Plot to Poison Premier Lloyd George by Three Suffragists and Slacker Unearthed HARRISBURG ifisllte TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 27 18 PAGES UNABLE TO GET TO BOTTOM OF TIP IN ADVANCE ON PEACE TALK Further Examination of Hut ton, Barren of Result So Leak Committee Decides to Summon George A. Ellis, Jr., Member of the Firm Who Wrote Warning Telegrams Sent Out 10 DENY BOLUNG KNEW OF ADDRESS Connolly, Member of Firm in Which President's Brother in-Law Is Interested, to Appear Late Today; Will Testify His Customers Lost Money New Vork, Jan. 31. Finding further examination to-day of K. F. Hutton barren of result so far as showing the origin of the information on which the stock brokerage firm of E. F. Hutton and Company warned its customers that President Wilson's peace note was to be issued, the con gressional "leak" investigating com mittee to-day decided to summon George A. Ellis, Jr., the member cf the firm who wrote the warning tele gram. Ellis, according to Hutton, Is ill in Georgia, but the committee nevertheless decided he must appear. F. A. Connolly, of F. A. Connolly and Company, Washington brokers, who furnished the Hutton firm with the information, was expected to take the stand later to-day. Connolly on his arrival from Washington denied the information came through R. W. Boiling, the President's brother-in law, and a member of his firm. He said that it was gathered merely from general talk around Washington. Hutton to-day said that although in possession of the information as to the President's note at least two hours be fore the market closed on December -0 neither he nor any of his partners had taken advantage of it. His cus tomers had an hour's leeway to sell before the market closed. They were long in the aggregate about 340,000 shares. He was of the opinion that few heeded the warning but promised the committee to furnish the exact amount of selling orders that came in. Ijinsing Killed Market Hutton said that the information he had on the peace note made little im pression upon him. What "killed the market" was Secretary Lansing's "verge of war" statement, he said, the day the President's note was forward ed, December 21. Customers of the Connolly firm dur ing the "peace period" in the market lost $40,000. it was brought out. Every circumstance surrounding the sending of a telegram briefly set ting forth an accurate forecast of the contents of the note sworn to have come from a Washington brokerage house of which R. W. Boiling, a brother-in-law of the President, is a partner, is to be sounded to the bot tom. The telegram was dispatched from the \\all street brokerage house of E. F. Hutton and Company to its scores of correspondents throughout the country more than ten hours be fore the note was released for publi cation. Boiling's firm, F. A. Connoliy and ( ompany, is one of these corrcs pondents. The information on which the message was based, E. F. head of the Hutton firm, testified yes terday, originated with F. A. Connolly and came to New York over a private wire between the two houses. WHITMAN AGAINST BOXING Albany, Jan. 31. Governor Whit man to-day in a formal statement announced that he was in favor of re pealing the law authorizing boxing ex hibitions in this State. THE WEATHER] For Harrlshuric and vlolnltjrt Un settled weather, probably ruin to-niglit, with lonrfit tempera ture about :I3 degrees; Thursday clearing und riucli colder. For Kawtern Penusyli an la: l'rob ably rain In south, rain or snow In north portion to-night, follo '■'J by clearing und much colder I'htirsdayi increasing east wind*, shifting to northwest gules Thursday. m . River The main river Mill remain lee bound and nearly stationary. The upper portion* of the \orth and Went brunches v||| probably fall and the middle und loiter pur tiona riae somewhat. The smaller tributaries will probubiy 110 v ehantce much. The Ice was break ing up at Tow nulla at 8 n. m. to day. A Mine of about 8.2 feet la Indicated for Harrisburg Thurs day morning. General Conditions .? ,Rom "< of the Itoeky Mountains has moved rap idly southeastward to the Middle Valley. attended by snow and gules in north and cen tral districts west of the I u ke Heglon and the Middle Mississippi a e,ere cold wave f r „,„ Western Canada Is following the atorm closely and has overapreao the Rocky Mountains and the greater part of the Plain, state. In the last twenty-four hours where falls of SO to 40 degrees In lomprratare have occurred. The , J rr " 8 n. m. Hlver Staget 8 feet above low nater mark, Yeaterday'a Weather Highest tempera I iire, 411. I,oweat temperature, 34. Mean temperature, 40. Kormal temperature, I'S. SAMUEL KUNKEL, FATHER OF CITY ROMPER DAY, DIES Made Joyous Hearts of Thou sands of Children; Charitable Work City-Wide • LEFT FUND BELIEF SAMUEL KUNKEL Father of "Romper Day," Who Died To-day. Samuel Kunkel. "Father of Romper Day" and friend of the children, died this morning at 3.20 o'clock at his home, 901 North Second street. Mr. Kunkel had been ill with pneu monia since last Thursday. Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. S. W. Herman, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, will have charge of the services, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Ellis N. Kremer, pastor of Reformed Salem Church. Burial will be made in the Harrisburg Mr. Kunkel's body may be viewed Thursday evening from 5 to 8 o'clock. A leader in charitable, financial, po litical and social circles of Harrisburg [Continued oil Page 13] Severe and Prolonged Cold Wave East of the Rockies Is Predicted A severe and prolonged cold wave in nearly all districts east of the Rocky Mountains was forecast to-day by the Washington Weather Bureau. It is following a storm of marked in tensity central this morning over Mis souri and moving rapidly eastward. The cold will reach the Middle West and southwest to-night and Thursday and the eastern and southern States by Thursday night and Friday. The cold already has overspread the Plains States and the Rockv Mountain and Western Plateau re gions. Havre, Mont., reported 36 de grees below zero this morning. Spring-like weather prevailed in the Southern States, the Middle Mississ ippi Valey. Kentucky and Tennessee in contrast to the severe cold in the northwest. Reports of river conditions in the local U. S. Weather Bureau were that the ice is breaking at Tovvanda and that the West Branch and Juniata are rising. Reports from Marietta say the people in that neighborhood are much alarmed because of possible flood from gorged ice. Harvard Bachelors Agree on an Ideal Perfect Girl Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 31.—The fol lowing are the attributes bf the per fect girl as seen through Harvard eyes, some fifty bachelor graduates having recently, and after considerable dis cussion, agreed on them for the "girl that's worth while!" She is attractive, graceful and healthy, but not necessarily pretty. She can dress tastefully and enter tain anyone and make them feel at ease. She can make bread as well as fudge, and cake as well as a "rarebit." Her dancing is not necessarily lat est, her tennis is not necessarily up to the standard, but she is appreciative of the dance and of the sports. She is broad-minded, sympathetic, tactful, unselfish, optimistic, thrifty, of good disposition and moderate in all things. She can stand reverces without worry. She is gentle to children and kind to older people, especially her parents. She has a broad education, but not necessarily a college one. She Is modest and true and home loving. She has good social standing, is of a religious nature and is not "too proud to pray." Independents Move to Control Next House Washington. D. C., Jan. 31. —The formation of a separate entity in the next House of Representatives, to be composed of the independent mem bers who are not. directly allied with either the Republican or Democratic parties, was the daring plan proposed by Representative Randall, of Cali fornia, who is known as a Pro hibitionist. In a call sent out for a meeting of the independent members of the next House, to be held in Washington on February 6, Representative Randall proposes an "independent conference which may act unitedly throughout the sessions of the Sixty-fifth Con gress." „ SUES FOR *IO,OOO Myrta Beistllne, operator at the Harrisburg Silk Mills to-day brought suit for SIO,OOO damages against the Harrisburg Railways Company, be cause of injuries she sustained in a trolley accident April 15, 1916 HARRISBURG, PA„ WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1917. ARTHUR KING, HEAD OF CAR WORKS, DIES Connected With Big Middle town Industry Since 1879; Prominent Lutheran OX BIG CHUBCH BOARDS President Directing Board Emaus Orphans' Home; Mrs, Kunkel His Daughter Arthur King, president of the Mid- ' dletown Car Works, died at 7 o'clock this morning at his home in Middle town from heart trouble. Prominent in business and church j affairs of Middletown for many years, Mr. King was one of the best-known | men in the lower end of the county. ' He was long active in the work of , the Lutheran Church, being a mem- i ber of the General Synod Board of Church Publication and the Board of Church Extension. He was teacher of a Bible class in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Middletown. for many years and took a leading part in the affairs of the congregation and Sunday School. In 1905 he was a delegate to the general synod and interchurch conference in New York. He had been president of the Emaus Orphan School board of directors, near Middletown, for a number of years. Mr. King was known to hundreds' of people throughout the city and county and had a long list of personal friends in Harrisburg as well as Mid- • dletown. l'uneral Friday Funeral services will be held from | the home in Middletown Friday after- ! noon at 4 o'clock. The Rev. Fuller j Bergstresser will officiate. Burial will ] be made Saturday at York. Pall- ! bearers will include members of the church council, his Sunday School j class and employes in the car works. . They will be E. F. Gerberich, Mart | Gingrich, John Statler. Colin S. Few, j A. B. Cressler and J. B. Armour. Mr. King became interested in the j car works at Middletown in 1879 when the business was known for many j years as Schail & King. Upon the failure of Mr. Schail in 1891, Mr. King succeeded to the business and con-; ducted it alone until 1901 when a stock company was formed, of which j [Continued on Page 13] i JITNEYS OPERATE WITHOUT PERMITS, TROLLEY CO. HOLDS Complain to Public Service Commission Against Eleven Having No Certificates The first complaints to be made against jitneys operating in Harris burg were tiled this morning before the Public Service Commission by Wolfe & Bailey, counsel for the Har risburg Railways Company, it being charged that eleven men were run ning jitneys in Harrisburg without certificates of public convenience from the Public Service Commission, al though operating under city licenses. In each case the commission will call upon the jitneymen for answers. The complaints raise a point which was covered by the Wilkes-Barre cases. In that instance it was con tended by counsel for numerous Ilt neymen that as long as they operated under municipal licenses the State could not interfere and require State certificates. The decision declared that the ordinances of any city did not interfere with operation of the Public Service company act of 1913 and that State certificates were required as well as city licenses. There is no conflict between the Clark act and the Public Service act, it was held. McLaughlin In The complaints filed in the cases are identical. It is charged that the jitneymen are running under city li censes and that the Harrisburg Kail ways Company pays for the paving of the space it occupies with tracks, pays for bridges, that it not only pays taxes but three per cent, of the gross earnings to the city and that it main tains adequate trolley service. The men complained of are: C. E. Webb, 120 North Seventeenth street, city license No. 3. George M. Swope, 1810 Briggs street, city license No. 1. A. R. Stine, 1709 Wood street, city license No. 6. J. M. Walker, 809 North Eighteenth street, city license No. 2. Hugh I j. Mclaughlin, 1427 Market street, city license No. 8. H. Ed Forry, 2114 North Sixth street, city license No. 5. W. L. Grimes, 1U23 North street, city license No. 9. J. W. Rehn, 520 North Sixteenth street, city license No. 10. Jesse Corst. 608 North Seventeenth street, city license No. 4. Daniel F. Jones. 1413 Zarker street, city license No. 11. John B. Wilver, 735 Glrard street, city license No. 7. Ferry Held Under SIO,OOO Bail For Counterfeiting Sunbury, Pa.. Jan. 31. Charged with counterfeiting, Joseph D. Ferry, a Harrisburg automobile dealer, was held In SIO,OOO bail by Federal Judge Wltmer. It is alleged that Ferry was a party to counterfeiting more than $15,000 worth of Reserve bank notes of the $lO, S2O, and SSO denominations. Secret Service operators, posing as soap agents, hired the defendant's cars and gained his confidence, Judge Witmcr said to-day. George G. Greiner, of Palmyra, became his bondsman. He will be tried in Scran ton in March PLOT TO POISON LLOYD GEORGE IS FOUND BY POLICE Three WomVn and a Man Held For Conspiring Against Life of Premier G UILT IS DENIED I Arthur llenerson, Member of House of Commons, Also Plotted Against Derby, Jan. 31.—Mrs. Alice Wheel den, her two daughters and the hus | band of one of them, Alfred George Mason, were charged at the Guild | Hall here to-day with conspiring to murder Premier Lloyd George and ! Arthur Henderson, member of the 1 House of Commons and of the war council. * | Information laid by an inspector of ! Scotland Yard charged "that the de : fendants on divers day, December 25, and the date of laying this informa tion did amongst themselves unlaw fully and wickedly conspire, confed erate and agree together against the Right Honorable David Lloyd George and the Right Honorable Arthur Hen derson, wilfully and with malice afore thought to kill and murder, contrary to the offenses against persons act of 1861 and against the peace of our lord, the king, his crown and dignity." The information is signed by A. H. ] Bodkin, prosecuting on behalf of the crown. j After formal evidence concerning : the arrest had been given the case was [adjourned until Saturday, j Mrs. Wheeldon, who is 50 years of i age, resides in Derby with her daugh ! ter, Ann, aged 27, who is a school ! teacher here. Mason, who is 24, is a chemist of Southampton. On being arrested the defendants ' denied any knowledge of the charge, j They declined to make any state ment. Women Arc Suffragists No details in regard to the case j were disclosed in the police court pro | ceedings but. it is understood the charge will be made that the defend j ants purposed to use poison, j The inquiries by Scotland Yard be -1 gan during the week-end. The Wheel ! dons, who live in Pear Tree Road, a good district, nre well known in Derby j in connection with the suffrage move- I ment. Mason is a conscientious ob i jector to military service. MOUNTAINEERS ARRESTED FOR COUNTERFEITING Woman in Lonely Region Back of Chambersburg Confesses; Brother Helped Chambersburg, Pa., Jan. 31.—Mrs. George W. Smith and her brother, Joseph Mealman. living in the wild mountain regions of Franklin county, were to-day held in bail by United States Commissioner N. L,. Bonbrake for trial at Scranton, March 12, on charges of attempting to pass coun terfeit money. They were arrested last night, along with another brother, Benjamin, who was subsequently dis charged. According to the Federal authorities, the woman confessed. Mrs, Smith was arrested last night by C. W. Schroeder, Secret Service operative, at her home near Maple Grove. In his search of the house Schroeder found Confederate bills and in a sewing machine drawer a number of counterfeit $lO gold pieces wrapped in paper and muslin. The counter feits were made in poor molds and were composed of lead covered with gold bronze. The woman, according to the au thorities, confessed and implicated her two brothers, who live near Mercers ourg. Clue to the alleged counterfeiting was obtained througli a Pittsburgh mail order house which had received an order for S2O worth of goods, in payment for which the sender ten dered two $lO bills of Confederate money. The Pittsburgh house wrote back that such money was no good any longer. The sender wrote back she was sorry to hear this and en closed in the letter the counterfeit gold pieces. Augustus F. Blacksmith 54 Years "at the Case" As lie walked from his case this aft ernoon. Augustus F. Blacksmith, print er in the "ad" alley of the composing room of the Telegraph, ended the fifty - fourth year at his trade, and the fifty second as an employe of the Tele graph. "Blackle," tis he is known by printers and many other friends in all parts of the city, is probably the oldest in the State still at work. To-day he received congratulations and best wishes from his fellow employes. 141 Soldiers on Way to Saloniki Drowned When U-Boat Sinks Transport Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 30. —Official announcement was made here to-night that the transport Admiral Magon, which was taking 950 soldiers to Sa loniki, escorted by the destroyer Arc, was torpedoed by a submarine on January 25. Of those on board 809 were saved. A statement for the German Ad miralty on Monday said that on Janu ary 25 a German submarine at a point aboutv 250 miles east of Malta sank an armed hostile transport steamer which was proceeding east ward, convoyed by a French torpedo boat. The steamship, which was filled with troops, was said to have gone down in ten minutes. POLICE ARE j CO-OPERATING WITH EXPERT Doing Everything Possible to Aid Driseoll; He Goes Over Books Today INTERVIEWS WETZEL 1H II CLEMENT J. DRISCOLL Clement J. Driseoll, representative of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research and former tirst deputy po lice commissioner of New York city, settled down this morning to reat work on the survey of the local Police Department. Mr. Driseoll spent the morning go ing over the records of the depart ment and the manner of keeping theni. The Police Department has wel comed the coming of the specialist since the time it was suggested that Harrisburg should obtain opinions of an outside expert and the police are doing everything possible to co-operate with Mr. Driseoll in his work. The expert interrogated Chief of Police J. Edward Wetzel, the inter view being held behind closed doors. Mr. Driseoll was unable to say when his survey would be completed and i he would be in a position to make his report public. URGE TURNING ALL CLOCKS FAST FOR WHOLE YEAR Chamber of Commerce of U. S. Hears Recommenda tion to Save Daylight Washington, Jan. 31. Congres sional action to authorize the setting of all clocks in the country one hour ahead of the present standard time was recommended to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to day at the opening of its fifth annual meeting which will conclude Friday night, by a committee on "daylight saving." As an alternative, thefcom mittee suggested the plan at least for [Continued on Page 7] Asserts Dutch Writer and Not John Milton Wrote "Paradise Lost" Chicago, Jan. 31. Claims that Joost Van Den Vondel, the Dutch writer, and not Johii Milton, was the true father of "Paradise Lost," were made by Prof. Leonard C. Van Nop pen, Queen Wilhelmina lecturer at Col umbia University, in an address at the University of Chicago last night. Prof. Von Noppeu asserted that es sential features of the poem were taken from a work called "Lucifer," written by Vondel and embellished by a rhvthmetic poem, lie said he hail 200 pages of parallelisms from the works of the two men. "We must not censure Milton too much for his self-evident plagiarism," Professor Van Noppen added. "It was the fashion of his age to borrow. He, himself, excused plagiarisms by declaring that to borrow and make better was no plagiarism at all." Potato Famine Threatens; Now Cost $2.20 a Bushel Did you know that in additional to your other food troubles, J.lrs. Harris burger, you are threatened with a short age of potatoes? Not only liarrisburg, but the entire country is threatened with a potato famine. "Spuds" are on the luxury list and are likely to stay there for some time. | Potatoes are selling throughout the city at an average of $2.20 per bushel j and the dealers who buy them from I distant Staes say they may soon be un j able to get more. The men who have contracts with the farmers of the sur ! rounding counties anticipate no trouble. ! Several of them can supply their nor- Itnal demand until late in the Spring. Michigan, Wisconsin, New York and Maine, all great potato growing States, report a shortage of both potatoes and cars and they are unable to fulfill large orders. The price of potatoes yesterday at the cars at Baltimore was $2.25 per bushel. The price of potatoes one year ago to-day was a dollar a bushel. OHIO PAPERS UP Steubenvllle, 0.. Jan. 31.—The Steu benvlile Herald-Star and the Steuben-j ville Gazette to-day announced that beginning '.o-raorrow the price of the I papers would be advanced from 25 j cents a month to ten cents a week, j and single copies from one cent to two, owing to the high cost of paper, j RUSSIANS GAIN NEW GROUND IN RUMANIAN DRIVE Push Southwestward After laking Territory Along Kim polung-Jacobein R. R. FIGHTING IN LORRAINE French Penetrate Two Lines of German Trenches Here and Take Prisoners The Russian offensive on the north ern end of 'ie Rumanian front has been resumed with some measure of success. New ground has been gained along the Kimpolung-Jacobeni rail road where the Russians are pushfng southwestward. Berlin to-day concedes the capture from the Austro-German forces of a point of support in the vicinity of Vale i utna. This town is nine miles south °s. Klm P° lun ", Bukowina. and aoout the same distance north of Dorna Watra, near the point of the junction o fthe boundaries of Buko wina, Transylvania and Moldavia. .. Fighting in Lorraine ine previous advance here was of ky the Russians in a battle fought last Saturday when Teutonic positions on a Tront of two miles were pierced, according to Petrograd, and some 1,150 men and 12 machine guns were captured. ,P" I' le northern end of the Russian rront the Germans again took the of fensive and stormed a Russian position on the cast bank of the river An southwest of Riga, taking more than 900 prisoners and capturing fifteen mar nine Kims. There has been sharp fighting on the Lorraine frontier on the French front. The French penetrated two lines of German trenches here Paris reports, routing the trench garrison and taking prisoners. Berlin records [Continued on Page 7] BIJZZAKD SWEEPING EAST Aberdeen, S. D„ Jan. 31. Blizzard conditions, said to be the worst in a quarter of a century, prevailed last night over South Dakota and rapidly were extending eastward. West of the Missouri river, all trains either were stalled In snow drifts or held at sta tions awaiting for I the storm to abate ' VILLA FOLLOWERS I'IRE ON TRAIN Ji: 1 .' i".-.'. ' '• ■ ' ■; . JIVCt train which arrived here late just night was fired upon by Vill..- ' •--!) 10 mile; U of Juarez, ; yesterday morning. The troop escort returned the lire when I the shots were fired from behind a sand hill. The pas ! sengers on the train were panic stricken, many lying on the ; floor and o -,'ncis hiding behind baggage. | VOTE TO MAKE ALASKA DRY ! Washington, Jan. 31. The Senate to day passed the ! Jones bill to make A'ask-i prohibition territory. The bill | would prohibit manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors ! in the territoiy and also the transportation thereto. It has not ! yet I v-.'. ■ H lust j SUSPECT INFANTILE PARALYSIS Harrisburg. r- A suspected case of infantile paralysis ! was reported to the city health authorities late this after* j noon The child thought to be affected with the disease is ; Max Gordon, soli u Mr. and 'Mrt,. Joseph Gordon, 18*0 ! Nut'h i !•-•• treeV | I REVENUE BILL IN HOUSE Washington, Jan. 31.—The House resumed consider ; ation of the Administration's $250,000,000 ievenue bill to [ day with further vigorous attacks from Republican mem* > bers promised before final action comes on the measure. . Administration leaders, led by Representative Kitclun, in | ! charge of the bill, however, were determined to press the : | bill through by to-night if possible. ; LIGHTING TO SUIT PAINTINGS The State Board uf Grounds and Buildings this after* j ! noon authorized the placing of frosted globes in the Senate ] chamber so that the light would not be too strong for the 1 paintings uf Mi:>s Violet Oakley. They abo directed that j .that the it rth wall of* the chamber be toned to harmonize ! ! witn th • ' . -ngs. ! WILSON NOMINATES SIX REAR ADMIRALS j Washington, Jan. 31. President Wilson to-day nomi- j nated the following captains in the navy to be rear ad- j mirals: Harry McL. Huse, Robert S. Gp ,- f?in, George E. I Burd, James H. Oliver, John Hood and William 3. ! "■ -rig ( , MARRIAGE Mnrtln Luther Hooker. Weatvllle, N. J., and Mrlllr l.oulnc Relsle, Hr- 1 rinburg. Knmnurl ( lord Tuomry and Hlnnihr I'elton. HarrlabArg. j John Hlgla Muaaer and Huth Beatrice Barr, llarrlaburs. Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT PROMPT WORK TO SAVE $6,000 FOR VOTERS OF COUNTY City Solicitor's Clark Act Amendments Have Strong Support in Legislature NO POLITICS IN IT Bcidlemun Says Wrong to Bur den County Taxpayers; Taylor No Candidate Prompt action is to be taken by tho Senate Committee on Municipal Cor porations on the bill presented last night by Senator E. E. Beidleman, at the request of the third-class city solicitors. The 'bill was sent to tho Senator by Solicitor Fox on behalf of the solicitors yesterduy afternoon just beforo the adjournment for the week it being- asked that the bill be Intro duced soon. The bill will have much support in the legislature as it will clarify the situation in regard to vacancies in councils as outlined yesterday at the conference of the solicitors, compris ing the law committee of the Third class City League and so far from be ing a "Beidleman measure" ua lias Irfen alleged in certain badly informed political circles. Senator Beidleman never saw the measure nor knew of its contents until it was presented to him by Senator Pox, wlio told him that it was designed especially to save the county the expense of paying $6,- 000 for a special election in order to [Continued on Pasc 10] British Casualties For January Show Decrease London, Jan. 31. The total of British casualties, as reported in tt.u published lists during January are 960 officers and 31,.'194 men. British casualties for January show a considerable decrease over those of the preceding month. No lists wers published during the Christmas holi days but the total for the first 23 days of December was 815 officers and 36,- 350 men. The January total brings the sum of British casualties since ti.O' beginning of the Somme offensive to 552,371.