8 INERAL OF WILDWOOD PARI SUICIDE TO-MORROW illroaAera Find Body of John T. May or in Sodndod Place North of Divi sion Street—Police Searching for Him Since Last Friday Funeral services for John Thome* ayer, 28 years old, 5814 Pemberton ; reet, Philadelphia, who was found ad in Wildwood Park late yesterday ternoon, a suicide, will be held to orrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at e home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. mneia Peifer, 322 Reily street, whom i had been visiting with his wife and tie son for two weeks, fie had been missing from that home nee early last Friday morning and mry poiieeman in the city had been irnished with his description and were oking for him. Four railroad men, jrade Miller, Harvey Murray, George arvey and Howard Zeigier, who had andered off the beaten path in Wild ood Park, about two blocks north of iyision street, discovered the body. The back of his head was blown off id a deep woilnd was found in the roof ! his mouth, indicating that he com itted suicide with the 32-calibre re oiver which was fouud on the body, oroner Eckinger said it was a case of licide and the body was released to is relatives after it was identified at le funeral chapel of Undertaker C. H. j Eauk, nth and Kelker streets. Mayer tad been in ill health for some ; me and was worried because of the ; Ma of his poaition as a candynuiker at ; fanamakor 's store in Philadelphia. : lie funeral will be private and will be ! onducted by the Rev. Dr. John D. Fox, astor of the Grace Methodist church, tarial will be in the Harrisburg ceme ery. PERNOR GIVES NO LIGHT ON SERVICEBOARO PLANS C«a«liae4 Proa Pint Pas*. he Public Service Commission nomina ions are now in the hands of Govern r Brumbaugh, and that he can make hem whenever he choees to do so, mt in the meantime the present eoni nission will be in office uutil the scs lion of the Senate expires or until the }overnor appoints a new commission. In the event of the Senate session ixpiring without new appointments be ng aeut in it is maintained by admin atration officials that the present com nissioners go out of office automatical y and the Governor can appoint new »nes at once. Just what the Senate will do when t meets next week ie mere conjee ure, but those best informed hold that he Senate can do nothing as the Gov ■mor has taken the appointments out I »f its hands. It was said to-day that i conference of those interested will le held in Philadelphia to morrow, and ] t will theu be determined what will j >e the proper course to pursue, if any. | No names have been mentioned as 1 o whom the Governor .is likely to ap- | ttint, but rumor says that he has all ilong had in mind several men of imminence in Philadelphia and l'itts jungh. All COLLECTOR BLOCK GONE AM TO MARRY I'oatlaurd From First Pan*. pensive improvements to his home at 130 Evergreen street. Carpenters, painters and paperhangere have com pletely rennovated the home. When it became known that the Harrisburgers, who in past seasons ; have been tenants in the Block sum mer home at Mt. Gretna, were advised that the cottage would not be avail able to tenants during the summer of 1915, that fact was made the basis for matrimonial reports, yet the license tax officer waved the inquisitive away. City Commissioner William L Gor gas, who has supervision of the tax collections and, in other words, is Mr. Block 'e "boss."' was surprised this morning when advised that the license tax collector was about to marry. Mr. Gorgas like other city officials, had heard rumors of the wedding during the last several days, but Mr. Block, he said, never mentioned the subject, neither did he ask for a leave of ab aence. One story is that the honeymoon will be an extended two weeks' tour of the South. Mr. Gorgas said he would not have denied a request for leave if the license tax officer had asked for it, end he added that MT. Block's failure to ask foT the "vacation" at this time will not cause any serious inconven ience. CUNNINGHAM ASSUMES OFFICE New Highway Chief Sayß Nothing As to Whether There Is to Be Shake-up After a long conference with Gov ernor Brumbaugh, in the Executive Department this morning, Robert J. Cunningham, the new State Highway Commissioner, took possession of his office and discussed details of highway work with First Deputy Joseph W. Hunter. Chief Engineer W. D. Uhler and Chief Clerk Howard Fry. Commissioner Cunningham directed that the work of the department be pushed along as rapidly as possible, especially with regard to repairing the State roads. He ieft for Pittsburgh at noon without indicating whether there will be any shake-up in the de partment. PIECE OF STEEL IN EYE Bteelton Man at Hospital Suffering From Painful Accident Edward Shuler, 418 Lincoln street, Steelton, was admitted to the Harris burg hospital this afternoon suffering from a piece of steel in his right eye. He was chipping the material in Ihe machine shops of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, where he was em ployed and a piece flew off, entering his eye. He will likely undergo an op eration this evening. Receiver in Charge of Bank By A ssorialcd Press. Uniontown, Pa., April 16. —John ; H. Btrawn,' recently appointed receiver of the closed First National bank of TJnioptown. to-day took charge of the institution and announced that he would try to make some payment to de positors within two weeks. He would not say they would be paid in full. HARRISBUKG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENTNO. APRIL 18, 1915. All EXPERT WILL SPEAK ON HOUSING CONDITIONS National Invectigmtor to Give Result of His Two-day Inspection of City at Public Mooting in Public Li brary To-night The results of a two-day inspection of housing conditions in Harrisburg by John Ihlder, investigator for the Na tional Houaing Association, and Johu Moliter, head of the State Housing Bu reau, will be presented to the general public this evening at So 'clock at a meeting in the public library. What conditions really need correc tion were brought to the attention of the city and county officials at a meet ing in court room No. 2 at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The investigators met with the board of directors of the Har risburg Chamber of Commerce at a ImichtMn at noon in the Harrisburg Club to-day. The chamber, together with the Civic Club of Harrisburg and the Associated Charities, brought Mr. i Ihlder here for this inspection. The inspection was- started yester day morning after a conference with committees of these organizations. Or. John M. J. Rauuick, city health officer, and Alias Hazel I. Clark general sec retary of the Associated Charities, ac companied the expert on his tour. Overcrowding was the chief fault found bv the investigators and but one really dirty place was discovered. All sections o/ the city were visited and a large number of photographs takeu. PROPERTIES IN MARKET ST. CHANCE HANDS BY LEASE C ontinued From First P«ff. nesa on that site. At that time a fruit orchard occupied the now important corner where the Astrich store is lo cated. Mr. Coloviras would not say what he intends to do with the building, but it is rumored that a restaurant will be placed where the Hanover shoe store now is located. The transfer of the property under the lease will be much sooner than the lease calls for on account of the plan for the removal of the Hanover Shoe Company to the site now occupied by the Palace motion picture theatre, 333 Market street, adjoining the Metropol itan hotel. Tlie moving picture the atre. operated by G. W. Bennethum, of Reading, will close May 1 and the im provements to the building will be started immediately. A tile floor will | be laid and entirely new equipment will be installed, the improvement to cost in the neighborhood of $5,000. C ,R. Knoll, local manager for the shoe company, said this morning that the new premises will be occupied about July 1. GOVERNOR mTfIINST TWO TERMS FOR EXECUTIVES Continued From First Page. ernor says, "this bill is unconstitu tional and impossible. The method of collecting debt? is defined by law and to make a criminal court a collecting bureau is manifestly wrong." The following House bills were ap proved by the Governor: Relating to the appointment of guardians for insane and feeble-mind ed persons. Providing for the filling of vacan cies in councils of cities of the first class. Creating a reward or bounty for the destruction of certain noxious ani mals. The bill provides that before any bounty is paid the skin of the i animal must be certified by a game | protector to the Secretary of the State Game Commission, and the latter shall notify the Auditor General as to its correctness. Permitting the killing of black birds when they are found destructive to other birds or growing crops. Providing for the burial of certain indigent deceased widows at the coun ty expense. .Extending the season during which dogs may be trained, from September 1 to March 1. Senate bills were approved by the Governor as follows: Providing for the establishment by the State Game Commission of State game preserves on the State forestry reservations. Amending the act of 1833 relating to last wills and testaments by con ferring the same rigats upon the moth er as upon the father. Governor Brumbaugh this morning approved the concurrent resolution re calling from his hands the bill regulat i ing the practice of optometry in this I State. It is understood that the bill will be amended in the Senate, where it originated, so as to strike out the i feature providing for a salaried head ! for the Board of Eaminers. SCHOOL COMMITTEE BACK To Decide on Principal for Central High Nert Week The special School' Board committee seeking a principal for the Central ! High school will meet early next week | and decide on a recoinmendatiou to the Board. The committee, with the excep tion of Superintendent Downes and Di rector Houtz, returned to Harrisburg last night, the others remaining in Lam bertville, N. J.. to ae» a session of the High school there this morning. The Board will meet in regular ses sion to-night, but the committee has not had time to prepare a recommenda tion. ' The fifty candidates for the principalship have been narrowed down to half a dozen. The committee will probably select one of this number at its executive session early next week and will submit thia selection to the Board. LAYLON FUNERAL SERVICES Retired Pennsy Engineer to Be Buried Monday Afternoon Funeral services for Frank Laylon, , a retired Pennsylvania railroad en- I gineer, who died yesterday afternoon ] at his home, 1741 North Sixth street, ] aged 67 years, will be held Monday at 2 p. m. The Rev. A. M. Stamets. pastor of the Augsburg Lutheran : church, will officiate and burial will be in the Paxtang cemetery. Mr. Laylon is survived by a wife and three children, Mrs. Edward Wal lower, Mrs. H. Ross Coover and Wil liam Laylon. HUERTA'S REMARKS HUMBUG Brother of Slain * President'* Widow Saya Former Was In Power When Crime Waa Committed By AitociateA jTtfil. Seattle, Wash., April 16.' 1 ' That's ; all humbug,' said Colonel M. Perez 1 Romero, recently appointed Carranza | minister to Japan and brother of Mrs. i Francisco Madero, widow of the late i President of Mexico, last night, when | shown a copy of a statement issued in New York yesterday by General Vic- j toriano lluerta, former provisional pres- ' ideut of Mexico, disclaiming responsi- j 'bility for the death of Mr. Madero. "Disregarding the questiou as to • who actually shot President Madero, the fact remains," said Colonel Romero, "that General Huerta was in power and | could command the armed forces of the : country. President Madero was his pris- 1 oner and while in his power was assassi- 1 nated. How Huerta can attempt to! evade res onsibilitv for his death is in conceivable. '' LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY Caatintirtl From Firm I'ait from the French Ministry of Marine says that a railroad bridge near St. Jean D'Acre was destroyed. Unofficial reports from Hungary De scribe a battle in the Carpathian region as a result of a German attack on Kus sian position. The collision occurred in the section betwen the Stry and On dava rivers, and the Germans are said to have been beaten back. The German official report of to-day states that the situation in the east is unchanged. A dispatch from the Italian frontier says Italy now has I ,*J/ a 3SVa Amal Copper ?•>% Amer Beet Sugar .... 46>/ 4 47% American Can 36% 38% do pfd 99 99% j Am Car and Foundry Co 55 1 / i 57 I Am Cotton Oil 51 52 j Am Ice Securities .... 33 32% | Amer Loco 60 60'/, j Amer Smelting 73 72% | American Sugar 109% 110 Amer Tel and Tel .... 122V4 122 V., Anaconda 36% 36% i Atchison 162% 102 i Baltimore and Ohio .. . 76% 76% I Bethlehem Steel 134" 138" | I Brooklyn R T 92% 92% | C alifornia Petroleum .. 19 18% j Canadian Pacific ..... 169% 168 ;i 4 I Central Leather 39% 38% I Chesapeake and Ohio .. 47 46 ! Chi, Mil and St. Paul . . 94 34% j Cbino Con Copper .... 44% 44% I Col Fuel and Iron .... 35 34% 'Consol Gas 126% 126% Corn Products ....... 14% 14 Erie 25% 25% Erie, Ist pfd 45 45 General Electric Co . . 151 1'52 General 'Motors 145 145 Goodrich B F 52% 00% Goodrich B F pfd .... 101% 101% Great Nor pfd 121% 121% Great Nor Ore subs ... 39 39% j Interttoro 'Met 21% 20% | Interboro Met pfd .... 74% 72% Kansas City So 251/;, 25% Lehigh Vailey 14 4% 142% Louis and Nash 121 1'21% IMex Petroleum 83% 83 Mo Pacific 16 ~ 15% National Lead . J 67 65'/. New York Central ... 88 87% NY,N H. and H 63% 63% Norfolk and West ... 104% 104% Northern Pac 109% 109 Pacific Mail 23 23 Penna R R 109% 110 People's Gas anil Coke . 120% 120%. Pittsburgh Coal 23 23 do pfd 93% 93% Press Steel Car 42 40 Ray Con. Copper 22% 22% Reading 152% 152% Repub. Iron ami Steel . 26% 31% do pfd 83% 88 Southern Pacific 92 92'/ 8 Southern Ry 19 18% do pfd 58% 58% Tennessee Copper 33% 33 Thiri Ave 57% 56% Union Pacific 131% 130% U. S. Rubber 73 71% U. S. Steel 57% 57 do pfd 108% 108% Utah Copper 65% 65% Vir.-Carolina Chem. ... 28 29% Western Maryland .... 23% 24 ■ WU. Telegraph 68% 68 i Westinghousc Mfg .... 88 86 MRS. WINUERT DIES Funeral Will Be Held From St. Law rence's Monday Morning Mrs. Barbara Wingert, 75 years old, widow of the late Jesse Wingert, died at her home, 1336 Susquehanna street, yesterday morning, from a com plication of diseases. The funeral will be held from St. Lawrence's church Monday morning. The pastor, the Rev. P. D. Huegel, will officiate. Burial will be in Harrisburg cemetery. Greatest Kitchen Cabinet Value Ever Offered to the People of Harrisburgl Elaborate Kitchen Cabinet Terms- 50c a Week IBrms - No Cash Required 1 7.03 Study the illustration—see the many points of superiority. 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PORCH ROCKER i Special Saturday only, 69c ■ nf. ■ [IM4 White Iron Bed, Spring » and Mattress $14.50 value. Saturdav only, • $10.75 Rlarket I Square I Son Will Be Returned to Her Mrs. Charlotte Brockius, of this citv, j said to-day that when Judge Sadler, ] in Carlisle on Wednesday, declined to ) mnkp an order giving immediate cus j tody of her son to her but directed that | the boy, who is 11 years old. shall con tinue to live on a farm at Silver Spring, j Cumberland county, where he was I placed by his father, a New' York sales j man, the' Court gave specific directions that Mrs. Brockius 'be permitted to visit the child at the farm. The Court made no final order but continued the hearing j until September 1 and Mrs. Brockius j said she was given to understand that ; on that day, or when cchool opens, the I boy will be returned to her custody I nnd be permitted to attend school in j this city. Bally at Camp Curtin To-night , At a rally at the Camp Curtin 'Me morial Methodist church to-night the j hundred men and hundred women who 1 are to carry on the campaign next week lo raise $38,000 will 'be drilled in I their duties.