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. ,
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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.