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Evening star., 1914-04-19

my business. When got through l leaned
back and waited for him to talk. He said:
@Young man, it's shame you've come
away up here for nothing. For that's what
it's amounted to, because l wouldn't give
your house another order under any con-
sideration. Your firm gave me a raw deal,
and no one can do that to me more than
once and get away with it. No use saying
another word, because l won't listen. Any
way, it's Christmas Eve, and the boys and
| are fixing up bit of musical program.
Better not go back tonight; but stay and
see the fun He then put on his coat and
went out.
Things looked pretty black; for had to
admit defeat The foreman saw that I
looked glum, and tried to cheer me up. He
urged me to stay for the festivities, especially
after l had admitted that l could sing
little.
@I1l tell you how you can make a hit
with old man Thornton" he said. His
favorite song is Home, Sweet Home and
at the end he always asks for one of the
Evening star., 1914-04-19
Winner of SIS Prize
GETTING THE MONEY
By George Brown of Detroit

YOUR story about the farm implement
salesman reminds me of couple of
educational experiences l had when l was
in that business myself for awhile re
marked the insurance special to one Of the
bunch standing at the bar of the Burdick
House.
Il was only kid, just past twenty-one
| had been shipping clerk for bit better
than six months when the firm sent me out
on collecting trip through Virginia. One
of the concerns hobbies was the registering
of its name and address along with that Of
the representative. 1t even furnished a
small pocket rubber stamp for the purpose
The men didn't like it; but as both members
of the firm did considerable travelling them
selves, and thus had a chance to get tabs on
the stamp, the boys had to stand for it.
at happened that when 1 dabbed the
stamp on the hotel register in Richmond one
of the firms big customers was standing at
Evening star., 1914-04-19

spirit of the evening. Mike drew forth huge,
battered mouth organ, and gave US many
lively Irish reels. He played them well, and
when he stopped received mighty applause.
Then big French halfbreed sang several
rollicking lumber camp songs He was fol-
lowed by another who played the accordion;
and he gave way to little man who played
fiddle and beat time with his foot. And
so the evening wore away
By and by Thornton looked at his watch
and and faelamed nn', ed Me Boys Merry Christ
Then cigars and whisky were brought
forth and a health was drunk by all. Thorn
ton turned to the foreman and said:
Get your fiddle, Joe, and since Jack isn't
here to sing Home, Sweet Home for us you
can play it anyway"
Joe got his fiddle and after tuning up
said, Boys our visiting friend here is going
to sing Home, Sweet Home for us this
evening, since LIE Blanc is sick and can t
do So
l rose, quaking inwardly, and stood along
Evening star., 1914-04-19
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boys to sing it just before they turn in on
Christmas Eve. He always wants tenor,
and the only tenor we have who can sing it
well enough is Jack LIE Blanc, who is sick
with pleurisy. If you have tenor voice and
can sing that song, you'll sure tickle him to
DEATH
l knew l could sing that song better than
almost anyone; for it had been my mothers
favorite, and had sung it to her often of an
evening. | told the foreman that if he
could get someone to play an accompani-
ment I'd try
Evening star., 1914-04-19

I won t dwell on the dinner and
the diners. About eight o'clock
we went back to the bunkhouse,
in the middle of which glowed a
huge sheet iron stove. Some of
us sat or lolled in the hunks,
while others sat on the benches
and boxes. Thornton rose and
spoke:
well, Boys, lets start some
thing. Come on you, Mike, give
us tune on your mouth organ. !"
There was no hanging back,
and all seemed just big boys,
who entered with zest into the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
Change Moving Day
to Relieve Burden
of Meter Changing

In many American cities leases are
written to expire on April 80 or Sep
temDer 80, so that, by long -estab blish-
ed custom. May 1 and October / have
come to be regarded as moving day."
A large proportion of the population
OF the cities is transitory, and it fol-
lows that IA great burden of making
meter changes, disconnections and
connections falls on the public utility
companies by reason of the moving
day custom.
An effort Is being made in Chicago
under the auspices of the Chicago
Real Estate Board to cause renting
agents to cooperate with the board in
an endeavor to have leases terminate
at various times during the year rath-
er than almost entirely on the two
dates mentioned. The movement is
one that deserves general encourage
ment In all cities. In Chicago rep
resentatives of the electric service
company, the gas company, the tele-
phone company and of the van and
warehouse interests have joined with
the real estate men in an effort to
bring about the proposed reform.
which, by general consent, is believed
to be to the advantage of all the busi-
ness interests concerned as well as of
the general public.-Electrica World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
Electrical Device to
Lessen Damage and
Loss to Motorboats

An electrical device has been de-
signed recently which renders ignition
engines on launches and automobiles
imperative until certain predeter-
mined combination is solved. Its use
will Minimize the loss through theft
of vehicles and boats requiring storage
battery energy for ignition. The lock-
ing mechanism is contained in a case
having the outward appearance of q
clock, the hands on which are set to n
certain combination of figures by turn
Ing two knobs on the case. If an at
tempt is. made to start the engine
when the mechanism is locked, an
electric bell will sound an alarm.
BY using this electric lock, it is as
serted, the cost of burglar insurance
and the number of accidents caused to
incompetent drivers will be consider
ably reduced. 1t is impossible for a
person riding in an automobile
equipped with this device to learn the
combination used, for as soon as the
car starts the hand locking the battery
can be turned to any position while
the magneto-lock hand can be moved
about five spaces from the predeter-
mined position. When using this lock
the fire insurance risk is not Increased,
for the car can still be pushed out of
the garage in case of fire.-Electric
Wcrld.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
movies" as Aid to
Demonstrations For
Safety on Railroads

The increasing use of the moving
picture film in electric railway educa-
tional and safety work shows the
alertness and wisdom of managers in
utilizing a popular agency for doing a
much-needed work. The surest en-
trance to the intelligence is through
the "eye-gate."
The moving picture film is expen-
sive, but the apparatus for projecting
the picture is comparatively cheap.
The needs of one railway company
are akin to those of another. and q
picture which teaches a safety or
other lesson in one place can do the
same thing in another. The moving
picture theaters use films in circuits,
thereby cutting down the expense of
exhibitions and preventing the accum-
ulation of unusable films. There is
suggestion here for electric rail-
ways. A central agency coul have
scenes staged" and films printed for
circulation at nominal cost among
subscribers. The money now being
spent by individual companies for
films is probably nearly enough to
finance the proposition. Electric
Railway Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
NOISES
HAVE. BAD EFFECT
0NNERVOUS SYSTEM
So Says DR.. Dixon in His Weekly
Health Talk; City Dwell
ers Suffer

There are many noises which can
be avoided that are permitted in the
cities and they all have their effect
upon peoples nervous systems. This
is the opinion of Commissioners of
Health Samuel g. Dixon, who takes a
fall out of people who allow rackets
to go on. In his talk on the subject
the commissioner says:
"All city dwellers suffer from the
harsh, unnecessary noises which have
grown to be the inevitable accompani-
ment of life in a metropolis.
THE noises in nature arc seldom
discordant The whisper of the wind
through the trees or the swish of the
waves on the shore. the chirping of
insects or the songs of the birds are
all harmonious. Contrasted with these
tho roaring of trains, the changing of
the trolley, the rattle of vehicles over
the stone pavements, the honk of au-
tomobiles, are violently discordant.
I'VE accustom ourselves to these
sounds to great degree. We learn
TO work amid the clatter of machines
and the babble of voices through con-
aentration of mind. Despite this ac-
.iuired ability. however, the continued
meet OF dlScofdant sounds upon the
nervous system is Injurious.
Let even a trifling illness occur
md these discords become almost un-
bcarable. 1t is impossible to carry on
he activities of a great city without
some accompanying noises, but large
portion of those which we exhaust oul
nerve force in resisting are unneces.
sary.
In one of the large cities of this
90 fotx 60. L.,
Of Needless Noises has accomplished
much genuine good in securing quiel
zone about hospitals and schools and
n reducing the shrieking of whistles,
etc.
In conducting our daily business an
fort toward the elimination of un-
necessary noise would in many in
'tances undoubtedly be repaid by the
additional concentration and efficiency
If employees"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
Cruelty Prevention Folk
Pass Resolutions on Eby

The Harrisburg Society for the Pre-
vention of the Cruelty to Animals has
passed resolutions of respect in appre-
citation of the services in its cause of
the late Maurice c. Eby. The resolu-
t1ons are as follows
hereas, during his lifetime
Maurice c. Eby was marked by a de-
votton to the cause of the humane
treatment of animals, and by his pub
lie spiritedness and personal activity
accomplished much to lessen and pre-
vent cruelty in this community; and,
Whereas, His interest in such mat
ters caused him to be of much assist
ance In the organization of the Har-
risburg Society for the Prevention of
cruelty to Animals, to act as a direc-
TOR Thereon. and to exert his influence
in its behalf; now, therefore be it
Resolved, That the Harrisburg So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals realizes that In his death it
has lost a staunch friend, an able ad-
be it further
Resolved, That the society make a
public and permanent recognition of
the worth and services in it's cause oil
this deceased director and honorary
member, by setting aside to his mem
ory a page in the minute book of it's
proceedings, and causing to be inscribed
thereon these resolutions.
MRS. DAVID WATTS.
JAMES w. BARKER
JOHN T. OLMSTED.
-, CLARENCE E'IrNL<
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
NEW YORK GUN|MAN
To MAKE confession
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first intended to go TO Albany to-day
to make q personal plea to Governor
Glynn. But when the delegation of
rabbis failed yesterday to move the
Governor to reconsidering his decision
Wahle determined that the interests
of his clients would best be served by
forwarding the memorandum by
special messenger.
The rumors regarding the expected
confession had it that he one gunman
most likely to talk was "Gyp the
Blood" Horowitz.
An alibi affidavit for 'Dago Frank"
Cirofici, the existence of which was
rumored yesterday, will be sent to the
Governor with Wahle's memorandum.
The affidavit is signed by Frederick
REQ, special officer in q Harlem
dance hall. REQ says that on the night
Rosenthal was killed he took a note
from a woman who had been arrested
on a charge of disorderly conduct to
the home of 'Dago Frank and met
"Dago Frank" there.
1t was then 1.55 o'clock in the
morning. about the time Rosenthal
was murdered.
The memorandum also calls to the
Governors attention the fact that ten
of the twelve jurors who convicted the
gunner expressed themselves in favor
of a reprieve.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
SUPERVISORS OF ALL
!. !. TOWNSHIPS OF STATE
BEING ORGANIZED
Work viii Be Completed by State
Highway Department on
Z. April l6

On the 10th of this month the
bureau of township highways OF the
State Highway Department VIII COM
plete the formation of organizations
of township supervisors in the counties
of the State as provided for in the
legislative acts Of July %, 1913. and
of May s, 1919, the latter of which
authorized formations of such asso-
citations of officials in charge of the
construction and maintenance of pub
lie roads in every county OF the State.
4 Under the direction of Joseph w.
Hunter, First Deputy State Highway
Commissioner, in charge of the bureau
of township highways, assisted by f..
a. Jones. Second Deputy State High
way Commissioner. and w. a. Wynn,
maintenance engineer of the bureau
OF township highways these county
meetings have been held at the rate of
six and eight a week and in counties
where the supervisors already had an
association their meeting this year was
held for the first time under the aus
pices OF the State Highway Depart
n1ent.
During the week of April 13 two
final meetings will be held On
Wednesday, the 18th, the Lawrence
county association of supervisors will
be formed at meeting to be held at
o o'clock in the morning in the court.
house at New Castle. This meeting
will be addressed by Mr. Hunter. who
will outline the procedure necessary
to perfect the formation of an asso-
citation of supervisors. On the follow
ing day Mr.. Hunter will attend the
meeting to be held at 10 o'clock in the
morning in the courthouse at Tionesta,
when the Forest county association
will be formed This will be the final
county meeting and the work of the
bureau of township highways during
the coming year will be in cooperation
with the various county associations
thus formed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
ASK NEW TRIAL

Twelve reasons which Attorneys
John Fox Weiss and j. G. Hatz, coun-
sci for DR.. John T. Ensminger, Jr..
and Miss Martha Osten, set forth for a
new trial, were directed to-day to be
placed on the next argument list.
Judge Albert w. Johnson, Snyder
Union district, specially presiding.
handed down the order. The reasons
include, among other things, errors in
the courts charges relative to the ir
relevancy and incompetency of the
testimony of Mrs. Long the prosecu-
TONS chief witness The defense also
objects to the plaintiffs use of Sweet
hearts in speaking of Ensminger and
Miss Osten's relations. Exception is
also taken to the courts failure to
charge the jury on the subject of an
al1bi
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
Will Carry u. S. Mail
on Electric Railway

The West Chester (Pa.) street rail-
way has restored the early mail serv-
ice between West Chester. Kennett
Square, Downingtown and Coatesville
When the contract between the United
States Post Office Department and the
railway expired the company refused
to renew on account of the greatly
increased amount of mail carried and
the small compensation allowed by the
government for the service. The COM
pany will continue the service for one
month and negotiations for new
contract will be started.-Electric Rail-
way Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
Washington Bureau ~
Predicts Relief Soon
By .Associdtea Prea.S

---- BY -.4SSocfdteG- -PreIS --.
Washington, April 9.-Winters be-
lated touch enveloping the entire East
set new records to-day at official ther
mometers.
In New Orleans straw hats and
Spring finery We're replaced with win
ter overcoats. Throughout the South
Atlantic and Gulf States heavy dam
age to fruits and early crops was fear
ed A thirty degree drop in few
hours was recorded at Mobile. Snow
hurries were recorded as far South
as Greenville, S. c., breaking the April
records of several years. Fruit trees
in blossom in the Norfolk tidewater
section were caught in the nippine
frosts. April snow in Richmond was
recorded for the first time since the
Spanish war.
The Weather Bureau predicted
heavy frosts as far South as North
ern Florida tonight and cold weather
nearly everywhere east of the Rocky
Mountains.
Partial relief is expected by Fri
day except on the Atlantic coast.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
FIGHTING CONTINUES
At TAMPI leo
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tleships are supplying arms TO the
rebels"
The admiral added that he had di-
rected Admiral Mayo to give refuge to
Americans and other foreigners on
American vessesl as far as possible,
The department to-day suggested to
Admiral Fletcher the possibility of
taking the marines off the transport
Prairie at Vera Cruz and sending that
vessel to Tampico to receive the
refugees who cannot be cared for on
the other ships without more or less
inconvenience.
State Department officials said to-
day that foreign property, especially
the oil plants in Tampico, were in
grave danger but there was thought
to be little danger to the lives Of for
eisners in the trouble zone.
Statement Issued
Concerning conditions in Tampico,
the State Department issued this state
ment:
From Vera Cruz, wireless reports
on the Tampico situation indicate
that the situation as regards foreign
property is complicated and serious.
The Waters-Pierce oil refineries have
been occupied by attacking forces dur
iiiS lilc last TWO udyS ana as q COnSe-
quence have been under fire from the
federal gunboat in the harbor. A loss
to the entire property Is feared. The
warehouses of the Agencia ComerciaI,
German property, were burned with
loss of S500.000."
From Ensenada it is reported that
the situation at Mazatlan is Tranquil.
Five Americans arrested at Vera Cruz
as military precaution were released
,,t IT.
reon says very good order" has been
established there.
Brigadier-General Hugh L. Scott,
at Ell Paso, reported to the War De-
partment by wireless to-day that fight
ing was said to be in progress at San
Pedro and Paras. but he gave no
details.
The Red Cross to-day called upon
Or. Stephenson, head of the Ell Paso
chapter, for a report concerning the
needs of the Spanish refugees lust
arrived there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
Wages at Iron and
Steel Mills May Be Cut

New York, April 9.-The Iron Age
says to-day that 1t now seems likelp
that wages will be reduced at iron and
steel works If conditions as to- prices
and demand continue as unsatisfac-
tory as in recent weeks, Reductions
have already come, in fact at the
plants of some of the smaller COM
panies. Common labor, which for
nearly two years has been receiving 80
at good many steel mills. is now paid
$1.75 at others and in some cases as
low as $1.5Q The probability of early
action on all wage schedules at the
larger steel works is indicated by a
conference on the subject held at
Pittsburgh Tuesday and attended by
the presidents of five independent steel
companies
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
.DOWACER EMPRESS
OF JAP AN DIES
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tCOntnueO from First PagcJ
Namazu. where they prayed for an
hour in the death chamber.
All the theaters have been closed
and entertainments cancelled and 1t
is considered probable that the en-
peror's coronation, which had been
arranged for November 10. will be
postponed.
The ministerial crisis was cast into
the background by the death of the
doWager empress and the new cabinet
has not yet been formed.
The Dowager Empress Haruko was
the widow of Emperor Mutsuhto, who
died on July 80, 1912. She was born
on May rs. 1850. and was the daugh-
ter OF nobleman, Ichijo Tadado. In
1859 she married the late emperor
and was declared empress.
Seen Troubled Period
Haruko by the side of her husband
passed through the troubled period of
the transformation of Japan at the
beginning of Mutsuhito's reign. She
saw him transfer his capital from
kloto TO Yedo, which was later re-
named Toxic. She watched with Curl
Gus interest the opening of the coun-
try to foreign commerce, its departure
from old world customs and it's adop-
tion of western civilization. She
awaited in the imperial palace news
or the Japanese armies at war first
with China and then with Russia, and
saw the complete evoIuton of Japan
! into world power.
Simple i'm Tastes
Haruko was simple in her tastes.
She presided over court functions with
great dignity, on most occasions wear
lng western dress, especially when she
came into contact with Americans or
Europeans. When the function was
purely Japanese she occasionally re-
turned to the picturesque costume of
her youth.
The dowager empress was great,
affected by the death of Mutsuhito
suffering for many months from an
affection of the heart. She died at
he imperial villa at Namazu, a water
ing place near Yokohama.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
Reos For Rubbernecks
at Panama Exposition

REQ trucks will carry the sightseers
of the world at the coming Panama
Exposition. 1t was a truck in Tahiti
that brought about this decision. Last
Pacific island decided to buy a REQ,
eouipped with a special body. and start
a "rubberneck" service in Tahiti This
The maker of it was struck with the
originality of the design. and put to-
gether replica of it for Frisco
sightseeing company. AS result of
during the past few months, the Frisco
corporation is ordering a complete fleet
of Reos to serve during the coming
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
PLAN BENEFIT CONCERT

The fifth annual concert for the
benefit of St.Augustine's Church, which
will be presented Tuesday, April IA. at
the Chestnut Street Auditorium, prom
ises to be an extremely interesting
event. Excellent talent has been Sc
cured for the occasion. Blanche Esther
Williams, soprano. will appear in a
group of $. Coleridge Taylor's songs
posers." The Tuskegee Quartet. from
the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute In Alabama, Booker r. Wash
tngton's school, will sing plantation
melodies, Southern songs and appear
in dialect readings Professor s. r..
Burrfs orchestra will play.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
Mother Claims Damages
For Sons Death; Company
Declares He Is Alive

Buffalo. n. Y. April 9.--The Wick
wire Steel Company in answering the
suit of Mrs. Susan Hargraves in Su-
preme Court here for the alleged
death of her son who, she claims, was
burned to death in a huge furnace
after being shut in when he entered to
make some adjustments, claims there
Is no evidence to show that the man is
dead as his body has never been seen.
The steel company took this unusual
stand after Mrs. HarSraVes made the
claim that her sons body was entirely
consumed in the furnace. The
mothers contention is that her son
was sent into the furnace and while
inside some one closed the door and
shut off the air and he was burned
alive. The question which now con-
fronts the jury is whether Hargraves
is alive or dead
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09

This is the latest photograph OF
General Villa before he left Chihua-
hua with his troops for the battle that
has ragged at Torreon for several days
Three months ago Villa didn't have q
uniform. He fought in the ordinary
clothing of citizen and he had not
then made much of an effort to get
uniforms for his troops. But since
his capture of Juarez. Ojinaga and
Chihuahua, he has arisen to the dig
nifty of general. In the old days
when he was merely bandit he didn't
know what creased trousers meant,
but before he posed for this picture
he had his uniform ironed out by a
tailor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
John c. Nissley Is
Popular in the County

The announcement that John c.
Nissley will be a candidate for the
Legislature on the Republican ticket
in the county district has aroused
much interest in political circles. Mr.
Nissley is a well-known attorney, re-
siding in Lower Paxton township, and
his friends say will poll u big vote
both at the primaries and general
election. He is a staunch advocate of
good roads and is well known among
the farmers