THE WEATHER BAIN TO-NIGHT CLOUDY TO MORROW Detailed Report* Pave 6 S&WSS™ VOL. 77—NO. 70. SECOND U. S. SHIP IS SDNK INNORTHSEA Carib, From Charleston to Bremen With Cot ton, Strikes Mine Off German Coast OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE DISASTER American Minister Van Dyke Notifies State Department of Loss of Carib, Reported to Have Occurred Outside Route Prescribed by Germans By Associated Press, Washington, Feb. 34.—Official notice of the sinking of the American ship Carib was received at the State De partment to-day in this message from American Minister Van Dyke at The Hague: "Carib reported sunk in North sea outside route prescribed by German in structions. '' Berlin, Feb. 34., Via London, 5.30 P. M.—A dispatch' received in Berlin from the American vice consul at Bremerhaven declares that all the mem bers of the crew of the American steamer Carib, reported yesterday as having sunk in the North sea, have been saved. It is understood, the vice consul continues, that the Carib struck a mine in the Bight of Heligoland the afternoon of February 23. Berlin, Feb. 24. —The American steamer Carib has gone to the bottom off the German coast in the North sea as u result of running a mino. At the time of the disaster the Carib was not using the route laid down by the Ger man marine instructions. Tl.e German Admiralty has com municated a memorandum to Command er Walter R. Gherardi, the American naval attache, pointing out that the destruction of the American steamers Evelyn and Carib was due to their not following the course prescribed by the German Admiralty to a point northwest of Heligoland. The memorandum reit erates the assurance of the German government as to the safety of the pre scribed course. Captain Smith, of the Evelyn, has been asked for a report as to the local ity ot the disaster. This report is ex pected to show whether the Evelyn wandered within the defensive German mine fields, or whether she struck mines laid by a belligerent power other than Germany. Carrying Cotton to Bremen For moie than ten years the Carib ran with passengers and freight in the service of the Clyde Line between New York and Wilmington, N. C., Georgetown, S. C., and Brunswick, Ga., and later between Jacksonville, Fla., and Boston She was an iron single screw steam er built under the British flag at Port Glasgow in 1882. She was christened the President Garfield, and later be came the Austrian steamer Ximon. Then she was bought by the Clyde Line and put under the American tlag. Two months ago the Clyde bine sold her to Walker, Armstrong & Co., of Savannah, a firm of cotton brokers. She sailed from Charleston for Brem en with 4,600 bales of cotton on Janu ary 27. The Carib was in command of Captain K. L. Cole and carried a crew of twenty-nine. She was of 2,087 tons gross, 288.4 feet long, 36 2 feet beam anil 22.4 depth of hold. She registered from New York. In the service of the Clyde Line the Carib, which had five bulkheads, mot with many accidents and adventures, but was called a "lucky ship." Courses Which Vessels Should Take Washington, Feb. 24.—The German embassy to-dav issued a statement giv ing the courses which vessels bound for German ports should pursue in or der to be perfectly safe. The state ment says that all circles interested in shipping in the North sea and the nearby waters are again advised to follow the German Admiralty's in structions recently announced . LATE WARIWS" SUMMARY Another British steamer has been sent to the bottom by a German sub marine within the war zone established by the decree of the German admiralty. I The Oakby was torpedoed off Rye, but; her crew was rescued. The loss of the | Oakby apparently was mentioned in a dispatch from Lydd, England, last night, though her name was not raen-i tioned. In the fighting around Przasnysz, Northern Poland, which has become the storm center of the eastern campaign, 1,200 Russians have been captured, the German War Office announced to-day. Russian forces succeeded in effecting a passage of the Bobr river at two places but in one of the resultant engagements are said to have been driven back. On the western front there has been heavy fighting in Champagne and the Vosges. To-day's official communication from between states that several vio- Contlnoed on Eighth Pace. - - Mkt r »'ini mm j" MIII ni 280 LIVES ARE LOST WHEN BRITISH ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER GOES TO BOTTOM Loudon, Feb. 24, 5.25 P. M.—The officials information bureau announced this afternoon that the Clan Mac- Naughton, an armed merchant cruiser, is missing. Vessel was last heard from i February 3 and it is feared that she has been lost. Two hundred and eighty men lost their lives when the Clan MacNaugh ton went down. The text of the bureau's announce ment follows: "The secretary of the admiralty re grets to announce that H. M. C. Olaro MacNaughton, an armed merchant cruiser, Commander Robert Jeffreys, R. N., has been missing since February 3, and it is feared that the vessel has been lost. "An unsuccessful search has been made aind wreckage supposed to be por tions of this ship has since been dis covered. 1 "The last signal received from the Olan MacNaughton was made in the early morning of February 3 and it is feared that she was lost during the bad weather which prevailed at that time.'' Frorn the fact that there is no reg ular cruiser in the British navy named ! Olain MacNaughton and that there is a merchant steamer of that name, iit can safely be assumed that the British naval authorities have taken the mer chant vessel and made use of her as an auxiliary warship. The merchant steamer Clan Mac- Naughton was 4i29 feet long. She has been in the Indian service, for she reached London from Calcutta Novem ber 4, last year. DOUBT WHETHER EVELYN'S CAPTAIN HAS BEEN SAVED .Washington, Feb. 24.—Official ad vices to-day seem to throw some doubt on whether Captain Smith, of the Amer ican steamer Evelyn sunk in the North sea by a mine, was among the saved and whether it is not his boat which is missing. Ambassador Page, at London, to day forwarded a "report from the Amer ican consul at Breinerhaven, which is as follows: "American steamer Evelyn ran on -two mines on the 19th,-4 a. m. f near l«IV Borkum. Sunk seven hours later. Captain Smith, thirteen men and Dutch pilot in one boat; First Officer Swan son and thirteen men in other. First boat said to have been rescued 10 a. in. Saturday but present whereabouts ! y«t unknown. Latter boat picked up by German scout ship Mass, four Satur day afternoon and taiken to Heligoland. Thirteen men brought to Bremerhaven anil put into Sailors' 'Home. Spanish stoker, Hans Ilizo, frozen and buried at sea, appears to be only dead. Other sur vivors expected to-morrow. Those in Bremerhaven out of danger." No Report of Missing Evelyn Men Washington, Feb. 24.—N0 report had come to-day of the missing boat load of men from the American steamer Evelyn. Thick weather in the North sea is believed to be one cause for j the lack of information, but officials ; here feel that the chances are good that if the second mate and his men already have not landed on the Holland coast at some point remote from tele graph communication they have been picked up by one of the many trawlers which frequent, the waters' off the j month of the Elbe. The government war risik bureau, ! which insured the hulls and cargoes of ! J the Evelyn and Cari'b, plans to reduce j J some of its losses by salvaging their j | cotton cargoes if possible. Secretary! McAdoo, of the Treasury Department, ! and Assistant Secretary Peters, discuss-j < | ed a plan with President Wilson. Secretary McAdoo pointed out that' cotton was not easily damaged by i water and that if it were done it was , probable that the cause of the sinking of the vessels would be definitely de- , | terniined. The war risik bureau will take no | ( action until the owners have submitted proofs of the losses. Secretary Mc- , ' Ailoo pointed out that no insurance was granted by the bureau on vessels carry- i ing contraband of war. RUSSIA ASKS FOR PITTSBURGH PRICES OX RAILWAY MATERIAL Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 24.—Inquiry ' has been received here by the Pitts burgh Foreign Trade Commission from the Russian imperial government for a huge quantity ot railroad material for I use in government railway lines and '1 extensions made necessary by the Eu- I ropean war. , The authorities ask for prices on 1 5,000 pairs of axles and wheels, 30,- 0 000 to 60,000 ties, 30,000 rough axles and 10,000 rough wheels. The order i : is valued at near $2,000,000. BRITISH TRANSPORT SUNK BY SUBMARINE, BERLIN REPORT Berlin, by Wireless to London, Feb. 24, 9.35 A. M. —Official announcement was made last night that the British transport No. 192 was sunk by a Ger man submarine off Beachy Head at 4.45 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A dispatch last night from New Ha ven, England, stated that eighteen members of the crew of the Cardiff steamer Branksome' Chine, a govern ment collier, had landed there and an nounced the sinking of their vessel ei there by a mine or a torpedo in the Eng lish channel twenty miles southeast of Beachy Head about 2 o'clock yester day afternoon. This probably is the vessel to which the Berlin announce ment refers. IIARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1915—12 PAGES. till HE IS ROVED 8 FEEI Takes Workmen Only 7 Hours to Push Half of the Big Structure Up the River TRAINS KEEP ON RUNNING No Interference With Schedules While Pennsylvania Steel Company Force Shifts Ten Iron Spans to Make Room for Concrete Viaduct Half a mile of the steel bridge of the Cumberland Valley railroad, from Mulberry street, Harrisburg, to the is land, was placeu on rollers atop of ten stone piers and moved northward a distance of eight feet, six inches, in seven hours yesterday. This was ac complished without a mishap and with out disturbing the train schedule, al though during the morning the bridge structure was temporarily raised nine inches to permit the rollers to be placed under it. That part of the bridge between the island and Cumberland county shore will be moved as soon as the weather permits. When the entire 'bridge has been moved northward ev erything will be in readiness foi; be ginning the construction of half of the concrete double-track structure which is to replace the present one-track steel bridge. J. B. Fraim has charge of this moving work for the Pennsylvania •Steel Company, which will provide the steel that w;ll be used in the concrete structure. The contract for the con crete work has not yet been awarded, but the award will be made on March 17, bids having already been received. Trains Run as Usual The spans of the steel structure were jacked up on the piers and two 70- pound rails with steel rollers were placed on the top of each pier. When this was completed heavy wood en beams to provide leverage for large capacity jacks were put in place on each pier. This preliminary work re quired two weeks. Just before 10 o'clock yesterday morning everything was ready for the moving and the signal was given to the three men on each pier. Power was applied and slowly the bridge was moved sideways on the rollers. This work was halted at times as trains ran over the structure, but, de spite such interruptions, the steel structure on this side of the island was moved to where the contractors wanted it in just seven hours. The moving of the western stretch of the bridge will be done as soon as weather permits. The plan is then to construct the southern side of tne new concrete arch bridge clear across the river. When that is completed trains will be run over that half, the present steel struc ture will be removed and the construc tion of the upper half of the concrete bridge started. Workmen could give no estimate as to the time it will re quire to complete the new structure. To Use Present Piers The present piers will be a part of the new bridge. They, with the excep tion of a concrete facing, were made ready for this work before the winter set in, a competent inspector having passed on their stability. The piers have been in use for many years and the new structure will be" the third : bridge for them to support. The first j was a wooden arch viaduct similar to | the old camelback that formerly I spanned the river from Market street. I The trains ran on top of the box-like I structure. Onco it was destroyed by fire and subsequently rebuilt. Twenty-niue years ago the present one-track steel bridge was placed on the piers. Traffic has grown so that a double-track structure is now required and it will be made of reinforced con crete. This bridge will be part of the gen eral improvement plan of the Pennsyl vania railroad and its subsidiary, the Cumberland Valley railroad in South Hamburg, where a huge freight re ceiving station is now being built. CHICKEN BONE CHOKES HER Woman Is Bushed to Haxrisburg Hos pital at Early Hour for Treatment Mrs. George Himes, of York Springs, was taken from her home to the Harris burg Hospital early this morniug to have a chic'ken bone removed from her throat. She choked on it last evening and the family physician was called. He treated her but advised that she be 'brought to the 'Harrislburg Hospital. She arrived there at 3.15 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Himes felt so well at daybreak, she said, that she wanted to go home. She would not even remain for an X ray examination. The treatment given 'by her family physician is believed to have removed the bone. Elected to Archbishopric By Associated Pren». St. Johns, N. P., Feb. 24.—Monsig nor Edward Patrick Roche, rector of the Roman Catholic cathedral here and administrator of the New Poundland diocese since the death of Archbishop Hawley last October, was notified to day of his election to the archbishopric by Pope Benedict. Mgr. Roche is 40 years old. Two-Cent Postage to Honduras Washington, Feb. 24.—A convention has been concluded between the United States aind British Honduras for two cent postage between the two countries After Mwah X. 1315. ILL HEALTH DRIVES WOMAN TO HANG HERSELF IN HOME Mrs. Ambrose Nitrauer Once Before Had Made Attempt On Her Own Life—Husband Finds Body Dane ling From a Rafter (SpeclaJ to the Star-Independent.) Middletown, Pa., Feb. 24.—With a doubled strand of thin binder twine, Mrs. Ambrose Nitrauer committed sui cide last evening by hanging herself to a rafter in the attick of her home— the tenant house on the J. D. Aldinger farm, near Aberdeen, Conewago town ship, and about two miles from Deo date, Dauphin county. She was dead whem found by her husband on his re turn from his work on the proposed trol'ley line between Hershey and Bliza bethtown. The husband called in Al dinger, the owner of the farm, who cut the body down. Mrs. Nitrauer for more than a year had been subject to melancholy spells, due to a breakdown in health. She made an unsuccessful attempt upon her life a little iess than a year ayo, hor hus band said. When found, Mrs. Nitrauer's body was near a chair. Mrs. Nitrauer was 44 years, 10 mouths and 7 days old, and the mother of one child, a daughter, Mrs. Elaim Ilaker, of Conewago township. She leaves the following brothers and sis ters, all residents of Conewago town ship: Samuel, Abram, Daniel, Andrew and Martin Winters, and Mrs. William Buck. Funeral services will be held at the home on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Interment will be made in the Mt. Ober cemetery, near Conewago. BAD INDIAN EMDES ARREST Efforts to Seize Piute Have Thus Far Resulted in the Killing of Six Persons By Associated Press. Durango, C'oL, Feb. 24.—Tse-Nc-Gat, the Piute Indian whose efforts to elude arrest by Federal officers on the charge of murder have since Sunday resulted in the death of five Indians and one member of United States Marshal Neb eker's posse, was still at large to-day, according to reports received here from Bluff, Utah. Marshal Nebeker and the main body of his force were report ed entrenched in tne rocks west of that place and the fugitive Indian, with his father, "Old Polk," and their band of renegate Piutes, who have aided in their light with the government officers, were believod to be somewhere in the vicinity of Butler, about 8 miles west of Bluff. Mounted Indian police from Ship rock are reported en route to Bluff to reinforce the whites. Another casualty was added to the list last night, when Havane, son-in law of "Old Polk" and one of six In dians captured Sunday, slipped off his manacles and leaped through a window of the temporary prison at Bluff in an effort to escape. Two members of the posse detailed to guard the prisoners opened fire and the Indian fell with two bullets in his body. Havane is said to be in a serious condition. SIO.fIOOINBCNUSES HINGES ON A CHOCOLATE CO. SUIT Contention of Former Hershey Employe That He is Entitled to Share in Dividend, Is Said to Be a Test Case For One Hundred Others When tihe suit of Paul Snyder against the Hershey Chocolate Company of Hershey, goes to trial in the loc»l court late this afternoom or early to morrow morning, the attention of the Dauphin county judges will be called to an action, the like of which never before has been tried in this county or State. But two similar suits have been decided in other Spates of the Union. It is a suit to recover a bonus on net earning—a twenty per cent, dividend on employes' wages which tho Hershey Company annuaJly for years has declar ed. Snyder was deprived of a bonus in 1911, but cointends he is entitled to it. He says he worked for the concern eleven aud a half months in that year, but was not actively employed by the company when the dividend was de clared. Snyder's claim is for sllß, which he says is a pro rata bonus on his year's w«ges to which he contends he ig en titled. The suit is brought as a test case. More than a hundred other former chocolate conipauv employes are interested, because, like Snyder, they too contend, they were thrown out of work less than a month before the dividend was declared and got no bonus for that year The plaintiff contends he is entitled to a dividend because he never was dis charged from the employ of the com pany and was under a temporary sus pension when the bonus was allowed. About twenty-five of the more than one hundred men who allege they got po bonus are aiding Snyder in finan cing his suit. The action was begun more than three years ago and did not go to trial earlier because of the ab sence of a material witness, Oscar Fox, who, it is said, gave the "lay off" or der to the men. More than a year and a half was spent in finding Fox for the purpose of getting his testimony. His deposi tions finally were taken and Fox is now visiting near Hershey, it is said, and will remain here until the close of the trial. The search for him was extended to St. Louis, Mo., Portland, 0.. Omaha, Neb., Hot Springs, Ark., and San Francisco, Oal. The claims of the hundred former employes amount to well on to SIO,OOO, so it was said to-day. DARK BUS HE BE JOB Davis, of Lancaster, Gets Post Sought by Both the Van Dykes, of This City NAMED TO-DA"Y BY PRESIDENT Local Men, Who Lose Out, Had Strong' Backing, but Wilson Selects Candi date for Oollectorship Who Is Ac ceptable to the Two Factions The long political controversy as to who shall be Collector of internal Reve nue in the Ninth Pennsylvania 'dlistrict, inciluding Harrisfbung, was settled to-day when President Wilsen sent to the Sen ate the appointment of Benjamin K. Davis, of Lancaster, to that position. Mr. Davis is a prominent business man and has for several years been chair man of the Lancaster county Demo cratic Committee. He is known as a " Reorganizer," but was on frienMly terms with the Old Guard, and his nomi nation is regarded as a compromise. The appointment settles a contest in the Dauphin county Democratic ranks that has been quite spirited for some time. Warren Van Dyke, the present secretary of the Democratic State Com mittee, who removed here from Carbon county about three years ago, an'il T. Kittera Van Dyke, a member of the Dauphin county bar, were the, two most prominent aspirants for the position. Warren Van Dyke, it is understood, had the backing of National Commit teeman A. Mitchell Pailmer; Vance C. McCormick, recent candidate for Gov ernor; James I. Blakeslee, Fourth As sistant Postmaster General, and the members of the Democratic State Com mittee generally. T. Kittera Van Dyke had the sup port of Samuel Kunkel, treasurer of tho Democratic State Committee, and a number of other local Democrats, and it was also .Maid that so far as he took part in local appointments Secretary Willliam Jennings Bryan gave his aid to T. Kit tera, the latter being one of the Bryan standby!} in this city at a time when many of the prominent local Democrats repudiated the "Great Commoner's" free silver Liitoas. Palmer for Warren Van Dyke The Seranton revenue district, which was abolished several years ago and its office removed to and merged with the Lancaster or Ninth district, was recently restored and Fred C. Kirken dahl, who was appointed to succeed Harry L. Hershey, Republican, was transferred to the Seranton heaidiquar ters, leaving the place of Collector of the Ninth district open, and it was said that one of tho main reasons for re storing the old Scrauton district was to leave tlhe Lancaster district open for the appointment of Warren Van Dyke, he being especially favored by Con gressman Pailiner who engineered the affair. Meantime the candidacy of T. Kit tera VanDyke was advanced and his friends began to do things and to take Secretary Bryan into their confidence in Mr. T. K.'s behalf, using the argu ment that he had been a Bryan sup porter when it took foititude to be a Bryan supporter in this neck o' the woods. Secretary Bryan looked with favor on the appointment of his staunch ally, and the affair began to get serious. It looked very muoh as if there would be a deadlock. At this, juncture the name of Mr. Davis, of Lancaster, was brought forth quietly in connection with the appoint ment and last week it was laid before President Wilson, who saw a happy so lution of a matter in which his Secre tary of State was involved on one side and his chief Pennsylvania sup porter in the Baltimore convention was concerned on the other side. Think ing it all over, the President to-day sent in the name of Davis. To "Take Care" of Warren VanDyke It was said bv prominent Demo crats this afternoon that Warren Van- Dyke will be cared for in some way with "something equally as good" and that he will be looked after by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Blakes lee, who brought Mr. VanDyke from his Carbon county home to take the place of resident secretary of the Dem ocratic State Committee. Since the Democratic State Commit tee headquarters were removed from Market square, in this city, to Phila delphia, Warren VanDyke has had charge of the resident office here, but inquiry for him to-day elicited the fact that the telephone at the branch State headquarters in the square had been "detached" and there was no longer any telephone service there. ELLEN TERRY UNDER KNIFE Famous Actress Has Cataract Removed From Right Eye By Associated Press, New York, Feb. 24.—Ellen Terry, the actress, who underwent an opera tion yesterday for the removal of a cataract from her right eye, was re ported to be improving rapidly to-day and it was expected that she would be alble to leave the hospital in two weeks. Miss Terry is 67 years old, two years younger than Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, who on Monday lost her right leg by amputation. Bernhardt's Condition Satisfactory By Associated Press. Bordeaux, Feb. 24, via Paris, 11.10 A. M. —The bulletin issued to-clay on the condition of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, whose leg was amputated a few days ago, says that she -jßissed a good night and that the general state of her health continues satisfactory. WORK ON THE POSTOFFICE COMES TO A STANDSTILL Halted Until It Is Decided By the Gov ernment Whether to Permit Bond holders of Contractors to Finish it Or to Award Job to Another Firm Work on the addition to the post office, the contract for which was in tbe hands of Pennoek & Company, has come to an absolute standstill with no prospect of an early resumption of operations. The Pennoek Company, with numerous contracts on its hands, it was recently announced, has gone into the hands of a receiver, one being appoint ed last Friday. Postmaster Sites has had no infor mation or instructions concerning future operations on the building and is waiting to hoar from the United States Treasury Department which has change of all operations concerning pub lic buildings. There axe two ways in which the work on tho building may be complet ed. The bondsmen for Pennoek & Com pany may finish the work or the Treas ury Department may reimburse tho Pennoek firm for the work it has done up to date and then let a new contract for the completion of the work as con templated, to some new contracting firm. The Peunock Company obtained the first contract for the addition in the rear, but subsequently Congress appro priated $75,000 to elevate this addi tion to the height of the original struc ture. The contract for this last work has not been awarded although the plans are finished. They aJso include some interior alterations. Should the Treasury Department de cide to let the contract to another party it will also include the work of elevation and alteration, making the entire work but one contract in the hands of one construction firm. A con ference between the receiver and the government authorities will have to be held in order to arrive at a conclusion. JITNEY UNEBY APRII 1 That Is the Prediction of Those Inter ested in Company Proposing to Install Auto Buses Here Attorneys and city officials who were questioned on the subject ex pressed the opinion to-day that tire Jitney Transportation Company, a con cern to be organized by local capital ists for the purpose of operating a line of 50 ai'lo buses in the <-itv in com petition with the trolley line," will not be compelled legally to ask the City of Harrisburg for a franchise before it can operate on the city highways. However, as the proposed company is in the class of public service corpora tions, permission to do business must first be given by the Public Service Commission before the charter of in corporation can 'be granted by Govern or Brumbaugh. Notice have been filed to the effect that formal application for the charter will be made to the Governor on March 18. On that day the petition will be cer tified to the Public Service Commis sion and, if possible, a hearing will be held a day or so later. Members of the proposed company to-day said they hope to have the "jitney" line in op eration 'by not later than April 1. The incorporators will hold a business meet ing before the close of this week, at which officers and directors will be elected and plans made for buying the necessary auto buses. , KILLEDAS HEPLfIYSBULL Son of a Former Lebanon County Jury Commissioner Victim of an Acci dent This Morning (Special to the Star-Independent.) Lebanon, Pa., Feb. 24.—John Achey, a married man, 33 years old, s'on of former Jury Commissioner Samuel Achey, of near Reistville, Lebanon county, was accidentally killed to-day by a Lancaster county young man while engaged in playing "corner" ball at the public sales conducted by John Haisey in the eastern end of the county. Achey was hit above the heart by a hard pitched ball. TAFT AID KILLS HIMSELF Captain A. E. Harding Commits Sui cide in Philadelphia Club By Associated Press, Philadelphia, Feb. 24.—Captain A. E. Harding, ot the United States ma rine corps, shot and killed himself to een re quested to have it done for the owners otf the ground. The plot is owned by the Weightman estate, of which Mrs. Frederic C. Pen iield, of Philadelphia, wife of the Unit ed States Ambassador to Austria, is an heir, and has been idle ever since the fire except that it has been used for bill boards. Former Attorney General Hampton L Carson, of Philadelphia, who is the attorney for the estate was asked by telephone this morning the signiflcancj of the survey. "At present," said Mr. Carson, "there is nothing to be said regarding the disposal of the property, and should anything develop the Hamburg people will be informed. I have no informa tion regarding any kind of a building that might be erected on the groun l, and cannot say anything concerning its probable sale. The survey taken of the property yesterday was for my own in formation in order that we may have the data should occasion arise to use it." WALL STREET CLOSING New York, Feb. 24.—The higher level was maintained for the better part of the afternoon, with some re cessions In the final dealings. The clos ing was firm. More steadiness was shown by to-day's stock market, the i result In part of short covering.