8 SPEAKERS FROM! FOR SESSIONS OF CLASSES diiouw of litwil Chuck Will: AUtcm IWUKII Mil Aiaul 1 District Mooting to Bo Hold la | This City Four Days Hot Wdk I | Th« program has now practically boea completed for the sessions of the Lancaster Olaaais of tho Reformed | church to be held next Monday. Tues day. Wetioeidajr a*d Thursday. >a the J Fourth Reformed church, the Hev. j Homer 8. May, pastor. Members of the j congregation are preparing to entertain the eighty or more clerical and lay ! delegate*. . The sertnoa at the opening session j Monday night trill be preached by the < Bar. Benjamin M. Meyer, of Kltia bethtown, retiring prteideat of the ; clateis. The altar service will be con- j ducted by the Rev. J. Hunter Watts, of Lancaster. and® the Rev. Dr. J. H. Poaneoecker. of Columbia. There will be an election of a president for the ensuing year at this session. On Tuesday morning at 10.30 • 'clock the Holy Communion nil! be celebrated, the officers of the ctassis officiating. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. J. Stewart Cramer of the First Reformed church. Lancaster. The morning and afternoon business ses .p ons will Im» taken up with the reading of the parochial reports by the pastors. At the evening service an address will be delivered by the Rev. H. M. J. Kline of Franklin and Marshall i ol lege, Lancaster, on "John Huss the Beformer. During Wednesday s sessions reports 1 of various cStnuattees wilt be present ed and routine business transacted, lu the evening the Rev. vieorge W. Rich ards of the Lancaster Taeo'.osical Semi nary will speak on "Can We Still Be Evangelical!" The meeting will be presided over by the Rev. 11l lis N. Krerner. pastor of Sa.em Reformed church, this city. It is expected that all remaining business will be disposed of on Thurs day. K. OF P. HOLD ANNIVERSARY Bayard Lodge Celebrates Event is Ridge Are cue Church •Hundreds of members and their in vited guests of Bayard L*lge No. I JO. Knights of Pythias, attecde-i the forty s.xsh anniversary of the lodge in Bilge Avenue Methodis; Et'.scojja'. aurch las:' evening. The principal address of the evetuug was made by toe Rev. D. E. Rupley. jastor of :ne >a!eni Lutheran church. Oberlin. while tr.e address of wel.-ome was ma le oy the Rev. Harry Nelson Bassier. pastor of the Second Reformed church. Others taking art in the pro gram were the Rev. \Y. W. Hartman. Mrs. H. C. K r a, Miss Mildred German and Harry R. Laucks. A number of se lections were also given by the Plectro CVlando. i Club and Sears Con.-ert or chestra. Following the rendition of the pro gram refreshments were served. JAP CABINET IN V LONG CONFERENCE iMtinH I'na First Pa lev. ca.:«e tae Chinese government was in forming certain foreign as to the progress of the negotiations. The Clsinese government's transla tion has been carefully checked by a legation which possesses a copy of Japan's Cmn»se text and it :s stared a' the legation that ooiv the verbioiogy differs. The legation s version is in somewhat aarsher language than that of the Chinese government translation. For examp'e the art .'le which in the government text is translated, to pro vide that >ina «hall to the prop agation of B ihlsm ;>y Japanese sub jects in China, s translated by the le gation to res : "shall have the r.ght to propagate re igious doctrines." THIKU FIRE IN UIRK HILLS Summer Resorts Owned by Harrisburf Residents Threatened ' Marietta. April 21.—F.re broke oat on tae York county hills '.ate iast n.jht and is rap.iiy sp. ling. endangering property m its trail. The summer re sorts owned o- people from Harrisburg, Columbia and Marietta, are in danger and a posse f men are at work fighting the flames. This is tae third Sre in the district within ten Jay*. Considerable timoe: has fallen prey to the flames. Two i ires in York County York. Pa.. April 21.—Eight thousand a "res of timber were destroyed by a forest Sre which broke out near Edge mom and traversed a considerable por tion of the scrrounding country. It is estimated that the timber destroyed was wortn $12,000. Burning brush on the property of William Newcomer, in Conewago township. caused the destruc tion of seventy acres of second-growth timoeriand in the Conewago hills. Sev eral farm buildings were threatened be fore the fire was checked. Lumber Company Loses Sl.ooo Lebanon, Af ri.l 21.—County Commis sioner A. I. Hartman, president of the South Mountain Lumber Company, yes terday authorized the statement that the loss of that company in the to rest fires in the South Mountains near the Red Bridge during the past few days would total up to Si,ooo or more. The loss consists of a large amount of fin ished material which had been felled and eat ready for shipment. Calls Conference to Settle Strike By A*&>ciat?d Pr«M, Ct.-mbus, 0.. April 21.—1n an ef fort to bring about a settlement of the strike of luOOO coal miners in Eastern Ohio. Governor Willis last night eaile a conference of miners and oper ators to be held Friday at Canton. O. The governor announced that he would attend the meeting and take part in the opening negotiations. Commissioner Eby No Better (Special to the Star-Independent.) Lykens. Pa.. April 21.—The condi tion of County Commissioner John H. Eby, who is confined to bed suffering from a nervous breakdown, was un changed to-day. Absolute quiet for the Commissioner has been advised by the atteading physician and only Mr. Eby's intimate friends are permitted to see him. DEALS AT ALBANY TOLD.BY COLONEL OMDM>4 rue rum r—i i by which he hopes to prove to the jury I that he was justified ia cauaiag the ! publication of the statement upon | which Mr. Barnes it suing him for I libel, this afternoon. Justice Andrews allowed Colonel j Roosevelt to tell of conversations with ; Senators Htnman. Davenport. New-1' , comb and others about race track and'' | other legislation. Some of these men told him that Mr. Barnes at first had ;, I no opposition to race track legislatiou j but that later oppoeitioa developed. "It was at that time I learned that ' ! Senator Grattaa had expressed his oppo- I i sition of the legislation but that he;' | changed his miad after talking with ■ . Mr. Barnes. Mr. Grattaa pleaded with | | Mr. Barnes to allow him to vote aa he wanted, but I was told he said Mr. Barnes oredred him to vote oppositely ' i and he was forced to do so. Senator , Grattan's one vote defeated the bill. I Senator Grattan represented Mr. j Barnes' district.'" Conversation With Senators Colonel Roosevelt told the story of i his conversation with Senators Hinnian and Davenport. "I was told that on one occasion when the question of district primaries came up in the State Senate the Repub lican leader asked for au adjournment. He asked the Republican Senators to go into a nearby room for a confer ence. The Democratic leader then toid the Dimocratic Senators to meet tn au ad joiniug room. Senator Davenport said he looked in the room occupied by the Republicans and saw Mr. Barnes "there ! iu conference with the Senators, al-1 t though he was not a member of the Legislature. Later the Democrats and Republicans came out and went into the Senate chamber. Fourteen Democrats and fourteen Republicans voted for the measure and it- went through. The measure had been opposed by Governor Hughes.'" "Were all the Republican Senators in that room?" asked Mr. Ivins. "Oh. no." replied the witness. "Mr. Davenport only saw the Barnes Republican Senators, as he termed ■ them. '* Colonel Roosevelt said: • "The Murphy Democrats who were : in the next room to the Barnes Repub icaits were under the leadership of Senator Grady." "Did you talk to Senator Daven port about Senator John M. Allds!" "Yes.'' replied the vitness All is resigned from the Senate after 1 he had beea charged with accepting bribes. Colonel Causes Much Merriment "Mr. New omb or Mr. Davenport." said Col. Roosevelt, "told me that Sen ator Allds tis t been selected for Presi dent Pro Tern, of the Senate by the machine Republicans. There was'oppo sition against Allds by other Republic ans. so the machine Republicans wore enable to control a sufficient number of votes to elect Allds. "An! in the position Allds was. elected to he a Tammany Democrat, he •aas the official leader of the Republic an party in this State." While Col. Roosevelt gave his testi mony he slapped one hand upon the ■ther every second or so. leaned far forward in his nair toward the jury box. The spectators, jury and lawyers roared with laughter when Col. Roose velt said Tammany men had he'ped elect the official Republican leader. After order was restored a recess was taken. Righteousness of Boss Rule When the examination of Colonel Roosevelt was ocgun Mr. Bowers ques tioned the witness who said: "I had conversations with Mr. Bataes regarding the gubernatorial elec tion ia 190$. These took pla.'e in Wash ington ami possibly in Oyster Bay, too." Colonel Roosevelt was shown two let ters, the contents of which he said he had discussed with Mr. Barnes. "Now what were the conversations? ' asked Mr. Bowers. "The conversations I had were in regard to Mr. Barnes' domination of the party. I talked over a letter I wrote ia 1900 to Senator Piatt. I repeatedly refrred to the domination of the party by Senator Piatt and Mr. Barnes. I discussed the righteousness of boss rule [ i laughter by specators). "I told' Mr. Barnes that prior to my becoming Governor Mr. Piatt had asked me to come to see him in New York. It was between the time I was elected and the time I assumed office." The Colonel Surprised Colonel Roosevelt continued: "I told Mr. Barnes that I told Mr. Piatt—rather I expressed surprise— that committees were betn* appointed when tfe-speaker of the Assembly had not been chosen. I also told Mr. Barnes. Mr. Piatt told me no speaker would be chosen until a man who was satisfactory to she organization was found. Mr. Barnes replied that Mr. Piatt w»s right even after I said such government was bound to lead to rot i tenness. "I toid Mr. Barnes Senator P'.att hal told me he had decided upon a superintendent of public works who was satisfactory and that Senator Piatt congratulated me upon getting such a good man.'' "Weil,"' Colonel RoDsevelt went on. "the man was Francis Hendricks, of t Syracuse. I told Mr. Barnes I didn't intend any man should say whom I should appoint.'' Leader Muft Have Control As the colonel said this his jaw squared and he pounded upon the jtnlge's bench. H econtinued: "Mr. Barnes said in reply that Sen ator Piatt was right and that the lead er of an organization must have com i piete control of it." "In 19'>8 did you discuss legisla tion at Albany with Mr. Barnes!" | 1 asked Mr. Bowers. "\e%" replied the witness. "Mr. Barnes spoke with me generally on the subject of legislation. He " sa.d Governor Hughes was favoring legis lation against the interest of the or ganization and that the Democratic : t organization was backing up the Re publicans id defeating legislation fos tered oy Governor Hugheo. "Mr. Barnes said he and his friends I had control of the party. He did not , say he. himself, was personally in con trol. He did say that Mr. Hughee could not take the control awav from those in whom it was invested." f "After my return from Africa I had correspondence with Mr. Barnes . j over rule by the bosses. It (the cor ;' respondence) was also on the subject j - of legislation."' i Barnes' Letter About Hughee > A letter from Mr. Barnes to Mr. . Roosevelt was offered in evidence. It I ■ wa* dated from the Albany "Jour- Inal" office, and in part read: -I -vi- ' ' < [AREHSBrRG STAR-INDEPENDENT. WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 21. 1915. TAIE STEPS TO REVISE THE ASSESSMENTS OF VOTERS County OontatoMn Question Tax OolWctoca About Largo Numbers off Bequests for Exonerations Planned to Weed Out "Dead Ones" ! I • The first step toward the revision of ; the system of assessing Harrisburg , voters was taken by County Comntis-' sioners Samuel S. Miller and Isaac S. | Hoffman yesterday afternoon when ! i they called in five city collectors of j ! county tax and had them explain the { '"excuses" given by the collectors for j not obtaining poll tax from several' thousand men assessed as electors. Collectors who appeared before the | Commissioners included: John H. Tav-1 lor. First ward: Harry A» Hoopea, (Fifth j ward: Charles T. Jones. Sixth ward;! j Isaiah Reese. Seventh ward, and Wil- I liam Smith, Eleventh ward. The Sev I enth ward it was. the Commissioners j said, in which 1.400 of the 1,700 re | quests for exonerations front poll tax j collections represent assessed yet un- j registered voteds who either are "dead, moved out of the are not known or are unable to pay." Of the remaining 300. the Commis sioners say, the residences of a few have been ascertained. In these cases . the Commissioners wanted the tax col lectors to explain the failure to make collections. Where it was shown that assessments actually had been dupli cated the exoneration requests were j I allowed but in those in which the vo ters ' residences have been ascertained , bv the county heads, the collectors agreed to go out ami make another ef fort to get the tax. The conference with the collectors, the Commissioners declared, was en tirely harmonious. Information ob tained from the collectors, they said, will aid materially when the Commis sioners examine the 1915 assessment j books for the purpose of striking out the "dead ones" before the tax dupli cates are compiled this year. Tue Commissioners said again that they propose to call in assessors for the . purpose of ascertaining why the county j books contain the names of so many j men who are not registered voters and j cannot be found. * > LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY Froa First Pas*. official statement from Constantinople says that six torpedo boats attempted to penetrate the straits on Monday night. and yesterday there was an en gagement between warships and Turk ish fortifications, presumably in con nection with the landing of troops. At a patriotic demonstration in Rome a member of the Italian Senate addressed a manifesto to the people to the effect that "consolidation is ap proaching for the Italians who have waited and suffered," referring evi dently to the nation's desire to absorb "unredeemed Italy "or the Austrian provinces to the north. Austria is re ported to be concentrating troops hasti ly along the border In fear of an in vasion by Italian troops, but Prince Von Buelow. German Ambassador at 1 Rcme. denies that a rupture between Italy and Austria is imminent. A Berlin dispatch says that Tarnow. Galicia. has been evacuated by the Rus sians on account oi the effective at tacks of the Austrian artillery. Tar now lies 17." miles west of Lemberg. Official information was received in Berlin confirming previous reports of a German victory over a British force in German East Africa. The British losses were given at about 704) and :hose of the Germans as Conditions were virtually unchanged yesterday along the western front, and < in the east also a lull has come after the violent fighting in the Carpathians of the last month. The official French and German statements of to-day re port some small engagements at several points in France. Bach side claims to have made slight progress and to have repulsed the attacks of the other. MURDEREDBYBER SUITOR Mildred Rich Is Killed At Pittsburgh By Young Man Who Takes Own Life After Deed Pittsburgh, April 21.—A lover's quarrel, supposedly provoked by jeal ousy over another suitor, ended last evening when Ernest H. Bingler, Jr., 20 years old, a civil engineer, shot and killed Miss Mildred Rich and then endel his own iife in Miss Rich's room in a rooming house at 208 Shady ave nue. Well dressed and having evidence of refinement, the young woman, about 25 years old. went to "The Bunga low" conducted at the Shady avenue address bv Mrs. Payson Chappell. last Friday, fieyond the girl's statement that she was to be married in the spring to a banker's son, nothing was known of her. Yesterday evening, without the knowledge of Mrs. Chappell or others in the house, Bingler entered and went to Mies Rich's room. How long he was i there before the double shooting and what led to the finale are matters of conjecture. Young Bingler had met Miss Rich about seven months ago at the Car negie Institute of Technology, and had be-.-ome infatuated with her. His af fection apparently being retnrned, the young man met her on inanv occasions and once had taken her to his home ; to meet his parents. The yoong woman't body has not been claimed, and morgue attaches thus far have failed to find any rela tives. Bingler*s parents claimed his body and it was removed last night. The murdered woman was the daughter of Mr*. M. E. Rich, who aft er the death of her husband, four years ago at York, came to this city to live with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Keel, 2214 North Sixth street. Mrs. Rich is at present on a visit to York. $5,000 Fire in Maryland Hagerstown, Md., April 21.—Eleven head of ho.-aea. 11 head of cattle and 34 head of sheep perished and a quan j titv of feed, harness and farming im plements were lost when fire totally destroyed a barn on the farm of Mrs. Sarah E. Grimes, located near the Tay lor club house, along the Potomac riv er. The farm is tenanted by William A. I Powell. The loss will be J5.000. OPIUM BILL BEATEN rwttawi Ptwi fill Wi|». of the Anti-Saloon League or any oth er organization, but under the name of "government by the people' * if »uy j combination of business *nd politic*! interests block* the popular will. After Mr. Williams' speech the ] House on motion of Mr. Kitts, Krie, rescinded its action limiting speeches. Kitts Oppose* the BUI Mr. Kitts said he had no interest in ' the bill, but he was sent to Har.isburg ■ to represent his constituents aud not • the Chief Executive. "The friends of local option," he said, "are not striving for local option but State-wide prohibition. This ques- 1 tion was settled last November as con-! clusiveiy as any question was ever set tled —as conclusively as .Mr. Willftrd settled the championship down in ■ Havana. One hundred and forty-four members of this legislature are openly i | pledged against local option. It is not J I demanded by the" people. The unit is j , wrong. Do you mean to tell me that ; IMiddTetown Van. by its votes say if Harrisburg can have a barf "The people of this Stale are stirred ] Ito a frenty. Do you want them or the cairn judiciary to decide whether there should be license or uot.f 1 would rather j trust this question to judiciary than to the Y. W. C. A. and the women's clubs." Mr. Kitts denied that local option was put iu the platform of the Demo cratic ,'arty by legal methods, saving that the State Central Committee, which met in Harrisburg. prepared the plat form. He said that the Democrats of the House have been reminded of tuo j platform pledge. He urged the members j of the House to stand up for their own ! pledge, despite the fact that the Chief ; Executive announced that he would stump against the foes of the bill when j they oaine out for re election. Mr. Gtkham. of Philadelphia, said he ! thought that the Williams bill was a , reasonable measure aiul was a step in the right direction, while it would not j cure all ills. Assails Governor's Attitude Admonishing the members of the House to have no fear for they are the , servants of the people whom they rep resent. Mr. Beyer, of Philadelphia, said: "The church people started this agita-! tion and are trying to enforce a moral j measure through coercion. We must | . look to the people for their wishes on j legislation and not to the Governor of i the Commonwealth. We are asked to 1 pass this bill, not because of the de ■ mands of the districts but because the Governor wants it." Mr. Beyer asked where local option would end. He said if counties had the right to vote on local option thev would have the right to vote on Sunday base ball or vaccination. Governor Brumbaugh's attitude in j behalf of the bill was assailed by Mr. I I Beyer as "objectionable" and he said; | that he questioned the propriety of ! i some of the Governor's efforts. During J his speech Mr. Beyer declared that it 1 was not for the Legislature to pass too many restrictive laws and that there were lines of demarkation between the Executive and legislative branches of the government. Men opposed to local option have | firm opinious about the right of the people to rule and the people expressed ; themselves at the last election, said he. Members Eat Lunch in Seats Mr. Beyer declared that the policy embodied iu the bill "brutalizes gov i ernment and discredits the church.'' Further on the Philadelphia member j asserted it is not the function of the Legislature or the Governor to teach men to be industrious and sober, but rsther that of the clergy. Jhere is a ' tendency to make too many laws, said j he. He quoted Governor Brumbaugh's I (inaugural address and then remarked . | that time had been consumed over lo- j ; cat option which should have been em ployed in enacting important legisla tion. During the speeches a number of the members had lunch brought in and sat at their desks munching sandwiches . while the mrators went on. Mr. Herman, of Wyoming, said the bill will not prohibit the sale of liquor . in counties where the majority is iu i favor of it. It will restore to the peo ple the right that was taken away from i them by the Legislature and given into the hands of the judiciary. , "The principle of the bill is right, thoroughly republican and democratic." he said. "Th? people who elected ' Governor Brumbaugh demanded the ' passage of this bill. The organized liq uor interests is the Gibraltar behind these legislative halls and they have thus far been able to throttle the peo ple. till our almshouses and insane asv j lunis." Speaking, he said, as a member of i the State Republican Executive Com mittee. Representative Ramsey, of Del aware. told why the committee did not ir.sert a local option pledge in its plat i firm. "More than two-thirds of that com mittee." be said, "went before the people in direct opposition to a local ticket. It was carried into the election and it is needless to say that the peo ple have ruled on this question. "Is it any worse for a liquor lobby to operate in the House than for the ' Governor of this State to send his agents out through the Commonwealth lobbying for the billf Doee this bill eliminate booze ? It does not. It 1 j gives the rich man an opportunity to fill his wine cellar and the poor man ; must ride or walk to Philadelphia to 1 get a glass of beer." Blind Member for Option 1 Mr. Lanius, of York, the blind mem ; ber, said that local option is not a new issue and is not a result of hysteria started by "Billy" Sunday, but the re- I ; suit of a ealm deliberation on the par: Jof the people. He recalled the fact ' that a prohibition amendment reecived a ' vote of 90 in the House two years ago "in an effort to show the sentiment ' : against liquor. He claimed that the ' Brooks high license law is unfair when a license is granted notwithstanding I I the faet that the remonstrants far out ' i number the license signers. ' j "We cheerfully passed a bill re -1 stricting the sale" of heroin and never questioned ttoe personal liberty. Now we must look at this bill with a mi ! " croscope," he said. In pointing ont the effect of dope and liqnor he said 1 eight murders a year in York county ' i were directly due to liquor. "All we ! . ask is to submit this question to the • I common people—the common people we ! love so much on election day," he add ed. "I believe so firmly in the people that I would cheerfully accept defeat i at their hands for voting for this bill 1, rather than accept victory for voting - J against it." He said the Governor's local option r plank was the vital issue in the last i. [ Republican campaign and was the only - thing which defeated Vanee C. • Me - Cormick for Governor. Stain Opposes Local Option I Mr. Stein, Allegheny, declared there are jutt aa honorable men in the liquor i business aa among those "who trad* I their purity iu polities." The fact that William Peun and Patrick Henry recog nised the liquor business was brought (out and then he mentioned what he j termed "an unholy alliance tot ween scheming politicians and misguided men ' of the cloth" for cuaetuient of the bill, j i The Allegheny man said the saloon is 1 the poor man a club and would flourish | until society provided something better lia spite of "every fanatic and crank." Later on Mr. Stein said he would "rather go down to defeat than become I Governor of the Commonwealth through ! ingratitude and deceit," ' Mr. Steiu declared that if the Legis- : 1 lnture saw fit to abolish the business of ! : the distiller, the brewer and the liquor j ' 1 merchant from whose traffic it derives ! ' 1 revenue the Commonwealth should com- 1 I pensate them for investments. Mr. Stein 1 I then replied to "Mr. Lainius' remark, j about the heroiu bill by saying that of i 100 men who use drugs 100 go to ruiu ; • but of 100 who use liquor only three j or four are wrecked. This caused mingled hisses and ! ' cheers and Air. Stein remarked that jeo- I pie could get drunk on anger, seal or I excitement. The latter remark he hurl , ed at the crowd in the rear. W. H. Wilson Defends Measure W. H. Wilsou, of Philadelphia, who spoke on the bill, attacked the argu- t uients given by. the anti-optionists. "Thi» right to sell liquor is not a i vested right but u privilege, a personal j privilege only granted for a year at | the outside,' he tiaid. He disputed the j assertion that the Brooks high license j law is the best local option bill ill ex- j istence because it places the power in the hauds of the judges and not the people. He said that Governor Brumbaugh informed the State Republican com- j mittee that he atood on a local option ] platform and that committee endorsed i him for Governor. He said the Gov- I ernor ;>oHed 534,597 votes on a local j option platform. "The people of the State did decide this question at the November elec- I tion aud the combined vote for both I candidates for Governor totaled 957,- &S6 local option votes," he said. I ' • What we need is men who have the j i courage of their convictions to submit I this question to their constituents." DYNAMIC KILSLABOR MAN House of Deposed Secretary, Who Re fused to Give Up Books, Blown Up at Erie Erie, Pa.. April 21.—Samuel Leonoff was killed and his wife, Mrs. Kather ine Leonoff. was seriously injured here early to-day when their houfee was : wrecked by an explosion. Police after ian investiation expressed the belief ! that a quantity of dynamite had been j exploded under one corner of the i building. There were a dozen other persons in the house aiul many of them were more or less hurt. Leonoff until recently was secretary of the Longshoremen's I'nion, and be cause he had refused to give up the books of the organization when he was succeeded by another member had been made the defendant in a suit in court. By noon ten men. all foreigners and saiil to be members of the uuion. were under arrest. Mike Leonoff said he be lieved his father was the victim of an anarchist society formed by memlbtxrs of a New York group. GERMS IN THE MOUTH. ~ Using Papsr as a Toothpick Is s Dan gerous Practice. One of tbe most dangerous little tricks that men and women do Is to take a bit of puper. torn from an en velope or newspaper, and try to run It between the teeth to remove some little particle of food that the tongue feels. If you want to be sure of trouble with your gums continue this practice, and sooner or later—rather sooner than later—you will secure a splendid ense of Infection of the gums that will send you to the dentist lu a hurry, and may cause more than one sileepless night The bit of paper used In this way, '; Introduced edgewise between the teeth. Is worse than any toothpick, or other ' instrument, for many reasons. In the first plnce the sharp edge of the paper fc most apt to make a cut In the gum. and in so doing It is almost sure to . carry tnto the circulation at least some of the many germs citoglng to It. Again, the chemicals used In the mak ing of paper are far from edible, but In addition to these the newspaper may have picked up a variety of germs from those who have handled It or . from the dust that has blown upon It » while exposed for sale. 1 The flap of the envelope, which la i so "handy" a bit to use for the teeth, may have touched the Hpa of some one with tonsllltls. or even with tuber culosis.—New York American. m ROMANCE OF FLOWERS. i A Blossom Changed the Roving Camp Into a Permanent Homo. )' The difference between a "home and a camp la a blossom. Until flowers were planted about the abode of men. • i until blooms were cultivated, there were no permanent homes, no fixed 1 places of abode. Tents were struck . and a new location sought. Attach t men La were not formed for localities. t We were n wandering, shiftless, com- j > fortless lot until a woman trudged In t from tlie thicket and planted a vine or * 1 shrub or flower about the tent, and 1 called It home: 1 It was a woman, of course. Man. in ' his coarseness, never thought of stick- ' . | lng a stem into the earth and nurtur r lng a plant that be might have color r! and frngrnnce forever In his presence. Only the womnn could have thought ' of that « j And since the first good day when j the woman planted a flower and loved e It Into blossoming, the bome baa been t a flxlty. It has been a center of the - affections. The building may be de s> strayed, the Individual members of the ' family may be scattered to the four winds, but the hotne remains a flx -7 1 ture in the memory—and the bloasoms do not fade or wither In the mind.— t Columbus Dispatch. y . I The feet of fate ar* tender, nr she sets her steps not en the graawL bat j e «n the heads of men.—Homer. I MI9DLEIOWN WOMAN TELLS I OF STORMY WEDDED LIFE Mlnstta B. Butler, Who Waa Miss I Hergleroth, Testifies Husband Bit I Her and Pulled Her Hair Out In Quarrel Just Before Separation I" Accordine to Minetta B. (Hergle rothl Butler, pretty daughter of Mid dletown parents, who iu court this i_ morning appealed to Judge McCarrell for an absolute divorce, her husband, ' Christian W. Butler, is a quarrelsome, !' brutal, neglectful, man who forced her i to sitotiist, at times, on a scaut amount ;J of food. j < Mrs. Butler is seeking legal aepara- |> tion on the grounds of cruel treatment i and she is doing so, she said, under the I husband'» threat to take hor life. He ' I is in Washington, D. C., now-, she said, j . living with his mother. The case was called up on the special hearing cal- I • euder this morning, having been con- l tinned from the regular term on Mou- i day. I Life with Butler, the wife safd, uar- 1 rowed down from domestic felicity at the time of the marriage some eleven I or twelve years ago to misery, pov- i ertv and cruel treatment covering sev- i eral years prior to the separation in December, 1910. The breaking ilp of i the home in Washington, D. O. —Mrs. Butler said there were practically no I furnishings in the house and it could 1 hardly be called a home —followed a bitter quarrel. < Then, Mrs. Butler declared, she was badly beaten aud bitten several times on the neck. Her hair was pulled out she said, and she prevented him from carrying out a threat to take her life onlv when she struck him in the face i with a piece of wood. Many times since the separation, Mrs. Butler said, she has been hound ed by her husband, both while she re mained with friends in Washington, and after she returned to Middletown ito live. Besides, she said, he many i ; times "threatened to kill me if 1 would seek a divorce." The court took the papers and re served decision. ALEXANDER KOBEKTS BURIED Services Held This Afternoon in Mar ket Square Church Many friends of Alexander Roberts, the oldest native resident of Harris- ! burg, who died Sunday at his home, 10 j South Market square, attended the fu- j nerai services this afternoon in the ; Market Square Presbyterian church. (Mr. I : Hoberts was the oldest member of the church, serving as secretary and trustee for many years. The services were in charge of the Hev. William B. Cook, pastor in charge, and the Rev. Dr. Kllis N. Kremer, pas tor of the Reformed Salem church. In terment was in the llarrisburi: ceme tery. The Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Robert Moftitt, Spencer C. Gilbert, Judge S. J. M. McCarrell, Charles W, Foster, Samuel W. Fleming, Edward Bailey. J. Henry Spicer, Mayor John I K. Royal, Henry A. Kcllier, Jr., George W. Roily. Joseph Montgomery and W. L. Gorgas. COURT MOVES FOR A NEW TRI AL ; Mifflin Township Seeks Rehearing of Iron Company's Suit Motiou for a rehearing of the A. L. | I Greenburg Iron Company «suit against Mifflin township was filed with the ' ' court this morning. The plaiutiff won | | a verdict against the township for the full amount of its claim, S7OO for | material furnished the township. The motion was placed on the argument list. Discharged From Jail Three prisoners were discharged j ' from iuil to-day as follows: Clayton i Rife, John Moon and Karley Balliiski. j Marriage Licenses William P. Callaghan, Steelton, and ! ; Marguerite M. Kennedy, city. I William R. Naugle and Sara E. ' Bowers, city. 172 Bids on Highway Materials Bids were opened at the State High | way Department yesterday for niateri ; al, machinery, implements and tools | for use in maintenance and repair of 1 i State highways and State aid high- j ways. The bids were opened bv Jo- ] i seph W. Hunter, First Deputy State | Highway Ccmmissioner. One hundred i | and seventy-two bids were received! and ordered listed. The bids will be j : posted and as material and equipment j are required they will be ordered from ' the lowest bidder when difference in I freight rate and other shipping costs j » are considered. Bishop Tyree to Lecture The Rt. Rev. Evans Tyree, D. D., Bishop of the First Episcopal district of the A. M. E. church, will lecture on "What Another 'Man Told Me" this evening at Bethel A. M. E. church, | Briggs and Ash streets. 'Music will 'be in charge of the choir of the Monu ! mental A. M. E. church, Steelton. The lecture will begin at 8 o'clock. Lodge to Pay Fraternal Viait Members of Pokoson Tribe No. 331, j | Improved Order of Red Men, will trail \ to the wigwam of Complanter Tribe 1 No. 61 to-morrow evening to pay a fraternal visit. Ten German Aeroplanes in Raid Petrograd, April 21, via London, 4.15 P. (M. —Ten German aeroplanes ■ raided the town of Bialystok, in Rus ! sian Poland, forty-five miles southwest | ! of Grodno, Tuesday morning and threw , down upon it more than 100 bombs. Operation for Appendicitis Frank Snyder, 2123 Atlas street, aged 26 years, wbj operated on for ' appendicitis at the Harrisburg hospital | this morning. His condition is report- I ed favorable. "City of Dreadful Light." London streets at night are far more beautiful to look at nnd far more agree i able to walk in than when every shop flares with a vulvar display of hurd light and wbeg tbe disgusting electric light advertisements defaced walls, riverside and space Itself. May Lon don never go back to Its old, vulgar. | hateful system of lighting. We want i no more of that city of dreadful light— | London Saturday Review. BULLISH ACTIVITY AGAIN ' • RESUMED IN THE TRADING *j Bethlehem 8t«el Jumps Seven and ■£ Half Points—Heavy Offerings of) Beading and Union Pacific at Adv f Over Y est en y'« Close «► I By Associated A «». New York, April Street* —Hullish activity as r>„med at th«* outset of to-day'a trading, initial quo« tatious showing gains of 1 to 2 poiutaT in many important issues. Bethleheu* Steel rose 3 points, which it soon in' creased to 7 1-2. There were heavy offerings of Reading and Union Pacific at advances over yesterday's close, l>ut the only leader to record a new high price for the movement was Amalgamated Copper, Rock Island yielded a fraction on opening sales of. 5,000 shares and soon fell back three points to yesterday's low level. Prices' cased generally but the trend of the half hour, Coppers, however, adding tot first prices. ■* After digesting the offerings of the', first hour the market gathered fresh; momentum on renewed buying of rep- < * resentative issues. U. 8. "steel failed to join this movement to any appreci- , able extent and Reading reflected the selling under cover. Bethlehem Steel' became relatively heavy and special ties as a hole were inclined to waver. * By midday prices showed their second distinct decline of the sessiou. Bonds were stroug. NEW YOBK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS New York. April 21. Open. Close. Alaska Gold Mines 37 39%' Amal Copper 75% 75% Anier Beet Sugar .... 48'j 47' 4 American Can 37% 36-', ' do pfd HSti, 99% r * Am Car and Foundry Co 54 53 Am Cotton Oil 51 50 , Am Ice Securities .... 32'.. 31% Atrer Loco 54 53 Aiuer Smelting 73% 73% American Sugar 111% 110',, Amer Tel aud Tel .... 122% 122^, Anaconda 38 37% | Atchison 104% 104 Baltimore and Ohio ... 79% 7S I a ! Bethlehem Steel 146. 142 j Brooklyn K T 92% 92 j i California Petroleum .. 17% 187 a Canadian Pacific ..... 171 169% Central Leather 42% 41% I Chesapeake and Ohio.. 4 9 48% Chi, Mil and St Paul.. 98% 96% Chino Con Copper .... 46 46%, Col Fuel and Iron .... 34 33% Consol Gas 129 128% Corn Products 14% 14% Erie 29% ' 25% Erie, Ist pfd t . 46 45% General Electric Co ... 154% 154 Goodrich BP 49% 47 ... \ireat Nor pfd 122 121 Great Nor Ore subs .... 35% 37' 4 Interboro Met 21% 21', Interboro Met pfd ... 74% 73'.. I