4
mn RED
LOST 111 THE Wftl
Frightful Toll In First
Eight Months of Con
flict, Says Military
Expert
6 MONTHS* COST
$8,400,000,000
Predicts Only Result of War Will Be
» Reciprocal Wearing Out of the
Forces Engaged and Not a Military
Victory For Either Side
Rome, April 8. —The nations at war
have lost 5,950,000 men in the first
eight months of the conflict and spent
$8,400,000,000 in the first six months,
according to figures prepared for the
"Avauti," a Socialist organ, by its
military expert. The article declares
the only result of the war will be a re
ciprocal wearing out of the forces en
gaged and no't a military victory. It
is calculated that nine or ten months
more will exhaust the reserves of men,
aud that the country which will suffer
least from this exhaustion will be Rus
sia. ,
Difficulties Confront Russians
Venice, April B.—The Russians,
who now are fighting on unfavorable
ground in the Carpathians, according to
Budapest newspapers, are experiencing
the same difficulty in bringing muni
tions and supplies from the rear that
previously beset the Austrians.
Deep snow, impassable roads and im
penetrable forests are said to prevent
military operations on a large scale
and permit only intermittent lighting,
in which, tbe Budapest reports say, the
Russians are suffering enormous, losses,
while the difficulty experienced in keep
ing open communications to the rear in
creases with every step advanced.
Italy Imports Much Wheat
Rome % April B.—ltaly imported 3,-
500,000 quintals (about 12,900.000
bushels) of wheat during February
and the first three weeks in March.
This grain sold from $7.70 to $8.20 a
quintal.
DRINK QUESTION DANCING
FIRE IN ENGLAND DECAUSE
CABINET FAILS TO DECIDE
London. April S, 12.56 P. M. —The
Cabinet having failed to come to a de
cision on the drink question, no settle
ment is expected until Parliament
meets next week. The impression is
growing that the government will eon
tent itself with bringing in a measure
prohibiting the saloon spirits. Even
this step will not be exclusively a gov
ernment policy, since nothing can be
done without consultation with other
parties. |
The conservative leaders. A. J. BaF
four and Andrew Bonar Law, are be
lieved already to have given privately
their assent to whatever action may be
taken, provided no measure for total
prohibition be considered at this time.
In proposing the prohibition of the
saloon spirits and possibly wine and
lessening the strength of beer, Great
Britain would be following the foot
steps of Russia, which before the adop
tion of total prohibition forbade the
manufacture or use of spirits.
Even the prohibition of the traffic in
spirits is not likely to be adopted with
out considerable opposition with the
vested interest. Its latest recruits in
clude the heads of various churches,
who have signed a pledge to abstain
from intoxicating liquors during the
war.
Opposition to the suppression of the
use of spirits is in some degree sec
tional sini-e Scotland consumes per capi
ta three times as much spirits as Eng
land and half again as much as Ire
land. Scottish opposition, if solid, might
•asilv cause the defeat of the measure.
BRITISH STEAMER. AT RIO
JANEIRO, CREATES WONDER
Rio Janeiro, April B.—The British
steamer Ismaila came into Rio Janeiro
to-day and no sooner had she dropped
anchor than speculation was rife as
to her real character.
She had on board 146 passengers
and the captain declares his destina
tion is the Falkland Islands. Lack of
coal compelled him to come in here.
He declined any further explanation,
nor has it been possible to learn why
such a large number of passengers are
going to the Falkland Islands.
British warships Sre still believed
to be in the Falkland waters, and it
is being said here that the Esmaila is
a transport taking 146 officers and
men to reinforce their crews.
The British steamer Ismaila sailed
from New Castle, N. S. W., February
8. The marine records give her desti
nation as Bombay. She has not been
reported since her departure from New
South Wales.
Austria's Humored Pea«e Movements
Turin, Via Paris, April B.—The
"Gazetta Del Popolo" declares reports
that Austria contemplates concluding
peace with Russia in order to better to
defend herself against Italy are not so
visionary as officials communications
issued at Vienna would indicate. The
correspondent of the paper at the
Austrian I'apital professes to have ob
tained reliable information to the ef
fects that the Austrian government al
ready has opened semi-official pourpar
lers with two powers of the triple en
tente and he believes a "dramatic sur
prise " possible. i
LONDON "TUNES" PEEVED
OVER RESULTS OBTAINED
DY BRITISH IN CONFLICT
London, April B.—The "Times" in
its editorial on Kitchener's munitions:
committee criticises as unsatisfactory
what it terms the piecemeal methods of
t<he government in appointing various
committees.
"A whole month has passed," the
"Times'* says, "since Mr. Lloyd-
George promised us better management.
Now we get Mr. Booth, who is dis
claimed by every permanent official,
evidently looked tit askance in the War
Office and not associated with the Ad
miralty at all. Are. we really going
the right way to work} After eight
months of war we see no evidence yet
of vision and insight on a scale com
mensurate with our vast needs. Nei
ther Mr. Booth nor any' other man can
solve our difficulties unless they receive
more backing than has yet been forth
coming.''
The "Times" says England is a
long way behind France in the organi
zation of war industries and the British
government is blamttble more than the
workmen. "Even Lord Kitchener,"
the newspaper declares, "must bear a
share of the responsibility. He has
done wonders, but even he cannot l>e
expected to create and train huge ar
mies and control the greatest business
in the world as well."
"There is a suspicion, amounting al
most to a certainty," the "Daily Mail"
says, "that, as the Americans say, Mr.
Booth fills the bill and his reticence
may be due to the feeling that his se
verest handicap lies in the fact that
Mr. Lloyd George lias aroused too great
expectation as to tJie miracles lie is
expected to perform. The war has been
a battle of workshops and Mr. Booth
has a stupendous task in competing
with the Krupps aud the colossal Ger
man organization "
BIG ROW IN AUSTRIAN ROYAL
FAMILY OVER VAST ESTATE
Paris, April B.—A situation amount
ing virtually to a state of war exists
on the historic Ohanibord estate of
Prince Elias of Koarbon, a Parma
Knight of the Golden Fleece, Whose sis
ter, Princess Zita, is the wife of Arch
duke Charles Francis, heir apparent to
the Austrian throne. The tenants of
the 15,000-acre estate are arrayed on
one side of the conflict, according to
the "iMatin's Blois correspondent,
while the agent of the Prince's prop
erty, 'Monti I>e Reze, is on the other.
Reze is said to nave managed the
property according to the old feudal
system and his methods have necessi
tated several times the intervention of
prefectoral and judicial authorities. The
•policy now are investigating a (ire which
broke out simultaneously at four differ
ent points in the maguilioent park and
destroyed over 300 acres of timber val
ued at 60,000 francs.
The domain of the Prince, which is
situated in the Valley of the Loire and
was laid out by Francis 1 in 1359, is
shut off from the outside world by twen
ty miles of high walls. Notwithstand
ing this fact, however, and the precau
tions taken bv Reze the "Matin" says,
reports of his evictions and coercions
have become widely circulated in that
region and feeling is bitter. The sit
uation is aggravated by the belief that
Prince Elias is fisj-hting with the Aus
trian army in which he is a captain on
the general staff.
LATE NEWS SUM WARY
C«o)innr<l Front I'irat t'nec.
ter attacks, in which the Germans suf
fered enormous losses.
The German account of this Sighting
mentions French attacks at eight points
and asserts that all were repulsed. Th:
Berlin statement says that the losses
of the French were very heavy.
It is announced officially at Cairo
that a small Turkish force is still in the
vicinity of the Suez canal. A skir
mish occurred near the canal yesterday,
with ho casualties on either side. It is
said that there are no large bodies of
Turks in that vicinity.
Although she has concentrated her
army along the Austrian border and her
navy within striking distance of the
Adriatic, Italy is still endeavoring to
exhaust every- means which may lead to
a peaceful settlement with Austria of
the question of territorial concessions.
Advices from Rome indicate that even
should Italy become embroiled in the
war she will not strike for some time.
It is believed in Rome that the de
cisive struggle among the nations now
at war will not begin before the early
summer, which would allow Italy a
considerable interval in which to de
cide upon her policy.
The Rpme correspondent of the Tur
in newspaper telegraphs that he has re
liable information that there is a ba
ste for the reports that Austria is seek
ing peace with the triple entente pow
ers the better to deal with Italy. Semi
official negotiations he says have been
begun.
Losses of men during the first six
months of the war are estimated by
the military expert of a Rome newspa
per at 3,950,000.. The cost of the war
in that period is placed at 9H,4(>0,0(>0,-
000.
General Pau of the French army,
who has reached Naples on his way
from Petrograd and the Balkan capi
tals, corroborated the reports that the'
allies are preparing for a combined
land and sea attack on the Dardanelles.
When this attack is made, the general
says, the Turkish fortifications nrast
fall.
Austrian aviators dropped seven
bombs yesterday on Podgoritza, Monte
negro. A Cettinje dispatch says that 12
women and children were killed and 48
other persons were wounded.
BERLIN PRESS REGARDS 1-29
SINKING "AS SUSPICIOUS"
Berlin, via London, April B. —The
press of the capital is virtually unani
mous in declaring the fact that the Brit
ish Admiralty has not made public the
details of the sinking of the submarine
U-29 looks 'highly suspicious." The
"Tages Zietung" says that although
the British made their first report re
garding the submarine on March 26
nothing has been given out as to the
time, place or manner of its sinking.
The paper believes this probablyNs be
cause the methods employed by the
British were " reprehensible " anil'adds:
"We can imagino no other reason
for this delay than that British vessels
surprised the 1-29 while it was rescu
ing the crew of a steamer."
TIARRISBFRQ- STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1915.
FINANCE
THE FAMILIAR SPECIALTIES
RISE TO NEW RICH RECORDS
General Motors Adds Four Points to
Its Seven-point Advance of the
Previous Day—Allied Issues Were
Also Higher
My .laiu.ialed frexs.
New York, April S.—'Leading stocks
were again neglected in t«-davs opera
tions, while familiar specialties rose to
new high records. General Motors add
ed four poinjs to its ad
vance of the previous day and allied
issues also were higher. American Cot
ton Oil, American iSugar, Texas Com
pany anil United Railways pfd. were
included in the other active specialties.
Bethlehem Steel proved that its stabil
ity is not dependent upon dividend pros
pects by rising to 91%, 4 points over
yesterday. Kock Island and Missouri
Pacific were active in the railway
group.
Bethlehem Steel continued its ad
vance to 96 1 / 4 exceeding all previous
records by 2y« points, the preferred
advancing seven poiuts to 113. Uen
era! Motors extended its early rise to
almost 9 points on rumors of a sub
stantial disbursement to shareholders.
New York Central and Minneapolis &
St. Paul pfd. were added to the meagre
list of strong railway shares, grangers
failing to make exported response to
yesterday's crop report. Bonds were
steady/
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS
New Yoils, April 8.
Open. Close.
Amal Copper 64% t>4 '4
Amer Beet Sugai .... 4 5 45%
American Can ....... 31 33yi
do pfd 95' i 96>*
Am Car and Foundry Co 48% 48%
Am Cotton Oil 49>/ 3 4 9
Am Ice Securities .... 31 40%
Amer Loco Si's 31%
Amer Smelting 67% 67%
American Sugar , 108% 107%
Amer Tel and Te! .... 11S% 119 ,
Anaconda 31 >4 31%
Atchison 60% 60%
Baltimore aipl Oh'e .. 7272%
Bethlehem Steel SS% 105
Brooklyn B T 90% 90%
California Petrolum ... 116% US'/is
Canadian Pacific 163% 163'..,
"Central Leather 35", 4 35%
Chesapeake and Ohio . . 44% 44%
Chino Con Coppei .... 39% 39%
Col Fuel and Iron .... 29',.j 29%
Corn Products 11l % 111%
Erie 26% 26%
Krie, Ist pfd 4 3 43%
General Electric Co .. . 47% 48%
Great Nor pfd 47% 47
Great Nor Ore Subs ... 35 34%
Interboro Met
In-erboro Met jld ... 68% 67%
l.'high Valley 37% 37%
Mex Petroleum 69% 71
Missouri Pac 14 13%
National Lead 63 62%
Xev Cons-il Ocpper 13% 13%
New York '-'en 86 85%
Northern Pac 107 106%
Pacific Mail 2*)% 21
P.tf"bursal Coal 22 22%
do pfd 94 94
Press Steel Car 34 33%
! Ray Con. Copper 20% 20%
Reading 46% 45%
Kepub. 11011 and Steel . 24% 24%
do pfd S2 52%
iSouthern Pacific 88% 88
Southern Ry 11"% 118%
Tennessee Copper 30% 31%
Texas Companv 143 14 2%
Thir l Ave . . 54»i 53%
Union Pa. ific 27% 26%
l". S. Rubber 68 68%
I*. Steel 49% 49%
dtT pfd 108 109 '
("tab Copper 07% 57
\'ir.-t arolina Cliem ... 24 : \, 26%
W. I'. Telegraph 65% 65%.
Westingh >use Mfg .... 76 74
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago, April S. —Close:
Wheat—May, 153; July, 122.
Corn—May, 72%; July, 75%
Oats —May, 57",; July 64%.
Pork —May. 17.10; July, 17.62.
Lard—Mav, 10.12; July, 10.37.
Ribs—May, 10.00; Julv'. 10.32.
ALLIES' EMBARGO CAUSES
HARDSHIPS FOR NEUTRALS
Paris. April B.—Stephen Pichon,
former Minister of Foreign Atfairs,
commenting upon the United States
jjiote protesting against the British or
der in council or good German com
merce, asserts that Washington's
scruples are of a purely judicial and
commercial Character ami do not suffi
ciently take into account the manner
in which Germany is making war. At
the same time he admits the French-
British embargo on commerce has re
sulted in hardships for neutrals, and
says:
"We reduced as far as possible our
defensive measures against Germany so
as not to hamper the legitimate com
merce of neutrals and perhaps other
concessions are possible in that direc
tion. Our main contention being main
tained, this is a principal which may be
considered, lit however desirous we may
be to wage war differently from Ger
many awl keep intact our conception of
the laws of humanity, we cannot sacri
fice ourselves for the pleasure of show
ing ourselves chivalrous." »
To Resume Passenger Service
London, April B.—The Great East
ern Railway has announced that a bi
weekly passenger service between Lon
don and the Hook of Holland will be
resumed next week.
PRIEST FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL
Apparently Stricken While Trying to
Summon Aid by Phone
New York, April 8. —The Rev.
James A. Garrigan of Pittsburgh, was
found dead to-day in his room at the
Hotel Cheasea here.
Apparently the priest had tried to
reach the telephone to summon aid, for
his body was found at the foot of the
be<l. A physician said deatih probably
was due to heart trouble.
Bank Failure In Law's Hands
Washington, April B.—Comptroller
of the Currency Williams to-day ' an-,
nounced in a formal'statement that ir
regularities discovered in the conduct
of the First National Bank of Uiiion
town, Pa., which closed its doors sev
eral weeks ago, have been placed before
the Department o'f Justice. John H.
Strawn has been appointed permanent
receiver to take effect April 15.
EMBII REEDED
MBDDIDM
The Governor Discuss
es the State's Finan
ces at Session of
; Telephone Men
APPROVES CHILD
LABOR STAND
Officers of Eastern Pennsylvania Inde
pendent Association Elected This
Morning Include Local Phone Com
pany Officials
In a brief address of welcome before
the joint convention of thfe Kastern and
Western Pennsylvania Independent Tel
ephone Associations in the Board of
Tiade building this morning. Governor
Mnrtin G. Brumbaugh intimated that
because ot the financial depression
State appropriations for roads, chari
ties and benevolences will have to be
cut "to the bone" this year.
"Conditions have been very hard for
the last two years,'' said the Govern
or, "and the State ha* been as hard hit
as the industries. The case is one of
common interest and all should endeav
or to solve the problem. I assure you
1 have spent many hours in consulta
tion with department heads, trying to
find ways ami means of increasing the
State's revenue without resorting to
further taxation
State Treasury Not Bulging
"The Commonwealth should be run
like a well-regulated household. Ev
ery home endeavors to live within its
resources and the State must do like
wise. The pockets of the treasury are
not bulging and, therefore, our roads,
schools and charitable organizations
will have to suffer. The stress of eco
nomical conditions necessitates re
trenchments all along the line. We all
look for a better day when conditions
will resume their normal state.'
Governor Brumbaugh was introduced
in telephone vernacular by Henry M.
Tracy, of Philadelphia, president of the
Eastern Pennsylvania Independent Tel
ephone Association, as the "real live
wire who does not allow anybody to
butt in while he is on the line."
Local Men Are Officers
Officers elected by the Eastern Penn
sylvania Independent Telephone Asso
ciation to-day arc as follows:
President." G. A. t'arl, general super
intendent of the United Telephone and
Telegraph Company, Harrisburg; first
vice president, George *B. Rudy, general
manager York Telephone and Tele
§raph Co., York; second \Mce president,
. H. Mounee, manager Carbon Tele
phone Co., Lansford; secretary-treasur
er. O. K. Kines, auditor Cumberland
Valley Telephone Co., Harrisburg;
executive committee, E. M. Prisk, Ha
zleton; CaineTon 1,. Baer. 'Harrisburg,
and Joseph F. Stockwell. Philadelphia.
Governor Sides With Girls
The girls who are attending the op
erators' school being conducted in con
junction with the convention, at the
Young Woiren's Christian Association,
were "guests of the telephone men at
the morning session. Governor Brum
baugh said he was in hearty sympathy
with their child lab"r stand and advo
cated legislation which would guard
their welfare.
E. B. Fisher, of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
president of the Independent Telephono
Association of America, traced the
growth of the system in a speech on
"Retrospect and Prospect." He told
of the placing of the first telephone
lines across the Alleghenies and said
that present conditions promise a
splendid futura. He advised the dele
gates to fight strongly against an uni
versal telephone service.
CHARLES SKINNER DIES ,
Had Been 111 for Past Two Tears at
Home of Parents
Charles E. Skinner, 126'2 State street,
died at his home this morning after a
lingering illness of two years, aged 2*7
years. Mr. Skinner was a member of
Immanuel Presbyterian Peace
and Plenty Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 69;
Star of America Commandery, Knights
of Malta. No. 113; Cornplanter Tribe
of I. O. R. M„ No. 61, and Order of
Railway Telegraphers. He is survived
'by his wife and one son, Charles E., Jr.,
and his parents, with whom he lived,
iMr. and Mrs. W. H. Skinner.
The funeral services will be held from
his late home on Monday afternoon at
2 o 'clock. Interment in the Harrisburg
cemetery. The I. O. O. F. will have
charge of the services.
Mrs. Mary A. Stansbury
Mrs. Mary A. Stansbury, widow of
Isaac 1... Stansbury, died in her eighty
sixth year at 4he home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. J. Maglauehlin, 400 North
Second street, at 1.45 o'clock this aft
ernoon. The funeral arrangements
will be announced later.
Mrs. Hannah Rumbaugh
Mrs. Hannah Kunvbaugli died at 12
o 'clock last night at the hojnc of her
son-in-law at Penbrook. Funeral ar
rangements will 'be made later.
Inherits Miss Garrett's Millions
Baltimore, April B.—Miss M. Cary
Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr Col
lege, inherits unconditionally the bulk
of the estate of Miss Mary Garrett, who
died at Bryn Mawr last Saturday. The
will was probated here to-day. No in
timation of the value of the estate is
given, but it has been variously esti
mated at from $2,000,000 to $5,000,-
000.
Charged With Robbing Sleeping Man
William Gripman, Frank Miller and
Joseph Smith, charged with stealing
sl.lO from Win'field Heisey's pockets
as the latter was sleeping in a board-'
ing house at 518 Walnut street, were
each held for court .under S2OO bail
by Mayor Royal this afternoon. The
men were arrested in the basement at
police headquarters after they had ap
plied for a night's lodging.
Toes Crushed in Runaway
Edward Sauerwine, 1403 North
Twelfth street, whose toes on his left
foot were crushed in a runaway at the
Division street transfer of the Pennsyl
vania railroad this morning, uuderwent
an operation in the Harrisburg hos
pital this afternoon to have the toes
I amputated.
DARE QUORUM IN ROUSE
CAUSES * SHOOT MEETING
Members of Lowsr Branch, After De
feating a Highway light Bill, De
cide to Adjourn Until 8 O'clock
Next Monday Bvasiing
The absence of the Appropriation
committee, which went to Fittaburgh
last night, made a slim attendance in
the House of Representatives this
morning, but three more members than
a quorum voting on a highway light
bill which was defeated by a vote of
60 ayes to 47 noe«. This vote fright
ened (he members who feared to call
up bills and after a session of an hour
the House adjourned to meet Monday
night at 8 o'clock.
This morning 's session was an
anti-climax to yesterday's meetings
which were marked bv the advance
ment of the workmen's compensation
bill to third reading and the introduc
tion of 138 new bills, being one of
the busiest days of the present session.
The members were faigged out and
were glad to adjourn.
Although yesterday was the laet
day for the introduction of bills two
were "found" by the clerks this
morning which had been overlooked
in the rush yesterday. Both were "in
troduced" to-day.
Barring trackless trolley lines from
city streets where street railway linen
are now operated is the purpose'of one
introduced by Representative Sonea,
of Schuylkill. The bill makes track
less trolley vehicles subject to the
same regulation* as are imposed upon
motor vehicles. Under the bill track
less trolleys may not be run on more
than one and one-half miles of bor
ough streets or township roads now
being traversed by trolley cars.
Representative " McVicar, of Alle
gheny, introduced a bill providing for
a State tax to be used for State high
ways on capital stock of companies
engaged in manufacturing or launder
ing.
LOCAL OPTION BILL WILL
BE REPORTED OUT TUESDAY
The local option bill, which will bo
reported out iu the House next Tues
day, will be the last administration bill
of any importance to come before the
House for action this session. It will
go onto the second reading calendar on
Wednesday, but the belief that its foes
will attack it then may caifse its friends
to make it a special order of business.
•As Thursday is the fag eu.l of the
weekly session, which usually is sparse
ly atterded, the bill will likely be made
a special order for the following Mou
dav night, when almost all the members
of the House will likely be present. In
♦ hat ease members would know before
hand when action will be taken and
there fl-ill be no excuse for any one not
to be on hand to go on record.
The workmen's compensation bill
will be up for final passage on special
order of business on next Monday night
at 9.30 o'clock. The other important
administration measure, the child latoor
bill, already has been passed in the
House. After next week the fight on
administration bills will be in the Sen
ate, except possibly on the local option
bill.
Important measures yet to eoine be
fore the House include- tax bills pro
viding for $10,000,000 more revenue
and the administration's road bills.
Two weeks more will see the House
well on the way to clearing the calen
dars for final adjournment.
KOTHENBERUEK TELLS WHY
HE ASKED EXPENSE PROBE
Representative Rothenberger, of
Berks, who yesterday introduced a reso
lution ii< the House asking for an in
vestigation of the expenses of the mem
bers of the Appropriation Committee
and had the satisfaction of seeing his
resolution sent to that committee, arose
to a question of personal privilege this
n.ornlug in the House and gave bis rea
sons for the introduction of the meas
ure. /
He said it was charged that during
tihe session of 1913 members of the
committee used expense funds to go to
and from their homos during the ses
sion, and it was to find out by the ex
pense accounts of the members if that
was true til's session.
"They have made their own grave,"
he said, "and have burled themselves
in it, and the House has no way of
knowing what they are doing "
HOUSE TO ACT NEXT WEEK
ON FULL CREW REPEALER
The full crew repealer, which places
the regulations as to properly manning
trains in the hands of the Public Serv
ice Commission, was not called up for
passage when it appeared on second
reading in the House this morning.
There is objection to it in the House
and, as there were only three more
than a quorum present this morning,
Representative Baldwin, of Delaware,
its sponsor, did not call it up.
It will be called up for passage when
the full membership of the House is
present, probably on Monday night, if
that order of business is reached on the
calendar. Next week should see a vote
on this measure on final passage.
SMALLI'OX IN UNION CITY P. 0.
Vaccination Advised For Persons Who
Receive Mail From There
Several of the employes of the
poMtofliec in Union City, Erie county,
have been placed under quarantine
upon the order of the State Commis
sioner of Health Dr. Samuel G. Dixon,
it was announced here to-day. On
April 2, Charles C. Hotchkiss, a clerk,
was discovered to have smallpox.
The postoftice was disinfected and
such employes of office as were not
vaccinated have been quarantined.
Postmaster General Burlesow Tias been
notified by the State authorities and
immediate vaccination advised for
those individuals who have received
mail from Union City bearing the
postmarks of April 2 or about that
time.
BLACKSMITH HANGS SELF
Body of Solomon Baker Found Sus
pended From a Rafter
Bowmansdale, April 8. —Despondent
because of ill health, Solomon Baker,
a blacksmith, living near thw town,
committed suicide on Tuesday. He was
60 years of age aind leaves a widow
and three children. His body was
found hanging from a rafter of his
shop, by one of his daughters.
COURT HOUSE
ROAD VIEW IS CONFIRMED
New Highway Plumed to B« Laid Out
in But Hwrtir Township
The report of the board of viewers
who recommended that a new road be
laid out in East Hanover township, to
day was confirmed absolutely by Judge
Kunkel. The propowd road is to be 25
feet wide. True viewers allowed SB6
damages to abutting property owners:
Harry Hetrick to get <SO; Jacob Ul
rieh, $lB and Christian Seaman, $lB.
Court Hearing April 18
Judge McCarrell this morning fixed
April 16 as the time for the public
hearing to ascertain the mental condi
tion of Jacob Milleisen. »
Marriage Licenses
John 8. Kramer, Progress, and Hazel
A. Simonton, Harrisburg.
James M. Barnhart and Clara E. Ma
thias, Enola.
John H. Keath, city, pnd Mamie E.
Thrtme, Steelton.
Frank Yanzsa and Faui Fujz, Steel
ton.
James P. Culhane, city, and Anna M.
Van Wagner, Haintou.
David H. Pond and Anna C. Haves,
city.
Two New Houses
Adolph C. Staiger obtained a build
ing permit this morning to erect two
three-story brick houses on the north
side of Herr street, 23 feet west of
Eighteenth, to cost $6,000.
Will Probated
The will of Mary E. Livingston, late
of Harrisburg, was probated by Reg
ister Danner this morning, and letters
testamentary on the estate were grant
ed to Milton A. Livingston.
Tax Collectors Make Settlement
Three collectors of county tax in
Harrisburg yesterday ma.le settlement
with the county for their 1914 tax du
plicates. They were Melvin Balthaser,
■Ninth ward; Clarence A. Fisher, Tenth
ward, and Edwiu C. Osman, Thirteenth
ward.
Powell Wants Certificates
A" ''tor General A. E. Powell has re
que.*.. . the Cguntv Commissioners to
furnish him with the affidavit certifi
cates on which county hunters collected
[•bounties. He wants them to make an
audit of the charge made by Dauphin
county for reimbursement of bounty
payments.
Bowman to Represent G. A. R.
The County Commissioners yesterday
afternoon named William 11. ' Bowman
as the official representative of the G.
A. R. in Jackson township. He suc
ceeds the late William Whitman. The
G. A. R. representative has to do with
looking after the burial of deceased
veterans in his district.
Bids for Water Pipe
City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman
will ppen bids for laying water mains
in sections of Sycamore, Carlisle and
Agate streets, at 3 o'clock on Monday
afternoon, April 19. He now is ad
vertising for bids. Commissioner Tay
lor will open bids for tire hose at noon
on Saturday, April 17.
To Repaint Bridges
The County Commissioners have de
cided to repaint a number of county
bridges and will open bids preparatory
to awarding contracts for the work on
Friday, April 16.
TRIBUTE TO MR. LAIERTON
Minute Adopted To-day By the Har
risburg Hospital Board in Mem
ory of Its Late Secretary
The board of managers of the Har
risburg hospital, in a special meeting
to-day, adopted the following minute
on the death of James M. Lamberton,
who for years was secretary of the
board, holding that position "when he
died on March 28, last:
"The Board of Managers of the
Harrisburg (Hospital desire to place
upon their records an expression of
their heartfelt sorrow iu the loss of
James McCormick Lamberton, who en
tared into rest on the evening of Sun
day, March 28, 1915.
"Mr. Lamberton was first elected a
member of the Board iu May 1884.
He resigned in November 1887 upon
his departure from Harrisburg to as
sume his duties us a member of the fac
ulty of St. Paul's School, at Concord,
Xew Hampshire. Some time after his
return here, and at the annual'meeting
of the contributors to the hospital in
May, 1903, he was again elected to the
Board of Managers; and at the same
meeting he was chosen its secretary,
which position he held and filled with
rare fidelity up to the time of his death.
"To the interests of the hospital he
gave unsparingly of his time and
thought. Wise in counsel and apt in
suggestion, Mr. Lamberton's aid in the
administration of hospital affairs was
invaluable. Ho was no ordinary work
er for this cause; alert as to its needs,
punctual in attendance at the meetings
of the Board of Managers, indefatigable
in his attention to its thousand and one
details, he added to these business-like
characteristics an unbounded enthusi
asm, which extended to all with whom
he was brought into contact; and no
one came within the sphere of his splen
did personality who was not influenced
to higher living and greater effort for
every good cause. To the preparation
of the annual reports of the hospital
he gave much time and thought; and
they were models of their kind.
'' During .his life James McCormick
lamberton, by his upright living and
his high ideals, won the affection and
respect of a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances, and in his death there
will come to many a lingering sorrow.
"As lie lived, so he died; wearing
the white mantle of a blameless life."
JIAKES AUTO OWNERS LIABLE
Mills Bill Puts Blame For Accidents
On Persons Holding License*
Senator Mills introduced this morn
ing a bill of vital interest to automo
bile owners in the State which pro
vides that iin any civil proceeding for
injury done by a motor vehicle the
register number displayed on the ve
hicle shall be prima facie evidence
that the owner was operating it.
If he shall prove at the hearing
that he was not operating it and re
veal the name of the person actually
operating it, then the register num
ber evidence is removed a>nd the burd
en of proof shifted.
Artistic Printing at Star-Independent.
SIRE CRIPPLES
SIBFOIIB
Entire Interurban Sys
tem of Central and
Western New York
Is Affected/
NOT A CAR MOVED
IN AUBURN TODAY
Strike Called Last Night Following Re
fusal of Empire Company to Recog
nita the Amalgamated Association
of Bailway Employes
By Associated Press,
Syracuse, N. Y., April B.—The strike
of the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway Employes,
directed against the Empire United
Kailway lineß and affecting virtually
the entire interurban system of
Central and Western New York, is in
effect to-day. As a result not a car was
moving in Auburn and the Auburn and
Syracuse line was tied up, while other
systems were more or less affected. The
strike was called last nig'ht. following
the refusal of the company to recognize
the amalgamated as the representative
union body of its employes. The com
pany has contracts with the Brother
'hoods of Engineers and Conductors on
some of its lines.
Deputy Sheriff on Each Car
Cars on what is known as the 'Lake
Shore or Oswego division were still
running to-day, 'but a deputy sheriff
rode on each car, while automoibilrs
filled with policemen accompanied the
cars to the city limits. The 'Lake Shore
cars camp into this c.itv over their own
tracks Whifth made it possible for this
line to operate.
While there is no strike on the
Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern, the
Amalgamated has prevented the
Rochester, Syracuse anil Eastern from
running into Rochester city proper on
State railway tracks. The same is said
to be true at Buffalo, Lockport and
Niagara Palls on the Buffalo, Lockiporb
and Rochester line.
Through the carrying out of their
j plans the strike leaders declared to-day
that they had the Empire lines tied up
from Syracuse to Buffalo.
Court Grants Temporary Injunction
Rochester, N. Y., April B.—County
Judge Barhite to-day granted a tem
porary injunction to the Empire United
lines, restraining the New York State
Railways, which operates the local car
system, from preventing the cars of
the former running over its tracks in
fhe city of Rochester. The court order
is returnable Saturday.
Owing to the strike on the Empire
Company's suburban lines, the State
Railways hart agreed not to permit the
Empire to run cars over the city tracks
of the State Railways in Rochester,
Syracuse anrt other cities, where the
State company operates the local sys
tems. This action was taken toy the
State Railways to prevent strikes on
its city lines.
The injunction sought by the Envpire
Company seeks to prevent the State
Railways from refusing it access to the
tracks in this city.
PLAN A HOUSING SURVEY
John Ilder, of the National Associa
tion, to Inspect Conditions In
Harrisburg Next Week
Plans for the housing survey of
Harrisburg to be made April 15 and
16 by John Ilder, secretary of the
National Housing Association, under
the joint auspices of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce, the' Civic Club
of Harrisburg and the Associated
Charities were made this afternoon at
a meeting of interested officials in the
chamber's offices in the Kunkel build
ing.
Details of the inspection of the
various parts of the city by Air. Ilder
were arranged together with the time
and place for meetings during his stay
in the city. Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city '
health officer, is taking un interest in
the survey and if possible will arrange
a meeting between city and county of
ficials and Mr. Ilder.
The following persons representing
'the various bodies attended this aft
ernoon's meeting:
William Jennings, W. B. McCaleb,
Vance C. MeOormick and J. Horace
McFarland; Miss Eleanor Shunk, Miss
Martha Buehler and Mrs. William
Henderson. •
HELP WORTHY CAUSES
Chamber of Commerce Investigating
Application for Aid
The meiubers of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce have by signed
enrollment cards pledged themselves not
to.contribute cash, merchandise or serv
ice for any cause, not to take advertis
ing space in any special programs or
publications unless the chamber issues
a certificate of investigation.
The object of t'he chamber is to pre
vent worthless schemes getting support
and enaible the worthy causes to be bet
ter patronized.
Mummers to Hold Banquet
The Harrisburg Mummers' Associa
tion met last evening in the office of
C'lareneo O. Backenstoss, secretary to
Mayor Royal, and decided to hold a
banquet at the Wallace hotel, Cumber
land and Wallace streets, on the even
ing of April 14. It was planned that
a banquet be an annual feature of the
year's activities of the association.
Newsies Majestic Quests
The newsboys of Harrisburg will
be the guests to-night of the "Public
Ledger" at the Majestic theatre,
where they will see the moving pic
tures of the European war.
Brief Filed in Railway Mail Case
Washington, April B.—The govern
ment's 'brief was filed to-day in the
Supreme Court in the so-called railway
mail pay cases, which involve $35,-
000,4)0:0 and affect 800 railroads. The
eases involve the right of the Postmas
ter Qeneral to change the method in ad
justing railway maU pay.