HEW PRINCIPAL I FIRS "FRUIT! Prof. Dibble, However, Not SureiThey Ought to be Revived in Cen ' tral High LIK.ES FOOTBALL; HAS PLAYED IT Inspects Building To-day From Cellar ; to Garret—Will Meet Faculty Mem-, berl at Reception To-night—Learns , About the Two-Session Plan Howard G. Dibble, the new principal of the Central High School, who ar {jved last night, examined this uiorn jjig the school house over which he will preside and had explained to him how fhe student body, which is twjce as v . V" HOWARD G. DIBBLE New Principal Looks Over Central High School To-day large as (he school can comfortably ac-j Commodate, is divided into halves for j morning and afternoon instruction. I He sat down in his ofiice to ponder! over the outlook and made a wry smile. Tiiis tiling of packing two schools ii\tp j one is not a new thing to Professor j>ibble, who admitted that he gra.ppled j *ith a similar problem in Lambert- j \iiie, V J.. where the school ■district! 5s quite as badly off for buildings as is! Harrisburg. : "1 have hardly had time to get my j hat ofl." lie said to a Star-Indepen dent reporter, "but lam getting ac-1 <) >aiuted with the situation slowly. Ij (jo not intend upsetting any of the j pipsent organization. I was up against■ ®ie same kind of a proposition in Lam-! Jjertville, where, of course, the school »s smaller, and I take sort of a gloomy S'icw of the situation because the pu pils themselves lose so much." He Has Played Football * Professor Dibble is likely to be popu-1 4ar with his pupils because he is in fa-j ,vor of things in school life that the < students themselves are fond of. He is * firm advocate of athletics and is by I j>» means unacquainted with this ini-! yortant branch of school life. He has both football aud baseball in j ■*' prep'' school, not in quest of athletic | •glory so much as for the exercise and ! 'Cnjovment. He said he iiid not "make"! unv but the "scrub" teams. He en-1 Imaged in athletics because he liked it. jTliat ugually puts the stamp of under graduate approval on the new head of a Js'rhool. The girls as well as the boysj are much interested in athletics, here, fine of the first things that confronted ,Professor Dibble this morning was a list ot' the drawings for the girls' ten tournament. His Ideas of "Frats" *. He thinks fraternities are some good tierause they teach concerted action. wHc would not say they would be a good jliing for Harrisburg because he is un acquainted with the way the fraterni ties were run here before the ban was Jut on them. « The new principal was made ac quainted with iiis work this morning bv Miss Anna M. Saul, who has been acting principal of the school. After a long conference about the work, ho made a tour of the building from the i cellar to the garret. He did not meet 1 Ihe faculty to-day, but he will do so this evening, for a reception has been arranged in his honor at the school. ! This evening he will dine with City I Superintendent Downes. Next Tues- j day the Principals' Club will have him j fur a (juest at the regular meeting in the Willard building. Prof. Dibble's stay here this spring! will last but two weeks, his presence in | Lambertville being required after that j' lime until the end of the school year.' It was by courtesy of the Lambertville j School Board that he was able to conic j fccre fhis spring to "get his bearing"! before taking up his Harrisburg duties Regularly in the fall. Hope Steamer Iu Service After a successful test of the motor- i ized Hope steamer yesterday it was pl:iced in service lant evening ready to l|ft(» yards in the direction of Souchez, the War Office at Paris an nounced to-day. Otherwise there have been no changes in the battle of North ern France. Another neutral vessel, the Danish steamer Martha, was torpedoed and sunk to-day by a German submarine. The attack took place off Aberdeen. The 18 members of the crew were saved. The "Vossiche Zeitung." an influ ential Berlin newspaper, announced that "high government circles" in Ger many favored submission to a court of arbitration of the questions at issue between the United States and Ger many. RECALLS BEST TRADITIONS OF DIPLOMACY, SAYS TIMES' London, May 15.—The "Times," in an editorial to-day regarding the Amer ican note to Germany, says: "The American note to Germany, both in substance and expression, re calls the best traditions of American diplomacy. Courteous and even consid erate in form, it can leave Wilhelm- Strasse under no illusions as to the State of American feeling or the de termination of the United States gov ernment. Nothing could be more vig orously or more persuasively expressed, iMid not only the allies, but the whole world of neutrals may well rejoice that the United States has at length spoken out so forcibly and to the point. Ger many to-dav tine.3 herself clearly con fronted with the demand to abandon her submarine warfare on shipping. With that demand we do not for a mo ment believe she will comply." TAKE ALLIES' SUBJECTS OUT OF REACH OF GUNFIRE London, May 10, 10.45 A. M.— Fifty British and French nationals who were deported from Coustantinople to the Gnllipoli peninsula by the Turkish authorities have been brought back to the capital through the efforts of Unit ed States Ambassador Morgenthau, ac cording to a Reuter dispatch frotn Ath ens. The deportation of British and French citizens to the sceive- of violent lighting in the Dardanelles region was decreed by Turkey on the ground that shell fire from the allied fleet was kill ing, wounding or endangering Turkish non-combatants whose homes are on the peninsula. As soon as the order was issued Mr. Morgenthau was requested by the British and French governments to file a vigorous protest in their be half. ARISTOCRACY IS HIT HARD IN LATE BRITISH CASUALTY LIST London, May 15. —Official and unof ficial casualty lists published to-day, which include the names of over 200 officers, bristle with aristocratic names. Among the killed are: Lieutenant W. F. Rodney, of the fly ing corps, a brother of Lord Rodney; Lord Spencer Douglas Compton, a lieu tenant in the Horse Guards, brother and heir of the Marquis of Northampton; Lieutenant Keith Anthony Stewart, of the Black Watch, son of the Earl of Galloway; Captain I'pton, of the Royal Rifles, son-in-law of Viscount Temple ton. Lieutenant Colonel Lord R. F. Cav endish, of the Royal Lancasters, is list ed as wounded. He is a brother of the Duke of Devonshire. Among the wounded are Lieutenant Charles Hunt ington and lieutenant G. Bruce, son of Lord Bruce. ANSWER IN HKJGS BANK CASE U. S. Officials Charged with Conspiracy to Wreck Institution By / ssociatcd Press. Washington, May 15.—Secretary Mc- Adoo and Comptroller Williams filed in the District Supreme Court to-day an answer to the injunction suit brought by the Riggs National bank charging them with conspiracy to wreck the In stitution. Their answer is a sweeping denial of all the bank's charges. Both officials presented long affi davits that they did not comibine nor conspire to injure the bank, that their actions, which were set forth as ground for the bank's charge were taken in the exercise of proper discretion and because of conditions and incidents in connection with its management, the propriety and some times the lawful ness of which they questioned. Submarine Stops Swedish Steamer London, May 15, 2.37 A. M.—A Stockholm dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says a German sub marine stopped the Swedish steamer Belle of New CastU, for Stockholm, off Skagen, Denmark, and then escorted her to Ulalmstad, Sweden. Military Cross for Pittsburglier Paris, May 15.—William Thaw, of Pittsburgh, who is serving as a pilot in the French military aviation corps, has been commended in army orders for his brilliant services and has received the recently-founded military cross. Political Strike In Milan Rome, Via Paris, IMay 15, 9.15 A. M. —A striko has ben proclaimed at (Milan as a protest against the course of po litical events in Italy. Troops are oc cupying all of t>lie strategical points in the city. MAURER AGAIN CHOSEN FR HEAR LAROR FEDERATION Is Be-elected by but Fourteen Vote* and Secretary Quinn Enters Upon His Fourteenth Term With Major ity of Nineteen The convention of the State Federa tion of Labor, held in this city during the week, adjourned late yesterday aft ernoon after electfug officers for the en suing year aud selecting Beaver Falls as the next convention seat. President James H. Maurer, of Read ing, was re-elected to the office. His opponent was Ri jert ,1. McGrath, of Pittsburgh, and the vote was 134 to 120. Secretary-treasurer Quiun was also re-elected and enters upon his four teenth term. He defeated William Young, of Philadelphia, by nineteen votes Other officers elected were seven vice presidents—First, Harry W. Rem pit, of , Philadelphia; second, A. P. Bower, of Reading; third, B. F. Myers, of Jeau ette; fourth, William Kelley, of Ed wardsville; fifth Theodore Kichhorn. of Erie; sixth. 1. F. Kersehner, of Scran ten; seventh, Philip Wagaman, of Me .Sherrvstown. Dan Post, of Wilkes-Barre. was elect ed delegate to the American Federation of Labor convention at San Francisco next fall. Frank Snyder, of Philadel ; phia, and Henry Steinecker, Allentown, | auditors. TWOBOYSHURTTONEHORSE KILLED BYJOLLEY CARS Continued From First P»ga M. Mover, motorman, and P. L. Keefer, conductor. Mover's statement was that lie was running at the usual speed and thought the horse would go along tbe side of the car. Instead of that, he said, the horse turned directly in front of the car. Of the wagon only the shafts were damaged. The driver was unhurt. Harry Bowers, 19 years old. of Twen tieth and Boas streets, received deep lacerations of the head and a oadly sprained right leg, while his companion, Clayton Fa elder, 2008 State street, es caped with painful bruises of the right arm in the be held in the Chestnut street hall on Tuesday evening, beginning at 8 o 'clock. City Solicitor D. 8. Seitz was be toast master. Francis H. Hoy, Jr., the caterer, will be in charge of the banquet and music will be furnished by Loeser's orchestra. ■l2 Dog Licenses Issued Dog license No. 42 was lifted at the omcc of City Clerk Miller this morning. That number represents only seven per cent, of the total number of licenses issued last vear. Light Company Paid The Harrisburg Light and Power Company this morning was paid $4,- 837.73 for street lighting during the month of April and the Central Con struction and Supply Company received an installment of $4,000 'for sewer work. Park Commissioner Injured Park Commissioner IM. Harvcv Tay lor suffered a 'bad contusion of the right knee while the Hope steam fire engine which has been equipped with aNnotor tractor, was being tested yes terday. The apparatus rebounded when it struck a rut and the Park Commis sioner's knee forcibly Btruck one of the engine 's small water pipes. Building Permit A. E. Shirey took out a building cCr-, niit this morning to build a two-aud/ one-half story dwelling "at 1726 Norj/h Second street, costing $'2,000. f Meter Couldn't Stand Test / One of the dozen meters that sfre be ing tested by Commissioner Blowman preparatory to awarding a contract has been racked almost beyond r/pair and three others are about to di&p out of the running so Mr. Bowma/ri said this afternoon. The tests will ,not be com pleted for a week or twy Appear in Summep Uniforms Pennsylvania railroad station em ployes, as well as passenger trainmen, appeared in their summer uniforms and white caps for the ftrst time this morn ing. The uniforms will be worn until late in September, when they again go back to heavy coats. During these months the men are alfco allowed to keep their coats unbuttoned. Mrs. O. K. Kines Improving The condition of Mrs. O. K. Kines, 11>08 Market streot, who was thrown from the automobile of W. G. Starry at Avalon, N. J., last Tuesday while on the Harrisburg Motor Club publicity run, ia reported to be resting comfort ably. This afternoon she was able to sit up for a time. 9 IHORT WENT ON VISIT TO HIS SWEETHEART: IS ARRESTED Man Wanted Here Is Traced Through Three States Before Landed— Charged With Theft of Money and Watches From Employer After a brief trot of less than a week through Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia aud New York, Charles H. Mort, wanted here for the lareeuy of sß's and two watches valued at S7O, from his employer, F. F. Burker, Twenty-sixth and Greenwood streets, was arrested at S o'clock this morning in South Davton, N. Y., a small town just outside of Buffalo. If Mort had not been such a lady's man he probably would not have been captured, ibut lie persisted in writing to his various female admirers, and it was while on a visit to one of his sweethearts in South Dayton that he was captured. City Detective Harry White traced him through the mails to Carlisle, Graftou, W. Va„ Wheeling, W. Va., Columbus, 0., and South Dav ton, X. Y. I Unfortunately the address of the Xew York girl'was left behind when he departed aud the girl's house was "covered" by E. E. Stearns, who is chief of police in addition to his gen eral livery and -hauling business. In a brief message to the Harrisburg de partment this morning Chief Stearns says that Mort will return to Harris burg without requisition papers. Mort is broke, his travels having used up most of his money. He is a trucker and was employed by Mr. Burke January 19. He answergd an ad vertisement and had become a trusted employe. Last Sunday, while the Bur ker family were away, the money and watches disappeared. In less than a day lookout notices were spread broad east. Detective White will leave for South Dayton to-night to bring back the prisoner. RAILROADS MOST GIVE UP THEIR DOAT LINES DEC. IST Application of Pennsy, New York Cen tral, Lehigh Valley and Other Roads to Retain Ownership Denied by Interstate Commerce Commission By Associated Press. Washington, May 15.—The applica tion pf the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Ijehigh Valley and other rail roads to retain ownership or continue operation of l>oat lines on the Great Lakes despite the prohibition in tho Panama Canal act. was denied to->diay by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. All the railroads applying must give up their boat lines by December i, 1015. This is the first case involving ex tensive steamship properties under the new law which lias been decided against the railroads. The decision is regarded as of great, importance to all the ports on the lakes which are reached both by boat and rail liue.'. Tile fact that they are reached by ;>oth those agoncies of transportation, the commission savs, "establishes a ease of competition ex isting between the owning railroad and its boat line." _jCAPITOL L TO DECIDEJANY CASES Public Service Commission to Begin Regular Sessions on Tuesday Next at the Capitol The Public Service Commission will begin its regular sessions on Tuesday next at the Capitol, aud a long list of cases will confront it for adjudication. On Wednesday the commission will ex amine into the matter of the two con tracts between the Pennsylvania Rail road Company and the borough of Dun cannon, pertaining to street vacating. On the afternoon of the same day the approval of the application for a "char ter from the Gratz Water Company will be heard. On Wednesday afternoon the com mission will hear the application of the Xorthern Central Railway Company,,/ 1 * through its lessee, the Railroad Company, for the approval jft the construction of a grade crosalfn" across North street and Cherry aftley in York. / Instructing Wardens / The State Game Commission through Secretary Kalbfus, sending/out, instruc tions to game wardens/all over the State calling their attention to the new game law recently'approved by the Governor and directing them to enforce its provisions to thtf best of their abil ity, having due/regard for the fact that some of Hvfi provisions of the old laws are changed and may not be familiar to/all sportsmen. Two Appointments to Make rh cj/f are two vacancies now in the Stat/Water Commission, John BlrKin bu*p having died yesterday and Ben. jff. Focht having resigned. Governor will fill the vacancies in due time. The salary is $3,0*0-0 aud a large number of applications have been made for place on the commission to fill the Focht vacancy, which will t>e very materially increased from those who desire to'succeed the late Mr Birkinbine. Chicago Board of Trade Closing By Aaaoviatail Press. Chicago, May 15.—Close: Wheat—May, 151 Va» July, 127%. Corn—May, 73%; -July, 76%. Outsc —May, 51%; July, 503g. Pork July, 17.90; September, 18.17. Lard—July. 9.60; September, 9.82. Kibs July, 10.50; September, 10.75. FORT WASHINGTON PAVILION Under new management and re modeled. Dancing Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday evenings. Loeser's Orchestra H. George Hess, Floor Manager.