STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS FAVOR CHANCES IN CODE Urge Amendment Which Would Permit School Bonds to Be Issued at Any Time of Year —D. D. Hammelbaugh Is Electetf Secretary After listening to a report of the legislative committer 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 came to a close this morning in the Central High school. Both changes are proposed amend ments to sections of the code relating to finances, —one being to clarify a section of the cole which limits the bor rowing capacity of the board; the other permitting boards in the State to issue (>onds at any time during the year. Un jier the present regulations school bonds may be issued only at the time of mak ing the annual tax levy. The final business of the eeesion was the election of officers which resulted as follows: President, J. Newton Bhoads. Reading; first vice president. Dr. Cameron Sheetz, Danville; second vice president., Mrs. Thomas G. Cooper, Landisdowne; third vice president, 1). J. Thionvas, Scranton; recording and cor responding secretary, D. I). Hammel baugh, Harrisburg; executive commit tee, Charles M. "Magee, Baston; S. R. McClure, Biraddock; W. G. Davis, Mc- Keesiport; Dr. R. J. Yhost, South Betih.- lehem, and Harry A. Bover, Harris burg; legislative committee, M. H. Hen ning, Wilkinsburg; T. G. Magoe, Al toona; Dr. ,T. D. Orr, Leechlburg; H. M. liessig, Pottstown; James W. Wucher, Allentown, and A. E. Bumaford, Wilkes-Barre. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board 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 nnit orchestra. Dr. Samuel Hamilton, Allegheny 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 the directors. He ex pressed satisfaction with the present school laws, complimented the director ■Who had the courage to levy an extra mill of tax to make good schools and 1 advocated an increase in salaries o „ 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 by Joseph {Milleisen Sons, of Mechanicsburg, Judge McCarrell ruled in favor of the 'Vechanicsburg firm. The plaintiff is suing to recover losses sustained when the Milleisen lumber yard in Mechan icsburg 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 Prom Chamber of Commerce The new credit rating bureau being installed by the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce is thoroughly explained to the membership by a letter and forms received in the mail by the members to-day. A. D. (MacMillan, the expert, who is looking after its installation, is at the headquarters 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 the system is being built up. I)R. ALEXANDER SPOKE Pointed Out Growth of Presbyterian Church at Last Night's Meeting That there were during the last year 10,000 Presbyterian churches with 9,000 ministers and 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 Harrisburg Pres byterian Association at Pine Street eiwreh. „ At the afternoon and evening meet ings the Rev. J. S. Armentrout, assist ant pastor of Pine street, presided. J. H. Suicer introduced Dr. Alexander. A dinner was served at 6 o'clock in the social room of the church. MRS. JACOB GOOD IS DEAD Cousin of Harry A. Boyer, President of Harrisburg School Board Mrs. Jacob Good, a cousin of Harry A. Boyer, president of the Harrisburg School Board, died at her home, 1805 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 Harrisburj from York, about a year ago. Mrs. Good was a daughter of the late H. K. VVitman, who years ago operated the MeCormick 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 pork was ituffeti' into a sausage skin measuring >8 feet 6 inches in t'he shop of Hull Urothers, 1718 North Third street, this ■norning. This is the longest sausage fver stuffed at the Hull establishment >nd it is believed to be a record break r in the city. HARRISBUaG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1915. GERMAN PRESS JUBILANT ON ADMIRALTY DECLARING BRITISH WATER IN WARZDNE 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 refuge 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 "Tpglische Rundschau, ' 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 wlieu 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 "Tagcblatt" says England's conduct to which the new decree is au auswer has been an admission it could not defeat Germany with weapons which 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 'England im poses upon them. ENGLAND IS STIRRED OVER THREAT OF THE GERMANS TO BOTTLE OF BRITISH fSLES London, Feb. 5, 12.45 P. M. —Al- though referring sarcastically to Ger 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 seltjom 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 state ment says, the 'authorities are consider ing "more stringent measures against German trade." The ministers are treating the subject as of particular urgency and a full official statement as to the situation of Great Britain v.iM be published. Some English newspapers declare 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 6.1J00 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 agaiust the German position to the northwest of Perthes, which was unsuccessful, only artillery duels took [flaee. "On the east Prussian frontier re newed Russian attacks to the south of the Memel river, were repulsed. "Strong Russian attacks against the positions recently taken by the Ger mans to the east of Bolimo'w (East of Lowicz) were equally unsuccessful. We have taken prisoners in that vicinity since February 1, twenty-six officers and about 6,000 men." LATE WARIp 7 SUMMARY Continued From First l'aff. war office to-day says that along a section of the front about six miles long the Germans brought up no less than 84,0<>0 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 lighting 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 im portance along the western front yester day. $0».000,000 For Destroyed Property Paris, Feb. 5, 5 A. M.—President Poincare has signed a decree opening a credit of 300 million francs ($60,- 0^0,000) 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, 5.05 A. M.— Hostilities against Servia have been resumed by the Austrians, 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 the houses started mm with 2600 Jef ferson street, changed to correspond with those on Sixth street, making the l>lock the 4700 block. CAPITOL HILL 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 Service Commission yesterday the contract of tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the Ci'ty of Altoona was lield for formal petition; that of the Lilly E.ectric Light, He>at and 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, as were tire application of the Potato Creek Gas Company lor the approval of its incorporation and the Citizens' Klec trie Company for the renewal of its charter. The application of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway 'Company for the approval ol a crossing at grade in Avoai, Lebanon county, was held un til the next meeting. The Commission advised E. J. Kling man, of Dalma.tia, which is ou the line of the Northern Central railroad, that a shelter station would be erected at that point. KMngnvan complained that the patrons of the road were without adequate accommodation. The Commission took testimony on the complaint of W. W . Maehemer that the West Reading Water Company re fused to extend its mains. The matter wad amicably adjusted on the repre sentation of a sufficient number of pa trons that they would accept the serv ice. Many Prosecutions During .Januaiv the Pure Food De partment began the prosecution .of 84 violators of the State pure food laws", live more than in December. Of these 39 were for violation ot' the cold stor age act; & were for rotten ogigs and 10 for soft drinks colored with coal tar dyes. Board of Pardons The list of cases t3 be heard by the new Board of Pardons at its first meet ing dn February IT, number seventeen, and it is announced that the applica tions have been closed for that meet ing and the list sent to the printer. Dauphin county will have three cases, those of l/uka Zariovie, murder second decree; Divld Kaufman, lliin-tlammiug Harrisburg merchants, and Milton Weaver, sodomy. There are four mur ders, all under sentence of death b.v j electrocution, who ask that the : r death: sentences jc commuted to imprisonment' for life; Grcgaiio l v :.:;:ato, Philadelphia; | Andrew Malcorowski, Allegheny; Ar tlmr Simons, Tioga, and Nieolo Mon- j dolo, Fayetta. A panioij will be asked for Thomas I'. Patter.soit. Cumberland,! serving a te.-m o' from lu to GO years for a i um';> r of crimen, in •);; ling bupj- j lary and larceny. 1* 'tter.-an has a pris- , oa rcco:.! of • \ cai.vi-f ons. Will Remain Eero Senator Pe. ro-r. v iv: : s j.t«- recov-; orLng fio:n a severe at ici: t'l-it threat-! cued io di've! :• ui , >•••. ni'.'.uin, will leave for Floride i" :.t e"i-. :>nd has! requested Se retarv V. rv ii iker, of j 1 lie .Senate, io aci oia '.'HI. but Mr.! Baker waS oi»i:g d a ; iiue awing to I press of legis >.t:n.r.: Personal Pvop'r'.y Ta*: Seiiito:- S TO.!', D-'avvro, hi look-1 a -out for rn.~: ■; oy \\ich more State revel ; " he rr,-"il, says he favors a lav/ bc which the personal property rax in tie State insv be divid ed between the State and county, fifty fifty. This is opposed by Philadelphia which wants all of the tax because of contemplated improvements, If the plan ]>roposed by S.;>rou-l should go through it woul)l not in rease taxes but would put at least $2,000,000 more in the Stti!c treasury. Auto Liceuses The number of automobile licenses issue. l to date is c.'ose to the 70,000 mark, but applications continue to come in and the entire forve o? the Automo bile Bureau of the State Highway De partment is kept very bus-y 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 lalbor 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 "tf 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 Co. Seeks Charter An application was filed in the State Department to-day for a charter for the Gratz Water ' Company, to supplv water to the borough of Gratz, Dauphin county. The capital is $5,000 and the incorporators are: S. S. Johnson and F. S. Simpson, of Harrisburg, and Harrv Smith, ,T. W. Sheiblev, "Joseph Phillip's and D. Tobias, of Gratz. The applica tion will first be passed upon by the St'ite Water Supply Commission, then by the Public Service Commission and will finally go to the Governor for his approval. Two Chinamen Die in the Chair By Associated Press. Ossining, X. Y„ Feb, 5. —Lee Dock and Eng Hing, two Chinese, were put to death in the electric chair at Sin"- Sing Prison early to day. Both Chinese were members of the Hip Sing Tong. They were convicted of the murder of Lee Kay, the aged leader of the On Loong Tong. The murder occurred on February 17, 1912, during a Tong war in New York. 1 Alleged Bank Wrecker Arrested By Asxnciated Pi cas. Cincinnati, 0., Feb. s.—Thomas Polets, of Brownsville, Pa., was arrest ed and is being held here to-day, as a fugitive from justice in connection with tljc alleged wrecking of a bank at Brownsville. 105.000 GERMANS AND 100 BATTERIES OF ARTILLERY. MOVE ACAINST RUSSIANS Feb. 5, via London, 12.25 P. M.—Not since the battles around Lodz, in Russian Poland, in ths early part of December, have the Ger mans delivered such vicious attacks as those of yesterday when they attempted to break through the Russian line near Borjimow.. Probably never before in the eastern arena of the war have they concentrated such a force upon a single point. hi a distance of six miles, 'between iHiimin and Borjinio-w, the Germans tihrew 103,000 infantrymen, together with heavy forces of cavalry, the whole »iipj>orh.Ni by 100 batteries of artillery, comprising in all no less than 600 guns. It is estimated that in this »' i rt line there were nearly 30,000 mm :o the mile, conning on in ten or I ;Jve linos like the waves of the sea. > SCHOONERCDLfINGROIINDED U. S. War Vessels Answer Wireless Calls for Help—Stranded Ship's Plight Is Critical By Associated Press, On Hoard U. 8. 8. San IMego, Ense ueda, Ale*., Feb. 4, by Wireless to Han Diego, Cai., Feb. 6. —The Amer ican steam schooner Colon has ground ed on the bar at the entrance to the harbor of Topolobampo. The United iStates cruiser Maryland responded to her wireless calls for help and is now standing by. The gunboat Annapolis, which was at (iuaymas, also has gone to tlie Colon's aid. A heavy norther lias whipped up a big sea and latest reports from the Qolon said that the vessel's plight was critical. The Colon, a steam schooner of 1,53u tons, left San Franciscd-January 16 with a cargo of general merchandise lor Salina Cruz. She is owned by the American-Mexican Trading Company. Her commander is Captain Paulsen and she carries a of about 20 men! There were no passengers aboard when she left San Francisco. Icebergs Menace Atlantic Shipping St. John. 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 hail been forced by a great ice floe off the New England coast, lee is coming down from Greenland waters in preat quantities, covering the Grand Banks and sweeping southward toward the trans-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 tne remainder of the winter and spring because the taking over of the wiroless stations for ex clusive military and naval purposes will mnke it impossible to send out the cus tomary warnings. LYNCH TELLS OF LAXI) DEAL Says City Had Another Site in Mind When He Purchased Uptown Plot Highway Commissioner Lynch smiled ll,lis morning 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 of land which the uiwjpaper suggested the city desireti as a site for the proposed municipal asphalt plant. The laud in question is a plot on tfoe, south side of Maclay street between the canal and the Pennsylvania Bail road, and Lynch declared t'hiut it was not offered as a site for the asphalt plant, and that in its present alh&pe it is uot fit for that purpose. He described it as a ''sink hole." Lynch added that the deal for the ground, —a six-acre tract which, he said has an assessed \ai uation of SII,OOO, —was closed by City Engineer M. B. Cowden when it was offered for $5,000. "I took half of it at Mr. Cowden's request," said the Commiiwioner. "That was before the city decided not to take the $9,000 plot at Cameron and Kit tatinny streets as tlfe site for the as phalt plant." The plan to buy 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 oU Shaonis street, on a piece of ground that can be bought for $7,500, Lynch said. Lynch added that the up-*own plot was bought as a speculative invest ment. Boarder Prompts Terrible Crime Hij Associated Press, De< Moines, la.. Feb. 5. —Frank Amadec, an employe al a railway round house, shot ami killed* his wife, his 8- vear-old daughter, and his 1-year-old sou at his home here to-day. lie then shot himself and 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 Rule Proposed in Senate Washington, Feb. 5. —To thwart filibusters, Senator Xorris to-day pro posed a cloture rule to prevent any Senator talking more thJm 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.—The consti i tutionality of the State law securing j to employes in factories and mercantile | establishments twenty-four consecutive ! hours of rest every week, was upheld I by an unanimous decTsion of the Court j of Appeals to-day. Building Permit Granted Mrs. Mtflrgaret Minnick took out a building permit this morning to build an addition to the three-story brick building at 214 8 North Sixth street, costing $2,000. Cambria County Tax Bate Raised Bbensburg, Feb. s.—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. |1 s^tf> f €^ > fi IB HI Say that over the 'phone Eat Sunkist Oranges in IfH KB IV to your dealer now. salads and desserti—eat them BGhHH fIH It brings the very finest whole between meals and KfjflHj fruit of its kind—fresh from at bedtime. California, fully ripe, juicy, Order today —a dozen or SDu H sweet, firm, tender, delicious a box. 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The organization endorseiTMVil liam 8. iMoses as a candidate for Al derman of the Seven Mi ward. ORGANIZE C. A. O. CLUB Central Girls Meet at Home of Miss Marian Martz The C. A. O. iClub was organized last evening at a meeting held at the h.ijiie of Mliss Marian Miartz, 2311 Xorth Thiird street. A dozen students at the Central High school are members. Those who attended the organization meeting last evening were: Miss as Catherine Peters, Marian Wilt mer, Helen Wallis, .MSargaretta Reed, Irene Martz, Martha Miller, Catherine Kelker, Lillian Kamsky, Dorothy Hel mam, Pauline iHauek, H