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News Pictorials Section Comics Finance Sports Section Magazine Railroad News 4j NEWS OF THE THEATERS HARRISBURG, APRIL 10, 1924 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SECTION al Fir Pay Taxes eased ssessme Co ntlncr on A Won First Three Prizes in Cartoon Contest Killed by Train as He Puts Ashes on Track TlliPS5" I FACES -CF I Hudson Coal Company Comes To Tax Agreement With Schuylkill Officials i i via, bill i bi WHtnu tin J. F. GUFFEY IS ASSAILED IN THE DAUGHERTY CASE Special to The Evening Xews WASHINGTON, April 10. The Senate Dougherty investigating committee, late yesterday heard testimony relating to Joseph P. Guffey, Democratic National Committeeman from Pennsylvania, who was director of sales when A.

Mitchell Palmer was alien property custodian; some Implied criticism of Palmer, and also further details of the Bosch Magneto case. George W. Storck, accountant for the Department of Justice, Bureau of Investigation, was the witness. Senator Wheeler called Mr. Storck.

The witness alleged that Guffey had used Government money to command an influence with banks to aid him in his personal transactions. He declared that Guffey had deposited proceeds from sales of alien property in banks PINCHOTTO HELP U. OF P. GET FUND INTENDED FOR IT JQ 'P 'C'fc "WAJVttma USELESS WARMING FIRST PRIZE SECOND PRIZE The above reproductions of the three drawings that won first, second and third prizes, respectively, in the Barney Google cartoon contest do not do full justice to the originals. The drawings were very attractively colored or tinted and the various tints were lost to some extent in the process of making the cut.

However, the pictures show the clever ideas of the artists which contributed toward their selection as prize winners. I A PRIZE WINNING CARTOONS ARE PUT ONDISPLAY The prize winning drawings submitted in the Barney Google cartoon contest are now on display in the Market Square window of The Patriot Building, where they are attracting much attention. THIRD PRIZE ELLON BILL IS GIVEN TO SENATE From Page One cent, reduction in 1923 income taxes, payable this year, is provided. Miscellaneous Taxes Gifts. Stricken out.

Tobacco. $3 per 1000 for cigars and cigarettes with a graduated scale; eighteen cents per pound on tobacco manufacturers with a license fee of $6 and $12. Admissions. One cent for each ten cents over fifty cents. Cabarets, roof gardens.

One and one-half cents for each ten cents and twenty per cent, of the amounts for refreshments and service. Ticket speculators fifty per cent, for any surcharge of more than fifty cents. Excise Taxes Automobiles. Senate changed exemp tions for auto trucks under $1000; five per cent, on all other autos. Acces sories exemption $200.

1st Prize in Cartoon Race Goes to Miff linburg From Page One drawings contained in the great heap of entries. By changing the 6hape of Barney's hat, bringing the face of Billy DeBeck's little comic character around to a two-thirds view, instead of profile, the winner produced a real novel effect. Moreover, the color tints that he gave to the picture were very cleverly bestowed. It was no such easy task to select the winner of the second prize of $5. There were several so good that the honors were about equally divided, and it was because' of the unique idea Charles W.

Boeckler, of Paxton, embodied in his drawing that the final choice for second honors vv cm, iu mill, i Manv Solendid Drawings All of the twelve winners were picked because of the originality of their ideas. There were scores of splendid drawings of Barney, but containing no particularly original ideas. In these contests the cleverest ideas as well as the best drawings count, so'contestants are urged to do their Miscellaneous. Cameras ten per ured( or wnen the properties were sub-photo films five per cent; fire arms ten sequently mortgaged or even when the per cent, machines ten per mortgage was foreclosed and the radio sets and parts ten per properties were sold by the sheriff, man jongg sets teir per cent. i Some m0nths airo Bunn Dleaded and had obtained personal loans at the same time at these banks.

Interest on $406,000 earned on the Government deposits controlled by Guffey, the witness said, was not paid over to the Alien Property Custodian, or accounted for, until a change of Administrations had come about. The witness said he had brought about the indictment of Guffey on a charge of embezzlement in the Federal Court of the Southern District of New York, but that after Guffey wa3 released on bail no further action was taken against him. A report had been made of the case to Attorney General Daugherty, the witness said, and the only action he had heard of since then involved an effort to vacate the indictment. Details of his audit of the Bosch Magneto affairs were recited by the witness. He said that large profits had been made by Martin E.

Kern, whom he described as a German citizen and a felon, to whom the property was sold by Palmer as Alien Property Custodian. He declared that the Boston firm of Hornblower Weeks underwrote the that Secretary Weeks5 of the Wau Department was not a member of the firm and had not been for several years. Total profits made by the deal, Storck said, were at least $1,000,000. Attorney General Daugherty had taken no action, although the facts had been placed before the department, the witness testi fied. Sites Urges Favorable Report on Bill Providing Carlisle Barracks Change WASHINGTON, April 10.

Congressman Frank C. Sites, of Harrisburg, appeared before the House Military Affairs Committee here yesterday to urge favorable report of the bill au- iVtnriziTiir Hisnnsnl hv iht "tt'rn- n- nnrtment. nf a tract of lnnrl nt f.nrlisla Knrracks and the acnuinitinn of two other tracts adjacent to the barracks. The bill was introduced by Congress- i- man of the committee. It is favored by the War Department and by Lieut.

Col. C. K. Reynolds, commandant of i the Medical ricld Service School at Carlisle. Maj.

Gen. M. W. Ireland, surgeon general of the Army, also appeared before the committee to urge its passage. The Congressman told the commit-'tee the property which it is proposed to sell is nearly a mile from the main post, and therefore not satisfactory for drilling purposes.

It is known as farm No. 2, and is situated on the north side of the Carlisle-Harrisburg highway. The tract includes approximately 100 acres, the Congressman explained, eighty of which are now under cultivation. By its disposal, the Congressman asserted, two parcels of land lying adjacent to tne post ana vitally necessary for its expansion could be acquired. These are known as the Alexander tract and the Henderson tract.

The Alexander tract, he declared, includes nineteen acres and practically forms a wedge into the Government holdings. Its location beside the railroad, he asserted, makes it particularly well suited for the erection of a manufacturing plant, if disposed of lor tnat purpose, wnich would seri- ueat tne remaining contests of the series. Reproductions of the drawings that won first, second and third prizes appear with this article, but they do not begin to do justice to the actual drawings. In making the cuts for newspaper use it was, of course, iuisaiuie to Know me coiors usea to oDtain tne duierent eiiects, and much of the appeal is thereby lost. However, all the prize-winning drawings are Placed on view in thp Mnrkpt Kminrn uHnHmu nt TVio Pnrrint Building.

Entries in the Little Mary Mixup contest are coming in fast, and already quite a few good ones have been submitted. LATROBE, April 10. Paul Lube, 30, was instantly' killed here today when run down by a train at the La-trobe station. Luke was believed to have been mentally unbalanced and was said to have been scattering ashes on the track whan struck by the train. LAUD MTARLAND FOR CIVIC WORK From Page One McFarland by Richard B.

Watrous of New York, former executive secretary of the association, who said the gift was emblematic of esteem and love which his associates hold for him. Ovation for McFarland The spacious club room resounded with plaudits as the gift was presented. "We only wish we were able to pre sent you with a Rolls-Royce but let the webb and woof of this rug ever remind you of our great love for you as the great leader and great torch bearer of our movement for civic betterment," Mr. Watrous remarked. "We only wish it were more we could give you as a token of our esteem and love for you, and the splendid services you have rendered the people of our country as president of our association for the past twenty years." Mr.

McFarland was much moved by the ovation he received when he arose to reply. "I am overwhelmed; I don't deserve it," he said in prefacing his remarks on the incidents that led to the formation of the American Civic Association and to his accepting the presidency in 1004. He told how he had hesitated to accept the office; how he had been encouraged by Vance C. McCormick of Harrisburg who was here yesterday as a guest of honor. Ho said he had been inspired in 1904 by the late Theodore Roosevelt, then in the White House.

Continuing, he said: "Our objective has been to make cities, towns and borough, and then the open country, better places to live to preserve and develop some of those beautiful things God gave us in this wonderful country of ours." Association Achievement Here he stressed tha imrnrtan nt park development and he related how rresiaent Roosevelt and, later, Frank lin iane, as secretary of the inter ior in the Woodrow Wilson adminis-tiation, had stood back of the associ ations appeal to put the national 'arks under proper management and control. "They are no longer the prey of the looters but I must confess the looters ure sun aiter inem," he said. He related how the launched the "swat the flv" and how it has served as an nhwt lesson to parents to vrate.ct their -liU dren and themselves surroundings. After telling about the inauguration oi "civic Week," begun in the churches at the bnest 1,6 discussed the evolution of t.he Public playgrounds, another Civic mat Dore abundant fruit. In this connection he talked about the playgrounds and parks in his own city, Harrisburg, and said that out of visitors to Harrisburg parks in a single year, with onlv eleven nnrlr policemen on duty, there were only iwcivo arrests.

Refers to Harrlnhnrir "How many of you think your communities could handle 1,700,000 park visitors wun so lew arrests 7 Mr. Mc Farland inquired of his auditors. merely cite the example of Harrisburg as evidence of a movement we started twenty years ago for not only better communities dui Detter manhood and better womanhood, to make more people happy and more effectivelv jiruaucuve. "The Harrisburg example is an illustration of the saving to community in providing the right kind of parks for its people. Recreation makes for law observance, interest of young and old in playgrounds means saving In the cost of policing." In conclusion he discussed the Civic Association's effective war against billboards, the smoke nuisance and un closed with the remark that the ARAft- ciation hat been successful because it did things, and not because merely of passing resolutions.

As Mr. McFarland concluded, Clinton Rogers Woodruff, of Philadelphia, treasurer of the association, slapped him approvingly on the back and declared there was one special tribute he wanted to pay Mr. McFarland, and that "was his splendid achievement in having contributed to signally to the movement to help preserve Niagara Falls as one of the great scenic marvels of the world, ana as a joy forever to the American people." More Words of Praise Mr. Watrous who followed Mr Woodruff, spoke of the necessity of sweet back yards filled with flower i and declared the "newspapers of this country have been our strong right arm in helping us to disseminate our i message to the people of our country." am recauea now Mist Margaret Wilson, daughter of Woodrow WlUnn k.J once been a vice-nretident of th an1 contributed much to itle.ntvr But it is Mr. McFarland to whom ow ,0 niuch leader of our movement to save our natonal parks irom tne aggranaizement of private said Mr.

Watrous. "He has been our leader and it is he to whom the American people owe a debt of gratitude for having aaved their national parkt for them." Congressman Frank C. Sites, of Harrisburg, wat among the well known person! attending the luncheon, which wat followed by an automobile tour of Washington and its environs. Prior to the afternoon meeting the delegates were received by President Coolidge at the White House. The climax to the convention came last night when a dinner conference was held at tha Washington City Club on the plant for the further development of th "Federal City" along the lines urged by Mr.

McFarland end uet in the race! Your chance to Try to get a little Orie-inalitV in vnur Ait i uiuerent irom any oi tne others, uoeu in completing tne cartoon. POTTSVILLE, April v10. Settlement of the big coal land tax problems involving assessments of hundreds of millions of dollars was indicated yesterday when the cases were postponed in court. The coal companies having the largest tracts in the county have heretofore insisted on judicial decisions on the annual amount of their taxes so as to enable them to calculate their annual expense. Unless the cases are pursued to a finality, attorneys point out the assessments on lands may be changed every triennial assessment.

The Hudson Coal Company yesterday made settlement with Pottsville on a basis of 300 per cent, increase over previous assesments. The same settlement, was made with the County Commissioners. The figures arrived at are a compromise, being less than one-third of the assessment made by the county a year ago. Councilman Dengler yesterday announced he had discovered a rich tract of land which has never been assessed at all. Lease on 12 Properties Sold at Sheriff's Sales Declared Invalidated The claim of J.

DeHaven Bunn, of this city, that he held a twelve-year lease on three properties sold at sheriff's sale and that he had paid in advance the rental for the full term of the lease was invalidated by Judge Wickersham in the Dauphin County courts today. Bunn was denied the right of a jury trial of his claim. Bunn's alleged lease was on two properties on Thirteenth street and a third property on Brady street, which were among fifteen properties of Laura L. Harding recently purchased at a sheriff's sale by Samuel Handler and John R. Elscheid.

Bunn did not announce the existence of his lease until after the sheriff's sale, when he re- iused to surrender the properties. Judge Wickersham ruled that Bunn had outlawed his claim by neglecting to record it during bankruptcy pro- ttoAiitya in nrVtinK fYta nrAnort ips Tier. U-uiltv in the Daunhin Countv Courts to interfering with a court agent in the collection of rents for the properties. He was fined. Judge Wickersham in his decision recalled that Bunn did not claim any title to the properties at that time, although the alleged lease was supposed to have been obtained prior to this criminal action.

TRIES TO KILL SELF WITH GAS Believed to be suffering from a mental ailment, John Franklin Riley, 39 years old, of 546 Forrest street, attempted suicide this morning by inhaling illuminating gas. He was admitted to the Polyclinic Hos pital shortly before 11 o'clock, re gained consciousness at noon, and now has a chance to recover, physicians say. Riley, according to relatives, is believed to have been worried be cause of ill health of his children. He has been married sixteen years, and is the father of six children, the youngest less than a year old and the oldest, 16. Two others died recently within a year from scarlet fever and influenza.

One child was badly injured when struck by an automobile last year, and only yesterday was the house freed from quarantine for the measles. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Emma Riddle, 2142 North Fourth street, said he has also had 6ome trouble with his employers, the Pennsylvania Railroad. He has been in the service of the company as a brakeman since July 13, 1911, and last Sunday he reported off duty because of illness. Riley's plans apparently had been, carefully made.

When his. wife found him lying unconscious on his bed, the doors and windows were tightly closed, with the gas jet open. Mrs. Riley was overcome by to days occurrence, bhe said her husband had never hinted that he was dissatisfied or in trouble. He ate breakfast with the family a little v- more.

ha" an hour. before he was Mia IUWI" Runaway Youths Reported Seen; Still at Large Two youths answering the descriptions of Robert Bowermaster, 12, a pupil at the Hamilton School, and Le-roy Robinson, 14, a pupil at the Camp Curtin Junior High School, who disappeared from their hornet here Monday morning, were reported to have been teen thla morning in Paxton ttreet, between Front and Second. Patrolmen were tent to the tcene but could find no trace of the boys. Robinson, who lives with hit parent! at 1826 North Cameron ttreet, and Bowermaster, who livet at the comer of George and Kelker streets, were reported to have run away from their hornet with Harold Weaver, 16, of Cumberland street, another Camp Curtin Junior High School student, Monday. The youths were last seen when they left their hornet for school at' 0.3Q o'clock Monday, morning, Mary Mixup This Week Keep in mind the few simnle rules.

Address nil entries tn the "Con test Editor." care Of THE EVE NINO and coupon apart! Make all drawings on the uncompleted sketch that spears eacn aay tnis paperl Jut the picture neatly from the paperl Do not tear it out and leave rapped edres! Governor Pinchot will make every effort, he said today, to see that the University of Pennsylvania gets the money he and the Legislature thought had been appropriated. State Treasurer Snyder yesterday pointed out that because of the phraseology of the appropriation act and the cuts made, by the Governor, the university will get but $890,000 instead of the $1,230,000. which had been agreed upon when it was decided that the University, State College, Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh be allowed the same appropriations they received in 1921. If Snyder is correct in his Interpretation of the act, and the University of Pennsylvania receives less than was intended, it may be necessary for it to wait until a deficiency appropriation is provided in 1925 by ml y. hid xjcgiaictiAue.

me viuveuiur aiiu Dr. Clyde King, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and State budget officer, would not discuss the possibility of a deficiency, for, generally speaking, they are absolutely opposed to deficiencies. However, an exception would in all probability be made should it be found that the university cannot get the State aid that was primarily agreed to. "I shall certainly do what I can," said Governor Pinchot today, "to see that the University of Pennsyl-' vania gets the money that th Legislature and the Governor thought they should have." The Governor would not go into the question raised for the first time by the State Treasurer. He said that off-hand he was not acquainted with the figures, but that the uni- versity thoroughly understood what.

it was to receive from the State. Doctor King said that the matter would be turned over to the Department of Justice for investigation. Odd Fellows Will Lay Cornerstone for Home at Middletown on May 31 The corner stone of the Home for Aged Odd Fellows, which that fraternity is establishing on the old White Hall farm, north of Middle- town, will be laid on the afternoon of Saturday, May 31, it was announced in Philadelphia yesterday, at the annual meeting of the representatives of the Home Association. Charles A. Mertens, grand master of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in Pennsylvania, will take part in the exercises, and he will be assisted by his, full staff of officers.

Many triciina ln4aa folanetmnfl awa pected to attend and participate in the parade from Middletown to the' Home, which will precede the cornerstone laying. The occasion was fixed for the last day of May because the Odd Fellows annual State session will be held in Reading the first week in June, and it will be convenient for the delegates to attend the ceremonial before going to Reading. William G. Shreiner, member of Triune Lodge, No. 307, of Middle-town, was re-elected a director of the Home Association at yesterday's meeting.

Robert Shaw, of Philadelphia, president of the Home Association and Clawson Coles, secretary, also were re-elected, as were most of the other officers and directors. Approximately 300 represent atives attended the meetine- inrlnH- ing the following Harrisburgers: H. J. Formwalt, William A. Mcllhenny, Roy A.

Walters, H. R. Hostetter and C. W. Byer.

District Governor Is Kiwanis Club Speaker Harry W. Butts, of Lancaster, lieu tenant governor of the southeast dis trict of Pennsylvania, Kiwanis the speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis Club at the Penn-Harns Hotel today on "A Few Thoughts of Kiwanis." According to the speaker, tha "success of the Kiwanis organization depends upon its co-operation. Just at the tuccess of a club depends upon the co-operation of its members, so must the various cluba work together to that the district! of the State may go whole-heartedly into Kiwanis projects." He also urged a large attendance at the Inter-City conference of Kiwanis to be held in Philadelphia, April 30. Lebanon Electric Firm Fireman Electrocuted LEBANON, April 10. Henry Yingst, 62, Palmyra, a fireman at the local Metropolitan Edison plant, was electrocuted today a half hour after he started work for the when he attempted to turn off the power at a switchboard.

GENERAL MARTIN AT CAPITOL Gen. Edward Martin. Republican candidate for auditor general, wat at the Capitol today. With Auditor Gen- ral T.wiit vtnitd Anrnnr PtnnAf Winners in the Mary Mixup contest will be announced some time next wees, ine contest will close at midnight on Saturday. Be sure you to mail your drawings before that hourl Many Barney Google drawings were mailed after the contest had ended, bringing tha total number of drawings submitted up to 4850.

Get in the Mary Mixup race! Do your best! It is a harder one to complete than Barney Google, but that makes your chances all the better to win if you submit a meritorious drawing. Watch for your old friend, Mr. Jiggs, next week. TOLD SENATE HE PAID OUT $2000 From Page One "I don't think bo. McCaskey said Todd could get our report before the proper authorities." "How much did you pay Todd?" "Nothing.

1 paid McCaskey 2000. He settled with Todd." "You hired Todd to get his influ- ence "Yes. I wanted all the influence I could to get my case before the proper "That $2000 was to bo paid to Todd?" "Yes." "You were willing to pay $2000 to somebody for influence to get your reports to the Attorney General?" Waived Immunity "I would pay any price for a square deal." "You paid $2000 for that influence?" "I did. I wanted it before the Attorney General." "You got that influence, didn't you?" "I don't think so. I don't think our reports ever got to the Attorney General." Miller waived all criminal and civil immunity before taking the witness stand.

He first began to read a prepared defense against charges made by Herbert Peck, former United States district attorney in Oklahoma. In the prepared statement, Miller said that Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer had recommended dismissal of the case against him, "Two other Oklahomans indicted at the same time I was were ac emitted." he said. "I am sure that had I fought this case I would also have been ac Quitted." "Why did you want Influence In your case. "I wanted some help In counter acting the unfavorable influence I thought was being exerted against me." "Who did you think was using that hostile influence against your case?" "I feared it might be Senator Harreld, Republican, of Oklahoma." John E.

Todd Denies Be Got $2000 to Hand Report to Daugherty COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 10. John E. Todd, Columbus attorney and former law partner of Harry M. Daugherty, today denied allegations of George L. Miller, Oklahoma ranch owner, that he had been re tained by Miller to get his case before the Attorney General." Civitan Club Secretary Speaks to Local Club Philip B.

Whitaker. international secretary of the Civitan Club, was the principal speaker at the business meet- intr of the Tornl hrAnrh 'of the nrcrnnt- held lt Avon In in ha Pnn. Harris Hotel. He told of the aims and purposes of the organization and spoke in a general way of the projects for improvement! which have been tpea sored in other elties. Temporary officers were elected as follows: W.

F. S. Omer, president; G. R. Hurd, vice-president; C.

M. Snyder, secretary; A. L. Banmiller, treasurer; and Warren Van Dyke, H. E.

Gohl. N. K. Van Per Zee, II. S.

Berkley and Paul W. Gerdes, members of the board of governors. Luncheons will be held by the club each Wednesday at 12.15 o'clock. Three Dismissed From State Motor Patrol The following dismissals from the State Highway Patrol force are announced: Patrolman Tom Sharp, attached to the Greensturg Station, dismissed for conduct unbecoming an officer. Patrolman L.

E. Kelehner, attached to the Harrisburg Station, dismissed for conduct unbecoming an officer and disobedience of orders. George T. Crook, attached to the Willow Grove Station, dismissed for di- irect dUoUdieaoe i ovdax. mi.1v lmriair tha work of fh m.ji,.i"uw? nun overneaa wires, tie ZZi 6 medlcaI was given a tremendous ovation as he school sightly poles and overhead wires.

He Exemptions. Surgical instruments, silver plated tableware, articles for religious purposes and wacthes not over $2o. Special Taxes Capital stock. Struck out House pro vision for $1 per $1000 and raised straight corporation tax to fourteen per cent. Brokers.

$100 for exchange seats costing between $2000 and $5000; $150 between $5000 and $200 over fio.uoo. Miscellaneous. Pawnbrokers, $100; ship brokers, $50; customs house brokers, $50. Bowling alleys and billiard parlors $10 on each alley or table; shooting galliery, $20; riding academies, $100; taxicabs, $10 and $20. Boat sales.

$1 for each foot over thirty-two feet and under fiftv feet; $2 for each foot from fifty to 100 feet, and $4 over 100 feet. Narcotics. Importers, $24: whole salers, $12; retailers. $8. and physi cians, dentists, $3.

stamp laxea Bonds of indebtedness. Five cents per $100; sales of produce on ex changes, one cent on $100; capital stock, five cents; drafts, checks and promissory notes two cents on $100, and two cents each additional deeds, playing cards and Insurance policies unchanged. Hoard or -Tax Appeals Rewrote House provision to provide for appointment by the President of not less than seven nor more than twenty-eight members for two years each at a salary of $10,000 a year. creased powers of the boards to sub- pena and question witnesses. Administrative 1'rovlslons Revised so as to give more powers in the prevention of tax evasions by organization and reorganizations of big 19 Motorists "Tagged" For Traffic Court One woman is among nineteen mo torists scheduled to be given hearing! In police traffic court tomorrow morning.

She along with two men are charged with passing street cart discharging passengers. J. O. Schreffler, of Harrisburg R. D.

2, has been ordered to appear at the hearing because police say he threw away a red tag which had been put on his auto for failing to use parking lights. Alice Reardon, of 618 Hamilton street, charged with parking overtime in mantel sireec on rriaay, ana Charlet E. Shaffner. 8115 North Third ttreet, alleged to have had hit machine I parked at Fifth and Market atreett without lightt on April 3, have been ordered in for the hearings because they failed to call at the police station with the tags that had been placed on their machinea. Mary Sachs, 1510 Green street; R.

F. Lebo. Camp Hill, and Dr. C. F.

Keim, 1115 North Second street, are the motorists who will have to explain why they passed street can discharging passengers, police announced. Morris Hartman, 870 Pine ttreet, Steelton, posted a $10 forfeit for hit appearance tomorrow. TO HOLD FOOD SALE The Nurses' Alumnae Association of the Harrisburg Hospital will hold a food sale at Chestnut Street Market on Saturday, April 12. Pie, cake and candy will be on sale. The Patriot-Newt Harrisburg'a Want-Ad Directory Read for.

1'jofltr to Reiulti win is as good as the next one's. rlrawino' Trw to, mnlra vnnr ooti-w pencil, ink crayons, or paints may be NEWS! fin nnt ont. tho HrAonno- SOLDIER BONUS BILL IS BEFORE FINANCE BOARD WASHINGTON, April 10. The bonus bill was taken out of the pigeon hole today to be rushed through the Senate. Republicans are agreed upon the bill as it was brought over from the House, and the prospects are that the Senate Finance Committee will report it out immediately.

The only important evidence concerning the bonus which is to be in spected by the committee consists of various estimates of the Government experts who vary by billions as to what the bonus will cost. The lowest estimate is 000,000 by the Veterans Bureau accountants, while the Treasury Department thinks the bill will cost, in its present form, $4,850,000,000. Paxtang Auto Man Files Petition in Bankruptcy Arthur A. Burrell, auto garage proprietor of Paxtang, hat filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the Federal court, setting forth that he hat debts of $15,455.90 and assets of only $10,895. John T.

Olmsted, local referee, taid he will conduct a meeting of creditor! in his office, 7 North Third ttreet, on April 1, at 8 o'clock, at which time trustee will be electeji to take charge of the bankrupt' estate. Railroad Paymaster Drops Dead at Camden CAMDEN, N. April 10. Harry Orr, assistant paymaster of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad, fell dead in his office in the Camden ferry terminal today. His death wat caused from apoplexy.

He had been in the emlQ of, the railroad tinea. 1821 i River Drive Hospital To Continue Busines's Despite Attachments For the second time within a week the furnishings and surgical equipment of the River Drive Hospital on the River Road north of the city were attached today by the sheriff for indebtedness. Today's claim was filed by Kenneth Rineard for plumbing installation at the hospital. The claim is for $513. The date for the sheriff's sale had not been fixed.

Aaron Moyer, of Estherton, tiled a claim of $300 against the contents of the hospital several days ago. He holds a note in that amount against the River Drive Hospital Corporation, The aheriff't sale on this execution it scheduled for April 15. At both tales only sufficient personal property will be sold to pay the claims and the sale costs. Dr. C.

J. B. Flowers, head of the River Drive Hospital, issued a state ment today to the effect that there has been no suspension of service at the hospital and that the claims are in procesa of settlement. He further stated that the closing of the hospital it not contemplated. Five Negroes Arrestek In Raid on Card Game Five negroes were scheduled for hearings in police court this afternoon as the result of a raid on a card game at 649 Verbeke street, shortly before 2 o'clock this morning.

The men arrested gftve their names at Samuel Manning, 43 yeart old, of .49 Verbeke street; George Casey, 89 years old, of, 1215 Wallace street; Joseph Jackson, 22 years old, of 1201 North Seventh street; Luther Mann, S3 yean old, of 1235 Currant street, and Edward Pinkney. All are charged with disorderly practice. The raid was conducted by City Patrolmen Schaffner and Snyder, who say the negroes were playing cards when they entered the place. There were $1 in change and a punchboard on the table, according to the police. Mann posted a $26 forfeit for hit appearance.

The othert were committed tq jail. i The Henderson tract comprises thirty-four acres and cuts off the post from the Harrisburg pike, the Congressman explained, so that it has been leased by the Government. Part of the tract is now being used for the demonstration of sanitary devices in the course of hygiene and preventive medicine. The only other entrance to the post, be declared, is in a lane running along the southwest border, which is entirely unsuited for the purpose. Acquisition of the tract would also mean an additional supply of water would be available for fire protection from the etream running through the property.

Nearly 500 students will be sent to the barracks this Summer for training, it was brought out, which will mean an additional tax on the facilities of the school. Mission Society Formed A missionary society was oru-an- Jzed recently at the Twenty-ninth Street United Brethren Church. The following' officers were elected: PrinVrft. Mrs. J.

nl. Mrs. T. B. Kurtz; 'treaa.

Iflli urer, Mrs. Milton Neidlinger; secretary, Mrs. P. W. Ebersole; secretary of literature, Mrs.

John Samson; thank offering, Mrs. J. Merkle. It was reported that the United Brethren Missionary Society of Rockville was reorganized. Confer on SmulVs The first conference on the question of what shall go in and what come out of Smull't Legislature handbook wat held today by Dr.

Clyde L. King, Secretary of the- Commonwealth, Berkey H. Boyd. Secretary of Property and Supplies; P. S.

Stahlnecker, secretary to the Governor, and othert. There will be other conferences. i ota ex members ox usocuUoa, and other State officials. 1 i.

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