SPIRITED FIGHTING ON
WESTERN BATTLE FRONT
FAVORS ALLIES. REPORT
Paris, Jan. 2, 2.40 P. M.—The Freneh
official statement ou the progress of
the war, given out this afternoon, re
cites a series of euvourters along the
battle line of comparatively minor im
portance. German attacks ami counter
attacks have Jt>een repulsed; French
gains have been retained; the artillery
exchanges have been and in
Steinbaen where street fighting has been
going on for several days, the French
say they 'have occupied three new lines
of houses. The text of the . ommunica
tion follows:
"During the night of December 31-
.lanuary 1. the enemiy delivered at nu
merous points along the front a series
of attacks which were repulsed with
ease. The region to the north of the
Lys was. during the day of January 1,
tbe scene of a very spirited artillery
engagement whi. h took place on the
dunes of Xieuport and at Zonnebeke. At
St. Georges the enemy did not con
tinue his counter attacks and all* our
gains have been retained.
"In the regions of Arras, of Albert
and of Roye, there have been artillerv
duels. The enemy blew up two of our
caissons between Beaumetz and Achi
court. In revenge we demolished the
enemy 's trenches at Parvillers and at
Lu Baisselo, and we stopped the opera
tions of the mine thrower set up in
front of Fricourt.
"Our artillery also obtained happy
results in the region of the Aisne
where it silenced the artillery of the
enemy and dispersed several concentra
tions of German troops. We have in
stalled ourselves on the plateau of
Xouvron, in certain excavations caused
by the explosion of mines. The Ger
mans were not able to either advance
or drive us out; all the counter attacks
were driven back.
"In the region of Eheims there was
a fairly violent bombardment of the
enemy. In the region of Perthes we oc
cupied and retained a forest two kilo
meters to" the northeast of Mesnil-Les-
Hurlits and the enemy did not deliver a
counter attack. In the Argonne, in the
forest of L«a Grurie, the local retirement
reported yesterday has not had any ef
fect. We have reoccupied a part of the
German loss and we are holding our
positions strongly.
"On the heights of the Meuse there
has been an artillery engagement but
without great severity. In the Woevre
wp have retained the positions gained
by us December 30 without experienc
ing a counter attack from the enemy
and in the forest of L»a Pretre we have
made a slight advance.
"In the Yosges we have driven back
a German attack on our positions at
Brenienil, three kilometres northeast of
Badonviller. inflicting heavy losses on
the Germans. The enemy has sustained
also heavy losses at Steinlbacb, Where
our infantry yesterday occupied three
new lines of houses."
700 DIED AS THE
FORmiDABJJ WENT DOWN
Cantlnnrd From First Pace.
A launch aiul a pinnace succeeded in
getting away. Aimost ail the oars were
broken in trying tu preveut the small
boats from being dashed to pieces
against the side of the ship by the tre
mendous seas running. Captain Loxlev
and his signal man were still on the
bridge when the battleship keeled over
aud went to the bottom.
Paris. Jan. 2. 9.26 A. M.—The Brit
ish battleship Formidable which sank
in the F.nglish Channel Friday morn
ing with the greater part of her crew,
was torpedoed off Portsmouth by a Ger
man <u>bm.irine, according to a report
current in Paris.
Portsmouth is the chief naval station
of Knglau . It is situate*! at the south
west extremity of Portsea Island, 18
miles soJtii<ast of Southampton and 65
miles southwest of London.
Portsmou h harbor is four miles in
length, with about an equal width and
its entrance is only about 400 yards
across. It hfes been said that in this
iand-loeked hiven the whole British
navy might %de in perfect security.
The ann of tie English Channel with
which it conimmicates is the roadstead
of Spithead.
APPEALS TO . E. SOCIETIES
TO PRAY FOR END OF WAR !
Boston, Jan. ..—An appeal to the 1
four million metiers of Christian En -'
deavor Societies an forty nations to
work and pray f* ;ieace has been is- j
sued b ytlie Rev. F-ancis F. Clark,
president of the Vb-ld's Christian En-,
deavor Union, it vas announced yes
terday.
"1 appeal," he "rites, "to the En-1
deavorere of the wold in this crisis of
the world's history to work and pray i
not only for peace, bit for the Christian 1
fellowship on whicl ulone a lasting!
peace can be builY"
Copies have been rinted in several I
languages and are .eing distributed j
world-wide.
Italy Has Eye oi Foreigners
Home, Jan. 2, 9.50 '. M.—The'gov
ernment has ordered tb police to keep
a close watch on forigners and to
make special investigtmns of their I
doing while in the conory. Manv have
been invited to leave he country as
soon as possible and it is stated "that
some will be expelled i they do not
take the hint. The govnmant's ac- •
tiou, it is stated, is daeto report* of
espionage.
Reward for Murderer ncreased
Lebanon, Jan. 2.—The ,'ounty Com
missioners have decided t join the
city authorities in offeringa $250 re
ward for the convic
tion of the i*rty or parti. «rh o as
taulted and shot the late Jon E. Mills,
making a total reward now utstanding
of SSOO for arrest aud con vt ion.
RUSSIANS REPORT RANT
SUCCESSES AGAINST THE
GERMANS ALONG FRONTS
Petrogra*l, Jan. 2.—An official com
munication given out by the General
Staff last night recounts the situation in
the various fields of action along the
Russian front. It says:
"In East Prussia and in the region
of Mlawla (Northern Russian Poland)
we have defeated attempts by the Ger
mans to deliver a partial offensiv.
"On the Vistula, oppose Wygitogrod,
our armed steamers cannonaded the in
fantry of the enemy with success. Be
tween the Vistula and the lower Pilica
the Germans have begun a series of at
tacks supported bv the fire of their
heavy artillery. Our troops, in an ac
tion on the left bank of the Bzura river,
near Yitkoritze, repulsed two night at
tacks.
"On the we ropulsed an
attack directed against Doletzk. On De
cember 31 the enemy mauifested activ
ity which was particularly intense in
the region of the town of Rawa. where
the fighting still continues. South of the
Palica, the action has spread out and
the positions cut off the routes from
Vlostchoro to Kielce.
"In Galicia we made energetic at-
I tacks on the enemy in the region of
! Gorlice (southwest of Jaslop near
! Mschanka and Ropitza where, despite
t the extremely fierce resistance which
the enemy offered were destroyed, after
a hard tight, their fortifications estab
lished on tie heights. The village of
Mschanka we captured about 3,000
: prisoners, including siaty-eisjnt officers,
four cannon and six mitrailleuses. The
| fighting in this region still continues.
Furious counter attacks, which the
| enemy made supported by armored au
i toanobiles were repulsed by our artillery
fire and bayonet charges.
"In Buliowina we occupied, after a
battle, Storozhinetz and Radoutz (just
south of Czernovitz). We also took some
prisoners.''
LATE WAR OS SUMMARY
CoMtiuucd From First Pngr.
Steinbach has been captured and that
the French are making a further ad
vance there. The Paris announcement
asserts that some of the territory lost
to the Germans in the Argonne has
been regained and that three new lines
of houses have been occupied in Stein
bach.
The German military authorities
say that there has been no changes in
the eastern campai ;n, except that the
German attacks on the tines west of
Warsaw have made further progress.
The Russian War Office announces
that another defeat has been inflicted
upon the Austrian forces in G&licia,
whose advance from the Carpathians
recently was checked with serious con
sequences to them. It is asserted that
fortified Austrians positions near Gor
lice were destroyed and that 3,(MM)
prisoners were captured. The Russian
statement says, however, that the vic
tory was won only after a hard battle,
and that fighting still continues, indi
cating that the Austrians are still ca
pable of offering determined resistance.
In Poland the German attack ap
parently has shifted to the southward.
The Russian statement mentions fight
ing of particular intensity at Rawa,
which is 30 miles south of Sochaezew,
the recent center of German activity.
German attacks there, as well as in
East Prussia and in the region of
Mlawla in Poland near the Bast Prus
sian border, are said to have been re
pulsed.
Austrian warships have bombarded
Belgrade, the Servian capital, from
which the Austrians were driven short
ly after they had occupied it. Some
damage to property was caused by the
bombardment but so far as is known
no lives were lost.
According to a report current in
Paris the lost British battleship Form
idable was sunk off Portsmouth, Eng
land's chief naval base. The destruc
tion of the Formidable Is believed to
have been the work of a German sub-
I. S. TANK STEAMER SEIZED
SECOND TIME BY BRITISH
Halifax. N. S., Jan. 2.—Word was
received here to-.lay that the Ameri
j can tank steamer Brindilla, whose ar-
I rest by a British cruiser and detention
! at Halifax last October was the cause
of diplomatic correspondence between
the I'nited States and Great Britain,
resulting in the steamer's release, again
; has been intercepted off the coast of
! Scotland and taken into Aberdeen.
Washington. Jan. 2.—lt developed
j to-day that another Standard Oil ves
sel. the I ushing, was also seized by
the British cruisers with a cargo of oil
but already has been released. The de
| partment made it clear that she also
j was of American registry.
.—.
TO ASK FIRE HOUSE BIDS
Commissioner Taylor Will Seek Author- j
ity to Build Quarters for Royal Co. I
The ordinance giving the Commis
sioner of Parks,and Town Property au- 1
thoritv to advertise for bids for the
construction of a fire house for the Roy- j
al Fire Company has been prepared bv '
City Solicitor 1) S Seitz and will be
offered at next Tuesday's meeting of j
the Commissioners by M. Harvey Tay-'
lor.
Funds to pay for the proposed build
ing are carried in the City's general
appropriation bill for 1915,' which will
become effective on Monday.
THE TEACHING OF SPANISH
Resolution Introduced at School Board
Meeting Last Night
A resolution to include the teaching i
of Spanish in the twfi high schools!
was introduced at a meeting of the j
School 'Board last evening. There was 1
no argument either for or against the!
resolution and hy action of the board it
was referred to the Teachers' commit
tee, of which Mr. (Bret/, is vhairman.
"The proposed plan is to make Span
ish an elective study like French or
German. It will likely be discussed at
the next meeting of the committee.
Pennsy Asks for Bids on Steel
By Ataociatrd Prt»».
Philadelphia, Jan. 2.—The Pennsyl
\ania Railroad Company to-day asked
the steel manufacturing concerns of the
country to bid o n 17,600 tons of struc
tural steel for bridge construction dur
ing 1915.
HARRISBURS STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING-. JANUARY 2. 191 a.
2 OFFICIALS GIVE COUNTY
SIO,OOO OF 1914 RECEIPTS
Register of Wills Roy C. Danuer and
Prothonotary Henry F. Holler To
day Closed the Tear's Business and
Settled With the District
Through the offices of Roy Dauoer,
Register of Wills, und Henry I' 1 . Holier,
Prothonotary, Dauphin county officials
who to-day compiled their annual re
ports, the county's strong box will be
swelled bp' nearly SIO,OOO, that money
representing tie county's share of the
office receipts taken in bv those officials
during the year just closed.
The Prothonotary to-day turned over
to tfhe' County Treasury a check for
$2,210.24, that being the tines, jury
fees and costs collected by him during
the quarter ending Jauuarv 1, so that
the total Hinouut he gave over to the
county as 1914 receipts was $9,512.77.
The county's share of the excess fees
received by Register Dnnner are not
near so large as those of the Prothono
tary, yet Mr. Danner's business is com
paratively small since his year's work
was confined to probating" 197 wills,
granting letters of administration on
15S estates and receiving 166 a .'counts
of trustees,- guardians, etc.
The 1914 business at the Register's
office was about on the average and,
while it may be considered small when
compared with the reports of other
county officials, that does not detract
from the Register's good business rec
ord. In the thiee years he has been in
office Mr. Danner has accepted 490 ac
counts and advertised the sinne accord
ing to law at a cost of $653.58. The
cost of advertising proportionate
ly the same number of accounts in
years gone by, the county records show,
was $1,275," so that the Register in
three years has effected a saving, as
he considers, of approximately $621.42.
His annual allowance for clerk hire,
the Register claims, is sllO less than
was paid during former administrations,
so that in three years he has saved an
additional $330, making the total sav
ing to the county, according to his cal
culation, something like $951.42. The
excess fees paid into the county by
Mr. Danner during the three years lie
has been Register of Wills amounts to
$1,104.56.
The county's share of fees from the
1914 revenues exceeds that of 1913,
which was $229.09, by $125.33. The
Register's receipts during 1914 amount
ed to $4,221.87. Of that money $213.06
was spent jn a-iKertising accounts,
SIOO for attorney's salary, $1,200 for
deputy register's salary and $2,000 for
the Register's salary." making the to
tal expense $3,513.06 and thus leaving
the excess fees total $708.51. One
half of that amount, or $354.42, is
paid the county and the remainder is
shared by tbe Register.
The Prothonotary's return to the
county represents criminal court cases
in which fines and costs were imposed,
the return acting as a reimbursement
to the county for money paid out as
witness fees, constables' and justices'
costs and jurors' fees.
OFFERS STOCK TO EMPLOYES
American Telephone Co. Has Saving
Plan for Bell Co-Workers
, The American Telephone ajid Vele
graph Coifrpanv announced to-day that
arrangements liave been made by which
employes of tiie Bell system who 'have
been two years or more in the service
and who so desire may purchase stock
of the company for sllO per share
on easy terms of payment. Xo employe
can purchase more than one share for
each S3OO of annual wages he receives
nor more than ten shares whatever his
wages.
The terms of payment will be $2 a
s&are per month, beginning with March.
1915, and the quarterly dividends paid
on the stock will go toward paying for
it after deducting interest at four per
cent, per annum on the unpaid balances.
The American Company has paid
eight per cent, dividends for seven
years and the company gays: It is cal
culated that dividends at this rate and
the $2 per share per mouth payments
by employes will pay for the stock in
full, by November. 1918. Any employe
who so desires can after March 1. 1917,
but not before, pay in the balance of his
stock and receive his stock certificate,
should any employe leave the service or
die before his stock is fully paid for,
t'he amount he paid in plus the accumu
lated dividends (less lour per cent' in
terest) will be paid back.
The American Telephone ami Tele
graph is tine parent company of the Bell
Telephone system nnich operates or con
nects with eight and one-half million
telephone stations throughout the Unit
ed States. It has about 60,000 stock
holders and 160,000 employes. Its is
sued apital stoi.. is neariy $350,000,-
000, and is quoted on the stock ex
changes at about sllß per share.
IXDI'STRIAIiJHIOME SCHOOLS
Two Will Be Opened XJnder Supervis-
ion of Harrisburg Board of Control
With everything brand new from
' books on up to furniture equipment
I two schools, now under the management
!of the officials of the Harrisburg
I school district, will open in the In
jdustrial Home at Nineteenth and Swat-
I ara streets. General Repairman Koons
spent a week at the school fixing up the
■ rooms and to-day new books and other
equipment were sent there. The old
i Ixjoks, which were dirty and torn, were
burned up v
Miss Miriam Brown, a substitute,
was elected to that school to assist
Miss Seglebaum. the former teacher.
Medical supervision will be included at
that special school.
COUPLE TAKE TO THE BOOT
Afraid to Enter House, Thinking In
truders Are in Pouaa&ion
When City Detectives White and
Murnane and Policemen Hyland and
Bush responded to a call "at 23 1-2
Evergreen street, presumably to chase
a man out of the house they found Mr.
and Mrs. George Heckert on the roof,
afraid to re-enter the building, accord
ing to the police.
A thorough search was made but no
thief was located. Their fears being al
layed, the couple came down from the
roof and re-entered the house.
Immunity Pleas Are Overruled
By Associated Prat.
Xew York, Jan I—The Federal Dis
trict Court overruled to-day the pleas of
immunity interposed by John li. Billard,
James Selton and William Skinner to
indictments charging them with criminal
violation of the Sherman law iti connec
tion with their acts as directors of the
New York, New /Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company.
3 SPEAKERSHIP
ASPIRANTS HERE
Cutliacl From Ftnt Pift,
dates all have established headquarters
on the second floor of the Common
wealth hotel, where they and their
friends extend the glad hand to all who
call, but up to the preseut time there
are very few members of the House
here.
Baldwin Says He'll Win
Mr. Baldwin says he is very well sat
isfied with the situation and that he
will be elected Speaker Furthermore,
lie intimates that he will be selected for
Speaker on the first ballot in the caus
cus. .
"I have been all over the State,"
said Mr. Baldwin, "and 1 have assur
ances of enough support to elect me."
He declined to give any figures as to
his strength. Mr. Baldwiu was the Re
publican whip in the House during the
last session, and was a very useful man
to the Republican organization, and he
thinks that ought tc count for some
thing.
Mr. Wilson, who has served two
terms in the House and was journal
clerk of the Senate for oue session, also
SHid he expected to win, and that he
thought that the country, outside of tbe
larger cities, should be given the
Speakership. He is confideut that he
will win through the help of his friends,
and points to the fact that he tilled
the Speakership chair while Speaker
Cox was ill during the session of 1911.
An argument used against him for
the Speakership is that lie voted against
local option, which he denies, asserting
that he voted against the placing of the
local option bill on the calendar after
it had been reported unfavorably by
the Committee on Lay and Order in the
House, and never had an opportunity to
vote on the bill. The question of local
option should not be brought into the
matter of electing a Speaker,", said Mr.
Wilson, "and, if elected Speaker, I will
be fair and do justice to all sides
should the matter ever come up in the
House for consideration.
Ambler Will Be Here To-night
Mr. Habgood, who is an old member
of the House and while at home pub
lishes and edits the Bradford "Star,"
cannot be classed as an aggressive can
didate, but rather lie is what may be
called a receptive aspiraut.
'' I will be a candidate before the
caucus," said Mr. Habgood, "and I will
support the caucus nominee."
It is said by Mr. Habgood "s friends
that in the event of the powers that
be insisting on a Speaker remote from
the influence of Philadelphia he will bo
| the man selected.
It was said to-day that the Pliila-
I delphia legislative delegation will hold
i a meeting in that city this afternoon
and endorse Charles A. Ambler, of
Montgomery, for the Speakership, and
that the Allegheny delegation will meet
here on Monday aud endorse Ambler,
but that the latter story is not credited
by organization men here. Mr. Ambler
is expected to arrive this evening, and
| his friends are claiming that he will be
| nominated on the first ballot.
30,000 WILL BE INVITED
| Fifteen Persons Are Addressing the In
vitations for Inaugural Exercises
| Superintendent Rauibo, of the Cap
; itol grounds and building*, to-day cotu
i pleted the plans for the b : ij p-Litform
: to be built over thf frfejwlU Third aud
I State streets entrance to the Capitol
I Park, where the inaugural ceremonies
j will take place on January 19, when
| Dr. Brumbaugh becomes Governor, and
| from which the inaugural parade will
j be reviewed bv the new Governor. The
j reviewing stand in front of the Execu-
J tive Mansion, has been dispensed with
; this time. The inaugural reception
j will be held in the Capitol in the even
| ing at 8 o'clock .when the general pub-
I lie will pass through the rotunda, greet
J the Governor aud pass out by the north
I wing.
i The Harrisburg and Wes: End Re
! publican clubs have almo-t finished
! preparations for participating in the
| parade, and expect to turn out in large
numbers. The Chester County Brum
j baii'ili Republican club, 500 strong, in
: uniform, will be in line with T. Larry
j Eyre, of West Chester, as chief mar
| shal.
A large force of clerks under Charles
R. Willits, of the State Department, is
I now engaged in addressing the enve-
I lopes that will contain the invitations
: to people in all parts of the State to
attend the inaugural. There will be 30,-
000 of these invitations sent out by
legislators and State officials, but they
will not be ready before next week,
j The work of addressing the envelopes
• is being done at the headquarters of
the Dauphin County Republican <om
! mittee, in the Wyeth building, on MaT-
I kef street, fifteen persons doing the
i addressing.
1*90,000 REALTY TRANSFERRED
$73.30 Paid in War Tax in Transac
tions in County To-day
Realty transfers in Dauphin countv
to-day totaled well on to $90,000. Sev
eral dozen houses changed hands and
the Revenue Collector did a big busi
ness seliing the war tax stamps on
these transfers. The sales of the war
stamps alone amounted to $73.50 in
dicating a transfer of actual cash
amounting to $73,600, since the reve
nue is charged at the rate of $1 on sl,-
I 000 realty transfers. Mortgages are not
taxable.
Two mortgages were filed, one for
$4,000 and the other for $1,500. A
third, one for SIO,OOO, was marked
satisfied, this being a part of the con
sideration in one of the realty trans
fers, so that the total value of real es
tate which changed hamils to-day was
almost $90,000.
The biggest realty deal was eon
sumated by Samuel and Dora Fiwhman,
with Gideon Feeser, the latter being the
purchaser of nearly $50,000 worth of
real estate situated on Allison's Hill,
uptown and in the Eighth ward.
POP BOTTLES FLY IN AIR
Horse Hitched to Bottling Works Wag
on Dashes for Liberty
When a horse hitched to a wagon of
the Star Bottling works made a br«a>k
for liberty this afternoon at Third am.i
Mulberry streets, pop bottles flew in all
directions and broke with loud explo
sions on the street and sidewalk.
The animal was captured after run
ning several squares. The loss in soft
drinks amounts to several dollars.
Pittsburgh Hotel Man Falls
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 2.—D. F.
Henry, well known as the owner of
Pittsburgh hotels, to-iJay Hied a volun
tary petition in bankruptcy giving his
liabilities as $1,505,137 and assets as
$1,412,672.
CONSTABLE WINS HIS FIGHT
FOR $958 IN BACK FEES
Court Decides Charters Is Entitled to
fiioney He Claimed As Due Between
IOUI and lttOfi—Ruling Applies to
Other Similar Oases
The hundred or more constables who
served Dauphin county betiween the
years 1901 to 1905 will be financially
rewarded and Dauphin county will be
obliged to pay out in t'he neighborhood
of $4,000 or $5,000. all as a result of
a Dauphin county court decision filed
at noon to-day in the vase of George W.
Charters, Second ward constable.
The court holds the constables'
claims for fees and milea<gv incident to
subpoening witnesses and committing
defendants to the county jnil. as charg
ed under the act of 1*899, are legiti
mate and must be paid. Prior to 1899.
when new legislation was passed regu
lating the constables' fees, the County
Commissioners paid the constables un
der special and general laws, allowing
them flftv cent® for sub-poeuing the
first witness in a case and fifteen cents
each for the others. Also mileage was
paid at the rate of six cents a mile,
was allowed to a constable for
the second committment of a prisoner
if he was committed twice—before and
after the preliminary hearing.
The later legislation allowed a fee
of $1 for subpoening the first witness
and fifty cents for eaeih subsequent sub
poena. Mileage was allowed at nine
and three-fifth cents per mile. This
rule now and since 1905 hiss boe-n fol
lowed by the constables and commis
sioners. One dollar and mileage may bo
rightfully charged for each committ
ment.
From 1901 and until 1905, wftwn the
appellate courts decreed that the in
creased rates must be allowed to the
constables, the Dauphin county commis
sioners |>aid constables claims under
the old laws.
George W. Charters, who now anil
for many years, has been the constable
of the Second ward, subsequently put
in a claim to the county for unpaid
fees amounting to $958*27. with in
terest. When payment was refused he
brought suit his case being argued in
the local courts in May. 1913,
The court now holds that Charters
is entitled to the full amount of his
•claim and directs that judgment be en
i tered in his favor and a-gainst the coun
| ty. Charters' claim represents the dif
. ference between the old and new rates,
j The Charters suit was a test case and it
| is now conceded that similar claims of
constables all will be paid by the coun
ty without further litigation.
Another decision filed by the Dau
phin county court to-day reaffirms the
court s previous decision in the dam
age suit of the Cox-Lawton Coal Com
pany against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Comipany. The court, in its previous
decision cut down tßie verdict rtf a
Common Pleas court jury which allow
ed the plaintiffs more than slo'o,ooo
—that being treble damages, to $35 -
aSo.SI. '
The Cox-Lawton Company *s claim
; was based upon the Pennsylvania Bail
road s alleged refusal to' construct a
siding to the plaintiffs mines in the
upper end of the county, which it was
charged virtually ruhml the business.
$I«O.OOOI.\ BONDS REDEEMED
, City Treasurer To-day Cancels Greater
Part of $102,400 CaUed In
I «T t Ab m Ut ' l6o <°oo was paid out at the
City Treasury to-day in connection with
! the largest single redemption of city
j improvement bonds made in the history
;of Harrisburg. The call covered $192"-
i 400 worth of city street grading, pav
; ing and water bonds. Approximately
| $32,000 was paid out as interest on
I other bonded debts,
j By noon, when the treasury closed
; for the day, more than $160,000 of
j the redeemable bonds had been cashed
in and cancelled. These bonds ceased
hearing interest yesterday, so that there
will be no financial benefits to holders
|of unredeemed bonds who postpoue
| having them cashed.
j COL. W. HAYESJJRIER RETIRES
| Was Editor of Columbia ''lndepen
dent" and Prominent in Politics
; Marietta, Jan 2. —Colonel William
Hayes Grier, 73 years old, who for
| more than fiftv years was affiliated with
j the Columbia "Independent," has re
| tired from active life.
In 1856 he began his active career
jand during the Civil war served his
country three years. He gives several
reasons for retiring, and that he has
made good is putting it mildly, as he
is well known over the State as an
editor, politician and soldier. He will
spend tne balance of his days in Co
lumbia.
SERVICES AT WESLEY UNION
Meetings to Be Held Through Week at
A. M. E. Church
Services will be held this week at
Wesley Union A. M. E. Zion church as
follows:
Monday at 8 o'clock, prayer meet
ing led by Professor M. Lay ton. Sub
ject, "Thanksgiving and Humiliation."
Psa. 65, James 4.
Tuesday—The services will be con
ducted by the Kev. James A. Stokes.
Subject, ''The ( hurch Universal—The
'One Body' of Which Christ is the
Head." St. John 17:14-26, Rev. 19.7-
i 7.
Wetjinesdav—H. J* Sigler will con
duct tli e meeting. Subject, "Nations
and Their Rulers." I Tim. 2:1-8, Rom
ans 13.
Thursday—Marshall Bennett and
Mary Terrell will conduct the meeting.
Subject, "Missions and the Jews."
Psa. 67; lsa. 49:3-15, Acts 1:1-8.
Friday—Professor J. P. Scott, Ben
nett and Williams will have charge of
the meeting services. Subject, "Fam
ilies, Schools and Colleges aud the
Young." II Tim. 3:14-17, Psa. 34:11 -I
22, lsa. 59:21.
REVIVAL AT CURTIN HEIGHTS
Three Weeks of* Evangelistic Services j
Will 'Begin There To-morrow
Three weeks of revival services Will ;
begin to-morrow evening in Ourtin ;
Heights Methodist ehurjli. The services
are classified under three heads. The
first week will be known as church edi
fication week, the second as church or
ganisation week anj the third will toe
devoted to friends of the church.
Funeral of Mrs. Keys
Funeral services forlMrs. Katie Keys,
who was found in her apartment at
1421 Xorth Fourth street, Thursday,
were held this afternoon at the under
taking establishments of R. K. Spicer,
313 Walnut street. IBurial was made in
the East Harrisburg cemetery.
AUTO WITH FOUR RIDERS
PLUNGES 001 RIVER DANK
(.•■tinned From Flrat Face.
tiras of the accident, and the rescuers
fully expected that when they removed
the car they would find lifeless bodies
underneath.
Injuries Not Serious
When the machine was righted,
however, the two men and two women
rose to their feet and were able, with
some support, to ascend the bauk. Mr.
Segelbaum took thein into his home,
where a physician examined them. The
wemen were badly bruised, one of the
men had an injured thumb and the
other was somewhat scratched. The
escape of the party trom death or seri
ous injury is thought by Mr. Segel
baum to have been little short of mirac
ulous. The two couples have returned
to their home, which is understood to
be Carlisle.
For more than fivi minutes they had
been pinned beneath the overturned au
tomobile, but had made no outcry dur
ing that time. The woman who alo*ie
saw the accident was lost in the crowd
which shortly afterward gathered on
the scene.
Car Is Being Repaired
The automobile, a Ford, lay o% the
ice of the river over night and was
this morning hauled to the Ford ga
rage, where it is now being repaired..
The damage is comparatively slight.
The wind shield is broken and the top
battered.
CAPITOL
INCREASED RATES OF FARE
Next Week Public Service Commission
Will Resume Hearing of Protests
by Philadelphlans
The principal feature of the pro
gram mapped out by the Public Service
Commission for next week's meeting is
the continued hearing of the complaint
of the United Business Men's Associa
tion and Philadelphia commuters
against the railroads entering that city
regarding the passenger rates. The
Commission gave a decision in this
case in Philadelphia two weeks ago,
but some dissatisfaction existed and a
number of those affected requested a
hearing, which was granted and will be
heard on Friday morning of next week.
It is expected tha an application will
be made to hold the hearing in Philadel
phia, it being tho most convenient point
for all concerned, failing in which a
large delegation of Philadelphiaus and
people residing near that city will be
here, accompanied by Attorney Abbott,
to endeavor to have the Commission
make changes in the order to
the railroads.
The Commission will also cousider the
approval of the contract between the
borough of Carlisle ind the Carlisle
Heat and Power Company, and the con
tract between the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company and the borough of New
port.
The approval of the sale of poles
between the 801 l Telephone Company
and the Harrisburg Light anil Power
Company will also be considered.
Appointed Coroner
Dr. J. Xorman White, of Svranton,
was to-day appointed coroner of Lack
awanna county bv Governor Tener.
Senator Clark Here
Senator Henrv A. Clark, of Erie,
! author of the bill now governing cities
|of the third class, arrived this morn
! ing and was at the capitol. He will
j closely scan any attempted amend
j ments of his bill to see whether they
| accord with hig views.
; Secretary McAfee Better
Word was received at the State De
partment to-May that Secretary McAfee
has so far'recovered as to be able to
! again take up his duties, and lie will
j be at his desk on Monday.
| Board of Pardons
The Board of Pardons, at its meet-
I ing on Wednesday will give a rehear-
I ing to David Kauffman, who was con
i victej in the Dauphin county courts of
j playing the flim-flam game on Harris
-1 burg merchants and sent to the peni
tentiary. Kauffman's pad, Mike Peter
i son, was pardoned in November. The
I Board will also dispose of nine cases
| that have been held under advisement,
i and this will finish its work before it
I goes out of existence on Tuesday, J>an
j uary 19.
Governor'B Message
Governor Tener has completed his
J message to the Legislature and it will
I be reatiy for delivery a-s soon as Sen -
| ate and House organize on Tuesday
next.
BISPHAM (JIVES RECITAL
, Famous Singer Has Only English Songs
On His Splendid Program
David Bispham, whose songs are in
! the English language only, demonstrat
ed in his recital at the Majestic theatre
last night that a program can be a most
pleasing one without the rendition of a
single number in any foreign tongue.
If the thought of some of his songs
was sacrificed to any extent in trans
lation, the melody was not noticeaibly
affected. The recital was enjoyed by a
pitifully small audience, yet a fully ap
preciative one.
"The Two Grenadiers'' was given
by Mr. IBispiham with unusual power,
and as usual he delighted his listeners
with the song he has ma*le famous,
"Danny Deever." His closing number,
a recitation of Longfellow's poein,
"King Robert of Sicily," with piano
accompaniment, was excellently ren
dered.
MUSIC AT CALVARY CHUROH
Choir Will Repeat by Request the Beth
lehem Cantata
There will be special music at Cal
vary Presbyterian chuivh tomorrow
evening at 7.30 o'clock.
The choir, by request, will repeat the
cantata at BHhle'heaii. i>art I, "The
Shepherds;" introduction; "It Came
Upon the Midnight Clear; "Sing and
Rejoice." Part 11, "The Saviour,"
"The Angels Are Singing," "O little
Town of Bethlehem," "Little Child in
Slumber Sweet," "And tlhe Glory of
the 'Lord."
Soloists are: Mrs. Crank Green, so
prano; Mrs. B. Fenstemacher, contralto;
Paul D. 'Miller, tenor, and Benjamin
Green, baritone.
Taft Against Filipino Independence
Washington, Jai. 2, —In vigorous
terms former President Taft to-day told
the Senate Philippines Committee the
Filipino people were not as yet capable
oif self-government.
9
SOLD TO THE DEAD
ON "10.0." PLAN
CHllpucd From First I'agc.
person would reason, when a package
arrived, that it hail been ordered be
fore death and they would pay tins
charges.
Before a complaint had been re
ceived at Police Headquarters hern
this man had left Hurrisburg. He
wus seen yesterday in bewistown and
the police of that place arrested him.
City Detective Murnane went to lew
istown this afternoon to bring the pris
oner back.
Brown Is alleged to have sent pack
| ages to Pittsburgh, PhilaUfclphia, Brad
I dock and to a place in New Jersey,
from this city. He is-charged with
having obtained money under false pre
tense, but Chief of Police Hutchison
is of the opinion that the federal au
thorities can prove H violation of a fed
eral law, although the man used ex
press companies instead of tiie United
States mail to send his goods.
A cheap imitation of a gold ponila.ilt
with a rose colored cameo and an imi
tation pearl was sent to Braddock.
This was forewanled afterward to the
local |K>lice and on fchiis clue the charge
was brought against Brown.
READING AFTER TABERNACLE
City Which Has Stough Campaign In
Three Months Wants Building
Used Here •
The tabernacle used during the
Stough evangelistic campaign in this
city will be moved to Heading and
used in the campaign there three
month 4. hence, if a delegation from
Reading expected to come here Monday
to see the building is satisfied with the
plan.
In the event that the delegation de
cides favorably in the matter, the tab
eruaele will shortly be dismantled, and
the lumber shipped to Roading, whore
the building will he orected precisely
as it now stands in this city, according
to specifications of the blue prints.
Only the lumber and roof covering
would be transferred, which includes
besides the building itself, platforms
and seats. The sawdust in the taber
nacle will not be used again. The
plumbing and electric lights have al
ready been removed.
The Bogar l/umber Companv, whose
property the building now is.' has re
ceived offers from other cities than
Reading for the tabernacle, but the
likelihood is that Heading will get it.
The tearing down of the building has
not been accomplished as soon as ex
pected, 'but as soon as final arrange
ments for disposing of it are nrtude,
werk will be started on it.
Lost Articles Claimed
During the past week a number of
articles, such as hats, coats ami umbrel
las, found in the tabernacle after the
close of the meetings, have been claim
ed by their owners at the place of busi
ness ot K. 7,. Gross, chairman of the
executive" committee.
There are still pieces of wearing ap
parel at the store unclaimed, including
several coats, which it would seem are
being missed by their former wearers.
Nothing more has been found at the
tabernacle for the past few davs, but
it is expected that there will be .(is
closures of coins and various other
thing* when the sawdust is finallv re
moved.
ANNUAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW
Harrisburg Dealers' Association Fix
March 18 to 20 as the Time for
Holding Big Event
The Harrisburg Automobile Dealers'
Association at a meeting held last even
ing fixed March 13 to 20 as the d'atn
for holding the annual automobile show.
It will be held at tho Arena on North
Third street and a Saxon roadster is to
be given away as a door prize.
The committee on exhibits has
planned to add a motor boat exhibit
which will be of great interest on ac
count of the Susquehanna dam im
provements at this plate. Every fea
ture to make tho show attractive and
of vgenera.l interest will be included.
Adv. *
TO SET UP CITY'S SCALES
Sealer of Weights Authorized to UH
Them Under Bill Effective Monday
The city 's general appropriation bill,
•which carries in addition to hundreds
of other items, a SSOO fund with Which
to purchase three seits of "municipal
scales'' to be installed iu the city mar
kets, will become operative on Monday,
next, and as soon thereafter as possible
Harry D. Reel, City Sealer of Weights
and Measures, will lay plans for set
ting up the scales.
These scales will be set up for tho
benefit both of the market patrons and
the market venders and will aid both
in ascertaining the correctness of
scales, as well as to prevent shortweiigiht
or overweight.
The section of the rule under which
a penalty may be imposed upon venders
who dispose of foodstuffs, etc., in pack
ages which do not have the contents
marked thereon, also will become opera
tive and enforced. The City Sealer
dua-ing the greater part of 1914 spent
much time teaching the merchants how
to comply with that section.
BILLY SUNDAY IN CITY
Evangelist and Party Pass Through on
Way to Philadelphia
Evangelist Billy Sunday and mem
bers of his party, together'with a dele
gation of Philadelphia churchmen and
newspaper men, which met them at AI
toonu, iiassed through this city on the
Pennsylvania railroad at 12.50 o'clock
this afternoon, boun i for Philadelphia.
The evangelist opens his campaign
in that city to-morrow.
Telephone Co. Tax Case Settled
The city 's suit against the Cumber
land Valley Telephone Company for
taxes on the defendant'» building on <
WalnuJ street, was brought to a close
to-day when Henry CVf. Tracy, receiver
of the company, paid into the city
treasury, through City Solicitor Seiti,
the sum of $86.45. That money rep
resents the tax for She years 1912 and
1913 and covers only that part of the
building which the company is not
utilizing in the transaction of its tele
phone business. The case was settled
in accordance with recent decision of
tfhe Dauphin county court.