Hope Fire Company Tonight Celebrates the Hundredth Anniversary of Founding HARRISBURG dfSjjfUl TELEGRAPH < LXXXIII — No. 5 Hope Fire Company, Second Oldest in the City, Will Obs ?rve Hundredth Anniversary This Evening With Big Banquet at Chestnut Street Auditorium Organization Formed Cen tury Ago in Little Frame Shanty at Front and Mar ket Streets; Prominent Men of Ten Decades Ran With the Apparatus MANY A BIG FIRE FOUGHT BY MEMBERS History Shows the Volun teers Won Hundreds of Prizes For Good Work; 350 Will Sit Down Tonight to Feast Held in Honor of "Auld Lang Syne" One hundred years ago to-day when Harrisburg was a little more than a village and merely covered a territory.! between Mulberry and North streets, i a body of men gathered In a one-story frame building at Front and Market streets and organized the "I livers" Fire Company, No. 2. From this organization sprung what is now the Hope Steam Fire l£ngine Company No. 2, an organization not only prominent because of its fire fighting membership, but prominent throughout Pennsylvania and in many cities in other Slates. In commemo ration of this 100 th anniversary mem bers of the Hope company number ing 250 and at leastt fifty invited guests will banquet at Chestnut street auditorium to-night. Outside of the fact that the sec ond company to organize in Harris burg started January fi. 1814, and developed rapidly into a real lire com pany until in the no's, very little is known about its history. In 1834 when there was no appro priation forthcoming, the members refused to keep the records und gave. Utile attention to the organiza iniu: Tii-ti vantf 'v!»t on a* -ho thought the organization shoftld re main intact and a reorganization was affected which has continued until the present time. Tim "Hivers" Start The "Hivers," the original com pany, was well named as its members were as busy as bees at all times, and it was not long until a hand engine occupied the lower floor of the build ing which stood near the present toll house of the Market street bridge. There were but two companies in Har risburg at that time, tiie Friendship having been organized in 1803. With the advance of years the! "Hivers" grew, but as it often the] case with volunteer fire companies during their career, there were in ternal troubles and early in the 50's | came a demand for fire protection j in the vicinity of Front and North ! streets, where the water station is now located. The "Hivers" decided to move and reorganze and during January, 1852, the Hope Fire Com pany No. 2 was organized. Troubles did not cease and in later years there : was much difficulty in keeping up the ranks. Records were lost, in fact it is no I secret that a number of books that would give a more precise history ofi the Hope Fire Company after a fail-! ure members, however, held together and finally when the proper support was forthcoming there was again a reorganization and this time the company took up an abode In Second street where it Is now located in a house which was reconstructed [Continued on Pago 3] i fr Late News Bulletins 75 MEN REPORTED SWEPT TO DEATH Winning. Man., .lan, 6.—Dashed to death on the rocks In tlic Eraser river. British Columbia, or swept to tlielr doom hy the swift current, was the fate of 75 laborers employed by the (irand Trunk Pa <*ific Railroad, according to Angele Pugliese. one of the twenty-five who managed to escape to-day when the flatboat in which they were Iwing transported across the river was wrecked on a rock. COMPETITION TO BE RESTORED Washington. Jan. «.—After a two-hour conference to-day between Attorney General Mcßeynolds and Chairman Howard Elliott, of the New Haven and Hartford Railroad, it was understood that the New Haven will agree to a reorganization to restore competition in transpor tation throughout New England. TEAR UP MEADOW LANE TRACKS First steps In the Improvement in connection with the new Penn sylvania freight ts talon imporvemcnt were begun to-day when the track force of the Harrisburg Railways Company began to tear up the tracks In Meadow l»ne between Second and Third streets. WILSON AN HONORARY FIREMAN Gulfport, Miss., Jan. 6.—Because he acted as a fire chief and helped savo the home of Jndgo J. H. Neville from flames. President Wilson was Invited to become an honorary member of the GvUport Fire Department and to-day accepted. The President sent a letter to Fire Chief Camp bell fc.mally accepting membership. Closing Minutes in Wall Street New York. Jan 6.—The market closed strong. Higliest quotations were recorded Tor Union Pacific. Southern Pacific. Reading and numer ous specialties in the final hour, when the activity of the early session was resumed on an increasing scale of operatiom LEADERS, PAST AND PRESENT, OF TMJHOPE FIRE COMPANY WHICH CELEBRATES ITS HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY THIS EVENING * WILUAM'HEPNER HOPE • MOUSE VICE - PWE3IDHWT j| pf?E3iDENT'INTHESIXTies* I==^^-== | °(V IN THE SEVENTIES Labor Disturbances Will Be Investigated By Associated Press Washington, .Tan. 6. Nationwide Investigation of labor disturbances is to be Immediately undertaken by the Federal Commission on Industrial Re lations, it was announced here to-day. Decision to do so was reached fol lowing a five days' executive session. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1914. ' DEMOCRATS INGOT OVER ELECTION OF SOCIALIST IS CLERK McCormick's Slate Would Have Gone on Rocks Had Manning Seized Opportunity Offered Democrats are angrier than ever to day over the election of a Socialist to the clerkship of the county poor board by Poor Directors Boyer and Walters jat the dictation of Boss McCormick. i When they came, into control of the | office Democratic workers naturally supposed that members of the party I would be remembered when the good ijobs were passed around and are na turally disgruntled over the forcing of a Socialist down the throats of the directors for the sole reason that the : man who has set himself up as the ! local party dictator wants a personal >! representative in the department. The outburst of President Jones, of the Central Democratic Club, is only the first of many protests that are be ] ing heard all over the city. Democrats not in harmony with the [Continued oil Page "1 NEGROES ATTACK LIQI'OR MAN* Two negroes, whose identity has not | been learned, last night attacked Fred erick U Koenig, wholesale liquor i dealer, In his office in Seventh street. ! Evidently Intent on rltlng the cash register, the colored men hit Koenig I over the head with a whisky bottle. ; Koenig's cries for help frightened off ! the two men and they obtained noth | ing. MAY PURCHASE BATTLEFIELD Washington, D. t\, Jan. 6.—Plana ! for the government to buy the Bull ! Run battlefield and make of It a na tional park are endorsed in a report ; by a board of army officers to Secre tary Garrison. Belter care for the i! monuments now Ihere is recorn j mended. CHRPENTER STILL BOSS WHEN TBI STATE OPENS TODIV Six Gub Circuit Is Likely to Be Continued With Atlantic City Out "When the annual meeting of the Trl-State League opened at 3 o'clock this afternoon at Hotel Columbus President Charles F. Carpenter was still boss and it was a toss-up as to who would be the winner when the meeting adjourned to-night. A conservative view indicates the continuation of a six-club circuit with President Carpenter in charge tem porarily. Atlantic City is to be counted out, and either Reading or Lancaster will succeed the "Buds.'" President Carpenter positively refused to resign after a three-hour conference with the committee representing the club owners last night. In conference this afternoon the club owners receded from their eight club proposition, but Insisted upon having a new leader. Representa tives to the league meeting were In structed accordingly and the fight was on at 3 o'clock. CHECK FOR 567.060 AND ONE FOR PENNY, APPEAR AN ONCE By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 6.—One check for $67,660 and another for one cent ap peared at the Department of Com merce to-day. The former made out to Secretary Redfleld, was for the gov ernment sale of Alaskan seal and blue and white fox skins, recently held in St. Louis. The penny check was to George Johannes, disbursing officer of the department, who formerly held a similar position at the Census Bu reau. When he turned over his ac counts the Treasury Department dis covered that he had cheated himself out to one cent and returned it in the form of a check. coon VOTES TO DROP TWO OF MHVOR RUM'S PATROLMEN Lively Debate in Which Lynch, Taylor and Bowman Give Their Reasons For Action After a lively debate in which all the commissioners but Mr. Gorgas participated, City Council this after noon adopted by a 3 to 2 vote the resolution directing Mayor Royal to drop two patrolmen from the police force. The men dismissed are James Mit chell and A. H. Haines. The men who by the same resolu tion will replace the dismissed officers fContinued on Pago. 7] WILL CARE FOR GERMANS By Associated Press Berlin, Jan. 6.—At the request of the commander of the German cruiser Bremen, the Hamburg-American Lino has ordt-ed its steamer Westerland to remain at Tamplco in order to em bark German refugees If necessary. It It stated that the situation at Tampico is again giving rise to anxiety. GERMAN HEIRESS WEDS * By dissociated Press Berlin, Jan. 6.—The heiress to one of the largest fortunes in Germany, Miss Marie Anne Von Friedlaender- Fuld, a daughter of Germany's "coal king," was married to-day to John Power Bertram Ogllvy Kreeman-Mlt ford, a younger son of Baron Rede sale, of the English peerage. CHARGED WITH MUfIDUIt John Thomas was last night formally charged with the murder of Charles Cook, alias. George Htrothers, who died at the Harrlsburg hospital some weeks ago after a lingering illness which fol lowed a stabbing affray in an tOighth Ward hotel, on the night of October i. Thomas was charged by Detpetl.v Wal ters and given H bearing before Alder [man Nicholas. DEPT. OE JUSTICE IS ASKED TO ASSAIL PEMA.COAL TAX LAtfl/ Attorney General Mcßeynolds Says Complaints Show Measure Caused Jump in Prices By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ Jan. 8. —Com- plaints to Attorney General Mcßey nolds from several eastern cities that the price of hard coal is soaring, allege that the Pennsylvania State tax on every tone of anthracite mined within its borders, is responsible. The De partment of Justice has been asked to assail the Pennsylvania law on the ground that it Is unconstitutional. In answer to letters suggesting such a course the Attorney General has re plied that it is highly probable that sooner or later some individual will | bring suit to test the law, and that, if the department finds it advisable, it may intervene. The Pennsylvania tax Is 2% per cent, of the cost of mining each ton, and it is estimated that the State will raise nearly $5,000,000 annually from that source. According to the letters to the Attorney General, the Pennsyl vania mining companies have charged the full tax up to the retailers and they in turn have passed it on to the consumer. Officials of the Auditor General's Department, which is in charge of the anthracite coal tax collection, said to day that the department was proceed ing to obtain reports of production on which to base the tax. BJanks have been sent to each operator and the re ports are required to be made during January. Bills for the tax will be sent later. No notice of any suit to test the tax has been received, but It is stated that the Commonwealth will be ready to meet it. I)ROTHKKIfOOD~TO >IIOKT At the home of A. K.' Burkholdet-, 2WI North fourth Htroet, this evening, the Lutheran Brotherhood of Ht. Matthew's I.utlieran Church will hold a business [fleeting. 12 PAGES. ♦POSTSCRIPT. TWENIY-TWDOFTHE (Mill CREW HIE NOW HCCOUNTED FOR Five of Eleven Men Who Left Steamer in Lifeboat Are Rescued Alive CRAFT CAPSIZED REPEATEDLY One Lifeboat Is Found With Bod ies of Three Men; Others Were Drowned By As social td rrtsst New York, Ja.n. 6.—Five of the mis sing twenty-seven of the crew of the oil tank steamer Oklahoma which broke In two off Sandy Hook early Sunday were brought Into port alive today. They were picked ud In a life boat Sunday afternoon l>y the Booth Line steamer Gregory, after having been adrift in the bitter cold for si* hours. They are: Jacob Swanson, oiler; Wtljl Haaht. seamanj Fred Booth, storekeeper; John Kosich, mess boy, and George Johnson, wiper. The rescue of these five men and their story that six of their compan ions were lost from the life boat, ac counts for twenty-two of the Okla homa's crew of thirty-eight, eight hav ing been rescued by the Uner Bavaria and three found dead In a life boat by the revenue cutter Seneca. The five brought in to-day confirm the story that the great tank ship parted amidshlp without warning. The weather was stormy and enormous seas were breaking aboard, when, with an agony of groans and creaks, the vessel buckled, apparently suspended on two huge waves at stem and at^rn. Haaht was on deck at the time, having Just come on watch. The en gines were racing and could not be stopped. All the engine room force and those of the crew aft who were able rusbed to the decks. The mess boy. K.osich ( had on only his under wear. Two Boats Got Away Two boats were got away. One was crammed full. This was presumably the boat In which the revenue cutter Seneca found three dead and none [Continued on l*ago 9] HtNTS MtHIIKItFI) MASTER "Push_' t. e bull dog owned by Joiir. oush, the aged man who was found •nurdtjrnd in th* burning farm house near Tnglenook soveral weeks ago re fuses to give up the search for his master which has lasted since the tragedy. He wanders from one haunt of li s master to another sniffing about | Inquiringly and th"n going on to the next place. Dally he repeats the rounds or old man Bush. EATS ICE CREAM; DIES Because he ate too much ice cream at a party on Friday night, Ephralm Major, 9 years, of 123 Monroe street, died yesterday at the Harrisburg hospi tal The boy was admitted yesterday suffering from porltonitlß brought oh by an attack of appendicitis. iMiiwiTOiall For Harrisburg and vicinityi Fair and slightly warmer to-night; lowest temperature about 30 de grees i Wednesday fair. For Eastern Pennsylvaniat General ly cloudy to-night and Wednes day, warmer; moderate eaat to southeast winds. River No material changes In river stage* are indicated. The floating Ice la the river will diminish In quan tity and probably disappear. General Conditions The storm 'that was central off the New Jersey coast, Monday mara- Ing, has moved off seaward. Fair weather haa prevailed generally throughout the country during the last twenty-four hours ex cept In the Middle Atlantic States, where light local rains aad snows fell Monday morning. It Is colder In the Atlantic Statea from New Jersey northward aad decidedly warmer aloag the northern border of the Great l akes. Elsewhere In the United States temperature change* have been generally alight. Temperature) 8 a. m., 24; a p. j*., |g. Sum Rlaes, 7i20 a. in.; seta, 4iM p. m. Moont Full moon, Jaanary IX, 4iOR p. m. River Stagei Four feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, SI. \ lowest temperature. SS. \ Mean temperature, 33. V Normal temperature, SO. MARRIAGE LICENSES Steve Cesnar and Eral Trophonis Steelton. Franklin Eugene Stock and Ellsabetk Catherine McAfee, city. Teaching People To Save Money At a resent meeting of bankers one of the speakers told them ' that it was the duty of the banks and trust companies to advertise in the newspapers. Aside from the fact that it would Increase their business it was a service they owed the pub lic. In some of the cities the finan cial institutions have embarked on co-operative campaigns, the object of which Is to teach the people the uses of these institu tions and what they do for the publlo. Not one vyoman in a hundred could tell you off hand Just wherein the functions of a bank differ from those of a trust com pany. Yet there are many featurea about a trust company's servloa for which the woman of avera«a means would be glad to pay. : < Campaigns in„.tbe newspaper* to Induce people to save money have been carried on with great success in many cities. 5| The uses of advertising are aa varied as the hues of tnlfjMic trum.