8 11l SIS WILL NOT HIT THE 111 Neither Will They Get Out of Campaign. They Assert, as De manded by Dr.Stough THE CRISIS HAS BEEN REACHED Pastors of Co-Operatiug Churches Are of the Opinion That the Evange list's Action at the Tabernacle Sat urday Night Was Most Unfortunate For»s:x successive hours today, from 10 o'clo k until 4. ministers co operating in the s " ugii e\ ange.istic campaign, conducted a service of sons: and prayer at the Fourth Street Church of God. Eighteen of the fifty-two co operating pastors were present. Neither l">r. Stough nor any other members of his party —in there. No definite ac tion was taken by the bo>i\ regar ing the statement made from the tabernacle platform Saturday night by Dr. StOOgk, accusing some of the co operating nun asters of ufMii| the campaigß, (tut it was decided that the puttn should continue in their work undisturbed. Charges Against the Ministers Dr. Stough in his statement accused eo-operating ministers of having "tried to keep the • ampaign from coining to th*. city at all. and when they found they could not prevent it by hook or by crook, they proceeded to block ;in i oppose every plan both in their churches and in committee, that did not meet their fancy." of never for a mo ment having been in the campaign with their hearts, of rit.isiug his sermons, of leaving the platform a: the invitation for trail hitters and going from the building, and of opposing him "in ministerial meetings, by personal visit, by letter, by undermining the in fluence of the iimpaigu among their members and uon-men)l>ers." "We have ''omf to a cris s to-nisht." ho said, ''and after a night of wrestling and prayer I am le i of Ood. I believe, to offer one of two alternatives and 1 give it to tnese gentlemen to night. They van either "hit the trail' and i;et right with God and their fellow Christians or withdraw from mis campaign: They must not any longer play the double roie. I will welcome them at the front • r with all my hear! for I have no : enmity nor a single unkind toward them. But 1 insist as ■ ler. whom God ailed through ristian people of Harrisburg to :.i:s campaign, that no longer iare i i ermit them to consider themselves as operating mim-ters when God knows, they know and everybody, who kn.iws tneai. knows they are not . o-operating! Never again, so far as the present lead ership is concerned, will they be con sidered . o-operating, except on the above conditions." Alternatives Are Disregarded A member of the Slough party this Homing said that he believes there will be no farther developments in the mat ter. asserting that some of the ministers have apologized to l'r. 6tough and have sought to smooch things over. The min- j isters see-in to be unanimous in the ] opinion that the affair has oeen a most unfortunate one. e shad let it to the people of : at the Fourth Stmt «'hur"h of God j t.lis at'te-r on. > a.-iin-g for *. e bodv. "to dev. '.e whetner we ministers are I hy pocrites. :tr. i whether we are doing right or not I an say rhat there has been no withdrawal from the campaign, and there wil! be none. Neither wiU any of the ministers hi: the trail." ' Visiting Ministers Coming The local ministers will to-morrow. fcave as their guests in this eitv several fcuudrel pastors from ciijreiies'witniu a j Tadius ot tweuty-five miics from Harris wfco will eome to see Dr. Stougii ! preach at the tanerna* >. It i- thought unlikely r-aa: the evangei st will press liis vase against io-al ministers in the presence of the vis tor-. Dr. Stough was not in the city to day. His slander case comes up before arbitrators to-day *n the Luzerne coun ty courts, oat a.i ording to an announce ment he made at yesterday afternoon's meeting e does not intend to appear 'or a hearing, asserting tnat he will i-ave no trial ex ept by jurv. In his lecture on amusements at the tooernacle on Saturday nignt Dr. »Mo ign tou bed or. y m 'ard-plaving and dancing, -sevoting about three hours to an attack on these forms of r« rea tion. in his talk on "'The Curse of Cards." . he asse-red that there is no intellectual ity needed by a carl flayer, but taat card playing dwarfs the intellect, and that it has done great damage to the art of conversation. "I do not condemn all games." ex plane 1 the speaker. "A woman toll, nie the other day that she was shoekei to learn that I approved of football. «inee she considered it as bad as • ards, and I told her 1 was sorry to know that -•he classified football with cards. There are two kinds of games I say. games of soil) and games of chance. "In the games of skill, which are farmie !i!;e. These are all ii "rally right, s*ome of the games have, of -ourse. been relegated to pirbli.- halls, where they are operated for revenue, aod I am toi l that the pool rooms, bil liard halls and cigar stores of r'his town are loing as much harm as the j saloons, yet I say the games themselves a- - e fundamentally right. Cards Causing Intoxication "Now among games of chance are, nil games of iominos, dice and cards.; These are tibe iamps that do the dam i'ge. (ard playing. 1 say. causes men- 1 tai an 1 moral intoxication, it brings about inebriation just as alcohol does. A card player can be as drunk and be- , netted in his mentality as a drinker can be in his l>ody. "Two inevitable results of card games are loss of tempeT and loss of I honesty among layers. You never yet ' saw a good, consecrated card player. There are none. Card players are as 1 mu?h fiends as are the men who drink boov.e. "The only difference between thei ; Front street ladies who gather for a i bridge whist party and give a silver cream pitcher for a prize and the bums iin Gas alley who gamble for a pot. 'is in the shape of the silver. There is i not the slightest difference, exeept that.; either in the eyes of the law or in the ■ evesof God. If the patrol would get busy , in this city some Wednesday afternoon ; when you have your fashionable card I parties and pull in all the players, if' would have a lively time and, inci-. ■ j dentally, you would have to enlarge' your police station." Dances With Chairs 1 In his talk which followed immedi ately on "The Dance of Death," Or. Stough used not so much argument as ridicule to drive home his points. He danced with chairs on the platform, il < lustrating the evolut on of the dance. ' In his conclusion, taking on a serious J mien, he advised first married women and then young girls to stay away from the dance halls '| "No man ever saw his wife in the j arms of another man." he said, "with ; out feeling a pang of jealousy, unless he is hugging other women. Girls would stay off of the dance floor, too. if they only knew how the men speak ( of them when thev gather at their clubs. Their cheeks would burn with i ; shame." l'r. Stough concluded his lecture about 11 o'clock with a long sentence | of harsh denunciation, during the utter lance of which he scarcely took breath. Then at its conclusion he gasped, ••Meeting's over." There was no call for converts. Wtil S'ay Till Hell Freezes In his address to men only vester.lay afternoon the evangelist continued his attack on the liquor business. His ad ins- consisted principally of stories in tended to illustrate his points. He • quoted no statistics as in his previous address and aimed to appeal principally • to the emotions of his hearers. "1 believe that liquor." he said in 'introduction, "is more firmly en trenched in this city than in Pittsburgh or in Philadelphia. There is a syste matic plan on to lick Stougii and to dis credit him. The liquor gang will try i to crush the campaign here. 1 propose 1 to stay here. I say. until 1 lick that i gang. 1 am too much of a man and a soldier to leave. I'll stay until hell free es over. I'll never let a man call; ■ me a coward. Any one who calls me that is on> himself. I »ell you if the strangle hold is ev®r broken in the t| courts of Flmira. New York. Stough and . his crowd will go back there and sen i . j that gang to the penitentiary." During his address Dr. Stough pro duced a hammer, which, be said, had [ committed murder, the blunt end ha\ ing been struck on the top of an old woman's head by her druuken son aud the prongs having been buried in her skull. At the dose of the address , Prof. Spoonei saug "Shall 1 Meet My , Sainted Mother in the Skies? '' and hun dreds of men came to the front at the invitat on of Dr. Stough. "TO get right s with God." Speaks in Church's Defense At yesterday morning's service at the taberna le Dr. Stough preached on "The Mystery of the Keys" to a com , i .natively small audience. In the ' evening he talke 1 to a crowded taber na le in defense of the church. seeking to relieve it of responsibility for its supposed hypo .'rites. There were 76 '; trail-hitters. In the afternoon, as usual. Miss Pal mer s;vke to women. Miss Sumaii to young women and Miss l'.ggleston to children. ROTARY TO HELP BELGIANS Plans for Vaudeville Week at Orpheum Discussed at Noonday Luncheon at Hotel Dauphin At an informal noonday luncheon |ln id to-day by the Rotary Club at the Hotel Dauphin, plans for the forthcom ing Rotary week at the Orpheum. when the Rotarians will run the vaudeville for the benefit of suffering Belg.ans, were gone over. There were reports from many members indicating an ex tensive sale of tickets, presaging a big week, with a healthy profit that will be turned over to the war sufferers j through the Emergency Relief Commit tee of this city. Considering that tickets have bceu on sale outside the theatre only two lays, the reports from members were remarkable. Some ha i sold their en tire allotment and asked for more. At the Orpheum box office, where -eats were placed on sale for next Monday, it was reported that many seats for next Monday had been reserved up to noon to-day. The special Rotary committee named to handle the vaudeville week at the Orpheum will meet with the Emergen cy Relief Committee at the home of Mrs. M. E. Olmsted, where further ar rangements. both as to the sale of tick ets and the handling of different con es-ions at the theatre will be taken up. Henderson Gilbert, who has ehar«e of the advance suoscription sale of boxes, reports that nearly S2OO worth of box tickets have been taken up to the pres ent time. 12 WANT TO BE FORESTER Newly Created City Position Win Not Be Filled Until December 15 Harrisburg s new city forester, un official to be selected under the terms of an ordinance by the City Commissioners last week, will not be picsed until the City Commissioners meet on December 10. so Park Com missioner Tay lor announced to-day. A dozen applications for the job have i>een received by Mr. Taylor, although he said to-day he will consider only such applicants as have had both te.-h nieai training and practical experience. Among the aspirants who are said' to be qualified in these respects are: H. S. Makibbin. Harrisburg: H. A. Mueller. Bellefonte; C. Aubrey De- Long. Livonia, Centre county; Edwin D. Workman. Harrisburg, and L. L. Howard, of Harrisburg. MRS. ELLSWORTH BENDER DIES I Lemoyne Resident Will Be Buried To- ! morrow at Mechanicsburg j Lemo.vne. Dec. 7.—< Mrs. Ellsworth j Bender, 50 years of age t died yesterday I morning at 2.30 o'clo.-k of typhoid i pneumonia. .»*he had been a resident of Lemo.vne nine years, having former- Iv lived in York county. She was a i menVber of the Evangelical ciurch. She i i leaves her husband and nine children, j i Bessie May. Margaret M„ Catherine i Myrtle. Catherine E., William L.. Frank •f.. D.. Philip K. and Ellsworth, Jr. ! Funeral services will be held to-mor ; row afternoon at 1 o'clock, the Rev. IK. I). Kenn officiating. Burial will be i I made at Mechanicsburg. HARRISBURG ST AR-IXDEPEXDENT, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1914. CAPITOL HERD OWNERS INDIGNANT OYER SPREAD OF DISEASE State Live Stock Sanitary Board Prose cutes Two Lancaster County Farm ers Who Disregarded a Warning end Violated Quarantine Regulations An arrest warrant was issued for H llliani Hallman and Duv id ►"ulmor. < f Laucaster, on complaint of an agent of yhe State Live Stock Sanitary Board. They arc charged with violating the state quarantine regulations against the foot and mouth disease by driving cattle over the roads without a pe. nit. Hallman and Palmer held a public sale at the Co lies toga Inn on November t*. They were warned against mo* ing the cattle, but disregarded the warn ing and delivered some of the cattle during the night. Foot aud mouth disease subsequently developed in several herds to which the cattle had been delivered and .he sale cattle are suspected of conveying the contagion. The herd owners are indignant be cause of the disregard of the quarantine precautious and threaten civil action against Hallman and Kulmer to recover their losses. Board of Charities Much interest is manifest in the meeting re the State Board of Chari ties here on Wednesday when the mat te: of re omending appropriations for institutions asking State aid will be taken up. It is said that the hoard will cut down every apple-ant to the bone, and tha' it will insist on its recommendations being carried oa:. However, this will uoit prevent bills beinj: introduced sud po-se.l for sums larger than recommended by the board and it will be left to Governor Brum baugh to cut down appropriations to bring them within the State revenues. That was the course pursued towards Governors Stuart and Tenor and both used the ax unniereiiftilly. Beady to Start Secretary Baker, of the Senate, is now engaged in making preparations for the meeting of the Legislature, and s-uys rhat tilings will move oft smoothly. Cleaning House A large force of men s now engaged in cleaning the House of Represe.ita , tives for occupancy by the lower branch on the first Tuesday of .latiu ary. The accumulated dust of two years of recess s Wing removed and the desks an ( furniture made TO shine like new. The Senate is in excellent t condition. Requisitions The Governor to-day honored a requisition from the Governor of New York for the return of John Bar da kini. charged with murder to Mont gomery county. New York. The man is in inil in Wilkes-Burre. Thomas Millikin. wonted for robrery in Chicago, will be sent ba.k from the Phila ie'.phia jail. A requisition was issued bv the Governor of New Jersev for tie re turn to Burlington of Fred. J. s j m 111 I. Un ler arrest in Pii.ia 1.-'p'uia far j wife desertion. COURT HOUSS IURB TAKES AN APPEAL Claims He Is Not Liable for a City License Tax An appeal from the decision of Al derman Murray. who directed him to puv the required $23 license tax. a penalty of rive per cent, as provided by cit • I ordinance and the costs of the suit, waj taken this moruiug by J. E. Dare, who claims he_ is not subject to a license l lax oi $25 for maintaining a nd keeping a [ ibhc garage, as claimed by tiie eitv. Dare contends that he stores his indi vidual autcs .n a shed, a portion of which he rents out to other auto own ers. Hi- garage is not a public one and it is not owned by a garage com pany. A question of fact is involved, which liore claims should be passed J; on by a court jury. Dcn't Wsnt to Pay Costs A motion for a new trial and au ar rest of judgment is to be made by coun sel for Abraham Gerber. who was ac quitted on a charge of furnishing liquo to minors, but who was ordered to pav the osts. (ierber objects to paving the costs, which amount to more than SBO. Viewers Met To-day r'aul LT. Smith, Harry Pahuestock and flames D. Saltsman. viewers ap pointed to assess damages or benefits j incident to thf grading of Wiconiseo i -treet from Front to Sixth, went over ' the ground to-day anil to-morrow will present the schedule of assessments to the affected property owners. The viewers to-morrow will meet in the Court House. Charge for Insane The Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Insane to-day presented to the County Commissioners a bill for $5,837.23, representing the cost of maintaining Dauphin county lunatics at the State institution during the quarter ending November 30. Marriage License Gabriel Magaro, Lebanon, and Tere sina Dodaro. Harrisburg. Lecture in Board of Trade Hall At a meeting in the lower hall of the Board of Trade building at 8 o'clock to night. George R. Henderson, consulting engineer of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, will deliver a lecture on the ; subject of the recent development of | the locomotive. The lecture will be il j lustrated by lantern slides and Mr. Henderson will present new data and I pictures never before shown. Silks Hearing This Afternoon Seven Harrisburg storekeepers, who have identified goods taken from the room of A. J. Silks. 2005 North Sixth I street, appeared as witnesses against ! him in police court thig afternoon. He was arrested by Policeman Buch on | complaint of Dr. Henry Reuwer, of the Golden Seal Drug Company. The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensary j will be open daily except Sunday at i ?■ p. m., at its new location. Front and j I Harris streets, for the free treatment I of the worthy poor. SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT ■ ; Husband Sent to Prison for Failure to Comply With Order to Maintain His Wife—<£iOO Bail Bond May Be Forfeited in Assault Case i When Steve Cubar and his .wife.) Mary, were married, he intimated a be lief that his wife should work and as-i i sist in making the household expenses, f To-day Steve was in court to answer! :' a charge of non-support. The wife de-1 . dared that she had not been given one f cent "for support" since the wedding j i bells rang many months ago. WUen| : Steve was arreste 1 ou a similar charge ■ in August the wife said he gave her S SSO as a consideration for her obtain-1 ' ing his release from prison. ' "1 paid bills he contracted before 1 We were married," she said, "aud I f i even paid for the marriage license. He had money but he would not use it.' The other day he said he would kill me and afterward he declared he would j spend all of his savings S3O0 —pay- ' ; ing lawyers to tight me." The sheriff said he had had some 1 I trouble getting a hand on Steve. Once when he was about to place the de r fondant under arrest Steve jumped 'from a carriage in a funeral procession and fled, tbe sheriff said. The defen-l dnnt had given his own bond to com , ply with a $!l-a week maintenance or ! dor and the court directed him to fur-1 tiisli a S3OO bond w*ith better surety. | ~ He went to jail. .. George W. Miller refused to comply I I with a maintenance order made iu fa- j , vor ot his wile, was adjudged iu eou-j s tempt of court aud was sentenced to; thirty days in jail. His wife said he I s preferred to spend his money fori s "rum" rather than pay his board bill. , ""Prom this day, I declare 1 shall never again live with that man. 1 al-j 1 ready have given him too many chances," the wife sail as she left the! . stand. 1 John K. Stewart, wanted on an as-! sault and battery charge, and whose I ease was to have been tried on Satur-' day but was postponed because he did' 5 not appeal in court, was brought in by ; the sheriff on a capias this morning.! [ The S2OO bail bond furnished by a I friend of the accused lias been forfeit-, ei aud the County Solicitor will be di-1 roeted to proceed to collect the money j unless acfioii is begun at once to stay j j i such a move. ! The case was continued until the , January session. Stewart was directed! to pay the costs of the capias aud he ) also was ordered to furnish further j . boud to warrant his appearance for trial. PIN TOKEN FROM TH"OAT : OF 3ABV AND LIFE SAVED t'onilnnrd from firm I'aer. . pi tai. Dr. John F. Cjlp, the surgeon ; who made the examination here, dis-| iovere.l the open safety pin iu ihe' a i esophagus, or canal between the throat and the stomach, an i advised, r 'n::t t::e child be taken at once to Dr. i Jackson. The Bacc With Desth The trip was -iarted as soon there- i otter as was po?-.l>!e. During long; journey to the Western Penusyl-! vania city the parents were in con stant fear that the child would not live long enough to reach Dr. da •kson. The little bay lia i frequent choking spells ,111 the train and had difficulty in t*tk- \ iug nourishment and in breathing. At 1.30 o'. io.-k Saturday afternoon j r the baby was placed on the operating' table in the Presbyterian Hospital. He was in the room only two minutes and j The actual time required for Dr. .lack-' son to remove the pin was thirty s.>c-i i mis. 1 he metal of the pin ha i become black during the period it was lodged i in the oesophagus, and Dr. Jackson sii l rhat there would have been dan • ger of fata! infection if it had uot beeu ; removed at the time it was. No aenes thetic was used in the operation. Danger of Infection Passed The chil i was kept in the hospital •until late Saturday night, under the; watchful care of surgeons and nurses,' and then it was determined that the danger of serious after results was re- \ moved. The parents thereupon started! ■at once on the return trip to Harris burg and when the train bringing them : (home pulled into the Pennsylvania I railroad station in this city ye'sterdav j little I-redenck was cooing and happy, j Mr. Miller is employe! in the Penii . sylvan a Railroa ! freight in this , city. Their friends in Harrisburg as i ; "el! as iiie doctors and nurses of the. hospital in Pittsburgh congratulated them on their prompt action which was I responsible for saving the life of the . baby. The parents were in a constant . state of anxiety until Dr. Jackson pro . nounced the child out of danger. CHICKEN COOPS RAIDED | i Thief Abandons Four Stolen Fowls i Identified by Michael Dwyer A wholesale raid on chicken coops i ! was made in the vicinity of Front and 1 j Cahler streets last evening—in fact the j . thief got so many ehiekens he had to abandou four, which were identified at police headquarters this morning by 'Mtthaei Dwyer. 113 Calder street. Mr. Dwyer reported the theft of ! twelve chickens to the police, who, on investigation, found that fourteen were stolen from a coop in the rear yard of the home of James Culp, 115 Calder street. A further search of the neighbor hood disclosed the fact that the thieves were in the yard at 1218 North Front j street. No chickens were stolen there, ; , i but two cheap suitcases with four chick ens inside were abandoned. Two chick , ens were aiive and two were dead. The ; four were identified as Dwver's prop , ertv. There is no clue to the thief. Fair Association Officers Elected Officers and additional directors of, the Keystone State Fair Association ' were elected at a meeting in the Kun ke! building on Saturday afternoon.! The association has announced it will , j lay out a fair ground between Middle ., town and Highspire. W. C. Norton, of | Daton, Pa., was elected treasurer of the association; H. J. Hamme, of Harris , burg, assistant treasurer, and J. H. 1 Lantz, of Harrisburg, formerly of West . Chester, controller. The board of diree j tors was increased by two members through the election of Frank Mc-1 i Grann and B. F. Barr, both of ' j ter. STAB-INDEPENDENT WANT I ADS. BRING RESULTS. 1 LESS NEEDED 10 RUN WATER DEPT. tinned Kr<.™ Klrot !>•((. \ vantage of the discount allow od through cash buying. Kor the fiscal year of 1913 the an j liual water department appropriation was *135.191.53 or $11,014.05 less t than will be asked for the new year, so that with the assurance that the greater portion of the $17,500 —to fa | cilitate cash buyiug—will revert back into the treasury, the expenditure dur | »njf_ 11> 15 should be something like $-7,000 less than was spout by the | same department in 1913, savs Mr. Bowman. While reducing the amount of appro I priations in his own department Mr. , Bowman to day again said he will, if 'given the opportunity, head the light i to reduce the city tax rate from nine , and one-half to nine mills. So far as could be learue.i he declared that no | one city department will have a do .licit at tho close of this year; that all | will have a surplus instead,—notably the health department, which hereto fore was troubled with a dc4i. it, —and it has been variously estimated that the balance iu the city general fund at the close of the liscal year on December j 31. will be in the neighborbood of S4O • 000 or 450,000. More Using Water Meters The general tut in the citv water ; rates made by Mr. Rowuiau just be i tore the beginning of the present nine i month "year," besides reducing the "liter department -evenues bv between ] $ X 0,000 and $12,000, he said to-day. I has been au inducement to the eoii- I sutners to have water meters installed During 1913 exactly 442 meters were j installed, while in tf»e Inst nine months ; more than 600 were sot up. Mr. Bowman said the auto he pro | poses buying for his department will | not cost more than SI,OOO and that he himself will drive the car. At least ' three reductions in the water rates are 1 to be made under the Commissioner's J latest plan, all of which will affect I something like 260 consumers, princi j pally the little manufacturers, or. in • the language of Mr. Bowman, "the eon | sumers between domestics and the real j ly big manufacturers." W here the daily consumption is less than 5,000 gallons the rate of ten j cents per .1.000 gallons will be cut to i nine cents and for those persons using ■ between 0.000 and 10,000 gallons daily the rate will drop from eight and one- J half to eight cents per 1,000 gallons, A new system i»f charges is to be es tablished for the beuelit of those using anywhere from 100 to 2,000 gallons i daily. Heretofore those using from 1.000 to 2,000 gallons daily were charged at the rate of twelve and one-half cents per thousand gallons ami those using less than 1,000 gallons daily paid under the domestic rate, or twelve and one half cents for 750 gallons. The new ! rate will be twelve and one-half cents j per thousand to all using 2.000 gallons jor less daily This will apply only : to manufacturers. Other Budgets Lower It is believed that the majority of I t'he Commissioners will have tilieir de- I part mental budgets ready for the meet -1 ing to-morrow so that the annual bud get may be made up and jussed dually j within the nest two weeks. So far as could be learned the major ity if not all of the Commissioners | favor a plan to increase the number !"f patrolmen. The Mayor said his i budget will coutain a conditional re quest for salaries for five additional patrolmen. The request, he said, will oe pressed ouh in the event that of the city's financial standing warranting the I increase. Beyond that, the Mayor said, j his requests will in no way differ from ! those of a year ago. It is said that nothing will be done ' at this time on the petition to have ! t'he commission create a detective bu ! reau with Joseph Ibac-h, one of the vitv i detectives, as head of the bureau. Twenty additional street lights like ly will be provided for. M. Harvey Taylor. Commissioner of Parks, to-day I said his requests will be sjualler than i those of a year ago. He will, however, i ask for sufficient ttiouev to finance the | cost of erecting a new fire house for I the Royal Fire Company in the Thir teenth ward. :?inee it has been found that the ; Health Department will have a surplus ; in its general fund at lihe close of ibis ; year. Commissioner Bowman has | deemed it advisable to favor making ; cuts in the milk, meat and food license : taxes of from $1 to $5. MAY BE FOREIGN WARSHIP Vessel Keported Ashore Off Delaware Coast Probably Belongs to a Belligerent Nation Bv Associated Press, Washington, Dee. 7.—The unknown warship reported ashore off the Dela ware coast is believed by Navy De partment officials here to be one of a foreign fleet. The safe arrival of two American destroyers at Norfolk and a i report from the captain of the battle ! ship Kansas that he was riding out : the storm off the Delaware capes, dis posed saifely of all the American war ! craft in the vicinity. No American warship answering the | description of the fighter reported ashore, four funnels and a fighting top is anywhere near that vicinity. To-day no word had come from the reventit cutter Itasca which put out | yesterday from Norfolk to aid the , stranger. Navy officials say that if ; the ship is one of the foreign belli gerents, she probatbly is not lining 'ier wireless for fear of informiing her enemies of her |>osition. STEAMER WHISTLES FOR HELP Supposed Warship Grounded at Ocean City StiH Fast To-day Baltimore, Dec. 7.—According to a ' dispatch from Ocean City, Md., limed 10 a. m. to-day, the steamer, supposed there to be a warship, which grounded five miles below that place yesterday ! was still fast this morning ana blowing her whistle continuously for help. The high sea and fog prevented assistance being rendered either from the shore or the sea. Philadelphia, Dec. 7. —The battle ' ship reported to have been in trouble | off Ocean City Sunday was the Kansas. IShe is at anchor off the Delaware Capes waiting for the weather to moderate and had not been in trouble. WAR PREPAREDNESS PLAN IS OPPOSED BY PRESIDENT | | Washington, Dec. 7.—President W!1 j son announced to-iluv ho was opjHised 'to Representative Gardner's plan for |( invest is reported from Nlsh that the Servi ans have resumed the offensive and i driven back the Austrian right wing I as far as the Kolubarn river. In the main the situation to-day ap- I; peared to be much the same as for the' -1 last month. • 1 From Russian sources comes the in r I timatlon of a new plan of offensive! Cracow, it is said, is now under the fire i of Russian artillery, and Russian strat- 1 | egv contemplates a shifting of the main I attack from Central Poland to the ! south, involving an attempt to push on j from the region of Cracow and enter ' I Germany across the Silesian border, i | with Broslau the objective, such a ■ move probably would involve a large reinforcement of the Russian ariuy in - Galicia. DISCORD IN SCRAMBLE FOR THE COLLECTORSHIP Continue*!] Fruiu Flrat I'nge. i apple of discord, as a number of peo . pie want it and the Democratic leaders i are in a quandary as to wthom to se . lect to recommend for the appoint ment. The principal applicants for the plum < are Warren Van DvUe, fornielv of Car i bon county, but recently a voter in > Harrisburg for the last three years, con j nected with the l>emocratie State Com ■ rnittee, latterly as the secretary of the . committee: T. Kittera Van Dvke, a liar . risliurg attorney and author of the res- . . olutions on many subjects till at have r been adopted by the Central Demo- 1 s (ratio Club: Howard W. Jones, treas- j urer of tie Democratic county commit- i > tee and president of tlhe Central Club; I George Harris, of MeConnellsihurg, Pul- ! j tou county, w-ho has had charge of Dem- j ; oerativ State Comniittee matters in his ! r county, and Dr. M. M. Dougherty, of - Mechanicsburg, who was thought to be ! lukewarm in the Democratic cause last. 3 spring, but who blossomed out as a 4 red-hot reorganization man for the en ; tire reorganize!' ticket at the pri maries. The contest is on and the leaders are f somewhat perturbed as to who shall lie . chosen, but it must be decided soon, as . the necessity for the opening of the . new district headquarters is such that . prompt ait ion is required. : SAYS SMITH WIGHT ESCAPE Judge McCarrcll for That Reason De J dines to Send Him to the State Hospital Here , Edward G. Smith, accused of niur i dering his grandfather John K. Busii, at Ingilenook, on December 17, last i • who last week was declared to he in • sane by a criminal court .jury, will in - j ail probability be sent to the .State ' hospital for the insltne in Xorrisiown, Pa. This is not an institution for the insane. Judge McUJrrell made that state •j mejit from the bench shortly after the i | opening ol' motion court to-day al- , . | though he added that he wiM make no ' formal order until after a conference, •| with President Judge K.inkel. John Pox Weiss, one of Smith's j counsel, this morning said that in his ' opinion his client should not be com-: 1 mitted to an institution for the nun-, 'i inal insane, contending that Smith j I has not yet been convict: d of a crime. :! lie .added that it is his belief tha* '' only such persons as are acquitted of a crime on the grounds of insanity or I who have been convicted of crime and . I then are found to be insane, are fit II sinl > jiv t s for soeh institutions. When ! he suggested that Smith be ?ent to the l State hospital just north of the city, , Judge MeOarrell announced that lie w»iH not commit the accused to that in-: i stitution. The judge said he will not send ! Smith to the Harrisburg institution ! "because a nuanber of patients have escaped from that hospital and it would J be dangerous to let Smith be at large."; , The court in all probability willl dis-' I pose of Smith's case some time this ■ ; week. i SCHOOL BOARD REORtiAMZES , No Apparent Opposition to the Re- 1 election of President Boyer The Harrisburg Shoo! Board will! • reorganize at 4.30 o'clock this after-; • noon by the election of a president 'and vice president. Harry A. Boyer, who ha* been president for four years,; is a candidate for re-election and no i candidates have announced themselves I , | in opposition. Harry M. Bretz is a van ; didate to suceecd himself as vice presi-1 | dent. Mr. Rover, at Friday's regular meet ' ing of the board, thanked the members j | for their co-operation during the i year. The school code requires or ganization on the first Monday in De 1 cember of each year. Officers outside ' of president and vice president are, j elected in July. MUSICAL FESTIVAL PLANNED Christian Endeavor Choral Union Will Give Sacred Cantata ! The Harrisburg Christian Endeavor! Choral Union is making arrangements ! for a musical festival which will be rendered in the near future. The sa cred cantata entitled, "The Nazarene," will be sung in parts by the choral un ion. All persons desiring to join should send their names at once to Miss Anna ■McKelvey, secretary Fortney to Be Given Hearing Harry Fortney, 60 years old, against whom there is two charges of larccnv and two of defrauding boarding house keepers, will be given a hearing to morrow afternoon. He was arrested Saturday after he attempted to secure a room in a boarding house on the Hill. ELKS' DHL VERT MISSIVE 1.500 Persons Crowd Majestic es terday to Witness Lodge Ceremonial MUSIC FEATURE OF EXERCISES After Preliminary Remarks By ExaJted Ruler William K. Meyers in Opeu- Ing the Lodge—Adjutant General Stewart Made Principal Address i ' Annual memorial services of Harris ' burg Lodge No. 11', B. P. I). E., were held yesterday afternoon in the M.i , jestie theatre. One thousand live htin | died people crowded the theatre to wit ness the impressive lodge ceremonial, i Similar services in 1,500 cities, par | tieipaited in by 1100,000 members of the lodge were held yesterday. Members of the loc:tl lodge assembled in their club house at 3 o'clock yes terday afternoon and marched to the theatre in a body. The stage setting ; was in accordance with the occasion and in keeping with the lodge room of the order, a setting for the impressive ritualistic work. Opening Lodge of Sorrow The preliminary address to the onen• ing of t'he lodge was made by Exalted Ruler William K. Meyers. He explain ed the object of the service and gave a short history of former similar occa sions. The various parts of the care | liiony were separated by an excellent nuisieal program. Adjutant (ieueraJ Thomas B. Stew art, the speaker of the day, dwelt at j length on the principles of the lodge and upon examples set by tJie deceased ( members. He declared that the moral i influences set by the lodge make real I men ocf those who come in contact with it. Younger ones benefit especially 1 with association with men who carry | out the principles of Elkdom. Toll of Deceased Members Secretary U. L. Schmidt then called the names of the dead members, ks follows: Meade D. Detweiler, past grand ex alted ruler, died June 18. 190 4; John Henrv Weiss, died November 22. 1905; William H, Snyder, died April 22, 1906; Herman Marks, died June 30, 1906; Naudain Hamilton, died July 7, j 1907; Henry C. Fink, died December j 1 6, 1907; Irviu H. Hanlcn, died May I'li, 1908; Harrv Keuower Shroni, died ! August 21, 1908; George M. Wan buugh, died April 2, 1909; William F. i Richardson, died January 1, 1910; J'. I 10. If. H. Elmore Smith, died, April 19, 1 1910; William K. Osborn, died Jim* | 30, 1910; John .1. Keller, Sr., die I July 19. 191 0; K. 11. Stunt/., died December If. 1911; 1). H, Halderman, died Jan uary (J. 1912; Edward S. Collins, died | January 10. 1912; Os,-ar C. Robertson, j died April 14, 1912; Elmer G. Brandt, died April 15, 19 12; W. S. Balso, died I August 14, 1912; A. S. McCreath. Jr., ■ died December i. 1912; P. tl. Coniiel ; In, died January 11, 191.'!; .1. Parke J Rutherford, died January 2, 191:!; .1. N. (iailagher, died June 8, 1913; I. II Scharadin, died June 10, 1913; Marlin E. Olmsted, died July 19. 1913; Charles jW. Wagner, died October 28, 19 1;!; | John M. Javcox, died February I, 1914; W. W. Shope, died August 10. 1914; W. 11. Shnyder, died October i 31. 19 14. A prayer was offered by tlw> Rev. W. I A. Hanson, pastor of Messiah Lutheran i church, and the Rev. Harrv Nelson Bassler. pastor of the Second Reformed j eliureh. E. J. Deeevee presided at the | piano and played a prelude. The Musical Program The musical program was well ren 1 dered and included the following nuin- I bers; Solo, "Why, Art Thou Cast Down, O My Soul," Reinthaler, Mrs, William K. Bumbaugh; violin solo, "Souvenir," Franz Drndla, George W. Updegrove: duet, *'l Know That My Redeem■ 1 r Li vet h," Mendelssohn, Mrs. W. K. Bumbaugh and Miss Bell Mildaugh; quartet. "Let Not Your Heart B- Troubled," Foster, Mrs. W. K. Bun buiigh, B. S. Behnev, Miss Bell Mid • laugh and Clarence Sigler; solo ,"Cro s ing the Bar," Willeby. Miss Bell Mid I daugh: solo, "One Sweetly Solemn Thought," Ambrose, B. S. Behnev: ; dozologv, audience and members stand - I '"£• | The committee in charge of the ar rangements includes Abner W. Hart j man. chairman; E. J. Deeevee, R. 1,, j Schmidt. 11. A. Segelbauni, W. H. j Cooper and W, K. Meyers. STATE ESCAPES WAR TAX Decided It Is Not Required to Put Stamps on Freight and Express The State of Pennsylvania, in its j various departments, is not required to 1 piy the "war tax" on shipments by i freight or express or upon telephone 1 and telegraph mes-.ig. s. This is a de i eision by Deputy Attorney General William M. [largest, acquiesced in bv the Commissioner of Internal Revenue of the United Stat's. Recently Samuel B. Rani bo, Super internment of Public (Irotniils an I Buildin,:,s, through whose hands aM n! I the charges for shipments, telephone : and teiegrmph charges pisses, asked the Attorney General's Department | for a ruling as to whether the various 1 departments of State would be requir- I ed to uqe stamps under the new war tax law. and after consultation «;• i the authorities in Washington, Mr. H'irgest gave down an opinion in which he cites various decisions of the Unit ed States Smpreme Court bearing on similar questions, all of which exempt the State from such tax. Drug Fiend Given Freedom George Kline, who attempted Satur day night to secure cocaine on forged doctor's prescriptions, was allowed his freedom by Mayor Royal this after noon. when he promised to leave the city immediately. Kline, who says his home is in Denver, Col., said the pr*. scriptions were made out by another dope fiend and were given to him.