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.