READ! TO TACKLE raDEBUOO Legislators Charged With Raising Funds Plan to Hold a Con ference To-morrow SEER $10,000,000 FOR ROADS ALONE ffoiverttftias That Baceive State Aid Are Asking Twice What They Got Last Session—Charitable Assocla tions Are to Be Limited Legislators who are directing the financial end of the present session of the General Assembly will get together some time to morrow to hunt for ten miHion dollars to take care of the iiighway improvement problem. It is the pla.n to have Charles H. Kline, president pro tern of the Senate: Speaker Charles A. Ambler, of the House, and Senator William C. Sproul, Chairman E. E. Jones, of the Horse Roads Committee, and Chairman C. J. Buvktttan and J antes F. Woodward, of the Appropriations Committee, meet to discuss ways and means of tinau.-ing the highway construction, maintenance and iid proposition* and to try and fin 1 the money. None of the revenue measures ha- been advanced far enough to enable anv one to forecast how much additional cash will be raised and this is the knotty problem. It is understood that the geueral appropriation bill will be reported out without auv appropriation for high way construction or maintenance. Onlv the administrative expenses will he included in the big bill, the appro priitiois for various road improve ment projects being carried iu separate measures. The Department of Health's appropriation for tuberculosis sanitoria and dispensaries aiso will be in a sep arate > i. The sum of $2,9 75.5" 7 has been asked to wage the tight aaa r.st tuberculosis. Another problem in education. There l- no doubt about $10.000.001f be.ng -et aside for education aud whether t will be more will depeu3 on • le revenues. An effort to raise it to S1 $.000,000 may be made. The four higher educational institutions re.-e ■ v. » state aid —Penn. Pitt. Tem pie rid -and tiie normal schools have put in bills aggregating $7,652.- 000 ,i round number-, whereas they receded $3,360,000 las; tession. Legislators also are studying how to | rov le the state insuran -e fund uu <ier tl.' ompensatioti at. No one ap pears to know how much wiil be re quired to start it and estimate* are f out one to two millions and the prob lem is where to find it. Every effort will be made to make the haritv appropriation i>ills stay ».tain sate limits. The State Board of Public Charities has recommended $13.335.332.34, exclusive of the .-are of the insane, l-ia-st xe.-oion these char ities received $12.725. The in sane. must have four millions at a minimum. The new penitentiary and the various State charitable institu tion* lately authorized must also be taken i-are of. STui,EN ELK IX OIL CITY Stuffed Animal Purloined Here Arrives In Oil City Home of Its Captors s--.il on its traveis that famous stuffe i elk. stolen from the Tacoma lodge of Elks a Img time ago. and re stolen by nuny Eik lodges through out the country, has at last arrived in Oil City, after having been stolen from the Harrisburg Elk borne, on North Se-ond street, last Thursday morning. The participants in the purloin-fest or" Thursday were Western Pennsylva nia Elks, chief anion; them being J. Montgomery Parks, of Oil City, who w:ll he installed as exalted ritler of the loige there Wednesday night. The elk was shipped from Steelton, and it iias arrived at its destination. The Oil City "Derrick'' of Saturday morning says: "Closely guarded by Oil City Elks and keenly putsued by members of the lodge from other cities, a splendidly antlered. stuffed Elk arrived in. the city Friday morning from Harrisburg. It was met at the Union station by a delegation composed of between 33 aud 40 Oil City Elk* and at once taken to the club rooms, where it was mount ed in the grill room. Members of the lodge s;a:e that it will be closely guarded and protected against theft. "Five Elks from other cities were here when the train arrived, e»jer to change its destination, but all their efforts failed." BUILT HIS OWX DEATH HOUSE "S.uderer Electrocuted at Bockview To day Helped to Dig Foundation Bv Attocmted Prest. Beiiefonte. Pa., April s.—Nicolo Mandolio. of Fayette county, was elec trocuted at the penitentiary at Bock view to day for the murder of Lillian Leonard, a restaurant clerk at Union town. on May l, 1914. The irony of fate in Atandollo's elec trocution is that he was among tile pris oners who dug the foundation for the death house. In less than a month aft er i>eing turned out on parole he killed Miss Leonard. TO PLEAD FOR SERBIAN'S Wife of Under Secretary of Stricken Country Will Speak Here To-morrow An address will be made to morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the bishopric, halt in the residence of Bishop Darling ton in the interest of Serbian war suf ferers by the wife of the Serbian under secretary, wbo is in this country seeking aid for her people. She will speak at 8 o'clock in the evening in Steelton. Bishop Darlington will also speak for the cause. He is chairman of the Serb ian Red Cross committee, and is inter-; erted as well in the agricultural relief work for which the Serbian visitor is j soliciting aid. CAPITOL HILL 142IMEPUREFOOD LAWS March Beport of State Bureau Shows Many People Selling Doped Ar ticles to Consumers The receipts for the Dairy and Pood Bureau for the month of March were $11,737.87, of which $3,400 was from oleo license fees, $2,600 from pure food fines, SI,OOO for milk fiaes and $1,500 for cold storage and egg fines. During the month there were 142 prosecutions of people selling doped food, or 63 more than in February. The oleomargarine people have a new scheme now—they peddle the stuff from a wagon, and pay a fiue if caught. Cot tonseed oil stUl continues to be sold for olive oil. and water continues to masquerade as milk and cream. All kinds of fruits are preserved with sul phur dioxide and analine dies are placed in chocolate and other candies. Meantime the agents for the Pure Pood Bureau are engaged m trapping the of fenders. Steelton Company Seeks Charter The Independent Heater Company. 'of Steelton. organised for the mana . facture and installing of hot water I heaters, applied for a charter at the State Department to-day. The capi tal is $3,000 and the incorporators are Benjamin G. Doll, Laucaster; F. E. ; B;iiley, John T. Householder, F. A. Giv en. C. M. Genthner, Steelton; H. A. iSteok. Bruce C. Householder, Millers- J burg. Governor Home Governor Brumbaugh after spend ing Kaster Sunday at his Philadelphia home arrived at his department this afternoon and took up the business of looking over a number of hills left him by the Legislature. House Meets To-night The House of Representatives will begin its regular weekly session to tight. The Senate will meet to-morrow ; night at 9 o'clock. CONSTABLE KILLS HIMSELF Edward J. Ashweil. of Shippensburg. Found This Morning With Bullet in Brain | (Special to the Star-Independent.) Shippensburg. April 5. Edward J. . Ashweil, constable of the East ward, of this borough, who a so was a special policeman, committed suicide last night by >lo»~ing his brains out with a pistol | bullet. His body was found this morn ' u £\ Coroner Deardorf and a physician who examined the constable's body .-is morning agreed that death must have been instantaneous and that Ashweil took ins life some tnue during the night. I possibly eigiM or ten hours before rheir . investimation was made. A 12-year-old son found Ashweil s lifeless body iu a barn this morning. Mrs. Ashweil and her four children atteuded the evangelistic services in the tabernacle here ias: evening and i the father and husband was absent from home when they returned. They made jno inquiry, however, believing, they i said, that his official duties had taken him front home. COSTLY FISHIXti ROI> Finest Ever Made: Valued Twenty-five Hundred Dollars, at Bogar's About this time every <eason George W. Bogar secures for his window a | very unique and attractive article per taining to the fishing season. This year he secured something out of the ordinary. The Abbey Imbrie Company, of New York, manufacturers of fishing tackles, sent Mr. Bogar a $2,500 fishing rod aud reel. It is composed of 32 strips of bamboo, which bv the way is re markable. for the ordinary rod is made of about six strips. The of the rod are of solid gold and on the end of the handle is a large genuine j turqouise. The plugs of the rod are also of turquoise, the reel is of solid | gold with a precious carmeiiau mount ed crank. This rod and reel was speciallv made for the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. It was also ex hibited at the Chicago World's fair in 1593, the Paris "Exposition in 1900, the Pan-American Exposition at Buf lalo in 1901, the Charleston Exposition in 1902. and won the highest awards for domesti • and imported fishing tac kle in 1904. at the Louisiana Pur chase Exposition in .St. Louis. The rod wjll be on display in the window of Bogar's sporting goods store until April 15. It will be well worth a special trip to see this rod and reel because it is the most wonderful ever seen in Harrisburg and it is doubtful if another as fine and interesting will ever be shown here. BRAIN WAS LACERATED Harry Appenzeller's Recovery a Re markable One Harry Appenzeller, of Chambers burg, who fell from the Cumberland Vallyy Railroad bridge on March 12, while operating ope of the jacks in moving that structure, was discharged from the Harrisburg hospital Saturday. His recovery is considere-I one of the most remarkable ever effected at the hospitai. He suffered a depressed fracture of the skull whirh lacerated the brain substance. His condition was such when admitted to the hospitalv that an immediate operation under "twilight sleep" was performed. He regained consciousness the following morning and has continue t to improve ever since. Before he went to his home be was assisting in work in the ward at the hospital arranging blinds to shield the other patients from the sun and doing other little work. Open Bids for City Castings The Harrisburg Foundry and Machine Works was the low bidder for the con tract to furnish castings to the city during the next year. Bids opened by Commissioner Lynch to-day were as foi lows: Harrisburg Foundry and Ma chine Works, 1.51 cants per pound; E. IM. Cooper, 1.62 cents; W. O. Hickok. 1.62 ceuts. The Harrisburg Hospital is open daily except Sunday, between 1 and 2 o'clock p. m. for dispensing medical advice and prescriptions to those un able to pay for them. HARBISBTTRQ STAR-INDEPENDENT. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1915. 100 DEATI TOLL ID SMM ON COAST OhHim< rna PM Put. p*»v'» steamer Prins M»hrits. believed | to have foundered off Hatteras with a , loss of about lifty persons in the great | storm that lashed the South Atlantic I coast Saturday*. Coast guard cutters, warships and ; otfcer craft searching for the Maurits ■ yesterday where she sent out calls for I aid fear the crew and passengers : shared the fate of the crew of the Luc ken back when the storm claimed the tug .is a victim. Barges fared worse thau other ves sels in the storm. Many broke away from tugs and were driven ashore. I Light ships were torn from their moor | ings and driven before the wind, shore resorts were swept by wind and waves and beaches were strewn with wreck age of small craft. 77 Lost on the Luckenbach New York. April s.—The Lucken br.ch Steamship Company, own ers of the seagoing tug Edward Luckenbach. which >vent ashore at l'alse cape. Va., during the gale Friday night, received word to-day from their Norfolk agents that all but two of her crew of IV had been lost and that the tug was a total wreck. The two men saved were washed ashore with the wreckage, one of them being lashed to a mast, it was said. Two of three oarges which the tug had in tow at the time had been saved, according to the message, and the third one wrecked. Orew of Bob Boy Rescued Philadelphia. April s.—The Union Petroleum Companv to-day received a wireless message fron> Captain Cowley,! of the American tank steamer West wego. that he had rescued the crew of j the schooner Rob Roy at 1 o 'clock Sun day afternoon fifty miles southeast of ! Cape Henry. The message contained. no other information, but it is helieved 1 the schooner was caught in Saturday's storm. The Rob Roy cleared from Jackson- ! ville March 24 for Philadelphia. The! Westwego is bound from New Orleaus j to Alexandria by way of Newport j News. PROMISE BAIUOR FORCER New York Authorities Say They Will'' Provide $2,300 and Sentencing of Mercer Is Postponed i The cases of H. K. Mercer and Fred | 1-ießruu, convicted forgers, who were to ; aave been sentenced this morning, were j postponed to-day by Judge MeCarrell until Thursday. The delay is due to a telegram received by District Attor ney Stroup from William J. Fallou, As j eistant District Attorney of West Ches ' ter county, New York, stating that Fal j lon will be prepared at that time to furnish the $2,300 bond rhe Dauphin j county court has demanded to be fur- I uished "if sentence be suspended pri j marily upon Mercer.'" WBruu, how ever. is uot likely to get off with a sus- J pended sentence, it is said. Mercer is wanted as a witness by the < New York authorities and when they are through with him he is to be return ed here to be sentenced. The boud is to ibe furnisthed as guarantee that he will be brought 'back here when wanted. X WOT SMOKES WHOLESALE School Board Officials Find New Way for Boys to Buy Weed A new brand of alleged violation of the anti-cigarette law of 1913 has been ; encountered by School Board officials, j who have investigated charges that ; boys in South Harrisburg and North ; Csmeron street have had the "smokes"' in their possession. One youth who was taken on a j barge of violating the compulsory edu cation law was found to have cigarettes | in his possession and he confessed that he went to wholesale houses in 'Harris burg and asked for twenty-five cents" worth of cigarettes for a small retailer. ■ He not only got the cigarettes, but got ; six packs for twenty-five cents, he is | said to have admitted. Three boys are said to. have alter aated in this alleged deception and the 'rio always had cigarettes. School ; Board officials are further investigating ! the case and prosecutions may result. I.ETTER LIST Ladies' List—Catherine Belley, Mrs. ' Brown, Mrs. Geo. S. Brown. Mrs. Mary Brown. Mrs Robert Chapman. Mrs. C. , Colel, Mrs. William Dunkleberger, Mrs. i Ed. Evans. Miss Emma Flickinser, Miss Edn:i Ganley. Gertrude Gasklns. Miss | Adele Irwin, Maude Jackson, Mrs, AUie Koons. Mrs. Emma L<ane. Miss Susan M Lewis, Mrs. Harry R. McCartney. Miss ! Princess McGrady. Mrs. Molester (DL.), Mrs. Alice Moore. Mrs. George Ogilvie, "Elisabeth C. Okeson (I1L,), Mrs. W. B. | Parry. Miss Jane Porter, Ida Sheetz, ! Miss Ellia Smith, Rebecca Tolebaf, Miss Esther Turner. Mrs. J. H. Walton, Miss Beulaii Weaver, Mrs. Mollle Zimmer , man. Gentlemen's List—A. S. Bentz, A. J. Brand (DL), Rev. Calder Brinser, Mr. Charster, W. H. Coleman, G. W. Cole well. W. Cotton. W. J. Cowan, H. B. Davis. Leroy Downes. Jas. Dwyer, An tonio Elrich. W. P. Erwin, Wm. B. Fink. Antonio Fanosett, G. Hockley, C. C. Hoffman. E. M. Hoover, Rev. Hugas. S. C. Hughes (DL.). E. J. Hutson, E. S. Irwin. William Isett, Greenly B. John son. John S. Jones, L H. Landis, H. Lebo. Hon. E. L Loeblien. H. S. Long, Ed. Lynch, Dr. W. N. Lynch, L fa cets, W. W. Maurer. Geo. W. Ms-k. D. B Miller, Wm. Millett (2), Hon. L S. Newton. Samuel L Ocker, Jack Polk, William Reese, Geo. Roast. C XL Rock ev, Congros Rollen. William Romig. Jack Salaman. George Schelhaus, Mah lon Sharber. H. A. Shenk, D. W. Smith. Joe Smith, John Snyder, H. W. Speese, F. Summs, Frank Varona, Maurice Yusem, John D. Zimmerman. Firms—Allison Hill Insurance Co.. Franklin Sewing Machine Co.. Harris burg Plbg. & Supply Co., The Pookery. State Employment Co. Foreign—Mrs. W. M. Goodale, C. M. Henrv, Milan Temaserity. Pali Giani, Varbef Clrll. Professor Mcßride Organist Professor William P. Mcßride, form erly of this city, but who has been at Willianisport and Pittsburgh for sev eral years, has returned and will be the organist in charge of the new $26,000 Wurlitzer Unit Orchestra organ at the Victoria Theatre. Professor —Mcßride is a talented musician and his many friends will be pleased to know that he has returned to Harrisburg. Trenton, X. J., April 5. —The Cen tra) Railroaa of New Jersey was fined $200,000 in the United States Circuit Court to-day, having feeen found guilty of granting rebates to the Letaigh Coal and Navigation Company for the ship ment fit coal. Slight Earthquake Felt at Rome Rome. April 5, 7.30 A. M., via Pari?, 9.40 A. M.—A slight earth quake was felt here at 7.20 o'clock thk morning. The people were much alarmed but no damage was done. WILLIAM WINS 111 TOE TWENTY-SIXTH ROUND twllsw* rr«M First Pas*. the ring boxes were arranged set down on the flat track and more circus seats wets is the field. What It Cost to See Boat Ring side box seats sold for $25, slope seats cost S2O, while sl3 was paid for grandstand seals. From sls the prices of other scats fell to $3 for general admission, but in addition to the tight prices all spectators were re quired to pav $1 for the privilege of witnessing tl*e racing at the conclu sion of the fight. The ring for the historic battle was IS feet inside the ropes. The platform measured 2i2 feet. It was of sturdy construction, being strongly braced beneath to withstaud the weight of the pugilists. Willard being probably the largest man who ever eutered the prize ring for a championship fight. Fight Will Be In Movies Two hours prior to the time at which the fight was set the ring was being actively completed. The heavy hemp ropes were wrapped twice with black tire tape. Great care was taken iu preparing the tloor beneath the red canvas covering and a score of regular red blankets were placed there as pad dine. From two platforms moving picture machines were focused on the riug. Five machines comprised the battery, three to be used regularly and two ;o be held in reserve. There was great excitement about 11 o'clock when it was discovered that no one had thought about the bell to be rung at the starting and stopping of the rouuds. T*o messeng ers were dispatched ou the journey to Havana to purchase a gong. Troops to Preserve Order Cuban troops began to reach the track at half past ten o'clock, several companies of infantry and two troops of khaki-clad cavalry being then on the scene. At half past eleveu o'clock, one hour before the fight was scheduled to start, a total of several thousand people had arrived and found seats, but the more expensive locations contained but few spectators. ' The lirst notables to reach the ring side seats were the Mayor of Havana and the Speaker of the Cuban House of Representatives. Matt Kinkel, of Cleveland, the al ternate referee of the big bout, came in a few minutes after the Mayor and at once began to help with the final arrangements. By this time a number of soldiers had taken up their positious around the ring enclosure. As a matter of fact, soldiers at this hour seemed to consti tute half of the crowd. Many Women Among Spectators The ring was finished shortly before noon. While the strongest, it was also the greatest ever erected for a world's championship. The baud in the grand stand entertained the crowds. The first tune it rendered was "By the Beauti ful Sea." which set the Americau con tingent whist-ling. * Late arrivals at the arena told of many automobile wrecks along the nar row and crowded road from Havaua. but up to noon there had beeu no se rious accidents. There was a liberal percentage of women among the spectators. Most of them occupied box seats, many of them beiug Americans. No Big Betting at Bingside No big betting was reported at tke ringside, but the betting machines were quite liberally patronized in amounts from $2 to $lO, the players picking the winner and the round. Before the ring was completed the big gong had arrived and was placed in position. Bob Vernon, official stakeholder and timer for the fight, took his place at the ringside at noou. Otto Floto, timer for Willard, and Sam Bennett, tinier for Johnson, sat on either side of Vernon. President Monoeal. of Cuba, arrived a few minutes after noon and took a seat in a box in front of the grand stand about 100 feet from the ring. He was preceded by the commanding officers of the Cuban army and the Cu ban navy. At that hour the crowd was, pouring in rapidly and finding seats with little confusion. The Cubans showed much excitement, even in anticipation. Johnson arrived at the track at 12.25. but did not appear until later. His wife came to .he ringside, accom panied by Tom Flanagan, who has been acting for Johnson. At half past twelve Announeer Jim !Mace exhibited Johnson's receipt for $29,000. the balance due him on the purse, and the meaning of these papers was explained to the crowd in Spanish and English. Guard Against Stealing Movie Men The race course where the fight was held is surrounded with green hills, some of which are topped with tower ing palms. The fight management, see ing the possibility of moving picture machines, equipped with telescopic lens, operating from the hills, had guafds stationed at all the vantage points over looking the fight arena. At 11 o'clock the sun and clouds were still fighting for supremacy. In the sky several very dark cloud banks were hanging over tho sea and offer ing a menace of rain. DOTH IN CONFIDENT AS TIME FOR FIGHT DREW NIGH Havana, Aprfl s.—The day of the world's heavyweight championship fight between Jack Johnson and Jess Willard broke with overcast skies in Havana and a decidedly cool wind blowing in from the sea. When the sun rose it was behind a solid bank of clouds, but as the day advanced blue patches of sky appeared here and there bringing hope of fine weather to the fighters, to the fight promoters and to the thousands of men who had journey ed to Havana to witness the big battle. Havana has been stirred by this event more than by any other thing of recent years, and dawn found the city fully awake to the unusual occurrence of the day. The downtown fight head quarters were crowded with ticket buy ers and the morning saw the arrival in (Havana of wealthy Cubans fi'om ail over the island. Johnson's Eyes on His 980,000 Johnaon prepared cooly to defend his title. His only indications of nervous ness was over the exact moment Jack Curlev and other backers of the fight would arrive at his headquarters wrth the $30,000 casii named in the negro's contract signed in Paris. This very im portant event was set for 11 o'clock. I Johnson chatted and laughed at the ' men about as if he not a care in the world. This supreme self-eon fideac* is rated as cue of the cham pion 'a b«st assets and probably against a man of nervous temperament. Willa»d retired early last night and declared this morning he had a refresh ing sleep. He said he was glad the day of the fight had arrived and he had been training nearly nine weeks, first having got in condition to fight at Juarez, March 6. WUlard Confident of Win nine It was apparent that Willard was loath to diseitss bis plan of campaign, lie did say, however, that he proposed to go slow and that he expected to take a good eal of f.uuishment during the first ten rounds, hoping to wear Joktteon down and get an opportunity to land a knockout blow. Witlsrd was confideut that if he could land two or three rights on .lohuson the fight would et)d. Willard said Johnson's ability as a box er would nive him opportunity to make a better showing in the early'rounds of the fight, but never in his ring career had Willard felt any discomfort front any blov delivered on his body, and he did not fear Johnson's jabs. Willard seemed very fit indeed when he left his •(itarters for Che park. The inflammation j on hif eye from a splash of chloroform ! linamen* last night has yielded rapidly to treatment, and it is not believed it will have any ill effects. At 10.30 o'clock rbis morning the i sky was still overcast with occasional dashes of sunshine. U. S. SECRET SERVICE MEN WOTCHWC OYER JOHNSON S.V Associated Pre**. Uuicago. April a.—l*. S. District At torney Cliue aunounced to-day that the government had stationed men at the ringside of the Johnson-Willard tight in Havana. Mr. Cline declined to go into details regarding rite purpose for which the secret service men had beeu ordered to Cuba. "Sensational developments may be announced later in the day," ;he said, "but at present all I can say is that the men have been stationed at the ringside aud will watch every move which Johnson rn-tkes after his Sglit. Their actions will be governed largely by circumstances.'' From another official source it was learned tihat Johnson, who is under con viction ou a charge of haviug violated the Maun wliitf stave act, has been trailed by Federal agents. It was in timated that should he journey outside of the limit in Cuban waters or approach the shore line of tihe Unit ed States, that he would be taken in custody and hurried before the Federal court in Chicago STARTS PAYINti DERRY STREET Contractor Puts Man to Work aud More Will Go on Later in Week The Central Construction aud Supply Company this morning started work preliminary to paving Deny street. A down or more men were busy setting curb and expected to have things in shape for concreting withiu a day or two. John A. Slacker, contractor, this morning begun work on the Carlisle aud Derry street sewer sections, employing a dozen men. Highway Commissioner l.ynch this morning notified the Harrisliurg 'Hail ways Company to go ahead with its work in connection with the Derry street paving, aud a force of a hundred or more men will be put to work bv t'he middle of this week relaying the tracks. Weatiier conditions prevented the resumption to-day of the work on the wall aJoug the river front. OPEN PIN IN RARY'S THROAT Removed by Surgeons at the Harris burg Hospital at Noon To-day An open baby piu was removed from the throat of John W., the 10-month old baby of Klbridge Cowxien, an engi neer for the Board of Public Works, at noon to-day at the Harrisburg hos pital. The piu became unattached from the baby's dress while it was playing on the floor at his home, I#l4 South Twelfth street. The baby was hur ried to the hospital where it was found that the pin was lodged in the baby's throat and its removal was not diffi cult. POOB CHILDREN GET CANDY American Rescue Workers Distribute Baskets at Their Hall The American Rescue Workers yester day districted Easter baskets to 196 poor children of the c4tv at their hall at the Vert>eke street market house. Adjutant Lew Smith and wife were in charge. Services are held at the ball every night except Monday at 8 o'clock. Taints When Home <fetches Fire Policeman Van Camp yesterday aft ernoon was called on to revive* Mrs. Effie May, 11 Ann street, who fainted when a defective flue at her home caught fire for the second time in two months. The firemen found her in a faint on the floor of her home. She re sponded to treatment and when ehe found the fire was extinguished re covered her composure. The damage was slight. Say He Interfered With Fire Engine Charles Dunkle. Nineteenth and Derry streets, was flned $1 bv Mayor Royal in police court this afternoon. He was ordered to appear by Fire Chief Kindier for his interference with apparatus responding to an alarm of fire at Front and Dock streets yes terday afternoon. He drove his auto mobile between the Citizen engine and Mt. Vernon truck, \t was charged. Thief Snatches Pocketbook While Mrs. R. C. Cunningham, 1319 State street, was walking near Fif teenth and Walnut streets early Satur day evening, she was struck by a tall man and her pocketbook snatched, she has reported. to the police. Her screams took a number of men on a charge after the man, but he disap peared In a dark alleyway on Fifteenth street. In the pocketbook were $8 ahd a P. K. K. annual pass. Eitel Still at Her Wharf Newport News, Va., April s.—The German auxiliary cruiser Priaz Eitel Friedrich still lay at her wharf to day with no outward evidences of whether she would move to sea or in fern. Curtis Guild Dangerously 111 Boston, April s.—Curtis Guild, former Governor and former Ambas sador to Russia, who was stricken with pneumonia last Friday was reported to-day to be 'dangerously ill. BEIT OF STATE STREET lUCMCB WIPED OUT Large Collection* Received for Special Purposes at Many Services Tester day—Members Received by Pastors and Children Baptised At the local churches yesterday there wtye unusually large attendances and in many of them large collections for special purposes. The offering at the morning; Sunday school services at the Stale Street United Brethren church amounted to SBOO, which liquidates the indebted ness on the parsonage, thus freeing all church property from debt. Steus are now being taken to collect funds for th«« building of a new church at the comer of Kighteeuth and State streets. The attendance at the Sunday school service was 4 43. In the evening the choir renders) "The Triumph." The Sunday school contributed $557.86 toward the payment of the church debts at lnunamiel Presbv •' terian church vesterday. At Grace Methodist church twenty one |>ersoiis were received into mem bership and four baptized. The Sun day school offering for missions amouated to S7O. The Rev. Harvey Klaer .at rove nant Presbyterian church, received thirty one uew members into the con gregation. Five adults were baptize 1 and seven infants. Nearly one hundred new members were received iuto the Fifth Street Methodist Kpiscopal church during the morning services. Baptismal services were held during tlw Sunday school services in the afternoon. Bishop IHirlington confirmed 3 J per sons at the services at St. I'aul's and St. Stephen'» churches. At the com munion service of St. Paula Bishop Darlington continued 22 persons in the morning and more than 100 per sons commune.!. At St. Stephen's Episcopal church the Bishop confirmed ten duriug the afternoon services. A cautata was rendered at the evening service. The Kev. B. H. Hart said farewell to the members of the Fifth Street Methodist church where he bad been for 13 years, and the Rev. William M. Hartman, formerly of Tyroue, preached his first sermon at the Ridge Avenue Methodist church. NEW BONDS FOR r PHONE CO. Reorganization of Cumberland Valley Telephone Company Is Proposed ' on Different Basis A new . lan for rcorgaumng'the Cum berland Valley Telephone Company has been put forward in place of the one which fell by the wayside last year through failure of the bondholders to subscribe for sough aew bonds to in sure its success. The new plan is said to be underwrit , ten, a syndicate haviug agreed to take any of $ 130,000 bonds not subscribed for by the bondholders. The plan pro -1 vide* for $750,001) first mortgage 5 ! per cent. 50-year I Kinds, of which $150,- I 000 are to be sold for cash at 93' with 100 per cent. stock bonus, and $600,- i 000 to 'be retained in the treasury for i future extensions and improvements, j Present 'bondholders are to receive 50 per cent, in new general mortgage bonds carrying 4 per ceut. fi five years, and 5 per cent, thereafter, with 25 per cent. ] stock bonus, the issue amounting to j $653,000. Of the capital stock of $750,000, there will be given as bonus I with new first mortgage bonds $150,- 1000, to underwriting syndicate $137,- ! 500 and as bonus -with old bond ex | change $331,500. The stock will be placed in a three I year voting trust, the trustees being j John E. Fox, S. W. Foukes. James jvßradv, Henry M. Tracy and William J. | Lescure. COURT HOUSE COURT POSTPONES HEARING Deed Cut Involving Forty-eight-Year- Old Charge Goes Over Hearing on the application to mark satisfied a $2,000 charge contained in deeds held by M. S. Hershey and Thom as Wagner, which it is presumed has | been paid, to-day was postponed until Monday April 12. The charge is in favor of the heirs of the late Conrad Wagner and has been standing for 48 years. Earnest Made Guardian Richard B. Earnest this morning was appointed guardian for Harry Ross Page, of Huinmelstowu, a minor who is i heir to an estate valued at S2OO. ! Silbert Becomes Bondsman Louis Silbert this morning was sub stituted for the late Wiihelm J, Meh ; ring, who was bondsman for Charles C. Johnson, in a surety case. Adopt Three-Year-Old Boy Application of Charles and May Conover for permission to adopt Har ry Eckman, three years old, was grant ed in an order by Judge Kunkel. Besh Presumed to Be Dead Reuben Resfo, a former 'Royalton man, whose whereaibouts have been unknown to his relatives here for ten or twelve years, now is presumed to l»e dead and the Court this morning made an order directing that his etftate be settled. Two Divorce Suits Begun Divorce suits begun this morning in cluded these: Mary W. vs. Clarence E. j Scull; desertion; Estelfa 1., vs. Charles |C. ißehney, desertion. To Pay Wife (30 a Month By agreement of counsel the Court this morning made an order directing Dr. A. H. Knauff to pay his wife SSO a month maintenance money. Contractor Is Paid W. 'H. Opperman was paid $2,111.80 at the City Treaiury for sewers con structed on Allison Hill. Fays 931,056 to State County Treasurer A. H. Bailey this morning turned $"21,95-6 into the State Treasury, the money representing liquor ; license and mercantile tax revenues. letters on Belly Estate The will of John H. ißendall. late of: this city, was probated this morning! and letters issued to B. Frank Nead. Letters of administration on the estate j of Mrs. George W. Reily, Jr., were this j morning granted to her husband. 40 GERMAN WORKMEN WERE KILLED IN BRITISH AIR RAH) Paris, Apri. 5, via London, 10.45 A. M.—The French War Office to-day gave out a report on tihe progress of (he fighting w'hic'h reads: "The military authorities have re ceived precise information concerning the results of the bombardment carried Vit by 'British aviators in Belgium oa the 2#tih of IMttreli. A dirigible hangar at Berghen-Steagathe was seriously ' damaged, as was the dirigible airship sheltered thereiu. At Uo'bokeu the Ant werp naval construction ship yards were gutted, two German submarines : were destroyed and a third damaged, forty German workmen were killed aud sixty two wounded. HNANCE _ Alaska Gold Mines ... 34% 35% Ama I Copper 63% 3j „ Auier Beet Sugar .... 4, 45% Americau Can 32 31% <lo pfd 96 »S >4 Am Car and Fouudrv Co 47% 49 Am Ice Securities .... 31 31 Aiuer Loco 36 32%, j Amer Smelting 6S 67', [ American Sugar 10N 107 | Amer Tel and Tel .... 119% 119% 1 .Anaconda 29 29\ Atchison 100 100 % Baltimore and Ohio ... 72',a 72% j Bethlehem Steel ,S9 92' k I Biooklyn R T ....... 90% '9l ! California Petroleum .. 13% 13% [Canadian Pacific 164 161 Central Leather 35% 35% | Chesapeake and Ohio .. 45•.. 45'..; Chi. Mil :»ud St Paul . . B>% 90 Chi no Cou Copper .... 39% 39% ! Col Fuel ami 28'.. 29% Consol lias 122 121 Coru Products 12 12'/* Distilling Securities 7 7 Krie 2 s 27% F.rie. Ist pfd 44:, 44% General Eject ric Co ... 14!5% 149', Goodrich B F 43% 43% Great Nor pfd 119% M 9'„ I tireat Nor Ore nubs .. . 35% 33% I Interboro 'Met 16% 16% | Intefboro 'Met. pfd .... 69% 69 ! Uhigh Valley 137% 1 37% ; Mex Petroleum 72'.. 71 Missouri Pacific 14% 13% ; National Lead 6 4 62% New York Central .... S6 85% :Ny, N H aud 'H 61% 60'/. '■ Norfolk auil Western .. IV 3% 103',, Northern Pac 106% 195% Pennsylvania R. R. ... 107 107 People's tia« and Coke . 123 123 •Pittsburgh Coal 22% 22% do pf.l 95'.. 95 ' Press Steel Car 35 "4% Hay Con. Copper ..... 19% 20'4* Reading 146% 14 6% Repub. Iron and Steel . 23% 23% 'Southern Pacific 88 87% iSouthern ttv 17% 17* j Texas Company 136 137% 'Union Pacific' 126'.. 127'., 11l .8. Rubber 65*. 64% U. s. steel 49% 49% <lo pfd 106 106 Utah Copper 5757% 1 Vir.-Carolina Chem ... 22% 22% Western Maryland .... 26V4 26'.. W. U. Telegraph 6.">% 85% j Westingliouse Mfg ... 7 3 -t ( 75» 4 Chicago Board of Trade Closing ! Chicago, April s.—Close: Wheat—May 156 1-2; July 124 1-S. ; Corn—May 73 3-8; July 75 38. ' Oats—May 56 3-8; July 53 1-4. Pork—'May 17.02; July 17.55. I -a id—May 10.06; July 10.32. Ribs—May 9.92; July 10.25. CIVIC CIIMASE IS UP Dispute as to Its Legal Right to Front Street Mansion Under Fleming Will Is Aired 'Mrs. Lvman D. Giibeil, "Mrs. John :W. Reilv and Miss Eleanor Shunk and ! other members of the Civic Club of Harrisburg were in Judge Kunkel's court tiiis morning as interested specta tors awaiting the hearing through wihoh the court will determine whether the Civic Club rightfully holds title to the Fleming mansion on the west side of Front street at North street. The mansion was willed to the club by Mrs. Virginia Hammoud Fleming. However, the Central Trust Company, of New York City, as trustee and exec utor of the Fleming will, contends that the Civic Club .has no legal claim to the Fleming home since the club was not a "chartered corporation" when the will became operative. The Civic Club re ceived its State charter several months after Mrs. Fleming's death. John Fox Weiss, counsel for the Civic Club, contends this technicality cannot be a legal bar to the Civic Club obtain ing possession of the property, and he argued to the court to that effect. For mer Judge M. W. Jacobs, of this city, and John W. Perry, a New York law yer, appeared for the executor. The case was not taken up until late in the afternoon. MOTOR CYOLE3 IN PARADE Members of Keystone Club Donate Eggs to Industrial Home The Keystone Motorcycle c.lub yes terday donated eighty-Ave dozens of colored and candy eggs to the Chil dren's Industrial Home. The members of the club gave their Easter pageant, beginning shortly aft er noon. There were sixty-one in the procession. Luncheon was served fol lowing the trip, at the club house at' Thirteenth and Walnut streets. Held for Robbing Gas Meters BdwarJ Sim: son pleaded guilty to * charge of robbing gas meters ibefore Mayor Royal this afternoon and held for court under SSOO bail. Simp son was arrested by atrol Driver Demma. w'hen pointed out to t}»e officer by* Oharle* M/iller, Walnirt ami Balm street*; whose meter had been robbed of sl.2a. Drank Ammonia for Wkitkay ■Mrs. E. M. Baker, 74 years old, 1418- North Fourth street, was discharged from tke Harrisburg hospital this aft-, ernoon, having fully recovered from drinking ammonia in mistake for whia key at her home Saturday night. The Harrisburg Hospital is open daily except Sunday, between 1 and 2 o'clock p. m. for dispensing medical advice and prescriptions to those un able to pay for them. 9
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