6 CAPITOL HILL IARTAX STAMPS ON STATE LICENSES NOT REQUIRED General Bell Says Federal !' Government Cannot Impose Any Specified Duties Upon Commonwealth l! Officials in Collecting Revenue I, Recently Insurance Commissioner fhohueon asked an opinion of Attorney Qeneral Bell as to whether tihe licenses Issued by his department mußt be stamp- Hi with the war tax revenue stamps. Shese licenses are issued to insurance tympanies, agents and brokers, wiio are ftquired to pay for them the fee set Cy law. Attorney General Bell, aft- Hr quoting the decisions on cases in- Solving the same principle, says that ff the federal government cannot by law un(Qse any specified duties ir[on State mate officials with reference to the Uollection of the tax provided by the j(ct of Congress." and concludes: il " Whether the certificates or licenses jdf authority issued by your department JJre required to be stamped by the per sons for whose benefit the same are is- J ued is a matter which concerns the federal government, and the persons •; olding such certificates or licenses. It * s no part of your otlicial duty to re ■< |uire such certificates or licenses to be •stamped or to affix or cancel such J^tamps. •Commissions, Signed J) Governor Toner to-day signed the iqommissions of J. Hay Brown, of Lan caster, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Sourt, which position he assumes in anuarv by reason of being the oldest (Justice in commission when Chief Jus- Sice Fell retires; Robert S. Fraser, of Supreme Court .Justice, and Trauk M. Trexler, Superior Court diis- Jfi. e. The commissions were ali execut ed on parchment by James C. Deininger Jin the highest style of art. lilouey From Notaries !' The Executive Department, through Tener, has collected as fees jfrotn the appointment of notaries pub- Jjic duriwg t>he Tener term, up to the (present, the sum of $127,250, all of |kbich has been turned over to the Jrtate treasury. Bach notary pays s2*i JOn receipt of the commission, which i holds Tor four years. ! |The New Armory The Hoard of Public Grounds and • .Buildings having given the African JM. E. ch-uroh building, on Steite street *>elow Fourth, to the Governor's Troop Jtent free for an armory until suoh time as the State desires to remove it Ito use tlhe ground for park purposes, [the church • congregation will vacate •about April 1, when the troop will Jtnove in sifter making a number of ai 'teratiolis at its own expense. The act treating the Oaipitoi Park Extension iC'omniission, says the buildings on the 'new park grounds must be acquired Jbv June 1, 1917, but does not say that rthey must be removed at once, so the troopers will have at least two years in their new quarters. Board of Pardons The Board of Pardons adjourned yesterday afternoon ahearing aitfiiiuent in half of the cases on the Ji™, swid will meet attain on Tuesday morning next, to he'- the remainder after which an executive session will be held dnd aietiou taken in al-i of the oases. Attended McClaln Dinner Governor Tener and Private Secre tary Gaither last evening attended the i Winner given in Lancaster to Lneu-ten ant Governor-elect Frank B. McClaia, ! l>v his friends. Personal Among the statesmen wiio we on | "the Hill yesterday afternoon were for mer Speaker Alter, Allegheny; Senator' Salus, Philadelphia: Senator Thomp son, Beaver; Senator Snyder. Sehuvl-1 kiW, and founer Congressman Hicis, Bla,ir. Secretary Houck attended the din-; ner U> (Governor-elect Brumbaugh, in i Philadeipihia, last night. Lieutenant Governor Reynolds was a guest at the McClain dinner in Lan caster last night. Justices Appointed Governor Tener to-day appointed the following named persons as Justices of !*• J; C. -Myers. Alderman, ward, Qil City, Venango eounty; Krnest H. Oslinger, Middlecreek town ship, Snyder county; Calvin K. Morgan West Brownsville, counts; Charles S. Chapman, Freehold township] A'arren county. TO COMPLETE PLANT BY M*Y Several Sites Have Been Offered to Merchants' Ice Company The directors of the Merchants' Ice Company, otf Harrisburg, met lastt even nig at the Hotel 'Metropolitan for the election of officers and general tousiness. This company, which was in course of formation during ttlie summer and fall, was incorporated as a Pennsylvania cor poration on November 30. Its general pun/ose is the- manufacture and sale of ice at reduced cost, two dollars per ton on the factory platform. Lewis R. Simonetti was elected presi dent of the corporation; L. W. Kay vice president, and Henv iM. Hare, treas urer. The directors of the company were authorized at a meeting of the* stock holders held I>ecomber 11, to proceed with the erection of a plant. They are netermined to deliver ke not later than May 1, 1913. The representations of several companies manufacturing icc fnakiflg machinery have stated fheli willingness to contract for the erectioh of a plant completed by that date. were appointed to report to the board on tlhe following subjects: !ite and grounds, machinery and equip ment, 'buildings, contracts for ice, printing and incidentals. The directors will hold weekly meetings from this until the comvletion of the plant. A number of sites well adapted to tie business of the 1-ompany have been Offered and are under consideration. It is expected that active work on the erection of 'buildings and the setting of machinery foundations will be begun not later than January 10, 115. Arrest All Naturalised Germans Loadon, Dec. 17, 3.25 P. M.—All naturalized Germans in the seaport of Snnderland, a short distance north of the English coast towns which were bombarded by the Germans yesterday, "w*re arrested over night, according to a dispatch published by the Exchange Telegraph Company. SHIPS SUNK BY MINES IN TIE NORTH SEA Cittaue4 From First Pace. to New Castle, in which all traffic has been stopped, embraces the entire field iu which the German raiders operated. Scarborough, via London, Dec. 17, 1.33 P. iM.—The steamer Princess Olga, bound for Aberdeen, Scotland, struck a mino off here last night and went down. The crew of eighteen men landed in their own boats. The British steamer Princess Olga was a coaster of 438 tons and 185 feet long, and was built in 1901. The Biter water also was a small coaster, 743 tofts, 255 longs and built in 1907. London, Dec. 17, 4.45 P. Mi—lu a dispatch from Rome the correspondent of the "Central News" says: "A Trieste official has anuounced the blowing up by a mine aud the sinking of the Austrian trailing ship Beethov en. with the loss of the crew and all the cadets on board." BIC TIME PLANNED FOR KIDS Central High School Committees Ar ranging for Wednesday's Entertainment Work has been started by commit tees of Central High school students in charge of the Christmas entertainment to be given next Wednesday morning in the auditorium of the school at which thirty-five children from tlhe Day Nur sery will be present and will receive gifts from a thoroughly reliable Santa Claus. The gifts for the girls of the Nur sery will be purchased with the money donated, by a committee of senior girls headed by Pauline llouck and gifts for the boys will be bovigilt bv William Heffelfinger's committee. David Burns will impersonate Santa Claus. Commit tees have been appointed as follows: Candy, nuts, stockings, Marguerite Butler, Frances Burtnett. Lillian Speak - man, Margaret Welt.man, Irene Stin- SOH, Sarah Nunemaeher -and Mildred Day: stage committee, Benjamin By era, 'Harold Houtz, Jonathan 'Black, Ed ward Roth, Arthur Winn, Harry Rote, Paul Seilbanier, Earnest Diffenbaeh, W'alter Smeltzer, William Bingham, Tlhvood Baker, Leroy Smucker, Zeigler, Lynch and Nissley; Christmas tree com mittee, Catherine Kelker, Kmiiia Keenev, Mary Tit/.el, Gertrude Wilson, Gertrude Edwards, Ivattierine Peters, C'uarles Segel'baum, Karl Peters, Samuel Froehlieh and Jay Smith; lighting com mittee, Kenneth Patterson, Richard Ha mer, Carrol Deuney, LloydPieree, Ralph Pierce. Ralph Mickey, Edward Lancey aud Homer Balt'bangh. HEPTASOI'HS PLAN TRIP Booster Committee Arranges for a Visit to MarysviUe Next Saturday The booster committee of the Hepta sophs in this vicinity will pay a visit to the conclave in MarysviUe on Saturday night. Heptasopbs will take t#ie car aV Market square at 7 o'clock on that evening. This booster committee is composed of the members of the conclaves of !Har j risburg, Steel'ton, West Fairview and I Marvsville. This committee is now mak- I ir.g arrangements for a tine entertain meat and reception to be held on Tues i day evening, January 26. for all Hep ; tasophs and their friends. There will be singing toy the German Glee Club and speeches by Olin Bryant, of Philadel [ piiia; Edward Scheffield, supreme organ izer. of Brooklyn, and Benjamin X. I Nead, of Harris'burg. The officers of t'ho 'booster committee are: L. O. Phillips, treasurer; E. J. Seidles, secretary; W. \V. Britsch, as sistant secretary, and E.E. Ewing. E. J. Walsh, Mr. Bolger and Mr. Britse'i) on the entertainment committee. _COURT BANK FILES AN OLD DEED Instrument Making Conveyance of Lot in Market Square Is Recorded Tiie original deed making the con veyance of the plot of ground which now is the site of the Harrisburg Na tional Ba.nk, Market. Square, 'has 'been turned over to the"Dauphin eountv Re corder to toe entered in tfhe county's official records. It is nearly 100 years old, bearing date of September, 1817, and is yellow with age. 'However it is well preserved. The deed was unearthed several days ago, while one of the bank employes was making a search among old papers for toank records. Marriage Licenses Harry 'L. Yingst and Beulah Fill more, "iork. Charles T. Schillot, Philadelphia, and Anna ! H. S%ill, Lewistown. George C. Sellers and Martha Sein ers, Harrisburg. Rolla E. Lehman, York Springs, and Daisy E. Moody, Dillslburg. Clyde 'C. \V Boiling Springs, ."nd Florence B. Block, Carlisle. TECH BOYS ON THE JOB Will Distribute Presents Among Open Air Kids Next Wednesday The Ktudeats of Technical 'High school are planning a surprise for the open air kids next Wednesday. The Tech boy* have secured a promise from Santa Glaus that he will toe tfiiere to distribute presents to all of the pupils of tooth of Harristourg's open air schools. So the students are trying to aid Santa toy finding out what each of the kiddies de sires most. The entertainment will be entirely in the hands of the Tech students, Nor man Stiteler presiding. Cornelius Men ger has promised to give an address of welcome. ORDINATION TO MORROW Services Will Be Held at_ 10 O'clock at Trinity Church, Steeltoa Bishop James Henry Darlington will to-morrow morning ait Trinity Episcopal churcth, Steely (in, ordain the Kev. 8. H. Rainey to the priesthood and J. Davies and Lewis Davies to the deammate. The ordination services will open at 10 o'clock Following the ordinations, luncheon will be served to visitors by the Indies of Trinity church. Artistic Printing at Star-Independent. HARRISBURO STAR-INDEPENDENT. THURSDAY EARNING. DECEMBER 17, 1914. PRETTY "NURSES" INVADE THE ORPHEUIR THEATRE Wearing Bed Cross Uniforms, They Are Selling Candles and Nuts in the Audience to Aid the Home and War Belief Association Garbed a- ; Red Cross nurses, but dis pensing home-made eandies and salted peanuts instead of bandages and dress ings for wounds, a score of pretty misses are doiug duty—genuine relief duty, too —-at the Orpheum theatre to day. It is recalled that this is ''Bel gian Week" in that theatre. They are working for the Geueral Supply Division of the Home and War Relief Association, and the product of their sales will help ulong the work by purchasing supplies and paying for making up of clothing and supplies. In charge of the work is the com mittee composed of Mrs. Mercer B. Tate, Mrs. C. E. Covert, Mrs. M. E. Olmsted and Mrs. W. E. Seel. The "nurses,'' who did duty at the Zembo sale earlier in the week,'are Miss Esther Hutmau, Miss Catherine Thome, Miss Esther Adams, M:ss Marie Melville, Miss Madeline Shoaf, Miss Kathryn McCloskey, Miss Emma Morrow, Miss Helen Roberts, Miss Ann Fogarty, Miss Emily Vanderloo, Miss Ruth Kirkup, Miss Margaret Bacon, Miss Emily Mor row, Miss Ann Fissel, Miss Marf Koons, Miss Marie McCalley, Miss Miller, Miss Irene McCalley, Miss Hilda Fohl and Miss Mary Roth. On Saturday headquarters will be opened at ■? South Front street for pub lic inspection and active operations. The Red Cross flag floats there now, and every division is shewing activity as the hour approaches when first batches of unsewn clothing is to be given out to the seamstresses of this city who will convert them into warm suits aud dresses for the suffering Bel gians. Every detail of the work has been attended to. The proper kinds of wool uud special needle* for knitting it are on sale at extremely low prices, so that the work of manufacture may be facilitated. A bulletin board, giving shipping dates, general and specific needs of certain kinds of materials or clothing and dates a.nd hours of com mittee meetings, has bopn placed in headquarters. Free service from corporations and in dividuals has been given to the general committee. The Harrisburg Gas Com pany is furnishing gas without cost. McCreath Brothers ha~e contracted to give coal and wood for nothing; while George C. Fager & Sons and J. W. Morrow havt done tin work and plumb ing repairs without profit. A booth for the sale of Red Cross stamps has been opened in the parcel post sub-station 111 the Donaldson building, 206 North Second street. The original supply of 3,500 Red Cross stamps at the postotlice has been ex hausted. Miss Margaret Turner, in charge of this booth, expects to sell 15,000 stamps this year. She disposed of 1-0,000 last year in the postoffice. ] PROFITS TO BELGIANS United Manufacturing Company Will HMd Big Belgian Sale Next Monday In accord with the various move ments to raise funds to help the Bel gians, the United Manufacturers' store, 9 North Market square, announces that it will have "Belgian Day" sale Mon-da/v, December 21, ami will give one-tenth of the total moneys taken in for the relief of the Belgian sufferers. The prices on the merchandise will aot be increased *" cover the donation. On the other hauu, the original low prices will apply to all merchandise. One-tenth of the day's receipts will be turned over to the proper party for tiansmission to the relief commission. The day's business will be audited by a disinterested 'party who will be se lected between now and Monday. THIS APRON WASHINGTON'S? Matons Interested ill Insignia Believed to Have Belonged to First President Freemasonry in this city and vicin ity is interested in an apron of a mem ber of the Blue Lodge which appears to have been the one worn by George Washington a-s a member of the lodge in Alexandria, Va. It has just come into the possession oif Jay C. 'SaJtz giver, Jr., ajid is being exhibited in the display window of his antique store at 21!5 North Second street. The apron, is of the retgulatMn sheepskin and common size and shape, lias every appearance of great is under glass in a heavy frame. The frame, an excellent piece oif workman ship in its day, would be styled '' gin gejtoready" or something else nowa days. MT. Saltzgiver says the frame is at least sixty years oid, and thds is borne the confessed iwxber of the Union bank of Aitoona. Hohl escaped from the Blair county jjaiil after his arrest in Canon, 0., and has not been heard of siiu-e except wheu a mi;divine bearing an Indiana license tax drew up at his residence, on North Court street, early one Sunday morning and gave rise to the story that the auto contained Holil. OBJECT TO PROPOSED SITE Dozen Property Owners and Manufac turers Oppose Putting Asphalt Plant at Cameron and Kittatinny Sts. A dozen protests from individual property owners /and manufacturers have been lodged with the City Com missioners against the plan to' ©stab ish tlhe pro-posed municipal asphalt re pair plant at the southwest comer of Cameron and Kittatinny streets. High way Commissioner Lvnch, at thf Tues day meeting of the City Commissioners, introduced an ordinance carrying an appropriation of $9,675 with which to lbuv the Cameron site for the plant. Manufacturers contend that if the Commissioners carry out their present j lan they will discourage the possibil ity of tha/t section becoming a greater business and manufacturing center. Ar thur I). Bacon, of the C. Bacon Co., who formerly was president of the old Se lect Council, in a lccter to the Commis sioners to-day pointed out that his com pany moved its candy factory to Canf eron street "to get away from a dirty section of the cMr\ " Tlio.sc protecting further claim that there is more or less- dirt and stench around an asphalt, plant and suggest that the plant be placed in another section of the city, ( jty Commissioners to day said that every effort has been made to o-btnin a site' for the plant in another section of Harrisburg, although they have been unsuccessful. Tf an other suitable site can be purchased, the Lynch ordinance -will be amended, it is said. GROVE'S SIDE BEING HEARD Witnesses Express Belief York Avenue Building Is Unsafe Further hearing in the injunction proceedings by whic'h James J. Lynch and W. P. Martin, contractors, seek to have Judge MeCarrell issue an order restraining Building Inspector James H. Grove fro-m razing the three-story apartment house at 603 York avenue, was held in court to-day. Many wit nesses yet remain to be called by the City anil a decision will not 'be obtained for several days, at least. Grove 'has "condemned the York ave nue house as unsafe because of a bulgod wall. The contractors declared the Building Inspector and John Wagner, the owner of the apartments, entered into a conspiracy whereby the building would be razed and the contractors cheated out of their money, something like $2,5-00. Judge tMoCarrell yesterday stated from tlhe ibench that 'lie will decide all foin'ts at one time. He added: "N T o evidence has been advanced thue far to support the conspiracy charge. "• The majority of the witnesses heard to-day were contractors and builders who expressed the belief that the Ibuild ing is unsafe. PORTO RICAN BOYS IN JAIL Came to Tfcig Oity and Sought Aid at Police Station Chief of Police Hutchison will try to have deported two Po:to ltican boys who walked into Harrisburg this morn ing nearly frozen. The boys are An tonia Mantallio, 18 years old, and Frank Lebeo, 17 years. They came to New York 'by working their way on a ffteamer and "could not find passage home. Suuday 's snow was the first they ever saw. Both said their school teacher had told tfoem about the snow in this country, Ibut therv thought •he was fooling tbm. They were near ly frozen when they appeared ait police headquarters and asked for aid this morning. They were committed to jail. SERVICE COMMISSIONERS DO NOT FEAR IMPEACHMENT Say It Would Not Be Dignified for Them to Discuss Threat of Commu ters' Lawyer to Start Action to Have Them Ousted From Office The threat of Edwin M. Abbott, at torney for some business men and the Commuters' Association of Philadel phia, that he will start proceedings in an effort to throw out of office the Pub lic Service Commissioners, in the event of certain things developing, had not materialize by noon to-day, and the Commission is. still doing business at the old stand. Mr. Abbott's grievance is based on the contention that the Commission tipped the railroad officials off as to its decision in the passenger rate rase be fore the decision was conveyed to the complainants, and he holds that this is a violation of the law and renders the Commissioners liable to be thrown out of office. To that end lie visited Governor Tener yesterday afternoon, and laid his case before the Governor, who said he would confer with Attor ney General Bell and let Mr. Abbott know what the chief law officers says. Mr. Abbott left for Philadelphia last evening and on his arrival there an nounced he will await developments, but he has not yet made public just what particular developments he is awaiting before ho proceeds against the Commission. In the office of the Commission to day it was said that the decision of that body in the Vailroad passenger] rate cases had been given to the rail-] road officials as soon as possible in or der that they might have time to pre pare their tickets before the new rates, as decided upon by the Commission, should go into effect. While this action may have been irregular, it is held no body was injured by it. None of the Commissioners seemed in the least perturbed to-day over Mr. Abbott's threat, and all declined to dis cuss it on the ground that to notice it would be undignified, as it was scarcely worthy of notice. Application was made to the Public Service Commission to-day by officials of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com pany for a rehearing on the 100-trip ticket ruling. It is contended that the company's commuter service is not remunerative and that the 100-trip tickets are sold over a very short part of its lines. The Commission will con sider the application later to-day and also discuss the application of Mr. Ab bott for a rehearing of the rate case. H. L. Everett, of Norristown, pro tested to the Public Service Commis sion this morning in regard to the re striction placed upon the 100-trip tick et by the Commission's recent ruling, alleging that the cost of that ticket between Xorristown and Philadelphia has been increased more than 60 per cent., and that it is now good for only six months instead of twelve, as here tofore. M. N. Bailey, of Boyersford, filed a similar complaint regarding the 100- trip ticket sold between Royersford and 'Philadelphia, alleging that the rate has been increased 94 per cent., and thie life of the ticket cut in two. Mr. Bailey objects particularly to the lat ter restriction. AGED RESIDENT EXPIRED Francis Flury, 84 Years Old, Died at Middletown Last Night Middletown. Dec. 17. Francis Flury, 84 years old, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John H. Kramer, Emaus street, at 12 o'clock last night. The funeral services will be held on Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Kramer, with whom he resided, at 7.30 o'clock, the Rev. W. R. Riddington, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal I church, officiating. The body will be ta ken to Wrightsville for burial on Sat urday morning. Mr. Flury was born and raised in VYrightsville and lived there until about 12 years ago, when he came to Middle town to live with his daughter. He leaves three children, Mrs. J. H. Kram er, Mrs. J C. Cries, of Newark, N. J., and William Flurv, of this place. One brother, Augustus, living in Wrights ville, also survives. A. A. EATON DIES SUDDENLY Was Well Known in Eastern Part of United States Abram A. Baton, 76 years old, a salesman who was well known in thte eastern part of the United States, died last night at 10.15 o'clock at the home of his daughter, 1735 Market street. Mr. Eaton had been complaining of ill health for th e last week, but his con dition was not thought to be serious until last night. Mr. Eaton had been very active dur ing the Stough campaign and has been in regular attendance at the taber nacle. The funeral services will be held to morrow evening at 7.45 o'clock at the home, the Rev. W. H. Dallman, pastor of the Market Street Baptist church, officiating. Further services will be held on Saturday morning at Kingsley, Susquehanna county, and burial will be made there. STEELTON MAN SUCCUMBS Daniel Nickens, Father of tlia Eev. B. H. Nickens, Dies Daniel Nickens, 79 years old, died yesterday morning at his home, 519 Myers street, Steelton. Fuueral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 1 o 'clock at the parlors of Undertaker Charles 11. Mauk, Sixth, and Kelker streets, Harrisburg, the Rev. Mr. Tol liver officiating. Burial will be.in Lin coln cemetery. He leave* a son, the Rev. R. H. Nick ens, of Steelton, and one daughter, !Mrs. Margaret Deemis, also of Steelton. James Heck Dies James tfleck, the son of iMr. and (Mrs. Junes G. Hock, died yesterday after noon at the home of this parents, 4.822 Logan street. The funeral services will be held to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, tfhe Rev. B. H. Hart officiating. The body will be taken to Enola "by Un dertaker Charles H. Mau'k for buriaJ. Samuel Carter Killed Word has been received here of the death of Samuel I. Carter, 37 years old, son ft IMrs. Henry Carter, 1712 Walnut street. IMr. Carter .was killed by a fall ing tree in Macon, North Carolina. The body is expected here to-morrow when funeral arrangements will be made. George A. Gorgas, Edw. F. Doehne, President. VICB President. Security Trust Co. TO ALL OUR FRIENDS: Our 1915 HOLIDAY SAVINGS CLUB is now forming and we are pleased with the many new customers who are taking this plan with our old customers to save. SAVE what you can—have an OBJECT IN VIEW. YOU CAN SAVE IF YOU TRY JOIN OUR CLUB NOW itiAKE THIS BANKYOUR BANK . Security Trust Co. Open J. 0. S. Poorman, Saturday Evening, Treasurer 7 to 9 36-38 North Third Street S6OO FOR PARADE PRIZES Mummers' Association Make Final De cisloo at Meeting Last Evening More than S6OO will be offered in prizes for the participants of the mum mers' parade on New Year's Daiy by the HarrisSburg Mummers' Associaliou, the association so decided at a meeting last evening. Chairman Koen, of the finance committee, reported that the finances were in good shape and that local mer chants were contributing liberally. The official list of prizes for the parade follows: Beet comic organization or club, first prize, $25; second prize, sls; best comic individual costume, $5; best com ic unpaid band, $25; most comic team, $10; organization or club malting the •finest appearance, first prize, $75; sec ond prize, $35; team making finest ap pearance, $10; unpaid band making fin est appearance, SSO; ijid making fiucst appearance, $10; individual ctuaraiCter, $5; most elaborate costume, $10; sec ond most elaborate costume, $5; finest float, SSO; most original float, S3O; best historical float, $25; finest decor ated motorcycle or bicycle. $10; most original motorcycle or 'bicycle. $5; most historical motorcycle or bicycle, 5; city organization having the most men in line, $75; visiting organization having most men in line, $7.5; best drilled ; C, Chanrbersburg, Tuesday, February 2; K, M&hanoy City, Monday, January 18; F, Huntingdon, Thursday, February 4; H, Pottsville, Tuesday, January 19; b, Bedford, Friday, February 5; M, bewistown, Wednesday, February 3. Captain James B. Kemper, Inspector- Instructor, U. S. A., will inspect the State Arsenal and the Fourth and Eighth regiments, and Lieutenant Wil liam H. Bell, Inspector-Instructor, U. S. A., will inspect the cavalry, including the Governor's Troop. WRAP YOUR WATER METERS! Commissioner Bowman Tells How to Prevent Damage Through Freezing Pointing out t(be danger and expense j Attending the freezing at water meters I Jlanry F. Bowma.ii, Ooimn.issioner of j Public Safety, to-day addressed a let-; ter to Harrisburg | rexperty owners unk ing them to protect the meters from cold by wrapping burlap bags, or old carpet afbout them. The Commissioner's letter follow*: *' Every one having a water meter unprotected is advised to have aM cel lar openings and tilie meter,if necessary, wrapped with burlap or car pet, thereby protecting it from freez ing. '' Ijaat winter there were between three aJid four hundred meters prac tically destroyed by freezing in our city. The cost of repairing a frozen meter ranges from J2.25 to |4.75. This amount is paid by the property owner, tiie city making no charge for its labor, suki'ng only the price of the parts This department does not make any profit for such work. You can therefore see that tie loss is entirely to the property own er." Fire at Hotel Bollinger The Washington Fire Company was called at 3 erVrlock this afternoon to a slight tire in the front room of the Hotel Bollinger, ait Court and Chestnut streets. A window curtain had caught fire. Hhe damage was slight. Undergoes Successful Operation Rotiert Boltz, 1326 Vernon street, underwent a successful operation at the Polyclinic hospital this morning. Artistic Printing at £tar-Indcpendeut. FIANCE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE * QUOTATIONS. Furnished by H. W. Snavely, Broker, Arcade Building, Walnut aud Court Streets New York, Dec. 17. 2.30 Open. P. M. Alaska Gold Mines .... 24>:, 24% Amal Copper 51 54 Amer Beet Sugar 30 31 i American Can 20% 2614 lAm Car and Foundry Co 4 5 45 ! Am Ootton Oil 4 0 40 ] Amer Smelting 58% 58% Araconda 26'/. 26',:. I Atchison 93% 93%, | Baltimore and Ohio .. 69% 69% Bethlehem Steel 4 0% 40 > 4 do pfd 79 79 Brooklyn B T 8 5'/., 85% California Petroleum .. 16% 15% do pfd 47 47 Canadian Pacific 157% 157% Central Leather 36% 37% Chesapeake and Ohio .. 43 44 Chi, Mil aud St lPaul . , 90% 90% Chino Con Copper 34% 34% Col Fuel and Iron ... 24% 24',£ Consol Gas 119% 119% Erie 22 22% General Electric Co .. . 140 140 Goodrich B F 25 25 Great Northern pfd .. 115 115 % Great Northern Ore, suibs 26% 26% Intenboro Met .". 12% 12% Intertwro Met pfd ~ . 51% 51% Lehigh Valley 135 . 134% 'Missouri Paci'fic 10 9% Nev Consol Copper ... 12% 12% New York Central ... 82% 82% NY,N 'H and H 55% 55% Norfolk and Western . I'ol% 101 % Northern Pacific 102% 101 % Pennsylvania R R 107% 108% Press Steel Car 34% 34% Ray Con Copper 16% 16% Reading 148 148 Southern Pacific 85% 85% Southern Ry 16% 16% Union Pacific 118% 118 U. S. Steel 50% 51 do pfd 104% 104% Utah Copper 49 49 Vir.-Carolina Chem. ... 21 21 I Western Maryland .... 14'/ 3 14% W. U. Telegraph 58% 55% Westinghouse Mfg .... .08 68 Texas Company, ex-div. 2% per cent. Philadelphia 2 P. M. Prices By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Dec. 17.—Two p. m. stocks steady: Cambria Steel 42% General Asphalt 32% Lehigh Valley .. .. .| 67% Pennsylvania Railroad 54% Pha. Company 35 j l'hii. Rapid Transit 13 Reading General Mtg. 92% IStorage Battery 49 United States Gas Imp 82% U. S. Steel . 51 % Chicago Grain Market Chicago, Dec. 17. Open. Close. What— December 118% 120% May 122% 123% July 115% 116% Corn— December 62% 61 May 69% 70 Oats— December 4S 48 -May 52 52% Chicago Board of Trade Chicago, Dec. 17.—Close: Wheat—Dec., 120%; May 123%. Corn—Dec. 64; May, 70%. Oats—Dec. 48%; May 52%. Pork—J ad. 18.40; Mav, 18.87. Lard—Jan. 10.12; May, 10.37. Bibs—Jan. 10.02; May, 10.32. Carranaa Garrison Fires on Besiegers Nai-o, Ariz., Dec. 17.—'The Carranza garrison of Naco, Sonora, opone I fire with artillery at daylight to-day on the entrenchments of the Maytorena besiegers. The evident effort there to provoke a reply from Maytorena failed up to 9 o'clock. Washington, Dec. 17.—The city of Puebla, in the State of that name, has been evacuated bv Carranza forces and now is held by Zapatistas. A report to the State Department to-day says Carranza burned the railroad station before departing. Bill to Increase U. S. Army B.V Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 17. Senator Lodge to-day introduced a bill embody ing Secretary Garrison 'b plan for in creasing the aggregate mobile army to fhll strength, for 1,000 additional otH cers and for the discharge of soldiers after 18 months' service in the regular army to constitute an army reserve.