MILLS ASKS SENATE TO
URGE U.S. TO SEVER ALL
RELATIONS WITH GERMANY
In the *Vnate to-day Mr. Dai* intro
duced two bills appropriating $16,800
to i>av the expenses of the Second reg
intent, National Guard, to represent the
State at the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
Mr. Stewart introduced a bill regulating
the use of lamps in bituminous coal
mines. -Mr. Mills. Bradford, introduced
a mint resolution calling on the Presi
dent and Congress to sever diplomatic
and commercial relations with Germany
because of the torpedoing of the Lusi
tania. It was referred to the Commit -
tee on Federal Relations. It is as fol
lows:
"Whereas. The people ot' the I nited
{States, iu common with citizens of all
civilized countries, view with horror the
act of Germany in destroying, without
just provocation, the steamship Lusi
tania. thereby sacrificing the lives of
hundreds of innocent non-combatants,
and
" Whereas, This act was not justified
bv any rule of so-called civilized war
fare and stam s the untion responsible
for it as au-outlaw among the civilized j
governments of the world, therefore be
it , .
"Resolved. By rhe Senate of the
Commonwea'th ot* Pennsylvania, the
House of Representatives concurring,
that the General Assembly does hereby
call upon the President of the I nited j
States and Congress to take such action j
as will sever all relations, both diplo-j
mafic ahd commercial, between this
cjuntrv and Germany as notice that
the people of the United States, while
desirous of goiug to all honorable ex-1
trenies to avoid plunging this country
into the horrors of a world war. can no
longer hold communion of any sort with ,
the government responsible for the
needless destruction of the lives of so j
many ot its citizens.''
Nit Salus. Philadelphia, offered a
joint resolution endorsing the plank in
the Republican platform demanding
equal rights for .lews in Russia, which
was sent to the Committee on Federal
Relations.
The bill guaranteeing equal rights to
eiti/ens regardless of race, creed or color 1
in public places at' amusement or ae- 1
comniodatiou. was re-reported from com
mittee with the imprisonment clause cut
o.it. the amount of fine fixed at from s.>
to SIOO and the damages at SIOO.
The Beidleman bridge b.tl permitting
t<he submission of competitive plans tor
county bridges provoked a long d , .9cus-
on between Snyder, of Biair. :i op
position. and Beidleman. anTt then
passed finally.
The Vare bill providing for female
wa; 'hers at the polls next November
when the woman suffrage amendment
»:«to go before the voters. A'as called
up one final passage and after debate
as to whether the present election of
fleers would not act fairly, the bill
passed finally, 35 yeas to 10 nays.
When the bid to consolidate the .
Western nn l Eastern penitentiary wis
reached on final passage, {senator Me-
Nichol asked to have it go over in its
order, bat this was objected to by
Senator Thompson, who succeeded in l
having a special hour, next Monday
evening at 11 o'clock, fixed for its
consideration.
After clearing its calendar of first
and second reading bills, the Senate
adjourned at 1.45 o'clock this after
noon until lb o'clock to-morrow morn
ing.
Ril l. AFFECTING COUNTY
BONDS PASSES IN HOUSE
Almost the entire sessiou of the
House of Representatives this morning
was taken up with debate on the two
Senate bills extending the powers of
the Lake Erie i Ohio canal commission
and authorizing the issuance of bouus
by counties after the question had been
submitted the vote of the people. I
Both bills passed, the former receiving
a vote of 119 ayes to 70 nays and the
iatter 115 ayes to 55 nays.
The report of the Susquehanna canal
in\e>tigatin<r commission was present
ed to the House by the Governor. The
commission ret i> umends that the basin
of the old Susquehanna canal from
Wrightsvilie to the Maryland line be
drained anil used as a State road.
The Catiin Senate bill amending the
anthracite coil mine laws so that min
ers may eome under the provisions of
the workmen's compensation act was
passed finally without a dissenting
\ote. The amendment provides for the
employment of foremen other than
t hose selected by State examiners and
removes the objection of the mine own
ers that they were not responsible for
accidents >n their mines because they
were not free to choose mine foremen.
The Senate bill authorizing the Com
ir.issioner of Health to lease a right of
way through lands connected with the
Cresson sanitarium in Cambria town
ship was passed finally.
The Hollingsworth bill reorganizing
the State meat inspection service,
which was recalled from the Governor
for amendment was passed by a vote
of 130 to 5.
The Baldwin bill providing for a
standard form af policy contract by fire
insurance companies operating in Petin
svlvania was passed bv a vote of 125
to 29.
The Phillips resolution proposing a
change to the Constitution to provide
for a change in the meeting time of
the General Assembly was postponed
for the present. ,
The bill regulating corporations*
furnishing electricity in the matter of'
discrimination in service was passed bv
a vote of 122 to 14. Shortly after
noon the House took a recess until
3.30 o'clock.
E. M. HALDEMAX BI RIED
Services Were Held at the Cemetery
; at 3 O'clock This Afternoon
" t The funeral services of Edward M.
vHaldeman, who was found dead in bed
."at his apartments. 204 Locust utreet.
Sunday, was heid this afternoon at 3 '
•o'clock at the Haldeman plot in the j
cemetery. The services i
*were in charge of the Rev. William B.
Cooke, pastor-in-i-harge at the Market
JfSqiiare Presbyterian church. Interment
-was made in the Haldeman plot.
Banquet Tor Germans Cancelled
Washington, May 11. —A banquet 1
and recepjion for the officers of the
•interned * German commerce raiders j
JKronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel '
•Friedrich. which was to have been held |
.here within the next few days, has ,
♦een abandoned by its promoters. Word
rhas been sent to the offices at the Nor
folk navy yard that because of the 1 ;
•Lusitania disaster, it was thought best I
not to carry out the plan. I
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
CMllnnl From rint Pas*
near Arras. France and at several other
points, and that German attacks were
beaten back.
Russian claims to victories in the
Carpathians are offset by the German
War Office's report that further strik
ing gains have been made. It is said
that attempts of the Russians to halt
the pursuit of the Austro-German forces |
were defeated with heavy losses to the
Russians.
' Italian officers and men in Switser
land up to the age of :M were ordered
yesterday to retoiu their regiments im
mediately. Austrian and Bavarian
forces are concentrating in the Tyrol
Heavy fighting has been in progress 1
on the Gallipoli peninsula during the|
last few days, although accounts of the
1 results are in' complete contradiction.
An official statement issued at Constan
tinople says the French and British'
troops, made four attacks near Avi Bur
nu on Sunday, but jreeo- driven back
with heavy losses. It is asserted three
battalions, or about 3,000 men. were
annihilated. A press dispatch from
Athens to London says that the. allies
made important advances an Friday and
Saturday and that the Turkish losses
; in the fighting were estimated at 43,-
j 000 men.
Victory in several engagements along
the Carpathians is reported in an offi
cial Russian statement. Dispatches to
Switzerland say the Russians have be
gun a strong offensive at Tarnow. re
ported to have been captured last week
'by the Austrians. as well as in the
Baltic provinces to the north. German
and Austrian accounts of important
successes in these regions have not been
qualified.
A German aeroplane flew over St.
Denis, a suburb of Paris, to-day and
dropped two bom,bs. Five persons were
wounded.
; "TOO PROUD TO FIGHT,', SAY
PLACARDS IN LONDON TOWN
I.on lon, May 11. 2.14 P. M.—The
words "too proud to fight" cover in
huge letters most of the placards dis
played on the streets of London to-day
to advertise the eveuing papers of the
eitv.
The text of President Wilson's
' speech at Philadelphia last uight. priut
ed here to-day reached lxmdon to late
for general comment as yet. The ;
" Kvening Standard," however, in an,
editorial remarks:
"President Wilson is a high-minded
man an i we cannot understand what
lite meant by this rather unpolitical re
mark. I'nfortunately Germany does not
understand this kind of righteousness.
It America could only, as the Presi
| dent says, convince Germany ot' her in
justice to mankind, how dignified and
useful would l>e her position as a neu
tral."
Turks Losses Said to Bs 45,000
London. May 11.—The allied troops
on the Galipoli peninsula continued
their advance Friday and Saturday,
according to an Athens dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company. They ,
are reported to have occupied import
ant positions in spite of the desperate
i resistance offered by the Turks whose
total loa?es are estimated at 45,000
men.
German Sent Home by Police
Rome, May 10, Via Paris. May 11.— !
Andaras Hermes, head of the section of
piaul disease in we International Insti
tute of Agriculture, who had returned
to resume his post after a leave of ab
sence, was sent home on the next train
by the police, who are said to have
learned that he is connected with t&e
German General S::ff.
Ordered to Protect Von Buelow
Paris. May 11.—The Milan corre
spondent ot the " Excelsior^'' telegraphs
his pa: er that a dispatch to the Secolo
ironi L.igano. Switzerland, says the po
lice of Lugano have been instructed to
make preparations to protect Prince
,\ on Buelow, German Ambassador to
Rome, when he passes through tihat city
on his way home.
Asks Damages for Destroyed Property
Victoria. B. C., May 11.—Moses
Lenz. whose grocery and warehouse
were attacked by anti-German rioters
yesterday, claims to >e an American
citizen and to day laid his , ase before
the I nited States consul here. Lenz
claims the damage to his propertv will
amount to between SIO,OOO and $15..
000. He says he came here forty-two I
years ago.
Most of Bombs Incendiary
South Kil l. England. May
four of the bombs dropped "by Zeppelin
airships in their raid here early yes
terday weie explosive. The remainder
were incendiary. The former weighed
about 100 pounds each, but the latter
only 18 pounds.
Many Italians Leaving Austria
Paris, May 11.—A Milan dispatch
from Udine to the Ha vas" "Agency says
trains arriving from Austria are filled
with Italian travelers. Hundreds are
waiting at the Trieste railroad station
for places on trains.
U. S. Trade Balance Falls Off
Washington, May* 11.—Secretary
Redfield reported to President Wilson
at to-day's Cabinet meeting that the
balance of trade in favor of the United
Mntes for the week ending May S was
$20,555,707. as compared with* $23.-
323.204 for the preceding week.
Turn Out ;» Submarines a Month 1
. Geneva. May 11, Via Paris. 11.50
A- M.—A S»' ; ss engineer who arrived
here to-day from Hamburg said the
ship yards there are turning out throe
finished submarines a month. Two of
them are of the larger class and one
of the smaller type used for coast de
fense.
Maxwell Motors Declares Dividends
New York. May 11. —Maxwell Mo
tors Company to-day declared an
initial quarterly dividend of l&j per
cent, on the first preferred stock and
an additional or extra dividend of
of 1 per cent, for account of accumu
lated ba.-k dividends on this same class
of shares.
Dean of Liberal Arts at State
By Associated Press,
State College. Pa., May 11. —Dr.
Thomas Charles Blaisiell, president of
Alma College, at Alma, Mich., has been
elected dean of the School of Liberal
Arts of the Pennsylvania State Col- 1
lege. ' i 1
Recovering From Appendicitis
Paul Critchley, 313 Peffer street, an
employe of the Pennsylvania Milk ! 1
Products Company, was operated on at i
the Harrisburg Hospital yesterday j'
afternoon for appendicitis. Hi s condi- <
tion is good and his early recovery is i j
looked for. ' lj
KARBtSBUMB STAR-INT»EPBOT>ENT. TUESDAY KVENINO. MAY 11. 1915.
' COMMISSIONERS LEARN HOW
ANTS WORXJOR THE CITY
I Forester Mueller Describes How the
, | Little Insect* Care For the Trees,
i With Honey Dew As Their Only
Reward—Asks For Appropriation
i j
i How rhe common, ordinary black
j ant races up a shade tree, catches the
green plant louse by the back of the
' neck and with its prey, romps .back to
| its home in a hole in the ground and
I subsists on the honey dew that the lit- j
I tie lou«*r produces, just as a cow pro- '
I duee milk, all was explained in detail
by City Forester H. J. Mueller, to the
, City Commissioners at t'letr meeting
this afternoon.
| This talk was an object lesson to the
j Commissioners and was offered as one
of the many reasons why the forester
should have financial appropriation it
| he is to carry on the work of a forester i
as all other skilled foresters would have
, it done. Finance Commissioner Gorgas
has been asked to make a search of
! city -offers with a view to obtaining
sufficient money to enable the forester
to take care of the trees along the'
; city's streets.
Park improvement work coming un
der the supervision of the forester will
be paid for out of the park mainten
ance fund. The commissioners are iu
! fear, thev said, that money cannot be
found to take care of the work on the
! trees skirting the streets.
The forester pointed out that the
ants do aid somewhat in removing the
lice from the trees but he said the dif
ficulty rests in the fact that the lice
i family becomes so large in such an in
credibly short time that it is impos
sible for the ants to take more than
a few of the green insects away.
The Commissioners passed finally the
ordinance giving the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad Company permission
I to cross Tenth street with n railroad
siding, to connect with the proposed
new ware'iouse Montgomery Co. ix
pect to build. A resolution adopted by
the Commission makes the railroad
company liable for any damage it may
j cause to sewers and water pipe in i
Tenth street through the construction
of the siding.
The Mayor was authorized to sign an ■
agreement whereby the City assumes j
j liability for any damage that may bet
(caused through the construction of a
set tion of the Derry and Carlisle street
sewer main beneath the tracks of the!
Reading company. Final action was |
tsken by the Commission on the ordi- I
nance providing for the site for the •
new Royal tire house at Derrv street 1
and Bover alley.
Harry D. Reel. City Sealer of!
Weights and Measures, will be asked to j
explain the purpose of an ordinance ;
which he lias asked the Commission to ■
adopt and which requires that hucksters '
and venders wear badges. The Commis- i
sioners thought the ordinance too gen- j
eral. Reel will be heard next Tues- j
| day.
The Commission passed 'finally the'
I ordinance providing for the continua-1
tion of the twelve-inch sewer in Mar
ket street, from Court street to Market
i square.
AEROPLANE BOiYIBSDROPON
ST. DENIS, WOUNDING SIX
Paris, May 11. 3.10 P. M.—A Ger-'
man aeroplane passed over St. Denis, a j
suburb of Paris, shortly after 7 o'clock j
this morning nn*l dropped five bombs. !
One bouib fell through the roof of:
an apartment occupied bv Mine. 80l- J
i leker, bounded from the bed where her |
9-vear-old son-was sleeping aud then
struck the floor, where it exploded.
Fragments of the bomb slightly wound
ed the boy.
Another missile on exploding
wounded live men who were sleeping in
a shed. Two other bombs damaged an
apartment house.
URGES EFFORTS TO RECOVER
1,100 OF LLSITANI.VS DEAD
London. May 11.—Walter H. Page.:
the American Ambassador, received a :
message from Wesley Frost, the Amer- j
uan consul at Qiteenstowu, urging
, him to make clear to the C'unard com
pany and tn the British Admiralty that
I "really effective measures to recover
the 1.100 missing bodies from the
l.usitania are imperative.''
In this connection Mr. Page said to
-1 day that the embassy was doing ev
erything possible to expedite the re
-1 covery of bodies and that he had as
surances from the Admiralty and the
| company that they were doing and j
j would continue to do the same.
The embassy has taken steps to have
the bodies of Americans embalmed and !
upon identification it will see that they
are returned to America.
D. P. & S. FOREIGN MANAGER IS
AMONG LUSITANIA VICTIMS
Examination of the latest list of 1
passengers saved from the Cunarder
Lusitania convinces officials of the I
Dives, Pomerov A Stewart store iu this
city that John Fen wick, manager of
j that firm 's St. Gaul, Switzerland,
branch office, has perished.
He was in this eitv only recently
I in the interest of foreign orders and
sailed on the Lusitania for Switzer- j
land. Mr. Feuwick made semi annual
trips to this country for orders to be |
filled for the stores in this country. He
was a native of Scotland.
Sailing of Mauretania Cancelled
London. iMay 11. 10.35 A. M.—The:
sa:iing of the Cunard line steamer i
Mauretania, sister ship of the busitahla.
' advertised for Mav 29. has been can
celled.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEET 1
Annaul State Convention Being Held
in Philadelphia
B»/ Associated Prc%s,
Philadelphia. May 11. —Delegates fo '
the eighteenth annual State convention j
o: the Knights of Columbus paraded in ;
Broad street this morning and after- |
ward attended mass at the Roman Cath
olic cathedral. The mass was cele- >
brated by Archbishop Prendergrast and
the teermon was preached by the Rev.
JohnW. Loughren. S. T. D., of Scranton.
Th\ first business session was hold
to-day in the Girls' Catholic IHigh
school. Mayor Blankenburg welcomed
the delegates to the city. Responses
were made by James A. Flahertv, su
preme knight, and A. S. SlcSwigan,
State deputy. '
CAPITOL HILL
IMPORTANT CAS RULING
Service Commission Decides Interest
ing Controversy Concerning the
People's Company
The Public Service Commission to
i day in approviug a franchise ordinance
! between the People's Natural Gas Com
| pany and the Borough of Juniata de
clared that "no company has the right
I to expect a commission to protect it
against the competition of a product
; which can be supplied at less than one
half the cost of another product and
answer the same purpose."
The Borough of .luniata approved a
franchise ordinance by which the Peo
ple's Natural Gas Compauy is given
! rights and privileges for the purpose
lot" supplying natural gas or manufac
tnre gas for fuel and lighting purposes
for a term of 40 years, but a section
in the Ordinance provides that the Com
pany shall not have the right to sell
aud distribute manufactured gas until
such time as the supply is no longer
sufficient to give adequate service of
natural gas throughout the territory.
I'pou the failure of natural gas the
company may then use its pipe lines
and other appliances for the distribu
tion and sale of manufactured gas.
A protest ngainst the approval of
the ordinance was filed by the Altoona
Gas, Light & Fuel Company, which
manufactures and sells artificial gas,
supplying the territory which the Nat
ural Gas Company seeks to occupy.
Counsel for the protestant company
presented a large number of decisions
in support of the contention that it
should be protected from competition,
but the Commission finds that none of
these decisions go so far as to say that
an artificial gas company should be
protected in its field from the competi
tion of a naturaU gas company.
Should the People's Natural Gas
Company desire to enter the business
of manufacturing and selling artificial
gas, it will be necessary to obtain the
consent of the Commonwealth. The
People's Natural Gas Company was
originally incorporated to supply nat
ural gas' in the city of Pittsburgh and
eastwardly as far as and including the
city of Altoona. In 1909 its charter
was amended to take in additional ter
ritory. including the borough of Juni
ata. It obtains its snppiv of natural
gas from about 600 .veils owned by it
aud purchases from 3,b00 other wells
in West Virginia.
MOOSE CONTEST IS ON
Twenty-four Organizations in Race for
Silk Banners
Twenty-four organizations have been
voted for in the Order of the
Moose banner and tlag contest, Prizes
offered are a silk banner and tlag
valued at $75 and $25 respectively.
All organizations are eligible to eyter
the contest and the standing will be
issued to show how the contest is run
ning. The following organizations
are entered:
Harrisburg Bowling Association,
Knights of Malta. No. 9ti; West End
Republican Club, F. O. Eagles. Civic
Club, Hope Fire Company Juniors, M.
W. A., No. 5250; Cornplantcr Tribe
Red Men. No. 61: Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, Sons of Italy Band As
sociation, Allison Fire Company. Camp
Curtin Eire Co, Knights of Pythias,
No. 193; Knights of Pythias. No. 411;
Knights of Pythias, No. 150; Warrior
Eagle Tribe, Red Men; Knights of
Pythias, No. 59; P. O. S. of A., Junior
Order I*. O. A. M., .Odd Fellows,
Knights of St. George. A. O. H„ R-eilv
Hose Company and Royal Fire Com
pany.
STATE SEIZES CAR OF MILK
Accuses a Chicago Concern of Mis
branding the Containers
A carload of canned milk received
by the Witman-Schwarz Company,
wholesale grocers in this city, from the
Hebe Manufacturing Company, of Chi
cago. was seized this morning by
Charles C. 'Linton, a special agent of
the State Dairy and Food Department,
on the ground that the cans were not
labeled according to the contents.
Commissioner Foust said the milk
contained certain fats and other stuffs
which were not mentioned on the labels,
which, therefore, misrepresent the con
tents. Foust said suit will be brought
against the Hebe company for trial be
fore the next term of Federal court.
The Witman-Schwarz company is in
no way involved in the controversy,
which is solely between the State and
the Hebe company.
CAUGHT IN "BEAR TRAP"
Pour Persons Drowned in Ohio River
at Midland. Pa.
By Associated Press.
East Liverpool, Ohio, May 11.—Four
persons were drowned here to-day when
a yawl in which they were passengers
became caught in the current in the
"Bear Trap" and was swept over dam
No. 7 in the Ohio river at Midland,
Pa., near here. The drowned are:
William H. Taylor, 45, chief engi
neer at the dam; his wife, daughtor,
Celol, 13, and son, Stanley, 6 years.
The bodies have not yet been recov
ered.
BOSTON'S DEFENSE POOR
Dogcatcher Hsd Onions Instead of
Chicken. Small Matter, Though
"Mayor, if I'd had them chickens
would I had fried potatoes and onio>ns
for breakfast " asked Joe Hoston, the
city's official dogcatcher, as he plead
ed for leniency from bis Honor when
arraigned on a charge of stealing
chickens. It did no good and Joe aud
Mrs. Hoston, who was jointly charged
with him in the act, were held for
court under |IOO bail yesterday after
noon.
The charge was made by Jennie
O'Neill, who said she recognized Joe
at a chicken coop after she heard
suspicious noises like a chicken being
choked. Mrs. Hoston, she charged,
acted as "lookout" for Joe. The chick
ens were the property of Abram Le
vin, 718 North Seventh street.
To Stop Baseball Pool Gambling
Mayor Royal said last night, when
informed that baseball pool gambling
was running in Harrisburg, that he
would put an end to the game. He said
he will return offenders to court just
as he did two years ago.
CENTRAL IRON 4 STEEL CO.
LOST $116,439 IN YEAR
Ceatlnued From First Pagf.
estimated losses through operation is
accounted for l>y the receivers, who say
that interest on bonds and notes, doubt
ful accounts and State (axes totaled
$94,781.35. Prom that, however, must
be subtracted $2,271.05, representing
a credit given for sundry receipts.
Besides setting out that they passed
bond interest due on August 1, 1914,
and February 1, 1915, t'be receivers
make this comment:
Bad Conditions of Business
"The iron industry *as very bad in
1914 but we know of plants in the
same line of business as this one which
experienced *M'orse conditions than they
have faced for twenty years. This
plant was operated under exceptionally
unfavorable trade conditions.
"An improving tendency tWame
manifest during the months immediate
ly preceding the war," the receivers
continue, "but the overshadowing ef
fect of the latter was to bring about
a practical paralysis of business. It is
necessary to sso back sixteen years to
tind an approximate parallel for such
low standard of "business and in view
of the very material increase in the
cost of labor, fuel and supplies, the
relative comparison becomes more sig
nificant. ''
l'he Central plant, the receivers as
serf, was run on a forty per cent, basis
in 1914; fifty-seven per cent, in 1913,
an\l sevpnty-two per cent, in 1912.
The receivers fix the 1914 business at
$1,899,426.06; 1913 at $2,894,886.29
and 1912, at $3,810,007.93.
The Mohow Mining Company, operat
ing mines near St. Ijouis, Mo., tinder
lying concern of the Central company,
was operated on a reduced scale during
tly> last year. The Connellsville Basin
Coke Company, another underlying
company, lias not been operated since
May, 191, - !, because of the bad iron
market, the receivers assert.
Departmental Changes
Mention is made of departmental
change!" which include the following:
<l. W. Sheperdson made assistant gen
eral superintendent, on March 1, 1914;
William Brown appointed Open Hearth
superintendent ou September 1, 1914;
H. S. Kvans, appointed assistant super
intendent of No. 1 mill, on January
I. 1915, and the Philadelphia Sales
District changed from a commission ba
sis to a salaried office in charge of H.
S. Moore, on November 1, 1914, Then
tho receivers add;
"Wo desire to make mention of the
efficient work done by the operating
committee, consisting of Robert H.
Irons, general superintendent; Francis
J. Hall, general sales agent, and L.
I). Perry, comptroller."
The receivers' accounts set forth
that the financial condition of the com
pany 011 February 28, last, was as fol
lows: Assets, $3,658,378,0"; liabili
ties, —less liquidated secured loan
claims totaling $281,743.14, —$2,841,-
707.55; assets iu excess of liabilities.
$554,927.38.
The receivers make no comment or
reference to the suggestion of the Uir
ard Trust Company, of Philadelphia,
which, as a committee for the com
puny s bondholders, has called upon
the bondholders to approve of a plan
whereby the Central's capital stock
would be increased and additional
bonds floated for the purpose of put
ting the plant on a working basis and
discharging the receivers from their
duties.
That question, however, rests alone
with the bondholders who, on or before
Ma.v 25, must either approve or disap
prove of it.
ARK EST TICKET SCALPER
Five Pasteboards for "The Girl Prom
UtaJi" Taken From Theatre Office
Abraham Skuey got into the line at
the Mlnjestic theatre box office yester
day morning and filched five box seats
for "The Girl Prom Utah," and then
started a ticket scalping business in
opposition to the box office, according
to the police. Skuev, who was arrested
by 'Detective loach yesterday afternoon,
entered bail before Mayor Royal for his
appearance for court.
Two tickets had been sold, according
to Uhe police, but were recovered and
given back to the theatre management,
together with the three unsold ones.
The tickets, it is said, were in an en
velope inside the window reserved for
a puirhaser. The tickets were valued
at $lO.
PREPARE TO (iKEET MITCHELL
Foresters Arranging Reception for As
sistant Supreme Chief Ranger
Announcement was made to-day that
I Assistant Supreme Chief Ranger,
| George A. Mitchell, of the Independent
I Order of Foresters, of Toronto, Canada,
! will be in this city next Monday even
| ing. He expects to address a large
gathering of the members of this order
from Harrisburg, Marvsville, Enola and
this vicinity at the lodge rooms in
Harrisburg.
An elaborate program is being pre
pared and this, together with the re
freshments which will be served, should
make this a very enjoyable evening for
the members of this fraternity.
FLYING SQUADRON COMING
Prohibition Speakers Will Be at Grace
Church Latter Part of Month
The advance agent of the Plying
Squadron of America, William Brad
ford, was in this city yesterday to con
fer with clergymen nnd laymen on the
coming visit of the squadron to this
city. Meetings will be held May 27,
28 and 29 in Grace Methodist church,
in effort to arouse sentiment in favor
of a national prohibition amendment.
Among the speakers who will be
here is Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, whose
book "In His Steps" has had wide cir
culation.
Entertainment at Salem Church
The Young Women's Missionary So
ciety of the Reformed Salem church,
Third and Chestnut streets, will pre
sent this evening at 7.45 o'clock in the
Sunday school room the demonstration
of "The Child in the Midst" and ÜBC
the slides of "Child life in the
World."
ID lures Ey e oil Wagon Tongue
John Weaver, a farmer of near Mc
chaniesburg, ran into a wagon tongue
sticking from the rafters of iiis barn
last night and seriously injured his
right eye. He was brought to the Har
risburg Hospital for treatment.
Hutchison Back to Hospital
Chief of Police Hutchison, who was
operated on three weeks ago at the
Mountain Springs Hospital in Ashland,
went to the hospital-again to-day for
treatment. Ho will return this "even
ing.
COURT HOUSE
CITY CASE IS EXPECTED
TO BE LONC DRAWN OUT
Both Sides in Damage Bult Have Many
Wltneaaea and Trial May Last
Greater Part of This Week—One
. Case Non-Suited
iFrom tlie progress that is being
made in the trial and in view of the
fact that both sides intern! to call many
witnesses belief was expressed in court
this morning that a verdict in the dam
age suit brought by C. J. Mahoney
against the City of Harrisburg for al
leged losses sustained when two Nau
dain street houses fell into a section of
the old Fifteenth street sewer, will not
be rendered before the latter part of
the week.
The owners of the houses this morn
ing endeavored to show by several
witnesses that the city became liable
for damages that might be cause,! by
the fifteenth street sewer when it
took over the sewer as city property.
Others of Mahonev's witnesses confined
their testimony to the property values.
Just before the noon adjournment a
jury was selected in Judge MeOarreH's
side of Common Pleas to try the case
of Riley Bogner who is suing the
Northern Central Railroad Company
for damages for injuries alleged to
have been sustained when Bogner fell
at the foot of the steps of the Dauphin
subway.
Bogner claims to havi» been per
manMtlv injured. The accident is sup
posed to linve occurred on October 5,
1913. .lust before this case went to
trial .Indue MeCarrell granted a noil
suit in the case of Jolui .1. Buuglininn
against Curl Lewis Altmaier. Late ves
terdnv afternoon the suit of Daniel and
Luanna Byster against the Bovertown
Mntunl Pi re Insurance Coin patiy was
settled on the basis that the plaintiff
shall be paid S9OO. or SIOO less than
the amount of his claim on an insurance
policy held on a house destroyed bv
tire.
Will Probated
The will of Henry Prickmau, late of
Harrisbnrg, was probated to day, al
though no letters were granted on the
estate. The will made it unnecessary.
Marriage Licenses
Albert \Y. Lange and Naomi Kolir
Middletowu.
< arle K. Palen, city, and Elizabeth
V. Noringer, Mechanicsburg.
■Miss Noringer advised the marriage
license clerk that she was divorced
from her ttrst husband one week a'*o
todav.
Boyer Car Being Repaired
rhe 'Boyer ,loy-Giving car which has
been out of repair for several days, due
to tihe top having 'been knocked from
the machine when it struck a tree last
week, will be put into service again to
morrow.
Building Permits
Building permits issped 'by Inspector
.lames H. Grove included these: Shein
& Klawansky, one-story brick ware
house. Pox avenue, rear of 94 1-43
•Yort'h Seventh street, $1,SOO; Hain &
'McAllister, remodel .133 Market street,
$2,500; John T. iSelsam, two-story
brick garage, Marion and Savford
st reels, $450 ; Calvin Ktter & Kon,' two
and-one-half-story ibrick house, Cowden
and York streets, $4,000; George Rt
ler, addition to 219 Pino street, $300;
Brotherly Love lodge, I. O. O. P.. three
stor.v building, Co ml en and Briges
streets, $1 1,500.
Roth In Need of Best
Prank J. 'Rot'h, court stenographer,
whose sudden illness due to a physical
breakdown caused a postponement of
yesterday afternoon's court session, has
been advised 'by "his physician to take
a vacation and obtain a rest.
Assessors Making Returns
Assessors of the county, outside of
the •city, already are beginning to make
their returns on the enrollment of vo
ters, as to their political affiliations, and
it is expected that all will have made
a report within the nex't fortnight.
Last Hearing on Compensation
The Senate Committee on Corpor
ations, it was announced this morning,
would holff an open session at 2.30
this afternoon to give a last opportun
ity for friends and opponents of the
workmen's compensation bill to be
heard. Chairman Crow said that at
this meeting the last word in public
will be heard by the committee which
will hold an executive session to-night,
attach such amendments as may be
agreed upon and report the bill out to
morrow.
Scotoh Dogberry*.
The simplicity and ignorance of the
rural Scotch magistrate often quite
equaled that of the English, Immortal
ized by Shakespeare in Dogberry, and
here are two examples, quite in the true
Dogberry vein.
"That is a most tragical event which
has Just happened," said a friend to
Baillie Blank. "Your neighbor, Mr. 8.,
has committed suicide."
"Wha on?" inquired tbe baillie eag
erly.
Perhaps it was he—it was certainly
another Glasgow baillie —who. hU
health being proposed at a banquet in
honor of his recent dignity, responded
nobly to the toast:
"1 canna but say. ma friends, that
I'm proud of the* honor of being made
a baillie of this great city, and I'm
even, I think, entitled to tbe honor, for
I've gone through all the various stages
of degradation that a baillie has tae
dae tae reach it."—Youth's Companion.
Hia Quaint Bugg«ition.
A Frenchman who appears to have
been of a thrifty turn of mind con
ceived the Idea in 1878 that too much
valuable time was being wasted iu
cleaning sardines when preparing them
for the market. He found a way of
preparing them without cleaning them,
and on this he took out letters patent.
Apparently he had some slight misgiv
ing as to whether the public would be
perfectly suited with hi» Invention and
so In bis claim he makes this paren
thetical entry:
Fish put up by this process may be,
slightly unpleasant to the customer at
first, but he soon gets used to it
FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS
New York, May 11.
Open. Close.
Amal Copper tib r.fc
Amor Beet Sugar .... 42% 451^
American Can S4 S|%
Am <ar and foundry Co 60',.. 51%
Am Cotton Oil ...... 44 4g 1 v
Am Ice Securities .... Si 30'.
Amcr Loco 4 4'.; 46%
American Sugar 07 C,J
Amor Tel anil Tel .... 109 106
Atchison 99% loOvjfc
Baltimore and Ohio .. 72% 72
Bethlehem Steel 135 136%
Brooklyn H T 87% 88
California Petroleum .. 15% 16%
Canadian Haciilc 159 159'.
Central 'heather 36 37
Chesapeake and Ohio .. 4 3 I 3 %
('hi, Mil ami St Paul.. 90% 91%
rhino Con Copper .... 43', 43.1,
Col Fuel anil Iron .... 26'.. 27
Corn Products 13 12%
Distil Ii 11 Securities ... 12% 12%
Erie, Ist pfd 3'B« /H 40%
Goodrich, B IK 45 5
Great Nor pfd 116% 117'/.
Great Nor Ore, sul>s . . 31% 33
luter'horo Met 20 21%
Interboro 'Met pfd ... 69 70%
'Lehigh \ alloy 140 140',;
'Mox Petroleum 73'.. "75',»
f.Nto Pacific 13Vj 14
National <Lead 60 80%
'Nov (onsol Cop 14', 14%
New York Central ... 55', 55'/,
IN Y, N H and 11 t!4 65
'Norfolk and West .... 102 102
Northern Pac 105% 106
P<"'"in B iR 106% 106%
Pittsßurgh Coal 1«»: w 20%
Press Steel Car 4 5 4 5
Reading 144% 144%
Repub. Iron and Steel . 26 26%
Southern Pacific 88% 88%
Southern Ry 17 17%
Tennessee Copper 31% 31'.
Union Pacilic 125% 125%
U. S. Rubber ti 1 1" «2 a
U. 8. Steel 5.6% 53%
'<» Pfd 106% 106
Utah Copper 83 64 .v
Vir.-Carolina Cheni. .. . 30% 30%
W. IT. Telegraph 86 66%
Westinghouae Mfg .... 88 88
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
Chicago. May 11.—Close:
Wheat—t.\lay, 151%; July, 132%.
Corn—May, 76; July, 78°%.
Cats—May, 53%; duly, 53%.
Pork May, 18.25; September,
1862.
l.nrd Julv, 9.95; September,
10.17.
Ribs —r Julv, 10.65; September,
10.90.
• PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. •
• •
• Acute Indigestion. "
J The i|ulcUL"-t remedy for the •
I trouble is water. Drink ope X
• 111 ml 1;i-i'f 111 of water after an- •
• other as rapidly as possible until •
J six it[ eight have been taken. ••
• This method dislodges the lrri- •
J tilting substances in the stomach J
• and causes vomiting and instant •
a relief from the pain and intense *
J nausea. After all the undigest- •
• ed foods have been removed lie «
J down and rest and suck pieces •
• of lee until the stomach is com- J
J fortnble. A little brandy iu ice
& wate/, a teaspoouful poured over •
J a few pieces of ice, may be sip- •
• pod every few minutes to re- •
J lieve the weakness and while J
• waiting for the doctor to arrive. •
• •
NEW RAPID FIRE GUN.
Wator Cooled Weapon That Has Been
Adopted by Uncle Sam.
After a series of tests tbe United
States army has adopted n water fool
ed rapid lire gun of the type now in
use on the European battlctields. "<e
| barrel of tbe gun is incased In a wu.er
j jacket to prevent its becoming over
heated. This Is refilled during heavy
firing, but when water is not easily
available an apparatus is employed
which condenses the steam generated
, in the jacket and allows the waler to
be used over and over again.
The gun, which is operated by recoil,
has a maximum firing spaed of about
500 shots n minute, a somewhat slow
■ er speed than the air cooled guns in
ordinary use, but the water cooled
guns are expected to tire a greater
number of shots in a long period be
\ cause of the saving of the time con
sumed by the air cooled gun in insert
ing the slmrt feed strips.
The regulation 30 caliber cartridge
is employed, and the range is 1,500 to
J,BOO yards. Ammunition is fed into
it by a belt which holds 250 rounds,
tbe shells being automatically insert
ed and ejected as long as pressure la
exerted on the trigger.
The gun, which weighs ninety-six
pounds, is set on a tripod so construct
ed as to make the weapon available
for use against air craft.—lndianapolis
News.
In Accord.
As Smithers, Havana cigar in mouth,
came out of an expensive restaurant
and started to get into his automobile
a creditor held him up.
"I tell you what It is, Mr. Smithers,"
said the creditor, "you wouldn't go rid
ing round in a fine automobile like that
if you paid your debts."
"Ha," said Smithers, "quite rigbti
My point of view exactly! Glad to
know you're In agreement with me.
The golf club, Alphonse."—Exchange.
"Professors."
A "professor" may mean many things,
including a conjurer or a dentist. Orig
inally, I believe, a "professor" meant a
man who professed to be a converted
man or a Christian and so could be
called upon to have an unpleasant time
for the entertainment of his neighbors.
—G. K. Chesterton in Life.
Eternal Curiosity.
"So you think all public entertain
ments should be censored?"
"Yes. and I'd like to be one of the
tensors."
"What for?"
"So as to be sure of not missing any-
Jhlng."—Washington Star.
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