|F GOING OUT OF BUSINESS I
if My Entire Stock of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass, Etc., j
WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION
I m >An Excellent Opportunity to Get Commencement
f Commencement Gifts AFTERNOON SALE II EVENING SALE Wedding Gifts j
Diamond - 'cutG.ass, |
}:: Watches, Jewelry, JOSEPH D. BRENNER Mahogany Clocks, Ij i
I! Toilet Goods, DIAMOND MERCHANT AND JEWELER China,
| French lvory , » . ► IN. Third Street 1 Harare
|_ A DIAMOND RINQ RIVEN AWAY FREE AFTER |EACH SALE J
550.000.000 ROAD
PLANJS ADVANCED.
C«a tinned from First Pift
prevent sickness. No good has ever
come out of ilie .slaughter ot animals."
\lr. Steedle, if Allegheny, stated
that the operation on logs is necessary
for the study if (.invention of disease.
He advocated tin - measure for the sake
of medical student* who obtain skill
by practice. He said the animals are
not treated cruelly.
The Sproul road amendment to the
constitution authorizing the State to
issue bonds to the extent of $50,000,-
000 for the improvement of the high
ways passed in the House by a vote ot
160 :o 24. The amendment must pass:
tjie General Assembly in 1917 and!
then go before the voters for approval j
•not sooner than November, 191 S.
This amendment was defeated by
the voters in 1913 an 1 under a consti
tutional provision cannot be voted on
ngain until after a lapse of five years,
it so happens that election day in 191 S»
is just one day beyond the five-year
1 i in • t.
Mr. Kuhn. of Greene, spoke against
the amendment, saying that the de
cisive defeat of 1913 showed the sen
timent of the people. Mr. McClintock.
«>f Philadelphia, sj.ok,- for the amend',
llK'llt.
81.000,000 for the U. of P.
The conference report on the appro '
priation i>ill granting $1,000,000 to [
the I'niversitv of Pennsylvania was
adopted. Pennsylvania will reciprocate;
with other States in the matter of reg |
istration of nurses under terms of a|
conference report passed this morning. ;
The report also provides that after Au- I
yiist 1. 19Iti. tlie registration fee fori
ifoiM*s ftili \ie $1" instead of $o as at
present and that the registration files j
be kept in the office of the State IV j
l>i»]tii!ent ot Health.
The uniform cold storage bill was j
amended to make a universal 12-month
cold storage period, making the col fj
-iora.-e temperature requirement 40 de-1
jitees. The bill a~ amended is agree-;
able to the State Dairy and Food Com- j
mission. The bill was ma<le a special;
order of business for 11 o'clock to-!
morrow morning.
The measure permitting County Com |
missioner* to provide a telephone, type-'
writer and stenographer for the use of !
the County iperiuteii :ent ot S-hooN
v\a» defeated by a vote of S6 for and
25 against. Tnis measure was after
wards reconsidered and passed. The'
bill permitting farmers to peddle their
own goods in boroughs without paying
a license was pa-sel.
Poultry Selling Bill Dropped
The bill compelling poultry dealers
to tei: to policemen, detectives or con
stables when aifd from where they get
their poultry and the condition of the
ilock from which it is taken of when!
poultry is offered for -ale. was dropped
from the calendar. The measure de
sigue i to prevent fraud in the sale of
Jtuit and vegetable seeds by misbrand
or misrepresentation was also
dropped from the calendar.
Bills passed finally in the House in-1
eluded:
Providing for the sale of sealed
lands in counties, poor districts, bor
oughs and townships for non-payment
of taxes.
Providing a method for locating new
bridges to take the place of present
bridges, railroad crossings or railways
and providing a method for compen
sating for resulting damages.
Permitting the erection of a trunk
sewage system by counties.
Granting mine operators the free se
lection of mine foremen an I assistants.;
Authorizing County Commissioners!
to levy a bicycle license tax for roa'i
purposes.
Regulating the sale for agricultural ]
purposes the sale of crushed limestone
and gypsum.
Providing for state supervision of
State employment agencies.
COM PE.VSATION M HAS I RES
PASS SENATE UNANIMOUSLY
At noon to-dav the Senate took up
the seven bills comprising the series
known as the workmen's compensation
bill and passed tnem all by a vote of
48 yeas to 0 nays. There was no de
bate or discussion whatever on the vari
ous measures and Senators almost fell
over each other in their eagerness to
announce their vote.
As three of the bills were amended,
jt will be necessary to have the House
concur, but that has been arranged for
•nd the bi!la will be in the Governor's
hands by this evening. He will have
SO .lays in which to dispose of them.
The absentee Senators to-day were
Herbst, Berks, and Farley, Philadel
phia. Attorney General Brown, who
drew up the bills, expressed the greatest
■atisfaction over their passage, and
iaid he will do all in his power to make
the ucw laws a success.
The Senate adopted the report of the
committee of conference on the Kline
bill granting certain powers to second
«lass cities in relation to underground
(nid street railways.
, Bills were disposed of on final passage
es follows.
To supervise the operation of fire
insurance rate-making bureaus. h
Providing a standard form of fire
insurance policies.
Regulating the making of reports by
corporations for taxation purposes
Passed.
Extending the terms of inspectors
ot weights and measures to four years.
Passed.
Regulating self-propelled traction en
gines with metal-tired wheels. Passed.
Placing a State tax or 2 cents on i
every SIOO of stock transactions.!
Passed.
Defining optometry and providing a ,
bureau of optometrical education, ex- i
amination and licensure. Passed.
The bill providing for the escheat to
the State if deposits in banks, interest
unclaimed, etc..' after a certain time. ,
Passed. i
Authorizing boroughs to organize a |
State association. Passed. i
Limiting the time for service of pro- .
cess in cases of violation ot automobile
laws.
The Senate at 2.30 adjourned to meet ,
at 5 o'clock this afternoon after hav
ing referred the Governor's appoint
ments to t.ie Committee on Executive I,
Nominations.
I'm MIES Ml ST SELECT
ROADS FOR STATE AID
The responsibility of County Commis
sioners in the question of State-aid for ;
highway construction was made clear
to-day by State Highway Commissioner
Cunningham when he told a delegation
from Seottilale, in Westmoreland coun
ty. that the County Commissioners
siiiiul i co-operate with the people in
their county in selecting the most neces
sary road for State-aid
some counties, Commissioner Cunning
ham explained, there are a dozen or
more applications for State aid. The
| funds available for this form of high-
I way construction arc limited and there
j fore it is necessary for the County
i iCommissioners to consult with their
' constituents and to determine which
I one. or which two. of the State aid ap- ;
j plications shall be t ressed. Commis-!
i sioner Cunningham declared that it is
i unfair to the State Highway Depart
ment for the County Commissioners, in
I such cases, to put the burden of select-1
! ing the application to be worked, on I
the department.
HANDSOME SILVER til FT
TO REYNOLDS FROM SENATE.
The Senate to-morrow will present to |
John M. Reynolds, of Bedford, who re
' tired as Lieutenant Governor in Janu
ary, a number of pieces of silver, beau
tiful in design and very massive. The
gift is a tribute to Mr. Reynolds for
the courtesy and fairness with which ,
, he presided over the Senate and a mark
of the esteem in which he is held by
the lawmakers of the up: er branch ■
over whom he presided.
To Senator Kline, President pro tem., I
will be given a handsome piano. Chief ,
Clerk Kephart will present a handsome
j gavel to Senator Kline.
SMALL TRACT PURCHASE
DEFEATED IX THE HOUSE
The House to-day defeated the Sones j
Senate bill providing for the purchase
of the small tract in York county fori
the erection of a home for delinquent j
boys, by a vote of 58 "ayes'' and 99 ■
; "noes."
Mr. Nisslev, of Dauphin county,
bore the brunt of the debate for the;
bill which was very spirited. The bill
was called up from postponed calen- j
, dar by Mr. Geiser. of Northampton,
i and it was immediately attacked by
. Mr. Wilson, of Philadelphia, who char
acterized it as a vicious one in so j
much as it required the commission, j
priposei by bill, to purchase a certain j
plot of ground.
The bill, he said, provided that the |
j plot be purchased if an agreement can 1
be reached whereby the purchase price
lis not more than $75,000 and that the i
around be taken by eminent domain if
: it cannot be acquired at that price.
Mr. Nisslev sav 1 it was a good bill,
the only argument against it being that
it might open the way for the commis
sion to be unfair. This was taken up
by Mr. Wilson, of Philadelphia, as be
ing an argument against the bill. There
was some discussion as to the need for
t the proposed home and Mr. Baldwin,
1 of Delaware, said that neither the Glens
Mills nor the Morganza homes are
'' filled.
The plot designated in the bill lies
; : four miles from York aiv !■ in on the
line of the Northern Central railroad.
. between Harrisburg and Baltimore,
j The Hess resolution providing for
| the appointment of a commission to in
i vestigate teachers' pensions and draft
; bills, was passed. Mr. 'Maurer, of Berks,
presented a petition, by request, asking
■ for the impeachment of Judge Bald
ridge, of Blair county, base-.! on testi
• monv taken before the Federal Indus
! trial Commission. The petition was re-
I ferreil to the Judiciary General Commit-
I tee, which will not act on it at this
session of the General Assembly.
The House at 1.30 o'clock took a
reVess until 3.30 o'clock this aiter
■ noon.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1915.
ROTARY CLUB IS- TOLD OF
PLAN FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
Professor Koch, of Department of Pub
lic Instruction of Pennsylvania, Lec
tures on Advantages of Six-Year
High School Arrangement
In an' address at a dinner held last
night by the Harrisburg Rotary Club,
Professor Charles D. Koch, of the State
Department of Public Instruction, told
of the advantages of the plan now in
operation in many cities of dividing
public school training into six years of
elementary and six years ot high school
work, the latter divided into Junior
High school and Senior High school.
He expressed the opinion that in this
city three buildings would' be needed
to accommodate the students of a Ju
nior High school, and pointed out that
those would have to be suitably
equipped with laboratories for first in
structions in elementary sciences. He
estimated that there would be 1.550
boys and girls in the Junior High
school and 840 in the Senior.
Professor Koch is consi .ered one of
the best authorities on the six-year
plan. He was selected to lecture on it
at Schoolmen's week at the University
of Pennsylvania recently. In intro
ducing him, Dr. Samuel /.. Shope, chair
man of the Educational Committee,
made a plea to the members of the club
to be more concerned about the edu
cational interests of the city:
"For some years you have been |
paying taxes to be spent on educational j
work, but I venture to wager that less j
than ten per cent, of jou have beenj
inside of a school room since the teach-1
ers and School Board graduatei you I
just to get rid of you; or since you
were permanently fired from school for
insubordination, or clandestine love
making or some other fiendish depreda-1
tion.
"You ought to get around to the
school at least two or three times a
year to encourage the teacher, the
"school authorities anvi the pupil by j
showing that you are interested in see-;
ing what you get out of those taxes.
You would go fast enough if the school
house was your factory, orchard, vine
yard, cornfield, hennery, or pig sty.
"Your actions seem to prove that
you do not realize that children con
stitute the one really important crop
this countiv raises.
'' All are uo doubt aware in some ■
vague way at least, of the fact that
our school authorities are considerably !
hampered in our Central High school.
At the meeting of this club two months;
ago. it was admitted, by those in a po
sition to know, that there is no pros- |
pect of removing within the next ten I
years this handicap to our boys and '
girls—this impediment to the advance- >
ment of educational interests in this,
i city.
"With these unwelcome tidings'
i ringiug in our ears, your educational j
committee went to work to find a solu- 1
j tion to the problem now and believing)
we h»ve foun'.i it we reported at the
last meeting. Receiving the unanimous!
I endorsement of the club and instruc-1
■ tious to proceed with our investigations \
we come to you to-night prepared to I
further enlighten you on the six-six I
j plan."
2 VOTES SURE FOR CURFEW
Republicans. However, Decline to Say
How They Stand Toward Measure
Errors in matters of form but not |
of substance, contained in tire curfew
I ordinance which is now pending before
1 the City Commissioners, make it nee
j essary, it was sard 1 to-day, that the
j measure be amended again at next
Tuesday's meeting of the Commission, j
I This means the ordinance cannot be
\ considered on final passage before
! June 1.
Mayor Royal yesterday announced
at the Commission's meeting that he
i will vote for the curfew ordinance. Fi
! nance Commissioner Gorgas formally
announced to j lay that he, too, will vote
for the measure. But one more vote
| is needed to assure the passage of the
; bill. Some dependance is being placed
in one of the Republican members for
1 that vote yet none of the majority
j members would say publicly to-day how
j he proposes to vote.
ADJUTANT LEWIS SMITH DIES
Superintendent of Rescue Workers Suc
cumbs to Appendicitis Attack
Adjutant Lewis Smith, aged 61
: years, for many years superintendent
'of the American Rescue Workers, died
at his home, 1000 Cumberland street,
from appendicitis at 9 o'clock last
! night.
Surviving are his wife and seven
children, Mrs. Lucy Wiley, Mrs. Bertha
Seiple, 'Mrs. Ida Roush, Mrs. Mabel
Houseman, Mrs. Florence Clark, Charles
M. an.l James 11. Smith, all of this city,
and fifteen grandchildren and one great
grandchild. The funeral will be held
Saturday afternoon at. 'i o'clock from
hi* home.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Continued Prom First Paso.
of keeping Italy out of the war. Ev
ery preparation for hostility has been
made, the German and Austrian Am
bassadors are ready to leave Rome and
the Italian railroads have been placed
under military control. It is said the
final decision will be known quickly aft
er Parliament meets to-morrow.
Reconstruction of the British minis
try apparently has been decided, al
though it is believed the Unionist lead
ers will seek the formal sanction of
their followers at a party meeting be
fore definite action is taken It Is as
sumed in London that sweeping
changes will be made in forming the
coalition government.
A dispatch from Mytilene says Brit
ish troops have been landed by the al
lies on the Asiatic side of the Darda
nelles near the entrance to the straits.
The Turks arc now said to possess an
abundant supply of shells, after having
been threatened for some time with a
shortage.
The British steamer Dumcree of
2,5(10 tons h&s been torpedoed in the
English channel. Her crew was saved.
Official announcement was made in
London to-day that the allies are im
proving daily their position on the
Gallipoli peninsula. Their progress is
slow, however, and the Turks are offer
ing effective resistance.
On the western front a lull has come
after the heavy fighting of the last
fortnight. Bad weather is interfering
with military operations. The official
French statement says there have been
no new developments of consequence.
GERMANY'S REPLY TO U.S.
NOTEWILL PROBABLY REACH
WASHINGTON IN 10 DAYS
Washington, May 19.—Official in
formation was received here to-day of
Germany's reply to the American note
will not be completed for at least a
week and probably not reach Wash
ington for at least ten days.
It is now known with some definite- !
ness that Germany will indicate her |
willingness to have her submarines act j
toward all merchantmen just as de
stroyers Or cruisers ami give ample
time for passengers and crew to leave,
provided merchantmen are unarmed or
if passengers and contraband traffic
are separated. That position is looked
upon with some favor here, provided 't
is suggested as a modus vivendi or
temporary arrangement and does not |
involve the relinquishment by the j
United States of the tights of its citi- j
zens to travel anywhere on the high j
seas on enemy or belligerent unarmed
ships.
U. S. Will Insist on Demands
There is an insistence ou the purt of
the United States, however, that the
principles of law and humanity ex
pressed in its note must be recognized '
and admitted by Germany and that any
intention to destroy American lives on
the Lusitania must be disavowed. This
the United States will stand firmly on
the principles set forth in its note has
been conveyed indirectly and inform
ally to Germany since the communica
tion itself left here. •
Another factor in the situation j
which is expected to be clarified in a
day or two is that with respect to
Great Britain over the embargoes pro
claimed Toy the allies.
Proposed Note for Britain.
That a note has been in preparation
on the subject and is practically com
pleted is not known, but it is learned
to-day that President Wilson probably
will not make any move in that direc
tion until Germany's reply is received.
He is said to be unwilling to com
j plicate the problem by new represen
i tations aud is understood to believe
that the issue between the United
States anil Germany must be settled
clearly on the questions presented in
the note and that the United States
should act without obligation and in
its own way in the correspondence with
Great Britain or other belligerents.
ISAYS LUSITANIA'S VICTIMS .
! HAVE THEMSELVES TO BLAME
Amsterdam, Via London, May 19.
Captain Persias, writing in the Berlin
"Tageblatt" regarding the United
States and Germany, says:
"If, in spite of the German Ad
miralty's warning against entering the
war zone, American citizens entrusted
themselves to the Lusitania, the blame
falls upon themselves and their govern
ment. Can America guarantee that
i neither guns nor ammunition were on
board and, further, that a submarine,
when emerging, was not exposed to be
ing rammed by the Lusitania! If the
answer is in the negative, as undoubt
edly it must be, the American govern-
ment. after calm deliberation, will un
derstand it lias uo right to raise a pro
test against the torpedoing of the Lusi
tauia.
"The German government, we ex
pect, will have the firmness ta retract
no step and should in this case be cer
tain ot' the approval of the entire peo
ple. We hope the lesson will be learned
from the sinking of the Lusitania that
110 neutrals should entrust themselves
to British ships or give them goods for
tiansport."
TO ADJUST MNGOFFRYE
IN A GERMAN PRIZE COURT
Washington, 'May 19. —Germany has
sent to a prize court the case of the
American sailing, ship, William I*.
Frye, sunk in the "South Atlantic last
January by the German auxiliary
cruiser Priuz Eitel Friedrich, but it is
understood that the German Admiralty
took that action before it had received
the American note insisting that the
damages be adjusted directly through
diplomatic negotiations in Washington.
It is said by officials here that the
reference of the case to a prize court
will not necessarily prevent diplomatic •
adjustment. The German government, ]
it is said, probably finds it necessary, i
under its legal methods, to develop cer- .
tain facts through a prize court even j
while negotiations may be in progress.
As Germany has admitted in principle
liability for the sinking of the Frye,;
the State Department here
will not feel concerned at this latest de- j
velopmcnt.
HOW U. S. CAN GKT GERMAN
AID IN HUMANE WARFARE j
Berlin, May 19.—The "Vossische 1
Zeitung" says:
"If America succeeds in bringing
it about, that the British merchant |
vessels shall no longer sail under false |
flags, that England shall cease arming .
merchant vessels and that contraband i
cargoes shall no longer be protected |
by American passengers, then the Unit- j
ed States will find Germany on her side
in an endeavor to lead submarine war
into more humane channels,
"If America fails to influence Great
Britain thus, the United States will j
have to put up with submarine war, as 1
at present waged. She must take care I
that her citizens enter as little into the !
naval war zone as they would into the |
firing line near Arras, Lille or j
Permysl.
VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER
RETURNED AGAINST KAISER ;
Ramsgate, Eng., May 19. —-A cor
oner's jury to-day returned a verdict of j
"wilful murder" Against Emperor Wil- 1
liam, in the case of John Smith, who l
died as the result of shock following j
injuries sustained in-the Zeppelin raid j
on Monday.
The coroner suggested that the jury !
fix the responsibility on the other per- I
sons whom it regarded as being to j
blame for war waged in this manner.
German Commander Dies of Wounds
London, May 19. —The Cairo corre- j
spondent of the "Times" says he is
iuformed that General Weber Pasha, j
the German commander of the forts in ;
the Dardanelles, has died of wounds. |
Speyer Title Irrevocable
London, May 19.—Sir Edgar Speyer j
cannot divest himself of his baronetcy,
which in his letter to Premier Asquith j
he asked to have revoked. "Once aj
baronet, always a baronet," said an j
official of the College of Arms yester- |
day. "Sir Edgar may cease to call
himself a baronet, but he still remains j
one, and, if he had any sons, the eldest |
would succeed him all the same."
Jesse McCarty to Be Burled at Dauphin
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Dauphin, May 19. —Jesse McCarty,
aged 85 years, formerly of Dauphin,
died at Williamsport last evening of
paralysis. The body will be brought
here to-day to the home of Lewis Con
rad. Funeral services will be held there
to morrow afternoon at 12.30 o'clock
and further services will be held in
the Presbyterian church at 1 o'clock.
The Rev. R. F. Stirling, pastor of the
Presbyterian ehureh, will have charge
of the services. Interment will be iu
the Dauphin cemetery.
Two in Hospital With Typhoid
Elias Holmes and Abraham Clouser.
aged 35 and 39 years, respectively, of
Newport, both Pennsylvania railroad
employes, were admitted to the Har
risbur'g hospital yesterday suffering
with suspected typhoid fcveT. The c-ase
of Mr. Holmes has already developed.
DEFERS NAMING
COMMISSIONERS!
(outiituril From Klrnl I'lticr.
the extras. Since the' arbitrators' fees I
and the other costs of arbitration will
run close to $7,000. the actual amount
that will have to be found by the city 1
is placed by officials at about SIB,OOO
in excess of the $12,000 balance. ;
Whether the city will raise any (pies- j
tion as to the size of the fees asked I
by the three arbitrators could not be •
learned to-dav. They each asked for I
$1,500.
City Has Borrowing Margin
Finance Commissioner Gorgas point- '
ed out this morning that while no
definite plans have been made for rais- |
ing money to cover the SIB,OOO dc- j
licit, there are at least two methods, J
either of which could be adopted to j
get the necessary money. One is to
have the city confess judgment and j
pay interest 011 the deibt to Oppornian (
until it can be paid from revenues in '
another year. a<nd the other is to issue :
bonds as the city still has a borrowing j
capacity.
City Solicitor 80 it z his held that j
since the city's indebtedness, aside j
from that authorized by the voters, is
about $600,000 less than the local j
! borrowing capacity of two per cent, of j
! the total realty valuation, the City ,
1 Commissioners have the right to make
loans up to $600,0'00, without obtain- j
1 ing the approval of a majority of the
: electors.
If there were any questions of doubt
raised as to the legality of that plan,
Mr. Gorgas also pointed out that to ad
i just matters an amicable court proceed
' ing could be staged and the court de
termine the mode of proeeedure. To
, that end the Finance Commissioner,
I the Mayor and the City Clerk, would
refuse to affix their signatures to the
j bonds and the City Commission could
Icite them into court 011 a mandamus i
and seek to compel them to sign the
bonds.
Arbitrators Decline to Talk
! The arbitrators, Joseph L. Shearer,
Jr., Farley Gannett and Roy G. Cox.
| declined to-day to discuss their report
ami findings, suyitig they do not feel
1 that they are called upon for com
| tnent.
J. William Bowman, 1 one of the
I mentibers of the Board of Public Works
i said this morning that since he has
not yet been officially notified of the
arbitrators' decision he believes it
would be unwise at this time to say
more than t hat he was much surprised
' by the size of the aw.ird. The Public
Works Board will discuss the award at
| its regular meeting to-morrow evening.
I U. S. AUMY MEN BREAK ( AMP
Picked Team From Third Artillery to
Play Duncannon Nine To-morrow
The detachment of the First division
jof the United States army which
I tamped at Wormleysburg last night en
routo for Tobyhanna, near Scranton,
] where they will train the State militia
j in target practice, left this morning at
1 6.30 o'clock. The soldiers, numbering
! some 600 men. passed through iiarris-
I burg at 7 o'clock, marching along the
river front to Clark's Ferry, where
they will camp for the days.
The men were in charge of Lieutenant
I Colonel Locher.
While there a team chosen from the
! Third field artillery, a section of the de
tachment, will play a game of baseball
with the Duncannon nine at 3 o'clock
' to-morrow afternoon on the Athletic As-
I sociation diamond.
MISSING GIRL FOUND
Hester Blakey, Youthful Colored Girl,
Found Through Star-Independent Story
A story in the Star-Independent yes
terday brought to light to-day Hester
'Blakey, the 15-year-old colored girl who
is wanted at Shanloy, Va„ where her
father is lying at the point of death
and through his will leaves her between
five and six thousand dollars.
The story was noticed by 11. Edward
Parson, a local druggist, who knew
where to locate the girl. According to
the story told by the girl at police head
quarters this morning she came to this
city one year ago with her sister, who
has since died. Since that time she has
been living with Mrs. Nora Farrell,
1114 Monroe street. She said she had
not seen her father for more than five
years, but will leave at once for Vir
ginia.
President Homeward Bound
By Associated Press.
Cape Henry, Va., May 19.—The
yacht Mayflower, with President Wil
son and his party returning from the
naval review at .sew York, passed in
the eapw this morning and proceeded
up Chesapeake bay for Washington,
where she may arrive late to-night or
early to-morrow.
Bulgarians Called to Colors
London, May 19.—A1l reserve offi
cers in the Bulgarian army have been
called to the colors for a month's train
ing, says a "Times" dispatch from
Sofia.
9
FINANCE
INITIAL CAINS LOST WHEN
CABLES [LASH WAR NEWS
Trading Dwindles to Minor Proportions
a Notable Feature Being Heaviness
In Missouri Pacific and Decline In
Chesapeake and Ohio
Bit Associated Press,
Now York, May 1!).—Wall Street.
—Stocks opened with some signs of
improvement to-day, leading shares,
as well as the unclassified group, scor
ing general yains. In some instances,
notably the war specialties and cop
pers, advances extended to a [joint or
better. Union Pacific was the feature
of the investment issues, with a one
point gain. Missouri Pacific w is almost
the sole exception to the general trend,
adding a fraction to yesterday's de
cline as -a result of the uncertainty at
tending its note extension plan, Lou
i ilon s market for iuternati uals ro
j fleeted irregularity at that center,
i tables pointing to .111 early sever
ance of relatienis between Italy and
] her Teutonic allies semi-official denial
jot Germany's abandonment of her sub
j marine warfare and indications of
further delay in that government '3 re
ply to Washington's recent note cms*
' oil a general cancellation of initial
1 gains. Trading dwindled to minor
i proportions, the only notable feature
j being increased heaviness in Missouri
I Pacific and a 3 point decline in Chesa
peake and Ohio ibased upon doubtful
dividend prospects. Towards midday
prices hardened anain. Bonds were
steady.
NEW YORK SfOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS
New Vork, May 10.
Open. Close.
Amal Cupper 66 66'!,
Amer Beet Sugar .... 43% 43%
American Can 32% 32%
Am Car and Foundry Co s(t 50'/.
Am Cotton Oil 4 4' . 41' .
Am lee Securities .... oil 30
| Amer Loco 43 % 4 3
Amer Smelting 65 65%
American Sugar 105'4 105•
I Amer Tel and Tel .... 110 UH
j Anaconda 31'. 31%
j Atchison 98% 98':,
I Baltimore and Ohio ... 71 , 72
Bethlehem Steel 132 133
I California Petroleum .. 57% 58%
i Canadian Pacific ..... 157% 15S
| Central Leather 35% 35'/..
| Chesapeake and Ohi >.. 42'.. 42%
| Chi, Mil and St Paul .. S!) 89%
j Oliino Con Copper .... 12 42%
Erie ->5% 25%
Erie, Ist pfd 40 40
Goodrich B F 42 42
Great Nor pfd 117 117%
| Great Nor Ore subs .. . 32 31%
j Intcrboro (Met 20• 20%
Interboro Met pfd .... 70% 69
j Lehigh Valley 116 116
Mex Petroleum 67% 66
| Missouri Pac 11 1 /. 10%
National Load 57'. 58%
Nev Consol Copper ... 14 14
NY, N H and H 61 % 61%
Norfolk and Western .. 102 102
Northern Pacific 103% 104
Pennsylvania R. R. ... 107% 106%
j Pittsburgh Coal 21 21
j Press Steel Car ...... 42 43'/.
! Ray Con. Copper 22% 22%
i Reading 142 142%
Southern Pacific 86% 86
Southern Ry 16% 16%
Tennessee Copper 32% 32%
Union Pacific 124% 124
!U. 8. Rubber 60% 60
j U. S. Steel 52 52%
do pf'.l 106 105»',
Utah Copper 63% 63%
| W. IT. Telegraph 65 65
| Westinghouse Mfg. ... 87% 88%
j Chicago Board of Trade Closing
| Chicago, Mav 19. —Close.
I Wheat—May. 151%; July. 125%.
| Corn—'May, 72%; .July. 73%.
Oats—May, 51; July, 50%.
I Pork—July, 17.92; Sept., 15.22,
! Lard—July, 9.60; Sept., 9.85.
j Ribs —July, 10.47; Sept.. 10.72.
Suffering From Appendiceal Abscess
John Kingburn, of Mechanicsburg,
aged 54 years, was admitted to the
Harrisburg hospital yesterday suffer
ing with a ruptured appendiceal ab
scess. His condition is considered se
rious.
Three More Lusitania Bodies Found
By Associaled Press.
Queenstown, May 19.—The bodies
of three victims of the Lusitania dis
aster, two men and one woman, were
recovered from the sen yesterday.
Swat the Flies
Swat the flies before they are born.
You can do that my swatting the filthy
places where the flies are hatched and
brought into existence by the hundred
thousand to torment humanity.—Pitts
burgh Dispatch.