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FOREST FIRES BURN
VALUABLE TIMBER
Outbreaks Causing Great Damagei
in Many Counties in Central
. Pennsylvania
Special to The Telegraph
Lewlatown, Pa., April 20.—Forest
fires are raging in Mifflin county and
threaten to do a lot of damage. Near
Ellen's Chapel, in Ferguson Valley,
and at Shawnee many acres of timber
land are being destroyed, while at sev- |
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TUESDAY EVENING.
eral points residences and sawmills
are threatened with destruction. ,
The homes of Henry Martin and Jo
seph Bowman, near Ellen's Chapel,
have been threatened by the tires,
fences and sawed timber to the
amount of hundreds of dollars have
been burned.
Valuable woodlands belonging to
I Luther McAlister, Joseph Bowman,
j Henry Aurand and Charles Aurand in
the Ferguson Valley section have veen
burned.
Near Vira the homes of Harry Or
ner, Henry Folk and H. Ehrenfeld,
located along the ridge, were threat
ened by a sea of Haines and .are not
yet out of the path of danger. Tim
ber lands belonging to Mrs. Annie
Folk, the Smith heirs and Charles
Ehrenfeld have been swept clean by
the flames. At Shawnee forest fires
are raging and a large force of men is
I at work fighting them.
Shade Mountain Fire
I Sunbury, Pa., April 20. —Fire raging
I in the famous Shade Mountain huckle
| berry district, in Snyder county, it
iis feared, will destroy the bushes
there, where thousands of quarts of
the finest huckleberries are picked
yearly. It burned all day yesterday.
In Lower Mahanoy township, North
umberland county, many hundreds of
acres of second-growth timber were
burned by forest tires. Near Pomfret
Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, grass lires
threatened the homes of William H.
Druckemiller and J. 11. Ketner.
Fire On State Reserve
Waynesboro, Pa.. April 20. —A moun
tain flre on tiie Caledonia state for
estry reserve, east of Shippensburg,
burned all day Sunday and part of
Monduy morning, when It was extin
guished. Ten students from the for
estry academy at Mont Alto went to
the assistance of the rangers.
Two other fires were raging at the
time in the mountains, one below
Kdgemont and the other near Raven
Rock.
Largest Zinc Plant in
World Menaced by Fire
on Blue Ridge Mts.
— T
By Associated Press
Allentown, Pa-, Aprfi 2.0. —A furious
fire has already done tnousands of dol
lars' damage on the Blue Ridge moun
tains between Slatington and Palmer
ton. At the last named place Is situ
ated the plant of the New Jersey Zinc
company, the largest in the world.
The flre. which began to-day, is be
j lieved to be due to sparks from a loco
motive. Three hundred men are en
gaged fighting the flames, hift up to a
late hour this afternoon little prog
ress had been made. Help has been
summoned from nearby cities.
Trenches are being thrown up and in
this way it is expected the flames will
be checked.
LAWYERS' LIEN ACT KILLED
The House bill which would "ivc
lawyers a lien on any awards made to
their clients was defeated in the Sen
ate to-day.
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CITY FIRE LOSS IN
YEAR WIS 1117.878
Chief Kindler Submits Annual Re
port to Council; Asphalt Plant
Bid Held Up Week
PLAYGROUND SPACE LESSENED
Polyclinic Site Only Recom
mended; Island Lease For Two
Years Granted at SSO a Year
Harrisburg's losses from fire during;
the past year totaled $117,878.17, ac
cording to Fire Chief Kindler's annual
report as presented to Council this
afternoon. The biggest single flre cost
$68,000. This WHS the State printery
plant at Cranberry and Court streets.
Chief Kindler advocates tire driers for
towers and enforcement of the ordi
nance giving flre apparatus right of
way over autos and motorcycles.
There were 99 alarms during the year,
13 false and 137 phone calls.
Eleven petition bearing 1,200 sig
natures urging the adoption of a cur
few ordinance were presented by the
Civil Club. Council will look up the
measures in force In other cities.
Action was postponed for a week on
Commissioner Lynch's recommendation
of the F. It. Cumner & Son Company
for an asphalt repair plant at Its bid
of $9,768. The Barber Asphalt Com
pany's representative declared its bid
was $2,273 less. The contract for the
Royal flrehouse to John Barnhart, for
the Dauphin Electrical Supplies Com
pany. M. H. Baker and I. R. I,yrae for
construction and fixtures for $7,707
was approved.
Commissioner Taylor amended tlie
Emerald and Fifth street playground
ordinance to provide for the purchase
of the Polyclinic site only, a plot 252
by 300 feet. fronting on Emerald
street, for $1 4,700. Joseph Houston
askfled once more for the Job of city
dog catcher. Action on the city realty
registration bureau ordinance was
postponed for a week.
The lease for the island to the Penn
sylvania Exhibition Company was
closed for a term of two years at
SSO per year.
BOWMAN SI IIMITS RIDS FOR
WATER MAI>S TO COUNCIL
City Council this afternoon was in
formed of the bids Commissioner H. F.
Bowman received yesterday afternoon
for the laying of water mains in several
Hill streets. Millard F. Saul was low.
bis total ligure being $504.98. Hairy
Johnson was the only other competi
tor. The bids follow: Carlisle street,
Holly to Derry, Saul. $168.78; Johnson,
SISS.2S; Sycamore, Cameron to Thir
teenth. Saul. 1246.85: Johnson. $261;
Agate street. Schuylkill to Columbia,
Saul, $89.36; Johnson, sf> 1.81».
Senate Passes Finally
Big String of Bills
Bills passed finally by the Senate
to-day included the following:
Regulating the salo of vegetables,
grapes and fruits and providing stand
ard containers, baskets and trays.
Establishing a Pennsylvania home
for boys and providing for the com
mitment of delinquent boys between
6 to 16.
House bill extending to second class
townships the power to incur and in
crease indebtedness.
House bill increasing the salary of
the two Assistant agents of the State
Hoard of. Charities from $2,000 to
$2,500 a year.
Increasing the salary of the sec
retary of the State committee on
lunacy from $3,000 to $5,000.
Giving banks and trust companies
a lien on any balance to the credit of a
depositor with such hank or company
who may be declared insolvent.
Giving the Philadelphia municipal
court jurisdiction in cases of forgery,
kidnapping, perjury, rape, robbery,
disorderly street walking and in cer
tain charge* against minors.
House bill providing: for the conver
sion of co-operative banking associa
tions into banks of discount and de
posit tinder certain regulations.
Repealing section 8 of the supple
ment to the Superior Court act which
provides for minority representation.
Increasing the"salaries of the Deputy
Superintendents of Instruction from
$2,000 to $3,000.
Two bills regulating employment
agencies through the Department of
Labor and Industry and establishing
under the same department a system
of regulation of employers seeking
employes and persons seeking em
ployment.
HEAR PROPOSALS APRIL 20
By Associated Press
Paris, April 20.—Italy some time
ago fixed April 20 as the latest date
for the consideration of any proposals
Austria might wish to make, accord
ing to a report current in Rome, savs
a dispatch from the Figaro's corre
spondent.
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
HI CROP NOW
REPORTED SHOOT
Weather Conditions Have Not
Been Favorable to the Devel
opment of the Grain
Estimates based upon reports piade
l>y men In most of the townships of
the State to the State Bureau of Agri
cultural statistics indicate that weather
conditions have caused a drop in the
condition of winter wheat and the
summary for April 1 indicates that the
crop is twelve per cent, behind tlie
average for this time of the year for
the last decade. The statement just
issued is one of the most complete
comiYiled by Statistician E. H. W'ible
and sets forth conditions from first
hand information.
The review says in part:
"The weather during the month of
March was unfavorable to winter
(train. Practically during the entire
month, the ground froze at night and
thawed during the day. Wheat de
clined in condition during the month
of March from 95 per cent, of an
average to 88 per cent, of an average.
Consequently the wheat on the first of
the present month was 12 per cent,
below the average condition at this
lime of the year. On this basis the
crop this vear is estimated to amount
to about 19.240,000 bushels as against
24.272,000 last year.
"Rye seems to be able to withstand
the ravages of the severe weather con
ditions somewhat better than wheat
and is only nine per cent, below the
average condition at this time of the
year. This means that on this basis
the crop of rye this year will amount
to approximately 4.069,000 bushels.
Last year it was 4.760,000 bushels. The
wheat area for 1915 harvest is about
one per cent, larger than last year,
while the rye area is three per cent,
smaller. Because of the drought last
Fall the ground could not be gotten in
proper condition for seeding. The grain
had an average snow protection of
seven weeks. In this connection we
observe that the northern tier of coun
ties had ten weeks of snow while the
southern tier had only five weeks.
"The corn In the crib is in good con
dition. Approximately twenty-four
per cent, of the corn ground for this
year's crow was plowed last Fall. The
Spring plowing began about March 24.
However, at the time of making the
, returns for this report no plowing was
| done in the northern counties. Frost
I was still in the ground and in many
I instances the ground was still covered
with snow. Considerable plowing was
: done during the month of February in
| the western and southwestern counties.
In many instances in tYiese counties
more plowing was done in February
than in March. Very little February
plowing done in the other sections of
the State.
"The prospects for fruit are fairly
good; but this report is early, and our
correspondents could not give us very
reliable estimates.
"The price of grain, particularly
wheat, has materially advanced in
price since our December last report.
Potatoes are very plenty and have de
creased in price eight cents per bushel
since December. Hay has advanced
very little since last Fall's price.
The following report is compiled
from the returns received from the
official correspondents of the depart
ment:
Wheat—Condition compared with an
average, 88 per cent.; average num
ber of weeks of snow protection. 7.
Bye—Condition compared with an
average, 91 per cent.
Corn—Condition in the crib compar
ed with an average, 100 per cent.; por
tion of ground plowed last Fall for this
year's crop, 24 per cent.; average date
when Spring plowing began, March 24.
Fruit—Prospect compared with nor
mal yield: Apple, 90 per cent.; pear,
90 per cent.; peach, 86 per cent.;
plum, 90 per cent.; cherry, 91 per
cent.: apricot. 90 per cent.
Grain—Price per bushel: AVheat,
$1.41: corn. 83 cents: oats, 62 cents;
rye. 98 cents.
Potatoes—Price per bushel, 54 cents.
Hay—Price per ton. Clover, $13.50;
timothy, $15.50.
HOUSES. AND CATTLE HORNED
Special to The Telegraph
Hagerstown. Md., April 20.—Fira
destroyed the large bank barn on the
farm of Mrs. Sarah Grimes, of this
city, along the Potomac river, caus
ing a loss of between SB,OOO and $lO,-
000. Eleven head of horses, thirty
sheep, eleven head of cattle and 400
bushels of wheat were burned to
gether with all of the farming imple
ments, wagons and other equipments.
LEG BROKEN' IX RUNAWAY
Sunbury, Pa., April 20. Thrown
from his wagon when his horse ran
away down a steep hill, Alexander
Roshon, 18 years old, suffered a broken
leg and it is feared is suffering from
internal hurts.
I.EG BROKEN THREE TIMES
Rohrerstown, April 20.—Mrs. John
McQueney, of near town, fell {his
morning at her home by tripping on a
rug, and broke her right leg below the
knee. This is the third time that this
member has been broken. Two years
ago she fell the same way and broke
it. at the ankle and when a girl attend
ing school she well while Jumping
rope and broke it between the knee
and ankle.
Deaths and Funerals
MRS. SARAH J AMR CAKTWRIGHT
Mrs. Sarah Jane Cartwright, aged 46.
wife ol Samuel Cartwright, died last
evening at her home, 2117 Monroe
street. She Is survived by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. I. Pearson: her husband,
five children, four sisters and two
brothers. Funeral services will be held
at the home Thursday afternoon, the
Rev. Floyd Appleton, pastor of St.
Paul's Episcopal Churcn, officiating.
Burial will be made In East Harris
burg Cemetery.
BEXJAMIX F. STICK I.MAN DIES
Benjamin F. Stlgelinan. aged 58, for
eighteen years a traveling salesman,
died shortly after 11 o'clock last night
at his home, 123 North Thirteenth
street, after an illness of several
months. He was a member of Stevens
Memorial Methodist Church for twenty
four years. The following survive him:
Three sons, William G., Victor B„
Charles A., and on« daughter. Miss
Evelyn Stlgelman. Mr. Stlgelman was
a member of Harrlsburg Lodge, So. 12,
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks; United Travelers' Association,
and the Men's Bible Class of Stevens
Memorial Church. Funeral services
will be held at the home Thursdav af
ternoon. at 3 o'clock.
XVII,MAM J. I'AINK
William J, Paine, aged 73. a veteran
of the Civil War and of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad service, died at
5:46 o'clock this morning at
the home of bis daughter.
Mrs. Emma Sheets, 17V) Briggs street.
H« had been ill for tho past four vears.
The following survive him: Two sis
ters, Mrs. Kmnia RitrkHi. Cleveland,
Ohio-; Mrs. Whitehead, Philadel
phia! George W, Crosby. Philadelphia,
and the following children: Oeorgx F..
Frederick, William Paine, Mrs. Emma
Sheets, Mrs. Maggie Sheets. Mrs. Llllle
Ridley, Mrs. Ida Haen, Funeral ser
vices will be held Fridav afternoon, at
3 o clock, the Rev, Dr, Lewis Seymour
Mudge officiating, Burial will be mutie
in Em Hwrlsbur* Cumetery.
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XV. U. RATES NOT UNREASONABLE
By Associated I'ress
Washington, April 20.—The West
ern Union Telegraph Company's stand
ard message rates between New York
and San Francisco and its cable rates
from New X'ork to points in England
were pronounced not unreasonable or
unjustly discriminatory to-day by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
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APRIL 20, 1915.
TRUE BILLS AGAINST SPIES |
London, April 20.—True bills were
returned by the grand jury in the Old
Bailey Police court to-day against
three alleged German spies, Kucpferle,
Hahn and Muller, charged with send
ing military information to Germany.
Anton Kucpferle professes to be an
American md it is believed he comes
from Brooklyn; Muller claims he is a
naturalized Englishman, while Hahn
admits he is a German.
I MKDAIj FOR COM.MAM)];it
fly Associated Press
Berlin. April 20, by wireless to Sny
ville.—The Hamburg Steam Naviga
tion Society has Riven a. gold medal t"
IJeut. Commander Von Muecke, lirst
officer of the German cruiser Hmden.
who at. the head of a detail of men
escaped from Cooos island when tliu
Kmden was destroyed and brought
party safely to Hodelda, Arabia.