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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
TO Veto Immigration BILL
President Wilson'S Intention Made
Known at Conference With Senate
and House Committees
BIZ Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 21.-It was stated
authoritatively to-day that President
Wilson will veto the immigration bill
because of the literacy test. This be
came known after a conference between
the President and committees of both
Houses of Congress which had the
measure in charge.
For nearly two hours the President
listened to arguments by Representa-
tives BURNETT, of Alabama; SABBATH, of
Illinois; Gardner, of Massachusetts,, and
Senators Lodge, of Massachusetts,, anf;
Robinson, of Arkansas.
During the hearing Senator Lodge
voiced what some of those present con
strued as an intimidation to the Presi-
dent that if the bill were vetoed it
would be repaSsed by both Senate and
House. Representative SABBATH alone
asked the President to veto the bill.
Senator Lodge told the President he
believed the literacy test was the best
feasible method for restricting immi-
grafton. Mr.. SABBATH contended there
was no public demand for the bill and
Senator Lodge replied that the over
whelming vote in its favor in both
Houses of Congress was proof to the
contrary.
The President was unshaken in his
opposition to the literacy test and plans
to return the bill to Congress to.mor-
row with message giving his opposi-
tion TO the test as the reason for his
veto.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
CAN'T KEEP MAIN OFF BRIDGE
Petitioners Submit Protest But Law
Makes Their Objections Futile

About three hundred residents of
Middletown, Royalton and the sur
rounding townships have attached their
signatures to a petition presented to
the County Commissioners to-day ask
ing that the county refuse to the Mid
dletown and Swatara Consolidated
Water Company permission to lay its
twelve inch feed main on the new con-
crete county bridge over the Swatara
creek between Middletown and Royal
ton.
The petition was marked "fled, ;"
but the Commissioners were advised by
the County Solicitor, Colonel Fred VI.
Ott, that even though they have de-
sire to grant the request of the peti-
tioners, they cannot do so under the
law. The right to lay the water main
on the county bridge had been granted
to the water company by a former
board of County Commissioners. free of
charge, and the present board of Com
missioners has compelled the water
company to pay an annual rental of
$50 for the use of the bridge
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
WILL need s4.5OO.0OO
State Will Fall Short That Amount in
Revenue, According to the Esti-
mates of the Auditor General

When the conference between the
Governor, the State S financial officers,
the presiding officers of both legisla
tive branches and the chairmen of the
Senate and House Appropriations Com
mittees is held to take account of stock
in order to ascertain how to cut the
revenue coat in order to make over
the appropriation coat, which confer
enee was to have been held yesterday,
but was postponed because of the i'll
ness of State Treasurer Young, it will
he represented to those present by Au-
ditor General Powell that the revenues
for the fiscal year 1914-15 will not
reach the mark of last year, $3S,0Q0,-
600, by about $4,500,000.
1t is not expected that more than
2S,50O,000 will be gathered in for
State purposes, and this falling or in
the revenue is ascribed to the poor busi-
ness done by corporations with the con-
sequent falling of in net earnings, on
which the State tax is paid. General
Powell, however, believes that business
for the fiscal year of 1915-16 will pick
up and the revenues, according to his
guests will be about $4,000 900, allow
ing For the increased corporation busl-
ness which he expects.
Asked if he had any suggestions by
which more revenue may be raised,
General Powell said he had not; that
it is his business to collect the money
and not to devise ways and means to
raise it. which will be the work of the
Legislature. A tax on real estate
would meet with decided opposition
from both city and country and it will
be the last resort to get revenue.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
UNITED MINE WORKERS
FAVOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE

The executive committee of the
United Mine Work rs of Pennsylvania.
in meeting last ev ming, just after
visiting Governor Biumhaagh, placed
themselves squarely in favor of woman
suffrage by the adoption of ;he follow
ing:
Whereas, Millions of women are
compelled to engage in industrial occu
pations and the ballot is as necessary
for their projection as it is for the
working man, and
Whereas, The American Federation
of Labor and the Pennsylvania Fedora
tion of Labor have endorsed woman
suffrage; be il
''Resolved, That the executive COM
mittee of the United Mine Workers OF
Pennsylvania hereby endorse the bal
lot for women as the best protection to
the individual worker and an added
means to attain dignity and power for
all those in the ranks of honorable
industry, and to this end we recon-
mend the adoption of an amendment to
the Constitution of Pennsylvania Civ
ing universal suffrage to men and
women
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
PROBING KILLING OF STRIKERS
Many Witnesses Yet to Be Heard by
Grand Jury

New Brunswick, n. j.. Jan. 81
The grand jury continued to-day its in
vestigation into the shooting of nine
teen strikers, two of whom died of their
wounds inflicted at Roosevelt, N. j.,
January 19 by armed guards sworn in
as deputy sheriffs and stationed at the
Liebig fertilizer plant of the American
Agricultural Chemical Company.
Eighteen witnesses had already been
examined when the investigation was
resumed to-day. More than eighty more
were still to testify. Among the num-
Der were Mayor Hermann, of Roose-
welt, and Sheriff Houghton, of Middle-
sex county, concerning whom Supreme
Court Justice Bergen charged the grand
jury yesterday to indict for miscon-
duet in office if it were found that they
had failed to do their duty.
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and Iron Company. He said he had
computed that for every dollar re-
ceived by the company labor got SS
cents capital cents and a fraction
and that 90 and fraction went to de-
probation, reserve and so on. Mr..
Rockefeller said the figures were right,
and, he pointed out, that part of the
nine cents earned by capital went to
the payment of debts.
Again Greets Mother Jones
During the midday recess Mr.. Rookie
feller and Mother Jones had anoth
er meeting. They were photographed
shaking hands.
After we have our conference
said Mother Jones, ~ want you to
come out to Colorado with me and see
the things | have seen. l am sure
what you will see will make you do
things which will make you one of the
country's greatest men,
Mr.. Rockefeller smiled and said,
"I'm afraid you are inclined to throw
compliments.
"Oh, no, replied ''Mothern Jones.
81 am more inclined to throw bricks
Mr.. Rockefeller said he might go TO
Colorado with '.Mother" Jones.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
DAMAGED BY A SUBMARINE,
GAZELLE ABLE TO REACH PORT

Berlin, Jan. %, By Wireless TO Say
vile.-Lttle military news of import
ance from any of the fields of land war
fare has been male public in Berlin
during the past few days, and the Ger
man military writers have had virtual
ly nothing to say. What news has
been given out, however, is regarded as
showing the steady development of the
German plans everywhere.
The attack by a submarine on the
small German cruiser Gazelle off the is
land of Ruegen has given rise to specu-
lation as to whether a British or Rus
sian undersea boat was responsible.
British ships have been reported in the
Baltic, but nevertheless there is a ten
dency to believe that the Russians de-
hvered this attack. The Gazelle,
though damaged by the submarine, was
able to make port unassisted.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Sides With man
he PROSECUTES


an auto some nine or ten feet away
from Fieck. The point raised by the
District Attorpey "why should any
hunter be compelled to walk up to a
game warden and show his license
tagf"
The court announced that il is not
incumbent upon game warden to re-
veal his identity and show his authority
before directing a hunter to show his
license tag. The District Attorney
argued otherwise and added that he
didn t think it the duty of any person
to submit to command "to come here
l want to see that tag"
The District Attorney grew sarcas-
tic in referring to the methods follow
ed in this particular case to carry out
the law and expressed his opinion that
the Legislature did not intend that
such procedure should be resorted to.
Then it was that the court asked
Stroup whom he was representing and
questioned his right to enter. into the
case . since the court is the place where
justice only is dealt out to persons sus-
peeted of committing crime
Lawyers to Submit Briefs
But Mr.. Stroup thought Fleck de-
served his services and added that if
not, the Attorney General of the State,
his deputies, at least, have at one time
or another, while they were serving the
State, represented defendants charged
with misdemeanors.
The case closed and the District At
torney and j. Clarence Funk, represent
ing the game warden, offered further
to enlighten the court on the technic-
alities of the case by agreeing to sub
nit legal briefs.
Fleck is married. has two children.
and the District Attorney declared,
cannot afford TO pay fine such as was
imposed by the magistrate.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Federal RESERVE salaries
Are Made Public To-day in Appendix
to Boards Report-S30,0OO
for New York Governor

Washington, Jan. Pin an appen.
dix to its report the Federal Reserve
Board made public to-day the annual
saIarles approved by Federal reserve
agents and governors of the twelve re-
serve banks. The salaries of the
agents follow:
Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland
Richmond, Chicago ST. Louis, $40, 900;
New York, $4,000; San Francisco,
s12, 900; Atlanta and Dallas, $4,000;
Minneapolis and Kansas City, $500.
Governors, New York, $4,000;
Philadelphia, Chicago and st. Louis,
$40, Cleveland, $4,000; Boston,
Minneapolis and San Francisco, $15,
000; Dallas, $12, Richmond, S10,-
O0O; Atlanta, $4,000, and Kansas
City, $500.
The board also approved directors
fee of $40 and of SO for those at
tending meetings OF the executive com
mittee. Directors living more than
fifty miles from reserve banks will be
allowed q per diem fee of $40 for ev
cry day absence from home involved
in attendance, plus actual necessary
travelling expenses.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
PRESIDENT WILSON'S TRIP
While Absent He Will Keep in Touch
With Washington

Washington, Jan. 27.--While plans
for President Wilson s trip to San.
Francisco in March still include passage
through the Panama Canal and attend
ance at the formal opening ceremonies,
provision is being made so Mr.. Wilson
could at the last moment change his
itinerary and 90 to the Pacific coast
by rail.
1t is the Presidents S desire to keep
in close touch with the Capitol and TO
be able to return on short notice. 1t
was said to-day that nothing in pros
pect now forecast such change but
that preparations were being made to
take into account any developments in
Mexico or Europe. The legislative sit
uatlon and the succor o. failure of the
administration ship bill with the pos
sibilities of an extra session of Con-
gress also are elements in the situa-
tion.
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Fans at a Fire.

In Boston not long ago a fire broke
out in the basement OF a building oc-
cupied by wholesale paint and chem
ical concern. The fumes and smoke
became so thick that it was impossible
for the firemen to enter the basement.
A half dozen of the ordinary sixteen
inch size electric fans were quickly
requisitioned by the fire chiefs and
their breeze directed down the stair
way. As soon as the rear basement
windows were broken to allow the es-
caue of the smoke and fumes the eff
feet of the fans gradually cleared the
basement. SO that the fremen could
work easily
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
BRUMDAUCH Shifts T0USE
OF A Spanish dialect
Shows His Versatility as Linguist by
Departing From His Pennsylvania
Dutch of Yesterday-Getting the
Compensation Bill Into Shape

Dropping for the nonee the "Peun-
sylvania Dutch - expression he used
yesterday, Governor Brumbaugh to-day
remarked in the melIihuous Castiliah
language No savey, senor,' when ask.
ed by a group of reporters if he had
anything of importance to communicate
to the public. 1t was more difficult for
the scribes to translate than ''nix
KUN 'raus, of yesterday, but the of
fetal interpreter figured it out that it
meant that the Governor didn't really
know whether he had anything to say.
However, repeated questioniugs
brought out the information that bills
embodying the legislation advocated
by the Governor are in course of com
pletion and that some of them will he
sent to the Legislature next week. Con
cerning the workmen 5 compensation
act, the Governor said that as vet he
is not certain whether the matter of
compensation will be submitted to the
courts or to commission. The drift
of suggestions received by him were
in favor of a commission. one that
would not entail much cost on the State.
Francis II. Bohlen, representing the
Industrial Accident Commission, was
present and said that conference was
held with the Attorney General this
morning on the several acts relating to
labor, and it was quite certain that
Legislation satisfactory to all would
be enacted.
The State Board of Agriculture, in a
body, called on the Governor this morn
ing to pay its respects, and was re.
ceived by him in the Executive recep.
tion room.
Among the callers on Governor
Brumbaugh this morning was b. +.
Meyers, the veteran retired editor. The
two gentlemen are old friends, having
known each other in unntinnlnn cnuntY
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Suffrage BILL
IS INTRODUCED
Continued From First Page.
Continued From First Page.

the first class; Cromer, Allegheny,
amending the school code to provide for
the election of school boards in Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia and specifying
the terms of election; Alcorn, Clearfeld,
relieving from payment of mercantile
license all corporations, joint stock as
sociations and limited partnerships who
pay Common wealth tax on capital
stock; Dunn, Philadelphia, fixing the
minimum school tax in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh at two and half mills
instead of FIVE mills.
The first bin reported from com
mittee came from the Judiciary Gen
eral. 1t authorizes Peter c. Kuhn, of
Scranton, to sue the Commonwealth.
The bill was read for the first time.
The general deficiency bill calling for
an appropriation of s63S,000 for ordi-
nary expenses of various State depart
ments. was reported out from the Ap-
propriations Committee and read for the
first time.
The House adjourned to meet again
at 8 P. m. on Monday, February /.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
GODFATHER ASKS RELEASE
Took Grandson in Home and Reared
Him According to Promise

Eighteen years ago to-day the grand
father of a then three-month-ol rosy
checked baby boy, gave assurance to
the then Directors of the Poor that he
would take the child into his home.
rear and educate him and put the
youngster ON a good basis for making
livelihood. To-day that same grand
father with the grown up grandson OBJ
tanned from the Directors a release
from that responsibility, he having full
ly complied with his agreement.
The grandson, however, will not leave
the home in which he was brought up.
The release to-day was a mere formal
ity. The boy now is a student in the
Technical High school and the grand
father said: 81 am very proud of the
lad. -
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
HAVE BETTER OF
THE FIGHTING In GALICIA

Berlin, Jan. 81, BY Wireless to Say
ville-Reports received in Berlin to-
day from Vienna say that the Austrians
still are having the better Of the artil-
lery contests which have been in prog.
ress to the west of Tarnow in Galicia.
Severe fighting again is reported from
the Carpathian mountains in which the
Russians are sand to have suffered
heavy losses.
Baron Won Burian, the new Austria
Hungary Minister of Foreign Affairs,
has been decorated by Emperor William
with the order of the black eagle. The
baron returned to Vienna last night
after visiting the German Emperor at
the army headquarters in the field.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
124 SEEK LIQUOR LICENSES
Only One of the Applications Filed
Thus Far Is a New One

OF the 124 applications for whole
sale and retail liquor and brewers Ii
censes already file with Prothonotary
Henry +. Holler, one is a new applica-
tion,-to license the Paxtonia Inn, sit
uated east of the city, along the Lin
glestown road. The applicant is Har-
ry + Eckinger, brother of Coroner
Jacob Eckinger, and a former Harris
burg hotel man.
Friday is. the last day on which
liquor license applications, to be consid-
cred at the annual license court on
February 10, may be filed. There are
twenty-five signers to the Ecllinger APP
plication, they being, for the most part,
men living in the vicinity of the hotel.
Fifty-six of the 179 liquor license holl-
ers in the county have not yet filed ap-
plications for license renewals.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Fire in Steamers Hold

Trinidad, B. w. l., Jan. 81, Via st.
Thomas, Jan. 27.-The British steam
er Maraval from New York for Granda,
Port of Spain, arrived at ST. Kits yes
terday with her forward hold afre
The flames were discovered on January
%. The passengers, mails and sixty
fve mules were landed at St. Kits
The second engineer was killed while
fighting the flames.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Pennsy Not Yet Rushed

At the local offices of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad it was said this after
noon that despite reports to the effect
that a number of men will soon be Civ
en- work again, there is no marked in
crease in work to be handled, and that
there are as yet no certain prospects
that the pay rool will be heightened.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
P. g. R. Brakeman Hurt

Aaron Sourbeer, 1906 Mayhower
stree, o brakeman on the Philadelphia
and Heading railroad, was injured early
this morning in a fall from box ear
in the Rutherford yards, He suffered
general body bruises and a badly
wrenched back He has been admitted
TO the Harrisburg hospital for treat
ment.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
CAPITOL HILL
Public Service Commission

Public Service Commission
The Johnstown Telephone Company
has filed a complaint with the Public
Service Commission against the Cen
tral District Telephone Company, al
leging discrimination in rates. In GER
tain cases the tolls are / 3 cents for
nine miles, while in others they are .
cents from 8 to 23 miles distant. The
discrimination affects citizens in John
stown, Cresson, Ebensburg, Portage
South Fork and Windber
Counsel Trinkle, of the Commission
advises that the free transportation of
the rescue cars of the Bureau of Mines
Department of Interior, does not
amount to discrimination prohibited by
the Public Service Company law.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
LOCAL BIRDMAN A CAPTAIN
James B. McCalley Now a Commits
stoned Officer in 18th Regiment

James B. McCalley, of Harrisburg,
who had some success in this and other
cities in navigating, with his aero.
plane, to-day received notice of his ap-
pointment as Captain and Regimental
Adjutant, of the Fourteenth Regiment,
n. G. P, of Pittsburgh. The appoint
ment was made by Colonel W. s. Me-.
kee, of the Fourteenth.
McCalley for several years had been
sergeant in Company l., of the
Eighth Regiment, stationed in this city.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
s65 Wounded Frenchmen Captured

Berlin, Jan. 2, by Wireless to Lon
don, $50 P. M.-The official communi-
cation issued to-day by the German
army headquarters staff says the French
were driven out of their positions on
the heights to the west of LaCreute
Ferme and to the east of Heurtebise.
The Germans. also claim that several
points of support were taken from the
French by the Saxons and that So
wounded F'renchmen were captured.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Pocket Billiard Tournament

mum pool tournament, under the
management of Ii. NJ. Bathurst, who
conducts a pocket billiard parlor at
ia South Second street, will open
there tomorrow night. Arrange
ments are being made to form a pocket
billiard league, to include Harrisburg
and nearby towns.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Interned Fleet Honors Kaiser

New York, Jan. 27.-The fleet of
German liners tied up at their docks
in Hoboken since the beginning of the
war, blossomed out to-day with German
and American flags and with red, white
and black bunting in observance of En-
peror William g birthday.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Girl Has Typhoid Fever

Margaret Stephenson, II years old,
230 South Second street, has been ad-
mitted to the Harrisburg hospital suf-
fering with typhoid fever. She has
been under observation for several
days, developing the disease yesterday.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Harrisburg Hospital

The Harrisburg Hospital is open
daily except Sunday, between | and 2
o'clock p. m. for dispensing medical
advice and prescriptions to those un-
able to pay for them.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
COURT HOUSE
SUSTAINS ACTION OF JURY
Court Refuses to Set Aside Verdict in
Damage Suit

A rehearing of the damage suit of
George A. Matehett against P. N. Kas-
son, in which Common Pleas Court
jury rendered a verdict in favor of
Matchett in the sum of $3.50, is re-
fused in an opinion filed this morning
by Judge Kunkel, The defendant s
motion for judgment Notwithstanding
the verdict, also was overruled and
Judgment was directed to be entered in
favor of the plaintiff. b
Matchett was run down and injured
by Kasson' S auto on Derry street, near
Sixteenth, year or more ago, after
he had alighted from a trolley ear,
Witnesses said that Matche;t had taken
only two steps when struck by the ma
chine.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Woman Gets Three Years in Prison

Amsterdam, via London, Jan. 81,
1917 A. MA message from Liege,
Belgium, states that the wife of Greek
Consul Calwaert, who was charged with
aiding Belgians to escape, has been
sentenced to three years Imprisonment
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Chicago Closing Grain Prices
By Associated Press.
By Associated Press.
icapo. Jan. 27.-Clnse:

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Close:
Wheat-May, 14s%; July, 1891
Corn-May, s1Hs; July, S2A.
Oats-May, 59as; July, ,5SA.
Pork-May, 1905; July, 1892.
Lard-May, 11.05; July, 11,22.
Ribs-May, 1927; July, 1857.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Sue Trolley Company

Sue Trolley Company
Morris and Tobias Yoffe, trading as
Yoffe Brothers, yesterday began dam
age suit against the Harrisburg Rail
ways Company through their attorney
Robert Rosenberg 1t is alleged that a
trolley ear recently collided with one of
the plaintiff S teams in Steelton.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-27
Two Plumbers Pass Exams

The City Bureau, of Health and San,
itatiou at its meeting this evening will
consider the recommendation of the
City Plumbing Examiners who suggest
awarding plumbers licenses to two of
seven applicants for journeymen
plumbers licenses. Five applicants
failed at the exams.