4 LABOR nor JUNG CHILDREN Marked Improvement Shown as Compared With Conditions Ex isting 5 Years Ago TOTS WORKED IN SOUTHERN MILLS Two Haters, Six and Seven Years of Age, Found Spinning and Two Boys UwMr Twelve Had Hands Muti lated In Machinery 9y Asuciatcd Prcu. Washington Jan. 5. —-Reports of good work done during the past year throughout the country in behalf of working children were enthusiasticallv received here to-day at the opening session of the eleventh annual confer ence on child .»bor. As a genera! prop osition the reports showed there had a marked improvement of condi tions under which children are employed to-day as compared with those which existed iiTe years ago. but it was admit ted by several speakers that much re mained to be done. Speaking of the conditions which ex ist in the Southern States, Lewis W. Hine. staff photographer of the Na tional Child Labor Committee, said public opinion uad done much to reduce the number of under-aged children em ployed in the mills. Youngsters at Work In Mills '•I found there had been a marked Improvement in the general situation during the last five years," he said, •"but very young children are worked to-day in the North Carolina mills." He tald of two sisters. 6 and T years of MSff, he found spinning in one mill and *>f two boys, under 12 years, whose bands. be said, had been mutilated ia the machinery. "Pnblie- opinion is pretty much gen erally against children working in the mills.' 1 said Mr. Hine. ''One superin tendent in North Carolina boasted that ke had thirty children below the age limit," iHe added that in the Alabama mills the conditions >vere much im proved over those of North Carolina. Little Interest Shown by Public Miss Josephine Eschenbrenner. secre tary of the National Child Labor Com mittee, declared that only eight thou sand persons in tge fnited States •" have cared enou*tr about the working children to contribute to the work of the committee.'' Owen R. Love joy. of New Tork. gen eral secretary of 'the National Child •Labor Committee, said that one of the most interesting campaigns of the win ter promised to be in Illinois, where a flat 16-year limit for all ordinary kinds of work would be under consideration. '"We have not hitherto been actively promoting this higher standard."' he •aid. '"simply because we have felt that the plight of the 100.000 children un der 14 ia non-agricultural work was more urgent and. therefore, we are try lag to fight this winter a double battle, one for the Palmer-Owen bill designed to eliminate without further delay the young child from factories, mills and canneries, and another for improved laws in at least 15 States.'' Export* to Neutral Countries The •" Times'* supposes that the British government, in its reply, will draw attention to the enormous inc-ease In the export of contraband articles to •entral countries, all out of proportion to their normal demand and to the line of action highly favorable to neutrals taken by the British prize court in cer tain cases, and adds that by appoint ing two committee? to consider the un paid claims of venders jt cargoes and of pledgee or alien the British govern ment has shown a disposition never be fore exhibited by any belligerent to mitigate the harsnness of prize law. In conclusion the '"Times" believes j there exist all materials for compromise and a disposition to utilize them. Washington. Jan. s.—The notice to skippers, drawn by the State, Treasury and Commerce Departments, after be- ; ieg dispatched to Ambassador Page. : was being sent throughout the countrv to-dsy. "The government." says the notice, "looks with confidence for co-operation 1 from the American business pubtie to prevent such action on the pait of ship pers as adds unnecessarily to the diffi culties of business at this rime. When ever shirkers desire soch aid ia carrv ing on their foreign business the Treas ure Department will furnish upon ap- 1 plication to the customs collector at anv I port an officer to supervise the loading of cargoes to eertifv to the complete ness and accuracy of the manifest.'* RECEIVER FOR RIG CONCERN Bound Bale Press Company. Capital, $6,000,000, Goes to Wall New >ork, Jan. s.—The American Round Bale Press Company, a New j York corporation with $6,000,000 au- | thorized capital, filed to-day a volun- i tary petition in bankruptcy, in which! its liabilities were given as $934,000 i sod its assets as fifty-nine cotton gin plants in the South and presses, value 1 not estimate*. Paul Jones, a lawyer of this city, was appointed receiver un der $50,000 bond. The company is a reorganization ef fected in 1907 of the American Cotton' Company, in which former Governor! David R. Francis, of Missouri; the late Cornelius N. Bliss and James G. Can • ■on, a New York banker, were inter- ! ested. They, as far bark as 1901.! were members of a protective commit- | tee for the company's stock. REVIVAL AT ST PAUL'B Song Services Will Be Held Each Even lag for Two Weeks A two weeks' revival service will -begin this evening in St. Paul's Meth odist church. The first service will be in charge of the Bp-worth League and the Rev. Dr. Clayton Albert Srnucker, ■pastor of Stevens' Memorial church, j will speak. There will be special sons ! services between 7.30 and S o'clock eadi evening. SOLVING DISPUTES ON 0. S. CARGOES C*atlaae4 I'tm First rasa. presentation of the note from Washing j ton concerning British interference with American shipping Ambassador Page received to-day from Secretary Bryan a message out lining the circular to American shippers, the issuanee of which was deeidM upon yesterday at a conference in Washing ton by Secretaries Bryan and Redtleld and Acting Secretary Peters, of the Treasury Department. The circular urges that all manifests be made com plete and accurate as a protection against delays of American cargoes. It states that efforts to conceal the real nature of goods covered by the mani fests may result in great delay and work decided hardships to American shipping. The offer is made by the Treasury Department to furnish upon request of shippers* agents who will supervise the loading of c;»q|oes and furuish certificates as to ttie complete ness and aceurarv of the manifests. Compliance With British Request Ambassador Fage expected to trans mit Secretary Bryan's communication to the Foreign Office shortly. The note is regarded as an indication thnt the American government i» making an ef fort to eomplv with the suggestion of Great Britain as to governmental in spection of cargoes before they leave America for Europe. The adoption of a measure of this nature is regarded here as an action which will make it possible for Great Britain to relax the sea-ch ing and delaying of American cargoes as soon as the neutral countries of Eu rope indicate a similar willingness to guard against transhipment of prohibit ed goods ti> Germany, Austria and Tur key. Secretary Bryan's message makes it clear that inspection of American car goes by Treasury officials is not obli gatory. London Newspaper's Suggestions liondon. Jan. 5. 5.30 A. M.—The ••Times' 1 in a special article offering suggestions for the answer to the Amer ican note, thinks the diplomatic corre spondence incident to the note may bring an improvement in the • relations generally between neutrals and bellig erents and thus from the episode from which Great Britain's enemies sought to make capita!, may come permanent good. Proceeding to refer to the objeMious the House of Lords raised to an inter national prize court tiiat it would give inordinate power to states with small maritime interests, the "Times" sug gests that no such objection could be raised to the institution of a court of appeal for cases where the parties were i Great Britain and the United States' thereof. The court would j be composed of judges nominated by these countries, with possibly a provi- i sion for the introduction of an outside member. The 'Times'' thinks this would pave the way for a co :rt of ar- ! bitral justiee such' as has been pro- j posed. The Question of Contraband Other suggestions advanced are , that there should be better provision for rapid procedure and methods might be agreed upon whereby search might be waived on the production of a certifi cate by a consul or customs official. Further, it would be necessary to adopt some definite and permanent line as to contraband. The "Times" article, referring to the fact that the United States Con stitution bars a direct appeal from the highest United States tribunal to anv other, says this difficulty might be met I by the adoption of a proposal approved ; by the Senate on February 15. 1911, that there should be a right of resort to an international prize court in the form j of a claim for damages. LATE WAMEWS SUMMARY l"IJ pmiiH} arms by the end of this month, and a reserve is another million is being formed. Secret committees are being formed for the enlistment of volun teers. The plan for certification of Ameri can cargoes before they leave Ameri can porta decided upon in Washington yesterday has been communicated to the British government. It is expected in London to assist materially in solv ing the difficulties created by British interferences with American shipping. Further Russian successes in opera tions against the Austrians are describ ed in unofficial dispatches from Petro- i grad. According to these advices, the Russian troops which were said several days ago to have penetrated the passes of the Carpathian mountains and begun an invasion of Hungary in force have captured eight Hungarian towns and surrounded several divisions of Austrian troops in the mountains. There was no official confirmation of these state ments. however, and the latest official announcement from Vienna asserts that the Austrian forces in Galicia have captured strong positions and are pre paring for further operations Although it is admitted in Petrograd that the Germans occupied Russian positions at Boljimow, on the battle front before Warsaw, the Russian war office states that the invaders later were driven back again, abandoning six i machine guns. Except for the advance of the French into Alsace, there is little activ ity in the west. Both Sides apparently j' are content for the present to hold their entrenched positions, leaving the fight ing largely to artillery. SI'KVIVORS OF FOUR VESSELS j! SUNK BV HERMANS IX PORT; I»as Palnias. Canary Islands, Via 1 Paris. Jan. 5, 3 A. M. —The steamship j Otivi has here a hundred sailors'i transferred to her by the German auxil-, i iary eruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm, repre > i senting the crews of four French and i British vessels captured and sunk bv the warship. j, The craft which fell into the hands m »f the Germans were the French steajn I pr Mont Agel which was gunk Decern-'< her 4; the British steamer Bellevue sunk on the same day; the French sail ing vessel Annie Marie, sunk on {Sep tember 17 and the French ship Union, «unk on November 22. ; German Steamers on the Vistula London. Jan. 5.—4.55 A M.—A dis patch from Petrograd to Reuter's Tele gram Company states that small Ger man steamers" fitted with guns have been observed on the Vistula, between Wyzsosrod and Kempapolska. Wvzso grod is about thirty-five miles, follow fng the course of the river, from War saw. HARRISBURQ STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1915. GARIBALDI'S DEATH REVIVES SENTIMENT IN ITALY FOB Rome, vi* Paris, Jan. 5, 11.55 A. M. —The death on the French battlefield «rf Ututeuaat Brttua Garibaldi has mtused a revival <rf public sentiment throughout Italy in favor of war, this feeding being augmented by the belief that the Italian Military preparations have now been perfected* About 1,000, <M)O man will be under arms within the present month ami another mt+bon men are being formed into a reserve ready to be railed out at a moment '# notice. Special secret committees are being formed for the ealMtaient of volun teers. It is said to be the intention to form a body aibout 6,P00 men strong, the force to be commanded by Captain Rieciotti Garibaldi, who will* have his sons as lieutenants. Removed for Breach of Neutrality Rio Janeiro, Jan. s.— The German steamer Holger, having aeeretly l«ft the harbor of Pernambueo. presumably with supplies for the German warships still at large in South American wa ter*. the Federal government has re moved from office 'be authorities who should have gnarded against such a breach of neutralitv. Relief Cargo Starts for BelgiM New York, Jan. 3. —The steamship Hannah sailed for Rotterdam to-iiar with a $300,000 <-arga of food and clothing enntributfi.l by the people of Kansas for the relief of the destitute Belgians. COURT RECORDER SHOWS GAINS Wickersham Reports Bacord-Breaki&g Profits for County in 1914 The report for 1914 of Oscar G. Wickersham, Recorder of Deeds and Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Dau phin county, was filed wiitk the auditor this morning and shows the larges; volume of business ever transacted in the Recorder's orti.e in one year. A total of 5.149 instruments were re corded, which number exceeds any ot>h er year's business in the history o* the office, and consequently there was a larger net revenue to the coanty than in any preceding yew. The county's profits under Recorder Wickersham's management of the office for 1914 tot ad $3,730.82, which is greater by more than one hundred dol lars than in preceding years. The net profits to the eountv ranged from $!.- 592.51 in 1908 to $3,593.12 in 1913. The number of instruments recorded ranged from 4,058 in 1909 to 5,181 in 1913. The report shows further the total receipts of the office during the year were $15.541.63. exclusive of $2,- 709.50, collected for the State as taxes en instruments. This is a net gain of $397.7 4 from the previous year. EARNEST MADE AUDITOR Will Distribute Money Remaining in the Old Board of Trade Fund William H. Earnest this morning was appointed auditor to examine the ac counts of Henderson Gif'oert. trustee of the old Harrisburg Board of Trade. The trustee's account shows the balance in the Trade Board fund totals. $5,301.75, , which amount will be distributed | among the creditors and by the auditor. Deputy Controller Hera G. C. Graham, deputy county eon- I trolier, of Erie county, and who daring the 1913 session of the Legislature, was assistant to the sergtiant-at-arms. this morning called on County Control ler Henry W. Gough. Mr. Graham live* in the town of North East, which is about sixteen miles from the city ot Erie, in the northeastern section of the county of Erie, and in the north western corner of the State PLANM.Vt; COMFORT STATION Commissioner Lynch Says Sewers Are Being Arranged for It That the preliminaries are now being arranged incident to the construction of the proposed public comfort station in Market square was announced to the City Commissioners this afternoon when William K. Lynch. Commissioner of Highways, submitted his annual report. At his suggestion. Mr. Lynch said, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company/ low ered its Second street sewer six feet below the level contemplated in the company's original plans and this will connect with 12-inch sewer sections which are to be constructed in Market street ami the square in connection 1 with the comfort station. The Commissioner complained that the business section now is without ade quate ?ewera;;e fa iiitiei and said that the proposed new sewer sections will be put down at least fifteen feet below the street grade. This wiil protect tsore owners against the possible flooding of J basements, he said. The Lynch report is a resume of the work done by his department during 1914 and includes the construction of new bridges, new paving, street grad ing, sewers and bridge repair*. The Front and Mulberry street sulbway is completed, he says, with the exception of the superstructure, and the Second street subway is two- birds finished. DB. GRAVES TO BPEAK ON WAX Authority on Military Secrets Will Lec ture Here Next Week An unusual attraction is announced j for the Majestic Theatre next Tuesday ' niiyht, when Dr. Armgaerd Karl Graves. I for twelve years a member oi the Ger- I man Secret Service, and author of the I tremendously successful book "Secrets !of the Gernmn War Office,'' wiil lec ture upon "Secret Service" and the ; part it is playing in the present Euro ( pean struggle. Dr. Graves is considered the beet informed man on European [ military secrets, now in this country, 'and his talk will be based entirely on indisputable facts. Dr. Graves at the conclusion of hie addreess. will answer any questions, written or oral, whieh may be put to him -oncerning his statement*, or con cerning anv phase of the war. Adv. * INJURED OK 808 KT-Tm John Harris Fractures Arm in Coasting Accident Last Night John Harris, son of the >Rev. W. 8. Harris, Whitehall and Regina streets, received a fractured right arm last nigfrt when a bold tied upon which he anil five otter persons were riding, col lide,! with another on Regina street kill. He was taken to the office of Dr. R. EL (Holmes. Eighteenth and Utate streets, where his injured arm wag dressed. The other passengers escaped unhurt. v OLB SOHCS OH TBE SCREER APPEAL 10 THEATRE-GOERS Owttß aa* Seirtat Oonttibut* Muck to tki BUI at the Orphean TfcU Waafc—M. IntM in "On Ui School Playground " Wsmi the arrival of syncopating melodies which seem to please tke theatre-goers, '' Grandfather's Clock," "Little Brown Jug," " The Oyp»y'» Wsrarng,' 1 ami many other son hive almost bean foegotten, fcat it does not take hug to get the hang <vf tflre songs that were in vogue in the "aixties" when one listens to Dane Clau.lius and Lillian Scarlet playing the old tunes on banjoes while the words are thrown oa a screen at the Orpheum theatre this week. The audience finds itself coai peH*i to 50 along on the songs. It is a merry act. B»i. Brendel. the chief attraction in "On the School Playground," wore* a hit with his eccentric dances. He is the poor janitor who is worried almost to death by a company of "Tomboy" girls, who romp around play "sling toad" and other things to his evident displeasure. The role of "teacher"' is taken by Muriel Morjin in a capable —war. , is a breath-stoppling act at the opening and cloning of the bill. Arthur Barat does a balancing act atop flimsy glance up among the dies'. Two Marvel ous Maachurians. supported by their queues, balances another mumber of the company in midair. The Orpheum show as a whole is a good one and the individual acts have merit but the booking agent made one little mistake in giving a trifle tno muck sameness to the bill. Stewart and Donahue have a good act but they do not get the credit they deserve because much of the dancing of the nvalc mem* the team has beentohown by the •lani'tor in the school days act. BIRIAL OF EVELV.V LENHABT Msny Floral Tribute# at Little Girl's Funeral Yesterday The funeral of Evelyn E. Lenharf. was held from th»'. home of her uncle. Harry S. Poulson, 104 Conov street, yesterday afternoon. The services were in charge of the Rev. Mr. Runvan, of St. Paul's M. E. church. The singing was in charge of Mrs, Ed. Drinkwater, 'Mrs. Runyan. Miss Mardorff and Mrs. Her tiler, of New Cumberland. The pallbearers were Clarence Bux ton. Rnssell Ciienowith, Elmer Snyder and Kenneth Graham. There were many flora! tributes, in* | eluding a spray of carnations, front her '! mother; spray of carnations, her broth ; er, Horace, and sister, Svlvania: spray : j of carnations, grandparents. Mr. and | Mrs. S. Deardorff, York Haven: spray ! of narcissus uncle and aunt. Mr. and j Mrs. Harry S Poulson; blanket, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Kaufman and family. New Cumberland: spray of carnations, j Mr. and Mrs. Hertzler, New Cumber land; spray of roses, Corriue Adams, a playmate; lilies, Leo Yiuger, York ITa j ven, a playmate: spray of carnations. | Mr. and Mrs. William Stewart. York j Haven; bunch of daisies, Mrs. William , Bowers, York Haven; spray of carna ! tion», fellow employes of Mr. Poulson: ! spray of roses, Y. W. 0. A., where Mrs. ! Lenhart is employed, by Miss L. Yeag ley. Miss Marsbank, Mrs. Erlemver, Odrs. Bricker, Miss Alice Collins and Miss Atma Bistline. Buria! was made in the Baldwin cem , etery, Steelton. MBS. SUSAN WETZEL DIES Funeral Services at South Front Street Home on Thursday j Mrs. Susan Wetzel, 32 years of age, wife of Gporge W. Wetzel, Sr., 901 I South Front street, died at 6 o'clock j this morning from a complication ot' i diseases. She leaves her husband, four I daughters. Mrs. Laura Wolf, Mrs. Wil liam Wi-Tueim, Bertha an i Martha. aJI of this city; one son, Oeorge W„ Jr., I this city; three sisters and five grand ' children. Funeral services will be held on i Thursday afternoon at 2 o 'clock. The Rev. Frank MaeKensie. pastor of Cal | vary Presbyterian church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the East Har- I ripburg cemetery. Mrs. Mary Jane Smith The funeral of Mrs. Mary Jane Smith, 1406 Derry street, will be ! held to-nicrrow afternoon, at two o'clock, the Rev. J. A. Lvter offieiat i ing. Burial will be in the Harrisburg ( cemetery. WAK MOVIES ARE VIVID Picture* Taken in Belgium Faithfully Show Condition of Kefugees | Toe moving pictures taken on Bel* ' gium battlefields, now being shown at ! t'he Majestic theatre, are of interest ' principally because of their novelty, and largely, too, 'by reason of the scenes which tihey present. They give audiences vivid representations of life in Belgian cities before and after German inva- j siona. and unlike sketches and written accounts, they depend on no one's imag-1 ination. but present scenes just as the , faithful camera saw flicm. The most impressive scene perhaps is j thai of the flight of Belgian refugees i into 'Holland. At one point a tired ! mother just as she came in range of j 1 the camera, was relieved of the infant she was carrying in her flight by a kind* ( ly companion, and so we may assume [the little one was carried in turn by i the two women until out of reacSi of I flying shells. Little incidents of this sort are scat tered throughout the four reels, and as conerete examples of the distress of the Belgians give better ideas perhaps of the conditions in the stricken country than can written accounts. BBOWK GOES TO JAIL B. (F. Brown, alias J. H. Chapman, the man whom it is alleged extorted money from the relatives of ilead per sons through a clever f&lae pretense game, this afternoon was held by May or Royal under |SOO bail for court. He went to jail. • He is accused of collecting money on packages of worthless jewelry which had been addressed to the dead person, b«t which had never been ordered by the dead. Deadly Battle With Bobber* Chicago, Jaa. 5.—A policeman and a burglar were shot to death and an al leged highwayman was mortally wound ed in two revolver battles police fought with four robbers caught in an attempt ed holdup and a burglary here early to-day. REJECT MAYOR'S MAN FOR FORCE CMIIuH Km rtnl P>««. never spoke to iue ou the subject of his possible retention as a patrolman and if be seys I ro«wle that remark, he it telling what is not true." The customary argument followed in whirh both t<h« Mayor ami Commission er Taylor charged the other with play ing politics. Taylor asserted fcho Mayor eonfted what recommendation for police jobs he made to Deiuocrj-tis and the chief executive likewise charged that, the Republican Commissioners support ed only Republicans. Bowman called the Mayor's atten tion to the minutes orf meetings of the League of tie Cities of the Third class in which it was stated that tie Com mission and not the Mayor "shall alp point the police officers'' and while tho Mayor agreed that such an interpreta tion had been put upon the Commission For mcrf Government, he suggested that his recommendations should be honored "at least once and aiwhile." Blair, the appointee, will not go on the force until the ordinance creating his job becomes effective, ten days hence. He was removed from the po lice force when Mayor Royal took of fice. The Mayor in response to a ques tion from one of his Republican col leagues said: ''J don't recall why he was remov ed. He then added tiiat if '' I was to dictate the appointments in either of your departments, you would kick until the air would be blue." Commissioners Smoke and Smile I n pleasant incidents were recalled regarding former appointments in which the Rc-fnnulieans aud the Mayor argued übout who supported this and that candidate, but it all blew awav in a moment and if was buta question of time until the Commission was sitting as a Board of Revision of Taxes and laughing and smoking as before. The cigars they were smoking eac hcon tained a "beautiful" gold band, and they had a pleasant odor. hen tht Commissioners were uot ar guing on political issues thev did some real business. The Mayor "offered an ordinance increasing the salaries of the chief and captain of poliee and that of one of the city detective*, the increases being in accordance with the 1913 ap propriation bill provisions, and Commis sioner Gorgas put in a measure fixing the salary of his chief clerk, Marion \ erheke, at $1,300 a year, an increase of SIOO a vear. The measure giviug Commissioner Taylor authority to prepare plans ami advertise for bids for the construction of a tire house for the Royal Fire Com pauy also was introduced. These meas ures all passed first reading. Ordi nances passed finally included these: Fixing the salaries of the employes of the Water department; changing the city water rates, and creating one new police job. AMBLER ELECTED SPEAKER BY HOUSE VOTE OF l«4 TO 41 Cntlainl Fran First rnie. | number and in doing this, we must re | member that our work will have much i iufluence for good or bad at the com i ing Presidential election, j '"Before closing, I want to say to my 1 colleagues who were also candidates | for this honorable position that I ap pre.'inte the unselfish spirit thev have 'shown. and thank thvm for the kind words that they have said in my be half. With a grateful feeling to Him ! who rules all destinies and asking His i help in our work, I thank you all | again.'! The House wa.s called to order by | Thomas H. Garvin, chief clerk, at ! noon and the Re v. J. Elliott Wright, of Pittsburgh, chaplain, deliverer!* the I invocation. The realing of a copy of the vote for Assemblymen completed the routine work preceding the swear ing in of the successful candidates. Ad ditional Law Judge S. J. M. McCarrell administered the oath. Representative Hess, of Lancaster, placed in nominations for Speaker Charles A. Ambler, of Montgomery, the unanimous choice of the Republican caucus. He spoke briefly of Ambler's career in the House. The latter has served in the House since 1902 with the exception of a single term. Repre sentative Kitts, of Erie, nominated Representative John M. F'lynn, of Elk, the choice of the House Democrats. Flvnn is the oldest member of the House in point of continuous service. House Clerks Elected The election of clerks resulted as fol lows: Thomas H. Garvin, of Delaware county, chief clerk; William S. Lei'b, Schuylkill, resident clerk, and Frank Marrison, Philadelphia, assistant clerk. These men were named bv the Repub lican caucus. Following his taking the oath of office. Chief Clerk Garvin an nounced Hie appointment of 1. Dale 'Meals, of Harrisburg. as assistant resi dent clerk. The 'House con urred in the Senate I resolution that both bodies of the Gen- 1 eral Assembly meet in joint session to compute the vote for Governor fhis aft ernoon at 3.30 o'clock and Representa tive Walton, of Lawrence county, was named as a teller for the House. The House has been plated on the same basis as before the 1913 session by changes in the rules which put the ap : pointing power of standing committees back in rtie hands of the Speaker. A committee on committees performed this office in 1913. Another change re quires a majority vote to place a bill, whit lh has been negatived by a commit tee, on the calendar of the House. In the 1913 session a vote of sixty mem bers placed a measure on the calendar. The House concurred in a Senate res olution that nine members of the House act with seven Senators in preparing for the inauguration of Governor-elect Brunvbaugh. Pbo House also concurred in the Senate resolution to take a re cess after adjournment to-day until 9 o'clock LMondav evening, January IX. Governor Tener has presented each member of the House with ten volumes Of the report of the Gettysburg Battle field Commission. Cheers greeted the announcement that the d»ief clerk ha<i the first of tihe members' pay ready and the House adjourned to meet again at 3.30 o'clock this aft ernoon. ANIMATED SCENES IX THE ~ FLOWER BEDECKED SENATE C*>ttaac4 Prom Flnt Pace. in legislation, and many State officials were present. The Senate Called to Order The Senate met at noon with lieu tenant Governor Reynolds in the chair, and after prayer by the chaplain, the Rev. Arthur C. James, of Ambler, Dep uty Secretary of the Commonwealth Hertzler was announced and presented the returns for the election of Senators j in November, including (those (or spe cial elections in the Cambria and North uiiHherland districts to AM vacancies caused by the deaths of s<emitors !Stine man an<\ Fisher. The returue wuro read and on a call of the roki, every Senator was found to be present. The nowly-elected Senators were then summoned to the bar of the Sen ate and tlhe oiith of office was adminis tered by President Judge George Kuu kel, of Harrisburtj. The majority swore by the Book, the remainder by uplifted band. The choosing of a president pro t(Mii. 'being next in order Senator Sproul named Charles H. Kline, of Allegheny, as the Republican candidate, and Sou ator \\a»bers named Charles W. Sonwi, Lykens, as Bhe Democratic candidate. The baillot resulted, Kliue, 38; Sones, IJ, and Senator Kline was declared elected president pro torn, for the ses sion. He was escorted to the chair bv (Senators Sproul and Sones and took the o»th of office, Smith, of Crawford, the Washington party Senator, voted for Bones. On being introduced the new presi dent pro tern, was heartily applauded. His address was one of thanks and a promise to do his duty faithfully and without regard to party affiliations. Hy resolution the president pro tern, was empowered to appoint all special and standing committees, he to be an exofficio member of earh. ami resolu tions were adopted creating commit tees to wait on the Governor and House and inform them that the Senate was ready for business. Mr. Lattlin offered a resolution shut ting out the presentation ol" ail bills until after the standing committees were appointed. It was adopted. Mr. Beidleman offered jt resolution creating an inaugural committee of seven Senators and nine Representa tives to have charge of the tiou of Governor Brumbaugh, and ap propriating $.5,000 to pay the ex pense. It was adopted. Nominations Committee Created The only change in the Senate rules as presented by Senator Crow and adopted, is the creation or a new com mittee of five to be known as the com mittee on executive nominations, to which will be referjed for consider*;iou all nominations made by the Governor. This duty formerly devolved on the judiciary general committee, but on the plea that the latter has too much work to give appointments proper considera tion, the new committee was created. The usual standing committees were provided by resolution offered bv Sen ator Crow. The recess appointments made by Governor Tener were present ed to the Senate, and on resolution will be printed for the use of Phe Senate. The following were elected officers of the Senate by resolution offered bv Senator Crow: Chief clerk, Herman Kesihart, Payette; secretary, W. Harrv Baker. Dauphin; Senate librarian, Her man P. Miller, Dauphin; sergeant-at arins, James R. Bagshmv, Delaware. A recess was taken until 2.30. when the Senate proceeded to the House to compare the vote cast for State offi.es in November. AMBLER PICKED IN CAUCUS WITHOUT ANY OPPOSITION As *OOll as Governor-elect Brum baugh sent a telegram to the contest ina cai'didates for Speaker of the House yesterday afternoon, saying that he would like them to desist from further controversy ever the Speakership and all turn in for Charles A. Ambler, of Montgomery, all signs of trouble in the Republican i-amp began to disappear. The four other contestants not onlv got oft' the track for Ambler, but actu ally went into caucus last evening and seconded his nomination. It was the beginning of a most har monious evening, during which at nu merous times was mentioned the aphor ism that the Republican party in Penn sylvania has again ''entered into its own." The only btr of cloud denoting that there may be trouble was in the Sen ate Republican caucus, when Senator '"Jim" McNichol, of Philadelphia, had a motion adopted that no business out side of organization should be consid ered by the Senate until after the in auguration, which meant that noue of the appointments made by Governor Tener during the recess would be con sidered until Governor Brumbaugh took office. lu the House caucus, after the Am | iiler nomination, a -resolution made | Thomas H. Garvin, Delaware, chief ! clerk; William S. Leib, Schuylkill, resi -1 dent clerk, and Frank Morrison, Phila delphia, assistant to the chief clerk. A ! alate committee of one from each Con | gressional district, with Woodward, Al | legheny, at its head, was created, Mr. j Wildman, of Harrisburg, representing ! this district. It will divide the pie. The House Democratic caucus nonii i nated John M. Flynn, of Elk, for | Speaker, while the Senate Democrats | paid the honor of a President pro tem. | nomination to Senator Charles W. Jones, of Lycoming. The Senate Republican caucus named Charles F. Kline, of Allegheny, for President pro tem.; Herman L. Kep hart, Fayette, chief clerk; W. Harry Baker, Dauphin, secretary; Herman P. Miller, Dauphin. Senate librarian, and James R. Bagshaw, Delaware, sergeant at-arms. Then it adopted the McNichol jjnotion to hold up the Tener appoint ments until after the inauguration, and adjourned. DRIVER KNOCKED FROM SEAT John Erger Receives Painful Bruises When Shifting Engine Hits Wagon John Erger, 511 South Front street, Steelton, a driver for the Harrisburg Gas Company, was knocked from the seat in his wagon on a siding 011 the plot at Third and Mulberry streets this morning when the wagon was struck by a shifting locomotive. He received painful bruises of the back. He was treated at the Harris burg hospital. Names Trustees for Mothers' Fund Governor Tener to-day announced the appointment of the following |iersons as trustees to administer the mothers' pension fund for Franklin county: Mrs. Sarah E. Shook, of Greeneastle; ' Mrs. lone J By roil, of Mercersburg; 'Mrs. Mary Ellen Long, of Kayetteville: , Mrs. Mary Corbett, of Waynesboro; Mrs. Laura Shearer, of Dry Run; Mrs. Belle McL. Pomerov, of and Mrs. Lillian B. Hoke, of Cham- I bersbuig. County Cash Balance County Treasurer A. H. Bailey t3- j day completed his report on the 1914 business showing the cash balance at the beginning of the new year to be i $160,326.91. This is something like SIB,OOO more than was on hand at the close of 1913. RQTARIANS MEET AT NOON Jolm L. Eockey, of Statistics Bureau, Speaks in Praise of Tener Administration I An idea of the value of the minins, manufacturing mi.l agricultural activi ties „f Pennsylvania and a defense of the present administration in thi» State M k BS n !IV,! " kj" Johu L. Rockev, chief of he Hurcaii of Statistics, at the monthly luncheon of the Ilarrisbur K Rotary Club h'.L at 1£° n al ,llp Metropolitan »ot el. rrrty-two ittcmioers wore pres ent. 1 At the elu'b a business session the committee which had charge of the Or pheuni On Rotary week reported net re ceipts to the amount of $479.45, which will be turned over to the local Home and War Relief Committee. The next meeting of the club, on Tuesday evening, January 19. will !„• held at Bogar's- sporting goods store on Market square. THEASURY BALA Ml! s(i!)4.34i> That Figure Is Reported To-day by Fi nance Commissioner Gorgas Ihe impossibility of following the pro\ isious of the ( lark Commission form ot government bill, which call for pre- at the first January meeting ot the City Commissioners of a com prehensive report detailing the city's li nun ial standing, was pointed out n't the Commissioners' meeting this »ltor noon when Commissioner Gorgas offered a statement which he referred to as an "excuse -for the report just to keep within the law." So Bbsurd is this provision of tiie law regarded t'hat an effort is to lip niado to ha\ e the Legislature repeal it. The city s fiscal year closed on Saturday and thut allowed the Commissioner 'hut two days to prepare a report which ordi narily cannot be compiled in less than ten days or two weeks. Mr. Gorgas' statement is a recast ills tu>u of the financial accounts showing general balances only. The general liiii auce in the treasury on January J was The actual surplus in the treasury cnunot possibly l>e ascertained tor a week or two. P. O. 8. OF A. INSTALLATION Camp No. 710 Holds Ceremonial Session at Their Hall The Patriotic Order, Sons of Ameri ca, Camp No. Tlti, last insfalled the new officers who were recentlv elect ed, as follows: Jesse Wells, president; W. J. Le*ri, vice president; George Wetzel, master of torms; «.'harles Roniic'h, conductor; George Berrier, inspe tor: William guard; Harry McGuire. trustee; 8. Q. ColTman, treasurer; (*. H. Kirk, financial secretary; John M. Shaffiier', corresponding secretary. No Boom for Smith in Asylum | Kdward O. Smith, indicted on a j charge ot murdering his grandfather. ! •'°"n K. Bush, in Inglenook, hut »ub- Isequently declared to lie a lunatic, will probably be taken to the State 110-*- jpital for the Insane in N orris town with in the next week or two. The institu- I tion is crowded now and Smith's re ; nioval from the Dauphin countv jail, | where he has been eonfinol for almost j a year, will be delayed until aecommo jdations can be obtained for him in tho r hospital. ! NEW STOBK STOOK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. Fvrnished by H. W. Suavely, Broker, Arcade Building, Walnut and Court i Streets New York, Jan. 5. ... „ . Open. Close, j Alaska bold Mines .. 26'/, 26% I Amal Copper 5314 531* j Ainer Beet Sugar 34.1.; 34 American Can 2tJ 23'-' do pfd 91 y 3 92 ' Am Car and Fouudry Co 45 45 lAm Cotton Oil ....... 40 43,1 • I Amer Smelting 59 59 1 American Sugar 103% 103% Amer Tel and Tel .... 116% 117 Ar.aconda 26 2.Vy Atchison 94% 94 Baltimore and Ohio .... 69'/, 69 Bethlehem Steel 4s 1.7 •!!;% do pfd So l /. 85'^ California Petroleum .. 16% 16% Canadian facitic j.x', Central Leather 38 !!&% Chi, Mil and St Paul .. 87% SB% Chino Con Copper .... 335/* 33-. Col Kuel and Iron .... 21% 21% Consol Gas IH% 111' Corn Products 8% X% | Krie 22'/, 22', | Krie, Ist pfd 34% 35% [ General Electric Co ... 1 10% 14l»% Goodrich B F 23% 25'. i Great Nor pfd 114 114 V* ' Great Nor Ore subs .. . 26% -7 1 i luter'boro Met pfd .... 50% 52'/, I/ehigh Valley 132',., 132% Louisville an<l Nashville 112 113 1 Missouri Pacific 8% 8% j New York Central .... 86'.. ST'/." : NY. N H and H 56% 55% Norfolk and Western .. 100 100 Northern Pacific 100':. 101';. Peuua R R 106 106%/ Press Steel Car 34% 34% I Ray Con. Copper 16% 16% Reading 145% 145% Southern Pacific 82% 83% j Southern Ry 14 145/ do pfd 58 58 * (Tennessee Copper ».... 32',„ '32' j Texas Connpany 133 * 133 Union Pacific 117% 117% U. S. Rubber 54 54 !IJ. S. Steel 50% 50% | <lo pfd 105% 105':. I Utah Copper 49 [<, 491 Western Maryland .... 9% 9' I W. U. Telegraph 58% 59 j Westinghouse Mfg .... 6!) 69 Philadelphia Closing Prices By Associated Press, Philadelphia, Jan. 5. —Stocks closed steady. I Cambria Steel 44 | General Asphalt 32 1 do pfd 671% Lake Superior Corporation .... 10 Lehigh Navigation 76% Lehigh Valley 66% Penna R R 53 iPhila lOlectric 23% Phila Rapid Transit 11% Reading 72% Storage Battery Union Traction 39'.. United Gas SI. U 8 Steel ... . 50% Chicago Grain Market Closing Hy Assoriatrd Press. Chicago, Jan. 5. —Close: Wheat—May, 137%; July, 123%. Corn—May, 7594; July, 76%. Oats—May, 55%; July, 53%. Pork—January, 19.15; May, 19.60. I.ard—January, 10.75; May, 11.05. Ribs—January, 10,25; May, 10.60.
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