LOCUM
COOD HI
"Papa's Daughters,"
the Hospital Benefit
Play, Well Presented
by Home Talent
A PERFORMANCE
' AGAIN TO-NIGHT
Principals Take Their Parts Well and
Choruses Show Results of Thorough
Drilling—'' Tipperary'' Concludes
Pleasing Musical Numbers
The hundred and twenty-five per
st its of this city who presented
"'Papa's Daughters" at the Majestic
theatre last night for the benefit of the
Harrisburg Polyclinic hospital and who
will repeat the performance to-night,
have reason to be proud of themselves,
from the leading to the smallest
of the little soldier boys.
During entire evening there
was not a single hitch in the presenta
tion: or, if there was. it was not no
ticeable. The principals took their
parts admirably, and the choruses
stowed evidences of thorough drilling.
Nearly all seemed to be at home on
the stage, as though it were their nat
ural environment.
The Leading Characters
Mis? Catherine Heicher, as Kalhryn.
ihe "eligible daughter,' and Dr. B. S.
Beliuey, as "Billv" Baldwin, her suit
or and ultimately her husband, were
much in prominence throughout the
play and, although they engaged in no
pronounced love scenes, they made good
their elopement and subsequently re
ceived parental forgiveness. Kalh
ryn s appearance in a hoop skirt, with
the explanation in song that it was
''The Dress My Mother Wore" discon
certed "Billy" onlv for the time be
ing and did not interfere with the
happiness of the lovers.
Charles Cummings, made up as a girl
"past the eligible age." did some
i clever acting in both the first and the
second acts. With Dana Griffin "she"
-«%]>*; one of the catchiest musical num
bers in the play, "I Wonder What Will
William Tell." William representing a
watchful little brother wtio goes into
places where he should not have been.
Soldier Boys Make a Hit
R. L. Fohl. as Enoch I'tz. hayseed,
took his part exceptionally well, and
his song numbers were pleasing ones.
Pierce Shope, disguised as a nurse,
made a hit with his war song, and the
drill of the little soldier boys, which
followed, was loudly applauded.
" Cv" Jleckert. who has shown Har
risburg audiences before what he can
do in a black face part, made a good
colored "gent" and bis dancing added
life to the play.
The musical numoers throughout the
operetta were pleasing and concluded
fittingly with hits of the day. "Poor
Pauline'" and "It's a Long Way to
Tipperary."
SHIPPING BIU IN SENATE
Republican Amendments to Wilson
Measure Rejected by Strict Party
Vote in Committee
Sy Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 26.—Republican
amendments to the administration ship
ping bill to prohibit purchase of ships
cow belonging to tlie European bel
ligerents. was rejected to-day by the
Senate eommer e committee by a strict
tarty vote and the bill, as revised by
the Democratic caucus, was reported
again to the Senate.
One important amendment would
permit such government ships as are
American built to engage in the coast
wise trade. The bill originally pro
posed to 'restrict the government line to
foreign trade.
, Other amendments that the
shipping corporation shall be organized
under the laws of the District of Co
lumbia, that the shipping board to con
trol t># enterprise shall consist of the
secretaries of the treasury and com
merce and three additiurfiai members,
"two of whom shall be of practical ex
periment in the management and oper
ations of steamships in foreign trade."
And that the capitol stock of the pro
posed shipping corporation cannot be
increased to more than $20,000,000.
President Wilson does not approve a l
provision that no vessels •of belliger- j
eat nations can be bought. He told i
callers to-day, however, he supposed i
Senator Simmons had conferred with |
the state Department before stating
in the Senate yesterday that no ships i
of belligerents would be bought unless
it had been determined by diplomacy '
that there would be no trouble. He in-''
limatcd a view that the fear of inter
national complications given bv the Re
publicans as the chief basis for their,
opposition was not well founded.
Steamer Algonquin Disabled
By Assortotr4 Pre ts.
New York, Jan. 26.—A wireless
message received here to-day by the 1
Clyde Line containel information that '
the line's steamer Algonquin, a freight- j
er sailing from San Domingo to New
York, was proceeding to this port in 1
tow of the steamer Cherokee. The Al- 1
gonquin developed troubles with her j
propeller yesterday afternoon off the ]
Virginia coast and the Cherokee was i
•ent to her assistance.
Swedish Steamer Cancels Sailing
Copenhagen, Jan. 26, via London, j
11.56 A. M.—Steamship traffic between i
Trelleborg, Sweden, and Sassnitz, Ger-1
many, has come to an end. A German
passenger steamer recently put out from
Trelleborg,-but on sighting several sub
marines off Cape Arcona, she returned ■
to port. The sailing of the Swedish 1
steamer was thereupon cancelled.
Assistant Snrgfons Appointed
Tiie Board of Managers of the Her
ri *b-jrg hospital yesterday ratified the
appointment of Drs. G. Lauman Levertv
and Norman B. Shepler as assistants to
the surgeons at that institution. Both;
physicians were at one time iotornes
at the Harrisburg hospital.
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GERMANY'S BIG HEW MM
GUN NOT EQUAL TG 4. S. IN
STRIKING ENERGY. IT'S SAID
Washington. Jan. 26.—Lack of pre-
I cise ballistic data concerning the new
| German naval 16-inch gun which has
■ caused so much discussion in England
| does not. according to naval experts
I here to-day, permit of a close compari
! son between it and the new American
naval gun of the same calibre now un
| der test at Indian Head. Md. They
i think that while the German projectile
with a velocity of 3,040 feet per see
' ond, has a slight advantage over the
American 16-inch shell in speed, the
latter, weighing 2,150 pounds, is more
thau 1,500 pounds heavier than the
German shot and consequently will
have a greater striking energy and
more penetrative power in steel armor.
This factor of penetration, after all,
accordiug to leading American naval
experts, is the prime object instead of
range, as is generally supposed. Any
jne of the larger calibres of the Ameri
' can naval jiuns will now hurl its pro
jectile across the sei beyond the range
j of human vision and nothing of value
| can be accomplished by shooting fur
ther thau they do.
On the other hand there is obiection
to sacrificing the defensive power and
speed of a war vessel to unnecessarily
large guns. The desire of the navy de
partment is outlined by a distinguished
effort to equip American battleships
with the smallest and lightest gun that
will penetrate at ranges withiu vision
• the heaviest gun armor that can be
i carried on the enemy's ships.
It is believed that this object has
been realized in the new naval 14-
inch gun. which is being placed on the
largest dreadnoughts. The 16-inch gun
now at Indian Head was designed and
constructed by the uaval ordnance
■ bureau for the sole purpose of having
j ready a larger and more powerful
weapon than the 14-inch gun.
TOSUFERVISEOiSTRIBUTION
OF WILHEWIINA'S CARGO
New York. Jan. 26. \V. T. Brook
ing. of St. l*<uis. sailed for Rotterdam
to-day on the steamer Potsdam, in
tending to proceed thence to Hamburg
and there to meet the American steam
er \\ ilhelmina which cleared from this
port for Hamburg January 22 with a
cargo t»f foodstuffs. Mr. Brooking will
supervise the distribution of the Wil
heliuina's cargo, should the vessel not
be diverted by warships of the allies.
"I feel certain that the Wilhelmina
; will be permitted to go to Hamburg
without being molested," said Mr.
Brooking. "The foodstuffs she has
aboard are intended for nonombatauts
in Germany and will be sold to retailers
and consumers direct. As soon as the
Wilhelmina docks I will have her cargo
put in a store house and release her.''
The Wilhelmina is the first food
carrying vessel flying the American flag
to leave an American port for Germanv
I since the beginning of the war.
j BRYAN'S REPLYTO SENATOR
STONE SATISFIES "TIMES"
London. Jan. 26, 1.4S A. M.—The
"Times"' to-day in an editorial on
Secretary's Bryan's reply to Senator
Stone regarding the American govern
ment on questions raised by the war,
says:
"It will be read with satisfaction
by all unprejudiced champions of neu
tral rights. The pro-Germans now have
their answer and have probably real
ized their extreme unwisdom in formu
.iating their grievances.
"Secretary Bryan has demonstrated
beyond controversy that the charge of
favoritism toward the allies is utterly
untrue and has swept away once for ali,
the whole mass of German and pro-
German factions and placed the Ameri
can people in a position in which we
particularly wish them to be—a posi
| tion to know and judge the facts of
themselves. There are certain points in
which the American and British law
;on these subjects differs, but broadlv
1 speaking the doctrine laid down by Mr.
Bryan is the doctrine of our own
i courts.
V" Perhaps the most triumphant of
etary Bryan's replies is that in
• which he refutes the charge of general
unfriendliness toward . Germanv and
her allies.
"Secretary Bryan's defense of
American neutrality can be unpalable
! only to those who wish to see it sur
reptitiously infringed and altogerhe
his letter commends itself to us as an
admirable exposition ef a policy which
becomes the greatest of neutral peo
ples." '
FRIEDRH H C.AHL .NOT SINK.
ACCORDING TO LATE RKPORT
London, Jan. 26, 1 p _\{.—The Ger
| man armored cruiser Friedrich Carl and
a numerous group of torpedo boats were
seen to-day off the Aland islands, at
the entrance to the Golf of Bothnia
steering south. Later they- passed Got
land close to the shore, it is believed
that they have again been aetive in
laying mines in the Gulf of Bothnia,
i All shipping in the gulf has now been
• stopped.
The foregoing dispatch, if correct,
I disproves a story from Petrograd over
a month ago to the effect that the
[ Friedrich Carl had been sunk in the
■ Baltic during a naval sdrtie from one
of the German bases. She is a cruiser i
|of 8,858 tons and was launched in
1902.
Germans Seize Copper Worth SIO.OOO 1
London, Jan. 26, 3.54 A. M.—An
Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange :
Telegraph Company says that the Ger- !
mans seized copper valued at >IO,OOO i
from the Belgian government's wireless
installation at Brussels. It is reported
from Bruges that the famous castle of
the Dukes of Burgundy has been partly j
destroyed by fire, the cause of which is j
unknown.
Captain of Bluecher Survives
London. Jan. 26. 2.30 A. M.—The
"Daily Mail" says it understands that I
Captain Krdmann, who was in charge!
of the German armored cruiser 'Bluech- ;
er when she was sunk by the British
warships in the North sea' Sunday, was
among the survivors landed at Leith.
Have your book always baited; in
the pool where you least think it there
will be fish.—Ovid. •
WILHELMINA CARGO MORE
IMPORTANT AS TEST CASE
THAN BACIA. SATS PAPER
London. Jan. 26, 2.25 A. M.—The
"•'Morning Post" published to-day an
editorial article on the case of
steamer Wilhelmina, the American vet*
sel which left New York January 23
j for Germany, carrying a cargo of
. American foodstuffs consigned to the
! representative iu Germany of an Amer
ican concern. It says this is a more
plausible and iuw<; insidious test case
; than is the experiment which the steam
er Dacia, the cotton laden vessel of
; exchange registry still at Galvestou,
and that if it is allowed it will be in-
I jurious to the cause of the allies.
The "Post" contends that neutrality
is an affair of the land as well as of the
sea and says that in spite of the fact
that Belgium is a,neutral country.
! Americans would find it impossible to
: send food into this country through
such Belgian ports as are in German
hOnds.
"America is asking us to abrogate
I the power we gained upon the sea at
vast expense," the "Post!" continues,
"so that American trade may nourish
and support an enemy who is destroying
I the subjects and wealth of our allies
j and our own wealth wherever he can do
CENSOTMMPLOYEO
Work Begun in New York May Be Ex
tended to All Cities of
• United States
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 26.—The census
'of unemployed, begun in. New York
' under the direction of the Department
1 of Labor, will be extended to all cities
i it" ar-.angements can be made. President
Wilson told callers to-day that as far
as possible the detail work of the cen
sus would have to be carried on t>y
local municipal authorities because the
government has no special appropria
tion for the work and did not expect
j to ask Congress for one.
The President expressed the opinion
j that the number of unemployed was de
( creasing because new avenues of em
-1 ployment were being opened. Estimates
I of the numbers of unemployed in the
j country were largely guess work, he
thought and in mnny instances very ex
travagant.
Municipal lodging houses in New
York are not full, the President said
he had been informed, and the immi
gration station at Ellis Island, which
has been opened to unemployed, is not
| being used for that purpose' extensive
ly. The President sail to-day those
I facts convinced him that there was not
as much distress from unemployment as
j had been pictured.
j The President believes there is a gen
eral betterment iu business conditions,
j He said there was no depression in the
West and that the situation in the
, South and East was improving.
| WANT lOUM Y LAWS I HAXGED
i Officials in Session # Here Favor _ Ef -
* ficiency and Economy Measures
The law committee of the State As
sociation of County Commissioners, in
a meeting at the Court House here to
day, drafted several bills which within
j the next few days will be sent to the
Legislature accompanied by recommen
-1 dations that they be passed.
One of these measures would .make
it mandatory that County Treasurers se
i lect approval banks as depositories
whore interest may be obtaine 1 by the
respective counties on oaily balances.
This -system, although not now compul
sory, has been in force in Dauphin eoun
j ty since County Treasurer A. H. Bailey
: has been in office.
The committeemen said it is not
j thesr aim to adveeate the passage of a
j great lot of new legislation, the pian
being to increase efficiency and eccn
j omy through slight changes to the laws
' now on the statute books. On the com
! mittee are the following: A. M. Lev
eright. solicitor. Clearfield county, chair
man: John Siggins, Jr.. solicitor. War
ren county, secretary: Joseph F. Rogan,
| Commissioner, Erie county; W. C. Gil
j more, solicitor, Lycoming county; J.
. L#e Plumber, solicitor. Blair county;
j Rodney A. Mercer, solicitor, Bradford
I county, and J. D. Dauglierty, solicitor,
i Armstrong county.
LECTURE ON ARITHMETIC
Natural History Society Department
Meets To-night at Willard Building
"Useful S'.iort Cuts in Ordinary
' Ar ithmetie and Some Bemarkable Num
i i ers" is the subject of to-night's lee
j ture before the department of mathe
matics and astronomy of the Natnril
'History Society in the Willard school
•uilding. State street, at S o'clock. The
board of directors will meet at 7
o'clock to decide some important mat-
I ters in connection with the approach
ing appearance in this.c.ity of Sir Doug
, las Mawson.
MOOSE PLAN RECEPTION
Will Entertain Supreme Officers at
Their Home To-morrow
The entertainment committee of the
Harrisburg Lodge, Loyal Order of
Moose, has completed arrangements for
a reception and entertainment in honor
of supreme officers of the order, to be
jjjeld to-morrow night at the Moose
home. Third and Boas streets.
Addresses will be given by Mrs. La-
Ross and Mrs. Bookhammer both of
Pittsburgh. The entertainment and
lectures will be followed by a buffet
IWicheon.
Wilson Insists on Canal Trip
B'j Associated Press.
Washington. Jan. 26. President
Wilson said to-day he still expeeted to
make his contemplated trip through the
Panama canal to the San Francisco Ex
position in March, despite the report of
Colonel Goethals that he cannot guaran
tee passage of battleships through the
waterway. Ho said that ultimately he
expected the slides to be cleared awav
and expressed the opinion that there
would be no permanent interference
with traffic.
Nsw Premier Extends Clemency
U# Associated Press.
Lisbon, Via London, Jan. 26, 3.14 A
M.—One of the first acts of General
iPimenta Castro, the new Portuguese
Premier, was to order the release of
the officers who were under arrest on
charges of being concerned in the re
cent monarchist propaganda. To all
those who proclaimed themselves loyal
to the republic their swords were re
turned.
11. HOLLY I
LOSES LICK
i
County
Court Refuses to
Grant Owner Right
to Sell Liquor
HOUSE HAD BAR
FOR A CENTURY
'J -r • *
Application (or Ucenqp for the Hoges
town Hotel Is Rejeeted, While That
of the Hotel Allen, at Jhurohtown,
la Withdrawn by the Mew Owner
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Carlisle, Pa.. Jan. 26.- —The Mt. IHOI
ly luti, at Mt. Holly Springs, for more
than a century one of the licensed ho
tels of Cumberland s'ounty, will be dry
during 1915, the Cumberland county
court, in session bore, having this morn
ing refused to graut a liquor license
for that hostelry. The hotel is a beau
tiful summer resort and always had
been considered one of the best in the
Cumberland Vallsy. ,
The application for a liquor license
for the Hogestown hotel, presented by
, Fred Brenneman, also was rejected.
, The court last year refused to grant a
' license to Frank BuflingUui ror|tbis ho
tel. On Saturday the license applica
tion for the Hotel Allen, at Church
; town, was withdrawn, so that two of
. the present licensed saloons are sure to
; be dry during the present year,
i Remonstrances had been filed, in
''these cases along with eleven others
' > in which the court has not yet rendered
, decisions. Testimony was taken to-day
l in the cases not yet disposed of. The
eighteen applications for wholesale and
. retail liquor licenses to which remon
' | strances had not been filed all were
1 granted by the court.
H. W Gill, the owner of the Mt.
Holly Jhu. had applied for the liquor
' I license this year. D. S. Souders for
years had conducted the hostelry and
it was argued by Gill'« attorneys in
• court here yesterday that the remon
strance was inspired by Souders, who
1 ' was obliged to.surrender the place when
the uwitv decided to 'conduct it him
i self. * '
The Churchtown hotel was sold ten
: days or two weeks ago to ff. J. Browii
-1 awell. Brownawell had not desired to
continue the hotel business and Greeg
or. the former lessee, withdrew his liq
■ uor license application.
COURT HOUSE
i FORTY-OXE AITOI XTS FILED
I Register Daur.er Presents Them to
Court for Confirmation
,' Forty-one accounts of trustees, re
. I ceivers, guardians, executors and ad
i ministrators which had oeen tiled with
.! Roy C. Danner, Register of Wills, were
. presented to the Court this morniug and
' all, save four, to which exceptions had
>! been tiled, were confirmed. The cases
. in which exceptions have been filed
j j will be considered later on argument
. i to be presented to the Court.
. Hlggs Will Probated
The wlli of John Higgs. late of Wil
-lliamstown, was probated this morniug
and letters testamentary on the estate
; were issued to James F. Higgius. On
i the estate of John Rutherford Elder,
i late of this city, letters this morning
. were issued to County Treasurer A. 1L ;
i Bailey. Letters of administration on"
■ the estate of Beneville Welker, late of
Wieonisco township, were granted to
George Welker. 10n the estate of Leah
Giede, late of this city, letters of ad
ministration were granted to George
. Giede, a sou. »
Baseball Twirler a Visitor
I Mark Adams, a Williamstown base
, 1 ball player, who last season was a
| pitcher with the Harrlsburg Tri-State
! team and who has signed up with the
' Pittsburgh National team, was a Court
j House caller this morning.
Guardian for Minors
The Hcrshey Trust Company this
morning was appointed guardian for
j Violet Gipe and Dollie Gingri.-h, two
Deirr township children, who are heirs
to small estates.
Go ugh Back at His Desk
i County Controller Heury \V. Gough,
who has been . onfined to the house dur
| ing the last several days, suffering with
; gris>. returned to his desk. City Solicitor
Seitz, too, had sufficiently* recovered
from an attack of grip tb be at his of
fice to-day. •
CARRANZA MAN EXECUTED
Governor of Tepic Had Attempted to
Escape to United States
By Associated Prcs«.
j San Diego. Cai., Jan. 26. —General
Juan Dorzen, the-Carranzista governor
of Tepic, who attempted to escape to
the United States, was executed at
Mazatian yesterday.
Villa troops now occupy the mining
town of itanuce in Binaloa.
To Discuss Mormon Question
At the midweek prayer service in
j the Market Square Presbyterian church
to-morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock, Mrs.
i F. J. Diffenderfer. of Erie, will speak
i on the 'Mormon question.
Bible Conference To-night
The monthly interdenominational
i Bible conference closes to-night at the
j First Baptist church. The Rev. Wil-
I liam H. Pike is the leader.
Belated Discovery
"So you finally proposed?.'' said his
! chum.
"Well, to tell the truth,'' returned
, th<* thoughtful youth, "1 reaHy didn't
know that I .proposed, bu-t she accepted
] me. so I guess that settles it. I t*)l
you this language of ours is not to be
used Tightly.''
Do They?
A lot of men yonder why girls ck*e
their eyes wtien they are being kissed.
■ But if the men would look into a mir
ror they would see the reason.—Cin
-1 cinnati Enquirer.
CAPITOL
RECESS APPOINTMENTS OF
TENER STILL HANGING FIRE
Will B« Subject of Conference to Be
Hald in Philadelphia by Senators
After the Legislature Adjourns for
• the Week /
Talk among Senators to-day was to
the effect that the question of takiug up
the Governor Tener recess appointments
has not yet been decided, but will be
the subject of a conference in Philadel
phia during the recess this week. It
was held that it will not be uecessarv
should Governor Brumbaugh desire to
appoint others than those sent in by
Tenor for him to withdraw the names
in the hands of the Sen Ate Committee
on Executive Nominations, but all he
will have to do, if he takes action look
ing to the appointment of others, will
be to send in other names for the com
mittee's consideration, ignoring those
sent in by Tener. It lias always been
customary on a new Governor taking
his seat for him to withdraw nomina
tions sent in by his predecessor pro
viding they did not suit and he
desired to nominate others, but it is
held that this was merely a precedent
and not a governing rule. If this is
adopted it will not be necessary for
Governor Brumbaugh to withdraw the
nominations for Public Service Commis
sioners or tfie other appointments made
by Tener. The nominations of William
.H. Smith for Commissioner of Banking,
and (Major John B. Groouie for super
intendent of State police, are also be
fore the Senate committee, which has
thus far taken action ou no appoint
ments.
Increase of Oapital
The Philadelphia, Bethlehem and
New England Railroad Company to-day
filed notice of an increase of capital
stock from *250.000 to $3,000,000.
Sharon's Big War Order for Socks
Sharon. Pa.. .Lan, 26.—Negotiations
were closed here to-day by which a lo
cal company will make 1,500,000 pairs
of woolen socks for the French army.
In order to complete the contract in the
time specified the company has leased
a knitting mill at Corry, Pa., and an
other at Niagara Falls. The same com
pany recently took au on|Jr for 180,-
000 pairs of soldiers' shoes.
FIGURE ON STATE REVENDE
Fiscal Officers Confer On Ways and
Means of Increasing Taxes to
Meet Appropriations
A conference was held this afternoon
among Stale officials interested in the
gathering and disbursing of State rev
enues for the next two years, with a
view to arriving at an understanding
of just what the State will receive and
what it can afford in the way of ap
propriations.
There were present Governor Brum
baugh, Auditor General Powell, Presi
dent pro tem Kline, Speaker Amble?,
Senator Buckman, chairman of the Sen
ate Appropriations committee and Rep
resentative Woodward, chairman of the
House Appropriations committee.
It is recognized that the present
revenues of the State have been de
pleted by business conditions and that
to go ahead without arriving at some
understanding of what will be taken in
during the year might lead to disaster,
especially if the regular biennial raid
on the treasury by applicants for ap
propriations were permitted.
That there will be no revenue from
the tax on anthracite coal this year is
an admitted fact, for the reason that
the constitutionality of the bill taxing
anthracite is yet being tested in the
courts, wifh no prospect of adjudication
.finally before the next year, which
means nothing from that source in
1915,
There is a proposition to tax bitnm
inous ooal. which may be accomplished
through legislative enactment. tt is
also proposed to tax real estate one
mill on the dollar according to county
valuation, but already this proposition
is being met with opposition trom the
cities, which claim that in the event
of the taxation of improved real es
tate the cities would pay the bulk of it
and the rural districts virtually escape.
The rural districts are also opposed
to any kind of a tax on real estate, and
the entire project is not favorably're
ceivecl.
Another proposition is to restore the
payment of personal property tax to
the fitate, all of it now going to the
counties. There are numerous other
propositions for taxation to raise reve
nue. but the above are the ones that
will be more carefully considered and
any agreement arrived at will be em
bodied in a bill to be presented in the
House, where all revenue bills must
originate.
CHURCH MEN BANQUET
Annual Dinner Held by Club of Stevens
Memorial Church
About a hundred and fifty men at
tended the annual banquet of the
Men's Club of Stevens Memorial Meth
odist church in the basement of the
church last night. Frank B. Wicker
sham spoke on "Men's Service," A. P.
Hoffsommer on "Our Church" and
Warren Van Dyke on "Our Sunday
School."
$30,000 Fire in South Bethlehem
D\j Asaociatcd Press.
Seuth Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 26.—ff*ire
of unknown origin early to-day badly
damaged the Caffrey hotel in this city
and gutted several adjoining store
(ooma, entailing a loss of nearly $30,-
0-00 to the estate of the late Terrenee
Caft'rey and to William Rodgers who a
week ago became proprietor of the
hotel. .
Fined for Cruelty to Hone
Zuik Brothers, battling contractor!)
nnder King Broiwn A Co., at work on
the North Front street All, were fined
115 yesterday morning Alderman
Hilton for cruelty to a horse, which was
alleged by C. J. O 'DoaneJl, special agent
for the Society for the Prevention of
Crnelty to Animals, to be unfit for such
work.
Another Tube Explosion Victift Dies
San Diego, Cal., Jan. 26.—William
H. MilleT, a fireman of Downs, Kan.,
died yesterday from injuries suffered
when the San Diego's boiler tubes blew
out last Thursday. A few hours before
another victim had succumbed.
MOTHER JONES INVITED TO
VISIT ROCKEFELLER. JR.
Aged Strike Leader Accepts and Will
Place Before the Millionaire All
Information She Possesses Concern
* ing Colorado Mine Troubles
By Associated Frets.
New York, Jjm. 26.—John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., to-day invited Mother Jones,
the aged strike leader in the Colorado
coaJ Holds, to" visit\him and place be
fore him all information as to the
strike siit not ion there. The invitation
1 was accepted.
The invitation was extended by Mr.
Rockefeller as he entered flhe room iu
t'he City Bad! where tihe Federal Com
mission on Inductritfcl Relations is con
ducting its inquiry into the philanthrop
ic foundations and the causes <rf indus
trial unrest.
As he walked from the door to the
witness chair he saw Mother Joues sit
ting among the spectators. He stepped
to her side and shook hands.
"I wish you waultt come to see me
and give me any information you hsivo
on the Colorado situation," he said.
"That's very nice of you," she said,
"I have always said that you could
know but little of the conditions of the
workers in Colorado and that you
should hear something else besides
wiist these hirelings tell you."
After Mr. Rockefeller toak the stand
Chairman Waiuh rend a letter written
by Mr. Welborn (president of the com
pany) to Starr J. Murphy, of the per-
Munal staff of Jo4tn I). Rockefeller, Sr.
In the letter Mr. Welborn said that a
clergyman at Sunset Itaid made some re
marks detrimental to the company and
that it had been suggested that the
clergyman be removed. Although the
clergyman had "made indiscreet re
marks and had socialistic tendencies,"
Mr. Welborn wrote that he hvsitated to
remove him.
As a citizen, Mr..Rockefeller said he
believed all clergymen should be free
to say what they please. It was brought
out that the clergyman iu question haif
been severe in his criticism of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in
connection with the conflicts at Ludlow.
5,000 IfIILIAMSPORT
CURIOUS TO SEE VAN HORN
City Detective John Murnane Has Very
Strenuous Time When He Accompa
nies Man, Charged With Murder,
Back to Lycoming County Jail
City Detective John Murnane. who
accompanied County Detective Tepel to
\Yilliamsport yesterday afternoon with
two prisoners, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van
'Horn, the former under indictment for
the murder of 'Mrs. Mary J. Fulmer, of
that place, had a strenuous time when
he arrived in that city.
More than 5,000 people greeted the
detectives and prisonMM,rfit the Market
street station, and after ten minutes'
struggle without making any headway
the train was taken to the Park Hotel
station, where the j-risones were taken
i off. Here another crowd was waiting
| but it was not so great. Another crowd
i anxious to see the prisoners was waiting
j at the county jail.
I Vau Horn made a complete confes
; sion of his crime at police headquar
ters yesterday whic-h was tSkeu by a
! clerk to District Attorney Stroup, a
J copy of which was mailed to Williams
-1 port this morning. He said he had been
| drinking and while in Mrs. Fulmer's
j home to nse the telephone something
I came over him and prompted the rob
bery. -He had no thought of murder,
; he said. The great crowd at Williams
|>ort unnerved the prisoner, but accord-
I ing to Detective Murnane, who returned
I home last evening, no violence was at
| tempted, the crowd being only extra
j ordinarily curious.
Oeorge W. Barder, chief of police of
I Williamsport. has written Chief of Po
i lice Hutchison thanking him for the
i work of the local department. Both
i prisoners were "mugged" bf Detect
| ice Ibach before being taken to Wil
! liamaport yesterday afternoon.
MILLER FUNERAL TO MORROW
The Rev, S. W. Herman to Conduct
Services at 135 Washington Street
The funeral of Milton C. Miller,
who died yesterday morning at his
home, 12-5 Washington street, will
be held to-morrow afternoon at 3.30
o'clock from the home, the Rev. S.
Winfleld Herman, pastor of Zion Luth
eran church, officiating. Burial will he
in the Harri<ft>urg cemetery. Mr. Miller
is survived by his wife and three chil
dren.
Mrs. Mary Morrett
The funeral of Mrs. Mary '.lane
| Bender Morrett, wife of E. N. Morrett,
i who died at her home, Wormleysburg,
I yesterday, will be held from the home
at 1.30 o'clock' Thursday afternoon.
Burial will be in the Camp Hill eeme
j terv. Mrs. Morrett is survived toy a
husband, E. N. Morrett, and one son,
I Joseph, of Fishing Creek Valley; one
sister, Mrs. John Bear. ,of 'Prindle
Spring; four brothers, Dan, of Steelton;
i George and Ephraim, of .Harriaburg,
j and John, of York Springs and one,
j niece, of Wormleysburg.
Charles White
The funeral of Charles White, 3T
years old, who died at his home,
1000 North Seventh street, Sunday,
will be held to-morrow afternoon at
1 o'clock from Wesley A. M. E. Zion
church, the Rev. Francis Day officiat
ing. Burial will be in the Lincoln cem
etery.
Daniel G. Williams
The funeral of Daniel G. Williams,
52 years old. who died yesterday at
his home, 1624 Elm street, was held
this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
home, the Rev. Eu<gene Leeper, pastor
of Bethel A. M. E. church, officiating.
Burial was made in the Lincoln ceme
tery.
Howard B. Waltmyer
The funeral of Howard B. Waltmy
er, 26 years old, 1440 Thompson street,
who died Saturday, was held this aft
ernoon at 2 o'elock from the home.
Burial was in the Paxtang cemetery.
Isabella Worley
The funeral of Isabella Liiy Worley,
4-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Worley, 916 May street, was
held yesterday afternoon from the
home. Burial was in the Harrisburg
cemetery.
TO BUY 5 MORE PIECES OF
MOTOR FIRE APPARATUS
City Decides This Afternoon to Adver
tise for Bids Also on a Motor Track
for the Highway Department—Vot
to Change Name of Crooked Street
t
The placing of advertisements asking
for proposals for furnishing the City
with three motor tractors such as are
used oh steam tire engines; two mntof
combination chemical it ml hose wagons,
: tlw> type of modern tire apparatus
bought but fall, and a motor truck, t?'
be used in the City Highway Depart'
meat, is provided for in ordinances of
fered at t'he meeting of the City Com
missioner this kfternoon.
The measures paasol flvsH reodlnjr
and w ill come up on second reading and .»
for final passnge next Tuesday. The
tractors are to be placed on the Mt.
Vernon Hook ami ladder truck; the
KrientJjihip steam fire engine an 1 the
Hope steamer, while the combination
wagons will go to the Hope and Wash
iivgton companies. This ph»n will elim «•
innite eleven lire horses now in the serv
ice. .»
Tlio auto truck for the Highway De
partment, it is estimated, will cost $2,-
500. t'he money having been provided
for in the 1915 budget. It will take
the place of several carts and later will
■be used in connection with the Munici
pal Asphalt plant whicftt is to 'be erected
this year. The fire apparatus will lie
purchased out of the $25,000 loan au
thorized in 1913.
A resolution reimbursing M. W. Ja
cobs, attorney, for $4 77.54 expenses
iUi urred through the legal battle inci
dent to the New Vork Continental .lew
el & Filtration Company's suit against
the City for alleged patent infringe
ment was introduced by Mr. Gorgas.
Howard C. Town tend was reappointed
first assistant city assessor aud Horace
A. Cliayne, 417 North Second street,
was named second assistant, the nomi
nees receiving unanimous votes. Chayne
will go to work at once.
Tiie plan to change the name of
Crooked street to Brady street was
abandoned to-day when it was realised
that many of the property owners on
the street sections would be put to a
great expense in having the street
names on their property deeds changed.
This was the only amendment to the
ordinance placing forty or more street
sections on the city official map, and
th • measure will come up for final pass
age next week.
Action was postponed on the ordi
nance changing the names of half a
dczen street sections. The ordinance
revisiug the mercantile tax rules again
was postponed, due to the fact that real
estate agent* only, and not trust com
panies and other collectors of rents,
were held liable for a tax. A provision
is to be inserted to include all rent
collectors
Outlines Wealth of Philippines
Washington, .Tan. 26.—The Philip- '
pines are capable of producing enough
food aid wealth to support comfortably
forty million people, according to Pres
ident Waters, of the Kansas State Agri
cultural College, who has. investigated
agricultural conditions and possibilities
of the island.
Water Pipe Assessment
Assessments incident to the laying
of water pipes in Holly street from
Yale to Norwood; Chestnut, Eighteenth
to Twentieth; Twentieth. Market tn
Hoily and in Znrker, Nineteenth' to
Twentieth, were levied by Public Safe
ty Commissioner Bowman this morning,
j No exceptions were filed.
; _ Fl NANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H. W. Snavely, Broker.
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
New Yorrk, Jan. 26.
Open. Close.
Alaska Gold Mines .. . 27% 28%
Airal Coptcr- . . 57 5?
Amer Beet Sugar 34% 34'.,
American Can 29% 29 %
Am Car and Foundry Co 47 ;, 47%
Am Cotton Oil 4u%
Am Ice Securities .... 24 24
I American Sugar 107 % 107 »/S
, Anaconda 27% ''27%
| Atchison 9">% 91>V. f
Baltimore and Ohio .. . 73% 74%
; Bethlehem Steel 48% ■*%
Brooklyn R T 87 : '\,
(California Petroleum IT% 1~%
! Canadian Pacific 10 V- 10%
j Central Leather 34% 34%
■ Chesapeake and Ohio .. 45'/, 46'/,
.Chi, Mil and St Paul.. 9 2'/, 92%
| Chino Con Copper .... 36 % 36 %
Col Fuel and Iron .... 26% 26%
| Consol Gas 119% 120
Worn Products • 9% 9%
Erie 22% 23%
do Ist pfd 37 37
General Electric C 0... 144% 144%
General Motors 92% 94
Goodrich IB F 31% 31
Goodrich B F pfd .... 97% 97%
Great Nor pfd 116% 116%
Great Nor Ore subs . . 33% 33%
■Guggenheim Explo ... 51% 51%
Inier'boro Met 12 12%
Interboro 'Met pfd ... 51'/, ">2
Kansas City So 23% 23%
Lehigh Valley 138 138
Louis and Nash ..... 10-9% 109%.
'Mex Petroleum 65% 66%
Mo Pacific 13% 13%
National l-ead 47 4 7
Nev Consol Copper.... 12% 13 •
New York Cen 92% 92%
NY. N H and H 54% 54%
North Pacific 105% 106%
Penna R R 107% 107%
People's Gas and Coke . 119 llfl
Pittsburgh Oo«>l 18 18
do pfd 85 8.7%
Press Steel Car 34 33
Ray Con. Copper *17% 17%
Reading .' 150% 151
I Southern Pacific 86% 87%
[Southern Rv . 17% 17'/,
! ..to pfd 62% 61%
Tennessee Copper 31% 31
Texas Comtpany 135 135
Third Ave., 45% 44%
Hhion Pacific I'2J% 121%
U- .S. Steal . 51 51%
do pfd • 107% 108
Utah Copper . 54% 54
Western Maryland .... 20 ■ 20%
W. U. Telegraph 63% 1 63%
Weertipghouse Mfg .... 72% 72'/,
Chicago Grain Market Closing
Chicago, Jan. 26.-—Close:
Wheat—May, 146%; July, 130%.
Corn—May, 80%; July, 81%.
Oats—May, 58%; July, 58%.
Pork —May, 18.87; July, 19.13.
Lard—May, 10.82; July, 10.97.
Ribs —May, 10.27; July, 10.4 T.
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