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Evening journal., 1914-05-27
WOULD PROVIDE NAV
cRoss-T0wN STREET.

AeRR1 4 - " Az ANiSt- 4
Fred X. Felt, who yesterday asked
the Street and Sewer directors to take
some Of the earth removed in abolishing
Concord grade crossing for use in filling
IN twenty ninth street. desires to have
Twenty ninth street transformed into
eross.town thoroughfare to connect
Market street with the Boulevard AT
present, Mr.. Felt says, Concord ave
nue. is the eross-town thoroughfare and
its use often necessitates teams going
many blocks out Of their way.
With Twenty.nmth street filed ii
and open to travel Mr.. Felt says !
new and mueh-needed route between
the Boulevard and Market street would
be provided.
Evening journal., 1914-05-27
SOLDIER Killed
ON RIFLE Rance
Bullet DETECTED by Timber
PierceS Private Ayritt'S
Heart
ANOTHER SOLDIER
HIT LAST WEEK

Struck by a steel-capped bullet
from an army rife while observing
the hits on the target at Fort Mott
late yesterday afternoon, William A.
Ayritt, aged 26 years, private in the
Both Company, Coast Artillery, at
Fort Mott, was instantly killed. AL
though the mans death was accident
al a board of officers at the fort has
convened and is making a thorough
investigation. Their reports will be
submitted to the War Department.
Ayritt was unmarried and his near
est of kin is a brother, Frank Avritt,
r. f. d. No. 6, Neosho, Mo, who has
been notified.
The soldier was working in the
butts on the range while a squad of
soldiers from his company were on
the 300-yard range. They were using
the regular army rife with the full
service charge. First Lieutenant War
ren r. Bell and First Lieutenant
Charles Thomas Stable were the Of
Acers in charge of the company at
practice. Corporal Seft was in charge
Of the little squad of men in the pits
at the butts who were sashing the
targets and marking the hits.
Private Avritt had sashed a target
and was lying prone upon the ground
waiting for the firing to cease SO he
could mark the hits. A steel jacket
bullet from one of the rifles came
crashing through the target, struck a
2x4 timber used to support the frame
and then ricocheted. 1t dropped to an
angle which brought it within reach
of the young soldier and it struck his
left shoulder at an angle
The bullet pierced the collar bone,
bore down and went through the
heart and then came out on
the right side of the body under the
arm. Death was instantaneous ac-
cording to the medical men who ex-
amined Avritt.
Private Avritt enlisted on April q
of this year after serving three years
in the hospital corps at Fort Mott
Captain Charles 2. N. Howard is com
mander of the Thfrty-sixth Company,
of which Private Avritt was a mem
ber.
One week ago yesterday there was
q similar accident on the rife range
below Fort Mott, but it did not result
fatally. Private Hinkle of the Fourth
Company was working in the pitts
Sduring the practice and a ricocheting
Abullet struck him on the forehead It
was a glancing blow, however, and
while it stunned him for a time and
made flesh wound, he quickly re-
covered.
Evening journal., 1914-05-27
FESTIVAL AT SUMMIT BRIDGE.

A strawberry festival viii be held at
Summit Bridge, Del, by the women of
Summit NJ. +. Church on the evenings
of June and 4.
Evening journal., 1914-05-27
TABERNACLE MEETING.

The public is invited to view the
annual exhibit of the Tabernacle So
ciety, which will be held az the
Ursuline Academy, No. 1109 Delaware
Avenue, on Thursday, between the
hours of 9 a. m. and o'clock.
The display of vestments used in
the ceremonies of the Catholic
church, all of which have been made
by the women Of the society, is most
interesting.
Evening journal., 1914-05-27
ELECTION AT ELKTON,

ELKTON, Md, May 27.-The first
municipal election held here for three
years resulted in the election of w.
Don Price for mayor and Harry w.
Pippin, j. Harvey Reynolds, Taylor
w. McKenney and Charles S. Boul-
den for town councilmen.
The new mayor is a successful
merchant and has been a resident of
Elkton all his life.
Evening journal., 1914-05-27
|CREEK MEDAL comes TO
BISHOP KINSMAN FOR WORK

The Red Cross Society of Athens
Greece, has conferred a medal on the
Rt. Rev. Frederick j. Kinsman, Bish-
/ op Of Delaware. in recognition of his
L services in raising funds for the Red
Cross work in Greece during the re-
cent Balkan War. The medal is OF
bronze and is a beautiful specimen OF
modern Greek iconography The face
shows the acropolis of Athens with
the sign of the Red Cross in enamel
the reverse shows two figures in bas
relief, Charity tending a wounded sol.
dier.
Evening journal., 1914-05-27
GEORGE w. DEvINNEY DEAD

Special to The EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, May 27.-George DeVin,
ney, well-known farmer, aged Y
years, died at his home, near Newark,
on Monday. The deceased had been in
poor health for some time. He is sun
vived by his wife and two children. The
funeral will be held at . o'clock to-
morrow, with interment at Head of
Christiana cemetery.
Evening journal., 1914-05-27
D. N. & V. RAILROAD MEETING

The annual meeting OF the Della
ware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
Company is being held today in
Georgetown. Several railroad officials
from this city went to Georgetown to
attend the meeting.
Evening journal., 1914-05-27
Perch HammOckS

Ideal Hammocks for comfort and durability, in
several styles. All have finely springs, some
with pads others have cushions. $780, $500, $9.75,
S1O $12, S13.5O each.
Porch Hammock Accessories, such as wooden
or metal supports $3.50 and S4.75 each. Ceiling Plates
and Chains, SOC set. Patent Pulleys and Ropes for
hoisting ceiling Of porch, $3.50 set. Back Rests,
S1.S5 each
Evening journal., 1914-05-27

TO OPEN NEW WAREHOUSE.
The new warehouse OF the Retail
Grocers' Exchange at Fifth and Wall
nut will be opened tonight when the
members will hold d social evening.
Evening journal., 1914-05-27
FIELD nAY FOR 4. o. H.

Tickets for the A. o. H. excursion
to Augustine Beach on June 10 are
selling rapidly. The field day sports
promise to be interesting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
PENNSY WOULD BUY
BLOCK FROM CHERRY
TO MULBERRY SITS.
Wants to Avoid Consequential
Damages Of Subway in South
Harrisburg
[Continued on Page 81

To avoid prolonged controversies
and suits in court over consequential
damages arising from the construc-
tion of it's subway at Second and Null
berry streets, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company is now negotiating for
sixteen properties between Cherry and
Mulberry streets.
Three properties owned by william
p. Denehey, retired jeweler, were
purchased by representative of the
Pennsylvania Railroad real estate de-
partment two weeks ago. This pur-
chase included one private residence
and two business pplaces. In this block
are a number of small stores and at
least twenty rooming houses.
The majority of the business places
have been long established In the
opinion of the officials of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad consequential dam
ages might run beyond figures antici-
pated. No options have been secured
on the properties desired, but local
officials of the company are of the
opinion that there will be little trouble
in getting possession after the business
places have been disposed Of One of
the largest stores in this block Is that
of the Holmes Seed Company, located
at the corner of Second and Cherry
streets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
ASSA|LS THE ''OPEN
S|DEb0ARD' IN HIS
QUARTERLY REPORT
Chief of Police Declares Sundays
Would Be Quiet If Clubs
Closed Bars
NAMES DISORDERLY HOUSES
Prosecutions Are Promised in All
Alleged Gambling House
Cases
NAMES DISORDERLY HOUSES

Clubs which maintain the open
sideboard' on Sunday are severely
criticised by Colonel Joseph B. Hutchi-
son, chief of police, in his quarterly re-
port to the Dauphin county court at
the opening of March quarter sessions
to-day.
The courts attention is also called
to the fact that the police depart
ment is investigating alleged gambling
houses with view to prosecution.
The names of alleged proprietresses
of disorderly houses, their location and
the names of owners so far as Is
known are also embodied in the re-
port. Following Is list of the houses
in question, the names Of the prophet
resses and the owners:
Mary Wallower, Capital street,
Mary Wallower.
Emma Funston, Mulberry,
Emma Funston.
Emma Lupfer, Verbeke, Bishop
estate.
Annie Keener, South Fourth
street, Annie keener.
Bess Hefner, Grace street.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Emma Weikert, Susquehanna,
Emma Weikert.
Joseph Bartel, North alley.
CONTINUED on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
PENROSE NEEDED
IN j. S. SENATE
BY PENNSYLVANIA
100 Prominent Manufacturers Is
sue Statement Setting Forth
the Reasons Why
CALL FOR HIS DENOMINATION
Strong Declaration Signed by Some
of the Most Prominent Men in
Eastern Section

On hundred of the representative
men of Eastern Pennsylvania, includ-
ing some of the largest manufacturers
in Philadelphia, have come out in
statement over their signatures in favor
of the denomination and reelection
of Senator Boies Penrose. The state
ment is issued by the Pennsylvania
Progressive Union and sets before the
people of the State the qualifications OF
the Senator, his services to Pennsylva-
MIA and the reasons why he should be
returned.
The statement is as follows
In accordance with the spirit of
the new Statewide primary law pro-
Viding for the direct nomin alton of
United States Senators we. the under
signed individuals and firms, desire to
go on record before the people as to
our preference for the nomination and
election of the Honorable Boies Pen
rise to succeed himself and our rea-
sons for that preference.
We regard this as one of the criti-
cal periods in american history, per-
haps not less so than the epoch which
was marked by the birth of the Re-
publican party, the death of slavery
and the emancipation of American in
dustry from the baneful influence of
world competition, with Its tendency
10 degenerate the wage st.ndards of
all peoples to the level of the wage
standards of the lowest of the peoples.
The great constructive policy of
protection is hanging in the balance.
The entering wedge of free trade has
already been driven into our economic
system by the so-called Underwood
tariff law which has compelled all in
dustries. with the exception of O ia
Vored few in the Democratic South.
TO face competition from the cheap
labor markets of Europe and Asia pre-
Niously held at bay by the bulwark OF
protection.
IF we believed that American busi-
ness could soon or ultimately adjust
itself to foreign prices and practices
without losing every Advantage it now
possesses, produce and seIf-interest
would dictate that we should bear
with minor evils In the hope of pre-
serving stability of government But
we are convinced that no such adjust
ment is possible. We feel that the
Democratic party has been false and
unfair in its treatment of the wage
Garner. 1t has endeavored to make
him think that the amount of an en-
ployer's profits has no legitimate bear
ing upon his possible outlay for labor.
It has assumed to prove that capital
VIII be as active with a prospect of
poor dividends or no dividend as it has
been with prospect of adequate re
ward for industrial enterprise and
business risk.
"A proposition to bring down prices
and wages together might be defended
upon the ground that the world stand
ards of value in commodities and labor
are the natural standards; but a pro-
position to bring down prices without
affecting wages is preposterous
fraud.
although the Underwood tariff law
has been gradually going into effect
CONTINUED on Page 141
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
EKTI8z,z5 5Z!S1 z:s'1lFI;l'

For Harrisburg and vicinity; Fair,
continued warm Tonight, with
lowest temperature abOst 40 de
grees; Tuesday fair and cooler.
night and Tuesday; cooler Tues
day, moderate to brisk south to
west winds.
The high temperature Sunday
caused the Ice in the river to
soften and melt rapidly. Many
open places have appeared and
are rapidly increasing In size.
Much snow has melted and the
JunIata, West Branch, main
river and the lower portion of the
North Branch are rising and will
continue to rise tonight and
Tuesday. Some local movements
of ice have occurred and the loo
mt CIearffeId and probably other
the Juniata and main river and
possibly I'm places In the North
Branch In likely to break up and
move on comparatively low
stages of water within the next
tventy-fOur to thirty-sfx hours.
No damage IN anticipated, as the
snow will melt fast enough to
cause n rapid runOR and NO rain
of Importance is likely to occur
in the Susquehanna basin.
General Conditions
Fair weather has prevailed
throughout nearly all the cOun-
try since last report. Tempera-
lures are now above normal over
practically all the territory rep
resented on the map.
Temperaturei g a. M, 8s, 2 p. M. "a.
Suns Rises, 6tI7 q. m.s sets, 6sOy
ID. m.
MOont Rises, 1885 p. m.
River Stages 4.5 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, go.
Lowest temperature, 81.
Mean temperature, 4S.
Normal temperature, 81.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
John Ruth and Catherine Bretx, city
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16

Tokyo. March ia serious earth
quake occurred yesterday in the pre-
lecture of Akita, island of Hondo. A
number of persons in the city of Altita
were killed and many houses destroyed
or damaged. In the village of Kowa-
kubi, which was ruined, there also
were many casualties.
The volcano Asuma- Yama, ninety
miles northwest of Tokyo, Is in erup-
ton and the disturbance has badly
damaged the railroad and telegraph
lines. Asuma- Yama is the largest ac-
tive volcano in Japan. A majority OF
its active periods have been produc-
tive of showers of ashes only. Its last
great eruption was in 1888, when sew
eral villages on the north side of the
mountain were obliterated by huge
streams of lava. The crater is about
three-quarters of a mile In circumfer-
ence.
Al1ita Is a garrison town on the Sea
of Japan. 1t does a considerable ex-
port trade. especially in rice. The pop
ulation of the city Is about $4,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
JUDGE KUNKEL To
Be ENDORSED BY
HIS NE|CHBORS
Meeting Of Friends Called For
Courthouse This Evening
at 8 O'clock
HON. B. F. MEYERS TO PRESIDE
Will Be Nonpartisan; Petitions
From Outside Counties
Arrive

Arrangements were completed to-
day for a meeting at the Courthouse
tonight at s o'clock of the friends
and neighbors of President Judge
George Kunkel not members of the
legal fraternity. Already the Dauphin
county bar has brought forward the
president judge of this judicial district
as a candidate for the Supreme Court
and his friends without regard to party
will tonight further endorse his can
didacy and take such action as may
be proper to aid In the preliminary
canvass. 1t is to be a nonpartisan
gathering and many citizens have
already indicated their purpose to be
present.
b. F. Meyers, the veteran journalist,
a personal friend and admirer of
Judge Kunkel, will preside.
Endorsement of Judge Kunkel
A petition has been received from
Pottsville. Schuylkill county, signed by
fifteen lawyers and over hundred
representative citizens. including pro-
fessional men, merchants and those in
all walks of life. The list includes the
names of Fred j. Weist, county treas
urer; j. e. Kantner. county controller;
John w. Reese. prothonotary OF the
county, and his deputies. The list was
circulated by DR.. c. B. Crawford. for
merly of Dauphin county.
A petition has been received from
| Westmoreland county which contains
the names of two dozen members of
| the bar. W. d. Reemer. George Brock
bill and M. G.. Muse, who are all three
of the county commissioners; Ben
Styles, the sheriff; Charles F. Copelin,
the deputy sheriff: James b. Gala
CHER the clerk of courts The list also
includes the names of j. II. Cunning
ham, the burgess of Jeannette; j. II.
! Trescher, publisher. of Jeanette, and
Darwin Musk. editor, of Greensburg.
A petition has been received signed
by, among others. sixteen members of
the bar of the city of Lancaster.
Adams County Petition ~
The following resolution has been
circu1ated and signed by the majority
IContinued on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
WILD DUCKS FLY BY
THOUSANDS AS ICE
LEAVEsS SUSQUEHANVA
City Basking in Warmest Weather
Since November; Balmy
Days to Continue

Hundreds of promenaders along
Harrlsburg's front steps yesterday
and to-day basking in the sunshine of
the first day of real Spring saw thou
sands OF northbound wild ducks and
geese flying toward their summer
home.
The temperature yesterday after
noon was the highest since November
20, 1918. 1t rose to 60 degrees at 4
O'Clock. This morning the river ice
broke in quiet fashion due to the
rapid melting of the ice in the torrid
heat. OF yesterday. The Susquehanna
was closed from February % to March
16. nineteen days, breaking all but one
late closed record,--that of 1872
when the Ice held until March 23.
1t will be almost Spring-like all
week, promises the weatherman. To-
night and Tomorrow will be warm
until late in the afternoon when the
temperature may fall, due to a storm
over the lakes. Late in the week a
warm rain will probably come up
from the southwest.
No Flood Likely
1t will take very heavy rain and
high temperature to cause any flood
now, in the opinion of e. r. Demain.
forecaster. The warm weather of the
last week has gradually melted the
snow and much of the snow on the
mountains has been turned into ice
which will require high temperature
TO send down. Mr.. Demain thinks
that only moderate rise in the river
will result from the Spring break-up
unless unusual conditions prevail In
the next week.
Gentle Spring weather drew out the
pedestrians yesterday. The newly
paved section of Front street from
Kelker to Division was made use of
by hundreds afoot, in automobiles.
motorcycles and horse-drawn vehicles.
1t was the first chance Harrisburgers
have had to use the new section of
the River Front Park.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
Furbelows and
Flounces

Fashion DEGREES the returning to
favor of the separate skirt and
the making of the skirt a thing
of furbelows, frills, and flounces.
The stores - those fashion in
dicators"-are already showing
the new style notes and telling
about them In their ADVERTISE
ments.
1t used to be that the news coll
umns of the newspapers made
the fashion announcements first;
but nowadays the stores are so
alert and so anxious to be first
In these announcements THAT
much of the latest fashion news
is in the advertising columns.
Any person who wishes to keep
up to the minute on the new
fashions must be q reader of the
advertising In live newspapers
like the Telegraph
The advertising columns are
the mirrors that reflect the at
fractions of the merchants and
manufacturers. These men live
by service.
They must make their adver-
tising timely and interesting just
as they make their merchandise
desirable and fair in price,
The news of the frills and fur
bellows is only one side of adver-
tiSing.
Read the advertising and keep
informed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
Schmidt's Counsel to
Appeal Death Sentence

New York, March 16.-Notice of ap-
peal from the sentence of death i'm
posed upon Hans Schmidt, the former
priest, for the murder of Anna Au-
muller, will be filed this week by AL
phone G.. Koelble, of Schmidt's counsel.
irhe appeal will act as stay of SEN
tence. Schmidt was sentenced to die
In the week beginning next Monday.
Several months are likely to elapse be-
fore arguments in the case are heard
by the Court of Appeals.
Schmidt is in the deathhouse at Sing
Sing
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
Miss Newbold Was
Stationed at Akita

Apprehensions are entertained for
the safety of Miss Elizabeth G. New
bold, of Lancaster who is a mission
airy of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in Japan, and is at present
at Akita, which seems to have been
the center of the Japanese earth
quake. Miss Newbold is sister of
Willis Geist Newbold, of this city;
her parents reside in Lancaster. The
Board OF Missions in New York City
has received no word at all of any
OF its workers in the affected dis
trict. and 1t is believed that Bishop
McKim, OF Tokyo. has not been able
to gather sufficient intelligence to
warrant cabling to America.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
Much Sentiment For
Judge Kunkel in the
Northern Tier Counties

James Lentz. chairman of the
Dauphin county Republican commit
tee, was in Harrisburg to-day after a
trip through the northern part of the
State.
II discovered much sentiment
throughout that district for Judge
Kunkel." said Mr.. Lentz. 1T was for
the most part entirely spontaneous.
Judge Kunkels decisions in the Capt.
tol cases and the fact that he was
upheld in every one of them by the
Supreme Court have made a deep i'm
preston on the people of that part of
the State. They see in him not only a
judge of extraordinary ability, but of
unluestioned integrity as we'll, and L
believe he will have a large majority
in the upper tier counties"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
600 Employees Of Seigel
Store Get Positions in
New Store Opened Today
~ lAstociated Press

New York, March 16.-More than
coo of the 900 employees of the Four
teenth street store. which was closed
on Saturday night with the Simpson
Crawford Company store by order of
Judge Hough. of the Federal Court,
are to be employed by Leo A. Price in
the store which he opened to-day un-
der the old firm name of Rothenberg
& Co.
The store of Rothenberg & Co. for
merly was owned by Mr.. Price. who
later became manager of the Siegel
and Vogel stores. 1t ad1oins the Four
teenth street store.
Investigation of the enterprises of
Henry Siegel and Frank E. Vogel was
continued by the district attorneys Of
fice. and other indictments are expect
ed to be returned before the end of
the week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
Rockville Extension
Will Be Ready For Use
Thursday of This Week

The Harrisburg Railways Company
expects to have its new Rockville ex-
tension complete and in operation by
Thursday of this week. To-day a.
handsome little waiting room was
placed on a truck and transported to
the new terminus of the line and will
be in readiness when the road is ready
for use.
When the work of construction was
started last Fall along the towpath of
the old canal. 1t was found that the
tracks would pass directly over line
of water pipe owned by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company. 1t was nee
essary to lower this and before the
roadbed could be completed the
ground froze. 1t was not until this
week that it could be resumed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
Keel of Worlds Biggest
Superdreadnought Laid
Bv Associated Press

New York, March 16.--The laying
of the keel of .Battleship No. 80, which
may eventually be named either the
North Carolina or the Arizona. at the
navy yard in Brooklyn to-day, marks
the beginning of the greatest fighting
machine in the United States Navy,
and the peer of any ever built or
projected by any power.
With O displacement of 31,500 tons,
she will be slightly larger than her
older sister, the Pennsylvania, and will
be. the tenth vessel of the super
class to be added to the
fleet. Like the Pennsylvania, she will
carry three 14-inch rifles in each tur-
ret, mounting twelve of these guns
altogether, and Will be the second ves-
sci to be so equipped.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
TO RESUME WORK
ON IMPROVEMENTS
SOON As POSSIBLE
Will Start Operations on "Front
Steps" on or About
April l

Work will be resumed. 1t is ex-
pected on all Harrisburg's public i'm
provements but the river dam. by
April /, weather conditions permit
ting.
The principal jobs which will first
occupy the attention Of engineers of
the Board of Public Works will be the
river wall-the front steps of Harris
burg'-and the Paxton creek i'm
provement.
The resumption of the wall con-
struction was discussed this afternoon
at a meeting of the Board of Public
Works. The first step to be taken by