- .- T .. .i,n.in. ; Greatest Agricultural Show and Convention HARRISBURG l£3Bk& TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 20 16 PAGES ENTIRE WORLD IS CONSIDERING WILSON'S LAST MOVE FOR PEACE Congress and Diplomats Re covering From Amaze ment Start to Study Con ditions Under Which Presi dent Believes U. S. Would Enter World League For Permanent Peace LOOK TO EUROPE WITH PROFOUND INTEREST Eagerly Awaiting Effect Pro nouncement May Have on Warring Nations and, Also Verdict of American Pub lic; Wilson Realizes Tre mendous Opposition That Must Be Overcome Here Washington, Jan. 23. Congress and the diplomatic corps recovering somewhat from their bewildered j amazement of yesterday, set them- j selves to-day deliberately and with varying emotions to consideration of I'resident Wilson's notable address to the Senate submitting the results of his moves for peace in Europe and outlining the conditions under which he believes the United States would' enter a world league for permanent peace. The President asked the Senate for' no action. He merely laid before the j •"counsel associated with" him in the final determination of the country's international obligations what he has: done and his views of the duty of the government "in the days that are j to come when it will be necessary to j lay afresh and upon a new plan the foundation of peace among the na tions." Copies Already Scut Abroad Copies of the address already are in the hands of American diplomats abroad for delivery to the Foreign 1 Offices of belligerents and neutrals, and upon the nature of its reception i there may depend whether there is to be any further protracted discus sion of peace in the immediate future. Alter summarizing his note to the billigerents the reply of the central 1 powers offering to meet their antag onists in a peace conference and that of the entente stating their general terms, what the President had to say about the immediate situation was ex pressed in these sentences. Nearer Definite Discussion "We are that much nearer a defin ite discussion of the peace which shall end the present war. We are that much nearer the discussion of the in ternational concert which must there- j after hold the world at peace." While the President is looking to [Continued on Page 13] Oil, Coal and Merchandise Dropped at Front Doors When Train Drops in Street Wilmington, Del.. Jan. 23. —Twenty- one cars of a Baltimore and Ohio Ril road through freight from Philadel phia to Alexandria, Va., were derailed 1 here this morning at the Gilpin ave nue bridge, a structure about 23 feet above the street. They comprised oil tanks and coal arid merchandise cars and 40 tons of oil was quickly scat- i tered around the neighborhood, many residents hurrying to the scene to se cure what they could of the fluid. Tw° ot the cars fell directly into <ril pi ii avenue and the others were piled indiscriminately at the foot of| the railway embankment, for a dis tance of more than two blocks. The accident was due to the break-' ing of an arch bar on the second car 1 of the train. The bar fell on a switch and disarranged it. resulting in the derailing of the train. The last nine cars and the caboose broke connection and remained on the track, the train! crew, in the caboose, thus escaping! injury. ! The accident completely blocked; travel throughout the morning and! trains were switched to the Pennsyl-i vania lines. THE WEATHER] I Vor llarrlshurg and viclnltn Fair ' nn| mrutr In-niclit and W ed nesda>: lowest temperature lo niisht ahuut £1 degrees, lor I In* tern Penns) Ivnnla: Prob ably fair to-night and Wetlnea dnyj rl-lnt temperature; moder ate, variable wlnda. Kiver The Snuqnebanna rlter and all Ita branches will fall slowly or re main nearly atatlonar.v, except '. ,0 V "ranch, which ill probably Hue nonieivhat. The Ice In the I pper \\ est liranch broke and moved down fester* day on a moderate atase: it broke and besan to moir at Itenovo at I a. m. to-day. but probably so reed Home distance below. The >orth Branch, at \\ ilkes-Unrre, opened at the naue, but the main channel la mill choked with Ice .* fttage of about 4.8 feet la Indi cate* for liarrlaburg \\ ednesday morning. fieneral Conditions The >rtbeastern atorm has moved off the >orth Atlantic coaat and pressure has increased decidedlv over nearly all the eastern half of the country, together with a | general fall of 2 to rt decrees in temperature. Tempera to re: 8 n. m., IX. Sun: Rises, 7:21 a. m. Moon: .New moon, January 23, 2:40 n. m. River Stage: S feet above low vvatcr mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Hlgheat temperature, 47. I.owest temperature. 21. Mean temperature. 38. >ormnl temperntare, 2S. WHILE COUNCIL IS DELIBERATING WHY NOT MAKE USE OF YOUR ASHES ? * _ t J OOX CONTENT ? \ / \ \v / \ ASH ERA VVCLLD iiCAct W 6AUER7 C FOREVER,WIY NOT MAKB THE* MOST OF IT— - \ _ >/MEN YOUi? \Ai?O IS BEAUTIFY YOU(? MOME" BY ARTISTIC ~ ■ —H olHtufftwr OP ASW RtCePTACLES. ASH RECEPTACLES SEEM TO i AiTH OKI6INAL DhlbNb CN THE PQQt- u 5E MORE OR LK? IN DEMAND. | COUNCIL TO TAKE UP ASH PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY Holding Special Sessions of Deliberation and Cogitation Over City-Wide Yowls 1 > Council Summary City Commissioners in regular session this morning decided to hold a s|>eeial meeting late this afternoon to discuss the ash and garbage collection situation. Action of setting dates for spe cial primary and general election for successor to the late City Com missioner Harry F. Rowman, post |>oned U|K>n recommendation of City Solicitor John K. Fox, land ing result of rumored amendineiits to Clark act. Report of Department of Public Safety read and Hied. Net earn ing:. of Water Department, 580,- 204.09. Filial passage of ordinance auth orizing employment of architect to draw plans for comfort station and lootualk In Market Square. Motion rescinding apiKiintment of Alie Roat, Jr., to the police force, passed. Amendment to ordinance author izing appropriation to llarri-biirg Hospital for ambulance services, approved. A special meeting of City Council will be held late this afternoon to consider the ash and gar bage collection situation. City Solici tor John E. Fox and Edward P. Bai ley, representing the American Surety Company, bonding the Pennsylvania Reduction Company, will be present. The special meeting was called by Mayor E. S. Meals at the regular sos [ sion this morning, following a report [ by City Health Officer J. M. J. Rau nlck, in which he declared there seems to be no possible way to improve the j present service except by terminat ing the contract. Dr. Raunick then suggested that necessary funds should be provided at once to carry out provi sions of the entire contract under a saparate municipal bureau. Wanted to Confer Year Ago The health officer also referred to (Continued on Page 14) No Word From Germany on Confidential Peace Terms Washington, D. C\, Jan. 23. —It was stated officially to-day that President Wilson has received no word from Germany that she and her allies were willing to lay their terms of peace, even confidentially, before him. The statement was made in re sponse to recently published intima tions that the German terms had al ready secretly been placed in the President's hands. Abe Roat, Jr., Will Not Be City Detective Mayor Meals this morning presented to Council a motion rescinding the 1 appointment of Abe Roat, Jr., to the 1 city police force. It was seconded by Commissioner William H. Lynch anil passed unanimously . With the withdrawal of the appoint ment Mayor Meals explained that so far as he is concerned the affair is ended. "We couldn't get any more infor mation about the charges against Roat," the Mayor explained to the commissioners, "and thought it would be best to rescind the appointment, if any of you know of a good man whom I can appoint as a detective, I'd like to know about liiin at once. I need a good man who doesn't use 'Btoolies'." HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1917. CITY NEWSIES TO PRAY FOR REV. E. P. ROBINSO AS "THE NEWSB When your favorite newsboy shoves the latest edition into your hand, and the while keeps yelling about the latest murder to the fellow coming down the street —does it ever occur to you that down underneath Ills big red sweater he has a soul that is trained to pray? Most of the newsies, you know, are lads from Jewish homes and of a race that has known how to pray longer perhaps than any other. To-night at an hour not yet set, all the newsboys j in the city will gather to offer a < prayer for the safekeeping of the Rev. j E. P. Robinson, "the newsboys'! SEARCHLIGHT OF LEAK PROBE ON "SHORT" DEALS Averred It Was on Such Spe culations Profits Were Made New York, Jan. 23. Searchlights; of the House Rules Committee in the "leak" inquiry are to be turned im-! mediately on all the "short" deals which took place on the Stock Ex change between December 10 to De i cember 23. It was on such specula-' : tion, if any, that profits were made on i advance information regarding the 1 President's recent peace note, it is . averred. | That this feature of the inquiry may I be expedited the committee at its first i session to-day ordered H. G. S. Noble, president of the Stock Exchange to ; "request" the governing board of the ; : exchange to ask its members to sup- 1 ply the committee forthwith with a j list of all of their transactions be [Continued on Page 13] ' I. COUNCIL DELAYS MAKING PLANS FOR SPECIAL ELECTION Senator Beidlcman and Solici tor Fox Endeavoring to Save *O,OOO by Amendment Pending presentation to the Legis lature of an amendment to the Clark act. City Council, upon the recom mendation of City Solicitor John E. Fox, decided to-day to delay for the present preparations for the election to fill the vacancy caused by the i death of City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman. City Solicitor Fox presented in per son this morning, a complete opinion on the requirements of the Clark act, j quoting passages referring to the spe- j cial primary and special municipal election. He ruled that the act is I mandatory and that the City Commis-1 sioners must gove notice of both ! primary and general election, with j four weeks' notice of the former and from ten to twenty days' notice of the latter. Council decided to follow the sug gestion of City Solicitor Fox, advocat ing a reasonable delay in carrying out the mandates of the law an effort can {Continued on Pace 12] friend," who was operated upon yes terday at the Harrisburg Hospital. The Rev. Mr. Robinson was taken seriously ill very suddenly and an op eration was absolutely necessary to save his life. He had charge of the arrangement* fo;- the Newsboys' Con cert to be given Thursday night and his illness has I>een a serious loss to the boys. But far more are they miss ing his kindly smile and the friendly touch of his hand than the work he was doing for them. Hearing that their friend's condition is very serious, they have decided as an organization, to-night, to pray for I his speedy recovery. BULGARS START NORTHERN MOVE INTO DOBRUDJA Cross Southern Estuary of Danube and Occupy Large Island Below Galatz A new development in the Ru manian campaign was revealed in to ' day's Germ.-ri official statement which reports a Bulgarian movement north ward in Dobrudia across the southern estuary of the Danube. The crossing was effected near i Tultclia, 38 miles southeast of Galatz, ; and places the Bulgarians apparently on one of the large islands which stud the course of the river near its mouth. The Teutonic advance is thus carried nearer the Bessarabian boundary which here is formed bv the northern estuary of the Danube. May Try to Turn Russ It remains to be developed whether the Bulgarian move is the prelude to [Continued on Page 12] DISCUSS DETAILS OF EXTENSION DEVELOPMENT Brunner and Manning Meet Members of Public Grounds j Board Arnold W. Brunner. the noted New York architect, and Warren H- Man-' ning, landscape expert retained as' consulting: architect, met the mem-1 hers or the Hoard of Public Grounds I and Buildings at the Capitol to-day to I discuss with the members details of the development of the Capitol Ex-' [Continued on I'age 12] Brotherhood Heads Speak Against Adamson Bill Washington, D. C., Jan. 23. W. 8 Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood | of locomotive Engineers, and L. E. : Shcppard. acting president of the Or- i der of Railway Conductors, testified ' to-day before the House commerce committee in opposition to the Adam son bill to prevent interruption of rail road traffic by creating a special in vestigating commission, during whose deliberations strikes and lockouts would be unlawful. INTERNATIONAL EXPO IN PHILA. PLANNED FOR 1926 Resolution For Committee of Nine to Celebrate 150 th Anni versary of Independence A joint resolution providing for ap pointment by the Governor of a com mission of nine to arrange for the holding of an international exposi tion at Philadelphia in 1826 in cele bration of the 150 th anniversary of American independence was intro duced in the House to-day by Rep resentative James A. Walker, Phila delphia. It carries an appropriation of SIO,OOO for preliminary expenses. Mr. Brady, Philadelphia, intro duced p. bill to provide for appoint ment l?y the Governor of three men to constitute the State Athletic Com mission with authority to license box ing and similar exhibitions. Other bills presented were: Mr. Powell, Luzerne, providing for a county system of aid to needy blind at a rate of $l5O per year and author izing levy of a tax for the purpose. Mr. McKay, Luzerne, abolishing the death penalty and substituting life imprisonment as punishment for mur der in the lirst degree. Mr. Dell, Huntingdon, providing that tl.e State shall maintain State highways where constructed in boroughs. Mr. Rinn, Lehigh, providing for abolition of grade crossings. Mr. Powell, Luzerne, providing for State lodges for veterans of Spanish and Philippine wars and making an appropriation of $2,000. Mr. Rinn, Lehigh, providing that every person qualified to vote shall be given leave for two hours of his em ployer on election day to enable him to vote. Any reduction from pay is forbidden and the bill carries a pen alty of SSO for each violation by an employer. j Mr. Drake, Greene, establishing | salaries of county commissioners, (treasurers and auditors in counties ; having less than 150,000 population. | Two bills to establish a State.Com mission to supervise boxing contests i were presented to the House, one j handed in by Mr. Brady, I'hiladel (Continued on I'agc 11) !' THE LEGISLATURE ' IN A NUTSHELL : Senate and House of Representa tives of Pennsylvania adjourned this , afternoon until next Monday evening j at 9 o'clock. The Senate resolution providing for a sweeping investigation of the State government was not acted upon in the j upper house as it can not be consider ied by the appropriations committee j until next week. The Democrats | made no further efforts to do any j thing about investigation but E. Kowry j Humes, their chtef ringmaster, had a conference with Attorney General Brown and Representative E. R. Cox 1 regarding the course to be pursued. It , is intimated that there will be an at tempt to amend the Senate resolution. The Governor made no statement, i The committees were announced in both Senate and House and then the places were apportioned. As usual ; there w ere not enough to go round. The two houses met in joint session ; to count the vote for Auditor Gen- I cral and State Treasurer. The House received over fifty bills , land 45 were referred to committees,! while Speaker Baldwin lectured the- I members about the importance of j avoiding duplication of acts on the I books and of having bills in proper j form. The Speaker said that pre sentation of a mass of bills did not mean business and urged thoughtful j consideration of new legislation. The resolution for funds to send the National Guard to the Wilson in- ' auguration was presented and the I Committee on Centennial Affairs be gan to look up some town which will : ha 100 vaaj-a old to maka a. visit. I GOVERNOR DECLARES BUREAU OF MARKETS IS BIG FARM NEED Greatest Agricultural Gathering in History of Common wealth Under Way; Big Show in Emerson-Branting ham Building Shows Finest Products of Pennsylvania FIVE ASSOCIATIONS TO HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTIONS HERE DURING THE WEEK State Agricultural Board, Breeders and Dairymen, Horti culturists, Veterinarians and Vegetable Growers Will Take Up Quetsions Re-lating to Their Various Fields With ihe opening of the State Kartn t Show in the Emerson-Urantingham building. Tenth and Market streets, I the convening of the State Board of! Agriculture and the Pennsylvania Vet- j erinary Medical Association this morn ing, and of the State Horticultural As sociation and Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers' Association this afternoon, the greatest agricultural gathering in the history of Pennsylvania is under j way in this city. Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh ad dressed the State Hoard of Agriculture at its session in Chestnut Street Hall this morning. The Governor said the ! great need of farm life to-day is to make it more attractive and re munerative so aS to hold the boys and girls interested in agricultural pur suits. He declared the failure of farm ers to turn their attention to the mar keting problem has resulted in far | smaller production than should be the I case In Pennsylvania. The Governor said he would recom- ' mend a bureau of markets to help the farmer get his produce to the con sumer direct and thus eliminate the middleman, ftjving the producer a larger profit and the consumer a lower price. Governor Brumbaugh urged Inten FIR I TO DII. IN NEW HOSPITAL ' * Elizabeth; own, Pa.—Martin G. Frank, for many years a ,*; ■ • member of Pittsburgh council, died at the Philadelphia ! ' Fr Memorial Hospital hctc. from a stroke of apoplexy. He is the first to die in the new hospital. | NEW PUBLIC SERVICE BILL GOES IN i ► Harrisbur;. —Senator Snyder of Schuylkill to-day pre- I 1 sented a bill c jlishing the present Public Service Commis- | | sion, making department a bureau of the Department ' | ( of Internal Affairs* with the Secretary of Internal ' Affairs as chauman. 1 ' | TROOP RETURN TO START JAN. 26 .1 San Ant o, Tex., Jan. 23. The return of 25,000 ' * • National Guard troops ordered home from the border last 1 Sunday will b ;in Janu C a The troops • 1 1 1 dered home have been h ided into three gi The if 1 Eighth Pennsylvania infantry and Company < engineers !; arc included in the last group to leave. 11 j SPROUL RESOLUTION REPORTED \ I : i Harrisburg.—After an attempt to strike the immunity :' y clause from Senator Sproul's resolution to investigate the. J I Brumbaugh administration had been defeated, the Senate I 9 Appropriations Committee to which it was referred, voted to J ► I report it out md Senatur Buckman, the chairman, is en* [ m deavoring to obtain unanimous consent to let it. come out _L 1 to day. 1 | ¥ i 'LK MILL BOOSTS WAGES I Harrisbui —An increase in wagcv, was announced to- ' * y -• at the H burg Si Mill, Wages ,;o up from 10 to ] I 15 per cent, a-; i the raise is in effeot this week. The increa .r > 9 ■ ill effect 50.' emploj t ► 1 PRESENT LOCAL OPTION BILL & The local option bill backed m Saloon | ► ■ League, was presented in the House to-day by Represetita* [ . tive John W. Vickerman, Allegheny. It provides iur the t , | county unit, an election to be held on petition of twenty- ' , . i five per cen- ot the voter of a district and no election to be : held within three years. 1 * 1' * ' 1 ' MARRIAGE I Karl Culbertnon Kodey, IMdMmrnh, nnd Hacrl Ktllth nrtwvllrr, Strrliun. < JMiur* Clnnrlh .\rnton, llnrrlnhurc, nnd 9uan Kiln Srlirclnrr,. I Y'7 ' ■" VU- ■— /y ' h.iQ Single Copy, 2 Cents isivc farming: to increase the State's agricultural production. Livestock Inspection, Stale milk , hygiene and oilier cattle problems i were discussed by the State veter inarians, who met In Cameron Hull. Second and Walnut streets. Make Farm Life More Attractive Urges Governor | The opening session of the annual | convention of the State Board of Agri culture this morning was marked by an address by Governor Brumbaugh in which lie pleaded for a more attrac tive and renumerative farm life; and by reports 011 cereal, crops and roads by two experts, J. Aldus Herr, of Lan j caster, and Colonel John A. YV'ood j ward, of Howard. The meeting was 1 called to order by Vice-President S. S. j Blyholder. Dr. M. K. Conard, assist ant secretary, acted as secretary. One hundred representative farmers of the State were present and took n keen interest in the reports and the discus sions that followed. "Unless you make the home and [Continued on Page !>J POSTSCRIPT
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