THE WEATHER
UNSETTLED TO-NIGHT
AND TO-MOKHOW
Detailed Report* P«c« •
SaWR™ VOL. 77—NO. 46.
GREAT CHECK
TO GERMANS
AT LA BASSEE
French War Office Re
port Claims Raiser's
Forces Lost Two Full
Battalions
OVER 400 BODIES
FOUND ON ROAD
In the Region of Perthes Four Violent
Attacks Made by the Germans Are
Repulsed by the Allies, Says the
French Statement
Paris, Jan. 27, 2.40 P. M.—The
French report given out by the War
Office this afternoon records yesterday
the customary artillery exchanges, and
says that on January 25 the Germans
lost near Ypres what amounted to a
battalion and a half of men (one Ger
man battalion contains 1,000 men).
The French claim that a check was ad
ministered to the Germans near La
Bassee yesterday. Here the losses of
the Germans are placed at two bat
talions. The statement follows:
"In the sections of Nieuport and of
Ypres there were artillery engagements
yesterday. A German aeroplane was
brought down within the lines of the
Belgian army. Statements made by
prisoners establish the fact that it was
not a battalion but a brigade which, on
January 25, attacked our trenches to
the east of Ypres. The enemy lost in
this affair what amounted to a bat
-laJion and a half of men.
"It has been confirmed to-day that
rear Ija Bassee, Givenchy and Guineby
the Germans yesterday suffered a great
check. On the road from La Bassee to
Bethune the bodies of six officers and
400 men were found. The losses of the
Germans consequently must represent at
least two full battalions.
"From Lens to Soissons yesterday
saw artillery fighting. In the region of
( raonne we maintained ourselves in
the trenches recaptured by us during
our counter attacks of January 2'5.
"In the rbgion of Perthes, Hill No.
300, four violent attacks on the part of
Ihe enemy have been repulsed. In the
Argonne, in the vicinity of St. Hubert,
a German attack was repulsed with the
bayonet. At St. \lihiel we destroyed
new foot bridges thrown over the
Meuse by the enemy. Yesterday passed
quietly in Lorraine and 'in the
Vosges.''
THREETURKiSHARMY CORPS
ARE MARCHING ON EGYPT
London, Jan. 27, 3.17 P. M.—Dis
pathes from Cairo state that great
military activity prevails at the Suez
canal. Troops and warships are being
assembled and all inhabitants are leav
ing the vicinity of the canal. Important
reconnaissances are being made.
Athens, Jan. 27, Via London, 3.17
P. M. —It is reported here that three
Turkish army corps (about 120,000
men) are marching on Egypt in com
mand of Djnite Pasha.
Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 27, Via London,
4.20 P. M. —An engagement occurred
yesterday to the eastward of Elkantara,
in Egypt, presumably with the advance
guard of a Turkish army, although de
tails aro lacking. The Egyptian losses
were one officer and four men slightly
wounded.
Detachments of Turkish troops have
been sighted at three other points to
the east of the Suez canal, but no fight
ing has resulted except that in the
vicinity of El Kantarn. In this en
gagament the Turks opened fire at long
range with mountain guns. The British
replied with machine guns and rifles. A
British aeroplane dropped bombs upon
the Turkish forces near Birinurhadad,
inflicting losses.
Fighting in this locality indicates
that not only has a Turkish invasion
of Egypt been begun, a« was re]>orted
in an earlier dispatch from Athens but
that Turkish forces have penetrated a
considerable distance into Egypt. El
Kantara is 28 miles south of Port
Raid and is on the Suez canal, which,
it is assumed, is the immediate objec
tive of the Turkish aidvance. The ter
ritory to the east oif El Kantara, re
ferred to in the foregoing dispatch, is
the northern part of Sinai peninsula,
which extends to the Turkish frontier.
German Colonel Killed in Africa
Cape Town, via London, Jan. 27,
9.44 A. M.—Colonel Seydebreck, com
manding the German forces in German
Southwest Africa, has been killed at
Windhoek, according to advices receiv
ed here. He was examining hand gren
ades when one of them was accidental
ly exploded and caused his death.
Sl)c Star- 3nkpcnknt
AUSTRIANS INFLICT HEAVY
LOSSES IN SEVERAL FIGHTS
Vienna, Jan. 27 —(By Wireless to
London, 9.32 A. M.) —The official Au
strian communication issued to-day re
ports successes in the fighting in the
passes leading into Northeastern and
Northwestern Hungary. The statement
follows:
"In the valleys of Ung, Latorcza
and Nagy-Szaincs the enemy has beeu
forced to evacuate some important
heights after repeated and fruitless
counter attacks which cost the enemy
heavy losses."
LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY
Emperor William is 56 years old
to-day and although there is little in
formation of the day's military activi
ties the latest reports available made it
apparent that the Emperor's troops
were endeavoring to win for him a
birthday gift in the shape of a victory
at arms. Two days ago violent German
attacks were begun at several points.
They developed with greatest force
against the British along La Bassee
canal in Prance, near the Belgian bor
der, and against the French further
south, in the region of Craonne.
To-day's official communications
from Paris and Berlin which deal with
yesterday's fighting show that on the
day before the Emperor's birthday, the
Germans won a measure of success near
Craonne. The French war office admits
that trenches were lost, but says that
some of them were retaken later. The
German statement, however, claims
sweeping victories in this region, in
cluding the capture of several points of
support along a section of the front
nearly a mile in extent.
Concerning the fighting at La Bassee
Continued on Rlevetith Patre.
KAISER ISSUES TWO AMNESTY
DECREES ON 5fiTH BIRTHDAY
Berlin, Jan. 27, By Wireless to Lon
don, 9.37 A. M.- —T*u'n birthday de
crees of amnesty were issued by Em
peror William to-day, the fifty-sixth
anniversary of his birth.
The first releases the active military
from the disciplinary punishment in
flicted upon them bv court martial wi'th
| in a limit of six months imprisonment;
the second decree annuls the prosecu
tion of soldiers for offenses committed
previous to the receipt of their call to
arms.
Wilson Congratulates Kaiser
Bit Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 27.—President
Wilson to-day sent a message to Em
peror William of Germany, congratu
lating him on his 56th birthday. His
message was as follows:-
"Tu behalf of the covernmont and
people of the United States, I have the
pleasure to extend to Your Majesty
cordial felicitations on this anniversary
of your birth, as well as my own good
wishes for your welfare."
U. S. Wants Colored Recruits
Captain R. C. Williams, in command
of the local recruiting station in the
Bergner building, received instructions
to-day from the War Department to ac
cept desira'ble colored applicants for
enlistment in the infantrv branch of
the United States army. All such ap
plicants accepted are forwarded to Co
lumbus barracks, 0., for assignment to
duty.
COURT HOUYEIMED
BY "SIBALL-POX" SCARE
Monotony in Life of the Office of the
Directors of the Poor Is Disturbed
When Visitor Is Suspected of Hav
ing a Contagious Disease
"You stay right there and don't
move out of that corner until you are
ordered to do so, or you will be jailed!
Hear me?''
The speaker was William D. Block,
city license tax collector, erstwhile
assistant city health officer, and he was
addressing a young man who was
standing this morning behind the desk
in the office of tho Directors of the
Poor, awaiting a reply to a request for
assistance to get him to his home in
Indiana.
The stranger was dumfounded. Miss
Rachel Staples, connected with the
j>oor board, was too badly frightened
to speak. Charles L. Boyer, one of the
Poor Directors, sat by, staring as
Block spoke on, and John P. Ouycr,
clerk to the Directors, stopped
"pounding" on a typewriter to get an
'' earful.''
Then Block commanded Miss Staples
to "call the City Health Department
and get Doc Raunick or Doe Ritzman
down here right away to examine that
man."
Dr. Raunick is the health officer and
Dr. Ritzman is his assistant. Miss
Staples obliged, but the Health Depart
ment wasn't so eager to put the Indi
ana man and the office of the Directors
of the Poor under quarantine.
"Send the man up," advised the
health officer, "we'll give him the once
over."
But here was a man in the office of
the Directors of the Poor, a public of
fice, with red spots on his face and
something that looked like a rash —it
might be smallpox—and Block was re
luctant to accept the advice of his for
mer "boss''
Eventually, however, the stranger
was taken to the Health Department.
Dr. Raunick just laughed when he saw
him. What really was the matter with
the visitor was indigestion or something
no more contagious. Block got a
scowling glance from the granger as
the latter headed again for the office
of the Poor Board.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1915 12 PAGES.
SIDES WITH IN
HE PROSECUTES
The District Attorney
Takes Pare of Defend
ant for "Justice's"
Sake
ROW IS ABOUT
HUNTER'S TAG
County Prosecutor Surprises the Court
by the Attitude He Assumes in De
fense of Man Who, Stroup Believes,
Ought Not to Have Been Fined
Rather than have what lie regarded
as an injustice done to the defendant,
District Attorney Michael E. Stroup, in
court this morning, forgot all formali
ties and in the face of the Judge's sug
gestion that he might be overstepping
his official duties, undertook to defend
George F. Fleck, a North Cameron
street man, who is accused of violating
the game laws, whom Stroup had gone
into court prepared to prosecute.
Stroup thought. Fleck should go free
and expressed that opinion to the
court.
The District Attorney, of course, did
not offer to shirk any part of his offi
cial duty, but he repeatedly said he
wanted to see "justice" done to the
defendant, whom, Stroup figured, had
been the victim of an overzealous con
stable. Fleck hnd been fined S2O and
costs by Justice of the Peace E. B.
Dunkle, of Susquehanna township, on
a charge of refusing to show his hunt
er's license tag, and the case was
brought into court on an appeal from
the summary conviction. The court
took the papers.
The arrest of Fleck was made in
November by Deputy Game Warden
John A. Smith, who is the superintend
ent of the E. B. Mitchell farms in Sus
quehanna township. Fleck maintains
that he had the license tag on his arm
and offered to show it to the deputy
by throwing up bis arm. He ran, he
said, "when Smith ordered me to come
over to him and show him my num
ber. ''
District Attorney Outspoken
Smith himself said that he did not
make his identity known to Fleck until
after the chase in which Smith cap
tured tl»e defendant. The order to
"show your license," both said, was
made by Smith while he was seated in
Continued on Ninth l*n)e«-.
WHEAT STILL SOAK
May Cereal Breaks All Previous Rec
ords and Climbs to 51.47% in
To-day's Dealings
Chicago, Jan. 27. —Dealings in wheat
expanded rapidly to-day, and high rec
ord war prices continued to be broken.
Gains of nearly two cents a bushel as
compared with last night were quickly
made. July wheat, which had closed at
1.30% and 1.31 jumped to 1.32%. May
climbed to 1.47%. The highest point
attained before by May since the be
ginning of the war was yesterday,
1.46%.
New upturns in quotations at Liver
pool and predictions of a cold wave
possibly endangering the domestic win
ter CTop had much to do with the fresh
advance here.
In later dealings the wheat market,
lacked only l'/sc of touching the ex
traordinary price of $1.50, the May de
livery ascended to $1.48%. July made
a greater relative advance, tiree cents
a bushel to $1.33%.
Reports were received that Nebraska
millers were buying wheat at prices
equal to $1.50 on the track at Chicago.
TRIES TO END LIFE WITH RIFLE
Miss Mary E. Kennedy in Critical Con
dition at Harrisburg Hospital
Miss Mary E. Kennedy, 22 years
old, 529 Filbert street, who attempted
to commit suicide last evening by
shooting herself in the head with a
twenty-two calibre rifle, is in a very
condition at the Harrisburg
hospital and physicians entertain little
hope for her recovery.
She is believed to have been de
spondent over ill health. She went to a
store room at the front of her home and
seizing the rifle placed the barrel
against the right side of her head and
pulled the trigger. The bullet frac
tured the base of the skull. Her step
father, George Lewis, heard the shot
and later found her in the store.
RESCUED BY POLICEMAN
Man Found Hanging By Foot in Cellar
way Gets 30 Days
Harry Lauterbach, sentenced to
thirty 'lays in jail by Major Royal this
afternoon, proibably" owes his life to
Policeman Zimmerman, who arrested
him last evening according to the lat
ter's testimony in police court this aft
ernoon.
He was found dangling head first
over a cellarway at Cameron and Mar
ket. streets, being supported only by
one foot which had caught-on a step.
The policeman testified that Lauter-
Uacli was intoxicated.
UNCLE SAM HALTS STATE
IN IMPORTATION OF QUAIL
Washington Orders Pennsylvania to
Cease Bringing Mexican Game
Birds Here Pending an Investiga
tion to Learn if They Are Healthy
The State Game Commission had
just made all arrangements to import
from 12.000 to 15,000 quail into
Pennsylvania from Mexico, anid already
had imported 200, all but a dozen of
whi.'h have been distributed, when
further importation and distribution
was halted to-day by the authorities
in Washington. The federal authori
ties feared there "might be some dis
ease among the Mexican quail" and it
would be best to make an investigation
before permitting Pennsylvania to im
port any n.ore.
This was a very great disappoint
ment to the State Game Commission
which was sending the birds by the
half dozen pairs throughout the State
to be released early in tho spring in
order that they might get acclimated
and be hardv for breeding purposos.
The demand for" the birds has ■ been
larger than usual, and the 15,000
could easily have been placed in coun
ties and localities that have not heard
a Bob White whistle for years.
The 200 birds received from Mexico,
nearly all of which have been distrib
uted, were fine lively creatures, but
they were neglected o"n the way up from
Mexico and were thin. A few days'
careful treatment, however, caused
them to chirk up and they were so
lively that as soon as they got to the
capitol and saw the park they wanted
to get out. Two of them escaped from
the boxes at the Game Department and
ran through the capitol until they
reached an open window when tl»ey
darted out into the park. They were
recovered without any trouble, but not
until their whistle had attracted much
attention from the department attaches
in the capitol.
Some of the remaining dozen here
will be sent to the Pathological depart
ment of the University of Pennsylva
nia for examination as to their condi
tion and to ascertain whether they are
in any manner diseased.
'SWITCHES' AWAIT OWNERS
Harrisburgers Who Gave Up "Comb
ings" Can Recover LOBS by Identi
fying Them at Police Station
Nine bundles of hair nicely wrapped
and labeled, et»eh one "combing*)" for
the manufacture of hair "switches,"
are at police headquarters awaiting the
identification of Harrisburgers. The
hair was taken from W. E. Pelar, ar
rested here yesterday and taken back to
Altoona to-day to answer a false pre
tense charge.
The hair was collected, the police
say, for the manufacture of switches
for February delivery. Originally
there were eleven Harrisburg bundles,
two having beeu claimed. Two trunks
full of bundles will be shipped to Al
toona. On a tip furnished the Moun
tain City police by the local depart
ment the wife of Pelar was arrested
in Johnstown this morning. That, in
the opinion of the police, is all of the
persons who were working the scheme
in Altoona.
No charge can be brought against the
trio taken here yesterday because they
represented to the llarrisburgrs that
they were living at 329 Chestnut street,
and that is where they were found. Con
trary to this plan, the police say, they
gave the wrong address in Altoona.
Pelar uud the two women, £lisc Bige
low and Sarah McGuyre, were taken to
Altoona by Policeman Ilouser this aft
ernoon.
"MOVIE" MEN INVITED
TO JOIN NATIONAL BODY
Newly-formed State Organization De
cides to District the State for the
Purpose of Establishing Branch Lo
cals—Law Committee to Be Named
This morning's discussion in the
convention in the Bolton House of mo
tion picture exhibitors of the State who
yesterday decided upon tho formation
of a State-wide body centered largely
upon the methods to be adopted in car
rying out the purposes of the organiza
tion, which has chosen as its name
"Tho Motion Picture Exhibitors'
League of Pennsylvania.''
It was decided to-day to appoint, be
foro the adjournment of the conven
tion, a committee to prepare proposed
laws for submission to the legislature.
One of these laws will call for the
repeal of the law which created the
Pennsylvania hoard of censors, it being
the sense of the delegates that even in
an amended form the act would bo un
fair to the motion picture business. It
also was decided to appoint a commit
tee wihieh will district the whole State
for the purpos-J of creating local
branches of the new State league.
There was also discussion oi tho in
vitation submitted yesterday by Marion
8. Pearce president of the national
league of exhibitors, for the new Penn
sylvania league to become affiliated
with the national body. At noon to
day no definite action had been taken
on this proposition, but the general
opinion seemed to be in favor of joining
the national league.
Last evening the men who are at
tending the convention held, a smoker
over which J. Fred Herrington, Pitts
burgh, presided. About 20 Senators or
Representatives were in attendance.
There was an informal discussion of the
censorship law and among other things
that were said, Senator Stine, oif Pitts
burgh, declared that if the exhibitors
have a just cause in desiring to have
the censorship law repealed, that can
Cutlnued on BUvwttll P«*«.
WEDDED MANY MILES
BRIDE GOES TO
""pieTEft SCHOLTEN
Denver, Col., Jan. 27.—Miss Eugenia
Campbell, who was married in this city
to John Pieter Scholten a young Danish
engineer now located at Samarang,
Java, is now on her way to meet her
husband. The marriage which made
them one took place after a special dis
pensation had been obtained from the
Queen of Holland, so that the young
woman would not be subject to the im
migration laws of Holland when she
reaches Java, which is in its province.
E. S. RARTIN DIES
Oil 11 Til
Stricken This Morning
With Heart Trouble,
He Succumbs Before
Station Ls Reached
SERVED AS CITY
ASSESSOR 1896-99
A Resident of Harrisburg Most of His
Life, He Was Well Known Here,
Especially in Lodge Circles—State
Chemist Kellogg His Son-ln-Law
While on a train going between Blain
and Newport, early this morning, Ed
mund Smith Martin, 1731 Green street,
this city, became suddenly ill and be
fore Newport was reached, had died.
Heart trouble was given as the cause
of death.
Mr. Martin was 59 years of age, had
lived in this city most of his life, and
was especially well known in lodge cir
cles. He was city assessor from 1896
to 1899, and belonged to the Masons,
the Elks, the Modern Woodmen and the
Roval Arcanum.
For the paat thirty years he had
been a traveling salesman for the
Young, Smith & Field Company, a Phil
adelphia notions and dry goods firm.
His territory was in this section of the
State. He was on the road for the
firm at tho time of his death.
He leaves a widow, one daughter,
Mrs. James W. Kellogg, and two sons,
William Richard and Edmund H., all
of this city. His son-in-law, James W.
Kellogg, is chief chemist of the State
Bureau of Chemistry at the Capitol.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
'been made. Undertaker Hoover has
gone to Newport for the body.
COLD WAVE IS COMING HERE
Material Drop in Temperature Expect
ed—to Below in Northwest To-day
A cold wave is headed this way aud
will arrive here tomorrow night or
Friday morning, according to the esti
mates of E. R. Deinain, Harrisburg's
forecaster, made this afternoon.
The coldest weather of the season is
covering the Northwest to-day with
temperatures as low as 40 decrees be
low zero. While it will show its effects
in the East, Mr. Demain was not pre
pared to say that it will be anything
like that cold in Harrisburg. There is
a disturbance in the Southwest which
may intervene and prevent this city
feeling the full effect of the present
very low temperature in the North
west. The mercury is expected to
touch 28 a'bove zero here to-night and
go lower to-morrow night or Friday.
A dispatch from Winnipeg says a
1915 weather record was made there
to-day when the mercury went to 36
below zero.
Dnluth Shivers at 31 Below
By Aggortated Prcgg.
Ihiluth, Minn., Jan. 27.—Street ther
mometers at 8 o'clock this morning
showed from 27 to 31 below zero, the
coldest of the winter. On the iron
ranges th'e cold was reported five to
eight degrees lower than in Dulutli.
At the wedding Harvey V. Deuel, a
Brooklyn youth, now resident here,
acted as proxy bridegroom and a girl
unknown to \liss Campbell was her
proxy in a ceremony performed simul
taneously in Java. Miss Eleanor Me-
Fall was maid of honor and Russell
Chelgard, of Minneapolis, best man.
Colonel G. B. McFall gave the bride
away. A sister of Miss Campbell and
another girl, attired in Dutch costume,
were the bridesmaids.
THAW TO REIHAIN
TOMBS Pll SODER
Pleads Not Guilty to
Charge of Conspiracy
and Trial Is Set for
February 23
COUNSEL NOT TO
APPLY FOR BAIL
Supreme Court Justice Davis Denies
Motion to Have Thaw Sent to Belle
vue Hospital to Have His Sanity
Passed Upon There
By Associated Press.
New York, .ran. 27. —Harry K.
Thaw pleaded to-day not guilty to the
charge of conspiracy under which he
was brought here from New Hampshire
last Sunday. His trial was set for
February 23. Meanwhile he is to re
main a prisoner in the Tombs, his coun
sel having agreed not to apply for bail.
No attempt will be made by the
St<\te to have Th->.w commit! sd to the
Matteawan asylum pending his trial,
unless his lawyers change their deci
sion not to apply for bail. Deputy At
torney General Franklin Kennedy, who
iB in charge of the State's case now
that William T. Jerome has dropped out
of the litigation, made this announce
ment to-day.
In accepting Thaw's plea and fixing
the date for trial, Supreme Court Jus
tice Davis denied the motion made by
Thaw's counsel last Monday to have
the prisoner sejit to Bellovue hospital
so that physicians there might pass
upon his sanity.
Thaw was elated to-day when his
counsel confirmed the news that Mr. {
Jerome was 110 longer connected with
the case. "It iB a long lane that has
no turning," he said.
For the first time in nearly nine
years that the case of Harry K. Thaw
has been before the courts of this
State, William T. Jerome, former Dis
trict Attorney of ""New York county,
did not appear for the State to-day
when Thaw was brought before Justice
Davis. Mr. Jerome's connection, with
the case ended yesterday, when he was
relieved from duty as a special Deputy
Attorney General by Attorney General
Kgburt F. Woodbury. Franklin Kenne
dy, Deputy Attorney General, will here
after have charge of the case for the
State.
John B. Stanchfield, of Thaw's coun
sel, said the removal of Jerome would
not in any way affect hiß plans for
the liberation of Thaw.
Standard Oil Reduces Prices
By Associated Press,
New York, Jan. 27.—The Standard
Oil Company, of New York, to-day re
duced the price of refined petroleum
for export, 26 points, making oil in
cases 10.25 cents per gallon, in the
tanks 4.25 cents and standard white,
7.76.
POSTSCRIPT
PitlCE, ONE CENT.
SUFFRAGE BILL
IS INTRODUCED
Women on Hand at the
Capitol When Meas
ure Is Presented in
the House To-day
SEEMS CERTAIN
TO BE CARRIED
Would Give Voters Bight to Decide at
the Next General Election Whether
There Is to Be Equal Suffrage—Ad
journment Until Next Monday
The Woman's Suffrage amendment,
which political leaders say is practically
assured of passage in this session of the
legislature, was introduced in the
IHouse this morning by Representative
William H. Wilson, of Philadelphia.
There were a number of suffragists
from the Central Pennsylvania Associa
tion and from the State Suffrage head
quarters at work in the hall during the
session.
The amendment calls for the sub
mission of the question of whether
women can vote, to the people at a
general election, and during the next
two months spirited battles are ex
pected to be waged for and against the
passage of the amendment by the suf
fragists and the antis.
One of the heaviest appropriation
bills ever introduced for extraordinary
expenses was that fathered by Repre
sentative Hess, of Lancaster, calling
for the appropriation of $558,000 for
expenses in eradicating the foot and
mouth disease and for the control of
transmissable diseases in aniimals. The
United States government has appro
priated half of the amount needed to
pay for the expense incurred in stamp
ing out the foot and mouth disease
which recently infected cattle in almost
every section of the 'State.
Proposed New Legislation
Through a bill introduced by Rep
resentative Wearkle, of Allegheny, it
will be a misdemeanor to issue a check
without funds in bank, aud fines and
imprisonment for persons found guilty
are provided lor. The bill allows a
period of twenty days for restitution
before suit can be brought.
Representative Cans, of Philadelphia,
introduced a bill providing for the in
corporation of trackless trolley com
panies.
Representative Hess, of Lancaster,
introduce,! an appropriation bill pro
viding $390,000 to the several State
Normal schools under State control.
Through a bill introduced by Rep
resentative Showalter, of Union, bor
oughs owning electric light plants will
be authorised to supply current for
power purposes. Representative Dunn,
of Philadelphia, offered an amendment
to the school code which extends the
pension requirements to .janitors.
Adjournment Until Monday
Other bills introduced are: Duuri,\
Philadelphia, providing for semi-month
ly pay for public employes in cities of
Continued on %'lnth Pan.
BIG SLUMP IN U. S.~STEEL
| The Market Disturbed To-day As Re
sult of Dividend Suspension on
Common Stock Yesterday
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 27.—'Between 40,-
000 and 50,000 shares of United States
Steel common stock were offered lor
«ale at its minimum price of 4 8 when
the market opened to-day but only a
few hundred shares of the big offering
were accepted. Yesterday afternoon
the stock was selling at 51 1-2. Suspen
sion of the dividend was not announced
Hut 11 the market closed.
Tho entire market was disturbed to
day as the result of the dividend sus
j pension. Active railroad stocks broke
• from one to more than three points.
[ Steel, pfd., on which the regular divi
] dent was maintained, broike over four
points and the bonds weakened also.
There was practically no market for
steel common at its minimum price.
Steel common hung at the minimum
throughout the morninig while the pre
| ferred made a total decline of over 5
points. In the so-called unofficial mar
ket steel sold at 46, two points under
its official minimum.
Officials of the Stock Exchange re
ceived many inquiries as to whether
there would be any revision in tho
present minimum. They intimated that
any action they might take would be
guided largely by the character of the
selling during the next few days.
Pennsy Declares Regular Dividend
By Associated Press,
Philadelphia, Jan. 27.—The direc
tors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany to-day declared the regular qua.-
terly dividend of 1 1-2 per cent.
WALL STREET CLOSINO
By Associated Press,
New York, Jan. 27. —Selling was re
newed In the later trading, but rallies
of a point in Union Pacific and Read
ing imparted a better tone to the final
dealings. The closing was weak. Unex
pected suspension of United States
Steel common dividend provoked heavy
selling and sharp declines In to-day's
stock market. Losses of 2 to 4 points
were general, leading shares showing
1 the greatest weaknei*.