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'HARMONY' TALK
IS AGAIN HEARD
ON CAPITOL HILL
Prominent Republicans Op
posed to Having Battle Over
Delegates at Large
Sentiment amone most of the men
'lnfluential in Republican affairs in
•Pennsylvania who have been in Har
risburg the last few days is that there
should be an agreement upon the
twelve delegates at large to be sent to
'the Chicago national convention: that
contests for district delegates should
be fought out at home, and that the
nomination for Auditor General should j
"be left to the decision of the voters at j
the primary.
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh to- j
day continued to meet men from vari
ous parts of the State, but made no
statement. The Governor said that I
he had no statement in mind.
About the Capitol it Is understood I
that counsels for harmony have been I
freely given in the last forty-eight I
hours and the general attitude is that I
an agreement should be made upon |
the twelve men suggested by Mayor!
Thomas B. Smith, of Philadelphia.
Governor Brumbaugh and Senator
Penrose are on this list.
Senator Oliver Hero
Yesterday's distinguished visitors in
cluded Senator George T. Oliver, who
came from Washington late in the day
and who remained with the Governor
at the Mansion for two hours. He
■went to Philadelphia at 6.
Several other men prominent in po
litical affairs in both ends of the State
■were also here and talked over matters
■with the Governor and others, many
of them talking harmony and object
lne to a State-wide fight.
Henry G. Wasson, the national com
mitteeman, came to attend a meeting
of the State Board of Accounts and
also consulted people on the "Hill."
He spent some time with the Attorney I
General. Mr. Wasson favored the I
twelve men named by Mayor Smith.
Kx-Poncressman j. L. Ilartman. ofi
Blair, and ex-Senator George M. Wertz, i
of Cambria, came here with some j
friends to talk over the general sit-)
nation and also to discuss Congress in j
their district. Mr. Hartman will likel\
he the man to run. The Blair con-1
tingent called upon the Governor.
"Conversations" Continue
To-day the Governor had "conver- j
sations" with men from Luzerne and
other interior counties. He was also
visited bv Representative W. L. Adams,
of I uzcrne.
While the Governor is meeting
people here there is also activity in
Philadelphia, where Senator Penrose
is being visited by men from up State
and Pittsburgh.
Throughout the State there is the'
greatest interest in delegate candi
dacies as local contests are bound to :
occur.
TO ORGANIZE BRANCH
OF PEACE SOCIETY
A Harrisburg branch of the Penn
sylvania Arbitration and Peace Society
•will be organized at a meeting in the
lecture room of Grace Methodist Epis
copal Church. State street, to-morrow
evening.
Dr. George E. Xasmyth, author, uni
versity instructor and extensive trav- i
eler. will l>e the principal speaker. The :
meeting will start at 8 o'clock.
MATTRESS ABI.AZE
Firemen were called out last even-;
ing to extinguish a small blaze in the j
home of James Epps. 409 Short street.!
The alarm was sent in from Box 5. j
State and Cowden streets, but the tire- i
men were not needed. The blaze was i
caused by a lighted match thrown j
upon a mattress.
LEITIRE ON MISSION'S
An illustrated lecture on Sabbath
school home mission work will be;
given in Bethany Presbyterian Chapel j
to-morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock by
the Rev. D. W. Montgomery, the tield
representative of Pine Street Presby
terian Church in mission Sabbath
school work in Nebraska.
CAMBRIA STEEL DECLARES
ADDITION AL DIVIDEND
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Jan. 27.—The direc
tors of the Cambria Steel Company de
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of I % per cent, and an additional divi
dend of 1 per cent.
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THURSDAY EVENING, HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 27. 1916.
Defendant in "White Slave"
Trial Weds Girl in Case
t DiGtGS.
■ j San Francisco. Jan. 2 7.—Maury I.
r | Diggs and Marsha Warrington, two
!of the figures of the "White Slave"
.lease which caused a nation wide sen
'jsation in 1913, have been married in
'Oakland, across the bay from this
, U'lty.
Diggs is now under sentence to serve
i live years in a Federal prison for tak
, |ing Marsha Warrington to Nevada in
~1913 and living with her there. His
! i ease. as that of his chum. S. Drew,!
Caminetti, is now before the l'niteu|
States Supreme court on review.
Diggs and his wife will live in Oak-j
. land, where he has built up a business..
Hold Funeral Services
For Miss Anna Fogarty
j Funeral services for Miss Anna
, Fogarty. aged 21, daughter of Mr. and
| Mrs. Edward Fogarty. Sr.. ::332 Eller
! slie street, were held this morning, at
! 9 o'clock, at the St. Francis' Catholic I
■ Church, conducted by the Rev. D. J. !
("arey. Burial was mad<3 in the Ml.
! Calvary Cemetery.
| The pallbearers were: Frank Pender- |
J gast. Thomas Pendergast. Walter l»e- j
\ vine. A. Delone. John McGuire. Patrick
Reagan and William Ktrby. Miss j
Fogarty was a graduate of the Central !
High school, and was widely known in
school and girls' athletic circles in the i
city. I
WILLJAM R. PEOPLES
I Many friends and relatives in this'
city regret to learn of the death of |
I William R. Peoples of Jersey Shore. |:
a prominent attorney who died sud-j
dents of pneumonia. He was the old-i
jest son of Professor and Mrs. Peoples)
,of 2024 Green street who with Mr. 1
land Mrs. M. G. Cocklin attended the 1
i funeral.
The P. H. Caplan Co. Buys
Atkinson Jewelry Store
The jewelry stock of the W. R. At
kinson store at 142 3 Va North Third;
street was purchased this morning at
public sale by P. H. Caplan. Thisj
stock, which was appraised at $4,000. j
| will lie disposed of at special sale by
j P. H. Caolan I'ompany at 2<M Market I
(street. The date of sale will be an-|
| nounced shortly.
TO FORTIFY THE SYSTEM \Ci \IXST I
(* It I l a
I When Grip is prevalent LAXATIVE
j RROMO QI'ININE should be taken, as
! this combination of Quinne with other
this combination of Quinine with other
j Tonic and Laxative and thus keeps the
j system in condition to withstand
! folds, Grip and Influenza. There is
; only one "RROMO QUININE." E. W.
j GROVE'S signature on box. 25e. Ad
j vertlsement.
PRINCE MIRKO DEAD?
By Associated Press
London, Jan. 27. Dispatches from
Rome says that Prince Mirko of '
Montenegro is believed to have been
either killed or captured by the Aus
trians at Scutari.
\ Hit EST TWO DESERTERS
Frederick Van Benschorten and Lewis i
Wiess two army deserters, were placed
in j»'' by Sergeant foil en. They will (
be taken to the army post for this dis- 1
trict. t
ENGINEER LEAVES
HIGHWAY DEPT
John T. Gephart, Construction
Man, Becomes Fayette
Consultant
John T. Gepliart, Jr., engineer of
construction of the State Highway De
partment. today tendered his resigna
tion to Chief Engineer W. D. Uhler,
who accepted it. Mr. Gephart re
signed to accept the position of con-1
suiting engineer for Fayette county, i
The appointment was announced at j
the State Highway Department to-day
of Julius Adler as engineer of tests
of the department. Mr. Adler has
been connected with the highwav de
partment of the City of Philadelphia
as assistant engineer in charge of plant
inspection.
Mr. Gephart. who lias been connect
ed with the State Highway Depart
ment since September. 1905. was edu
cated at the Bedford High school.
Western University of Pennsylvania
and Pennsylvania State College.
With Pennsylvania I tail road
In 1901 he entered the Construction
Department of the Pennsylvania Rail
road under Assistant Engineer W. K. j
Martin and was placed In charge of
surveys of the construction of the ap
proaches to the Altoona Gravity Yard.'
one-half the low grade freight line |
over the Allegheny Mountains and thei
double tracks of the Petersburg branch j
from Carliin to Petersburg, in Blair!
county, lie was then transferred to
Lancaster under Assistant Engineer J.j
l«\ Murray and was placed in charge)
of the surveys and construction of the!
low grade freight line from Columbia I
to Shocks' Mills, in Lancaster county. I
which position he was tilling at thei
time he resigned to enter the State)
Highway Department as assistant en- j
gineer under Joseph W. Hunter then
.State Highway Commisioner. In IHI3 ■
iMr. Gephart was appointed construe-'
tion engineer under State Highway 1
j Commissioner K. M. Iligelow and was!
I placed in charge of all construction''
work in the State. During the past |
summer, in the emergency created byl
the vacancy in District No. 5, with
headquarters at Allentown, Mr. Gep-|
; hart assumed temporary charge of thei
district, meanwhile continuing hisi
work as construction engineer. He I
continued in charge of District No.
until January t when \V. R. Woltingeri
; was appointed engineer in charge of
i that district.
Julius Adler was born in Philadel
phia and was educated at the Cni-1
\ersity of Pennsylvania. After gradu-i
[ation. he went to the Pacitic Coast j
.where he became an instructor at the;
jt niversity of Washington and later had!
|wide experience in road work on the
.Pacific Coast. Returning to Philade
lphia in 1912, he was appointed an in-I
I spector in the Highway Department |
of the city but was soon promoted to,'
the rank of assistant engineer. He)
, was placed in charge of the plant in- '
jspection and conducted the tests for'
jail road materials, asphaltic and other-i
wise. Mr. Adler will join the State |
■ Highway Department forces shortly 1
fitter the first of the month.
Dr. Dixon Tells of His j
Work For Farmers
Considerable interest was manifested '
i late yesterday when Dr. Samuel G..
| Dixon, sanitarian to the board, made
his report, which was in part as fol-1
| lows:
"During the two years which elapsed |
! since 1 last addressed you the death >
| rate from water-borne diseases hasi
j been further decreased,
i "During the last two years over'
| -.100 barnyard pollutions have been
discovered by our inspectors and
j abated by the farmers. This means
I that on the average these men are sav
ing SSO per year which would have
been lost had the liquid manure in the
barnyard been permitted to drain into
the streams. This represents a saving I
of over i 120,000 per year to the farm
ers of the State. The total cost of
making the improvements necessary
did not exceed $20,000.
"The saving to the farmers of Penn
sylvania in one year exceeded the total I
cost to the farmer and to the State in
conserving wasted fertilizer and it also
protected the streams from pollution
and our people from water-borne dis
eases."
KAISER'S BIRTHDAY
Berlin. Jan. 27, by wireless. Flags
were out everywhere in Berlin to-day
in celebration of the 57th birthday of
Emperor William. The only formal
observance consisted of religious ser
vices. The Emperor granted amnes
ties in several cases.
I REMARKABLE PICTURE OF STRANDED BRITISH WARSHIP IN DARDANELLES
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It .<*.. ;*- -*w■ t s .t^L
H M LOWS.
I'hls remarkable photograph of the stranded British torpedoboat destroyer, Louis. was made in the Dardanelles
just as the last of the crew were leaving in a launch sent from another ship in the fleet. The Louis grounded and
the I urks shelled her from the land forts with such effect that she had to be abandoned. Not one member of the
crew was lost in the transfer from the stranded vessel, although an almost constant fire was directed toward the s
hip from the Turkish forts.
DAUPHIN POSSE
GETS AUTO THIEF
Captures One Man When
Stolen Machine Stalls; An
other Escapes
Tracked by a posse of residents of
Dauphin George O. Miller, aged 20,
accused of aiding in the theft last
evening of an automobile owned by
R. J. Baker, 2011 North Second street,
was captured wlren the machine stall
ed in the mud.
His companion, who also is wanted
by the police of the city in connection
with the theft escaped when he heard
the posse approaching. Miller, ac
cording to local police, at first, gave
his name as Landis, but later told
them lie was George O. Miller.
The theft was made last evening
and was discovered shortly after
wards. The city police were notified
at once and learned that the car was
last seen headed toward Dauphin, with
two men riding in it. As soon as the
borough residents learned of the theft
a posse was organized and the ma
chine was found stuck in the mud
just outside of the borough limits.
Miller's companion had already es
caped but Miller was grabbed before
he could make a getaway.
When Miller was arrested the
Dauphin authorities took him before
Squire W. H. Ege. who held him un
der SI,OOO bail for a further hearing.
Efforts are being made to locate and
arrest his accomplice.
WHO OWNS 'KM ?
The Telegraph is in receipt of a let
ter from Frank McCarthy, 22 North
Seventeenth street, saying that he has
at his home a quantity of groceries,
left there by mistake. He is willing
to give them to anybody who can
prove ownership.
Real Jumbo Peanuts 12c lb.
Fresh daily: also the good old-fash
ioned "Home Roasted" Coffee now to
be had at the Imperial Tea Company,
213 Chestnut street.—Advertisement.
HIT BY A I'TO
William Kennedy, Nineteenth and
Dewy streets, was struck last night
by an automobile driven by Robert
Early and slightly injured.
Motor Club to Exhibit
Pictures of Portland, Me.
A "Sociability Run," In colored pic
lures of Portland, Ore., will be shown
in the Technical high school, Feb
ruary 5. by the Portland "Ad" Club.
Arrangements for the event have been
made by the Motor Club of Harrisburg
and members of the club and also the
Chamber of Commerce are invited to
| be present.
While on a recent trip to the west
ern coast Governor Brumbaugh was
much interested in some views of color
photography while in Portland, Ore.
Henry Berger, Jr. ,and Prank Ives
Jones, of Portland, constitute the firm
known as the Berber- Jones Photo
graphic Studio, specializing in color
photography. Plans have been com
pleted whereby they will exhibit at
Washington, D. C.. on Februarv 9. be
fore the United States Chamber of
Commerce, and. finding it possible to
be in Harrisburg on the evening of
February 5. a view of the collection
was offered the Governor for the use
of himself and friends on that date.
The eastern tour is under the auspices
lof the Portland "Ad" Club. After the
first formal eastern exhibit in Wash
ington the tour will continue for two
months and embrace the larger cities
of the East, so that the offer of the
| exhibit on the evening of February 5
i made to the Governor was entirely
complimentary and informal. As the
predominant feature of the exhibit is
a set of views of the Columbia River
Highway, the Governor took the mat
ter up and offered them to the Motor
Club of Harrisburg. The Motor Club
gladly availed itself of the chance to
have a "sociability run" at this season
]of the year and immediatelv secured
the use of the Technical high school
auditorium for the evening of Feb
ruary 5, and the Portland "Ad" Club
has been advised by wire that the offer
has been accepted and that the audi
torium has been secured for the date
named.
The Motor Club of Harrisburg has
invited the Chamber of Commerce to
participate in the enjoyment of these
wonderful colored views and the mem
bers of the two organizations will be
advised from their respective head
quarters that all that will be neces
sary will be to show their membership
card at the auditorium on the evening
of February 5 in order to be admitted.
State College President
to Talk Preparedness
A public meeting will be held this
evening at 7.30 o'clock in the Calvary
Presbyterian church, Cameron anil
Sycamore streets, when Dr. Edwin
Earle Sparks, president of Pennsyl
vania State College, will speak on the
subject of "National Preparedness and
National Character."
SHIELDS WOMAN SHE A
MRS. ELSIE VOLCK AND HER CHILDREN
Mrs. Elsie Holmes Volck. well known to society In New York and several
other cities, refuses to give the nnme of the woman she accuses as correspond
ent in the divorce action she has brought against her husband. Mrs. Volck'B
lawyer said the woman in the case WHS of such social prominence that It was
not desired to do her Injury.
Mr. Volck's mother, with whom lie now makes his home, is the wife of
Hray.llian Ambassador Da (Jama. Her marriage was performed by the late
Mayor Gaynor, of New York, in the home of Elbert H. Gray, of the steel trust
FIREBUGS ARE
STILL AT LARGE
Week Since Burning of Three
Schoolhouses, but Xo
Arrests
One week has passed since firebugs
applied torches to three of Harris
burg's school buildings and not an ar
rest has been made.
State authorities have made a dili
[gent search and city omcers have
taken a hand. The State authorities
just now are not discouraged for they
are reported to be in possession of
some material which may lead them
|in the right direction. A net is grad
ually being woven and unless the clues
prove entirely false, some arrests may
be expected within the next twenty
four or forty-eight hours.
Search is being made for the where
abouts of a certain automobile, on the
night of the fires. The machine was
seen leaving the Vernon building but
(the parties who noticed it did not
think to catch the number on the li
cense tag. A machine answering the
description of the one seen at the
Vernon school, is reported to have
been in one of the narrow streets at
the rear of the Allison building on
Xorth Fourteenth street shortly after
the alarm was sounded for the fire
at the Shimmell building and it is be
lieved that the firebugs had that build
ing on their list. That neighborhood
is very thickly populated and it may
have been that the firebugs were scar
ed away before they could accomplish
itheir purpose. No evidence of any at
tempt to enter the Allison building,
however, has been reported.
Children Back at Books
Children of the Vernon school this
morning resumed their studies in the
Shimmell building. The fire which
gutted their building caused them only
five days' loss. Eight rooms have been
arranged for in the Shimmell building
and the classes will work as usual with
the Vernon building teachers. The
school for defectives, which has been
in the Shimmell building will be
moved to some other section of the
city, according to the school authori
ties.
FARMERS SHOULD
PROTECT BIRDS
Dr. Kalbfus Gives Some Earn
est Talks to the State
Board
Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of the
State Game Commission and ornitholo
gist of tlio State Board of Agriculture,
opened the second day of the annual
meeting of the board to-day with a
report in which he called on farmers
to realize the true relation of the birds
to the farm and to take steps to pro
tect and conserve the wild birds for
their own benefit.
"The farmer is not neighbor to tho
birds. I know of but few farmers,
unless thoy are also sportsmen,
who have ever done one thing to at
tract the birds. On the other hand,
they have done much to injure or drive
them away," said the State's game ofli
eial. Dr. Kalbfus urged that bird
houses be built on farms to take tin
places of old frees which had to be cut
down or to be cemented in modern
tree surgery and that farmers feed
the wild birds, especially quail, in win
ter. The speaker said that the "farm
er's cat, it is estimated, kills at least
sixty songbirds every season" and that
"crows are permitted to hatch and
increase everywhere, for the farmer
never thinks of the crow except when
he is pulling corn, and for destroying
birds the crow beats the cat out of
sight."
The speaker also save his opinion
of some two-legged birds, which, he
said, were causing the farmer more
loss than anything else, instancing' the
middleman who gets the real profit on
the milk and cream and on many
things which the farmers raise.
A call was Issued to the next legis
lature to enact legislation which
would define the status of the State
Board of Agriculture and a committee
of five named to draft a bill with that
object. This action was taken at the
instance of J. Aldus Herr, of Lancas
ter, and Mr. Herr, P. S. Fenster
macher, Frank ltank, E. A. Stud
holme and R. J. Weld were named as
the committee.
The morning was devoted to hear
ing reports and discussion of the
propositions for establishing rural
credits so ably brought out last night
by Congressman Balph W. Moss, of
Indiana, and the development of ag
ricultural education, which was the
theme of Prof. L. H. Dennis, agricul
tural expert, in his splendid lecture on
the subject in the hall of the House
last night. Both men were highly
complimented by members for their
talks.
The resolution from Mr. Herr
created somewhat of a breeze. It was
as follows: "It is a matter of com
mon knowledge that the existence of
the State Board of Agriculture on sev
eral occasions has been threatened
and even its abolition determined
upon, therefore in view of tho fact
that during the trying periods of the
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Col
lege and In the early days of the De
partment of Agriculture, when both
of these institutions needed defenders,
boosters and assistance, this Board,
because of the character, stability and
reputation of its members for honor
able and fair dealing with farmers of
the State was able to obtain appro
priations for the maintenance of both
of these institutions which to-day
stand as monuments to its wisdom
Therefore, with so splendid a record
of achievement and that these bene
fits may be continued and even en
hanced, I move that a committee of
five members of this board be ap
pointed by the chairman to draft a
bill for presentation at the Legislature
of 1917, defining the duties and au
thorities of the members of the Board
in the counties they represent and es
tablish a direct relation between the
State Board and the Department of
Agriculture and defining the author
ity to be exercised by the members
of the Board with the Department and
that this committee shall report to
this board at the next actual meeting."
B. Frank Wambold, of Selleneville
speaking on poultry, said the average
Pennsylvania farmer is now giving
much attention to poultry raising, but
he is not nearly so much interested in
the production of fancy stock as ho
once was. The farmer is now devot
ing himself to poultry fqr egg and
food production and breeding is con
sidered mostly from these stand
points. Mr. Wambold said that tho
new cold storage law limiting the
period In which eggs may be kept in
storage has increased the fresh egg
supply and kept down prices by caus
ing storage eggs to be marketed at
ds when fresh eggs are scarcest.
The State Board of Agriculture this
afternoon passed resolutions endors
ing the State Constabulary and rec
ommending an increase in the force
asking for larger appropriations for
the Department of Agriculture and
State College, calling for the exten
sion of farmers' institutes and similar
work, for the amendment of the State
game laws to provide for a closed sea
son for quail and fixing the deer
shooting season for the period be
tween November 1 to November 15.
Officers Elected
by the State Board
The board elected its officers late
yesterday afternoon after selecting
Heading for the Spring meeting. Tho
officers chosen were:
President Governor Martin G.
Brumbaugh.
Vice-presidents—P. S. Fenstemaclier,
Allentown; E. A. Studholnie, Snietli
port, and S. S. Blyholder, Kellv Sta
tion.
Executive committee —W. C. Black
Mercer; H. G. McGowan, Gelger's
Mills: Mathew Rodgers, Mexico; B. F.
Killam, Paupack; William F. Blddle,
Everett; W. A. Perham, Varden; W. F.
Thropp, Espyville; Dr. W. Frank Beck,
Altoona; J. Aldus Herr, Lancaster;
Charles E. Patton, secretary, ex officio.
Advisory committee Dr. E. E.
Tower, Susquehanna county; Joel A.
Herr, Mlllhall; B. F. Killam. Paupack.
Legislative committee H. G.
McGowan, Geiger's Mills; Robert W.
Lohr, Boswell; Matthew Rodgers,
Mexico; C. H. DeWltt, Mansfield;
George G. Hutchison, Warrior's Mark.
Committee on resolutions —J. New
ton Glover, Vicksburg; Colonel John
A. Woodward, Howard; John Shaner,
Schuylkill county; Frank Wambold,
Sellersville; Lewis Piolette, Bradford
county.
Memorial committee—Colonel John
A. Woodward. Howard; Joel A. Herr,
Mlllhall; P. M. Smith, Westmoreland
county.
The consulting specialists were all «.
re-elected.
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