12 HEAVINESS IN MARKET IS BLAMED ON EVENTS ABROAD Stocks Show an Uneven Tone at Out set To-day—U. S. Steel, Amalga mated Copper and Other Securities Make Small Oains By Associated Press. Now York, Feb. 13. —Stocks showed an uneven tone at the outset of to day's short session, I*. S. Steel and Amalgamated Copper making small gains, wihile other leaders, including the trans-continental group, Heading, Baltimore and Ohio and New York Cen tral, inclint'd to a lower level. Repub lic Steel fell over a |>oint and other industrials, like American Can, Cen tral-Leather, were under Thursday's closing prices. The list as a whole manifested a heavy tendency before t>he end of t'he half hour. The heaviness of to-day's stock mar ket was attributed to latest internation al develojnnents. Traders sold moder ately at the outset and pursued this course to the end. Important shares •'lost a point or more, United States Steel yielding in the later dealings. Specialties also were affected to a simi lar degree. New Haven fell 2 points, reaching again its minimum of 49. Striking exceptions to the genernl tcn ; dency were tthe various stock and bond issues of the -.Minneapolis and St. Louis and lowa Central roads, which made sensational gains on renewed rumors of buying by Canadian Pacific interests. The closing was heavy. Bonds were irregular. NEWVILLE BOXI> ISSUE BEATEN Plan to Raise SIO,OOO Tor New Fire Apparatus Defeated at Polls (Special to the Star-Independent.) Newville, Pa., Feb. 13. —By a vote of 163 to 105 tho plan of the New ville councilnien to float a SIO,OOO loan to provide for buying modern fire lighting apparatus was defeated in the sj>ecial election held yesterday, Coun ci bnen, upon learning of the result of the result of the election were some what disheartened and announced that they will take no further action at present to improve the fire department. In the North Ward the opposition was heavy, the vote being 95 against the loan and 56 for it. The South Ward vote was 68 against the loan and 49 for it. Newville's present fiire flighting equipment consists of one chemical en gine and several lines of hose, the waiter pressure being controlled by gravity. In recent years Newville lias had several destructive fires. The loan was beaten, it is said, on the contention that it would have a tendency to increase the tax rate. EXERCISES AT CALDER SCHOOL Principal W. H. Marshall Gives Address On Abraham Lincoln Yesterday afternoon Lincoln Ray w-ais observed at the Oalder school, Cal der and Marion sitreets. The exercises were held in the auditorium, the prin cipal, the Rev. W. H. Marsh aJU, was in charge. Allen Carter, a senior of the Central High school, recited Lincoln's Gettysburg speech and Frederick Doug-j bus' oration on "What Fourth of July! Meant to the American Slave." Harry Burrs delivered the principal! address. Patriotic airs were sung by ! schools taught by Misses Alice Price, Marie Sample aafid Helen Taylor. The principal gave a short, address on Abra ham Lincoln. AT WEST FAIR VIEW CHURCH Communion Services Will Be Held by Methodist Congregation West Fairview, Feb. 13.—At the Methodist Episcopal church last Thurs dav evening the Rev. S. B. Bidlack gaw i lecture in his cihurch on tlhe sub ject, ''An Evening With Groat Amer icans." He illustrated his subject throughout with pictures. The church was filled. To-morrow Holy Communion services will be held at 10 a. m.. A sermon will also be preached at 1.30 p\ m. Tho pastor will give a lectnre to the men of his class on "The Call of the Boy Samuel.'' The Personal Workers League will meet in the evening with evangelistic services. Students Hear Lecture Rabbi Charles J. Freund, of the Ohcv Sholeni synagogue, delivered an illustrated lecture on the development of Utah, to the Technical High school students, yesterday afternoon. The Rev. Mr. Freund showed how the same kind of work had been accomplished in Utah that Lincoln did in Illinois. LOOK! LOOKlti THE STAR-INDEPENDENT WILL GIVE AWAY Two Reserved Seat Tickets to the Grpheum EVERY DAY UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON We don't know who will get these tickets, but someone will get 2 every day. Perhaps YOU will be one of the lucky ones. HERE IS THF PI AN • Ever ?» weekday; a young lady, an employe of the Star-Independent, will be blindfolded. She will open Boyd's Directory of Harrisbure * Lflil 0 and vicinity ana will make a mark on one of the pages. The person whose name is nearest the mark will be given absolutely free of charge 0 reserve seats, which will be good at the Orpheum on a date which will be announced with the name of the person to whom they are awarded. The announcements will be HIDDEN among the Want, Lost, Found, For Rent, For Sale, etc., ads, but will be so plain that any one can easily find them. LOOK ! LOOK ! START TO-DAY. READ OVER THE CLASSIFIED Someone was awarded two tickets to-day. Find out who got them. If you were not lucky this time perhaps your turn will come next. It will be a lot of fun following up the. winners. 11 1 101JR NAME is announced don't hesitate to call for the tickets. The Star-Independent wants you to enjoy them. > j Special Notice—Tickets must be called for before 8 o'clock the evening of the next day after the announcement is made or they will.be forfeited. BUILDING CAVES IN AS BLACKWELL STARTS SPEEH Continued From First P«M> pour forth soul-stirring words of pa triotism, but he never got the first sen tence finished. The vibration felt at the second applause was at that instant followed by low rumblings and the rear brick wall of the building began to crumble and fall into tho refreshment room, just back of the speaker. In an instaut pieces. ox brick, mortar and thick clouds of dust began to pour into the hall and just as quickly a riinh of the 100 colored voters was made for the windows, of which there are but two facing Adams street. Fortunately for the audience several telegraph poles stood just outside the windows and these were clutched by sliding colored men, each trying to reach ground first. The rush to get out of the windows was so great that sev eral mcne wore pushed out feet first by those in the rear, but all landed unhurt on the ground, about 12 feet below. Some rolled down the steps. Witnesses say that none was more precipitate in escaping from the build ing than Blackwell, who went down t'he stairs on the crest of the wave of arms, legs and bodies. When examination of the building was made afterward it was found that t/he whole of the rear wall, from the second floor up, had fallen down. No body was killed or injured. WANTS "I.OOK" AT BRUM BAIT,H ' Juniata Valley Neighbor Learns That It Will Cost Her Nothing "Is this the Capitol?" asked a fat lady of the guide at the main entrance to the capitol this morning. Beimg in formed that it was, she asked: "How much to get in?" "Nothing, madam," said the guide. '' Then I guess we 'll go in. I'm from Juniata Valley and I thought I would like to have a look at Governor Brum baugh, you know he's from the valley. Do you think I could see him? "The guide thought he didn't know. "Well, I'm going to try, anyway. How do I get to his pla<;e where he docs his business?" The guide gave her the necessary di rections and the last seen of her she was headed for tho executive depart ment to "'have a look. 1 " Just at pres ent almost all of the visitors to the cap itol want to see where Governor Brum baugh is located, and the supply of Huntingdon'county neighbors seems un limited. GAVE VALENTINE PARTY Miss Bernice Paxton Entertained Guests at Her Steelton Home Miss Bernice Paxton entertained a number of friends at a Valentine partv at her home, 231 Myers.street, Steelton, j | Wednesday evening. Decorations, con | sisting of festoons of hearts, darts and | cupids, adorned the house. A delight j ful evening was spent in music, etc., i after which refreshments weTe served to the following guests: Miss Edith Canon, Miss Viola Steel, Miss Olive Kleinpeter, Miss Blanche Baker, Miss Bernice Paxton, Miss Lil lian Machen, Miss Elizabeth Amnion, Miss Mary DeHart, Miss Helen Pax ton, Simon Keister, Clifford Rowland, George Logan, Clyde Behney, James Thompson, Earl Paxton and Fred Pax ton. SALOON KEEPERS INVITED Their Attorneys Also Are Asked by Dr. Yates to Hear His Sermons The Rev. Dr. William N. Yates, pas tor of tho Fourth Street Church otf God, lias invited all saloon keepers and law yers who will represent them at the li cense court to be present at to-morrow evening's when he will preach on the theme, '' Chaining the People.'' Gets News Here of New Comet A bulletin received here by the Na tural History Society this morning from Harvard College observatory announces the discovery on the morning of Feb ruary 10 of a small, bright comet by John E. Mellish, of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, an amateur astronomer, who has several previous comets to his i credit. The comet may be seen about ! dawn with a small telescope in the : constallation Ophhichus. It is moving I slowly eastward. HARRISBURO STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1915. TO OPERATEJEW SIGNALS P. R. R. Soon to Place New Electric System in Effect—Employes Must Pass Examinations The initial step toward the opera tion of the new electric system on the Philadelphia Terminal division of the Pennsylvania railroad will be taken to morrow, when tlie new electric light Signal system will be thrown in opera tion between Bry Mawr and Philadel phia. Engineers and firemen who must pass between tiliese two points are undergo ing examinations under the Philadel phia division signal instructor, J. 8. Dellinger, in his rooms in the Cumber land Valley railway station. No em ployes who are required to know these signals will be allowed to go out on their runs until they have passed tho examinations with a certain percentage. The signals are governed by lights both day and nigiht. These lights will | take the place of the arms of the prcs-1 ent system. In place of each arm are ! four lights, which can be operated at any angle. No change from the angles now in use will be made. Engineers are also~"lrotificd that in case the lights fail to prevent the cor rect reading of a signal indication it | must be regarded as an imperfectly dis- | played signal. The electrifying of t'he main line be-1 tween Philadelphia and Paoli was start-'! Ed by the company more than a year ago, the completion of which is be j lieved by officials to be an event of the near future. J JOHN W. SAIJBSAMAN HIES Former Mine Superintendent Was tho Father of Eight So^is j (Special to the Star-lndeipendent.) Williamstown, Pa., Fob. 13. —.John !W. Saussaman, former mine superin tendent and a prominent resident of i this place, died at his home here at! j K. 4 Oo 'clock last evening following an , illness of several years. Ueatli was I due to a complication of diseases. He ' ! had been seriously ill only a short , time. Mr. Saussaman was 64 years old ! and spent practically all his life in 1 ! and around Williamstown. He is sur- i | vived by a widow, who before her mar riage was Miss Emma Bowman, and I eight sons, as follows: Harry 8., ! Frank and Allen, of 'Hiarrisburg; Fred, ! of Woodbury, N. J., and Ralph, George, j ' Walter and William, all of Williams- j town. Harry B. Sausauman is a law j yer practicing at the Dauphin county , bar, in Harrisburg. Funeral services will be held at the 1 home on Monday afternoon at 1.45 ' 1 o'clock. Interment will be made ill the ! Williamstown cemetery. j i COLLEGE DAY IN CHURCHES Laymen Will Speak in Morning at Der ry Street U. B. College Day will be observed by all i the United Brethren churches of the i East 'Pennsylvania Conference. All the i , Harrisburg churches will have special j services. The offering will be devoted i ' to the upbuilding of Lebanon Valley | I College. | i At Derry Street U. B. church, Fif-' i teenlh and Derry streets, the special ex-1 i ercises will be held in the morning. In i place of the regular sermon bv the pus- ] tor, the Rev. Dr. J. A. Lyter, three of ; < tlhe prominent laymen of the congrega- j tion will discuss the different phases of j i " Christian Education." The speakers | i will be J. E. Gipplo, superintendent of; tlie Sunday school; H. L. Carl, a teach er of the big men's Bible class, and 10. j S. Nissley, president of the official 1 •} board. Dr. Lyter will preach in the j evening. At Church of the Brethren At the Church of the Brethren to-' % morrow the Rev. William A. Conner, j ( , evangelist, will preach in the morningL ait 11 o'clock on "Soul Adorning" and I 0 in the evening at 7.30 o'clock onU "Body Adorning." Sunday school will | be held at 10 a. m. and Christian ; y Workers' meeting at 6.45. L C. W. Singer's Home Entered j l The home of C. W. Singer, 2*209 ] North Third street, was entered be tween S and 11 o'clock last night while the family was about, but lioth- | ing was disturbed. Entrance was gained v through a kitchen window. The matter! has been reported to the police. j i • At St. Andrew's a At St. Andrew's church, Nineteenth and Market streets, the Rev. .lames F. Bullitt, rector, will be morning prayer, ante-communion ami sermon, 10.30; o Sunday school and Bible classes at 12, jg and evening prayer and sermon at 7.30 J t; to-morrow. i j, BODY OF CIRL BORNEO (BEFORE BONEWERE BURIED CMtlnaed Prom First Pace. at 542 South Fifteenth street. Mr. Regar was much surprised to learn of the finding of the body in his former home and had not been visited by any investigator until a Star-Independent reporter went to his home. Regar said that he occupied the house at 133 South Fourteenth street, for but a short time. He said he had notic«d a peculiar odor in the cellar all the time he lived there. It was more noticeable oo damp days when he could scarcely go into the cellar because of it. He described the odor as that of decaying animal matter. The place had been fumigated seveiral times but that did not better conditions. Mrs. Regar and the children became ill, he said, and he removed to his present home. The cellar contained many old boards when he moved into it. Ho was : asked about the jKsrsons who preceded him in the lionise but could only re member the name Hoopes. The Hoopes family, he had heard hail removed to Florida. The cellar was cleaned up be fore Stoner moved in. • How far Coroner Ec'kinger's investi gation had gone could not be learned | as he could not be reached this morning ; At his home it was said that ne was | out. He had not called on the police j department for aid up to 110011 to-day I and the police admit they have done I nothing save to looh over their records for news of missing girls. District Attornav Stroup was notified of the finding of the bones and ordered Coroner Be kinder to make the fullest investigation possible, to include get ting the names of the persons who oc cupied the house. District Attorney Stroup said he will take up the case later when the Coroner's investigation is completed. Police Captain .Joseph P. Thonnpson denied a statement published this aft ernoon that the police connected the names of a Cleveland, Ohio, couple with the supposed murder. This published -tat-ement said Mr. anil Mrs. Coleman Hoopes, formerly of this city, now of 2115 Brainard street, Cleveland, may know something of the murder mys tery. Captain Thompson said the police have no reason for believing the 'Hoopes know anything about the bones in the cellar. LAW MAKERS TO BE BUSY Reassemble Monday to Do Some Real Work Before Taking Long Recess Roth the Senate and House will meet on Monday night to take up the reg ular calendars and let in another tlood of bills. It is expected that the Senate will do some real work next week be- j fore it adjourns Wednesday. The House j will work until Thursday. Both branch-1 es will adjourn until March 1, and dur- j ing the recess the legislators will famil iarise themselves with legislation that | is expected to engage their attention 1 until the close of the session, including! the child labor bill, the workmen's com-! pensation bill and road laws. The local option bill will not be con sidered until, some time in April, ac cording to latest advices. By that time I the friends of the measure hope to have I sufficient support to pass it. The op- i ponents, however, say that it will be; defeated at any time, Governor Brumbaugh is expected to send in a number of nominations to the] Senate at the Monday session. COOPER ADI 7ES3ES ENGINEERS : Tells Large Crowd About Largest Dam 1 in the World Upwards of two hundred members; of the Pennsylvania Engineers' Society! were given a brief outline of the! world 's {.-Tr-atast power dam recently J constructed at Keokuk, r.Mva. The 1e -- j ture was delivered by Hugh K.Oooiper, I of Now York, the engineer iu charge of, the work. The lecture, which was illustrated, 1 >hi.\v the v:i miles, seeing much to St. Louis,! 1 li fNmiiles away. "Church and Militarism" The .Unite)! Brethren Miinisterium will hold its monthly meeting at Central Y. M. C. A. on Monday at 10 o'elo-k. The Rev. N. L. I/uichaugh, of HPT shev, will read paper on "The Church and Militarism. "The Czar's Beloved People" Rabbi Leon Album will silwak at 4i o'clock to-morrow afternoon at the con-! pregat.ion of Kes»her Israel and will take "The Czar's Beloved Peoiple" fori his subject. ADMITS HELPING TOROB HICGINS Continued From Ftrat Page. pike, while the other fellows "pulled the job." Left Unconscious on Tracks Higgins was beaten into uirconscious ness, robbed of all his valuables and left lying across the trolley track. A mo"tormaii's timely discovery of the un conscious form of Higgins lying on the rails prevented the victim from being killed, so the police say. Hoggins was robbed of about SBOO, including a S4OO diamond ring, $l5O diamond cluster scarf pin, $75 gold watch, S3O Elks lodge charm, S2O gold watch chain, $l3O in cash and a bunch of keys. District Attorney Stroup said that Heagy volunteered" information that likelv will lead to the recovery of the jewelry from Pittsburgh pawn shops, where something like SSO was obtained on the valuables. Higgins himself signed the information charging Henigv and Gibb with highway robbery and he will be here to testify at the pre liminary hearing on Tuesday afternoon. Constable Haines early this week learned the whereabouts of Heagv and Gibb and they were arrested Wednes ! day by George B. Mover and James Watkins, Youngstown detectives, in the Ohio city. PERFORMER IN HYPNOTICSTATE He Also Places Nine Subjects Under In fluence at One Time Self-hypnotizing was apparently suc cessfully demonstrated before a largo audience in the City Gray's Armory, last night by Prof. Dinmor, who is here under the auspices of the Moose car nival. After the professor had placed him self in a trance he demonstrated to the audience by having five men stand on his body, suspended between two chairs, the back of his head resting on one with his heels on another. The profes sor did this stunt. In opening his jier , formance he proceeded to hypnotize the nine subjects before him at one time, all of them locking hands and scramb ling over the stage to free themselves. | Three couple contested for the prize waltz, which was won on a one-step.' The judges could not decide in favor any three so it was finally left to the audience. The jud'ges were unable to learn t'he names of the winning couple. The crowd was exceptionally large,' it being the best evening since the opening of the carnival, last Monday! evening. t THE MACCABEES INITIATE Members Securing Candidates Get Tur key Dinner Harrisburg Tent No. 261, Knights of the Maccabees of the World, initiated a large class of candidates into the I mysteries of the order at 321 Market' street, last evening. A turkey dinner I was served the candidates who secured members during the month of Januarv. Those fortunate in securing the dinner were John Thomas, W. W. Wilson, D. F. Wagner, Jacob Firestone and R. F. Cook. Following the initiation it was decided to give a turkey dinner to all members who secure a candidate during the month of February. The next class will be admitted early in March. MUSIC AT MESSIAH Numbers to Be Given Under Direction of A. W. Hartman To-morrow Music at Messiah Lutheran church to-morrow will be as follows: Morning—Prelude, "Allegro Mod erator in C," Merkel; offertory, "Trail-j merei," Schumann; soprano and bass | duet, "When Winds Are Raging,"! Sprose; postlude, "Postlude," Orison. I Evening Prelude. '' Impromptu," | Parker; offertory, "Serenade," Kar ganoff; anthem, "Ho, Everv One That I Thirsteth," Martin; postlude, "Alle-j gro," Woodman. Mrs. William K. Bumbaugh, soprano; Byron S. Behney, tenor; Mrs. George G. Hnin, alto; A. W. Hartman, basso; ilrs. Emma Hoffman, organist, and A. W. Hartman, director. Harry Cratzer Dies at Halifax Halifax, Pa., Feb. 13.—Harry Crat zer, aged 4.3 years, died at his home on Market street after a several weeks' illness from blight's disease. Death oc curred at 9 o'clock last night. Mr. Cratzer is survived by his widow, fath er and several brothers and sisters. Fu neral services will probably be held next Thursdav. STAR-INDEPENDENT WANT ADS. BRING RESULTS. ASSISTANT CHIEF IS HURT FIGHTING $7,000 BLAZE Continued From Flrat Pain. building when he slipped and fell fif teen feet to the ground. He landed on his face which was badly bruised and cut above the left eye. His hands also ; were badly bruised. Ho was taken to I t-he Harrisburg hospital in an automo r bile and after treatment was sent home. His condition is not serious. The burning hay in the loft gave the firemen a lot of trouble, the smoke j being thick. Most of them had to don ma»ks. The rear of the building, where the blaze started, was damaged the worst, the roof being burned off. The other parts of the building containing the draughting room were daanaged by water. Tho expensive cutting ma chinery, driven by electric motors, may be found to have been ruined by water. Mr. Black, who has been confined to hia home with rheumatism for fourteen weeks, ventured out for the first time this morning to view the fire. He is at a loss to account for the origin of the blaze. Several weeks ago a garage and au tomobile belonging to Mr. Black was destroyed by fire entailing a loss of $ 1,• 500. He had no insurance on the building or tho machine. D! RECTORS ATROUNBTABLE Advisability of Having Training School in Dauphin County Is Discussed Herslhey, Feib. 13. —At this morn ing's session of the Dauphin County School Directors' Association held in! tho Central theatre, the principal speak- j er was Reed B. Teitrick, who spoke on "School Accounting and School Re- : ports.'' in Hie round table discussion, the questions taken up included: What preparation should be demanded from candidates for provisional anil profes sional certificates* Standards in rating the efficiency of a school, the school as a social center, a county uniform course of study, libraries iu rural schools, what standards should be adopted for the admission of pupils of i rural schools to high schools? How irony the patrons be aroused to a sense ! of co-operation with the schools ? Should the teachers' salaries be paid by the •State? The county unit of taxation, State uniformity of taxation for school purposes, should credit be given for home work? Advisability of organizing a training school for rurail teachers in Dauphin county, what is the relation ship of good roads to good schools'? State system of standard rural schools, the causes for poor reading -in our schools. Reports were read by the county superintendent, the delegates to the State convention ait llarriaburg and bv various'committees. PROVIDE FOR BIG CLASS Rooms Committee Supplies More Coat Hooks at Derry Street Church To provide accommodations for the increasing numbers attending the Sun- 1 day school session of the men's Bible! class of Derry Street United Brethren i church, fifty coat hooks were placed in j the cloak rooms yesterday by Frank Mac Donald, chairman bf the rooms com mittee. Last week 230 men attended the j session of the class and tomorrow a i still larger nuni'jer is expected. Plans for the big Washington Birth- j (lay banquet to be held by tiho class: will be announced by Oscar Brenna- j man, chairman of the banquet commit- j toe, to-morrow. Already reservations I have been made by 210 men. At least | 2">o arc expended to attend the big turkey feed which is to be spread. Anti-Snffragistic Southerners are notoriously fond of j iio't rolls, but they have 41 confection called Sally Lunn which is even more I highly prized among them. It is not the sort of tilling one has every day. It is for special occasions. " Undo William," said the house wife, to the much sjioiled old family servant who presided over most of the domestic arrangements—"line' Wil liam, don't you think it is abouit time for us to have some Sally Lunn?" "Xaw'm, Miss Ma'y, naw'in. Dont' let's have none er da't. I ain't never had no fancy for dat female bread''— New York Post. COURT HOUSE TO ARGUE MANY CASES Court Will Hear Legal Points in Pend ing Suit on Monday Nearly a wore of cases are listed for the next term of Argument court which will be hehl on Monday. Prothonotary Holler this morning announced the list as follows: Mary S. Boova vs. Central Guaran tee Safe Deposit Company; Mercurio Bros. vs. 8. Mercurio; Curtis A. Marsh vs. Charles Kieffer; State vs. Abraham Gerbcr, motions for new trials; City vs. Smith-Premier Typewriter Company, motion for re-argument; Jacob vs. Louise M. Snyder, rule for additional counsel fees; Arthur C. Lackey vs. Lauretta Loll et al., rule to strike off service; VV. C. Schildt vs. Valley Kail ways Company, rule to set aside serv ice; .rallies Mathews, president of Uriited Mine Workers, District No. 9, vs. James E. Roderick, chief Bureau of Mines, exceptions to court's findings and decree; City vs. Harry C. Rineard, C. Howard Lloyd, Christian L. Brinser, cases stated; Mary L. vs. Sebastian Bowers, divorce; Archie Bowers vs. j Myron Sheesley, certerorai exceptions; Klizabetb M. Hatz vs. Mary C. and A. | W. Hoster; Eleanor E. Brown vs. Lewis | and Lena G. Cohen, rules to open | judgment; Farmers Trust Company vs. J. Newton Deeter, A. Grant Richwine; | Receivers Farmers Produce Company vs. William Look, Charles E. Walmer, A. W. Pottejger, John H. Rudy, all rules for motions for judgment for want of sufficient affidavit of defense; E. W. Biddle vs. A. Grant Richwine, Charles A. Disbrow and J. N. Deeter, motion for judgment for want of sufficient af j fidavit of defense; Howard M. Eldridge, | Jr., vs. Thomas E. Kohr, rule to appeal. ! Must Pay State Tax It matters not what prweoss a com j pany may use in providing cold storage quarters, that system cannot be classed as "manufacturing." Judge Kunkel made that finding in an opinion filed with the Prothonotary this morning in the case of the Industrial Cold Storage, and Warehouse Company, of Philadel phia. The company appealed from a state tax levy, on the ground that it became a manufacturer in providing its cold storage, quarters, and further con tended that as a manufacturer it was exempt from taxation. The court now holds it is liable for the tax. Mumma Improving Slowly C. Nisslcy Mumma, deputy to Record er 0. (i. Wiekersham, who for two weeks has been suffering with pneu monia, to-day was reported to bo slightly improved. Will Probated The will of Isaac H. Bowman, late of Halifax, was probated this morning ainl letters were issued on the estate to William T. Bowman and Harry Snoblet. Marriage Licenses William R. Hoover and Mary A. ITm bergor. Pishing Creek. John White and Rosi Switzer, Steel ton. Wilbur Marshall and Ruth E. Miller city. ' Walter Hotter and Rebecca Bollinger city. " ' John G. Heller, Herndon, and Vera M. lottey, Oberlin. CAPITOL HILL New Bookkeeping ~ T The Auditor General's Department lias installed a new system of book keeping The old system having been oo cumbersome because of the constant) handling 0 t the heavy hooks, the loose leaf system has been substituted for if, wherever practicable, thus doing away with much uiineceswary labor. Secretary Houck to Lecture Henry Houck, Secretary of Internal Affairs, will lecture in the Presbyterian church, of Middletown, February 23 on Home Dife Among tho Pennsylvania Germans." Harrisburgers Interested The Nil rem burg Coal Company, of Harrisburg, with a capital of $5,000, was chartered at the State Department, to-day to mine, shop and sol! eoaj. Tho incorporators are M. C. Miller, A. G. Leal lier and E. R. Hewey, Harriaburg. Republicans Hold Out on Filibuster By Associated Press. Washington, Peib. 13.—While tho administration Democrats were refrain ing the Ship bill for a new drive in the House, the Republican filibuster blossomed out anew to-day in t.'he Sen ate, where Senator Gore tried to have the commerce committee discharged from eonsii Iteration of his substitute which is to be used as one of the bases of compromise.