4 REFOHIED HIEIt'S in 1915' Representatives of the Church From Five States Select Allen town for Big Event FOREIGN MISSION BOARD IN SESSION Efforts to Be Made to EJUS® to Liquidate Au Indebtedness of Sl&VOOO and Provide Tor General Work Throughout Year Werners ville, Pa., Deo. 5-—Repre sentatives of the Reformed Churoh from five State—New York, Pennsyl vania. Ohio. Virginia, and Maryland— one dolegate to every 5,000 members Ot the 312,000 enrolled in the United Sfcites. attended the meeting of the General Committee of rhe Laymen s Missionary Movement held at Grand View sanatorium, on South Mountain. At the close of the convention there was great enthusiasm in anticipation of the men's congress to be held in the fall of 1915\ Salem Reformed churWi, Allen town. was the unanimous choice of the delegates. The Rev. James I. Good, P. P.. of Philadelphia, president, presided over a meeting ot the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church, :n the United States. The principal busi ness before the board was to devise ■ways and means to liquidate the in debtedness of 5135,000. An effort will be made to raise $250,000 for this purpose and for immediate needs. Au additional SIOO,OOO is required for genera! work throughout the year. The basis of the 1915 expenditure of money was decided to be the receipts during 1914. This will, it is hoped, prevent the board from assuming an indebtedness. Those who attended the board meet ing were: the Rev. Dr. James I. Good. Philadelphia; Horace Ankeney. vice president, Xenia. 0.; the Rev. Dr. Al len R. Bartholomew, secretary, Phila delphia: Dr. Joseph L. Lentberger, treasurer emeritus, Lebanon: t.he Rev. Dr. Frederick Mover, Youngstown. O.; the Rev. Dr. Irvic W. Hen Arisks, Cham*>ersburg; the Rev. Conrad Has eel, Buffalo. X. Y.; the Rev. l)r. Charles E. Creitr, Res ling: David A. MiKer. Allentown; George F. Barels. Cknan. Winchester, O.; John W. Apple! Lancaster; William Anspach. Milton. MILLIONS IX I. S. STFEL TO REBUILD DESTROYED BRIDGES By AUiKultf d P is. Now York, Pec. s.—Frederick Hoi brook and William S. Patten, of the Holbrook. Cabott and Rollins corpora tions: A. B. Adams, a contractor, and three representatives of the Lacka wanna Steel Company, sailed on the Lusit&ma to-day for France, where, it is reported, they will \-isit the battle tields and later sikMiiit bids to the French government for tie reconstruc tion of bridges destroyed by armies of the allies and Germany in tiie war. The proposed contract will call for aa immense amount of work aud the shipmetrt of millions of dollars worth of American stefc! to France, it is said. STAR-INDEPENDENT WANT ADS. BRING RESULTS. %mmmmm ************ • cam • am • mm • mm» • €t& • ma* o mm* mm 9 mm •€**•€**•***•€**•***• mm* | LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! i P _ | • Beginning Monday, 7, • j s®~ The Star-Independent Will Give Away *»s ! | 2 Reserved Seal Tickets to the Orpheum j . Every Day Until the Close of the Season f f We dont know w ho will get these tickets, but someone will get' 2 every day. Perhaps YOU will be one of the lucky ones. 'f| A HRR P, TS THF PT A"W• tt Ev l ery wee^ da y. a y° un S lad y. an employe of the Star-Independent, will be blindfolded. She will open Boyd's Directory of I ikJ I lIL/ X • Harnsburg and vicinity and will make a mark on one of the pages. The person whose name is nearest the mark wiU be ' O = f£ ven absolutely free of charge two reserve seats, which will be good at the Orpheum on a date which will be announced with the name of the person to whom they are awarded. The announcements will be HIDDEN among the Want, Lost, Found, For Rent, For Sale, etc., ads, but will be so plain that any one can easily find them. I Look! Look! Start Monday. Road Over the Classified Columns Every Evening. Perhaps Yours Will Be There I L i ™ • mm* mm • mm • mm* mm • mm • mm mm • mm mm • mm • CAPITOL HILL PUBLIC HEARING HELD BY THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD Branch of Labor and Industry Depart ment Takes Action Last Night on ! Regulations Covering a Number of: Subjects A public hearing of the Industrial Hoard of the Pennsylvania Depart-; rneut of Labor and Industry was held' iu the House Caucus Room of the State; Capitol. John Price Jackson, Commis 1 sionor of and Industry, presided.l Action was taken on regulations cov ering tho following subjects: Forging, pressing, forming and stamping mn oh in fry; blowers and exhausters; polish ing ;uid grinding machinery; wood-; 1 working machinery; standard railings; l ' compressed air; steam engines; trans j mission of power: machine tools. These regulations were presented to the Board by voluntary committees' composed of employers and employes. The Board will carefully consider all the suggestions made and in a few ; days will prepare revised copies, aft-, er which the same will be put into ef- 1 feet according to law. A final draft: of the bakeshop rules will be printed i and also put into effect within the com- i , ing month. Among those present at the hearing' were: M. C. Qoodspeed, General Elee ' trie Company, Erie: B. T. Root, ii. i X. Root Company, York: W. \Y. Pa vis. Somet Solvay Company, Steelton; , C. P. Porter and M. M. Slieedy. Penn sylvania Kailroad Com pan v, Philadel ' phia. Cold Water Expense Account T. H. Hamilton. I>re:u Lindsey. the nine-month-old son of Mr. f and Mrs. Philip P. Lindsey. 51S Dau phin street, were conducted, this aft ernoon by the Rev. Mr. Balsbaugh. Burial was made in the East Harris . burg cemetery. lURBTSBtTFft ST AR- INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENT NO. DFfTMPEK 5. 1914. BUY RIVER COAL FOR TECH ■School Board Awards Contract for 200 Tons of Cheaper Grade of Fuel A new blower attachment on tile | boilers iu the Technical High school ! which allows the economy of using riv ; er coal having proved satisfactory in ! a test, the Harrisburg School Board ' last evening decided to purchase JOO ; ' tons for the winter Bids were opened j I and the contract awarded to W. 11. : I Fillingbat at $1 15 a ton. The next' ! lowest bid was $1.75. Francis A. Awl appeared before the i i Board and asked that military train- ' I iug be renewed in the local high , schools. His proposition was turned i over to City Superintendent Dowues.! The Hoard decided to make the Wick-; ershain building a school for colored i pupils, transferring the white pupils to the Willard and Fager buildings. The : Hoard passed resolutions against the I transfer of a saloon to ISI9 North Third street. The Board accepted the resignation ' of Miss M:u\ Graber a teacher in the '. Susquehanna building, and Mrs. Nellie; Straw, a teacher in the Webster build ing. Miss Eleanor Trafford, of the Hamilton building, was granted an in definite leave of absence because of ill health. Six young women were elected t to the substitute teachers' list. They are Marian S Gaugler, Catherine Hals I ley. Rebecca J. Shoemaker, Elsie M. I Nixon. Mary E. Burkholder and Marga j ret I>. Clancy. Miss Margaretta Dougherty was elected to till Miss Trafford's position and Miss Helen Bright was selected for Mrs. Straw's place. Miss Florence , Hart man was made a teacher in the Loehiel open air school. Jerry Toomev was elected jaintor of the same school j at a salary of $27 50 a month. j COURTHOUSE j To Build New Bridge Proposals for a reinforced concrete! (bridge to be constructed over Spring' creek, near Cameron street, will be re i ceived by M. Harvey Tayljr. Com mis siotier of Parks, up until 2 o'clock l>e cember 15. Plans for the proposed bridge arc now being prepared by the park department engineers and may be seen by contractors after December S. Contractors also will be allowed to submit estimates to be based upou plans and specifications which they them selves are permitted to prepare, al though both the bid and the plans must •be in the hands of the park engineers at least six hours before time for re ceiving the other proposals. Want Grading Bids Highway Commissioner William H. Lynch is advertising for proposals for the grading of Brookwood street from Eighteenth to Nineteenth. The bids must be filed at his office in time to be opened at noon on December 14. Oppose License Transfer A petition remonstrating against tho application for the transfer of the Patrick Sullivan retail liquor license from 727 State street to 1819 North Third street, has been filet by Eleventh ward residents with Henry 'P. Holler, Prothonotarv of the court. The peti tion contains the signatures of 1.701 men and women all residents of the Eleventh ward. Fair Stockholders in Session Directors and some of the stock holders of the Keystone State Fair and Exhibition Company, a concern which has announced it has for laying out a fair gronnd between MiddJetown | and ilinspire, met in the offices of the company in the Ivunkol building this afternoon. The stockholders consider ed the advisability of amending their by-laws. Representatives ot the com pany said the result of the conference would not be announced this after noon. SALE OF RED CROSS SEALS WILL START ON MONDAY 300,000 Christmas Stickers Will B« Disposed of Here to Aid Fight Against Tuberculosis—Campaign to Start To-morrow in Churches 1 All Hqrrisburg to-morrow will ob-j serve " Anti-Tuberculosis Sunday'' and lin almost every pulpit the story of the t j battle that is being waged by human j ity against the onslaughts of the j"white plague" and the part, the very I important part, that the Ked Cross! j Christmas se«l occupies on the battle! ' tiring line will be the subject of many! | sermons. Next Monday the sale of the 300,-j j 000 Christmas seals will be started in; ! this city and vicinity, but the cam-; j paigu will be formally opened to-mor | row with the church services. Kabtn 1 j Freuud talked about the tij;ht last 1 {evening at Ohev Sholem temple. The Rev. l)r. H. W. Stough will make au Inonncements at the great tabernacle. The Rev. l«ewis S. Mudge spoke on the I subject at Pine Street Presbyterian j | church. The ministers' talks in the various! churches to-morrow will be largely of j an educational character. The benefits 1 that will accrue from general partiei-j 1 pat ion in the crusade will be pointed ! out, and the help that is given to poorl and needy children in furnishing them 1 carfare to the open air schools, cloth iug for the trips to.Mont Alto and troi-| ley fare to dispensaries will be de scribed. The 300,000 Red Cross Christmas seals have been received for distribu tion here and the sale will be opened in a number of ways, beginning ao day for the sale, John Fox Weiss is again in charge of the committee and has mapped out a splendid campaign, j All theae matters will be officially men i tioned in to morrow's church services. I Incidentally a prayer will be offered i in the different churches —the prayer j of the nation in behalf of the victims | of the terrible disease. PLAN'S PRIZES FOR HARDENING Professor Shambaugh Would Extend the I Patrons' Day Idea Professor Frank E. Shaumbaugh, ' County Superintendent of Schools, to day announced that from reports thus 1 far received I'atrons' Day was ob -1 served in ail of the county schools, out side of the city yesterday, and appro - ■ priate exercises were held. The Superintendent now savs he will > launch a similar movement next year and will try to have farm and garden exhibits in the school rooms. The chil dren are to supply the exhibits for which judges will be awarded prizes. . The plan is to get bankers an 1 busi • ness men in each community interest -1 ed and have them otl'er th ( > pri/.es. WANTED ON MANY CHARGES 60-year-old Boarding House Thief Again in Toils , C. Harry Fortnev, 60 years old, for , whom the police have been searching ( for some time for larceny from board- L ing houses, having seven complaints against him, was arrested this after *! noon by Detective Humane ami Police man Balthaser. Fortnev's method, according to the police, is to go to a boarding house and stay but one night, leaving the next morning with the valuables that he can carry. Being arrested ou the same charge before, he was sentenced to ' three years in th< Eastern penitentiary ' September 29, 1909. 1 Joe Ecady in Again The only arrest last evening was » that of Joe Ready an oft time repeater, ■ who has sworn off more often than any " man in town. Policeman Romicb picked • him up for being drunk an 1 panhan > dling. Because of slack business May - or Royal held 110 session of police ' court this afternoon. SCORES ACQUITTED MAN Judge Johnson Tells Middletowner, Cleared by Jury's Verdict That He Ought to Be in Prison Although he was acquitted by a jury 011 the Charge on which he was trieil in court, Charles'tihatjler, H Middletown man, was this morning severely repri manded by Judge Albert Johnson, of the I nioii-Siivder judicial district, spe- ' cittllv presiding in court here this week.! ShaetVer earlier in the morning had been i acquitted in a case in which a Middle- j town girl was the-prosecuting witness. After Sitae tier hud been called to I the bar, Assistant District Attorney i \Vicker»hnm, addressing Judge Johnson, 1 said: "1 am sorry to sav we have nothing; more against Shaett'er. He has been t acquitted of this charge, and 1 must 1 move for his discharge.'' Then Judge Johnson turned toward 1 | Shadier and said: '"It" 1 had a chance to put you in jail, that is exactly what 1 would do. You ought to be iu prison. That is the : place foi fellows of your type. The jurors gave you the benefit of the' doubt, a right which they had, and,' j while they could have done otherwise, j 1 will not censure them for their ae | tion. "I don't, as a rule, question dtvi- j 1 sious of jurors where there are twelve j I men with the same opinion, but person- j ally 1 feel that you are lucky. If yon ' I repeat what you have done, you will ; get the limit; all that 1 can give you.' j I have as little respect for you as for any other defendant that appeared be fore me this week. You nre a married man. Your wife is sitting back there jin the courtroom and undoubtedly is J ashamed of you. So she should be. Your place is at your wife's side, and 1 advise you to stay there. Let me tell ; j you one thing more! Don't you ever i come before me again! Now you can !« o! " ' WOMAN WITNESS IS ABSENT 1 Stroup Says Ensniinger Case Will Be j Dropped Unless Mrs. Long Appears Besides the murder charge against 1 Robert F. Scott, the city patrolman, two 1 cases remained untried when the special term of criminal court closed this after i noon. They, too, will be called at the I January sessions. The trial of Theodore 'H. Molts, j charged with manslaughter, growing out of his allied running down with his auto ami fatally injuring a boy near , Rockville, was postponed because the | case could not be reached on the cal ; envlar, 'Phe retrial of John T. Ensniinger, Jr., and Miss Martha Oaten, jointly indicted on serious charges, lodged at the in stance of (Mrs. Ensniinger, also was held over. This continuance. District At torney Stroup said to-day, was due to the fact that Mrs. Fred Long, oue of 1 the principal witnesses for the Common- I wealth, cannot be found. "Until she is found we will uot be able to go on with'this hearing," said I Mr. Stroup. "Mrs. Long is a very ma terial witness and the ease will have to | be dropped if she is not located." (J. A. R. ELECTS OFFICERS Port 58 Also Decides On Representa tives to Department Encampment i The following officers were elected 1 at the annual meeting of the members of Post 58, G. A. R„ held last night: Commander, 11. W. Nowmi.in; S. V. ; C., John M. Major: Jr. V. C., Thomas Numbers; chaplain. William Hu-ygins; surgeon, R. M. Johnson; Q. D., 11. M. Graham; O. G., David Bender; trustee, William D. Rhoads; representatives to I the department encampment to be held i at Eastoll next June, E. B. Hoffman, David Bender, X. A. Waimer, Thomas Numbers, 11. S. Wlatson. j The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensary J will be open daily except Sunday at | 3 p. 111.. at its new location, Front and [ Harris streets, for the free treatment of the worthy poor. GERMAN CASUALTIES ARE APPALLING IN IMMENSITY Ijondon, Dee. 5, 4.10 A. M.—A dispatch to the "Tiwes" from Copen hagen says: "The latest German casualty list contains the names of 13,721 officers and men killed, wounded and missing. This makes a total of 668,483 not in cluding the previous Wurtemlierg, Sax on and Bavarian lists. "The Bavarians suffered heavily, ac cording to the present list, with over 9,000 casualties out of the total of 13,000. One regiment of 3,000 lost 1,600 men in Flanders, including three generals. "An examination shows that the average Austrian and German loss daily during the last four months has, been about 20,000 men LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY Continued From First rngf. tlkat the war office considers It worthy of remark that one part of a hamlet remains in possession of the allies and that a ferryman's house which had been in dispute for a month had been captured. The German stall asserts that the French assaults in Flanders were re pulsed and that the German forces made progress in the region of La Bassee, Northern France; In tho forest of the Agronne and in tho vicinity of Altkirch, Alsace. There was almost no news from the east. In one minor operation in East Prussia the Germans reported 1,200 Russians were captured. Tho war office gives out without commence a news paper report that the losses among the I French troops amount to at least fifty per cent. Italy's attitude in tlio European war lias again become a source of concern, j in view of Premier Salandra's decla | ration that liis country was in no way I bound to fight with Germany and Aus- I tria, and t' • timation that if her loy ; alty to tr. obligations were ques tioned further she would disclose the text of the triple alliance agreement. : The German government's appointment j of Prince Von Buelow, former Chan-: ! cellor, as temporary head of the em- 1 bassy at Borne, is interpreted by Bomc ; dispatches as meaning that Berlin would exert strong pressure to prevent Italy | from joining forces with the allies. AUTOIST IS INJUHED j Thrown Through Top of Machine When It Strikes Fence Benjamin Albright, son of Harry Al bright, 1631 8w at aril. street, was knocked through the top of his auto mobile at Youngport, near Middletown, j last evening, when his steering gear ! failed to work ami he ran into a f«nw. i He was "thrown heavily against a fence, | suffering bruises and lacerations of the | face and legs. Fred Bowers, another autoisrt, took him to a 'Middletown physician and la | ter to this city. The front of the car was damaged. Biscuit Company Branch Here A distributing branch of the 'l*oose- Wiles Biscuit Company, of New York, | Boston anil Kansas City, will be etab j lished in Harrisburg through the ef i forts of the Rarrislb-urg Chamber of Commerce. Arrangements have bet-n ! made for a warehouse on the Pennsylva | nia railroad tracks anil an office, sales ! and warehouse force will be employed. C. E. Penle, formerly of Philadelphia, | will have charge of the local branch. May Delay Poison Case Hearing The case of Andrew Meloctwick, ac- I euswl of attempting to poison eighteen 1 persons, which was set for a hearing before A Merman Nicholas to-night at i 7 o 'clock, may be postponed. It was ! thought this afternoon that it woiUd J be impossible for Dr. George R. Mof j fitt to complete the .analysis of the I powder all aged to liave figured in the j ease, in time to make a report this I evening. TRADING IN BONDS LIGHT WITH FEW PRICE CHANCES The Only Transaction of Any Size Waa a Sale of $3-1,500 Pennsylvania Railway Convertibles at M>, Uu changod New \ ork. Dec. 5. Karl\ baling* ' in 1 wnds on the Stock Exchange to-dnv were devoid of sjxvial interest Trailing was lighter, with few price changes. The only transaction of any si ze was a sale of $24,500 Pennsylvania railway con vert Riles at 99, um hanged. Hook Island * ollateral 4s and Debenture os gained half a (mint encJi. Continued Inlying of Hock Islands constituted ttie sole feature of t'he brief "session. The collateral 4s gained 3 jHiints. Pht* rise in the Kock Island issues was attributed to the reperted perfection of a reorganization 'plan. 1 filings in the general list wore no loss active Mian on the previous day, hut nuniKcr ol bonds traded in was smaller and Hie undertone more heavy. Among the few important declines were Florida East Ooast 4>,.s which lost ROTARY CLUB TO AID BOTH CITY POOR AND BELGIANS Coatlnueil From First I'a nr. cml it is belie veil that all seats will be disposiHi of W\fore tlie middle of next week. Emphasis is accordingly laid by the committee on the necessity tor the public to bocwo tickets promptly. The tickets are now on sale at tho loMowing pla-os of business: Orug stores, F. .1. Althouso, 127fi Market; 11. B. Althouse, Third and Mueneh; Brindle's, 1240 Derry; .1. W. Cotterel, 1800 North Sixth; 'W. B. Goodyear, Nineteenth and Derry; O. M. Forney, 426 Market; P. E. ' Grun den, 933 North Sixth; B. 11. Jenkins, 2300 North .Sixth; 0. Keller, 405 Mar ket; Kitzmiller's, 1325 Derry; O. P Kramer, 1225 North Third; Logan \ I Second and Ilerr; J. 0. McAllister, i 1336 North Second; Mehring's, Fourth and Peffer; G. C. Potts. 1100 North | Third; A. M. Riekert, Eighteenth and j Walnut; B. F. Smith, 1601 Market; W. (i. Steever, 1324 Walnut; W. F. Thompson, 2027 North Sixth; W. O. Waite, 524 North Sixth, and S. K. Wil» helm, 135 State. Also, Ebv Chemical Company, 2R j South Fourth; Ebv drug store," New Cumberland; Sneeringer's grocery, ! Hamilton and Green; Frantz's groccrv, j Third and Hamilton; J. H. Wagner, Third and Hamilton; Kanimerer's bar- I l>er shop, 1712 North Third; Peter's I grocery, Third and North; Byrenrs ci | gar store, 707 North Third," and Ro>!> J Lucas, barber shop, 414 North Third. TO CHKCK I F AUDIT BILLS County Authorities Have Kept Tabs on the Number of Hours of Work The report of the 1913 county audit j w'hich was given over to the County Coniniiissioneiii by itlhe auditors lato yesterday afternoon, was formally suh ' in it ted to the court this morning and ordered to be filed with the Prothoiiii turv. Onlv two of the three ainlitois, Francis W. Reigle and Fred W. llus j ton, have presented their bills to the Commissioners. John W. Oassel ves j ten lay said that he had not had suf ! Scient time in whidh to nuaike out his | bill but he will do so within the next I few days. Payment of tho two auditors' !>i!.s | was deferred by the County Conunis | sioners for several days or until they can confer with County Controller Gough and compare the ciharges with | time books he kept as to the number of hours eavh auditor was on the job. I Mr. Reigle said he believed Mr. j Cassel "will not charge as much as we ; usk." The Commissioners consider the matter again at their meeting next | Wedaesdav.