WILL NOT TRY COLLEGE CASE 1 lurv Drawn For Philadelphia Osteopathy Trial Tomor row Dismissed State against the leKP of ()s,e °P a tl l >' I 8 to-morrow in the cording to counsel to-day and the •and will not be summoned. When he jury was drawn a few weeks ago i was stated by counsel that some uestlon had been raised as to whether he charter requirements of the col ptre were being carried out, but upon urther investigation the proceedings L'ere dropped. Few. Nomination. Half a dozen omination petitions for county and itv committeemen were filed with he county commissioners to ay- All are Republicans. The st follows: County. eom littee—Leonard R. Nisley, second recinrt, Second ward, Middletown; amuel Johnson, sixth precinct, Sev nth ward. City —J. Wesley Hoover, liird of the Ninth; J. D. Lightner, fth of Seventh; city committee, I. J. ■ rove, second precinct. Third wnrd; Villium Winters, tilth precinct, Sev nth ward. Continue Boundary Hearing. The earing on the re-arrangement of the oundary lines between Rush and :ast Hanover townships, scheduled to e conducted Saturday before a coin ilssion appointed by the Dauphin ounty courts, has been postponed to date to be decided upon next week. Mothers' Pension Plan. in a let >r to-day to the county commission rs, the board of managers of the As ociated Aid society offers co-operation ith the county board should it de ide to consider the "mothers' pen- Ion" scheme. The commissioners ill probabb determine definitely ext week whether or not they will dopt the plan for Dauphin. Declares Husband Cruel. ln su ig to-day for divorce from her hus and. Byron W. Rosener, Mrs. Maude . Rosener declared that she had been >rred to leave him because of his •uel treatment tovyird her. It was of iirh character, she alleged, as to ■riousiy affect her health. The Hos tlers were married on October 12, 912, and separated on May 15, 1913. Pinal \ppeals. • To-day had been xed by the county commissioners for earing the last general appeals from aunty triennial assessments for 191H, nt up until noon no complaints had pen received. To Attend Highway Conference.— ;tuphin county's board of comtiiis oners have been invited to attend le big William Penn highway con •rence which will be held in this cjtv ext Monday, and it is probable that, le board will attend in a body. Commissioners Confer. An in >rmal conference of the city coiu lissioners was held this afternoon on ie Gorgas ordinance providing for te use of improvement bond inter it funds to liquidate outstanding onds. Must Return Revised Lists. Re is registrar-assessors sat fot' the pur ose from 10 o'clock this morning until ihis evening. The changes as a lie will lie largely those voters who isli to change their affiliations or ive moved into a new district. Open lire Hose Bids. Bids for irnishingr the city with 3.900 I'eet of re hose was opened yesterday after oon by Park Commissioner E. Z toss follow: C. C. C: Fire Hose Com nuy, $1.10; Stonewall Jackson, sOc; liupire Rubber Tire, 77c; Empire est 90c; Henry Gilbert & Son, 90c; ay State. SOc: Paramount, 70c; Bi utcral Fire Hose, various tvpes at 90c. 75c. sl.lO, $lO,-.. $1 and 90c; ieimont Packing and Rubber t'o.. He; Fabric I 'Fire Hose, sl, SOc and i»c; Ktirckn Fire Hose. sl.lO, $1 and tie; Joseph J. Kelley. $1.25, $1.15, 1.05, 9 sc, 85c, and 75c; Republic uhber Co.. SOc. 70c. and $1; B. F. oodrich, SOc, 75c and 70c. Creditors to Meet. March 25 and 7 have been tixed by Federal Referee nhii T. Olmsted for the hearings of ■editors of Joseph D. Rrenner and rnest, L. Koch, respectively. In bank iptcy proceedings. Asked For New Trial. Appeal for new trial was filed yesterday in the aiiphin county court by Attorney imes a. Hatz. in the civil action in- 1 ituted by E. W. Case against Charles . Shelter. Case who sued to recover oney on notes won a verdict of about iOO. ■litneurs to Attend Council. At tst a hundred .jitney drivers of the ty, it is understood will attend next uesday's session of City Council to tain urge'action on the redrauglited tne.v regulations as prepared by the ineymen. Plans were discussed last ening at a meetii»g of the chauffeurs. ASK FOR and GET -lORLICK'S THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK !heap substitutes cost YOU same price. Efficiency INCREASE the profits of your business by aiding your skilled help ers to make the best uae k of their time. X'se the ■ projicr blanks', blank books, stationery and ad vertising matter. Get the right kind of designing, engraving, printing and binding at the right prices from The Telegraph Printing Co. Federal Square Try Telegraph Want Ads WC-UINEbUAY KVENING, LAYMEN'S MOVEMENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ■■■■ This ia the executive committee of local men who have charge of the big Laymen's Mission Movement Convention now on in this city. They are, reading from left to right: Lower row, C. A. Ellenberger, Oliver Sensenlg, James W. Barker, and Frank B. Kveritt; Opper row. F. O. Fahneslock, Jr., W. H. Repp, Louis Houseal and J. Harry Bell. TO FOLLOW UP MISSION WORK Laymen's Movement Executive Committee Plans to Keep l T p Interest Members of the executive commit- I tee of the Laymen's Missionary Move- I ment of the National Missionary Cam paign will meet to-morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock to settle up the business of the conference, which ended in the j Grace Methodist Church last night, and also to map out a plan of cam- ; paign for follow-up meetings in vari- ! ous towns in the counties in Central j Pennsylvania. The Rev. W. X. Chambers', who for thirty years was a missionary in Tur- 1 key, was one of the speakers at the ; closing session last evening. He was in the midst of the recent Armenian massacres. Tells of Armenian Massacre Mr. Chambers was one of the speak- i ers at the closing session of tlie con- i ference last evening and he told In a striking and forceful manner of the recent massacre of Armenian Chris tians. Mr. Chambers said that early in 1915 Armenians serving in the Turk ish army were relieved of their arms following a change in the political policies of the country. Christians were of the belief that the change would mean better treatment for them but instead deportation became gen eral and with It occurred the massacre of men, women and children. Many younger girls and boys were sold while countless numbers of men, wo men and children were forced to cross the plains and mountains into North ern Syria, which was also unfriendly to the newcomers. In this process of deportation children were separ ated from their parents and Mr. Chambers said that even now men and wonfen would be contented with the thought that they were childless. Sick and aged persons, said Mr. Chambers were left along the road side to die and small babes were thrown into th.e rivers. The other speakers at last evening's closing session were the Rev. P. \V. Schrlver, secretary of the immigra tion department, of home missions of the Presbyterian church and William E. Doughty, educational secretary of the laymen's missionary movement. At the conclusion of the session it was announced that' the registration for Harrlsburg had reached 1,306 which is far above the registration in other cities the size of H&rrisburg. The Harrisburg registration is only 28 less than that in Philadelphia. KIDDIE KOOP ; One of the "Baby Week" prizes that will be given to lucky youngster whose !characteristics meet the requirements. BABY DEATHRATE SHOULD BE DECREASING [Continued From First I'age.] the snow included, to "King Baby." The presiding officer, Arthur Baion, president of the Rotary Club, was in troduced and automatically became master of ceremonies. Unfortunately the weather prevented as big a turn out for the first day as was expected. Opening Session The *„.inal opening of "Baby Week" was in the efficient hands of the State and City Health Departments, and the baby's milk I was given prominence in the speeches of Dr. B. Franklin Royer. Chief Medi : cal inspector of the Pennsylvania State Department of Health, apd Dr. David S. Funk, president of the Milk Commission, Harrisburg Academy of Medicine. The former discussed ''"Common Causes of Infant Mortality land How to Prevent Them." while the (latter took up the subject of "Certified Milk." The question box proved to be a popular innovation and was j widely used. Dr. Carson Coover was examining physician for the baby prize contest and Certified Milk Commission and City Health Depart - | inent each gave demonstrations show ing the efficacy of certified and pure | milk. Dr. Buyer First Speaker Dr. B. Franklin Royer in his ad- I dress, gave some very interesting I figures and statistics concerning the ' death rates of infants throughout I Pennsylvania and applied those rates ! to the city of Harrisburg, totaling in | contrast the rates for the city. 1 The death rate in Pennsylvania for infants in the year 1906 was 149 per thousand infants born alive. Harris burg had an infant death rate in 1909 ol 128.5, declining gradually from that period on to the present. For the year 1910, the rate was 120.6; in jl#ll, lis.3; In 1913, 113.4: in 1915. 109..". For each year in this interval, | Harrisburg has had a death rate a j little below the State rite until the I last year, when It looks as though Harrlsburg's rate would be .lust a trifle | above the State rate. In 1910, llar ! risburg's rate was nearly fourteen points per thousand below the State | rate: In 1914. it was nine points be- I low Ihe Slate rate: while for the cur ' rent year it otllj' equalled the State | rate. In other words, Harrisburg'.'- GOT $20,000 FROM HEARTS OF TREES Spalding, Violinist, Carries Fortune in His Hands; to Play Here Wlin Albert Spaidin? steps upon the Orpheum stage next Friday evening he will have In his hands something over $20,000. This wealth was obtained some two centuries ago, from a pine tree and a maple tree—trees that had laughed, and sighed, and sang in summer, and moaned and tossed in winter. These trees had their moods. Joseph An thony Gttarnerius knew this, and wishing to give them long life fash ioned them jnto a violin. He was a master craftsman. He loved his work. A block of straight grained pine wood was a gold mine to him, and so he transformed trees into voices that would sing to the world a new song. His violins are among the most precious in the world, Mr. Spalding possesses one of these genuine and almost priceless instruments, with rare and beautiful tone. He has an other, which he will use for the lighter numbers—a genuine Montagnana (1700-1740) worth $4,000. This fa mous fiddle maker was a pupil of the great Steadivarius. The pupil started his own shop in Cremona, but later moved to Venice where he felt more free to carry out his own ideas. In the last fwo years a strong pro- i paganda In favor of American artists and composers has been sweeping I the country. It has had the effect of | securing proper recognition for the j talented and worthy, and giving en-j couragement to the striving and am- j bitious. It is sometimes a hit dan-1 gerous to give instlnted praise pre maturely. Mr. Spalding has earned all the praise thus far bestowed on him. Me has honestly won his place as the foremost American violinist, i The New York Tribune says he Is In the front rank of the world's great violinists. Me created "real en- i thusiasni" In Baltimore, Boston gave' him a very large audience and the critics said "he had not yet received j just recognition from the American people." * it is to be hoped that some day we will dispense with the foreign label ; if we have American artists just as good or better. Mr. Spalding Is win- { ning purely on his merits. Me is a very sincere artist and composer, and is helping materially to put the United 1 States on an independent and solid 1 musical fooling. The jnusival listener) grflws by comparing .add analyzing. I Mnrrlsburgers have treated the for- ! eigners, Melba, Kreisler, Hutcheson and Elman royally this winter. Surely I they will do no less for a good Am erican. JOHN W. PHILLIPS. I infant death rate has been steadily and gradually decreasing but has not made the showing that ought to be made by such a splendid city, situated ! in a rich agricultural section, clean j and well-paved and having an abund- | ant water supply, well tested and cared for at all seasons of the year. Dr. Royer's speech was convincing i and masterful. Me declared that most | of those who in infancy are regarded j as physically unfit were healthy at. j birth and are merely victims of bad I environment, improper feeding and j neglect—conditions which it is quite ' possible to remove. Me also declared, with much truth, that the waste of i infants' lives is a far-reaching prob- i leni and affects not only the happiness of the home, but the prosperity of the nation and race. Half the deaths of i babies under one year are preventable ami at the last analysis the chief j cause of these deaths is ignorance. In • localities where the campaign of j education has been carried on, the i death rate among babies has been re- i duced from 10 to 50 per cent. '•Flower l>ay" To-morrow If you see a friend on the streetl to-morrow ornately decorated with a ! beautiful dark red carnation, or! some other flower, don't ask him the whys and the wherefores—you will merely admit your own ignorance, and you are not supposed to be ignorant, you know, of the fact that the baby welfare exhibit is well under way and that Thursday is to be "Flower Day." under the auspices of the Associated Aid Societies. The attractive programs which Dr. J. M. J. Raunick and Dr. C. R. Phil lips, program committee, have gotten j out were distributed this afternoon. "Save the Baby, Save the Nation," in red ink, will not allow those who at tend the exhibit to forget the under lying purpose of the whole campaign. The program for to-morrow is as fol lows; Presiding, Joseph <'taster. Hebrew Charity Aid Society; 2 o'clock, address —"The Backward Child," Louise Bryant, M. D., Philadelphia; 3, ad dress-^ —"Our Community's Work for Children," .John Yates, secretary, As sociated Aid Society; 4. baby prize contest, examining physician, J. Ed ward Dickinson, M. D.; 4, demonstra tion of exhibits. And by the way. little mother, here are a few bits of advice that might prove valuable to you. The Visiting Nurses' Association and the Pure Milk Society offer It for your careful consideration. Giving; the llahy Ills Rath 1. To keep the baby well, he must be bathed every day. 2. The room In which he is bathed should be warm ami not drafty. 3. The best time for the baby's bath is in the morning about 10 o'clock, at least an hour after feeding. 4. lit; should be pill in a small bathtub, or large clean dislipan, which is not used for anything else. The tub Should ho scrubbed out with soap and htr>l water before and after each bath. fi. Have about .1 inches of warm water in the tub. If the water feels warm for your elbow It is right for the baby. 7. Clean cheesecloth makes the best washrag. Use a different piecf for his face and get fresh cheese cloth often. It Is easier to keep denn than a sponge. Wash his face first without soap and dry it. 5. I'-se Castile soap, it is pure and wfll not make the baby sore If well HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH REAL ESTATE JOHNSTOWN GETS PLANNING TIPS Members of Iron Town Com mission Pay Local Offi cials a Visit Johnstown Is anxious to obtain some first-hand Information as to how Har risburg is threshing out lis city plan ning problems and Leo J. Bufettner and Samuel G. Fetterman, two mem bers of the iron town's planning com mission, stopped over this afternoon en route to Reading: to confer on the subject with City Commissioner E. Z. Gross and Assistant Superintendent V. Grant Forrer, of the Park Depart ment, and Benjamin F. Umberger, sec retary of the local planning commis sion. Mr. Buettner, secretary of Johns town's commission, in asking for the conlerence explained that his party was on its way to Heading to attend the fourth annual convention of the Pennsylvania Housing and Town Plan nig Association, which will be held in the Berks county city to-morrow and Friday. "We are both interested in what Har risburg has done in the line of city planning," said Mr. Buettner, "and we would be very glad to meet you to see what plans Warren H. Manning has prepared for your city." Because of the weather conditions the visitors could not be taken over the park system as had been hoped, but the local officials explained the office and cabinet work that is now be ing carried out. BAI'MCIi TO DISCUSS CITY HOUSING I'ROHIiEM IX READING Some of Harrisburg's housing prob lems will be interestingly discussed in a paper by Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, chief of the city bureau of health and sani tation. to be read to-morrow afternoon at the opening session of the fourth annual conference of the Pennsylvania Housing and Town Planning Associa tion In Reading. "The Importance of the Sanitary Rating of a Community" will be the subject of Dr. Raunick's talk, and. whfle he will deal with the sanitary conditions generally, the housing prob lem will be a feature of his talk.. MESSIAH BIDS MONDAY Bids for the construction of the pro posed extension to Messiah Lutheran Church will probably be opened Mon day evening at a meeting of the build ing committee, according to Luther Minter, chairman, to-day. NEGOTIATING FOR AMICABLE SETTLEMENTS OF CLAIMANTS Negotiations between the Cumber land Valley Railroad Company and the half-dozen or more property own ers on South Second street as to the question of damages to be awarded incident to the construction of the new subways will likely be closed by April 1. If satisfactory adjustment cannot be agreed upon, the court will have to be asked by the city to appoint viewers on the question In proceedings similar to those instituted in the "Hardscrabble" case. TO-DAY'S REALTY TRANSFERS To-day's realty transfers included the following: U M. Neiffer to Charles Li. R. Voder, 3002 North Third street, $2,800; Barnhart to O. L. Hummel, 1833 llerr street. *10; A. R. ("aider to I. O. Heckert. Penbrook, $300; C. L. R. Voder to L. M. Neiffer, Riverside, $1,800: W. S. Harris to John H. Bogar, Susquehanna township, sl. washed off. Soap him all over except his head and rinse him in the tub. 9. Don't leave the baby alone while in the tub. He might roll over in the water and drown. 10. With a clean piece of absorbent cotton, squeeze some boric acid solu tion (a teaspoonful of boric acid to a tumberful of water) in his eyfcs. Civic Club Co-o|K*rates The Civic Club of Harrisburg has joined hands with other associations and organizations in boosting "Baby Week." and Mrs. James 1. Chamber lin. chairman of a specially appoint ed committee from the Civic Club, has undertaken to conduct an "Industrial Women Workers' Hour" in the various factories located in the city. Speakers from the Civic Club, who will ad dress the women and girls of the Har risburg factories at the noon hour on Thursday and Friday of this week anent the care of the baby, will in clude Mrs. < t 'harles Wood, Jr., Mrs. Charles Ryder. Miss Stitt, Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, Mrs. William Hender son, Miss Morgan, Miss Marion Leib, and Mrs. Albert Chesley. STATE BOYS' WORK DAY Saturday, March 18. will be observed as state boys' work day by the Young Men's Christian Association, Second and Locust streets. The junior depart ment will have charge of the program. There will be gymnasium exhibitions and athletic contests at 2 o'clock In the afternoon, lip ward of fifty boys will take part. They are now training for (he event under the direction of the physical director. {Cdward B. Roth. Tickets of admission will be sold by the boys and the proceeds realized wiil go for the benefit of the junior de partment work. WINTER SPORT ON MOTORCYCLE The above picture was taken after the recent snow storm, and shows a Kroup of the ho.vs from the West Knd Electric anil Cvcle Company on a motor l)oli. Tills nob hiis the regular Indian motorcycle equipment with the excep tion of the front wheel, and attains a speed thai Is eqftal to the famous two wheeled Indian speedsters. On this bob there is "no pughee, no pulleo." but coes like—well, just like a Joy Kider. EXPLORER TO TELL OF VILLA AND HIS BANDITS llUk ' jtf <*-■*•* J9I ■k-'" fc - *s. Frederick Monsen, the explorer and traveler, tvho comes to Harrlsburgr this evening: to tell of the wonders and perils of American deserts, wl.i tell of a region that has been the scene of the raids of Villa and his bandits. Mr. Monsen Is personally acquainted with Villa and at one time considered him an anient patriot. To-night he will relate some personal experiences with the invader and give firsthand knowledge of the land through which the United States soldiers will traverse in their Expedition into Mexico. The lecture which will be illustrated, will lie given in the auditorium of the Technical High School under the auspices of the Natural History Society. The illustration shove shows a natural bridge In Arizona. WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF OPERA? Take a Hand in Telegraph's Contest and Win Prize; Some Stickers! Unusual interest is being manifest ed in the Telegraph's Grand Opera contest. Answers to the list of ques tions are increasing daily, and the judges will have some time in pick ing winners. The contest closes March 25. The contest is for the purpose of bringing about stronger interest in Grand opera entertainments. The questions to be answered number 20. To the contestant sending in the near est correct set of answers the Tele graph will present one pair of first class two dollar seats to each of the three performances to be given by the San Carlo Grand Opera Company, at the Chestnut Street Auditorium, Tues day and Wednesday, March 28 and 29. To .the second best set will go two seats to two of the performances, to be selected by the contestant, and for the third nearest correct set of ans wers the sender will receive one pair of tirst class opera tickets, with the option of choosing which of the three productions he or she desires to hear. The questions to be answered follow. Some of 'em are surely "stickers." 1. Name two operas that had their premiere in Paris. 2. What opera lias, scenes laid in Japan 3. Which opera has scenes laid in California ? 4. Name an opera with scenes laid in Boston. 5. ,Name an opera with scenes laid in Berlin, Munich and Venice. 6. Name an opera with scene laid under water. 7. Name an opera with scene laid in Madagascar. 8. Name two operas presenting the best pictures of Parisian life. 9. Name an opera presenting pic ture of Neapolitan life. 10. Name one opera based on book of Dickens. 11. Name two operas based on books of Hugo. 12. Name two operas based on books of Goethe. 13. Name three operas that have scenes laid on shipboard. 14. Name three operas that had their premiere in New York. lf>. Name seven operas based on Shakespeare's plays. 16. Name an opera In which the heroine does not appear until the last act. 17. Name three operas written about the same character. 18. Name two operas given fre quently as oratorios. 19. Name an opera by a composer of Scotch descent. 20. Name two operas in which a large building collapses. STATE COLLEGE GIVES METHOD OF GAS ENGINE FUEL ECONOMY With the price of gasoline soaring almost from day to day. the farmer who possesses a gas engine must nat urally be interested in any method for economizing on fuel bills. Professor E. N. Bates, of the Penn sylvania State College, in a lecture on "The Farmer and the »sas Engine," given during the recent Farmers' Week, at Slate Colfege placed em phasis on the possibility of, fuel econ omy through the use of a combina tion of kerosene and gasoline. Farm ers were directed to mix these fuels lightly at first, beginning with a small amount of kerosene, and if the en gine wduld stand it, to work up 1o a mixture of possibly half and half. Professor Bates expressed It as his opinion that a saving or possibly twenty-five to thirty per cent, might be affected by a judicious use of this combination fuel. MARCH 15, 1916. DISMISS CHARGE AGAINST WARDEN Sing Sing Reformer Acquitted of Perjury and Jury Released iiJ.v Assoriated Press White Plains, N. Y., March. 15. Thomas Molt Osborne. prison reformer, I twice mayor of Auburn, N. V.. and for ' mer warden of Hingr Sing:, was acquitted of the charge of perjury by direction of Justice Arthur S. Thompkins to a jury In the Supreme Court here to-day. Justice Tliompkins, in a long opinion, 1 held lliat Dr. Rudolph Diedling. a State prison commissioner, WHS without au thority under the State prison law, '. when he investigated, single-handed, {Osborne's administration of Sing Sing, j It was before Dr. Diedling that Osborne | last October committed the alleged per , jury by swearing, as charged, that lie : was without knowledge of certain cases of immorality. Justice Tompkins held there was no ■ ; perjury committed by Osborne, iuas- ' much as the warden hail the right to | keep inviolate the pledges given con victs who had confessed their immor ality to him. I When Justice Tompkins had rendered I his opinion and discharged the Jury, I George Gordon Battle, Osborne's chief I counsel, moved that the jury be kept in t ! its seats and that the trial be begun, Immediately, of another indictment ' pending against Osborne, 'barging | neglect of duty and immorality. Dis i trict Attorney Weeks said he was not i prepared to proceed with the trial and ! I the Court held this dispute was not a j | question for him to decide, and I i dismissed the jury. , AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON PORTUGAL; [Continued From First I'age.] i bayonet and hand grenades freely were I able lo recapture portions of the 1 | trenches the Germans had taken. Thb Germans made heavy sacrifices | i in attempting: to cut the French line ; I and obtain possession of Dead Jlan's I j Hill. Paris advices declare. Possession J of this height has enabled the French ! to sweep with their artillery the terri lory over which the Germans were endeavoring lo advance against the fortress. It is still in French hands, however, the French war office an nounces, although the German line has advanced southward until 11 now takes . in nearly the whole of Oumleres wood LEADING IN WORK FOR SUFFRAGE BILL M 1 XI 111 MAX 111 !:. \V IIITFSI lOI'SK Albany, N. V., March 14.—Mrs. Norman dp It. Whitehouse, who recently" succeeded to the oltlc'e of chairman of the New York Slate Woman Suffrage party upon the election of .Mrs.Carrie Chapman I'att to the presidency of the National Woman Suffrage Association, is one of the hardest workers at this Juncture to net the woman suffrage hill through the New York State legislature. The hill must he passed at this session and .again by the next .Legislature in order to go to the electorate lor ratification at the polls In the fall of 11*1 T. j Mrs. White house has heen made the subject of the latest attack of the antlsunVaglßts in an effort to defeat the hill now under consideration. Her name was coupled with an opprobrious poem published hi u'recent issue of the Masses, a New York magazine, in such n way as to make it appear that she endorsed the sentiments expressed in this irreverent. poem. The poem, which appeared in the December number of the magazine, was reproduced on a leaflet given out by the antiH; and directly under it was a reprint of a letter written by Mrs. Whltehoime thanking the magazine for its efforts in behalf of the "woman's cause." The letter really had been written in Sep tember to acknowledge a special suffrage edition of the magazine in that month, three months nnd more before the poem appeared. In her denial Mrs. Whitehouse says: 'T had never seen nor heard of the poem until the antisuffrage attack was brought to my attention. My letter was given to the magazine long ago on the strength of n splendid suffrage edition published by it during the fall of 1 n 11V. nnd certainly could have no 'connection with a poem published months afterward." HARRISBURG MEN MAY BE CHOSEN M. E. DELEGATES Drs. Fox, Fasick and Morgan Mentioned; Conference Ses sion in Altoona Begins With the opening of the forty eighth annual session of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist church in the Eighth Ave nue Church, Altoona, this morning, the chief topic of interest among the hundreds of delegates, is the election of six ministerial anil six lay- mem bers who will attend the general con ■ ference of the church to be held in Syracuse, N. V.. in May. Anions those mentioned for dele gates are the Kev. John D. Fox, of | Grace church, this city; the Rev. Dr. ; A. S. FasicK. superintendent of the llarrlsburg district, and l)r. J. 11. Morgan, president of Dickinson col i lege. It is rumored now in conference j circles that more changes than were anticipated will lie made in the pas torales of the conference territory. Bishop Karl Cranston presided this morning at the opening session anrl at the Sacrament of thfe fiord's Sup per. The Kev. Dr. Benjamin H. Mos ser, of WHliamsport, then spoke on . "The Ideal -Minister," which was fol lowed Uy the organization of confer ence for Ihe business sessions. This afternoon Dr. Ezra 11. Yocum made an address on missions follow ing the devotional exercises conducted by the Kev. Dr. 11. R. Mender. The conference memorial service was then held, after which Prof. F. Watson Hannah, of the Drew Theological. Seminary spoke 011 "The Failure That Succeeds." To-night the anniversaries of the board of Sunday schools and Hie Freedman's Aid Society will be held, with Dr. .J. H. Souser. presiding. The Kev. Drs. Edgar Blake and 1. Gar land Penn will speak. Yesterday the delegates poured into Altoona and registered for (he ses sions. At the anniversary of the Tem perance Society in the evening ad dresses were made by Dr. Edwin C. . Dinwiddle, of Washington, national superintendent of legislation of the j Anttsaloon l.eagtie and Dr. Clarence j True Wilson,' of Topeka, Kan., secre tary of the temperance board of the I Methodist Episcopal church. Both speakers told of the progress of tli* j temperance movement and of recent victories over the liquor Interests. The service closed with prayer by the Kev. j Dr. Silas C. Swallow, of Camp Hill. I Th Rev. J. Emory Weeks, of Alt. Carmel, formerly of Duncannon, if ( unable to attend the sessions because of illness, and will not he able to take his appointment it is believed. Thf Rev. W. C. Rohbins. of Liverpool, wil retire this year, and a young pastoi will probably be given this charge. ! to the east of the height. Pushing l'-Boat War Berlin officially denies rumors thai ; the new German submarine campaign ; under which armed merchantmen af regarded as wars hips has been aban , dolled or postponed. On the contrary il is now in full swing, it is declared. Following t tie recent declaration nI war on Portugal bv Germany, Austria has severed diplomatic relations wit I tlie Portuguese government, a Geneva i dispatch states. Germans Take Prisoners I The Berlin report on the gain mndr 1 by the Germans during the Verdun j battle west of the Metise describes il i as taking place west of the C-orbcaux j wood and on the height of T.e Morln i Homme (the Dead Man). This coin j cides with the French version of iho lighting as to the sector in which th« Germans made their advance. Berlin declares, however, that tln French counterattack, although re peated four times, failed lo result in an.\ measure of success, and that tin losses of the assaulting forces wero • heavy. The Germans took 1,025 pris oners in this action. 9