PUSH WORK ON NEW WITERHOUSE m Grading and Erection of Forms For Concrete Begun in Rear of City Pumping Station NEW RECORD ON WALL JOB 113 Blocks Put Down \ esterday; Plaza Abutment Will Be 420 Feet; Planting in Promenade While the actual concrete work on | the proposed plaza wall in the rear) of the waterhouse will not be started until the River Wall granolithic walk is further advanced, the necessar> crading. erection of the forms, etc.. will be pushed ahead as rapidly as possible. Unusually rapid work is being done I on the construction of 'he walk. < on- j tract Foreman Williams havins broken all previous records yesterday by putting down the unprecedented number of 113 blocks. By noon one side of the paving below the pumping station was well under way. The 420-foot stretch immediately in front of the pumping station will not be paved it is understood until after the grading for the plaza wall is'fin ished. Then the opening will be tilled in by the laying simultaneously of the walk and the plaza wall. When com pleted tWe top of the balustrade on the plaza wall will be about fifteen feet above the level of the River Wall walk. The promenade of the plaza, the big open stretch between the pumping station and the plaza wall, will be laid out attractively in floral patch de signs. much after the same scheme that is now in vogue on the River Front side of the water station Just what method will be adopted for handling the ashes that are dump ed on the plaza space has r.ot been decided definitely. The construction of a concrete basin which can be read ily screened by fringes of shrubbery or the erection of a little brick or con crete bin with elevator bucket attach ment are among the suggestions that have been advanced. Miss Marion Sayford Dies at Her Newark Home Miss Marion Woodward Sayford. daughter of the late John M. and Nellie Wallace Sayford. of this city, died at her home in Newark. N. J., yesterday after a long illness. Miss Sayford was closely identified with Harrisburg for nearly her entire life. She removed to Philadelphia at the death of her father, several years ago. and afterward went to Newark, where she practiced her profession of trained nurse. Miss Sayford was a graduate of the Misses Tomkinson pri vate school in this city and the Meth odist Bible School and Sibley Hospital. Washington. D. O. She taught in the public schools for several years and was most successful in her work. She had unusual literary ability and was a fluent writer. Miss Sayford is survived by her stepmother, four brothers. Wil liam. Max and Ray Sayford. of New York, and Irving Sayford. of Califor rOther relatives reside in this city. Mrial will be made at Paxtang i'eme feiT, the date to be announced later, RECEIVKH FII.ES ACCOUNT The second and partial account of Harry S. Calvert, receiver for the Mer cantile Trust Company of Pittsburgh, was filed to-day. MDNOR AJMSW COLLAR ij Straw Hats Arc ij ij Alike in Name 11 Only ij ;> And the man who compares j| ;! McFall Straw Hats with !| ■! those shown elsewhere will !| !; S ee why every season more !> men are wearing our || j! "straws." "There's a big dif- !| ■ ; fprence in style and a vast !| !; difference in quality. ;! !> Take a look at "cm" to- ;! !' day. ;! | $2 to $4 « Panamas. 1-eghorns and Bang- 5 I ikoks, at I $5 \ Lawks - Panamas { f Just received a shipment of exceptional quality Ladies' c Panamas which we can sell < at least 50 per cent, less than J others —plain or trimmed. OPEN EVENINGS ! I Mc Fall's !i !' Hatters, Men' 6 Furnishers and J ? Shirt Makers J i THIRD AND MARKET < THURSDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG frfSjjftf TELEGRAPH MAY 6, 1915. APPROPRIA TO BE TAKEN UP ON MONDAY Speaker Ambler to-day announce id carries $32,'497.406.06. Two years d that the general appropriation bill ago it carried $37,152,850.28. The hi would be taken up finally on Monda ghway construction and tuberculosis y night when it is expected to send it items are in separate hills this year, to the Senate. The bill was not prin The new bill carries an extra million ted iu time to be considered to-day. for schools and incrases for a numb The bill was reported 1o the llous er of departments. ;e last night by Chairman Woodward. The totals by departments are as lof the Appropriations committee, an : follows: (iencpal Appropriation Bill I 1915. 1913. | Executive $97,567.09 $81,500.00 Executive Controller 15,600.00 15,600.00 State Department 287.500.00 109,500.00 Auditor General 438,200.00 317,400.00 Internal Affairs 163,325.00 - 132.000.00 Treasury Department 160,300.00 126.400.00 Attorney General 216,200.00 112.226.67 Banking Department 218,500.00 218.500.00 Department Public Instruction 110,000.00 112,600.00 Prof, Education • 20,000.00 5,000.00 Medical Education and Licensure 33.500.00 Board of Education . 30,000.00 30.000.00 College mil I"nlversify Council 1,000.00 1,000.00 Dental Council 4.000.00 4.000.00 Adjutant General 179,960.00 168.560.00 State Armory Board ' 12.000.00 12,000.00 Insurance Department 208. 000. 00 202.000.00 Fire Marshal 121.000.00 110,000.00 State Library 95.150.00 99,350.00 State Museum 25,800.00 25,800.00 Free Library Commission 31,000.00 32,000.00 Legislative Reference Bureau 41,200.00 41,200.00 State Reporter 19.000.00 22,000.00 Public Grounds and Buildings 1,081.480.00 1,331,510.10 Sinking Fund Commission 3,800.00 3,800.00 Board of Public Accounts 7.000.00 Board of Pardons 10,400.00 10.400.00 Department of Agriculture 371.700.00 339,400.00 Dairy and Food Division 186,300.00 182,800.00 Live Stock Sanitary Board 366,006.67 441,000.00 Forestry Department 735,000.00 664.438.94 Department of .Mines 452,700.00 464,729.45 Department of Fisheries 264,100.00 272.850.00 Board of Education 74,920.00 2.500.00 Public Printing and Binding 740,325.00 798,925.00 Board of Game Commissioners 97,400.00 Department Distribution Documents 104,800.00 Highway Department . . . 899.800.00 4,669,708.92 Board of Revenue Commission 3.800.00 3.800.00 Department of Uibor and Industry 644.980.55 378.400.00 Quarantine Physician 91.270.00 81.000.00 Health Officer. Philadelphia 14,040.00 14.040.00 State Police 714.635.00 656,260.00 Department of Health 1.067,980.00 4.179.280.00 Water Supply Commission 148,400.00 101.600.00 Public Service Commission 588,320.00 409,600.00 Board of Public Charites 101.500.00 67,500.00 Judiciary ". 2,93.1.680.00 2.695,879.90 Senate 254.990.00 254,340.00 House of Representatives 564.896.00 562.396.00 Legislative Journal 7,600.00 7.600.00 Public Schools 16,000,000.00 15,000,000.00 Miscellaneous 986,180.75 1.473.055.30 Totals $32,497,406.06 $37,152,850.28 Former Senator Arrested at Berne, Switzerland By Associated Press Vienna. May 6, via London, 12:35 P.' M. Former I'\iited States Senator Lafayette Young, of Des Moines, lowa, accompanied by a former American i Deputy Consul at Berne. Switzerland. | was arrested at Imisbrusk, Austria, yes terday on H suspicion of espionage di rected against Mr. Young's companion. 1 Mr. Young was promptly released, . with apologies, after a few hours' de- I tention in his hotel. GENERAL VII.LA DECLARES HF. IS LOOKING FOR FIGHT j By Associated Press San Antonio. Texas. May 6.—With]' supplies of ammunition arriving con- , stantly. General Villa says he is not yet ready- to attack Obregon's forces, al though he ■would welcome an attack from the enemy, a message from Aguas Calientes, Mexico, last night says. Villa will await the coming of the enemy for two or perhaps three days longer, and if not attacked then. , he declares, he will take the offensive ' and rush the fighting. MRS. ROOSEVELT \T HOME New York. May 6.—Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt was at her home In Oyster Bay to-day after spending three weeks I in Roosevelt Hospital, where she un derwent an operation. Apparently in the best of health, she left the insti tution. walked unaided to an auto mobile and drove to her home. COMPROMISE HOT"SUNG BILL IN The compromise housing bill af fecting the citv of Philadelphia was introduced in the Senate to-day by- Senator Jenkins, of Philadelphia. The measure was drafted largely by At torney General Brown and is said to have the support of various interests in Philadelphia. It was referred to the committee on health and sanita tion. MO HI 11.1)1 N<; BOOSTED May huildina: operations got a $35,- 000 boost to-dav when permits were taken out for the construction of the new Merchants' lee Company plant, at Berryhill and Cameron streets, for $20,000, and the Pine Street Presby terian Church took out its permit to ere't the proposed Boyd Memorial Building for $33,000. tugenic Baby Gives Party to "95 Per Cent." Class www i. ii wug.ju 11 ***•" V LUGL-NIC IVsfc-Y *AJfeT* Pasadena, C'al.. May •>. Koliert Bonner, the 100 per cent, perfect eugenic baby, was host to a party of f»F. per rent, babies at his home here. Reading down, the children shou n in the picture nre: Virginia Lynastoff. 4 vears and B month)!: Klmer Brown. 3 years and 6 mon'hs; Marian Mc- Dougal, 2 years and S months; Dotty England, 19 months, Robert Bon- Bridge Builders Have Office Building Ready The Grayce Construction Company, of Pittsburgh, has erected an office and blue print building under the Cumber land Valley bridge at the island. This , firm has the contract for erecting tiie new railroad bridge over the river. The working plans will he kept at the island headquarters. Ten car loads of j lumber, and other material is being de -1 livere.d at the island. Work in the construction of the con ; rrete fillers about the piers is still ' under way on the east and west shores, | and at the island. BUSINESS BEFORE BIiOOD | Note—The Electric Steel Company of Pittsburgh has declined, on humani tarian grounds, an English order for four million dollars worth of steel shells. Ah. whither are we drifting now? What means this pious deed? Does Pittsburgh think to show us how To meet financial greed? Stay! Send ahroa-d our implements Of death to those who tight: We have the good, hard business sense That makes all commerce right. What matters it though blood be shed? It is not ours, forsooth! Our country is not splashed with red. Nor slain our budding youth. Our ammunition and our guns Are made by peaceful hands. And why should not our business sons Feed fat on warring lands? If others wish to maim and slay. But lack the means therefor. Why should we not make fighting pay And so prolong the war? The stench of dead men rotting there, Is worse than words can tell. Vet it is sweet beyond compare With such commercial smell. -—W. J. Lampton in the Christian Herald. ARCHBISHOP OUTGLEY ILL Washington. D. C., May 6.—Arch bishop James E. Quigle.v. of Chicago, who was taken to Georgetown T'ni versity Hospital here yesterday suffer ine from an attack of acute Bright's disease, was much better early to-day after passing a good night. AGRICULTURAL BILL TO CHANGE Governor Will Be Given Authority to Make the Appointments of Department PUBLIC SERVICE MEETS Milk Hearing Will Be Held at a Later Date —Boyertown Hear ing Is Now Off a Present plans are to have some amendments made i G3 to the Whitaker jjdKJW bill, establishing 1 JaffiState Commis /glßwSJfit sion of Agriculture. riHRQQfft while it is In the i hands of the Sen- It mmumi a,e committee o t n ■ agriculture, but It the bill will be re ported out and passed by the upper house within the next week. One of the proposed amendments is to give the Governor authority over appointments. Under the terms of the hill appointments are vested in the commission, except that of Sec retary of Agriculture. Ex-s<»nator 'Hero.—Ex-Senator G. W. McXees. of Armstrong, was here ves tertiav in connection with geological survey matters. Situation Improi lug. State Vet erinarian C. J. Marshall said last even ing that the situation in regard to the foot and mouth disease was improving and that he did not think the outbreak in South Philadelphia would cost much over $3,000. The employes of the legislature will give a dinner to-night at the Hotel Corona in honor of the Colored Ener getic Voters' League of Pennsylvania. The committee in charge consists of William Roles, John Bird. Edward C. Collins. Frederick Thompson. Henry Turner and Edward Ambush. Capitol Visitor. J. Banks Kurtz, prominent Altoona attorney, and F. W. Walker, of Beaver Falls, active in manufacturing were among the visi tors to the Governor's office. Ja< Wson at Wilkes-Barre.—Commis sioner Jackson has gone to Wilkes- Rarre to attend the meeting of the trolley strike arbitrators. Not Considered. Governor Brum baugh to-day declined to discuss the pending election law hills. He said he had not even considered them. No Hearing's.—The hearings sched uled on the Industrial Board rule in regard to tobacco factories In Boyer town. Reading and Wilkes-Barre have been postponed. To Sil in Wttshiirgh.—The Public Service Commission will meet in Pitts burgh Tuesday. It will discuss west ern I'ases. \Yll<iam>.|K>rt's Dam. Governor Brumbaugh gave a hearing to-day on the hill to allow Williamsport to main tain the dam In front of the city, the Citizen Electric Company protesting against it. The city authorities con tended that it would be simply the same as the Harrisburg dam and that Williamsport should have the same rights as possessed by this city. Mr. Freeman 'Here. William C. Freeman, former member from Leb anon. was a visitor here to-day. He called upon Governor Brumbaugh. Gawtlirop Named.—The nomination of Rohert S, Gawthrop to be judge of Chester county was sent to the Senate to-day. The resignation of Judge Hemphill was accepted last night by the Governor. Numerous Hearings.— Owing to the nvmerous hearings before the Public Service Commission, the sittings will not he finished until to-morrow. Lebanon Consolidation.—The Water Supply Commission last night an nounced approval of the applications for consolidation of a number of the water companies of that county. Dr. Houck Spoke.—Secretary of In ternal Affairs Houck was the orator at the Mount Holly commencement. James A. Steese. president of the school board, presented the diplomas! Called Home by Death. — Representa tive Lindse.v. of Warren, was called home by the death of his father, a former judge of that countv. Glxen Five Days.—The Swartz third Class city boiler inspection bill was granted an extension of five days on the calendar of the House to-day on motion of Mr. Wildman. Expect 150 Entries in Big Publicity Run Reports from local autoists to-day indicate 150 entries «for the publicity run next week. At the headquarters of the Motor Club of Harrisburg to-dav ninety cars are officially entered. Re quests have been made for places by ten other car owners. Entries close Saturday. May 8. at 6 o'clock p. m. Full particulars will be furnished at the office of Secretarv Myton or by calling Bell phones 454 and 982. Further accommodations were an nounced to-day for all who participate. All baggage will be looked after if left at Hotel Dauphin. 307 Market street, by midnight Sunday night. Manager E. J. Cavender. of the Commercial Car Company, to-day arranged to place one of his large trucks at the service of contestants and participants. The truck will go over the entire route and will deliver and collect all baggage at the night control hotels and return the baggage to Harrisburg Wednesday. Baggage must he marked carefully. The headquarters at At lantic City will he at Hotel Rudolf. At Wilmington the Wellington and Hotel Dupont will entvrtain the Harris burgers. Final Contracts For New At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Merchants Ice Company held yesterday afternoon the final con tracts for the erection of the building and machinery were awarded. The new plant will be located at Cameron and Berryhlll streets. The contract for the erection of the building went to Herman Voigt, of Philadelphia. His work must be com pleted within sixty days. Contractor Voigt expects to have the building ready for the installation of the ma chinery by the York Machine Com pany within thirty days. The York company agrees to com plete the installation of machinery for operation within forty-five days after work Is under way. COI'HT ADJOVR>!» I'.XTII. MOXDA Y To-day had been fixed for hearing of several State tax appeal cases, but the session was postponed until Monday. Hundreds Request That Liberty Bell Be Shown Here on Its Trip West An urgent request to Philadelphia authorities to change the Liberty Bell trip program, was sent by telegram to day from the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce. City and school officials! and local organizations will be urged | to Join in the efforts to have the bell | shown in Harrisburg July 5. The telegram was sent to John P. Connolly, chairman of the subcom mittee Philadelphia City Council Lib erty Bell Trip Committee, and reads in part as follows: "The City of Harrisburg earnestly requests that your special train, bear ing Liberty Bell leave Philadelphia by noon, in order to reach Harrisburg in full daylight and enough time be al lowed for stop here to permit the many thousands, who would be on hand to inspect the inspiring relic. "In addition to being the capital of our State and therefore deserving con- < ■ideration by the committee, Harris-1 burg is the largest city enroute be tween Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. ; | "We trust you will see the reason-' [ ableness of our request that the Capi- j jtal City be given this consideration and , that the thousands of people around' I Harrisburg can be given an opportun ity to see it. Please advise. PUBLIC SF.HVICK AMENDMENT A bill was introduced in the Senate i to-day by Senator Crow, Fayette,} amending the Public Service Company law so that permission shall not be j necessary where crossings arc to be made by telephone and telegraph I wires or by sewers, unless complaint j Is made. APPROPRIATIONS S 4,500,000 Chicago, May 6.—Appropriations! totaling $4,500,000 have been made by i the general conference commission • on finance of the eMthodist Episcopal i Church to carry on the work of the church throughout the world, it was announced to-day. 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Thirty. Mjgfeagßu^iPjtwo magnificent duotones and sixteen, __J beautiful color plates illustrate this < wonderful work. AUTHORITATIVE These Are the Men Who GEORGE J. HAGAR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Editor of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History; one of the revisers of the Columbian, Johnson's, People's, Americana. New International, New Standard, Standard American and Everybody's Encyclopedias, and compiler of the Chronology of the World in the New Standard Dictionary. Assisted by a staff of expert lexicographers including :- PERCY W. LONG, Ph.D., Harvard University. CLARK S. NORTHUP, Ph.D., Cornell University. JOHN C. ROLFE, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. FOREST S. LUNT, A.M., Columbia University. MORRIS W. CROLL, Ph.D., Princeton University. And many other recognixed authorities. Prince/ten Penneyhootria Colombia Cornell UoremrJ The Chief NINE BILLS PASSES FINALLY BY SENATE Philadelphia Port Improvement Measure Goes Through; Pay State Employes Bimonthly The Senate to-day passed finally the following billet: Appropriating $250,000 for the Im provement of the port facilities of Philadelphia. Providing that mercantile corpora tions that pay a mercantile tax shall pay only one mill on the dollar on their capital stock instead of five mills. House bill authorizing the Depart ment of Health to accept private do nations for the erection of union chapels at tuberculosis sanatoria No. 2 and No. 3 located at Cresson and Hamburg. Giving power to cemetery compan ies to improve cemeteries and to assess a pro rata share of the cost to lot holders. House bill increasing the salaries of clerks, tellers and employes in the county treasurer's office, Philadel phia. House bill providing for the re porting, quarantining and control of certain communicable diseases. House bill to permit farmers to peddle their own products in any bor ough without a license. Authorizing county commissioners to use funds collected from bicycle license taxes in constructing and re pairing public roads. House bill providing semimonthly pay for State employes. The bill amending the third class city ail by eliminating the nonparti san ballot and making numerous oth- Steamer Bound For Ports in China, Sunk in North Sea by Mine or Torpedo fl.v Assjciated Press London. May «, 12:17 l\ M. The steamer Cathay, from Copenhagen for Chinese ports, was cither mined or tor pedoed late last tilglit in the North Wea. She went down In twenty min utes. Her passengers and the members of her crew, totalling forty-three per sons, took to the small boats and all were landed saf»ly at Ramsgate to-day. CAMPERS RECOVERING By Associated Press San Bernardino. Cal., May Eighteen exhausted campers, rescued from snowbound Little Rear Valley, In the San Rernardlno mountains, and taken to Skyland last night, were re ported to-day to be recovering from the effects of severe hardships. Two of the party, G. Wallen, of Milwaukee, and Melvin Case, of Canton, Mich., were seriously ill when found. The I party had been marooned In the valley for nearly a week by snow-blocked [ roads. SNOWFAM, IX WEST fl.v Associated Press Kansas City, Mo.. May 6.—Snow | fell in northwestern Kansas, a sec tion of the Pan Handle of Texas, and at Denver. Col., during the last twen ty-four hours, according to reports to the local weather bureau to-dav. Killing frosts prevailed last night over Nebraska, the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming. \ 'er changes in the act passed second ; reading. The full crew law repealer also passed second reading and will come up for tlnal passage Monday night. Bills reported from committee In cluded the House measure creating a State- Agricultural CoiAmlsstorr The Senate at 12.20 p. m. adjourned until Monday night. 13
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