10
"MONEY CANNOT
HELP VIOLATOR
OF LAW"--KUNKEL
Refunding ot' Stolen Funds
Will Not Procure Leniency
Says Court
SIX MONTHS FOR YOUTHS
[Youthful Husband Tells Story
of Lasl Word That Caused
Separation
i
"\1 must understand that money
cannot lidp the man who commits
crime!"
President Judge Kunkel this morn
ing thus emphatically answered the
plea for clemency for Larry Slpe, a
23-year-old Hoyalton youth. The
young man's counsel declared that
Sipe would willingly show his peni
tence by refunding the money he was
convicted of having stolen.
"It is a wrong notion of the char
acter of the offense to think that the
law may be satislied by the paying
back of the money," continued the
court.
Nor did he give serious consider
ation to counsel's further plea that a
sentence would not further the ends
of justice. Attorney Maurice Metzger
counsel for Sipe, declared that the law
probably intended the first offender
to have a chance. Leniency, he said,
might offer the youth an opportunity
to lead an upright life hereafter.
"What's to prevent one who has
answered to the law for violating it,
from leading an upright life there
after?" inquired Judge Kunkel.
The Penalty of the Law
Sipe was sentenced to six months
in jail and $5 fine.
The youth with Ethan Crider, aged
17, was arrested for robbing Burgess
Henry Granger of about S3O. Slpe
stationed Crider outside Granger's
little candy store to wutch, while he,
Sipe, slipped around to the house and
purloined the cash box. Crider's
duty was to engage the burgess' at
tention while the crime was being
carried out. Crider pleaded guilty
and turned State's evidence. This. J
coupled with the lad's youth and the
fact that it was his first offense, ob
tained him a suspension of sentence.
He was placed under S3OO ball, how
ever, and directed to appear at March
sessions.
In Desertion Court
The sentences were imposed prior
to the opening of January desertion
court this morning.
The chief case, in desertion court
was the suit of Mrs. William 11.
Sparver against her husband for sup- I
port for herself and baby.
Sparver it appeared hadn't con
tributed anything to her support since
'way back in September. The Sparv
ers lived with Mrs. Sparver's par
ents, the youthful husband paying
nothing for his wife and $4 a -week
I'or himself. Once or twice, accord
ing to his tearful wife, he gave her
S2. Sparver left one day when his
vife indignantly packed his trunk.
The Last Word
A little "fuss" about the baby, ac-'
cording to Sparver caused the final
rupture between the young husband
«md his wife. They frequently "had
arguments." he said. The last how
ever. developed when Sparver was
about to take the baby out for an air
ing. lie tilted the babv coach, he
said, whereupon Mrs. Sparver "bawl
ed him out" while a lot of people were
passing.
"She was afraid I'd tilt the baby
out. I suppose," he said. "And when |
'1 heard her I just turned around and I
taid:
'• 'Aw-bull!'
"That started the last argument,"
finished Sparver.
The court directed him to pay $5 a
"week.
Closed Season on
Quail a Possibility
Prediction that a closed season for
quail in Pennsylvania to preserve the
birds now remaining in the State might
be necessary as the result of the fed
eral government Quarantine against,
importation of quail was made to-day
by Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of
Ihe State Game Commission. Word
was received at the office of the com
mission to-day that all importations
bad been stopped because of a disease
which was killing off domestic quail
and which it is believed has been
brought into this country.
The order will prevent shipment of
from 9.000 to 10,000 quail from Mex
ican norts to Philadelphia, this num
ber having been engaged for shipment
by the State Game Commission for re
plenishing the quail in Pennsylvania.
About 500 are in transit.
Dr. Kalbfus stated that only sixteen
of the last 200 imported from Mexico
were alive, the others having suc
cumbed to the quail disease.
If TM M l-:i .ST( >\\ X HI KTIIS
Special to the Telegraph
Hummelstown, Pa.. Jan. 24. The
Stork left two baby boys in Hummels
town this week, one at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller and the
other, the first child of Allen G. Wal
ton, and grandson of A. K. Walton.
nircs i.\ KN<;l,A vn
Word was received in the city re
cently of the death of 11. <J. McCreath,
aged TO. brother of Andrew Mc-
Creath. The death occurred at Berwlck
on-Tweed. England, the morning ot
Jaanrrv 10.
MARRIAGE
Marriage and Partnership
are similar. Tlicy bring out
the best in the contracting
couple. Self i> forgotten and
the needs of others arc fore
most.
Lawrence A. lletrick has
rejoined his partner, George
\\. (ieistwhite. Each man
is a master tailor. Working
together they make better
clothes. You can benefit
from this partnership.
HETRJCK6
GEISTWHITE
19 S. FOURTH ST.
' MONDAY EVENING,
RAILROADS
ELECTRIC ENGINE
WITH SMOKESTACK
Mammoth Locomotive En
route to New York From
San Francisco
The mammoth Pennsylvania railroad
electric locomotive on exhibition at
Sun Francisco exposition is enroute
east. It was scheduled to pass through
Harrisburg or Enola this afternoon or
to-morrow. The engine had not
reached Altoona up to noon to-day.
This electric engine Is the only one
carrying a smokestack. Previous to
going West It was used in the hauling
of trains through the Hudson river
tunnel. The mechanical parts were
built at the Altoona shops, and the
engine was constructed by the West
inghouse company. This engine has
traveled 120,000 miles and was award
ed the grand prize.
The reason for the smokestack is
that the Pennsylvania and Westing
house companies, wishing to insure its
safe and prompt return from San
Francisco, have sent with it a. personal
tracer, and in order to afford hint
comfort when passing through severe
storms which have recently been en
countered a cab was erected, iu which
was included a small coal stove, hence
the smokestack.
The locomotive is rated at 4,000-
horse power and Is the largest electric
locomotive ever built for passenger
service. It is built in two units and
weighs 156 tons, and will haul a heavy
Pullman train at a speed of 60 miles
an hour.
HHAKKM.V.X INJURED
Charles Wiland, 1306 Wallace street,
a brakeman on the Pennsylvania rail
road. was thrown from a car in the
Marysvllle yards this morning when
he attempted to release the brakes.
Wiland fractured his right wrist and
received lacerations of the face and
scalp. He was treated at the Harris
burg Hospital.
RAILROAD NOTES
Freight movement over the main
line of the Pennsylvania has con
tinued without a Sunday shutdown
for five months.
Two special trains passed through
Hsrrisburg Saturday. Each was made
lip of 30 freight cars. One carried 600
motorcycles from Detroit, consigned
to Tckio, Japan. The other hauled
30 heavy auto trucks consigned to
Havre, France.
At present 20 extra yard crews are
handling freight in the AUoona yards
'o? the Pennsylvania railroad.
\ George M. Sigler of Altoona, em-
I ployed as an eng-.neer on the Pitts-;
I burgh division of the Pennsylvania'
Railroad has been retired alter 50
I years of service.
Dr. William H. Shull of Hummels
tovvn, has been appointed an emer
gency surgeon by the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway Company.
j . Standing of the Crews
HARRISDIiRG SIDK
I*lillM«lrlphia Dlvfnlon JlO crew lirst i
after 4, p. m.: JJB, 112, 102, AoL, j
Engineer for 112.
Firemen for 110. 112.
Conductor for 127.
Brakeman for 131.
Engineers up: Ream, Bin baker, Bald
win, Martin. Stey, Lltzinger, bteffy,
Kautz, Sellers, Albright, Seifert,
Gable.
| Firemen up: Johnson. Walker, Harts,
Messersmith, Campbell, Good. Hupp,
Bixler. Showers, Herman, Chubb, Tav
lor, ("lark, Hiner, Miller.
Brakenien up: Sterner, Kirk, Penner,
Looker.
Middle Division—cr»w first to go
after 1:25 p. m.: 215, 216
Fireman for 5.
Brakeman for 5.
Engineers up: Doede. ..ickles, Peigh
tal. Baker. Burris, Harris. Grove, Lep
ipard, Peters, Clouser, Willis. Howard,
| tree. Tetterman, Shirk
I Firemen up: Rumbaua-li, Burger,
I Bingerman, Wagner. Forsythe.
Brakemen up: Tolbe-* Adams, JMchel.
Raisner, gummy,
j Yard ('rfUN—
Engineers for 6. first 2t. 3S, 64, fifth
|S. Two extras.
: Firemen for fourth S, 20, 26, 28, 36.
fifth 8. Two extras.
\ Engineers up: Snyder. Loy, MoCartev.
i Lei by, Fulton. Fells, McDonnell,
I Runkle, Wise, Watts,
j Firemen up: Snell, Jr.. Fleasher,
i Blottenberger, Weigle, Burger. Alcorn,
t Wagner, Richter. Keiser, Fergusan. Six,
Cain. Williams, Cumblor, Wagner,
Steele. Albright. Myers, Moyer. Walters,
Wilhelm.. Zelgler, Hardy. Bruavv, Hall.
Brady, Cunningham.
ENOI.A SIDK
I'tiilnilrlpliin IJlvlnlon—2o3 crew first
to go after 3:45 p. m.: 218, 233, 221. 258.'
229, 259.
Engineers for 203, 221, 255.
Conductor for 3.
Flagman for 58.
Brakenien for 3, 9. 48. 5S (two), 59.
Brakenien up: Musser, Olwine, Wil
son.
Mldillr Division—2ss crew first to go
■after 2 p. m.: 223. 103. 120, 233, 452
| Engineer for 103.
| Conductor for 120.
j Brakemen for 103, 233.
1 Vnr«l (limn—To go after 4p. in.:
' Engineers for first 126, second 1"4
; 122. 134. 130.
I Firemen for !22, 130.
I Engineers up: Pa&smore. Anthony,
I Nuemyer, Rider. Hill. Beyer. Anspach.
Firemen up: Linn. Fleck. Gelling, Mc
; Intyrej Handiboe. Detweller, Liddick.
i Hinkle, Brown. L. C. Hall, C. 11. Hall.
; Shearer.
.TO RAISE LICENSE lEES
FOR DOGS IN THE COUNTRY
Dog license fees in the boroughs
| and townships throughout the Dau-
J phin county may be raised from twen
i ly-five and fifty cents to fifty cents
I and a dollar, respectively,
j This problem gave the commis
sioners some food for thought this
morning when W. F. Keiser, a tax
I collector of Susquehanna township
I asked exoneration for J28.50 for re
i porting unlicensed dogs. The new
j law provides that constables or State
policemen who may slay the unlicensed
( dog is to be allowed $2 for the job.
E. Wilson Talley, Old
Resident of Dauphin, Dies
Special to the Telegraph
j Dauphin. Pa.. Jan. 24. One of
; Dauphin's oldest residents, C. Wilson
j Talley, aged 83. died on Sunday morn
ling, after a severe attack of the grip,
i Mr. Talley liv ed his entire life in
I Dauphin and for over sixty years was
Ungated in the shoe business. He is
survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Shecslcy, and Mrs. Elizabeth Grouse.
■ both of Dauphin, one brother. George
' Talley, of Williamsport, one daughter,
I Mrs. William Garverich and one son,
! George R. Talley, both of Dauphin:
I eight grandchildren and four great -
] grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on
Wednesday atternoon at 1 o'clock ut
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wllilain
Garverich in Schuylkili street. The
. Rev. J. S. .Morrow will be In charge
lof the services, assisted by the Rev.
j Robert F. Stirling. Burial will be
j made in the Dauphin cemetery.
FRONT OF THE REGENT TH
SCHOOL CHILDREN
j»|w
If von don't believe that the school
"kiddies" enjoyed the special treat
that Manager Peter Magaro arranged
for them lasl Saturday morning in the
form of a special matinee at the Re
gent. Theater, featuring Charlie Chap-
BURNED SCHOOLS
TO OPEN MONDAY
Vernon Teachers to Resume
Sessions in Shimmell
Building
Teachers of the Vernon school build
ing were in their rooms to-day sorting
books and making arrangements for
the opening of sessions in the Shtm
mell building next week. The Vernon
children will likely go to the Shimmell
school next Monday and to-day and |
to-morrow an Inventory of the books I
needed will be taken.
State and city authorities are con
tinuing their inquiry to discover the
persons who fired the Shimmell. Ver
non and Forney buildings, but as yet
they have met with no success. Clue
after clue has been run down and
parties have been questioned, but in
each case the authorities have found
they have been on the wrong trail.
The case is becoming one of the most
baffling which has ever confronted
local authorities and no hopes are
given that any arrests will be made.
Early yesterday morning the sound
ing of three fire alarm boxes called
out department apparatus and made |
the police uneasy, for although it is
supposed that crossed wires caused the
alarms, there is no positive assurance
of tliis. The boxes were not opened
and it is said that an alarm can be
sounded without opening them. Aux
iliary boxes, connected with the street
boxes, were examined to-day, but they
were not tampered with.
Women Discovered Blaze
The tire in the Vernon school was
first sighted by two women, employed
in a nearby bakery. They were on
tlicir way home at 2.n0 o'clock Thurs
day morning. When they reached Sev
enteenth and Holly streets they could
see the flames in the interior of the
building. They saw only one man in
the vicinity and that was a railroad
man hurrying across Seventeenth
street in the direction of the Phila
delphia and Reading railroad tracks.
They called to him that the building
was burning, but he did not stop. He
shouted to them that "they better in
vestigate" and lie kept on his way.
The two women ran to Fifteenth and
Holly streets. One remained at that
corner while the other started for the
fire alarm box at Fifteenth and Derry
streets. There she found Patrolman
Hicks and told him to send in an
alarm.
A railroad man told some firemen at
the Shimmell building that the Vernon
building was burning: and it is believed
that this man is the same one seen by
the two women. The women do not.
believe, by the man's actions, that he j
knew the buildings were set afire, but
an effort is being made to learn his
identity.
Threaten Penbrook School?
A rumor was circulated about the
city this mornlnrr to the effect that
Postmaster Hoover, at Penbrook, was
In receipt of on anonymous letter say
ing that within two weeks the school
building at Penbrook would be de
stroyed by fire or dynamite. The post
master denies having received such a
letter.
School People to
Attend Sessions
School director und rural school
teachers of Dauphin, Perry. Lancaster,
Lebanon, Cumberland and York coun
ties and the county superintendents of
schools throughout, the State have
been sent special invitations to attend
the Wednesday night session of the
State Hoard of Agriculture in the hall
of the House of Representatives. At
this meeting Congressman Ralph W.
Moss, of Indiana, will speak on "Rural
Credits" and Professor 1,. H. Dennis,
State director of agricultural edu
cation. will speak on "Vocational Agri
cultural Education." Governor Brum
baugh will preside at this meeting and
m expected to make an audross.
The invitation extended to the
school heads and teachers also in
cludes the sessions during Wednesday
and Thursday for the thirty-ninth an
nual m<eting of the State Hoard of
Agriculture. The meetings will bo
especially instructive to rarmers and
Secretary of Agriculture Charles E.
I'at.ton urges every person interested
in agriculture to attend.
The Department of Agriculture has
arranged for the farm advisers, farm
ers' institute lecturers and the institute
chairmen throughout the State to at
tend the meetings and in addition to
members of the State Hoard of Agri
culture (here will be in attendance the
members of the State Commission of
Agriculture, trustees of State College,
members of the Pennsylvania State
Poultry Association und the county
farm bureau agents.
SKILL AND HONKS CI AH
STARTED AT ACADEMY
The Skull and Hones club of the
"pTisburg Academy held its first ini
tiation ceremonies Friday evening,
.v.ien the. following new members were
initiated: Rortell. Spangenberg, Les
cure. Geistwhite. Reckley, Matro, and
Shaffer. After the Initiation ceremon
ies, an excellent repast was given by
I the following charter members.
Spruks, Parker. Lapp, Finn. Kaylor,
Cast ells and Zimmerman. Professor
Phipps. the faculty adviser spoke af
ter which the meeting adjourned.
Y \UD>I ASTl'll TO GO SOUTH
Ertoln, Pa.. Jan. 24. George W.
Fislier, yardmastr-r of the local yards,
who has 1-oen on the sick list for six
weeks, will leave about February 1
lor Pinohiiist and Ashville. S. C..
where he will spend some time with
Irlend#.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
lin, just, glance over the group of
happy faces anxiously waiting: for the
camera man to get his business over
with so they might dash inside and
see the 5-eent /how which was put on
specially for their benefit.
Government Railroad
Ownership a Menace Is
Belief of Ex-Pres. Taft
Special to the Telegraph
Philadelphia, Jan. 24.—Addressing
railroad managers and executives who
had come from all parts of the United
States, representing thousands of miles
of railroad and millions of dollars of
invested capital, former President Wil
liam Howard Taft, principal speaker
at the eighth annual dinner of the
Traffic Club of Philadelphia, at the
Beilevue-Stratford Saturday night, de
clared that, government ownership of
the railroads of this country would be
a menace threatening the very founda
tions of republican form of govern
ment.
Deaths and Funerals
Mary A. Clute Funeral
Services This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A.
Clute, widow of Horace A. Clute, super
intendent of the Bell Telephone Com
pany in this city for a number of
years, were held at the home this after
noon, at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Henry
W. A. Hanson, pastor of Messiah Luth
eran Church, officiating, assisted by the
Rev. Luther DeYoe, former pastor of |
Messiah Church, and now in charge of
the Trinity Lutheran Church, of Ger
mantown. Burial was made at the
Harrisburg Cemetery. Pallbearers
were: Warren 'Zollinger, Charles A.
Kunkel, J. H. Shopp, Professor .T. J.
Brehm, Croll Keller and John Hotter.
PROF. SCOTT'S MOTHER
DIES; 81 YEARS OLD
Mrs. Rebecca Scott, the oldest
member of Wesley Union A. M. E.
Zlon Church, and a resident in this
city practically all her life died yes
terday morning at her home, 139 Lin
den street. She was 84 years old.
Mrs. Scott is survived by one daugh
ter, Miss Mary Scott, and one son.
Professor Johi) P. Scott, principal of
the Calder school building. Funeral
services will be held at the home to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, the
Rev. W. A. Ray. pastor of the Wes
ley Union Church, officiating. Burial
will be made at the Lincoln Ceme
tery.
MRS. SARAH SLOtXE (.KAVDOV
Mrs. Sarah Sloane Graydon, widow of
H. Murray Graydon, who was prominent
in legal circles in the city, died Satur
day night at her home, 1709 North Sec
ond street, following a short illness.
Mrs. Graydon was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander Sloane, early resi
dents in Harrisburg. She was a native
of the city. She is survived by one son,
William Murray Graydon. of London,
England, and three daughters, Mrs.
.fames W. Bradley, Mauch Chunk; Miss
Julia and Miss Alice A. Graydon, of
this city. Funeral services will be held
at the home to-morrow afternoon, at
2 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Lewis Seymour
Mtidge, pastor of Pine Street Presby
terian Church, officiating, assisted by
the Rev. J. S. Armentrout. Burial will i
be made at the East Harrisburg Ceme
tery. Mrs. Graydon was an active mem
ber of Pine Street Presbyterian Church
for many years.
.1. FRED 11AAS
Funeral services for J. Fred Haas,
aged 06, one of the oldest residents of
the city, and proprietor of the Grape
Hotel for a number of years, will be
held at the home to-morrow afternoon,
at " o'clock, the Rev. Rpinhold Schmidt,
pastor of St. Michael's German Lutheran
Church, officiating. Burial will be made
at the Harrisburg Cemetery.
MRS. ELLA BURGNER
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Burgner, aged 68, of Chanibersburg.
were held this morning at her home
there. Burial was made at New.
vllle. She is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Lena Myers, of Chambersburg;
one son, Elmer Burgner, of Chani
bersburg; a granddaughter. Mrs. Elsie
Emanuel, this city, two brothers and
one sister.
JOHN BROWN
Funeral services for John Brown,
226 Chestnut street, were held this
afternoon at the funeral parlors of
S. S. Speese, undertaker, of 200
Chestnut street. Burial was made at
the Harrisburg Cemetery.
THKODORKJONES
Theodore Jones, 626 Hamilton street,
an employe of the W. O. Hickok Alanu-
I facturing Company for thirty-five
• years, died this morning at his home
following a short illness. He was 6 4
years old. Mr. Jones Is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Harry Kreitzer. of Mr
chanicsburg, and one son. Robert B.
Jones, this city. Funeral services will
be held at the home to-morrow even
ing, at 7:30 o'clock, the Rev. E. A.
Pyles, pastor of Fifth Street Methodist
Church officiating. Further services
will be held Wednesday morning, at li
o'clock, at the St. John's Church. Slilrc
manstown. Burial will be made at
Shinemanstown.
Labor Must Emancipate
Itself, Declares Walsh
By Associated Press
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 24.—Speak
ing before the convention of the
United Mine Workers to-day, Frank P.
Walsh, chairman of the new commil
j tec on industrial relations and the
j head of the Federal Commission on
Industrial Itelations, now out of exist
i ence. declared that If labor <s to be
emancipated and receive industrial
I justice it must be done by labor itself.
Only in complete organization can they
find protection, he aaid.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Washington, Jan. 24.—Senate: Met
iat noon. Brigadier-Generals Crozier
land Macomb discussed army reorgan
! izution before military affuirs commlt-
I tee.
House: .Met at noon. Resumed de
bate on the Sheckleford $25,000,000
i good roads bill. Military and naval
1 affairs committees continued hearings
on the national defense.
REALTY BOARD
PLANS LUNCHEON
T. S. Ingersoll, National Ex
change Secretary, to Be
Speaker Wednesday
The Harrisburg Real Estate Board I
has arranged to hold a noonday
luncheon at the Harrisburg Club on
Wednesday at 12 o'clock. The board |
has been very fortunate in securing
T. S. Ingersoll, of Minneapolis, execu- I
live secretary of the National Asso-j
ciation of Real Estate Exchanges, as |
principal speaker. W. H. 8011, secre
tary to Governor Brumbaugh, will also
be invited as a speaker, Mr. 801 l being,
a prominent official of the Philadel-'
phia Real Estate Board.
A general invitation is being ex-!
tended to all real estate men of Har- I
risburg, who will have the privilege of!
bringing with them two or more |
guests. Noonday luncheons have.
proved a decided success in all cities
that have organized real estate boards. |
The luncheon planned for Wednesday I
Is the first of a series, the intention \
being to bring those active in real i
estate in closer touch with each other I
for the betterment of the interests of
both buyer and seller.
Former Secretary to *
Mayor Goes Into the
Real Estate Business
Clarence O. Backenstoss, former sec
retary to ex-Mayors Gross, McCormick
and Royal, has become associated with
his brother, Stanley G. Backenstoss, in
the real estate and insurance business
in Suite 3, Russ building, 15 North
Market Square. The former secretary
will have charge of the real estate end i
of the firm's business, while his!
brother will look after the insurance |
department. Stanley G. Backenstoss
is one of the youngest insurance men
in the business in this city and has
been established for several years. The
firm will be known as Backenstoss
Bros..
Henry L Griffin Is
Chairman at Rotary
Club Noon Luncheon
Henry L. Griffin, manager of the
Woolworth five and ten-cent store In
Harrisburg, presided at the Rotary
Club luncheon at the Senate hotel to
day and spoke on the inception and i
growth of the five and ten-cent store
idea in America. Mr. Griffin had as
his guests the Rev. W. H. Dallman,
pastor of the Market Street Baptist
Church, and I). P. Jerauld, his Sunday
school teacher, both of whom made
short addresses.
A large picture of Mr. Woolworth
decorated the wall and the favors
were half-pound boxes of candy. A
number of guests and new members
were introduced. The meeting was
one of the liveliest and most interest
ing of the winter.
Villa's Chief of Staff
Now Wants to Enter U. S.
By Associated Press
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 24. Manuel
Medinav'itea, who was General Villa's
chief of staff at Juarez before the
latter's army surrendered to Carranza,
is to appear before immigration offi
cials here with a request to be al
lowed to return to the United States.
He is to be questioned concerning
reports that he was connected with
the disappearance some weeks ago of
Peter Keane, an employe of the
Babrlcora ranch. So far, it is said,
neither the death of Keane nor
Medinavltea's connection with his
disappearance has been defiflnitely
established.
Dr. Peeples, Widely
Known Sportsman, Dies
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 24.—Dr. J. A.
Peebles, who, at. the age of 80 set his
own broken ankle, died this morning
at Wrightsdaie, this county. He was
the oldest graduate of Jefferson Medi
cal College, Philadelphia.
In the racing field he was promi
nent, breeding racing horses on his
own farm. He was 82 years old, and
on his wedding trip eight years ago
was a passenger on the White Star
liner, Republic, which was sunk off
the Long Island coast after a collision.
For his bravery In life-saving he was
awarded a medal.
Turks May Acknowledge
Sinking of Persia
Washington, Jan. 24. Unofficial
dispatches from abroad indicating
that Turkey might acknowledge that
one of her submarines sunk the
British liner Persia promise to revive
the diplomatic features of that dis
aster.
NO NEW STRIKE DANGER
By Associated Press
Youngstown, 0., Jan. 24. There
i Is no danger of a new strike of steel
workers or of a new outbreak of riot
ing in East Youngstown to-day, ac
cording to a statement this morning
by Sheriff J. C. Umstead, who has
been watching the situation since
Saturday night when the steel mills
suburb became alarmed by rumors of
fresh trouble.
BIGGEST I . S. HOWITZER
IS ONLY 7.6 INCHES
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Jan. 24.—The
largest mobile howitzer designed thus
far for the American army is of only
7.6-inch .caliber, Brigadier-General
Crozier, chief of the ordnance depart
ment, to-day told the House military
committee. He asked that the number
of officers in his department be more
than doubled to meet the need for de
signing new guns and carriages.
DO THIS FIRST-YOU!
| \ou know, and every physician
knows, that when any sickness has
l passed, whether it be throat trouble,
j organic disturbances, contagious dis
-1 eases, or even a severe cold, a relapse
j is feared, because sickness robs the
system of Nature's resistance and
leaves it subject to lingering germs,
Drugs never build up' a worn-out
I body—only food can do that, and the
; first thing to take after any sickness is
j the concentrated, blood-making oil-
I food in Scott's Emulsion, which feeds
the tissues, benefits the blood and
strengthens both lungs and throat.
I Physicians prescribe Scott's Emul
sion aftersickness. Nurses every where
advocate it. Scott's is pure medicinal
. food, without alcohol or drugs.
I' . fcott iV Bnwiif KlnomfiNtH V. I.
JANUARY 24, 1916.
T. R. PRAISES
MRS.J.D.RIPPIN
Colonel Lauds Work by
Daughter of Local
Folk
All her friends in Harrisburg are
much interested in the tine compli
ment given to Mrs. Jane Deeter Rip
pin by ex-President Roosevelt during
his visit to Philadelphia last Friday.
Mrs. Rlppin is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. N. Deeter of this city and is at
present the chief probation officer for
social work in the Municipal Court of
Philadelphia.
During his visit Colonel Roosevelt
visited the probation court and sat on
the bench during one of the hearings.
:As he was leaving the City Hall he
, said to several friends who were gath
ered about him:
, "I have been immensely impressed
by what I have seen in this court.
Wisdom, working with sympathy, for
eten the lowest type, most in need of
help. As Josh Billings said, you know
I think he was a pretty good philoso
pher, Billings said you could be a wise
serpent or a harmless dove and be
perfectly useless.
"But what impressed me about this
court was that it is neither serpent
wise nor dove harmless and useless,
but showed a deep sympathy in its
| work and organization which avoids
mawkish sentimentality without be
coming hardened to its work.
"I was Immensely impressed by the
! personnel of the court, the attendants
[and all connected with it. But of all
those whom I saw the one whose work
'appeared most indispensable was Mrs.
Rippin, She is the kind of a public
servant for whose very existence, not
only Philadelphia, but the United
States, should be profoundly thank
ful."
"Dear me, I was very glad foT the
opportunity to show Colonel Roosevelt
the work we are doing here and how
we are doing- it, but what wouldn't 1
give for what he has in here," said
Mrs. Rlppln tapping her head. "The
way he grasps a situation and the font
of experience he has to draw upon, is
simply marvelous."
Smallpox Turns Up
.in Dußois Hotel
' Efforts are being made by State
health authorities to trace 250 persons
who were guests at a hotel in Dußois
where it is reported a case of small
pox has been discovered. Dr. B. F.
Royer, chief health inspector, is in
charge and a strict quarantine has
been established, the hotel being
closed. It is stated that the patient
was taken ill last Monday and that the
hotel remained open until last night.
Dußois doctors questioned the
diagnosis, but the State authorities
have pronounced it smallpox.
JURY DISAGREES IN
HARVARD ELECTION FRAUD
By Associated Press
Cambridge, Mass.. Jan. 24.—A dis
agreement was reported to-day by a
jury which deliberated for sixteen
hours Friday and Saturday in the case
of Herbert B. Harris, an attorney, in
dicted on a charge of making a false
oath and falsely certifying to allow
Wendell Townsend, a Harvard sopho
more, to vote here at the last State
election.
SUCCESSFUL REVIVAT; ON
IN PARK STREET CHURCH
Successful revival services are be
ing held in Park Street United Breth
ren Church. Increased interest is be
ing manifested each week. The fourth
week starts to-night. Services at 7.20,
Evangelist W. M. Davis, who recently
closed a successful series of meetings
at Lemoyne will be in charge for wto
weeks. His subjects are:
Monday evening, "Personal Evangel
ism"; Tuesday evening, "Get Up and
Dust." Wednesday evening, "What Is
the New Birth?" Thursday evening,
"The Second Coming of Christ." Fri
day evening, "The Perils of a Lost
Soul." Sunday evening, "Davis on the
Devil."
HISTORIANS TO ELECT
The annual meeting of the Natural
History Society of Harrisburg, will be
held Friday evening in the "War
Relic Room" of the State Museum.
Reports will eb submitted by the sec
tion meeting directors following which
o'icers and directors will be elected
for the vear. Benjamin M. Nead will
speak on "The Caddice Fly and Its
Cousins —Memorieß of Their Home—
Their Neighbors—Their Isitors and the
Lessons They Taught."
MARY MILKS MIXTER IX "BARBARA
FRIETCHIK" AT THK VICTORIA
TODAY ONLY
Little Mary Mtnter, whose winsome
ness and distinctive dramatic talents
have won sher nation-wide fame on the
sneaking stage as well as on the screen,
and whose delightful work in "Emmy
of Stork's Nest" fascinated Metro audi
ences, will again .make her bow on the
screen at the Victoria Theater to-day
only, in "Barbara Frietchie," a flve
part feature produced bv the Popular
Plays and Players for release on the
Metro program.
Nine-Year-Old Ex-Emperor to Wed President's Daughter
EX-EM PIOIUtR PI VI AND PRKBIDEXT VIA X Sill KA I
Shanghai, China.—Several Chinese newspapers report that the nine
year-old ex-Ernperor has been officially betrothed to a daughter of President
Yuan Shi Kai.
Pu Yi will be nine years old next February. Yuan deposed him about
three years ago and now Yuan, having been president of the Chinese republic
is about to restore the monarchy and become Emperor himself. The connei -
tlon with the Manehu dynasty would serve to make Yuan's position iu •
monarchy even stronger.
PLAN TO PAVE
SECOND ST. FROM
EMERALD, NORTH
Lynch Tomorrow Will Offer
Ordinance For Improve
ment to Seneca
AUTHORIZED PART WAY
Peace Won't Take Thompson's
Job; Townsend Clerk to
Assessor
The only unpaved stretch in the en
tire length of Second street will be
improved early this year if the neces
sary legislation, which City Commis
sioner W. H. Lynch will introduce to
morrow. is adopted by City Council.
Second street is now paved from
Paxton to Emerald. Provision was
made last year for improving the
highway from Seneca to Schuylkill.
Thus far however, no mcann for as
phalting the one intervening block—
the section between Emerald and
Seneca —had been provided. Authority
to pave this section will be embodted
in an ordinance which Mr. ex
pects to offer to-morrow morning.
Commissioner Lynch's plan is to
pave both blocks at the same time and
if the Emerald-Seneca street measure
passes, the improvement work will be
advertised for so that the job can be
started as soon as the weather opens.
The commissioner of streets at
tempted to pave the Emerald-Seneca
street section last year but four votes
were needed for the purpose. Messrs.
Gorgas and Royal declined to vote for
it.
City to Pay Bulk
The bulk of the cost will be charged
against what will constitute nonas
sessable property. This is the section
upon which St. Paul's Episcopal
church fronts. Churches of course
are considered as nonassessable prop
erty and the cost is assumed by the
city.
Peace Won't Accept
Commissioner Lynch will not sub
mit the name of James C. Thompson's
successor as chief clerk. Mr. Thomp
son who has been appointed city as
sessor will assume his new office on
February 1. Ashton D. Peace, a for
mer president of common council hail
been asked by Mr. Lynch to take the
job but the latter's present employers
—the Central Iron and Steel Com
pany—have made his position much
more desirable. In a letter to Mr.
Lynch Saturday evening Mr. Peace
declines to accept. Mr. Lynch would
not say whom he expects to appoint.
Ex-City Detective Joseph Ibach has
been spoken of, however. The office
carries with it a salary of SISOO.
Howard C. Townsend. assistant
assessor, will be chosen clerk to the
new assessor it is understood. The.
assessor's job pays $2,000 and the
clerk's salary is SI,OOO per year.
Lyme to Succeed Cox
Only one other change is contem
plated for awhile in any of the offices,
it is said. Warren E. Lyme, South
Fifteenth street, will be appointed to
succeed Earnest L. Cox, as clerk in
the department of public safety.
This change it is understood is to
become effective February 15.
City Council will meet for the first
time in the morning at 10 o'clock,
at 10 o'clock.
WOULD TAX EXPLOSIVES
By Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 24. Senator
Robinson, of Arkansas, to-day intro
duced a bill proposing a tax of two
cents a pound on all high explosives
manufactured in the United States
and a tax of ten per cent, ad valorem
on all implements of war, ranging
from bayonets to battleships. It would
not apply to materials for the United
States.
CROSSED WIRES CAUSED
TWO FALSE ALARMS
Cross wires were responsible for two
false alarms Saturday night and yes
terday morning. Box No. 7, Thirteenth
and Market streets was struck at mid
night Saturday night. When the trou
ble started, one tap came in, and was
followed with a box number. This
created an impression that it was Box
No. 8 that struck. Yesterday Box No.
23 was struck.
LOSES APPENDIX
Elias Otto, aged 22, a milk dealer
living near Carlisle, underwent an op
eration for appendicitis at the Harris
burg hospital yesterday.
TWENTY HURT IN
Special to the Telegraph
New York. Jan. 24.—Twenty per
sons, most of them women and chil
dren, weer injured here yesterday in
a collision between two elevated rail
road trains crowded with passengers
on a new drawbridge over the Harlem
river.