ENGAGE RAYMOND FOR A
SERIES Of TRREE TALKS
Industrial Manager of Retail Dry
Goods Association Made a Good
Impression at Chamber of Com
merce Meeting Last Evening
Frank Jewel Raymond, industrial
* inai ager of the Retail Dry Goods As
' sociation, has beeu engaged by the Har
* risburg Chamber of Commerce to give
a series of talks to the employes of
the mercantile and manufacturing con
cerns of this city.
Last night at 'he meeting of the
in the Hoard of Trade hall
i-he talked to more than one hundred rep
resentative business men of the city.
, Mr. Raymond coines to this city with
an unbroken record of successful en
gagements with the biggest retail es
tablishments in the l nited States.
. Among these firms are Jordan-Marsh
Company, Boston; Strawbridge k
i" Clothier, Philadelphia; Gimbel Hrotli-
ers, New York; The 11. .1. Heinz Oom-
Pittsburgh; Denholm & McKay
Co., Worcester, Mass, etc. Tlim city is
enabled to hear his talks only because
of a co-operative plan on the part of
. the merchants.
X. He helps-persons and business houses
increase their output at a profit. He
has learned that a manufacturer cau
' increase his output in but two ways;
first, by adding uew equipment; second,
£by increasing the efficiency of the
present equipment. To -ilso increase
the efficiency of the human equipment
of department, stores, ot sales organiza
tions of all kinds, is Raymond's work,
s This he does by means of talks that are
inspirational and informational.
The Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce has arranged for the three talks
for which Mr. Rayntond»isi noted to be
given on February 19, 23 and 25. In
order to carry out the work t#cessary
to holding the course of talks. Header
( son .Gilbert, president of the Harris
burg Chamber of Commerce, has named
" the following gentlemen to serve as a
' committee;
A. W. Moul. The Rothert Co., chair
man retail merchants' section, chair
man ex-ollicio; R. W. Dowdell, general
agent. Burroughs Adding Machine Co.;
.J. Wm. Bowman, Bowman & Co.; John
Sweeney, Mechanics Trust Co.; Benja
min Strouse, The Globe; George W. Bo
gar, Bogar sporting goods store; Wil
liam M. Bennethnm, Jr., Dives, Pome
r roy & Stewart; W. E. Orth, City Star
laundry; \. W. Wert, New England
• Mutual Life Insurance Company; Or.
( roll Keller, druggist; George Eldridge,
Gas Company: Robert W. Hov, Harris
burg Electri.- Co.; Walter N Montgomery,
i.ceal; P. G. Farquharson, insurance;
"Irving E. Robinson, Kauffman's T'nder
r. selling Store; William P. Miller, Miller
• Bros. & Xeefe; P. G; Diener, jeweler;
11. L. Griffin, Wool worth. & Co.; C. W.
Irwin. Kresgo &. Co.; Shirley Watts,
Bell Telephone Co.
PLAN'S TO INCREASE REVENUES
Leaders Say Subject Should Be Put Up
to Next Congress
B.i/ Associated Press,
Washington, Jan. 29.—Plans for ad
ditional revenue legislation were dis
cussed among Congress leaders to-day
and the only development was that the
subject should be considered at the next
< dugress.
A re-enactment of the war revenue
lull revision of the income tax to in
crease its receipts, a suspension of the
free sugar schedule of the tariff law
which becomes effect: we ill 191(5, or
sale of the unissued Panama bonds
were under discussion, but it was re
ported there was no administration
backing for any revenue raising pro
posal at this time and the subject was
left for the next Congress.
CHORAL UNION REHEARSING
Cantata "The Nr.zarene" Is Well Lilced
By Christian Endeavor Singers
Much interest is being manifested iu
the rehearsals <«*' the Harrisburg C. E.
Choral Union. The cantata "The Naz
• arcne" is becoming popular among the
singers. The organization is composed
ol' members of the various C. E. and
other Youug People's Societies of Har
tiriburg and vicinity. Among the sinigers
outside the city ire Elizabeth Bchinan
and Ivlla Morrison, of Steelton; Anna
l.udwig and Ella Pannebaker, Pen
brook; Mrs. Mabel Drawbaugh, Bnelah
Draw'.mugh and Hazel Drawbaugh, of
I'jbcriv's Mills; Nell Mary Morley,
Sliiremanstown, and Lewis Markley, of
Lemoyne,
Rehearsals arc held every Mondav
evening in the upper Sunday school
room of the Pine Street Presbyterian
. church.
MEN MEET AT HARRIS STREET
League of Evangelical Church Flans
Membership of One Hundred
About seventy men atteni ted the
meeting of the Men's U'ague of the
Harris fjtreet United Evangelical
church last night, ami steps were
planned to bring the membership to
one hundred.
1 _ Addresses were made by the Rev.
i I'.. I'.. ( urtis, (Kistor of Westminster
Prseoyterian church, and by the Rev.
Mr. S'hauni. pastor of Harris Street
church. Refreshments were served in
the social room of tiie churcli.
Wife Murderer Dies From Poison
Hi) Astioi mtrd Press,
lloufsoii, Tex., Jan. 29.- Ward Sny
der, the oP man who killed Ins wife,
liorcua Be res lord Snyder, in ;i sauitar
iuni here yesterday, died early to-day
from poison lie swallowed after the
crime. Snyder was the son of N. S.
Snyder, a" Pittsburgh, Pa., capitalist,
and oil man.
New "Red Lights" for City
New lamps for the police "red
light" call system have been ordered
bv city Electrician Clark E. Diehl,
They are Mazda lamps of a natural
toby color and will lie frosted. This is
done particularly because the present
shiny globes reflect the sunlight and
very often the policemon think the
lamp is lighted.
St. Louis German Editor Dies
RJI Associated Press,
St. Ijuuis, Jan. 29. — Max F. Stoehr,
for more than thirty years editor of
German daily newspapers in S't. L>uis,
died last nigrfit of pneumonia. Stoehr
was 67 years old and came to America
from Germany in 1887.
To Speak at Dinner
Clark 10. Diehl, city electrician, is
on the program for an address before
the Dot and Dash Club, a telegraphers'
. organization, which will be held in the
Colonnade hotel in Philadelphia to-mor
row evening.
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. IN
MESSAGE 10 AMERICANS.
GIVES HIS VIEWS ON WAR
Geneva, Switzerland, Via Paris, Jan.
20, 2.15 P. M.—Crown Prince Freder
ick William of Germany lias sent to the
local correspondent of The Associated
Press in response to a request for a
statement on (he war, the following re
ply, dated "near 'Verdun" .January
22:
"You ask me to send a message 1o
tliq American people. Being an officer
and no diplomat, I have no right to do
so, but if you like I will tell you three
things.
"First —Every single German and
Austrian is quite certain that we will
come out on top, and will give his last
drop of blood to this end.
"Second—We are convinced that
til® day will come when the people ot'
Russia and France will find out tliat
they are only doing the dirty work for
England.
"Third-—We expect from America
absolutely fair play in all questions.
"These are my personal ideas, but a
good many of my countrymen feel the
same. Greetings.
(Signed)
"Wilhelm, Krou-prinz."
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
C*ut!niJe<l I'rom Ftr*f I'll ce.
wing, in Western Bukowina, a supposi
tion which is supported by tlic concen
tration of Austrian and German troops
in Hungary.
Simultaneously with the stiffening
of the Austro-German attack, the Turks
have brought up reinforcements in the
trans-Caucasian region, and are again
on the offensive. and Turkish
reports are contradictory, but it is ap
parent that severe fighting is in pro
gress.
In the west there is less activity. The
furious German assaults of the last few
days seem to have effected no import
ant results.
Russian claims of victory in East
Prussia are disputed in the official Ger
man communication of to-day, which
states that the attacks of the Russian
invaders were defeated with heavy
losses to them. In Central Poland, it is
said, the Germans took the offensive
and captured Russian trenches.
A German aeroplane squadron made
a night raid on Dunkirk, dropping
bombs in an effort to destroy the Brit
ish supply stations there. The French
official statemsnt announces that one
German aeroplane was brought down.
Only minor engagements wer e fought
yesterday in France and Belgium.
Russia Regrets Invasion of Persia
Petrograd, Via London, Jan. 29,
9.05 A. M.—Russia has informed Per
sia, according to .in announcement
made here, of her regret that Persia
should have become the arena of hos
tilities. The Turkish incursion into
Persia was directed against Russia, it
is explained, and Russia was con
strained to adopt measures to meet this
situation.
Cost of Bread Higher in Rome
Rome, Jan. 28, 8.45 I'. M.—The con
stant increase of the price of wheat
has made the cost of bread here higher
than it is iu some of the belligerent
countries. In several provinces disor
ders and riots have occurred because of
this fact. Energetic measures to al
leviate the situation have boon urged
by the government.
Big Increase iu German Bank Deposits
Berlin, Jan. 29, by Wireless to Say
ville.—A report on the conditions of
the savings banks of the empire during
1914, issued in Berlin to-day, show
that the deposits in the 12 months of
that year increased by $250,000,000
over the total of the previous year.
KILLED AT DUNCANNON
Oliver Crawford, of Altoona, Struck By
Passenger Train This Morning
Struck by a passenger
train at Duncannon shortly after S
o'clock this morning, Oliver Crawford,
of Altoona, a flagman in the employ of
the Pennsylvania railroad for thirty
years, was instantly killed.
He leaves a widow and four children.
His body, badly mangled, has been
shipped to Altoona.
Degrees Conferred Upon Brothers
Hy Associated Press,
New York, Jan. 29.—New York Uni
versity yesterday conferred the degree
of doctor of laws upon Dr. John Henry
MacCracken, president of Lafayette
College, and the degree of Doctor yf
Humane Letters upon Dr. Henry Noble
MacCracken, president of Vassar Col
lege. The recipients are the sons of
New York University's former chan
cellor, Henry Mitchell MacCracken.
Governor Back at His Desk
Governor Brumbaugh arrived home at
noon to-day from Philadelphia, where
he presided at tiie meeting of the
American Neutrality Society in the
Academy of Music last night. He re
mained at the executive mansion until
this afternoon, when he took up a
number of minor matters awaiting him
at his office in the Capitol. The Gov
ernor will leave for Philadelphia this
evening to pass the week-end.
Dog Imitator Given His Liberty
Wilbort' Estop, who created a sensa
tion at police headquarters early last
evening by barking like a dog after be
ing arrested in Market squire by Po
liceman Hess, was discharged bv \lavor
Royal in police court this afternoon,
lie promised the Mayor he would do
better in the future.
Tennessee Carried 8,000 Refugees
Hi/ Associated Press,
Alexandria, Egypt, Jan. 29, Via Lon
don, 4.5.) P. M.—The American cruis
er I'ennessi), which for some weeks past
has been engaged in bringing refugees
from Asia Minor to Egypt, has up to
the present time'landed no fewer than
8,00-0 Syrian refugees at Alexandria. (
More Money for Coast Artillery
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan 29.—Secretary
Garrison to-day asked Congress for
$200,000 to increase the range of
coast artillery guns, in addition to
$300,000 for that purpose already
asked for.
Canal Zone Population Depleted
Ity Associated Press,
Washington, Jan. 29.—A census of
the canal zone just completed shows a
loss of 14,136 inhabitants during the
past year, the present population bcinsr
31,160. *
HARRISBUTto STAR-TNDEPEN
ADAMS' PIG GONE FROM
$13,000,000 'STY*
CautlnHcd from Klrat Page.
the pig in time. 1 suppose some of my
friends have put it away to fatten up
for roasting purposes."
"Did you know that there is an
ordinance forbiddißg the keeping of
pigs within the city limits of Harris
burg, and that it is said you.are l:ablo
to arrest hnd fine of SIOO for having
the pig heref"
"So 1 am told."
"What will you do about thai?"
"I guess I'll have to jump over to
Canada," said the lawmaker as he
dosed the interview.
Representatives Miliiron, of Arm
strong county, and McKay, of Craw
ford, when they met thif\ morning, ex
changed mysterious winks as it' they
know all about where the "Honorable
Hill's" pig has been sequestrated, but
they are not saying a word except that
when that pig roast takes place they
will be able to produce the pig without
any trouble.
Police Will Not Act
Police Captain Thentpson, when aik
ed this afternoon bbout the Police D?-
partniint's attitude toward the quarter
ing of Representative Adams' pin with
in the limits of the city cf llarriflmrj,
contrary to a city ordinance, said that
no arrests will be made "unless State
officials make a formal complaint
against the use of the capitol as a pig
sty.''
PROMISE JIIDCE TO BE GOOD
Boys Who Bobbed Many Homes and
Others Who Wanted to Pes Fire
Engines Go Are Paroled x
The four boys charged with being
members of the gang which robbed
more than a dozen homes and stores in
the city prior to the holiday season,
made complete confessions to Judge
McCarrell in juvenile court this morn
ing and promised to go to school and
be better boys and all were given the
i benefit of the parole system. They will
be in the custody of Mrs. Elsie V. Mid
dleton.
Similar action was taken by Judge
McCarrell in the cases of three young
sters who explained what fun they hail
enjoyed by pulling lire alarms, "just
to see the fire engines 'go."
Levi .Tolly, an incorrigible youth who
shot the neighbors chickens and was a
real mischiefmaker, was sent to the
Glen Mills schools. Humbert Fisher, a
colored lad, also was sent to Glen Mills
I for truancy. He attended school on
comparatively few days this season and
he howlingly appealed to the judge that
"I will go to school if you just let mo
I stay here with my mamma."
STOUGH CHORUS TO MEET
Will Plan for Trotter Meetings and
Proposed Trips Out of Town
l The Harrisburg Evangelistic Chorus,
under the direction of Prof. C. F. Clip
piuger, will hold its regular monthly
rehearsal at 7.30 p. m. Monday in
Ridge Avenue M. K. church, instead of
February 8 as formerly announced.
The work ot the organization is now
fully under way. On Monday night,
January 25, the lust delegation of the
chorus, numbering about 125. assisted
the liev. Robert C Kuiiyan, of Vine
(Street M. E. church, in his evangelistic
I services.
The rehearsal Monday night is pre
paratory to the Melvin E. Frotter
meetings on Tuesday in Chestnut street
auditorium A women's chorus will
sing in the afternoon and a men's chor
us, with orchestra, will furnish the mu
sic at night.
The matter of new musJic will be
taken up, as well as several engage
ments, among which is a proposed trip
to the Miller tabernacle. Mechanics
burg, with 400 members of the chorus.
All members are urged to be present at
this rehearsal.
IJNGER'S HOTEL GETS LICENSE
Cumberland Court Grants Application
of a Ncwville Hostelry
t> s;ui 'nclep«nUeiit.V
Carlisle, Jan. 29. —Without a word
of comment Judge Wilbur I'. Sadler
this morning granted the application ot
John E. Utiger for the relicensing ot'
the ..Central hotel, Ncwville. This was
oni" of fourteen hostclries of the county
which the Temperance League of Cum
berland County sought to have closed
in so far as sale of liquor is con
cerned.
The court now lias passed upon all
of the liquor license applications,
thirty-one in number; has granted
twenty-seven, refused four and one was
withdrawn. No new hotels obtained li
censes. The county have four fewer li
censed hotels in 1915, one of the five
which did not get a license being a
hostelry .which tailed to get license a
year ayo.
jAll Save Four Liquor Applications In
Four o'clock this afternoon was the
time limit set for the filing at the court
house of liquor license applications' for
this county. At 3 o'clock, or one hour
before the time for filiiu; closed, all
save four of the present holders of li
censes had made application lor re
newals. There are now 179 licensed
bars in the county.
Lecture on the Korso at Totli
A lecture on the natural history of
the horse will be given in the Technical
High school auditorium to-night at S
o'clock by Dr. 11. ('. Sehiedt. of I'Vatik
lili and Marshall College. The lecture
is one of the free monthly series given
by the Harrisburg Natural 'History So
ciety and'will be illustrated with lan
tern slides
Charter Local Trades Council
Levi lliamuiakcr was made president:
J. R. Kohr, vice president, and ( harles
Grief, secretary and treasurer, ait the
organization meeting of tiie Federated
Trades Council in Schut/.enbach's hall,
Fourth and Walnut streets, last even
ing. The organization was chartered
under the rules of the American Fed
eration of Labor.
Report Villa Is Seriously Injured
By Associated Pi ca*.
Washington, Jan. 29.—An uncon
firmed report in Mexico City that Gen
eral Franciscd Villa had been seriously
injured was received to-day from Con
sul Silliman.
The Ha»risburg Polyclinic Dispensary
will be open daily except Sunday at
3 p. m., at its new location, Front and
Harris streets, for the free treatment
of the worthy poor.
iKNT, FRIDAY EVENINO. JANUARY 29. 1915
A DAIRY HERDDFIB KILLED
Federal Officials Destroy Animals at
Pittsburgh Infected With the Foot
and Mouth Disease
By Ansociatrd Press,
Pittsburgh, Jan. 29.—What was* be
lieved to be a ease of foot and nioutli
disease developed at 1 lie Herr's Island
stock yards here to-day, but as the
yards are already quarantined and in
process of fumigation it did uot affect
the situation. The infected cow cauie
froih (Joiuibiana, O.
A dairy herd of eighteen was killed
last niglit near Pittsburgh by the fed
eral bureau of animal industry, btft 110
other cases are known. The work
of cleaning up the Herr's Island yards
was hampered somewhat to-dav by rea
son of tile cold, but rapid progress lias
been made and it is expected the yards
would 'be reopened next week.. Cattle
destined for eastern points are being
sent around the island.
Chicago. Jan. 29.—Grain stored in
elevators in the fifteenth Illinois coun
ties placed in c.ose quarantine against
the foot and mouth disease 4ind grain
in transit from those counties was ex
cepted to-day from the quarantine or
der proclaimed iVlondav by Governor
Dunn.
The prohibition against any move
ment of „ r rain, hay or fodder from
farms in the quarantined areas, except
on special permission from an assistant
•State veterinarian was continued in
for.-e. The construction p.'aced to-day
mi tlie proclamation released for ship
ment all the grain and farm produce
stored in country elevators in the coun
ties under quarantine which were in
the warehouses before the Governor's
orders went into effect.
WAX s JH,L PASSED OVER VETO
Committee Reports Immigration Meas
ure Back to the House
Kfl Associated Proas.
Washington, Jan. 29. vote of
eight to three the House Immigration
committee to-day voted to report the
immigration bill, vetoed by President
Wilson yesterday, back t'd the House
with the recommendation that it be
repassed over his veto.
Chairman Burnett expressed the opin
ion that the bill would get the neces
sary two-thirds vote. The committee's
report will be brought in for a vote
next Thursday.
TEMPERANCE WORKERS MEET
Dr. Yates Spoke Oa Legislation Want
ed For Prohibition Cause
At the afternoon session of the Dan-1
phin County Temperance Institute, held j
yesterday at the Fourth Street Church
of God, the Rev. William X. Yates'
spoke on the need for legislation that
will aid the prohibition movement.
Among the numbers on the dav's'
program were, a round table conference I
lotl by Mrs. L, .1. Uobo; a-ildrossfls by
Mrs. Harry Leonard, Mrs. E. A. Riegel
and Mrs. U. K. Houston; a reading bv I
Mrs. J. B. Bolun, and music by the V\ : . I
( . T. 1 . quartet, Mrs. (ins Steinmet/., I
Mrs. John Bethel ami Mrs. Carl Heft'- '
uer.
#100,(100 NEWARK BLAZE
OHO Man Killed in Jumping From
Fourth Floor Window
Hi/ .1 HftiK ic.l t/ I*VCBS,
Newark. N. J.. Jan. 29.—Fire swept
a four-story builliug which takes in an
entire block on St. Francis street to
day, causing damage estimated at I
SIOO,OOO, and the death of one man j
and serious injury of another.
The man who was killed jumped from
a fourth floor window. The building'
was occupied by the J. B. Crumau Com-1
pany, dealers in drugs.
Ready on His Good BaUavior
Joe Ready, again in the Soldiers'
Home in Hampden. Ya., has written to
Chief of Police Hutchison that he is be
having himself in a creditable manner
ami will soon get a position. Joe has
been arrested many times in Hurrisburgj
on disorderly practice charges anil the
chief is glad to learn that Joe is mak
ing a man of himself.
J. Gartner a Harrisburger"
Through newspaper stories the J.
Gartner, who was accidentally killed!
January 21 in an ice house in Fox
Like, 111., belonging to Morris & Co., |
has been identified as the son of John j
Gartner, 30-1 Mulberry street. The
body is being held pending instructions
of the dead man's relatives.
SOME LIKELY FACTORS IN THE 1915 RACING CAMPAIGN
1 '
occ"£u AleS? wllr h , " b ''° Wtl daUßhter of ,{ock S " nd ™ttermouse. raced iu Euplnnd last season eCt i *c o red 0 « one
CAPITOL
REAL LEGISLATIVE WORK
WILLBECIN MONDAY NIGHT
Bills on First Beading Will Come Up
in Both the Senate and House—
Bushing the Deficiency Appropria
tion Measure
i
.The real work of legislation will be
gin on Monday nighf*wl..ni' bills on
first reading will come u;> in both Sen
ate and House. There are not. many of
them, but it is a start. The (House has
already passed on fira-t. reading the de
ficiency appropriation bill to pay bills
not provided for by" the last legisla
ture, and it will be on second reading
on Monday night and final ]nv«suge on
Tuesday, when it will be messaged to
the Senate and as rapidly disposed of
in that body. There is only' one bill
on first reacting in the House, that to
permit. Peter C. Kulin, of Scranton, t.o
sue tbe*State. The House •Committee oji
Judiciary General will report favoranly
the suffrage amend mem t. and Chairman
Wilson will ask that, it be read a first
time in order to get quick action on
it and get it out of the road ami into
the Senate, where it may nqt be han
dled so gently and expeditiously.
In the Senate there are five bills on
first reading, among them the bill re
quiring county a.nd Mtate to t-ake caro
of and give treatment to indigent p*er
fous who are habitual inebriates or
drug fiends. The Senate committees will
get to work on Monday night and it is
expected that a large number of bills
will be reported out for first reading
on Wednesday, when the Senate will
make its regular adjournment ror the
week.
Kill Non-Partisan Ballot Law
It is said that in a short time the
Republican organization leaders in t'he I
Senate v\ ill introduce a bill repealitig ;
the non-partisuu ballot features in tiie |
election ot" judges all over the .State
and counciimen in cities of the thirtllj
class. Hath of these laws affect the ]
voters of Harrisiburg, and if the latter j
feature is adopted the councilman will j
be placed 011 partisan ballots, and be;
voted for as candidates of some par
ticular political party.
Against a Convention
Opposition to the holding of a con
stitutional convention, a bill for the 1
holding of which has been introduced
in the House, is beginning to be heard j
among the Republican leaders, ami it is
naid that Senator Strawberry Jioi Mc
fJichol, of Philadelphia, is dead against I
the proposition. Governor Brumbaugh I
is thus far non-committal on the hold- j
in.g of such a convention.
State Gets Money
The State will lose nothing by tho|
closing of the doors of the First Na-1
tioiral Bank, of Cniontown. Yester- \
day the National Surety Company paid j
to the State Treasury a check for $45,-
158.70, representing the $-15,000 the
State had in the bank, with interest 1
from the time the bank closed its
doors.
Charter Granted
The Kuss Brothers' Ice Cream 1 cm
I 'any, of Harrigburg, with a capital of 1
$76,000, lias been chartered at the
Slate Department, the incorporators be
ing W. M. Kuss, Lewis Ifus* and John
Ruse, all of Harrisburg.
Cattle Earre-ct
fhe State Live Stock Sanitary
Board has issued an order barring cat- j
tie from Illinois from being brought
into this state. A fresh outbreak of!
toot and mouth diseas-e in Chicago is i
the cause.
University Trustee
Governor Brumbaugh lias been elect- i
ed a member of the Board of Trustees j
of I'isk University in Tennessee, an in-j
stitution devoted tu the education of'
colored students.
City Paving Bonds Cashed
'I lie City Treasurer this morning
' ashed $17,900 worth of city paving
bonds presented by the Central Con
struction & Supply Company. This
money represents work finished last I
summer.
Marriage Licenses
John A. Spittel, city, and Myrtle A. ;
Shull, N'ewport.
Oliver Jones and Hazel B. Corring
ton, city.
George H. Robinson and Sadie War
ren, city. *
SAYS ORIENT IS CURIOUS
Dr. Wolf Tails Lutheran Erotherhood
That Par East Wants to Learn
of Ohristianity
That the war in Europe is taking
place not because of the influence of
■Christianity but despite this influence,
was the statement made in the course
of an address by the Rev. Dr. L. ©.
Wolf, of Baltimore, at the annual mis
sionary meeting of the Lutheran
Brotherhood of this city held at Christ
Lutheran .church last night. Dr. Wolf
j told how the natives of the far East
I have been trying to find what influ-
I cnce has been operating in the western
j nations which has placed these na
tions so far ahead of thorn, and that
they are now as curious as ever to
yearn of Ohristianity.
In his discussion of home mission
J work, the Rev. Dr. A. S. Martruan said
| that the decline of the Primitive Bap
j list, and the Moravian churches, as ex-
I ain pies, has been (Jue to their neglect
oi' home mission duties. He -declared
I that the civilization of this country has
!>een dependent upon its home mission
work.
Men from Luther-an congregations of
this city amd surrounding towns filled
Christ chiiTch. The pastor, the Rev. Dr.
Thomas Reiscll, gave the invocation.
1 lie benedi. (ion was pronounced by the
Kev. E. Victor Roland, pastor oi' Re
deemer church.
EXPLAINS CREDIT BUREAU
A. D. MacMillan Talks to Chamber of
Commerce Members
A. I). MacMillan, of New York, the
man who has come to Harrisburg to
install the retail credit rating bureau
for the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce, explained just how such a bu
reau is operated at last night's meeting
in the Board of Trade rooms. He told
of the savings it made possible to all
members of the chamber in keeping
undesirable accounts oil their books
and the good effect it had o u purchasers
in making them prompt in meeting
their engagements.
The members of t he chamber present
quizzed Mr. MacMillan about the prob
lems that arise in operating such a bu
reau ami how it would effect members
of the chamber using its service and
furnishing it information.
Mr. MaciMiJlan instanced how in
Washington, Pa., a city of but one-third
of Ilarrisbm'g 'a population, the mere
mailing of a formal announcement by
merchants to customers whose accounts
were in an unsatisfactory condition re
sulted in SIO,OOO being paid in ou
dormant fcecOunts during -November,
1914. |
MRS. AMOS CRUM DIES
Funeral Service of Paxtonia Woman to
Be Held Sunday
Tiic funeral of Mrs. Amos ( ruin. 64
years old. will be held Sunday after
noon at 1 o'clock from her home at
Paxtonia, services to be held at the
United Evangelical church. Burial will
be in Shoop's church cemetery.
Charles Warfield
The funeral of Charles Warfield,
R-montih-old son of Mrs. Florence War
field, who died Wednesday at the <Har
risburg hospital, was held (his after
noon nt Middletown, where the body
was taken by Undertakers T. M. Mmil;
& Son. Burial was in the Middletown
cemetery. •
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
Bowman & Co. Employes Officer New
Organization
A savings association to be operated
by employes of the department store
of Bowman & 'Co., for the benefit of the
employes was started Wednesday even
ing at a meeting in the store. The
following officers were elected:
1 .1. >M. Lloyd, president; 'Miss Alice
Musgrove, vice president; Harry /Sig
ner, secretary; Frank 'B. Mumma, treas
urer.
U. S. Ship Loaded With Exhibits
Genoa, Jan. 29. —The American gov
ernment ship Jason arrived hero to-day.
She is loaded with exhibits for the
Panama-Pa< ific Exposition at San Fran
cisco, which she gathered at French
Mediterranean ports. She will leave
here to-morrow.
Panama Canal Opening Postponed
Washington. Jan. 29.—Announce
ment of the postponement of opening
ceremonies at the Panama canal fro.ni
March until some time in July was
made to-day by Secretary Daniels aft
' er a Cabinet meeting.
11
- FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H.~w7Suavely. Broker.
Streets BUlldinS ' Walnut and Court
New York, Jan. 29.
ti_ i , . • . Open. Close.
Alaska Gold Mines ... 28 3 / 27'
A.'iial Copper 54r<y~j
Amer Beet Sugar .. . 36" 361'"
American Can Z88 ; 28 /4
, do l ,f,i 94% 94 5 i
Am Car and Foundry Co 46% 4 5
Am Cotton Oil 46% 4 5
Am loe Securities .... 23V 23'/
Amer Loco 25 23 *
Amer Smelting * 61 00%
American Sugai 110% 108%
Amer Tel and Tel .... 120% j 19>-
Anaconda 27 '>7>v
Atchison * *94% 931/
Baltimore and Ohio .. 73% 721*
Bethlehem Steel 4 91, 4{jj/
Brooklyn R T ....... 81'/ 8l(*>
California Petroleum .. 1 s l l6:*'
Canadian Pacific .... 103 158 '
Central Leather 34% 34
Chesapeake and Ohio ... 45 4314
Chj, Mil and St Paul . . 89% 87 : "
Ohino Con Copper 37 •>ef'
Col Fuel and Iron .... 25 03,'?
Conso) Gas 119 117,
Corn Products . 91/ 91-
Erie 23% 22'*
do Ist pfd 37'' 36'/
General Electric Co .. 143%* 142'%
General Motors 93" 92'"'
B. F. Goodrich 31 3j : y
Great Northern pfd .. 115 114 '
Gr't Northern Ore subs 32 29%
Guggenh'm Exploration 50% 49'!!,
Illinois' Central 108 ' 107%
1 nterborough-Met .... 12'' 11;
Interboro-Met pfd .... 531/' 521*
Kansas City Southern. . 22"', 22 V
Lehigh Vailey li} 6' 134-'
Louis and Nash 117'/:. 117%
Mex Petroleum 72% 72'.,
M K and T pfd 30 29 ; «'
Missouri Pacific 12';. \\\y
National Lead 45% 45%
Vev < oiisol Copper ... 12'* 12 ! '
New York Con 91
NY, N H and H 53% 49 '
Norfolk and West .... 102% 102
North Pac 104% 102"'
Pacific Mail 20 19
Penna R R. .T 107% 106%
I lttsburgh Coal ...... 18'., 171."
Pittsburgh .Coal pfd ... 89% 87 '
Press Steel (Jar "8 ' 28''
Ray Con Copper ivy J(j;v
Reading . 143% J4 4«/
Ropulj. Iron ami JSteel , 19*,.. 19%
•Southern Pacific S5». S4
Southern Ry 17 1 H 1(i . ;
' lo I )fil 00% 60%
lennossee Copper 31% 31
Texas (dmpanv 133 i-'->i
Third Ave., ..' US, 4-,''
Union Pacific 1203' TlX.v
U. 8. Rubber 56 '* ' .-/y j*
iU. S. Steel 40% 40
| TT P f<J 101 " lo.r
| l tali Copper 541
| Vir.-Carodina Ohem., .. 21 ' •»]'/"
i Western Maryland . . .'. 21 f.,.'
W. C. Telegrapl 63" (j' l /'
Westinghouse Mfg .... 71 -JJ"
Philadelphia Closing Prices
I hiladelphia, Jan. 29.—Stocks closed
steady. 1
I Cambria Steel
j General Asphalt ....!' ( as 'kea j 30 '"
. d ,° P™ ■ (asked, 66'..
Lake Superior Corpn 9 "
Lehigh Navigation ' ' 74
Leiiigh Valley ' 67
Penna R R 5 «,,
1 Phila Electric 2 2.v
| Phila Company "(asked) 33 *
| ( ,'!? P™ (asked) 34
hila Rapid Transit .. (asked) 10
hi hjJa Fraction yo
1 Reading . 7->i •
Storage Battery 47 i '
Unurn Traction (asked) .36 '*
U S Steel ;;;;;; "(asked) 40''
110 f ,f,t 103%
Chicago Closing Grain Prices
. Chicago, Jan. 29.—Close:
Wheat—May, 148%; July, 132%
Corn—May, 80%; July, 82.
Oats—May, 59%; July, 57%.
Pork—May, 19.15; July, 19.52.
Lar<l —May, 11.17; July, 11.37.
| Ribs—May, 10.42; July, 10.62.
Woman Indicted for Killing Children
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 29.—The Bronx
pointy Grand Jury to-day returned two
indictments charging murder in the first)
degree against Mrs. Ida Walters, who
was known as the wife of Lorlys Elton
Rogers, and alleging that, she poisoned
her two babies.
No Mothers' Meeting
Owing to repairs being maile on Cal
vary Presbyterian church, the Mothers'
meeting will be omitted this evening.