STATE EXPERTS WILL AID NEW DEFENSE BODY Statisticians Will Acquaint Committee With Valuable Data in Work * Statisticians of various departments and bureaus of the State government have been directed to be prepared to give their services to the committee of public safety wnen it begins its work of inventorying the resources of the Commonwealth In preparation for war. In a number of departments valuable data has been compiled and these men being familiar with it will have charge of the assembling of facts and figures required by the committee. It is expected that this work will be started next week and considerable preparatory effort has been made to have the Information available. For several years the facts regarding the industries, railroads, mines and other lines of activity have been collected for purposes of study by legislators and all of this data will also be at hand. To Appoint Others Governor Brumbaugh will announce a number of additional appointments when he returns to the State Capitol early next week and his office is re ceiving numerous suggestions of names for men to serve in the departments of the parent committee. The lectures by the medical men of the State Department of Health will be in full swing in six cities of the State next week. They were in augurated here on Thursday. iCom missioner Dixon is also having lists of nurses prepared. The question of finance in connec tion with the work of the committee will be taken up at Philadelphia. "Old Glory" Will Be Used Exclusively in Decorations For Patriotic Meeting The Chamber of Commerce is fast completing plans for Harrisburg's big natriotic demonstration which will be held in Chestnut Street Auditorium, next Thursday night. The large audi torium will be transformed into a huge American flag. According to an an nouncement made by those in charge of the work the decorations will.con sist entirely of "Old Glory." Former American Ambassador to Germany, James W. Gerard, who will be the principal speaker will be given a great reception when he arrives in this cit vand David E. Tracy, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce will give a formal dinner in his honor at the Harrisburg Club prior to the meet ing. The Bethlehem Steel Companv band will Turaish music for the event and an effort is being made to have this organization give several street con certs. Commissioners Assert They Approve Bill to Fill Council Vacancies County Commissioners Henry M. Stine, C. C. Cumbler and H. C. Wells in a letter to Governor Brumbaugh have voiced their approval of the Beidleman bill, which, if signed, will ?:ive councils in cities of the third class the right to fill vacancies by appoint ment by a majority vote, or, in case of a tie, gives the common pleas court of the county the power to name a commissioner. As a result of the death of Com missioner Harry F. Bowman the coun cil is compelled to call a special pri inarv and general election unless the Beidleman act is signed. This will save the county at least $6,000, the county commissioners explain. Viewers of Subway and Street Changes to Hold Final Meeting Thursday Viewers to award damages to prop erty holders affected by the construc tion of the Second and Front street subways and the closing of Third street and Meadow Lane south of Mul berry street will be held next Thurs day in the City Council chamber. Meetings were held yesterday and Thursday of this week. The largest claim presented was by Jesse Hedrick, owner of the Savoy Hotel, who asked J30,000 damages. The report of the viewers will probably be filed In court in June. Fifty Bids Received For U-Boat Chasers Washington, March 31.—Fifty more] bids for construction of small fast | patrol boats and submarine chasers j were received to-day at the Navy De-! partment. Each bidder offered one J or more boats in the shortest possible time. Contracts for more than one hundred chasers can be let immediate ly, including those tentatively award ed last week and facilities are avail able for construction of four hundred or five hundred more during the pres ent year. British Forces Advance Through Mesopotamia By Associated Press London. March 31. British forces in Mesopotamia advancing to the north ! of Bagdad have occupied the town of i Kalat Felujah and the areas of Delta- | wall and Sindyah and Sheraban. Ac- i cording to an official statement. WILL BREAK GROUND FOR NEW ACADEMY DORMITORY I Ground will be broken Monday 1 morning for the new $60,000 dormi tory for the Harrisburg academv. The structure will probably be completed before the opening of school next fall. The first floor will be used as a kitch-' en and part of the dining room, with the remainder of the dining room and three class rooms on the second floor. The third floor will contain living rooms for twenty boys and three in structors. The basement will be used as a recreation room for the younger students. GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER AHEAD Washington. D. C., March 31. Weather predicitions for the week be ginning Sunday, issued by the Weather Bureau to-day, follows: Middle Atlan tic States: Partly overcast with prob ably showers followed by generally fair after Tuesday. Temperature above nor mal, but with cooler weather after Tuesday. BARNARD STATUTE DEDICATED Cincinnati. 0., March 31.—A statute of Abraham Lincoln, by George Gray Pnrnard, was presented to the city of incinnatl here to-day by Mr. and Mrs. "harles P. Taft. Former President Wil liam H. Taft officially presented the statute which was unveiled In Lytle Park, while Mayor Puchta accepted it L-n behalf of the cf SATURDAY EVENING, G. A. R. VETERANS OFFER SERVICES Governor Brumbaugh Appre ciates Patriotic Move of Post 58 Members of Post 58, G. A. R. last 1 night received a reply from Governor .Martin G. Brumbifugh. on their offer i of personal services should war come. At a previous meeting Post 58 adopted the following: Resolved: That the members of Post SS. G. A. R., hereby tender our personal services to the National Gov ernment in the present situation, for such military duty as we are capable of performing." Thls resolution was forwarded to j Governor Brumbaugh and his reply I came through the Governor's private I secretary, as follows: I "The Governor has asked me to as sure you of his high appreciation of the patriotic impulses which prompted your Post to offer your services, in dividually and collectively, in the event of a call to arms, for such duty as you are capable. "Your letter has been referred to jthe Adjutant General for his considera ! tion and attention with the request [that he communicate direct with you." NEW GERMAN RAIDER IN SOUTH ATLANTIC (Continued From Pagr'Ono) are two women, the wives of two of the captains of sunken ships. Ships Sunk Among the ships sui.k by the raider I are the following: Gladys Royle. 3.268 tons. I Charles Gounod, sailing, 3,100 tons. Rochefoucauld. 3,050 tons. Antoinine. 4,000 tons. Duplex, 3,000 tons. Lady Island. 4.500 tons. Rohmgoth. 5.500 tons. Pinmore, British sailing vessel, 2,431 tons. Buenos Aires. Italian sailing vessel, 1,811 tons. Brithjoanes, British sailing vessel tnot listed). ~ Hongarth and Canadian schooner Perse. 500 tons. The Hongarth, which was on her way from Montevideo to Plymouth with 6,500 tons of grain, disobeyed the raider's order to halt at.d attempted to escape. The captain finally surren : dered after four members of his crew. Including the chief engineer and his assistant, had been wounded by ma chine gun fire. The Lady Island was loaded with 4.500 tons of sugar, the Antoinine with 4,000 tons of nitrates and tho Charles Gounod with 3,100 tons of grain. Raider is Thorough The thoroughness with which the Germans carried on their work of de struction is shown by thei- treatment cf the Cambronne. On deciding to send this vessel to Brazil with their prisoners, they cut away part of her masts and destroyed some of her sails, with the idea of delaying her progress to Brazil and keeping secret as long as possible the presence of the raider in the South Atlantic. All papers on the Cambronne were seized and a large part of her cargo was destroyed. The survivors who have reached here can give no definite account of the movements of the Seeadler, al though they say that most of the ves sesl were sunk off the Brazilian coast. The Hongarth put up the stlffest fight. It required twenty-one cannon shots fired from a distance of 2>4 miles to sink her. It is related by survivors that their recepUon on the raider was such as to discourage any attempt to make trouble. The Germans were lined up on the deck, every man heavily armed, as each new contingent of prisoners was taken on board. BUILDING IN MARKET ST. CHANGES HANDS (Continued From Pago One) was known for years as Segelbaum's, Charles S. Segelbaum opening a de partment store there prior to the Civil War. It has since been the home of Cook, Sweeney & Cook, S. P. Segel baum, Bowman & Co.. Imperial De partment Store and The Famous de partment store, until 1910, when the business now conducfed there was in augurated. The brief of title is an In teresting document, showing many transfers, dating back to the deed of John Harris to Michael Dapp, dated September 29. 1790. Need of additional quarters to take care of the various departments of the store has been felt for some time and contractors are now at work on the addition of two stories to the rear building, which when completed will give approximately 7,000 square feet more floor space. Mr. Soutter, purchaser of the prop erty, has been identified from his youth with wholesale and retail mercantile business. When a boy he began his career by entering the employ of Bos ton's largest wholesale house, with which he was identified for eighteen years. He then went to Lancaster, where j he entered the retail business, becom ing the head of the department store of Soutter, Buchanan & Young. Four teen years later he severed his connec tion with this business and came to Harrisburg in 1910. With other in terests Mr. Soutter opened the Z. S. & I<. 25-Cent Department Store, and after one year acquired the interests of his partners, becoming sole owner of the business, which has been con ducted since under the name of Sout ter's l-Cent-to-25-Cent Department Store. BREAKING BALCONY RAIL HI'RLS TWO TO GROUND j The breaking of a balcony rail last I evening at the home of Fred Huber, ! 1937 Park street, hurled both Huber i and Elmer Erhart. 1933 Park street, j a distance of eighteen feet to the pave ; ment below. They were lowering a i bureau to the street when the rail broke. Huber's leg was broken by the bureau and his scalp badly lacerated. Erhart suffered a broken left arm and several body bruises. BULLET HITS HER IN EYE Ethel Bowman. 180S Penn street, was struck in the eye by a glancing bullet last night at Green and Muench streets. Joseph Brady. 1209 Green street, was shooting at a dog believed to be mad. The third bullet glanced diagonally across the street, striking the lfttle girl. She was taken to the Polyclinic Hospital. BAXK RESERVE DECREASE By Associated Press New York. March 31. The state ment of the actual condition of Clear ing House Banks and Trust Companies for the week show that they hold *113,- 50i,150 reserve in excess of legal re quirements. This is a decrease of $28,- 958,210 from last week. The Qoltilne That Does Not Affect the Head Because of its tonic and laxative ef fect. laxative Bromo Quinine can be taken by anyone without causing ner vousness or ringing In the head. There is only one "Bronio Quinine." E. W GROVE'S signature on box. 26c. NEWS OF HARRISBURG CHURCHES PASSOVER FEAST BEGINS FRIDAY Continues For Eight Days; Ceremonial Meal Big Feature Passover, or the Fehst of Unleav ened Broad, begins this year Friday evening, April 6, at sunset, and con tinues for seven days. Orthodox Jews celebrate it for eight days, that is unUl sunset Saturday. April 14. Local synagogues will hold elaborate ser vices. The feast commemorates chletly the ! deliverance of the Children of Israel j from their slavery to the Egyptians, I and so most of the ceremonial and j ritual of Passover is intended to be I reminiscent of the events and clrcum ( stances of that ancient deliverance. Thus in the Temple at Jerusalem, | Paschal lambs were sacrificed to re ! mind the people of the lamb sacrificed | by their ancestors at the command of Moses before they departed from • Egypt; because the Children of Israel In their haste to leave the land of bondage did not have time to permit their bread to leaven. It is the law to j this very clay, that, during the entire | Feast of Passover, nothing but un i leavened bread (Mazzoth) may be I eaten. On the seventh day of the feast the scriptural portion read in the ; synagog is the song of triumph sung | by the people at the Red Sea, because ! this day is considered to be the annl [ versary of the dividing of the Red Sea. Ceremonial Meal The characteristic feature of the • feast is the ceremonial meal, called the Seder, conducted on the evening of the first day. The ceremony endeavors : to recall the events of the deliverance lof old. Thus bitter herbs are eaten | to indicate how bitter were the lives : of the slaves in Egypt. A lamb bone j is kept on the table to recall the Pas i chal lamb offered in Egypt and in the Temple. A pastelike compound of nuts and fruits called "Haroseth" is eaten; this is considered to be a re minder of the mortar used in building the treasure cities for Pharoah. Four of wine are drunk, because four were the expressions of redempUon used in the Exodus episode. And as it is obligatory to tell the story of the Exodus every year, the youngest son of the household asks four sets of questions as to the nature of the feast, and the father answers telling the story of the Deliverance from Egypt. In Palestine Passover also com memorates the ripening of the barley, the earliest crop, and so marks the I close of the winter. Thus the general ! message of the feast is freedom, the ! freedom of nature from the thralldom i of winter, and the freedom of Israel from bondage. FRENCH LAUNCH A NEW THRUST ' support, the Paris war office reports. Other hard lighting took place fur ther southeast on the Franco-Belgian front, in the Champagne region. Here the French also were successful, re pelling live violent counter attacks de livered by the Germans and prevent ing the recapture gf the positions taken by the French recently west of Maisons de Champagne. New Raider Formidable Dispatches from Rio Janeiro an nounce the sinking of nine or more merchantmen by a new German raider in the South Atlantic. The raider, the Seeadler, a formidable armed vessel, I is successfully emulating the exploits of the famous Moewe. Already 285 men from vessels sunk by the Seead ler have been brought to Rio Janeiro by the French bark Cambronne. The sinking of two British steamers, the Snowdon Range and the Booth I liner Crispin, both with Americans on , board, is reported to the State Depart ment in Washington. A number of the Americans on the steamers are unaccounted for, according to the ad vices, which say the vessels were sunk by submarines without warning. Great Britain announces an exten sion of the zone in the North sea dan gerous to shipping. The extension will be effective from April 1. It has been decided upon in view of the unre stricted use by the Germans of mines and submarines, says the admiralty announcement. Blair County Courts Hold Up 48 Licenses By Associated Press Hollidaysburg, Pa., March 31.—The Blair county license court to-day ! granted three brewery and eight hotel ! licenses. The court held over the cases \ of forty-eight hotels for further in-; | vestigation. In the majority of the j cases held over the landlords, it is aU 1 leged, disobeyed the court's decree of ! last year prohibiting the indiscriml- ' nate sale of liquor by the bottle and ; flask. Judge Baldridge gave no in timation when he would decide these cases, and Blair county will therefore be almost wholly dry territory next week, as all licenses expire to-night. | VILLA FORCES DEFEATED Chihuahua City, Hex., March 31. Francisco Villa at the head of a cav alry force of 3,000 men made a det termlned attempt yesterday to capture Chihuahua City, but was driven back with the loss of 500 prisoners and 350 in killed and wounded. MISS CREGG HONOR GI'EST Miss Adaline S. Paul, of 2319 North Third street, entertained informally l this afternon for Miss Elizabeth Cregg. a student at Goucher College. Balti- i more. Md. Miss Cregg is visiting Miss Alice A. Lawton, of 1921 Market 1 street, during the spring vacation. RISS MINISTERS AT FRONT By Associated Press London. March 31. Prince Lvoff. the Russian Premier, and all the other members of the Provisional Government. ! left Petrograd to-day to visit general | headquarters at the front, a Reuter dis- I patch from Petrograd announced. SOCIALISTS AGAINST WAR By Associated Press Laconla. N. H., March 31. —The So-' clalist party of New Hampshire went I on record last night as opposed to 1 preparedness and to war with Ger-1 many. APPROACHES WRONG FELLOW Taken into custody after she had ! made improper advances to one ot the j detectives on the local force. Rose Guy i realized that she had made a bad mis take Three more of her friends, who live at State and Cowden street*, in cluding Nancy Powell, Hewey Wooster and Frank Brown, were arrested. MRS. SARAH L HARPER Mrs. Sarah L Harper, aged 73, died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Km ma E. Baker. 1711 Revere street. Cloverly Heights, this morning, after a long Illness. She was formerly of Lingleato'-v- HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SUNDAY SCHOOL WILL INSTALL Christ Lutheran Plans to Have One Thousand Present at Easter The following offlqsrs who were elected for the year by the Sunday School Association of Christ Lutheran Sunday school will be installed on Sunday, April 1, at 2 o'clock. The monthly Rally day will be celebrated at that time with a special musical program. The officers are: Supervisor. W. H. Secrist; superintendent. Nislev Y. Parthemore; assistant superintendent. L. S. Persun; treasurer. E. A. Heffel tinger; secretary, Earl Miller: assistant secretaries. Wilbur Minnich, Frank Brinton: librarian. Millard Hess: as sistant librarians, Raymond Wentzler. John Reighter; custodian, Edwin Wal lis; assistant custodian, Emmett Wal- Its; pianist. Miss Ida Long; assistant pianist. Miss Alice Kolllson; secre tary of Association, L. S. Persun; as sistant secretary, Miss Gertrude Hef felfinger: superintendent junior de partment, F. J. Wallis; assistant su perintendent of junior department, J. H. Gingrich; secretary junior depart ment. Irwin Lehman; assistant secre tary, George Swilkey; pianist. Miss Mary McKee; superintendent primary and beginner departments Mrs. Ger trude R. Leidigh; assistant superin tendent, llrs. Cordelia Shirk; superin tendent of home department, the Rev. H. F. Long; superintendent crade roll. Mrs. W. R. Bush: assistant superin tendent, Mrs. I. D. Hoffman: orchestra dtrector and chorister. Mr. Watkins. Attendance Near 1.000 Attendance at this school is near lng the 1.000 mark anti special efforts are being put forward to have over 1,000 present on Easter Sunday. A special program is bein>r arranged for Easter on which Miss LeNora C. Fry. harpist, will appear and render several selections to the main school and also to the Men's Bible class. Several other prominent musicians will take part in the program. The past year the schol enjoyed a great increase. BARRETT SPEAKS ON SALESMANSHIP Founder of World's Salesman ship Congress Explains Its Advantages Salesmanship governs the growth of the world, and the man who is the most successful salesman is the most important factor in the development of the world. Thus D. M. Barrett, rounder of ,tne \\ orld's Salesmunsmp Congress, uenned uie meaning ot salesmanship lust evening to an uudi ii.ee in tile iecumcai u,:u scui/o, au ditorium. Ana sellisli aggressiveness, is me way he uenneu the principles oi salesmanship applied to tue success tul saiesmun—uie art of getting all uie u Usui ess you can tor yourseif or Jour in in in a legitimate ousiuess way. Air. barren explained that tne sales manship ciuus ot tue country were not lounueu lor social putpuacs, or to near a man speaK wiute uie minus ot ins auuieuce vvei'e inactive, oat tne aaiesiuausuip ciuus ere loruied to give every salesman or saleswoman an opportunity ol developing saiesiitau siup qualities uuuer tue direction ot uie aoiesi saie&iuuiu.geis oi uie coun try. I'ufc opeii lorum policy is tne methou useu. By uus meiuud ques tions, alia wets unu uiacussiol's LJIHL every liuuu lu luc auuience alert auu reauy to grasp evc.y piiose ui tue question Uiiuer cousiuerauon. j AHe duos are urruii&eu in circuits so mat ix speaker v*in uuuress tne i asiiiiigtoii ciuu < on lUonuay evening, j tue ua.unioie ciuo on luesauy, tne x-mlaueiptuu cluo on vv eunesuuy anu ine narnsuurg ciuu on iuurs>uuy, tor instance. xne salue subject is uiscus i acu at every one oi tne-e club meet ings tne same week. ill us, line a scnooi teaciiei, tne u.Mie spcatier goes troui one ciUos to anotnei' anu gives cacti ciass tne oeneiu oi uie questions raised uy tne salespeople at uie pre ceuing ciuo mccu,i B a. I'Uell stenog lupnic reports ot t.icse meetings are sent to tue vv oriu s >saiesmaiisni t i Con gress lor review uy tne euitor ot tne oaiesmansnip -uag-zine, wmcn is own eu uy tne cungreos oi inemoers vviui out private pi out. The uest points orougtit out ot tne meetings are men puunsnea lor consideration uy tne am uiuous salespeople oi tne country. such men us is', A. nawKins, who must sell z,uoo Ford cars eacii day is at tile neau ot tne congress; iiugn unaimers, who received a salary ot ♦ IUU.UWU eacn year oetore ne organiz ed llie Channels -vlotor Coinpaiij, and Harry iuru, presiueut or uie oaxon company; n. -u. jewltt, of tne t'aige company, and sir 'l'Uoinas l_ipton, oi i_onuon, are on tne executive stait to encourage tins movement wnicn meaus a college euucation in saies mansnip by tue most practical in structors wuo are quaufleu uy experi ence and tnrough uany knowledge gained in actuai touc-n with tne uig urtairs. opportunity to hear Uig men lecture anu receive tne benelit tnrougn open torum uiscussions and tne yearly magazine is inciuaeu in the nve-doliar annual mcmuersnii> tee. The local ciuu now i.is more tiun one hundred members and C. n. Hunt ei, presiuent, preuicts a memoersnip ot live hundred in Harrisourg, alter tne local people uecome tnorougniy laminar witn its advantages. Tnere are now torty-tour ciuos organtzea in tne leaning cities of tne country, and tne iviarcii number of Salesmansmp snows tne picture of a ten-story buuu ing whicii is ueing planned as the per manent nome tor tms salesmanship t-ongress. City Wants More Time to Transter hire Companies Commissioner E. Z. Gross has asked the state tor an extension until June 1 Deiore the Citizens and Mt. Vernon Fire companies must vacate their houses. It was planned to have the com panies vacate on the first of April, but commissioner Gross hopes for an ex tension of time. One of the reasons tor this, it Is understood, is because minor details must be completed to put the Hope and Friendship houses in shape to provide for the two com panies now in the Capitol Park zone. The Cltlxena upparatus will be housed with the Friendship,,and the Mt. Ver non aerial ladder truck at the Hope. THE REV. VOU.VU TO SPEAK The Rev. Alfred Young, of Washing ton conference, will speak at the even ing service In the Harris A. M. E. Zlon Church to-morrow. The, Rev. Mr. Young Is the author of several well known sermons. FOUR CHANGES IN CITY'S PULPITS Revs. Bender and Bdgnell Arrive as Revs. Booth and liartman Depart Two local ministers will preach their last sermons to their respective charges to-morrow, while two new ministers will assume their duties here during the coming week. In addition to these changes another local preacher is con sidering a call from a New York state church. The pastors to preach their last ser mons are the Kev. William W. Hart man, of the Ridge Avenue Methodist Church, who has l.een transferred to the Trinity Methodist Church of Clear field. and the Rev. W. S. Booth, of the First Baptist Church, who will take charge of the Baptist church of Col lingwood, N. J. The two new local preachers are the Rov. 11. R. Bender, who comes from tlu Trinity Methodist Church of Clearfield to the Ridge Ave nue Methodist Church, and the Rev. Robert Bagnell, formerly of the St. Stephen's Church, Qermantown, to the Grace Methodist. The Rev. H. E. Hallman, of the Immanuel Presby terian Church, is considering the call from the Memorial Presbyterian Church of Utica. N. Y. Courthouse Notes Take Prisoners Away. Deputy i Sheriff Burton R. Speus to-day took I Albert J. Miller,- held for bigamy, to | the Huntingdon reformatory. Deputy Sheriff William H. Hoffman took Mato j I.aten. convicted of felonious entry, lo | the Eastern penitentiary. I.aten was sentenced to serve not less than eigh teen months. Wills Filed. Register Roy C. Dan ner to-day issued letters of adminis tration on the estate of Samuel W. Sheesley, late of llarrlsburg. to B. Frank Gerhart. The will of Frank N. i Douden. late of Millersburg, was pro ■ bated, and letters issued to Eliza S., | Mary Grace and William Douden. PROVISIONS OF ESCHEAT LAW ARE UPHELD (Continued From Pago One) lias not been credited in the depositor's pass-book at this request within four teen or more years. Mutual saving fund societies not having capital stock shares are excepted. Minimis of Dollar* Affected It is estimated that there are mil lions of dollars in State banking in stitutions which are eseheatable under the act of 1915. When Auditor Gen eral Powell required the reports, the Union Trust Company, of Pittsburgh; the Columbia National Bank, Pitts burgh. and the Germantown Trust Company filed bills of complaints and asked for preliminary injunctions. The State answered with a demurrer, which has been sustained in each of the eases by Judge Kunkel, who has direct ed that judgment be entered against the banking concerns and In favor of Auditor General Powell. Appeals may be taken. If it is decided finally by the higher courts that the State can require a report of eseheatable property, and after giving the published notices re quired by the act of 1915 can take over the deposits, these unclaimed milions will be turned into the State Treas ury. Point* At Issue In the opinion In the case of the Union Trust Company, one of the three argued several months ago, Judge Kun- I kel states in part: ; "If it once be conceded, as it must be, j that the Commonwealth possesses the ■ power to escheat.—whether to escheat | be taken in the present statue to mean ; to take property the owner of which 1 lias abandoned it or has died without heirs need not now be determined— it follows as a necessary incident to the exercise of the power that the Commonwealth may make inquiry with the view of discovering where escheat able property is located, or in whose possession it may be found." The court then summarizes the vari ous sections of the act of 1916, con cluding these with the following rul ing: "We can conceive of no sound ruling why it (the Commonwealth) may now in the way provided by the statue, dis cover for itself the whereabouts of eseheatable property, rather than wait for the information from a volunteer informant. We do not think the pro visions of tiie statute requiring a re port of property presumptively escheat able are open to the objection that they violate Section S. Article 1, of the Con stitution, which secures against un reasonable search and seizure. "Most of the constitutional objections urged against the statute apply to those parts of it which relate to the actual escheat of the property reported. "Many of them the plaintiff has no interest in and lias no stading to raise. "They may very properly be raised when the Commonwealth proceeds un der the act to exercise its power to escheat. These objections are that the statute impairs the obligation of the contract between the plaintiff and the depositors or the owners of the prop erty which it holds in possession in vio lation of Article T, Secaion 1917, of the State Constitution, and of Article I„ Section 10, of the Federal Constitu tion." Objections Premature These objections are premature. Judge Kunkel rules. The opinion does not sustain the objections assailing the sufficiency of the title and the conse quent validity of the sections of the statute directing the report for the discovery of eseheatable property. v The absence of notice of penal clauses also does not make this act unconstitutional, the ruling continues. In conclusion the court states: "We think it sufficient to say that a court of equity has no jurisdiction to enjoin proceedings of the Common wealth to have an escheat to the state declared, where .if the escheat should be found by the inquest, every question could be decided by a traverse. No more will It under like conditions enjoin the preliminary steps taken for the pur pose of discovering the whereabouts of property so circumstanced as rea sonably to raise the presumption that It is liable to escheat. Upon consid eration of the whole case we are of the opinion that there Is nothing in the bill to warrant the Interposition of a court of equity." The demurrer is then sustained and Judgment given against the plaintiff. Banks I'nder Lawn The opinion in the Columbia Na tional Bank case rules that national banks doing business In the Common wealth come under the laws of the Commonwealth, so long as the State laws do not Interfere with the laws of the United States controlling and regulating these banks. The legislative Intention to Include national banks In the escheat act is evident, the court states. In paslng on the question of national banks be ing excluded from state regulations, when those regulations Interfere with their proper functions, Judge Kunkel MARCH 31, 1917. COMMONWEALTH, HOTEL OF PAST All Guests Must Vacate Before Tomorrow Noon; to Be Con verted Into Office Building Harriaburg's famous hotel, the Com monwealth, will close to-morrow at noon. Guests will be accommodated to-night but they must vacate their rooms before noon. J. A. Clement, the present lessee, will sell the hotel furni ture Tuesday. He will vacate as soon as possible. This property is a part of the Mc cormick estate and is managed by the Dauphin Trust Company. It was hoped that someone would take the hotel for a year, until the new Penn- Harrls was completed. No lessee turn ed up to-dav and the doors will be closed to all guests at noon to-morrow. The dining loom has been closed for sometime. Office Building Plans were announced sometime ago for remodeling the present Common wealth Hotel building into an up-to date office structure. Work, it is said, will start at an early date. The lower floor will be for store rooms, and ex tensive alterations will be made on the upper floors, fpr offices. Many years ago this hotel started as The Cloverly, On his way to his first inauguration President Lincoln stop ped at this hotel when it was the Jones House. In later years other distin guished men were registered. Subse quently, The Iceland, the name by [ which the hotel was known prior to ! becoming the Commonwealth, was also i widely known. PLEDGED LOYALTY TO UNITED STATES [Continued From First Page] any action it may take in the present international crisis. All Philadelphia displayed tho national colors and many stores and other business places closed at noon to give employes an opportunity to participate in the dem j onstratlon. The patriotic rally was planned to be the greatest held at the shrine of liberty since the centennial celebration in 1876 of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Po lice arrangements were made to take care of more than one hundred thou sand persons. Among the speakers on the program was Hiram W. Johnson. United States Senator-elect from California. Edgar Fahs Smith, provost of the. University of Pennsylvania, was on the program for a brief address as the presiding officer of the demonstration. Prior to the rally thousands of citi zens. patriotic and business organiza tions marched from various part sof the city to Independence Square. Two Philadelphia regiments of the Nation al Guard participated. IT. S. Will Suffer Much Senator-elect Hiram W. Johnson, of California, declared that, the United | States "will suffer much, even to the i very tension of honor," before going I to war, but that for the nation to re fuse to maintain its democratic ideals and protect its citizens would be to sow within itself the seeds, of disso lution." "Democracy to survive must ever be ready to protect its own," ho said. "Every normally constituted man ab hors war. A nation such as ours, consecrated to freedom, dedicated to equality among men. determined that all of God's people must share in God's blessings, that common folks may have their fair share of common happiness, and a comfortable place in the stfn, will suffer much, even to the very ten sion of honor, before engaging in bloody strife. But a nation such as ours, dependent for its perpetuity upon the character of its citizenship, that dare not maintain its ideals, and will not protect the lives of its citizens, sows within itself the seeds of disso lution. "We would have no selfish war of aggrandizement or aggression. We have no lust of conquest. We would, only when imperatively compelled by the transgression of our rights, by the dcstructioh of our lives, enter the com bat, and then in the spirit of America, the spirit that took no Indemnity from China and returned Cuba unto its own people." Deaths and Funerals W. E. HATZEM, DIES W. Elton Hatzell, aged 65, died early this morning at his late residence, 542 Forrest street. MRS. LENTS! DIES Mrs. Savina Lentz, widow of the late Joseph 11. Lentz, aged 73, died this morning at her late residence, 1808 Susquehanna street. Funeral services will be held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. F. Meckley, .1217 Green street Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services will be conducted by the Rev. George F. Shaum, pastor of the Harris Street Evangelical Church. Burial will be made at Paxtapg Ceme tery. She is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. Fulmer J. Rife, Mrs. B. F. Meckley and Mrs. Walter Bofnberger and two sons, Joseph M., and David Lentz. SERVICES FOR MRS. FRANKLIN" Funeral services for , Mrs. Harriet Franklin. 218 Prune avenue, who died yesterday at the Harrisburg Hospital, will be held Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from the Second Zion Church. The Rev. William Ball will have charge of the services. Burial will be made in the Lincoln Cemetery. Mrs. Franklin Is survived by her husband and two sons. MRS. SALME MINICRAN DIES Mrs. Sallie Minichan. 1414 Cowden street, aged 60, died this morning at her home. Private funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at the home, the Rev. E. E. Curtis of ficiating. Burial will be made in the Barrisburg Cemetery. SERVICES FOR C. A. MILLER Funeral services for Charles A. Mil ler, aged 58, who died yesterday, will be held Monday afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock, from the home of his sister. Mrs. John Silling. 305 Cumberland street. The Rev. J. Bradley Markward will have charge of the services. PI.AN BIG MEETING The People's Forum will meet to-mor row afternoon at 3 o'clock In the Wes ley Zion A. M. E. Church. A special program will be given by High School students, including a prize oration by Allen Carter, a piano solo by Miss Pearl Robinson and a recitation by Gwen dolyn Bennett. The High School Quar tet will sing. The address of the af ternoon will be delivered by Arthur H. Hull. rules: "We do not see how the sec tions requiring a report from the plain tiff bank Interferes with the perform ance of the duties which It owes to tho Federal governments Whether the penal sections of the statute are en forceable against It It Is not necessary for the disposition of the present case to determine. That question may be passed upon in a proceeding to enforce them." f In disposing of the Qermantown Trust Company suit, objections to.the escheat law as special legislation are not supported, the court deciding In conclusion It would not be warranted In enjoining a publlo officer from per forming his duty, which Is what Aud itor General Powell Is doing as pro vided In the escheat act. THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM At Least at Blind Auction Sale; Daring Buyers Both Rejoice and Regret Their Purchases "Tilings are not always what they seem," said a very much excited man, this morning, as he dug further and further into the depths of a huge trunk for which he hdil just paid $4.76 at the Adams Express company sale of un claimed article.". At every thrust ho produced another article, best described as part of the vast Intricacy of feminine apparel. When the bottom was reached he de eldrd that ho was Just as safe If he didn't take the outlit home. It might, involve too many explanations and he wasn't In the mood for explanations Just then. He was, however, in a mood, open and ready to receive bids for Ills collection. I U'liiitn to Throw Tire Away Five minutes later a perspiring farmer from Shirenianstown asked a bystander where he could throw an auto tire without the police interfering for littering the streets. Hut a minute be fore be had smilingly elbowed his way through the crowd to take it from the auctioneer's hand. Only a dollar for 5.000 miles in his jitney. Cheap, rather. When he discovered that the kuc tioneer's hand concealed a huge blow out and that it was otherwise "shot full of boles," the visions changed, A second-hand dealer happened along and purchased it for ten cents. The first purchaser is consoling himself with the thought that lie got rid of it with out being arrested. "Now for a couple bouts with the merry grape," said another, as he pos sessed himself of a fine big jug at a loss of $1.25. The top was sealed and the jug was heavy. Trembling fingers pulled the cork, an anxious nose smelt ed to determine the year of the precious vintsce. Curses, it was empty. "Think this must be gold bullion," whispered a third man as he sweated under a heavy package. Investigation proved that he had enough tickets for an unknown movie to content the most addicted "flend" for life. Sell Hulliliiiic Overhead The most disappointed buyer of the crowd was perhaps one who purchas ed n bulky and weighty paekage to dis cover that one dozen lids for cuspidor* had cost him the neat sum of $3.50. While the auction was progressing on the inside another crowd of bidders were buying the building, which is lo cated at the corner of Walnut and Fourth streets. It is in tho Capitol Park extension. BENTON COULTER CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH PARTY Mr. and Mrs. I<\ R. Coulter, of 1818 Green street, entertained a number of little folks the other afternoon at their home in honor of their son. Benton Coulter, who celebrated his fifth birth day. The little guests enjoyed musical selections by Mary Xihodenliaver and Evelyn Eyster, games and war stories told by H. A. Switzer, of New York city, who recently returned from Europe, where he was engaged In am bulance service in France. Refreshments were served to Mr. Rayllss, of Reading; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Coulter, of Philadelphia; Mrs. M. M. Weiss, Mary Rhodenhaver, Edgar Rhodenhaver, Evelyn Eyster, Paul Sheridan, Robert Adams, F. R. Coul ter, Jr., Edward Fisher and Marian and James Coulter. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator. Adv. RECEIVES lION'OI,UI.l! PAPER The HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH is indebted to Casper Dull, a local lawyer, who has been spending the winter In Honolulu with Daniel M. Dull and their sister. Miss Dull, for, copies of the. Pa cific Commercial Advertiser, an impor tant newspaper of Honolulu. This pa per will compare favorably with any of the larger newspapers of the United States and the number received by the TELEGRAPH Is devoted to interesting features, of the annual carnival. It is lavishly illustrated and gives much of interest concerning Hawaii. The Ad vertiser refers to the tine* highways which have been built throughout the island and prosperity is evidenced in every feature of the development of our Pacific territory. . THIEVES GET $15,000 Philadelphia, March 31. Jewels and dresses valued at $15,000 were re j ported to the police as stolen from the j home of J. O. Gllmore, of Overbrook, a (suburb. The robbery Is said to hav j occurred during the absence from the ! house of Mrs. Gilinore and the ser ! vants. The Merion township police who investigated the reported robbery say that suspicion centers on a mlss ] ing servant. NEW ENGLAND TO PREPARE Boston, March 31. Governors of the New England States sent a joint i telegram to Secretary of War Baker | requesting permission to recruit at | once all New England military units to war strength. If permission is grant- I cd, it was stated, the governors expect to have all recruits within a short time. CORNS HURT TODAY? Lift your corns or calluses off with fingers and it won't pain you one bit. Yes! You truly can lift off evey hard corn, soft corn or corn between the toes, as well as hardened calluses on bottom of feet without one bit of pain. -- A genius in Cincinnati 3*— discovered freezone. It is JHn-kI an ether compound and y* —g) fmy bottles of this magic fluid can now be hhd at any drug store for a few J.' ' , cents. f'Vpf £ ; Apply several drops of 'j 1 ! this freezone upon a ten ;j' Ij j'! der, aching corn or a cal " r'| lus. Instantly all soreness [ 1 disappears and shortly you will And the corn or cailus I so shriveled and loose that i you lift It off with the fln '.sr-'' gers. You feel no pain while applying freezone or afterwards. Just think! No more corns or cal luses to torture you and they go with out causing one twinge of pain or soreness. You will call freezone tho magic drug and It really 1&, Genuine freezone has a yellow labe/ Lack for yellow label. j Bel. sth Ave. & Broadway. u Fireproof—Modern—Central. J 300 ROOMS WITH BATHS, | 1 tncait: Table d'Hotc aad •la Cart* I 1 WRITE roil BOOKI.ItT. \ I>. P. HITCHEV. PROP. I 3
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