8
SPEAKERS FROM! FOR
SESSIONS OF CLASSES
diiouw of litwil Chuck Will:
AUtcm IWUKII Mil Aiaul 1
District Mooting to Bo Hold la |
This City Four Days Hot Wdk I
|
Th« program has now practically
boea completed for the sessions of the
Lancaster Olaaais of tho Reformed |
church to be held next Monday. Tues
day. Wetioeidajr a*d Thursday. >a the J
Fourth Reformed church, the Hev. j
Homer 8. May, pastor. Members of the j
congregation are preparing to entertain
the eighty or more clerical and lay !
delegate*. .
The sertnoa at the opening session j
Monday night trill be preached by the <
Bar. Benjamin M. Meyer, of Kltia
bethtown, retiring prteideat of the ;
clateis. The altar service will be con- j
ducted by the Rev. J. Hunter Watts,
of Lancaster. and® the Rev. Dr. J. H.
Poaneoecker. of Columbia. There will
be an election of a president for the
ensuing year at this session.
On Tuesday morning at 10.30
• 'clock the Holy Communion nil! be
celebrated, the officers of the ctassis
officiating. The sermon will be preached
by the Rev. J. Stewart Cramer of the
First Reformed church. Lancaster. The
morning and afternoon business ses
.p ons will Im» taken up with the reading
of the parochial reports by the pastors.
At the evening service an address will
be delivered by the Rev. H. M. J.
Kline of Franklin and Marshall i ol
lege, Lancaster, on "John Huss the
Beformer.
During Wednesday s sessions reports 1
of various cStnuattees wilt be present
ed and routine business transacted, lu
the evening the Rev. vieorge W. Rich
ards of the Lancaster Taeo'.osical Semi
nary will speak on "Can We Still Be
Evangelical!" The meeting will be
presided over by the Rev. 11l lis N.
Krerner. pastor of Sa.em Reformed
church, this city.
It is expected that all remaining
business will be disposed of on Thurs
day.
K. OF P. HOLD ANNIVERSARY
Bayard Lodge Celebrates Event is
Ridge Are cue Church
•Hundreds of members and their in
vited guests of Bayard L*lge No. I JO.
Knights of Pythias, attecde-i the forty
s.xsh anniversary of the lodge in Bilge
Avenue Methodis; Et'.scojja'. aurch las:'
evening.
The principal address of the evetuug
was made by toe Rev. D. E. Rupley.
jastor of :ne >a!eni Lutheran church.
Oberlin. while tr.e address of wel.-ome
was ma le oy the Rev. Harry Nelson
Bassier. pastor of the Second Reformed
church. Others taking art in the pro
gram were the Rev. \Y. W. Hartman.
Mrs. H. C. K r a, Miss Mildred German
and Harry R. Laucks. A number of se
lections were also given by the Plectro
CVlando. i Club and Sears Con.-ert or
chestra.
Following the rendition of the pro
gram refreshments were served.
JAP CABINET IN V
LONG CONFERENCE
iMtinH I'na First Pa lev.
ca.:«e tae Chinese government was in
forming certain foreign as to
the progress of the negotiations.
The Clsinese government's transla
tion has been carefully checked by a
legation which possesses a copy of
Japan's Cmn»se text and it :s stared a'
the legation that ooiv the verbioiogy
differs. The legation s version is in
somewhat aarsher language than that
of the Chinese government translation.
For examp'e the art .'le which in the
government text is translated, to pro
vide that >ina «hall to the prop
agation of B ihlsm ;>y Japanese sub
jects in China, s translated by the le
gation to res : "shall have the r.ght to
propagate re igious doctrines."
THIKU FIRE IN UIRK HILLS
Summer Resorts Owned by Harrisburf
Residents Threatened '
Marietta. April 21.—F.re broke oat
on tae York county hills '.ate iast n.jht
and is rap.iiy sp. ling. endangering
property m its trail. The summer re
sorts owned o- people from Harrisburg,
Columbia and Marietta, are in danger
and a posse f men are at work fighting
the flames.
This is tae third Sre in the district
within ten Jay*. Considerable timoe:
has fallen prey to the flames.
Two i ires in York County
York. Pa.. April 21.—Eight thousand
a "res of timber were destroyed by a
forest Sre which broke out near Edge
mom and traversed a considerable por
tion of the scrrounding country. It is
estimated that the timber destroyed
was wortn $12,000. Burning brush on
the property of William Newcomer, in
Conewago township. caused the destruc
tion of seventy acres of second-growth
timoeriand in the Conewago hills. Sev
eral farm buildings were threatened be
fore the fire was checked.
Lumber Company Loses Sl.ooo
Lebanon, Af ri.l 21.—County Commis
sioner A. I. Hartman, president of the
South Mountain Lumber Company, yes
terday authorized the statement that
the loss of that company in the to rest
fires in the South Mountains near the
Red Bridge during the past few days
would total up to Si,ooo or more. The
loss consists of a large amount of fin
ished material which had been felled
and eat ready for shipment.
Calls Conference to Settle Strike
By A*&>ciat?d Pr«M,
Ct.-mbus, 0.. April 21.—1n an ef
fort to bring about a settlement of
the strike of luOOO coal miners in
Eastern Ohio. Governor Willis last night
eaile a conference of miners and oper
ators to be held Friday at Canton. O.
The governor announced that he would
attend the meeting and take part in the
opening negotiations.
Commissioner Eby No Better
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Lykens. Pa.. April 21.—The condi
tion of County Commissioner John H.
Eby, who is confined to bed suffering
from a nervous breakdown, was un
changed to-day. Absolute quiet for the
Commissioner has been advised by the
atteading physician and only Mr.
Eby's intimate friends are permitted
to see him.
DEALS AT ALBANY
TOLD.BY COLONEL
OMDM>4 rue rum r—i
i by which he hopes to prove to the jury
I that he was justified ia cauaiag the
! publication of the statement upon
| which Mr. Barnes it suing him for
I libel, this afternoon.
Justice Andrews allowed Colonel j
Roosevelt to tell of conversations with ;
Senators Htnman. Davenport. New-1'
, comb and others about race track and''
| other legislation. Some of these men
told him that Mr. Barnes at first had ;,
I no opposition to race track legislatiou
j but that later oppoeitioa developed.
"It was at that time I learned that '
! Senator Grattaa had expressed his oppo- I
i sition of the legislation but that he;'
| changed his miad after talking with ■
. Mr. Barnes. Mr. Grattaa pleaded with |
| Mr. Barnes to allow him to vote aa he
wanted, but I was told he said Mr.
Barnes oredred him to vote oppositely '
i and he was forced to do so. Senator
, Grattan's one vote defeated the bill.
I Senator Grattan represented Mr. j
Barnes' district.'"
Conversation With Senators
Colonel Roosevelt told the story of
i his conversation with Senators Hinnian
and Davenport.
"I was told that on one occasion
when the question of district primaries
came up in the State Senate the Repub
lican leader asked for au adjournment.
He asked the Republican Senators to
go into a nearby room for a confer
ence.
The Democratic leader then toid the
Dimocratic Senators to meet tn au ad
joiniug room. Senator Davenport said
he looked in the room occupied by the
Republicans and saw Mr. Barnes "there
! iu conference with the Senators, al-1
t though he was not a member of the
Legislature. Later the Democrats and
Republicans came out and went into the
Senate chamber. Fourteen Democrats
and fourteen Republicans voted for the
measure and it- went through. The
measure had been opposed by Governor
Hughes.'"
"Were all the Republican Senators
in that room?" asked Mr. Ivins.
"Oh. no." replied the witness.
"Mr. Davenport only saw the Barnes
Republican Senators, as he termed
■ them. '*
Colonel Roosevelt said: •
"The Murphy Democrats who were
: in the next room to the Barnes Repub
icaits were under the leadership of
Senator Grady."
"Did you talk to Senator Daven
port about Senator John M. Allds!"
"Yes.'' replied the vitness
All is resigned from the Senate after
1 he had beea charged with accepting
bribes.
Colonel Causes Much Merriment
"Mr. New omb or Mr. Davenport."
said Col. Roosevelt, "told me that Sen
ator Allds tis t been selected for Presi
dent Pro Tern, of the Senate by the
machine Republicans. There was'oppo
sition against Allds by other Republic
ans. so the machine Republicans wore
enable to control a sufficient number of
votes to elect Allds.
"An! in the position Allds was.
elected to he a Tammany Democrat, he
•aas the official leader of the Republic
an party in this State."
While Col. Roosevelt gave his testi
mony he slapped one hand upon the
■ther every second or so. leaned far
forward in his nair toward the jury
box. The spectators, jury and lawyers
roared with laughter when Col. Roose
velt said Tammany men had he'ped
elect the official Republican leader.
After order was restored a recess was
taken.
Righteousness of Boss Rule
When the examination of Colonel
Roosevelt was ocgun Mr. Bowers ques
tioned the witness who said:
"I had conversations with Mr.
Bataes regarding the gubernatorial elec
tion ia 190$. These took pla.'e in Wash
ington ami possibly in Oyster Bay,
too."
Colonel Roosevelt was shown two let
ters, the contents of which he said he
had discussed with Mr. Barnes.
"Now what were the conversations? '
asked Mr. Bowers.
"The conversations I had were in
regard to Mr. Barnes' domination of
the party. I talked over a letter I wrote
ia 1900 to Senator Piatt. I repeatedly
refrred to the domination of the party
by Senator Piatt and Mr. Barnes. I
discussed the righteousness of boss rule
[ i laughter by specators).
"I told' Mr. Barnes that prior to my
becoming Governor Mr. Piatt had asked
me to come to see him in New York.
It was between the time I was elected
and the time I assumed office."
The Colonel Surprised
Colonel Roosevelt continued:
"I told Mr. Barnes that I told Mr.
Piatt—rather I expressed surprise—
that committees were betn* appointed
when tfe-speaker of the Assembly had
not been chosen. I also told Mr.
Barnes. Mr. Piatt told me no speaker
would be chosen until a man who was
satisfactory to she organization was
found. Mr. Barnes replied that Mr.
Piatt w»s right even after I said such
government was bound to lead to rot
i tenness.
"I toid Mr. Barnes Senator P'.att
hal told me he had decided upon a
superintendent of public works who
was satisfactory and that Senator
Piatt congratulated me upon getting
such a good man.''
"Weil,"' Colonel RoDsevelt went on.
"the man was Francis Hendricks, of t
Syracuse. I told Mr. Barnes I didn't
intend any man should say whom I
should appoint.''
Leader Muft Have Control
As the colonel said this his jaw
squared and he pounded upon the
jtnlge's bench. H econtinued:
"Mr. Barnes said in reply that Sen
ator Piatt was right and that the lead
er of an organization must have com
i piete control of it."
"In 19'>8 did you discuss legisla
tion at Albany with Mr. Barnes!"
| 1 asked Mr. Bowers.
"\e%" replied the witness. "Mr.
Barnes spoke with me generally on
the subject of legislation. He " sa.d
Governor Hughes was favoring legis
lation against the interest of the or
ganization and that the Democratic :
t organization was backing up the Re
publicans id defeating legislation fos
tered oy Governor Hugheo.
"Mr. Barnes said he and his friends
I had control of the party. He did not
, say he. himself, was personally in con
trol. He did say that Mr. Hughee
could not take the control awav from
those in whom it was invested."
f "After my return from Africa I
had correspondence with Mr. Barnes
. j over rule by the bosses. It (the cor
;' respondence) was also on the subject j
- of legislation."'
i Barnes' Letter About Hughee
> A letter from Mr. Barnes to Mr.
. Roosevelt was offered in evidence. It
I ■ wa* dated from the Albany "Jour-
Inal" office, and in part read: -I
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[AREHSBrRG STAR-INDEPENDENT. WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 21. 1915.
TAIE STEPS TO REVISE THE
ASSESSMENTS OF VOTERS
County OontatoMn Question Tax
OolWctoca About Largo Numbers
off Bequests for Exonerations
Planned to Weed Out "Dead Ones" !
I
• The first step toward the revision of
; the system of assessing Harrisburg ,
voters was taken by County Comntis-'
sioners Samuel S. Miller and Isaac S. |
Hoffman yesterday afternoon when !
i they called in five city collectors of j
! county tax and had them explain the {
'"excuses" given by the collectors for j
not obtaining poll tax from several'
thousand men assessed as electors.
Collectors who appeared before the |
Commissioners included: John H. Tav-1
lor. First ward: Harry A» Hoopea, (Fifth j
ward: Charles T. Jones. Sixth ward;!
j Isaiah Reese. Seventh ward, and Wil-
I liam Smith, Eleventh ward. The Sev I
enth ward it was. the Commissioners j
said, in which 1.400 of the 1,700 re
| quests for exonerations front poll tax j
collections represent assessed yet un- j
registered voteds who either are "dead,
moved out of the are not
known or are unable to pay."
Of the remaining 300. the Commis
sioners say, the residences of a few
have been ascertained. In these cases
. the Commissioners wanted the tax col
lectors to explain the failure to make
collections. Where it was shown that
assessments actually had been dupli
cated the exoneration requests were j
I allowed but in those in which the vo
ters ' residences have been ascertained ,
bv the county heads, the collectors
agreed to go out ami make another ef
fort to get the tax.
The conference with the collectors,
the Commissioners declared, was en
tirely harmonious. Information ob
tained from the collectors, they said,
will aid materially when the Commis
sioners examine the 1915 assessment
j books for the purpose of striking out
the "dead ones" before the tax dupli
cates are compiled this year.
Tue Commissioners said again that
they propose to call in assessors for the .
purpose of ascertaining why the county j
books contain the names of so many j
men who are not registered voters and j
cannot be found. * >
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Froa First Pas*.
official statement from Constantinople
says that six torpedo boats attempted
to penetrate the straits on Monday
night. and yesterday there was an en
gagement between warships and Turk
ish fortifications, presumably in con
nection with the landing of troops.
At a patriotic demonstration in
Rome a member of the Italian Senate
addressed a manifesto to the people to
the effect that "consolidation is ap
proaching for the Italians who have
waited and suffered," referring evi
dently to the nation's desire to absorb
"unredeemed Italy "or the Austrian
provinces to the north. Austria is re
ported to be concentrating troops hasti
ly along the border In fear of an in
vasion by Italian troops, but Prince
Von Buelow. German Ambassador at 1
Rcme. denies that a rupture between
Italy and Austria is imminent.
A Berlin dispatch says that Tarnow.
Galicia. has been evacuated by the Rus
sians on account oi the effective at
tacks of the Austrian artillery. Tar
now lies 17." miles west of Lemberg.
Official information was received in
Berlin confirming previous reports of
a German victory over a British force
in German East Africa. The British
losses were given at about 704) and
:hose of the Germans as
Conditions were virtually unchanged
yesterday along the western front, and
< in the east also a lull has come after
the violent fighting in the Carpathians
of the last month. The official French
and German statements of to-day re
port some small engagements at several
points in France. Bach side claims to
have made slight progress and to have
repulsed the attacks of the other.
MURDEREDBYBER SUITOR
Mildred Rich Is Killed At Pittsburgh
By Young Man Who Takes Own
Life After Deed
Pittsburgh, April 21.—A lover's
quarrel, supposedly provoked by jeal
ousy over another suitor, ended last
evening when Ernest H. Bingler, Jr.,
20 years old, a civil engineer, shot and
killed Miss Mildred Rich and then
endel his own iife in Miss Rich's room
in a rooming house at 208 Shady ave
nue.
Well dressed and having evidence
of refinement, the young woman, about
25 years old. went to "The Bunga
low" conducted at the Shady avenue
address bv Mrs. Payson Chappell. last
Friday, fieyond the girl's statement
that she was to be married in the
spring to a banker's son, nothing was
known of her.
Yesterday evening, without the
knowledge of Mrs. Chappell or others
in the house, Bingler entered and went
to Mies Rich's room. How long he was
i there before the double shooting and
what led to the finale are matters of
conjecture.
Young Bingler had met Miss Rich
about seven months ago at the Car
negie Institute of Technology, and had
be-.-ome infatuated with her. His af
fection apparently being retnrned, the
young man met her on inanv occasions
and once had taken her to his home
; to meet his parents.
The yoong woman't body has not
been claimed, and morgue attaches
thus far have failed to find any rela
tives. Bingler*s parents claimed his
body and it was removed last night.
The murdered woman was the
daughter of Mr*. M. E. Rich, who aft
er the death of her husband, four years
ago at York, came to this city to live
with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Keel, 2214
North Sixth street. Mrs. Rich is at
present on a visit to York.
$5,000 Fire in Maryland
Hagerstown, Md., April 21.—Eleven
head of ho.-aea. 11 head of cattle and
34 head of sheep perished and a quan
j titv of feed, harness and farming im
plements were lost when fire totally
destroyed a barn on the farm of Mrs.
Sarah E. Grimes, located near the Tay
lor club house, along the Potomac riv
er. The farm is tenanted by William A.
I Powell. The loss will be J5.000.
OPIUM BILL BEATEN
rwttawi Ptwi fill Wi|».
of the Anti-Saloon League or any oth
er organization, but under the name
of "government by the people' * if »uy
j combination of business *nd politic*!
interests block* the popular will.
After Mr. Williams' speech the
] House on motion of Mr. Kitts, Krie,
rescinded its action limiting speeches.
Kitts Oppose* the BUI
Mr. Kitts said he had no interest in
' the bill, but he was sent to Har.isburg
■ to represent his constituents aud not
• the Chief Executive.
"The friends of local option," he
said, "are not striving for local option
but State-wide prohibition. This ques- 1
tion was settled last November as con-!
clusiveiy as any question was ever set
tled —as conclusively as .Mr. Willftrd
settled the championship down in
■ Havana. One hundred and forty-four
members of this legislature are openly i
| pledged against local option. It is not J
I demanded by the" people. The unit is j
, wrong. Do you mean to tell me that ;
IMiddTetown Van. by its votes say if
Harrisburg can have a barf
"The people of this Stale are stirred ]
Ito a frenty. Do you want them or the
cairn judiciary to decide whether there
should be license or uot.f 1 would rather
j trust this question to judiciary than to
the Y. W. C. A. and the women's
clubs."
Mr. Kitts denied that local option
was put iu the platform of the Demo
cratic ,'arty by legal methods, saving
that the State Central Committee, which
met in Harrisburg. prepared the plat
form. He said that the Democrats of
the House have been reminded of tuo
j platform pledge. He urged the members
j of the House to stand up for their own
! pledge, despite the fact that the Chief
; Executive announced that he would
stump against the foes of the bill when j
they oaine out for re election.
Mr. Gtkham. of Philadelphia, said he !
thought that the Williams bill was a ,
reasonable measure aiul was a step in
the right direction, while it would not j
cure all ills.
Assails Governor's Attitude
Admonishing the members of the
House to have no fear for they are the ,
servants of the people whom they rep
resent. Mr. Beyer, of Philadelphia, said:
"The church people started this agita-!
tion and are trying to enforce a moral j
measure through coercion. We must |
. look to the people for their wishes on
j legislation and not to the Governor of
i the Commonwealth. We are asked to
1 pass this bill, not because of the de
■ mands of the districts but because the
Governor wants it."
Mr. Beyer asked where local option
would end. He said if counties had the
right to vote on local option thev would
have the right to vote on Sunday base
ball or vaccination.
Governor Brumbaugh's attitude in j
behalf of the bill was assailed by Mr. I
I Beyer as "objectionable" and he said;
| that he questioned the propriety of !
i some of the Governor's efforts. During
J his speech Mr. Beyer declared that it
1 was not for the Legislature to pass too
many restrictive laws and that there
were lines of demarkation between the
Executive and legislative branches of
the government.
Men opposed to local option have
| firm opinious about the right of the
people to rule and the people expressed
; themselves at the last election, said he.
Members Eat Lunch in Seats
Mr. Beyer declared that the policy
embodied iu the bill "brutalizes gov
i ernment and discredits the church.''
Further on the Philadelphia member
j asserted it is not the function of the
Legislature or the Governor to teach
men to be industrious and sober, but
rsther that of the clergy. Jhere is a
' tendency to make too many laws, said
j he. He quoted Governor Brumbaugh's I
(inaugural address and then remarked .
| that time had been consumed over lo- j
; cat option which should have been em
ployed in enacting important legisla
tion.
During the speeches a number of the
members had lunch brought in and sat
at their desks munching sandwiches
. while the mrators went on.
Mr. Herman, of Wyoming, said the
bill will not prohibit the sale of liquor
. in counties where the majority is iu i
favor of it. It will restore to the peo
ple the right that was taken away from
i them by the Legislature and given into
the hands of the judiciary.
, "The principle of the bill is right,
thoroughly republican and democratic."
he said. "Th? people who elected
' Governor Brumbaugh demanded the
' passage of this bill. The organized liq
uor interests is the Gibraltar behind
these legislative halls and they have
thus far been able to throttle the peo
ple. till our almshouses and insane asv
j lunis."
Speaking, he said, as a member of
i the State Republican Executive Com
mittee. Representative Ramsey, of Del
aware. told why the committee did not
ir.sert a local option pledge in its plat
i firm.
"More than two-thirds of that com
mittee." be said, "went before the
people in direct opposition to a local
ticket. It was carried into the election
and it is needless to say that the peo
ple have ruled on this question.
"Is it any worse for a liquor lobby
to operate in the House than for the
' Governor of this State to send his
agents out through the Commonwealth
lobbying for the billf Doee this bill
eliminate booze ? It does not. It
1 j gives the rich man an opportunity to
fill his wine cellar and the poor man
; must ride or walk to Philadelphia to
1 get a glass of beer."
Blind Member for Option
1 Mr. Lanius, of York, the blind mem
; ber, said that local option is not a new
issue and is not a result of hysteria
started by "Billy" Sunday, but the re-
I ; suit of a ealm deliberation on the par:
Jof the people. He recalled the fact
' that a prohibition amendment reecived a
' vote of 90 in the House two years ago
"in an effort to show the sentiment
' : against liquor. He claimed that the
' Brooks high license law is unfair when
a license is granted notwithstanding
I I the faet that the remonstrants far out
' i number the license signers.
' j "We cheerfully passed a bill re
-1 stricting the sale" of heroin and never
questioned ttoe personal liberty. Now
we must look at this bill with a mi
! " croscope," he said. In pointing ont
the effect of dope and liqnor he said
1 eight murders a year in York county
' i were directly due to liquor. "All we
! . ask is to submit this question to the
• I common people—the common people we
! love so much on election day," he add
ed. "I believe so firmly in the people
that I would cheerfully accept defeat
i at their hands for voting for this bill
1, rather than accept victory for voting
- J against it."
He said the Governor's local option
r plank was the vital issue in the last
i. [ Republican campaign and was the only
- thing which defeated Vanee C. • Me
- Cormick for Governor.
Stain Opposes Local Option
I Mr. Stein, Allegheny, declared there
are jutt aa honorable men in the liquor i
business aa among those "who trad* I
their purity iu polities." The fact that
William Peun and Patrick Henry recog
nised the liquor business was brought
(out and then he mentioned what he
j termed "an unholy alliance tot ween
scheming politicians and misguided men '
of the cloth" for cuaetuient of the bill, j
i The Allegheny man said the saloon is
1 the poor man a club and would flourish
| until society provided something better
lia spite of "every fanatic and crank."
Later on Mr. Stein said he would
"rather go down to defeat than become
I Governor of the Commonwealth through
! ingratitude and deceit," '
Mr. Steiu declared that if the Legis- : 1
lnture saw fit to abolish the business of ! :
the distiller, the brewer and the liquor j '
1 merchant from whose traffic it derives ! '
1 revenue the Commonwealth should com- 1
I pensate them for investments. Mr. Stein 1
I then replied to "Mr. Lainius' remark,
j about the heroiu bill by saying that of
i 100 men who use drugs 100 go to ruiu ;
• but of 100 who use liquor only three
j or four are wrecked.
This caused mingled hisses and !
' cheers and Air. Stein remarked that jeo- I
pie could get drunk on anger, seal or
I excitement. The latter remark he hurl
, ed at the crowd in the rear.
W. H. Wilson Defends Measure
W. H. Wilsou, of Philadelphia, who
spoke on the bill, attacked the argu- t
uients given by. the anti-optionists.
"Thi» right to sell liquor is not a i
vested right but u privilege, a personal j
privilege only granted for a year at |
the outside,' he tiaid. He disputed the j
assertion that the Brooks high license j
law is the best local option bill ill ex- j
istence because it places the power in
the hauds of the judges and not the
people.
He said that Governor Brumbaugh
informed the State Republican com- j
mittee that he atood on a local option ]
platform and that committee endorsed
i him for Governor. He said the Gov-
I ernor ;>oHed 534,597 votes on a local
j option platform.
"The people of the State did decide
this question at the November elec-
I tion aud the combined vote for both
I candidates for Governor totaled 957,-
&S6 local option votes," he said. I
' • What we need is men who have the j
i courage of their convictions to submit
I this question to their constituents."
DYNAMIC KILSLABOR MAN
House of Deposed Secretary, Who Re
fused to Give Up Books, Blown
Up at Erie
Erie, Pa.. April 21.—Samuel Leonoff
was killed and his wife, Mrs. Kather
ine Leonoff. was seriously injured here
early to-day when their houfee was
: wrecked by an explosion. Police after
ian investiation expressed the belief
! that a quantity of dynamite had been
j exploded under one corner of the
i building. There were a dozen other
persons in the house aiul many of them
were more or less hurt.
Leonoff until recently was secretary
of the Longshoremen's I'nion, and be
cause he had refused to give up the
books of the organization when he was
succeeded by another member had been
made the defendant in a suit in court.
By noon ten men. all foreigners and
saiil to be members of the uuion. were
under arrest. Mike Leonoff said he be
lieved his father was the victim of an
anarchist society formed by memlbtxrs of
a New York group.
GERMS IN THE MOUTH. ~
Using Papsr as a Toothpick Is s Dan
gerous Practice.
One of tbe most dangerous little
tricks that men and women do Is to
take a bit of puper. torn from an en
velope or newspaper, and try to run It
between the teeth to remove some little
particle of food that the tongue feels.
If you want to be sure of trouble with
your gums continue this practice, and
sooner or later—rather sooner than
later—you will secure a splendid ense
of Infection of the gums that will send
you to the dentist lu a hurry, and may
cause more than one sileepless night
The bit of paper used In this way,
'; Introduced edgewise between the teeth.
Is worse than any toothpick, or other
' instrument, for many reasons. In the
first plnce the sharp edge of the paper
fc most apt to make a cut In the gum.
and in so doing It is almost sure to
. carry tnto the circulation at least some
of the many germs citoglng to It.
Again, the chemicals used In the mak
ing of paper are far from edible, but In
addition to these the newspaper may
have picked up a variety of germs
from those who have handled It or
. from the dust that has blown upon It
» while exposed for sale.
1 The flap of the envelope, which la
i so "handy" a bit to use for the teeth,
may have touched the Hpa of some
one with tonsllltls. or even with tuber
culosis.—New York American.
m ROMANCE OF FLOWERS.
i
A Blossom Changed the Roving Camp
Into a Permanent Homo.
)' The difference between a "home and
a camp la a blossom. Until flowers
were planted about the abode of men.
• i until blooms were cultivated, there
were no permanent homes, no fixed
1 places of abode. Tents were struck
. and a new location sought. Attach
t men La were not formed for localities.
t We were n wandering, shiftless, com- j
> fortless lot until a woman trudged In
t from tlie thicket and planted a vine or
* 1 shrub or flower about the tent, and
1 called It home:
1 It was a woman, of course. Man. in '
his coarseness, never thought of stick- '
. | lng a stem into the earth and nurtur
r lng a plant that be might have color
r! and frngrnnce forever In his presence.
Only the womnn could have thought
' of that « j
And since the first good day when
j the woman planted a flower and loved
e It Into blossoming, the bome baa been
t a flxlty. It has been a center of the
- affections. The building may be de
s> strayed, the Individual members of the
' family may be scattered to the four
winds, but the hotne remains a flx
-7 1 ture in the memory—and the bloasoms
do not fade or wither In the mind.—
t Columbus Dispatch.
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. I
The feet of fate ar* tender, nr she
sets her steps not en the graawL bat j
e «n the heads of men.—Homer. I
MI9DLEIOWN WOMAN TELLS I
OF STORMY WEDDED LIFE
Mlnstta B. Butler, Who Waa Miss I
Hergleroth, Testifies Husband Bit I
Her and Pulled Her Hair Out In
Quarrel Just Before Separation I"
Accordine to Minetta B. (Hergle
rothl Butler, pretty daughter of Mid
dletown parents, who iu court this i_
morning appealed to Judge McCarrell
for an absolute divorce, her husband, '
Christian W. Butler, is a quarrelsome, !'
brutal, neglectful, man who forced her i
to sitotiist, at times, on a scaut amount ;J
of food. j <
Mrs. Butler is seeking legal aepara- |>
tion on the grounds of cruel treatment i
and she is doing so, she said, under the I
husband'» threat to take hor life. He ' I
is in Washington, D. C., now-, she said, j .
living with his mother. The case was
called up on the special hearing cal- I •
euder this morning, having been con- l
tinned from the regular term on Mou- i
day. I
Life with Butler, the wife safd, uar- 1
rowed down from domestic felicity at
the time of the marriage some eleven I
or twelve years ago to misery, pov- i
ertv and cruel treatment covering sev- i
eral years prior to the separation in
December, 1910. The breaking ilp of i
the home in Washington, D. O. —Mrs.
Butler said there were practically no I
furnishings in the house and it could 1
hardly be called a home —followed a
bitter quarrel. <
Then, Mrs. Butler declared, she was
badly beaten aud bitten several times
on the neck. Her hair was pulled out
she said, and she prevented him from
carrying out a threat to take her life
onlv when she struck him in the face
i with a piece of wood.
Many times since the separation,
Mrs. Butler said, she has been hound
ed by her husband, both while she re
mained with friends in Washington,
and after she returned to Middletown
ito live. Besides, she said, he many i
; times "threatened to kill me if 1
would seek a divorce."
The court took the papers and re
served decision.
ALEXANDER KOBEKTS BURIED
Services Held This Afternoon in Mar
ket Square Church
Many friends of Alexander Roberts,
the oldest native resident of Harris- !
burg, who died Sunday at his home, 10 j
South Market square, attended the fu- j
nerai services this afternoon in the ;
Market Square Presbyterian church. (Mr. I
: Hoberts was the oldest member of the
church, serving as secretary and trustee
for many years.
The services were in charge of the
Hev. William B. Cook, pastor in charge,
and the Rev. Dr. Kllis N. Kremer, pas
tor of the Reformed Salem church. In
terment was in the llarrisburi: ceme
tery.
The Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
Robert Moftitt, Spencer C. Gilbert,
Judge S. J. M. McCarrell, Charles W,
Foster, Samuel W. Fleming, Edward
Bailey. J. Henry Spicer, Mayor John I
K. Royal, Henry A. Kcllier, Jr., George
W. Roily. Joseph Montgomery and W.
L. Gorgas.
COURT
MOVES FOR A NEW TRI AL
; Mifflin Township Seeks Rehearing of
Iron Company's Suit
Motiou for a rehearing of the A. L. |
I Greenburg Iron Company «suit against
Mifflin township was filed with the '
' court this morning. The plaiutiff won |
| a verdict against the township for
the full amount of its claim, S7OO for
| material furnished the township. The
motion was placed on the argument
list.
Discharged From Jail
Three prisoners were discharged j
' from iuil to-day as follows: Clayton i
Rife, John Moon and Karley Balliiski. j
Marriage Licenses
William P. Callaghan, Steelton, and !
; Marguerite M. Kennedy, city.
I William R. Naugle and Sara E. '
Bowers, city.
172 Bids on Highway Materials
Bids were opened at the State High
| way Department yesterday for niateri
; al, machinery, implements and tools
| for use in maintenance and repair of 1
i State highways and State aid high- j
ways. The bids were opened bv Jo- ]
i seph W. Hunter, First Deputy State |
Highway Ccmmissioner. One hundred i
| and seventy-two bids were received!
and ordered listed. The bids will be j
: posted and as material and equipment j
are required they will be ordered from '
the lowest bidder when difference in I
freight rate and other shipping costs j
» are considered.
Bishop Tyree to Lecture
The Rt. Rev. Evans Tyree, D. D.,
Bishop of the First Episcopal district
of the A. M. E. church, will lecture on
"What Another 'Man Told Me" this
evening at Bethel A. M. E. church,
| Briggs and Ash streets. 'Music will 'be
in charge of the choir of the Monu
! mental A. M. E. church, Steelton. The
lecture will begin at 8 o'clock.
Lodge to Pay Fraternal Viait
Members of Pokoson Tribe No. 331, j
| Improved Order of Red Men, will trail
\ to the wigwam of Complanter Tribe
1 No. 61 to-morrow evening to pay a
fraternal visit.
Ten German Aeroplanes in Raid
Petrograd, April 21, via London,
4.15 P. (M. —Ten German aeroplanes
■ raided the town of Bialystok, in Rus
! sian Poland, forty-five miles southwest |
! of Grodno, Tuesday morning and threw
, down upon it more than 100 bombs.
Operation for Appendicitis
Frank Snyder, 2123 Atlas street,
aged 26 years, wbj operated on for
' appendicitis at the Harrisburg hospital
| this morning. His condition is report-
I ed favorable.
"City of Dreadful Light."
London streets at night are far more
beautiful to look at nnd far more agree
i able to walk in than when every shop
flares with a vulvar display of hurd
light and wbeg tbe disgusting electric
light advertisements defaced walls,
riverside and space Itself. May Lon
don never go back to Its old, vulgar.
| hateful system of lighting. We want
i no more of that city of dreadful light—
| London Saturday Review.
BULLISH ACTIVITY AGAIN ' •
RESUMED IN THE TRADING
*j
Bethlehem 8t«el Jumps Seven and ■£
Half Points—Heavy Offerings of)
Beading and Union Pacific at Adv
f Over Y est en y'« Close «►
I
By Associated A «».
New York, April Street*
—Hullish activity as r>„med at th«*
outset of to-day'a trading, initial quo«
tatious showing gains of 1 to 2 poiutaT
in many important issues. Bethleheu*
Steel rose 3 points, which it soon in'
creased to 7 1-2. There were heavy
offerings of Reading and Union Pacific
at advances over yesterday's close,
l>ut the only leader to record a new
high price for the movement was
Amalgamated Copper, Rock Island
yielded a fraction on opening sales of.
5,000 shares and soon fell back three
points to yesterday's low level. Prices'
cased generally but the trend of the
half hour, Coppers, however, adding tot
first prices. ■*
After digesting the offerings of the',
first hour the market gathered fresh;
momentum on renewed buying of rep- < *
resentative issues. U. 8. "steel failed
to join this movement to any appreci- ,
able extent and Reading reflected the
selling under cover. Bethlehem Steel'
became relatively heavy and special
ties as a hole were inclined to waver. *
By midday prices showed their second
distinct decline of the sessiou. Bonds
were stroug.
NEW YOBK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS
New York. April 21.
Open. Close.
Alaska Gold Mines 37 39%'
Amal Copper 75% 75%
Anier Beet Sugar .... 48'j 47' 4
American Can 37% 36-', '
do pfd HSti, 99% r *
Am Car and Foundry Co 54 53
Am Cotton Oil 51 50 ,
Am Ice Securities .... 32'.. 31%
Atrer Loco 54 53
Aiuer Smelting 73% 73%
American Sugar 111% 110',,
Amer Tel aud Tel .... 122% 122^,
Anaconda 38 37%
| Atchison 104% 104
Baltimore and Ohio ... 79% 7S I a
! Bethlehem Steel 146. 142
j Brooklyn K T 92% 92 j
i California Petroleum .. 17% 187 a
Canadian Pacific ..... 171 169%
Central Leather 42% 41%
I Chesapeake and Ohio.. 4 9 48%
Chi, Mil and St Paul.. 98% 96%
Chino Con Copper .... 46 46%,
Col Fuel and Iron .... 34 33%
Consol Gas 129 128%
Corn Products 14% 14%
Erie 29% ' 25%
Erie, Ist pfd t . 46 45%
General Electric Co ... 154% 154
Goodrich BP 49% 47 ...
\ireat Nor pfd 122 121
Great Nor Ore subs .... 35% 37' 4
Interboro Met 21% 21',
Interboro Met pfd ... 74% 73'..
I<ehigh Valley 145 14 4
Mex Petroleum 92% 92
Missouri Pae 17% 14%
National Lead 66% 64%
New York Ceu ...... 92'/, 91
N Y, N II and H 71 69%,
Norfolk and Western .. 105':. 10'5%
Northern Pacific 111% 111%
Pacific Mail 19% 19
Pennsylvania R R ... 110% 111%'"
Pittsburgh C.ial 23% 23%*-
Press Steel Car 43 43' i ,
Ray Con. Copper 2 4 23%
I Reading 156 154' .j
j Repub. Iron and Steel . 29% 29 :! s
do pfd 87',,. 87%
Southern Pacific 94'., 94%.
Southern By 19% 18%*
do pfd 60 59
j Tennessee Copper 34% 33%
i Texas Company 139 139
i Union Pacific 134 133
U. S. Rubber "1% 69
U. S. Steel 55% 58%
do pfd 1091/4 109%,-
j ("tali Copper 6"% "7% .
I Vir.-Carolina Chem. ... 29% 29%
| Western Maryland .... 26% 2 '3%
iW. U. Telegraph 68'., 68%"
j Westinghouse Mfg .... S5 83%
MASONS HOLD CEREMONIES
General Sadler Prominent in Celebra
tion at Trenton Temple
Trenton, N. J., April 21. Masons
from all parts of New Jersey are here
to-day for the ceremonies which mark,
the reclamation and restoration of
Trenton's old Masonic .Temple, a land
mark of the fraternity dating back to'
! 1793.
Adjutant General Wilbur F. Sadler,
1 of the Masonic fraternity, with Miss
Maria W. Thomson aud 'Miss Maria..
| W. Thompson, 11., of distinguished Ma
! sonic lineage, are among the principals
] in the rites.
Reclamation and restoration of the"
old IMasonic temple resulted from a
i movement started by General Wilbur F.
; Sadler, Jr., who gave a dinner Decem
ber 15, 1913, to seventy-five of the
leading Masons in the city.
How Crooked Are You?
We read the command to love our
enemies, to forgive those who wrong
us, to refrain from resisting evil, and
to go the second mile with him who
compels us to go with him the first mile.
It seems a hard saying. The Sermon
on the Mount and making a living do
not spein to match. The problem wai
expressed recently by a young lawyer
who wanted to be a Christian in his
profession, but fjund the tide of busi
ness affairs in his community running"
! strongly against the gospel of the Gold
en Rule. He asked, "How crooked
can be and still be straight?".*
At first sight the world seems to be
organized on a fighting rather than on
a peace basis. But Christ enunciated
a higher law, a spiritual law, more po
tent than the law of physical force and
, human enmity, a law depending upon'
the spiritual weapons of forgiveness
and good will even towards our ene
mies. It was the most daring and,
revolutionary experiment of the Chris
tian scheme. Moreover, it worked; and
it is the onlv law that really succeeds
l in the end. John G. Paton tried it in
the South seas, when he went single
handed and unarmed among the wild
tribes, catching their spears in his un-'
protected hands. He lived to see the
chief of the wild tribes in Christ's,
school. Every time a Christian has re
turned good for evil, refraining from
taking all his "rights," he has gone
"the second mile" with his enemy, and
this highest law of spiritual conquest
has been vindicated. —The Christian
Herald.
The Harrisburg Hospital is open •'
daily except Sunday, between 1 and )!
2 o'clock p. m. for dispensing medical 1
advice and prescriptions to those un
able to pay for them.