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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
Passing Impressions Of Finance
By H. L. Bennett

copper, to maintain prices, expecting
conditions to right themselves, while,
In the meantime, copper accumulates
upon them. They slash prices with but
the one idea in view. that is: to move
the OIL to market at any price. The
companies are doing this now. OF
course this action has had a tempo
rarily bad effect on oil stocks, but in
the end it will prove beneficial When
merchants are stocked UP they run
bargain sales. This theory is just as
practical for oil or any other class of
corporations.
In sharp contrast to the poorer earn
lngs reported by the railroads and in
ustrials, the showing made by 2S6 OF
the largest public service corporations,
as compiled by a New York financial
Their combined gross and net, earnings
were larger than in 1912, and, in fact,
the largest In their history. Gross earn
ings We're $S66..416,4Oo. or $54.S57, ,6a6
or $19,482,267 better. The public has
very little conception of the enormous
investment represented in our light.
service companies. tt It runs in excess Of
IS. 900, 100000, for these 2S6 companies
alone have in bonds and stocks over
@f,SVo,VVV,UOU.
Even though we seem to be passing
through period of neurasthenla.
where 1T all appears to be a case, of
Just nerves. Nature is on the job, ably
assisted by her chief lieutenant, Old
SOL according to the early crop reports
which reach Wall Street. OF winter
wheat we. will have a bumper harvest.
Farmers have had plenty of rain, and
the soil is in an ideal condition to
bring. forth good harvest in other
I cereals and farm staples this Fall. Our
crops make our dollars, and unless
something untoward develops between
now and the garnering season, we will
nave enough new wealth to produces
! the considerable optimism that usually
accompanies spell of good business.
Investors who hold bonds in excess of
$14O, 100000 learn authoritatively this
week that their companies will not pay
the interest due on them: This an
land and the Frisco. The first-named
system has defaulted on the coupon due
May l on the collateral per cent.
bonds. and the Frisco on it's general
lien fives. But in the latter case the
bondh oldersI are not without their in
tsrest. for Speyer and Co., tho bankers,
nave agreed to advance the amount to
all who have deposited their bonds with
them. Speyer and Company's action in
! going into their own pockets has made
a good impression, for 1t Is assumed
that the bankers would not have ad-
vanced nearly $1,500,000. If they had
not been confident of the ultimate re-
Juvenation of the Frisco
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
Devereaux Players to
Give Twelfth Night"
at Academy June

Faculty members of the Harrisburg
Academy announce that they have en-
gagged Clifford DevereauX and his COM
pany. supported by Miss Grace Fisher.
for an open-air performance of Shake,
speare's "Twelfth Night to be played
on the campus the evening OF June 3;
The company includes: Leslie Pal
mer, late with Sir Henry IRVING; Sir
Forbes Robertson. Cyril Maud. and this
past season playing the part of the
statue Love-" in Winthrope Ames, pro
auction of "Prunella," at the Little
Theater. New York; P. ]. Kelly, James
Hagen, Harry Rabon, Frank Bertram
and Miss Mary Holten, of the Sothern
Marlowe company; Alan Crosland, of
Miss Annie Russelfs Old English Com
edy Company Edwin Wolfe, of Miss
Frances Stairs company, and Charles
Fleming, director for the Biograph
Company of America. Mr.. Fleming is
famous for his Interpretation of Sir
Andrew Agueshook. Miss Fishers s
Viola is treat to those having been
fortunate enough to witness it, She
studied the Shakesperian heroines un-
der Nine. Modjeska, and was in her
company for seven years. Miss Fisher
will be remembered for her very excel
lent performance of the leading roles
in the original companies of Excuse
Me" and "The County Chairman"
The sale of tickets and reserved seats
will be announced later.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
FOR SALE

The Board of Commissioners of Pub
lie Grounds and Buildings will offer at
public sale in front of State Capitol
Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at 10
o'clock A. NJ, May 16, 1914, the follow
ing buildings and structures upon the
premises within the boundaries of the
proposed extension of Capitol Park in
N'sa.a sac Street, 3 5c3l 5c3l; Sss. s. "a. ''''S
Filbert Street, 511'
Short Street, 12I.
North Street, 107.
Walnut Street, $50.
The purchaser shall pay to the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania. through
the office of the Superintendent of Pub
lie Grounds and Buildings, Harrisburg.
Pennsylvania, by certified check or
which the said building or buildings
and structures are awarded to them as
follows: A cash payment of 20 per
cent. shall be made on day of sale and
the balance before entering upon the
property to remove the material pur-
chased.
In all cases where the premises are
unoccupied. possession will be given
premises are tenanted, possession will
be given Immediately after the prem
ises are vacated. The Commonwealth
for any damage to property after pos
session Is given. Purchaser shall state
at time of their offer the time required
to remove the buildings and material
after being given possession by the
Commonwealth, which in no case shall
be longer than go days. All building
refuse shall be carted away from the
premises by the purchaser. All founda-
tion walls must be taken down and re-
moved at least three feet below level
of street.
The Board OF commissioners of Pub
lie Grounds and Buildings reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all bids
The work of removal shall be perform
ed under the direction of and to the
satisfaction of the Superintendent of
Public Grounds and Buildings.
NOTE-The sidewalks and street
pavements are not to be removed by
purchaser of buildings or structures
under this schedule.
BY order of the Board.
SAMUEL B. RAMBO.
superintendent
C. r. ROGERS. JR..
SeCreCary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
LEGAL NOTICES

Office of the Board OF Commissioners
of Public Grounos and Buildings of
the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg. Pa.
JOHN K. TENER. Governor;
A. w. POWELL. Auditor General;
r. x. YOUNG, Treasurer,
Commissioners.
IN compliance with the Constitution
and the Laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, the Board OF Commits
sioners Of Public Grounds and Build
tracts for furnishing such supplies for
the Executive Mansion. the Legislature,
the several Departments. Boards and
as described, and below such maximum
prices as are fixed in the following
schedules, for the year ending the 3lst
day Gf May A. p lsi9 A. for
for. furnishing. Typewriters. Adding
Addressing and Duplicating Machines
sha ,snppiesi e for furnishinS
Furniture and Office Supplies; D. for
Blue Print Paper. and Labratory and
Ing s Eooksn;D knDFss' e fcr 'of furnishins nhaSn
Buckets, Toilet and Cleaning Soaps
Goods, Chemicals and Miscelianeous
Supplies; G. for furnishing Hose and
Fittings. Awnings. Carpenter Supplies,
wane sappEss Ps Il ns fofs and m Ha sa
plies. plies for the care Of the Conserya-
Lumber. General Repairs. and Removal
Light. Heat and Power Supplies.
AS the various classifications of the
schedule will be bound in pamphlet
ders. it is therefore desired that in re-
questing pamphlets the bidders indi-
cate those desired by using the letters
set forth above.
No proposal tor any contract shall
be considered unless such proposal be
accompanied. by a certified check to
the order Of tile State. Treasurer, in
contract; or by bond, in such form
and amount as may be prescribed by
the Board of Public Grounds and Build
! ings. Such bond shall be conditioned
for the faithful performance of the
terms of the contract. If awarded, and
shall have as surety. two individual
sSuret,ies,, approved BY a Judge Of the
| in which the person or persons making
| such proposal. may reside or of the
county wherein shall be located the
son, firm or corporation making such
| proposal, or one surety company au-
thorized H to act as assure surety In this Com
| accompanied his proposal with a certi-
| fed check, as aforesaid. and to whom q
contract shall have been awarded, may
| within ten days after such award. sub
stitute, for said check bond as herein
be retained in lieu of bond. No bond
to be In less sum than Five Hundred
| (s5o0.00) dollars, conditioned for the
faithful performance of the contract
and addressed and delivered to the Su-
perintendent Of Public. Grounds and
Buildings on or before IL o'clock. meri.
D. 1914, at which time the proposals
will be opened and published in the
Reception Rooms of the Executive De.
partment. at. Harrisburg. and the con.
tracts awarded as soon thereafter al
AS Provided BY THE ACT OF
1913. ALL BIDS MUST BE RENDERED.
IN DUPLICATE AND MARKED
"DUPLICATE'' AND "ORIGINAL"
| Blank Bonds and Schedules contain.
| ing all necessary information may b,
obtained by communicating with Sam
uel B. Rambo. Superintendent, Publ.
Grounds and Buildings, Harrisburg, Pa
| By order of the Board.
| SAMUEL B. RAMBO,
| Superintendent
| C. P. ROGERS, JR.,
| Secretary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
Pierce Declares His
Fight Is Not Yet Over

Members of the Brotherhood of
Federated Railroad employees were
in conferences with their President
W. III. Pierce at local headquarters,
1334R North Sixth street to-day.
President Pierce denied the stories
sent out from Sunbury and Altoona
that his forces were weakening, and
reiterated his statement made in Sum-
bury that the fight was not yet over.
A committee including local repre-
sentatives went to Philadelphia to-day
for conference with General Man
ager S. G. Long. Future action, will
depend on the result of this confer
ence.
At the offices of w. B. McCaleb,
superintendent of the Philadelphia
division, it was said that no informa-
tion had been received that confer
ence was on in Philadelphia and that
word had been received that General
Manager Long was not in Philadel-
phia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
DIRECTORS CHOOSE
NEW SCHOOL HEADS
Directors Elect Superintendents in
Many Central Pennsylvania
Counties

Sunbury. = The Northumberland
County School Directors Association
elected I. II. Mauser, Sunbury, super
intendent. Sunbury City School Board
reelected 1. C. M. Ellenberger super
intendent of schools at salary of 2,400
yearly.
Miffiintown.-C. e. Kaufman was
elected school superintendent of Miffiin
county. Kauffmans election came on
the eighth ballot.
Lancaster.-Lancaster county school
directors reelected DR.. Daniel Fleish-
er county superintendent of public in
struction. AT his request proposal
to increase his salary from $4,000 to
$4,000 was abandoned. The City
School board elected DR.. Harvey b.
Work city superintendent and raised
the salary from $4,000 to $4,000.
Lebanon.-John w. Smoke. for the
past twenty-five years superintendent
of the public schools in Lebanon
county, was reelected for four year
term. The city board of school con-
trollers unanimously reelected f. w.
Robbins as superintendent of city
schools for period of four years.
Lewistown. = Lawrence Ruble. of
McVeytown, was elected as county su-
perintendent of schools for Mifflin
Belleville, who has held the office
county to succeed James f. Wills, of
three terms.
New Bloomfield.-Dr. D. A. Kline
was reelected superintendent of the
Perry county schols at the meeting of
the directors. He has already served
two terms as head of the county
schools
Chambersburg. - At a meeting of
the school directors of Franklin coun-
ty L. e. Smith. of Greencastle. was
elected superintendent. This is his
third term.
York.-Charles w. Stine was elected
to his fourth term as superintendent
of the public schools of York county
by an overwhelming vote.
Reading.-At the annual convention
of Berks county's pubic school direc-
tors, ELI M. Rapp was unanimously
elected superintendent for his seventh
consecutive term. There was no op-
position.
Lewisburg.-W. w. Spiglemeyer, of
Mifflinburg, was elected superintendent
of Union county's public schools
Danville. - Charles w. Derr. of
Washingtonville, was chosen snperin-
tendent of Montour county's public
schools
Gettysburg.-At the annual meeting
Of the Adams county school directors,
Professor H. Milton Roth was re-
elected to the position of county su-
perintendent over two other aspirants,
Professor Knouse, of Arendtsville, and
Professor Richter, of Littlestown. The
incumbent will have completed a pc
riod of nineteen years in the position
of county superintendent at the ex-
piration of his present term.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
CHANGE IN NARCOTIC
LAW BEING URGED
Harrisburg Medical Club Asks
Kreider to Aid in Modifica-
ton Of Measure

Resolutions drafted by DR.. Samuel
q. Shope were introduced at a special
meeting of the medical club of Harris
burg last evening and unanimously
adopted. The resolution is directed to
Congressman Aaron 8. Kreider and
pleads for his interests in connection
with securing the modification of
the Federal anti-narcotic law so as to
facilitate the work of the physician.
AS the proposed amendment to the
act roads, 1t will, in the opinion of the
Harrisburg physicians seriously inter-
fere with the practice of physician
especially in remote places where
distance and time are more consider
able factors
The law originally passed was de-
fective in that the expression person
ally attended upon" might be con-
strued to prohibit the administration
of relief by messenger or otherwise.
say the medical club resolution, and
further object to Senator Nelson's
amendment. If this amendment
passes, the doctors say in their petit
ton, 1t will be impossible for a
physician to send even a cough tablet
through a third person.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
LEGAL NOTICES
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA STATE
INSTITUTION

Spring City, April 16 1914,
SEALED PROPOSALS will be receiv|
ed by the Board of Trustees of thl
Eastern Pennsylvania State institution
for the Predetermined & Epileptic. al
the Superintendent's office. Spring Cfty
Chester County. until ELEVEl
1914, for the construction of Ruilding|
III and IT, and for the heating, I'll
plumbing, and the electric lighting fo|
the same, in accordance with the pla nj
and specifications Of the Board prepar|
ed by Philip III. johnson. Architect
Plans, specifications and blank form
for bids can be obtained from thl
Architect, 1924 Land Title Buildina
Philadelphia.
Bids should be addressed ITO hi
Building Committee of the Boar B
Trustees" and will be opened and -
in the presence of bidders at the
perintendent's office, at Spring CityS
eleven o'clock A. M. on the day abov|
mentioned.
No bids will be considered unless ad
companied by certified check or guar|
anty bond as per specifications
The Board of Truste es reserves th|
right to reject any or all bids as 1t NAL
deem best for the interest of the COM
monwealth.
GEORGE w. FRENCH.
Chairman. Building Committee.
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1aAe Dlds were opened sometime ago
and the directors held them over while
investigating the proposals.
The new system will be installed as
early as possible and the contractor
Will begin Immediately to make the
necessary arrangements for putting in
the system. The work will likely re-
quire several months.
Realty Transfcrs.-Realty transfers
yesterday included the following: A.
~. Spotz to Harry l.. Orwan, 1852 to
sd North street, 81; Mary A. Ban
ger to Thomas e. Ketch, Sixth and
Curtin, 81; Thomas T. McEntee to
Anna Lacob, Steelton, $4,000; E. C.
Hoover to Gene Brown, East Hanover.
$45S; John Hoerner to Gene H. Brown,
East Hanover, 800: A. B.NShenk ct al.
tc Bertha Fauver, Conewago. $1,S02;
Charles w. Grimm to Margaret
Grimm, Lykens. $4,000.
Got Permit For vauIt.-Daniel Mil
Ter got permit to-day to build a
vault under his sidewalk at 1862 Mar
ket street Other permits C. r.
Koch, three two-story -iciss 2115-17-
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PROPOSALS FOR BRIDGE
COMMONWEALTH of PENNSYL

Office of the superintendent of Public
Grounds and Buildings. Harrisburg,
Pa.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be receiv-
ed at the Office of the Superintendent
of Public Grounds and Buildings in the
til IL o'clock noon of Tuesday, May 10,
1914, for furnishing all labor and ma
terials necessary to replace pier and
Shenango River at Silver Street in the
city of Sharon, Mercer County, Pa. as
called for in Specifications and draw
ings prepared by Edwin K. Morse, c. e.
Specifications. drawings and blank
forms may be obtained upon applica-
ton to this office.
SAMUEL B. RAMBO.
Superintendent Public Grounds and
Buildings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06

There is no such thing in finance as
precedent. 1t is the unexpected that
most often happens to overturn caicu-
lations that are based on Wnat mas
previously taken place. our opahasm
In stock prices. but difficulties with
less worthy opponent like Huerta, neaa
of the de facto Government in Mexico
Street and mediation of our difference
with this stoicals half-Indian despot ls
at once accepted as relief.
sought for this contradiction Of the be-
lief that war will lead to a reviVai In
business in the fact that it is not be-
CLASH 'hn' ia arms Mn wsT WITH Mexico after
have counted the cost. Our hearts are
not in the fight. Our troubles are with
one man and not with the Mexican peo-
the enormous toll in lives and in money
Beers and from which England has not
Is very much like THE the 1eidts the Beers
controlled. 1t is very much IKE the
masttff chewing up, a Chihuahua
spaniel, in his imbroglio with Huerta.
see the advisability of stepping down
from his perch, we shall be, financially
and in every other way, better off in
the end.
Railroad presidents feel more encour-
aged than at any time during the rate
controversy that they will secure some
They have taken their cue from the
admission made by Lawyer Brandeis
that some way ought to be found for
more revenues. Counsel for the COM
mission believes. however, that much
can be accomplished by cutting off
| some of the concessions now made
, h inn .a - ~ 14~A t. to-,
material more important in the set
I tlement of this vital question is the ac-
encouragement by one of the bitterest
foes of the railroads that they need the
money Now that the clouds are break
ing. for the roads, their securities are
giving a better account of themselves,
as they are not showing their former
/ weakness.
situation which is giving bankers
some concern is the labor trouble in
Colorado, which has cost so many
lives. 1t Is feared that If no amicable
settlement is soon reachede organized
labor may feel bound to make this re-
grettable event leading issue, and if
that should come to pass, We might run
into. series of disastrous strikes, not
unlike those which saw their culmina- =
ton in the Homestead riots. For that
reason there is considerable division
In opinion In financial circles over the
opinion In financial circles over, the at
tftude assumed by young Rockefeller in
refusing President Wilson's kindly Of
fer to have the. whole question submit
ted to arbitration. There are many
who feel Rockefeller had nothing ia
lose but everything to gain by adopt
ing a more conciliatory Christian atti~
tude in the matter.
Companies grouped under the name
of the Standard Oil are, If anything
managed by merchants who know their
business from A to z. They don't fight
against the tide. If there is more oil
than demand for it, they do not at
tempt, as do some of the producers of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06

two have any official part in the meet
ing, these being the Rev. e. n. Kremer
of the Salem Church, and Edwin c,
Thompson, an elder in that church,
who, with four others in this section
are delegates representing the Lam
caster classis. to which Harrisburg
belongs The Rev. Homer S. May,
pastor of the Fourth Reformed Church.
will act as assistant roll clerk at the
synod.
The coming session will be the
eighteenth held in the United States.
Reports showing the growth of the
church are eagerly awaited. In 1911
it was reported that there were, con-
firmed and unconfirmed, 431. 900 men,
bers. 1t is expected that there will be
about 900 delegates, lay and clerical
present. Visitors are expected to
reach about the same number.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
LEGAL NOTICES
PROPOSALS FOR NEW ONE-STORY
BRICK GARAGE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL-
XANIA

Office of the Superintendent of Public
Pa.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be receiv-
ed at the Office of the Superintendent
of Public Grounds and Buildings, Har-
noon, Tuesday. May 10. 1914, for fur
nishing all labor and materials neces-
sary for the construction of a New
One Story Brick Garage on the State
Arsenal Grounds, Eighteenth and Herr
Streets, in the City of Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, as called for in specifica-
tions and drawings prepared by Board
of Public Grounds and Buildings.
Specifications and drawings may be
obtained upon application to this office.
SAMUEL B. RAMBO,
Superintendent of Public Grounds and
Buildings.
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DANIELS GOES TO OHIO

Washington, D. c., May 6.-oficjal
Washington discovered to-day that
Secretary of the Navy Daniels had laid
aside the Mexican situation tempo-
rarily and quietly. slipped out of town.
The secretary left to help the Young
Ohio. raise 100000 fund for a new
building.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
Boy Scouts Hear How
to Give Aid to Injured

Troop IS, Boy Scouts of America at
a meeting last evening in the lecture
room of the Covenant Presbyterian
Church heard a lecture on First Aid
to the Injured" delivered by the Rev.
Harvey Klaer, pastor of the church.
Following the lecture by the pastor.
an Illustrated talk was delivered by s.
Fl. Garland on Birds That Hunt and
are Hunted"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
LARGE TREE FALLS

A large tree near the Walnut street
river bridge fell yesterday. Last Fall
a steam shovel operated nearby, and
the tree was probably undermined. I'm
til 1893 the tree stood in front of the
Dauphin county prison. When Thomas
Numbers became tollkeeper at the
is a native of Japan. If not dead, it will
probably be retransplanted
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that appli-
cation will be made to the Court of
Quarter Sessions of Dauphin County on
Monday, May IL, 1914. at 10 o'clock A.
M, at the Court House, at Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania. or as soon thereafter as
said Court shall he in Session, for the
now held by Philip A. Nestler at "SneIi's
Tavern situate in East Hanover
Township. Dauphn County, Pennsyiva-
nia to William A. Deibler
JAMES G. HAITI
Attorney FOR Transferee.
April as. 1914.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
DIR. PHILLIPS AT CONFERENCE

DR.. c. r. Phillips, of the Harrisburg
Red Cross Seal committee, this morn
ing spoke at the fourth annual confer
ence of Pennsylvania tuberculosis
Workers, in the Bellevue Stratford,
Philadelphia. DR.. Phillips told of the
methods used by the Harrisburg Red
Cross committee during the last Red
Cross seal sale.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-06
GIRDER FALLS ON HIM

Frank D. Shaffer, aged 43, of 1920
South Twenty first-and-a-half street
received a fractured left shoulder this
morning while at work at the East
End Boiler Works. Shaffer was help
ing to lift heavy girder when it acct
dentally fell upon him.