111 SEEK BELIEF IN DIVORCE COORT Elderly Man Says Wife Sold Farm Bought With His Savings and Went West SAD TALES OF POVERTY TOLD Woman, Seeking Separation, Informs the Court She Clothed Herself Out of the Neighbors' Ash Barrels —Children Close to Starvation Forty complaining husbands or wives, with their sympathising neighbors and relatives, crowded the courts of Judges Kunkel and McCarreU this morning to explain why they have not been living happily with their mates and to give reasons why they believe the courts should grant their requests for legal separation. These were the first sessions of di vorce court held this year aud the com plaints contained charges of desertion, nialtr easement, infidelity and pitiful stories of poverty. When on the verge of retiriug aud spending the rest of his days iu ease on the farm, "Dell Crowder, a divorce seeker, told Judge Kunkel that his wife, luwdie Shannon Crowder, "sold me out of house and home and went off to Utah.'' Crowder, a traveling salesman, said he had invested his savings of many years in a farm in the upper end of Ihe county and the wife, for no appar ent reason, when seized with a desire to return to the West where she was born and raised, sold the home, the farm stock and the growing crops and un ceremoniously departed, accompanied bv her mother, her son and a niece. Her whereabouts now are not known to t'rowder. he said. Mrs. Marie Middlekauff told Judge McCarreU that before her marriage to Oliver G. Middlekauff, on October 13, IS9S. she had some reason to believe her prospective husband's "hobby" was to gamble, but she loved him just the same. After the marriage, she said, he insisted on drawing money from her $2,000 bank account and he resolved that since he didn't work before the wedding day 'he didn't think it would be necessary to labor after he had taken to himself a mate." Got Clothes From Ash Barrel Middlekauff deserted his wife on October 3, 1911, the wife said, and Mrs. Middlekauff made a thorough search for him in this and other States, hoping to induce him to return. Her efforts were in vain, she said. Neighbors said Middlekauff treated his wife, "like a dog." In another case. Catherine, the pretty wife of Chester Rhinehart, a printer, said of her husband that "he ordered me to pack my trunk, get the children, go home and stay there and not to show my face to him again. And •before [ could c#me home to my parents in Harrisburg." the wife added, "J was obliged to get clothing for myself from my neighbors' ash barrels." Mrs. Rhinehart said her troubles were numerous. Chester wasn't satisfied to work at (lis trade—that was not his idea of an easy way to make ill on ev, the wife said, and while the family was living in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, he give up a perfectly good po sition to "go out on the roa'd and sell soap and corn salve." Eventually he returned to his former vocation, but not until Mrs. Rhinehart pointed out to him, she said, that the children were badly in need of clothing ami that the little family was "half starved." '' e had been living in Paterson, >. J., when he ordered me home," she addod. While There he never once spent an e\oninjj with me, alwavs say* iug that he had work at the office," she added. Witnesses for Fred Carlev, a Middle town Car Company foreman, who is snin «» his wife, Amelia, for a divorce, were absolutely certain, they said, that < arley treated his wife just as well as any husband could have done and, even though they could not account for her leaving liini, all oftertsl to assure Judge Kunkel that. the husband diti not mis treat his wife. Could Take Care of Herself The Carleys, since their marriage four or five years ago, and up until i heir separation on August 15, 1911 iliad rooms in the Kline house, a Mid dletown hotel. One of the other board ers said he was sure Carlev did not ill treat the wife "because Mrs. Carlev could weJl take care of herself." , , X Y W - 'on Klin. proprietor of the hotel said "Mrs. ( arley is a big wom an, but the Court wanted to knew why the witness thought she could take care of herself." "Well, I'd hate to tackle her," < onklin replied. The \ erv next day jiftt k r Barbara ami I'osia Dube were married, Bosis got angry at his briile and "beat her up " so the wife told Judge McCarrel). She went on to describe alleged acta of cruelty) and in so doing dropped the hint, that Dube's ideas of the proper styles in Nothing differed from those of his wfe and frequently were tihe cause of family rows. "While we were living in Berwick my husband met a woman on the street who was wearing a coat exactly like mine. the wife said. '"He mistook her for me and before he discovered his error he had attacked her. That cost Sum something like $36. and he had to apologize besides." Several Cases Postponed Several divorce cases listed for hear ing to-day were continued, including the following: Martin vs. Lucy Jomnson: George vs. Lizzie M. Gehrett; John vs Kva Kind, and Mabel vs. Joseph B J-illey. These case all were held over until the April 19 divorce court. The hearing in the cane of Harvey vs. Annie M. Fetterhoff will be heard'next Mon ilav. Continuance of the suit of Oeorge vs. Wjfiresa K. SaHsman was due to the ■filer that the is seeking a Harrisbitrg Hospital The Harrisburg Hospital is open rlaily except Sunday, between 1 and 2 i) clock p. m. for dispensing medical advice and prescriptions to those un »ble to, pay for them. CAPITOL HILL PHYSICIANS' CERTIFICATES FOR AUTOMOBILE LICENSES Senator Wasbers' Bill, Introduced in the State Senate. Would Inquire Into Eyesight and Other Conditions Before License Is Granted Automobile owners and auto clubs throughout the State are beginning to sit up and notice a bill introduced iu the Senate by Senator Wasbers, of York, requiring applicants for automo j bile licenses to present physician's cer ' j tifieates as to the condition of their I eyesight in particular and their mental | and physical condition in general. No j license can be issued unless the appli cation is accompanied by the piiy - siciau's certificate to the effect that , the eyesight of the applicant is good or can be made normal by eyeglasses or spectacles and that he has no physical or mental defect that might impair his ability to operate a motor car without ■ danger to the public. List year the State issued 112.000 , licenses and tb» total this vear will , reach at least 125,000. The fees lor examining the eyes by opticians are i from $5 to $25, but taking the sum of $lO as the average, it would cost the applicants $1,250,000 additional to get licenses. The backers of the bill in sist that the public is entitled to all of the protection it can get from auto drivers who are hampered by defective vision or some other physical defect. ! Meet To-night The Senate and House will meet to- J night at 9 o ckv-k. when it is expected I that another raft of bills will be intro ! duced. but not as many as heretofore, j Committees may meet earlier in the evening and report out some of the bills. There are two bills on the House calendar and live on first reading in the Senate. Public Service Commission The Public Service Commission will resume its sessions to-morrow at the capitol, taking up a long list of app.i --l cations for approvals of contracts and charters for new service corporations. ' New Middletown Market . An application for a charter for the Midnletown Central Market Companv ■ is now in the hands of tiovernor Brum baugh who is expected to approve it this afternoon. The capital is SH 000 and the incorporators are John LandU, Joseph Strickler, Eugene Uvertv, .1. , K. Lpler and George C. Bowman.* It is understood that the new companv will take over the property of the Farmers' Market Company which was recently sold to .lohn I^andis. Governor Home ui •1°?!'"° r Hrumhaugh returned from I I I hiladelphia at noon to-day, and it is j understood will send some nominations ito the Seuate this evening. It is said : j that while in Philadelphia the Governor ] consulted with a number of the Senate' | Committee on Executive Nominations, j ami that by his concession some of the ' j appointments sent in by Governor Ten • er will be reported out'froin committee I soon and confirmed. -- Failed to Report Banking Commissioner Smith an | ncunces that about SOO building and, loan associations do*og business in this i | State have failed to report for 1914, and, if they do not hurry, drastic meas j ures will be taken to compel them to ' report. Treasury Money The close of January finds the bal- i : arce in the State Treasury at $5,654,- j 985.52, as against $6,755,580.01 at the beginning of January. The re-j eeipts for hist month were: General ! fund. $1,126,958.94; sinking fund. $1,300.54. &f which nearly SSOO came i from Sabbath-breaking fines; school | i fund. $300.30. and motor vehicle li ! censes, $396,34 7. the aggregate of the! j income being $1,825,576.78. The ex penditures aggregated $2,926,171.07.1 | divided as follows: General fund, I $2,694,664.94; school fund, $30.- , 859.63, all of which was invested, and $200,646.50 from the motor license ; fund. The balances are as follows: General fund, $4,301,414.37: sinking fund. $814,035.08; school fund. ■ $4,395.27; motor license fund, $535,- 141. RULING ON WHITE SLAVE LAW Woman in Case Can Also Be Indicted Under Certain Conditions By Associated Press, Washington, Feb. 1. —The Federal" i White Slave law was interpreted to-day j |by the Supreme Court as authorizing I the indictment of a woman, transported j in violation of the law as a coconspira ! tor with the person who caused her to be transported. Justice Holmes, announcing the, I court's opinion, intimated that a worn ■an could be indicted also if she on ! gaged in a conspiracy to have herself ! transported with a view to blackmail.] Justice Lamar rendered a dissenting] opinion in which Justice Hay concurred. The dissenting justices contended the majority decision had cut away the constitutional support of the law*. Su-' ( preme Court lawyers, skilled in the ad ministration of the act, were of the . that the decision would have the effect of making prosecutions very j difficult. Mrs. Rachel Hartman Mrs. Rachel A. Hartman, wife of John E. Hartman, 721 North Shippen street, Lancaster, died suddenly on i Saturday in St. Joseph's hospital." She | frequently visited her sister, Mrs. Sam- j uel B. Eckert, 90 North Eighteenth I street, this city. She is survived by two children, Grace and Florence, and j the following brothers aud sisters: Sue ' and Sarah Kirkpatrick, of Lancaster; ! W. B. Kirkpatrick, of Chicago; John T. 1 Kirkpatrick, of Chicago; Mrs. Marga ret Sutherland, of Woodstock, X. V., j and Mrs. Grace Eckert, of Harrisburg. The funeral will be held at Lancas ter. Jacob S. Roush Jacob S. Roush, who died last Teus day at Philadelphia, leaves his father, W. B. Roush, 405 Reily street; his widow .one son, one daughter, two i grandchildren and two sisters. Fire Destroys Grain Elevators Bp Associated Press, Buenos Aires, Argentine, Feb. I.—! A dispatch received here from Rosario . says that a group of grain elevators in j that city lias been destroyed by fire. STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1915 SCHOOLS CLOSED THIS AFTERNOON BY WEATHER Continued From Firm I'agr. thorities ordered that no session be held this afternoon. This is the second time this winter that schools have been closed on this account. The same weather conditions prevail ing in Harrisburg are general through out the greater part of the country. East of the Rocky Mountains, the storm responsible for the wide precipitation having been central this morning about St. Louis. As it travels eastward the temperature will rise and there is little likelihood that the precipitation will turn to snow. ' j The storm is moving with unusual I j slowness and will likely control the ( weather here until to-morrow night. K. l R. Demsiu, local weather observer, this "j morning issued the following forecast: M "Rain to-night and probably Tues ' day with the lowest temperature about j 4 0 degree.'' | The minimum temperature for last i night was 28 degrees aud it was in that 11 temperature that the snow turned to! I rain. A slight rise of the mercury be-1 I gan before 8 o'clock this morning and I ' | it will go tip steadily throughout the! j night, in the opinion of the weather ] observer. This, with the fall of rain, I i "lav have a tendency to remove much ! of the slush remaining ou sidewalks and streets this afternoon. River Expected to Rise ■ | There was heavy rain over the Sns queha 11 lia water shed, following a light I fall of snow, and there will be rapid. but not dangerous rises iu the river and i its tributaries, according to the weath ' er bureau. A rise of a foot is fore casted for Harrisburg by S o'clock to morrow morning. The "stage here this morning was 4.S feet. The flood stage j is 17 feet. •j Since 8 o'clock this morning, when observations were made here and at all |of the up-river stations, tile rain has increased in volume and from 8 o'clock i until noon .65 of an inch had fa'len 1 here. In the twenty-four hours pre vious to 8 o'clock this morning the to-1 tal was .66 of an inch. The snow be fore 8 o'clock Sunday morning repre sented precipitation of .14 of an inch, i making a total precipitation for th'.s | storm until noon to-day of 1.45 inches. Trolley schedules were interrupted ! but little ou account of the storm, the temperature not going low enough to cause a general freezing, and the rain was of such a character that the ice | did not cling to the wires in heavy I masses. Telegraph and telephone serv iree ";d not suffer to any great extent. But one accident as a result of the icy sidewalks had been reported here before noon. Daniel Sornberger, 60 years old, 144 Sylvan Terrace, fell on Chestnut street at 10.45 o'clock lasi night an,l his lett shoulder was dislo cated. He went to the Harrisburg Hos pital for treatment. Three Drowned in Swollen Streams j By Associated Press. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. I.—A warm ! rain which began vesterday has melted ; i the snow on the Allegheny and Motion- j gaheia watersheds and small streams i throughout Western Pennsylvania and j ! Northwest Virginia are pouring vol- I j umes of water into those rivers. The | Ohio is rising here at the rate of sev ! en inches an hour, but no flood warn ing for down river points has been is i sued by the Weather Bureau. Two ' ] men were drowned in flooded Loyal-1 hanna creek at Latrobe, l'a.. and Mrs.! j Michael Fisher was drowned at West | | W heeling, W. Va.. when she fell into ; the swollen waters of Boggs run. Blizzard Paralyzes Wisconsin Milwaukee, Feb. 1. —A blizzard of I unusual proportions is sweeping! j throughout Wisconsin, paralyzing traf i fie of all kinds. There was scarcely an ! | outlet from Milwaukee by wire up to ! noon and steam and electric railroad ■ systems have been knocked out of all 1 i senrblance to regularity. SECRETARY BRYAN'S DENIfIL | Says No Government Has Protested Against Bill Pending in Congress 1 for Purchase of Ships lit/ Associated Prt ss, Washington, Feb. 1. Secretary! Bryan to-day formally denied that any , government had protested against the • bill pending in Congress for the pur chase of ships by the United Stataes. Mr. Bryan issued this statement: "No nation has protested against the passage of the shipping bill and it is not likely that any nation will or' j would be since the bill does not neces- ' sarily raise any diplomatic questions. : j It is not proper for the State Depart ' ment at this time to discuss the manner j in which the authority conferred by the ! bil! or should be exercised. We assume that the authority conferred upon the President and those who will be asso | ciated with him iu the matter will be , exercised properly and with a due re gard to the nation's welfare." In administration sources close to President Wilson it was reiterated to day that it is not the intention of the ! administration to buy vessels under the | shipping bill which will cause friction ! with belligerents in Europe. President Wilson aud * Secretary Bryan have taken the attitude that ! : the administration could be trusted not : to do anything to involve the United i states in international trouble. Friends I iof the President stated to-day that it could be taken for granted that no ships j of belligerents would be bought unless ! satisfactory arrangements were made. INVITED TO ADDRESS ALIENS President Wilson May Talk to 4,(M)0 New U. S. Citizens Bau phiii county, to succeed H. A. Newton. now is superintendent of the Her.-hey Chocolate Company. Newton was appointed pi stma;'er three or four months tgo, succeeding Dr. M. L Her she v. I • Highwayman Put Man in Hospital David K. Sirouse. 313 South Duke street, York, who says he was held up and beaten Saturday evening near the railway station in York while on his way to Harrisburg, is much improved at the Harrisburg Hospital to day. He suffered n fractured nose and lacera tions of the face and head. Carranza Forces Export Tax 11} l Associated Presv. New York, Feb. I.—The Standard Oil Company steamer Perfection which ' airrived here to-day from Tampieo with oil barges in tow was forced to pay an ex,port tax on the cargo by the Car ranza forces in possession of the city before she was permitted to depart, a •- cording to her commandter. Opening of Panama-Pacific Fair B>) Associated Press, Washington. Feb. 1. — Formal open ing of the San Francisco Exposition February 20 probably \yill be cele-brat-' cd with a ceremony in the rotunda of j the Capital at which President Wilson : is expected to make a brierf address and give a signal for opening the fair. Vaudeville at Elks' Club To-morrow Harrisburg Lodge No. 12. B. P. O. K., will hold a stag social aud progres-1 sive card party at the Klks' home,! North Second street, to-morrow even- j ing. Vaudeville will be one of the biz j entertainment features and will be fol lowed by a luncheon. COURT BUILDING RECORD LOW I Few Improvements Made During the Month Just Closed Building operations fell oft' con Alt era lily in Harrisburg during the mouth of January, only seven permits having been taken out for new houses and al terations costing $7,575. In December 1914, six permits were issued for im provement costing $17,100. Ct. and K. 1 liett got papers to remodel 225 North I Second street to the extent of $2,000 j and Locic Friedman took out a permit to build an addition to 14 Aberdeen street costing SSOO. Societies Seek Charters The Harrisburg Hebrew Educational Institute, a society organized some months ago for the purpose of conduct ing a school for educating and training the Jewish youth in the Jewish history and religion and the Hebrew language, to-day announced that on February 23 it will make application to the Dauphin county court for a charter of incorpora tion. The papers in the case were filed by Hubert Rosenberg who also an nounces that on February 22 the Gover nor wall be asked to jgraiit. a charter for the incorporation of the Royal Bedding Company. The incorporators are Bes sie and Myer Batumi, Herman Ku>»hel and Robert Rosenberg. Suit Over Chickens A suit to recover $106.50 alleged to be due on the sale of eighty-seven pairs of chickens to the defendant, to day was begun by Minnie Landis against Laiali Leaker. Marriage License John Felty and Edna llalmer, Camp belltown. POOR AIDED Ml RELIEF I Many Women Are Getting Food and Coal With Money Earned by Sewing 'Many families of this city which would ordinarily be asking for aid from loca charities have been able to su; - port themselves through the work which the Home and War Relief committee is giving to the women who can sew. That fact has been brought out forcibly by statements from many of the sewing women, who told how' the i tnonev tliev received for work was pur chasing food and cull. Volunteers who j are canvassing the city for more money with which to continue this aid were told by some of the families benefited, I of the suffering from hunger and cold that had been prevented by the money | paid out to needy families. At the rate of nearly $2 eacih, ninety women received pay Friday for work done during the week. The money tliev : earned will assure them enough food for nearly another week, and when it is | definitely known how many are to be eared for during the next two months j and what amount of money is available j for that purpose, the amount of work I given each may be increased. There was a big force of women vol | unteers working at the supplies head quarters last week, and they got out • enough unsewn garments to supplv the ! Home Relief department orders for half I a week. An aged lady from the soutihern end of the city came into the 'Red Cross division with a sample sock she had knitted for her son. She wanted to come up and pass an hour or two "for a change" and would give her time to the work done at headquarters. Her "sample" proved to be one of the finest exhibitions of knitting seen, ami she received a cordial invitation to come as frequently as she could. MAWSON LECTURE DAY SOONER Delegations From Colleges Will Come to Hear Explorer Next Week Instead of February 10, as had been originally scheduled, Sir Douglas Maw son. the Australian scientist and Ant arctic explorer, will tell ot' his wonder ful South Polar trip at the Majestic on Tuesday. February 9. Announcement of the change of date was made to-day by the Natural His tory Society, whose guest the Austral ian will be. The advancing of the lec ture date was arranged in order that the Episcopalian missionary institute celebration, fixed for Wedne'sdav night, might not be interfered with. W itliin a few days the distribution of tickets will be made by the mem bers of the society, the patroness lists will be completed and the arrangements closed for the setting up of the lantern. Sir Mawson has probably the most com plete collection of stereopticon pic tures, including some moving picture films, that has ever been brought from the South Polar regions, and this in itself will be n remarkable feature of the lecture/ Special arrangements are being made to provide accommodations for the children of the city, as well as for dele gations from colleges and universities nearby. Lebanon Valley, Susquehanna, Bucknell. Dickinson, Gettysburg. Frank lin and Marshall, Wilson, Irving and a number of the preparatory schools near by are planning to send representations of students. Found Dead in Yard By Wife Bowiuansville, Feb. I.—lsaac Wal ters, 65 years old, one of the leading business men of this section, was found dead this morning by his wife in the yard at their home. His death was caused by hpart disease. He was a trustee of the Reformed church and af filiated with a number of organizations here. His widow, several children and a number of grandchildren survive. Wilson for Two Warships This Year By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. I.—President Wil son told Chairman Tillman, of the Sen ate Naval Committee, to-day he be lieved Congress should provide for two battleships this year, and that he dis agreed with Mr. Tillman's contention none should be built this year, but that 1 four should be constructed next year ! on lessons of the I'Juropeari war. Repairing Kescus Mission Hall Adjutant Smith and his wife, head officers in this city of the American- Rescue Workers, announced to-dav that their hall is closed temporarily because the ceiling has to be - repaired. The regular meetings will start again either in the latter part of this month or earlv in Mvch. To Install Fire Extinguishers For the protection of the big switch board and the battery room at police headquarters the central station for po lice and fire alarm systems, three fire extinguishers have been purchased. RETIRED PENNSY MEN IN THE SERVICE MANY YEARS John A. C. Germer Was Assistant Fore man of Car Inspectors in Local Yards—Other Railroaders of City on "Roll of Honor" John \. C. Germer, 43" Harris street, who was retired ns assistant foreman of car inspectors in the Harris 'burg yards of the Pennsylvania Hail fond, .lamiary 1, this year was em ployed by the Peiinsv 17 years and 6 inontlis when ho left active serv ice jui f shortly before his retirement was ten dered a reception by the employes of hi« department. •Mr. dernier was a native of Brims wick. Germany, and came to Haitian re with his mother in IS4i». He served in the 1 nited States Marine service lie ing honorably discharged in Pbiiludel phia in 1565. John G. Hummel, who is also via the "Roll of Honor," ends a service on the Peuusv ot 15 years and two months, lie began his career as MidiHe division freight brake mail. MufiseipienMy he was conductor and yard master ai Bridge port and has been passenger conductor 'bet.ween Baltimore and Ilarrisburg since 1887. Other names on tihe roll are those of Stephen B. Ix'go, 1526 Penn street; ■ loJin M. Kvans, tilo Mueuch street; •Michael -I. Strawmier. 112 Fourteenth avenue, .lunintia; John 11. fori. 334 Put - | fer street, and George W. Geesey, Mar ket street, Millersburg. KILIBI STHR OX SUM' Hil l, Fight Again Renewed in Senate To-day After Truce of :I4 Hours Hi/ Associated Press, ushing'ton, I Vb. I.—When the Sen ate met early today to resume eonsiti eration of the government shi » pur chase bill the truce in the historic leg islative contest over the measure was declared oil' and Democratic and Re . üblican Senators alike, refreslusl after a recess of thirty-four hours, were ready t,> continue the light. The truce began at midnight Saturday following a continuous session lasting thirty-six hours and was terminated when the Senate reconvened to-dav. The Democratic leaders have thrown down the gauntlet to the Republican minority party by announcing that the shipping bill would be continuously kept before the Senate from to-day on. Hie Republicans promptly accepted the challenge and declare thev are readv to meet any plan of campaign the Deni cratie leaders mav launch. RUBH TO UNCLE SAM'S FOLD Record-breaking Number of Foreigners Will Seek Naturalization Here Seventy aliens who are eager to swear allegiauce to Uncle Sam and to repudiate the rulers of their father lands will appear before Judge Charles B. Witmer in United States Court in the Federal building here on Wednes day and submit to the test for natural izatiofn papers. It is the largest elass of foreigners seeking to become citizens of the United States iliat ever made applica tion to the Federal authorities in this city. Officials here account for the large class by the present European war. To-morrow Judge Witmer will be here to hear argument in a number of Federal cases. j ZAPATA HAS SUBURBAN TOWNS Monterey in Complete Possession of the Villa Force? Hii Associated Prt'HA, Washington, Feb. 1. —Official dis patches to the State Department from Mexico to-day give Zapata forces hold ing suburban towns south of Mexico | City and Monterey in complete posses- I sion of Villa forces under General Angeles. Dispatches to the Carranza agency report an attack on Monterey under way and Villa forces routed from Mon ' clova. AMOS BONSALL, H5, DIES j Last Survivor of Elisha Kent Kane IH5;{ Arctic Expedition By Associated Preys, Philadelphia, Feb. I. Amos Bin I sail, the Inst of the survivors of the ] Klisha Kent Kane Expedition to the Arctic regions in 1 died at his ' home here to-dav. lie was So vears old. Mr. Bonsall went to the North with Dr. Kane as master's mate of the Brig | Advance and suffered great hardships J during the two years the expedition was in the Arctic regions. Advance Harvester Anti-Trust Suit Washington, Feb. I. —Solicitor Gen eral Davis to-day asked the Supreme Court to advance the government's anti trust suit againsi the International Harvester Company for argument dur ing the present term. He suggested | the (irst Monday in April and counsel for the company concuryd in the mo tion. Resigns as Choirmaster Stanley G. Backenstoss, for a number of years the choirmaster of Covenant Presbyterian church, announced to day he has resigned that position to take effect at once. Backenstoss said he gave tip the position because of oth er work. His successor has not yet been named. Dock Railway Plea Dismissed Washington, Fet>. I.—The Inter state Commerce Commission to-day dis missed the plea of the Xew York dock railway fur compulsory establishment of through routes and joint rates be tween it, the Baltimore and Ohio rail road and other trunk line carriers. Cupid Loafing in January Cupid had a lean month in Harris- Inirg in January, 1915, compared with the average tor a month in 1914. Only 99 couples obtained marriage li censes in the last thirty-one days, whereas the monthly average for last year was 120. Hotel Bellman Die,: at Hospital I'ureell Ijdwis, coJored, 63C Briggs street, a bellman at the Columbus Ho tel, died at 7.110 o'clock this morning at the Harriwbui-g hospital from gangre nous condition of the appendix. He was operated on Thursday night soon after his admission to the institution. —Police Detail Changes To-day The police detail change*! at noon to-day, the usual monthly change. Ser geant Eiseivherger will be in charge of the day force. Sergeant Drabenstadt going on at night. FINANCE NEW LOW MINIMUM FOR U.S. STEEL IN TO-DAY'S MARKET j Soars Roebuck Another Feature of Transactions When the Stock* Moves ' Forward to :MH; I -ii, a Gain of Al j most Fourteen Points % /».'/ Assonated Pi run, j New York, Feb. 1, (Wall Street).— i I . S. Steel and Sears Roebuck wero | features of interest in to-day's early j stock market session. .Steel, on initial sales ot 7,,>00 shares, sold oft' from ID to .Is 1 2 and 3N, its new low minimum, while Sear* Roebuck, in recognition of tts ,i 0 per cent, stock dividend, moved I forward to 209 1 a gain of almost ! 14 points, steel later recovered frotu its minimum on fairly large dealings to .IS ■ > S. Other active issuer* showed some irregularity, I'liion Pacific, South ern I'aciHc. St. Paul and Atchison niak tug small recessions, while Reading and Amalgamated Copper rose fractions, both however, soon reacting. Healings were on a moderate scale. I lie entire list sold lower during the tirst hour but recovered latter. Steel common continued to hover a fraction over its minimum and the preferred shares, selling ex dividend of 1 3 4 per cent., showed a loss of 3 4 of a point. I aiuidian Pacific lost 2 points, with one point declines in Northwestern, Atchi son. New York Central and Missouri I acittc. Heading was the most active railway issue, rising and falling within a two-point range. Coppers were uui lormlv heavy and Bethlehem Steel also tell back. Gains, aside from those nl rcady mentioned, were mmstlv in unim portant specialties. Bonds vwrc steady, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. Furnished by H W. Snively, Broker. Arcade Building. Wa'ajut and Court Streets New Yiirk, Keb. 1. Open. Close. Alaska Gold Mines ... 27% 28% Amal Copper 54', 54% Amer Beet Sugar .... 3S 1 . 3S" American Can 27% 29 Am Car and Foundry Co 45', 45% Am Cotton Oil 46 4 6 Am Ice Securities .... 24 2 1 I Amer Loco 23 22 1 , Amer Smelting SO'.. 61 : , American Sugar ..... 14)9% 1 10, Amer Tel and Tel ... I.2o''* 120% Anaconda 27 2 7', Atchison 93% 94 % Baltimore and Ohio ... 70 70 % Bethlehem Steel ...... 4S' s 49 % Brooklyn li T S7 S7 : * California Petroleum .. IS 1s ; , | Canadian Pacific 159'., 159', Central Leather 34 1 j 34% Chesapeake and Ohio . . 4 4 44' r Chi, Mil and St Paul.. 88 1 NS% Chino Con Copper .... 35% 36% Consol Gas US> K 118% Krie 23% 23 % I'lrie, Ist pfd 36 3 6 General Klectric C 0... 143 II! General Motors 91 94 Goodrich B P 31' , 32 Goodrieh B F pfd ... 07'.. 97'4 Great Nor pfd 114', 115', Great Nor Ore subs . 31', 31', Guggenheim Kxplorntion 50% 51% Interboro Met 53% 53', Interboro Met pfd ... 12'1 12% Kansas City 'So ...... 23 23 Ijphigh Yailev 136% 137 Mex Petroleum 73 7 4 !Mo Kan and Tex pfd.. 30% 30% jMo Pacific 1 2'/, 12% I N T ev Consol 'Copper ... 12% 12% j New York Con 99'.. I*o'..■ NY, N H and 11.... 4 9 2"j Norfolk and West. .... 103% 102% I North Pacific 104 104% I Penna R R 105% 106% 1 Press Steel Car 29 29% 1 Hay Con. Copper 1~% 17% j Reading 146 147% j Hepub. Iron and Steel . 19 19% I do pfd 72 72% j -Southern Pacific 85% x.">% Southern Ry 16% 16% j dk) pfd 60 60 I Tennessee Copper 30% 30'.. I Texas Company 135 135 Third Ave., 47% 47% I Union Pacific 119% 120% j l'. S. Rubber 57 57% U. S. Steel 3K% 39% do pfd 103% 103% Utah Copper 53% 54% j Western Maryland .... 19% 20% IW. P. Telegraph 63% 64 Philadelphia Closing Prices Philadelphia, Feb. I.—Stocks closed lower: Cambria Steel 42% General Asphalt ...... (asked) 30 do pfd (asked) 66 l-ake Superior Cor (asked) 9 Lehigh Navigation 74% Belligh Valley 68% ||P. K. R 53 1 16 I 'ha. Electric 23% Pha. Rapid Transit ...(asked) 10 Reading 73% Storage Battery 47% Pnion Traction (asked) 39 U. G. I SI U. S. Steel 39% Chicago Closing Grain Prices Chicago, Fell. I.—Close: Wheat—May, 156V4; July, 137' .. Corn—May, 82%; duly, 84%. Oats —May, 61; July, 58%. Pork—May, 19.30; July, 19.67. Ijftrd—iMav, 11.27; July, 11.42. Ribs—May, 10.45; July, 10.C5. Rockefeller Plan Absurd, Says Mitchell By Associated Press, New York, Feb. 1. —John Mitchell, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, and now a mem ber of the State Workmen's Compensa tion Commission, to-day told the Fed eral Industrial Relations Commission that the Rockefeller plan of settling labor troubles in Colorado was "simply absurd." Young Girl Dies at Hospital Dorothy Eckman, 11 years old, daughter of I). Frank Kckman, 632 North West street, Carlisle, died at 12.20 o clock at tile Ilarrisburg hos pital of acute nephritis. She was ad mitted to the hosipital at 8.20 o'clock this morning. "" . Supreme Court Recesses to February 2:1 Bif Associated Press, Washington, Feb. I.—The Supreme Court recessed to-day until February 23 to facilitate preparation of opin ions. The Ilarrisburg Polyclinic Dispensary will be open daily except .Sunday at 3 j). in., at its new location, Front and Harris streets, for the free treatment of the \yortlu - uoox. 9