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CAPITOL HILL
BUT ONE SENATOR REMAINS
WHO SERVED IN OLD CAPITOL
William C. Sproal, of Delaware. Was
Filling His First Term in Senate
When Historic Building Was De
stroyed in 1807
Of the fifty members of the State
Senate who were serving eighteen years
ago when the old Capitol burned but
one remains in service, Senator William
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SENATOR WILLIAM C. SPROUL
C. Sproul, of Delaware, who was then
in point of age, a young man, the
youngest Senator in that body.
Senator Sproul had been elected to
the -Senate in the fall of 1896 and was
serving his term. Mis experience
in his first term was not a very pleas
ant one, as in that term the Capitol
burned and the legislative session last
ed until July and the weather was
exceedingly hot.
Senator* Sproul has been re-elected
ait every election for Senator in his
county, and in 1903 was president pro
tern, of the Senate. IHe is a newspaper
publisher and connected with a number
of public utility companies in the
State, notably the Valley Traction Com
pany.
To Meet the Governor
The legislative committee created
by resolution of Senator IMcNiohol to
confer with Governor Brumbaugh on
tihe framing of the legislation em
bodied in his "personal platform,"
met with the Governor this afternoon
for that purpose. The committee con
sists of Senators Mc.Vicliol, Crow and
Sproul and President Pro Tetn. Kline;
Representatives Williams, Wilson, Phil
adelphia; Wilson, Jefferson, and. Speak
er Ambler. The bills projtosed to carry
out the Governor's platform have not
yet been drafted by Attorney General
Brown, and it is not expected that tJiev
will be ready before next week, but
they are said to be sufficiently far ad
vanced to give an idea of their more
important provisions, aud these were
gone over this afternoon.
Governor's Appointments
Governor Brumbaugh has made the
following appointments, which are now
in the hands of the Senate Committee
on Executive Nominations:
Members of the State Board of Edu
cation—James M. Coughlin, Wilkes-
Barre; William C. Jacobs, Philadelphia.
Members of the College and Univer
sity Council—Samuel Hamilton, Brad
dock; William H. Crawford, MeadviMe.
Commissioner of Valley Forge—Wil
liam U. Hensel, Lancaster.
After '' Gettysburgs''
The bill introduced in the Senate
to-day by Senator Sproul ta reprint the
book of the fiftieth anniversary of the
'battle of Gettysburg book, appropriat
ing $1 0,000 lor that purpose, meets
a great demand for the \olume from all
over the country. Union aud Confeder
ate soldiers in every State have sent
requests for the book, but the edition
was so limited that they could not be
supplied.
Conferred on Roads
State Highway Commissioner !Bige
low had a conference on road matters
to-day with Governor Brumbaugh, and
it is understood that the new road leg
islation will be framed as soon a-s the
Governor can get the data and sug
gestions he has asked from all persons
in the State who have any to make.
Motor Fire Apparatus BUI Passes
The measures authorizing awarding
contracts for the purchase bv the City
of an auto truck for the Highway De
partment and motor-driven fire appara
tus —two combination wagons and
three tractors—were passed finally to
day by the City Commissioners, as was
also the bill providing for payment of
fees for special counsel retained to de
fend the City in the New Vork Con
tinental Jewell Filtration Company
suit.
No Mere Piles
Simple Home Remedy Easily Applied
Gives Quick Relief—and Costs
Nothing to Try
The Pyramid Smile from a Single Trial.
Pyramid Pile Kemedy gives quick re
lief, stops itching, bleeding or protrud
ing piles, hemorrhoids and all rectal
troubles, in the privacy of your own
home. Pyramid Pile Kemedy is for salo
at all druggists. 50c a box. A single
box often cures.
A trial treatment will be mailed free
for the asking. Pyramid Drug Co., 517
Pyramid Bldg., Marshall, Mich.—Adv.
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HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1915. '
OPENS WAY FOR A
FREEJRIDCE HERE
Cntlainl From Flrat Pate.
free it is not to be thought of that the
other would also be purchased by the
State. This bill provides that the
State shall bear the entire expense aud
make the purchase outright.
."There arc, as I understand, two toll
bridges between Harrisburg and Cum
berland county. Why should not oue of
them be freef We are making the toll
roads free, why not make the toll
bridges free? The State can purchase
either one of the Harrisburg bridges un
der this bill and it would be free. If
the other wajits to charge toll after the
first one has been made free, that is its
own concern. 1 propose to push the
bill to a linal passage.''
Demand Here for Free Bridge
Farmers who have occasion to bring
their products from Cumberland, York
or (rther 'cross river counties, to the
markets in this city, 8s well as auto
mobi lists and others who use the Har
risburg bridges extensively, have long
felt the need of a free bridge connect
ling Dauphin and Cumberland counties.
There is strong sentiment in favor of a
free bridge flam Harrisburg and the
a Ivant ages have otten been pointed
oat.
The bill of Senator McConnell,
whether or not it provides the best
plan for obtaining a free bridge to the
Cumberland shore, has been the subject
of much discussion in this, and adjoin
ing counties since the fact of its intro
duction was published in th<e newspa
pers this morning. It was recalled
that the State originally intended that
the first viaduct across the river from
this city should be a free bridge.
1 he first 'ilarrisburg wagon and foot
bridge constructed over the Susque
hanna river was authorized by an act
passed in 1809. The act incorporated
a company, known as the Susquehanna
Bridge Company, with a capital of
$400,000, but the names of the original
incorporators cannot be found. The
first directors, however, were Thomas
Elder, Jacob 11. Haldeman, John
Ritscher, George Brcnizer, Samuel C.
Wiestling, John Howard, William Bry
son, George Hoyer, Jacob Boas, 11arrv
Baader, Michael Krehl and John My
tinger.
Intended for a Free Bridge
The capital was divided into 20,000
shares at S2O a share. The Commis
sioners were empowered to reserve
3,000 shnres to be used for the pur
pose of vesting therein the monies to
be applied for a sinking fund to free
the bridge. It was stipulated that the
bridge should be erected in fifteen
years, but that its construction should
begin within'five years. The property
was directed to be vested in a bond for
thirty years after the bridge was com
pleted. In 1811 the Governor was au
thorized to subscribe, in behalf of the
State, for $90,000 of the stock of the
company. The rest of the money for
the construction of the bridge seems to
have been obtained by private subscrip
tion.
The contract for constructing the
bridge, according to the report of
John Downey, the treasurer, was let to
Theodore Burr for the sum of SIBO,OOO.
The first, foundation stones were placed
December 2. 1812. Contractor Burr
was to take $35,000 of stock and the
balance of the contract price was to be
paid to him as the work progressed.
He wa.s to furnish all of the materials
and to have the bridge completed on
December 1, 1815.
There must have been some dissatis
faction over the fixing of the site of
the bridge at its present location, Front
and Market streets, but Mr. Downey
said in his report on July 30, 1813,
that this displeasure had almost sub
sided. The bridge was eompleted in
1817 at a cost of $193,138. Its total
length was two-tliirds of a mile. It
was 4 0 feet wide and had an elevation
of 50 feet. The first toll taken was
on October 10, 1816, some time pre
vious to the actual completion of the
bridge and the toll-nouses.
In the original act it was provided
that "When the tolls shall exceed 15
per cent, net annual profits the excess
shall compose a fund for the redemp
tion of the said bridge so as to render it
free, save that there shall always be a
small toll or other revenue for the
keeping of it in repair; this excess shall
be laid out in bridge stock, or some
other productive funds, and the divi
dends for annual product shall also be
added to this fund; and all private"do
nations for freeing saift bridge shall
likewise be received and invested in
like manner."
There is no record of the tolls ex
ceeding 15 per cent, net annual profits
for the establishment of a fund to
make the bridge free. The State in
1817 paid its last installment on the
$90,000 stock that it had subscribed,
amounting to $22,500. At the same
time the State raised the rate of toll
for vehicles from 32 cents to 37'/ 3
cents, and for single horse and riders
from 18% cents to 23 cents.
Evidently the State did not find the
bridge investment a paying one, and
some years later it decided to dispose
of its holdings in turnpikes, canals and
bridge and railroad properties.
When the stock of the Harrisburg
Bridge Company, .the latter name, by
the way, having been given to it in
1832, was put up for sale, the $90,-
000 worth of shares owned by the
State were sold to James McCormick
and Jacob M. Haldeman for $9,000.
Senator McConnell last night also in
troduced a bill for a bridge across the
Susquehanna river from Port Tre vert on
to Herndon and making an appropri
ation of $250,000 to pay for it.
PLAY FOR DEMOCRATIC CLUB
First of Winter Functions to Be Held
at Board of Trade To-morrow
A play, "'Rehearsal at Ten," will
be given by the 'Mooreiliead Entertain
ment Company at the Board of Trade
to-morrow night under tilio auspices of
tho Central Democratic Olub. Arrange
ments were completed at a joint meet
ing last night of committees of both
organizations, ami everything will be
in readiness to begin the show at 8
o'clock. The doors will open at 7.30
o'clock and there will be no seats re
served.
A dance will follow immediately aft
er tho performance. This will be the
first of a series of functions to be heild
by the Central Democratic Club this
winter for the members, their families
and friends.
$2,(1*25 for Collecting Garbage
The Pennsylvania IRe duct ion Com
pany to-day was paid $2,625 for the
collection of garbage and ashes in
twelve of the thirteen city wards.
To Treat Bombarding As Piracy
Petrograd, via London, Feb. 2, 4.54
A. M.—The government has decided in
future to treat the bombardment of un
fortified towns as an act of piracv.
NO SHADOW FRIGHTENS
GROUNDHOG BACK TO-DAY
Spring Is Nigh For Little Animal, Tra
dition Says, Forecasts Six Weeks of
Bright Weather Because of His
Early Arrival
The groundhog had no chance to
see his shadow to-day in Harrisburg
nor any part of the Hast for that mat
ter, for a depression that has held
sway here since early Sunday morning
was" still the predominating weather in
fluence and kept the sun's ravs well
away from the slush covered earth.
According to tradition this ineJns
that six weeks of bright weather will
follow and the ravages of a hard winter
are over.- If Br'er Groundhog had a
taste for slush and a mean drizz.le, he
had some time to-iiay 011 his appearance
after a winter's nap and he will not be
compelled to re-enter his burrow to
take forty winks more sleep and let the
word to six weeks more winter.
This city has not seen the last of tlui
I storm either, for a complication has set
i in and for at least another whole day
! the weather will continue with little
■ change. The threatened rise in tem
p'efature did not occur last night ibe
cause of a high pressure area cominfZ
from the north and the lowest tempera
ture of last night whs 32 degrees. This
temperature alone kept the Susquehan
na from reaching a flood stage, accord
ing to E. R. Demain, local weather ob
server this morning.
Precipitation was unusually heavy
, over the entire water shed but the teni
j perature being at the freezing point,
; kept it in the form of snow in the eoun-
I try districts and it did not flow off
| lreelv. Slight rises have occurred, liow-
I ever, but there is no danger of flood
I stages 'being reached on account of the
j weather. The statue hare to-morrow
morning is forecasted at 8.5 feet. The
river rose slightly over a foot in twen
j ty-four hours, the stage here this morn
ing being 5.9 feet.
Hemmed in this morning both north
east and itorthwest by fair weather, the
storm continued slowly eastward with
diminishing strength. It still covers a
wide area and will cause rain or sleet
to-night and to-morrow and be accom
panied by a stiff east wind—not alto
gether a pleasant prospect.
RUSSIANSTN ROUT
CLOSHO WARSAW
Continued From First Page.
occupied by him, inflicting upon him
enormous losses.
"Simultaneously with this attack on j
Borjimow, the Germans delivered a |
series of ferocious assaults against our;
front between the villages of Goumino,'
Bourgade and Mogholy. These attacks i
were supported by very heavy artillery
fire. Up to midday of January 31 every
one of these assaults were driven back
by us some by our rifle fire and some
with the bayonet. But between mid
day and 2 p. m. of January 31, the
Germans were successful in occupying
a part of our trenches. In this they were
helped largely by an energetic and sus- i
tained artillery fire. A little after 2
o'clock we undertook a general counter ;
attack. This was successful anil as a re-1
suit of it the enemy, the evening of j
January 31, retained but a little por- [
tion of our first line trenches, together
with a certain chateau in the country, j
German Victory Insignificant j
"It can be said that the successes
of the Germans the day of January 31
in the vicinity of Borjimow, were "rela
tively insignificant compared to the
losses we inflicted on the enemy with
our artillery fire, our counter attack
and our bayonet charges. According to
reports from our military chiefs the i
Russian artillery inflicted immense dam
age on the Germans. Our guns dispers-1
ed dense gatherings of German infan-j
try and it reduced tlieir batteries to j
silence; this made it possible for us to j
resist their fierce attack.
"The lighting in the Carpathians'
continues. In spite of the reported par-1
ticipation of fresh Austrian troops j
which up to the present time have not!
actually appeared on our front, we were I
sccessful in repelling every endeavor i
of the enemy to assume the offensive j
in the vicinity of Mount Boskid and 1
Mount Wvszokow and we are continu-j
ing to advance with success along the
front from Nijnia Polianka to Loud
eviski.
"It should be related that during
the night of January 30-31 at a point
near Moljmow, a Russian detachment
advanced upon the enemy and dislodg
ed them from certain positions whiiTh
threatened the heads of our trenches.
In this encounter our men used the bay
onet freely and we captured some ma
chine guns.
Estimate German Dead at 0,000
"Local inhabitants relate that the
enemy after the Lipno-Dobrzyn fight j
used sixty wagons to remove their!
wounded. German prisoners captured
in the region of Borjimow are authority
fo r the statement that between Janu
ary 24 and January 30, the Germans
on a front near Borjimow one and one
half versts long (a little less than one!
mile) lost over 6,000 men in killed. •
The wounded were numerous.
''ln the Carpathians between Janu
ary 26 and January 29, on the front
between Nijnia Polanka and Loudo
viski, we captured 78 officers, 4,0 65
soldiers, four pieces of artillery and
ten machine guns."
TURKS LEFT 1,000 DEAD IN*
THEIR FLIGHT FROM TABRIZ
Tabriz, Persia, Feb. 2, via London,
2.25 P. M. —Since the reoccupation of
Tabriz bv the Russian troops, perfect
order and tranquillity have prevailed.
The people of the city are now extend
ing hospitality to the Russian soldiers.
The Turks left 1,000 dead and all
their artillery in their flight from Tab
riz. The Russian consulate building
was burned but as a result of the ef
forts made by Gordon Paddock, the
American consul, much property ami
many shops were saved from destruc
tion and pillage at the hands of the
Kurds.
ONLY WANTED TO BORROW
But Tim O'Leary Was Locked Up on
Disorderly Charge
Tiin O Leary didn't do much, accord
ing to his own belief, but Policeman
Blair, seeing him making efforts to
get into 333 Hummel street at 11
o'clock this morning in a manner as to
frighten those in the house, sent him
to headquarters.
Tim said all he wanted to do was
borrow fifty cents. He was locked up
ou a disorderly practice charge.
AUTHORIZED TO ASK FOR
"HARDSCRABBIE" VIEWERS
City Solicitor Seitz Will In a Few Days
Ask Court to Name Board to Put
Values On Properties in Settlement
That Is ta Be Raced
Authority to asfk the Dauphin county
court to appoint a board of three road
viewers who shall "determine the dam
ages and benefits resulting from the
opening of North Front street, from
Herr to Calder," .for the wiping out
of the " llardscrabble " district, was
given to City Solicitor D. S. Seitz this
afternoon in a resolution adopted by
the City Commissioners. The measure
i was offered by Commissioner Lynch.
Mr. Seitz said he will prepare the
court petition within the next fe,w days
and have the viewers named.as quickly
as possible. It is estimated that the
j viewers will not have a complete report
I ready for presentation to the court for
| six or seven months. Immediately be-
I fore the Commissioners adopted the
i resolution their legal adviser sent in a
letter detailing the necessary procedure
incident to the street opening. Mr.
Seitz said in part:
"The viewers who must determine
in the first instance the damages and
'benefits resulting from said opening,
after the city has failed to agree with
the property owners, may be appointed
before or at any time after the taking
and appropriation of said properties.
This will enable the city to have all
the damages determined in each case
by the viewers before disturbing the
possession of the owners, who may re
tain the use of their properties in the
meantime free of interest charges on
the part of the ci'tv.
"If the findings of the viewers
would be unsatisfactory and appeals
be taken by either side, it would be
legally permissible to agree with the
owners for them to continue in the use
of said properties until the final de
termination of the damages by a ver
dict of the jury in each case. In this
way .the owners would have the unin
terrupted use of their properties until
the actual payment of their compensa
tion, and the city would save all inter
est charges until that time. If an ap
peal should be taken to a higher court,
the agreement for the owners to con
tinue in possession until final decision
in heu of interest may bo arranged,
this plan would cause the least incon
venience to the owners and the least
expense to the city.
"On the other hand, if the city de
sires to remove the buildings at any
time before the final adjudication of
the damages, it can file its bond and
take possession immediately thereafter
and interest at six per cent, would be
gin to run from the date of the ac
ceptance or approval of the bond in
each case. 1
I pon offering the resolution suggest
ing tihe appointment of the viewers
Commissioner Lynch said:
"I ain in favor of opening of Front
street, but 1 think those people up
there should know when they are ex
pected to vacate their homes. ' I am not
in favor of giving them bonds, as se
curity, until their claims are satisfied
lo me it seems unfair. I think judg
ment 111 their favor should be confessed
iigMinst the City and that woulU permit
them to occupy their In mes until the
deputed questions of hom e values are
settled and until the city is ready to
go 011 with the street opening."
WIFE'TARCENO
YEARS. SHE SATS
Continued From Kint I'age.
in the January criminal court accused
.ST .countryman of stealing the
coat of his wedding suit while I'asaic's
nodding was bein K celebrated on April
* » 1.14, asked Judge Kunkel tor a
divorce*.
Mrs. I'asaic was Katie Capin. The
husband said they lived together but
three months after the wedding, or un
til he destroyed the photo of a man
who, prior to Ihe wedding, was a
friend of the woman.
That angered mv wife," Pasaic
said, "and she told me that she would
not again live with me. She said she
would live with the man whom she
loved before I met her.''
The treatment that it was alleged
(•eorge W. Kelly administered to his
wife, Rose, was so severe that, her
brother said, her health was affected.
The brother said to Judge Kunkel, in
Mrs. Kelly's suit for divorce:
"If my sister would have pinned her
ears close to the side of her head she
could have slid through a paling
fence.'' 6
Objected to -'Beer Parties"
Mrs. Kelly said her husband delight
ed in entertaining men at "beer'' par
ties on fifty of the fifty-two Sundays
of the year, "and then would compel
me to cook for theni N .'' She also said
that he would not work and that the
food was obtained through her working
in a factory.
Elizabeth Pagner was named as co
respondent in tlie divorce suit brought
by Mrs. Rmnm Feezy against Augustus
Feezy. the hearing in which Judge Mc-
Carrell conducted this morning. The
Feezys were married in 1888 and tbev
have not been living together for more
than eight years, so the wife said.
Feezy, the wife added, delighted in
showering the Pagner woman with
gifts of money, jewelry, flowers and can
dy. The husband did not appear to
defend the suit.
Bishop Dubs Is Sinking
Bishop Rudolph Dubs, of the Evan
gelical Church, who is seriously ill in
his home, 226 Harris street, was grad
ually sinking this afternoon. His phy
sician cannot recover.
Omega
... OU
ColdinHead
and Catarrh
Put a teaspoonful of Omega Oil in*
cup of boiling water, then inhale the
•team which goes through the passages
of the nose and throat. This simple
treatment usually gives quick relief.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS BEGIN
SESSION HERE TO-MORROW
State Secretaries Will Meet First, Fol
lowed by Directors' Department of
State Educational Association—
Harry A. Boyer to Speak
Beginning to-morrow Harrisburg will
be the mecca for members of school
boards throughout the State and for
school board secretaries.
The secretaries will meet first, hold
ing two sessions to-morrow in the
Technical High school auditorium.
Their meetings will conclude to-morrow
night, but most of them will stay over
for the meeting of the Directors' De
partment of the State Educational As
sociation which will meet Thursday and
Friday. Local men will have a iot to
do with these meetings.
Secretary D. D. Hammelfcaug>h, of
the local school Ward, will welcome the
delegates to the convention to-morrow
morning. Many papers and discussions
will follow during t'he day. To-mor
row evening registration of delegates
to the directors' meeting will begin.
Harry A. Boyer, president of the
Harrisburg School Board, is pre si); lie nt
of the directors' department and will
make one of the principal addresses at.
the meeting. Additional Law Judge
S. J. !M. Me'Carrell wiW welcome the
directors to Harrisburg. Meetings will
'be held Thursday morning and after
noon and evening in the Technical
High school auditorium andi Friday
morning in the Central Hig'hi school.
The event the students in the Har
risburg schools are most interested in
will be t'hg address by Superintendent
Samuel Hamilton, of .Allegheny county,
which will be delivered Friday morning
in the Central High school.
WILSON HAS HOPES"
FOR IHE SH!P BILL
Continued From Firm E'aice.
European belligerents, but that it would
ho so framed as not to surrender any
of the rights of the United States.
Scarcely had the caucus begun when
Senator LaFollette, Progressive Repub
lican, upon whom the Democrats are
counting for support, appeared outside
the conference room and .discussed the
situation with administration leaders.
That the bill would be amended most
of the Democrats seemed ready to con
cede, but to what < xtent did not be
come apparent in the early hours of the
conference.
Seven of the Democrats who voted
with Bepublicans yesterday did not at
tend the caucus. They were Bankhead,
Camden, Clark, Hardwick, Hitchcock,
O'Gorman and Vardaman. Senators
Hoke Smith and Bryan, however, who
voted to table Vice President Mar
shall 's ruling declaring out of order
Senator Clark's motion to recommit the
bill, did not ignore the caucus.
Amendments which the caucus con
sidered included those urged 'by Sena
tors Norris and Kenyon. One, by Sen
ator Norris, would provide that no ves
sel should be purchased by the govern
ment which sails under the flag of any
nation at war with any other nation
which is at peace with the United
States, unless prior to such pur hase
an understanding or agreement shall
have been reached that will avoid any
international difficulty or dispute re
garding such ship purchase.
Senator Kenyon preposes that Cabi
net officials should not serve on the
shipping board.
With a view to seeking terms upon
which Progressive Republicans would
support the ship bill and to confer with
Democrats who bolted yesterday, the
Democratic caucus appointed a com
mittee of three to conduct negotiations
and report at another caucus to-night.
BRIDGE IN CANADA"
IS WRECKED
Continued From Flrrt P»*».
destroy. This is the most direct route
from the west as, cutting across the
'State of Maine, it is several hundred
miles shorter than the northern route
operated 'by the Canadian government
which follows the St. Lawrence river
to Little (Metis, and then turns]
south to (Mtoneton, St. John and Halifax, j
The loss of this bridge would delay but j
rot interrupt the transportation of war |
materials to the coast.
Prisoner of State of Maine
Van florn was made a prisoner of the
State of Maine. To a void possible com
plication t'he local authorities made no
further move pending advice from the
federal government. The Canadian au
thorities indicated that, they would im
mediately make representations at
Washington with a view to extradition
on the ground that the dynamiting had
been done on the Canadian side of the
border. On the other hand it was said
tilvat Van Horn would be defended
against extradition, basing his claim
for the protection of the United States
on ihis assertion that he had committed
an act of war and that his offense was
political.
Railroad officials after a careful ex
amination of the 'bridge declared the
explosion .had been a failure as far as
damage was concerned. Sleepers were
blown out, the rails were twisted and
a girder was damaged, but the founda
i tiion of the span was not injured and
repairs cart be made within a day.
CHILD DIES FROM BURNS
Barbara Drazenavic Set Fire to Cloth
ing With Matches
Barbara Drazenavic, 3 years old,
died at 6 o'clock last evening at the
■Harrisburg hospital from burns receiv
ed Sunday afternoon at the home of
her foster parents, 711 South Third
street, Steelton. She ignited her clothes
while playing with matches.
The child s mother died about a year
I ago and the father, leaving the little
one in care of Mrs. Lucia Lescowar
saying he would pay for the child's
support, departed and has never been
heard of since. Peter Naranie, who ex
tinguished the flames in the child's
clothing, is recovering from burns of
the hands.
The funeral will be held to-morrow
morning a£ 9 o'clock from St. Mary's
Catholic church. The Rev. Anthony
Zuvich will officiate and burial will be
made in Mt. Calvary cemetery.
Wllkes-Barre Pioneer Merchant Dies
Wilkes-Barre, Fe'b. 2.—John M. j
Ward, pioneer merchant and prominent
in business and banking circles, died
to-day of general debility. He was 80
years old.
FINANCE
NEW TOEK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H W. Suavely, Broker.
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
New York, Feb. 2.
Open. Close.
Alaska Gold Mines ... 28>4 28%
Amal Copper 55 54%
Amer Beet Sugar ... . 39 38%
American Can 29 28*4-
do pfd 94% 94%
Am Car nnd Foundry Co 45% 4"> %
Am Cotton Oil 45% 45%
Am lee. Securities .... 23'/. 23%
Amer Loco . .' 22 21%
Amer Smelting 62% 02%
American Sugar 110 108%
Amer Tel and Tel .... 120% 121
Anaconda 27% 27%
Atchison 94% 84',:.
Baltimore and Ohio .. 71
Bethlehem Steel 49% 4!l
Brooklyn B T 88% 88%
California Petroleum .. 19 20
Canadian Pacific 158'/a 157%
Central Leather 34% ;!4%
Chesapeake and Ohio . . 4 4 4 4
Chi, Mil and St Paul.. 88% 88%
Chino Con Copper .... 36'/ s 31!
Consol Gas 119 Vi 119%
Corn Products 9% 9%
Erie .. . . 23% 22%
lEirie, Ist pfd 36% 36%
General Elwtric Co .. . 143% 142%
Goodrich B P 32 32%
Goodrich B IF, pfd....' 97 97
t>reat Nor pfd 115% 115%
'Great Nor Ore subs ... 31 30%
Guggenheim ExpJoration 51% 51 %
Intfrerboro Met 12% 12%
Inter boro IMet pfd ... . 54 54%
Kansas City So 23 23
I jeih igh Valley ....... 137 135%
"Louis an I Nash 117% 117%
Mex Petroleum 73% 74%
Missouri Pacific 12% 11%
Nov Consul Copper ... 12% 12%
New Vork <'en 90% 90
NV,NII and H 51% 51%
Northern Pacific 104% 104%
Pennsylvania R. R. ... 106% 106
People's Gas and Coke . 118% 11»
Pitt>liurgh Coal 18% 18%
Press Steel Car 31 30%
Bay Con. Copper ..... 17% 17%
Reading 146% 146%
Ropub. Iron and Steel . 20 19%
Southern Pacific 85'/ s 85%
Southern Ry 16% 16%
do pfd 59 59
Tennessee Copper 30'/, 30%
Third Ave., 47% 4"
Union Pacific 120% 120%
U. S. Rubber 5 758
U. a. Steel 40 % 40%
ilo pfd 105% 105%
Utah Copper 54% 54%
Vir.Carolina Chetn 21 20%
Western Marjian'jl .... 20 20%
VV. U. Telegraph 64 64
Westinghouse Mfg .... 72 71%
Philadelphia Closing Prices
My Associated Press.
Philadelphia, I'Vb. 2.—Stocks closed
steady:
Cambria Steel 42
General Aspibalt (asked) 30
do pfd (asked) 66
Ijake Superior Cor., .. . (asked) 9
Lehigh Navigation 7 s '/,
Lehigh VaJley 68
Penna. R. R 53
Pha. Electric 23%
Pha. Company (asked) 33
Pha. Rapid Transit ....(asked) 10
Reading 73 Va
Storage Battery 48
Union Traction (asked) 36
U. G. 1 81 «4
U. S. Steel 40'/.
Philadelphia Produce Market
Philadelphia, Feb. 2. Wheat higher:
No. 2 red spot, export, 1.55 Hi 1.58; No. 1
northern. Dulutli export, 1.63® 1.66.
Corn higher; No. 2 spot, export, 83®
83'/4; No. 2 yellow, local, N i"i f/ S 5 1 2 .
Oats—No. 2 white, 64>,4@65.
Bran firm; winter, per ton, $29.50®
30.00; spring, $28.50® 29.00.
Refined sugars strong; powered, 5.25;
fine granulated, 5.15; confectioners' A,
5.05.
Butter firm; western creamery extra,
33; nearby prints, fancy, 36e.
Eggs higher; nearby firsts, free case.
'J.IS; current receipts, free case, 8.85;
western extra firsts, free case, 9.15; do.,
firsts, free case, 8.85.
Live poultry was iirm; fowls. 14@16;
old roosters, 11 (g) 11 ; chickens, 144J>
15; turkeys, 14®17; geese, 14®16.
Dressed poultry steady; turkeys, fan
cy, 21c; do., fair to good, 18(5(20; fowls,
heavy, 18®19; average, 15®17U; small,
13®14; old roosters, 14; broiling chick
ens. nearby, 18®23; western, 14® 22;
roasting, 17®>19; ducks. 12(0)17; geese,
low ii.
Polatoes steady; Pennsylvania, per
bushel, 63®65; New York. 45®50; Jer
sey, per basket. 30®35.
Flour strong; winter straight, 6.50®
6.75; spring straight, 6.75®6.90; spring
patent. 6.6007.15.
Hay steady; No. 1 large bales. 18.50#
19.00; No. 1 medium bales, 18.50# 19.00;
No. 2 do., 17.00® 18.00; No. 3 do.. 14.50®
15.50. Clover mixed, light, 17.50® 1S.00;
No. 1 do., 16.50® 17.00; No. 2, 15.00® 16,0
Chicago Live S'ock Market
Chicago, Feb. 2.—Hogs—Receipts.
10,000; strong. Bulk, 6.80®6.98; light,
6.65(g)6.95; mixed. 6.70®7.00; heavy, 6.50
®7.00; rough, 6.50®6.65; pigs, 5,50®6.65.
('attic-—Receipts, 10,000; firm. Na
tive steers, 5.65®9.25; western, 5.00®
7.50; cows and heifers, 3.1008.10; calves,
7.50® 10.50.
Sheep—Receipts, 5,000; strong. Sheep,
6.10®6.85; yearlings, 7.20®8.00; lambs,
7.50® 8.95.
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Oil Associated Press.
Chicago, Feb. 2. —Close;
Wheat—May, 165; July, 143.
Corn —May, 83%; July, 85%.
Oats —M.\v, 61%; July, 59%.
Pork —-May, 19.65; July, 20.00.
Lard—May, 11.60; July, 11.77.
Ribs—May, 10.80; July, 10.77.
"treasurers to meet here
Fiscal Officers of Various Counties Will
Assemble February 10
A special committee of tho Pennsyl
vania Association of County Treasurers
met in tihe office of County Treasurer A.
■'H. Bailey, in thie Court Mouse this
morning, and fixed Fed)ruarv 16 as tho
timo for the next meeting of the treas
urer's association. The session will be
hold in this city, likely in the old Board
of Trade Building, on Market street,
au'i plans will be laid for presenting to
the Legislature of bills affecting county
treat'.uries which the law-makers will
be asked to pass.
On the evening of February 16 the
treasurers will banquet in the city, at
a place vet to be decided upon. <ii
F. Biirrs, of Wilkes-Barre, preside;)) o'
th<j as-ociation, and County Treasurer!
A. H. Bailey, now are making the ar
rangements tor the meetings.
Delicate Children
usually only Deed a food tonic to make
them strong and healthy
sg*s£!kEmutsfon
coniaxntna Uypopho»ph\les
is not only the best food tonio but is
pleasant to take. Sold only by us.
Goorge A. Gorges.
| DRINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD COLD
Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call it, "Hamburger Brust Thee," at nhy
pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful of the
tea, put h cup of boiling water upon
it, pour through a sieve and drink a
teacup full at any time. It is the most
effective way to break a cold and cure
grip, ns it opens the pores, relieving
congestion. Also loosens the bowels,
thus breaking a cold at once.
It is inexpensive and entirely vege
table, therefore harmless.—Adv.
BANK STATEMENTS
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
of the
Allison Hill Trust Company
°J Harrisburg, No. 1301 Market street.
?\ n . au Phln County, Pennsylvania. <*t
trie close of business Januarv 25, 1915:
RESOURCES
Reserve Fund:
Cash, specie and
r ." ot , PF - 124,95 a .'0
uue froi i approv
al reserve
agents 22,573 00
Nickels and cents * *''4is7 21
Checks and cash items. . ! . 1 ;r,.s iv 1
securities pledged for bills
•' 10,000 00
Commercial paper purchased:
Upon one name, $11,053 75
Upon two or more
names 184,275 74
Loans upon call with col- 19
lateral 5 -;, , m
Time loans with collateral 71'"53 'l3
Loans secured by bonds anil
mortgages 6,1)75 „o
Bonds, stocks, etc 33 852 75
Mortgages and judgments
i>f record 107 q (lll
o<flce building and lot, ... 22! 93 it 38
Other real estate 3 31s in
Furniture and fixtures. ... 4 '9
Overdrafts 56 10
Other assets not included in
above 6,518 IS
Tolal $634,805 02
_ , LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid $125,000 00
Surplus fund * 30 qoo
Undivided profits, less ex-^
penses and taxes paid. 12,715 22
Individual deposits subject
to check (exclusive of
trust funds and savings). 90.571 61
Time certificates of deposit
(exclusive of trust funds
and savings! 24,690 33
Deposits, saving fund (ex
clusive of trust funds and
savings) 171,480 51
Deposits municipal 15,000 00
Due to banks, trust com
panies, etc., not in re
serve To(> ns
Dividends unpaid, s:j iio
treasurer's ind certified
OMI 8 ou^B tandinp: 651 56
Hills payable on demand. . . 5,000 no
Bills payable on time, mort
prape bonds sold on guar
n;'ntee(]- 155,600 00
Other liabilities not in
cluded in above, 3,(>05 73
Total, $634,805 02
Amount of trust funds in
vested, $18,045 74
Amount of trust funds un
invested 80
J 0 ' 31 trust funds $18,126 32
State of Pennsylvania,
County of Dauphin, ss:
I, Alfred G. Eden, Treasurer of the
above named company, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true
lief beSt ° f my knowled se and be
(Slgned) ALFRED G. EDEN.
_ . ~ , Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Ist day of Februarv, 1015
(Signed) JOHN E. GIPPLE.
(Notarial Seal) Notary Public.
Correct—Attest:
(Signed) FRANK .r. ALTHOUSE
E. N. I,EBO,
W. M. IIOERNER,
Directors.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
of the
Commonwealth Trust Com
pany,
of Ilarrlsburg, No. 222 Market street, of
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, at the
close of business January 2.>! 1915
RESOURCES.
Reserve fund:
Cash, specie and
notes $70,391 00
Due from ap
proved reserve
agents 57,117 12
Legal securities
at par 4 1,100 00
... . , , $171,60S 42
Nickels and cents 511 52
Checks and cash items, .. 1 1,337 7 1
Due l'rom Banks and Trust
companies not reserve,.. 104,094 18
Securities pledged for bills
payable 133,961 97
I Assets held iree, viz:
j Commercial paper purchas
ed:
Upon one name,.. $6,116 58
| Upon two or more
names 402,196 52
Loans upon call with col
lateral 468,469 55
Time loans with collateral, 111,389 2:1
Loans secured by bonds
and mortgages 74,759 S3
Bonds, stocks, etc 401,811 20
I Mortgages and judgments
of record 30,680 81
I Oltice building and lot, .... 116,797 34
Other real estate 81,441 49
l'urniture and fixtures. ... 49.000 00
Overdrafts 3,693 73
Other assets not included in
above oo
Total $2,198,878 14
LIABILITIES.
Capital stocK. paid in $250 000 OS
Surplus fund 450,000 00
Undivided profits, less ex
penses and taxes paid. .. 60,645 13
Individual deposits subject
to check (exclusive of
trust funds and savings), 783,571 18
Time certificates of de
posit (exclusive of trust
funds and savings) 288,266 75
Deposits, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania 223,027 57
Deposits, municipal 15,000 00
Due to banks, trust com
panies, etc., not in re
serve 3:15 ;,s
Treasurer's and certified
checks outstanding 8,515 45
Bills payable 011 demand,. . 89,692 74
Other liabilities not includ
ed in above 27,130 79
Book value of reserve se
curities below par 2,329 97
Total $2,198,878 1 1
Amount of trust funds In
, vested $1,526,472 35
Amount of trust funds un-
Invested 117,111 6!)
Overdrafts 9.299 IJ
Total trust funds $4,652,883 26
CORPORATE TRUSTS.
Tolal amount (1. e. face
value) of Trusts under
deeds of trust or mort
gages executed by Corpo
rations to the Company
as Trustee to secure is
sue of corporate bonds.
Including Equipment
Trusts $19,475,000 00
total amount ol securities
deposited by Corporations
with the Company as
Trustee ti, secure Issues
of Collateral Trust Bonds 3,382,400 00
State of Pennsylvania, County of Dau
phin, ss:
1 W. H Metzger, Treasurer of the
above named company, do solemnly
■ wear that the above xtutement la true
to thn oast of ray knowledge and beliaf.
(Signed) W. H. METZGER,
Treasurer
Subscribed and sworn to before ma
tills 2nd day of February, 1915.
(Signed) R. E. STEEVER,
(Noturial Seal) Notary Public.
Correct—Attest:
(Signed) VVILI.I AM JENNINGS,
< 'HAS. E. (XJVEItT,
A. C. STAM.M,
Director*.