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.
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