8 DISCREDITING STORIES OF RUSSIAN VICTORIES THE CAUSE OF PERIHYSL'S FALL Permysl, Friday, "March 26, Via Pet.ro grad, 'March 30, 12 Noon, and London, 2.35 P. M.—'Refusal to ojedit stories of Russian victories and the progress of Russian arms contributed largely to the ultimate fall of the Permysl fortress, according to the opinion of certain Aus trian officers who went through the siege. The Russian advance was grad ual and for this reason it would appear that t)he Austrians overlooked its seri ousness. They neglected their oppor tunities to bring in provisions iu quan tity when these were presented, and later had to pay for this neglect. Aus trian soldiers within the fortress who spoke of Russian successes were severe ly dealt with 'by tiheir superiors. The correspondent who came into Permysl with the Russians .Monday, (March 22, has since talked at length witlh a number of Austrian officers, one «f whom spoke of the \lays of siege as follows: "The morale of the men within the fortress was good at the outset, but it underwent a change after the bat tered armies of Generals Dankl, Auf fenbach and Bruderman stragijled into Permysl. These crowds of tired, rag ged and hungry troops, driven in from outside battle fields filled the town of Permysl as well as the fortress. They lay about the streets and from this time things for us changed for the T'orse. We overlook opportunities to tiring in provisions. We made endeav ors to keep out other detachments of our soldiers who had been defeated bv the Russians. We began conserving our supplies. But even so we would not believe that the Austrian defeats at the hands of the Russians were se rious. Starvation began and aviators "were our only means for the replenish inent of supplies. "The fate of this fortress was de cided after the sortie of thp 19th. When this was driven back the Rus sians were within 1,800 yards of our outer line. Then the terrific bombard ment followed. In one open space 10.- 000 Austrians and Hungarians were snaesed and the ground was soon cov ered with dead and wounded." Continuing the Austrian officer de scribed the last hours of the fortress as awful. No doubt of the outcome ex isted in any one's mind ahd it was with a sense of relief that the garri son at 5 o'clock Monday morning saw the white flag of surrender. DR. SUN YATSEIT CHINESE EXILE, SAYSWIS IS HERE Honolulu March 30.—1n a letter written at Toliio under date of March 10 to friends here, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, former president of the Chinese re public, and now a political exile in Japan, denies that he has entered into an agreement of any kind with Yuan £hi Kai, present head of the Chinese government, and in a warning to his rompatriots, alleges that President Yuan has entered into a private i-om jpaet with Japan to concede that gov ernment 's demands, receiving in return promise of sup)>ort of Japanese arms to suppress "liberty loving Chinese." Dr. Sun's letter asserts that a "crisis has arrived." If Japan, he Bays, is permitted to carry out her plans, others of the great powers will ulemand portions of China as their com pensation. "This moans," the letter declares, '"nothing short of dismemberment,'' and added: "I have positive proof of these tihings Their veritivation lies in face of current history." Japan, according to I>r. San, "would Egytian Sz« Ohina.'' "The only way to save China," the letter concludes, "is in a complete reformation of the Chinese government, immediate action is necessary bv the quickest step possible—that step is revolution.'' Newfoundland Contingent for War St. Johns, X. IT., iMarch 30.—Govern or Davidson was officially notified of the safe arrival at Liverpood this noon of the Cunard liner Orduna with 2'50 soldiers and seventy-five reservists of «.he Newfoundland contingent. The sol •liers and sailors left here on March 20 on board the Ked Cross liner Stephano for Halifax, where they were trans ferred to the Orduna. Tenders for Treasury Bills London, March 30, 3.50 P. M. Tenders for six months treasurv bills to the amount of 15,000,000 pounds were 1 received at the Hank of England to- i day. Applicants at ninety-eight I pounds, eleven shillings, eleven pence] received 17 per cent, of their tenders;' above this amount applicants received ' iu full. The interest works out to a ! little over 2 3-4 per cent. Holding Up German Shipments Geneva, March 30.—Dispatches re ceived here from Sofia state that Bul garia is holding up shipments of Ger man artillery and large quantities of ammunition destined for Constanti nople. DISCUSS MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL City Officials Take Up Subject But Point out That Funds Are Shy There was a conference this after noon between <'ity Commissioners, members of the Bureau of Health, Har Tisburg Academy of Mediiine and Dan ; phiii County Medical Society at which | the question of establishing a munici- ' pal hospital was discussed. Lynch and Taylor were the only City Commissioners at the conference." Bow man was out of the city; the Mayor iiad another business engagement and Gorgas, who has a bad cold, went home i sifter the regular meeting of th e Com mission. Gorgas, a Democrat. thought it •would not be unwise to let Lynch, his Republican colleague, represent him at the meeting, he said, "because I know lie will not give any assurance that we will build a municipal hospital this year. We do not have sufficient money Bow." To Beorganize Boston and Maine Augusta, Me., March 30. —A new draft of the act to reorganize and con solidate the several railroads consist ing of the Boston and Maine system, was passed under suspension of the rules by the Senate to-dav and sent to the House. The new draft is virtual ly the same as that drawn at a con ference of the Public Service Commis sioners of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and the Public Utilities Commission of this State. TAYLOR URGES PURCHASE OF THREE FIRE AUTOS C—«!■■«* Pimi Pint Patft SIB,OOO, the amount available, as the prices obtained for the three pieces it is proposed to buy from the first named concern are lower than those obtained in competitive bidding. Five hundred residents of the West End petitioned the Commissioners, in twenty-four separate papers, to pass the ordinance providing for the purchase of the $27,000 site at Fifth and Emerald streets, proposed as a playground. The petitions were ordered filed. Action on the playgrounds ordinance was postponed for one week at the re quest of Commissioner Taylor, in view of the absence from the meeting «f Commissioner Bowman and also because the Planning Board has not yet passed upon the measure. Bowman attended the funeral of a relative at Reading this afternoon. A letter from State Health Commis sioner Dixon advising the City to renew its permit to continue to dump 9ewage into the Susquehanna river during the next year or until such time as a dis posal plant may be provided, was re ferred to City Solicitor Seitz, with pow er to have the permit renewed. The ordinance providing for the pur chase of the Paxtang Cemetery Asso ciation and the Amos Enders plots to permit the continuation of the Cameron parkway, were passed" finally. These additional measures also were finally ap proved: Purchase of 2,500 or more feet of fire hose; repairß to Friendship lire engine, and sewer in a 10-foot-wide alley north of Herr street, extending ibetween Nelson and Monroe streets. City Commissioners thought it would be establishing a bad precedent to be gin issuing bonds to cover the cost of paving in front of "non-assessable" properties—churches and schools —and for that reason Commissioner Lynch decided not to introduce a measure pro viding for the paving of North Second street, between Emerald and Schuylkill, which skirts a church. ATLANTIC FLEET MOVEMENTS To Leave Guantanamo About April t for Hampton Boads By .Associated Press. Washington, March 30.—The Atlan tic fleet. Admiral Fletcher has reported to Secretary Daniels, is preparing to leave the Guantanamo drill grounds and start for Hampton Roads about April 1. Details of the review at New York ! in May or June after maneuvers in \ iiarragausett bay will not be settled until Secretary Daniels has conferred l with Admiral Fletcher but the Secre- i tary announced that President Wilson j hopes to attend. If that plan is fol- j lowed, the fleet will go to Newport, R. | 1., after target practice off Hampton | Roads next month. Secretary Daniels said to-day that a j fitting close of thq review would be j the departure of the fleet for the Pan-1 aina. Pacific Exposition through the j Panama Canal. The present plan is to j take at least three divisions of the bat- ' tleship fleet to San Franciso and it is j not unlikely that the cruisers, destroy-1 ers and other craft will have a place I in the great naval procession, which, j headed by the old battleship Oregou, will pass through the caual early in July, the fourth, if possible. SEEK RIGHT TO SUE THE STATE Dauphin County Besidents Will Get Privilege If Bill Passes Two suits for damages against the Commonwealth will be brought by Dau phin county people under the bills in troduced in the Senate by Senator Bei dleman, one giving the right to sue to O. H. Watts and Olive Watts, his wii'e, the other giving the same right to E. D. Lutz and Olive Lutz, his wife, all of whom claim that by reason of a de fective state highway, leading from Millersburg to Halifax, Dauphin coun ty, they met with an accident that en titles them to damages. Under the bills they are all, .jointly or severally, authorized to bring suits against the state for any sum or sums of money that may be due either. The accident occurred on the state high nay on September 1, 1914. Mrs. Mary Castle Mrs. Mary Castle, aged 75 years, died this morning at 6.30 o'clock at I the Harrisburg hospital, from a stroke j of apoplexy. Mrs. Castle resided at j 1116 Montgomery street and was only | admitted to the hospital last evening. ' No arrangements for the funeral have ! yet been made. James P. Wells James P. Wells, aged 58 years, died this morning ait his home, 1 North | Ninth street. Funeral services will be held at his 'home Friday afternoon at! 2 o'clock and interment will be in the j East 'Harrisburg cemetery. Illinois Governor's Widow Dies i By Associated Press. Chicago. March 30. —'Mrs. John P. Altgeld, widow of the former Governor of Illinois .of that name, died at the home of her niece. Mrs. 03. W. Betak, in this city, last night. She was 65 years old and had ben an invalid for many years. After the former Governor's death, W. J. Bryan was one of the lead-: ers iu raising a fund for the support ! of .Mrs. Altgeld and tihe Illinois Leg- | islature appropriated $5,000 for her j support. Corn Products Company Wins Suit By Associated Press. Madison. Wis., March 30.—Judge j A. L. Sanborn, in the United States ; district court for the Western District I of Wisconsin, to-day ordered the is- I suance of a perpetual injunction re- j straining the State authorities from j enforcing against the Corn Products Refining Company the Wisconsin law requiring the labelling of the ingredi ents on syrup packages. May Snow Again To-morrow Snow just before midnight last night attended the fall in temperature to twenty degrees, which was a minimum fcr the present cold spell. After to night, when the temperature will again go to below freezing, cloudiness will increase. Snow or rain may follow to morrow. Woodring Dies in New Mexico By Associated Press, Ailentown, Pa., March 30.—Former United States Commissioner for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Roy B. Woodring, of this city, died of hem inorliages in Albequerque, N. M., last night, aged 29. Mr. Woodring left here eleven months ago because of failing health. The young man's moth er, who had been summoned to his bed side, was intercepted at Chicago. nARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY FW.yntG ma"R'fTT 30. 1915. FOUND DEAD MEN NAIAED ON TAX LIST C«atlaac4 Frm Pint Pack In the city, however, the Commission ers said, the assessors are paid only for the number of days to which they make affidavit they have worked. That circumstance led Commissioner Hoffman this morning to declare that politicians are responsible for the ap parent padding of assessors' lists. He said that a city assessor cannot benefit financially in the matter of drawing more pay through the padding of a list. In the Ninth ward, where Berton Saltsman is the assessor, the Commis sioners this morning declared, there are 990 superfluous names on the poll tax assessment list, that number represent ing nun-residents and electors who died j within the last five years. One of the j clerks ascertained that number by actu al count, tho Commissioners said. The Commissioners said the assessment win made by merely transferring voters' names from the previous year's book. When Commissioner Hoffman an nounced his Dolicf that politicians are padding the assessment lists he referred newspapermen to one of * the oflice clerks, saving "He can tell you about it better, possibly, than I can " Hadn't Time to Verify Names The clerk pointed to the Second ward assessment book, which, he said, was compiled by E. S. MeFarland, and declared that 290 names contained therein were submitted by MeFarland on an "extra list" last fall, one month prior to the November eloction. "Those names, MeFarland told me," the clerk said, "were given to him by politicians at 9 o'clock on the night of the last assessment day, at n time when he could not verify them and when ho had nothing to do but record them. "They were given to liini by polit ical party representatives, lie told me. The list included 46 Republicans, 98 Democrats and 146 Washington party men. Mr MeFarland was not paid at so much per name for making those assessments," the clerk added. The inquiry the Commissioners now are conducting, they declared this morning, is but the beginning of the reorganization of the assessment meth ods in Dauphin county. TO <4ROUP STATE LAW WORK Brown Announces Plan to Do Away With Employing Private Counsel Attorney General Brown's depart i ment, it was announced to-day, will i hereafter take charge of any litigation : involving the constitutionality of leg- I islation affecting any of the depart ments, and departmental counsel or private attorneys will no longer have charge. Mr. Brown addressed the fol lowing letter to the heads of depart ments calling their attention to this ( decision: "Litigation which seriously in volves the interests of the Common- 1 wealth, or the administration of its i various departments, is often actually ! concluded without information there- | of being given to this department or j the department immediately affected. | "Should your attention be called : to any litigation that involves either tiie proper construction or the consti- | tutionality of anv acts of assembly I which affects or the enforcement of I which is committed to, any depart- j ment, bureau, board or commission of \ the State government—except in j cases wherein the same mly be a ! party—l beg that you inform me j thereof." YUCATAN CONDITIONS RAD Worse Now Than During Four Years of Bevolutiou in Mexico By Associated Press. Mo-bile. Ala.. March 30.: —Conditions are worse to-day iu Yucatan t'han at any time during four years of revolu tion in Mexico, according to F. W. j 'Blake, of Merida, general manager of j the United Railways of Yucatan, who, I with his family, arrived in Mobile last I night on the American schooner James ! W. Paul, Jr., from Progress. The Car-! ranza government has commandeered j the United Railways. "Times are mighty bad in Yucatan] right now. especially for any one who j is o posed tj 'General Carranza," said Blake. "The independent movement,; which started in Fc'braarv, is now con- j fined to the section around Campec'he, while C'arran/a controls both Progreso,! the seaport an 1 Merida, the capital. ! •''Hundreds of men and women have j left tihe country, believing that Car- j ranza would punish them for opposing j his administration o£ the State. The ' day before we left the Norwegian j steamer Nils sailed hurriedly for Gal- j veston with more than 400 refugees. { Her ordinary accommodations are for j about ten."' END OF STRIKE NOT IN SIGHT One Year Ago To-day I .">,301 Ohio Miners Quit Their Jobs By Assoc to tt'tl Pre. <8, St. Clairsville, Ohio, Marotii oil.— One year ago to-day 15,301 miners in the East Ohio ooal field left the mines because the operators woukl not pay th*»m 47 cents a ton for coal on the run of mine 'basis. Very little work has been done in the district since that time and leaders of the men said to day t.hat the end of the strike is not. yet in sight. Federal conciliators soujrht a basis on which t'he strike could be settled but without success and the mat ter was taken to President Wilson, but to the present with apparently no more cheering result. Therehas been some destitution among the miners and their families, although it was stated to-day that they had re ceived approximately $1,500,000 in strike 'benefits, while donations of cloth ing and food from sympathizers in vari ous parts of the country "have been gen erous. There has been little disorder since the strike was inaugurated. To Show Movies in House To-night Movies will be shown again in the hall of the House to-night at the pub lic hearing before the Judiciary Gen eral committee on the two moving picture bills before that committee. One bill repeals the set which created the board of censors. The other lowers the censor rate from $2.50 a reel to 50 cents for each picture irrespective of the number of reels. Buling on Wire Freight Rates Bj/ Associated Press. Washington, March 30.—The Inter state Commerce Commission to-dav or dered the Baltimore and Ohio' and other railroads to establish rates on wire from Pittsburgh to Adrian, Mich., not greater by more than one cent per hu.ndred pounds than those contemporaneously in effect from Pittsburgh to Toledo. SAVED FROM FIRE. SICKJAN MAY DIE OaMfaiei Frw Flrat Paik sponded to the alarm with the railroad company's apparatus. Mrs. Wisealle, who was in the front of the house at the time the fire start ed, did not notice the flames until the whole rear of the house was alblaze. She hastily picked up her balby, 18 months old, in the second floor and rushed to the street, at the same time calling for neighbors to help save her ill husband. Half a dozen men carried Wisealle to safety. Strong winds spread the flames rap idly. They gained headway among dried brush and trees nearby. This brush fire, however, was soon extin guished by a bucket brigade. The eaves of the house adjoining Wisealle's, and occupied by Michael Morsel, caught fire and one side of the dwelling was badlv scorched. Effective work of the Kll o1 a ami Harrisburg firemen, however, saved the Morsel building. Much trouble was experienced by the firemen iu battling the blaze as the Wisealle houae is situated about a quarter of a inile from the nearest water hydrant, from which several lines of hose hr.d to be stretched. The house was owned by Mrs. Ida Kapp, of Oyster's Point. The building and all the furniture were destroyed. The loss is covered by insurance. Fire Chief Winn said the fire was caused by a defective flue in the out kitchen. SITUATION iriilOßOS No Fighting Up to Noon To-day Be tween tho Villa and Carranza Factions in Mexico By Associated Press. Brownsville, Tex., March 30. —There had oeeu no fighting up to noon to-day between Villa and Carranza factions around Matamoros and no indications that fighting soon would be resumed. Villa forces now before Matamoros, after their unsuccessful attack last Sat urday, are likely to find themselves hemmed in by Carranza forces from the west and south, if reports of advancing Cairanza troops are true. Washington, March :»o.—President Wilson told callers that he believed the administration was doing everything possible to protect Americans along the Mexican border. A suggestion that General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army, might be sent to Browns ville, to stop the fighting near the bor der at Matamoros, was met , with a statement by the President that there nas no plan for that. Reports to the State and War De partments indicated an impending bat tle at Nuevo Laredo. Villa troops were reported closing in from Salinas and surrounding towns to concentrate at Lampazos, on the way to Xeuvo La ielo. Six hundred Carranza troops un der General Herrera were reported within IS miles of Xeuvo Laredo Mon day marching to join the garrison there. With all surrounding detach ments assembled the force at Nuevo Laredo would number about 1,200. Dispatches from I'rogreso say that the port is quiet and that the tax has been reduced on 93,000 'bales of sisal bought before the new tax was laid. The traffic situation in Mexico was summarized in this statement by the iState Department: "The department is just in receipt of information from Mexico City to the effect that railroad communication north has again been interrupted. A dispatch has also been received from I'iedras Negras stating that rail com munication with the interior will not be established for 15 days or more, and that it is not believed mail service will lie established in leas than a month. A dispatch dated March 28 from No gales states that 12 railway bridges were destroyed Saturday night and Sunday on the line south between Llano and Carbo. It is stated that the repairs will require at least ten days.'' Preparing for Hostilities at Naco Xaco, Ariz., March 30. —Nr.co. So nora, the town which was "neutral ized" by agreement between the Mex ican factional leaders last December, when Brigadier General Hugh L. Scott, of tlte United States army, acted as in termediary, is again being prepared) for hostilities. Joseph Maytorena, Gov ernor of Sonora, warned to-day all Americans to leave the tpwn. Armed men were sent by Maytorena into the trenches last night. More were expect ed to arrive to-day. The agreement to neutralize Naco was signed by General Maytorena, who represents Villa, and Carranza officials, after Naco, Ariz., just across the line had been subjected for weeks to a hail of "stray bullets" from the Mexican lines during the siege which was ended in December. A squadron of the United States cavalry arrived here to-day. TO PAY CONTKACrs PROMPTLY Measure Making That Provision Will Be Reported Favorably The Senate Judiciary General com inittee this morning had under consid eration t'he bill providing t-hat here after the appropriations to State insti tutions shall be paid at the beginning of the quarter instead of at the close. Under t'he present law bills arc con tracted and payment deferred until the close of t'he quarter, the contractor De ing compelled to wait three mouths be fore he can get his money. This has nao the effect of preventing that compe tition for contracts that is desired in order to get good goods at the lowest prices. It is held that under t'he proposed bill the trustees of State institutions can pay on delivery and thus get substan tial discounts for the State, aud at the same time have ready money in hand. The committee decided to report the bill favorably. Mrs. John Adams Mrs. John Adams, daughter of the late Captain and Mrs. John Fitzgerald, of Wilmington, Del., was buried yester day her late home at Port itunier. Services at the house and Heckton cem etery were conducted by t'he Rev. Frauds Morrow, pastor of the Heckton Methodist Episco-pal churcJj, and were attended 1)y a arge number of relatives and friends from Baltimore and other poiots. Intermen was in the Heckton cemetery. ✓ CAPITOL HILL HEARING ONPHONE BATES Public Service Commission Sets April 27 for Oral Argument on Mat ter of Uniformity In State The Pu'blic Service Commission an nounces that the testimony in the mat ter of the investigation of uniform telephone rates throughout the State has 'been concluded and the Commission will hear oral argument on tfhe matter on Tuesday, April 27, at the offices in the Capitol. The Commission has received requests from some otf' the companies to file briefs, which has been granted, and all so desiring to file must ( k) so not later Whan April 15. The telephone rate question 'has 'been accupying the atten tion of the Commission, wOien it is slack of other work, for almost two years. To Sell More Properties The Board of Public Grounds and Buildings will offer for sale on Satur day, April 10, ten properties in the Eighth ward that have been purchased by the Capitol Park Extension Com mission. GREfITTHRONG HEARSTHE TRAINMEN'S SIDE ARGUED Coßtlnurd From First Paffr. road officials conuected with roads -do ing business in this State. Chairman Wilson, of Jefferson, of the House committee, presided. Among those present were representatives of the State Federation of Labor and various labor unions. All of the rail road Brotherhoods in Harrisburg sent representatives and the contiguous railroad towns bad delegations pres ent. Late comers to the meeting were C. Stuart Patterson, general counsel, and Wm. I. Schafer, attorney for the Penn sylvania railroad, and President M. C. Kennedy, i f the Cumberland Valley. The Chair announced that Mr. Scar let would take charge and that speak ers should not bo interrupted, but the other side would have opportunity to ask questions at the end of the hearing. Mr. Bell, for the trainmen, said that another story would be told from that heard from the railroads last week, when the great captains of industry presented their case, bolstered by attor neys. manufacturers and experts. "It is strange and encouraging," said Mr. Bell, "to see the Pennsylva nia railroad, the greatest and proudest corporation in the wrold, at the mourn ers' bench." Mr. Bell, was speaking at 3 o 'clock and no withesses at that time had been called. FINANCE MEW XOitß. STOCK. UXUJIAJNUJ3 QUOTATIONS. Furnished by H. W. Suavely, Broker. Arcade Building, Walnut and Court Streets New York, March 30. Open. Close. •Alaska Gold Mines ... 34% 35 Amal Copper 61% 62% Amer Beet Sugar 44% 42 American Can 31% 31% do pfd . . 95 95 Am Car and Foundry Co 46 46% Am Cotton Oil 47% 48% Ain Ice Securities .... 28% 29 Amer Loco 27% 27% Aer Smelting 68% 68% American Sugar 104% 104% Amer Tel and Tel .... 1'22% 122% Anaconda 28% 29 Atchison 99% 99% Baltimore and Ohio ... 73 72% Bethlehem Steel 89 88% Brooklyn R T 89% 89% California Petroleum ..15 15 Canadian Pacific 165 163% Central Leather 34% 35% Chesapeake and Ohio .. 44% 43% Chi, Mil and St Paul . . 90% 89% Chino Con Copper .... 39% 39% Col Fuel and Iron .... 27 27 Oonsol Gas 117 11''*% 'Corn Products 11% 11% Distilling Securities . . . 8% 8% Erie 24% 23% Erie, Ist pfd 39% 38% :•General Electric Co ... 14 3 113 Goodrich IB F 38% 42 Great Nor ,;tfd 118% 118 Great Nor Ore subs . . . 34% 35 interboro -Met 13 13% Interboro .Met pfd ... . 61% 63% 'Lehiglh Valley 137% 137% Mex Petroleum 73% 73 'Missouri Pac . .11% 12% National Lead 60 6'2% New York Cen 86% 86% N Y, N « and H 60 5-9% Norfolk and West .... 10'2% 101% Northern Pac 105% 104% Penna R R 107% 107% Pittsburgh Coal 20% 20% do pfd 9 4 91% Press Steel Car 34'/, 34% Ray Con. Copper 19% 19% Reading 147% 146% Repub. Iron and Steel . 21% 22% do pfd 78% 79 Southern Pacific 87% 87 Southern By 16% 16% Tennessee Copper 29% . 29% Texas Company 135 142 Union Pacific 125% 125% U. S. Rubber 64 65% U. S. Steel 49 48% do pfd 105% 105*/ Utah Copper . 56% 56% Vir.-Carolina Chcm. ... 21% 23% Western Maryland .... 26% 25% W. U. Telegraph 65% 66 Westinghouse Mfg .... 72% 72% Chicago Board of Trade Closing Chicago, March 30. —Close: Wheat —May 153; July, 123. Corn —May, 73%; July, 76%. Oats —May, 57%; July, 54%. Pork —May, 17.30; July, 17.80. Lard—May, 10.15; July, 10.40. Ribs —iMay, 10.02; July, 10.30. Turks' Offer for Bulgarian Neutrality - Paris, March 30, 2.30 A. M.—The Athens correspondent 'of the Havas Agency declares he has received from diplomatic sources confirmation of the report that Field Marshal Von Der Goltz has been authorized by Turkey to offer Bulgaria the Enos-Midia line as a new boundary in exchange for her con tinued neutrality in the war. Will Bury Pugilist at Pittsburgh Steubenville, 0., March 30.—The body of "Special Delivery" Tully, who died here last night after a clinch iiv a boxing contest with Clyde Sharp, was turned over to his father, John P. Tully, of Pittsburgh, to-day. It will be taken there for burial. Sharp furnish ed $2,500 hail to await the action of the Grand Jury. COURT HOUSE 11 TAKEN TO CHERRY HILL Sheriff Wells and Deputies Escort Prisoners to Penitentiary John E. Gibb and Albert Hagy, Steelton men, who robbed J. F. Hig gins, Senator Baldwin's friend, of SBOO in money and jewelry on the night of January 19, began their penitentiary terms to-day. They were aniong eleven criminals who to-day were taken to the penitentiary by Sheriff Wells and a cbrps of five deputies. The other included: Tone Bonavic and John Shirvic, burglary; Roy Gil bert, felonious entry; Charles • Shuitz baugh and Mihaij Hanja, serious charges; John Filer', burglary; George O'Gorek, felonious entry; Charles Dix on and Charles Mollere, felonious en try. Almshouse Inmates Entertained Ira Dean, who has charge of the boys' work at the P. R. K. Y. M. C. A., last evening entertained the inmates of the almshouse with a stereopticon illustrated lecture. Building Permits Granted Mrs. Cora Brunhouse this morning got a building permit to build a one story garage at 1102 South Ceineron street, SSO; Manley & Hoover, got pa pers to build two, two and one-half story brick houses on Swatara street, $4,800 and the Keystone Seuitary Company obtained a permit to remodel the four-story building at 216 South Second street to the extent of SSOO, Marriage Licenses 'Lovi 'Marks and Anna Camber, city. Charles A. Robison and AJbrigail V. IMetz, city. Order Granted to Orphans' Home The Court this morning granted the principal and trustees of the Emaus Orphans' Home, Middletown. 'permission to lease a strip of ground to tlhe Mid dletown Car Company. The considera tion of the lease is to be determined through competitive bidding and the trustees are to report to the Court on June 14. Firemen aud Patrolmen Paid Drivers of the tire apparatus and the city patrolmen were .paid to-day, the total payment amounting to $3,5<) , 0. Trolley Company Pays Tax The Valley Railways Comipany last evening paid $1,500 into tlhe City Treasury, the money representing the city's license tax on the company's trolleys. Bounties Total #I,OOO Dauphin county has thus far paid out SI,UOO to hunters representing bounty claims presented by some 350 indi viduals. Turks Concentrating at Smyrna Paris, March 30, 2.30 A. M,—The operations in the Dardanelles Monday consisted only of an intermittent bom bardment of several Turkish positions with the co-operation of aeroplanes, says a Havas dispatch from Athens. Large bodies of Turkish troops, it is said, are being concentrated at Smyrna i to oppose a landing by allied forces. | Naon To Dine U. S. Cabinet i Washington, March 30. —Ambassa- dor Naon to-day invited the Cabinet ' to a luncheon Thursday afternoon on j the Argentine dreadnought Moreno at j | Annapolis. SPOILED THE GAME. \ The Prospects Were Excellent, but They Were Too Ono Sided. i A young singer who hud been study j ing for opera wotk bad the good for tune to be engaged by an impresario for a tour through South America, liis [ chest swelled with pride as he walked the deck of the steamer that was to take him on Ills first trip to foreign lands. On the second morning out he was much surprised to meet an old classmate, who. like himself, was a | tenor singer. "Weil, well, where did you come i from? Where are you going?" each nsked the ether. And each answered, "I'm engaged by nn opera company for a South Ameri can tour." "My manager is on this stermcr." said one. "And mine too." Within five minutes both singers found that they had been engaged by the snme opera company for the same part. "What does the man mean by j hiring two different men for the roie of first tenor?" asked one. "Pardon me," interrupted a youth who had been standing near and over heard their conversation. "You have myself and two other singers for com panions In this affair. We have just found out to our surprise that we huve all been engaged " y the same man for the Bame part ou the same tour. What under the sun can he mean by having five first tenors?" The five youths then took counsel together and decided that they would see the manager and demand an ex planation. Thev found him on the forward deck. He listened, seemingly amused at their compla'ut, and said: "Gentlemen.don't you worry. 1 am nn old an experienc ed man In this game and know what I am doing. If you were acquainted with the climate of South America you would know yourselves that it Is abso lutel.v necessary. We shall scarcely arrive there before three or four of you fellows will be stricken with the deadly tropical fever. Experience has tahight me In all my tropical tours to •How for ail sorts of mishaps and mis fortunes. Of course you can see what excellent prospects are offered to the I chap who Is able to withstand every thing." And with these words the; manager retired to his cabin. The five young singers then sat down | and debated the "excellent prospect*" They soon came to a decision. One chance in five of being a star singer Instead of a dead one did not prove j sufficiently attractive. So when the steamer stopped at Liverpool the youths went ashore, and the impresario never saw them again.—Youth'a Com panion. LAWYERS' PAPER BOOKS Printed at this office in best style, at lowest prices and on short notice. SANDY BEND jUSTjCE By M. QUAD Copyright, 1915, by the McClure Newspaper {Syndicate. "This yere court beln' open," said Judge Hoke of Bamly Bend as he felt behind liim to see If li LH guns were handy—"this yere court bein' open and the goddess of jestice belli - ready for blzness, I will call the case of Lea Hung, who Is charged with stealin' a ptckas from the camp of .Ihu Itobln- i son. Thar ain't any need of lawyers or witnesses, fur I saw the critter my self as he cum to town with the tool on his shoulder. We are not goln' to ■ x why he stole It, kase that aln't-jour blsness. Jim Robinson saw htm when he picked It up and flred three shota a rter him and never teched a ha'r. In one way this court feels that she orter let that heathen go his way to pay off Jim fur beln' such a poor shot. It's Jest possible (lint the critter mistook that pickax fur a mewl or a bag of flour, but that can't count In his favor. Why he didn't hide the tool Is nnthin' to this court nor the statoota of thla state. What we her got to look at ar' the fact that he stole it and that Jim Robinson had the gall to cum to me when I was busy in my Red Dog saloon and holler for a warrant." "I wanted to go nccordln' to law," explained the plaintiff as he stood up. "Waal, ye went that way, Jim. and I'll give yet plenty of It Lee Hang, durn yer hide, I'm goln* to fine ye S2O. That would be purty steep fur a white man, but lf« my dooty to crush the heathen whenever I glt» a show. Jim, you not only had three shots at the Chtnyman, but missed him every tiros and then bothered me fur an hour. You'll hev to cum down with the costs. "We now hev afore us the case of Joe Parker versus Hank Scott, and the lawyers needn't crowd to the front to do any talktn'. Joe had a minln' claim on Paradise hill, and as he was lyln' in his shanty the other night mighty nigh dead with colic hi walks Hank and sei the claim Jest suits him and he's goln' to Jump it. He piclia up the sufferln' Joe and carries him out aud dumps him down on the rocks and then takes hull possession and begins to sing reli gious hymns. Joe Is tied up with colic, but he has two guns to use. Does be use 'em?* Does he ax Providence to relieve him of that colic fur ten sec onds while he kin All Hank Scott full of lead. Not a bit of it He Jests shuts his eyes and cries like a baby as Hank lugs him out An hour later his colic Is gone. But does he shoot? Does he make an effort to recover his own? He don't. He walks three miles on a mighty dark night to rout me out and demand jestice. Ho shall hev it He ar' fined S3O and costs. Hank Scott, stand up. Nobody but a duffer would ! take advantage of a man bent double ! with miner's colic, and I shall fine ye i $lO. What was ye achiu' to say, Pete i Hoiden?" "I wanted to sar, your honor."' began the lawyer—"l wanted to say that my client"— "Ye hain't got no client," Interrupted the judge. "The next case on the docket pre sents pecoolier saren instances. This yere court, who is a court when lie is i out of court and all the time, was a-ridln' out to Big Bar the other day on his cuyuse when lie meets up with a Cbinymnn who had found a twenty 1 ounce nugget. When this court had hefted that nugget and was sure nil I was soiid stuff he suggested to the heathen his willingness to exchange his cayuse fur it. I don't go fur to say that the hoss was hardly wuth it, but he was it legal hoss, so to speak, and that heathen could li >v flung oil a heap of style in the saddle. Did ii siriU.' him that way? Not any. lie jest drawel his head down hotv.ven his shoulders and suddenly lust speech. As this yere court feels that lie knows what's good fur I'hin.vuien. h:> got off his cayuse and laid hands on that hea then to git the nugget away. Will it be believed yere In this nineteenth cen tury that the wall eyed son of a gun kicked this court on the nose and kick ed him on the shin? Such was the case, and while this court was tempo ; rarily disabled the heathen got away. ; It's a case of contempt of court aud a mighty bad one. It has taken us four days to find the Ohinyman. and, what's wuss. he's hid the nugget. If u court can't maintain its dignity then It's no court at all. The vardict la guilty, and the Ohinyman must pay a fine of SSO and S2B costs. The constable will tie him to the stovepipe and keep him thar till he squar's up. "The last, case shows that what they calls civilization is knockin' the spots off this kentry. Tom Wharton, he goes over to Dead Men's valley and steals a hoss. He gits halfway back when he is overtaken by a crowd and bung to a limb. After the crowd has gona the rope breaks and Tom cums to and crawls away. Two days later he cums to me and whines fur Jestice. H# wants the leader of the gnng arrested. What fur? Fur not providin' a stouter rope! Tom was reg'larly hung. Bill Choate, who led the gang and furnish ed the rope, is yere. but this court feels that he did the best he could under the sarcumstances. The rope 'peared to be a stout one, and Tom had got through kickln' when he left. Tom Wharton has suffered and wants jestice, but I can't see whar he is to git It. It's a case * of whar nobody In partlcktilar is to blame. The costs In this case ar* $7, which will lie divided between the plaintiff and defendant, and if the pa'r hev got good hoss sense they'll shake hands and foller the purcesslon across the creek and treat the crowd. That's all—adjourn the court." U. S. Trade Balance Heavy By Associated I'rcs3. Washington, March 30. —The first ' four weeks of March piled up a trade balance of $118,281,094 in favor of the United States. Since December 1, the total balance has mounted to $568,- 368,469. For last week alone the bal- ' ance was $56,170,588. Administration officials say the record continues to eclipse all others.
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