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 de<puty,
has been retained temporarily.
Woman's Will Probated
The will of Harah A. Sponsler, late
of this city, was probated by Joseph
.Sponsler, the husband, this morning, al
though no letters were issued on the
estate.
HOISTING AMERICAN FLAG
ON (MANIA NOT AN ACT
OF BRITAIN'S OFFICIALS
London, Feb. 8, 3.07 P. M.—Walter
Hines Page, tho American Ambassador
in London, to-day forwarded to tho
State Department at Washington, a re
port on the Lusitania flag incident. Tho
ambassador in his report informally
reviews the alleged use of tho American
flag by the Cunard Liner on entering
Liverpool harbor yesterday morning aa
was related to the members of the em
bassy staif by Americans who had cross
ed the Atlantic on the vessel.
Mr. Page has not communicated with
the foreign office concerning the inci
dcut and as yet no official communica
tions concerning the use of the Ameri
can flay by a British vessel have passed
between the America* 'alul British gov
ernments. As the Lusitania carried 340
cabin passengers, many of them promi
nent Americans who have a wide ac
quaintance in ljondon, the news of the
flag incident spread rapidly in tho
hotels and clubs until it has become al
most the sole topic of conversation.
The British government stoutly main
tains that tho captain of the Lusitania
was not ordered by government officials
to use a neutral flag.
Washington, Feib. B.—"Under con
sideration," was Secretary" Bryan's re
sponse to questions on the purpose of
the State Department in regard to both
the Lusitania incident and the German
declaration of a war zone around the
British Isles. There are some indications
that the department is contemplating
the treatment of both subjects in one
general note or statement similar to
Secretary Bryan's recent letter to Sen
ator Stolie.
Iu 1900, however, a naval regulation
was issued at the instance of Hear Ad
miral Stockton, head of a board revis
ing the code absolutely prohibiting the
nso of either neutral or enemy flags
fw purposes of deception. But very
soon after the signing of the order and
before it 'had fouml general circula
tion, the attention of President Roose
velt was tlirawn to it by some naval of
ficers of higli rank who .pointed out that
it had been in practice for time im
memorial and was perfectly legitimate
warfare, to make use of a neutral flag
to approach either an enemy ship or
his batteries or to run down a prize,
with the single conditi' hat before
a hostile shot, was fired, , neutral flag
must come down ami the true standard
be hoisted. President Roosevelt was
moved bv those arguments to promptly
rescind the new regulations.
SARAH ANN BKETZ DIES
Funeral of Aged Woman Held This
Afternoon
The fnueral of Mrs. Sarah Ann
Bretz, aged 70 years, who died at her!
home, 1732 Wallace • street, Saturday!
evening, was held from the house this 1
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Pe- |
ter H. Balsbaugh, pastor of Sixth ;
Street United Brethren church, had
charge of the • services and interment
was made in the East Harrisburg ceme
tery. >lrs. 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. <J. A., and
supervisor of the Williamsport play
grounds, waa the week end guest in this
city of V. Grant Forrer, formerly park
superintendent of Harrisburg. ' Flem
ing is a son-in-law of Dietrick Lamade.
proprietor of the Williamsiport "Grit."
He obtaint'i many playground ideas
from Forrer prior to the cpening of the
William'"pert recreation plots.
Police Call Unnecessary
•Some execited person yesterday aft
ernoon telephoned to 'Police Headquar
ters asking that ;atroimen be sent to
tile Kesher fsranl synagogue, ' Fourth
an/1 State tCreets, "to quell a disturb
ance." Patrolmen Brine and Owens
were sent to the place and found no
(l.isor-der, A wedding ceremony was be
ing performed.
Special Bible Addresses
"The Seven Feasts of the Lord" is
the subject of a Beries of illustrated
lectures to be delivered by S. C. Kellar
in Gospel Hall, 1114 Capital street.
The first address >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<!i/~ 53%
Amer Boot Sugar .... 38 38%
American Can ....... 28'/ s 28%
Am Cotton Oil . 47'/. 48%
Amer Loco 21'/i 21%
Amor Smelting ... . . 62 64'/*
American Sugar 103 102%
Amor Tel ami Tel'.... 120 120%
Atchison 93% 93%
Baltimore and Ohio .. 69% 69
Bethlehem Stool "4% 56%
Brooklyn R T 87% 87%,
California Petroleum .. 19% 20%
Canadian Pacific 15 4 '/• 157
Central Leather 34% 36
Chesapeake and Ohio . 43 43
Chi, Mil and St Paul . . 87 87
Chino Con Copper .... 3C>% 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 Nash 117 117
iMox Potroloum 76% 76%
'.Missouri Pacific ..... 10% 11%
National Lead 4 7 49
Nov Oonsol Copper .. 11% 11%
New York Cen 88 88%
NY,N IB ami B 50% 00%
Norfolk- and West ... 101 101 %
Northern Pac 102% 102%
Pennsylvania R. R 104% 105'/h
Pittsburgh Goal IS% 18%
do pfd 89% 90%
Railway Steel Spg 23 23
Ray. Con. Copper 17 % 17%
Heading 1 45 1 4 s'/,
Repitl). Iron and Steel . 19% 19%
do pfd 73% 74%
Southern Pacific 83% 83%
Southern By 15% 15%
do pfd 5'5 55
jTennessee Copper 28% 28%
| Texas Company ...... 133 183
Third Ave., ..' 46% 4-6%'
Union Pacific 118% 119'.
IT. S. Rubber 57 56%
U. S. Steel 40% 40%
dio pfd 103% 104
XTtadi Copper 52% 58
;W. U. Telegraph 63% 63%
| Westinghouse Mfg 70% 70%
Wooliworth ex-idiv. 1% per cent.
Philadelphia Closing Prices
Philadelphia, Feb. B.— Stocks closed
| steady.
j Cambria Steel 42%
I General Asphalt (asked) 30
| do pfd (asked) 65
Lake Superior (asked) 9
Lehigh Navigation 75%
Leliigh Valley 67%
iP. R. R 52 9-16
Phila Electric 23%
Phila Company asked) 33
do pfd (asked) 34
Phila Rapid Transit ..(asked) 10
I Reading 72 9-16
do Gen Mtgs 98%
.Storage Battery 47%
I Union Traction (asked) 36
IT G I : 82
U S Steel 40%
Chicago Live S'oclc Market
Chicago. Feb. B.—Hogs—-Receipts,
42.1)00; (lull. Bulk. ll.75<&)6.»0; light, fi.7o
ffi>(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 <ij)
7.40; cows and heifers, :J. 10S.OO; calves,
S.oo@ 12.00.
Sheep—Receipts 12,000; strong. Sheep, *
6.10(Jffi.90; yearlings, 7.40@8.00; lambs,
5.80® 8.80.
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
By Associated Press,
Chicago, Feb. 8. —Close:
Wheat —May 163 1-S; July 138 7-S.
Corn —May 79 3-8; .Julv 81.
Oats—May 60 1-4; July 57 1-4.
Pork —May 19.15; .luJy'l'9.s2.
Lard—Mn'v 10.97; July 11.12.
Ribs—May 10.22; July 10.17.
Wilson's Trip to Big Show
Washington, Feb. 8. —President Wil
son now plans to arrive in San Fran
cisco Ma rch 21 for his visit 'to the Pan
ama-Pacific Exposition. What day lie
will leave Washington and whether 'ho
will make speeches on the way to San
Francisco or on his return trip remain
undetermined.
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