8
PSOBIHGNEWYOSK
SUBWAY DISASTER
Eight Separate Investi
gations by State, City
an d Traction Of fi
cials Under Way
77 \ XTIMS STILL
IN THE HOSPITALS
Death List Remains at One and No
More Fatalities Are Expected—
More Than 7(H) Men and Women in
the Panic
By Associated Prc<s.
New York. Jan. 7. —Seventy-seven
victims of yesterday's suoway accident
were still in hospitals to day recovering
from their injuries. Most of them were
nien; some were women who had been
mauled iu the stampede for the street.
All suffered from the effects of smoke
or bruises or cuts. They were the ones
who had fared worse from the panic.
None was expected to die: all. it was
thought, would be discharged within a
day or two.
The death list of what was first be
lieved to be a greai disaster remained
at one. How many persons were car
ried unconscious from the smoke-filled
tube to the streets probably will never
be definitely established, as some of the
victims did not go to hospitals and
their names were not recorded. There
were more than 700 men and women
in tho panic.
Traffic in all subway lines, halted for |
hours after the accident and resumed ,
to some extent last night, was again {
normal at the morning rush hour to-day.
lu the aftermath of the accident the I
usual machinery of investigation was
set iii motion. Ei<»ht separate investi
gations, conducted by state, city and !
traction officials, were under way to
day. " I
In an autopsy performed this att-l
ertioon the coroner's physician found'
that M -s Ellen O'Grady, the sole vie
11tii of the n 'i lent, died of asphyxi
ation b\ smoke. There were no bruises
<>n her body.
lm i\<; \<»r uankekocs
So Reports Officer Who Conducted
Navy Department's Experiments
%.!(»>. -if- ii Pres.
Wa-iington. Jan. 7.—"Deep 'living
i* < practical procedure and not attend
i I lug- it danger when the proper
precautions are observed," is the re
port to-day ot the officer who conduct-'
ed ii'' iiivy department's experiments i
in deep divn. without the us' of s;>e
cial niparatus other than that which
can ue readily supplied with the div
ine; outfit- in use on all naval vessels, j
In a statement the Navy Department'
says that the results of these experi- ;
incuts are considered remarkable and
depths have been reached tar in excess
of any it has ever heard of. Chief Gun
ner's Mate Drellisha, L". S. N„ descend
ed to a depth of 27 4 feet without dis
comfort, according to the department,
and it is believed that divers can rea«'h
a depth of at least 300 feet without
langer.
To Probe Rogers Poison Case
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 7 —The case of the!
woman known as Mrs. Ida Rogers, the
mother of the two children of Lorlys ]
Elton Rogers, a New York lawyer, is
to be investigated by the Grand' Jury, |
according to an announcement made to
day by District Attorney FrancL vMar
tin, of the Bronx. Mr. Martin said !
that the circumstances under which
Mrs. Rogers administered poison to the
children, resulting in their deaths, and i
attempted suicide herself would be I
thoroughly inquired into.
Bids for Postofflce Supplies
Washington, Jan. 7. —On a proposal
to furnish nine billion stamped enve
lopes and newspaper wrappers to the j
Postoftiee Department during four years
beginning July 1. the Mercantile Cor
poration. of Dayton, Ohio, to-day l>id
$9,347,882, and the Mid-West Supply
Company, of Cleveland, bid $5,152,-
685. The award has not yet been
made.
To Be Tried for Shooting Americans
By .4 ssociflted Press.
Toronto, Jan. 7.—The provincial
constable and the three Canadian sol
diers who were concerned in the shoot
ing at Fort Erie on December 2S of
the American duck hunters, Charles
Dorsch and Walter Smith, of Buffalo,
will be placed on trial in the Ontario
courts, the authorities announced to
da.v.
More Rigid Exclusion of Chinese
By Asm iated Press.
Washington. Jan. 7.—More rigid ex
clusion of Chinese was urged before
the House Immigration Committee to
day by George W. Hooper and E. M.
Sullivan, of Boston, and J. A. Barkey.
of Chicago, all speaking for organized
laundry men. Hooper said the Chinese
were crowding the American laundry
men and the Japanese were threaten
ing to crowd the Chinese.
Wilson's Trip to Last Two Months
Washington, Jan. 7. President
Wilson expects his trip to the Panama
Canal, the San Diego ami the San
Francisco Expositions and his speaking
nur afterwards to !ast from March ."i»
to May 1. He said to day he planne.l
to be away from Washington for that
period unless public business necessi
tate' his presence here.
Anti-Alien Labor Act Void
San Francisco, Jan. 7. —The Ari
-7.011a anti-alien employment act. adopt
ed by the people of the State at the
November election as an initiative
measure, was held unconstitutional, null
and void here to-day by a special court
iff three Federal judges.
Clark Predicts Victory in !!)!«
Washington. Jan. 7. Before the
third annual convention of the Wom
en's National Demo ratic League here
today .Speaker Clark predicted a Dem
ocratic victory in 1916 on the legisla
tive record of the administration.
PART OF THE MEXICAN NAVY
NOW FAVORS NEUTRALITY
Dispatches to State Department Thought
to ludicate Gunboats Were Prepar
ing to Move Carranxa Government
From Vera Cruz to Progreso
By Associated Prcsn.
Washington, Jan. 7. —The Mexican
navy or part of it at least, has ce
llared for neutrality, according to dis
patches to the Gutierrez agency here,
which say t'o.ur gunboats on the Atlan
tic coast have retired to a quiet cove
i>rt Yucatan to await the result of the
oat tie between tiie factions.
Distiches to Phe tstate Department,
'however, were interpreted as |>ossi6ly
indicating tihat part of the navv w.is
preparing to move the seat of the Car
ranza government from Vera Cruz to
Progreso.
The dispatches were summarized in
this statement: ■
'' luformatiTiu has just been received
by the department to the effect that
the A)exicau gunboat Bravo left Vera
for Progreso 011 the night of Jan
uary 5. It was reported to have on
'board a considerable number of sol
diers, constitutionalist mouev and gold
and silver bullion. It is also stated
that the Progreso left Vera Cruz 011 t ie
same night and that she had on board
saddles, foodstuffs, a supply of d*v
goods, a jrintiug press aui paper aud
a num'hor of soldiers, it is reported
she sailed for Taarpico.
Ihe t arrailza agency issued Hiiis
statement:
"Official advices to-day from Gen
eral Carraiua at Vera Cru state that
the agitation on the isthmus of Tepuau
tepec has lyidergone no change. The
agency was instructed to deny emphat
ically that any bridges or tuuels ot the
Tepuantepee railroad had been de
stroyed, as was erroneously reported.
"General Carranza holds that the
magnitude et the defeat of the Villa
ista troops at Marte compares favor
ably with that at Puebla. Marte will
fce the base of operations for the attack
on Torreon. The fall of this city would
mean the complete isolation ot" Villa,
as he would lose his principal base of 1
supply.
" Advices from Naco report that
General Hill, military commander of j
the Constitutionalist troops there, has!
been called to Vera Cruz by the first
chief to report upon the difficulties
growing out of the crossing of bullets i
into American territory. A favorable
solution of the difficulty will continue
to be sought."
K1 Paso, Jan. 7. —General Villa is ex
pected late to day at the border here,
where General Scott, chief of start' of
the I'nited states armv. lifts been wait |
ing three day- to begin negotiations
with the Mexican chief regarding the
adjustment of border difficulties. Vil
la delayed his trip to visit his home at
Chihuahua City.
The first troop train of those bear
ing a reported body of S.OrtO Villa
troops arrived to-day at Juarez. The
trains as rapidly as they reach Juarez
will proceed to Casas Grandes. whence
the troops will march overland into
Sonora.
WOULD-BE ROBBERMITS
HIS IDENTiTYJO THE POLICE
Continued Krom First rase.
would-be robbers tried to escape that
way. and found one man beside a sky
light. He believed he had been shot
through and through bv a bullet and
the shock of that made him deathly
sick anil he dropped on the roof to die,
a-- he thought. His companion made
good his escape through an alley, run
ning into Fourth street from the rear
of the hotel.
The loaded revolver was found in
; the alley this morning and the ovor
i coat was picked up in the rear of Zion
i Lutheran church. The police believe
the coat belonged to the man who ess
aped. and who discarded it because it
i Hampered his movements.
When arraigned before Chief of Po
! lice Hutchison last night the man gave
his name as "Charles Johnson, - ' but re
fused anv other information about him
self. lie said he was riding on a
j freight train and met the fellow with
j whom he tried to enter the hotel. Nei
; ther of them had any money, he said,
and they thought they would go
| through the rooms at the hotel in an
j effort'to find some. The bullet from
! Policeman Larsen's revolver took the
: skin off his side, but did not draw
even a drop of blood. The shock of it
made the man deathly sick and, he
said, he thought he was bored through
and through. -He was terribly pale
when taken to police headquarters, but
| when the wound proved to be so slight
] he recovered immediately.
SIX REALTY PARCELS SOLI)
Sheriff Disposes of Properties in the
City and County
Half a dozen parcels of Dauphin
' county real estate were sold at the
court house by Sheriff Wells this after
noon. An equal number of scheduled
sales either were stayed or settled.
The sales resulted as follows: Two
and-one-half story frame house of H.
1 T. Stine, Elizabethville, to M. E. Stroup
I t'or $2,500: sixty-seven Lawnton lots
in Swatara township, property of H. B.
Harris, to C. H. Bai'kenstoe, $1,000;
dwelling at 643 Calder street, of Kilph
i I). Houston, to J. K. Patterson. $85.38;
two Middle Paxton township houses of
' Mary E. ScheH, to Samuel S. Zinnner
\ man. $342.21; J. J. Koons, house at
1 624 Regina street, to Harry M.
Bretz, $3,300; Florence S. Kauffman.
house at 631 Harris street, to Samuel
Fishinan, $1,700.
These prices do not include the
I amounts of the incumbrances against
j the properties.
Foul Play Suspected at Readng
B.U Associated Press.
Reading. Jan. 7.—The body of Wil
liam Hoffman. aiged 51 years, a machin
ist, was found under one of the abut
ments of the Penn street viaduct this
afternoon. He was last seen last night.
There are evidences of footprints of
two or more persons neattiv and foul
j play is suspected.
Military Importance of Philippines
Bu Associated Press.
Washington. Jan. 7. —(Miliit-ary im
portance of the Philippines and their
strategic value to the Navy Departmemt
will be inquired into by the Sena-te
Philippines committee under a resolu-
Ition adopted to-day during considera
tion of the bill to grant the islands
a larger measure of self-government.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, THT T RSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1915.
GERMAN OFFICIALS DENY
CARDINAL MERCIER WAS
ARRESTED AT BRUSSELS
Csntlouril From First ra««,
authorities in Belgium, tin atrwt which
the German authorities have categor
ically denied have been printed in
pamphle<t form in Ixuidon. They are
lis follow:
"l consider it an obligation of my
pastoral charge to de.ltie your duties
ot conscience towards the power which
has invaded our soil and which at this
moment occupies a greater |*rt t f it.
That power has no authority in la.v. In
the -.inctuarv of your soul you owe
neither e.-ieem iur atta hment nor
obedience. The sue legal power in K>l
giutn is that which is derived from iur
king, our government and the repre
sentatives of the nation. This alo.ie
for us represents authority; tliis alone
has a right to the affivtioiis of our
hearts and io our submcssitfrf.
"Of themselves the a. ts if those in
occii(«tiou are without force; but the
legal authority istities tactily tho e
aits whi. ii are just tial in the general
interest uud from t!ii< ratification alone
the\ derive all their judicial worth.
•The occupied | rovinces of Belgium
are not conquered provinces. Belgium
is no mote a (iennan province than (!a
licia is a Buss'an province, Nevyrthe
less the occupied (art of our country i»
con routed In a titui:i on to which t
must mil>tn it. Phe greate number of
our towns have been hande.l over to
tii;- enemy; they iiki-s*. resj>ect the con
ditions ct their surrender.
■■p. in the beginning of military op
erations the \ll authorities hnve u
s stent y rocuii'mended that private p?r
scns abstain from acts of ho-tilUy
ajuiiis; the armi'i enemy. These re
otuniendat ions are stiM in force. Our
army alone is charged with the duty
of o.ir national defen e. l.et us kn.iv
hew tj mwait at its hands tho tinai de
I veiance, let us •• nii'ort ourselves a
tiie gonrral interest demands. L-.'t u<
respect the regulations they (tiie Oer
mans) impose on i.s so long as thev do
not attack out' liberty of c ii- is!i;tu
conscience or t|i t > dignity it our pa
triotism.''
BELQIftS RESERVisrS WIFE
AND 3 EHiLfIaENSTRANGLEB
Montreal. Jan. 7. .Mrs. Ro'oert
\an l.ooy, wife of a Belgian reservist
and her three children were fountt
strangled to death a; their home here
to-da.v. The police this afternoon had
no clew to the murderer. Mrs. Van
Looy s husband joined the first con
tingent of Belgian reservists who left
Canada to tight for their country.
Neighbors, ilarnied because there
had been no sign of life for two lays
at the \ an l<oov home, notified the po
lice who broke in the doors of the
house and found the woman and her
children in bed. Apparently thev had
been dea l for two days. There was
every indication that they hail been
strangled and the police thought, the
attack bad been made upon them as
they slept. There were few signs of a
struggle.
I'lie children, two girls and a bov,
were' aged 9 and 7 years, and IS
months.
Afraid of Austrian Submarines
Berlin, .Jan. 7, by Wireless to Lon
don, .>.4.1 P. M.—The German press bu
reau this afternoon gave out a state
ment to the effect that the activity of
Austrian submarines apparently lias
compelled the French admiral in the
Adriatic sea to withdraw his ships from
the strait ot Otranto, at the entrance
ot the Adriatic The French appear,
the statement goes on. to have post
poned their attack on Cattaro, the Aus
trian seaport in Dalmatia. until next
spring.
Great Britain's Reply Conciliatory
London, Jan. 7. MO A. M.—The re
ply of itreat Britain to the American
note reg;n ling interference with Amer- ,
ican snipping, it is sai I in well-in
formed quarters, is wholly conciliatory
and shows a disposition on the part of
England to do everything within reason
to avert delay to American shipping at ,
a time when freight rates are high au 1 I
consequently loss of time is reverted to
the owner.
Bar Fixtures Bring $72.30
The bar and fixtures of the Ann I
street hotel, Middletown, for a number
of years conducted by John A. Haas,
this morning were sold by Sheriff Wells
to Harry White, a Middletowner, for
*72.50. Haas, it is understood, will'
coLtinue to conduct the hotel until the
court passes upon White's application
for the license trausfer. which will be
made within the next few dpys.
Court Names Auditors
The ( ourt this afternoon named Sen
ator K. K. Beidleman, of this city, and
tieorge Horwitz, of Philadelphia, au
ditors to examine the accounts of
Charles S. Jonason, receiver of the
American Union Fire Insurance Com
pany. The receiver to-day filed his ac
count.
Wrist Broken in Fall on Ice
J. I). Byers, 2120 Jefferson street, an
employe of the storeroom department of
the Pennsylvania railroad, suffered a
fractured left wrist in a fall on an icy
pavement at Sixth and Maclav streets
last evening. The fracture was reduced
at the Harrisburg hospital.
Hot Mills to Resume January 18
The hot mills lit the Lalance-Gros
,iean manufacturing plant will resume
operations on full time, Monday, Janu-.
arv 18, it was announced by the man
agement to-day.
Eviction Stares Mines in Face
Bellai-re, 0., Jan. 7.—Announcement
was made here to-day that the
Voughiog'fleny and Ohio Coal Company,
the liail an,l River Coal Company and
th'' I'nite I States Coal Company would
next week offer employment to their
3.500 striking men on an open shop
basis. Those of t<he miners, it was said,
who would refuse to go to work would
be evicted from -fflie bouses they 'have
occupied since last April without pav
ing rent.
Ship Purchase Bill in Senate
Washington. Jan. 7.—After several
| days of persistent efforts by adminis
■ tration leaders, the ship purchase bill
was placed before the Senate for dis
cussion to-day and Senator Burton
I opened debate for its opponents. "I
believe this bill will prove ineffectual
for the restoration of the American
merchant marine anil that it offers seri
ous danger that privileged business will
he built up," he said.
VERBEKE DOSEN'T LINE BIS
JOD EVEN AT $125 A YEAR
Caatlnurd From Ftrat I'M*.
known to Verbeke by tho County Com
missioners, he says, in face of advice
from the Jury Commissioners to "ask
for an increase." This is what Ver
beke says about it:
"When Jury Commissioner ttopf) in
formed me of the cut in the salary the
County Commissioners proposed, 1 told
him I would not serve and advised him
tc get someone else. Yesterday he ask
ed me what I intended to do. Some
time* I think 1 ought to serve, even if
1 ilon "t iget a cent, just to be accom
modating. ''
Verbeke said he did not believe the
Jurv Commissioners told the County
Commissioners that the job is not worth
more than SIOO.
"I don't know anything about
that," he ?:iid. "In fact 1 cannot imag
ine which one would suggest that. Both
Pay or and Dapp advised me to put in
a -alary claim for slt>s. Then 1 looked
up the county records, found that
Ceorge M -llhcnny, the former clerk,
wis paid at the rate of $125 a year,
and that is all 1 asked for.
"I'm not stuck on the job. I lost
another tha; would have paid me
three times wUat this does. Freeman
(ierberiek. o:' Dauphin, is after tihe
job and lioss Seaman, the assistant
city clerk, is after it."
"Wtil you serve at the drawing of
.t jury next week," \Yrin>ke was asked.
"It' they don't have anyone else, I
«i I. I won't let them stick."
Verbeke also stated that he first in
tended resigning the clerkship in July,
1914. but reconsidered. In October,
1014. lie did send in his quit notice but
was Induced by the Jury Commission
ers to continue to serve.
WHEAT NEAR S2 fl BUSHEL?
Chicago, Jan. T.—Two dollars a
■b. she. for wheat, the dream that onfv
enthusists ever expected to come true,
w - within Jiall a cent of being a real
tty to div on one grade of wheat, if
the cost of delivery to Kurope might
be counted as part ot' the price. It is
a fact that a ear load of the kind of
wheat known as Durum was sold to
day to go to Italy on a basis that fig
ured delivered at destination, $1.90 1-1'
a bushel.
Such a price breaks all records for
Durum wheat. The supply of that va
riety in the United St;:tes is said to be
virtually exhausted for this season.
Rapid upturns were witnessed in the I
speculative market after a period of
wavering during the early hours. News
thst France and Italy had purchased
1.500,000 bushels or more at the sea
board made the prices of options here
leap higher than at any time since the
'beginning of the European war and
reach levels that before had not been
equalled since the celebrated attempt
at a world-wide squeeze bv Joseph
Leiter.
May wheat, the chief speculative de
livery. went to SI.3S 5-S, as against
Sl.oti at the finish last night. Among
the purchasers of the May option was
the Rockefeller Foundation which
wanted to make sure of charity supplies
for Belgium, and had been unatblc to
get satisfactory terms on wheat for
spot cash.
MRS. ISA BELLE WISE DIES
She Was Ho Years Old and Is Survived
By Three Children
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Middletown, Pa., Jan. 7.—After an
illness of three years. Miss Isabclle
"Wise. SO years old, died at the home
of iier son. a Pike street merchant, here
last evening at 7 o'c'ock. Death was
due to infirmities of old age.
Mrs. Wise had lived in Middletown
the greater part of her life. Her sur
vivors include three children, Edward
Wise, of Middletown; Mrs. M. H. Hart
man, of t'tubrook, and Mrs. D. L. Cun
kle, of Goldsboro; three stepchildren.
John Wise, of Harrisburg; James Wise,
of Middletown, and Mrs. Lewis, of
Goldsboro: also two sisters. Miss Sarah
Lantz, of Middletown, and Mrs. Cath
erine Karl, of Penbrook. and one broth
er, Isaac Lantz, of Paxtang. Funeral
arrangements have not yet beeu an
nounced.
JOHN F. KOKD IMES
Was Grandfather of Fourteen and Great!
Grandfather of Two
John Franklin Ford, 63 years of
aye. died this morning at 6.15 o'clock !
at his home, 912 Hemlock street, ait-j
or a three months' illness. A compli
cation of disease# caused doaittn.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Annie Ford, ]
four daughters, Olara L, Mrs. Mary B.
Funk, Mrs. Nellie C. Shaffer" attl Mrs. |
Lucy F. Thompson, one son. Thomas F.,'
fourteen grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on j
Sunday evening at 6 o'clock, the Rev.'
Mr. straub. j '-to - of the Nagle Street!
( hurch tf God, officiating. The body
will be taken cn Monday morning to
Downingtown by Undertaker Miller,!
where burial wiil be made.
MBS. JOHN FAUBER DIES
Funeral of Halifax Woman Will Be
Held on Sunday
Halifax, Jan. 7.—Mrs. .lchn A.
Fauber, 60 years of age, died this
inorniug of a complication of diseases.
She leaves her husband and six chil
dren.
Funeral services will be held on Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, the pastor
of the Lutheran church ofticiating.
James Johnson
The funeral of James Johnson. 26
years odd. who lied at the German hos
pital, Philadelphia. Monday morning at
11.35 o'clock will be held from Hoop
er's undertaking eat«.'biislime<n<t, 604
Forster street, to-morrow afternoon at
2 o'clock, the Rev. Eugene ljee|>er of-
I ficiating. Burial will be in the Lin
coin cemetery. Undertaker Hooper
' brought the body from Philadelphia
yeut«rdav.
Charles T. Thompson
Charles T. Thdmpson, 642 Forster
• street, died suddenly yestertiay. Funeral
i arrangements will be announced later.
Caldwell to Pitch for Yankees
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 7. —'Manager Dono
\ van. of the New York American 'Lieague
baseball tlmb, arrived here to-day froin
Salamanca, N". Y„ with a contract sign
ed <bv Ray Caldwell, w<ho is to j-ritch for
•the "New York Americans durinig the
coming season.
CAPITOL HILL
THE MINIWUBSTRENGTH OF
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
Order From U. 8. War Department An
nounces Number of Men Each Mil
itia Company in Pennsylvania Shall
Heroafter Contain
An order was issued from National
tru&rd headquarters to-day announcing
that in conformity with orders from
the War Department the following
be the authorized minimum
strength of organizations in the "Na
ttonal lutard of Pennsylvania beginning
with January 1, 1913:
For a company of infantry, total en
listed. 65. Viz: 1 first sergeant, 1
quartermaster sergeant, 4 sergewiit-s, 6
corporals, 1' cooks, 1 artificer, 2 mu
sicians and 48 privates.
For a troop of cavalry, total enli t
ed, 65. \ iz: 1 finst sergeant. 1 quarter
fatter sergeant, 6 sergeants, l> cor
porals. 2 cooks, 1 farrier, 1 horse
»hOer. 1 saddler, I wagoner, 2 trum
peter and 4,"> privates.
For a company of engineers, total
enlisited, tif>.
For a battery of field artillery, t-Hal
enu-ted. lc!3.
For a signal cort s ccmnanv, Tvtv
A, total enlisted.
l or the lloMjiit.il Corps: Ambit ance
company section, total enlisted, 4;!.
Public Service Commission
Ihe Bell Telephone Coni|wny ad
vises the Public Service Commission
that it has uo testimony to offer in re
buttal in the matter of the complaints
as to telephone rates, and suggests that
I the Commission render its decision on
j the general principles involved in the
| general case before the specific com
plaints are made the subject of sep
arate hearings.
1 lie Commission to-day approved
these contracts: Carlisle Light, Heat
i 4: Power Company and the Borough of
| Carlisle: Citizens' Klcctric Company
: and the City of Williamsport; the Peun
! sylvauia Railroad Company and the
! Borough of Newport.
Application of the Florin Water
Comp'auy ami the East Donegal Town
ship Water Company merger was ap
proved.
Five petitions for the sale to the
Northumberland County (las & Electric
Company of the property of the Lewis
Township Electric Company. McEwens
ville Electric Company, Monroe Town
ship Light Company. Penn Township
Light Company and Turbotville Elec
'tric Company were approved.
The contract of the Harrisburg Light
& Power Company with the Bell Tele
phone Company fur the approval of
the-sale of poles was approved.
The Hall Obsequies
The comuittec of State Senators ap
pointed to attend the funeral of the
late James K. P. Hall, former Senator
from Elk. will no# go to Rii I'gwa.v in a
special train, but will each arrive there
on Saturday morning and meet at the
Hyde House, preceding thence to the
Episcopal church, where the funeral
services will be held at 12.30 o'clock.
FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H. W. Snavely, Broker,
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
New York, Jan. 7.
Upon. Close.
Alaska Cold Mines .... 26% 26%
Amal Copper 53% ->4%
Amer Beet Sugar ... . . 33% 33 ; U
American Can 27% 29%
do pfd 9 2',.. 93
Am Car and Foundry Co 45 45 %
Amer Loco 24 24
Amer Smelting 57% 59
Amer Tel and Tel .... 117% 117'..
Anaconda 26 21?%'
Atchison 91% 94> /t
Baltimore and Ohio .. . 68% 69
Bethlehem Steel 51 52
Brooklyn K T 85 85%
California Petroleum .. 16% 16' t
Canadian 'Pacific 156 156%1!
Central Leather 35% 39 j
Chesapeake and Ohio .. 40', 4 40',/A
Chi, Mil and St Paul 87 87 I
Chino Con Copper .... 33 33'/,
Col Fuel'and Iron .... 23 Vi 23Vi
t\>ntsol Gas 115 116 j
Corn Products 8% 914 j
•Erie ... .> 21% 22 j
Erie, Ist -pfd 34 35 1
General Electric Co ... Ill's 141%]
Goodrich B F 24% 25Vs 1
Great Nor pfd 114% 114',4
Great Nor pf'd 11 4 4 115' 4 j
lnterboro iMet 11 '/■• 11%
Tnterobor Met pfd ... 50'/ 4 51
Lehigh Valley 132 133V41
Missouri Paci'li ■ 7'i> ~v 2 1
Nev Consol 'Copper .... 12% 12%
New York Central .. . 86 s , 87'/ g
N Y, N H. and H 5 4 53%
Northern Pacific 10d' 4 101 '/C.
'Penna R 1! 105% 106
Pittsburgh Ooal '6% 16 T 8
do pfd - S3 83
Press Steel Car 33 % 34
Ra£ 0011. Copper 18% 10'/ 4
Reading 145% 14 6%
Repub. Iron and Steel . 75 75
do pfd 167 167
Southern Pacific 83% 83%
Southern Rv 14% 14 %
Tennessee Copper .... 32% 32%
j Texas Company 134 134
I Union Pai ific 117'/, 118
U. S. Rubber 55% 55
U. S. Siteel 50% f> 1 %
do pfd 106 106
Utah Copper 4 9 50
I Vir.-Oarolina Chein. ... 18 1 7It,
I Western Maryland .... 12 13%
| VY. U. Telegraph 58% 59
| We>rtingliouee Mi'g .... 70% 71',
Philadelphia Closing Prices
Philadelphia, Jan. 7. — Stocks closed
steady:
< *amt>ria Steel 4 4'.,
General Asiphalt 3 2
do pfd 67%
liake Superior Cor., 10
Lehigh Nav., "6%
I/ehigh Valley 66%
Penna. R. R 52%
Pha. Eleotric 23%
P. R. T 11
Reading 73%
Storage Battery 4 8
Union Traottion 38%
U. G. 1 81
U. S. Steel . . 51%
Chicago Grain Market Closing
•Chicago, Jan. 7. —Close.
Wheat—May, 138%; July, 124%.,
Corn—lMav, 75%; July, 76%.
Oats —May, 55%; July, 53%.
Porflt—.Tan., 19.00; "May, 19.47.
lizard—Jan., 10.62; IMav, 10.92.
JMbe—Jan., 10:74; :May, 10.47.
ACTOR, KIN OF PRESIDENT GRANT, LOSES
LONG FIGHT TO BECOME A CLERGYMAN
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CHARLES D GRANT AND HLS 3CN ULYSSES 5. GRANT
Alter struggling since boyhood to become n clergyman, Charles B. Grant,
forty-seven years old. 11 relative of President Grant and nil ai'tor. lecturer,
music store keeper and clerk, Is lying helpless as the result of overstudy at tlie
home of his mother, in New York.
Mr. Grant's general breakdown, from which it is sail he has little chanc#
for recovery, ends a pathetic battle which lie has waced since his surly boyhood
to become a clergyman.
STUDENtS GAVE $151.07
Donations at Central High Procured
Food and Coal for Poor
An itemized account of the expen
ditures for the Christmas entertain
ment given by the student of the Cen
tral High school to the children of the
Nursery Home was issued this morning I
by Miss Saul, who had charge of the
finances.
The amount received from the stti
dents was $15t,97. After the purchase
of a tree, tree ornaments and gifts t'he
remaining money was spent to' a
Christmas dinner for a poor family and
for six and one-half tons of coai, dis
tributed among seven different fam-!
ilios.
The Demosthenian Literary Society I
will meat tonight at the home of Miss!
Katherine Kelker, 5 North Front street, j
The junior and senior class elections |
will <be held next week.
Beggar Becomes Abusive
Charged with begging from door to I
door, William Taylor, colored, was ar-1
rested last evening by Patrolman Hip
pie at Third ami Verbeke streets. Tay
lor became abusive when food was de
nied to him, according to the police.
Taylor does not answer the description
given to the police of the colored man j
who has assaulted three w'hite women j
j in the city recently.
Another False Alarm of Fire i
While the rainfall was heaviest last 1
evening a false alarm of fire was turned ;
in from box N'o. IS, Race and Pnxton
streets. The police Have learned that j
a small boy was seen standing near the
box a few minutes before the alarm
was pulled.
Money and Discount Rates Easy j
/>*»/ Associated Press,
l.ondon, Jan. 7.—(Money and dis i
count rates were easy to-day. The cai! '
for over $100,000,000 of the war loan j
j was easily paid. The stock market is !
j gradually settling down to the new |
I conditions and a good "business was |
I lone to-day in consols and war loans I
at steady prices.
THE DAILY FASHION HINT.
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Superposed ruffles are very modish on youthful dnnetiij? dresses, and Is of
gold lace and uet over blue silk. The girdle is of orau*e suiin.
BOYS HAVE LIVELY DEBATE
Philonian Society Discusses Merits of
Diamond and Track
I The Philonian Debating Society of
the Central High school mot last night,
at the home of Kenneth Patterson. 20S
Soutih Thirteenth street. The subjict
was, ' 1 Resolved, That Baseball Should
Athletic Board to Take the Place of
\thleitc Hoard to Take the Place of
Track Athletics." Aifter an exciting
debate the judges decided in favor of
the negative. The affirmative as sup
ported 'by Anson DeVout, Clarence
Cooper, Samuel Handler, I'aul Walters
and Richard Hamer. The negative was
upheld by Kilward ltoth, Predorick Lv
j ter, Jesse Wells. Jonathan Black and
I Lieroy Smacker.
The rest of the tneni'bers present act
| ed as judges. Refreshments were served
at a late hour.
Would Discard Old Traditions
i By Ansociatcd Praia,
| London, Jan. 7,2.35 P.M.-—The Royal
I Common Civil Service, in its report pub
lished to-day, recommends that some of
t'he old traditions in t'he British foreign
service be done away with and that
t'he service be made more democratic.
! One of the recommendations of the
j commission is that the time-ihouored
| stipulation that all 'candidates for for
I eign posts in the diplomatic eor|>« must
have a private income of at least $2,-
j 000 be abolished.
Low Quotations for Sight Drafts
By Associated Press.
i New York, Jan. 7.—Sight, drafts on
Ivondom were offered at 4.84 in the lo
cal exchange market to-day. This is
the lowest quotation for demands sterl
■ ing sini'e the panic of 1!I07, and under
j normal conditions abroad it would
j inevitably result in shipments of gold
ltd this country: Bankers regard t'he
| further decline in exchange as addi
j tional proof of the gradual wiping out.
j of this country 's foreign obligation*.
A shoemaker has been divorced six
times. Evidently lie couldn't stick tn
| his last.