14 SPECIALTIES TAKEN UP IN WALL STREET U. S. Steel Only Stock to Rise as Much as One Point During the Morning fly Alstociatid Prut New York, May 1. —Specialties were again taken up at the opening of to day's market to the neglect of the railway list and other seasoned issues. Westlnghouse, which furnished the sensation of the previous day by rea son of its strength and activity, rose a point at the outset, while Pressed Steel Car, Baldwin Locomotive and half a Josen other stocks of this clasß rose 1 to 3 points. Among the! actual leaders U. S. Steel was the only stock to rise as much as a point. Metal shares were mostly lower. Trading was very active but mainly of a professional character. SEW YORK STOCKS New York, May 1. Open. High. Low. Clos. Airal Cop . <6% 7u% 75% 76 Am Bt Sug 49',4 49 "4 48 % 48% Am Can .. 43'/* 43% 42% 43 Am C& F. 58 58'4 57 57% Am Ice Sec 35 85 34 % 34% Am Loco . 60 60 '4 58% 58% Am Smelt . 73% 73% 72% 73 Am Sugar .111 111 111 111 Anaconda . 36% 36% 36% 36% Atcljison .. 102% 103% 102% 102% B&- O 77% 77% 77% 77% Beth Steel. 143% 143% 141 141 Bklyn RT. fan Pacific 166 166 165 165% Cent Leath 39% 41% 39% 40% C&O 45% 46% 45% 46% CM& St P 95% 95% 95% 95% C ('on Cop, 46% 46 % 46% 46% Col P & I. 32% 32% 32% 32% Corn Prod . 15 15 15 15 Dist Sec .. 15% 15% Erie 28% 28% 28% 28% Erie Ist pfd 44% 44% 44 44% Gen E Co.. 161% 161% 160 160 Goodrh BF 52 52% 51% 51% Gt Nor pfd 37% 37% 36% 36% In-Met ... 23% 23% 22% 22 V* In-Met pfd 72% 72% 71% 71% KC So .., 26% .... .... 26% Mex Petro. 89 89 85 86% M, K&T. . 13% 13% Mo Pae .. 14% 15% 14% 15% Nat Lead.. 69% 70 68% 69 Nev C C .. 16 16 15% 15% N Y Cent.. 88 88 87% 88 NY.NH& H 67% 67% 67 67 Nor & W.. 105% 105% P R R ... 10»(4 109% Pgh Coal . 23% 23% Press S Car 58% 59 56% 56% R C Cop.. 24% 24% Reading .. 151% 151% 150% 151 R1 & S .. 31% 31% 30% 30% So Pacific.. 92% 92% 92% 92% So Railway 18% 18% 18% 18% Tenn Cop.. 34% 34% Cnion Pac. 131 % 132 131% 131% 1" S Rubber 70% 70% 69% 69% I* S Steel. 58% 59% 58% 59% V S S pfd. 109% 109% I'tah fop.. 67% 68% 67% 68% Ya C C .. 32% 32% 3 2 32% West I" Tel 68% 68 % 68% 68% West Mfg.. 107 107 103% 103% PHILADELPHIA PROUI'CE By Associated rre.i.t Philadelphia. May 1. Wheat Firm: No. 2, r<>d, car lot*, export. $1.50 Co 1.62; N'n. 1, Northern, Duluth, export, $1.70® 1.73. Corn Market steady; No. 2. spot, export. 78® 79c; No. 2, yellow, local. 84®8«%r. Oats—Firm: No. 2, white, 6319 63 %e._ Rr#li*S— tftrnty; winter, per ton,' $;;u.00: Spring, per ton, $26.50® 27.00. j Refined Sugars Firm: pow dered. 6.10 c; line granulated, 6.00 c; con fectioners' A, 5.90 c. Butter The market is steady; western, creamery, extras, 81c; nearby, prints, fancy, 34c. Eggs The market is steady; Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts, free cases, $6.00 per case; do., current receipts, free cases, $5.85 per rase; western, extras, firsts, free cases, I $6.00 per case; do., firsts, free cases, $5 8 5 per case. Live Poultry Firm; fowls. 17® I 17c; old roosters, 12@12%c; chickens, ]3®lßc; turkeys. 13@16c; ducks. 13# 15c; geese, 10@llc. Dressed Poultry Firm; fresh kill ed fowls, fancy. 18®l9c: do., aver- i »ge, 16(n 1 17c; do., unattractive. 14®16c; old roosters, 13%cr froien fowls, 16® JSc; roasting: chickens, 17#20c; broil Ing chickens, 22®27c: turkeys, 18® 22c; ducks, 12®18c: geese, I2®lec. Potatoes Market steady; Penn sylvania, per bushel, 50®52c; Maine, per bushel, 50® 62c; New York, per bushel, 43®40c; Florida, per barrel, $3,500 5.00. Flour Market firm; winter, rle«r v t3.BoffiM.lt): JtraU'Mtn. Penri- 1 vania, $7.00®7.60; spring, straights, $7.25®7.60; do., patents, $7.50®8.50; western. $4.25®4.40; patents, $4.50® 4.75; Kansas straights, jute sacks, $4 15 Iff 4.SO; spring, firsts, clear, $4.00@4.20; straights, $4 20® 4.30; patents, $4.35® 4.60. Hay The market is firm; tim othy. No. 1. large bales, $19.00® 19.50; No. 1, medium bales, $18.50®19.00; No. 2. do., $17.00® 18.00; No. 3, $15.00® 16.00; sample, $14.00® 15.00. Clover mixed hay: Light mixed. $18.50® 19.00: No. 1, do., $17.50® 18.00; No. 2. $15.50® 16.50. Too Late for Classification DIED his son. R. A. Zimmerman. No. 206 South street, Adam ('. Zimmerman, aged 87 years. 2 months and 3 day*. Brief services will be held at his late residence. 206 South street, on Monday, May 3. at 8 P. M. Funeral services at Fetterhoff Church, near Fishervllle, on Tuesday. 10 A. M. Relatives and friends are invited to attend without further notice. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE Is hereby given that on the 26th day of April. 1915, the Harrjsburg Savings and Loan Association, ot Har risburg. Pennsylvania, (lied in the Court of Common Plens of Dauphin County, its petition praying for a Decree of Dissolution, and that a hearing upon said application for dissolution lias been fixed by said Court for Monday. June 7, 1915, at 10.00 A. M., when and where all persons interested may at tend and show rause against the grant ing of the prayer of the said peti tioner If they so desire. "No. 855, June Term, 1915." PAUL A. KI'NKF.L Solicitor for Petitioner. PUBLICITY RUN Free Tire and Tubs Repairs WO WILL repair without charge any MIIJLKR TIRE, and the tube therein, cut through or hlown out; or any MIL LER TUBE punctured or blowrt out In any tire, during Run on May 10, 11 and 12th, 1015. Sterling Auto Tire Co. The VULCANIZERS 1451 Zarker St. Harrisburg, Pa. DISTRIBUTORS VXD Mil ICD TIPFQ ADJUSTERS OF IWILLEK. lIIVLO SATURDAY EVENING,. i HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 1, 1915, Separated, but Sues Husband to Take Out Big Insurance t New York, May 1.-—Mrs. Isabella Brulatour has started suit to com pel her husband, Jules Brulatour, an Importer, to take out $65,000 life in surance in her favor. She alleges they separated and he agreed to pay her $2,000 a year and to take out the insurance. He denies the promise to in sure himself in her favor. I Musty Old Book Tells of City's Trials With Paxton Creek in 1792 J Whole Town Aroused When Fever Began to Wipe Out ;! Population; Blamed Disease on Dam; Finally I; Bought and Destroyed It; Collected Four Shil ■l lings Six Pence "to Pay For Whisky on Great and ;• Glorious Occasion" • W.%V.V.%V.V.-.%V-V.-A%VWA-.VW.%W^P.-.W-".W.%W.S That the problem of keeping germ ridden Paxton creek in check as far back as 1 792 was one of lively con cern Is disclosed by a hook, recently unearthed, which shows that after one hundred persons had . died from fevers, rising from its polluted waters, public spirited citizens sub scribed 2,600 pounds ($13,000) to eradicate the trouble. It. has only been within the last three years that the matter has been satisfactorily adjusted by concreting the b£d of the stream. The book containing the original minutes of mass meetings held from 1 792 to 1795 tells of the trials and tribulations which a committee un derwent before it succeeded in pur chasing the old mill dam, which waa believed to be the main stamping grounds of germs. The book was purchased by J. Kla wansky, 123 Cranberry street, during a sale at the Broad street market. Where it came from or In whose hands it was during the last century, he does not know. It appears, according to the book, that during the year 1792 the bor ough of Ilarrisburg was afflicted with a fever of violent character, closely resembling yellow fever. The town then had a population of about 800 persons and when more than 12 per cent, were wiped out, a movement was started to destroy a mill dam In the lower end owned by Peter and Abram Landis. At a big mass meeting it was unani mously agreed that £2,600 be as sessed on property holders for the purchase of the dam and mill. After wards a number of residents sub scribed several hundred dollars apart frornvjjiis sum. William Crabbe, MajdHgwiney, Thomas Gregg, Ru- John Maclay and John Peiffer were among the heaviest con tributors. Forefathers of some of_Harrisburg's most distinguished residents were among those who subscribed large amounts to make the city cleaner and healthier back in the old days. Those who contributed amounts ranging from S7O to $l5O included Jacob Awl, Adam Boyd, Alexander Berryhlll. James Beatty, J.imes Dun can, Joshua Elder, Thomas Foster, Moses Gilmore, John Hamilton. George Hoyer, Christian Kunkle. John Luther and a Mr. Gailbraith. More than 100 others donated money. Wanted to Tear Ont Dam Finally, In 1796. £1,600 of the re quired amount was raised. This had been agreed on for the first payment, but when the money was tendered to Peter Landis, he refused it. an nouncing that the price had soared to £3,300. Young bloods in the crowd suggested overpowering and ripping out the breast of the (lam. Saner counsel prevailed and they were restrained. .Messrs, Gilmore, Potta, Berryhill. Kean, Bucher, Graydon and Dentzell were then commissioned to devise ways and means of abating the nuis ance. Finally, the mill, two pieces of land, houses, dam and machinery were purchased for £2.638 pounds, four shillings and six pence/ The payments were made in three annual installments. It is interesting to find that some' citizens, who refused to contribute to the fund.- were obliged to leave the town. No violence was offered, but none of them was able to secure a job. Un April 18 the inhabitants of the city proceeded in a body to the mill dam and hired four persons to open a gap in the face of the dam twelve feet wide. This was done and the workmen were given four dollars. After they had completed their labors, the hat was passed, and, as the book quaintly phrases It, "collected four shillings and six pence to pay for whisky to use on this great and glorious occa sion!" Notice was then sent out that the Courthouse bell would be rung on Saturday as a signal for assembling the residents to complete the. demoli tion of the dam. The book contains all the original, minutes and complete report of the money and notes subscribed. It is written in ink on heavy rag paper and is in excellent state of preserva tion. The mill site, with the privileges of a dam and millrace, was originally purchased from John Harris, Jr., by the Landis people. PUMPING OUT A I.ARB [From the Chicago Journal.] When a lake interferes with modern industrial progress, the lake must be abolished, according to a precedent es tablished regarding Kerr Lake, near Cobalt, Ontario, which is no longer in existence. Tt has been pumped dry be cause it stood in the way of the min ing of a vein of silver extending under it. This vein was so rich that the min ing company decided that it was worth the expense of pumping the. lake dry. The pumping operations were unusaul. It required four big centrifugal pumps, which were placed on scows floated on the surface of the lake. These pumps were large enough to permit the passage of solid matter up to four inches in diameter. The water was conveyed through pipes to another lake about half a mile away. The pumping .operations required thirty eight working days of ten hours each, with the pumps bringing up water at the rate of 6,000 gallons a minute. The lake covered about thirty acres and contained more than 4,000,000 gallons of water. , PHILADELPHIA STOCKS By Associated Press Philadelphia. May 1. Stocks closed steady. Cambria Steel 49% i General Asphalt 27 | General Asphalt. Pfd 66% : Lake Superior Corporation s Lehigh Navigation 74 Valley 71 % Pennsylvania Railroad 54% j Philadelphia Klectrlc 24% I Phlladelohia Company 38% ' Philadelphia Company, Pfd 34 ! Philadelphia Rapid Transit .... 9% I Reading 75% | Storage Battery R3% 11'nion Traction ...' 35 United Gas Improvement 48% United States Steel 53% CHICAGO CATTLE W.v Associated Press Chicago. 111., May 1. Hogs Re ceipts. 11.000; slow. Bulk of sales, S7.SO j ff 7.70: light, <7.40® 7.80; mixed, $7.40® 7.80; heavy. rough, s7.lo®i 17.25; pigs, $5.2507.10. Cattle Receipts, 2,000; steady. Na tive beef steers, $6.15@8.75; western steers. $5.60®7.40; cows and heifers, , $3.100 8.50: calves. $6.00®8.75. Sheep Receipts, 2,000; stead}, i Sheep. lambs. $8.25W10.75. i CHICAGO nOAIID OF TRADE By Associated Press i Chicago, 111., May I.—Board of Trade I closing: Wheat—May, 1.62%: July. 1.37. j Corn—May, 77%; July, 80%. ; Oats —May, 56: July, 55%. ' Pork—July, 18.25; September, 18.70. I Tj<rd—July, 10.42: September, 10.65. j Ribs—July, 10.67; September, 10.95. RWK CLEARINGS DECREASE April bank clearings were $7,043.- 1C4.35. According to the Itarrlsburg Clearing House Association, they were ; $372,373.53 below the same month last i year. ! Society does not exist for Itself. Ibut for the individual; and man goes into it, not to lose, hut to And himself. —Phillips Brooks. More Beautiful Than Ever BELLEVUE PARK "The Garden Spot of Harrisburg' Bellevue Park is more beautiful now than it If you haven't kept pace with the past year's has ever been. Its natural beauty has been en- building operations in Bellevue Park, the many hanced by the erection of many homes which dot handsome homes will prove a pleasant surprise to the landscape and give a charming community ap- you. More than ever, you will want to live in pearance to the Park. Bellevue Park. Do Not Confuse Bellevu Usual Lot P Bellevue Park is different. It offers something more tangi- Nowhere in Harrisburg does a home site have a more prom ble than promised development. ising outlook. Grading work is being vigorously con ducted on Market street beyond 21st street. Curbing Improvements are already there—City Water, Gas, Elec- . , . , tricity, Sewers. Telephones, Trolley Facilities these 15 alread y on the S ro "" d Preparatory to paving Mai with schools and churches close by. offer the Bellevue ket strcet to 21st - The ma,n entrance to Reservoir Park resident the same advantages that are to be en- Park at 21st and Market streets is nearing completion, joyed anywhere in Harrisburg. New homes are being started in Bellevue Park, and Home sites in Bellevue Park cost less. In no desirable sec- others are being planned, tion of the city can you purchase ground at as low prices . . . .... per front foot. Spacious lots and reasonable building There 18 act,vlt y on all Mdeß ~ a "»vity along lines that restrictions insure fresh air, light and desirable sur- means values. A home in Bellevue Park is roundings on all sides for all time. more than a home —it's an investment. Would You Escape the # Bother of Building? Then see the beautiful new homes erected for JB'' sale by the Investors' Realty Company. There hat are usually found only in the _ - ) Let us take you by auto to Bellevue Park and show you these homes and some of the beautiful sites available. Phone Bell 1595 for appointment—no obligation on your part—and the trip will be of mutual pleasure. Or, if you prefer, take Reservoir Park car direct to Bellevue Park—2lst and Market Streets. You couldn't choose a more delightful spot for your Sunday afternoon stroll. REPRESENTATIVES ALWAYS ON THE GROUND Miller Brothers & Co. Sale M Agents for Bellevue Park Federal Square B, '! s « onc Harrisburg, Pa. DISTANCES SAVED BY PANAMA CANAL From Colon, on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus of Panama, to Balboa, on the Pacific side, the dlstahce by water around South America Is 10.500 nautical miles: through the canal that distance is less than forty-four miles. The dif ference In length of these routes, 10,456 miles, represents the maximum dis tance that can be saved to a vesel by use of the canal. New York, for instance. Is nearer to San Francisco, through the use of the canal, by 7,873 nautical miles. The distance of 13,135 miles by Magellan has been reduced to 5,262 miles by the canal. The water distance between thees ports is two-fifths what it used to be. Compared In terms of the overland route between these cities, it is about as If a man who wished to travel from New York to San Francisco were magically transported in an Instant to Denver. Colo., there to begin his rail road trip. Three-fifths of the way would be saved before he started. SAIMNG THE SEVEN SEAS "The seven seas" is a phrase which greets the eye on many a page. "Sailing the seven seas," "Mistress of the seven seas." etc., are phrases so often en countered that several scholarly men WOMAN CIRCLES GLOBE TO WIN $5,000 BET FOR JACK LONDON New York. May I.—ln 1911, Jack offered to wager $5,000 that a woman could work her way around the world an well as a man. His friend* scoffed at the Idea »nd finally the wager was made, the author taking the end that Mrs. Hilda Gilbert, who lived/near him In California, rode "bad" horses and defied many other supposed limitations of her sex, could do It. Now no longer Mrs. Gilbert, but the Countess Svlvalno, she is back in New York. She already is widowed by the baron. She hobnobbed with a Zulu chief and made such a hit with him that she can always enter his harem. She was entertained by an Indian rajah. She marled the Count Pierre Svlvalno when he protected her when a man tried to tear her mask off in a Paris restaurant. She left him to contliiue her trip and w£en sha ( arrivod here received word he was dead. have sought to trace the origin of the reference. The quest seems not to have resulted satisfactorily, and the matter remains in dispute. One of the inter esting features brought out by the con troversy Is that, as employed many centuries ago, "the seven seas" did not Include eitner the Atlantic or Pacific ocean, but referred to the Arabian Sea, the Persian Sea. the Red Sea, the Cas pian Sea. the Black Sea, the Mediter ranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea. MAN BURIED IX QUICKSAND KEPT ALIVE I'NTII< SAVED In the course of digging a well shaft on his property near .Ware, Mass., a farmer encountered quicksand at a depth of approximately 25 feet be neath the surface of the ground, and sank in It until his head alone waa visible when his predicament was finally discovered. Every possible agency was called upon to assist in the rescue work, the fire department included, but despite this he was burled for more than 24 hours before he could be taken from his precarious position. A picture in the May Popu lar Mechanics Magazine shows how the rescue was finally effected. REO TRUCK WITH D The above cut represents the two-ton hydraulic Reo truck sold to tin HlghA-ay Department of tile City of Harrlsburg by the Harrisburgr AutomoblH Company. The body of this truck Is so constructed that It will haul Its full capacity of street sweeping or any material and then can be arranged to haul aVii tons of asphalt and dump it either on a pile or spread it. The body 1* sheet steel to which is atached the latest type hydraulic hoist made. In the past week the truck was thoroughly tried out hauling tons of sand and river coal loaded from the flats in the water, up the river banks at the loading wharfs at Division. Broad and Market streets. The power was also demon strated by backing its load up a platform to the top of the coal pile on tha corner of Broad and Front streets and then dumping the load. IERCKMI ( SO?S^CE F CO. PLANT A GOOD INVESTMENT Only $9,000 of tlx* authorized $50,000 Capital Stock of the Merchants Ice Company remains for sale. Will lx sold at par ($10) In 10-»hare lots. limited holding, lAO shares. Similar companies In Reading and A lien town arc paying 8 per cent. I letter give tbo matter quick considera tion. For fall information commit George £. Hewitt 202 Calder Building Try Telegrapk Want Ads.
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