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ZION CHURCH MEN S CUSS
HOLDS MEMORIAL SERVICE
Employment Committee Increased Be
cause of Demands for Work—Cap
tain Lumb Will Address Brother
hood on Washington's Birthday
"Gear your religion to your every
day job," Dr. E. E. Campbell told
over » hundred members of the Men's
Organized Bible class of /ion Lu
theran dhurch during his taik at yester
day '« session. Touching directly upon
rne lesson of the day, he spoke of
•"God's call to man to-day," and dwelt
on tihr willingness of man to obey the
call as well as on the practical value
•f Christian character.
In the evening at OKI Z ion, the
men's class held its annual memorial
service. A hundred members heard the
special sermon delivered by fcho pastor,
the Kev. S. W. Herman. Flowers were
supplied hv the class and were to-day
distribute*! to public institutions.
Because of iucreuse. 1 demands from
unemployed men for work, the president
of the class. E. K. Frazer, has enlarged
the employment committee of the or
ganization. This committee has been
active since the class «-as formed Ave
years ago. and has been the means
of securing work for many applicants.
The members of the committee ap
pointed by tiie president are: Percy I.
Belts, William C. Beidleman, 'Marion
Verbeke. the Rev. S. W. Herman, Paul
t*l»artle. Luther M. Bowman, William
IBreitinger, J. W. Leonard W. F. IMar
tin and Ralph I. Brown.
Washington "s birthday next Monday
will be observed by the Men of Zion
CBrotherhood, according to arrangements
now being made. A meeting will be held
at S o'clock, to be addressed by Cap-
Tain George F. Lumb, Deputy .Superin
tendent of State Police. The captain's
subject will be, "A True American,"'
and facts of personal experience will
be touched upon. A patriotic program
is being arranged.
SAYS LIFE IS A TOBOGGAN
The Rev. Mr. Dallman Speaks at Meet
ing of Hill Men's Association
An enthusiastic lot. of men assem
bled in Lenney's theatre, Thirteenth
street, yesterday afternoon, at the first
of the new series of men's meetings un
der the auspices of the Allison Hill
Men's Christian Association.
The Rev. Mr. Dallman, the speaker,
compared life to a toboggan slide, and
showed how "every man should live
with the law," "the sins of the father
shall be visited upon bis children even
unto the third and fourth generation, - '
always before him. At the conclusion
manv went forward and took his hand
as aii evidence of t-heir desire to make
the association a greater factor than
ever in the lives of the men of the
hill.
The president was applauded when he
referred to Abraham Lincoln as "the
type of man God will raise up some
time to break the shackles of rum as
the great emancipator broke tihose of
slavery." He also referred to the pass
ing away of Fanny Crosby and tihe cele
bration of the signing of the treaty of
Ghent.
The speaker for the meeting of next
Sunday will be the Rev. B. 'H. Hart,
pastor of the Fifth Street Methodist
church, and past grand master of the
Odd Fellows.
The singing was a feature of the
meeting, being led by the men's chorus
of Market Street Baptist church, under
the direction at A. Russell Caller.
Prayers were offered by D. P. Jerauld,
ex-president of the association, and the
Rev. J. W. Miller.
OLIVET MEN FLAX SOCIAL
Ladles of Church Will Give Reception
to New Members To-morrow Night
The following committees of the re
cently reorganized Men's Bible Class of
Olivet Presfbyterian church have been
appointed by President J. W. Craver:
Devotional Committee—W. Mc.Kin
nie. chairman: James W. MaeDonald, J.
Boob, J. C. Bwing, A. A. Armstrong,
I*. Grundon, F. R. Lear. M. D. Houek,
George Brinser, H. F. Penniepacker, C.
H. Cox and John Hosfield.
Membership Committee—Charles I.
Leas, chairman: A. B. Shartzer, A. R.
Cleekner, W. Slioffel, J. B. Ma.Donal i,
P. R. Walker. 11. G. Kendall. H. Weid
maii, J. C. Gates. J. Harlaeker, C. D.
Himes and A. I". Sjotz.
Social Committee —Robert F. Web
ster, chairman; S. A. Howard, E. A>k
ins. A. H. Blough, C. Werts, H. W.
Shoemaker, H. C. Weaver. K. L. Lime,
E. E. Bowman. J. Harry Steele, J. A.
Pollock andC. Barton.
Chorister—M. D. Houek.
The aim of the officers and commit
tees is to bring the membership up to
one hundred bv the first of June and
300 by the end of the year. Another
. big social event is being planned for the
second Tuesday of next month.
The La.lies' Aid Society of Olivet
chur.-h has issue-1 invitations for a re
ception to be held to-morrow evening
from S to 10 o'clock for the new pas
tor, the Rev. William 0. Yates and his
bride and new members of the church.
SAYS IT IS LP TO GOVERNOR
Dr. Fox Declares Brumbaugh Has
Chance to Be One of Age's Great Men
In his sermon last night at Grace
[Methodist church on the subject,
"What The Governor and rhe Legisla
ture Might Do. an.l Should Do, for the
People of This Great Common wealth
in the Matter of Temperance
lion," the Rev. Dr. John D. Fox praised
Governor Brumbaugh for the temi>er
:uice promises made in his platform and
1 called upon him "to keep those prom
ises. ''
"if Governor Brumbaugh does all
he says he will do," said Dr. Fox, "he
will have a chance to be one of the
greatest men in what p-oinises to be the
greatest age in the history of the
world."
The minister ridiculed the proposal
to compensate hotel proprietors for
losses sustained in giving up their busi
ness, and spoke contemptuously of citi
zens who sign petitions for the'granting
of liquor licenses.
The Rev. Dr. William X. Yates,
speaking at the Fourth Street Church
of God on the theme, "training the
People," also chided the peition sign
ers, many of whom, he declared, are
members of churches.
Denatured Alcohol BUI Passed
By Attnriatcd Prcs*.
Washington, Feb. 15.—The Palmer
bill to permit the manufacture of dena
tured alcohol by mixing domestic and
wood alcohol while in process of distil
lation was passed to-day by the House.
CUNNINGHAM RESIGNS AS
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
C«tl»«l From First Pas*.
vour profession has led us both even
tually to concur in the wisdom of your
action.
"You have had a most honorable and
creditable career in the Department of
Justice. You have with dignity, abil
ity and industry discharged all your
public duties. Your resignation is a
distinct loss to the people. 1 wish it
might not be, and yet I wish you, in
your new field of effort, the greatest
possible success
"I desire to add that my many years
of association with you have eudeared
you to me, and I frankly record my
gratitude in counting you among my
friends. This relation I hope shall al
ways eontlMiie.''
Attorney General Brown, on reading
Governor Brumbaugh's letter of ac
ce|*anee of Mr. Cunningham's Testa
tion. wrote as follows:
"I I>eg to add my regret to yours in
the resignation of Mr. Cunningham. 1
have held him in high regard as lawyer
and man, and ha 1 hoped that he would
continue his efficient service for the
Commonwealth. He has my best wishes,
and 1 have no doubt that he will
achieve the success in private practice
which his ability deserves."
iMr. Cunningham, it is understood,
will remain in llarrisburg wbere he will
take up his residence and continue his
law practice. He is a member of the
bars of the Western Pennsylvania coun
ties. and of the appellate courts, and
while DejHitv Attorney General was
conspicuous in a number of prominent
cases as eounsol for the Commonwealth,
notably the capital graft cases, which
he is said to have prepared, and which,
with James Scarlet, he so ably tried.
Many other cases involving the inter
ests of the Commonwealth have been
tried by Mr. Cunningham and won by
him.
to amenTmwharf bill
Bowman To-morrow Will Alter Its
Terms to Make Life of Contract
Ten Instead of Fifteen Years
Two amendments are to be offered to
the Bowman ordinance which gives the
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
i permission to build a coal wharf on the
| Hargot island in consideration of the
city's getting 1,200 tons of river coal
' free, when the measure comes up on
: second reacting at the meeting of the
i City Commissioners to-morrow after
noon. One will cut down the term of
i the proposed contract, to be entered
into bet ween the city and light com
, panv, from fifteen to ten years. The
other will contain a clause whereby the
light company, if it finds it impossible
to got 15.000 tons of coal from the
river annually, may, after giving ninety
days' notice to the city, cease working
under the contract and remove the
wharf and its equipment from the is
land. Experts, however, do not believe
the supply of river coal will become ex
hausted during the next ten years.
\\ ith that same amendment is incor
porated a provision that should the
light company decide, at the beginning
of any one year, during the term of its
I contract, to cease using the coal wharf,
it will not be required to furnish the
city with the required 1,200 tons of
coal during that year. Yet if the quit
notice is not given before the month
of April then the coal for that year
must be supplied to the city without
charge.
Commissioner father of the
ordinance, will offer the amendments
and it is expected that the measure will
i>e passed on second reading to-morrow
and then laid over for printiing.
MRS. MAE RANDOLPH DIES
Succumbs From Complication of Dis
eases After Long Illness
Mrs. Mae Randolph, aged 59 years,
wife of Louis Randolph, died last nigtht
at 11.25 o'clock at her home, 2209
Berryhill street, from a complication of
diseases. She is survived by her hus
band, Louis Randolph; three sons, Har
ry, Amos and Jesse Randolph, and one
daughter, Mrs. Anna Myers, of New
Benton, Pa.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at her home,
the Rev. E. Victor Roland, pastor of
the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer,
officiating. Interment in Prospect Hill
cemetery.
Henry J. Lupfer
Henrv J. Lupfer, aged 72 years, died
at his fiome, 1319 Marion street, last
night. He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Emma Lupfer, and two sons. Funeral
services will be held at his home Tnurs
day afternoon at 1.30 o'clock, the Rev.
Harry Nelson Bassler. pastOT of the
Second Reformed church, officiating.
The body will be taken to New Bloom
field by I'ndertaker Sourbier, where in
terment will be made.
William H. Bodmer
The funeral of William H. Bodmer,
who died Friday, was held this after
noon at 2 o 'clock from the home of
his son. Edward W. Bodmer, ITII Wal
nut street, the services being in charge
of the Rev. Dr. J. A. Lyter, pastor of
the Derry Street United Brethren
church. Interment was in the East
Harrisburg cemetery.
Miss Sarah Blasser
Funeral services for Miss Sarah Blas
ser. aged 9 7 years, who died at the
home of Mrs. Mary (Martin, Shepherds
town, Friday, will be held in the United
Brethren church to-morrow morning. In
terment will be made in Filey's Lu
theran church graveyard.
FREE CONCERTS PLANNED
Organization to Be Formed to Arrange
Free Music in City's Parks
An organization will be formed in
the near future, which in all probability
will be called the "Municipal Band
Concert Association of Harrisburg,"
the sole object of which will be the
giving of free band concerts for the
benefit of the general public in the
parks of Harrisburg.
A meeting will be called in the near
future at which the details and plans
of the organization will be gone over
and announced. It ie understood that
the Harrisburg Chamber of (Jommerce
and other organizations will be asked
to co-operate with this object, which,
in former years, has given citizens
pleasure during the summer months.
The following persons are interested
in tihe movement: At. Harvey Taylor,
J. H. Troup, frank Blumenstein, Clar
ence O. Backenstoss, Benjamin Strouse,
(larles Muss, Charles E. Bretz and V.
Grant Forrer.
HARRISBFHRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1915.
MORE BONES OF MURDERED
GIRL ARE MD TO-DAY
C«atiaae4 From Flrat Pace.
water from a garden hose. In this way
the dirt from the hole will all be sub
jected to a minute examination to bring
to light the least possible clue that
might determine the identity of the
murdered girl.
The searchers have been cautioned
to watch carefully for bits of jewelry
or particles of hair combs or anything
that may lead to the identity of the
victim, but by noon to-day nothing of
great value in that particular line had
been uncovered.
As the searchers proceed they are
convinced more than ever that the body
was buried under the cellar steps after
the house had beeir built and occupied
for some time. This opinion is based
not on the condition of the bones, but
ou the fact of the discoveries of pieces
of concrete which at one time were
probably part of the cellar floor.
Find Cloth and a Button
One small bit of cloth, about a square
inch- iu size, but black from its having
been under the earth, was among the
day's discoveries. In one shovelful was
a white bone button such as is used on
undergarments. Everything of this
character is being preserved and will
be turned over to Coroner Eckinger.
That some of the bones are black
and others red-spotted, seems to indi
cate that the murderer first tried to dis
pose of the body by burning it in fire,
but being unsuccessful in that put it in
the cramped grave and used quicklime
to hasten the decomposition of the
body. The experience of the workmen,
whose hands were burned while wash
ing the big bones that were uncovered
first, is believed to prove the use of
quicklime. The smaller bones of the
victim's hands and those that were not
very deep in the flesh seem to have
been charred as if burned by fire. The
workmen to-day engaged in washing
the silt used gloves so as not to suffer
the experience of Friday.
Coroner Eckinger will turn the bones
discovered this morning to Dr. R. L.
Perkins, whom lie has asked to make a
report on the probable time the murder
was committed. Coroner Eckinger spoke
publicly of the case for the first time
this morning. He said:
"There is no doubt in my mind that
murder has been done. The investigation
is out of my hands, for I have turned
it over to the District Attorney who
will carry it through. I did not ignore
the police department in this matter.
Knowing that the |>olice do not have
the money to prosecute a search such
as this will make necessary. I turneil
it over to the proper county authori
ties."
Hutchison Offers Aid
Chief of Police Hutchison, whose de
partment has not done any active in
vestigation in the case, said this morn
ing. when asked if his department will
carry on an investigation independent
of that started by the county officials:
I can see no good reason why 1
should investigate this affair. I "con
ferred with both District Attornev
Stroup and Coroner Eckinger and have
assured them both that should they at
any time want my assistance I will be
very willing to aid them iu anv wav.
i rom niv experience in the police busi
ness I am convinced that the countv
officials are doing everything that the
police couUi ilo.
Tunnel Theory Abandoned
The theory that the cellar had been
tunnelled from the outside by the mur
derer has been abandoned as a result
of the discoveries of to-day. Thomas,
who dug the original hole* said he. is
sure he now has it open to the di
mensions of the fif-st opening and he
has found no indications of anv further
digging. The walls and bottom of the
hole are hard and firm. Cashinau savs
that even ten years after a hole has
been dug and tilled in the proportions
of the hole can be determined.
"It is particularly so in this case."
he said, "for the ground is hard
mostly gravel—and my men hard lots
of trouble going through it. It was a
difficult task and the murderer must
have used a digging iron, so straight
are the walls."'
Another theory that has been ad
vanced is that the murderer could
have come 111 from 'he outside during
one of th» numerous periods when the
house was unoccupied.
Much of the work of investigation
by the eouaty authorities consists of
carefully interviewing those who at
one time occupied the house. The pub
licity given to the finding of the skele
ton has caused a lot of talk and it is
possible that the county authorities
will be aided by the neighbors in the
vicinity of the "house of mystery."
Hunt Records for Missing Girls
' An additional search of the "missing
girl" records at police headquarters has
failed to turn up anything of value
and the police are about ready to be
lieve that it was the body of a girl
from some other town who enme to
Harrisburg and was murdered. The
statement of Dr. Perkins, Coroner's
physician, that the body may have been
buried for from ten to fifteen years
has caused a further search to be made
in the "missing girl" reeords without
any tangible clue b°ing discovered.
The house was built iu 1892 and
the names of the occupants have been
obtained, with the exception of those
of a family believed to be Germans,
wHho are said to have occupied it some
time between 1902 and 1906. Neigh
bors could remember little of this fam
ily except that they believed the man
was employed by the 801 l Manufactur
ing Company. This could not be eon
firmed.
The other occupants, so far as city
directories for the years show, were
Dickson G. Kitzmiller, clerk of Phila
delphia and Reading Kailroad Company,
1893 and 1894: Charles E. Eberly,
from 1895 to 1900; Dr. Charles E.
Ayres. 1901 and 1902; Charles S. Bber
sole, 1906; Coleman Hoopes, for six
or seven years prior to 1913; Jefferson
B. Regar, for three months until Feb
ruary. 1914, when, after a short inter
val, M. E. Stoner, the present occupant,
moved in.
County Detective Walters i> now in
terviewing the persons in these fami
lies in his efforts to clear up the mys
tery.
* Sv
Colored Wash Dress Weaves These Princess Dressers at
Attractively Priced In the $13.95
* Jf *-ff i T~» . O 1 Shown in golden oak, ma-
IVllll and ractory oalo hogany and bird's-eye maple. j<§ I I '|
Vacation cloth for children's wash suits. Mill and Factory These are the best dressers at I .
Sale price, 15£ such a low price that are to »ji 1 I I *
36-inch colored crepe de chine, half silk. Mill and Factory be found in the market and I| 1 | | \
bale price, .. ............... the value is possible only be- jylfll I i
Colored wash suitings, in white grounds. Mill and Factory M U||| \A
Sale price cause our stores combined El UIIBP 1
Linen finish suiting in solid colors. Mill and Factory Sale their orders and contracted • || fj}
P™ e ' e > f or a ] ar g P quantity. ~JII
White ground shirting madras, * in lengths of three to ten r i
yards. Mill and Factory Sale price, 15£ a"
2.") and 32-inch dress gingham. Mill and Factory Sale price, $35.00 and $39.00 Qolden
Bi/ 2 < Oak Buffets. Reduced to pA 'a mi
Cretonne robes for comfortables and bed coverings. Mill and w i Y Hu
Factory Sale price Hf $29.50 Q-. W
t3T Dives, Pomeroy k Stewart, Street Floor. :r— —Rl 1
——— Just eight in this special H Pf
. Demonstration of O'Cedar lot - tL—" jjJJ
. Adjustable Handle Library Furniture
The new O'Cedar Mops are irioo t,lr eo-pieoe leather library suite. February Furniture Snip
Jw|h\ made stronger and better to-day , r "» P .' ''' •• • ■•••••••
than they hare ever been be- p ri Je ,lircc -I" p< '* lt,R 'hcr library suite. February Furniture Sale
fore and the handle has been $6 9 .0'0' 'three-piece' leather 'library' suite! "February' Funut'u'ro ' Sale
if unproved, in that it is adjust- price * .f»i»o«
g&L. a^'e any position. $25.00 leather chair. February Furniture Sale price
vnu 1 ari>°not 1 satisfi i er 1 'witlf it in Diveß ' Pomero > - 4 Stewart, Third Floor—Three Elevators.
fIMHjP Values That Are Going Out
«D i v„,P =i ß,.»„ t . In the Silk Sale
- Four offerings that are typical of the fine styles in high-grade
q i r
oaie Ol lNapK.inS g crepe cascade, 40 inches, heavy weave, tango and mahogany,
j Through our Manchester office we secured a large order of Imported brocade Faille, navy, taupe and brown, 42 inches. A| «A
odd napkins from several English and Scotch linen makers. Special, yard, $!•«>"
These napkins are the ones that come off the looms at the end Pongee in natural shade, 27 inches wide. Special, on
of each warp and arc perfect in every detail. jaril, '' 0%/ C
Satin Brocade in leather brown, 36 inches wide. Special jf\
Special in the Mill and Factory Sale at savings of a fourth. yard, 41/ C
L r Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor, Rear. ta~ Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor Front
* ' ' ' '
CAPITOL HILL
WGULD ABOLISH POOR B3ASD
State Dependents' Commission Recom
mends Their Abolition in Report
to the Pennsylvania Legislature
The State Dependents' Commission,
of .vhich Cjlonei P. C. Boyle, of Oil
City, a member of the State Board of
Charities, is chairman, has made a re
port to be submitted to the Legislature
in which it recommends the abolish
ment of pcor boards throughout the
State, in a line with the bill recently
offered in the Senate by Senator Hil
ton, the consolidation of the poor laws;
the creation of district industrial farms
to replace jails, and exclusive state
aid for the care of the insane, the fee
ble-minded, epileptics and inebriates.
At present State and county divide
these duties, but the Commission be
lieves State control will ensure equal
benefits to all patients, permit of a bet
ter system of classification; facilitate
transfers and generally promote the
most efficient methods Of vocational
treatment and medical and business ad
ministration. Exclusive state aid and
control of charity is deprecated. There
are at present 1,100 i>oor laws on tbe
statute bo:iks, 800 of which are locad or
»|Mvial in their application. There are
100 poor districts, and 80 almshouses
in the 67 counties of the State, which
tends to great ran fusion, in tbe admin
istration of local relief.
Meet To-night
Both branches of the Legislature
will meet to-night, the Senate at 9.30
and the House at 9 o'clock.
EDWARD HALBERT IMPROVES
Assistant Fire Chief Recovering From
Injuries Received at Blaze
Edward Halbert, assistant fire chief,
w-iio was li.jured Saturday noon when
he fell 15 feet through a burning btiild
irg at John Black's stoue yard, Sev
enteenth and Mulberry streets, is slow
ly improving at his home, 924 North
Second street.
Mr. Halbert was removed from the
Harrisburg hospital late Saturday, suf
fering from deep gashes auove and be
low the left eye and contusions nbout
the arms and legs. He expects to be
about within the next few days.
TREASURERS WILL BAXUUET
Thirty-five county treasurers of the
StaAe with their invited guests, includ
ing Governor Brumbaugh and a number
of State Senators, will attend the first
annual banquet of the Pennsylvania
Association of County Treasurers,
which will be held at the Harrisburg
club to-morrow evening, beginning at
6.30 o'clock.
A. H.- Bailey, treasurer of Dauphin
county, has about completed arrange
ments for the event. The association
will hold a business meeting in th# Har
risburg Club to-morrow afternoon at
which time officers will be elected.
WILL FEAST ON FASNACHTS
Old Councilmanic Library Committee to
Meet To-morrow Evening
Francis J. Hoy, formerly a Select
Councilman, to-day sent out a call for
a meeting of the "old councilmanic li
brary committee'' to be held in the
City Commissioners' room in the Court
House to-morrow evening, beginning at
7.30 o'clock. Invitations were extend
ed to all the members of the. committee
and, in fact, all of the members of the
recently organized Harrisburg Council
manic Association.
Ross R. Seaman will pour coffee and
City Clerk Miller will serve fasnachts.
CLASS OF 250 MEN
O. P. Berkley Speaks at, Yesterday's
Session at Derry Street S. S.
Attendance at the Sunday school
sessions of the Derry Street United
Brethren men's class has been growing
by leaps and founds during the last six
■weeks. Last Sunday the high mark of
230 was reached, and the executive
committee of the class believed that
this record would be hard to surpass.
Yesterday afternoon, however, the at
tendance reached 250 straight. The
chairman of the rooms committee,
Frank McDonald, fortunately had
placed 50 more coat hooks in the cloak
room, and by his foresight everybody
found a place to hang his overcoat.
O. P. Beckley, one of the teachers
of the class. gave a stirring talk to the
inen on the need of the father taking
an interest iu the boy's spiritual wel
fare.
"An ounce of fatherhood is worth a
pound of Sunday school," he declared.
"'Not that I would underestimate the
value of the Sunday school; far from
it, for the Sunday school is doing more
for the boys and girls of this country
than possibly any other organization.
But a father is his boy's hero and it is
he who can do most with the lad."
RAIN INTERFERES WITH WQRK
Royalton Shale Brick Plant Did Not
Resume Operations To-day
'Midvlletown, Feb. 15.—Inclement
weather alone prevented to-day the re
sumption of operations at the Royalton
shale brick plant, a concern which ordi
narily gives employment to well on to
fifty men and which has been idle and
undergoing repairs for two months.
IH. V. Halberstadt, of Lebanon, who
is the general manager of thi» and sev
eral other brick plants in which B. Daw
son Coleman Iras a controlling interest,
to-day said tihe brick factory would be
i started to-morrow or Wednesday and
| then would run regularly during the
remainder of fiie year.
The concern has a number of large or
ders and tbe management now is con
sidering the advisability of enlarging
the plant. Only recently the Royalton
| Council was asked to change the line
of the road leading into 'M'id-d'letown so
j that the brick company, which owns
| afl t'he adjacent ground, may build sev
i eral kilns.
i
| NOTE CONTROVERSYSETTLED
; Court Enters Judgment Against Three
In Favor of Biddle
I By agreement of counsel Judge Kun
' ked to-day made an order directing the
\ Prothonotary to enter a judgment in
; the sum of $18,750 in favor of E. W.
i 'Biddle, of Carlisle, and against A. Grant
! Richwine, Charles A. Disbrow and J.
I X. Deeter, of t'his city. The four men,
, it is said, were parties to a $25,000
I note which Biddle claims to have paid,
j The defendants offered no defense.
It is stipulated in the Court's order
j that should all the defendants be
solvent they separately shall be held
: liable for $6,250 each. If one be in
\ solvent then the judgments against the
remaining two shall be $8,333.33 each.
Should two be found to be insolvent
then the amount of t'he judgment
against the third shall be $12,250.
Plans Made for Capitol Park
An amphitheatre in the C&pilol Park
extension area is included in the plans
submitted in the fonn of a pencil
i sketch by Warren H. Manning to the
f City Planning Commission. The pro
! posal is to have a place in the paTk
| where inaugural ceremonies, baud con
certs and other events can be held. Mr.
Manning will submit finished drawings
of the scheme.
STAR-INDEPENDENT WANT
ADS. BRING RESULTS.
FINANCE
EARLY RISE IN PRICES OF
STOCKS OF BRIEF DURATION
Quotations Fall Back Almost as Easily
as They Advanced—Selling Ema
nated largely From Short Interest
Over Diplomatic Situation
By Associated i'rcss.
New York, Feb. 15. —Less tension in
the international situation was denoted
by the early movement of to-day's
stock market. Americans were higher
in London and this imparted some
strength to the local situation, Canadi
an Pacific, Heading and American
Smelting rising a point each, with frac
tional gains in other active issues, in
cluding U. S. Steel. There were fur
ther substantial advances in the sev
eral issues of the Minneapolis and St.
Louis and lowa Central roads. Trad
ing was of the usual professional char
acter and of moderate volume.
The early rise was of brief duration,
prices falling back almost as easily as
they had advanced. Selling emanated ;
largely from the short interest, which
continued to make capital out of the
diplomatic situation. Steel, Beading,
Union Pacific, New York Central and j
others in the international list record-1
ed losses of 1 to 1% points from their i
best of the first hour and specialties!
showed similar declines. Another drop ]
in exchange on London to the lowest j
quotation in many years revived rumors
of further gold imports from Canada.
Bonds were heavy, with indications
of foreign offerings.
NEW tfOKK. STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H. W. Snavely, Broker.
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
New York, Feb. 13.
Open. Close.
Alaska Gold Mines . . . 28% |
Ama I Copper >4% ;>4 |
Amer Beet Sugar 4 0
American Can 28% 2S V 4
do pfd 34 94 |
Am Cotton Oil 46% 4 H Vt» j
Am Ice Securities .... 24 24 i
Amer Smelting 66% 65%j
American Sugar 104 103%.i
Amer Tel and Tel .... 120% 120%
'Anaconda .27% 2i%
Atchison 94% 94%
Baltimore and Ohio ... 69 68%
Bethlehem Steel 55% ;>5%
California Petroleum .. 19% 19%
Canadian Pacific 158% 158
Central Leather 36% 35%
Chesapeake and Ohio . . 4 2 4 2
Ohi, Mil and St Paul . . 86% 86
C'hino Con Copper .... 45% 45%
Col Fuel and Iron .... 26 25%
Corn Products 11 9%
Krie 22 21%
Krie Ist pfd 35% .35%
Goodrich B K 31% 31%
Great Nor pfd 115% 115 '/a
Gre«t Nor Ore> subs .. 31% 31%
Interboro Met 12% 12%
Interboro Met pfd .. . 56% 57%
Ijcibiigh Valley 133 133
Mex Petroleum 76% 72%
(Missouri Pacific 11% 10%
Nev Consol Copper ... 12% 12%
New York Central ... 85 84%
N Y, N H and H 4 9 49 "
Norfolk and West .... 101 100
Northern Pac 103% 102%
Pennsylvania R. R. ... 105% 105%
People's Gas and Coke . 117 117
Pittsburgh Coal 20% 20%,
Press Steel Car # 31% 31%
Ray Con. Capper 17% 17%
Reading 43% 43%
Southern Pacific 84% 84%
Southern Rv. pfd 50 50
Tennessee Copper 29% 30
Union Pacific 120 119%
IT. S. Rubber 56% 56
IU. S. Steel 43% 43%
| do pfd 104 i/, 104 %
Utah Copper 53% 53%
Western Maryland .... 19 19
\V. U. Telegraph 63% 63',:.
Westinghouse Mt'g .... 71'., 71%
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
By Associated Press.
Ohwago, Feb. 15.—Close:
Wheat—May. 159%; July 134%.
Corn—May, 80%; Julv, 81%.
Oats —May. 61; July, 57%.
Pork—May, 18.87; July, 19.27.
Lard—May, 10.80; July, 10.95.
Ribs —May. 10.20; July, 10.42.
Chicago Live Stock Market
Chicago, Feb. 15.— Hoss—Receipts
.>0,000; alow. Bulk, 6,75 (g) 6.85; light
6.6006.95; mixed, 6.53(5)6.90; heavy 6 45
<§ 6.85; rough. 6.45® 6.50: pigs.
Gat tie—-Receipts, 23.000; weak. Native
steers, western, 1.7." w 7
eows anfl heifers, 3.2007.65; calves Too
& 10.00.
Sheep—Receipts 11,000; steady. Sheep,
6.35®)7.00; yearlings, 7.2-5#7.75; lambs,
7.00 8.60. '
COURT HOUSE
REARGUE LICENSE TAX CASE
Court Again Will Consider Typewriter
Company's Appeal
! A reargument on the appeal of the
Snii till-Premier Typewriter Company,
which objects to paying a city license
tax, was heard by Judges Kunkel and
j McCarrell to-day. This case was ar
! gued some four or t've years ago and
i tlie court thi'n held that the compaiiv
j was liable for the tax of $25 a year
'for the years 1905, 1906, 1907 and
| 1908. Many of the cases slated for
argument to-day were continued.
Off to the Amazon
I. \\. Copelin, ot Cleveland, 0., a
brother of City Treasurer O. M. Copelin,
Saturday sailed fro-m Norfolk, Va., on
a three months' trip to the upper wa
ters of the Amazon river, in Brazil. Ho
will go direct to Para, at the mouth of
the Amazon, thence to tVlanaos.
Hoffert at Conference
Hay L Hoffert, assistant to Park
■ Commissioner Taylor, is attending a
i good roads conference now being held
I at Ithaca, N. Y.
Cut Above the Eye
j Josh Rutherford, deputy to County
' Treasurer A. H. Bailey, brushed against
a beam while working in his coal bin
and cut n gash an inch long above his
left eye. The injury is not serious.
Deputy Mumma Improving
Deputy Recorder C. Nisslev Munrmn,
of Steelton, who for more than a fort
night has been suffering with pneumo
nia, is slowly- improving and t'lie at
tending physicians now say his chances
for recovery are good.
Marriage License
John W. Kincr and Busan I. Gale
bach, Hershey.
AUTO SHOW DRAWINGS TO-DAY
More Than 0,000 Square Feet of Floor
Space Already Taken
The drawings for the sixth annual
Harrisiburg automobile show, which will
be held at the Arena Theatre and Rex
garage, March 13 to 20, were made to
dtiv at the Motor Cluib of Harrisburg
rooms and more than 9,000 square
feet of floor space was disposed of.
There are about fifteen exhibitors of
automobiles who will show thirty or
more different makes of cars, and ten
accessory firms already have entered,
while many others entries fire pending.
President McFarland, of the show
association, stated that prospects are
bright for the largest and best show
ever held in this city.
Artistic Printing at Star-Independent;