The star-independent. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, March 11, 1915, Page 9, Image 10

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    sls PER MAN WAS
GOVERNOR'S IDEA
OF JCOST OP TRIP
Cwtl>*«t From Flrat
oral principles, and he sent for the Sen
ate and House attaches and asked for
figures an the cost. The Governor him
self suggested that the cost of the en
tire trip should not be over sl.» a man,
but this was shown to be entirely too
small, and when the details were gone
over it was found that the expenses,
covering everything, including trans
portation and boarding, would be not
less than $1,700. ami that is about the
amount that will Me expended. That is
an average of $45.57.
Sise of Party Kept Down
The Pennsylvania will have
entire charge" from the time the party
leaves Harrisburg on next Monday
nigh-t until it returns on Wednesday
morning. The party will go by way of
Washington and Richmond to Newport
>ews, entirely by rail, occupying Pull
man cars—parlor, sleepers and diuei —
and only those invited by the legisla
tive committee, of which Senator
Beidletuan. of Dauphin, is the chair
man, will be allowed on the tram. '
They will arrive at Newport News
qii Tuesdav morning and will attend
the launching at noon, in which cere
monv Governor Brumbaugh will ta*f
part", and then go to Old Point Comfort
for the afternoon. leaving there in tune
to get back to Harrisourg on the fol
lowing morning.
Much disappointment has been ex
pressed among those Senators and Rep
resentatives who will not be of the
party, but the Governor is determined
that" there shall be no junket and no
scandal such as has Heretofore charac
terized some legislative expeditions to
participate in ceremonies.
It was expected that by some hocus
pocus the Pennsylvania delegation
could be enlarged to at least a hundred
•in order that a big showing might be
made for a big State, but the money
was not there to pay the expenses, and
the chief clerk ~ the Senate and House
who will have to pay the bills out of
their contingent funds are not going to
sanction anything more than what is
desired by the Governor, and expenses
will be pared to the bone.
COURTHOUSE
TROLLEY CO JUITS FIGHT
Had Appealed Damage Suit But at Last
Moment Decided Not to
Press It
Failure on tue part of the Ceutral
Pennsylvania Traction Company, now
the Harrisburg Railways Company, to
press its appeal in the damage suit
against it by Claren.e A. Cornman.l6o4
{Derry street, this city, resulted in the
Superior Court, now in session in this
city, non-prossing the suit.
Cornman. who is a grocer, brought
suit against the trolley company fol
lowing an accident on April 27, 1910,
in which his deliverv wagon, ladened
with eggs, was struck by a trolley. A
l>auphin county court jury awarded him
$950 and the traction company appeal
ed. Cornman's claim now must be paid.
Grant Liqnor License
The Court mis morning made an or
der allowing the transfer of the llquoi
license held by John E. I'mholtz. pro
prietor of the Erdman hotel. Lykeus
township, to Oscar Kessler.
Building Permits
Samuel Gardner has obtained a
building [■ermit for the erection of three
three-story brick houses on Susquehanna
street, near Sayford avenue, costing
$7,500. Kopenhaver & got pa
pers to build two rwo-story bricks at
2213-15 North Fourth street, costing
$3,000. and the Rev. O. H. Bridgman
will build a three-story brick residence
at 229 North Fifteenth street, costing
$2,200.
R. R. TELEGRAPHERS HEARD
Argue Before House Committee in |
In Favor of 2 Days' Best a Month '
The railroad committee of the j
House, of which Representative H. I. |
Wilson is chairman, gave a hearing to
the telegraphers yesterday -afternoon
on House bill 297, which requires all
1-ailroads operated in this State, to give
not less than two days' rest in each j
calendar month to all telegraphers who i
handle train orders or messages for the j
movement of trains.
A. L. Rex, legislative representative '
in Pennsylvania for the telegraphers, j
and J. F. Miller, of
the telegraphers on Pennsylvania lines j
east of Pittsburgh, spoke in favor of
the bill. 'The railroad committee de
cided to give a hearing to those who '
oppose the bill at some future date.
Hold Beception for Nurse
A reception in honor of the birthday j
anniversary of Miss Violet Maley, b.-ail |
nurse at the Polyclinic Hospital. Front
and Harris streets, was held at the;
hospital last night. At 10 o'clock a
luncheon wns served to the following 1
guests: Miss Pebeco Blessing, Miss
Edith Keesev, Miss Ruth Rosher, Miss
Catherine Page, Miss Florence Carpen
ter, Miss Blanche Carothers. Miss El
sie Dinger, Mrs. Maiich, Mrs. Boser, j
Dr .and Mrs. C. W. Batdorf. Dr. and,
Mrs. H. R. Douglas, Dr. and Mrs. H. j
F. Cross. Dr. and Mrs. S. Z. Shoop. Ira!
Arthurs, Forrest Alcorn, Fred Myers, j
Robert Stiles, Clinton White and Ralph
Page.
Mrs. Mary Kassen
Mrs. M ary Kassen. aged 38 years,
wife of fieorge W. Kassen, died this;
morning at her home 11 Id Wallace:
street. She is survived by five children, i
Mrs. V ictor Shoop aud four residing at j
home. Funeral services will be held at
her late home Saturday afternoon at !
2 o Ciock. the Rev. John M. i
pastor •f Bethany Presbyterian chapel*i
officiating. Interment will be in the
East Harrisburg cemetery.
Services at Enola
The Rev. Floyd Appleton, reetor of
St. Paul's church, will conduct services
to-morrow at £ p. m. at the resrlence:
of Edward Knawbe, Beal avenue, |
Enola, and on Sunday at 4 p. m. at j
the Reformed church near the School
House, Enola.
W. C. T. U Meeting
The East Harrisburg W. C. T. U. will I
meet to-morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock ;
at the Fourth Reformed church. Six- |
teentih and Market streets. The topic
will be "Clara Barton" ana tne lead-j
er Mrs. X. W. Swengei.
HARRIBBUBP THURSDAY'EVENING. MARCH 11. 1915.
SUPERIOR Ml DENIES
EMBEZZLEMENT APPEAL
Swab, Who Was Attached to the
Northumberland County Treasury,
Must Stand Sentence—Justices Ad
journ, to Meet in Pittsburgh
The Superior Court this morning held
its tinal meeting of its preseut session
and, after hearing argument in the last
case, handed down a number of opin
ions and adjourned, to -meet in Pitts
burgh in April. One of the decisions
made by Justice Kaphart was in a
Northumberland county ease, wherein
Swab, who was connected with the
Northumberland county treasury and
was convicted yf embezzling county
funds, made an appeal for a new trial.
It was denied and he was ordered to
appear for sentence. Justice Kephart
went over the facts in the case at
length and found that there was noth
ing in the appeal to justify a reversal
of the court below, and he decided
against Swab. Justice Kephart also
affirmed the Delaware county court in
the appeal of Evans, and in the case
of Floyd vs. the Lehigh Valley Rail
road Company reversed the court below
and ordered a new trial.
. Other opinions handed down were as
| follows:
By Justice Trexler —Harry bueiaon's
appeal. Lancaster, affirmed; estave of
| Gideon Wagner, appeal. No. 1. Leba
non, affirmed; same. No. 2. appeal ilis
j missed; Joseph W, Bain vs. Ben's
I Creek Coal and Coke Co.. Blair, appeal
i dismissed; Margaret A. Wilson estate,
1 Lancaster, appeal dismissed; Wm. W.
; Elzea vs. Herbert H. Brown, Phila
| del'phia. affirmed.
By Justiei Orlady—Estate of I.
. Newton Snively. Philadelphia, affirmed;
Herbert DeLong vs. Lehigh Valley
j Transit Co.. Lehigh, affirmed.
Per Curiam —Robinson vs. Harshaw,
,et Ytl., Philadelphia, rule to advance
I discharged and petition dismissed; Fin
frock vs. Northern Central Railway
j Co., York, petition denied; Mary P.
| Loy vs. International Mercantile Man
j ufacturing Co., Philadelphia, reargu-
I ment allowed; petition of Frank Kusa,
Luzerne, petition refused; Leon Holz
and Alexander Rosenblum vs. Charles
1 A. Smyth, appellant, petition for rear
gumeut- refused.
The last case argued was the liquor
: license case appeal of Beardslev from
| the decision of the Bradford county
! court. Beardslev was one of the appli
j cants for a license at the last court
I and his license, as were all others, was
! opposed on the ground that the appli-
I cations had not been properly adver
i tised. On this ground the court re-
I fused all of the applications. Rodney
A. Mercur appeared for the appellant
and argued that the Brooks high license
: law did not intend drastic action such
} as was taken bv the court when a mis
! take had been made in the advertising
of an application. Former Congress
man Horace B. Packer, for the appellee,
1 held that the court had simply carried
; out the mandate of the law and was
! justified in refusing the license, and
| quoted numerous authorities in support
iof his position. The court took t'he pa
; pers and will hand down an opinion at
j the session in Pittsburgh.
No decisions were handed down in
the Dauphin county cases artgued this
week, and they may be expected to be
heard from when the court sits in
, Pittsburgh two weeks from now. These
j include the case of Athens George,
i proprietor of a Market street motion
! picture theatre, who took an appeal
from the Dauphin county court's deci
sion regarding the segregation of ne
i gro patrons of his house.
COMMERCE DIRECTORS MEET
Encouraging Reports Were Received
From Bureaus and Committees—
New Members Admitted
The monthly meeting of the direc
j tors of the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
! merce was helvf yesterday afternoon in
j the rooms of the Chamber. President
! Henderson Gilbert, First Vice Presi
dent David Kaufman, Second Vice
j President Warwick M. Ogelaby, Treas
j urer Donald MeCormick, W. B. Mc
j Caleb, George A. Shreiner, George F.
Watt, Edward, S. Herman, George W.
! Bogar, J. William Bowman and Secre
tary E. L. McOolgin were present.
Monthly reports of officers and com
mittees showing much successful ac
tivity on the party of every interest in
the Chamber were submitted. Detailed
reports upon the recent trale
j exvursion to Sunbury, WilKes-Barre and
i Reading; upon the Raymond lectures.
It was announced that the Credit
! Rating Bureau recently established by
I the Chamber would be open for business
sometime in March, voluminous data on '
• thousands of people being tabulated' for
the records of the Bureau.
Five new members were elected: L.
M. Bricker, of the West Shore Bakery;
| Burns & Co., furniture; Ezra F. Her
shey, of Hershey, Pa.; Lalance & Gros
j jean Manufacturing Company, for John
i Grey, their new local manager, and E.
S. Marks, proprietor of H. Marks &
| Co.
The directors gave much time and
attention to the consideration of several
important items of new business, the'
progress and result* of which will bei
announced later. It was stated that
the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce!
through bringing Magnus W. Alexander
here and other means had done more in-;
telligent work in regard to Workmen'sj
Compensation than any other Chamber
in the State.
DR. FAGER TO TELL OF TRIP
Will Speak at Pine Street Church
Meeting To-night
Dr. Charles B. Fager, Jr., principal
of the Technical High school, will talk
on his recent travels in Eurpoe to the
members of tho MeCormick and Rein
hard Bible Classes this evening at 8
o'clock in the lecture room of the Pine
Street Presbyterian church.
The State Department ot Education
has furnished colored slides from pho
tographs taken by Dr. Fager during his
travels which will be used to illustrate
the lecture. ,
Wants Bids on Water Supplies
Harry F. Bowman, Commissioner of
Public Safety, mho is in charge of the
water department, this afternoon pre
pared estimates for the water meters,
water pipe, valves, fire hydrants and
alum that will be required in the de
partment during the coming year, and
he Will begin to-morrow to advertise
for bids. The bids will be opened on
March 22, at 3 p 'clock, and the con
tracts probably will be awarded by
the City Commissioners at the meeting
on the following day.
CAPITOL HILL
COMPLAINTS FILED WITI
PUBLIC SERVICE HOARD
Philadelphia Enters Protest to the
Commission on Fares Charged by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany to Suburban Stations
Fred X. Bradley, secretary of the
I Belmont Improvement Association, re
siding at 4133 Mantua aventle, Phila
delphia, has tiled a complain; with the
j Public Service Commission in' relation
to the fares charged by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company at mo For
j tieth street station. It is alleged t<hat,
i notwithstanding that the Fortietn street
l station has been a regular si at ion for
| more than five vbars, the railroad com
| panv has declined to sell a single trip
ticket or any ofher kind of a ticket
i between Broad street and Fortieth
| street and only sells a ticket entitling
transportation between the Fifiy-sec
ond street station and Broad street,
charging for that distance. The com
plainant, as an evidence of discrimina
tion and unfairness, points »ut thaObhe
railroad crnipan* makes provision for
the sale of tickets between Pittsburgh
and Sliady Side and Fast Liberty and
contends that ticket* should oe placed
on sale marked or printed on the face
thereof "Fortieth Street Statiou."
The White Oak Light, Heat & Pow
| er Company petitions the Commission
I to restrain the Hoiough of Benson, Soun
! erset county, from constructing an elec
. trie light plant for the purpose of
j lighting the streets of the municipality
I and furniskiug current for the lighting
i of residences and business places with
ing the borough.
Since 1906 the complainant has
Tbeen rendering this service, but the
borough is now about to have us own
| plant and intends to out down the com
] plainant s poles and remove its fixtures
I from the streets. This proposed actiou,
j the complainant says, is interfering
I with its vested rights and is illegal.
CHORUS WILLJEET MONDAY
Evangelistic Singers to Make x inal
Plans for Trip to the Stough
Tabernacle
Final plans for the big excursion ot
Harrisburgers to Lancaster Tuesday
I evening, March 16, to hear Dr. Henry
j W. Stough, the evangelist who, during
| November and December, conducted the
| revival in this city, will be completed
at a rehearsal of the llarrisburg evan
gelistic chorus Monday night in tiie
Kidge Avenue Methodist tiplscopal
church, Sixth aud Herr streets.
At this meeting the special buttons
I made for members of the chorus will be
! distributed. Fully 2,000 are expected
| to go on the Lancaster trip, and all
will be permitted to wear the buttons.
Charles F. ClippSnger, director of
the big chorus, has announced tjiat sev
eral interesting surprises are being
planned for the Monaav night meeting
in addition to regular routine. The
songs which will be sung at the Lan
caster tabernacle under the direction
of Professor Spooner, Dr. Stough's di
rector, will be rehearsed Monday.
At Lancaster members of the Lan
caster tabernacle chorus will meet the
Harrirfburgers and will conduct them to
the meeting house with its familiar
scenes. Hundreds of the local people
who are planning to £o on the trip nit
I the "saw dust trail" during the cain
| paign here.
Owing to the hiring of a special train
ja special rate of $1.50 for adults and
75 cents for children has been procured
for the excursion by the officials of the
llarrisburg Evangelistic Chorus. Pasj
privileges will be good on the special
excursion train.
SRERIFF HAS LIVELY SALE
Two Attorneys Each Claim to Be Higa
est Bidder When Property Is
Knocked Down
Sheriff Wells this afternoon conduct
ed one of the liveliest property sales:
probably since he took office three
years ago. In one case two lawyers,
j bidding on the same property, each
I claimed to have filed the highest bid j
; and the Sheriff was obliged to reopen i
the sale.
Five pieces of Millersburg property
formerly atoned 'bv J. M. Johnson had
been bid up to $1,730 and the auc
tioneer "knocked it down" to James
!(K Hatz. H. L. Lark, the other bid
: der, claimed title and hail the sale re
opened. On second consideration Hatz !
I abandoned the fight. Speedy bidding j
attended tlie sales of the 'remaining j
properties.
These sale; were recorded:
Three-story brick property at 1709 j
Green street, owned by William H. My
ers, to E. M. Hershey for $3,355; 3-j
story brick house at 213 Harris street,!
owned by Levi G. Martin, to S. S. Lei- :
jby for $3,725; property of Adam
| Fleck. Rudy street, to I. P. Bowman,
j $741.31; property on North street
! owned by William O. Miller to John
, for $6,210; Lena G. Cohen
house at 114 Short street to Robert
Rosenberg, $257.92; Fannie Epstein
i house at 705 South street to W. Justin
Carter, $137.77.
Some of these bids covered only the
amount of the Sheriff's costs and not j
the encumbrance thereon.
*
REAL SiUSIC IN "ROBIN HOOD"
De Koven's Company at Majestic In
cludes Pleasing Voices
Robin Hood and his merry men, to
gether with the rest of de Koven s Ex
cellent company, delighted yesterday's
audiences at the Majestic wi>.n music
that was really music. The company,
organized two seasons ago for the pur
pose "of restoring the glories of Eng
lish light opera and giving a jaded pub
lic more and better music than is af
forded in ttie modern musical comedy,"
is now on its third tour of the country,
and in its stop at Harrisburg, at least,
it did much to realise its purpose.
The gorgeous costumes added 'at
tractiveness to the production, and the
electrical effects aided in pleasing the
eye. The voices, of course, provided
the real entertainment, including most
notably Cora Tracy's contralto, Bessie
Abbott's soprano, Harold Blake's tenor
and James Stevens' baritone.
STAB-INDEPENDENT WANT
ADS. SEIKO RESULTS.
MOTORCYCLE PARADE TO
PRECEDE SBOW TO-NIGHT
Fifty Machine* Will Haul Some 200
Riders Over % Long Route Through
Principal City Street*—'' Society
Night" at Big Exhibit
To leed the Harrisburgers who flud
| time hanging heavy on their hands to
the motorcycle show in Chestnut street
hall this evening the Keystone Motor
cycle Club will have a parade of motor
cycles over the principal streets of the
city starting at 7.30 o'clock from the
duibheuse at Thirteenth and Walnut
streets.
Fifty machines are expected in the
lineup and 200 people will be crowded
on the two-wheeders. It has been dem
onstrate,! that seven person can "ride"
a motorcycle and such a spectacle is
promised. The route to be followed is:
To Market, to Second, to Walnut, to
Third, to Market, to Fourth, to Sixth,
to Mite lay, to Second, to Reily, to
Third, to Market, circle Market square,
to the Chestnut street hall, where the
show is in progress.
To-night win be society night and if
it proves as successful as ladies' night
IHS« night all will be well and good.
More than 600 attended the show, 387
being paid aMiuissions, The sales of
the exhibitors were boosted slightly
yesterday.
Gewrge W. Bogar opened a booth
yesterday, difplaying Old Town cauo.'.t
and au Evenrude board motor. A dis
play of four cups offered by Prank
Hemminger, Charles filler. Ray Heagy
and Joe Adelstine for most consistent
rilling during the year was made in the
booth of the Keystone Motorcyclists
yesterday. They are handsome trophies
and will be hotly contested for.
LATE WAR NEWS'SUMMARY
CMtlnurd Prom Plrat Til*.
made another of the swift and unex
pected strokes which have marked his
campaign a-gainst the Russians. Gath
ering a large force along the Prussian
border in Northern Poland, he has be
gun a new movement outward, appar
ently intending to strike again at
Przasnysz where the Germans recently
met the defeat which preceded their
general retirement in the north. An
important battle has developed as a
result of this movement, the result of
which, it is said in Petrograd, has not
yet been indicated.
With the. diminution of activity in
Champagne, the western battle front
has grown quieter. The German mili-
I tary authorities assert that the allies
| have suffered a complete defeat in
Champagne after undertaking an of
fensive movement believed in Berlin
to have been designed to relieve pres
sure on the Russians. Desultory fight
ing continues in Belgium, but along
the eastern end of the line where there
have been active and almost contiuous
battles, weather conditions have en
forced a temporary lull.
PAris reports tell of resumption of
the Dardanelles" bombardment. It Is
said that the fire of some Turk
■ ish batteries under attack slack
; ened perceptibly during the engage
! ment.
Dispatches from both Newport
News and Washington indicate that
the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz
Eitel Friedrich, which took refuge yes
terday in Hampton Roads, will be in
| terned.
FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H W. Snavely. Broker.
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
New York. Mar.'h 11.
Ope a. Close.
j Alaska Gold Mines. . . III' I ., / 30y :
j Amal Copper 54% ' 55%
j Amer Beet Sugar .... 39% 39%
j American Can ....... 28% i 7%
i do pfd 95 95
\Am Ice Securities .... 28% 29
| Amjr Smelting 64% 64%
j American Sugar 103% 103%
Amer Tel and Tel .... 120% 120%
j Anaconda 26% x 26%
Atchison 95% 95%
Baltimore and Ohio ... 67 67%
Bethle&em Steel 55% 55% I
Brooklyn ST 8<y g 87%)
California Petroleum .. 17% 17%!
Canadian Pacific .. . « 160% 159% ;
| Central Leather 33% 33% j
j Chesapeake and Ohio .. 42% 42 i
| '"hi, "Mil and St. Paul. 87% 87%
I Chino Con Copper .... 36 36%
jtonsol Gas .. : 115 1T5%
| Corn Products 11 Vi 11%,
•iscilling Securities ... 8% B%'
Erie % 22% 22%
Krie, Ist pfd 36% 37 '
• eneral hiectric Co ■ • 140 140%
Goodrich B P 31% 31%
'Jreat Northern pfd.. . 115% HI6
• reat Nor Ore suos ... 31 3>1%
Uinois Central 10i2% 10'2%
Intejfcoro Met ....... 59% 58%
Lehigh Valley .i 135% 135%
Mex Petroleum 67 66%
Missouri Pacific 11% I'l%
Natioual Lead 54% 55
Nev Consol Copper .. . 12% 12%
New York Cen 83% 83%
XY, N and H 51'/, 52
Xorfolk find Western .102 102
Northern Pac 102% 103%
Penna R R )[. 105% 105%
Pittsburgh Coal 20% 20%
do pfd 91 S3
Press JStee'l Car 26% 26%
Ray COD. Copper 17% 17%
Reading 144% 145%
Southern Pacific 84 84%
Southern Ry 16% 16%
do pfd 50% 50%
Tennessee Copper 27% 28%
Texas Company ...... 135 135%
Union Pacific 120 120%
U. S. Steel ......... . 44% 45%
do pfd 105% 105%
Utah Copper . ... . v . ,53 '53%
Western Marylami .... 22% 23
W. U. Telegraph ...., 63% 64%
Westinghouse Mfg .... 68% 69
American Car and Foundry Com
pany ex-div. 1%.
Forrer Has Guests
George R. Fleming, sii|>ervisor of the
Williamsport playgrounds, and George
P. Hepborn, national representative of
the Spalding CompanyXyester.lay were
guests of V. Grant Forrfcf, formerly su
perintendent of Harriifburg Parks ard
Playgrounds.
I ."/ ' -'
Messenger Boy Fractures Wrist
Joseph Stair', 109 Evergreen street,
a messenger boy for the Post Tele
graph Company, fell from bis bicycle
yesterday and fractured his left wrist.
An X-ray was made at the
Harrisburg hospital this afternoon.
FIXEARLYDATEIO ADJOIN
_ TO TRICK GOVERNOR
C*itliu< Fro™ FJrm i*>
'Mr. Cromer, of Allegheny, who intro
duced a resolution to fix March 17 a»
the last day for the introduction of
bills to be acted oa at this session,
pleaded \for the passage of the Baldwin
'resolutiou in the. following terms:
"Let us adjourn before we pass too
much fool legislation."
Mr. Walter, of Franklin, asked for
a postponement until Monday evening,
saying that the resolution was unfair
to the chairmen of the Judiciary Gen
eral aivd .Law and Order Committees
who have worked hard on important
legislation and necessarily would have
to be hurried on more important meas
ures. v
A "Kindergarten Legislature?"
Mr. ljauius, of York, the blind mem
ber of the House, said that at this time
in the session of 1913, 1,500 bills had
been introduced into the House and
that only 900 have been presented up
to this time in the present session. He
said he was ashamed to go home on
Wednesdays, .when recesses were taken
on thait day, because his constituents
thought he had run away from Hnrris
burg.
Mr. Soues, of Schuylkill, declared
he had the same experience and persons
in Pottsville wouM say:
" Back, alreadyf"
Mr. Milliron, of Armstrong, appealed
| to the 140 new members of the House,
saying that the people of the (State
would blame them for delays.
" us show them we are not a
'kindergarten Legislature' and advance
to the front rank before the close of
the session," he said.
Several members suggested working
Thursdays and Fridays to complete the
work. One member even went so far
as to propose "seven days a week" to
get through. Mr. Kitts, of Krie, said
it is unfair to the men who can not get
home on the week ends to adjourn early
each week.
Mr. FV)rster's suggestion for post
ponement met with a chorus of "noes"
and it was evident that a vote was to
be forced on the resolution. The de
bate closed when Mr. Dunn, of Phila
delphia, said: \
"Look at the Democratic side of
the House! They are in their seats. And
look at the Republicuu side! It should
be filled, too."
A roll call on referring the measure
to the Rules Committee fell by a vote
of 138 "noes" to 20 "aves." Wit
taker's motion for a postponement wits
overwhelmingly voted down ami the
roll call on the passage of the resolu
tion was 137 "for" and 19 "against."
Representatives Wildman and Swartz,
of Harrisburg, and Nissley and Young,
of the Second district of Djiuphin
county, voted against referring the reso
lution to committee and voted for the
passage of the resolutiou to fix the date
for adjournment.
MORRIS URGES DEMOCRATS
Tries to Induce Legislators of That
Parly to Support Brumbaugh in
the Local Option Fight
At the request of A. Mitchell Pal
mer, Democratic Rational Committee
man from Pennsylvania, who has been
asked by Governor Brumbaugh to aid
the local option cause, Democratic State
Chairman Morris came to Hnrrisburg
yesterday to see what he could do with
the Democratic legislators. Before
leaving for home last eveniug Chair
man Morris issued the following state
ment:
''l came to Harrisburg primarily to
consult with the Democratic members
of the Legislature on the attitude of
the Democratic members toward Gov
ernor Brumbaugh's local option bill.
1 find that a majority'of Democratic,
members will stand loyally bV their
j party pledge and vote for local option.
"There are a number of Democratic
members opposed to local option. Sev
j 'Tal of those are members who also ran
jon the Personal Liberal party ticket
with Governor Brumbaugh and who,
therefore, feel obligated to support the
liquor interests. I pointed out to such
members as I talked with that tie
Democratic State organization is prac
| tically a unit for local option, that the
i party platform demands it, that a large
! majority of Democratic voters hayjj ex
pressed themselves in favor of it, and !
I that to vote against the local option 1
i bill is simply to give aid ami comfort to 1
j tlxe Penrose machine which, in order to
j keep faith with the liquor interests,j
| must defeat the Brumbaugh bill.
"I realize that in the face of grow- j
ing popular feeling the Penrose ma
chine would be only too glad to fulfill '
its contract with the liquor interests
by delivering a few Democrats in lieu
of its own Representatives. I am hope-'
ful, however, that it will find yen
few Democrats foolish enough to offer
themsedves as victims to the liquor ring, 1
which used every effort to defeat the j
Democratic State ticket last fall."
MEASURE WOULD REDUCE
NUMBER OF COUNTY EMPLOYES
Reduction of the number of record- ;
ing jobs to three in counties the size i
of Dauphin is the purpose of a bill in- i
troduced in the House this morning by
Mr. Phillips, of Clearfield. It pro
vides for the election of a Prothono- j
j tsry to act as clerk of the quarter ses
sion, oyer and terminer ami oipnans'
j court, and a Register of Wills and a
Recorder of Deeds.
The act must be accented by the •
county before its provisions can be ta-
I ken advantage of. A petition of 25 i
per cent, of the voters at the last elec
tion shall caufe an election to be certi
fied to the county commissioners, who '
shall have charge of the election. The
petition mu*t be hied not more than
' forty and not less than thirty days be
fore the date of the next general or
municipal election, the general election
law* to govern the election. If the
measure is defeated it may be brought
up aigain in three years. The officials
named in the measure are elected for
four years and shall serve from Janu
ary 1 next succeeding their election.
A bill to reduce the remuneration
of the receiver of school raxes in all
school districts in the State outside of
the first class —Harrisburg is second
claw —was introduced by Mr. Hnbler,
Luzerne. It provides that "if 75 per
cent, or more of t)he school taxes paid
prior t4 the time when a penalty of 5
per cent, is imposed shall be paid by
ien or less taxables, the compensation
of the tax receiver shall be not more
than one per cent, paid before the time
of imposing the penalty and five per
cent, upon all taxes collected after
that time."
Providing a board of examiners for
AMUSEMENTS I • AMUSEMENTS
MAJESTIC THEATRE WL " M :S, lwtLl
THE AUTHENTIC
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German War Pictures
Taken under the supervision of the General Staff
Presented under the auspices of the
New Yorker Staats Zeitung
Direct From the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia
First Time in History of Real Battles Photographed •
Graphic, Thrilling, Vivid,
Startling, Realistic
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MAJESTIC THEATRE
Two Days—Thursday, March 11, Friday, March 12
FOUR PRESENTATIONS EACH DAY
Matinees—2.3o and 4.00 P. M. Evenings—7.3o and 9 P..M.
PRICES—IS and 2$ Cents
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IMAJESTIC
I >nt„ Mntiuof mid Muhl. Mnrch 13
H SEATS TO-DAY
H The Society IC\ent of the Settion
M BOSTON E\OL|SII (H'EUA
H lOMI'AXr
m In (he World'* Fnvorite Opern
I "llTrovatore"
(■j With the niont remarkable cRNt a
H of Ntar« ever lienril in Kukllili
II tarnud Opern, Including JOSEPH
■ P. SHBBHAN.
|K IMIH KS: Mot., 23c to #1.00;
al I've., 2?5e to
Psf Sent* To-morrow.
Hours, 12 \'oon to 11 I'. M.
To-day Jesse L. Lasky presents
THEODORE ROBERTS in "THE
DIRCUS MAN." in 5 reels. Feature
shown at 12.50, 2.84, 4.t2, 5.50,
7.24, H. IK, to. 14. With our usual
iaily change, "Wipe Yer Feet"
(Comedy), Selig, and another reel of
good comedy.
Friday: J. Searle Dawley produc
tion in 5 reels, "A DAUGHTER OF
THE PEOPLE," with Laura Sawyer,
Frederick Deßelleville and Robert
Broderick.
AdiiilftNion, 10«*. < tiMilrrn, 5r
I
ORPHEUM
TRIXIE FRIGANZA SI6-FRANZ TR9OPE
, Thc runniest Act iu Vaudeville
5 OTHER 810 KEITH HITS OTHER OOOD ACTS AND THE
NEXT WEEK BEST PICTURES
Lou Auger and Sophye Barnard Prices: Mat., 5c and 10c; Eve., 10c
With a company of 10 people and 15c.
presenting COMING MONDAY
A MUSICAL COMEDY OFFERING
of Fun
5 KOMICAL KOPS
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LOOK
1915 Ford Car Given Away
SOUVENIR TO EACH LADY
Music And Dancing
—AT—
Harrisburg's Biggest And Best
AUTO SHOW
KEL'KER STREET HALL
FOURTH AND KELKER STS.
MARCH 13 TO 20
OPEN 11 A. M. TO 11 P. M.
Admission 25 Cents
operators of steam engines in t'hird
class cities in Pennsylvania is the pur
pose of a bill introduced by Mr. Ram
sey, of Dela/wart. He would have the
Commissioner of Public Safety and two
■conupetent engineers compose the
board, they to receive $5 a day when
actually employed on this work.
CHARGED WITH FRAUD
Claiming that he was anxious to get
back to his native country, where he
had an aged father to support, John
Alimary, a Russian, was arretted Inst
night on a charge of fraud.
Alimary applied to the Associated
Charities yester»lhy for help, stating
that he came to Harrisburg from Phila-
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Photeplay To-day
C HARL E S~C K A P LIN 7t hat "f liiin y
guy with the little mustache, in a
2reel S. & A. comedy,
"THE CHAMPION"
FRANCIS BUSHMAN & EDNA
MAYO, new leading lady for S. & A.
company, featuring in a .'{-act dra
matic Teature,
"STARS THEIR
COURSES CHANCE"
"THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LIN
-1 COLN.v 2reel Edison.
TO-MORROW—A Broadway-Star
feature, "A DAUGHTER'S
STRANGE INHERITANCE."
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Free Moving Pictures
every evening 7 to 11 p. m.,
Palace Confectionery, 225
Market street.
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Will Hold Sauerkraut Dinner J
The Warrior Eagle ami Pocohontfl
degree teams of the Improve*,l Order J
Ueil Men will hold a sauerkraut din tie
land supper in Red Men's Hall, Broa<
jand Fulton streets, March 23.
Mcipliia, where he two months,
! and previous to this worked in a shoo
j factory in Masgachussettt, although he
couJd not tell the name of the firm
where he was employed. He said he le>.'t
his native country at the time of t'ho
i war, due to t.he impoverished condition
, of his family and country in General.
Later in the day he went about the
city begging for money to feet bavk
| home and was picked up by city po
; lice as an impostor.
Arrested for Larceny
•lames Butler was arrested here last
night by Policemen Hipp4e and (j Lb- :
bons on a warrant from Cbamberaburg
charging him with larceny. Ho was
committed to jail and fnkon to Cbam
beraburg today.
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