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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
 PREFERENCES ITS ASSETS

With 94 per cent. of the stock rep resented at the annual meeting here reduce the capital stock from ST. 640.000 to $8,82o.000, and to distri- bute in exchange for the reduced stock, about one half the coTnpany's s holdings in the common stock of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad com pany.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

A hint to mothers: Place the family lookfng-gla on the kitchen wall. Then daughter will be near while you re doing the dishes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

John D. toted a big bag of pen nies to Sunday school several Sundays ago and made the hearts of I'll kid dies happy. But he told them 70 donate every last one of them to home missions. And then they were not hannv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

Haw-what would you do for the girl you really loved?
 Aw-Marry someone else-Stanford Chaparral.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
Absolutely Pure

Current Liabilities:
 Accounts, bills payable,
 and interest and taxes
 accrued to date Surplus and reserve ac-
 counts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

Squeeze girl in crowded seat in a street car and she gets mad. Squeeze her in big rocking chair in the family parlor and she is tickled to death.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

It is said that the man who laughs much will be long in the land. Most men feel like laughing uproarious1y every time they go to the grocer's CT butchers, hence our increasing longevity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

Washington. Feb. 20-Major General charge of the Second division of 1he United States army, including the troops stationed at Texas City, Tex has been transferred to service at the Hawaiian Islands. General CarIer has been in charge of the 10000 troops stationed at Texas City since the Mex ican situation became grave
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

A New York merchant left a mil lion dollars to his clerks when he diet recently Clerks in this city are won dering when their turn to rejoice VII
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

Memorial Library will be closed all day Monday. From to s:30 in the evening the library will be opened to the public As tomorrow is Washing toms birthday Monday is recognized as the legal holiday in all public in :. stitutions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21

Sleighing parties are numerous in town during the present week. Young CT folks are taking advantage of the recent snowfall in making up sleigh ing parties Good old Wallace Bulk ley Is the man most in demand these days. furnishing outfits for the sleigh parties.
 Mrs Heartshorn. daughter of Mrs Henry L. Mills, is spending a few days in New York Mrs. Heartsho1-n's s home Is in Petersboro, Canada. She has heen visiting with her mother
 Miss Lizzie Leahy is at her home on Unquowa road for week or more Mss Lsaday spends the winter nronths
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
M|LKMAN LATE; Z
ARE NEARLY KILLED
Nearly Caught by Train While
Trying to Get Over
Tracks

Dauphin, Pa, March IS. - Two men
nearly lost their lives this morning be-
cause milkman was late.
Walter Seller, clerk at the Pennsyl-
vania station, and Acting Agent Eyster
were almost caught by the Lykens To-
cal at $3.50 o'clock, while trying to get
across the tracks with milk cans
brought for the train at the last
minute.
Only the presence of mind of young
Seller saved the life of Eyster. who
rolled off the track against the safety
gates a second before the train whizzed
by. He was uninjured.
Just as the train entered the town,
this morning. the milkman arrived with
his shipment. The cans had to be
transferred to the platform across the
tracks for loading. Seller and Eyster
tried to get the truck across, but saw
time was too short, and each picked
up piece of baggage. They made the
first trip in safety, and Eyster was
coming back for the second load as
Seller was starting across with a bread
box. They ran into each in the center
of the track. Eyster fell. The
engine was fifty feet away. Seller
grabbed Eyster and pulled at him.
oysters legs rolled off the track just
as the engine shot by. He lay between
the track and the fence until the train
had passed. Spectators thought he
was killed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
Villa Reported to Be
in Precarious Position
According to Federals

Ell Paso, Texas, March lS.-The
thousands of persons in this section
whose fortunes are locked up in the
military and political developments in
Mexico to-day awaited authentic in
formation of the reported battle north
of Torreon. In the last twenty-four
hours exactly fifteen words of press
dispatch seaped through the censor
and over the single telegraph line con-
meeting Juarez with the present war
zone. 1t was so restricted as to be
scarcely more than an index of what
1t is assumed the censor removed
Meanwhile federal agents here as
serted that General Villa. moving con-
fldently in the direction of Torreon,
suddenly came upon the enemy hun
Gred miles north of where he had
expected them, was defeated at Es-
Gallon, on the main line of the railway,
and at Rosario.
If the claims of the federals are cor
rect, General Villa had to do battle for
his life and is still in "a precarious
position, with an enemy in front and
another threatening by flank move
ment to occupy his rear,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
Carry Sick Woman
4 Miles on Door
Used as Stretcher

Wrapped in four blankets and tied
with ropes to door used as stretch
er, Mrs. Myrtle Jones, aged 25 years,
suffering with convulsions. was carried
four miles over hills and rough roads
to Duncannon this morning. Later
she was placed on train and brought
to the Harrisburg Hospital.
Mrs. Jones, who lives in the country
back of Duncannon, was taken i'll last
night. The family physician said it
was a hospital case, but 1t would be
dangerous to convey Mrs. Jones to
the train in a wagon or carriage. The
husband. William Jones, with three
other men, started at 6.30 this morn
ing with Mrs. Jones on the stretcher.
1t was rough walking and hard
work. Stops were made at houses
Ell route. where restoratives were ad-
minstrel. While still quite ill, Mrs.
Jones was reported as improving this
afternoon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
Westinghouse Leaves
Bulk Of $35,0O0,000 to
Widow; Favors Employees

Pittsburgh. March 1S.-The will of
bate day. No estimate of the value
of the estate is made. but it is said to
be about 35,000,00O. The testament
is a brief document and under its
terms Margaret E. w. Westinghouse,
the widow, is given two-thirds of ali
the capital stock of the Westinghouse
Air Spring Company, of which he was
owner. and one-third of such stock to
his son. Certain personal office and
household employees are given a years
salary and bequest of SIS, 200 is made
to Alexander Garden Updefraf
The residue of the estate is divided
40 per cent. to the widow. 40 per cent.
to the son and 20 per cent. to the
brother of the testator. The will is
dated January 13, 1914.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
COUNCIL REFUSES
TROLLEY PROPOSAL
Resolution Fixing Annual Rental
For Use of Mechanicsburg
Streets Voted Down
Special to The Telegraph

Mechanicsburg. Pa, March IS. -
With only one dissenting vote the
resolution by which the Valley Rail-
ways Company wants the borough to
settle the suit over the annual street
rentals was turned down, at an ad-
5ourned meeting of the town council
last evening. A warm contest was
expected, and many citizens were pres
ent at the meeting, but the decision
was quickly reached. Public senti-
ment strongly favored the rejection
of the resolution since the borough of
Mechanicsburg mas already won that
suit in both the lower and the Superior
Courts. Under the original contract
the borough reserved the right to fix
the annual rental, after the expira-
tion of ten years. In the lower court,
Judge Gillian sitting, the decision was
in favor of the borough, whereupon
the trolley company appealed to the
Superior Court. This, in turn, af-
frmed the decision of the lower court.
declaring 2that the question at issue
was the borough's constitutional
right to make and enforce contract.
which neither the Legislature nor the
courts had the power to nullify. The
Supreme Court, where the case is
now pending, was next appealed to by
the trolley company.
The resolution. introduced at the
request OF George II. LLOYD, attorney
for the company, at the last meeting
of the council, annulled the ordinance
fixing the annual rental fee at $1,000,
making 1t $500 instead, for a period of
twenty years, or as long thereafter
as the said company may use its fran
chise. The refusal to accept this reso-
luton meets the approval of the ma
jority of taxpayers and citizens with
whom the same has been the subject
of conversation since the last council
meeting
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
COMMONWEALTH IS
TAKING UP HIS TIME
No More Than Out Of the "Jug"
When in He's Popped
Again

The past, present and future time
of Charles G.. Perry, alias Wilharm.
has been, and will be. pretty we'll
taken up by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
Perry confessed to Judge. johnson
in March Quarter Sessions to-day to
having forged some checks. Incl
Gently got out of Lancaster Jail after
having served fifteen months. Judge
Johnson sentenced Perry to-day to
twelve months in the Dauphin prison
and when he gets out he'll find a de-
tainer from York county awaiting
him. So the prospects are that he
will spend some time at least in the
prison beyond the Codorus.
Notwithstanding the fact that
County Detective Walters and City
Detective White both told on the wit
ness stand of how Thaddeus Toy
coolly informed them of certain thefts
he committed. the jury acquitted
him. Pava Keric was convicted of
stealing fifteen chickens and was
called for sentence this afternoon.
Other sentences included Charles En-
gle, fraud against clearinghouse
keeper, thirty days; George w. Lewis,
Henson, larceny, three months; Hor-
ace Minichan, felonious entry, three
months.
Archibald Hamaker was on trial
for assault and battery upon w. H.
Alberts when court adjourned at noon.
Most of the morning session in Presi-
dent Judge Kunkers court was taken
up with the trial of Samuel Emanuel,
who. with William Todd and Harvey
Yingst, is charged with robbing aged
Charles O'Neill. Todd pleaded guilty
and was the chief witness for the
prosecution this morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
WALKING NEEDED
BY STATES PEOPLE
They Will Not Only Save Car Fare,
But Bills From the Old
Family Doctor

People do not walk enough and II
they walked more and rode less In
the cars they would be in pocket not
only car fare but doctors bills as well,
says DR.. Samuel G. Dixon. the State
Commissioner of Health. DIR. Dixon
says about walking:
Mature intended the human animal
to walk. From the dawn of history
until a century ago this was the chief
method of locomotion for the majority
of mankind. Among the multifarious
inventions of the last century were in
cluded more new methods for the
transportation of man than had been
known in the previous history of the
human race.
whisked about on train and trolley Is
a thing which has made possible our
great cities. To their perfection we
owe much that is beneficial and some
things which are not. Among the lat
ter is the fact that we are forgetting
how to walk. How many times have
you heard people say, Our new houss
is most convenient-justh half a block
from the trolley or You know we
are right at the elevated station
Office and apartment buildings with
elevator service are most in demand.
walking has come to be looked
upon as a burdensome waste of time
by the majority of people. A European
traveller when asked what most i'm
pressed him in this country said, The
fact that your laborers ride to and
from work.
mo one seems to walk IL it is pos
sible to ride. The trolley. railway and
auto serve the majority Of us in the
place of legs. What Is the result?
Thousands of business men and
women go day in and day out with
but a fraction of the physical exercise
which Nature intended that every
human being should have during his
or her waking hours. The easiest and
most natural of all exercises is neg
lected and often looked upon as a
positive hardship. Is 1t surprising that
our statistics show a remarkable in
crease in the number of deaths from
Bright's disease and kindred ailments
which result from overeating and
underexercise?
walk to and from work whenever
possible and save doctor bills as well
as car fare. This is rational exercise
which you need not fear OVERRIDING
and its steady practice will improve
your digestion and insure more rest.
full sleep and aid in increasing your
resistance to disease"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
Says Argentine Beef
Production Is Now in
Control of Chicago
By Associated Press

Washington, d. c.. March 18.-How
Argentine's beef industry. which i'm
ports millions of pounds of meat into
tho United States monthly under the
new tariff law. is dominated by Chi
cago slaughtering and packing COM
panies, which "do by far the major
portion of the entire business" is de-
scribed in farmers bulletin" issued
to-day by the Department Of Agricul-
ture.
That Argentina beef has caused a
reduction in the prices of meat in the
United States has been generally sup
posed, but the departments bulletin re-
marks that ''it is not assumed that the
American-controlled companies in Ar
gentine are using Argentine beef to
beat down the prices of Chicago beef"
At the present time, the bulletin
says, there are nine establishments for
slaughtering, chilling or freezing and
exporting beef located in or near
Buenos Ayres and five of these COM
panies are owned or operated by Chi
cago houses.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18

lis StdHu anu DaFDef SnOp.
The falling bricks occasionally hit
a water pipe 1t is believed, for the
rooms were flooded from bursted
pipes.
.Belehas contends all this in an ac-
ton in trespass against the contractor,
Charles McCaul Company. He began
suit to-day through his counsel. At
torney Charles C. Stroh. No state
ment has been filed as yet but it is said
that $4,000 may be asked for.
Thousands In Building Permits
Building permits issued to-day totaled
$26,000. They were: William c. Porr,
two brick dwellings,, 2143-45 Swatara
street, $4,000; G.. 3. Lippman, five
dwellings. 622 to 632 Mahantongo,
$4,000; ID. II. Hetrick and Son, six
houses, 20 to 39 North Nineteenth
street, $4,000.
Pennsy Takes Over Second Street
Property.-Realty transfers yesterday
included the recording of the deed of
Harriet Adams to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for one of the
South Second street properties which
the railroad company purchased to
make way for the proposed freight
station. The purchase price was $751;
600. other transfers: J. E. Litch to
]. B. Litch, Steelton, S2,200;J. B. Litch
to w. s. Bellows, Steelton, $4,000;
James NJ. Wix to Minnie Thomas,
Lower Paxton, 81; William P. Will
liams to M. s. Williams, Lykens. $3.50;
E. n. Lebo to ]. N. Foltz 1888 Jeffer-
son, $4,000; s. G. Richabaugh to l..
Shaffer, 1917 North. 81; A. Brandt to
Samuel Hoffer, Conewago township,
$77.
Probated VIII For Coroner. The
will of Thomas Lowe, the aged cooper
who died suddenly yesterday morning,
was probated to-day in order that the
coroner could legally take over his
estate pending its settlement. Lowe
who was worth approximately $1,000
left all his property to his niece, Isa-
bella T. Shimp, Lewistown, Mifflin
county
Change Polling Place.--Because the
building formerly occupied as a poll
ing place in Hockersille, Derry town
ship, has been demolished, the coun-
ty commissioners to-day changed the
voting booth to building owned by
1. c. Erb less than 100 feet away.
Paid Light and Paving Bills.-Street
light and paving bills were paid for
February by the city treasurer, yester-
day. The Central Construction and
Supply Company got warrant for
$3.50 for paving of Front, Penn and
Park streets. The Harrisburg Light
and Power Company was paid $4,-
3S4.1S for electricity
Attorney John \. Herman An
Executor.--John A. Herman, a mem
ber of the Dauphin county bar. was
named an executor of the bill of Mrs.
Eliza B. Hummel along with Mrs.
Eliza Hummel Macdonald, Mrs. Ray
Donaldson and V. Lorne Hummel,
grandchildren and beneficaries under
Mrs. Hummel's will.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
THREE GOOD ACTS
At THE ORPHEUM
"Wronged From the Start" Is a
Scream; Buster" Is More Than
a Little Intelligent

Three good acts feature the Or
pheum bill this week. They are
"Wronged from the Start" a travesty
melodrama; Monroe Hopkins and Lola
Axtell in Travelling" and Buster" a
dog, with his trainer, Ed. vinton. The
rest of the show is more or less what
in the vernacular might quite reason
ably be called punk"
"Wronged from the Start" is all
that it's name implies. The act opens
to the sweetly and completely ruined
strains of the "Old Oaken Bucket" or
some such melody of long ago that
sends the shivers up your back and
makes you wonder what in the name
of Sam Hill. or whoever the musical
Hoyle may be. has happened to the
first violin. Then it all breaks upon
up on the stage of the opera house.
In town that Is from all appearances
miles and miles from Gotham. The
scene of the play is Fair Pines and
because of Jack Darlington" who
holds the mortgage, clouds are gath
erin about the old home" The rest
of the skft is scream from the hero
to the electrician and stage carpenter.
Some of the more tender scenes are
labeled "On board the Richard Croker
at sea-" "Adrift on the bell buoy and
Sunshine again at Fair Pine" None
of the action. however, was so far
fetched that 1t was SO very far re-
moved from the genuine. ten, twenty,
thirty that can be seen most anywhere
in the smaller stands.
Monroe Hopkins and Lola Axte1l, in
Travelling" do a stunt somewhat
similar to the Pullman scene of Eek
cuse Me-" seen at the Majestic this
winter. Buster" is live wire and is
harder to bluff than a lot of folks
who paid so cents to see the rest of
the show, which included the superb
Orpheum orchestra; the Orpheoscope;
Frawley and Hunt on the rings; Hall
and Francis in song and patter;
Kline. Abe and Nicholson. In o loud
and not very melodious musical act,
and Laf Mon Kim. who is billed as a
Chinaman and a prince. He is q
Chinaman. MAX ROBERTSON.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
NEW ORDINANCE TO
INSURE UNIFORMITY
OF PAVEMENT LINES
Commissioner Lynch's Measure
Will Regulate Construction
of Sidewalk

Uniformity of pavement lines in
front of unimproved properties will
be insured when the new ordinance
introduced yesterday in City Council
for the regulation of sidewalks be-
comes a law.
The measure was offered by City
Commissioner w. HI. Lynch, Superin-
tendent of Streets and Public I'm
provements, and serves as a repeater
the construction of sidewalks.
BY the provisions of the proposed
new Lynch regulation the question of
construction of pavements in front of
unimproved property will be left to
the jurisdiction of the superintendent
of streets. Alignment will be gov
erned by the lines of the majority of
other pavements in the same block.
Under the present sidewalk ordi-
nance it is provided that within thirty
days after the street is opened, pave
ment shall be laid in front of the un-
improved property for distance of at
least one-half the width of the side
walk next to the curb. This left the
space between the house line and the
pavement to be filled in with gravel or
earth. On some blocks the pavement
is laid in the center of the sidewalk,
while in other sections the old style is
followed.
Commissioner Lynch's plan, how
ever, is to require the pavements to
be laid uniformly throughout the
block.
Whether or not the 1914 budget or
dinance as read for the first time yes
terday in Council will be passed with
out change next Tuesday is a question.
The item of 5000 for an assistant
health officer may be included after
all, although 1t is said that Commits
sioner Bowman will not call the Coun-
cilmen together at special session for
the purpose. The change might be
made next Tuesday on the floor of
Council.
Commissioner Bowman said he may
offer a resolution next Tuesday pro-
viding for the appointment of the two
food inspectors under his new ordi-
nance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
ICE WILL PASS OUT
W|THLlLTTLE DAMAGE
State Water Supply Commission
Finds Conditions in Susque-
hanna Valley Reassuring

The warm weather of the past week
has melted most cf the snow in the
valleys. solidified that in the noun
tafns and tied the ice in the streams
and rivers, according to a report is
sued to-day by the Water Supply
Commission. A large part of the wa
ter has run off and broken up the ice
West Branch Of the Susquehanna
river, the ice broke and moved out
quietly; at Remove. farther down the
river, the ice went out on March 16,
at $3.50 p. M, on an S.S foot stage; at
Lock Haven. the ice was moving out
at II a. M. March IT. At Williams
port the ice held firmly until IL a. m.
OF March II when it moved on a seven
foot stage. Above Williamsport and
about three miles below Jersey Shore
the ice is jaDmed.
The Juniata river is probably higher
than the other rivers, and the ice
moved out at Newport on a high but
not dangerous stage. At the gaging
stations of the Water Supply Commits
sion of Pennsylvania at Saxton and
Huntington, on the upper part of the
Juniata watershed, the river stages
are falling, while there is a cor
responding rise in the lower part of
the river at Newport. The North
Branch of the Susquehanna river is
frozen on both sides with an open
channel in the middle throughout a
large part of its course. On the other
hand, the main Susquehanna river for
long distances above Clarks Ferry dam
is entirely closed. On the North
Branch the temperatures are not so
high as elsewhere, and the indications
are that the Juniata river will dis
charge its load of ice and melted snow
first, with the load from the West
Branch following closely. The cooler
conditions prevailing on the North
Branch will probably require a warm
rain to relieve the river and it's -
tershed of the burden of snow and ice.
With the three largest tributaries of
the Susquehanna, the Juniata, West
and North Branches discharging their
loads one at time, their effect is
not accumulative and the ice should
pass out of the main river without
any general damage.
Although the danger from floods in
the Susquehanna basin has been
greatly relieved, a heavy rain at this
time would necessarily do more dam
age than at other seasons in the we T.,
when the rivers are entirely free from
ice and the ground is not saturated.
The light rains and sun of to-day will
probably not have material effect on
the streams.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
Woman Fined For Calling
Teacher a Sufragette

Cologne, March 1S.-For calling a
woman school principal "suffragette"
the wife of physician in a suburban
village was to-day convicted and fined
on charge of slander.
The offense was committed in the
course of quarrel over the punish
ment by the school principal of the
physicians daughter.
The complainant, in supporting the
charge before the court. argued: "The
suffragettes have shown themselves to
be scarcely normal. Educated people
are enraged against them owing to
their outrages, and nobody would en-
trust children to me If l We're a suf-
fragette."
The defendant refused to apologize
and declared that the teacher had
acted like suffragette." She was
thereupon ordered to pay q fine.