2 URGES SPAIN TO OESLARE WBQM. OF BELLIGERENTS, SHE CLASSES AS FRIENBS - i Madrid, Via Paris, April 19, 5.40 A. M.*—"Silence at present is a crime, for if we wait until the moment of victory to show our sympathy for the victor it is probable we shall be too late," was the assertion made by Count Alvaro De Komanones, former premier of Spain) in speaking yesterday to a large audience at Palma, capital of the Balcric isles. He pointed out that Spain's foreign policy since the Car tagena agreement in 1907 has been' more ajid mojre favorable to the triple entente. "The present hours are so grave and important," said the former pre mier, "that it is necessary for Spain to make a solemn declaration. Without violating our neutrality we must say who among the belligerents we consider our friends." Count Komanones' address was en thusiastically cheered by his hearers"; The Cartagena agreement was a triple understanding reached between Great Britain, France and Spain follow ing a visit of the late King Edward to Cartagena in 1907. The agreements be tween Spain and Great Britain and Spain and France were different, al though following the same lines. Great Britain's chief interest in the agree ment. was in the removal of any cause for uneasiness in regard to the possi bility of a land attack on Gibraltar, Spain for the first time recognizing her right to hold the Peninsula. Spain, on the other hand benefited by having a strong power guarantee her position in the Canary Islands and the Mediter ranean, including the Balerie Islands. "No attempt was made by Germany to conceal its irritation at the conclu sion of the agreement for it was felt that its chief aim probably was the further isolation of that country. WIFE DEAD HBURIED, HIS SON IN ARMY. BARON IS APPARENTLY A SUICIDE London, April 19.—IBaron Herbert Beuter, managing director of Ren ter's Telegram Company, was found dead yesterday at his home near Rei gate, Surrey. A discharged revolver was found near his body and the au thorities declare there is little doubt he committed suicide. Baron De Beu ter was prostrated by the death of his wife last Thursday. Her 'body is still in the home awaiting interment. Their only son is in the army. Baron Auguste Julius Clemens Her bert De Router was born March 10, 1852. He was educated at Harrow,-Ox ford and Paris. 'His wife, whom he jnarrifed-in 1876, was a daughter of the lato - Robert Campbell of TBuscot Park, Berkshire. the son and heir "who is in tie British armv, they are survived J)y a daughter, who is the wife of Ji-W.JE. J. Douglas. Baron De Reuter succeeded to the title upon the death in 1899 of hie fa- thor, who was created a baron of the duchv of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1871. Royal license for permission to nse' t'he title in England was granted in 1891 by Queen Victoria. The first 'baron was the founder of Renter's Telegram Company, now one of the leading news gathering organiza tions of the world. In 18'5 X when the cable was laid between England and Prance the headquarters of the com pany was transferred to London. SWITZERLAND DETERMINED TO STAY STRICTLY NEUTRAL Rome, Via Paris, April 19. —The "Tribuna" to-day publishes nn inter view with D*; Giiizoppe Motta, Presi dent of Switzerland, who is declared to have said Switzerland is deter mined to mamtan absolute neuft-ality in the war, "without looking to right or to the left, but full of svmpathv for all." "Switzerland ia desirous," Dr. Mot ta continued, "to fulfill her huinani . tarian duty, and thus pay her debt to nil- sister countries and again aflinn before the world the reason for her ex- I istence as a free and neutral state. I ! was deeply grieved when the honest : neutrality of Switzerland was doubted. ! Supposing, for the sake of argument, I that. Switzerland should renounce her neutrality. She would be ruined, as i she would automatically dissolve into her various component nationalities." : Dr; Mot to, according to the inter- [ viewer, said he would give his word of honor that no treaty exists between Switzerland and Germany to defend his ! country from Italian occupation of the ! canton of Ticinr, or to allow Germany, j In case of war with Italy, to bring her army through Switzerland to Cliiasso. GERMANS TOTAKE FORCES. IN FRANCE TO OTHER POINTS Geneva via Paris, April 19, 5.35 A. M.—A Vienna dispatch to the "Trib- ; line" says that at a council of war, presided over by Field Marshal Von Hindenberg, it. was decided that the Austrian heavy artillery now before Verdun (in the department of Minme, France), should be transferred to Po land and that the cavalry now on the .western front be sent back to Cra cow. Rome, April 18, 9.30 P. M., via Paris, April 19, 6.15 A. M.—Official communications received by Ital ian OalMnet and statements made by- Germans in official circles, have given tho impreseion here that the German general staff has abandoned plans for a general, offensive movement on the French frontier has decided simply to maintain the defensive. This in .formatiou has caused a deep impres sion h(rre because it-lej»s Orleans, that there were no indications of any activity ex cept salvage work on the strandfed cruiser Asania. Commander Irwin had been sent to Turtle Bay by the Navy Department to investigate newspaper reports that the Japanese had established a permanent naval base there. Officials all along had expressed disbelief in the reports that Japan had intended permanent occupa tion. BRITISH EXPLAIN LOSS OF LIFE ON SUNKEN STEAMER London, April 19.—An official state ment from the British Admiralty, is sued last night, gives the substance of a further report concerning the loss of life aboard the transport Manitou, which was atttacked by a Turkish tor pcdoboat in the Aegean sea. The report shows that 24 men were drowned, in stead of 100, as first reported, and that 27 others are missing, transport it self was not damaged. The loss of life wan due to the cap sizing of one boait in the water and another while being lowered, owing to the breaking of a davit. FIELD MARSHAL MNDEQI'IST HERO OF MANY WARS, IS DEAD Amsterdam, April 19, via London, 7.3>0 A. M. —Telegrams received hero from Berlin announce the death of General Field Marshal Oskar Von Lin dequist. Born in 1838, Field Marshal Von Lindequjst had an active military career. He was a lieutenant at the age of 19, took part in the Danish cam paign of 1864, and was in the war against Austria in 1866 and in the war of 1870 he was present at Sedan and during the siege of Paris. SAYS GERMANY HASNOBERIOUS THOUGHT OF KEEPING BELGIUM Amsterdam, via London, April 19. The Cologne correspondent of the "Tijd," discussing peace conditions says: "There is no serious thought in com petent circles in Germany of retaining Belgium. Within a few weeks some surprising statements on this matter may be expected. The leaders of Ger man opinion are now agreed that the aim of the war will have been reached as soon as Germany's national existence is guaranteed and her colonies se cured." Germans Capture Aviator Garros Berlin, April 19, by Wireless to Savville.—The report on the progress of hostilities given out to-day by Ger man headquarters relates that Lieuten ant Roland G. Garros, the famous French aviator, has been made a pris oner by the Germans at Ingelmunster. Belgium. Lieutenant Garros is woll known in the United States, having flown in manv competitions in this eountrv. I SELECTING PEERS TO TRY ROOSEVELT Continued From Fimi I'njse. ward his opponent. To all out ward ap pearances neither was aware that the other was anywhere near Allowed 12 Peremptory Challenges As soon as Justice William S. An drews had ascended the bench the roll of the special pjyiel of 75 talesmen was callcyj and the selection of the jury be gan. Each side was informed bv the court that they would be allowed six peremptory challenges. The talesmen were questioned by William L. Barnum, a Syracuse attorney, for Colonel Roose velt. He wanted to know whether the "political prominence heretofore" of either one or both of the principals would affect the decision of possible jurors. He also asked talesmen whether they believed a man in poli ics might be libeled just as any other citizen. The fact that the defendant bad been President of the llnitod States and Governor of New York was also dwelt the attorney in framing his inquiries. % Funeral of Mrs. J. B. Painter Hershe.v, April 19.—Saturday morn ing the funeral of the late Mrs. .losiali Hershey Painter was held at this place | ami was o(ie of the largest funerals held at thi« place for some time. A brief service was held at the home after which the body waff taken to the United Brethren church, of which the deceased was a member for many years. The services were conducted by the pastor, the Rev. N. L. Line baugh, assisted by the Revs. H. M. Miller, of Peiibrook, and O. G. Romi.g. Mrs. Painter was aged 54 years and is survived by a husband and one daugh ter. « to 12 Years for Bomb Throwers New York, April 19.—Frank Abarno and Carmine Carbone, anarchists, who i made and set a bomb in St. Patrick's cathedral March 2 when hundreds wore worshipin-g within the edifice, wore sen tenced to-day to jervc not less than six years nor more than 12 in Sing ■Sing prison. MRS. SNYDER FILLS PULPIT Will Conduct, Services at the Cove as Well as at Edgemont Mrs. W. .1. Snyder has been appoint ed to su,pply the pulpit for the Union Mission at the 'Cove. Mrs. Snyder has had charge of the Gospel Mission at' Edgemont for one year. Resides the regular preaching serv ice every Sunday evening there has been installed a weekly Bible study, prayer meeting and Friday night, spe cial prayer for the unsaved. IMfs. SnydeT and "her workers will remain ai Edgemont another year and also fill the pulpit at the Cove every two weeks. An anniversary will be held at the 'Gospel Mission' to-day at 7.30 p. m., when the year's work will be reviewed. RECEPTION AT ZION CHURCH Brotherhood Will Entertain New Mem bers and African Missionary The Men of 55ion Brotherhood of 55ion Lutheran'church will give a recep tion this evening in thf lecture room of the church to the new members of the organization. The Rev. U. H. Brosius, returned missionary from Africa, will be a guest of honor. The program will begin at 8 o'clock and a social hour will follow. r* v V ' < . ' i HARRISBtTRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1915. ALL HOPE FORFRAIK GONE United States Supreme Court Decides Agalnft Murderer of Uarjr Pha gan, a Factory Girl Ry Associated Press. Washington, April 19.—The Su preme Court of the United States to day decided against Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Pha gan, a girl who was employed in his factory at Atlanta, Ga., in his habeas corpus case. Justice Pitney delivered the opinion of the court. He con cluded by saying: "In all the proceedings in the courts of Georgia the fullest right and oppor tunity to be heard according to the es tablished modes of procedure have been accorded to him." Ijeo M. Frank's legal fight for life his taken a place among the celebrated murder owes of recent years. Seven times since < his conviction in August, 1913, the lower and supreme courts of the State of Georgia refused to grant Frank a new trial or to set asiilc the verdict; three times the sentence of death' 1 was passed upon him and twice appeals were made to the United States Supreme Court, the first being unsuc cessful apd the second resulting in the decision to-day. The murder of fourteen-year-old Mary Phagan, a fabtory employe, of Atlanta. Ga., which At first appeared to be a crime of only local importance, eventually developed into a case of na tion-wide interest. Marv Phagan was murdered April 26, 1913, on a Southern holiday in ob servance of Confederate Memorial Day. Shortly after noon of that day she was seen to enter the pencil factory, in At lanta, w)H»re she had been employed and where she went to obtain wages due Her body was found next morning in the basement of the fac tory, with a cord tied about the neck. FORESTFIRESTN MANY COUNTIES ARE REPORTED Reports received at the Department of Forestry up to noon to-day indi cated that spring forest fires have brok en out in many counties, and while they are not large they have created great apprehension among the people in the vicinity of the blazing sections. The person charged with the supres sion of these fires have been working hard since Saturday with much suc cess. In Wiconisco township. Dauphin county, uear Lvkens, a forest fire was fought all day Saturday, but is report l ed to-da'v to be under control. OMier reports show that fires have been dis covered and fought in Lehigh town ship, Carbon county; near Millerstowu, Perry county; in three townships in Franklin county, near Fort Louden; Rush and Boggs townships, Centre county; Salem township, Luzerne coun ty; Cuoimings township, Lycoming, county; Turbett township, Juniata county; York township, York county; (.'artanCa township, Clinton county; Eu- Inlia townthip. Potter county; Derrv township, Lebanon county; Lumber township, Cameron county, and Morris township, Tioga county. In some cases the jires were caused by carelessness of fishing parties in camp*, tint! the forestry wardens have posted notices everywhere warning fish ing parties and others to be careful in making camp-fires and in seeing that no embers are left when the camps are abandoned. In some counties the fires •were caused by sparks from the locomo tives, and the authorities believe that in some cases the flames were the de liberate work of mischief makers. Big Forest Fire in Maryland Hagerstown, Md., April 19.—The largest forest fire that has visited this section for years is sweeping every thing before it in the mountainous re gion between Smithsburg and Wolfs ville, nAr the Pennsylvania bonier. Already more than 4,000 acres of land have been burned over, all of which contains valuable timber.- The loss so far will run into the thousands. Lock Haven Reservoir Threatened Williamsport. Pa., April 19.—Forest fires near Lock Haven threaten reser voir property owned 'by Lock Haven-. The summer home of Henry W.- Shoe maker, owner of the Altoona "Tri bune," at McElhattan, is also in dan ger. To Judge Oratorical Contest The judges for the oratorical con test of the Junior girls' class of the Central High school have been elected as follows: Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, Mrs. John W. Reily and Mrs. William Henderson. The preliminary contests, which will be private, wilLbc held at the school on the evening of May 12, and the finals, to be participated in by the winners of the preliminary, wiil take place on Mav til. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY Caatlaued From Flrat Pas*. the best known of* French aviators whose exploits during the war won him fame, has been captured by tjlfe Ger mans. The Berlin War Office announces that the lieutenant was made prisoner near Ingelmunster, Belgium. The authenticity of the official French and British war reports is chal lenged by the Qerman war office which characterizes as inventions their claims to victories. These claims, it is said, are disproved by the official German statement. Information has reached Petrograd that the Austrian attempts to regain positions in Northern Hungary captured recently by the Russians have been abandoned. It is said that after six days of violent fighting, gbrlng which the Russians maintained their position, the Austrian attack subsided. Abandonment by the German Gen eral Staff of plans for a general offen sive in France is inferred in Rome from information received there. It is said this decision is indicated by official! communications to the Italian cabinet, as well as by statements of Germans in official circles, and that hope of pene trating further into French territory has been put aside. Boston Braves Down Brooklyn Boston, April 19.—The Boston Na tional League champions had no trouble in defeating the Brooklyn toam in tho morning holiday, here to-day. Score by innings: • Tt II 1^ Brooklyn .. . 0 1 rfo 0 1 0 0 o —2 9 0 Boston ....40003000 x—l 9 2 Dell, Coombs and McCarty; Strand and Gowdy. Umpires Rigler and Era slit, j LOSS FOR 2 FIRES • POUT $200,000 Cntlmd Front Pint P«s» cent, of the individuals who had articles stored in the in sured. t A large portion of the extensive' manufacturing and warehouse district between Market street and the Mul berry street bridge, wns endangered by the fire in the Montgomery warehouse and Fire Chief Kindler regards It al most as a miracle that the fire did not reach to Market street along Tenth and take in the Graupner stables ad joining on the south. Unusual precautions were taken to avoid putting water on a small frame building facing Tenth street, just north of the Graupner stable where 20,000 pounds -of carbide, used with water in making gas, was stored. Should water have gotten in this build ing gas would have formed and a dis asterous explosion, which would have spread the fire for squares around, would have followed, in the belief of ■the fire chief. This building was on fire twice but two firemen stationed there with hand chemicals extinguish ers slopped the blazes. Crap Bhooters Start Blaze? The fire started in tfie southeast cor ner of "the Montgomery building where farm machinery belonging to the Inter national Harvester Company was stored. Crap shooters have been known to get into this building from the creek side for a Sunday game and Fire Chief Kindler is of the opinion that the fire was started by invaders of this kind. The fire had gained such headway that it was impossible to get into the building at any place when the firemen arrived. Chief Kindler ordered all of the companies that responded to the first alarm to fight the fire from the Tenth street side, and he then sent in second and third alarms and placed the companies responding in positions to fight the flames from the Paxton creek side. The fire ate its way north through the building along the creek to fne main, building and then westward to Tenth street, leaving standing but the extreme ends of the structure. There are scores of individual loosers as a result of this fire, and it is im possible to tell the exact loss. It was said nt the warehouse this morning that it will reach more thap $150,000. Chief Kindler iB of the opinion that this figure will cover everything. Some of the farm machinery and pnrnps. which were valued at .more than $50,000, have escaped serious dam age, in the opinion of the fire chief. These are the property of F. E. Myers & Brother, of Ashland, Ohio. A car load of new buggies, valued at $1,500, the property of (Montgomery Ward & Co., were destroyed, and SI,OOO worth of barbers' chairs and barbers' firtuhes. belonging t.o .Tames Ba.rr Company, Inc., of Philadelphia, were mined. A A tractor owned by the Philadelphia and Reading Railwav Company and sev eral wagons of the'Peipher Line Com pany, an auxiliary to Montgomery & Co., were destroyed. Many Lose by Fire Printing paper owned by the Min ter . Co.; the State Department of Printing and Binding and Frank Hart zel and freight of many descriptions shipped over the Philadelphia & Read ing road also was destroyed. This loss will also reach several thousand dol lars. Tents and camping paraphernalia owned by the State Y. M. C. A.; scales, by J. O. Winstead; - vinegar, by M«- liityre & Green, Philadelphia; groceries, by Comlv Flannigan Co., Philadelphia; coffep, by the Enterprise Coffee Com pany, this city; pipe organ by Athens George, this city and tanks "and pipes owned by the Automatic Sprinkling Company, New York, were destroyed with a loss of many thousanlds of dol lars. Three carloads of furniture were lost by Bowman & Co., this city. On tho second floor, of the building, on the Tenth street side, were thirty three rooms for the storage of furni ture. Several persons stood on the out side helpless as "the fire raged among their household goods. Twenty pianos were destroyed. Mrs. W. J. Hughes, who is moving to Atlantic City *nd who in tertdoil (o take her furniture out of storage to-day, has nothing left, to move. Hfir goods were crated and on the elevator ready to be transferred. Among the individual losers of furni ture were: Individual Losers A. Altmire, G. H. Albright;' Mrs. J. Bartholomew, Miss A. L. Boyer, G. W. Burckholter, E. C. Bowman, Mrs. E. F. Cromic, J. R. Crosby, ,1. H. Collins, 8. 8. Daniels, W. H. Ellis, Hugo Hani mer, Mrs. W. J. Hughes, Mrs. E. R. Johnson, S. K. Jacobs, J. F. Krauser, John Charles Mosser, W. K. Martz, Mrs. J. J. McLaughlin, Peter J. Melonj A. F. Myers, Charles O'Neill, John L Orner, J. A. Plank, Frert Palser, J. F. Robinson, E. K. Ross, J. W. Roshon, Miss Clara L. .Simons, J. H. Wtonry, H. F. White and Miss Hmma Wright. When the fire threatened the frame building of the Huber Manufacturing Company, adjoining the Montgomery building, Chief Kindler sent in a gen eral alarm, calling all of the city's fire companies to the blaze. The general alarm .attracted the Sun day afternoon promenades to the fire and thousands watched the blaze, which was as spectacular a daylight fire as Haxrisburg has witnessed for a long time. The Are was so hot at times that the crowd moved back from the ropes stretched by the police and sev eral times tne ; y were driven back by the smoke, which was heavy enough to obscure the sun. Thousand* were satis fied with a view from the Mulberrv street bridge. PENNSYLVANIA FEED €O. WAREHOUSE DESTROYED John Haldeman, watchman in the warehouse of the Pennsylvania Feed Ccmpany, along the Pennsylvania rail road north of Division street, discov ered a charcoal pit on fire at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. His attempts to extinguish the blaze were fruitless and he asked the c.ity for aid. The Camp Curtin Fire Company was sent to the fire and later an alarm was turned in and the #istriet companies responded from Sixth and Mahantongo streets. The building, outside the city limits, was located far from a fire plug and for lack of water the firemen could do little. Railroad traffic was hampered for a while." Flames shot across the passen ger tracks and passenger trains were run on freight tracks so that as little time as possible be lost. The building, which was entirely de stroyed, was the property of Charles E. Covert, who one time operated the Primo Feed Company there. The ma chinery also belonged to Mr.-Covert, who places his loss at $30,000. Ho said ho had sls ,000 insurance. Since January 1 the building had been leased to Jacob Btrickler, of Lewistown, and George W. Broderick, of this city, who operated under the name of the Penn sylvania Feed Company. Mr. Broder ick said this morning that the low of the latter company will be SB,OOO. No insurance was carried on the contents. The glare of the flames could be seen from many parts of the city. s CHER SET FIRE 1 INDUSTRIAL ROME Coatlnunl From Plra« Page. caused by the lighting of matches in the closet. The afternoon blaze could not~have been a continuation of that which oc curred in the morning, since* the rooms in which the fires occurred are sep arated by another large room. An ex amination of the walls by the firemen showed that no flames had spread be tween them. Althougih the superintendents at the Home can find no reason why any of the children should try to set fire to the buildinig, and do not have any of the youngsters in particular under suspicion, they can offer as the only explanation for the successive fires the deliberate lighting of matches by children of the Home in the two clos ets. They will do what they can to find the guilty one, that further fires may be prevented. Matches are in use throughout the building since the lighting is by gas. The Are this afternoon was discov ered Iby bo.vs playing on the outside of the building, who saw the smoke iseuing from the second story room oc cupied by the two nurses. They at once igave the alarm, but there was no confusion among the children, all of whom were on the first floor or on the playgrounds. A elass of the youngsters was having ite singing lesson in a room on the lower floor while the smoke was clearing away on the floor above. Several weeks ngo the Nursery Home, which was in the old Watts mansion, Third street and Reel's Lane, was practically wrecked by fire of mysterious origin. The fifty' children all were rescued, though with some dif ficulty, and were sent to the institu tion where the fires occurred to-day ! where they are now, awaiting the com pletion of the new nursery home which is being built on Cameron street. AWARD FOR ASPHALT PLANT WILL BE IHfIBETO-IHORRBW City Commissioners Reticent on Who Will Get the Contract, But It IB • Believed a Cleveland Firm Will Be Successful Bidders The award of the contract for con structing and equipping llarrisburg's municipal asphalt plant, at Ninth and Shaonois streets, will be made at the meeting of the City Commissioners to morrow afternoon, so William H. Lynch, Highway Commissioner, an nounced this afternoon. The Commis sioner declined td say what firm will get the contract, although belief was expressed that it will go to the F. P. Cummer Jt Son (Wbpitny, of Cleveland, 0., one of whose plant's was inspected by Commissioners Lynch and Harry F. Bowman and City Engineer M. B. Cowden, on Friday and Saturday. Alfred L. Savres, Highway Commis sioner, of Camden, N. J., an expert on asphalt plants, to-day was in the city and examined plant specifications as submitted by firms through the com petitive bidding scheme. Commissioner Lynch to-day sai»l it is*'not likely that the award of the contracts for the new street sprinkler and two additional street sweepers will be made tomorrow. The Studebaker Corporation Company '® bid on this ap paratus was taken by the mail carrier to the Highway Commissioner's resi dence and consequently was not open ed at noon on Saturday when others were examined. It was- sealed and came by registered mail. The iitm bid $197.'50 on seven-foot wide sweepers and $.".14.50 on eight foot wide sweepers. The width of the machine to be adopted may determine whether the Studebaker is low bidder. Other firms bid on eight and nine-foot wide sweepers. Public .Safety Commissioner Bow man will introduce an ordinance at to-morrow's meeting providing for a water pipe in BoJ»s street, from Kigh teenth street to the eastern city line. MORCENTHAO SAVED FROM DEATH. EYJICHER COURT Cnntlnurd Front Flrnl I'NRP. ho imposed under a charge of murder in the second degree. Judge Wilbur F. Sndler, however, declined to do that, and, after heuring all of the Common wealth's witnesses, held that elements of first degree murder were contained in the evidence, and accordingly im posed the death penalty as the sen tence. Exception were taken to the Cum berland county court's ruling but they were set asido. The c«»e then was ap pealed to the Supreme court and the case waH argued in Philadelphia 011 February 22.,«Morgenthau is well up in years and until the time of his arrest had for a number of years been a huckster. He lived on Filbert street, this city. On the early morning of May 21, last, the defendant and Rupp engager!' in a pistol battle after Rupp, acting under the belief that an attempt was being made to rob his hennery, went out kito his yard to search for the supposed thieves. Rupp died before any of his relatives coirld get to his 'as sistance. Morgenthau. was wounded, a pistol bullet having penetrated his wrist, anil he was arrested on the Mar ket street bridge on his way back to this city. Mrs. Amanda Seidel Mrs. Amanda Seidel died at her home, Reily and -Susquehanna streets, Saturday night. Funeral services .will foe held at her home this evening at 7.3 ft o'clock. The foody will be taken to Dillsburg to-morrow 'by Undertakers Hoover & Son, where further services will take place at the home of her nephew, Elmer WeaveT, and interment made. Masonic Lodge to Meet Members at Chosen Friends Ijodge 'No. 43, Free and Accepted Masons, will meet to-night in the temple, Third and State streets, when action on the death of Charles H, Jnekson will foe taken. PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD TO HEAR LONG LIST OF CASE! Oommisaton Meets To-morrow, When Complaints Against Many Railroads and Other Corporations Are Sched uled The Public Service "* Commission is scheduled to meet to-morrow morning for the consideration of a long list of cases, none of them, however, of great importance. To-morrow afternoon the compluint of the Glen Rock Motor Com pany against the New York and Mary land Line Turnpike Company will be held, when charges of the bad condition of the toll-road will be presented. On Wednesday morning the Board will be .asked to approve the contracts between the city of Readihg and the Metropol itan Electric Company and the Con sumers' Gas Company; also between the township of Martic, Lancaster county, and the Colemanville Water and Power Company. On Wednesday the application of the Philadelphia and Beading Railway Com pany to construct a grade crossing switch in Jackson township, Lebanon county, will be heard, and approval will be asked for the incorporation of the Heidelberg Township and South Leba non Township Electric Companies, in Lebanon county. On Thursday Charles W. Bucher will present his complaint against the Cumberland Valley Tele phone Company, charging a violation of contrast covering an interchange tele phone service in Littlestown and Get tysburg exchanges. On Friday the Northern Central Railway Company will ask for approval of a grade cross ing in York to connect with the Pull man Motor Company, and the Edison Electric Company will ask the approval of a contract between it and the city of York for lighting the streets of the city. WANTS HUSBAND TO PAY LAWYER. ALSO ALIMONY Wife of Mervin Bogner Alleges That She Has a Just Defense to Make to Divorce Suit Which Charges De sertion At the suggestion of counsel for the respondent the court this morning granted a rule on 'Mervin Bogner, re quiring liini to show cause why he should not pay bis wife alimony a nut counsel fees "With which to defend the divorce action he lias instituted against her. The wife, Nellie, contends thati she has a true ami just defense .to make to his charge of wilful desertion hut that she is without financial means to present her case. The matter will be thresheM out in argument court if nob adjusted by the attorneys. Three new divorce suits were begun this morning. Infidelity is charged in two cases, Walter vs. Eva Khinehart and Peter vs. Anna Radukic while in the suit of Kav M. vs. Lillie M. Houtz, desertion is alleged. Trust Company Made Guardian The Central Trust Company, of this city, was to-day appointed guairlian for Ida M., Irene and William A. Hershey, children of Fannie F. Hershey who ar e heirs to about SIOO each. Bridge Report Confirmed The report of the inspectors who view the new bridge spanning the Swatara creek, between Middletown and Royalton, this morning was con firmed absolutely bv Judge Kunkel anil l immediately was thrown open to gen eral traffic. Defendant Wants Judgment A motion for .judgment in the dam- a a.ge suit of Anna J. Say lor, who was' awarded a $lO verdict against Albert McCall, was made this morning Ijy counsel for the defense. The matter was placed on the argument list. Building Permit Miller Bros. & Company this morn ing obtained a i building permit to 'builii an addition to tlie threestorv building at 856 Reily street, to cost 1400. County Oiliciais Away Prothonotary Henry F. Holler this morning went' to .Majjch Chunk on a Ibusiness trip. County Controller Henry W. Gough will return to-night from Pittsburgh, where h'o_ spent the last several days. • Wills Probated To-day The will of Wilhelmjiia A. Seltzer, late of Bast Hanover township, wan probated this morning and letters were grtmted to John C. Seltzer, who iirthe sole beneficiary. Under the will of Emma E. Smith, late of this city, 'which was probated this morning, Wil liam Smith, the husband, receives the entire estate and in made executor thereof. Marriage Licenses Henry R. Michael, Lykens township, and Lizzie K. Smith, Valley View. Frank G. Beatty and Catherine E. i Sutch, city. Plumbers Take Exams Vive applicants for plumbers' cer tificates to-day were examined by the ! plumbing examining board as follows: for master certificates, Harry Nash, (Samuel Blumenstine lind' Walter Owens; journeymen, C, H. Germeyer and George .1. MeClaren. Decisions were withheld. CIVIC CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS Important Meeting Held at Y. W. C. A. This Afternoon jA meeting of the Civic Club was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Y. W. C. A. and important business trans acted. „ A full and detailed report was pre sented iby the retiring treasurer, (Mliss Bleanor Shunk, and officers Elected for t*he ensuing year. Although it will take several days for the tellers to deter mine the results of the election, it is understood that. IMrs. William Hender son will toe president of the Civic Club, elected with no opposition, and that there was considerable competition for the other offices^ Baptism in River Three new mombers of the Zion Bap tist church of this city were baptized in the Susquehanna river at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The officiating clergymen also numbered throe, Bev. Walker barter, the Bev. Milford /Ball and the Rev. Walker Toliver. KAYY TRADING IN STOCKS - RENEWED; NO SENSATION U. S. Steel Resumes First Place in Most Active Issues, 7,500 Shares Chan* ing Hands at Fraction Over S&aMt day's High Figure I New York, April 19, Wall Street.— Heavy trading in stocks was renewed to-day, but last week's sensational movements were lacking. U. S. steel re sumed first place in the most active is sues. with initial sales of 7,500 shares at a fraction over last Saturday's high figures. Bethlehem steel rose 1%. New York Central led the railways with a 2% point gain. St. Paul, Baltimore and Ohio, New Haven, Union Pacific and Louisville and Nashville rose 1 to 2 points. Amalgamated copper, Amer ican locomotive and Rock Island were heavy, 'but Amalgamated soon made up its loss. IMexiqan Petroleum was strongest of the specialties, gaining ' /2* Activity abated somewhat toward midday but sales in the first two hours were estimated at 800,000 shares. Rail way investment issues made further headway while industrial were offered with greater freedom. Trading in steel continued in enormous volume, but the stock faffed to hold its rise which was accepted as proof of persistent selling. Demand for stocks was greatest amoiijg 'brokers with western connections. (A formidable list of declines included some of last week's conspicuous special ties, New York airbrake yielding !T points. Mexican petroleum, however, increased its gain over ten points. Free absorption of New York Central deben tures sixes was the feature of the bond market. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE' QUOTATIONS New York, April 19. Open. Close. Alaska Gold Mines ... 38% 38% Amal Copper . . 75% 74% Amer Beet Sugar 48% 47'/, American Can 38% 36 do gfd 98% 98% Am Car and Foundry Co 57% 54% Am Cotton Oil . 52 " 52 Am Ice Securities .... 33% 33 Amer Loco 56 50% Amer Smelting 73% 72'% American Sugar 112 112 Amer Tel and Tel .... 123% 122% Anaconda 36% 35% Atchison 303 103»% Baltimore and Ohio ... 77% 78% Bethlehem Steel ..... 138 134 Brooklyn, R T 91% 91% California Petroleum .. 19% 18 Canadian Pacific 169% 169% Central I/eather 44 39% Chesapeake and Ohio .. 46% 48% Chi, Mil and St. Paul . . 96'/ 4 96% Chino Con Copper ... 45 44% l Col Fuel and Iron .... 36 3 4 Cousol Gas 129 1 26% Corn Products 14% 15% Erie 29 28% 'Erie, Ist pfd 45 4'5 General Electric Co .. . 155 154 Goodrich B F 50 46% Great Northern pfd ... 120% 121% Great Nor Ore subs .. . 39% 38 Interboro Met 21 13% Intertmro Met pfd .... 73 71% Lehigh Valley 145 141% Louisville and 'Nash . . .■ 124 123 IMcx Petroleum 86% 89 IMS)' Pacific 16 17 (National Ijead 67%' 66% New York Cen 90% '89% NY, N H and H 65% 63% Norfolk and West ... 105 106 Northern Pac 109% 108% Pacific Mail 21 21% Pennsylvania R. R. ... 110 110 People's Gas and Coke . 120% 119% Pittsburgh Coal 24 23 do pfd 95 94% Press Steel Car 44% 43% Ray Con. Copper ...... 22% 23 Readi.ng 153% 154 Repub. Iron and Steel . 32 29% Houthern Pacific 33% 93 Southern Ry 19 19 •do pfd .. . 59% 59% Tennessee Copper .... 33% 33% Texas Company 139 143 Union Pacific 132% 181 % U. S. Rubber 72 70 U. S. Steel 60% 57%' do pfd 109 109 Utah Copper 6 7 65 Vir.-Carolina Chem . 30% 30% Western Maryland .... 24% 26% W U Telegraph 68% 68 j Westinghouse Mfg .... 86% 84 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS FIGHTING TRADWG STAMPS A vigorous campaign for the anti trading stamp bill which imposes a license of SI,OOO on trading stamp companies and $l5O on each dealer who handles the stamps, is being waged throughout the State as a re sult of the activity of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce. The bill has passed the House and is now in Setfate com inittee. The campaign is backed by ton other commercial organizations in Pennsylvania. The Washington Board of Trade lias eliminated from its mem bership all dealers handling stamps and other profit-sharing coupons. Many HaTris'burg stores are backing the move in a decisive manner and are do img away with the coupons wherever possilble. Where coupons are attached they are torn off and other merchandise having coupons in sealed packages is being disposed of anil will not be sold again by the stores engaged in the campaign. The Harrisburg committee is com posed of A. W. Moul, W. H. Benne thum and J. William Bowman. They take the stand that the proper way for merchants and manufacturers to favor patrons ig to give as low a price as possible and not make a round about concession by way of stamps anil' coupons. This contention has se cured the written approval of some of the retail store proprietors in the country. Trade papers have taken up the fight and commercial organizations writing to the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce seeking fnformation for use in similar campaigns in other states. Mrs. Minnie E. Mehaffle Mrs. Minnie E. Mefiaflie, wife of S. R. Mahaftie, died at her home, 643 Dau phin street, last night, aged 46 years. Death was due to tuberculosis. She is survived by her husband and the fol lowing children, Elmer, Leon, Ada and Stella, and her mother, MrS. Mury Keefer, and three sisters. Funeral serv-. ices will be held at her home Thurs day afternoon at 2 o'clock nnd will be in charge of the Rev. Amos Stamots, pastor of Augsburg Lutheran church." Interment will be made in Paxtang cemetery.