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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
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= 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.
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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<irer of the!
Prohibition State committee has sub
mitted his campaign expense account,j
in which he shows that he received
55.552.75 and spent $5,706, leaving'
i a balance of $710.34. The State eom
i m;ttee has liabilities aggregating $lO,-.
•, $34.36.
Motor License Money
The State Highwav Department has
; F«id into the State treasure the addi
tional sum at' $61,660 money derived
" from automobile licenses for 1914.
' None of the licenses for 1915 have
been sent out. being held up until it is
5 ascertained whether it is neeeswwy
• • for them to be stamped with a war
1 tax stamp.
Governor Attends Dinner
Governor Tenor, accompanied by'
Sec rotary Gaither, left for Philadel
phia at noon to- lay to attend the din
ner of rhe Terrapin Club at the Manu
facturers' Olub to-night. From Phila
delphia the Governor will go direct to
CWleroi to attend the Elm memorial
services to-morrow.
KAUFFMAN FUNERAL MONDAY
Man Who Died at Hospital Will Be
Buried at Heckton
Furmau F. Kauffman. 2S years old.
died yesterday afternoon, two hours
after being admitted to tie Harrisburg
. hospital. He had been ill but a short
time with pneumonia.
Funeral services will be held at the
home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
( George \V. Kauffman. 2140 North
Sixth street, on Mondav afternoon at
, 2 o'clock, the Rev. A. f! Williams, pas.
tor of Curtin Heights Methodist church.
, officiating. After the services the body
, will be taken to Heckton for burial
. by Undertaker C. H. Mauk. In addi
, tiou to his parents Mr. Kauffman leaves
. his wife and two children.
f
David P. Lindsey
. The funeral services for David P.
> 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.