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 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 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 Leke 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 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% 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% % 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