4 PUT'S BE STIRRBD BY NEGRO Objects to Way Head of Delegation Talked to Him on Capitol Segregation AND REFUSES TO DISCUSS MATTER Executive Claimed That Trotter, Spokes man for the Negroes, Was Losing Control of His Temper, and Then Declined to Hear Further Argument By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. I'.'.—President Wilson to-day, while receiving a dele gation of negroes who came to the' W'hite House to protest against segre gating the races in government depart ments. objected to the tone adopted 'bv their spokesman, W. ftl. Trotter, of IBoston and told the committee that if it tailed on him again it would have to got a new chairman. The President added he had not been addressed in such a manner since he entered the White House. The -delegation charged that Secre tary McAdoo and Comptroller Williims in the Treasury and Postmaster Ven ereal Burleson had enforced segregation rules in their offices. President Wilson replied toe had investigated the question and had focen assured there had been no disintegration in tlhe comforts aud surroundings given to the negroes. Segregation to Avoid Friction He added he had been informed 'by officials that the segregation had "been started to avoid friction between the races and not with tlhe object of injur ing the negroes. The President said he •was deeply interested in the nsgto race and greatly admired its progress. He declared the thing to I>e sought bv the negro people was complete independence of white people, and that he felt the white race was willing to do everything ]K>ssiible to assist them. Trotter and other members at once took issue with the President, declaring the negro people did not seek charity or assistance'but that they took position that the negroes had equal rights with whites and that those rights should be i respected. Thev denied there bad been | any friction between the two races be fore segregation was begun. President Quits Argument t President Wilson listened to what they had to say and then told the dele Ration t'hat Trotter was losing control of his temper and that he (the Presi dent) would not discuss the matter with him. \ After leaving the President's pri vate office. Trotter, 'Maurice V. Spencer und others of the delegation declared their talk had been " thoroughly dis appointing.'' They declared they would 'hold a mass-meeting in Washington on Sunday to discuss the question. 'Mr. Wilson is understood to have told t'he committee the question was not a political one and he would not take it up on .political grounds. The delegation presented a resolution of the Massachusetts Legislature and letters from several Massachusetts Dem ocratic members of Congress protesting i.gainst race segregation in t'he govern ment departments. COURT HOUSE. VERDICTS IX TAX CASES Taken In Court by a Special Jury This Morning A special jury selected 'by the Court this morning rendered verdicts in thir teen State tax cases in whieh settle ments had been reached by tlhe attor neys representing the defendant cor porations and the Attorney General's department. In nine of the cases the verdicts were in favor of the defendant, it being admitted by tfbe Common wealth's officers that the State is not warranted in pressing its tax claims. Two .verdicts were found against the Quigg Company, one for $39.21 and another for $36.06; one against the Westinghouse Electric and Manufactur ing Company for $-,041.03 and another against the Ijjko Shore and Michigan Southern railway, $7,600. Argument was presented on the appeal l'rom the iax settlement made by the Auditor General against the Luzerne County ■Limestone Company.-^ The principals admitted that if any money is due the State from the lime stone company for taxes it is $304.70. ' However tho defendants raised the point that it is not liable, 'basing the claim on the question of whether or not crusihing limestone is manufacturing. Treasury Report Complete Clarence E. Weber, one of the clerks in the City Treasury, to-day completed his re ort on the October business at the treasury.- The receipts during the month were $1 51,886.72; expenditures, $1 13,739.01, leaving a 'balance of $804,129.30. Tile receipts were boost ed by reason of the sale of $132,000 worth of improvement bonds. VSypointed Guardian The Rev. leather John C. Thompson, rector of St. James' Catholic church, >teeltou, this morning was appointed 'guardian for Paul Kirov, a minor, who is heir to a $1,600 estate left 'by his father, the late James Kirby. STOVE AM) TROUSERS STOLEN Alleged Thieves Take Articles That Are Necessary at This Time Among the things stolen for which arrests were made last night-by the police are a stove and pair of trousers. Nathan Branch has been arrested on information of Frank Cohen, of 607 •State street, charging the theft of a stove from in front of the latter's store, and James Edwards lias been ar rested for the larceny of a pair of pants from in front of the store of I. ■ L. Shandler, 139 South street. The defendants were given a hear ' ing before Mayor Royal this after noon. HINTING NOW AT HIGHER TAK RATE I'onttniird From First Pace. ceed the appropriations, so arrange- ; ments were made to use the excess in satisfying deficiencies which had been accruing for upwards of ten years and also in providing for the payment of the assessments incident to the paving of the westside of North Front street. City Lacks Beady Money The property owners on the east side of the street paid for the east side paving and the court has been asked to determine whether the city or the owners of the unimproved property on i the west side are lialble. City officials are of the opinion that the city will be compelled to foot the bill. At any rate all of the revenues ap propriated were expended during the 1 nine-month period and the same i amount must necessarily take care of ! the coming full year, unless the mill age is boosted. When the framers of the Clark commission form of govern ment bill decided to change the begin ning of the fiscal year in cities of the third class from April 1 to January 1, they also extended the time for begin ning the collection of city taxes from July 1 to August 1. That circum stance leiKes Harrisburg with very lit tle ready money—so to speak, with which to carry on its affairs until August 1, and even a boost in the tax rate would not remedy conditions be fore August. There is the possibility of the city doing some temporary borrowing. t al though the commissioners yet hope they will not be compelled to resort to that method of raising funds. Mayor Royal to day said it will be impossible to do much salary-boosting or to increase to any great extent the city's fixed expenses, although he add ed that he will in all probability ask for five additional patrolmen and an increase in the salary of Chief of Po lice Hutchison who now receives $1,500 a year. Wants More Motor Fire Apparatus Since the Friendship Steam Fire En gine Company has been given one of the two motor combination chemical and hose wagons, purchased lust sum mer, that company has found no use for two of its five horses. Commission er M. Harvey Taylor now plans to get two or more tractors to be placed on fire apparatus—one on the Friendship steamer and the other on the Mt. Ver non hook and ladder truck. Should he carry out that plan the Friendship will have no need for horses. Mr. Taylor has prepared further ten tative plans under which he proposes tearing out the horse stalls in the j Friendship fire house, and converting the basement of that fire house into a storage room for gasoline, oils anil oth er necessaries which now are bought in small quantities for use by the city. It is his plan to put meters on the oil and gasoline tanks so that all de partments may be served from tha Friendship storage place anil the prop er charge made to each. Besides the two tractors he proposes buying, Mr. Taylor also may try to get one or more combination wagons next vear. The street sweepers purchased for the Highway Department last summer. Commissioner Lynch said, now are working satisfactorily aud with a sav ing to the city, and he plans to buy one or two more in the early spring of 1915. Unless he decides to purchase two more. Mr. Lynch said, lie may get apparatus for flushing the streets. QUARANTINE WORKING WELL Stste Authorities Establish Two Addi tional Branch Offices in East ern Part of State Tho State-wide quarantine order is sued by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board yesterday against the import or j export of cattle in Pennsylvania super- I sedes the one of November 5 placing! ten counties under quarantine. New cases were reported since the order was sent out in Cumberland, •Chester, Montour and Lancaster coun ties. Dr. Munce, assistant to Dr. Mar shall, head of the Board, said to-day | matters are progressing very well and ; the situatun is well in hand. Those who are charged with the responsibility of investigation and enforcement of the quarantine la.w have Ibeen very active, he said. ' t No new cases were reported to-day, but there are a number of suspects un der surveillance. The Board has estab listed branch offices in West Chester | and Norristown, which -will act in co-! operatin with tli main office in Har-! risburg and the branch offices in Philadelphia. Pittsburgh and Lancaster established previously. THANKFUL FOR DONATIONS Home of Friendless Thanks Donors lor Many Useful Gifts These donations were thankfully re ceived at the Home of the Friendless: One bushel of crabapples and 2 pumpkins, J. O. Radle; 7 baskets of peaches, 10 watermelons, 60 gallons of cider and 6 bushels of apples. Mrs. E. C. Kunkel: 1 basket of peaches, Mrs. Weills; 2 baskets of peaches, Mrs. Philip Hummel; tickets for a festival, Second department of Sunday school of Augsburg Lutheran church; a large basket of apples, 2 baskets of peaches, Miss Jennie Dull; 1 barrel of apples, Mrs. Condo, ftoalcsburg. Centre county; 8 bushels of apples, Mrs. John C. Kun kel: 1 barrel of crabapples and 1 bush el of tomatoes. Mr. Zieglcr, of Wing gate, Centre county; 1 porch chair, a friend; 1 bushel of potatoes, Mr. Hass ler. Suggest Federal Control of Mines 11/ i Associated Press. Philadelphia, .Nov. 12. —A resolution was presented at today's convention of the American Federation of Jjibor urging President Wilson to insist that the Colorado mine owners accept the federal plan for peace ami if they fail to comply that the President take steps to have the coal mines operated under government supervision. The Evacuation of Vera Cruz Washington, Nov. 12.—The Ameri can evacuation of Vera Cruz can be ac complished within 48 hours after Presi dent Wilson gives the order. Every thing was in readiness to- lay for bring ing Brigadier General Funston's 7,000 troojers and 2.500 marines back from their six months' stay in the Mexican seaport. Printing at Star-Independent. FIARRISBITRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1914. mi RESCUED AFTER 12 HOURS Were Imprisoned Be hind Fall of Coal in Colliery Since Mon day Morning ROBBING PILLARS WHEN ENTRAPPED Hundreds of People Stood Around In Suspense, Not Knowing Fate of Imprisoned Men Until Their Deliv ery to Freedom Tbis Morning !>'.(/ Associated Press. Potbsviile, Nov. 12. —John Evans and William Schreiner, coal miners, who had been imprisoned for four days behind a hu 100 fast for cramped accommodations in the present building. Opposition members, it is said, are in favor ot postponing action on this rec ommendation, which was made by City Superintendent Downes, untiJ* such time as a new Central High school is assured. A request tor the establishment of a night school, where teachers could prepare for State examinations, will also be taken up, as will the plan to ■place a public school teacher in the Ghildrens' Industrial Home at Nine teenth and Swatara streets. Members of the board of managers of the home have been invited to meet the commit tee this evening. Initiate New Members Phoenix Lodge, No. 69, Knights of Pythias, will initiato several candidates this evening at their hall, 311 Broad street. A large attendance is antici pated. Foot and Mouth Disease at Baltimore Hjj Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 12.—Foot and mouth disease in the Baltimore stock yards was reported to-day to the De- I partment of Agriculture. UNTIDY TEACHERS SCORED DY INSTITUTE SPEAKER Professor Albert Says the Influence on Pupils of Their Appearance Offsets Any Good They May Accomplish— Enthusiasm For Organization Professor Albert in an address on "The Working Factors in a School,' which he gave this morning before the Dauphin County Teachers' institute, whieh is meeting in the House of Rep resentatives, said that no teacher who does not appear in the school room in clean clothes and with clean face and hands and who does not dress neatly and with good taste should bo allowed to teach school. The had influence such a teacher would have on the pupils would counteract any good he or she would be able to accomplish. He also said that children have a perfect right to ask as many questions of the teacher as they wish and that it is the duty of the teacher, if not able to answer any of them, to tell the pupil that she does not know but will find out. Much harm is done by "beating around the bush about it," he said. t Dr. Barbour changed the subject of his talk at the last minute. He was scheduled to speak on "Webster's Re ply to Hayne," but said that he had received an inspiration and would talk on "Public Schools and the State." He declared that morality should be taught in the schools. It is a duty to teach the children that there is a God that governs nations. If this were taught, he said, it would make the study of many subjects • such as his tory, much easier. Miss Margaret M. Sullivan, a local teacher, gave a talk on the importance of organization of the teachers. She became very , enthusiastic and offered to visit any districts where she was wanted and to help organize the teach ers of that locality. Miss Johnson discussed "The Teach er as a Student," showing how the teacher has much to learn by observa tion in order to become a capable aud all around good teacher. Professor Shambaugh, superintend ent of tiie Dauphin county schools, gave a short talk regarding the bene fit the teachers would receive by or ganizing, and saying that be hoped that every teacher in Uanp'nin county would join the educational association. The Rev. S. W. Herman, pastor of Zion Lutheran church, conducted the devotional exercises this morning. The program for the afternoon ses sion was as follows: Music, conducted by Professor Harclerode; chorus of the pupils of the eighth grades in tho Steelton schools; a talk on "The Reci tation—lts Threefold Aspect," by Professor Albert. Professor Mails spoke on "Soil Studies," and Dr. Barbour on "The Structure of Dram atic Literature.'' The teachers appear to be taking more interest in institute this year than at any previous time. Most of them have expressed a desire to be come members of the Pennsylvania State Kducatioanl Association as soon as possible. A lecture was given in the House of Representatives last night on "Life Dreams," by Dr. A. B. Van Ormer. To night a concert will be given by the Clara Wallace Concert Company. To-morrow morning, after the reg ular addresses the various committees will report, the auditors for the com ing year will be elected and the meet ing will then be adjourned. NINE PROPERTIES IN DEAL F. B. Aldingor Turns Over Real Es tate Valued at s».">,OtM> for N. K. Oyster Plot An important real estate deal was I'onsumatod yesterday when eight prop erties valued at $95,000 were turned over to the interests holding the N. K. Oyster property, Walnut and River streets, by F. B. Aldinger, proprietor of the Plaza Hotel, Market street and the Pennsylvania Station entrance. The Aldine hotel building at 435 Market street figured in the transaction. The Oyster property fronts fifty feet on Walnut street, 210 feet on River street and 80 feet on Strawber ry street. It is now occupied by the City Auto Garage, the Remington Type writer Company and the Ilarrisburg Light & Power Company. According to a statement made bv Mr. Aldinger last night the present leases wiil be permitted to expire. The greater part of the Oyster property was obtained from John O. Wentzell. The various properties to be trans ferred by Mr. Aldinger are: Aldine Ho tel, 435 Market street; Shellsville Ho tel. Shellsvilie; Cook property, 140 by 100, in Maclav street, between Green and Susquehanna streets; Bayles prop erty, Sixteenth and Market streets; two properties in Market street, Mil lersburg; two properties at 2442-44 Swatara street aud property at 1643 Logan street. PADDLE FOR RECAU'iTRAXTS Chief of Police Hutchison Suggests What to Do With Runaways A regular paddle to be wielded by a healthy copper, to take the place of a house of detention, may be added to the equipment at police headquarters, so Chief of Police Hutchison spoke this morning, when sorrowfullv con templating three runaways who must be kept at police headquarters because there is no place to send them. They swarm over the. desks, get iir-the way of the policemen and cause general consternation. "I guess we will have to install a paddle." began the chief, "to curb these boys when we are compelled to keep them here. Just now we have three boys who must be fed on charity because the county officials do not see fit to maintain a house of detention." Two of the boys, Abie Goldstein and Louis Karmine, of New York, were stopped hero en route to the Wild West where they were going to punch cows. Another juvenile from Baltimore was haled here on his way to Pittsburgh. Still Cleaning Up City The section of tlie city between North and Caider streets is feeing cleaned up to-day by tlie Pennsylvania Reduction Company under the direction of the Board of Health. To-morrow they will clean between Caider and Hamilton streets and the river and the railroad, finishing the work on Satur day. AITHOSITIES ON TRADE TU SPEAK Thousands Invited to Attend Conference in Y. M. C. A. Hall No vember 24 EXPERTS ARE ON THE PROGRAM Philadelphia Commercial Museum Will Have Exhibit Showing How Much Business Can Be Taken Away From Countries Now at War Chamber of Commerce officials made known to-day definite plans for the for eign trade conference which will be held in the \ . 'M. C. A. 'ball November 24. Manufacturers and business men from Central Pennsylvania, Northern 'Maryland and the southern tier of New York have tbeen invited. foreign trade authorities of interna tional reputation will address the con ference, t'he Harrisuurg chamber hav ing arranged to 'bring to this city a pro gram equal to the foreign trade con ferences held in metropolitan cities} thus saving local and central Pennsylva nia people from going to distant cities to learn about the opportunities in over seas business. John Barrett, director general of the Pan-American t'nion in Washington, ex minister to Siam, Columbia. Panama, Ecuador and the Argentine repiibliv, will be'the first speaker. Mr. Barrett L an international officer looking after the interests of all the Pan-American coun tries, the different countries sharing in the cost of carrying on the work. As a. speaker on Central and South Amer ican trade he is known all over the United States. Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 'Commerce, I*. S. Department of Commerce, will ad-' dress the meeting. Dr. Pratt has charge of the consuls abroad and tile newly cstalblished commercial agents who are; being sent to important countries. He: is charged with putting foreign trade I information and opportunities into tiio hands of American business men. The establishment of 'branches of the ! National City Bank of New York in ! liio Janiero and IBuenos Aires this week j marked a great step in developing for-! eign trade. It will enable American | houses exporting to Brazil and the Ar- ! gentine to use an American bank Tor ; collections, credit in formation and oth er assistance. W. 8. Kies, manager of j ttoe Foreign Department of the National i City ban'k will address the conference i and tell prospective exporter# how the , now foreign branches will serve them and about fiuancinl problems connected : with foreign trade in general. The- 'Philadelphia Commercial Mu- 1 seuin is the 'body responsible for the in- ; crease of the export business of the Philadelphia district. It is now giving its stM'vi-ce to all of Pennsylvania and Dudley Bartlett. chief of its Foreign Trade Bureau, will tell those present | how it can assist them in getting fousi- I nesß abroad. The Philadelphia Commercial Mu j seum will also have a graphic exhibit j showing by large loharts the imports I j of various countries: not only from the ! I I'nited States 'but from other nations, - demonstrating the volume of business i this country ean take from those now at war and kindred information. This exhibit will emphasise the addresses to ;'bo given at tii" sessions. Sessions will bo at 10 a. in. and 2.110 j p. m. Admission will be by ticket only. I Thousands of invitations are being sent i 1 out and commercial organizations in the /.one between Philadelphia and Pitt*- | burgh nre being asked to arrange to j bring whole delegations from the larger ! cities. I DEATH RESULTS Fito9l STROKE Mrs. Ida S. Payne Dies This Morning After Short Illness Mrs. Ida S. Payne, 60 years old, died this -morning at 1.45 o'clock at her j home, 1709 (Market street, after a three i weeks' illness. She leaves her husband, j Aaron S., aud the following children: j Fred 111., Edwin W., Robert A. L., Olnev | V. B„ Jennie V., Bessie IM. and Ethel E. j Funeral services will be held -Satur i day afternoon at 2 o 'clock, the Rev. | 'Harry B. King officiating. Mrs. Edmund S. Smith I iMra. Edmund S. Smith, 5G years old, I died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock | after a two 'months' illness. Prelimi i nary funeral services will be 'held on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, after j which the body will 'be taken to Ship : pensburg where further services will | be held and interment made. The Rev. C. A. S mucker will officiate at the Har risburg services. HEALTH EXHIBIT MODELS Dr. Rauer Confers With Dr. Dixon Re garding Display at 'Frisco Fair It is possible that the exhibit of the Pennsylvania State Health Department at the 'Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco will be made more in-ter ! esiting by an exhibit of models to be ; prepared by Dr. Philip K. Rauer. the [ lierman livgiene expert, who was in I Harristourg to-day to confer with State j Health Commissioner Dixon on the mat j ter. Dr. Bauer has planned a uumber of | similar hygienic exhibits fflr the Ger | man and Italian governments, and came to this, country to prepare work for the 'Frisco exposition and the Rockefeller Institute in New York. Ho brought with him a staff of artists aud model-makers and, hearing of the in tention of Pennsylvania to exhibit, ha is negotiatings,wit'h Commissioner Dix on to do for this State. Should he be engaged, his particular work will be outlined later by Coinmis | sioner Dixon. SEEK ERNEST ALEXANDER Chief of Police Hutchison is anxious 1 to locate Ernest Alexander, to whom a telegram has been sent through the of fice of the chief. The telegram is dated Akron. 0.. and is signed James Alexander, j It reads: "Father was hurt in a j trolley accident and died Wednes j day.'' Efforts to find Ernest Alexander in I this ciity have failed. PARK SIDE HOSPITAL 1900-02-04 Market Street Open ti> maternity eases of all reputable physician*. Trained nurses in 8 attendance. Both phones. ; ■ BBR9 SITUATION IN SIfIYSNR STILL PANICKY: ftlfißT'AiL LAW BNi London, Nov. 12. 2.08 A. M.—"The situation in Smyrna is still panicky,'' says the Athens correspond en r u' the "Morning Post." The British colony, numbering 1,800 persons, wished to leave the city in a "body, but the Turks refused to allow their departure. The Turks assured the American Consul General that they would protect the lives and property of all foreigners, but the ] opulace express doubts of the value of these assurances. "Turkish cannon have 'been placed on the heights commanding the town and it is rumored that the Turks (dan to shell and burn the city themselves if the allies attempt to take it from the sea. "No foreign news is allowed to cuter the city, except from (Je'inan local newspapers, which arc filled with en thiNiastic accounts of Oerinun. Austrian and Turkish victories. The city i; un der martial law. Nobody is allowed on the streets iiftcr !) o'clock in the even ing. The |>oliee are taking n emisir-; of foreigners and making an inventory of foreign property. The American f'oiisnl protested end succeeded in stop ping all requisitions of American prop erty, brt British and Trench property in outlying villages lias been largely confiscated, according to reports. "Three British ships in the harbor have been taken over by the Turks. Many smaller craft owned by Belgians. French and British als> have been con fiscated. T ' SAY TURKISH CRUISER OOEBEN WAS BADL) DAMAOEDBY SHEUI. Petrograd, Nov. 12.—A dispatch fe ceivod here from Constantiuopie says that the Turkish cruiser Ooeben was penetrated by a shell at her water line during the roc en t bombardment of the Dardanelles by the allied Anglo-French fleet. The damage inflicted is described j«a serious. The Ooeben is one of the .two German cruisers taken over by I Turkey after the outbreak of the war. | MOHAMMEDANS MI'ST SERVE IN TURKISH Aim ,SAYS KAISER London, Nov. 12, 7.(0 A. M.—An ! Amsterdam dispatch to the "Central ! News" says: | "The Kaiser lias ordered that all Mohammedans captured from the allied 'armies be sent to Constantinople to | serve in the Turkish army. A telegram ! from Bucharest, Rumania, savs that ! llalil Bey, uncle ot' linvry Key, the lead |er of t"no Noting Turks, has arrived j there on a special mission in behalf of Turkey." No Important Change, Say French | Paris, No. 12. 2.45 P. M. —The Fieneh ollicial statement given out in Paris this afternoon says the fighting |on the left wing continues with vio- I lence and Ims 'been characterized by | alternate advances and retirements, ' without iuvportail-e. Generally speaking | the statement declares, the battle front 'shows no important change since trie | lOtli of November. Turkish Torpedo Boat Captured London, Nov. 12. 8.05 A. M.— A ! Turkish torpedo boat which escaped j from the Dardanelles, has been cap j tured ofl' Tenedos, an island five miles j off the northwest coast of Asia Minor, | according to an Athens dispatch to the I Exchange Telegraph Company. i Rumor Three German Cruisers Sunk London, Nov. 12. 3.30 I'. M.—A re { port was current in the lobbies of the House of Commons this afternoon that ! three German cruisers had been sunk i in the Pacific at a place not specified. No confirmation. however, of this i rumor is obtainable. Exports Forbidden in Germany ! Berlin, 'by Way of The Hague and 1 Loudon, Nov. 12, 2.11 M.—The of i ficial newspaper publishes :< decree for j bidding the export of leather, horse | skius and calf skins, shoddy anil tin j plate. SEND BOX TO WAR ZONE J Is Filled With Bandages, Cotton and Other Useful Articles Miss Esther l«e'v>. IK \oriii Third • street, to-day announced the results of j the campaign that LMrs. l>eKue Lemer, I 313 youth Front street, and herself, | had been carrying on for t'ae benefit of Auxiliary Hospital No. 117, in Paris. | This is the hospital for which IMiss j May Lecner, who is residing in Europe, wrote and asked that bandages and medicated cotton be sent. Miss Lei'b and Mrs. Lemer had asked for contributions from the public and from the money received have been a.ble I to make 1,028 muslin bandages, meas uring two and tour inches in width and five and ten yards in length, and j have also purchased 100 pounds of ! sterilized bandages of assorted widths I and ten yards in length, sixty pounds of the best medicated "otton. one pound of lintine and five mufflers, all of w'hich they packed and sent Iby Adams Ex i press to New York to-day. The total sum of the contributions re j ceived from ITarrisburg,. Middletown land New Cumberland was $ 1 27.20. BRIDGES ARE DYNAMITED BY GERMANS ATI|jANY POINTS Sas Van dent, Holland, Nov. 11, via London. Nov. 11', 12.13 A. M.— German engineers tol. Laurent, St. .lean aad Watcrvleit, all places 'ii the northwest part of Kast Klundc:s. near tiie Dutch frontier. The Uernwins also threw a number of large trees across the roals leading lo the Holland ' frontier. In this way the flight of peasants which recommenced on November N. • « made impossible and tlio province of West Flanders is entirely cut oil" fro.n tiie world. Since this morning the customary roar ot heavy cannons iiai been lacking. Acquitted for Esjape of Cvuisars Weymi-uir. No. 11', Via Leu don, I 2.43 !'. M.- Hear Admiral !•'. O. I muoridge, second ill < ouimand of the British Mediterranean fleet, wax to-day acquitted by a court-martial of neglect in connection with the escape of t fi* iner German cruisers Coeben an I Bresln u. THE NORTH 'CAROLINA tMI Not Sunk by a Mine at Beirut, as Re ported iu Many Persistent Humors Washington. Nov. 12 The armored cruiser Tennessee, in the Mediterranean, reported early tj-di.y she had been in ■ wireless coiui.iunicnlion with the cruiser North Carolina yesterday and that tho ship was safe in Beirut harbor. | The message ivas sent by Captain Benton ( . Decker, of tiie Tennessee, i and reached the United States bv re ! lays of wireless and eaible. It was sis ] words long, simply announcing the i satety of both ships, but made no men j tion of the reported lauding of blue. I jackets from Mie North Carolina at i Beirut. The Tennessee's report dispo e$ of ' persistent rumors of the last three days, ' untraceable to any source and .videl • circulated through the country, that tho North Carolina had been sunk by a mine. Hundreds of friends and rela tives of men and officers on board were thrown into distress and besieged the Navv Department with inquiries. WRECK OK LEHIGH VALLEY Bight Persons Injured and Many Nar row Escapes As Whole Train Turns Over on Side W ilkes liarre, I'a., Nov. 12—A crowded Lehigh Valley railroad pa*- -enger train left this city at 0 o'clock i this morning and ran oil' the tra on a sharp curve at Mud linn, be tween White Haven and Mauch Chum;, fhe engine and every car turned on i'.s side and one coach lilled with Italian laborers slid into tlie Lehigh river. Eight persons were injured and tak en to hospitals by a relief train, hnr ; ried to the wreck. A score* or nio e J were hurt by shattered glass and were I bruised but not seriously enough in jured to necessitate their going to a ■ hospital. The more seriously injured includ ed the engineer and fireman, one l-"uK man and five Jay couch pas t sengers. Karly reports w&re that those i most seriously injured had suffered ' broken arms. ~ , NO-DANCE &RDER STANDS School Officials Decline to Reconsider, Despite Pleas of Tech Students | "I'nfortuuate publicity'' given, to a , dance it was proposed to hold iu con ; nection with the bazar in the Teclinica riigh school to morrow evening was sai l this morning t'i be the rehson for t*ie School Board order which compelled the committee in charge of the biu.ai to abandon tin dan e. Secretary HanimeXbaugh. of tin School Board, who issued the order aft er consulting two members of tin I Board, said that he was opposed tc j dancing, but if it had been a class af j fair which "would have been exclusive | he would not have taken such action j but the committee proposed to make it i a public affair, ro which any person | could go on paying the subscription | price. The Tech committee in charge of the affair sought to argue with the School Board officials, but the latter remained . j firm and the dance has been aibandonod | Dancing, in connection with Tech ba zars is usually held in a vacant room on the third floor of the school build ! ing. The bam' will be held without i the dance feature. _ Camp Hill Bazar The annual bazar for the benefit ol the Trinity Lutheran church of Caui| Hill, will be held at the home of Mrs Carl K. Deen, in that place to morrow i opening at 2 o'clock. Supper will t> served from 0 until 8 o'clock.