The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, March 18, 1909, Page 6, Image 6

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    JANER IS GUILTY;.
GETSjl YEARS
The Child Abductor's Drazen
Boast Sends Chill of Horror
Through Court
SPECTACLE WHICH AMAZES All
Joseph M. Janer, of Brooklyn, Convict
ed of Assault Upon Catherine
Loerch, 12 Years Old, and Sentenced
to Maryland Penitentiary.
Baltimore, March 17. Joseph M.
Janer, the rich Brooklyn man who hist
month abducted Catherine Loerch, a
schoolgirl, cloven years old, by pre
tending to take her on an automobile
ride near her home, was convicted
and sentenced to twenty-one years im
prisonment. He had elected a trial by two judge
Instead of by jury, as this State's laws
permit. Judges Burke and Duncan
tried him, with his little victim sit
ting on the bench between them. After
testimony that brought a storm of In
dignation against the man and then
caused tears of pity In everyone's
eyes for the little girl, it took them
only ten minutes to find him guilty
Df an offense for which he might have
been punished by death.
Immediately Joseph M. Janer was
taken to Maryland Penitentiary,
vhich is situated in this city, and for
twenty-one years he will be kept
'.here. In the event of his living
through that period of confinement,
le will bo taken to Brooklyn and
will be there tried for abducting the
!ittle Brooklyn girl.
Janer was tried on an even more
serious charge in- the stately old
Court House at Towson, the seat of
Baltimore County. He missed, by the
areadth of a hair, being sent to the
sallows, for it is generally understood
that his lawyers agreed with the two
ludges that if his life was spared
ihere would be no further fighting of
the case in his behalf and that the
notion for a new trial would be with
irawn. .It was a Btrangely dramatic scene
In the old courthouse. Janer had con
tlcted himself by his own testimony,
jonvinclng even his own lawyers that
te was guilty of the crime charged
(gainst him. During his cross-examl-;atIon
he made himself the centre of
attraction by a long harrangue, in
vhich he gave most of his time to a
lescrlptlon of his enormous power In
onsumlng alcohol. He boasted that
e could drink more whiskey than any
itber human being, and declared in a
dgh pitched voice:
"You can send t'.:e best and most
imous of the r'.-.ysicians from Johns
topkins University, and I will defy
'hem to find any equal to me in drink
sg whiskey. For more than two and
' half years I have drank a gallon of
hlskey a da., and it takes at least
' .iree-quarters of a gallon of whiskey
i sober me up after I hare been
runk."
I Facing death, or at least the rest
t his life In prison, the boast of the
ian sent a chill of horror and amaze
en t over the spectators. Janer's
.Ife, a patient woman, with her patl
lce showing in her face, and her
'stress showing in her eyes, looked
t if she wished that the floor of the
urtroom might open and engulf her.
"he little child victim of the con
ssed drunkard stared wonderingly
out her.
IS GREEN MAPLE SYRUP
imely Discovery of an Ohio Farmer
Probably Saves Many Lives.
Wooster, Ohio, March 15. A plot
iiich might easily have cost the lives
. scores of maple syrup and marplo
:gar eaters was foiled when Georgo
irstenslaher, a Congress township
rmer, found parls green in a hundred
ip buckets In his maple grove.
uersteimlalier was early in his
aple grove, and noted a greenish
it in several buckets. In a few ho
und a green powder, still undis
lved. floating on the liquid which
Intended boiling down into syrup,
f.er to be made into maple sugar
lies. Gerstenslaher manufactures
iple products on an extensive scale.
Investigation proved the greenish
, wder to be the deadly poison. Ger
anslaher followed a trail of boot
. Ints in the soft earth of his grovo
d declares that he will swear out a
.rrant for a neighbor whom he ae-
ses of plotting his ruin even at the
' st of othora" lives by "doping" his
".
1 :,000 REN TO HAVE MORE PAY
ges of Puddlers
vanced by Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio,
ges of puddlers
and Others Vd
Mill Owners.
March 15. The
were advanced
1-2 cents a ton by the terms of tho
-monthly settlement between tho
11 operators and Amalgamated As
iation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work
in Pittsburg. The puddling rato
now ?5.37 1-2. Finishers are to
ve a 1 per cent, advance.
Grip Carrying Off Indians.
Winnipeg, March 17. Seventy-two
Hans are dying of grip at Fort
ilpnewyan and more than 150 are
wn with the disease at the four
sts In the Mackenzie River region
MM Hudson Bay Company.
ME TRAGEDIES
DUE TO LOVE
Woman and Two Brothers Commit
Suicide In Illinois A Third Broth
er Is Frantic with Grief.
Granite City, 111., March 17. Miss
Berryl Sommers, loved by two broth
ers, committed suicide on March 3.
John Nichols, the elder and favored
suitor, whom she was to marry, end
ed his life two days Inter. Robert
Nichols, who had nourished his pas
sion in secret, that by his abnegation
the brother and sweetheart might be
happy, died by his own hand yester
day at his home in Madison. A third
brother, George Nichols, is frantic
with grief.
BURIED HER BABY ALIVE
Mill Girt Confesses Her Crime, West
Chester, Pa., Police Say.
Westchester, Fa., March 1C Caro
line Brefort buried alive her new
born babe, Wednesday morning, the
police say. Physicians who made an
autopsy on the tiny body, which was
exhumed in the yard of Miss Brefori's
home, confirm the statement that tho
infant was alive when it was burled.
The mother, twenty years of age,
Is a millhand at Phoenixvllle; there
she is in the hospital, seriously 111
from exposure, and under arrest. She
feared she would die Friday, sent for
a priest and confessed to him; but, of
course, that did not lead to the accusa
tion against her.
After questioning Miss Breforl to
day, the Chief of Tollce went to the
home of Slovian Novak, a mill hand,
and arrested him when he was at din
ner with his wife and children.
MEDICAL ADVICEJY WIRELESS
Physician on Shore Prescribes for In
jured Man on Steamer.
Kureka, Cal., March IB. While the
oil steamer Asuncion was off this port
the Humboldt wireless station re
ceived from her a message saying that
one of the sailors had fallen from the
rigging to the deck, sustaining Injuries
resulting In severe internal hemor
rhages. Medical advice for the In
jured man was asked.
, The , wireless station at once com
municated with the marine physician.
Dr. .Charles Falk, who prescribed
treatment. The steamer remained
hove-to until the directions of the
physician had been received by wire
less, when she proceeded on her way
while the remedies, presumably, were
applied.
DROPS DEAD IN
Woman's End Came As Pastor 8poke
of Life's Uncertainty.
Youngstown, Ohio, March 16. "No
one of you can tell at what hour death
will come," said the pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Poland, near
here, In opening his sermon. Hardly
had he spoken the words when Mrs.
Matilda Williams fell from her seat
dead.
ijeath Is said to have been caused
by heart trouble. The morning ser
vice was brought to a close by a pray
er by the pastor before Mrs. Wil
liams's body was removed, and then
the church was closed for the day.
LABOR LEADERJOES TO JAIL
Organizer McGee of the Moulders
Sentenced After Two Appeals.
New Haven, Conn., March 15. In
the Common Pleas Court Frank J. Mc
Gee of Worcester, Mass., organizer
for the National Moulders Union, was
sentenced to one year In the New
Haven Jail and was taken there with
in an hour to begin his term.
McGee was convicted of intimidat
ing workmen during a strike at the
McLagon company foundry In Sep
tember, 1907, and was then sentenced
to a year in Jail.
QUADRUPLETS BORN IN CUBA
President Gomez Congratulates Moth.
er and Assists Family.
Havana, March 15. The wife of a
poor cigar maker of Havana, the
..,. U . - M . ....
uiuuier ui louneen cnnaren, gave
birth to quadruplets, two bovs and
two girls.
President Gomez sent his consrratu-
muuuH ui ine moiner, as a woman
deserving well of the republic, with
suDsiantiai assistance.
SUFFRAGE DEFEAT IN 101
Equal and Limited Bills Are Voted
Down In Senate.
Des Moines, March 15. Equal suf
frage met a decided defeat in the
Senate by a vote of 37 to 11. The
limited suffrage bill for women was
also defeated by a vote of 36 to 12.
This disposes of the movement for
woman suffrage at this session.
8peaker of Texas House Quits.
Austin, Tex., March 17. In compll
uuce wim a resolution passed by a
minority of Its members. Sneaker
Kennedy of the Texas House of Repre
sentatives resigned. His resignation
was accepted by a viva voce vote.
John J. Marshall was then unant
mously elected Speaker In his place.
Guatemala to Teach Enollsh.
Mexico City, March 10. Hereafter
the English language will be taught
in an me public schools of Guatemala,
THE COLUMBIAN.
PETROSINO SHOT
DEAD IN ITALY
Best
Known of New York's
Italian Detectives
Murdered
SENTENCED BY THE BLACK HAND
He Had Visited Nests of the Mafia and
Marked Ringleaders Was to Have
Reported Plan to Keep Lawbreak
ers Out of This Country.
Rome, March 17. Lieut. Joseph
Totrosino of the New York police
force was shot and killed at 9 o'clock
p. m. In Palermo on the Piazza Ma
rina. The Piazza is almost unllghted
at night.
A sailor saw a man leaning against
an iron railing with blood streaming
from his mouth. He fell dead within
a few minutes without speaking. The
sailor saw two men sheltered in i
neighboring house. These two men
fled at the approach of the police.
Palermo, March 16. Inquiries made
here show thnt Detective Petrosino
had been staying at the Hotel de
France, In the Piaza Marina, since
Feb. 28, where he was registered under
the name of De Simone. A day or
two after his arrival here he visited
the Prefect of Police, who offered him
a police guard, saying that he carried
his life in his hands by thus visiting
Itrlr.
Petrosino refused the offer, believ
ing that a gunrd would hamper his
movements. Similar warnings came
to him from the American Consul, but
they also proved unavailing.
"After escaping so many schemes of
vengeance In New York," said Petro
sino In declining the well-meant ad
vice. "I should be able to defend my
self in Palermo."
It Is the custom of visitors to leave
the Hotel de France every morning
about 8 o'clock, returning at 9 In the
evening after dining at the Cafe Crete
in the Piazza Marina. When 'Petro
sino left the Cafe Crete it was noticed
that he was in company with two men
who were engaged In an animated con
versation. As they proceeded In the
direction of the less frequented side
of the gardens two shots were heard
and Petrosino, shot In the back of the
head, had just sufficient strength to
draw his own revolver and, without
aiming, Are a shot at the disappear
ing forms of his treacherous compan
ions before he fell to the pavement
dead.
The report of the shots brought
crowds to the spot. Some police car
bir.ers elbowed their way through the
throng and took charge of the body.
The Identity of the dead man was
soon established, while papers in his
pockets Indicated the hazardous nat
ure of the mission on which he had
come to Sicily.
Not only was he endeavoring to
track down certain individuals, but he
was also charged with a compilation
of the records of notorious Italian
criminals to be used for reference by
the New York police and by the Unit
eu States immigration officials.
It was pathetic to find In one of the
inside pockets of his coat picture post
cards addressed to his wife in New
York.
The body will be sent to New York
as soon as the necessary formalities
have been complied with.
'ilo ponce believe the murderers
wore especially allotted to kill such a
formidable enemy of the Mafia, and
that Petrosino had ben shadowed in
cessantly since the moment he sailed
out of New York Harbor last January.
Petrosino had managed to collect
while here much evidence of the crimi
nality of a large number of Italians
who have taken refuge in the United
States, which would have given the
American Government the power to
deport them. In a number of cases
he had traced murder to them.
Petroslno's Secret Mission.
New York, N. Y., March 16. Petro
sino was born on Oct. 23, 1860, in Italy,
but came to this country when a small
boy and received his education In the
public schools here. On Oct. 23, 1883,
he was appointed a patrolman and
was assigned to the Tenderloin sta
tion. In July, 18U5, he was made a
detective and transferred to Head
quarters, and four years later he was
made a detective-sergeant. Then an
act of the Legislature promoted him
to the grade of lieutenant. He mar
ried two years ago and three months
ago a baby girl was born.
After a vain attempt to persuade
the Board of Aldermen to provide
funds for a secret service similar to
the effect underground organizations
that are effectively employed in Eu
rope. Commissioner Bingham prevail
ed upon private citizens early in the
winter to contribute an aiiiDlo fund
for the purpose.
P. J. Kieran Indicted.
Pittsburg, March 15. Allegheny
County grand Jury returned true bills
against P. J. Kieran, former head of
the Fidelity Funding Company of New
York, charging him with embezzle
ment and larcenry by bailee.
New Ship Trust on Great Lakes.
Detroit, March 15.--The Free Dress
announced the formation of a new ves
sel corporation which will buy 50 of
the largest lumber carrying vessels on
the Great Lakes.
BLOOMSBUrMV-
csi mm OUT CASE
rasjjttBO on
Judge Anderson In $29,000,000 Rebate
Suit Declares Government Has
Not Proved Charges.
Chicago. 111.. March 17 Judire A. B.
Anderson wiped out the so-called $29,
000,000 Standard Oil case by Instruct
ing the Jury to return a verdict of not
guilty. Ten minutes later the verdict
had ben signed and made of record.
Boiled down to Its simplest terms, the
action of the Court was predicated on
the opinion that the government was
not making Its evidence fit Its allega
tions; In other words, that It had ut
terly failed to "make out a case."
Counsel for the government was
plainly disheartened by the abrupt dis
posal of the case. The attorneys for
the defence wore delighted. The prose
cution felt that the decision of Judgo
Anderson had upset plans for other
prosecutions of a like nature and that
It hpl struck a tender, If not a vital,
spot In tho Klklns law. Counsel for
the oil company were pleased becnuse,
they said, "the decision cleared tho
defendant morally as well as techni
cally." Supplementing this comment,
Jolwi S. Miller, chief counsel for the
defence volunteered this assurance:
"Now thnt this case Is disposed of,
I can say that the Standard Oil Com
pany has not accepted rebates since
the Elklns law went Into effect."
It Is said the decision will mean the
saddling of many thousands of dollars
additional expense annually on the
railroads of the country in tho com
piling of more comprehensive sched
ules of tariffs.
Judge Anderson said he had no
choice of any other ruling in the case
under the circumstances. He had ad
hered to the decision of the Court of
Appeals, he said. "Under the plain
ruling of the higher court," s .Id
Judge Anderson, "a verdict of guilty
on the evidence adduced would not be
allowed to stand and it ought not to
be returned. We have the charge, but
the evidence does not prove the alle
gations. If you should have returned
a verdict of guilty it would have been
my duty to set it aside, and I would
have done so Instantly."
PRIEST SLAIN IN CHRTCH FEUD
Houseeekper, Wounded Twice, Will
Recover.
Newark, N. J., March 15. As the re
sult of a long and bitter contest over
the money affairs of St Stanblstaus
Polish Catholic Church of Newark,
the most powerful organization of the
Poles In New Jersey, the Rev. Father
Erasam Anslon, priest of the parish,
met death yesterday by a bullet fired
by one of three assassins. All three
shot at the priest, and he was twice
wounded before the fatal shot ended
his life.
In their flight, the assassins shot
and seriously wounded the housekeep
er of the parish house, where the mur
der took place. This woman, Anton
Ina Satzycka, sought to-prevent their
escape and was herself twice shot.
The motive for the murder evidently
was the determination to rid the par
ish of the priest on the part of a fac
tion that resented the taking from
their representatives the financial af
fairs of the congregation.
Two men, both ring leaders in the
factional fight of the church, are held
under suspicion. Eight others, one u
New York student, were caught In the
dragnet that was at once thrown out
in the Polish settlement Against
them there is nothing of record, ex
cept their identification with the fac
tion that opposed the dead priest.
Cholera Kills Civil Engineer.
Washington, March 15. The first
death from cholera of an, American In
the Philippines for months was re
ported to the Bureau of Insular Affairs
to-day, the victim being Joseph L. Lar-
mour, a civil engineer, whose home
was In Baltimore. Mr. Larmour, who
died yesterday, was engaged In the
construction of highways at Tuguega-
rao, Luzon. Ho had been In the Phil
ippines only a short time.
Ex-Ctato Treasurer $70,000 8hort.
Salt Lake, Utah,- March 15. James
Chrlstensen, former State Treasurer.
Who retired from olfi.ee Jan. 1, Is under
arrest charged with being a defaulter
to the amount of 170,000. Chrlsten
sen, It is said, had acknowledged that
the money was used in speculations In
Nevada mining ventures.
To Investigate Picture Trust.
Chicago, March 10. At a meeting
or the independent movlne Dictum
ineutre owners to-night, it was an
nouncec. that the moving picture in
dustry and the film trust will be In-
vestigated by the Secretary of Cora
merce and Labor.
No Local Option for Pennsylvania
iiarnsDurg, Pa.. March 11. The
House or Representatives of the Penn
syivania Legislature defeated local
option Dy a vote of 136 to 66. Local
option was the chief issue In the cam
paign last fall when the Legislature
was elected.
Lieutenant Dropped cs a Deserter.
- Washington, March 10. First Lieut
Edward L. Rains, Twentieth Infantry,
nas ueen Dropped from the roll of
the Army for desertion.
North Carolina to Use "the Chair."
Italelgh. N. C. .March 12. The Leg-
ismr'tre enacted a luw. requiring all
persons convicted of capital offenses
a ue Tinvnieiy e ectrouutnd in tv
s tate Penitentiary hero.
GAVE
FOUND
IN
Explored for a Thousand Feet,
Its Yawning Chasms Indi
cate Miles of Passages
IT RIVALS THE MAMMOTH CAYE
Captain E. R. Thomas, Old Time
Woodsman, by Dropping Stones
Sounds Pits of Enormous Depths
Mouth of the Cave 60 Feet Wide.
Snranac Lake. N. Y March 17.
Seemingly as deen as the famous Main
moth Cave In Kentucky, and contain
ing a succession of wonderful ave
nues, chambers and abysses, an enor
mous cavern has been discovered In
one of the wildest portions of the
Adlrondacks by Captain E. R. Thomas,
a woodsman of wide experience. Al
ready It has been explored In several
directions for a distance of approxi
mately one thousand feet, and Cap
tain Thomas Is of the opinion that it
would require miles of travel to in
vestigate all of Its subterranean pas
Faces. Ar an Indication of the depth of
some of the yawning chasms encount
er the captain says that twenty sec
onds elapsed before stones dropped
Into the pits were heard to strike.
Apparently of volcanic origin, the
cavern Is situated in township No. 9,
about two and one-half miles 'from
Twin Pond station and three miles
from Standlsh. The peak, which Is
alout one thousand feet high, la
down on the map as "W" mountain.
Tho mouth of the cave Is about fifty
feet wide, and besides the main en
trance there are four smaller ones.
With a ball of twine tied to a sap
ling to guide them back to the mouth,
Captain Thomas and a companion
went In about a thousand feet The
flrrt room encountered was about fifty
feet long, thirty feet wide and twenty
feet high. The walls were covered
with bats, which hovered In great
clusters of fifty to two hundred. These
bats seemed to have been made lethar
gic oy the fumes of sulphur that sur
charged the chill, damp air of the
cavern.
A second room, forty feet long.
twenty-five feet high and fifteen feet
wide, was found, with outlets to still
other rooms, all leading downward.
The Impression of the explorers was
of a great chimney with Innumerable
tributaries as one proceeded Into It
Captain Thomas had no means t
hand of measuring the depth of the
various pits encountered, but from the
length of time It took missiles to
strike bottom he thinks some of these
pits must be as deep as the Mammoth
Cave.
WAR IN LONDON DRY GOODS
Selfridge, Formerly of Chicago, Stirs
Up the Retail Trade.
London, March 17. The greatest
commercial duel London has ever
known has begun. Mr. Selfridge. for
merly of Chicago, has opened what Is
probably the finest general store in
the world and started wltn American
methods to compete with well known
English establishments.
His challenge has been accent
ed, and Harrods, his largest Eng
lish competitor, has started rival
attractions, among other things mak
ing use of the best known operatic
artists and other talent to draw wom
en to their house. Both places were
crammeu despite the bad weather, and
London women are having the time
of thoir lives.
Another noticeable effect f Mia
struggle is the transformation of the
newspapers. Local tradesmen never
advertised In the American fashion,
but now the papers are bulky with
huge "ads" from many houses.
ETHEL- BARRYMORE MARRIED
Actress Became the Bride of Russell
colt In Boston.
Boston, March 17. Ethel Barrymore
and Russell Grlswold Colt, son of
Samuel P. Colt, president of the
United States Rubber Company, were
married at 10 o'clock a. m. by the Rev.
Father James J. Chittick, rector of the
Church of the Most Precious Blood
in Ilydo Park, twelve miles from Bos
ton, in Father Chittick's parish house.
The only witnesses were RoBwell Colt,
a brother or tho bridegroom, and Jack
Barrymore, brother of Miss Barry
more, who gave the bride away.
STANDARD OLFINE $20,000
Judge Hazel Denies Motion for New
Trial In Rebating Case.
Buffalo, N. Y.. March 17.-Judge
Hazel, in the United States Court de
nied the motion of the Standard' Oil
Company for a new trial and imposed
a fine of $20,000.
The case hinged on the Standard
Oil Company's accepting concessions
from railroads In the shipments of oil
from Olean, N. Y., to Rutland and
other points In Vermont.
To Pray Three Days for R,n.
Kaltlllo, Mex... March , 17. The
dromrht had hoon d ,
m mis re
gion and the resultant suffering 80
c-eat thut Blshof Jose Maria Echever
na yesterday ordered prayers In all
h-:rvhes for three days for rain.
ADifiONDACKS
ELECT GANNON ABU,
HGUSE RULES
Power of Speaker and Rules Com
mittee Curtailed Organization's
Status Little Modified.
Washington, Mnrch 17. The House
of Kepresentatlves chose Represent
tive Joseph O. Cannon as Its Speskor
for the fourth consecutive time, thus
coiiTirrlns on him an honor given t
only ore o'her man In the history of
that body, Andrew Stevenson, of Vir
ginia, bavins served four terms at
Speaker.
Tho fight on the rules, which has
been waged with desperation during
the last two months, terminated In a
pnrtlal victory for the "Insurgents."
They succeeded In defeating a resolu
tion to adopt tho existing rules or th
House, and forced the adoption of cer
tain modifications which curtail Use
power of the Speaker and the Com
mittee on Rules, and Insure the con
sideration of bills favorably reported
by committees.
While the "Insurgents" were thf
victors In the contest, viewed as s
whole tho spoils of their victory are
not great, and the regulars have man?
reasons for gratification nt the result
They defeated a resolution taking
away from tho Speaker the power nf
appointing committees, which, had It
pnspod, would have meant the gradual,
but none the less certain, disintegra
tion of the House organization.
Mr. Fitzgerald, Democrat, of New
York, offered a resolution amending
the rules so as to permit considera
tion of bills by unanimous consenl
without first getting the Speaker-
"O. K." and Insuring "cnlendnr Wed
nesday" unless a two-thirds vote be
cast against It and giving the minority
Increased opportunity to recommit
bills. This was violently attacked br
a majority of the Democrats, but wai
adopted by a vote of 211 yeas to 171
nays.
In addition to Fitzgerald, twenty
two Democratic bolters and one lnsu
gent made this victory possible.
SUiClOE AFTER THREE MURDERS
Mall Carrier Forges Wife's Name to
Mortgages on Their Home.
Flora, 111., March 17. Robert Straw
ser, 45 years old, a mall carrier o
rural route No. 2, gave strychnine to
his three children, 8, 5 and 2 years
old, and swallowed the remaining pois
on himself. All are dead. Strawser
bad busied himself all afternoon writ
ing letters, and sent his wife to milk
the cows. When she returned th
baby was In convulsions, and, think
ing she had swallowed a pin, the
mother rushed to a neighbor for help
As she and the neighbor returned
the house Strawser, who had Just
swallowed a large quantity of U
drug, fell dead, smashing out a win
dow as he fell. The three cnlldre
lived only a short time, the last one
dying at 9 o'clock p. m.
Three letters were found, one ad
dressed to Strawser's wife, one to the
Coroner and another to G. W. Ander
son, a neighbor, in which he gave as
the reason for his act that he was
tired of being persecuted by his
creditors and did not wlBh his chil
dren to be left without a home.
Everything Strawser had was mort
gaged, including his household goods,
his wife's name being forged to the
mortgages.
SHORE STEELViAGE COTS
The Pennsylvania Comoanv An
nounces a 10 Per Cent. Reduction.
Harrisburg, Pa.. March 17. The
Pennsylvania Steel Company, one of
do largest of the indepndent steof
companies in the country, has an
nounced a reduction in wages approxi
mating 10 per cent., effective April 1.
Baltimore, March 17. A general re
duction in wages of 400 men at Spar
row's Point, amounting to 10 per cent,
and affecting all divisions of Ui
works of the Maryland Steel Com
pany, wil be put Into effect on April
1, according to a high official of th
company.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Wholesale Prices of .-arm Products
Quoted for the Week.
WHEAT No. 2, Red. $1.221.23 14;
No. 1, Northern Duluth. $1.23.
CORN No. 1. 75076 'ic.
OATS-Mlxed, 57 Vi (ft 58 c.
MILK Per quart. 3V6c
BUTTER Western extra, 28!30c4
State dairy, 1924C.
CHEESE-State full cream 15f
16c.
EGGS State. Fair to cholee, 22J
22 c; do, western firsts, 19V420i
APPLES-Baldwin, per bbl., $3.50Cjr
5.50; Russet, per bbl., $2.504.00;
Greenings, per bbl., $3.606.00
SHEEP Per 100 lbs.. $4.605.00.
BLEVES-Clty Dressed. 810c
CALVES-Clty Dressed. 915c.
HOGS Live, per 100 lbs., $7.10.
HAYPrlme. Per 100 lbs.. 85c.
i idLo"g Rye" per 100 lbs" lX
LIVE POULTRY-Chlckens, per lfc,
uc; Fowls, per lb.. 20c; Turkey.
Per lb., 18c.
DEss1,r0ULTRY-Turky. P
16c.; Broilers. Phlla., per lb.. m
JJ0Q; State, red, per bag. 1 25