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BATTLE OF KUTNO MARKED
BY HEAVIEST FIGHTING OF
WAR IN RDSSIAN POLAND
Hea (quarters German Army in Po
land. Dec. 20.—(8y Courier to Berlin.
Correspondence of the Associated
Press). —Prom Kutno to the headquar
ters of General Maekeuzen's army to
one of the divisions of which the Asso
ciated Press correspondent has been
temporarily assigned runs one of the
boggv trails owr which the German
transport service has done ahnost super
human working in bringing forward
ammunition and supplies for the opera
tions against Warsaw for the past two
months. Ammunition wagons with
lightened loads barely are able to strug
gle along behind three span of horses.
The route runs for 5T miles through
an almost continuous battlefield, scar
red with Russian aud German trenches.
Kolo at a crossing on the Wa'the
river, was the scene of the first big
engagement of the preseut campaign.
The battle of Kutno was marked by
some of the heaviest and most sangui
nary fighting of the war. Loose lies
30 miles to the south of Kutno; Lowicz
for the possession of which a great bat
tle has just been waged, lies 35 miles
east of Kutno, and the line of the
Bsura and Raws rivers, whieii forms
the present dividing line between the
Russian and the German armies is only
eaght or ten miles beyond Lotwicz. All
this battling has left its unmistakable
imprint on the country. Trenches, some
of them months old and others on which
the upturned earth is still fresh and
yellow run in all directions. Soldier
graves dot the landscape, the German
mounds marked by a cross and the
spiked helmet of the fallen soldier, the
rarer Russian graves usually showing
the Russian cross with its double cross
bar.
Kutno is the present head of the
•ailwav, which tihe German railway
corps is rebuilding in the rear of the
army at the rate of from five to eight
miles daily. This railway had been de
stroyed again and again. The bridges
on it. as General Von Ludendorff. Von
Hindenburg's chief of staff, remarked,
have been most of the time "in the
air." Sidings here were full of Red
Cross trains, admirably arranged coach
es with the beds swung on springs to
avoid jar. Each train has coaches for
the surgeons and nurses and a fully
equipped operating car in which urgent
operations can be performed without
delav.
Here at Kutno was also a field laun
dry in full operation. It is transported
by automobile and can be brought into
service almost before boiling water can
be obtained.
At Kutno the first cases of cholera
were reported. The whoie region is
"cholera suspect," but so far the dis
ease has been confined almost entirelv
to the civil population.
Reports of Cannon Firing Untrue
Havana. Jan. 18.—The reports that
«annon firing had been beard at sea
last night off the coast near Havana
were promptly investigated and found
■4o be untrue. It seems that some blast
ing work -was being done along the
*hore. and that these sounds were taken
for artillery. A British cruiser, believed
to. be the Bristol, is patrolling about
five miles off the coast outside of
Havana, having relieved another vessel
thought to have been the cruiser Ber
wick.
DENIES BASEBALL DOC DEAL
Bresnahan Befutes Story That He
Traded Pitcher Hopper to Spring
field, 111., Club For Animal
Chicago, Jan. IS. —Additional affi
davits were filed to day in the United
States District Court by various of
ficials of organized baseball support
ing their contentions that the Federal
League was not entitled to the relief
asked in its suit for the dissolution ot
the National Commission and its affi
liated clubs as violators of the Federal
anti-trust act.
In one of the affidavits, Roger P.
Bresnahan. now manager of the Chi
cago Nationals, denied that while man
ager of the St. Louis Nationals, he
traded Booth Hopper, a pitcher, for a
bird dog.
Bresnahan. with much detail told of
meeting Hopper in Tennessee while on
a hunting trip and of trying oat the
pitcher on a training trip and of see
ing there a bird dog whicn lie admired.
The dog belonged to Hopper, the affi
davit declared, and was ottered bv the
owner to Bresnahan. The Bresnaha'n af
fidavit then continued: "I told him
that I could not use the dog as I then
■hid five of jnv own. Just before the
opening of the regular season, Mr.
Kinsella, then manager and owner of
rhe Springfield, 111., baseball club, came
to St. Louis in search of a pitcher. 1
told him we had a young man bv the
name of Hopper whom we were going
to let out and if he wanted to talk with
him and sign him for the Springfield
club he could do so. Kinsella told me
'' Hopper developed and showed any
abilitv at all he would give the St.
Louis National League ciub the first
opportunity to purchase the release that
fall.
••During the conversation Kinsella
had with Hopper at our club house, in
tec. Louis, Hopper again asked me to
buy his dog as he needed money. Mr.
Kinsella asked me if I wanted the dog.
I told him I did, but as I then had five
1 would not buy it. Mr. Kinsella sakl
he wanted to do something for me and
if I would accept the dog he woultl
buy it. I do not know what transaction
Kinsella had with Hopper, but I do
know that Hopper sent for his dog
and Kinsella brought it to me at St.
Louis.
"The statement that I traded
Hopper for a bird dog is an absolute
falsehood and I would suggest that Mr.
Hopper be communicated with, as he
can verify my statements As can Kin
sella. "
MRS. WIN FIELD EXONERATED
Grand Jury Ignores Charge and Pats
Costs on the County
Mrs. Bertha Winfield, a mid-wife, of
this city, was exonerated of a criminal
charge of procuring an abortion when
the Grand Jury of the January quarter
sessions court ignored the bill against
her. The costs were put upon the
county.
The charge was brought bv county
officers after physicians had been called
into a home in the lower end of the
county where Mrs. Winßeld had beefl
»CTiwy in a professional capacity.
LAW-MAILERS WILL HOLD
BRIEF SESP TO-NIGHT
Cwllhc4 From Pint Pag%
Order Committee, which will have the
local option bill in charge, and Bald
win, of Delaware, will head the Insur
ance Committee. Habgood, of MeKean,
will be chairman of the Printing Com
mittee, and Wilson, of Jefferson, of the
; Judiciary General Committee, which
disposes of the four "mdidates for
j Speaker who failed to connect. Other
1 House chairmanshios are:
Other Committee Chairmanships
Jatnes F. Woodward. Allegheny, Ap
propriations; Charles J. Kouev. I'hila
i delphia, Ways and Meaus; Thomas F.
j McNichol, Elections; S. J. Gans, Phila
! delphia. Health and Sanitation; W. D.
■ Walton, Lawrence, Municipal, Corpora
tions; M. K. 'Hoffman. Lancaster,
: Mine? and Mining; E. E. Jones, Sus
j quehanna, Boads: James 6. Steedle, Al
j leghenv, Fisheries.
In the Senate the important place
i of chairman of the Committee on txec
' utive Nomination —a new committee,
j to which all nominations made by the
' Governor will be .eferred —will be
given to Senator Crow, of Fayette,
chairman of the Republican State Com
mittee. and he will also get mv caair
inanship of the Committee on Corpora
: tions. Senator Salus, of Philadelphia,
will head the Law and Order Commit
tee, which will deal with the local op
-1 tion measure if ever it gets as far as
the Seuate. and "Strawberry Jim" Mc
i N'ichol. of Philadelphia, will head the
1 Elections Committee; Vare, of Philadel
! phia, will steer the Municipal Affairs
; Committee, and Sprout, of Delaware,
will continue to guide the Committee
on Finance. Clark, of Erie, wui be
I chairman of the Judiciary ueneral
Committee, and Snvder, of Schuylkill,
will head the Judiciary Special, known
during the last session as the "pickling
, vat."
Brief Sessions To-night
The sessions to-night will be brief
and no bills will be introduced until
Wednesday, but arraugements will be
completed for the inauguration of the
new State officials to-morrow, and there
may be a few committees arranged for
to attend to special work. Governor
: Tener mav have a few nominations of
notaries, justices and such to send in.
I and that will be all that is expected
from him.
The sessions to-morrow will be very
' brief and. outside of the formality of
meeting, there will be nothing done in
the House. In the Senate Frank B.
McClaiu will take the oath of office as
Lieutenant Governor, after which the
| Senate will return to the chamber and
| adjourn for the day, unless the Chair
desires to announce the new commit
-1 tees, in which case the session will be
i prolonged for a while
There is talk of both Senate and
' House adjourning on Wednesday until
i January 25 in order to permit the com
mittees to net together and organize,
and this would delay the actual work of
beginning legislation until almost the
close of the month.
WHOLE POLICE FORCE WILL
BE OX DUTY IX AFTERNOON
Sixty-four of Harrisburg's "finest"
I —every member of the police force—»
will be on duty to-morrow afternoon to
aid in the inaugural ceremonies. Most
of the local bluecoats have been as
signed to duty at intersections of
streets along the route of the parade
or at the stau.". at Third and State
streets, where the inaugural ceremonies
will take place.
Standards for ropes were put in posi
tion this morning by the City High
way Department and early to-morrow
ropes will be placed along the streets,
the intersections to remain open until
10 o'clock, when all traffic on Market
street will stop under police regulation.
'Policemen will repor* at the intersec
tions at 12.45 o'clock and at 1 o'clock
will have the streets cleared for the
movement of the parade. Sergeant
Page will have charge of the inaugural
stand detail, which will include Patrol
men Essig. Blair, Bihl, Kelly. Cum
mings and Nalen.
All of the day force will work until
6.30 o'clock to-morrow evening. They
will have an hour for supper and will
again report at police headquarters at
7.30 o'clock. If the streets still are
congested and tihe necessity arises, the
day force will then be put to work
again; if not, they will be dismissed.
No extra policemen will be on duty
to-night, except the city detectives,
which force will be augmented by sev
eral efficient detectives from Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia. They are
skilled plainclothes men who know pick
pockets on sight and will endeavor to
clean the city of these gentry while
the crowd is here. All professional
pickpockets who are arrested, whether
or not plying their trade, will be given
ninety days in jail under the profes
sional thief act.
The streets to-morrow will be in
charge of Police Captain Thompson.
Chief of Police Hutchison, who is colo
nel of the Eighth regiment, will com
mand the provisional regiment of Na
tional Guard in the parade.
Clever Anita Stewart at the Photoplay
To-day
The Cleverest Little Photoplay ac
tress comes to the Photoplay to-day in
a Broadway-Star Vitagraph production,
"Two Women,'" ably supported by
Earl Williams, Julia Swayne Gorion
and Ilarry Northrup. This wonderful
drama is throbbing with the deepest
emotions and is highly dramatic. It
get-over to you absolutely and unmis
takably. Emerson, who is portrayed by
Earl Williams, is humiliated and embit
tered by the unfaithfulness of his wife,
Cleo. Julia Swavne Gordon, goes to the
mountains immediately after his di
vorce, with a hatred for all womankind.
There he meets Anita, of the woodland,
beautiful and guileless. They gradual
ly fall in love and amidst the setting
of the North Woods, marries her. La
ter his faithless wife, who still loves
him. tries to win him back in the ab
sence of Anita. Intense scenes, make
this wonderful drama one of the best
Broadway productions ever released. To
our patrons, pass-out checks will be
given for the Inaugural Parade, when
it approaches the theatre. Wednes
day's feature, ''Hearts and Masks."
serial story which had been running in
the Star-Independent.—Adv. *
FRANK APPEAL DOCKETED
By Attociatcd Press.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The habeas
corpus appeal of Leo M. Frank, con
victed of the murder of Mary Phagan,
the Atlanta, Ga., factory girl, was dock
eted to-dav in the Supreme 'Court.
The State of Georgia may now at
any time move to have it advanced for
early hearing. Without such action it
will not be reached in the regular
course of business for nearlv eighteen
months.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING. JANTARY 18. 1915.
BLUECOAT DENIES
MEANING TO FIRE
C*«tl»t4 Fna First F>n>
j police record and was reputed td be a
[ "bad character."
Scott himself said that Banks once
cut a man with a razor and on another
I occasion beat a man with a pool cue.
The policeman's story of the shooting
coincided with those of the Common
wealth witnesses save in several im
| portant points, notably the conversa
tions alleged to have been held between
i Scott and Banks.
Scott denied that he fired twice after
| Banks made the alleged threat that
"I am going to tell your wife about
| you being nown in the park with that
j woman.," The patrolman said he heard
no such remark and added that he drew
j his pistol only because he could not
I recover his nightstick which he had
| thrown at Banks.
Even then, he declared, it was not
I his intention to shoot, his drawing of
[ the weapon simply being to scare
\ Banks. He saiu the discharge of the
gun was an accident.
Scott Under Cross-Examination
On cross-examination, the District
I Attorney called the accused bluecoat's
attention to a statement, it is alleg«d
' Scott made to the county prosecutor
l immediately following the murder, in
wh ieh it is held the acoused declared
he had inteuded to shoot over Banks
head. This Scott declared he could not
recall as having said.
At the suggestion of the District At
torney, Scott placed the revolver, with
which he shot Banks, in his hip pocket
—the gun was not loaded-—and then
stood up in the witness stand and was
advised to draw the pistol frooi his
pocket and "fire" just as he had done
when Banks was killed. Like a flash
he pulled it from his pocket and gulled
the trigger as he extended his arm.
Suggestions had been dropped dur
ing the hearing that had the shooting
been accidental, as Scott contends, the
revolver. when discharged. likely
would have been held ait an aud
the bullet would have taken an up
ward course instead of entering Banks
neck on a horizonal line.
The Commonwealth's Witnesses
The Commonwealth closed its case
i on Saturday afternoon after a dozen
i or more witnesses had been examined,
i Among them were half a down colored
men and women, including Banks"
I brother, William, and Bella Brown.
! with whom Banks boarded, all of whom
were actual witnesses to the shooting,
i All said that the policeman fired tlTe
; fatal shot after he had daringly direct
ed Banks to repeat an assertion con
necting Scott 's name with a woman
not his wife.
They also said that after the shoot
ing, when Banks lay prostrate on ths
floor of his home at 1119 Monroe
street, Scott remarked:
••Now tell that." Thev alleged he
subsequently said:
"It s no use to holler now. It's all
over."
GARZA MEX[C(f PRESIDENT
With Blanco. Bobles and Vasconcelos,
Deposed Head of Government
Seeks Refuge in Pachuca
Mexico City, Jan. IS. —General
Boque Gonzales Garza was designated
as Provisional President of Mexico Sat
urday night by the convention here,
over which he lias presided, to serve un
til January 1. 1916.
The former Provisional President.
General Eulalio Gutierrez, together
with Generals Blanco, Kobles and Jose
Vasconcelos, left Mexico Citv vesterdav
morning at 4 o 'clock for Pachuca, fiftv
five miles northeast.
In electing Garza, the convention
declared itself supreme, aud until a new
President is elected has assumed all the
legislative, executive and judicial pow*
ers.
Martial law has been proclaimed bv
General Garza and the city is patrolled
by mounted police. He is the seventh
man to take the office since the eleation
of Porfirio Diaz for a six-vear term in
1910. The news of the sudden change
of affairs in Mexico City was received
in \ illista circles here last night.
Washington. Jan. 18.—When Gener
al Gutier'ez left Mexico Citv vesterday
morning he took with him inost of the
troops garrisoning the capital. State
Department advices indicated that Gu
tierrez's present command is 5.000
strong and officials here infer that f?w
soldiers remained in the capita! r.om
the fact that the first act of General
Garza, tthe new Provisional President,
was to utilize the po'.ice force tempor
arily for military purposes.
The State Department is particularly
anxious to know whether Gutierrez
had abandoned all claims to the Pro
visional Presidency or had gone to Pa
chuce with part of his Cabinet to set
up a government there in defiance of
the conventionalist faction in Mexico
City.
So far there has been no confirmation
of reports that Villa and Zapata have
broken off friendly relations.
ROTARY OFFICIALS HERE
Will Speak at Dinner at the Harris
burg Club To-night
Members of the executive committee
of the International Association of Ro
tary Clubs arrived in this city at 3.15
o'clock this afternoon from Chicago to
attend a dinner of the Harrisburg Ro
tary Club at 7 o'clock to-night at the
banqut hall of the sHarrisburg Club.
They are Frank L. Mulholland, of To
ledo, president of the international as
sociation; Chesley R. Perry, of Chica
go, secretary; Arch C. Klura»h, of
Cleveland, director, and William Get
tinger, of New York, citv director.
To-morrow is the regular meeting
night of the club, but it has been
changed because of the inauguration.
Opposing Buying New Crusher
Thomas S. Manning, Republican mi
nority member of the Dauphin County
Directors of the Poor, this morning said
he purposely neglected to sign the
$2,300 warrant to pay for the Alms
house stone crusher. He added he at
all times has been opposed to buying a
new stone crusher to carry out the
workhouse plan. A second-hand stone
crusher, "which would not eowt much,"
he thought, would have been the thing
to buy.
Coombs Signs With Brooklyn Nationals
Palestine, Tex., Jan. 18. —Jack
Coombs, former pitcher for the Phila
delphia Americans, announced he had
signed a contract here to-day with the
Brooklyn Nationals.
BANKING INTEREST GETS
100,000 WILES RAILROADS
Samuel Untermyer Tails Federal Indus
trial Relations OoDuntssion About
U»« Concentration of Money in the j
United States
I
New York, Jan. 18.—At the first
hearing here to-day by the Federal In
dustrial Relations* Commission in its
investigation of the operations of the
great philanthropic foundations, it was
announced that Samuel Untermver
would be the first witness. Another wit
ness at to-day's session will be Roger
W. Rabson, writer on economies. The
session will bo presided over by Frank
P. Walsh, chairman of the Commission.
Mr. Walsh arrived yesterday to go
over the data obtained by a corps of
investigators at work here for two
weeks.
The commission plans to hear J.
Morgan on Thursday nud on (Monday
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., will testify.
lAt .subsequent hearings George W.
Perkins. John Hays Hammond. Andrew
Carnegie, Dr. Charles W. Eliot, Daniel
Guggenheim, Jacob H. Schiff. August
Belmont, John Mitohel, Louis D.
Brandeis, Professor Franklin H. Gid
dings, Samuel Gompers, Henry Ford, A.
Barton Hepburn, Robert W. Deforest,
Seth Low and many other prominent
men. as well as women, will be called
as witnesses.
Samuel I'nterraver was questioned by
Chairman AValsh as the first witness.
He discussed socialism and socialistic
charity at some length. The latter, he
asserted, was necessary if the people
were to receive relief.
The large charitable foundations, !MT.
Untermver thought, were ably man
-1 aged and did much good. He believed,
1 however, that they should be reorgan
! ized and should operate under federal
charters rather than under charters
; granted by States.
Spiking of the concentration of
money, Mr. Untermver said he know
of a banking interest which, through
; the reorganization of insolvent rail
[ roads, had come into the control of
| 100.000 miles of railroads in the Unit
ed States. When such a situation ex
ists, the witness said, shareholders have
no power at all in the management of
the roads; the directors and trustees
I were controlled entirelv by the banks.
Mr. Untermver said 'he thought labor
| conditions in America had been more
or less demoralized, and that poverty
I had been increased by the diversion of
i cash in certain directions.
"The illicit gathering of large quan
tities of money undoubtedly has caused
! considerable poverty," he declared. "It
i is true, however, that in the past four
years this condition has not been so
bad. The concentration of power and
i capital of any kind is grossly unfair
to labor."
Mr. Walsh questioned Mr. Untermv
er about the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company.
"It has been testified," said the
commissioner, "that a certain large
financial interest did not control the
company because it only held 40 per
cent, of the stock."
"That is preposterous," replied the
! witness: "The stock is listed on the
| Exchange and many shares are in the
| hands of brokers. It would be necos
! sary for a large financial interest to
I have but 10 per cent, of the stock.
When it wants to do anything with the
j corporation it just sends around to the
; brokers and gets the proxies."
Mr. I ntermyer said it was rare
! when directors running a corporation
from Xew York knew anything about
| the business. "They are just figure
| heads, " he said.
| . Referring sijain to the foundations
; under investigation and to his declara
! tion that they should operate under
federal charter, Mr. Untermver said:
, "They should not be given a perpetual
1 charter. There should be a limit to their
i size. They should not be permitted to
I accumulate income. There should be
: governmental representation when the
j time comes for replacing the present
j trustees.''
NO INK FORjCOUNTY AUDIT
! Two Members of the Board Report to
Do Work County Controller Al
ready Has Done
i
Francis W. Riegel and Fred' W. Hus
ton, two of the three Dauphin County
] Auditors who a fortnight ago organized
'for 1915 and decided to begin today
auditing the 1914 accounts of County
Treasurer A. H. Bailey, although the
County Controller alreadv has audited
them, were this morning at their quar
ters in one of the two offices of County
Controller. They were there this aft
ernoon too.
John W. Cassel, president of the
board, county officials said, had not re
j portej' up until 2 o'clock and his col
leagues would not say when he would
arrive to aid in the work. At 10
o'clock this morning the auditors got a
part of their supplies,—half a dozen
pencils, two scratch pads, a dozen pens,
three penholders, half a dozen erasers
and the report sheets.
Thej' were told, they said, that the
county's ink supply now is exhausted
but that they would be given "some"
as soon as another supply was obtained.
Neither Riegel nor Huston would volun
teer to say what auditing they intend
to do, now that the County Controller
has issued a report on the county's
financial standing covering a complete
audit.
Whether they will go through the
same amount of work the board has
done in other years, neither Riegel nor
Huston would sav, although one of
them did declare, and emphatically too,
that: "If the reporters don't let us
alone we will bar them from coming
into this room."
Riegel said he couldn't understand*
"why such a fuss is being made about
us" although he added "if I cared to,
I could give you enough stuff to fill a
paper."
He then referred to alleged irregu
larities which he declared had attended
the auditing work in years gone by.
In the absence of Cassel, the presi
dent of the board, the two members
"on duty" this morning Baid they did
not think it right "to go and get the
books and begin work." They said,
however, that if Cassel did not appear
by early afternoon one of the auditors
thought the better policy would be to
"start in without him."
Mines Resume on Open' Shop Basis
Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 18.—A num
ber of mines in the East Ohio coal field
were opened to-day on the open shop
basis, but reports to the officers of the
United Mine Workers declared that
comparatively few men were at work.
COURT HOUSE
10 COURT CASES CONTINUED
Tuesday's Cases Will Not Be Tried Un
til After Inaugural
The ten common pleas court cases
listed for trial to-day either were set
tled or marked continued until the next
term and the jurors were excused until
Wednesday nioiiiug, to-morrow's ses
sion being postponed becanse of the in
augural ceremonies. The cases listed
for trial on Tuesday will be taken up
on Wednesday and others follow m or
der.
An agreement was reached in the
suit of Harper T. Bressler vs. tihe Wil
liams Valley Water Company, a cause
listed for trial to-morrow, whereby
judgment will be entered in favor of
the plaintiff in the sum of $3,000, the
money to be paid with interest within
thirty days The costs are to be paid
by the plaintiff.
Verdicts were taken in a doxen tax
cases, by ngreement of counsel, (he to
tal amount of which is $4,242.78.
Wills Probated
The will of Henry D. Miller, late of
Washington township, was probated
tlhis morning aud letters testamentary
granted to his daughter. Jennie E. Mil
ler. No letters were granted on the
estate of Peter Weaver, Williamstown.
whose will was probated to-day. On the
estate of Lydia Bhunian, late of .Tack
son township, letters were issued to Mi
nerva Forney. Walter S. Young, of Lv
kens, got letters on the estnte of the
late Carolina Kohler.
Damage Suit Filed
A claim for $250 is contained in a
damage suit filed to-day by Benjamin
Behrens, of Huinmelstown, against
Dr. C. E. L. Keene, of this city. The
plaintaiff claims Dr. Keene, on October
17, last, backed his auto across Berry
hill street, this city, so tihat it struck
and wrecked Behrens market wagon.
Mrs. Behrens. who was seated in the
conveyance, it is alleged, was thrown
out and injured. W. L. Loeser filed the
papers.
Marriage License
Charles Benaskie and Mary Kor.eti.
Williamstown.
SHIPS WRECKED IN BIGGALE
Twenty-one of Crew of British Steamer
Penarth Drowned Off the
Norfolk Coast
London, Jan. 18. 2.1S P. M. —
Twenty-one men of the crew of twenty
seven of the British steamer Penarth
were drowned to-day off the Norfolk
coast. The Penarth was sailing for
Hull from the River Plata. She struck
Sheeringham shoal in a heavy gale and
is a total wreck. Six survivors from
the Penarth were picked up by a
trawler. The Penarth was a small ves
sel of 1.915 tons net.
Another. British steamer, the George
Rovle, is also believed to have been
wrecked in the same locality. She left
the Tyne for St. Nazaire, France. The
flare of rocket signals was observed by
the coast guard at Cromoek but the
steamer disappeared before the life
boat reached the scene.
One of the George Rovle's small
boats has come ashore. The fate of
the crew is not known. Tho George
Royle sailed from Hull December 10.
She was of 1,5?" tons net.
3 DEATH OF CHARLES MILLER
Funeral of Spanish War Veteran to Be
Held To-morrow
Charles Iv. Miller, 1631 l»gau street,
died on Friday morning after lingering
illness. The funeral services will be
held from his late home to-ruorrow
morning at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Amos
Staniets officiating. Mr. Miller was a
meirfber of the Augsburg Lutheran
church, a member of class 17 of the
Sunday school and the B. L. F. and E.
No. 673. He was a fireman on the
Philadelphia division of the Pennsyl
vania railroad. He was a Spanish
American war veteran, serving in Com
pany I, Fourth regiment, doing foreign
duty in Porto Rico. He is survived by
his "wife, one daughter, Edna, his fa
ther, one sister and three brothers. In
terment will be in the East Harris
burg cemetery.
Mrs. Elmina Darby
The funeral of Mrs. Elmina Darby,
78 years old. who died Saturday at her
home, 44 6 Cumberland street, will be
held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock.
Burial will be private. Mrs. Darby is
survived bv three sons, William F.,
Steelton; George W., this city, and L.
Wayne.
Mrs. Catharine Myers
The funeral of Mrs. Catharine A.
iMvers, widow of George W. 'Myers, who
died on Saturday afternoon, will be
held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. A. S. Brehm, South Second
street. Burial will be in the Harrisburg
cemetery. She is survived by these
children: Mrs. S. A. Brehm, of Steel
ton; Mrs. William Chambers and LVlrs.
George M. Coons, of Oberlin; Mrs. John
Pope, 0 f Uniontown; William H. My
ers, of this city, and -C. A. Rachter (My
ers, of Meehanicsburg.
Mrs. S*die C. Yeager
The funeral of Mrs. Sadie C. Yeager,
wife of A. L Yeager, who died at the
Harrisburg hospital Saturday, will >be
held at the home of her mother at New
port to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Burial will be private. The body was
taken to Newport this afternoon at
1.40 o'clock by Undertaker Charles
'Mauk.
WHARTON FIVES CLASH
The Wharton School five of Harris
burg defeated the Wharton School five
of Reading in Cathedral hall Saturday
night by the score of 41 to 25. The
Harrisburgers grabbed a safe lead at
the start and were never topped. Geb
hard and Brandt played Harrisburg's
best game, while Chaffey aud Keiser
starred for Reading. The lineup:
Reading. Harrisburg.
Chaffey F Kessack
(Captain( •
Mover F Smith
Keiser G Wolfe
fstoner G Brandt
Nuss G Wells
(Captain)
Substitutions, Ha:risburg„ Btory for
Wolfe, Gebhard for Kessack. Field
gosls, Chaffey, 3; Keiser, 3; Kessack.
3; Smith, 2; Wolfe, 2; Brandt, 2; Wells,
lj Gebhard, 4. Foul goals, Chaffey.
13; Brandt, 9. Fouls committed. Har
risburg, 23; Reading, 18. Referee.
White. Timekeeper, Miller. Scorer.
Hecker. Time, 20-miuute halves.
QYPSY VIOLINIST NONETTE IS
BACK AFTER TOUR
Local theatre-goers will undoubtedly he interested in the return engage
ment of Nonette. the Ovpsy violinist, who after a tour of the world, returns
to the Orpheuin this week.
It is now abrtut four years since Nonette was at the Orpheum for the
last time, having been abroad in the meantime, but the management lost no
time in securing her for Harrisburg as soon as she returned. Nonette will add
her charms to the Orphenm's all-star inaugural bill. —Adv.*
CAPITOL HILL
FIRE PROTECTION CIRCULAR
States Fifty Per Cent, of Blazes in this
County Are Caused by Care
lessness
State Pire Marshal Baldwin has is-[
sued a circular for (ire protection em-1
bodying the resolutions of the National I
Association of Credit Men in which I
carelessness in the matter of fire is j
ascribed as the cause of fifty per cent.,
of the conflagrations in this country
and calling on business men to be I
watchful. Marshal Baldwin says:
'"The sound business proposition con-1
tained in these resolutions if carried |
out, and they can by co-operation, will!
mean a decided reduction in the fire]
loss and a consequent reduction in pre-1
mium rates, which are increasing and j
will continue to increase, until decided j
and continued action is taken by all I
classes of citizens for fire prevention."
Public Service Commission
The Public Service Commission will j
begin its regular session to-morroi«r I
morning, when Walter H. Gaither, the!
new Commissioner, will sit with the!
Commission for the first time. The?
Commission will dispose of a large nuin-;
ber of applications for charters and j
take up a number of proposed con-;
tracts between municipalities and pub
lic utility companies.
Electrocution Fixed
Governor Tener to-day fixed the week
of April 5 for the electrocution of Nic- 1
010 Mordallo, the Fayette county mur- 1
derer. Mordallo murdered a woman j
named Lillian Leonard.
MURDER APPKAL POSTPONED
Supreme Court Delays Action in the
Case of Morgenthau
Argument before the State Supreme
Court, sitting in Philadelphia, on the
appeal in the Max Morgenthau murder 1
case, in an effort to have the degree of |
the defendant's offense reduced from ]
first to second degreo murder, will not j
be presented until February 22. The i
case was to have been taken up this!
afternoon or to-morrow,-but, with oth
ers, was continued because of tne in
auguration to-morrow of Governor-elect
Brumbaugh.
Morgenthau shot and mortally
wounded John Rupp, a Shiremanstown
farmer, on May 21, last, after Rupp
had gone to his yard to prevent what
he believed was an attempt to rob his
hennery. Morgenthau is a Karrmourg j
man. He pleaded guilty to tjie general
charge of murder and the court, after j
hearing some testimony, fixed the crime j
as murder in the first degree and sen-'
tenced him to die in the electric chair, j
BOYS SING AT GETTYSBURG
Four local boys who were members
of the Stough campaign booster choir
made a big hit Saturday an! yesterday
at Gettysburg. William Webster and
Paul Cover, sopranos, and George Tom- j
linson and Robert Webster, altos.fonned
the quartet engaged to take part in
special revival services being conduct
ed by the Rev. Mr. Baker, rector of
St. James' Evangelical Lutheran church
there.
They were given a name by the pas
tor. He called them the '"Knicker
bocker" quartet, all the boys wearing i
knee breeches. The quartet sang at the
evening service Saturday, and at five
services yesterday. Several solos were
rendered by William Webster. All the
numbere were much enjoyed. The boys
were accompanied by and were under
the direction of R. F. Webster, one of
the executive committee of the Stough
campaign.
To Await Call for Funds
At a meeting of the Sons of Italy
yesterday afternoon at the headquar
ters, 321 Market street, there was some
discussion about raising funds for the
relief of victims of the earthquake in
Italy, but definite action was postponed
until the national officers of the society
in New Vork City send out the call
for financial assistance.
FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANOE
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H. W. Suavely, Broker.
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
New York, Jan. IS.
Open. Close,
i Alaska Gold Mines 28% 28%
: Amal Copper 55% 66%
| Amer Beet Sugar 35% 36
| American Can 30% .>O%
j do pfd 95 95%
jAm Car and Foundry Co 47% 48'/,
lAm Cotton Oil 4 6",,:, 4«<Vi
Am Ice Securities .... 23% 25%
j Amer Loco 27% 28
| Amer Smelting *>o% 61%
I American Sugar 105 105
j Amer Tel and Tel .... 11S% 118%
i Anaconda 26% 2 7'.,
I Atchison 94% 94%
i Baltimore and Ohio ... 71% 71%
j Bethlehem Steel 53% 52%
I Brooklyn R T SByj «7
California Petroleum .. 15% 18%
j Canadian Pacific .... 161% 164%'
| Central Leather 05% 35%
j Chesapeake and Ohio .. 43 4 4
| Chi, Mil and St Paul .. 88", Sit
Chino Con Copper .... 34% 35
i Col Fuel and Iron .... 25% 25', J
j Consol Gas 120% 120%
I Corn Products 10% 10%
] Distilling Securities ... 12 12
j Erie 22% 22%
j Krie, Ist r.t'd 35% 35%
'General Motors 87% 88%
Goodrich B F 31'/. 31%
i Great Nor pfd 114% 115%
Great Nor Ore subs . . 29% 30
i Interboro (Met 10% 11
! Interboro Met pfd .... 50 50
! Lehigh Valley 134% 136
[Louisville and Nash .. 118 118%
Mex Petroleum 56 59%
Mo, Kan find Texas pfd 2728%
'Mo Pacific 9':. 1 1
Nev Consol Copper .... 13 13%
York Cen 89 89 >;
Ny, N H and H 54 54%
Northern Pacific 102 103%
! Pennsylvania R. R. ... 106 106%
[People's Gas and Coke . 120% 120%
| Pittsburgh Coal 17% 17%|
I do pfd 83% 83%
I Press Steel Car .' 36% 35%
Ray Con. Copper 161% t7%
Reading 14 7% 149%
Repub. Iron and Steel . 21 21%
do pfd 76% 76%
Southern Pacific 85% 85%
Tennessee Copper 31 % 31 \
Texas Company 13 1 " 134
Union Pacific 119% 119%
U. S. Rubber 57 58%
U. S. Steel 51% 51%
| , ' lo Pf'l 10S% 108%
lUtah Copper 51% 533/
| Vir.-Oarolina Chem. ... 20 1 /, 20%
j Western Maryland .... 17 17
I W. U. Telegraph 61% 61%
I Westinghouse Mfg .... 72 70%
Philadelphia Closing Prices
By Associated Press,
Philadelphia, Jan. 18. —Stocks closed
steady:
Cambria Steel 4 1
General Asphalt ;;2
Jo-pfd 67%
Superior' Cor., 9
Lehigh Navigation 74%
Penna. R. R
Pha. Klectrie 23%
Pha. Company ;• ;*
do pfd ..' 34
IP. R T 10
j Beading —.,, 74%
Storage Battery 48
Union Traction 3 6
U. G. 1 82%
U. S. Steel 51%
Chicago Grain Market Closing
Chicago, Jan. 18.—Close:
Wheat—May, 142%; July, 125%.
Corn—May,'7B%; July, 79%.
Oats—May, 56; July, 53%.
Pork—January, 18.50; May, 19.15.
Lard—January, 10.72; May, 10.90.
Ribs—January, 10.00; May, 10.40.
Mrs. Margaret Whitmyer
Mrs. Margaret Whitmyer, 64 years
old. wife of William Whitmyer, 2120
Jefforson street, died from the effects
of a stroke of apoplexy this morning at
9.15 o'clock.