2 THOUSANDS RARCH ON THE CAPITOL IN LOCAL OPTION FIGHT TjUS AFTERNOON CwtlHtJ From First P"l*> diet church on State street to hold an overflow meeting. Remarks were made in the church by Judge Davies, magistrate of a Phila delphia police court. There were rnany cheers for "Billy" Sunday and many songs from the recent evangelistic cam pnign in the Quaker City. Sacrificing their dinners, the Phila delphians marched in a body to the capitol from Grace church and crowded . the House of Representatives before the adjournment of the morning ses sion. in their efforts to get seats for the afternoon hearing. A "Local Option" Sunday At this morning's meeting in Chest nut street hall the big crowd unani moiisly passed a resolution that next Sunday will be designated as "local option Sunday" ana e\j?ry church in the State fihat was this morning wi3 pass resolutions which will be sent to the Representatives in the (JeneraJ Assembly. The resolutioi/asks that every church, every Sunday school.'Bib.le class and young people's organization pass such resolutions. At the cJose of the meeting the sug gestion of Dr. George W. Shelton, of Pittsburgh, that "the saloon would down the church if it could, but the church could destroy the saloon if it would,"' was hailed with delight by j the big crowd. The individuals in the audience were requested to telegraph to pastors thßt these churches could take action next Sunday. The big hall, which was decorated with knots of national colors, was filled with 1,500 Harjisburgers when the out-of-town delegations began arriving. When th*- two special trainloads of Philadelphuans stormed the hall at 11.30 o'clock singing "Billy" Sunday campaign jivmne the meeting had to be adjourned because the crowd was to big to handle. Sunday's Name Brings Cheers J. Denny O'Neil, County Commis sioner of Allegheny, and chairman of the State local option committee, set the crowd wild at the outset by read ing a telegram from the Rev. "Billy" Sunday, tbe evangelist who recently closed his campaign in Philadelphia and who worked hard for the passage of local opition in this State. The tele gram rea<L "Sorry I can't be there. I will work and pray for the movement." Samuel E. Gill, chairman of the State Sunday School Committee, prom ised 200.000 supporters for local op tion in a telegram to the chairman. Dr. Sharpless Is Chairman Mr. O'Xeil introduced Dr. Isaac Slarpless, president of Haverford Col lege. who acted as permanent chairman of the meeting. The Rev. Floyd W. Thompkins. rector of Holy Trinity church, Philadelphia, offered prayer. George E. Alter, former Speaker of the .House of Representatives: Dr. George W. Shelton. both of Allegheny, and John J. Koll>. of Philadelphia, a per sonal friend of Governor Brumbaugh, constituted a committee on resolutions on motion of Mr. Alter. John R. Farr, Congressman from county and Speaker of the •House of Representatives in 1899. was the first speaker. He said it was one of the pleasures of his life to vote for the Hobson prohibition resolution in the national (House. "Any - legislative body,'* he said, "that turns down die people's wish as expressed all over this State for sub mission to the people of this question of whether they should have liquor or not fails to recognize the purpose of a legislative body. ' He bewailed what he said was the fact that it is mostly the "unprogres sive man who does tne voting at the polls.'' 1 IHenry W. Temple, Congressman of Washington county, was interrupted at the outset of his speech by tie entrance of the resolution committee with two resolutions to Teport. One was a lengthy one supporting local option and wa3 pre sented by (Mr. Alter and was adopted. The second setting aside next Sunday as "local option Sunday" was present ed by Dr. Shelton. It also was adopted. Temple Favors Prohibition Mr. Temple continuing said: "Governor Brumbaugh has surprised a good many people. Many of us voteo for him thinking he would not carry out his election pledges and many of us voted against him thinking he would not carry out liis pre-election pledges. We were both fooled and we are glad | of it. If we cannot get local option this time let us help to get another Legislature that will give it to us. and we can do it. "I should like to see State-wide pro- j hibition, but we have no opportunity to get it now, so 1 am in favor of the • Williams local option law. although where there are wet and dry counties besides each other, there is leakage from the wet county into the dry county. The question now is on t)he Williams bill and we have a good opportunity to pass it." Mrs. Ella M. George. State president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, for the passage of the local option bill for the sake of the | wives and mothers in tie State and pre- j sented to the conference a letter from a woman in Green county, where there are no saloon, to the effect'that more people have automobiles in that countv i for the size of it t"han in any other i county in the State. "Phis she referred to in "support „f her theory that stamp ing out the saloon works for happiness. ' She was greeted with a Chautauqua j salute and three ringing cheers when 1 she was introduced. Philadelphians Arrive "This large meeting will avail us nothing if we do not get the Legisla- ; ture to vote for the bill," declared ! Congressman-elect S. H. Miller, of Mercer county. "This is a case where individual work with the Representa tives count. Show the leaders of the ! /, I MOTH BAGS ODORLESS 10c Gorgas' Drug Stores 16 N. Third St. and Pewja. Station V " party in power that it will be to the interest of their party to enact such legislation and this bill will become an established fact. Politicians aet first for the benefit of the party and sec ond for the benefit of the people, and if we can show the dozen leaders that it is to their interest first to support it, it will pass.'' P. H. Rode well, of Tioga, former member of the House, who sponsored the local option bill in the last session of the General Assembly, said: "This Legislature has no right to sav that the people have no voice in ; whether they should have liquor or ! not. If this bill is defeated it will be 1 the greatest blow that ever befell the Republican party." The progress of the meeting was in terrupted bv the Commonwealth band playing "Tipperary" at the doorway of the hall and the sessiou was stop* pod while the band led the Philadel i pliia delegation through the building ! which was already overflowing with the crowd. There was no room-for thus crowd of visitors and thev filed in one door to the front of the liail, past the platform which was crowded, and out through another doorway. The "official local option song" set to the tune of "Tipperary" was sung las the crowd filed through. "The Brewers' Big .Horses" and other songs I were sung. Huntingdon Delegation Here Each man wore a white ribbon and i was carrying a small American flag. After the cheers and songs stopped, J. VY. Galbraith. former Judge of Butler county, was introduced. He said local option would succeed because the con science of the people was back of it. Ihis was the first declaration of the sort that the Philadelphia delegation had listened to and they made the most of the opportunity to cheer. The crowd was so great that it was difficult to maintain order. One knot of optionists at a time would break out into song, and the meeting was ad journed after announcements of the rest of the day's meetings were made. The Philadelphia delegation went to Grace churoli for the morning overflow meeting. They will leave the city at 9 o'clock to-night. Almost a hundred optionists from Governor Brumbaugh's own county of Huntingdon were present in Chestnut street hall and were given seats of hon or on the stage. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED IN CHESTNUT SJREET HALL The following resolutions were adopted at this morning's conference in the Chestnut street auditorium, being presented by George E. Alter, , former Speaker of the House of Representa tives: Whereas, the sale of intoxicating liquors has produced most serious an I vital problems and, as these become more fully appreciated, the people are justly claiming the right to a more di rect part in deciding the question whether such sale shall be licensed in their respective communities: And whereas, in the absence of any method by which the voters iu the several counties may lawfully and di rectly pass upon the question of license or no license, they are attempting to determine this important question through the election of judges express ly or impliedly committed to the grant ing or the refusal of licenses, through which method a system of county local option is, in effect, operative iu a large and growing number of the counties ot the State: And whereas, the election of Judges upon any issues other than judicial ability, fairness and integrity, and par ticularly upon an issue relating to the manner in which they will decide eases to be heard in court, is a prostitution of the most sacred office in the gift of the people the result of which is a great weakening of that confidence in the judiciary 50 essential to the pre servation of OUT institution": And ( whereas. the Governor of the Commonwealth, elected under an ex press pledge to favor a county local op tion law. is faithfully adhering to that pledge, the redemption of which he be gan in his inaugural 'address- wherein 1 he said: "Let this vexed question be taken from partisan control and given directly to the people. They will solve it better than we can. The selection of Judges in the several districts should no longer hinge upon this question. Itj has already worked harm to the judiei-1 aTV and has lessened the regard of our people for the integrity and capacity j of the final legal guarviians of the peo- 1 pie's sacred rights. It "is a dominant! issue in the public mind. The party that has given this great state its in dustrial and educational development has now the sacred opportunity of giv ing the State a great moral uplift. I trust we shall not fail the people in this issue. ' And whereas, this principal of home rule has been applied successfully in a majority of the States of the Union and the right to its exercise should no long er be denied the people of Pennsylva nia. Resolved: That feeling it our bound len duty to support the Governor and a high privilege ,to enlist under his courageous leadership in this righteous cause, we. the men of this conference, gathered from every part of Pennsyl vania, do hereby pledge ourselves to aid, by all fair and honorable means, the effort to secure for our Common wealth a country local option law, to the end that the courts may be freed from the imminent peril by which they are now threatened and the people of the rounties given the local control to which they are fairly and justly en titled: Resolved that, in our judgment said legislation should be enacted now and we hereby give our unqualified approval t% the county local option bill, intro duced by Hon. George W. Williams, and pending in the General Assembiv at this time. CONCERT AT CHESTNUT STREET Program Will Be Given in Adjoining Room puring Local Option Speeches During the local option meeting iu tho large auditorium at the Chestnut street hall to night the sixth annual Star Concert of St. Augustine's Epis copal church will be held in the smaller assembly room of the buildiug. The concert will be one of the big events of the season for the colored population of the city. R. W. Hayes, the negro tenor, will have capable as sistants iu the rendering of a program of vocal and instrumental music. Odd Fellows to Install Officers Officers of State Capital Lodge No. 70, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will be installed at a meeting to be held in the hall, *3-04 North Second street, this evening. The installation ceremonies will be in chanje of Dep uty Grpnd Master William Q. Schrein cr, of the southern district. A class of nine candidate* will also be initiated •as members of the lodge. f« • ' HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1915. UNPRECEDENTED THROW IN ROUSE ASM LOCAL OPTION IEARINC STARTS CmIIhM Prom First Pace, flow meeting was in progress with severaj thousand local optiomste cheering, presided over by the Rev. Dr. S&elton, of Pittsburgh. The strains of the band from the out side floated into the House aud the i cold water folks smiled. As the clock sounded 2 o ''dock the crowd settled down patiently to wait half an hour. Option Speakers Announced It was aunounced that the speakers | for the local optiou bill would be Fa ' tlier J. J. Curran, Wilkes-Barre; James IM. Spanen, Lancaster, head of the ; Grangers; William McCoaeh. City i Treasurer. Philadelphia, and the Rev. C. F. Swift, Beaver, head of the Local Option League. Against the bill it was announced that the speakers would be Joseph E. O'Brien, Scrantoh; Congressman A. J. Harchfield. Pittsburgh; the Rev. 8. G. \on Bussc, Wilmington, Del., formerly of Philadelphia, and Robert J. McGrath, labor leader, of PittsUurgh. The entrance of James Mulvihill, I head of the Liquor Dealers' League, who is directing the fight against the bill, was a signal for cheers and ap plause among the antis, the first of the day. Tlie antis at this poiut made a protest because their speakers had not been provided with seats, but this was soon adjusted aud another wait ensued. While waiting somebody in the gal lery began to sing "America." In an instant the great crowd caught up the refrain and sang it with a will, fairly shouting it and waving small American flags. It was a very inspiring scene and seemed to put everybody in a pa triotic good humor. Loud applause greeted the chorus. The clerk to the committee at 2.25 called the roll of the committee, and virtually all of the members respouded, one absentee being Shaaber, of Berks, veteran of the Civil war, said to be an opponent of the bill. Antis Get Floor First The first speaker was Congressman A. J. Barchfeid. of Pittsburgh, who was cheered to the echo as he arose to speak in behalf of the German Al liance, of Allegheny county, in oppo sition to the bill; for the Btate, and for himself. The German-American Alliance, he said, is a body of law abiding American citizens with a membership of 159,000, opposed to lo cal option and prohibition iu every form because they hold such things are a deprivation of the rights of in dividuals which should remaiu invio lable. They believed in the enforce ment of the law. They decry "treat ing" and have abandoned it. Men 1 whose appetites must be curbed are not (it tor citizenship iu a great republic, prohibition does not prevent. In Maine it lias been a gigantic humbug, he said, | and .IU egregious failure. "We are opposed to robbing men I without just compensation.'' be said. "The present high income law meets : all demands. When the majority of a I community do not desire breweries the county refuse to giant them." (Ijoud I and derisive cheers aud shout of I "Oh!'') As the speaker went on he ; was frequently interrupted by decisive ' cries, lie paused a moment and then i said: I'iiis is the same kind of feeling that led to the burning of old sore eyed women as witches at the stake iu the dark ages!"' I This was greeted with vociferous j cheering, which increased as the speaker said he was an American citi zen aud had the right to free speech. Theu he went on to extol the Ger man-Americans and denounce the bill because he slid its passage would be a blow aimed at the individual liberty of every man. The spirit of iutolerance is re pugnant to the spirit of the age," he j added. '"This lo al option measure in fringes on the rights of man." lie then spoke of alleged vices in | the army resulting from the prohibi tion of the canteen, and said there is hypocrisy wherever prohibition pre vails. Father J. C. Curran, of Wilkes- Barre, was the next speaker and he fa- I vored the bill. At the beginning of | Father Curran's remarks this report closed. 103 MEMBERS VOTE NOT TO SUSTAIN GOVERNOR'S VETO A break between the Republican or ganization leaders and Governor Brum baugh was apparent last night when j 103 members of the House voted to I pass the Habgood bill, carrying $46,- | 000 to pay back bills of newspapers for advertising constitutional amend ments, over the Governor's veto. Eighty-three members voted with the Governor. It requires a two-thirds vote, or 138, to make a bill become a law after it has been vetoed, and, while the Hab good bill lacked 35 votes of passage, yet the balloting was considered signifi cant. One more vote would have brought the total up to a constitutional majority, euough to pass a measure on third reading in the lower house. Hab good did not vote, but it was consid ered a victory for him, for his vote would have made it a majority of the House. TO GIVE TELEPHONE EXHIBIT Cumberland Valley Company Will Show Improved Methods in Their System Improved methods now being used in the telephone world such as secret service, the automatic exchange and the automatic signalling system will be shown at a free exhibit on "Tele phony" to be held in the Cumberland Valley Telephone Company building, 227 Federal Square, to-morrow and Thursday, in connection with the con vention of fhe Western and Eastern Independent Telephone Associations of Pennsylvania in this city April 7 and 8. Delegates to the convention will be gin to arrive in this city to-night and to-morrow morning. To-morrow after noon delegates will be registered in the Cumberland Valley Telephone Com pany building. To-morrow evening the annual dinner of the Associations will be held at the Harrisburg Club, Front and Market streets, at 8 o'clock. \ Lumber Crushes Man's Finger Milton H. Reed, an, employe of the Pennsylvania Steel Company", was ad mitted to tho Harrisburg hospital thi» morning suffering with a badly lacer ated finger on the left hand, which he ree< ived when a pile of lumber fell on his hand at Front and Mulberry streets. FINANCE PRICES AGAIN ASCEND AT OUTSET OF MARKET TB-OAY Bethlehem Steel-Repeats Its Daily Per formance of a New High Record, Rising to #4y„ an Opening o*in of 2 Points \ By Attociated Pre**, New York, April 6.—Prices were again pushed upward at the ou'tset of to-day 'B market operations, all the lead era, as well as numerous specialties, par ticipating in greater or less measure. Bethlehem Steel repeated its familiar daily performance of a new high record, opening with a block of 1,200 shares at 93 to 94, and then rising to an overnight gain of 2 points. Union Pacific. Great Northern, Northern Pa cific and Atchison were up a point or more, in most instances attaining their best prices. Some heaviness was evinced by Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Ohesa{>eake and Ohio and Smelt ing. Selling for profits soon caused recessions from the top. Recurrent heavy selling met the ini tial advance, with the result that most gains were soon lost. Commission houses reported a preponderance of sell ing orders, particularly in specialties. Dealings in the firs* hour again exceed ed 200.000 shares, witih some modera tion later. Bethlehem Steel lost most of its further rise, traders preferring to await the outcome of the annual meeting to be held later in the day. V. S. Steel was under pressure and Un ion Pacific shewed the effects of realiz ing. Toward midday Reading and Amalgamated became features of strength, with irregularity elsewhere. Bonds were steady. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS Furnished by H W. Snavely, Broker. Arcade Building, Walnut and Court Btrdfeta New York, April 6. Open. Close. Alaska Gold Mines .. . 36% 35% Amal Copper . 63% 64% Amer Beet Sugar 45% 4a American fan 32 31 Va do pfd 96*4 96 Am Car and Foundry Co 49 48% Am Cotton Oil 4" 4" Am lee Securities .... 31% 31 Amer Loco . 33 32'/, Amer Smelting 67% 6"% American Sugar 107 107% Amer Tel and Tel ..... 119% 119% Anaconda ." 29% 31 Atchison 100% 100% Baltimore and Ohio .. . 72% 73 Bethlehem Steel 93 88% Brooklyn R T 91 90% California Petroleum . . 13% 13% Canadian Pacific 164% 164 Central I>eatiher 35% 35% Chesapeake and Ohio . . 44% 44% Chi. Mil and St Paul . . 90% 90 Chino Copper 39% 39% Col Fuel and Iron ..... 29% 29% Consol Gas 120% 120% Corn Products 11% 11% Distilling Securities .. 6% 6% B "e 27% 27% Krie Ist pfd 44% 4 4 •General Electric Co . . 148% 149 Goodrich B. F, 43% 48 Great Nor pfd 120 119% Great Nor Ore subs .. 36% 35% I nterHjoro Met 16% 16% Interboro Met pfd ... 69% 68% Lehigh Valley 137% 137% Louis and Nash 119 119 Mex [Petroleum 70% 68% Missouri Pac 14 13% National Lead 63 62 New York Cen S6 86% N Y, X H and H 61 59% Northern Pa? 107% 106% Pennsylvania R. R. ... 106% 107 People's Gas and Coke . 122 122 Pittsburgh Coal 22% 22% do pfd 95% ' 95% Press Steel Car 34% 34% Ray Con. Copper 21 21 Reading 146% 146% Repub. Iron and Steel . 23% 23% do pfd 80 80 Southern Pacific 88% 88% Southern Rv 17% 18 do pfd 57 57 % Tennessee Copper .... 30% 30% Texas Company 138% 141 Union Pacific," 127% 128 U. S. Rubber 65% 65% U. S. Steel 50% 49% do pfd 106 106% Utah Copper 57% 57% Vir.-Carolina Cheiri. .. . 23% 23% W. U. Telegraph 65% 65 Westinghouse Mfg .... 70 70 UHLERSUCCEEDSFOSTER Governor Brumbaugh Appoints Phila delphian as Head of State High way Engineers Colonel Samuel D. Foster, of Pitts burgh, chief engineer of the State High way Department, who last week placed his resignation in the hands of Govern or Brumbaugh, was informed yesterday afternoon by the Governor "that the resignation was accepted. At the same time Governor Brumbaugh an nounced the appointment of William D. Uhler, of Philadelphia, to succeed Colonel Foster as the head of the en gineering division of the department. Mr. Uhler ha.i for some time been connected with the Philadelphia High way Department. He will assume the duties of his position at once. Colonel Foster's resignation was placed m the Governor's hands last Wednesday, on the day Edward M. Bigelow departed for Pittsburgh, having resigned as head of the department. $1,500 FIRE DESTROYS BARN Poultry and Fanning Implements Lost In Early Morning Blaze Carlisle, April 6.—A fire which de stroyed a barn aloug with farming im plements, resulting in an approximate loss of $1,500, occurred at the farm of Harvey Shaeffer, one mile north of Carlisle Springs, at 5 o'clock this morning. The farm is tenenftd by Walter W. Shaeffer. Mr. Shaeffer was burned about the hands and body. A. T. Dice, Jr., Gets Promotion A. T. Dice, Jr., son of A. T. Dice, vice president and general manager of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, was appointed assistant yardmaster of the Reading division. For some time he has been located on the Atlantic City division. EFFORTS TO AMEND CHILD DHL FAILS CMtlaa*4 PIMI Vint Pack friend* of the Governor to vote against the amendment. Optometry Bill Defeated The optometry bill regulating the practice and providing for a board of optometric examiners under fhe super vision of Uie Bureau of Medioal Educa tion anil Licensure of the Department of Public Instruction was defeated on linal passage in the House this morn ing. Last night the House passed the optometry bill placing them under their own board. 'Representative Rothenbergor. of Berks, introduced a resolution asking the Appropriation committee to present an itemized account of expenses for all moneys spent an their trip to various in stitutions and to designate the hours and days spent on such trips When the House was in session. The resolution stated tthat the ewpenditure of State money was entire'lv unnecessary as the State Board of Public Oharities had already done t'he work. The resolution was laid aside for printing. The House recessed until 8 o 'clock to-night. LAFRfIKCECETS CONTRACT FOR CITY FIRE APPARATUS Caallnued Prom Pint Pace. for SIB,O-00, the balance in the tire apparatus loan fund, which now is available. The Mayor thought "the only way to be fair to the bidders" would be to roadvertiae for bids, since the Mor ton company withdrew. To give the American LaFrance an opportunity to put in a special offer after the amounts of the other proposals submitted by tire appsratus firms became knowu, and then accept that offer, the Mayor said in his opiaion is most unfair to the other bidders. The LaFrance com pany's latest offer, the Mayor pointed out, is comparatively $2,600 less than the one submitted under the competi tive bidding and he said, "I cannot understand how a firm can cut prices that way unless it was originally in tended to skin the city." Taylor said hp thought the city would be getting a bargain through his latest buying plan, besides he said, he spent severij days dickering with the American LaFrance company be fore it agreed to furnish the two' com bination wagons and one tractor at his price of SIO,BOO. "We had many telephone conversations and a num ber of Jetters passed." he said, "jnd they called me a.Jew and everythiing else.'' Commissioner Taylor sought and obtained a postponement of action on his pending ordinance which provides for the purchase of a plot at Fifth and Emerald streets, to be used ax a playground—for $27,000. A similar strip of ground immediately north of the plot in question, Taylor said, has been offered by Joseph L. Shearer, Jr., for $26,500. Besides the owners of the $27,000 plot verbally havo agreed to cut $1,00.0 from the purchase price. CIGARETTE CAUSES FIRE Blaze at 438 Market Street Calls Out the Firemen When firemen were cailed out to ex tinguish the flames in one of the rooms of fhe Bergstresser 'house, 438 Market street, last nig'lut, they fouud the door of the apartment occupied bv Philip Crawford looked. When entrance was gained a (bathrobe, flannel shirt and razor strop hanging on the door were found to 'be burning, ''following an in vestigation Fire Ohief Kindler said a lighted cigarette had ignited some of the wearing apparel. A slight fire of unknown origin broke out in t'he cellar .beneath the billboard at Third and Walnut streets yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The .Friendship truck was called out and the blaze ex tinguished in a few minutes. ('. V. H. R. ANNUAL REPORT 34,525,410 Passengers Carried One Mile During Year 1914 A total of 1,688,075 passengers were carried on the 163.65 miles of track of the Cumberland Valley railroad during the year 1914. Each passenger rode on an average of 11.29 miles, of 34,5*25,- 440 passengers carried one mile. This was a decrease of 2,139,238 in com parison with the. year 1913. The freight department carried 2,- 756,584 tons one mile, a decrease of 546,748 tons from 1913. The net rev enues from freight per mile was $5,- 735.41, a decrease of $543.39 over the f-recediug year. AUTOMOBILE CO. CHARTERED B. F. and W. B. Blough and George O. McFarland Are the Incorporators The Harrisburg Automobile Com pany, with a capital of $5,000, to deal in automobiles and automobile supplies, was chartered to-day. The incorpora tors are W. R. Blough, B. F. Blough and George G. McFarland, Harrisburg. Charters were also issued to tihe Bank of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, with $50,000 capital, and the Miners' Mutual Fire Insurance Compaay, of Shamokin. SEES FLAG HE SAVED IN WAS Representing the Coursin Street Methodist church, of MrKeesport, Cap tain C. C. Fawcott who is in the city in the interest of the local option hill, came to Harrisburg yesterday 4'or the first time since 1861. During t'he war Captain Fawcott was color sergeant of the Sixty-third Reg iment, P. V. 1., anu was stationed at Camp Ourtin for a time. He saved his flag many times from the enemy and saw it yesterday for the first time since 1863, when it was presented to the State hy the regiment. Two Arrested on Bobbery Charge Charged with robbing John Tanner, 641 Calder street, of his watch, Ed ward Mason and William Jackson, both colored, were arrested last night by Policemen Brine and Owens. The al leged holdup occurred on Cowden street off Market, and when the police arrived on the scene Mason tried to escape. He ran up Cowden street with the officer in pursuit and it was not un til the latter opened fire on him that he was captured. Roceptlon for Ninety-two A reception will be given this even ing at 8 o'clock at the Fourth Re formed church, the Rev. Homer S. May, pastor, to the ninety-two new members received during the Easter season. There will be a musical program and COMEDY IS SUPREME ON PLEASING fIRPBEUM BILL Sub Mann m Funny u Ever in V«- hlcU, "Lots and Lots of It"— Lawtons, In Character Songs, Have Delightful Act Comedy is supreme on the new bill nt the Orpheum, which might safely be judged to be even better than last week's exceileut show. Sum Mann is as funny as ever in his vehicle of the Beasou, "Lots anil Lots of It," a real estate play, which is really pleasing. Diamond and Brennan, in their sketcih. "Nifty Nonsense,'' hnve some new things to do, and they do them rather better than most performers who present "boy and girl" acts. Bradley and Norris, "Tn Loveland," may seem to have a sort of flirtation act, too, but it proves in the end to be an exhibition of skiUfnl bicycle riding. Holt, the mimic, deserves all the loud applause he draws fortih, ns does Trovotto, the violinist, who cannot make his eyes behave. And r.s delight ful an act as any of the kind which lias appeared at the Orpheuin lihis sea son is that cf Charles, Mabel and Alice Lawton, in pleasing character songs. U. S. AWAITS NEXT MOVE OF BRITAIN CaaltnnrU From Ktrai< I'liitr. pose upon His Majesty's government ■heavy. responsibilities for the acts of the British authorities. The note con cludes with the hope that the British government, "having considered these possibilities, will take the steps neces sary to avoid them, and, in the event that they should unhappidly occur, will be prepared to make full reparation for every act which under the rules of in ternational law constitutes a violation of neutral rights." While the American note (Toes not ask a reply President Wilson told callers to-day he expected one. The President described the American note as not be ing argumentative but just, a statement of the understanding of the United States 011 the law in the ease. Other international questions were not discussed by the President witill callers. He refused to make any com ment on the Japanese situation, saying the question was so fluid that no defi nite statement could lie made about it. . The President said he was awaiting further information about the case of C. Thrasher, drowned in the sink ing of the British shi.p Falaba by a Herman submarine before deciding" 011 representations to Germanv. PECOUD CONTINUES DARING EXPLOITS IN CAME OF WAR Paris. April S, 5.15 A. M.—Auother daring exploit has been added to the long list of those successfully carried out by Adotphe Pegoud, t.he famous French aviator, who is reported to have attacked and brought down a German Taube near Saint Menehould while he was alone on patrol duty April 2. The report of the incident says that when Pegoud saw the German approach ing he tiew rapidly toward the hostile air craft and sent it to earth with a few well-placed shots. Pegoud then landed beside the Tsube and took pris oner the German pilot and observer, neither of whom was injured. Earlier in the same day Pegoud is reported to have driven off three other German aeroplanes, one of which had dropped nine bombs on a railroad sta tion. Pegoud, who first gained fame in 1913 as the originator of the feat of flying upside down in an aeroplane, was awarded the French military medal early in March for services rendered the army during the war. LATE WAR~NEWS SMIARY Continued From Flrat Pag*. shipping, and to-day's dispatches re port the sinking of two more vessels. The British steamer Northlands and the trawler Agantha were torpedoed near the English coast. The crews were res- , cued. The torpedoing of the Italian steam er Luigi Parodi, reported last night, is believed in Oenoa to have occurred off the coast of Spain, indicating a consid erably increased range of operations for the large submarines such as Germany Is now using. Another Italian steamer, the Pina, is overdue at Cardiff by about a month and it is feared she has been torpedoed. Germany Protests to Uncle Sam Washington, April 6.—-Germany has protested to the United States against the detention of the Hamburg-Ameri can liner Odenwald at San Juan, Porto Rico, under the neutrality regulations. J. M. WIX DIES OF PNEUMONIA James At. Wix, formerly proprietor of the Paxtonia hotel, died very sud denly yesterday at his home at "Colonial Acres, near Hainton, following an ill ness of pneumonia. For tihe past sev eral years Mr. Wix had 'been a promi nent trucker north of Penibrook. Sur viving are'his wife, IMrs. May Wix; two sons, Leißoy R. and 'Harry C., and his uiothor, Mrs. Mary E. Wix. Funeral services will be held at his home Thursilay afternoon at 2 o'clock, the services to be conducted 'by the Rev. J. 0. Forncrook, pastor of the Pen-brook Church of God. Interment will be in the East ceme tery. Joseph Lilley Joseph Lilley, aged 46 years, died suddenly t"his morning at 'his home, 638 Mhiench srtreet, from heart trouble. .He was an employe of the Division street transfer of the Pennsylvania railroad. He was a member of the Brotherhood of America and the United Brethren church, Columbia. Surviving are his widow and two children, Alfred and Mrs. Cloyd Collier. Funeral services will be held at his home Thursday evening at 7.45 o'clock and will ibe conducted by t'he Rev. 8. Edwin Rupip, pastor of t'he Ottertjein United 'Brethren church. The Wiv will he taken to Columbia Friday morning <by Undertakers T. 'M. !Mauk •& Son, where interment wi'll take plaice. Visiting Representative Habgood Representative R. P. Habgood, of McKeaa county, is entertaining his wife and three children and .Mrs. Hab good's sister, Miss Emily Sheaffer, of Rochester, N. Y., at his apartments, 1621 North Second street. Her®, nt last.tt that rrnniylr for debill tjted, run down, played out people) Whether your trouble is nervous or oriranlo, whether very serious or Just a half sick feeling, here is the remedy: DEAR'S SOUR PLEXUS TABLETS The rlifht remedy booanse it attacks tllsouHe through tho rl«tht medium, through the body's most important ner ivoos center—tho Solar Plexus. MEK-R«nia Your Vigorous Health, Rwittl. ua Your Functioul Organs. WOMEN Repair Your Shattered Nerve*. Rebuild Your Youthful Vigor. The sub-conter of your nervous system which governs all your bodily functions, and determines their healthful activity or unhoalthfui inactivity, lies in the Solar Plexus. It is most obvious then that our new Nolnr Plexus treatment goes.directly I?J"'Point whore the bottle against low activity and disease must bo waged. The nruggist is authorized to return your money in three days, on receipt of the unused portion of the tablets, pro vided satisfactory results have not beun obtained In that time. If yon desire a one dollar box sent direct from us in a plain package flil in your nntuo and address on coupon below enclose 10 cents in your letter to pay cost of sending, and you will receive n regular one dollar box to be pnlii for after used provided results are satisfactory, ll not. you have nothing to pay, and you alone deoide that. Oo to the Druggist now. or send to uu by mall at once for this won derful new Solar Plexus treatment. Tho Dean Co., 4slUurney Bldg.. Syraouse, N. Y. I accept your free ofTer. Send a ll.uo box of Dean's .Solar Plexus Tablets. I enclose 10c. Namo Address J These tablets are for sale in llarrls burK toy George A. Gorgas, Druggist, SI.OO per box. COURT MANY NEW BUUHNMS Inspector Grove Issues Permits For Structures Costing SI I,'JOO Building permits for new buildings ami improvements costing $11,200 were issued by Building Inspector •lames H. Grove, as follows: Harry Suavely, one-story brick garage, 120ti Derry street, $200; Charles Cooper, one-story frame stable, 905 South Twentieth street, $100; Mrs. I{. L. Lutz, two-story brick stable, 1345 Howard street, $1,200; F. A. Gibson, addition to three-story home at 1111 North Third street, SSOO. Copenhaver & Garrett, four, two and one-half story brick houses, Mahan tongo and Lexington streets, $7,500; Charles H. Reese, remodeling 5S North Eighteenth street, $«>00; Klizabeth A. Miiler, two-story brick garage, 512 North Second street, s3o'o; .Tohu Giede three-story brick house, 1312 North Third street, SSOO. Letters Granted Letters of administration 011 the estate of John Klinger, late of this city, to-day were issued to William H. Hoover. Marriage License Lewis 'Donicmack, Wieonisco. anit Anna Garbage, Newark, N. .T. - j§/" McFall's Is Not a High-Price, But a High»Grade Store '"THE men who wear the shirts, ties, hats and furnishings we en dorse stand apart from the average—the qualities are su perior at the prices asked elsewhere. As a test try a McPall shirt at any price aud note its unusual value. Open Evenings McFall's Hatter", Jlen'a FiiruiMhcr* ami Shirt Mukern THIRD AND MARKET TO THE PUBLIC Would you like to see the various methods used in the transmission of speech? Then, you are cordially invited to visit the ex hibit on "Telephony" in the Cumberland Valley Telephone Building on Federal Square. The exhibit will be open to-morrow and Thursday. Phone Exhibit 227 Federal Square
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