U. S. Pushing Charges of Violations HARRISBURG llSlilS. TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 29 NINETY-SECOND MAN LAST DRAWN FORSHUMANJURY Special Panel of 25 Necessary to Chose Twelve in Mur der Trial COURT SETS PRECEDENT| President Judge Kunkel Ex cuses Man Who Has Been Accepted by Attorneys The twelfth man selected this morn lug: to try William H. Shuman, ex police chauffeur for the murder of his daughter Margaret E., was the last I man called from a special panel of { twenty-five. He is John B. Koch, a cigar dealer. Second near Walnut street. Until 6.30 o'clock last evening. President Judge George Kunkel and it courtroom waited while coun- ] .i-j .-xemtned every one of the sixty seven talesmen who constituted the regular panel of February criminal term. And the jury still lacked the | twelfth man. Then for the first time in nearly t twenty years, the court directed Sher- ' ■ iff W. W. Caldwell by special venire:' io empanel twenty-live more of Dau phin's good men and true. j< During the earlier and then the later hours of last night Sheriff Caldwell made a quick trip through cigar stores, the moving picture shows, of-,) lices, stores, barber shops—even on I the streets—and quickly read the - court's order. 11 The twenty-five chosen were Earl! M. White, Elmer E. Gottshall, Walter ii Kelster, Robert V. Fairlamb. Edward McGeelian, Charles Moeslein, Edward R. Seidel, Calder B. Shammo, H. How- i ard Hartranft, Edward Halbert, Rob- i ard Hartranft. Edward Halbert, i Robert Hughes, Joseph H. Wallazz, John W. Rodenliaver, Wil- ' liam S. Fisher. Lawrence F. Kreidler, Krank M. Critzman, Benjariiin W. Campbell, William H. Kohler, John B. Koch, H. George Hess, Penn L. Throne. Edward M. Winters, Alexan der L. McEllienny, Harry Gensler und Charles B. Stucker. With the selection of Koch, the jury consists of J. Frank Sourbeer, city; , John Reigle, Wiconisco township; . John Rcnshaw, Lykens; John M. ', Woodrow, city; Alpheus Kraut, Steel- , ton: C. Brooke Koons, Charles Bolan, i Swatarn: John Dubbs, Derry; John C. , Deen. city, and George E." Eldridge, city. : , •Judge Kunfecl's Precedent The examination of the special i [Continued on Page B.] Recover Body of Third Man in Quarry Slide The body of the third man who was killed yesterday morning at thei Itoyer quarry near Swatara station, when he was buried under 75 tons of earth, was removed this morning. The body was badly crushed. The author ities are endeavoring to learn who the foreigner was, by his check num ber. Augustus Caesarine, who was injured In the slide of earth at the quarry, is recovering. Philippine Democrats Favor National Defense By Associated Press -Manila. Feb. 10.—The Democratic convention held yesterday named six alternates to the Democratic national convention, the delegates and the na tional committeemen already havintr been selected at the primaries. The convention endorsed the poliev of I resident Wilson, particularly his ef fort lor national defense, and Governor Harrison s address on the principle of party administration in office i ~ T) ' e . resolutions urge the support of ul?«n i pp as reported bv the Philippine committee in the Senate condemns as un-American, un-Demo'- cratic and unjust what is termed a policy to cast the Filipinos adrift with out financial resources or protection of 1 guaranty: brand as unworthy what is i declared to be the abandonment of a sacred trust for reasons of American ■ security, asserting that war and defeat I in the protection of the inhabitants of I the island is better than dishonor, and it disapprove of the congressional action i of removing the Filipinos' right to deal with local questions. I """""""""" < [theweather| i For IliirrKliurc anil vlclnltri Fair 1 10-nlulil mi,! Fridays not inncli 1 • •limine In temperature; loneal l temperature to-night about n > iIOKreCN. FOP Fantern Pennsylvania! Fair lu-nlKhl ami Fridays not much elianae la tempernture; llKbt, va liable UIDIIM. * Itlvor ( 'J'he siUM<|uehaniia river and all it* 1 trihiitarleH will fall Mlotvly „ r re _ , mala nearly Mtatliiuary. Not much i ehanire will oeeur In lee eondl- ■ Hon*. \ Ntdßc of nliout 4.8 feet Pl* Imllenferi for If itrrtshurir FrU day mornliiK* • General t'oadltioiin The nllKht depreMNlou that wan cen- 1 Iral north of the l.ake lleirlon WedneMdny mornluu:. lia« nioveal eaatward to the Northern New Knglnntl eoaat, CIIIINIIIK 11 kh t snow iilontt Ihe northern border aad in the New lOngland Statea and 1 11 Mailt to moderately heavy ralan '' "lonic the Middle and South \t- fc lantle count. | c II In 2 to 18 dcicrcea colder thia Is oiornloK over nearly all the east- jt, ern half of the country. In the ,i Went temperature cIIUIIUCN have I been HoineM hat Irregular, hot not decided. 'l'e m pera I ore: S a. m.. SS. Sun; lllnen, 7:05 a. in.J »<•!*, 5:31 p. m. a iloon: I-nil moon, Fehruarv IS. t !»;'JII p. m. * , Hirer Staise: 5.1 feet above low- „ water mark. " Yc*»erdny'a leather lllalieMt lomperature, :t7. n l.oweat Icaiperntore. I'll. , n >lc»n tempernture, :i;i. it Auriual Icuiyvrulure, -11. g ANTICIPATE NO DELAY IN RETURN | OF INDICTMENTS Will Push Charges of Neutral ity Violations Against Con suls Through 'WILL PLACE BAIL HIGH Several Against Whom True Hills Have Been Found Offer to Surrender By Associated Press San Francisco. Feb. 10.—No de | lay is expected in the returning by the federal grand jury of the flood lof indictments voted by that body ! charging violations of the neutrality laws against consular representatives of foreign governments, prominent . businessmen and firms of San Francis co and representatives of steamship companies. Several of those against whom true 1 I bills were reported to have been, | found appeared at the office of the | United States marshal and offered to surrender but were informed that no warrants had been issued for them. It was announced that German consul General F. Bopp, Vice-Consul : Baron Kckardh Von Schack, Maurice | Hall, consul general for Turkey and the other representatives of t'oreisn i governments would be served with ; warrants of arrest at their offices, but i i would be exempted from being ■ | brought into court to have bail fixed. I Bench warrants, it was said, would be issued for the other men indicted.' United States District Attorney John | W. Preston intimated that bail in those cases would probably be set at! a high figure, owing to the serious ness of the charges. Virginia Beats Bill to Ban Silhouette Skirts By Associated Press Richmond, Va.. Feb. 10.—Declar-I ing that short skirts and low cut waists have had more to do with the downfall of young men than any thing else, Delegate William Myers, of Richmond yesterday offered an amendment to the Browning antired light bill which provided limitations on woman's dress as follows: "No female shall appear in public within this Commonwealth with a■ skirt which does not reach within four inches of the ground, with a waist or bodice which exposes more than three inches of the chest or back, and that ; no transparent skirt shall be worn." He said: "Mr. Speaker, complete nudity is more decent than the silhouettes one sees in the summer time when the women walk up and down the streets of this city." 1 The amendment was defeated. Man's Wardrobe to Cost $2,060 Without Corsets Special to the Telegraph St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 10. The American man, to dress as a '•gentle man," shouldn't think of having less i than fourteen suits and ten overcoats, delegates to a convention of the Na tional Association of Merchant Tail- j ors of America said. Then they exhibited an official clothes chart showing the conserva tive cost of this minimum wardrobe. It was $2,060. Of course this didn't: include boots, shirts, hats and other J accessories. A large part of the day's session was devoted to discussion of the ad visability of adopting a resolution recommending pink silk corsets for men. No action was taken. Wellesley Girls Rival Venus in Form Symmetry Special to the Telegraph Wellesley. Mass., Feb. 10.—Welles ley College girls, a-cording to the measurements taken in the Mary Hemway gymnasium, press Venus di i Mlio hard for honors as the most per fectly-formed young woman. The iigtires for the lower half of the body, the hips and legs, averaged from the! measurements of more than 1500 ' Wellesley girls, are almost exactly j those of Venus. Above the waist the college girls compare favorably with the ideal wo man. although not considered by the 1 experts as symmetrical as the meas- ! urements of the waist, hip, thigh, calf \ and ankle. Venus stood 5 feet 4.9 inches, ller figure in the famous statue tapered from a 34.2-inch chest down to an! ankle of 5.2 inches. Her Wellesley rivals were not so large. The Welles- \ ley girl is 1." inches shorter. Her! form shapes gracefully down from a ' 28-inch chest to an ankle which is one-tenth of an inch smaller than that I of Venus. The hips of the college girl compare with those of Venus and the; lower limbs from the thigh to the' calf show exactly the same measure ments. Other measurements compare as follows: Venus. Wellesley. Neck 12.5 12.2 ' Waist 25.1 24.G I Thigh 21.6 21 Calf 13.:: 13.3 1 Ankle 8.2 8.1 I HANK Kit KILLS SFLI Panora, lowa, Feb. 10.—M. M. Rey- I nolds. aged 57, president of the Guth- i rle County National Bank t and ai brother of George M. Reynolds. Chi-I cago banker, committed suicide by shooting himself last yesterday at his home here. 11l health and despon dency was given as the cause. THE DAY IN CONGRESS By Associated Press Washington, D. 0., Feb. 10. —Sen- ate: Met in executive session at noon I to consider Niearaguan treaty. Sub committee continued hearings on ; nomination of Louis D. Brandeis for i Supreme Court. House: Met at noon. Naval and, military committees heard witnesses! I mi national defense. Hearings on the i :Mlininistration shipping bill were be-i. gun. jl HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1916, I VICTOR AND VANQUISHED IN REPORTED SEA BATTLE 1 V J i ■SIQo v i-? w ~..F i rFa. .ft 1 -rr>fiV " " According to an alleged private code message from Bermuda, the British armored cruiser Drake, after a three-hour battle several hundred miles northeast of the Bermuda Islands, succeeded in capturing the German cruiser Roon, said to have been the "mother ship" of German commerce raiders which have been recently op erating in the Atantic. The report adds that two merchantmen, serving as a screen for the Roon were cap tured, also. i LONE BANDIT FORCES BRAKEMAN TO PASS HAT IN TRAIN HOLDUP Boards Sleeping Car and Fires Revolvers to Intimidate ! Passengers Before Taking Their Money and Valuables Hi A ssociate,! Press , Tim i„ i i Ny Associated t'ress Cheyenne, Wyo„ Feb. 10.—A bandit held up and robbed twenty passengers in a sleeping car on an castbound Union Pacific train last night between Green River and Rock Spring, Wyo., and escaped, according to reports to railroad headquarters here to-day. A posse has left Green River in pursuit. t WILSON'S ARMY PLAN IS OPPOSED Republicans of House Military Committee Flatly Turn Down President By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 10. President Wilson was told flatly to-day by Re publicans of the House Military Com mittee that they believed the commit ; | tee was practically unanimously op posed to the continental army plan sponsored by the War Department. They said, they believed the commit tee favored strengthening the national guard and empowering the President to draft it into the regular army in j time of war. The Republicans left the White House with the impression that the President still believed the continental [Continued on Page 4.] Dropping of Counter Suits Brings End to Unusual Shooting Case Special to llie Telegraph Pindlay, Ohio. Feb. 10.—Just before Miss Ada Warner, 'II, was to have been placed 011 trial here to-day on a jchargtd of shooting her former lover, i Norris 11. Powell, 43 November 13, last, it was announced that, the charge hud been dropped by Powell on condi tion that Miss Warner drop her breech jof promise action against him for SIO,OOO. ! This settlement marks the end of one of the strangest cases ever brought ; into the Ohio courts. Miss Warner I was charged with having donned j men's clothes and entered, at night, [ Powell's home where he lived alone, j demanded that he marry her and : when he refused she is said to have shot him. He was found with a bul ] let in his lungs by neighbors and told 'this story. j Miss Warner was found 011 hour lat er at her own home a mile away with i knife wounds in her throat, having !evidently attempted suicide. Both! hoveled near death for weeks and fin- 1 ally recovered. j Miss Warner in her suit against ! I Powell charged that he promised to ■ marry her twenty-two years ago and : he failed to do so, that she waited I j twenty years for him until his mother ' Idled, and discovered he had decided; not to wed her. Chicago Headquarters of Penna. Delegation to Be Congress Hotel The Pennsylvania delegation to the j I Republican national convention at Chi- | cago next June will be quartered at! the Congress Hotel and annex. Sen- j ators Penrose and Oliver will have; I their headquarters at the same hotel.; I Rooms and otlices for the national i delegates and alternates were arranged i for by W. Harry Baker, secretary of I the State Republican committee, who | has just returned from Chicago. STOI.E WATCH, CHARGE Roy Slichter was arrested early this morning by Officers Mct'ann and Shoe maker, charged with stealing a watch I front Paul Nat her. a II reman in the boiler room of the State Capitol build ing. lie was given a hearing before Alderman Hoverter this afternoon and held under ?300 bail for court. The bandit is supposed to have! 1 boarded the train at. Green River, i Pointing two pistols at a brakeman in the sleeping car, the bandit forced him to pass around a hat, in which the passengers were told to deposit money and other valuables. According to trainmen, several shots were fired to I intimidate the passengers. - SENATOR MARTIN \ IN FIELD AGAIN West Fairview Republican Announces His Candidacy For Nomination Senator Franklin Martin, of West \ t Fairview, Pa., who now represents the '< - Thirty-first senatorial district, which j • i includes Cumberland, Perry, Juniata i • j and Mifflin counties, to-day announced • | that he will be a candidate at the May | ' j primaries of the Republican party for re-election to the second term. Friends [ I of the senator said that he appreciates j the good words of his supporters in j 1 i reference to his work and attention to ~ his duties during: his present term and j ■ | in response to their expressed desire ' j by letters and in person he has an- , nounced his candidacy. Senator Martin is a Civil War vet- I eran and had the distinction of being chosen to stand guard over Jefferson | Davis when the president of the Con j federacy was imprisoned at Fortress | | Monroe. He has been long pronii- ! ! I nently identified in a business way I I with affairs in Cumberland county. Midvale Will Increase $75,000,000 to Care For Cambria Purchase Special to the Telegraph Philadelphia, Feb. 10.—To finance! Jils acquisition of the Cambria Steel! company at an approximate cost of $72,900,000, the Midvale Steel and Ordnance company will issue $50,000,- ' j 000 twenty-year live per cent, collat | eral trust sinking fund bonds and ; j $25,000,000 stock now in its treasury, j The stock will be offered at S6O a ' I share. | The bonds are convertible into!, stock at any time at SIOO per share. | | They will be issued and sold to the' ' Guaranty Trust Company and Lee, | | Higginson & Co., of New York. The i | stock was authorized by the company i ; at its incorporation last Fall, but was j j never issued. The stock issue has al- 1 i [ ready been underwritten by a syndi- | J j cate, which will probably obtain a ! ] j commission of 2% per cent. This new j 1 ! financing by Midvale means an in- < < crease in outstanding capitalization N from $75,000,000 to $150,000,000. N The big issue of bonds will be safe guarded by Midvale's enlarged earn- 1 ings and its increased property valu-! 1 ation, far in excess of the issue. The '• , payment of five per cent, on the SSO.- ! | 000,000 bonds will mean $2,500,000 x | annually, but the net income of Cam- i A ; bria Steel itself would be sufficient to M i meet this charge. \ i |f Christian Science Cures Lame Middletown Horse ' Christian Science is now being tried ! out by T. J. Antrim, a Middletown business man. upon a sick horse pur : chased at a public sale in Harrisburg I recently for $7. The animal was suf ferfing with a lame right foreleg. A| n [friend suggested that Antrim try out 1 ]• Mrs. Eddy's doctrine on his purchase.lv Antrim, it is said, talked to the horse | fi —and now the steed can walk, yea, d , e\ en trot! DO YOU FAVOR TEACHING SCHOOL BOYS TO SHOOT? Telegraph Invites Discussion of Parents on Military Training Question PREPAREDNESS P L A N Send Along Your Ideas About i Plan Already Adopted in Some Cities Advocacy by Thomas R. Marshall, j Vice-President of the United States, of | | a system of military training in the [ schools and colleges of the United I States has been echoed by many of the i parents of the young men of llarris j burg and the towns roundabout. | Vice-President Marshall declared for | three essentials in the training of the I nation's youth. j "1 want," said he. "some sort of education in the educational insti | tutions of the land whereby our young men may be taught three things—how j to take care of their health, how to j take orders and how to fire a gun!" for years the average citizen of ; America had been pretty well content | with his small standing army and little i navy. When the war clouds began i rolling over all Europe, however, and when Uncle Sam could almost see the | flash of the lightning and hear the thunder of the greatest clash of arms in the history of the world, Mr, and Mrs. America and most of the little | Americas began to sit up and take I notice. | The question of preparedness nat -5 urally has been discussed in many a Harrisburg home. And along with it j lias been the problem of training of the youth in a military way in the j high schools of the country. The Telegraph believes that the j problem could readily be threshed out jin a general discussion. Every father and a good many mothers have their j views on the subject. Likewise many of the youths who attend the high | schools and academies. ! The Telegraph would like to air the ' j question thoroughly by opening its col- ! umns to a discussion. So it invites you ' ! —and you—and you—to write your ! views to the paper on this one im'por- | ! tant phase of the great question before I the nation to-day: "Should military training be in- ' eluded in the vurrieulum of the public | schools?" Go ahead. Send Along your ideas about it. In Pittsburgh it has already been ! decided to teach the high school boys to shoot. Award of $7,000 to Canal Stockholders May Result in Recovery of $1,500,000 Special to the Telegraph Philadelphia, Feb. 10. —Judge Dick- I inson, in the United States District Court, yesterday filed an opinion in which he awards Mrs. Alice Francis Brown, of Providence, R. 1., a bond- I holder in the Pennsylvania Canal j Company, $7,000 with interest from ! July 1, 1910, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. This decision is regarded as of far- | reaching importance to other bond- i holders in the canal company. There ' are rulings which bear directly on the interests of other bondholders, and while Mrs. Brown is the onlv one to whom an award is fixed, the decree that is to be entered later in the case will reveal that the bondholders are! entitled to $1,500,000 from the rail road, according to Attorney Thomas Raeburn White, who represented Mrs Brown nnd intervening plaintiff's in | the suit, whose bond holdings i amounted to between SBOO,OOO and $900,000. NINE HUNDRED MINERS STRIKE By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Feb. 10.—Nine hundred miners employed in three mines of the I Ford Collieries Company at. Culmer vllle, near here, struck to-day to en force a demand that the company re duce the price of powder from 8 to 0 I teals a package. , ] 16 PAGES CITY EDITION NEWVILLE FOLKS TAKE PRIDE IN HOME CONDITIONS Branch of Pennsylvania Milk Products Co. Is Modernly Equipped Plant COFFEE HOUSE IS BUSY' " Knitting Mills Management Willing to Employ All Help It Can Gel at Present .. . Special to the J elcgraph Newville, Pa., Feb. 10.—It. has often i j been said that a town which does not | have a railroad running through it or j along an entire side is always at a J disadvantage, as far as business is eon i cerned. This may lie true in some | places, but the old belief does not ap ply 10 Newville. and the railroad only I touches a corner of the town. Resi dents of this borough and persons who frequently visit here know that the [Continued on Page $120,000 Worth of Supplies For Allies Are Burned By Associated Press Chicago, Feb. 10.—A seven-story building in the north side manufac turing district was destroyed by tire last night together with $120,000 worth of supplies designed for the ' most part for warring nations of ! Burope, The building was occupied I by A. Orthinayer and Sons, wliole j sale saddlery manufacturers. The ! loss on the building was placed at 160,000. A six-story structure adjoining the ! saddlery company building occupied :by the Wixon Spice Company, was i damaged to the extent of $20,000. Andrew Ortmayer, member of the I saddlery firm said that while the allies were being supplied with equip ment he did not believe that the fire was the result of a plot. TIOGA CO., I>HY A Yi:\H, TO lIAVi: 12 LICENSES Wellsboro, Pa., Feb. 10. Tioga ' county, which lias been dry for a year ! was placed in the liquor column yes | terday by Judge Bouton, of McKean j county, who granted twelve licenses 1 and refused sixteen. All wholesale j applications were refused. i ftfL n fyi n f|fl II _<yi n pi Tfi ■■ --IMP I URGE MINERS TO ARBITRATE f Washington, heb. 10.—A resolution calling upon the ? railroads their employes to settle their wage contro- f versy by arbitration was adopted to-Gay by the Chamber cf > Commerce of the United States, representing more than | 700 organizations ox businessmen throughout the country. £ MINE RUN BASIS VOTF.D T )OWN A • - .c, , Feb. 10.—The I'eraand of the United Mine T Workers of the Ceneral Competitive bituminos fields that L IS coal be weighed before being screened and that it be paid I for on a mine run basis, was voted down to-day by the soft I coal operators of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and f Illinois, in joint conference here with the coal diggers. I WHITE TO REFEREE WILLARD BOUT T New York, i<eb. 10.—Charley White, of this city, was ' | to-day .iciected to reieree the ten-round bout between Jess "5 ? Willard and Frank Moran on March 8. # i REVOLUTIONISTS TAKE LOCHOW 1 Shanghai, Feb. 10.—Lochow, in the southern part of I i Sze-Chuen province has been captured by the Yunnan revo- ? I lutionists, according to word received here to-day, I J WILL TREAT ARMED VESSELS AS WARSHIPS £ J Berlin, Feb. 10.—By Wireless.—The German govern- f I ment is about to issue a memorandum to neutral govern- f j i ments announcing that hereafter armed merchantmen be | longing to countries at war with Germany, will be consider- f f ed and treated as warships. A £ UNFILLED STEEL TONNAGE INCREASES J I New York, Feb. 10.—The unfilled orders of the United JL M States Steel Corporation on January 31, amounted to 7,922,- * 1 767 tons, according to the monthly statement issued to-day. | £ This is an increase of 116,547 tons over December. > FIND SCHOOL GIRL DEAD I i Chicago Feb. 10.—The body of Marian Lambert, 17 *£ T y* 00l girl, was found to-day in a patcii o£ woods ( I m Lake Forest, a suburb. Beside the half frozen body were | ' the fcu 1 t'uur.s: X 1 MARRIAGE LICENSES k J Abraham Solomon !>ingi'r, MMdlctnnn, ind Ida Sara /.lurr, ItcndliiK- ( X Frrilrrlok Gvlriccr anil Klicnbrth Sharp, city. JL t vfftr VW n »■ Vtin »■ ini..ni q TWO NEW DRIVES IN BALKANS ARE j NOW INDICATED 13 ulgurs May Invade Greece lo Attack Allies; Teutons Concentrating RUSSIANS AGGRESSIVE Sweep Forward in Galiciu and Cross Dniester; Germans Gaining in West I i Signs lhat a military operation oC importance may be Impending In the .Balkans are furnished by the Bulgar ian government organ at Sotia which |in a leading article asserts the right jof Bulgaria to invade Greece for an j attack on the French and British j there. It declares that Bulgaria can j not permit these foes to remain near j her borders and that they must be : driven out. Recent reports front the Balkans re jgarding the intentions of the "V tonio | allies as to a move from Southern Ser j bia and Bulgaria on the entente forces at Saloniki, such as the Sofia ! announcement would seem to indicate, [have been contradictory. Dispatches I | announcing a notable concentration of i troops and heavy artillery along the tlreek border, however, have been treiiuent. ■ | On both eastern and western war fronts the activity during the last few • days has been more marked than for I some time. Some movement of nio s ment may be developing at the north jern end of the Russian line, where the II artillery play is reported as heavy and 'j [Continued oil I'age 12.] . Investigation of Attack ! on Petrolite Is Asked Washington, ]>. <•.. I'eb. 10.— Secre !! tary Lansing announced to-day that he i had sent io the Austro-Hungarian gov ' | eminent, through Ambassador Pen -1 Held, a dispatch asking for an investi gation and an explanation of the at tack by an Austrian submarine on the >; American tank steamer Petrolite. j The secretary said published state ! ments that demands had been made '| upon the Vienna government were • j "not true." but that it was within the i j range of possibility thai, demands of i - some sort might be made in the futur® s | should the investigation and expla- I nation asked warrant them.
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