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SisW library Harrisburg Pa ITlffifDICDIlDr IN IQI A What the Coming Year Promises, the Public and Corporate Improvements in Prospect, the Needs PAluVluD U I\VJ 111 lt/lT"""and Problems of the City, Its Fast Accomplishments and Its Future Possibilities in This Issue, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 51 GEORK R. MOFFITT IS APPOINTEDASFIRST CITY BACTERIOLOGIST To Take Charge of Work April 1; Salary Will Be SI,BOO a Year OLD BUREAU IS ABOLISHED Dr. H. R. Douglas Tenders His Resignation to Bowman; Will Save SL3OO Per Annum DR. GEORGE R. MOFFITT First City Bacteriologist Dr. George Relly Moffltt will be named at Tuesday's session of City Council to be Harrisburg's first City Bacteriologist. The appointment will become effec tive April 1. The salary will be S 1.800. City Commissioner Harry F. Bow man. Superintendent of the Depart ment of Public Safety, announced the appointment of Dr. Moffltt to-day and ttie selection is in accordance with Commissioner Bowman's plan to com bine the city's bacteriological work in both the water and milk inspection departments under one head. The appointment yf Dr. Moffltt marks the abolishing of the bureau of meat and milk inspection of the bureau of health. Dr. H. R. Douglass, who has filled the position of milk and meat inspector for several years, lias tendered his resignation to Mr. Bow man. The bacteriological work will after April 1 be done at the filter plant on the Island. Widely known Chemist Dr. Mofritt. whose clinical labora-; tory is at -00 Pine street and residence ■ at 1705 North street, is one of the' most widely known chemists and bac- j teriologists in the State, and has done! [Continued on P«g«» 2] NIU.IVAN GRAFT COMMITTEE BEGINS PUBLIC HEARINGS) By Associated Press New York, Feb. 28.—The Sullivan j committee, a Jiew graft. investigating appointed by the lower house of! the Legislature, held Its first public hearing In the City Hall here to-day. The committee's counsel summoned as the first witnesses ex-Governor Wil liam Sulzer and John A. Hennessy. BRITISH STEAMER FIX) A Til I) By Associated Press Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 28.—The British steamer Sachem, which stranded near Hog Island Sunday morning, was floated last night and was towed to Newport News. The vessel will go into dry dock to ascertain the damage to her bottom. CARDINAL KATCHTHALER DIES By Associated Press Salzburg, Austria Hungary, Feb. 28. —Cardinal John Katschthaler, Arch bishop of Salzburg, died yesterday. He was born In 1832 and was created a cardinal In 1903. 6 Late News Bulletins * BARON WOUNDED IN DUEL ParK Feb. 28.—A sword duel between Baron Robert LeVavasseur and Count D'Heursel, fought in the suburb of XuiUy to-day, resulted In Baron Le Yavasseur being wounded, one of the arteries of his right arm being cut. DISCOVER SMALLPOX ON TRAIN Pittsburgh. Pa., Feb. 28.—A young man suffering from smallpox was removed from a Pennsylvania railroad train here during last night. 1 and with his mother and brother taken to the municipal hospital. The train carried three coaches filled with immigrants and was held over until all passengers and the crew were vaccinated. HUERTA PROMISES INQUIRY Washington. Feb. 28. —Charg. O'Shaoghnessy, in Mexico, reported to-day that he had made representations concerning Yergara's death and that the Huerta government had promised a full and detailed ex planation of the kiUinir. EARTHQUAKES RECORDED Washington. Feb. 28.—Seismographs at Georgetown University, re corded pronounced earthquake shocks for nearly 45 minutes early to day. At 12.11 a. m. the first tremors were recorded, reaching the maximum at 12.15 and died away entirely at 12.41 o'clock. The esti mated distance from here was 2,700 ndles. TO INVESTIGATE PENSIONS Feb. 28.—A resolution to create a/federal commis sion to investigate old age pensions system of other countries, was in troduced to-day by Representative Reilly, of Connecticut. EXPLOSION INJURES THREE Havana. l eo. 28.—Three soldiers were seriously wounded last I night In a powder explosion in Cabanas fortress. vv - . Harrisburg in 1914 THE Telegraph herewith presents to its readers Its "Harrisburg In 1914" edition, the purpose ol which is to forecast, as nearly as may be from the facts at hand, the city's prospects for the com ing year. LJttle attempt has been made to set down anything of a his i torical character, save as it relates to events of the future. The situa tion summed up is this—that no matter whether or not business at large shows any remarkable increase In volume in the ten months re maining, Harrisburg has sufficient public improvement work and other constructive projects in immediate prospect to provide plenty of work for those who may need it. Indeed, with anything like a swing back to normal trade conditions 1914 should be a remarkably prosperous year for this city. If this has been made clear in the accompanying pages the full and only object of the edition will have been attained. : MINIMISED IN "BROWB LETTERS" GET THEIR LICENSES Man Who Wrote Missives Charging Liquor Men Could Not Be Found SULLIVAN CAN NOT MOVE SHOP j Paxtonia Inn Bar Will be Closed 1 at Midnight; Application Withdrawn Six of the fourteen applications for liquor license for 1914 against which: remonstrances had been filed were disposed of before noon to-day by«, President Judge Kunliel, of the Dau-/ phin County Court. All were old applicants and of the j half-dozen Judge Kunkel granted four, allowed the withdrawal of another and refused another permission to do j business at a new stand while allow- j Ing the privilege at the old place of. business. . , , ___ The four successful saloonkeepers were A. U Taylor. George Kobler, ! Peter Kohlman and Anna Rakowsk>. j Taylor, Kobler and Kohlman were , the liquor men charged In a ' signed by one "George Brown' with having conducted credit systems of business, serving to intemperate per sons and so on. and which formed the basis of a searching hearing before Judge Kunkel. While the letters were , offered in evidence at the time, "Brown:' failed to appear, and a thor- j ough search by counsel for renlon- | strants and the hotel .ana the district attorney's office failed to pro- > duce a George Brown who wrote the , letters. , . A - j Taylor kee.ps the Globe, at 601-01 | Cumberland street: George Kobler, 103'.' North Sixth street, and-Kohlman conducts the Jackson House at 1804-06 North Seventh street. Mrs. Rakowsky keeps a hotel at 6- . Race street. The chief remonstrant I against her place, it was shown, was I a disgruntled son-in-law. i Patrick T. Sullivan," one of the: I feighth ward saloonkeepers whose ; ; place of business is due to be done ] ' awav with by the extension of the i Capitol Park zone, w anted to move to I 854 South Cameron street. Judge | ' Kunkel refused this privilege, but] allowed Sullivan to continue business . at 727-729 East State street. ! The court also permitted James M. | "Wis, proprietor of the Paxtonia Inn, | | to withdraw his application for a ire license. Which means that after i_.u-i-u. ♦ .-.irrVit Iwr nf the* • midnight to-night the bar of the . famous inn will be closed. POST OFFICE BILL VP By Associated Press I Washington, D. C., Feb. 28.—The I Senate had before it again to-day the j post office appropriation bill, the pre i i diction being made that the measure r I would be passed by that body before i I adjournment. > OPEN-AIR MEETINGS PLANNED By Associatlci Press "Washington. D. C.. Feb. 28. —The 5 National Woman Suffrage Association to-day announced that it had issued a call to all suffragists of the country to . rally at open-air meetings on Slay 2 - in every city, hamlet and village of the s United States and adopt resolutions to i be presented to Congress asking for " the enfranchisement of women. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1914. GAROTHERSTO STAY WITH VILLA DURING SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN 1 American Consular Agent Says He l WiD Leave For Chihuahua Tonight I BRITISH CONTINUE INQUIRY 1 Charles A. C. Perceval Secretly Ob taining Information on Benton Killing * Br Associated Press El Paso. Tex., Feb. 28.—George C. Carothers, American consular agent at! Juarez, said to-day that he hoped to I start for Chihuahua by to-night. He; will travel on a gasoline velocipede I which is capable of running forty | miles an hour. Carothers intends to: remain with General Villa throughout j the letter's southern campaign.' Charles A. C. Perceval. British consul I jat Galveston, now here to investigate! the killing ot' William S. Benton, con-| . tinued his labprs in secret to-day. Americans Not Hopeful Men Will Be Punished ! By Associated Press Laredo, Tex., Feb. 28. — Americans along the Mexican border were not hopeful to-day that the slayers of Cle (inente Vergara, the Texas ranchman 'killed bv Mexican federals, would be identified and punished by Provisional President Huerta's government. It was pointed that that the Mexi can War I>epartment exercised little I restraint over the isolated bands of ! federal troops. While they took more I hope from expected action by the divi sion military chiefs, it also was re membered that Vergara alreadv had been executed when General Alvarez in good faith, it is believed, promised j his release unharmed. Friends and relatives of Vergara have started an inquiry into the kill ing in addition to the Investigations being conducted by the United States I government and the Texas authorities. Reports from Hidalgo, where Vergara was taken by orders of Captain Apo lono Rodriguez, seemed to indicate an act of desecration on the body. Ver gara was executed by shooting and many believe the subsequent hanging of the body and Its abandonment to [Continued on Page 0] OEWEY THREATENED ij WIR WITH HNS ; DECLARES Nil . j Von Diederich's Reply Published «• in Marine Ronndschau Covers 11,000 Words 5 r I IBy Associated Press Berlin, Feb. 28.—Admiral Von Dle derichs replies in print to-day to the j statements made by Admiral Dewey \ I regarding the exciting incidents be- j ! tween the American and German j naval commanders in Manila Bay dur i Ing the Spanish-American War. The reply is published In the official Marine Rundschau and is spread over 11,000 words, it contains the report ,of the visit made to Admiral Dewey |on July 10, 1898, by the then flag Lieutenant Von Hintze, who Is now German Minister to Mexico, i It is evident from this report that Admiral Dewey threatened the Ger mans with war If they did not cease : their Interference with the blockade regulations, and If they refused to per : mit the Americans to make the in quiries necessary to establish the iden tity of neutral warships. Von Dleder-1 ichs says: "Admiral Dewey gradually talked I himself into a passion. He said 'Why, 1 shall stop every vessel, whatever may be her colors. And if she does not stop. I shall fire at her. And that means war, do you know, sir?' When the phrase 'if Germany wants war.'j etc.. occurred again, I took my leave.! "I was under the impression that! this in itself trivial incident put a mutch to a mass of explosives which had long been accumulating in Ad miral Dewey's mind from suspicion, rumor and newspaper reports." Premier of British Columbia Favors New • Railroad in Alaska Victoria, B. C., Feb. 2S. —Sir Rich ard Mcßride, premier of British Co ; lumbla, said to the legislature yes terday: "I believe that the time has now come for the building of a railroad through northern British Columbia to i the Yukon and Alaska, and I may sav 1 that the authorities at Washington | and Ottawa have both gone so far as to all dorse heartily some project of i i co-operation in the building of this (line." FEEBLEMINDEDNESS CAUSES PROSTITUTION, SAY INVESTIGATORS j Recognition at Early Age Is One Way of Preventing Immorality BUSINESS IS PROFITABLE ! Report of Inquiry Made in 79 j Massachusetts Cities Sub mitted Today By Associated Press Boston, Mass.. Feb. 28.—"The flnan i cial profit of the business of prosti -1 tution is the principal reason ,for its i existence. No other form of criminal j offense so flagrant and open and so I harmful to the community would be ■ tolerated for a day in this state." These declarations are made in the report submitted to the legislature to day by a commission appointed last year which has conducted a detailed investigation in seventy-nine Massa chusetts cities and towns. The report* says that millions of dollars are invested in establishments utilized for immoral purposes and that I "prostitution in all its ramifications constitutes a vast business extending . all over the state." ; The report emphasizes the dangers I of unregulated lodging houses, public i dance halls and recreation parks. ( The commission has found "wide -1 spread evidence of a strong public I sentiment against the continuance of j the conditions it has found to exist" | and expresses the conviction "that this j evil is susceptible of successful attack . and treatment." Many Feeble-.Mliuled "The fact that one-half of the women examined wens actually feeble ! minded," the report says, "clears the ' way for successful treatment of a por tion of this class. The recognition of | feeble-minded girls at an early age in j the public schools and proper pro i vision for their protection may pre vent much of the observed immorality among young girls and th© resulting temptations to boys. "While the officials in no city in the State have openly adopted the policy of segregation and toleration." says the report, "yet it is a fact that in certain cities there arc streets where the bueluess is conduced In much the same way as if segregattoh was the accepted official policy. "In the larger cities the most fla grant expression of commercialized prostitution is in connection with cer tain cafes and saloons. These places are enormously profitable. The police take the position that they have no right to interfere if the letter of the law is observed, but it is difficult to understand why these immoral cafes and saloons are tolerated." OBSERVE SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTH By Associated Press New York, Feb. 28. —In a general circular Issued by the Department of Education to principals of schools, at tention is called to the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, which will be celebrated on April 23, and it is urged that appropriate exercises in the schools mark the day. Peaches aad Plui Africa on 5 i Twenty-five Cents Per Is the Six Weeks, Being D Peaches and plume—real ripe fruit, that came all the way from South Africa—were offered for sale In Har risburg to-day. The appearance of fruit of this kind on the last day of February breaks all records for early arrival of such delicacies in this city. The peaches sold for 25 cents each and the plums could be had at 15 cents each or two for a quarter. STEELTON EXPECTS BIG BUILDING BOOM | DUBING THE SUMMER Believed Real Estate Syndicate Will Erect 100 Homes to Take Care of Homeless : Obliteration of a large part of the lower West Side of Steelton by the ' Pennsylvania Steel Company to make i room for improvements, will cause ! one of the biggest building "booms" ;J in the history of the borough in the , opinion of prominent real estate men. Out of town capitalists, it was learned authoritatively this morning, have already made tantative offers for an option on a large tract of land east of the borough for building purposes. A party of real estate men were in j the borough yesterday afternoon look ing over two available cites. The owner of at least one of these tracts has been approached by agents of these men with an offer for an op tion. It Is understood that a syndi cate contemplates the erection during the next summer of about 100 new houses of the bungalow style, houses that will be sold at from $2,500 to $3,000. At a recent meeting of the Munici pal League, one of the borough's most aggressive organizations, attention was called to the great demand for houses of numerate price then existing ■in Steelton. The opinion was expressed. Ithat at least 200. houses were needed at that time. RUSSIAN SCENES TO BE SHOWN IN ) NIBLO TRAVEL TALKS ON MONDAY \ 'f r~ Ifisj ■ i Scenes from the principal cities of Russia will be a feature of th* first ~ ! Niblo Travel Talk to be given next week in the Chestnut Street Auditorium r under the direction of the Telegraph. The upper etching shows St. Isaac's . | Cathedral in St. Petersburg; the lower etching shows Russian vagabonds in i I the streets of Moscow. TELEGRAPH'S TOURING ! PARTY WILL VISIT ; RUSSIA ON MOIAY i See Fashions in Paris, a Bull Fight in Spain and the Sphinx s in Egypt i s With the announcement of the pro j | grams selected for presentation at tlwe , Chestnut street auditorium next week, 5 to be given by the Niblo Travel Talks, ) under the auspices of the Telegraph, j by arrangement with Thos. M. Heane berry. renewed Interest has been created in this unique series and every I indication points to large and appre ciative audtences to see the interest ing countries of the old world in a 1 manner that is most interesting, f The Niblo Travel Talks are unusual - because they show the places seldom 1 seen by the average tourist -and they f are not merely lectures on the various B l countries, but the little out of the way ] j sections as well' as the more famous 1 [Continued on Page #] Ims From South >ale in This City i Price; Fruit Was on the Way I ►elayed by Storms The fruit reached Harrisburg this 1 morning and was on sale at a Market { Square stand. It was six weeks in t shipment. Storms caused a two weeks' ir delay. Each peach and plum was carefully rolled In cotton and packed I in a cotton-filled box. There were J two dozen peaches and plums in each box. jBEDFORD COUNT! BACKS BRUMBAUGH I AS IDEAL NOMINEE 1j William Lauder Says He Is Admir ably Fitted to Handle Prob lems of Government 1 5 ! William Lauder, of Riddleburg, Bed-! i ford county ,a member of the State *! Board of Education, and associated " with Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh as a| ' S member of the commission which ' j drafted the State school code and as a , • i member of the Board, to-day declared ' that Dr. Brumbaugh would make ai . strong candidate for Governor if he i" would consent to stand. Mr. Lauder,] t 1 who is an authority on school admin- i istration, comes from a county adjoin-' i ing Huntingdon where Dr. Brumbaugh ; -1 was born and has known him inti-1 '! mately. 2, "Dr. Brumbaugh is being mentioned I s for Governor and in my opinion he; - would make an ideal candidate," said - Mr. Lauder. "He is a man of force j ? and by training and experience is ad- ; r mlrably fitted to handle the problems s of the State government. Nothing is ) of greater importance to the people of our State to-day than our educational' - development and in such matters he I t stands pre-eminent. I have know n * Dr. Brumbaugh from his boyhood ''days'in Huntingdon county and ho I I commands the confidence of the peo- 1 l.jple of the Juniata valley to a remark - : ! [abfc extent. Personally, I hope IIQ i will consent to be a candidate." MIDDLETOWIII TO GET 575.080 POST OFFICE 1 UNDER KREIDER BILL t Growth of Town's Postal Business Makes Necessary Erection of New Quarters Special to The Ttlegrqph Washington, D. C., Feb. 28. —Con- gressman Kreider of the Eighteenth Congressional district of Pennsylvania Introduced In the House to-day a bill' appropriating $70,000 for the purchase! of a site and the construction' of aj public building In Mlddletown, Pa., toi be used as a post office. Mlddletown now has a population of I 6,000. The town is especially entitled to a post office building, because of the rapid increase of postal receipts. In the past live years the receipts at the Mlddletown office have increased from i $9,000 per annum to more than $ 14,- i 00 per annum, a total of $57,754 for' (Continued on Page »] I IF ran FILLS NOW. WORST FLOOD IN YHRS WILL RESULT Susquehanna Is Away Above Nor-| mal and Sudden Freshet Will Cause Great Damage If the fair, warm weather of to-day and yesterday containues for a week, one of the greatest floods in the his tory of the Susquehanna will be avert led in the opinion of local weather [forecasters and old residents. The deep snow on the upper branches of the river, the snow here and the ice on a river which is higher than normal are conditions that alarm those who know the river and the past history of Susquehanna floods. Residents of Middletown, who re member the time when their homes were almost swept away, are anxious | ly looking for the signs of a breakup. llf a rain came now, it is the opinion of E. R. Demain, local weather fore -1 caster, that one of the worst floods in i years would strike this city. ! "The best thing we could have, is I cantinued fair weather with temper atures ranging from about 35 at night to 4 5 or 50 during the daptime," he said. "This would gradually take away the snow." j The river remains closed. Yester- Iday was at a stage of 5.7 feet. ! . r Episcopal Church to Provide Pensions For Its Aged Clergymen; IBy Associated Press New Vork, Feb. 28.—The Protestant: Episcopal Church is ready to provide i pensions for clergymen of that de-! nomination. This developed yesterday when a bill was introduced in the Leg islature at Albany to incorporate the , "church pension fund." Monell Sayre, ' named as one of the incorporators, is ! secretary of the "Church Pension . Fund." He said to-day that the pro posed incorporation wns the result of | three years of study and investigation I of the subject of pensions for clergy men by a commission, the head of which was Bishop Lawrence, of Mas sachusetts. 28 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. LENGTH OF FISCAL YEAR MAY EFFECT THE CITY TAX RATE Expenditures For Only Nine Months Need Be Provided This Time BUDGET CONFERENCE TODAY Fire Drivers' Salaries May Be Raised $lO Per Month— Forrer Leaves While the city tax rate for 111* cannot be definitely determined until alter the budget Is completed, every Indication points to a reduction of at least a half, and perhaps a whole mill. The fact that provision for expendi- \ tures covering 1 a fiscal year of nine, instead of twelve months, makes a reduction follow. The City Commissioners grot to gether for the firs ttlme yesterday aft ernoon on the skeleton measure an«l another conference on the probable expenses was held this afternoon at is o'clock. The budget for 1913 totaled $529,- 129. and while the total of the short year, necessary appropriations cannot yet be more than roughly estimated, it is figured, conservatively speaking, that the 1914 budget may be nearly SIOO,OOO less. And the mill rate tor the 1913 budget is nine and a half mills. 81 x Months longer to Pay Taxes The change in the city government brought about by the Clark bill will affect the collection of city taxes next year. The budgetmakers will meet again late In November and prepare the 1915 budget, so that ordi nance may become effective January 1, when the levy of the taxes begins. The taxpayers will have from January 1 I Continued on Page 2] BULGARIAN'S SEEK AID FOR 78,000 ORPHANED CHILDREN" By .Associated Press Washington. D. C„ Feb. 28. — Airs. William Jennings Bryan, wife of the Secretary of State, to-day had before her a plea made by Mrs. Zorita V. Furnajleff, wife of a clergyman in Sofia,- that the United States extend aid to the 78,000 children In Bulgaria, orphaned by the horrors of the Balkan war. Mrs. Furnajleff is anxious to have Mrs. Bryan head a movement to organize in Washington a committee to collect relief funds. Mrs. Furnajleff announced that $5,000 already had been raised, but said it was inadequate to meet the stluatton. ARMY AVIATORS KILLED By .Associated Press Constantinople. Feb. 28. Fethy Bey and Sadlk Bey, young officers of the Turkish military aviation corps, I were killed to-day while attempting to fly from Constantinople to Alexandria, Egypt. Fetliey Bey rendered great assist ance to the Ottoman army, during the ' Balkan War, making many flights over | the Bulgarian positions and gathering information. 'PITTSBURGH CITY SOLICITOR DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Feb. 28.— John P. Hun i ter, city solicitor of Pittsburgh, and a widely known lawyer, died early to day, after a short illness. He was a member of the law firm of Lyon, Hunter & Burke, the other member* being Congressman James Francis Burke, and ex-Lieutenant-Governor Walter Lyon. Mr. Hunter entered on his services as city solicitor last Jan uary 7. inwranmiil For Hnrrlsburg and vfclnlty 1 Fair to-night and Sunday| ■lightly warmer to-night with lowest temperature about freezing. ; For Kaatern I'ennaylvanlai Increas ing doudlueaa to-night, warmer In north and wnt portion*! Sm- I day probably fair, except anow or rnln in north portion) moderate aouth winda becoming northwest. River No material change* will oeeor la river condition* to-night sad San da}. General Conditions The temperature haa continued to rlae over nearly all the country from the Hock Mountaina east- I waril. It la colder In Northwest ern Canada and along the north cm border ot the United States from North Dakota westward. Temperature! 8 a. m., 26. Sunt Itlaes, 6i36 s. m.t sets, SifiO p. m. Moon i New moon, first quarters March ft, 12i03 a. m. River Stage) 5.5 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Hlgheat temperature, 45. Lowent temperature. 21. Mean temperature, 33. Normal temperature, 32. | |f Travelogue Coupon No. 1 This coupon and 10c wilT ! good for one admission tickec to I "Nlblo Travel Talks" Monday, March 2 Present this coupon at Chest- I nut Street Auditorium ticket office when you purchase ticket. Not Good at Door Matinees Wednesday and Sat urday, 2.15. Evening perform ance, 8.15. Price of admission without coupon, 25c. V