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Two Southern Negroes, Murderers of Patrol
HARRISBURG %SmfSs> TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 287
UNITED HOTELS
CO. TO OPERATE
PENN-HARRIS
Big Company Operating Most
Successful Hotels in the
United States
NOTED AR C HIT EC T S
W. L. Stoddart, New York, and
Esenwein & Johnson, Buffalo,
to Prepare the Plans
Two important announcements were
made by the Harrisburg Hotel Com
pany to-day—one that the new mil
lion-dollar Penn-Harris Hotel to be
erected at Third and Walnut streets
will be managed by the United Hotels
Company of New York and that W.
L. Stoddart of New York City and
Esenwein Johnson ol' Buffalo, N. Y.,
will collaborate in the architectural
and engineering work. These archi
tects have had large experience in the
erection of hotels and the design and
detail plans will be worked out in
harmony with the ideas ot the Har
risburg Hotel Company and the
chosen management. Much gratifica
tion was expressed to-day when it was
announced that the lease with the
United Hotels Company had been
executed and was 111 the hands ot the
local Interests. It is now expected
that work can be started on the new
hotel early in the new year.
Experienced Operators
The announcement of the leasing of
the new hotel is the most significant
event that has taken place since the
hotel company was organized. The
directors of the Penn-Harris believe
that they have leased the new hotel
to the ablest and most experienced
hotel operators in the countrv. No
hotel In Pennsylvania, except, perhaps
the Bellevue-Stratford, will be as well
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Some Stores Open
Evenings This Week—
Others Next Week Only
—i——————/
The following stores will bo open
evenings until Christinas, beginning
to- night:
Tlie Globe
Doutrielis,
Gcoree W. Bogar
The Hub
11. Marks & Sons
A. W. Holman
Fred IJ. Harry
Tlie Wonder Store
Michael Strouse
Kalkin's Department Store
MeFalls
Foray's
J. I/. Shearer
William Strouse & Co.
J. Harry Messersmith
Poulton. the Hatter
B. Handler & Co.
P. J. Caplan & Co.
Henry Clnster
Jacob Tansig's Sons
C. Ross Boas
P. G. Diener
K. (J. 'Hoover
Clias. Aronson
Clias. Krauss & Co.
Woolwortli 5 and 10 Cent Store
The' following stores will In- open
evenings THK WEE K BEFORE
CHRISTMAS ONLY, in most eases
starting with the evening of Tuesday,
December 19:
A st r I eli's
Bowman & Co.
Brown & Co.
Burns & Co.
Dives. Ponieroy & Stewart
Tlie French Shot)
Gately & Fit/.gerahl
Jos. Goldsmith
Kaufman's Underselling Store
Kresge's 5 and 10 Cent Store
l adies" Bazaar
Miller & Hades
Robinson & Co.
Robinson's Woman Shop
Rotliert Company
Soulier's 25-Cent Store
Witmer, Hair & Winner
Woman's Excliangc
Closed every evening, except Sat
urday:
Selilelsuer's
THE WEATHER
For Hnrrlxburc and vlelnltyi Light
ruin or snow nml Homrwlmt
narniff to-nlKlit, with loweHt
trmiirrnturr about freezing;;
Tui-Kilny partly cloudy and
4 colder.
For Knntern Pennsylvania: Itnln or
snow and warmer to-night)
Tuesday partly cloudy, voider in
the afternoon! moderate cunt to
Mouth windii shifting to wenterly
Tuesday.
General Conditions
A disturbance tlint appeared over
the Southern Hocky Mountains,
Saturday morning, hut. moved
rantnuril with aoine Increase In
energy and In now central over
Eastern Missouri.
Teniperature are 1! to IS degrees
higher than on Saturday uiorn-
Inic In tlie Ohio ntid >lisHiNNippl
valleys, the tiulf Mates and over
the southern part of the take Ite
glun, and the.v have risen slight
ly In Nome localities went of the
Kooky Mountains.
River
The Susquehanna river and Its
tributaries will prohal>ly fait
slowly or remain nearly station
ary, except the Upper North
llraneh, which will rise slightly.
A stage of about 4.1 feet Is Indi
cated for llarrlshurg Tuesday
morning.
Temperature: 8 a. m., 28.
Suni Hlses, 7(IS a. m.| sets, 4.30
p. m.
Moom. Rises, 652 p. m.
Illver Stiiaei 4.1 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday'* Weather
ttlarhest temperature. 41.
I.oitest temperature, 27.
ttean temperature, 34.
Normal temperature, 34.
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BREAKING IN SOME MUSTANGS FOR GOVERNOR'S TROOP
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Just glance at these etchings and you can realize in a modest way perhaps, how exciting the life of a member of the Governor's Troop that was
—Troop C, Pennsylvania division of the United States National Guard that is—suddenly develops when a fresh mount is needed for some luckless
trooper. The views were snapped bp W. H. Peters, a son of Assistant City Engineer Joseph Peters, who is a member of the Troop's horse guard at
El Paso. The group of stalwart troopers is the horse guard. Reading fromleft to right the troopers are: Sergeant W. H. Wyble, Saddler N. W.
Moyer, Horseshoers F. E. Weber and W. G. Cunningham, and Orderlies \V. H. Peters and C. M. Peters.
BREAKING RAW
MUSTANGS PART
OF TROOP LIFE
Harrisburg Men Under Captain
Jack Becoming Expert
"Bronco Busters"
(Special to The Telegraph)
Camp Stewart, El Paso, Tex., Dec.
11. —lf you folks 'way ba'k home
in Pennsylvania are imbued with the
idea that the boys of Troop C—the
Governor's Troop that was divide
their time between drills, hikes, meals,
sleep, and writing letters home, you
j might glance at these accompanying
I etchings. They are views of the meth
! o(|s by which horses are trained for
I tlie cavalry service.
j L'ncle Sam likes horses that are ac-
I climated and accustomed to the coun
j try for troopers' mounts. Naturally
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Only Ten New Jitneys
Since Amendment Passed
Only ten more jitney operators have
I taken out licenses since the new jitney
I amendments became effective making
! a total of thirty-six which are now
j running daily.
Chief of Police Wetzel said to-day
j that he believes the reason that more
i jitney men are not applying is because
| of the ruling made by the public serv
! ice commission that jitney operators
i must have not only a city license but
a State certificate.
Other applications have been re
j ceived according to Chief Wetzel but
' fo far the operators have not return
j ed to complete arrangements and the
j city police official said that ho does
j not expect a large increase in the
i number of jitneys.
i
WEEKLY PAPERS' PRICE UP
High Cost of Material Hits Country
Publishers, Too
| Woodbury, N. J., Dec. 11. South
Jersey weekly newspapers, whose
price for a year's subscription ranges
| from $1 to- $2, have begun to feel the
| high price of paper and printing mate-
I rial and are tacking on from twenty
live to fifty cents to rates. Like the
metropolitan dailies, the subscription
price does not pay for the real cost of
the paper.
In most of the country offices job
printing is done, and materials in all
j these branches have increased so that
iit has been necessary to raise the
| price of this kind of work. Help in
| the average country printing office is
just as scarce as on the farm and in
! other businesses, but the average own
-1 er-editor plods along at the "case," the
| press and at his desk about eighteen
I hours of the twenty-four, and dreams
j his editorials for the week "between
i the sheets."
j MIFFLIN PAPERS ADVANCE
Print Stock Advance Boosts Subscrip
tions Fifty Per Cent.
| Miffiintown, Pa., Dec. 11. • Weekly
! newspaper publishers of Mifflin coun
ty have announced an advance in sub
l scription prices to $1.50 on January 1.
; They say that the Increase is made
! necessary by the great advance In the
price of paper and other factors in
| the producton of newspapers.
I McC'ORIIICK WORSHIPS WITH
WILSON AND JIIS WIFE
! Washington, D. C., Dec. 11. Presl-
I dent and Mrs. Wilson were accompani
ed to c.hurch yesterday morning t,y
i Vance C. McCormick, chairman of the
| Democratic national committee, who
| has been a guest at the White House
for the last four days. Mr. McCormick
is expected to remain at the White
House until the middle of the week.
ALL-STEEL CARS IN SERVICE
Two new all-steel cars have been
put In service on the Hummelstown
line of the Harrisburg Bailwavs Com
pany. The cars are built over a new
design similar to the 700-type used by
the company, but with a number of
improvements and increased seating
capacity.
HARRISBURG, PA.,MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1916.
PREMIER IS ILL;
OTHER MEMBERS
RECEIVE SEALS
Lloyd-George Forced to Re
inaiii Indoors; Cabinet Tak
ing Over Offices
London, Dec. 11. Premier Lloyd
George is ill. H was unable to go to
Buckingham palace to-day with mem
bers of his cabinet to receive the seals
of office from King George.
Official announcement was made
that the premier was suffering from
a severe chill and that on the advice
of his physicians he was remaining in
doors to-day.
Andrew Bonar Law and the other
members of the ministry are not re
quired to seek re-election on assump
tion of office and also the lords who
[are co-operating with the new admin
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Negro's Throat Cut Ear to
Ear at "Bucket of Blood"
A trusty "rliazor" wielded bv Its
master artist,a Southern negro, helped
keep up the of the "Bucket
of Blood," a negro apartment house,
1219 North Seventh street, when Wal
ter Adams had his throat cut from ear
to ear here Saturday night.
Adams and his wife have rooms at
that address and were entertaining a
few friendly callers when several un
desirables demanded admittance.
Adams informed them that lie did not
care for their company. Andrew i'on
wav. 1209 North Seventh street, later
returned and started a quarrel with
Adams. Mrs. Adams ha<t been away
during the encounter and on her re
turn she found her husband lying on
the doer In a pool of blood. He was
taken to the hospital in an unconscious
condition but afterward revived suffi
ciently to identify Conway as the man
who had wielded the razor. His con
dition is critical.
SAYS SHE WAS DRUGGED
Atlantic City Girl Causes Arrest of New
Found Friends at Shore
Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 11.
Richard Reeves, of Philadelphia, is
under arrest here under a dual charge
—one of wife desertion, made by the
Philadelphia police, and the other of
being Involved in administering some
"knockout" drops while in company
of Helen Adams, 32, also of Philadel
phia, to Dorothy Lunder, 22, of this
city.
The trio met Friday evening in the
cafes and became fast friends. To
wards midnight the Lunder girl says
that she became dizzy and when she
came to her senses was being driven
in a taxi about the resort. Ordering
the driver to take her to police head
quarters she reported she had been
relieved of her money and valuables.
Beeves and his companion were
found and a detective said that lie was
wanted in Philadelphia for desertion.
SEALER'S SAUERKRAUT PROBLEM
SMELLS TO HIGH HEAVEN
When you . purchase the modest
sauerkraut should you fiot receive full
measure, crushed solidly to the brim,
ratlier than a meed of sprays sifted
tenderly and delicately from the dis
penser's fork like new hay from the
mow ?
That's quite a problem and it's one
by the way, that has City Sealer Harry
D. Keel his head in be
wilderment. During: the last several
weeks a number of more or less Indig
nant lovers of the dish that noes with
side-pork and mashed potatoes, have
complained bitterly of the miserliness
of the sauerkraut dealer.
The question Is this; of late when
negotiations for a quart of sauerkraut
NEGRO GUNMAN
BEGINS FIGHT TO
ESCAPE CHAIR
Elwood Wilson, One of Pair
Accused of Shooting Patrol
man Hippie Faces Jury
Ehvood Wilson, charged along with
James White, a fellow negrG, with the
murder during the night of June 23
of Patrolman Lewis C. Hippie, to-day
began his light in the Dauphin coun
ty? courts to save himself from the
electric chair.
Seated with him at the counsel table
was White whose trial will follow Wil
son's.
Both negroes were arraigned to
gether, but J. BoKbin Bennett, attor
ney for White, asked that his client
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"Clear-Cut" Violation of
Pledges, State Department
Says of Marina Tragedy
Washington, D. C„ Doc. 11.—
Announcement was made at tlie
State Department to-day' that
complete information now at
hand covering the case of the
British horse ship Marina, tor
pedoed with a loss of six Ameri
cans, makes it appear to be a
"clear-cut" violation of Ger
many's pledges to the United
Slates.
Full information in the case of (he
Arabia will be awaited before the next
move is made, which is expected to
take the form of a new note intended
to clear up what appear to be differ
ences of interpretation on what Ger
many's pledges in the Sussex case
actually covered, especially with refer
ence to armed ships.
Gougler, Convicted of
Enticement, Like to Be
Sentenced This Week
Absence of Senator E. E. Beidle
man, of counsel for the defense, pre
vented the calling for sentence this
morning of Benjamin T. Gougler, the
Pennsylvania Railroad conductor, who
was convicted after ten minutes' de
liberation by a Dauphin county jury
of enticing pretty 13-year-old Jo
sephine Crawford to the Crystal hotel.
Gorigler it is expected will not be
called until tlie Senator returns and
Attorney A. 11. Hull, also of counsel
for the defense, said he does not ex
pect the senior attorney to return to
the city to-day.
In a sealed verdict this morning a
jury acquitted Damjam Rakas and
Juro Chucokuovic, Steelton, of con
spiracy and arson.
ZEMBO TEMPLE TO ELECT
The annual election of officers of
Zcmbo Temple of the Shriners will be
held on Wednesday of this week.
i 3 completed, the money Is paid over,
and the eager buyer holds out his
hand tor the kraut, lie sees the man
behind the counter guyly stab a fork
full of the byproduct of cabbage, deli
cately sprinkle it into the tin measure
and so till it up.
In days of yore, the marketer soul
fully recalled, one stood by with wat
ering mouth and saw the tin measure
stuffed and crammed to the top.
"What's a man to do?" demanded
Sealer's Reel stiffly. "What can 1 tell
'em? There's nothing in the State
laws to determine whether kraut shall
be bought and sold by a dry or liquid
measure. It's a real one, is this sauer
kraut problem. It smells, too, to high
heavub.
HARRISBURG TO
BE BEAUTY SPOT
OF PENNSYLVANIA
Wonderful Possibilities in
Capitol Park Extension De
velopment Seen
The first preliminary conference on
the development and beautification of
the Capitol Park extension zone was
held this afternoon by A. W. Brun
ner, the noted New York landscape
architectural expert, and Warren H.
Manning:, the city's landscape en
gineer, who have been selected by
the State to plan the new capitol
I park.
The two experts met enroute to Har
| risburg on the train and put in the
! greater part of the afternoon with S.
| 1,5. Itambo, superintendent of public
I grounds and buildings. Mr. Brunner
■ expects to leave early this evening for
i New York and Mr. Manning will stay
on for a day to confer 011 some city
I problems with the City Planning Com
mission.
Preliminary Conference
Mr. Brunner said that to-day's con
ference is largely of a preliminary
character as the movement was still
in a more or less formative state. The
experts have gone over the extension
zone, collected a lot of data so that
another inspection trip to-day was
not considered necessary.
I.ate this afternoon the two experts
attended a meeting of the Board of
Public Grounds and Buildings at
which the former presided.
Mr. Brunner brought along
I Antony Di Nardo, one of his draughts
j men and Mr. Manning was accom
panied by his son. The four with Mr.
I Ttanibo put in a great deal of the aft-
I ernoon scanning maps and plans.
Mr. Brunner spoke enthusiastically
of the park development possibilities
and of the importance of heartiest co
operation between the city and State
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I SUES FORJIKH lOIPbOYER FOR
SSOOO ON SLANDER CHARGE
In beginning a SSOOO slander suit
1 to-day against James H. Brenner, ft
shirtwaist manufacturer and her for
mer employer, Marie Ilatlield declared
ithat Brenner tried to injure her repu
tation by statements to the effect that
she had stolen "thirty to thirty-five
dollars' worth of shirtwaists" while
in his employ.
The suit was filed to-day by O. o.
Wiekersham as counsel for Miss Hat
field.
In Your
Window on
Christmas Eve
Let a Christmas Candle burning
from your window on Christmas
Eve symbolize your Honor to
Christ—
and your Christmas Welcome to
your neighbors.
A time-honored custom revived
last year by this city which will
bo celebrated again this year.
Single Copy, 2 Cents
HARRISBURGER
IS INDICTED IN
GIANT SWINDLE
A. H. Nissley, Manager of Elite Shoe Repair Shop, With
I ~j)o Philadelphians, Charged With Conspiracy and
Using the Mails to Defraud Investors Out of Hun
dreds of Thousands of Dollars in Stock Scheme
FARMERS OF DAUPHIN AND LANCASTER
COUNTIES HAD MUCH INVESTED
Defendants Alleged to Have Defrauded Hundreds in Cen
tral Penna. by Using Stock Subscriptions to pay Back
Dividends; Represented That Seven Subsidiaries of
International Gas and Electric Company Were on Good
Paying Basis
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 11.—An in
dictment charging conspiracy and
using the mails to defraud investors
out of hundreds of thousands of dollars
has been brought by the Federal
Grand Jury against Clawson Bach
man and J. T. Hayden of this city,
and A. H. Nissley of Steelton, Pa.,
comprising the firm of Baehman and]
Company, investment brokers, which
is now in the bankruptcy court. The I
mon were secretly indicted .last Satur-.
day but the action did not become:
known until to-day. The whereabouts:
of the men are known and they will j
be arrested, postal authorities said. |
Defrauded Hundreds
It is charged that the defendants
defrauded hundreds of persons
through stock subscriptions in the In
ternational Gas and Electric Com
pany, a Delaware corporation, by rep
resenting that seven subsidiaries
were earning sufficient profits to en
able the International Company, the
holding concern, to pay six per cent.
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DEUTSCHLAND COMPLETES SECOND TRIP
ji '■ übmarine , >
1 Deut hland, complel rom the United
1 . outh of the t
t ® ' >
!Weser. This marks the successful completion of tho sec- 1
on i round tiip to the United States. She crossed in 19 days.
ATTACKS JAP PASSPORT PACT ' '
W.: i;nr ?.on, Dec. 11.- An attack by Senator Works,
of California, on the Senate committee, amendment to the ' !
immigration bill which would exclude from the measure any
the port agreement • f
be. ■: r.e United States and Japan, caused the Senate to
er the subject behind cl rs, because 4 I
treaty ;;hts are involved in the issues. -I"
PETAIN TO SUCCEED JOFFRE
Washington, Dec 11.—Private advices from Paris tell
itu; 1 • the secret proceedings in ihe French Chamber of
Deputic.- i-iring the 1. st week c .11 firms previous reports r
<, that General Petain. the r erdun, is to succeed #
■ 11 the allied forces A
t eilefonte. Pa.. Dec 11.—Joseph W. O'Brien, who f?v o L
| m, a 12-year-old Phila- Y
9 delphi • -'V, ?t the White N'arviial V.-Iley Country grounds, I ."
1 t Ro( - view, to- 1 *
* day
■na bi:r#<. —Peter V. Snope, Derry laborer; Joseph
E A- mitna. West Hanover, 1 iborer. and Joseph P. Hoffer, '
South Hanover, farmer, were selected late this afternoon to : 1
complete the Elwood Wilson murder jury. Leroy Arms, the * *
first witness, identified Wilson and James White as the
lipple to arrest. \ ►
In ?Jo room C. F. Bricker was placed on trial for entic
in <)d Mary D;iu,;herty. • J
, The condition of City S< iously ill at '
| 1 Overvi nnounced as unimproved late |>
; this fterfioon [
IF edfi-icl M. Ott. prominent !awyer, who has been ill t
for eve:al week, is very much improved according to re- '; ' 5
port a' the Polyclinic Hospital where he is taking treat
ment. ' '
MARRIAGE LICENSES''
Cnlvln Daniel l.inKle and Sarah Kathertne Supprl, cltjr.
KrnrMt Schleicher and Bertha Katberlne Zook, city. V
POSTSCRIPT
dividends. It is further charged thai
dividends were paid out of tlie stock
subscriptions anil that in some in
stances tlie defendants regained the
dividends by inducing shareholders to
re-invest in new stock.
Reading Widow a Victoni
_Thc subsidiaries of which the Inter
national Company promoters are in
terested according to postal inspectors,
are the Concord Gas Company, Con-
Icord, N. Georgetown Railway and
, Light Company, Georgetown, S. C.,
j Syracuse Suburban Gas Company, East
Syracuse, N. Y.; Gaston County Gae
Company, Gastonia, N. C.; Georgetown
(Gas and Electric Company, George
town, S. C.; Newberne Gas Company,
Newberne, N. C., and the Goldsboro
Gas Company, Goldsboro, N. C.
Baehman and Company did consid
erable business in this State, particu~
larly among Mennonltes and Dunk
ards In Lancaster and Dauphin coun
ties, according to Postal Inspector
Frank W. Smith. One of the alleged
victims, the postal inspector said, was
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