BABY FOUND IN CESSPOOL
LEADSTQARRESTOF WOMAN
Mrs. Stella Bowman la Charged With
Murder of Her ChtM—Third Degree
and Surgical Investigation to Fea
ture the Case
Lebanon. March 39. — Fallowing the
discovery of a baby iu a cesspool at the
rear of the home of Mrs. Mary Bolts
led to the arrest Saturday of Mrs. Stel-
Ui Bowman, aged 35 years, a servant
in the Bolt» home, who it is believed
is responsible for the death of her
baby.
The arrest was made by Chief of
Police Zimmerman and County Detec
tive Sattazahn. No inquest will be nec
essary. according to the Coroner, who
•aid the police have all the informa
tion that could be derived from the
holding of an inquest.
The woman will be given a hearing
Wednesday afternoon on the charge of
homicide, and iu the meantime will be
taken through the third degree.
Numerous and sensational rumors
have been current in the vicinity for
the last teu days, with direct accusa
tions, which finally led Chief of Police
Zimmerman to have «he cesspool
cleaned out.
On examination of the child by Cor
oi'er Light no external marks of vio
lence could be found, which led to the
belief that the baby was thrown into
the pool while alive. The body, al
though in an excellent state of preser
vation, is believed to have been iu the
cesspool for tic last fifteen days.
Little of th<? Bowman woman is
known at Lebanon except that she
came here from Reading. She claimed
she is married and has a husband at
Beading, who deserted her. Her par
ents reside at Bailey. Berks county.
Mrs. Boltz denies that any child was
born in her home, and rhe Bowmau
woman denies ail allegations made
against her. It is probable that >»
surgical investigation of her condition
will be made within the next few days.
M'CORMIfK NOT A CANDIDATE
At Least Not In the Sense of Seeking
Post of National Committeeman
When asked regarding the story
that he will be a candidate for mem
ber of the National Democratic Com
mittee from Pennsylvania, to succeed
former Congressman Palmer, Vance
C. MoCortu: tt .: .i to-day that he is
not a candidate in the sense of seek
ing the post. He added that the story
originating in Washington that he had
attended a conference in that city on
the subject of selecting a National
Committeeman from this State was
not true.
"'The matter of the selection of a
National Committeeman will be settled
by the Democratic State Committee."
said Mr. McCormick, this morninj.
'•and as Mr. Palmer will not resign
until June, the meeting of the State
committee will not be held until State
CSwurman Morris returns from Europe.
He has sailed for Europe tj bring
home member? of his family who have
been there for some time, and within
a month after his return the commit
tee will meet at a call to be made by
him.
•'I am not a candidate for the
place of National Committeeman i.n
the sense of seeking the office. I want
to make that known as cleariv as pos
sible." »
(OLDER AGAIN TO-NIGHT
Mercury Expected to Fall to 18 De
grees—Spring Far Off
The climax to the present cold snap
will likely occur to-night when the
mercury is due for another somersault,
according to the forecast given out
irotn the local office of the • Weather |
Bureau this morning. Observer Demaiu ,
fixed to-night's minimum temperature
a" IS degrees.
This temperature will establish an ]
absolute maximum for this present cold!
snap, the previous low temperature be-j
ing 22 degrees. Yesterday. Palm Suu- j
tlay, was four degrees below the normal j
temperature, the minimum being 29 de-1
crees. March has so far totaled twen-
Jy-seven degrees below normal. The j
told will continue to morrow night.
TO OBSERVE PASSOVER FEAST
Special Services to Be Held At Ohevr
Shalom Synagogue
"The Feist of the Passover will be
celebrated by the congregation of
Ohev Sholom synagogue at 6 o'clock
thie evening, when Rabbi Charles J. ;
»eund will preach a short sermon.
The principal part of the celebration
to-night will be featured in the homes !
of the Jewish people.
Rabbi Freumi will also preach to- .
morrow morning at 1'>.30 o'clock on 1
the subject, "Next Year in Jeru
salem." Special music will be render
*d at this service by the regular choir, j
New Rules For Freight Charges
B.v Auociatrd Prfst.
Washington, March 29.—The Inter
state Commerce Commission to-dav di- ,
rected ail railroads to establish new
rules for minimum charges on articles
too ion? or too bulky to be loaded
through the side doors of box ears,
which shall provide that such articles
shall be charged at actual weight and
authorized rating with a minimum j
charge of 4,000 pounds.
First Canoeists Out Yesterday
With the temperature slightly above
freezing point yesterday afternoon a
few hardy persons ventured out on the
river in canoes. The cold weather ha 4
made the start of the canoeing season
a trifle backward as it is not a very de- •
light ful experience to get a ducking in
freezing weather. No accidents were I
reported.
Argentine Ambassador Dines Wilson
Annapolis. Ml., March 29. —The
naval yacht May-flower, with President |
Wilson and j-arty on board, arrived off
Annapolis harbor this morning and
inchored near rhe new Argentine battle
ship Moreno. President Wilson was the
guest of hoooT at luncheon given "bv the
Argentine Ambassador on board the 1
battleship this afternoon.
Pennsy Shopman Hurt
Harry L. Mountz. 155 Herman ave-<
me, Lemovne, suffered a lacerated
icalp when a drill with which he was
working in the Reily street shops of.
he Pennsylvania Railroad slipped and
ifrock him on the head this mornfog.
tli! was treated at the Harrisburg hos
>ital. His condition is not serious.
RASHINSKEYS ARE BACK IN
DRAMA, "PAID IN FULL"
This Is Not a Theatre Advertisement,
But a Story of How Mrs. Baahln
skey Objects to Way Her Husband
Makes Out His Checks
The Rashiuskevs. lectins and Sarah,
were in court this morniug just as they
have been many times before, and they
made things so lively for Judge Kunkel
and the court attaches that very little
other business was transacted. The
ceuple have been estranged for several
years an.l rhe quarrel to-day concerned
Louis* liability to maintain his wife and
the several little Rashinskeys.
Back in 191», Sarah alleges Louis
got behind in his payments. After a
lapse of several mouths he resumed
making regular remittances of $2.30 a
week. All rhe time lxniis had a bank
account and paid by check. Incident
ally he had posted a "gilt edge bond"
to guarantee the payments, so his at
torney said, aud when he was tardy, on
two occasions, with his weekly allow
ances. Sarah brought suit agaiust tfce
bondsman.
Louis w-as ready and willing to an
swer his wife's charges that he now is
back in his payments wvhen the case was
called this morning. Judge Kunkel,
naturally wanted to know the "whys
and wherefores" of tiie suit. So Sarah
produced a buudle*of red checks, j-os
sftilv fifty iu number. Thev are no
good." she cried. "The banker will
not cash theui."
On each check laouis had marked
"paid in full." whereas the w-it"e de
nied that they represent full payments.
C*he scratched out the words "paid in
full" and then it was. laouis' attorney
said, that the bank refused to "honor
nhe checks.
Judge Kunkel disposed of the case by
dismissing the defendant on the ground
that no evidence had been produced to
substantiate the contention that he is
in default. So Sarah ami Louis depart
ed, Louis "bv a back door and Sarah by
a front door.
"Good night." mumbled the District
Attorney, as they departed.
ROW GERMAN SHIP TRIED TO
SLIP AWAY FROM SAN JUAN
New York March 29.—How the
Germau steamer Odeuwald tried to slip
out of San Juan harbor March 21 with
out clearance papers and how she was
stopped by American guns at a harbor
fort were told in detail to-day by offi
cers of the steamer Brazos, which
reached here to-day from Sau Juan.
The Odenwald they said, had been
taking on coal and provisions for sev
eral days. As she sank deeper in the
water, men in boats alongside painted
the water line higher on her hull.
When she tried to get out the fort
fired two shots from a rapid-firing gun.
These were disregarded. A seveu-inch
gun threw a projectile so close to the
Odenwald's bow that the spray it
kicked up spla?i»ed on the steamer s
deck. That ended the attempt and the
Odenwald returned to her anchorage.
German agents of the Odenwald. the
Bra-os' officers were informed, had
asked the customs house for clearance
papers, but they had been refused.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
CMtlaard Prom First Paget
yesterday. Although the struggles be
came violent at times no accomplish
ments of importance are claimed at
Paris or Berlin.
From Petrograd it is reported that
the Russian Baltic fleet has been rein
forced. London interprets this an
nouncement to mean that four and
possibly eight dreadnoughts which
were under construction have been put
in commission.
German troops In the north of Pol
and have returned to the attack, cen
tering their movement in the region
of the Skwa river near the Prussian
border. An official announcement
from Petrograd says that the Germans
failed in an assault made with a di
vision of infantry and that the Rus
sians, advancing in turn, compelled
their opponents at one point to aban
don their first line tTenches. The claim
is made also that further south on the
Pilica river, German forces were put
to flight.
The Petrograd version of the fight
ing in the Carpathians represents that
victories have been won at several
points, giving the Russians access to
northern Hungary. So far as is
known, however, no considerable
movement in this direction has been
inaugurated and Vienna insists that
the Austrians have gain ted success in
the mountain fightng.
Some of the Turkish forts at the
Dardanelles were bombarded yesterday
by indirect fire from the gulf of Saros,
but the warships of the allied fleet
did not attempt to enter the straits.
Two French battleships damaged in
previous fighting proved to have suf
fered so severely that according to a
Paris dispatch they are to return to
France and be put in dry dock.
Italy has decreed a strict censor
ship on military news, beginning
March 31. A Paris newspaper pub
lishes an unverified report that Aus
tria has agreed to cede part of Trent
to Italy at the close of the war, in re
turn for Italy's neutrality.
CAN'T KET WILSON HERE
Central Democratic Club Has Trouble
Getting Jefferson Day Speaker
While the Central Democratic Club
is going ahead with the preparations
to hold its Jefferson Dav anniversarv
banquet, at a time not "yet fixed, its
members have received an invitation
from the Jefferson Club, of Philadel
phia. to attend the anniversary Jeffer
son Day banquet in that city on April
13, and the club will take'action on
the invitation at.its next meeting.
The committee of arrangements of
the Central Ciub is not without hope
of obtaining some speaker o£_national
repute to attend its banquet as its
guest of honor. It has thus far receiv
ed little encouragement in its efforts
to get President iFilson or a member
of the Cabinet heKe. It has been repre
sented to the dob's committee that at
present President Wiison cannot leave
Washington because of eomplications
in the Europe and the situation in
Mexico, and for the sime reason the
President does not wish any of his
Cabinet members to be absent*.
It is thought that some Democratic
Senators from one of the Eastern
Stales can be obtained for the ban
quet here. The committee will make
another effort to get a speaker from
Washington and with that in view will
visit that city next week.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT. MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 29. 1915.
ABDUCT Ell OF
READING'S LODGE
C«Mlim4 PtM Kim Fas*.
maiued outside and disengaged the elk
from its fastenings, loaded it into an
automobile, hurried it to the statiou
and shipped it to Harrisburg, where the
auimal arrive Inst evening. It was giv
en a place of honor at the Elk home on
North Second street, and there is
where the pilgrims to Readiug found
the elk when they reached home last
uight.
, And now it is up she members of
some other Elk lougc to abduct that
oik aud give it a place of honor in the
lodge room of some other city. The
wires are being laid, and it behooves
the Harrisburg Elks to be on the
! watch.
A herd of Klks froth the Harrisburg
preserves left here for a visit to t>e
Elks of Readi-ig on Saturday, the ob
ject being to participate iu a return
bowling match and in the first dual
shoot. Both events were disastrous to
Harrisburg Klks
Reading Elks ar-> h spitable follows
and had automobiles at the station at
the arrival of the Harrisburgcrs aud
the local boys were given a short run
to different parts of the city and then
driven to the Elks' home. There tho
house committee took charge and the
eutertaimnent kept pace until the toast
master rapped with his gavel.
It was noticed just before the gavel
fell that several of the visitors were
absent. The Reading Elks never
learned what became of these visitors
until Suu day morning.
It was along about 11.SO p. m. Sat
urday wheu the four Harrisburg Elks
slipped awav from the festivities and
in an automobile were driven out to
the place where the stuffed elk was in
captivity, chained to a post, so as not
to stray nor to be stoleu. I<og chains
were not enough to stop the Harrisburg
Elks, however, and they at ouce pro
ceeded to file awav the heavy links. It
took nearly an hour before all the ob
structions were removed and then it
was a question as to how to get the
animal down the mountain to the sta
tion.
At last one of the number put his
shoulder under the breast aud two oth
ers took the legs. In this manner the
elk was carried down to a waiting truck
and soon w as on the way to the express
office at the statiou. After securifig a
receipt the boys returned to the home,
but failed to answer the many ques
tions as to where they had been.
On Sunday morniug the attendants
at the Harrisburg lodge were surprised
to see a truck stop with a largo elk on
board. It was unloaded and. after
much maneuvering, was placed in the
grill room, where it is now being intro
duced to all the members. The express
i company did not want to keep it and
deliver it on Monday, for the reason it
was too valuable, being worth SSOO,
and so made & successful delivery on
Sunday.
When it is known that the elk
weighs more than 400 pounds it can be
understood what a job it was to carry
this animal from the mountain near
Reading and -Inp it safely to Harris
burg.
It is the only prize Harrisburg was
able to obtain at Reading and how long
j the local Elks will be able to keep it
is a question. There is no telling when
| it may stray away to another preserve.
TO HEAK FtlJi CREW VIEWS
Joint- Committee Will Hold Open Meet
ing in Senate Chamber
To-morrow afternoon at 2.30
o'clock, the joint committees on rail
roads of the Senate and House will
hold an open meeting in the Senate
j chamber to hear the railroad trainmen
and railroad conductors preseut tbeir
views in opposition to the repeal of the
full crew bill, which has been intro
duced in the House by Representative
Baldwin. It is expected that delega
tions of railroad men from all over the
state will be present, and a large nuni-'
ber of witnesses nia\ be rallei to try
jto show the necessity for the extra
j mau to which the railroad companies
j object. Former Attorney General John
Bell, of Philadelphia, and James Scar
let. of Danville, will appear as counsel .
| for the railroad men and close tho
meeting with speeches against the re
| pealer.
The hearing iu behalf of the repeal
er was held ' last Tuesday, when the
railroad companies presented their ar
guments through C. Stuart Patterson
and William I. S-hafer, counsel for the
J Pennsylvania Company.
READING ELKS WIN TWICE
Local Bowlers Lose for Second Time
aud Trap Shooters First Time
The R«a<iiug Elks were treatel to a
double defeat a: Reading Saturday, the
trap shooters losing to the Reading trap
shooters by the s.ore of 43 to 42: the
■ixiwlers losing in the eveu'.ng to the
Pretzeitowa bowlers. Frr 1 Dinger stif-
I iered a disappointment when bis las: '
nird hit a wife anil dropped o: o'
j bounds. He will bring the Heading Eiks
; to Harrisburg for a return «hoo;.
This was the last chance for the
, bowlers. however, as this was the sec
lon t defeat Reading banded (hem. tn*
first being administered on the home
alleys.
Supreme Court Upholds Mine Examiner*
By A# Pr*M.
Philadelphia. iM.irch 29. Pha: the
Board of Mine Examiners is not only
entitled to, out is required to exercise
a «ound discretion in issuing inspec
tors' certificates was affirmed by Jus- i
tice Von Mosehzisker of the Supreme
Court to-day in sustaining the common
pleas court of Schuylkill coantv in
quashing an alternative writ of man
damus secured by Thomas C. Reese to
corn;el the Board of Mine Examiners
to issue a certificate to him.
Brief Against Harvester Co. Filed
By) Amociattd Prett.
Washington. March 29.—The gov
ernment's brief in the anti-trust suit
to dissolve the International Harve<ft<er
Company was- filed to-day in the Su-1
preme Court. It is largely directed to
ward combatting the arguments ad-'
vanced in the company 'g brief filed in j
support of its appeal after the district j
court of Minnesota had declared in a i
combination in, restraint of trade and;
ordered its dissolution.
Church to Bender Easter Cantata
A cantata entitled "The Resurrec
tion and Life," by Ira Bishop Wilson,
will be rendered by the choir of Park
Street United Evangelical church at
the evening service Easter Sunday.
The cantata will be given under the
direction of the choir leader, Mrs. IT.
S. Swengel. A class of twenty-five new
members will be taken in during the
morning service at which tima special
music wll be rendered.
CAPITOL
SMALLPOX CETS 3 IN FAMILY
Believe Children of Lumberman Con
tractad Disease From Clothing of
Tather
The Health Department was
notified to-day of the appeiratice of
three cases of smallpox at Cross CrVek,
Huntingdon county, in the family of
a lumberman. The county medical in
spector in his report states that the
father of the three children afflicted,
was engaged at work in a lumber
camp last year, and when lie left the
camp he left some of his clothing in
a cabin. While he was absent small
pox broke out in the camp, but it was
disposed of and there was no disease
there when he went back to the camp
to get his clothing, which he took
home.
The medical inspector gives as his
opiuiou that the smallpox was trans
mitted to the children from the cloth
ing the father had left iu the camp,
r.ud which he afterwards took to hie
home. The department expresses no
opinion ou the subject until it has as
certained the period between the time
the smallpox was in camp nnd the
time the father took bis clothing
home.
Big Appropriations Asked for
Thus far the amount 0 f money ask
ed for in the various appropriation 'bills
introduced iu t-be (House totals up to
. the enormous sum of $105,000.000,
I and in the Senate wills have been intro
| duced asking for >25,000,000 nWe, or
$130,000,000 in all. And the general
j appropriation bill has not yet been ar
range.! for by the House committee. As
the tota.l revenues of the State will be
about $60,000,000 for the next two
i years, it can tasily be seen that there
will have to be a great deal of chopping
done by t'he Appropriations committees.
: and even t'hen Governor Brumbaugh
I may have to use his veto axe very vig
| orously.
Will He Resign?
State Highway Commissioner Bige
low is expected here this evening from
j his Pittsburgh home where he has been
very ill for the past two weeks. It is
j rumored that he contemplates present
ing his resignation to Governor Brum
baugh, and the dozen or more appli
cants for the place are wi ting ex
pectantly, but the rumor could no? l»e
confirmed.
• local Option Hearing
The open hearing on the local option
bill will be held in the hail of the House
on April 6. aud Chairman Cox, of the
■ Law and Order committee, has received
a number of letters from different cities
saying that they intend to send large
delegations here to favor the bill. Two
j meetings will be heid during the day
in Chestuut street hall, oue in the even
• ing to be addressed bv Governor 'Brum
baugh. D. Clarence Gibbonev. of Phlia
deiphia, has sent notice that he will
be here to oppose t'he local option bill
| unless some proviso shall be inserted
looking to a recompense of liquor men
who are deprived of their business
through the operations of the law.
COURT
TO ASK FOR B::IO«K BIOS
Viewers' Reports Are Confirmed Pro
viding For New County Structure
The reports of the viewers who
recommended the construction of
: bridges over Armstrong and Wieon
isco creeks in the upper end of the
county, to-djv were confirmed abso
; iutelv by the court. County Engineer
Clinton M. Hefshev now will rush to
completion the plans and specifications
for these bridges so that the County
<. ominissiouers may begin advertising
for bids for the construction of them
within the next week or teu days.
Four Mor; Seek Divorces
Four divorce suits were begun this
morning, two complainants of the mis
mated couples i':!eging desertion, oue
■ cruel treatment and \he other infidel
i ity. The li«t follows: Charlotte Brew
er vs. S. Prevost Dun'oar: Mervin H.,
vs. Nellie Bogner; Sarah vs. Harrv
; Bainbiugh. and Robert vs. Annie F.
Geary. Sarah Green, whose husband.
John J.. is suim; for a divorce, in a
petition to the court this morniing de-
I dared that .'he has a just defense to
' make and asks that John be compelled
to pay her counsel fees with which to
defend her claim. The matter will be
argued in April.
Sturker Was Low Bidder
John A. Siueker was the low bidder
for the constructions/ sewer sections in
Dcrry an K ariisle when proposals
were opened at noon to-day by Highway
Commissioner William H. LyucTi. The
.•ids were as follows: John A. Stacker,
$1.29.1; G. W. Ensign, $1,393/60: W.
H. Opperman. $ 1. 3<57; Henry Opper
man. $1,397. Stacker wjll be awarded
tie contract at lie meeting of fhe City
Commissioners to-morrow afternoon.
Admitted to Bar
Ralph J. Baker, of this city, this
morning was admitted to practice be
fore t'he Dauphin countv bar as an
attorney at-law. Frederick W. Fleitz
moved for his admission.
Letters Issued on Estate
Letters of administration on the es- ]
tate of Elirabeth "Beam, late of Derrv
township, this morning, were issued to
Jacob Behm.
Marriage License
Earl !Macken«on and Cnarlotte Adams.
I both of this city.
Closes Deal in Mexico
'H. L. Lark, of Millersburg, an attor
ney well known here, apparently un
afraid of Mexican revolutions, 'is in
Chihuahua where he recently completed
a business deal for a client involving
6.000.000 pesos, the equivalent of
$600,000 "white money'' as the na
tives refer to it.
Selecting Instructors
Application blanks for playground
instructors and attendants are atbout to i
be distributed 'by Supervisor George W.
Hill. They must be rerfcurned before
April 15, and selections will be made
(May 15.
Riveters Begin Work on Subway
of the heavy steel girders over
the Front street subway at Mulberry
street were placed to-day and riveters
began work on them. This work as
well as that over Second street will be
completed this week. < •
COURT TOLD OOW
BOYS BURN BARN
Coatlanval Krnan Pltat ni»
hacco aud cigarettes. The revolver and
candy were given to an old man, it
was testified.
After spending the night of Decem
ber 13 in an old passenger car, at
Hummelstown, the two boys went to
the hay baru, owned by Walton. Pre
viously they had viMted the Hummels
town fire house and had discussed the
possibility of "making a little excite
ment" with a lire on ''such a wiudv
morning."
One of the boys wanted to '"get
even with Waltou" who. he declared,
owed him some money, so after lighting
a cigarette he dropped the lighted
match into the hay. The witness said
he smothered the lire aud that the
other boy subsequently dropped another
lighted matcn. Then both ran into
Humaielstown and turned in the tire
alarm.
"We both went back to help to fight
the tire," the witness added. The de
fendant wanted to make it appear that
his father "compelled him to smoke a
pipe."' The parent said his advice to
the boy was against smoking i igar
ettes, "But if you must smoke, then
smoke a pipe.' l
Promises to Stop Smoking
The boy promised the court to "cut
out" smoking, go to work and attend
Sunday school. A similar promise was
obtained by the court from a "wee
bit of a lad'' who was up on a truancy
charge and who, a pMVsieian said, is
"stunted" because of cigarette smok
ing. The youngster admitted that he
"bangs cigarette snipes," that he finds
lying alolig the street.
The youth is one of six children in
his family and like others of the chil
dren, physTHans said, he may have tu
bercular trouble. He was absent from
school something like eighty-seven days
of one term. lie. too, was paroled.
Upon the advice of his physician.
Judge MeCarrell returned to his home
immediately following the disposition
of the juvenile cases this morning. He
is suffering from a cold. His condition
to-day, however, was a marked im
provement over that of last week.
PLANNI¥COIISiNERS
DIVIDED 0NJ27.000 PLOT
I'eitliutd From Flmt P«irr.
there is a possibility of the $27,000
ordinnuce being approved by the Plan
ning Commission as a whole after its
members view the site.
The Planning Commission stamped
| its approval on tb* measure providing
I for the purchases of two plots of
grouud for the continuation of the
Cameron Parkway—one from the Pax
tang Cemetery Association and tJie
other fropi Amos Knders. The plan, of
W. S. Harris for plotting a strip'of
| ground adjacent to the new Reservoir
Park entrance, a' Whitehall and Twen
ty-first streets, also was approved.
In confirming those plans, however,
the Commission did so with the pro
viso that no twenty-foot wide alleys—
on which houses could" be erected—be
provided. The Commission holds that
they either must be ten feet wide —
which would prevent building thereon.
—-or forty foot wide streets.
Members of the Planning Board
joined the park officials in their re
quest to have representatives of the
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Com
pany attend a conference at which
plans are to be discussed incident to
providing a subway or culvert beneath
the railroad tracks where the proposed
Cameron parkway is to be-built.
The Planning Commission's failure
to act on the playground ordinance,
which already has been passed on first
reading by the City Commissioners, is
one of the reasons that the ordinance
will not be passed finally to morrow.
Commissioner Harry F. Bowman will
not be present at the City Commission
ers meeting, it being lr 'ntention to at
tend the funeral of his wife's uncle,
John Ortti, wnich will be held in Read
ing to-morrow afternoon.
The City Commissioners inspected
the proposed playground site this aft
ernoon.
PLAN PRIVATE GAME PRESERVE
Local Clubmen Acquire Land and To
day Obtain a Charter
Already having acquired one large
tract of farm and timber lan.li and hav
ing obtained options, with the purpose
of buying, on several other similar
tracts, for the purpose of establishing
a private preserve the protection of
game, a dozen Harrisburgers who have
organized the Log House Game Associ
ation, this morning obtained a court
order from Judge Kunkel by which the
society is chartered.
Harvey E. Knupp, a local lawyer,
is president of the association; E." ti f
Nissley, vice president; Alfred Johns
ton. secretary, and Joseph Shissler,
treasurer. The directors are George
Knupp, Paul Mover and Mark Holler, i
These officers and directors were the
subscribing applicants for tho charter.
The club house, which is a typical
log cabin, is situated on a ranchlike
tract of land, near Charter Oak, Barn
township, Huntingdon county, that be
ing about ten miles from Petersburg.
The several tracts of timber and farm
■and, on which options have been ob
tained and which it is planned to bu/j
are adjacent to the ground which has
been acquired.
The members of the association all
are experienced anglers and since a
trout stream flows through the club's
ground the o.lubmen concede it to be
the logical place for a private reserve.
MASONS WILL BANULET
Members of Senate and House to Be
Present at Celebration To-night
The forty-fifth anniversary of the
organization of Robert Burns Lodge
No. 464, Free and Accepted Masons,
will be celebrated to-night by the lodge
at the lodge room in Masonic Temple,
Third and State streets. After the
usual lodge ceremonies the banqitet will
be served in the big dining room, and
at least three hundred persons will be
preeent.
Among the speakers will be Justice
George B. Orladv, - of the Superior
Court, one of the Grand Lodge officers,
and Governor Brumbaugh. A delega
tion of of the Sen
ate will be present by invitation of
Past Master W. Harry Baker, Sena
tor E. E. Beidleman and a number of
members of the House are expected.
The lodge, will be opened at 7 o'clock.
LAWYERS' PAPER BOOKS
Printed at this office in best style, at
lowest prices and on short notice. -
WOMAN WRONGLY
ACCUSED LAWYER
Cmllm«4 From pint
fying James W. Osborne as Oliver
Osborne, her admirer. No one else WHS
to blame for l»or error, Mr. SpeilbeNf
said: the Arm of Blade & Sl.vle, the
lawyers, who had represented her were
in no way involved.
"Miss Tamer on me to my home
Friday night," Mr. Speilberg said,
"with her nephew. She was sent there
by her brother, whom I know. Her
brother had told me the evening be
fore that Hae had jjotteu into trouble
and wanted to get out of it. So an ap
pointment was made at my home for
the net night.
Called Neighbors As Witnesses
"When Miss Tanner kept this ap
pointment, I called Mrs. Speilberg into
the room and sent out for some neigh
bors as witnesses. They came in and
heard what she had to say. ft was a
long statement: she was at my home
from 7.30 o'clock in the evening till 2
o'clock in the morning. On Saturday,
the next day, 1 railed on Mr. Marshall
and told him Miss Tanzer wanted to
see him. She wanted to call at his of
fice that night but he preferred to have
her come down to-day."
What Miss Tanner had to say that
would occupy the six and one-half
hours she spent at Mr. Speilberg's
home was not divulged, further than
that she had made a mistake. Friends
of .lames W. Osborne claim that he had
been made tiie victim of a conspiracy
to discredit him and expect that oth
er names will be drawn into the inves
tigation.
Miss Tanrer's Waiver Read
Of this, however, District Attorney
Marshall would say nothing. In an
mumcing Miss Tanzer's statement, that
she was mistaken in her identification,
Mr. Marshall read the following waiv
er which she had signed: '
"The interview which I am about to
have to-day and any further interviews
I may have with the United States
District Attorney are at my request
and not at the request of the United
States District Attorney. I intend to
make a full, free and unreserved state
ment of facts and consult that any
thing I may say may be used in any
way by the United States authorities
if it may become proper and desirable
to use the same.'
LEE TO ADDRESS ROAD MEN
President of Trainmen Organization to
Speak on Full Crew Bill Here
This Evening
When W. G. bee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
with headquarters in Cleveland', Ohio,
arrives here to address a mass meet
ing of railroad men in the Board of
Trade building, at B.o'clock this even
ing, it is expected thai not less than a
thousand men will be in attendance.
A. B. Gar rest ou, president of the
Ulster of Railway Conductors, of Grand
I RapWs, Mich., and D. U Cease. editor
of the "Trainmen's Journal," will also
ibe here and speak. The meeting will
I be for the discussion of the full crew
! 'aw. preparatory to the hearing in the
! State Capitol to morrow afternoon.
The meeting will be attended by
mwithers from the four large transpor
tation brotherhoods. This is the first
time the heads of these organizations
were in Harrisburg since the biennial
| convention, in 1911, and it is believed
! they will have statistics of much im
portance which they will lav'before the
i railroad men. ,
KNIGHTS OF ST. UEORtiE MEET
Pass Resolutions Upholding Chief of
State Board of Censors
Resolutions upholding J. Louis
Breitinger, chief of the State Board of
Motion Picture Censors, who has been
attacked bv exhibitors and 111 m men
throughout the State, were unanimously
adopted by the members of Branch 168,
Roman Catholic Knights of St. George,
in session in St. Francis church yes
terday. The Knights went on record
as opposed to the measure now pending
in the Legislature to repeal the bill
which created the State moving picture
censorship board.
"" Copies of the resolutions urging the
continuance of the board were ordered
sent to Goveriior Brumbaugh, the Leg
islature and to Mr. Breitinger.
Reports on the suggestion that all
the Catholic societies in Dauphin coun
ty form a federation were made during
the meeting. These showed that in the
thirteen Catholic churches in the coun
ty there are about thirty-five societies,
with an approximate membership of
3,C00. There are many more Catholics
in the county, but that figure represents
only those who are members of Cath
olic organizations.
During the coming week the commit
tee on federation will send letters to
the societies asking them to send dele
gates to a meeting to be announced la
ter, when plans for the formation of a
permanent organization will be made.
Teu applications for membership in the
Knights of St. George were read yes
terday.
Chemical Extinguishes Brush Blaze
The Friendship chemical machine
was called to extinguish a blaze in an
open field on Market street opposite
the Philadelphia and Reading railroad
station at 11.30 thin morning. Some
brufir was on fire. No damage was
done.
Directors Lunch at Central High
The members of the Harrisburg
Board of School Directors lunched to
day at, the guests •of the domestic
science class at the Central High
school. The directors were on the an
nual inspection tour.
u.d rathioned.
"I never see you pay the slightest
attention to your children." declared
grandma, who had come on a visit.
"Don't yon love your children?"
"Now. don't be old fashioned, ma,"
orged the fashionable wife. 'Their
governess Is employed to do that"—
Judge. , ,
Would B* Great.
"They say that Mars la not now
habitable, bnt will be soon."
"Gosh, I'd like to help settle it Think
at being among the first families of an
entire planet"—Kansas City Journal.
'Jnfortur.atily Pjt.
Nellie—How do you like the new way j
Ido my hair. Jack? Jack (meaning to
be complimentary)— Why, it makes you \
look *t least ten years yonnser. |
9
FINANCE
BETHLEHEM STEEL RISES
MORE THAN SEVEN POINTS
Makes a New High Record of 23 Point*
Above Its Price of Last Fridaj
When the Btock Jumps to Eighty
nine
New York, March 29. Wall Street
—A further rise of more than seven
points in Bptttile'hcm steel was the dom
inant feature of to-day's early opera
tions. The stock rose to S2, a new liigife
record of 15 points above its price oi
last Friday. 'Further reaJizatiiou ot
the company's increasing 'business and
short covering continued in to day l
movement. Another specialty, Genera
Motors, added seven poiuts to last Sat
urday's eight point rise. Alt the more
seasoned stocks were higher, Canadian
Pacific 'being foremost in this class
with a gain of 1%. Prices shaded in
the general list 'before the end of tlit
half hour.
Bethlehem sleet yielded little of it*
meteoric advaiwe, despite extensive
profit taking, falling back a trifle only
to advance to the new 'high price of SO.
The automobile stock* also held or add
ed to early gains and other speculative
specialties gained 2 to 3 points. Witfh
the exception of 'New York Central,
which rose over 2 joints, most of the
railway and other representative shares
were reactionary. Reading and New
Haven fell over a point from the best,
while Southern Pacific, Northern Pa -
cific, Amalgamated and Smelting were
fractionally lower. Prices stiffened
again at midday. Bonds were steady. -
Bethlehem steel pursued a more er
ratic course after midday, falling from
87 to S:l% and recovering to 87.
Standard stocks declined substantial
fractions and trading was dull and rel
atively narrow.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS
Furnished by H. W. Snavely, Broker.
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
f f New York, March 2'J.
r Open. Close.
Alaska Gold Mines ... 35% 35
Amal Copper 62% 62
Amer Beet Sugar 44% 44%
American Can 29% 307*
do pfd 94 % 95 %
Am Oar and Foundry Co 4 6 46
Am Cotton Oil 48 48
Am Ice Securities 29 28%
I Amer Loco f. 26% 26%
| Amer Siueltirtg 68 6814,
1 American Sugar 105 104' ..
, Amer Tel and Tel .... 122 1 s 122%
| Anaconda 28% 29%
| Atchison 99% 99%
! Baltimore and Ohio ... 72' 4 72%
j Bethlehem Steel 76-78 87
Brooklyn R T 90 89%
California Petroleum .. 16 15
Canadian Pacific 164 164
Central Leather 35% 35
Chesapeake and Ohio .. 44% 44%
Chi, Mil and St Paul . . 90% 9*0%
Col Fuel and Iron .... 27% 27%
Consol <!as 116 114>%
Corn Products 11% 11%
Chi no Con Copper .... 38% 38%
Distilling Securities . . . 8% 8%
Brie 24% 23%
Erie, Ist pfd 39% 38%
I Goodrich, B F 38% 3'8%
Great Nor pfd 118% 118%
Great Nor Ore, subs . . 35% 34%
I Intei'boro Met 13 13
i Interboro Met pfd .... 62% 62
j Lehigh Valley 138 137%
Mex Petroleum 71% 73%
Missouri Pacific 11% 11%
1 National Lead 59% 59
j New York Ceil 85% 86%
|N Y. NJH and 'H 60% 59%
; Northern Pac 106% 106'/,
Pennsylvania R. R. ... 106% 10S
(Pittsburgh CoaN 20% 20%
| do pfd 90" 93
Press Steel Car 33% 34
| Ray Con. Copper 19',. 4 19%
j Reading 148 147
I Repub. Iron and Steel . 21% 21%
I Southern Pacific 87% 87%
| Southern Ry 16% 16%
! do pfd 52 54%
Tennessee Copper 29% 2 9%'
j Texas Company 134% 135%
| I'liion Pacific 125% 125%
IU. S. Rubber 64% 64',
U. S. Steel 49'/ 4 49%
| do pfd 105% 105%
! Utah Copper 55% 56%
| Vir.-Caroliua Cliem. .. , 22% 22%
j Western Maryland .... 24 26%
IW. IT.l T . Telegraph 65% 65',. s
i Westinghouse Mfg .... 72% 72%
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago, March 29.—Close:
Wheat—May, 149%: July, 121%.
Corn —May, 72%; July, 7'5%.
! Oats—May, 57%; July, 53%.
Pork—lNPay, 17.42; July, 17.87.
i Ijard-—Mav, 10.25; July, 10.50,
j Ribs—May, 10.02; July, 10.32.
I.KTTKH I,IST
Todies' List—Mrs. May Rerkev, Mrs.
Jennie Blackford. Miss Blanch Bower,
Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. Mag.v Carlisle.
Miss Mary S. Clements. .Miss Evelyn
Fetzer. Mrs. James A. Flagg, Mrs. John
Pox. Jr.. Mrs. Julia Gree,mati, Kims
Heck (DL), Mrs. Kllen Heefer, Miss
Carolyn Hooper, Miss Hoover, Miss Vio
let Johnson. Miss Kathryn Kartell. Miss
Anna Krause, Ida E. Lansing (DL), Mrs.
C. A. Lowry, Miss Sarah Miller, Miss
Kthel Mnsser. Mrs. Ethel Myers. Miss
Jean Potts. Miss Clara Reseh, Mrs. Cara
Smith, Miss M. Snyder. Miss Jane Spil
ling, Mrs. Karl Stauffer, Miss Bessie
Whitman, Mrs. Lizzie Willis.
Gentlemen's List*—Henry Alirens. A. S.
Bentz ODD. Clarence Bowen, A. \V.
Clary, H. K. Coles. Harry C. Combs.
Oliver Curtis. Charlos Davis, C. J. Davis,
Hon. M. J. Durke, R. W. Erlwirt, A. F.
Esterllne, K. E. Flowerfleld, D. T. Fos
ter, Walter Gallitan. Charles Gilhctt,
Geo. W. Goodman, Y. S. Graham. Paul
Hadril, J. B. Hannan <DL), Neil Harold.
Samuel Harris! Mr. Harrle. Geo. W.
Herman. John Hiller. J. Hunter Hob
day, William H. Jones, John Keeyes,
Geo. W. Kinsella (I>L«) r Arthur Kring,
Thomas Leonard, H. C. Lindemuth, Wal
ter McKarland, J. D. Moore, C. F. Morn
ing, H. B. Myers, Mr. Phillips, Harry
Quigley, Mr. and Mrs. John Rastetter.
J. H. Reynolds. Harry W. Ridding,
Harry C. Russell, A. A. Sanderson, Ralph
Seiber, McMinn Sheafer, L L. Shory
(UL), Geo. B. Sill, A. B. Smith, John J.
Snyder, Henry Sperow Herbert Tye, Al.
Urling, Win. C. Wagner, W. C. Wansor,
C. M. Wilson, E. P. Young.
Firms—Samuel Gable Co.. Resident
Manager Pierce-Arrow Automobile,
"Shirk-Walters, Resident Manager Stew
art Deli-very Truck, Resident Manager
the White Motor Car.
Foreign—Miss Lizzie Duggan, John
Warren Magouh, Toder Szalanei, Wae
tas Toney.
BUSH OF BUSINESS PREVENTS
PRE-EASYER OPENING
Owing to ,the rush of busi
ness, Mrs. E. Walzer will be unable to
hold her usual pre-Easter millinery
opening at her store, 27 South Second
street.
The summer opening date will be
announced later.—Adv. 1*