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Oil HANK POSTS
Brumbaugh's Conser
vation Measure Has
Sweeping "Ripper"
Provisions
FULL DISCUSSION
IS CALLED FOR
Proposed Law Would Do Away With
Several Departments and Boards
and Combine Their I unctions Un
der One Commissioner
What is regarded as the most sweep
ing "ripper' - bill of the present legis
lative session is the Conservation bill
distributed Saturday night from the
Executive Department and known as
Governor Brumbaugh's Conservation
bill. It creates a Department of Con
servation and charges its head with
the enforcement of all la»ws heretofore
enforced by the Departments of Fish
eries and Forests; the Board of Game
Commissioners; Water Supply Commis
sion, and State Forestry Reservation
Commission, and abolishes these re
spective bodies as a whole.
It was announced that the bill has
been sent to interested persons in all
parts of the State, the object being to
their views on the various changes
proposed. According to the bill there
would be at the head of the new de
partment a Commissioner of Conserva
tion, to be appointed by the Governor,
and he would name a deputy. The de
partment would be divided into fbur
bureaus to be known as the Bureaus of
Game, Fish. Forestry and Water, an t
presided over by a Game Commissioner,
a Fish Commissioner, a Forestry Com
missioner and a Water Commissioner, to
be appointed by the Conservation Com
missioner, who would also appoint "a
suitable number of frame commissioners
and tish wardens, and fix their compen
sation. '' The salaries of none of this
officials of the department are named in
the preliminary draft of the bill.
The duties of the Department of
Conservation, as defined in the bill, are
as follows:
Provisions of the Bill
"Protect and preserve and aid in
propagating the game animals, game
fowl, song birds and insectivorous birds
in Pennsylvania, and collect, classify,
preserve and make available to the pub
lic information conducive to such pro
tection, preservation and propagation.
"Establish and maintain game pre
serves within the State forest reserves
and elsewhere.
" Encourage and promote the devel
opment of the fishery interests of the
State.
"Protect and preserve and-aid in
propagating food fish in Pennsylvania,
and collect, classify, preserve and make
available to the public information con
ducive to such preservation and pro
pagation.
"Encourage and promote the (level
opment of forestry in Pennsylvania.
'' Ptgtect and preserve ami increase
tMr- of Pennsylvania, including
*tlieir protection against fire, an i col
lect, classify, preserve and make avail
able to the public information con
ducive to such protection, preservation
and increase and conducive to a more
wide-spread knowledge of trees and
their uses.
"Mauage and control forest lands
owned by the Commonwealth and pro
vvie for the education of forest war
dens for the care of State forestry re
serves.
"Collect, classify and make available
information respecting the economic re
lation of geology to forestry.
"Make a complete inventory of the |
water resources of Pennsylvania, and,
classify, preserve and make available to ;
the public the information so obtained:
ascertain where waters should be im
pounded for any purpose, including pro
tection against floods and the increas- i
ing of the low water flow in streams i
for navigation and other purposes, and ;
establish an i maintain gauging sta
tions, publish results of information si |
obtained, and give timely warning of;
approaching floods.
"Devise and provide for the prac ]
tical application of methods of con-|
serving, utilizing, purifying and dis-!
tributing the waters of Pennsylvania. ,
'"Adopt and enforce regulations for
the proper performance of any duty im-'
posed on the department of law."
Hay Be Offered This Month
If* is not proposed to have the bill 1
introduced for some time, or not until :
its plan and scope are fully understood'
by the State. It will probably be in
troduced in the Senate the latter part
of the present month, the Governor in
the meanwhile having such alterations,
made as to meot his views when sug- i
gested by those to whom the bill has
been sent for examination.
WEIXER <«ETS COAL CONTRACT
Lowest of Three Bidders Who Sought
to Furnish City Coal
City Commissioner Harry P. ißowman
at the meeting of the Commissioners
-to-morrow afternoon will recommend
awarding the for furnishing
5,000 tons of river coal to be used [
at the filter plant and pumping station
to Jacob Weiner, at his bid of sixty-1
eight cents per gross ton.
\J'einer was the lowest of three bid- !
ders who to day submitted proposals. I
Stroh Brothers i Pilling Company bid
ninety cents and the Harrisburg River
Coal Sand and Stone Company bid
eighty-nine cents. The coal is to be
supplied at the rate of not less than
100 tons daily.
Address Hill Meeting
A large ,-uidiewe attended the mass
meeting of the Allison Hill Men's j
Christian Association in Lenny's thea
tre, 5 South Thirteenth street, yester
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The meet
ing was addressed by J. P. Braselman,
president of the association, and G. S.
Hartman. A feature of the meeting
was a cornet solo by George Carl.
To Entertain at Tea
Mrs. C. M. Montgomery, 1903 Mar
ket street, will entertain the members
df the Queen Esther Society of the
Stevens Memorial -Mi/thodist Episcopal
church, at a tea to-morrow. All mem
bers of the society are invited to at
tend.
COURT HO USB
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DENIED RIGHT TO APPEAL
Court Holds That Alderman's Alleged
Error Is No Excuse For Sus
pending Rule on Procedure
An alderman's failure to prepare a
transcript of his docket entry in a
summary conviction which is to be ap
pealed to the county courts, ie not a
legal reason for suspending the court
rules governing the procedure in such
cases, so Judge Kuaikel decided in an
opinion filed to-day in an action be
tween Howard M. Eldridge, Jr.. plain
tiff, and Thomas E. Kohr, defendant.
The court would not allow the de
fendant's appeal. Bldridge sold Kohr
a piano for $495 'but because of alleg
ed defects in the instrument they be
came involved in a legal controversy.
Eldridge obtained a SSO judgment
against Kohr through a decision of
Alderman Hoverter and the defendant
filed notice of his plan to appeal from
the decision. '
The appeal and transcript were filed
after the time prescribed by law and
in an effort to have the court consider
the case, notwithstanding the tardiness,
it was contended that the alderman
had not prepared the transcript until
it was too late. The court holds that to
not be a legal excuse.
FIVE SEEKING TO BE DIVORCED
Lloyd Shearer Charged Wife Deserted
Him a Months After Marriage
Five divorce suits were beijun this
morning, in four of which the wives
are the complainants. Three of those
charge cruel treatment. On the grounds
of desertion Lloyd Shearer is suing his
wife Emma, for divorce, alleging that'
they were married on October 17,
1913, and that Mrs. Shearer deserted
him on January 6, 1914, fewer than
three months later.
Barbara E„ and John Hartman were
married on February 16, 1877. and it
is charged the husband deserted her in
March, 1 &SO. Mrs. Hartman now is
suing for legal separation papers. In
these -suits cruel treatment is charged:
Maud vs. John H. Prowley, Blanche
vs. Eugene Shirk, Florence vs. Joseph
C. Martin.
Bridge Viewers Named
Paul 0. Smith, Earl E. Graeff and
Joseph W. Umfeerger this morning were
appointed a board of viewers to de
termine whether a new concrete bridge
shall replace the old iron structure
crossing Wieoniseo creek each of Ly
kens. The viewers are to report to the
court next Monday.
Wills Are Probated
The will" of James S. McClure, late
of this eity, was probated this morn
ing, and letters testamentary on the es
tate granted to Anna McClure. On the
estate of Teresa Rich, late of Harris
burg, letters were granted to Sernard
Schmidt.
Assignee's Bond Approved
The SIO,OOO bond of Frank J.
Rcliaffner, a local attorney who has
been appointed assignee of the estate
of I. S. Conrad, of Derry township, this
morning was approved bv the court.
City's Financial Statement
The financial statement issued by
the City Treasurer for the month of
February shows that the city's cash
balance on February 1, was $503,-
12 2.25: the receipts during the month
were $30,524."2 and the expenditures
$72,895.51.
Neither Side Satisfied
Both plaintiff and defendant in the
suit of John H. Palm for an insurance
claim against the National Ben Frank
lin Fire Insurance Company, have ap
pealed from the decision of the com
mon pleas court jury. Palm seeks a new
trial while the insurance company asks
that judgment be entered in its* favor
and that the verdict of S2BO in favor
of Palin be set aside. The court placed
the motions on the argument list.
MISSION WORK HINDERED
The B«v. E. E. Calverley, Returned
From War Zone, Tells of Trouble
The Kev. E. E. Valverlev, recently re
turned from Arabia, yesterday morniug
preached in the Olivet Presbyterian
church. He described his and his wife's
work among Moslems. The missionaries
in that part of the world, he said, are
very anxious for victory for the English
as such victory means protection in
their work.
Last evening Mr. Calverley spoke at
the Immanuel Presbyterian church on
"How the War Is Hindering Missions
in Arabia." The Arabian mission has
two missions in the war area. One is at
Muskat, where the British are assisting
the local Sultan in suppressing a re
bellion. The rebellion is being led by
a blind Mulla who plays upon the super
stitions of the Arabs, claiming that he
is able to turn the bullets of the enemy
into water so they will not hurt his fol
lowers. The uprising prevents the mis
sionaries from visiting their sub-sta
tions.
Another station of the mission is at
Busrah, which is a part of iMesopotania,
that fertile valley of the Euphrates—
the big river of the Bible. Busrah has
recently been captured by the British
expeditionary force from India. The
war operations here kept the mission
aries from their usual school and mis
sion work, but increased their medical
work. The American missionaries joined
the Turkish Red Crescent Society,
which takes the place of the Red Cross
Society, and crowded their homes
and hospitals with wounded Turkish
soldiers. »
MEN TO "UNUMBER"
Members of Olivet Class Plan Good
Time at Social To-morrow Night
The Men's Bible class of ' Olivet
Presbyterian church, Derry and Kitta
tinny streets, will hold a social meet
ing following a short business session
to-morrow evening in the basement of
tii<> church.
This will bp an occasion when the
members are expected; to "uulimber,"
to cast away dull care and to get to
know each other better. There will be
no addresses but a program will be sub
mitted of a secular and laugh-raising
nature. Probably the principal items
will be contributed by Ray Snow and
Edwin Tittle, two locai boys from the
Technical High school who will give
their skit entitled "The Million Dol
lar Artist."
A large attendance of the class
members is expected and a cordial in
vitation is given to all Hill men, of
any church or no church at all, to
fraternize with the Olivet men on this
occasion.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1915.
SUPERIOR COURTTAKESUP
A MECIANICSBURG CASE
Hears Argument This Afternoon on
Appeal Butd on Cumberland Val
ley Railroad Controversy About
the Placing of a Trapk
The Superior Court for the Middle
Peinsvlvania district began its reg
ular spring session at the Capitol this
afternoon, all of the members, with the
exception of Judge Porter,- being pres
ent. Chief Justice Rice presided and
with him were Justices Orlady. Head,
Henderson, Kephart nad Trexler. Jus
tice Porter, who has been quite ill for
some time, :s still confined to his home.
No opinions were handed down, but
it is expected that before the court
adjourns this week it will make public
a number of decisions.
Twenty cases were marked for argu
ment, among them the following from
DaupSiin county: Adams Express Co.
vs. Harrisburg; Commonwealth vs.
Tradesmen's Trust Company, appeal of
William Brvaut; same, appeal of
Charles D. Kachline; Commonwealth
vs. Athens George, appellant.
The case of Cornman vs. Central
Pennsylvania Traction Company, Dau
phin county, was nftn-pressed. Three
cases from Venango county, Common
wealth vs. Bowser, dealiug with white
slavery, were ordered to be heard in
Pittsburgh on April 12. The case of
Snyder vs. Snyder, Dauphin, appeal,
libel in divorce, was also non-pressed.
The npi>eal of the Borough of Me
chanicsburg trom a decision of the
Cumberland Valley court was the first
case argued. In 1909 the Cumberland
Valley aßilroad Company laid tracks
across Chestnut street in Mechanicsburg
without making application for leave
to do so from the municipal authorities,
and John Gray, foreman of the track
layers for the company, was arrested
and fined SSO.
The company took an appeal to the
Cumberland county court, which re
versed the action of the justice, where
upon the Borough of Mechanicsburg
appealed to the Superior Court, and the
case was argued to-day. E. M. Biddlc,
Jr., appeared for the borough, and S. B.
Sadler for John Gray.
The members of the court, with a
number of State officials and attorneys,
will be the guests of Governor Brum
baugh at a dinner at the executive man
sion this evening.
URUES AID BY DEMOCRATS
Palmer Asks Legislators of His Party
to Support Local Option
Democratic members of the Legisla
ture now in this city to-day received
letters from former Congressman A.
'Mitchell Palmer, in Washington, re
questing them to vote for the local
option 'bill. Mr. Palmer writes at the
request of Governor Brumbaugh, and
says that in voting for tlie local option
bill the Democrats are supporting a
plank in their .platform which declared
for local option. He insists that it is
not a question of prohibition, but pure
ly one of home rule, and says the will
of the people should prevail.
Some of the Democrats in the House
sai.l to-day that they know of at least
twelve Democratic members who will
support the local option bill, and that
they intend to make a thorough canvass
to see where they stand as a party.
Representative' Flynn, of Elk, toe
Democratic House leader, speaking of
the Palmer letter, said that Mr. Pal
mer's request would have little influ
ence with any Democrat, as the Dem
ocratic legislators had all made up their
minds one way or the other on the ques
tion of local option before hearing from
the '"Reorganization" leader.
MANY HEAR Dl{. CAMPBELL
Men's Class of Redeemer Lutheran
Church Has Large Attendance
A gathering of a hundred and five
men in the Men's Bible class room at
Redeemer Lufheran church, Nineteenth
and Kensington streets, yesterday
morning heard the lesson of the day
taught ay I)r. E. E. Campbell, of Me
chaniesburg. president of Irving Col
lege, and the teacher of the large
men's class at Zion Lutheran ehureh.
The Young Men's Bible class of Re
deemer church holds services Sunday
mornings at 9.30 o'clock and is at
present m.iking special efforts for in
creased attendance and membership.
Of the hundred and five men present
yesterday, mauy of whom brought
their wives to increase the adult class
tftuii'ht toy the pastor, the Rev. E. Vic
tor Roland, there were ninety members
I of the class and fifteen visitors.
The young niea's clasS will hold a
meeting to morrow night. All member*
are requested to be present as business
of importance will be transacted.
SOCIAL AT IMMANUEL
Dr. Jackson Will Address Men's Class
on Wednesday Evening
The men's Bible class of Immanuel
Presbyterian church will hold a social
on Wednesday evening, with Dr. Jdhn
Price Jackson, Commissioner of La>bjr
and Industry, as lecturer; Mrs. Wilbur
Harris, vocalist, and M. E. Buslunan.
violinist.
The entertainment starts at 8
o'clock and is free. Dr. Jackson will
lecture on "Safety First in Europe."
Motion pictures will be used.
Mrs. Eliza V. Crist
Mrs. Eliza V. Crist, aged 69 years,
widow of William H. Crist, formerly of
Buckeystown, Md„ died Saturday
morning at her home, 646 Catnip
street, following a two years' illness of
heart trouble. She is survived by two
sons, Samuel C. and Charles H. Crist.
Funeral services will be held at her late
home to-morrow evening at 7.30
o'clock, the Rev. Amos M. Stamets, pas
tor of Augsburg Lutheran church, offi
ciating. The body will be taken to
Frederick City, Md., Wednesday morn
ing on the 6.55 train. Interment will
be made in Mount Olive cemetery.
Miss Anna Elizabeth Smith
Miss Anna Elizabeth Smith, daughter
of Dr. Charles Smith, of Linglestown,
died yesterday afternoon at 12.30
o'clock from tuberculosis. She was 29
years of age. -Surviving her are her
father and two sisters.
Fnneral services will be held at the
home of her father Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Zim
merman officiating. Interment will be
in the Linglestown cemetery.
2-cent Passenger Bate Law Void
Washington, March 8. —The West
Virginia two-cent passenger rate was
annulled as unconstitutional to-day by
tihe Supreme Court as to the business
of the Norfolk and Western Raiiway
Company.
UY CALL STATE POLICE
TO HALT CATTLE TRAINS
Governor Bays He la Beady to Use
Them If the Ballroada Disobey Ship
ping Ban—Nickel Plate Lines
Promise to Comply With Order
The president of the New York Cen
tral Railroad Company, which controls
' the management of the roads embraced
in , the-Nic-kel Plate system, was quick
to'take the hint from the Pennsylva
nia Attorney General's Department
that it must cease the shipping of cat
tle from western points to the eastern
markets through Pennsylvania or suffer
prosecution, while the foot and mouth
disease quarantine lasts.
This morning Attorney General
Brown received a telegram from the
president of the New York Central say
ing for his road and the roads con
trolled by it, meaning the Nickel Plate,
that "no more shipments of live stock
will be made until further notice from
the quarantined districts."
This is held to mean that all ship
ments have been held up, or routed out
side of this State, until it has been as
certained that the foot and mouth dis
ease, which has again brokeli Jftit in
the West, has been stamped out. The
officials of the Erie Railroad Company
have not yet been heard .from in re
sponse to the Attorney General's letter,
but it is not thought that it will defy
the order of the State Live Stock San
itary Board by shipping any more cat :
tie.
Meanwhile the board is keeping close
watch on all cattle shipping points from
the West into Pennsylvania and will
halt them at the border should an at
tempt be made to ship by any company.
Governor Brumbangh has been kept in
formed of the situation and says that
if necessary the State police will be
placed on guard at the State line to
halt any cattle traips from the west,
and he insists that the order of the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board shall
be carried out to the letter.
The cattle shippers in Chicago and
other western joints have been given
to understand that they ship cattle at
great risk if the cattle are to be sent
through Pennsylvania, and although
thev consider it a hardship, the State
authorities are determined that jio more
outbreaks from this source shall inflict
the Pennsylvania cattle.
WOMEN MADE VICTIMS OF
BAND OF PURSE SNATCHERS
Caalinurd From First Pi(t>
from behind. She put up a struggle and
soon the man who attacked her ran
away, it was not until he had disap
peared that she noticed that her hand
bag had been cut from the handle and
was missing. Miss Alleman spread an
alarm but her assailant had disappear
ed. She could give no accurate descrip
tion of him and she was uncertain
whether it was the man who alighted
from the trolley ear or the one who
got out of the automobile, who had at
tacked her.
A pocketbook containing a gold
watch and gold rimmed glasses was
stolen from Mrs. Anna McDaniels,
1417 Market street, at Fourth and
■Market streets, Saturday night. This
was reportrd to the police last night.
Mrs. McDaniels could give no descrip
tion of the thief and the police have
nothing to work on.
The thieves have been snatching
pocketibooks, taking the niouev or other
valuables out ajid throwing the empty
purses away or dropping them in mail
boxes and thus covering up incriminat
ing evidence.
Women are cautioned bv the police
to be careful of the way* thev carry
handbag* and pocketbooks am! to re
port losses to the police as promptly
as possible. A rejiort made several
hours late is valueless to the police, but
if a search is made immediately fol
lowing the theft there is a chance that
the thief may be arrested.
Often women hesitate to report such
thefts afid it is believed that scores
of such attacks are committed without
the police beirog informed. On one oc
casion it came to the knowledge of the
police that a woman was "held up"
on Fifteenth street, but the thief got
nothing. She would make no formal
complaint to the police but the police
subsequently sought her out. Five com
plaints from the Allison Hill district
have been made in the last few days.
MANY MEN AT DERRY STREET
O. P. Beckley Speaks to' Class of 275
At United Brethren Church
That men are becoming interested in
Sunday school work was shown yester
day in a report from a class of boys
taught -by Lewis R. Hibshman in the
(Deny Street United Brethren Sunday
school. Fifteenth and I>erry streets. In
'Mr. IHibshman's class were twenty-dive
boys.
"Mow many bovs here have fathers
in the men's class downstairs!'' was
asked, whereupon twenty-four hands
shot into the air.
Despite the storm 275 men gathered
at the session of rhti men's class of
Derrv street church yesterday to hear
a stirring address by O. P. Beckley, one
of the teachers. Mr. Beckley spoke on
"Filling Your , r ob," pointing out that
tSaul, the son of Kish. so dignified the
job of mule driving that the Lord made
him a king. v
"How many of you fellows that are
whining because you are not promoted,"
asked Mr. Beckley," are laying down
on the job where you now aret Are
you so dignifying your place that the
boss will be justified in calling you into
the office some bright morning to tell
you he has a better place for you J
You mustn't forget that the man who
doesn't work at the job he has is like
ly to loaf on the next he gets."
Prayers were offered for local option
yesterday by a score of men in a season
of sentence prayer. At the suggestion
of 'H. L. Carl, another of the teachers,
the men of the class determined to
send personal letters to Representatives
Wildman and Swartz, and to Senator
Beidleman, asking their support of Gov
ernor 'Brumbaugh in the local option
fight.
Vote to Continue Strike
When men of the local Pennsylvania
railroad shops who went on a strike
here last wintir iput it to a vote yes
terday whether to continue the strike,
the ballot returns showed a proportion
of four to one in favor of the strike.
The voting took place at a special nSeet
ing of the members of the Brotherhood
of Federated Railway Employes in
Eagles' hall, Sixth and Cumberland
streets. The railroad company has put
men in the places of the strikers.
LOWER TEMPERATURES
WILL STAVE OFF FLOOD
Mercury will Go Below Freezing and
Keep Snow Water From a General
Flood—Fourteen Inches of Snow In
Greatest March Blluard Since 1888
Generally fair conditions prevail to
day over the Susquehanna river water
shed and with t>elow freezing temper
atures expected tonight no material
changes will occur in the river stages.
C. J. Doherty, otieerver temporarily in
charge of the local oflice of tine Weath
er Bureau, forecasts a stationary stage
of 5 feet for Harrisburg.
Up river stations wit4i the exception
°' Waterville reported a fall yester
day. Little snow, water that Ras not al
ready been released will run off because
at the lowering temperatures. A mini
mum of 25 degrees is expected for to
night, five degrees lower than the
minimum stage of last nig4it. The
temperature will not rise high enough
during the day to cause a general run
of snow water and no precipitation is
in prospect.
This storm was Hue greatest March
storm since 1888, the total fall of snow
since i o clock Friil&y evening being
14 inches. It was likewise the heavi
est snowfall of the present winter. The
previous heaviest fall was February 13
and 14, the total being 11 inches.
Generally fair weather continues
over the entire section of the country
with the exception erf a strip along the
Atlantic coast line, Much loweT tem
peratures are expected in th<e Middle
West and Plain States. Fair and cold
er weather is the prospect for most of
the week.
CIBB fIIWCfITO PEN
Steelton Men Who Bobbed Senator's
Friend Get From Two and One-
Half to Five Years
•John E. Gibb and Albert Hagy, the
Steelton men who attacked and robbed
J. 13. Higgins, personal friend of Sen
ator Baldwin, pleaded guilty before
Judges Kunkel and .McCarrell this aft
ernoon and were each sentenced to pay
a tine of |5 and undergo imprisonment
in the Eastern penitentiary for not
less than two years and six months and
not more than five years.
Senator Reidleman and William B.
Boyd, counsel for the defendants, pre
sented petitions, signed by many t*eel
ton residents, who asked that the young
men be shown leniency. Hagy' s wife
and baiby were in court. Much of the
jewelry and money, amounting to well
on to SSOO, that had been taken from
Higgens, has been recovered by the po
lice.
RAILROAD CASE BEFORE COURT
Argument Head In Appeal From Pub
lic Service Commission
The session of motion court sched
uled' for the morning, at which it was
expected a dozen or more defendants
would be sentenced on criminal charges
to which they have entered pleas of
guilty, got a setback because the
court's time was taken up with hear
ing arguments of attorneys on an ap
peal from a decision of the Public Serv
ice Commission.
The argument involved the question
of who shall bear the expense of bridg
ing Centre street, Butler, across the
tracks of the Pittsburgh & Western aud
the Pittsburgh, Lake Erie & Bessemer
Railroads, an improvement costing
$150,000. The Butler Passenger Rail
way Company, which plans to extend
its lines over the bridge, was assessed
by the Service Commission to pay ten
per cent, of the cost and the steam
railroad companies and the borough
each were directed to pay thirty per
cent.
The Bessemer Railroad Company ap
pealed. The attorneys argued that the
Public Service Commission failed to
ascertain the consequential damages to
adjacent property that would be en
tailed through the construction of that
brid'ge and because of that alleged
failure the question was raised by the
court whether the Public Service Com
mission, in allowing the building of
the bridge, "as a convenience to the
public in general" had the right to is
sue such a certificate.
RETAIN FOUR YEAR TERM
United Evangelical Conference Votes
Down Extension of One Year
Carlisle, March B.—The United
Evangelical Conference, in session here,
has voted down the proposal to change
the term of ministers from four to five
years. Adjournment will take place
to-morrow morning, after the place of
meeting for next year has been selected.
Saturday's session was important
because t>he ranks of ordained Evangel
ical ministers were strengthened by
•recruits. Among those who have
been licensed to preach are Hallbert
Jacobs, W. E. Yingley and C. H. L/oyer,
of Hanover; Elmer Hill, Jersey Shore;
Guy Morgenthaler, Yorkhanna; H. E.
Davis, Berwick; A. W. Gamble, Nesco
peck; Clarence Getz, Linden; Herman
Flick, Salidaysburg.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock the
ordination sermon was given by Bishop
U. P. Swengel, of Harrisburg. At 2.30
p. m. the ordination services were held.
S. P. C. A. Prosecutes Two Men
George Jones, 1603 Elm street,
charged by Charles J. O'Donnell, agent
for the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, with driving a
horse with a sore shoulder, was fined
$5 before Alderman Hilton Saturday.
O'Donnell also arraigned -Charles Dow
ney before Alderman Caveny Saturday
for allowing three horses to stand in
water at Lochiel. He was fined $lO.
Stricken With Acute Indigestion
Alex L. Stober, 905 North Fifteenth
street, a locomotive inspector at round
•house No. 2, was taken suddenly ill
with acute indigestion while at work
at 4.30 o'clock yesterday .. afternoon.
(He was taken to the Harrisburg hos
pital for treatment. I Hie was much im
proved to-day.
Gospel Crew Goes to York
The Gospel Crew of the local Penn
sylvania Railroad Youmg Men's Chris
tian Association will have charge of
the services in the Epworth Methodist
Episcopal church at York, Sunday,
1 March 14.
IE PLANS BURIAL;
WHANGS SELF
CHllamd From First Pag*.
before 7 o'clock in the morning, Mr.
Geyer shoveled the snow from his path.
The note he wrote to his family was
found near his body.
In that note he directed that his
body be 'buried- in the Hillsdale ceme
tery, within a stone's throw of his
home and adjoining Geyer's church
which was named aftor his father, the
late Jacob Geyer. He suggested that
the funeral be in charge of the Bev.
William Beach, of Boyalton, pastor of
the church, and. the Rev. D. F. Long
enecker, of Lebanon. The Rev. Mr.
Longenecker years ago was pastor of
Geyerchurch.
Mr. Ge.yer had been a farmer and
resident in Londonderry township for
aibout sixty years. He moved there with
his parents, from Mt. Joy, Lancaster
county. Up to the time of his death
and for forty years, he was a trustee
of Geyer's church. He was church sex
ton for many years. He served three
terms as supervisor of Londonderry
township, and was instrumental in the
success of the Hillsdale camp meetings
which for a long time have been held
annually. .
Left Four Sons and Three Daughters
Besides his widow, Mr. Geyer left
four sons, Samuel, of Conewago; Jacob,
who resides on the homestead farm, in
Hillsdale; Atoram, of Middletown, and
Harry, at Bound Top; three daughters,
Mrs. A. K. Winters, of Hershev; Mrs.
Irvin Shope, Hillsdale, and Mass Kiity
Geyer, at home; also two brotherg,
George, of Boyalton, father of John"T{.
Gever, an attorney practicing before
the Dauphin county bar, and Michael,
of Hillsdale.
The funeral services will bo held at
Geyer's church on Wednesday after
noon at 1.30 o'clock and, as suggested
by Mr. Geyor, will be in charge of the
Rev. Mrt Beach and the Rev. Mr.
Longenecker.
LA TOURAINE NEARS HAVRE
Fire on French Liner Now Under Con
trol and the Vessel May
Reach tort To-night
By Associated Press,
London, March 8, 2.16 P. M.—The
fire on board the French steamer La
Touraine has beea almost extinguished,
and the vessel is steaming to her des
tination, the French port of Havre, at
a speed of 14 knots an hour.
The information here given is the
latest report received in Paris. It was
sent at 10 o'clock last night by wire
less telegraphy from a cruiser which is
escorting La Touraine.
La' Touraine, belonging to the Com
pagnie Generale Transatlantique, left
New York February 27 for Havre with
84 passengers on board, including a
group of five American doctors and
ten American nurses on their way to
France for hospital service.
Saturday morning La Touraine was
reported on fire at a point about 1,000
miles off the French coast. Help was
summoned by wireless, and several ves
sels responded. The fire was gotten
under control and La Touraine, with all
on board safe, sihould reach Havre to
night.
Paris, March 8, 1.01 P. M.—The
French Ministry of Marine announced
to-day tliat the fire on La Touraine
was "practically out." AVord to this
effect was received at midnight from
one of the cruiser's escort.
NEW OFFICERS AT OTTERBEIX
Pastor of U. B. Church Starts Series of
Eight Sermons
At the Otterbein U. B.
Fourth and Reily streets, the foWowiug
Sunday school officers have been elect
ed for the ensuing year:
General superintendent, Qharles
Shaffner; assistant superintendent,
Clr.rence Zarger; general secretary,
William Ream; treasurer, John Runkle;
librarian, William Brownawell; advis
ory committee, Harry Sollenberger,
John Fortenbaugh, Frank Slike; audit
ing committee. Christian Houseman,
Harry Garrett and Russell Kawel.
The Sunday school attendance has
increased 150 per cent, over the past
year.
A series of eight sermons on '' The
Attitude of Christ" by the pastor, the
Rev. Edwin S. Rupp, began yesterday,
as follows:
March 7, morning, "Christ and the
Father," evening, "Christ and the
Home;" March 14, "Christ and the
Raved," evening, "Christ and the
City;" March 21, morning, "Christ
and the Church," evening, "Christ and
tihe Nation;" Palm Sunday, March 28,
morning, "Christ and the Multitude,"
evening, "Christ and the Cross:"
Easter Sunday, April 4, morning, com
munion, reception of members, infant
baptism and free will Easter offering;
evening, "The Risen Christ."
PAYS WIFESI3O TO LEAVE HIM
Boesch, However, Is Sued for Non-Sup
port by Woman He Married in 1914
Whether agreements entered into by
a couple at the time otf their .separation
are binding and act as a bar to a court
order directing the husband to pay his
•wife weekly maintenance money, are
questions that will be discussed before
the judges at tihe next term of argu
ment court on March 23, under an or
der made by Judge McCarrell this
morning in the suit otf Mary A*against
William B. Boesch.
The couple were married in June,
1914, and lived together less than
three months, the wife, a't the time of
her leaving, complaining that '' She
was physically unable to tlo the farm
work." Both Boesch and his wife had 1
been married before.
When the couple parted, it is al
leged, Boeech gave his wife $l3O in
consideration that she make no further
claim for maintenance, but she subse
quently charged him with "non-sup
port " and the court made a $2-a-week
maintenance order in her favor. Thn
legal question on which hinges the hus
band's liability now will be threshed
out by the attorneys in the case.
Secretaries to Meet at Camden
The semi-annual meeting of th'e Sys
tem Secretaries' Conference of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Young Men's
Christian Associations east of Pitts
burgh and Erie, will be held at Cam
den, N. J., Thursday, March 11. Im
portant features of the program will
be reports on the "System Education
Work" and "Svetem Religious
Work."
CAPITOL HILL {
LAWMAKERS MEET TO-NIGHT
Sixteen Bills on Third RMdlng in the
Senate—Forty Measures on
House Calendar
The Senate will meet to-night «c
9.30 o'clock and the House at 9
o'clock, for the transaction otf general
business.
The Senate has 16 bills on third
reading, uino on second, including the
amendments to the Philftdoiphia port
laws, and 13 on first reading, including
the measure prohibiting unnaturalized
foreigners from fishing in stream-* of
the State and creating a third Judge
ship in Daitphin county.
iu the House more than 40 bills are
on the calendar. On third reading
there is the general repealer of obso
lete, invalid and other laws which have
been superseded or declared unconsti
tutional; bills to establish pension
funds in first and second-class cities,
for civil service in police, tire and elec
trical departments in t.hird-clnss cities,
and the Philadelphia housing code re
pealer. The Spangler bill, fixing sal
aries for county officials in counties
having under 150,000 population, is on
first reading.
On socotid reading are 28 bills, in
cluding the Juvenile Court and Alle
gheny County Court amendments, re
quiring all public printing to be done
within the State, requiring newspapers
to file advertising rates betfore takiug
■State advertising contracts and making
third-class city treasurers elective by
the people.
Officers Dropped
A general order issued front Nation
al Guard headquarters .announces the
discharge of Captain William C. Ges
ner. Company I), Fourth infantry, and
Second Lieutenant Oliver Woods, Com-
I»any E, Sixth infantry, for failing to
comply with regulations.
It is alsjo announced that a commis
sion was refused Irving Achmoody,
elected captain of Company I, Six
teenth infantry, wiho failed to qualify
as an officer that grade.
Complaints Dismissed
The Public Srvice Commission has
dismissed the complaints of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company and Kelly Broth
ers Coal Company ag'ninst the Bell
Telephone Company. The complainants
are located near ■Snow Shoe. Kelly
Brothers allege that the respondent re
fused to install a telephone station in
their office and the (grievance of the
Lehkyh Valley was that the Bell re- .
fused to continue service at an annual
rate of S4B because these rates are
below the standard rates charged else
where. With a view of reaching an
amicable settlement, the Bell submit
ted some proposition but they were
ignored toy the complainants and ihe
action of the Commission followed.
County Roads
Bepresentative McKay, of Cflawford,
wiH introduce a bill in the Hjouse to
night providing that appropriations for
State highways shall he expended in
each county in proportion to the total
mileage of unimproved Staite highway*
therein. He maintains that, by this
law each county will in time have all of
its state roads constructed.
FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK. EXCHANGE*
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H. W. Snavely, Broker.
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Btreets
New YorVc, March 8.
Open. Close.
'Alaska Gold Mines ... 30 30%
Amal Copper 54% 55 %
Amer Beet Sugar 40% 39%
American Can 27% 28%
do pfd 95 95%.
Am Car and Foundry Co 42% 42%
Am Cotton Oil 46% 46%
Am Ice Securities .... 28 28%
Amer Loco 20% 21
Amer Smelting 63% 64%
American Sugar 102% 102
Amer Tel and Tel .... 120% 120%
Anacopda .. 26% 26%
Atchison 95% 95%
Baltimore and Ohio ... 68% 68%
Bethlehem Steel 56 55'^
Brooklyn RT 88% 88%
California Petroleum .. 17% 17%
Canadian Pacific 158% 160'..
Central Leather 34% 34%
Chesapeake and Ohio .. 41% 43%
Chi, Mil and St. Paul. 87% 88%
Chino 'Con Copper 36 36%
Col Fuel and Iron .... 25 24%
Consol Gas 116% 118 -
Corn Products 9% 10%
Distilling Securities . . . 8% S%
Erie 22% 22%
Erie, Ist pfd 3'5% 35%
General Electric Co ... 139% 140%
Goodrich BP . 31% 31%
Great Northern pfd ... 115% 115%
Great Nor Ore subs .. 32% 32%
Interboro Met 59% 59%
Interboro Met pfd... 13 13%
Lehigh valley 135 135%
Mex Petroleum 66% 67%
IM'o Pacific 12 12
National 'Lead 54 54%
'Nev Consol Copper .... 13 13
New York Central .... 83% 83%
NY, N H and H 50% 52%
Norfolk and West 10'2 10'2%
Northern Pacific, 103% 103%
Pennsylvania B. R. .i. 105% 105%
People's Gils and Ceke . 119% 120%
Pittsburgh Coal 20% 20%
do pfd 93 93 "
Press Steel Car 25% 26
Bay Oon. Copper 17% 17%
Reading 145 145%
Reputo. Iron and Steel . 20% 20%
Southern Pacific. 84% "5
Southern By 15% 16%
do pfd 49% 49%
[ Tennessee o.)pper 27% 27%
Texas Company 134 135%
Union Pacific 119% L2o%'
U. S. Bubber 56% 5 6 "/It"
U. S. Steel 45 45%
do pfd 104% 104%
Utah Copper 52% 53%
Western Maryland .... 20% 21
W. U. Telegraph 63% 63%
Westinghouse Mfg .... 68% 69
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago, March B.—Close:
Wheat—May, 149%; July, 119%.
'Corn —May, 73%; July, 75%.
Oats—May, 57%; July, 53.
Pork—May, 17.92; July, 18.32.
Lard- -/May, 10.62; July, 10.90.
'Bibs —May, 10.22; July, 10.50.
Roy Singer at Home in Hainlyn
Mrs. Lillian Singer, of Haiolyn, to
day said that her son, Boy, could not
be the "Boy Sanger" taken from a
freight tarin in Hagerstown last Wed
nesday in an exhausted condition, since
her sou has not been away from home.