HI IMCED
FOR THRESHERS
Spangler Measure Calls
for Revised Rules for
the Regulation of
Traction Engines
HOUSE ADJOURNS
UNTIL MARCH 1
Appropriation of $50,000 Proposed to
Remunerate Persons Whose Business
Has Suffered Through the Park
Extension Plan
A bill appropriating $">0,000 to the
Capitol Park Extension Commission to
pay the losses sustained by '' persons,
partnership# or corporations" whia were
compelled to move from that section
■which is to be converted into the ex
tended Capitoi Park, was introduces! in
the House this morning by Representa
tive Wildman. The bill is, a supple
ment to the present Oapitol Park Exten
sion act of 1913.
Many of the large business concerns
have been compelled to pay large sums
in moving machinery, equipment and
stock from their present quarters to
other sites the appropriation is
supposed to* provide money to cover
Ihe«e costs which couM not be taikeu
into consideration with the purchase of
the properties.
The first bill to be defeated in the
House during the present session was
a proposed act providing for the dis
charge otf persons arretted for non-pay
ment of verdicts in civil suit cases. The
bill was introduced by Representative
liipschutz, of Philadelphia, but when it
came up for final passage Representa
tive Walter, of Franklin, offered ab
jections and stated that it would allow
tt*e discharge from payment of verdict
or imprisonment in cases of ver
dicts were rendered in slander and oth
er civil suit actions. Mr. Lipschultz said
that the bill made it optional with the
court whether imprisonment shoull' be
imposed. The bill was defeated by a
vote of 94 to 74.
Threshermen's Bill Introduced
The Pennsylvania Threshermen's As
sociation traction engine and tractor
bill was introduced by Representative
.SpangleT, of York county. Thie bill is a
separate act from the motor vehicle act
of 1913. It provides two classes for
traction engines and tractions, the firs>t
limited to include engines used for agri
cultural purposes alone and the secomdi
class for freight and hauling. The
first class are limited in weight to 28,-
000 pounds and in width to 112 inches
while the second class are allowed 32,-
000 pounds in weight and 12\) inches in
■width. The bill provides for a reduc
tion in the license fee as noiw required
an the motor vehicle act.
The Optometry bills were passed] on
first reading and then on motion of
Representative Gans, of Philadelphia,
returned to committee on Public Health
and Sanitation for hearings. Repre
sentative Roney, otf Philadelphia, had
the taxation coide sent to the Ways and
•Means Committee and the Conner bill
fixing salaries of clerks in offices of
the county treasurer in counties of one
million or over population was sent to
the Municipal Corporations Oommibbee.
The House adjourned to meet again on
[Monday evening, March 1, at 9 o'clock.
New Bills Introduced
New bills introduced included:
Ri c hard s, Phil ad elph i a —'A ppr opri at -
ing $284,846.85 to Eastern State pen»
itentiary of 'Philadelphia.
Blackburn, Bedford—Requiring phy
sicians' certificate of freedom from var
ious transmissible diseases in securing
marriage license.
Thomas, Luzerne—Permitting repre
sentatives of fraternal or charitable so
cieties to claim bodies of persons who
have no known relatives.
'Maiurer, Berks—Regulating the em
ployment of persons and use of com
pressed air machinery and establishing
regulations.
MeCaig, Allegheny—(Providing that
city and county can unite in construc
tion of uniform continuous roads.
Stern, Philadelphia—Providing sum
mary conviction for violation of sale of
cigarettes act. Reducing fines and pro
viding for imprisonment of one day per
dollar for non-payment of fines.
Rothenberger, Berks—(Appropriating
$1,500,000 to cover deficiency for
maintenance of township roads.
Mc Vicar, Allegheny—Creating di
vision of distribution of documents and
defining its powers.
Ilefferman, Philadelphia—Amending
collateral inheritance tax act so that
employment and fixing of employment
of attorneys and compensation tfhall %e
in the hands of the Register of Wills
alone instead of that official and the
Auditor General jointly.
Fritz, Bucks —Authorizing munici
palities to make annual appropriations
to public libraries to an amount not
exceeding one mill on the dollar of tax
able property when a gift or bequest
exceeding $20,000 has ben made to es
tablish a library.
Walks Miles With Razor Gash
Walking for two and one-half miles
with a deep razor gash in his abdomen,
.lames Jackson, 541 Myers street,
Hteelton, arrived last night at the Har
risburg hospital in an almost exhausted
condition. Jackson refused to state how
he received the wound, other than to
say it was an accident. However, doc
tors in the hospital believe he received
it during a fight. Shortly following his
admittance to the hospital, Jackson's
wife called, but she refused to state
how lier hus'band received the wound.
« Will Hold Entertainment
< The Ladies' Aid Society of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Young Men's Chris
tina Association will give an entertain
ment with motion pictures in the asso
ciation building Thursday evening,
March 11, at 8 o'clock. The proceeds
Mill be for the benefit of the associa
tion.
Y. M. C. A. Mass Meeting
The .Sunday afternoon mass meeting
at the Pennsylvania Railroad Young
Men's Christian Association will be in
charge of Inspector H. C. 'Hoffman, who
will speak on "Cast Out 'bv Men
Found by Ohrist." During the meeting
illustrated songs will be sung.
RELIGIOUS FUNCTIONS AT
CATHEDRAL TO MARK LENT
Masses Will Be Held Twice Every
Morning, and Evening Services
Twice a Week During Season,
Which Starts To-day
During the Lenten season the fol
lowing program of religious functions
will bo observed at St. Patrick's ca
thedral, State street:
On weekdays there will be masses
every morning at 6.30 and 8 o'clock.
Evening services will be held twice a
week, namely, rosary, sermon and bene
diction on Wednesdays and stations of
the cross, with benediction, Friday
evenings at 7.45.
Next Sunday a special series of spir
itual exercises, usually known as a
mission, will oipen in the cathedral at
the high maas, 10.30 a. m. These exer
cises shall continue to March 2, in
clusive, in all about ten days. They
will be conducted by the Rev. Albert
J. ,Stern, of New York, a well-known
missionary and a companion of the Re
demptorist Order. During tthis time
the morning services will be as above
noted for week-days of Lent and, in
addition, there will be a sermon and
instruction every evening at 7.46.
The objects of a mission, as ex
plained on the leaflets distributed in
the cathedral or the subject, are to
arouse the lukewarm to a life of ferv
or, "In spirit fervent, seeking the
Lord" (Rom. XII, 11); to encourage
those who are in siu to make their
peace with God, "a contrite and hum
ble heart, O Lord, t'hou wilt not de
spise" (Ps. 8, 19), and to reclaim
those who have g-own careless in the
practice of their religion, who have
chosen "strange gods," in the form of
vices, to whim they give their wor
ship, in place of the God who created
and afterwards redeemed mankind.
In his invitation tlhe Rev. M. M.
Hassett says: "To all of these
classes the message of the mission may
be summed up in these words of Holy
Writ: 'Delay not to be converted to
the Lord, for His wrath shall come
on a sudden, and in the time of ven
geance He will destroy thee' (Ecel.
V, 8). But at the same time those
well disposed to reform their lives are
encouraged to do so by such familiar
examples of God's kindness to repent
ant sinners, as may be noted in the
parables of the lost sheep and the re
turned prodigal. All who feel a wish,
therefore, to amend their lives or to
increase their fervor are invited to as
sist at this ten-day mission, with the
assurance that if they but co-operate
with the grace of God it shall profit
them unto everlasting life.'
NOT PRIZE CREW. BUT GUARD
THAT BOARDED WILHELMINA
London, Feb. 17, 12.57 P. M. —The
report which was current last night aud
received wide publicity to the effect
that a prize crew of three British of
ficers and sixteen men had been placed
on board the American steamer Wil
helmina at Falmouth, proved to-day to
be erroneous. The officer commanding
the men in change of the Wilhelmina,
said that the detachment was not a
prize crew but merely a guard.
New York, Feb. 17.—Norvin R.
Lindheim, counsel for the shippers of
the Wilhelmina's cargo, received the
following cablegram to-day from his
representative in England:"
"Guard in charge of vessel, not prize
crew. No prize proceedings yet. Prelim
inary steps detention."
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Coatinufd From Flmt Page.
lished around the Britlsn Isles to-mor
row, was delivered to Ambassador Ger
ard, who forwarded it to Washington.
Another British vessel has been sunk
by a German submarine. It became
known to-day that the collier Dulwich,
which went down yesterday in the Eng
lish Channel, was torpedoed.
An Athens dispatch states that a
formidable army has been assembled
for a new campaign against Servia.
This army is described as amounting to
450,(MX) men, made up in part of Ger
mans. The army which Servia now has
in the field is estimated at about one
half this size.
Heavy fighting is now under way in
France and Belgium. The tterman war
office asserts that the attacks under
taken by the British and French at
many places were repulsed. It is stated
also that an advance was made in the
Argonne but the announcement of the
French war office says that the German
onslaught in this region was driven
back.
The London report that a British
prize crew had been put aboard the
American steamer Wilhelmina, proved
to be incorrect.
Germany Didn't Urge Turkey to War
Constantinople, Feb. 17, Via Lon
don, 12.52 P. M.—"Turkey declared
wa v without being urged by Germany
or impelled by any other influences
save those of the empire," said Talaat
Bey to-day in a statement to the Asso
ciated Press in reply to questions con
cerning the political and military sit
uation in his country.
Warn Neutrals Against War Zone
London, Feb. 17, 5.51 A. M.—Un
der the headline, "Supreme Warning,"
says an Amsterdam dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph Company, the Ger
man papers publish a semi-official com
munication once more warning all neu
tral ships to avoid the war zone es
tablished in the waters surrounding
the British Isless
Typhus Fever Among Prisoners
Paris, Feb. 16, 11.10 P. M.—A Sofia
dispatch to the Balkan agency says
that an epidemic of typhus fever
which broke out among Servian pris
oners of Bulgarian nationality sent to
Sofia by the Austrian authorities has
sprea{j to the civil popuhition and is
ravaging the regions around Sofia.
Albanian Raiders Defeated
Sfiloniki, Greece, via London, Feb.
17, 2.50 P. M.—The Albanian raiders
into Servia have been defeated accord
ing to dependable information reaching
this city, and thrown back across the
Servian frontier.
HARRISBtPRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1915.
BRUBAKER IS ELECTED
HEAD OFJHRESHERNIEN
Continued From ,Flrlt Page.
cated the repeal of certain features of
the Jones law of 1913, which takes
away soine of the poWers of the town
ship road supervisors and vests them
in the State Highway Department.
Representative Robert S. Spangler,
of York, announced he would father a
bill, endorsed by the association, to re
peal that section of the automobile
law of 1913 which places restrictions
on traction -engines and introduce a
measure imposing less rigid regulations.
E E. McCnrdy, of Lebanon, explained
in detail the legislation which Mr.
Spangler said he intended to iutroduce.
Congressman A. R. Rupley, of Car
lisle, said he believes that the consti
tutionality of the prosent law regulat
ing the operation of traction engines on
the highways could be successfully at
tacked in the courts.
Speeches were made by Representa
tive S. M. McC.onnell, of Mercer coun
ty, and Representati\e Aaron B. Hess,
oif Lancaster, in which they promised
to suppprt the legislation advocated by
the association.
NINE L¥ENS|AREDPPOSED
Remonstrances Against Liquor Estab
lishments Will Be Considered By
the Court on Friday
When Judges Kunkel and McCarrell
convene the annual liquor license court
here on Friday morning, they will be
asked to consider, in addition to ap
plications for the relicensing of ail
liquor establishments in the county,!
nine ren»onstrances, filed by electors and i
women who allege "no necessity." In I
one case, that of John Maekeit, a bot-j
tier in Upper Paxton township, it is
charged that ne has violated the liqhor
laws.
Two additional remonstrances were
filed iate yesterdav. One is in opposi
tion to the relicensing of the Ann
street, Middletown hotel, which recent
ly was taken over by Harry White from"
John A. Haas. The other is against the
application of Harry F. Eckinger, who j
wants to open a bar at the Paxtonia
Inn, alon'g the Linvylestown road, which i
for a year has been "dry." In these
three cases it is expected that the court
•will conduct hearings and take testi
mony.
The application of Theodore 8. Fry,
Fifth and South streets, is opposed on
the allegation that he is not a fit person
for a license. It is charged that he has
failed and refused to pay a furniture
bill. •
The applicants of Wiconisco town
ship, five in number, all are opposed in
general remonstrances in which "no
necessity" is alleged. The court, in
years gone by, has made it a practice
to grant all licenses to which no remon
strances have been filed.
LYNCH AGAINST MAYOR'S PLAN
Says Suggestion for Employing Unem
ployed Is Not Feasible
City Highway Commissioner William
j H. Lynch to-dav took issue again with
I Mayor John K. Royal on the question
|of finding work for the city's unem
j ployed and declared that the Mayor
| was not warranted, at the Commission
ers meeting yesterday, in stating that
I department heads had not acquainted
him with the plans for tuture improve
ment work.
Lynch quoted a section of the May
or's letter submittal at yesterday's
■ meeting of the Commissioners, which
I reads as follows:
"Not being mind readers and the e.b
sence of any report it is impjs'ible for
us to know what the several Commis
sioners have in view for the coming
spring and summer in the way of im
provements in their departments."
Then Lynch called attention to a let
ter and blueprint which he said he last
week forwarded to the Mayor and
which, Lynch asserts, shows just what
work his department plans for the com
ing season. This letter shows that 1914
was the bannenyear for sewer w>rk,
something like $67,506.70 having been
spent for that purpose.
Lynch closed his remarks by saying
the Mayor as yet has failol to set up
a really feasible and logical plan for
providing work for the unemployed and
that his experience teaches him that it
would be unwise to start the big im
provement jobs in this kind of weather.
BUZZ A KOUN I)! BEE Jl EN CO MI NO
They Will Be Here in Swarms fcr An
nual Convention, February 23
The annual meeting of the Pennsyl
vania State Bee Keepers' Association
will be held iu Harris'burg next Tuesday
and Wednesday, February 23 and 24.
Professor H. A. Surface will preside
and deliver the annual address.
Beekeepers from different parts of
the State will be present and read pa
pers, and among the speakers will be
Penn G. Snyder, of Aibonito, Porta
Rico, who will speak on beekeeping on
that island.
The meetings will be open to a'! bee
keepers and will be attended by a num
ber of legislators. Needed legislation
will be discussed in full, and it is prob
able that plans will be formulated for
a bill to prevent spraying while plants
and trees are in bloom to prevent kill
ing of bees and to ensure better setting
of fruit.
SEVEN STITCHES IN HIS LEO
Steel Company Workman Seriously In
jured While Performing His Duties
Michael Mousey, 1028 South Ninth
street, was admitted to the Harrisburg
hospital this morning at 7 o'clock, suf
fering from a laceration of the left
leg.
Mousey is employed at the Pennsyl
vania steel works and had just started
working when a piece of heavy steel
fell on his leg, causing a deep gash.
Seven stitches were required to dress
the wound.
Two Killed in I. O. O. F. Fire
Danville, 111., Feb. 17.—Two firemen
killed and five others were seriously in
jured to-dary when fighting a fire that
destroyed the Odd Fellows building
here. A falling wall caught the fire
men. loss is estimated at $70,000.
Armstrong Player
Piano, 88-notfe, handsome mahogany
case used only about 9 months, taken i
as part pay on a Prico & Teeper Play -;
er. Will sell cheap for cash or easy j
terms can be arranged. Yohn Bros., 8
North Market Square.—Adv.
SPECIAL PRICES
THIS WEEK ONLY
Gran. Sugar, lb., .. .6^
3 Hunt's Supreme Qual
ity Canned Fruit, 95£
3 lbs. Gilt Edge Coffee
arid % lb. Primrose
Tea .. SI.OO
Doz. Cans*~Peas, Beans
yr Corn, 95^
S. S. POMEROY
Grocer
"On the Square"
I —*
C. E. WORKERS ARE ACTIVE
Choral Union Is Engaged in Rehearsal
of Cantata Entitled "The
Nasarene"
The Harrisburg Christian Eudeavor
Choral Union hold a rßhoarsal in the
Pine Street Presbyterian ehurdh op
Monday night. A sacred cantata en
titled ''The N'azarcne" will be ren
dered in the Technical High school on
Friday, March 11'. Fully 125 voices
will take part on the program. Pro£.
Frank A. McCarrell will conduct the
chorus.
The West Shore Christian Endeavor
societies, composed of Ziou Lutheran,
Enola; St. Mark's Lutheran. West
Fair view; United Brethren, Wormleys-
Iwirg; United Evangelical, Lemoyne;
Trinity Lutheran, Lemoyne, and
Church of God. New Cumberland, are
very active in general C. E. work. Dur
ing C. E. week every society was rep
resented at the rally held in Zion Lu
theran church, Enola. Ralph Crow], of
Leniovne, the vice president of the
trict, is hustling for new societies and
is stirring all of the societies in the
interest of the State C. E. convention.
Paul A. Strickler delivered an ad
dress on "The C. E. Thermometer" at
a rally held under the auspices of the
Reformed church at Shippensburg re
cently. Fully 400 Endeavorers were
in attendance and 41 new members
were received into the society.
John McCullough, chairman of the
ushers' committee during the big rally
in the Bethlehem Lutheran church on
C. E. week, is a live wire worker of
the 'Market Square Presbyterian so
ciety. He has attended a number of
State conventions and is active in the
city and county work.
Miss Kmily Edwards, secretary of
the Harrisburg C. E. Union, had the
honor of entertaining the Rev. Dr. F.
E. Clark, of Boston, after his engage
ment in this city recently.
HANDSOME NEW FIXTURES
S. S. Pomeroy's Store Now Equipped
With Latest Approved Fixtures
and Furniture
!
S. S. Pomeroy, who has occupied the
large room in the Commonwealth build
ing, 7 South Market square, since the
destruction of his former location by
fire, will remain there indefinitely an 1
has maile arrangements for conducting
his business on a larger and more pro
gressive stale than ever.
He has just equipped the entire store
room w"ith new shelving, counters and
floor cases of the latest anil most' ap
proved design.
He has arranged to put in an up-to
date meat department, complete with
every device and facility for handling
meats in a sanitary way, and will also
install a new delicatessen department
which will be in charge of C. A. Stouf
fer who has wide experience and is
well and favorably known bo the buy
ing public of Harrisiburg and vicinity.
Mr. Pomeroy's new store is decidedly
metropolitan in appointment and ap
pearance and his reputation for prompt
ami satisfactory service will be main
tained as zealously in the future as in
the past.
INSPECTS LOCAL HOSPITALS
The Senate Sub-Committee Visits Har
risburg Institutions To-day
A sub-committee of the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations, headed by
Chairman Buckman. to-day paid a visit
to the State Hospital for the Insane,
north of Harrisburg, hnd made a very
careful inspection of the institution, its
methods, managemeuet and general af
fairs. Among the Senators who accom
panied the party was Senator Clark, of
Erie, at one time a resident of Harris
burg.
Later the sub-committee made an in
spection of the Harrisburg Hospital, at
Front and Mulberry streets, going all
through it to get an idea of the work
that is done and the facilities.
While at the insane hospital the com
mitteemen was shown through by Dr.
H. L. Orth, the superintendent, and
were afterward the guests of Dr. Orth
at hincheon.
Creditors to Get 10 Per Cent.
Creditors of M. H. Spahr & Co., a
concern which has been in the hands of
Frank J. Schaffner, of Hummelstown,
as receiver, for about two years, will
receive a trifle more than 19 per cent,
of their claims according to the report
of Frank B. Wickersham, auditor of the
receiver's accounts, which has been filed
with Prothonotary Holler. The auditor
has $2,200 for distribution. .
Middletown Theatre Sold
E. H. Condran, for a number of
years proprietor nt the Realty theatre,
Union and Eniaus streets, Middletown,
has sold the theatre to J. P. Rogers, a
Middletown restaurant proprietor. Rog
ers expects to give up his present busi
nesu and will take over the theatre
on March 1.
Celebrating Treaty of Ghent
Richmond, Va., Feb. 17. —By procla- '
mation of the Governor, Virginia to-day *
is celebrating the hundredth anniver
sary of the treaty of Ghent. All public
offices are closed.
FOUR MURDER CASES FACE
THE NEW PARDON BOARD
Pleas Made Thij Morning in Bfehalf
of Men in the Shadow of the Death
Chair—Fates May Be Decided Late
This Afternoon
Four murder eases were> the gfue
some featuie of the list that greeted
the new Board of Pardons when it held
its first meeting to-day, with Lieuten
ant Governor McClain' in the chair.
There were twenty-nine cases, which
meant that the Boa.d would have a
full day of it in listening to argu
ments. The four murder cases come
first. . *
C. Stuart Patterson, Jr., pleaded for
the commutation of the death sentence
of an old Italian named Gregario Ri/,-
zato, of Philadelphia, who shot up a
family during an Easter fiesta a year
ago, killing a girl, 20 years old, and
wounding a father and son. Patter
son endeavored to show that the old
man was in fear of being robbed when
he did tihe shooting. lie asked that
the death sentence be withdrawn, as
the old man is 64 and can live but a
short time in any event.
Hiram Schock, a former Harrisburg
newspaper man, now an attorney in
Pittsburgh, presented a plen for' the
commutation of the death sentence of
Andrew Malinowski, who is to be elec
trocuted during the week of February
22 unless the Board interferes. Ma
kinowski killed his young vvife after
deserting her because of her alleged un
faithfulness. Mr. Schock endeavored
to prove the murderer's insanity, but
was met by a letter from the' Alle
gheny District Attorney, in which the
latter said that the murder was willful
and premeditated.
Charles M. Elliott and State Treas
urere Young appeared for Arthur Sim
ons, who killed a girl he was desper
ately in love with because she would
not marry him. The Board decided,
before argument, to have an examina
tion made of Simons with a view to
ascertaining his mental condition, and
the case went over.
The application of Nicolo Mondolo,
a Fayette county murderer under sen
tence of death by electrocution during
the week of April 5, was presented by
John Dugan, of Uniontown. Mondollo
killed a girl while in a jealous rage.
District Attorney Shelley was present
and protested against the commutation
of the death sentence.
The case of Luka Xareovic, Dau
pthin, murder in the second degree, was
eoi'tinued until the meeting.
The Board will hold an executive ses
sion at the close of the arguments and
take action in the cases.
SAMUEL BELL. 83, I)JES
,
Oldest Resident in Middle Paxton Tawn
ship Succumbs From Grip
Samuel Bell, aged 83 years, the old
est resident of Middle Paxton township,
died this morning at 7 o'clock at his
home after an illness of only a fow
days. Mr. Bell has been ailing for a
number of years from complication of
diseases which, with an attack of grip
he received last Friday, caused his
death.
Surviving him are -Iris wjiil>w, three
daughters, Clara, Anna and Mary Bell,
ankl three sons, Charles and Samuel,
all at home, and Lawrence, of this
city.
Funeral services will be held Satur
day afternoon at 1.30 o'clock at his
home, the Rev. R. F. Stirling, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, officiating. In
terment will be in the Dauphin ceme
tery.
Kenneth Sirer
Funeral services for Kenneth Sirer,
j the 8-monih-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Sirer. ISOI Berryhill street,
who died yesterday, willybe held to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at tho
home of the infant's parents, the Rev.
Mr. Deavor, pastor of the Epwortli
Methodist Episcopal church, officiating.
Interment will be in Paxtang ceme
tery.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mullen
Mrs. Elizabeth Mullen, aged 83
years, died last evening at her home,
424 Briggs street. She is survived by
three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth and
Katharine Mullen. Funeral services
will be held Saturday morning at 9
o'clock at St Patrick's cathedral. In
terment will be made in Mt. Calvary
cemetery.
ST. PAIL'S ANNIVERSARY
Celebration Will Be Held at Baptist
Church To-morrow Night
The anniversary of St. Paul's Bap
tist church will be observed, and a re
ception given the pastor at the ch>irch,
State and Cameron streets to-morrow
night a\B o'clock.
The Rev. C. J. Henderson will be
master of ceremonies. In addition to
the pastor, the Rev. P'. L. Cunningham,
speakers will be J. Edward Jenkins,
William F. Brightly, Walter A. Gillis,
Isaac Fisher, Mrs. Sarah Payne, Mrs.
Cora Wright, James Walter, Professor
Harrod, W. Justin Carter, I>r. J. E. T.
Oxley, the Revs. O. P. Goodwin, P. H.
Hughes, \V. Tolliver, U. G. Leeper, W.
A. Ray, I. H. Carpenter, W. H. Mar
shall, Ralph Harrison, Archdeacon E. L.
Henderson, T. H. Amos, Fuquac, and
J. Q. Ad'ams.
RAISE PRICE OF MILK
Enola Dairymen to Charge Seven Cents
a Quart Instead of Six
. Enola, Feb 17. —The milkmen of
this place have announced an increase
in the price of milk from six cents to I
seven cents a quart.
Increased running expenses are giv
en by the milkmen as the reason for
tho advance in price.
Ships Unfitted For Service
By Associated Press,
Washington, Feb. 17.—Bernard N.
Baker, a Baltimore steamship manager,
told the Senate committee inquiring
into charges of influence against the
administration ship bill to-day that 80
per cent, of the German owned liners
laid up in American pocrts were unfit
ted for the service the bill contem
plates.
Stay Dry or Wet, as of Yore
Pittsburgh, Feb. 17.—Little interest
was taken in the "wet" and "dry"
election held in eight boroughs and sev
en townships yesterday, only a small
majority turning out to vote. There
were no changes in tho situation in any
of the boroughs of townships, those
that were dry remaining so, and those
that were wet remaining that way.
ANNOUNCEMENT
None of our stock suffered in the slightest degree
as a result of yesterday's tire. Some of the store fix
tures were slightly damaged by water, but these are
being remedied to-day. Therefore, the store will
again be
Open For Business To-morrow
With a Complete Line of
Authoritative Styles in
Shoes for Spring Wear
WALK-OVER BOOTSHOP
226 MARKET STREET
CAPITOL HILL
HEAT FOR STATION ORDERED
Public Service Commission Hears Num
ber of Complaints Against Cor
porations of the State
The Public Service Commission, after
a hearing on the eompiaint of Charles
S. Iveefer for better station facilities
at Woodside Station, on tihe Ly'kens
'branch of the Pennsylvania railroad,
decided that the company should pro
vide heat for the station during winter
and install a signal to stop the trains.
The complaint of W. H. Enc'k for
freight station facilities at Lititz on
the line of the Philadelphia ami Read
ing, was dismissed without prejudice
to the complainant.
The Gaffnev Wood Products Com-,
pany, of Walton, Potter countv, has
tiled a complaint with the Commission
against the Buffalo and Susquehanna
Railroad Company, alleging that the
company" refuses to establish a joint
rate, and that if a joint rate were fixed
upon the 'basis by other rail
roads the complainant would 'be able to
purchase coal at a saving of 45 tents
a ton.
State Armory Board
'The State Armory Board is finishing
a two days' executive session to-day,
during which it is making up its es
tiniaiUH oi what will be necessary for
the work during the next two years. At
t'he last meeting it was decided to ask
for $7 50,000, but the State revenues
will not admit of that much and the
appropriation may be sealed down. It
was found that the plans for the new
armory at Lebanon could not be car
ried out under the sum set apart for
that building, and it was decided to
have new plans made.
Light for Paxtang
The contract for electric lighting of
Paxtang borough by the ijiarrisburg
Light and Power Company was pre
sented to the Public Service Commis
sion this morning
attorneys, and action will 'be announced
later.
Inspection Tours
The Senate and House Appropria
tions committee, divided into sub-com
mittees, this afternoon started on a
tour of the State to bo gone a week,
the oibject being an inspection of the
various institutions that are asking for
State aid. To-morrow the Senate com
mittee will visit Mont Alto.
J Local Option
j The Law and Order Committee of
• the House will take up the local option
bill OTI the afternoon of March 3, and
Kepresentative Cans, of Philadelphia,
who has it in charge, savs t'hfit there
| is no doubt that the bill will be re-
I I Kir ted favorably without the necessity
j of a pu'blic hearing, leaving all differ
| ences to be threshed out on the floor of
; The same committee has de
cided to postpone indefinitely action on
the 'bill to create a boxing commission
in the State and t'he Maurer bill legal
izing fishing on Sundays.
COURTHOUSE
COMMISSIONERS PAY BEWARD
Middletown Constable Paid for Catch
ing a Horse Thief
The County Commissioners to-day
drew a warrant in the sum of $21.f0 in
favor of T. K. Stipe, a Middletown con
stable, this money going as a reward
and mileage to the constable for catch
ing a Middletown horse thief.
The warrant had been held up for
several days pending an inquiry as to
whether tlio county was liable for
Stipe's claim.
Treasurers Have Banquet
The first annual banquet of the Penn
sylvania Association of County Treas
urers was held in the Harrisiburg club
last evening and -was attended by well
011 to forty treasurers and their guests.
The association will hold a meeting in'
the near future to consider proposed
legislation relative to county treasurers
which it proposes to ask the' Legislature
to pass.
Building Permit
L. H. ami M. H. DeCarlton have ob
tained a building permit to erect a
Miree-story building at 184 2 North
Second street, costing $5,500.
Marriage License
Elmer .Stone, Carlisle, and Mary A.
Miller, Stewartstown.
Kidney Trouble Fatal to Auto Dealer
Oak Bottom, Feb. 17.—Aaron Grofif,
38 years old, died' yesterday from kid
ney trouble. He was affiliated with his
father in the manufacture of wagons
and was an extensive automobile deal
er. He was a member of the Reformed
church and several secret societies.
$100,000,000 for Business Men
Paris, Feb. 16, 11 P. M.—A bill
providing for a credit of $100,000,-
000 from which loans can be made to
small business interests ruined by the
war. thereby enabling them to start
again, will be introduced in the Cham
ber of Deputies by George Berry.
Artistic Printing at Star-Independent.
FINANCE
STOCKS DEVELOP HEAVY
TENDENCUTTHE OOTSET
Heading, Lehigh Valley and Canadian
Pacific Weak and the List Generally
Inactive—Bears Take Advantage to
Depress Prices
New York, -Feb. 17, (Wall Streets-
Stocks developed a heavy tendency at
the outset of to-day's operations and
declines of 1 to - points in issues of
importance were soon recorded. Read
ing, Lehigii Valley and Canadian Pa
cific were weak and t'he list generally
inactive 'but their favorites yielded
fractionally. New Haven, Southern rail
way pfd. and Loose-Wiles declined 2
points, falling to their new minimum
prices. Specialties like Texas Company,
Montana Power and IMlexican Pe
troleum were lower. Trading was light
and again governed largely by foreign
conditions.
The decline was accelerated 'by short
selling, the "bears again availing them
selves of unfavorable news from a
'broad to depress prices. In addition
to the coal shares. New York Central
and Canadian Pacific were heavy and
Baltimore and Ohio, a lavorite of• the
Berlin market, declined 1% to its min
imum of 67. U. S. Steel, Amalgamated
Copper and American Smelting also fell
a point each. Foreign exchange was
less unsettled, cables and drafts on
London being quoted well above yester
day 's closing rates. Bonds, especially
the international group, were 'heavy.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H. W. Snavely, Broker.
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
New York, Feb. 17.
Open. Close.
Alaska Gold Mines ... -8% 28'/*'
Amal Copper ......... 53% 52%
Amer Beet Sugar .... 39% 38y 3
American Can 27% 27%
do pfd 93% 93%
Am Car and Foundry Co 43.% 4 3'^
Am Cotton Oil ...... 45% 44
Am Ice Securities .... 21 % 21%
Amer Loco i! l 1 21%
Amer Smelting 64% 61%
American Sugar 102 102%
Amer Tel and Tel ... 119'/i 119
Anaconda 26% 26%
Atchison 94% 93%
Baltimore and Ohio . . 68 67%'
Bethlehem Steel 56% 55%
Brooklyn R T 86 >4 86
California Petroleum .. 18% IS
Canadian Pacific .... 157 157
Central Leather 34% 34%
Chesapeake and Ohio .. 41% 41»/»
Chino Con Copper .... 35 33
Col Fuel and Iron .... 25% 25%
Corn Products 9% 9
Erie 21 % 21%
'Erie Ist pfd 35 34%
Goodrich B F 31% 3'l
Great Northern pfd ... 114% 114%
Great Nor Ore suhs .... 31 30%
Illinois Central 105% 105%
Intcrboro Met 12% 12 %
Intepboro Met pfd .... 57 56%
Lehigh Valley 132 132
Louisville and Nash ... 115 115
Mex Petroleum G9% 65
Missouri Pacific 19% 19%
National (Lead 50 50
Nev Consol Copper ... 12% 12%
New York Cen 83% 83%
NY, N'H and IH 47% 47%
Norfolk and Western .. 100 99%
Northern Pacific 102% 102%
Pennsylvania R. R. ... 104% 104%
People's Gas and Coke . 118% 118%
Pittsburgh Coal 20% 20
do pfd 93 " 93
Press Steel Car 29 29
Ray Con. Copper 17 17
Reading 143% 142%
Southern Pacific 83% 83%
Southern Ry 15% 15
Idb pfd 48 48
Tennessee Copper ..... 29% 29%
Texas Companv 129 129
Union Pacific." 119 118%
U. S. Rubber 55% 54%
U. S. Steel 4 3 42
do pfd 104% 104%
Utah Copper 52% 51%
Western Maryland .... 18% 18
W. U. Telegraph 63% 63%
Westinghouse Mfg .... 69% 69%
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago, Feb. 17. —dose:
Wheat—May, 160; July, 132%.
Corn —May, 77%; July, 79%.
Oats—May, 59%; July, 55%.
Pork—May, 18.82; July, 19.25.
Lard—May, 10.77; July, 10.90.
Ribs—KVlay, 10.15; July, 10.40.
Big Increase in Motor Truck Exports
Till Associated Prcns.
New York, Feb. 17.—Analysis of of
ficial export records, issued here to-day
by the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce, asserts that the exporta
tion of motor trucks from this country
during 1914 increased more than 432
per cent, in value over 1913.
Frances Willard Memorial Services
liyj Associated Press.
Washington, Fet>. 17.—Memorial
services in memory of Prances E, Wil
lard were held to-day in Statuary Hall
at the Oapitol. The Willard statute,
placed by the State ♦f Illinois, was
dworated with flowers by tho Womcnja
Christian Temperance Union.
9