Bethlehem Steel Officials on Inspection
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COURT HEARS OF
SUPPER PARTIES
AT THE COLUMBUS
Maurice E. Huss' Application
For Relicense Creates a
Stir Today
PAINTED GIRL "FLIRTS"
Session Resumed This After
noon —Savoy Testimony
Is All In
With the re-convening at 1 o'clock j
this afternoon of Dauphin county li
' cense sessions, the court heard further
illuminating tales of the midnight
supper parties in the Columbus Hotel, j
The hearing on the remonstrance
against the Columbus, the fourth in
the series of a twenty or more sched
uled against as many applicants for re
license, was begun lute yesterday aft
ernoon after the close of the hearing j
on the Hotel Sa\"oy application.
K. H. Dodge, the first witness in j
the campaign inaugurated by llie
churches of the city and the Dauphin
County Law and Order and No-License
Leagues was the first witness. He re
sumed the stand again this afternoon, i
John P. Guyer, the field secretary of 1
the Law and Order League, followed.
If the tales of the pink-glowing
cabaret of the Savoy made a crowded
courtroom sit and take notice, the
"doings" as one witness put it, at the
Columbus were hardly less startling.
The Barristers Uneasy?
The witnesses told of the gather
ings of painted girls at the tables, of
the open flirting from table to table,
of the drinking of persons far past
the intoxication stage, while one tale
of a member of the Dauphin county
bar who joyously flirted with a pretty
girl at a nearby table caused some
audible sniekerirtg and neck-craning
about the bar enclosure.
President Judge Kunkel and Addi
tional Law Judge AlcCarrell agreed to
a continuance of the hearing until l
o'clock this afternoon at the sugges
tion of At tornov D. 8. Heitz, counsel
for Maurice K. Russ, the proprietor
of the Columbus. Mr. Seitz said he
could expedite matters considerably
by corraling some witnesses although
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i 12,500 Employes of Phila.
Must Lay Off of Booze
Philadelphia. Keb. U". Following
tlie lead of Chief Davis, of the water
bureau, who on Monday ordered the
1.500 employes of that bureau to lib
strain from intoxicants during work
ing hours, under pain of instant dis
missal fo>- violating the rule, James P.
McLaughlin, chief of the electrical
bureau, to-day issued a similar orjler
to the 1.000 tnen in his department.
Director Wilson, of the Department of
Public Safety, also announced that ,
policemen, firemen and other em- j
ployes of his department to the num
ber of 10.000 will receive notice of the
"temperance during working hours"
decree.
The principal factor in the new at
titude of hostility to'the use of alco
holic liquors is the workmen's com
pensation law. which recently became
effective in Pennsylvania.
Attack by Wister Replied
to by Towne in Verse
Special lo I lie Telegraph
I Washington. Feb. 23. Charles A.
Towne. former Senator from Minnesota
and former Congressman from New
York, wrote th* following rejoinder
yesterday to the verses assailing the
President given out in Philadelphia by
Owen Wister, the author:
To Owen Wister—A Riposte
Alas! that one skilled In words that
blister
Should find himself In mood so fierce
and ireful
As he should yearn to be ,i verbal
twister.
In such a cause to seek the phrase
most direful.
Now, certe, this cannot be that Owen
Wister
Who lately in a book that ruled the
hour.
Did portray how Get-mania's fate had
missed
Through base abuse of Hohenzollern
oower!
That he should now rail at our Presi
dent.
Bewailing lack of stronger words the
• while.
Suggests a foretime Wister precedent.
And makes lis, when he blusters
smile.
CHARLES A. TOWNE.
[THE WEATHER-
For HarrlNlmrcc anil vicinity: Main
thl* afternoon, 10-niicM and proli
* nlilj Thurnilav; HOmmhat narmrr
to-ulKht, n lOi lon eat tempera
ture about 10 ileKrcea; rubier
Thuraday.
For Kaatern I'eiinaylvanlai Prob
ably anoxv in northern and rain or
xiioiv In aouthern portion to-night
nnd Tlilirmtn \s colder Tlinrmlu.v|
moderate variable tvinda.
Hlver
'J'lie SiiMfiuehanna river anil all Its
branched, except the upper por
. tlon of the North Branch, will
probably rlne aomewhat and Ice
movementa are likely lo occur,
particularly In the Weat Branch.
A atage of about 4.4 feet In Indi
cated for Harrlaburg Thursday
inornlnK.
t.cncral Conditions
A dlaturbance from , the liocky
Mountaliia nlth lonext pressure
oxer the Ohio Valley and Ihc Mid
dle \tlantlc States, dominates llie
«ealher over nearly all the coun
try east of the Mlaalsalppl river
Ibis morning;. It haa caused rain
In the laat twenty-four houra
over the Obio and Middle Mis
sissippi I alleys and anon and rain
over the greater part of the i.ake
rrarlon. The weather has become
much warmer over nearly all Hie
eastern half of the country alnee
last report.
Temperature: H a. m.. 34.
Mm: lilacs. H:ts n. m.| nets, .'
p. in.
Moon: lilacs. IO:M> p. m.
Hlver stnaei «.:i feet above low
tvatcr mark.
Yesterday's Weather
llllihcst tempcraOire, >l3.
I.owest temperature. 111.
.Mean temperature, 111.
Aorinal temperature, 31,
GERMANS BREAK
FRENCH LINES IN
DRIVE ON VERDUN
In Great Offensive Penetrate
Two Miles Back of Front
in Woevre
ARE NEAR INC. FORTRESS
Turks Evaeuatc Another City
Ahead of Pursuing Russ;
Lose Many Prisoners
j The Germans in a great offensive
are driving for tlie French fortress oT
I Verdun and already have succeeded in
i penetrating two miles into the French
lines in the Woevre region,
j The drive resulting in this advance
■ was along a ten-mile front. It had |
its impulse almost directly to the north
|of Verdun, where the Germans suc
cessively occupied the Haumont wood
'and then the village itself bringing
jthein within eight miles of the Fort
ress. Fighting of great violence is
( continuing.
' The present German offensive has
been in progress more than three
weeks. It has resulted in important
net sains, for while at some points tlio
allies were able to regain parts of the
ground lost the Germans have clung
tenaciously to many positions despite
| all efforts to dislodge them.
Petrograd announces the continued
pursuit of the remnants of the Turkish
I army which fled from Erzerum with
the taking of the Turkish stronghold
by the Russians. Newspaper dis
patches report the Turks evacuating
Trebizond, on the Black Sea coast, to
wards which city, however, another
body of Turks from Erzerutn is said
to be retreating. The Russians are;
making an effort to cut off this force. I
The German offensive on the west- j
em front is again Commanding atten-!
tion, its renewed outbreak having re
sulted in what looks to be important
breaches in the French lines in the
Artois, while efforts to push hack the
French lines near Verdun also had
some measure of success.
There is increasing activity along
the front in Russia,- but the opera
tions for the most part are confined
to artillery battles and outpost en
gagements.
Appointment of a new chief for the
German battle fleet is announced in
Berlin, Admiral Von Pohl, who re
tiros on account of ill health, being
.succeeded (is cuuimu;*Ji r by Vice-
Admiral Reinhardt Scheer.
•
Russia Is Unshaken in
Determination to Win;
Czar Lands His Troops
By Associated Press
Petrograd, Feb. 23. Addressing
j the Duma yesterday. Foreign Minis
ter Sazeroff reviewed the war sittua*
' tion in a most optimistic way. although
lie declared it was more difficult now
than ever before of foresee the end of
the world struggle.
"The imperial government remains
unshaken in its determination to con
tinue tlie struggle lo conquer the ene
my," he said. "This war is the great-
Jest crime of high treason against hu
manity. Those who provoked it bear
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Man Is Not Made
to Live Alone Says
Groom-Elect of 65
"Man is not made to live alone, ac
. i cording to t lie Bible—and 1 believe
; in the Bible!"
j That was the answer Harvey llarro,
of Ktters. smilingly made to-day
I I when the Clerk ill t lie marriage
! bureau genially quizzed him about his
, matrimonial intentions. llarro. who
is a farmer, called at the bureau with
, Mrs. Priscilla Zumbrum, a house
keeper. and a resident of llarro's
• home town. She has been twice a
widow. Harro is a widower.
1 Mrs. fcgumbrtim gave her age as 48;
( ' Ila rro is i> r>.
Argue Whether or Not
Fox Should Answer Queries
Put to Him in Big Probe
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 23.—Judge W.
H. S. Thompson, In the federal Court
! here to-day heard arguments on
whether llugli F. Fox, of New York,
secretary of the United Slates Brew
ers' Association, should answer the
questions put to him by the grand
i jury Investigating the alleged political
contributions of brewery interests.
John P. Gardner, of Philadelphia,
l president of the United States Brew
ers' Association and of tlie Northwest
National Bank of Philadelphia, were
here to go before the grand jury as
soon as the arguments were tinished.
Phila. Contractor Gets
Award For New P. & R.
Track to Rutherford
The James McGraw company of
Philadelphia, was to-day awarded the
contract for grading and masonry
work for the new track to run from
the Rutherford yards of the Phila
delphia and Reading Railway to Pax
ton street. Harrisburg. It is under
stood work will start at an early date.
The cost was not made public.
Announcement of the contract came
at noon to-day from the otflee of the
j chief engineer of the Philadelphia and
Reading at Philadelphia. It marks
the beginning of extensive track and
yard changes to be mado by the Read
ing Company at Rutherford, in and
about Harrisburg, and along the Har
| risburg division between this city and
ilagerstown.
| Ol.l) LKBANON MERCHANT I)IKS
By Associated Press
Lebanon, Pa., Feb. 211.—Christian
Shenk, aged SO, Lebanon's oldest de
partment store merchant died to-day
acute indigestion.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1916
THOUSANDS IN ST
FUNERAL CORTEGE
OF BISHOP SHANAHA
Largest Procession Witnessed
Here in Years; March to
Cemetery Follows Impres
sive Service at St. Pat
rick's Cathedral
Body Blessed by Archbishop
Prendergast and Visiting
Dignitaries; EdiliceCrowd
ed to the Doors; People
Stand For Hours to Get
Last Glimpse of Beloved
Father
I With hundreds or men in procession
land thousands of persons lining the
j streets over which the funeral cortege
, passed, tho body of the late Kt. Rev. t
John Walter Shanalian, for seventeen I
years the beloved bishop of the dlo
jcese of Harrlbburg, was slowly borne
1 to Mt. Calvary Cemetery shortly after
( 1 o'clock to-day for burial.
| The funeral procession was the larg- ,
,; est seen here in years and probably
' ! one of the largest the city has ever
, | witnessed. The march to the cemetery
| followed services at St. Patrick's Cath
j cdral, which were concluded with the
f! blessing of the body by Archbishop E.
F. Prendergast, of Philailelphia; j
.'Bishop J. R. Canivan, of Pittsburgh: j
'; Bishop M. J. Hoban, Scranton; Bishop
John Fitzinaurice. Krie, and Bishop
" Eugene MeGarvey, of Altoona.
This part of the service was proba
~ bly the most impressive of all and
each prelate, in turn gave absolution
over the body while two quartets al
ternately sane the Renedictus from j
| Von Weber's mass. During the ser- j
I vices, too. Bishop J. J. McCort, of!
! Philadelphia, a personal friend of thej
! late Bishop Shanalian delivered a |
, most Impressie funeral sermon in
1 which told of the bishop's premonition
; of death.
Kdilicc Crowded to the Doors
Si. Patrick's Cathedral was crowded
to the doors this morning and in ad- j
• , dition to the great crowds which oc-
cupied the pews and chairs, hundreds
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' | IIIMIIOII Ui'l urt'D funeral nrrmon in full
on liinlioit Shniiiiliiiu IN to lie found
sj on l'nK<- 3.1
Fletcher's Nomination as
Ambassador to Mexico
Favorably Recommended
By Associated Press
i Washington, D. C., Feb. 23. —Henry i
Prather Fletcher's nomination as am- |
1 bassador to Mexico was ordered re- j
| ported to the Senate to-day by the j
. i foreign relations committee with the j
t recommendation that It be confirmed
l as soon as possible. Senator Borah
, | and Senator Smith, of Michigan, Re
- : publicans, voted against the recom-
B mendation.
I' Chairman Stone will submit the re
-1 port in executive session late to-day
and an effort will be made to get an
, immediate vole on confirmation.
Senators Borah and Smith opposed
ti the recommendation vigorously on the
3 { ground that the United States Senate
s ( shoifld not participate in recognition
| of General Carranza by confirming an
| ambassador.
H. P. Fletcher is. a native of the
' Cumberland Valley and has many ac
-1 qnnintances in this section of the
I! country.
f Princess Seeks Proof
of Baby's Non-Existence
. ' Xew York. Feb. 23.—Attorneys for!
. | Princess Almee Crocker Gouraud
. Miskinoff to-day arranged evidence to 1
. I support their client's contention that 1
|no child was born of her union lo
3 j Prince Alexander .Miskinoff. who is
»j suing for a separation. Among other
1 j witnesses they subpenaed Dr. George
j|V. Foster, a physician who attended
I the princess when she was in a sana
. i torium in April of last year.
I While Dr. Foster declined lo tell the
. nature of his testimony. It was ex-
I peeled he would testify that no child
was born to I lie princess on that occa
i sion and that the illness was diagnosed j i
jl as nervous trouble.
Tho record shows that the course of I
treatment covered a period of the lime | 1
i when the prince and princess and |
-1 Yvonne Gouraud, the 15-year-old
' daughter of the princess, were living t
jat Ihc McAlpln Hotel. j
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BISIIOP SHANAHAN* LYING IN STATB
PRESIDENT IS [
DETERMINED TO
STOP WARNING
Unalterably Opposed lo Con
gress Passing Resolution
Stopping Travel
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 23. President!
Wilson is unchanged in his opposition |
to having Congress pass any resolu- i
tion warning Americans to keep ofC
armed merchantmen of the, European
belligerents and Congress leaders have
been so advised. It was stated au
thoritatively to-day that discussion of!
such a move did not come up at the '
President's conference Monday night !
with Chairmen Stone and Flood of the
! Congress committees dealing with;
'foreign affairs, and with Democratic]
, Leader Kern, but was revived in quite I
another way.
The official account is that Senator I
Smith of Georgia, recently went to
, Senator Stone to discuss the form in
which such a resolution might be in
troduced, it was said. Senator Stone
: at that time opposed such recommen
! dation.
Advocates Training Boys
to Form Army of Million
Washington, Feb. 23.—"The Mili
tary Affairs committee is of the opin
ion that we do not need a large stand
ing army in this country, but that we
do need at all times a large body of
our young men well trained and edu
cated," said Representative McKellar,
of Tennessee, submitting to the House, j
to-day a favorable report on his bill I
to establish and maintain military |
training schools in the various States. ,
BIRTOX IN FIELD
By Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio. Feb. 23.—Ex-United
States Senator Theodore K. Burton, of
Cleveland, to-day filed with Secretary
of State Mlldebrand his formal an
nouncement that he will be a candi
date for the Republican nomination
for President.
MARTIAL LAW IN' CHAXG-SHA
By Associated Press
Shanghai. China, Feb. 23. —Martial j
law has been proclaimed at Chang-'
Sha, capital of the province of Hunan. 11
where an unsuccessful attack was
made by rebels on Monday on the gov- [ ]
ernor's mansion. No further details h
of the uprising have been received i
here.
PAYS MAYOR IATTLF, VISIT
When Mayor E. S. Meals'walked ,
into his office at his home at Third ]
and North streets, last night, he found :
Levi Qnigg, widely known as a police i
character, sound asleep In one of the I j
office chairs. Mayor Meals called for ' <
the patrol and had (julgg taken to 1 |
.iail for a hearing to-day. CJuigg. \
when awakened, said that he, thought i
lie would pay Hie Mayor a little visit, i
WOMEN OF CITY
SHOW INTEREST
IN AUTO SHOW
Dealers Find the Ladies Are
Quick to Learn Mechani
cal Features
Out-of-town visitors last night were
prominent in the record crowd at th«
automobile show. Three cities con
tributed at least 300—Chambersburg
York and Lancaster.
An interesting feature of the even
ing was the outside demonstration
Prospective buyers wanted to see how
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Finger Prints on Beer
Bottle Complete Chain of
Evidence Against Murderei
By Associated Press
New York. Feb. 23.—Four flngei
j prints on the beer bottle with whlcl
Mrs. Julia Heilner was murdered ir
hor home in Brooklyn in April, 1915
were declared by the politic to-day ti
complete the chain of evidence impli
eating Joseph F. Hanel, the woman'!
butler.
Hanel. who was arrested In Baltl
: more yesterday, was expected to b<
brought back to New York to-day a;
police headquarters here was inform
ed he would not tight extradition.
The linger prints on the beer botth
were compared to-day with those taker
from Hanel by the Baltimore police
and, according to the police experts
tally exactly. Detectives who hav<
been on the case declare they plaet
no value in Hanoi's confession thai
he robbed Mrs. Heilner but that t
"pal" committed the murder. Inves
tigation of this story has convinced
J them the "pal" never existed.
Paroled Prisoner Arrested
Not Firebug, Say Police
Residents of Allison Hill, when thej
learned that city detectives bad ar
rested a man last night living in Ver.
non street, spread the report that the
firebug which has been working ir
that district, had been taken.
Upon investigation, however, thej
were told that the man whom the
detectives had taken into custody was
j Roy Grieves, 143 9 Vernon street, whe
lias been violating a prison parole, ii
is said.
Superintendent of Detectives Wil
liam L. Windsor, Jr., said this morning
that ho is positive that. Grieves had
nothing to do with the fires.
DODGE'S HAT STORE NOT SOLD
This paper was in error in its issue
of February 21 in announcing that
negotiations were under way for the
purchase of the business of H. C.
Dodge, hatter and furrier, at Third
nnd Strawberry streets, and that It
was understood that a man formerly
identified with a. big city shoo firm was
to be the purchaser. Mr. Dodge an
nounces that there Is no truth in the
rumor.
SCHWAB PLANS
TO MODERNIZE PA.
STEEL CO. PUNTS
President Grace, of Bethlehem Steel Company, Following
Inspection, Tells of Big Things Planned For Steel
ton Plant; to Spend Millions
Blast Furnace Department First to Be Improved Here;
Felton and Reynders Accompany New Owners; Go
ing to Sparrows Point Late Today
Following an inspection of the Steelton plant of the Pennsyl
vania Steel Company this morning, President E. G. Grace, of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation and next to Mr. Charles M. Schwab, in
the management of affairs of the company, declared that the new
owners will immediately remodel, enlarge and modernize the blast
, furnace department, spend millions in modernizing the big plant
j and install modern methods and progressive policies in the man
agement of the local company.
! Seen by a Telegraph reporter just
| before he went to luncheon with the j
j Inspection party at the cafe in the
Bridge Shop office, President Grace
j laughingly declared that "somehow a
J rumor seems to have gotten out that
|we intend to dismantle the entire
Steelton plant.
"Please reassure the people," he
I continued, "that such will not be the
j case. In fact I should say it will be
- just the opposite. We will develop the
' plant and make eevry effort to make it
one of the most progressive in the
country.
"We want the people of Harris
burg and Steelton, and particularly
the employes of the company to co
operate with us in every way and we
shall do our best to make things
progress."
In reply to a question as to what
improvements will be made. Presi
j dent Grace, replied:
"Well it's a little early yet to make
any announcement; we are merely
' making a preliminary inspection of
! the properties and finding just what
we have purchased. You may say,
however, that one of the first things
tLUTION?
I . Washington, Feb. 23.— Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, an- I
, ution to ■
I 1
I SCHUYLKILL LAWYER SHOT J
• F. Lyons, former 1
I district attorney'of Schuylkill county, was found dead, shot j
I ck this afternoon in a 1
j woodshfcd on the rear of his office at Shenandoah. No cause |
for suicide is known. 1
ITERS IN i
Washington, Feb. 23.—President Wilson sent to the j
Senate to Jay in response to Senator Stone's resolution J
' i ted States 1
ipa iby Japan during J
•o com- J
I st to make pub' time. J
"
BISHOP SHANAHAN BURIED 1
i The funeral services for Bishop Shanahan were con- i
eluded at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery shortly before 2.30
, o'clock this afternoon. Prayers for the dead were recited •
k and the litany for the dead was chanted by two score of
priests. The ,ci vice?, were onducted 1 y Bishop J. J. Mc
( Cort, of Philadelphia, who delivered the sermon during the |
' service?; ; r ' V >.* Cat!' ' • thi: moaning. Following
the reciting of prayers the body was lowered into the grave
• and the funeral was concluded. Several thousand persons '
were pre eit a' the ceremonies at the-cemetery.
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' CUMMINS IN RING FOR PRESIDENT
I
Des Moines, la, Feb. 23.—United States Senator Albert ]
i B. Cummins, of lowa, to-day filed affidavit with the Secre- fl
tary of State as a candidate for president of the United
States on the Republican ticket. I
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• MARRIAGE LICENSES •
Harvey llarro and Mra. Prlacllla /.nmhrtimi Kttera.
alter Jacob Hoopes and Alice Hrina I'rlcc, city.
L Raymond C. Snyder and Sadie M. Ilordncr, CarMonvllle. •
20 PAGES CITY EDITION
we will do is to modernize the blast
j furnace department."
\» Comment on Changes
Asked about a dispatch from South
' Bethlehem to the effect that u number
: j of high officials of the Pennsylvania
i Steel Company wilt be asked to re
-11 sign, Mr. Grace replied, "Indeed we
! are only making an inspection of the
: j plant and as yet haven't had a
I j chance to see just what we have anil
really I wouldn't like to comment 011
i that."
The Bethlehem president declared
he was hardly able as yet to d I SCUM
just what products would lie special
ized upon at the local plant.
To the interviewer one fact seemed
i most significant and that was the evi
dent youth of all the Bethlehem of
' ficials. Mr. Grace himself is only a
; young man. full of vitality and has a
pleasing: personality. When he speaks
s he emphasizes the "Vou" and talks
■ i directly to his man. creating imme
\ dlately the impression that he does
II want to see things boom and that ha
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