CAPITOL HILL 15,000 AUTOS OWNED BY PENNSYLVANIA FARMERS Information Gathered by Statistician of State Agricultural Department Shows Seven Per Cent, of Farming Population Have Machines From information gathered by L. H. Wible, statistician of the State Agri cultural Department, it is announced that seven per cent, of the farmers of Pennsylvania oiwn their own automo biles and it is estimated that there are over 15,000 machines of various kinds owned by men who operate farms. Those figures are secured under the crop report system inaugurated last fall. The summary of the reports roceived up to the first of the year also con veys the interesting information that the sheep industry has been declining, the estimated number of sflieep in th.i State being now 74 9,360 as against 1.101!,000 ten years ago. The bulk of the sheep are raised in the western counties, where it is declared that dogs are responsible for much of the loss. The condition of horses and live stock is reported to be generally uuder the average, although some western counties show slight gains. This sit uation is declared to be due to "the poor pasture during the fall months, tlie scarcity and bail condition of the water and the severely cold weather that has continued.since the housing of the live stock for the winter." Wheat is declarod to be showing an improvement and to have stood the winter very well, while the corn condi tion is summed up as follows: "The 1914 crap of corn was not only very large, but well matured aud of splen did quality." New Bridges The Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania has ajtproved the follow ing applications: Philadelphia and Reading Railway tympany, to build a bridge over Maiden creek, south of Albany, Berks county. Cambria Steel Company, to construct fills along both banks of Lancaster creek, near Naginev Quarry, Mifflin county. Gettysburg and lHarrisburg Railway Company, to build a bridge over ail unnamed tributary of Opossum creek, south of Guernsey, Butler township, Adams county. Supervisors of 'Penn township, Hunt ingdon county, to build a bridge over .Tames Creek run, 1,500 feet from Brumbaugh's Crossing. 'QUAKE DAMAGES MONASTERY Historic Monte Cassino Badly Wrecked in Recent Disaster in Italy By Associated Pros. Naples, via Rome, Feb. 8, 10.10 A. M.—it was learned to-day that the his toric monastery of Monte Cassino, near this city, St. Benedict in 529 A. IX, founded the religious order bearing his name, was damaged badly by the recent earthquake. The li'brairy is ai most at, a point of collapse. In Em peror William's Hall, so-called from tihe visit paid by the Emperor to the mon astery in 1904, there is a large fissure about 200 feet long. The right wing stands at the edge of an abyss into which it would be precipitated owing to its weakened position, Should there be an occurrence of the earth shocks. AlaTm is felt for tlhe safety of the historic airt treasures in the monastery. In the library is a priceless codex. The threatened rigiht wing contains many objects associate*! with tho early Chris tian era and with tihe middle ages. The government has sent engineers to Monte Cassino to undertake the res toration of the monastery. REFUSED MONEY, CUTS WIFE Charles Dickson Being Sought by Po lice for Assault A warrant has been issued for Charles Dickson, who is charged with slashing Jane Dickson, his wife, with a razor at Tenth and State streets at 5.30 o'clock last evening. She is in the llarrisburg hospital suffering from a deep laceration in her left breast, in flicted by her husband, she says, when she refused to give him some money. Her condition is serious, but physicians believe she will recover. The woman lives at 221 Adams street, Steelton, and came to church in llarrisburg yesterday afternoon. As she was coming home from the church her husband made the demand for money and when she refused he cut her with the razor, it is charged. PRINTERS ENTER A PROTEST Harrisburg Typos Pass Resolution on Award of Printing Contracts Among other business transacted yes terday by llarrisburg Tvipo'graipbiii.'iat Union, No. 14, at the regular monthly meeting in Odd Fellows' hall, 321 Market street, was the passage of a •csolution protesting to County Oontrol er Cough ajffiinst the policy of spend ng money collected from the taxpayers >f Dauphin county to have county >rinting done by Carlisle printers. 'Phe following officers of the Union were installed by Past President Frank !. Hoffman: President, Linwcod B. Manbaugh; vice presi'.iient, James Reid; inancial secretary and treasurer, Wil iam Byrem; recording secretary, Ralph javerty; sergeant-at-arms, Richard ■trey; finance committee, James Reid, [toy A. Walters ami John Wise. HELD FOR RESISTING ARREST EMward Gibson, Who Struck Officer, Under Bail for Court Edward Gibson, 16 years old, charged vit'h resisting on Saturday evening vhen Patrolman Coleman after giving lim two chances to go home placed him inder arrest, wias held under S3OO bait 'or court by Mayor Royal in police ourt this afternoon. Gibson knocked Jie officer down at Fourth and Market treets and then fled, being arrested la er in Dewberry street. Morris Deanor, who was in the crowd n't made an incentive remark and was crested by Policeman Carson on the eehnical charge of interfering with au ■fficer, was fined $3 by Mayor Royal. C. Nissley Mamma Has Pneumonia C. Nissley Mumma, 20 Xorth Fourth treet, Steelton, deputy to Oscar 0. Vickersham, Dauphin County Recorder, o-day was reported seriously ill, suffer njj with pneumonia. HARRISBtrctq STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING. FEBBUABY 8. 1915. BLUECOAT TO PEN. FOR 11T0 20 YEAR Oaatlßued From JlMl P«I» mace so that they may perform their official duty and secure the arrest of persons for whom they have warrants and prevent the escape of those who have been arrested and are trying to get away. "When police officers use weapons they must be cautious about the way in which they use them. You used a re volver without any right to do so and not while in the performance of your official duty. If the dead man had mado any attack upon yoij aihl he was re garded by you as a lawless, dangerous person, the jury might have concluded that you had the right to use a weaipon qfticker than under other circumstance*, but there was nothing of that kind shown. Mercy Plea Carries Weight "We will regard the recommendation for mercy which the jury has given, but if it were not for that, we would feel warranted in imposing the maxi mum penaJty of the la.w, which is twen ty years." Scott shot Nathan Banks on Satur day night, August 1, last, after a bat tle of words, in which Banks threatened to tell the patrolman's wife that Scott was attentive to anothor woman. Banks fell dead from a bullet in the doorway of his home, 1119 Monroe street, and the enraged patrolman ran, later giving himself up at police head quarters. Judge MeCarrell briefly summed up the story of the crime as follows: - " The testimony against you was ex ceedingly strong. It is true you were a police officer. You were in the uni form 4f an official of this city, but in the firing of this shot you were not using the weapon which the law per mitted you to carry for the purpose of performing the duties of your office in the discharge of any official duty. You were not attempting to arrest Nathaniel Banks. There was nothing done by him which would apparently have war ranted his arrest. He used some lan guage which was offensive to you. You seem to have lost your temper. Court Reviews the Testimony ''You told him to go home or you would run him in. He started homo and you threw your mace after him as he uttered some more offensive words. He went to his home and was standing in or near the door of his house, when you came within speaking distance, asked for your mace, and he told you he was going to take it to the Mayor's office on Monday morning and report you, and, more than that, he would tell your wife of conduct which would indi cate infidelity to her. "The testimony of the Common wealth's witnesses was that as he made that remark you said. 'Repeat it,' and as he was repeating it you drew your gun, took off the holster and when tho statement was completed you fired the shot, Banks fell and you said, 'You will not tell it now.' That language would bear interpretation that you hade in vour mind at that time a fixed purpose to take his life, of which purpose von were conscious, and when you saw him fall you felt that you had accomplished your purpose and said, 'You will not "tell it now.' Scott Has Wife and Two Sons Since Scott has been in jail, more than six months, his wife has been obliged to work for a living outside her home. Members of the police forco aided the family by contributing money with which to pay the house rent. The funds were raised by subscription but now that Seott loses his title as patrol man, the family's income from the "coippers" will cease. Scott is the father of two boys, one six years old and the other eight. The Sheriff will take Scott to the penitentiary late tnis week or early next week. The city patrolmen all have main tained a friendly attitude toward Scott and they took an active interest in his case. The report of the penitentiary sentence went buzzing around this morning, but comments from the patrol men were few. RAILROADER DIES OF BURNS John H. Park. Sr., Succumbs to In juries at Harrisburg Hospital John H. Park, Sr., 66 years old, a veteran Philadelphia and Heading rail way man, died at the Harrisburg hos pital at 6.30 o'clock last evening from burns received Saturday afternoon when flames burst from a locomotive fire box and he was inspecting the ma chine. Ho was burned bady about the efhesrt, neck and abdomen, most of liis clothing being burned off before ether railroad ers arrived to assist him. He was the father of Dr. .Tohn H. Park, Gl2 Race street. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 9 o'clock in Sacred Heart church. Burial will be made in iMt. Calvary cemetery. CHAUFFEUR'S BAIL RENEWED Victim of Auto Accident As Yet Unable to Appear at Hearing .Harry Green, chauffeur for George W. Reilv and under S3OO bail for a hearing before Mayor Royal on a charge of reckless runlfing, appeared this afternoon to have his bail renewed until March 1. The hearing will be held some time before March 1, when Miss Jessie Gaither, of Gaithersburg, whom he is% charged with striking at Fifth and Reily streets on the niljht of January 20, "is discharged from the Harrisburg hospital, and a>ble to appear at a hear ing. I WANT 1,000 NEW CHURCHMEN Methodists Plan for Campaign to Ex* tend Until Easter At a meetfcing yesterday afternoon at Ridge Avenue church more than two hundred pastors a.nfl officers of local Methodist churches deciued to adopt a plan outlined by I>r. J. O. Randell, to increase their memberships by 1,000 before Easter. The scheme wiH jnean personal work by churchmen among non-church members. Under no circum stances, said Dr. Randell, are canvassers to make efforts to take members from other denominations. New Assessor Is Sworn in Horace A. Ohayne, who recently was appointed second n«sdsitant' to the City Assessor, this morning was sworn in by ■City Clerk Miller and at once assumed his new duties. Miss Fannie Hoy, who had been assistant to the first delrs. Bretz is survived by her husband, John J. Bretz, and one son, George Yousling. Lewis H. Miller Funeral services over I'he body of Lewis iH. IMiiller, who died Friday even ing at his home, 15 North Fourteenth 3trcet, will be held this evening at 7.30 o'clock at the house, the Rev. Dr./Glay ton Albert Smucker. pastor of Stevens Memorial Methodist Bpis -opal' church, officiating. Burial will bo made at Tre mont, Schuylkill county, where the body will be taken to-morrow. Mrs. Naomi Good Funeral services for Mrs.- Naomi Good, who died Friday at her home, ISOS Market street, were held this aft ernoon at 2 o 'clock at the home, the 'Rev. Br. .T. A. Lyter, pastor of t'he Berry 'Street United Brethren ehurih, officiating. Interment was in the Har risburg cemetery. Six of the nephews of Mrs. Good ncted as pallbearers. Lane Bubendall Dies Charles W. Ru'oendall, of Millers burg, deputy to Rov C. Danner, Dan phiu County Register of Wills, this morning was called to the home of his parents at Williamstown because of the death of his brother Lane, which oc-1 curred early this morning. The brbther j for years had been an invalid. To Extend Easy Child Birth Method By Associated Prcaa. New York. Feb. B.—The National i Twilight Sleep Association, .just oiuan-1 ized, with offices in New York, is the latest move to extend the child birth propaganda all over the nation. Its organisers are women of Manh.it-' tan and Brooklyn and their immediate objects are to send lecturers into nil ! large cities to organize branch pssoci'i tions and to found a twilight sleep clinic in Brooklyn. Mt. Pleasant Company Gets Present A committee of the Neversink Fir? Company of Reading, which was enter tained by the Mt. Pleasant Company during the State Firemen's convention here in October, came to Harrisburg yesterday and presented the local com pany with a handsome trumpet and a large picture of the late John J. Willis, secretary of the Mt. Pleasant Company. The Reading firemen were headed by- Frank Anion. M{. Fleming Guest of Mr. Porrer (ieorge R. Fleming, physical direc tor of the VViiliamsi|ort Y. M. vas delivered last night and will continue each night this week at 7.45 o'clock. Artistic Printing at Star-Independent. BIBLE CLAMBERS 230 O. P. Beckley Tells Men Derry Street U. B. Church About Home 'Building All attendance records were broken for the year at the Sunday school ses sion of the men's Bible class of Derry Street United Brethren church yester day, 230 members and visitors being present. O. P. Beckley, one of the class teachers, gave a message on •'Home Building." Some of the things he told the men were: "A home without, children is not a home; it is a habitation.' "That man and that woman who have no children in their home are ei ther unfortunate or immoral." "The man who's man enough to bo a man either Ims built himself a home o"r is planning to build one." "If you want your wife, your boy, your girl to be all that, your ideal holds, men, do l ot fail to build a family altar where your loved ones will study the truths of love and righteousness." The first appearance of a big male chorus and a newlv-organized orchestra and a solo bv Mrs. Gue Steinmetz, of Washington Heights, were features of the afternoon. COLLEGE PRESIDENT SPEAKS Dr. Granville, of Gettyrburg, Addresses Redeemer Lutheran Meeting Dr. William Anthony Granville, pres ident of Pennsylvania College, Gettys burg, discussed the v advantages of an education at a joint meeting with the Christian Endeavor Society ait Redeem er Lutheran church last night, placing particular emphasis on the benefits of a Christian education such as is offered at denominational sehools. "Some persons would have us be lieve," he said, "that the days of de nominational schools are numbered. God forbid that tho time should ever come when those powerful influences for good will no longer exist." There was singing at the service by the Junior Christian Endeavor Society and by the Men's Bible class, a growing organization of the church which at tended in a body. Dr. Granville's ad dress was supplemented by remarks by the pastor, the Uev. E. Victor Roland, who is a graduate of Pennsylvania College and of the Gettysburg Theolog ical Seminary. LODGES CHANGE MEMRERS Railway Brotherhood Men Signed for New System The rearranging of members of the two larger railway brotherhood lodges of this city took place !.t a joint meet ing of Lodges Nos. 42 and 343 in Sible & Clark's halt, Third and Cumberland streets, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. • Formerly both lodges took in road and yard men, but under the new sys tem only yaid men will be taken into 42, while No. 343 .vill be for road men. This plan will be made effective com mencing March 1. WANT CLERK TO THE POLICE Records Now Being Kept Require Much Extra Work In his annual report to Council, Chief of Police Hutchison will ask, it was said around police headquarters this 'morning, for the appointment of a clerk for the police department, independent of the secretary to the 'Mayor, who now acts, in that ca* acity, in addition to his duties in the department of public af fairs. Complete records of charges, in all cases handled by the department, from disorderly practice to murder, are now kept and indexed, requiring much cler ical work. C. E. RALLY TO-NIGHT Week of Anniversary Observances Be gan in Churches Yesterday District Christian Endeavor rallies in celebration of the thirty-fourth anni versary of tho founding of the Chris tian Endeavor movement will be start ed to-night, with services at the Nagle Street Church oft God. Union meetings were held in a number of local churches last right, and special Christian En deavor sermons given by pastors. (,'. E. badges were in evidence throughout the day. THE GERMAN ATTEMPT ON WARSAW, Tile above picture shows a column of German Infantry, accompanied by artillery, advancing to the attack on which town is the main objective of German endeavor in Poland. The picture gives a good idea of the nature of the country in which the Germans and Russians have been at grips The Ion? plains, with hardly a rise perceptible for miles around, are quite typical of the country leading to Warsaw. Across such country as this it is often necessary for an army to retrent or advance twenty or thirty miles in order to obtain >oni>.' particular strategic position. It will I>D noticed that the (Jermans are advancing across country through which an electric railway runs. To tbe rljjbt of (lie picture can be seen the two sets of railway lines with their over head conductors. OBRECON DECLINES PEACE General Who Holds Mexico City for the Carranza Faction Ignores Convention Overtures By Associated Press. San Antonio, Tex., Feb. B.—General Alvero Oregon has declined peace over tures offered by the Mexican conven tion held here Saturday which asked the,warring leaders of Mexico to con sider a plan for the cessation of, hos tilities. Obregon, who holds Mexico City for the Carranza faction, was the first leader to reply. * His telegraphic message, received by Frederico Ganiboa, former minister in Huerta's cabinet, who was named chairman of the permanent committee of the convention, follows: "Mexico City, Keb. 7.—Frederico Gamboa, San Antonio, Texas: i have received the message which was sent inviting us, in the name of a group of Mexican refugees there, to drop our arms. Those who have the valor to offer blood for the republic, do not put down their arms. We will not put down our arms while yet there have not dis appeared from our sac red soil the traitors whq sell to the reactionary ; party to sink our revolutionary prin ciples. If each of you, in place of be ing refugees in a foreign country, would take a rifle and apply it for your party, your la.bor would be more effective and would have at least the honor of being ealled citizens." Laredo, Tex , Feb. B.—The Consti tutionalist consul ' here to day an' nourc.ed that Carranza troops had re captured Monterey. DRY STATE RORDERS FLOURISH All Roads Lead Thirsty Travelers Out .of Arizona , By Assoiiated Press. Naco, Ariz,, Feb. 8. —One .saloon opened for business to-day in Naco, So nora, within a toss of a bottle from the site of the principal barroom here, which was closed when Arizona went dry on Now Year's Day. All the main highways from nearby Arizona towns were heavily traveled yesterday and the Mexicans were far outnumbered in their own town by vis iting Americans. A street car conductor from Bisbee was anested while bringing liquor across the line after a free-for-all fight. | Furniture was wrecked in the customs house office, where the trouble occurred. KOHR FUNERAL IS WEDNESDAY Chocolate King Will Attend the Serv ic6s for His Chauffeur Funeral services for Ira Kohr, chauf feur to M. 8. (Hers'hey, the chocolate king, will be held at the Koihr home, Caracas avenue, 'Hershey, on Wednes day morning at 9 o'clock. Kohr was killed in an auto accident on the Hum melstown fike, near t'ho 'Beaver school house, early Saturday morning. Further services will be held in the Chfirch of the 'Brethren in Christ, in Hummclstown at 10 o'clock. Interment wiill be made in the Hummelstown cem etery. It is understood 'that !M. S. 'Her shey, tihe millionaire chocolate manu facturer, who has been away on a busi ness trip for a week, will return to Her shey, in time for the services. E. M. Hershey, the attorney who was a passenger in t'he auto that overturned, killing Kcivr, but who suffered only f rom shock and slight bruises, has en tirely recovered. WILL RAISE MORE WHEAT Farmers of Pennsylvania Will Put Out Enormous Acreage Reading, Pa., Feb, B.—Reports gath ered here from all over the Schuylkill Valley say that the farmers of Kastern Pennsylvania are preparing to put out an enormous acreage of wheat—more than in many years. Hundreds of thousands of bushels of last year's crop are still on hand and those who have been holding grain for still higher prices are now making preparations to sell quickly. The belief is becoming general among millers and traders and is now spread ing among the farmers that there will be a sudden drop in the price of wheat. To-day's quotation hereabouts is $1.60 per bushel. ZAPATA NEARS MEXICO CITY His Forces Gradually Closing in on Capital and Apprehension Is Growing Acute Washington, Feb. Bv—Zapatista forces arc. gradually closing in an Mex ico City again to-day's official dis patches report, and the apprehension is daily growing more acute over condi tions generally. Practically all tine foreign diplomatic representatives there have asked their homo governments what they should do in certain contingencies and acq hoping to bo permitted to (ise their discretion as to abandoning their legations. Demonstrations continue by. the ]sop it lace, which has boon affected by the nullification by Carranzn authorities of paper currency issued by previous ad ministrations and the scarcity of food is causing grave anxiety. An official summary of other conditions issued by tho State Department to-day follows; The department is informed that the banks and principal stores in the city of Mexico remain closed on account of the order nullifying the Villa currency. General Carranza is reported to have telegraphed that relief will be furnished the poor, but there are no indications that this relief will apply to the middle class and to coni'merce generally. There is a continued scarcity of bread in the city, it is said the Constitutionalists have confiscated a number of horses. "According to the department's nd vices, the Carranza administration is shipping its own supplies out of the city and articles of prime necessity aro daily getting scarcer. "The department is that Felicitas Villa real is still in prison in Mexico City." TALKS ON TEMPERANCE Dr. J. C. Collins Speaks at Meeting at Newport Church Newport," Feb. 8. —-A temperance mooting under the auspices of the Now port W. C. T. U. was held yesterday in the Methodist church at 2.30 o 'clock. Tho church was filled to its fullest capacity, there being 500 men and probably 400 women present, including the W. C. T. U. A male choir of sev enty-five men led the singing, directed by the Rev. W. C. Noy. After the singing of several selections the Scrip ture lessor was read by the Rev. J. C. Wltmer, and a prayer was offered in behalf of the meeting and Newport and vicinity by the Rev. R. M. Ramsey. At the conclusion of another livmn the Rev. Dr. J. C. Collins took the floor and delivered one of the best temperance lectures ever given in Newport. At the conclusion of the lecture, when Dr. Collins asked the men for their heart felt and sincere co-operation, every man present, with the exception of twelve or fifteen, arose to his feet. Tho lecture of Dr. Collins was fol lowed by a short address and an inter pretation of the Brooks high license law by George R. Barnet, of New Bloomilcld, after which another selec tion and the doxology were sung and benediction was pronounced by the Rev. M. W. Stahl. I.ETTER LIST T.adies' List—Miss Fanny Armstrong. Miss Luella Baker. Miss M. Elizabeth Barlotte. Miss Hazle Bear, Miss Katie Blair. Miss K. J. Clark, Mrs. Ray Helton, Naomi Fisher (DI-). Miss Ruth l-osnot, Miss Km ma Frank, Mrs. J. Louise 1- rye-r, Mrs. .1. P. George, Mrs. P. Greenwood, Mrs. J. 1.. Gu.vnn. Mrs. Augustus Heins, Miss Eleanor Hoffman. Miss Marie Hol lv. The Misses Moores. Miss Bertha James. Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Mary Keller. Mrs. Mary Llppy. Mrs. Ada Meikle, Mrs. l,uev Pankey, Miss Carol Sehooley. Miss Mather Shields (T>L). Mrs. 10. 1. -Smith, lieu la h Snyder (DL), Mrs. Mary K Solly, Mrs. Margaret Thomas, Miss Alice R. N. Turney. _ . , Gentlemen's I*lp»t—Janios G. Anderson, William A liar, Dr. Blackburn, A. C. Byrne, A. Oortelli, Rev. C. A. Denmg, Harry O. Fisenhauer, E. Smith Foerster, Louis Foust, George Gabel, Antonio Giammichele, William Gitchitt, E. G. Haves, D. A. Hook. W. R. Knox, Frank L. Joselvn, It. 1. Livingston, Peren Lu kos (2), Herman Marwitz. Jr., O. H. Mav, John K. MoClure, John Meas, A. L. Meiidenhall. Tony Miller, F. C. Mondan. R. C. Myers. J. J. Naylor. Joseph E. Phillips. Sam Rhoads. Mr. Rodenhoffer, Fred Sapper, C. E. Saul, Mr. Schone bergrer, A. Smith. Charlie Smith, George T. Smith. C. H. Si all-man, Chas. P. Sweeney, Charles F. Thomas. Jr., Harry Weiner, D. M. Wenrieh. John Wert. Flank Wertz, Bernard Widyr, M. R.' Young. firms—Gloresis Cigar Co., The Irene Theatrt-. The Louis Theatre. Foreign—Rorelli CorelTi, A. Cortelli. Giovanni d'Adazio, E. G. Hendryey. Miss Florlta Kovaszintan, Abe Lewin, Nicola Marcuecl, Josef Posolovic. FINANCE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. Furnished by H W. Snavely, Broker. Arcade Building, Walnut and Court Streets ' New York, Feb. S. Open. Close. Alaska Golil Mines ... 28'/; 30 > Amal Coppsr s% 36 Erie 2a % 22%- Erie Ist pfd 35% 35% {Soneral Electric 'Co. .. . 94 94 Ooodrk'-h IB F 33 32% Great Nor pfd 114% 114% Croat Nor Ore stubs. .. 30% 31% Guggenheim Exploration 51% 51% In'tcrlforo IMiet 12% 12% Interboro Met pfd ... 57 56% Lehigh Valley 135 134% Ijonis an(l.9s; mixed, 6.65@>7.00; heavy, B,!>sfr) 6.95; rough, 6.55@6.65; pigs, ,"i.40®6.4ft. Cattle—Receipts, 13,000; steady. Na tive steers, 5.60S»9:10; western, n.20