- - ........ Pension Mutual Life Insurance Application For Receivership HARRISBURG 3@SKk TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 276 14 PAGES WOOD TO FIGHT STATE REQUEST FOR RECEIVER Judicial Investigation of Alle gations by O'Neil to Be Started Dec. 18 DENY ALL CHARGES cnion Casualty Company's Hearing Set For 19th by • Judge Kunkel Judicial investigation of the alleged attempt of Lyndon D. Wood to organ ize a gigantic insurance company combine will be started December 18, when the Dauphin county court hears the application of State Insurance Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil for the appointment of a receiver for the Pension Mutual Life Insurance Com pany of Pittsburgh. Similar inquiry will be made in the affairs of the Union Casualty Com pany, Philadelphia, on December 19, because both companies, according to State Commissioner O'Neil are part of the proposed combine which Wood planned to form. The dates were fixed to-day follow ing the filing of Mr. Wood's answer to the rule obtained November 6, in which he is required to show cause why the Pension Mutual should not be dissolved and the receiver ap pointed. With the respondent to-day appear ed ex-Senator Joseph A. Thompson, Beaver and Stephen Stone, of Stone and Stone, a Pittsburgh law firm and Wood's counsel. Deputy Attorney General William M. Hargest repre [ Continued on Page 12] Auto Breakdown Causes of Bride's Tears and Not t'usband's Perfidy Just because a pesky automobile broke down and Because he was a wee bit shy about telling an old-time friend of his marriage, Edgar G. Cooper, aged 20, 116 Chestnut street, had no end of trouble over the week-end. Mr. Cooper, with Miss Mary Alice Reese, a telephone operator from Wilkes-Barre, slipped off to Hagers town to be married on Thursday. They were refused a license there, j then went to Frederick, Md., obtained a license and were happily wed. They then returned to Hagerstown and the excitement started. That is, the ex- - cltement for the bridegroom. Mr. Cooper decided that he needed a shave, so Mrs. Cooper gave him the family pocketbook—of course! At noon "hubby" hadn't returned and when late in the evening he didn't show up "wifey" decided he had de serted her, so she left for her home in Wllkes-Barre. "Hubby" really hadn't deserted her, however—not that you could notice it. Meeting an old friend in Hagerstown. he accepted an invitation to take a little trip to his friend's farm. He was too bashful to say anything about the wedding, so he went along. Then the automobile broke down, and "hubby" couldn't get back. When lie finally returned to Hagerstown he found that "wifey" had left for home, so he started for Wllkes-Barre yester day, where he explained and was for given. TWO DAUGHTERS DIP IN LESS THAN A WEEK Nellie, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McGuire of Enola, was their second little daughter to die of membraneous croup within a week. Last Wdnesday, Emma, aged 7, died of the same disease. TIIOM STILL ON STAND Washington, D. C.. Nov. 2 7.-—The joint congressional committee investi gating transportation problems re sumed its sessions to-day with Albert P. Thorn, counsel for the railway ex ecutives advisory committee, again a witness. He had completed his direct testimony and was readv to be cross examined. This was the fourth day of Mr. Thorn's appearance before the committee. He had already given a detailed account of the difficulties of the railroads in matters of finance and in providing adequate facilities. His examination was expected to occupy most of the day. GERARD SEES LANSING Washington, D. G\. Nov. 2 7.—Am bassador Gerard had a final confer ence with Secretary Lansing to-day preparatory to sailing for Germany on December 3 byway of Copenhagen. The ambassador and the secretary were uniformly silent about what was discussed at their conference, which lasted an hour, but in official quarters the impression prevailed that the deli cate nature of the submarine situation and the deportation of Belgians to Germany were discussed. Mr. Gerard probably will see President Wilson to morrow. THE WEATHER For Hnrrishurgr and viclnltyt Kalr mill nnrmfr to-night, with low cut temperature nbout Wile- Krfisi Tutuday fulr, continued n arm. I'or Er.ntern Fcnnnj lvnnln: Fair mill warmer to-night mid Tuen ila.il frmh ami pratmbj} wtroun Nouthneat wintlx. River The main river will continue to rUe slowly or remain Mtntlonnry. A Mage of aliout 4-1 fet IN Indicat ed for llarrlHluirK Tucatlnv morn ing. Temperature: S a. m., ?AK *itns Itinex, 7:OTi n. m.; win, 4ill |i. m. Moon i Flrnt quarter, December I, I2i*!> p. ni. filler >tait-l 3.11 feet above low witter mark. Veaterday'n Weather lllsheat temperature, 37. l.owcHt temperature. 24. Mean temperature, 30. Kurmnl temperature, US. _____ SULLIVAN HAS SOME THOUGHT ON THE HIGH COST OF LIVING s ) BAt> O*E USED TO) J w "arCTmC ] ABE A WAItXt?—SFILT A J "i *HAT_SJHIS >-?,( —, ~ \ "*\ FOOO H KEEffe E up F ° P • y i AV <r im. "&<**> "M v v s |™ E °* I OF IT. Bwq. 4%^ \ " //, / / \l, fOr WE SUSPECT MIM ? „, __ Kx fw 1 MX //T | V ( ) ' — l |OF HAviN4 a pound / OWINIxTOTHE If /\\ rt * skt ffea* V/ OF PRUNES WO HIGH COST OF MaLjtL\ // \\ h VM) *|flgy \) ' .v >v.: S°ffi eT ' CONFER ON FIRE HOUSE QUESTION WITH PARK BOARD City Councilmen Invite Capitol Extension Commission to Discuss Problem What arrangements the city will be j expected to make relative to the vaca j tion of the Mt. Vernon Hook and Lad ] der Truck and the Citizens' Fire Com i pany houses incident to the taking | over of these properties by the Capitol { Park extension commission will be I discussed, it is understood, at the con ference to-morrow between the Capi | tol Park Commission and the City | Councilmen. | At last week's session of the city | commission, a formal invitation was j extended the State Board to meet j with Council to-morrow to discuss the I tax exoneration problem and it is be lieved that the firehouse phase will be I threshed out, too, at this time. Both the Mt. Vernon and the Citi ! Zens' company houses are on Fourth j street in the district that will neces ! sarily have to bo vacated to make way ! for the park extension. Harrisburg I must meet the emergency that will i confront the city before Spring at the ! latest. | The tax exoneration question is an | equally important question. At least 1 a dozen properties upon which the ex tension commission have asked ex | emption for 1914 city taxes were ac ; quired by the State prior to the levy ! ing of the assessment. The city com missioners, however, contend that | even though title has been taken by j the State, there are several properties whose owners still retain a leasehold. This, city councilmen say, gives the citizens the use of the houses without subjecting them to taxation. Amundsen Here to Buy Hydroaeroplanes For Use in Next Polar Expedition New York. Nov. 27. Roalnd ! Amundsen, South Polar explorer, is j here to buy two hydroaeroplanes for use in his 1918 expedition into North I Polar regions, he said on his arrival at this port to-day on the Danish 'steamer Frederik VIII from Copen hagen. The flying machines, he said, ! "would be constructed so as to travel over smooth Ice as well as on water and will be used for interior explora j tions starting from the ship which j will carry the party. The vessel will be constructed, he said, so that the planes can rise from and land on Its decks. The explorer added that an other purpose of his visit here was to buy food supplies for his trip in this country because prices in Europe were : prohibitive. ; Amundsen said his ship would be | ready for launching in March and |that the work of equipping her would begin in July 1917 but that no effort l would be made to get away before jthe following year so he might, have | plenty , of time to complete his prep | nrations. The start was originally ! planned for 1917 but was delayed on i account of the war. Small Towns Collect Fines For Auto Speeding j Several motorists have been com pelled to pay fines and costs amount ling to twelve or thirteen dollars for | driving beyond the legal limit of fif teen miles per hour while passing through Jonestown, West Reading and ICenter Hall. I Many of the boroughs of the Stat© j have been compelled to take drastic ;action to compel motorists to use cau tion in passing through built-up scc | tions as there have, been numerous I accidents, some of them fatal, caused Iby the reckless driving of automobile Ipartips driving at the rate of twenty | rive or thirty miles per hour through ■the open country who fail 'o slacken I speed when coming to the small towns. HARRfSBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1916. TWO STEELTON MEN DEAD AS BULLETS FLY Southern Negro Kills Another in Duel and Lands in Hos pital Himself Two men ore dead and one is in the Harrisburg Hospital seriously injured as the result of week-end shooting frays in Steelton. Adam Zlokas, aged 22, was almost instantly killed while sitting eating supper at a window of his boarding house, 622 South Third street. Who fired the shot Is a mystery baffling the police. Calvin Stewart, Columbia, S. C., is dead and Warren Gladen, of Virginia, is in the hospital as the result of a duel at the Steelton West Side Repub [Continued on Page. 9] OAKLEY PANELS DUE DECEMBER 15 Talented Philadelphia Artist Has Prepared Five of the Senate Series Five of the painting for the mural decoration of the State Senate cham ber will be sent to Harrlsburg by De cember 15 by Miss Violet Oakley and will be in place before the next Gen eral Assembly meets. The remaining four will be completed by the Phila delphia artist after the session ends. The paintings which will be placed next month are for the west wall at the side and above the rostrum. They include the Washington painting, showing the general at the consti tutional convention, and the Lincoln [Continued on I'agc 12] Family of Seven Is Blotted Out by Fire Cape May, N. J.. Nov. 27. The fam- ! Ily of Lewis Wilson, an employe of the Bethlehem Steel proving ground, com- I posed of six persons besides himself, i was wiped out of existence vesterday morning by the burning of their home on the northern border of West Cape May. The death list follows: Lewis Wilson, about 38 years old: Mrs. Margaret Wilson, his wife, about 34 years old: Mrs. Katharine (iihbon, mother of Mrs. Wilson, about 70, and the four children of the former coiiple— j Gertrude, 11 years old; Thomas, nine i years old; Lillian, six years old; audi Beatrice, near two years old. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF DUNCANNON Presbyterians Organized in 1816; John Harris Poled Canoe Loaded With Supplies to Town Duncannon, Pa., Nov. 27. Yester day marked a hundred years in the history of the Duncannon Presbyter ian Sunday school, and an elaborate celebration of the event was held. At 9.30, the usual hour for convening the school, a rally and reunion service was held at which many who were scholars in former years were present. The service was under the direction of the present superintendent. B. Stiles Duncan: Addresses were made by S. A. E. Rife, a former superintendent; William Steele Jackson, of Bala, Pa.; John A. Keesbery, of Philadelphia; FINAL RESULT OF VILLA'S ATTACK STILL IN DOUBT Bandits Cut Wires; Known to Have Penetrated Chi huahua Washington, Nov. 27.—Official advices received here to-day say that on Saturday night the Villa forces attacking Chihuahua luid penetrated into the city ami es tablished a line of trenches. Pris oners at the penitentiary were lib erated, the disiNitch said, and the guards joined the Villa forces. News dispatches have later re ported the repulse of the attack ers but notliing official on that feature lvad reached iiere to-day. [Continued on Page 12] HOUSEWIVES PUT EMBARGO ON EGGS Wholesale and Bctail Dealers Endorse Movement to Com bat High Cost of Living New York, Nov. 27. Co-operative action by American housewives to combat food speculators in an effort to reduce the price of the necessaries of life was indicated in the household embargo on eggs inaugurated here to day. The movement has the endorse ment of the National Housewives' League and of John J. Dillon, com missioner of foods and markets, and Joseph Hartigan, commissioner of [Continued on Page 9] Pastor Says Advertising Church Is Good Business Mechanicsburg, Pa., Nov. 27. i That advertising for the church In the I daily newspapers is part of the busi ness end o fthe. present day churches, was a feature of the sermon by the Rev. J. Kesh, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, yesterday morning. Special mention was made of the liar risbtirg Telegraph, which features the ! church news in an attractive and in teresting manner, bringing the re- I ligious atmosphere to many homes .and presenting programs from which I choice can be made. and Stanley Zimmerman, of Steelton, ' former members of the school. The entire audience then marched over to ' the church auditorium singing "On ward, Christian Soldiers," and wan seated for the church service, which took place at 10.30. This service was In charge of the pastor, the Rev. George 11. Johnston. Ph. D„ who delivered an historical sermon, rehenrsing the principal events of Interest in connection with the Sunday school. Mrs. B. Stiles [Continued on l*agc 2] FINAL DRIVE ON BUCHAREST FROM THREE SIDES ON Teutons Start Great Converg ing Thrust Toward Buman ian Capital The Teutonic campaign against Ru mania is developing rapidly with a converging drive on Bucharest from three directions iri progress. The immediate threat to the capital seems to be greatest on the southwest, where the invaders have approached to within fifty miles, after Field Mar shal von Mackensen had forced the passage of the Danube at two points and effected a junction with the armies of General von Falkenhayn, which are pressing rapidly forward after having broken the Rumanian resistance on the lower Alt. Turn Itumanian Flank The rapid Teutonic advance south east of Craiova turns the Hank of the Alt position as did the Danube cross ings. These factors, together with the [Continued on Page 12] Two Houses Destroyed in Fire at Bonnymeads Early Saturday afternoon fire de stroyed two bouses and damaged three other buildings on the Bonymeads farms, east of Paxtang. A high wind kept the flames away from a large barn in which were 100 head of prize T L' e , ,otiU ,oss iH estimated at S-,000 and is partially covered by in surance. The houses destroyed were occupied by Frank Baughmoyer and Arthur Myer, who are employed on the farms. Ihe houses damaged were those of Harry Furlough, the barn on the Metz farm, adjoining Bonnymeads, and the home of George Shearer. The tire started in the Baughmoyer home in an upper story. It is believed sparks from a tire used to smoke meat started the blaze. The two houses were built together and the flames spread rapidly. Sparks were carried to the Furlough and Shearer homes There are water plugs throughout the farms, but due to the high ele- I vat ion of the houses the pressure was not sufficient to reach the flames. : Bucket brigades made up of the em- I ployes and neighbors fought the i flames. Close Tin Mill Month to Make Inventory The Lalance-Grosjean tin plant will close down Saturday for the purpose of making an inventory of stock and to install a new set of boilers and re pair the machinery. Work will be resumed January 1. ARABS DEFEAT Tl'RKs Berlin. Nov. 27 (By Wireless) Arabs under Chief Halif Ben Asker r'fV'L ? ate 2 a force of Italians near Deh bat on. the frontier of Tripoli and Tunis, according to a dispatch from Constantinople to the Overseas News Agency. The Arabs then penetrated Tunis and engaged the French forces the message adds, the battle being still in progress. The losses of the Italians are estimated at 20,000 men says the message without including prisoners taken by the Arabs in the interior of the country. The Con-1 stantlnople ad\ Ice says the Turkish I administration in Tripoli has now 1 been completely re-established as it I was prior to the Turkish-Italian war TAI.K ON SOCIAL CONDITIONS Social conditions in Harrisburg and vicinity were this afternoon explained to local ministers, at a meeting of the Harrisburg Ministerial Association held in Pine Street Prcsbvterian Church by John P. Guyer and John Yates of the Associated Charities. Single Copy, 2 Cents MOVIE STREAMER IN MARKET ST. THE LAST STRAW General Criticism Heard Be , cause of Advertising Thrown Across Highway POLICE CHIEF AROUSED Commerce Chamber Commer cial Department Discuss Problem Today General criticism was heard through out the city yesterday of a large streamer which spanned Market street advertising a moving picture produc tion. This canvas streamer was in the nature of the last straw that breaks the camel's back of public opinion and dissent. For some time there has been a growing protest, among the people against the Increase of overhanging signs and banners across the streets in defiance of public sentiment and contrary to police regulations. It was inevitable that objection would come to this sort of thing and the streamer of yesterday brought down the protest of hundreds of people. If one streamer [Continued on Pago 0] "Don't Make Me Laugh," Chuckles Chicago Egg King Chicago, Nov. 27. "The public laughed when I was stung last year. Now I've made a million. Don't make me laugh, my lip's cracked," chuckled James E. Wetz, the egg king, to-day. The alleged possessor of 72,000,000 priceless jewels of the poultry yard, plump and ruddy, admits he's getting a lot of fun out of the situation and refuses to worry about a boycott or even threats of city officials. Indeed, he hints that he'll start a little more fun by instituting legal proceedings against city fathers who have talked boycott. "Seems to me I've heard boycotts are illegal." he said, as be bit off the end of a fresh Havana. "Just because I the old hen has quit laying isn't any reason why I shouldn't hang on to ail I have. Still there's a limit. The dinged eggs won't keep more than ten months, hut by then—February 1 —they'll be worth 70 cents a dozen." ■ ■ ■ "lyti I >m<npiiiiiryvi n ryvim>ryvi|^ f wiIKA! Ptiw-Ei | I I 1 C ■ 1 for aggressive selling by bears. i i I ■ I i ] ! < I : i 1 * !■' ■ .-V .■ . vh • iU in ; ; ■ ■ l et pro u • " to ... An-' !:: \n :><n i A f K j assistance. She has a cargo of munitions for Russia. 1 1 ' ' .. ;' - : 'V - -■ Stock Yards at Chicago and the National Stock Yards at fj "nt ' ■ • . r?.-- v <<_ ,\i . or c I Veterinarian Dyson to-day after receipt of news of a sua- \ pected outbreak of the foot and mouth disease in Nebraska, | 1K..: ■ ;i. London, Nov. 27.—The foreign office has sent ambassa- ! dor Page a note definitely refusing to grant a safe conduct to Count Adam Tarnowski Von Tarnow, the new Austrian j U: ited >t tes. a Washington, Nov. 27.—The Seattle Construction and I t lie | | .•;c • Washington, Nov. 27. John Rctzell. 70 years old, ? J I Civil War veteran, was burned to death at his home here 1 iriip ex- | ( h Fsept. • MARRIAGE LICENSES I Frank 11. Mlirrnck nnd Anna K. Hoover, Mlddletown. p Harry S. Ileum and Caroline Mar Waltera, York. , Vll" >l'VLl ' ■ 'lfbl Hl/L<■ Mj CITY EDITION U-BOATSREPORTED OFF COAST STIRS SHIPPING RINGS Two German Submarines Have Broken Through Allied Cordon Is Humor MANY STEAMERS DUE Number of Large Vessels in the Danger Zone; Warned by British Cruiser Now York, Nov. 27.—Apprehension is felt in shipping circles here in view of the large number of passenger and freight steamships nearing this port and the reported proximity of Ger man submarines. Rumors of several days to the effect that two German submarines have broken through the allies' cordon and were on their way to the Atlantic coast received official recognition in the general warning sent out last night by the British cruiser Lancaster. The warship stationed fifteen miles southeast of Sandy Hook, cautioned all steam diips flying the llags of the [Continued 011 Paso 9] 'Other Woman' and Husband Are Held For Hearing Soranton, Pa., Nov. 27. —Mrs. Geo. W. Snyder, who was shot in the breast in her Moscow village home on Friday night, it is alleged, by Miss Grace Orosbie, is expected to be able to leave the hospital in a few days. Surgeons say she has a fair chance of recovery. Snyder, who was arrested following the duel in the Snyder home, is being held for a hearing with Miss Orosbie, | who declares that she <1 id not tire (until Mrs. Snyder had first shot at her. | Only a few days ago Mrs. Snyder, who had boon married 18 years, learned of I "the other woman." On Friday, it is i said. Miss Crosbie visited the Snyder i home. She declares that Mrs. Snyder | wont to another room, brought a re i volver and fired at hor. Miss Crosbie is said to have pulled a revolver from her muff and fired four shots, only one of which took effect. Snyder then, it is said, summoned a doctor and, putting the girl in his automobile, started away. But the car broke down and the pair were ar rested and lodged in jail here.
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