STY'S ADVANTAGES AS A TRADE CENTER REVIEWED Miller Brothers and Company's Publi cation "Facts and Figures" Sums Up Promising Local Business Con ditions , The Spring number of "Facts ami figures," published by Miller Brothers & Company, contains in addition to de scriptions of properties in Bellevue J*ark and other attractive sections of Ae city, au account of Harristourg's "Advantages as a Center" w>liieh sums up existing conditions in this city as follows: 1 "The many advantages of Harris iur'g as a shipping point has been so (ontinuouslv and persistently dwelt, upon at conventions and gatherings of manufacturers and business men gen erally that we are now rapidly realiz ing the result of thin united eftort. The large concrete warehouse building of the Emerson-Brantimgharo Implement Company at Tenth and Market streets, is Bearing completion and the company expects to open for business about the middle of March. The territory to bo covered by the Harrisburg house, as the niain branch bouse of the East is that section of the country east of the Ohio river and extending as far south as Bristol, Tenn. When you consider the immense territory you will at once realize the prestige it will give Harris burg' as an agricultural implement dis tributing center. The building when fully completed will be a very attrac tive one, and a substantial improve ment to the city. "The mcrits,Of Harrisbung's clafims as a distributing center are not only appreciated bv outsiders, but by local people as well, as is fully shown in the building by local capital of the eight-storv storage warehouse on South Second etreet. The buildings erected in three sections, with a five-story struc ture in the center, is occupied by the Harrisburig Storage Company and the • Paxton Flour and Feed Company. In novations not seen this side of Pitts burg or New York have been installed in the general merchandise warehouse, down which grain in bags and boxes can be lowered rapidly and with care. These are eo constructed that eggs cau be shot down and delivered on a table without the shells being cracked. Some idea of the immensity of the plant may be igained from the fact that there arc 94,372 square feet of floor space. More than three hundred car loads of mer chandise and grain could be stored at one time and still leave plenty of room for the workmen to get about. "Another instance of home appre ciation is shown by the Sigler Piano Player Company whose new factory i: located near Derry street on the olii Ensminger Planing Mill site. Th< building is a substantial brick struc ture and will be up-to-date in,every fea ture, including the best and most mod em lighting, heating and ventilating systems. It has a twelve-foot basement in which manufacturing can be done as it extends well a/bove the groumi level, furnishing plenty of light. Thre< stories rise above the basement, am each is equipped l in an especial wa\ for the several kinds of work to bt done on that floor. The constructor is such that a hundred-foot wing car be added at any time, and the walls arc heavy enough for the adding of an other storv if needed. "No less an authority than Mr. Wil liam B. Mi-Caleb, superintendent of the Philadelphia Division of the Pennsyl vania Railroad, in a recent interview lias the following to say of Harrisburg as a trade center: 'From now on Har risburg can look for the consummation of many plans for the building ot ■warehouses both by individuals and companies. The fact that the railroad is actually at work preparatory to lay ing its net-work of tracks and build ing its great freight station in the big area it has acquired south of Mulberry, gives tangible proof that this is to bo one of the greatest wholesale dis trilbuting centers on the whole Penn sylvania System.' ".lust recently the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company of New York, Bos ton and Kansas City, recognizing Har risiburg's advantages as a distributing canter has located a wholesale branch here, an't will distribute every va riety of bakery product to Harrisiburg and adjacent cities from this branch. "An order for three hundred armor ed motor trucks has .just beeu received by the Morton Truck and Tractor Com pany of this City. This moans work for 250 men." CONTROLLER'S TERM 4 YEARS? Courts May Decide Gough Has Right to Office Until 1018 Isaac Y. Ash, Controller of Chester county, in a legal opinion obtained re cently was advised that his term of of fice will not expire until the first Mon day of Janua-y, 1918, and not on the first Monday of January, 1916, as is provided by t'lue act of" 1913 under which he took office a little for more than a year ago. In view of that legal advice it was Jearnei here to-day that Ash is con sidering calling on other County Con . trailers —among them Henry W. Gough of this county—to finance "the cost of framing a test case and have the courts decide when successors to the Control 's elected in the fall of 1913, under the latest act, are to be selected. County Controller Gough this morn ing said he has not yet been called upon to aiil in the legal fight but when shown a copy of the legal opinion which has been filed with the Chester County Controller he admitted that the ques tion "might be a point well raised." Uivdter advice given to Controller ,Vh it is held that the Legislature pass ing the amendment to the original con troller act —so that such officials may Se elected in counties having a popula on between 100,000 and 150,000 Was without power to fix the first term of the new-controllers at two years. That is a violation of the constitution, it. is held an«| the time should havo Iteen four years. Ash's adviser further {folds that the courts will hold to be unconstitutional that provision of the amendment to the controller act relat Hig to the two-year term, aud that the Controllers therefore will—in so far as their term of office is concerned—work under the ainen'lied a«'t. Hoverter's HuliMg l 8 Sustained A decision of Alderman Hoverter is sustained by the Dauphin County olice found the name of the dead man to be Stephenson W. Keys, 1117 James street At that address the blinds were drawn and no response was received to a knock at the door. The aged parents of Keys were found ar 220 South Rive, street. Mrs. Alfred G. Keys, his motner, said he was 32 years old and had married a Miss Mabel Harper, of near Penbrook. He is sur vived by his wife and one child, ac cording to his mother. Employed as a Taxi Driver Keys was known to hundreds of Harrisburgers as "Whipper." He has been employed as a taxi driver at various times by bath the Harrisburg Taxicab Company and the City Trans fer Company. He was a partner of Bert Ryan in the "V" lunchroom on Fifth street near Pennsylvania Railroad. He left there several months ago and drove an automo'bile which he hired out. He stood in front of the United Cigar Store at 411 market street, when seeking fares. Records in the office of the Direc tors of the Poor, whose attention was called tQ the destitute condition of Keys' family, show that Keys has been out of work since early fall. The case was first reported to the Directors of the Poor in January but the family ! managed to get along, according to the j county officials, until February when groceries were sent. Friends of Keys say he had money jto spend although he did not work, j and was always neatly dress6d. He j has known Mrs. Hosie for som e time, according to his friends, and has been seen on Market sitreet and in picture shoots with her on numerous occasions. His body was taken to the morgue of R. K. Spicer, 313 Walnut street, where it will be held pending the de cision of his relatives as to the funeral arrangements. Appeal of Athens George Heard A case of local interest that was argued before the Superior Court to day was the appeal of Athens George, ■proprietor of the Victoria moving pic ture theatre, Market street, this city, who seeks to have set aside the deci sion of the Dauphin County Quarter Sessions court, which holds that he re fused to accommodate colored patrons in all parts of his theatre. George, it. was held, discriminated against the colored race when he ordered several negroes to take seats in the theatre •balcony and denied their requests for seats on the ground floor. The county court imposed a fine and costs on hinii. U. S. BARE PASS, LOADED WITH COTTON, IS SEIZED fir A BRITISH WAR VESSEL Galveston, Tex., March 10. —The American bark Pass of Balmaha, from New York to Bremen, carrying 6,000 bales of cotton, has been seized by a British cruiser and taken to Kirkwall, England, according to reports here to B. E. Marriss, member of a cotton con cern which chartered the bark. Mr. Harriss said the bark lately had I been changed from British to American j registry and sailed* from New York, | January 28. The Pass of Baliiraha, was I a bark of 1,498 toas- displacement. I New Y'ork, March 10.—Dispatches from Galveston announcing that the j American bark Pasd of Balmaha, has been seized by a British cruiser and taken to Kirkwall, was the first news received here of the fate of that ves sel. Fears that she had been held up already had arisen, however, when it was Teamed that the sailing ship" Vin cent which left here for Bremen a short time before the Pass of Balmaha had arrived at that port. Both vessels were loaded with cot | ton and as they sailed about thirteen j hours apart, wagers as to which should be the first to arrive at Bremen had been placed in Maritime circles. It was | the. first time in fifty years that two | of time wind jammers which ; once made the American flaig famous I in every port in the world, had sailed almost together from this port. The Vincent was to take a course through the English Channel while the Pass of Balmaha was to pass north of Scot land. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARA Continued From First P«gtb with certain exceptions, of all stocks of barley exceeding a metric ton. It is asserted at Petrograd that the German forces which invaded North ern Poland, following the defeat of the Russians in East Prussia, have now re treated clcse to the border, except in a few sections of the front. The German attack on the fortress of Ossowetz is being continued, notwithstanding the danger of a Hussion flanking movement. The Germans are concentrating their efforts in the endeavor to break through the Russian fortified line at this point. Miner victories over the Turkish forces which recently have become ac tive in Northwestern Persia are de scribed in a from Tiflis. The Russians have forced back the Turks, taking several villages. A battle of unusual violance al though probably not engaging large number of troops, is in progress in the Argonne. After being twice expelled from trenches they captured from the French, the Germans returned a third time to the attack, in which at last re ports thoy were still engaged. With this exception, there were no engage ments of consequence on the western front yesterday. Spain Bans Parce's for Allies' Enemies Madrid, Via Paris, March 10, 5.45 A. M.—The Journal" pub lishes the announcement 'that hereafter Spanish postoffices will accept no par rels consigned to, Germany, Austria, or Turkey in view of tiie Franco-British declaration that merchandise presumed to have been shipped »o or frjm coun tries with which tney are at war, would be seized. Russian Advance on Augustowo Fails Berlin, March 10.—A renewed at tempt on the part of the Russians to advance on Augustowo resulted in fail ure. The fighting to the northwest of Ostrolenko continues. The fighting to the northwest and to the west of Praz asnysz is assuming an aspect favorable to us, and our attack to the northwest of Nowomiasto is progressing. Increased Bread Price Causes Clashes j" Lisbon, Via Paris, March 10, 3.50 A. j -M.—The increased price of bread was | responsible yesterday for violent ; clashes between the police aud work : men in the naval arsenal. The police j used their weaipons freely and mauy [ persons were injured before the dis j turbance was ended. No Commission for Underwriters London, March 10, 4.15 P. M.— David Lloyd George, the British Chan cellor of the Exchequer, revealed in I the House of Commons this afternoon | the interesting fact that no underwrite I ing commission whatever had been paid | to issue the British war loan of 32'u,- | 000,000 pounds. , Turkish Forces and Kards Retreating | Tiflis, Trahscauoasia, Tuesday, March 9, via Petrograd, March 10, 10 A. M. f t and London, 11.25 A. M.—The Turk | ish forces and the Kurds, who have I been concentrated in the district oi j Khoi, in Northwestern Persia, are sloV i ly being forced by the Russians to re j treat to the southward. I Allied Fleet Again Operating Paris, March 10, 5.40 A. M.—Op j orations of the allied fleet in the Darda I nelles, stoppt I yeater'llg.y (Tuesday) ! morning by unfavorable weather con j ditions were resumed vigorously in the j afternoon says an Athens dispatch to the Matin. Forbidden to Visit Dance Halls London, March 10, 2.59 A. M.— | British army officers in uniform have been forliiduen bv the commander of II he Londor military district to visit i dance halls, night \Jubs or gambling establishments. Killed As Aeroplane Falls Into Sea London, March 10, 3.25 P. M. Flight Sub-Lieutenant Shepherd, of the Royal Navy, fell into the sea with an aeroplane to-day while scouting oif Os borne. He was killed. Move West End of Bridge Friday The second half of the Cumberland Valley railroad bridige between island park and the Cumberland county shore, which was scheduled to be moved to day, will not 'be moved till Friday morning at 7 o'clock. At this hour forty men stationed at the end of each pier will start jacking up the 2,000 tons of steel..The job will be finished at noon and will not interfere with trains passing over tbe bridge. A. L. Stober at Hospital A. L. Stober, of 905 North Fif teenth. street, locomotive inspector at roundhouse No. 2, was admitted to the Harrisburg hospital Bundav afternoon with pleuro-pneumonia. His condition is reported slightly improved. TBAtWILLBE A WITNESS Slayer of Stanford White to Take Stand in Own Defense in Con spiracy Trial By Anßociatcd Press. New York, March 10.—Harry K. Thaw will take the witness stand in his own behalf in his trial with five co defendants; charged with conspiracy, according to the announcement made by his attorneys to-day. He will tell the story of nis escape from Maftea wan, they said. In this way, they be lieve, he will materially aid the fight they are making to establish his san ity. Each of the witnesses placed upon the stand to-day by the State uipon cross-examination • was asked questions designed to indicate to the jury that the slayer of Stanford White was of sound mind at the time of his escape. Although none of the witnesses was asked directly whether he considered Thaw sane, each was questioned closely about Thaw's peisonal appearance, his manner of discussing current topics and of occupying his spare moments. The witnesses, most of them em ployes at the hospital, agreed that. Thaw was always neatly dressed, that he never was violent and that he read many text books on various subjects and current novels. T'he State was ex pected to complete its case late to-day. CAPITOL State Insurance The Board of Public Groundls and Buildings at its regular montlhly meet ing yesterday discussed the question of insurance ou all state buildings, but will not take any final action in the matter until further investigation. About one-fifth of the State's property is now insured, the capitol being in sured for $1,000,000 and the furnish ings for 1800,000. | Child Labor Hearing March 17 has been set for the day to hold the public hearing on the ehild labor bill, and delegations from bfft'h labor and manufacturing institutions will be here to be heard. Voting for Mayor Under a bi'll introduced in the Sen ato last night by Catilin, of Luzerne, as an amendment to the Clark third class city bill, at primary elections to select candidates for mayor the candidate who i gets more than one-half of the ballots least is declared the only candidate and I has no opposition. j Chairman Morris Here Democratic State Chair in an Morris i was in the capitol for a short time yes terday afternoon talking local option to the Democratic Senators and Repre sentatives. It is said that at least a dozen Democratic members of the HousS have announced their intention to vote for the measure. i Osteopaths to Register The bill creating a Board of Osteo pathic Examiners was introduced in the Senate last night by Mr. Catlin and sent to coqirnittee. The law requires registration. The Sena'e Committee ou Health and Sanitation, after hearing lengtthy arguments for and against the bill re j lating to the practice of optometry, re -1 ported the bill just as it was intro duced. * { Shcatz a Senate Visitor Former State Treasurer John O. Sheatz, of Philadelphia, was a Senate visitor yesterday in the interest of an appropriation to the women's pension fund, the enaction of which is due. to bim when ho was a member of the Sen ate some years ago. Kills the Bees Explaining a bill he introduced in the Senate to prevent spraying of trees while in bloom, Senator Martin said it was to prevent injury to the bees. The penalty is a fine and imprisonment. FRIENDSHIP RKJOINS UNION Firemen Complain That Policemen In- 1 terfere With Them at Fires At the monthly meeting of the Har risiburg Firemen's Union last night the return of the Friendship company to the organization was announced, John M. Rahin, Theodore Fehleisen and Charles E. Wenuel being enrolled as delegates from that company. The Friendship company withdrew from the .union last year as a result of a dis pute about where it should march in the parade of the State Firemen's conven tion held here in October. Important business was transacted ■pertaining to the closing of the ac counts o£ the late State Firemen's con vent iou and the parade. • The delegates were surprised to re ceive requests for additional badges for a number of firemen in Pittsburgh who had not attended the convention or par ticipated in the parade. The burden of the local people was made unusually heavy because of the extraordinary number of delegates to the October meeting of the State Association. The secretary of the State body had in formed the Firemen's Union of this city that not more than 2.800 badges would be necessary, but when the con vention was on it was found that it would take 3,800 to go around. Complaint was made at the meeting that some of the policemen of the city are interfering too murh with the fire men in the discharge of the latter's duties at fires. The matter was re ferred to the Mayor and Chief Engineer of the fire department. Reports from all the fire companies indicated most of the apparatus to be ,in good condition. The Camp Curtin Company will need new hose as soon as possible, as six sections burst at the fire yesterday afternoon near Cameron street, above Maclay. SOCIAL AT IMMANUEL Dr. Jackson Will Address Men's Bible Class at Meeting To-night The men s Bible olass of Immanuel Presbyterian church will hold a social 10-night hi the church, Sixteenth and Juniper streets. Dr. John Prtee Jack son will talk on his experiences in Eu rope at the outbreak of the war, and 'Mrs. Wilbur Harris will sing and M. E. Bushman, violinist, will play. The meeting is open to the public. Harrlsburg Musicians to Organize The H&rrisfburg Concert Association will meet Thursday evening at 225 'Market street to form a permanent or ganization. A communication from the Harrirtburg Chamber of Commerce will be read at this time telling how much' supjmrt will be accorded the new musical body. FINANCE ' ■ NEW YOBK STOCK EXCHANGE . QUOTATIONS. Furnished by H. W. Suavely, Broker. Arcade Building, Walnut and Court s Streets New York, March 10. Open. Close. Alaska Gold Mines .. . 30% 30% A'Hial Copper 54% 54% Amer Beet Sugar .... 39% 3.9% American Can ....... 27% 2K do pfd 94% 94% Am Car and Foundry Co 41% *l% •Am Cotton Oil 4 6 46 Am Ice Securities .... 28% 27% Amer Loco 21 21 Amer Smelting American Sugar 102 103% Amer Tel and Tel .... 120'/. 120% Anaconda 26% 26% Atchison 95% 95%; Baltimore and Ohio ... 67 67 Bethlehem Steel • 56% 55% Brooklyn R T 87 87% California Betroleum . . 17 t?% Canadian Pacific 159% 160 Central Leather 33% 33% Chi, Mil and St Paul . . 87% 87% Chijio Con Coippe.- .... 36 36 t'onsol Gas 116 116 Corn Products 10% 11% Erie 2.2 22% Erte, Ist pfd ....... 35% 36% General Electric Co . . . 140 140 Goodrich B F '3l 31% Great Nor pfd 115% 115% "Greut Nor Ore subs... 31 31% Illinois Central 103% 103% luterboro Met 59 59% Interboro Met pfd .... 12% 12% 'Lohigh valley 134% 13'..% Louis and Nash 113% 113% iMex Petroleum ..... 67 6< Mo Pacific 12% l'l% National Lead 53% 53% New York Central .... 83% 83'/."! NY, N Hand H 52 51% Norfolk and. Western ...102 102 Northern Pacific 103% tO3 Pennsylvania R. R. ... 105% 105% People's Cias and Coke .120 120 Pittsburgh Coal 20 20 do pfd 90 91 Press Steel Car 26 26 Ray Con. Copper ... . , 17% 17% Reading 145 146 Repu'b. I, and S. pfd . 77 77 [Southern Pacific 84% 84% (Southern Ry 15% 15% Tennessee Copper 27% 27% Union Pacific 120 120% U. S. Rubber 55% 55% U. S. Steel 45 % 4 5 Utah Copper 53 53% Western Maryland .... 22% 22% |W. ir. Telegraph 63% 63% Westinghouse Mfg .... 68% 68% Chicago Board of Trade Closing I Chicago, March 10.—Close: Wheat—May, 151%; Julv, 119%. Corn—May, 72%; .July, . 1%. Oats—May, 56-V.; July, 52%; Pork—l May, 17.57; July, 17.95. Lard—May, 10.50; July, 10.72. Ribs—May, 10.05; July, 10.35. COMPENSATION BILL DELAYED Governor's Pet Measure Held Up for Possible Changes This was the day specified as the one on which the Brumbaugh work men 's compensation bill would be intro duced in both Senate and 'House, but contrary to expectations there was nothing done. In the Senate, Senator Crow was to father the measure and in the House Mr. Wilson, of Philadelphia, was to have it in charge. Both nrb said to hav i'been supplied with copies all ready to introduce. Senator Crow said last night that he proposed to look over the bill very carefully before he fathered it, and this was regarded as rather significant, relating as it did to the Governor's pet measure. Governor Brumbaugh when asked why the bill was not introduced to-day said that in response to requests for suggestions from people in the State as to their ideas on a workmen's compen sation bill he had received over five hundred letters, and these had not yet been gone over fully in order to as certain what suggestions had been made. The Governor and the Attorney (leneral will look over the five hundred suggestions and if there are any of suf ! ficiont importance to justify a changing of the lull as now constructed . the change will be made before the bill is introduced. Governor Brumbaugh also said that 'Senator Crow had not been requested at the eleventh hour to introduce the bill to-day. CHALLENGE FOR GARNER Railroad Calls on Him to Explain Mileage Book Incedent W. B. McCaleb, superintendent of the Philadelphia Division of the Pennsyl vania Ituilroad, gave out the following last evening: " from Harris'burg state that Alfred B. Garner, a Repre sentative in the State Legislature, from Schuylkill county, sent a mileage ticket to the Speaker's dask with the obser vation that it was 'The first fruit of the full crew lawf' Exactly what the legislator meant is a little vague, and we would be gla'.K to have him explaiu. "We dislike to think that any leg islator would he subject to venal in fluence. Did Mr. Garner mean that the wasteful full crew law had partly to do ! with making necessity for raising thB. Heywood, Conshohocken; Charles M. Coles, Lykens; Harry and Leon Lowen gard, 'Harrisburg; C. R. iMartin, Clarion; Howard W. Page, Philadelphia, and M. J. (Handwerk, Galeton. TRAVELING BAGS j; We have succeeded in j; getting 100 Traveling i; jj Bags, walrus grained, i| tan and brown cowhide, ; | sewed comers, leather ;! !> lined. In every way an ;l I j SB.OO value at $5.98 ( II Repairing Umbrellas, !> j; Trunks and Leather j; |[ Goods our specialty. |i Regal Umbrella jj j Company : : i i Second and Walnut Sts. i: !' 11 LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC S \l,r. OF nEAI, f..state— ln the Ahhlkiii'