officials.
Details were completed this afternoon
at a conference between Superinten
dent of Public Schools F. E. Downes,
Commissioner of Parks M.Harvey Tay
lor, City Forester Harry J. Mueller
and school supervisors.
The program will include the plant
ing of 5,000 trees. One tree will be
assigned to each pupil. If it is de
cided to have more than 5,000 school
children out other duties will be given
to pupils, including the digging of
holes, and distribution of trees. At
the conference this afternoon, ar
rangements were also made for cars to
take the school children to and from
Wildwood park.
The trees were received yesterday.
There are 2,000 white pine, 2,000 red
pine and 1,000 Norway spruce. Mark
ers will be placed throughout Wild
wood to-day and to-morrow, showing
where the trees will be planted.
Ex-President Taft Will
Address Businessmen
Ex-President* Taft has been invited
to make an address at the annual ban
quet of the United Business Men's As
sociation of Philadelphia, which is
comprised of seventy-two trade and
neighborhood bodVs of that city.
The invitation was forwarded to-day
by State Senator Daix. of Philadel
phia, at the request of the association.
Governor Brumbaugh and Mayor
Blankenburg have also been invited
to be present.
PEACE IN EUROPE IS
NEAD. ROME'S BELIEF
Persistent Reports Arise in City
Which Make People
Hopeful
By Associated Press
Home. April 20.—Within the past
24 hours there hav<» arisen in Rome
persistent reports that the grave inter
national questions confronting Italy
may be solved in the near future by
what at first sight seems almost In
credible, the conclusion of F~ general
i peace in Europe at a not distant date.
| While these reports are intangible
land cannot at present be ascribed to
a definite source, they nevertheless are
reflected in high quarters and they
are given heed by careful observers of
international politics.
Among other reasons in support of
this arguirtcnt is offered that Rome is
an excellent field for the conduct of
negotiations of this nature; Prince
Von Buelow, one of the ablest of Gor
man diplomats is in Rome as ambas
sador to Italy; and the official rela
tions between Italy and Germany as
well as between Italy and the powers
of the Triple Entente, are cordial.
VKNIZEI.OS AT ALEXANDRIA
London, April 20.—An Alexandria
' news agency company says former
[Premier Venizelos arrived there this
I morning and was greeted at the quay
by a widely enthusiastic crowd.
PLAN FOR MOD
IMV IS AUTHORIZED
Commissioner Taylor Notified That
West End Traffic Way Over
Pennsy Is Assured
City Commissioner M. Harvey Tay
lor, superintendent of parks and pub
lic property, was notified by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company to-day
that the one big improvement the
park superintendent had planned for
the West End as well as for
the people from other parts of the
city who frequent Wildwood, had been
officially authorized by contracting to
continue the Division street traffic way
across the Pennsy tracks into Wild
wood Park.
The company had originally planned
to build the way over but twenty-five
tracks In order to provide a walk for
the employes to the transfer station.
Mr, Taylor, seeing a chance to get at
least a footway for people into Wild
wood via Division street, urged the
company to carry this footbridge over
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XKED GARDEN" TOOLS
About ten rakes and hoes are need
ed by some of the families working
the garden plots of the llarrisburg
Benevolent. Association. Any person j
desiring to donate tools Is requested to
write or telephone the office of the|
county poor directors, and the imple- I
.meats will be called for.
TURKISH TORPEDO BOAT
DESTROYERS SUNK NEAR
ENTRANCE TO BOSPHORUS-
British Expeditionary Force Which Attempted to Invade
German East Africa Defeated and Driven Away With
Loss of 700 Men; British Submarine Sunk, Accord
ing to London War Office; Italy Expected to Make
Decision Soon
The Russian fleet which has been
attacking the Bosphorus Is reported
to have caused the destruction of two
Turkish torpedoboat destroyers. A
dispatch from Salonlki says the Rus
sians mined the entrance to the Bos
phorus while the Turkish fleet was
cruising the Black Sea and that the
Turkish vessels on returning ran into
the mine field.
Advices have been received in Ber
lin that a British expeditionary force
which attempted to invade German
East Africa was defeated and driven
away with the loss of 700 men. The
British force, is said to have landed
from cruisers and transports. The
German losses are given as fifty-six.
The only intimation of a British ex
pedition to East Africa was given at
the time of the sinking of the British
steamer Falaba by a German sub
marine. At that time it was said that
among the passengers who lost their
lives were a number of British officers
who wera on the way to Africa.
Italy's Decision Soon
Italy's decision for or against war Is
believed in Rome to be imminent.
The Rome correspondent, of a Paris
newspaper telegraphs that to-day
marks the expiration of the time limit
fixed by Italy for presentation of pro
posals by Austria. It is generally
understood that Austria haR declined
to make territorial concessions satis
factory to Italy and according to this
report the German and Austrian am
bassadors at Rome are preparing to
leave the country.
Greece also is endeavoring to arrive
at a fixed policy in regard to the sit
uation brought about by the war. A
representative of King Constant Ine is
on his way to Vienna and Berlin,
probably on a political mission. No
intimation has been given as to the
purpose of the mission, although it is
known that King Constantine, who Is
a brother-in-law of Emperor William,
I is opposed to war and has set himself
I against the party which favors inter
vention on the side of the allies.
|
SWISS StARDS ARK READY
Rome, April 9, via Paris, April 20.
r
1 Harrisburg —The famous rattle: the Re . J
i lution, wille State by a res stmorelanc &
f ity, was formally presented to delegation ol 1
I Westmoreland people. They were to Stat* 1
P Librarian Montgomery by Jesse E. ham, former j |
1 deputy attorney general and a West mty »
• State Librarian Thomas Lynch Mot iccepted the " .
flag which is in splendid condition and which adds im- i l
I mensely to the collection of flags mad< the Capitol.
SAYS RIVERTON COMPANY INATES
i irrisburg—George B. Walker, oyne, 1 r
before the Public Service Commission .t the Riverton j
'Consolidated Water Company disc.: -cause it re >
1 fuses to extend its facilities to prope: Washing- I
T Syracuse, N. Y., April 20. Th Roosevelt late f
| Say went upon the witness stand t limself in the K
| suit for alleged libel brought ' against by William -1*
I Barnes.
J BOER LEADER IN CO N AND f
jL Cape Towns, Union of South Afi prU 20.—Forces V
lof the Union of South Africa have oc ied Keetaanshop,
I the most important town in German S Africa next I J
fr to Windhoek, the capital. It is an i: , . tant railroad junc- jjT
P tion and gives General Botha the Boer leader command of ; >
J the railroad to Windhoek.
S PETITION FOR RECEIVER " f
Chicago, April 20.—Petition for a re< eiver for the Chi-
I cago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company was filed ® ►
in the United States District Court 1 re to-day by tht ! '
American Steel Foundries Company. H. U. Mudge,- pret>i- • J
dent of the railway company, and J. M. Dickinson, former 1
secretary of war, were appointed receivers. I »
1 TRANSPORT SINKS TORPEDO BOAT ' j
Constantinople, via London, April 20, 2.45 P. M.—Th< t
![ attack of a Turkish torpedo boat on the British transport, ' *
Manitou, off the coast of Chios last Saturday and the sub- !
sequent destruction of the torpedo beat . ere reported in an ' *
Q-icial statement issued to-day at t!u lice.
MARRIAGE 1
Mnrk I.FvnnUoimkl, l.uniilnK, Mich., anal Klritll <;iunkl, city
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Ulrlch Wllle, commander of the Swim
army, 1b quoted In an Interview In the
Trlbuna. as declaring his oountry'a
military forces must he kept mobilis
ed. Although no other power at pres
ent threatens Switzerland, he said, ar\
incident might occur on the frontier at
any time which would compel the
Swiss to enforce their rights and their
neutrality.
ANOTHER RAID FEARED
By Associated Press
London, April 20.—Owing to a ru
mor that there would be a Zeppelin
raid, many towns in northeastern Eng
land, Including Darlington, Leeds and
New Castle, were plunged In darkness
last night as a precautionary measure.
There is no confirmation that a raid
took place.
irvo WAR VESSELS SUNK
By Associated Press
Paris, April 20.—Two Turkish tor
pedoboat destroyers were blown up,
says a Salonikl dispatch, while pass
ing through a mine belt which Rus
sian ships had succeeded In laying
across the entrance to the Bosphorus
while the Turkish fleet was cruising
in the Black Sea.
MANY ANXIOUS TO ENLIST
By Associated Press
Rome. April 19, via Paris. April 20.
Although members of the Papal
Guards and the higher lay officials
of the Vatican are exempted from
service In the Italian army, many of
them have asked permission to enlist,
including Marquis Montoro. standard
bearer of the church, one of the high
est offices held by a layman.
HEAD OF BANKING FIRM DIES
New Y®rk, April 20.—George D. Eu
stl», head of the banking and broker
age firm of George Eustls and Com
pany, of Cincinnati, It was learned to
day. died In Roosevelt Hospital hera
late last night.