DISTRICT ATTORNEY BILL FALLS UNDER VETO AXE Governor Kills Measure Permitting lawyers of One Year's Experience to Hold That Office—Two Other Bills Rejected—Many Are Signed In vetoing to-day the bill relative to the eligibility' of candidates for the office of district attorney, Governor Brumbaugh said that it is intended to make an attorney of one year's prac tice eligible for that office, instead of requiring two years' experience a.s at present, and "it is a questionable mat ter to intrust to one having such slight contact bv experience with the ma chinery of justice to hold an office so important. To lessen the qualifications for this office is a step backward which it is unwise to take.'' The act to anien.il the method of ap peals from assessments of taxes in this State is vetoed because the Governor thinks it allows one person to appeal from the assessment of another per son's property and allows a municipal ity to appeal from an assessment made by its own agents and representatives, ■which is an anomaly. The tiVle of the bill also is defective. The bill extending the terms of bor ough solicitors provided they expire hetwocn January 1. 1916, and January 1. 1918, was vetoed because elections of such officers are now in the hands of borough councils and there is no rea son, in the Governor's opinion, for the extension of tenure. The Governor approved the following Senate bills: Authorizing A. K. Cassel. of Phila delphia, to sue the State in Dauphin county. Amending the act of 1911 providing for the safety of persons employed in bituminous coal mines. Appropriating $1,624 to Joseph B. Sheppard, .lr., for money erroneously paid into the State Treasury. Appropriating $1,698 to the liver hart Coal Company for money er roneously paid into the State Treas ury. May Elect Mayor In Primaries Amending the third class city law providing that a candidate for Mayor jit the primaries who receives more than one-half of the ballots cast ;it that election shall be the solo candi date for Mayor, an.l- that a candidate for the City Commission who receives more than one-half of the vote at the primaries shall be placed at the head of the group of candidates and be con sidered elected unless a candidate whose name is not printed on the bal lot receives more votes through stick ers or bv written name. I'rovidini.' for the creation of cities of the third class through the consoli dation of boroughs in two or more con tiguous counties. Relating to the appeals from the re ports of auditors of second, third and four class school districts. House bills were signed as follows: Authorizing the Auditor General to empower certain employes of his de partment to do such official acts as he mav designate. Providing that the same person may hold the ollice of township treasurer and treasurer of the school board, but no township commissioner or auditor may be township treasurer. Care of Dependent Children Providing that the courts may di rect that counties pay for the main tenance of dependent, -neglected, in corrigible and delinquent children un der detention, previous to being placed in an institution. Fixing the salaries of jury commis sioners, county jailor and jjil physi cian in Allegheny county. Authorizing cities of the second class to extend their precautions against fire. Validating contracts, bonds or obli gations of foreign corporations made prior to the act of 1911 regulating their business in this State. Permitting foreign corporations for the manufacture of firebrick, etc., to hold real estate in this State. TO DISCUSS WHARF PLANS League Will Seek Planning Commis sion's Aid As to Manning's Ideas As soon as the arrangements can be made, members of the Municipal League, it was announced to-day, will hold a conference with the members of the City Planning Commission and discuss the question of the Harrisburg Light and Power Company establishing its proposed coal wharf on Hargest's island, the work which has been start ed. has been held up. The league in endeavoring to have the city follow the suggestions of War ren H. Manning, the city's landscape architect, who, in his criticism of the light company's wharf plans, recom mended that the wharf be .built in ac cordance with his ideas of architectur al attractiveness, or that a floating platform be used. The Planning Com mission will be urged, it is said, to sub mit the Municipal League's suggestions to the City Commissioners. DENIES T. K.'S TESTIMONY On Witness Stand Barnes Defends His Organization Politics Hy Associah-d Prcßß• Syracuse, X. Y., May 14.—William Barnos concluded his direct testimony in the Supreme Court here to-day In defending his organization policies, de nying parts of the testimony of The odore Roosevelt and Loyal W. France and contradicting William Loeb. lie declared that the Colonel reproached him when in 1910, he did not vote for the former President as temporarv chairman of the state convention. He answered many questions designed, his counsel said, to show the "dominance of the defendant" in the Republican party. Mr. Barnes denied that he tried to influence the votes of legislators at the time of the Senatorial deadlock in 1911 and he swore he had never talked to Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall but once in his life. U. S. Warship to Go to Mexico fly Associated PICAS. Angeles, Cal., May 14.—The Navy department, according to a mes sage received here to-day, has instruct ed Admiral Howard to send a warship to Tobari Bay, Mex., to succor the American colony at Esperanza, wnich has been attacked by Yaqui Indians Jury Will Pass on Thaw's Sanity By Associated Press. New York, May 14.—The appellate division of the Supreme Court decided to-day that it would not interfere with the plan to have Harry K. Thaw's men tal status placed before a jury for de termination. COURT HOUSE DAMAGE SUITS GIVEN TO JURIES FOR DECISION Long Drawn Out Action Against City of Harrisburg Finally Closes After Trial Lasting Nearly a Week— Other Cases Heard Two damage suits that had been on 'trial in Common Pleas Court here dur ing ail of this week went to trial to day. Hearing in the suit of Riley 'Bog ner against the Northern Central Rail road Company went to the jury at 11 o'clock, while in the case of C. J. Mahoney against the City of Harris ; who are out of employment be relieved '! from the payment of their dues, and also a resolution asking that local or l ganizations be given votes in propor- I tion to their membership. One of the speakers on the latter question cited the United States Senate as a distin ' guished example of a body in which » there is equal representation and warn , ed the delegates that if the State Fed eration of Labor were to adopt a plan for representation according to mem -1 hens hip, the miners would control the i i body. Bitterness was again expressed dur r! iug this session by the miners against ' | alleged harsh treatment of them by 1 the other menubers of the federation, | when one of them rose to accuae the >I committee on resolutions of "non-con ■ j curring with all resolutions we miners ■ | present." The speaker said he could ■ j not understand why suc'i partiality • j was exhibited. He was assured by the > chairman of the abused committee that the members of the committee never take into consideration where the resolutions come from, and that they "love the miners the same as the car penters and all the rest." A glowing report of the American Federation of Labor convention held recently at Philadelphia, was read to the convention, in which it was said • that never before had there been any where so magnificent a demonstration in honor of labor. Following the adjournment of the morning session at noon, the delegates of the seven districts held caucases for the purpose of nominating district vice presidents. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY Continued From First ('age. i to relieve the pressure on the Russian ! center, and are attacking the Gorman ; flanks. To meet this situation the Ger mans are transferring troops further to the east, apparently with the inten ; tion of attacking the Russian left ; flank. Great demonstrations in favor of war are reported in dispatches from j Rome. It is said that grave events j are looked for in the near future. So far as is known, King Victor Emmanuel has not accepted or declined to accept the resignation of the Cabinet, ten- I dered last night. Advices from the Dardanelles, as conveyed from sources favorable to the | allies, say the French and British : forces are continuing to gain in. the j land fighting, although it is conceded the decisive phase has not been reached. One British correspondent as i serts that the whole coast line or Gal lipoli peninSula is in the hands of the < allies. The captain of a steamer which put in at Blyth, England, reported his ship I had s ruck a submerged obstacle which apparently was a submarine, and that he believed the submarine had been | sunk. A Dutch trawler reported it had been attacked in the North Sea by a German aeroplane, while flying the Dutch flag. Three bombs wer© dropped but the trawler was uninjured. , The great battle now in progress in i Northern France is characterized in a | London dispatch as one of the unbe lievable fury. It is said both sides have | been exhausted by the struggle but that j the allies are holding firmly to the po | sitions in which they are now estab j lished. The Russian War Office announces 1 that the battle in Western Galicia is becoming less intense, but official re ports from Berlin and Vienna continue j to claim that the Austro-German forces I are sweeping eastward, putting the Russians to rout and capturing vast numbers of prisoners. UNPREPAREONESS GARDNER PRAISES THE WILSON NOTE Washington, May 14.—Congressman < j Gardner, of Massachusetts, in speak- ! j ing of the President's note to Ger- j many, said: "I call the President's note resolute J and vigorous. Ido not see how he could | have made it stronger without delib- I erately offering provocation to Ger ! many. At the sam time, I clearly recog -1 nize the fact that an irrevocable step of awful solemnity has been taken. As ■an American, I take pride in that step and in the mantaer in which it has been | taken." ill. S. NOTE A FIRM STAND FOR NEUTRALS, SAYS NEWSPAPER j 'London, .'May 14. 1.33 P. M.—Re-j ferring to the note of President Wilson j to the government of Germany the! "Westminster Gazette'' says: " The central fact is that in the name of humanity and international law the I United States demands a guarantee that the right of neutrals to travel over any portion of the seas, in neutral or bel ligerent vessels, shall be respected. This is of profound importance not only for the present war but for the future peace and security of the world, and 'by dis patching this note the greatest of the neutral powers definitely takes a stand ' on maintaining the limits hitherto set down for warfare at sea. * * * "It is more than our cause which is at stake, and more than our interests that have to be considered." ERA OF BANAL PROTESTS OVER, IS COMMENT OF PARIS PRESS i Paris, May 14. —The unofficial ver sion of President Wilson's note to Ger many is highly praised by this morn ing's pa, ers. It shows, says tho "(Figaro'' that "the era of baiial pro- . tests is over and Germany must give formal guarantees that she will not per- Imit 'similar crimes in future. If she breaks tliese promises America will pro ceed to act. The United States, perhaps, will not I go as far as war, for it will not be * i necessary. It is possible the United ? j States may take the initiative in The or j ganization of a defensive league of neu i I trals which will transfer the passive i j neutrality of non-belligerents into nc i ; tive neutrality which will manifest ft i self, to begin with, by an absolute and ■ ' complete 'boycott of 'Germany which will s j definitely piace her beyond the pale of l j civilization. We can, in any case, toe r j sure the United States will exact full - j and entire satisfaction.'* JTHOUSANDS GATHER AT DAWN . AND AWAIT WILSON'S NOTE New York, May 14.—Intense inter est in the American government's note to Germany was shown here to-day by thousands of persons gathered before dawn outside the offices of the morning newspapers waiting for editions con taining the text of the communication. Owing to the government's restric tion against publication of the note be fore 5 o'clock, the hour corresponding to that at which it was to be delivered to the Gorman Foreign Office in Berlin, the newspapers were unable to print the note in their customary early morning editions. For this reason, only two morning papers were for sale on the street before 5 a. m. and these did not contain the text of the note. Citizens who were accustomed, to' purchase their morning papers at earlv hour* while on their way to work gath ered in crowds outside the newspaper offices waiting for the editions that appeared at 5 o'clock. BERNSTORKE REPUTES RUMOR OF GERMANY IGNORING NOTE Washington, May 14.—Although j Ambassador Gerard has been directed to notify the State Department of his receipt of the American note no word came from him that the note reached Berlin. C-ount Bornstorff, the German Am bassador, made an engagement to go to the State Department, it was under stood, to call Mr. Bryan's attention to reports again published to-day purport ing to forecast a complete refusal by Germany to all the American repre sentations and point out that the em bassy in no way was a source of them. FINANCE U.S.NOTE CAUSESNERVOuT TONE IN THE STOCK MARKET War Shares Show Small Declines While Trading Is Moderately Actively— No Trace of Hysteria Which Char acterized Recent Operations By Associated Press, New York, May 14. —Wall Street. —Latest developments in the situation between this country and Germany were reflected in the nervous tone of the stock market at to-day's opening. Initial prices were mostly lower, but in few instances did declines go be yond fractions. Later however, greater heaviness was shown a numlber of im portant stocks falling a point or more. U. S. Steel was the only leader to open with a large offering, 7,000 shares changing hands in one block at 72, one point down. War shares like Beth lehem Steel, Pressed Steel Car and General Electric lost an much. Trading was moderately active, but without any trace of the hysteria which char acterized recent operations. After the first hour the market set- j tied into a state of extreme dullness. War stocks went lower, but the more seasoned issues made half way recov ery from lowest prices. Evidently much of the early selling originated from speculative quarters with an admixture of foreign offerings. In point of fact, London's market for American securi ties was firm, with gains in some of the high grade issues. Local traders were inclined to await further news from abroad before taking a stand on either side of the market. Prices fell aigain .just before midday. Bonds were heavy. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS New York, May 14. Open. Close. I Amal Copper 65% 63% Amer Beet Sugar .... 42% 40%' j American Can 33 ' 30%i| Am Car and Foundry Co 4it% 4 71/, Am Cotton Oil 45 43 i jAm Ice Securities .... 30 28 I | Amer Loco 42% 39 j j Amer Smelting 64 62% | American Sugar 104 101% Amer Tel and Tel .... 118 118 Anaconda 30% 29% I Atchison 98'/, 97 Baltimore and Ohio .. 71% 69% Bethlehem Steel 136 128 Brooklyn RT 87 88% California Petroleum .. 15 13% Canadian Pacific 157 156 Central Leather 34% 34 Chesapeake ami Ohio . . 41% 41 % ! Chi, Mil and St Paul .. 89 87% | Chino Con Copper ;. . . 41% 40%; Col Fuel and Iron .... 25% 24 j j CoN) Products 12% 12 j Pennsylvania R. R. ... 106% 105 Pittsburgh Coal 19% 18% | do pfd 87% 87% I : Press Steel Car 42% 37 j Ray Con. Copper 22% 21%| Reading 1 14 2% 141% I Hepub. Tron and Steel . 25% 24 I j Soutberu Pacific 87 85% | I Southern Ry 16% 16% [ Tennessee Copper 30% 29 Union Pacific 123% 121% U. S. Rubber 60 57% U. S. 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It is '] complete with maps and charts marking plainly the debated areas as well as the move- ■ ments of the vast armies engaged, and contains engravings from 463 ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS which comprehensively cover every detail of interest, presenting a gripping, graphic, B, pictorial account, hardly second to the pen picture by the author. ' THE STAR.INDEPENDENT'S PRESENTATION PLAN i has struck a responsive chord in the minds of its readers who, by the hundreds, are I availing themselves of this remarkable opportunity and sending their friends and ac- j quaintances to take advantage of the generous offer to supplv this unparalleled $3.00 ii volume for a sum which scarcely covers the introductory and handling expense. Subjects iiColor Plates Chronologically f / 1 jlB and A rran ged kfciiß- iB Photographs - The assassination of the SiM| ' i Archduke Francis Fer- j| Crossing rivers on pon- Rival aspirations fof a 'i fvwii fiT ' m rea P er ' s har southern trade outlet. vest on the battlefield. The diplomatic prelimi- j £ | Submarines in action. How the nations were giant English cruisers prepared for war. ' fllliP 1 by a German subma- s Why Belgian neutrality l| j nCI PmM! | r ' ne " was violated. >llff II Distress of Belgian refu- The system of German !'■ •|| -l(s --mobilization. B ' H Zeppelins at work. Equipment of the Ger- || raj Scouting aeroplanes, man and other armies. ill mBSm ||: ;|| |||||r Soldiers in the trenches. The forts at I>iege. SI j|l yjmj a'hostile aeroplane. The German dash upon Heroic removal of >ar ' S " ilif BIBM l! wounded while under Position of the armies. Wm Singular inactivity of the ' W Enormous auto trucks French. Si 11 1 Cut conveying food to the Sketches of the allied W R Gre««lr generals. F A g' ual T ' ie su^er '"SS bf wo- The battle of Mons, etc. j| j ' 2 . | home, etc. Chlldren Red Buckram Binding MAIL ORDERS—By parcel post in- HOW TO GET IT—Simply call at elude EXTRA 8 cents within 150 this paper's office and ask for the j miles, 12 cents 150 to 300 miles; for $3.00 book. "The Nations at War," | greater distances ask your postmas- which it is presenting for the cost of ' ter amount to include for 4 pounds. handling, 98 cents. HALDEMAN ESTATE TO MOLTZ Notice of Will Filed To-day WiU Be Sent to Sister of Dead Lawyer One of two wills that the late Ed ward M. iHalcheman, said to have drawn immediately before his death, was filed for probate with Register Roy €. Ban ner late this afternoon. The will was drawn on April 26, last, and mentions "my good friend, Theodore H. iMoltz," as sole beneficiary and executor. The Register will give notice of the filing of this will to Mrs. Mary H. Armstrong, who 'has filed with Danner a caveat advising him to not probate any will before she is given an oppor tunity to examine it. Mr. Haldeman wai a member of the Dauphin e.miiirv bar. J Policeman Nabs Runaway Girl Policeman Hoffman to-day picked up Helen Rinkle, a runaway from her home in Chainbersburg. She said she ran away because she had a fight with her lover. She is but sixteen years old and was hallcss and coatlesx and is believed to have spent the night in River Park. Th? police have com municated with the Chambcrsburg po lice. Hope Steamer in Speed Tests The Hope steamer, equipped with a Front-drive motor tractor, climbed the Derry and Berryhill street hills and made thirty-two miles an hour on Front street in tests to-day. The tests were observed by City Commissioner Taylor and Fire Chief Kindler. The machine made twenty miles an hour up Berry hill street. Chicago Board of Trade Closing Bu Associated Chicago, May 14.—Close: Wheat—May, 152 Vi; July, 127%. Corn—Mav, 73%; July, 76. Oats —May, 51%; July, 51 %. Pork—July, 17.85; September, 18.17. Lard—July, 9.57; September, 9.82. Ribs—July, 10.45; September, 10.72. LAWYERS' PAPER BOOKS Printed at this office in Jjest style, at lowest prices and on short notice. i CAPITOL HILL »| " / ~ . | Order Reasonable Rates An opinion favorable to the Adrian ; 1 Furnace Company, of Dußois, and I against Ihe Pennsylvania Railroad . Company was issued by the Public! , I Service Commission today. By it a! , j provision in a tarilT is eliminated which j • | allowed an iron furnace at Josephine to ship pig iron to H,uft' at a rate of! ,| 55c a, ton. but which imposed upon the I j complainant a rate of $1.60 a ton be r i cause of a sixth-class rate from .Joseph , | ine to Huff. The Commission charac terized ibis provision as unjust, uurea j sonable and discriminatory. In connec , | tion with tile complaiitt (lie Cominis j sion further ordered that the l'enusy! j vonia railroad and the Buffalo. Rochos | ter & Pittsburgh Railway Companies make reasonable joint. .rates upon pig I iron from Dußois to 'Huff, Johnstown, j Wilmerding and Uniontown. ! The Commission has issued an order ] that the Delaware, Lackawanna & l Western railroad pay to John A. Wood I j the sum of $1,22."> as damages to prop j erty caused by the abolition of a cross- | I ing at grade in the borough of Old' Forge, Lackawanna county, at a point ! w here the Sibley road crosses Ihe tracks i of the railroad company: Treasury Money The State Treasury yesterday re | ceiveil a chock for $1 01,264 from Coun ty Treasurer Schlager, of backawanna | county, for county licenses. The Penn sylvania company paid in $69,512, r made up of various items. Dined the Messengers The messenger boys who carry the "press stuff'' from the newspaper room at the Capitol to the operators were 1 last night given a dinner at the Co- - lumbus rathskeller by the newspaper correspondents, about twenty being at the festive board. E. Lee* Kllmaker. of the Philadelphia 'Press," conducted \ the affair on behalf of the committee i and it was a great success. The boys had all kinds of fun, sang songs niid i made speeches under direction of a reg- i ular toastmaster, and kidded one an- i other to the limit. They were through ] 11 in time to return to the evening session of the House. AMBULANCE TO COST $3,200 Hospital Authorities to Add Money to State Appropriation The $2,000 granted 'by the Senate Committee for an am jtbulance for the Harrisbnrg hospital will I hasten the purchase of such a machine | for that institution, according to Super intendent Condon, but it will pay for only part of the ambulance it is pro posed to [ ii rc'liase. In an another fund contributed by citizens there is now something over S2OO, and Mr. Condon believes that this will be increased shortly to $1,200, |so that a first-class car can be pur chased. It will bo equipped with over size prings so as to make the hauling of patients more comfortable. Klectric lights will be installed both inside and out and the latest automobile equip ment will be included. The machine will be painted white. There will be no difficulty in getting money for mainte nance of the machine. "Mother" Jones' Story of Strike Ha Associated Press, Washington, May 14.—"Mother" Jones continued her story of the Colo rado strike and described her nine •weeks' detention at Trinidad. She told o-f being carried away from the strike field by militiamen and of her rearrest when she endeavored to return She was again held, she said, for twenty-six days, in a cellar, with sewer rats. She was released after several efforts had 'been made to secure a writ of habeas corpus. Meeting at Zion Church At a meeting of the official board of Zion Lutheran church to be held at the church to-night at 7.30 o'clock plans will be heard for the erection of an ad dition to the Sunday school building costing about $12,000. The plans are in the hands of the architect, George Baum, of Philadelphia.