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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.
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"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.