8 AGREE Oil iU FOR SPEAKERSHIP Republican Organiza tion Leaders Decide to Swing Support to Montgomery Man BALDWIN SAYS HE WILL FIGHT Unlikely, However, That Enough Oppo sition Will Be Found Among "Coun try"—Members to Upset the "City-made" St-ato It was announced in Philadelphia 011 Saturday nii»ht that the \ ares and Me- Nichols, backed by I'enrose, and with Oovernor-elect Brumbaugh's sinctiou .had agreed upon Charles A. Ambler, of Montgomery eounfy, one of the oldest members in point of service in the .House, for Speaker of that body, and that orders woul 1 be sent out to the country members to turn in for Ambler. Ambler's name ha.l been "among those mentioned" for some time, but nobody took the announcement seriously until Saturday, but now every organization Republican member of the House is ex fiected to at once declare for Ambler. The declaration for Ambler was not made until after Representative Wil liam H. Wilson, of Philadelphia, a Vare representative, had given out that he was not a candidate. It means that Bichard .1. Baldwin, of Delaware: Rob ert P. Habgood. of McKeati: lleorge W. Williams, of Tioga, and Fred. S. Khr hardt, all of whom had Speakership aspirations, must get out of the race nnd turn in for Ambler, but whether they will do so remains to be seen. A 1 ready Baldwin has shouted a note of defiance. Country Combine Unlikely The forty Republican members of the House from Philadelphia and the 24 from Allegheny make 64 out of the 164 Republicans in the House and it is only necessary for Ambler to get 40 more to have a majority. It will not be a hard matter to get that number, so that if the bosses issue orders that n fight shall be made the other candi dates may as well quit. The country members, however, with 100 in their ranks, should they decide to form what was known in previous years as a "Country Combine," and ignore the two big cities, could run finings to suit themselves but there is hardly any hope for that in the coming session, as almost all of the country members are "organization' members and will go along with the leaders. That Baldwin means to fight is shown by the following from the Phila delphia "Record" of to-day: Baldwin Means to Fight "Representative Richard J. Baldwin yesterday hurled defiance at the Yares as the chief backers of Charles A. Ambler for the Speakership and an nounced that he would make a light to the finish in the Republican caucus 011 January 4. Despite the announced plate on Ambler, Representative Bald win declared the fight still an open one, with the Yares the only leaders be hind his rival. Mr. Baldwin declared that Senator Yare was 'a big bluffer' and charged Congressman-elect John R. K. Scott with inspiring the opposi tion to him. "Scott, he declared, had never over looked a report that Baldwin had 'made faces' and 'grinned' at him when the .Congressman-elect was nomi nated for Speaker at the fupile Re publican caucus of 1913. Scott like wise, he charge 1. ha I been jealous of him as the Republican "whip' of the last House. "™ "The situation is not changed in the least,'' declared Mr. Baldwin at his home in Chadd's For yesterday. "I have long known of the opposition of Henator Wire and William H. Wilson to my candidacy. (>f course. I was somewhat surprised to hear that they had settled the Speakership between themselves but I always know that •Ed' Vare was a great deal of a bluf fer." I'ATROLMAX I HASF. IS THF. MAN WHO KILLED BANDIT Continued From First Paige. story of the bandit's revolver duel with the j>olicenien. "I was standing near a patrol box." O'Connor said. ''and Holil have taken me for a He fired three shots and ran for the automobile nt Richmond and Kilimore streets and started so.Kth in Carr street. Policeman Chase and two firemen ran up and 1 showed them wbic.li direction Hohl toyk and we ran toward Xinth street, and had hardly reached that place •when Hohl was returning. "When the machine reached the I middle of the squaje it skidded and one [»f the rear wheels was torn off. The j uto was #roing so fast that he could l ot stop an«l the machine kept toward us on three wheels. When the car was fifteen feet west of Freeman street. Patrolman Chase tirel through the windshield and Hohl fell toward the side of the car. Chase then fired two more times through the rear of the car. 1 helped carry Hohl into the engine bouse. He was unable to answer any a. the questions but it seemed as if he wanted to talk for he kept moving hij li|)«." Bandit Hohl was at a dance at Wash ington Platform, in Cincinnati, last Wchiesdav ni;ht. the manager of rhe dance hail having identified the body in the morgue. Hohl was with two women, a blonde and a brunette. The latter is described as having gold teeth in front and wearing a white diamond breastpin that was a flashy affair. Hohl was proficient in the oue-srtep, the hesitation and other modern dance*. He lavished much attention on the blonde, according to the manager of the dance hull. TABERNACLE IS BEINUORN DOWN Coattnurri From Klrat Pas*. his home in Chicago, A <lecisinn of j the Luzerne county court has granted him a trial l\v jury, a date for which will be set later. Other members of the Stough party, except Miss Palmer, left during the morning for their se|i nrate homes. Miss Palmer will go to Carlisle to spend t.he holidays with friends. Kegular services this week will be re sumed in the fifty-three churches which cooperated in the campaign. In some there will he meetings to-night, and in practically all there will be Wednesday 1 right prayer meetings, which will be the first gatherings of the ti nil-hit tor at regular church services. The con verts will be admitted o the churches they have designated within the coming week or two. "I never left a city yet." declared Dr. Stough in his closing sermon at the tabernacle last night, 'but that new churches were built to accommodate the increased number of converts, improve ments made in old churches and the salaries of the pastors raised. 1 want you people now to raise the salary of every pastor in this city." What Converts Must Do In the course of his sornion on " How to Make a Success of the Cliristia i l.ife" lie told the new converts and other professing Christians that they should set apart every lind-week night for prayer meetings, should testify and pray at these meetings, even if they have to write out their statements be forehand and then read theni oft'; should "cut out all worldly amuse ments," should dispense with tobacco in all forms, should constantly use a Bible and concordance ami should set apart a tenth of their salary ''for the Lord.'' A rather indelicate illustration was given In the revivalist to emphasize his point that if men chew tobacco, women would be justified in using it, too. lie represented a woman chewing tobacco while rolling biscuit doujh, with the tobacco juice slobbered over her chin and "the drippings getting mixed in the dough." Wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, he asked. "How would you like to' eat them tobiscnits!" His effort at this point gained little applause. Finds Chewers in Audience ''lf it is not right for a woman to chaw tobacco," he continued, "it is not light for a man. Don't think any ir.an has a riffht publicly or privately to stick the stuff in his system. I tell vou we will be on the road to heil when the girls begin smoking cigarettes. S»me of vou old rascals are down there now with your mouths full of the slop." ~ In closing he made a special appeal to all unconverted persons in the build ing to take advantage of the last op portunity to hit the trail. He an nounced that there had been a total of 6.914 trail-hitters during campaign, and in his effort te reach the 7,000 mark he went about in the audience himself, seeking possible converts. There were finally S6 trail-hitters 011 the front benches, and the 7.000 mark was reached. The tabernacle yesterday, the last day of the campaign, was a scene of excitement from early in the morning until after midnight. During this time thousands of persons went in aud out. and many ate lunches in the building. The singing began at the tabernacle about 9.30 o'clock in the morning. By noon, the first of the day s "thank of ferings" for the personal benefit of Dr. Stough and his party had been ta ken, and the evangelist then began to preach. He did not arrive in the build ing until time for tile sermon, having been notified by phone when the col lection was reaching its end. He spoke brietlv, and the service ended shortly before 1 o'clock, when men were al ready crowding into the building for the afternoon meeting. The booster chorus began to sing at 2 'o'clock, the offering then took up more than an hour, after which the evangelist made brief remarks. He did not preach the sermon scheduled. At the close of this service, hundreds be gan to arrive for the evening meeting. I'racticaUy two hours were consumed in the taking of the collection, and Or. Stough began to preach at 9.45 o'clock,] the time when he usually closed his ap peals. Night Meeting Ends at 1 O'clock The eveniug meeting was prolonged into an after meeting, at which the evangelist greeted the evening's con verts, then into an "after after meet ing," during which he spoke to all con verts of the campaign, and a subse quent meeting in which members of the party and of the co-operating min isterium made brief remarks. It was midnight before tiiis last part of the program was reached and the taber nacle was not deserted until after 1 o 'clock. At the afternoon meeting for men. about 300 hit the trail. The women's meeting at Ridge Avenue church was attended by 1,100, addressed by Miss Sara Palmer. The collection was more than fifty dollars. Miss Kggleston ad dressed hundreds of children at Grace Methodist church. There was singing by the boosters and a violin solo by Lil lian Irene Miller. Stough Coming Back Dr. Stough last night announced that he will return to Harri?burg Mon day, February 1, to speak at the State convention of the Anti-Saloon League at Chestnut strest hall, in the inter ests of a Pennsylvania local option law. He urged a large attendance. Announcement was made that next Monday night at 7.30 o'clock a reunion of the tabernacle chorus will be held at the Ridge Avenue Methodist church. LUTE WAR NMMRY Coatinued From Flr«t Pace. cation. It is reported from London, but not confirmed, that the Germans have evacuated Dixmude. In Poland the Germans continue to close in on Warsaw, forcing their wedge nearer to the city. They have reached the Russian position on the Bzura river and are less than thirty miles from War saw. Heavy Russian reinforcements are being dispatched to the front, and un doubtedly severe fighting is in progress to-day. Petrograd reports that the Ger mans have sustained great losses in their attempts to reach Warsaw, while General von Hindenburg states that the casualties among the Russians are enor mous. The French Parliament will sit in Paris to-morrow. About 2<M» members are serving with the colors, but are returning from the front to attend the session. HARRISIHJRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1914. UUT DIED VlUVJOffi U. S. Supreme Court Reverses Decision in Case of Man Who Slew White MUST GO BACK TO NEW YORK Extradition of Evelyn's Husband From New Hampshire to Empire State Is Now Probable From Decision of Highest Tribunal S.U .tssui'iut.d Press. Washington, Dev. 21.—Harry K. Thaw lost his tight to-day iu t'lie tin preme Court of the Tinted States against being extradited frojn the State oj New Ham shire to the State of New York. In a brief decision by Justice Holmes, which was the unanimous decision of the court, it was held taut tho celc-ibrn.- cd prisoner should be turned over at once to the New York authorities to answer an indictment charging con spiracy to escape from Mat toman Asylaui for the Criminal Insane. Whether his escape from the asylum I while, as his counsel contended he was 1 insane, constituted 11 crime, aud other questions, the Court dismissed with the j .■omnient that they could not enter into ' a ha'beas corpus pro.ceding and that ! they were proper questions for the State of New York to decide. Actually, the celebrated Thaw case, the killiug of Stanford White, was not ! before the Supreme Court. Merely tue j question of returning Thaw on the con- I spiracv indictment was up for decision j History of Thaw's Escape On August IT, 15H3, Thaw escaped | from the Matleawan Insane Hospital in • Now York where lie Jia<l been confined] after two trials for the m nr. lor of Stan ford White. charged with u conspiracy to osvnpe. ho was finally arrestoil in i New Hampshire. Ho was indicted in' New York 011 that charge auil ap lira- | tion for his extradition was made to j New 'Hampshire. Kxtradition was order-j ed !>v the Governor of Now Hampshire [ but on habeas corpus proceedings in tiie | federal district court, Judge Aldrich hold Thaw should be released. Justice Holmes announced the court's unanimous decision to-day. He first (A'orruled the contention that it was not a crime for a man confined in an in-! sane asylum to walk out if he could and that, therefore a conspiracy to do so was not a crime. Case Not Open to Debate "We do not regard it as open to debate, that the withdrawal, bv conniv ance of a man from an insane asylum to which he had been committed as Thaw was did tend to obstruct the due administration of the law. at least the New York courts may so decide. There fore, the indictment charges a criiv •>. If there is any remote defect in the earlier proceedings by which Thaw was com mitted, which we are far from intimat ing, this is not the time aad place for that question to bo tried. - ' SANTAfiRMOTIJ Bill This Week Also Includes An Ani mal Act and a Musical Coineuy The Orphemn has an extra heart liner, this week, at least it wid prove i a headliner for the children, and the ; star of the piece is none other than' Old Saint Nick. When this weil es ' tablishe: character aitist arrived at the Orpheum this morning, loaded' down with toys and icicles. Air. Yeager 1 had tiie presumption to thftk he hn I Tiis own music tucked away somewhere too. > t'anta isn t much of an expert 011 mu- i sic and told the leader that some nice' Christmas melodies would do tine, an I he wants the drummer to make a lot of! sleigh-bell noise. That settled the nui sic part of his act, so the rehearsal was a short one. On this same bill Oerkins'' Animal Novelty appears, entitled "A Busv Day in Dogville." There's a novelty, replete with good fun, and execute 1 in a manner that will please children of all ages. . In it the .logs and monk eys operate a town all their own. 110 hu man being once appears on the scene to interrupt their doings. And uo human being is needed, for Dogville is a very orderly town, not that some of them don't go wrong now and then, but their police department is strict and the of fending culprits are soon "run iu." Santa Claus with a nice present for each girl and boy, together with the animal attraction, is a combination that should be seen by every girl and boy In Harrisburg. Also "The Dream Pirates." a rat tling musical comedy, comprising a troupe of youngsters, appears at the Or pheuni and this in reality is the biggest and most costly attraction of the Christmas bill. Adv. **• WILL SING t;OK ILL PERSONS Caroleis of Derry Street Church to Bring Christmas Joy to Sickbeds The sick persons of Allison Hill will be visited, wherever request is made, by the carol singers of Derry Street I'nited Brethren church, Fifteenth and Derry streets, on Christmas morning. This was announcod vesterdav in the Sunday Tlit> singers will go nbcut the Hill in three automobiles. The score or more men who make up the organization will hold a final prac tice to morrow evening at 8 o'clock in the men's Bible class rooms of the church. Detrv Street church is planning a morning Christmas service, to begin at 10 and to last one hour. The choir will sir,g special Christinas music and the pastor, the Rev. Dr. J. A. Lyter, will speak. Next Sunday the Derry Street Sun day school will hold a " homecoming service '' at 2 o'clock. Other services will be held the same as before the be ginning of the &tough campaign— preaching morning and evening at 10.30 and Christian Endeavor at 6.30 and mid-week |>rayer services Wednes day eveniujj at 8. Timely Hints for Last Minute (§§&*3 Gift Buyers-Pleasing Alike in Quality and Price ~ Gifts Every Woman Will Appreciate r:::.:; - ... "«'• SlfrkwMt la ■llk aad knitted Sal'lS! " d *• Hosiery ' I Gloves—the Most \"Z~ n £ <7 • „ . , , Men 1 . Soapender. I. Holly Boxo. 2<lc LVi"_ «. ™° . 1 adlea' Black Male ROM, ISHe SefViCeSblC Gift §Hk << Hoaei black, brown i""' »'»rt VU, *l^ I, ~ | M " h - « 1OT „ cou «::: vz; sSH^° krr for "* I.adlea- Wool aad Fierce Lined Hoae. •'» ««r ladlea and Mtam, SRc rial. UVie „ h ;. £|Vt' S?*®" *'»»•, *»e 2r ,c Wkltc Snede talovca. *Vc ««•« Wool Glorea. Jftc U"?* ! *Vc Children'. Black and Tan Hoa«C 10c < hamolaette Glovca. a&c Complete ntm-k of bova* wear at J < hll.tren'a Black. Tan aad White 1-edlea' aad Mlaaee' Wool OUvea aad equally attractive price*. •»> fcillf and Cwk Ma, lb Hoar. I2l*c Mitten*, whltr and rolora, lOr to Chlitlrrn'a l*lnln and 911k I.lsle Hose, p , . I II ■■ I ■■ ■■ ■ ■ iafnuta** ft Holidiy HasdKiTcHiifs fir Everybtdy Pretty Aprons for . Never Have We Shown Such a Pretty Lot at Such Christmas Giving Useful Xmas Gifts Low Prices Ladles* Hound and Square Aprons, A - VT|p\ir/\r|r Ladlea' Handkerchlefa; plats aad sa»- Children's Handherchlefs; ptala and of line lawn, trimmed with em* iml I iIcCUIcVVUIK broldered, each 5n 6 for Mo embroidered i each Be. 2 for He - Ladles' Square Aprons for Waitress* ■ lUlvlll Ladlea* Fine llaadkerchleffa fdtk i e" «"«' Maids, plata. trimmed aad | stamped Tie, Towrl and Pipe Rack* embroidered comers. I2»*e Wktte an d Colored Border links. 25 c Ladlea' Handkerchiefs; ht«rh class Handkerchiefs; each sc. <S for Me (■liiftliaiti Aprons, larjtc variety ot |»|„ < usblon Forms, satla and mus- novelties, hand embroidered cor- Men's White sad Colored Border styles. ISlfcc, IBe. l»e snd 2.»e lj ßt | <>r 25c ners; beaatlfol shonlnK. *e Handkerchiefs, each lOc, 3 for Vo Bom.'" V "T* ■" r*' 0 " 1 - aßc , , A U ,]£*'* A "f u4 *' r « hMa - Men. Ml linen Handkerchief., IS Ho. MunK«u>« aprons, joc Crochet Bed Room Slippers; special 8 Beautiful Neckwear ' F.H'Ti.hlo.a and Felt l.lbrarr '"chuta.* white and col"™, as"'"" M TS'". , "iaS Haadkawefcialta, all la r . r . • Throws; special prices. Ladles' laltlal Handkerchiefs, two itlals, l2Vfce sad »c frvr |_| ft- |,ivin €T Crochet FThnd Haps and Rmhroldery special qualltlea, all letters, l2V%c All Silk Haadkerchlefa In plain, hor \J 1i I. VJI V JHf£ Samples; one-third off. and 25c der*d and Initial atyles, IV __ _ _ Drnwn Work Scarfs, Pillow Shams % Exclusive Novelties, Sr2?SXS&?U „ „ , Box Stationery, Xmas all boxed, without extra .oco»c Pure Xmas Candy Cards, Labels, Etc i charge. pjff A r '' .I 0 * "tatlonerjri vatos VJITI nicies in Ribbon Candles, lb., 10c Di ?*'«H£ ••£ ** Holiday Neckwear In all the hewest n _ t . _ WT Assortment of Plain sad Pl "f" White Dos *ta*fo«*ey, 1«e aad nud latest styles; n beautiful as- IxeSOV tO W G2iT Fancy Candles, lb., lie „ _ sortment for irlft purposes. JMVc * K Assorted Chocolates, Oavorai ape- Celebrated Pineapple I»ts«si Bos Sta- Uolldny Neckwear In collar and cnlf «»adles Flannelette Sacqnea, 2fte clal, lb., SOc flonery In white, Mae, lavender aad sets at special prices. Ladles* Percnle Waists. 25c Roi Chocolatesi box. Il>c and Xtr »lnki horn, Xlc Holiday Xovflty Hows and Frills In Ladles' Mercerised Satlne Sklrta In Chocolate Filled Caadv Straws# sne- Pineapple Lines Osruapnadmoa Colored Velvet, Silk and Hose Com- Colors. Special prices clal. lh., aUc Tarda, bos Xc blnntlons. 2Sr l#adlcs* Flannelette Skirts. Jft« Hard t-aadles; sweet kisses, dalntv ■'ancy Whh» Holly Vows, So, So, Se, | Crepe de Chine and Roman Stripe JV chips "«l«ce a»lck-«.rki Silk Tics. 2,% c Knitted Scarfs, 25c * etc.. Ih.. 20c Calenda*e, I4k> WlndMor Ties, plain colors and Fascinators. 2CSe Jordan Almonds Sneeial. V 4 nonnd. Ohrlstniso Rusk lets, IpiMs, Taan. plaids. 25c Children's Wool Toqnes. 2fto _ iSr pecia.. v* a* Boudoir Caps, in plsin net, shadow Children's Dresses. 2Rc Msrnschlno Chacolste Dinned Cher- Postc«rd Albania, Jsc Ince, China silk, crepe tl~ chine snd Children's Rompers. 25c rles. Special. H lb., 25c Photoicraph and Anapihiil Aflssna, printed cflTects. at special prices. Boys* Wool Pants. 25c Chocolate Almonds **SnecinL V 4 lb. 180 •«* Silk Mousseline Scarfs, all colors, 25c Roys' Waists, 25c 20c Red aad Greea Cosd Ball, 5e r :~ e 7." 77 ~ TOYS—DOLLS—GAMES VJllt buggestions in Jewelry More Than Ever This Year, And No Advance In Prices* V?" r! 1 ,nk *;. 3rir Mournlnr IMna, aVe Second Floor, Front. Tic Pins. 35c Hat Pins, 25c Tlr Clnsps, 25c for W omen snd Children In TOYS AMD OAMTF3S of others too muaeness its mention. Rraccicts. 25c plain, hsnd, signet, enmeo sad There's hardly a panic, old or new, at prices rnssrtnp from IPs to 2Bs Lavallercs, 2*c stone settlnKs. Special, 25c that'a not to be found In onr show nrr.ochrs, 25»• Coin Purses. 25c Inp of toys. From the checker board DOlrfdl 'ace Pins, 2."c Party Roses st special prices. to the croklaole board the raape is 0tl _ f Lingerie Clasps, 25c Rcnded Bs«:s. 25c complete. Includlnp Ri»pe Tosa, l»ot- ™ «• espseiaiiy I.nr Pin*. 25c Jewel Cases, 25c to. Soldier Nine Pins, Paints, Horns. worthy of mention. There are He fas Ueaut} Pins. 25c Gold Finish Beads. 25c Dominoes. Blocks. Mechnnlcsl Toya, ed Dolls. Kid Body Dolls. Rs* Dolls stoves. Qui Registers, mnd Celluloid Dolls Is wide vstriety r N 1 ianos. Picture Piasmles aad hundreds „< 250 or less. Books for All Ages Framed/ ■. p;,u, r »c I the widest provision Is mndc for the llClllfwS yonn* For boys, nud We call special attention to a lot of new hats which are the children we hnve provided all the . , . r . „ _ T , . . m i • ,• , . works off standard authors, that A complete line of framed pic- raging style in New York to-day. They come in light evening ulnJc" fThe r vtniais"'..!n.V'"h.'iu- tures ' aU new subjects: special, colors at our usual low prices, drcds off works, ircluiilDg: the mnny r II SPECIAL —One lot of light silk velvet hats 25c I m favorite series for boys nnri, plrls /K/ «... __ , ~ . . •tc to be round hero .:t prices that fcs/v Trimmings—Heavy price reductions prevail on all trimmings. , ' r \ / 1 \ I Open Every Evening ||J JQ D 61) 3it 111 611 t StOTG EVeni " g Until Xmas WHERE EVERT DAY IS BARGAIN DAY Untll Xmas CAPITOL HILL HIGHWAY MINT'S TREASURY LOW H PRESENT Now But $420.50 in Fund—Automobile License Money Paid for Licenses for 1015 Not Available Until Appro priated The automobile license money being j>aiil for licenses ami tags for the year 1915 will not be available for the use ot' the State Highway Department un til appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature The money set apart for that department was from licenses and tags issued in 1913-14, and has almost all been drawn bv the Highway Department, there being at present only $429.50 of the 1914 fund avail able. For 1915 ther* has been paid iivto the motor fund the sum of $208,- 451. but it cannot be used" until appro priated by the Legislature. It is kept separate, a 3 requited by law. Some nice checks \vere received at the State Treasury 111 payment or' taxe3 by corporations, among them being the following: Ohio Connecting Railway Company, $1,773; Pittsburgh, Cincin nati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company, $89,911; Pittsburgh, Youngs town and Ashtabula Railway Company, sl2 ,534; Pennsylvania Company, $92,- 000; Memorial I'arks. Mausoleum Com pany, $333 as bonus 011 increase of cap ital stock to SIOO,OOO. The State Treasury reports that from May to December of this year $50,316 was collected as interest on delinquent payment of State taxes. Pardon Board Meets To-morrow Th» 'Board of Pardons will meet to morrow morning at 10 o'clock to finish up the business of the, year, ami, so far as some of the members are concerned, it will finish their connection with the Board. There are twenty-five cases to be heard, and after the arguments the Board will (to into executive suasion and announce its decision on the fifty cases heard at the two December meetings. Want Passenger Service An application was filed with the Public Service Commission this morn ing, signed by various residents of Mount Alton, Lewis Run and Custer City, McKean county, petitioning for the' establishment of passenger train service upon that branch of the Erie railroad extending from Bradford to Mount Alton. 24 A.itos Go Up In Smoke By Associated Prest. « Philadelphia. Ue>'. 21. —Twenty-four automobiles and several horse-drawn ve hicles were ruined by fire which de stroyed the garage of .lames and Alex ander Melville in West Philadelphia early today. Loss, $75,000. HITS ROBBING Kill STORE Youth Who Took SBO Is Sentenced to Term in the Huntingdon Reformatory SIX MONTHS FOR STEALING COAT Old Offender Who Took Garment Be longing to Stenographer Employed By District Attorney, Says He Is Victim of Morphine Amateur highwaymen, pickpoukets, dope fiends, panhandlers, drunks, wife beat em* and wife-deserters made up in part, the personnel of law violators w'ho appeared before Judges Kunkel and McCarrill this morning to be sen tenced on changes to whicih they had entered pleas of guilty. The detention cell in the court room was crowded when court opened and one by one the offenders steppivl up to the bar, "got his and theirs," and walked back to jail to pass the Yuletide. Each had an excuse to offer for com mitting crime, but up until the noou adjournment the court had passed judgment on well on to a dozen of the defendants and not one got off with a suspended sentence. Howard Stieff, a Reading man, who "swiped" SIOO from the cash register in the Haeffner House, Deirry church, after the hotel proprietor, Jacob J. Page, had played the goo.l saimaritan by giving the "tramp" a home, was sentenved to a pen term of from one to two years. Bar room stories of the beautiful Niagara Palls and the "easy way to money by working at the Ford auto plant, in Detroit, Mich.," led Stieff, he said, to steal the money to finance a prospective pleas ure triip and incidentally to seek em ployment. Confessed to Holtzman Bobbery James Reedy, who confessed to rob bing "Lester Holtzman's Market street cigar store of SBO and also to taking five coat sweaters and two pairs of trousers from E. J. Kline, was sent to the 'Hunting'don reformatory. A simi lar sentence was given Tony Camello, who said he aided Reedy in the theft of sweaters. Camello, n trifle more than a .year ago, was released from the Huntingdon institution after having served H 16-month term. E<l. Welsh, panhandler anil police character, as an excuse for stealing a coat belonging to Miss Clara Miller, stenographer to the District Attorney, said lie wanted money to buy whiskey. He sold the coat, go* his drink and was apprehended shortly afterward by the police. He told the Judges that he was "loaded with morphine" when he took-the coat. Welsh also confessed to stealing a dozen and a half of eggs ft out a farmer attending one of the city markets. Welsh has served sev eial jail terms and the Court warned him that if .he appears again on a crim inal chargi he can expect nothing less than a penitentiary sentence. He \va» sent to the county' jail for six months. Two boys were willing to plead guilty to charges of feloniously entering a Hummels/towii grocery, but one of them spiung a surprise by declaring that he will not be 16 until to morrow. He, therefore, is a juvenile in the legal sense. The Court remanded both to jail, saying the case will be disposed of at tt>c regular juvenile session in January. Back in Payments for Child A* railroad engineer, living in Al - who remarried in 190."> after he was divorced from his first wife, was brought in on a charge of disregarding a court order to pay maintenance money for the support of his mjnor child. He is supposed to pay $1.50 a week and the former wife declared that he is back in payments for forty or forty five weeks. At the suggestion of the Dis trict Attorney, his case was continued one week, bv the end of which time, Judge McCarell said, he must answer ti a charge of "contempt of court. Husbands and wives in two cases complained that they could not get along together and agreed on the amounts of weekly maintenance to be paid bv the husbands and the Court allowed the cases to be continued. VETERAN DIES SUDDENLY Dallas T. Peters Will Have G. A. R. Fu neral Here on Wednesday Afternoon Dallas T. Peters, veteran of tho Civil war, died suddenly yesterday noon at. the home of his sister at Sparrow'# Point, 'Mid., following the arrival at the bouse of 'Mrs. Harry Crane, of this city, 011 an unexpected visit. He had been sitting in a chair and was »mok ing upon the arrival of the guest, and the sudden excitement is thought to have been the cause of death. He was a retired railroader of the Reading. He 'belonged to Post 58, G. A. R., this city. During the war he served in Company D, 194 th regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the undertaking rooms of F C. Neeley, the Rev. Jay C. Forncrook officiating. Burial will be ipade in the East Harridburg cemetery. Post 58, <3. A. R., will hold a special meeting at 7.30 o'clock to night to arrange for attending the fu neral. Artistic Printing at Star-Independent. SHARES OF EASTERN ROADS HEAVY IN MARKET TO-DAY Reading and Lehigh Valley Fall Under Last Week's Low Prices as a Prob able Result of Ordered Cut in Coal Rates By Associated I'rv.ss. Sew York, Dec. 21.—Shares of some of the leading eastern railwavs were heavy ill to-day's early and narrow ses sion of the stock market. The anthru cite issues, namely, Heading and l-ehig > Valley, were down Iy a points, falling I I'i'der last week s low prices, presuin laibly as a result of the sharp'cut i'i i coal rates ordered by the Pennsylvania I (Public Service Commission, l'ennsyl j vania and Southern Pacific lost I'rac i tiens, as did also Great Northern, Hal ; timore and Ohio and United States ! Steel. Unimportant gains were inado !bv General Electric and Republican Steel preferred. Amalgamated Copper, | which showed some strength at the out I set, soon yielded and the whole market i relapsed into dullness. Prices continued to drop during the morning on almost the smallest over turn reported since market operations were resumed. Beading and Lehigh Valley extended their losses, the former declining 2%, while Baltimore and Ohio and several other speculative favorites fell under or approached their low rec oids. A sale of 1,000 steel at its re cent low quotation was one of the few features. Exceptions to the general declining tendency were Bethlehem Steel and several of the equipment group, which are expected to derive some benefit from last week's rate deci sion. These include American Locomo tive. American Car, Pressed Steel and Pullman. Bonds were easy. Philadelphia 2 p. tn. Prices Philadelphia, Dec. 21, 2 P. M. — Stocks steady: Oim'bria Steel 4:! General Asphalt (58 Ijehig'h Navigation 78 Va Lehigh Valley 66 ! !j, Pennsylvania . . . .• 53 13-16 Reading Union Traction 4 o'/, United Gas Imp 82V S United States Steel 50% Warwick Iron ami Steel .... 10 Had No Authority to Collect Willis Henderson, sought by the |m lice for soliciting funds for the Amer ican Rescue Workers without authority, on information given by Adjutant Smith, was given thirty days bv Mayor Royal in police court this afternoon. He was arrested at 2 o'clock- Sunday morning by Policeman Grove, of the Pennsylvania railroad police force. Behearsal'at Tech Singers will rehearse at Technical Hig>h school to morrow evening at 8 o'clock for the carols to be given at the Christmas tree cele-bration Weduea day.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers