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COMMITTEE ACTS ON LOCAL
OPTION TO-MORROW NIGHT
Bill Will Be Favorably Reported and
May Reach Final Passage Stage
In House By Week From To-mor
row—Vare Following In Doubt
The Law and Order Committee of
the House is called to meet to-morrow
■ight by Chairman Williams, when it
is probable that the local option bUL
will be ordered to be reported off
favorably and it will then come up
for first reading on Thursday, second
reading on the Monday evening fol
lowing. and on final passage ou Tues
day, April 20.
In the meantime both the "wets"
and the "drys" are bending every ef
fort to win. It is conceded that the
friends of the bill have over eighty
votee, and some of them claim ninety,
«n<} that the Vare members of the
House in Philadelphia have the bal
ance of power, numbering seventeen.
They are all said to be awaiting their
cue frtfhi Senator Vare, and will vote
on the local option matter as he de
sires.
Senator Vare is reported to have
Mid that in the matter of local option
he will not attempt to influence his
followers in any manner.
With ninety votes in favor the
friends of the bill need but fourteen
more to .pass it, 104 being a majority
of the entire House. On the other hand
the opponents of the bill deny that it
has any number near ninety pledged
for it, and say that it has* but few
over sixty, Great influence is being
brought to bear on men who are said
to be "on the fence" to bring them
into the cold water camp.
Senator Snyder is said to want a
hearing by the Judiciary Special Com
mittee on the child labor bill, which
would mean that it will not be report
ed from the Senate committee this
■week. Of all tue platform pledge bills
this is the one nearest of accomplish
ment.
The House will meet to-night and
the Senate to-morrow night.
HER HONEYMOON WAS BRIEF
Wife Seeking a Divorce Says Husband
Left Her on Wedding Day
A hearing has beeu set for June 14,
next. in the divorce suit of Bertha vs.
Wilson C. Potieiger, and therein lies
the climax to a brief courtship, an
elopement and hurried marriage, half a
day of domestic bliss, desertion and.
eventually, court troubles galore.
Desertion, wilful and malicious, is
charged by the young wife, who,
through her attorney. W. Justin. Car
ter, this morning began the legal fight
for separation. The husband in March
was paroled in a criminal case for an
other three-month period on his prom
ise to Judge Kunkel to accept the al
ternative of returning to and living
■with his wife, rather than undergoing
imprisonment in the county jail or the
penitentiary.
Young Potteiger's court troubles
date from the summer of 1913, when
he pleaded guilty to a serious criminal
charge. Subsequently—on August 6,
: 1913. it was—he "jumped'' his parole,
eloped to Hagerstown and married the
•woman now suing him. The wife .now
charges that he never lived with her
for even one day thereafter.
KEW CHARGE AGAINST FURRY
Man Under Arrest in Lebanon Now
Accused of Concealing Weapon
Lebanon, April 12.—Rav Forrv. who
has been in the police eye for some
time and who recentlv escaped from
the Lebanon City Hall and later was
captured and arrested on *he charge of
having robbed Campbell's hardware
store, was served with still another war
rant on> Saturday in his cell at the
county jail here.
Forrv escaped from the City Hall
cell after being locked up by P. & R.
Detective Foruwalt. B. H. Booser,
chief of the detective force of the Har
risburg division of the P. i- R. railroad. :
and Officer Fornwalt appeared before j
Alderman R. L. Miller and swore out a
■warrant against Forrv on the charge of
having carried concealed deadly weap
ons, the weapon being a loaded re
volver.
Death of Mrs. Mary Witmer
Lebanon. April 12. —Mrs. Mary Wit
mer, nee Bachman, widow of the late
Professor Peter B. Witmer, of West
Main street. Palmyra, died at her home
of senile debility, at the advanced age
of 86 years. Her health had been ex
cellent all winter but on Sunday she
was taken ill and her death was not
unexpected. She was a resident of Pal
myra since 1857 and was one of the
oldest residents of the borough. Mrs.
Witmer was born on the present Kil
linger farm near Fontona the daughter
of the late Peter Baehman, and married
the late Professor Peter B. Witmer,
founder and principal of the Witman
Academy. Palmyra. She was a mem
ber of Trinity Reformed church, Pal
myra. These children survive: Charles
K. Witmer, Chief Burgess of Palmyra
borough, and Miss Rose Witmer, of
Palmyra; Mrs. id. B. Felty and Dr. Pe
ter B. Witmer, of Abilene, Kansas. She
as the last of her family. Mrs. Wit
mer was the sister of the late Mrs. C.
C. Gingrich, of Lawn, this county.
General Strike Is Averted
fly Alitor iatcd Press,
Syracuse. X. Y.. April 12.—Traction
officials and labor leaders expressed
themselves as well pleased with the
outcome of the conference early to-day
between the railway authorities and the
labor unions, whereby the strike on the
lines of the Empire United Railways
was declared off and an agreement
reached to submit other matters of dis
pute to arbitration. The settlement
was reached after a conference lasting
until 1.30 this morning and eliminated
the possibility of a general strike that
threatened to affect virtually every
large electric line in the State.
Edward P. Moxey Is Dead
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, April i2.—Edward P.
Qloxey, an expert accountant who ap
peared as a witness for the government
in many prosecutions of offenders
against the national banking laws, died
suddenly in Chicago to-day of heart dis
ease. Mr. Moxey, whose home was in
this city, had a national reputation of '
untangling muddled accounts. He was
a witness for the government in the
cases against Charles W. Morse, in
Xew York, and John R. Welsh, in Chi
cago, convicted of violating national
Vank laws.
Artistic Printing at Star-Independent.
CRUISER WILHELM -
MAI MAKE DASH
CwttiM* Kna First Pas*.
early to-day, although Commander
Thierfelder expressed the hope that he
would be able to do so. It is generally
believed, however, that will interne has
ship.
One hundred and Mttf tons of coal,
I fifty tons of fresh water and Ihree
days' supply of fresh meats, fruits and
vegetables were loaded on barges dur
ing the night and were alongside the
cruiser at sunrise. These provisions were
allotted the raider by Collector of Cus
toms Hamilton after couference with
the Washington authorities.
To Remove the 61 Prisoners
Arrangements also were under way
for removal from the ship of sirtv-one
British sailors taken by the Kronprinz
Wilhelm from the steamships Tamar
and Colcbv, destroyed in the South At
lantic.
Lieutenant Conunafider Thierfelder,
commander of the cruiser, has asked for
time to survey his ship and to submit
to examination by a board of United
States naval officers before making a
formal request as to the time he wishes
to remain in American waters for full
supplies and repairs. His machinery aft
er a 255 days' voyage from New York
harbor is said to be in fairly good con
dition. evidenced bv the fact that the
ship was able to malte at least 23 knots
an hour Saturday night and Sunday
morning in her dash into Hampton
Roads through a' lane that echoed and
re-echoed with the sputterings from
wireless instruments of enemy war
ships. All was shipshape on the Wil
helm at sunrise to-day. officers and
sailors in their queer-looking gray uni
forms of French army cloth captured
from the steamer Guadeloupe present
ing a fresh appearance after the first
undisturbed night's rest in eight months
of persistent and elusive operation on
the high seas.
was a long voyage from New
York to Newport News," said Over
Lieutenant Warnake, first officer of the
Wilhelm. as he looked out on the bril
liant sunrise. "But it was a pleasant
voyage and in all that time we never
touched land. Always we were on the
big ocean and now at last we have ar
rived. Two hundred and fifty-five days
from New York to Newport News and
the distance is only 270 mil?s. I won
der what can be the matter with this
ship." The officer smiled as he enoved
his own joke.
Sank a Neutral Vessel
Sinking bv the Wilhelm of the neu
tral Norwegian bark Semautha. bound
for Falmouth, February 5, last, prom
ised to-day to present an interesting
international case similar to that pre
cipitated by the sinking of the Amer
ican bark William P. Frye by the Ger
man raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich, now
interned here. The Semantha was
loaded with wheat for England.
"The Norwegian ship's cargo was
contraband of war," said Lieutenant
Warneke when asked about the destruc
tion of tliis neutral ship to-day.
"There was no alternative for us. The
cargo of wheat was worth far more
than the ship itself and from the ship's
papers we found that the wheat was
insured by the British government.
What could we dot We had to destroy
her."
Investigation is being made of the
conditions under which the Wilhelm
slipped out of New York harbor Au
gust 3, last, it being reported that she
did not have proper clearince papers
when she made her dash, as it now de
velops, under direct orders from the
German government. Should it be
found that the ship did not secure |
clearance papers, she would be subject j
to "pains and penalties" for breach!
of the customs law of the United I
States.
Several of the officers and men of the
cruiser were wearing the "iron cross,"!
but they refused to discuss the feats j
performed to gain it.
The sixty-one prisoners now on I
board the Wilhelm. who were 'taken
from the Royal Mail steamer Tam:u j
and the British steamer Colby, stiH I
were cooped up in a space on the upper j
after deck and guarded by armed sail- j
ors. Efforts to talk to the prisoners,
were prevented by the guard, but later |
to-day they will be brought ashore.
Newspapers Banned on Ship
A newspaper taken on board and
offered to one who begged for it in
order to get news from home was con
fiscated by an officer. Several of the
prisoners, including Captain Crighton,
of the Colby, and Chief Officer Math
ews, of the Tamar, asked that cable
messages tie sent to their families in
Kngland. but before the addresses
could be secured the guard intervened
and newspapermen were ordered from
that part of the ship.
The crew of the Kronprinz is com
posed almost entirely of persons who
are naturalized Americans and have
lived in the I'nited States for many
years. Some of them are former mem
bers of the crew of the United States
battleship Kearsarge and of the Ger
man cruiser Karlsruhe, transferred to
the Kronprinz in the South Atlantic.
Several others were members of the
crews of snips sunk by the auxiliary
cruiser.
British Vice Consul Kenworthv is
in communication .vith Collector Ham
ilton concerning the disposition of the
prisoners. It is the intention to send
them back to England on the British
steamer Casandra, now in this port.
The Casandra is fitted for carrying pas
sengers, but has been engaged in the
freight carrying trade of late. German
Vice Consul Grassau also paid an offi
cial visit to the cruiser.
Karlv to-day United States naval pa
trol of the James river was begun in
the vicinity of the Wilhelm's anchor
age. The naval tug Patuxent took a
position alongside the German raider,
while torpedo boats and submarines
anchored in positions leading to Hamp
ton Roads.
The provisions taken on by the cruis
er were for use in this port only, the
last of which was responsible for the
epidemic of btri beri.
MRS. CATHERINE NEFF DIES
Burial Will Be Made at Oberlin on
Wednesday Afternoon
Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Xeff, 58
years of age, wife of Amos Neff, died
yesterday afternoon at 5.45 o'clock at
her home, 1527 Penn street. She was a
member of the First United Brethren
Church.
She leaves her husband, a son, George
R.; a daughter, Elva; three sisters,
Mrs. F. M. Guistwhite, of this city:
Mrs. H. V. B. Garver, of Oberlin, ana
Mrs. Louis Gronden, ilighspire, and a
brother, G. B. Neavling, of Carlisle.
Funeral services will be held on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the house. The Rev. J. T. Spangler,
pastor of the First United Brethren
church, will officiate. Burial will be
made in the Oberlin cemetery.
RARRISBURQ STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1915.
AMERICAN SHIPS IN BRITISH
PRIZE COURT SEER RELIEF
London, April 12, 1,30 P. M.—The
American steamers Navejo and Joseph
W. Fordney, both under detention at
the present time by the British marine
authorities at Kirkwall, have appealed
to the American embassy here to pro
cure their release.
The captain of the Joseph W. Ford
ney has advised the embassy that a
British prize crew took charge of his
ship off the Norwegian coast.
The Navejo from Galveston to
Bremen, has on board a cargo of cotton.
She has been ordered'to the prize court
on the order of council, cutting off all
trade to Germany. She was taken into
Kirkwall April 7.
The Joseph W. Fordney left New
York March 20 for Malmore. Sho was
taken into Kirkwall April 8.
LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY
C«atlnurd Prom Flrat P>(»
that alone resulted in the recapture of
a trench At Eparges the French have
not advanced beyond the positions cap
tured by them April l>. Paris admits
also that the Germans have recovered
some ground temporarily lost by them
between Pontamausson and St. Mlhiel,
but even there the French claim to
hold most of their gain.
The fighting in the Carpathians con
tinues along a seventy mile front with
apparently undiminished vigor with
Russia claiming to have repulsed a de
termined counter offensive on the part
of the Austrlans and the Germans. On
the eastern flank the Russians are
drawing near to Uzsok Pass. If they
carry this position they will command
another easy road to Hungary.
Interest in the near eastern situation
has been stimulated by the receipt in
London of two special dispatches, one
of which declares that the recent mis
sion to Berlin of Field Marshal Von
Der Goltz was instigated by the young
Turks, who have declared that Germany
must send a strong force to invade Ser
bia and threaten Bulgaria in order that
munitions of war might be sent to Tur
key. while the other quotes the Prime
Minister of Bulgaria as saying a new
situation has been brought about by
the actions of the allies in the east in
which Bulgaria sees a possibility of
realizing her national aspirations.
The sinking of the Belgian relief
ship Darpalyce on her return voyage
has created much comment here, but
the American Relief Commission is
awaiting official confirmation of the re
port that this ship was sent down by
a German submarine before making a
protest.
Interest in prohibition in England
continues unabated with the latest ma
terial for discussion supplied by a
morning paper which asserts that the
government is prepared to take the in
dustry of manufacturing light beer at
the same time suppressing all other in
toxicating drinks.
From Russian sources it is reported
that the invasion of Hungary has been
begun. A dispatch from Lemberg, Ga
licia, says the Russians are advancing
successfully along a wide front be
tween Bartfeld and Uzsok, descending
the southern slope of the Carpathians
and pressing back the Austrians. In
the Dukla region also the Russians are
said to have routed the Austrians. froc
ing them to abandon stores and trans
ports in their retreat.
The Mouse-Moselle region is still the
scene of the principal contest in the
west. Although the French attacks
have been made with increasing vigor,
Berlin reports that virtually nothing
had been accomplished by these tactics.
An official review of these operations
contains the statement that the Ger
mans have regained all the positions
lost earlier in the fighting, with a few
unimportant exceptions, and that the
French have sustained extremely heavy
losses.
London heard rumors to-day of an
other naval engagement off the English
coast. It is said heavy firing was tin
der way off Scarborough, one of the
coast towns attacked by the squadron
in its raid several months ago.
The bare announcement was received
in London to-day that the British
steamer Wayfarer had been attacked
and torpedoed by a German submarine.
VOX BERNSTORFF COM PLAIN ED
ODER HOME INSTRUCTION'S
Washington, April 12.—German em
bassy officials stated to-day that the
Ambassador acted under instructions
from the Berlin foreign office in pre
senting the recent note to the State De
partment complaining that while the
United States had failed to maintain
its right to export foodstuffs to 'Ger
many, American manufactures were
permitted to continue shipping muni
tions of war in unlimited quantities to
Great Britain and her allies.
Some question had arisen as to what
Count Von Bernstorff, the Ambassador
asked on his own authorities, since the
document, a diplomatic "memoran
dum." was phrased by the embassy.
Tlie memorandum delivered some
days, ago, was made public last night
by the Ambassador. He said that he
did so without arrangement with the
State Department, recalling that the
department itself recently published
the American note to Germany on the
Frye case, though there had "been no
agreement for its simultaneous publica
tion in Berlin.
BERLIN SAYS FRENCH LOSE
HEAVILY TAKING TRENCHES
Berlin, via Amsterdam to London,
April 12, 4.3G A. M.—The main army
headquarters has made public a detailed
description of the battle between the
Meuse and the Moseile.
While up to April 7 the French at
tacks were directed exclusively by both
German wings, tlie descriptions say the
enemy now is also attacking the center,
having gathered force# near St. Mihiel,
but each succeeding day has ended with
a full German success on all the attack
ed fronts. All the trenches lost in these
fights have been regained with the ex
ception of a small unimportant part.
The details assert that fighting of the
fiercest character has been continued
from Wednesday to Friday with the
French troops generally taking the of
fensive at a frightful cost in killed,
wounded and prisoners, and with the
Germans occasionally yielding a trench
or two under severe artillery fire but
later counter attacking and resuming
their old positions.
Birth of a Daughter Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Harry B, Saussaman,
of Paxtang, announced the birth of a
daughter yesterday.
INSTITUTIONS ASK STATE
FOR TOTAL 0F5125,000,000
Chairman of Houae Appropriations
Committee Says Oats Will Be Made
to Ooofftm With Charities Board'!
Views—Confers With Governor
Representative Woodward, of Alle
gheny, chairman of the House Appro
priation Committee, held a conference
this morning with Governor Brum
baugh on appropriation matters.
The appropriations for almost all ef
the hospitals, State institutions and
homes asking State aid, will be report
ed out of committee this week and
Chairman Woodward says a special
calendar will be made for their con
sideration which will have right of
way on certain days until all are dis
posed of.
In almost every instance the sums
asked for, if beyond those recommend
ed bv the "'State Board of Charities,
will be cut down, and in no instance
is there to be any allowance for new
buildings. The committee has bills
in its hands, the total of which is
about J12'5,00'0,000, and these will
have to be cut down to come within
the revenues of the State, which are
estimated at about $6'2,000,000 t«
cover all the expenses of the State,
The general appropriation bill,
w-hich has passed second reading in
the House has been referred to back
to cqpimittee, will .not come out be
fore next week, and in the meantime
the heads of departments will be con
ferred with as to their actual wants.
Governor Brumbaugh is quoted as
saying that if the appropriations aro
kept within the revenues of the State,
he will not use the ax, but there ie
fear that the House and Senate will
disregard the recommendations of the
Appropriations Committee and raise
the appropriations in the bills on their
way through the respective bodies, and
if they go beyond the estimated rev
enues the Governor will certainly use
his veto ax and will accept the respon
sibility thrust on him by reckless law
makers.
FHy^ANCB
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS
New York, April 12.
Open. Close.
Amal Copper 68 68%
Anier Beet Sugar .... 16% 46
American Can 36 38
do pfd 95% 97i/g
Am Car and Foundry Co 49% 48%
Am Cotton Oil <9% 52
Am lee Securities .... 32% 32
Amer Loe-j 33 32%
Amer Smelting 69% 69%
American Sugar 107% 107%
Amer Tel and Tel .... 120% 120%
Anaconda 34% 34%
Atchison 10 2 102%
Baltimore and Ohio ... 25% 25%
Bethlehem Steel 107% 124
Brooklyn R T 90% 90
California Petroleum .. 16 15%
Canadian Pacific 168 167%
Central Leather ...... 37% 37%
Chesapeake and Ohio.. 146% 145%
Chi, Mil and St. Paul. 92% 92
Chino Con Copper .. 40% 40%
Col Fuel and Iron .... 32% 31%
Corn Products 12% 12%
Distilling Securities ... 10 10
E"e 27% 27%
Erie, Ist pfd 43% 43%
■General Electric Co ... 149% 149%
Great Nor pfd 120 120%
Great Nor Ore subs ... 36% 38%
Interboro (Met 16 15%
Interboro Met pfd .... 67% 67%
Lehigh Valley 142'/, 142%
Louis and Nash 120% 120%
Mex Petroleum 74% 73%
Missouri Pac 14% 15%
National Lead 64 62%
Nev Consol Copper ... 14% 14
New York Central ... 88% 87'/>
NY, N H and H 61% 61%
Norfolk and Western .. 104% 104%,
Northern Pac 108% 107%
Pacific Mail 22Vis 22%
Penna R R 109 108%
Pittsburgh Coal 22% 23%
do pfd 95% 95%
Press Steel Car 34% 34%
Railway Steel Spg. .... 26 26
Ray Con. Copper 21% 21%
Reading 151% 150%
Repub. Iron and Steel . 26% 26%
do pfd 85 84%
Southern Pacific 91'/ 3 91%
Southern Ry "19% 19
do pfd ." 61% 61%
Tennessee Copper 32% 32%
Third Ave 53% 53
Union Pacific 129% 129%
U. S. Rubber 72% 72%
U. S. Steel 56 55%
do pfd 108% 108%
Utah Copper 59 59
Yir.-Carolina Chem ... 25% 26%
Western Maryland .... 26% 26%
W. U. Telegraph 66 66
Westinghouse Mfg. ... 77 76%
DEDICATE LODGE TEMPLE
Knights of Malta of Beading Open
Building Which Cost 960,000
Reading, Pa., April 12.—Visitors
were present from Philadelphia, Lan
caster, Pottsville, York and Harrisburg,
ami four prominent Reading ministers,
who are members of the order, made
addresses at the dedication of the new
$60,000 Knights of Malta Temple
here yesterday afternoon. The exer
cises were part of a week's jubilee,
which opened Saturday witii a street
parade, in which 2,000 participated.
The principal address was oy Grand
Commander H. F. Fisher, of Braddock,
Pa. The other speakers were the Revs.
G. P. Bierman, CarKiH. Gramm, J. Addi
son Kutz and H. G. Weaver. The fes
tivities of each evening of the jubilee
will be in charge of one of the local
commanderies.
HIKED TO BEADING SUNDAY
Both Brothers Braved Storm on Jaunt
to Berks County
Professor Frank G. Roth, of the Cen
tral High School faculty, and Profes
sor Edward B. Both, physical director
at the Y. M. C. A., both sons of Frank
J. Roth, court stenographer, yesterday
hiked to Reading, a distance of 54
miles.
The brothers left Harrisburg at
4 a. m. arrived in Lebanon at 11 a. m.
and after spending two hours in that
city departed for Reading, arriving
there between 7 and 8 p. m. Rain in
the afternoon failed to halt the pair.
New Jersey Minister Here
The Rev. G. B M. Closser, of Pem
berton, N. J., will give a talk on "Dis
pensational Truth" at the home of C.
W. Fenstermacher, 929 North Third
street, to-night at 7.45 o'clock.
ACCUSED OF MOVINC HIS
NEW TENANT'S FURNITURE
8. Bifida, Apartment House Owner,
Charged by O. A. Wert With Pat
ting Household Effects Into Street
Because "Not Good Enough "
If S. Rifkin. the owner of an apart
ment house at 407 VerDeKe street, haa
adopted a policy that the tenants of
lii« houses must have "swell" furni
ture or comparatively as "good as the
house into which it is moved," he ad
hered to that policy ou Thurtday, ac
cording to a suit fifed to-day in which
he is charged with "deliberately and
maliciously " removing a wngonload of
home furnishings belonging to Ort Ad
dison Wert from the Verbeke street
apartment and casting it into the
street.
Wert found IUB furniture on the
highway when he was about to trans
fer the second wagon load of his bouee
hold goods from 1537 Fulton street to
the Verbeke street apartment, ha says.
Much angered, lie nt once sought to
know why lie had been "dumped into
the street," but he charges thnt the
landlord > only excuse 'vas that the
"furniture is not good enough for the
house."
Back Wert went to the Fulton street
bouse, taking his furniture with him,
and nn hour or so later he was in th«
office of W. L. Loeaer, nn attorney.
This morning he began a $1,500 dam
age suit against Rifkin, in which he
demands "compensatory and exemplary
damages." Wert alleges in his action
for redress that he had contracted with
Rifkin to pay $2.50 a week for the
Verbeke street npartmeuts aud that be
fore attempting to move his furniture
he pafd $1.50 to bind the bargain.
Rifkin, he charges, now hns the
$1.50 and refuses to give it up. It
also is alleged that Ritkin was aided
in removing Wert's furniture from the
house, although the names of the sup
posed accomplices are not contained in
the bill of complaint.
REPORTS ON UNIFORM LAWS
Commission Submits Its Findings to the
Governor To-day
The report of the Commission on
Uniform State Laws, consisting of
Judge William 11. Staake, Deputy At
torney General Hargest and Walter
George Smith, was this morning pre
sented to Governor Brumbaugh. It con
tains the laws that Pennsylvania has
adopted from time to time as prepared
by the Uniform State Laws Commis
sion.
The uniform partnership law nlreadv
has been adopted and the uniform sales
law is now pending, and when passed
these will complete the adoption by
Pennsylvania of all the uniform com
mercial laws that have been recommend
ed between States.
There already have been adopted by
•previous Pennsylvania Legislatures the
uniform negotiable instruments act, the
warehouse receipts act, the bills of
lading act and the stock transfer act.
The uniform divorce act will not be pre
sented this year.
Included in the report was the minute
adopted on the death of the late Rob
ert Snodgrass, of Harrisburg, who was
a member of the commission.
1,130 Canadian Soldiers Insured,
Hartford, Conn., April 12.—Through
the citv of Toronto, insurance has just
been taken out with a local company,
it was learned, on the lives of 1,150
Canadian soldiers of the second expe
ditionary force for which Lord Kitche
ner has called to go to the fighting
| line. The amount on each man is sl,-
| 000. For three years the city of To
! ronto will pay the aggregate premium
i of $45,000. After that the men will be
! expected to pay the premiums them
selves.
Japs Aid Widows of tJ. S. Sailors
By Associated Press.
Honolulu, April 12.—The Japanese
cruiser Tokiwa put in at Honolulu late
Saturday and remained several hours
before proceeding. Admiral Tochinai
conveyed to the United States authori
ties here condolence of the Japanese
Emperor on the loss of the crew of the
submarine F-4. Officers and crew of
the Tokiwa contributed SIOO to the
relief fund being raised for families of
the F-4's dead.
Kreider Shoe Factories Very Busy
Lebanon, April 12. —-The Kreider
shoe factories located at Annville, Pal
myra, Elizabethtown and Miildletown,
have received a very extensive order
for fall shoes from the various distrib
uting houses operated by Congressman
A. S. Kreider, of Annville. The local
plant recently received its share of the
order and now has enough orders on
hand to keep the plant running stead
ily until July 18 of this year.
"Eben Plympton," Actor, Dies
By Associated Press.
New York, April 12.—Eben Brad
lee, known on the stage as "Eben
Plympton," one time leading man with
Mary Anderson, died here to-day of
pneumonia. He had been ill nine days
and in poor health a long time. He
played leading roles with mnny stars,
including the Booths, Clara Morris and
Mine. Modjeska. *
Eight Indicted For $5,030,000 Deal
By Associated Press.
Chicago, April H2'.—lndictments
against John Farson, Jr., and his
brother, William Farson and six other
men charged with misuse of the mails
in the «nle of securities amounting to
$5,050,000 in a Colorado Irrigation
deal were announced to-day by the
United States Attorney's office here.
Thieves Break Skylight and Bun
Thieves early fhis morning were
frightened at the noise when Jhey broke
the skylig'ht in the drug store of Croll
Keller, 40>5 Market street, and they
vanished before persons from the St.
James' hotel adjoining got to the rear
of the store. The screen was removed
from the top of the skylight and the
glass 'broken. Nothing else was dis
turbed.
KNIGHTS OF ST. GEORGE MEET
Elect E. J. Kreidler Delegate to Con
vention at Scranton
At a meeting of the Knights of St.
George, Branch 168, of the St. Francis
Roman Catholic church, Edward J.
Kreidler was elected director, to go to
the convention to be held in Scranton
June 1. Other candidates were Mr.
Waldschmidt, who has been director for
the past three years; Adam Sutter and
William Storm. It was decided that
on April 29 a reception be held for the)
members of the Branch and their
firends. The music will be furnished
by the Verti Italian band. I
GOVERNOR IS PREACHER
AT CHURCH OF BRETHREN
On* of Ma*y Miblstara to Discuss Local
Option is City Churches Yesterday
—Congregations Vote to Support
Him in Stand
Among the many ministers who spoke
on local option in Harrisburg churches
yesterday in compliance with Gover
nor Brumbaugh 'a request was the Gov
ernor himself, who is an ordained min
ister of tho Church of the Brethren.
He attended services at the Hummel
street church of that denomination, aiul
although his intention had not been to
speak to the congregation, he was
called upon iu the course of tho service
and addressed the large gathering. An
address by tho Uovernor had not been
announced but many visitors filled the
church.
"If," said the Governor, "your of
ficials elected to office do not stand by
their creed iu office they are utterly
unfit to rule. We officials are set aside
by the people not to lord over but to
servo them. My stand is very common
place, for you who have always known
me and my habits have a right to ex
pect me to behave in office as I have
befor(. A man who would do other
wise would be a hypocrite.
Local option sermons were given as
announced in many churches, and mem
bers in many instances wore white rib
bon# and white flowers. The Tip
persry local option song was s favorite
during services.
Representative Wildman heard tho
sermon of the R«v. W. H. Dallman at
the Market Street Baptist church and
Representative Nissley that of tho Rev.
W. S. Booth at tho First Baptist
church.
The congregation of the Nagle
Street Church of Uwl unanimously vot
ed to support the Governor in his local
option stand, following a sermon by the
Kev. H. B. Wolbert.
Following a sermon by the Rev. J.
A. Lyter, especially addressed to the
men of the Derry Street United Breth
ren church, the voters present adopt
ed a resolution endorsing the Williams'
local option bill and the action of Gov
ernor Brumbaugh in his efforts to se
.cure its passage.
A TREE FALLACY.' /
Hw Idea That tin Iranthn RIM aa
the Trunk Grawa. j
It Is commonly lelleved that aa a
iree grows It derates the lower braneh
ra and nny other thing firmly attached
to It. As n result, curious stories like
the following circulate:
A Canadian farmer built A barn on
wlliow posts set lu the ground. The
next spring happened to be wet, aud
he noticed that the horseu had trouble
In stepping up to the floor on entering.
Finally It dawned upon him that the
. willow posts, which by tjils time had'
put out branches and leaves, wero'
growing and elevating the whole barn.!
The process continued until the floor
was some nine or ten feet high. >
Then he put In another floor at tb#
ground level.
At the time the story was told this
second floor was fonr feet from the]
ground, and the farmer was hoping for, |
a wet season so that the elevation
might continue until he could put hi a'
third floor.
It 1a Impossible to take this tale ae-J
rlously, but many folks believe stories
with as little foundation. Sometimes
a hog tight fence Is attached to green
posts. In a few years the owner no-'
tlces that good sized pigs can crawlj
underneath It and often be coßClndes
the green posts have grown and els-'
vated the whole fence-
This elevation, however, happens
also with seasoned posts and Is due
to another cause. Water expands wbe4
It freezes, and In the ground the ex
pansion cannot be downward or side
wise. so It must be upward. Conse
quently, every time the ground freezes
the posts are pushed upward a frac
tion of an Inch. When thawing occurs
the weight of the fence IK not suffi
cient to push them back.
Thus every fre<!ce means a slight el*-
vatlon, and In the course of three or
four years the fence may no longer be
bog tight
In the same way wheat Is lifted out
of the ground in the early spring wben
the ground freezes for several nigbta
In succession and thaws In the day
time.
Farmers and city dwellers alike be
lieve tbat a growing tree elevates Its
lower branches; otherwise, they say.
bow Is it tbat a three foot cherry tree
In a few years has not a branch with
in four feet of the ground? if eleva
tion really occurred, however, It la dif
ficult to aee how we could ever have
a low beaded tree, and tbat It actually
does not occur Is shown by careful ob
servation apread over a number of
years. The lower branches gradunlly
die as they are shaded by the upper
ones and in the course of time drop
off. This natural pruning can be aeen
In all its stages at the same time In
any fairly dense forest Here It Is
easily seen that only branches In tie
light continue to thrive and live.
No branch is elevated to any extent
after it is a year old.—Farm and Fire
side.
Flags ef • Chi*.
Here Is the complete story of a ship's,
flags, where tbey are flown and what
they signify:
On the ataff in the bow—The jack of
nation to which vessel belongs.
On the foremast—Flag of foreign na
tion vessel is going to. If going to own
national port she carries flag of nation
she is leaving if that nation happens
to be foreign.
On the mainmast—The bouse flag, al
ways.
On the sftermain Hf ahe has onei—
Flag bearing vessel's nsme.
On the mtzzen—Nothing.
On tbe staff at the stern—The na
tional ensign of the nation to which
the vessel belongs.—New' Tork Tribune.
Then They Quit
"What's the troirble lierel''
"The bellboys are on a strike."
" Want more pay, I supposet"
"o. A man came in a little while
ago and asked to have Waldislascz
Bzcburezs paged.''—Chicago Herald.
COURT HOUSE
FOREIGNERS IN SLANDER 81 IT
Fimn HITI Dispute Involving Pur
chase of Fuming Implements
Whether a criminal. suit charging
Himo Rusnor, a Steelton foreigner,
with attempting to defraud his cred
itors, wee brought with a malicious
intent to defame Rusnor'* good name,
is what a jury in Judge McCarrell'»
court will have to decide. Kusnor is
seeking damages from one Artso Dim
off, another Steelton alien, whom he
charges was the prosecuting witness
in the criminal action, which figured
iu the couTt months ago. The (TVand
Jury threw the case out. Judge C. V.
Henry, of Lebanon county, is specially
presiding in No. 2 court, where a case
involving the sale of a farming imple
ment w*s being tried. Samuel Bower,
the contends that the machin
ery was not an represented by R. L.
Wiest, tl;e defendant, and he seeks
to be relieved from paying for it.
Judge Kunkel remained in chamber
where other vases occupied his atten
tion.
Appevil Is Piled
An appe.il from the decision of the
Public Service Commission who re
fused the application of the Business
Men's Association of Hatboro, to com
pel the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
way Company to continue running a
late nitfht train between Reading and
Hatboro, was filed with the court this
morning, A date has not yot been
fixed for the court hearing.
Kerstlitter Released From Jail
Judge McCarrell this morning made
an order permitting Walter E. Kerstet
tcw to enter into his own recognizance
as security for his faithful compliance
with a court maintenance order made
in fnvor of the defendant's wife. Ker
stetter had been unable to get another
bond and had been in jail. He wag re
leased to-day.
Bridge Inspectors Named
At the suggestion of the County
Commissioners, Judge McCarrell this
morning named Martin M. Kcet, A. 8.
Hamman and C. H. Hoffer a board of
viewers to inspect the new concrete
viaduct spanning the SwaMra creek,
between Middletown and Rovalton,
The inspectors will meet at the placo
of the improvement on Thursday aft
ernoon at 4 <?*cloek.
Banquet Committee to Meet
The banquet committee of the Har
risburg Councilmanic Association will
meet in the office of the City Olerk,
in the Court House, to-morrow even
ing:, beginning at 7.30 o'clock, accord
ing to notices sent out to-dav by As
sistant City Clerk R. R. Seaman, who
is secretary of the society.
Bond Is Reduced
The >I,OOO bond which had been
demanded of the defendant in a dam
age suit by Pearl Gebhart against
Semo Jovauovic, this morning was re
duced to S3OO.
Sues For Divorce
TliTough his attorney, W. Justin
Carter, Harry J. Harris this morning
begun suit for divorce against his
wife Mabel V. Harris, charging deser
tion.
Damage Suit Settled
The damage suit of Sarah and Ben
jamin H. Prowell against the Harris
bung Railways Company, which was to
have been heard at the Common Pleas
court term which opened this morning,'
was settled by the parties.
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE
William O. Henry Injured As He
Walks Around Trolley Car
William C. Henry, 12>55 South Thir
teenth street, was struck and serious
ly hurt by an automobile, said to have
been driven by Guy S. Vogt, on Cam
eron street, near tho Susquehanna Are
engine house, Saturday. Henry rounded
the front of a trolley car he had just
alighted from and was run down by
the machine which was rounded the
outside of the car, according to the
report made to the police.
Another autoist wrfo saw the acci
dent, took Henry to the latter's home.
He received a badly sprained left leg,
■body bruises and lacerations.
CLASS MASCOT IS NO MORE
Alligator Brought From Florida by O.
P. Beckley lor Derry Street Men Dies
The alligator which was brought
from Florida by O. P. Beckley as a
mascot for the men 'a Bible class of
Derry Street United Brethren church,
Fifteenth and Derry streets, died Sat
urday.
Announcement was yesterday made
of the death. Tho little reptile was
brought from Florida during the Easter
snow storm and the change proved too
much fpr its constitution.
SCULPTOR DIES OF INJURIES
Karl Bitter, Creator of Quay Statue,
Succumba at New York Hospital
Karl Bitter, widely known sculptor,
who executed the statute of fomier
Senator Quay standing in the rotunda
of the State Capitol, died Saturday in
a New York hospital. He and his wife
were run down last week by an auto
mobile and his injuries prored fatal.
He was born in Austria in 1867 and
came to Amerffca when a young man.
He received many gold medals and was
honored by art institutions.
Mrs. Jennie S. McKinney
'Mrs. Jennie S. McKinney, aged 70,
died last evening at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Zimmerman, at
Enhaut. Mrs. McKinney was a native
of Altoona, the widow of the late John
W. iMcKinney, who was for years con
nected with the iHollidavsburg "Stand
ard" and Altoona "lVrbune," and
came to Harrisburg in 1872 as a re
porter of legislative proceedings for
the Legislative "Record' and Harris
burg "Telegraph." He died in 1872.
Mrs. McKinney is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Keefer, of Millersburg,
and Mrs. Harry Zimmerman, of En
iiaut. The funeral will, take place on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
Mrs. Zimmerman's residence. Inter
ment in Harriiburg cemetery.
Reading Shops Working Longer Hours
The motive power department of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad on
Saturday issued a sweeping order to put
all of the car shops on a nine-hour day
and a fifty-hour week, increasing the
hours of labor one hour each day. The
order went into effect to-day.
Noted Lecturer Here To-morrow
Walter Thomas Mills, M. A., will
lecture to-morrow night at the Board
or Trade on "Science and Socialism."
The lecture begins at 8 o'clock.