16 HOI WIS BIGAMIST : IS ILL IS ROBBER | Continued From llrst Page] ■ ■ «■ « r•. 11 OH L, THE BANDIT parage," Mrs. Hohl continued, "but he had trouble with the owner and about fourteen months ago Drought me to .-v Cincinnati. He left me. saying he was j going to Chicago, and the next time 1 heard of him he had married Ivy Ormsby, 20 years old, of Salem, Ohio, at Harrisburg, in 1913, under the name of Frank <}. Carroll. He also went under the name of Frank Wilson." Search For "Bandit's Bride" I'pon getting this information from the wife of the bandit, which was borne out by the police, the entire state was warned to be on the lookout for the ormsby woman, whom the police are sure has the stolen $13,000 in her possession. Throughout last night and this morning the wires were busy between this point and every city in the east ern United States and west as far as Chicago urging that close watch be kept lest the bandit's accomplice es cape. Up until a late hour this afternoon the woman was still at large. How .lol> Was "Pulled" Hohl, notorious automobile bandit of many aliases, was killed yesterday in a sensational escapade, in which he robbed two banks, stole an automobile and fought a pistol duel with the police, wounding one man probably fatally. The climax of Hohl's career occu pied only three hours. Shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning he entered the West End branc hot' the Provident Savings Bank and Trust Company, at Eighth and Freeman avenues, fired two shots at Cashier Edward Hughes, scooped up SS,OOO in currency, backed through the door, jumped into a wait ing automobile, which had been stolen, and disappeared. Cashier Hughes fired after the robber, hut his shots dill not take effect. ItuliN Second Bank While the police were searching for the bandit, more than an hour later he entered the I.lberty Banking and Savings Company Bank, at I.iherty and Freeman avenues, 10 blocks away, fired two shots at Cashier George Win ters, seized what proved to be $5,100 in currency, ran to his automobile and again disappeared. The shots were so close lo Winters that he was powder burned, but other than suffering from the shpek lie was uninjured. Almost two hoiirn later Harry l'.uekshorn, whose mother conducts an apartment house on West Eighth street, informed the police of the sim ilarity of appearance of a man who rented a room there yesterday to a description given of the bandit. Three policemen called at the room. When they knocked the door suddenly was thrown open "and the bandit opened lire, at the same time brushing past ilie officers, one of whom Policeman Edward Knoiil, was probably fatally wounded. He again ran to his auto mobile, which was standing at a near by corner, and tried again to make good his escape, but In rounding a corner the machine crashed into a telegraph pole and was wrecked. Bandit Is Shot The bandit jumped out and opened fire on the other two officers, who had pursued him. In the battle that fol lowed Hohl fell, with four bullet' wounds in his body, and lie died ! shortly afterward at the hospital. He | / was identified by Cashier Hughes, of the Provident Bank, as the man who | had robbed his bank, and later a 1 conrparlßon of a picture of Hohl with the dead man was made and proved with other signs of identification to the satisfaction of the police that the dead man was Hohl. The picture was one which had been sent out follow ing the Altoona bank robbery. Pennsy Railroad Cops Looking For Bandit on Robbery Charges The Pennsylvania Railroad police j were really keeping closer watch on Hohl thin the local police department. It was J'ot because of the reward of-i forcd. but some things occurred alcfcg the ma'n linn of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the way of station rob beries that made the police believe these jobs were pulled off frequently with the aid of one or more persons in an automobile. The Pertnsylvania Railroad police] pay Hohl has been in Harrisburg' twice, since he escaped from the Blair county jail. once they are positive that he visited his mother's home in Court street. Escaped From the Blair County Jail by Greasing His Body With Butter Special to The Telegraph Altoona, Pa., Dec. 18.—The Altoona j police have been looking for Frank G. Ilohl ever since he escaped from the Hollldaysburg jail on Easter Sunday morning. Hohl was wanted here for holding tip the Union Bank and stealing s•>.- NSO. He first stole an automobile, drove up to the bank during the noon hour, shot Cashier A. P. Rupert and William McDowell, depositor, neither fatally. Jumped over the railing, stuffed the bills into his pocket and made off, firing several shots to scare the as sembled crowd. April 4 he was captured by Chief of Police Cook at Salem, Ohio, where he had gone with liis wife to visit her parents. On the way to Altoona he lashed a cup of hot coffee in the face of one of the officers bringing him back, hut did hot escupe. After being jailed at Hollldaysburg he confessed to the Unoln Rank hold up and agreed to plead guilty. Despite warnings, the jail warden refused to put a guard at the cell at night. Hohl FRIDAY EVENING, , HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 18, 1914. greased his body with butter, crawled through a narrow window, gained the roof, let himself down the jail wall with a rope made of bedding and din appeared. Apparently to show bis contempt for risks, he subsequently came to Altoona and stole an automobile, drove out of town to where he had his converted racer hidden, exchanged wheels and speeded westward. With him at the time was young Kauffman, the Chi cago youth, who confessed to being in the bank hold-up at Homestead a day or two later. Police Records Show Hohl Began Career at Age of 15 Police records on file in the local Bertillon department credit Frank Hohl with having started his criminal career at the age of 15 years. He was born in Harrisburg and his early associates were members of the fa mous "Tin Can Alley" gang, led by "Headlight" Naughton, who was leader of one of the worst gangs of thieves the locai police department lias ever gone up against. The gang was finally broken up and several members are now serving time in the Eastern Penitentiary. Hohl was quite young to associate with these men, but, according to the police, he was a great favorite, and while for a long time none of the -ob beries included Hohl, he finally was taken in when a series of systematic thefts at small stores were reported to the police from the upper end of the city. Before Hohl took up his evil associates he was a messenger at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Hohl was finally arrested and was sent to the lluntingon Reformatory. Here he learned about machinery, and on his release got work in a garage. A series of thefts was traced to him, and he was sent to the Eastern Peni tentiary, it having been found that he was using cars from the garage on thieving tours, and plunder was dis covered under the tloor of the build ing when lie was arrested. After his release from the peniten tiary on parole. Hohl is supposed to have been involved in robberies in nearby towns, and is known to have stolen several automobiles. After a robbery at the Union Bank, at Altoona, he was arrested, but escaped from jail at Hollldaysburg. Since that time he has been heard of In Homestead, Cliieacro and Indianapolis, and his mother's home has been constantly under watch by police. Local Police Expected Hohl to "Pull" His Sensations Here The one topic of conversation in and about police circles was the end of the career of Frank G. Hohl, the Harrisburg bandit, who met his Water loo yesterday after he had robbed two banks in Cincinnati. His end came when his automobile crashed into a telegraph pole, and the young bandit was obliged to fight his pursuers. Four bullets pierced Hohl's body, two of which made fatal wounds. 'While the strongest sympathy was expressed for the mother at 3lt! Court street, whom no one blames for her son's downfall, a sigh of relief went up on all sides when the death of Hohl was announced. In police cir cles. but more particularly with the Pennsylvania Railroad police, Frank Hohl was expected to return to Har risburg at any time to pull off one or lils sensational jobs. This belief was based on letters which, it is said, have turned up at intervals at Altoona and in Harrisburg. Both Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison, of the local police de partment. and Captain P. D. Barclay, of the Pennsylvania Railroad police, actually believed that Frank G. Hohl would sooner or later pull off a job In Harrisburg. Hohl Was Watched, But Not Hounded, While Here, Says Chief of Police Colonel Hutchison to-day denied the accusations made by Hohl's mother that the boy's downfall was due to the hounding of her son by the po lice. Colonel Hutchison blames evil associations for the life Hohl lead. The Colonel said "Hohl was not want ed ill Harrisburg on any charge. There was a reward of SI,OOO offered by the Blair county authorities, for the cap ture of Hohl. Had Hohl turned up in Harrisburg and his capture followed, it would have been in accordance with police duties." The Colonel added: "Had Prank Hohl come to Harris burg with no charge hanging over him and behaved himself he would not have been molested. Hohl was not a person to be trusted. Even if we knew he was in the city, and no charges were hanging over him, of course, he would have been closely watched —but not hounded. The po lice department keeps a watch on all criminals after they have returned froin serving a sentence in a peni tentiary or in jail for the protection of the public." Mother Will Claim the Body of Bandit and It Will Be Buried Here Mrs. Annie Hohl, when told that her son's body was in the city hos pital at Cincinnati unclaimed, said that as soon as her daughter arrived from Uniontown she will claim the body. Undertaker Charles H. Mauk, the family undertaker will be notified and will take charge of the body, which will be brought here for burial. Hohl Was the Man Who Robbed Kansas City Store Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 18.—Photo graphs of Hohl recently received by the police were identified last night by members of the Goldman Concern as those of the man who robbed that store. Another photograph said to be of a Salem, Ohio, woman, was iden tified as that of the female accom plice. Bertillon Record of Bandit Dug Up by Local Police Heads llohl's records in the Bertillon de partment at the local police depart ment is as follows: Number. 243; color, white: arrested, November 29, 190r»; age, IS years; residence, 658 Sayford street; occupation, railroad brakeman; arrested by Officers Welsh, Steimer and Weills; charges, burg lary and larceny. Plead guilty to stealing brasses from the Pennsylva nia railroad. Sentenced by Judge George Kunkel in January, 1906, to Huntingdon Reformatory. Served one year and violated his parole and was returned to Huntingdon Reformatory. Discharged April 19, 1909. Sentenced November 11, 1909, at Carlisle to not less than one year In the EJastern pen itentiary or more than four years, for felonious entry and robbery. Steal ing from box cars in Cumberland Val ley railroad yards at Lfemoyne. Ser ved one year. Went to work at Ford garage. Tenth street near Market, ar rested by Detectives I bach and Mur ane cn August 10, 1913, for stealing tires from an automobile near Dau- 1 phin. Released on bale; ease turned over to District Attorney. When I County Detective James Walters went Ito notify Hohl to appear before the! I District Attorney, Hohl jumped into | lan automobile owned by Dr. Peters; of Middletown and escaped. Auto-1 mobile ditched by Ilohl near Balti- j more. Hohl sends word to local po- ! lice that he has gone to foreign parts ! land will not trouble Harrisburg again. Mrs. Hohl Sobs "Frankie" Was a Good Boy 'Till He Was Hounded by Police Hounding by the police every place he went and recognition by traveling men at each place he worked, In the belief of Mrs. Annie Hohl, 316 Court street, mother of the dead bandit, Frank (J. Hohl, ure the causes which led to her boy's death. Mrs. Hohl, a trail little woman of 50, weighing less than 100 pounds, is to-day a heart-broken niuther. Of her eight children her "F.« ikle" ap peared to be the favorite', "All through lii» poor life," she sobbed this morn ing, "he has seen nothing but hard ships. He tried to do what was right, but the police and other people would not help him. The stain of a reforma tory school and a pe/iltentiary were on him and his every effort to mend his life was met by barriers which he could not surmount." Tears ran down the cheeks of .he bandit's mother's face as she reviewed the past life of her son and told of the difficulties which he had to face. "When Frankie was just a little boy his father died. Four of my eight children were dead, but 1 was left with four, the youngest of whom was fourteen months. Frankie got work as a messenger boy and was never hap pier than when he received his pay, and, bringing it home, laid it in my j lap. Oh, I can see my boy before me , now. He came running home from work and would sit and talk to me and do everything that he could to make my life happy. Bad Companions llis Fail "But. then came the time when he got in with some bad companions. Two boys, much older than Frankie, went to an uptown clothing store to buy some clothes. After the purchase was made the boys discovered that they had been cheated, and, returning to the store, asked the proprietor to make some reduction. This he re fused to do. The boys then decided to get even. That night they planned to break into the store and scatter the clothes about the place. Frankie was in the crowd. The place was robbed and clothes were scattered from Har risburg to Marysvllle. The gang was rounded up and all of them were let go but Frankie, because I did not have SSO to pay for his release. It was then that he was sentenced to Huntingdon, where he remained for eighteen months. When his term ex pired he came back to Harrisburg and worked to help me. He got employ ment at the roundhouse and later went to Rutherford to work. His boss knew the trouble he was in before and did everything to help him. But then the man was taken sick and another man took his place. That fellow did every thing to make life miserable for Frankie, and finally inv poor boy was compelled to leave the place. The police continued on the trail of the poor youngster and he could not go any place without seeing an officer. Gave Half His Money to His Mother "When Frankle's grandmother's estate was settled, he got $450. He brought the money homo and gave half of it to me. With some of the remainder he bought an engine for a motorboat. The boat was down at the river and one night when some box cars were robbed on the West Shore. Frankie was accused because his boat had been found away from its accus tomed place. But I can prove that Frankie had been to see a doctor that afternopn and that he was too weak to leave the house that night. Tn court they wouldn't give me a chance to testify, and Frankie was taken away from me and sent to the penitentiary for what some other person had done. "When he came back to Harrisburg again he married Miss Bertha Holtz man and later went to Bethlehem to work. Conditions became bad there and he had to come back to this city, after having given up an attempt to buy a home in Bethlehem. The poor boy used to tell me that he believed the devil was after him, for everything turned against him. Had Combination to Safe "He got a job at the Ford garage in this city as a machinist and for a time all was happiness. His employer did not know that he had been to a reformatory and a penitentiary. He was not watched every minute and he soon gained the confidence of those about him. At times his employer went away from the garage and left Frankie in charge and even told him the combination of the safe. There was no trouble until a car up along the river had been stripped of its tires and some other parts. These were taken to the garage and sold to Frankie In the presence of the man who employed him. A few days later the man who owned the tires ap peared and after seeing them accused Frankie of stealing them, and told the poor boy in the presence of those about him that he was nothing but a con vict and jailbird. This was too much for Frankie to stand, coupled with the hounding of the local police. The first opportunity he got he took a car out of the garage and started in the direction of Baltimore. Couldn't Stand Scorn "A few days later a letter received at the garage and written by my boy told where the car could be found and stated that he could no longer stand the finger of scorn being pointed at him every place he went. I did not see my boy from that time until I saw him in l.he Hollldaysburg jail, and I have not seen him since. When the poor boy came home for supper in the evening from the garage he was alwavs in a hurry. The police kept watching him constantly and would fake him into custody for every little thinu. He was arrested for speeding on the Mulberry street bridge and I can prove that he was not near the bridge that'day. Again he was fined for failing to have a light on the back of the oar lie was driving while it was stopped in front of my house. Salesmen Trailed Him, Too "I just guess the poor boy got care- i less when the police kept chasing hint, and I believe that is what turned him into a bank robber. Several times he wrote me and told me he had gotten work In garages in various cities after] he left here, but when traveling sales men visited the places they recognized him and he was forced to flee to avoid arrest. The salesmen, of course, vis ited the local garages and got to know Frankie and he learned to know them, so that it was hard for hint to work In unv garage and not be recognized. Mrs. Hohl for many years has been a charwoman at the Pennsylvania Station. She will ask the railroad company to help her and see that her boy gets back to Harrisburg for burial. Knows Nothing of Robberies Of the bank robberies Mrs. Hohl appears to know nothing. She ex plained that, her hoy was evidently driven to desperation, in need of money and that he simply took that means of securing funds. She says she never suspected he would become a bandit, because he was always too kind to her. The Cincinnati dispatch, which savs Hohl was a bigamist, was news to the woinafl. She knew, of course, that her son had married Miss Bertha lloltzmon. but she was unable to say whether she was the woman who trav eled with him in his bank exploits or whether it was another. COMMISSION GRANTS FBEIGH INCREASE | Continued From First Page] transportation are fundamental and | Indlspenslblo agencies in our industrial j life and for the common weal should I be kept abreast of public requirements, j "The original report, besides ap- , proving a rate increase in central! freight association territory, suggested ten sources of additional revenue for j all carriers throughout official classi- i fleatlon territory; the present report, j recognizing the existence of a new j situation since July 29, acquiesces in a territorial extension of the relief granted to the Central Freight Asso ciation lines by permitting the carriers to file tariffs providing, with certain exceptions specified, for horizontal rate increases in official classification terri tory. it is expected that the con structive work suggested in the origi nal report for the purpose of conserv ing and augmenting the necessities of the carriers generally will be carried forward without interruption. "Carriers will be required to keep an account of the additions to their reve nues from increases in rates subse quent to July 29, 1914. and from new charges and to report separately thereon to the commission at the end of twelve and twenty-four months, re spectively." After stating the exceptions, hereto fore given, the decision proceeds: "In our original report we declined, for reasons these stated, to allow in creased rates in Central Freight Asso ciation territory or. cement, starch, brick, tile, clay and plaster. On fur ther consideration in the light of the existing situation, these rates may bo increased throughout official classifi cation territory under the limitations herein set forth. "Joint rates between official classi fication territory on the one hand and southeastern territory, the southwest and point on or east of the Missouri river on the other, may be increased not to exceed five per cent, of the division of the rate accruing to the carriers in official classification terri tory. Where these increases involve a change In the relationship under the long and short haul rule between In termediate points and more distant points outside of official classification territory, relief from the fourth sec tion of the act must first be secured on regular application. "Interstate rates to and from New England from and to points in trunk line or Central Freight Association ter ritory, where necessary to preserve established relationships between points or ports in New England and points or parts in trunk tine territory, may he increased not to exceed five per cent. "Subject to the maintenance of the established Atlantic port differentials, rates to and from New York may be increased not to exceed five per cent., and rates to and from Portland, Bos ton. Philadelphia and Baltimore may be increased to the extent necessary to maintain said differentials. Five Per Cent, Increase "Except as otherwise above speci fied rates In official classification ter ritory may be Increased by not more than five per cent.; but rates Increased since July 29, 1914, may not now be again Increased so as to exceed those then in effect by an aggregate of more than five per cent, of the intra terri torial rate, or of the portion or divi sion of the inter territorial rate ac cruing to the road or roads in official classification territory as the case may be. "If fractions in excess of one-half a mill are rounded upward, fractions less than one-half of a mill are to be discarded. "In some instances and in part be cause of the pendency of this proceed ing, we have recently suspended pro posed Increased rates In this territory. Carriers may. If they so elect, now can cel such tariffs so suspended and file in lieu thereof tariffs which conform to the limitations above specified. If that Is done such suspensions will be vacated. "To the extent above indicated we now modify our previous findings, and carriers affected may file effective on not less than ten days notice, such tariffs as do not offend against the re strictions above stated." Exceptions Stated The exceptions from the proposed increase of rates are stated in the de cision as follows: "I—Rail-lake-and - rail, lake - and rail, and rail-and-lake rates. It is shown on the records that since the rail carriers acquired ownership and control of the lake lines successive in creases have been made in the rates via lake tending to lessen the differ ences between them and the all-rail rates. "2—Rates on bituminous coal and coke. Not long since those rates were investigated and maximum rates were prescribed by the commission. The key rates upon bituminous coal—the rate from the Pittsburgh district to Youngstown, and the rate on lake cargo coal to Ashtabula—have been fixed in the light of the various fac tors which enter into the transporta tion of such coal. The prevailing rates are remunerative, and the financial condition of the principal bituminous coal carriers is in marked contrast with that of many of the other car riers in official classification territory. Twice in the not distant past the rates on bituminous coal have been increas ed five cents a ton, and would seem now to be as high as may fairly be I allowed. It must be remembered also that the carriers are not seeking gen eral increases in rate on anthracite coal, and both kinds of coal are used in competitive markets. As to coke, the rates controlling the greater volume of traffic now moving in official classi fication territory have recently been set by the commission upon a basis which was specifically designed to j guard against shrinking the carrier's | revenue there from, and which really I resulted In substantial additions ta their earnings on that tariff. "3—Rates on anthracite coal and iiron ore, largely because they are be i fore us for review in other proceedings. I "4—Rates held by unexpired or- I ders of the commission. Figures Governing Decision "These figures serve to emphasize ■our previous finding of the need of carriers in official classification terri tory, taken as a while, for increased j revenue: , "For the fiscal year just ended the net operating revenues as shown by the carriers are lower than was esti mated or anticipated when the ori i ginal report was issued. Not since 1908 have the net operating revenues of the carriers been so low as in the fiscal year ending June last. In 1908 moreover, the property investment ac count of the carriers was $1,309,000 - 1000 less than In this last fiscal 'year | The surplus for 1908, after deducting ] $102,000,000 paid in dividends was ,$47,000,00. whereas, for the last'fiscal I year the dividends paid, amounting to | $118,000.000, drew on the accrued sur iplus to the extent of $8,200,000. Receipts Very Low "From whatever comparative stand point viewed, the net operating reve nues of the last fiscal year must he regarded as unduly Sow. Operating costs and operating revenues fail to show the tendency to such concomi tant variation as should prevail In the transportation Industry. The prop erty investment accounts as now ! standing on the books of the carriers I cannot be accepted as accurately rep resenting the fair value of their prop erty devoted to serving the public. "The fact remains that if the in- | crease In depreciation and betterment! accounts in the last Hscal year over j the average of similar allowances for j the five year period were added to . 'their net reporting income for the last! j fiscal year, the results of operation I pvould still fall below a fair return jupon the amounts carried upon the J books as investment in property, j "while there has been recently an j 'enlarged expenditure for maintenance ,of equipment it is clear that it has! | not been sufficient to restrict to proper! j limits the number of cars and loco motives needing repairs. We cannot I view with favor any attempt to ob-1 tain an increase in net revenue | through unduly restricted expend!- ! tres upon maintenance. 'The testimony shows that while the maintenance is being deferred other maintenance deferred during the last tlscal year is now being made. "The conflict in Europe will doubt- j less create an unusual demand upon | the world's loan fund of free capital 1 and may be expected to check the flow | of foreign investment funds'to Amer ican railroads. It appears that our | railroads represent tile bulk of Euro pean Investment in this country. The • rate of interest—the hire of capital—j has risen during the last decade and I may rise still further. It Is computed ; that in the years 1915, 1916 and 1917 1 the carriers in official classification ! territory must arrange for the pay ment or refunding of securities aggre gating over $500,000,000. True, the I representations of the carriers in the | 1910 cases, that without the increases: then sought their credit must, totally vanish, proved strongly at variance J with their subsequent experience in j the borrowing of many hundreds of millions. But we do not doubt that | the financial problems of the carriers! have been made much more acute by reason of the war and if we are to set rates that will afford reasonable re muneration to these carriers we must (rive consideration to the increased hire of capital as well as to other In creased costs.' Hurlnn Dissents Chairman Harlan, while agreeing that the roads have established their need of additional revenue, declares his entire "dissent from the course j now approved by the commission for permitting the carriers to augment their revenues. "The original record contained no evidence tending to prove that any of the proposed increased rates affect ing trunk line or New England terri tories were just and reasonable," said ' he. "and this deticiency in proof was not supplied on the further hearing. The record showed the financial con dition of the trunk line carriers gen erally to be much more favorable. "We pointed out, however, in our I original report the sources from j which the needed additional net in crease could and should be obtained — namely, by revision of rates and an abandonment of practices found to be unremuneratlve and wasteful. "By following the suggestions made in the original report the carriers could undoubtedly secure more addi tional net income than the amount estimated I to accrue under the pro posed horizontal rate increase and far j more than can accrue to them under j the reilef now accorded in the sup- j plemental reporl. L "f cannot but think that n general | increase in the standard rates of this j country, while the rate structures of these carriers remain full of incon- j sistencies, discriminations and wrong- j ftil practices that deplete their reve nues, is morally wrong; that the plac- | ing of additional burdens on interstate I commerce that is not also placed upon state commerce is also wrong; and that the course approved in the sup plemental report will ultimately be as disastrous to the carriers themselves as It will be harmful to the general interests." Commissioner Clements, dissenting said: "I can but regard the action now taken by the commission as out of harmony with the spirit and pur pose of the law, and as taking a step that leads away from the sound prin ciples necessary to conserve the ends of justice.' City Tax Rate For 1915 Lowered to Nine Mills Nine mills, it was unofficially an nounced to-day, will be the city tax rate for 1915. It Is now 9>,£. The City Commissioners yesterday decided this In executive session. An other special meeting will be held at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, when the ordinance will be prepared for second reading Tuesday. Mayor Royal, It is said, objected to the decrease on the ground that $22,000 had not been set aside for the sinking fund next year. Commissioner Bowman pointed out that sufficient had been set aside to cover up until September 1, 1915, , and that if necessary enough addi tional money could be put back to in clude the entire year to January 1, 1916. ' CHARGE TO REPAIR METERS , EXCEPT COST PRICE OF PARTS Not a single penny of expense for repairing water meters is charged by the Water Department any more and a certain sum has been set aside in the departmental budget for the en suing year to provide for this contin gency in 1915. Heretofore the depart ment charged for the work, but Com missioner of Public Safety H. F. Bow man has Inaugurated a system where by the repairs are all done without a cent of expense except the actual 1 c'ost of substituting the necessary parts. Trainmen Want Eight- Hour Day For All Men Members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen's legislative board to-day endorsed two bills, and ad journed. One bill provides for an eight-hour day for all railroad em-1 ployes. The other, a safety first ineas- j ure, provides a uniform system of | ! clearance and obstruction rules. GERMAN ARMORED CRUISER IS SUNK 1 Petrograd Announces Freidrich Karl Has Been Destroyed; 1 j 200 Men Saved By Associated Press Petrograd, Dec. 18. lt Is semiof ficially announced that the German ar . inorea .cruiser, Freidrich Karl,- was . sunk dul'ing a recent sortie In the Bal , tic. Two-thirds of her crew are said ' to have perished, less than 200 men j having been saved. Several reports recently Hald the » Freidrich Karl had struck a mine while coming out of a German port, in the Haltic. and had sunk. She was a cruiser of 8.858 tons and was built In Hamburg ' In 1902. Her complement was about - 557 men. Extra Special t of these 3 Piece Individual, Triple Silver Plated -JL CASTORS Regular SI.OO Value; SPECIAL AT ffIHL s@c Ifr right off the griddle and a new ship inent cftnie this morning. We desire to have you call and become acquainted with our store and our prices, whether you buy or not "The Store Where Standard Quality Is Modestly Priced in Plain Figures" The P. H. Caplan Co. JEWELERS HF" 18 North Fourth Street COMPraiHTO BE VERY COSTLY But Results Will Be Good For Peo ple of State, Believe Mem bers of Commission Warnings that Pennsylvania should avoid the difficulties of West Virginia in providing for the insurance features "of its proposed workmen's compen sation act and that the cost to the in dustries of the Keystone State would be about $10,000,000 per year and assurance of support from organized labor characterized the linal hearing of the Industrial Accidents Commission on the proposed compensation law here last night. The commission will send itts bill to the next Legislature early and ask its enactment. The bill from Western Pennsylvania coal op erators, which it was expected would appear at the session, did not show up, although Harry S. Lydlck, of Pitts burgh, intimated that there would be one which would exempt farmers and domestic servants from the operation of the act. This feature, members of the commission contended, would make it unconstitutional. William H. Hotchkiss, former insur ance commissioner of New York, de clared that the West Virginia compen sation act had been reported as neither compensation nor insurance and that at the end of June last its funds were $3 4 5,000 too small to meet the claims. There were 246 fatal cases, of which 82 were In one mine disaster. The lia bilities he gave as $669,000. with but $324,000 to meet them. The reason was that no more than 1 per cent, of the payroll could be collected toward compensation and that, after that the employer was absolved. Me called the West Virginia law a "horrible ex ample." Cost Runs lligli C. S. Bunting, a Philadelphia insur ance expert, said that it would cost $10,000,000 a year to pay claims and administer compensation in this State, basing this estimate on experience in New York and the differences between New York and Pennnsllvania acts. The SIOO,OOO tax which the Insurance 00. partinent would collect on the business of insuring, he said, should go into a special reserve fund, as the State did not want to make any money out of a compensation act. Francis Rawle and J. W. Henderson, of Philadelphia, solicitors for the royal Italian consulate, reviewed the pater nalistic care of their people by the Italian government and the Austrian empire and suggested that consular officers look after distribution of funds due dependents oT aliens, the employ ers giving notice of death. Some Suggest ions Bradley Newell, of the Midvale steel works, urged physical examination and that there be a definite termination of payments, while T. J. Gillespie, Uock hnrt Iron and Steel Company, Pitts burgh, said that there should be clearer statements about ipeglect and those who hannen to use intoxicants. E. S. Tait, Bradford, representing the Allegheny Valley Mining, Shaw mut Mining and other western com panies. held that the employer should have the right at any time to have payments commuted and an employe only when there is danger of losing. He suggested that the act not apply to alien dependents and nonresidents, but the commission disagreed with him. He also suggested that a conflict of testimony about negligence should be left to the courts to determine and not a jury. Van Bitner. representing Pittsburgh miners, snid the soft coal miners were ready to get together on an act with the operators. He said that in 1913 there were 561 fatal inside accidents and 50 fatal outside at soft coal mines, leaving 347 widows and 803 orphans. The soft coal miners numbered 189.909. Maimer's Ideas James 11. Maurer, president of the State Federation of Labor, when asked what he thought about farmers and servants being included, said that none had asked to be included and that the federation had done nothing. He thought that those who wanted any thing should get up and get after it. except children. J. B. Colahan. one of the commis sioners. remarked that the commission had treated them as children and put them in. Mr. Maurer said that he opposed medical examination and wanted the intoxicants provision well established, saving no well-conducted plant now tolerates liquor. "The movennn! toward accident prevention in Penn- There Is Only One "Bromo Quinine" To Get The GENUINE, Oall For The Full Name Laxative Brom Umed The World Over to Oure a Oold In One Day Whenever you feel a cold coming on v think of the fall name LAXATIVE ty BROMO QUININE. Look for this #/■) signature on the box. Price 25 cents. r V & SILVERWARE 28 pc. £et. consisting of (i knives, « forks, <> teaspoons, tj tablespoons, o"tter knife and 1 sugar shell, from So.9S up. JOS. D. BRENNER l)l:inioml limit ami .leuclcr No. 1 \orlh Third St. STEELTi BOY GETS PLACE AT WEST POUT Franklin Morrett Named by Con gressman Kreider; Palmyra Boy First Alternate FRANKLIN MORRETT Congressman A. S. Kreider, of the Eighteenth congressional district, to day named Franklin Morrett, of Stcel ton, for 11»<- cadetship at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Walter K. Fasnacht, of Palmyra, and Paul Carl, of Williamstown, wcru named first and second alternates, re spectively. Morrett is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob W. .Morrett, 440 Swatara street, and is a student at Huclcnell College, lie is a graduate of the Steelton high school, class of 'l3. and has been, prominent in athletics. While in Steelton high school he was one of the mainstays of the foot ball team. Upon his graduation he entered Elam University, North Caro lina, where he played basketball, Last | fall he entered Rucknell, where ho made center on the varsity. Vaccinated in Chicago For Coming in Contact With Smallpox Here The city health officers have located C. <'. Wheeler, who was in Harrisburg and in contact with J. R. Hinkson just before the latter was quarantined for smallpox, in Chicago. The henlth offi cers of Chicago have been no_tiiled and they will attend to the case. I < »ther people who were here with Hinkson at his dancing school were found in Lebanon. The Lebanon health officers have vaccinated all the I persons found. DOCTORS TO NOMINATE l»r Travcr to Address Medical Society at Meeting To-night The regular meeting of the Harris burg Academy of Medicine, scheduled for Friday, December 25, has been changed to this evening because of Christmas. The meeting will he an important one because officers will lie nominated for the election to be held at the meet ing the last Friday in January, 191 Dr. S. N. Traver. 128 Locust street, will speak to-night to the members on "Modern Urology." sylvania manufactories is going for ward very rapidly, I am glad lo say," said Mr. Maurer. "Employers are en thusiastic about it and have safety experts hard at work. At this time I think there are SO per cent, less acci dents than four years ago. With the experts on the job find safety first ideas followed, in a few years con ditions will be such that workmen's compensation need not scare anybody."
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