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imtoq, "vO PUBLISHERS GATHER fN SESSION WEATHER A I I I VI I IVISIMUHWAUV IL fl at iwm BLOW PUNISH ALL OF RnDOO Wi Hire Osljr Beasit lit Ketw OH Cesditksj, SCORES PARTISANSHIP Siyi Ceireu Hid No Beit ceu to Drag ia His Prmte Act W. rh. l4w H' iwrt M. bis Mr. iSii Jut rmrmum hrr tt.hlM II.

WillUw a. McAdeo. fyrw.r rirjr ft ihe Trury d4 candidal lh lmcrto nomination fr President. tfxUrtd b'or lb rVr.il Oil Commltf d.r nlMlvM who recently terminated. wr '1n ood nd had nothing to do with ih lalng of naval oil rrv.

that "th. faiih of lb. their own 1 of th development, in th. oil inquiry, ho declared tn? qoloi tranacenO. politic a rile and part hum conldrrutlon.

ind ihM du'' lhe duVr of tho hour. niercilewly untovr trd to trine to public mw hioBt TubUc tru.t or who htt boon ulhy in Ihl. humlluting fSS commute. "efcJ MrVlc coumel to ihe. Vhffy known lW ndln tho leitlmomr before the ommltw thst neither they (mem of the McAdoo Uw firm) nor 1 hare had any relation whatever the lei nVlo for the Teapot iJofiio and California naval reaerve.

Surt PnrtlNUi Iteaoon ir hat been awumed that honor My conducted law Practice of a all ien holding no public office la ordinarily a aubject of Con I think It n.ay fairly be preaumed that If rny name li. not prominently mentioned In connection with high office my prl oractlce aa a lawyer would be la interest to this committee or public. Whether or not it ha. been drawn into thl Inquiry to a portUan political purpose. fh country will judge.

1 "It would be a crime against the Dubllo if the dragging of Innocent People nto this affair should divert Attention from the guilty or prevent Ke discovery of those who have be (C'ontlnned on Page 2) OBREGON TAKES "DEATH'S BALCONY" Overwhelming Victory Near Vera Cruz With Heavy Casualties VERA CRVZ, lb. 41. Mexican government troop oviock this morning, taking pos ton of the city after its re Srt I evacuationby the rebels. Feb. 11.

By'The As Press. FoUowlng close uccess on the vera i rui rrTt governmenl forces have achieved an overwhelming victory in the rfofpattnK the rebels on the Wanks of th River Lerma near Ocot banks 01 hours' of furious feting! a Sage from President FedeJ'aU "crossed the Lerma near wnuth on the eastern side of Lake Phaoal gaining a foothold for a of their arch against the rebel "ronghold to ThPeTeU, President Obregon's savs had fortified the risht Tank of the river and aided by the Natural advantages of the; posiUon, 2i 110 a stiff resistance. The govern ment Ptroopi moved to the assault Saturday morning, crossing the river Sver a pontoon bridge under heavy llwli Are and attacked th fortified they nicknamed he'ghtinT continued until AVinrk at night when the rebels are Lefared to hive hoisted a white flag and bounded bugles calling for a par Heavy casualties were suffered by sides? the Federals losing 300 in killed and wounded. THE WEATHER, Harrlsburg and Vicinity: Increasing cloudiness and warmer to night, lowest temperature about 35 degrees, followed by snow or rain late to night vt Tuesday. Eastern Pennsylvania: Increasing cloudiness and warmer to night followed by rain or snow late to night or Tuesday.

Moderate to fresh south and southwest winds. River: The Susquehanna river and II its brancbea will fait or remain stationary. A stage about feet is inoicaica jurriauurg Taesdag. if PUBLISHERS VJLL DISCUSS PROBLEMS Newspaper Men of State Represent Publications Read by Millions of Subscribers Un 4iif 4 lb Ik i. I a fMr m.

1 1 Hr lh Uw and Mtl rIO The t(ieu i a aM Il4 iliie ftntNt. UI Ik. Ki lllo4 Ul AM rtioa Mb vafae lb vdnof 4 pwtlbte rUl4 It' pt i.w nun at it bi 4 AwMtUixt IT Wttr in IVna at.U. Itr the Nttf nVf rtidnt vt alt ai itr. lwbre; ihl.

the create the world Btas paiMrtnc vfcaatsattoaa. lMuruMl (Miilirftag Among tbr thln up will a rr olutia by the Uul i upptinf the eauej of law and order In thto mat and! Pledtiag the newapaprre tinue, even wore vjoroujr mB ever, thtlr campaign fr Uw enforcement. Among th early arrival wr John Wewart. of th Waahing, nkonar and KrlHirtT luni I Ida llailv AaaoclAllon; i harle It. lPt.

prretdent of the, Weekly AoUtlon: Harry John on. of th Altoona Mirror, a preeldcnt of he iHilly Aoon. and George J. tampi ii. I'litaburch I'al'y Hulln.

who address the gathering to day on Irglntailve mattem. Mr. Ktewart. long a vromlnent ngur In the newspaper life of the Slat, will tooel master at th Joint held thl evening at the nn at which th speakers will be Mark Sullivan, famoua newspaper cor respondent and naalne WashlnatoB: Karl A. Wckel.

pri de" otth. United Pre. A oclatlon. Nw York, and E. tackpole.

dU tor ln chlef of the Harrtsburg Tele rrPhAk Strict Enforcement The newapapermen as they gathered prior to the opening of the sessions voiced a strong sentiment that th pre, of the State take a definite stand for strict ub ervaneo of all laws of the State and nation. In this was seen another step forward on the part of Pennsylvania newspapers In supporting the irte for more rigid enforcement of the Volstead Act. and support of other regulations at present causing tne Government trouble. The general trend of thought on the part of the members of the Pennsylvania Associated Dallies. a noted In comment and talks during the afternoon, was toward new policies constructive In character.

Outlined in the earlier talks and discussions of the weekly newspaper publishers was the appeal for the printing a cleaner paper, par CoiT. tied On Page 181 AUTO SHOW IS BIG ATTRACTION Spectators Debate Merits of Innovation and Discuss Four Wheel Brakes much that was new among the exhibits at the Automobile Show saiuraay aner r.A ovoninsr. that the affair Xljj II ana developed into an old fashioned de batln society, rne occupy 1 AntirA floors of the Emer son Brantingham Building on Market street, is the largest ever held In Central Pennsylvania; ana me attendance Saturday was arger than on any previous first day. Subjects for debate are found in almost every exhibit at the show. Perhaps the most, debated subject Saturday evening was that of balloon tires.

The innovation had A unfatfa and Its enemies. In half a dozen exhibits there are cars with balloon tires. A car never De fore exhibited In Harrisburg the Rollln, had them In one of the smaller sizes. A Paige touring car Condoned On Page 17 DIKTY NAH. MAY MEAN nvwi DEATH THROUGH BLCfOD POlSONINGTUK IUUIH Blood 'poisoning that from a puncture wound of the foot caused by stepping on a hail fn a hog pen on the farm of James Poff.

near Duncannon, is expected to result In the death of Joseph Hoffman, 18 year old farm hand. The boy was working in a hog pen on the farm, located along the New Buffalo road, last Wednesday, when he stepped on ihe nalL The wound was dressed with iodine by a neighbor at the time. Two days later the foot "became Infected and Dr. B. F.

Beale. Duncannon, waa called to treat an ingrowing toenail, which young Hoffman believed was causing the trouble. The doctor determined that blood poisoning had set in and ordered the boy's removal to the Harrlsburg Hospital. He was admitted to the Institution Saturday afternoon, but the 1 lt thrnnvliAnt fa body and to day hospital physicians expresses tugoi niic wrc recovery. FAMOUS WRITER TO SPEAK MAI1K STM.1VAS Maik iulltvaa.

who will le of the rakers at the annual dinner of the nrwtter eliur and publishers at the I'enn IUrrle thl is a native of Chester county. whre he was born at Avon, dale In UTt. He received hts early education In the local public schooU and th Normal School at West Cheater, and at lh at of IS contributed to lh ld Village Kecord and also the Republican at West Chester. Ill Drat regular newspaper ork was as a reporter on tb Republican at II. for three or four years he was half owner and editor of th PhoenU villa Republican.

Thereafter be spent seven yeara at Harvard University and work as a national Journalist Is known far and wide, his book on the Disarmament Conference being an unusual story. HERRIN MAY BE TAKEN OVER BY STATE TROOPS More Troops Ordered to Mine Town as Disturbance Grows MACHINE GUNS SET UP Four Thousand Bituminous Workers Threaten to" Strike Herrin, Feb. 11. (By The Associated Press.) Tur bulent Williamson county, scene two years ago of the massacre of more than a score of nonunion coal miners and late ly of warfare between dry Ku Klux Klan and anti Klan factions, to day faces the prospect of a declaration of martial law and a strike of ap proximately of 4,000 bituminous miners employed in a mines. It la holiovcxi o'nprnll that with the arrival of additional National Guardsmen, the county's law enforcement will pass into the hands of the military instead of having them act as now under the direction of Coroner W.

H. McCowan, hem De the only county officer functioning as such. No. untoward incident occurred last night in' Williamson county, according to reports to the military authorities here early to day. The troops have placed machine guns In strategic positions ln; the three towns which thev are exercising mili Kary control and guards have been thrown about the courtnouse at Marion and the city hall and hospital The citizen police deputized by S.

Glenn Young, acting chief of police of Herrin and an admitted paid employe of the Ku 'Klux Klan, continued their patror of Herrin streets last night and this morning. Toung stated he had deputized about 300 such men. Regular police badges for that number were not available, so a tinsmith fashioned a number of six pointed tin stars as an emblem of their authority. It was Young who led the series of 'dry" raids in WiUiamson county which resulted in the arrests of approximately 2,000 persons and the formation of the Knights of the Flaming Circle, a faction to oppose the klan dry raiders, and it was in a flareup of the intense leellng en gendered by Young's activities that; Caesar Cagle. constable of Herrin, waa killed Thursday night and feel ins; reached a pitch which necessitated the staldiers being ordered into Williamson ewwtity Ir second time within a month.

GATE CLEARS HYSTEEIY i mm R033 Ulusea Actirititi lit Sbt Ptbjm Uxa daffuix case Arrnt FcHwj Acceutuu t( Drtdtr; Esfctr Ttbtr DetUrtd Witstif sfaA. film KU II, t'telMr. 4 4 I' fV tatxe af a iH UUi kr. it nf kwo imi to gt4 ta ae whh na tMity tir huiox I'ar Wtae. twr gwl la ife distot the slmtr UImU IWI4, Istokene rc hixrMr lr iru AHofr)f KhrM4 Muirae4 ftiae deltnlie lurj lh ani4i liwn tt ihe'triiu.

khirh futtUd hIi fr ai ka iKirlng thai llnu eishl 4iei4i ner arrte4 ad nrlr ff airroci4 a materul 11 ithut any dn an lasa.la ling lid. LtfUaon coomy aeihursilee de flared I hey are convinced that Ikthop i th They say that rubbery the mati and last money and valuable found from th dead men's rlothlng. Kathrr Walmer. aged 1. ho ws with llobb In the dueout on ihe athletic flelJ.

where he aa murdered, the Ion alt nee of lh crime. Ph haa told lb msny ronfllriing etorlea becaua threatened to Implicate her mother In mid ahat sh knew th rrim. he now derliree den nliely. authorities aay, that the guilty nun. Had Qoarryman Rlahop was arrested Ute Saturday afternoon.

Several days aro he accused "JimtnU" Jllller. an lullan quarryman with the slaying, but formal charges of murder were not lodged against him. Bishop waa not held. Bishop was accused of lh crime by hi brother. Benjamin Franklin Bishop.

Authorities say that Benjamin told them that William confessed to him several days after th murder. A revolver used In th killing, authorities say, was found In the horn of Bishop's mother In Hershey. Ve are sure we have the right man." District Attorney Ehrgood said this morning. have been censured by many during the Investigation, but we took the prosecution slowly because we did not want to lodge a charge against any of th suspects until we were certain we had the right man. We now convinced we are right:" Hold Maimer Girl The Walmer girl was the only eye witness of th shooting, authorities say and will be held aa a material witness.

ORIGIN OF BLAZE IN HILL GROCERY TO BE PR0BEDS AYS CHIEF Fire of undetermined origin broke out In the cellar of a grocery store at 1243 Kittatinny street about 3 o'clock ths morning, destroying the Interior of the two story frame building and also severely damaging dwellings at 1243 ttll Kittatinny street. Damage caused to the thres buildings and contents is estimated by Fire Chief Marlon Verbeke at $10,000. The grocery store was conducted by John Kish, who, with his wife and their five children, resided on the second floor of the building. Klsh was awakened by smoke, he said, and calling his wife and children, he led them to safety. A butcher shop also Is conducted in the storeroom by Max Cohen.

The house at is occupied by Clyde Hitter and wife, and the one at 1241 by George Ritter, his wife and their two children. The Rit ters are brothers. Both families were driven to the street, but succeeded In saving a large part of their furniture. The loss to the building is estimated at that at 1243, $2, 000; and 1 241, 1,000. The building at 1245 is owned by Mrs.

M. W. Souerbeer, Camp Hill, and the other two by her daughters, Mrs. Edward A. Snyder and Mrs.

H. A. Ritter. The balance of the loss was on the furnishings. Chief Verbeke said he was unable to make a definite statement on the origin of the blaze, but believed lUwas caused by defective electrical wiring.

The grocery, store escaped damage by water and Are, but the upper part of the building was badly burned. The house at 1243 was badly gutted in the rear and the attic of the house at 1241 was damaged. WINTER BASEBALL WARMING UP IXTKB baseball Is warm ing up to springtime temperature. John B. Foster tb baseball expert, begins a big series to day in the Marrlsbwrg Telegraph.

He will. have story every day on the sport His I rat series will be nbont trainman; ramps. Then he will go SontJi, and what happens will be told dally bt this tamo writer. This In anwy one of the many ttcnta stare far Hnrrls Trlegsnnh EVENTS OF DAY IN MURDER OF MISS LAWSON ttt tttsi. I a Miatt ttH Awe.

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KebTiT tl'y Th Astv elated Tres) With th body of UuU Lawaon on th way to har horn In Walnrt Sprint. Ta. th police to day continued effort lo labllsh th Identity of two men nho; gained entranc to hr epartment' last Friday when sh was strangled In bd. Th pollc ar now working on th theory that th. murderers.

whA rlalmlnar to I 1,. were refused ad mittance by th young woman a month ago. Miss Charlott Wakefield. frlnd of th dead girl, told pollc of last month llt whUh, sh said, had ap. parently disturbed Miss Lawson.

Th; men had shouted through th closed door that they wer brtnalng a cas of gin. sent by friends. Miss Lawson had a girl visitor at th tlm and did not admit th pair, but told them she was not expecting liquor and would not recelv It. police believe It possible th men, prtended bootlegwers at that time contemplated robbing Miss Law son of her many Jewels. Disconcerted bv the presence of a visitor.

It Is thought they may have watched the girl's movements and finally forced an entrance on the same pretext, when she was alone. LIGHTMXG KIM'H HORSK, MHOCKH MKN IX BAItV Pa)axaataiBfey Feb. 11. A racehorse was killed, another stunned and Charles Jamison and son Mark Jamison, who were attending the animals, badly shocked at Clarion Saturday, when a lightning bolt hit th barn. XAMBD StPKHVIHOR Frederick.

Feb. 11. Miss Mabel E. Kirk, of Nebraska, has been named supervisor of rural schools In Frederick county to succeed Miss Hulda Brust, who resigned to accept a similar position in Montgomery county. Miss Kirk has already begun her new duties.

FARMER HELD AS SLAYER OF HIS PARENTS Wife Says He Also Killed Grandmother Whose Body Is Found Under Coop Plymouth, Feb. 11. Ray D. Smith, prominent Marshall county farmer, who was arreted here charged with the slaying of his grandmother, Mrs. Francis Sweet, 83, was again Questioned by officials yesterday about the slaying of several other members of his family who have met violent deaths in the past few years.

rith was arrested on miorma furnished by his wife, who Is alleged to have stated, that Smith killed his grandmother two years ago. Mrs. Sweet disappeared at that time and the general belief was that she had committed suicide. After Mrs. Smith's story, officials searched the Smith farm and discovered the grandmother's shrunken and almost unrecognizable body burled beneath the concrete foundation of a 'chicken coop." Officials saio last, mgni uf are investigating circumstances surrounding the death ot Smith's father, mother and a former wife.

The father, it was said, was the victim of a brutal hammer murder. The mother and wife were victims of poison. RECEPTION GIVEN TO BERGD0LL KIDNAPER ew York. Feb. 11 Corlisa.Hoov en Grlffis.

of Hamilton. Ohio, who ms released" recently from prison hf Mosbach. Germany, after serving part of a sentence for complicity in a plot to kidnap Grover Berg Ioll. American draft evaderrarrtved home today on the Albert Kallin an4 i aiven a reception at City Hall OF FORGIVinG PAiSTORTO AID THIEF Rtf. J.

A. Lyttr. PwUr tC Drrry Street U. B. Osrcl.

IUs Ccpistba HOPES TO SAVE CULPJUT Relry Beliete. Ilift Ceea CtiUi by Terti Kih Kstw tthhltt H.3W IU. J. l4'f, fkm X', It iorth. Ui la dji arf 2i fwt trh fwt 4') riVJ a l.f i II I.

ikal imr. iimi a Th Mr. b4 a lh thlf tM dl tmli hi U.ol i 10 hint troni mr de4 vt lk hrnr. Th rtbrr dlrd lh ptor rwure in hu a boot 1 n'tl ra nsgbt. aadh fuuad lh dr.a PT dir had forel dam4.

la gddlti to lh hn, in tnir stul a fy Kntrane to tb bom In.l.iw oa th Md OI p. luit ifa w. hVhou; Th draklhat waa t4 t. ortd In lh tor; ih cond lloor of th horn. Po he bell rubbery na coin, nutted by a boy who knew th tailor nould front bom Uijr than uul Ual nlsht Ju lo dvdicaiory rrl D0UTRICH ANNOUNCES HE IS N0TCANDIDATE In th recent public dlwumion of: ho Iteuubllcan 1 nomination for Congrea In th liar risburg dlntrlct, th name of 1.

11. IHiulrlch has been occaalonally men tloned. Asked by the Teleuraphj 1 iiimiiiiii ttila titurn roncernma iw.ili.l.Ii national leader i ins In th retail clothing Uualn, had thl to say: ..1. almost unnecessary to say that I am not a candldut for Congress or any other rile. It's tru that friends have urged to seek congrenslonal honors, pointing out th need of businessmen In th lawmaking body at Washington, but while appreciating the confidence of those who have suggested th matter to me, there has never been any serious thought on my part of entering the contest.

My Interests are such that they demand my entire attention." BUSINESS PEOPLE TO HEAR TAX CUT TALK Congressman George M. Young, who will addres the Women's Republican Club of Dauphin county tomorrow evening at the Civic Club, on "Tax Reduction," has made a study of theNMellon plan and other bills before (longress and his address, Is regarded as of such importance that the members of civic organizations and business people in general have been invited to hear him. Congressman Young is a member of the ways and means committee now giving attention to tax matters. A representative of the State government will discuss the reclassification of employes. QUIP AND QUIRK Queer Pranks Played by Tate and Oddities of Human Nature Springfleld, WortJ, $10,000 Feb.

11. After accumula U. rM Wnt ting nearly 10, ne nmut 000, John Barry, 70 years, old, died late last night in Mercy Hospital from exposure suffered in the chicken coop on the Johnson farm In Feeding Hills which was. his home for the last twenty years. Dr.

A. P. Morris, who found the man dying yesterday bt pneumonia and frozen feet, said to day that Barry was frozen to death. He was brought to the hospital here in an ambulance and died a few hours later. It was found that he had placed about 000 in small loans in Feeding Hills and had between $5,000 and $6,000 in savings banks.

He had no known relatives. MRS. CANDLER LEAVES HOME OF HUSBAND 1 1 Soft Drink King Causes Arrest of His Bride in Woman's "Apartment Feb. 11. Mrs.

Asa G. Candler has left the' home of the millionaire soft drink magnate whose bride she became last June, and waa reported to have spent last night at the apartment of the friend at which she was arrested with two prominent Atlanta businessmen Saturday by Police Chief James L. Beavers. Friends of the Candler family declared that Mrs. Candler, who wan a public stenographer before she married Candler, did not spend the night at the home of her and that she bad not been mere our Ing tbe day.

Mrs. Candler could net located for statement. 4 REV. S. 71EST, wted annaniAii, dies 07 stroke Ttzzitt tf EftrjtlktJ PcS liiibj lists tzi PftsUr Fer Sctrt tf Yeii Foanm lumusainGER Hem Tek Vtcttisa All Dits cf His Ubutery; Htli Cferi Tin: ituv.

i wir Th llev. H. I. Wleat. naator of tb United Kvangelli al Churth.

of Columbia, and a former lUrrlaburger. died at hi hum In Columbia yesterday, th result of a stroke of paralysis suffered Friday morning. II waa aged 0 years. Th ltv. Mr.

Wieat was a founder and for 4jout twenty ltv yeara th manager of th Evangollcal Publishing House, starting that Inailtu lion In a small way In Htat street, and afterward removing to th structure that Is now th Ebner Building at Second and Locuat street. retired when advancing years made his work too heavy and (Continued On Pago 7 CHIEF PATRIARCH OF ODD FELLOWS DIES Wllllanixport, Feb. 11. N. E.

Sterner, who was Installed grand chief patriarch of the Patriarchs Militant of Pennsylvania, Odd Fellows, at the session of the grand encampment In Lancaster In October, died In Montgomery yesterday, aged 68 years. FIRST REAL SNOW TO DISAPPEAR RAPIDLY The first real snow of the winter which rrived early yesterduy is expected' to rapidly disappear with a rise in temperature to according to R. 'Federal forecaster. A possibility exists, he said, for rain or additional snow The lowest temperature forecast for to night la thirty five degrees. CAPTAIN OF SHENANDOAH IS RELIEVED Old Officers of Flying Craft Are Transferred by Navaf Bureau Washington, Feb.

11 Sweeping changes in the pesonnel of at the Lakehurst N. J. air station and others assigned to the airship Shenandoah, including" the relief of her commanding officer, Commander F. R.f McCrary, have been made by Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the nayyaeronau tlcal bureau and approved by Secretary Denby.

Lieut. Commander Zachary Lans downe has been designated as commander of the Shenandoah. AMBULANCE DRIVER HITS FOUNTAIN TO AVOID TRUCK CRASH To avoid a collision with an automobile truck, that is said to have crossed directly in his path, Edward Lewis, driver of a Harrlsburg Hosi pital ambulance, swerved his ma chine at Derry and Mulberry streets morning and sideswiped a fountain at the intersection. The body of the machine was badly damaged, but the driver escaped injury. Robert Delaey, aged 23.

an orderly, became hysterical as a result of the accident, and was treated at the hospital. A part of the fountains was knofcked off. THS EE DTK OF GAS Sewnrk, K. Feb. 11 and lira Herman Sweet and their 3 year old son John were found dead early to dar in their apartment in Foster street Their deaths, according to the police, were csusea oy gas lumes generated by a gii heater wbJsa anted tbrouKbvat th night.

0 I I I home F11S0M EXPLOSION SIGNAL FOR WILD RIOT Tvt WfttfTB PrclJrdbjy (kith Art IZti Piadtd Bittlt HELP FAOU OUTSIDE Gcu. Cts xi Cbi Uw It Bat Fdi Ictt teU. II. Tt A'4 lff JrdiH a ntirhlwT trttii tCf llHde if a to tJjY in a ik 1 i iW Wolcrn IVniirnibr). an ItinirV fight, Juiinj; hit It riut cunt, trar R4 U.inU.

rltih and tru I ntrc urJ. the 'tt giurd ailct the utiiy lr tcxtivr anJ rituhurcli force, iuccccdctj in quelling ilir disturbance, which tuned whm the convict ucd exjdtrive in an effort to dvnamile thrir way to freedom. Uo prisoner ccap ed J. VI. reituneJ Ih'l lh plt burn In th mlnda four or Hv men rawnil1 iranafrrred lh prlawn here Irum lh riatrrn I'rnllenilary to be di 1 Ipllnrd.

II added thai he believed lh wa engineered by quartet of ct.nlt known a "Th Four Horsemen." They had help from 111 outside, th warden declared. tut IUm lrliin r. numbering mur than l.ooo had Just breakfatd and rr about to go to their taaks lit th workshop when th blast th main gute and a sortlon of th walla, rocked tho ntlr Wood Run district, shattered windows and caused reaidenu to flee front their bom. I'lelter and Conx wer nearby. Thry started on run for th hole In th wall but were Intercepted by fifteen convicts who disarmed them, beat them and then shot th ofllcera with their own guns.

The prison yard became a battle ground other prisoners and other guard Joined in the tight. The guards concentrated near the gates and threatened the prisoners with the sawed off shot guns, ordered them to their cells. Ltut th explosion had signalised an attempt to escape and with liberty in sight they were stubborn and showed right. Even the prisoners in their cells added their voice to the confusion, shouting and imnn the walls and bars and crying defiantly to the guard' In the tier, A few of these convlctn got loose but the guards met them, hand to hand and threw them back into tho cells. Call For Help When it became evident that thff guards in the yards were not forlns so well, a crII for help went out to the city, and the county and city officers were soon in the thick of the fight.

With this large force at his disposal, Warden Kgan took command. He stationed the county detectives on the walls while guards and patrolmen tookip the battle in the enclosure. The prisoners used pistols and anything else lying around loose. The officers, trained to handle such men bore in and soon got the upper hand. The convicts were backed against one of the gray atone walln and after a brief hand to hand struggle the prisoners gave up.

They were driven back to their cells, and Warden Egan immediately called together the prison board, so that tha leaders of the revolt could be pun LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY TO OBSERVED Lincoln's birthday will be observed' In Harrlsburg to morrow with appropriate, programs in the city schools and a suspension of activities at the Statue Capitol, the county city offices and the There will be no community Holiday hours also will be observed at the Post Office, with tbe main office and the Hill, West End and Camp Curtin stations being closed from 1 to ociock. ana. afternoon deliveries' will be omitted. One parcel post delivery over the entire city in the morning, and the usual night collections will be mad. The rural carriers will make their usual delivery and y.

If you want a used car meet owners who want to sell i The very automobile you would like to own this spring may be listed among the many advertised in today's "Automobiles for, Sale" ads of the Telegraph.7 Turn now to Classification 10 in the second column of the Classified Page and glance over the numerous opportunities. Most all of the car can bo purchased on convenient terms. More folks are reading and using Telegraph Classified Ads. every day. TEIjBGRAPH CLASSIFIED AI8 GET BBSILTS AT LESS COST".