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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<ncss of the work. The
plant, according to the demonstrations, I
furnishes electricity for a radius ofj
17."> 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.