RUSSIANS AREROUTED IN PRUSSIA Kaiser, Back From Eastern Battle Front, Says Czar's Forces Are Badly Beaten LATTER DRIVEN FROM COUNTRY Official Report at Berlin Says 64,000 Russians Have Been Taken Pris oners Thus Far By the Germans in East Prussia By Associated Press. Berlin. Feb. IS, via London, 6.59 A. M.—The president of the province or East Prussia at Konigsberg has receiv ed the following telegram from Emperor William, who has been on the eastern battle front: "The Russians are completely beat en. Our beloved East Prussia is free from the enemy." Berlin, Feb. 18, via London, 3.21 P. 31.—The official report on the progress of the fighting given out in Berlin to day says that the Russians taken pris oners by the Germans in East Prussia now amount to 64,000 men. Berlin, Feb. 18, toy Wireless to Sav ville.—The German army headquarters to-day issued the following statement: "Engagements near Ploek and Ra rionz have been decided in favor of the Germans. In these encounters we have Jaken up to the present 3,000 pris oners. "The results obtained near the East Prussian frontier are increasing in our favor. So far we have taken 64,000 prisoners, 71 guns, more than 100 ma chine guns, three hospital trains, air craft, 150 cars filled with ammunition, searchlights, countless cars filled with goods and horses. A further increase of booty can be expected." Hogs Had Cholera, Farmer Hangs Self .By Associated Press. SunburV, Feb. 18. —Htary Wolf®, a ■wealthy farmer of M&ndata, near here, discovering as he was about to butcher them that four of his hogs had cholera, took a rope, want to his barn and com mitted suicide. fcIRLS ENTERTAIN AT CHURCH Club Gives Musical Program at Calvary Presbyterian The Girls' Club, the youngest organ ization in Calvary Presbyterian church, under the charge of the pastor's wife. IMrs. Frank P. MacKenzie. gave an en tertainment to the congregation and Their friends on Tuesday evening. It consisted of readings, vocal and ins'ru miental solos and duets. At its conclu sion all present were invited to t.he where refreshments were served. The girls were dressed in white with head dress of red paper hats and red hearts pinned on the left breasts. Dec orations of the church and basement were also in red hearts. The following is a list of club members taking part in the entertainment. Mrs. F. O. MacKenzie, president; Mabel Stambaugto, Alma Yost, Bernve Stambaugh, Katherine Wagoner, Kath-j erine Isenberger, Abigal Aletz, Alice I Downey, 'Henrietta Waitte, Gladys Waitte. Mary Hummel. Grace Smith. Ada 'Hippensteel, Helen Critchley, J KJoldie Rickert, Esther Conrod. Edna Mutzabangh, Esther Hocker, (Henrietta j Shields. Ruth Crook, Christine Smith, i sSarah Crown. Harriet Cadwell, Jessie i Cadwell, Louise Cadwell. Emma Reel,! Gean Sheelev. Margaret Roberts. Viola | Shaw, Mary Groff. 'Helen (Lewman. ! BISHOP CONFIRMS CLASS Rite Administered Last Night at St. ! Augustine's Church Following his return from Philadel phia, Bishop -lamps Henry Darlington, of the Harrisburg diocese of the Epis copal Church, administered the rite of confirmation to a large number in St. Augustine's Episcopal church last night. The class presented was the largest in tho history of the church. J. P. Brassel-1 mann acted as the bishop's chaplain. | Biship Darlington was assisted through out the services by the Rev. Dr. Leroy | Haker. general missionarvtof the Har- j risburg diocese. TjPants to Pay Back Poll Tax Auflitor General Powell to-day re ceive-! a letter from a man in Montoir Falls, X. Y., stating that he moved awav from East on. Pa., eight years ago w thout paving his poll tax, ami that he now wishes to square himself witb his conscience and the commonwealth. He asked the Auditor General to "figure' up what my tax amounts to up to date, with interest, and send me a state ment. was advised to write to the city treasurer in Easton. Seized With Heart Trouble G. W. Dawson, a clerk in the House of Representatives during the legisla tive sessions, was admitted to the 'Hart man hospital this morning suffering from an attack of heart trouble. His i condition is not considered serious. Mr. Dawson resides at 257 For»ter street. ! Hundred Voices to Sing About a hundred members of tihe j Stough choir will sing 'his evening at i the Church of the Brethren, on Hummel i street, where revival services are being I conducted'by the Rev. W. A. Conner, of Harrisonburg, Va. I * , N HARKISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1915. RAILROADS DENfIOBBYINC IN FULL CREW LAW FIGHT Officials Issue Statement In Answer to Charge That They Are Using Un fair Methods in Effort to Influence , Legislation in State Denial was made yesterday by the executive committee ot' the railroads that are seeking repeal of the full crew laws in this State and New Jersey of the trut'h of charges made in this city that the railroads were maintaining a lobby in the Legislature to influence fa vorable action. The statement is signed by Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania rail road: Theodore Voorhees, president of the Philadelphia and Reading railway; Daniel Willard, president of the Bal timore and Ohio railroad, and R. L. O'Dounel, chairmhn of the executive ccmmittee of the roads which have joined in the campaign for a repeal of the laws referred to. The charge of unfairness on. the part of the railroads in their methods of seeking to obtain the repeal of the full crew law is alleged to have been made by some of the representatives of railroa'f employes' organizations. The railroad officials' statement fol lows : "Information received from Harris burg indicates that certain underhand and wrong methods are being pursue*! to prevent repeal of the full crew law. The railron/ds are not responsible. They will stoop to no such measures. Their case has been taken directly to the court of public opinion, and all the facts, all the exhibits, all the argu ments will be in the open. '"The railroads challenge proof of any lobby of the kind that the .public understands by that word. There is none, nor will there be any. With that statement, we also assert the inalien able right of any and every citizen t» talk with and write to his elected repre sentatives, ami to imprests upon them in every honest way his views, whatever they are. It is the privilege of every railroad employe to do this. The rail roads have no objection. "There is no thought to coerce trainmen or other railroad employe? into support of the movement fer re peal of the full crew laws. We se'.za this opportunity to ask for proof that coercive or improper methods have been taken by any railroad officer. Let us have it, aud the man or men guilty, no matter what their position* in the service, will be disciplined. "The railroads are taking the full crew law to the people. The Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen make spe cific protest against such appeal to tho court of public opinion. They did this in the statement issued February 11. "Charging the railroads with having undertaken to lobby through repeal of the full crew law. the trainmen's or ganization evidently desires to confine the issue within the walls of the State Capitol. Speaking of the railroad an nouncement. tbev say: " ' Briefly stated, their announce ment declares they intend to present the question of the repeal of the fall crew laws to the public, but why is left to conjecture. The power to repeal the laws is vested in the Legislature. The Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly are chosen by the people to perform such service, Constitution of the Commonwealth W K'kares that the legislative power of tbis Commonwealth shall be vested in a General Assembly, which Whnll consist of a Senate and House of Representa tives. ' "All of that is true. What the rail roads seek is to let the people knew the effect of the full crew laws. Then ai citizens the people can inform their elected representatives what they want done. The trainmen's organization evidently fears the consensus of in formed public opinion. The statement said: '* 'For these reasons it is not fair either to the General Assembly or the railroad trainmen that this immense lobby is addressing itself to the public rather than to the legislature.' "As to that, the railroads are per-! fectlv willing to let the people—men and women of the State—determine." ! TO GIVE AWAY A TON OF FISH Russ & Windsor Will Distribute Food to the Poor To-morrow Russ & Windsor announced this aft ernoon »that they will distribute one ton of fish among the worthy poor in front of their place of business in Market square to-morrow morning, be ginning at 8 o'clock. Police Captain Thompson will have j a squad of bluecoats on hand to pre- j vent "panhandlers" or disturbers from getting in line. The fish will be ■ haddock and will be received fresh in | this -city to-morro'v. " ~ RUNNING DOWN BAD INDIAN j Posse After Redskin Wanted on Charge of Murder By AssotHatcd Press, Denver, Col., Feb. IS.—Advices) from Cortez. Col., early to-day stated that the posse of 2j4> men who left there yesterday for Bluff. Utah, to at- ! tempt of Tse-Ne-Gnt, a • Piute Indian, wanted by the Federal | authorities of this city" on the charge I of murdering a herder near Cortez last ! March, spent the night in McElmo can- j yon, twenty miles west of here. An ; effort will be made to reach Grayson, ■ Utah, about forty miles west of Me- 1 Elmo canyon, to-night, where the party j expects to meet a Utah posse under' United States Marshal Nebeker, of i Salt Lake City. Under the leadership of "Old Polk," i father of the Indian whose capture is ■ sought, a baud of fifty or -,iore armed Piutes are reported to have gathered in a remote section of Utah to aid Tsc-Xe-Gat in efforts to i elude arrest. Sentenced to Thirty Days In Jail Walter Faust, aged 28 years, a boil-! ermaker, of Coatesville, was admitted j to the Harrisburg hospital, suffering from a laceration of the scalp, which he received in a riot late last ni'ght. Two stitches were required to dress the wound after which he was sent to jail. At the police court hearing this after noon Faust pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him and was sentenced to thirty days. Carranza Forces Evacuate Mexico City By Associated Press. Washington, Feb 18. — Carranza forces have again evacuated Mexico City, official dispatches to-day to the State Department report and the Za pata forces have re-entered. It was not stated to where the Carranza troops withdrew. CAPITOL HILL WOULD RESTORE ROAD LAW MONEY TO TBE TOWNSHIPS Bill Introduced in Legislature Provides That Money Which State Neglected to Pay Shall Revert to the Rural Communities Representative Rothenberger, of Berks, would restore to townships the money guaranteed thorn by the road law of 1913, which the State neglect ed to pay, aud to that end he has in- j troduccd a bill making an appropria tion of $1,500,000 to cover the de-1 iieieney.- The preamble of the bill sets forti | that under the act approved July 22, 1913. entitled "An act relating to. roads; providing for the supervision. ' construction, maintenance and repair of township roads; relating to road tax. and providing penalties for the viola tion thereof, the State agreed to pay to the proper towi&hip of tbe second class fifty per centum of cash road taxes col lected in townships of the second class, but owing to lack of a sufficient ap propriation the State has paid only a small part of said fifty per cent, for "the road year ending the first Monday in December, 1914, whereby a la-rye de ficiency has arisen under the provisions of said act. Then follows the bill proper which provides that the sum of $1,500.000, or so much thereof as may be neces sary, is specifically appropriated to cover the deficiency that has arisen in carrying out the provisions of said act for the road year ending the first Mon day of December, 1914.. The bill was referred to the commit tee on appropriations. Should the money be appropriated it will go far towards aiding those townships that have hon estly collected their road taxes under the promise that the State will pay its fifty per cent., a proposition that the State has, to use tbe vernacular, welched on,'' for the reason that it failed to make a sufficient appropria- i tion to carry out its iutentions. Child Labor Bill Governor Brmbaugh has made it very ! plain that neither the Phipps child la-j bor bill introduced in the Senate, nor ! the Reynolds bill of similar import, in- j troduced in the House, have received : his endorsement, but that he has his ! own bill in course of f reparation bv ! Attorney General Brown, which will be made public next week and sent to leg islators that they* may study it during the recess. At Mont Alto The Senate Appropriations commit- j tee. accompanied by Secretary Hosford,! of the Stiite Department of Health, : went to .Mont Alto this morning to in spect t;ie State tuberculosis sanitarium. ; The House Appropriations committee! i left on an early train to visit the State hospital at Shamokin and other State > institutions in the coal regions. Tho Highway Nejvs The la ! edition of the State 'High-! way News, issue,! by tje State High i way Department, was issued this week :.n i i-ouin'iis much interesting matter I relating to tue road done through the year and in progress all over the; • v ,aie. as well as valuable data concern-j ing the automobile division. Chartered The Lebanon Horseshoe Company 1 with $.-,.000 capital, wns chartered at tihe State Department to-day. The Garden Amusement Comnanv, of Pottsville, theatricals, vaudeville " and ! moving pictures, capital, $5,000, was also chartered. Auto License Money I p to date the amount received by j the State Highway Department for au tomobile licenses totals SBOI,OOO. Off for Florida Senators McXichol, Vare aud Crow' left for San Luc'.e, Florida, this morn ing. to oe gone a week. FA HOLES FOK 03 I'HISONERS Granted Yesterday on the Recommenda tion of the Prison Inspectors Paroles were recommeu led to tbe Board of Pardons for an unusually large number of prisoners in .the peni- > tentiary by the Board of Prison In- ! spectors yesterday. There were 63 on the list, all of whom had served the minimum period of their sentences and had been well behaved during that time. The Pardons Board approved j all the recommendations ami the Gov- ; ctnor affixed his signature to them, so' that all will be free by the end of this week. The following from Dauphin and contiguous counties were included in 1 the G3 who will be paroled: Delano Jones, Dauphin, carrying concealed deadly weapons; Carlo Rjs£ Dauphin, murder in second degree, sentenced April. 1910, to from 5 to 20 years in the penitentiary; Charles Ward and Robert Wilson. Dauphin, burglary; Frank Hetriek, Dauphin, sodomy; Pearl' Jones. Dauphin, pander ing; David Wilson, Dauphin, felonious entry; Lewis Martin. Franklin, rob- : bery; John Floyd, Cumberland, assault ! to commit rape; Frank Nissle and 1 George Brieker. Franklin, robbery, and William Biieski and John Dauksha, i Northumberland, burglary. Grand Chancellor Here on Visit Grand Chancellor Benjamin Moore, of Pittsburgh, head of the order of i Knights of Pythias of Pennsylvania, i will pay an official visit to Harrisburg , Pythians The convocation J will be held at l*hoenix Lodge No. 59,; Knights of Pythias, White's hull, on ; Broad street. A large delegation of members of the order will be present 1 to witness the degree work, which will be exemplified by Phoenix lodge team. Bowman Says Wharf Bill Will Pass Despite the opposition of a majority ! of the members of the City Plauning Commission aud others to the Bowman ordinance which would give the Harris-: burg Light and Power Company permis sion to build a coal wharf on the Har- j gest Island, Commissioner Bowman pre dicted to-day the bill will be passed finally by a' unanimous vote at the meeting next Tuesday of the City Com missioners. Demands Made By Japs on China Washington, Feb. 18.—China has de livered to Great Britain, France, Russia and the United States a memorandum of twenty-one demands made by Japan in the lattet part of January. They dif fer materially from the eleven demands communicated to the Powers by the Japanese government on February 9. 11l TO PRESERVE HISTORjEAL SUES Pennsylvania Commis > sion Created by Leg islature Makes Its First Report of Work / SURVEY MADE OF' ALL MONUMENTS ' Recommendations Also Made for the Purchase of Others to Commemorate Historic Deeds Recorded in the His tory of the State | What has been accomplished and ! what it expects t-o do in the way of j preserving historical sites in the State Is outlined in detail in the first report of the Pennsylvania Historical Commis sion which was created by the 1913 'Legislature. The members of this com mission are Senator William C.'Sproul, Chester, chairman; George P. Douohoe, Coudersport, secretary; William H. j Stevenson, Pittsburgh, treasurer; W. U. Hensel, Kim-aster; Hampton L. Carson, Philadelphia; Thomas ll Montgomery, Harrisburg, curator. Trustees, ex-offlcio of the commission are the Governor, Auditor General and State Treasurer. The commission in the short timo it has been in existence has effected a Stfrvey of the historic monuments erect ed in whole or in part under State ap propriation and of such memorials as had been erected by private benefac tion. Franklin County Memorial The commission contributed SSOO as j a supplement to local subscriptions of ! SSOO for the Fort McCord memorial in j Franklin county. The memorial is seven j miles west of Ohambersburg and marks ! the site where twenty-seveu pioneer set tlers were massacred by Indians or car ried into captivity in 1756. The commission in its report recom mends that the first direct legislative appropriation be made for the erection of a monument- at the scene of Bou | quet's defeat of the Indians at Bushy Run in 1763. to mark the conquest of I the Indian on Pennsylvania soil. I i The commission states that it is im ! pressed with the importance of propertv j marking the site at the junction of Che Allegheny and Monougahela rivers, known to tiie Seneca Indians as ! lHondega and translated by all of the early explorers and traders as "the forks."' Kopt Within Appropriation I Although its original appropriation i of $40,000 was cut down to SIO,OOO, I by executive veto, the commission has ! expended scarcely a fifth of the amount l at its command. Its duty is to pre serve the historic landmarks of Peun j sylvnnia. The report says: "That the general scope of the com ! mission's work has already elicited, or ; will evoke, a spirit of public inquiry i leading to some enthusiasm for a rcc | ognition of Pennsylvania's place in history is already manifest in the fact j that during the year the secretary has answered many letters from societies and individuals concerning the work of the commission and the location of his toric sites. Should See Pennsylvania First | "The people living near some of the i most historic spots in the State have | newer had their attention called to . them. There are many people who ! have visited the historic localities of I Europe, but have never been to more i interestinjj localities at their very doors. The young people and-thc older 'people of this State should see and 'know Pennsylvania first.' " The report enumerates many histor ical occurrences in Pennsylvania from ! the early days down to Gettysburg | and says: "Cut out of American history what I these events stand for, and the part 1 played in them by Pennsylvania and one loses the real plot of the entire drama on American history. Pennsyl vania historians have been too modest, or too much fascinated by the mere glitter of' the wonderful industrial de , velopment of the State to gi»e just i credit to the tremendous moral force which the State and its people have | exercised in the development of the i American nation. We must call atten ■ tion to the facts iu our history. We must make known these facts by monu -1 ments and markers, as well as by books : ami essays. "The commission would also recom mend that the General Assembly en courage the efforts of the Daughters of the American Revolution toward the purchase Of a small tract of land at the site of Fort Augusta, at Sunbury, which now contains the powder maga i ziue of this most historic frontier fort. , This relic is the only existing remains of any of these frontier forts of the en tire State and it should be preserved." 12 NOW DEAD IN DISASTER i i Chief Mine Inspector Probing Cause of Terrible Accident Wilkes-Ba.rre. Pa., Feb. 18.—Twelve j are now dead from the explosion of I gas in the Midvale colliery yesterday. I Three of the injured men, Louis Sigsha, I miner: John Belas and John Bcbioski, i laborers, died in a hospital to-day. The fire caused by the explosion is I under control. Chief Mine Inspector ; RcU'eriek has arrived to conduct an in j vestigution. At Photoplay Showing again to-day, the wonderful 'spectacular production "Neptune's Daughter," gives the many who were 1 unable to witness this pi-cture yester day, a'chance to see the most expen i sive production in motion pictures ever I produced. The management again urges tha.t patrons try and attend the per- I formances before 6 p. in .'as the capac ity theatre le limited and the night performances have been standing room only.— Adv.* Oregon "Dry" Next Year By Associated Press. Salem, Ore., Feb. 18.—8tate-wide prohibition, effective January 1, 1916, became the law of Oregon yesterday, when Governor Jahies Withyeombe signed the bill passed by the Legisla ture to make effective the people's mandate of last November, when a pro hibition amendment was voted into the State Constitution. "FAITH'TO BESTHDY THEME Local Bible Conference Committee Ex tends Work to Chamberaburg and Carlisle On Monday and Tuesday in the Tirst Baptist church, Second ami Pine streets, will }>e held tie eleventh monthly in terdenominational Bible conference. The Rev. William 11, Pike, dean of the PraotK'al Bible Training School, 'Bible Scihool 'Park, IN. Y., will agaiu conduct the Bible study. The general theme for the conference will be " Faith, founded on the elev enth chapter of 'Hebrews. The Harris burg committee has extended its work and now imclude Chambersburg and Carlisle on the circuit. At Oliam'bersiburg, /February 24, a conference of three sessions will be held in the First (Baptist church, the Rev. O. C. Roth, pastor, and on F«||ruarv 25 and 26 at Carlisle, in t'he yTm. C. A. The Rev. William H. Pike will be the teacher at ean'h one of these confer ences. The last 'conference held in Harris burg. .January 26 ami 26, was the largest attended, and one of the most successful since the work bevan in Oc tober, 1913. THEY SEE STARS IN LANCASTER Members of Natural History Society View Heavens Through Telescope Astronomically inclined members of the Horrisburg Natural History Society journeyed laait to the Franklin >nkl Marshall College observatory, Lancaster, and under guid ance of Professor Apple, the director, spent three hours viewing the wonders of the heavens through the powerful 12-inch telescope inside the big dome. Thers were ten persons at the tele scope. Among other objects examined were the furtherest planet, Neptune; Saturn and its riugs, a marvelous sight; new Moon; the dog-star Sirius, the brightest in the sky; the great nebula in Orion, with the complete Trapezium and the Dragon's Mouth; a cluster of thou sands of suns so far (Distant as to be in visible without the aid of a large tele scope; thy wonderful red star in Lepus which resembles a drop of blood against the dark background of the sky; single, double, triple and multiple stars; also Gamma Andromedae, a beautifully col ored paid, one being a yellow and the other a blue sun. WILLIAM FORWARD, 81, DIES Aged Mechanicsburg Citizen Succumbs to Heart Trouble (Special to the Star-Independent.) Mechanicsburg, Feb. 18.—bast e?ru ing William Forward died at his home on East Ooover street, from heart trou ble. He bad been in ill health for some time but was able to be about. He was aged SI years. He is survived by hie wife, and three children, William, of New York; Joseph E v of Harriafourg, ami Miss Elizabeth, at home. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and for a number of years has been an elder in the local church. Mr. Forward was a native of Eng land, coming to this country about thirty-five years ago. No funeral ar rangements have been announced. DEATH OF EDWARD FLETCHER Widely Known Middletown Man Suc cumbs Early This Morning (Special to the Star-Independent.) Middletown, Feb. 18.—Edward Fletcher, a widely known resident of this town, died at the home of his sis ter, Mrs. James Nagle, in West Ana street, at 3 o'clock this morning after a year's suffering from a complication of diseases. He was 30 years old and a son of William Fletcher, a night watchman. In addition to Mrs. Nagle, he left two sisters, Sabijia and Mary, living in Philadelphia, and one brother, John, also of Philadelphia. Funeral arrange ments will not be completed until after the arrival here of the brothers and sis ters. Andrew J. Fic'kes Funeral services for Andrew J. Fickes, aged 67 years, who died a* his home, 567 Forrest street, yesterday morning will be held at his late resi dence to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock, the Rev. A. S. Williams, pastor of Curtin Heights Methodist Episcopal churchy officiating. The body will be sent to "Newport for* burial. Mrs. Barbara Mumma The funeral of Mrs. Barbara Mum ma. aged 66 years, who died yesterday at 'her home in Washington Heights, will be helvl from her home Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment- wiil be made in Winding Hill cemetery. Mrs. John H. Deming The funeral of Mrs. John H. Dem ing, aged 71 years, who succumbed to an attack of heart disease at the Broad street market house yesterday morning, will be held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. F. llmberger, 427 Peffer street, Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Sirs. Elizabeth Mullen The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Mul len, who died Tuesday night at her home, 224 'Briggs street, will be held to morrow morning at 9 o'clock £roni St. Patrick's Cathedral. Interment will be made in Mt. Calvary cemetery. /Italian Killed in Quarry Accident Lebanon, Feb. 18.—I'io Rossi, an Italian laborer, aged 35 years, was in stantly killed yesterday afternoon in the Millard stone quarries, west of Annville, by being crushed under a stone which weighed close to a ton. Mr. Schoch a Harrisburg Visitor Hiram Schoch, a PittsTWlfgli attorney, formerly of this city, and C. S. Tarkow ski, of Pittsburgh, were in Harrisburg yesterday and appearing before the Board of Pardons in behalf of an AUet?ihenv county youth who is con victed. o£ murder. No Extra Session of Congress By Associated Press, Washington, Feb. 18.—President Wilson has virtually decided not to call an extra session of Congress on March 5, nfl matter what the fate of the ship bill. Five Miners Killed By Gas Bv Associated Press. Rich Hill, Mo., Feb. 18.—'Five miners were killed by a gas explosion in the workings of the Atlas Coal Min ing Company near here. There were no I other men in the mine. Advance Spring Styles Obtainable only in McCall Patterns iTHE NEWEST Fabrics (f) Mc ' Smart New Flare Frock The Neweit StrU McCall Pttlern 6JJI. One * TJ , % ~ Flara Skirt r44 ncw Fcbrui,ryJe - vvatcn tne Spe- Mccaii Pane™. « M B. rial Piece-Goods *l7 «,££s Sales February desijni. and make, at home yourself, the stylish but economical clothes which are accurately described and beautifully illustrated in the new McCall Fashion Publications. Get the New McCall Book of Fashions To-day If It's Stylish It's McCall—lf It's McCall It's Stylish E. M. SIBLE, 1300 Market Street A. H. FRAIM, 2032 Sixth Street HARRISBURG, PA. COURT HOUSE ARE 111 ABLE FOR STATE TAX Auditor General Sustained in Appeals By Two Corporations The John T. Dyer Quarry Company and the Beliefonte Lime Company, con cerns operating in this State, are held lia'ble for a State tax on their capital stock and their appeals from thjr Audi tor General's taxation were dismissed in decisions filed this morning by Judge S. J. M. McCarrell. The Dyer Company must pay $2,- 230.05, while the lime company is hjeld liable for $282.19. In each case it was contended by the defendant companies that they were exempt from taxation on the ground that they are manufac turers. The court holds that these com panies were not incorporated for manu facturing purposes and they are not employing their eaipitel stock actually and exclusively in manufacturing. Building Permit Granted Mrs. Anna Isaacman to-day obtained a building permit to remodel*the three story frame building at 1308 Wallace street, coating $l5O. Marriage Licenses Chester L, Pleam and Anna C. Fish er, H»" »urg. u. Leese, Manchester, Md., and Cla*. A. Wolfe, l^oysville. Charles H. Todds and Annie Schweit zer, city. Turkey Will Satisfy Greek Demand London, Feb. 18, 11 55 A. M. Turkey has yielded to the demand for satisfaction made by Greece because of the insult offered an attache of the Greek legation at Constantinople. Junior Class Dance The junior class of the Central High school will hold a dance to-night at 8.30 o'clocik in Hanshaw's hall, Third and Harris streets. Music will be fur nished by F. Marion Sourbeer. SEARCHLIGHTS IN WAR How They Are Worked by Distant Con trol In Land Operations In modem warfare t)he searchlight is invaluable. On dark nights at sea it is the only means of guarding against torpedo boats, which its beams will reveal at a distance of two miles and more. On shore it is the electric eye of the army. It is carried to all parts of the field of action by motor truck, and the motor that propels the vehicle drives the electric generator that sup plies the current for the light. Most of-tthese field searchlights are not directed by hand, for each instru ment is fitted'with what is known as the distant control. Two small motors govern, the vertical and the horizontal movements of the light. From them an electric cable runs to the station of the operator, w'ho, although he may be several hundred feet away, can send the rays of Mie light in any di rection. According to the "Navy and Army Illustrated," oue advantage of this distant control is. that the objects picked up by the beam of light can be sighted more quickly and more defi nitely, for, if the operator stands be hind the light and looks along the beam, his vision is hampered by a luminous haze. A second advantage is that the light can be placed in an ex posed position without, endangering the men who run it. Were the operator and officer beside the apparatus they would be certain to receive the fire that is sure to be poured upon a search light and wluld suffer tthe instant the range was found. A i . .vi on ri.s Brow. The Tourist (spending a week end In the village, to the oldest inhabitant)— Wall, I don't know what you do here It's certainly the most dead and alive ■how I waa ever In. The Oldest Inhabitant—Ah, you ought to wait tl'l next week, zur, and see how the place 'ull l»e stirred ud then. The Tourist--Why, what's on next week? The O'dest Inhabitant—Plowln'.- Sketcb. Artistic Printing at Star-Independent. 9 FINANCE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. Furnished by H W. Snaeely, Broker. Arcade Building, Walnut and Court Streets New Yorik, Feb. 18. Open. Close. Alaska Gold Mines ... 28 28% Am a 1 Copper 5$ 52% Amir Beet Sugar .... 38 38% American Can 26% 27 Am Car and Foundry Co 43% 43% Am Cotton Oil 44 V« 45 Am Ice Securities .... 23% 23% Amer Loco 21% 21'/, Amer Smelting ~ 62 * 62% American Sugar .... 102% 102 Amer Tel and Tel .... 119 119 Anaconda 26 26%' Atchison 93% 93% Baltimore and Ohio 67 67 Bethlehem Steol 55% 55% Brooklyn R T 86% 86 California Petroleum .. 17% 17'/* Canadian Pacific la 7 '/ 2 157 Central Leather 34% 33% Chesapeake and Ohio . . 41% 41 Chil, Mil and St Paul. 85% 85%' Chino Con Copper ... 34% 35% Col Fuel and iTon 22% 22% Consol Gas 117 116% Corn Products 9% 9% Erie 21% 21% Erie Ist ear strange, but it is nev ertheless true, that there are over 4,000 languages spoken by mankind, while the number of dialects exceeds this. There are more tlrffn sixty vocabularies in Brazil, and in Mexico the Nahua is broken up into some 700 dialects. There are hundreds in Borneo, and in Aus tralia there is no classifying the com plexities. I-iet us assume that fifty dialects, on an average, belong to each language and we have the colossal total of 200,000 linguistic abilities. A century hence the probability is that there will only he four languages of importance in the world. Central Europe may produce a newer and more straightforward German language. Im perial English may reign alone over the North American continent, while a more businesslike Spanish will be used in South American states. Then Russia mav take on some more rich Slavonic dialect, which will blend the races of eastern Europe and central Asia into a harmonious federation. 8o that in future these four languages will enter into what may be a never ending competition.— Exchange.