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ADMIRAL DEWEY
Great Public Demonstration
Planned Prior to Services
in Capitol Rotunda
Washington, Jan. 18. —A great pub
lic demonstration to honor Admiral
Dewey at his funeral here Saturday
was being planned to-day by various
government departments. Public ser
vices will be held in the Capitol Ko
tunda at 11 o'clock and the body will
be carried at the head of a long
funeral cortege up Pennsylvania ave
nue from the Dewey home, where the
private services will be held earlier.
High officials, midshipmen from An
napolis, sailors and marines and other
army and navy units will be in the
possession.
Congress will be adjourned for tho
day and all government departments
will close. At noon all senior ships of
the navy, wherever they are stationed
in the world, will tire a salute of 19
guns in honor of the dead admiral.
Flags are to be at half mast and the
navy building will be draped in black.
Oflicials to Attend
Kcur Admiral Glennon, in charge of
the funeral arrangements to-day ex
tended invitations to President Wil
son, cabinet members, former secre
taries and assistant secretaries of the
navy and other high officials to at
tend the public ceremonies at the
Capitol. The admiral conferred with
Senator Tillman and Representative
Padgett, chairmen of the congres
sional naval committees to arrange
lor the Senate and House members
who will attend the services in a body.
In addition to the naval and mili
tary forces already designated to par
ticipate, sailors of the battleship Ar
kansas, in Hampton Hoads, to-day
were ordered to Washington.
Warns Against Operating
Autos in Small Garages
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 18.—The in
creasing number of automobile ex
haust asphyxiations prompted the Bu
reau of Mines to issue a warning to
day against operating automobile en
gines in small garages with doors and
windows closed.
APPROVE BALFOUR'S NOTE
London, Jan. 18. Foreign Min
ister Balfour's note to tho United
States government is commented on
with warm approval, both for matter
and manner, by the newspapers to
day, the Times, and some of the other
newspapers speak of it as demolish
ing all grounds for supposing there
is the least shadow of a resemblance
between the objects of the rival
belligerents and suggest that it ought
to convince President Wilson that
those who believe the aims of both
groups are identical are misinformed.
REPUBLICANS SUMMONED
Washington, Jan. 18. Representa
tive Greene, of Massachusetts, to-day
sent out a formal call to Republican
members and to members-elect, of the
House for a conference next Wednes
day night to consider Representative
Gardner's proposal for creation of a
constructive legislative program and
for probable discussion of a Republi
can candidate for Speaker of the
next House.
START SPANNELL TRIAL
San Angelo, Texas, Jan. 18.—Testi
mony was begun to-day in the case
of Harry J. Spannell, of Alpine,
charged with killing his wife and
Lieut. Col. M. C. Butler, U. S. A., while
the three were automobile riding last
July. It was announced that James
Dodd, important witness for the de
fense, would reach here to-day.
WILSON AT CAPITOL
Washington, Jan. 18. President
Wilson went to the Capitol to-day and
conferred In his room there with
Senators on the water power legisla
tion which he is anxious to have pass
ed at this session of Congress.
925,000 FIRE AT SCRANTON
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 18.—Fire at the
Dorflinger glass plant at White Mills,
Wayne county, to-day, destroyed the
etching and finishing building with
much stock. The loss is estimated at
$25,000.
NOTED LAWYER DIES
Cleveland, 0., Jan. 18. —Virgil P.
Kline, 72, perron ' attorney of John
D. Rockefeller, ditf" of apoplexy here
to-day, lie was widely known as an
after-dinner spcal.er.
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THURSDAY EVENING,
KARM PRODUCTS
'OF $13,449,000,000
Output of United States Ex
ceeds by Two Billion Prc
vous Record
Washington, Jan. 18. American
farm products attained a gross value
of $13,449,000,000 in 191 C, making
that year the greatest in point of
value of any in the nation's existence.
That estimate of the year's gross value
of farm crops and animal products
announced to-day by the Department
of' Agriculture, exceeds by $2,674,000,-]
000 the total of 1915, the previous rec
ord and by more than three and a
half billion dollars the value in 1914.
Crop production for the year was
comparatively low and did not reach
record figures except in a few minor'
instances, but high prices sent total
values up.
Crops were valued at $9,111,000,000
and animal products at $4,338,000,000.
The crop value exceeded that of 1915
by $2,204,000,000 and of 1914 by $2,-
299,000,000. Crops alone in 1916 were
worth more than crops and animal
products combined in any year prior
to 1912.
Com Lends
Four crops in 1916 each exceeded
a billion dollars in value. The corn
product is put at $2,296,000,000; cot
ton, $1,406,000,000; hay, $1,162,000,-
000; wheat, $1,026,000,000. Other
crops that exceeded one hundred mil
lion dollars were oats, $656,000,000;
potatoes, $417,000,000; wood-lot pro
ducts, $221,000,000; apples, $186,000,-
1000; tobacco, $169,000,000; barley,
$160,000,000.
The level of prices paid to produc
ers for the principal crops on Decem
ber 1, 1916, was about 55.9 per cent,
higher than a year previous; 52.9 per
cent, higher than two years before
and 52.8 per cent, higher than the
average of the previous eight years on
December 1.
Conflicting Reports From
Mexico Believed to Cause
Delay in Withdrawal
Washington, D. C., Jan. 18.—Inade
quate and even contradictory reports
concerning Villa's operations in Mexico
have bewildered administration of
ficial and it is believed resulted in the
delay in ordering the withdrawal of
General Pershing's forces. One report
received at the State Department to
day said the Carranza forces had dis
persed the Villa bands in the Parral
district. Another said Villa has begun
an attack on Chihuahua City, both
reports were from State Department
agents.
News dispatches that quoted Gen
eral Funston as saying that no raids
on the American border appeared
probable and that in the event of the
withdrawal of General Pershing's
force there would be available suf
ficient regular troops to forestall any
hostile movements from Mexico were
taken as an indication that the general
might renew his recommendation that
the troops be brought out of Mexico.
British Float New Loan
in U. S. of $250,000,000
New York, Jan. 18. Another new
Pritish loan, amounting to $250,000,-
000, will be floated in this country by
J. P. Morgan & Co., that banking firm
announced yesterday. This is the third
flotation including the Anglo-French,
of British loans in the United States
since the outbreak of the war.
The new loan, secured by high
grade collateral, will take the form
of 5% per cent, convertible notes,
dated February l, 1917, $100,000,000
to mature in one year, and the balance
in two years, according to the an
nouncement.
A country-wide syndicate, composed
of banks and trust companies, bank
ing houses and bond dealers, has been
organized to offer the notes to in
dividual participants. The notes will
be convertible .it par at the option of
the holder prior to' maturity into a
5% per cent, bond of the United
Kingdopi, maturing in twenty years.
Mahanoy City Council
Makes Plea For Saloons
Pottsville, Pa., Jan. 18. The fifty
three saloons in the First Ward of
Mahanoy City, whose existence is
threatened by attacks of the Law and
Order Society, on the ground that
there is no necessity for so many, re
ceived unexpected assistance to-day,
when a resolution of that town's
Council wns presented to court, ask
ing that all licenses bo granted, except
in cases where saloon proprietors are
found guilty of violating the law. Ma
hanoy City receives SB,OOO yearly as
revenue from saloon licenses, and does
not wish to see any reduction in its
receipts.
Opposes Purchase of
Government Supplies Abroad
Washington, Jan. 18. Represen
tative Rodenberg, of Illinois, a Re
publican. to-day introduced a resolu
tion designed to make illegal the pur
chase of government- supplies from
any foreign firm.
The resolution was prompted by
Secretary Daniels' award to a British
firm of a contract for armor pjercing
projectiles.
GERARD OFFERS TO RESIGN
, London, Jan. 18. United States
Ambassador Gerard offered to resign
if President Wilson disapproved his
speech at the banquet tendered him
by the American Association of Com
merce and Trade, according to a Rot
terdam dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company quoting a Co
logne telegram. The dispatch says
the ambassador sent a special message
to Washington with an explanation of
his speech and his offer of resignation
If the explanation was unsatisfactory.
NAMED VICEROY OF POLAND
London, Jan. 18. Prince Vaclaw
Von Niemoyovski has been appointed
viceroy of Poland by the German
Emperor, according to a Warsaw dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company byway of Amsterdam.
Prince Niemoyovski was recently
elected crown marshal of Poland. He
is a grandson of the president of the
last Polish national government of
1830.
LAKES REAP HEAVY TOLL
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 18. —Seventy-
three lives and fourteen vessels were
lost on the Great Lakes during the
season of 1916, according to the an
nual report of the Lake Carriers' As
sociation, made public to-day at the
annual convention of the organization.
This heavy casualty record is the most
serious since 1913.
VICTIM OF FIRE DIES
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 18.—Mrs. Lee
Forsythe, who was injured at the fire
at Harford Tuesday night, died to-day.
Miss Mary Sweet, who was also ser
iously injured, is near death in a hos
pital here
FAMILY DINNER
IN HILL CHURCH
Officers Elected; Gain of 23
Members Reported in
Enrollment
One hundred and
I\\ \ vi eighty members of
I \W I the Market Street
\ Baptist Church at-
L tended a "family"
jIIEI dinner, held last
IxnSJ 'Ss night in the church.
Jk Bwi? After the dinner
HWfl ini uL the annual busl-
HftM Bai Bra ncss session was
held with the Rev.
Walter H. Dallman,
VUgnaaaaA pastor, presiding.
Reports were made by Financial Sec
retary J. E. Jackson; Treasurer C. A.
Mount; Benevolent Treasurer J. E.
Daniel, and Treasurer of the Deacons'
Fund Ezra Wagner.
A gain of twenty-three members
was reported in the church enroll
ment, over that of last year, making
a total of 201 members at present. The
Sunday school also has an enrollment
of 190.
D. P. Jerauld of the board of trus
tees, announced that the interior of
the church would soon be decorated.
The current expense fund for the year
was $3,500, benevolence, $831; dea
cons', $25. The Sunday school con
tributed SBOO during the year.
The following officers were elected
for the coming year: Treasurer, C. A.
Mount; financial secretary, J. E. Jack
son; benevolent treasurer, John Dan
iel; clerk, J. A. Spencer; auditor, J.
O. Jackson; trustees, W. S. Cunkle
and B. M. Daniel; deacons, H. D. Geb
hardt and J. E. Daniel.
The following committees were also
elected: Auditing committee, D. P.
Jerauld, Theodore Graham and L. P.
Stroud; music, J. O. Jackson, Mrs.
R. C. Scattergood, A. R. Calder, C.
E. Whitman and Mrs. William Den
nison; house committee, Mrs. Edith
Fischler, Mrs. William Herman and
Mrs. Joseph Hurst, Jr.
IfOI.I) DISTRICT PHAVER
SERVICES IN WEST KXI>
Interesting prayer meetings are being
held under the auspices of the Palmer
evangelistic campaign, by the Sixth
Street United Brethren Church, every
Tuesday and Friday evening at 7.30.
Tho names of the persons, and the
districts in which the prayer meetings
are being held, are as follows:
Ida Steward, Lucknow and Riverside:
William Stouffer, Sixth, Wiconisco and
Jefferson; Mrs. Clark, Gary and Jef
ferson: Mrs. Berger, Mahantongo and
Mrs. Free, Sixth, Schuylkill
and Jefferson: Mrs. Jennie Ixing, Ross,
Oxford and Jefferson; Mrs. J. H. Ream,
Sixth, and Jefferson to Emerald; Mrs.
Myers, Reel, Seneca from Sixth to
Fourth: Mrs. William Carman, Emerald
and Jefferson, Seneca; Mrs. Lizzie •
Jacobs, Sixth, Camp anil Jefferson, from
Emerald to Woodbine; Mrs. Mary Wel
ler. Woodbine street; Mrs. Batiks, Sev
enth, Jefferson, Molkte and Wallace
from Woodbine to Sixth and Peffer: Mrs.
Annie Spotts, Maclay, M°ore, Atlas.
Fourth and Green, below Sixth, and
above Maclay; Mrs. l'erry Ulrich, Fifth
from Maclay to Muench to Front; Mrs.
J. H. Sholter, Sixth, Seventh, Molkte,
Wallace, from Maclay to Muench; Mrs.
Jerry Reed, Violet, Wood, Peffer and
Muench, from Fifth to Sixth; Mrs. Jo
seph Motter, Sixth, Seventh, Molkte and
Wallace below Muench; Mrs. J. R. Ham
ilton, Sixth, Muench, Seventh, all south
and west.
Railroads Reply to
Methods For Giving
Effect to 8-Hour Law
Washington, D. C., Jan. 18.—In the
Adamson law test case before the Su
preme Court counsel for the railroads
to-day tiled a supplemental brief re
plying to that of tho Department of
Justice suggesting practical methods
for giving effect to the law.
Substitution of an eight-hour day
standard for the present 100 miles in
ten hours freight service scale, the
railroads' new brief contends, would
create utmost confusion in existing
wage arrangements and amount to
arbitrary Judicial enforcement. Such
interpretation, it was said, would op
erate to increase many freight em
ployes' wages 6214 per cent. If the
Adamson law does not prevent rail
roads from abolishing "trip" wage
scales, the railroads' brief states, the
employers must also have the right
to reduce the mileage "days' work"
schedule to 80 miles a day and reduce
the pay for such mileage.
LESS SUGAR USED
Washington, Jan. 18. America's
sugar consumption in 1916 was less
than in any year since 1912, accord
ing to estimates to-day by the De
partment of Commerce. Heavy ex
ports and lighted imports, coupled
with a poor American crop, kept-the
per capita consumption down to 78.13
pounds against 84.06 the year before
and 89.14 in 1914. The world's pro
duction declined last year more than
4,000,000,000 pounds.
These conditions are blamed by de
partment officials for the present high
prices of sugar.
DIES FROM FALL DOWN SHAFT
Boston, Jan. 18. Frank P. Sproul,
an attorney of Pittsburgh, Pa., died in
a hospital here to-day as a result of
injuries received Tuesday in falling
down an elevator shaft.
Late Photograph of
Lady Douglas Haig
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This is the latest photograph of
Lady Douglas Haig, the wife of the
commander-in-chief of tho British
armies in France. If the war comes
to a successful conclusion, it is said
that General Sir Douglas Haig will
be rewarded for his services with a
dukedom, which would make the
present Lady Douglas Haig a figure
of vast social power in England.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
MAY COST CITY
$6,000 TO ELECT
ONE COUNCILMAN
Must Hold Elections Under:
Law; Ask Fox For
Advice
Whether City Council must pet a
date for a special municipal election
as provided in the Clark act to elect a
successor to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of City Commissioner Harry
F. Bowman or whether they can ignore
the law and handle the work of the
Department of Public Safety is a ques- j
tion which the City Commissioners i
have given to City Solicitor John E.
Fox to answer.
If a special election is held, an
other question arises—whether or not
a primary and general election must
be held. City Solicitor Fox will prob
ably answer these problems at the
session of Council on Tuesday. If a
general and primary election are both
necessary, it will cost about $6,000, ac
cording to officials in the County Com
missioners' office.
The decision of City Solicitor Fox
will be followed by City Council, the
commissioners said to-day. If a special
election is held, ten days' notice must
be given of the same.
Harrisburg Safety
Council Reorganizes
At a meeting to-day at the rooms
of the Engineers Society of Pennsyl
vania, Front and Chestnut streets, the
Harrisburg Safety Council reorganized.
This organization is a branch of the
National Safety Council. The object
is to promote safety conditions at in
dustrial plants.
At a luncheon preceding the busi
ness session, Lewis R. Palmer, chief
inspector of the Department of
Labor and Industry, outlined the
work for local councils. A brief ad
dress endorsing the movement was
made by Commissioner of Labor and
Industry John Price Jackson. These
officers were elected:
President, Robert H. Irons, general
superintendent of the Central Iron
and Steel Company; vice-president,
Walter E. Schick, Bethlehem Steel
Company; secretary, Carl W. Davis, J.
Horace McFarland Printing Company;
treasurer, Edward Smith, Harrisburg
Pipe and Pipe Bending Company. At
a meeting to be held in the near future
further plans will be discussed.
FIXE SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS
Sidney Litt and Michael Barnes, two
strangers, were arrested last evening
in Cherry street, charged with being
suspicious characters. Both were
lined $lO in police court this after
noon. '
OPPOSE LITERACY TEST
Baltimore, Jan. 18. The 25th bi
ennial council of the union ol' Am
erican Hebrew congregations adjourn
ed to-day alter selecting Boston as the
meeting place two years hence and the
adoption of many resolutions. The
most important of these opposed the
literacy test for immigration but ap
proved it for naturalization; endorsed
a pension system for superannuated
rabbis, and urged generous contribu
tions for the Hebrew Union College at
Cincinnati and other union projects.
OPPOSE CONTRACT DOCTOR
PLAN, SAYS DR. lILAIR
Newspapers this morning were in
formed by Dr. Thomas S. Blair, 402
North Second street, that a campaign
will be waged by the Medical Council
against an alleged plot to force
through a health insurance measure
and make the general practitioner a
contract doctor under political domin
ion in many of the States, including
Pennsylvania.
J. E. COLLINS SIGNS UP
Boston, Jan. 18. J. E. Collins,
tirst member of the Boston National
League Baseball Club to sign this
year, sent his contract to Business
Manager Hapgood to-day. Collins, an
outfielder, has been with the club two
seasons and it was stated Vthat his
salary would be the same as hereto
fore. Evers, Gowdy and Konetchy
are the only other members of the
team under contract.
TIGHTEN QUARANTINE
Fairmont, W. Va„ Jan. 18. The
Quarantine lines were being tightened
to-day in Elkins, Grafton and Fair
mont because, of the epidemic of in
fantile paralysis and State and mu
nicipal authorities joined forces ii> an
effort to check the disease.
"JUSTICES TO ALL—THE STOKV OK
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
POI-ICE"
In May, 1905, Samuel Whittaker Pen
nypacker, Governor of Pennsylvania,
signed the act that of itself alone was
to make him a notable figure in Ameri
can history, the act creating the Penn
sylvania State Police. In the ten years
that have since elapsed, this body has
patrolled with noteworthy efficiency
and absolute freedom from political'
contamination the rural sections of the
State, where, before the advent of the
State Police, lawlessness had been all
too frequent. The Constabulary has
preserved order, has hunted down
crime, has made raids into the haunts
of Hlack Hand organizations, has pro
tected life and property from mob vio
lence, and has risen to every emerg
ency. It is this able force that is de
scribed intimately in a volume entitled,
"Justice to All," by Katherine Mayo, to
appear under the Putnam imprint in
January. The history of the Constabu
lary and its notable achievements are
traced from the organization of the
body to the present. In an Introduc
tion, which Theodore Roosevelt con
tributes, he pays high tribute to the
volume. It is a book, he says, "so in
teresting, and from the standpoint of
sound American citizenship so valuable,
that it should be in every public li
brary and every school library in the
land."
SUM BOlimiT A HOUSE
W ITH niT MONEY
In the Family Money department ol
the January American Magazine a wo
man says:
"My domestic explorations, however,
had taught me one fact:: that landlords
were making from 10 to 15 per cent, on
tholr Investments In the very buildings
I had been inspecting. I was medita
ting over this circumstance one morn
ing between classes, when suddehly a
brl'Hant thought struck me.
"Why not borrow money at 6 per
cent, build a two-family house on a
lot I had finished paying instalments
on several years before, and put my
money into a home instead of a land
lord's pocket? The fi per cent, interest
on my loan would be covered by the
normal return on my real estate Invest
ment. with 9 per eent. to spare.
"I decided thnt $5,000 was the largest
sum I could afford to borrow and pay
back with Interest In a reasonable
length fit time. Mv lot was 40 bv 140
feeti Could I build a two-storv house
with a light, cheery, comfortable, up
to-the- minute anartment on each floor,
for that amount?"
WHAT INVBNTOHS HAVE INVENTED
The January issue of the Popular
Science Monthly bears witness to the
fact that inventors are Just as busv In
venting as ever. Among the most re
cent inventions are the following: A
wrestling dummy for gymnasium prac
tice; a llfepreserver which keeps Its oc
cupant afloat and warm; an instru
ment which enables you to see the
sounds that you sing: a periscope at
tachment for fleldglasses; telephone
stand and tabouret; a rain alarm to
make the hired srlrl get up and close
the windows; a machine that massages
your pains away with air: and a me
chanical telephone operator which
takes down the number of a call or a
I message when you are out
STATE MUST NOT
REBUILD BRIDGE
Judge Kunkcl Decides York
County Structure Is Not Up
to Commonwealth
omml,l0 mm l,l an opinion
J JIJ /( I handed down this
morning in Dauphin
county court by
President Judge
George Kunkel it
was ru ' c< * that the
Commonwealth of
lITWHHSSII Pennsylvania need
il fi IRnpFMn' not replace the
H IJijMHlMgffi bridge across Muddy
county, destroyed on
July i>, lam, by liood waters.
The case developed when John D.
Jenkins, Franklin P. Lauer and Whor
ley J. Neff, York county commission
ers, asked to have viewers appointed
with the intention of having the Com
monwealth replace the bridge at an
estimated cost of about $7,000. This
was based on the claim that by an act
of Legislature Muddy creek was a pub
lic highway, and that the Common
wealth should replace bridges.
President Judge Kunkel ruled that
insufficient evidence was submitted to
establish this claim and gave his
opinion in favor of the Commonwealth
for this reason.
The bridge in question was built in
1860 and was destroyed after the heavy
rains last July. It was located on the
State road from Red Lion to Delta at
Castle Tin Forge, at the Delta Water
and Power Company electric plant.
Court Closes.—Common pleas court
ended to-day, all of the cases listed for
trial having been disposed of. In the
case of the Singer Sewing Machine
Company against Anna Majors the
jury brought in a verdict favoring the
company and permitting them to keep
the machine, which they had taken
from the woman.
Two More Taken to Pen.— Sheriff
W. W. Caldwell took Charles Prater,
convicted of larceny from the person,
and Andrew Conway, convicted of felo
nious assault, to: the Eastern Peniten
tiary to-day. g
Clerk III.— -J. M. Alvord, clerk in the
office of County Recorder James E.
Lentz, was unable to report to-day, as
he is ill.
Historical Societies
Want Appropriation For
Research Work in Pa.
Legislation asking for a appropria
tion from the State for the promotion
of historical research was urged this
afternoon at the twelfth annual meet
ing of the Pennsylvania Federation of
Historical Societies. A former Legis
lature tabled a bill providing for an ap
propriation of SI,OOO. A new commit
tee will be named to present another
bill.
The meeting to-day opened at 2
o'clock in the rooms of the Dauphin
County Historical Society, South Front
street. State Senator William C. Sproul,
of Delaware county, presided and pre
sented his annual report. The secre
tary, Dr. S. P. Heilman, representing
the Lebanon County Historical Society,
reported sixty delegates present.
Committeemen slated for reports
this afternoon were John W. Jordan,
LL. D., Philadelphia, on bibliography;
H. Winslow Fegley, Reading, on his
torical activity; J. Andrew Wilt, To
wanda, on exchanging duplicates; Cap
tain 11. M. M. Richards, on publication
lists; Professor Herman V. Aines,
Ph. D., Philadelphia, on preserving
manuscripts; Professor Marion D.
Learned, Ph. D.. on historical re
search; the Rev. M. D. Lichliter, Har
risburg, on necrology, and - Benjamin
M. Nead, Harrisburg, on locating and
marking historical sites and corre
sponding with the State Historical
Commission. .
Among those present when the ses
sion opened were Senator William C.
Sproul, of Chester, president; Dr. S. P.
Heilman, Lebanon, secretary; Bird S.
Patterson, Pittsburgh; Thomas J.
Brereton, Chambersburg. and Dr.
Hugh Hamilton and B. M. Nead, Har
risburg.
Deaths and Funerals
MRS. HELEN IC. PAXSON
Mrs. Helen C. Paxson. wife of Jo
seph L. Paxson, died this morning at
her home, 219 Emerald street. Funer
al services will be held at the above
address on Sunday afternoon at
4 o'clock. The Rev. Floyd Ap
pleton of St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
will have charge of the services. The
body will be taken to Hillside ceme
tery, Roslyn, Pa., on Monday morn
ing where services will bo held and
burial will be made.
PATRICK G. WALSH
Patrick G. Walsh, aged 55 years, a
tipstaff in the York county courthouse,
died yesterday at his home in York.
He is survived by three sons and four
daughters and four sisters. Miss, Rose
Walsh, 603 North Second street, a
copyist from the State Workmen's In
surance fund is a sister of Mr. Walsh.
MRS. CHARLES CLENDENIN
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles
Clendenin will be held from her home
4 47 North Thirteenth street,to-morrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be
made in the East Harrisburg ceme
tery.
Movie Man Gets Stock
Exchange Seat For SSO
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<JOSET>I-J V/EIHSXOCK. 1 I
It isn't often one has opportunity
to purchase a seat on the New York
Stock Exchange for SSO, but Joseph
Weinstock, a New York moving pic
ture man did. Seats on the Ex
change the past year have been sell
ing at $75,000. Weinstock didn't ex
pect to buy one when he attended
an auction and bought In a collection
of odds and ends for SSO. Among
the supposed junk was the right to
the Exchange membership.
JANUARY 18, 1917.
D. A. R. PLEDGED
TO PREPAREDNESS
"Hearts of Women of America
Arc in Movement," Mrs.
Storey Tells Committee
Washington, Jan. 18. The 95,000
women of the Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution are pledged to pre
paredness and adequate national de
fense, said Mrs. William Cumming
Storry, president-general, to the Sen
ate subcommittee on universal mili
tary service to-day speaking as a mem
ber of the special committee repre
senting 25 patriotic societies.
''l believe that I can speak for the
women in favor of universal service,"
Mrs. Story said, "because they have so
pledged themselves. The hearts of
the women of America are -In this
movement. We believe it is essen
tial."
Gen. Stoteslmry Speaks
Adjutant General Louis W. Stotes
bury, of the New York National Guard
headed the delegation. He analyzed
the framing of the American consti
tution to show that a universal mili
tary obligation for the common de
fense had been its primary purpose.
The first military law, enacted in 1792,
had required training under that ob
ligation, he said, and It was only be
cause the first Congress liad permitted
the several States to extend exemp
tions that it had fallen into disuse.
General Stotesbury pleaded with the
commltttee to reaffirm the belief and
enactment of the fathers of the na
tion, that the common defense was
intrusted to the people themselves and
not to any hired or voluntary force;
that it was a right and privilege of
every citizen to be trained for that
service as well as his duty to render
It.
STOCKMEN MEETING
Cheyenne, W'yo., Jan. 18. Stock
men and others with Interests In the
livestock Industry from the Western
States are here In force to-day for the
opening of the twentieth annual ses
sion of the American National Live
stock Association, "which, according
to the program, is to consider market
ing conditions, federal land policies,
and the protection of livestock owners
and ranchmen in Mexico.
NO PUBLIC LEAK
HEARINGS TODAY
Continue Efforts to Agree Upon
Special Counsel Authorized
by House
Washington, Jan. 18. The House
Rules Committee investigating the
alleged "leak" on President Wilson's
peace note held no public hearings
to-day, but the committeemen con
tinued their efforts to agree upon
special counsel, authorized by the
House to direct the inquiry. Pend
ing a selection the taking of further
testimony probably will be held In
abeyance and those summoned to
testify allowed to return home to
await a further call.
Committeemen worked until late
last night trying to reach an agree
ment but without result. The dif
ficulty is over the selection of counsel
satisfactory alike to both Democrats
and Republicans. As soon as a selec
tion is made by the Democrats they
will submit the name to the Repub
licans for approval. The committee
had before it to-day a number of
names of prominent lawyers to select
from.
Lansing Denies Statements
Secretary Lansing to-day denied
statements made at the "leak" hear
ing that he had breakfasted several
times at the Biltmore Hotel in New
York with Bernard Baruch. He said
he did not know Mr. Baruch and
never had any conversations with
him.
Secretary Lansing's authorized
statement was as follows:
"While I dislike very much to dig
nify by denial falses and malicious
scandal, at the same time the pub
licity which has been given to some of
the reports warrant me In saying
that, in regard to the statement that
I breakfasted several times with Mr.
Baruch at the Biltmore Hotel, imply
ing, T assume that I gave him ad
vance information concerning to the
note to the belligerents, I never to
my knowledge saw Mr. Baruch at any
time. I do not know him and never
had any conversations with him and
I have been out of Washington only
once stnee election and that was to at
tend the Army and Navy football
game in New York, November 25."
Urges Consideration of
Amendment to Submit
Threats to Peace Tribunal
Washington, Jan. 18. Senator
Shafroth to-day urged the Senate
Judiciary Committee to approve his
resolution for a constitutional amend
ment which would permit negotiation
of treaties engaging the United States
to submit disputes threatening war to
an international tribunal and engag
ing to contribute the support of any
military establishment necessary to
execute its decrees.
RIG INCREASE SHOWN
IN CONSTRUCTION WORK
A 28 per cent increase in construc
tion work started in Harrisburg dur
ing 1916 Is shown by figures In the
American Contractor. Four Pennsyl
vania cities showed a decided increase
in the amount of construction work
started, while in two other cities
there was a big drop.
Harrisburg's increase Is based on
the total cost of work estimated at
$1,830,923, while in 1915 the total was
$1,428,950. In Reading the increase
was 36 per cent: Philadelphia, 26 per
cent., and Wllkes-Barre, 13 per cent.
Decreases of 6 pef cent, in Pittsburgh
and 13 per cent. In Scranton are re
corded.
MERCHANTS' ICE COMPANY
ELECTS NEW DIRECTORS
Stockholders of the Merchants' Ice
Company met yesterday In Maenner
chor hall, North street and elected the
following directors:
L. W. Kay. A. P. Kitchen, E. L.
Egolf. C. E. Danner, William Perrin,
C. E. Sheesley, L. R. Simonettl, Har
risburg and Oliver Lentz and William
Irwin, Jr., Reading. The directors
met later and elected the following
officers:
President, L. W. Kay: vice-presi
dent, A. P. Kitchen: secretary, 8. H.
Deckman; treasurer, E. L. Egolf. This
company has been in operation a year,
and some time ago announced plans
for the enlargement of the plant to
include the Introduction of two 30-
ton units, increasing the capacity of
the plant from 50 tons dally to 110
tons dally.
Using the Eyes as
Health Barometers
The Importance of the eyes as factors
In the diagnosis of many bodily sick
nesses is becoming generally known to
all—patients and doctors alike. In fact,
a certain group of physicians go PO far
as to make their entire diagnosis from
the eye; that organ having been
"charted for the purpose by a distin
guished German scientist. Without
comment on the practice the fact is
stated here t6 impress readers with the
close relation between what may be
called "body health and eye health."
"To get the greatest degree of effi
ciency from one s business or social en
deavors," says J. S. Belsinger, the
Optometrist, "It will readily be seen
that perfect eye health plays an im
portant part." Eye strain is the most
common form 'of eye disorders, and.
with the appearance of the very first
symptoms, the patient should consult
a competent Eye Specialist. Delay may
mean serious complications In other
parts of the human organism. "If there
is any question In your mind as to the
perfect health of these 'health barome
ters,' your eyes," continues Mr. Bel
singer, whose offices are located at 205
Locust street, "the advice of an opto
metrist should be sought."—Advertise
ment.
FIFTEEN SHIPS
BELIEVED LOST
237 Survivors Landed and Fate
of 450 Still Unknown; Attacks
Only Freighters
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 18.—Latest reports
of the vessels sunk by the German
raider fix the number at fifteen. Sur
vivors of the destroyed vessels to the
number of 237 have been landed at
Pernambuco and the fate of nearly
450 men is still unknown.
The first official statements given
out here regarding the raider were to
the effect that seven vessels had been
sunk and nine captured. In a com
munication to the minister of marine
the captain of the port of Pernambuco
declared that he had learned the
raider had also sunk eight of the ves
sels which were at first reported
merely captured. Their crews, the fate
of whom is not known, numbered 441
men.
It is reported that the raider placed
these crews on board the British
steamer Yarrowdale, which then pro
ceeded for port. It is therefore be
lieved that they will be safely landed
within a day or two.
Another report has been received
to the effect that the St. Theodore has
been transformed into a raider.
Attacks Only Freighters
The Chamber of Commerce and con
sulates at Pernambuco are devoting
much attention to the care of the ship
wrecked crews. There is no confirma
tion whatever of the alleged loss of 400
lives.
The commander of the raider is said
to have declared that he attacked only
freighters and did not interfere with
passenger boats.
According to unofficial information,
the raider has a crew of 250 men, in
cluding four officers of the German
navy. According to reports circulated
here, the officers of the Japanese ship
captured were shot on account of the
resistance they offered. Another re
port says that twenty-two English
sailors were compelled to work in the
engine room of the raider.
Ilaidcr Like Moewo
While nothing is definitely known as
to the identity of the raider, two
hypotheses have been constructed from
the details supplied by the crews of
the sunken ships. One of these is that
the vessel is the German auxiliary
cruiser Vineta, but the one most gen
erally held is that the raider is elttter
the Moewe itself or a sister ship.
Every detail in regard to the ship's
construction seems to fit this latter
supposition.
The exact position of the Hudson
Maru when it lost sight of the raider
on January 10 was longitude 25.1t>
west, latitude 7 south.
According to telegraph reports from
Pernambuco. the men landed from the
ships sunk by the raider report that
they were brutally treated. The cor
respondent of the Jornal do Brazil
reports that sailors he interviewed
claim to have been kept for two days
without food. The commander of the
French steamer Nantes is said to have
declared that the raider approached
his ship under the British flag.
TAGOKE CRITICISES U. S.
Poet, Sailing for India, Suys Ameri
cans are Crude
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 18. —Sir
Rablndranath Tagore, who has been
on a lecture tour in this country and
who won the Nobel prize for poetry,
sailed for India yesterday.
The poet observed that the most
pronounced Americanism he had no
ticed was that American women "have
more leisure than any women in the
world, and they could use it well in
study and improvement.
He also believed that economic con
ditions which prevail in America give
promise of this being the greatest na
tion In the world. But with It all, the
poet declared, he could not but see
"much impotence and crudeness" on
the part of Americans.
OISCCSSS PINE BLISTER
Washington, D. C.. Jan. 18.—With
delegates from throughout the United
States and Canada present, an Inter
national conference on forestry began
here to-day under the auspices of the
American Forestry Association. The
principal object is to consider ways
and means of checking the spread of
white pine blister disease.
SMALL FIRE
A small fire was caused last night
at the home of Edward Wenschof,
1508 Allison. Street, when an oil stove
became overheated. The Susquehanna
chemical company was called. The
damage was small.
LECTURE AT GRACE M. E.
An illustrated lecture on "The
Heritage of Half a Century" will be
given this evening, under the auspices
of the Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Grace Methodist
Church.
BRITISH SHII* AGROUND
Philadelphia. Jan. 18.—The British
steamer Susquehanna, Boston for Bal
timore, stranded early to-day four
miles southeast of Cobb's Island. Va.,
according to a dispatch received by
the Philadelphia Maritime Exchange.
Cured His RUPTURE
I was badly ruptured while lifting a
trunk several years ago. Doctors said
my only hope of cure was an operation.
Trusses did me no good. Finally 1 got
hold of something that quickly ana
completely cured me. Years have pass
ed and the rupture has never returned,
although I am doing hard work as a
carpenter. There was no operation, no
lost time, no trouble. I have nothing
to sell, but will give full Information
about how you may find a comptelo
cure without operation, If you write to
me, Eugene M. Pullen, Carpenter,
306 C Marcellua avenue, Manasquan. N.
J. Better cut out this notice and show
It to any others who are ruptured—
you may save a life or at least stop th
misery of rupture and the worry ana
danger of an operation.