Members Are Arriving For Opening of Legislature Tomorrow at Noon HARtiISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— :\o. 3 TIVE CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKERSHIP Contest Will Be Settled in Caucus of Republican Members This Evening AMBLER IS VERY CONFIDENT i "Very Well Satisfied With Pros pects;" Others in Race to End L T f -nrntm , I Ci J ART_.ES VMBLER t'.iiilijatc fcr Speckcr of the House Five candidates are in the tield for the Republican nomination for Speaker of the House of Representatives,' which will be settled in caucus to night at the Capitol at S o'clock. John M. Flynn. of Klk. is the only Demo cratic candidate mentioned on the part of the minority. The Republican caucus nomination c;ins election ami the man selected : flh the I'll Republicans will be chosen bis rivals will line up for him. | The I icmoerats number only 41 and I there •• r< echoes.of the factional fißht j Tf last f«R anions: them. Seftator Charles 11. Kline, of Pitts-, burgh. has the inside track for the! presidency of the Senate. There ire , X of the ."><• senators who are Repub- j licans and—he will be tendered unani- i luons renomination. The Democrats I have eleven members and have no se lected their man. The legislature, to which all of this! is preliminary, will meet to-morrow at noon. The members will he sworn in. tiie presiding officers and principal officials will be chosen, resolutions au thorizing the inaugural preparations will be passed and after preliminary business the farewell message of Gov ernor John K. Tener. summing up the tine record of his administration and making suggestions as to what re mains to be done, as the result of legislative commissions, will be read. The legislature will adjourn to-mor row afternoon until 5" on day night, January 18. the night before inaugu ration to permit the committees to be made up and other business to be worked out. Nmblcr Confident This afternoon will tell the talc whether there will be much of a con test in (he Reptibiean House caucus. • 'harles A. Ambler, of Abington. Mont gomery county, backed by Governor elect Martin G. Brumbaugh and many of the potential Republican leaders and the man for whom Senator Boies Penrose declared in Philadelphia Sat urday. says "I am very well satisfied with the prospects. As it stands now 1 have votes to sr>are." Kichard J. Baldwin, Ohadd's Ford. Delaware county; Henry* I. .Vilson, of l»r> Run. Jefferson county: George W. Williams. Wellsboro. Tioga county, and Robert P. Habgood, Bradford, McKean county, declared early this afternoon that they were still in the running and intended to stay. They got together yesterday and last night and again this morning, issuing the same statement each time, saying 11j H t they believed the mem bers of the House should select the Speaker, and elect "a speaker who will make for harmony during the si ssion." They said that they were of the sainc mind and would continue In the tight. - They were visited by many men during this morning and were busy on telephones, discussing phases of the flcht, but they all in [ Continued on Page T] iTHE WEATHER! For llarrlxburic and vicinity: Kalr K'-niutal an«l Tiiemloy! allgbtly "nrniiT Tumilnr; Inn rut tempera ture to-night about !£.- dryrrfii. Fur Kaatern I'enna v< vnala t Partly cloudy tn-nticbt; Tueaday fair, ■ liirhtly narmer; (entlc cant w Indft. Rhfr W material elmnttr* will occur la river eiindltlonM, (General rendition* The prevaure la aboie normal over nearly all the Kanlrri half of the country with two center* of blah rot. nir located over the St. I.aw renee Valley and the other over the l.oarr Ohio Valley ami Ten aeaaee. The temperature haa risen at a ma jority of the alatlnaa, the rlaea being rnont deelded In Mlnneaota, *outh Dakota and Manitoba, «here It la IN to ileareeu warmer than on Saturday morn ing- It I* Mimewhat colder In >iortheaHtern dlatrlet. Temperadirei « a. m.. i! 8. >nnt Hlaeo. 7i2S a. m.: net*. 4:51 p. m. lloDiu Itlaea, 8:IQ p. m. Hlver Mage: 2.7 feet above low uater mark. Yeaterdaj'a Weather Hlghea-t temperature, 'is. Until temperature. -O. Mean temperature, 24, .Normal temperature, 30, HOSPITAL SUPPLIES \ FROM HERE REACH FRANCE Mme. Falcouz Thanks Mrs. Lemer For Contributions Sent by Harrisburg People For French Soldiers; Money Badly Needed Several months ago when Miss May Lemer. of this city, who has been a {resident of France for several years, J wrote home for contributions for one lof the large hospital auxiliaries in ! Paris, her friends here made a most ; generous response. Through Mrs. j T.erue Isomer and Miss Esther Leib .» , 'arge quan'.i'v of bandages were made and a lot of hospital supplies pur chased at wholesale and sent on to . Mme. Falcouz, who is in charge of the hospital. ! The package arrived safely and was | most thankfully received, as the t'oi ' lowing letter from Mme. Falcouz | shows: "Paris. December 11. Thanks, many thanks, dear Madame Lemer, ! for the package of chirurgieal sup plies which arrived this morning in Paris. * * * Will you tell alt your I friends who were so kind, how gratt ' fill I am for their kindness. Every : thing is so dear here, and so difficult i to get. | "We all are so unhappy. My hos [ Continued on Page T] .LONDON EXCHANGE IS! 1 OPENED FOR BUSINESS ! National Anthem Sung by Rather Smaller Attendance Than Usual j I London. Jan. 4. 12:05 p. m.—The; London Stock Excnatigc reopeneil for j •business to-day after having been j I closed on account of the war since j j July 30. Severe restriction? were j j placed upon trading in order vo pre- j j vent anything approaching panic sell- ; ing or the unloading of securities by j hostile countries. The session opened with a round of j ringing cheers and to the strains of' the national anthem, heartily sung by! ja rather smaller attendance than i usual. A number of British and i j French members were absent on ac- | j count of the war while the exclusion • of aliens who were not able to satisfy j i the committee they had severed all ] ! connection with foreign countries re- j I duced somewhat the foreign attend-) : ance. The single fact that business hasj j been resumed and then on a limited; j scale and under restrictions is taken] j to indicate that the greatest crisis in j : the history of the exchange has been | ! safely negotiated through the com-; bined efforts of the treasury and the i I Stock Exchange committee. ; The house had been redecorated j during the prolonged recess and to- t day it presented a cheerful appear- j iance. Several English members ap- ! peared in khaki. There were no shout- [ ing of bids across the house and busi- ! ness was on a strictly cash basis. The ! committee decided to allow all deal ings between the hours of eleven and three inside or outside of the Stock Exchange. HORSE STOLEN AT RED liILL Man Who Took Animal Left It at , Harrlsburg stable Dauphin. Pa.. Jan. 4.—On Wednes-! day John Koblns, a farmhand em-j i ployed by William Nye. stole from J.: !H. Snyder, of Red Hill, a valuable j horse and took it to llarrisburg. ] ; Koblns tried to sell the horse at I I Cooper's exchange stable there, but | Cooper's suspicions being aroused, lie could not iind a customer. Leaving I • the horse there. Robins skipped out.j A warrant was issued for Robins' ar-1 j rest by Squire Richard Steckly. The . ; last heard was a telephone message) from Halifax, saying that Robins had I been found there and asking if there was any reward offered. OIL PRICES INCREASED Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 4. An ad vance of 5 cents a barrel in the prin cipal grades was announced here to ! day at the opening of the market by the West Penn Oil Company, making I prices as follows: Pennsylvania crude, ; $1.50; Mercer Black and New Castle. 111.07: Cabell. $1.10; Somerset. 90 'cents: Ragland, 70 cents. Corning was | advanced 10 cents to 90 cents. ! GARRISON WILL NOT INTERFERE j By Associated Press Washington. D. Jan. 4.—Secre- j i tary Garrison, it was announced to-! j day. has declined to Interfere with the ! I employment of Japanese labor on con- i tract work of the War Department at j Sehofield barracks, Hawaii, on th' j | ground that he is without authority to i i do so in the absence of law on the I subject HARRISBURG, PA.. MONDAY EVENING, TANUARY 4, 1915. croix-rouge FBAKCAts. HOPITAL AUXILIAIRE N 117 + I.YMIT F.MIX'RK jTliey Claim. However. Further Prog ress in Stein Imeli: Fighting Violent Hy Associated Press . Paris, Jan. 4. L'.4i p. m. —The offl [eiai statement given out in Paris this afternoon shows that tlie artillery lighting along the front is proceeding j intermittently and at some point* 'with particular violence. There seems to have been few infantry attacks re cently. The French admit failure in •an effort to occupy a German posl- ] tion in the Meuse country. Tliey claim, I however, further progress in Stein ! bach. Tl'HiiS CAITVIIF 2,000 HI'SSIAXS Caucasian Army Continues Its Ad vance. Say-, Constantinople Dispatch By Associated Press London. Jan. 4, 3:26 a. m.—An of ] fieial communication given out by ■ Turkish headquarters is contained in In Constantinople dispatch to neuter's j Telegram Company. It says: I "Our Caucasian army continues its victorious advance. Our troops, which reached Sari Kamysh, "G miles south west of Kars, won a final victoty, after a severe battle. "In the past ten days we have cap tured 2,000 Russians, eight cannon, thirteen quick lirers and a great quan tity of ammunition and war mate : rial."