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PUFFS URETTE
AS IS IP SIMS
Captain of Formidable
Gives Orders From
the Bridge When Ves
.sel founders
TO WATERY GR AVE
AS HE CHEERS MEN
Graphic Scenes on British Battleship
When Explosion Caused by Mine or
Torpedo Sends Huge Ship to Bot
tom of English Channel
London. Jan. 4, 2.11 A. M. —Captain
Arthur X. Loxley, of the battleship
Formidable, stood on the bridge smok
ing a cigarette as his vessel went down
in the English chanuel last Friday
morning a*fter the ship either had
struck a mine or been torpedoed, accord
ing to survivors of the disaster. The
captain's last words, they sav, were a
compliment to the officer who was su
perintending the launching of the boats
on the seamanly manner in which the
work was being done.
"'Captain Loxley gave his order as
calmly as if his ship had been in harbor
with her anchors down,'' said one res
cued sailor. "The only sign he gave
that anything was amiss was a brief
speech with which he exhorted his crew,
and 'steady, men, everything is all
right! Keep cool and be British!
There's tons of life in the old ship!"
500 Asleep When Crisis Came
The survivors give graphic stories of
the scene or. board the battleship.
They atate that when the explosion oc
curred at 2.20 in the morning 500 men
were asleep. Their hammocks and
liunkß were jerked several inches up
ward by the shock. The explosion
missed the magazine by only ten feet,
hut it, interned the dyuamo room and
put all electric lighting and the wireless
out of action. ,
The captain of the battleship, ac
cording to survivors, was on deck all
the time the vessel sank. When the
order was given for all hands to come
on deek the men swarmed up, saluting
the officers as they passed them.
Many were almost without clothes.
Flood Cuts Off Steam Supply
Two minutes after the first alarm was
given the engine room was flooded and
the supply of steam stopped. This was
the worst blow of all because with
steam the Formidable might have been
able to make port. The absence of
steam also made the work of getting the
lioats out very laborious. The vessel
■was soon tilted at an angle that made
difficult for the men to retain their
foothold.
Orders were given to make rafts and
soon the men were tearing up the decks
and bringing all available furniture
from below for this purpose. The
ship's carpenters improvised rafts by i
the dozen.
Second Explosion Occurred
While the second cutter was being!
launched another explosion occurred.
This, curiously enough, served to length
en the warship's life. She had tilted to
a terrifying angle and it seemed as
though she might capsize at any mo
ment, but the rush of water into the
portside had the effect of balancing her
better, though she laid lower in the wa
ter.
A large percentage of those saved
wore inflated waistcoats, which are de
scribed as more effective than life belts.
The Formidable's end was hurried by
the fact that she was struck three
times by terrific seas within the space
of a minute.
MANY GERMANS KILLED IN
HAND-TO-HAND STRUGGLE
WITH RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
Petrograd, .lan. 3. —An official com
munication issued to-night by the gen
eral staff of the Russian army regard
ing the fighting in Poland ami Galicia,
says:
"A strong artillery combat has been
fought all along the front on the left
bank oi the Vistula. The attempt of
the Germans to gain ground in certain
places in the region of the Bzura river
was without success.
"On the night of January 2, we dis
covered the passage of Germans across
the Bzura in the vicinity of Kozlott
and Biskoupi. Having watched the con
centration of the enemy's forces, one
of our glorious regiments surrounded
the Germans. They attacked them with
the bayonet without firing a shot and
in the hiind to hand struggle which fol
lowed killed several hundrel men. The
survivors saved their lives by surrend
ering.
About 3 p. m., on January 3. a brig
ade of German infantry attacKed our
position near Borjiinow, northeast of
Boliinow, but the German assault was
repulsed with enormous losses by the
fire from several batteries and a coun
ter attack made with the bayonet.
" Desperate fighting occurred during
tiifr night of January 2, continuing un
til daybreak, northeast of Raiwa where
we succeeded in dislodging the enemy
from some of the trenches which they
h&I previously taken.
"South of the Pilida river fighting
•took place at Mebairie and Gasehek,
west of Inowlodz, and also southeast of
Malaijos/.oz near Volmine, whore we re
pulsed all attacks of the enemy. In
Galicia the fighting around Gorlice and
Kakliczvii continues.
"In the region of the Uzsok pass
and Rostoki (south of Lisko) we have
made progress. We c.iptured 2,000 pris
oners and some mitrailleuses. Several
companies of the Austrians surrender
ed in a body. In their retreat to Uszok
Austrona abandoned arms and ammuni
tion. Our offensive in Bukowina con
tinues."
Miss Staples to Aid in Care of Poor
Miss Raehael F. Staples, for the last
two weeks social workers for the As
sociated ('Jiarities, has taken quarters
in the office of the Dauphin County Di
rectors of the Poor where she will
superintend the work of looking after
the county 's poor and needy jn co-oper
ation with the cK'rk of the poor board.
FRENCH ADMIT FAILURE
TOTAKECERMAN POSITION
'IN THE MUSE COUNTRY
Paris, Jan.. 4, 2,45 P. M.-—The of
ficial statement given out in Paris this
afternoon shows that the artillery fight
ing along the front is proceeding in
termittently and at some points with
particularly violence. There seems to
have been few infantry attacks recent
ly. The French admit failure in IUI ef
| fnrt to occupy a German position in the
j Meuse country. They claim, however,
j further progress in Steinbaeh. The
; text of the communication follows:
[ ''From the sea to the Oisc the day
I passed in almost complete calm. The
I weather was rainy. There were artil
j lery exchanges at some points of the
! front. In front of Noulettes our
i heavy artillery reduced the German
| batteries to silence.
! "On the Aisne and in Champagne
[ the cannonading was particularly vio
i lent. Our batteries showed their su-
I periority and brought under their fire
reservjfe forces of the enemy. We be
came possessed of several points of
support hid by the Germans in the re
gion of Perthes and of Mesnil-Les-Hur
lus.
"Between the Argonne and the
Meuse, as well as on the heights of the
Meuse, there was intermittent can
nonading. An effort made yesterday
morning by our troops to oecupy Boii
reuilles did not succeed.
"Our advance continued in the for
est of Lepretre which is to the north
west of Pont-a-Mousson. In upper Al
sace we oce.upieii an important height
to the west of Cornay. A counter at
tack by the enemy was repulsed. In
Steinbach we have taken possession of
the vicinity of the church and of the
cemetery.''
BANDAGES ON WAY TO EUROPE
Work of Women in This City Is Now
Bound for Battlefields
More than two miles of linen in i
varying forms lias passed through the
hands of the volunteer workers for the
Bed Cross division of the Home and
War Relief Committee during the past
two weeks. It has become, under skil
ful manipulation, bandages for use on i
the battlefields of Europe. More than t
one hundred women, ranging from the J
committee members to the skilled hos- |
pital nurses, have handled the material, j
which was shipped Saturday to New '
York, bound for Europe.
There was a total of 595 bandages I
rolled by the volunteers. Each bandage j
is 7 yards long and each one represents j
several minutes of painstaking work on j
the part of some woman connected with !
the Red Cross committee.
In addition to the bandages, the Red
Cross division sent 38 pairs of blankets.
202 surgical shirts, 60 women's night
gowns, triangular and T bandages.
29 knitted scarfs, abdominal bands,
knitted helmet, bands and pads and
packages of old linen.
Work for needy women who can sen
was given out to-day. Mondays, Wed
nesdays and Fridays are the nays when
the Home Relief department issues sup
plies, the hours being from 10 to 12
and from 2 until 5.
Mrs. Henry MeCormiek's Sewing
Circle meets to-morrow morning at 10
o'clock at the home of Mrs. McCor
mick, 301 North Front street, to sew
for the war sufferers. The work will
I continue each week during the winter.
1 MRS. HERMANS DIES AT TROY
i Was Formerly Antoinette Carnes, Char
ity Worker of This City
Troy, N. Y.. Jan. 4.—Mrs. Frank A.
Hermans died late yesterday afternoon
at the residence, 32 (Second avenue. Mrs.
Hermans was a very well known resi
dent of this section, having lived here
a numiber of years. Before her marriage
she was Antoinette Carnes and resided
at Harrisburg, Pa., where she did a
great deal of charitalble work. In Lan
singburgh she continued her benevolent
work. Sihe was a memlber of Hedding
Methodist church. She is survived 'by
her husfoand, three children, 'Sara Grare,
Arthur Dale and Carlisle Ricker Her
mans; her mother, Mrs. Dale Cresswell,
and one sister, Mrs. Elwood Bonar. The
funeral was held from the residence
this afternoon. It was private, and the
Rev. Alexander iMcKinlay, pastor of the
church of Which she was a member,
officiated.
WOMAN DIES VERY SUDDENLY
Collapses on Street in New York After
Visit to This City
Mrs. Nellie G. Newcomer, wife of
Harlan G. Newcomer, president of the
Eureka Mower Company of Utica, N.
Y., was stricken with heart disease
while walking witlh her husband and
two sons iu Fifth avenue, New York
City, on New Year's night, and died j
•before the arrival of Dr. Dineen of the
'New York hospital.
Mr. and .Mrs. Newcomer and their two
sons arrived in New York New Year's
night l on their way home after spending
the holidays with IMT. Newcomer's par
ents, (Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Newcomer,
227 South Thirteenth street, this city.
The body was taken to Utica, N. Y.,
yesterday for burial.
BENJAMIN M'CARROLL BURIED
Benjamin McCarroll was buried from
his la to residence, 224 Reily street, tlhis
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Harry
Nelson Basslar, of the Second Reformed
church, officiated.
Mr. MeCarroll was in his 71st year,
having *beeu born February 3, 184-f,
and was one of the oldest and best
known residents of Harrisburg. He lived
here all his life. He was from a family
of eight boys, ail of w'hom served their
i-onntry during the Civil war. He is
survived by his wife, four daughters,
( lara M., Bertha K., Mrs. Charles W.
IMeily and Mrs. Samuel P. Shull, and
one brother, Charles McCarroll, of New
Cumberland. Interment was made at
the Harrisburg cemetery.
Peter M. Bloomshine
Peter M. Bloomshine, w'ho died at his
heme, 4 27 Kel'ker street on Friday even
ing will be buried to-morrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock from his late liome and will
be conducted by the Rev. E. E.
Interment in East Harrisburg cemetery.
He is survived by his wife and two
children, Harry Bloomshine, and Mrs.
Fran'k Ross. He was an old veteran,
having served in Company E, 195 th
regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, as
a private.
Funeral of Mrs. Young
The funeral of Mrs. 'Mary Young, 75
years of age, of 'Mwhanicsburg, who
was 'burned to death on Saturday, will
be'held at 10 o'clock to-morrow morn
ing, the Rev.'H. H.Sharp, officiating. The
body will be shipped to Middletown
where burial -will be made.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING. .JANUARY 4. 1915.
DR. SCOFIELD TO LECTURE
AT Y.IfI.C.fI.HALL TO-NIGHT
i
Bible Teacher Will Continue Lectures
Begun at Opening of Conference
Yesterday—To Speak To-morrow at
draco Church
The annual Bible conference con
ducted under the auspices of the Young
Men's Christian Association, Seeond
and Locust streets, opened yesterday.
Dr. C. I. Scofield, who comes to conduct
the conference, occupied the pulpit of
the Fourth Street -Church of God yes
terday morning at 10.30 o'clock and
delivered a powerful sermon upon the
text, "Pear not, for they that be with
us are more than they that be with
them," 2 Kings, 6:16. lie was heard
by an audience that completely filled
the auditorium, and they gave the great
preacher and teacher the closest pos
sible attention.
Once again Dr. Scofield demonstrated
the fact that he is mighty in the <Scrip
tiues, and his ability to impart his
knowledge so that all can understand
makes every discourse plain and simple,
both to the student and the non-stu
dent.
in the afternoon at 3.30 o'clock the
Bible conference proper opened in Fah
nestock hall. Dr. Scolield's theme was
the one announced, "FTom Genesis to
ltevelation," a panoramic view of the
Bible, illustrated by charts. The hall
was filled with an interested audience,
made up ol' people from all walks in
life. The clergy was well represented
and the laitv turned out in large num
bers. Many of the converts of the
Stough evangelistic campaign recently
closed in this city were present and
seemed to be. interested hearers. If
one follows Dr. Scofield throughout the
week, .judging from yesterday after
noon, he will acquire such a knowledge
of the Scripture in Via short period of
time that could not be secured in any
other way.
The session this evening will begin
promptly at 7.45 o'eloi-k in Fahucstock
hall. Ddors will open at 7.30. The
session of to-morrow evening will be
held in Grace Methodist Episcopal
church. State street, since the Harris
burg Choral Society will occupy lali
nestock hall on that date.
Everything now points to the fact
that this will be one of the largest and
most interesting Bible conferences held
in many vears under local auspices.
j SHIMMELL MEMORIAL SCHOOL
Building Will Not Be Beady Tor Oc
cupancy Until September
The new Shimmell school building
| at Seventeenth and Catherine streets,
which the School Board officials hoped
to occupy at the opening of schools fol
lowing the Christmas holidays, will not
be opened until September. January I
was the time limit set u]Hin the build
! ing (but no bonus nor penalty was at
j taeiied to the contract.
The progress of the building was
| halted because* the contractor, John W.
Emery, of Philadelphia, hjtl some dif
' feirenees with the sulb-contractors and
j a 'clash with the architect, C. Howard
| Lloyd, who was not pleased with some
,of the materials use<l. Only the est i
j mates allowed bv the architect from
time to time are paid the contractor by
! the School Board;
The building is under roof and the
plasterers have albout finished their
! work. The city schools opened this
I morning after the Christmas holidays
including two rooms in the Children's
Industrial Ilojne at Nineteenth and
S'watara streets, which are now under
the control of the public school dis
trict.
FALL DOWN STEPS FATAL
Henry Wolillebon Succumbs -to Frac
tured Skull
Henry Wohlleben, 83 years old, 207
Calder street, died at 9 o'clock last
evening from a fractured slcull received
in a fall down a flight of steps at his
home on Saturday evening. He was
i found unconscious at the bottom of the
steps by his niece.
Mr. Wohlleben., who was a cabinet
maker by trade, w?s born iu Germany j
|in 1830 and was a resident of this
| city for many years. He is survived by
two daughters. Mrs. William J. Meek, j
! with whom he made liis home, and Mrs.
William Weber, also of this city, and
I two sons, Harry Wohlleben and George '
J Wohlleben, both of Philadelphia. He i
! also leaves eight grandchildren and .
j eleven great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at j
i his late home on Wednesday afternoon;
I at 2 o'clock and will be conducted by '
the Rev. Henry Hanson. Interment j
will be in the Harrisburg cemetery.
MBS. WILSON IMPROVES
Aged Woman Struck by Trolley Car on
South Cameron Street
The condition of Mrs. Martha Wil-1
son, 59 years oM, 348 South Cameron!
street, who was struck by a trolley car
on Cameron street, at the Swatara
street crossing Saturday evening, is
said to be slightly improved at the
Harrisburg hospital this morning. She j
received a fractured skull.
She stepped around one trolley car
and was struck by another car bound
southward. She remained unconscious
»ll day yesterday, but hail lucid inter
vals of consciousness to-day.
THE COLD WAVE BROKEN
Depression Causes Mercury to Rise i
Slightly
The cold wave which threatened |
temperatures far below normal was tem
pered somewhat by a depression central
in the Saskatchewan Canadian province.
Fair weather will continue, but the
temperature will increase somewhat.
E. R. Demain, weather forecaster,
fixes the minimum temperature for to
night at 25 degrees, which is five de
dgrees higher than the lowest of last
night. The river remains generally ice
bound and no material changes will
occur.
Scranton's Mayor In the City
One of the interested spectators
around the Commonwealth Hotel where
the various candidates for sipeaker of
the House of Representatives have es
tablished headquarters, to-day was
Mayor Germyn, of S. ran ton. He called
on Mayor Royal and Chief of Police
'Hutchison. He told some interesting
experiences he had during the camjiaign
of Billy Sunday in Scranton last year.
AMBLER HAS ENOUGH
J WIN FICHT
I Cant I nurd From Pint Pan*.
j in the large cities, have had their head
quarters at the Commonwealth Hotel
i open since Saturday, and have been
very busy, each one being accompanied
oy a coterie of old leaders who have
'been on the watv'h for new mem'bers as
they arrive, to sound them on their
veiws on the Speakership.
Representative Charles A. Ambler, of
Montgomery who seems to have the
field against, him, arrived on Saturdav
night, accompanied by Insurance Com
missioner Johnson, wiio is secretary of
the Republican Stale Committee "and
who is the principal figure in booming
the Amble; proposition for Speaker.
Headquarters were at once opened in
the Commonwealth, where Mr. Ambler,
with his perennial smile, greeted his
supporters and received assurances that
he will be nominated for Speaker on the
first, ballot in caucus to-night. The
Ambler people were not at all discon
certed over the statement issued bv the
''(ountry Four," and Commissioner
Johnson said he had no doubt of Mr.
Ambler's bein? the nominee.
Habgood Is Endorsed
During the day Fred Newell, of Can
ton, Pa., president of the Pennsylvania
Slate Editorial Association; Charles H.
Rressler, of Lock Haven, Pa., president
of the Pennsylvania Weekly Newspa
per Association, and J. 11. Zerbev. of
Pottsville, Pa., in behalf of the Asso
ciated Dailies of Pennsylvania, in the
absence of E J. Stackpole, president,
who is ill at his home in this city, held
a conference and issued a statement on
behalf of their various newspaper or
ganizations. irrespective of party, en
dorsing Mr. 'Habgood and declaring that
he stands for the legislation endorsed
by Dr. Brumbaugh and the Republican
platform.
The Allegheny legislative delegation
arrived last uight, but the individual
members were reticent as to whom they
will support lor Speaker, saying tha't.
the caucus to-day will develop their
preferences. It is said that, left to
their individual choice, at least twenty
out of the twenty-four will vote for
Baldwin, and that in the event of there
being no action in caucus tfhey will vote
that way, which rather complicates mat
ters. Ambler's friends, however, are
claiming the whole Allegheuy delega
tion.
The Philadelphia delegation will hold
a conference after its arrival this aft
ernoon and, it is said, will formally en
dorse Mr. Ambler. Willi Ambler en
dorsed by Philadelphia and Allegheny,
there would be no doubt of Ambler's
eloction, but there seems to be some dis
position or, the part of the McNichol
men in the Philadelphia delegation to
balk on the Ambler proposition.
The mere statement that the iwo big
city delegations will endorse Ambler
j has stirred up some resentment 011 the
1 : part of the friend.* of the other candi
dates, and Mr. Zerbey declared last
night thai the- will "resent this thing
of the contractor gang in Philadelphia
dictating everything, and it is going to
take the most vigorous kind of lashing
to get a majority of the country mem
bers in line for Ambler."
COMMUNICANTS BREAK RECORD
; Largest Number Ever Known at Derry
Street U. B. Church Yesterday
| At the Derry Street I'. B. church ves
\ terday Dr. .1. A. Lyter assisted by the
i Rev. 11. E. Ulricli and the Rev. K. S.
j Ni.-. ley administered the H ily Com
munion to the largest number of com
j municants ever known in the tvventv
llve years' history ol' t'.ie church. B>
i fore the Communion service Dr. Lyter
baptized a large number and received
I into church membership 36 trail hit
! tors. There are still a large number
j to be received into the church within
j the next few weeks.
| At the Sunday school which met at
| 2 p. 111., Superintendent I. E. Gipple au-
I nonnced that out of a total member
ship of 1.000, 809 were present. This
I school, which is recognized as one of
the live cues of the city, ir. growing by
leatos and bounds not in numbers only
i but in efficient, telling work in the
: community in which it is iocatod. The
I executive committee, the governing
i body cf the sclicol. has completed plana
j for a booster chorus which will be
! started next Sunday.
Officers of the Men's Bible Class of
j Derry Street church were named at
I yesterday afternoon's session of the
| claf; as follows:
I O. K. Kine«, president; Ralph R.
f Manley, viae president; D. F. Saul, sec-
I retary, ami Earl Stouflfer, treasurer.
Mr. Kines has been president of the
I big men's class for four years. He
[will make his committee chairmen ap
pointments at next Sunday's meeting.
Records of the class for 1914 show
that the total attendance for the year
j was 5,516, with an average attendance
jof 106. The active enrollment is 306.
j Announcement was made that William
! F. Fenical has not missed a Sunday in j
i twelve years. J. E. S'hultz, George E. \
, Moore and A. F. Sides did not miss a j
I Sunday .during 1914.
DR. SMUCKEE RECEIVES 127
Membership of Stevens Memorial
Church Expected to Reach 1,300
New Year's Sunday was a day of
many activities in the -Stevens Memorial
Methodist Episcopal church, Thirteenth
and Vernon streets. At the early morn
ing Communion service the crowd filled
t'he auditorium and the overflow part of
the Sunday school room. The Com
munion was the largest in the history
of the church. IMany Stougii converts
and others were received into t'he fel
lowship of the church. In the afternoon
at 2 o'clock tfhe Sunday school rally
brought out 850 young, middle-aged and
old folk. The club service in the
evening was iu charge of James W.
Barker.
The church choir and the male chorus
led the singing. About one hundred and j
twenty-five members of t'he cstough j
chorus occupied reserved seats in the
main part, of the auditorium. Dr. Clay
ton Aflbcrt Smueker preached 011 "Perils
ami Encouragements in a Life Struggle
Toward a Moral Cloal." The overflow
crowd filled most of t'he Sunday school
room. New members were received
at the close of tlha service.
The additions to the membership of
the church for the past tfhree weeks
total 127. On Decemlber 13 and 20,
Dr. Smucker received 18 new members;
Decemlber 27, 58; .January 3, 51. The
entire membership of t'he church is fast
approaching the 1,300 mark. Next Sun
day it is expected that another large
class will unite with the ch'urdh.
Injured in Fall Against Hydrant
George Gebhart, 1118 North Twelfth
street, baiily lacerated his right fore
arm this morning when he slipped on
the ice in the rear yard of his home and
fell against a hydrant. He was treated
at the Harrisburg hospital.
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Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
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j General Asphalt 32
do pfd 67%
! I<ake Superior Cor., 10
Lehigh Navigation "6%
I Lehigh Valley 66
[ Penna. R. R., 53
Electric 23% j
Pha. Rapid Transit 11%
Reading 72%
Storage Battery 47%
Union Traction 39
United Gas Improvement 80%
United States Steel 50%
Chicago Closing Prices
Wheat—iMav 184%; July, 122.
Corn—'May, 75%; July, 76%.
Oats—'May, 55; July, 53%.
Pork—January, 18.60; May, 19.22.
Lard—.January, 10.60; 'May, -0.92.
IMbs—January, 10.15; May, 10.52.
FRENCH LESSONS AT Y. W. C. A.
Language to Be Taught by Conversa
tional Metriod
A class in French will be taught at
the Young Women's Christian Associa
tion every Wednesday at 2 p. m., if
there is sufficient demand to form such
a class. Mrs. Irwin, of Mechanicsburg,
is the teacher arid the conversational
method will be used.
Arrangements have been made for a
class in elocution every Thursday even
ing. Miss Roberta Swartz, a well
known elocutionist, is the teacher.
All interested in these classes should
register at once in order that lessons
may 'be given this week.
DEATH OF MRS. CLARA BRANDT
Mlddltown Woman Will Be Buried at 2
O'clock Thursday
Middletown, Jan. 4. —IMts. Clara
Brandt, 53 years of age, wife of D. S.
Brandt, died suddenly at 12 o'clock
last night at her ho#ie 011 Ann street
of heart trou'ble. She leaves three sis
ters,' Mrs. Jacob Decky, Mrs. Jacob Cat
ton and Mrs. Samuel Decky.
Funeral services will be held on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at tfhe 1
house. The Jtev. Fuller Bergstresser
will officiate. Burial will be made in t'he
'Middletown cemetery.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
! CLOSED SINCE LUST JULY.
AGAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS i
London, Jan. 4, 12.0S P. M. —The
London Stock Exchange reopened for
i business to-day after having been closed j
f on account of the war since duly 30. j
j Severe restrictions were placed upon j
: trading in order to prevent anythiug
t approaching panic selling or the unload- !
| ing of securities 'by hostile countries. j
The session opened with a round of
I ringing cheers and to the strains of tho l
I national anthem, heartily sung hv aj
j rather smaller attemkuiceTluTiT"iinTTTT. j
j A number of British and French mem- I
! bers were absent on account of the war j
J while the exclusion of aliens who were j
j not able to satisfy the committee they
j had severed all connection with foreign
! countries, reduced somewhat the for
eign attendance,
j The single fact that business has
] been resumed and then on a limited I
i scale and under restrictions is taken to
I indicate that the greatest crisis in the
history of the Exchange ha* been safe-!
ly negotiated through the combined ef- j
forte of the treasury and the Stock Ex-1
change committee.
The house has 'been redecorated <lur |
t imj the prolonged and to-day it j
I presented a cheerful appearance. Sev-!
eral English members appeared in ]
khaki. There were no shouting of bids j
across the house and business was on
a strictly cash basis. The committee j
decided to allow all dealings between
the 'hours of 1 1 and 3 inside or outside
of the Stock Exchange and with arbi
trary 'business banned, there will be no
street dealings in American securities
at the present time.
The general opinion was that the
restrictions to trading would curtail
business to an extent during the first
j half hour. Not a single bargain occur
red in Americans, and only a few of |
these securities appeared. Tlie war loan ;
was marked at 94 5-8 and then at I
j 94 9-16. India 3 1-2 per cents were j
quoted at S3 1-8 and Rio Tintos nom
! irally at. 57. Union Pacifies were 119
l and Consols 68 1-2.
| Motor Club Governors to Meet
i The regular meeting of the board of
! governors of the Harrisburg Motor
| Club will be held to-morrow evening at
tS o'clock in the headquarters of the
club in the building. Offi
cers will be nominated.
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* Frank H. Hoy, Jr.,V. President. Howard W. Raker| Trustee.
J Cornelius R. ijhope, V. President. Charles C. HofVmi/n, Secretary. »>
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CHRISTMAS SAVINGS SOCIHTY during |
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COURT
! DIVORCE rllAlllJK INDEFINITE
I Wife of Putnam Brandt Wants Mora
Specific Statement of Fasts
Claiming that the charges are so in
definite as to render the respondent un
able to make a defense, counsel lor
I Mrs. Bertha Brandt, liiis morn in.' ul>
I tained a rule on tho husband, Putnam
I Brandt, returnable in thirty days, re
j quiring him to give a clearer statement
| of allegations.
I Brandt began suit for a divorce a
month ago, charging his wife with
! marital infidelity.
State Gets Tax
| Bov C. Banner, Register of Wills,
l this morning sent, to the State oflicifiis
| a check for $2,845.24, that money rep
j resenting the collateral inheritance tax
i he collected from the estates of dead
j persons during the past year.
NEED MORE SKATES ON LAKE
Sport So Popular That Commissioner Is
Asked to Get Bigger Supply
One thousand to fifteen hundred per-
I sons enjoyed skating on the Susquehan-
I na river and Wildwood Lake yes'ter
j day and it 's a toss-up which of the two
j places had the larger crowd. The de
| miand for sikates at Wildwood was ex
j treanely large, in fact so great as to
| prompt those in charge to ask Park
j Commissioner Taylor to order an addi
i tional supply. By early afternoon yes
terday all of the ladies' skates had
been ren'ted and but a few of the men's
remained.
Twelve oil lamps furnished sufficient
light at niijiht to keeip the skaters away
from the few dangerous air holes on tho
lake. The moon also helps make even
ing skating pleasant.
The ice on both the river and the
lake is rough in spots, due to the strong
wind of Saturday night, but there is
I plenty of smooth skating surface.
Union Trust Stock Up $5
Fire shares of Union Trust Company
stock were sold at a public acution in
front, of the Court House this after
noon to John C. Orr at $155 a share.
The par value of the stock is SIOO.
Several shares of Union Trust stock
sold recently at $l5O a share. Five
shares of Lemovne Trust Company
stock brought $65 a share, or sls
abeve par value. Several shares of
this stock brought S7O a share at a
recent sale.