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Mill
10 PROTECT CHI
No Intention of Tres
passing or Interfer
ing With Open Door
Poiicy, Says Premier
SHOULD NOT FALL
PREY OF OTHERS
Desire of Japan. Asserts Official, Is
That China Should Attain Real Dig
nity of Independence—Guarantee
of Peace in Orient
Tokio, Feb. 27.—The Japanese Prem
ier, Count Okuma, said to-day that in
presenting it? demand to the Chinese
government Japan had no intention of
trespassing upon the rights of China or
interfering with the open door policy.
The desire of Japan, he said, was 'that
China should attain the real dignity
of independence and not fall the prey
of any nation.
Count Okuma's remarks were made
to Prof. Shailer Mathews, of the Uni
versity of Chicago, and I'rof. Sydney
L Gulick, of New York, as they were
taking leave of the Premier. ' They
sailed for San Franvisco on the steam
ship Xlongolia, having completed their
mission to Japan, under the auspices of
tihe Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America. In the judgment
of the Japanese press, the work which
they have done in fostering cordial re
lations between Japan and the United
States is of historic significance and
will prove to be most helpful in main
taining the friendship of the two na
tibns.
Motive of Jap Diplomacy
Count Okuma stated to Prof. Xla
thews and Prof Gulick that the integ
rity and prosperity of China not only
were to the advantage of Japan, but
that they constituted the sole guaranty
of peace in the orient. To secure this
peace, he said, was the underlying mo
tive of Japanese diplomacy. Japan
had no thought of infringing upon the
rights of other nations and acceptance
of her demands by China would involve
no such infringement.
"Efforts recently have been made to
invent some plausible reason for a dis
ruption of the relations between Japan
and America," the Premier continued.
"These attempts having failed, the
mischief makers now look to <Tiina as
a field in which the two powers mav
be made to clasih 1 see no reason for
such a conflict."
Not to Monopolize Markets
Count Okuma stated with emphasis
that Japan and Great Britain possessed
a well-grounded understanding concern
ing equality of opportunity in China
and the integrity of that nation in ac
cordance with the well-known policy of
the United States. He believed that
American manufacturers would find the
Chinese markets open to them. Japan
had no intention of resorting to un
fair means for the purpose of monop
olizing these markets.
Prof. Mathews made 100 addresses
during the month which he spent in Ja
pan. He said that he was convinced of
the deep-rooted friendship of the Jap
anese for America and could conceive
of no possibility of serious difficulties
between the two nations, provided they
continued to discuss with frankness ail
questions which arise between them.
CARRANZA FORCES WIN
Reported to Have Defeated Their Op
ponents Near Mexico City
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 27.—Consul Silli
nian to-day notified the State Depart
ment that Geueral Carranza has an
nulled so much of General Obregon's de
cree levying a tax upon commercial
houses in the Mexican capital as ap
plied to Americans and other foreign
ers. The State Department had pro
tested.
General Carranza's agency here to
day made announcement of a report
from Vera Cruz saying "the food sit
uation in Mexico City is better and
food supplies are being received from
various sources and distributed among
the poor.
"X'illa and Zapata factions," it add
ed. "are reported fighting at Cuerna
vaea. Carranza forces defeated the
enemy at Tacuba near Mexico City,
yesterday."
TELLS OF "FEMURFRACTURES"
Dr. Allen Has As Living Demonstration
Old Railroad Man
When Dr. A. R. Allen, of Carlisle,
nave a lecture on "Observations of
Fractures of the Femur." before the
members of the Dauphin County Xled
ical Society, last night, he hail as a
living demonstration Evan G. Ander
son. a retired employe of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company.
Xlr. Anderson is 75 vears of age and
up until several weeks ago was the old
est clerk of the Pennsylvania steel
works.
In spite of his old age Xlr. Ander
son was quite spry. He was injured
some forty years ago when caught be
tween two box cars. At the time of the
injury he was treated at the Harris
burg hospital by Dr. Fred Coover. resi
dent physician at that time.
CONFERENCE TO HEAR SUNDAY
100 Ministers and Many Laymen Will
Visit Philadelphia Tuesday
By Associated Press,
Reading, Pu., Feb. 27.—At the
meeting of the East Pennsylvania
Evangelical Conference to-dav "it was
decided to go to Philadelphia lu a body
next Tuesday and attend the Billy Sun
day services. There will be one hun
- - dred ministers and many laymen in
the party.
Th*t the day of co-operation between
ministers of all churches and the break
ing down definitely of denominational
lines' is rapidly approaching was pre
dieted by Bishop S. C. Brevfogel. The
remark was occasioned by a score of
the members of the Reading Ministerial-
Union other than members of the Evan
gelical denomination.
IT PAYS TO USE STAR
INDEPENDENT WANT ADS.
SPEYER HO DEALINGS I
WITH RUCK ISIftWD SYSTEM
Head of New York Banking Houm
Makes Voluntary Statement Before
the Inters :ate Commerce Commis
sion Concerning Transactions
i
By Associated Press, |
i Washington, Fob. 27.—James Soeye/, j
ln>a,! of the New York Banking House J,
of Speyer ami Company, made a volun
tary statement before the Interstate)
Commerce Commission to-day of his j
firm's dealings with t-hf Koek Island j
system during the period of its history
under invest The firm never
had occupied the i>o-itioii of fiscal agent
for the railroad, he said, but acting as
a principal, had bought and resold be
tween IMO4 anil 1912, securities of the
R< vk Island Railway Company itself ot' j
some $170,409,000 face value. Tho,
total profit on those transactions for,
his firm, Mr. Bpever said, was $1,438,
743 or eight tenths of one per cent. |
Not all of the firm's transactions in
Rock Island securities had resulted in
profits, Mr. Speyer added, saying:
"I will not disclose oar losses since
1912 for fear ray friends will think I
am not a good banker."'
At no time, Mr. Speyer sail, had!
his firm handled any securities of the
Rock Island holding Vompauies organ
ised by the Lceds-Reid group. He
said he had been prompted to appear
before the committee by a des-.re to
know whv the name o! his firm had
been brought into the inquiry.
"What bearing have these transac
tions with Speyer and Comp«uyf" lie
asked, "on the object of this iuvesti-'
| gat ion!" He adkled that "insinuating l
questions" as to the profits of bankers
who marketed securities f»>r railway
corporations were not calculated to mis
represent the position and actions of I
such bankers in the public mind.
, Mr. Speyer volunteered his state
ment after Chief Counsel Folk, for the
committee, had closed the committee's
direct case with the testimony of Ogdcn
Mills, a director of the Hock Island
Railway Company and of the New Jer
sey Holding Company.
TECH CONCERT TONIGHT
Boys Will Give Program for Purpose
of Purchasing Needed
Lantern
The program of the third annual con- j
cert by the Technical High school or
chestra, to be given at the schoel au- j
ditorium to-night in an effort to rais? :
funds for the purchase of a lantern for |:
class room work, is as follows:
March, "The Ultimatum, 1 ' orches
tra; selection, "The Girl Fram Utah," I
orchestra; soprano solo, "An Open Se
cret," Mrs. Roy G. Cox; (a) "Sere-|
nade," (b) "Beaueoup de Poivre," or- j
chestra; violin solo. "Sextet," G. Web
ber Knight.; !>&ritone solo, "Less Than i
the Dust," Ross Harnian; "Hungarian
Dance, No. 7," orchestra; coruet solo,!
"Tell Me, Pray," from "The Ameer,"
David M. Hettlefiuger; soprano solo,!
(a) "The Wood pigeon,'' (b) "Thej
Owl," Mrs. Roy G. Cox; selection from i
"Faust," orchestra; march, "National
Spirit,'' orchestra.
The students who will take part are:
G. Webber Knight, Samuel Sherman,
Charles Brenner, Russell Seidle, Charles !
Reed. William Cohen, Michael Meeker, j
first violins; Thomas Stacks, Earl Ung- I
er, second violins; Hetzell Davies, |
drums; Daniel Roberts, saxaphone; I
Stanley Golden, piano; Maurice Na
than, clarionet: David M. Hefflefinger,
tirst coruet and leader of orcJiestra;
John Yoder, second cornet.
BOYS CHARGED WITH THEFT
Arrested Here Yesterday, Will Be Given
Hearing at Carlisle
Five boys arrested here late yester- |
day afternoon by City Detective* Ibach [ ■
on charges of burglarizing the Camp ,
Hill pharmacy of Dr. H. C. Lawson, ,
will likely be called to face an addi
tional charge of malicious mischief, ac- ;
cording to the police.
Candy recognized as that taken from
the store Thursday night was found ,
scattered in the school house where
four chandelieres were broken and
various depredations committed. Ac
cording to the detectives sls worth of
jewelry, cigarettes and candy was
stolen, most of which was recovered by ,
the detectives.
Charles Breach. 1421 North Fourth :
street, and Arthur, alias "Possum,"
Brown, 302 Daisy street, were taken to (
Carlisle by Detective Bentlev while '
George Fuhrman, 228 South Fifteenth
street; Howard Wilt, 1427 Vernon
street, and Charles Shaffer, 84 Disbrow
street, being juveniles, were ordered to |
appear at a hearing in Carlisle on
Tuesday.
HOG CAUSES CIVIL ACTION
Royalton Man Awarded SHO in Suit
for Damages
A Common Pleas court jury this aft-!
ernoon awarded Jacob Judy, a Royal-j (
ton man, SBO in his suit "for damages 11
against Philip Xluto, a LonMtomderry ' I
township farmer. Judy and Muto, dur-j (
ing the hunting season, last year, came 11
to blows after Judy accused Muto of.
penning his hunting dog in a building ,
on the Muto farm. :'
A criminal court jury last fall con
victed both men on charges off assault
and battery but the court suspended
sentence. '
Recover $54M> Worth of Jewelry
Diamonds and jewelry belonging to
George P. Profett, citv" electrician ot j
Atlantic City, believed to have been
paiwined in Harrisburig by James E.,
1 onley, who was Thursday arrested in !
Cleveland, charged with the theft, were
recovered last night here by City De
tective White. Profett's home was en- I
tered early in February. f
Bombarded by German Aeroplanes
Paris, Feb. 27, Via London, 3.55
P. XL —A squadron of (ferm-an aero
planes has bombarded the district be- .
hind Nieuport. An official note given | (
out here to-day says that only two j I
casualties were reportei, a woman and'l
au old man having been either injured 1
or killed. ' t
School Masters to Meet j
The ninth annual meeting of the
School Masters' Association will be i
held in tih,» library of the Technical j
High school next Saturday, morning! :
and afternoon. Professor B. F. Fislcr, II
principal of the Boys' High school,'(
Lancaster, is president of the kssoci- [ t
atiou. I ,
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HARRTSBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1915.
LONDON PRESS ADVERSE TO
U.S. PROPOSALS TP BRITAIN
London, Peto. 27, 3.12 A. Xi.—The
"Times" in an editorial to-day de
scribed the proposition assumed to be
contained in the note from the United
States and based on a statement from
Germany, nbat if Great Britain would
refrain from seizing foodstuffs consign
ed to Germany, the latter country would
cease her submarine warfare on mer
chantmen, as an offer which it is im
possible for Ure«t Britain to accept be
cause it would be an adtninion that she
had lo;»t the command of her home wit
ters and that her navy was helpless be
fore the German submarines.
"Were wo so lost to all sense of na
tional dignity," says the "Times," the
Germans would justly exult at such con
clusive proof that we feared them. The
British nation and government have
the strongest respect for American in
terests and American feeling. They
have .lane much to satisfy both and
Whenever military considerations permit
will gladly do more but they cannot,
will not. siwmiit to German blackmail
and they believe in this Americans will
feel they do well.'
The "Morning Pest" in an editorial
similar in tenor to thai of the "Times"
devliues to believe that the Washington
government made any such suggeitioa.
of its own but expresses' the opinim
that it only forwarded Germany's sug
gestion.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Cantintird From I'lrst I'acr.
of the front, the Russians are reported
to have recaptured Stanislau.
On the western front there has been
no change. German aeroplanes made a
raid on positions of the allies near Nieu
port, and a French aeronaut dropped
bombs on Metz.
Another British merchantman is re
ported to have been torpedoed by a sub
marine in the English Channel. A
French warship has gone to the assist
ance oi the vessel, the identity of which
has not been established.
A Paris dispatch says that the
French press is unanimous in its oppo
sition to the informal proposals of the
United States to Great Britain and Ger
many concerning the admission of food
supplies to belligerent nations for the
civil populations and the cessation of
submarine attacks on merchantmen.
Great Britain's allies also are said to
have advised her that they favor the
policy of cutting off supplies from Ger
many.
Clashes between the factions favor
ing and opposing war continues to
create disturbances in Italy, and the
plan of the government to suppress
public meetings for the discussion of
this question led to a turbulent scene
in Parliament yesterday. Premier Sal
andra, who on more than one occasion
previously defined Italy's policy as
armed and watchful neutrality, said in
addressiug Parliament that he did not
know whether the nation was destined
to march to war.
Warships of the Anglo-French fleet
are reported to have penetrated the
Dardanelles after silencing the outer
forts, apd the removal of mines is un
der way preparatory to an attempt at
a further advance toward Constanti
nople. An Athens dispatch repeats the
statement that the Sultan has made
plans for a hasty departure from Con
stantinople. W
The great baffle in Poland is still to
be decided, although latest reports in
dicate that the German rush from East
Prussia has been checked. The Russian
statement that the Germans have been
defeated in the region of Przasnysz and
the German announcement of the cap
ture of the city leave in doubt the
situation on that part of the front
where the battle at present is being
waged most fiercely.
MONGOLIAN. LEAKING BADLY,
HEADING FOR HALIFAX ALONE
New York Feb. 27.—The Allan
steamship Mongolian, which sent out a
wireless call yesterday for help be
cause she was leaking badly 400 miles
off the coast of Nova Scotia, is head
ing for Halifax under her own power
and should reach there to-morrow, lo
cal agents of the line announce here
to-day. The United States coast guard
cutter Seneca is convoying the Mon
golian, which has aboard 200 passen
gers bound for Glasgow.
Fears for the safety of the vessel
have been set at rest, it was said, by
wireless messages telling of the Sene
ca's presence and the ability of t>he
Mongolian to travel under her own
steam.
SCRIBES TO START FOR THE
BRITISH FRONT NEXT MONDAY
London, Feb. 27, 1.07 P. Xl.—News
paper correspondents are to leave L'n
don next Xlonday morning for the
British front. They are going out un
der the auspices of the British War
Office. Among them is one American.
This will be the first time newspaper
men are permitted to visit the British
lines. The same six men went to the
French lines some weeks ago.
There are in all eighteen correspon
dents credite I to the British War Of
fice. They will go to the front in de
tachments of six each, the second group
starting when the first returns, and the
third-following the second.
SULTAN PREPARING TO LEAVE |
CONSTANTINOPLE', IS REPORT I
Paris, Feb. 27, 5.15 A. Xl.—The
"Xlatin" this morning prints a dis-!
patch from its correspondent at Athens,
who repeats the story published several
times recently that the Saltan of Tur
key is preparing to leave Constanti
nople and that to this end imperial
trains are kept with steam up in the
railroad station.
The inhabitants of the Prinkioo
islands, in the sea of Xlarmora, not far j
from Constantinople, have been in- 1
structed to hold themselves in readiness
to leave.
Sights Submarine Riding Waves
Bilbao, Spain, Feb. 27, via Paris, 7
A. Xl.—The lighthouse keeper at Por
tugalete, one J the harbors of Bilbao,
has advised the maritime authorities
that he sighted to the north of his
lighthouse a submarine navigating on
the surface of the water. The tioat
earried no flag, nor was there any other
indication of its nationality.
Sultan's Eldest Sister Dies
Amsterdam, via London, Feb. 27,
10.15 A. M.—A dispatch received here
from Constantinople relates the death
of the eldest sister of the present Sul
tan of Turkey, Djemile Sultana. She
was born in 1843.
mu
TO IjSIM
She Claims Husband
Was Led Into Pass- j
port Fraud by Cap- i
tain Boy-Ed !
i
:MONEY PROMISED '
FOR HER SUPPORT '
Mrs. Steglcr Writes President That She 1
Was to Be Qiveu $l5O a Mouth 1
; i
1i By Boy-Ed While Her Husband Was ,
1 Abroad It
!|
i
1 ' Ui> Associated Press, (
i Washington, Feb. 27. —President (
J Wilson to-day received a letter from
] Mrs. Richard I'. Stealer, wife of the
j German reservist arrested in New (
j Vork on a charge of fraudulently ob- ]
tailing an American passport declaring i
i that Stealer had beon led into the pro- |
I ject by Captain Boy-Ed, German naval '
1 attache here. Mrs. Stegler asked that '
! her husband be set free. Her letter was j {
t referred to the Department of Justice t
. I which is in charge of the investigation 1
L | into the ease.
| Mrs. Stegler wrote the President that 1 1
j her husband had been promised $l5O I <
: a month for her «upport by Captain j ,
Boy-Ed while abroad and that she 1
would be given $l5O a month for life' l
if he was killed. She declared she had ! '
no money now and did not know how ' j
she could support herself unless her
husband were released. '
I "When the secret service men come
to see my husband," wrote Mrs. Steg
| ler, "he told them the truth, because j
he wanted everything to be known, lie
could have burned the passport* and
saved himself from being accused of
i forgery, but he came right out and told
I everything.''
New York, Feb. 27.—Charles R. 1
! Griffiths, attorney for Richard P. Steg- 1
ler, the German naval reservist, now 1
in the Tombs on the charge of fraudu- s
lentlv obtaining an American passport, <
indicated to-day that if his client <
should be indicted for conspiracy he 1
would instruct him to plead guilty and f
throw himself on the mercy of" the t
! court.
Lj "Stegler has confessed that he con- 1
spired to obtain the passport,'' said
' Mr. Griffiths, "and to plead guilty is c
[ t'he logical thing for him to do." c
The Federal Grand Jury is expected c
'1 to take action in the case on Monday, s
1
; TO USJS BIBLES IN CLASS
. Men of Derry Street Church Will Study j
Lesson in New Way f
1 For the first time in the history of I
' men's Bible class work in this city,
j Bibles will be used in the study of the j
I j lesson by every man in the Derry ;
II Street United Brethren men 's class to- ]
• morrow afternoon. S
| j At tihe annual banquet of the class ;
j last Monday night Bibles were present- j
ed to the members of the class as fa
vors of the event, with the understand- j
ing that they be used each Sunday in ]
the study of the lesson. All new mem- 1
| bers and visitors will be furnished Bi
[ hies for the session to-morrow. When
1 a pew member attends ten sessions of
| the class he will be given a Bible, too,
j as his personal property,
j O. P. Beekley will teach the lesson
to-morrow on the general topic of
j "iHome Making." Mrs. W. Kent Gil- ■
I bert and Miss Catherine Fink, of Camp i
Hill, will sing. A special number-will i
also be given by the men's chorus of ]
twenty-four voices. j
TELLS ABOUT INDIANS 1
1 i
State Treasurer Young Talks on Iro
quois to Alricks Association
1 An interesting talk on the American 1
Indian was delivered by State Treas- >
urer Young before about 150 members
of the Alricks Association and their j
forty odd friends in St. Andrevv's par- ,
; ish house, Nineteenth and Market
I streets, last night.
Mr. Young pointed out how the
| American Indian was saved from an
nihilation by the conquest of -the white
man. In fact the Indian has possibly
1 incresad in numbers since the acquisi- j
I tion of their lands, said Mr. Young.
; The Iroquois, the real aristocratic- .
> j democracy of the North American In
j dian, transmitted the family name
■ j through the mother and daughter in- |
■ | stead of the father and the son.
j HALF OF BRIDUE THIS YEAH *
Workmen Expect to Move Second Half
i of C. V. B. R. Structure March 10
j Work on the half-mile of the Cum- J
berland Valley railroad bridge from Is- ,
! land Park to the Cumberland county <
shore has begun and it is expected that |
by about March 10 that strebch of the, |
bridge will be jacked up and the pro-1 ]
cesses of moving it eight feet six inches 1
j north to allow for construction of half
of the new concrete structure will take 1
I place. I
The steel construction for half the t
| new bridge will be started then and it 1
1 is believed by the contractors that it j
lean be completed and trains running | <
over that part of the new bridge by j ;
the end of the summer. The work will I 1
be suspended over next winter and the ]
second half of the new bridge complet- <
ed next summer. j
Chicago Board of Trade Closing *
By Associated Press.
Chicago. Feb. 27.—Close: •
Wheat—May, 153>,4; Julv. 124%.
Oom—.May, 74; July. 76
Oats—May, 5714.; July, 54'4. 1
Pork—May, 17.32; July, 17.72. |
Lard—May, 10.37: July. 10.60.
Hlbs—May, 9.87; July, 10.17. 1
Association Nominates Officers 1
All the old of the City Build
ing and Loan Association were nomi
nated at the annual meeting held last t
night in the Board of Trade rooms, 1
112 Market street. The annual election '
will be held on March 26. ,
\
CAPITOL HILL
VACANCIES JO BE FILLED
Number Caused by Death and Resig
nation Will Necessitate Govern
or to Make Appointments
The death of William Uhler Hensel
places another appointment in the
hands of Governor Brumbaugh, that of
■member of the State 'Historical Com
mission. Tho Governor will also have
the appointmentfof two Judges of the
court of common pleas in Philadelphia,
and a member of the State Board of
Charities to succeed the late Ralph
Blum, besides a member of tihe State
Water Supply Commission to succeed
B. K. Focht, of Lewisbnrg, who has re
signed to take a seat in Congress.
Conservation Department
If a proposed bill passes the Legis
lature and is approved by the Govern
or, a new department, to be called the
Department of Conservation, will be
created. It will have charge of the
game, fish, forestry and water supply
interests of the State, although each
of-these departments will have u sep
arate head. The bill is now being
drafted by James N. Moore, chief of
the Legislative Reference Bureau.
More Censors
A bill shorMy to be introduced in
the House will raise the salary of T-iouis
Breitinger, chief of the moving picture
censors, from $2,000 to $4,000 and
provide for the appointment of twenty
five more deputy censors. The moving
picture men in conference in Philadel
phia yesterday decided to oppose the
bill and at the same time endeavor
to secure the repeal of the bill now in
force creating censors.
Wants a Station
The State hospital, of Coaldale,
Schuylkill county, has filed a complaint
with the Public Service Commission
against the Eastern Pennsylvania Rail
ways Company for neglecting to es
tablish a suitable and adequate station
at the regular stop in frout of the
hospital.
"COLLEGE DMT A UCEESS
Receipts of Entertainment Given by
Students of Teachers' Training
School Nearly Pays Piano
Technical High School Auditorium
was filled to its seating capacity last
night, when the play, "College Days,"
was rendered by the students of the
senior and junior classes of the Teach
ers' Training School. Nearly all the
cash necessary for the purchase of a
piano, for which purpose the play was
given, was raised from the sale of
tickets.
The play comprises a scene in Pat's
room in the Sigma Chi Sorority, in
which were gathered the various types
of female students. Throughout the ren
dition of the play, there was continu
ous applauding. The play was inter
spersed with many of the latest song
hits.
Those taking part in the program
were Miss Anna Harris, Miss Martha
Wall, Miss Elizabeth Workman, Miss
Susan Kurzenknabe, Miss Margaret
Schilling, Miss Louise Aughinbaugh,
Miss Mary Black, Miss Bess Beunett,
Miss Martha Treinian, Miss Esther
Partheinore, Miss Margaret Cover, Miss
Esther Wieseman, Miss Ruth Holbert,
Miss Ruth Partheinore, Miss Miriam
Britseh, Miss Ida Marcus, Miss Dolores
Segclbaum, Miss Elsie Landis, Miss
Margaret Johnson, Miss Anna Zudrell,
Miss Margaret Murray, Miss Frances
Gelwicks, Miss Dorothy Dickert, Miss
Jane Blalock, Miss Sara Bannan, Miss
Ruth Atkinson, Miss Beatrix Barger,
Miss Gertrude Pendergast, Miss Edna
Mutzabaugh.
DIES OF HEART TROUBLE
William Pritchard, a Capitol Hill Ele
vator Man, Succumbs
William Pritchard, for years an ele
vator man in the'south wing of the
State Capitol building, died this morn
ing at 7.30 o'clock at the Harrisburg
hospital from heart trouble. He was
admitted to the hospital on February
23 in a very weak condition. Since
that time he grew worse until death j
came.
Mr. Pritchard was 71 years of age
and resided at 15 South Seventeenth
street. He was a veteran of the Civil
war, serving in the Eighty-third Penn
sylvania volunteers.
For many years Mr. Pritchard was
a familiar figure in the south wing of
the Capitol and was friendly with four
Governors —Pennypacker, Stuart, Ten
er and Brumbaugh. No arrangements
for the funeral have been made.
Mrs. Eliza Switzer
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Switzer,
who died at her home in New Cumber
land yesterday, will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from her nome.
The Rev. A. A. Ayres, pastor of the
United Brethren church, will have
charge of the services. Interment will
bo in !Mt. Olivet cemetery.
STUDY FIRE APPARATUS BIDS
City Commissioners Especially Interest
ed in Product of Local Factory
Contractors for the five new pieces
of motor apparatus for the fire depart
ment will not be let by the City Com
missioners at their meeting next Tues
day, due to the fact that members of
the Commission are obtaining data on
the products of several of the bidders.
It was said to-day that the contracts
may be let on March 9.
The City Commissioners are particu
larly interested in a piece of fire ap
paratus that is now being manufac
tured for a Lebanon fire company by
the Morton Truck and Traction Com
pany, of this city. This concern is one
of the bidders on the Harrisburg fire
apparatus. The Morton company only
recently received an order from the
Russian government to build three hun
dred armored auto trucks to t>e used
in the European war.
Teachers and Pupils in German Army
Berlin By Wireless to Ixmdon, Feb.
27, 9.35 A. M.—The Budget Commis
sion announces that out of 11,600 male
high school teachers in the country 4,-
000 are serving in the army, while
nearly half the high school pupils over
17 years of age have entered the mili
tary service.
Bank Reaerve Mhuwa Decrease
New York, Feb. 27.—The statement of
the actual condition of clearing house
banks and trust companies shows that
they hold $134,761,700 reserve in excess
of legal requirements. This Ib a de
crease of $2,412,750 from last week.
I
"PAPA" DIDN'T KNOW NEW
BABY WASJiWEEKS OLD
CMtlaaed from First Paf*.
a peep. Then be wont out to spread
the glad tidings. The news reached
his aunt, Mrs. William Verdon, wife
of a Republican leader of Hoboken,
and such was her surprise that she
went to have a look at her nephew's
son Thursday.
It might be explained that Mrs.
Verdon knows all about children. When
the coverlet was tlhrown back and
she say the baby s he gasped:
"Was this child born with all this ■
hairt This is no new born baby? What
does this rneanf This child looks to
be two or three months old.
For answer Mrs. Kirk bounced out
of bed and told her aunt-in-law that it
was not her babv at all, adding:
"But <lharlie wanted a baby so bad- 1
ly that I decided to get him one."
Mrs. Kirk said that on Wednesday I
she went to a Mrs. Nelson in East I
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street,
Manhattan, and adopted the infant. She *
brought him home with her and then 1
the stugc was set, so Kirk was to be
declared n proud and happy father. i
While the explanation was being
made, in came Kirk, beaming in an- '
ticipation of seeing his son. The aunt
told him he had been deceived and was i
not a father at all.
Kirk waited to hear no more, picked
up the baibv and made haste for the
Weehawken police station and left the '
baby there.
"It's a shame we couldn't get away i
with it,"' Mrs. Kirk said last night. I
"We could have got awav with it, too,
if it liudn'c been for auntie."
TWO HOTELS MUSI CLOSE
BARS PENDING DECISIONS
Continued From First Pagti
tinned hearing on its application for a
renewal will not come up iu court until '
then. Because the Judges and court
stenographers have been busy all tihis 1
week with the trial of civil cases in
common pleas court, the Judges have 1
not had an opportunity to consider the
testimony pertaining to the application ■
of Harry White for the renewal of
the license for the Ann street, Middle- '
town, hotel. For the same reason the '
application of Harry F. Kckinger for a 1
license for the Paxton ia Inn, in Paxton
ia, Lower Paxton township, which did '
not sell liquor in the present year, has 1
not yet been passed U[>on by the court. 1
The belief was expressed in the '
Court House to-day that the cases will
be disposed of finally early next week,
probably on Monday, when the court
expects to pass upon the Berrysburg 1
hotel man's application.
At noon to-day, the time for closing ■
the county oflices, three county hotel
men to whom renewals have been '
granted had not lifted their new li- 1
censes. County Treasurer A. 11. Bailey 1
and Prothouotary Henry Holler kept 1
their offices open this afternoon and 1
the papers in these three casgs were is
sued late in the day.
LOCAL CAME COCKS BOLD
OWN IN INTER CITY MEET
Contluued From Flrnt race.
at the rear of a hotel, and the birds
were in the best of condition.
Philadelphia birds won the first three '
fights and had the Harrisburgers down
to low ebb financially, when the tide
turned, and Harrisburg birds won thjwc ■
times in succession. This made a sev
enth battle necessary and two of the
best birds held in reserve were put into
the pit. Spectators who saw the last
contest say it was one of the 'best that
has ever taken place between represent
ative birds in this section. They were
very evenly matched and both fought
gamely until they were so badly ex
hausted that they declined to attempt
another "fly" and crouched in the pit
eyeing each other, but too far gone to :
do any more fighting.
The referee was forced to call the
match a draw, each side having won
three fights, and, except on individual
contests, all bets were off. It is said
that the final contest to decide which '
city has the best birds will be iougi.„
I off in the coal region towns some time
I next month.
WILDfIIAN ELECTED HEAD OF
IRE JITNEY JUS COMPANY
Continued From First race.
which commented on a letter which
Copelin wrote to the City Treasurer
of San Franc iso, asking for information
about the "Jitney" cars. The western
folks .poke a bit of fun at the people
'' Back East'' for being so slow.
The operation of the jitney 'bus
lines in the West no longer is the
oretical. They have been in use for
! some years and have been successful
'in some cities, financially and other
wise. The San Francisco "Dailyl
Times," under the heading, "Gee:
They're Some Slow Back Bast," has;
this to say:
"Believing that he was on the trail
of a new brand of gas wagon and covet-'
ing one for his very own city. City i
Treasurer Owen M. Copelin, of Harris
burg, Fa., in a letter received by Cilty ■
Treasurer William Adlams, asked:
" 'What type of car is the 'Jitney'
and where can they be purc-hased I' "
INDUSTRIAL HOMK ELECTS
Report of Treasurer Mho" n Debt of
*1,700 Was Incurred In 1014
The ttnanetal report of the treasurer
of the Children's Industrial Home WOfl ,
read before the thirty-ninth annual
meeting of the board of directors In the
Young Men's Christian Association yes
terday morning. The expenditures for
the year were >8.875.88, wlille the-re
ceipts were $7,250.41. A debt of $1,700
was incurred during the year for the
maintenance of the home.
The following officers were elected:
President. Mrs. Charles B. Rett<>w; first
vice president, Mrs. Edward Hoyer; sec
ond vice president. Mrs. Charles B.
Kager; third vice president, Mrs. Kath
erlne MUlhouse; fourth vice president,
Mrs. Ijerue Lemer; corresponding sec
retary, Mrs. Mercer B. Tate; recording
secretary. Miss Emma Bross; treasurer,
Miss' Agnes Felix; nominating com
mittee, Mrs. Charles E. Covert, Miss
Mary Cameron, Mrs. Martin W. Kager,
chairman.
Two Stranded Aviators Rescued
Lowestoft, England, Feb. 27, Via
London, 1.10 P. M.—Two German avi
ators, who for two days have been
clinging to their machines in the North
Sea, were landed to-day by the British
trawler which rescued .them. The Ger
mans met with their accident while at
tempting to fly from Ostead to Eng
land last Sunday.
COURT
SCALES IN ALL MARKETS'
City Sealer Next Week Will Adopt
Style to Be Used by Harris
burg's Market Patrons
The type of scales that are to b« M
placed in the city markets for the bene- V
llet of the market patrons will be se- 1
lected next week by Harry D. Heel, City
Sealer of Weights aud Measures, who
now ia testing out two different stylos
at his offices in the Commonwealth
Trust building, Market street. Three
-scales are to be purchased.
The scales, which the sealer is con
sidering tor the purpose of adopting
one, both are of nfty pound capacity.
The list price of one is SIOO, the other
is $l5O. After lie has made a selection
the sealer will direct the erection of
booths in three of the city markets, in
Which to place the scales. The scales
then will be in charge of the market
house janitor.
Once these scales are installed the
t ity Sealer said he then may ask the
City Commissioners to provide him with
funds to equip all markets with mu
nicipal scales.
To Redeem More Bonds
interest on improvement bonds I
amounting to $30,000 and bouds of the 1
first public improvement loan amount- I
ing to $33,400 will be paid at the City J
Treasury on Monday, so it was decided J
to day. The bouds are of the issue of fl
1835, while the interest money repre- ■
sents 'bonds issued under ull of the im- "
proveuieut loans.
Liquor License Revenue
Revenue received at the County
Treasury from liquor licenses up until
noon to-day amounted to $53,800. The
treasurer this morning paid out $974.06
to jurors attending this week's session
of 1 onimon Fleas court, while tipstaves
serving at the same session were paid
$ 13'5.
Grants a Divorce
Judge McCarrell this morning signed
a divorce decree in the case of Kiuina
K. Hoftmau vs. W. Guyn Hoffman. De- !
sertion was charged by Mrs. Hoffman.
Appeal Filed in Court
Two appeals from decisions of the
Fublic Service Commission to-day were
filed with the Dauphin county court. 1
One is tihe case of the Avoca Borough
Electric Light Company, which was
denied permission to enter into a cou
tract with the Avoca borough to fur
nish that town with light. In tho i
other the Lehigh Navigation Company I
was granted permission to cross with
its power line the electric lino of tho
Pennsylvania Utilities Company, and
the Utilities company objects.
Building Permit I
William F. 8c hind el took out a build- 1
ing permit this morning to erect two
three-story houses at Fourth and Em
erald streets, costing $4,000. Joseph,
Chicaria got papers to build a two
story garage on Hickory alley costing
S4OO.
Marriage Licenses
William I. Neaglev and Grace Sny*
der, Upper Paxton township.
John H. Crowl, Blysburg, and Laura
Saber, city. >
James W. Brunner, Hershey, and j
Elizabeth I. Fasnacht,
Italians Seek Charter
The Sons of Italy Band Association
yesterday applied to the I>aii|iihin coun
ty court for a charter. Officers of the
association are: V. F. Salerno, V. Or
sini, M. Cerzulla, Paolo Mustoli and
Thomas Cornelia.
DftMftGE TO RIVER
FRONT IS LARGE
Continued From Flrtrt Page.
Water ha.s washed away the looee earth
from the stones, leaving them bare for
a stretch of four or five feet above the
river wall.
The river rose to aibout five feet
; above the top of the wall and washed
! against the earth fill, taking awuy much
loose dirt and leaving bare bricks and
| large stones. This damaged was in
creased by the brisk winds w'hich sent
the water against the loose earth in
little waves.
As the river this afternoon had fal- i
len but two feet from the maximum |
stage of sixteen feet registered yesier
dlay, the full extent of the damage the
high water did to the fill cannot, of
course, be known until the water re
cedes further. Much of the loose dirt
may have fallen just on top of the
wail, or it may have been washed aiway
completely. The work of the Hill has
been halted during the flood period.
Flood Is Now Receding
Falling of the waters is reported
throughout the entire Susquetanna riv
er system to-day and there is no indi
cation that there will be any further
rise. The stage here at 8 o 'clock this i,
morning was 14.3 feet, according to
the officials of the Weather Bureau. Ab
this lower stage the resumption of work
I in the open hearth of the Central Iron
j and Steel Company was [Kiseible, but
; tlie mills did not open to-day. It is
likely that the work will be resumed
Monday, but the plans of the officials
'of the company have not been an-
I nouneed.
When the river sta,ge was read at 8
oYlock this morning it was shown that
a fall of 1.1 feet from the mark at tlio *
same time yesterday morning had oc
curred. Weather observers forecast a
stage of about 12.2 feet for Harrisfourg
at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. ,
Big Drop in Temperature '
Should the river continue to fall nt>
the present rate, as seems likely, the
I full amount of damage done to the
Front street fill can be ascertained
some time to-morrow afternoon.
A big change in the temperature
was recorded here last night, the mer
cury dropping to a minimum of 22 de
grees, which was twelve degrees below
the minimum registered the night be
fore. The temperature will remain low
to-nig'lrt with continued brisk winds.
To-morrow will be cloudy with little
change in the temi>crature.
Increased Freight Rates Suspended
Washington, ' eb. 27.—The Inter
state Commerce Commission to-day sus«
pended until June 29 proposed increases
in rates by central and western rail
roads ou glucose and corn syrup in car
loads from Chicago ami other central
points to eastern seabqard and interior
eastern points.
See Coupon
for Thurston
on Page 9
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