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by decorating shrubbery, porches and lawns with unwanted material in addition to plenty of ash dust. As a compromise trucks are being rerouted to Sixth street and down a road above Vaughn street to the dump. That frees northbound streets, but residents are making a drive to secure removal of the dump. i Urge Use of Cotton Jackson, April 14, (JF) Business men of Mississippi were meeting here today to urge the use of cotton for almost everything from bags to blouses. PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR NEW HIGHWAY ON WEST SHORE A West Shore road link and an other law requiring utilities to carry on their mercantile business as separate unit were introduced in the Senate by Senator Prince, Cumberland last night.

The road bill would permit con struction of a bottleneck relief route from Wormleysburg. follow ing Walnut street westerly and southerly to Oyster's Point. It would open up farms for residential construction. The new legislation proposes elimination of route 708 which was projected from the Carlisle Pike, west of Camp Hill past St. John's Church, connecting with Route 123.

Widely Favored Sentiment for the new Worm leysburg Oysters Point road started gaining momentum at the time the bottleneck improvements were being discussed. By many it was acclaimed the logical by pass route through the congested Lemoyne and Camp Hill territory, as well as enabling traffic to avoid the sharp turns and dangerous intersection at the western end of the Market street toll bridge. The West Shore Planning Federation, the Motor Club of Harrisburg and other West Shore groups of citizens expressed their approval. Property owners along the route of the proposed road which follows the fields north of the Lemoyne, Camp Hill ridge hastened to grant land and waive all damage claims for a 100 foot wide right of way. Among these were: Harvey O.

Dodge, George N. Reily, Richard C. Haldeman, McCormlck estates and' other bordering land owners. HOWARD F. MORRIS Wormleysburg, April 14.

Howard F. Morris, 230 North Front street, a member of borough council was elected burgess last night to suc ceed the late J. Fred Hummel. Bur gess Morris' successor in council will be named at the next meeting. GRACE DECLARES WAGE SCALE KEPT UP TO STANDARD Bethlehem Steel Refuses to Reduce Wages, Stockholders Are Informed By Associated Press Newark, N.

April 14. Eugene G. Grace, president of Bethlehem Steel Corporation, told the stock holders at their meeting today that final tabulations on first quarter operations would show the preferred dividend fully covered and that there should be "a little bal ance for the common." The company is now operating at 50 per cent of rated capacity, Mr. Grace said. "Wage rates have been main tained," the president declared.

"We have made no reductions. We have distributed work among the most men possible. "There was some increase in busi ness after the beginning of the year but in recent weeks it has The management of the Bethle hem Steel Corporation announced it had obtained the proxies of 52.867 stockholders holding a total of 3,023,086 shares of preferred and common stock constituting approximately 72" per cent of the outstanding stock. The proxies had been solicited by Charles M. Schwab, chairman and in support of the bonus plan.

16 MEN ENTOMBED IN BLAZING SEWER COME OUT ALIVE Associated Press Chicago, April 14. Sixteen men, groping in exhaustion, emerged today from a sanitary district sewage disposal tunnel, in which seven workers and three firemen, sent to their rescue, had died after flames. smoke and deadly gas filled the bore last night. As the survivors crawled to safe ty, after huddling fourteen hours in a narrow air chamber, all but one man, Fire Captain James F. O'Neill, remained accounted for.

He had not returned to the surface after leading the first rescue squad into the tunnel last night. A policeman also was killed near the scene by an ambulance. 11P GOLD COINS FROM BANK ARE FOUND, REPORTDECLARES One Man Is Shot Down in Attempt to Flee From Akron Trap Gold coins taken from the Jones town National Bank by four armed bandits on April 2 resulted today in the capture of the quartet at Ak ron, Ohio, according to information telephoned Constable Frank Miller of Jonestown, shortly alter noon. One of the men, who tried to get away irom tne AKron police, was shot and is in the hospital. His name has not yet been ascertained.

Reports The three under arrest are: Don aid Patterson, Carl Shearer and Al bert Walch. rne teiepnone can went some thing like this. "You had a bank robbery, didn't you constable?" came the voice from Akron. "Yes." "How much did they get?" "$6043." "Any gold?" "Yes, $835 worth." "We got your men." Description Tally The constable said the Akron po lice told him that the descriptions tamed exactly with those of, the four who robbed the Jonestown bank. Stats Police headquarters here seemed to know little of the capture this afternoon, referred all calls to Constable Miller at Jonestown.

Constable Miller was told that the four under arrest have exactly $835 in gold, apparently afraid to pass it, 5 CHANGED METER INSPECTION SYSTEM URGED BY WADE Representative Wade, of Cumberland, today in the House introduced a bill providing for inspection of public service company meters by city and county inspectors of weights and measures and agents of the Department of Internal Af fairs and the Fair Rate Board. The cost of the inspection of found to be registering incor rectly would be borne by the company, otherwise the consumer would pay the expense. The inspectors, while retaining their present status, would function under rules and regulations promulgated by the Fair Rate Board and report to that body. 5 Hold City Manager Hearing A public hearing on the Moore bill, enabling Philadelphia to adopt tne city manager bill was held today before a sub committee of the House committee on elections. Clarence L.

Harper, Philadelphia, business man, the first speaker em the optional nature of the bill and said the presence of more than 100 persons from Philadelphia was an indication th passage of the measure is desired. Richard J. Beamisn, Secretary of the Commonwealth, said he appeared not as a State official, but as a citizen of Philadelphia and a "close observer" of municipal affairs. Beamish said Philadelphia has been termed "a sleepy city, a chlorl formed city, a city of inaction." He further described it as a city "tied down by Lilliputians." 5 Fight Fire in Garage District firemen today extinguished a fire in a garage at the rear of the home of Emanuel Bennett, 523 South Nineteenth street. The fire was started by spontaneous combustion in a barrel of rubbish piled against the door and the damage was estimated at $25 by Fire Chief Millard M.

Tawney. 4 AFTER Man, 40, Marries Girl, 11 EARLY RALLY TELEGRAPH LaT SAKRIS Vol. CI No. 89 16 TAGES Daily except 8unday. Entered as 8econd Class Matter at the Post Blce at Harrisburg HARRISBURG, TUESDAY APRIL 14, 1931.

ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN HARRI3BURQ SINGLE COPIES TWO CENTS FORCED Aw Associated Press Photo. The marriage in Council Bluffs, Iowa, of Rosetta Coplincr. 11 vear old grammar school girl, to Albert Bryan, 29 years her senior, was investigated by juvenile authorities. The girl's mother was married at a double weddmg with her daughter, mother and daughter beine brides maids to each other. NEWSPAPER ADS ARE FACTOR IN BRINGING BUSINESS TO NORMAL Philadelphia, April 14.

The ef fectiveness of newspaper advertising was emphasized by speakers today at the opening session of the eighth annual convention of the American Oil Burners' Association. Walter F. Tant, president of the association, said many of the larger manufacturers of oil burners were increasing their newspaper adver tising budgets from 25 to 50 per cent. He said a 25 per cent, increase in sales this year was antici pated by the industry as a whole. HIGHER WAGES AND COMMISSION TO SHORTER HOURS IS BE NAMED BY DEPRESSION CURE COURT OPPOSED ncrease in rurchasmsr I Admimstr ation orces Power of People Said Aligning Against Provi Necessary Step By Associated Press Philadelphia, April 14.

Higher wages and shorter working hours as means of enabling the country to absorb its increased production is advocated by Miss Frances Perkins, industrial commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor. This country, Miss Perkins said in a Jefferson Day address of the Women's Democratic Luncheon Club yesterday, must have bigger markets but will not go to war for them. The solution, she said, was in. in creasing the domestic market by in creasing the purchasing power of the people. Higher wages and shorter work sions of Senate Report TMe reported recommendation of the Senate Sub committee which conducted an investigation of the Public Service Commission to rip out the present Commission and substitute a commission to be nam' ed by the Superior Court was un der fire from several sources today, supporters of Governor Pinchot were said to have entered strons Report Capture of Jonestown Bank Bandits in Ohio City HOFFMAN BAKERY SWEPT BY BLAZE; EOSSJS $6000 Four Families Driven to Street; Flour, Sugar and Malt Are Ruined Fire early this morning partially destroyed the Hoffman Bakery, at the rear of 420 Reily street, caus ing damages estimated at $6000 by E.

C. Hoffman, owner of the baking plant. An overheated oven is be lieved to have fired joists on the second floor. PeoDle livin? in apartments ad joining the bakery, were forced to flee to the street because of cense smoke. Those living In the apartments are Mr.

and Mrs. E. C. Hoffman rear first floor apartment; Mrs. ViO' let Huddleston and two children, Dorothy, 8, and Thelma.

12; Mr. and Mrs. William Houck, second floor front apartment; C. C. Ellen, third floor rear apartment and Mr.

and Mrs. Franz Glaser, third floor front apartment. Hoffman estimates the damage as $4000 to baking supplies, and $2000 to the building. Four hundred and twenty one barrels of flour, twenty four bags of sugar and a quantity of malt were ruined by water. Hoffman said he will arrange to bake elsewhere until his plant is re paired.

He hopes to have it in use in a week. The alarm was sent by a conduc tor of the Harrisburg Railways, who saw the blaze this morning at about 4.30 o'clock as he passed the bakery, NEW WEST END DUMP BEING PROTESTED BY RIVERSIDE RESIDENTS It may be spring clean up for the remainder of the city, but River side residents are complaining to City Commissioner S. Hassler that hey are being made the dump ing ground of the city's waste. rtecenuy tne city established a dump on the farm just north of city limits. That is objectionable residents have complained because of the accompanying odors, rats and fire hazard.

Then they complained trucks hauling ashes, paper and other litter lose heavily of their loads there NEW BURGESS TODAY'S SCORES St. Louis 0 0 Cincinnati 0 0 Batteries: Rheim Wilson; ton Lukeforth. Late Flashes By Associated Press Marines Are Landed to Protect Americans Ben WASHINGTON. Four Americans today were report ed killed in and around Puerta Cabezas, Nicaragua and three reported missing at a result of attacks by insurgents in the past forty eight hours. The commander of the gunboat Ashe ville reported the killings to the Navy.

Orders were given for the gunboat to land forces to protect 300 American citizens in the port. Martial Law Rules in Madrid MADRID. Martial law was declared at 7.1S tonight by the retired Aznar government to preserve order until the Re publican government takes charge later tonight. ing hours will increase the pufchas of our people to be utilized for more art, more literature, more music, more drama, more education." Miss Perkins recommended a combination of compulsory and volun tary unemployment insurance as one step in mitigation of the unemploy ment problem, but said such insur ance is "only a palliative and not a real cure." STATE ST. LIGHTING PLANS CONSIDERED Lighting of the widened State street is going to add materially to Father.

Harrisburg's annual electric light bill, now more than $100,000, After today's council meeting the members had a conferenc as to where to place the lights in the middle or on both sides. No decision was reached. About thirty three boulevard lights will be needed. Now there are ten. Lights similar to those in Front street are being considered.

Commissioner S. F. Hassler prom ised "something definite" in a few days. The added cost per year is esjl mated at $2000. FORD DRIVES HIS CAR DetroitApril 14.

The 20,000, 000th Ford automobile, with Ford at the wheel, was driven to Mr. Ford's estate today and parked beside the first one, which was made in 1893. Mr. Ford took the wheel as the car left the assembly 'line. Edsel Ford and two officials of the Ford Motor Company rode with him.

protests against the recommenda tion on the ground that the Su perior Court is the court to which appeals irom decisions of the com missioners are carried. Members of the Senate who favor retention of James S. Benn and Samuel Walk er as members of the Commission were reported opposed to the recom ing power and release the energies mendation on the ground that noth Ing had been proven during the in (Continued on Page 15) $405,000 FOR CAPITOL PARK IMPROVEMENTS VOTED BY HOUSE During one short snurt of activi ty this morning shortly after mid mgnt tne House passed and sent to the Senate the Steedle bills appropriating $200,000 for repair to the Capitol roof, $205,000 for addi tional work on the Memorial Bridge and an appropriation of $10,000 for National Guard participation in the yorktown sesaui centennlal. After the burst it then settled to slow routine which ended with ad journment a half hour later. WENRICH PROMOTED AT PUMPING PLANT Wilkins G.

Wenrich, 2014 Susaue hanna street, was today appointed by city council as asssitant engineer or tne city pumping station, succeeding Arthur F. Fry, recently promoted to be chief engineer. He has been in city employ a number of years. His annual salary will be $1740. Commissioner S.

F. Hassler, also appointed Charles F. Mays, 2127 At las street, to succeed Adam Krotzer as a workman in the city pipe line shop. Mr. Krotzer plans to go farming, Dr.

Hassler said. An! Debt Collecter: Flr.it, mistress Is not DAYLIGHT SAVING OPINIONS WILL BE STUDIED JHURSDAY Chamber of Commerce to Act on Survey Conduct 1 ed in City The cross section of Harrisburg public opinion as regards daylight saving will be placed under the mi croscope, so to speak, at the Penn Harris Thursday at noon. The chamber of Commerce is making a definite survey of the wishes of Harrisburg businessmen and their employes. Thursday these wishes will be analyzed by Secretary Daniel Casey and a corps of assistants Thereafter, if the majority favors the saving of an hour of daylight each day, the proper steps will be taken. Neither Mr.

Casejf nor Henderson Gilbert, president of the Chamber, were willing to venture an opinion on the outcome but seemed to veer to the belief that Harrisburg is go ing on daylight saving lime. "How's the response to the Tele graph poll?" asked Mr. Gilbert. When told upwards of a thousand in answer to a single insertion in the Harrisburg editions he said: "That's fine. They certainly read the paper, don't they." "And vote, too," added Casey.

4 ATLANTIC REFINING PLANS FOR NEW PIPE LINE THROUGH CITY The Atlantic Refining Company is planning the construction of easo line lines to cover important distributing centers in Pennsylvania. This became known today following the incorporation of the Keystone Pipe Line Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, wholly owned by of fleers of the Atlantic Refining Company. ine nrst proposed line will run from the company's refinery in southwest Philadelphia to Harrisburg and Scranton and then to the New York Pennsylvania state line. Another possible line may run to Pittsburgh and Franklin, where the Atlantic also has refineries. According to R.

H. Colley, treas urer of the Atlantic Refining Company, construction of the Harris burg Scranton line will be started as soon as possible, although no contracts have yet been let for the work. J. W. Van Dyke, chairman of the board of the Atlantic Refining Com pany, is president of the Keystone Pipe Line Company, and W.

M. Irish, president of the Atlantic, is vice president. 50,000 WILL BE LURED BY TROUT. SEASON OPENING Barring unforeseen heavy rains, the 1931 trout season will be ushered in tonight at midnight under auspicious conditions. Governor Pinchot, an ardent fish erman, will be among those patrol ing the trout streams in Pennsylvania tomorrow.

He plans to go to his home at Milford and tomor row will be fishing along the streams near Milford. Streams Well Stocked For the last eight weeks the State Department of Fisheries has been stocking the trout streams with brook trout and O. M. Deibler, Com (Continned on Page 15) MOVES TO KNOCK OUT 'COMPANY STORES' AND PAY DEDUCTIONS Representative I. B.

Williams, of Cambria, offered bills prohibiting indirect compulsion of employes to buy at so called "company stores" and to prohibit deduction of wages by "company stores." He also offer ed a bill empowering the Depart ment of Labor and Industry to in spect weight scales on tipples ofj coal mines. RULER IS FORCED TO ABDICATE UNDER NEW MANDATE OF VOTERS (Copyright, 1931, by the Associated Press) Madrid, April 14. King Alfonso, the last of the Bourbons, abdicated at 6 o'clock, this evening (1 p. m. Eastern standard time).

The monarch, who was born a king and had reigned in the ancient Spanish capital more than a quarter of a century, this afternoon bowed to' the sweeping demands for a republic that his subjects voiced last Sunday, and stepped out. Madrid was wild with excitement. Niceto Alcala Zamora, Republican leader, who not so many weeks ago was in jail for his activities, is provisional president. Held on to Last Although the King's abdication has been an unquestioned outcome of the political crisis for the past few days, it was not until the last moment that he stepped from power. At 4.45 P.

M. Alcala Zamora had found it necessary to send an ultimatum to the KingSs ministers saying that unless a Republic were formally accepted within an hour, the Republicans would not be. re sponsible for the consequences. Zamora Takes Charge The hour went by and then just fifteen minutes after the ultimatum had expired the abdication of the king became a reality. The announcement was made exactly at 6 EXAMINATION OF BENN'S CHECK AND BANK BOOK ASKED Pinchot Counsel Also Asks to Scrutinize Son in Law's Accounts JAMES S.

BENN Public Service Commissioner LEADING ISSUES ARE SOLD IN WALL STREET New York, April 14, (R) The rally in the stock market turned out to be a complete flop today. Yesterday's advances were more than cancelled as the electrical equipment, motion picture and chemical issues were sold. The clos Msid: mo pyini is don here at n. I substantially over 3,000,000 shares. Recall ef Commissioner S.

Benn and the examination of his bank and check books for the past eight years was recommended to the Senate Committee investigating the Public Service Commission by Attorney William A. Gray, special counsel for Governor Pinchot. This recommendation was contained among others in a letter written by Gray to Chairman Earn' est, of the investigating commit tee, on April 8, which was placed in the committee records today. Gray also urged that Commission er Benn's son in law Walter L. Mor gan, should be required to produce his bank books and check books and dooks oi account "so that it may be ascertained whether such account was us to cover transactions Hi (Continued on Page IS) 4 Fight Dunjp Fire District firemen extinguished fire in a city dump near Second and Wiconisco streets early this aft ernoon.

Several garages were en aangerea oy tne names, out no damage resulted. CLOSING WEAK AFTER 1 Issues losing 3 to points included Allied Chemical, Air Reduction, Fox and Paramount, issues of or more included United States Steel, General Electric, Westinghouse, American Telephone, consolidated Gas, and North. American, ALFONSO kIO OFTPAtN o'clock, after a final session with the cabinet in the royal palace. A republican government, with Alcala Zamora as president, took charge immediately of the ancient and historic monarchy. ROAD BILL IS PASSED WITHOUT OPPOSNGVOTE Representatives Pass Administration Highway Project 206 to 0 The House of Representatives to day passed unanimously the Administration omnibus road bill adding 20,000 miles of township roads to the State Hig.hway system.

The vote was announced as 206 to 0. The House expects a battle over the Moore bill to enable all cities outside of Philadelphia to adopt the city manager plan of government. Representative Moore, Washington, Administration floor leader, expressed hope that the bill would be passed atthough opposition has been mobolized from the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Lackawanna delega tions and a close vote is looked for. The Harvey Senate bill, establishing procedure by which municipali (Continued on Page 15) Senator Salui Hurt Senator Samuel W. Salus.

Philadelphia, suffered bruises of of the left elbow last night when he was struck by an automobile at Third and Walnut streets, as he was crossing the street. Senator Salus continued on his way to the Capitol and attended the session of the Senate. One of the Senate attendants massaged his injured arm. THE DAY IN THE LEGISLATURE HOUSE Recesses at 12.53 until 4.30 p. m.

Passes Administration 20,000 mile road bill 206 to 0. Reports Wheeler bills for continuance of road construction on present State system. Receives bill "ear marking" all Highway Department funds. Receives three new Fair Rat Board bills. Passes finally appropriations of $405,000 for new Capitol roof and Memorial Bridge work.

SENATE Recesses at 12.35 p. m. until 8 p. m. tonight.

Investigating committee reported at odds on recommendation to rip out Public Service Commission for substitute board named by Superior Court. Reports for passage Harris codi fication of existing election laws. Receives Prince bills to create ne West Shore road, wormlevs bunrg to Oysters Point, and com celling utilities to handle mercantile business as separate unit. THE WEATHER Tatidir. April 14, 19S1.

Htrrinlitirr and vlelnit! Alia PennsylTanU: Fair tonlfht and Wednesday; somewhat colder tonlfht. Lowest temperature tonlfht (or Harrisbarc about 42 degrees. River: Hirer stares will fall ately. A state of about. 7.1 leet mar bo expected for Harrlsbarg Wednesday nornlnf.

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