4 JAILS AND PRISONS WILL BE ABOLISHED. SAYS DARROW Asserts That Efforts Will Be Made to Wipe Out Causes of Crime and Doc tor Criminals Instead of Abusing and Misjudging Them By Associated Pros. Washington. May IS. —Clarence S. Darrow told the Industrial Relations Commission to-day he believed the day not far distant when jails and prisons would be abolished and hospitals would take their places. "I don't mean that some people wont be confined," said he, "but they will bo treated for their social ills and not punished. Punishment is barbarism and the people generally are beginning to realize it. Some day we will try i to wipe out the causes of crime and doctor criminals instead of abusing and misjudging them.'' Most folk believe themselves inno cent no matter what they do. Harrow thought. "1 belie - e Rockefeller and Standard ; Oil have a most evil social influence, but Mr. Rockefeller thinks he is as in nocent as any one, and justifies him self unto himself. Everybody thinks himself innocent." Resistance of military and other con stituted authority if that authority was abusive, Darrow urged, was justifiable, arguing that liberty always had been maintained by bloodshed. As one of the first steps toward an ideal social com munity he urged public ownership of lands, mines, forests and railroads. "There is no final remedy for un rest. except tiie grave," declared Har row. MOTHER SAVES BABY AS FLAMES WRECK HER HOME Continued From First that it was gone, ale said he did not know how much it contained. He be lieves it was stoleu. Miss Eva Lester, a sister of Mrs. S:arl;. who boards at the Stark home, lost several dollars in the tlames. This money she had in her bureau. The fur niture in this room was totally de stroyed, the fire bein,r the hottest in I that section of the house. The Hope steam fire engine got into service for the first time since being equipped with a motor tractor. It made the long run over the Mulberry street I bridge and out Derrv street to the : Scene of the lire. The alarm was sent in from box 74. I Nineteenth and Mauada streets, by Har- T\- Bell, a mail carrier. Previous to ] the alarm from the box a telephone call to the Royal Eire Com ipany, which arrived early on the scene. Employes of the Morton Truck & Tractor Company, about an eighth of a mile away, rushed their plant's private , ihemica! wagon into service anil helped | check the flames until the arrival of i the city firemen. The Citi :en steam engine No. 3 met | with a slight accident on Paxton street near Nineteenth when it backed into : r. ditch. A number of jacks and planks I | Mere necessary to get it righted, as it j was leaning in such a position that ! I drawing it directly out would have caused it to upset. PLANS TO BUILD 18 HOMES John L. L. Kuhn Obtains Permit to Make SoI.OOO Improvement . Permits for new buildings and other improvements taken out to-day in the I office of the Building Inspector, total more than $34,000 and it is expected that bv the end of the month'the com bined total of May building work will have reached several hundred thousand dollars. John L. L. Kuhn got a permit this ! morning to build eighteen two-and-one •half-story -brick houses on the east side > of Fifth street, beginning at a point 25 feet north of Seneca street. These are to cost $54,000. The homes are to be constructed in sections of six aud ! work on the first lot is to be begun at once. B. C. Brooks got permission to re- j model the three-story building, 1556 Swatara street, to the extent of $l5O, and W. C. Porr obtained a permit to build a one-story frame stable at 214S Swatara street, SIOO. Entertains Bible Class The Men's Bible class of the Ma clay Street Church of God, held its monthly business seesion at the home I of George E. Siple. Jefferson ; .street. After the usual business ses sion refreshments were served and a social hour was enjoyed by the mem* | hers present. Those in attendance were [Edward Albright, Edward Fries, J. W. Heshore. P. Barmont. D. B. Gtinderman. j R- V. Ritter, the Rev. F. I. M. Thorn- ' as, Albert D. Siple and George E. I ;fc>iple. Building and Loan Officers At the annual meeting of the Har- i ris Building and Loan Association held ) at the Commercial Bank last night the ! following officers and directors were elected: President, Dr. J. W. Ellenber ger; vice president. Dr. H. B. Walter; secretary, Wilmer Crow; treasurer, C. A. Ellenberger; directors. George W. Armpriester. C. L. Long, Dr. Charles j J. Manning, George C. Tripner, J. Hor-1 ace McFarland, John H. Tripner, John i |A. Affleck and Carl W. Davis. Freight Wreck In Middletown (Special to the Star-Independent.) I Middletown. May IS.—When the ! i engiueman on an eaetbound freight i train passing here this morning at 7 ! o'clock, suddenly applied the air brikes, a coal car in the middle of the j train crashed in one end of a mer chandise car. The box car wa 9 derailed. After being replaced on the track by the Middletown crew the disabled car was sidetracked. Bain and Snow Save Fruit Belt Grand Rapids. Mich., May 18.— Rain j and light snow during the earlv morn ! ing hours is believed to have" saved Western Michigan's fruit belt from serious damage by frost last night. Snow fell in Muskegon, Jackson, this | city, and several other points. It soon changed to rain. Received Lacerated Cheek William McAllister, aged 46 years, I a watchman at Eleventh nnit Pnxron streets for the Couison stone quarries, 1 was admitted to the Harrisburg hos- j pital at 2 o'clock this morning suffer* lug from a lacerated cheek. Two stitches were necessary in dressing the wound. I McAllister says he did not know how I HARRISBTRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1915. AUSTRIANS ARE ROUTED J BUKOWINA OMMlnaed From First Past. ! This furious pursuit, so advantageous for us. continues. Austrians Being Beinforced "At the present moment the cluster of roads in Bukowina occupies our at tention. especially in the region of i Koloniea. Here rhe enemy has been ! reinforced and has assembled every re j source he |>ossesses for defense, Koloniea being the only railway center eonueet i ing Bukowina with Transylvania and ; other Austro-Hungarian regions. The 'enemy's failure in this district, which j is imminent, will cut short immediately j his further resistance in Bukowina." Russian Troops Being Pursued Petrograd, via London. May IS. — An official statement issued toy the Russian general staff admits that Austro-German columns pursued Rus sian troops which moved to a new posi tion between the Pilica and the Vpper i Vistula. It is contended, that attacks ' against the recently occupied front in ! the direction of the Strv ami Golina were fruitless as were assaults along the Pruth. The communication follows: "Since the moring of the 16th in the Shavli region the battles have cou ; tinned to develop favorably for us. Our ! troops crossed the Dubissa and attack* ; ed the Germans, gaining possession of I their trenches and capturing several i hundred prisoners. Czar's Forces Move to New Point "Between the Pilica and I'pper Vis tula enemy columns pursued our troops which moved to a new point. Near (ihilineff and Riwskibred our sudden i counter attacks indicted severe losses on the enemy's advance guard. In ; the district l>etween Wierabnik and Opatow. as well as south of the latter, i impetuous attacks by us on the 16th j drove back the enemy's leading col* ! umns more th in ten vcrsts (six miles). "On the San there has been violent j artillery fire from south of Wislok to Permyel. In the direction of the Btry i and Bolina the enemy delivered fruit less attacks against the front which we recently occupied, losing several hundred prisoners. , "At Pruth on the 13th the enemy delivered repeated attacks in close formation, starting from Delatvu and Koloines. We repelled him successfully, capturing four more heavy guns an ! throwing our advance guards beyond the river." King Hasn't Abandoned Derby lx>ndon. May IS, 12.48 P. M.—The announcement made yesterday that King George was about to discontinue racing is said to-day to have been er roneous and His Majesty still has an en try in the Derby. The King scratched two of hi? candidates for the Derby and this news was given out yesterday. LATE WAR NE_WS SUMMARY Continued From First Pace. further retreat in Russian Poland be tween the Pilica and Vistula rivers, on part of the long frontier which they have been compelled by the Austro-' German armies to fall back. The Turkish general staff at the Dar danelles reports that the allies on Sat urday made several attacks on the Turkish right wing. It is said*. they were repulsed, with the loss of l,5(»Oi men. The British press representative I at the Dardanelles telegraphs that the ; allies have now advanced about five miles up the Gallipoli peninsula. An Amsterdam dispatch to a Paris ! newspaper says the German reply to the American note will be dispatched on Thursday and that it is expected in Holland Germany will defend the sink ing of the Lusitania and decline to modify her methods of submarine war fare. The decision of Italy's policy con cerning the war apparently has been postponed until after Parliament meets ou Thursday. It is expected in Rome that Parliament' will be asked to con fer plenary powers in the Cabinet. A plot to assassinate the Sultan of Turkey. Field Marshal Von Der Goltz, Field Marshal Von Sanders and Enver Pasha is said to have been discovered in Constantinople. Turks and Armen ians are credited with the authorship of the plot and 40<> Armenians have been arrested. Reports from the western front dis close no important changes subsequent to the victory over a two-mile front near La Bassee announced yesterday by the British commander. Heavy fight ing continues all along the line north of Arras. Violent counter attacks undertaken by the Germans are said by the French war office to have failed, and a small gain for the allies near Ablain is re ported. PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE SULTAN ONJUS BIRTHDAY Paris, May 18. —R-eports from Con stantinople confirm the discovery of a plot organized by Armenians and Turks opposed to the new regime to assassi nate the Sultan. Enver Pasha, Field Marshal Von Der Goltz and General Limau Von Sanders, telegraphs the "Journal's"' Athens correspondent. Two Armenians, the "Journal" says, were to have blown up the Kara- Keui bridge connecting Stambola on the Sultan's birthday, while the ruler, accompanied by his commanders, was crossing to attend a ceremony at the mosque of St. Sophia. The correspondent declares 400 Ar menians have been arrested and that their fate is unknown while Kurds have been given orders to burn two large villages near Van. Boston, May 18. —The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to-dav received the following cablegram dated May 15, from the American Ambassador at Constanti nople, Henry Morgenthau: "All stations begging relief, funds. Some say starvation threatened. Please help quickly." The stations mentioned are the sev enteen posts of the board in Turkey. Meat Prices Advance in England London, May 18,—Following a con ference by the advisory committee of the Federation of Meat Traders' and representatives of the government, an nouncement is made that an advance of from three to four cents a pound in the retail price of all meats will be put into effect within a few days. 8:140,(MH) Fire in Minneapolis Minneapolis, May 18.—Fire to-day destroyed the Sheffield elevator hfiro which was filled to capacity. The loss is said to be $340,000. WILL FILL THE PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS TO-MORROW Continued From First Page tions, the understanding being thnt the Governor wants to have the appoint ments known as his own and not cred ited to his predecessor. The Senate will, at the Governor's request, send all of the nominations back to him, but at the same time will put itself ou record that it is doing so as a matter of courtesy without relin quishing any of its prerogatives regard ing appointments. Governor Brumbaugh last night sent n message to the Senate recalling all of the appointments made by Governor Toner during the legislative recess and filed with tho Senate on Jauuary 5. Governor Brumbaugh had already re called the names of Tencr appointees lo place on the Public Service Commis j sion. The action of the Governor last I night created much surprise. Directly afterward he sent in the following ap pointments: State Health Commissioner, Dr. Sam uel G. Dixon, Philadelphia; Superin tendent of State Police. Colonel John C. Grobme." Philadelphia; State Veterinar ian, Or. C. .1. Marshall. Philadelphia; State Board of Moving Picture Censors, .1. Louis Breitinger, Kllis P. Oberholtz er, Philadelphia, and Mrs. E. E. Niver. Charleroi; member State Historical Commission, A. K. Sisson, Krie; trustee State College, Henry D. Brown, Wil liamsport. All of the appointments were re ferred to the Committee on Executive Nominations and the recall of the Ten er appointments was also sent to that committee. Governor Brumbaugh to-day sent to the Senate the following appointment.< of members of the State Board of Osteopathic examiners: Frank B. Kami. Harrisburg; Berton W. Sweet, Krie: H. M. Goehring. Pittsburgh; Viryie A. Hook. Wilkes-Barre. Ernest T. Trigg, Philadelphia, was appointed member of the Panama- Pacific International Exposition Com mission. The following justices "of the peace were appointed by the Governor: Schuylkill county, Daniel F. Duffy, | borough of St. Clair; Pius Joseph Xi roskv, borough of New Philadelphia. "SNOWSTORM" AMUSES TIRED HOUSE MEMBERS The strain under which the House has been laboring gave way this morn ing when a bill making railroads re sponsible for damage for fires which occur within a hundred feet of their tracks and can be traced to sparks for locomotives, was called up. When Mr. Habgood, of N MeKean county, talked for the bill, the members tore files to bits and tossel them into the air, tile result looking somewhat like a snowstorm. When Mr. Baldwin, of Delaware, spoke the members crowd ed about him and effectually stopped his eloquence. Mr. Hess, of Lancaster, who was in the cliair, ordered the sergeants-at arms to take the members to their seats and those otlicials were immediately | lost in the crowd. A roll call was de-1 nianded on third reading on the bill and the Acting Speaker announced that quiet would have to be restored before he would order the clerk to call the roll. Hunger got in its licks the mem bers sabsivied. The bill was defeated on third reading by a vote of t>s for and S3 against. The House recessed at 1 o'clock to meet again at 2.20 o'clock to prepare for attending a .joint session of the As sembly to be addressed by S. Naon, Ambassador from Argentine Republic. The House planned to go to its work of clearing the calendar again as soon as the address was finished. The Sproul road bill was reported out from the Appropriations commit tee carrying $8,400,000, SIOO,OOO less than the amount carried in the bill as it was introduced in the Sen ate. The money is to be paid out as follows: State roads, $6,000,00*0; turn pikes. $ 3 00,ftOO; State aid roads, $500,000; deficiency on the Jones dirt roads, $ 1.500,00'C' 1 , and for the Cumberland road, SIOO,OOO. The uniform cold storage bill was amended in the House no that kept at 34 degrees temperature shall be considered cold storage goods. Thirty degrees was fixed in the Senate as the cold storage requirement. The bill extending the powers of tho State fire marshal to include all cities with the exception of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and empowering the ap pointment of additional deputies, was passed. The State Grange bill providing for the appointment of a Highway Com mission and changing the existing highway laws, was dropped from the calendar. The measure providing for the co-operation of the State and Unit ed States in experiments to obtain greater efficiency in mining was recom mitted to the Committee on Appropria tions. The Hollern bill authorizing the inspection of coal mines by a commit tee of miners was passed. Four bills regulating construction of moving picture theatres, were passed this niorniinu. • The repealer of the "tramp judge" act was defeated. The act nought to wipe out allowing judges to officiate iu other than their own counties. The salary of the Secretary of the State Lunacy Commission was raised to $5,- 000 in a .bill passed this morning. The first and second reading calen dars were disposed of and the rest of the session, in so f.ir as the House, is concerned, will be devoted to receiving reports from the Senate and passing on Senate bills. PLANS MADE TO ADJOURN AT NOON ON THURSDAY The great bulk of the appropriation bills have now passed the legislature and are now in the hanvte of the Gov ernor, and but four more remain to be disposed of by to-morrow night when it is planned to shut down on all leg islation exefept conference reports so that final adjournment will come about noon on Thursday, after the various presents have been male to the presid ing officers and Clerks of the Senate and House. Governor Brumbaugh will dispose of no other bills before adjournment, and will have thirty days from Thursday in which to get the remaining ones out of his office. He will have but one hearing, so far as can be learned, — that on the full crew bill repealer to morrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, when the railroad trainmen will bo heard in opposition to the repealer aud the railroad officials in its favor. To-morrow night the Senators will hold their annual banquet in the Sen ate caucus room. Covers will be laid for 190. The members of the House will banquet in the Alas>onic Temple Hall, j Their banquets will be held during re- I cesses of both bodies, as it is planued jto hoKt an all-night session to await the preparation of (Jonferencc Commit tee reports. SENATE APPROVES PLAN TO INVESTIGATE CITY LAWS The Senate this moriwng confined its openiug hours to receiving bills from the House and acting on House amend ments to House bills, several conference committees being created. The Senate concurred in the House resolution creating a commission of three Senators and three Representa tives to investigate conditions in cities, boroughs and townships and to prepare legislation affecting them. The commis sion is given extraordinary powers in the summoning of witnesses and to com pel the production of all evidence bear ing on the subject. The Senate adjourned to meet at 3.30 this afternoon, to await business from the House. PAY TRIBUTE TO DEAD PAGE Other Boys of the Senate Send Photo graphs to Stiles' Parents The page boys of the Senate, a bright and intelligent lot, did a very peaceful act to-day. One of their num ber, John Stiles, of Pottsville, met with an untimely death in a shooting accident a few weeks ago. He was a general favorite in the Senate. Imst week the Senate pages obtained a photograph of the dead boy, and had it enlarged and framed, surrounded by the photograph of all the other pages. This group picture the boys to-day sent to the dead boy's parents in Pottsville with an expression of sympathy. CLASH ON EQUAL KKiHTS BILL House Refuses to Concur in Amendment and Conference Is Planned The House of Representatives this morning refused to concur in Senate amendments to the Stein "equal rights" bill which imposes a penalty for the exclusion of persons from places of amusement or accommodation on ac count of race, creed or color, and tho Senate was advised accordingly. The amendments inserted in the upper branch struck out the imprisonment clause in the penalty and left only a fine. The Senate refused to recede from its position, on motion of ML Hackett. This made necessary the appointment of a conference committee. President Pro Tem. Kline appointed Senators Hackett, Mc'Nichol and Kurtz. Speaker Ambler will appoint such i a committee on the part of the House when the House is informed of the Senate's position on the bill. If the committee fails to agree on a bill ac ceptable to both branches of fhe Gen eral Assembly, the bill will fall. KEPT FROM AIDING VICTIMS OFLUSITfINffIBY WARNING Boston, May 18.—According to her captain, W. P. Wood, the bey land Line steamer Etonion, which arrived from Liverpool to-day, was prevented from going to the rescue of the passengers of the sinking Lusitania by a warning that an attack might be made upon his own vessel. The Etonian left Liverpool May 6, a day before the Lusitania disaster. When Captain Wood was some forty miles from Kinsale he received a wire less call from the Lusitania for imme diate assistance. The call was also picked up by the steamers City of Exeter and Narragan sett. Captain Wood said, was made a target for submarine attack, a torpedo missing her by a few feet, and her commander then warned Captain Wood not to attempt to reach the Lusitania. Germany's Answer Will Be Delayed Berlin, May 18, Via London, 5.40 P. •M. —The oflicial text of the American note to Germany was published here to day.. it was said at the Foreign Office that it would be some days before the an swer of the Imperial government was ready. This because the note raises many points, and consultation between several departments of the government will be necessary in preparing a replv. i SURPRISE FOR MRS. HOOVER Husband Arranges Celebration in Honor of Birthday Anniversary A birthday surprise party was held at the home of Howard C. Hoover, 1808 Wallace street, in honor of his wife who celebrated her forty-second birth day anniversary. Many beautiful pres ents were receive! among which was a large rocking chair presented by the children. a few piano selections were rendered by Miss Helen Batten, after which the party was entertained by the family quartet, consisting of Pearl Hoover, soprano; Paul Hoover, tenor; Owen Hoover, baritone, and H. C. Hoover, bass. Refreshments were then served to the l'oilowing guests: Misses Pearl Hoover, Catherine Hoover, Elizabeth Hoover, Helen Batten, Maude Arney, Olive Hoover, Mary Hesser, Mrs. Katie Putman, Mrs. John Dewey, Mrs. Jennie Shoemaker, of Millersburg; Amelia Hoover, Messrs. Harvey Witchey, Paul Hoover, Owen Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Rutherford, of Lancaster, and Mr. anil Mrs. H. C. Hoover. PARROT BREAKS FOR LIBERTY Escapes From North Third Street Home After 15 Years' Captivity When a child accidentally upeet its cage yesterday afternoon, a " red headed Mexican parrot" gained its liberty and flew from its home at 1624 North Third street to freedom. Mrs. Ramer, the parrot's owner, says that it has been her companion for fifteen years and has never before attempted to escape. It has at times had the freedom of the house, but not until yesterday had the idea ever entered its head that j liberty was as desiraible a condition ' as Patrick Henry said it was. CITY CURFEW ORDINANCE PASSES SECOND READINC T Representatives of Otivlc Club Argue For It Before City Commissioners and it WiU Come Up For Final Ac tion at Meeting Next Week Following » conference at which* nine of the more than fifty Civic Club representatives present, offered their view* on the proposed curfew ordi nance. the bill was amended by the City Commissioners this afternoon and paused on second reading. It will come , up for third reading and final passage j one week from to-day and some of the | City Commissioners are confident that i it will become a law. The amendments inserted to-day ! make I' 3 years the age limit for both boys »nd girls who may Ibe on the streets late at night, and fixes the time for ringing the curfew at 9 p. m. in the winter and 0.30 in the euminer months. Among those who urged upon the City Commissioners the passage of the proposed legislation are: The Rt. Rev. M. M. Hassett. John Fox Weiss. Mrs. William Henderson, Prof. J. .1. Brehin. Mrs. John W. Reily, Mrs. Mahel Cron ise Jones, the Rev. IVr. Lewis S. Mudge, Miss Rachel Polleck and the Rev. J. H. Darlington. Ordinancs introduced to-day includ ed these: Vacating :i small part of Atlas street, running through the pro posed nw Tenth ward playgrounds; paving Second street from Seneca to Schuylkill, and Saul alley from How ard to Hreusinger street, and building a sewer in a 105 foot section of Cam 'eron street, immediately north of Forster. An offer to sell the Messiah l,u tlieran church site. Sixth mid Forster streets, to the city for $56,000 \vns rejected. Park Commissioner Taylor announced that he paid to-dav to John Orr $14,700, the purchase price of the site for the Tenth ward playground. To H. W. Johnson wasj awarded the contract for laying water pipe in sec tions of Boas and Monroe streets at his bid of $102.80. Millard F. Saul bid $104.92. The Commissioners fixed Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock as the time for making an inspection of the Tenth ward with a view to investigating porpertv assessments which have just been levied and recorded bv the City Assessors. PREPARE FORMEffIORIAL DAY Members of G. A. R. Arrange for Ex- j ercises to Be Held on Mon day, May ;lt Preparations for the annual Memor ial Day program May 31 and attend ing services Sunday, May 23, have been made by the members of Posts Nos. 58 and 110, Grand Army of the Republic. The members of the posts will meet at their halls at 9.30 o'clock Sunday morning, May 23, and proceed in a body to the Derry Street United Brethren church, where a sermon will .be delivered to them by the Rev. J. A. Lyter. The comrades have been detailed to the different schools on Friday, May 28, 'where they will address the school i children and appropriate programs will be rendered by the latter. Members of Post No. 58 will meet at the hall May 31 at 8.30 in the morn ing and march to the JJast Harrisburg cemetery, where the Rev. J. C. Forn erook. pastor of the Penbrook Church of God, will deliver an address, after which the comrades will strew the graves with flowers. Post No. 116 will go to the Paxtang cemetery, where the Rev. Harry B. King, pastor of the I'axton Presbyterian church, will ad dress them. The members of the several posts as well as members of other military or ganizations throughout the city will meet at their respective halls at 1.30 o'clock and form in line for the an nual Memorial Day parade. All inem bers are requested to appear in full ! uniform, and in case they have none,! to be dressed iu dark blue. VILLA'S BROTHER DEAD Succumbs to Wounds Received in Brawl at Bull Rinjj .El Paso, Tex., May 18.—Antonio Vil la a brother of General Francisco Vil la, died late yesterday from wounds received in a brawl at Chihuahua City, according to advices received to-day at Juarez. Several others were killed and wounded froui the fight, which arose, it was asserted officially, when Villa, an officer in his brother's army, attempted to quiet some intoxicated soldiers at the bull ring in the Chihuahua State capital. The incident was said to have no political significance. Allies to Use Poisonous Gases bondon. May 18, 5.30 P. M.—Sec retary of War Kitchener stated in the House of Ijords this afternoon that the British and French governments felt that the allied troops must bo adequate ly protected against poisonous gases by the employment of similar methods. These would remove the enormous and unjustifiable advantage which must otherwise exi«t. Saving the Twine Situation Wheat growers may congratulate themselves on the fact that the bind er twino situation promises to work out satisfactorily. Sisal watt moving freely from Yucatan in April, anil there will be enough twine to supply harvesters. The price will probably be lower than last year. The Ciovernment deserves praiie for the promptness in meeting the trouble in Yucatan. There was an anxious pe riod when it seemed that the para lyzing revolution in southern Mexico would cause a disastrous twine fam ine in the United States. It is a pleasure, iu this connection, to give the International Harvester Company credit for its stand in the em ergency. The company ' s the lar gest manufacturer of twine and as its contract called for a large quanity of sisal, it was in a sense in command of the situation. The Harvester company was unselfish, however. It divida.il it's shipments with manufacturers, and while it might easily have increased the price, and even have been justi fied in doing so because of the dis turbed conditions and the high freight rates, it has been treating its patrons and the other manufacturers with fair uess.—Farm Life. TBAW IS IN LUDLOW ST. JAIL White's Slayer Ig Transferred From the Tombs Because of Rheuma tism and Throat Trouble By A asocial ril Press. New York, May 18.—Supreme Court Justice Hendrick signed an order to ■ day transferring Harry K. Thnw from a cell in the Tomb* to the custody of | the Sheriff in IAHIIOW street jail. This ; was done in response to a request from : Thaw's counsel who ha'.!' complained ; that Thaw was suffering from rheuma tism aud Ihroat trouble anil did not re ceive sufficient exercise in the Tombs. [Thaw's counsel made the request in the event there should be further delav of the jury trial to test his sanity. As the State Attorney General has secured a stay for the trial, until Fri j day at least. Justice Hentlrick to-day gave the order for the transfer. In signing the order Justice Hendrick said that inasmuch as Thnw is not a pris loner charged with any crime and the State does not wish to punish him, it would be (he better for him to go to Laid low street jail. The sheriff in formed the justice that there was am ple room in the jail and that Thaw would have an opportunity to recover from his illness. TECH OPEN THURSDAY NIGHT Concert by School Orchestra Will Be Given During Public Exhibition of Students' Work The following invitation to patrons and friends of the Harrisburg Tech nical High school has been issued by Principal C. B. l ager, Jr., to attend the open house observance Thursday night: "You are cordially invited to attend the ninth 'Open Session' of the Har risburg Technical High school on Thurs day evening. May 20, 1915. Regular classes will be at work in the shops, laboratories aud drawing rooms, where you will find also an exhibition of work finished during the year. Student ush ers will meet you at the Walnut street door and escort you through the build ing. The Technical High school or chestra will play during the evening in the auditorium." Tin- open session is an annual event and always attracts large numbers of visitors to the building. All ihe science laboratories and manual training rooms will lie in operation, from the basement to the fourth floor. A concert will be given during the evening in the com modious auditorium by the To. b orches tra, G. W. I'pdegrove, director, aud David Heffelfinger, 'ls, leader. FAVORS A NATION AL MARINE Governor Brumbaugh in Accord With Argentine Ambassador's Plea Governor Brumbaugh this afternoon, before the joint Assembly, spoke in an swer to an address bv 8. Naon, Ambas sador from the Argentine Republic. Governor Brumbaugh said: "W hen we have builded a national marine commensurate with our great needs we shall have established our re lation to the nations of the south," a thing the Ambassador had pleaded for. Ambassador Naon said that Amer icans have to combine to reconstruct the social and political world after the European war. Ban Placed on Baseball Pools Pittsburgh, May 18.—Superintend ent of Police Matthews announced lust night that a ban had been placed on the selling of baseball pools in Pitts burgh. NEW RAPID-FIRE GUN Water-cooled Weapon That Has Been Adopted by Uncle Sam After a series of tests, the United States army has adopted a water-cooled rapid-fire gun of the type now in use on the European battlefields. The bar rel of the gun is incased ill a water jacket to prevent its becoming over heated. This is refilled during heavy firing, but when water is not easily available an apparatus is employed *hich condenses the steam generated in the jacket and allows the water to be liscd over and over again. The gun, which is operated by recoil, lias a maximum firing speed of about 500 shots a minute, a somewhat slower speed than the air-cooled guns in ordi nary use. but the water-cooled guns are expected to fire a greater number of shots in a long period because of the saving of the time consumed by the air-cooled gun in inserting the short I feed strips. The regulation 30-ealibre cartridge is employed, and the range is 1,500 to 1,800 yards. Ammunition is fed into it by a belt which weighs 250 pounds, the shells being automatically inserted am' ejected as long as pressure is ex erted on the trigger. The gun, which weighs 96 pounds, is set on a tripod so constructed as to make the weapon available for use against air craft. —Indianapolis Newj. No Longer a "Corn Belt" The "Corn Belt" used to be a strip of country running generally from Pennsylvania to Kansas, and including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and the southern half of lowa. Hut the fashion in belts is changing, as all fashions are liable to do. The corn belt is spreading itself out. It goes further east, and further west, and most emphatically it is moving to the north and south. Michigan, Wis consin, Minnesota, and even the Dako tas and Montana are now in the corn belt. The southern states are knock ing at the door. Georgia, Alabama, and the Carolinas are showing that a hundred bushels to the acre is nothing to them. The corn belt in the future will ex tend from Canada to the gulf of Mex ico, and it will reach to the Rocky Mountains, if not beyond, ft is uo longer a belt, but a section, Com prising almost the entire arable por tion of the United States, and may even include the deserts and the mount ains to a limited extent.—Farm Life. Pooh- Alice was very enthusiastic regard ing the new minister, and young Win ston was inclined to be rather jealous. "Oh, he is superbly eloquent," cried Alice. "He can move his hearers to tears.'' '' Well, that is but a paltry accom plishment, Alice," replied the young man sarcastically. "I would scorn proficiency in an art in which every sneeze is my equal and every peeled onion my superior."—New York Times. WILSON SEES BIC ATLANTIC FLEET STEAM OUT TO SEA President Again Reviews Great Ar mada To day When Sixteen Battle ships and Their Train of Lessei Graft Pass Mayflower By Associated Press, New York, May 18.—The big fleel of warships which has been at ancho. in the Hudson river for ten days steam eit out to sen at 11 o'clock to-day witl President Wilson reviewing the five mile line as it passed the Mavflowei off the Statue of Liberty. Headed by the superdreadnough Wyoming the sixteen big battleship and their train of lesser lighting craf steamed past the Presidential yacht a. a speed of fourteen knots, each shi| with its sailors and marines standing at the rail at attention. As each craf neamt the -Mayflower, her six-pound ers, lore aud aft, let loose white puff, of smoke and over the harbor then rolled the thunder of a Presidential sa lute of 21 guns. Tens of thousands of persons flockei to vantage points to view the grca. marine procession. Along the wate front on both sides of the Hudson, tli piers were black with spectators, tli. windows of down town skyscraper were thronge»t, hundreds on housetop witnessed the spectacle and Battery Park, Southernmost tip of Manhattan was tilled with a crowd that stretohef from the sea wall across the acres oi gwen to the custom house. Traffic on the Hudson river was sua pended between the Manhattan ant 1 New Jersey shores half an hour bofon the fleet sailed. Kerry boats, excursioi steamers, tugs and other craft lay a ''look with many thousands of person; who had come to watch the departure It seemed as if all New York had for gotten the rain of yesterdav am swarmed to the river's edge to sai good-bye. The day was overcast, but througl the clouds the sun shone at intervals i The air was chilly and a stiff bree/.i along the water front made overcoat: comfortable. As each battleship passed the Mav flower, with the crew lining rails anr J turrets with n fringe of blue, the >-h.i| band played the National anthem j There was little cheering in response In bidding good-bye to the fleet tin crowds seemed to be in thoughtfu I mood. FINANCE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGI QUOTATIONS New York, May 18. Open. Close I Amai Copper (i ti % «5<".,j j Amer Beet Sugar .... 43 41' American Can 33% 32\' t |Am Car and Kdv Co. . . 5049% I Am Cotton Oil 45 4 5 Am Ice Securities .... 31 31 I Amer Loco 43 42% ! Amcr Smelting 65';. 64% j American Sugar 105% .104% | Amer Tel and Tel .... 119% 119 ] Anaconda 32 31% j Atchison 99'., 9R% Bait and Ohio 7 2 71% I Bethlehem Steel i 33 131V\ | Brooklyn R T 56% 86 I California Petroleum .. 15% 14% Canadian Pacific 155% 15 7'; Central Leather 35% 30% Chesapeake anil Ohio . 43% 43% Chi, 'Mil and St. Paul . 88% 88% Chino Con Copper .... 43% 42% Col Fuel and Iron . . 25% 2B Distilling Securities ... 12% 12% 1-rie 25% 25 | Krie, Ist pfd 39'.. 39% General Electric Co . . . 156150 Goodrich B F 41% 42 (Ireat Nor pfd ll<>% 116% I (ireat Nor Ore subs ... 31% 31% I Interboro Met 21 20% I'Mex Petroleum 68% 67 | 'Missouri Pac 13% 11% National Lead 56% 56',4 i Nev Consol Copper ... 14 % 14 | New York C'en 84 83% |NY, N H and H t>2% I>l% Pennsylvania R. R. ... 107 106% Pittsburgh Coal 20 20 Press Steel Car .» 4 3 42% Ray Con. Copper 23% 22' . Reading 143 142% Uepub. Iron and Steel . 261/3 26% |Southern Pacific N7% 86% Southern Ry 16% lt>% Tennessee Copper 33% 37% Union Pacific 124',.. 123% I'. S. Rubber 60 % 60 IT. S. Steel 52% 52 Ptah Copper 63% 63% Vir-Carolina Chem 29 29 W U Telegraph <>4% 04% Westinghouse Mfg .... 87% 87% Chicago Board of Trade Closing Chicago, May IS.—Close: Wheat—May, 153 a/.; July, 126%. Corn—-May, 73%; Julv, 75%. Oats —May, 51%; July, 50%. Pork —July, 17.95; Sept., T5.25. Lard—July, 9.60; Sept., 9.52. Ribs—July, 10.50; Sept., 10.75. George E. Frank The funeral of George E. Prank, who was found dead in bed yesterday at the home of John Leach, *248 Cumber land street, with whom he boarded, will 'be held Wednesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock from the undertaking parlors of 0. 11. 'Mauk, Sixth and Kelker streets. The services will be in charge of the 'Rev. Henry W. A. Hanson, pastor of Messiah Lutheran church. Interment will be iu the Fast Harrisburg" ceme tery. Governor Intercedes for Frank Among three thousand letters re ceived by Governor Slater, of Georgia, asking that the sentence of death im posed upon Leo Frank be commuted to life imprisonment, is one from Gover nor Brumbaugh according to a dispatch from Atlanta. The total number of such appeal so far received by Gov ernor Slater is estimated at 75,000, coming from public officials in all parts of the country. Police Asked to Find Girl Police are asked to help locate Hester Blackey, a 15-year-old colored girl, who it is believed, resides in this city. The girl is wanted at Shanley, • Va., where her father is lying at "the point of death and whose will gives her five or six thousand dollars. Delirious Aviator in Villa Unes El Paso, Tex., May 18.—A man be lieved to be the German-American aviator, Frederick Bonnie, delirous from lack of water and food, has wandered into the Villa lines about San Luis Potosi, it was reported to-day from the «outh. Bounie was the prin cipal in an adventure a week ago in which his aeroplane was strtiok by a shell from the Villa artillery.
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