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.
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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. Close.
r Alaska Gold Minos ... 27 1 0 27%
• Anial Copper 511 * 51^,
1 Vmer Beet Sugar 36' s 36',
i, American Can . . 25*4 26
I do pfd i) 2 92'
r Am far an<l Foundry Ho 40 40 1/,
> Am Cotton Oil ...... 431' 44
Am Ice Securities .... 25 25
Amer Loco 21 21
f Amer Smelting lil) sy:i'»
< American Sugar 100'4 I 00'„
4 Amer Tel undTel .... 117% IIS
• Anaconda 25 25
• Atchison 92%
I Baltimore and Ohio ... 65 tii>
Bethlehem Steel 54 54':,
Brooklyn H T 85% s5 > 3
; California Petroleum .. 17% 17%
, Canadian Pacific 155<7. 156 :l H
, Central Leather _ :t3 34
r Chi, Mil and St. Paul. 83% 83%
Chino Con Copper 34 35
> Col Fuel and Iron .... 23 23%
1 Consol Gas 116 1'15%
Corn Products 9 ft
Instilling Securities ... 10% 10%
Krie 20% 20'/,
Erie, Ist pfd 32% 33
General Electric C 0... 139 V, 139
I Goodrich 11 F 30 29%
Great Nor pfd 113% 113
1 Illinois Central 103 103
Intenboro (Met 11% 11
Interboro Met pfd .... 54 54
Lehigh Valley 129 V, 129«.,
' Louis and Nash 113 * 112
: Mex Petroleum ....... 63' K 65%
'Mo Pacific 10'), 10
National Lead 46% 4 7
Nov Consol Copper ... 11% 11%
New York Cen 82% 82 vs
Norfolk and Wert .... 100 100
'Northern Pacific 100% 100%
Pen 1111 R R 104% 104%
People's Gas and Cole. 117", 117',
Pittsburgh Coal 18% 18'/,
Pittsburgh Coal, pfd . . 90 90
Press Steel Car 27 27%
Ray Con. Copper 16 16%
Heading 14 0% 141%
Repifb. Iron and Steel . 19 19
Southern Pacific 82% 83
Southern Ky 13% 131/
Tennessee Ooipper 25'/:. 2li4i
Texas Company 124* 12 4
U'tfion Pacific ........ 117% 117':.
U. S. Rubber 53 53%
U. S. Steel 40% 41
do pfd 103% 103'/,
l T tah Copper 43% 491,,
Vir.-Carolina Chem. •... 19% 19%'
W. IT. Telegraph 61% 61%
Westiughouse Mfg .... 6 4 65
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago, Feb. 24.—Close:
Wlheat—May, 155%; July, 125%.
Corn—l May, 74'/,; July, 76%.
Oats —May, 5 7%; July, 54%.
'Pork—May, 17.75; July, 18". 10.
Lard—May, 10.45; July, 10.62.
Ribs—May, 9.90; July," 10.20,
$25,000 PIPE ORGAN
Victoria Theatre Is Installing Wonder
ful New Instrument of
Latest Design
The Victoria t'heatre is installing a
new Wurtitzer pipe organ, or as it is
technically known, (Hope-Jones Unit Or
chestra, which is one of the wonder
ful musical instruments of the age. 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.