14 L0.0.F. OBSERVE 1 75TH BIRTHDAY W. 11. Brown Is Boomed For Grand Warden of the { Fraternity Grand Master Robert W. Montgom- ! cry, of Philadelphia, last night open ed the ceremonies attending the cele- j bration of the seventy-fifth anniver- | sary of Encampment Odd Fellowship in this city, at t.he Odd Fellows Hall. ; UOJ North Second street. The largest attendance of members of the higher degrees for a long time was presided over by D. D. O. I*. Ous. C. HRlston. of this city, and j many prominent. Odd Fellows took part in the exercises. During the evening it. was an nounced that W. H. Brown, of this I i ity, had accepted the nomination fr the office of Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Encampment of Pennsyl vania. and would be one of the can didates at the coming election. Mr. Brown is a members of the fur niture linn of Brown & Company, and is so popular with the Odd Fellows of Harrisburg that they are now very busy in his behalf and hope to elect him to this ofTice. Among those taking a prominent part in last evening's proceedings were Deputv Grand Master Roy D. Reman, of Harrisburg. supporting the Grand Master, and Charles A. Wil helm, \V. A. Mcllhenny, Edwin C. Dewey. New Cumberland, J. Kichty, I 'reason, Pa.: G. Good. Steelton: W. H. Young, James Reid, John M. Mum- i ma. John W. Hoffman. George H. j Shauh. Robert Enilers. John A. Rrown. ! W. H. Brown, Banks E. Shull. Thomas I t.yons, Jr., A. G. Murray, Colonel H. C. Demming. D. IT. Kline, and Dennis ! O'Conne'l. Arrangements were in charge of a • ommittee consisting of O. C. Rals ton. John M. Munima and Charles F. fitzel. who at the close provided re- I frcshments of an appetizing nature. | 111 HIDING PERMITS Building permits were issued to-day i'" l W. Fred Weber for nil addition to the 2*,4-story frame house at 2". North street, nt a cost of $200; and the erection of two 2-story garages at the rear of the propertv, to cost SSOO. I\TRIOTIC PR IYER SERVICE The regular weekly prayer service of Pine Street Presbyterian Church will be held to-morrow afternoon at P. 15 o'clock, lasting half an hour. There is no address and the service is planned so persons on their way home from work will find it conven ient to attend if only for part of the service. MKS. CAROMNK li. FISHER i Funeral services* for Mrs. Caroline) Britsch Fisher, 65, will be held Fri- | day afternoon at two o'clock from > her late residence, 517 Race street, i Mrs. Fisher died Monday from acute indigestion. She is survived by two sons, three adughters and two broth ers. Burial will be made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. DAVID A. FERGUS Funeral services for David A. ] Fergus, aged 68, who died at the j Harrisburg Hospital on Tuesday | will be held from the home of his son Joseph Fergus, 613 South Front' street to-morrow nirning. Burial j will be made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. He is survived by two j sons. EDUCATIONAL f "V School of Commerce HARRISBURG BUSINESS COLLEGE Troup Building, 15 S. .Market Sq. Hell illume 4W| Dial 4W Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Steno type. Typewriting, Civil Service. out OFFER—Right Training by Sipecinllotn and High Urede Positions. You take a Business Course but once. The Hem is what you want. Day and Night school. Enter any Monday. A Fully Accredited College / WE REPAIR \ 1 RADIATORS Lamps, Fenders, j Hoods, Bodies and Windshields I IVuss Mfg. Co. / lllh find Mulberry St>, W VNTEDs A RESPONSIBLE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE J We are desirous of securing the partial services of responsible men to act as Resident Financial Corres pondents in the counties of Dauphin, Lebanon, Lan caster, York. Adams, Cumberland, Perry and Juniata. •jj We prefer men established in Insurance or Real Estate lines or men already of banking experience—men of ac quaintance, character and ambition to enter the financial field on a highly profitable basis. No particular experience in financial matters is neces sary to qualify for this position. An extensive acquain tance with local conditions and people is essential. QWe do not necessarily want men of middle age. Ap plications from younger men who can qualify will have serious consideration. €fl This position offers a most unusual opportunity to enter the financial field wtihout technical experience. Letters of application will be held in strict confidence. Full details of the proposition and preliminary application form will be mailed to all enquiries. An early conference will be arranged with those making formal application. FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT G. G. HYNSON & CO. INCORPORATED 149 BROADWAY NEW YORK THURSDAY EVENING; Newspaper Views on Garfield's Decree SERIOUS APPREHENSION [N. Y. Times.] The American public will be pro j foundly disquieted by the order* Its | confidence will be shaken. Appre | hension will be aroused. If such ' things are put upon us at this in ' cipient stage of the war what may , befall us when, at length, we really grapple with the foe'.' In spite of all that Mr. Garfield says of the dire | straits to which we have been j brought by the pitiless winter and | coal shortage, we feel that he has ! gone far wrong in his choice of a I remedy. It is a mistake to be eor i rected. and at once. ASKS I'IiKSII)F\T TO REVOKE I New York World.] IThe coal order issued by Fuel Administrator Garfield last night is the greatest disaster that has be fallen the United States in this war. Unless it is revoked forthwith bj President Wilson it means the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in wages and in products, and a de moralization of industry that can be nothing short of calamitous. And this apart from the actual suffering that must ensue among great armies of wage-earners who depend on their day's wages for their daily bread and who are arbitrarily condemned to idleness by the fiat of a federal bureaucrat. SEES SOME GOOD IX ORDER [New York Sun.] I Primarily the Fuel Administrator's j order to shut down the greater part , of the nation's industries, trades and businesses for a fortnight of work i ing days all told is the fruit of the inane, criminal starvation of the railroads by the government for a I generation. Nevertheless whatever | it may do to any individual or group .of individuals, to any community or number of communities, and no matter what it may cost the counf try in millions and hundreds of mil lions of lost wealth, and it will cost a fabulous sum, the order is to be greeted without protest. A surgeon is more welcome than an under taker. CALLS IT \ STAGGERING BUHV [Utica Press.] It strikes Utica and every other city within the designated territoiv o staggering blow. By stopping the mills and factories here it throws thousands of people out of employ ment. It takes tens of thousands of dollars away from working people who never needed it more than til -■> Ido this winter. That a storm of /fault finding and complaint will lol iow is inevitable, but there is really ! nothing which a patriotic citizen ! can do about it save accept the sit uation with as good grace as pos sible. If the result will be any help in hastening the end all will agree it will prove a good investment. COAL IS RUSHED TO FAMILIESIN DISTRESS [Continued from First Page.] been secured t<> furnish coal to the I' sufferers in the city and relieve the dealers of the burden of delivery. Dealers who are without coal have furnished the two trucks. The dealers have reported extreme , difficulty in delivering coal, owing to the almost impassable conditions of | the streets. A few of the dealers. ! supplied with coal over the Pennsyl [ vania Railroad system, were at such 1 great difficulty in delivering coal ! \."hich they received yesterday that they called a meeting yesterday aft | ernoon to discuss with the fuel ad ministrator means for facilitating de i liveries. Following the meeting the • announcement was made by Mr. I llickok that dealers may instruct their drivers to dump coal on the ■ sidewalks where the snow is not | cleared away. I Dealers in the Hill district are not i supplied with coal, and none has | come from the Reading Coal and Iron j Company for several days, dealers I say. These dealers are supplied by the Reading Coal and Iron Company ; exclusively. j The dealers are at variance as to the benefit that will accrue'from Na tional Administrator Garfield's order. Some dealers think that they will be supplied during the next five days with soft coal, which can be used in households. Other dealers gave their opinion that they would not benefit ! materially by the order because the j large munitions plant and industrial ! establishments would be supplied witn ! coal during tlie shutdown. Mr. llickok could not announce the • positive arrival of any coal in the ' city to-day. but expects a continual I shipment of a few cars daily. BUSINESS. HAIT: tChicago Herald.] At a word of command from Washington the great Industries of the greatest industrial sections of tiie nation stand idle. A few days afro and the idea was to keep them going at full speed; the war would not wait. To-morrow, by exercise of governmental power, which, for drastic character and suddenness combined, exceeds anything on rec ord in this country, they are stopped for a period of five days completely Mid for Sunday and Monday of each week for period of ten weeks. \ LTIJOW BETWEEN THE EYES |X. Y. Herald.] It is impossible to escape the con viction that somebody at Washing ton has bungled badly in the han dling cf the fuel problem. The or der of the Fuel Administrator is a blow between the eyes of business. There would seem no probability that the program promulgated yes terday has had the approval of any person with knowledge of the needs of business, else its cruidities would haves been corrected. WIIX STARTLE AM) AST(IIXI) [Baltimore American. 1 The order will startle and astound the country, and, while there has been talk of the Monday holiday plan, no such extreme measure as this was ever dreamed of by the American people. If the administra tion has made a blunder it will he held strictly responsible for that blunder. On the other hand, if the o'vlrr brings about good results and enabies the coal carriers to brtn-t food, no blame will be placed up J.I it. Coal conditions were improving, and, with the coming of warmer weather they were bound to iinprov? still further, if the administration had waited a week or so probably such iir. order would not have been necessary. SAYS GARFIEI.D IS IN \ PANIC [From the Tribune.] The Fuel Administration has lost its head. Dr. Garfield is in a panic and acts in a headlong manner. Having failed to restore the natural rhythm of a colossal und wonderful industrial mechanism by poking priority orders into it, he proposed to make it run by beating it on the curbstone. The aberrations of the mechanism were caused in the first place by the government's running amuck with orders, every depart ment for itself, until all the avenues ol' production and distribution were congested. The mechanism will somehow sur vive, but fancy the effect that will be produced in the minds of oui partners in war and upon the enemy! GAMBLERS SCORED FOR USE OF PUNCHBOARDS [Continued from First Page.] nut street, was called for trial after Brenner had been sentenced. The defense opened this afternoon. Sentences of the four persons he fore Judge Kunkel yesterday plead ing guilty to unlawful possession of drugs, lwceny, and four serious charges follow: Joseph NT. Keister. SSOO tine and ten months, unlawful possession of drugs; $5 and seven months, larceny; $75 fine on serious charge; Sue Eberly, SSOO and eight months. unlawful possession .)f drugs; $75 tine on serious charge; James Irby, $,"00 and nine months, unlawful possession of drugs: Carrie Yingst, $5 and six months, larceny; both $75 fines on serious charges; James Worley. six months, carrying concealed deadly weapons. Judge Henry's Court Trial of George C. Bamford, charged with receiving leather stolen from Philadelphia and Reading rail way cars, was started just before noon before Judge Henry in court room No. 2. James Geary, the other defendant in the case, wanted for stealing the leather, left the city aft er being held under iiail for court. The ease may reach the jury this aft ernoon. Two other defendants were heard: Joseph Seipus, felonious as sault and selling liquor on Sunday; and Abe Troup, assault and battery. George Gebhart. convicted of felon ious assault, and Edward S. Smith, pleading guilty on a larceny case, were released under suspended sen tence. Heavy sentences were imposed in the burglary suits against three de fendants, William Seibert getting from one to three years; Irvln Shen felt, two to four years, and Jacob A. Kreiser, two to four years. Judge McCarrell's Court Amos Huntzberger, charged with aggravated assault and battery by Mrs. Joseph Shaeffer, was on trial before Judge McCarrell, the case con- Miming much of the morning session. The jury went out at noon, and Les- I'T Kedfern, colored, was called, 'iedfern, it is alleged, struck Hale White, colored, over the head with a -hovel. Tho force of the blow broke the shovel handle, and according to testimony. White was unconscious for a week. Sentences by Judge Mc- Carrell yesterday were as follows: J. E. Rice, forgery, two cases, sls and twelve months; John Irvin, sl3 and nine months: Irvin Muldrow, $5 and six months, both larceny from the person; Ray Craddock, acquitted, two serious charges. The Grand Jury ignored the lar ceny' suit against Harry Blough. President Names Many Postmasters Washington, Jan. 17.—The Presi dent yesterday sent a long list of nominations for postmasters to the Senate. Among them wer ethe fol lowing: Pennsylvania, Winifred 11. Rose, Tioga; Grant Piper, Petersburg; Lewis N. Spencer, Lancaster; Mat thew C. Kox, Media; G. M. Touch stone, Moores; Charles H. Carter. Pocono; Edwin S. Hawes, Narbeth; Albert Kneule, Norristown; N. Seitzinger, Reading: C. A. Smith, Swarthmore; Hugh Gilmore. Wil liamsport, and E. K. Eckelberger, Hanover. MERCHANTS' ICE CO>ll'A N \ REORGANIZES KUH IfllS Eighty per cent, of the capital stock of the Merchants' Ice Company was represented yesterday when the stockholders met to choose a board uf directors for the enduing year. The election of officers resulted as fol lows: President, I* W. Kay; vice president, A. P. Kitchen:-treasurer. W. J Perrin; manager, C. E. banner; sec retary. S. H. Deckman. . In addition to these the board of di rectors is made up of M. P. Johnson, W. J. Irvin. of Reading; W. S. Eorten baugh, C. E. Sheesley artd L. R. Sim onetti. The directors received almost a unanimous vote. To Cure n ("old In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUINrNE Tablets. Druggists refund monev if it fßils to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signa ture is on each box. 30c. —Advertise- ment. HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH FUEL ORDER CAUSES SEVERE REACTIONS The Order of Fuel Administrator Garfield Directing Temporary Suspension of Industries Caused Reactions: Liberty Bonds Eased Slightly MOW YOltli STOCKS j Chandler Brothers and Company, members of New Vork and Philadel- | I pliia Stock Exchanges —-3 North Mar ! ket street, Harrisburg:; 1:138 Chestnut ! Ktreet, Philadelphia: 34 Pine street, I New York furnish the following ! quotations: Open. Close. Allis Chalmers 18's 111 American Beet Sugar .. 7UV4 Tl ! American Can :it> American Car nnd Fd.v. .' !>>£ 71', | American Locomotive .. 54 55'.i! American Smelting .... 78-t, 80 i ] American Woolens 4S" 4 is l -! I Anaconda 1 •>_. |]U | 1 Atchison 83i s 82?<> , ! Baldwin Locomotive ... 575il'i I Baltimore and Ohit 52% 5-| ! Bethlehem Steel (B) ... 75 7 4 J Butte Copper 18' s 10', ! California Petroleum 15 ll^ji Canadian Pacific 139 1391 a I ] Central l.eather 68H t>:i 3 i ! Chesapeake and Ohio .. 51's 51 I Chi., Mil. and St. Paul.. 42% 43 J Chi., it. |. and Pactflc. .. 18 s , 19Vi | Cliino Con. Copper 42' i 42 ] I Colorado Fuel and Iron.' "ti 36 i jCorn Products 3(H, 30',..! I Crucible Steel. 55% 55% ! iDstilling Securities .... 35 1 36 ' Erie 15', 14% General Motors 110 110% j Great Northern pfd 86% 87 j i Great Northern Ore subs 26 26 i I Inspiration Copper u% ii i ! International Paper .... 26% 27 j j ICennecott Copper 31 32% | | Kansas City Southern .. 16 16% i Lackawanna Steel 75' • 76 i I.ehlgh Valley 55% 55% | Merc. Marine Ctfs 22 23% | ; Merc. Marine Ctfs. pfd.. 891, 93% ! j .Mexican Petroleum .... 85% s 7', , i Miami Copper 31 Jl'i Midvale Steel 15 45% j New York Central 68% 68% I Norfolk and Western . . 103 103%. j Northern Pacilic 82 82 | Pennsylvania It. It 45% 46 Pittsburgh Coal 46 46 Railway Spring . . 50 50 | Bay Con. Copper 23% 23% ! Reading Railway 71U 72 j j Republic Iron and Steel. 73% • 75 ' | Southern Pacific 81% 81 % | | Southern Railway 22% 22% I Studebaker 46 47% | Union Pacilic 110% 111% II" S. I. Alcohol 116 116 I U. S. Rubber 51 52% I". S. Steel 89% 90% I'. S. Steel pfd 109 109 | i t'tah Copper 78\' a 80®4 | Virginia-Carolina Cheni. .'57 | Weittnfhouse Mfg 38% 39 PIIII.XDF.I.I'HI \ STOC KS Philadelphia. Jan. 17.—Stocks closed | i heavy. i General Asphalt 14 (General Asphalt, I'ii 47 I Lake Superior Corporation .... I2 I yl* I Lehigh Navigation (Lii I Lehigh Valley rr' 4 j Pennsylvania Railroad 4."*T4 I J Philadelphia Klectric 25% I I'hiladelphia Company 1!♦ Philadelphia Co.. Pfd Bid 26 | Philadelphia TJapid Transit .... 20 V: ! Reading 71 ( (Storage Battery 4i j ;t nion Traction 11 j i'nited Gas Impurovement 70 'j I United States Steal 00% Vork Railways 8 ! Vork Pfd | New York. .fan. 17 (Wall Street).— j The order of the fuel administration directing temporary suspension of. industrial* activity caused severe re- ! actions at the opening of to-day's j market. The shares most affected : were those of companies which are likely to suffer severe curtailment as j a result of the new regulations. { Steels, coppers and allied issues broke I 1 to 2 points and specialties, includ- j 1 Ing motors. 2 to 4 points. Kails were I J relatively steady, recessions in invest- I i ir.ent issues average little more than I i a point. The selling pressure relapsed j after the first llfteen minutes and by | I the end of the first half hour most j j losses were largely restored. Lib- ■ I eit.v bonds eased slightly. Milton G. Potts Dies After a Year's Illness i Milton G. Potts, 74, died at liisl j home. 1529 North Second street, j last niKlit. after a year's illness. Fu-! neral services will be held Saturday I afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. j Kllis N. Krenier, pastor of Salem ; Reformed Church, officiating. Burial | will be made in the HijrrisburK I Cemetery. Mr. Potts was the father of I)r. | George C. Potts, the druggist. Hej I had a wide acquaintance In the city, | taking an active part in various civic I and business enterprises.. Me was i president of the Broad Street Mar j ket House Company and the Farm ers' Market House Association. Me served as a director of the Me- I chanics Trust Company and was at i a former time poor director of Dau- I phin county. I I I NKHAI, SKKMCKS FOR 1)R. MOI'MTT SATURDAY | Funeral services for Dr. Robert H. Moffitt, Sr., will' be held at the I home Saturday afternoon at :i o'clock ithe Rev. Dr. George Edward Mawes, i pastor of Market Square Presby | terian Church officiating. Burial I will be made in the Harrisburg I Cemetery. Dr. Moffitt died at his residence. I 1 1705 North Front street, yesterday) ! morning. Me is widely known in this' I city and in the state. Honorary pallbearers were an-1 nounced as follows: Samuel YV. ■ Fleming, Thomas T. Wiernian, Ed-! ward 34. Gross, William Jenings, D. I W. Cox, R. A. Johnston, Major Lane S. Mart, Horace A. Chayne, E. J. ! Stackpole, Henry A. Kelker, Spencer |C. Gilbert, George Kunkel, William ; H. Metzger, M. VV. Jacobs, Dr. H. McGowan, J. Henry Splcer and S. J. M. McCarrell. >IRS. MEI.KN SI. ALLEN Mrs. Helen Myers Allen, wife of William H. Allen, died Tuesday at her home in Pittsburgh. Mrs. Allen was the only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. U. H. Myers. She was born in Harrisburg, Pa„ in 18G5. Mrs. Allen went to Pittsburgh in 1 887 and was married there to Mr. Allen in 1889. She formerly resided at 127 West State street in this city. She was for many Tears identified with kindergarten work with the Pittsburgh and Allegheny Free Kin dergarten Association.. Mrs. Alien when residing in Harrisburg was a member of the Pine Street Presby terian Church. When she moved to Pittsburgh a member of i Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church. Mrs. Allen had an unusual mind and a sweet and amiable character and leaves many friends to mourn her loss. She is survived by her hus band and five children. Lieutenant Wm. H. Allen, Jr., llltli Infantry, Lieut. Winthrop Myers Allen, U. S. Coast Artillery, Edward Jay Allen, 11., Helen M. Allen and Elisabeth Robinson Allen. JOHN A. HATTON John A. Hatton, 19, died at 2.35 o'clock this morning, at the home of his father, 1207 Wallace street. Fu neral services will be held Saturda afternoon at two o'clock, the Rev. Dr. C. C. Cooper, officiating. Burial will be made in the Lincoln Ceme tery. I'll 11, A IHOM'II I \ PRODI CK By .Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. 17. Wheat Steady; No. 1, red, No. 1. .-".ft, red, No. 2, red, $L'.L'4; No. soft, ltd. *2.2:'; No. red, $2.21; No. soft, red. $2.10; No. I, red. $2.17; No. 1, soft, red. $2.15. Vi° ni Market nominal; No. 2. yelluw, No. r, yellow, nominal. Oats Scarce and Arm; No. 2, white, OHVaG/IMe; No. 3, white, !>2 I '.ft| 93c. Bran The market is steady; suft winter, |>e rton, $ 15.50& 17.00; spring, per toil, $11.00^45.00. Butter The market is unchanged; western, creamery, extras, !>3c; near by prints, fancy, 57e. ISggs—Strong:, higher; Pennsylvania and other nearby lirsts, free cases, $l9.SO(i( 20.10 per case; do., current receipts, free cases, $10.50 per case; western, extra, firsts, free cases, slo.Bos' 20.10 per case; do., tirsts, free cases, $19.50 per case. Cheese ljuiet, hut tlrm; New York, full cream, 22Sf 25'/sc. Live Poultry—Firm, fair demand; fowls, 28@2!tc; roosteis, 20® 2lc; young roosters, 2Hi 25c; spring chickens, 26ft/ 29c; ducks, Peking, 2S ('!-'Oc; do., Indian Runner, 2#f/i 28c; turkeys, 26Sr 28c; geese, nearby, 25(d 28c. Dressed Poultry Market linn and higher; turkeys. nearby, choice to fancy, 35i37c; do., luir to good. 306'3-lc; do., old. 31®>3tic, do., western, choice to fanc.v, 3 t:o„ fair to good. 30(i(33c; do., old toms, 31if();l2c; d 0.,, old, common, 2ifti2(ii'; fowls, fancy, 314(31 He; good to choice, 28V2®f-9 do., snip 11 sizes, ;.'2iW2Bc; old roosters, 23g; broiling chickens, nearby, 30@37c;' do., west ern, 305(32c; roasting chickens, 23® 30c; ducks, nearby, 25®30c; do., west ern, 21 (ci 29c; geese, nearby, 23(j{'25c; do., western, 21 ©23 c. • Tallow_ — Steady; city prime in tierces, 17c; special loose, prime country, 16>,£c; dark, 15>,4@16c; edible, in tierces. 18 Vi HT9 V4c. Potatoes Market firm; New Jersey, No. 1, per basket, 75W90c (33 lbs.); New Jersey, No. 2. per basket. 40Si)60c; New Jersey, per 100 lbs., SI.BO St 2.20; Pennsylvania, per 100 lbs.. $2.255 i 1.00; New York, per 100 lbs., western, per 100 lbs., $2.25 ® 2.50. Rellned Sugars Firm, but quiet. Powdered, 8.45 c; line granulated, 7.455i)8.35c. Flour The market is steady with a good demand; winter straight. $ 10.10 @10.25; Kansas, clear, $9.7 ;> 5/ 10.00; do.. patents, $1 l.OOfn 11.5' l; spring, firsts, clear, spot. spring firsts, clear, mill shipment, $9.75fn 10.00; spring bakers, patent, spot, $1.40? i! 11.60; spring, patent, mill shipment, $10.65(1/' 11.05; spring family brands, spot. $11.00@11.25. Iluy Firm, good demand; tim othy (according to location); No. 1, large bales. S2B.. r >o(fi'29.oo; No. I. small bales, $28.50@29.00: No. 2 $27.00® 28.00; No. :!, $24.00@25.00- samples. $ 19.00® 21.00; no grade. $15.n0(517.00. Clover mixed —Light, mixed, $27.00 (ft 28.00: No. 1. $25.50fi 26.50; No. 2, $22.50(0 23.50. ( HICAFIO F AT'I'IJH By Associated Press Chicago, Jan. 17. Cattle Re ceipts. 6,000; firm. Native beef steers, sß..'!sf< 13.60; stockers and feeders. s6.9o(fr 10.90; cows and heifers, $5.90® II.85; calves. $8.50®15.75. Sheep Receipts. 7.000; strong. Wethers, $9.75®13.35; lambs, sl4.4o'ii 17.65. Hogs Receipts. 12,000; strong. Bulk of sales, $ 1 2.6ofr< 16.60; light. 515.75® 16.56; mixed, )16.p0@16.70; heavy. $16.C0 (u 16.70; rough, $16.00® 16.15; pigs, $12.50ti115.25. CHICAGO IIO\1!l> 01-' i'H.ADK By Associated Press Chicago. Jan. 17.—Board of Trade closing: Corn—January, 1.27 r, ; May, 1.24%. Oats—January, 78 T : May. 75%. Pork-—January, 46.55; May, 45.80. Lard—January, 24.85; May, 25.05. Ribs —January. 24.10; May, 24.50. Catchings Assails Baker War Plans as 'Pernicious' Washington. .lan. 17.—The insist ent sentiment in Congress for re forms in the War Department as an • utcoine of the disclosures of delay in handling the problem of Army equip ment, became accentuated when Wad dill Catchings, of New York, chairman of the War Committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, appear ed before the Senate military affairs committee. As spokesman for 971 Chambers of Commerce throughout the country, Mr. Catchings declared the War De partment's system was "most per nicious." He warned the committee that, unless a radical departure was made from the methods now in vogue in the War Department, the country would run to disaster in its war aims. Coincident with Mr. Catchings' statement, the United States Chamber of Commerce gave out a long state ment in which it declared the pur chasing system of the Government lacking in co-ordination and efficacy. Speaking for 500,000 men of business and affairs, the United States Cham ber of Commerce said that the need oi an overhauling of the Government's supply policy was imperative. Mr. Catchings, who is president of the Sloss-Sheftield Iron and Steel Company, toid the Senate committee that he regarded the policy of Secre tary Baker in the war supply pro gram as "woefuly chaotic." - O'Neal Expected to Announce Tonight Some form of an announcement re garding candidacy for governor is expected from State Highway Com missioner J. Denny O'Neil before sun down by folks about the State Capi tol. It is believed that he will throw his hat into the ring. Mr. O'Neil, who has been suffer ing from a severe cold, was in con sultation with Governor Brumbaugh this morning and also talked with other friends regarding the form the announcement should take. Among reports here is one that Daniel K. Lafean. state banking com missioner, may run for lieutenant governor on the state administration ticket headed by O'Neil. IJemouruts here are showing much interest in talk of possibility of ex. Judge. James Gay Gordon becoming a candidate for governor on the Demo cratic ticket. trial' Board."* ° f thp Btate ; GLOBE OIL CO. STOCK nividendH at me of 18 per cent. per tie.niilii. !/., per cent, monthly SI Producing Wells—more tlrillluu Pur value #l.Oll. Price per share. DKTAILKO RKPORT ON REQUEST. Members New York Stock Exchange. FARSON, SON & CO., 115 BROADWAY, NEW YORK QIIBBER STAMQfI J|| SEALS & STENCILS Uk I** MFG.BYHBG.STENCILWORKS ■ mf J J 130 LOCUST ST. HB&PA. U rAtmitSeeoefltsi ORPHEUM I Monday, night only, January 21. ' Marbury and Comstock present the smart musical comedy, "Very Good j Eddie." Saturday, night only, January -6 John Drew and Margaret lllington , in "The Gay Lord cjuex." MAJESTIC ; High Grade of Vaudeville. ! COEON'IAL, I To-night Constance Talmadtfe in j I "The Honeymoon." i To-morrow and Saturday- Mae Marsh t in "The Cinderella Man." i Coming, soon Kva Tanguay in "The! j Wild Girl." I REG ISN'T i To-day, double attraction —Fannie, Ward in "On the L#evel," and a re- j 1 turn engagement of Charlie Chap- J ♦ 1 ivi in "The Adventurer." I To-morroy and Saturday Millie I Burke in "The of Promise." \ ] Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 1 "The Italian Hattlefront," the Hist I official war pictures of the Italian J j Government. VICTORIA j To-day—Herbert Rawlinson in "Cornel J Through:" also "Vengeance and the! i Woman." I Friday and Saturday—Virginia Pear-I son in "The Stolen Honor." Monday and Tuesday—Theda Bara in , ; "Cam i lie." j An entirely new and different sort j of situation arises in the motion pic-: ture play now being shown. Victoria for the last times to-day at ! Theater the popular Victoria Thea-| tor. and entitled "Conie ! Through." It concerns a. burglar unci j l a very pretty and winsome young wo-i i man. The thief goes to rob the house and just as he enters byway of th* window a strong voice exclaims "hands up." and a husky westerner j pokes a gun in the face of the thief and backs him across the room to a j minister and the pretty girl whom lit-j had never seen before and is com pelled to marry her. It is this most j novel and unique situation around j which the incomparable George Bron scn Howard has woven one of the most thrilling and dramatic motion! picture stories of the year. Herbert j Rawlinson. supported by an all-star• oast, is featured. Another part of j "The Vengeance and the Woman" will j Also be shown to-day. Virginia Pear son. in "The Stolen Honor." will t>- the attraction for to-morrow and Sat urday. A big feature of the Majestic bill I the last half of this week is the ap- | pearance of the clever trio j At I lie —Ward, Wilson and Jan- I Majestic esc whose vaudeville of- ; fering has been meeting I with pronounced success all along the! Keith circuit. They are blest with pleasing personalities and an abun- | dance of talent, and their combined j efforts result in their putting over a comedy skit that is a big laugh. It is a lively offering anil is certain to please. Also on the bill arc Wheeler and Moran, in comedy songs and noli- | sense. Their songs are tuneful and catchy, while their dialogue is bright and witty. The Mitzuma Japs, in an excellent novelty offering, together with two other comedy acts, complete the program. Yesterday's audiences at the Colo nial Theater were high in their praise or the bril ( onslaiicc Talmntlge liant comedy. In "The Honeymoon** "The Honey in o on," i n which charming Constance Talmadge is starred. This picture appears at ithe above named theater for the last times to-night. it '.s replete with | I Mglil v amusing situations, in which! i the star figures prominently, giving \ j her excellent opportunity to display j i her talents as a comedienne. Sup- j porting Miss Talmadge is Earle Foxe, j a well-known screen favorite, and a; I cast of prominent players, j The attraction > for to-morrow and! Saturday will be Mae Marsh in her | latest Goldwyn production, "The Cin- I dr-rella Man," a screen presentation of Edward fluids Carpenter's delightful I play of the same title. Critics de- j clare that it is the best thing that ] Mae Marsh has ever done, and that she is incomparably charming. To local playgoers who have been j looking forward such a long time to • the coming of "Very "Very t;ood Good Eddie," the an lidtlle" nouncement of the ap- 1 pearance of this musicai j comedy success to the Orpheum next I Monday evening will be most joyfully I received. It is not a "road show" that j is coming here, but the No. 1 cast and I [production—practically the same hs that which figured in the year's run j of the piece at the Princess Theater | and the same which scored such a | | recortl-breakine- success at the Adel- Phi Theater in Philadelphia not long ago. It is coming here direct from ( N'ew York, where it is now playing its third return engagement, and its cast | has been kept intact. In the company . that will be seen here are such Broad way favorites as Denman Maleyi Georgic Mack, Harry Meyers, Helen Raymond, Florence Karle. Theodora Warlield, Lavinia Winn, Harry Link ev. Jean Dcßrlac, Elaine Ford, ltaiph ' O'Brien and the famous Swagger; Fashion Chorus, which will delight j the eve. When the audience is not | laughing at the bright comedy or ap plauding the many tuneful musical numbers, there are always the beau- j tifui voung girls of the chorus to \ charm and beguile. "Very Good Ed die" is already well known here by , reason of the great popularity of the • many song hits which the score con- i tains and which have been dancing favorites fcr the past year. Natural- ] ly this music leveal* new charms j AMUSEMENTS LAST TIMES TO-DAY 1 CONSTANCE TALMADGE —ln— "The Honeymoon" i TO-MOKHOW and SATURDAY MAE MARSH in "The Cinderella Man" ! COLONIAL PHICES, 10c AND 15c I REGENT THEATER—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 11 "THE rp— Jl g ITALIAN Panorama BATTLE Struggle o„I: FRONT" F ;°: Roof of ADMISSION? To ... Adults, The World Children, 10<- Sky _J ATOR A— L—————— Adults, 25 screen star, will appear at the Rc *vcnt to-morrow and Saturday in "The j of Promise," which was one of her most popular stage successes. It. discloses the piquant young star as a \ young English girl whose life is one , of romance and charm. That is, un- | til she reaches "The Land of Prom- ; ise"—the land she has dreamed about . where all her dreams would come i 11 n. ■. j Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday— The heroic struggle along the Italian I front will be shown in marvelous war pictures taken under the direction of j the Italian government, showing H j wonderful panorama of Italy's strug- J gle from sea to sky. Abolish Red Tape, Roosevelt Insists New York. J.in. 17. Colonel Theo- j oore Roosevelt yesterday expressed j the opinion that the bureaus in Wash- | ington were just as enmeshed in red i tape, and that a hairs in general were i in tiie same confusion as hampered i the war activities of the American ' government twenty years ago. The j ('olonel who has just accepted the hon- ! orary Presidency of the American De- i fense Society, was speaking at the j luncheon of the trustees of the so-1 ciety at the Union League Club. "It is imperatively necessary that ( we shall put every particle of our strength back of the government in | everything it does to win this war," ! he said. "It is therefore imperative- ! ly necessary that we shall fearlessly I remedy whatever is done that is I wrong. It is not friendship for the; United States it is, perhaps, un consciously, hostility to the United . States to decline to point out the ! defects and shortcomings in waging' the war. Always remember that the chief assailant of the men who now 1 strives to remedy our defects and shortcomings in waging the war is Mr. Hearst. He seems to regard it , as unpatriotic to point out that i broomstiek rifles and logwood can- ; non are not efficient implements of war against Germany." M\>V 1110 Alt 1)11. RUSSELL 'Guilt, Grace and Glory," was Dr Russell's subject at Christ Lutheran Church last night. Ills address was inspiring. "Silence and suffering are the perreeteil ingredients of guilt," he said. ''At the final judgment, the wicked shall be numb. No human genius lias ever thrown a bridge across the awful abyss. Grace makes ' us citizens of glory and glory makes us companions of God," he declared. ! Dr. Russell's subject this evening i will be "Time's Tragedy." AMUSEMENTS VIC TORIA EXTRA SPECIAL To-day, Last Time Herbert liuuliiiMMi. ••He pokes a gun In my face and backs me across Use room to a minister and a ;irl I never HH before and sayss" ••Come Through.'* llrownson Howard, at his in comparable lies I. An under world and society drama. Dou't miss it. To-morrow and Saturday only. Another strong William Fox Urania slurring the noted emo tional actress, Virßliiln Pearson, In "The Stolen Honor.*' Also special added attraction. .Vams Montgomery I'IHUK'S Intest com edy: Uirls You Know." ORPHEUM TO-NIGHT Jgg i BILLY VAIL Presents j GROWN UP BABIES WITII ORA ENTAL CLASSICAL IMNCKK ORPHEUM":;,:;:: ,v 'Monday, Jan. 21 Seat Sale Starts To-Morrow— to $1.50 The Musical Comedy Treat of the Year The Marbiiry-Comstoek Company's Original "Number One" Pro- Just as Presented a Year in New York and Five Months in Phila delphia—Willi Its Itroadwa.v Cast—Us 1,000 I4IUKhs —lus Fascinating Songs and Dances—and Its SWAGGER FASHION CHORUS Two Hundred More Jewish Secretaries to Be Sent to Do U.S.Cantonment Work New York, Jan. 17.—Two hun dred additional Held representatives are to be appointed in addition to those already in its service, by the .Jewish board for welfare work in the Army and Navy, to cure for the needs of the Jewish soldiers and sailors at the various cantonments. Twenty of the new lield workers have just completed their trainln'-; i.nd have been graduated from the hoard's training school and are ready to take their places with the men at the cantonments. Representatives of the board, it is announced by Colonel Harry Cut ler, chairman of the board, are now stationed at every camp of import ance throughout the country and the number is to be steadily increas ed as the training school graduates pupils. Chester Jacob Teller, executive di rector of the board, upon whom de volves the duty of gathering togeth er for the service, men of the right ability and character, lias issued a new appeal for applicants. "Jewish men of high type are needed imme diately," he declared, "to perform this patriotic functi6n. The salar ies paid are high and in addition, all expenses are allowed and compen sation accrues with the entrance of the student into the training school. The board is seeking the best ele ment of energetic and patriotic Jew ish young men, who are unable to serve actively with the colors or are not qualified for military service. The Jewish board for welfare work is now ready to finance the extensive community program for uniformed men of the Jewish faith. AMISKMEXTS REGENT Double Attraction TO-DAY !•*ANNIE WARD in "ON THE LEVEL" A Heturn EIIUIIKC incut of CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "THE ADVENTURER" TO-MORROW AND SATURDAY UILLIIi BURKE in THE LAND OF PROMISE ——— < (MAJESTICTHEATER Wllmer nnd Vincent Vaudeville THE SEASO.V'S FEATURE HI LI, Including HILDA'S ANKEL The Highest Laugh Sensation of the Season lO l'eople. EVELYN MAY & CO. In Another His: l.nimli Treat, Kntit led "LIVE WIRKS" :t Other IIIk Hit Attractions 3 COMING MONDAY The Sensation of the Year "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE" TWENTY MINUTES WITH OtU HOVS IN THE TRENCHES * ' CONGRESSMAN WALTER M. CHANDLER From 19th New York District Will Kive two thrilling uddrcsscs to Men Only iu j Fahnestock Hall, Y. M. C. A. Sunday, .Inu. HO, 3.30 I*. M.—Sub ject, "THE Til IA L OF rilltlST FROM A LAWYER'S STAND* POINT." Monday, .lan. 21, SP. >l. Putriotie Address; subject, ••HOW THE \\ Alt CAM E TO AM El It*A." SPECIAL MUSICAL FEAT! HE \ iolin Solos liy Miss Sarn Lemer. Admission free both meetings, silver collection. ALL MEN INVITED