4 CAPITOL HILL COMMISSION BEARS NEW CASES LATE YESTERDAY Borough of Gettysburg Applied For Certificate of Public Convenience Authorising It to Construct Elec tric Light Plant For Street Lighting The proposition as to whether a Municipality can install a a electric light plant ami light its streets to the detrimfrut of a corporation that is now performing the service was presented to the Public Service Commission late yesterday. It came up on the Applica tion of the borough of Gettysburg for a certificate of public convenience au thorizing it to construct a plant for furnishing electric light for street lighting, and Attorney Swope. who represented the borough, paradoxically stated that the certificate was not de >ired, bat what he really wanted was to get an opinion of the commis sion that it was without jurisdiction, or. iu other words, that the borougu could erect the plant without coming to the commission. It was contends by former Judge Beitler. of Philadelphia, who repre-' seats some of the bondholders of the Gettysburg Light Company, which s now lighting the streets of that town, that it would be unfair to capita!— having induced people to invest and establish a plant —for the borough to take the business away from it when there is no allegation that the rates are not reasonable nor that the service is not adequate; and he further con tended that the municipality could not engage in this business without first obtaining the consent of the Public Service Commission. The question raised a new point au i briefs will be filed before the matter is determined. The commission aiso heard the com plaint of the Manufacturers' Associa tion of Lancaster and York, against the rates of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the transportation of bituminous coal from the Clearfield l district to these cities. The complain- I ant> jllege that the rates are discrin: \ innto-y 3 s compared with the 'harge« \to Harris'ourg and to Philadelphia. The ompanv claimed that the rates are reasonable and this contention was upheld >by representatives of the Bal timore and Ohio. New York entral and Philadelphia and Reading, who, by reason of the group arrangement or r«*es,».will be forced to lower their charges if the case is decided against toe Pennsylvania. A delegation, representing tiie bor ough of Halifax, appeared before the commission in opposition to the serv ice of the Halifax Water Company, aad produced con?idera'ole testimony to show that it is inadequate to the extent that there has practically been no water for consumption for a long time and that in event of fire no pro tection would be afforded Warning t» Hunters The Stye Came i omtmsson calls tne *ttea;;ojjr of deer huutc-s to tiie fact that a.; present there are uine counties in whi'h deer may not be hunted on November 10, when the season open# — Warren. Clarion. Forest. Jefferson, Cam bria. Somerset. Westmoreland, Favette and Chester, all being closed until 1917. A close watch will be kept by the game wardens in those -ounties and an\-'.-o«- e>.utiou of seven persons in Erie who have been fiilinj 7", and was a member of the Fr.cn ishi" Fire Company. At the outbreak of the Civil war lie eulisted as a private with Company Twenty-fitth Pennsylvania Volunt e Infantry. He remained with this com-| pany for three months, when he was! mustered out and then enlisted in Com pany F. One Hundred and Twenty seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers. in which he remained until the wa - was over. He was a member of Post SS, G. \. 1!. He was also a member of :> number of secret organisations and was president of the 127 th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Association. He leaves two children, Minnie V.. and Charles R. ; one brother, John H. Corl. FunPral services wiil !>•' held Sat urviay afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, 11 Kvergreen street. Burial wdl be made iu s h ooi> s church come-; tery. COURT HOUSE ELECTION COST $5.7tf4.;t0 Election Officers and Kent of Polling Places Paid To-dav The election on Tuesday .-oot Da ; t-nin ,sountv $5.76-1.30. The ount> Treasurer announced those figures this morning after ail of the election officers m the IS3 . recincts iiad been |«id and the charges for rent or' wiling pla.es and storing ballot boxes had been set- i tied. ti.THK Hunters' Licenses I p un-til noon to-day 6.70S hunters' i eu-ts had been ssue l a; the County Treasu-v. T 1 is is with..: a few hundred of tae number 'ssued until Jamtarv 1,. 1914, the 1913 record totaling 7.^20. Contractor Paid S. \\. Shoemaker & Son was tii:s morning ja;d $950.50 f. the con struct 1 on of a sewer in lamokiu : street. Hearing Continued By agreetneut * .-'>ui}-el t rt'.e hearing at which .lanscs J. LvncJi and W F Martin. contracting ,-ar enters, seek to ; have made perpetual a preliminary in .it: net ion retraining Building Insi>e.tor •Tames H. Grove from raziug a Yo r i\ avenue building because of alleged de fect, was fixed by Judge McCarreil for December This is the suit in whu ii the plaintiffs charged the Building In •s -ector entered into a . fraudulent scheme, with the owner of tiie York avenue building so that the carpenters weald be cheated out of their money, i Divorced One Day Weds Next Divorced one tiav and willing to we 1 the next is the record of M ss Pearl S'haner. w-ho this morning was granted a marriage licence to wed David F. Steiner, of this city. Miss S :anor ve« terday was divorced fron M. Kissinger, "he s "1 years o'.l and Steiner : s three years her junior. Marriage Licenses Eugene Dewalt. Blackwood, and Ktiti Noel. WilKamstown. Ben jamin P. Sheaffer. Harris''urg. a::.I Blanche M. Etter. Red Lion. TO GIVE BtAV AT TE( H Aurora Society Will Present "District School" for Church Benefit "The District School at Blue Berrv • orners" will be presentev D'Lee. f'i.arles" Burger: Dennis O'Toole. John Kehr; Sambo Honevsucke, Her man Brady; Abraham Whitestone, Al bert Krieg: Sim Dipsey. Doc Winger. At the Photoplay A vital drama of Russian life above and below the surface entitled. "Mv : Official Wife," is the Vitagraph thea tre'- latest success, presented bv Clara Kimball Young and a star cast of pla. - ers, including Earle Williams. Harry Morey anil L. Rogers Ly rton. Tue gist of the p,lot in "My Official Wife" lies in the ingenious scheme emploved bv Helene Marie, the idol of the Nihilists, to make hei way back into Russia to help her people. A network svstem of spies furnishes Helene Marie with cer tain knowledge which starts her toward Russia determined to win her way* over the frontier as the wife of Arthur Lennox, an American. Her successful entry into St. Petersburg, her un- annv escape from the espionage of tiie en tire secret service police force of Rus sia and her final end in the blowing i up of a palatial yacht are vividly and ) realistically told in dramatic climax and thrilling episodes. "Mv Official' Wife." the most powerful of film stor ies. originally released for presentation at the Vitagraph theatre. New York City, will be the feature attraction at the Photoplay to-day an.i to-morrow. HARRrSBI'RG ST A R-1X DEP EN DENT, THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 5. 1914. BELGIANS ON THE FIRINO LINE WAITING FOR GERMANS t ' " 2 ♦'■*& • "■ " ,* ,j I BAMk. , BUU-DtNl ng effectively t guarded. Chilean warships, it is learn v. ed. are convoying within their terri torial water the merchant -hips of belligerent countries which are threat ened by warships in the viciu rr. The _ statement air;t , and Oneien-au and the light cruiser ' Xurnberg steame.l away from Va' ' paraiso at noon on \Veducsday accord ing to a dispatch to the Renter's Teh-- l ' gram Company from Santiago. Chile. Turks Massed Along Frontier Petrognrd. Nov. 5.—A Turkish army 90.000 trong, consisting of the Ninth, . Tent'.i and Kleventii army corps, is ' massed along the Caucasian frontier, ae-1 :) cording to the '' Novoe Vreniya. Many villages nave been occupied by tiie out- ( . posrts of this army. Germans Repulsed, Siys Poincare ;l I'aris. Nov. 5, 3.30 P. _\|. —President a loincare has sent a letter ro War M in- . Millerand, in which he declares H that after a long series of violent en- y gagements the allies have repulsed the desperate attacks of the enemy. British Annex Island of Cyprus h . London, Nov. 5, 12.3s p. M. — gl Great Britain to-dav formally annexed r the islam of Cyprus in the Mediter- ( ranean which nominally formed a part $ of the Turkish empire.* $ Report German Cruiser Disabled London, Nov. 5. 4.45 A. M.—The n "Times" prints a report to-day that e the German cruiser Konigsberg has been put out of action in the Indian T ocean. The Konigsberg is a protected erin-er f. and was laid down in 1905". She is of p 3.34K tons, is 354 feet long and has a S i speed of -'3 knots. Her main battery consists of ten 4.1 inch guns. I To Investigate Canal Conditions BIJ Associated Press. V Washington Nov. 5. Chairman Fitzgerald and otner members of the House Appropriations Committee will sail for Colon Saturday to investigate conditions on the Panama Canal Zoae * i rior to making up the appropriation for the next fiscal year. Mr. Fitzgerald discussed his trip to-day with President 1 Wilson. r Child Has Typhoid Fever Berniee Haley. 5 years old. colored, daughter of Oscar Haley, 302 Ridge o street, Steelton, was admitted to the t; Harrisburg hospital suffering with ty-i p jdioid fever. I (_ Ti:N Eli HK.ri HNS. II VIM'N Governor Points to Fact That ll.s Elec tion Forecasts Came True Hie State administration heads are returning; to thei- desks after having , articirated >n ;!.<.» election on Tuesday j and arc feeling happy over the re 1 sun. Department attaches were in their | places to-day congratulating one au-1 other that their tenure of ofti.-o is more j likely to be prolonged through the elec t:ou of a Kepi*)],can Governor. Governor rVuer eavlv tais morning I arrived i'rotn his Ciiarleroi iio;ne where | he \otei on Tuesday. He was uc.um ' i-anied by hi-; private secretary, Mr. Guithor. and Seer-tary of the i omnion wealth Reoe.'t Me A fee, one of the Alle gheny county K :uhli an leaders who is said to e booked t' r retention iti the next cabinet or . • tj have "some-| thing oquaily good. The Governor was at his department early and took up the work tuat had acccT.tilated c las" F lay. He was about as mueh' please t over the result as anyltody tit the Capitol. "I'm feeling very happy over the re suit." said Governor Tenet, "an I my predictions as to the majority in Penu syivauia for Penrose and Brumbaugh came true. " State Ueaith CouimiauAaer D son was I at his department today transacting bo tin ms, aad Secretary of Agriculture j 1 ritchficl I, who- voted in Somerset county, came ba.-U to e;»ort on work done in the last few Mays. Neither State Treasurer Young nor ] Hiditor General Powell, the two Wash ington arty letiers, were in evidence to-day. They will not return until next week. lOl TH DISEASE Sanitary Board Members Say There Is 'No Lonser Dancer of Epidemic i The State Live >.ok Sanitary Board! met with Governor Tenor this morning j in conference over" the quarantine of! certain parts of the State to prevent 1 the -prea.liug ot ti{o foot and mouth i disease which is said to have been i i rc.vgbt into the State by western cat tle. state Veterinarian Marshall told the Governor of hit. investigations in Pitts- | burgh with Se-rctarv of Agriculture < rit 'hfield. He said ail of the infected - >ots have been carefully quarantined, but he is not certain whether there, will not ;>e more cases arising from con tact. He :s not afraid of a general epi lemic v n closely has the quarantine j been esta > ished. One new case was discovert d in Lancaster yesterday, that of a steer from the west, but no lo.'al cattle have as yet been infected. Governor Tener 'beard the reports' and approved the action of the board, at the same time advising the utmost precaution and urging that no effort be spaftM to prevent a spread of the His i ease. Bids on Sewers Two contractors to-day submitted bids for the construction of sewers in sections of Mifflin and Re-'crvoir streets. They were as follows: G. W. Ensign, In Mifflin, $2-17.00: Mr crvoir, $504.53; William Opperman, Mi;"in, $239: Reservoir, sofi4. ('ommis-ioner Lynch will recommend awarding the contracts ro the lowest bidders at the next meeting of the City Commission er«. To Investigate Panama Canal Conditions By Associated Press. Washington. Nov. 5.—-Chairman !• itzgerald and other members of the House Appropriations committee will sail for Colon >aturday to investigate conditions on the Panama canal '.one prior to making up the appropriation for the next fiscal year. Mr. Fitzgerald dis i ussed his trip to-day with President Wilson. Panama Canal Open to Traffic D'j Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 5. —The Panama Canal is again open to traffic. Colonel Goethals cabled to-day that shipping began passing yesterday afternoon through a channel opened through the recent landslides north of Gold Hill. i Pamphlet on War Revenue Law The Dauphin Deposit Trust Company,' of this city, is issuing a pamphlet con-1 taining the new war revenue law a * passed by the Sixty-third Congress, ou j October 22, 1914. LUNATIC AT LARGE IN WOODS Desperate Character Tried to Approach President Wilson When Latter Ad dressed Political Meeting in li>l I Hii Associated Press, ■ NVw Brunswick, N. J„ Nov. 5. R.chard Von Krebs, the escaped lunatic who was hunted by posses in the woods near here last night as the assailant of Mrs. Mary Rheil. who wa, shot and killed, and her husbuud, llenrv, who was mortally v ounded. was still at large to-day. The hunt was called off', as it is believed he tied from the State. The potior, going back over Von Krebs' record, said that one of their tirst experiences with him was in 1911, when he tried to approach Woodrow Wi'sou, who was addressing a political meeting here. This was when Mr. Wil son was Governor of New Jersey. Von Krebs nearly broke up the meeting, the police mid. and ws ejected, lie said afterward, aecordiug to the police, that he wanted get to the platform to ask Governor Y\ ilsou a few ques tions. Von Kreb-i and his wife had ta ken to court their dispute over the ownership of the farm which was rent <■•! to Rhiel. Yesterday afternoon Von irebs visited the farm. Not long aft erwards Mrs. Rheil was found, shot to death, and her husband badly wounded. Heiuzc Left No Will Hi/ AsSVi iati-tl Press, Saratoga. N. V., Nov. 5. —F. Augus tus Heinze, the copper mine owner who died here last night, left no will. This became known this afternoon when Mr. lleinze's lawyers obtained from Surrogate Ostrander an order appoint ing Mrs. Leila M. Fleitmann, of New York City, Mr. Heinze's sister, ad j niiuistratrix of his estate. Strikers Burn Buildings By .issue iaied Press. Fort Smith. Ark.. Nov. s.—Reports were received at the I'nited States Mar sir; vl's office shortly before noon i that minors or fheir sympathizers burn ed a number of houses at Prairie Creek early The burned buildings are : said to include the big boarding house which has been the scene of numerous t.isturbanees. Cotton Exchange to Open It it Associated Press. New York, Nov. s.—The Liverpool ! Cotton Association will o, en to-morrow for restricted trailing in May-June de liveries t'or the liquidation of old con tracts and for now buying a -cording to an official cablegram received here to day by the New York Cotton Exchange from the association. No new selling : will be permitted. Quebec Shoe Factory Destroyed By Associated Press, Quebec, Nov. 0.-x-The large shoe fac -1 tory of Gale Brothers, located in the industrial center of the city, was swept by fire shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. It was feared that many lives had been lost. The tire gained head way rapidly and factories were threatened. Ei>: Men Burned to Death By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 5. —Six men were burned to death in a fire Which swept through a four-rftory lodging house at do 2 Eighth avenue this morning. Fifty men were sleoping in t'ho structure when the fire was discovered. Firemen made many thrilling rescues. Funeral of Mrs. J. F. Williams Phe funeral of Mrs. Klla Williams, wife of J. F. Williams, who died at her home. 324 Peffer street, Tuesday, will be hel l privately Friday afternoon at 2..10 o'clock from the home. She leaves her husband and the following children: Mrs. C. L. Snyder, Miss Ora Pari, Charles and Roy and four grand children. Time of Funeral Changed The funeral of Airs. Ribc ca Nye, of l>auphin, which was previously an nounced to he held this morning at 10 o'eock, will be held to-morrow morn ing at the same hour. The Alternative "You wring my heart;" wailed the , youth whom the Vassar girl ha.l just ! refused. "fM rather wring your heart tlian i wring your clothes," she. mud. —Living- I ston i^ince MISS ETHEL PEACE WINS Contest Committee on Edison Essays Name Prize Winners A committee of judges yesterday made public the winners in the Edison Day Kssay contest conducted among the Ninth ward pupils in the city schools. Miss Ethel Peace, of the Melrose build- I ing, won the first prize of $lO. Miss j Katherine D. Hoopes, of the Lincoln j building, won second prize of $5. Prizes :of $2.50 were awarded to Miss Vir ; ginia Downes, of the Cameron build ing; Miss Feme E. Stanford, of the Reily building; Miss Ruth Strickler, of the Woodward building, and Hugh D. Wells, of the Reily building. Originality and thought was given first consideration in awarding the prizes, but punctuation, neatness, gram mar and the method of handling the subject all figured in the decision reached. Eighty-five essays from eleven buildings were submitted. -The eommit : tee of judges included E. Z. Wallower. I W . M. Fahnestock and W. E. Strawiu -1 ski. Prizes were awarded by the Ilar risburg Light and Power Company. EXPLOIT OF JOHN BURNS Police Stop Him in Act of Eloping With Woman and Four Children The police arc about willing to ap ply to the Carnegie Hero Medal Com j mission for proper recognition for John Burns, colored, who, it is alleged, was in the act of eloping to Chicago with Mrs. Robert Geary and her four chil dren, of Steelton, when stopped at 11 1 o clock last evening. The children are ; all small, the youngest being unable | to walk. Geary, the husband, appeared at po ! lice headquarters last evening and said I that his wife and children had departed | and he feared thev had gone away with j Burns. Police found them at the sta ! tion, Mrs. Geary and her children re -1 turning to Steelton with Geary, while the police held Burns, pending a eharg° : being made against him before .lustice :of the Peace Gardner. Burns at one I time was a boarder at the Geary home. Working Butter Butter is worked enough when the salt is evenly distributed. Just when ' this point has been reached cannot always be told from the appearance ! of the butter immediately after work- I ing. But butter that has not been | sufficiently worked will show white ! streaks or mottles after five or six ! hours. Whenever such streaks occur the buttei* must be reworked until all the streaks have been removed. To ; avoid mottled or streaky butter the j only safe rule to follow is to work the ;• butter twice. The first time it is worked lightly, just enough to fairly j distribute the salt. It is then allowed | to stand for six hours or longer, when white streaks will be noticeable. The | butter is then worked again until the | color is uniform.—Chicago News. The Australian Biacks It is believed by many persons that | the blacks in Australia are dying out. As a matter of fact, says a | cut of t'iie London "Standard," no such thing is happening. The belief, how ; ever, is easily explained. As civiliza tion advances, and it is yearly advan cing. the biacks recede farther and far , ther into the back blocks and unknown country, save a few who have acquired I the craving for opium or drink. These , latter succumb amid tilie advancing ! wave of civilization and seldom leave any children. Those who have passed inland, if they do not increase, have certainly not decreased. In some few i cases whole tribes have died out when i 'ivilization has reached them, but these have usually been small tribes. Tender Hearted "He is the most tender hearted man i I ever saw. j '' Kind to animals?'' "I should say so! Why, whoa he I found the family cat insisted on slee>;>- j ing in the ccaPbin he immediately or dered a ton of soft coal."—Tit-Bits. From the Readers Prospective Subscriber (in office of ! the Weekly Whoop—Don't you have any clubbing propositions? Editor and Proprietor—Oh. once in awhile, but horsewhipping ami shoot i ing propositions seem to be the favor -1 ites around here!— Puck. ' Artistic Printing at Star-ludependeuU MANY STOUCH SERVICES Preaching at the Tabernacle'ls Not the Extent of Campaign Ac tivities Those who have seen Evangelist Sltongh m action at the tabernacle, an.l think that they have seen the entire Stough evangelistic campaign in ojicra tion, are mistaken, because lie is onlv one of a force of workers who are now engaged in activities in the interests of the campaign in nil parte of the city. Dr. Stough does the preaching, a large part of the campaign, but his assistants and supporters do a great deal, too. The activities to-dav were numerous. Hundreds of neighborhood prayer meetings were held at 9 o'clock this morning, as usual. Services were held at noon at the Enola roundhouse, speak er, \V. W. Shannon; ait fclie Enola ear shops, speaker, the Rev. E. E. Curtis, and at the Steefton bridge shop, speak er, H. K. \V. Patterson, head of men's work and shops department. There was music at' all meetings by members of the tabernacle choir and orchestra. At the meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Harris burg this afternoon at the home of Mrs. S. O. Goho, Miss Sara l'altner, head of the women's work department, represented the Stough party. Miss Eggleston, of the children's de partment. spoke at the Children's In dustrial Home at 3 o'clock this after noon. At the Home for the Friendless at 4 o'clock Miss Josephine Colt spoke. A chorus of children sang at the serv ice. They went to the home in the Boyer Joy-Giving car. The first meeting for night workers in the shops was held between 11 and 12 o'clock last night at the Enola roundhouse. H. K. W. Patterson spoko and Mr. anil Mrs. Watson sang. More than a hundred men joined enthusiast ically in the singing. The Enola meet ings will be continued every Wednes day night. The banquet in Evangelist Stough's honor will be held at the Board of Trade this evening, starfing with a re ception at. 5.30 o'clock. DT. Stough will speak to the business and profes sional men present on the actual com mercial value to them of the revival he is conducting. The subject of the sermon at the tab ernacle to-night may be "What Is a Christian?" It is subject to change, however, according to the nature of the audience which the evangelist finds at the tabernacle when he gets there. The usual daytime meeting was held at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon. Many women and some men were present. TALKS ON ' TELEPHONE GIRL » Local Manager of Bell Company Ad diesses Camp Hill Civic Club Shirley B. Watts, local manager of the Bell Telephone Company, "delivered an illustrated lecture on "The Tele phone Girl" tefor ■ the Camp Hill Civic iC'lub this afternoon. The Camp Hill Civic Club, of which Mrs. James Mil house is president, meets once each month for the discussion of educational subjects and the increased membership this season indicates deep interest. Telephony, a science which is of com mon interest to all, reveals wonders when intricate details are explained. When one has greater knowledge of this comparatively modern invention one is led to exercise more care and patience when making calls. Mr. Watts' lerture wa< of special interest to all who attended and when the meeting adjourned the members left with a broader knowledge of a system that covers the greater portion of this continent. "Commerce Bulletin'' Issued The " ilarrisburg Chamber of Com merce Bulletin," a four-page folder full of news and notes about the local ehair.lber, was issued to the members ou November 2. It calls attention to the new constructive work being planned by Henderson Gilbert, Ihe new presi dent. Willis- —Then you think Bump left considerable life insurance? Gillis— Yes. The agent was the first one to propose to the widow. —Judge. FOR BALE. FOR SAL#E—3fi shares Interim tional Educational Publishing Co. preferred, at $27.50 per share. Address 3711, car# Star-Independent