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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 13
OLD FATHER TIME
HESITATES AWHILE
AT CHARITY BALL
j
Dances of the Ages Feature of
Winter's Biggest Social i
Function
HUNDREDS FOR POOR 1
Associated Aid Societies Will j
Receive Proceeds The
Japanese Garden
BAM, PROCEEDS *2.000
Charity Rnll proceeds will total
morr Ihnn K.IHM, arrordlne to E. S. j
Hertnnn, of the finance committee,
Ihln afternoon. I'ntll the report*
from outMtnntlinK ticket account*.
Mil*, etc.. are received, the exact
iimount cannot he determined. The
money will ko to nwell the ftencrnl
fund of the .\**oelntcd Aid Socle
tie*.
«■
For a few breathless moments last
evening old Pa Time paused in his
flight, turned round and winged his
way back some thousands of years to
watch a dainty maiden of Egypt swing
and sway in the mazes of the foxtrot
of antiquity.
And when it was all over the gray
beard of the ages started on the re
turn trip through the centuries, stop
ping only long enough from time to
time to watch the youths and maid
ens of the middle ages, the Rennais
ance, the ninteenth century and of
to-day, step oft the measures of the
dances of the times.
Hundreds of guests at the Charity
Ball accompanied the man with the
scythe on his unique trip.
All of which is to introduce the
story of the Pageant of Dancing which j
helped make the Charity Ball In Chest
nut Street Auditorium the most gor-]
geous affair of its kind ever held in
Harrisburg.
The lSenclits
The proceeds will be devoted to the
general fund of the Associated Aid So
cieties and until the final returns from
outstanding checks, tickets, etc., are
compiled, the finance committee will j
not really know definitely how much |
was raised. Edwin S. Herman, of the !
nnance committee of the Associated j
Aids, said round about home-home'
lime this morning that the ticket sale!
alone would amount to between $2,500 I
and $2.500.
Harrisburg never witnessed anything;
quite like the Charity Ball of 1916.
Reams could be written in description
of the big auditorium and how it was
transformed into a great old Garden
of Japan. More reams could be writ
ten of the dancing pageant and of the
gowns and the flowers and the music—
but the story must be told in much,
much less.
The Arrangements
For weeks the finance committee of
the Aids, consisting of Mrs. Marlin E.
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Pneumonia Takes Many
Victims Here This Year
Twelve deaths from pneumonia
have been recorded for the first four
teen days of this month. During the
entire month of January, 1915, only
13 were reported. In January 1914,
only seven deaths resulted from pneu
monia.
New York Police Thwart
Attempt to Blow Up Bldg.
By Associated Press
New York, Jan. 21. The police
announced to-day that with the arrest
last night of Machel E. Grasiano
while carrying a suitcase containing a
bomb, they believe they had thwart
ed a plan to blow up the Brooklyn
Bridge or the new municipal build
ing. Grasiano was arrested after he
had been trailed from the archway
of the Municipal building to the
bridge promenade.
THE WEATHER
For llnrriKtnirg; ami vicinity: Un
settled noutLer, probably rnln to
night or Saturday; warmer to
night, wltli lowest temperature
aliout 42 dfurcc*.
For MaNtern Pennsylvania: Cloudy
to-nlKlit and Saturday, probably
local rain*; warmer to-nlfsht:
moderate to frcMh Moutli and
MoutliweMt wlnda.
Hlver
The SuNquehannn river and if*
tributaries* will probably rl*c un
der the influence of higher tem
perature and local ralun in the
next forty-eight hour*. The Ice
will woften anil probably local
movement* of Ice will occur,
which may become general. \
MtaKC of about feet In Indicat
ed for HarrlMhurK Saturday
morning.
General Conditions*
• .Prcnanre contlnuen hich In the \t
lantlc State* and It ha* riNen
over the Pacific ftlope. Weather
conditions arc unMettled In the
Noitliweat. A dinturbnnce of mod
crate energy i* central over lowa.
Itnlii and Nnow have occurred In
the Ohio Valley and Inke region
anil in the Middle Atlantic State*
and New Kngland, and general
rain* linvc fallen In the Middle
MIMMIMMIPPI and Lower Ml**ourl
valley*.
There lift* been a further r|*e of 2
foliO deicrre* In temperature from
the Plain* Stnte* to the Atlantic
coa*t, ii nd It Im much Marnier
In United State*.
Temperature: S a. m.. 36.
Sun: Rlmcm, 7:23 a. • *etn, 5:10
p. m.
Moon: Hl*cn« 0:37 p. m.
River Stage: 5.5 feet above low
water mark.
VeMterday** Weather
Hichent temperaturr. ,",s,
l.owcMt temperature. 27.
Mean temperature. 32.
formal temperature. '.'N,
MONTENEGRO IS
STORMED AGAIN
BY AUSTRIANS
!
Two Armies Are Marching To-j
wards Antivari and Capital
City of Scutari
GR IN DIN G GREECE
Reported Allies Are Bringing
Further Pressure to Beat
on Kingdom
Newspaper dispatches from Vienna
by way of Switzerland and Paris re
port the renewal of active operations
by the Austrians against the Monte
negrins. One Austrian army is de
clared to be marching along the Adri
atic toward Antivari, the seaport of
Scutari, Albania, while detachments of
the Austrian forces are said to be
within fifteen miles of Scutari itself.
Kecent dispatches have stated that the
seat of the Montenegrin government
had been established at Scutari.
The declaration in a Vienna dis
patch received to-day denying reports
that the peace negotiations between
Austria and Montenegro had been
broken off may be explained by the
fact that the dispatch was a belated
one, filed yesterday. All the advices
from the Montenegrin side continue
to indicate the contrary. A Paris mes
sage to-day reiterates the declaration
that Montenegro has decided to fight
to the end, the announcement com
ing from the Montenegrin consul.
Little further light has been thrown
| on the situation in Greece, where the
entente powers were said in recent
German reports to be applying further
coercive measures, it appears from
| an Athens dispatch dated Wednesday,
however, that King Constantine is pur
suing his wonted activities, the mes
sage telling of his officiating at the
annual ceremony of blessing the
waters in the harbors adjacent to
Athens on the occasion of the festival
j of the Epiphany.
Churches of God May
Erect Chapel For
Colored Congregation
Members oi the Churches of God
l will hold a church extension con
i ference next Monday afternoon at 2
| o'clock in the Fourth Street Church
of God, to discuss the advisability of
erecting a chapel in Monroe street,
where a small congregation of col
; ored people are holding services at
present in a rented room.
Pastors of the city and vicinity will
| be present to speak on the church ex-
I tension work.
|
Woman Gets $2,500 in
Suit Against Rum Seller
For Death of Husband
By .Associated Press
Philadelphia, Jan. 21.—An unusual
case was decided in the Common
I Pleas Court here to-day when a jury
i awarded $2,500 damages to Mrs. Vir
| ginia Alexander against a saloon
; keeper for her husband's death which
! was caused by excessive use of alco-
I holic stimulants, much of which, it
was charged, was purchased at the
j defendant's saloon. Mrs. Alexander
I testified that she had requested Jacob
i Bosch, the saloonkeeper, not to serve
j her husband.
| The suit was brought under a State
| law which makes it unlawful for a
I saloonkeeper to furnish liquors to a
j person of known intemperate habits.
Sues Former Husband
For Custody of Son
When .Mrs. Rebecca Irene Behney,
i of this city, asked the court for a writ
lof liabeaus corpus to obtain the
''custody of her eight-year-old son,
| from her former husband. Dr. C. Hor
ace Cumbler, a Steelton dentist, to
i day, a peculiar agreement concerning
[the custody of the child was ex-
I plained.
When the Cumblers obtained their
: divorce January 20, 1912, an agree
' ment was drawn up and signed, it was
said. By the terms of the pact the
child was given into the mother's care.
It was provided, however, that upon
24 hours' written notice, the father
could have his son one day each week
: between the hours of 10 a. m. and 8
| p. m., except when such period would
j interfere with the youth's studies in
j school or Sabbath school,
i The agreement was adhered to
until January 15, this year, when Mrs.
j Behney declares she turned over her
son to his father's representative, and
the father, since that date, declines
to give up his son. January 26 was
set by the court for a hearing in the
writ.
Dickinson Freshman
Elopes With Sweetheart
Special to the Telegraph
Carlisle, Pa.. Jan. 21.—Dickinson
college campus and dormitories throb
bed to-day with the story of the
elopement of Carl H. Galloway of
| Parkersburg, W. Va., a freshman, and
'pretty 18-year-old Minerva A. Miller
j of the same West Virginia town. The
! pair slipped away to Elkton, Md., yes
terday, got a license and were mar
i ried.
ANOTHER I.OAN" FOR SWISS
Berne, via Paris, Jan. 19. The
Swiss government is preparing to issue
a fourth loan of 100,000,000 francs.
It will offer for subscription bonds
bearing 4'4 per cent, interest. The
proceeds will be used to cover the cost
of the continued mobilization of the
army.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Washington, D. C.. Jan. 21.
Senate—Not in session. Meets Mon
day.
House—Met at noon. Military and
1 naval affairs committees continued
[hearings on the national defense,
j Hearings on literacy test of inimi
! oration hill closed. Bill to provide
I $250,000 for a national leprosarium
I favorably reported by commerce corn-
I mittee.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1916
GEN. FRANCISCO VILLA, OUTLAWED MEXICAN
CHIEF WHOSE C
The capture of General Villa, yesterday by Carranza forces near the
scene of the recent massacre of eighteen Americans is denied by the com
mander of Chihuahua. Villa who as former .ller of Mexico detled the Amer
ican flag, with a band of fifty men, is surrounded in the mountains of North
ern Mexico. He will be executed as soon as captured.
VILLA'S CAPTURE
IS FLATLY DENIED
BY COMMANDER
Chihuahua Chief Asserls That
Rumor Is Unfounded; Wash
ington in Ignorance
By Associated Press
Chihuahua City, Jan. 21. —General
Luis Harrera, in supreme command
of the Chihuahua troops here last
night, flatly denied the truth of the
report of the capture of General Villa
at the San Geronimo ranch.
All is quiet in Chihuahua City.
General Trevino and his staff left last
night at 8 o'clock for the south.
I'neon fir mod Report
i Washington, Jan. 21. —The State
| Department's only Information early
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FLOOD WARNINGS
FLASHED BY WIRE
OVER ILLINOIS
Thousands of Homes Threat
ened by Rising Waters;
Dams May Go
By Associated Press
Aurora, Ills., Jan. 21. At 11:15
o'clock warning of a probable great
flood which was liable to sweep away
I thousands of homes and buildings and
cripple water supplies of cities along
the Fox river was flashed by telephone
and telegraph through the Fox river
valley to people living near the
river's edge.
Already six of the seven artesian
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Estimates Debts of
Three Warring Nations
at Thirty-Five Billions
By Associated Press
Chicago, Jan. 21.—European war
debts call for three alternatives—ex
cessive taxation, repudiation, or a
combination of these two— according
to Charles R. Van I Use, president of
the University of Wisconsin, who dis
cussed "The National ,Debts of the
United Kingdom, Germany and
France, and their Economic Signifi
cance" before the National Association
of Creditmen here to-day.
"I am not asserting which of these
three things will happen," he added.
"I am only pointing out the alterna
tives which are before the nations
.which have assumed these gigantic
byrdens."
President Van Ilise presented esti
mates of the national debts of Great
Britain, Krance anw Germany at the
end of 1915. giving (he total as $lO,-
419,000,000 for the United Kingdom;
$7,275,000,000 for Germany and $lO,-
314,000,000 for Krance. He pointed
out that the figures did not include the
local debts of the nations, which at the
beginning of the war were about $3,-
235,000,000 for Great Britain; $3,855,-
000,000 for Germany, and $1,179,000,-
000 for France. He also pointed out
that additional debts have been In
curred by Prussia. Saxony, Bavaria
,and other German States.
FINE INDUSTRIAL
HEALTH ENJOYED
BY WILLIAMSTOWN
Business Is on the Up-grade in
This Hustling Lykens
Valley Town
By ROBERT F. GORMAN
Williamstown, Pa., Jan. 21.
Throughout the entire upper end of
Dauphin county there is not a com
munity in a better state of industrial
health than Williamstown. It is true
that this borough, like Its sister towns
of Wiconisco and Lykens, has mining
for its chief industry. The great ma
jority of the men are employed at the
colliery, but for those who are not on
the mine payroll there is plenty of
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HOLDS GERMANY
UP AS MODEL FOR
UNITED STATES
Roosevelt Praises Nation's
Efficiency, but Denounces
Disregard of Humanity
Philadelphia, Jan. 21. With de
nunciation of what he termed Ger.
many's "cynical disregard of the obli
gations of international humanity" on
the one hand and with high praise for
German "national efficiency" and care
of its workers on tne other, Theodore
Roosevelt delivered the principal ad
dress before the National Conference
on Americanization here last night.
The meeting was held in the Metro
politan Opera House and was part of
a two days' session at which problems
of immigration were considered.
Under the theme of "Fear God and
Take Your Own Part," Colonel Roose
velt touched a wide range of discus
sion. He appealed to America to ful
fill her promises of liberty and equal
opportunity fo the people who come
from foreign lands, declaring that to
be the first essential in transforming
them into desirable citizens. Germany
bad, he said, proved that an autocratic
government can take care of Its work
ing classes and its busihess interests at
the same time and the aim of the
United States should be to demon
strate that a democracy could accom
plish the same things.
Military training, starting in the
high schools of the country, greater
governmental control over corporations
and likewise 'lessened state control,
together with federal supervision and
encouragement of the manufacture of
munitions, were other questions urged
by the speaker.
"Outside of our own borders we
must treat other nations as we wish
to be treated in return," Colonel Roose
velt said, "judging each in any given
| crisis as we ourselves ought to be
judged, that is, by our conduct in that
crisis. If we are really devoted to a
high ideal, we must in so far as our
strength permits aid those who are
wronged by others. When we sit idly
by when Belgium is being over
whelmed and, rolling up our eyes,
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RESIGNS ASSESSORS HIP
Charles R. Wolf. 226 Hummel street
to-day resigned as county assessor for
the Second ward of the city. Mr. Wolf
told the county commissioners in his
letter of resignation that his health I
will not permit him to continue the;
work.
HARRISBURG MAY
GET FRANCHISE
IN N. Y. LEAGUE
Howard Earle, Representing 1 '
President Farrell, Confers
With Local Men
BACKERS TO CONFER
I
Lew Ritter Prime Mover in i
Effort to Bring Ball
Team Here
Harrisburg will make a strong bid
I for a New York State League fran
chise.
Howard Earle, of Utica, N. Y., rep
resenting John H. Farrell, president of
the League, is here looking over con
ditions. lie met a number of busi
nessmen to-day and will hold a con
ference with probable backers to
night.
Lew Ritter, who has been a catcher
in the Utica team of the league forj
several seasons is one of the prime
| movers in the bringing of a club to
j Harrisburg. Ritter's home is in this
! city and he has the support of a num-
I ber of friends who have expressed a
I willingness to help him land a team.
I The proposition favored, is to or
ganize and incorporate an association
to back the team, with a capitaliza
tion of between SIO,OOO and $15,000.
The Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce, Rotary Club, Motor Club of
Harrisburg, and other local organiza
tions will be asked to support the
movement in the interest of organized
baseball.
Mr. Earle said that. Reading would
like to get a franchise but the draw
back at present, in that city is the lack
of grounds. A 1 Lawson has an option
on Lauer's Park until March 1. It is
said that Lew Ritter will attend the
league meeting next month and willi
ascertain what Harrisburg will be ex
pected to do in order to get a fran
chise, in addition to raising sufficient
funds to back a team. On his return
a public meeting will be called and
efforts will be made to raise necessary
funds.
Harrisburg fans want baseball and
favor the New York State League
since the announcement that the In
ternational League will not continue a
team here.
Teutons Claim They Have
3,000,000 Prisoners, Many
Guns and Much Territory
By Associated Press
London, Jail. 21.—An Amsterdam
dispatch to the Central News says the
total booty of the Teutonic allies dur
ing seventeen months of tlie war is
summed up in Vienna as follows:
Nearly 3,000,000 prisoners. 10.000
guns. 40,000 machine guns, while
■170.000 square kilometers of enemy
territory has been occupied.
|Mrs. Weidenmeyer Has
Come Back to Her Home
Mrs. Gertrude Weidenmyer, wife of
Samuel H. Weidenmyer, Jr.. 132 5
Derry street, who mysteriously dis
appeared from her home on Novem
ber 30, has returned. Mrs. Weiden
myer, accompanied by several rela
tives, reached Harrisburg last evening.
This morning she and her friends left
for York. Mrs. Weidenmyer, it is said,
gave no explanation foT her disappear-,
ance further than that she had been in
poor health and went away for a rest.
She has been visiting in Massachusetts.
Long Skirts Coming Back
With Next Spring Styles
New York. Jan. 21.—After wearing
skirts almost up to their knees all win
ter, American women will run the
spring ones down over their ankles,
also wearing either a wee smidgin of
a hat. or a whopping big one. At least
so said Mme. Georgette, home to-day
from Paris.
MEDAL OP HONOR MAN DEAD
By Associated Press
I Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 21. —Brlg.-
! Gen. Louis H. Carpenter, United States
! Army, retired, died here to-day, aged
77. He entered the army as a private
in 1861 and was promoted for
bravery. After the war he entered
the regular army and retired after 30
• years of service.
He was a member of the Loyat
Legion and was given a medal of
honor by Congress.
Col. Levi B. Duff, War
Veteran, Dies in Mich.
By Associated Press
Lansing, Mich., Jan. 21.—C01. Levi
B. Duff. 79, who gained distinction in
the Civil War, died of apoplexy here
to-day. Mr. Duff enlisted in 1861 with
the 105 th Pennsylvania Reserve
Corps, as a private, lie lost his right
leg in the battle of Fair Oaks.
In 1882 he ran for lieutenant gov
ernor of Pennsylvania on the Inde
pendent ticket and was defeated.
ACTRKSS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
WITH BLOODPOISONINU
Mrs. Ruth Wilkin, of Cleveland,
whose stage name is Miss Ruth LaVod
was taken to the 1-larrlsburg hospital
from the Crystal hotel this morning
(suffering from bloodpoisoning. Mrs.
.Wilkin is 24 years old and played last
I night In "The Big Review of 1916,"
| at. the Orpheum Theater. Physicians
at the hospital are not positive about I
; the cause of the poisoning, but think
! that an operation will be necessary.
! Mrs. Wilkin told the hospital author-
I ities that her parents are dead and
j that her husband had left her more
j than a year ago.
20 PAGES CITY EDITION
INVESTIGATORS
UNABLE TO FIND
SCHOOL FIREBUGS
Absolutely Xo Clues to Identity
of Men Who Fired Three
Mill Buildings
STATE MARSHALS HEBE
Whole City Detective Force on
/the Case; Hun Down Many
False "Tips"
Efforts of city and State authorities
to unravel the mystery surrounding
the attempts to destroy the Shimmell
Vernon and Forney school buildings
early yesterday morning, were of no
avail to-day.
Investigators are no closer to a so- j
iution now than they were yesterday
and although many "clues" have been
reported, not one has led to an ar
rest. The police at present are even ■
without suspects.
William Windsor, chief of the bu
reau of detectives, had his force of
men at work early to-day and they
spent their time running down re
ported "tips." The majority of these
required but little time to fathom so
that all of their efforts were useless.
Charles H. Rhein, assistant State
Fire Marshal, visited the three build
ings this morning and after a careful
investigation said that no doubt re
mained in his mind that fires were the
work of an incendiary. In the Shim
mell building a trapdoor on the roof
of the coal and wood shed was re
moved and in this part of the build
ing the firebugs ignited the lumber
pile. The fireproof walls, however,
prevented the flames from spreading
to the main building so that at no
time was the big new structure en
dangered.
Fired at Worst Places
I In the Vernon building Mr. Rhein
, found evidences of the fire's start in
a passageway leading to the boiler-
I room. John W. Urban, 1438 Derry
I street, the janitor, stated that only a
j bench, two mops and a can of prepa
i ration for boiling the sediment out
of the boilers was stored there. There
were no combustibles where the bla«e
originated. In the Forney building
the blaze wus started in the boys'
toilet room, a shelf over a long slate
panel being used to lay on the articles
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150,000 GALLONS OF ACID EXPLODE
Hopewell, Va., Jan. 21.—Property damage of SIOO,OOO
was done, one workman was injured and windows and
doors were smashed in nearby buildings as a result of the ,
explosion of a 150,000-gallon acid tank in the Du Pont
Company's plant here yesterday. The accident was caused
by the tank's supports giving away.
TO CAPTURE CONVICTS DEAD OR ALIVE
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 21.—Because of fear that some
of the moat desperate of the twenty-tour convicts who |
escaped from the State penal fan:: «t Cummins may have i
obtained funs, the half hundred guards searching the woods ,
for them have been given orders that Lee Blount, convicted I
of murder: "Blackie" Williams and Charles Owens also |
murderers, be taken, dead or alive. Five of the twenty- ,
four men were captured without resistance to-day. I
COMPTON SUCCEEDS WOLF I
Harriaburg. Elmer S. Compton was appointed as- .
sessor of the Sacond. Ward this afternoon to succeed Charle I
Wolf, wh» resigned. (
OLDEST G. A. R. MEMBER DEAD I
Elgin, Ills., Jan. 21.—Alonzo A. Jones, 95 years old
said by his friends to have been the oldest member of the
Grand Army of the Republic in the country, died to-day. j
WANT YORK COUNTY MUTUAL RESTRAINED j
Harrisburg. The Dauphin county court this after ,
noon was asked by the State Insurance Commissioner to re- 1
strain the York County Mutual Livestock Insurance Com- \
pany from continuing business because it is insolvent. %
SAVINGS FUND REPORT CONFIRMED C
Harrisburg. The report of Walter J Powell auditor %
for Receiver William J. Diehl, of the Savings Fund Loan %
Association of Pittsburgh, was confirmed by the Dauphin »
county court this afternoon and distribution of the balance, *
$8,951.52, directed. %
Cumberland, Md., Jan. 21. The new ahurch being J
erected by the congregation o£ the Church of the Latter •
Day Saints at Buck Valley, Fulton county, Pa., was blown 3
up by dynamite early to-day. Bloodhounds were put on the £
trail of the men believed to have committed the crime. S
MARRIAGE LICENSES 5
Mntijxan Jnaepli Mnvetlc and Barbara Katherlne Ilruknvlc, Steeltoa. V
Abram (iarflelil Kalrlniger HIM! Annie Catherine Cronley. Newport. C
Inalnh Wlllnrd, l.ykenn toivnahlp, and Thereaa J. Hrlnhart, Sunhury. ■
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NEGROES HANGED
AND BODIES SHOT
FULL OF BULLETS
Five Murder Suspects Taken
From Georgia Jail and
Lynched
TRAVELED IN AUTOS
Mob Slipped Quietly Up to
Prison and Secured En
trance by Clever Ruse
By Associated Press
Albany, Ga„ Jan. 21. Five
negroes taken lirom the Worth county
jail at Sylvester last night were hang
ed to one limb of a tree on the out
skirts of Starkville, sometime during
the night. The bodies containing
many bullet holes, were found this
morning.
Forty or fifty men acting with pre
cision indicative of carefully laid
plans took the five negroes from Iho
jail and sped away in automobiles.
They were being held in connection
with the killing of Sheriff Moreland,
of Lee county, at the hands of negroes
| during the Christmas holidays.
Cul All Wires
Cutting all wires leading north
from Sylvester was included in the
plans of the party. For that reason
the fate of the negroes was not
definitely known until hours after they
had been lynched.
Last night Sheriff Potts and his
jailor at Sylvester were awakened by
four or five men who announced that
they had captured a negro and wanted
to place him in jail. They were ad
mitted bearing a negro bound with
ropes. Suspecting nothing the offi
cers watched the men as they calmly
loosened the bonds. Suddenly the
visitors seized the officers and took
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CHINESE REBELLION DELAYS
CORONATION OF EMPEROR
By Associated Press
Peking, Jan. 21.—The coronation of
Yuan Shi Kai as emperor of China has
been postponed indefinitely. The rea
son given officially is t lie uprising in
southern China.
Government officials estimate that
not. more than six months will be re
quired to quiet the disturbances in tha
south.