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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
IN ROADS CONVENTION

meeting Fo>tcrcd by Rurni Improve
ment League to Tie Held Here
This Month.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
DECISION ON FREIGHT
RATE INCREASE To De
MADE IN 8 MONTHS
Announcement of Commissioner
Harlan Is Received
With Interest

Washington, D. c., Feb. 19.-De-
cision by the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the proposed freight
rate increases is expected to be reach
ed probably within three months and
certainly before the commission ad-
Journs for its summer recess on July 1.
This announcement substantially,
made by Commissioner Harlan to-
day
Commissioner Harlan said:
Recognizing the public Importance
of an early disposition of the prob
lens before use here, the carriers,
shippers and the commission are using
every effort to bring the inquiry to
an early conclusion, and there is rea-
soa to think the record on the main
issues in the case may be closed and
the arguments had In time to enable
the commission to dispose of those
questions before the summer recess"
Commissioner Harlan explained that
the commission had before it two
broad inquiries in respect of the pro-
posed advance:
Are the present revenues of the
carriers adequate?"
"If not, how may they be supple
mented?"
Hearing and Argument
At the hearings held so far, testi-
mony was taken regarding free serv-
ices and special allowances to large
shippers. A hearing will be held here
February % and 2S to consider fur
ther charges for "spotting" cars on
sidetracks and for similar services;
and on March 16 and II those subjects
will be argued. Records of the COM
mission show that there are $4,000
shippers sidetracks and spurtracks in
the territory east of the Mississippi
river.
Mr.. Harlan expressed the desire of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
MELTING SHOWS ARE
NOT LIKELY To PUT
RIVER ON A RAMPAGE
Susquehanna Is Low and Excess
Drainage Will Not Overflow
Banks of Stream
ICY STREETS CAUSE ACCIDENTS
People Fall by Dozens; Colder
Weather Expected by Tomor-
row Afternoon
ICY STREETS CAUSE ACCIDENTS

Anxious property owners and resi-
dents of the Mood district along the
Susouehanna river In this city and it's
vicinity have little cause for worry on
account OF tho rapid melting of the
snow, according to statement issued
to-day by E. r. Domain, Of the
Weather Bureau.
Hundreds of people living along the
river entertained fears to-day that
the stream would be thrown into a
dangerous flood stage because of the
snow and the steady rain of last night
and to-day.
Harrisburg Is lying in the very CEN
ter or the section of the State affected
ny the heavy storm of week ago. A
loot or snow covers the Susuuehanna
water shed, but the river will not rise
unul tonight to any noticeable ex-
tent. BY that time, the rise may be
rapid. but because of the low stage Of
the river no alarm need be felt It In
said. Melting SHOWS from the upper
branches will begin to effect the river
here tomorrow but the creeks above
the city will begin to pour their bur
den down to-day.
Many People Fall
The rain which started early last
evening froze as 1t fell and made
walking treacherous. Many people
tell before they realized that the pave
ments were covered with ice. Half a
tContinued on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
Chief Justice White
Has Been On the
Supreme Bench 20 Years

Washington, ID. c., Fep. 19.--Chief
Justice White to-day observed the
twentieth anniversary of his appoint
ment to the Supreme Court bench.
The twentieth anniversary of his SER
vice on the bench will not occur until
March 12
The anniversary recalled the bitter
contest which preceded Chief Justice
Whites appointment as an associate
justice on the bench. Two selections
by President Cleveland had proven
unsatisfactory to the Senate. The
President solved the problem by
choosing member of the Senate it.
self. Edward Douglas White, of Louisi-
ana. His nomination was confirmed
without delay.
The Chief Justice has many wears
to serve before he approaches the
record for long service in the court.
Chief Justice Marshall and Justices
Field and Harlan are credited with
more than thirty-three years service
each
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
Original Gowns Worn by
First Ladies of Land
to Be Put on Display
By Associated Press

Washington, Feb. 19.-Many of the
original gowns worn by the first ladies
of the land on State and other occa-
sions and draped on plaster figures,
will be placed on exhibition at the
National Museum beginning next Mon
day. The remarkable collection will
show how the wives of the Presidents
from Martha Washington to Mrs.
Taft were garbed in the style of their
day.
Ten gowns have thus far been Sc
cured, but the collection will be
added to until every period of the ma
tons feminine fashions is represented
The first ten figures to be placed on
view are Mrs. Washington, Mrs. James
Madison, Mrs. John Tyler, Mrs. James
X. Polk, Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston,
Mrs. L. s. Grant, Mrs. Rutherford B.
Hayes. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Mrs.
William H. Taft and Mrs Samuel l..
Gouverneur.
Mrs, Washington will be shown at
a tea table at Mount Vernon in one
of the picturesque costumes of her
day, while Mrs. Taft's cast will be
garbed in the facsimile of the gown
she wore at the inaugural of her hus-
band.
The display will be in charge Of
Mrs. Julian James and Mrs. r. r.
Hoes, the great-great-grand
of President Monroe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
FIVE MINERS HURT
BY FALL Of ROCK
At WILLIAMSBURG
Accident Occurs in No. z Shaft Of
Summit Branch Coal Mine
This Afternoon
ONE IS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
ONE IS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Series of Mishaps in Same Coal
Operation Recently Result in
Injury and Death
Special to The TslegYuSh

Williamstown. Pa, Feb 1s.-one
man was seriously injured and four
others hurt in the No. shaft of the
Williamstown CoIliery this afternoon.
by fall of rock. which became loos-
ened from the top and crashed down
on the men. Several other miners
working nearby narrowly escaped
being buried beneath the fall.
Elmer Shade, OF Pine Valley. was
the most seriously injured and he was
taken by train to the Miners Hospital
at Ashland for treatme ent. Jesse Hand,
of Tower City, and John Hoppel, Ell
mer Bast and Arthur James, OF Will
Jamestown, received severe injuries,
but were able to go to their homes
after the accident. Shade and Bast
are married, but the others are single
men.
The accident occurred In the No. 2
shaft of the Summit Branch mine.
operated by the Susquehanna Coal
Company, at the same place where a
miner was killed several weeks ago.
1t is located near the No. 1 shaft of
the same operation, where two men
were killed and two injured by an
explosion of gas on Tuesday morning
last
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
BEGINNERS IN HILL
SCHOOL ROOM HAVE
HALF DAY SESSIONS
Crowded Conditions Compel Divid-
ing of Youngsters Into After
noon and Morning Classes

Overcrowded conditions in Allison
Hill have made necessary halliday
sessions for beginners in one room of
the Webster building. and filled every
other room on the Hill to capacity.
Two hundred and twenty-three be-
ginners were admitted to schools all
over the city during the first two
weeks of February. This number is
larger by half a hundred than last
years record, when 16S were admitted.
With these beginners, the total enroll
ment in the city schools is close to
10000, the highest in the history of
the city schools.
To accommodate the rush on the
Hill and relieve several crowded rooms
twenty of the beginners were sent to
Miss Morgan's room of first grade
students in the Webster building.
There We're forty-e eight pupils in this
room before February / and sixty
eight scholars were too many to
handle.
DIR. F. E. Downes decided to divide
the school into two sections, having
one section attend school in the MORN
ing and the other in the afternoon.
This condition will last at least until
June.
In other parts of the city, schools
are also crowded. At the Forney
building six new desks were crowded
into one room where there were forty
eight children before. At the Reilly
building nine new desks were added in
room which had not been crowded
before.
Speaking OF the attendance this year
DR.. F. e. Downes, city superintendent
said that this is the first year that
there has been an enrolment every
month of more than 10000 pupils In
January the enrolment was 1O,23O.
Last year at the sam time the en-
rollment was 10.063. The addition of
the 223 beginners will tring the Gu
rollment for February up almost to
I10,500.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
TRACY MAY HAVE NO
SUCCESSOR ON BOARD:
MORE FOR FORRER
Grammar and High School Pupils
to Protest Against His
Removal

While the question of the election of
a successor to David E. Tracy as presi-
dent and member of the Board Of
Public Works was discussed at the
meeting of the board this afternoon,
the chances are that no choice may be
made. The board as now constituted,
with two members, may continue the
city's public Improvement work.
The resignation of Mr.. Tracy as
president and member of the board
had been expected for some time by
j. William Bowman and Ed. C.
Thompson, fellow members, as well as
w. H. Lynch, Commissioner of Streets
of Public Improvements, the head of
the department. They all wanted Mr..
Tracy to remain until the improve
ment work now under way-the river
dam, the wall and the Paxton creek
Job-Were completed. Press of busi-
ness made this impossible, however.
In view of the fact that the board
under the new form of government
serves only in an advisory capacity to
Mr.. Lynch, one of the members said
to-day. that he didn't know whether
third man would be chosen.
Tomorrow night the Harrisburg
track athletic committee will meet
to act on the question of the dismissal
OF V. Grant Forrer as park superin-
tendent. Resolutions will be adopted,
1t is expected, and it is likely that
plans will be laid for arranging a
demonstration of the high and gram
mar school pupils. Mr.. Forrer him
self declared that while he appre-
ciated the evident efforts of the chill
dren of the Fairgrounds to appeal to
Council in his behalf. he advised
against this because of the weather
This isn't the kind of weather for
little folks to be. out" he declared,
"and while | sincerely appreciate the
motive behind this contemplated ac-
ton, | really don't think the children
ought to do it,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
Rebels in Haiti Lose
Two Important Battles

Cape Haitien, Haiti. Feb. l9.---Two
serious defeats were inflicted to-day
on the armies OF the rebel leader.
Senator Davilmar Theodore, at Grande
Riviere, fifteen miles from here and
at Limbe, west of Cape Haitien. Cen
eral Paul, commander-in-ch of the
rebel forces, was killed in one of the
battles. The rebels retreated toward
Cape Haitien, pursued by the govern
ment troops. Fortfications have been
erected here by Senator Theodore. who
refused to leave.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
NO TRACE FOUND Of
SCHOONER K|NEO AND
Il MEMBERS Of CREW
Wireless Calls, Sweeping Over Sea,
Unable to Locate Disabled
Vessel
BY .4stocintsd Ptert

Norfolk, Va. Feb. 19.--Wireless
calls sweeping over the sea from the
radio towers on the Middle Atlantic
coast, revenue cutters and numbers of
steamships to-day found no trace of
the five-master schooner Kineo of
Bath, Maine last reported yesterday
taking twelve inches of water an hour
and in n disabled condition. The
schooner with her crew of eleven had
been in bad fortune for the last
month, twice she had her sails blown
away by scowthering gales and once
put into port for safety. When she
was sighted by the steamer City OF At
Ianta yesterday. 1t did not seem neces-
Hary for the liner to take off her crew
y-'.r
Continued on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
MACKAY DIVORCE IS
GREAT SURPRISE To
FRIENDS Of COUPLE
Separation Granted In Paris; Case,
Many Thought, Would Be
Heard in Maine
Br ASSOCIATED Press

New York, Feb. t9.-The announce
ment that Clarence II. Mackay, f1nan-
cier and president of the Postal Tele-
raph-Cable Company, and Catherine
Duer Mackay, his wife, had been
granted a mutual divorce by the
French courts on February IL, came
as a surprise, not because it was un-
expected but because Of the place and
manner in which the decree was
granted. For many months the cou-
pie have been living apart and So
ciety's only query was when q suit
for divorce would be filed.
Tt was thought Portland, Maine,
would be the place, as Mrs. Mackay
leased q house and tablished a resi-
TContinued on Page ST
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
BUTCH" M'DEWTT
MAY BRING STATUE
TO REILLY HOSE FAIR
Millionaire re-for-a-day," Says He's
Broke, But Wants to Come to
Help the Cause

Harrisburg will see John Jay McDe-
VIII better known as Butch" McDe1
VIII, the millionaire for q day" and
MS statue providing arrangements can
pe MADE by the Reilly Hose Company
10 nave the famous Wilkes Barre resi-
oeht visit Harrisburg during the fair
now in progress.
Inc man who became famous spend-
ing TWO small fortunes, chartering spe-
clal trains, visiting New York and lat
er washington, d. c.. to have his
statue paced IN the Hall of Fame,
writes In answer to request from
Harry Stroh that he may come To uar-
rlsburg and visit the Reilly Hose Corr
pany fair He says:
DO not know what to saw re-
garding the sta Le and the re-
quest you make, as Won will an
preciate the fact, that 7 am no
longer man of money. How
ever would be only pleased to
ASSIST the cause and if I could see
my way out | would do so. It will
naturally cost you a few dollars
to have the same expressed TO
your city, and If you desired nv
presence ] would be Obliged to
nave at least my expenses
lou understand that l do not
make cent out of the venture.
nut' as | have stated, / am not in
position to get down in NV
pockets. Anyhow if / did get
down | would find them empty.
SO II you wish. l will arrange TO
go Saturday evening and take nv
statue with me, but would be
Obliged to stay but one night. as
have other engagements under
consideration
IL was announced by the Reilly Hose
COMPANY committee that II is the in
tention to have Butch" McDevitt
come to Harrisburg. but the date b.d \
not been decided upon. IT will he
either on Saturday or early next
week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
Pacific Coast Men in
House Insist on Action
on immigration Bill
Br .1ssociatcd PreSs

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 19.-De-
spite efforts of the administration to
prevent agitation of proposed legis-
lation for exclusion of Asiatic immi-
grants pending in the peace negotia-
tions with Japan, Pacific coast mem
bers were prepared to insist upon ac-
tion when the House committee on
immigration again considered the sub
Ject to-day. Representative Raker, of
California, was ready to urge his bill,
which would exclude Japanese and
other Asiatics, while Representative
Church, also of that State, who. al
though preferring the more sweeping
exclusion legislation, pressed as a com
promise his bill designed to bar out
the Hindus.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
Four Men Seriously
Injured by Explosion
in Pumping Station
By 4Ssocidted Press

Waynesburg, Pa, Feb. 1S.-A
pumping station of the Manufacturers
Light and Heat Company, one mile
from here, was blown to pieces early
to-day. John Spicer, in charge of the
station, was hurled through the afr
fifty feet and when found two hours
later, was in dying condition. Three
other men were seriously hurt. The
pumps in the station were wrecked
and the gas igniting blazed a hundred
feet into the air. The station was the
principal pumping point on the COM
pany's main linz from the West Vir-
ginia natural gas fields to the Pitts
burgh district.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
Kunkel Building to
Be Opened April l
By Mechanics Bank

The Kunkel building. the city's new
est "skyscraper, Third and Market
streets, will be ready for occupancy by
April /. The contractor is rushing the
interior work now, and the floors in
the offices will be laid just as soon as
delayed carload of lumber arrives
from the South
The Mechanics Bank will be settled
in the rooms on the ground floor of
the building on April ]. On May l.,
the Mechanics Bank will become the
Mechanics Trust Company under a
new charter. Some of the stock Is now
being offered.
Half of the floor space in the eight
floor building Is already rented,
Charles Kunkel said this morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
LIQUOR Sold "On Credit
Over Many Hotel Bars Of
City, Proprietors Admit
Woman Tells How Husband Runs "Booze" Bills as High
ASSOC Month; Hearings on Remonstrances Heard
Until Late This Afternoon; Half Dozen Others Will
Follow

drive the liquor trafffo from the
county.
The particular places In which the
existence OF the credit system on more
or less extensive scales was pointed
out. was a direct result of the state
ments made to President Judge Kun
kel in four letters relative to uptown
saloons and signed by one George
Brown"
Couldn't Find Letter Writer
George Brown failed to answer to
his name to-day and counsel for the
liquor men affected, the District At
torney and the counsel for the Civic
Council of Federated Church all de-
clared their efforts to locate a George
TContinued on Page @
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
Dividends For You

This newspaper Is like a cou-
pom bond that carries dividends
for you
The coupons are the advertise
ments which offer you opportu-
mites.
You do not in a literal sense,
have to do any clipping. All you
have to do is to read and keep
yourself posted. take what you
want, and leave the rest.
Reading the advertisements
commits you to nothing. 1t mere
ly tells you what is being offered.
When you buy you naturally
want to get your moneys worth.
You want to buy the thing that
will serve you best and you want
to pay the lowest market price.
The advertisements spread be-
fore you each day the business
news.
They are part of the service
you pay for when you buy this
newspaper.
You are not getting the full
worth out of your newspaper un-
less you keep posted on what 1t
has to say In Its advertising col
umns.
incidentally some of the adver-
tisements are so we'll illustrated
and written that they are better
reading than the news.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19

Liquor is sold "on credit over
many hotel bars of the city, accord
ing to the statements of witnesses and
the admissions of saloon proprietors at
this mornings session of the 1914
Dauphin County License Court.
How the systems are carried on
to the detriment of many monthly
pay check, and the evils that result.
were developed in the course of a
series of inquiries begun at the in
stance of the Civic Council of the
Federated Churches of Harrisburg.
All day President Judge Kunkel
heard remonstrances. The inquisition
of saloonkeepers affected marks the
initial move of the campaign pro-
posed by the Dauphin county No
LICENSE League" whose purpose is TO
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
VILE LANGUAGE MAY CAUSE
WOMEN TO LOSE LIBERTY

Albany, N. Y, Feb. Eliminates of
the State Priso: for Women at Au-
burn will probably lose their recently
granted liberty of conversation. The
rule permitting general conversation
at meals and in the shop was adopted
at the suggestion of two young women
investigators who voluntarily entered
the prison -everal months ago 20
study conditions there The chief
matron's report to-day shows that the
rule has not worked well "because
the opportunity has been used by
some to engage in vile language and
degraded discussions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
Reserve Bank Committee
Making Study Of Data

Washington, d. c., Feb. 19.-With
the return here of the Federal Reserve
Bank organization committee, COM
posed of Secretaries McAdoo and
Houston, after an extended tour of
the country. interest was revived in
the question of location of the reserve
banks provided for under Tie new
currency law. On this point the COM
mttee were emphatic that there would
be no decision until after they had
made a thorough study of the data
gathered.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
Crazed Man Kills One
and Wounds Two Others
BY Associated Press

Hutchinson, Kas., Feb. 19.--In what
Ae police believe was a sudden fit of
insanity, Abraham Ostatter, a pawn
broker here, to-day shot and killed
his mother -in-law, Mrs. Joseph Coahn,
then shot his wife, Mrs. Sadie Ostat-
ter. and his father-in-law, Joseph
Coahn, infiicting probably fatal
wounds. Ostatter fell to the floor un-
conscious. A physician pronounced
him suffering from e. ilepsy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
Alaska Railroad Bill
Passed By House By
Vote of 230 to 81
Nteciai % Thc Telcernth

Washington, D. G., Feb. 10. BY a
vote of 230 to 81 the House of Repre-
sentatives last night passed the Alas
kan railroad bill. 1t provides for the
construction by the United States Gov
ernment OF railroad in Alaska at a
cost of s35 ,00O,0 900. The road is to be
owned and operated by the Government
and will tap the Bering and Matanuska
coal fields.
ing out of the Wilson administration
project for such a Government rail-
way. because the Senate has already
added important amendments to the
Senate measure, these are not such as
to prevent adjustment of these differ
ences in conference
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
ID. OF r.. HERE MAY ~

The annual convention of the
Daughters of Rebecca, a branch or
ganization of the Independent order
of Odd Fellows, will be held in this
city May IS. More than 200 members
of the organization from all parts of
the State will be present. They have
made reservations at the Bolton Hotel
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
GREEK GROWN PRINCE TO WED
Special TO The Telegraph

Vienna, Feb. s.--According to a.
Bucharest dispatch to the Neue Frei
Presse, the Greek crown prince and
Princess Elizabeth of Rumania will be
married in Athens. May 81. 1t is
stated that the Kaiser arranged the
match and will assist as witness with
Queen Elizabeth of Rumania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
EXPRESS CAR BURNEn

Stamford, Conn, Feb. ia sealed
express car filled with packages ship
ped from New York by the American
Express Company was burned here
to-day. The loss will be heavy. rs
among the packages burned were n.
number containing valuable silks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
Late News Bulletins

PATRONS DAY IN SCHOOL
Patrons Day will n the schoo In
building
exercises
MRS. BOND WILL APPEAL
Oklahoma Of omtI
given to-day by
the charge
VILLA FOR NEUTRAL ZONE
Feb 19GeneraI
agreed proposition
to-day the telephone with General
MRS. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON DEAD
Barbara CAL Feb
OF the famous novelist died OF apopIexy her
yesterday
CASTILLO TO GO TO Ell PASO
HACHITA N. Feb. 19Maxmo the Mcxi-
srnoon There ruors that would be
CELTIC AND MADONNA SAIL
New York, Feb 19Neithcr
sailed from Naples New York
HASSETT DENIES RUMORS
New York Feb 19Thomas
growing
hadb
sstenuy reported that he would aid the
dealings
Island shares offered steadily The
low figure at 9A.
Wall Street UosingamaI IA; aIt
Chesapeake and Ohio 6fh; Valley 15O%
New York Central 901s
1921; United Steel " N'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-19
MARRIAGE IICENsEs

Joseph L. Bashore, Upper Paxton, and
Edith Viola Smith. city.
Earl Austan Rooms. Linglestown, and
Esther Reist Clay, city.
John Alfred Snyder. Millersburg, and
Clara May Leitzel, Elizabethville
Felix Forti and Flora Antoinette.
Swatara.
Max Goidstein and Bessie Snyder,
city.
Jacob Fl. Snyder and Anna M. Nye,
city.