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<s in their principles, are includ
ed such games as football, baseball, ten
•s. chc kers. chess, billards. pool, bowl- •
ig, caroms and thf> !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<igatinig the pre|mredness of t.lio
J United States for national defense,
I because he thought it an unwise
! »av of handling "a question witiich I
j might creale very uafavoru<hlo interim
I tional impressions,"
"LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY j
Continued From Flrat I'ngf.
with conflicting claims of small advan
tages.
f The battered Servian army apparent-'
t ly has rallied before advance of the Au- \
1 1 strians, who have been sweeping north
» western Servia bars of defenders. It
> 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.