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WILSON Sees BIC ATLANTIC
FLEET STEAM. OUT TO Sea
President Again Reviews Great Ar
mada To-day When Sixteen Battle.
ships and Their Train of Lesser
Craft Pass Mayfiower
BN Associated Press.

New York, May 1S.-The big fieel
of warships which has been at aneho
in the Hudson river for ten days steam
ed out to sea at IL O'Clock to-day witt
President Wilson reviewing the five
mile line as it passed the Mayhower
off the Statue of Liberty.
Headed by the superintendent
Wyoming the sixteen big battleship
and their train of lesser fighting craf
steamed past the Presidential yacht n
a speed of fourteen knots, each shi
with its sailors and marines standin,
at the rail at attention. AS each eraf
neared the Mayaower. her six-pound
ers, fore and aft, let loose white puff
of smoke and over the harbor ther
rolled the thunder of Presidential sa
lutte of 81 guns.
Tens of thousands of persons hocket
to vantage points to view the grea
marine procession. Along the waite
front on both sides of the Hudson, tn
piers were black with spectators, TN
windows of down town skyscraper
were thronged, hundreds on housetop
witnessed the spectacle and Batter,
Park, Southernmost tip of Manhattan
from the sea wall across the acres Of
green to the custom house.
Traffic on the Hudson river was sus
pended between the Manhattan ant
New Jersey shores half an hour before
the fleet sailed. Ferry boats, excursio,
steamers, tugs and other craft lay a
dock with many thousands of persons
who had come to watch the departure
1t seemed as if all New York had for
gotten the rain of yesterday ant
swarmed to the rivers edge to say
goodbye.
The day was overcast, but through
the clouds the sun shone at intervals
The air was chilly and stiff brecn
along the water front made overcoat,
comfortable.
AS each battleship passed the Nav
flower, with the crew lining rails ant
turrets with fringe of blue, the shi,
band played the National anthem
There was little cheering in response
In bidding goodbye to the fleet the
crowds seemed to be in thoughtful
mood.
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PLANS MADE TO ADJOURN
AT NOON ON THURSDAY

The great bulk of the appropriation
bills have now passed the Legislature
and are now in the hands of the Gov
ernor, and but four more remain to be
disposed of by tomorrow night when
it is planned to shut down on all leg
islation except conference reports so
that final adjournment will come about
noon on Thursday, after the various
presents have been made to the presid-
ing officers and Clerks of the Senate
and House.
Governor Brumbaugh will dispose of
no other bills before adjournment, and
will have thirty days from Thursday
in which to get the remaining ones out
of his Office. He will have but one
hearing, so far as can be learned
that on the full crew bill repeater to.
morrow afternoon at $50 clock, when
the railroad trainmen will be heard in
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kept FROM AIDING Victims
OF LUSITANIA BY Warming

Boston, May 1S.-According to her
captain, w. F. Wood, the Leyland Line
steamer Etonion, which arrived from
Liverpool to-day, was prevented from
going to the rescue of the passengers
of the sinking Lusitania by warning
that an attack might be made upon his
own vessel.
The Etonian left Liverpool May 6,
a day before the Lusitania disaster.
When Captain Wood was some forty
miles from Kinsale he received wire
less call from the Lusitania for imme-
diate assistance.
The call was also picked up by the
steamers City of Exeter and Narragan-
sett. The >Narragansett, Captain Wood
said, was made target for submarine
attack, torpedo missing her by few
feet, and her commander then warned
Captain Wood not to attempt to reach
the Lusitania.
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Will FILL THE PUBLIC
SERVICE JOBS TOMORROW
Continued From First Page

tions, the understanding being that the
Governor wants to have the appoint
ments known as his own and not cred
tied to his predecessor.
The Senate will. at the Governor s
request, send all of the nominations
back to him, but at the same time will
put itself on record that it is doing so
as matter of courtesy without relin-
gushing any of its prerogatives regard
ing appointments.
Governor Brumbaugh last night sent
o message to the Senate recalling all of
the appointments made by Governor
Tener during the Legislative recess and
filed with the Senate on January g..
Governor Brumbaugh had already re-
called the names of Tener appointees
TO place ON the Public Service Commits
sion. The action of the Governor last
night created much surprise. Directly
afterward he sent in the following ap-
pointmepts:
State Health Commissioner, DR.. Sam
uel G. Dixon, Philadelphia; Superin-
tendent of State Police. Colonel John C.
Groome,, Philadelphia; State Veterinar
ian, DIR. c. j. Marshall. Philadelphia; /;
State Board of Moving Picture Censors,
j. Louis Breitinger, Ellis +. 0berholtZ-
er, Philadelphia, and Mrs. f. f. Niver,
Charleroi; member State Historical
Commission, A. f. Sisson, Erie; trustee
State College, Henry d. Brown, Will.
Transport.
All of the appointments were re-
ferred to the Committee on Executive
Nominations and the recall of the Ten
er appointments was also sent to that
committee.
Governor Brumbaugh to-day sent to
the Senate the following appointments
of members of the State Board of
Osteopathic examiners; Frank b.
Kann, Harrisburg; Berton W. Sweet.
Erie; H. NJ. Goehring. Pittsburgh;
Virsie A. Hook. Wilkes Barre.
Ernest t. Trigg, Philadelphia, was
appointed member of the Panama
Pacific International Exposition Com
mission.
The following justices of the peace
were appointed by the Governor;
Schuylkill county, Daniel F. Duffy,
borough of St. Clair; Plus Joseph Nj
rosky, borough of New Philadelphia.
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SURPRISE FOR MRS. HOOVER
Husband Arranges Celebration in
Honor of Birthday Anniversary

A birthday surprise party was held
at the home of Howard c. Hoover, 1908
Wallace street, in honor of his wife
who celebrated her forty-second birth
day anniversary. Many beautiful pres
ents were received among which was a
large rocking chair presented by the
children
Quite a few. piano selections were
rendered by Miss Helen Batten, after
which the party was entertained by
the family quartet, consisting of Pearl
Hoover, soprano; Paul Hoover, tenor;
Owen Hoover, baritone, and H. c..
Hoover, bass.
Refreshments were then served to
the following guests: Misses Pearl
Hoover, Catherine Hoover, Elizabeth
Hoover, Helen Batten, Maude Arney,
Olive Hoover, Mary Hesser, Mrs. Katie
Putnam, Mrs. John Dewey, Mrs. Jennie
Shoemaker, of Millersburg; Amelia
Hoover, Messrs. Harvey Witehey, Paul
Hoover, Owen Hoover, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
G. Rutherford, of Lancaster, and Mr..
and Mrs. H. G.. Hoover.
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CLASH ON EQUAL RIGHTS BILL
House Refuses to Concur in Amendment
and Conference Is Planned

The House of Representatives this
morning refused to concur in Senate
amendments to the Stein ''equal
rights" bill which imposes a penalty
for the exclusion of persons from places
of amusement or accommodation on ae-
count of race, creed or color, and the
Senate was advised accordingly. The
amendments inserted in the upper
branch struck out the Imprisonment
clause in the penalty and left only a
fine.
The Senate refused to recede from its
position, on motion of Mr.. Haekett. This
made necessary the appointment of a
conference committee. President Pro
TEN. Kline appointed Senators Hackett,
McNichol and KurtZ.
Speaker Amber will appoint such
a committee on the part of the House
when the House is informed of the
Senate's position on the bill. If the
committee fails to agree on a bill ac.
ceptable to both branches of the Gen
eral Assembly, the bill will fall.
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CITY CURfEW ordinance
PASSES Second READING
Of Civic Club Argue
For 1t Before City Commissioners
and it viii Come UP For Final Ac-
tion at Meeting Next Week

Following conference at which
nine of the more than fifty Civic Club
representatives present, offered their
views on the proposed curfew ordi-
nance, the DILL was amended by the
City Commissioners this afternoon and
passed ON second reading. 1t will come
up for third reading and final passage
one week from to-day and some of the
City Commissioners are confident that
1t will become a law.
The amendments inserted to-day
make 10 years the age limit for both
boys and girls who may he ON the
streets late at night, and fixes the time
for ringing the eurfew mt p. m. in
the winter and $50 in the summer
months.
Among those who urged upon the
City Commissioners the passage of the
proposed legislation are: The Rt. Rev.
NJ. NJ. Hassett, John Fox Weiss, Mrs.
William Henderson, Prof j. j. Brehm
Mrs. John w. Reilly, Mrs. Mabel Cron-
Use Jones, the Rev. DR.. Lewis s. Nudge,
Miss Rachel Pollock and the Rev. ].
II. Darlington.
Ordinances introduced to-day includ-
ed these: Vacating a small part of
Atlas street, running through the pro-
posed NV Tenth ward Fairgrounds;
paving Second street from Seneca to
Schuylkill, and Saul alley from How
ard to Brensinger street. and building
sewer in 105 foot section of Cam
'eron street, Immediately north of
Forster.
An offer to sell the Messiah Lu.
theran church site, Sixth and Forster
streets. to the city for $4,000 was
rejected. Park Commissioner Taylor
announced that he paid to-day to John
c. Orr S14,700, the purchase price of
the site for the Tenth ward playground.
To H. w. Johnson was awarded the
contract for laying water pipe in sec.
tions of Boas and Monroe streets at his
bid of $l02.S0. Millard F.. Saul bid
$104.92.
The Commissioners fixed Monday
afternoon at 3 o'clock as the time for
making an inspection of the Tenth
ward with view to investigating
assessments which have lust
been levied and recorded by the City
Assessors.
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"SkOWSTORM'' AMUSES
Tired house members

The strain under which the House
has been laborng gave way this morn
ing when bill making railroads re-
sponsible for damage for fires which
occur within a hundred feet of their
tracks and can be traced to sparks for
locomotives. was called up.
When Mr.. Habgood of >MeKean
county. talked for the bill, the members
tore files to bits and tossed them into
the air, the result looking somewhat
like a snowstorm. When Mr.. Baldwin,
of Delaware, spoke the members crowd
ed about him and effeetually stopped
his eloquence.
Mr.. Hess, of Lancaster, who was in
the chair, ordered the sergeants.at
arms to take the members to their seats
and those officials were Immediately
lost in the crowd. A roll call was de-
nianded on third reading on the bill
and the Acting Speaker announced that
quiet would have to be restored before
he would order the clerk to call the
roll. Hunger got in its licks the mem
bers subsfded. The bill was defeated
on third reading by vote of 65 for
and 50 against.
The House recessed at l O'Clock to
meet again at 2.20 clock to prepare
for attending a joint session of the As
sembly to be addressed by S. Naon,
Ambassador from Argentine Republic.
The House planned to go to its work
of clearing the calendar again as soon
as the address was finished.
The Sproul road bill was reported
out from the Appropriations commit
tee carrying sS,400.000, 100000
less than the amount carried in the
bill as it was introduced in the SEN
ate The money is to be paid out as
follows: State roads, $4,000, 900; turn
pixies, SS00,o00; State aid roads,
$500,000; deficiency on the Jones
dirt roads, s1,500,000, and for the
Cumberland road, 100000.
The uniform cold storage bill was
amended in the House so that goods
kept at "a degrees temperature shall
be considered cold storage goods.
Thirty degrees was fixed in the Senate
as the cold storage requirement. The
bill extending the powers of the State
fire marshal to include all cities with
the exception of Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh and empowering the APP
pointment of additional deputies, was
passed.
The State Grange bill providing for
the appointment of Highway Com
mission and changing the existing
highway laws, was dropped from the
calendar. The measure providing for
the cooperation of the State and Unit
ed States in experiments to obtain
greater efficiency in mining was recon-
mitted to the Committee on Appropria-
tions. The Hollern bill authorizing the
inspection of coal mines by a commit
tee of miners was passed.
-Four bills regulating construction of
moving picture theatres, were passed
this morning.
The repeater of the "tramp judge
act was defeated. The act sought to
wipe out allowing judges to officiate in
other than their own counties. The
salary~of the Secretary of the State
Lunacy Commission was raised to So
600 in bill passed this morning.
The first and second reading calen-
dars were disposed of and the rest of
the session, in so far as the House. is
concerned, will be devoted to receiving
reports from the Senate and passing
on Senate bills.
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PLANS TO BUILD is HOMES
John L. L. Kuhn Obtains Permit to
Make $4,000 Improvement

Permits for new buildings and other
Improvements taken out to-day in the
office of the Building Inspector, total
more than $4,000 and it is expected
that 10y the end of the month the com
bined total of May building work will
have reached several hundred thousand
dollars.
John L. L. Kuhn got a permit this
morning to build eighteen two-and-one-
half-story brick houses on the east side
of Fifth street, beginning at a point
25 feet north of Seneca street. These
are to cost $4,000 The homes are to
be constructed in sections of six and
work on the first lot is to be begun at
once.
B. C. Brooks got permission to re-
model the three-story building, 1856
Swatara street, to the extent of $50,
and W. c. Porr obtained a permit to
build one-story frame stable at 214S
Swatara street, 500.
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FAVORS A NATIONAL MARINE
Governor Brumbaugh in Accord With
Argentine Ambassadors Plea

Governor Brumbaugh this afternoon,
before the joint Assembly, spoke in an
swer to an address by S. Naon, Ambas,
sador from the Argentine Republic.
Governor Brumbaugh said
when we have builded a national
marine commensurate with our great
needs we shall have established our re.
lation to the nations of the south" a
thing the Ambassador had pleaded for
Ambassador Naon said that Amer.
leans have to combine to reconstruct
the social and political world after the
European war.
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PAY TRIBUTE TO DEAD PAGE
other Boys of the Senate Send Photo
graphs to Stiles Parents

The page boys of the Senate, a
bright and intelligent lot, did very
peaceful act to-day. One of their num-
Der, John Stiles, of Pottsville, met
with an untimely death in shooting
accident few weeks ago. He was a
general favorite in the Senate.
Last week the Senate pages obtained
a photograph of the dead boy, and had
it enlarged and framed, surrounded by
the photograph of all the other pages.
This group picture the boys to-day sent
to the dead boy s parents in Pottsville
with an expression of sympathy.
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Entertains Bible Glass

The Mems Bible class of the Ma
clay Street Church of God, held its
monthly business session at the home
of George E. Siple. g147 jefferson
street. After the usual business ses-
sion refreshments were served and a
social hour was enjoyed by the men,
hers present. Those in attendance were
Edward Albright, Edward Fries, J. W.
Beshore, P. Barmont, D. B. Gunderman.
R. V. Ritter, the Rev. F. l. NJ. Thorn
as, Albert D. Siple and George E.
Siple.
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PARROT BREAKS FOR LIBERTY
Escapes From North Third Street Home
After Is Years Captivity

When child accidentally upset its
cage yesterday afternoon, cred
headed Mexican parrot gained its
liberty and flew from its home at 1924
North Third street to freedom. Mrs.
Kramer, the parrots owner, says that
it has been her companion for fifteen
years and has never before attempted
to escape.
1t has at times had the freedom of
the house, but not until yesterday had
the idea ever entered its head that
liberty was as desirable a condition
as Patrick Henry said it was.
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George E. Frank

The funeral of George +. Frank. who
was found dead in bed yesterday at
the home of John Leach, PAS Cumber-
land street, with whom he boarded, will
he held Wednesday afternoon at $50
o o'clock from the undertaking parlors of
c. II. Mauk, Sixth and Kelker streets.
The services will be in charge of the
Rev. Henry w. A. Hanson, pastor of
Messiah Lutheran church 1nterment
will be in the East Harrisburg ceme-
tery
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Pooh

Alice was very enthusiastic regard,
ing the new minister, and young Win
ston was inclined to be rather Jealous.
"Oh, he is superbly eloquent, :" cried
Alice. "He can move his hearers to
tears. -
"Well, that is but paltry accom-.
plishment, Alice" replied the young
man sarcastically. 81 would seorn
proficiency in an art in which every
sneeze is my equal and every peeled
onion my superior. New York Times.
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At the annual meeting of the Har-
ris Building and Loan Association held
at the Commercial Bank last night the
following officers and directors we're
elected: President, DIR. j. W. Ellenber-
ger; vice president, DR.. H. B. Walter;
secretary, Wilmer Crow; treasurer. C.
A. Ellenberger; directors. George w.
Armpriester, c. L. Long, DR.. Charles
j. Manning, George C. Tripner, J. Hor-
ace Mcfarland, john H. Tripner, John
A. Affieck and Carl W. Davis.
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opposition to the repealer and the
railroad officials in its favor
Tomorrow night the Senators will
hold their annual banquet in the Sen.
ate caucus room. Covers will be laid
for 190. The members of the House win
banquet in the Masonic Temple Hall.
Their banquets will be held during re-
eesses of both bodies, as it is planned
to holt an all-night session to await
the preparation of Conference Commit.
tee reports.
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Governor Intercedes for Frank

Among three thousand letters re-
ceived by Governor Slater, of Georgia,
asking that the sentence of death i'm
posed upon Leo Frank be committed to
life Imprisonment, is one from Cover.
nor Brumbaugh according to a dispatch
from Atlanta. The total number of
such appeal so far received by Gov
ernor Slater is estimated at $4,000,
coming from public officials in all parts
of the country.
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VILLAS BROTHER DEAD
Succumbs to Wounds Received in Brawl
at Bull Ring

Ell Paso, Tex, May 1S.-Antonio Viii
la. brother of General Francisco Viii
la, died late yesterday from wounds
received in a brawl at Chihuahua City,
according to advices received to-day at
Juarez.
Several others were killed and
wounded from the fight, which arose, it
was asserted officially, when Villa, an
officer in his brother s army, attempted
to quiet some intoxicated soldiers at
the bull ring in the chihuahua State
capital. The incident was said to have
no political significance.
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Allies to Use Poisonous Gases

London, May IS, $50 ?. M.-Sec-
retary of War Kitchener stated in the
House of Lords this afternoon that the
British and French governments felt
that the allied troops must be adequate
ly protected against poisonous gases by
the employment of similar methods.
These would remove the enormous and
nnjustifable advantage which must
otherwise exist.
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Delirious Aviator in villa Lines

FL Paso, Tex, May 1S.-A man be-
lieved to be the German American
aviator, Frederick Bonnie, delirous
from lack of water and food, has
wandered into the Villa lines about
San Luis Potosi, it was reported to-day
from the south. Bonnie was the prin-
cipal in an adventure week ago in
which his aeroplane was struck by a
shell from the Villa artillery.
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Rain and Snow Save Emit Belt

Grand Rapids, Mich, May 1S.-Rain
and light snow during the early morn
ing hours is believed to have saved
Western Michigan Is fruit belt from
serious damage by frost last night.
Snow fell in Muskegon, jackson, this
city, and several other points. 1t soon
changed to rain.
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Russian Troops Being Pursued

Petrograd, via London, May IS
An official statement issued by the
Russian general staff admits that
Austro-German columns pursued Rus
sian troops which moved to new posi-
tion between the Piliea and the Upper
Vistula. 1t is eontended, that attacks
against the recently occupied front in
the direction of the Stry and Golina
were fruitless as were assaults along
the Pruth. The communication follows:
"Sinee the moring of the 18th in
the Shawl region the battles have con-
tinued to develop favorably for us. Our
troops crossed the Dubissa and attack
ed the Germans, gaining possession of
their trenches and capturing several
hundred prisoners.
Czar's Forces Move to New Point
Between the Piliea and Upper Wis
tula enemy columns pursued our troops
which moved to new point. Near
Ghilineff and Russkibred our sudden
counter attacks inflicted severe losses
on the enemy's advance guard. In
the district between Wierzbnik and
Opatow, as well as south of the latter,
impetuous attacks by us on the 18th
drove back the enemy leading col
umns more than ten versts (six mileS).
"On the San there has been violent
artillery fire from south of Wislok to
Permysl. In the direction of the Stry
and Bolina the enemy delivered fruit
less attacks against the front which
we recently occupied, losing several
hundred prisoners.
"At Pruth on the 18th the enemy
delivered repeated attacks in close
formation. starting from Delatyn and
KolomeS. We repelled him successfully,
capturing four more heavy guns and
throwing our advance guards beyond
the river. -
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Received Lacerated Cheek

William McAIIister, aged 46 wears,
watchman at Eleventh ana Paxton
streets for the Coulson stone quarries.
was admitted to the Harrisburg hos.
pital at O'Clock this morning suffer.
ing from lacerated cheek. Two stitches
were necessary in dressing the wound.
NcAllister says he did not know how
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Freight Wreck In Middletown

Especial to the ar-Independent.)
Middletown, May 1S.-When the
engineman on an eastbound freight
train passing here this morning at
o'clock, suddenly applied the air
brakes, coal ear in the middle of the
train crashed in one end of mer-
ehandise car. The box car was derailed.
After being replaced on the track by
the Middletown crew the disabled ear
was sidetracked.
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Germany's Answer Will Be DELAYED

Berlin, May is, Via London, $40 P.
M. The official text of the American
note to Germany was published here to-
day.
1t was said at the Foreign Office that
1t would be some days before the an
swer of the Imperial government was
ready. This because the note raises
many points, and consultation between
several departments of the government
will be necessary in preparing a reply.
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King Hasn't Abandoned Derbv

London. May IS, 12.4S P. M.-The
announcement made yesterday that
King George was about to discontinue
racing is said to-day to have been er.
roneous and His Majesty still has an en-
try in the Derby. The King scratched
two of his candidates for the Derby
and this news was given out yesterday.