8 RUSSIAN CORPS 111 DESK FIGHT Plight of Twentieth, Cut Off From Tenth Army. Described in Official Report REPEL ATTACKS ON FOUR FRONTS Russians Claim That Although Their Troops Were Surrounded by a Ger man Army, the Former Inflicted Heary Losses Upon Kaiser's Forces Petrograd. Feb. 24.—The desperate iresistance offered by the Twentieth eorps of the Russian army to the ad vance of the Hermans it Kast Prussia Kfter it hud been out off from the %"enth army is described in an official lommunication issued here last night. The report is based upon information receive! from "various individuals be longing to this corps who managed to escape." The Russians claim that a though these troops were surrounded by a German army in the territory be tween Goldap and Swwalki they inflict ed heavy losses upon their antagonists. They repelled attacks on four fronts, •'until their strength was- completely exhausted.'' The communication fol lows: Russian Communication Broken ' • The communication of February 21 which described the unusually iifficult position of parts of our army corps •luring the retreat in East Prussia ap plied to portions of the Twentieth corps commanded by Lieutenant General Pu ! - |.-akotf. comprising the Twelfth division nod three reserve regiments. Com munication l>etween this corps and the Tenth army was broken on Febrnarv 13 and the corps found itself sur rounded in the country between Goldap Mtti Suwalki by a German army which nonstantlv increased in numbers. "This corps fought heroically until February 22 an enemy which outnumbered it several times, 'hiring these days the troops marched about "2 miles, continuing ;o force a pa-sage for themselves toward the southeastern part of the forest of Aujjustowo. Heavy Gennan Losses Reported "According to accounts given by prisoners our corps indicted heavy losses upon the Germans who attempt ed to bar the way, particularly in the lake region and the forest near Ohita. •" Reports just given by various in dividuals belonging to this or;** who managed to escape show the corps was ready to fight until its strength was completely exhausted, gallantly repell ing attacks on our four fronts, retain ing its artillery and taking with it many German prisoners. "Severe fighting continues ou the right banks of the Bibr and Narew rivers. Many detachments which took the offensive near Ossowetz on Feb ruary 21 were forced back by the fire of our artillery. Fighting has been in progress north of Loraza on the road~ t • Radzalow, Artehoutcbina an 1 Koine. In spite of attacks bv stroug forces we hold Jedwabno. German Offensive in Przasnysz "A German attack along the Szcue ryn-Kolno road was supported in ring the nignt of February 22 by armored automobiles and unusually intense. "Tiie German offensive continues in the Pnmsnvsz district. Three attacks upon Przasnysz were repulsed, our armored automobiles assisting greatiy in this respect. fire decimate I the Germans at a distance of To paces. On the road to Plousx some villages changed hands several times. "South of the Moghelv farm on the left back of the Vistula we explode: mines under a German trench, occupy ing the dugouts in the remainder of the German trenches. W t > cantured three machine guus. trench motars and also took a number of prisoners. The losses to the Germans caused by the mine explosions numbered 500. Austrian Attacks Repulsed "In the Carpathians the Austrians bombarded a e nvent south of Mezola boroz with 12-inch motors. We re pulsed persistent Austrian attacks Ln region of Miko, Smolinka and Tiszvoca and inflicted enormous losses upon the enemy in the region of Mylo Koziourka. "Austrian troops have taken th> jda.es of the Germans south of Bolina. Obstinate fighting has begun at Stanis lau against great forces of the enemy. "Between January 21 and Februarv "0 our army in the Carpathians rap ture.l 691 officers, 47.840 men, 17 can non and llsi mitrailleuses." BAPTISTS FORM I.MOX Young People of City Organize and Elect Officers Pro Tern. The rally of Ba tist young people of 1 Harris.>urg held last evening at the 1 Tabernacle Baptist church resulted iu the formation of what will be known as : the Harris jug Baptist V. P. Union. The Rev. Calvin Hare was elected 1 president pro tem. George C. F. Sharp was eiected secretary pro tem. The executive committee 'of the union is 1 composed of the officers of the local so- ' eieties. They will meet next Tuesday 1 evening at the Tabernacle Baptist ' church to complete the organization of * the union, draw up a constitution and j ' nominate officers for the year. There will be another raliv of the union on March 23 at the First Bap tist church. Second and Pine streets, at , i.45 p. m. The s;>eaker of the evening' at that meeting will be the Rev. Dr. Voutier. a prominent Baptist of the State, president of the Philadelpnia! : Ba t;s; 1, P. I nion. Other speakers i to be brought here to speak at various ! i rallies are the Rev. I»r. Spencer, of Phil i adclphia; toe Rev. Mr. Williamson and | i Dr. 'Howard, tem[>eranoe lecturer. c Wilson Still Hopes for Ship Bill I By Ats*x intrd Press. Washington, Feb. 24. —President i Wilson conferred on the situation in c » ongress to-day with Senators Stone. Simmons and Fletcher and it was re iterated at the White House that the i President had not abandoned his hope 1 ihar the snip. Philippine and Skields t water j*>wer bills might be passed in i the remaining seven days of Congress. t — j Artistic Printing at Star-Independent, a CASI NEEDED TO INSPECT THE STATE'S BUST BEES "Fool Brood" of Both European and American Types la Worse Than the Foot and Mouth Disease According to Beekeepers Now in Session The European foul brood and Amen -1 can foul brood are destined to be as ' famous as the foot and mouth disease Ij if The Pennsylvania Beekeepers' Asso ' elation has its way. The foot an I mouth disease loses in comparison with this bee pestilence and efforts will be I nifiie by the association to curb it with state aid, just as the disease that af-, I fects live stocks is curbed. Bees will be quarantined, but mind j ! : you. they are not killed like cattle, they are treated ami after tho disease isj I checked, the bees increase the output ' | of honey, and that is the argument the ; t beekeepers put forth. The legislative committee reported j " this afternoon that it favors a bill to be ; i sent to the General Assembly carrying . an appropriation of SIO,OOO to cum lon the State inspection work. This work was legalized four years ago but there was no money to pay salaries of e i inspectors, several of whom worked for i II two years without pay and two more' - with only part pay. j The bee industry in Pennsylvania, el according to Professor H. A. Surface. 1, State Zoologist and president or the . | Beekeepers' Association, is $2,500,000. i j The annual honey output is valued at ! -1 $1,000,000, the value of the bees in! >| 300,000 colonies at $1,000,000 and the' value of fixtures for the industry $500,- ■' j 000. -| N. B. Critchfield. State Secretary of - Agriculture, opened the eleventh "an ! - naul convention last night with an a I- 1 • dress of welcome. Professor Surf a e spoke. There was informal discussion - otf the diseases of bees this morning, < The legislative committee's report took! up most of tiie afternoon. The closing! session will be held to-night. Thirtv j j members attended the sessions which . were held in the Senate caucus room iu j the State Capitol. RAINS CAI SK RISK IX RIVER i' No Flood Is Anticipated Here,. However —Mercury Rises to 52 Degrees The heavy rain which began to fall , early this morning througho.it the Sus t quehannn watershed is again causing the river to rise at this point. K. K. Demaiu, local weather observer, re , ported the Susquehanna rose two feet . here in the twenty four hours previous to x o'clock this morning and t is ex it pected t.' contiuue rising until to-mor ro« night. A stage of 5.5 feet is fore casted here for to-morrow morning. I'n | less t here is very much more precipita i tion there will be no danger of a serious flood. i The rain this morning was not ex ceptionally heavy knit it was general 1 throughout the watershed, all upriverM stations reporting precipitation. The rain will continue to-night in a slightly! lower temperature. The lowest temperature here las: 1 n jht was o2 degrees. To-niorrcsw will • be partly cloudy and somewhat colder. BOY STUPEFIED BV LIQUOR Lochiel Kow Couple Charged With Giv ing It to Him I-} .-w in mui flattie Twyman, colored. No. 3 Lochiel row. were arrestee! this morning on a charge of furnishing liq uor to minors, the charge growing > UT of the finding of Joseph Cleckner, 17 years old. 659 Calder street, at :<ixth and Dauphin -treets by the police last eveniug. who said he was under the in fluence of liquor. Cleckner was taken to the Harris imrg hospital where the liquor was pumped from iiis stomach. He was dis charged from that institution this morn ing and taker, to police headquarters by hi- rather, who na.- responsible tor the charge made against the Twyman*. Mike Braaley. a white man. who ua found in the woman's house, was locked up on a disorderly practice charge. MIZZLE CLUB PLANS DINNER Newspapermen's Organization Elects Officers at Annual Business Session The annual dinner of the Muzzle Club, composed of the active newspa per writers of the city, will be held April 10. This was decided at the an nual business meeting of the club he.d yesterday afternoon in tie editorial rooms of the Star-lit impendent. Seven new members, from the staffs of the three Harriaburg daily news papers, were elected to membership. Of ficers for the ensuing year were chosen as follows: President. V. Hummel Berg haus, Jr.. Star-Independent; vice, presi dent, t-ius M. Steinmetz. "Telegraph;'" secretary, Wellington (i. Jonts, "Tele graph," and treasurer, Anthony K a mer, "Patriot." EVA NO ELIC A L CON FERENCE East Pennsylvania Ministers Will Meet at Beading To-morrow By Atsoadttd Press, Reading, Pa.. Feb. 24.—The annua l , missionary meeting of the East Penn sylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association was held here to-day with sessions both afternoon and evening. The missionary meeting was feature. 5 with an address by the Rev. Dr. W. H. Heinmiller. of Cleveland, Ohio. The i-onference proper will be opened to-morrow morning by B.shop S. C. Breyfogel, of this. city. He will ad minister holy communion and deliver his annual address at this sen-ice. The eonference will be in session nearly a week. BANK OPENS FOR BUSINESS First National of Schaefferatown in Charge of Directors Lebanon. Pa., Feb. 24.—The First; National bank at Schaefferatown which recently closed after its cashier com-! ii it ted suicide because of irregularities ! in his accounts, was reopened for busi- I ness to-day with W. Russell Ramsey as t ■ashier and Thomas Mock as te'ller. j Howard C. Shirk, .if this city, is the | hank's new solicitor. Bank Examiner Logan left to-day j and the old bank directors are in •harge of the institution. Four Perish As Home Burns East St. Louis, 111., Feb. 24. —John H. Stutzman, a grocer, his two daugh ;ers and a son were burned to death **hen their home was destroyed bv tire lere early today. Another son, 17 rears old. escaped by jumping from a lecond-story window. HARRISBURG STAJMNDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1915. SHIP WITIII. S. CARGO IS DETAINED BY TBE BRITISH London, Feb. 4, 1.24 P. M.—The Norwegian steamer Vitalia. '33 tons, from New York. February 15, for Rot- I terdam wfth a cargo of packing prod - nets loaded under the supervision of the British consul general at New York, i has been detained by the Hritish au ! thorn lew at - Falmouth pending an in ' vest igat ion. It seems that the British ' government wants to determine who are the Rotterdam consignees of the Vitalia's cargo. The embassv and the consulate are i working on this case and it is believed I that the ship and her cargo soon would i be released. I New York. Feb. 24.—.The ste:wner Vitalia. owned by a firm in Sweden, I was chartered for the trip by the Fed i eral Forwarding Company of this city, and carried a cargo of meats from Chi cago packers. It was consigned, a rep -1 resentAtive of the company said, to Americau agents of the packers in Rotterdam and to wholesale provision houses there representing New York firms. The vessel was loaded here, accord ing to the chartering company, in the presence of American customs inspec tors :uid representatives of the consul general of Holland anil Great Britain, both of whom issued certificates to the captain, vouching for the nature of the cargo. It was not known whether these certificates vouched for the consignees, however, or s-tated positively the ulti mate disposition of the good's aboard. | RUSSIANS CMSTIEB-IBR RIVER, IS BERLIN REPORT Berlin, FN). 24, By Wireless to Lon don, 0.07 P. M.—The official report ou the progress of the war given out in Berlin to-day says Russians have succeeded in crossiug the Bobr river, in Northern Poland, in two places. The, statement is as follows: "In the western theatre of war: Near Perthes, in Champagne, Frebch in fantry divisions yesterday made an at tack on several places. Violeut hand to hand fightiing took place, which every where resulted in favor of the Germans. The enemy suffered heavy loosses and was driven back to his positions. "In the Yosrge* German attacks against Sulzern and Mueblbach, east ot Stossweier, made progress. In the en gagements during the last few days we made 500 prisoners. Otherwise nothing important has occurred on the western front. "Eastern theatre of war: A new- Russian advance against Grodno was easily repulsed. Southeast of Augus tow 0 the Russians crossed the Bobr river in two places. Neiar Sztabin thev have already been driven ba.-k. Near Krasuyborg the engagement continues. Near Przasnys* 1,200 Russians were made prisoners and two cannot were taken. A Russian uight attack east of Skieruiewieo was repulsed." LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY Com!mini Krom l--|r«i Pae«- lent attacks made by tae French were repulsed. Along the Eastern Prussian border, in Northern Poland, some of the fiercest engagements of the campa gn in the east are taking place. An official state ment from Petrograd reports that in I these battles villages changed hands ■ several tiiues. Three German attacks on Przasnysz. where the conflict is sharpest, are said to have been re pulsed. A Berlin di patch says it is reported there that ' further obstacles have arisen" to prevent an invasion of Russia. The correspondent of a Paris : newspaper estimates that the Germans lost 50,000 men in the fighting in the north. In the Carpathians the scries of de tached battle? continues with no sign of a conclusion. The Russian War Of-; fice announced that Austrian attacks at several po.nts were repulsed, with enor-' mous losses for the attacking forces. It i is claimed that during the. last month more than 48.000 Austrians have been captured. It was announced officially in Berlin that a British transport had been sunk off Beachy Head, England. The location and time given make it prob able. however, that the Berlin announce ment has reference to the sinking of a British naval collier, which was made known last night. A report from French sources is that the Rumanian army will take the field in April. The Rumanian Minister to London, according to this unconfirmed statement, will shortly present to the British government a communication to this effect. DAMAGE SUIfjOES TO JURY Mrs. Lerch and Her Husband For Sec ond Time Explain Claims Against a Trolley Line The second court trial of the dam age suit of Mrs. Mstjel Lervh and her husband, Harry Lerch, against the Hummelstown and Campbellstown Street Railway Company, was brought ' to a dose before Judge McCarreH thfa : afternoon and the jury took the case, j 1 The plaintiff's claim for damage is 1 based upon aa accident in which Mrs. ] Lerch is said to have been thrown from one of the defendant company's cars ' aud injured. She seeks damage's for persona! in juries and the husband's claim is b3sed upon the alleged loss of hie wife's • services through her being invapaciate I 1 by the injuries. At the first trial a jury ! decided in favor of the plaintiffs, but the appellate court allowed the defend- ■' ant company's appeal for a new trial, j' In Judge Kunkel's court this morn- ; ing attorneys agreed that if the plain tiff in the suit of E. F. Phillips against Allen, Andrew and Richard Budd, is j entitled to recover anything, he shall have $1,300. A question of law is in volved which the court muetJ decide, j i The jury rendered a verdict in favor of i the plaintiff and the legal points will c be raised in a motion by the defense t for judgment notwithstanding the vert diet. t Phillips' tract of woodland in the c upper end of the county was sold for e taxes by the County Treasurer several t years aijo and was bought by the Budds who removed the tinrber. Phillips eon- 1 tends that the procedure at the time I of the sa>le of his land was faultv ami t a clear title ie not held by tn| Biidd». t CAPITOL HILL , PUBLIC SERVICE PROTESTS The Commisaion Returns After Sitting Two Days in Pittsburgh to Hear Complaints The Public Service Commission, aft (• er a sitting of two days in Pittsburgh, , returned last uvht. While away it < heard witnesses in the matter of tiio I Butler Water Company, complaints | against which have been made to the I effect that its rates are too high and its service not good. The case will be taken I up at the regular meeting here next - week, along with a number of other , complaints made against public utility companies. Charles W. Bucket, of Gettysburg, who is connected with the White Run Rural Telephone i ompiwiy. tiles a com i plaint against ihe Cumberland Valley i Telephone Company, alleging a viola i tion of contract to the extent that the Rural Company has lost considerable! business. ' A. Sisk, of Factoryville, Wyoming, . county, complains to the Public Serv ice Commission, that the Arlington i I Electric Company refuses to furnish him service unless he pays exorbitant . and discriminatory rates. . Former Senator Dead Henry J. McAteer, former State Sen ator from Huntingdon, died at his home iu Alexandria yestertlay, aged 7T years, from iujuries sustained iu an I automobile acc.deut last October, when j his companion, Or. J. P. Brallter, svas : killed. Mr. McAteer served iu the Sen j ate iu the sessions of ISSS and ISS7. ' forming one of the Democratic minor ! »t;v. he was afterwards Surveyor of - the Port of Philadelphia from I JsyU to I*9? under President Cleveland. In IS! 3, when the House was Democratic, Mr. McAteer was a candidate for chief clerk, but was defeated by P. Gray Meek, of Bettefonte, who was after wards a Senator and for years secretary I of the Democratic State Committee. Mr. McAteer was one of the most prominent Democrats in the Juniata valley, and hud a large politics 1 following. Farmers' Institutes The spriujt season of farmers' insti tutes opened to-day under the supervis ion of Deputy Secretary of Agriculture! Algcron S. Martin, the first \>eiug held at Halifax. Ou Friday and Saturday institutes will be he.d at Cr.it/, when Dr. H. A. Surface will have charge. State Police Busy On information from the chief of po lice of New Kensington, W estmoreland county, that Bertha I'nger was found dead at her home on Sunday uight and her husband, Fritz I'nger, was missing, Privates Swart/, and Merritield, Troop A. State police, were detailed on the I case and arrested I'nger nt 'McDonald, | Washington county, yesterday, and took I him to New Kensington where he made i the statement that he had ciioken his j | wife to death. Privates Dressier and Cook, of the | State police, investigating the fire | which partially destroyed the home of j ' Joseph S. Nocjar. in Lvndora, Butler 1 | county. -rrested Nocjar on a charge of arson. The defendant was given a hear- j ing before Squire Peft'er, iu Butler, and i was held for court, being released un l : der sl,llOO bail. I After Papers Candidates for common pleas judge j j in various parts of the State are getting ' I ready to enter tho contest and are re j questing the State Department to send i them nomination petitions for the pur | [ ose of securing names. No blanks can <>e sent, however, as it is uncertain whether the primary law will be j changed by the present Legislature. The j present law prohibits the circulation of nomination petitions until June 25, be fore which time no names can be! j garnered, but it is contemplated to j i change the law so that the time to be j i gin securing names is advanced a week i [earlier, throwing the last day for filing i | a week earlier, the time for that pur-1 , pose being considered too short just at I , present, as it does not give the County | Commissioners sufficient time to have j j the ballots printed. I'nder the eon- I template,! change it would give them I one week more of time. There are oth er changes contemplated in the election laws, but until they are made petitions and nomination papers cannot be dis- i tributed from the State Department. There has been talk. also, of repealing ; the non-partisan ballot law, but recently | Senator Penrose was quoted as opposing ! tile repeal, au.l it is not thought that a bill lo that effect will be introduced. I General Powell in Pittsburgh Auditor General Powell was called j to Pittsburgh this week on business i connected with his department and will ! ! return on Monday, New Jersey Live Stock Barred The State Live Stock Sanitary Board ; held a meeting to-day and after hear- j ; ' n £ reports from State Veterinarian Marshall regarding the prevalence of j the loot and mouth disease among the j live stock of New Jersey, decided to [ put up the quarantine bars against all • 'ive stock from that State. The board's 1 agents have been very active in pre- 1 venting a spread of the disease in this j 1 J tate. and at the same time have been j 1 keeping watch on developments in j other States, succeeding iu detecting j some affected cattle from New Jersey, reporting promptly. Until it is shown j that the disease no longer exists in I] that State no cattle will be allowed to I be brought from there to Pennsylva nia. 1 Will Go to Dauphin \ 1 An appointment of messenger in the 1 1 Attorney General's Department to sue- ' eeed the late Daniel Bmbaker will be ' made shortly by Attorney General J Brown. There are a number of appli cants for the place froin Dauphin eoun, ' tv, which will get the appointment. CHURCHMEN PLAN CANVASS v a Will Meet to Arrange for Visits Among 1 Members of Redeemer Lutheran The men of the Redeemer Lutheran fj church will meet to-morrow evening at a 8 o clock in the basement of the chi.rch to make preparations for an every-member canvass of the congrega tion whitfi is to be carried on during C the coming month. The ofojeet of the canvass is to make the church more efficient in the work it is doing in the east end of the eity. \ The weekly prayer meeting, with re- J ligious instructions by the pastor, the; t Rev. E. Vic-tor Roland, will be held this evening, followed by teachers' 1 training class. i GERMAN SUBMARINE SINKS OAKBY. ft BRITISH VESSEL London. Feb. 24, 2.18 P. M.—The British steamer Oakby was torpedoed by h German submarine off Rye yes terday. Her crew was rescued by n Ashing smack and lauded at Kamsgate today. The Oakby was bound in ballast from London for Cardiff, Wales. She was struck on the port side. Her main hatches were blown off, her decks were splintered and (he biunacle whs hurled into the air. One lifeboat was swamped by the great volume of water j thrown up' by the explosion of the I torpedo. i The fishing smirk Gratia, which was four miles off. felt the shock of the explosion and hastened to the scene. The fishermen arrived in time to take off the erew of the Oakby, none of the members of which was injured. The periscope of a submarine was seen before the explosion by the chief engineer of the Oakby. An at tempt was made to tow the Oakby to Dover, but she sank off Folkestone this morning. The loss of the Oakby apparently I was mentioned in a dispatch from j Lydd, England, last night. This mes- I sHfie referred to the torpedoing of two vessels off Hastings. One sank, but her crew was saved and landed at Rams gate. The other was in a sinking condi tion and a mine .weeper was described as endeavoring to tow her into Dover. The Oakby was 2?5 feet long and of 1,251 tons. She was built in 1597 and was owned in \Yest' Haftleipool. AUSTRIAN'S LEAVE POSITIONS ON THE BIKOWINA FRONTIKR Ijondon. Feb. 24, 3.29 A. M. —Aus- trian troops and artillery have evacu ated the positions they occupied on the Bukowina frontier across the Pruth river from Mamornita, Rumania, says a dispatch to the ''Daily Mail" from Mamornita dated Monday. The r,»tir- I ing forces are said to have moved hack to Ciernowitz because of the accurate Kus.-;au artillery fire. Tho Austrians fear, says the "Mail's"' correspondent, that the Rus sians are preparing a new offensive in the direction of Czernowitz and there are no signs of an attempt by the ' Austrians to a further advance. Tho | roa.\is are deep in slush and mud be cause of a thaw. Mamornita is situated almost at the point where the frontier of Ru mania joins tho.se of Galicia, Bukowina and Podolia, a government of South western Russia. German Oun Explodes: « Killed Geneva, Fob. 24, via Paris, 11.22 A. M.—One of the largest and newest of the heavy German guns, which was being used in the bombardment of a position of the allies near Thann, Al sace, exploded to-day. One officer and five gunners were killed. Vessels Being Taken Off Run Berlin, 'Feb. 24 (by wireless to Sav ville)—Various dispatches reaching Berlin from Dutch and other ports on the North sea set forth that every day sees more vessels taken off the runs from North sea ports to the British Isles. MASTER PLUMBERS~CUILIY Thirty-six of Them Are Convicted of Violating the Sherman Anti- Trust Law Des Moines, la., Feb. 24. —Thirty- six master plumbers who have been on trial here since February 10 on charges of violating .he Sherman anti trust law were convicted by a jury in Fedearl District Court to-day. Judge John C. Pollock will pass sentences la ter. The men are residents of lowa, Ne braska. Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and are members and officials of the National Association of Master Plumbers and of the State organizations of that body. It was charged in the indictments rendered here June 4 that the associa tion had been operatiug in violation of the Sherman law ever since its or ganization in ISBI and that it had eonspired to interfere with the busi ness of plumbers and plumbing supply houses not members of the association. LAWYER'S BODY IX RIYER Missing Philadelphian Is Found Float ing in the Potomac Washington, Feb. 24.—The body of James W. King, a Philadelphia lawyer, was found tloatiing in the Potomac j river to-day. So far as the authorities could determine there were no marks of violence. King was la«t seen here on January S and thereafter a wide search was con-1 ducted for him. Philadelphia, Feb. 24.—James W.! Kiog, whose body was foumd in the Potomac river to-day, had been in ill! health for some time. He was 56 years i old. Before becoming a member of the | bar he was a well known newspaper ] man, having been managing editor of a PhiladeJphia morning paper. MANY WANT TO JOIN CLASS Elliott-Fisher Company Will Pick Twenty From 300 Aspirants More than three hundred applications! hav e been received at the offices of the j Elliott-Fisher Company, according to ; Assistant Sales Manager Seely, for en-| roliment in a training class to be opened March 1 for salesmen. Of these aspir- j ants, who are from points as far d'is- < tant as South Dakota, twenty or more:i will be selected for the class. The training will begin next Mon- j I day, and continue through a month, • when the students will be graduated j i and put out on the road. It is planned i < to start another class in May. The men who received instruction "in the ttrat class, opened in January at the of- i Bees, are now salesmen for the cotnpanv and many are making good. PRESIDENT GIVES PLUMS , George W. Acklin Collector of Customs < at Pittsburgh i By Associated Press, < Washington, Feb. 24.—President i Wilson to-day nominated George W. Acklin, of Pittsburgh, Collector of Cus toms for the Pittsburgh district. Melville J. France, of Brooklyn, N. I V., United States Attorney for the 1 Basteru District of New York. j COURT HOUSE 1 PUNS FOR DORK SEWERS Further ImproVMnont Work Soon Will Be Put Under Contract Specifications now are being pre pared by the city engineering depart ment for the construction of four sewer sections and as eooo as they nre com pleted Highway Commissioner William H. Lynch will issue a call for bids. These proposals must be accompanied by the usual bonds in twenty-live per cent. o>f the contract price, the bond to warrant tilie completion of the con tract. A certified check in ten per cent, of the amount of the bid also must be tiled, this to guarantee the contractor'sj sincerity in bidding. This is made nee essary by an ordinance passed by the City Commissioners yesterday and which becomes effective' in ten days. These sewer sections are piroposed: Rudy street, Eighteenth to Delancey; Uohuicev, Rudy to S>pet\cer; Spencer, DeUncev to Twentieth, amf Nineteenth, Spencer to llildrup. Bids on a number of proposed water mains authorize! by ordinance approved yesterday will be received by Commissioner llowinsu on or albout March 15. Building Permit Samuel Witmver got a permit to-day to build a two and one half story frame house at 2401 North Second street, costing $3,500, Mrs. M. J. Mul caliv also got papers to remodel the home at 405 Herr street. Will Probated The of Catherine Craig, late of Harri.*i>urg, was probated this morning and letters testamentary on the estate were granted to Ciarke E. Diehl. Marriage Licenses William E. Dietrich and Helen M. Hoffman, l/vkons township. Harry R. Myers and Hmmn P. Ty jfon. Red Lion. Stuart C. Wallace, Enola, and Eliza beth M. Kreig, Harrislvurg. HARRISONISJMY BEATEN Five Times Elected Mayor of Chicago, He Was Defeated Yesterday for Democratic Nomination By Associated Press. Chicago, Feb. 24.—With four pre cincts missing early to-day, revised figures of yesterday's primaries show that Carter H. Harrison, who is serv ing his fifth term as Mayor, was de feated for the Democratic nomination by Robert M. Sweitzer, county clerk, 'by a majority of 77,551. \ otes cast for Mr. Harrison, son of Carter H. Harrison, Sr., who also was Mayor of Chicago for five terms, totaled 104, 983. Women cast 36,207 of them. For Mr. Sweitaer, 182,534 ballots were cast. 57,666 bv women. William Thompson's plurality over Harry Olson, chief justice of the Municipal Court, for the Republican nomination for Mayor, was 2,325. The total vote for Mr. Thompson was 87,- 060, while Olson's was 54.735. The former received 25,842 votes cast by women and Olson 32,922. Charles M. Thompsou was unopposed as the Progressive candidate. TECH CONCERT PROGRAM Third Annual Event in School Auditor ium February 27 A fine program has been selected by the Technical High school orchestra for their third annual concert, which will be given in the Tech High school au ditorium Saturday e'ening, February 27. The orchestra, which is considered one of the finest school orchestras in Pennsylvania, will be assisted by mem bers of the Updegrove orchestra. Da vid Heffletinger is leader and Prof. George W. Updegrove is the conductor. The soloists for the evening will be Mrs. Roy G. Cox, soprano; David M. IHetflefinger, cornet; G. Webber Knight, violin, and Ross Harman, baritone. A large attendance is expected, as a large number of tickets have been already sold. The program is as follows: March, "'The Ultimatum," Thos. S. Allen, orchestra; selection, "The Girl From-Utah," Jerome Kern, orchestra; soprano solo, "An Open Secret," R. Huntington Woodman, Mrs. Roy G. Cox; two short numbers (a) "Sere nade," Victor Herbert, (b) "Beau coup de Poivre," Harold Bien; violin solo. "Sextet," Gaetano Donizetti, G. Webber Knight; baritone solo, "Less Than the Dust," Amy Finden, Ross Harman; "Hungarian Dance No. 97," ' Johannes Brahms; cornet solo, "Tell Me, Pray," from "The Ameer." Vic tor Herbert, David M. Heftlefinger; so prano solo (a) "The Woodpigeon," ('b) "The Owl," Liza Lehman, Mrs. Rov G. Cox: selection from the opera, "Faust," Ch. Gounod; march, "Na tional Spirit,"'Fred H. Hager. PLANS TO COMPLETE SCHOOL Bonding Company May Let New Con tract on the Shimmell Building The Fidelity & Deposit Company of | Maryland, bonding company for John W. Emory, the Philadelphia contractor who threw up the contract on the new . Shimmel school building at Seventeenth and Catherine streets, is getting bids , for the completion of the work. The en tire contract may be re-let by the bond ing company or the present subcon tractors may be permitted to complete 1 the work under a superintendent. D. D. Hammelbaugh, secretary of the Ilarrisburg School Board, believes there is enough money remaining in the fund set aside to complete the work. The monthly estimates allowed to the con tractor by the architect, C. Howard Lloyd, are believed to be within SIOO of the cost of the building in its pres ent state. The proposed special meeting of the School Board has been postponed from to-morrow night to the regular time for meeting. The Finance Committee, how ever, will hold its scheduled session. , Would Bemove Tax on Wheat Flour 1 By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 24.—Proposals to remove the tax on mixed corn and wheat flour, in the hope of reducing the 1 price of breadstuffs, were abandoned ' to-day by the House Ways and Means Committee, which decided there was <] not time in the remaining days of the Sixth-third Confess to enact them into law. — ( To Preach at Second Zion < Dr. Hughes, of "Mount Zion church, ( Steelton, will preach at the Second Zion 1 Baptist church, this city, on Sunday < afternoon at 3 o 'clock. f FINANCE NEW YORK STOCK. EXCHANGE* QUOTATIONS. j PwnUahed by H. W. Suavely, Broker. Arrade Building, Walnut and Court Streets Now York, Feb. 24. o|u<u. 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It is of immense proportions and its mu sical qualities vary in scope from au organ solo to the capabilities of an or chestra. It will ta'ke several days to put it in place. In the meantime the keyboard, which is larger than an ordi nary Grand piano, and very complicated in construction, -will be on' exhibition in the front part of the theatre. An in strument identical with the one at the Victoria will furnish music at the Pau ama-iPacific Exposition. Adv. FIRE BENEATH AUTOMOBILE Friendship Chemical Called to Extin guish Blaze on Third Street D. H. Shoipe, 2013 North Sixth street, was driving nor till on Third street unaware that his steam-propctlled automobile was 011 fire 'beneath until Policeman Mehring in the police patiol ran alongside and called his attention to it. The policeman callcfdi the Friendship chemical engine while Shape ran his machine into Sfrawiberry street, off Third. The firemen soon responded and the contents of one hand chemical tank extinguished the blaze. The car wa,s not badly damaged. The fire is said to have started when a "burner'' under the coils of the car ignited some wool that was saturated with odl. . Foster and Bride Land Safely Colonel Samuel D. Foster, chief en gineer of the State Highway Depart ment, and Mrs. Foster reached New York last night on the st?amship Santa Marta from Santa Marta, Colombia, after an exceedingly stormy voyage, in which the vessel lost its rudder off ('ape Ilattera3 and came near being I wrecked. Colonel Foster came to Ilarrisburg ; this afternoon and was at the depart ment receiving congratulations on his safe arrival. Mrs. Foster remained in Philadelphia with her parents, Colonel and Mrs. Walter T. Bradley. She was Miss Helen Trego Bradley until her wedding to Colonel Foster 011 January 25, last. She is a member of the Har risburg Couutry Club and is well known to society folk here. BUTTENHOFER FUNERAL Services Will Be Held at His Late Home Friday Afternoon Funeral services for John W. Dut -1 tenhofer, who dropped dead yesterday at the Dauphin county almshouse, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late home, 14 24 Peun street. The services will be in charge of the Rev. DT. J. Bradley Mark'ward, pastor of the Bethlehem Luthera/n church. In terment will be private in the Paxtang eccmtery. Mr. Duttenhofer is survived bv his mother, Mrs. A. K. I>utteuhofer; three brothers, Jacob, George and Fred, and one sister, Miss Hertha Duttenhofer. Two daughters, Mrs. Bmi4 Kissler and Mrs. Walter Buehler, both of Philadel phia, also survive. Lenten Organ Recital The second of the series of six Lent en organ recitals at St. Stephen's Epis-' copal church will be given next Satur day afternoon at 5 o'clock by George B. Rodgers organist at St". James' church, assisted by his boy soloist, Mastei Ernest Kilgore.
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