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<pond to alarms. Many interested vis- 1
iiiors looked over the new motor appa
ratus iu the Hope engine house last
evening and several times the ninety
horse power engine was started just to i
demonstrate how easy it is to get out. ! i
Carbolic Acid Victim Improving
'Mrs. Lizzie Peters, 48 years old,
1302 Wallace street, admitted to the
H;irrisburg hospital early this morning
*uftering with carbolic acid poisoning,
is said to be recovering to-day. l\frs.
Poters is said to have taken the poison
with suicidal intent atter a difference
With her husband.
PAUL SCRAFFNER WILL RE
MISSIONARY TO JAPAN
Son of Hummelstown Attorney Is Li
censed by Reformed Classls—Com
mittee Appointed to Confer on In
creases in Pastors' Salaries
At a meeting at Ijanc&ster yesterday
of the Lancaster classis of the Re
formed church, in which this city is in
cluded and of which the Kev. Homer
S. May, pastor of the Fourth Reformed
church, is president, graduates of the
Theological Seminary were examined
and licensed to preach. They included
Paul Schaffner, of Hummelstown, who
is to be a missionary to Japan, and
.Tames R. Shepley, of this city, who has
accepted a charge at Vandergrift, Pa.
Licentiate Schaffner is a son of At
torney F. J. Schaffner, of Hummels
town. He lias studied for the ministry
with the foreign mission field in view.
He is a graduate of Kranklin and Mar
shall College and of the I.*ancaster
Seminary.
Arrangements will be made by the
executive yommittee of the classis for
the ordination of Mr. Schaffner, which
is to fake place shortly at the Hum
melstown Reformed church.
The meeting of classis at Lancaster
yesterday was supplementary to the
sessions held last month in the Fourth
church of this city. Included in the
business were reports of committees,
aud the appointment of a committee
consisting of Elder George W. Hart
man, of this city; Elder E. B. Savres,
of Lancaster, and the Rev. \V. Stewart
Cramer, of to confer with
consistories and pastors with reference
to the raising of pastors' salaries. The
classis at its sessions in this city fixed
minimum salaries for ministers within
classis bounds, of SSOO for those in
rural districts, or S9OO if required to
use a horse, and SI,OOO for those in
cities. The necessary increases in sal
aries are to go into effect as soon as
possible.
No meeting place for the classis next
year lias bpen definitely decided upon,
but White Oak will possiblv be chosen.
The matter is in the hands of the execu
tive committee consisting of the Rev.
Homer S. May, the Rev. Mr. Glass and
Elder Thompson.
63 TYPHOID CASES NOW
TRACED TO ONE WOMAN
Health Department Doctor One
Milkmaid, Who Is Perfectly Well,
Is Unconscious Source of Disease
Now Being Checked in Newport
The State Health Department was
informed to-dav that six more typhoid
! fever cases have been added to the 57
already developed in Newport, Perry'
county, and there have been three
■ deaths.
Dr. C. .). Hunt, associate chief med
ical inspector, has returned after mak
, ing an investigation. He says he dis
covered that the disease was traceable
to the milk supply from a milkman in
ijHowe township, across the river froitt
, ] Newport.
j Last February a woman whose name
I is not given lost her husband in Rye
| township from typhoid, and nursed him
: through his illness. After his death
i ] she moved to her brother s farm in
Howe township, and was accustomed to
. do the milking, her brother delivering
I milk to Newport customers.
I Dr. Hunt says he traced these facts
down, and then secured a blood sample
from the woman, which he found to
i contain typhoid fever germs. He said
| these had been communicated by con-
I tact with the milk while she was en
' gaged in milking.
I nless new cases develop before the
1 expiration of the time period, it is
| thought that the disease will be
| checked and no further alarm may be
j felt The fact that the woman herself
| has not suffered from the disease
: makes the case a rare one in medical
| annals.
ITALIAN TO WED A GERMAN
Possibility of War Between Those Na
tions Not Considered by Cupla
It .makes no difference to Prete
| Francesco and Augusti Shufuski, a
j Steelton couple, whether Italy and Ger-
I many go to war or remain on friendly
j terms. They didn't even consider na
tionalities before little Dan Cupid
steered them around to the Court
House for a marriage license t'his morn,
'ng.
When questioned as to their nativity,
Francesco proudly said that he is an
Italian and the prospective bride said
she was born in Germany. Miss Shufuski
| blushingly admitted to the clerk that
her name "sounds Austrian," but, she
said. "German is the word."
Francesco is 45 years old and his
bride-to-be is four years his junior.
Other licenses taken out to-day includ
ed these:
Russell Hiler and Ida Stengle, Steel
ton; Benjamin Falstine and Ida Ortz
j man, Lancaster.
j THUST CO. STOCKS HIGHER
Commonwealth Reaches $»«:{, New
High Record, at Public Sale
Never in the history of the institu
■ tion has the stock of the Common
: wealth Trust Company brought a price
I so high as was paid i'or it at a public
j sale in front of the Court House to
day. One block of the stock sold "for
I $4 03 a share, the previous high price
! having been $4Ol. Several additional
1 shares were sold for $402. The par
j value of this stock is SIOO.
Several shares of First National
: bank stock were sold at prices ranging
! from $566 to $570. The par value of
! this stock is SIOO. Harrisburg Light
j and Power Company stov'k was sold at
i sl9 a share, or one dollar below par.
j The sale was conducted by the Com
monwealth Trust Company as executor
I of a decedent's estate.
• Recovering Prom Appendicitis
Miss Bertha Morrow, 17 years old,
of L<andisburg, was operated on yester
day afternoon at the Harrisburg hos
i pital for appendicitis. Her condition
, is much improved to-day and her early
j recovery is looked for.
Tribe at Pine Street Church
The services at the Pine Street Pres
j byterian church will be attended to
morrow night by the Pokoson Tribe,
No. 331, Third and Cumberland
streets.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENfT, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1915,
GOVERNOR GIVES APPROVAL
TO MANY HOUSE MEASURES
Signs, Among Others, the Bill Provid
ing a New Code For the Govern
ment of Boroughs—Working Hud
to Clear His Desk
Governor Brumbaugh is engaged in
cleaning up all' of the bills that were
placed in his hands ten days prior to
the date set for final adjournment of
the I/egislature. Bills received after
that time limit may receive action any
time up to within thirty days after
final adjournment. To-dav the Govern
or approved the following House bills:
Providing a system of government
for boroughs and revising, amending
and consolidating the law relating to
boroughs. This is the new borough code
by which all boroughs in the State will
be governed, and repeals all other spe
cial or general laws relating to bor
oughs.
Validating bonde issued by incor
porated districts in pursuance of elec
tions held under the act of 1874.
Amending the act of 1909 to limit
the duration upon real estate of the
detots of decedents.
Providing for the conversion of co
operative banking associations into
banks of discount and deposit.
Limiting the price to be paid for
forestry land by the State to $lO sn
acre.
Reimbursing Charles Roth and
George H. Roth for money paid illegal
ly for a moving picture show license.
Providing for the education of cer
tain blind children beyond the age of
eight years.
Relating to the practice in courts of
common pleas in actions of assumpsit
aud trespass.
Authorizing county commissioners to
erect monuments to" soldiers and sail
ors of the Spanish-American war.
Excluding townships of the first
class from the act relating to the reg
istration of conveyances of real estate.
Extending for two years the time
for the,collection of local taxes.
Validating and authorizing elec
tions of incorporated districts for the
purpose of increasing the indebtedness
not exceeding ten per cent, of the as
sessed valuation of asseesible prop
ertv.
Refunding to Henry S. Reiehard
money erroneously paid "into the State
Treasury.
FULL CREW HEARING TUESDAY
Governor Will Give Both Sides Oppor
tunity to Discuss Repealer
The Railroad trainmen are going
carry their fight against the repeal of
the full crew law to Governor Brum
baugh. and wiil endeavor to have him
veto the repealer which lias passed both
branches of the Legislature and is now
iu the Governor'B hands.
At the request of the State Federa
tion of labor and the Legislative Com
mittee of the traiumeu, Governor Brum
baugh has fixed next Tuesday after
noon at U o'clock as the time when he
will give a public hearing to the oppo
nents and advocates of the repealer,
and both sides will be represented.
Attorney General Brown will sit with
the Governor at the hearing, which is
expected to be largely attended. It will
be held in the reception room at the
executive department.
ALL READY FOR CARNIVAL
Joseph G. Ferari Shows Arrive To-mor
row, When They Will Be Met
by Many Firemen
The Joseph G. Ferari shows, which
will be here next week under the aus
pices of the Harrisburg Volunteer Fire
men 's Association, has been ruuning for
the last nineteen years and is consid
ered one of the largest traveling carni
vals in America.
When the big special train arrives
to-morrow afternoon the massive wag
ons will be lowered from the flat cars
and heavy draft torsos will cart them
away to the grounds at Third and Reily
streets, where several hundred husky
workmen will start erecting the gi
gantic enterprise. Promptly at °7
o'clock Monday night the first free at
traction will start the ball a-roiling and
the much looked for Firemen's Carni
val will be a realitv.
Some doxen shows, rides and free
acts, as well as imported Parisian or
chestrions. will be a sight to gladden
the eye of every one of Harrisburg's
amusement loving citizens.
The firemen are under a heavy ex
pense, but, with such ideal location,
street car and jitney bus accommoda
tions, people from all parts of the city
can reach the 'Pleasure Plaza' in quick
time. The firemen solicit the patron
age of the public and guarantee each
and every show to be absolutely devoid
of objectionahle features and well
worth the tiny admission fee charged.
An unusual feature of the carnival
will take place next Thursday after
noon. when several hundred homeless
children will be given free admission to
all the wonders on hand. They will be
the guests of the firemen and will be
well taken care of by that body.
3 CHILDREN IK AUTO WRECK
With Father in Car They Are Plunged
Over an Embankment
Eveline, two years old, daughter of
John V. Blosser, a blaeksmith on the E.
B. Mitchell estate, Roekville, received
several broken ribs and was otherwise
painfully injured shortly after 7 o'clock
last evening when an automobile in
which were Blosser and his three chil
dren, plunged over an embankment
near the farm of E. O. Hassler, near
Linglestown.
Blosser and his sous, Ralph and Vin
cent, escaped injury. The injured
daughter was pianed beneath the ma
chine. Dr. Charles Smith, of Lingles
town, rendered medical aid and later
the child was taken home. It is be
lieved she will recover.
With the Fleet In New York
Lieutenant Commander iied. C.
Kalbfus and Lieutenant Commanider
Harry C. Brinaer, both of this city, are
on the flagship Wyoming. They ar
rived in New York with the fleet after
a prolonged stay in southern waters at
target practice. They will take part
in the big demonstration next week.
Mr. Kalbfus is chief navigator and
Mr. Brinser chief engineer on the Wy
oming. '
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Caitlaied From Pint Pas*.
ing armies apparently are unable to
make great headway at present, al
though severe fighting continues. The
French offensive north of Arras has
made little further progress. The one
important change reported is the shat
tering of the Austrian line near the
Bukowlna frontier. This Bussian
claim, however, has not been confirmed
from German or Austrian sources. The
Austro-German sweep from the Cracow
region eastward through Galicia is said
to have been checked, although Petro
grad admits the western half of Ga
licia has been wrested from the Bus
sians.
Anti-German riots in South Africa
have brought about a serious condition
of affairs. In many of the important
cities of the Union of South Africa
shops, store houses and hotels owned
by Germans or Austrians have been
burned or sacked. Premier Botha has
appealed for order, but the police and
soldiers find it difficult to control the
crowds. The property damage is heavy.
French troops have pushed back tlie
German line :?<>(» 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 <crasli at Sixteenth and State
streets. The accident occurred shortly
after 5 o'clock when the two 'bovs
were returning to the barn of I<ewis
Stover, at Twenty-first and State
streets, with a load of fodder from
Ober's livery stable.
The team was driven 'by (Bowers, and
as it was quite early in the morning he
drove the wagon in the car tracks
through the State street grass plot. On
nearing Sixteenth street he heard a
rumbling sound and turning around saw
an approaching car. ne said he imme
diately turned out of the tracks but
the fender of the car struck the rear
axle of the wagon, smashing the axle.
A horse and niulo were hitched to
gether to the wagon but neither was in
jured. The car was in charge of Thomas
Clark, as motorman.
When Bowers fell he struck his head
on the pavement and lay in an uncon
scious condition. He was carried to the
office of Dr. Thomas E. Bowman, 154H
State street, where his injuries were
dressed. He was later taken to his
home in Dr. Bowman's automobile.
Bowers' condition is not alarming.
JOHN ,1. WEN HICK, SR., DIES
Passed Away After Short Illness Fol
lowing His Wife's Death
John Joseph Wenriclc, Sr., died last
night at the home of his son, William
R. Wenrick, 1312 Hcrr street, after a
short illness, aged 65 years. Mr. Wen
rick's health began to fail immediately
following his wife's death, which oc
curred two months ago. He was an
employed of the Pennsylvania shops for
the past 38 years. He was a member
of the Pine Street Presbyterian church.
Warrior Eagle Tribe No. 140, Improved
Order of Red Men, and the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Veterans' Association.
He is survived by the following chil
dren; Mrs. David Arnold, of this city;
Mrs. Harry 11. Bhnltz, of Lake Bay,
Wash.; John J., Jr., Irvin, William and
Clayton, all of Harrisburg. Funeral
services will be held at the home of his
son Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and
interment will be in the Harrisburg
cemetery.
MRS. SARA A. PIPER DIES
Aged Woman Succumbs at Home of
Daughter This Morning
Mrs. Sara A. Piper, aged 70 years,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
C. W. Hargleroad, 340 Hummel street,
fron. a complication of diseases at 8
o'clock this morning. She is survived
by three sons and two daughters, Da
vid R., Alabama; Robert, New York
City; John Piper, Shippensburg; Mrs.
C. W. Hargleroad and Miss Julia Piper,
both of this city. Five grandchildren
also survive.
The body will be taken to Shippens
burg Tuesday morning at 7.50 o'clock,
where services and interment will be
held. The Rev. A. R. Avres, pastor
of the United Brethren church, New
Cumberland, will officiate.
Mrs. Sarah Moyer
Mrs. Sarah Moyer, 67 years old, wife
of Enos Moyer, of South Williamsport,
died to-day at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Klizabeth Zellers, 1339 North
Sixth street, while on a visit to her sis
ter. She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Anna Edmundson and Mrs.
Ida Harter, both of Renovo. Funeral
services will be held at t'be home ot
her sister Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Burial will be iu the East Har
risburg cemetery.
William Rose
William Rose, aged 74 years, died
yesterday at the home of his son-in-law,
C. E. Evans, l.ucknow. 'He was a vet
eran of the Civil war, having served as
a private in Companv A, Ninth Penn
sylvania Cavalry. He is survived iby
his wife, two daughters and one son.
Funeral services will foe held at the
home of his son-in-law Monday even
ing at 7 o'clock. Funeral services will
be held at the Reformed church, Dun
cannon, Thursday morning. Interment
will be in the United Brethren burial
grounds.
Flashed Tin Washers; Held Up
A foreigner was held up and robbed
of tin washers in the Herr street sub
way early this morning. Gaily Hashing
the washers under the electric lights the
holdup man was attracted, thinking
they were money. That is all the rofbbcr
got.
JAMES SHEPLEY WEDDED
JOSHFTER LICENSURE
Arranged Quietly to Have Marriage
Ceremony Perforated at Lancaster
by One of His Professors After He
Was Admitted to Ministry
James Rav Shepley, 164 5 Market
street, who was graduated with this
year's class at the Theological Semi
nary of the Reformed Church at Lap
caster, was licensed to preach yesterday
morning by the Lancaster Classis, meet
ing in that city, and several hours later
was united in marriage by one of his
college professors to Miss Grace Kupp,
of Shiremanstown.
•Mr. Shepley, who has occupied the
pulpit of the Fourth Reformed church,
this city, a number of times and is well
known here, quietly arranged the mar
liage as a surprise for his friend.s Aft
er his examination aud licensure by the
clussis yesterday morning, he met Miss
Hupp and went with her to the college
chapel, where the marriage ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Dr. Rich
nrd C. Scbeidt, one of the college pro
fessors, who is an intimate friend of
the bridegroom.
Licentiate James Shepley is a grad
uate of Harrisburg High school, Frank
lin and Marshall College aud the Re
formed Seminary at Lancaster. He has
accepted a charge at the Reformed
church at Vandergrift, and has accord
ingly been transferred from the Lancas
ter to the Westmoreland Classis. He
will be ordained at the Vandergrift
church in a few weeks, when he and
his bride will take up their residence
at the parsonage there.
COURT HOUSE
MOST PAY FOR SHARES OF
DEFONCT CO.'S STOCK
Court Holds That Persons Who Agreed
to Buy Farmers' Produce Company
Certificates Cannot Now Evade
Payment
Four stockholders of the defunct
Farmers' Produce Company, which now
is in the hands of receivers, who de
clined to pay up after each had agreed
to buy SIOO worth of the company's
certificates, all are liable under the
contracts with the company for the
full amount subscribed and must make
payment with interest from September
22, 1914, according to decisions filed
to-uay by Judge George Kunkel, of the
Dauphin county court.
The stockholders disclaimed liability
for the stock subscriptions when pay
ment was demanded by Calvin Kramer,
Charles R. Neff and W. H. Sloat, re
ceivers of the company, claiming that
fraudulent representations had been
made to thent regarding the company's
affairs. Judge Kunkel holds that the
stockholders cannot come in at this late
day and disaffirm their contracts to buv
stock.
Water Company Employs Counsel
The law firm of Olmsted & Stamm this
morning noted its appearance as counsel
for the defense in the suit of the Sterl
ing Consolidated Electric Company, a
holding concern, against the officers of
the Williams Valley Water Company, an
underlying company. The suit was
brought to restrain the underlying com
pany from attempting lo take its affairs
out of the hands of the Sterling Com
pany. Hearing in the matter will be held
•probably on Tuesday.
Seitz to Be Toastm&stor
Xo fewer than 125 former Harris
burg councilinen have given notice to
City Clerk Miller of their intention to
attend the first annual banquet of the
Harrisburg Councilmanic Association
which will >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.