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COORT REBUKES PERSONS
WHO WRITCTO JUDGES
Characterizes As Improper the Sending
of Communications Relating to
Pending Cases—Hoffman and Bow
man Answer Charges in Court
Rebuking persons who either ver
bally or by letter attempt to discuss
pending litigation with a court judge,
and classing such persons as no less se
ious offenders than the man who at
tempts to bribe a juror, .ludge George
Kunkel, at the close of the annual li
cense court on Saturday evening, de
clared that neither he nor Judge Mc-
Carrell "wants to hear anything about
any case outeide of court."'
The president judge made the remark
while discussing with members of the
bar the contents of one of two letters
received from laymen who asked the
court to put certain restrictions on
hotel men. The letter writer referred to
failed to appear in court, and although
he gave his name he did not give his
place of residence.
"It is very improper to communicate
with the court on any matter that is
pending before the judges and we do
not want to receive such matters,"
said Judge Kunkel. "The prosecuting
officer of the commonwealth is the
proper person to communicate with on
such subjects. We have two letters here,
in each of which it is charged that the
law has been violated, and while it is
highly improper, we cannot disregard
them.
s The Court's View of Letters
"We do think, however, that they
should have been sent to the District
Attorney," continued the court, "but
now tlvjit they are here, we want to
know further about them. No one lias a
right to discuss a case one way or an
other with the court and we don't want
to hear anything about any case out
side of court. It is just as improper to
approach a judge on a pending case
a* it is a jury."
Of the letters received by the judges,
one charged that Edward G. Hoffman,
proprietor of the Hoffman House, a
Market street hotel, permitted women
of immoral character to frequent a side
room in the hostelry. The other alleged
that Willlia.ni H. Bowman, proprietor
of the St. Lawrence hotel, Berrysburg,
furnished liquor to drunkards.
Both Bowman and Hoffman denied
the charges. Hoffman stated that in Oc
tober last, but seven women were ac
commodated at his hotel; in November,
32, and in December, 10. Women, un
less accompanied by their husbands and
are personal acquaintances of the pro
prietor, Hoffman said, are barred from
the hotel.
Unmarried women who apply for
rooms also must be personally acquaint
ed with Hoffman, he said. The larger
number of women who were given lodg
ing at the hotel in November was due,
Hoffman said, to the Dauphin County
Teachers' Institute being held in the
city that month. All of the teachers
were from the upper end of the county,
Hoffman's former home, he said.
W. S. Straub made the changes that
the Berrysburg proprietor has sold in
toxicants to drunkards. Bowman said
'liquor has been denied to Straub at
the Berrysburg hotel and Bowman add
ed that Straub owes him a bill.
Berrysburg Case Delayed
District Attorney Stroup suggested
to the court that the letters could not
he considered as remonstrances and
then it was that Judge Kunkel declar
ed that in the future he does not want
to receive any suoh letters.
A further hearing in the Berrvsburg
case will be held one week from to
day at which time Straub will be called
in to explain his charges. Bowman's
Jicense expires next Saturday so that
his hotel will be closed on the following
Monday and until the court finally
passes upon his liquor license applica
tion. Judge MeGarrell gave Bowman
assurance that the court will not delay
action in the case.
RED CROSS ENTERTAINMENT
German Folk and Other Songs Will
Feature Program To-night
Great interest is being manifested
ajnorrg the Herman and Austrian resi
dents of this city and vicinity in the
concert to be given by the Harrieburg
Maennerehor in its hall, 221 North
street, this evening at 8 o'clock. The
funds derived from the admission fee
will be devoted to the relief of the
■widows and onphans of Germany anil
Austria and the Red Cross of these trwo
countries.
The program is replete with Ger
nnui classics, homefolk and patriotic
songs. There will also be a violin solo
by Fred Justh and a violin duet by
Justh and Poltl. The Maennerehor
choir has been strengthened and the
enswible singing, uuder the direction
of Prof. Herman Poltl, is expected to
exceed in volutee and harmony that ot
any previous affair of its kind by this
popular society. There will also be vo
cal soios and duets by different mem
bers of the choir. Mrs. Herman Poltl
will accompany on the piano.
Announcement its ma-de that a pleas
ing feature of the program will be a
one-act play at the close of the first
part, the leading parts of which will
be taken by Bruno Lipunan, William
Herman, Ernest Stieger and William
iichubauer.
Regent
% Ji presenting to its patrons to-day
and to-morrow "The Man from Mex
ico," the Regent introduces John
'Barrymore who first made his appear
ance in motion pictures through the
medium of the Famous players produc
tion of "An American Citizen," a film
comedy that recorded a sensational suc
cess in motion picture circles, in "The
Man from Mexico,'' Mr. LSarryinore de
picted the character of Fitzhew, the
gay young married man who still longs
for the cabarets and other delights of
his bachelor days and thereby gets him
self into dreadful dilemmas from which
he extricates himself only b.v the most
wonderful .inventions possible to even
an untruthful man. All the delicious
humor of Mr. Barrymore's delightful
personality is at its best in the por
trayal of the light-hearted Fitzhew
wliose mythical adventures, in Mexico
the comedy so laughably unfolds.
Adv.*
Former Cornell Coach Visits Here
Daniel Coogan, a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania, Who for
seven years coached the Cornell foot
ball sjjuad, is visiting Mr. Waldron, 420
North Third street, the local represent
ative of the Stutz automobiles. Mr.
Coogan soon will leave for Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Maine.
COURT
"horse DEALERS in quibble"
Alleged Unsound Animal Cause of Pro
longed Court Action
The exchange of horses by H. D.
Koons and Simon Stine with M. L.
Ludwig has been the cause of prolonged
litigation 'between the trio and when
counsel for one of the men sought to
further air matters in the courts this
morning, his papers were returned with
the advice that " possibly you can get
together on ft bis proposition and save
your client some money."
Opposing counsel said his clients are
entirely willing to settle. According to
the stories of the attorneys their clieuts
exchanged horses and later returned the
steeds claiming they hail been falsely
represented as good, sound workers. Im
mediately efforts were made to open
judgment notes that figured in the deals
and, of course, there was some opjO
sifcion. The quibble, a» one lawyer ex
plained it, all is over about sls OT
S2O.
Brought in on Bench Warrant
Joseph Cohen, a young man who at
the criminal court in June last got off
with a suspended sentence failed to
comply with the Court's parole rules by
not appearing for examination at the
January suspended sentence court and
he was brought before the judges on a
bench warrant this morning. County
Detective W'alters told the judges t'hat
young Cohen has not been working
steadily; is shiftless and a month or
more ago eloped with a young 'Reading
woman whom he married against the
wishes of her father. The Court order
ed the county detective to make a fur
ther inquiry.
Many Cases Settled
Four of the ten Common Pleas court
eases listeil for trial to-day were open
for hearing when court convened and
these all were continued to-morrow,
the attorneys wishing to observe the
afternoon as a halif holiday. One of
these eauses is the suit of the Common
wealth Insurance Agency against Wil
liam H. Opperman & Company.
The defendants are the contractors
who built the interceptor sewer along
Harrisburg's river front. The claim is
for premium on bonds furnished by the
company coverring the second year of
the improvement work. The contrac
tors had paid for the first year, and, it
is alleged, tjfiiled to complete the work
within that time.
The following cases either were set
tled or continued: Catherine Trout vs.
Lvkens Valley Coal Company, settled;
Abraham Sieff vs. Charles Aronson, con
tinued:; Samuel Bower vs. R. L. Wiest,
continued; T. R. Matthews vs. Nathan
Coplowitz, settled; David Lieidy vs.
Central Pennsylvania Traction Com
pany, settled; J. Rubenstain vs. Pearl
Wilson, settled; Jacob F. Feist vs.
Charles A. Hntton, continued; Emanuel
Rhinehart vs. William J. Bavles and
.Tames M. Saunders, continued; Frank
Cline vs. Joel D. Justin, continued.
Two jurors failed to respond at roll
call, as follows: John A. Hetrick, East
Hanover township; John Kuons, West
Hanover township.
HAS MESSAGE WASHINGTON
SENT TO CONGRESS INM
«~nntlnne»l From Ftr*t Pnee.
but Jfttle, but in some places age has
worn the paper away, obliterating a
few of the words but not enough to de
stroy the context.
On the "State of the Country"
TIMJ message is devoted entirely to
"the state of the country," touching
on various matters pertaining to the
good of the young republic, and is sup
posed to have been sent to the Congress
when it was meeting in Philadelphia,
after Washington was inaugurated as
President in New York.
The message is addressed to the
"Gentlemen of the Senate and House
of Representatives," and further along
in the manuscript, which covers four
large foolscap pages, it is further ad
dressed to the "Gentlemen of the
House of Representatives," and near
the close it is again addressed to both
bodies. •
An interesting paragraph in the mes
sage, particularly in the light of pres
ent affairs, calls attention to the ne
cessity for military preparedness as fol
lows:
Urged Preparedness for War
"A free people ought not only to be
armed, but disciplined, to which end a
uniform and welHligested plan is
requisite; and their safety and inter
est require that; that they should pro
mote such manufactories "as tend to
render them independent on others for
essential, particularly military, sup
plies."
It was never discovered how the
message came into Mr. Rahm's posses
sion, but it is supposed to have been
removed with other documents to Lan
caster during the frequent changes of
the seat of government and that Mr.
Rahm got it there while ho was a State
Senator. Eventually Mrs. Hogan prob
ably will place the old manuscript in
possession of the United States Govern
ment, to be placed in the National
Museum in Washington, although the
Dauphin County Historical Society
would like to become its tina-l custodian,
LATE MNEMMY
Continued From Flrnt Pnge,
of their troops and their superior trans
portation facilities.
Unofficial reports from Pttrograd
say that the main Russian army suc
ceeded in escaping from the German
trap and has in turn taken the offen
sive. This is corroborated in part by
the Russian staff, which states that
when the retreating army reached the
positions designated by the Russian
commanders a stand was made and the
Germans were repulsed with heavy
losses.
It is reported in Rome that Pope
Benedict has again approached Emperor
William in the hope of preparing the
way for peace negotiations. A Rome
newspaper says Germany, while enjoy
ing an excellent military position, is
feeling more keenly the effects of the
war and has modified its views on the
subject of conditions of peace.
An Australian mail steamer was fired
on by an armed merchantman in the
English channel, but was not struck,
according to a dispatch from Plymouth.
Otherwise there were no developments
in the situation which has grown out
of the German naval war zone decree.
The Berlin report of the sinking of a
British transport lacks confirmation
from any other source.
Says He Fell From Trolley Car
Alex. Koloff, an Austrian, 227 Frank
lin street, Steclton, was admitted to the
iHarrkpburg 'hospital Saturday night
with a laceration of tlio scalp. He said
he fell from a Harriaburg Railways
Company car.
HABRISBUBG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22. 1915.
0. S. ORDERS PROBE
FOJUBE EVELYN
CMttHed Prom First Pas*.
which pass through the Irish Sea on the
way to Liverpool. *■
British War Vessel Sunk?
The Germans assert they sank a
British war vessel off Nieuport. The
following dispatch was received from
Berlin last night:
"Near Nieuport an enemy ship, prob
ably a mine searching vessel, touched a
mine and sank. Destroyers'of the enemy
disappeared when shelled."
The American Line steamship Phila
delphia, from New York, passed safey
through the war zone yesterday and ar
rived at Liverpool. To avoid auy mis
takes as to her nationality on the part
of German submarines the Philadelphia
carried the American flag at every
available spot. She virtually "dressed
ship" from taffrail to bow with the
Stars and Stripes. She carried 100
passengers.
The Philadelphia on the last, leg of
her trip passed over virtually the same
■ course as did the British steamer Cam
bank, which was sunk by a submarine
on Saturday at the mouth of Holyhead
Bay, fifty-five miles west of Liverpool.
Dangers to American Vessels
Washington, Feb. 22.—Sinking of
the American steamer Evelyn off the
German coast presumably by a mine,
although the crew was saved, brought
vividly before official Washington to
day the dangers to which American ves
sels are exposed in the waters adjacent
to the belligerent coasts of Kurope.
The American note to Germany warn
ing that country against attacks on
American vessels in the sea zones of
war applied only to submarines. Since
the outbreak of the war, the North sea
has been mined by both Germany and
Great Britain and an added warning
was given to neutral commerce by the
German reply to the American note
last week in announcing that mines
would be strewn in the waters surround
ing Great Britain and Ireland and in
the English channel.
Pilots Offered for Neutral Vessels
Hitherto, in the notification of areas
mined, pilots have been offered for neu
tral vessels.» Whether or not the Evelyn
had an opportunity to obtain a pilot or
whether she struck a mine with a pilot
aboard were questions on which offi
cials expected to receive definite infor
mation to-day or to-morrow from Am
bassadors Page at London and Gerard
at Berlin, to both of whom the State
Department had directed inquiries.
The only message before the depart
ment early to-day was from American
Consul Fee, at Bremen, who reported
that the Evelyn had been "blown up'
but did not give the cause. His cable
gram stated t'hat the ship and cargo had
been lost but that the cfew was safe.
Officials believed the crew had 'been
landed in Germany as Borkum is near
the German coast.
Claims for Damages to Evelyn
It was considered unlikely that there
would be any diplomatic action result
ing from the loss of the Evelyn beyond
claims for damages inasmuch as there
is now no international convention in
force prohibiting the laying of mines
either for offensive or defensive pur
poses.
The Evelyn is the first ship insured '
with the United Spates Bureau of War
Kiswk Insurance to be lost since it be
gan operations several months ago. In
surance on ships and cargoes amounting
to more than $35,000,000 has been
written.
The bureau was clo?ed to-day and
no word had been roceived as to" when
a claim from the owners may be ex
pected. Tiiere is little doubt that legal
proof of the destruction of the ship and
cargo will result in prompt payment of
the insurance. Of the total amount of
insurance written, by the bureau more
than half has expired with the arrival
of and cargoes at destinations.
The bureau has earned in premiums
more than $600,000, so that it is able
to stand its first loss without resort to
the appropriation made by Congress,
To Establish Responsibility
Senator Simmons, one of the framers
of the bill which created the war risk
bureau, a White House caller to-day,
said he assumed an effort would be
made first to establish the responsibil
ity for the sinking of the Evelyn and
that if the nationality of the mine
could be discovered the government war
risk bureau would make efforts to col
lect damages.
"The war risk bureau has all the
powers of a private insurance com
pany," said Senator Simmons. "When
the government goes into a business of
this kind it loses its official status, but
simply because this is a government
agency it does not have less right than
a private nigeney of the same kind
would."
Owners Will Make No Protest
New York, Feb. 22.—William L.
Harriss, of the firm which owned the
steamship Evelyn, sunk in the North
Sea yesterday, said to-day, that his firm
would make nd pfotest to the .State De
partment as he considered the loss of
the ship due to a war risk which he had
taken.
TARE BULLET FROM ABDOMEN
John Armstrong, of West Fairview Re
covering From Accidental Shot
John Armstrong, 19 years old, of
West Fairview, was operated on at the
Harrisburg hospital this afternoon for
the removal of a twenty-two calibre
bullet Which was lodged just under the
skin on his abdomen. It had pierced
his body from the bac!k, entering be
tween the seventh and eighth r.ibn. The
bullet pierced the lung cavity, but the
wound is Hot now believed to be se
rious.
He and a companion were carrying
some boards on Saturday on which a
rifle was lying. The boards slipped and
in his efforts to reach the giun it was
discharged and Armstrong, who was
walking in front, received the leaden
pellet in the back. He was admitted to
the Harrisburg hospital last Saturday
afternoon.
FIFTY YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE
Aged Lebanon Couple Celebrate Golden
Wedding Anniversary
Lebanon, Feb. 22. —The residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shank, Chestnut
street, this city, the parents of John G.
Shank, a foreman in the Pennsylvania
railroad shops at Knola and a resident
of Harrisburg, was the scene of a
happy event Saturday, when the couple
fittingly . celebrated their fiftieth gold
en wedding anniversary. All of their
children, including Mr.' Shank, of Har
risburg, and a daughter, Mrs. Harry
A. Martin, were present to take part
in the hapipy celebration. Mrs. Shank
is the sister of former Mayor C. G.
Gerhart, of this city, and an aunt of
Mrs. George Kochenauer.
REPEAL OF FULL CREW LAW
OPPOSED BY BROTHERHOODS
Various Lodges Thoughout the State
Adopting Resolutions to Be For
warded to Legislature—Claim F. B»
B. "Bulls" Are Unnecessary
Brotherhood lodges throughout the
Statee of Pennsylvania ahd New Jersey,
especially the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Firemen and < Enginemen and
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, are
strenuously protesting against the re
peal of the Full Crew biill, now pending
before the State Legislature.
Special meetings of the various
lodges are being held, at which resolu
tions protesting the move are being
dranvn up ami copies sent to the Gover
nor, State Representatives and news
papers.
At a meeting of the William H.
Morne Lodge No. 673, B. of L. F. and
E., in their hall, Broad and James
streets, yesterday afternoon the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
"Whereas, the present onslaught of
the allied raihvav corporations of this
State to repeal the full c.rew bill is in
keeping with the old established prac
tice of the railway oligarchy in the
past to frustrate every legitimate at
tempt to enact beneficent la'bor laws,
and
"Whereas, the most strenuous oppo
sition was made by the railway cor
porations to the enactment of every
sait'ety measure ever introduced, viz:
The automatic coupler, the air brake,
the ash-pan, locomotive boiler inspec
tion, the sixteen-hour law and other
safety appliance standard's, which have
not only saved life and limib, but have
meant a great saving to the railways
themselves and a distinct advancement
in the course of operation, and
"Whereas, the methods pursued by
the Pennsylvania Railroad in securing
the signatures on the petition asking
for the repeal of this laiw was mani
festly unfair and unscrupulous; that
the action on the part of foremen and
'department heads in securing names
were arbitrary and obtained through
coercion whether so sanctioned by the
general officials or not and permitted
only signing for and not against tho
proposal, tftid
"Whereas, the unprecedented cam
paign of publicity through the channel
of corporation controlled press and the
medium of high priced advertising is
absolutely misleading; the same induce
ment was offered the employes when
freight and passenger rates were pend
ing as is now made the public in the
repeal of the full crew bill, and
"Whereas, if the espionage system
and the retaining of the 'bulls' by the
Pennsylvania Railroad were abolished
and which is wholly unnecessary and
unproductive of any good results, what
ever, and a positive menace to the wel
fare of the employes, far greater sav
ing could be effected 1 , therefore, be it
"Resolved, that we urge the un
qualified support of every member in
the House and Senate to retain the full
crew bill as necessary legislation for
the proper, efficient and exp?ditious
manner in handling the enormous big
trains to-day, and to neutralize so far
as the practical operation of the trains
is concerned, the false economy schemes
of railway managers; and be it further
"Resolved, that a copy of this so
lution be sent to the Governor, SpeSer
of the House and the respective Repre
sentatives of this district an, I copies ba
furnished to the press for publication,"
HUNT FOR STATiON ROBBERS
Police Are Searching for the Men Who
Stole Cash From the Pennsy
and Reading Eailroads
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Middlctow'i, Pa., Feb. 22.—Railroad
and borough policemen here were to
day continuing their search for the
men who at noon on Saturday robbed
the cash drawers in the ticket offices of
the Pennsy and Reading railroad pass
enger stations in Middletown and then
went to Highspire, where they pulled off
a similar tiiek at the Pennsv station.
Something lik-j S4O was obtained
from the two Pennsy stations, more
than $32 from the one here and about
$S in Highspire. The amount taken
from the local Reading station has not
yet been determined, but it is believed
to have been in the neighborhood of
$8 or $lO.
Two suspects were arrested by Rail
it ad Patrolmen Souillard and Cramford
in Highspiro on Saturday evening, but
it now is believed that they had noth
ing to do with the robberies. A few
cents only were found on them and
they were held on the simple charges
of trespassing. A gold watch belong
ing to John Peters, the ticket clerk in
tho local Pennsy station, also was
stolen.
So far as is known, no tickets or
mileage books wer" taken from any of
the offices. The police are of the opin
ion that the robberies all were commit
ted between 12.30 aud 1 o'clock Sat
urday. In each case the doors to the
ticket offices and the cash drawers
were "jimmied."
YOUNG PEOPLE TO MEET
Baptists Plan to Form a City Union
To-morrow Night
To-morrow night the Baptist young
people of this city will get together for
a big rally to be held at the Tabernacle
Baptist church, Forster street, near
Sixth, at 7.45 o'clock. Plans will be
completed, if possi'ble, to form a city
union of the Baptist young people of
Harris'burg. ~
Among the speakers of t'hc evening
will be the Kev. Dr. E. M. Stephenson,
of Philadelphia. The Rev. Mr. Stephe
son is superintendent of Young People's
work of Pennsylvania. The Rev. W. S.
Booth, pastor of the First Baptist
cliurdh, will be one of the speakers, also
the Rev. C. A. 'Hare, pastor of the
Tabernacle Baptist church.
After the session of the evening re
freshments wiH be served by the Young
People's Society of Tabernacle church.
A large turn out is expected from the
five Baptist churches in tihis city.
Red Men to Hold Masquerade Ball
A Washington birthday masquerade
■ball will he 'held in the City Grays'
armory, Second and Forster streets, this
evening 'by Warrior Eagle Tribe, Im
proved Order of Red Men, foT the bene
fit of the degree team. There will be
about ten of the local tribes represent
ed, all of them to be in fine costumes.
A large orchestra will furnish music for
the occasion, ait which the public is in
i vited to attend.
PAUSE TO HONOR
CEOJfASRINCTON
Osßtlaned From Flint Pas*.
brought out the "Louisville slugger"
and cord ball, and "scrubby" took a
lot of boys away from troubled raotihers
who spent the morning over the wash
tub. '
Shorter Postofflce Hours
Many flags were flung to the breeze
from homes throughout the city -and
many pictures of George Washington
were displayed in windows. Some per-
Bons took recognition of the day by
hamging small hatchets from coat
lapels. Candy cherries—commemorat
ing tihe famous cherry tree that suffered
at the hands of young Washington—-
ware the favorite confection.
The main pDstoffice was closed at 1 0
o'clock this morning and will remain
closed until midnight. Carriers made
t'ho first morning delivery. The regular
collections will >be made this evening.
Other federal offices were closed to
day, including the Weather Bureau,
which issued only the local report con
taining the temperatures of yesterday.
In t>he" big cities stock exchanges arid
grain marts were closed, subsequently
the Star-Independent is without its cus
tomary stock and grain reports.
Using,'this day as an excuse, the
'Pennsylvania General Assembly will not
moet to-night, having adjourned last
week to meet again on the evening of
March 1. This vacation will not 'be
taken toy Governor Brumbaugh, how
ever, who is preparing for the Legisla
ture several measures 'he has promised
to support.
Firemen Celebrate To-night
The seventy-fourth anniversary of
t'he Washington Hose Company Mo. 4,
whose quarters are at 129 Chestnut
street, will be celebrated to-night as is
the annual custom of the company. A
smoker will be held at the hose house
at 8 o'clock and later a banquet will
be served in the Plaza hotel.
Mayor ißoyal, the other members of
the City Commission, Fire Chief Kind
ler and Assistant Chief Halbert, to-
f ether with several other guests, have
een invited to attend. In all about
fifty will he entertained. George W.
Kennedy, president of the company,
will be toastmaster. Charles E. Ripper,
secretary, is chairman of the committee
on arrangements.
RUNS DOWN FIGHTER
William Warner, Wrongly Accused.
Brings Offender to Justice
Knowing that he was not the man
who engaged in a fight on Paxton
street, William Warner, who suffered a
$3 fine before Mayor Royal after he
had been positively "identified" by
Steve Misko, who claimed to have been
beaten up, decided he would bring the
real belligerent to justice and turned
detective, with the result that he had
William Jones arrested.
Jones admitted that he was the fight
er when he appeared before Mayor Roy
al Saturday afternoon and Warner and
William Spillman, with whom he was
arrested, had the satisfaction of having
their names cleared and fines of $3
remitted.
1032 AT SUNDAY SCHOOL
All Records Broken Yesterday at Derry
Street TJ. B. Church
All attendance records at Derry
Street United Brethren church were
broken yesterday during the Sunday
school session. The membership of tho
schoool is 1,074 and yesterday's attend
ance was 1,032.
The attendance in the big (Men's
Bible class was 277. Two weeks ago
it was 230, last Sunday, February 14,
it was 250. Next Sunday the member
ship committee will strive 'to boost the
attendance to 300. To-night the class
will hold a Washington birthday ban
quet. Covers will be laid for 250. Dr.
Gossard, president of Lebanon Valley
College, will 'be the principal speaker.
CONSCIENCE PRICKED HIM
Man Who Raised Pay Check Gives Him
self Up to the Police
Saying he has had no luck since he
raised a pay check from $3.36 to
$30.36 and cashed it on a Harrisburg
hotel man, Samuel 8. Sherman, 55
years old, colored, "gave himsellf up"
to the Allentown police Saturday aft
ernoon.
No complaint of this kiud hail been
made to the local police who after a
search founuT the hotel man. Sherman
waa brought back to Harrisfburg this
afternoon. He was employed as a rig
ger on the Cumberland Valley Rail
road job in South Harristourg.
BIG FIRE IN EAST ST. -LOUIS
Property Damage Is Estimated at More
Than $130,0H0
East St. Louis, Ills., Feb. 22.—Fire
that started in the upper floor of Zieg
onheiu Brothers Furniture store to j Jay
spread to the four corners at the in
tersection of OolUnsville and St. Louis
avenues and caused a loss exceeding
$150,000.
Two buildings, the Ziegenheim build
ing and one occupied by the Fellner-
Crow store, were destroyed.
Derry Street Paving
The Harris'biirg Railways Company
thin morning announced that just as
soon as the weather opens up it will
begin operation for the paving of
Derry street from the present paving
line at Twenty-third street to the Poor
House lane, or Twenty-eighth street.
The paving of this stretch is' on the
City's spring paving program.
Messenger Boy Proves Hero
Noticing a glare of fire in the third
floor of 409 Cumberland street, Satur
day night, Ralph Anderson, a Western
Union messenger boy, rushed in ami
saved from a burning bed George Green
'burg, tho 16-month-old son of Samuel
Greeniburg, Anderson after threw a
'burning mattress out of the window.
The Good Will chemical engine was
called ibut the firemen were not needed.
Gtame of Craps Presages Spring
Spring must be surely here—(Police
man Spangler broke up a game of
craps in an open field near Division
street yesterday afternoon. There is
no surer sign of spring to a copper than
a crap game of this sort. Two caps
and an overcoat were picked up and
can be had ou application to the police.
Improvement at Tennis Courts
Steel standards, placed in concrete,
ar e to replace the old wooden posts that
flor years have been usel.t for support
ing the wire nets around six of the
eight Reservoir- tennis courts, so Park
Commissioner Taylor announced this
morning. Work will be started as soon
as the weather permits.
CAPITOL HILL
GOVERNOR'S VIEWS IN THE
COMPENSATION MEASURE
Workmen's BUI .Completed by Attorney
General Brown and to Be Made
Public This Week After Being
Printed in Pamphlet Form
The workmen 's compensation bill to
be backed by the administration us
carrying cut the views expressed by
Governor Brumbaugh in his personal
platform, has been completed by At
torney General Bruwn, and it is expect
ed that it will be made public this
week, after being printed in pamphlet
ftxnii for distribution among the mem
bers of the Legislature in order that
they may study it during the recess. It
is understood that the bill will apply
almost exclusively to manufactories,
mills, workshops and other places in
which numbers of men are employed
and that it is so arranged that it will
not affect agricultural interests. It wiH
bo introduced in the Senate and House
at the same time, iu order to facilitate
its passage. Before final action is ta
ken on the measure it is contemplated
to have hearings when all parties in
terested may present, their views.
The new child labor bill in process
of construction by the Attoirney Gen
oral's department to carry out the
platform views of the Governor, is ex
pected to be made public this week, and
will receive the administration support
instead of those introhl'uced in the Sen
ate by Mr. Phipps, of Venango, and in
the House by Mr. Reynolds, of Phila
delphia. Hearings will be held on the
'bill before it is finally reported,' and
organizations of children'» aid societies
from all over the State will be heard,
as weli as some manufacturers who are
opposed to the bill on general prin
ciples.
Governor Home
Governor Brumbaugh returned from
his trip to Philadelphia to-day, haivingi
gone there and back by automobile in
order to have a look at road condi
tions.
Local Option
The House Law and Order commit
tee will give the opponents and friends
of local option an opportunity to be
heard on the bill some afternoon next
week, ae yet not fixed. Both sides are
confident of winning, the opponents
claiming 140 votes against, and the
friends of the bill claiming a safe ma
jority in both Senate and House.
To Visit the Exposition
The Second Regiment National
Guard, of Philadelphia, has made ar
rangements to attend the Panama-
Pacific exposition at San Francisco in
June on the occasion of the dedication
of the Pennsylvania buildimg, when
Pennsylvania Day will be observed.
About seven hundred men will be in the
ranks, and the trip will cost about
$20,000, almost all of which has been
subscribed. The men will be gone two
weeks. •
Departments Closed
All of the departments on Capitol
Hill were closed to-day, it being a legial
holiday, and the north and south doors
of the big Capitol were closed, despite
the faict that hundreds of visitors were
there who could not visit at any other
time.
ZION CLASS BREAKS RECORD
Dr. Campbell Tells Harm of Leniency
of Men With Their Sons
'Because Ohirstian fathers are often
too lenient, their 'boys gain the upper
hand and go wrong, Dr. Campbell told
the Men's Organized Bible class of Zion
Lutheran dhurch at yesterday's session.
".Failure to do the thing we know is
right to do is sin," he said." The
church will never save the man whose
life is not right. 'He must have clean
motives and live in accordance with
what he professes."
There were 151 men present, the rec
ord attendance of the t'lass. Remarks
were made by E. K. Prazer, president of
the class, and H. M. Mercer, of Me
dia nicsbu rg. The class orchestra played
several selections and solos were sung
by Miss Kinzer and Mr. Zarker.
The record attendance of the entire
Sunday school at Zion was also broken
yesterday, with 586 present. The -of
ferings for foreign missions amounted
to more than a hundred dollars, the
largest ever given 'by the school.
HEAR OF "TWILIGHT SLEEP"
Many Women Listen to Talks on the
Successful Innovation
A large number of women this aft
ernoon heard the "Twilight Slecip"
talks given at the Ma.jestie Theatre 'by
Mrs. Marv Sumner Boyd and Mrs.
Frances jl. Carmody. The speakers
were introduced by Mrs. Mabel Cronise
Jones.
Both Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Carmody
received the "Twilight Slee-p" treat
ment at Freiburg, Germany, ami' are
now endeavoring to spread the news
of the success of the innovation. They
came here under the direction of the
National Twilight Sleep Association,
which has been organized for the pur
pose of introducing "Twilight Sleep"
through out this country. Only women
were admitted to the theatre this aft
ernoon.
COPPER FOR CONSTABLE
Joseph D. Coleman Seeks Nomination
in Ninth Ward
Joseph D. Coleman, 20 North Thir
teenth street, a member of the local
police force, has decided to enter the
political lists this fall as a candidate
for constable of the Ninth ward and is
already asking his friends for support.
He is a Democrat and will seek the
Democratic nomination.
He is the second member of the pres
ent force to strive for constable, Theo
dore Fehleiseu having announced his
candidacy for constable of the Third
ward.
LOCOMOTIVE BELL GONE
Lou Souers Must Answer at Court for
Alleged Larceny
Lou Souers was held for court under
SSOO 'bail this afternoon by Alderman
Hoverter. The railroad police prose
cuted him for the larceny of a 96-
pound 'bell from a locomotive whivvh
was on a siding near the Herr street
subway. .
Souers was arrested Saturday by
Policemen Schel'has and (Halsey. A la
borer with a wheelbarrow 'took the bell
b»ck to the railroad yards and the police
are wondering how Souers got away
with it. i
COMMISSION IS PROPOSED
FOR AGRICULTURAL DEPT.
Bill, Which Meets Some of the View*
of the Governor, Provides for a
Board of Eight Members, Who Shall
Appoint the Secretary
The bill submitted to Governor
Brumbaugh for the reorganization of
the State Department of Agriculture
by the legislative committee of the
State Board of Agriculture, and which
was referred to by the Governor in a
conversation as to a certain extent
meeting his views, is entitled "An act
for the creation and regulation of an
Agricultural Department," and, it was
learned to-day, will be introduced in
the House ucxt ween.
The new bill provides that a com
mission of seven, to be appointed by
the Governor, at least five of whom
shall be farmers, shall have charge of
tho State Department of Agriculture
and shall perform all the duties here
tofore by law invested in the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Secretary of Ag
riculture, the Deputy Secretary of Ag
riculture, the Director of Farmers' In
stitutes, (he Dairy and Pood Commis
sioner, State Live Stock Sanitary,
Board, Economic Zoologist, Assistant
Economic Zoologist, State Veterinarian
and Deputy State Veterinarian, and
shall generally have charge of all agri
cultural interests in bhc State, except
those which are now or may be as
signed to the Pennsylvania State Col
lege.
The first Board of Commissioners is
to be appointed within thirty days aft
er the approval of the act; two for two
years, two for four years, two for six
years and one for eight years, each at
an annual salary of $1,500. After
the first appointments all appointments
made at the expiration or the terms
of commissioners shall be for eight
years.
The Board shall reorganize every
two years by the election of a chair
man and secretary. All appointments
made by the Bonrd of subordinates in
the department shall require a majority
vote. The Board shall appoint a Secre
tary of Agriculture, to serve for four
years at » salary of $5,000 a year. It
shall also appoint all subordinate of
ficers, including the heads of divisions.
Prom what Governor Brumbaugh
said in speaking of the proposed re
organization of the Agricultural Depart
ment, there will be no change in the
work of farmers' institutes, the divi
sion of economic zoology or the dairy
and food division, that still being in
charge of the new Board; but educa
tional features, including lectures, and
so forth, will be taken charge of by
the State College.
GEORGE W. DAWSON DIES HERE
George W. Dawson, of Vandegrift,
Westmoreland county, clerk to a com
mittee in the House of Representatives,
died at the Keystone nospital, Third
and Briggs streets, yesterday afternoon
after an illness of four days, heart
trouble having succeeded pneumonia,
from which Mr. Dawson had suffered
for about a week.
Mr. Dawson contracted a heavy cold
while on his way to Harrisburg two
weeks ago and this developed into pneu
monia. On Saturday, his condition be
coming alarmiug, he was taken to the
hospital, where he died yesterday. He
was 50 years old and was prominent
in the municipal affairs of Vandegrift,
where he was secretary of the School
Board. He had been foreman of a
sheet tin mill in Vandegrift, but retired
from active work there about three
years ago to devote his time to school
work.
Mr. Dawson was prominent in c.hurch
and Masonic circles. Ho was teacher
of a large Bible class for men in the
Methodist church and a member of
Pittsburgh Consistory of Scottish Rite
Masons. He is survived by a widow
and young daughter. Mrs. Dawson was
with him when he died. The body was
taken to Vandegrift at noon to-day.
Jacob Sawyer
Jacofo Sawfyer, aged 71 years, died
at his home, 306 South Second street,
last nig'ht at 10 o'clock, after a linger
ing illness. Surviving 'him are his wife,
Rebecca: two daughters, Mrs. Linne
Craig, Mrs. Bertha Tolmie, and five
sons, William, Frank, Edward, Jacob,
Jr., and Lester, all of this city. He was
a member of Pokoson d-iodge No. 331,
Improved Order of Red Men.
Gertrude Jean Stine
The funeral of Gertrude Jean Stine,
infant daughter of IMT. and Mrs. Wil
liam S. Stine, Fnola, was held Uhis aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock from the 'home o-f
iher grandmother, Mrs. Klizaibeth T.
Stine, 623 North Second street, the
Rev. (Henry W. A. Hanson, pastor of
Messiah Lutheran church, officiating.
Interment was in the Harrisbutg ceme
tery.
Myrtle I. Gill
Myrtle I. Gill, aged 20 years, died
at her home, 1313 Derry street, yester
day morning at 10.15 o'clock. lAineral
services will be held Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock at t'he home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Christ,
at York. I'uther services will be held
in the (First Church of the Brethren,
York, and interment will be in Green
mont cemetery.
John Klinger
Funeral services for John Kliuger,
Who died Thursday, will be held to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock at the
funeral «hapel of Undertakers Hoover
& Son, 14'13 Second street. The" Rev.
Dr. J. Bradley iMarkward, pastor of the
Bethlehem Lutheran church, will have
Charge of the services. Interment will
be made in the Paxtang cemetery.
Myrtle Arnold
Funeral services for Myrtle Arnold,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Arnold,
w'ho died Saturday morning at the home
of her parents, 330 Delaware street,
were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Rev. J. S. Armstrong, assistant pas
tor of Pine Street Pies'bytcrian ■church,
officiated. Interment was in t'he Har-
cemetery.
Federal Trade Commission Named
Washington, Feb. 22.—President
Wilson to-dav nominated the following
members of the new Federal Trade
Commission: Joseph E. Da vies, of Madi
son, Wis.; Rd-ward N. Hurley, of Chi
cago; William J. Harris, of Oedartown,
Ga.; William H. Parry, of Seattle,
Wash., and George Rublee, of Cornish,
N. H.
Politically, the commission has
three Democrats, one Progressive-Re
publican and one Progressive. Perry is
described by the White House as a
Progressive-Republican and Rublee M
a (Progressive.