4
JAILS AND PRISONS WILL BE
ABOLISHED. SAYS DARROW
Asserts That Efforts Will Be Made to
Wipe Out Causes of Crime and Doc
tor Criminals Instead of Abusing
and Misjudging Them
By Associated Pros.
Washington. May IS. —Clarence S.
Darrow told the Industrial Relations
Commission to-day he believed the day
not far distant when jails and prisons
would be abolished and hospitals would
take their places.
"I don't mean that some people
wont be confined," said he, "but they
will bo treated for their social ills and
not punished. Punishment is barbarism
and the people generally are beginning
to realize it. Some day we will try
i to wipe out the causes of crime and
doctor criminals instead of abusing and
misjudging them.''
Most folk believe themselves inno
cent no matter what they do. Harrow
thought.
"1 belie - e Rockefeller and Standard
; Oil have a most evil social influence,
but Mr. Rockefeller thinks he is as in
nocent as any one, and justifies him
self unto himself. Everybody thinks
himself innocent."
Resistance of military and other con
stituted authority if that authority was
abusive, Darrow urged, was justifiable,
arguing that liberty always had been
maintained by bloodshed. As one of the
first steps toward an ideal social com
munity he urged public ownership of
lands, mines, forests and railroads.
"There is no final remedy for un
rest. except tiie grave," declared Har
row.
MOTHER SAVES BABY AS
FLAMES WRECK HER HOME
Continued From First
that it was gone, ale said he did not
know how much it contained. He be
lieves it was stoleu.
Miss Eva Lester, a sister of Mrs.
S:arl;. who boards at the Stark home,
lost several dollars in the tlames. This
money she had in her bureau. The fur
niture in this room was totally de
stroyed, the fire bein,r the hottest in
I that section of the house.
The Hope steam fire engine got into
service for the first time since being
equipped with a motor tractor. It made
the long run over the Mulberry street I
bridge and out Derrv street to the :
Scene of the lire.
The alarm was sent in from box 74. I
Nineteenth and Mauada streets, by Har-
T\- Bell, a mail carrier. Previous to ]
the alarm from the box a telephone
call to the Royal Eire Com
ipany, which arrived early on the scene.
Employes of the Morton Truck &
Tractor Company, about an eighth of a
mile away, rushed their plant's private ,
ihemica! wagon into service anil helped
| check the flames until the arrival of
i the city firemen.
The Citi :en steam engine No. 3 met
| with a slight accident on Paxton street
near Nineteenth when it backed into :
r. ditch. A number of jacks and planks I
| Mere necessary to get it righted, as it j
was leaning in such a position that !
I drawing it directly out would have
caused it to upset.
PLANS TO BUILD 18 HOMES
John L. L. Kuhn Obtains Permit to
Make SoI.OOO Improvement
. Permits for new buildings and other
improvements taken out to-day in the I
office of the Building Inspector, total
more than $34,000 and it is expected
that bv the end of the month'the com
bined total of May building work will
have reached several hundred thousand
dollars.
John L. L. Kuhn got a permit this !
morning to build eighteen two-and-one
•half-story -brick houses on the east side >
of Fifth street, beginning at a point
25 feet north of Seneca street. These
are to cost $54,000. The homes are to
be constructed in sections of six aud !
work on the first lot is to be begun at
once.
B. C. Brooks got permission to re- j
model the three-story building, 1556
Swatara street, to the extent of $l5O,
and W. C. Porr obtained a permit to
build a one-story frame stable at 214S
Swatara street, SIOO.
Entertains Bible Class
The Men's Bible class of the Ma
clay Street Church of God, held its
monthly business seesion at the home I
of George E. Siple. Jefferson ;
.street. After the usual business ses
sion refreshments were served and a
social hour was enjoyed by the mem*
| hers present. Those in attendance were
[Edward Albright, Edward Fries, J. W.
Heshore. P. Barmont. D. B. Gtinderman. j
R- V. Ritter, the Rev. F. I. M. Thorn- '
as, Albert D. Siple and George E. I
;fc>iple.
Building and Loan Officers
At the annual meeting of the Har- i
ris Building and Loan Association held )
at the Commercial Bank last night the !
following officers and directors were
elected: President, Dr. J. W. Ellenber
ger; vice president. Dr. H. B. Walter;
secretary, Wilmer Crow; treasurer, C.
A. Ellenberger; directors. George W.
Armpriester. C. L. Long, Dr. Charles j
J. Manning, George C. Tripner, J. Hor-1
ace McFarland, John H. Tripner, John i
|A. Affleck and Carl W. Davis.
Freight Wreck In Middletown
(Special to the Star-Independent.) I
Middletown. May IS.—When the !
i engiueman on an eaetbound freight i
train passing here this morning at 7 !
o'clock, suddenly applied the air
brikes, a coal car in the middle of the j
train crashed in one end of a mer
chandise car. The box car wa 9 derailed.
After being replaced on the track by
the Middletown crew the disabled car
was sidetracked.
Bain and Snow Save Fruit Belt
Grand Rapids. Mich., May 18.— Rain j
and light snow during the earlv morn !
ing hours is believed to have" saved
Western Michigan's fruit belt from
serious damage by frost last night.
Snow fell in Muskegon, Jackson, this |
city, and several other points. It soon
changed to rain.
Received Lacerated Cheek
William McAllister, aged 46 years, I
a watchman at Eleventh nnit Pnxron
streets for the Couison stone quarries, 1
was admitted to the Harrisburg hos- j
pital at 2 o'clock this morning suffer*
lug from a lacerated cheek. Two stitches
were necessary in dressing the wound. I
McAllister says he did not know how I
HARRISBTRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1915.
AUSTRIANS ARE ROUTED
J BUKOWINA
OMMlnaed From First Past.
! This furious pursuit, so advantageous
for us. continues.
Austrians Being Beinforced
"At the present moment the cluster
of roads in Bukowina occupies our at
tention. especially in the region of
i Koloniea. Here rhe enemy has been
! reinforced and has assembled every re
j source he |>ossesses for defense, Koloniea
being the only railway center eonueet
i ing Bukowina with Transylvania and
; other Austro-Hungarian regions. The
'enemy's failure in this district, which
j is imminent, will cut short immediately
j his further resistance in Bukowina."
Russian Troops Being Pursued
Petrograd, via London. May IS. —
An official statement issued toy the
Russian general staff admits that
Austro-German columns pursued Rus
sian troops which moved to a new posi
tion between the Pilica and the Vpper
i Vistula. It is contended, that attacks
' against the recently occupied front in
! the direction of the Strv ami Golina
were fruitless as were assaults along
the Pruth. The communication follows:
"Since the moring of the 16th in
the Shavli region the battles have cou
; tinned to develop favorably for us. Our
! troops crossed the Dubissa and attack*
; ed the Germans, gaining possession of
I their trenches and capturing several
i hundred prisoners.
Czar's Forces Move to New Point
"Between the Pilica and I'pper Vis
tula enemy columns pursued our troops
which moved to a new point. Near
(ihilineff and Riwskibred our sudden
i counter attacks indicted severe losses
on the enemy's advance guard. In
; the district l>etween Wierabnik and
Opatow. as well as south of the latter,
i impetuous attacks by us on the 16th
j drove back the enemy's leading col*
! umns more th in ten vcrsts (six miles).
"On the San there has been violent
j artillery fire from south of Wislok to
Permyel. In the direction of the Btry
i and Bolina the enemy delivered fruit
less attacks against the front which
we recently occupied, losing several
hundred prisoners. ,
"At Pruth on the 13th the enemy
delivered repeated attacks in close
formation, starting from Delatvu and
Koloines. We repelled him successfully,
capturing four more heavy guns an !
throwing our advance guards beyond
the river."
King Hasn't Abandoned Derby
lx>ndon. May IS, 12.48 P. M.—The
announcement made yesterday that
King George was about to discontinue
racing is said to-day to have been er
roneous and His Majesty still has an en
try in the Derby. The King scratched
two of hi? candidates for the Derby
and this news was given out yesterday.
LATE WAR NE_WS SUMMARY
Continued From First Pace.
further retreat in Russian Poland be
tween the Pilica and Vistula rivers, on
part of the long frontier which they
have been compelled by the Austro-'
German armies to fall back.
The Turkish general staff at the Dar
danelles reports that the allies on Sat
urday made several attacks on the
Turkish right wing. It is said*. they
were repulsed, with the loss of l,5(»Oi
men. The British press representative I
at the Dardanelles telegraphs that the ;
allies have now advanced about five
miles up the Gallipoli peninsula.
An Amsterdam dispatch to a Paris !
newspaper says the German reply to the
American note will be dispatched on
Thursday and that it is expected in
Holland Germany will defend the sink
ing of the Lusitania and decline to
modify her methods of submarine war
fare.
The decision of Italy's policy con
cerning the war apparently has been
postponed until after Parliament meets
ou Thursday. It is expected in Rome
that Parliament' will be asked to con
fer plenary powers in the Cabinet.
A plot to assassinate the Sultan of
Turkey. Field Marshal Von Der Goltz,
Field Marshal Von Sanders and Enver
Pasha is said to have been discovered
in Constantinople. Turks and Armen
ians are credited with the authorship
of the plot and 40<> Armenians have
been arrested.
Reports from the western front dis
close no important changes subsequent
to the victory over a two-mile front
near La Bassee announced yesterday
by the British commander. Heavy fight
ing continues all along the line north
of Arras.
Violent counter attacks undertaken
by the Germans are said by the French
war office to have failed, and a small
gain for the allies near Ablain is re
ported.
PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE
SULTAN ONJUS BIRTHDAY
Paris, May 18. —R-eports from Con
stantinople confirm the discovery of a
plot organized by Armenians and Turks
opposed to the new regime to assassi
nate the Sultan. Enver Pasha, Field
Marshal Von Der Goltz and General
Limau Von Sanders, telegraphs the
"Journal's"' Athens correspondent.
Two Armenians, the "Journal"
says, were to have blown up the Kara-
Keui bridge connecting Stambola on
the Sultan's birthday, while the ruler,
accompanied by his commanders, was
crossing to attend a ceremony at the
mosque of St. Sophia.
The correspondent declares 400 Ar
menians have been arrested and that
their fate is unknown while Kurds have
been given orders to burn two large
villages near Van.
Boston, May 18. —The American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions to-dav received the following
cablegram dated May 15, from the
American Ambassador at Constanti
nople, Henry Morgenthau:
"All stations begging relief, funds.
Some say starvation threatened. Please
help quickly."
The stations mentioned are the sev
enteen posts of the board in Turkey.
Meat Prices Advance in England
London, May 18,—Following a con
ference by the advisory committee of
the Federation of Meat Traders' and
representatives of the government, an
nouncement is made that an advance
of from three to four cents a pound in
the retail price of all meats will be
put into effect within a few days.
8:140,(MH) Fire in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, May 18.—Fire to-day
destroyed the Sheffield elevator hfiro
which was filled to capacity. The loss
is said to be $340,000.
WILL FILL THE PUBLIC
SERVICE JOBS TO-MORROW
Continued From First Page
tions, the understanding being thnt the
Governor wants to have the appoint
ments known as his own and not cred
ited to his predecessor.
The Senate will, at the Governor's
request, send all of the nominations
back to him, but at the same time will
put itself ou record that it is doing so
as a matter of courtesy without relin
quishing any of its prerogatives regard
ing appointments.
Governor Brumbaugh last night sent
n message to the Senate recalling all of
the appointments made by Governor
Toner during the legislative recess and
filed with tho Senate on Jauuary 5.
Governor Brumbaugh had already re
called the names of Tencr appointees
lo place on the Public Service Commis
j sion. The action of the Governor last
I night created much surprise. Directly
afterward he sent in the following ap
pointments:
State Health Commissioner, Dr. Sam
uel G. Dixon, Philadelphia; Superin
tendent of State Police. Colonel John C.
Grobme." Philadelphia; State Veterinar
ian, Or. C. .1. Marshall. Philadelphia;
State Board of Moving Picture Censors,
.1. Louis Breitinger, Kllis P. Oberholtz
er, Philadelphia, and Mrs. E. E. Niver.
Charleroi; member State Historical
Commission, A. K. Sisson, Krie; trustee
State College, Henry D. Brown, Wil
liamsport.
All of the appointments were re
ferred to the Committee on Executive
Nominations and the recall of the Ten
er appointments was also sent to that
committee.
Governor Brumbaugh to-day sent to
the Senate the following appointment.<
of members of the State Board of
Osteopathic examiners: Frank B.
Kami. Harrisburg; Berton W. Sweet,
Krie: H. M. Goehring. Pittsburgh;
Viryie A. Hook. Wilkes-Barre.
Ernest T. Trigg, Philadelphia, was
appointed member of the Panama-
Pacific International Exposition Com
mission.
The following justices "of the peace
were appointed by the Governor:
Schuylkill county, Daniel F. Duffy,
| borough of St. Clair; Pius Joseph Xi
roskv, borough of New Philadelphia.
"SNOWSTORM" AMUSES
TIRED HOUSE MEMBERS
The strain under which the House
has been laboring gave way this morn
ing when a bill making railroads re
sponsible for damage for fires which
occur within a hundred feet of their
tracks and can be traced to sparks for
locomotives, was called up.
When Mr. Habgood, of N MeKean
county, talked for the bill, the members
tore files to bits and tossel them into
the air, tile result looking somewhat
like a snowstorm. When Mr. Baldwin,
of Delaware, spoke the members crowd
ed about him and effectually stopped
his eloquence.
Mr. Hess, of Lancaster, who was in
the cliair, ordered the sergeants-at
arms to take the members to their seats
and those otlicials were immediately |
lost in the crowd. A roll call was de-1
nianded on third reading on the bill
and the Acting Speaker announced that
quiet would have to be restored before
he would order the clerk to call the
roll. Hunger got in its licks the mem
bers sabsivied. The bill was defeated
on third reading by a vote of t>s for
and S3 against.
The House recessed at 1 o'clock to
meet again at 2.20 o'clock to prepare
for attending a .joint session of the As
sembly to be addressed by S. Naon,
Ambassador from Argentine Republic.
The House planned to go to its work
of clearing the calendar again as soon
as the address was finished.
The Sproul road bill was reported
out from the Appropriations commit
tee carrying $8,400,000, SIOO,OOO
less than the amount carried in the
bill as it was introduced in the Sen
ate. The money is to be paid out as
follows: State roads, $6,000,00*0; turn
pikes. $ 3 00,ftOO; State aid roads,
$500,000; deficiency on the Jones
dirt roads, $ 1.500,00'C' 1 , and for the
Cumberland road, SIOO,OOO.
The uniform cold storage bill was
amended in the House no that
kept at 34 degrees temperature shall
be considered cold storage goods.
Thirty degrees was fixed in the Senate
as the cold storage requirement. The
bill extending the powers of tho State
fire marshal to include all cities with
the exception of Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh and empowering the ap
pointment of additional deputies, was
passed.
The State Grange bill providing for
the appointment of a Highway Com
mission and changing the existing
highway laws, was dropped from the
calendar. The measure providing for
the co-operation of the State and Unit
ed States in experiments to obtain
greater efficiency in mining was recom
mitted to the Committee on Appropria
tions. The Hollern bill authorizing the
inspection of coal mines by a commit
tee of miners was passed.
Four bills regulating construction of
moving picture theatres, were passed
this niorniinu. •
The repealer of the "tramp judge"
act was defeated. The act nought to
wipe out allowing judges to officiate iu
other than their own counties. The
salary of the Secretary of the State
Lunacy Commission was raised to $5,-
000 in a .bill passed this morning.
The first and second reading calen
dars were disposed of and the rest of
the session, in so f.ir as the House, is
concerned, will be devoted to receiving
reports from the Senate and passing
on Senate bills.
PLANS MADE TO ADJOURN
AT NOON ON THURSDAY
The great bulk of the appropriation
bills have now passed the legislature
and are now in the hanvte of the Gov
ernor, and but four more remain to be
disposed of by to-morrow night when
it is planned to shut down on all leg
islation exefept conference reports so
that final adjournment will come about
noon on Thursday, after the various
presents have been male to the presid
ing officers and Clerks of the Senate
and House.
Governor Brumbaugh will dispose of
no other bills before adjournment, and
will have thirty days from Thursday
in which to get the remaining ones out
of his office. He will have but one
hearing, so far as can be learned, —
that on the full crew bill repealer to
morrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, when
the railroad trainmen will bo heard in
opposition to the repealer aud the
railroad officials in its favor.
To-morrow night the Senators will
hold their annual banquet in the Sen
ate caucus room. Covers will be laid
for 190. The members of the House will
banquet in the Alas>onic Temple Hall,
j Their banquets will be held during re-
I cesses of both bodies, as it is planued
jto hoKt an all-night session to await
the preparation of (Jonferencc Commit
tee reports.
SENATE APPROVES PLAN
TO INVESTIGATE CITY LAWS
The Senate this moriwng confined its
openiug hours to receiving bills from
the House and acting on House amend
ments to House bills, several conference
committees being created.
The Senate concurred in the House
resolution creating a commission of
three Senators and three Representa
tives to investigate conditions in cities,
boroughs and townships and to prepare
legislation affecting them. The commis
sion is given extraordinary powers in
the summoning of witnesses and to com
pel the production of all evidence bear
ing on the subject.
The Senate adjourned to meet at
3.30 this afternoon, to await business
from the House.
PAY TRIBUTE TO DEAD PAGE
Other Boys of the Senate Send Photo
graphs to Stiles' Parents
The page boys of the Senate, a
bright and intelligent lot, did a very
peaceful act to-day. One of their num
ber, John Stiles, of Pottsville, met
with an untimely death in a shooting
accident a few weeks ago. He was a
general favorite in the Senate.
Imst week the Senate pages obtained
a photograph of the dead boy, and had
it enlarged and framed, surrounded by
the photograph of all the other pages.
This group picture the boys to-day sent
to the dead boy's parents in Pottsville
with an expression of sympathy.
CLASH ON EQUAL KKiHTS BILL
House Refuses to Concur in Amendment
and Conference Is Planned
The House of Representatives this
morning refused to concur in Senate
amendments to the Stein "equal
rights" bill which imposes a penalty
for the exclusion of persons from places
of amusement or accommodation on ac
count of race, creed or color, and tho
Senate was advised accordingly. The
amendments inserted in the upper
branch struck out the imprisonment
clause in the penalty and left only a
fine.
The Senate refused to recede from its
position, on motion of ML Hackett. This
made necessary the appointment of a
conference committee. President Pro
Tem. Kline appointed Senators Hackett,
Mc'Nichol and Kurtz.
Speaker Ambler will appoint such
i a committee on the part of the House
when the House is informed of the
Senate's position on the bill. If the
committee fails to agree on a bill ac
ceptable to both branches of fhe Gen
eral Assembly, the bill will fall.
KEPT FROM AIDING VICTIMS
OFLUSITfINffIBY WARNING
Boston, May 18.—According to her
captain, W. P. Wood, the bey land Line
steamer Etonion, which arrived from
Liverpool to-day, was prevented from
going to the rescue of the passengers
of the sinking Lusitania by a warning
that an attack might be made upon his
own vessel.
The Etonian left Liverpool May 6,
a day before the Lusitania disaster.
When Captain Wood was some forty
miles from Kinsale he received a wire
less call from the Lusitania for imme
diate assistance.
The call was also picked up by the
steamers City of Exeter and Narragan
sett. Captain Wood
said, was made a target for submarine
attack, a torpedo missing her by a few
feet, and her commander then warned
Captain Wood not to attempt to reach
the Lusitania.
Germany's Answer Will Be Delayed
Berlin, May 18, Via London, 5.40 P.
•M. —The oflicial text of the American
note to Germany was published here to
day..
it was said at the Foreign Office that
it would be some days before the an
swer of the Imperial government was
ready. This because the note raises
many points, and consultation between
several departments of the government
will be necessary in preparing a replv.
i
SURPRISE FOR MRS. HOOVER
Husband Arranges Celebration in
Honor of Birthday Anniversary
A birthday surprise party was held
at the home of Howard C. Hoover, 1808
Wallace street, in honor of his wife
who celebrated her forty-second birth
day anniversary. Many beautiful pres
ents were receive! among which was a
large rocking chair presented by the
children.
a few piano selections were
rendered by Miss Helen Batten, after
which the party was entertained by
the family quartet, consisting of Pearl
Hoover, soprano; Paul Hoover, tenor;
Owen Hoover, baritone, and H. C.
Hoover, bass.
Refreshments were then served to
the l'oilowing guests: Misses Pearl
Hoover, Catherine Hoover, Elizabeth
Hoover, Helen Batten, Maude Arney,
Olive Hoover, Mary Hesser, Mrs. Katie
Putman, Mrs. John Dewey, Mrs. Jennie
Shoemaker, of Millersburg; Amelia
Hoover, Messrs. Harvey Witchey, Paul
Hoover, Owen Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. H.
G. Rutherford, of Lancaster, and Mr.
anil Mrs. H. C. Hoover.
PARROT BREAKS FOR LIBERTY
Escapes From North Third Street Home
After 15 Years' Captivity
When a child accidentally upeet its
cage yesterday afternoon, a " red
headed Mexican parrot" gained its
liberty and flew from its home at 1624
North Third street to freedom. Mrs.
Ramer, the parrot's owner, says that
it has been her companion for fifteen
years and has never before attempted
to escape.
It has at times had the freedom of
the house, but not until yesterday had
the idea ever entered its head that
j liberty was as desiraible a condition
' as Patrick Henry said it was.
CITY CURFEW ORDINANCE
PASSES SECOND READINC
T
Representatives of Otivlc Club Argue
For It Before City Commissioners
and it WiU Come Up For Final Ac
tion at Meeting Next Week
Following » conference at which*
nine of the more than fifty Civic Club
representatives present, offered their
view* on the proposed curfew ordi
nance. the bill was amended by the
City Commissioners this afternoon and
paused on second reading. It will come
, up for third reading and final passage
j one week from to-day and some of the
| City Commissioners are confident that
i it will become a law.
The amendments inserted to-day
! make I' 3 years the age limit for both
boys »nd girls who may Ibe on the
streets late at night, and fixes the time
for ringing the curfew at 9 p. m. in
the winter and 0.30 in the euminer
months.
Among those who urged upon the
City Commissioners the passage of the
proposed legislation are: The Rt. Rev.
M. M. Hassett. John Fox Weiss. Mrs.
William Henderson, Prof. J. .1. Brehin.
Mrs. John W. Reily, Mrs. Mahel Cron
ise Jones, the Rev. IVr. Lewis S. Mudge,
Miss Rachel Polleck and the Rev. J.
H. Darlington.
Ordinancs introduced to-day includ
ed these: Vacating :i small part of
Atlas street, running through the pro
posed nw Tenth ward playgrounds;
paving Second street from Seneca to
Schuylkill, and Saul alley from How
ard to Hreusinger street, and building
a sewer in a 105 foot section of Cam
'eron street, immediately north of
Forster.
An offer to sell the Messiah l,u
tlieran church site. Sixth mid Forster
streets, to the city for $56,000 \vns
rejected. Park Commissioner Taylor
announced that he paid to-dav to John
Orr $14,700, the purchase price of
the site for the Tenth ward playground.
To H. W. Johnson wasj awarded the
contract for laying water pipe in sec
tions of Boas and Monroe streets at his
bid of $102.80. Millard F. Saul bid
$104.92.
The Commissioners fixed Monday
afternoon at 3 o'clock as the time for
making an inspection of the Tenth
ward with a view to investigating
porpertv assessments which have just
been levied and recorded bv the City
Assessors.
PREPARE FORMEffIORIAL DAY
Members of G. A. R. Arrange for Ex- j
ercises to Be Held on Mon
day, May ;lt
Preparations for the annual Memor
ial Day program May 31 and attend
ing services Sunday, May 23, have
been made by the members of Posts
Nos. 58 and 110, Grand Army of the
Republic. The members of the posts
will meet at their halls at 9.30 o'clock
Sunday morning, May 23, and proceed
in a body to the Derry Street United
Brethren church, where a sermon will
.be delivered to them by the Rev. J.
A. Lyter.
The comrades have been detailed to
the different schools on Friday, May
28, 'where they will address the school i
children and appropriate programs will
be rendered by the latter.
Members of Post No. 58 will meet
at the hall May 31 at 8.30 in the morn
ing and march to the JJast Harrisburg
cemetery, where the Rev. J. C. Forn
erook. pastor of the Penbrook Church
of God, will deliver an address, after
which the comrades will strew the
graves with flowers. Post No. 116 will
go to the Paxtang cemetery, where the
Rev. Harry B. King, pastor of the
I'axton Presbyterian church, will ad
dress them.
The members of the several posts as
well as members of other military or
ganizations throughout the city will
meet at their respective halls at 1.30
o'clock and form in line for the an
nual Memorial Day parade. All inem
bers are requested to appear in full !
uniform, and in case they have none,!
to be dressed iu dark blue.
VILLA'S BROTHER DEAD
Succumbs to Wounds Received in Brawl
at Bull Rinjj
.El Paso, Tex., May 18.—Antonio Vil
la a brother of General Francisco Vil
la, died late yesterday from wounds
received in a brawl at Chihuahua City,
according to advices received to-day at
Juarez.
Several others were killed and
wounded froui the fight, which arose, it
was asserted officially, when Villa, an
officer in his brother's army, attempted
to quiet some intoxicated soldiers at
the bull ring in the Chihuahua State
capital. The incident was said to have
no political significance.
Allies to Use Poisonous Gases
bondon. May 18, 5.30 P. M.—Sec
retary of War Kitchener stated in the
House of Ijords this afternoon that the
British and French governments felt
that the allied troops must bo adequate
ly protected against poisonous gases by
the employment of similar methods.
These would remove the enormous and
unjustifiable advantage which must
otherwise exi«t.
Saving the Twine Situation
Wheat growers may congratulate
themselves on the fact that the bind
er twino situation promises to work out
satisfactorily. Sisal watt moving freely
from Yucatan in April, anil there will
be enough twine to supply harvesters.
The price will probably be lower than
last year.
The Ciovernment deserves praiie for
the promptness in meeting the trouble
in Yucatan. There was an anxious pe
riod when it seemed that the para
lyzing revolution in southern Mexico
would cause a disastrous twine fam
ine in the United States.
It is a pleasure, iu this connection,
to give the International Harvester
Company credit for its stand in the em
ergency. The company ' s the lar
gest manufacturer of twine and as its
contract called for a large quanity of
sisal, it was in a sense in command of
the situation. The Harvester company
was unselfish, however. It divida.il it's
shipments with manufacturers, and
while it might easily have increased
the price, and even have been justi
fied in doing so because of the dis
turbed conditions and the high freight
rates, it has been treating its patrons
and the other manufacturers with fair
uess.—Farm Life.
TBAW IS IN LUDLOW ST. JAIL
White's Slayer Ig Transferred From
the Tombs Because of Rheuma
tism and Throat Trouble
By A asocial ril Press.
New York, May 18.—Supreme Court
Justice Hendrick signed an order to
■ day transferring Harry K. Thnw from
a cell in the Tomb* to the custody of
| the Sheriff in IAHIIOW street jail. This
; was done in response to a request from
: Thaw's counsel who ha'.!' complained
; that Thaw was suffering from rheuma
tism aud Ihroat trouble anil did not re
ceive sufficient exercise in the Tombs.
[Thaw's counsel made the request in
the event there should be further delav
of the jury trial to test his sanity.
As the State Attorney General has
secured a stay for the trial, until Fri
j day at least. Justice Hentlrick to-day
gave the order for the transfer. In
signing the order Justice Hendrick said
that inasmuch as Thnw is not a pris
loner charged with any crime and the
State does not wish to punish him, it
would be (he better for him to go to
Laid low street jail. The sheriff in
formed the justice that there was am
ple room in the jail and that Thaw
would have an opportunity to recover
from his illness.
TECH OPEN THURSDAY NIGHT
Concert by School Orchestra Will Be
Given During Public Exhibition
of Students' Work
The following invitation to patrons
and friends of the Harrisburg Tech
nical High school has been issued by
Principal C. B. l ager, Jr., to attend the
open house observance Thursday night:
"You are cordially invited to attend
the ninth 'Open Session' of the Har
risburg Technical High school on Thurs
day evening. May 20, 1915. Regular
classes will be at work in the shops,
laboratories aud drawing rooms, where
you will find also an exhibition of work
finished during the year. Student ush
ers will meet you at the Walnut street
door and escort you through the build
ing. The Technical High school or
chestra will play during the evening in
the auditorium."
Tin- open session is an annual event
and always attracts large numbers of
visitors to the building. All ihe science
laboratories and manual training rooms
will lie in operation, from the basement
to the fourth floor. A concert will be
given during the evening in the com
modious auditorium by the To. b orches
tra, G. W. I'pdegrove, director, aud
David Heffelfinger, 'ls, leader.
FAVORS A NATION AL MARINE
Governor Brumbaugh in Accord With
Argentine Ambassador's Plea
Governor Brumbaugh this afternoon,
before the joint Assembly, spoke in an
swer to an address bv 8. Naon, Ambas
sador from the Argentine Republic.
Governor Brumbaugh said:
"W hen we have builded a national
marine commensurate with our great
needs we shall have established our re
lation to the nations of the south," a
thing the Ambassador had pleaded for.
Ambassador Naon said that Amer
icans have to combine to reconstruct
the social and political world after the
European war.
Ban Placed on Baseball Pools
Pittsburgh, May 18.—Superintend
ent of Police Matthews announced lust
night that a ban had been placed on
the selling of baseball pools in Pitts
burgh.
NEW RAPID-FIRE GUN
Water-cooled Weapon That Has Been
Adopted by Uncle Sam
After a series of tests, the United
States army has adopted a water-cooled
rapid-fire gun of the type now in use
on the European battlefields. The bar
rel of the gun is incased ill a water
jacket to prevent its becoming over
heated. This is refilled during heavy
firing, but when water is not easily
available an apparatus is employed
*hich condenses the steam generated in
the jacket and allows the water to be
liscd over and over again.
The gun, which is operated by recoil,
lias a maximum firing speed of about
500 shots a minute, a somewhat slower
speed than the air-cooled guns in ordi
nary use. but the water-cooled guns are
expected to fire a greater number of
shots in a long period because of the
saving of the time consumed by the
air-cooled gun in inserting the short
I feed strips.
The regulation 30-ealibre cartridge
is employed, and the range is 1,500 to
1,800 yards. Ammunition is fed into
it by a belt which weighs 250 pounds,
the shells being automatically inserted
am' ejected as long as pressure is ex
erted on the trigger.
The gun, which weighs 96 pounds,
is set on a tripod so constructed as to
make the weapon available for use
against air craft. —Indianapolis Newj.
No Longer a "Corn Belt"
The "Corn Belt" used to be a strip
of country running generally from
Pennsylvania to Kansas, and including
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and
the southern half of lowa.
Hut the fashion in belts is changing,
as all fashions are liable to do. The
corn belt is spreading itself out. It
goes further east, and further west,
and most emphatically it is moving to
the north and south. Michigan, Wis
consin, Minnesota, and even the Dako
tas and Montana are now in the corn
belt. The southern states are knock
ing at the door. Georgia, Alabama,
and the Carolinas are showing that a
hundred bushels to the acre is nothing
to them.
The corn belt in the future will ex
tend from Canada to the gulf of Mex
ico, and it will reach to the Rocky
Mountains, if not beyond, ft is uo
longer a belt, but a section, Com
prising almost the entire arable por
tion of the United States, and may
even include the deserts and the mount
ains to a limited extent.—Farm Life.
Pooh-
Alice was very enthusiastic regard
ing the new minister, and young Win
ston was inclined to be rather jealous.
"Oh, he is superbly eloquent," cried
Alice. "He can move his hearers to
tears.''
'' Well, that is but a paltry accom
plishment, Alice," replied the young
man sarcastically. "I would scorn
proficiency in an art in which every
sneeze is my equal and every peeled
onion my superior."—New York Times.
WILSON SEES BIC ATLANTIC
FLEET STEAM OUT TO SEA
President Again Reviews Great Ar
mada To day When Sixteen Battle
ships and Their Train of Lessei
Graft Pass Mayflower
By Associated Press,
New York, May 18.—The big fleel
of warships which has been at ancho.
in the Hudson river for ten days steam
eit out to sen at 11 o'clock to-day witl
President Wilson reviewing the five
mile line as it passed the Mavflowei
off the Statue of Liberty.
Headed by the superdreadnough
Wyoming the sixteen big battleship
and their train of lesser lighting craf
steamed past the Presidential yacht a.
a speed of fourteen knots, each shi|
with its sailors and marines standing
at the rail at attention. As each craf
neamt the -Mayflower, her six-pound
ers, lore aud aft, let loose white puff,
of smoke and over the harbor then
rolled the thunder of a Presidential sa
lute of 21 guns.
Tens of thousands of persons flockei
to vantage points to view the grca.
marine procession. Along the wate
front on both sides of the Hudson, tli
piers were black with spectators, tli.
windows of down town skyscraper
were thronge»t, hundreds on housetop
witnessed the spectacle and Battery
Park, Southernmost tip of Manhattan
was tilled with a crowd that stretohef
from the sea wall across the acres oi
gwen to the custom house.
Traffic on the Hudson river was sua
pended between the Manhattan ant
1 New Jersey shores half an hour bofon
the fleet sailed. Kerry boats, excursioi
steamers, tugs and other craft lay a
''look with many thousands of person;
who had come to watch the departure
It seemed as if all New York had for
gotten the rain of yesterdav am
swarmed to the river's edge to sai
good-bye.
The day was overcast, but througl
the clouds the sun shone at intervals
i The air was chilly and a stiff bree/.i
along the water front made overcoat:
comfortable.
As each battleship passed the Mav
flower, with the crew lining rails anr
J turrets with n fringe of blue, the >-h.i|
band played the National anthem
j There was little cheering in response
In bidding good-bye to the fleet tin
crowds seemed to be in thoughtfu
I mood.
FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGI
QUOTATIONS
New York, May 18.
Open. Close
I Amai Copper (i ti % «5<".,j
j Amer Beet Sugar .... 43 41'
American Can 33% 32\' t
|Am Car and Kdv Co. . . 5049%
I Am Cotton Oil 45 4 5
Am Ice Securities .... 31 31
I Amer Loco 43 42%
! Amcr Smelting 65';. 64%
j American Sugar 105% .104%
| Amer Tel and Tel .... 119% 119
] Anaconda 32 31%
j Atchison 99'., 9R%
Bait and Ohio 7 2 71%
I Bethlehem Steel i 33 131V\
| Brooklyn R T 56% 86
I California Petroleum .. 15% 14%
Canadian Pacific 155% 15 7';
Central Leather 35% 30%
Chesapeake anil Ohio . 43% 43%
Chi, 'Mil and St. Paul . 88% 88%
Chino Con Copper .... 43% 42%
Col Fuel and Iron . . 25% 2B
Distilling Securities ... 12% 12%
1-rie 25% 25
| Krie, Ist pfd 39'.. 39%
General Electric Co . . . 156150
Goodrich B F 41% 42
(Ireat Nor pfd ll<>% 116%
I (ireat Nor Ore subs ... 31% 31%
I Interboro Met 21 20%
I'Mex Petroleum 68% 67
| 'Missouri Pac 13% 11%
National Lead 56% 56',4
i Nev Consol Copper ... 14 % 14
| New York C'en 84 83%
|NY, N H and H t>2% I>l%
Pennsylvania R. R. ... 107 106%
Pittsburgh Coal 20 20
Press Steel Car .» 4 3 42%
Ray Con. Copper 23% 22' .
Reading 143 142%
Uepub. Iron and Steel . 261/3 26%
|Southern Pacific N7% 86%
Southern Ry 16% lt>%
Tennessee Copper 33% 37%
Union Pacific 124',.. 123%
I'. S. Rubber 60 % 60
IT. S. Steel 52% 52
Ptah Copper 63% 63%
Vir-Carolina Chem 29 29
W U Telegraph <>4% 04%
Westinghouse Mfg .... 87% 87%
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago, May IS.—Close:
Wheat—May, 153 a/.; July, 126%.
Corn—-May, 73%; Julv, 75%.
Oats —May, 51%; July, 50%.
Pork —July, 17.95; Sept., T5.25.
Lard—July, 9.60; Sept., 9.52.
Ribs—July, 10.50; Sept., 10.75.
George E. Frank
The funeral of George E. Prank, who
was found dead in bed yesterday at
the home of John Leach, *248 Cumber
land street, with whom he boarded, will
'be held Wednesday afternoon at 3.30
o'clock from the undertaking parlors of
0. 11. 'Mauk, Sixth and Kelker streets.
The services will be in charge of the
'Rev. Henry W. A. Hanson, pastor of
Messiah Lutheran church. Interment
will be iu the Fast Harrisburg" ceme
tery.
Governor Intercedes for Frank
Among three thousand letters re
ceived by Governor Slater, of Georgia,
asking that the sentence of death im
posed upon Leo Frank be commuted to
life imprisonment, is one from Gover
nor Brumbaugh according to a dispatch
from Atlanta. The total number of
such appeal so far received by Gov
ernor Slater is estimated at 75,000,
coming from public officials in all parts
of the country.
Police Asked to Find Girl
Police are asked to help locate Hester
Blackey, a 15-year-old colored girl, who
it is believed, resides in this city. The
girl is wanted at Shanley, • Va., where
her father is lying at "the point of
death and whose will gives her five or
six thousand dollars.
Delirious Aviator in Villa Unes
El Paso, Tex., May 18.—A man be
lieved to be the German-American
aviator, Frederick Bonnie, delirous
from lack of water and food, has
wandered into the Villa lines about
San Luis Potosi, it was reported to-day
from the «outh. Bounie was the prin
cipal in an adventure a week ago in
which his aeroplane was strtiok by a
shell from the Villa artillery.