10 T. R. WOULD RAISE CAVALRY DIVISION Plan Announced For Organization of First Reserve of 250,000 or 300,000 Men Nev York, March I.—Formal an nouncement was made here to-day of the formation of an organization of first reserves, to be known as the American Legion, to be composed of former army, navy and militiamen, which will better insure the nation's preparedness in case of war. Captain I tJordon Johnston, aid-de-canip to i Major General Leonard Wood, com manding the Department of the East, made the announcement on behalf of a group of army and navy men, who. in an unofficial capacity, are acting with civilians in promoting the movement. Captain Johnston said that it Is plan ned to establish within a short time a first reserve of between 250,000 and 300,000 former army and nay militia men for instant call in case of emer gency. Major General Wood already have given the plan his unofficial indorse ment and ex-President Roosevelt has ■written a letter approving the pro posal Vumerous other public men have Indorsed the project, and a state meat by the promoters says that for mer secretaries of the navy have indi cated their willingness to act in an ad visory capacity. Asserting that he and his four sons will become members of the Leftion, Colonel Roosevelt, in a letter to the or ganizers, says that in the event of war he intends to ask Congress for per mission to raise a division of cavalry. Mr. Roosevelt's letter, in part, follows: "I and my four sons will gladly be come members. I earnestly hope and pray that there will 'be no war; but. the surest way to avert war is to be prepared for it; and the the only way to avert disaster and disgrace in war is by preparation, both military and naval, in advance. "In the event of war f should ask permission of Congress to raise a di vision of cavalry; that is, nine regi ments, such as the regiment T com manded in Cuba; and. unquestionably, the ranks of these regiments would largely be filled from the men of the Legion: for In event of war there will be no time to train the men first called upon in such duties as shooting, rid ing and taking care of themselves in the open. "We should have.asanation,begun to prepare ourselves the minute this war broke out seven months ago. It is ab solutely impossible to be sure, when there is such a tremendous war, that we shall not be drawn into it against our will. The people of this country are only beginning to realize the ex tent of our military and naval unpre paredness." Colonel Roosevelt says he will glad ly serve as chairman of the legion board of honorary advisers, and hopes that the legion will accomplish Its purpose in organizing a first reserve, for he says: "It is Idle for us to trust to arbitra tion and neutrality treaties unbacked by force. Let us act justly toward others and let us also be prepared with stout heart and strong hand to defend our rights against injustice front others." $3,000 Men Are Prompt to Pay Income Tax 1 larrisburgers who have incomes amounting to $3,000 or over are not going to be caught for a heavy fine this year. With the exception of a few local applicants, who secured blanks early tof-day. local men sent in their reports last week. Deputy Reve nue Collector William S. Brieker said that after to-day It will cost more to tell the United States government what your income is each year. In order to accommodate those who put off filing papers until the last moment, Deputy Collector Brieker remained in his office until midnight Saturday and also ac commodated several applicants yes terday. 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Please send authors and artists in America. / .r j _ -i v ... . , me further details. You pay nothing in advance, M merely pay the collector at the end Name •: ? of the month. Address MONDAY EVENING, BIGGEST SINGLE SHIPMENT OF AUTOS EVER MA DE TO A PENNSYLVANI A DEALER i >■ i > s ' • >: v. ■ "V <" ' "V i t J J . , * t ■■ -V . t V* C : . • Fifty-one Reo automobiles, throe of which were roadsters and the remainder touring tars, were received n this city yesterday at the Tenth street siding of the l ' ll,^, ' lpl V'!' a eadlng Railway, coming direct by the Reading from Lansing. Mich. Seventeen box curs were required to bring the machines to this Removing the cars to the storage nlant on ken from the train and lined up on Tenth street, side by side, stretched for more than a bloek. A force ol men was kept busy all . PennsvKnn?H rtelltr orth Cameron street. The cars are the property of the Harrisburg Auto company, and constitute the largest single shipment of automobiles t\tr inu » ennsylvania dealer. CITY TREES NOW IN CURE OF FORESTER Harry J. Mueller Reports to Com missioner Taylor and Inspects Conditions in Parks Harrisburg's trees are now under the jurisdiction of Harry J. Mueller, the first City Forester. Forester Mueller reported- for duty to City Commissioner M. Harvey Tay lor this morning, put in most of the | day in a preliminary inspection of: conditions in the streets and parks j insofar as they pertain to the cure and . maintenance of the trees. For the next few days Mr. Mueller j will be busy looking over the situation j and completing the preliminaries in- j cident to organizing and equipping his! office. His headquarters will be in j Commissioner Taylor's department in i the Calder building and the new otli- | cial expects to have his plans ready i for active operation before the end of J the week. As To Your Own Trees In discussing his plans to-day Mr.' Mueller sounded the knell of the hopes' of the individual who expects to trim and prune his own tree and inciden- I tally the city forester served notice upon the careless Individual who has been accustomed to tying his horse to shade trees in the street. The great extent of the work, the effects on tree planting and trimming and the requirements relative to plant ing new trees and the removal of old trees was gone into In a general way by Forester Mueller. Incidentally, he mentioned that one of the first jobs will be the taking of a census of Har risburg's trees. The extent of this, too, will be determined after he has completed his inspection. To Inspect Conditions "Within a few days," said the new city forester, "1 will have completed an inspection of the parks and streets, I think, and will have had an oppor tunity of determining just what can be done in a general way. Until 1 know something of the conditions I can hardly discuss possible plans. "We hope in the near future to have blank forms printed for permits to' those who may want to trim or plant I or remove trees. This work is n<jw . under the jurisdiction of this depart ment and cannot be done without our I permit. Furthermore, we mean to I enforce the requirements of the old laws that prohibit the tying of horses • to shade trees and the cutting, pruning . or otherwise damaging trees. These ! laws have long been on the statute j books, but they've never been en- ; forced. Mr. Taylor will ask the eo- ; operation of the police department in obtaining observance of these old! laws." FEBRUARY'S RI II.OIX; 114X111 February building operations looked up a bit, according to the figures < om piled in the Building Inspector's office. Eighteen permits at an estimated value of $.18,425. were Issued. in January seven permits valued at $7,575 were is-, sued. In February, 1914. twelve permits were issued, totaling $11,875. \jtARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 1918 CONFERENCE I CAPTAIN WALLACE WAS! ASSUMES FULL CHARGE] TO BE HELD HERE PICTURESQUE FICURE OF COMMERCE SCHOOL Harris U. E. Triumphs Over Phila- Led Famous "Bible Company" of delphia Church; Four Young 125 th Regiment Through Men Ordained Civil War Bethlehem. Pa., March I.—The ! 1916 session of the East Pennsylvania! conference of the United Evangelical I Church will be held in Harris church, Harrisburg. This church was selected jby a vote of 86 to 6" over Christ ! : church, Philadelphia. ! Ministers will probably be assigned jto their charges for the coming year j at the session to-morrow afternoon.) J The Rev. C. L. Hunt, of Bangor, ! i who was appointed assistant editor of j j "The Evangelical" will move to Har- * : risburg within the near future. Four young men were ordained! . into the Evangelical ministry yester ! day. Bishop W. Fouke performed i j the ordination rite, assisted by Bishop ; U. F. Swengle and the three presiding j elders. The ordination sermon was! i preached by Bishop Fouke. I Those who received preaching or- | j ders are W. W. Wirand, of Maple | wood, Wayne county; John Smith, of ! Lansford; E. Lehman, of New York City, and F. G. Yost, of Sunbury. The election for ministers to make up the trial court resulted in the choice of the Revs. A. W. Warfel, J. M. Rlnker, D. S. Stauffer. J. P. Mil ler. A. G. Brunner, C. D. Huber, A. B. Saylor, A. E. Hangen and C. E. Hess. CHINESI': BOYCOTT JAPS San Francisco. Cal., March 1. —The j Japanese boycott instituted at the di- > rection of the Chinese Six Companies i because of Japan's demands on China was being observed in cities through- j I out the Pacific coast to-day with the | exception, it was said, of Los Angeles j and Seattle. It was definitely known ; to be in operation in San Francisco, ! Oakland, Fresno, Sacramento, Stock- ! ton. Portland. Vancouver and other coast cities and towns having an ap- » preclable number of Chinese and Japa • nese residents. Congress Enters Closing Week of Present Session By Associated Press Washington, D. C., March I.—Con- ' gress to-day entered upon the closing ! week of the session in a rush to wind , iup all business before it when final | adjournment is taken on Thursday. A , large amount of work confronts the j I Senate, but in the House business is ' pretty well cleaned up. Doctors and Druggists Rush to File Papers Registration of physicians, druggists and patent medicine manufacturers | under the Federal drug act. In effect j to-day, caused a big rush of business I at the office of Deputy Revenue Collec- I tor William S. Brieker. I Captain William Wigton Wallace,) ! who died at his home in Philadelphia j iThursday was one of the most pictures- j quo (inures in Hie State. He was born ] ;in rhester county 83 years ago, anJ j I lived in Harrisburg thirteen years. He | | was a son of William Q. and Eleanor | I Wallace and is survived by an only | I sister, Mrs. Thomas 1.. Wallae., of j i Pine strnT. Funeral services were held from the j j Mutchmore Piesbyterian Church. Phil- j ' adelpliia, this afternoon and burial j will be made in the old family plot at the Harrishurg Cemetery, to-morrow 'morning, at 11.30 o'clock, i Captain Wallace was here last year j for the transfer of the battle flags! and found only two of the old "boys I | whom he used to know so well, | ' "Dorie"-Klein and "Jerry" Greenawalt, | the latter having since died. Me pub lished a little booklet of his reminis cences of old Harrisburg and of the Civil war and presented copies to friends here just a short time ago. Captain ol' Bible Company During the Civil War he was com missioned by the governor as captain | of Company C. One Hundred and ! Twenty-lifth Regiment of Pennsylva : nia Volunteers, the color company of ! the regiment, also called the "Bible I company" beeause the patriotic peo | pie of Huntingdon presented every ; member of it with a Bible. Captain Wallace was in many en gagements and at Antietam when sev-1 ! eral colorbearers were killed he furl |ed the flag and kept it from capture I i by making his way across the field to j 1 the rear of the nearest battery and | 'there unfurled it for the comrades to | I rally around. Prominent in G. A. ft. circles and a j i member of the Ho.val Legion, Captain; Wallace was beloved by a host of |frienil* and comrades. An ardent Pre®- j bytertan be was one of the founders] lor' the Mutchmore Memorial Church I of Philadelphia and greatly interested lln all its work, especially that con i cerning the boys of Philadelphia. Late Senator M. S. Quay's Estate Sued by Daughter Beaver, Pa., March I.—Mrs. Mary \ Quay Davison, now residing in Buf- j j falo, N. V., has started litigation in J i the county courts here in connection with the estate left by her father, the \ late United States Senator Matthew ' Stanley Quay, of Beaver. A petition has been tiled by Mrs. Davison's attor | noy. which asked that a citation be 1 j awarded directing the executors, Rich -1 j ard R. Quay, of Sewickley, and the ! T'nion Trust Company, of Pittsburgh, ' ] to give an accounting of funds left • under the provision of the senator's I will. W. K. Keller Sells Interest to D. L. M. Raker; Dissolves Part nership of Eight Years The partnership of Messrs. Keller j and Raker, who have successfuly con ducted the. Harrisburg School of Com merce for the past eight years at l>o. 15 South Market Square, has been dis solved bv file purchase of the entire In terest of W. K. Keller by D. L. M.. | Raker, who has been principal or the ■■ school during the partnership period. 1 Mr. Raker lias assumed full control and will continue the school In the preseht location and with the present corps of five instructors. Commissioner Bowman Denies Free Tax List "City water und politics do not mix now aiid to my knowledge, they never have," declared City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, superintendent of public safety, when questioned this morning as to the newspaper reports of his investigating so-called ."free lists." , , r "All I can say is," continued Air. Bowman, "that I have been misquoted. Since I assumed office 1 have collected a lot of back water taxes —but this is always the case. They're just delin quent taxes, just as we have in the city treasurer's office and they've no connection, so far as 1 know with politics." Revenue Receipts Here Mount to $40,750.44 Business at the office of Deputy Revenue Collector William S. Brieker showed a big increase during 1-ebru- Tlie total receipts from sales of all stamps. Including the war tax stamps, were $40,750.44. During February, 1914, the total receipts were $32,065.67. Dur ing January of this year they were slightly less than for last month. COURTHOUSE llnihilPermit* iMMueil. - William F. Schmidel took out a permit Saturday to build two two-story brick dwelling** lon the east side of Fourth street, south 'of lOmerald. at a cost of $4,000. Joseph i I'hiari got permission to build si S4OO ! garage in Hickory alley In the rear of 1011' . North Seventh street. Tenting; l itr Scale* The new city j scali'H that mo to be used in the mar ' kethouses are now being tested by City I Sealer It. i>. Reel, with a view to In stallation early this week. Hfnlt.v TrmiNffrN. Realty trans- I fers Friday included the following: ; Peter Rhoads to George Belie, East ; Hanover, $1,800: R. A. Carl to William Faekler, Uwnton, tl: J. B. Ewlng to H. K. Brenneman. Steelton. $1125; 11. K. 1 Brenneman to D. Fleming', Steelton, $100: J.imes M. Cook to Liilio M. Fisher, 1112 and 1113 Capital street, $3,000. George S. Duey Dies After Brief Illness I George >S. Duey, aged 68, 1527 North street, died late Saturday afternoon at liis home. For more than thirty years he was an employe of the Harrlsburg Burial Case Company. Less than a year ago he visited his sons in Panama, and then returned to his work, remaining at it until his death. He was born in Quiney. Frank lin county. tie is survived by the following chil dren: Charles and William, of Panama; Herbert, Cincinnati; Mrs. James H. Dare, Miss Maud Duey, of Harrlsburg; i Mrs. Retterton. of Hullvllle, Cal.. and six grandchildren. His wife died six teen months ago. Funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon, at 2 o'clock, the Rev. John Warden, pastor of the Bethany Presbyterian Church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. George W. Harper, pastor of the Pleasant View Church of Clod. Burial will be made in Shoop's Church Cemetery. A. S. SPITLER. CIVI! W AR VETERAN. 1)1 liS Alfred S. Spitler, aged «!>, died yes terday at his home, lt>l4 Swatara street, after an illness of several | months. He was county detective, | and also a private detective for many, years. Later he was Inspector of city streets. He was was a veteran of the Civil War, a member of Company G, 200 th regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. He Is survived by the following chil dren: Mrs. W. A. Southard, Mrs. F. M. Trltle and John A. Spitler, all of this city; Mrs. W. E. Harris, Wilming ton; and Mrs. E. F. Sherk, of Brook lyn. The funeral will be held from tlio home, Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in East Harrisburg Cemetery. MRS. HATTfE WFN RICH DIES OF HEART ATTACK Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie A. Wenrich, aged 03, wife of J. J. Wen rich. who died of heart failure at her home, 1833 Briggs street. Saturday .light, will be held from the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. She was a member of Pine Street Presby terian Church, Sliver Star Council, No. 130, Daughters of Liberty and Ladies Circle, Grand Army of the Republic, No. 20. She is survived by her hus band and the following children, Mrs. David Arnold, Mrs. Harry Schultz. J. J., Jr., William R„ Irvtn E. and Clay ton K. Wenrich, of this city. - Bt'RIKI) IN NORHISTOWN The funeral of Aaael S. Vadakin, 823 North Second street. was held last evening, at 6:30 o'clock, the Rev. Harry N. Hassler officiating, after which Pil grim Comniandery, No. 11, Knights Templar, held a service. Burial was made in Montgomery Cemetery, Norris town. MRU HALL DIES Mrs. Louisa Hail, aged «3. wife of George Hall, 1510 Logan street, died at her home Saturday night. She Is sur vived by her husband and the follow ing children: Mrs. Colbert, Mrs. Sam uel Jackson, Jessie and William Thomas. MANY LICENSES IN^BERKH heading, Pr... March 1. —The Berks - ounty court granted 375 llqucir licenses for the coming year. Tlyi applications ■f 3." landlords were held under ad isement. These hotel* are located In ■it> and county^ MARCH 1. 1915. LIFEBOATS ON LINER HELD READY FOR USE American Steamer New York , Passes Safely Through War Zone By Associated Press New York, March I.—The Ameri can liner New York arrived to-day > from Liverpool after taking unusual | pains to make known her nationality while passing through the war zone declared by Germany around Great Britain. in addition extraordinary precautions against mines were ob served, to the extent of havini; life- ■ boats swung outward, ready for imme- ! diate use if necessary. Flying the American flag, the New York left her dock in Liverpool shortly after midnight on February 20. Her lights were all burning as she steamed out to sea and some of the passengers | i said that searchlights played on the I American HUBS which flew from almost every mast. BRITAIN AND FRANCE TO STOP ALL SHIPS [Continued from First Page.] i would make all announcements on the | subject. Since tlie first report from London 1 that the allies had decided to hold up till shipping to ami from Germany, a l notification along this line has been 1 expected here but oflicials have re- j i trained from expressing any opinion | as to the course of the American Gov- I eminent In recognizing the validity of' the proposed measures until the text', of the declaration to 1M- made has i been carefully examined. It win pointed out here that while I there niiulit lie no precedent for such ii wide rnnite of netlon lis the Hlllea r*ro|»ime there wim likewise no iireee dent for tlie tierinan Niilimiirtne block- Ill! e OF the llrltlMh IHICN. Neutral* liave not always rccomtl/.cil the validity of lilnckathv. nml iniiny routeMtN have itrlMen where hclllKercntK have at temiitetl tn continent!' stiiiin and ear- KOCN MelKed for runnlnK blockades that was alleged to l>e ant In accordance with the mien of International law. Lectures to Ministers on Domestic Science Methodist ministers of Harrisburg and vicinity were addressed at their regular meeting this morning at the Y. M. C. A. by Professor Millard B. King, of the State Department, of Edu cation who spoke on "Modern Ten dency of Education." Professor Millard spoke interestingly regarding extra educational facilities such as night schools for working chil dren and adults and domestic science instruction for girls. OWNER OF DACIA HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF SEIZURE By Associated Press New York. March I.—Official noti fication of the seizure by the French government of the steamship Dacla, formerly of the Hamburg-American Line, has not been received by E. N. Breitung, new owner of the vessel. In a statement published here to-day Mr. Breitung said: "I know our govern ment will, if necessary, ask for repa ration due to any American citizen acting within his rights." Continuing, the statement says: "I know of no statement of Inter national law that can be invoked against the Dacla and I purpose to demand my rights." "Mothers Little Angel" Is Classic Expression In a sermon full of pathos, and im- I personations of a mother's actions and love for her child, the Rev. Clayton A. Smucker, pastor of Stevens Memorial I Methodist Church, spoke on "Mother I Eve and the First Child." ' I He scorned the women who prefer |to have a cold-nosed poodle dog as | their first object of concern and allow | a colored girl to act as maid for the I bahy. He urged the young men and i the young women not to disappoint their parents as they grow up, and called the language used by a mother in speaking of her child as "mother's little angel," as classic. EDITORS OF SUNDAY SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS ARE RETIRED Two widely-known writers for Sun day school papers, who retire from active service to-day are the Rev. Dr. Edwin W. Rice, for forty-four year" editor of the American Sunday School Union, Philadelphia, and the Rev. 1 Mosely H. Williams, associate editor after twenty-six years' work. They receive tho honorary titles of editor and assistant editor, respectively, and are succeeded by James McConaughy, editor, and the Rev. A. J. R. Scliu maker, assistant editor. MAY DECIDE TO EXHUME BODY By Associated Press New York, March I.—At a confer ence to-day between Coroner James P. j Dunn, of White Plains, and District Attorney Martin, of Bronx county, the question of exhuming the body of one of the eight inmates of the German Odd Fellows' Home whom Frederick Mors confessed he poisoned, is to be decided. ALABAMA MAN DIES AT 108 By Associated Press Bessemer, Ala.. March 1. Asa , Goodwin, said to be the oldest man In Alabama, died here yesterday on the eve of his one hundred and eighth birthday of pneumonia. Goodwin was born in Georgia. He had 74 grandchil dren. 227 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren. FIRE AT SHOE M A HERS VILLE Reading. Pa.. March I.—Fire at Shoemakeravllle, this county, this morning destroyed the Mansion House Hotel .the storeroom occupied by J. R. Kelm, a warehouse and lodge hall In fhe same building and caused a loss of 525.000. There is some insurance oi.'the property. CATHEDRAL MISSION EXERCISES CONCLUDE 1,100 Persons Attend Closing Meeting, Which Merges Into Forty Hours' Devotion i—■ The concluding; .ser vice of the special mission exercises at St. Patrick's Cathedra I was held last night: * with an attendance of • "I more than 1,100 pei * (Ay sons. The Kev. A. J. • 'Haw Stern of New York .I iHcP"' city. preached on | "Perseverance." ' "'* - "Forty Hours' De wLjffl iMjU*, votioii. which opened MBftX illalW lust nintit will con tinue this evening at fiyv. 7.45 o'clock and close I- ? to-morrow evening. with a procession of 2."i0 children about the interior of the cathedral. The children will respond to the ques tions of the Litany and sing the To Deum at the close. The Rev. J. I. Koch, of Shamokin will assist at tho clQsing service. ('liangrs Expected Several changes affecting Harrisburg Catholic church rectorships will take place to-day in the Harrisburg Dio cese under Bishop Shanahan on ac count of the death of the Rev. C. .1. Galligan. rector of Gap Cath olic Church. The Rev. J. P. O'Donnell. rector of St. Mary's Church, Fifth anil ' Maclay streets, will assume charge at Locust Gap; the Rev. William V. Dal le}. rector of Sacred Heart Catholic Church In South Cameron street, wilt til 1 the vacancy at St. Mary's, and the Rev. G. T. Rice, chaplain at the Mt. Alto sanatorium will take charge of the Sacred Heart Church. The Rev. •P. F. McGee, assistant at St. Pat- I rich's, York, will be chaplain at Mt. | Alto. Father Galligan was rector of tho Locust Gap church for many years and was one of the oldest priests in point of service in the Harrlaburg Dio cese. He was 52 years of age. Visit 1,000 Members. — The mem bers of the Stevens Memorial Metho dist Church held an "Every member canvass" between the hours of 3 and 7 o'clock in the afternoon. More than 1,000 of the 1,300 members were visit ed. The attendance at the Sunday school was 951 yesterday. Olplirate Kraut. Harrisbttrg Jews celebrated the Hebrew Feast of Purini in all the synagogues of the city yes terday with special prayers for the safety of all Jews in countries affected by the European war. It was planned to take a collection for war relief pur poses at all the services, but this wa» deferred until the arrival of a rabbi from Philadelphia, who will conduct special services for that purpose and devote more time to it. Pine Street Makes Plans For Every Member Canvass • Fifty-four members the Pine Street Presbyterian Church under the leadership of Francis J. Hall and "Wil liam B. Bennett completed plans yes iterday afternoon for an "every mem ! her canvass," to llast until next Sun- Ulay evening at 9 o'clock. The purpose of the canvass is to gain pledges for church and benevo lent support for the year. The city has been 'districted and the men will work in pairs, visiting every home in each district. Announcement was made by the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Lewis S. Mudgs I that beginning next Sunday and c.on jtinuing until the last week in April, n | series of sermons will be given ott "God." Fifteen minute organ recltali preceding these sermons will be one of the features of the service. The Homo and Foreign Missionary Society will meet late this afternoon for a box sup per in the social rooms. Mrs. Henry McCormick will discuss "Immigra- I tion," and Miss Rachael Pollock and Mrs. William Jennings, will speak on "Japan." To-morrow evening the Missionary Guild will meet, at which Miss Mar tha Buehler will give an illustrated lecture on "A Trip tip the Nile." The Senior Christian Endeavor Society will j have its regular monthly business | meeting Friday evening at 8 o'clock j in the church. Allison Hill Men Will Elect Officers Tonight Calvin H. Koons talked to the Alli son Hill men's Christian Association, at Lenny's theater yesterday afternoon on "A Strong Man and His Strength." An Impressive feature of the meet ing was a silent devotional held for George S. Puey, a member of the as sociation who died Saturday. Selec tions by the orchestra and a servlco of song were features. J. P. Brasel man. president of the association, pre sided and Walter L. Vanaman directed the singing. A business meeting of the associa tion will be held'this evening at 8 p. m. jat Olivet Presbyterian Church. OfFi j cers will be elected for the coming I year. EDWARD S. SIMMERS DIES AT HIS HOME IX CHICAGO Hiram McGowan Simmers, former Police Department cl«rk, now em ployed at Enola, was called to Chicago to-day by the death of his brother, Edward S. Simmers. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon. Edward S. Simmers was a former Harrisburger, but went West fifteen years ago and had been in the employ of the General Electric Company. He was a son of George W. Simmers, who is now a resident of Chicago, and be sides his widow, is survived by the following brothers and sisters: James B, New York city; Thomas W., Idaho; Hiriam McG„ Harisburg, and Mrs. R. Parfet, Washington, D. C. DISCUSS SCHOOIi BUILDING COX TRACT At a special meeting at 4.30 o'clock thi safternoon the school board took up the. question of permitting ths surety which acted as bondsman for the John W. Emory Company, con tractor, to proceed with the erection of the new Shimmel school building ot- Allison's Hill. The board at a recent meeting decided to take the contract away from the Emory company be cause of his failure to complete the job on time. NINE E. SNYDER DIES Nine E. Snyder, aged 20, died Sat urday at his home, 1947 Kensington street. Funeral services will be held to-morrow morning ht 9.30 o'clock, the Rev. E. Victor Roland officiating. MRS. EMITH BURIED The body of Mrs. Rebecca Smith, Winchester, Va..'Was shipped here to Undertaken S. Speese, yesterday morn ing. Services were held at noon after which burial was made in the Ceme tery at Progress. ! BURSTING rtPE THREATENS POLICE ANI) FIRE ALARMS The bursting of a steam pipe In the basement at the police station came nearly putting the fire and police pa trol alarms out of busness. The water covered the floor of the battery room, but was shut off in time. Repairs were made promptly.
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