LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Cuttaanl Fro* Pint P«s»
have reached Punts Arenas on the
strait of Magellan without injury.
Eeverses for Turkey at the hands of
Bussis on land and of England on the
sea were chronicled in to-day's official
war dispatches. Russian army head
quarters in the Caucasus reports that
the Turks whose strong resistance to
the invaders from the north compelled
them to retreat, have now been repulsed
everywhere and are being pursued ba
yond the Euphrates river, suffering
heavy losses. The British admiralty an
nounces that the old Turkish battle
ship Messudieh, which carried 600 men.
has been destroyed by a British sub
marine. To accomplish the feat the sub
marine penetrated tbe supposedly im
pregnate Dardanelles.
The recent successes of the Servians
partly confirmed from Berlin are said
at Kish to have been extended. It is as
serted that the Austrians have been
unable to check their retreat before the
advancing Servians, who are sweeping
them out of their country.
A statement attributed to Field Mar
shal Von Der Goltz. who was sent by
the German government to Constanti
nople to direct the Turkish forces, in
dicates that in the opinion of this man.
one of the leading German military au
thorities, the war may drag on for a
long time. He is quoted as saying that
Germany is prepared to carry on the
war for years but is certain to triumph
eventually.
VIOLENT ASSAULTS BY
GERMANS ABE REPULSED
Paris, Dee. 14. 2.44 P. M. —The
French official statement jjiven out m
Paris this afternoon reports compara
tive quiet in Flanders, and artillery ex
changes of relatively miuor importance
elsewhere. In the Meuse German bat
teries are said to be moving to the
north. In the Woevre district the
French captured a trench and repulsed
two counter attacks. The advance of
the French line into Alsace has brought
it to a point north of Altkirch and
about ten miles to the east of the front
ier. The text of the communication
follows:
•' There has been nothing of im
portance to report between the sea and
the Oise. In the region of the Aisne,
to the northwest of Soupier, the enemy
bombarded violently our entrench
ments. We replied and demolished his
positions. There were no infantry at
tacks from one side or the other. Oar
artillery destroyed au important field
work of the enemy ;n the vicinity of
Aiiles.
"In the Argonne, at the forest of
La Grurie, we have made slight prog
ress by the use of mines. Shere were
no attacks from the enemy. On the
heights of the Meuse there has beeu
violent cannonading. Batteries of the
enemy was appeared to have moved to
positions further north. In the Woevre
district, after having occupied a line
of retrenchments along a front of 500
yards, in the forest of Mortmare. our
troops repulsed two violent counter at
tacks. In Alsace our advance has
brought our front to a line that passes
425 yards to the north of Steinbach,
thence to Pont D'Aspach. and thence
to Pont De Br nighoet'en 1,300 yards
to the west of Eglingen.
• Servia: During the days of Decem
ber 10, 11 and 12 the enemy continued
to retire along the entire front. The
Servian advance guards have progressed
as :a- as Veliki and Bosnisk in the di
rection of Shabats, and as far as Zav
'aka in the direction of Loznica. Dar
ing the retreat the Austrians aban
doned many trophies of war. From the
time the Servians resumed the offen
sive up to the eleventh of December,
inclusive, the number of prisoners made
by the Servians reaches 28,000. The
Servians captured 7 4 cannons and
machine guns.
' Montenegro: After two days of
lighting Montenegrin forces have cap
tare i Yishnegrad, and driven the Au
strians back to the other side of the
river Drina."
GERMAN CRUISER DRESDEN
INCHiIE PORT, UNINJURED
Valparaiso. Chile. Dee. .14. — Dis
patches received here from Punta
Dresden has come into that port UTUU-
Areua® declare that tae German cruiser
jured.
This location of the German cruiser
Dresden at Punta Arenas, on tfce Strait
of Magellan, clears up all doubt as to
the whereabouts of the last of the Ger
man warshi;~ that encountered the Brit
ish squadron December S off the Falk
land islands. The Gneisenau. the
S-ehar: norst, the Leipzig and the Xurn
berg were sunk; the Dresden
and has been pursued by British cruis
ers. Her presence at "Punta Arenas
means that she was either endeavoring
to reae- the Pacific again, or that she
• contemplates interning for the remain
der of the war. Punta Arenas is a
Chilean port. The Strait of Magellan
is narrow. 3rit;sh warships douotiess
are at its Atlantic entrance, and Jap
anese cruisers are said to be either
watching or not far from the approach
on the Pacific side.
'•PEACE INSURANCE LUNCHEON"
Will Discuss Means to Prevent U. S.
From Engaging in War
By Altocia(e4 Pros.
Xew York. Dec. 14.—.More than SOO
leading business men of this city have
reserved places for a '' peace insurance
luncheon " to be held to-morrow night
under the auspices of the Merchants'
Association.
The speakers, including Henry L.
Stimson. former Secretary of War: Ma
s" j?r General Leonarl Wood and Mayor
John P. Mitchell, will discuss means of
preventing the United States from en
gaging in wa..
"To Get Into a Scrape''
The expression "to get into a
scrape." referred at one time to any
one who fell into a deer run in the for
est. When deer run wild in the forest
they frequently cut deep guiiies among
the trees, due to their constantly ruu
mng backward and forward over the
tame ground The cuts so made in the
forest were known as "deer scrapes"
and it sometimes happened that a
woodsman fell into them, to his great
danger.
COLD WAVE SCHEDULED
TO COME RJE TO-NICBT
CMttaarU Kro« First Pas*.
ture dropped to slightly below freer
iug aud in places where pavements had
been cleared ice formed. This condi
tion existed this morning and there
were many falls.
There was but one serious accident
reported. Mrs. Abbie Beck, 332
Strawberry street, employed at the
Court House, fell at Eighteenth and
streets. Her right wrist was
broken. She was treated in the Har
rishurg Hospital.
There were some delays last evening
on the suburban trolley lines out of
Harrisjfurg, but these were slight as
sweepers kept the lines open while the
snow still was falling. After the pre
cipitation changed to rain h frose ou
the wires but no damage resulted for
the wind never reaching a damaging
velocity. It s maximum at the time
the rain was heaviest was but «ght
miles an hour.
There will be an increase in the froz
en surface of the Susquehanna and its
tributaries and slight rises in the
stream will occur as a result but thev
wiil be local and uo general rise in is
looked for. The West Branch is over
frozen at Clearfield. Because of the
dam at the southern limits of the city
the frozen surface of the river will in
crease fast at this point. There was a
lot of slush ice floating here this moru
ing.
I pwards of 200 men, half again as
many as are employed regularly, and
about 30 carts were put to work by
Highway Commissioner Lynch this
morning cleaniag snow from the streets
in the business sections and clearing the
street crossings in the outlying sections.
By evening Commissioner Lynch said
he expects to have the greater part of
the task finished, although the extra
force again will be put to work on the
streets in the business section to mor
row.
21 Degrees Below in Nebraska
B? Associated Press.
Omaha. Xeb.. Dw. 14. —The coldest
weather of the winter prevailed in this
: art of the country today. Norfolk.
Xeb., reported 21 degrees below zero.
Diiluth. Minn.. Dee. 14.-—Dultrth
shivered today in a northwind that
brought the mercury to 17 below zero,
the lowest of the season.
Snow Foot Deep in New York
Rochester. X. Y.. Dec. 14.—The
' storm that swept western Xew York
this morning deposited more thau a foot
of snow. Country roads are blocked
and traffic on steam and suburban trol
ley roads is delayed. The storm was
accompanied by a sharp drop in tern
i perature.
WIFE OF SUICIDE
CLOSE TO DEATH
Continued From Fimt Page.
with a revolver and started shooting.
Three bullets hit his wife and then sue
reeled back of Mrs. Fortney, who re
ceived the fourth bullet ia the deshy
part of her right arm.
Throne then went into the living
room of the house and seat the one re
maining bullet in the revolver through
• his own heart. He dropped where he
had stood, death resulting almost in
stantaneously.
Both women were taken to the Har
rsbarg ital. Mrs. Fortney was
discharged this afternoon in care of her
family physician. Her wound is not
dangerous.
Coroner Eckinger had Throne's body
removed to the morgue of R. K. Spicer,
undertaker, last evening. The man's
father, Joseph Throne. 330 South Thir
teenth street, took charge of it later
and wi:l make funeral arrangements
this evening. Burial will be made in
i.'eßterviiie. Cumberland county. Throne
is survived by his parents and a brother,
who resides in the AY est.
Throne had a police record. After be
ing arrested in 190$ by Chief of Police
Hutchison, he t was sentenced to six
months in the Dauphin county prison
on a charge of larceny. On June 13.
1912. he was sentenced to two years in
the Ohio State penitentiary on a similar
, charge. Within the last week, aceord
| tug to the police, he was at police head
| quarters eager to, file a complaint
' against his wife who had left him, he
said.
The Thrones were married in 1909
and lived together until a month ago
when Mrs. Throne left him because of
his cruel treatment, according to her
story told yesterday after the shoot
ing.
RETIRED FARMER EXPIRES
Reuben Clemens Died at His Home in
Progress Last Night
Reuben Clemens, a weil-known re
tired farmer living in Progress, died
last night at 9 o'clock. Beside his wife
he leaves one son, John, and four daugh
ters, Adella, a; home; UJrs. Irvin E.
| Ha.n, <rf Susquehanna township; Mrs.
Bdward Strani. Pottstown, and Mrs. J.
C. Bernhard, of Pittsburgh.
Fui.erai services will be held Friday
•norning at It) o 'clo k at tbe residence,
the Rev. George Sigier, pastor of the
Progress Church of God, of which Mr.
: Clemens had been a life-long member,
officiating, assisted by the Rev. J. A.
Straub. pastor of Xagle Street Church
of God, Harriwourg. riurial will be in
Shoop's cemetery.
Funeral of Miss Mary Meek
The funeral services of Miss Mary
Meek. 56 years old, who died Saturday,
will be held to-morrow morning at 9
o 'ciocfc in St. J'atrick s Cathedral, State
street. 3urial wiil be in 'M*. Calvary
, cemetery. She was a sister of Charles
P. Meek, exchange editor of the "Tele
gram h." Miss Meek leaves three otfcer
; brothers, William, Harry and Georae
! Me-k.
CHRISTMAS DINNERS FOR POOR
Salvation Army Will Again Make Glad
the Hearts of Many
As a part of the national effort, the
Harrisburg branch of the Salvation
i army, under Captain M. Xeilsen, will
i again give Chirstmas dinners to the
1 needy poor in this eity. To do this
the local officials are soliciting aid
I with which to purchase the food. Au
thorized collectors have been placed on
street corners with the familiar tripod
and pot to receive the coins.
This is but one way of aiding the
work. Checks can be sent to the Sal
j vation Army, Incorporated, 522 Race
street, this city.
I Artistic Printing at Star-Xsdepeodent.
HARRISBT'RG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY KVKNTNO. DECEMBER 14. 1914.
P. 0. BILL 5325.000.000
Government Acquisition of Tatognph
And Telephone Systems Will Be
Left for Further Inquiry
i By iumiM Prns.
Washington, Dec. 14.—The postoffice
appropriation bill, carrying approxi
mately $325,000,000, virtually was
completed and ready for submission to
the House to-day. The question of the
acquisition of the telegraph and tele
phone systems, recommended by Post
master General Burleson, would be left
for further inquiry under the bill.
The bill contains a number of new
provisions including the abolishment of
the office of Assistant Postmaster; re
grouping of all activities in first class
offices so as to concentrate «cll super
visory authority in each office under a
postmaster aud superintendents of
finance and mail, raising the maximum
balances acceptable at postal banks
: from $">00 to $2,000, the to
be payable only on deposits of up to
$1,000; increased {"ay for rural car
i riers; authority for the experiment of
' puttiug rural carriers of one county in
each State on a contract basis; increase
. of SIOO annually in the pay of post
office and railway mail clerks and let
ter carriers until the maximum allowed
by law is reported;"authority for re
arrangement of the salaries of superin
tendents, their assistants, cashiers, and
j others with appropriation with sl,-
! 000.000 expenditures.
The measure also includes as a rider
the railway pay bill, passed by the
House and now pending in the Senate,
to change the basis of pay from a ton
nage to the car space basis used by the
mails carried. One million dollars ad
; ditional compensation would be given
the railroads because of the additioual
: burdens imposed by the parcels post.
'ECONOMY' TBEWATCHWORD
House Committee Lops Off $2,000,000
in Legislative, Executive aud
Judicial Appropriation Bill
B.v Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 14. —"Economy"
was the watchword of the appropria-
I tions committee in the preparation of
, the legislative, executive and judicial
: appropriation biVi. first of the big sup
j>ly measures, which was report**.! to
the House to-day. The committee lop
> ped off nearly $2,000,000 from the
estimates submitted by the various !e
--partinemts cutting salary allowances
a!l along the line, and brought in a
measure appropriating S3X.. 14., i,
: 50. The bill provides for more than
16,000 salaries of government em
: ployes.
The of the bill shows an iu
i cr«.ise of $1,X25,543 over last year's
I measure. this year's measure ln
| eludes a special appropriation of $2.-
| 286,100 and a-athorizes one thousand
additional employes for taking the
agricultural census authorized bv the
taw covering the last regular census
in 1 y 10. The committee in its report
says thut this is an extraordinary ex-
I penditure which will come once every
ten years, and maintains therefore that
: this year's measure is materially less
than the last appropriation.
The bill contains the us«al provi
sion cutting down the mileage allow
ance of members of Congress from
twenty cents a mile to five cents a
I mile. The fight to cut down the mileage
allowance has been on for years, and
although the committee each reports
the reduction in t«ie bill it is defeated
either on the floor of the House or in
J the Senate.
Florin Pioneer Resident Dies
Florin. Dec. 14. —Daniel S. Heisey,
78 years of age. died last nitfht from
a lingering illness of a complication of
diseases. He was one of t-he pioneer
residents o'" this place and an extensive
land owner. For years he was engaged
in the manufacture of brooms from
corn grown on his farms. He was a
member and official in the Brethren of
t hrist church and leaves a widow and
several children.
GOSSIP SAYS BEEBER MAY
BE THE fITTERNEY ESNERAL
Capitol Hill Politicians Believe Place
Will Go to Francis Shunk Brown's
Partner. Unless Either Brown or
Cunningham Is Selected
Politicians on Capitol Hill who are
discussing the probable makeup of the
Cabinet to be appointed by Governor
Brumhaugh now say that, despite the
i stories the Governor-elect has not con
sidered to any great extent the make-
I»p of his official family, the choice
for Attorney General has narrowed
down to three attorneys, Francis
Shunk Brown and Dimner Beeber, law
i atrners. of i'&Hadelphia, and Jesse E.
B. Cunningham, of Westmoreland, the
piesent Deputy Attorney General.
It was thought that no I'hiladelphian
except -Ylr. Brown would be considered,
but there is a rumor that he would pre
fer to have his partner. Mr. Beeber, ap
pointed. It is said that Mr. Brown and
his political friends in Philadelphia
were very much disappointed when he
was not made Attorney General by Gov
ernor Tener, and why he shoal 1 prefer
to have his law partner appointed bv
Governor Brumbaugdi is not quite clear
to the men on Ca; itol Hill.
Thus far the name most mentioned in
gossip for Secretary of the Common
wealth is that of the [>resent incumbent*
Robert McAfee, of Allegheny, who has
served since inly. 1905, when he was
appointed by Governor Pennypacker'
a* l l was reappointed by Governors
Stuart and Tener. The Alleghenv
county Senators and members of the
'House held a meeing in Pittsburgh last
week and unanimousi;- endorsed Secre
tary McAfee for reappointment. If
there are other aspirants they have
not yet come to the front.
The statement by Governor-elect
Brumbaugh that he is not coming to
Harrisburg to sweep out at office the
men who are already holding positions
and are faithfully performing their du
ties has been* very reassuring to a large
number of Capitol Hill attaches who
were fearful that there would be a
disposition to turn things upside down
and put new men in everywhere. Gov
ernor el«ct Brumbaugh is espected in
Harrisburg on December 29 to address
an educational meeting anil it is said
that while he he may indicate whom he
is going to ctoose as his immediate
family.
GOETIALS ASKS FOR TWO
TORPEDO BOATS TO GUARD
CANAL ZONE NEOTRALITY
Washington, Dee. 14. —<tolonel
Goethals, governor of the Panama
Canal zone, to-day reiterate his re
quest that two "torpedo boat destroyers
be sent to >uual witters to provent
1 violation of neutrality through the
misuse of wireless and the taking on
of supipliet* by belligerent vessels. Be
cause o if the confidential uafcure of Col
onN Coethal's dispatch, Secretary Gar
rtsou declined to make it publk. He is
sued this statement:
'' The substance of the dispatch is
that in Colonel Uoetihal's judgment the
misuse of radio communications with
in the cam! waters and the prevention
of the misuse of these waters as » base
of supplies, require the presence of
swift moving; ships of the variety imen
tion I. Since the questions involved re
quire the consideration V the State
Department and the Navy Deipartaient
as well as my own, I have taken the
mwtter up wit>h the other departments
and as soon as the requirements are
fully ascertained, proper action will be
taken to meet them.''
TABS OX HOLIDAY W ORKERS
Labor Department Inspectors Will See
That the Law Is Not Violated
John Price Jacksjn. Commissioner of
Labor and Industry, will this week is
sue directions to che various deputy in
spectors throughout the State to be
careful to note that the laws relating to
the hours of work for* women and chil
dren i\re strictly observed. This is done
in view of the fact that the holiday
business may tempt some employers to
work their employes longer than the
law allows.
The woman s labor law provides that
no female shall be employed more that
six days a week, more than fifty-four
hours in any one week or more than
ten hours in any one day. However,
during weeks in" which a legal holiday
I occurs a woman ma- be employed dur
ing three days of such week for a long
er period, bur not over two extra hours
in any one of the three days or more
than the maximum hours per week
fixed by the law.
Commissioner Jackson will instruct
the deputies to keep a strict watch on
all places where female labor is em
ployed, more especially in the large
stores that handle holiday goods, and
any infraction of th law will at once
be reported and prosecution entered.
DANCING INSTRUCTOR HAS
SMALLPOX: 30 VACCINATED
Ceatinurd Front First Pace,
my and the hotel rooms which the mem
'• l>ers of tiie orchestra occupied last
niglit were fumigated this morning,
llinkson never before had been vacci
nated.
Those persons who have been and will
be vaccinated will be placed on parole,
? rule under which they will, for one
week, be required to report daily to the
health authorities. They will be kept
under surveillance for two weeks, al
though during the second week they
must report to the Health Department
only everv other dar.\ This system will
not interfere with their following their
vocations regularly.
This case of smallpox is the first
•called to the attention of the health
authorities since last winter. It is be
lieved to be a miid case of the disease,
Health Officer Raunick said this morn
ing the disease was imported, probably
from the western part of the State,
where smallpox now is prevalent.
So far as can be learned, this is the
onlv ca-'e reported east of Altoona.
Along the western State border and in
lumber camps around the city of Krie
manv eases have been reported within
the last several weeks, according to in
formation received by the local Health
Bureau.
The patient, Rinkson. had been ill
for a week, but was able to give atten
tion to his dancing elasses until Friday.
"COLO STORAGE" DEFINED
Court Holds Eggs Can Be Placed in
"Cooling Boom"
The Dauphin county court in an opin
ion filed this afternoon directs the tak
ing of a "not guilty'' verdict in the
case of H. W. Reve. an employe of the
Brelsford Packing Company, who was
charge! with violating the pure food
laws. Reve was held 0:1 a charge of
selling eggs" which had been removed
from one cold storage warehouse and re
stored in another."
What it was contended Reve actually
did was to sell a quantity of eggs that
had been removed from cold storage.,
and placed in a "cooling room." The
court was asked to decide the technical
question of whether a cooling room is a
place of cold storage. Eggs removed
from cold storage, the law provides,
must be sold within thirty days after
they are taken out of sm*h warehouse.
The court holds that the cooling
room is not a col.l storage and a verdict
will be taken in favor of Reve. It was
an amicable suit to test the law.
FEW GOLD COINS AS GIFTS
Banks Are Discouraging Idea of Per
sons Hoarding the Pieces
The banks of this city this year are
trying to discourage the idea of giving
gold coins for Christinas presents, as,
they say, this practice leads to the
hoarding of money which should be de
posited and kept in circulation. In
cases where demand is made for the
coveted coins the bknks supply them
with no extra charge.
The local banks are getting in very
few gold coins in denominations higher
titan Jo this year. The few that are
demanded are in the |2.50 and $1 de
nominations.
"Are you economizing!"
"I *ould say 90,/' said the mnn
who is always cheerful. "My wife
boughrt enough marked down articles
to save SSO on the original prices."
—Washington Star.
FIGURE CITY CAN RAISE
$568,3891 ON NINE MILLS
Commissioners Start Paring Down Esti
mates 8a That Total Will Approxi
mate ss4s,ooo—Count on 935,000
Balance in General Fund
Actual paring of the 1915 city ap
propriation bill which, revised figures
show, now contains requests totaling
something more than $568,000. was be
gun by the City Commissioners who
went into executive session beginning
at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The aim
is to prune the several departmental
budgets so that the total appropriations
will not exceed $545,000, an amount
which it is believed can be raised with
a tax rate of nine mills, or half a mill
less than for the present year.
The half mill tax rate reduction plan
is based on the fact that at the close
of the present nine-month fiscal
"year, there will be a balance of
something like $35,000 in the city's
general fund and in addition. The sur
plus in the several departmental funds
will approximate something like SB,-
000 or $9,000. Besides that the value
of assessed property in the city has
during the vear been boosted something
like $300,000.
New buildings and property improve
ments made during the year will total
approximately SBOO,OOO although part
of this will be offset by at least $500,-
000 which will be lost'through the raz
ing of buildings in South flarristourg
to permit the railroad companies to
make improvements and also by the
State taking over many of the Eighth
word properties in the Capitol Park ex
tension rone.
The estimated receipts from general
taxatiou, aside from losses through er
rors, commissions and exonerations, will
run close to $430,389 during the com
ing year. To that must be added the
following estimates: $26,000 from" liq
uor licenses; $24,500 tax on trolley
companies; $25,500 back taxes; $6,-
000 from fines ami forfeitures; $15,-
[OOO from mercantile tax, and $6,000
from other sources, making a total of
$533,389.
With an estimated balance of $35,-
000 remaining in the city general fund
at the close of .the present nine-month
| year, added there should be available
for use during 1915 something like
$568,389. In 1913, when the city's
realty valuation was much less than at
1 present, there was available something
: like $570,000.
Some of the Commissioners this
morning had outlined plans for cut
ting appropriations. In one instance
the reductions total as much as $20,-
000. However these must be sanctioned
by the Commission as a whole.
, In discussions of the budget to-day
it was hinted that the measure will not
be ready fof printing to-morrow. It
may, however, be passed on first read
ing at to-morrow's meeting, amended
at a session likely to be held on Wed
nesday and passed finally two days la
ter or at the regular meeting next
Tuesday.
BRUMBAUGH TO SPEAK HERE
Governor-elect Will Address Teachers
of State at Convention at
Tech During Holidays
The program of the sixty-fifth meet
ing of the Pennsylvania State Educa
tional Association, to be held in the
Technical High school building, Decem
ber 29, 30 and 31. announces many
subjects of timely interest to be dis
cussed by authorities in educational
work.
Judge Samwl) J. Me-Carrell is sched
uled to give the address of welcome,
the response to come from James J.
PahiK'r. superintendent of Oil City
schools. The opening session is to t>e
held Tuosdaf afternoon at 2 o'clock,
on convention week. A feature will be
aa adJress by Governor-elect Brum
baugh.
Educators from other status will be
aanong the speakers. The topics indi
cate that discussions will be largely on
rural school problems.
The department programs will in
clude, county superintendence, city and
boromjh superintendence, college" ami
normal schools, high schools, history,
modern language, mathematics and sci
ence. commercial. English, graded
schools, township schools, manual arts,
imisi-c, nature study and child study.
CAPITOL HILL
Sproul' for President
At the election for officers of the
Union League of Philadelphia to-night
the two candidates for president of the
organization will <be Senator William C.
S.proul, of Delaware, and John Gribiile,
of Philadelphia, a mem'ber of the Cur
tis Publishing Conrpany. Senator
Sproul's friends think they are in the
majority.
New Bridges
The State Water Supply Commission
has approve*! applications to "build two
new bridges in Jefferson county, one in
iLackawanna and one in Wyoming.
Increased Receipts
Tha Daily ami Food "Bureau has pre
pared a statement showing tfcat the re
ceipts for file year 1913 were over
$98,000 in excess of the expenditures,
and that for the entire iperiod of seven
years the total receipts were over
$186,000 in excess »f the expenditures.
Considering the cost of the service in
relation to the retail value of foods sold
in ftoe State tSie figures, representing
the total food consumption otf Pennsyl
vania. lend to the conclusion that the
cost of the service is abotvt twelve cents
for each one thousand dollars' worth of
food purchased, or about one cent per
head of population, and, however, that
none of the pirblic expense fCr the main
tenance of this service is raised by di
rect taxation.
Justices Appointed
Governor Tener to-day appointed the
•following named persons as justices of
the peace: Frederick A. Sacher, <'ar
rick, Allegheny county; Charles Wal
lace, Wall. Allegheny county; lialptfi R.
•Miller, Elderton, Armstrong county; F.
I*. Laßourtty, Edinboro, Erie county;
! Walter X. Jitrawbridge, Jenks, Forest
I i-ounty.
Bill—l sec King Oeorge oif Bng
| land is in the hands of his dentist.
Jill—Crown work, I suppose.—Yon
| kecs (Statesman.
ROTARY WEEK ON
AT THE ORPHEUIH
CM<tn«| From First Pas*.
tee does not begin uutil this evening,
ft ill ©very seat on the first tloor of the
theatre was filled this aJHeruoon.
"It is a sploudid beginning," Haiti
Manager Hotpkiue,, '' and gives »» hope
of a record-breaking week." All of the
choice seats for this evening's per
formance were gone at 3 o'clock this
afternoon, only the rear rows being
open.
The ttheatre has twiken on a holiday
air with iu hanging decorations ot
inirßi-colored bunting and the crowd
has taken on a holiday uir.
The advanced sent wale liae presagvd
an excellent attoudauce and while m (un
persons haxe engaged boxes for parties
during the week, there are still a few
choice reservations to be had r.l the
box office. Some e haritablv inclined
llarrisburgers are simply purchasing
the boxes to help the cause a loin;. T"he
box holders are a* follows:
W. S. Ess'ck, L)r. S. Z. Shope, Hen
derson Gilbert. A. E. Ruchanau, How
ard 0. Pry, C. Floyd Hopkins, John H.
Musser, Kzsra S. Htirshey, W. K. "Mc
cord, Miss Mary Pearson and Mr<t. C.
A. Kimkel, R. W. Dowdell, Mrs. L. 1).
Gilbert, S. C. Gilbert. Mrs. Jaimcs H.
Darlington, Mrs. M. E. CXknsted, Mrs.
J. V. W. Reynders, Miss Mary Oim
eron, Dr. H. M. Stine, George W. Riley,
J. W. Bowman, R. A. llickok, F. ,1.
Hakl, Miss Dull, Mrs. Bullet*.
Joe Jackson witiii his loose tramp
togs ami his funny bicycle returns to
the Orpheum this week to add the
laughing hit of a bill that contains a
long list of splendid Keith attractions
headed by Bessie VVynn, the "lady
dainty '" of vaudeville.
Mr. Jackson is the most popular fun
ster in all the realm of variety and
when he was in Harrisibwg about three
seasons ago he created nothing short
of a sensation. Joe's dif
ficulties when his ragged totgs get mix
ed up with the virions parts of his bi
cycle create convulsive laughter. An
other difficulty that he probably en
countered was his long trip from Birm
ingham, Ala., to Harrisburg, which
kept him on the road ever since Sat
urday night's engagement.
Mr. Jackson has been entrusted as
the big mirth getter of the splendid
bill that was booked for Rotary week.
I'p to the present time the sale of
seats has exceeded the fonjest expec
tations of the Rotarians.
AMERICANS SLAIN IN MEXICO
Killing Took Place Between Agua
Prieta and Nacozari—Secretary
Bryan Orders Investigation
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 14.—Thomas Fran
cis and another American whose name
has not been determined, have been
killed in Sonora, Mexico, according to
a report to-day from the American con
sular agent at Cananes.
Secretary Bryan directed an inves
tigation. No details were given in to
day's dispatch except that the killing
took place between Agua Prieta and
Nacozari.
Washington, Dee. 14. —General Car
ran?.a through Consul Canada at Vera
Cruz to-day formally advised the State
Department that any use of force by
the American troops at Naeo, .Arizona,
in their efforts to keep Mexican bul
lets from American soil will be consid
ered an act of hostility, however, well
disposed the government may be. This
agrees with the geuera.l's statement at
Vera Cruz on Saturday.
Reiterating his previous statements,
Carraiiza says General Hill has eon
trolled his lire and that he is sending
instructions anew to the Sonora com
mander to avoid any firing that would
endanger those across the American
border. He deplores that Americans
have been killed anil wounded but sug
gests t>h«t these accidents have been
due to carelessness on the part of
Americans or "imprudent curiosity."
lie points out that the position of
.Hill's troops who are stationed with
their backs to the American frontier is
such that it would be impossible for
their tire to enter American territory
and that consequently any shots from
the American side would be a direct
aid to the Villa forces.
CHOSEN LfIFAYBTTFs HEAD
Dr. John Henry MacCracken, of New
York University, Elected President
by Trustees To-day
By Associated Press.
East on, Pa., Dec. 14.—Dr. John
'Henry MacCracken, professor of po
litical philosophy of New York Univer
sity, was unanimously elected president
of Lafayette College at a special tneet
ing of the trustees held here to-day.
Dr. MacCracken will fill the vavancy
caused by the resignation of Dr. E. I).
Warfield, a few months ago.
The new president is a son of ex-
Chancellor H. M. MacCracken, of New
York University, and he is considered
an excellent choice for the position. The
announcement of his election caused
great enthusiasm in Ijafayette circles.
PARCEL POST ROOM OPEN
Quarters at 200 North Second Street
Will Believe the Main Office
Additional facilities have been pro
vided by Poat master {sites for the ac
commodation of persons desiring to
mail parcel post packages. The room
at 2-0€ •North Hecoihi street, was open
ed this morning with all facilities for
accepting parcels and promptly dis
patching them. The station will be
open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m.
The additional room was necessary
to take care of the langiely increasing
business of the 'local (Kxrtoffice and
patrons can now be better accommo
dated. The postmaster advises all per
sons mailing parcels to take tbem to
the new station in oriler to relieve the
congestion at the temporary postoffice
in the Boyd building.
Bichloride Victim Cured
Miss Bessie H a gey, 321 Poplar
street, Steelton, who took ten grains
of bichloride of mercury last Tuesday
morning in mistake for headache ta<b
•lets, was discharged from tie Harris
burg hospital cured tfhis afternoon. It
was five hours aiter she took the poi
son that she was admitted to the hos
pital and the cure is regarded by med-
I ical practitioners as unusual.
. ADDITIONAL MARKETS
PHILADELPHIA CLOSING
Philadelphia. Dec. 14. —Stocks closed
strong:
Cumbria Steel 43%
Gen Asphalt 33
do pfd . 68%
laake Superior Corpn 12
Ulhigh Navigation . . 76%
I<ehigh Valley t>B%
Pen ua K K 54a s
Phila Electric 23%
Philn Comipauv 3,")
Pl\ila Rapid Transit 1;!%
Reading .. . , 76%
Storage Battery 45%
I'nion Traction 4^j 4
I'nited Gas Imp S-%
U. S. Steel 54%
Chicago Grain Market
Chicago, Dec. 14.
' Open. t'Jost'.
Wheat—
December 119 US
May 123 121',
Corn—
December 63% 6"
May 69% 6#%
Oats—
December 4$ 47%
May 52*4 51%
Philadelphia 2 p. m. Quotations
Philadelphia,
strong.
(.'amlbria Steel 43%
General Asphalt 33
do pfd 68
Ijdhigh Navigation 74>
Lehigh Valley 69%
I Penna R R 56%
Phila Electric 24
Phila Company 35
Phila Rapid Transit 13%
Reading 7$ J/4
Storage Battery 4 9
Union Traction 41
I'nited Gas Improvement .... 82%
l'. S. Steel 69%
Warwick Iron and Steel 9%t>id
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago, Dee. 14.—Closf<>
Wheat—December, US. May, lilV.
Corn—December, «3. May. 69 %.
Oats—December. 47 s *; May. 51'«
Pork—January, 18.10: Mav, 18.S0.
Uard—January. 9.80: May. 10.07.
Kibs—January, 9.8"; May, 10.20.
OPEN MARKET FOR ALL STOCKS
Will Be Created on Floor of New
York Stock Exchange To-morrow
By Associated Press,
New York, Dec. 14.—r-An open mar
ket for all stocks on the floor of th«
New oik Stock Exchange will be cre
ated to-morrow. This action was decid
ed on this afternoon. It was voted to
eliminate, beginning to-morrow, the so
called clearing house list and to place
the stocks there on the same basis of
trading as the 182 issues already ap
proved. The solitary restriction placed
upon all stocks is to be that their prices
shall not go below the minimum al
ready established.
The chief issues thus placed in the
open market are IT. S. Steel, Southern
Pacific, Great Northern Canadian Pa
cific, New York Central and Anp.conda
Mining issues, all known as internation
al securities.
HEARING IX (iROVE SL IT
Action in Case Against Building In
spector Resumed To-day
Further hearing in the injunction to
restrain Building Inspector James H.
Grove from razing the John Wagner
building at 603 York avenue was held
bv Judge .\JfCarrell to-day.
One of the walls has bulged several
indies and it was alleged by the con
tractors, James J. Lynch and W. F.
Martin, that the building inspector anil
the owner of the building conspired to
cheat the contractors out of their
moeny—somethiug like $2,600. Two
witnesses had been heard up until noon
and it is expected that the hearing will
take up a week or more.
TWO VIEWS OF A DANDY '
In Which Oarlyle and Dr. Holmes Took
Opposite Sides
When your gaze runs afoul of a male
adorned with a wrist watch and pink
socks and a purple necktie, think kind
ly or unkindly of him—it all depends
upon whether you swear by Thomas
Carlvle or Oliver Wendell Holmes, both
of whom have furnished intimate de
scriptions of the "dandy." Says the
former in "Sartor Resartus:"
"A dandy is a clothes wearing man
•—a man whose trade, ofluve and exist
ence is the wearing of clothes. Every
faculty of his soul, spirit, purse and
person is heroically consecrated to this
one object, the wearing of clothes wise
ly and well, so that, as others dross to
live, he lives to dress."
And now look on tlie other side of
the picture furnished by Holmes:
"There was Alcibiades, the 'curled
son of Clinias,' an accomplished young
man, but what would be called a 'swell'
in these days. There was Aristotle, a
distinguished writer of whom you have
heard —a regular dandy he was. So
was Marcus Antoninus, so was Sir
Humphrey Davy, so was Ijord Palmers
ton, if I am not forgetful. Dandies such
as I was speaking of have rocked this
planet like a cradle —aye, and left it
swinging to this day."—Philadelphia
Ledger.
KITCHEN SINKS
They Are Low Yet Because They Had
to Be Low Originally
In a-recent issue of the Survey the
question why kitchen sinks have been
made so low was discussed. No one
seemed able to explain. Finally a i
certain maker discovered that the orig- J
inal sinks were made when the wjlmli- /
ing of dishes ami other sink work was I
doae in wooden tubs with high sides./
Such a tub when used in a high sink/
came up too far, so the sink was mad®
low. l\irt her more, as running watefc*
and fixed faucets had not long lie on
made, the tub had to be lifted out of,
the sink and the lowwr the sink the
lighter the lift.
Through improvements in faucets,
dish pans and other accessories of
kitchon ginks have been made no one
has seemed to realize that the sink
could he improved by Haising. So
women were—and are—compelled to
endure discomfort when doin^ 1 their
ordinary household work.
"There may be a certain percenHage
of inconvenience to be reached before
the human mind grasps the fact that
something mu«t be altered','' remarks
the Journal of the American Medical
association.
"The wise inventor attains a repu
tation for brilliancy by nuaking his in
vention before tho need becomes ob
vious to others.''
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