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<rl registry lists of partv enroll
tents throughout the county must
e returned to the clerks in the
utility commissioners office by to
-10 now afternoon according to print
-11 instructions sent out a few weeks
go to all ihe registry assessors. To
ny is tho final day for party enroll
lent fur the Spring primaries and
x> 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.
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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.
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