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 " <ure V"** " n ,h * ""OP U
tlO degrees from 70 degrees at
Key Wert to 40 degrees below nt
Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
Temperatures 8 a. m., 32.
Sunt Rlsea. 7|14 a. m.
Mooni full moon, February 0, 10'*>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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.