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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<td.
Both the almshouse and the county
prison, tiie jurors declared, are in ex
cellent condition. ' With respect to the
Court House they said:
"We find the Dauphin county Court
House to be antiquated and entirely
inadequate for its present purposes. It
should be replaced by a modern fire
pioof building, large enough to aecom
modate the courts and all the offices of
the county.''
FALL FROM BUILDING FATAL
George Swartz, of This City, Dies in
Pittsburgh Hospital From Injuries
Received Last Monday
As the result of injuries which he
received in a fall from the sixth story
of the new William Pitt hotel, Pitts
burgh, last Monday, George Swartz,
1514 Berryhill street, this city, died
last night at a Pittsburgh hospital. Mr.
Swartz left Harrisburg a week ago tn
search of work and early last Monday
morning he joined a gang of structural
ironworkers on the hotel. He was work
ing ou a swinging scaffold when some
lumber that was being raised jqrred
him from the flatform. In falling he
struck several beams and was seriously
injured internally.
Mr. Swartz was 55 years of age and
is survived by his wife and son, George.
The body was brought tn this city to
day. Funeral services will be held at
his late home IMonday afternoon at 2.30
o clock aud will be charge of the Kev.
Amos M. Stamets, pastor of the Augs
burg Lutheran church. Interment will
be made iu the Harrisburg cemetery.
Both the services atnl interment will be
private.
OX DEATH OF W. S. STEELE
, Local Principals' Club Adopts Resolu
tions at Meeting To-day
The Harrisburg Principals' Club to
\ day adopted resolutions ou the death of
Professor \V. S. Steele, as follows:
"Professor William Sherman Steele
. was an efliicent principal, a genial com
| paniou, an affectionate husband and a
i Christian gentleman. He was a man
! of ripe scholarship, excellent judgment,
; conscientious, loyal to duty and au
| honor to his profession. He had the
| courage of his convictions and the tact
and skill necessary to accomplish his
cuds without undue friction or dissatis
faction. He was a wise friend and
counsellor to teachers and students. lHe
possessed executive poise and strength
to an unusual degree. His impressive
personality, his open character, syni
| pp.thy and affection courted for l.im
the favor of a wide acquaintanceship
and endeared him to the hearts of all
who kuew him best. His beneficent
influence ujKjn toe life of the commun
ity will be widely felt for many years
to come.
"The Harrisburg Principals' Club,
of which Mr Steele was a member,
gratefully pays tribute to the deceased
In this minute to his memory. While
our lo«s will be most keenly felt and
his exact place in our affections will
never be filled, we, nevertheless, bow
iu humble submission to the will of
'Him who doeth all things well.'
"We extend to the bereaved family
( our sincere sympathy, and express tho
hope that they may yet live many
j years, cheered and buoyed by the niem-
I ory of a loving husband and father, and
kept and sustained by the gracious fa-
I vor of Almighty God."
The committee drawing up the reso
lutions consisted of Anne E. Wert, A.
May Tittle, ( has B Fager. Jr., J. J.
Biehm and F. E. Dawnes, chairman.
TO SEEK A PRINCIPAL
School Board Named Committee to Se
lect Central High Head
A committee composed of President
Harry A. Boyer, Superintendent Fred
erick E. Downes, Secretary D. D. Ham
melbaugh, Chairman of the Teachers'
Committee Harry M. Brctz and Direc
tor Houtz, of the Harrisburg School
Board, will select before May 1 the
man to succeed the late William S.
Steele as principal of the Central High
school. .
The board took this action at the
regular meeting last evening. The com
mittee is authorized to collect all data
concerning the candidates and visit, if
necessary, the candidates in their home
towns. The salary was fixed at $2,500
for the first year, with an increase of
SIOO for every year until a maximum
of $3,000 is reached. The new princi
pal will be pai l for overtime on ac
count of two sessions at the Central,
High school, as has been the present
custom.
Suffragists to Plan Campaign April 8
Mrs. Frank M. Roessing, president
of tho State Suffrage Association, said
to-day: >
"On the Bth and 9th of April our
county and city chairmen will meet in
special conference here. The cam
paign will be discussed in detail and
definite plans made to reach every vo
ter in the State. We are confident of
winning the same success at the polls
! as characterized our efforts in the Leg
islature."
MORROW IKIED TO-DAY AS
RESULT OF AUTO DEATH
Driver of One cf the Machines That
Crashed and Killed Raipn Witmer
Pleads Not Ouilty to Charge of
Involuntary Manslaughter
Charged with 'having driven his au
tomobile so recklessly that he was re
sponsible for the accident in which
Ralph Witmer, 9 years old, son of
George and Catherine Witmer, 905
South Twentieth-and-a-ftalf street, was
fatally injured on November 6, last,
Samuel Morrow was this morning
placed on trial in Judge MeCarrell's
side of criminal court, charged with
involuntary manslaughter.
The jury was selected after twenty
three talesmen had been called and is
made up of the following: B. Frank
Miller, Seventh ward, city, foreman;
William W. Bullock, First ward. Steel
ton; Martin E. Crull, First ward, Mid
dletown; William H. Hummel, Rush
I township; Charles J. Lundy, lluiiimels
town; Adam N. Martin, Lower Paxton
township; William H. Taylor, Susque
j hanna township; Ernest Schadt, Second
ward, Middletown; Charles W. Smith,
Puxtang; Charles W. Sefoonrn, Twelfth
ward, city; Daniel Polleck, Second
ward, city; .lames IH. Lemon. l'p>per
Paxton township.
Morrow is believed by county officials
to be the first, defendant in Dauphin
county to be tried on so serious a
charge us involuntary manslaughter
due to an auto accident. He is being
represented by C. H. Backenstoc, and
pleaded not guilty, contending that the
child's death was due to an unavoid
able accident and not to negligence.
Morrow's car and a machine driven
by Edward E. Miller, 2145 North
Fifth street, collided at Seventeenth
and North streets on the afternoon of
November 6. With Miller in the front
scat was his brother, Harvey, while in
the tonneau of t'he machine were tho
three children of Mr. and Mrs. Wit
mer—Ralph, the lad who was fatally
injured, and his two sisters, Helen and
Catherine.
Witnesses declared that the Morrow
car "was being driven at about twenty
five miles an hour and practically de
molished the Miller machine in the
crash. The Witmer boy died two days
after the accident from peritonitis,
caused, Dr. Harvey Miller said, bv ex
ternal contusions. District Attorney
Stroup expressed the belief at noon
that the hearing would end late this
afternoon.
BROWN TO HEAR "MOVIE" MEN
Attorney General Goes to Philadelphia
to Probe Exhibitors' Grievances
Governor Brumibaugh last night re
ceived a telegram from the Motion Pic
ture Exhibitors' League of Philadel
phia, protesting against alleged arbi
trary methods of ,1. Louis Br'eitinger,
the chief State censor of moving pic
tures, and asking that Breitinger be
suspended from office pending an in
vestigation as to his official conduct.
The charges are that the State cen
sor has forbidden pictures to be
thrown on a screen asking people in
the audience to write to their legisla
tors and request them to vote for the
'bill to abolish the offices of the cen
sors and the consequent censorship of
pictures. They also ask a hearing.
Governor Brumbaugh said to-day
that lie had received the telegram
from the moving picture men and had
wired them ba<"k that they should take
the matter up with Attorney General
Brown, who will be in Philadelphia to
day. As to giving the movie men a
hearing the Governor said that it
would depend entirely on what de
velops before the Attorney General
to-day. The committee in charge of the
bill, he added, will give both sides a
hearing, and if necessary, he will hear
both sides, but he does not propose to
take action of any kind until both
sides are heard.
BLACKWELL'S ASSAILANT HELD
Ball Is Fixed at s#oo for the Man
Who Hit Negro Politician
With a large patch of cotton over
his left eye and his lips swollen to
three times their natural size, Peter S.
Blackwell, spectacular negro politician,
of Steelton, appeared before "Squire"
Gardner last evening and testified
against James Lewis, alias "Red"
Williams, who was charged with hav
ing hit "Pete'' with a beer bottle.
The assault, according to the testi
mony of seven witnesses, occurred
Thursday evening after Blackwell had
a number of times ejected Lewis from
club rooms adjoining the Blackwell's
home on A lams street. After the fourth
ejection, witness said, Lewis hurled a
beer bottle at "Pete." It hit the poli
tician in the face and caused injuries
which led Blackwell to have Lewis ar
rested.
The prisoner announced his inten
tion to plead guilty to the charge and
in default of SBOO bail was commit
ted for court.
J. S. WEAVER BLH1EI) TO-DAY
Many Members of Old Zion Attend
Services in Church
The funeral of John S. Weaver was
held this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock from
Zion Lutheran church when a large
number of members of the church were
in attendance. The services were in
charge of the Rev. Stewart Winfield
Herman, pastor. Interment was made
in the Harriaburg cemetery.
Private services were held kt the
house at 2 o'clock for members of the
family and the honorary pallbearers.
OBSERVER DEMAIN IS BETTER
Local Weather Forecaster to Assume
Charge of Local Office on Tuesday
Edward R. Demain, 308 North Sec
ond sti-eet. chief of the local office of
the United States Weather Bureau, who
has 'been ill for some time with pneu
monia, will assume charge of the office
again Tuesday morning. He is con
valescing rapidly.
C. J. Donerty, chief of the Reading
bureau, who has been temporarily in
charge here, will return to Reading
Monday night. 'Mr. Dohertv was former
ly in charge of the Harrishurg bureau
and has enjoyed his stay in Harriaburg
very much.
April 16 and 28 Arbor Days
Under authority placed on him by
the Arbor Day act, Governor Brum
baugh to-day announced that he had
selected April 16 and 23 as spring
arbor daye, which will be appropriate
ly observed by the planting of trees
all over the State. The public schools
of the State will hold exercises, and
maay of them will plant trees.
I FINANCE
BETHLEHEM STEEL STOCK
MAKES SENSATIONAL CAIN
A Maximum Advance of Nine and One-
Fourth From Its Low Quotation
of Previous Day—List Manifests
Strong Undertone
By Associated Press.
New York, March 20. Wall Street.
—The week-end session was largely
dominated by a further rise in Bethle
hem Steel shares to 68, a gain of 4 1-2
points, and a maximum advance of
9 1-4 from its quotation of the pre
vious day. On the surface the sensa
tional advance in the stock which was
made mainly on small individual tran
sactions, suggested a dtrive against the
short interest. Jtumor, however, at
tributed to th* high record for this
stock to more potent influences. The
balance of the list manifested a strong
undertone, being unaffected by the
latest news from Europe. Motor shares
and some of the department store spe
cialties figured to an unusual degree in
the day's gains.
Bonds were steady, except N'ew
\ork Central 6's which repeated their
low price on free trading.
NEW YORK STOCK. EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by H. W. Snavely, Broker.
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
New York. March 20, 1913.
I , Open Close
Alaska Gold Mines 33% 33%
Amalgamated Copper, .... 56*8 56%
American Beet Sugar 42% 4'i-
Amerlcan Can 28Va 29
do., preferred 94% 94%
American Cotton Oil 45% 45%
American Locomotive, ... 21 21
American Smelting 64 % 65
American Sugar 101 Vi 101%
Amer. Tel. and Tel 120% 120%
Anaconda 27 > 4 27%
Atchison 95% 95%
Baltimore and Ohio 67 66%
Bethlehem Steel 6">Vb 66%
Brooklyn R. T 87% 57%
California Petroleum 16% 16%
Canadian Pacific, 159' 4 159
Central Leather 34 34
Chino Con. Copper, 36% 36'.j
Consol. Gas 115% 115''*
Corn Products 11% 11%
Erie 22% 22%
do., first preferred 36% 36%
Goodrich, B. F 3414 3 7
Git. Northern preferred.... 116 ~ 116
Gt. Northern Ore. subs 32% 32%
Interboro-Met., pfd 59 V. 59
Lehigh Valley 136 " 136
Mexican Petroleum 69% 69 %
Missouri Pacific 10% 10%
National Lead 54% 56%
New York Central, 83% 8.3 %
N. Y., N. H. and H 53% 53%
Northern Pacific 103 103
Pennsylvania R. R 104% 104%
Press Steel Car 25% 25%
Ray Con. Copper, ......... 18% 18%
Reading, 143% 144
Southern Pacific 83% 83",4
Southern Railway 15% 15%
Tennessee Copper 29 29%
Texas Company 132% 132*4
Union Pacific 120% 120%
U, S. Rubber 57% 59
U. S. S>teel 44% 43%
Utah Copper 54% 54%
Virginia-Carolina Chem.,.. 19% 19%
Western Union Tel., 64% 6«%
Westinghouse 68% 65%
WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGS
Bradstreet's Figures for Last Week in
Harrisburg and Other Cities
Bank clearings in the United States
for the week ending March 18, as re
ported to Bradstreet's Journal, New
York, aggregate $3,090,110,000,
against $2,871,338,000 last week and
$3,268,164,000 in this week last year.
Canadian clearings aggregate $121,-
709,000, as against $133,833,000 last
week and $148,741,000 in this week
last year. Following are the returns for
this week, with percentages of change
from this week last year:
New York $1,720,589,000 D 4.6
Chicago 303,657.000 I) 11.0
Philadelphia 138,886.000 D 5 7
Boston 75,715,000 D fiio
Kansas City 66,570,000 I 25.5
Pittsburgh 44,804.000 D 15.8
San Francisco 47.552,000 D 6 I
Baltimore 29,680,u00 D 153
Scranton 2,631.000 i>l3 1
Reading *1,568,000
Wtlkes-Barre 1,354.000 DlO 1
Lancaster 1.471,000 D 1.8
Harrisburg 1,146,000 n 5.1
Erie 920,000 D 8.6
York 873,000 D 3.9
Chester 627,000 D 12.0
•Last week's.
Philadelphia Produce Market
Philadelphia, March 20.—Wheat lower,
No. 2 red spot, export, 155 'j(i 163; No. 1
northern, Duluth export. 164® 169.
Corn" steady; No. 2 spot, export, 77©
78; No. 2 yellow, local, 80%@814.
Oats steady; No. 2 white, 65% @66.
Bran firm; winter, per ton, $26.50®
29.00; spring, per ton, $26.00@>26.50.
Refined sugars firm; powdered, 6.00;
fine granulated, 5.90; confectioners' A.
5.80.
Butter weak; western creamery, ex
tra. 28@29; nearby prints, fancy, 32.
Eggs weaker; nearby firsts, free case,
$6.00; current receipts, free case, 5.85;
western extra firsts, free case, $6.00;
firsts, free case, $5.85.
Live poultry weaker; fowls, 16® 1714;
roosters, 11%® 12; chickens, 14@17; tur
keys, 15®17; ducks, 15®16; geese, 12
@l6.
Dressed poultry firm; fowls, fancy,
19®20; average, 16® 18%; unattract
ive, 14015; old roosters, 14; broiling
chickens, nearby, 18®23; western, 14®
22; roasting chickens, 17@20; turkeys,
fancy. 21®22; fair to good, 18@20;
ducks, 12®18; geese, 10® 14.
Potatoes steady; Pennsylvania, per
bushel, 50®55; Maine. 45®50; New York
38 #4 3.
Hour weak; winter straights, 7.00®
7.25; spring straight, 7.25® 7.5u, do., nat
ent, 7.50 ft 8.25.
Hay weak; timothy. No. 1 large baits,
118.00; No. 1 medium bales, 17.50® 18.00;
No. 2 do., 15.50(fi> 16.50; No. 3 do., 11.OU®
15.00. Clover niixed light, 17.00® 17,50;
No. 1 do., 16.00® 16.50; No. 2, do.. 14.50
@15.50.
Philadelphia Closing Prices
Philadelphia, March 20.—Stocks closed
steady:
Cambria Steel 41 %
General Asphalt, asked 26
do., preferred G3%
Lake Superior Corp., asked, ... 7
Lehigh Navigation, 75 %
Lehigh Valley 68
P. R. R 52 7-16
Philadelphia Electric, 23%
Philadelphia Company, asked,.. 30
do., preferred, asked 30
Philadelphia Rapid Transit 10%
Reading 71%
Storage Battery 49
Union Traction 35%
U. G. 1 84%
U. ft Steel > 45
Chicago Live Stock Market
Chicago, March 20.—Hogs—Receipts,
8,000; slow at yesterday's average. Bulk.
6.75 @6.85; light, G.60®6.87%; niixed. 6.60
@6.90; heavy, 6.35#6.85; rough, 6.35®
6.50; pigs, 5,50@6.70.
Cattle—-Receipts, 100; steady. Native
steers, 5.80®8.65; western, * 5.35® 7.40;
cows and heifers, 3.23@7.70; calves, 7.00
@10.50.
Sheep—Receipts, 4,000; steady. Sheep,
7.100)8.15; yearlings, 7.85@9.1a; lamibs,
7.6009,90.
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago, March 20.—Close;
Wheat —May, 155%; July, 123y g .—
Corn —I.Vlay, 73%; JuJy, 76%.
Oats—May, 59%: July, 54V4-
Pork—May, 17.52; July, 17.95.
Lard—May, 10.37; July, 10.65.
Bibs—Olay, 10.05; July, 10.37.
TO PAY $225,000
FIR HOTEL SITE
Caatlaurd From First Pact,
hotel company would vieit Philadelphia
to interview the Weightman estate
lawyers with a view to purchase.
It is evident from the well-authen
tieated stories to-dav, that the pur
chase has been agreed to and the
agreement only needs the signature
of the purchaser, which was expected
this week. Topographic surveys of the
plot were made a few days ago and
just previously a duplicate of the de
scription of the property was forward
ed to the Weightman estate lawyers
by attorneys here.
From what van be learned it is the
intention to construct a hotel contain-
I ing three hundred rooms on the corner
with a rear outlet on Strawbersii
street. Plan* are said to contemplate
the placing of ten store rooms on the
first floor, six on Third and four oil
Walnut.
BROTHER OF FUGITIVE
MURDERERM TO FEN
Confluti«-«l From First rage.
Wie apartments—(presumably as a
peacemaker. Mollere has not yet been
sentenced.
In Judge Kunkel's court a jury con
victed Nick Forensic on a charge of
selling liquor without a license and to
miliors. The defendant was the driver
for a local brewery. Convicted on a
robbery charge, George CGorke was
not sentenced because he is wanted by
the penitentiary authorities for vio
lating his parole. O'Gorke was pa
roled from t'he penitentiary last May,
after having served three and one-half
years, the minimum of a 12-year sen
tence, and he will be returned to the
penal institution to serve out the old
sentence.
CAPITOL HILL
COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED
Public Service Commission Will Not
Restore Beading Train From
Philadelphia to Hatboro
The Public Service Commission has
dismissed the complaint of the Business*
Men's Association of Hat'boro for the
restoration of the train which until No
vember 21, 1914, left the Beading
Terminal in Philadelphia at 11.2*5 p.
m. and ran to IvyJand. The testimony
showed that there was not sufficient)
pu'blic demand to require the company
to incur the expense of the operation
of this train.
It was also shown that the people
of 'Hatboro have two ways to return
from Philadelphia other 'than by train.
First, ov train to a station at Noble on
the main line of the Philadelphia and
Reading, and thence by trolley to Hat
boro, and, second, directly by trolley
from Philadelphia through Willow
Grove to Ha'tbOro.
Dauphin's Quarantine
The State Live Stock Sanitary
Board announces that the quarantine
for foot and mouth disease in Dau
phin county still remains in Xiykens,
•Mifflin,'Lower Paxton, Upper Paxton,
Swatara. Lower Swatara and Washing
ton. Chicago cattle men have com
plied with the onl'ers from the Board
regarding the shipment of cattle into
i this State for immediate killing and
through the State to Eastern points,
and the rule preventing shipping has
been rescinded.
Vetoed To-day
Governor Brumbaugh to-day vetoed
the bill to increase the fees of pilots
on the Delaware river, declaring the
i time to increase is inopportune.
IS PASTOB OF TWO CHURCHES
Next Tuesday evening there will be
■ a rally of the Baptist young people of
I the city in the First Baptist church,
I Second and Pine streets, at which time
| the Rey. H. K. Williams, of Philadel-
I phia, will speak. The Rev. Mr. Wil-
I liams enjoys the distinction of having
j to preach to two different congrega
tions every Sunday evening, each num
bering over live hundred, so great is
the desire to hear his sermons. The
public is invited to hear him.
Wants
SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE.
COI>ORKD WOMAN wants days work or
washing and ironing; will do otfl< a
cleaning; can furnish reference. Ad
dress 1417 Marlon St.
WANTED—Washing and Ironing to do
at home. Call or write to 647 Wood
bine street.
BOOKKEEPER and stenographer, ex
perienced in general office work, de
sires position. Kindly state naturo ot
work and salary. Address H. D. S., P.
O. Box 25. Hill Station.
WANTED—Young white woman would
like washing, office cleaning or work
by the day. Apply 2017 Wallace St.
COLORED LADY wants work by the
week or by tile day; can furnish
good reference. Apply 1130 N. Front
i street
1 MIDDLE-AGED LADY wants to keep
j house for widower; no objections to
children. Address 318 Brlggs St.
, WANTED —Position as housekeeper for
i widower by young woman who would
j like to take child with her. Address
j or call 7 Hotter St., Steelton, Pa.
WANTED —Young lady wishes a posi
tion as assistant matron or as attend
ant In an Institution; experienced. Apply
, 2026 Green street.
! MIDDLE-AGED colored woman would
like to have day's work or cooking.
Apply at 28 Linden street.
| WANTED—A young woman would liUa
general housework or day's work.
I Call or address BESSIE BROWN, 1003
! X. Third St.
WHITE GIRL, would like position to do
general housework, 319 Briggs. Can
furnish city reference.
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL want*
I work of any kind. Call or address
I 1215 Fulton St.. City.
' WANTED —Young lady wishes general
i housework; can give references. Ap
j ply 1022 Market St., room 2.
i MIDDLE-AGED lady would like day's
i work or offices to clean. Can give
1 best of references. Call or address
| 1735 Fulton St., Harrisburg, Pa.
, YOUNG WOMAN wants day's work of
any kind; can give reference. Ad
-1 dress or call 22 Aberdeen St.