4 FLAIB MENACE masonic t:b:le CoatianH From First l'ase from the Third street side of the Mx sonio building. Macklin turnoil iu an alarm from bos No. 251. State and Myrtle streets. District companies responded. Fire t'hiof Kiudler personally took charge of the firemer and directed them to try to confine the fire to the paper store. This was a mass of ilauios when the engines arrived, the heat having al ready broken the windows out on the Myrtle street side. four chemical streams and one plug stream were turned into the store an I the fire seemed to be under control, when Assistant Fire Chief Halbert, on an inspection trip to the second floor, found a blaze under the (loor in the hallway. A hole was cut in the floor and chemical streams turned in Fire Reaches Second Floor The tire then spread to the office of I>r. C. F. Keini, dentist, which was brok en open by the firemen, and to two other offices across the hallway, those of Walter Johns, a manufacturer's agent, and F. A. Kent, agent for the . Cosmopolitan Industrial Insurance Company. Damage was done in all three offices It was between Kent's office and the hallway that the tire erei>t lip in the [artition to a height of four feet aibove the second floor. The flames were stepped there by two heavy wooden supports for pipes in the partition. Smoke had poured into all of the offices an.! the lodge rooms in the. building, it beiug so thick in the ban- i quet hall, on the top floor that it was difficult to see. Mayor Royal and City Klectrieiaa Diehl, wuo are prominent Masons, le 1 a number of lodge mem-j bers to the third and fourth floors, where the Harrisburg lodges are housed and despite the almost suffocating smoke, carried the vakiaAde books an 1 papers and other belongings of the lodges to a place of safety nearby. Men with ofli'es in the second floor also took safety precautions ia remov ing valuable belongings, .lames W. Barker, manager of the Harrisburg Fee 1 and Gram Company, placed most of his valuables in the safe and then made his way to the street. The smoke was so strong outside his office door • that he hid to put a wet handkerchief : over his face to make the stairway. Extraordinary precautions were taken by Fire Chief Kindler to see; that no fire was left smouldering be- 1 fore he ordered the firemen back to uuarters. This included a visit to every : floor of the buiUiing. For a time it was thought that the fire would break out on the third floor on the Myrtle vtreet side iu one of the lodge rooms.j as smoke kept pouring from under the window sill. Htm*: Blaze on Third Floor Larger holes were cut there bv the ! axmen, but no flames were found and was decided not to damage the ur>per j floor bv cutting into the partitions, j After tlie firemen had been in service •in hour Fire Chief Kiudler scut ail the apparatus home save the Hope chemical engine. A below freezing temperature hamp ered the firemen somewhat, as tiie water from the hose fro?e on the sidewalks and on the coats of the smoke-eaters, i In the third and fourth floods of the. Masonic Temple are quarters of Persc \ era nee Lodge Xo. 21, Robert Burns i "Lodge Xo. 464. Ila-ii- 'iirg Lodge No. j ('29: Perseverance Chapter No. 21, I'iKf ■Trim Cowman lery. Knights Templar, • No. 11. and Harrisburg Council No. 12. On the top, or fifth, floor is the ban-! quet hall, the kitchen, china closets and jcantries. Whether any of the fur nishings or paraphernalia were dam-1 aged by smoke could not be learned this morning, but it is not thought like ly. Some of the members of tiie Knights Templar Commandery took home their uniforms during the -blaze. STATE IS SPENDING LESS Disbursement in Present Fiscal Year 8«,;M9,510 Below Those of 1913 The Auditor General to-day reported receipts for the year totaling $29,633,- 727.27. For the year 1913, to the same period, the receipts were $32.- 243.229.91; but last year's figure in eluded receipts of State personal prop I ertv tax. The fiscal year is nearly! enough completed to show that the reve- j nues for the year ending November, 30, 1914, will exceed $30,000,000. The receipts from personal property i tax last year were $5,312,175.11. This' will show a slight increase of revenue from sources other thau State personal) property tax. The total payments for the year j 1914 to date have been $30,143, -j 534.53, while for the same period of 1 last year they were $36,483,044.97;' the pavtnents thus having decreased $6,- 339,510.44. In commenting upon the showing the Auditor General said that, by extraor dinary effort in the collection of re ceipts and by paring payments as much j as possible, the State had been able to! get through a very hard year without 1 working any great hardship or showing an actual deficit at any time, although payments in a number of instances have J been delayed beyond dates at which they bp.-; been made in former vears. ! receipts at the State Treasury, for the closing day of the week were $732,451.97. Of that amount the Unit- i ed Gas Improvement Company paid in \ $348,000 and the Pennsylvania Kail-i road Company $223,029.96. Other big! corporations made up the balance. The fiscal year will end on November 30. TO OPEN NIGHT SCHOOL Board Wili Provide Place Where Teachers May Study The School Board last night passed ! the recommendation of the Teachers' ! committee that a hight school iu which teachers may prepare for State exami- ; nations be placed in the Central High ! si'hool building, with Prof. G. N. j Henschen as teacher. It also decided i that two teachers be placed in the J Children's Industrial Home, providing i the school rooms in the home be made to conform to the State laws. The Board refused permission for teaching a class in ''Swedish move ments" in the Technical High school gymnasium for the use of the library in the Fager building for the teaching of philosophy and to the boys of the : Lircoln grammar school to have girls at their basketball games. Yale-Harvard Chess Match Draw By Aasoriated Pre tt. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 2 I.T —The Yale and Harvard chess teams played to a draw, with Ave boards won by each, in their annual chess match, be gun last night and concluded to-day. COURT hOUSt MANY READY FOR SENTENCE Tweuty-one Defendants Have Flooded Guilty to Criminal Charges Twenty one defendants committed to jail since the Svptcm'ber criminal ses sions have entered pleas of guilty to the several criminal counts with which they stand charged and will be called tor sentence at the regular session of motion court on Monday morning. Sev en of the defendants are charged with failing and refusiug to support their wives and families. Nine of the charges are larceny counts, while the remainder include false pretense, felonious entry and fraud against boarding house keeper. The list follows: Edward Bradley, assault and bat tery; Maurice Bland, larceny; Oliver v urtis, assault; liiaries K. l>anncr, .lames Edwards, Philip Fleck, larceny; Philip Fleck, false ; retense; W. K. Gal ligher and Stanley Jackson, larceny; Willis Lahr, non-support and frauu against boarding house keeper; Peter Ragiiu, larceny; Martin Simmons, felonious entry; Johu Smith, fraud against "boarding house keeper and lar ceny; Andrew Strickler, larceny; Vasil IV-be. Luther Yiagst. Clyde 'llopple, Philip Harris, Harry W. Wise, Karl Dal ton, uon-sups.ort. Argument Court List The list of twenty-one casc6 to be argued oil Tuesday was announced bv the Prothonotarv 'this morning as fol lows: Appeal of P'ttston Consumers' Electric Company from order and de cree of the Public Service Commission, tule to strike off appeal; City vs. Smith Premier Typewriter Company, rule for reargument; Charles W. Siple vs. Emma Campbell, to determine law on verdict as to right of set-off; S. Cooper, for Central Trust Company, vsf. C. B. Mrtiargue and O. B. Horning, rule to oi>er. judgmeut; George A. Matchott vs. I'. N. Kassou, motion for judgment notwithstanding verdict; C. L. Krinser A Son vs. Pennsylvania s teel and William Lenker Contracting Companies, rule to strike off lien; Lv kens vs. Lvkens Water Company, show cause for discontinuance of a-ctiou; Sar ah A. Tait vs. Mary and Fphraim Si-hell and William H. Zinn, rule to open judgment; Cora IT. Zimmerman vs. same defendants, same action; Juro l'ozaic vs. Frank and Kate Capan, open judgment; Max Williams vs. Frank Co hen, judgment for want of sufficient de fet se: State vs. Charles Green, set aside Grand Jury finding imposing costs on Frank Bar-buih; State vs. Mabel Mil ler, to show cause why recognizance shouldn't be forfeited; S. A. Wilson and Arthur V Xoll, receivers of Farm ers' Produce Company, against W. I). Dunham anil 11. L. Shutt, two cases, and Edward 11. Shutt, all rules to open judgment; Elizabeth M. Hatz vs. Mary E. and A. W. Hoster, judgment for want of sufficient defense; Schwenk & Caldwe'.l vs. Max M. Miller, certiorari, exceptions: Susquehanna Coal Company vs. Lemuel Spoug, doing business as Walton Quarries, motion for judgment for want of sufficient affidavit of de fense. Viewers Assess Damages The schedule showing damages and benefits allowed by the viewers in eon nection with the opening and grading of Zarker street, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth, this morning was filed with the court The damage allowed through grading amounted to $102;25. while the benefits assessed amounted to $432.24. The improvement work cost the city $330. Ejectment Suit Ends Argument of the attorneys and the charge of the Court in the ejectment suit of Isaac D. West against Alfred F. Hauua will be made to the jury at the opening of court on Monday, the case having closed at noon to-day. The suit involves a stretch of land situated in and adjacent to the borough of Lv kens, to which the principals in the suit both claim title. West is the real estate agent of the Susquehanna Coal Company. This case now has beeu tried twice, the first jury finding in favor of the defendant. The testimony taken at the hearing just closed more than doubles that submitted at the original trial. Marriage Licenses George B. Lov, <®tee!ton, and Bertha Moorhead, Aspers. John W. Stormfeltz and Margaret B. As per, city. Ross E. Pennell and Sarah E. Oris well, city. Herbert S. Parth- more and Jean E. Moore, city. SANTA CLAUS' WAY CLEAR Country's Postofflces Prepare for Big gest Christmas Rush in History By Associated Press, Washington, Nov. 21.-—Postmaster General Burleson cleared the way for Santa Claus to day by ordering all of fices in the service to prepare immedi ately for quick distribution of the "largest bulk of Christmas mail han dled in the history of the Postoffiee Department." The postmasters were directed to ap peal to the public to mail their holiday parcels early. Packages may bear the inscription, ''Not t-j be opened until Christmas." Youthful Gunner Injured Ray Krouse, 16 years old, of Brv sonia. a small town near Gettysburg, is slightly improved in the Harrisburg hospital to day from a gunshot wound in hig right arm. After shooting a rabbit near Tiis home yesterday, he laid his gun down to get his quarry and when he picked it up again it dis charged, the load going in his arm near the shoulder He was admitted to the hospital last night. Funeral of Mrs. E. L. Parker The funeral services of Mrs. E. L. Parker, whose death occurred on Thurs day noon at her home, 1315 William street, will be held at the house on Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler will offici ate, assisted by the Rev. Willis Hoover. Burial will be miul-e in the Hummels town cemetery. Mrs. Parker leaves her husband and two daughters, Maude and Effie. Result of New Federal Banking Law By Associated Press. Ntw York, Nov. 21.—The statement of t'he average condition of Clearing House banks and trust companies for the week shown that they hold $176,- 830,540 reserve in excess of legal re quirements. This is due to the new fed eral reserve banking law. HARRISBFBO STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 21, 1914. FIIAZER'S mmm OVER KUNIEI WAS 8.3C4 VOTES Complete Official Returns Show Plnchot Kan Ahead of Palmer for Senator— Penrose Has Less Than a Majority —Brumbaugh's Margin 1.16,504 The total official vote of Pennsylva nia. us cast at the last election has been computed, but not reooived offic ially at the state department. Ijist night the work of the court in Alle gheny was finished and the result as sures the election of Robert 8. Krasor for Supreme Court Associate Justice bv a vote of 386,182 to 377,87S for George Kunkal. giving Fraser a majority of S.SO4. The vote of Fraser in All'Shenv county was 92,236; Kunkel. 10.887. The total vote for Holes Penrose for I'nlted States Senator was 51X612. Gtf furd Plnchot, Washington party candi date, was second with 269.076 Votes, and A- M. Palmer, democrat, third, with 266.4 74. Senator Penrose had a plural ity over Plnchot. his nearest opponent, of 243,586, and over Palmer of 246,146. The combined vote against Penrose was ."•35,550. leaving him 22.838 leas than a majority of the votes east. On the Governorship Martin G. Brum baugh. Republican, received the highest Republican vote cast. 588,702,' while Vance McCormick. the Washington and Democratic candidate, received on the tkemocratlc ticket 312,499 votes and on the Washington party ticket 189,699, making a total of 452,198, giving Brum baugh a majority of 136.501. For Superior Court Judge Frank M. Trexler. of Lehigh county, received 495.4 17 votes, and James E. Clark, of Philadelphia, 233,996 votes. The result in Allegheny county on the principal state contents follows: Judge Superior Court—Clark. 36,984: Trexler, 61,858. Trexler's majority, 34,- United States Senator—Palmer. 20.53J: Plnchot. 33,980: Penrose. Republican. 41,959; Personal Liberty. 6.135: total 49,097. Whiteside. Socialist. 7,334: Lar kin. Prohibition. 1.087: 1-andls, Indus trialist, 122; Penrose over Plnchot, 15.- 017. Governor—McCormick, Democrat. £7,- 007; Washington. 15,2221 total, 54.239. Brumbaugh. Republican, o2.0««; Kev ttone, 3,338; Personal Liberty. 6,00*3; total, 61.467. Urutnm, Bull-Moose. 344; I.ewis, Roosevelt-Progressive, 705; Al len, Socialist, 7.509: Stevenson. Prohi bition. 1,210; Harrison, Industrialist, 106. Brumbaugh over McCormick, 16,238. LOAD; OF PENNIES PUT IN PANS AS j:KE ON STOI'GH Members of Tabernacle Chorus Donate 7,008 of the Total 8,.126 Coppers Received in Last Night's Collection At Instigation of Spooner There lias been an average of about 3,000 pennies in the collections lifted at the Stough tabernacle each night, since the opening of the campaign. Last night was the record night. There was a total of 9,526 pennies in the collection, which in a straight column would measure just 35 feet. The reason is not that more persons are giving pennies, but that persons are giving more pennies, and it was sort of a put up job, too. The audience gave only 2,518 of the pennies, which is a normal amount at present. The choir gave the other 7,008 "Indians." The guilty ones blame Musical Direc tor Spoover, who, it is alleged, put them up to it as a little joke on Dr. Stough. The pans go around in the choir be fore the collection is lifted in the audi ence. When the offering was taken in the choir loft last night there was con siderable giggling and whispering. Prof. Spooner knew what it was all ai>out, but he didn't let on. Some of the young men and young women in the chorus put into the pans rolls of twenty-five pennies fresh from the bank, while others lionatad coppers which they had taken particular pains to gather together, Jiy having nickels and dimes changed for chewing gum and candy before entering the taber nacle. The total collection last night was $250.47, very nearly a hundred dollars of which was represented by the small est coins of the realm. Iu the vaults of the East End bank. Treasurer lief feltinger has in keeping a total of 71,000 coppers, collected at the taber nacle since the opening of the cam paign. These coins, if they were in an upright column, would tower way above the tallest building in Harris burg. HOSPITAL'S THAKKjCIVINC Bags to Receive Donations All Dis tributed and the Collection Will Be Made Tuesday Distributors of the several thousand paper bags ia which will be placed the annual donations of this city and vicin ity for the Harrisburg Hospital, hav ing completed their work, they feel as sured that the gifts to this institution will be more bountiful this year than ever before. No better idea of the need for these gifts can be gained than from a mere cursory glance at the last annual re port of the staff of the hospital. During 1913 there were 8,456 patients treat ed. Of this number 5,320 were in the dispensary and 2,258 in wards or rooms. Of those who were admitted to the dispensary 2,34 9 needed surgical treat- and 1,430 of the other patients required the services of a surgeon. While some of the patients were able to pay in full or in part for their treat ment a very large number was unable to meet any financial obligations and it is for worthy similar cases that the col lections at Thanksgiving time will be made next week. The baps have been sent not only throughout Harrisburg but into the surrounding country, in fact to all towns ami communities from which pa tients were sent to the hospital. The collections will be made in Har risburg next Tuesday while the towns in this vicinity will b e visited Wed nesday. York Prisoners Wanted Here Ijocal jewelers have identified [4ioto grai>hs of John Wooley and John Meehan. arrested lasrt Maturdav in York on charges of larceny of diamond rings. Tbev |K>sed as mutes and had rings con cealed in their mouths. They are want ed here for stealing a watch through a clever ruse at Diener'g, one at Com mings' and a chain at Claster'a. The Six-Day Bicycle Race By Atiocialal Presi, New York, Nov. 21.—The six load ing teams in the six-day •bicycle race had made 2,591 miles four laps at 1 o'clock. The next two teams were a la.£> behind. The previous record was 2,0 6 9 miles, six laps, made in 1913 by i LVLcNainara and Boot. WAR AGENTS SEEK WOOLEN GOODS 111 HEW YORK CITY New York, Nov. 21.—Agents for tho British and French governments an nounced here to-day that they were in the market for 1,350,000 wool sweat ers, 600,000 wool stomach bands, 1,- 600,000 wool gloves and 500,000 pairs of wool socks. In order to determine where sueh an enormous quantity of woolen goods in : ght be purchased quickly, an adver tisement was placed in a commercial paper. It was said that the goods were required for prompt delivery, that orders would be given immediately and that payment would be made in cash for goods delivered in New York. The wholesale value of the' goods is more than $2,000,000. FIGHTING ON"YSRR FRONT IS CHECKED BV SEV ERE WEATHER Bruges Belgium, Nov. 21, Via Lon don, 10.20 A. M. —According to the best information reaching here, the fighting on the Yser front has com pletely stopped. The severe cold weather continues and the old inhabit ants fear that there may be a repeti tion of the notoriouslv severe winter of 1870-71 At Bruges it is reported that 57 empty trains ol' 40 cars each are mov ing through northern Belgium in the di rection of west Flanders. It is assumed here that these trains are for tfie trans portation of additional German regi ments to the eastern arena of hostili ties. HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND GEKMANS Amsterdam, Nov. 21, 4.13 A. M.— The "Nieuve Kotterdanisehe Cour att's" Berlin correspondent asserts that all attempts made by the' French to restore communication between the coast and Ypres have been frustrated by the German artillery. Heavy lighting between the French and German infantry for possession of the woods near Bixschoote continues, says the correspondent. The (bombard ment of Rheims continues. Says Germans Withdrew to Best London, Nov. 21, 3.45 A. M.—"The Prussian guard has suffered so severely iu its attacks on the British lines,'' says the '"Daily Mail's" Dunkirk corre spondent, "that it has been withdrawn from the fighting line and sent to the rear for a rest. ' Two Red Cross Units Sail New York, Nov. 21.—Two additional units of the American Red Cross So ciety, detailed for work in sail ed to-day for Naples on the steamship Finland. IHE CIIY LOSES INJIACE SUIT Continued Krom First Fife. who presided in civil court here this week, gave the ease to the jury at 10.50 o'clock this morning and im mediately afterward left for his home in Lewisburg. The verdict was taken by Judge S. J. M. MeCarroll. Since the jury decided in favor of the plaintiffs the city also will have to pay the costs which, it is believed, will far exceed the amount of dam ages. In Court House circles, it is figured that this case will have much bearing on, other similar actions for damages which, attorneys say, are to be brought against the city growing out of the condemnation for street opening pur poses, of other real estate bordering along the river front. Only recently the city decided to take over the ' buildings and ground comprising the " llardscrabble'' dis trict and immediately before that the city passed legislation by which it hopes to gain possession of all land situated between the present western line of Front street and tho low water mark of the Susqueliana*Triver. The damages allowed to the plain tiffs in the South Harrisburg case are much less than was claimed, oach in dividual propertv owner having sued for SI,OOO The damage suit decided to-day was oue of the most hotly contested* that has ever beeu staged in the Dauphin county courts. When the city decided to extend Front street southward and build the intercepting sewer and the protective wall, the Koeaiig, Miller and Schlitzer lands, on the west side of Front street, were condemned by tie city and taken over for the opening of the street. board of viewers decided that the property owners had been damaged but that the benefits to be derived by them through the street opening and the ad ditional improvements would offset the damages by slightly less than a hun dred dollars in each case. Rather than pay the assessments the three property owners appealed and an issue was framed resulting in tie trial this week. CAPJTOLWLL CQWPILES A LIST CF NEW MEMBERS Of LEGISLATURE Prepared by Senate Librarian Miller and Printed in Legislative Direc tory for Use of Those Having Busi ness With Lawmakers Herman P. Miller, Senate Librarian, is first to compile and print a list of the new members of the Legislature in his Legislative Directory, prepared for the use of those who have business with the lawmakers. The new Directory contains the names of the heads of all departments and lists of Senators and members arranged by counties and. al phabetically, with their home addresses. Politically the Legislature is divided as follows: Senate, Republicans, 38; Democrats, 11; Washington, 1. House of Representatives, Republicans, 164; Democrats, 41; Washington, 1; Soci alist, 1. Totals, Republicans, 202; Dem ocrats, 52; Washington, 2; Socialist, 1. Republican majority on joint ballot, 147. This Diroctory is preliminary to the one that will be issued as soon a* the Legislature meets, the new State ad ministration takes hold and the ad dresses of all in Harrisburg can be se cured. HARVARD. 29; YALE. 0: JN 3RD PERIOD Front Flrat Pl|K the ball to Yale's 35 yard ine. Ther* was a fumble on the next play. Harvard Scores Again In the funvble the 'ball rolled over the Yale gold line and Trancke fell on it. LVfahan kicked out to Watson for a try at goal. Hardwick again missed the goal. Score, Harvard, 12; Yale, 0. Yale kicked off from their 40-yaixi line. Carter replaced Stillman. Walden sent the l»all to Bradloe ami the ball was run out of bounds on Harvard's 22-yard line. Again the Crimson 'be gan rushing. Hard wick made three yards through Walden. Kno