CHASE THIEF IN ! H CLOTHES South Cameron Street : : Aroused at Boldness of Negro, Who Es . capes With Plunder POLICEMEN ARE POOR MARKSMEN Mrs. William Snoddy Awakened by Bur-1 glar Searching for Money Under Her Pillow —Adjoining House Loot edu—Shoes Left Behind a Clue Residents of South Cameron street, n t the Swatara street crowing, were thrown into a state of excitement at ;{:■,(( o'clock this morning "-hen Mrs. William Snoddy, 4IS South Cameron atieel, found a colored man in her room. !He lied, with the woman in pursuit, and she soon had scores of other residents with very little 011 but night clothes, "yhusing the burglar up the liiil just east of Cameron street, where he dis appeared. Three policemen joined the chase and fired shots after the man. With the fleeing burglar went valu ables amounting to hundreds of dollars taken from the Snoddy house and the one adjoining, that of Edward lor svtlie, fit 422 South Cameron street. The I'orsvt lies did not know tibeir house had been entered until after the excite ment had subsided and they began to search for valuables. Leaves His Shoes Behind The burglar left two damaging clues , behind. His shoes, which were found ] in an alleyway between the two houses. 1 and a prescription on a 'lrug store in ; Rochester, N Y.. which was found in , I'ne Snoddy house. He was hatless and , shoeless as he ran away from the ex- | ,-itcd people, but lie "as hugging his! <oat in front of him. In the pockets of I tiie coat- he had probably placed Ins j plunder, for he got considerable of it. j In the Forsythc house he got nine rin"s. a gold watch and fob. some i b-auty pins. a brooch and a string of .•oral'beads. In the Snoddy house lie • rot two rings, containing sixteen small | diamonds and a revolver. In both j houses his plunder 111 money aggre- I gated $2.42. It was his greed for monev that led to his discovery, lie was crouched beside Mrs. Snoddy s bed . with his hand under her pillow when (the awtike. She reached out and touched his crinkled hair and. realizing it was a negro, screamed. Gained Eutrauce Through Window The negro ran into a back room. Calling to her father to hold the door ; shut Mrs. Snoddy ran to the front win-i "dow and shouted for help. : The man ran out of the room, down the »teps and across the street to the wooded hill and disappeared. In both instances he made j his entrance through front windows. | which, according to the police, were left i linfastened. .This is the third occasion in one day j where thieves made considerable hauls r in Harrisburg. I'harles H. Mort. a trusted trucker in the home of T*. F. JBruker, Twenty-sixth and Greenwood streets, made away with SBO in money and two watches valued at $75, accord ing to the police. A warrant has been issued for him. 'Mort was left in charge of rhe house while Mr. Rrnker an?! his family went nwav for the day. Op returning they found the house cleaned of money ami the two watches. Mort was missing and , to destroy nil evidence that might lead t» his ea tnre he burned up a packet of letters containing addresses of girls hi" has been corresponding witih. The embers of the letters were found in Mte stove. City Detectives Ibach and White are working 011 the robberies. RAILROADERS MAY KUN TRUCK Brotherhoods Plan Co-operative Jitney Servic to Rutherford A number of members of the trans portation brotherhoods and employes of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail ways Company, are now planning to run a co-operative jitney service be tween Harrisburg and Rutherford. The pktn is to purchase a motor truck and fit it for passenger travel, between midnight and dawn. Each stockholder would ride out his share in the truck alter which regular fares would be charged and the dividends divided among the stockholders. » I'or a number of years the men who work in the Rutherford yards have tried to secure transportation after midnight, ibut railway company offic ials say this would be too expensive. The number of men interested in the scheme is said to be large and should the move go through a retired or fur loughed employe will be used as chauf feur. All men not members of the brotherhood will be allowed to ride at regular fare, provided they can be ac commodated without inconvenience to members. (JIVE OUT 350 ( AltN ATIONS Elks Distribute Flowers At Their First Observance of Mothers' Day Several hundred persons were pres ent at the first Mothers' Day obser vance to be held by Harrisburg No 12, Benevolent and Protective Or •der of Elks at the lodge home at 3.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. All ad dress was made by Deputy Attorney General Hargest and vocal and instru mental music given. White carnations were presented to all in attendance. There were 350 of the flowers distributed. Benjamin Dem ising presided. Sermons 011 Mothers' Day were preached in many local churches, in some of which mothers acted as ushers. At the Gospel Mission at Edgemont the day was observed with the follow ing program: Song, "When Mother Prayed;'' prayer, the Rev, (A. Bain bridge: solo and accompaniment, Mr. and"'Mrs). Bainbridge and message, "Honor Thv Father and Thy Mother," Mrs. W. J. Snyder. Large Barn Burned at Florin Florin, May 10.—The large barn on the farm of Eli Shenk was totally de stroyed by fire last night, entailing a heavy loss. A number of horses, farm ing implements and grain were con sumed. What caused the fire is a mys tery. SON ASKS COURT TO SET ASIDE WILIJF LIENS Alleges He Has a. Subsequent Docu ment Which He Seeks to Have Substituted For Instrument Al ready Probated Proceedings to set aside the will j drawn by the late Andrew Nelson 1 Lukens, of Harrisburg, 011 April 20, | 1907, and the codicil thereto bearing ! date of August 11. 1914, both of which documents have been admitted j to probate by Register of Wills Roy C. Danuer. were begun in the Dauphin county courts this morning by Frank S. Lukens, a non of the dead man. Frank fc. Lnken* claims to have found a more recent will and one which re vokes the probated instrument. The elder Lukens, who was the oldest re tired mail carrier in the city, died on April 30 in his 79th year. •ludge Kunkel made an order citing the Register of Wills into court and requiring him to' show whether or not the will he has probated actually is the one which Mr. Lukens wrote last. Appeal to the court was necessary, it was pointed out bv Michal E. Stroup, representing the son, in view of the fact that a Register-of Wills is with out legal authority to upset his own decision after once admitting a will to probate. The will which the register now is asked to probate in lieu of the one ad mitted a week ago, makes the son. Frank, the executor and sole benefi ciary of the estate. It bear«s date of April 9, 1913, three weeks before the j elder Etikens died, and contains the ' names of Alderman A. M. Lamlis. of j the sixth ward, aud 11. Sehampan, a j local merchant, as witnesses. To the Harrisburg Trust Company 1 were granted .letters testamentary on ! the Lukens entate under the probated j will. The will and codicil as probated I give. SSOO to Annie Sherlock, a sister j of the dead man, and the remainder of ; the estate is to be held in trust and 1 | the interest therefrom to be paid to ; the sou. I After the son's death the income is ;to be paid to the father's surviving j I brothers and sisters, if any are then j 1 living. Should none survive the son, | jthen the money is to be divided be-; ! tween the Home for Hie Friendless and ! I the Children's Industrial Home. The will also specifies that SIOO be | ! paid to the Harrisburg Cemetery As i sociation. Religious books go to the 1 j Ridge Avenue M. E. church, and other \ | books to the Harrisburg Public Li brary. The court did not fix a time for | the register to nuke answer. JAMES R. ROGERS TO SPEAK Noted P. R. r. Official to Speak 011 "Adirondack Mountains" in Tech High Auditorium To-morrow •lames K. Rogers, cliief paymaster of I the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ] ani l a member of the executive board, j will lecture to-morrow evening in the technical High school auditorium 011 the subject. "An Outing in the Adi ] roudlicks. For the last twentv years! I Mr. Rogers has spent | arl of the'sum-! mer months in the* Adirondack moun tains. Waile in this citv he will be I the joint guest of the Natural History Society and many officials of the Penn sylvania railroad. The lecture will be .free anil illustrated. TROLLEY OAK ST HIKES WAHON Henry Pritther Painfully Iniured at Second and Reel Streets Henr.v Pritcher, 206 South street, a 1 driver for H. F. Graham, concrete con tractor, was painfully injured this morning, when his wagon was struck by a trolley car at Second and Reel 1 streets. Pritcher was thrown from the seat, sustaining body bruises, a spriTined right ankle and a laceration of the right thigh. He was sent to his home .it'ter treatment at the Harrisburg Hos -1 pital. FIVE PROBABLY DROWNED Cleveland, May 10. —Five men are ! missing and six were rescued after drifting about for four hours when the I sandsucker The Junior struck a break | water here last night. Two of those rescued may die of exposure. The Junior, unaided by lights, was I feeling for the entrance when she 1 struck. She sank almost immediately. A Typographical Error Through a typographical error, for i which The Globe Company Was in no! way responsible, the word '' reservedly '' I was printed instead of "reverently"! 'in the introduction to the ".Mothers'! Day" poem by C. P. Byrne, inserted, | over the Globe's name in the Star-In-j 1 dependent on Saturday last. The in troductory sentence, as written bv The I Globe, read as follows: j "We Reverently Pause in the Midst |of Our Business Labors to Pav a | Tribute to Mothers' Day." The Star-Independent desires thus to | make acknowledgment of its resaponsi | bility for the error. Lawmaker Addresses Boys' Band Representative Henry 1. Wilson, of i Jefferson county, spent Sunday moaning j instilling musical enthusiasm into the boys of the Kolonial Kids'band. Mr. I Wilson is a musician of ability, being jan accomplished baritone player. His talk to the bovs was received in a most I cordial way. His advice to the boys i was: "Be a real one or quit." Rote Stricken in Court House I Fra»k Rote, stenographer in Judge | Kunkel's court, was taken suddenly ill | with a nervous breakdown at noon to day. His condition is not serious, but his physician has advised a trip for rest ' and he will leave the city next Thurs day. His illness caused a'postponement J of the case of C. J. Mahoeney vs. the | city. Incendiary Fire at Marietta Marietta, May 10. —Fire of incendi ary origin this morning partially de stroyed the building owned by John A. Monk, Second street, and tenanted by Bayard 8. Her'r as a pool room and bowling alley. The loss is covered by* insurance. A number of firemen were almost overcome by smoke while in the cellar. . False Rumor of Wilson Assassinated (Special to the Stair-independent.) Chicago. May 10. —A false rumor that President Wilson had been assas sinated caused some excitement in the Chicago Board of Trade to-day. «T A F?.INDEPENDENT. MONDAY EVENING. MAY 10. 1915. WILSON SOON TO INFORM U. S. WHAT STEPS HE HAS DECIDED ONJ DISASTER Continued From Ktrat I'ucc. does not intend to call Congress iu ex tra session. This disposes for the (ires- : I ent at least of the suggestion that Ger many's action will cause the United j States to be drawn into the European ' conflict. Considerations such as the military ■ importance of the United States to a£- ! l'eet. the course of the struggle abroad i and the possibility that Jhe entry of 1 this country info the war would auto matically cause a reduction in supplies of ammunition to the allies because of the greater need at home, have in fluenced many officials to the belief that | the disapproval of the United States | can be voiced in far more-effective way without declaring war.. Suggest. Gerard's Withdrawal The withdrawal of Ambassador Ger ard without actually severing diplo matic relations has been suggested in some official quarters as one way of indicating the feeling of the American government. Other officials intimate! that a complete severance of diplomatic ! relations until complete reparations and ; apology is made probably would con form to the wishes of American public opinion. President Wilson continued his con sideration of the Lusitania disaster in seclusion at the White House, but it was indicated that before many days ! have passed he will let the country know what steps he has decided upon. ; While officials reiterated that the Presi- : j dent wouJd not allow himself to be hur- 1 ' lied into a hasty decision, he realizes ; that public sentiment favors a prompt; indication of what the United States! i will do. Messages Advocate War 1 Messages from all parts of the conn try continue to pour into the White! I House counseling Various courses, i ! some advocated war, but a majority ot' ! them counseled peace, although express : ing horror ovei the great loss of life. Chairman Stone, of the Senate For- ) ! eign Relations Committee, was at the j White House to-day and saw Secretary j ! Tumulty, but did not see the President. ; Explaining that he expressed his own views and not tho.se of any officials. | Senator Stone said he questioned | whether thvre was any reason for eaII -1 ing an extra session of Congress at pres j ent. He said he did not know what ' the President was planning to do. The President had no engagements ! I for to-day nefore his departure at 4 j I o'clock for Philadelphia. i WOMEN SURVIVORS' STORIES OFTHE WRECK OFLUSITANIA Dublin, May 9. Mrs C. Murray, of I New York, a survivor of the Lusitania, | who arrived here to-day, said that she and her brother dived from the steamer | ! when it sank, both being good swim- j j mers. They lost each other after the j boat went down, but met later in a shop iu Queenstown. Explaining how so many passengers were lost, Mrs. Murray said that the serond sitting of the luncheon was in 1 progress when the first torpedo struck. | j The people could not believe there was any danger. Though some of them put I 011 life belts, a majority of them re j maineil in the saloon until it was too 1 i late to make their escape. Others were j in the cabins packing their baggage I when the end came. Mrs. R. Hill, of New York, said that I after the second explosion a mass of ' wreckage came crashing on deck, j crushing a crowd of men, women and | children. The work of extricating these 1 people from the debris was in progress j I when the women and children were j called to enter the hoats. SOOll after the Lusitania sank, Mrs. j IHill adiled, the submarine came to the | ! surface, the German flag was run up 1 and. the vessel remained above water ; for ten minutes LADY MACKWORTH RELATES HER FIGHTTO ESCAPE DEATH Cork. May 10. —Lady Mackworth, (laughter of D. A. Thomas, the Welsh : coal magnate, declared in an interview j that when she returned from her cabin 1 j with a life belt the deck was inclined J at a fearful angle, making it impos- J ! sible to get about. She still was 011 j deck when the vessel sank and was ! drawn down with it, but came to the i surface and seized a bo.ard which was | floating past. She offered a corner of her frail sup | port to a man who was struggling in | | the water but soon he relinquished his 1 hold. I<ady Mackworth said she began to feel the effects of her immersion ; and must have lost consciousness, for ! the next she remembered she was float ! ing with a deck clwir under her. After ! another long interval she ai>ain (be came unconscious a'nd has no idea how ! she got aboard the trawler Bluebell j which brought here to Queenstown. j Lady Mackworth said that while \ there certainly was some confusion ] | aboard the Lusitania, she thought the officers and crew acted \;ery bravely, I but was unable to understand why I they kept shouting there was 110 need I for haste as the ship would not sink, , j when it obviously was impossible for ;, it to keep afloat ma'iiv more minutes. :i —— : GERMAN NEWSPAPER GLOATS OVER SINKING OF LUSITANIA j Amsterdam, May 10, via London, j 12.26 P. M.—The Cologne "Volks j Zeitung'' says: "The sinking of the Dusitania is a success of our submarines which must be placed beside the greatest achieve ment of this war. The srnking of the ■ giant English steamer is a success of moral significance, which is still great er than material success. With joyful pride we contemplate this latest deed of our navy. It will not be the last. "The English wish to abandon the German people to death by starvation. ' We are more humane. We simply sank 1 an English ship with passengers who ' at their own risk and responsibility, ' entered the zone of operations." WILFUL AND WHOLESALE MURDER, JURY'S VERDICT 1 Kinsale Ireland, May 10, 3.57 P. M. 3 The coroner's jury which has been in vestigating the deaths attendant upon the loss of the Lusitania returned the following verdict to-day: "The jury finds that this appalling crime was contrary to international j law and the conventions of all civilized ! nations anil we, therefore, charge thej officers of the submarine, and the Ger- ' (nan Emperor and the government of j Germany, under whose orders they act- 1 ed, with the crime of wilful and whole sale murder.". THREE TORPEDOES KIR ED AT LUSITANIA, SAYS CLERUYMAN London, May I o.—The' statement I that three torpedoes were fired at the; Lusitania was made to the Fishguard l l correspondent of the "Daily News"j on the authority of the Rev. Mr. Gu- i vier, of the Church of England s Ca- , nadian Railway Mission, who said the third found its mark while the last boat : was being lowered. When the Lusitania sank, Mr. Gu vier said, a submarine rose to the sur face and came to within 300 yards of the scene. "The crew stood stolidity on (the deck,'' he said, "and surveyed their handiwork, I could distinguish the German flag but it was impossible to see the number of the submarine, which disappeared after a few min utes." SPECULATION ON DISPOSAL j OF VANDEUBILT'S MILLIONS New York. May 10. —With Alfred ! G. Yanderbilt virtually given up for | 1 lost in the Lusitania wreck, there was , some speculation to-day as to the prob ; able disposal of his vast estate, esti ! mated at from $T5,000,0'00 to $ 1 'C'O,- I 000,000. | Mr. Vanderbilt leives three sons, I William 11. Vanderbilt, born iu 1901, i to his first wife, Ellen French Vander i bilt; Alfred Gwyntie Vanderbilt Jr., | and George, born lo his second wife, i who was Mrs. Smith Holli'fls McKim. Mr. Vanderbilt's attorneys refused io discuss the matter on the ground that they had not received legal proof of j his death. | ALBERT WEI I. REPORTED SAFE Former Secretary of Elbert Hubbard Resigned Position Last February It was learned yesterday t'hat Albert Weil, whose parents reside at 42'1 South Seventeenth street, was not on the Lusi | tania. as Philadelphia reports had it. Mr. Weil was secretary to Ei'berf Hub 'bard for two years, but in February re- | I signed his position and is now a travel- ! ling salesman in the employ of tiie i j Elliott-Fisher Typewriter. Company. It j | was learned at his home last night that | lie was in Harrisburg a week ago. $1 00.000 Red Cross Fund Lost May 10.—The body of Mine. Marie Depage, wife of Dr. An 1 toine Depage. meiical director of the Belgian Red Cross, is among the identi fied dead. She was bringing back to { Europe SIOO,OOO contributed in the i Cnited States to the Belgian Red | Cross fund but this money was in the liner's safe and went down with the ship. Speaker Clark on the Disaster Bowling Green, Mo., May 10.— j Speaker Clark, of the national House oft I Representatives, at his home here last I j night srfid it was his opinion that no I extra session of Congress would be • called because of the situation result ! ing from the sinking of the Lusitania. | 'He said. "The less people talk about | this disaster the better off the country will be." Barred From Cotton Exchange Liverpool, May 10.—The board of j i directors of the Cotton Association I passed a resolution to-day setting forth, I that no naturalized German or Austrian ; j shall henceforth be permitted to enter j j the Cotton Exchange. Extends Sympathy for Americans • ork, May 10. —The Lord Mayor of Cork called vC3tcrilay upon the United States Consul at Queenstown and tend ered his own sympathy and that of the | citizens of the city to the families and relatives of Americans drowned in the Lusitania disaster. Illinois Woman's Body Found Queenstown, May 10.- —A body iandc i at Kinsale to-day was identified 'as that of Mrs. W. Willy. (The first i cabin passenger list of the Lusitania I contains the name of Mrs. Catherine E. j j Willey, of I*ake Forest, 111). LATE W4R fIEWS SUMMARY Continued From I'irit Page. man War Office announced on Satur-1 j day. | Except for the assertion that, a small amount of territory near St. George's was won yesterday, the official French | statement indicated no changes along the western front. The German attacks in Belgium were said to have been re pulsed. An aerial raid within forty miles of London was made early to-day. Various j conflicting reports were received from J the Essex coast, one of which said seri ous damage to property and some loss iof life had been caused by bombs ! dropped by the raiders. It was reported also that four Zeppelins tcck part in the raid. Another dispatch, however, said that while several air craft took part, it had not been established whether they were Zeppelin or aeroplanes. The towns of South End, Westcliff-on-Sea | ! and Leigh appear to have been at i tacked. The Italian government is now ex- I pected to reach shortly its decision for or against war. In this connection Borne regards as of significance the visit to the capital of Siguor Giolltti, former Premier and a member of the neutral \ ist group. It is reported in Rome that \ if Italy decides to enter the war she will uo so by declaring war on Turkey. The situation in Flanders and the Carpathians, where the critical battles of the present phase of the war are be 1 ing fought, is still obscure. On the west ' ern front both the Germans and their opponents claim considerable gains. In the Carpathians a similar situation ex ; ists; for though the Russians admit re verses at the hands of the Austrians and Germans they concede no such seri ous defeats as are indicated by the statements from Berlin and Vienna, and assert that the Teutonic allies are now being checked. Contracts for Fire Hose Park Conrniissione; IM. llarvey Tay ■ lor announced to-dny that he will go into the meeting of the City Commis sioners to-mcrrow and make a roconi ' mendation for the award of tihe con " tracts for the purchase of $2,5U0 worth t of fire hose. COURTHOUSE HOUSES FELL INTO SEWER WANTS DAMAGES FROMCITV C J. Mahoney Presses Claim That Harrisburg Was Responsible for Fall of His Home—lnsurance Case Also in Court The first of several damage* suits against the City of Harrisburg for damages caused to Naudnin street houses when the old 30-inch Fifteenth street sewer crumbled. March 27, 1913, caved in and the fronts of the dwell ings were precipitated into their cellars j was put on trial in Judge Kuukel's side of common pleas court this morning. C. J. Mahoney, of Steelton, owner of i one of these houses, is plaintiff and is asking to be eompenaßted both for damages to the house and also for losses lie claims to have sustained during the time the dwelling was out of repair and could not be rented. Elmer E. Fritchey and Edward ! Moeslein, who were Highway Commis sioner and Building Inspector, respec tively, when the-buildings caved in, are among the witnesses subpoenaed. High- ; way Commissioner William H. Lynch also is taking an active part in' the ♦ rial. In Judge McCarrell's court a jury' was engaged all of to-day with the trial ! of an insurance case in which Daniel I and I/iianna Evster, of near Halifax, are sniiij* the Bovertown Mutual Fire Insurance Company for a SI,OOO loss sustained when their home was de stroyed bv fire. The fire occurred on January 10, | 1914, and the company refused io pay the amount of the claim, witnesses said, 011 the ground that the policy holders neglected, tinfil the day following the fire, to pay the amount of an assess- I inent levied in July of the preceding j year. The plaintiffs, however, claim j they had a perpetual policy and that, while they could have been penalized I because of the "tardy payment of the | assessment, the company coud not arbi i trarily terminate the policy on that j ground. Mrs. Evster testified that she j made several efforts to pay the assess- j ment to the, company's Halifax agent,! although for some unaccountable reason I they could not arrange a meeting. LIVED TOGETHER 5 MONTHS Half a Dozen Couples To-day Began Suits to Have Court Untie Marriage Knots Half a dozen new divorce suits were ! begun this morning and in all but one of these cases the complainant alleges desertion as the grounds for the sep aration papers. Domestic felicity pre vailed in the home of Harry ,\i. and Blanche E. King, this city, .just four and a half months, then, the wife charges, she was deserted. That was on November 10, 1913. Other suits were begun as follows: | Emma vs. Harry T. Kleiner, desertion; Mary vs. William S. <MII istensen, deser tion; Ada vs. William D. Buhdv, deser tion; Sarah vs. Edwin Specht, cruel treatment; Elizabeth vs. Harry N. Noff singer, desertion. CIVIL COURT LIST WRECKED Many Cases Continued and Settled at First Day of Term Many of the cases listed for trial ;at this week's session of Common . Pleas Court, either were continued or , settlede to-day: 'Phe list follows: Bi | inon Cooper vs. Daniel 'Reagan, assurnp- I sit, settled; Eugene J. Fogartv vs. J. R. j Newcomer, assumpsit, continued; Sam i iiel Morrison vs. Edward 'M. Schell, tres- I pass, settled; Dauphin Electrical &up j plies Company . vs. A. IM. Sides, eou ] tinued; E. M. C'O'pe vs. Jacob Snyder, j trespass, continued; Samuel Cafin vs. E. L. iFrankem, assumpsit, continued; Bessie 11. Downey vs. Central Iron aud Steel Company, trespass, continued; I Charles'Fedrico vs. J. H. Kellberg. tres j pass, continued; Monitor Steam Cene rator Company vs. IH. ii. Koppenhaver, assumpsit, continued; Zerman & Black burn vs. Dr. .Mm Ooenslager, assump sit, settled; Lena 'Barna vs. Roumanian 'Beneficial Society, continued; Mack 'Manufacturing "Company vs. Stacker Brothers' Construction Company, as sumpsit, continued; Susan Wolfe vs. I Henry M. Shade, trespass, continued. j Building Permit | 'Luther Minter took out a building i permit lo build four two-story frame j bouses on Summit street, north of Mar , j ket street, $2,000, and for the erection iof one two-story brick building at. jlßailey and Market streets, $1,600. Bids for Water Mains Highway Commissioner Harry F. Bow l man is advertising for bids for the lay ing of water mains in sections of Boas and Monroe streets. The bids will be i oipened at 3 o'clock on 'Monday, 'Mav ; 17 ' * '| A GOOD WORD FOR THE CROW. j Despit# the Damage He Dies He Is a Good Scavenger. Iu spite ot the erow's instinct to feed on I lie eggs anil .voting of other species iwhich lie hares in common with sev eral other birds), who would really wish to see hiui quite exterminated, even If It were possible lo exterminate so resourceful a fellow? His destruction to crops Is certainlj far less than that of the bobolink in the southern rice fields. He is an effi cient scavenger, and his destruction ot white grubs, cut worms, wireworinn and grasshoppers is of grent value. Above all, however, his place In our landscape is such that his passing would leave a dreary void. Winter or summer we are conscious 1 of liim against the sky, against the fields or sen tic el on .i patriarch pine. J lu the misty mornings of summer when , the sun has not yet rolled up the cur tains of cloud from the mountains we hear his voice fur off In the woods, rousing ns from slumber, and when autumn has come and our Bugar groves 1 are a glory of crimson he is stfll there, his distant call Uoatlng down sweetly from the upland woods and testifying , in some strange way the height, of the peaks beyond.- Harper's Magazine. AN EVEN TRADE. It Waan't Made Simply Because the Law Wouldn't Allow It. A traveling salesman for a Ganse voort street wholesale grocery flrni, re cently back from a trip through rough .lands of it neighboring state, tells this possibly true I ale: '"One day on my last trip I had a six mile ride to make to the county seat, and the small village in which 1 was; had only one horse (hat I could hire and no other form of conveyance. 1 may say that a friend trad lanced me! in (he town that morning from his car,l and I Imd sold goods enough to pay the I expenses of I he trip. "Well, 1 got away on the sorriest i specimen of a horse 1 ever straddled, and I was to semi him back by the! mail carrier, though not as a parcel post package. It took me two hours to cover the distance—l was sorry enough I hadn't walked—and a? I passed the county jail on my old bag of bones a! face grinned at me from between the bars of a small square wiudow. 1 was too sore to smile, but 1 nodded to the' grin and the prisoner called to me: " 'Say, mister,' he said, 'liow'd you J like to trade that critter for thirty' days in jail?' "Just, then 1 would have been glad enough to hare traded, but the law wouldn't let me, and 1 rode on."—New j York Sun. THE THIRD NAPOLEON. ; Spicy Pen Picture John Hay Drew of the French Emperor. One of (lie bent filings John Hay evet wrote, says William Koscoe Thayer it: his presentutiou in Harper's of Hay's unpublished diaries, is this pen portrait ; of Napoleon 111.: "Short, and stocky, lie moves with a queer, sidelong gait, like a gouty crab 1 a man so wooden looking that youi would expect bis voice to come rasp lug out like a watchman's rattle; a! complexion like crude tallow marked; for dentil whenever death wants him-1 to be taken some time in half an bout' or left, neglected by the skeleton king j for years perhaps, if properly coddled. ! "The mustache and imperial which i the world knows, but ragged and brist ! ly, concealing the month entirely, ar« moving a little nervously as the lips! twitch; eyes sleepily watchful—fupi tlve, stealthy, rather ignoble, like serv ants looking but of dirty windows ami saying "Nobody at home,' and lying as they say it. "And withal a wonderful phlegm! H< stands there as still and impassive a! If carved in oak for a ship's figurehead | lie looks not unllkp one of those rude: inartistic statues. His legs are toe, short, his body too long, lie nevet looks well but 011 a throne or 011 11 horse, as kings ought." Conserving the Joy of Life. The most hopeful feature of the de-1 velopuieut of a new attitude toward j youth is the willingness to conserve the spirit of the Joy of life—tile great 1 gift, which youth has to offer to life, j To youth has been given this great joy of life, and it is the right of the indi-1 vidual to carry Its spirit on into age, j making it fuller and deeper as the years roll 011. The new movement is I asserting the right of youth to its Joy, recognizing that this is the creative force which will raise life from a (lull j level. It means less of the disenchant ments of age, a keeping alive of the ! glow of life, cultivating an ever deep- | ening optimism, so admirably express- j ed by (hose simple lines of Browning: ■ Grow old along with me, For the best Is yet to be. —George K. Kearney in Forum. | Making a Changeless Ink. In shops where It is damp or cheml cal fumes are present it is usually diiii cult to cause labels to stick to bottles or cans. All ink for use on such con- i tainers is made as follows: Shellac, 2( ; grams; dissolve it in a hot solution ol borax containing 30 grams of borax tc 400 cubic centimeters of water; flllei j while liot and add a solution made ol I aniline black, 8 grams; tannin, 0.3 ! gram; picric acid, 0.l gram, and am \ monia, 15 grains, in water, 10 grams. ' It will be found that this ink work? j nicely and resists the usual chemical and corrosive fumes.—Cinciunatl»Com mercial Tribune. HARVARD'S PRIZE POET I ft CHARLES HUNTINGTON JACOM Charles Huntington Jacobs, Harvard, 'l6, author of the prize poem "Gott Mit Uns," that so aroused Professor Kuno Meyer that he wrote to Dr. Lowell, president of Harvard University, declar ing he would withdraw his candidacy for an exchange professorship although Harvard had eliminated him months be fore his letter came, is worried over the notoriety he has received. Mr. Jacobs is extremely modest, and after Professor Meyer had made "Gott Mit Uns" a poem that everybody de sired to read the student spent daja dodging photographer*. 9 Wrist Watches for Girl foftfoatas Here is an ideal gift for tin l girl graduate—something that will please her bevond measure. We recently secured n spe- * rial lot of these magnificent Wrist Watches from i. manu facturer who made a liig sac rifice for soot ca s h, ;iii(l we are able to sell them 33 per cent. under the regular selling price. Thev are excellent time keepers of the very latest do sign, with expansion bracelet, gold filled, finely jeweled, and lire warranted for 20 vears. They will actually last a life time and will give the best of 1 .service;' Regular value SIB.OO pSof $12.00 • Master's guaranteed goes with each one. DIAMONDS We also have a treat for you in Ladies' Diamond Rings at $lO and up These rings were made up especially (or commencement presents and each and everv one is a great big special bar gain. 'l'he diamonds are about one fourth larger than those Usually sold at cor responding prices and are verv beaut iful. They are white, very brilliant and are fashion ably mounted in Tiffany and other stylish setting Start ing at SIO.OO We have them i graduated in prices at sls, $25, $35 and SSO Our ptlrpose in making up these rings was to «ive vou a much larger and a much finer diamond than you could get elsewhere for the same prices. We earnestly invite you to <'ome in and see tiiese extra- - ordinary values. I here are hundreds of other pretty articles here that will "lake useful and lastin" presents. Claster on the package Is the Stamp of Quality H. G. CLASTER Gems Jewels—Silverware 302 Market St. FIISAISCE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS New York, May 10. Open. Close. Aninl Copper Amer Beet Sugar .... 44 41 >■ American Can 34'/ 31-v Am Car and Foundry Co ,10 49 " Am Cotton Oil ....... 471 44 Am Ice Securities .... 30 1 / 29 Amer Amer Smelting 66:1/. 03:1, American .Sugar 107>/S> 103 Amer Tel and Tel .... Jio 119 Anaconda 32% 0 Atchison 9!) 1., 9R:i Baltimore and Ohio ... 72', 70'/ Bethlehem Steel 137 132 :,/ Brooklyn K T SO', 86v! California Petroleum ... Ifi 15iy Canadian Pacific 157 1571/ Central Leather 3t>% 34 ; " i Chesapeake and Ohio .. 43% 4|y Chi, Mil and St Paul .. 91 Chino Con Copper .... 43 42'/, Col Fuel anil Iron .... 26% 2 4', Corn Products ; 12"„ 12" Distilling Securities ... 11 1. 1 11/. Krie 25", 24% ''•tie, I.i pfd 4U HSVi lieneral Klectric ('0 ... 1,49% 149% (iooilrich B K f."N.j 4ly Ureal Nor pfd 11 «1 I|ti % (treat Nor Ore subs .. 32% "*^l: Interhoro Met 19 In'tcrtioro Met |.fM .... K7% «7^S» l.eliigh Valley 139 137'/S Me,x Petroleum 7 0 "1 IM'iwouu Pacific 13 13 National Nev Consol Copper ... 14 13 ; /» Now York ('en X 5 S3- I ', N V, \ i|l and H H;{6o% Norfolk and Western . 102',£ 101% Northern Pacific 105'.. 103% Pennsylvania If. h'. ... 107% 105'/. I Pittsburgh Coal 20 19 | Press steel Car 45 42% ■ Hay Con. Copper <i-% 21% Heading 142 " 14 1% Itepuh. Iron and Steel . 25% 25 : Southern Pacific SS% 56% 'Southern Ky 17 16y R Tennessee Copper 30% 30% I I nion Pacific 125% 123% C. S. Rubber til?/ 5S ! I'- «. HI eel 53% 50% ' lo l>'d 106% 105 I'mh Copper 64% St?/, i W I' Telegraph 65 64% | Westinghous, Mfg .... KX X 3% Chicago Board of Trade Closing Hi! Ah/io( intcri Press. Chicago. May 10.—Close: 5 Wheat—May, lo2%; July, 126. Corn —May, 74%; July. 76%. Oats —May. 51%; July, 51%. Pork July, 17.95; September, 18.3 5. I.ard July, 9.67; September, : 9.95. Ribs July, 10.50;. September, ! 10.75. HELP WANTED—MALE. | WANTED—Good blacksmith and paint ar Annlv 545 Woodbine street
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