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WIFE KILLED IN RUNAWAY;
HUSBAND WILL RECOVER
Mrs. El wood Booser Sustains a Broken
Meek When a Fractious Colt Bolts
'* and Throws Her From Vehicle Near
EUcabethtewn
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(Special to' the Star-Independent.)
Eiizabethtown, May 3.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Catherine Booser, of
West Donegal township, near this place,
who was instantly killed in a runaway
Occident yesterday afternoon when a
young colt bolted, being frightened
when the bit broke, will be held Wed
nesday morning at 9 o'cloek at her
home. Her husband, Elwood Booser,
who received painful lacerations about
the head, will recover.
Mr. and Mrs. Booser were driving to
this place to attend church services.
The bit broke and Mr. Booser, climb
ing out of the wagon to restrain the
animal when it bolted, was thrown
upon his back. The horse tore down
th* road, overturning the buggy, throw
ing out Mrs. Booser, who sustained a
broken neck.
Mrs. Booser was a cousin of Jacob
Eckinger, coroner of Dauphin county.
He visited the Booser homo shortly
after the accident.
CHARITIES NEED FUNDS
Directors Will Endeavor to Replenish
Treasury After Winter's Work
At a meeting of the board of gover
nors of the Associated Charities to be
held at*4 o'clock this afternoon plans
will be discussed to raise funds for the
carrying on of the work of the organi
zation. The demands made on it dur
ing the winter exhausted all available
funds.
Relief was given more than 300
times lust December and 498 families
came to the attention of the associ
ation. In December, 1913, only 71 or
ders were given and only 187 families
visited. In January there were 348
families under consideration as com
pared with 230 in January, 1914.
Members of the Association will at
tend the national conference of chari
ties and correction at Baltimore May
12 to 19.
WOMAN SHOOTS AT BURGLAR
Mrs. J. C. Smith Stumbles on Intruder
in Hallway at Home
Investigating a noise in the hallway
outside her bedroom door early yester
day morning, Mrs. J. C. .Smith, 317
Crescent street, stumbled over an in
truder crouched in the dark. Securing
a revolver from a dresser, she fired
several shots after him as he tied down
the steps. None of the shots took ef
fect and the man got away.
Policemen were hurried to the house,
but a thorough search of the house and
neighborhood failed to reveal his hiding
place. Nothing was stolen. Mrs.
Smith told the police that she heard
a noise in the hall anil thought that her
husband or cousin, who were sleeping
in an adjoining room, had been taken
ill.
PURSE STOLEN AT GRAVE
Small Boy Snatches Money From Wom
an Who Was Planting Flowers
While placing flowers on a grave mi |
the Paxtang cemetery, with her iMjekv j
book, containing a $1 bill and some!
small change, beside her, it was taken j
by a small boy, wlioi -. she believed to j
be on a similar errand in the cemetery, j
according to a report made to the po
lice yesterday by Mrs. George W. Wat- I
ton. Twenty-eighth and Greenwood j
street.
Mortorcycle Policeman Fetrow was 1
hurried to the scene, but the boy had i
disappeared. The description of the lad I
has been furnished to the police.
JAMES FAIRCHILD HUDSON DIES
For 33 Years Principal Editorial Writer
on Pittsburgh "Dispatch"
Pittsburgh, May 3. —James Fair-j
child Hudson, for 33 years the princi
pal editorial writer of the Pittsburgh I
"Dispatch" and the author of a num
ber of works on economic subjects, I
died suddenly of heart disease at his ■
home in Ben Avon, a suburb, yester
day.
Mr. Hudson was 69 years old.
To Celebrate Golden Wedding
(j-"ipecial to the Star-Independent.) i
Mechanicsburg, May 3. —The golden
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Dougherty, of this town, will be
celebrated at their home an West Kel
ker street, this evening when they will
receive their friends informally from 7
to 10 o'clock. For the third time Mrs.
Dougherty, who was Miss Sarah Maust,
of Sheperdstowu, will wear her wed
dira; gown, the second time being twen
ty-five years ago, when they celebrated
their silver wedding. In the receiving
line will be Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty,
•Mrs. David W. Worst, of Carlisle, who
was bridesmaid; l>r. 'and Mrs. M. M'.
Dougherty, with their sons, William
and Filmore; Mr. and Mrs. Filmore
Mauet and daughter, Miss Sarah Maust,
of Carlisle. Mr. Dougherty is prominent
as a contractor and builder here and
erected many important buildings.
Held for Highway Bobbery
George Berry, colored, was held un
der SSOO bail for court on a charge of
highway robbery this afternoon by
Mayor Royal. Berry, it was alleged,
asked J. E. Ebersole, of Highspire, for
money Saturday night at the Chestnut
street market house and when the latter
pulled out his pockctbook Berry
snached it and ran away. He was ap
prehended in the Eighth ward by Po
liceman McCann.
April Hottest in 27 Years
The past, month was the hottest in
twenty-seven years, according to the
monthly summary issued by the local
Weather Bureau. April averaged a
mean temperature of 57 degrees, which
is an average daily excess over normal
temperature of 6.3 degrees. April,
1910, averaged a mean temperature of
56. There were but twelve clear days
during the month, eight partly cloudy
and eight rainy days.
Cow Rescued During Blaze
. Fire in a stabile owned by Harry
Grant, at 1213 Currant street, did
elight damage last evening. Firemen
responding to- an alarm from Seventh
and Verbeko streets, made short work
of the Iblaze. A cow, which was stabled
there, was led out safely during the ex
citement. A carelessly dropped cigarette
•tub started the blaze, according to
Fire Chief Kindler.
DIOCESE EVENT NEXT WEEK
Episcopal Clergymen and Laymen Will
Be Entertained By Member* of
Local Churches
Hundreds of clergymen and laymen
of the Protestant Episcopal church, in
cluding bishops of several States, of
Canada and of Cuba, will be entertain
ed by members of Episcopal churches
of this city during the observance here
next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
of the tenth anniversary of the forma
tion of the diocese of Harrisburg and
of the consecration of Bishop James
Henry Darlington. At the same time
will be held the eleventh annual dio
cesan convention in St. Stephen's
church.
Arrangements for the entertainment
of the clergyiare being made by the
Rev. Rollin A. Sawyer, rector of St.
Stephen's, and for the entertainment
of all women attending, bv Mrs. James
P. Bullitt, wife of the rector of St. An
drew's church.
On Tuesday noon luncheon will be
served at St. Paul's church and on
Wednesday noon at St. Stephen's to
delegates and at St. Andrew's to wom
en. The women of these churches aro
making extensive preparations to en
tertain the visitors.
Women have been invited to attend
the Church Club dinner to be held at
the Masonic hall on Wednesday even
ing, at which Governor Brumbaugh will
speak.
The entertainment to be provided
visitors by members of local churches
will extend from Monday until Thurs
day. There will be present a clerical
and lay delegate from each Episcopal
church in the diocese, to the number
of about three hundred in all, together
with many visitors who will be attract
ed by the big event.
BIG DAY AT PARK STREET
Large Attendance Marks Services at
Evangelical Church on Hill
Yesterday is reported to have been
both in point of interest and attendance
the biggest day at the Park Street
Evangelical church since the present
pastorate began. The Sunday school
session at 9.30 showed an attendance
of 845, the highest normal in the his
tory of the school. Two hundred and
twenty-one persons were present in the
morning preaching services when the
pastor spoke on Chron. 15: 7, "Be ye
strong therefore; and let not your
hands be weak; for your work shall be
rewarded." In connection with the
Junior Christian Endeavor meeting at
5.45, th# Superintendent Mrs. U. F.
Swengel took preliminary steps for the
organization of a juvenile choir. The
Senior Christian Endeavor meeting was
in charge of the Rev. J. G. Sands, a
member of Park street, and Carlyle
Erdley. The newly reorganized Chris
tian Endeavor choir gave a service in
song. Two hundred and seventy-six per
sons attended the last service of the
day when the pastor preached the sec
ond time on the subject, "The Friend
of Friends." The Rev. Mr. Stouffer of
the Church of God led in the opening
prayer. The flower committee of the
Christian Endeavor Society had pro
vided an abundance of blooms.
'Monday evening the monthly busi
ness meeting of the K. L. C. E. so
ciety will he held in charge of the
prayer meeting committee. An im
portant item of business will be the
selection of a committee from this so
ciety for membership on the City Cen
tral Committee in preparation for the
State Convention in July, 1916. A
"social hour" will bring the meeting
to a close, Next Sunday morning the
pastor will preach on "Qualifications
of the pastor's Co-Laborers," at which
time the largest attendance from all
the Societies and Auxiliaries of the I
congregation as well as members is de-1
sired. At 7.30 "Mothers' Day" will I
be obsc.ved. The choir will present
several special numbers appropriate to
the occasion and the subject of the
sermon will be "A White Carnation,
[or the Glorv of Motherhood." Very
young children brought to this service
by mothers who wish to attend will be
[ cared for during the hour of service
j by competent hands, in a separate room.
MRS. CARMAN AGAIN ON TRIAL
Second Attempt to Fix Upon Her Guilt
for Mrs. Bailey's Murder
By Associated Press.
iMineola, X. Y., May 3.—Mrs. Flor
ence Conklin Carman was placed on
triail in the Supreme Court here to-day
before Justice Blackmar for the second
time on the indictment charging her
I with the murder of Mrs. Louise D.
Bailey, at Freeport, on the nigh't of
June 30, last. The jury in the first
trial disagreed, and IMrs. Carman has
been at liberty under bond since then.
Mrs. Carman, who was accompanied
by her husband, Dr. Edward Carman,
appeared in court pale but smiling, and
seemed to be in better health than
when she was tried before.
Selection of the jury proceeded slow
ly and out of the first nine men ex
amined only one was given a place in
the jury box.
Pittsburgh Building Trades Tied Up
Pittsburgh, Pa., May ' 3.—Demand
ing an advance of five cents an hour
and an eight-hour day, hod carriers and
building laborers to-day joined the
striking bricklayers, virtually tying up
operations in the ibuildng trade's n the
Pittsburgh district. Six thousand men
were said to be affected.
Shot In Fight After Argument
Joseph Worley, of Beaver Station,
was admitted to the Harrisburg hospital
last evening suffering with a revolver
shot wound in his left thigh. He said
he got into an argument with a man
from Reading and the latter shot him.
His condition is not serious.
Head of Famous Knapp Battery Dies
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 3. —Captain
.Tsmes SI Durmarg McGill, aged 91,
former commander of the famous
Knapp Battery, officially known as Bat
tery E, Pennsylvania Artillery, during
the Civil war, died at his home at Ben
Avon, near hore, to-day.
Motor Club Governors to Meet
The regular meeting of the board of
governors of the Motor Club of Har
risburg will be held to-morrow evening
in the headquarters of the club in the
"Patriot" building.
Believed Has Typhoid Fever
Clarence Mader, 19 years old, of
Linglestown, was admitted to the Har
risburg hospital this morning, Buffer
ing from what is believed to be ty
phoid fever. A blood test will be made
to determine if he has typhoid.
HARRISBTBQ STAR-INDEPENDENT. MONDAY EVENING. MAY 3. 1915.
CAPITOL HILL
FALLING OFFJN RECEIPTS
State Treasury April Statement Shows
$600,000 Lees In Strong Box
Than at End of March
Indicating a large falling off in re
ceipts the State Treasury statement
for April shows that the balance of
funds on hand at the close of the
month is $600,000 less than at the
close of business in IMarch.
The statement of April business is
as follows: Receipts, general fund,
$914,492.96; sinking fund, $128.54;
school fund, $2,67*6.86; motion vehicle
licenses, $227,444. Total, $1,144,-
742.36. Paymonts, general fund, sl,-
678.674.10; motor license fund, SIOO,-
000. Total, $1,778,674.10. Balances,
general fund. $4,435,699.38; sinking
fund, $814,657.59; school fund (unin
vested), $9,131.24; motor license fund,
$898,072.
Total balance at end of April, $6,-
157,560.21. Total balance at end of
March, $6,791,491.95.
Complains of Beading
Paul E. Woll, 1'69 -Berks street,
Philadelphia, has filed with the Public
Service Commission a complaint against
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Company alleging that there is dis
crimination both in regard to the ser
vice and the rates against the Fern
Rock passengers of the Third and
Berks street line.
Mr. Baldwin's Logs
The house and store of Representa
tive Richard J. Baldwin, at Ohadd's
Pord, Delaware county, were burned 'to
the ground yesterday, involving a loss
of about $20,000. The origin of the
(ire is unknown. Mr. Baldwin was in
the \Mle\lia hospital at the time recover
ing from a slight operation for tonsil
itis.
Bills Signed
T.he Governor has approved the fol
lowing bills: Clark bills, establishing
the size of fruit and vegetable baskets,
containers and trays: Lindsey bil'l, giv
ing the State Industrial Home for
Women eminent domain for buying 500
acres for water supply, ami ■providing
for board of managers when inmates
reach 75.
PROMINENT BANK CLERK DIES
'Following a short illness from pneu
monia, W. Eugene O. Hake, aged 31
years, died at his home, 806 North
Sixteenth street, yesterday morning at
9 o'clock.
Mr. Hake wae the younigest elder in
the Carlisle Presbytery being an elder
in the Immanuel Presbyterian church.
He was also superintendent in the Sun
day school and pianist in the church.
Mr. Hake was employed as head book
keepr in the Merchants' bank for
eight years and was a member of the
Knights of Malta and the Modern
Woodmen of America.
Surviving are his wife, three chil
dren, Janet, Helen and Thomas, and
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hake.
The funeral will be held from the
home Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, the Rev."Everett Hallman of
| ficiating. Interment will be in Paxtang
cemetery.
MRS. ROY KAUFMAN DIES
New Cumberland, May 3.—Mrs.
Nellie Davis Kaufman, 33 years of age,
wife of Roy Kaufman, died at 5
o'clock this morning at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Davis. She
had been in poor health for a year, suf
fering from diabetes.
She was born in New Market, York
county, and later moved with her fam
ily to New Cumberland. She was a
member of the Trinity United Brethren
church and was the organist in the
Sunday school for many years. After
her graduation at the New Cumberland
High School she spent two years at
Lebanon Valley College. She was mar
ried two years ago and leaves her hus
band, her parents and a brother, Ches
ter. Funeral services will bo held on
Thursday morning.
Mrs. Annie E. Shoemaker
Mrs. Annie E. Shoemaker, wife of
Charles Shoemaker, died this morning
at '5.30 o'clock at her home in Camp
IHill following a lingering illness. Fu
neral services will be held Thursday
morning from St. Patrick's cathedral,
this city. Interment will be in Mt.
Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. Lucinda Bear
The funeral of Mrs. Lucinda Bear,
wife of David Bear, who died at her
home, 2105 Herr street, last Thurs
day, was held this afternoon at 2.30
o'cloek. Tnterment was in the Harris
burg cemetery.
Adam O. Zimmerman
The funeral of Adam C. Zimmer
man, aged 87 years, who died Satur
day at his home, 206 South street,
was held this morning at 8 o'clock.
The body was taken to Fisherville,
where services will be held at the Fet
terhoff church to-morrow morning. In
terment in church cemetery.
John McGeehan
The funeral of John McGeehan, who
died Saturday at his home, 1616 Mar
ket street, will ibe held Wednesday
! morning at 9 o'cloek, from St. Fran
cis Catholic church. The services will
be in charge of the Rev. D. J. Carey,
rector of the church. Interment at Lan
caster.
John Crum
John 'Crum. of Linglestown. died at
9.1'5 o'clock this morning in the Har
risiburg hospital from peritonitis. He
Was admitted to that institution on
April 127.
TO PASS ON OPPERMAN CLAIMS
Arbitrators Will Soon Decide Whether
City Must Pay for "Extras"
Roy G. Cox, Joseph L. Shearer, Jr.,
and iFarley Gannett, the arbitrators
who are to determine the amount of
pay for "extras," if any, that may be
due W. H. Opperman under his con
tract for building the river front inter
cepting sewer, will to-morrow evening
hold what they hope will be their final
meeting before announcing their de
cision in the case.
The arbitrators expressed hope that
they will be able to (Ho their decision
on Wednesday. Upon this decision de
pends whether the City will have a suf
ficient balance in the sewer loan fund
with which to finance the cost of clos
ing the gap in the river front "steps"
at the Market street coai wharf.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
C«Btinned From First Pim
official statements tell of German at
tacks near hill No. AO, which the Brit
ish recently captnred, and In the vicin
ity of St. Jullen, both In the Ypres re
gion. The Paris and London communi
cations say the German onslaughts
failed, but Berlin characterises the
movement* as successful and says that
a farm southeast of St. Jullen was cap
tured. It is also said In the German re
port that Hartmans-Weilerkopf, the
Alsatian height which has been claimed
by both sides recently, was attacked
yesterday by the French.
The sinking of three more vessels In
the North sea by German submarines In
their new campaign Is reported to-day.
The Swedish steamer Elllda went to
the bottom In less than three minutes
after she was torpedoed, but the eight
een persons on board escaped. Trawlers
reaching Aberdeen report that two ves
sels in a fishing fleet less than fifty
miles off that port were sunk yester
day.
It Is believed in Borne that Austria
and Germany have decided on another
effort to prolong the negotiations be
tween Italy and the central empires,
In the hope of reaching a peaceful set
tlement of the territorial dispute. For
this purpose it is said that Count
Goluchowski, former Austro-Hungarian
Foreign Minister, will go to Rome from
Vienna.
The Italian cabinet has decided not
to postpone the assembling of Parlia
ment on May 12, and It Is thought in
Borne that Parliament may assist tke
cabinet in reaching a decision which
now appears to be almost inevitable."
Information from the Dardanelles by
way of London is that the bombard
ment of the Turkish forts was carried
on Saturday and that great damage
was Inflicted by the warships of the al
lies. The town of Dardanelles is said
to have been destroyed. The Turkish
war office, however, states that no ac
tion was attempted by the allied fleet
on that day. French troops are report
ed to have mado another landing on the
Asiatic side and to be advancing rap
idly.
AUSTRIA INNEW MOVE TO
NEGOTIATE WITH ITALY
Rome, (May 2, 7.30 P. M., Via Paris,
May 3, 5.20 A. M.—Reliable informa
tion from Vienna, the "Tribune" says,
is to t'he effect that Count Agonor
Goluchowski, former Austro-Hungarian
Foreign 'Minister, is about to leave for
Rome upon a special mission for his gov
ernment. It is believed here this an
nouncement presages a renewal of the
central empire's efforts to prolong the
negotiations with Italy.
Rome, May 2, 8.15 P. M., Via Paris,
May 3, 5.25 A. IM.—The government
has decided, unless there are unforeseen
happenings, not to change the plans for
reopening parliament on May 12, the
date originally fixed. It is believed the
chamber may offer valuable assistance
to the cabinet in arriving at a decision
which now appears to be almost in
evitable.
U. S. TELLS GERARD TO ASK
ABOUT ATTACK ON CUSHING
Washington, May 3. —Ambassador
Gerard has been instructed by Secre
tary Bryan to ask the German Foreign
Office for its version of the attack by
German airmen on the American steam
er Gushing last week on her way to
Rotterdam.
The report from the American con
sul at the latter place was forwarded
to Ambassador Gerard with the request
that he show it to the German govern
ment and ask for what ever facts it
might have concerning the incident.
Upon the explanations made by it as
well as the statements of the crew of
the Gushing representations of the Unit
ed States probably will be based.
GOVERNOR'S FATHER DEPARTS
The Elder Brumbaugh Hopes to Make
Another Visit to Harrisburg
"It was an eventful visit for me,"
said the venerable George B. Brum
baugh, of Huntingdon, father of Gov
ernor Brumbaugh, as he took the train
for home yesterday afternoon after
having been the Governor's guest in
the Executive 'Mansion since Friday
evening.
With his son, Frank G., and the lat
ter's wife, the elder Brumbaugh put
in a very pleasant time seeing the
capitol, viewing the surrounding coun
try from the State's autocar and con
ferring with the Governor.
"This was my first visit," said Mr.
Brumbaugh, "'but 1 hope to repeat it
before my son's term as Governor ex
pires."
Apologies for Writing a Love Story
In the May "American Magazine"
George Fitch, the famous Illinois hu
morous writer, begins a new two-part
story entitled, "Cupid vs. Geography"
' —a humorously alarming prophecy. It
is a love story and this is the way he
introduces it:
"Once more my biennial feeling that
I should write a love story is becoming
too strong to resist. I am beginning to
believe again that in refraining from
romance as a theme I am shirking my
duty. A billion love stories are being
enacted into matrimony during each
generation, and the task of reporting
them should be Bhared by all.
"IWJIO am I that I should sit happily
by, writing of sports and politics,
moons, green cheese and automobiles,
while a thousand panting authors are
emerging from the honeyed morasses of
the last happy chapters of a love tale,
o»ly to breathe heavily and begin dog
gedly on another collection of sacchar
ine wordst
"Yet I always fight against the call
of duty. It is not because I feel the
writing of love stories to be an un
manly sort of business, for it isn't.
There's a man mixed up in every love
story. But I don't like to write the
soft, adhesive parts of the romance.
They embarrass me and, besides, I am
an old codger of nearly forty and I
don't know how the younp people of
1 this land do their love-making in these
innovations days.
"I am 'helpless before the rush of
' time which has changed our customs in
the last decade until we have to look at
the morning bulletin to find out what
is still improper or unconventional. I
: have tried for a year to spy upon a
proposal in order to get material. I
have failed. The old haunts are all
abandoned. There are no more parlors.
Conservatories are as rare as the dodo.
Flaring arc lamps have put the moon
light out of business. Only the hired
help lean upon the garden gates."
COURT HOUSE
PROVE TIM SURRENDER
Pennsylvania (Railroad Company Most
Prove It Owns Farm Land Which
County Solicitor Claims
An ultimatum to the Pennsylvania
'Railroad Company to surrender or prove
authority for its claim 'to title to a sev
en-acre bract of farming land in Sus
quehanna township, which County So
licitor iEred IM. Ott for a quarter of a
century has Claimed he owns, is con
tained in a rule obtained against the
company tih'is morning toy former Judge
M. W. Jacobs, representing Colonel Ott.
' The company is given six months in
which to prove its claim. The question
of title has ; ben in dispute, Colonel' Ott
aai<l to-day, since the Southern Central
Railroad Company laid out a route for
the line it proposed to build back in
the nineties.
Enrolling Voters in County
Assessors of l>atiphin county, outside
of the city, to-day began the annual
enrollment of electors to obtain the
voters' party affiliations. The assess
ors are required to make a house to
house canvass in their districts and
make a report, to the County Commis
sioners before the close of this month.
Those voters who now are enrolled as
to party affiliations need not enroll
anew. They can, however, Change their
party faith, through this enrollment.
Company Wants Dissolution
The court this morning fixed May 24
as the time for disposing of the appli
cation of the Eagle Tanning Company,
of Elizabethville, which is seeking a
dissolution order. Objections to the
application, if any, will be heard on
that date.
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Appointed Guardian
Clarke E. Diehl, Harrisburg's City
Electrician, to-day was appointed by
court guardian of Miss Mary Mar
garet Craig, daughter of William and
Catherine Craig, deceased, who is heir
to an estate valued at $2,100.
Court Names New Supervisors
Charles B. Snyder, a Jefferson town
ship supervisor, has removed from tho
district and the court this morning ap
pointed Claude Etzweiler as his succes
sor. Ezra Smith was appointed super
visor of Lower Paxton township to suc
ceed G. H. Aungst, who also has re
moved from the district.
Civil Case Continued
On application of the defense, the
civil suit of the Mack Manufacturing
Company against Stucker Brothers
Construction Company, of this city,
which was listed for hearing at the
common pleas court week, beginning
May 10, to-day wars ordered continued
until the October term of civil court.
Charles I). Stucker, an officer and prin
cipal witness of the defendant com
pany, now is on an eight weeks' trip
to Texas and California and will not re
turn until some timo in June. The
suit involves aixiut $544 alleged to be
due on a contract for paving bricks
furnished the local firm.
Divorce Suits Begun
■Divorce suits begun this morning in
cluded these: Charles W. vs Anna C.
Burkholder, desertion; Catherine vs.
Eugene Fitzgerald, infidelity; Chairles
E. vs. Sarah A. Davis, desertion.
Water Case Up May 18
'Hearing in the injunction proceed
ings 'brought to restrain the Williams
Valley Water Company from taking its
affairs out of the hands of the officers
of the Sterling Consolidated Eleetric
company, a holding concern, will be
held in court on May 18, so it was de
cided this morning.
Will Probated
The will of Kate Hetrick, late of EaM
Hanover township, was probated this
morning and letters on tho estate were
granted to W. (E. Shell.
Marriage License
Walter 'G. Bidaman and Mlarie Kraft,
Harrisburg.
Has Discontinued Business
Asserting that they "have no financial
obligations ana that they have no de
sire to longer continue 'business, offi
cers of tfoe Harrisburg Building and
iLoan Association have petitioned the
'Dauphin county court for a decree dis
solving the company. The Court will
dispose of the application on June 7.
Contract Is Signed
iF. D. 'Cummer, 'head of the F. T).
Cummer & Son Company, of Cleveland,
0., thas morning signed the contract
under which his firm is to supply Har
risburg's municipal asphalt repair plant,
to Ibe constructed at Ninth and Shanois
streets. The plant is to toe ready for
operation not later than July 1.
Building Permits
Building permits issued this morning
included these: Luther Minter, one
two-story fraime house on Twelfth
street, immediately north of Market,
$500; Ziegler & Hays, one-story frame
addition to 1221 Derrv street. $100;
Kames Henning, remodeling 1434 Snra
taTa street with bay windows, SIOO.
Hearing Closed in British Suit
Hearing in the civil suit between the
United Iron Works and the Mainland
Ice and Storage Company, an action
certified here from the British courts
of Vancouver, B. C., to take depositions,
was concluded this morning. The tes
timony taken at the 'hearings held here
and in York, Pa., will toe written out
and certified back to Vancouver. Frank
J. Both, Dauphin county court stenog
rapher, was commissioner in t'he case.
Muslcaie at Christ Church
A vocal and instrumental entertain
ment has been arranged by the 'Mten's
Bible class of 'Christ Lutheran tfhurc'h,
Thirteenth and Thompson avenue, to be
given in the church auditorium to-mor
row evening. Some of the toest local
talent has toeen secured for the evening
and a large audience will undoubtedly
take advantage of the opportunity this
entertainment affords to 'heaT the tal
ented musicians and readers. No ad
mission will b« charged but an offering
will bo received during the intermis
sion. The program will start promptly
at 7.45 o'clock.
Rotary Club to Nominate
The Harrisburg Rotary Club will hold
a regular business meeting to-morrow
night at the offices of the Hershey
Creamery Company, South Cameron
street. Nominations will be made for
officers for the ensuing year.
CHURCH OF GOD DEDICATION
Elaborate Program Arranged For Dedi
catory Services at New Cum
berland, May 0 to 14
New Cumberland, Pa., May 3. —
The dedicatory services of the First
Church of God will be held Sunday,
May 9 to 14 inclusive. The following
program has been arranged:
■Sunday school, 9.15; 10.30 a. m.,
hymn, "I Love Thy Kiugdom Lord;"
invocation, the Rev. 8. N. Good; music,
Trinity U. B. choir; Scripture lesson
and prayer, the Rov. A. R. Ayera, pas
tor U. B. church; music, Trinity U. B.
choir; sermon 'by the Rev. Dr. William
N. Yates, pastor Fourth Street Church
of God, tiarrisburg; offering, benedic
tion.
2.3'0i 'P. M.—M. A. Hoff, president
of the building committee, presiding;
hymn, "How Firm a Foundation;"
Scripture lesson and prayer, the Rev.
A. G. Wolf, pastor St. Paul's Luther
an church; music, local church choir;
fraternal greetings, the Revs. A. G.
Wolf. J. V. Adanw, A. R. Avers and .1.
R. Hutchinson; sermon, the Rev. J. C.
Fomcrook, pastor Church of God, Pen
brook; offering, (benediction.
7.30 P. M. —Hymn No. 769; music,
Memorial M. E. choir;
Scripture lesson and prayer, the Rev.
J. V. Adams, pastor Baughman Me
morial M. E. church; music, Baugh
man Memorial choir; sermon, the Rev.
Dr. S. G. Yahn, editor "Church Advo
cate;" dedication, offering, benedic
tion.
Monday, 7.45 P. M.—Missionary
evening music in charge of Stough
evangelistic chorus; Scripture reading
and prayer, the Rev. J. B. Hutchinson;
sermon, the Rev. C. H. Grove, pastor
Green Street Church of God, liarris
buig; offering, benediction.
Tuesday, 7.45 P. M.—Ladies' and
Misses' Bible classes, (lady ushers and
collectors); hymn, music, ladies' chor
us; Scripture leseon and prayer, the
Rev. S. N. Good; contralto solo, Miss
Mary Baughmcn, Enhaut; sermon, the
Rev. C. F. Raach. pastor Church of
God, Meihanicsburtg; soprano solo,
Miss Lillian Grove; offering, benedic
tion.
Wednesday, 7.45 P. M.—Prayer
meeting ni'jht; hymn, selection, boys'
('horns; Scripture lesson and prayer;
selection, local choir; sermon, the Rev.
J. R. Hutchinson, retired 11. B. pastor,
New Cumberland; offering, benedic
tion.
Thursday, 7.45 P. M.—rMen's and
Boys' Bible classes, C. W. Prowel.l,
presiding; music in charge of Fourth
Street Church of God; men's chorus
and orchestra, Harrisburg; offering,
benediction.
Friday, 7.45 P. M.—Christian En
deavor evening, John D. Sipe, presid
ing; music by Harrisburg Choral
Union; sermon, the Rev. B. L. C. Bair,
pastor Church of God, Highspire.
Officers and Elders, George Bair,
John T). Sipe, John S. Leef, F. B. Bair;
deacons, C. M. Prowell, William Kohl
er, Edward Fleisher, H. S. Bair, C. H.
Cline; recording secretary; M. A. Hoff,
financial secretary; G. G. Lefever,
treasurer; E. B. Eppley, treasurer
ibuilding fund; building committee, M.
A. Hoff, president; C. H. Cline, secre
tary; J. G. Lefever, George Bair, the
Rev. S. N. Good.
FIVE HURT IN CYCLE CRASHES
Machine of Ira F. Brehm Figures in a
Bad Crash Near Florin
Ira F. Brehm, 1834 Berryhill street,
this city, was severely injured when a
motorcycle on which he and liis brother
were riding erashed with an automo
bile owned by John B. Shreiner, of
Manheim, near Florin yesterday after
noon. Ira Brehm was the only person
injured. Both machines were smashed.
The injured man was brought to his
home to-day. Doctors say he will re
cover.
A motorcycle driven by William
Clair, who was taking Miss Tillie Hol
linger, of Rohrerstown, for a ride, had
a collision with a buggy near Bearville
yesterday. Miss Hollinger was hurled
40 feet and landed on her head. She
is suffering from concussion of the
brain. The carriage was being driven
by Diller Myers, two of whose chil
dren were thrown out and severely in
jured. Clair suffered cuts of the head.
SHIP CANALS
Ea3h Has Troubles of Its Own That
Require Constant Care
Leave any ship canal alone for even
a year and it would no longer be fit for
navigation. Within five years a small
boat would be unable to go through it.
The United States has auxieties over
the Culebra cut in the Panama, but not
more so than the Germans over their
waterway, the Kiel canal, for the
ground through which the latter is cut
is in most cases nothing but peat—
rotten black stuff which keeps on
breaking up and falling back into the
canal.
Also the bottom continually "bumps
up," thus lowering the depth-of the
passage. The craft that use the Kiel
canal have to crawl along. They say
that if a cruiser were to make a dash
through at top speed it would take a
year and several millions of money to
remedy the damage done by her stern
wave.
Bach canal has its own special trou
bles. That of the Panama is land
slides. Many have taken place during
its construction. Many more will have
to be delt with in coming years. It is
estimated that if the dredging work on
the suez were abandoned within less
than ten years the Turks or any one
else could cross it dry shod. On both
sides of the canal stretch miles of dry
desert, from which' every wind that
blown lifts the sand in edging spirals
and carries it in great clouds. A sin
glo storm may drop a thousand tons of
sand into one mile of the canal.
Of late years a great quantity of
trees have been planted along the
banks in order to prevent the sanil
from drifting into the water, yet oven
so great steam dredgers are always at
work scooping from the bottom the
blown in sand and dumping it along
the shore. Another trouble of those
in charge of the Suez canal is caused
by fresh water springs, which burst up
in its deep bed and pile the stand in
ridges.—
Master of Many Tongues
Elihu Burritt, the "learned black
smith," was born in Connecticut in
1810. Burritt taught himself French,'
Latin, German Italian, Greek and He
brew while an apprentice at the forge
and in early manhood mastered San
skrit Syriac, Arabic, Norse, Spanish,
Dutch, "Polish, Bohemian and Turkish.
Chinese and minor languages were ac
quired later and he was able to read,
write and speak in sixty different
tongues.
116 YEARS OLD AND STILL
PERFORMING INTHECIRGUS
This Delightful Old Acrobat May Be
Turning Somersaults at the End of
Another 118 Tear*—'The More Ex
citement the Better for Her
'While so muoh is beinig said in tbi«
>nlighteued age about cJuM labor and
ts restrictions, some steps might be
aken toward tne prevention of laibor of
lie old performers in Barnum &. Bailey 's
lircus whielh exhibits here Thursday,
May t>. It is not generally known that
>uo of those forced to perform twice a
lay in the ring is one hundred and six
teen years old, a dear, old lady cockatoo
ihat goes by the name of bucy. The
jueer thing a'bout it is that Lucy may
ive to be twice as o'ld as she is now,
ind that she do®s not at all object to
loing her tricks—at least she never
:omplains.
'Lucy is a big cockatoo that turns
»ack somersaults. She is the only bird
known that can <io it, and she returns
is unruffled and cool to her perch after
that feat as if she knows what a blow
*he is giving to all established cockatoo
traditions. 'Lucy ds a native of the
Antipodes, which may be why she is
ible to stand on her head with such
equanimity, since geography tells us
t'hat all the natives of the Antipodes
are upside down with respect to us.
Lucy has other tricks, and she is
only one of tihe little band of perform
ers trained and exhibited by Mme. IMar
eel'la and constituting one of the en
tirely new features of the IBarnum &
Bailey program. Some of the 'birds jump
through flaming hoops, ride bicycles and
do other marvels. Mme. IMtarcella has
Hftv-flve birds in her rookery, and they
cioinprise cockatoos, macaws, parrots
and a raven which lhas been performing
twenty-nine years.
"I love the birds so much," said
Mme. Marcella in a recent interview,
"and I have been frieuds with them
ever since I was a child in the IH&rtz
mountains, Germany. 1 was brought up
in the midst of pigeons and houselioid
birds, and it was not long before I had
pets among the forest birds as well.
My secret in training them is to be kind
and patient and never to use a jrtick if
1 can help it.
"I feed my birds twice a day. They
love fruit and wine, and I have to give
them once in a while a little whiskey
and water, to protect them from t'he
cold, which is much sharper here than
in their native climate. They are not
the least afraid of the band at the
circus, and the bright 'lights at night
make them think of tlhe glaring sun, to
Which tihey aire accustomed. The birds
are happier when out on the circus
stages than at any other time.''
No Increase in School Tax Bats
The Harrisburg Board of School Di
rectors will fix the mill rate for the
coming year at the regular monthly
meeting Friday night. According to
the budget framed for the coming year
no increase in the present rate, which
is 8% mills, will be necessary, and the
rate, it is expected, wi'll 'be fixed at
that. The Finance committee will meet
Thursday night to frame its recommen
dation.
FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS
New York, May 3.
Open. Close.
Amal Copper 75% 73'/,
Amer Beet Sugar 48% 4 8
American Can .42*4 39%
Am Car and Foundry Co 56% 55%
Am Cotton Oil 51 50%
Am Ice Securities .... 34 33%
Amer Loco '... 58 54%
Amer Smelting 73% "2
American Sugar 111% 110%'
Anaconda 36 35%
Atchison 102% 101%,
Baltimore and Ohio .. 77 76%
Bethlehem Steel 139 132%
Brooklyn R T 90% 90
California Petroleum . . 17% 17%
Canadian Pacific 164 162
Central Leather 41'4 39%
Chesapeake anil Ohio . . 46 45%
Chi, 'Mil and St Paul . . 95 94
Chino Con Copper .... 44% 45
Col Fuel and Iron .... 32% 31% /
Corn Products 14% 14%
Distilling Securities ... 1'5% 15%
Krie 28% 28
Brie, Ist pfd 44% 43%
•General Klectrie C 0... 159 159
Goodrich B IF 52 50%
Great 'Nor pfd 120% 120%
Great Nor Ore, subs. . . 37% 36
Interboro Met 22% 22%
Interboro Met pfd ... 71% 7'1%
Lehigh Valley 143% 'l4 2%
IMex Petroleum 86% 79
Missouri Pacific 15 14%
National Lead 69 65%
Nev Oonsol Copper ... 15% 15
New York Cen 88% 88%
NY, N Hand H 67 66%
'Norfolk and West 105% 105%
Northern Pacific 109% 108%
Pacific Mail 22 22
Pennsylvania R. R., ... 108% 108%
Pittsburgh Coal 23% 22%
Press Steel Car 56 52%
Rav Con. Copper 23% 23
Reading 151 14 B'/,
Kepub. Iron and Steel . 30% 29%
do pfd 87% 87%
Southern Pacific 92'% 92
Southern Ry 18% 18%
do pfd 58% 58%
Tennessee Copper .... 34 34
Union Pacific 131% 129%
IT. S. Rubber 69 68
U. S. Steel 59 58%
xdo pfd 108% 108%
Utah Copper 67 65%
Vir.-Carolina Chcm. ... 33 34%
W. U. Telegraph 68% 68%
Westinghouse Mfg .. .. 103% 98%
xEx-div. %,
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago, May 3. —Close:
Wheat—May 162; July, 135 1-4.
Corn—May, 76 7-8; July, 79 1-2
Oats—May, 54 5-8;. July, 54 3-8.
Pork —July, 18.20; Sept., 18.62.
Lard —July, 10.35; Sept., 10.60.
Ribs —July, 10.65; Sept., 10.95.
Asle«p Indeed
From the French trenches in Alsace
comes a tale of a soldier who awoke
one morning after a sound sleep, com.
plained of a cramp in his thigh and
said that he could not get up. At first
his superiors asked that ho do so, but
as 'he steadfastly refused they sent for
a doctor. The latter found that a bul
let had come through the roof of the
soldier's shelter during the night and
had lodged in his thigh. It had not
even waked him up!
You will never "get there" if you
are content just to "get by."—Youth's
Companion.