1 IF laiwr 1 |R Jfrtente j K an6|Jatronsr | a Wfcat tbtslje# j§| {brAl^appH jjjj and flro^jjerou* IB lIH The Globe j||| : SUM PLANT REPORTS POOR YEAR Output Is Less Than One-third of That of Previous Twelve Moiuhs Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Dec. 31. A striking roflection of the depressed condition ot' all lilies of railroad business was seen last night In the figures made public by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of its operations this year. The total output of the company was SOO locomotives, compared with 2,025 in 1913. Besides this heavy falling ofC in numbers, there was a material curtailment in size of equipment ordered, so that the produc tion was less than one-third that of 1913 in weight and value. The output was the smallest since 190 S. when only 617 engines were turn ed out. Of the 800 built this year 604 were steam. ltO electric and six gaso line. One of the notable of the steam engines was the triplex type, built for the Erie Railroad, witli three sets of cylinders, three sets of < machinery, fourteen pairs of wheels, witli a weight of more than 400 tons in working- order. This enormous engine has hauled a load of nearly IS,OOO tons on a 9 per < ent. grade combined with a curve of 5 degrees. The average number of men employ ed during the year was 6.759 per week, ranging from about 8,500 in the early part of tile year to less than 4.000 at the close. This compares with an aver age of 15,813 employed in 1913, ranging from a maximum of 17,000, down to about 11,000 at the close of 1913. In 1912 the payroll got as high as 19,300. with a weekly distribution of $315,000 in wages. Standing of the Crews harrisbitrg sinn I'llilnlr. McDowell Here. —Ex-Represen- | tative Thomas R. McDowell, of Ches ter county, was here to-day. He is the county road superintendent of Ches ter. Closed To-morrow. —The State Capi tol will be closed to-morrow, it being a 1 oliday. The automobile division will be busy, however. Good Wishes Sent. — Commissioner of Health Samuel G. Dixon to-day sent his best wishes for the new year to members of his staff. The commis sioner is in Philadelphia superintend ing the construction of the Panama exhibit. Lays Down the I .aw.—Dr. W. S. Gimper, of the State Livestock Sani tary Board, last night addressed a meeting of cattle owners at Palmyra on the quarantine in which he said that the law In regard to It would be enforced if the State police and mill jtia had to be called out to protect | State agents against harm. A Great Showing. —Over a million | dollars was turned in by the automo | bile division of the State Highway Department for 1914 licenses and the total will be the greatest ever when the department closes to-day. The number of pneumatic tired antomo ' biles for 1914 will run over 106,000. i "ECHIXATES" STI.'NS SENATE ! Former Member From Oregon S-rnri* SlatFHrnrn to Uictl.marten j Washington. D. C„ Dee. 31. Ex ! Senator Jonathan Bourne, of Oregon, , now noted as a propagandist, yesterday ; caused a mysterious anil lively demand | upon the Senate Library for the dic tionary. He has Issued a statement on ! patronage In which he declares that i the present situation "echinates a very I grave evil In our form of government." i Senators read this In wonderment and asked what "echinates" meant. Senator Lodge, the historian and lit erary authority of the body: Senator Root, learned in the law. and J. Ham Lewis, whose vocabulary is unrivaled, admitted ignorance. Noah Webster was consulted. From I the dictionary the Senators learned that I "echinate" was a verb that meant "to I render prickly or bristly, like a hedge hog." It was unanimously voted that "echi nates" is just the word to describe the patronage situation. Mr. Bourne Is be ing showered with Senatorial congratu lations. TAXES EVERY SIX MONTHS Chicago, 111., Dec. 31. —one of the latest Wisconsin Ideas Is that of hav ing a semiannual payment of taxes In stead of annual. A bill for that pur pose was passed In 1913 and was vetoed by Governor McGovern, but the is to take up the matter at the approaching session. Governor elect Phllipp Is in favor of t"ie change. The main argument I:' that the farmers thus would have a portion of their tax money for six months, whereas now it is kept Idle In the treasury of the State. It Is asserted, too, that the farmers often are obliged to sell their products at a disadvan tageous time to meet tax liabilities. The objection to the plan is that of cost. The energy required to make two collections would be much greater than that needed under the present system. D. E. McIiIXLAY DIES Berkeley, Cal„ Dec. 31.—Duncan E. McKtnlay, former representative In congress from California, died yester day at his home here. Mr. McKlnlay was 56 years old and was born' In Canada. fnn MiDDLeTown STEEL MILLS SOON TO RUN AT 50 PER CENT. Increase of From Ten to Twenty five Points Is Predicted by Iron Age By the end of the first month of 11915. It is predicted by the Iron Age. a j leading trade journal, this morning, the steel mills of the country will be i operating at from 50 to 6 5 per cent, jof capacity—a gain in most Instances iof from 10 to 25 per cent. A slight ; increase in the price of finished steel I products is reported. | In part the Iron Age says: ♦ "The i main development of the last week |of 1914 Is the action of a number of | manufacturers of bars, structural | shapes and plates in advancing prices I from 1.05 c., Pittsburgh, on early de | liveries, to I.loc. j "Interest has naturally centered, | apart from that taken in this price movement in three market staples, in ! the outlook for railroad buying. Thus i far there is no sign of the extent to I which railroads will depart from the J policy of buying for urgent needs. Kail orders were placed early this year; similar orders are likely to I come out early in 1915. The Pennsyl- I vania and the Baltimore and Ohio are ! expected to buy soon. Some eastern lines gave 1914 rollings on rails that I will not be needed until next Spring. The aggregate of track supplies soon to be required is considerable. One eastern rail mill has booked 8,000 tons in the past week and other eastern rail Inquiries are pending, including 4,500 tons for the Boston and Albany. "December bookings of all indepen dent steel companies have been con siderably larger than those of Novem ber, though few reached the 100 per I cent, rate of gain reported by the I Steel I'orporation for the first three weeks of this month, that being appar ently due to the inclusion of some specinl contracts with extended de liveries. . "The rate of mill operations In early January will show a moderate increase j upon the December average: Steel (consumption is little changed, but specifications have come in better of late on low priced contracts running lout with December. Predictions range from 50 to 65 per cent, as the prob | able operation by the end of the first ] quarter." Steelton to Bid Farewell to 1914 With Big Noise Steelton will bid farewell to old 1914 and welcome in the new year in various ways to-night. While a num ber of social functions will lend a j festive air to the occasion, by far the ! greatest number of Steelton's citizens | will welcome the new year by at tending services in the borough churches, many of which have made elaborate preparations for the event. One of the largest social affairs will be the promenade dance to be given by the Benton Club in the Benton Club home, North Front street. Down in the lower end district the Croatian Soltel will hold a big dance In Croa tian Hall, South Second street. Of course, one of the "big" stunts of the evening will be the noisy wel come to the new year sounded by the siren whistles at the big plant of the Pennsylvania Steel Company. Grace United Evangelical, the First Methodist, the Main Street Church of God, Centenary United Brethren and the East Steelton Church of God will jail hold services. Theft of Beer Puts 2 Foreigners in Prison Their desire to have some beer for j their Christmas celebration, and hav ! ing no money, has landed Stevan Met- I kos and Adam Vucesevic, both of 1217 j South Ninth street, Harrisburg,* In a I peck of trouble. Stevan and Adam figured that I money wasn't necessary to secure their "Bleva," so they phoned H. E. Irvin, i a local bottler, to send seven kegs to When the driver carried the first j keg into the house he was told the I order was a mistake. Back he walked j with the beer. When he got into his j truck, however, the driver found two I kegs missing. Detective I. N. Durn j baugh investigated and found that the ] men had taken the beer in the front j door while the driver was delivering In the rear. Metkos is in jail and Vu ! cesevic is under bail for a hearing i before Squire Gardner this evening. CLUII ELECTS OFFICERS The Croatian-Slovenian Club met I last evening in. Croatian Hall. South | Second street, and elected the follow i ing officers: President, Marko Ko i fait: vice-president, Kasimlr Pozega; !secretary, Joseph Verbos; recording secretary. Joseph Cunjak; treasurer, i Michael Sostal; trustees, Joseph Kis lellc, Marko Hren, Jacob Blazina. DISCHARGE BADDORF CASE ! The case against John Baddorf, a ' wealthy Palmyra businessman, pre ferred by Luther G. Ylngst, Harris- j j burg, charging improper relations with Ylngst's wife, was discharged this | morning by Squire Gardner. At the] .hearing recently the case was heM ] I under advisement. Yingst has now tiled another charge, that of alienat ing his wife's affections, against Harl dorf. Mr. and Mrs. Ylngst are sepa rated. STEELTON PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Myers, of Alex andria. Huntingdon county, liuve re turned home after visiting their son, Dr. D. E. Myers. J. Edwin Knipp. of Dayton, Ohio, a missionary to Japan, will speak In Centenary United Brethren Church February 27. John Litch left last evening for New York, where he will accept a new posi tion. Mrs. J. Dougherty, 2123 South Sec ond street, is recovering from a recent operation. Meyer Lacob, Fayetteville, N. C., is visiting his parents, In North Second i street. HIGHSPIRE | MECHANICS ELECT OFFICERS Hlghsplre Council, No. 155, Order of I United American Mechanics, elected officers at a meeting last evening. The new officers include: Councilor, Ed ward Coble! vice-councilor. Clark Gru ber; recording secretary, W. B. Kay lor; assistant recording secretary, j. A. Mathias; financial secretary, p. R. HolUnbauch; Instructor. A. E. Gruber; exaniiPT, Jonathan Baker: ins'.-le prote'tor ,Johr. Raudlbaugh; outside i protector, R. V. Parthemore; trustee. A. E. Gruber; representative to State council, John Raudlbaugh; proxy, EI - ! wood S. Ruth; representatives to Southern district convention at Har risburg, Elwood S. Ruth, W. B. Kay ior, John RaudibauKh, J. A. Mathias and P. R. Hollenbaugh. GAY ALUMNI DANCE AT BENTON HALL Catholic Club Headquarters Deco rated For High School Alumni; Old and New Steps The Benton Catholic Club Hall, North Front street, was the scene last evening of one of the season's pret tiest social events when the High School Alumni Association gave its annual dance. Many graduates and their guests at tended. The younger graduates pre dominated. The hall was beautifully decorated with holiday greens. The blue and white pennants of the school, intertwined with the various class col ors, gave a pretty touch of color to the scene. A stringed orchestra furnished the music for tlio dances. Both the old style and the modern "steps" were danced. Among those present were Hiss Clara M. Heck, Miss Carrie Weir ich. Miss Clara Harclerode, Miss Sylvia Whitman, Miss Adessa Kistler, Miss Margaret Gaffney, Miss Nora Clancy, Miss Phoebe Shelley, Miss Margaret Atticks, Miss Ruth Morrett, Miss Syl via Beldel, Miss Ruth Whltmoyer, Miss Bessie Hartman, Miss Alma Hocker, Miss Helen Dalley, Miss Agnes Hess, Miss Helen Kriner, Miss Blanche Mumma, Miss Bessio Whitney, Miss Marguerite Kennedy, Miss Agnes O'Boyle, Mrs. Walter Mumma, Mrs. Roscoe Bowman, Professor William Harclerode, Professor Roscoe Bow man, Dr. Gilbert Dailey, Harold Mum ma, Douglas Beidel, Philip Waidley, William Kirby. Howard Kistler, Ar thur Miller, William Reagan, Wayne Jeffries, Robert Mumma. Park Mur ray. Roy Snyder, Mr. Parker, Carroll Eckenrode, William Callaghan, Frank Turano. Don Mumma, Samuel Mum ma. Carl Shelley, Ben Brandt, Roy Shelley, Charles Chambers, Andrew McCall. Centenary U. B. Year Book Shows Work Done by Church Centenary United Brethren Church to-day will issue its first annual year book. It ia a handsomely printed and bound pamphlet of fifty-four pages, well illustrated. The bok was compiled by the Rev. A. K. Wler, pastor of the church, and contains a vast mund of valuable in formation to Centenary members. Il lustrations of Bishop W. M. Weekly, Superintendent D. D. Lowery, D. D., the Rev. A. K. Wier, the church and the parsonage in South Second street, are all contained in the book. It also contains the complete church member ship directory, all the officers, com mittees, financial statement, list of new members and other data. Cupid has his inning, when five marriages i during the year are recorded. The number of baptisms is given as 26—7 infants and IS adults. Altogether the book is a great credit to its compiler. A sufficient number of advertisements is carried to pay the cost of publish ing the annual. STEELTON SNAPSHOTS Elect Officers. Steelton Council, lf>2. Order of Independent Americans, elected officers, as follows, last even ing: Councilor, Earl S, Smith; vice councilor, Arthur Prowell; assistant recording secretary, Harry J. Bretz; conductor. Ralph Lau; warden, Wil liam A. Mills; inside sentinel, M. P. Vanatta; outside sentinel, Harry R. Jefferies; chaplain, George O. Klalss; trustee, C. W. Thompson; officer of the day. Harrison Prowell: captain of the guard, Harry Bretz. These officers will be installed Wednesday night, I January 6. In Police Circles. —Two foreigners ! were arrested by Patrolman James j Pearson last evening for disorderly conduct in North Front street. They ; will get a hearing before Burgess Wign ; Held. Oscar Haley told Squire Gard | ner, at a hearing last evening, that ihe would plead guilty to charges of I desertion and nonsupport. ! Injured in Accidents. —Daniel Monn, j a driver for D. Bacon & Co., was hurt ' when his wagon upset yesterday, j Emory Shutter dislocated his left el j bow in a fall on the lee Tuesday. Fire in Cellar. —Fire in the cellar of a Pine street residence last evening was extinguished btfore the firemen arrived. The damage was slight. I'MIDDLETOWfI* - -1 * • New Firm May Not Use "Brinser" Cornmeal Name j In granting S. C. Brinser, Middle ! town, the right to onjoin his .son, Harry R. Brinser, Howard W. Baus- ] | man and Albert Foltz, trading as the] Hrlnser Milling and Feed Company,! ! from th methods adopted by Brinser Miller and Feed Company are unfair In competition and that' the advertisement on the bags "is mislead ing and calculated to cause it to be mistaken for the product of the plain tiff." PYTHIANS ELECT Middletown Lodge, 263. Knights of Pythias, has elected the following of ficers: Chancellor commander, F. S. Kerr; vice-chancellor, Maurice Hip pie; prelate. P. J. Zweir; master of work, C. B. Erisman; keeper of records and seal, W. K. Rodfong; master of arms, William M. Lau: mas ter of finance, William Hlckernell. Jr.; inner guard, 11. Plsle: outer guard, Jacob Rhan; keeper of exchequer, M. G. Witinan: trustee, eighteen months, Maurice <'ain; six months, H. C. Linde muth. The newly elected otßccrs were Installed by District Deputy William flickernell, Jr., of town. IMMIGRATION FALLING OFF New Tork, Dec. 31. Immigration through the port of New York for 1914 fell off to the extent of 601,410 persons or 45 per cent, a« compared with 1913, according to figures compiled by the commissioner of Immigration and made public to-day. During 1913 ar rivals numbered 1,334,914 persons. In 1914 arrivals were only 733,504. CARRANZA FORCES ADVANCE Vera Cruz, Dec. 31—Continued prog gress by the forces of General Car ranza in their advance on Puebla !i> Indicated last night in reports here. According to these advices Amozoc unci other points near Puebla have been taken after a brisk action and fighting in the immediate environs of Puebla has begun. DUTCH PAPERS DOUBT SUCCESS OF PDUTESI Amsterdam Algemeen Handelsblad Fear? Note Will Be Shelved The Hague, via London, Dec. 31, 2.6S A. M.— Tho Dutch papers while generally commenting upon tho Amer ican note, virtually agree as to tho main points brought -out in the fol lowing editorial expressions In the Am sterdam Algemeen Handelsblad: "The note sent to England but in tended for the powers of the triple entente is a remarkable symptom. In America, as well as in other neutral countries, the illegal measures taken against American commerce has made bad blood. "The note is not Intended as a hos tile act but is a warning and request with a detailed resume of the com plaints of American shippers. The In tentions of the note are good. "It Is well that Washington drew the attention of the British govern ment to the difficult position of the neutral shippers. But will the protest jheip? We believe we are Justified In 'doubting this as In the case of the protests of the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. So, this one will be shelved because England will consider above ail the rights of neu trals, her own interests which are that nothing which could help the Ger mans must be permitted in the way of traffic. For this the neutral States are sacrificed." Another Opinion The Amsterdam Tijd says: "It Is shown that when its interests demand such a course Washington acts resolutely regardless of distinc tion or persons. The protest of the note against the manner in which Eng land wished to control tha seas is proof of this. "The exchange of memorandums be tween America and England concern ing the Ghent centenary is hardly over when this protest note dropped like a bolt from the sky. It is superfluous to point out the great importance of this step on the part of America In behalf of neutral trade. With antici pation we await John Bull's reply." USCTIIIE HEAD OFjHS [Continued From First Page] cording to views expressed in reso lutions. Session Slinil.v Attended The concluding meeting was sliml.v attended, many of the delegates hav ing left last r.ight for their homes after the close of the sectional meet ings. The three-day session was con sidered by all members as one of the most successful of the sixty-five years' history of the association. The meeting was opened by devo tional exercises by Dr. Nathan C. Bchaefl"er. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, wlio also made the first address, on "The Peace Move ment." in the course of which lie said that pupils should not be taught the glamor and glory of war, but that every one should be urged to regard the state as the organization of force, racked by justice and tempered by good will. The speaker referred to the war in Europe as having ruined tlio very city of Ghent where this year there was to have been celebrated one hundred years of peace between the United States and Great Britain, and said: "It used to bo said by the mili tarist class in Europe that the way to prevent war was to be prepared for war. The present war has proved the fallacy of that proposition." State Will Always Need Police Dr. Schaeffcr said that the state will always need an organized force for police purposes and so will all nations. The courts must fall back on this force to carry out decrees. The pupil must be taught history so that ho will realize that national force must be applied according to the golden rule. Dr. W. Grant Chambers, dean of the school of pedagogy. University of Pittsburgh, spoke on "Co-operation in Education." He said that the school is not tho only factor in education, other powerful supplements being the home, church, playground, court, busi ness, business house and the news paper. "I know of no moro helpful alli ance," he said, "than that between the I school and the dally press, and It Bliould be cultivated as the one strong agent of co-operation. The small daily paper can lie made the go-between for the public and the work of the schools. It is my opinion that the newspaper should print write-ups of things of local interest that will draw the attention of school pupils. There could be descriptions of neighboring geographical and geological features, of industries and of the more or less familiar things near at hand. I also recommend a school column in the j newspaper, to be conducted by school I students themselves and not by the j editorial staff of the paper. This would I be the best possible motive for Inter est in English composition. The editor of the local paper is one of the men whose friendship should be cultivated by parents, teachers and scholars." lie spoke of the parent-teacher as sociations as a means of the home going into the school and the school going into the home. Ho said the home Bbe - i'd be the laboratory for the testing <>f the instruction in practical things given in the school. He also suggested the value of an upprenticc ship In some public institution for every boy or girl at the close of the school instruction. At the meeting last night. Dr. Ed ward Howard Griggs, of New York city, spoke on "Education for the Art of Life," a well-prepared and finely-delivered study of the properly balanced life as the finest work of art. He dwelt on the new humanistic movement. Including the need of per sonality, sociability, positiveness of character and progressive growth. Concerning tho last point he said "the moment we case to grow we should be burled. If not for our own good then for others, lest wo bother them by the stench of our inactivity." He declared the worst tragedies of life to be those of negation, of men who have never quite dared to live and develop their personalities. "There Is nothing the human will cannot con quer in the end." ho said. He spoke of the danger of too great centralization and systematization In education, showing how the old coun try school Is the freest from these evils. He said the best teacher Is the one who makes himself unnecessary to the pupil as soon as possible by teaching the pupil to stand nlone. Dr. O. T. Corson, of Columbus, Ohio, made an address on "The Three Cs In Education"—Consciousness. Culti vation and Consecration of ability. HP spoke with a dlirnifled force and'crave many touches of humor that gripped, the audience. Tn referring to the war. he sold ho wns entirely neutral, as the bad ordered oil citizens to »