THE MOTORCYCLE SHOW IS 1
CROWING IN POPULARITY
P&id Admissions for Yesterday Number
024—Gratifying Sales Are ftelng
Made and Keystone Club Is Taking
In Members
The motorcycle show in Chestnut
street hall is making riders tor the mo
torcycle members for the Keystone
Motorcycle Club, sales for -the ex
hibitors ahd enthusiasts of the pro
moters of the show. It is gaining in
popularity every day and will become
an annual event in Harrisburg and one
to attract the manufacturers of the two
two-wheeled automobiles, for the sales
now warrant the expense and effort put
forward to make it a success.
There were 624 paid admissions to
the hall yesterday, nearly twice the
number of Saturday nighf. The exhibits
are just getting warmed up and the
relative merits of the various machines'
Are being driven home, the selling talks
op until the close of the show last nign;
resulting in sales for two 1915 Thors
by Charles Uhler, an Indiau bv the
West End Cycle Company and an Ex
celsior by the Excelsior Cycle Company.
The co-operation looked good to two
motorcyclists and they applied and were
elected to membership in the Keystone
'Motorcycle Club, the body that con
ceived the annual show.
There have been many improvements
and refinements to the motorcycle and
the new models are exciting the adtmra
tion of the show visitors. First with
the display of the motorcycle club on
Mew Year's day and now the Keystones
used in that parade for the show deco
rations the club is firmly entrenched in
Harrisburg popularity.
LATE WARNEWS SUMMARY
Continued From Flnt Page.
army which is striking into Turkish
Armenia, along the shore of the Black
Sea, is announced at Petrograd. It
is claimed that the Russians have occu
pied important positions beyond the
Tchoruk river, throwing back the Turks
with heavy losses.
Although there is no direct evidence
that Italy will depart from her policy
of armed neutrality. Rome dispatches
express the belie* that the nation is on
the eve of '' great'and decisive events.''
Premier Salandra is quoted as saying
that "Italians will see the destiny of
their country accomplished."
Bulgaria, considered the least likely
of anv of the Balkan nations now at
peace to join the allies, is confronting
an internal crisis over the question of
peace or war. Reports reaching Paris
State that Premier Radoslavoff has
been overthrown by the influence of
King Ferdinand because he desired
immediate action against Turkey. The
plan of the premier and his followers
as thus outlined, was to occupy Adria
nople provided Greece threw in her lot
with the triple entent.
The course to be followed by Greece :
is still to be determined, although
King Constantine, in his opposition to
war, is said, to have the support of
the general staff The main argument
advanced against joining with the al
lies is an attack on Constantinople
would weaken the military strength of
Greece along the border of Bulgaria,
which would be regarded as dangerous
in view of the relations of the two
countries.
M. Zaimis. requested by King Con
stantine to form a Cabinet, has de
clined. and a member of the Chamber
of Deputies, M. Gtfunaris, has under
taken the task.
Paris dispatches mention several
warships not named before as members
of the allied fleet which is attacking j
the Dardanelles. As the strength of the
British North Sea fleet apparently has
not been weakened the inference is
drawu that Great Britain and Prance
are bringing in for this service vessels
from the far corners of the world, the
tieing up of German shipping and the
destruction of German warships on
theses high seas havinj made this pos
sible.
KINK AND DOEHNE ADMITTED
Harrisburg Lawyers Permitted to Prac
tice Before Superior Court
The Superior Court to-day heard ar
gument in the case of Trimmer vs.
Berkheimer, an appeal from the Com
mon Pleas court of York county. V.
K. Keesey represented the appellant
and McClean Stock the appellet.
The only Dauphin county case to be
heard to day was that of the Adams Ex
press Company, appellant, vs. the City
of Harrisburg, au appeal from the de
cision of Judge Kuukel that the com
peny is liable to taxation for city pur
poses and is not a public utility com
pany, as it claimed. City Solicitor
Seit7. represented tihe City and Charles
H. Bergner the appellant.
Clarence Funk and Edward F.
Doehne, of the Dauphin countv bar,
and William McElree. Jr., of the Law
rence county bar, were admitted to
practice before the court.
No opinions were handed dows to
day.
MISS ANNIE H I'M MEL DIES
Former Postmistress of Hummelstown
Expires at Noon To-day
I Special to the Star-Independent.) !
Humuielstown, March 9.—Miss An- ;
nie Hummel died at her home in Cen- I
tre square at noon to-day after a ling- J
ering illness. She was aged 76 years!
and is survived by a sister, Mrs. Marv '
H. Givler, of Mechanicsburg, and a :
brother, Charles C Hummel, of this \
borough.
Miss Hummel was a daughter of the '
late Joseph and Elizabeth Leebrick j
Hummel and was a direct descendant
of Frederick Hummel. tfie founder of
Hummelstown Many years ago she
was postmistress of the borough and ■
was for a long time an active worker
iu the Methodist church.
The funeral will take place Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services will 1
be held at her late residence, with in
terment in the Hummelstown cemetery. 1
Mrs. S. J. Zeigler Pensioned
Announcement is made in the "Tele
phone views of Pennsylvania" that
Mrs. S. J. Zeigler, mother of Captain
Frank E. Zeigler, was placed on the
pension list after thirty years of active
service. Mrs. Zeigler entered the serv- '
ice of the Western Union Telegraph
Company i n 1881 and joined the Bell
force in 190(5. She was employed in the '
accounting department when retired.
HELP WANTED FEMALE
WANTED—An experienced child's nurse.
Apply Harrisburg Club. Front and
Market streets.
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_ HARRISBURG BTAB-WDEPENDEKT. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1915.
CALLS HIS WIFE
"LIAR" IN COURT
CmMbbml Froa First Past*.
4 was the day fixed by the wife as the
time Mrs. Croft, Sr., ordered her and
the baby from the house. Sne sawii the
order followed a quarrel between the
young couple, arising, the wife said,
over young Croft's demand that she
take her clothing to the attic and keep
it there.
Then it was that Croft shouted in
court: "You're a liar!"
Croft agreed eventually, that his
wife-should at least have $3.50 a week
from him and the court accordingly
made an order to that effect.
This was one of several family row
stories that cam'- to the Judges' ears
this morning in suits for maintenance.
Mrs. Lillian Kerstetter, in her suit,
asking maintenance from hpr husband,
Walter E. Kerstetter, told between sobs
a story that she had sacrificed her all
so that she could be with her husband;
that she has been denied admittance to
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph WaMjorn, all because of him,
and ttliat she now is boarding with
strangers.
She added that her husband thrice
deserted her and that he has failed to
make good a promise he made on two
occasions and which induced her to re
turn to him. That he did not get out
of the city immediately following the
last desertion several weeks ago, the
wife said, was because site had been
informed of his plans to "skip" and
prevented him by swearing out a war
rant for his arrest.
Husband Is Sent to Jail
Kerstetter offered excuses and when
he assailed his wife's good reputation,
«oth Judges Kunkel and IMcOarrell de
clared point blank that they disbelieved
him. He was directed to pay his wife
16 a week and to furnish a bond with
approved security to comply with the
order. That he said he was unable to
do and he went to jail.
Clarence Bavley, who was sued for
maintenance, admitted that he left a
"soft nest" when he quit his wife and
mother-in-law and went out among
strangers to live, and while he had no
work and no financial income he fur
ther confessed that he couldn't just ex
plain how he was "getting along."
Nevertheless he looked prosperous and
bore no signs of not getting "three full
meals a day."
When the Court probed further into
his case, Bavley smilingly remarked:
'' I've been staying out_ with my
friends," mentioning a woman's name.
"What's that!" asked the Court.
"Oh I just slept there. I didn't eat
there. I got some of my meals from
other friends. One of them is right here
in thi«i court room."
"What's his uamel" asked the
Judge.
"Oh. I don't know his name. They
just call him Crumpv," he said.
The Court ordered Bavley to pay his
wife $2 a week.
Virgil Brown was ordered to pay the
costs of a surety suit brought by Hat
tie "Stough.
CONSTITUTION IS
RAPPED BY BROWN
Caatinuril From Flrat Pace.
af rhc limitation of the Constitution,
of drafting law* which the people need
and are entitled to have.
We Are Woefully in Rear
"Tn the march of the states toward
the fulfilment of the hopes of our fath
ers. who in their day were not afraid
to act, that there shouldi ever abide
here a government of the people, by the
people and for the people, we are woe
fully in the rear. We do not have a
government of the people, but we cer
tainly do not and cannot in this State,
under the present Constitution, have
one- by and for them.
"It is a pity that a mere expres
sion of opinion oi that which one thinks
would be helpful to our people should
be attributed to jome political or other
ulterior improper motive. I would have
a poor opinion, indeed, of the citizen
ship of Pennsylvania if I believed that
they were not capable of governing
themselves. Other States have adopted
new Constitutions to meet their pres
ent day needs, and their people are
thriving and happy in their possession,
and all self respecting Pennsylvanians
should, at least, cherish the confidence
that the Keystone State is at last of
equal strength with the other stones of
the arch.
Willing to Lend His Assistance
••'ln the family of Commonwealths
which compose the nation, we are con
sidered exemplars in many of the ele
ments which goSto make up an ideal
citizenship, but he is either blind or in
different who does not know that our
Constitution is a garment we have long
since outgrowu, and has been added to,
and added to, piecemeal, and if not a ,
tiling of shreds, made so by the con
struction of the courts to adjust it to'
out vital needs, it is at least a. thing'
of patches.
"I hope no one will be so unfair as
to attribute to me even the thought of
suggesting that which I did not be
lieve to be beet for all. I have not j
critically read the bill of Representa-1
tive Roney, I have not talked with him !
aii>out it, have taken no interest in any
i movement to secure a convention, but j
j will, if the Legistfalure deem it wise to i
j call one, do all in my power to assist'
to the adoption of a Constitution, which i
I believe to be absolutely ne.'essary, if j
Pennsylvania is to maintain the posi-:
tion in the natifln to which, with her
| location, natural resources and citizen
! ship, she is entitled."
CARING FOR "'DOPE FIENDS"
Hospital Authorities Have Many Ee-!
quests From Victims
j Numerous requests for treatment
I from the drug 'habit are now being re
j ceived at the Harrisburg hospital from
peisons in all walks of life throughout
the city. Since the admittance of two
persons yesterday the fact has become
generally known that the hospital au
thorities are now overun with many
sich cases.
It was stated to-day tihat persons
suffering from the maladies produced
from quitting these drugs cannot be
handled an account of the lack of room, i
One Miner Dead, Four Overcome
Hazleton, Mtirch 9.—Olonzo Vincen
to, aged 24, of this city, a miner on the :
night shift at the Lattimer operations '
of C. Pardee Brothers incorporated, j
was found dead and four others, all of I
Tyrolean descent, unconscitais in the |
gangway to-day.
Prominent Attorney Visits City
M. E. McDonald, a prominent i
nej- of the Lackawanna county bar, and j
editor of the "Lackawanna Jurist,"
was a visitor in tie city to day. '
CAPITOL
DISCUSS CHILD LABOR LAW
WITH STATE EXECUTIVE
Pennsylvania Editorial Association
Meets Governor Brumbaugh On
Bill Now Before Legislature—
Newspaper Men Open Sessions Here
Thei joint legislative body of the
Pennsylvania State Editorial Associa
tion, as woll as two committees repre
senting the daily and weeklv papers,
choseui from members of the associa
tion, called on Governor Brumbaugh
at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon, to lay
before him certain phase# of the Child
Labor Bill which is now up before the
State legislative bodies. The three as
sociations called u|>on the Governor
separately, the former composed of
ten members, while the latter ,two
were represented by three members
each. •
The way the 'bill stands at the pres
'bovs under sixteen years of age will
be prohibited from working for a news
paper within the State of Pennsylva
nia, whether carrying routes, selling
papers or working in the wailing de
partments.
The plaus of the committees were to
show the Governor that work of this
kind does not interfere with a boy's
schooling, for in most instances he only
works from one to three hours daily,
and theu either before or after school
sessions.
The opening session of the Editorial
Association took place in the Board of
Trade building at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Thore were upwards of fifty mem
bers present, representing both daily
and weekly newspapers.
The meeting opened with a paper on
"The Co-operation of Newspaipev Pub
lishers," by E. R. Stall, of Pittsburgh,
which was followed by a general dis
cussion.
In his paper Mr. Stall, showed what
- results, were obtained in Pittsburgh
through the co-operation of the pub
lishers of the seven leading papers in
maintaining the Tri-iState News Bn
reau. The annual cost of running the
bureau is $84,000 for the seven papers,
which would cost each paper more for
the same kind of news were thev to
work separately. The advertising and
circulation departments of the papers
] were also fully exiiounded bv Mr.
Stall.
The association adjourned at noon to
meet to-morrow morning. This after
noon the two bodies assembled sepa
rately, each taking up the phase of
work relative to their part of the as
sociation.
This evening the members will hold
a banquet at the Bolton House, when a
number of speeches will be made.
State Flower
The Senate has passed on first read
ing the House bill making the mountain
| laurel the State flower.
Two Election Bills
Senator Crow announced last night
J that t'he Republican leaders have defi
nitely decided to support two election
bills: To prevent fusioti after the pri
maries, and a -constitutional amend
ment to abolish the poll tax. The other
election bills will be talked, over this
week. All have been prepared and
are ready for presentation whenever
! agreed upon bv the leaders.
Dauphin's Third Judge
The Nissley bill providing for a
third Judge in Dauphin county passed
first reading in the Senate last nig'iit,
and went through on second reading to
! day. It will come up for final passage
| to-morrow.
Tribute to General Beath
Memorial exercises in honor of the
! late General. Rc6ert B. Beath will be
i held at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Hcone
| in Erie on March 25. Adjutant
; General Stewart will preside. General
i Beath was a trustee of the home.*
THE GOULDS LOSE CONTROL
Eliminated To-day From the Director
ate of the MiESouri Pacific and
Iroij Mountain System
tiii Associated Press.
j St. Ljuis, Mo.. March 9.—The pa.-s
--1 ing of the Goulds from official connec
; tion with the Missouri Pacific-Iron
Mountain System took pla'e at the an
nual meetings of tb? two roads hera
to-day. Control of the Missouri Pacific
'carries with it control of the St. l/ouis,
jlron Mountain and Southern, for the
| Missouri Pacific holds most of the
stock of the latter. The balloting was
j completed before noon and the Goulds
; were eliminated from the directorate
| of the two roads.
SUFFRAGISTS CLAIM 30 VOTES
Final Ballot in the Senate Will Prob
ably Be Taken Next Monday
; A large delegation of women inter
| ested in the passage of the suffrage
amendment, headed by Mrs. Frank
Roessing, preside it of the State Suf
frage Association, we're in the Senate
to-day to see the measure pass second
reading.
It was announced that the amend
ment will not come up for final pass
age at to-moirow morning's session, but
will be held until next Monday night's
session, the reason for delay being
that a number of Senators are going !
home this evening, tnd a full attend
ance is desired when the final vote is
taken. The suffragists claim there are
more than 30-' Senators pledged to vote
for the measure. The full membership
of the Senate is"so. •
Seventh Victim of Gunman Dies
By Associated Press.
Brunswick, Ua., March 9.—Gunner
Tolnas, a bank clerk, wounded'by Mon
roe Phillips, who' ran amuck in the
business district here last Satunllay,
died of his wounds to-day. Tolnas'
death, was the -seventh among Phillips'
victims. Phillips was shot down artfcer
he had killed five persons and wouuded
thirty-two others.
Second Baptist Revival Services '
Revival services began Sunday night
in the Second .Baptist church, Cameron
street near Market, and will continue in
the evening except Saturday. A part
of the 'Harriifburg evangelistic chorus
will sing there Thursday evening. The
Rev. A. J. Greene, the pastor, has
charge of the services.
TWO U. S WARSHIPS ARE
ORDERED TO GO TO MEXICO
AS CRISIS BECOMES ACOTE
CuUmi rna Firat P>|» _
ordered to send one cruiser aud'one bat
tleship to Vera Crut to strengthen the
fleet of small craft already there, or
gathering from nearby ports. The ad
miral, who commanded the force which
took the town from Huerta last April,
will not go, but he was instructed to
send a flag officer to take comrtiand.
Serious Conditions Existing
President Wilson describing the
latest American representations, said
Carranza has been called upon by the
United States to take- the necessary
steps to protect foreigners in Mexico
City, and had been informed of what
the Washington government had heard
of conditions there and how (serious
they seemed to be.
When asked whether the United
State* had any new intentions in Mex-
I ico, the President reiterated that the
; government had represented its vierws
on what appeared to be the situation
iu Mexico City. He added that in all
such situations, it was necessary to dis
count a great deal, because, he said,
certain persons would like to have the
United States intervene in Mexico, even
if they had to manufacture the facta
on which to base the intervention.
Not An Ultimatum
When the President was asked if the
latest note to Carranza was an ulti
l malum, he replied the administration
did not issue ultimata but expressed
its views and acted accordingly.
Speaking of conditions in the Mexi
can capital Pr(*ident Wilson referred
to the fear of outrages there as being
more pressing at present than anything
that had already occurred. The fear
was, he said, that the city would be
i evacuated and left without protection.
No request had come from any for-
I eign government, the President said,
| for action by the United Stktes in
Mexico, although diplomatic representa
tives of two foreign countries had ex
pressed their anxiety over affairs there.
Mayo May Take Command
Under the order dispatched to Rear
Admiral Fletcher the ships going to
Vera Cruz may be under command of
'near Admiral Mayo of Prst division,
1 whose flagship is the Arkansas, Rear
, Admiral Boush of the Second division,
I whose flag is on the Utah; Rear Ad-
I miral Coffman, of the Third division,
j whose flagship is the Virginia, or Rear
j Admiral McLean, commanding the
Fourth divisiou, whoso flag is on the
I Connecticut,
No complaints have come as to con
ditions in the territory under control
jof Villa, the President said, although
he had been informed that for 75 miles
j south of the American border there was
| some distress and fear of famine. Duval
West, personal representative of the
j President, who has been conferring
[ with General Villa and his subordinate
1 generals is now on his way to Mexico
City, where he will make an inve«ti
| gation of '-onditions there.
General Carranza "s Reply Received
Washington, March 9. —General Car
| rai.za has made a preliminary reply to
| the American representations, denying
! generally the existence of conditions in
! Mexico City which the United States
! has called upon him to improve.
I - In a statement, made orally to Amer
ican Consul an at A era Cru?.
j which was laid before President Wilson
and the Cabinet to-day, the Mexican
; chief denied that Geneial Obregon, his
I commander in Mexico City, hed pre
i vented food from reaching the Mexican
j capital or that he had sent supplies
: away.
Carranza "s o-ial statement was taken
| in official quarters to forecast the tenor
of his formal answer, now being
drafted.
I Meanwhile orders went forward to
j Rear Admiral Fletcher, commanding
i the Atlantic fleet, at Guantanamo, to
| send two more warships to Vera Cruz.
No Army Movements Contemplated
After the Cabinet meeting to-day it
; was said that the sending of tthe ad
! ditional warships to Vera Cruz was the
I only move contemplated at present, j
The entire Mexican situation was gone
j over.
Secretary Daniels said the Washing
j ton and Georgia had no orders other
! than to proceed to that port at once, j
I Secretary Garrison said no army move- I
i ments were in contemplation. It was I
j declared generally that the course of!
j the United States depended ii|>on the |
attitude of Carranza.
2,000 Villa Troops Defeated
Douglas, Ariz. March 9.—General I
' Elias Calles received a message from
j General Obregon yesterday saying:
"Colonel Eugene Martinez, of Che
| First battalion of Sonora, numbering
' 1,000 men, informs me of the decisive
defeat of 2,000 Villa troops 110 miles 1
' north of Mexico City, They were
routed after nine hours' fighting and
are fleeing in the direction of San Juan
Del Rio, in the State of Queretaro." j
BEAR APPLEBUTTER BOIL
Fire Starts in Shed Destroys It and !
Earn and Damages House—
Loss, VHOO
While boiling applebutter this morn- l
ing in a shed adjoining a one-story '
frame ibarn of S. J. Meckley, a trucker, i
who resides north of Maclav on Cam
eron street, the tire caught the shed,, de
stroyed it and the 'barn and damaged
the house before it was extinguished by
the district firemen this afternoon.
Meckley noticed the fire shortly aft
er noon and telephoned to the Kelly
IHose Com; any ami subsequently phonvi
for the Shamrock. These companies
responded and after stringing 3,000
feet of hose to play on the fire the
flames were licking the rear of the
frame house in wnich the 'Meckleys
live and Arthur Simms, a member of
the Reilv house, sent in an alarm from
Seventh and Maclay streets.
The district firemen responded and
soon had the blaze under control. The
total loss will reach SBOO, much of
which is from valuable tools and im
plements which were iu the shed where
the fire started. •
FRANK ROWE INJURED
Man From This City Run Over by
Freight at Hagerstown
Hagerstown, March 9.—While at
tempting to board a Philadelphia' and
Reading freight train last night to go
to his home uear Harrisfburg to
employment, Frank Rowe, aged '24,
run over and so badly injured that he
is expected to die. One leg was severed
nbove tjfe knee, the other crushed and
he was hurt internally. Rowe has a
wife and two children.
COURT HOUSE
BRIDGE VIEWERS APPOINTED
' To Riport to Court the Condition of
4 Upper End Viaducts
~ On petition of the Dauphin County
. 'Commissioners, the court this morning
B named Paul G. Smith, Joseph W. Uin
r and Earl E. Graeff a board of
. viwers to determine whether a new
j bridge shall be constructed over Arm
strong creek, between Fishervitle and
j Enders.
The viewers will inspect the present
bridge, which the Commissioners say
t should be condemned, on Thursday, and
j on the same day will view the bridge
crossing the Wiconisco creek, east of
■ Lykens. Reports'in both cases" will be
' 3 forwarded to the court next Monday.
J Defect In License Papeis
9 Because of a deifect in the papers
the application for the transfer of the
j Erdhian Hotel liquor license, from John
. E. Umholtz to Oscar Kessler, to-day
B was not allowed. The petition will be
a amended anil presented within a day or
two it is s»aid.
' Divorce Decree Granted
[, The court this morning signed a de
-9 cree divorcing Sarath C. Gepliar.lt from
i William C. Gephardt on the grounds of
g desertion.
Permission to Mark Satisfied
B Two old mortgagee held against a
. piece of Eighth ward property owned
j by the W. O. Hickok Manufacturing
] Company, which it is conceded, lon/g
since have been, satisfied but wliich vet
. are on the county records, to-day were
1 directed by the court to be marked I
r satisfied. The parties iu interest will
J be informed of the purpose and unless
r Objections be raised, the mortgages will
j be stricken off. The Hickok Company
is about to sell the properties to tile
! State, it is said.
Spltler Will Probated
The will of Alfred SspitJer, late of
. Harrisburg, was probated this morning
. and letters testamentary on the estate
granted to Minnie Southard and Laura
r Trjtle.
f Marriage Licenses
Frank Belles, Hershey, and Mary
' r Cieri, Rutherford Heights.
Oiarles F. Houser and Esther M.
' Darr, Enola.
f Pay Bounties To-morrow
, The first claims for bounties for kill
, noxious -birds and animals, fn all
probability, will be settled by the
. County Commissioners at their meeting'
1 to-morrow, so it was announced to-day.
, The claims now on file and which have
j been approved by the county solicitor,
, number well on to a hundred.
j Bar Association to Meet
r The Dauphin County Bar Associa
| tion will meet in the court hous on
, Friday evening at 8 o'clock. This will
. be the first meeting since the society
reorganized in February for 1915.
Discharge From Bankruptcy
Notice is now being given to the I
> creditors of Abram L. Groff. of Old
; Orchard, and James G. Fox, of Derry
i township, that application has been
i made to the United States court for a
full discharge from their bankruptcy.
Hearings on the cases will be held at
. j S.-ranton, March 29, at 10 o'clock,
i I
i I To Erect $((,000 House
' A three-story brick apartment house
will be erected by Elmer Floras ii*-,
140'9 North Front street, at a cost of
1 $6,000.
PENNSY TO INCREASE DEBT j
! 940,000,000 Authorized to Be Added
at the Annual Meeting Held
in Philadelphia To-day
t By Associated Press,
Philadelphia, 'March 9.—At the an
nual meeting of the Pennsylvania rail- '
road to-day, a $40,000,000 increase in
indebtedness was authorized. The ac- I
quisition by the company of the cor- j
i porate right and franchise of the Lan- 1
| caster and Quarryville railroad, the ,
j Pennsylvania, Monongahela and South
ern railroad and the Lewisburg and
j Tyrone Railway Company was also ap
proved.
A resolution was adopted appealing
| to the stockholders, bondholders, the
j employes and the public at large to sup
port the action of the management in
its efforts to repeal the full crew law.
A resolution was also presented to
be submitted to the incoming board con
■ cerning certain pass concessions to em
-1 ployes of the company owning Pennsyl I
vania railroad stocks. These concessions
are to be graded according to the num
ber of shares held.
THOUGHT PURSE WAS STOLEN
j But Honest Man Found It and Woman
Was Made Happy
Mrs. Anna Mac Daniels, 1417 Market I
street, was made happy this morning I
| when her pocketbook, which she be- |
| lieved was stolen from her arm in a I
I crowd at Fourth and Market streets,
1 was Returned with the contents intact.
! A man, who said he found the pocket
; book near the spot where Mrs. Daniels
i believed it was stolen, returned it this
morning.
IHe read in the Star-Independent last
evening that the supjioscd theft had
been reported to the police by Mrs.
IMacDaniels. Learning whose "pocket
book ihe had picked uip, he returned it
this morning. In the pocketbook was
a gold watch, gold-rimmed glasses and
a sunrof money.
SETS MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR
Evangelical Conference Adjourus With
out Selecting Next Seat
Carlisle, March 9.—The East Penn
sylvania conference of the United
•Evangelical church in session here since
last Thursday, adjourned this after
noon. No place of meeting for next
year was decided upon.
, A special communication was re- I
.celved from Governor Brumbaugh con- 1
gratulating the conference on..the stami
Jthey have taken and are taking for the
cause of temperance'and their hearty- '
Co-operation and support of t-he cause
of locdl optidh which is now pending
before the State Legislature.
i Civic Council to Meet in Zlon
, The Civic Council of Churcllfcs of Har
risfburg will hold a meeting this even
ing at 8 o'clock in Zion Lutheran
fchurch when officers will be elected for 1
the following year. Following the elec
tion-a general discussion of the local I
option bill will take place.
LOCAL TRACTORS TO
HAVE A CHANCE
CoM|aued From I-'trat Page.
loiw on tractors it was proposed to give
those contracts to an out-of-town firm
■ before the Morton* would haVe time to
demonstrate the efficiency of its four
■ "theel tractor, one of which will be
turned out of its plant this week.
At the Commissioners' meeting this
afternoon Mr. Taylor made no refer
ence to the fire apparatus bids which
were received by him some weeks ago.
He had Waited before t»-dwv that he
would make certain recommendations
for the awards at to-day's meeting. At
the last moment, he smid, he decide ! it
, best to postpone the matter for one
week so that his colileagues could in
spect the tractor which the local firm
now is buildiing.
\\ hat the Morton firm actually is
doing is mounting a steamer, belonging
to a Lebanon tire company, on one of
the four-wheel tractors. One of the
City Commissioners said' again this aft
ernoon if the tractor proves a success
he certainly will be in favor of award
ing the contract for at lea«t two of the
tihree tractors to the Vocal concern.
WALNUT ST. MEASURE PASSES
Thoroughfare WiU Be Opened as Pre
liminary to Bridging Tracks
Highway Commissioner Lynch this
afternoon sought to defeat the ordi
nance of his Republican colleague, Har
ry F. Bowman, which provides for tho
opening of Walnut street from one side
of the Pennsylvania railroad to the
other, but he failed by one vote. He
mustered the support of William L.
Gorgas, who, like Lynch, thought tlhe
measure superfluous and not "urgent,
at this time," while the Mayor and
Taylor joined Bowman and the measure
passed, 3 to 2.
Bowman said the ordinance is intend
ed as a preliminary to the 'bridging of
Walnut street over the Pennsy tracks
—that is, it will put that section of the
stieet on the city map—and, While all
the Commissioners agreed that the
plan is not an unwise one, Lynch and
Gorgas thought such an ordinance
should not •be passed until the City
financially "is able to consider tihe
construction of such a bridge."
Both Lynch and Taylor openly de
clared themselves in favor of an ordi
nance that would authorize submitting
to t'he voters for approval the question
of a loan to cover the cost of the struc
ture. They also called upon Bowman
to offer such a measure as a substitute
to the tlhen pending measure. Bow
man's idea, he said, is to bridge Wal
nut street with a viaduct such as is at
Mulberry street.
WALTER'S BONDSMEN SILENT
No Adjustment Reached in the Contro
versy on Street Repairs
Charles P. Walter, who has the $15,-
0H)0-a-year street repair contract and
who has thus far refused to 140 ah*ad
with the spring repair work as order
ed by Commissioner Lynch, did not at-
I tejid tihe nieetiuig of the City Commis
sioners this afternoon neither ha» ho
yet informed any of the Commission
era as to tho course of action he pro
poses to take. Both City Solicitor Scitz
and Highway Commissioner Lynch this
afternoon said that Walter's bonding
company has not ye.t replied to the let
ter "directing it to do the work."'
Walter, when talking to a reporter
this afternoon, took the position that
j Lynch's notice to him to go to work
[\was received by him only ou March 5
and that he has until March- 15 to de
cide what to do. Lynch however claims
to have sent the notice 011 February
2.2.
For New Health Regulations
Amendments to the city health rules
which among other things would pre
vent bakers from exchanging fresh for
stale bread, are contained in a meas
ure which the City Commissioners thin I
afternoon were askedi by the Health
Bureau to adopt. The measure ailso
' makes it a violation of the law, punUb
-1 aible by a fine not to exceed JIOO, to
j sell contaminated milk and to fail to
wash oyster shells before removing the
oysters. Double cream must contain 32
per cent, butter fat and special or baby
i milk must conform to the standard of
certified milk. Action ou the ordinance
| was postponed one week.
; DELAYS FORGERY SENTENCES
! Court Postpones Cases of Mercer and
Le Brun at the Request of the
New York Authorities
H. K. Mercer and Fred
Yorkers, convicted in the local courts on
forgery and false pretense charges, in
trying to defraud two local banks
where they deposited fake cheeks for
SI,OOO each, will not be sentenced until
March 22, so it was announced in court
this morning. District Attorney Stroup
j said that Assistant District Atforney
j Fallon, of New York, had written 011
for permission to "say a word" when
the defendants' e<{ses are called, and
I that courtesy will be extended to him.
In police eireles it is said that Mer
cer can be valuable to the New York
authorities as a witness in a certain
criminal case now pending in that city,
•biit it has not been learned here wheth
er a leniency plea will be set up in
Mercer's favor on that ground.
Sentences handed out by the judges
last evening included these: Allen J.
Silks, eight charges of larceny, nine
months in jail; Edwin Keiser, larceny,
three months; Paul Bates and Edwin
Procasco, Huntingdon reformatory;
Fred Robinson, pickpocket, six months;
Charles L. Bonier, larceny, sentence sus
pended until June; Samuel Weaver,
false pretense, four months, and Frank I
Johnson, assault and battery, $lO fine]
and costs.
LEASES LEBANON FACTORY
New Idea Hosiery Company Has More
Orders Than It Can Handle
Because more orders are on hand than
can be filled at the local factory, W. G.
Starry, president of the New idea Ho
siery Company, has leased the stocking
factory of the late H. K. Deeds, of Leb
anon, which employs thirty-live persons.
The local factory has a _pav roll of one
hundred. '
14 Killed in Arsenal Explosion
'l-iondon, March 9, 5.37 P. M.—The
"Central News" correspondent at Ams
terdam telegraphed that fourteen men
were killed and seventy injured to-day
by an explosion in a German arsenal
at Antwerp.
STAB-INDEPENDENT WANT
ADS. BRING RESULTS.
FINANCE
1
) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
p .Furnished by H. W. Snavsly. Broker.
, Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
a Streets
New York, March 9.
B . Open. (.'lose'.
Alaska Tlold M ines .. . 3034 30%"
s Amal Copper ........ 55'% 54y,
. Amer Beet .Sugar .... 40 39%
j American Can 28 27%
do pfd 95% 95%
j Am Cotton Oil 4 6 4 6
9 Am Ice Securities 28% 28',.,
j Amer Smelting ...... 04% 03%,
, American Suga: ....... 102 101%
9 Amer Tel and Tel .... 110% 110%
. Anaconda • 26% 26% !
j Atchison 96% 95Vfc
Baltimore anil Ohio ~ 68% 67%
Bethlehem Steel- 55% 55%
r Brooklyn R t 8"i/ t 87
f California Petroleum .. 17% 17
~ Canadian Pacific 160 * 159%
Central Leather 34 33%
, Chesapeake and Ohio . . 42 42%
Chi, Mil and St Paul . . 87% 87%
, Chi no Con Copper .... 36% 35%
Col Fuel and Iron .... 201/;, 20%
Consol (las 117% 117%
i Corn Products 10% 10%
* Distilling Securities ... 9 9%
Erie 212% 22
• Erie, Ist pfd 35% 35%
General Electric Co ... 140 140
( Goodrich 'B F 31 3'1%
Great Nor pfd 11>5% 115&
Great Nor Ore subs ... :;,'}% 31%
Illinois Central .' 104% 104
, Interboro Met 12'/ H 12%
, Interboro Met pfd .. . 59% 59
[ Lehigh Valley 135% 134%
Iritis and Nash 113" 113
; Mex Petroleum 67% 67
I Missouri Pacific 12 12%
I National Lead 54% 54
Nev Consol Copper .... 13 1.2%
New York Central .... 83% 83%
NY, N H and H 52% 02%
t Norfolk and West 102'/, 102%
| 'Northern Pacific 104 103%
, Pacific Mail 20 20
I Pennsylvania R. |{. ... 105% 105%
, 'People's Gas ami Coke . 120 119*/ 8
I Pittsburgh Coal 20% 19%
do pfd 91% 88 '
. Press Steel Car 26% 26%
, Bay Con. Copper 17% 17%
Heading 145% 145%
Kepu'b. Iron and 1 Siteel .
do pfd 77% 77%
r Southern Pacific 85% 84%
' Southern Ry 16% 15:;/
do pfd .' 51% 51%
[ Tennessee Copper 2 7 2'7v
, Texas Company 135% 13.5
Union Pacific 120% 120
I T . S. Rubber 56% 56 '
U. S. Steel 45% 45%
.do pfd 105 10 4%
Utah Copper 53% 53%
Western Maryland .... 28% 22%
W. U. Telegraph 63% 63%
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago. March 9.—Close:
Wheat—May, 155; July, 122%.
Corn —'May, 73%: July, 75%.
Oats—'May, 57%; Ju'lv, 53%.
Pork—May, 17.65; July, 18.05.
Lard—'May, ,10.52; July. 10.77.
•Ribs—May, 10.10; July, 10.37.
AFFLICTED LIKE MISS FRICK
Miss Pearl, Derf, Dumb and Blind,
May Become State's Ward
The case of another girl in the same
'P'ight as Miss Kathryne Mary Frick,
of this city, the State's deaf, dumb
and 'blind ward in the Pennsylvania
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at
Mt. Airy, came to the attention
Legislature last night, and she, Too,
will become a ward of the Stat* if
the appropriation bill for the Mt. Airy
institution passes
The appropriation bill, carrying $36,-.
000, was introduced in the House last
I j night by Representative Cummins, of
the Germantown district of Philadel
phia, and specifically appropriates
f2,000 each for the education of thes"
II two girls for the two fiscal yews be
ginning Juno 1, 1915.
Miss Frick, who is known as a "sec
ond Helen Keller," is the daughter of
1 Mr. and Mrs William Frick, 94 North
Seventeenth street, Harrisburg. The
other unforunate girl is Miss Grace
May Pearl, 1103 (ireen street, Phila
delphia.
"Robin Hood" Pleases York
The "York Daily" this morning
made the following criticism of "Rob
in Hood," which appeared in York
yesterday and will 'be at the Majestic
here to-morrow afternoon and evening:
"A deligihted performance of 'Rob
in Hood," which has been revieed this
season by the De Koven Opera Com
pany, was given la«t night in the Or
pheum theatre. The audience was small '
tout enthusiastic. The beautiful opera
was given an unusually elaborate pre
sentation. The cast was particularly
Vapable, while the production as a
whole was such as to call forth the
highest praise. The role of Maid Mar
ian was sung by Ivy Scott, a voung
Australian prima lionua. Miss Scott
has a remarkable soprano voice of
thorough culture and gave an artistic
performance. Harold Blake sang the
title role and his fine tenor voice fitted
him admiralbly for the part. The bari
tone, James fcitevens, made the part of
'Little John' stand forth conspicuous
ly in the performance. As 'Will Scar
let' George Shield was well cast.
'Friar Tuck ' was played in the capable
manner which has characterized his
portrayal of monks, by F. J. Mc-
Carthy. Cora Tracy was tho Alan-a-
Dale of the, production and her mag
nificent contralto voice, which whoiwed
particularly to advantage in the solo,
'Promise Me,' won merited-praise and
much applause. Others in the company
deserving more than a. passing notice
were Phil Branson, Tillie Salliiiger,
Sol Solomon, Lorena Carmen and
j Grace Lindsey. The chorus, while not
I large, was vocally strong and well
j trained. The costumes and scenery
j were in kteeping with the general e*i 1
I cellence of the production."
I . J
! SUNDAY NOT IN POLITICS
0 ■
Doesn't Care to Attack Parties or
Make Political Speeches
By Associated Picas.
Philadelphia, March 9. Regarding
the resolution of the New Jersey Leg
islature inviting him to address them
Monday, and also referring to thb
movement at Harrisburg to have him
go there to speak on local option, the
Rev. W. A. Sunday, the evangelist, said
to-day:
"1 won't go to either place to rnako
a political speech. My work is as a
preacher and an evangelist. I am no
politician. If th'ey want me to point
out why the sale of booze should be
stopped and to point out> its evils, I can
preach a temperance sermon along those
lines, but I don't care to attack par
ties or to make political speeches."
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