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DEATH CIRCLE
PLOTTERS ARE
BEING TRAILED
Police Hunt Leaders of Anar
chist Group in Poison
Mystery
Special to tne Telegraph
Chicago, 111., Feb. 16. Police search j
for the "death circle" of fifteen anarch- |
ists charged by Captain mint, of the j
detective bureau, and First Deputy
Schuettler with plotting against the
American clergy began to deal with in
dividual*.
S.TiO.imh) Defense Fund
Deputy Schuettler has obtained in
formation that this group is interested I
in the collection of a fund of $250,000 |
for legal defense.
It iti said this fund was under way
oefore Jean Crones attempted his alleg
ed poisoning of nearly .100 persons at |
the banquet of the Archbishop.
"The fact that activity in this col
lection is now confined to Chicago," said
'.ieputy Schuettler. "lends to the sus
picion that there is a widespread plot—• I
low violent it is difficult to say."
So far more than 3»o letters have
>een seized. These were in the posses
sion of John Allegrini and others who
had made their home in the house of
I'asquale Ligno at 2100 Calumet ave
nue. Most of the letters are violent in
Lone. Many are threatening and prae
ically all refer to anarchistic propo
unds.
Insurance Man Given
Hearing by Johnson
A hearing was held yesterday before
Insurance Commissioner Johnson on
charges brought by the Central Penn
sylvania Life Underwriters Association
against A. C. Mead, manager of the
eastern division of the Koyal Union
.Mutual Life Insurance Company. It
was alleged that Mr. Mead misrepre
sented a special policy to J. M. Bren
ner, a clothing merchant of South
Fourth street, and it was brought out
during the hearing that the appli
cation had been raised after it had
signed from $5,000 to SIO,OOO.
However, the vice-president of the
Royal Union company, who was a wit- i
ness .testified that this was permissible
rom the company's standpoint and j
absolved Mead of blame in this re-j,
■ipect.
The underwriters produced Brenner
as his own witness, who testified that
he had been led to believe he would
receive in return for the insurance ,
fees specified a sum much larger than
the face of the policy really called for. ,
Philip Shulman, a clerk in the nren
ner store, and Miss Marie Hatfield
were called to corroborate what Bren
ner said. There was present a man,
said to have been an outside, agent, j
brought here to endeavor to catch
members of the underwriters' asso- I
elation in similar practices, hut al
though he made an investigation, it
is said, he was not called.
The underwriters were represented
by George Ross Hull as attorney and:
Ihe defendant by Senator Reldleman.
The Insurance Commissioner held the
case under advisement.
Kicks a-Plenty, but Only
One Satisfied With Life
Soine of the "kicks'' about the way
tilings move in the world round about '
us frequently voiced in barber shop
and poolroom ami trolley car and club !
find store and office and street were
j'.ired last evening when a "kick" box
maintained 'or the purpose was opened
at Jhe regular, meeting and social of
the men's Bible class of St. Paul's
Kpiscopal Church. The men wrote
their complaints on slips of paper and
placed them in the box. When the
l'ox was opened there was plenty of
room for argument. Here are a few
oi' the "kicks":
"I protest against the failure of
property owners to clean snow and
ice from sidewalks."
"1 thoroughly dislike the making of i
th" streets of our city so narrow."
"I am opposed to the proposed ■
change which would eliminate the I
present Courthouse—as an example of i
si certain style of architecture which 1
Las few equals."
"I kick about tough beefsteak."
"While I think Harrisburg has a
*;ood volunteer fire department, it is
large enough to have and should have
r> paid department."
"Why is there not better police pro- '
tcctlon for the resident section of the
town? Why do the railroad men not
I>avo more regular hours? Why is
there so much hurry about building a
liridge over the tracks at Walnut
street? Why was such a price paid
lor the playgrounds at Fourth and
Emerald streets?
"T en n't kick. I am satisfied with
life."
No Matches Man Be
About Powder Mills
The State Industrial Hoard to-dav
announced a ruling making It a mis
demeanor for any one to carrv matches
into a powder plant. According to
■what has been represented here the
regulation that matches and lighters
should not lie taken into such plants
lias been violated and the new ruling
makes the penalty a tine of not over
*IOO or not over a month in prison or
both.
The ruling will go into effect at once.
PERFKCTI.Y DRY
Scarcely any rain, sleet or snow fell
anywhere in the United States during
the last twenty-four hours, ;i condi
tion which is almost unprecedented in
the dally weather conditions of the
country. Fair weather, with rising
temperature, is forecasted for to-night
and to-morrow.
AD DEATHS .
FORM F.R RESIDENT DEAD
John H. Lchm, aged .10, formerly
of this city, diet last night at his
'ionic in Pittsburgh. He is survived bv
three sisters, Mrs. A. IT. Gerdes, Mrs.
Emma Ralsbach and Mrs. John Col
lins, and one brother, Elmer Lehm.
The body will he brought here by CI.
H. Sourbicr, undertaker. Funeral ser
vices will he held at the home of his'
sifter, Mrs. Gcrdes, 1608 North Third!
street.
ANNUAL MAI T A SOCIAL
The annual social of the Knights of
Malta, No. 113, was held last night in
the lodge rooms, College Block, there
■being about two hundred Knights
present. The Knights were entertain
ed by Chester A. Kirk, impersonator,
and Trvin Browneagle, with orchestra.
A buffet luncheon wns served.
j HAIR COMING OUT? "j
Dandruff causes a feverish irritation
of the scalp, the hair roots shrink,
loosen and then the hair comes out
fast. To stop falling hair at once and
rid the scalp of every particle of dan
druff. get a 25-cent bottle of Danderine
St any drug store, pour a little in your
hand and rub It Into the scalp. After
ti few applications the hair stops com
ing out and you can't find any dan
druff. —Adv.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING. HARRISBUHG trfEfeV TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 16, 1916.
"( CUTTING CORNERS"
UNDER _NEW
You'll Have to Wait Until Officer Gives You Right of Way—
Then Watch Your Step !
Work will probably be started early
next week on training the traflic squad
o ftwenty offlers who will be assigned
to the street Intersections March 1,
i when the new traffic code will go into
effect, after it has been approved by
Mayor E. S. Meals.
) Although the Mayor has not ap
i proved the plans of Chief of Police J.
j Thomas Zeil and Captain Joseph P.
1 Thompson, and may make some
changes, It is understood that before
PENROSE FAVORS
TRAINING YOUTHS
Senator Writes a Letter in
Which Military Instruction
Is Emphasized
Declaring that the establishment of
a course of military training in the
Central High school would be in en
tire accord with the recently develop
ed sentiment in favor of preparedness
for this country. Senator Botes Pen
rose, in a letter to Henry R. Ed- ;
munds, president of Philadelphia
Board of Education, yesterday urged
careful and favorable consideration of
the proposition.
That the matter would be taken up,
even if only in an experimental way. 1
at the Central High school, was the
hope expressed by Senator Penrose.
He also declared in favor of a sum-,
mcr camp for the students. Imme
diately after the close of the school
term. Proper instruction and disci
pline. such as obtained in a military
course, would be of immense benefit .
to the students, he said.
NINE FORTS ARE
TAKEN BY RUSS
[Continued From First Page.]
1 were said to be on the way and may
have arrived.
Military critics link the operations
of the Russians in this campaign and
that in Persia with the British struggle
in Mesopotamia pointing to possible
i convergence of the allies forces. The
British Mesopotamian armies for their
part appear to be making little pro
gress.
Pushing Campaign
i Not much attention was paid for
many months to the Caucasus cam
paign the Russians apparently having
small forces there. With the appoint
ment of Grand Duke Nicholas to the
! chief command, however, it was hint- j
ed that important developments might
: he looked for.
Prices of foodstuffs continue rising
in Great Britain under war conditions.
The January increase in retail rates
is officially announced to have been
approximately 1% per cent. From
the beginning of the war the increase
in the country as a whole has been 47 I
per cent. The British Board of Trade,
which issues these figures, declares
i that the increase In prices of certain
of the more important articles of
; food In Berlin hns been 83.4 per cent.
Although no further progress by the
Germans in the offensive in the west is
announced, Berlin declares they have
maintained in the face of counter at
tacks all the ground won recently by
their drives both in Flanders and the
Champagne.
Southeast of Ypres, where the British
had lost several hundred yards of
trenches, they made determined ef
forts to regain the positions, delivering
three successive attacks. All of these
were fruitless, the German bulletin
1 claims.
$250,000,000 War
to Be Raised in Canada
Special to the Telegraph
1 Ottawa, Ont., Eeb. 16.—Sanction
for an additional war appropriation of
$250,000,000 and other measures for
raising money for the needs of the do
minion's military forces will be asked
by the Canadian government at the
! present session of Parliament.
Russia to Get
of $130,000,000
Special to the Telegraph
I New York, Feb. 16. —Two big Amer
ican credits—both to Russia—are be
lieved by interested parties here to
be at last at the point of definite ar
rangement. One is for $100,000,000,
the other for $30,000,000. Both are
to provide funds in the United States
,to cover purchases in this country,
primarily of war munitions, but partly
of other products, such as railroad
equipment and supplies.
ASQUITH PLEADS FOIt
ECONOMY IN PARLIAMENT
Special to the Telegraph
London, Feb. IG.—There was little
that wns spectacular or sensational
about the opening day of the new
session of the British Parliament,
' which started on its business with a
sober air betitting the serious business
which it is to accomplish in the next
few weeks.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, in
the House of Commons, and the Sec
retary for War, Earl Kitchener, in the
House of Lords, reviewed the present
status of the nation's affairs. Mr. As
quith appealed for national economy.
Karl Kitchener closed with an expres
sion of the hope that the new system
, 1 of army enlistments would yield the
required number of men to carry the
war to a decisive conclusion.
Supply Committee to
Meet Under New Rule
of City School Board
! The first meeting of the supply com
mittee of the school board under the
new arrangement of committee meet
ings will be held to-morrow afternoon
' at 3.30 o'clock to consider the pur
-1 chase of supplies for the month. Sev
eral weeks ago the board decided that
the supplies committee should meet
at least once a month.
At the board meeting Friday, Vice-
President Harry M. Bretz will pre
side in the absence of President A.
Carson Stamm. A janitor for the
Foose building will be elected to suc
ceed George Pratt who recently re
signed. Two candidates, Daniel Crutch
ley ami John A. Pagan, had been ex
amined for the place and Crutchley
made the highest average. It is un
derstood that he will }>e selected.
NEWSBI >YS ORGAN IKE
Newsboys of the city at a meeting
■ of the Harrisburg Newsboys' assoela
-1 tion held last night, decided to organ
ize a "P. J. G. Club," after hearing
addresses from three representatives
of. the Curtis Publishing ccmpany, of
Philadelphia.
the end of the week he will sanction '
the recommendations and give Instruc
tions that the orders he carried out.
No person In crossing a street inter
section will be permitted to go dla- 1
gonally across when the new code is
enforced. The pedestrians will be per- :
mltted to move only in the direction I
in which the traffic is moving, and
closed streets for traflic will be closed
also for people on those corners until
: the officer changes his position.
MOOSE TO BURN
HOME MORTGAGE
Elaborate Ceremonies to Mark
Event Tomorrow; Big
Men on Program
j
Elaborate preparations have been
made by Harrisburg Lodge No. 107,
Loyal Order of Moose, for the mort
gage burning celebration at Chestnut
Street Auditorium to-morrow night.
To date 250 members have signed up
for the banquet. It is expected this
number will be increased to 500 by
this evening, the time limit for
securing tickets.
'Previous to the banquet, a regular*
meeting of the lodge will be held at
the Moose Home, Third and Boas
streets, starting at 7:30. Charles E.
i Rea. dictator will preside, and the in
vocation will be made by A. E. Frank
enberg, the prelate. A special meet-,
ing will follow this session at which
'an interesting program will be ob
served.
Music will be furnished by the l
Moose orchestra of Lancaster. J. A. 1
Searfauss, chairman of the commit
|tee on arrangements will presont the
\ mortgage to the trustees A. B. Cani
eran and E. L. Rlnkenbach. Chair-1
man Searfauss will also be toastmaster)
at. the banquet.
Following music by the orchestra
and invocation by A. E. Frankenberg, ,
an address will be given by Senator i
E. E. Bcideiman. Toasts will be given
as follows:
"The Efficient officers of Harris
burg Lodge, No. 107," W. L. Loeser; i
"Finances of Harrisburg Lodge, No. t
1107," George P. treasurer; !
"Purity Aid and Progress," Michael
E. Stroup; "Moose Heart," Horace P.
King; "Wit and Humor," Herman W.
Klein, trustee of Pittsburgh Lodge, i
No. 46.
The list of honorary guests will in- |
i elude the following:
James J. Davis, dictator general;
M. M. Garland, general dictator; John
W. Ford, supreme prelate, Phtladel
phia Lodge No. 54; Harry W. Mace,
supreme treasurer, Philadelphia
Lodge, No. 54; J. 11. Risbeck, national
dictator; J. Forrest, secretary Pitts-j
burgh Lodge, No. 46; Herman W.
Klein, trustee, Pittsburgh Lodge, No. |
46; C. L. Burtnett, publisher of j
"Moose Horn."
Guests of honor will include Mayor
E. S. Meals, Senator E. E. Beldleman, j
M. E. Stroup, district attorney; City!
I Commissioners W. L. Gorgas, William !
H. Lynch, Harry F. Bowman and E. j
Z. Gross; William K. Meyers, Star-j
Independent; Ous M. Steinmetz, Tele-:
graph, and E. A. Miller, Patriot.
PREPAREDNESS IS
REPUBLICAN KEYNOTE
[Continued From First Page.]
In the Senate, as the "big four" to rep- |
resent New York State in the national 1
convention.
The principal points of the platform j
i adopted are:
| Advocacy of "complete preparations i
I for the common defense, economic, in- !
I dustrial and financial, as well as mlli- 1
tary. Including a recommendation for
a naval general staff and substantial i
strengthening of the naval and mill-j
tary forces of the United States.
A demand that in international re- ]
lations the l nlted States insist upon
universal observance of the principles
anil rules of International law.
Denunciation of the Wilson policy!
toward Mexico as one of the ineon- ,
I stant and Irresponsible interference j
! anil a demand for the protection of:
American rights in Mexico, either by•
a responsible Mexican Government or
through co-operation with other Am- j
erlcan republics.
Denunciation of the bill to grant
independence to the Philippines,
which has already passed the Senate,
was an "abandonment of the duty of
this nation and a breach of trust to
ward the Philippines."
A demand for the "restoration of
the Republican policy of h tariff com
■ mlttee, and for "adequate measures
, for the quick upbuilding of an Ameri
can merchant marine."
The selection of Senator Brown as
one of the "big four," and the adop-
I tlon of the platform so as to segregate
national and State Issues, Is regarded
las a victory by William Barnes and his
[followers. The Whitman forces, how
i ever, contend that the resolution en
dorsing the Governor and his adminis
tration, nevertheless Is a partial vlc
, tory for them.
People Should Decide
Liquor Question Says
' Governor Brumbaugh
] Claiming that the people should he
~ given the right to decide the local op
: tlon question, and that each man
should consider himself a self-ap
pointed officer of the law. Governor
I Martin O. Brumbaugh gave a force
" ful address on "The Duty In This
| Life," at a Baptist rally held in the
First Baptist Church last night.
Governor Brumbaugh warned the
parents in ills audience of more than
800, that children who formed habits
early in life, usually did not change
them, and that the fathers and moth
ers, co-operating with the public
(schools were responsible for the pro
per education of the child.
The rally was held under the au
spices of the Baptist Young People's
~ Union of this city and Stcelton.
i Nathan Stroup Host
at Birthday Dinner
1 Fifteen vears ago to-day Nathan W.
1 Stroup. son of District Attorney
Michael K. Stroup. was horn, and the
- ' occasion will be tlttingly celebrated
- | this evening with a dinner at the Har
risburg Club and a box party at the
' Orpheum.
i Places will be set for tweleve at
" I dinner. The guests will Include. Profes
sors Roger W. Tatem and Elmore E.
- Smith, of the Harrisburg Academy
- faculty, and these chums of the hosts:
. ; Edwin Jennings, I,ane H. Hart, 3rd,
Robert Shrelner, Frank Payne, John R.
" j Hart. Edwin Herman. John Wallace,
Royd Rutherford and Genero Leon. As
I a fitting wind-up to the birthday din
ner, the party will see the "Birth of a
» : Nation."
NO BILLPOSTERS' STRIKE
• The Harrisburg Poster Advertising
si company declared to-day that none of
f j Its employes had quit or declared a
I strike. ,
DRUNKENNESS NOT
GOOD PLEADING
Lieutenant-Governor Makes
Declaration Regarding That j
Form of Excuse
! lieutenant Governor McClain, chair
man of the State Board of Pardons,
declared at to-day's hearings by the
hoard that pleas of drunkenness at the
time of commission of an offense would
have no weight with him. This state-
I ment was made after counsel for sev- ;
I oral applicants had urged mercy on
■ the ground that the convicts had heen
j Intoxicated at the time of the crime.
! The Lieutenant Governor said that
1 there were entirely too many pleas of
that kind and added: "I absolutely re
fuse In this case or In any other to
consider that plea."
The board had a short calendar to
day, although the applications for re- '
hearing included several cases which
have been much discussed. The onlv
j capital case on the original hearing
i list was that of Stanislof Wocheshoski,
Beaver, who Is under sentence of death!
It was contended that he was In
fluenced by a woman In committing
| the murder.
In the course of the argument for
j pardon of George Lee. a Philadelphia
Chinaman, convicted of murder In a 1
tong war. and who was granted com-
I mutation in 1911, It was stated that if!
freed he would he deported.
A rehearing In the case of James
Hellly, sentenced In Philadelphia to be
executed, was refused, his lawyers fall- |
ing to make an appearance. The board
refused to grant a rehearing to H. R. j
Mercer, sentenced in the Dauphin
county courts for forgery.
33D DRINK CAI'SKI) DEATH
..fter taking Ms thirty-third drink,
according to ihe police. William
Spriggs, colored. 1125 North Seventh I
street, died shortly after. The body j
Is being held by S. 8, Rpeese, under
taker. and unless it is claimed before j
to-morrow afternoon, will do turned !
over to the State Anatomical Board. I
Coroner Eckinger is investigating to
determine the cause of death.
JOINT BRIDGE INSPECTION'
Representatives of the Harrisburg I
Railways Company conferred with the
County Commissioners this afternoon |
relative to setting a time for opening
ito traffic the new Nineteenth street I
j bridge. The commissioners suggested !
I a joint inspection by county, trolley j
and contractor's engineers.
REAL ESTATE
BOWMAN REPORT
BUILDING BOOST
Water Main Extensions, Etc.,
Indicate Structural Activity
Say Realty Men
New water main extensions, valve
i connections, taps, etc., made during
the past year In the outlying districts j
are more than ordinarily indicative of j
J the general boom in Harrlsburg's
■ building operations, realty men de- '
I clare.
"The significance of these extensions |
by the water department is especially !
] applicable to dwellings," said one I
i builder of many of Harrisburg's most j
modern and cosy little homes. "These |
features of the annual report of thel
water department are watched with i
' t considerable care by realty men and I
contractors. City Commissioner Bow- j
j man's report yesterday, therefore, was
j especially interesting to me. For ex
tensions to water main, new valves, I
etc., are all made necessary by the
I erection of new dwellings. When an
! outlying section Is built up so closely
as to require new taps, sewers, and
! so on, why these Improvements must j
!be made. Consequently 1 think the !
extent of public Improvements made ,
during a year always indicate a gen- I
J eral growth in the building operations
j of Harrisburg.
"So from the viewpoint of the realty j
i man and builder. Mr. Bowman's report j
| yesterday was more than ordinarily ;
pleasing," he went on. "For instance:
the new taps numbered 383; 85 valves
I were placed on new lines. Then, too,
! 29 new fire hydrants were Installed,
I while new paving operations necessi
| tated changes In the location of eight
' other hydrants. And finally; think of
{the significance of this: Just 485 new
j water meters were installed by the de
partment's staff."
TODAY'S RKAI. BSTATE TRANSKKHS
Chief among the realty transactions
recorded to-day was the recent sale of
the L. W. Cook property, In Market
i street, to Mrs. Kmma Astrlch. The con
' slderatlon on record Is sl. Other trans
fers were:
William Matter to John I. Gonaer, I»y
--1 kens. $285; William Douden to W. A.
Hunter, Millersburg, |1; A. K. Schnabel
to William Heshore. Penbrook. S2O; B.
' F. Kchaffer to G. 11. Dennlson, Middle
Paxton. $185; E. D. McFadden to T. A.
| Tliofley, 935 South Nineteenth street.
' $1; I<aura Freeburn to H. H. Freehurn's
' trustee, 1400 North Third, $1; R. M.
■ Gutshall to S. W. Barrlck, Peffer near
Elizabeth, sl.
House Committee Favors
Rivers and Harbors Bill
Washington, Feb. 16.—After adding
1700,000 for improvement of Hast
I River channel at New York, from
Governor's Island and the Battery to
the navy yard, the House Committee
c on Rivers and Harbors to-day voted
" a favorable report on the annual
1 rivers and harbors bill, aggregating
| $39,1)08,410. All new projects except
r New York harbor were voted down.
c Rural Credits Bill Is
e Discussed by Wilson
i *
8 Washington, D. C., Feb. 16.—The
e rural credits bill now before the Sen
" ate was discussed at a conference to
p day between President Wilson and
- chairman Glass, of the House Bank
-1 ing Committee, which plans to report
" a bill on the same subject next week.
• H \ Mr. Glass objected to a feature of
the Senate bill which would authorize
the Treasury Department to advance
money to the land hanks at two per
cent. Interest. A similar feature was
• voted down by the Joint congressional
1 ' committee.
v'J ARMOR IUI.L IT
Washington, D. C., Feb. 16.—Scn
_ ator Tillman,- of South Carolina,,
p chairman of the Senate Committee
on Naval Affairs, yesterday called up
t his bill for purchase or construction
- i by the government of an armor plate
•• plant of 20,000 tons capacity. The
measure carries an appropriation of
l" $11,000,000. It is understood that
.' President Wilson desires to have it
!° passed.
OPEN U-BOAT BIDS
i Washington. D. C. f Feb. 16.—Bids
for two new ocean-going submarines
opened at the Navy Department to
day showed the Electric Boat Com
; pany as the lowest bidder at $1,491,-
f 000 each. The Lake Company bid
\ $1,689,000. Congress has appropriated
$1,600,000 for each submersible.
Mrs. T. A. Edison Shows Reform Evening Dress
Vr ' jttm
liill Iff
LATEST PHOTO OF MRS. EDISON IN EVENING GOWN
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison is one of the principal members* of the Woman's
• Club of Orange-, N. J., which has just set a new standard for the evening gown.
I Mrs. Edison appeared Thursday evening:, February 10, at a dinner given by the
Illuminating Engineers' Society to lier husband on his sixty-ninth birthday.
This photograph was taken at the time. Recently the Orange Club sent out
this notice with every invitation
"The subscribers have so generally co-operated with the Social Committee 1
(in raising the standard of dancing that the committee turns to th«m again to
j ask their further co-operation In establishing a proper standard of dress. This
request is made owing to the present extreme style of evening gowns, and also j
j to forestall the necessity of criticism by members of the committee."
THRESHERMEN I
TO ENFORCE LAW
j Will Co-operate With Slate
Highway Department; to
Obtain Cheaper Insurance
State Threshermen to-day in con
vention decided to co-operate with the
State Highway Department in prose
cuting threshermen who fail to com
ply with the provisions of the Spangler
law governing the use of traction en
gines which was passed with the as
sociation's endorsement by the last
Legislature.
The question of a lower insurance
was referred to the legislative and
executive committee.
Lower Insurance
Albert L. Allen, assistant manager
of the State fund, announced that ho
j investigated the contention of the
j threshermen and that the insurance
j rate prescribed t'or them is too high
! in comparison with the risks entailed
jto their employes, and had been con
| vinced that the threshermen's protest
is well founded.
J Mr. Allen announced that In
surance Commissioner Johnson has
I tentatively agreed to recommend to
, the classification committee operating
: under the Compensation - Law, that
j the rate be lowered. Mr. Allen said
| he hoped to be able to announce a
' reduction of the rate at an early date.
It is now said to be practically cer-
I tain that if this reduction is granted
the association will adopt the State
| fund plan of Insurance instead of
forming a mutual association as was
proposed.
| Jacob A. Rose, secretary-treasurer
of the association, reported a balance
of $1,200 in the treasury, which puts
I the organization in an excellent
financial condition.
i L. A. Hardin, of the Russell Wind
Stacker Company and E. C. L. Bar
| low, treasurer of the Huber Manu
i facturing Company, of Marlon, Ohio,
i spoke from the manufacturers' view
| point at the morning session. O. E.
Fullerton, of Burgettstown, Wash
• Ington county, gave a talk on how to
make threshing more profitable.
Following reports of committees
this afternoon and a series of" short
talks, officers were elected and in
; stalled.
: TO HOLD CENTRAL HIGH
COMMENCEMENT IN MORNING
I Members of the senior class of Cen
[tral High school to-day voted to hold
i the commencement exercises in the
■ i morning. At a meeting of the class
! ! members, Professor Dibble recom
' , mended the change. A large major
| lty voted for a change.
A CIRCUIT RIDER FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE
j! H I I
1 1
MRS. ALICE MKYKR-WING
Mrs. Alice Meyer-Win#, secretary of the Missouri Kqual Suffrage Asso
' I clatirtn, Is on h<?r way through tlie mountains of Missouri ami in Arkansas to
li arouse the. country women .to the need of suffrage. She says she will rldo the
| horse shown In the photograph throughout the trip.
WILL TO PROVIDE
COAL FOR WIDOWS
Mrs. Croft Provides For Hus
bandless Women of
Sunbury
BCoal for the "re- j
spectable and needy
widows of Sunbury" ;
Is provided by Mrs. ,
Tli e instrument I
was probated to-day j
Danner. Clayton G. i
Miller, Penbrook, is |
named executor.
Mrs. Croft, who was the widow of j
William A. Croft, died in this city sev
! oral weeks ago. She was a lineal
i descendant of John Harris, the founder
' of Harrisburg, and one of the most j
I I widely known women of the city.
The bequest to the Sunbury widows
:J is provided in this way: After making,
several small financial legacies to rela
• | tives and friends, Mrs. Croft gives the!
i residue of her estate to her sister, Mrs.
i If. A. Shatter, and her daughter, Hes- i
; ter Shaffer, for life. After their death !
the estate, is to be turned into a fund i
I and the income from it is to be used
i to keep warm the widows of Sunbury. \
Other bequests included the dis- j
• position of her husband's picture and \
I the picture of John Harris, ancestor of
3 the Crofts. Mr. Croft's picture is be
r queathed to the Friendship Fire <'om- !
j pany. The picture of Harris is donated
to the State Museum. It is to bear an j
- inscription to the effect that it is the
• gift of Mrs. Croft. "Who is a descend
• I ant of John Harris."
t Flection Cases to Go Over. —The
trial of the Second precinct, Sixth!
I ward, election cases, it was announced
■ to-day, will likely not be started until
- March quarter' sessions. Within a few
, days a formal request to the court will j
- likely be made to quash the charge of
. murder against Thomas, alias "Coun
- try," Smith.
> liaise Coal Company's Valuation.— i
The County Commissioners, sitting at j
3 Halifax, yesterday raised the values of j
t the Susquehanna Coal Company's j
- property in Jackson township just $1 i
per acre. This applied to about 4,500 I
acres. The commissioners to-day heard
appeals on assessments for the Twelfth
and Thirteenth wards.
» Pax tang Auditors File Report.—Pax
tang borough started the new year
- with the comfortable balance in its
1 official pocket of $991.84, according to
3 the auditors' report, filed to-day. The
s receipts during the year were $2,089.H4
- and the expenditures were $1,077.80.
- The auditors are George H. Sheaffer,
It. M. Goho and Harry C. Knouse.
TIRED ALL THE TIME
It is good to (eeltired sometimes, when
YOU have exercised sufficiently to cause a
healthful feeling of fatigue.
But, you should be refreshed by rest.
A tired feeling that does not disappear
even after a night's sleep is abnormal.
It means that you are anemic or debili
tated, that you need a tonic to build you
up and fortify your system against such
a condition. If you do not you are in
viting disease because, thin blood means
that the body's defense against the in
roads of disease is lowered.
Thin blood is largely the sufferer'
fault. It results from neglect, because
the blood can be built up. Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills supply the elements that the
blood needs to make it rich and red ana
to enable it to carry more oxygen. Build
ing up the red portion of the blood ia
simple but because thin blood does not
call attention to itself is often neglected.
Have you seriously considered taking a
course of treatment with these blood
making pills? If you are in doubt write
for information.
Your own druggist sells Dr. "Williams'
Pink Pills or they will be sent by mail,
postpaid, on receipt of price 50 cents per
box; six boxes $2.50 by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Write
now for the free booklet "Building Up
the Blood."
RUB RHEUMATISM
PAIN FROM SORE,
ACHING JOINTS
Rub pain away with a small
trial bottle of old
"St. Jacob's Oil."
What's Rheumatism? Tain only.
Stop drugging! Not one case in.
fifty requires internal treatment. Rub
| soothing, penetrating "St. Ja"cobs Oil"
| directly upon the "tender spot" and
! relief comes instantly. "St. Jacobs
i oil" is a harmless rheumatism and
j sciatica liniment, which never dlsap-
I points and can not burn the skin,
j Limber up! Quit complaining! Get
a small trial bottle from your drug
gist, and in Just a moment you'll bo
free from rheumatic and sciatic pain,
soreness, stiffness and swelling. Don't
suffer! Relief awaits you. Old, hon-
I est "St. Jacobs Oil" has cured mil
! lions of rheumatism sufferers in the
i last half century, and is just as good
for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, back
ache, sprains and swellings.—Adver
i tisement.
Brandeis Investigation
Has Widened Out So Far
Lawyers Are Procured
By .4.tsociateil Press
Washington, Feb. 16.—Investigation
| of the fitness of Louis D. Brandeis, of
Boston, for a place on the Supreme
Court bench has so broadened out
that the Senate investigating commit
tee, decided to-day that its work
would be expedited if both sides pre-
Lsented testimony under the guidance
j of attorneys.
Austin G. Fox of New York, who
j appears as attorney for President
Lowell, of Harvard University, ami
j fifty members of the Boston Bar, who
; oppose Mr. Brandeis, agreed to take
cliurge of present evidence against the
nominee and the committee asked G.
i VV. Anderson, United States attorney
l at Boston, to take charge of present-
I ing evidence for Mr. Brandeis. Both
j lawyers accepted.
One Volunteer Offers to
Give Skin For Grafting
One volunteer has offered skin to be
grafted upon the scalp of Mrs. Barbara
Rowe, of near Halifax, who was seri
ously injured two weeks ago when
\ drawn into a corn fodder shredding
machine. Her scalp was torn from her
head and her light leg and right arm
fractured.
Surgeons at the llarrisburg hospital
; made an appeal last night for some one
to give flesh to save her life. No time
! lias been set for the grafting oper
ation which will probably be one of
I the most unique ones ever performed
In the city. Practically the entire
| scalp will have to be replaced with
I new skin, as it was torn off from the
forehead to the back of her neck.
j CRUSHED IX GASOLINE PI MP
Special to the Telegraph
Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 16. —Samuel
Butts, aged 63 years, employed as a
section hand on the Western Mary
land railroad, met a horrible death
yesterday by being caught in the gas
oline pump ut the pumping stati jn at
Cherry Run. He is survived by his
wife and seven children.
IJIE AT HOSPITAL
Travis Jones, colored, aged 63, of 233
North River street, died last evening at
the Harrisburg Hospital from a compli
cation of diseases.
Florence Watklns, aged 19. colored,
student at Petersburg College, Peters
burg, Va., died yesterday afternoon at
the hospital from pneumonia.
HKI.n FOR COIIHT
Charged with stealing several crates
of eggs and other produce valued at
$l5O, Edward Rewls was held under
SSOO, and Clarence Jones under S3OO bail
for court bv Alderman Bolton at police
court this afternoon. The colored fel
lows stole the eggs from the Verhckc
Street Market and the New York Gro
cery Store, in Verbeke stret, it is said.
KIDNEY MISERIES
QUICKLYJJANISHED
The greater part of all sickness to
day can be avoided by keeping the kid
neys working properly. Don't let them
clog up with uric acid sediment. If
you do there Is sure to be trouble.
If you suffer with pains in the back,*
no matter how slight, bladder or uri
nary disorders, lumbago, rheumatic
pains, dlzlnesn, tired or worn-out feel
ing. or any of the many other symp
toms of kidney troubles, don't neglect
yourself another day and run the risk
of serious complications. Secure a
package of new, inexpensive and
quick-acting kidney treatment, Solvax,
and you will be surprised how entirely
different you will feel. It Is pleasant
to take and Is sold here in Harrisburg
and vicinity by H. C. Kennedy and
other reliable druggists.
You run no risk In taking Solvax. as
it Is sold under a positive guarantee to
refund your money if It fails, and H.
C. Kennedy and other reliable drug
gists, who sell it, cheerfully agree to
comply with this liberal contract. So
start to-dav ridding yourself of kidney
troubles. Nothing will be gained by
waiting.
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