Leaders Decide No! to Bring Armed Ship Issue Up For Vote Unlit Nex* Week
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HOUSE TO DISPOSE
OF ARMED VESSEL
AGITATION WITH
VOTE ON TUESDAY
Leaders Decide Not to Insist
on Action Until Next
Week; Feel Confident That
Majority Will Leave No
Room For Doubts of the
Decisive Character of the
Sentiment in Congress
MANY MEMBERS HAVE
GONE TO THEIR HOMES
Postponement Made Neces
sary by Their Departure
Under Impression That
Measure Would Not Come
Up; Rules Committee Is
Working on Resolution
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Deny Report That Wilson
Will Resign Under Strain
Washington. I». C.. March i.—
Aroused by tlie publication ol" re
ports vi sterility th.it l*re»itlent \\ il
-on because of the strain of the
foreign situation, was considering
rc»igniiu front ollicc. the White
House to-ila> issued the formal
statement:
"When sointiiiv Tuntulty's at
tention %\ns called to the story ap
pearing in certain papers that the
I*residciit had resigned or was fou
ndering resigning. lie said:
"•\n .American newspaper that
would publish a siory of that kind
in a situation like the one which
now confronts America dishonors
ItM-lf."
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By Associated Press
Washington. D. March 4.—The
nevt step in President Wilson's fight
10 dispose of the armed ship agitation
in Congress has been postponed until
.Monday.
At an early conference to-day ad
ministration leaders in the House de
cided not to Insist on a vote to-day.
This afternoon the Rules Committee
will meet to frame a rule to table the
McLemore resolution to warn Am
ericans off the armed ships of the
European belligerent.
The rule will be brought in with
ihe first business Monday when the
administration forces plan to dispose
>!' it by a substantial majority. The
Foreign Affairs Committee already
lias agreed on tin resolution.
Administration forces plan that the
tction in the Mouse shall give no room
fot* doubts of the decisive character
of the sentiment in Congress. They
plan that the action to table the Me
l.emore resolution will include a
declaration that the President shall
handle diplomatic affairs without Con
gressional interference.
The leaders are confident they have
the votes to make their victory com
plete and undisputed.
Leaders explained that the post
ponement was agreed upon because of
!he absence of so many members on
week-end trips. Many left yesterday
under the Impression, it was said, that
the House session to-day which began
at ten o'clock was to end at noon and
would consider only claim bills.
Majority Leader Kitchin, soon after
noon began notifying menders that
: hey would not be needed to vote until
next Tuesday at the earliest.
The probability that a vote would
not be reached before Tuesday de
veloped ill the conference. Speaker
• 'lark was opposed to a vote Mondav
as it would interfere with the unani
mous consent calendar.
Hi ports of a special rule to give the
House an opportunity to vole 0:1 the
straight warning issue instead of
tabling the Mcl.emore resolution were
circulated. Majority Leader Kitchin
said such a move had been discussed.
Such action would not be disagree
able to the President.
Discussion in the Senate was re
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THE WEATHER
For flnrri*t»urK and vlrlnit Ji Fair,
fOHtlnurd cold tn-nluhf. with low
«•*! Ifmprratnrf nhuui t«i «JcKrec*;
••uncliij" fnlr nn«l warmer.
For i:j«Ht«Tn l»ntn*> Ivnniat Fnlr to
niiiht uml : unrmer Sun
day; ntronit went wluds d i minUh-
Ing.
River
'1 he *UK«|U«-hiiiian river nml hH I(n
lirnnchew will fall nlowly or re
tnala nearly «tat t iomt r v without
much cliaiiiir In n«*inr„| lee con
dition*. % tinier of about l.«i fect
Im Indicate*! for llarrlnhurK >llll
- morniiiK.
t•eneral CondltlonN
The Vtlnnflo COBNI murm haw m«v.
cd northward and l» now central
off the coa*t of Northeru >cw
I inul.'ind. It cauied rain In the
lan twenty-four hour* In the
*outh Atlautlc State* and anew
nlonar the Middle Atlantic c«u«Mt
and In Southern .New Fnitiaad.
l ocal anown fell In the Ohio \ al
ley and over a part of the l.ake
Iteision. *now :tnd rain fell in
Orricon and WanhinKton and unow
l»» *ome of the Wemtern f'nnadian
provlneea aw a result of the «|lm
tiirhnnee in the Far >orthwcMf,
»lil«h haw broken up. Marked
temperature fall*. approachlaK a
cold wute la *e\er|fy # hate oc
curred in the Kant l.ulf and ">outh
\tlantl«* State* with freesing
temperature.
Irmpernturet s a. m.. IS.
lunt Vtlne*, 6:33 a. nt.| acta, OiOl
P. m.
•loon: \ew moon. Aral quarter,
March 11. 1 »33 a. m.
(Iver stage: 4.S feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterday'a feather
lliuhc*t temperature. !W.
howeat temperature. 17.
>1 can temperature. 24.
.Normal temperature, &J,
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STATE LICENSE
RECOMMENDED
FOR ENGINEERS
Important Report Subnlitted
to the Governor by Engi
neers Commission
RESULT OF LONG STUDY
Relief That Technical Men
Should Re Under State Su
pervision Is Set Forth
Recommendation that engineers,
surveyors or technical men in public
service where competency may be
established .by examination should be
subject to State or municipal civil ser
vice regulations: that there be a State
board to supervise registration of
technical men and that the State
Board of Public Grounds and Build
ings be made a board of public works
are made in the report of the State
Engineers' Commission presented to
Governor Brumbaugh to-day. The
commission was named by Governor
Tenor in 1314 and consisted of F. Her
bert Snow, chairman: John Price
Jackson, secretary: Samuel A. Taylor.
Pittsburgh: George S. Webster, Phil
adelphia. and J. Murray Africa. Hunt
ingdon.
The commission has made* what is
considered to have been the most ex
haustive study of engineering and its
practice and engineers and their rela
tion to, public work. The chief rec
ommendation is that there should be
a State board or commission to have
charge of registration of engineers
for practice in the State, that in tlrst
and second class cities the civil ser
vice boards could conduct such exami
nations as necessary and in the rest of
the State the proposed State commis
sion should be in charge of tests.
Consulting engineers or temporarily
engaged engineers would not be sub
ject to examinations. Certificates of
Illness could be issued.
It is suggested that public service
companies should be exempted from
1 the civil service regulation
system works out on State or other
public operations: that plans and
specifications for public works to be
built or operated by public service
companies should be handled by prop
er branches of the State government
and that the State board or commis
sion in charge of engineers act in
advisory capacity 011 employment of
i consulting or temporary engineers and
also have authority to investigate
charges of incompetence or derelic
, tion.
The report suggests that the State
Economy and Efficiency Commission
work out the details of a plan where
■ by the scope and duties of the Board
of Public Grounds and Buildings may
be enlarged so that it shall direct all
1 public works through bureaus which
I shall make all plans for State build
. Ings. handle architectural and enpi
■ neering details, purchase all supplies,
oversee all State property and also
have charge of State civil servixe ex
, animations to have supervision of
• engineers. This board to be eom
• posed of engineers or qualifications
. demanded . r membership in national
L engineer : cieties and who might
1 be dra- -in engineers in State
service < im the profession gen
. erally.
> Drafts " : acts to make the system
. of licensing engineers effective are
submitted.
Keystone State Fair
Officials Inspect Big
Fair Site at DesMoines
W. J. Stewart, of the Keystone Stale
Fair and Exposition Company, has
' returned from Chicacoand Des Moines,
I lowa, where he, will. A. K. Brown.
secretary of the company, and Pierce
' Anderson, of the architectural firm of
Graham. Burn ham «v Co., inspected
the grounds of the lowa State Fair.
They were ;he guests there of officials
• of the lov.a Department of Agricul
ture. Plans for the automobile speed
way near Aiiddletown will be com
• pleted the coming week by Graham,
1 Burn ha in X- Co.
Board to Hold New
Exams For Janitor Job
Following a lengthy discussion yes
teiday as to the choice of a janitor for
the Foosu school building, the School
Board postponed action on the selection
0 fa new man until the end of the pres
ent school term.
John Gunderman. who has been on
trial at the lower end building, will re
main on duty and a re-examination of'
the applicants. John Pagan. Daniel
• ruti hlev anil (Junderman. will be made
nelore the place is tilled permanently.
This a- tion was the result of moves by
Dr. Yatet. and Dr. Keene.
; The treasurers report for the month
showed a balance on hand of t51."31.64,
and a balance in the teachers' retire
ment fund of *4,776.44. The sinkine
funds, totaliui; *165.407.30. are invested
at per cent, in the local banks and
distributed as follows:
itizens Bank. 122,933.33: Sixth Street
Hank. 119.199.99: Commercial Hank.
$9,133.33: East End Bank. $16,133.27:
Merchants' Bank, SI8.698.:::;. First Na
tional Bank. $29,835.4;: Union Trust
1 'oinpany, J4n.199.99: Mechttanlca Trust
Company, $18,706.96: Security Trust
Company. $9,866.6.-.: Fnion Trust Com
pany. not invested. $400.00.
COIXeiI.MKV Wll.l, I IIM'KR
MOXD.II «>> VKW i'HIIIII.KM*
An informal conference will be held
at .1 o'clock Monday afternoon by the
City Commissioners to consider the
"Bardscrabble" resolution, the Jitnev
regulations as framed by the jltneuri
the application of Pleasantview resi
dents for annexation, and the Citv
Treasury audit specifications. Action
will probably follow at Tuesday's regu
lar meeting.
SLRF\CR HEADS BEEKEEPERS
By Associated Press
J-nncaster, Pa.. March 4. The con
vention of the Pennsylvania State Bee
keepers' Association In session here to
day, elected the following officers-
President, Dr. H. A. Surface, Harris
burg: fi.rst vice-president. (Jeorge IT
Rea. rteynoldsvllle: second vice-presi
dent. Mrs. Gertrude Weaver, Philadel
phia; third vice-president. R. L f'ooms.
Coudersport: secretary and areasurer,
11. C. Klinger. Liverpool: member of
Agricultural Education, B. A. Welmer.
I-ebanon: Dr. 11. A. Sul fa' y. II C.
A Klinger, national delegate. Dr. Surface.
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HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1916.
3130 SOLDIERS LOST IN GREATEST I
SEA DISASTEROF MODERN
t *' ' v.
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J>jeOY£*fCG <&jseri. frjt-rt stevtcm j ]
LA PROVENCE PACKED WITH TROOPERS SUNK I
This former French line steamship, converted into an auxiliary cruiser, carried about 4,000 troops and mem- ,'
bers of she crew from France to Saloniki when she went down in the Mediterranean 011 February 26 after being |
hit bv a torpedo or a mine. Fewer than 1,000 aboard were saved. l>a Provence was a 22-knots-an-hour vessel, of I
18.400 tons. She made her maiden voyage as a liner from Havre to New York in April ,1906. At the outbreak of ]-
the war she was taken over by the French government. \ 1
Pit-is, March 4.—lt was announced
at the French ministry of ntarinp that
there were nearly 4,000 men on board
the French auxiliary cruiser La Pro
vence when she was sunk in the Medi
terranean 011 February 26.
It is stated that on board the Pro
vence were the staff 01' the Third Co
lonial Infantry Regiment, the Third
Battalion, the second company of the
First Battalion, the second machine
gun company and one extra company.
As the ministry of marine on Feb
ruary 29 announced that the number
of survivors of the Provence disaster
was estimated at 870, it is indicated
3,130 lives were lost.
This loss of life is the greatest ocean
disaster of modern times. Up to the
present the Hirgest number of lives
ever lost in one wreck was when the
White Star liner Titanic struck an ice
berg off the Newfoundland banks 011
EXTRA FIREMEN
TO GUARD LOCAL
MUNITIONS PLANT
Ilarrisburg Pipe and Pipe
Bending Co. Obtains
Better Protection
, TWO COMPANIES MORE
j Mysterious Munitions Plant
Fires to Be Prevented
Here
To protect the Harrisburg Pipe and
Pipe Bending Works where munitions
are being manufactured for the allies,
from destruction by fire or any pos
sible bomb plot, two extra fire com
panies have been ordered by Fire
Chief John C. Kiniller. to respond to
alarms from box No. 441. installed
: ! yesterday mornine at the Herr street
' entrance of the big mill.
The companies outside of the dis
. trict of box 441, which is a private
1 one, which will answer alarms are
the Hope and Susquehanna, each
I equipped with a high-power engine
• and pump and complete chemical ap
-1 pa rat us.
Orders also have been issued that
the private box must be used only in
- case of lire In the pipe mill, and that
• other boxes in the vicinity shall be,
used for all other fires.
At noon to-day the new box w
given a thorough test when the 12
o'clock alarm was sent in. and is now
I ready for service. A number of
auxiliaries have been installed in var
ious parts of the plant in ease of any
emergency, and it is probable that
more may be added in a short time. ,
1 Box No. 331 at the State street en
-1 trance of »he plant will not be re- j
moved, and may be used in case of'
lire in the southern part of the plant. 1
1 AI.I KED PANCAKE BURIED
i Widely Known Commercial header's
Funeral This Afternoon
: Funeral services for Alfred Pan- j
cake, agjd 87, widely known com- j
i mercial and banking man. who died
. on Wednesday at his home, 1501 North 1
• Second -treet. were held at 2.30 o'clock
; this afternoon at the. home. The
j Rev. E. E. Curtis, pasior of the West
minster Presbyterian Church, officiated.
Burial was made at the Harrisburg
. Cemetery.
The honorary pallbearers, lifelong
' friends of Mr. Pancake, were Dr. H. B.
. Waller, Mr Robinson, M. G. Baker,
t Harry Miibr. Robert Hunter. Frank
B. Musser. Thomas T. Wiernian,
George W. Reily and Edward Bailey.
G. *.\. It. CAMP IV AUGUST
By Associated Cress 1
1 Kansas City, Mo.. March 4. —The
! National Encampment of the Oranil
Army of the Republic will be held in
Kansas City from August 29 to Sep- j
■ tember 1, it was announced to-day.
NEW RUSSIAN ENVOY
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C., March 4.—The \
nomination of David R. Francis, for
mer governor of Missouri, to be am
bassador to Russia, will he sent to
the Senate Monday by President Wll- ,
. son.
KOItEIOKKS KILE ACTIOX
Two trespass suits for damages
amounting to SB,OOO. were tiled to-dav ,
when Evlea Dragovlc brought an action
, against Trlvin Alien for $3..000 for
' slander, and Tomo Koznak started a
similar action against Joko Tomosovlc
for $5,000 for alienating his wife's af-
fectlous. i
April 14. 1912, and sank with a death i ■
loss of 1,595. The rescued numbered
74 3.
The French ministry of marine had 1
previously issued no statement as to 1
the number of persons 011 the Pro- ; :
vence when she went down. The ves- 1
sel, however, when in the transatlantic
service could carry 1,960 persons, in- i
eluding the crew, and it has been pre
sumed that, as she was transporting 1
troops between ports not far apart,
she was carrying a iv-y er of men :
larger than her nor 1 -paclty.
The official lit announcing
tii>' -inking of the rtovence said: i
"The French auxiliary cruiser Pro
vence II (so designated to distinguish
her from the French battleship Pro
vence), engaged in transporting troops
to Saloniki. was sunk in the Mediter- 1
ranean on February 20. Two hundred
and ninety-six survivors have been
brought to Malta and about 400 to 1
Melos by French and British patrol
101 INDICTMENTS
AGAINST BREWERS
FOR SLUSH FUND
Illegal. Expenditure of Money
in Federal Elections
Charged
FINK CONCERN INCLUDED
$1,300,000 in Fines Collectible
if Convictions Are
Obtained
Special to the Telegraph
Pittsburgh. Pa., March 4. One i
hundred and one indictments, 100 j
against brewing companies distributed j
throughout Pennsylvania, including
'the Fink Brewing Company of liar- j
rlsburg. and one against the United
States Brewers' Association of New j
York were unexpectedly returned yes- j
terday to Judge W. H. S. Thomson.!
in the United States district court, by!
the federal grand jury investigating
brewery contributions to political
! campaigns.
This is the result of the government :
inquiry begun here a month ago by i
United States Attorney E. Lowry,
Humes.
The indictments, returned for alleg- j
ed violations of two sections of the
! federal penal code, charge conspiracy
by the brewing companies in the un
lawful expenditure of money in fed
eral elections.
About $1,500,000 in fines, it was es
(Con tinned on Page 10.) • !
Too Modest to Pull Up
Stocking, Loses Savings
Special to the Telegraph
i Hammond, Ind., March 4. Mary
' Doruelia, of Indiana Harbor, lived
next door to a bank for ten years, but j
J she had no faith in banks. Her care- i
, ful savings, guarded and added to for
! the purchase of a home, always were
: under her personal supervision. She
I went shopping to-day and she carried
; her life savings of several hundred,
j dollars in her stocking.
Her garter broke in the main street
while she was passing a crowd of loaf
ers. Too modest to pull up her stock-
I ing while the loafers looked on. she j
hurried to the shelter of a doorway, i
The money was gone. When she re- j
turned to where the loafers had been,
they were gone.
Woman V/ho Poisoned Baby
Hangs Herself in Prison
By Associated Press
Auburn, N. Y., March 4.—Edith J. :
Melber, who was serving a sentence
! of twenty years for the murder of her i
i five-year-old son. George, by forcing
; poison down the child's throat and j
leaving the body in a swamp in the
outskirts of Albany, January 6, 1911,
committed suicide in Auburn prison
for women this morning.
Twenty Killed and Many
Hurt in Explosion at Paris
By Associated Press
Paris, March 4. —Twenty persons'
were killed and a large numbpr In-1
'urf d in nn explosion near St. Denis, in
j ihe suburbs of Paris, this morning.;
J The cause of the disaster has not been j
i ascertained. J
vessels summoned by wireless.
"No signs of a submarine were 110- J
ticed either before or after the sink- !
ing. I>a Provence was armed with live I
cannon of 11 centimeters, two of 57
millimeters and lour of 47 milli
meters."
Among the other great sea disasters, 1
in addition to (he Titanic were:
The Cunard Line steamship Lusi- 1
tania, torpedoed by a German sub- !
marine and sunk off the Head of Kin
sale. Ireland, May 7, 1915, with the \
loss of 1,206 lives.
The burning of the excursion
steamer General Slocum, in the East
river. New York. June 15. 1904, when
nearly 1,000 persons met death.
The French Bine steamship Ea Bour
gogne. sunk in collision with the
steamship Cromartyshire, July 4, 1898, j
with the loss of 580 lives.
The Japanese liner Kioker Maru, ;
sunk off the coast of Japan, September
128, 1912, with a loss of 1,000 lives.
BLIND PEDDLER
SHOT BY INSANE
MAN WITH RIFLE
Stands in Pliila. Doorway With
Bepeating Gun and Wounds
Two Other Men and Women 1
FIBES HAP HA Z A B D
Subdued and Arrested by
Policemen After Terrific
Struggle
By Associated Press
| Philadelphia. March 4.—A man be
\ lieved to be insane stood to-day in
I the doorway of a house in the south
ern section of the city with a repeat
ing rifle in his hands and before he
was overpowered he shot and killed
one man and wounded two men and
I two women.
Without any warning, the man, who
lis Anthonia Pronogo, 29 years old,
emerged from the house and taking
his stand on the doorstep, raised his
: rifle and shot at everyone who came
within range.
One of his victims was a blind ped
i dler who was shot through the body
; and dropped dead after running a
| short distance.
Pronogo gave battle to policemen
but was subdued and arrested.
Brothers Pull Guns,
One Drops in Quarrel
Over SBO,OOO Estate
By Associated Press
Scran'on, Pa.. March 4.—Guslave C. i
Brenneman. of this city, was mortally
wounded by his brother, Charles D.
j Brenneman, of Factoryville. Pa., near .
here, in the law office of Charles Soper '
to-day.
The brothers have been at logger- 1
heads for some time concerning an
SBO,OOO .-'slate of their father, Daniel
Brenneman,' who was an iron manu
facturer here. They met at the attor
ney's office to sign an agreement, but
I bad blood immediately developed.
Both were armed and they pulled re- :
; volvers simultaneously. Gustave fired
twice, both shots going wild, narrowly
missing spectators in the office. !
Charles fired once, the ball penetrating
Gustave's'right lung.
SCHOOLMASTERS HERE
Round Table Discussion On Educa
tional Needs
City and county superintendents, !
high school principals and teachers to
the number of over 100 were present
this morning at the tenth apnual con
ference of the Schoolmasters' Associa
: tion of Central Pennsylvania, held in
i the tliird-Hoor study hall of the Tech
: ntcal high school.
Ten counties were represented In 1
the gathering, which was presided 1
over by Supervisor Brehm, of this city.
I A list of fifty round table subjects were !
discussed informally at the meeting. I
the chief topic being the subject of
standards of promotion.
ASK MONTHLY REPORTS
All departments of the State gov
' ernment have been asked by the new
State Economy and Efficiency Com
mission to make monthly reports on
the amount of money spent and for
! what purpose. This request, which
amounts to an order under the au
thority vested 111 the commission, will
enable u closer watch to be kept on
the expenditures than Is now possible ,
I and will show where the money goes
| without much Hcurckius of vouchers.;
GERMAN INFANTRY
ATTACKS STOP AS
BIG GUNS START
I
Forces of Crown Prince With
drawn From Struggle For
Second Best
DOI AUMOXT IS THE KEY
Slight Advances Made on Both
Flanks; Many Thrusts at
Vital Points of Line
After the desperate battling on the
Douaumont plateau in the renewal of
the German drive for Verdun there
has come a second halt in the intense
struggle. Paris to-day announces
that there has been a cessation of in
fnntry attacks by the crown prince's
troops although his artillery is still
keeping up a heavy bombardment.
The continuation of artillery ac
tivity may indicate a speedy renewal
of the action on the Important front
northeast of the fortress where the
j French lines form a salient. The
Douaumont sector is pointed out by
I French military critics as a key posi
; tion essential to the German purpose
of taking the fortress. Hence the
| desperate nature of the struggle which
lias been going on for Its possession.
Contemplate Thrusts
The importance of the German
activities in other sectors is not over
[Continued on Page 11.]
Occupation of Bitlis
Gives Russians Control
of Entire Van Region
By Associated Press
London, March 4.—Two Turkish di
visions, reinforced by troops that had
fled from Ery.etum, are. the forces that
( had been operating against the Rus
| sians on the line running through
1 Mush. Bitlis and Van, according to
Iteuter's Petrograd correspondent.
With the occupation of Bitlis. he
points out. the entire Van region
passed under the control of the Rus
sians, while the Russian success sepa
rates the two Turkish forces operating
in the regions of Mush and Lake
Urumiali, respectively.
With the loss of Bitlis, it appears,
j Turkish reinforcements cominc from
j Mesopotamia would be compelled to
travel by roundabout routes in oj-der
to reach the third Turkish city.
M II l<tfl II I W
AMERICAN CONSUL AT ROME DIES I
*
consul here, was found dead in a chair shortly before the ft
breakfis ■ to-day. Death was probably due to heart 1
1 disease. '>
i WILL BUV SILVER HERE **
Lima, Peru, March 4.-—The government has .on: t J "
ed with a German bank for purchase in New York of 145,- 1 ► ;
000 ounces of stiver for coinage, in addition to its previous ! ' •
purchase. * J
JLSE ATTACK AND TAKE t *
Berlin, March 4, via London. "The enemy was re- ||
o retake Douaumont," the
announced to-day. It was also announced that the booty ¥
taken by the Germans since February 22 had increased to V..
I I
SENATE ARMY BILL INTRODUCED ' *
Washington, March 4. —The Senate army bill was in- |
troduced to-day by Chairman Chamberlain of the Military ' ►
Committee. It proposes the most thorough measures of ,
militar «*
times and is the first of the national defense bills urged by b
President Wilson to be completed and introduced. f
WANTED IN BOSTON ,►
Harrisburg.—Felix Wilinski was arrested this afternoon ; t
ctive Shuler for the Boston autho charged JI
with stealing $177 from the R. H. Sterns Publishing Com- ' ,
pany. ! :
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MARRIAGE L ■!
.tnmp» Strains nn«l Mury Kovnc», StwHon.
♦ironte It. Outer, »tv < umlirrlnuil, uud Mnry M. M<'Faild», city. _ |
l.loyd E, »laun ami LUlle K. Zrr ht, Sitrelton. i 1
■ Vlr'" nlki" w ii Win wH
20 PAGES CITY EDITION
FATHER HASSETT
WARNS AGAINST
VULGAR DANCES
Takes Occasion lo Point Out
Church's Position in Regard
i to Worldly Amusements
; URGES GIVING TO POOR
Total Abstinence From Use of
Alcoholics Is Also Recom
mended
In issuing: the Lenten regulations
: for the Harrisburg; Diocese of the Ro
i man Catholic Church to-day. the Rt.
» Rev. M. M. Jlassett, administrator of
the diocese, takes occasion to warn the
i j members of the Church against "vul
-11 gar and llcivious dances, indecent and
j suggestive theatrical productions."
I Mgr. Hassett's statement in con
nection with the Lenten regulations is
,!us follows:
. j "The Lenten season is a time for
•; recalling and living up to the high
. i moral standard set by the Catholic
. i Church for her children. This stand
> ard forbids all vulgar and lascivious
i dances, indecent and suggestive the
; atrical productions.
"Prohibited at ull seasons, there is
i j special inhibition now. And they ob
. | serve the L,enten season best who ab
! stain altogether from going to places
1 of amusement during this holy seuson.
; During this season all entertainments
[Continued oil Pago 11.]
Gets $1,200 For Can
of Dye That Cost s2l
| Special to ilia Telegraph
I Heading, Pa., March 4. Pay in ft
s2l for a can of 25 pounds of fast
• black dye and selling it for SI2OO,
i! a 550 per cent, profit, was the ex
i perience of a textile manufacturer
. , here. He kept it in a safety vault
■ ! until he sold it. Textile and hat
i manufacturers here are seriously hani
■ pered by lack of dyes and all are will
• i ing to pay almost any price for
; i genuine dyes.
; ■ Several plants liere are manufac
turing fast black. The Reading Chem
, leal Manufacturing Company, is mar-
I keting two tons dally and is preparing
> to make several colors as well as
r i black, having perfected its own for
mulas.