LIKELY TO TURN
OVER HORSESHOE
PIKE TO STATE
Commissioners Considering
Plan to Improve "Horseshoe"
as Suggested by Gough
In order to avoid the expense inci
dent to the repairing of the "Horse
shoe Pike" and at the same time in
pure a good stretch of highway be
tween Hummelstown and Campbell
lown, the county commissioners, in ail
probability, will give serious con
sideration In the near future to the
plan of turning over this seven miles
of road to the State.
This suggestion has been made to
the county commissioners by County
Controller H. W. Gough and in view
of the fact that more than SI,OOO has
already been paid out by the county
for repairs since this section became a
rounty highway, it is believed that
the matter will be submitted to the
State highway commissioner before
the end of the year.
Fixing Tax Rate 50
Years Ago Was Easy
From beneath a pile of old boxes,
beams, some bricks, several inches of
undisturbed dust and other debris in
the belfry of the Dauphin county
courthouse Custodian Charles R. Pe
ters and his trusty staff of helpers to
day unearthed the "method" by which
property taxes were fixed 'in vears
gone by.
The "method'' consists of a series of
:ards bearing standard valuation fig
ires in parallel columns with rates of
miilage. These rates range from half
fi mill to 10 mills. A movable bar
slides on rods over the cards. Thus,
n the days before the war, the citizen
who wanted to learn his county tax
ate simply adjusted the brass bar
across the tablet in such a way as to
jring the year's mill rate figure oppo
site the assessed valuation of his prop
srty—and he got pretty close to his tax
issessment. The whole '"method" was
Backed in a little two-foot box. It was
n use in 1868.
Case and Briscoe Cars
With Connover and Mehring
ith Connover and Mehring in charge of th»*
listribution of the Case "iO" and the Briscoe
"our® and Eights, groat success is anticipated
°r these two cars. Both are conservative busi
)«'3S men who have had year* of experience in
nerchandising and several years airo the two
tuilt a garage at I*l3-1717 North Fourth street.
This was the beginning of their automobile
•areer. With a thoroughness <*onsistent with
heir business methods, they installed the nee-
machinery to a first clnts service sta«
ion. Becoming interested in the possibilities
he the motor car industry they decided to
nter the sale* end of the business. Several
nakes were tried but the Briscot- and I ase
nodels finally received thr preference, and now
told the distributing rights for Central Penn
ylvania.
The Ca»e company is making hut one model
his year, the Case Forty at *I.ONO. The maim
acturers claim for this model all of the merits
•f the earlier "40" which formerly sold for $2.-
The makes have an international reputi
sot) for machinery constructon and the Case
las won honors on the race tracks that gave it
vorld fame.
The Briscoe 4-38 is a four-cylinder car selling
it £750 and the eight-cylinder at SOSO gives this
inc a range cylinder models that appeal to
hose who prefer one or the others. These cars
v*re designed and built by Benjamin Briscoe
jas for years been a controlling: factor in aome
>f the largest motor car establishments of the
*orld.
'eace Is to Preparedness
as Eighteen Is to Three
Peai e is to preparedness as eigh
ecn is to three, judging from the num
icr of people in Harrisburg who were
>resont at two meeting, one in the in
erest of national preparednoss and the
>tbcr in behalf of peace at any price.
Eighteen persons were present last
>ig'nt at Grace Methodist Church at a
neetlng for world-wide peace. Speak
■rs wer» Dr. George Xasmyth. of Bos
on. and .T. Augustus Cadwallader. of
Philadelphia. Recently at a national
lefense meeting in the V. M. C. A
hree persons were present.
American Countess Will Soon Return as Nurse to Front
New .'ork, Jan. 29. <'ountess ue I'ierreieu, wno in her girlhood
lays was Elsa Tudor, of Boston. is about to return to France to resume her
lospital nursing, which was so pathetically interrupted when her titled
lusband fell last Spring while doing ambulance work for France.
She is expected to come to New York to speak of her war experl
"ces' U 2 th her four children, »he has been staying with her mother, Mrs.
\ illiam Tudor, in Hancock. N. H. She is sailing for France the latter
>art of February with her children, the youngest of whom is Just three
ears old. the oldest boy is ten and heir to the distinguished title of his
ather.
Countess de Plerrefeu's sad story is part of Boston's society history.
!he was one of four daughters of Mr. and Airs. William Tudor, of Beacon
treet. An aunt married the Count Kleczkowska. and it was while yisiting
n Rrittanv that Miss Tudor met Count Dcdous de Pierrefeu, eldest son
f the famous French family and a descendant of Admiral de t'ollgny.
In New Kngland annals the Tudor family is notable. Colonel Tudor,
if Revolutionary fame, was a friend of Napoleon and visited the French
ourt.
Personal loss and sorrow are put aside by Countess de Pierrefeu. whose
ihole thought is to get back where she may give her service and skill to
hose in need. The Countess has been offered the position of head nurse
I the hospital at Dinard, but hag declined, to work along her own lines.
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 2", 1916
Olmsted and Associates
Do Fine S. P. C. A. Work j
Much activity is being shown by i
the Society for Prevention of Cruelty j
to Animals under the direction of the |
I president, John T. Olmsted, and the
various officers and committees. The \
organization is accomplishing a great
deal in relieving conditions which af
ifect dumb brutes and its work Is at
i tracting general attention.
At the meeting thto week apprecia
tion was expressed of the earnest co
operation of the express and railroad
companies in the enforcement of anti
cruelty laws.
The scope of the society's activities
is constantly widening and the re
sults are most beneficial.
RENOUNCE THE KAISER
AND STAND FOR UNCLE SAM
"We renounced the Kaiser and the
Fatherland when we took the oath of
allegiance to the United States, and
we stand ready to defend Uncle Sam
against all comers. However, It is
but natural that we should cast our
svmpathies with the Fatherland, the
home of our forefathers, in its hour
of trial and sorrow."
This was the sentiment of the Har
risburg Maennerchor Society as ex
pressed by Edward Moeelein, the
president in a speech at the banquet
Thursdav evening. All the speakers.
Including the Rev. C. F. Tieman and
the Rev. Reinholdt Schmidt expressed
the hope that the friendly relations
between the United States and Ger
many would continue.
I KILGORE NAMES MEDICAL
j SOCIETY COMMITTEES FOR 16
j Dr. Frank D. Kilgore, president of
the Dauphin County Medical Society,
I has appointed the following commit
tees for 1916: Public policy and legis
lation. Dr. W. J. Middleton, chairman.
Dr. D. S. Fuhk, Dr. J. W. EUenberger.
Dr. Hugh Hamilton and Dr. DeWltt
' Lavertv: admissions. Dr. Earl Whip-
I pie, chairman, Dr. D. J. Hetrick, Dr.
H. A. Shatfer, Wlliiamstown: Dr. A.
' R. Schaeffer, Hummelstown; program,
1 Dr. H. R. Douglas, chairman. Dr.
George R. Moiflt, Dr. J. H. Fager. Jr.:
! censors, Dr. G. B. Kunkel. chairman,
i Dr. S. W. Traver. Dr. Harvey F. Smith;
■ trustees. Dr. W. T. James. Dr. G. L.
I Brown. Dr. W. T. Douglas: board of
governors. Dr. F. D. Kilgore, Dr. E. A.
Xicodemus. Dr. Jesse L. Lenker, Dr.
W. T. James. Dr. G. B. Kunkel, Dr.
W. T. Middleton. Dr. Earl Whipple and
Dr. H. R. Douglas.
Deaths and Funerals
j MRS. MARY JANE BODLEY
Mrs. Mary Jane Rodley. aged 79,
I wife of William Bodley, died at the
i home of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph
| Allison. 1-400 Green street, this morn
j ing. Funeral services will be held
i Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, con
! ducted by the Rev. Harry Nelson Bass
ler .of ihe Second Reformed Church.
! assisted by the Rev. N. W. Hubbard, of
I Philadelphia. She is survived by her
j husband, two daughters, Mrs. Allison
I and Mrs. Fred Schock, and one son.
jC. W. Bodley.
F. JOSEPH SE*;L DIES
F. Joseph Seel, aged 73, 703 North
' Sixtll street, a resident of the city for
I the last sixteen years, died this morn
i ing at the Harrisburg Hospital from
I a complication of diseases. He was
| formerly of Renovo. Pa. Mr. Seel is
survived by four daughters. Mrs. Wil-
I liam A. Weaver, of Philadelphia;
{ Misses Kathryn. Anna and Elizabeth,
and one son, William. Funeral serv
ices will be held Tuesday mortiing at 9
o'clock at the St. Patrick's Cathedral,
of which he was a member. The Rt.
Rev. M. M. Hassett will have charge.
Burial will be made In Mount Calvary
Cemetery.
Courthouse Notes
1 n on't Conipennate Countable*
I Dauphin county's Board of Commission
-1 ers mav seek a ruling by the court on
i the clause of the workmen's compen
! sation act which requires the compen-
I sating of constables, jurymen, wlt-
I nesses, etc., who serve in court cases.
! To Pave R*el Street Reel street,
I from Seneca to Schuylkill streets, will
Ibe paved and curbed early this year.
I City Commissioner W. H. Lynch will in-
I trodure an ordinance in Council Tues
day, authorizing the improvement.
I Divorce Court Monday. Fifty-two
stories of the trials and tribulations of
married life are listed for hearing be
' fore the Dauphin county court Monday
I at the January session of divorce court.
MINERS APPROVE
OF NEW DEMANDS
Ten and Twenty Per Cent. In
crease Meets With Satis
faction
By Associated Press
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 29.—Gen
eral satisfaction was expressed to-day
by the delegates to the convention of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica with the demands agreed upon yes
terday to be presented to the coal
operators In the negotiations for new
wage agreements this year. The
miners had general knowledge that
an Increase would be asked for and
they were well pleased when they
learned ten p«r cent, would be asked
for the soft coal miners and twenty
per cent, for men paid by the day.
There was also a feeling of confi
dence among the mine workers of
both the anthracite and bituminous
fields that the operators will conclude
a satisfactory agreement.
The mine workers point" to the fact
that there has been no change in
wages in the anthracite fields for four \
years and virtually none In the bitumi
nous districts of Western Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and other
States in the same time.
Anthracite men are hoping they
will not only receive an advance in
wages but will be able to negotiate an
agreement for not more than two
years. I-eaders from the hard coal
fields here say they have informa
tion that if concessions are made by
the anthracite operators the employers
will demand a five-year contract. The
miners' organisation is opposed to
long-term contracts. One reason is
that in districts where there Is no >
check-off system it is difficult to hold !
the membership together.
With the wage scale question out
of the way the convention to-day took
up matters affecting the organization.
Final adjournment will probably be
reached about Tuesday.
May Suspend Union Miners
in Slack Times and Pat
Unorganized Men On
By Associated Press
Hazleton. Pa., Jan. 29.—C0al com
panies of the anthracite field have
the right during slack times to sus
pend union engineers, firemen and
pump runners and fill their places
with unorganized monthly salaried
men, according to a decision handed
down here to-day by Charles P. Nelll,
of Washington, umpire of the concilia
tion board.
The decision grew out of a griev
ance of the United Mine Workers
against the Lehigh Valley Coal Com
pany and Coxe Brothers and Com
pany. Inc., which resulted in a strike
last Spring at Jeanesville. The claim
was made by the mine workers that
engineers, firemen and pump run
ners were protected by the award of
the anthracite strike commission.
State-Wide Local Option
Campaign Launched
Special to the Telegraph
Pittsburgh, Jan. 29.—Local option
forces yesterday launched a Statewide
campaign for the election of Repre
sentatives and Senators in the General
Assembly who will vote for the county
local option bill in the 1917 session of
the Legislature. The movement will be
supported by Governor Brumbaugh and
the Local Option Committee of Penn
sylvania.
At the conference a union of all the
antiliquor forces was effected. This
assures complete co-operation between
the local option influences throughout
the State. It is the first time in Penn
sylvania that such a sweeping amalga
mation has been brought about.
Word was brought to the committee
to-day that Governor Brumbaugh has
given the assurance that he will stand
positively and earnestly behind this
movement.
ONLY HILL AXD UPTOWN
BARKERS RAISE PRICES
The report of s. few days ago to the
effect that prices had gone up in the
barber shops all over the city has been
declared to be unfounded by the ton
sorial artists in the central and down
town business districts. W. W. Bpr
ris, chairman of the grievance and
publicity committee of the Journey
men Barbers" Union, No. 591, Is au
thority for the statement. The truth
of the matter, according to Mr. Bur
ris and other barbers, is that the
shops on the Hill and In the West
End have raised the price of a hair,
cut. massage and shampoo each from
20 to 25 cents, making the prices uni
form all over the city in respect to
every tonsorial operation, except the
shave, which hovers between 10 and
13 cents. There has been no rise in
price outside of the Hill and West
End districts.
WANTS T<> LOCATE BROTHER
Mrs. Mary Alice Troxell, of Good
Night, Okla., has written to the poltce
department of the city for information
of her brother, Jonas Selders, who was
last heard from In the city. Mrs.
Troxell was formerly from Enliaut.
WANT SMOKE ABATED
Lpsral measures will be resorted to
by residents of Allison Hill to obtain
some abatement of the smake nuisance
unless certain East End manufactur
ing plants adopt some method of curb
ing the annoyance by April 1.
You, Mr. Roomer:
Aren't you dissatisfied with that dingy room
you're calling home? Break away and get located
among regular honest-to-goodness "homey" folks
again.
Your choice of many fine rooms are to be had
by scanning the "Rooms For Rent" column on
the Want Ad page of to-day's TELEGRAPH.
There you'll find the key to many pleasant
evenings during these melancholy Fall and
Winter months —in a bright, clean,
I cheerful, and properly ventilated room.
Whether you prefer a downtown 10.
f 1 % 0 cation or one farther removed from the
business section makes little difference.
nlHraii&ir -4?- Consult this most authentic list of avail
able rooms—it's to YOUR interest more,
WILSON ELUDES
CROWD AT PITTSBURGH
[Continued Prom First Page.]
Ing the tour. After the committee
had departed the President planned
to spend the remainder of the fore
noon in preparing notes of his ad
dress here and In Cleveland to-night.
Notwithstanding the unusual activi
ties of yesterday in Washington and
the fact that he had spent three con
secutive nights on the train, the Presi
dent rose refreshed. He slept well,
remained abed till 8 o'clock and had
just finished his breakfast when the
train rolled Into the station. Dr. Cary
T. Grayson, the White House physi
cian. said Mr. Wilson was in good con
dition for the activities of the week
ahead. These include addresses at
Cleveland to-night; Milwaukee, Mon
day; Chicago, Monday night; I>es
Moines. Tuesday night; Topeka, Wed
nesday afternoon; Kansas City, Wed
nesday night; St. Louis, Thursday
morning, and many brief addresses
from the rear platform of his car in
smaller towns
Sirs. Wilson Cheered
Shortly after the arrival of the
party at the hotel, Mrs. Wilson ac
companied by Dr. Grayson, went for
an hour's automobile ride through the
parks and residential section of the
city.
The President was closely guarded
by approximately 500 police as he
walked from the hotel to the hall.
Mrs. Wilson entered first and was
warmly applauded. When the Presi
dent arrived the crowd broke into
loud cheering.
As Mrs. Wilson stepped out on the
platform, the band played a wedding
march. She smiled broadly.
President Wilson rose to speak
amid applause. He declared he was
conscious of being a truant from
Washington but that he felt it his duty
to report to the people on the affairs
of the nation. He added he got more
inspiration outside of Washington
than inside It.
"1 Love Peace"
"I believe In peace. I love peace.
! I would not be a true American if I
did not love peace but I know that
peace costs something. That the only
way you can maintain peace is to en-
Joy the respect of everybody with
whom you deal.
"There are other counsellors whose
sources of counsel is passion, it Is
not wise nor possible to guide national
j policy under the influence of passion.
I would be ashamed of the passion of
fear.
"America does not desire anything
i other than freedom, justice and right
I conduct."
Great Defense Needs
"It is time that we attempted, at
any rate, to apply the standards of
our own life to national defense.
What do we want to defend? Need I
answer? We want to defend the equal
right of the nation as against all other
nations and we wish to maintain the
peace of the Western Hemisphere.
"These are our great needs of de
fense.
"It seems to me that America is in
love with efficiency. Material effi
ciency of which we hear so much only
underlies, however, what I may call
spiritual efficiency.
| "I, for my part, have a great en
ithusiasm for rendering America spir
itually efficient. The plans for our
military efficiency do not provide for
| a great army. We want only an army
1 necessary for the uses of peace, but
! we want back of that army a trained
, body of men. These men should be
civilians, men who know that the arts
1 of peace come before the arts of war.
( Should Dread War
"Men should dread war and know
that everything on which the nation
depends comes from peace.
"The details of the army plans do
not make any difference. Perhaps
others have better plans. But I do
want an adequate and efficient force
of at least 500,000 men trained to the
I arts of war who will be ready to pro
| tect the nation.
Young Men Must Respond
"The test of preparedness does not
lie in Congress. It is going to be in
the response of the young men of the
country to the call to volunteer and
of the employers of those men to
place no obstacle In their answering
the call. I, for one, believe both the
young; men and the employers will do
their duty. But there are many sel
fish influences at work in this coun
try. When it comes, however, to the
test I believe America can produce as
I much substantial patriotism as any
other land under the sun."
Both Parties Patriotic
The President's words were marked
frequently by applause. He spoke
rapidly and clearly.
"I am not afraid of debate. I am
not afraid that out of it we will not
get results. I am talking myself and
certainly the other fellow should have
his chance.
"I am sorry this is a campaign year.
I hope this question will not be a
partisan question. No man should at
tempt to make political capit&l out of
it. I will be ashamed of any friends
of mine who take a different view.
"Republicans and Democrats have
many differences but there is no rea
son why they should differ on this
Issue. Both parties are patriotic.
"It has been very difficult to main
tain peace, but I am the friend of
peace. There have been hourly dan
gers. Often it has been Impossible
to control the situation because others
were involved.
"As your responsible servant I
must tell you that the dangers are
constant. I must go out and tell the
| )>eople that new circumstances have
arisen which make It necessary that
i America defend itself."
I The President spoke these words
slowly and solemnly amid deep silence.
! When he concluded the portion of his
I address the applause was marked.
Don't Buy Advertising
Space Blindly
When you merchants buy
silks and laces and dress goods, you
ure them. When you buy shoes you count them.
When you buy coffee and tea and sugar you weigh them.
Buy your advertising
same way. Don't do it blindly.
The Audit Bureau of Circulations has
made it possible for you to know, from an unbiased and expert
Mource, JUST HOW MUCH and WHAT KIND OF CIRCULATION the worth
while newspapers of America have.
This newspaper's circulation books, rec•
ords and receipts— every scrap of paper pertaining to its circulation
—are audited by the trained accountants of the A. B. C., and you advertisers
can have copies of their audits any time. We want every advertiser to KNOW
what our circulation is. We have nothing to hide, nothing that we're not
proud of. DON'T BUY YOUR ADVERTISING SPACE BLINDLY.
HARRISBUR TELEGRAPH
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations
Daily Average Circulation of the Telegraph
Last 3 Months of Month of
1915 December, 1915
22,412 23,042
Republican Leader Mann
Rebukes Democrat For
His Attack on Wilson
Special to the Telegraph
Washington. D. C.. Jan. 29.—Republi
can Leader Mann came to the defense
of President Wilson in the House yes
terday when Representative Dies, of
Texas leader of the antipreparedness
Democrats, attacked the President's
New York speech on national defense.
Mr. Mann rebuked Mr. Dies for mak
ing; anv remarks about the President's
views before the latter had completed
his speaking tour, and declared that his
only defense for changing liis position
on preparedness was that he believed
he was right. i
EGGS DOWN TO 24 CENTS
Eggs took a tumble In the markets
this morning and sold as low as 24
1 cents a dozen. Butter was also, down
a few points and could be had at
prices varying from 20 to 25 cents a
pound. Pork irw plentiful, and prices
dropped from one to three cents a
pound. Potatoes were plentiful at
$1.20 a bushel. Apples sold for 25
cents a half peck.
REV. MR. SELL IMPROVES
The Rev. E. R. Sell, who has been
seriously 111 at his home, 2322 Xorth
Sixth street, for the last three months,
Is improving.
PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN CHICAGO MU RDER PLOT
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Top, left to right—Nellye de Ossonne, Herbert D. Updike and Furman D. Updike.
Below —Masks, revolvers and gloves which the Updike boys are said to have planned to use in the murder.
Chicago, Jan. 21. —Report is persistent here that Herbert I). Updike, who with his brother Irving, is being
held in jail at Oak Park, after an alleged confession of a plan to murder their father, mother and sister in or
der to obtain their father's fortune, is married to Nellye de Ossone, cabaret singer and dancer. Officials at
frown Point. Ind., are said to have recognized pictures of Updike and the girl as a couple who were married
there recently.
The hoys are said to have confessed the plot to murder their father, Furman D. Updike, millionaire grain
and lumber dealer of Oak Point, their mother and their sister, after a dictagraph, concealed in a garage had
been used to secure evidence against them. Revolvers, cartridges, masks and a rifle with a Maxim silencer
were found in an automobile in which the boys are alleged to have planned their escape. It Is said they planned
to make the murder appear as if committed by burglars. Both were arested before they could carry any of
I their plans to execution.
| Wall Street Takes Brandeis
Selection as Direct Slap
Special to the Telegraph
New York, Jan. 29.—The announce
jment that President Wilson had noml
j nated Louis D. Brandeis to succeed
j the late Justice Lamar on the United
States Supreme Court bench came as
ja surprise and a shock to Wall Street
I yesterday and served to shake its ex
pectation that the administration was
1 to take a kindlier attitude toward big
j business.
I The selection was considered a
| direct slap at Wall Street which be
lieves that President Wilson will be
unable to get the Senate to confirm
| the nomination.
MUST KEEP OFF REAR END
An order issued yesterday by Super
intendent Noel W. Smith, of the Middle
division, prohibits passengers from rid
ing on the rear platform of trains
unless the last car Is an observation
coach or a vestibule car.
ELECT MUSICAL HEADS
Thompson Martin was elected di
rector of music and Miss Violet Cas
sel, organist of the Fifth Street
Methodist Church, at a meeting of the
board of trustees, last night.
Mrs. Mohr Concludes
Lpng Examination For
Murder of Husband
Providence, U. 1., Jan. 29., Mrs.
Elizabeth F. Mohr to-day ended a long
ordeal on the witness stand during
which she made a defense of the
charge that she had hired three ne
groes to murder her husband. Dr. C.
Franklin Mohr. The examination ex
tended through the greater part of
three days.
She never wavered in her decla
ration that she had nothing to do with
the murder, although she had ob
jected strenuously to her husband's
attentions to other women.
IiYXCH t'OMMKXDKD FOR
SECOND STREET PAVING
City Commissioner Lynch is being
generally commended for his decision
to continue the paving in Second
street from Emerald to Schuylkill.
Last year an ordinance, was passed
providing for the paving of the section
between Seneca and Schuylkill streets.
This left one block, between Emerald
anil Seneca, and would have created
an unfortunate condition. Commis
sioner Lynch is now inviting proposals
for the block between Emerald and
Seneca which will provide for a con
tinuous paving of Second street from
Emerald to Schuylkill during this
year. __'
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