HARRISBTTRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3. 1915
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PIORRIISE FARI
lORE PRODUCTIVE
12,460 Heads of Cab
bage Grew in 1914
Where Only 4,700
Grew in Year Before
CARE OF INMATES
IS LESS COSTLY
Average Daily Expense Per Capita Is
Reduced From l<l to 85 Cents-
County's Hens Are Less Active in
Laying Eggs
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Directors of the Poor expended more
than $4,000 in 1914 in excess of what
they spent in the previous year for the
maintenance of the indigent of Dau
phin eounty. the annual statement is
sued to-day by the directors shows that
the amount of farm products obtained
on the poor farm in 1914 far exceeded
that of 1913; the daily average num
ber of inmates of the almshouse was
materially larger than in the year be
fore. and the cost per capita of in
mates at the couittv home was much
reduced.
The Directors had available and
spent last year exactly $67,536.41, ot'
•which $8,912.38 represents the cost
of new buildings aiui improvements;
hospital equipment, $605.19, and quar
antine relief, $1,567.15. The total
spent in 1913 was $63,605.39.
The biggest item of the almshouse
maintenance cost was the purchase of
provisions and supplies. The returns
from the almshouse farm far exceeded
those of the previous year, so that the
grocerv bills were reduced. just
$5,492.48 being spent in 1914 as com
pared with $9.503.65 in 1913.
Wages of employes were increased
by almost SI,OOO, although that was
offset hy decreases in the cost ot fuel
and light, clothing, furniture, bedding,
shoe? and ordinary repairs.
Some Figures Compared
The number of days support was
given to tho inmates of the almshouse, j
the report shows, was 76,285. as
ugain»l 73,365, in 1913. the weekly
cost por capita last year being $2.4,<
as against $3.01 during .the previous
twelve months. The uumber of tramps
fed at. the county home during the year [
was only slightly smaller than iu the j
."tear before, there being 2,083 in 1914
and 2,3 25 in 1913. However the last j
year's figures represent meals furnish- j
ed to vagrants who during the last ■
three months of the year were sen
tenced to the stone pile by Mayor
Koval.
The average number of meals given
to "stone pile iiwiuites" was eight per j
day, for three months, indicating that j
of the 2,083 meals furnished to tramps j
720 were given to the stone-crackers. ■
There was an average of 209 inmates i
ati the home during 1911. as against .
SO'l in the previous year, but the cost 1
of their maintenance was proportion- \
ately less, the daily per capita last
year being 35 cents as acsinst 43
cents the year before. Some idea of
what was raised on the poorhouse farm I
in 1914. compared with the year before]
i an be gained frum the report of Stew
ard S. F. Barber, which follows:
Raised on the Poor Farm
1914 1913
Riishels of torn in ears 5,800 3,100!
Biifhels of wheat .... 637 527
Bushels of oats 333 97S
Bushels of potatoes . . 1.360 94 4
Bushels of turnips ... 374 30
Bushels of beans .... 63 48 '
Bashels of beets .... 37 45 j
Bushels of onions ... 1 5 35 j
Bushels of tomatoes . 95 93 j
Bushels of lettuce ... 26 22 j
Bushels of peppers . . 3 4 !
iiu.-hels of dried corn . 10 4 •
Bushels of pea 6 12 1
Bushels of lima beans. 11 15'.
Heads of cabbage ... 12.460 4.700
Stalk- of celery .... 1.200 4,5001
Barrels of sauerkraut . 13 8
Tons of hay 70 40
Bunches of asparagus. 92 75
Bunches of rhubarb. . . 3,020 2,500
Barrels of soap 11 40
Pounds of butter .... 2,269 2.050
Dozens of eggs 383 1,204
Pounds or beef killed. 5,486 26.436
Pounds of pork kiiled. 12.460 14.403'
Pounds of beef bought. 5,14 3 230
Conditions of Unemployment
Conditions of onempoiyment were re
flected in the report of "the Directors
as may be seen in the statement show
ing that $10,580.13 was expended last
year in aiding families, outside of the
almshouse, as against $8,191.77 duringl
the previous twelve months. Bills re '
maining unpaid at the close of the 1914
fiscal year amounted to $1,312.43 while
at the end of 1913 thev totaled $1 !
720.10. * '
Revenues derive! from the farm ;
and the maintenance of the indigent
and insane in 1914 amounted to
508.03 as compared with $2,742.62 in
1913. The report was read- at the
meeting of the Poor Board to-day and '
was approved.
Fined for 3iot at Hardware Works ;
By Associated Press,
Needing. Pa.. Feb. 3.—Before Mag-!
istrate Darnell to-dav six workmen!
were ea.-h fined $lO for engaging in a !
riot last night at the Reading Hard
ware Works, where a big strike is in j i
progress because of the introduction of i
mechanical molders.
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WAR AUTOS MADE HERE
FOR USE OF BRITAINS
Krum Kirat Pag«.
rapid-lire guns. The car is virtually en
closed by the armor plate.
The contracts which the Kuglish
government proposes giving out will
call for several different types of cars,
one for carrying ammunition, one for
provisions and another to carry staff
officers.
To Increase Working Force
The tractors must have a twenty-ton
capacity—the Morton firm gives that
as the capacity of its sample—and they
will tie used in towingthe big &uns of
the artillery. Trucks and tractors must
hiAe wheel drives, the English engin
eers say, to withstand the strain of the
trips through the mud, aud for that rea
son, it has been predicted, only that
type of cars will be purchased.
Only the classis—the undert'rame
without the body——of a certain per
centage of motor trucks will go to make
up a part of the monthly installment
orders. This is due to the" fact that the
British engineers will complete the
equipment of the cars upon their arrival
in London.
The British government's advance
agent, who to some extent supervised
the construction of the sample cars at
the local plant, did not say when the
first order will be placed or how soon
the cars must be shipped, but he did
give assurance that the Harrisburg
company will get a good-sized order
and directed it to lay plans for in
creasing its manufacturing facilities,
both in the size of the plant and the
working force.
Plant Started in 1!M1
The 'Morton Truck and Tractor Com
pany opened its plan at Nineteenth and
Manada streets on "Settomber ?, 1911,
and has been running continuously
since that time, giving regular employ
ment to between twenty-five and thirty
men. Resides trucks and tractors, the
firm manufactures traction engines and
auto fire apparatus.
The motor combination chemical and
hose wagon which now is being use!
bv the Friendship company of the Har
risburg fire department, is a product of
the Morton pOaiit.
UPPER BRANCHES FALLING
Crest of Flood in Susquehanna to Pubs
Here To-night—Maximum of KM
Feet Forecasted
Danger of a flood in the iSusquehaaina
j valley seems to be over and falling ac
| tion has already started in the upper
branches, most of the precipitation be
ing held back bv a drop in temperature
to below freezing. The crest of the
; high water will pass here some time
during to-night, it is believed by tho
weather observer, who forecasts a stage
jof about 10.4 by to-morrow evening,
j The change here in the twenty-four
! hours preceding 8 o'clock this morning
I was a rise of 3.7 feet, making the riv
|er stage here this morning 9.6 feet.
The increase at Harrisburg was the
j greatest in the valley last night and
most of the water from the recent rain
is now in the main river, the maximum
(amount passing here to-night.
| The storm, responsible for the bad
i weather here since Sunday, has at last
i passed off the North Carolina coast and
(fair weather is taking its place. A
1 partly cloudy condition with no precipi
-1 tation is expected here to-night follow
ed by clearing to morrow. E. R. Do
: main, local weather observer, fore
! casts a minimum temperature for to
, night at about 20 degrees, four de
grees lower than last night's mark of
j 24 degrees.
CHORUS TO TAKE TRIP
Evangelistic Singers Will Go Out of
City for First Time To-morrow
The first out-of-town trip of the liar
risburg evangelistic chorus will be ta
: ken to-morrow evening, when four hun
■ ired members Rill go to the Miller tab
i ernacle at Meehanicsburg to lead the
! ~ingiug. The party will leave the
I Square at 6.30 o'clock and start back
, from Mechanicefcurg at 9.50 o'clock.
The trip is being made in response to
an invitation from the Rev. Mr. Dice.
.of Mechanicsburg. Members of the or
chestra are include! in the partv.
V hundred members of the chorus
will sing at an evangelistic, service at
the First Baptist church one night next
week, aiding Evangelist C. E. Hillis.
VOCAL PUPILS GIVE CONCERT
Operatic Selections Sung by Class of
J. Edmund Skiff
Pupils of the J. Edmund Skiff vocal
studios, 23 North Third street, gave
a concert last evening at the Mount
Pleasant Press. Nineteen selections
were given, including several from
operas. Following is the program:
••The Rose and the Lilv" and
'• Rapture,'' Miss Ruth S. Kravbill;
"Her Rose" and "Isthar," Robert K.
Millard; ''The Call * * and "Come, Be
loved." fron ''Atlanta " Mrs. O. E.
Hood: "For All Eternity," S. N. Ka
well; "Because." Miss Emma Graup
ner; "Dance of th». Swords." Dr. By
ron S. Behney; "A Birthdav Hong'"
and "A Spray of Roses." Marguerite]
E. Wiklman- •' Italian Boatman's
Song," Ellis Lawrence; - The Danza,"j
Miss Kraybill; excerpts from " Faust," i
Miss R. Flora Weil and Dr. Behney;
"In the Time of Roses" end "A Night ]
in Venice," Mrs. Good and Mr. Mil-I
lard; ' Loved by Thee." Miss Wild
man; '-On the Road to Mandalay." Mr.
Millard; "Sunlight," Mrs. Good. I
Annual Food Sale
The annual food sale will be held in
>t. Paul's M. E. chuivh. Vine street,
near Front, Friday, February 5 and 6,!
under ai. spices of Miss " Charlotte 1
Hamer's Sunday school class. Adv.** 1
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CAPITOL HILL
MEASURE FOR INSPEbTION
OF STEABJDBOT WATER
Bill Proposes the Creation of a Bureau
In Cities of the First, Second and
Third Classes In Pennsylvania—
S team fitters' Union Backing Bill
Re preventative William Luxemburg-
I «r, Lackawanna, stands sponsor for a
bill that if unacted vrill create a Bureau
of Steaui and Hot Water Inspection in
cities of the first, second and third class
of the State, including llarrUburg.
A chief inspector, to be name.! by the
mayor with tne consent of council and
who is to receive not less than $ I,SOO
•per year, is to be in charge of tne Bu
reau. lie will work under the super
vision of talie Director of Public Safety.
All steam littiug firms and journey
men steamtitters will be required to
take out a license, annually and be
fore doing so must take an examina
tion before a board oit' examiners to be
named by the mayor and which shall
consist of the chief inspector, a chief
boiler inspector; one master litter and
two journeymen.
Firms are to pay a license tee of
i SIOO and individuals will be maldie to
pay s."> each, the money to be turned
, into the city treasury. The Steam fit
! tors' Union, of Scranton, is backing the
; bill.
1 Conference Postponed
i Owing to the fact that Senators Mc-
Nichol and Sproul were called to Phil
i adelphia yesterday afternoon, the eon
| ference between the legislative commit
tee and Governor Brumbaugh ou the
' legislation to carry out the Governor's
j personal platform campaign pledges,
; wns not held, and it will probably take j
I place next Monday afternoon. Mean
i time the bills will be gone over by At
torney General Brown, who has them'
j in charge.
Met By Chance
Seuators McNicliol and \ are, of |
Philadelphia, called on the Governor \
} before leaving for Philadelphia and pre- j
sen ted the name of William 11. Shoe- '
maker as successor to the lite Judge!
,'ohn S. Kinsey for judge of common
pleas court No. 1. Mr. Shoemaker is
one of the Governor's oldest personal
friends and his appointment will satisfy
the Republican leaders. This was the
first call made on the Governor by Sen- 1
ator MeNiehol since the inauguration.
Treasury Money
The Pennsylvania Railroad t'ompanv
yesterday paid $250,000 into the treas-!
ury on account for increase on capital
stock. Register Sheahan, of Philadel
phia. paid $.">:i.272 tax on collateral!
inheritances, and other counties brought
the gum UP to $152,850. The total re
ceipts of the day were $455.276. and
the payments were $33,931, of which
$50,000 was auto license money to the
St:;te Highway Department.
Highway Department Bill
Former Senator Adams, of Alio
ghenv, is engaged in the preparation of
n bill to reorganize the State Highway
Department, and it is understood wiil i
submit it to Governor Bnimfesugh be-!
fore it is introduced in the Senate.
Workmen's Compensation Bill
Attorney General Brown -,ii i to-day
that he expects to have the Workmen's'
Compensation bill ready to be intro
duced in the House early next week.
Copies will he given each member of
the Legislature accompanied by ex
■plauatory notes niving the rea.-ons for
each section.
Called on Bigelow
A delegation from Clearfield county!
called on State Highway Commissioner j
Bigelow to-ila\ to pay their respects. ■
Thv delegation consisted of Dr. S. .1
Miller, Senator from the Clearfield bis "i
trict: Representative Joseph K. Phil
lips and Messrs. Korsvthe, Miller an 1
Coffee.
GRAYSTOCk FIVE €o3ll\<i
The management of the Harrisburg
Independents has arranged for the
Gray stock Eastern League team to op
pose the Independents at the Chestnut
street auditorium Saturday night. It
is the first appearance of tliis team I
in Harrisburg
Tiie Gravstock manager haa guaran- i
teed the regular Eastern League line- i
up and. as the Independents will have I
their regular lineup, a fast and inter- j
esting game is assured. The Gravstock
team is not a traveling team and the
Independents are very lucky to have
been abk to arrange a game.
FACKIER SUCCEEDS BOYER
E. M. Fackler, who was appointed
general foreman ear inspector in the.
Reading freight yard, suecteding Harrv
A. Boyer. of this city, retired, is also
a pative of Harrisburg. He entered the
service of the company as a car in
spector here in 1902. He was appoint
ed assistant foreman in IMO an,l trans
ferred to Reading. July 1. 0 f that year.
He was made general foreman February
1. 'Mr. Faultier is 35 years of age and
resides in Rca.iing. He is a member
of the Masonic fraternity. Odd Fellows,
Jr. O. L. A. M. and Red Men. He is
a graduate of the Oakdale ('Dauphin
county) 'High s.-hool.
Printing Contracts Awarded
Tlte Telegraph Printing Company,
of this city, and Hartzel Brothers, Car
lisle, were awarded the bulk of the
printing contracts for county oflice sup
plies awarded by the County Commis
si oners this afternoon
The Telegraph got 14 items. Hart
*cl Brothers, 12; (antral Book Store,
5; Keystone Printing and Binding
Company, 5; Harrv Hocker, Penbrook,
4. Other bidders included A.
Thompson & Company and tiie Star
Printing Company.
Hear of Death of Local Man
Chief of Police Davis, of Kaiser, W.
Va„ last night telephoned the local
department that Charles F. Wean, who
is believed to be a former Harrisburger,
is dead at tiiat place and s-sking the
assistance of the local police in finding
Lena Wean, who, the West Virginia
officer says, resides here. No such
name appears in the Harrisburg di
rectory.
Dies of Paralysis at Hospital
Mrs. Zaclianah Forster, 39 years old,
1223 Wallace street, died at 4 o'clock
this morning at the Harrisburg hospital
of paralysis. Bhe had been seriously
ill for a 'ong time and was admitted
to the hospital on January 23.
CLIMBS A 40-FOOT
POLE TO SAVE CAT
OsitluH rna rtiat Put.
arm and made Ins way down as care
fully as he had gone up. Then he turn
ed the rescued cat over to the constable
who got rt a piece of meat from a
neighbor. After eagerly eating the
meat the kitten retreated to an alley
nearby.
"'The poles were never in such a
•dippery condition," said Croiier this
morning. "1 have seen them with ice
on one si«ie, but rarely have they been
ice-coated all around. '
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
CMtlnrd l'rom Ktrat r>(t.
i portant phases of the campaign In the
east. Russian troops are said to have
made marked progress in Dukla Pass,
advancing over the crest of the moun
tain and to have repulsed an Austrian
' assault south of Ussok Pass.
Fighting continues between Brit'.ah
and Turkish forces In Arabia, neai the
head of the Persian Gulf, where small
.. forces of Turks have taken the offen
sive. An attack on Kurna, near the
Junction of the Euphrates and Tigris
rivers, was stopped by the fire from
I British gunboats.
i According to the German version of
jthe recent fighting In Poland, as given
i in the official report to-day from Berlin,
i the Busslans have been forced" back
near Bolimow. It is said that the Ger
mans captured a village and took four
thousand prisoners. Russian attacks
elsewhere the German war office asserts
i were repulsed.
Except for a renewal of infantry
fighting near Perthes, which apparently
was not of advantage to either side,
only artillery exchanges were in pro
gress yesterday in France and Belgium.
PIKE FROM BRITISH GIN BOATS
DRIVES BACK TIRKS AT kI'KNA
Berlin. Feb. By Wireless to Lon
! don, S.oo A. M.—Fighting between
J English and Turks continues at Kurna,
' according: to a dispatch from Bogdad,
which describes a uight attack made
! by 200 Turks. Two English battalions
| posted on opposite sides of the town,
the dispatch says, became contused and
! fired on each other for several hours.
The Turks were driven back at day
break by the tire from two British guu
boats.
An Indian expeditionary fo/ce is
1 operating at the head of the I'ersiaji
1 gulf. It was announced early in De
] cenrber that the Turkish forces at Kiir
| na had surrendered and that the two
w.- s occupied by the British who thus
j gained control of the country from the
junction of the Tigris and Euphrates
rivers near which Kurna is situa 1,
j to the Persian Gulf.
SCHOOL SECRETARIES MEET
Believe Few Board Committees With
Business Managers Work
for Efficiency
A discussion of the operation of a '
j school district under the new school
] code with the small uoard oc-npied the
attention of the sixty school . l >oard sec- j
reUries attending the Stav eonven- !
tion in the Technical High school build j
iug to-day.
The principal discussion followed the 1
talk on "The Secretary-Business Alalia |
ger. and the Advantages of the Smaller !
i Number of School Boaid Committees,''
j by W. J. Flynn, secretary of the Erie
| board. It was said that this plan |
J worked for efficiency in managing the |
! district. No definite action was taken.
; There v.ere discussions on finances and
insurance on buildings. Secretary D. j
[>. Hammelbaugh, of the local board,
welcomed the delegates.
The session was continued this after- !
noon. Keports occupied the attention j
early in the afternoon. A nominating
committee appointed this morning re- >
; ported lute this afternoon. There will 1
! i>e round table discussions this evening. |
While the sessions o c tuis convention ,
last but to-dav, most of the members j
will remain over tor the State direc- j
! tors' meeting to-morrow.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS TO MEET
Will Ask for Expert Accountants in
Proposed Legislative Measure
The legislative committee of the Di
rectors' Department of the State Edu
cational Association will be asked to
j sponsor a measure to be introduced in
| the Legislature this session providing i
, lor the appointment of expert account
| ants in firs-t and second class districts
I to audit school accounts, the purpose be
j ing to itecrease the cost for that work.
The directors will meet here for two
days beginning to-morrow. Registra j
I tions will begin this evening in the I
! Technical High school.
TO CKANIiE REGISTRATION PLAN '
Representative Jones Proposes An In
novation For Third Class Cities
Representative William Jones, of j
• Lackawanna, said to-day that he means
to introduce a bill creating boards of |
j registration commissioners in cities or' I
the third class. It it goes through and j
j is approved by the Governor, the. ap
! pointment of district registars, whose j
! duties now are vested in the county
, commissioners, will be made by two'
registration commissioners to be named 1
i by the Governor, just as registration j
i boards are now appointed in Philadel
; phia, Pittsburgh and Scranton.
"I am for a bill that will create a
board of two commissioners, a member
of the majority party ana a representa
| tive of the minority party, in cities of
! the third class," said Mr. Jones. "The
i commissioners can be paid a nominal
1 s;alary and it will be up to them to
: name the district registrars. The bill
! will further provide that the registra
tion books, instead of their being re
turned to the office of the county com
missioners, shall be left in the eare of
the city registration commissioners."
Anti-Trust Suits Dismissed
New York, Feb. 3.—The govern
ment's anti-trust suits against the
Prince Line, the Hamburg American
Line, the I import and Holt Line and
others, charging restraint of trade in
connection with freight and passenger
steamship business between American
ports and Brazil, and against the
American Asiatic Steamship Company
and others, whose steamships ply be
tween New York and Asiatic ports,
were dismissed to-day.
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In This Notable Sale of "Royal" Waists
You'll Find Values That Are Almost
Unprecedented
fifteen hundred waists at 50<* alone, representing values that would sell ordi
narily for SI.OO, $1.50 and $1.95 —this one item gives one a pretty fair idea of the
Sale's saving possibilities. And there are perhaps a dozen more items which hold
as much interest.
Descriptions arc more valuable in an event of this kind than descriptive talk,
so we pass the items on to you:
The 50c Waist —The 95c Waist
Royal all linen waists with medium liu-ks and l.oOtl Kovhl waists of voile, cambrie, Persian
sott collar; actual SI.OO, $1.50 ami $1.95 rn , lawn and organdie—actual $2.05, s;{.os to $7.50
values. Mill and Factory Salo price,.. values. In the Mill and Factory Sale QSyg
fl n^ o h*lu ma S i .' l , 8 tlK '^ d t yW jT l v »il« ; waists ti'ii.imed with 'tucks and
and back, with soft collar and cuffs. CQ , ai , e hlßertion ull) , au ~n br oidercd scalloped
aml Factory Sale price, piece on collar. Mill and Factory Sale QC^
Royal voile waists, in various good styles ami priee ;••••.
a complete size range. Mill and Factory CA , Royal cairihric waists, with trimming of hunch
Sale price, tucks in front and back. Mill and Fae- QRJr
tory Sale price,
Royal crepe waists with flat collar and trim- Persian lawn and organdie waists with trim
ming of hemstitching. Mill and Factory ming of tucks and embroidery insertion. Ac ,
S" 1 * 1 P ri(, e. Mill and Factory Sale price,'
Royal Silk Waists: SI.OO, $1.50 and $1.95
Actual $2.95 and $3.50 Values
Scores of women bought three and four of these remarkable values in Royal
Silk \\ aists at the opening of the sale to-day and the choosing for to-morrow will
be fully as interesting because there are hundreds of garments in the clearance.
Actual $2.50 and $2.95 silk Actual $2.95 and $3.60 silk Actual $3.50 and $4.50 silk
waists are offered for.. SI.OO I waists arc offered for.. .$1.50 I waists are offered for. . $1.95
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor—Three Elevators.
Additional Mill and Factory News on Page 12
KIDNAPED PIC RECOVERED
But, Alas! Representative "Bill" Ad
ams Has Shipped It Home and De
prived Hia Colleagues of a Feast
The "Honorable Bill" Adams' pig
roast has been called off.
Various and sundry members of tho
House of Representatives, together
with ofiiceis of that body, have had in
mind visious of a roast pig as the piece
de resistance at a feast where they
would be participants—said pig being
tho one that the "Honorable Bill" got
at a local theatre one night last week,
aud which he proposed to present to
Speaker Amblir. The presentation fell
through because somebody spirited the
pig away.
Up to last night the po r ker was se
cluded in a cellar of an uptown man
sion in which reside certain members
of the House, who are alleged to have
laid violent hands 011 the pig, kidnaped
it as it were, and laui it away for a
pig roast, to all of which he agreed, as
he was to be the worthy host, but his
fellow lawmakers did not tell him
where the pig was in hiding. Last
night, however, the ''Honorable Bill"
learned of its whereabouts and he took
steps at once to replevin the animal.
In this he was successful. The animal
was taken to the Capitol and handed
over to the true and rightful owner.
Once more last night the pig occu
pied its palatial pig sty in the $13,-
000,000 Capitol, but it will never do so
again. To-day the ''Honorable Bill"
had it up and shipped to his
home in Hazleton, and it is expected
that by the close of the session the pig
will have attained proportions that will
Justify the "Honorable Bill" in giving
a pig roast at his home the like of
which the coal regions has never yet
seen.
ROT ASIANS PLAN BIG NIGHT
Ladles Will Ee Entertained at Banquet
and Dance on March 3
At a meeting of the Harrisburg Ro
tary Club in Bogar's sporting goods
store last night, it was announced that
the annual ladies' uight of the organ
isation will be held on March 2 at
the Masonic temple, when there will
be a banquet and a dance.
"The Will o' the Wisp" at the Vic
toria To-day
America'R greatest four-part drama
is. "The Will O' the Wisp, - ' headliner
at the Victoria Theatre, 223 Marki-t
street, to-day. Enacted during a raging
flood, an all-trtar cast presents a story
roplete with thrilling incidlents and
bre«th-quiekening scenes. The cast in
cludes Henry King, Miss Jackie Sun
ders, Miss Madeline Pardee, Robert
Grey, Ohartos Dudley, Miss MoHie Mc-
Connell, VV. Johnson.
The program will end with; the Pathe
Daily News, showing latest events at
home and abroad in moving pictures.
To-dav Ed Ooxen and Winifred Green
wood in motion pictures known as
".Silence,'' in two parts. Don't for
get that Monday, February 7, " Run
away June," will be here again in first
»jid second- installments of the wonder
ful -pioture.—>-Adv. *
TROTTER RAISES $2,501
Tells of City's Need for Rescue Mission
and Asks for Fluids for
Maintenance
Referring to the recent Stough evan
gelistic campaign in this city, Melvin
B. Trotter, the rescue mission worker,
in his address at the. Chestnut street
auditorium last night, asked his audi
ence whether Dr. Stough had not "hit
them hard, ' and then remarked, "You
are a hard gang to reach."
( He told of his personal experiences
j in mission work, and emphasized the
[need of the rescue mission in this city,
which is now established on Fifth street
off of Market. He succeeded in rais
ing a total of $2,501 in cash and sub
scriptions toward the maintenance of
the institution.
Men and women were present at Inst
night's meeting. A male chorus of 100
voices from the Harrisburg evangelistic
chorus led the singing. A women's
ehorus of 150 sang at the women's
meeting iu the afternoon.
MRS. F. B. NORMAN IHES
Wife of Minister Made Her Home With
Daughter, Mrs. Ebersole
The Mrs. .Barthura A. Nor
man, 65 years old, wife of the Rev. F.
B. Norman, occurred 'Friday at Omaha,
111. For some time she made her home
with her daughter, iMrs. William P.
Eber<K)le, 7 44 South Twenty-first street.
Mrs. Annie E. Hartz
Mrs. Annie E. Hartz, 75 years old,
1002 South Cameron street, died yes
terday morning. Mrs. Hartz was a na
tive of Carlisle and after the close of
the Civil war accompanied her husband
to California, where she stayed during
the Indian wars there. She leaves nine
children, seventeen grandchildren and
seven great-grandcihildron. Funeratl
services will be held Friday at 2.50
o'clock. 'Burial will be made in the
Harrisburg cemetery.
John Gardner
The funeral of John 'Gardner, 20
years old, son of Mr. and (Mrs. John
Gardner, 304 iMulberry street, was held
from the home yesterday afternoon at
2 o'clock. The body was brought here
from Fox Lake yesterday. Mr. Gard
ner is survived by his jiarente and a
number of brothers and sisters. Burial
was in the Harrisburg ceineterv.
James Miles
Funeral services of James Miles,
whoso death occurred Monday morn
ing, will be held to-morrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock at -the home of his pareuts,
121 Balm street.
Business Improving, Say® Lehigh Head
By Asuociatat Press.
Washington, Feb. 3.—President E.
B. Thomas, of the Lehigh Valley rail
road, told President Wilson to-day busi
ness conditions showed an improvement
and that the railroads were gaining
from an increase in traftie. They need
ed less regulation, he told the President,
to better their condition.
FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCH EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
' Furnished by H. W. Snavely, Broker,
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets *
New York, Feb. 3.
Open. Close.
Alaska Gold Mines ... 2SV4 28'4,
Amal Copper 54 (4 51
Amer Beet Sugar 38% 37%
1 American ('an 28% 27%
lAm Car and Foundry Co 44% 44%
lAm Cotton Oil 46% 4"%
lAm Ice Securities .... 23 22%
i Amer Loco 22 22
Amer Smelting 61 % 62
! American Sugar 108% 107
| Amer Tel and Tei .... 120% 120%
Anaconda 27% 27
Atchison 94% 04%
Baltimore and Ohio ... 70% 70%
Bethlehem Steel 49 49%
Brooklyn R T 88% 87%;
California Petroleum . . 20% 20%
Canadian Pacific 158% 157
Central Leather 3 4'% 34%
Chesapeake and Onio 44 44
• hi. Mil and St Paul .. 88% 88
Chino Con Copper .... 36% 35%
Consol Gas 118% 118%
Corn Products 9 :l s i
Erie 23 22%
Erie, Ist pfd 3 t>% 36
•General Electric Co . . 142% 142
General Motors .' 92% 92%
Goodrich >B F 33 32%
Great Nor pfd 115 115
Great Nor Ore, subs. . . 30% 30
Guggenheim Exploration 51% 51
Interboro Met 12% 12%
Interboro Met pfd .... 54% 53%
Valley 135 135
Mex Petroleum 74% 75'/,
Missouri Pac 11% 11%
Nev Consol (\>pper ... 12% 12%
New York Cen 89% 89%
N Y, N H and H 50% 50
Northrn Pac. 104 103%
Pennsylvania R. R 106 106
Pittsburgh Coal IS% 18%
do pfd 89% 90
Press Steel tar 30 30
Railway Steel Spg 22 22%
Ray Con. Copper 1"% 17%
Reading 116% 146%
Repub. 1. ami S. pfd . 72% 72
Sonithern Pacific 85% 85%
Southern Rv 16% 16%
Tennessee Copper 30% 29%
Texas Company 134 134
Third Ave., 46% 46
Union Pacific 120% 120
S. Rubber 57% 57%
U. S. Steel 40% 40%
do pfd 103'.. 103%
I' tah Copper 53% 53%
Vir.-Carolina Ohem., -. .. 21 22
Western Maryland .... 20% 20
W. U. Telegraph 63% 64%
Westinghouse Mfg .... 70% 70%
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago, Feb. 3. —Close.
W T heat —'May. 159%; July, 138";',.
Corn—<May, 81; July, 82%.
Oats—'May, 60; Julv, 57%,
Pork—Ma'v, 19.60; Julv, 19.95.
Urd—Mav, 11.10; Julv, 11.55
Ribs—May, 10.47; Jtiiy, 10.67.
IT PAYS TO USE STAR
INDEPENDENT WANT ADS.