16 CLARK AND MANN JOIN FORCES IN DEFENSE FIGHT Obliterate Party Lines and Two Preparedness Measures Pass Without Opposition Special to the 7i'!?£rath WashiitL on, D. C., I'eb. S.— Demor alized Democracy found a new leader —or rather a rejuvenated old leader- In the person of Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri who left the Speaker's chair in the House lo take up the cudgel lor the defense program, and as a result the House unanimously passed the Padgett bill to double the number of midshipmen at the Anna polis Xaval Academy. The result of the new turn in affairs was that Speaker Clark and Republi can header Mann fought side by side iu the Mouse for adequate national de- , fense. With party lines obliterated. ( most of the members tollowed their leaders and two navy measures passed without a dissenting vote. The bill adding three hundred midshipmen to: rhe entering class at Annapolis next i •July, passed 173 to o. and the other, to aquip navy yards for construction of the battleships, Xos. 41. and 44, passed: without a rollcall. No Negative Responses Mr. Mann tried to put the anti preparedness advocates on record by calling for a division on the Naval Academy bill, but there were no nega tives responses. The appearance of Speaker Clark tin the floor to champion preparedness measures aroused wide interest. Hu mors persistend that he would take active charge of the fight to increase the army and navy, Majority Leader, Kitchin having joined the opposition. Immediately improvement of the navy by designing new battleships ilong the lines of the best now in j iis«, doubling the membership of both Annapolis and West Point, creation of ; many additional regiments for the 1 irmy, and short term enlistments to 1 produce a reserve, were among sug- j ?cstions made by the speaker. He | said he expected to discuss the sub- I jeet of preparedness generally soon. Mr. Mann reiterated his previous l pleas for a larger army and navy and I aided in maneuvering the bills to pas sage. The debate werit far afield from the | measures under consideration, extend ing to tlie general subject of military i preparedness. The unusual eight of | the speaker and the minority leader' battling together for administration measures while the majority leader sat silently in the back of the house, at- , tracted crowds to the galleries, and members rushed to the floor from their offices and committee rooms. Ilaitc I'rgrU by Clark Mr. < lark urged haste in getting new battleships into commission. He asked Chairman Padgett, of the Xaval committee, why it would not he a ! good plan to pattern the two battle-i nhips. Xos. 43 and 44. after the best I I'nited States ship now afloat and get; thcin completed quickly. "Simply because," Mr. Padgett said, "the chief of the Bureau of Construe- , Hon told us that he had plans already] worked -out tlutt, would make, decided.! Improvements araingt torpedo attack.") i!)©fo yn za? apewmsaaM > " MEi proiT, DIP-fEIT^T ■-^Ty— ———— — | - ' 'rt»M>ti»«>i C«rtt«n C»„ N. f. ———^ TUESDAY EVENING, REAL ESTATE INSPECTOR WANTS BUILDING CODE Need of New Regulations Shown by Recent Case; Fire Zone Extension Also Needed Euilding Inspector Grove Is serious ly disturbed over the deficiencies of the present building code and referring: to a recent editorial in the Telegraph ent . pliasizing the importance of better housing conditions in this city, declared ( that he was helpless until the present code was broadened in its scope. He favora an extension of the fire ' | zone to cover the entire city. Frame buildings are now being converted Into garages outside the fire limit and even i inside lite present fire zone, owing to the fact that he Is helpless to prevent such misuse of frame buildings. Referring to the York street contro versy where a building was condemned !by the present inspector more than eighteen months ago and which con troversy has been hanging lire in the court Inspector Qrove said that it had given him all kinds of trouble, inas much as careless builders and contract ; ors always taunted him with the York l street building when he endeavored to! enforce proper building regulations elsewhere. According to his statement of the matter, the building in York street, constructed in the winter almost two years ago. lias bulging walls which make It unsafe for occupancy. The i court directed that the building should be reconstructed and promises were friade by the owners to do so, but In spector Grove declares their promises have counted for nothing. The build ing in dispute changed hands about two months ago ami the new owner i Bl*o agreed to strengthen the sti nc- I "Jure, as directed by the court, but noth ing lias been done. The York street ease has boon tiie loophole of escape for many indifferent , builders and the inspector says he is f helpless until such as a proper ! code is adopted. This matter is now under consider ation by the City Council, and it is ex pected that action will be taken with-' out delay toward amendment of the : existing regulations. On; of the worst | offenses under existing conditions is the building of garages next to frame dwellings and on the first floor of i houses occupied by families on the sec ! ond and third floors TO-DAY'S HE ALT Y TRANSFERS 1 •• ?? ea, , t3 ' transfers to-day included the I C ol, s wi "£: Charles E. Hear to Elmer I ' ■ Sweigard, Progress. $10: havinia J. • i « Minnie E. Nye. Derry township ; t Tvmi John Evans to" Theodore Bloom.! , \* flllamstown, $750; James A Towsen's i i executor to Martha J. Spooner, 61.t Cal | der, sll6O. Tracy and Hildrup Remain of the Original Trio at Pipe Works j Among the Important changes 'in the ; personnel of the management of the Hamsburg Pipe and Pipe Bending' • Company, whose product goes all over I the world, is the recent retirement of J. Hervey Patton. a director and for- j I merly president and general manager. I whose place as president is taken by ! lMvld E. Tracy, one of the founders of the big plant. W. T. Hildrup is now general manager and continues in the directorate. Other officers under the I reorganization are. W. P. Starkey, n«w I I a member of the board of directors and | general superintendent, and E. C. Frv | chief accountant and a director. Prof. Benj. Miller in Inca Burying Ground ■ In Peru years ago the people didn't believe in much formality in burying their dead. The bodies evidently were tossed on a pile judging from the above picture, which shows an Inca burying ground, near Oroya. Peru. Proressor benjamin D. Miller will lec ture to-night in the Technical High School Auditorium on "South America, and its Inhabitants," using a number of illustrations to show the customs in vogue there. The talk will be given under the auspices of the llarrisburg Natural History society. NEITHER GERMANY OR ENGLAND FOR PEACE I Continued Front l-'ii\st I'age.] powers, Herr Hurden said, was that Germany approached exhaustion, anil in this connection he declared: "It is the most reckless crime of our enemies to dare to say that Ger many, who holds them by the throat, is nearing lier own annihilation." The third delusion, Herr Harden said, was contained in the stories al leging German barbarism, which, the speaker asserted, were refuted by all that had happened on the German fronts. Continuing, the speaker said: "The statesmen of the entente coun tries want to postpone the day of reck oning. It would be much better if truth could pierce the walls erected ty those governments and reach the souls of the nations." Xorthcliffe said: "Those who talk of ending the war in a few weeks or months do not realize the stupendous character of this conflict, and the vi tal issues of national and racial ex istence back of it. Really it is not a war at all. in the ordinary sense that v. o speak of wars. It is one of those vast upheavals of the human race, like the great racial migrations, the Moslem invasion of Europe, which lasted 800 years in Spain and is still alive in the near East. "No, this is no ordinary war which can be brought to an end suddenly by one campaign or one great victory, oi any series of decisive events in any one field. The issues of national and racial existence are far too great for any such sudden ending. It will go on, I believe, for a long time, a very long lime. "In the end it may be narrowed down to a war between Kngland and Germany—the supreme issue, which n.ust be fought to a finish. Instead of ending soon or suddenly, the war is more likely to go on and on, and ♦hen gradually abate." HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH MUCH EVIDENCE VOLUNTEERED IN BREWERS PROBE Hundreds of Letters Telling of Political Activities Are Received Special to the Telegraph Pittsburgh, Feb. S. —Information re- ! carding the activity of Pennsylvania I breweries jn politics lias been pouring ■ lin upon United States Attorney E. : Lowry Humes since it was announced ' ! p probe th® b» *weries would bo started here to-morrow by a federal! grand jury. Every mail. Mr. Humes said yester ! day. brings in letters—some of them ; anonymous, but most of them signed— \ containing enlightening facts about J liquor money in politics. Much of the i information, it was stated, will be J i helpful to the government investi | gators, while some of it will be of 110 I use to the federal men. as it applies to | elections for city, county and state! officers. The scene of activity in the probe i was transferred from here yesterday to Philadelphia, where a conference of brewery officials, officers of the \ brewers' associations involved and , counsel was reported to have been i held. , Another effort, it is said, is to be made by the liquor interests at Wash ington to stop the investigation before ' it reaches a grand jury. A report believed to have emanated ' I from a "wet" source, which was freely j ■ circulated yesterday andt given some . publicity, branded the brewery probe | as a political move by Mr. Humes in i the interest of the" Vares of Philadel phia and Governor Martin G. Brum- I ; baugh, who are said to have united in I a fight against United States Senator j i Boies Penrose. Not a Penrose Matter When asked about the rumor yes terday, Mr. Humes made an indignant denial. He said: "I have not discussed this case until now because it is government business. As far as I am concerned, government | business and politics have no relation !to each other. This is not a political : probe. T did not begin it. It was started by the internal revenue au thorities, who. when they discovered violations of the federal laws, called j my attention to them." Local internal revenue agents cor- | i roborated Mr. Humes' statement that | i they began the investigation with a ] view to compelling the breweries to | i make good the tax they are alleged to i j have been evading. Local Delegates Leave For C. of C. Convention Delegates from the Ilarrisburg | Chamber of Commerce left this morn ) ing for Washington to attend the ; fourth annual session of the Cham ber of Commerce of the United States. (Those who left, to-day: J. William | Bowman, president of the Ilarrisburg j Chamber of Commerce: Charles W. Burtnett, J. Allan Donaldson and | David E. Tracy. Arrangements have been made by the Ilarrisburg Chamber to have rep | resentatives of the Heading. Harris burg, Huntingdon, Altoona and Johns- I town chambers confer in Washington with A. W. Henderson, secretary of ! the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Oeean High j way Association, on the William Penn j Highway. BUSINESSMEN ! WARNED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS Place Less Dependence on "Proverbial American Guess," Is Advice By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 8. Warning to | I American businessmen to placs less! ! dependence upon the "proverbial Am-| j erican guess" and to do constructive! thinking to become less partisan in I dealing with great economic questions I and to systematically discourage the' prevalent disparagement of the ef-1 forts of men In public life was voiced | by John 11. Fahey, president of thO| !Chamber of Commerce of the United! States at the opening of its fourth an- j nual convention to-day. "I am convinced," said President} I Fahey, "that if we are quite frank j j with ourselves we must reaii/.e that; | for many years we have been very j poorly informed as to the real facts! involved in great questions before the i country of special interest to us. Thei workmen in thetr organizations and the farmers in their granges have been far better posted on matters of ! particular importance to them than j j have the businessmen in their field j I but we have now come to the period j in the history of America when less! dependence can be placed upon the proverbial American guess. We must begin to do constructive thinking. Describes Petty Politics "I believe also that American busi- i nessmen would be more useful to the i country and to themselves if tliey were I less inclined toward partisanship in dealing with the great economic ques tions which so vitally affect their in terests. A number of our most im portant problems would have been disposed of in Congress years ago but for the petty politics. "Another thing we businessmen should set out systematically to dis courage is the altogether too preva lent and continuous disparagement of the efforts of men in public life. When [the businessman himself has a little experience with holding office or when I he comes to understand Congress or the average State Legislature as it really is he usually begins to change liis views about public servants if he is at all fairminded." Middle Division Wreck Blocks Passenger Traffic Trains east and west this afternoon were blocked for several hours as a result of a freight wreck of eleven cars at Fi.vvie, 10 miles west of'Lewis town. No one was injured. CKIMIXAL COURT CASES Charged with having falsely obtain ed $35 from the Mechanics bank on a promissory note, John Folan was on trial nearly all day in February crimi nal court. John W. Oeiger was tried on several charges of retaining funds of the Underwood Typewriter company while serving as local ' manager for that iirm. Simon Fisher, George Nagel and John Gibbons got six months in Jail for stealing brass. FEBRUARY 8, 1916. Permanent Relief for Chronic Constipation Knowledge and Practice of Cor rect Daily Habit the Great Essential. Constipation is a condition affecting all classes of all people and can be permanently relieved only by acquir ing habits of regularity. The most natural time for the eli minative process is in the morning when both the muscular and nerv ous systems are relaxed by sleep and rest. When relief does not come readily, it is an excellent plan to take a mild laxative at bedtime. Cathar tics and purgatives, that by the vio ence of their quick action shock and disturb the system, should not be employed. An effective laxative remedy that is very dependable, and which does not gripe or otherwise disturb the or gans involved, is found in a com bination of simple laxative herbs known as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin that can be bought at the drug store for fifty cents a bottle. Mrs. C. C. Allen, 215 Foam St., New Monterey, Calif., wrote to Dr. Cald well that she "found Dr. Caldwell's Syrup I'epsin just what was needed for constipation and distress of the stomach after eating. It should be Deaths and Funerals HENRY A. METZGER Henry A. Metzger, aged 49, special sales agent for the International Har vester company died yesterday at his home, 1622 Market street from a com plication of diseases. He has been employed by the International Har vester company for twenty years and lias been a resident here for the last ten years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.- Florence M. Metzger, and two daughters, Pauline arid Henrietta. Mr. Metzger was a member of the Blue Bodge of Bock Haven, Harrisburg Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons and A. A. O. N. Mystic Shrine. The funeral will be held to-morrow evening at the home conducted by members of the Masonic order. Burial will be made at State Road, near Williamsport. r, , =^\ 'J in every household." Get a bottle of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and keep it in the house I<> use when occasion arises. A trial bottle, free of charge, can be obtain ed by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell. 454 Washington St., Monticello, 111. MAIiTAS REORGANIZE Former members of Amo Division. No. 1, Knights of Malta, reorganized last night at Odd Fellows hall, a 2:: Market street. The body now includes 21 members with applications from 12. Meetings will be held on the 1 first and third Wednesday evenings of the month at the hall of Egyptian Commandery. The following officers have been elected: S. M. Blai, presi dent; H. C. Staub, vice-president; 11. A. Peters, secretary; J. W. Elberti. . treasurer; R. A. Vorudran, business manager; trustees, J. W. Grissinger. i one year;' Frank Oyler, two years and ITNHKAL OF MRS. DUNK BE Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Eby Dunkle, aged 71, were held this afternoon at the home, 2720 Jefferson > street, at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Joseph ! Daugherty, pastor of the Sixth Street i United Brethren, assisted by the Rev. Peter Balsbaugh, former pastor.
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