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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-04

vance Domestic trade has not reached
normal, but a better feeling prevails in
the iobbing and retail trade crops are
suffering somewhat from wet weather
but the Weld is expected to equal last
year with prices of farm products
about one per cent higher.
The Richmond district reports that
that well organized agencies
are at hand to assist in taking care Of
the cotton crop has had a steadying
influence and is expected to insure a
natural price subject to supply and de-
mand. Southern tobacco markets have
opened at satisfactory prices.
The feature of the month in the At
Ianta district was the revival of the
iron industry around Birmingham. No
fear is felt, according to the report. as
to ability to warehouse the cotton crop.
Railroad men feel that their business
is about to improve.
The Chicago report says that Au-
gust developments in the seventh dis
trict show the general business ad.
vance, with better than average crops
in sight and iron and steel plants run
ming to capacity. The automobile de
mand for new models and enlargement
of factory facilities.
In the st. Louis district there is in
creased activity III general business
and promise of an excellent harvest.
The northwest is harvesting its biz
grain crop, Minneapolis reports, an(
wholesale and retail business is re
spending promptly to that influence.
No important changes are noted il
the Kansas City district except an in
creased demand for money to move tn,
crops. Labor is well employed.
Dallas had six weeks drought, which
reduced materially the cotton yield, bu
the report says il frost does not inter
ferc there may be a full crop. Gen
eral business conditions have been i'm
proving steadily, but much depends up
on the cotton crop.
The unchanged condition of the eH
! change market has affected the Sa
Francisco district in its foreign trad,
as has the lack Of ships. Lumber i
more in demand but prices are low
Railroads are busy, with increased carr
ings, due largely to passenger bushes,
Oranges are bringing satisfactor
prices, but lemons are moving slowl
at low prices.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-04

FOR SALE-All kinds of dry wood.
George NJ Stark, Cedar street. 23i-tf
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To Rent
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Oft |
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TO RENT Six-room apartment. E. NJ.
Holden Tel 665-W. 76-tf
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rooms, "a Brook street. 154-160+
TO RENT Furnished front room. Mrs.
II. B. Willis, 80 Main street. 154-tf
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TO RENT Furnished rooms with cleo
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TO RENTING very desirable tcne-
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For Sale

FOR SAI.E-Sand, gravel and loan.
II. G.. Clark Soft
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WHEN GEORGE THE THIRD

was king, DIR. Samuel Johnson of die
tionary fame, received from the crown
an annuity of $500, thereby becoming
relieved of much anxiety during his
later years. Other similar instances
can be quoted. National Life ms Co.,
of VT (Mutual.) - EARLE s. KINs-
LEY, General Agent, Rutland, VT.
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CHURCH NOTICES.

Unitarian church, Rev. f. Q. s. Os-
good pastor. Service Sunday morning
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
She Is Rescued With
Difficulty From the
Burning Fumes of
Gasoline
REAR HER
HOME DESTROYED
Another Menacing Blaze in Business
District of Town Which Last Week
Voted Against Plan to Spend $1O,-
900 for Purchase of Apparatus

Especial to the Star independently
Newville, Pa, Feb. 1S.-The town
of MELVILLE. which in special election
last week defeated plan to float
$4,000 loan to buy modern freight
ing apparatus, this morning had an
other dangerous fire in the heart of the
business section which almost cost the
life of one woman and did damage es-
timated at $500. The fremen with
their inadequate apparatus fought for
an hour before they got the blaze under
control.
Mrs. Clyde Sweigert, wife of the
proprietor of a. MELVILLE department
store, was seriously burned about the
arms and body, but physicians say she
will recover.
The fire occurred in the Sweigert
home and started about 7.45 O'Clock
while Mrs. Sweigert was cleaning a
dress with gasoline. Fumes from the
gasoline caught fire from, the kitchen
range and in moment Mrs. Sweigert s
clothing was mass of flames The
dress she had been cleaning took fire
and the receptacle holding the gasoline
fell to the floor, the flames spreading
rapidly.
Mrs. Sweigert ran from the house
in search of an old piece of carpet to
throw about her body. Neighbors who
were attracted by her cries, aided her
in beating out the flames, but did not
succeed in this until she had been seri-
ously burned.
The Sweigert department store is
Immediately adjoining the Sweigert
home, and Mr.. Sweigert sent in fire
alarm. The rear Of the home was gut
ted by the time the fremen with their
limited fire-ighting equipment got the
blaze under control.
At one stage of the fire it was fear
ed the local department would have to
call on Carlisle for assistance as it was
thought the flames would spread to
nearby frame buildings. The drug store
of R. B. Cloudy once was ablaze, but
the flames were extinguished there be-
fore much damage was done.
This was the third fire that has oc-
cured in the same business block in
the last eight months, and the fourth
within the year. It was the first fire
to occur since the $4,000 fire appara-
tus loan was defeated last week.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
PARTNERS Cannot AGREE
Ask for Receiver for "V. A. s. Com
pany'' and Court Appoints One
Assets Said to Be Intact

Because certain differences that
have arisen between them are declared
to be irreconcilable and because they
fear the further continuance by them
of their business would be jeopardizing
the rights of their cerditors, H. E. Won
Hoffs and Ida M.-Sponsler, constituting
the "V. A. S. Company, clothing
firm having quarters in room at
Fourth and Market streets, to-day Pc
titioned the Dauphin county court to
appoint receiver for their concern.
As both members of the firm ac-
quiesced in the petition the Court at
once named Mercer B. Tate, of this
city, receiver, and directed that he fur
nish $4,000 bond. The bond was
filed. The owners assert the company
is in splendid financial condition and
that the assets, which consist chiefly of
women's apparel, if sold at a fair
market price, will net a return far in
excess of the total Indebtedness.
In the petition for the receiver this
declaration is made
Certain differences and disputes
have arisen and do now exist between
the said partners as to the manner of
conducting the partnership business and
as to their personal conduct and rela-
tions thereto, in consequence of which
the business of the partnership cannot
be continued at profit and the rights
of the creditors will be ieopardized
thereby
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
.AUSTRIANS take town IN
CALICIA after hARD FIGHT

Vienna, Feb. Is, Via London, 9.1O
A. M.-Official reports given out in
Vienna say that after two days of hard
fighting the Austrians have occupied
the town Cf Kolomea, in Galicia.
"This success was achieved yester-
day afternoon by means of general
attack on the Russian positions" the
report says. "We drove the enemy in
spite of his stubborn resistance out of
his last positions in front of Kolomea,
thus reaching the town at one opera
ton. We prevented the Russians from
blowing up the bridge over the river
Pruth. The town, clear of retreating
Russians, was occupied by u.s. We
captured 1000 prisoners and several
machine guns and lignt cannon.
"In the Carpathian section, as far
as Vyschkoff, the fighting continues
with great ferocity. Four thousand ad-
ditional prisoners have been brought
i'm
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
MortonTruck Company
Gets Cable Announc.
ing $1.5OO.OOO Con-
tract Is Obtained
MEANS WORK.
FOR $50 MEN
Local Firm Will Begin Making the Ma
chimes Just as Soon as Arrange
ments Can Be Made to Place the
Money With New York Bankers

An order for 800 large type of ar
mored motor trucks, for use in the Eu-
ropean war, costing in the neighborhood
of million and half dollars, was
placed to-day by the Russian govern
ment with the Morton Truck & Tractor
Company, of this city.
This announcement was received in a
cablegram sent here by a Russian Of
fetal in Petrograd. The cable was re-
ceived this morning. Besides stating
that the local company's proposal to
furnish the trucks had been accepted it
asserted that the $1,50O,00O, the cost
of the cars, will be deposited within
a day or so in New York banking
house.
W. S. Morton, general manager of
the local firm, this afternoon announced
that preparations at once will be be-
gun for filing the order and that it will
mean the immediate employment of at
least $50 additional men in the local
plant.
The order calls for cars that shall
be of the four-wheel drive type and of
120-horsepower capacity. They are to
be used for the transfer of ammunition
and provisions.
The list price of these cars, the gem
eral manager of the firm said, is
$4,000, but for Che big order the pro-
posal fixes the price of each at $4,000.
Only recently the Morton company
was advised by British government rep
resentatives to enlarge its plant and
prepare to handle big order and it
was in pursuance of that advice that
the concern leased part of the plant of
the Harrisburg Manufacturing and
Boiler Company.
Two of the Morton brothers, mem
bers of the local firm, now are in Lon
don demonstrating armored ears which
were manufactured at the local plant
as samples and they this week cabled
the firm here that the prospects for get
ting a large order from the British are
very bright.
The British government is about to
let contracts for several hundred trucks
and tractors, the majority of which are
to be armored.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
TOURING PARTY PASSES
NIGHT In WILkES-BARRE

Especial to the Star independently
Wilkes+Barre, Pa, Feb. 1S.-The
seventy-fve members of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce who are making
a twoday tour of Central Pennsylva-
mia cities to advertise Harrisburg as
the ''Hea ! of Distribution for this
territory, arrived here last evening and
passed the night in the Sterling hotel
After leaving Sunbury early yester-
day afternoon the party stopped off in
Northumberland where it was greeted
by the Calhound band, which played
"Tippperary" as the special train
pulled into the station. Led by the
band the visitors paraded the principal
streets of the town. Clyde Belig, presi-
dent of the Northumberland Bureau of
Industry, made speech in which he
Continued ON Thirteenth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
Seeking name OF WRITER
OF MYSTERIOUS LETTER
Authorities Investigating the Murder
Revealed by Bones Found in Cellar
Are Eager to Obtain More Details
From Person Who Sent Letter

The inquiry now being conducted by
District Attorney NJ. E. Stroup in con-
nection with the finding last Friday of
the bones of young woman buried in
the cellar of the house at 1873 South
on ascertaining the whereabouts of the
relatives of girl referred to in the
anonymous letter received yesterday
by the State s attorney as the possible
victim of the murder. Efforts to To-
cate Bessie Guyer, of Mechanicsburg,
another girl who has been referred to
as the possible victim, thus far have
been futile.
The woman whose name just yester-
day was brought into the case through
the mysterious letter to the District
Attorney was married when quite
young and is believed to have been
the mother of child. Certain ele-
men in the case, especially that fea-
ture which relates to the fact of there
having been baby, the authorities
say, warrant their laying greater stress
on this new clue, although they profess
not to have abandoned the search for
Bessie Guyer, who is not the girl re-
ferred to in the mysterious note.
County Detective James T. Walters
has almost completely switched his line
of investigating since the unsigned
letter was received yesterday morning.
He declines, however, to give out full
details of the statements made in the
letter and is hoping that the writer of
the note will reveal his or her identity
and thus aid the authorities in the in
quiry.
A rumor was about this afternoon
that Bessie Guyer had been located in
Gratz, in the upper end of this county.
No information to that effect had been
received at the District Attorneys Of
fee, however.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
Flames KILL WOMAN. 70
Mrs. Samuel Manning, of Duncannon,
Lives Only Few Hours After
Being Terribly Burned

Especial to the star independently
Duncannon, Pa, Feb. 1S.-After a
few hours of severe suffering, Mrs.
Samuel Manning. 20 years old, died at
l o'clock this morning from burns she
received last night when her dress
caught fire. Before aid reached her
the flames had terribly burned the flesh
on her arms and face.
The first person to come to Mrs.
Manning's aid in response to her
screams was her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Mutzabaugh. She saw the flames
through kitchen window, rushed into
the room and threw water on the burn.
ing woman.
1t is not definitely known how the
woman's clothes caught fire, but it is
believed by members of her family
that she came in contact with hot ashes
that she was removing from the stove.
Part of the ceiling of the kitchen was
burned before neighbors put out the
fire.
Mrs. Manning is survived by her hus.
band and three children. None of them
was in the kitchen when the accident
occurred.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
n MEMBERS OF DESTROYED
ZEPPELIN were RESCUED

London, Feb. 1S.-Fourteen men,
bers of the crew of the Zeppelin dir
igible which was destroyed by an ex-
plosion on Fance island were rescued
and will be interned by the Danish au-
thorities, says dispatch from Copen-
hagen to Reuters Telegram Company.
The Zeppelin was cruising over the
island with another dirigible when it
caught fire and was compelled to
descend, landing before the explosion
took place.
The destroyed Zeppelin was the Lr3,
one of the largest in commission. She
was completed in 1914 and was $50
feet long, had diameter of 81 feet and
displaced 32 tons. She was supplied
with four motors with a total horse
power of 720, and had speed of 40
knots. Commander Prinz says the sit
uatiqn when the fire broke out was
critical. He feared that the bombs on
board the airship would explode before
he could get to the ground.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
SITUATION NOT CRITICAL IN
OPINION OF u. S. OFFICIALS

Washington, Feb. 1S.-Germany
reply to the American note on the naval
war zone around the British Isles had
not been received to-day at the State
Department. Dispatches on other mat
ters from Ambassador Gerard, filed in
Berlin yesterday, said he had delivered
the American note but that the German
reply had not then been delivered to
him. The outline of the German reply
contained in news dispatches, however,
commanded close attention in official
and diplomatic quarters but comments
were being reserved until after the text
has been received.
Secretary Bryan went early to the
White House for a conference with
President Wilson. They discussed neu-
tral shipping generally. The official
view was that no element in the situa-
tion was critical
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
WOMAN aids IN BURGLARY
Marks of Her Shoes Are Found in the
Mud Near a House That Is
Robbed in Paxtang

Shoe marks in the mud leading from
the home of Harvey A. Frank, Derry
street, Paxtang, to the tracks of the
Philadelphia & Reading railroad led the
Paxtang borough authorities to the con-
clusion this morning that man and
woman were parties to the robbery
of the Frank home early last evening.
Thirty jars of canned fruit, mostly
peaches; bushel of potatoes and other
provisions were taken.
That the robbery was committed
while the Franks were calling on
neighbors is indicated by the marks in
the mud, which afterward became
frozen. A pane of glass was cut from
the cellar window, the latch released
and entrance gained. The police are
investigating.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
Chamber of Commerce
Tourists Speeding
Through the Coal Re.
gions To-day
DUE IN READING
BY DINNER TIME
Harrisburg Party Is Being Entertained
Royalty All Along the Line of the
Two-Day Trade Extension Trip
Coming Home Tonight
BY ROBERT R. FREE

Hazleton, Pa, Feb. 1S.-Deeply i'm
pressed with the hospitality of Wilkes
Barre, where they spent last night,
the members of the Harrisburg Chamber
of Commerce, who are making two
day trade extension tour of Central
Pennsylvania cities, arrived in Halle
ton at 11.34 clock this morning. This
is the second highest spot in the State
of Pennsylvania and being at so high
an altitude was a new experience for
the party, which was augmented by
four more Harrisburgers in Wilkes
Barre.
1t was cold when the Harrisburgers
arrived here but the travellers soon
thawed out when they were taken care
of by Hazleton Board of Trade. Lunch
con in the Hotel Loughran further
helped in the thawing process and the
visitors were ready and willing to lis
ten to local boomers as the latter told
of the anthracite industry. All the
while the Harrisburgers were getting
in few licks for Harrisburg iobbers
wholesalers and manufacturers who ex-
pect to flood this section with Harris
burg made goods.
No sooner had Robert w. Hoy, of
the Harrisburg Light & Power Com
pany, joined the party last night than
things began to happen. Sitting as a
committing magistrate" he issued a
warrant for the arrest of Harry Low
engard, "charged'' with the larceny"
of a travelling bag containing a suit of
pink pajamas and tooth brush. econ
stable' w. H. Bennethum, Jr., served
the warrant. Prosecuting Attorney
Wharton entered plea of "Nolle con-
tender before the court and as no.
body,-not even the ourt,-knew
what that meant the prisoner was dis
charged with reprimand by Magis-
trate Hoy.
With Hoy joining the party in
Wilkes-Barre were f. P. Farquarson,
Clark f. Delhi, City Electrician, who
never misses anything in the way of
fun and w. Fl. Bushey, of Lemoyne
William McCreath, of Harrisburg,
was stopping at the Sterling Hotel in
Wilkes-Barre when the party arrived
last night He said he was going to
accompany the tourists back to Har-
risburg but he missed the train.
In Wilkes-Barre Isaac Long, of
Simon Long & Sons, entertained Joseph
and Herman Claster, William Strouse,
Herman Tausig and Samuel Marks.
The party took a trip over to Scran-
ton.
A short stop will be made in Potts
vile this afternoon where the members
of the Merchants Association will
greet the Harrisburg party. Through
the kindness of Health Commissioner
Dixon, the Harrisburgers have obtained
the privilege of inspecting the new
State tuberculosis sanitarium in Ham
burg, and the Hamburg Chamber of
Commerce has promised plenty of au-
tomobiles to convey the party P. G.
Diener, who arranged this feature of
the trip, was given a vote of thanks
when he announced the plan this morn
ing.
Dinner will be served in the Hotel
Berkshire in Reading this evening and
the party will embark on the last leg
of the journey,-from Reading to Har-
risburg,-at 8 o'clock tonight.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
SERVIA ORDERS 80 STEEL CARS
Contract Obtained by Middletown
Plant Means Work for Unemployed

Middletown, Feb. 1S.-Hope of the
unemployed for better labor conditions
here was frightened last evening when
the Middletown Car Company an
nounced the receipt of an order for
ninety all-steel box cars to be furnished
to the Servian government, one of the
European belligerent nations.
The company recently got an order
for fifteen steel tank cars and work
upon the two contracts viii be begun
within a few weeks or as soon as the
car plant, which now is being re-
modelled, is completed. Officials of the
company are of the opinion that these
two jobs will keep the plant going un-
til other larger orders, which are ex.
pected, are obtained. The order for
the tank ears was placed by the Bra
lillian government.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
FOUR VESSELSSUNK BY The
WILHELM DURING This Year

Buenos Aires Argentine, Feb. 1S.-
The German steamer Helger, which has
arrived here, brings news that during
the months of January and February,
the German auxiliary cruiser Crown
Price Wilhelm, operating on the north
ern coast of Brazil, sank the British
steamer Hemisphere, the British steam
er Potard, the sailing ship Sumatra and
the sailing ship Wilfred. The crews of
these vessels are on board the Helger.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
WALL STREET CLOSING
By Associated Press.

New York, Feb. 1S.-Union Pacific,
Steel and Amalgamated were sold mod
erately in the late dealings. The clos
ing was heavy. To-day's narrow and
dropping stock market was again large
ly influenced by adverse foreign condi-
tions. Minor declines were general.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
q. c. BUSER FOR POSTMASTER
Nominated by President to Fill Hum
melstown VACANCY

Word came yesterday from Washing
ton of the nomination by President
Wilson of Grover c.. Buser, of Hum
melstown, for postmaster of that town.
The President s recommendations are
now being considered by the Senate.
Mr.. Buser is at present assistant
foreman in the composing room of the
tar-Independent, where he has been
employed since learning the printer IS
trade thirteen years ago.
Another nomination sent to the Sem
ate is that Of Joseph G. Lesher for
postmaster of Huntingdon.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
LLOYDS RAISE RATES ON U. s.
GERMANY WAR INSURANCE

London, Feb. IS, 5.S5 P. Mn
surance was placed at Lloyds to-day
at 20 guineas per cent. on policies COW
ering the holder against war between
the United States and Germany within
six months.
One month ago the premium for this
same risk and period of time was FIVE
guineas per cent.