THE WEATHER FAIR TONIGHT AND TO MORROW' rfetallrd Krporl. !'•(« « E& A : , :^ KD vol. 77—NO. 47. BIG BATTLES NOW RAGING IN GALICIA Large Force of Austro- Germans Fighting to Stem Russian Inva sion of Hungary TURKISH ADVANCE IN EGYPT BEGUN Sultan's Shattered Forces in the Cau casus Also Reorganize, Pause in Their Flight Toward Their Own Frontier and Resume the Offensive Potrograd, Via Ijondon, Jan. 2S. 9.41 A. M.—The battles in Gaiicia appear to be developing ou a broader scale aiong the Carpathians, for a distance of u hundred miles. Both sides appear to attach great importance to the outcome. The Hungarians, it is said, hijve been; concentrating iu the Carpathian passes since December await.ng the arrival of Bavarian reinforcements. London, Jan. 28, 1.30 P. M. —The| Carpathian passes in Western Gaiicia, Egypt and the Caucasus by reason of, the sudden offensive of armies hereto-: fore defeated, are again to the fore to-1 day as the chief areas of interest in: the military operations. In the Carpathians a big force at' Aastre-Germans has boon concentrated and :s fighting not only to stem the invasion of Hungary but if possible to cut off the Russian forces occupying Bukowina to the south. In Egypt the Turkish a rvance appears really to have li the Sinai peninsula, their advance scouts are virtually at the edge oil the Suez canal, having moved along the Caravan route near the Medi terranean. It is believed that another column i lar.s to advance through the center of the peninsula, while perhaps a third will attempt to reach Sue/, alonj the southerly route from Akabah. All these routes are without water, and those to the north and south are open to Hank attacks from the Mediter ranean and Red Sea. respectively. It is Relieved here that the Turks who have been in contact with the British to the east of K'kontara. worked their way westward under the protection of the sand dunes. This would leave them selves open only to attack by aero planes from the sea. Desperate Fighting Yesterday Desperate fighting marked yester day, the anniversary of Emperor Wil liam's birthday at many points on the western front, but the claims of the contending armies as to the result of these engagements are widely at vari ance. Generally speaking the allies say the German attacks were costly fail ures. whiie the Germans assert that the French and British but notably the British attacks in Flanders broke down. Reports of the engagement in the North Sea last Sunday have deveio[>e>l a similar discrepancy." The war lords of Great Britain insist that the battle cruiser Lion was the only big ship to be seriously damaged. On the other hand wireless reports from Berlin admit the loss of the German cruiser Bluecher, but assert that the Germans inflicted great er punishment than this on the English. LATE WARIi" SUMMARY The official reports of the war to-day are in such complete conflict that the outcome of recent hostilities, particu larly in the west, is left in doubt. In Upper Aisace brisk fighting has been re sumed, and the battle at Craonne con tinues with undiminished severity. The French War Office statement an nounces that every German attack was repulsed and that every French attack made progress. It estimates German losses in the last three days at 2:»,0O0 and asserts that ground was won by the allies in Upper Alsace and near Craonne. The German statement says that the French were defeated in Upper Alsace, fleeing in disorder at two points and that at Craonne another long section of trenches of the allies was captured. Concerning the war with Russia, the Berlin War Office says, that German troops won the advantage in two unim portant engagements. Severe fighting is in progress in the trans-Caucasus, where the Turks, not withstanding their reported defeat re cently, are admitted by the Russian military authorities to have assumed again an energetic offensive. An official communication from Petrograd says that the Turks made a series of attacks but were thrown back with heavy losses. Other Turkish defeats are an nounced in fighting in Northern Persia. An official announcement from Con stantinople, however, says that the on itttaU l'aae %\)t Sfax" 4Stikpetikwi FRENCH CLAIM VICTORIES ALL ALONC THE FRONT ON IHE KAISER'S BIRTHDAY Paris, Jan. 28, 2.45 P. M. —The | French official announcement given out 1 by the War Office this afternoon makes claim of uninterrupted French successes j on January 27. The French were successful in every | one of their endeavors and they esti i mat* the German casualties during the days of January 25, 26 and 27 at no I fewer t.han twenty thousand men. At Craonne alone they say the Germans j had losses amounting to 6.000 men. In this particular tight the French give | their losses at SOO. The report follows: j "January 27 was the anniversary of the birthday of Emperor William of 1 Germany. Our adversaries announced . tor this day very particular effort, but I if it was made by them it did not re suit to their advantage. "The day was a good one for us along all the front. Every German at tack was repulsed, while every FroiK'h 1 attack made progress. ••In Belgium the positions of the I enemy were shelled and several of his trenches were demolished. To the south of tiie Lys the British artillery shelled • the roads over which the German troops were moving, as well as the points where they wo e assembling. '•ln the sectors of Arras. Albert, Rove. Xovon and Soissons there was in- ; termittent cannonading and rule firing at various points. The infantry of the enemy endeavored to come out of its trenches to attack bat it was at once driven back bv a severe fire. •"Iu the region of Craonne the total Continued on Mnth Pace GERMAN BATTAUONS ARE FORCED BACK ON VISTULA. SAVS PETROGRAD REPORT Petrograd, Jan. 28.—The general staff of the Ku>s:an army to-day gave out a communication on the progress of the fighting with the Teutonic allies. It is dated January 2 7 and reads as fol- j lows: "In East Prussia fighting has con tinued in the region of Malwischken and Lasdehnen. On the right bank of the lower Vistula tliere took place again an artillery engagement and en counters with advance parties of tbo enemy, lu front of this river, in the< neighborhood of Skempe, we were suc cessful iu forcing back several German battalions. "The night of January 26 and the duy -oUowjng saw no important change ou the left bank of the Vistula. The' Oermans, however, delivered reiterated attacks against our front in the vicinity of Bolintow, but in every case they vveVe driven back. During one of these engagements some detachments of the enemy who have been successful in: gaining our trenches were dispatched at the point of the bayonet. '" Attacks made by the enemy in the vicinity of the villages of Rabskebikip* l and Kamion also resulted in failure. In I the course of January 26 our artillery bombarded with success the lines of the enemy and reduced to silence a German battery located at the village of AtJanka, which is near Sochaczew. "In Gaiicia the engagements are de veloping on a large scale. The front extends from Mount Dukla to Mount W yszekow. On the right wing of this front we have captured one hundred prisoners and two machine guns. "In Bukowina on January 25, in the vicinity of Weleputne to the south west of Kimpoluntr, there was au ar tillery engagement.'' 1,500 FRENCIIEN FOUND DEAD ON BATTLEFIELDS AND 1,100 TAKEN PRISONERS Berlin, Jan. 28, By Wireless to Lon don, 3.10 P. M.—Victory for German troops in two important engagements along the western front is announced in an official communication from the War Office to-day. In the region of Cra onne another section of the trenches of the allies was captured, • the report state, and in Upper Alsace the French retreated in disorder after suffering heavy losses in attacks on the German positions. The report is as follows: "In the Western theatre of war the (villages of Middelkerke and Klcpe, on , the coast of Fianders, were bombarded j by the enemy's artillery. "In the heights of Craonne another 500 metres of trenches adjoining on the east of tlx? position we captured on the day before yesterday, was taken from the enemy. French attacks were repulsed without difficulty. "The enemy has suffered heavy losses in the battles between the 25th and the 27th of January. Over 1,500 ! dead Frenchmen were found on the bat tlefiekis. Including these reported on the 27tb, 1,100 prisoners fell into the hands of our troops. "Iu the Vosges several French at tacks in the neighborhood of Sennome and Ban de Sapt were repulsed, with considerable losses to the enemy. One officer and 150 Frenchmen were taken prisoners. Our losses were quite small. "In Upper Alsace, along the front line between Lower Aspache. Heid weiler and the Wurzbaeher forewt, the French attacked our position at Aspa«ch, Heidweiler, Aminerzweiller and iu the Wnrzbacher forest. Their atta ks were repulsed everywhere, with heavy losses to the enemy. Their losses were es pial ly large south of Heidweiler and Aminerzweiller, where the French re treated in disorder. Five French ma chine guns were captured. "In the Eastern theatre of war un important attempts of the enemy to make'an attack northeast of Giuttbin nen were repelled. t "Near Biezum, to the northeast of Sierpec (near the West Prussian bor- Ider in Poland) a Russian division was repulsed. Otherwise there are no changes in Poland." HARRISBURG, PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1915—12 PAGES. iimiHiL VBTOEBBYWiLSOS President Disapproves It Because of Litera cy and Other Tests Required by Measure REGRETS ACTION IN HIS MESSAGE Says Proposed Law Embodies Radical Departure From Traditional Policy of America in Respect to Its Rela tions to Peoples of World By AssocnUt d Press. Washington. Jan. 2S.— President! \\ ilson vetoed the immigration bill and , sent a special messaga to Congress say- : ing he disapproved of tin- measure lie- ; cause of the literacy test and other re strictive tests which it purposes as a condition of admission of immigrants to the l"uited States. President Wilsou's message delivered to the House was as j l follows: "It is with unaffected regret that I j iiud myself constrained by clear con- ' | viction to return this bill IH. R. 6060, i I an Act to Regulate the Immigration of i j Aliens to and the Residence of Alieus ! in the United States) without my sig ; nature. Exercise of Veto Power Serious Matter "Not only do I feel it to be a se ! rious matter to exercise the power of j veto in any case, because it involves , opposing the single judgment of the President to th>- judgment of a majority of both houses of the Congress, a step which no man. who realizes his own 1 i liability to error, can take without ; ' great hesitation, but also because this ! lull is in so many important respects admirable, well conceived and desir- . able. •'lts enactment into law would un doubtedly enhance the efficiency anil ! improve the methods of handling the fimportant branch of the public service to which it relates. But candor and a sense of duty with regard to the re sponsibility so clearly imposed upon me ' by the Constitution la matters of leg islation leave no choice but to dis sent. Bill Violates Spirit of Nation "In two particulars of vital conse quence this bill embodies a radical de parture from the traditional and long established policy of this country, a j policy in which our people have con- I ceived the very character of their gov- I eminent to be expressed, the very mis- Continued on \lnfh Pnce TARES A PICJO CAPITOL Representative Adams Says He Will Introduce It to Law-makers—Has No Reference to Pork Barrel Representative Adams, of Luzerne, county, is the possessor of a real live pig, and he took it up to the Capitol this morning. The Capitol has often seen exhibi tions of live things aside from the hu man species, especially when Professor ; Surface has snakes, bumble bees and | other things sent to him. Game Cem ■ missioner Kalbfus receives consign ments of live quail; a few squirrels | sneak into the departments in quest of i food, and an owl once in a while in j vades the Supreme Court room and perches on the chair of the Chief Jus tice, but never before has a live pig gotten within the sacred precincts of the Capitol building. Last night Representative Adams went to a local theatre which gives away prizes to its patrons, and held the lucky number that drew a small pig. The veteran of the Philippine war did not shrink from annexing the porker, but boldly took it under his arm and marched off, congratulating j himself on his luck. This morning he took the small pig up to the Capitol and confined it in a box in the House postoffice. It is said that if the pig does not escape before Monday night Mr. Adams will introduce it to the members of the House when the original resolutions are introduced. The pig attracts much attention and has become quite a pet among those legislators who did not go home for the week-end. One cf them remarked to-day that his pigship has nothing to do with the pork barrel. ( H \KGES SLANDER:ASKS SI,OOO Insurance Agent Files Suit Against Steelton Church Member Asserting that slanderous remarks made by the defendant caused him fi nancial losses in business, that they were the direct merns of his being de ■ feated for the presidency of the Steel i ton Bulgarian church, and that his ' good name and reputation had beep injured, Tnschko Dundoff to-day 'J brought suit against Strega Kastoff, de 'j manding SI,OOO damages. The papers j | were filed by Wickersham it Metzger, I as counsel. The plaintiff asserts the defendant, both in his private talks with friends and at meetings of the church council, said that Lhindoff "gave me a bad check and fooled me" and that "he will fool us and injure the church." Dundoft declares the reports were false, unwarranted'and made by the defendant in a malicious plan to in jure him. Dundoff is as insurance agent. CAST OF PLAY, "AT POTT ERS TO BE GIVEN BY THE STEELTON H. S. SENIORS As the time approaches for the pre sentation of the funny play, "At the Pottersville Postoffice," by the Steel ton High Seliool Senior class in honor of the Juniors, the demand for tickets ZERR IS CHOSEN HEAD OF MOTION PICTURE LEAGUE Reading Man Elected President of State-wide Body That Will Fight Censorship—Nine Locals Will Be Established in Pennsylvania Ben H. Zerr, of Reading, was elected thi first president of the newly-organiz ed Motiou Picture Exhibitors' League of Pennsylvania in this morning's ses sion of the convention of exhibitors that is being held iu tile Bolton House. Other atticers were elected and it was decided to accept the invitation of .Marion s>. Poarce, of Baltimore, presi dent of the National Kxltibitors' League, to make formal application for affiliation with the national body. The othet; officers of the league, as chosen this morning, are: First vice president. G \Y. Sahner, of Pittsburgh; second vice president, Gilbert C. Miller, of Plymouth; secretary, James Delves, of Pittsburgh; treasurer, Charles Segall, of Philadelphia; publicity representa tive. Frank A. Gould, a prominent newspaperman, of Reading, to whom a special tribute was paid by the con vention as having done a great deal in recent years for the benefit of the mo tion picture industry in the State. , Herr.ugton the "Live Wire" Fred J. Herrington, of Pittsburgh, who has done much toward bringing I about the State-wide organization and who has been called the "live wirc"i of the convention, was elected national ! vice president, it being assumed that! the national body will grant the na- Continued on Ninth P«*e. PENNfIT DAYjf7RISCO | September 4 Selected by Commission— State's Building at Exposition Will Be Dedicated on March 8 The Pennsylvania Panama-Pacific | Exposition Commission to-day arranged j for the dedication of the Pennsvlva-1 nia building at the 'Frisco Exposition l on March 18 and approved of Septem- j ber 4 for Pennsylvania day. The de- I tails of the ceremonies on these days ' will be arranged later. Governor 'Brumbaugh, ex-officio chair- j man of the commission, presided at the meeting, and James S. Hiatt, secretary | to the Governor, was designated as sec retary of the executive committee, sue i -ceding Walter H. Gaither, who re ' signed last month. A committee of five commissioners will be designated by Governor Brum baugh to attend the dedicatory exer i cises, it being decide*! not to send a | larger delegation because of the ex- i pense. Governor Brumbaugh will name John K. Tener, his predecessor, as his personal representative on that occa j sion. . Saturday, Se > t-enrber 4, the day pre- I ceding the anniversary of the first meet i ing of the Continental Congress, was ] chosen as Pennsylvania day because of ' its peace significance at the suggestion I of the Governor. The matter of an appropriation was i left until the next meeting. U. s. STEEL DOWN TO 41 After Touching Minimum Common Stock Rallies but Again Falls Back New York, Jan. 28.—United Steel common stock dropped to its new minimum price of 43 at the opening of the Stock Exchange to-day. On the | Consolidated Exchange it sold down to j below 41. After touching the minimum, the stock raJlie.i, but fe'.l beck agaiin. A feature in connection with the trading in Steel was the action of the Consoli dated Exchange in establishing a mini mum of 40. At the close of the market to-day" the governors of the New York Stock Exchange established a new minimum ; of 40 for United States Steel common. The stock had remained practically ail I day at its previous minimum of 43. is rapidly increasing and all indications this morning pointed to a crowded house to-morrow evening when the play will be rendered in the Steelton High School Auditorium. CLING 3 DAYS 10 DIH WRECK Survivors of Two Ship wrecked Vessels Ar rive in New York Port To-day TERRIFIC GALES ENCOUNTERED i Schooner Roessner Stripped of Sails in Storm, Her Seams Opened and She Is Soon Waterlogged—Life Boats Swamped With Crew Ity ,t»jocia!< J rrrns. New York, Jan. 28.—The Clyde Line freight steamer Algonquin, herself dis abled, in tow of her sister ship, tho Cherokee, brought to this port to-day the survivors of two shipwrecked ves sels which she picked up beforo she developed propeller trouble on her trip from Santo Domingo. Of the eilght rescued men aboard the ' Algonquin, seven were the captain and! ' crew of the American schooner Freder j ick Roessner, which sailed from Jama cia, December 3, for Stamford, Conn., i with logwood. The eighth man was I the pursuer of the Norwegian steamer j I Anita, bound from Halifax for Kings-! ! ton, which wrecked on North Caicos: reef January 10. Flight of Crew Desperate Captain Swain, of the Roessner, said that after his vessel was out ten days : she encountered terrific gales and was j completely disabled. The sails were jcarried away and all the sails were ! stripped off and were blown to sea. In I the heavy pounding the schooner's j seams were opened and she was soon j waterlogged. i % The crew attempted to put to sea i in the boats when their plight became I desperate, but the boats were swamp ! od. For three days the crew clung to | the drifting wreck. Finally they were sighted by the steamer Iroquois* which sent a *boat to their relief, took them off and landed thein at Turks Island. Continued on Fifth I'nee. WOMEN PENNED IN ELEVATOR Frightened When Door of Car Refuses to Open in Y. W. C. A. Building What is spoken of to-day at the new Y. W. C. A. building as quite a joke, occurred yesterday afternoon when Miss M.VriShbank, the matron, took a number of women in the elevator car to the second floor and was unable to j open the door at the landing place. : There was really nothing the matter ; with the %'ate, "for with a sufficient : amount of persuasion it finally was | opened. The elevator car was full of women at the time. They were at first frighten ed, but when the gate swung back they went into the assembly room and list ened to the lecture on "Mormonism," as though nothing had happened. Miner Killed at Altoona By Associated Press. I Altoona, Jan. 28l—By the breaking | of a haulage rope at the' Delanev mines I of the Altoona Coal and Cofce Company I to-day, one miner was killed and six injured. Three of the men were se riously hurt. Foot Crushed Under Box Harry Snyder, 136 South Third street, employed at the P. R. R. freight station, was injured by a falling box while at work at 8 o'clock this morn ing. His right foot was crushed. Aft er treatment at the Harrioburg hos pitai he was taken to his hornet. j The Seniors have perfected their | parts and the play will abound with ! side-flitting incidents. The accom ! panying photograph of the cast of the | play gives a goi»d idea of the fun that | will be provided. COLD WAVE 10 SEND THE MERCURY TO 8 DEGREES Warnings Fluttered Throughout the EaSt To-day Forecasting Big Drop in Temperature—Susquehanna May Freeze for Second Time This Winter Cold wave warnings were flashed I nbout the eastern part of the country this morning presaging the arrival of | extreme low temperatures. The Weafch- j er Bureau here to-day forecasted a drop mf twenty-four degrees over the mini mum temperature of last night to a mark of S degrees for to-night. This will be lowest mark reached here since Docembea- 27, when the mercury touch ed the one degree mark. With its arrival, of course, will come fair weather, which will continue for a .• days with low temperatures. Its effect here may be the closing of the Susquehanna river for the second time! this winter. The river first closed De cember 15, when the mercury went to 4 degrees. The river is now falling from the mouth to its source and will continue to fall. K. R. Domain issutvt the following river forecast this morn ing: ''The main 'branches and their trib f utaries and probably portion* of tho main river are likely to become frozen in the next forty-eight hours." The river stage here is 5,4 feet and j the increased flow may serve to keep a channel open. However, Wildwood lake ! may be frozen as a result of the cold : snap and the skaters can again bring I out the steel which has been laid away I since tlie early January thaw. This I prediction was issued from the Wash ington office of the Weather Bureau: "The cold wave iu>w covers the ! great central valleys and the upper region. The lowest temperature | reported was 58 degrees below zero at I White River, Canaila. The cold weath ; er will continue east, reaching the At | lantie coast to-night and continuing Friday. In the interior, cold weather j to-night will be followed by rising tem -1 peraturos Friday, ('old wave warnings have been ordered in New Jersey and j Kastern Pennsylvania." GARZA FLEES MEXICO CITY j Provisional President to Establish a Temporary Seat of Government at Cuernavaca Washington, Jan. 28.—Tho flight of Roque Gonzalez Garza, acting head of the government at Mexico City since the departure of General Gutierrez, was officially reported to-day to the State Department by American Consul Silli man. With Garza went a number of j other officials to estaiblish a temporary ) seat of government at Cuernavaca, a i short distance south of Mexico City. A dispatch to the Carranza agency I here from Mexico City said the Car j ranza troops were four miles outside I .Mexico City and that forces were evacuating, going toward Cuema i vaca. j San Antonio, Jan. 28.—A message : received at army headquarters Inst I night said former President Kulalio Gu tierrez had been located at Monclova, 150 miles south of Bugle Pass, with an army af 30,000 men. The reiK»rt says it was feared Gutierrez may attempt to act independently as recent proposi tions to other leaders were said to have been received unfavorably. Mrs. Beverly Ward Dead Mrs. Beverly Ward, wife of the Rov. Mr. Ward, 123 Balm street, died of a complication of diseases at the Harrisiburg hospital at 9 o'clock this morning. She was admitted to the in stitution yesterday morning in a very serious condition. Inspects City's Special Schools Superintendent I>iffenderfer of the Nanticoke schools, a medical inspector and a number of the members of the school board of that place inspected the open air and special schools in Harrisburg to-day with a view to open ing similar schools in Nanticoke. POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE CENT "TOIIELLEYIN A Mill AUTO He and a Police Ser geant in an Uhruly Car That Shatters a Telegraph Pole COP'S TROUSERS LOST IN CRASH Mishap Occurs When Men Are Going in Quest of Supposed Member of Trio Who Break Into and Rob the Half Way House iu Steelton Thomas J. Nelley, ;i widelv-kiiown politician, chairman of the Pollen Coin mitt»»«» of Steelton Borough Council and proprietor of t lio Half Wnj House, of that town, ami Valentine Maesters, ser geant of the Steelton police force, had a thrilling ride in an unmanageable au tomobile ami a narrow escapo from death when the machine this morning struck and snapped oft' a telegraph pole on South Front street, Steelton, just below the overhead bridge at the Cuiu bler's stone quarries. The men had jumped into the ma chine at the Half Way llouse garage at 7.10 o'clock, intending to make a quick run to Middletown, where a for eigner was being held by Policeman Soulliard, of the Pennsylvania railroad police force. They wanted to learn whether this prisoner was one of a party of three foreigners who had smashed the large plate glass window at the Half Way llouse at 4 o'clock this morning and stolen the entire con tents, consisting of 15 quarts of whis key and gin. A few seconds after Nelley and Maesters, in the auto, had passed be neath the bridge at the quarries the steering gear ot the auto refused to work, the machine swerved to the left and began climbing the cinder bank leading to the steel company railroad at a sharp angle. The machine side swipe! a telegraph pole supporting a wire of the Harrisburg Railways Com pany and snapped the pole off at tho ground. Loses Trousers in Clash The machine kept on the incline un : til a deep rut in the c'nder hill stopped ! its further progress. When this oe -1 urred Nelley climbed out the wreck, j followed bv Maesters. Te latter is a very large man and when he attempted to leap from the auto part of his j trousers caught oti a sharp projection jof the broken windshield. He landed I safely, but found te his chagrin that his trousers ornamented the broken shield. After obtaining a substitute pair of trousers for Maesters, the two men jumped a passing auto truck headed for Highspire, and from there the trip 1 to Middletown was made on a trolley I car. The foreigner held at that town j was not the man wanted for the Steel | ton robbery and the two Stceltonites i returned to the borough. About t> o'clock this morning, on "information received,'' Chief Ijong ; naker. Sergeant Maesters and Police ! man Tromboni sea.cl.ed several for eigners living along the steel company j railroad, not far from where the robbery | occurred. The police say six quarts of ; the stolen liquor were removed from the persons of Mike and Joe Bonovie, who were placecLin the borough lockup, i The third man implicated escaped tho I police, and it was while following up ! the clue that Nelley md Maesters met | with their mishap. Auto Much Damaged The damage to th* auto consists of j a disarranged steering apparatus, brok en windshield, right front mud guard damaged beyond repair and right step of the machine stripped off. The metal rim of the right front wheel also was bent. Both men escaped unseratched. Nelley was a police sergeant in Har risburg under Mayor John A. Fritchey. • lie has been active in Democratic poli tics. Realty Co. Elects Officers The directors of the Harrisburg Realty Company met yesterday after noon and elected officers for the year as follows: President, B. P. Umberger; vice president, John P. Melick; secre tary and treasurer, Andrew C. Mc- Creath. WHERT UPTosl.sfl BUSHEL At the Outset of Trading To-day May Delivery Touches the High Water Mark Figure By Associated Press, Chicago, Jan. 2b. —Wheat selling as high here as $1.50 a bushel becamo a reality to-day. At the very outset of trading the May delivery touched that figure, opening figures ranging from $1.49i/| to-$1.50, a rise of %("% to I'/sC" 1% compared with last night. A still higher peak was reached in the last hour. May ascending to $1.50 7-8, but finishing unsettled at lc off from the topmost level. WALL STREET CLOSING By Associated Press. New York, Jan. 28.—Prices hard ened in the late trading, the only ex ception being Missouri Pacific issues, the convertible bonds declining 4 points. The closing was firm. Rail way shares, as well as coppers and some si.ecialties, made partial recovery to day from the setback caused by the suspension of the U. 8. Steel common dividend. Steel common scarcely moved from Its new minimum.