6 mm m MIL INTO HPS The Rolling Salisbury Plains Enlivened by Soldiers F rom British America Province i CLANG OF HOOFS STIR VILLAGES .. Hear Straago Medley As I "It's a -Long, Long Way to Tip / perafy" and "There'll Be a Hot ' / Time in the Old Town To-night ' M Salisbury. Kng'., Oct. 16, via Lon-; don, 2.4 CP. M.—Begizutbefore da wn to-day from stations within a radius of ten miles Canadian troops \ have been pouring into camps prepar ed for them on the rolling Salisbury i ' plains near here. First cauie a long transport train j composed of wagons drawn by traction j engines, then the motor trucks and lastly the commandeered London mo- | tor busses. The cavalry and the artil-! lerv followed and most of these units now are in canip_, but only a few an- ! fantry regiments so far have arrived. ; Long before dawn the sleepy old j Tillages scattered over the country were awakened by the clang of hoofs on the hard roads which, incidentally ; have been a revelation to the Cana 4ians accustomed to their own muddy 1 highways. Spanish-American War Song Those who listened heard a str*nge ( »edley. The notes of "It's a Long,! Long Way to Tipperary," mingled with the Spanish-American war favorite, j '•There's Be a Hot Time in the Old! Town Tonight," the latest American rag time, among the chief tunes beinjf "This Is the Life," also resounded in' the quiet English dales. Along the roads the troops every j ■where were received with enthusiasm.! The people expecting a wild west dis-1 play however, were disappointed for; with the exception of the sombreros worn by the cavalry, the uniforms of the Canadians are much the same as; those of the English troops. Several English territorial regiments have been engaged in preparing the camps and acting as convoy corps. The greatest contrast between these forces and the Canadians is the difference in physique, the Canadians being on an average much larger and j stronger looking than the English. Newsboy Stowaway as Bugler Biding at the head of tbe supply eonvoy was a small Montreal newsboy who had stowed away on a transport. This little chap, in spite of the fact that he was almost lost in the folds of an army coat loaned him by a good •hearted sergeant of highlanders, was t nearly frozen, but he insisted on prac ticing the bugle, proficiency in which he ' hopes will give him a -chance to get to I - the front. When dawn came the Canadians! found themselves camped on a lonelv ■ Tolling- plain of great extent, which' must have reminded the western troops of their own prairies. This camping ground, so unlike the England type had been taught to expect, was somewhat of a disappointment to the native born •Canadians. Many Americans Among Troops There is a surprising number of nat , wralized Americans among these Ca nadian forces. A sergeant of a Mon treal regiment, asked concerning his! previous war experiences, replied in an American drawl. Incidentally he men tioned that he was a veteran of Admiral Dewey's flagship in the battle of Ma nila bay. In many regiments social distinction has been obliterated, and men fortune, with degrees from American and Canadian colleges, are eerving as privates. On Saturday the only saloon within the ramp will be occupied by Oeneralj Anderson as headquarters, and at the I same time it will be declared "out of bounds.'' EXPULSION OF ALL ITALIANS FROM AUSTRIAN DOCKYARDS Borne. Oct. 16, 6.30 . M.—A meas-» are reported to have been adopted by I Prince Hohenlohe, the Governor of Trieste, ordering the expulsion of all Italian subjects working i n the Aus-! trian dock yards as a consequence of \he fire at the Monfalcone dock yard, is causing great ferment here. The "Messagero" protests against! it as an act of hostility to Italians who, it says, are thus considered re-, sponsible for the fire whicih greativ! damaged a number of Austrian war ships. PEASANTRY BALKS GERMANS IN CROSSING THE VISTULA London. Oct. 16. 2.55 P. M. A dispatch to Reuters Telegram Companv 1 from Petrograd says: "To the local peasantry, among tbem many girls, is attributed in part the failure of the German attempts to cross the Vistula during the recent fighting. The girls aided the Russian soldiers by digging trenches. "On the initiative of a new English, club here, a movement is on foot to' rais» a detachment of recruits for the British army. Many Lancashire men employed in cotton mills have volun teered. The force will be known as the Pale detachment." Germans Occupy London Building London. Oct. 16. 4.52 P. M.—The, police have found at Willesden, a suburb to t'he northwest of London, a building occupied by Germans, with tounilations anil roof of heavv con •rete. They arrested twenty-two Ger oans on the premises. V LAWYERS' PAPER BOOKS « 1 tinted at this office in best style, at j < iwest prices and on short uotice. TOLL OF BRITISH WARSHIPS 111 WAR CMttaurd From Pint l*«K*. 550. As «he was built several years ago. it is nrabatole that Tier crew was not up to the full complement. Aovord-. ing to oue report she had only 400 abroad. Whatever the number only fifty-two men were save,) and there j was not a single commissioned officer I among them. The cruisers- Ampbion, Pathfinder, j Aboukir, Cressy, Hogue, Pagasus and ! IHawke and the torpedo gunboat Speedy i make up the dJritish formidable list of [ losses in warshipo in the first ten weeks of the war. Against this the British | Admiralty claims four "Gemifyi cruisers, I two torpedo boat destroyers, one tor i pedo boat, three submarines and eight aimuvl commence destroyers. Omitting t'he armed merchantmen the aggregated warships tonnage loss to Kngland is, otg course, much greater than that to Germany. In both eases the lost ships with t'he exception of the cruiser Aurphion and the submarines, were older craft used for scouting urposes. the ships intend ed for tlho sterner work of a fleet action ' being held in safer waters for tlhe o.ay when Germany elects to sally from be hind her naval base of Helgoland. According to reports received here from Berlin Germany expects British ! dreadnoughts to play a part in the defense of Ostend. Nothing else at the present moment seems available to keep ; the invaders out of the' Belgian sea'port. but of course events further south will j decide the ultimate action with regard I to Ostend. FORBID KHEDIVE OF EGYPT TO RETURN TO DOMINIONS | Correspondence of the Associated Pi-ess. Loudon, Oct. 9.—That the Khedive ■ of Egypt, who is now in Constantinople, has been forbidden by the British gov ernment to return to his dominious for j the present is a belief current among | Kuglishmen whe keep in touch with | Egyptian affairs. The Khedive was in J ■Constantinople visiting the Sultan j when the war began and was tired upon | and slightly wounded by an Egyptian | political agitator. The loyalty of the I Khedive to British rule is strongly questioned by Anglo-Egyptians. His I closest associates are members of the j pro-Turkish party, which is under Ger ! man influence. With 'Lord Kitchener absent from | Egypt and most of the regular British | garrison withdrawn for service in | France, the opportunity for revolu j tionary outbreaks is an unusual one. : Under these circumstances it is possible that Britain may use pressure to in j duce the Khedive to prolong his visit in I Constantinople until the close of the war. or until events take a turn which would insure British successes and dis courage native plotting in Egypt. There are 15,000 British territorials in the garrisons of Egypt, who have re placed the regular troops sent to France. Other territorial regiments j have been sent to India in exchange | for regulars brought to Europe. Mal ta, Gibraltar and other British ) oc quality i which will be in this exhibit are known to most every purchaser and are of irni i form standard quality and triie. To snow the purchaser the many dif- I ferent firm* that come under tlhis class, this neck of display has been arranged. ; -Xearlv "00 newspapers the country ! over have taken up tihe campaign to j promote the sia-coss of this week. Rep resentative firms realizing tflie value of handling the kind of goods wliieh it is ! ; proposed to display, are joining the [ j movement. Any merchant who 'has not yet .join ed the movement can get a card to aid him in his window display by applying to the Star-Independent. i COURT hQUSE MORE VOTERS ARE REGISTERED 1 Eighty-one Get Names on Lists Through , the County Commissioners I Kight-oue voters of Harrisburg, who | were ill or unavoidably absent from the ! city on ail of the three registration | days, have qualified for ttie ballot on I November 3, through applications for registration made to the County Oomi ni! ss ion era and approved by that bodv. The city registration now is 13.481 and the county, outside of the city, 18,- I 126, making the total in the county, 131,607. Marriage License Km est T. We'hule, city, and Ruth A. i Coeklin, Steelton. NAMES AL'TI'MN ARBOR DAY Dr. Schaeffer Designates Friday, Octo ber UJt, as Time for Tree Planting Dr. Nathan ( . Schaeffer, Superin tendent oi Puolic- Instruction, to-day is sued a call on t?ie public schools and itiicn- geuerallv to observe* Friday. O. ober 23. as Autanai Arbor Day aiid requested that the day tic observed with suitable exercises in the schools, 'ihe call is as follows: " l'be st hoot :iiould be the beauty tpot and uut thu eyesore of the com liiunity. Many s iiool grounds need adornment. Inis is very true of our rural distrii t>. Moreover, the pupils ceed the stimulus which comes from the observance »f Arbor Day. Many rural school are no longer in session when the Arbor Days in the spring of the year are ce.ebrated. Hence it"has become customary to observe au addi tional Arbor Day in the autumn of each ; year. "To perpet.iate this laudable cus tom, Friday, October 2a, 1914, i 3 hereby designated as Autumn Arbor Day, Let the day be observed, not 1 merely as an occasion for the planting j of trees, but also as an opportunity for imparting valuable information on the need of conserving the soil and the forest, the trees and the birds, the beauty of the landscape and the puritv :of our streams. Let the trees be so , planted as not to exclude the sunshine from the school houses, and let the exercises be so planned as to make the school grounds as attractive as the sur I rounding of tne uest homes in the j community.'' DARKTOWN WILL CELEBRATE Reily Hose Company to Help in Cele i . oration at Middletown The Rescue Hose Companv, of Mid dletown. the guest of the Reily Hose i during the firemen s convention here sent an invitation to the Reily Hose [ Company, of thu cny, inviting it to | attend a celebration of the winning of the Darktown prire, which was given ; to the best Darktown fire company in line in the bi K firemen's parade on'last! ; Thursday. The Reily will leave the square to- I night at 7 o'clock with 40 men and | tne Kolonial Kids band. j Lightering Sunken Vessel's Cargo J By Attacialcd Press. New York, Oct 16.—The crew of j the I n;ted I'ruii Company's steamer Metaphan, sunk in a collision yesterdav j with the American-Hawaiian Lino steamer lowar in Ambrose channel, be I gan to-day to lighter a part of the i cargo of bananas and coftec. It was ! said at the offices of the company that J | they expected to have the vessel'afloat 1 wittiin twentv-four hours. Married at Stevens Manse A pretty wedding in East Harrisburg last night was that uniting Miss Mabel ' Stahl, of Millerstown. and Chester! Wright, of Newport. The ceremonv was performed at the Stevens Memorial j Methodist Episcopal church manse,! Thirteenth and Vernon streets, the Rev! i Dr. Clayton Albert Smucker, officiating.! Mr. and Mrs. Wright will take a short i wedding trip before settling in New : port. Curtain Rod Injures Child Anna Baughman. the 3-year-old | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. "Arthur Baughman, of Knhaut, was sent home j to-day from the Harrisburg hospital : after a severe laceration in the roo?! !of her nmuth was treated. She fell I while holding a steel curtain rod in her : | mouth, inflicting a wound which re ! ; quired two stitches. Charge Man With Robbery Dick Owens, colored, was held under SSOO bail for court, by Mayor Royal iin police court last night. He" is charged with highway robbery bv Har | ry I pdegrove. who says Owens "robbed ; him of his watch at Sixth and Boas streets early Tuesday morning. 1 TYPHOID CASS ISOLATED Health Department Officials Declare There Is Mo Danger of An Bpidemic In Hershey The fact that a number of cases of typhoid fever from Hershey and vicin ity have receutly been treated in the Harrisburg hospital, led to the inquiry at the State Health Department to day as to whether the disease has been considered epidemic in that locality. Dr. B. F. Rover, chief medical in spector, said that the disease is not epidemic at Hershey, but at intervals there have been about ten cases report ed, and there may be more. The disease has made its appearance in certain P«rts of the Lebanon Valley where some wells are declared to be bad and the water not fit to drink. Dr. Royer and Dr. Phillips went to Derry town ship recently and made an investiga tion as to the cause of the disease and found an old spring, the flow from which had been diverted when the orig inal channel had been closed up. The water seeped into a depression some distance away, and being very clear and cold was used by people in the vicinity instead of ice water. It was full of germs that were considered dangerous. The flow was shut off and the spring posted with a warning that the water should not be used. "Of late," said Dr. Royer, "there has been a sprinkling of cases but no epidemic, and we apprehend no serious trouble." Three cases of typhoid were report ed to the department from Enola this morning, and one from West Fairy iew, and Dr. Bashore is investigating the cause, which is supposed to he water. Ten cases have been reported from rower City, near the towns in Upper Dauphin, and they are supposed to have been caused by impure milk. There is no serious epidemic and the cases are isolated. MINOR SMOKER GOES FREE Technical Error in Procedure Results in Court Dismissing Charges A technical error in legal procedure resulted in the case of Ben Payne, a Middletown minor, anvused of buying and smoking cigarettes, being dismissed in juvenile court this morning. Payne had been held for court by Thomas Jordan, the "Oowbov Burgess " of 'Middlcfown, but was released bv the Court, first, because he is 18 yearn old and his case should have been tried on the regular criminal sessions, and sec ondly on the ground tihat the prelimi nary hearing was held before the Mid dletown Burgess, whereas a justice of the peace should have conducted it. Burgess Jordan said dealers have been selling cigarettes to minors "on the sly" and it is his intention to con ! tinue to fight illegal sales. TO RAISE FLAG TO-MORROW Riverside School Gets Present From Citizens Citizens of 'Riverside will present I the Riverside public school wit'h a flag and raise it to-morrow afternoon with appropriate exercises. The committee, whileth arranged for the presentation, is P. H. Hoffman, chairman; ff. A. Lotz, Mr. Welsh, J. E. Nagle, T/ A. White, S. Porter, O. Griffee and L. Dapp. The following program will be carrie,l out: Prayer, the Rev. R. D. Loudman, pastor of Riverside IM. E. church; sing ing. Susquehanna township High school, Lucknow, Rockville and Riverside schools; address, E. IMoeslein; presenta tion of flag, Lewis M. Neiffer; accept ance of flag, President 'Henry, of School 'Board; address, 'Headmaster Brown, of Harrisburg Academy, and Prof. Patter son, superintendent of Susquehanna township schools. TRAFFIC IN PANAMA CANAL WUI Be Resumed in Week After Being Blocked by Landslide By Associated Press, Washington, Oct. 16.—Colonel Goethais cabled to the War Department to-dav that traffic through the Panama canal, blocked by a landslide in ('ulebra cut Tuesday night, would fee reopened in aibout a week unless there were further earth movements. The official report on the slide and its effect was brief: "Slide occurred on east side of canal north of Gold Hill at 5 o'clock last evening, 1,150 feet long, completely blocking channel for 1,000 in length." Colonel Goethals cabled. "Dredges were moved to north of it when move ment began and are now operating to open up channel for passage of boats. Unless further movement occurs expect to have channel open in one week." 1 HOW'S PLAN FOR UNEMPLOYED Urges Senate Committee to Take Over Mines and Other Industries By Associated Press, Washington, Oct. 16.—lames Eads 'How, the self-styled "millionaire ho bo" heading a "committee of the un employed," to-day urged the Senate Education committee to report favor ably the Martine bill to provide that the government take over operation of mines and other industries to give work to every person applying for it. Mr. How told the committee that 150,000 men were idle in New York and between 70,000 and 100,000 in Philadelphia. GOLDEN EAOLES' OFFICERS Convention in Norfolk Oomes to Close After Election To-day Norfolk, Va., Oct. 16.—The Supreme j Council, Knights of the Golden Eagle,' closed its convention here to-day by! electing the following officers: " 1 John W. Ford, Philadelphia, chief; j Thomas H. White, Clayton, Del., high priest; John B. Treibler, Philadelphia, master of records; William Oulbertson, Philadelphia, master of exchequer; Dan P. Billmeyer, Baltimore, herald. Civic Association to Meet The American Civic Association will meet in tenth annnal session at Wash ington, D. C., December 3 and 4. J. Horace McFarland, who has been presi dent since its organization, wiil pre side. Town planning and neighborhood improvement wiil be taken up. FURTHER FUSION EFFECTED TO-DAY Co>ttai«d FrtM JPlrst Page. led to the inference that there was something else on hand besides the fill ing of vacancies, and this belief was strengthened when goon after noon the following statement was issued: '' The executive committeo of the Democratic State Committee, in session at headquarters to day, filled the fol lowing vacancies on the Democratic ticket caused by the withdrawal of Democratic candidates to perfect fusion iu Congressional, Senatorial and I, was named to succeed Jo seph E. Burnside, of Emporium. In the Second district of Lancaster county Daniel G, Engle, of Marietta; C. S. Gar man, of Denver, and Ezra Stoltzfus, of Gap, all Washington party candidates, were named to succeed Samuel H. Rich wine, of New Holland; Edward G. Myers, of Saluuga, and John P. Schreck, of Ephrata, Democratic can didates. '"ln Philadelphia, the Seventeenth Legislative district, C. W. T. Robinson and T. Hrnrv Walnut, Washington par ty candidates, were nßined to replace John J. Finnerty and James J. Camp bell, Democrats. In this district two old members, Campbell, Democrat, and Prank Gray, Independent, retired from the ticket to perfect fusion. "In Tioga county H. E. Caldwell, of Wellsboro, Washington party candi date, was named to succeed Prank D. Solph, of Wellsboro. Democrat." The following resolution was adopt ed by tfhe executive committee: " Whereas, This committee is of tihe opinion that the continuance, of Demo cratic candidates for Congress as can didat.es upon the ticket of the Personal '.Liberty party, would 'be 'harmful to tihe Democratic. State ticket; therefore, be it "Resolved, Thar we earnestly re quest all Democratic candidates for Congress, whose names have been placed upon the ticket o-f the Personal Liberty party, to withdraw from such latter named 'ticket." BROUGHT IN STATE BROKEN More Than Inch of Rain Falls in Penn sylvania After Dry Spell That Last ed for 55 Days By Associated Press, Philadelphia, Oct. 16.—More than an in'Ch of rain fell in Pennsylvania in the last twentv-four hours, breaking a drought which had continued for fifty five days. Farming was seriously affected by the dry spell and coal mining was carried on under difficulties because of the lacK of water to operate machinery. Railroads in the interior of the State were also handicapped, ii. some places water having had to be carried many miles for locomotives. LONG DROUGHT BROKEN HERE First Rain of Appreciable Amount Since August Fails Here A drought that has prevailed in Pennsylvania almost uninterrupted since August, was broken yesterday when rain fell generally from the lake region east. It was caused by a southern storm which moved northwest during the last twenty-four hours. Ac cording to a report issued at the local office of the weather bureau this morn ing the eastern part of the State had the heaviest rain. Philadelphia had .94, while Harrisburg was second with .74. This suffered the heaviest rains in the Susquehanna valley. That disturbance will control the weather conditions in the eastern part of the State to-night and to-morrow ac cording to the local weather forecast er. More rain i 9 expected to-night anil it may extend until to-morrow. It will be followed by fair weather of uniformly cooler temperature, due to a high pressure area to the west. The temperature has risen from 2 to 12 degrees in the east due to the disturb ance. RUMANIAN KING BI'RIEF) More Than SO,(KM) Persona View Body of Dead Monarch By Associated Press, Bucharest, via London, Oct, 16, 5.40 A. M.-—The funeral of King Charles, of Rumania, was held here yesterday morning and later in the day the body was placed in a crypt in the cathedral at Curtea De Arges, one of the ancient capitals of Walachia. The last benediction was pronounc ed over the body early in the morn ing. The service for the dead in the Orthodox church followed, and at its conclusion the body of the late king was placed on a gun carriage drawn by six horses. A salute of lfrl gune was fired and all the church bells in Bucharest tolled while the funeral pro cession under military escort passed through densely crowded streets to the railway station. Funeral services were held simul taneously in all churches in the king dom. More than 80,000 persons view ed the body of the king while it lay in state in the palace here. Battle qn Near Warsaw Petrograd, Oct. 15. Via London, Oct. 16, 3.15 P. M.—Fighting between Ger man and Russian troops is now going on within eight miles of Warsaw, Rus sian Poland. Foiled "Who's tfhat worried man over at ..the third table t'' '' That is Bellison, the inventor of the j hydraulic telephone, the wireless razor j and many other marvelous scien'tifl,- dis-! coveries.'' " Wonder what's 'bothering him!" i "He can't invent an excuse with which to greet his wife When he gece ■home.'' —Philadelphia Ledger. ' ASSERTS THAT IIS WIFE BID HIS WORKING TOGS Tooth Offers That aa Put of His De fense in a Suit In Which He Is Charged With Failure to Sup port Her When Charles M. Graeff was called before Judge Kunkel this morning to defend his wife's suit for maintenance, she having charged he deserted her five months ago, the defendant mentioned a man as co-respondent and declared he was prevented from going to his work by his wife, saying she hid his "working togs." The Graetfs were married on Feb ruary 1, 1912, and the wife charged that her husband has lent verv little support since. She added that they lived on a fund which she had saved prior to their marriage and when that was exhausted "I went out and work ed." Mrs. Graeff said she did not desire to ask for support for her daughter, seventeen year* old, a child by her first marriage, although she alleged she is now in need, many bills having accrued during the last tive months, a period during which the wife said she received no aid from her husband. The marriage license record shows that Charles Millard «raeff, of 'Harris 'burg, obtained a license to wed Irene F. Kline, e>f Blysburg, on February 1, 1912, when he was but 21 years' old. 'His wife at that time gave -lier age as ; 31. The record further shows that tlhe | then Irene F. Kline was divorced from I>. M. Geargart, in Sunbury, on Decern I ber 21, 1911, only a littie more than . a month before the license was issued. On a surety of the peace charge I growing out of an alleged threat he | made against the life of Simon Cooper, ! Jerry Bird this morning was ordered [to furnish a S2OO bond "to keep the l>ence against Cooper and other law ! abiding citizens for a period of one I yea*. j Witnesses said Bird declared: "I've got $lO in my pocket to pay to kick your face off." The remark was sup posed t-o have been made on September 19, last. Bird offered to refute it by saving: "I haven't had ten dollars in my pockets for two months." In a maintenance suit against her husband, Kdward Metzger, the wife got an order of S2O a month. A SSO-a --month maintenance order was made against William Cobaugh, that, being t'he amount which Cohangh agreed to pay his wife at the time of their sepa ration four years ago. PRODE FOR ROCK ISLAND | Inquiry Into Financial Operations of the Road Began by Interstate Commerce Commission By Associated Press, Washington, Oct. 16.—Inquiry into the financial operations of the Chicago, i Hock Island and Pacific Railroad was i begun by the Interstate Commerce t Commission here to-day. The hearing, which was before Commissioner Cle ments, is pursuant to a resolution of i the Senate. Joseph W. Folk, chief counsel for the commission, is conduct ing the inquiry. The hearing is for the purpose of inquiring into charges made on the floor of the Senate that through manip ■ illations of a small number of finan ciers the stockholders of the Bock Is land has suffered enormous losses. Frederick C. Sharood, an examiner of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, describing a transaction by which the Bock Island acquired the Frisco lines, declared the loss to tiie Rock 'lsland railroad wa< "just about $35,- 035,000'' and that it was carried on the company's books as an asset. Mr. Sharood, explaining the ac quisition of the Chicago and Alton road by the Rock Isiar.J Railway Company, declared: "My estimate of the loss to the rail way company of the Chicago and Alton transaction is $6,370,841 and that too, on an investment of only a little over $9,000,000." The examiner said S. H. Moore, one of the directors of th e Rock Island Railroad Company, was given a vouch er of Vhe Rock Island Railway Company for about $6,000, to reimburse him for losses sustained "in supporting in the market the bonds of the Rock Island Railroad Company." AUTUMN FESTIVAL GIVEN Four Hundred People Participate in Big Church Event Fully four hundred people participat ed in the autumn festival given by Mrs. Clayton Albert S/nucker's Bible class in the Steveus Memorial Methodist Episcopal church last evening. The event was marked with great 'brilliancy. The song and talk program, full of good fun. with a hot pork and bean din ner, featured the celebration. The pro gram of t'he evening was under the di rection of /Mrs. Smtieker. There'are 100 members in tlhe n-lass and all took some part in the program that started at 5.30 p. m. and closed at 10.30 p. in. The church parlors and dining room were decorated with Hags, fruits and wreaths of flowers. "The keynote of the class is serv ice," said the teacher last night, "and there is so much work to be done that membership in it is no place for a drone." The officers of the class are: IMrs. Clayton A. Smucker, teacher; (Mrs. RalfJh Wolfe, president; Mrs. M. L. Ohubbuck, secretary; Mrs. €'. A. Hurik, treasurer; Mrs. M.'.T. Berkley, financial' secretary; Mts. J. O. Wible, class fund treasurer. School Board Meeting The Harrisburg Board of School Di rectors will meet this evening in regu lar session. Routine business will be transacted. Back Yark Scenery Belle—How do you and your mother like your new home! Beulah—We don't 'like the neighbor hood. '' Why not t" "Oh. we've been aocustomerl to see ing 'better looking clothes on the lines wadh days."—Yonkers Statesmen. On the Trail "Do you see that man going along with his head in the air, sniffing with his nose I'' " Yes. I know him." "I suprose he believes in taking in the (food, pure ozone?" "No. He's hunting for a motor ga-I rage, 1 believe."—Kansas City Star. < u. S. NOT PREPARED FOR WAR SINCE CONFLICT WITH SPAIN. STATES GARDNER I ' Washington, Oct. 16—'Representa tive Gardner, of Massachusetts, made a speech in the House to-day* urging the adoption of his resolution for an investigation of the preparedness of the United States for war "offensivt or defensive." He sni.l the country had not awakened to the meaning of 42 centimeter guns and super-dread noughts and that the time had come for us to rul> our eyes and look about. "The United States was pre pared for war since the Spanish war ended," Mr. Gardner declared.." 1 be lieve that things are nearly as'bad to day," he continued. "The nnv'al board dins in our ears year after year the story of th ( > unpreparedness of the navy. General Wood, in represent ati on after representation, tells a like story of the army and pleads with us t's waken from the awful lethaigy and grapple this question on na tion's safety depends. Yet we go shambling and shuffling along, scat tering away millions where the voiers grow the thickest. TOBACCO ANDWINE TAXED Telephone and Telegraph Messages Also Must Contribute to Rats ing War Revenue By. Associated Press, Washington, Oct. 16.—Taxes on to bacco and wine and on telephone and telegraph messages as framed by the . Senate finance Committee werg adopt ed to-day by the Senate as a' 1 part of the war revenue bill, leaving the pro posed cotton relief provision as the only matter still in dispute. The tobacco tax as incorporated i i the bill would levy a graduated t iji of from $3 to $2, on manufii 'tuivrj of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes. Un der the wine section manufacturers of all still wines would pay 8 cents per gallon on their product and manufac turers of sweet win® would pay 53 cents per gallon on grape brandy or wine spirits used in the fortification of sweet wines. Numerous petitions urging legislation for the relief of th e cotton producer* of the South were presented by South crn Senators, including a telegram, from Sir Charles Macaran, nn English cotton manufacturer, who suggested co-operat ing between the United States and Great Britain in a movement to main tain cotton prices. After the Senate had agreed to all of the committee amendments to the bill Senator Pemerene proposed an amendment which would make perma nent the 65 cents a gallon tax on grape brandy used in the fermentation of sweet wines. Senator Pomerene's amendment was rejected by a vote of 31 to 18. SUIT AGAINST C. W. MORSE Damages of *1,000,000 Asked Prom the Hudson Navigation Company By a Blval Concern By Associated Press, New York, Oct. 16.—A suit against Charles W. Morse, and the Hudson Navigation Company, charging con spiracy, was filed in the federal court to-day by the Manhattan Navigation Company. The action is brought un der the Sherman anti-trust law and the defendants methods in operating boats on the Hudson river are alleged to have accomplished the plaintiff's ruin. Damages of $1,000,000 are asked. Mr. Morse is president of the Hud son Navigation Company and one of its principal steamers bears his name. The company maintains a passenger and freight service between this city, Albany and Troy. The Manhattan Navigation Company operates the steamers between this city and Al bany. In its petition the Manhattan Com pany charges the defendant with hav ing pursued for four years methods calculated to bring about the plain- » tiff's financial ruin. Thg Manhattan Company asserts that it has been dam aged to the extent of $350,000. In asmuch as the suit is brought under the Sherman law the amount of dam ages sought is three times the amount alleged to have been sustained. BASEBALL PLAYERS MEET Fraternity Re-elects David L. Fultz As President By Associated Pros. New York, Oct. 16.—The baseball players' fraternity announced to-day that David L. Fultz had been re-elected president for a term of three years at the annual meeting of the board of di rectors yesterday. Edward M. Reul bach was elected secretary. The fol lowing were elected vice presidents and members of the advisory board: Bay mond W. Collins, Jacob 13/ Daubert, John P. Henry, Frank M. McDermott, John B. Miller and Kdward Zimmer man. Features of the baseball contract which are to be taken up later with the national commission were discuss ed and decided on, it was said, but were not made public. ITALIAN MINISTER DIES Marquis Antonio di San Guillano Suc cumbs to Illness By Associated Press. Rome, Oct. 16.—The Italian For eign Minister Marquis Antonio di San Giuliano died at 2.20 o'clock this aft ernoon. Rumors of Sinking Breslau Denied London, Oct. 16, U. 30 P. M.—A tele gram recehed here from Constantinople conveys a suggestive official communi cation issued to the- local press which denies rumors of the sinking of the cruiser Breslau. The spreaders of such reports are threatened with court mar tial. This is the first that has been heard in London of any runtored dis aster to this German cruiser now in Turkish waters. She baa, however, bean reported in action in the 'Black Sea.