iBE DODGES 200 MISSILES AS THE STOVE BLOWS UP CmUhH From First Page. •red through the air like shrapnel, cre ating havoc with everything iu their >ath. Mrs. Bamberger's Chair Shattered Pieces of the oast iron stove gouged jrooves an inch deep in the woodwork ight beside Mrs. Bamberger; the will low in the out-kitchen was blown coni'- detelv out; holes were cut through the daster as if by a sharp instrument, ind yet in all this rain of metal not me scrap hit Mrs. Bamberger. The eft back leg of the chair on which rhe was seated was badly splintered. In the dining room where the range iad been, chairs and other furniture ivere badly damage.l by the flying mis dies. A coal oil lamp, standing en one »nd of a mantel, was overturned by the rxpiowon and it broke in falling to the loor. The oil oauglvt fire from red hot roals chat were showered in all direc tions and soon a column of flame rau From the floor to the ceiling. The force of the explosion was so treat that a door leading from the dill ng room to the living room, which was dosed, was forced open, and red hot •oals were hurled iuto both the living ooni and the front parlor, burning holes in the parlor carpets anil rugs. All the panes of glass in the dining window frames and door transoms broke. Stove Lids Cuts Ring in Ceiling One of the range lids was forced ■ gainst, the ceiling with such power that the exact impression of the lid was cut out of the plastering as if done with compass and saw. This break in the ceiling was accompanied with nu merous smaller punctures made by small fragments of the iron which flew upward. Samuel Gingrich and John Huff, neighbors, were the first on the scene, and after working like Trojans with buckets of water, which were carrie I to them by scores of women who were attracted bv the noise, conquered the bla/.e. A tire alarm was sent in, but before the Highspire chemical engine arrived these two men had the blate ex tinguished. N'either Mr. nor Mrs. Bamberger cau account for the explosion. There was a water front in the destroyed range, but they say this did not cause the aoct.ient. They also scout the idea of any explosive being placed in the coal by an enemy. The loss will be about $l5O. PLAN RECEPTION FOR TENER Charleroi Friends of Former Governor to Extend Royal Home-Coming Charleroi, .lan. 23. —A home coming reception is being arranged for former Governor John K. Tener, the affair to take place next Monday afternoon from 4 until 6 oclock at the Charleroi Elks' club. Arrangements are being made by some of the ex-Governor's closest friends for the event, which will be entirely informal and for every citizen of the Charleroi community. It willl be made an occasion of hand-shaking in congratulating Mr. Tener upon his rec ord in the gubernatorial chair, and iu extending him wishes for his future business success. Mr. Tener will arrive from Chicago on Monday, having been in the Windy City to look after affairs pertaining to the National Baseball League, of which he is president. He is planning to spend several days at his home here recuper ating from the hard duties that eapie at the concluding part of his adminis tration as Governor. After his visit here—the fir«t of any length since the date of his inauguration as Governor, lie will go to Philadelphia to take up actively the National League's base ball affairs. MORE SNOW PREDICTED Colder Weather Forecasted and Precipi tation May Rsvert to Beautiful After five inches of snow had fallen fisiug temperature which turned the precipitation to rain and melted what had already fallen. Harrisburg passed through another very sloppy day. The storm responsible for this weather has passel to the north of Harrisburg, to the Like Ontario region, and will con tinue to give unsettle.! weather to night. The temperature will fall to night below freezing and more snow may result. Light snow began falling here pto yesterday afternoon, becoming heavier" and continuing into the morning. Transportation compaui*) early cleared their tracks with sweepers and; throughout the night continued trolley' service with the result, that schedules were not interrupted this morning. The storm will move out during the night. weather forecasters believe, anil in its wake will be much colder' weather. SENTENCE COURT MONDAY Check Forgers Will Not Be Called Pending Motion For New Trial Half a dozen defendants commit-i ted of petty crimes at the January! criminal court last week wili be called for sentence on Monday, so District j Attorney Stroup said this afternoon. H. R. Mercer and Fred Leßrun, the check forgers, who were caught five hours after they began working their fii-kle game in this "jay town." will not be called on Monday and probably not next week, due to the pending mo tiou of the defendants' counsel for a new trial. DIRECTORS ELECTED Members of Millers Mutual Fire In surance Company Hold Meeting At the annual meeting yesterday of the members of the Millers Mutual Fire Insurance (Company in their offices in ; the Kuukel building, directors were re- ' elected for the ensuing year as follows: ! •John M. Hays, president; A. C. Gott-i schal, vice president; B. K. Huntsinger, 1 secretary, and Joseph H. Kreader, treas urer. 'flie twenty-fifth annual rei>ort sub niitted to the .Mrectors and members showed a contingent liability of sl,-1 H95.327.76 and gross assets of $2,-1 116,261.10. Fracture Arm In Fall Kdward J. Moeslein, Jr., a carpenter,! 645 Boas street, fell at Cowden and j Herr streets last evening in the snow i and fractured his left wrist. He was taken to the Harrisburg hospital for, treatment. I State Employe Tramps on Nail i J. L. Fritz, 109 North Second street, 1 n clerk in the State Highway depart-' ment, stepped on a nail this morning i on Capitol Hill and injured his foot so j badly that he was compelled to go to j the Harrisburg hospital for treatment. < (ABOLITION OF FEE SYSTEM PROPOSED BY BEIBLENIAN ; Dauphin Senator Declares That All County Offices Should Be Salaried Ones and Will Soon Introduce Bill to ThatJPffect The abolition of the fee system for county officers will be one of the first measures to be introduced in the Senate by (Senator Beidleman. but possibly not on Monday night, as it is expected that there will be a rush of bills on that evening, iu order to give the commit tees something to do on Tuesday and W'o linesday. Senator Beidleman holds that all county offices ought to be salaried ones, ami the exact amount that each official will receive will then be fixed. The fee system is ancient, unsatisfactory, and does not always give an official the amount that he should receive in pro 'portion to the importance of his otiice. The Beidleman bill will do away with all fees. It is in course of prepara tion now, and will l>e pushed through Senate and House, as there seems to b? disposition in both bodies to favor sal aries instea.l of fees. Another important biW to be intro duced by Senator Beidleman is the cre ation of the office of Receiver of Taxes, to whom shall be paid all county and city taxes. In other words, with a Re ceiver of Tjixes there will be but one person to be responsible for the collec tion of all taxes levied iu county aud city, and but one place to receive taxes, which, of course, would be in the court house. This would do away with all tax collectors and centralize the collec tion. Hut one difficulty confronts ttiu proposition at present and that is the separation of county an 1 city tinance3, but it is expected that the solution will be worked out satisfactorily au I the bill will be perfect when introduced bv Senator Beidleman. IRVING COBB HERE THURSDAY Noted Journalist Prepared to Answer Questions After Lecture At the Chestnut street auditorium, Thursday evening, January 28, Irvin Cobb, journalist and war correspondent, will give au illustrated talk on his experiences in the zone of the present European war. Mr. Co-bb's advent in the field of public tiratorv is being made under the direction of Selwyn & Co.. the theatrical managers, who have signed a contract with him for au ex tended period. In connection with the correspondent's so-called talk there will be an exhibition of a new series of war pictures which have never yet been shown. The said moving pictures de pict scenes from many of the localities personally visited by Mr. Cobb. The program is divided into three parts, the first beiug Mr. Cofob's lec ture, the second the exhibition of the pictures and during the third the war correspondent will answer questions propounded by persons iu the audience providing, of' course, that there shall be nothing asked that will provoke ill feeling or be controversial. Irvin Coob is ont 1 of the best known newspaper writers of to-day and al though a Southerner by birth, has prin cipally worked on the big New York dailies, but recently lias devoted most of his time to writing for the "Satur day Evening Post," by which publica tion he was sent abroad at the outfbreak of the war to act as their staff corre spondent. His articles in that publica tion. which are still running, are widely read and there can be little question that he is one of the most popular writ ers of the dav. TO FROBE AUTO ACCIDENT Crash That Caused Miss Maugan's Death Will Be Investigated A Coroner's inquest into the auto mobile accident at Front and Walnut streets, at 11 o'clock Xew Year's night, in which Miss Grace L. Maugan, 310 i-orster street, was killed when the automobile in which she was riding col lided with a Valley Railway Companv's car, held next Wednesdav even ing at ~uo o dock in the rooms of Undertaker R. K. Spicer, 313 Walnut street. The time for the inquest has been delayed until the other oecuipants of the machine who were injured were able to appear at the inquest. John ,T Hargest, Jr.. proprietor of the Rex garage was driving the machine at the time of the accident. DIVORCED MAN ASKS IMMUNITY Jacob Snyder Formally Objects to Pay ing Alimony and Counsel Fees .la oo% Snyder, to whom a Dauphin county jury recently granted a divorce on the grounds of desertion, and whose wife since has appealed the case to the state Supreme Court, to-day filed pa pers with Prothonotarv 'Holler in which he objects to paying his wife further alimony S3O a month —and counsel fees with which to finance the appeal. Snyder claims immunity through the divorce decree. The question will be argued in court. Russell Has Chance to Get Well W. 8. Russell, proprietor of the Mt. Holly Clay Works, who was seriously burned when his home, near Mt. Holly, was destroyed by fire early yesterday mcrning, was reported this afternoon by his physician to be much improved. Russell inhaled flames arid he cannot now talk above a whisper, but the phy sician says he has a good chance to re cover, provided m complications set in. Mr. Ruskell is now at the Mt. Hollv Inn. Colonel Seely Back to London London, Jan. 23, 4.57 A. M.—The "Times" announces that Lieutenant Colonel John Seely, who resigned the secretaryship of war during the crisis at the Curragh camp in Ulster, when British officers resigned rather than hold command when trouble seemed possible in Ulster, has returned to Lon don. Another Unlontown Failure By Associated Prets. Uniontown, Pa.. Ja"h. 23. Receivers were appointed here to-day for Isaac Brownfield. a coke operator with as sets of $591,000 and liabilities of $4,)0,000. The assets consist largely of coal lands in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. General Carasaco Defeated On Board the U. S. S. San Diego, Gup.vmas, Mex., Jan. 22, by Wireless to Han Diego. Cal., Jan. 23.—1t was re ported here to-day that General Caras aco had been defeated in a fig'ht 76 miles south of Mazatlan by Villa troops. l HARRISBITRGSTAR-IN DEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING. JANUARY 23, 1915. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY CuUiiel From Pint Pa«*. avowed purpose ®f testing the right of the British government to interfere under certain conditions with American shipping. The Dada, cotton laden, from Gal veston, waiting moderation in the weather to up-anchor, will determine the question of giving American, reg istry to a German vessel, and the voy ago of Wllhelmina, from New York last night with American foodstuffs, will decide, it is ex rtcted. whether Great Britain can stop American ves sels from carrying to Germany Amer ican goods destined for consumption by the civilian ana no; the military popu lation of that country. The Dacia. a German steamer, took American registry since the beginning of the war. The British government says it will stop her and test the case before a prize court. Great Britain has said nothing as to her course in the caEe of the Wilhelinina. This steamer passed a British cruiser just outside New York harbor last night and was not molested. She may, of course, be held up when she reaches the other side anil tries to enter a German port. The recent activities of German aer ial raiders continue to hold public at tention in England to the ever-present fear of a concerted onslaught from the clouds. Last night there were reports from the east coast of England that Ger man Zeppelins again were flying over Norfolk, headed in a southerly direc tion, and a note of alarm ran through the country. Hurried Investigation, however, brought no confirmation and this morning the reports seem to have been unfounded But yesterday did see a fatal Ger man air raid on Dunkirk, France. A group of airmen threw HO bombs ou this French port. Six persons were killed and sixteen wounded. A Zep pelin was reported over the British channel yesterday and Ostend is cred ited with seeing one this morning. Following the German air raid the early part of this week, this renewal of activity in the air is causing much anx iety in England A report from Constantinople on military development* has come to hand by way of Amsterdam. It avoids any reference to the recent Russian claims of decisive victories at Kara-Urgan and Sari-Kamysh, but, on the contrary, re cites a Russian defeat in the Caucasus, and says that in Arabia the Turks have defeated certain British contingents. Austrian War Loan S(I7O,O(M>,O<M) Vienua, via Amsterdam and London, Jan. 23, 10.05 A. M. —The final result of the subscriptions for the Austrian war loan, it is officially announced, amounted to $670,000,000. Of this sum Austria contributed $33,000,000 aud Hungary $237,000,000. Rumanian Mobilization Unconfirmed Berlin, via The Hague and Loudon, Jan. 23. 10.23 A. M. —The Rumanian legation has not received any official confirmation of the Swiss and Italian reports regarding Rumanian mobiliza tion for which, it is stated, the neces sary royal decree has not yet been is sued. Russians Killed by Austrian Shell Berlin. Jan. 23, by Wireless to Lon don, 9.20 A. M. —it is officially an nounced here that the Russian railway station near Cheuciny (about ten miles southwest of Kielce, Southern Poland) which the Austrians destroyed by a single heavy shell, was filled with Rus sian troops at the time, all of whom were killed. Report Insignificant Engagements Petroizrad. Jan. 23.—"0n January 21. insignificant engagements took place on all sections of the line," says the official communication issued by the st.iff of the army of the Caucasus to night, "the more important of which were in the Transtehorokh region, where our offensive continues success fully in spite of obstinate resistance by the Turks. Near Aldos we captured a Turkish cannon." Australians Sink Supply Ship London, Jan. 23, 6.20 A. M.—A Melbourne dispatch to Renter's Tele -1 sram Company states that an Austra lian cruiser ou January 6, ciptured and sank a supply ship which had been act ing as an auxiliary for German cruisers. The officers and men of the German ship are prisoners aboard the cruiser. v— WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGS Bradftreet's Figures for Last Week in Harrisburg and Other Cities Bank clearings in the United States for the week ending January 21, as reported to Bradstreet's Journal, New York, aggregate $3, 163,370,000, against $3,079,710,000 last week and $3,535,784,000 in this week last year. Canadian clearings aggregate $136,- 473.000, as against $132,771,000 last week and $157,955,000 in this week last year. Following arc the returns for this week, with percentages of change from this week last year: New York $1.714,999,000 D 14 1 Chicago "19.438,000 l> 6.6 Philadelphia 154,421,000 Dl" 7 Boston 155.625.00u D 9^7 St. L,ouis 85,617.000 D 7.0 Kansas City 81.676.000 T 3:; 9 Pittsburgh 48,089,000 D 10.9 San Francisco 51,14 8,000 I 1 5 Baltimore 50.830,000 D 5 4 Scranton 1,695,000 I 41.9 Reading 1,630,000 U 3 8 Wiikes-Barre • 1,789,000 I ;i J Lancaster 1,268,000 DU" Harrisburg 1.615,000 I r.'l £- r 'e 873.000 D 15.4 X, ork 928,000 t 1.3 Ches «er 573,000 D 10.6 Modem Woodmen Anniversary The thirty-second anniversary of the Modern Woodmen of America and sev enteenth anniversary of Harrisburg camp 5250 will be celebrnted next Tuesday evening at the camp hall, Sec ond and Walnut streets. There will bo refreshments and a smoker. On the committee are T. F. Parthemore, chair man; H, H. Towsen, Harry Hill, J. Robert Champion, H. D. Reel, Charles W. Erb. L. Guy Baugher, J. K. Morrow, George P. Satchell, George B. Nebinger' consul. Chicago Closing Grain Prices Chicago. Jan. 23.—Close: Wheat—M«y, 144V6; July, 126%. Corn—May, 79%; July, 80%. Oats—May, 56%; Julv, 54%. Pork—May, 18.92; July, 19.17. Lard—May, 10.87; July, 11.02. Ribs—May, 10.30; July, 10.52. Dacia Is Still at Galveston By Associated Press. Galveston. Tex., Jan. .23. The American steamship Dacia, which cleared for Rotterdam vesterday with a cargo of 11,000 bale's of cotton for transhipment for Bremen, was still at her dock early to-day and indications were she will not sail to-day, as had been intended. CAPITOL HIIL SUBSTITUTE FOB HEN FBUIT State Flooded With Concoctions Alleged to Be Good Articles of Fooi to Take Place of Eggs Two more bogus "egg" powders have been brought to the ken of Pure Food C-ommissioner Fonst, and it seems that the state is being flooded with substi tutes for the real hen fruit. The two new concoctions ware sent to the Pure Food department last week when an expose was made of an article that was beiug offered as a substitute for egg which professed to be part egg, but which was analyzed and found to con tain no egg and poisonous dyestuff to give it color. The two uew preparations were also analyzed and found to contain corn starch and analiite dye, and the decree has gone forth that their sales must be stopped at once. The chemists report that both are fakes and rnuk frauds and that an ouuee of corn starch is represented to contain the nutriment of a dozeu eggs. The unsuspecting are purchasing the stuff all over the state, aud unless the sale is stopped after due warning a number of arrests will be made. Capitol Guard Dead „ John McKce, of Altoona, tor the past two years pne of the guards em ployed at the Capitol, diet! at his home on Weduesdav night, after a short ill ness. Mr. McKce was a veteran of the Civil war, being a member of the 84th Pennsylvania regiment, commanded by Colonel William G. Murray, a Harris burg native. He was severely wounded at Winchester. Deceased was a mem ber of a prominent Blair county family, and was for years employed by the Pennsylvania railroad at Altoona. He was on the retired list when appointed as one of the Capitol gnsrds. Doped Food Dealers The Pure Food division has coiA menced prosecutions of seventeen per sons in different v Kr ts of the state who sold bad eggs, fruit, rotten eggs and renovated butter. Public Service Commission The Public Service Commission ad journed last night, after a strenuous week's work, to meet on February 2. No notice was given of any action in the application for a rehearing in the case of the passenger railroad rates. The commission finished the hearing iu tho case of Philadelphia citizens against the Philadelphia Electric Company, a complaint of poor service and exorbitant rates. In connection with this latter case was one involving the approval of the contract for street lighting be tween the city of Philadelphia and the electric company, which the commission will decide later. Dean Lewis, the Bull Moose party leader, appeared for the Philadelphia petitioners, and former Deputy Attorney General Fred. W. I'leitz for the electric compauy. Governor in Philadelphia Governor Brumbaugh left for Phila delphia yesterday afternoon accom panied by Private Secretary Hiatt. He will attend the Five O'clock Club din ner this evening, and return here on Monday noon. Secretary Hiatt will present his resignation as the secretary of the Philadelphia Beard of Education on Monday. Mr. Hosford 111 Harry Lindlev Hosford, secretary to State Health Commissioner Dixon, has been confined to his home oil North Second street all week by an abscess in his ear, which was exceedingly painful. He is so far recovered that he will be at his desk on Mondav. New Penbrook Company The Penbrook Realty Company, of Penbrook, to deal in real eata-ii," wns chartered at the State department, with a capital of $5,000. The incorporators are M. C. Miller* A. C. Leader, \Y. I). Dfeniel, Harrisburg, and S. A. Wilson, Penbrook. The Keystone Motor Company, of Lewistown, with a capital of SIO,OOO, was also chartered. Meade Memorial The Legislature will lie asked by the Mealo Memorial Association to make an additional appropriation for the Meade memorial and statue to be erect ed in the city of Washington. President Wilson yesterday signed the bill ap proving the site for the memorial at Third street and Pennsylvania avenue, selected by a committee of architects, and the work will now proceed. This State has appropriated $30,000 for the memorial, but more money is neces sary, and the Legislature will be ask ed to be liberal. I'olonel John B. Pat rick, of the State Department, who is a member of the Meade Memorial com mission, has received notice of the President's action. Advice to Breeders <-»rl W. Oty, Director of iHorse Breeding of the State Live Stock Sani tary Board, has issued a circular to Pennsylvania horse breeders in which he says that horse market events have taken such a definite turn that there can no longer be any question of the outcome of horse breeding in this coun try. The normal demand for business and farm horses will be resumed this spring. With the exportation of 500,- 000 horses during the year, the supply to meet the demand will be greatly de pleted. The call for our horses from abroad will continue long after the war is over. American breeders will have to depend upon home-bred breeding stock. The most reliable predictions are for unprecedented high prices in the future. In conclusion he says to the breeders: "Sit tight; do not get. panic-stricken but restore your confi dence in the horse business; proceed in telligently; aim high." Nailing Fake Statements The Public Service Commission has issued an or.ler that hereafter public service companies must post as a whole official copies of any ruling purporting to have been made by the commission, and not garbled copies. The Commis sion is informed that some companies have been in the habit of posting and sending out Commission rulings which it did not make, which occasion mis understanding, confusion and incon venience to the patrons of sirch com panies and to the public. To make car tain that they are doing the right thing the Commission requires that they file with Secretary Miliar coipies of ail notices they post or send out. IT PAYS TO USE STAB INDEPENDENT WANT ADS. HUNTING TBIEYES IN SNOW Lower End Posse Is op the Trail of Three Men Suspected of Having Tried to Bob Hen House (Special to the Stac-lniiependent.l Middletown. aud volunteer sleuths, half a dozen in all, early to-day were ou the trail of three colored men who are. suspected of being the trio that made an unsuccess ful attempt to rob the hennery of Isaac Kettering, tenant on the Kngle farm, back of Kingston, two miles north of here. A burglar alarm, which Kettering installed a week ago, following an at tempt that was in a. I o to rob hint, pre vented a raid last night on his poultry stock. A searching party made up of Con stable T. K. Stipe aud Justice of the Peace Kennard, of Middletown; Ketter ing and his son ami Frank Yiugst, con stable of Swstara township, and his son, tracked the would-be robbers by their footmarks in the snow to a sec tion of this town aud John Doe war rants have been taken out. This attempted robbery is but one of several exploits of thieves re.ported as working in this end of the county dur ing the last fortnight. 8. B. Martin, a Hillsdale farmer, has reported the loss of more than forty chickens and a goose. Two trips were made by the thieves, he declares, each ou n different night. The first time they took a score of laying hens, while ou the sec ond trip they got a like number of chickens and the goose. , VETERANS HOLD MEMORIAL Sixteen Vacant Chairs Represent De parted Comrades of Post 58. - of Past Year At the annual memorial services of Post 58. <(i. A. R., held last night at the post hall, the address was given by the Rev. Dr. L. 3. Mudge, pastor of the Pine Street Presbyterian church. iMost of the surviving members of the organ ization were aide to be present. There were sixteen vacant chairs in the room, representing the comrades who died during the past year. The services opened with assembly 'by Miss Irene Wagner, the Post's granddaughter, which was followed by a selection from an orchestra. Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Silas C. (Swallow; read ing of the Scrjpture by Comrade Wil liam Huggins; music bv the orchestra; solo, "The' Vacant Chair," by Miss Catherine Heicher; memorial address by the Rev. Dr. Lewis Seymour Mudge; selection by the Ladies' Quartet, Ep worth 'Methodist church; roll call of deceased comrades by Comrade N. A. Walmer. adjutant of Post 58; strew ing of flowers by 'Miss iMa'bel Manlfair and Miss Mac F. Pugh: recitation, "Cover Them Over," by t.Miss P:;rthe more; hymn, "America;"' benediction by the Rev. Dr. Mudge, and taps by Miss Wagner. COMPENSATION OE WORKMEN Bill to Be Introduced in Senate and House Monday Night Representative A. C. Stein, of Alle gheny, to whom was delegated the task of drafting the new workmen's compen sation act, announces that it will be introduced in the House and Senate on Mouday night next. It consists of three sections, the first containing the fundamental theory of the law, which is that all production shall bear the cost of injury and acci dent to the employe. Under the Pennsylvania Constitution, a compulsory act is not possible,' but every provision is made in the measure I for depriving employers of excuses for ! not. accepting it. To this end the de fense's of "feliow servant," "assump tion of risks" and "contributory negli gence" are taken away. Tne act pro vides that all employes shall be com pensated for injury, the only exceptions being for drunkenness and reckless in difference to danger. The act contains a schedule of com pensation which has been carefully worked out. No compensation is al lowed for the first 14 days, but in lien thereof the employer must furnish med ical attention to the value of $25. The compensation is to be one-half the weekly wages earned, but not to be less than $5 nor more than $ 10 a week. In case of death the compensation is continued for about 300 weeks. FIRE WARNING ISSI El) State Industrial Board Will Have It Posted In All Work Places The State industrial board announces that it has adopted the following form of order which is to be used for lire prevention in industrial establish ments: "Smoking is prohibited in every work room or stock room in any fac tory or work shop in this Common wealth in which readily combustible material is used, handled or stored, and in other parts of such factories where there is an equal fire hazard." This form of warning is to be posted in every factory and workshop in the State, and the department agents will see that its posting is enforced. THAW BACK IN N. Y. TO-NIGHT Returned to the Custody of Empire State Officials To-day By Ai»orialedPPest. Concord, N. H., Jan. 23.—Harry K. Thaw was returned to the custody of New York State officials to-day. The formalities which made effective more than sixteen months of legal effort by the New York authorities occupied less than five minutes. New York, Jan. 23.—Harry K. Thaw is expected to arrive in New York from Manchester, N. H., to-night. He is to be taken to the Tombs on a bench warrant charging him with con spiring to escape from Matteawan. 'Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, the pris oner's mother, has arrived here. Bh-> will remain iu New York until the end of the conspiracy trial. Levin Is a Bankrupt Jacob Levin, a local merchant, has been adjudicated a bankrupt, by the Federal court of the Middle district. Levin "s creditors will hold a meeting in the office of John T. Olmsted, the bankruptcy referee, Third and iMarket streets, (Harrisburg, February 3, at which time a trustee will be elected to take over the business and wind up the affairs. COURT HOUSE 37 WIVES SUE HUSBANDS Will Appear in Court on Monday and Tell How They Have Been * Neglected Thirty seven Vhargvm of desertion and non-su[vport are listed for hearing be fore .fmiiges Kunkel and McCarreN on Monday morning. Of that number a do/.en of the charges are now ones, suits that v were brought since the Sep tember Criminal Court. The remainder are cases in which orders had been made and the husbands are required to report just what they arc doing to [>ay maintenance inonev. O. M. Welsh will be called on Mon day to answer to a charge of violating thf game laiws while at the same session John Hranagle will be called on a surety of the .peace case. ARGUMENT COURT CASES Were Announced by Prothonotary Hol- ler This Morning A dozen cases are listed'for hearing I at the regular session of Argument court which will be held on Tuesday, The Prothonotary announced the list to-day as follows: City vs. tSmith-Pre inier Typewriter Company, rule for ru argnment; State ex,rei Mary K. liable man vs. Donald t'ameron Haldcmnti, mo ' tion to strike oft' exceptions to final ae ' count of committee; Alfred Bechtel vs. j A. E. and Alice Parmer, rule to open , judgment; J. C. Prank vs. Michael K.I Cause), rule to open judgment; Solomon I Brinser vs. Brinser Milling and Feed' Company, exceptions to finding; Arthur C. Uiuretta Lj'h et al„ lule to strike off service on James H. Loh;j S. A. Wilson vs. Arthur V. Noll, rule to open ju.lament; State vs. Dollar Sav j 'ings Puad. motion for judgment fori want of sufficient defense; M. L. Lud wick's use vs. 8. Stein and 11. D. Koons, rule to open judgment; Kane and Elk Railroad appeal vs. Public Service Commission order on Gaffney and .lames City crossing, hearing; Me chunies' National vs. M. 1., Ludwick, rule to open judgment; Kleauor E. Brown vs. Louis and Lena Cohen, rula to open judgment; Farmers' Trust Com (lauy vs. .1. Newton Deeter, motion for judgment for want off sufficient affi ilav it of defense. SETTLE A DAMAGE SUITS Middletowu Parties Agree on Verdict and Case Is Closed By agreement of the parties the dapi age suit brought by (Miss Ksther Hick ernell, a Middletown girl, against E. t. barman, formerly proprietor of a Middletowu laundry, *as settled, the detendao. soffer ot $250 being ac- I eptci!. Miss Hickernell formerly i inplo.vcil bv Oarmnn and had her hand frightfully crushed in a mangle ma chine. She has lost all use of the hand. Will Elect Warehouse The Enterprise Coffee Company to day obtained a 'building permit to erect a three-story brick warehouse at Cam eron and Mather streets, costing $4,000. Marriage License Clarence Schwartz, Wilmington, Del. I and Hazel Ogden, Clearfield. tirover C. Williamson and Lulu 'Hason, Lawn. Marion R. Gilbert, of Scranton. and Helen M. Best, eitv. SAYS LITERATURE IS LIFE Superintendent McGinnes Criticises School Teachers Who Do Not Appreciate Poetry t "I pity the school children," said' Su j orintendent L. K. McGinnes. of; | Steelton, in addressing the city tench-1 | ers institute on "Reading to Learn j :»ud Reading to Live," this afternoon,! "whose teacher tells them she hates i poetry. Literature is life, and you ! might as well take bread away from! a child as literature." At this morning's session of the in stitute, following devotional exercises led by the Rev. Harvey Klacr, pastor ot Covenant Presbyterian church, Su perintendent MeGinnes spoke on the ' subject, '' Puprils' Motives of Conduct and Motives of Study," and R. B. feitrick, Deputy Superintendent of i Public Instruction, on "Requisites of I Teaching.' 1 Mr. Tetrick continued his discussion at this afternoon's session under the | topic, " Fundamentals in Teaching." ■ The music during the day was directed I by Prof. E. G. Rose. i JOHN RUTHERFORD ELDER DIES Funeral Services Will Be Held Monday i Afternoon at 2 O'clock The funeral of John Rutherford El I ! der. 24 years old, son of the late.M. B. I Elder, who died yesterday, will be held | (Mondav afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. H. B. King, pastor of the Pax i tang Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will he iu the Paxton church I cemetery. Mr. Elder is survived by two i brothers, James G., a student at Prince ton University, and Edward, of Har risburg. He was a member of the Pax- i ton 'Presbvterian church. | Pearl Myers Mrs. Pearl Myers 31 years old,, wife of Charles E. Myers, ilied earlv f this morning at the home of her parents. J. 8. Schaeffer, 1305 North Second street. She is survived by her hus band, two sous and one daughter. Eu- j neral arrangements will be announced! later. Mrs. Matilda Roshon Mrs. Matilda Roshon, 4077 Market j street, Philadelphia, wife of C. S. Roshon, formerly of this city, died 1 Thursday at 2 o'clock at her home in Philadelphia. The body will be brought to Harrisburg Monday. Services will be held in the funeral chapel of Under taker R. K. Spicer, 313 Walnut street, and 'burial will be made iu the iH arris burg cemetery. WILSON VIEWS ART President Mingles With Students at Corcoran Gallery Exhibition Washington, Jan. 23. President Wilson spent more than two hours to day viewing an exhibition of oil paint ings by contemporary American artists at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The President mingled freelv with groups of art students and school girls and, although he was frequently recog nised, the crowd allowed him to wafk about unattended. 9 GRADING LEAVES HILDRUP MANSION FAR ABOVE LEVEL Caatiniird I'roin Flrat I'Hffr. led to the homestead from Mulberry and Nelson streets was ruined through the street improx ement, it is contend ed, Experts said it would ho possible to raise tho house and grade bcneutu it, but they added the cost would be enormous and that the only logical plan would be to tear down the old home. The grading of Mulberrv street from Kighteenth to Nineteenth "cost $1,12."., Ihe viewers allowed $1,200 damage*, assessed $1,390 benefits and charged the city $9115 for its share of the improvement work. To grade Nine teenth street from Chestnut to Mill berry it costs $54 6. L>amages amount itig to $691.50 were allowed, benefits assessed totaled $1,837.50 and the City will pay $330, Cost of Grading Hildrup Street The cost of grading Hildrup street from Kighteenth to Twentieth street was $1,019. Damages allowed totaled $1,4 30, benefits assessed amounted to $-.449.50 and the ('in will pnv $690. Schorl properties on Hildrup and Nine teenth streets, being non-assessable ptoperties, make the ( ity liable for a part of the costs The Hildrup homestead was built by and for many years was the residence of the late Wiliiam T. Hildrup. Sr. Mr. Hildrup died about six years ago., after which the home was sold to Nelson. Mr. Hildrup was the father of W. T. | Hildrup, Jr., 15 North Front street, j the superintendent of the Harrisburg j Pipe & Pipe Bending Works. \VKILLS BECOMES A CONSTABLE ,i Former Police Sergeant Succeeds James H. Johnson in Sixth Ward i BERTRAM A. WEILLS Former Police Sergeant Who Becomes Sixth Ward Constable Bertram A. Wells, who during the ad ministration of former Mayor Ezra 8. , Meals, was sergeant of police, it was - announced to-day, has ibeen appointed j a constable of the Sixth ward, to suc ceed Constable James 11. Johnson, who j died suddenly a week ago. Weills will I have his headquarters in the office of ' Alderman V. M. Landis. i RETURNS TO WORK; ARRESTKD Charged With Holding Up Movie Pro prietor at Marietta i Marietta, Jan. 23.—Peter Cule. 40 '■ years old, a Hungarian, was arrested j yesterday by Constable Shields anil Justice Hicks, of Maytown, on the j charges of assault anil battery with j intent to kill, carrying concealed dead ; ly weapons and highway robbery, pre ! ferred by Samuel Acri, manager of the | Marietta Photoplay theatre. I About a month ago Mr. Acri was j held up and an attempt made to r<Wh him, but he foiled his assailant. Cule, i who was suspicioned, left immediately ! and detectives followed him to Steelton I and Coatesville. Yesterday he return ed to go to work, thinking the matter settled, and he was arrested and lodged in the Lancaster county jail for a hearing next week. LECTURE ON GOOD ROADS Deputy Highway Commission Speak* Before Alricks Association j Members of and of the board of governors of the Harris ! burg Motor Club were among the t'27 men present at the monthly social meet ing of the Alricks Association at St. Andrew's parish house. Nineteenth and Market streets, last night. The address of the evening was given by Joseph W. Hunter, deputy State Highway Com missioner, on "Good Roads." j The lecture was illustrated with 1 lantern slides, showing road conditions iin Pennsylvania, Following a Vivtrolti ' concert a smoker was helill and twenty- I tour now members were admitted into I the organization. | Japs Negotiating With China Tokio, Jan. 2.'!. 3.45 P. M.—The Jap '■ anese government has just embarked ! on a series of important diplomatic ne gotiations with China, the object of ■ which is to determine the future status 'of Japanese relations with China and ; decide certain questions concerning the ! future development of the Chinese re public. Bank Reserve Shows Increase By AuociateO Press. New York. Jan. 23. —The statement of the actual condition of Clearing J House banks and trust, companies N for the week shows thai they hold $143,- , 022,790 reserve in excess of legal re quirements. This is an increase of $7,- 051,780 over last week. When Charlemagne Took a Bath Like so many of the Kuropean warm springs and bathing places, Baden- Baden was first appreciated by the Romans. The Emperor Caracaila in especial honored it by liis patronage and adorned it in various Roman wuyi With the fall of the empire and the ar rival together of the barbarians and Christianity, bathing and, above all, bathing in warm water, fell into disuse all over Europe as an enfeebling and i minora I practice. It was only wheu Charlemagne, whose name was one to conjure with, dipped his imperial per son in the' hot springs of Aix-la-Cha ■pelle that bathing, after seven cen turies of, disuse, became again permis. sible, if not almost desirable. From* thait time on, with varying fortunes. Baden-Baden was a health and pleas ure rosert—Harrison Rhodes in Har per's Magazine.
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