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GOVERNOR SIGNS BILLS:
GOES TO PHILADELPHIA
On® of the Measures He Approves Gives
Harrisburg and Dauphin County
Eight to Build a Joint Court House
and City Hall
Governor Brumbaugh left for Phila
delphia last night to pans the week-end,
and to-day planned to have a confer
eiii'O in the Bellevnc-Stratfor 1 hotel
Ik with manufacturers of Philadelphia on
! the child labor bill. Before going the
Governor announced he had approved
the Jennings Uniform Partnership bill
which provides a detailed definition ot
I . the nature of a partnership and a code
I governing the relation of partners to
each other and to those with whom they
; may have dealings, the property rights
I and liabilities of a partner, and the
mothod of dissolving a partnership.
Approval also was given to the Kline
bill which provides that a city and coun
ty may jointly construct a public build
ing to be used by both, which means
that should Harrisburg and Dauphin
county get together on a new court
house project, to be used by both, the
law now sanctions such an agreement.
Other bills approved were as follows:
Backman bill, appropriating to the
State Highway Depart uient for road
construction and maintenance SIS 7, -
771.42, being the unappropriated bal
ance of the automobile license funds
in the State treasury.
Jones bill, requiring a public record
to be kept at the County Treasurer's
office of the names, addresses and of
fice hours of borough and township tax
collectors.
Governor Brumbaugh vetoed House
bill No. 213, validating certain city find
borough ordinances and contracts that
were not recorded in the manner re
quired by law. The Governor says this
bill proposes bv legislative enactment
to correct mistakes of certain officials.
He adds:
"It seems to me that the proper re
course in all such cases lies with the
city and borough authorities employing
such officials. The courts are the cap
able instruments of correcting rather
than the General Assembly."
MUSIC AT MARKET SQUARE
Special Numbers Will Be Given at
Services During Week of Prayer
The music at to-morrow's services at.
SJlarket Square Presbyterian church
will be in charge of Mrs. W. F. Har
ris, leader, and Mrs. Honrv, organist.
The morning service at 11 will open
with the prelude, "Intermezzo," by
i Hollins, and " Paques Fleures," by
Maillv. The anthem will be Gounod's
" By Babylon's Wave"' (Psalm
('XXXVII); the offertory, "Berceuse,"
by Shelley, and the postlude, "Russian
.Maroh," by Clark.
In the evening at 7.30 the prelude
will be "Elevation.'' by Guilmant,
and "Pastoral," by Salome. Mr. An
drews will sing the tenor solo, "King
Ever Glorious," from Satiner's "Cruci
fixion." The offertory will be "Melo
dy," by Jonas, and the postlude
''Grand Chorus." by Chauret.
Next week will be observed as the
Week of Prayer and Preparation, with
services each evening, except Monday,
at 7.30. On Tuesday the congregation
of the Pine Street church will unite
with Market Square in the latter
church and Dr. Mudge will preach. On
Wednesday ard Thursday evenings the
Bev. Mr. Cooke will be in charge of
the services and on Friday the Rev.
Prank T. Wheeler, of Newville, while
on Saturday evening the union service
will be held in the Piue Street church,
with sermon by the llev. Mr. Ct>oke.
There will be special music at each
service. The sermons will be on sub
jects appropriate to the events of the
days of "His Last Week" and will he
preparatory to the celebration of the
sacrament of the Ijord's Supper, which
■will be administered on Easter morn
ing. April 4. The Session will meet
at the close of the services on Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday. The sacra
ment of baptism will be administered
to the infants of believing parents at
the morning service on April 11.
WANT TAX LIST EXPLAINED
County Commissioners Will Resume In
quiry Next Tuesday
The inquiry being conducted by the
Dauphin County Commissioners to as
certain whether poll tax lists of a
certain city ward assessor have been
padded, will be taken up again on
Tuesday.
This work will include the further
examination of -ne report of the tax
collector in that ward who has asked
for exoneration from the collection of
1,750 poll tax claims. Fourteen hun
dred of the requests already have been
Keratinized with a result that fewer
than a hundred of the alleged taxable*
itave been found to be registered vo
ters in that particular ward.
When the present inquiry is over
the ward assessor will be called before
the Commissioners to explain, county
officials said to-day.
PLENTY OF PALMS HERE
Partial Failure of Crop Does Not Affect
Harrisburg
By Asaociatnl Press.
New York, March 27. —Many wor
shippers may find it difficult to obtain
paints to-morrow—Palm Sunday—local
dealers say, owing to a partial failure
of the palm crop due to blight. New
. .York dealers own their plantations in
Central Florida.
This season the usual number of
yalms were brought to New York lo be
distributed to other cities, but it was
discovered that the stock changed col
or and then rotted. One New York firm
waa unable to till fifty orders from as
many cities and towns.
There is no shortnge of paints in
Harrisburg, accorMing to information
obtained at the rectory of *t. Patrick's
Cathedral this morning. The usual sup
ply has been received in Harrisburg
and will be distributed in the usual
way to-morrow.
BRAWL IN A CIGAI. STORE
One Belligerent Sent to Hospital and
Then Both Go to Jail
j Policeman Kelly, on tixed post at
Cameron and Market streets, stopped it
fight in a cigar .store on that corner
this morning.
Nathan May was blood* front a
wound over the right eve an I frank
Williams was holding one of his hands.
Tito policeman sent them to headquar
ters. May was first sent to tin' hos
pital for treatment and then both
were sent to jail to await r hearing on
a disorderly practice charge.
KAISER WITH HIS STAFF OF GENERALS NEAR EAST PRUSSIAN FRONTIER
AKI ° ' VrArf
'-: - •» " .- !
Thi. hAtotk VvlAr-ihu A BALACLAVA WOOL.EIvI hFIMf T #
The remarkable picture given above ■
shows the Kaiser with his generals of j
the Eastern command What position j
does he actually occupy toward tliein?|
Does he just carry out au iuspection anil!
say, "Very good, very good; couldn't be!
better." or does he actually traverse tbo'
policy and tattles of his generals? It
uiust be remembered that the German >
Empire is under the overshadowing!
hegemony of Prussia, which comprises I
tliree-fifths of the area of the federa-!
tion and two-thirds of its population.'
The ideas which rule the military or-:
ganizatlon are Prussian. One tradition!
;
of the I Russian royal house has been'
that it is the duty of the monarch toj
lead his armies into battle. The power
of the German Emperor, who is j
regarded as "War Lord,"' is very 1
great, and the present Emperor has uu-'
doubtedly l>een disposed to exercise iti
to the full. He has always assisted atl
>nd in eddied with general manoeuvres, j
Hia guuerai conduct also h;u> often been I
CAPITOL LL
TRAINMEN'S SIDE OF FULL
CREW TO BE HEARD APRIL 6
Representatives of All Organized Rail
road Bodies Will Be Present and
Give Opposition to the Repeal ol
the Bill
Tuesday afternoon next it will be j
the trainmen's turn to tell their oppo
sition to the repeal of t'he full crew law,
the railroads having had their say last
Tuesdftv 'before the joint Committee
on ißailrnads of the Senate and House.
It is exacted that representatives of
all the organized bodies of railroad
men will be present, and that the train
men and 'Brotherhood of Railway Con
ductors will send an especially large
delegation.
The trainmen anil conductors will bo
represented toy former Attorney Gen
eral Bell, of Philadelphia, and James
Scarlet, of Danville, who, was c'hief
counsel for the State in the prosecution
of the Capitol grafters, and is expect
ed to make the principal address on
Tuesday. In the meantime the deluge
of letters and petitions to legislators to
vote for or against the repealer stilMiows
through the mails, and the Senate and
House [Ktstoflices are jammed with great,
bundles of mail on the subject that the
attaches are using every endeaver to
distribute before t'he hearing.
Governor in Philadelphia
Governor Brumbaugh left last night
for Philadelphia and was to meet a com
mittee of manufacturers there to-day
to have a talk on the child la'bor bill.
This evening the (iovernor will attend
a dinner of the Five OV'lock Club, giv
en in honor of Attorney General Brown,
lie will return to Harrisburg ou Mon
day.
Some Legislation
Up to daite Governor 'Brumbaugh has
approved lifteen - bills, vetoed six ami
now has in hand •twenty-six, which he
will dispose of by Friday of next week.
Vetoes of forty per cent, of tihe trills
on which action has 'been taken is un
precedented.
New Corporations
The Kaufman Purniture Company, ot
Reading, with a capital of $35,000,
was chartered to-day. A charter was
issued to t'hn Henry IM. Willto Tnc., of
Rirdsboro, to make blacking and leath
er varnis'h, capital $5,000, and the
Gingrich [Bros.. Inc., <y{ Reading, drugs,
with $60,000 caipital.
Protest the Rates
Residents of Wampum, Lawrence
county, to-day filed a protest with the
Public Service Commission against the
increase of rates for the transportation
of milk on the Pittsburgh and Lake
Erie railroad. The complainants com
plain that the proposed increase will
almost double the rates all along the
lines.
TALK ON SKIN DISEASES
Philadelphia Physician Will Speak to
v Academy of Medicine
Dr. I'rank <Knowles, of Philadel
phia, will deliver an illustrated lecture
on "The Differential Diagnosis of the
Common Skin Disorders," at the month
ly meeting of the Harrisburg Academy
of Medicine Friday evening, April 30.
The Dauphin County Medical Society
will hear Dr. Thomas McCrea, of Phila
delphia, lecture on some medical subject
at its meeting on Tuesday, April 6. The
Council of the Harrisburg Academy will
meet April 2 and the milk commission
will meet April 16.
Recovering From Effects of Drug
Lillian Budd, 21 years old, 1310
Currant street, who is believed to have
been drugged by a stranger wlie met on
Chestnut street last night, is recovering
at the Harrisburg hospital to-day. She
lirst hurried home and told her mother
of meeting the man and then became so
serious that she was hurried to the
iHnrrisburg hospital. H/he was hysterical
when, taken to the hospital.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING*, "MARCH 27, 1915,
CIRI HELPS SAVE 4
TOTS FROM FIRE
CAOtloue«) From First I'atc*.
j>af-«oxl through an opening in the ceiling
ami entered the chimney on the second
floor. A i'ar])et, covering t'he floor of |
the sleeping room came iu contact with
the hot stove pipe, caught fire ami
set fire to the building.
Bot'h .Mrs. Hal! and .Mrs. Wolf and
I heir husbands were absent from home
when the blaze was discovered, .Mrs.!
Hall having started for a store on an
other strec* to huv bread for the chil
dren's breakfast.
Hal! is em loyed by the Pennsvlva-j
nia railroad and was on his run to Phil
adelphia. Wolf is employed bv rho
Pennsylvania Steel Company in Steel
ton. and was AB-ent at work. lie WHS
summoned by t-lephone but did not ar
rive at home until the dwelling was de
stroyed.
"RASTUS" IS ARRESTED
Charged With Tampering With Safe in
Eeal Estate Office
'■ Rustus" .lofcnson, a local bone rat
tler, Who is <*harged wibn attempting
to roib a safe in the office of Charles
Adier. insurance and real estate dealer,
1002 North Third street, was arrested
last evening i>v City Detective Harry
White.
The poliro received the in format ion
Ohat last Saturday, while the clerk in
the office was at a telephone in the
rear of the store, "Rastus" vaulted a
rail at the front ot' t'he store anil was
at the safe witui t'he money drawer open
when the clerk returned. He tied, the
•police say, and was not seen until last
night. "Ramus" was charged with
larceny once before this winter, but
the man who suffered t'he loss of $25
and nine li.ixes of cigars in that in
stance would not prosecute the case, the
police declare.
SURPRISE FOR DIRECTORS
President Boycr and Secretary Haia
raelbaugh Can Keep a Secret
The members of the Harrisbur?
.Board of School Directors willl be
given a surprise party on Monday and 1
it is a dead secre tbetween President
Henry A. Hover amd Secretary D. D.
J-lammelbaugh. The aunnal inspection
of the board will take place on .Mon
day, the directors going to each school
house in the city in automobiles, the
luncheon being the surprise party.
Nobody will talk and it was "kept
so close that when Director Werner,
who will not get into Harrisburg from
his run until i o'clock that day, wnat
ed to know where to meet the party
he was directed to 'phone the local
school board office for directions.
There is nothing going to leak out
about this party.
RAILROAD MEN TO CONVENE
Belief and Compensation Fund Opens
Sessions Monday
Discussion of matters pertaining 1o
their national organization will be the
order at the two-dav convention ses
sions of the Brotherhoods' Relief and
Compensation Fund delegates meeting
Monday morning at Kagles' Home,
Sixth and Cumberland streets.
Twenty-three delegates are due to
attend. Monday morning will be de
voted to affairs of local members, wBo
will also be admitted to all sessions
that day and Tuesday. Tuesday night
in Chestnut street auditorium, a con
cert by the Trainmen's Band will be
given, with the feature of aji auto
mobile given away during the per
formance.
Bondholders Have New Plan
A new plan has been formulated
by the bondholders of the Cumberland
Valley Telephone Company and an un
derwriting syndicate formed to pur
chase all bonds up to the sum of $150',-
000 not taken by the bondholders. The
holder of each SI,OOO Commonwealth
Trust Company receipt will receive a
SSOO new general mortgage bond and
$250 in common stock or 75 pei cent,
in new securities.
Ml WAR NEWS SUMMARY
cnudiiiifil Krom Flr«tf Pngt.
the Gulf of Smyrna, on the coast of
Asia Minor.
Notwithstanding the reported suc
cesses of the Britijr in repelling the
Turkish invaders (if Egjp':. tlio Turks
have not bean expelled from the coun
try. An official statement from Cairo
says thai a skirmish occurred on Tues
day, with small losses on both sides.
Reports ccntinuc to come in of im
portant Russian successes in the Car
: pathiens. Swiss newspapers publish
dicpstches tliat the Russians have de
foaled the Austrian 1 ! in several engage
ments along tbe front from Eukowina
to Western Galicia.
Aviators of Germany and the allies
threw bombs yesterday on towns at
■redely set"rated points. So far as is
disclosed, no serious damags was done.
A French aviator win brought down
by the Germans near Artas.
FOX IviUER GETS BOUNTIES
Edward Knapp Is $« Richer Then He
Calculated He Would Be
When Kdward Kuap)>, hunter, nailed
; the pelts of two {.rev foxes, two red
i foxes and two weasels against the
l smoke bouse at his home in Dauphin
last winter, his intention was, he said
to day. "just to see how many I would
get. by spring time." Then he intend
| ed disposing of them to a fur dealer.
| Later it devolved that his collection
was worth more than lie had orig
j imilly estimate!'.
Knapp, having 1 urned of the plan
to pay bounties for killing noxious
| beasts, took the p"lts before Squire
Richard M. Stock ley, in Dauphin, this
morning ami made affidavit that he
killed the animals that one is wore them,
i The squire, after cutting the cars from
the pelts, made out a certificate.
I Then Knapp took the next train and
came to Harrishurg. His claim for $8
will be paid by the County Commission
: era next Wednesday. Nothing is al
j lowed for killHig red foxes. A bounty
i of $2 is allowed for each grpy fox and
I each weesel kill'd.
CHORUS TO CHEER INVALIDS
Evangelistic Singers Plan to Visit Shut
ins of City
"Shut-ins" throughout the city will
'oe cheered by companies of singers
within a short time by a plan of the
j Harrisburg Kvangelistic Chorus, accord
i ing to Charles P. Clippinger, director of
| the chorus.
At a meeting Mondhy evening at
i 7.30 o'clock in tiidge Avenue Metho
| dist church, Sixth and Herr streets, de
( tails of the plan will be announced.
Mr. Clippinger requests the names of
any shut-ins to be turned in at the
Monday evening rehearsal.
Now music will be rehearsed at the
Monday meeting.
Mrs. Mary E. Sample
Mrs. Mary Rlizaibeth Sample, widow
of the late Silas S. Sample. Jied this
: morning at her home, 431 Market
I street. She leaves three sons. Walter
I H. anil Channing L., of this city, and
Hifbert, of West Chester, and three
! ('angiitis, Mrs. Mary Cornell and Mrs.
Lillian Geisel, of this city, and Miss
j Katherine, of Philadelphia.
Funeral services will be he'd on Mon
day afternoon at Spicer's chapel. 313
Walnut street, the Rev. Di\ Kllis N.
Kremer, pastor of Reformed 'Salem,
church, ofljeiating. Burial will be
made in the Hftrrisburg cemetery. Serv
ices and burial will be strictly private.
CONFER MARKED DEGREE
Select Castle, Knights of Mystic
Chain, Admit Past Commanders
A special convocation of the Keleet
Ca«tle of Pennsylvania, Ancient Or
der Knights of the Mystic Chain, wiss
held in the hall of Crusade Castle, No.
73, tUeelton, last night for the pur
pose of conferring the marked degree
on past commanders of this district.
Select Commander 101 i Teeter, of
.fohinstown,'presided and J. P. Snyder,
of »St. .John's Castle, acted an chap
lains 8. Filson acted as select mar
shal and .1. (j. Partheinore as select
scribe. The degree was conferred on
Past Commanders of Cmsade Castle,
N0.'73, and St. John's Cautle, No. I*7.
PERSIA OUTRAGES
ORDERED TO STOP
Coalinued I'roiii Fimt Pace.
"Mr. Lansing advises us," said
George T. Scott, assistunt secretary of
the board, that Ambassador Morgen
thau at Constantinople had communi
cated to the Grand Vizier the request
of the State Depi-unent for protection
of Americans in the vicinity of Urum
iah. The Grand Vizier, the letter says,
expressed the belief that the reports
of outrages there were inaccurate and
told Mr. Morgenthau he would immedi
ately instruct his subordinates to pro
tect all inhabitants of the section, in
cluding, of course, the Christians.
Tension of Situation Reduced
"Mr. Morgenthau's cablegram, the
letter said, was dated March 24, but
did not reach the State Department un
til yesterday, March 26, having been
delayed in transit two days."
Mr. Scott addeii that the board was
not so apprehensive at present as to
the safety of American missionaries in
the district as it, had been. He thought
that Mr. Allen, the American mission
ary beaten by pillaging Kurds who
stormed the American mission, had
probably stood guard at the gate to the
mission and had received the rough
treatment accorded him because he re
sisted the mob, which was intent upon
reaching some of the native refugees in
side.
FAIR AND COOL TO-MORROW
Light Overcoats Will be Comfortable
on Palm Sunday
Palm Sun«iay weather will be fair
and warmer—that is warmer than to
day—but it is expected to be slightly
below normal. A maximum temperature
| of slightly over forty will make spring
| overcoats very comfortable. Nothing
J is expected to interfere with the sun,
however, and as a whole it will be a
pretty fine day.
The fag end of a cold snap will lin
| ger until to-morrow. It sent the mer
| cury to 22 degrees last night, a very
low temperature- for this time in the
| year. The cold will not abate much
to-day and 1 Forecaster Demain expects
a minimum of 25 degrees again to
night.
It will not be uncomfortable for
promenading to-morrow and as usual
the pre-Easter trappin's will come out.
Palm Sunday in recent years has been
almost as popular as faster for the
first showing of the latest iri spring at
tire.
GREEK TEAM WINS DEBATE
Mercer B. Tate, Jr., Awarded Medal
For Best Individual Speech
The third amnual Greek-Roman de
bate at the llarrisburg Academy was
won by the Greek* last night, it being
the largest attended and most inter
esting ever held at the academy.
The gold medal for the best individ
ual speaker was iwarded Mercer B.
Tate, Jr., of the Romans. The cup
was presented the Greeks by Frank B.
Wickersham and was accepted by
j Robert W. Seitz, the captain of the
Greek team.
The question debated was on the
federal income tax, the Greeks taking
the affirmative and the Romans the
negative. The judges were unani
mous in their decision, and after the
presentation of the prizes, Mr. Wick
ersham made a/brief address on the
benefits of school life.
John S. Kapp
The funeral of John S, Kapp, a'ged
76 years, who died yesterday morning
at the homo of his granddaughter,
Mrs. Djniel Beck, I'2'2'li Kailey street,
will be held Moinday afternoon at 1
o'clock. The body wilt be taken to
Klizabethtown on the 2.10 train,
where further services will toe held in
the United Brethren church, the R*w.
Mr. Miller, assisted by the Rev. R. N.
l?oldomridge, officiating. Interment
will be made in the Elizabeth!,own
cemetery.
a kind of caricature of that of his
grandfather. Iu short, there Is every
reason to believe that the Kaiser's con
trol of the German armies Is a real one
His record as commander-in-chief
shows that it is no easy thing to slilne
in war. More Independent subordinates
might perhaps have done better, but
overbearing despotism is apt to breed
mediocrity among subjects, and eer
tainly the German generals are medi
ocrities. Even von Hindenburg. the
best, of them, has achieved nothing thai
places him above the level of a mod
eratel.v skilful strategist and tactician
111 the lower picture the Kaiser is seen
011 the left while reviewing his troop.,
behind tlie eastern fighting line. lie Is
wearing a woollen Balaclava helmet
under the spiked helmet In order to
protect himself from the cold winds 01
"our beloved Fast Prussia." The Em
peror's motor car stands in readiness
011 the loft-
COURT
DEPOSIT BANK DISSOLVED
Wilkes-Barre Institution Never Exer
cised the Charter Rights
The dissolution of the Hurwitz Do
posit bank, of Wilkes-Barre, a concern
which the Attorney General contends
never has exercised its charter rights,
to-day was authorized in an order made
I by JAdge Kunkel.
Viewers' Report Approved
The recommendation of the board of
viewers, who suggest the erection of a
steel truss bridge over Shamokiu creek,
!at Sunbury, to-day was approved- by
I the court.
1 Lynch Will Open Bids
Highway Commissioner William H.
Lynch will open bids- at noon on April
0 for supplying his department with
castings during the ensuing year. The
castings include inlet grates and man
hole covers.
Mahon Will Probated
The will of Margaret Mahon. late of
this city, was probated to-day and let
ters issued to .William Mahon. On the
estate of Michael Garber, late of Wil
liams township, letters were granted to
the son, William Garber, Jr.
Building Permits Granted
Charles Kirby took out a building
permit this morning to, build an addi
tion to his two-storv brick house at
Greeu nind Uerr streets, costing S3OO.
B. C. Murray got papers to build a
one-story blacksmith shop on the
Jonestown road, east of Eleventh
street, costing S3OO.
Marriage Licenses
Paul Lerch and Lucinda V. Snoddy,
city.
Gpv Mull and Emma Krail, city.
Itaient Steckel, Stcclton, and Eva
Spontler, city.
Charles Shearer and Agnes Collims,
Harrisburg.
Enters Suit on $714.50 Claim
Harry Eshelmau this morning start
ed suit against the Wesley Union
church and W. C. StrayeT, the con
tractor, to recover $714.50. The
claim is alleged to be due on a con
tract.
SENATE WILL MEET EARLY
To Hold Afternoon Session Monday Be
cause of Masonic Banquet
The Senate will depart from its us
ual custom 011 Monday and hold a ses
sion during the afternoon, beginning at
4 o'clock, and dispensing with the
evening session. This will be done to
permit the thirty-two Senators who are
Masons to participate in Ihe annual an
niversary bajiq Jet of Robert Burns
Lodge of Masoes as the guests of Sena
tor Beidleman and Secretary W. Harry
Baker.
There are nineteen bills on *he third
1 reading and final passage calendar iu
the Senate, thirty-six on second reading
and twenty-niue on first reading. Those
regarded as of most importance are the
McNiehol bills relating to elections,
which are on first reading and will
reach the final passage stage 011 Wed
nesday.
It is said that possibly some of the
Tener appointments, which have been
resting with the Committee on Guber
natorial Appointments since the session
began in January, may be reported out
of committee and voted upon on Mon
day. These include the reappointments
of the Public Service Commissioners,
the Superintendent of State Police,
Captain Grooine, and the State Health
Commissioner, Dr. Dixon.
The House will not meet until Mon
day night at 8 o'clock. Then it will
consider twenty-nine bills on third
reading and final passage, sixty-six 011
second reading and one on first read
ing.
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago, March 29. —('lose:
Wheat —May 14 8; July 118 5-8.
Corn —May, 71 1 8r July, 73 7-8.
Oats —May, 56 1-4; July, 52 7-8.
Pork—May, 17.4 2; July, 17.8 7.
ljard—May, 10.27; July, 10.55.
Ribs—May, 10.00; July, 10.32.
NEW ARGENTINE WARSHIP
IN COLLISION WITH BARGE
Big Battleship Buns Ashore After
Sinking the Smaller Craft—Float*<l
This Morning and Then Proceeds on
Journey Apparently Uninjured
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, i March 27.—The new
Argentine battleship (Moreno, which
sailed from here yesterday for Hampton
Roads, collided last night with a barge
off New Castle, Del., thirty miles down
the Delaware river, from t'his iiity. The
barge was suuk and the Moreno wont
ashore where she remained fast until
7.30 a. m. to-day when she floated. The
Moreno proceeded down Delaware bay,
apparently uninjured, and is expeete*
to pass out to sea during the day.
The Moreno, which draws more wa
ter than any other battleship built on
the Delaware, anchored at Deep Water
I'oint yesterday waiting for high tide.
She got under way about sundown and
met the tug Mars towing a string of
three coal barges in balla-st from Boston
for Philadelphia. Bargemen declared to
day that the steering gear of the
Moreno was working badly with the re
sult that the battleship and the barge
Enterprise collided. The Argentine ship
slowly swung around and despite the
efforts of her pilot, the big vessel went
ashore on Goose Island. The Enterprise
hail a bole stove in her side and slowly
settled in the river until her deck was
submerged. The crew of the barge es
caped and went aboard one of the other
barges.
Aid was summoned from Philadel
phia during the night and several tugs
went to work on the Moreno on the ris
ing tide early to-day. As the battle
ship was not hard aground on tflie mud
flats the tugs had 110 troifble in pulling
her off.
The battleship Moreno is one of the
most powerful fighting ships afloat. She
was recently turned over to the Argen
tine Republic and with a crew of !»no
officers and men is on her way to Hamp
ton Roads where a reception in honor or
♦he new Ship will be held 011 boaril the
vessel. Later the Moreno will return to
Delaware bay where she will take on
additional coal and then steam for
South America.
SO FUNDS FOR SEWAGE PUNT
That Reason Given By City Engineer
For City's Failure To Build It
Harrisburg has not complied with
the State Health < onmissiomer Dr.
Samuel G. Dixon, to provide a sewage
disposal plant as- a means of abol
ishing the present system of "dump
ing'' sewage into the Susquehanna
river, because the city oflieials have
not yet finances at their command
with which to make the improvement
—so City Engineer Cowden said to
day.
Plans for a disposal plant that
would nntail a coat of sl.oo'o,o'oo or
more, for years have been ou file in
the office of the State health commis
sioner, Mr. Cowden said. He added
that the plans have been approved
by the State officials, upon the condi
tion that certain amendments be made.
Those changes could be made in five
minutes, according to Cowden.
The original piam was to put the
dis|>os>:itl plant on an island, opposite
the city. The engineer suggested that
the city no doubt will get a renewal
of its State permit, under which it
cau continue to deposit sewage in the
river "until the disposal plant is
completed." He added that in his
opinion the city officials acted wisely
iln.not going to a big expense years
ago to build this disposal plant, say
ing it is his belief that in view of
many improvements made to sewage
systems within the last few years it
will be a matter of only a few years
until a cheaper substitute may be ob
tained for the costly disposal plant.
TO OBSERVE HOLY WEEK
Special Services To Be Held At
Cathedral Starting To-morrow
Special Holy Week services will be
held at St. Patrick's Cathedral all
next week, starting to-morrow with
the blessing of palm and procession at»
10.30 o'clock i nthe morning and end
ing Easter Sunday with a pontificial
high mass at 10.30 a. m.
The Rev. Benignus Brennon wikl
give the course of three sermons, Holy
Thursday, Oood Friday and Easter
Sunday, all of which will take place
at 7.30 o'clock in the evening.
Special music will feature most of
the services with singing of "Mise
rere," next Wednesday evening by
the Cathedral choir, and on Thursday
and Friday evenings by the juniof
choir.
A special collection will he taken
up Easter Sunday at all masses, which
will go toward paying off the church
debt. '
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B LI'ECO AT A FRIEND IN NEED
10-Year-Old With IW-Pound Market
Basket in Serious Trouble
Edward Harvey, 10 years old, 1930
Kensington street, was a very much
worried boy when he could not locate
the owner of a 25-pound market basket
at 121 Market street, where ho had
been directed to take it by a woman
who entrusted it to his care at the
.Chestnut street market house.
It was very heavy for the youngster
and when he could not find the owner
ho just naturally broke into tears and
then a policeman found him and re
lieved him of the burden. lie was very
much elated and ran to his home. The
owner of the basket claimed it at po
lice headquarters just before noon.
Music at Christ Church
To-morrow evening the choir of
Christ Lutheran church will sing ''Je
rusalem" by Parker- Rees with solos by
George L. Ebersole and Miss Alice
Rollison and "See Now the Altar."
There will be a solo by Harry A.
Boyer and a selection by a ladies' quar
tet, "Fling Wide the Uates."
Increase in Bank Reserve
By Associated Press.
New York, March 27.—The state
ment of the actual condition of Clear
! ing House banks and trust companies
(show that they hold $149,875,760 re
serve in excess of legal requirements.
Thig is an increase of $10,276,240
over last week.
J. C. Holmes to Speak
.T. C. Holmes, an evangelist of Read
ing, will preach iu the Gospel Hall at
1216 North Third street to-morrow
evening at 7.45 o'clock.