IK CHS
HIFAIiLOFPUI
Troops of General Car
ranza Retake the
City They Evacuated
a Month Ago
VILLA-ZAPATA
FORCES BEATEN
Fall of Puebla Came After Six Honrs
of Most Fitrlous Bombardment to
Which Any Mexican Force Has Yet
Been Subjected
Bit --tssiv.tircii J't fts.
\ era t rur. Jan. 6.—Puebla. capital
Oi the State of Puefeia. which was
evacuated a month ago by the troops
of Genera) Yenustiano Carrania, was
retakeu yesterday after a campaign
which began with the capture of Te
peaca. a short distance to the southeast
of Puebla. six days ago.
The fall of Puebla came after six
hours of what is described as having
been the most furious bombardment to
which any Mexican force has vet been
subjected.
Washington. j sa g—Black smallpox
has oroken out in Vera Cruz and the
tropical town is in the throes of an
epidemic, American Consul Canada to
da.v reported to the State Department.
Carloadg of dead and wounded from
tne battle of Pnebl* were being brought
in to-day. Thee onsul's onlv informa
tion from Carranza sources was that
the Villa Zapata troops had been de
feated heavilv.
Rear Admiral Howard. commanding
tne American squadron on the west
coast of Mexico, to-day reported condi
tions favorable at San Blair, where he
had been instructed to protect a Ger
man*- colour a: the request of the Ger
man embassy there. Details of the
t*;it!.e of Fuobla. supplementing the
news dispatches of last night ' from
>era Cruz, were given to-day in dis
patches dated January 5 to'the Car
ranT.a agency here.
"General Obregon is in complete
control of the city and its environs."'
said the dispatches. "Dead and
«ounded tilled :he streets when the lov
niists entered the city and the number
was great 1 yaugmentei by sharp street
lighting, the fighters in many instances
coining to bayouet points. " It is be
lieved the rebels los' several thousand
in killed and wonnded. Five thousand
or more were taken prisoners, with all
munitions, arms and provisions.
"'lt is believed Mexico Citv is the
next objective."
ljirode, Texas. Jan. «>.—General Car
ran .a. at Vera Crur.. i„ a telegram to
'(Natives here last night, said hi- troops
Killed two brothers of Gene-al Sinti-
whom they were pursuing in an
effort to rvespture Genera) Jesns Car
rania. brother to the first chief, who,
i" is said, had been threatened with
death by Santibanez. The pursuit is
t'.'rough the mountains of Guerrero
Stase.
LATE WAR NEWS SUWIHARY
»*«.! IUU ™<"J
force "ivhich made the effort, it is said
at Fetrograd that not one man regained
the fortress. every member of the party
killed, woaaded or captured.
Against two of Use three nations
she ;s fighting. Russia apparently has
sccred heavily. To the victory over
the Austriaus last week is added, ac
icrding to the claims of Petroarad. the
rcut of two of the three Turkish col
untis which invaded Russian Caucasus.
Latest reports from the Russian mili
tary authorities are that the defeat of
the Turks was complete and that one
Turkish amy corps was annihilated.
The campaign against the Germans,
however, has led to no definite results.
The Germans are handicapped by bad
weather in their advance towards Wax
saw. hot Berlin asserts that slow prog
ress is still being made.
In the Austrian province of Boko
wina the Russians, according to Petro
grad dispatches are meeting with little
resistance. Friendly relations have been
established between the Russian sol
diers and the frontier guards of Ru
mania. which adjoins Bckowina and it
Is believed in Petrograd that Rumania
is likely to enter the war.
In the west the deadlock continues.
France apparently is making progress
in the invasion of Alsace, but else
where there is little activity except for
sporadic encounters between compara
tively small numbers of men.
ALLIED FORCESIDVANCE
AT FOUR POINTS IN FRANCE
Paris. Jan. 6, 2.4 P. M.—French :
fen-es yesterday adva-ced at four dis
tinct points along the battle front ei-i
•ending from the Xorti Sea to Alsace'
and gave ground in one :Dstance. accord-!
ing to the official anno acement issued I
this afternoon by the French War De-'
1-artment.
The gains claimed by tße French
were in the region to Tb»= nortawest ofj
flherms. in tfte forest of La Grurie. near
the ravine of Coarte Chaussee and in
tne forest of Le Petre. la the Aisaee
the Germans regained one of the;r old •
trenches in the vicinity of Steinbaeh.
The oftk- ai statement a.so identifies
the second Garibaldi reported killed in
e.'tion on the French as tiief
Adjutant Cocstantine Garroaldi a '
brother of Lieutenant Co lor. el P<rppino
Garibaldi. Another brother. Lieutenant 1
Bruno Garibaldi, was killer December j
30 while leading a charge of Italian '
*oljnteers against the Germans in tie
forest of Argonne.
French Express Thanks to Aaericans
By Auoriated Prat.
Washington. Jan. 6.—The French
embassy to-day expressed its sincere
thanks for the great generosity shown
by the American people in tne N'ew
dear's gift of SIOO,OOO offered by
James Btillmau for the war vi<-_uns in
FYa nee j
CIVIC CLUB FIGHTS
FOR 530.000 GIFT
FhHhH PrtiM Ftrat Pack
and the Civic Club, in support of its
contention that the mansion is its prop
erty. this afternoon decided to have the
courts determine who is the rightful
owner. The club, accordingly, brought
suit against Mr. Payne t'or tiie amount
of the December, 1914, and January,
1915. rentals. The ;?at issue hangs on
the question of property .title, which
must be decided in determining who
shall receive the rent.
John Fox Weiss, formerly District
Attorney of Dauphin county, began
the suit as the club's counsel. The
Civic Club since October, last, has been
a chartered corporation, but the ifcnte
of incorporation is four months after
the will became operative. The trust
company's contention is said to be
that the club when not chartered was
not legally an association and therefore
the bequest of the $30,000 Fleming
property to the club became null and
void.
II is contended by local attorneys
that this rule cannot be applied under
the Pennsylvania laws. The fact that
the Civic Club of Harrisburg is prac
tically the same to-day. now that it is
a Shattered corporation, as it was at
the time Mrs. Fleming drew her will,
the Civic Club contestHt, is sufficient
ground to substantiate its claim of title
to the beautiful home. The evident in
tent of the will, it is held, must also
be taken into consideration.
Mr. Payne, against whom the Civic
Club brought suit for the rent money,
h*s occupied the Fleming mansion for
a number of years and immediately
prior to the death of Mrs. Fleininig re
newed his lease of the property for an
other year, the lease dating from Au
gust 1. 1914. to August 1. 1915. The
lease provides that the rent shall be
paid in advance. Mr. Payne refusei to
make payment only after both the Civic
Club and the company, as execu
tor of the Fleming estate, made demand
for the monev.
Gift as Memorial to Husband
Mrs. Fleming inherited the property
through the will of her husband, this
late William Reynolds Fleming, and sh?
bequeathed the hosne to the Civic Club
as a memorial to her husband.
The Fleming mansion is valued con
servatively a: $30,000. The suit
brought to-iay against Mr. Payne will
take the same course of procedure as
[do ail other civil suits and while there
is the possibility of the trial by jury
being eliminated through the parties
ajjreeiag upon the facts and pre>enting
the matter to the court in arguments,
it is not likely that a decision can be
had for at least a year.
Mr. Payne will continue his resi
dence in the home and make no reut
payments nnle-ss the court appoints a
trustee to receive the money.
COURTHOUSE
ATTACKSLAWON REGISTER
Philadelphia Official Claims That the
Measure Fixing His Saliry Is
Not Constitutional
Argument on the constitutionality
of the act of 1913 regulating the fees
of the Register of Wills in cities of the
first -lass was to-day presented to the
Dauphtn countv court, in a suit brought
against the Auditor General by James
B. Sheehan. Register of Wills of Phila
delphia county.
Sheehan claims his expenses incident
to the collection of the collateral in
heritance tax should come from the
Auditor General and not oat of his of
fice commissions. He was represented
by Joseph Gilfiillon and Samuel M.
Clement. Jr., of Philadelphia.
Auditor Riegel Is Paid
Francis W. Riegel. one of the Dau
phin county auditors, aceepsei the
County Coinnussior ers' allowance as
his salary incident to compiling the
audit of the 1913 accounts of Countv
Treasurer A. H. Bailey. Mr. Riegel
wais paid for 71 days at the rate of $3
a day and for 1.400 miles mileage at
the rate of six cents a mile making his
allowance total $299.40.
Will Probated
The will of Henry C. Strohm. late of
j West Hanover township, was i robuied
'this morning and letters testamentary
on the estate were granted by Register
Danner to Emma R. Uuiberger. of Hum
metetown.
Marriage Licenses
William H. Kreiner. Halifax, and
M. Ktmtzleman, MeOiekau.
Nick Segma and Teresiji Stara~inic
Steefton.
TWO WOMEN FALL OX HE
Mrs. Kathenne Heiney. Aged H4, Is in
Serious Condition at Hospital
Two women are in the Harris oar g
hospital in consequence of falls on icv
pavements.
Mrs Henrietta Lu.-aa, 66 rears of
age. 1121 North Sixth street. fell
while cleaning the pavement in from
of her home this morning and frac
tured her left leg below the hip.
Mrs. Katheriae Heiney, 84 vears old.
of 611 Harris street." fractured her
\J" P ID 3 fal! Eear her home
night, and her condition is considers!
serious.
Dauphin County Mutual Elects
Tae Dauphin County Mutual Fire
Insurance Association organized to-lav
for 1915 by re-electing all former offi
cers and directors, as follows-
President. C«K; n S. Casael, Weal
Hanover township: secretary Samue: a
Miller. Penbrook; treasurer. John H.
Mcllhenny; directors. Calvin S Casse ;
Srmuel S. Miller, .lohn H. Mcllbenny'
Istac 8. Hoffman. M. D. Bonawitz. K
8. Bitzman and H. H. Hain. The .-om
panys treasury baSan-e at the close of
1914 was $2.409.9 a.
Want Son to Attend Funeral
Effort/ are being male by the police
to locate Lewis Isaac Palmer, colored,
whose father died in Ijneoln Univer
sity. Pa., yesterday. When last beard
of Painter was in Harrisburg. The fu
neral will be held Friday.
Thanks From Mummers' Committee
J. Thomas Keesey. V. Grant Hoff
man and Francis H. Hoy, Jr.. a com
mittee of the Harrisburg Mummers'
Association, this morning issued a state
ment thanking all those who in anv
way contributed to the auccess of the
Sew Year's parade. Mr. Hoy is being
urged for chief marshal of " the next
mummers' parade
HARRTSBTTRO STAR-INDEPENDENT. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1915.
WILL BRING WITNESSES
HEREFROIJLORIBACIIY
CwtlaiH rna FM Pag*.
officials. who*, names are unknown to
the county officials, City Detective
rbarh. who. with Captain Thompson ar
retted Merrfr and I<eßrun, went to
Jacksonville this morning to seek out
the men who can 'hed some light on
tie SI,OOO checks which were deposit
fr.l in Harrisburg banks and later
proved to be worthless. The cheeks
were drawn on a Jacksonville bank.
After the checks were deposited Mer
cer and Leßrun made purchases with
checks drawn on the local bank*, in
which the worthless cheeks had been
deposited, it is charged. Their first
transaction an.i their arreat occurred
on Satuniay. November 11. Subse
quently they were held for court uu
der J3.000 bail, which they were un
able to secure.
The men came here, according to the
police, accompanied by Mr*. U«Brun, a
maid and a chauffeur. The chauffeur
left the city and the maid had to be
sent back to New York on a charity
ticket. Mercer, the police say, is want
ed in New York on a charge of grand
larceny.
tOl NTV BALANCE IS $160,326
All Save One-half of One Percwt of
the Collectible Taxes Are in
Reports compiled to-day by the
i Treasurer. Commissioners and Conuo.-
; ler of Dauphin county, besides showing
the cash balance in the treasure at the
end of 1911 to be >160.326.91.
i something like SIS,OOO more than wa-»
; available at the close of 1913. —indi-
cate that less than one-half of one pe
| cent of the county taxes levied for la 14
1 renwuu uncollected.
The outstanding 1914 taxes amount
to $22,197.4 4 but from that mus; be
subtracted the amount of the exonera
tions which will be sought by nineteen
oi the county collectors. Few of the
city collectors have yet presented their
requests for exonerations so that the
buik of the money now is in.
The county receipts from all sources
during 1914. including taxes, fees from
county officials, license, etc., amounted
ito 295.24, and the expenditures.
$470,946.03. The county tax dupli
cates amounted to $301,240.22; new
i charges levied after the lists had been
prepared amounted to $1,926.75; the
cash received from taxes was $237,-
134..">6; abatements. $12,737.70: re
turns. $98.12; exonerations, thus far.
$323.95; commissions, $10,575.20; to
tal credits. $250.869.53; balance out
standing, $22,297.44.
HI'TI'HISOX TO LEAD MILITARY
He Will Command Provisional Regi
ment of Guardsmen in Inaugural
Adjutant General Stewart, to whom
had been given the authority to arrange
for the military part oi the inaugural
parade, announced this afternoon that
the military division will be composed
of a provisional regiment to be selected
from the 4th and Sth infantry regi
ments. to be commanded bv Colonel J.
B. Hutchison, commander of the Sth
regiment, and chief-of-staff of Harris
burg, who will selected his staff.
The regiments will be divided into
three battalions commanded by Major
F- D. Bearv, Allen town; Major E. M.
Yale. Carlisle, and Major E. C. Gan
non, Columbia.
The organizations selected are the
Sth regiment ban t, Carlisle; 4th regi
ment hospital corps. Avlentown; com
panies A and K. of York: O, of Car
lis=le: D and I_. of Hirris&urg: F, of
Huntingdon, of the Sth regimen:: com
panies A and I. of Reading; K. of Lan
caster; H. of l.ehanon; B. of Alleu
town. and L. of Easton. of the 4th regi
ment. The Governor's Troop will act
as escort to Governor Brumbaugh, and
there will be detachments of the State
police.
POSTAGE TO BE REFUNDED
Belgium Belief Commission Will Pay
Carriage on Donations
The Commission for Relief in Bel
gium from its New York headquarters
has issued a notice *hat it will refund
postage paid by senders of all parcels
for Beigian relief, if a request for the
refund is made, and if the parcels
weigh more than twenty pounds.
No refunds wilt be made to persons
sen.ling second hand e'.othiug. lest the
postage amount to more than the wort i
of the articles. Parcels tor the Bel
gian relief are sent through the mail in
the ordinary way. and the arrangement
in no way conflicts with the operation
of the Postofliee Department.
AT HAKRIS STSEET XJ. E. CHURCH
William Webster Will Sing at To-
Night's Revival Service
William Webstei wi:i sing to-night
at the evangelistic sc vices at the Har
ris Street United L<-*ngelical church.
To-morrow will be Christian Endeavor
night at the church, when the service
will be arranged particularly for voun ? I
people. Thert is a revival meeting each
night this week, except Saturday.
Three Hurt in Coasting Accident
Mechaaicsburg. Jan. 6.—Claude
Williams, a Mechanicsburg letter car
rier, met with a severe injury last night
two miles south of here, when a sled
be was guiding ran over a steep em
bankment and crjshed throtvgh a fence.
Williams was cut aoout the face and
head and sustained severe bo iv braises.
Miss Maude Williams, one of the sled
ding psrty, was severelv bruised about
the knee, and Claude Huber, who drop-'
ped from the sled to avoid getting hurt,
•truck a telegraph pole and was badly
bruised. The injured persons were
taken to their homes in Mecbaniestrarg.
Injured Hunter Sent Home
Allen Smith, of Newport, who was
shot in the left leg at White Deer, near
Willismsport. on November 18, as he
was starting on a 'Jeer hunt with a
number of friends, was discharged
from the Harrisburg hospital to-day.
He was in a very serious condition and
it was feared at one time that he
would develop tetanus.
Up to States. Says Wilson
Washington, Jan. 6.—President Wil
son to-dav reiterated to a delegation
of women suffragists his previously an
nounced position that equal suffrage
should 'be brongbt through action by
the States rather than through a fed
eral constitutional amendment.
New Governor Urges Temperance Law
St. Paul. Minn., Jan. G.—Winfield
Scott Hammond. Democrat, was sworn
in today as Minnesota's eighteenth
Governor. In his inaugural address he
urged that a temperance law be passed
early in the session cu the Legislature.
COUNTY TAI RATE WILL
REMAIN AX FOUR HILLS
C«MIh«4 Piib Mint PIFTI
a mill less than for several preceding
years.
The Prison Inspectors request for
$26,000. a decrease of SI,OOO over
that of 1914, was allowed by the Com
missioners. The Directors of the iPoor
asked for $58,000. .just 91,000 less
than was appropriated for 1914, and
that, too, was granted. These depart
ments both have surpluses in their
treasuries and these amounts will be re
appropriated back to the county's gen
eral fund.
The requests of the prison board are
covered in two general items, one of
$11,070, for salaries of the prison em
ployes, and the other, $14,930, for food,
supplies and improvements.
The Directors of the Poor, despite
the fact that they have cut ddwn the
amount of their annual requisition, are
making provision for payment for a
stone crusher and the construction of
sewers at the almshouse and also for
carrying out the "pauperism preven
tion" plan. Miss Rachel Staples is in
charge of this work and will receive an
annual salary of S9OO. The estimated
cost of furnishing tobacco and matches
to the male inmates of the almshouse
has been fixed at SSOO.
The Poor Board's requests include
the following items- Salaries of alms
house employes, $6,952; provisions,
$4,450; supplies, $475; heat ami light.
$2,515; clothing shoes. $1,900;
furninhing* ami bedding. $200; hos
pital supplies. $1,160; repairs to build
ing, $1,570; farm expeuses, $3,220;
incidentals. $695; improvements.
$2,495; outdoor relief. sls,6ss; So
fia! improvement, $9.550; work house,
$1,810; directors' and officers' salaries.
$4,820.
The county's annual budget, the law
1 provides, must be prepared before Feb
ruary 1 of each year and it is the opin
ion of county officials that it will be
ready by that tine The tax rate can
not be fixed before the budget is
, adopted.
RAIN' Wilt WEAKEN ICE
Only Local Movements Are lately to
Occar, However
Raiu indicated for the Susquehanna
valley for the next thirty-six hours, ac
cording to officials of the local office of
the Weather Bureau, will cause a gen
eral meltin? of the ice in the stream
and its tributaries, with local move
ments of ice probable. It will not be
great enough to cause the ice to break
here, however, but it may render it un
safe for skating.
Unusually good ice for skating has
been afforded on t'ae river at this point
for two weeks. A rise in temperature
with a minimum of 40 degrees to-night
will help with the destruction of the
ice. The rain results from a depres
sion central to-day in the Mississippi
valleys and will likely continue into
to-morrow.
CAN'T PREVENT EXTRA AUDIT
County Commissioners Powerless to In
terfere With Duplication of Work
Fred W. Huston, minority member of
the Board of County Auditors, this aft
ernoon formally notified the County
Commissioners that the audit ooard will
be ready to begin the examination of
the 1914 records of County Treasurer
A. H. Bailey. The commissioners took
no a.-tion on the notice.
The commissioners are convinced,
they said to-day. that they cannot pre
vent the auditors from goim; to work
and checking the records detpite the
fact that County Controller Henry W.
trough airea.ly has done the work.
County officials say the auditors can
complete their work within two weeks
but tbit there is no legal way to com
pel them to have a report ready in that
time.
FI'NERAL OF MRS. KERNS
Worrun Burned to Death in Cumberland
County to Be Buned To-morrow
Funeral services tor Mrs. Charles
Kerns, 2022 Susquehanna street, who
was burned to death near the home of
her sister, Mrs. Joan McGowan, in
Center. I'ppeT Mifflin township, Ciun
berljnd county, will be held to-morrow
afternoon at 1 o'clock at her late home.
Funeral services and interment will
be private. The services will be in
charge of the Rev. P. H. Bal.«baugh,
pastor of the Sixth Street United
Brethren church.
Mrs. Emma E. Booth
The faneral of Mrs. Emma E. Booth,
37 years old. who died yesterday at
the Harrisburg hospital, will be held
to-morrow night at 7.30 o'clock from
the home, 1432 Xaudain street, Che
Rev. Dr. -I. Lyter and the Rev. Homer
skyles Mav officiating. Undertaker
Fackler will take the body to Reading
wbere further services wi'tl be held
at the home of a sister, Mrs. Amelia
■Mvjards. 1111 Muiilenburg street. j
Burisl will be in a Reading cemetery. |
Mrs. Mary Jane Smith
The funeral of Mary Jane Smith, woo
died Saturday evening at the home of
her daughter, Mary E. Koons. 1406 j
Derrv street, will be held to-morrow I
afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late,
res!.fence, the Rev. J. A. Lyter officiat
ing. Interment will be made in tfhe ;
Harrisonrg cemetery. ' ,
ENOUGH TO PASS OVEB VETO
Chairman Burnett Says Immigration
BUI Will Become Law
By Associated Pre*»,
Washington, Jan. 6. —Chairman j
Burnett, of the House Immigration >
Committee, a White House caller to-day. j
predicted that if President Wilson ve- 1
tof.l the immigration bill the House!
would repass it with seven or eight
votfs to sp*re.
He said he bad been informer! there
would be little trouble in repassing the
bill over the President's veto in the
Senate.
Favors Equal Suffrage Resolution
Uy Associated Press.
Aibany, Jan. 6.—ln his first message
to the Legislature Governor Whitman
urged that the resolution to providej
an equal suffrage amendment to the
constitution, passed in 1913, be passed
again thia year in order that it may be
submitted to the voters at the next elec
tion.
Collar Bone Is Fractured
•la,ai> Knsmiuger, 28 years old, em
ployed by the Hershey Farm Company,
at Hershey. was admitted t&ia morning
to the Harrigburg hospital suffering
from a fractured left collar bone. He
received the injurv in a fall from a
wagon.
CUTER DID BARBER ARE
RE-ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY
Cmllim4 fi ■■ Pint Pas*.
scheme at the meeting to-day although
he asked his colleagues to support hjm
in his plan to reappoint ail present
county employes.
Walters sought to have the appoint
ments made by one sweeping resolution
and offered that type of measure. It
ultimately was decided to elect the
almshouse attaches by that method and
to pass upon the Board's officers sep
arately.
Thomas Manning, the Republican
minority member, voted with his Dem
ocratic colleagues on all ballot* and
made each election unanimous. Mr.
Manning did, however, raise the ques
tion of legality and necessity when the
president called for nominations for
Agent to the Board," saying he
thought the president of the' Board
should sign the relief order vouchers
and supervise the granting of imme
diate and temporary relief.
Manning's anxietv about taking a
possible illegal step" were dispelled,
however, by Solicitor Xead, who advis
ed the directors to follow the precedent
■established many years ago by their
predecessors. The board now and for
many years has been working under
the act of 1806 and hope was express
ed among the members that the plan
to have new laws governing its work
passed by the Legislature will be car
ried out.
AT 97 HE WRITES TO TENER
West Chester Man Adda to His Collec
tion of Governors Autogwphs
Jesse C. Green a respected citizen of
West Chester, is 97 years old and still
vigorous. Recently he sent the follow
ing letter to Governor Tener in bis own
handwriting, clear and legible:
'"Esteemed Friend: It would give
me great pleasure to receive an auto
graph letter from thee—all in thy own
handwriting— to place in my collection
of auto, letters of the Governors of
Pennsylvania. This request comes from
one who has passed his 97th birthday
and very anxious to hear from thee
Trusting thee will pardon this intrusion,
I am.
"Thine very truly, Josse C. Green."
Governor Tener at once complied
with the venerable gentleman's re
quest, and sent him a congratulatory
letter, and to-day in reply received the
following:
"Dear Friend: T am very glad to
hare thy good letter, arid it will give
me great pleasure to see thee here at
West Chester in the rear future.
"With best wishes, sincerely thine,
Jesse 0. Green."
TENER WITHOUT A SECRETARY
Had Trouble Getting His Communica
tions to House as Besult
The Executive Department of the
State was put to straits yesterday
to communicate with the Legislature.
It is customary for the Governor to
send by private secretary to the
Senate and House, sundry communi
cations at the opening session, but Pri
vate Secretary Gaither having resign
ed and being no longer in office, the
duty of delivering the communications
devolved on James C. Deiniuger, the
executive secretary, but Mr. Deininger,
on his way to the capitol yesterday
morning, slipped on the ice and
wrenched his ankle so bally that he
could not walk, and was laid up at his
home.
Upon the shoulders of the assistant
executive clerk, Caseius A. Dunn, fell
the responsibility of seeing that the
executive communications were deliv
ered to Senate and House, and Mr.
Dunn ably performed the task. Mr.
Deininger is reported to bd somewhat
better to-day, but he cannot walk.
SAY CHARGES ARE WITHDRAWN
Friends of Richwiae and Sheafer Assert
the Men Are Vindicated
It was asserted here to-day that the i
warrants, charging conspiracy to de- :
fraud, recently served on A. Grant j
Richwine, president of the United Wa
ter It Guarantee Company, and W. Dale
Sheafer, both of this city, have been
withdrawn. The charges grew out of
a transaction in connection with the;
RevnoldsvHle Water Company which,
| it is held, was not understood by the j
trustee for the stockholders who
brought the charge in Punxutawney. |
Mr. Sheafer said this afternoon that
he had every reason to believe that
unofficial advices from Puuxutawney
that the warrants had been withdrawn ;
were correct as he did not believe there
had been any grounJte for a suit. •
Friends here regard the turn affairs
have taken as a vindication of the Har- i
risbnrg men.
PENNSY WANTS $100,000,000
Stockholders Will Be Asked to Auth
orise Increase of Indebtedness
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Jan. 6.—Announce
ment was made to-day that at the an
nual meeting of the Pennsylvania
Railroad: Company, to be held on March I
9, the stockholders will be asked to
authorize an increase of $100,000,0001
in the indebtedness of the company.:
The new bonds will be used to provide
funds for the refunding of bonds, ear'
trusts and other obligations maturing
thie ye&r.
The bonds, it is understood, will be
issued under the general mortgage au
thorized by the stockholders at their
annual meeting last year.
For Industrial Relations Commission
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 6. —Richard Aish
ton. a Chicago railroad official, was
nominated to-day by President Wilson
to succeed Frederic A. Delano as a
member of the Industrial Relations com
mission. (Mr. Delano was appointed to :
the federal reserve board.
Decline in Wheat Market
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Jan. 6.—i For the first time!
since the beginning of 1915 tfhe wheat!
market to-day started at a decline as |
compared with the previous night. (
Opening quotations this morning were J
down % ami \ to 1% and 1%.
•23,000 Paid for Holattin Ball
By Associated Press.
Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Rag Apple,
Korndyke, eighth, a Holstein bull, was
sold at auction here last night for $25,-
000. Oliver Cabana, Jr., of Buffalo,
was the purchase!. j
CAPITOL HILL
BELL TBANIUIE JUDGES
Attorney Otuorai Ftfi Tribute to Mn
pkil County's Jturista As Ha
Prepares to Betir*
Evidently Attorney General John
Bell does not contemplate remaining in
Harriarburg in an official capacity, as
was evidenced by his farewell to the
court yesterday afternoon at the close
of the argument in the coal tax cases.
Addressing the court. Attorney General
Bell said:
'' As this is probably the last time
that I shall appear officially before
your Honors, I beg to take this oppor
tunity to express to you ray sense of
g«*nuine appreciation and grateful
obligation for the uniform courtesy 1
have received from this Honorafclo
Court. Some relations in life have this
beauty, that after the happiness of hav
ing experienced tihem, the happiness of
them ever remains.''
Complains of Station
Mary Wilson Simpaon, chairman of
the Lewisburg Civic Club, complains to
the Public Service Commission that the
station facilities at Lewisburg of the
street car line operating between Mon
tnndon and Mifflinburg. are uusatiafac
tarv because the waiting room of the
station is Wosed at 6 p. m„ although
the last train does not leave Ijewig
buiy until 10 o'clock.
Want a Rate Increase
A number of traffic officers of rail
roads in Pennsylvania appeared before
the Public Service Commission to-day,
urging a favorable consideration of the
petitions previously presented for au
thority to establish upon ton days' no
tice to the Commission of an increase
of o per cent, in rates for the intra
state transportation of freight, upon
which traffic permission to advance the
rates in interstate traffic had been
granted by the Interstate Commerce
Commission upon ten days' notice to
that Commission.
A large number of tariffs will be re
quired to provide for the rates in ques
tion, and the companies desire that the
rates upon interstate and intrastate
traffic be published in the same tariff
and that the charges become effective
on interstate and intrastate traffic sim
ultaneously to avoid confusion between
the rates on the interstate and intra
state traffic.
The railroads are anxious to obtain
permission to file snch issues upon less
than the required thirty day' notice to
enable them to olitain the benefit of the
increased revenue due to the increased
freight rates at the earliest date pos
sible. The Commission deferred action.
The rehearing is the matter of the
commntatior rates will be held in the
office of the Commission in this city on
Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
Senator Hall's Death
Herman P. Miller. Senate Librarian,
received a telegram from Ridgwav this
morning announcing the death of for
mer Senator James K. iHall, and stating
that the funeral will be held on Satur
day next at the Episcopal church,
Ridgwav, at noon. Mr. Miller at once
notified President Pro Tem. Kline at
Pittsburgh, and it is expected, in view
of Mr. Hall's long service in the Sen
ate and the fact that he retired from
that body only in December, a Sena
torial committee will be appointed to
attend the funeral. It is thought that
Senator Sones. of Lycoming. will head
the committee, which will leave here
Friday night and return on Saturday
night. The Senate will send a floral
tribute to the deceased, who was very
popular as a Senator.
The entire committee as announced
by President pro tem. Kline this aft
ernoon. is as follows: Senators Sones,
Lycoming, chairman; McNichol. Phila
delphia; Sproud, Delaware; Beidleman,
Dauphin; G-erberich, Lebanon; DeWitt,
Luzerne; Hilton, \LeKean; Hindman,
Clarion; Crow, Fayette; Kurtz, Jeffer
son; Graff, Armstrong; Magee, Alle
gheny; Clark, Brie; Wastoers, York;
Hef'ost, Berks, and Kline, Allegheny.
Correspondents to Meet
President George .T. Brennen, of the
Pennsylvania Legislative Correspond
ents' Association, has called a meeting
of the organization at the newspaper
room in the Capitol for Tuesday after
noon, January 19, to elect officers.
There are two candidates for the presi
dency, John R. Ball, of the Pittsburgh
''Poet," and L. B. Goshorn, of the
Pittsburgh " Dispatch," and the friends
of both are working for them vigor
ously.
Bis Cigar Corporation Chartered
The Antonio Koig & Longsdorf, Inc.,
of Philadelphia, was chartered to-day
to manufacture cigars, with a capital of
*1,900.000.
Treasury Money
James B. Sheehan. Register of Wills
of Philadelphia, yesterday paid into the
State Treasury $58,277 as collateral
inheritance tax. and there was received
for automobile licenses $63,495. The
auto license fund for 191 a now con
tains $434,538.
Notaries Confirmed
Governor Tener sent to the Senate
yesterdav the appointment as notaries
the names of Clinton L iHershey and
Miss Margaret M. Beichert, Harrisborg.
and they were at once eonfirmed, not
having been made during the legisla
tive recess.
"Honus" Held Up
Among the gubernatorial appoint
ments made during the recess and at
present held up by the Senate was that
of "Honus"' Wagner, of (Pittsburgh,
the famous baseball player, as a mem
ber of the Fish Commission.
EN OLA YARDS ANNTVEBSARY
Celebration Will Take Place at P. B. B.
Y. M. C. A. on January 13
Preparations are under way for the
celebration of the tenth anniversary of
the opening of the Enola yards January
15. The various committees having
charge of the affair will meet to-night,
to-morrow and Friday nights to com
plete details. The celebration will take
place at tfce Enola Pennsylvania Rail
road Young Men's Christian Associa
tion.
New York Legislature Organizes
flj/ I |<| toted Pr»u.
Ak>anv, Jan. 6.—Tbaddeus C. Sweet,
of Oswego, to-day was selected speaker
of the Assembly and Elon R. Brown, of
Watertown, president pro tern, of the
Senate. Both are Republicans.
Artistic Printing at Star-Independent.
SUM ISSUED
MBS
National and American
League Magnates Or
dered to Appear in In
junction Proceedings
HEARING SET FOR
JAN. 20 IN CHICAGO
Judge Landis Will Hear Federal
League's Complaint Charging Or
ganized Baseball Is Operating In
Violation of Sherman Law
B.i/ A»octot«d Press.
<?hivago, .lan. 6.—Summonses were
issued to-dwy by owners of the sixteen
cluit»s in the National and American
Leagues ajul members of the National
Bn»««ball Commission to appear before
Judge K. M. Landis, of the United
States l>istriet court here on January
20, the date for hearing of the injunc
tion sought by the FVderal League in
its bill filed yesterday, charging th.it
organize*! baseball is operating in viola
tion of the Sherman anti-trust law.
The injunction asked seeks to re
strain the twenty-one defendants named
in the bill as constituting the ''base
ball trust" from tampering with play
ers now under Federal League contract
and Irom interfering in any manner
with the operations of the league.
James A. Gilmore, president of the
Federal League, in a statement to-day
said the suit would wipe out the small
er eases now pending between the Fed
erals and organized briseljull and de
termine, in one action, all differences
existing between the rival leagues.
One of the most pleasing features
of the bill," read President Oilmore's
statement, "was the opportunity [re
sented to determine all leg.il difficulties
I between organized bas<t>ali and the Fed-
I ernl League before the U. s. District
! court. Bv so doimg tbe controversies
| during the playing season will be elimi
| nated and the interest in the game ot
I baseball will not be impaired by un
necessary court proceedings.
"The Federal Wayne iu the bill of
complaint claims the right, to litigate
and is willing to submit to the U. S.
Court all of its rights and differences
for determination in order to relieve
the national pastime from any detract
ing influences such as court proceedings
during the plavinig season and 1 hope
tliat organized basolmll will not resort
to any means to prevent that result."
FINANCE
I
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H. W. Rnavely, Broke*.
Arcade Building, Walnnt and Court
Streets
New York, Jan. 6.
Open. Close.
Alaska Gold Mines. .. . 26% 26%
Amal Copper S3 52%
Amer Beet Sugar 34 33%
American Can 36% 27
do pfd 91% 92%
Amer Cotton Oil 42 41%
Amer Tel and Tel .... 117 117
Anaconda 25% 25%
Atchison 69 68%,
Baltimore and Ohio . .94% 94
Bethlehem Steel 49 51%
Brooklyn R T 84% 84%
California Petroleum . . 16% 16%
do pfd 156% 156%
Central Leather 38% 38%
Chi, Mil and St ..Paul 87% 87
Cbino Con Copper .... 33% 33%
Consol Gas 114 115
Corn (Products 8% 8%
Distilling Securities ... 11% 11%
Erie 22 32
General Electric Oo ... 140 141
Goodrich B F 25 25
Great Northern pfd. . . 114% 114%
Great Nor Ore subs ... 27% 27%
Illinois Central 107% 107%
Intenboro Met 12 11%
Interboro Met pfd. .... 50% 50%
Lehigh Valley 132 132
"Louisville and 'Nashville 113 112%
Missouri Pacific ....... 8% 7
Nev Consol Copper ... 11% 12%
Neiw York Central .... 86% 86%
NY N H and H 55% 54%
Northern Pacific 10' l % 101'/,
Penna BR 105% 106
Press Steel Car 34 34
Ray Con. Copper 16 16
Reading 145% 145%
Repub. Iron and Steel . 19% 19%
do pfd 15% 15%
Southern Pacific 83% 83%
Sooth em By 14% 14%
Tennessee Copper 32% 32%
Texas Company 134 134
Union Pacific 117% 11T%
U. S. Steel 50% 50%
do pfd 105% 106%
Utah Copper 49 49
Vir.-Carolina Chem .... 17 17%
Western Maryland .... 10% 10%
W. U. Telegraph ..... 58% »8%
Westinghouse Mfg .... 69 70%
Woolworth 90% 90%
Philadelphia Closing Prices
Philadelphia, Jan. 6.—Stocks closed
steady:
Cambria Steel 44
General Asphalt 32%
do pfW 67%
l*ike Snperior Cor 10
Navigation 76'/,
Ijehigh Valley 66
Penna. R. 8., 52 13-16
Pha. Electric 23%
Pha. Rapid Transit 11%
Reading 72 1116
Storage Battery 48
Union Traction 38%
United Gas Impr., 81
U. S. Steel 50%
Chicago Grain Market Closing
Chicago, Jan. 6.—Close:
Wheat—May, 136; July, 122%.
Oorn —May, 75%; July, 76%.
Oats —May, 54%; Jaly, 52%.
Pork—Jan., 19.00; May, 19.42.
Lard—.lan., 10.57; May, 10.57.
Ribs—Jan., 10.12; May, 10.50.
"What is a phenomenon, l'nc!e
Billt"
"A phenomenon is a small bor
about your size who never bothers any
body."—St. Ijouis Globe Dcmocrat.
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