12 UYIREN'S ASSOCIATION OF CONFERENCE MEETS Governor Brumbaugh Sends Message Baying He Is Unable to Attend Methodist Gathering—Bishop Burt and Dr. Smucker Principal Speakers Shamokin, Pa.. March 20.—Gover nor Brumbaugh sent a message to the Ceutral Pennsylvania Methodist Church Conference to day that he could not be present at the scssiou of the Confer ence this afternoon. At the twentieth annual session of the Laymen's Association of the Cen tral Pennsylvania Conference, held in the First Presbyterian church, to-day, Bishop William Burt and Dr. Clayton Albert Snuicker were the prominent speakers on the program. C. H. Hoff man, of Harrisburg, is president of the association. The conference took an unprecedent ed action yesterday when it telegrnphe I W. F. Gilbert, pastor of the Glen Hope church, Aitoona district, who has been absenting himself from the conference sessions for several years past, to come to the session. A resolution providing that the basis of the distribution of the Con ference Home Missionary funds for married men, who are members of the conference, be placed at SSOO. was presented by the Rev. A. S. Williams, of the Curiin Heights church, Har risburg, and was unanimously adopt ed. A . lass of seven candidates was ad dressed by Bishop William Burt at the Conference to-day, preliminary to being ordained tomorrow into the ministry. The character of titty retired minis ters was passed 011 and they were con tinued in the retired relation. The Kev. A. B. Harper. Penfield. Clearfield lountv, was received into the confer ence front the Primitive Methodist 1 Church. Thanks of anthracite coal region Slavonians were extended to tne con ference by Adam Nngay. minister of the Slavonic missic 1. Ha/.leton. During the Woman's Home Mission ary Society anniversary meeting Presi dent Mrs. lames Kdgar Skilliugton, Berwick, delivered the chief address. A session of the Mutual Beneficial Asso ciation preceded the anniversary meet ing. Fully 000 members ot the Lay men's Association met in the Presby terian church. A number of addresses and reports were made. The membership has great ly increased owing to main revival meetings held throughout the State uud country. Corfereuco Coma;eiids Gov. Brumbaugh N'orristown, Pa.. Nlareh 20.—The Philadelphia conference of the Meth odist Episcopal Church to-day commend e 1 Governor Brumbaugh for the stand he has taken in favor of local option. ' A resolution was also adopted commend-1 i-:g t"he Governor for seeking to have tne Legislature pass a workmen's com -1 unsation aw and a child labor law. 1 The conference denounced tiie proposed law compensating liquor dealers who ai-e forced out : business by iaw. This action was taken after I>r. David S. therrv. of Reading, iiad read tiie report of the Temperance Society. Dr. P. J. Meveetv. corresponding sec retary of the Freedmeu's Aid Society, made an appeal in behalf of Southern j «- liegroes who have been seriously affect ed by the cotton situation due to the ; war. Mass Meeting in Philadelphia The conference planned for a mass ! meeting in Philadelphia on or abou. j March 29, wheu an organization will 'l>p perfected to carry on the Billy Sun ' day campaign for new church members. The Ke%s. William y. Bennett and H. : E. Johnson .\ere elected State trustees 1 of the Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League. An appeal was made to aid the sea- I men who r,re also affected by the war. j Right young men were admitted to | fall membership iu the conference a< • deacons and elders at to-day's session. They are: G. 11. 0. Rowland, Limberville, Pa.; 1 vF. A. Tyson. Cressona, Pa.; George W. Tovey. Summit Hill. Pa.; Ralph A. ; Ma.itone. Reading, £a.: Benjamin A.I Scull, Greene, Pa.; Alex. Maronaghv. ; Geiger's Mills. Pa.: Walter F. Humph • ] rev. Boston Sliool of Theology; Klia- Baker, Atglen, Pa. WANTS ACTIVE DI TV IX ARMY Captain Williams. Retired Because of Injuries, Seeks Reinstatement l'nder a recent act of Congress Cap tain Robert C'. Williams. I". s. a., re- 1 tired, who ha> been an recruiting serv ice in Harrisburg for the last nine years, will apply for reinstatement i:i ' the active service of the army and, if I he passes the examination, will be as 1 signed to an infantry command with the rank of Major. " Tiie law states that a retired oflieer may apply for re instatement and be subjected to an ex amination as to physical and profes sional fitness. Captain Williams was a company] commander in the Fifteenth 17. S. In 1 fantry, having been graduated at West Point .n ISSti. He was appointed to West Point from the Canton, Ohio, dis triet by the late President William MeKiniey when the latter was in Con gress. He served with his command I until 1896, when while on a hunting expedition in Arizona, he was kicked by a horse and' both (tones of his right ankle broken, the injury being such that he could neither walk nor ride. For sixteen years he has been re tired. and for nine years he has been on recruiting service, with the excep tion of a short tune when he was re lieved. Should he enter active servic 1 again lie will be graded to the rank of Major. During his term as a re cruiting officer in Harrisburg he has en listed more than 3,000 men for all branches of the regular army. AT WEST FAIR VIEW CHURCH Choir of St. Mark's Lutheran Plans Palm Sunday Music On Palm Sunday morning at 10.30 1 o'clock the choir, consisting of twentv i voices, of St. Mark's Lutheran church. West Fairview, will sing the saered j cantata, 'lt Is Finished." The solos! and quartets will be sung by Mary E. Morgan, soprano; Lillian ' Boughter, ' alto; Bernard Gladfelter, tenor, ami Harold E. Malsh, basso. Increase in Bank Reserve New York, 'March 20. —The state ment of the actual condition of .ear- j ing House banks and trust companies shows that they hold 9139,599,520 re serve in excess of legal requirements. This is an increase of $9,854,990 over! last week. ' I LOSS OF ALLIED SHIPS DUE TO TORPEDOES Cntl»«l Knaa First Pace. voyed by two cruisers. A shell which exploded" on her deck is reported to have killed forty men and wounded many others. One Turkish fort, the name of which is not given, is said to have been se riously damaged, while many of its de fenders were killed or wounded. The dispatch says the allied war ships re-entered the straits at 9.30 yesterday (Friday) morning and »e --sumed the bombardment with great violence. Allied Fleet Back on Job London, March 20, 11.10 A. M.— Six battleships re-entered the Dardan elles straits Friday, according to a dis patch received here by the Renter's Telegram Company from the Island of Tenedors. This resumption of the action after the loss Thursday of the French bat tleship Bouvet and the British battle ships Irresistible and Ocean failed tft accomplish anythiiig for the reason that the unfavorable weather condi tions made operations impossible. Turks Reinforced at Smyrna Paris, March 20, 3.30 A. M.—lm portant Turkish reinforcements have ar rived to man the fortifications 011 the coast and Gulf of Smviua, according to a dispatch from Mitylene. Troops are hard at work repairing the forts dam aged by the bombardment of the allied fleet. Tiie fort of Castraki is reported to be undamaged. Mines will be placed in the vicinity of Clazomene, a fe# miles west of Smyrna. Searchlights from Turkish batteries illuminate the waters of the gulf and those along the coast at night. A llavas dispatch from Athens says that mine sweeping in the Dardanelles, which began at 4 a 111. Friday, was in terrupted by a shower of shells from Turkish forts. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY From I'lrvl I'nce. sent a formal protest to France and Great Britain against naval policy. The British assertion that in four days of the fighting at Neuve Chapelle the Germans lost no less than 17,000 men is disputed by the German general staff. Au official statement places the total German losses at about 6,000 men. A German aeroplane crossed to the English coast to-day and aroppsa sev eral bombs off -Deal No damage was done and the aeroplane was driven off j by a patrol boat. No important occurrences In lYance or Belgium were announced in to-day's official reports. The German War Office stated that small gains had been made from the British in the north and from the Trench in the Champagne region, while the French authorities said there , was nothing to report. DAMAGE OF $500,000,000 IN HERMAN INVASION OF POLAND London. March 20. 2.17 P. M. — Statistics published in Petrograd con cerning losses to property in Kustsian ! Poland as a result of the Herman in j vasion, forwarded to-day to the Keuter Telegram Company, give the total number of towns an.l larger villages destroyed as 95. It is said that 4,500 email villages were devastated, 1,000 of them hav ing been burned. These figures apply to ten Polish provinces. The damage is | estimated at more than $500,000,000. Germans Drop Bombs Into Sea l.ondon. March 20, 3.22 P. M.— A German aeroplane dropped several ' :>oiirbs to-dav off L>eal, a seaport on the! strait of Dover. The bombs all landed in the sea. A patrol boat opened fire on the aeroplane which turned and dis-: appeared. German War Loan $1,500,000,000 Berlin, via London, March '■(<), 9.55 A. M.—Competent financial authori ties estimated that subscriptions to the war loan which closed at 1 o'elock yesterday will aggregate at least six ! billion marks (,$1.500.000.000). CONFESSES ARSON CHARGE Kerbaugh Just Wanted to Square Things With Mother-in-Law W. L. Kerbaugh, who is charged j with arson by Mrs. Catherine Breach . and held under SI,OOO bail to await a, hearing before Alderman Laudis !.\lon day night, made a written confession of ! the crime in the Dauphin county prison i last night to Joseph Dounley, a deputy I IState lire marshal. Kerbaugh stated that he set the house on fire at Sayford and James [ -treets on the morning of March 7, "just to get square with bis mother-in law. '' Marriage Licenses Jacob McCorkel an! Mary Suavely, Hoekersville. Leroy Hippie, Middletown. and Anna M. Allemau, Highspire. William K. Martin- and Either M. Hockley, city. William V. Tomlinson and Maude (J. ■ Yoh. Chambersburg. Morris B. Strohm and Emma J. Me- ! gonnel, Piketown. Cardinal Anthony Agliardi Dies By Assoriatrd Press, Rome, March 19, via Paris. March I 20, 4.35 A. (M.—Cardinal Anthony | Agliardi, Chancellor of the Cathouc I Church an.l sub-dean of the Sacred Col-1 lege, died to-dav at the age of 83 years. He was the titular bishop of Albano ! and was proclaimed a cardinal in 1536. ; Bowling Team Goes to Lock Haven The bowling team of the Pennsvl- j vania Railroad Young Men's Christian ! Association, will plav the LocMt Haven city team on the Arcade alleys at ! Ix>ck 'Haven, this evening. The local , team will be represented bv Mathias, E. C. Smith, G. K. Smith, Hoetetter | aud Myers. " . Woman Tries to Leave Jail Carlisle, March 20.—Edith Cole, col-1 ored, whose home is at Harrisburg, tried in vain last night about 8 o'clock; to escape from the Carlisle jail by i making her way over a thirty-five foot wall. She fell in the attempt, and ] her screams brought a number of per sons to help her back into the prison.' Pneumonia Fatal to Colored Woman Mrs. John Ciroen, colored, 704 North Seventh street, died of pleuro pneumonia at 8.30 o'clock last even ing at the Harrisburg Hospital. She was admitted to that institution on Thursday in s very serious condition. fIAKRrSBFKft 8T A SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1915. CARLISLE ELKS, "ARE AT IT AGAIN" AT MAJESTIC Director Leo McDonald Directs First Act In His Shirt Sleeves—Per formers Enthusiastic In Their Parts The Carlisle Elks gave a pleasing entertainment at the Majestic theatre last ui>ght. This afternoon and even ing "They're At It Again." The pro duction is given under the direction of Leo McDonald, of Carlisle, by a cast which has no principals in par ticular. All the performers are prin cipals so fur as really good amateur acting is concerned. The show is called a musical crazy quilt in three patches with two pieces iu the first patch. Dfticini* and siug ing, with clever dialogues, make up a very satisfying entertainment. the whole play was full of tuneful music and plenty of spicy jokes that kept the audience in an uproar. Ths Elks were that eager to have some thing original that they sent to the lower regions and brought the Prince of Darkness back to sing a song or two. The plot—according to the patch ers, as the actors called themselves — well they did not have any. But the songs and costumes were there and the amateur acting was of the best. Leo McDonald who designed the sketch and directed the presentation, deserves much credit. His enthusiasm was"shown when he directed the entire first act iu his shirt sleeves. The other actors showed the same interest. In the sec dud, as the act is called, the men are at their best impersonating the good old Irish. AUTO SHOWS HAD WEEHF SUCCESS Caatiaurd Front Klrat I'ase. explanations to show the excellence of fine body api ointments. At the Arena After a week of truly great success the sixth annual show at the Arena. Third and Delaware streets, will close to night, the exhibitors well satisfied with their results of the week. J. Clyde Myton. manager of the show, has been complimented by the autoists. It has been the most successful show in the history of the organization. Spe cial music will again feature the last night at the show. At 10.30 o'clock to-night the Saxon automobile, the door prize, will be awarded to the winner. Ten numbers will be drawn. The car will be given to the holder of the first ticket drawn and he will be given until noon. Tues day, March 23, to claim it. If not claimed then it will be given to the pos sessor of the next ticket drawn, who will be given until Wednesday noon to claim the car. This will be followed out until the car is awarded. At Kelker Street Hall E. C. Huhn, sales manager of the Keystone Lubricating Company, ami' Robert I. Erlichman, general manager of the One-in-One Piston Ring Com pany, will feature the closing night of the first annual automobile show of the Capital City Motor Dealers' Associ ation in Kelker street hall, Fourth and Kelker streets, this evening. At this show at 11 o'clock to-night Mayor Royal will determine the first possible six winners of the Ford car, which be given away as a door prize at this show. The winner will be given the opportunity to claim the car by applying to Manager B. R. Johnson at the "Patriot" office between 12 and 1 o'clock Monday. If unclaimed the holder of the second ticket will be given an opportunity to claim it on Tuesday and so on until the car is dis posed of. TO I>IYE PIAXO RECITAL Newell Albright to Hold First of This Season The sixth piano recital by Newell Albright, the only one he will give this season, will be held on Monday even ing. March 22. in Fahnestoe-k hail. He will present four groups of mis cellaneous compositions characteristic, in their representative value, as ex amples of the ancient ami ultra mod ern school of pianoforte composition. In substance it is the program played for the great pianist and teacher Rap ael Joseffv, of New York, calling forth the so unequivocal belief in the success of Mr. Albright's artistic future. The numbers he is to play 3re: Toccata ami Fugue in D minor, Barh-Tausig; Sonata Op. 31, No. 3, Beethoven; old French clavecin pie-es. The Scarf, Conperin; The Cuckoo, Da;nin: The Kifers, Dandrien; A Ten der Air, gavotte in D minor, Lully; Arabesque Minstrels, Debassv; All Thro the Night, negro dance, Cyril Scott; Forest Murmurs, dance of the Gnomes. Liszt; Waltz Arjbseque on themes from the "Blue Danube," Strauss-Schultz-Eoler. "QUIET ZONES" AT HOSPITAL Police Begin Enforcing New Law Against Unnecessary Noises The police to-day began enforcing the city ordinance fixing "quiet zones'-' 250 feet each way from city hospitals. The new law makes an un necessary noise within this limit a nuisance and punishable by a fine of from $2 to $25 or a term in jail not exceeding thirty days. Chief of Police Hutchison sent the policemen out on their several districts this morning to keep children, itinerant musicians and others from making noise which would tend to disturb the patients. The ordinance directs the superintendent of streets and public improvements to place signs designat ing this "zone of quiet.'' The arrival of spring-like weather has brought out the youth of the city with baseball, paraphernalia and the accompanying shouts and has sent many complaints to police headquar ters. Where there are such complaints coppers will be compelled to stop ball playing. News Thirty Tears Old William Forney, residing in York county below New Cumberland, in re moving the frame from an old mirror yesterday found between the back and the glass two old papers, one of them a copy of the Harrisburg Independent of March 8, 1882, and the other a Bal timore "Sun" of November 18, 1881. The Harrisburg paper, now the Star- Independent, is four pages, and con tains in rabioid form the news of the day. I FIRE PROTECTION AT ALMSHOUSE IS ADVISED Grand Jury in Its Report Submitted To-day Also Repeats Recommenda tions That New Court Housq Be Built on Preoent Site Suggestions for a number of improve ments at the Dauphin County Alms house, includiug the installation of tire extinguishers, me organizing of a fire patrol and the holding of fire drills at frequent intervals are contained in the report of the Mareh quarter sessions Grand Jury which to-day was submitted to the Court. Besides, the jurors con tinued the recommendations of former ' juries who undertook to impress upon ; the County Commissioners the necessity ; for the erection of a modern Court , House ou the site of the present "anti ! quated'' structure. j The Grand Jury closed its work this l morning after having ignored twenty three o/ the one hundred and two bills of indictment inquired into, and imme diately was discharged by Judge Kun kel who reuiarsed that the jnrors' sug gestions. no doubt, will be carried out by the proper authorities. The water power upon the almshouse property, the jurors pointed out, should be utilized to generate and supply elec tric current for the poor house build ings. The Directors of the Poor are urged to find suitable homes for three children now confined at the almshouse, so that they will be properly reared and educa