WITMER, BAIR & WITMERI
Balance of Winter Suits, Coats and Furs
at Ridiculous Prices
Eight black ami kitt narobiu nock pieces only values SIO.OO.
Special $3.00
Winter anil medium weight coats in Thibet. Serge and Whipcord—
values $5.00 to $20.00. Special, $2.50, $3.75 and $7.50.
Balance of Winter and Medium Suits—all early spring models—
gabardine, covert, broadcloth, etc.—values SIO.OO to $48.50. Special,
$5.00, $7.50, SIO.OO, $19.75 and $25.00
New Spring Suits, Dresses, Waists, Coats, Petti
coats, etc., arriving daily.
WITMER, BAIR
202 WALNUT ST.
SOCIAL and PERSONAL
BOWLING TOURNAMENT AT
HARRISBURC COUNTRY CLOD
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Willis Davis Won
in Mixed Doubles Last Evening, De
feating Miss Mary Roily and Boss
A. Hickok
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Willis Davis won
from Miss iMary Beily and RosS' A.
Hickok, in the mixed doubles at the
Harristourg Country Club bowling tourn
ament last evening. As a result O'f their
victory, Mr. and Mrs. Davis will com
giote in the finals in the event Which
will be decided next Saturday after
noon. In this match they will meet
Miss Frances Bailey and Henry Bent.
Scores of last night's mat.'ih follow:
Miss Mary Beily 360
Ifoss Hickok
Totals, 735
Mrs.-Carl Davis 266
Carl Davis 478
Totals 7 4.4
Sunshine Society Meeting
A meeting of the Roberta Disbrow
Lloyd Sunshine Society was held yes
terday afternoon, in Fahnestoek Hall,
nt which new cases of poverty and des
titution were reported, and a request
received from the Western Union Tele
graph Company for magazines and other
reading material to be used by the boys
when at leisure. These magazines can
be sent to the Western Union Office or
the V. M. C. A. Building.
A postcard was read which had been
received from the Vice Consul of Bel
gium, thanking the Society for its con
tribution of clothing. Miss Heister
also reported the receipt of five suit
eases of clothing for destitute families
at Edgemont. Later the members
i-ewed on garments for the children of
the Industrial Home.
Visitors' Day at Sewing School
Saturday was risitors' dlay at the
sewing school of the B. F. Stevens Me
morial church, an an interesting pro
gram of music and recitations was giv
en by pupil*.
The school, with an enrollment of one
hundred and fifty, is one of the largest
in the State and under the direction of
Mrs. .1. 11. Kase and fifteen assistant
teachers, the pupils are doing splendid
work, taking the full graded course in
sewing. The classes are arrange! ac
cording to age, with ten in a class, and
a tea her, who herse.f has taken the
same course as used in the school, is
in charge of each class. Some very ex
cellent work is done by the classes and
sit the end of the term an exhibition
of the work will be given and prizes
awarded for excellence and attendance.
CI! MM HOST
Entertained a Number of His Friends
at His Home With Hypnotic
Exhibitions
1 liarles Kirk entertained a number
<il friends at his home, 26 North Tenth
street, last night. Music, cards and
dancing, with a hypnotic exhibition
l,y t ie host and Charles Scotti, were
features of the evening's entertain
incur. Luncheon was sgrved to the
following guests.
Misses Katheryn Critchley, Bertha
Peters, Esther Kirk, Esther Peipher,
Anna Becker, Amy Kline, of Lock Ha
ven, Beulali Owen Esther Fisher,
Mary Witfner, Janet Kassen, Agnes
Sparrow, Florence Kirk, Martha Kirk,
Mabel Hoisted, Mr. ami Mrs. Harry
Stailey, Mrs. Florence Sparrow, John
Herbein, Karl Kirk, Edward Potteiger.
Mr. Shirk. Charles ®cotti, Stanley
Walker, Edgar Kirk, Frank Thomas,
John Kirk, Charles Kirk, Silas Keefer,
Earl Owin, Joseph Kirk.
Civic Club Meeting
The regular meeting of the Camp
Hill < ivic Club will be held Thursday
afternoon at 2.30 in the council room.
The various committees have been busy
planning the spring and summer work
and many new plans will be developed.
At the close of the business meeting
Mrs. Caroline Steward will give an in
teresting talk on "Dante."
Stephens- Gsntz Wedding
bit itz, March 2. —Miss Margie Gantz
and Otto A. Stephens, both of this
place, were married yesterday at Lan
caster at the parsonage of Emanuel Lu
theran church by tue Rev. George Sieg
er The bridegroom is one of the lead
ing business men of this section, where
they will reside.
Bair-Stewart Wedding
Vuarrvville, March 2.—Miss Katli
rvn R. Stewart, of this place, and Le
rov R. Bair, of Oxford, were married
yesterday at the parsonage of the
Methodist church by the pastor, the
Rev. Joseph Ceiisemer, with the ring
ceremony. The couple was unattended.
Becital of Songs
Cards have been issued for a "Re
cital of Songs ' which will be given by
•Miss Marguerite Wildman. assisted by
Robert K. Millaro, in the John V. Boyd
.Memorial Hall, V. \V. ('. A., Wednesday
night, March 10. at 8.30 o'clock.
Miss Neiding Returns to Munhall
Miss H«len Nflidig has returned to
Munhall, Pa., to resume her duties as
kindergarten teach«r in the [niblie
schools nfter a visit with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ncidig, 233 South j
street.
HAKRTSBTTRO STAR-INDEPENDENT/ TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2. 1915.
ROTARY CLUB HOLDS THIRD
ANNUAL LADIES' NICHT
Elaborate Arrangements Made by Mem
bers for Annual Social of Ladies—
Dinner, Dance and Entertainment —
Special Souvenirs to Be Given
The third annual ladies' night o>f the
Ilarrisburg Rotary Club will be cele
brated to-night, with a dinner, dance
and entertainment in the Masonic Tem
ple.
Dinner will be served from 6.30 to 8
o'clock, with covers laid for one hun
dred an 1 twenty guests.
The Rev. James F. Bullitt, rector of
St. Andrew's P. E. church, will offer
the invocation, and the address of wel
come will be made by William S. Es
sick, president of the Rotary Club, and
the response by Mrs. William Rufus
McCord.
From S o'clock until 9.15 the guests
will be entertained by Mrs. William K.
Bumbaugh, soprano; Miss Sara Lemer,
violinst; (leorge Sutton, baritone, and
Newell Albright, pianist, who will ren
der the following program:
Part I—"Waltz in C sharp Minor,"
Chopin; "Etude in E flat," Chopin;
"Hungarian Dance," Brahms, Mr. Al
bright; "Sunshine Song," tirieg; ' To
a Violet," Grief; "Greeting," Grieg,
Mrs. Bumbaugh; "Gypsy Dance,"
Nachez, Miss Lemer; "Vulcan's Song"
(Philomen and Baucis), Gounod, Mr.
Suttou.
Part 11—" Brilliant Bird" (Pearl
of Brazil). David, Mrs. Bumbaugh; "In
termezzo." Wolfe-Ferrari; "Humor
esque, " Dvorak; " Liebest'rued," Kreis
ler, Miss I<emer; "Invictus," Hulin;
"Morning," Speaks, Mr. Sutton;
[ "Etude," Cyril Scott: "AH Thro' the
Night,"' Cvril Scott; "Negro Dance,"
Cyril Scotl, Mr. Albright; "Passage
Bird's Farewell,'' Hildach, Mrs. Bum
jbaugh and Mr. Sutton.
Dancing will follow the entertain
ment, with the Updegrove orchehtra
playing for the dancers. Souvenirs of
every description, contributed bv the
various departments of the Club, and a
special souvenir for the ladies, will be
presented to each guest.
The committees in charge of the ar
rangements include: Entertainment,
John C. Orr, chairman; Giibert, K. Eb
rersole, Rudolph K. Spicer and A. Glenn
Fiekes. Fraternal, D. D. Hammelbaugh,
chairman; R. H. Lvon, Arthur \V. Hol-
I man, C. C. Cranford and Harry W. Mil
ler.
SILVER ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Sterneman Celebrated
Twenty-fifth Wedding Anniversary
| Strasfbuhg, March 2.—Mr. and Mrs.
bnos Sterneman. former residents of
.Marietta, yesterday celebrated their
silver wedding anniversary with a re
union of their family. They were
married 23 years ago by the Rev. Dr.
Haupt at Lancaster, and' this venerable
gentleman is still at the same place
and doing the same work.
A chicken and watHe dinner was
i served. Guests were present from
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, I Lancaster
and other places, and many pieces of
silver were received by the couple.
Married by the Rev. Dr. Fahnestock
Stevens, March 2.—A pretty wed
diug was solemnized vesterdav'at the
home of the Rev. Mr. Fahnestock when
Miss Ida Martzall was married to Isaac
FaJiuestock, of Manheim. The Rev. Mr.
Fahnestoi-k officiated with the ring
ceremony. A reception followed at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Martzall, and guests from
Lancaster, Manheim and other places
attended.
Wedding at Marietta
Marietta, (March 2.—Miss Mamie,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Frantz'
of Durlach, aad Milton 8. Eberlev, of
Xeffsville, were married yesterday by
the Rev. L. N. Landis. The couple was
unattended.
Attending Session in New Jersey
William H. Shelly and Frank J.
Hawthorne will leave tomorrow for
Haddonfrield, X. J., to attend the
meeting of the Most Excellent Assemb
ly Artisans Order of Mutual Protec
tion.
Easter "Prom" Invitations
Miss Anna E. F'ssel and Miss Fannie
L. Hoy have issued invitations for an
Faster "prom" on Easter Monday,
April 5, in Wintredale hall. The Loes
er orchestra will play for the dancing.
Business Trip to New York
Mrs. ft. Walzer and Mrs. Jacob
Schnader, South Second street, have
gone to New York City on a business
trip.
All He Wanted to Know
" Maria, I'm going to have Dr. Squil
lips treat me for my heart trouble."
" What do you knew about Dr. Squil
lips. John '"
"All I know about him is that Mr.
Gotsum recommends him to me."
"Who is Mr. Gotsumf"
"Mr. Gotsum is one of the stockhold
ers of the life insurance company that
is carrying a $20,000 risk on my life."
—r-Uhicago Tribune.
The Dry Salt
"I should think you would have pre
ferred the army to the navy?"
"No, ma'am. I'd rather do my fight
ing on water and keep dry than on
land and have to stand knee deep in
water in the trenches all the time."—
Detroit Free Press.
News of Persons
Who Come and Go
Miss Katherine Willielm, 1706
Green street, is home from Philadel
phia, Atlantic City and New York.
Miss Bertha Seiler, 116 Boas street,
has returned from Atlantic City, Phila
delphia and New York.
Mrs. Harry Forrest, 704 North Sixth
street, is the guest of her parents at
Lancaster.
Miss Viola Plonk anil Miss Rita
Plonk, of York, are house guests of
Miss Sara Sharpe. 306 North street.
Nelson Fiuley. Steelton, is spending
several days at Lancaster.
Miss Sara Sharpe, 306 North street,
is home from a pleasure trip to York,
Baltimore and Washington.
Miss Sidouia Bloom, of Mt. Carmel,
has returned after a visit with M'.ss
Mary Constance Baturin, 600 Boas
street.
Miss Lillian Wolf and Miss Anna
Wolf, ol' New York City are guests
of their aunt, Mrs. Morris Baturin, 639
Boas street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Gardner and
son, Arthur, 37 Evergreen street, have
returned from visiting friends at Ly
kens.
Mr. and Mrs. Sipe. of New Cum
berland, speut several days with Mrs.
Harry Koser. 105 Evergreen street.
Eugene Miller, of Falf, Canada, is
visiting his mother. Mrs. Miller, 1109
Plum street.
Walter Bittinger, 324 South River
street, is visiting his parents at Dills
burg. /
Mr. and 'Mrs. Albert Biehl and son,
Holmes. 1832 Rudy street, are v'.siting
Mr. and Mrs. A. 'Biehl, at Mechanics
burg.
Mrs. ('. W. Burkholder, of Wormleys
burg, is visiting at Lancaster.
Miss Aune Myers, of Philadel; hia,
is the guest of Mrs. F. M. Bellman.
2042 Penn street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hoffman, of
Columbia, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram Shenk, 271 Hamilton
street.
Miss Effie Stouffer. of Phila Iclphia.
were guests of 'Mr. and Mrs. P. Stouf
fer. 2030 Green street.
Albert Laird Wever, 2031 Penn
street, is spending the week in Reading
and Philadelphia.
; Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Myers, of
Gardner, Pa., spent the week-end with
J. Emorv Wiennau, 2033 Penn street.
Mrs. E. E. Sanford, 150 Sylvan Ter
race, has as house guests her sisters,
Miss Anna Rutledge, of Johnstown,
and Mrs. William F. Deisher. of Yeager
town.
Mrs. J. T. Tilghman, 104 Tuscarora
street, has returned from Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. William Yordy. of
Siiamokin, have.gone home after a visit
with Miss Mame Nicholson, 1641
Market street.
Miss Mary Pass. 629 South Front
street, and Miss Blanche Raine, 571
Race street, have returned after a visit
with the Rev. and Mrs. Ellis B. David
son, at Littlestown.
John Nicholson, of Shamokin, has
returned after a visit with his brother,
Robert. Nicholson, 1641 .Market street.
Miss Nelle Carson, of Philadelphia,
has gone home after a visit witii her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Britscli, 1248 State street.
Mrs. William Prim and daughter. Miss
Katherine Prim, of New Castle, have
gone home after a visit with the Misses
Nicholson, 1641 Market street.
'Miss Katherine Etter, 209 Pine
street, has returned from Princeton,
New Jersey, and New York, where she
visited school friends.
Miss Mary Henderson, 171 North
Fifteenth street, is the guest of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, at
Mt. Jov.
'Mrs. Leßue Grove, of Williamsiport,
is the guest of Mr. arid Mrs. G. Grove,
1247 Kittatinnv street.
Mrs. C. F. Crawford, of Renovo,
has gone home after a \ isit with her
daughter, Mrs. Odin Hoffman, 140
Sylvan Terrace.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E'„ Shearer, 130
Locust street, have returned from Lock
Haven.
Miss L. Daisy Sccin, of Tyrone, en
route from New York and Philadelphia,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. Miles
Logan, 1120 Greefl street.
Miss Myrtle M. Norris, of Baltimore,
has returned after a visit with her
uncle, 11. W. Norris, 431 Boss street.
Miss Alda Bratten, 308 North street,
has returned froin a visit to Lewis bun,'.
Mrs. R. McNeal, 2000 North Fourth
street, is spending several days in Phil
adelphia.
Mrs. J. W. Pelen, 410 North Third
street, lias returned to her home, after
upending several .lays in Philadelphia.
Mrs. 11. A. McNeal, 825 North Sixth
street, has returned after spending sev
eral days with her sister, Mrs. Gettys,
of Marvsville.
Miss Helen Seiders, of Reading,
spent several days as the guest of Miss
Kathryn Ilaegner, 1440 Berryhill
street.
Miss Mary McGialey, 929 North
Third street; Miss Delia Bodner, of
Highspire, spent the week-end at Lan
caster.
Miss Grace Hoover, of Altoona, and
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vigor, vim and vitality into nervous
tired out, all in, despondent people in a
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Anyone can buy a box for only 50
cents, and 11. C. Kennedy is authorized
by the maker to refund the purchase
price if anyone is dissatisfied with the
first box purchased.
Thousands praise them for general
debility, nervous prostration, mental
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As a brain food or for any affliction
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H. C. Kennedy's and dealers every
where. Mail orders filled, charges pre
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MEAT INJURIOUS
TO THE KIDNEYS
Take a Tablespoonful of Salts if Back
Hnrts or Bladder Bothers —Meat
Forms Uric Acid
We are a nation of meat eaters and
our blood is filled with uric acid, says a
well-known authority, who warns us to
be constantly on guard against kidney
trouble.
The kidneys do their utmost to free
the blood of this irritating acid, but
become weal; from the overwork; they
get sluggish, the eliminative tissues clog
and thus the waste is retained in the
blood to poison the entire system.
When your kidneys ache and feel like
lumps of lead, and you have stinging
pains in the back or the urine is cloudy,
lull of sediment, or the bladder is irri
table. obliging you to seek relief during
the night; when you have severe head
aches, nervous and dizzy spells, sleep
lessness, stomach or rheumatism in
bad weather, get from your pharmacist
about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a
tablespoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast each morning and in a few
days your kidneys will act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia, and has been used for genera
tions to flush and stimulate clogged
kidneys, to neutralize the acids in urine
so it is no longer a source of irritation,
thus ending urinary and bladder dis
orders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-wster drink, and nobody can
malce a mistake by taking a little oc
casionally to keep the kidneys clean
and acive.—Adv.
Mrs. W. Barton Wise, of Dickins»on,
were week-end guests of Miss Marian
Keiscr, 1732 Green street.
John Red-cay, son of Mr. and Mrs.
I'.lias J. Kedcjy, of Reading, was the
ot Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schind
ier, 430 Harris street, over the week
end.
Mrs. David Horn, of the Donaldson,
has returned from Philadelphia, where
she was the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Archibald Eglin.
Mrs. E.iza.beth Bollinger and Miss
Helen Tripstein, 31 fvc.tth Third street,
and Mrs. John Giede, 1729 Green
street, are home after a visit with
friends in lieatlint;.
Mr. anil Mrs. Lueien Xotestine, of
Bellevue Park, have returned after a
visit with friends in Brooklyn, X. Y.
Miss Evelyn Goshorn, 1315 Vernon
street, has returned from Baltimore.
Mrs. George Hok-omb, of Philadel
phia, has gone home after a visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Johnson, 506 South Thirteenth street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Strouse, 1632
North Second street, are home from
Ne>w York.
Miss Mary Glass and Miss Anna
tllass, 13't/O Market street, are spend
ing a week in Atlantic City and Phila
delphia.
Miss Esther Peters, of Aspers, is the
guest of her brother, J. Peters, Fif
teenth and State streets.
Mrs. Spink, of Pittsburgh, is the
guest of her brother, W. J. Stewart,
1837 Whitehall street.
FUTS m ME BL'ARD
UNDER DEPARTMENT HEAD;
CUTS SALARIES Js?.to
ronllnunl l-roin Fir*t I'ltgr.
companies, except as to the accounts,
are liereby transferred to the Secretary
of Internal Affairs, who shall have gen
eral supervision over them, subject to
sa-h regulations or alterations as shall
be provided by law, and in addition to
the annual reports now required to be
made said Secretary may require spe
cial reports at any time, upon any sub
ject relating to the business of said
companies from any officer or officers
thereof."
An effort has been made in the pub
lic service act to come under the Con
stitution, according to Mr. Swartz, by
requiring the Pubi-e Service Commis
sion to tile a djgu*rate of the report
which is sent toTne Governor, on the
second Monday in May each year, with
the Secretary of Internal Affairs. This,
however, g'ves the latter official no ex
ecutive powers, as the Constitution is
construed to give him, according to the
sponsor of this new bill.
The bill does not reduce the duties
of t'lie present commission. It changes
the public service act in regard to the
number of members and salaries of the
commissioners and the salaries of the
employes.
tinder the Swartz bill, the designated
salaries of the commissioners of the
burenu will be $6,000, except the
chairman, who shall receive $6,500.
The present commissioners receive $lO,-
000 a year, except the chairman, wiho
receives $10,500.
Mr. Swart?, holds that the salaries
paid to the commissioners are exorbit
ant, citing a case where a common pleas
Judge, who must near appeals from the
decisions of the commission, receives
less money than the individual mem
bers of the commission.
A Commission of Specialists
The number of commissioners under
the act is reduced froin seven to five
and where the members now are not re
quired to have special qualifications a
majority of the memOers of the pro
posed bureau must have special quali
fications. One must have at least ten
years experience in the employ of a
railroad in any capac'iy; a second must
have ten years' experience in the op
eration cf a railroad; a third must bo
learned in the law, and he shall be
chairman of the commission. The two
remaining members may be of any vo
cation. All must be appointed by the
Governor, subject to the approval of
the State Senate, as is now required.
The employes in the new bureau are
to be appointed by the Secretary of In
ternal Affairs and reductions in desig
nated salaries in the act are made. The
salary of the Secretary of the commis
sion is reduced from $5,000 to $3,000;
the counsel, from $7,500 to $4,000,
the assistant counsel, from $5,000 to
$3,000, and the investigator of acci
dents, from $5,000 to $2,500. But
one salary remains the same, that of
the marshal, who receives $2,000.
The total ot the designated salaries
of the commission is n'>w $95,000, ac
cording to Mr. Swartz, while under the
bureau plan it will be $45,000, a re
duction of $50,000 a year.
HI REPORT
1 MINERS' PROBE
Congress Committee
Ar r aigns Colorado
Militia for Its Part in
Recent Strike
ROCKEFELLER IS
ALSO REBUKED
Absentee Owners or Directors Caiinot
Escape Moral Responsibility for
Conditions in and About Properties
in Which They Are Interested
Bi/ Associated Press,
Washington, March 2. — A scathing
arraignment of the Colorado militia for
its treatment of striking miners and
their families is contained in a report
submitted to the House to-day by the
Mines and Mining sub-committee,
which investigated conditions in the
Colorado coal fields under a resolution
adopted a year ago in January.
While scoring conditions generally in
the coal fields an 1 criticising many of
the acts of the mine operators, includ
ing alleged violation of State laws, the
committee reports that no evidence was
found of a conspiracy in restraint of
trade to limit the output ol' the mines,
nor conclusive proof of the existence of
peonage.
Appeals for Arbitration
The strike was settled long before
the committee completed its report, so
no specific recommendations are made.
The committee appeals, howeveh for
arbitration in such situations. It de
clares thai these disturbances are na
tion-wide in their importance; that the
federal government is the only power
competent to deal with them, and, aft
er referring to the testimony of John
i). Rockefeller, .) r.. who disclaimed re
sponsibility for Colorado conditions,
adds:
"Absentee owners or directors by
their absence from tiie scene of such
disturbances cannot escape their moral
responsibility for conditions in and
about properties in which they are in
terested. •
Militia on Side of Operators
"It seemed the militia was on the
side of the operators in this contro
versy," says the report after reciting
the action of the Governor in calling
out the State troops, "and the evi
dence seems conclusively to prove such
to have been the case. The sooner men
armed in the service of the State learn
that the men whom they may deal may
be joor and ignorant and even violators
of the law, but are still human, the
better it will be for all concerned."
The committee denounces .John M.
Uhasc, adjutant general of the militia
of the State, for his refusal to testify
except upon condition that he would
not be questioned by representatives of
the miners and declares that, he "was
over-bearing to all who came in con
tact. with him."
The committee declares that John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., did nothing to im
prove tihe condition of the employes of
the company, in which he is a stock
holder and director.
Arraignment of Rockefeller
"Mr. Rockefeller," says the report,
"a large stockholder of the most pow
erful company in the State, has done
a great deal for the uplift of people
in other parts of the country and in
foreign lauds, spending millions of dol
lars in this work, yet he has not en
deavored to improve tihe condition ot'
the more than 6,000 employes in the
company with which he is connected,
and has not visited the State for more
than ten years.
"Mr. Rockefeller is a long-distance
director, not having attended a meet
ing of the stockholders or directors of
the company in ten years. It seems to
have been his practice to select sudh
men as he thought best for him, and
then look only to them for the manage
ment, without any personal knowledge
of the conditions. * * * It is true that
he did spend a large part of his profits
coming from the Colorado Industrial
Company, a part of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company, in the bettering of
conditions in other parts of the coun
try, but what of that when the money
is gained in such way and at such ex
pense to the State and its people?"
FOOTBALL INJURIES FATAL
Johns Hopkins Quarterback, Injured
Last October, Dies To-day
By Associated Press.
Wilmington. Del.. Marcl. 2. — Robert
LayfieM, quarterback oif the Johns Hop
kins football team, who was injured in
a game with Ijehigh University at South
Bethlehem, I'a., October 31, died this
morning about 9 o'clock, at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter A.
Ijayfield, here. He was in his twentieth
year.
Following the accident which caused
a fracture of the vertebrae, he was ta
ken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Bal
timore, and several weeks later was
brought to his home. Three weeks ago
he was operated upon at the Delaware
Hospital. He rallied and appeared to
improve for a while, but during the past
few days he hail been gradually grow
ing weaker. His father is vice presi
dent of the Atlas Powder Company.
Omesa
Oil
Neuralgia
. Rub Omega Oil gently over the ach
ing nerves; then cover with flannel
soaked in the Oil. Put a piece of dry
flannel over this- and bind tightly
against the face. This simple treat
ment has brought peaceful rest to
people who have suffered agonies.
Reduce your housework.
Reduce your fuel bills.
Reduce the wear of hard
on your clothes^^
r the right way, in cool or\
lukewarm water, don't boil or
hard-rub the clothes, don't keep
up a fire for hot water. Fels-
Naptha gets your work done
right, in half the usual time.
Pels At Co., Philadelphia.
134199.11T
lIOREiPIt
This Represents 6.38 i
Percent on the Stock.
Compared With 8.39'
In 1913
REA HOPEFUL
FOR FUTURE
President of Great Railroad System
Says the Victory in Freight Rate
Controversy Will Do Much to In
crease Prosperity in the Future
Confidence in the business future of •
the railroads and the country is ex- j
pressed by Samuel Rea, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, in the annual re-j
port of that company, made public this |
morning. This confidence is based on
the victory of the railroads in the ■> j
per cent, freight rate case, which he
interprets as an evidence that caipital
invested in railroads will be protected,
and he urges that larger powers be
given to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in furtherance of such protec
tion.
The net profits of the company,
despite the largest gross business, with
the sole exception of 1913, in the com
pany's history, were at the lowest level
since 1908. Net income applicable to
dividends was equal to only 6.83 per
cent, on the capital stock of nearly
$500,00(),00'0, compared with 8.39 per
cent, in the previous year. The gross
earnings, swelled somewhat by inclu
sion of revenues from the Northern
Central railway for the last half year,
the lease of that property having be
come effective July 1, 1914. were
$ 181,184,822, a decrease of $10,316,-
667 from 1913.
Operating expenses, including those
of the Northern Central, were $138,-
616,672, a decrease of $7,375,674,
leaving net revenue from railway opera
tions of $42,568,150, a decrease of
$2,940,993. After deduction of railway
tax accruals and uncollectible railway
revenues, both aggregating $7,473,205,
there was left railway operating income
of $35,094,944, a decrease of $3,087,-
53'8 from 1913.
To this was added $16,697,27S of
nonoperating income, $2,833,136 less
than for 1913, making the gross income
$51,792,223, a decrease of $5,920,675.
Deductions from gross income totaled
$17,701,458, v iin increase of $1,909,-
392, leaving net income of $34,090,-
764, compared with $41,92'9,831 in the
previous year, a decrease of $7,830,-
067. After payment of dividends and
various appropriations there was a sur
plus left of $123,000.
Income In Other Years
The earnings of the Pennsylvania
railroad for a scries of years compare
as follows:
Per cent, earned
on stocks out-
Net income, standing
1914 $34,090,765 6.83
1913 41,920,833 8.39
1912 42.153,964 9.tf9
1911 37,318,351 8.22
1910 37,775,484 8.15
1909 25,159,087 8.76
1908 28,207,660 8.96
1 907 33,575,056 10.67
1906 35,674,300 11.66
1905 30,102,516 9.94
1904 27,990,866 9.29
1903 27,506.507 9.27
1902 25,849,963 12.64
1901 12-2,194,330 10.91
Referring to the Interstate Com
merce Commission's decision, President
Kea says that while the revenues ob
tained from the increases allowed, as
well as the prospective revenue to be
derived from sources indicated by the
commission, will be helpful to the eom-
NOT IN THE COMBINE
West Shore Bakery
L. M. BRICKER, Prop.
) •• i.
J panv, it is of almost equal importance
| to the owners of railroads and to per
j sons dependent upon their successful
! operation and service to know that
I I heir interests will l>e protected under
j law and that it is the expressed inten
, lion of the rommission to aid in the
: solution of the problem of constantly
increasing expenses and other burdens
j plaved upon tlie railroads.
| Vet, President Rea points out, there
| is a great deal of constructive work to
ibe accomplished before governmental
i re illation is plated on a satisfactory
basis. In this <onneeti»>n lie urges
; amendments to federal laws so that
! lie commission shall be given power to
| strengthen tin railroads in order to en-
I courage the investment, of private capi
; tal. for the expansion of their facilities
i and services, aim the preservation i>f
] their credit, by means of reasonable
! rates which will acord with the higher
! costs and burdens placed on them in
| complying with statutory requirements
j and governmental awards and regula
tious.
Operating Revenue
The operating revenue of all lines
; oast and we;.t ot Pittsburgh for the
year 1914 was $354,412,996.34; op
j crating expenses, $288,803,807.84, and
operating income, $65,609,188.50, a
1 Increase in operating revenue, coin
; pared with 1913, of $38,022,947.7 1,
and a de rease in operating income of
$5,373,852.58. There were 313,-
'983.114 tons i»t' freight moved on the
I entire system, being a decrease of
58,039,716 tons, and 183,031,295 poa-
I sengers carried, a decrease of 4,463,-
150.
The number of tons of freight moved
ion the live general divisions east of
I Pittsburgh and Erie in 1914 was 135,-
j 296,035, a decrease of 19,912,743, or
| 12.83 per cent.; the number of passes
I gers was 80,873,281, a decrease ol
, 1,903,951, oi 2.30 per cent.
I The net income was applied as fol
lows: $1,785,242 to sinking and re
j serve funds, $29,952,186 to dividends
land $2,300,335 to investment in phvs
flcal property, leaving a surplus for I lie
j year of $ I 2 3,000.
learnings of tiie western lines we if
! much more unfavorable. The Pennsyl
j vunia company reported gross earning!
nf $54,698,326, a decrease of sll,'
535,268, and net income of $4,728,
; 972, ti decrease of '5>',065,029 froir
t lie previous year. The Pittsburgh
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louij
showed gross earnings of $39,139,399
a decrease of $.">,437,443, and net in
j come of $2,314,096, a decrease ot
! $827,403. The Vandalia reported
gross earnings of $11,006,672, a loss
| of $519,61.0, anil net income of $282,
j 559, a decrease of $369,259. ,
i The lines west of Pittsburgh expend
jed $11,030,991 during the year foi
' construction, equipment and real es
tate. Arrangements are under way, th«
report states, fo tiie financing ant
commencement of work on the new Un
1 ion passenger station at Chicago. Tin
new passenger terminal will absorb tin
present freight station facilities of thi
Pittsburgh, Port Wayne and Qhicagi
railway, and a modern freight statioi
of much greater capacity will be pro
\ vided.
Attention is called in the report t
the efforts of the railroads to brinj
aibout the repeal of the so-called ful
crew laws and the stock and bondhold
era and employes are requested to sup
[iort the movement.
Electric Trains by June 1
It is expectei to operate the mali
line suburban passenger trains by eleu
i tricity about June 1 and it is hope
that financial conditions this year wil
permit the extension of electrification
to North Philadelphia and the Ohestnu
Hill branch. The aggregate expend]
! tare for construction and equipmen
during tin' year was $16,961,009. I'll
total operating expenses decrease
8.67 per cent., chiefly through enforce
economies required by the loss of rev*
■me and traffic. These were eff 'cto
by a reluct ion in the use of material
, and supplies, in the working forces o
all departments, and in train and ea
mileage, and by deferring other ei
i penses.
Beyond the $49,000,000 of consol
dated mortgage bonds recently sold, th
j company possesses authcrity to increas
the indebtedness by $31,000,000. Thi
will not be sufficient to meet the ba
ance of the refunding an.l othpr r<
' quirenients for 1913 and stockholder
! at the forthcoming annual meeting wi
i be requested to consent to a further ii
.crease in indebtedness of $40,000,00(
so that the company may have autho
! itv to increase its indebtedness to tli
extent of $71,000,000. This will b
made through the issue of bonds si
cured bv the new general mortgage, c
otherwise, or by the of other ol
I ligations, but not in excess of s7l
i 000,000.
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