STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS
FAVOR CHARGES IN CODE
Urge Amendment Which Would Permit
School Bonds to Be Issued at Any
Time of Tew —D. D. Hammelbaugh
Is Elected Secretary
After listening to a report of the
legislative committee of the directors'
department of the State Educational
Association which, in brief, recommend
ed- but two changes in the school code
of Pennsylvania, the twentieth annual
meeting of the association ca,ine to a
close this morning in t'he Central High
school.
Beth changes are proposed amend
ments to section* of the code relating
to finances,- —one being t<J clarify a
section of the cotle which limit* the Ar
rowing capacity of the board; the other
permitting boards in the State to issue
f>onds at any time during the year. I'n-
fS#T the present regulations school bonds
may be issued only at the time of mak
ing the annual tax levy.
The final business of the session was
the flection (if officers which resulted
as follows: President, J. Newton
Rhoads, Reading: firs* vice president.
Dr. Cameron Sheetz, Danville; second
vice president, Mrs. Thomas G. Cooper,
Landlsdwwnc: third vice president, I>.
.T. Thomas, Scranton; recording and cor
responding secretary, D. D. Hummel
baugh, Harrishurg; executive commit
tee, Charles \T. Magee, Baston; S. K.
McCltire, Biraddock; W. G. Davis, Mc-
Keesport; Dr. R. J. Yhost, South Betih
lehem, and Harry A. Rover, Harris
burg; legislative committee, M. H. Hen
ning, Wilkinsburg; T. G. Magee, Al
toona: Dr. J. D. Orr, Leechfourg; H. M.
Lessig, Pottstown; James W. Wucher,
and A. E. Burnaiford,
Wilkes-Barrc.
J. Geiorge Becht, secretary of the
fitate Boaril of Education, conducted an
interesting question box this morning.
The opening of the session was partici
pated in by the pupils of the Central
High school, music being furnished by
the choir anrV orohestra. Dr. Samuel
Harmilton. AHegheny county superinten
dent, made an address to the pupils.
Two women directors from the west
ern part of the State were among the
228 directors enrolled.
Governor Brumbaugh spoke yester
day afternoon to tihe directors. He ex
pressed satisfaction with the present
echool laws, complimented the director
wtio had the courage to levy an extra
mill of tax to make good schools amf
advocated an increase in salaries of
capable teachers wherever possible. He
euggewted that the directors see that
■school children be thoroughly versed in
State history.
C. V. R. R. LOSES A POINT
<7udge McOarrell Decides It Got Proper
Notice of Damage Suit
When the I<ehigh Navigation & Elec
tric Company, some time ago, began ex
tending its power line in the northeast
ern part, of the S*ete, the Public Utili
ties Company sought to prevent it from
crossing the Utilities company's lines by
appealing to the Public Service Com
mission. The Public Service Commis
sion decided that there was nothing to
■warrant, restraining the Lehigh com
<pan.v from carrying out its plans and
•J»n appeal was taken to the Dauphin
eounty court. Judge McCarrell filed
• n opinion this morning dismissing the
appeal.
In a case in which the Cumberland
Valley Railroad Company claimed it
had not been given proper nofice of a
damage suit, filed against it bv Joseph
(Milleisen Sons, of Mechanicsburg,
Judge McCarrel I ruled in favor of the
Mechanicsburg firm. The plaintiff is
suing to recover losses sustained when
the Milleisen lumber yard in Mechan
icsbnrg was destroyed by a fire alleged
to have been started by sparks from a
Cumberland Valley engine. The rail
road company now must, defend the
damage suit.
CREDIT RATING EXPLAINED
Letters on Subject Received To-day
From Chamber of Commerce
The new credit rating bureau being
installed by the HarriSburg Chamber
of Commerce is thoroughly explained to
the membership by a leftteT and forms
received in t/he mail by the members
to-day.
A. D. (Mac Mil lan, the expert, who is
looking after its installation, is at t'he
headquflTters of the 'Chamber of Com
merce and calling on those members
who desire personal advice and sugges
tions in regard to the matter.
The officers of the chamber have also
requested all members who can to visit
the offices of the chamber in the Kun
kel building and become acquainted
with how t'he system is beiing built up.
MR. ALEXANDER SPOKE
Pointed Out Growth of Presbyterian
Church at Last Night's Meeting
That, there were during the last
year i O,OOO Presbyterian churches with
9,000 ministers anil a million and a
half of members was pointed out last
night by the Rev. Dr. Maitland Alex
ander. of Pittsburgh, in an address on
"The Hour of the Church" at last
night's session of the Harrimburg Prco
byterian Association at Pine Street
church. _
At the afternoon and evening meet
ings the Rev. J. S. Arinentrout, assist
ant pastor of Pine street, presided. J.
H. Suicer introduced Dr. Alexander. A
dinner was served at fi o'clock in the
social room of the church.
MRS. JACOB GOOD IS DEAD
Cousin of Harry A. Boyer, President of
HarTisburg School Board
Mrs. Jacob Good, a cousin of Harry
A. Boyer, president of the Harrisburg
School Board, died at her home, 180b
Market street., at 4 o'clock this morn
ing from a complication of diseases.
Her husband is a telegrapher connected
with the Northern Central railroad and
employed in Cly. The Good family
moved to Harfisbtirj from York, about
a year ago.
Mrs. Good was a daughter of the lite
11. K. Witman, who years ago operated
the McCormick quarries in Wormleys
burg. Her survivors include her hus
band, one daughter, Hilda, and one son,
Galen.
Sausage Over 58 Feet Long
Thirty-five pounds of l>ork was
duffel' into n sausage skin measuring
>8 feet 6 inches in the shop of Hull
brothers, 1718 North Third street, this
noriring. This is the longest sausage
>ver stuffed at the Hull establishment
md it is betlieved to be a record break
r in the city.
TARRISBuafi ST A R-INDBPENTIEXT, FRIDAY EVENTOfI. FEBRUARY 5, 1915.
EERMAN PRESS JUBILANT
ON ADMIRALTY DECLARING
BRITISH WATER IN WARZONE
Berlin, via London, Feb. 5, 10.35 A.
M.—The entire German press greets
with satisfaction the admiralty's dec
laration that the waters surrounding
England, Scotland and Ireland, have
been included in the war zone. The
headlines of several papers speak of the
announcement as a blockade. The
"Post" declares it is a blockade and
must be so considered.
"Neutral shipping,'' says the
"Post," "is given time to take refnge
in safe harbors. Only after a measured
period do all merchantmen going to
and from the British Isles run into dan
ger. Then to be sure, men and freight
not only on British ships, but under a
neutral flag are doomed to sink."
The "Taglische Bundschau. r ' says:
"We have accepted England's bat
tle conditions. » « » - We let
England play its role and assume ours
with all its rights and obligations. Let
him guard himself who feels like com
ing between.''
The " Lokal Anzeiger" - declares
England 's own weapons are being turn
ed against herself and when Germany
destroys the "English yoke under
which the world has suffered for cen
turies," it will have accomplished a
high historical mission and freed the
world from one of its most dangerous
enemies.''
The "Tage-blatt" says England's
conduct to which the new decree is an
answer has been an admission it could
not defeat Germany with weapons
wliieh Germany realizes and not incon
siderable. The paper expresses the opin
ion that neutral "powers will suffer
losses from the new declaration but de
clares these losses will be small com
pared with those which 'Rngl.ind im
poses upon them.
ENGLAND IS STIRRED OVER
THREAT OF THE GEiMKS IB
BOTTLE UPJRITISH ISLES
l/ondon, Feb. 5, 12.45 P. M. — Al
though referring sarcastically to tier
many's threat to bottle up the British
Isles by means of submarines as a
"paper blockade," England is stirred
to-day by this latest development in the
marine situation as she seldom has been
since the outbreak of hostilities.
The press unanimously subordinates
all other war news, not excepting the
Turkish halt at the Suez canal, to give
prominence to the dispatches from Ber
lin, while the foreign office statement
following quickly the publication of the
German threat as one requiring a"
prompt counter stroke. As the stute
ment says, the 'authorities are consider
ing "more stringent measures against
German trade.'' The ministers art
treating the subject as of particular
urgenov and a full official statement as
to the situation of Great Britain will
be published.
Some English newspapers dec: ire to
day that the German announcement
will benefit England in that it right
fully entitles the British government to
declare contraband all foodstuffs destin
ed for Germany.
GERMANS TAKE OVER 6.088
RUSSIANS AS PRISONERS
Berlin, Feb. 5, By Wireless to Say
ville.—The German army headquarters
staff to-day gave out the following
statement:
"On the whole western front, except
for an isolated French attack against
the German position to the northwest
of Perthes, which was unsuccessful,
only artillery duels took fAaee.
"On the east Prussian frontier re
newed Russian attacks to the south of
the Memel river, were repulse I.
"Strong Russian attacks against the
positions recently taken by the Ger
mans to the east of Bolimow (Fast of
Lowicz) were equally unsuccessful. We
have taken prisoners in that vicinity
since February 1, twenty-six officers
and about 6,000 men."
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Contlnnrd From Flrnt l'n«f.
war office to-day says that along a
section of the front about six miles
long the Germans brought up rio less
than 84,000 men, supported by 100
batteries of artillery. In compact
masses tfcese troops were hurled against
the Russian positions. The Petrograd
statement asserts that these attacks
were broken up and that the Russians,
assuming the offensive in turn, cap
tured German trenches and occupied
two villages.
In the Carpathians the fighting is
hardly less severe. The Petrograd war
office admits that the Russians retreat
ed in one section of this front, after
fighting ten successive engagements
with bayonets. Elsewhere Russian suc
cesses are claimed.
The action of the German admiralty
in declaring within the war zone the
waters surrounding England, Scotland
and Ireland, is supported enthusias
tically by the German press.
The German official announcement of
to-day does not support the claim of
the Russians of successes on the War
saw front, stating that their attacks
were repulsed.
There were no engagements of lm
portance along the western front yester
day.
$00,OOO,(MM) For Destroyed Property
Paris, Feb. 5, n A. M.-*—President
Poincare has signed a decree opening
a credit of 300 million francs (sfiO,
000,000) to meet the most urgent needs
of persons whose property has been de
stroyed as a result of the war.
Resume Fight Against Servians
Geneva, via Paris, Feb. 5, u.05 A.
M.— Hostilities against Servia have
been resumed by the Austrian*, accord
ing to reports received here from
sources which usually have been well
informed.
Order Street Numbers Changed
Carrying out the provisions of a city
ordinance Chief of Police Hutchison
this morning ordered the numbers of
Wie houses started now with 2600 Jef
ferson street, changed to correspond
with those on Sixth street, making the
block the (700 block.
CAPITOL
CORPORATION CONTRASTS
BEFORE PA- COMMISSION
Application of Beading for Grade Cross
ing at Avon, Lebanon County, Held
Over Until Next Meeting of Public
Service Body
At the session of the Public Seirvi.ce
Commission yesterday the contract of
t'bo Pennsylvania Railroad Company in
the City oi AI toon a was held for formal
petition; that of the Lilly E.ectrie
Light, Heait amd Power Company and
the Borough of Lilly waa held for proof
of publication; that of the Equitable
Gas Company in the Borough of Home
stead was held for further consideration,
a« were tme application of the Potato
Creek (las Company for the approval of
ils incorporation and the Citiaens' Elec
tric Company for the renewal of its
charter.
The application of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway Company for the
approval ot a crossing at grade in
Avon, Lebanon county, waa neld un
til the next meeting.
The Commission advised E. J. Kling
man, of Dalmaitia, which is on the line
of the Northern Comical railroad, that
a shelter station would be erected at
that point. Klingnvan complained that
the patrons of the road were wi'Ohout
ad equ ate accom modati on.
The l >mimission took testimony on
tihe com]tin int of W. \V. Maehemer tliivt
tihe West Renting Water Company re
fused to extend it* mains. The master
was amicably adjusted on ttie repre
sentation of a sufficient number of pa
trons tliat. they would accept the serv
ice.
Many Prosecutions
During Jgnuavy the Pure Food De
partment bf'an the prosecution «of 84
violators of the State pure food laws,
five more than in Decern 1 i r. Of these
39 were for violation or' the cold stor
age act; 9 were for rotten ojjgs and 10
for soft drink* colored with coal tar
dyes.
Board of Pardons
The list of ■■;:-<•* to be heard by the
new Board of Pardons at its first meet
ing dn February 17, number seventeen,
and it is announced thai the applica
tions have been closed for that meet
ing and the lis; sent to the printer.!
Dauphin county will have three eases,
those of 1/uka Zariovi'. murder second
decree; Divld K/ ifmru. flim-flamming:
Harrisbnrg merchants, and Hilton.
Weaver, sodomy. There are four mur
ders, ail under sentence of death by j
electrocution, who a.-'k that titer death
sentences 'to commuted to imprisonment
for life; (!;•• gario I*;. a to. Philadelphia;
Andrew Mal.-orows'si, M'.egheny; Ar
-thur Simons, Tiogi. and Xicolo Mon
do!o, Fayetta. \ ;>•: .in will be tsked !
for Thoma- R. Part-.-uit. Cumberland,
»(-ving ,i in n ' ; oin 15 to CO years
for a i '.i• of ■■ r',n: in i :din-g burg
lary 'Mil lar* y. .' :tt,' has a pris
o:i rcco -,| 6t Six eoi n't ons.
Will J? cm an Kero
Sfiiator 1 rci--i\ ive : < ,ia-' recov
ering fio:11 sev '-e :t { lit threat- :
ea:'d io de ar ~. ;o 1 ■; ii'ouia. will
lea' . 1 fo F'orida c-: . .> i 1 has
'e-l -0 re: irv V. '■ : rv itiKer, of
the Senate, ,o -.«■ ua en but Mr.
Bai:cr was o ■ ;_r n . :•»<• in-* to
pr«* of legis f. ti. » nsr . -4
Porsonii Pv,p-r'„y T?. -
.-'en iio - J-Ti.'i. D • in look
ing a -out for re. - i .v y , i,'h more
State rcvf'i , m-i '„ ■ .•••. >,|. says he
favo-s a I i v b.- which the personal
property r>i\ in tie state mv be «1 i\-i■'
e.l between the State an.l co'aty, fiftv
fiffv. I his is o 'i i-c.l by Pli'ln lelphia
which '.vents all o.' the tax because of
contemplated improvement*. If ihe plan
proposed by '-'.. on sh ~i|,| go tVon:h
it wouljl not in -1 ase taxes bat would
put at ie.ipt $2,000,000 more in "the
Auto Licenses
The number of automobile licenses
issued to date i- o-e to the 70,000
mark, but a; plicatiors continue to come
in and the entire for-e o p the \ntonio
bile Bureau o? the State Highway De
ptrfmehf is kept very busy endeavor
ing to keep pace with the demand.
Governor In Philadelphia
Governor Brumbaugh left for Phila
delphia this afternoon to spend the
week-end and will return on Monday.
On Monday night the Governor will
have a conference with the legislative
Committee appointed to confer with
him on the legislation proposed in his
personal platform, which includes work
men's compensation, child latbor law
and local option. It is generally ex
pected that the local option bill will
meet with very decided opposition in
both branches of the Legislature, and
if it passes the House it will be'by a
very slender majority, and may get its
quietus in the Senate.
Inspecting Streams
Experts sent out by the State Water
Supply Commission to-day began an in
spection along streams where fills have
been made with a view to preventing
any further encroachments,
Gratz Water 00. Seeks Charter
An application was filed in the State
Department today for a charter for
the Gratz Water Compinv, to supply
water to the borough of Gratz, Dauphin
county. The capital is $5,000 and the
incorporators are; S. S. Johnson and
r. S. Simpson, of Hnrrisburg, ami Harrv
Smith, .1. W. Sheibley, Tloseph Phillips
and I). Tobias, of Gratz, The applica
tion will first be passed upon by the
State Water Supply Commission, then
by the Public Service Commission and
will finally go fo the Governor for his
approval.
Two Chinamen Die in thd Chair
Bji Aaaociateil Prets,
Ossining, N. V., Feb. s.—Lee Dock
and Kng Hing, two (Jhinese, were put
to death in the electric chair nl Sinn-
Sing Prison early to-day. Both Chinese
were members of the Hip Sing Tong.
They were convicted of the murder of
ijee Kay, the aged leader of ihe On
lioong Tong. The murder occurred on
February 17, 1912, during a Tone war
in New York.
Alleged Bank Wrecker Arrested
By Associated Press,
Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 5. —Thomas
Polets, of Brownsville, Pa., was arrest
ed and is being held here to-day. as a
fugitive from justice in connection with
the alleged wrecking of • bank at
Brownsville.
105,000 CERMANS AND 100 !
BATTERIES OF ARTILLERY.
MOVE AGAINST RUSSIANS
Petrograd, Feb. 5, via London,
12.2-5 P. M.—Not since the battles
around Lodz, in Russian Poland, in th 4
early part, ot December, have the Ger
mans delivered such vicious attacks as
those ot yesterday when they attempted
to break through the Russian line near
Bor jimow.. Probably never before in
the eastern arena of the war have they
concentrated such a force upon a single
point.
In a distance of fix miles, between
iHumin ami Borjimow, the Germans
threw 105,000 infaiitrymen, together
with he*vy forces of cavalry, the whole
sti pi»orttsl by 100 batteries of artillery,
comprising in aJI no less than 600 guns,
it is estimated that in this snort li»e
there were nearly 30,000 men to tiho
inile, comung on in ten or twelve linen
like t'he wares of the sea.
SCHOONER COLON CROONOED
V. S. War Vessels Answer Wireless
Calls for Help—Stranded Ship's
Plight Is Critical
Hy Associated Press,
Oil Hoard U. 8. S. San IMego, Ense
neda, Me*., Feb 4, by Wireless to
Man Diego, Cai., Feb. a. —The Amer
ican steam schooner Colon has ground
ed on the bar at the entrance to t.he
harbor of Topoiohampo. The United
states cruiser Maryland responded to
her wireless calls for help and is now
standing by. The gunboat Annapolis,
which was at Guaymas, also has gone
to the Colon's aid. A heavy norther
nas whipped up a big sea and latest
reports lroin tine C<ulon said that the
vessel s plight was critical.
The Colon, a steam schooner ot
1,:<30 tons, left San Francisco January
it! with cargo of general merchandise
for Saiina Cruz. She is owned by the
A ineriean - Mexican Trading Company.
Her commander is Captain Paulsen and
she carries a crew of about 20 men!
There were no aboard when
she left San Francisco.
Icebefgs Menace Atlantic Shipping
Sr. .lohu. Feb. 5,—A1l the freight
and most of the bunker crop of the
coastal steamer Prospero were thrown
overboard before she could be floated
from a submerged ledge upon which
she had been forced by a great ice floe
otV the New Kngland coast. lee is
coming down from Greenland waters In
great quantities, covering the Grand
Hanks and sweeping southward toward
the traus-Atlantic shipping tracks.
Steamers arriving from British ports
report icebergs and floes extending
nearly 200 miles from the east coast
of New Foundland. Vessels will have
more difficulty than usual in avoiding
the ice during the remainder of the
n'inter and spring because the taking
over of the wireless stations for ex
, Uisive military and naval purposes will
make it impossible to send out the cus
tomary warnings.
LYXCH TELLS OF LAND DEAL
Says City Had Another Site in Mind
When He Purchased Uptown Plot
Highway Commissioner Lynch smiled
;imorning when a newspaper story
was read to him, the purport of which
was that he had been one of the pur
chasers of a plot o<f land whicih the
mnv-paper suggested the city desired
as a site for the proposed municipal
asphalt plant.
The land in question is a plwt on the,
scutii side of Ma<"lay street between
the canal and the Pennsylvania Kaul
road, and Lynch declared that it w*s
not offered as a site for the asphait
plant, and that in its present srtvape ilt
is n >t fit for that purpose. He described
it as a ''sink hole." Lynch added that
the deal for the ground.—a » : x a«ro
tract which, he said lies an assessed val
uation of SII,OOO, —was closed by
City Engineer M. B. (owden when it
was offered for $5,000.
"1 took half of it at Mr. Cowden's
request,'' said the Commissioner. "TSuat
was before the city decided not to take
the $9,000 plot at Cameron and Kit
tatinnv streets as tlfe site for the as
phalt plant."
The plan to buv the Cameron street
plot was abandoned because merchants
in that locality objected to putting the
asphalt repair plant there. It is likely
that the a«phalt plant will be built on
Shaonis street, on a piece of ground
that can be bought for $7,500, Lynch
said. Lynch added that tho up-town
plot was bought as a speculative invest
ment.
Boarder Prompts Terrible Crime
Ay A»w iatrd Proa.
Dc-i Moines, la., Feb. s.—Frank
Amadec, an employe al a railway round
house, shot and killed* his wife, his 8-
vear old daughter, and his 1-year-old
son at his home here to-day. He then
shot himself anil is expected to die.
Two other children escaped by running
from the house. The police say jealousy
of a boarder was the cause of the act.
Cloture Kule Proposed in Senate
Washington, Feb. 5. —To thwart
filibusters. Senator N'orris to-day pro
posed a cloture rule to prevent any
Senator talking more tluui once, or
more than three hours in general de
bate, on a measure and to limit debate
on amendments to fifteen minutes ex
cept for those who do not use three
hours in general debate.
N. Y. Employes' Law Upheald
Albany, N. Y., Feb. s.—Thf! consti
tutionality of the State law securing
to employes in factories and mercantile
establishments twenty-four consecutive
hours of rest every week, was upheld
by nn unanimous decTsion of the Court
of Appeals to-day.
Building Permit Granted
Mrs. Margaret Minnick took out a
building permit this morning to build
an addition to the three-story brick
buiKUng at 214 8 Nortb Hixt'h street,
costing $2,000.
Cambria County Tax Bate Raised
Bbensburg, Feb. 3. —Commissioners
of Cambria county yesterday fixed the
tax rate for 1915 at 2 mills* on a total
valuation of approximately $143,000,;
000. The rate was-1 1-2 mills.
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MAY DON MAN'S CLOTHES
Needy Woman Talks of Trying That
Plan to Obtain a "Fair Wago"
Tor Her Work
How a widowed mother was con
verted lo Woman Suffrage principles
and feels that she has no alternative '
'but to don man's clothes in order to
get a "Pair wage'' for her work, was
'brought to light through a complaint
lodged by her to-day with the Dauphin
County Commissioners, wtrich is in ef-.j
feet that the Directors of the Poor]
have refused her requests for ai l.
The woman sent several letters to
the county authorities, the Directors of
the Poor this morning said, and they
were the basis of an inquiry conducted ;
•by the Poor Directors an.y their social'
worker, as a result of -,vhi>-h, it- is held
that Blnir county is liahle fop the sup
port of the mother and her three •»hi4-
dren. Arranyements now are being
made for having the quartet sent, to Al
toona.
In the most recent letter received '
from the woman, whose name the coun- ,
ty authorities do not divulge, the moth
«r swears allegiance to Mrs. Pankhurst,
th* militant suffragette leader of Lon
don, and tells a pitiful story, spying'
that she now is ill and that her children
are without shoes to wear to school.
When the County Commissioners refer
red the woman's complaint to the Poor
Board, the latter gave out this state
ment:
"This woman is a resident of .VI-|
toona. Blair county, and is not legally
entitled to aid from this comity. Sh,»
•has been in this county sin c June 3') I
anil negotiations now are under way to
have her removed to her home town.'' ,
PROGRESSIVE CLUB FOKMED
Officers Elected and Candidate En
dorsed for 7th Ward Alderman
At a meeting last night at 1320
Cowden streert, the .Seventh War.l Pro- 1
gressive .Club was formed an.l officers
elected as follows: John lack«on, pres
ident; Mdward Burr is, vice president;'
George Johnson, secretary, and Xole
Brown?" treasurer.
The speakers of the evening were
Dr. Dnnlap, William Burgoon, William <
S. Moses, .1 ohn Jackson and Edward i
Burris. The organization endorsecfHVil
liam S. .Moses as a candidate for Al
derman of the Seventh ward.
OEGANIZE C. A. O. CLUB
Central Girls Meet at Home of Miss
Marian Martz
The C. A. O. Mub was organized last
evening at a meeting held at the h , lie
of Mliss Marian Martz, 281* N'ortii
Thiird stTe*"!. A dozen student« at the
Central Tligh school are members. Those j
Who atten.led the organization meeting |
I ant evening were:
Masses 'Catherine Peters, Marion Wit- !
mer, Helen Wallis, Miargaretta Reed, i
Irene Martz., Martha Miller, Cat IK ,ine
Keiker, Lilliam Kamskv, Dorothy Hel
mam. Pauline illauck, Helen Gerties and
iMfcrie Daugherty.
Standard War Bread for Germany
Amsterdam, via Ijotidon, I'eb. 5, 4.15
A. M.—'' L'Bcho Beige'' «ays it learns
from a good source that Germany has
forbidden the exportation off tobacco.
The "'Hamburg Freindonblatt" says
agreements have been concluded by j
various German government concerning
the introduction of a standard war
bread for all Germany.
Want Jury to Try Case
George A. S&ltaman, who has brought
suit agaiust bis wife, Theresa K. Halts
man, for a divorcemust show cause
why the case s'hodlj not be tried by a
,jurv, under n rule o'btained by the wife
from the court this morning.
U. 8. Submarines for Spanish Navy
Madrid, via Paris, Feb. 5, 5.40 A.
M.—Parliament has authorized the
government to purchase four submarines
for the Spanish navy from a builder in
the Unitod States.
Baptized Seventeen Converts
The Rev. J. C. Forncrook, pastor of
the Penbrook Church of God, baptized
seventeen converts at the Fourth Street
Church of God last night.
Marriage License
Nathan D. Kverett, city, and Theresa
G. Duffey, Webster Mills.
TRADE EXCURSION PLANNED
Local Business Men Will Go on Trip j
to Other Cities of State
A rousing meeting to [>lan ways and
means of conducting t'he largest antl
best trade excursion ever s£nt out in
Pennsylvania wa.s held at the Harris
burg Chamber of Commerce last evero
injj by its trade excursion committee I
and sub-committees of same.
Chairman C. W. Burtnett and Preai- 1
dent. Hender.-on Gilbert jointly presided
and those present, who packed the large |
assembly room, sent two hours in a !
careful and painstaking discussion of |
the detailed plans I'or the excursion, j
The excursion will take plan on Feb- |
rnary 17 ami IS, Wednesday ami I
Thursday. The following towns will be'
visited: Hermlon. Millersburg, Wilkes- |
Barre, Sun bury, Danville, Catawissa, I
Bloom.-burg, Berwick, Hazleton, Potts- i
vMle. Auburn, Harri»burg and Reading. :
For £lie one hundred of the biggest I
business men of t'he capital city to leave |
that city during an important session i
of the Legislature t.o extend their trade
relations with other sections of Penn
sylvania. ami to study with profit what
those cities have done in the way of
commercial ami industrial advancement |
will be a convincing demonstration to
the Stare that Harrisburg people are es- j
sen tidily business men and manufac- j
.turers.
In WOkes-Barre and Reading the'
Hotel-! Sterling and Berkshire will be I
inspected by the trade excursionists j '
thus giving them demonstration that 1
Pennsylvania cities of medium size need
anil ,-an support, high cass iiotels.
FIRE EATERS
The Trick of Breathing Flames and
Sparks From the Mouth
The ti-si known tire breather was a I
-yrian slave named Hun us. a leader in j
the Servile v.- a' in Sicily, 1.10 B. C. He]
I re*ended to have immediate communi
cation with the g-ids. When desirous i
of inspiring his followers with courage
he breathed flames and sparks from his
mouth.
In order to accomplish this feat En-:
nns pierced a nutshell at both ends !
and. having filled it with some burning |
substance, he put it in his mouth and I
breathed through it. The same trick 1
is performed to-dav in a more ap-j
proved manner. The performer rolls ■
some flax or hemp into a ball about the j
size of a walnuf, which lie lets burn
until it is nearly consumed. Then he |
rolls around it more flax while it is still i
burning, Bv this means the fire is ,
retained in the ball for a long time. ;
He Klips this ball into his mouth unper- i
ceived and breathes through it. His
breath revives the fire, and he sustiyns (
no injury so long as he inhales only
through his nostrils.
Various theories have been advanced
to' account for other feats of this sort
performed by the anieents. An old
ordeal was the holding of a redhot iron
by the accused, who was not burned if i
he were innocent. Probably some pro- j
tective paste was used on the hands. I
The peculiar property of mineral salts. !
such as alum, in protecting articles of !
dress from fire has long been known.
An old Milanese devised a costume con
| sisting of a cloth covering for the body
which had been steped in alum. A
I metallic dress of wire gauze was added j
; to this, and thus protected a man might
! walk on hot Iron.
Submarine Mines i
Wet gilncotton in submarine mi(cs is j
of course, a very potent explosiv®, but j
i in many respects it is quite outclassed !
by the* compound used in German i
mines and known as trinitrotoluene)!
but abbreviated, to "T. N. T." in Greatj
Britain and to "trotyl" in Germany..
A shell, torpedo or mine loaded with
"T. iX. T." (which requires to be deto ;
nated by means of mercury fulminate) j
bursts with gTeat violence into large
fragments, whereas if loaded with pic
ric acid the splinters are very small
and cannot therefore do as much dam
ago. Although wet giincott.on is more
powerful if exploded in close proxim
ity to the target, the effect of "T. N.
T." is much greater when the explo
sion takes place some distance away.—
London Telegraph.
Placing the Blame
Simms —"You're.a poor sort of a
club member. 1 very seldom see you
a round at the club house."
Timms—"Why, I get around once or
t<vice a week."
Simms—"Well, look at me! I'm
there every night."
Timms— 1 ' Yes, but you 're married
and I'm singlr."—Philadelphia Ledger.
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FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H. W. Saavely, Broker,
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
New Ybrk, Feb. 5.
Open. ('lose.
Alaska Gold Mines .. . 28% 27%
Amal Copper 53% 53%
Amer Beet Sugar .... 37 37%
American Can 27% 27%
do pfd 94% 94%
AmjC'ar and Foundry C|d 4 4 4 4
Am Cotton Oil 4 7 4H%
Amer Loco 21% 21%
Ainer Smelting 61 % 61%
American Sugar 103 101 %
Amer Tel and Tel 120% 120
Anaconda 27 26%
Atchison 94% 94%
Baltimore and Ohio ... *>9% 69
Bethlehem Steel 51 52%
Brooklyn R T 81% 87
California Petroleum .. 19 19%
Canadian Pacific 1~>5% 1*4%
Cei tral leather 32% 32%
Chesapeake and Ohio .. 42% 42
Chi, Mil and St Paul .. -37% N6%
Chino Con Copper .... 35% 36
Consol Gas 118% 118%
Qora Products 9% 9%
Erie 22% 22%
Erie, Ist pfd 35% 3.5%
General Electric Co .. 1'41% 141%
General Motors 93% 94%
Goodrich BF. 32% 32%
Great Nor pfd 114% 114%
Great Xor Ore subs . . 30 29%
Guggenheim Exploration 50 50
Interboro Met 12% 12%
Interboro Met pt'd ... 55% 57%
Lehigh Valley 135% 133%
Mex Petroleum 75'/, 75%
Missouri Pacific 10% 10%
N'ev Consol Copper ... 12% 12%
N'ew York Con 89% 88%
NY,N' H and H 50 49%
Norfolk and West .... 103 102%|
Northern Pae 103% 102%
Penna R R 106% 105%
People's Gas and Coke . 11S% 118%
Pittsburgh Coal 17% 17%
Press Steel Car 30 30
Ray Con. Copper 17% 17%
Reading 145% 144%
Repub. Iron and Steel . 19% 19%
Southern Pacific 83% 82%
.Southern Ry 16% 15%
1 «lio pfd 51% 51%
Tennessee Copper 29% 29%
Texas Company 133 131% l
Third Ave 46% 45%
| Union Pacific 119% 118%
11VS. Rubber ........ 57 56%
i [J. S. Bteel 4034 39%
do pfd 103% 103
I'tah Copper 53% 52%
Western Maryland .... 19 19
W. IT. Telegraph 63% 63%
Westinghouse Mfg .... 70 70
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
By Associated Press.
- Chicago, Feb. s.—Close*,
i Wheat —May. 164%; July, 141%.
i Corn-*-tMay, 81%; July, 83.
I Oats —May, 60%: July, 57%.
Pork—Ma'v, 19.55; Julv, 19.90.
i Lard—Mav, 11.22; Julv, 11.37.
Ribs —May. 10.37: July, 10.60.
Cut Out Waste—Result, Beauty
When Joseph Pennell was in Pana
jma he stopped to admire the lock at
, Pedro Miguel. "How is it," he asked
i the engineer, "that you make your
I arches and buttresses as fine as those
I of a cathedral?" "Oh. that's done to
'save concrete," was the reply.
Economy as the basis of beauty is
j not so strange as it may seem. It was
| through elimination of the superfluous
; that the loveliness as well as strength
|of that Panama structure grew, and
, the same principle may 'be found at the
root of everv successful work whether
lof are or industry.—Craftsman.
The Steamer Duck
Around the southern extremity of
South America is to be found a very
large duck, which bears the common
name of "steamer duck" or "race
horse," owing to a peculiar habit it
has of rowing itself along the surface
of the water at great speed. This i«
said to be due to the remarkable fact
that the bird loses its power of. flight
when it reaches maturity. These duck»
are very common.—Chicago Herald.
Artistic Excuse
"There," said Mr. Nagg after a
complicated explanation of why he had
stayed out so late; "I hope this is sat
isfactory."
"It is more than satisfactory," Mrs.
N'agg told him. "It is simply beauti
ful."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.