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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

> \

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 %

s called to the story ap

pearing in certain papers that the

I*residciit had resigned or was fou

ndering resigning. lie said:

"•

.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

[Continued on Pago (I.]

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.