8
FM PUS
FOB TEACHERS
Members of State Edu
cational Council De
cide to Frame Bill
for Legislature
STEELE ELECTED
AS SECRETARY
Resolution Calls on Teachers' Associ
ation to Appropriate SI,OOO for
Necessary Expenses in Seeking Pas
sage of Law
The f*tate Educational Council met
to-day to discuss one subject,—a
teachers' pension bill. The matter was
debated at length the entire ytorning,
as the subject presents more difficul
ties in this .State than in any other.
The Attorney General's Department
holds that a teachers' pension bill will
be unconstitutional, but some members
of the Council felt that the difficulty
might be met in the same manner as
the pension for retired judges. Tire
bill providing for the retirement of
judges, after a certain age and after
a certain amount of judicial service,
provides a salary for them, but the
judges are to be considered liable at
any time to he cal'e I back to service
and the money given them is looked
upon as a salary not as a pension.
Many members of the Couucil held
that a teachers' pension could be ar
ranged along the same lines as the
judges' bill. The mothers' pension bill
has never as yet been tested in the
courts, but many lawyers hold that it
is plainly unconstitutional although
probably no one may test it in the
courts.
iThe second point debated was the
manner ol raising the pension inonev.
Some members of the Council advo
cated raising a certain per cent, as :s
done in Harrisburg, by a compulsory
assessment of She teachers, the State
supplying the balance of the money
needed. Another plan proposed was that
the State itself provide all of the
money needed tor pensions. The Coun
cil finally agreed upon the following
resolution' which will be presented to
the state Board of Education at its
meeting in December:
Resolved that the president of the
Council be authorized to appoint a com
mittee of five persons to draw a pen
sion bill involving th e principles of a
retirement fund made up of equal con
tributions from teachers and State, this
committee tn include the president of
the Council and two other members, an
expert on teachers' pensions, and a le
gal expert; and that the executive com
mittee of the Association be asked to
appropriate a sum of money from the
treasury not tn exceed orte thousand
dollars for their necessary expenses.
And further that, this report shall be
presented to the State Teachers' Asso
ciation in December tor consideration
and discussion.
1 he Educational Council of the StaJe
Teachers' Association favors a law for
the retirement of teachers on age or
disability. It believes that such a law
should provide tor a retirement fund
to bp made up from equai contribu
tions by the teachers anil the State.
The election of officers of the Edu
cational Council was held this morning.
Dr. George Becht being elected presl
dent and Dr. \V. S. Steele, of the Har
risburg High school, secretary.
CIVIC CLUB iKES PLANS
Directors To-day Discuss the Fall Work
of the League of Good
Citizenship
The Boari of Directors of the Civic
Club of Harrisburg held an important
meeting this morning at the home of
Mrs. William Henderson, 25 North 1
Front street. The report of Mrs. H.I
Lindlex Hosford, chairman of the Edu
cational Department, showed that the,
League of Good Citizenship is now in 1
fourteen school buildings and that only
a lack of workers prevents it being
placed in more. The subject of the
talks in the schools this month is
"Our f ity's House-cleaning." The
paper is preparatory to the municipal
house-cleaning which will be under
taken in November by Dr. Rauniek. j
The Civic Club believes that it can'
aid efficiently by interesting the ehi 1
dren in the cleaning of back yards,
cellars, etc.
Mrs. Edwin S. Herman report**! 542
entered in the home garden confests.
Twenty-seven dollars worth of seeds
were given to the children and the
final visits for awards will be made'
this afternoon. The names of the prize!
winners will not be announced until Oc
tober 19. The department will probably j
give a large number of small prizes
rather than a few large ones.
Miss Pollock, of the Municipal De
partment. told of the twelve bushels i
and a halt of flies that were killed in I
this year'* swatting contests. The
year books will be ready for distri-!
bution at the first meeting, October 19, j
Mrs. Reily and Mrs. .Tones will repre |
sent the club at the State Federation.!
Mexican Mutineers on Rampage
Hy Associated Press.
flu Board IT. S. S. West Virginia,
Mazatlan. Oct, 8, via Wireless to San \
Diego, I. si., (Delayed in Transmission). |
—■Constitutionalist mutineers at Santa 1
Rosalia have shot Major Agua.vo, the
military comander there, looted the]
customs house, seized the Mexican
steamer Korrigan 111, and put to sea. j
Railroad to Be Sold at Auction
By Associated Pr-css.
New York, Oct. 10. —Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad is to be sold
at public auction at the county Court
House here at a date to he determined
soon. "Pile road defaulted in payment
of bond interest.
MANY GIFTS FOR Y.W.C.A.
Assembly Hall of Building Will Be a
Memorial to the Late John
Y. Boyd
The building committee of the Y. W.
C. A. to-dav announced that the assem
bly ball, gift of Mr«. John Y. Boyd
and daughter, will be called "The John
V. Boyd HalP' in memory of the man
who so largely gave of his time, knowl
edge and experience in the preliminary
construction of the building.
The committee also appreciates the
generous offers to furnish rooms in the
new building. The furniture has been
placed in the rooms and is of a silver
gray tone, in harmony with the interior
woodwork of tne building. An appro
i priate tablet will be placed on the door
of the room, bearing the donor's name
jor the name of the person in whose
I memory the gift is made.
Mrs.' John VV. Reily, president, or
I Miss M. Caroline Weiss, chairman of
| the building committee, will give any
I information desired. Sixty dollars pays
for tihe complete furnishing of a room.
Following is a list of donors to date:
I Mrs. Prank R. Leib, Mrs. Martina
j Moesleiu. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart,
I Miss ( aroline Pearson, Mrs. Elizabeth
' Kunkel. in memory of her mother,
Mis. Rutherford; Mrs. Clute and the
j Misses Clute, the Rev. William S. Har-
I lis, Mrs. Edward F. Dunlap, in mem
ory of her mother, .Mrs. Grice; Major
| Lane S. Hart, in memory of his .wife,
i Mrs. Martha H. Hart: \V. M. Ogelsbv,
j in memory of his wife, Mrs. Eva Deu
| i ley (>gel»by; Mrs. Mary .1. Coder, of
I Mechaniesburg, a memorial clock for
j the lob'bj ; the HicUok family, the home
department sitting room, in memory of
Mrs. William 0. Hickok, Sr.; J. H,
Troup, a ?3ao piano, and Mrs. Charles
Baker, Miss ( arrie Fotterhoff and Mrs.
•I. K. (Smith, 100 hymn books. Aildi
| tional donations will be published later.
YIXUSt ON "HARDSCKAEBLE"
Old Resident of District Appends His
Views to Check for Taxes
j Johfi Yingst, a resilient and property
I owner in the " Hardscrabble'' district,
I recently sent a check to the City
j Treasurer in settlement for a tax claim
land to it he appended a note telling of
! the .passing of " Hardscrabble." This
, is what he said:
Hardscrabble Must <io!
Selling Out to Close Business.
! Anything from a needle to a hav
| stack (inclusive). No reasonable offer
i refused. Come and buy yourself rich
and oblige.
l'ours in P. L. & T.,
John Yingst.
P. S.—We still hold the Port and
are likely to for 'hout seben or elebsn'
I years more, unless very gently per
suaded to do otherwise, i. e., vacate,
vamoose, absquatulate. Get up and'
git.—J. Y.
RELIGION AROUNI) THE WORLD
Minister, Back From Abroad, Starts a
Series of Sermons To-morrow
Beginning to-morrow evening, the
Sunday night services at the Market
Square Presbyterian church for several
weeks will have as their general subjeet
" Religion Around the World." The
minister in charge, the Rev. William
B. Cooke, returned last month from a
journey which completed the circuit of
the globe. For over three years he was
the minister of tihe First Presbyterian
church in Manila, Philippine Islands,
and so hail many favorable opportuni
ties to observe conditions in the Far
Ea st.
While on the way out he saw our
■western country and on the way home
he visited India, Egypt, Palestine and
Europe. The service to-morrow night
at 7.30 will be devoted to the subject,
"The Great West" and next Sunday
night, "Hawaii and Japan."
TENNIS CLUB ORGANIZED
The Membership Charter Will Remain
Open Until November 1
A number of Harrisburg tennis
players met at the office of Park Com
missioner Taylor last evening and
formed an organization, which it is
planned shall be made perpetual. Can
didates for membership will be entitled
to submit their applications to one of
the society up until November 1.
At the tennis club quarters in Re
servoir Park, there are 128 lockers
for men and 78 for ladies. These will
be apportioned this fall as will also
additional plans for the 1915 tennis
season.
FOOD EXHIBIT OPENS MONDAY
Manufacturers Will Show Their Prod
ucts in the Making
The Manufacturers' Pure Food Kx- 1
hibit will open on Monday in the
Chestnut street auditorium, to contin
ue throughout the week. Exhibitors!
have contracted for all space available.!
and in some instances they will install i
machinery to show their products in :
the making.
Congressmen In Bitter Tilt
By Associated Press,
Washington, Oct. 10.—A bitter ex
change in the House to-day between
Republican Leader Mann and Repre- i
sentative Heflin, of Alabama, culmi
nated in the Alabama Representative
denouncing Mr. Mann as unworthy of
his seat and demanding that the House !
take up his charge for consideration.
Amateur Speculators Here
'Phe matter of selling ticke'ts for the
World's series games in series of three 1
made a few amateur ticket speculators
in iHairrirtwrg, as many 0 f the pur-1
chasers could see but one game and t»he j
purchasers were compelled to get rid I
of the other two. Tn most all cases the '
pasteboards did not sell at advanced |
prices.
Small Boy Injured Under Wagon
Charles Aerie, 3 years old, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Aerie, 914
Sarah street, was knocked down anil run
over by a wagon at Sixth and Forster
streets this morning. His left leg was
fractured above t'he knee. Be was cd
mitted to the Harristourg hospital for
treatment.
Condition of Clearing House Banks
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 10.—The »taite<ment
of the average condition of Clearing
House banks and trust companies for
t.he week shows that the cash reserve
increased $10,195,300, leaving a deficit
of $7,79 1,350 below legal requirements.
Artistic Printing at Star Independent.
HARRISBUBG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10. 1914
CALL ISSUED FOR MEN TO
HELP ERECT TABERNACLE
Hasty Action Taken by Stough Work
ers When Request Was Made to
Remove Banner Is Termed a '' Stu
pid Piece of Business"
The following call for volunteers in
the building of the Stough tabernacle
appears in "Stough Campaign Bulle
tin No. 4." to be distributed to-mor
row' in the co-operating churches:
"Men Wanted—Wanted, five hun
dred men to work exclusively for Al
mighty God for one dav of nine hours,
next Saturday, October 17, starting at
7 a. in. No wages will be paid, but
each worker will be provided with one
square (hot) meal in the middle of the
day. Experience unnecessary. This is
open to able-bodied men, whether
church members or not, saved or un
saved."
The "Bulletin" has this to say re
garding the misunderstanding which
recently arose when the executive com
mittee was requested to remoye the
Stough banner from Market street:
"Prior to the firemen's convention
held in our city last week, the execu
tive committee was requested to re
move one of the advertising banners
from Market street on the ground
that it. ami others of a like character,
detracted from the effect of the decora
tions provided by the Chamber of Com
merce. This was a perfectly reasonable
request and we, of course, complied.
"We regret to say that the above
circumstances were, in some unaccount
able way, so distorted that it became
a matter of considerable talk in town
that an injustice had been doue our
campaign committee, and Mayor Roy
al's name was connected with the mis
statements in a manner prejudicial to
the chief executive of the city.
"There are some things it is better
to ignore, and we do not wish to at
tach over much importance to this stu
pid piece of business, but we do wish
in the most official manner possible to
say that any reference to the • mayor
prejudicial to him or to his high ster
ling Christian character is as untrue
as it is ridiculous.
"Mayor Royal and the Stough cam
paign both stand on the same platform
—for a cleaner and a better Harris
burg. ''
; COURT HOUSE
AUTO STRUCK BY TROLLEY
Owner Files Court Action to Recover
Alleged Damages
A claim for S2OO damages is made
in a suit tiled with the Prothonotarv
j this morning by Frank K. Downey
against the Vailey Railways Company.
The plaintiff claims that amount for
. damages which he alleges was done
his auto when the machine was struck
| by one of the defendant company's
1 trolley cars. The accident is alleged
j to have occurred at Second and Wal
s| nut streets on September 11. H. A.
, I Segelbauinn represents the plaintiff.
I I
t Suits on Notes
e Two aasumjfsits suits were filed by
, George L. Keed this morning. One is a
, ; elaimi for $580.20 made by the Lilly
f | Lumber Company against Malcom H.
g j Gettys. The other is the suit of Mrs.
, Angeling R. Knight against Patrick
| Buss and is a claim for $733.79. Both
_ ' actions are based upon promissory
r j notes.
r i Gain in Building Work
3 | Figures .just announced by the Amer-
I I lean Contractor show gains in building
t 1 operations in Harrisburg, both this
year over last and September, 1914,
' over the same month a year ago.
The monthly gain is 26 per cent,
while the gain from January to Octo
ber. 1914, over the same period of
1913, is 11 per cent.
Scranton is another nearby city
l which has gained, its monthly increase
| being 339 per cent.
s i
. Start on Water Lines
I ! Millard F Saul, the contractor who
9 will construct the sixteen and twelve
. | inch water mains in Front street to-day
I announced that several carloads of
f pi.pe have been placed along the street
| and the preliminary will begun on
. j Monday morning.
J i Appeals Trust Company Case
j Appeals from the decision of the re
-4 i ceiver who is in charge of the affairs
of the Tradesmen's Trust Company,
( have been filed by Franklin S. Edwards
I and Charles I. Cronin, and the matter
! will be taken to the State Supreme
Court. The Prothonotarv to-day certi
fied the county court, records to the
. Supreme Court Prothonotary.
3 j Offices to Close
All of the county and citv offices
* will he closed on Monday, (Columbus
.' Day being one of the legal holidays.
i | Marriage Licenses
Joseph H. Botteiger, Lebanon, and
Edith M. Rudolph, Los Angeles, Cal.
John J. Strine and Lillie E. Mugger,
Altoona.
- ! Eugene E, Secor, York and Mary
i Leighton, Harrisburg.
- j Harvey H. Piffley and Alice Coral,
- Sandbeach.
> Henrjg Snively and Pearl Maddison,.
' , Harrisburg.
One Possible Mixture
j >on can't say you saw her voice,
i can you?"
' | " No. "
sj "And you can't say vou heard her
i j sharp look?"
■| "No, not exactly."
' j "And you can't say that you felt
! | tile odor of hay rum?"
(I " Perhaps not, but please stop In
I | here, where we can \ be seen. Here
comes Ethelbert Glue. He's a chronic
borrower, and, in spite of your strict
notions about the use of words, I'm
' going to be invisible to t'he touch.''—
New Vork Evening Sun.
His Remedy
i "The major was having some diffi
loulty with his breathing, wasn't, he?"
"Yes, but he has recovered from
thar.''
"What does he do i't for?"
"'He uses liquid air, with a dash of
bitteTs. " —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Second Edison
Farmer—Yes, sir, that hired man of
mine is one of the greatest inventors
of the century.
. City Boarder—You don't say! What
' klid he invent?
. • Farmer—Petrified motion.—Judge, I
U. S. CONSUL HAS
MMW ESCAPE
American Official and
His Family Flee From
Antwerp During the
Bombardment
SPEND NIGHT
IN BASEMENT
Consul General Says He Had Most Hor
rible Experience of His Life as
Family Crouched All Night and
Heard Havoc Caused by Shells
London, Oct. 10 3.40 A. M.—Hen
ry W. Diedrich, American Consul Gen
eral at Antwerp, who escaped from that
city with his family in an automobile,
gave the following account'of the bom
bardment to the Ghent correspondent
of the "Chronicle:"
"For days we heard the sound of
heavy gun fire and were told of the
fall one after another of our forts. It
soon became apparent that nothing
could avail against the great German
cannon and, in conjunction with other
neutrals, we endeavored to mediate
with the Germans to spare, at any rate,
some of the most valuable buildings of
world-wide interest, but the negotia
tions failed to lead to a successful re
sult.
Consul's Awtul Experience
"I had intended to remain in Ant
werp throughout the bombardment. I
was told, however, too, ' for God's sake
clear out of the city, as its destruction
is inevitable ' but 1 did not realize un
til it was almost too late. At 11
0 clock at night we were going to bed,
when we were aroused by a frightful
noise, reminding us of previous visits
of Zeppelins. Soon we realized (hat the
bombardment had commenced, and then
1 had the most horrible experience of
my whole life. I went with my family
to the basement and we crouched there
all night. Shells falling every few
minutes came with a dreadful whistling
sound, followed by a thunderclap and
the collapse of souie building.
Havoc of German Shells
"Opposite the consulate is the home
for old people, the front of which was
torn out bv a shell and the debris scat
tered over my house. More debris fell
on the two-story building adjoining,
| crumpling it up entirely and setting it
on fire. After this another shell blew
out the facade of a house lower down
on our street. As dawn came we were
i wearied out and my family was utterly
collapsed from fright and'strain, so we
| decided to leave the city. I succeeded
| in communicating with my chauffeur
: and got a car, but did not know where
to go, being left without anything but
what we had on and exposed every mo
ment to exploding snells.
Flight Fron the City
"With my wife, daughter, two serv
ants and refugee and child, I crossed
the pontoon tiridge ever the Scheldt.
It took us four hours to do this, the
stieets being a seething mass of every
kind of vehicle and dense crowds of
fugitives. The Bcene was indescribably
dreadful, everybody being moved by
the same desire to get away from the
awful horror
" After crossing the Scheldt we heard
: a report that the bridge was destroyed
by a shell, thus bottling up the inhab
i itants. As we left we saw vast, vol
' nmes of smoke arising in Antwerp from
t the burning buildings and blazing pe-
I troleum tanks."
HARRIS' URG NOW
BACK TO NORMAL
Continued I'm in Flrnt Png»
ness can be closed up at Monday even
ing's meeting.
Only Four Companies Remain
Thursday night was the last night
for the fifteen extra patrolmen and
yesterday at noon the detectives from
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Pittsburgh
went home. In so far as the police
department was concerned, it settled
down to ordinary routine a day ahead
of any other organization made busy
by the convention, for last night there
was still quite bit of celebrating.
With the departure of the four re
maining companies to-day the city will
return to its accepted groove and con
tinue on until the next big time. The
Hampden Company, of Reading, re
mained as guests of the Good Will
Company to-day; the Lincoln Company,
of Perth Am'boy, stayed over with the
Citizen Company; the Union Company,
of Reading, at the Mt. Vernon, and
the Humane Company, of Norristown.
at the Hope. The Pniou Company, of
Reading, visited the Baldwin Hose
( ompany, at Steelton, this morning,
dohn K. Shupp, Jr., chief of the Steel
ton department, who was elected second
vice president, of the State associa
tion, is a member of the Baldwin com
pany.
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park is in northern
Montana and is bounded on the north
by the Canadian line, on the east bv
the Blaekfoot Indian reservation and
on the south and west by Flathead
river. It has an area of about 915,000
acres and derives its name from many
glaciers, which are scattered throughout
its area. There are about eighty gla
ciers, between five square miles and a
few acres in area. The park is a
rugged mountainous region and contains
over 250 lakes, which are surrounded
by steep and beautifully-wooded moun
tains or precipitous rock walls. The
methods of transportation in the park
are by automobile, horse stage, launches
on the lakes and saddle and pack
horses.
Stough Meeting in Square
A meeting will he held in Market
square to-night in the interests of the
Stough evangelistic campaign. The
speakers will be Josephine Colt, Billy
Shannon and Dick Branston.
CITY OF ANTWERP
A MASS OF FLAMES
Continued From First Pace.
quarter and Peppiniere have suffered
badly as also has the quarter around
the Museum. The Palace of Justice
has been partly destroyed and there
is a ring of fire around the cathe
dral."
Belgium's Last and Strongest Citadel
London, Oct. 10, 10.30 A. M.—
Antwerp, the last and the strongest
citadel of Belgium, has fallen before
the rain of huge shells which the Ger
mans began throwing into the citv at
midnight of last Wednesday. The civil
ian population of the city has in large
part fled, the seat of the Belgian gov
ernment has been moved to Ostend and
the Germans are in occupation.
Because of the chaotic conditions
during the past few days in the be
leagured city and the interruption of
telegraphic communication there has
been much delay in the transmission
of news from Antwerp to England.
Nevertheless England has been ex
pecting and anticipating the fall of
the Belgian position and newspapers
are speculating on what strategic use
the Germans will make of it now that
it is in their hands.
Hopes of Allies Blasted v
The battle line in France is now so
I long—forijiing as it does a rough curve
j of 350 miles—from to the
Belgian frontier—that the battle of
the Aisne and the operations before
Antwerp had become so closely knit as
to be, from the military point of view,
inseparable.
The hope of the allies to deliver a
crushing blow against the German
army in France before the occupation
of Antwerp by the enemy, is now of
course, a thing of the past. The Ger
man right wing under General Von
Kluck apparently is still intact and
the official communication out in Paris
last night recorded no change in the
situation merely emphasising that
there was sharp fighting in the region
of Rove, nearly 100 miles south of
the northern extremity of the fighting
line where opposing bodies of cavalry
were clashing almost within sight of
the North Sea.
EXPOSED FORTS HAVE NOSHOW
AGAINST MODERN ARTILLERY
London, Oct 10, 5.04 A. M.—The
."Times' " military correspondent, in
commenting on the situation at Ant
werp, says:
" Permanent forts in an exposed sit
uation stand no chance against modern
artillery. If the German force holds
Antwerp later and we attack it, the
result will be the same."
TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION IN
THE BOMBARDMENT OF ARRAS
I>ondon, Oct. 10, 4.05 A. M.—The
correspondent of the "Daily Mail" in
France telegraphs that ho .learns from
refugees that the German bombardment
lias worked terrible destruction at Ar
ras, a large part of which lias been re
duced to ashes.
Thousands of destitute inhabitants
have taken refuge in neighboring vil
lages.
Closing of Cuban Legation Denied
Washington, Oct. 10. —Reports from
Berlin that the Cuban minister there
had closed his legation and withdrawn
consular officers on account of lack of
funds were denied to-day by Dr. Ces
pedes, Cuban minister to the United
States. •
SIX INJURED IN AUTO WRECK
Girl in Party Hurled Forty Feet to
Railroad Tracks
By Associated Prcns,
St. Louis, Oct. 10.—Earl Hamilton,
■pitcher for the St. Louis Americans,
and five girls were seriously injured in
an automotive accident on the East
iljouis, 111., side of the Lads bridge here
early to-day. Hamilton suffered a scalp
wound, three brokeu ribs and other in
ternal injuries.
One girl was thrown cleaT of the
bridge railing onto the railroad tracks
forty feet below. B>he fell directly in
t)he way of a approaching train anil
would have been ground to pieces but
for t'he prompt action of a flagman, who
saw her fall. He first signalled the
train to stop and then pulled the un.
conscious girl from the track.
'Hamilton was scheduled to play in
the city series herre to-day. The acci
dent occurred when the automobile own
ed and driven bv Hamilton, crashed into
the heavy wooden partition separating
the upper deck of the bridge from the
railroad decks.
GYMNASIUM IN RUINS
Disastrous Fire Occurs in Columbia Uni
versity Building
New Y'ork, Oct. 10.—The Columbia
University gymnasium building, a two
story brown stone structure 75x175
feet, designed by the late Stanford
White and built twelve years ago, was
a charred, watersoaked ruin to-day with
all 'but the walls and the electric power
plant in the basement destroyed by a
fire which gained swift, headway this
morning.
If heat and water have weakened
the walls the loss will be heavy; if they
stand strong as ever it is believed that
SIOO,OOO will be sufficient to renaDlll
tate the building.
End Came Quickly
The experiences of local jewelers
with prospective bridegrooms have
been many and varied. Some wish tj
buy on the installment plan, some wish
to take a half dozen sizes to be sure of
a fit and some bring "beautiful verses"
to see whether thev can be engraved
in the ring.
One jeweler in recounting his experi
ences said a young man came into his
store and when asked whether he
wished anything engraved inside the
ring became confused, fumbled a bit
in his pockets and finally produced a
paper on which was scrawled, "The
love that never endeth," which the
jeweler said was just the proper senti
ment.
A month later the young man re
turned and told the whole history of
his marital life in five words, "Can't
you cut that out?" pointing to the en
graved sentence.—lndianapolis News.
1.615 YJ.C.A. BOYS WERE
TAUGHT TO SWIM IN YEAR
Four New Associations Organized,
$;t27.000 in Building Funds Raised
and Buildings to Value of
000 Were Opened
The fall meeting of the State execu
tive committee ot the V. M. C. A. 's of
Pennsylvania was held yesterday in the
Commonwealth hotel. The members of
the committee present were: .lames
Shand, Lancaster; A. D. Smith, Leba
non; .1. c. Eckels. Carlisle; C. A. Kun
kel, 'd»rri»biyg; Christian Walter,
VVilkes-Barre; f. J. Gillespie, Pitts-
Ijurg'h; \\. G. tie/in, Harrisburg; S. W.
Dickson, Berwu-k; K. E. McGul, New
Castle; H. M. Keller, Hazleton; R. W.
Hanoi son, Pittsburgh; I>. J. Pearsall,
Mauch Chunk, and Gilford Pinchot, Mil
ford. Other members of the committee,
among tlhem Vance C. McCormick,
found it impossible to be present.
After the presentation of the finance
committee's report George B. Landis.
educational secretary of the committee,
made his report. In the mining dis
tricts 193 men were in mining classes,
of whom 102 passed the State examina
tions. Miinii.y institutes ha<l 3,500
members. First, aid contests were held
as usual. The Mining Association at
•Jerome is in good condition. At the
request of the companies, investigations
were maile not only of piining communi
ties, but also of industrial plants. A
total of 3,180 foreigners studied Eng
were prepared for citizenship,
9,776 students were in the educational
classes of the associations. There was
a gain of 21 per cent, over the previous
year.
The report of railroad work showed
new buildings in Derry, Tyrone and
Dickerson Run and an increase in tflie
work of every department. Correspond
ing members in every eonntv of the
State, numbering 810. have followed
.ilO young men who changed their resi
dence during the year.
The college secretary, J. H. Ehlers,
reported a new association in State
Forestry Academy, Mont Alio. Spe
cial evangelistic se.vric.es, with 1,700
conversions, were held in State Col
lege, University of Pennsylvania, Laf
ayette and other colleges. Deputation
gospel teams were sent out toy a num
ber of colleges and much social service
was rendered toy college students. TUie
groat, student conferences were well at
tended by Pennsylvania men.
The physical work committee report
ed gains iu every department, whether
attendance, summer camps, physical ex
animations or atheltic. events.
The most remarkable gajins were
shown by the religious work committee,
which reported 387,000 men attended
Sunday afternoon meetings, 310,000
attended shop meetings and 181,000
other religious gatherings. There were
14,765 students n. Bible classes.
Albert M. C'hesiy, the new State
boys' work secretary, reported the suc
cessful State boy-.i camp in Inglenook,
where more than 100 boys were in at
tendance for two weeks with the Rev.
8 W. Herman, of this city, as camp
leader. Sixteen hundred and fifteen
boys were taught to swim during the
year and 5,600 were in Bible classes.
The materia! development of the
Young Men's Christian Association was
best indicated by the report of the
State secretary, J. B. Carruthers, which
showed that foui new associations were
organized during the year, including
Stroudsburg and Waynesboro. Build
ing funds amounting to $327,000 were
raised at seven places and buildings to
a value of $1,095,000 were opened dur
ing the year.
Army work was conducted with the
National Guard at three different places
during the season. Each large tent was
equipped with writing material, maga
zines, papers, ice water and musical in
struments and almost every evening a
gospel talk was given.
Two deputation bands wore sent iuto
the lumber camps of Sullivan ami Mc-
Keau counties to conduct, services and
gospel meetings among the lumber
jacks of the north woods.
Jn comparison with all the other
States in »thc Union, Pennsylvania
stands far ahead of the others in the
promotion of Young Men's Christian
Association work, though some other
States exceed it in amount expended
for current expenses and in property
values.
The statistical report shows that 181
associations in Pennsylvania have 72,
840 members, owning property valued
at $10,700,000 and expending for cur
rent expenses $1,150,000.
AT DERRY STREET U. B.
Chestnut Social and Chestnut Outing
Planned for Next Week
Special music by the Men's Bi'ole
class will be a feature of the service
at 7.30 o'clock at Derry Street United
Brethren church. The occasion is the
annual Rally day.
The Young Men's Bible class of the
church will hold a chestnut social on
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Re
freshments will be served. On Thurs
day evening the annual chestnut outing
will be held at Indiana Cap.
Miss Nancy Studebaker
The funeral of Miss Nancy Stude
baker, who died of a paralytic stroke
at her home, 261 Briggs street. Wed
nestay, was held yesterday afternoon
from the residence. The Rev. .1. B.
Markward, pastor of the Bethlehem l,u
thern church, officiated. She is siir
vived by the following brothers and
sister: Clement, Jacob and Mrs. Eliz
abeth Flickinger, all of Harrisjurg.
Miss Annie M. Burkholder
Miss Annie M. Burkholder, daughter
of C. W. and .lane Burkholder, former
ly of this city, died in Philadelphia on
Wednesday an,l was buried in the
Laurel Hill cemetery in that city ves
terday.
Charles E. Zigner
Charles E. Zigner, aged 76 years,
died at his late home in Goldsboro a; 1
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Funeral
services will be held on Mon lay morn
ing at 10 o'clock at his late residente.
Interment will be in Paddletown ceme
tery.
Lawrence A. Hepsmith
The funeral services for Lawrence
A. Hepsmith. who served in Company
H of the Regular Army as a private
and died at Vera Cruz. Mexico, on
September 6, will he held at St.
nence church on Monday morning at 9
o'clock. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary
cemetery, »
STAR-INDEPENDENT WANT
ADS. BRING RESULTS.
CAPITOL HILL
mmTutpot is
NOW 120,(100.000 GALLONS
Food Commissioner Foust Says the Sup
ply of Raw Material for This Popu
lar Delicacy Is Now a Matter of
Much Concern
Dairy stid Food Commissioner Fount
believes in the use of ice cream. His
remarks at. h conference of ice cream
manufacturers this week have been
quite widely quoted, and in reply to
some direct questions on the subject,
Mr. Foust said to-day:
"It. is a mark of the material evi
dence of this a are, that what was. not
so long ago. a dainty devised to stir Hie
cloyed appetite of a king, is become an
almost every day delijrht of the com
mon man's homp. and from Seattle to
Key West, San Diego to Eastport, is
everywhere welcome, and from Uhrist
mas to the glorious Fourth and on
again to <lh list in as.
''lt may be that, joy givers though
they are, ice cream men also have their
troubles. The supply of raw material
is properly a matter for concern. The
■business has grown from an output of
50,000,000 gallons, not so long ago, to
a present figure of 120,000.000 gal
lons. Die population of the country has
steadily increased and with this growth
has come a corres ponding increase ia
the general uses of milk.
"On the other hand, the number of
dairy cows has stood Still; their indi
vidual producing capacity has probab'.v
improved somewhat, but not enough to
keep supply up to demand. The ro->t
of milk production has gone s.'tr.ctlv up
ward —grain fools, labor, farm equip
ment and even t'he ww, herself, to da*'
costs the farmer much more than she
did twenty years ago. So the dairy
farmer, too. has his troubles.
".As to composition, our present ice
cream law enables me to guard Hie in
terest of the public and of the maker
of standard product; but it. gives mc no
power to deal efficiently with the san
itary question.
*'A law is ncede 1 placing reasonable
sanitation requirements upon the man
ufacture of ice cream, ices an I the like;
anil for its cfficie r, enforcement, it
should include a license requirement
with a minimum fee so small as not to
prever* the poor widow frorti using her
clean, best room as an ice cream par
lor; say a fee of five dollars per vear,
and possibly a maximum of ten dollar
for venders ami manufacturers of large
business, the idea hein'g to keep the
fee down to rhe level of reasonable
sanitary inspection cost, and to see
that factories ami salesroom's are made
clean before the business is beg;,n and
kept clean so long as it, goes on."
Want, Paiiroad to Rosume R-innin»
1 dolln Fox Weiss, representing 'Daniel
| K. 'Brandt and other residents of East
J Berlin, Adams countv. has appealed to
J the Public Service Oomimission to com
! nel \\ illiam 0. l.eas to show cause
lie does not operate the East ißerliii
! railroad. Pile property was purchased
lat receivers' sale on July 18 and on
September 9 its operation was diseon
j tiiiii o i. Now the residents of East Bcr-
I lin have no railroad facilities and th«
nearest railway rt.ition is New Oxford,
seven miles distant.
Several Candidates Withdraw
j Withdrawals of candidates tiled with
the Secretary of the Commonwealth to
day are; David L. Hemmerlv, Kev
stoue party, Twenty-fifth Represente
j live district, Philadelphia; John A.
■ Ziegenfuss, Prohibition, General Assem
bly, Carbon county.
Oliver P. Peasuall was nominated
las Prohibition candidate for Congress
' in the Tenth district in place of John
R. Thomas, withdrawn.
I ,
State's Best Year for Fruit
|. According to present returns, it.
seems probable that this vear mav be
j the greatest year that Pennsylvania
ever knew in the fruit line. The' re
j suits of spraying and of expert care are
'everywhere manifest, and States far
; west and east are after our apples and
! peaches. Thc Pennsylvania farmer is
j specializing more and more.
Institute Schools
Hundreds of institute schols have
, been held this summer and early tall
jin Pennsylvania The last ones are
: now closing. These schools lasted four
days. Two days were divided between
horticulture and poultry interests and
I the other two days were given entirely
;lo matters relating to dairies. In th«
i model institutes one session related to
| the dairy barn, its ventilation, equip
ment, lighting, etc. These sessions
I were held wherever possible in a d.iiry
i barn. Mitch (Tactical work was done
i at these institutes, which are a compar
atively new thing in this State. For
instance, under horticulture were cpn
j sidered bow to start an orchard, its ca;fi
and management, pruning, spraying
j and marketing, effect, of root pruning,
i root injury, trunks and branches, their
I function, buds, etc. At least one even
i ing session was devoted to home eco
nomics and the farmers' wives turned
| out in large numbers to hear this sub
j jeet discussed by expert women.
To Speak on Agriculture *
| The following speakers have been
! assigned by the State Department of
Agriculture to Dauphin county: M. S.
j Bond at Linglcstown, February 22-23;
at Halifax, February 24 25; at Gtau,
| February 26-27.
Shaw's Criticism
Gilbert K. Chesterton, the 300-pound
I English journalist, lately wrote a farce,
("Magic," which had a short run in
i Loudon and then died quietly. One of
I the features of the London theatrical
season was a play called "Fannv'a
j First Play.''
G. Bernard Shaw was prevailed on
Ito attend one of the performances of
("Magic" and at the end of the show
left the house murmuring quizzically.
, " 'Fatty's First Play.' "
An Unworthy Connection
Waverly had just returned from an
extended eastern trip.
"Were you in many of the old New
England towns!" asked Manelia.
" Nearly all of them of any size."
"And did you see Plymouth rock?"
"(Had my picture takeu standing on
It."
" What diil you think of the rock?'
"Oh, it's all* very well in its way,
hut why on earth do t'hev have it in
such a dinky little town!''—Youngs
town Telegram.
Wipe out the past, trust the future
and live in a glorious now.—Towue.