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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV—
No. 22
WILSON AND CABINET
TRYING TO MAKE UP
THREATENED DEFICIT
IN NATION'S COEFEfIS
Administration's Income Tax
and So-called "War Tax"
Fail to Offset Losses Which
Followed Tariff Reduction
DEMOCRATIC BUNGLES
CAUSING WORRIMENT
Army and Navy Bills and
Many Other Measures Will
Likely Suffer as Result of
Revenue Tinkering
By Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 2S.—A threatened
deficit in the government's revenues
presented a problem that President
Wilson, his cabinet and congressional
leaders had before them for solution
«t a White House conference. The
question was gone into deeply at a
cabinet conference yesterday an<l the
outcome of to-day's meeting was
awaited with tense interest both in
administration and congressional cir
cles.
With estimates of expenditures for
the coming fisca.l year far in excess
of prospective revenues, administra
tion leaders are convinced of the im
perative necessity of taking steps to
forestall the deficit that confronts
them. Present estimates for expen
ditures exceed estimated revenues by
approximately $60,000,000.
< >ne relief plan which may be laid
before Congress is the abandonment
of the $34,000,000 river and harbor
appropriation bill and the adoption
of Postmaster General Burleson's sug
gestion for reducing the cost of rural
free delivery service from $52,000.000
to $35,000,000 by putting carriers on a
contract basis. tf Congress accepts
this plan it would save $51,000,000
and it is believed would avert all pos-
embarrassment for the present.
also could be induced to
all appropriation bills so as to
io> impair the efficiency of the gov
ernment it is believed a possible ex
tension of the time limit on the war
tax law would be avoided.
Other plans under consideration are
to cut the army and navy appropria
tion bills and lower the income tax
exemption below $3,000.
INFANT PRINCE SERIOUSLY ILL
By Associated rrrss
Berlin, Jan. 28 (by wireless to Lon
don. 8.55 A. M.).—Announcement is
made that the hereditary Prince of
Brunswick, infant son of the Duke of
Brunswick, is seriously ill. The young
prince, following an operation for in
flammation of the. ear early in the
month, was attacked with influenza.
It Is now stated that he has had a
relapse.
DIRECT TAXES INCREASE
Petrograd. Jan. 27, via London, Jan.
28, 9.3.1 A. Al. —The official report
made by the ways and means com
mittee of the Duma to-night indicated
that despite the war, the government
estimates of its ordinary income from
direct taxes during the coming year
will exceed that of last year by $33,-
228,500. The direct taxes will be ap
proximately $171,232,500. This is the
first budget in which the income from
alcoholic drinks will be eliminated.
Puck With the
Telegraph Saturday
A ropy of Park goes Tilth every
copy of the Telegraph, no n supple,
men#, on Saturday—and nil for one
cent, (letter order now.
>carly forty >ca;s ago, Pack be
*° make A merlon laugh. and It
Is ntlll busily engaged on the name
pleminnt mlulon.
In that time, no humorous publica
tion has asserted so potent nn in
fluence politically, so hcnellelal it
patronage upon the nrt develop
ment of Its day. no wholesome an
effect upon the more frivoloun nlde
of American iefters, an Puck.
Artists and humorists of
tional fame have had their begin
nlngrn In l*ucl%. nml If In to-duv «)«.
j eloping nn entirely new and prom
ising and praiseworthy school of
humor In modern literature.
Pnek buys Its humor by the nmile
—not by the mile. It In never
prolix, never stodgy, never dull.
THE WEATHER
For II a rrlshii rg and vicinity I Pair
and much colder to-night. wHh a
cold waves lowest temperature
to-night about 8 degreent Fridny
fulr and colder.
*'or Eastern Pennnyl vanla i Intel
tied and much colder to-night,
with a cold wavei Fridnv fnlr,
colder; moderate northwest to
north winds.
River
The Susquehanna river and all Ita
• tributaries will continue to fall
t slowly for aeveral da.va. The
main hranchen and their trlhu
tarlen and probably portions of
the main river are likely to he
■•ome frozen within the next
forty-eight hoars.
General Conditions
The area of high pressure that cov
ered the Mississippi Valley. Wed
nesday morning. I* moving
southeastward with Its attendant
cold wave and Is now centrnl
"*er Kairtrm Mlsaoarl. A general
fall of 2 to 20 degrees has occur
red In temperature In «ho Missis
sippi. Ohio and l.ower Missouri
valleys and the Southern Plains
States.
Temperature: S a. m.. 37.
Son: Itlses, 7:tS a. m.: sets, 5:17
p. m.
Moon: Fall moon, January 3i>,
li :4I a. m.
Hlver Stage: 5.4 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 37.
I.nwest temperature. 27.
Mean temperature. 32.
Normal temperature. 'itH 4
PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER AT BABY SHOW
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MISS MARGARET WILSON AND ONE OF THE PRIZE BABIES
at the Washington baby show, where she distributed prizes to the winners.
ELEVA TOR CROWDED WITH WOMEN
JAMS IN NEW Y. W. C. A. BUILDING
Couldn't Get Door Open Nearly Far Enough to Let Passengers Out;
Experts Called in, but All Unnecessarily
The iceman asked his friend the
elevatorman at the T. W. C. A. yes
terday what he thought about the lec
ture that was scheduled to bo deliv
ered in the assembly room in the
afternoon.
"Don't know." uninterestedly re
turned the elevatorman. "What's it
all about?"
"Mormon ism!"
"So? Guess I'll lay off then 'n go
to the "movies'."
Whereupon, because the session was
to be held on the second floor, easy of
access sans the elevator, the operator
of the hoist got a few hours' leave.
Thereby hangs this tale.
When Miss Marshbank, the matron.
USE LIGHT GLOBES
FOR STREET SIGNS
Commissioner Lynch Experiment
ing With Illuminating Plan
For Intersections
Globes a-top of the single standard
arc lights at the street intersections in
! the commercial district are being ex
perimented with by City Commissioner
W. IT. Lynch, superintendent of streets
and public improvements, with a view
to determining their possibilities for
illuminated street Rigns.
At Third and Market, streets the
standards are being used for the pur
pose, "Market" and "North Third" and
"South Third" having been painted on
j the wider portions of the glistening
| white globes. When the current is]
switched on the black letters against
the illuminated background serve the
I purpose admirably, while they do not
I interfere with the light rays. Inci
dentally It is believed this method of
adopting illuminated street signs will
prove economical as well as service
able.
Should the scheme work out with
the single standard arcs. Commissioner
Lynch will take up a similar plan with
the electric light company for using
the cluster standards.
Because of the contrast of the black
lettering against the white background
of the globes, the plan is equally
effective by day as well as night.
Taylor to Open Bids
For Motor Apparatus
at Noon, February 6
Bids will be opened at noon Feb
ruary 6 for llarrisburg's five new
pieces of motor fire apparatus—three
tractors and two chemical combi
nations—that will be purchased with
the SIB,OOO remaining of the $25,000
voted for the purpose in 1913.
The ordinance authorizing the open
ing of bids will be passed finally by
City Council on Tuesday. In advertis
ing Commissioner Taylor asks for "one
or more" motor cmbinations, depend
ing on the prices, and for three trac
tors. One Is to be a 5-ton apparatus,
suitable for hauling the 85-foot truck
of the Mount Vernon Hook and Ladder
Company, and the other two are to be
4^-ton motors suitable for hauling fire
engines.
If Commissioner .Taylor's expecta
tions are realized Hnrrlsburg's lire de
partment during the summer will
boast of four motor-driven chemical
fombinations. one motor tractor-driven
truck and two fire engines propelled
by similar power.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1915.
started to the third floor with some
supplies a lot of ladies promptly filled
the hoist, and under Miss Marshbank'*
piloting the car rose to the second
floor. "All out." said Miss Marshbank,
jokingly. "Watch the step!" She gave
the door a jerlt. it moved two and a
half inches and-—jammed.
"Mercy," gasped someone in the
car, "must we get out through that
opening?"
"You might," returned one of the
more ample travelers.
"Certainly YOXT couldn't," sweetly
returned the other.
Meanwhile the alarm spread. Fran
tic search was made for the key to the
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jIUCULTUMSTS El
i| THEIR 38TH SESSION
Bill Recommending State Commis
sion of Seven in Legislative
Committee's Hands
The thirty-eighth annual meeting of
the Pennsylvania State Agricultural
Board closed at noon to-day following
the adoption of the reports of the
legislative and resolutions committees.
After some discussion regarding the
recommendation of a bill transferring !
the power of the State Department of 1
Agriculture to a, new commission of i
seven men to be appointed by the I
Governor and to have authority over !
all subordinate bureaus the board
| turned down a motion to elect a special
committee and referred consideration
of the bill to the regular legislative
committee.
The bill was presented to the board
by John McSparran, recently elected
worthy master of the State Grange, as
representative of a self-appointed com
mittee of twenty-one members, acting
as individuals and not representatives
of any organization.
The recommendations of the legis
lative committee, for which bills have
been prepared, are as follows:
1. An amendment to our fertilizer
law so as to require manufacturers of
fertilizers to include in their statement
of the elements of plant food their
fertilizers contain a statement of the
sources from which such elements are
derived.
2. An amendment to the act of July
24, mi 3, regulating sale of commodi
ties so that the legal weight of a bushel
of fruits, vegetables and certain other
commodities shall not be in excess of
the actual weight.
3. A law for the regulation of com
mission business so far as the same re
lates to the sale of agricultural
products.
4. A law regulating the sale of lime
for agricultural purposes.
We also recommend for the more
safeguarding of the farmers of the
state that an act be passed by the
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Temperature of 8 Above
Zero Predicted For Tonight
Flight decrees above zero is the tem- I
perature predicted for this city to- I '
night. A cold wave that has* been I:
traveling eastward will reach here';
soon, accord in sr to the forecasters.
No snow la expected to accompany | ,
the cold period, but low temperature '
will prevail. Tn the Dakota* and I j
Southern Canada 15 to 25 degrees be- '
low have been recorded. t
POSSE TRACKS THIEVES
IN SNOW FOR MILES
Farmer Locks Chickenhouse Rob
bers in Coop, but Somehow
They Escape
ARREST THREE COLORED MEN
Athirst For Vengeance, Constable
and Husbandmen Follow
Them to Lair
How Constable Frank Yingst, ofj
| T-ower Swatara township, at the head
I of a posse of farmers tracked a trio of
\ chicken thieves for miles over snow
j covered fields, through ravines and
across streams into Middletown,
| through the streets and alleys of the
! borough to a place in front of the
! home of Edward McCurdy, colored,
where they arrested John Cockey, Al
bert Jolly and Thomas Jolly, all col
| ored—was told at a hearing before
I Squire William Kennard, last evening.
| The three men were arraigned
■to answer charges of attempt
ing to rob the henhouse of Isaac Ket
itering, near Fidler's Elbow, about five
miles from Middletown. last Saturday
I night. Cockey anil Albert Jolly were I
held for court and Thomas Jolly was
discharged.
According to the testimony of Farm
er Kettering, he was awakened from
his sleep Saturday night by the ring
ing of an electric burglar alarm con
nected with his henhouse. Summon
ing his son he went to investigate. He j
found the henhouse door ajar and 1
thought he heard someone moving
around Inside, he testified. Forcing!
the door shut, he locked it and went ■
into the house to summon Constable ;
Yingst and a number of neighbors. j
Thirsting For Vengeance
During recent weeks hundreds of
chickens have been stolen from farm- |
era in this vicinity and they are thirst- j
ing for vengeance. The news that the I
alleged thieves were cornered in Farm - j
or Kettering's henhouse spread rapid
ly and in a short, time a dozen farm
ers armed with shot guns and rifles
were on the scene.
When the farmers had gathered in
full force, the posse circled around the
henhouse and cautiously Constable
Yingst opened the door.
"Better surrender and eomo along
peaceably,", ho shouted inside.
Silence. The order was repeated.
No answer. Then he entered—but the
thieves were gone. Only the tracks of
three pair of feet through the falling
snow told how the thieves had escap
ed. Then came the ebase.
Closely following the tracks, the
posse tramped the snow-covered lields,
up steep banks, down through ravines
across bridges, into Middletown and
on through streets and alleys to the
colored district where the posse found
one of the three colored men remov
ing snow from the pavemont. The
McCurdy place was entered and the
three men placed under arrest.
evening Squire Kennard heard
the story, was convinced that the
tracks were made by the men under
arrest and held two of them for court, j
They were sent to jail in default of
ball.
i IMMIGRATION BILL
VETOED BY WILSON
President Disapproves of Measure
Because of Literacy and
Other Tests
By Associated Press
Washington, D. 0., Jan. 28.—Presi
dent Wilson vetoed the immigration
bill and sent a special message to Con
gress saying he disapproved of the
measure because of the literacy test
and other restrictive tests which it
purposes as a condition of admission
I of immigrants to the United States.
President Wilson's message dellv
j ered to the House was as follows:
"It is with unaffected regret that I
i find myself constrained by clear con
viction to return this bill (H. R. 6060,
an act to regulate the Immigration of
aliens to and the residence of aliens in
the United States) without my sig
nature.
"Not only do I feel It to be a seri
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Hair of Many Styles, Shapes
and Colors Awaits Owners
Five switches, two blonde, one bru
nette and two mixed with gray, two
bunches of curls and on® cute little
wavelet await identification at the po
i lice station. They were part of the
booty taken from the trio from Al
toona on a charge of obtaining hair
under false pretense.
Colonel Hutchison Is of the opinion
that the owners are ashamed to call
and claim their property and an
nounced to-day that unless it is
claimed within the next five days it
I would be sold. The switches are said
to be of value to hair dressers .
PHYSICIANS HOPE TO SAVE
Ciini. WHO ATTBMPTKD SUICIDE
Miss Mary Kennedy, aged 22, 529 Fil
bert street, who tried to commit suicide
Tuesday evening at her home, Is still
In a serious condition in the Harris
burg Hospital. Doctors have some
hopes of saving her life. Detective Jo
seph Ibacii has one-half of the bullet,
but the other piece remains In the gill's
head.
PAYMASTER STEALS SUPPLIES
Paris. Jan. 28. 5.05 A. M.—The case
of Francois Desclaux, the army pay
master and formerly chief secretary to
M. Calllaux, the ex-minister of finance, i
who was arrested on a charge of steal- <
Ing military stores. Is the subject of
animated discussion, especially in po- .
lltlcsl circles. The supplies are said
to ha v« been sent to a, woman.
COBB LEARNS TALK
IS WORTH MONEY'
Always Afraid He'll "Spit Out
Some Good American
Dollars"
I ■ warn
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TRVIN S. COBB
Trvtn S. Cobb, war correspondent,
no\e.)ist, humorist and special writer
for the Saturday Evening Post, was
the guest of the Harrisburg Chamber
of Commerce at. luncheon at the Har
risburg Club this afternoon.
Mr. Cobb made u brief address be
fore the 150 members and their guests,
following his humorous vein, only onee
or twice referring to incidents of the
great war. The man who got some
real war news across in his interview
with 1-ord Kitchener was introduced
by President Henderson Gilbert, of the
Chamber.
Mr. Gilbert called attention to Mr.
Cobb's engagement at Chestnut Street
Auditorium to-night, when the Jour
nalist-will tell about tho AJurapeap
war.
I''iitds Talk's Worth Money
Following a few short stories, Mr.
Cobb said he was always afraicl when
lie talked lest he "spit out some good,
hard dollars." lie said ho had but.
recently learned that "talk is worth
money."
Ohce when he drifted into the war
Mr. Cobb referred to the instruments
of war as barbaric, especially those
mammoth guns, one shot from which
will destroy a town.
Mr. Cobb said that the men In
trenches were full of fight as long as
they could smell tobaeco smoke. He
declared _ tobacco helps the soldiers to
remain o'n duty many hours.
Another reference made to the war
was "the wails from the wounded—
those brain-racking cries that almost
drive men mad."
AUTO SPLINTERS POLE;
TWO ESCAPE INJURY
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High-powered Machine of Steefton
Councilman Wrecked While
Chasing Robbers
Thomas J. Nelly, a Steelton council
man, and Valentine Masters, a Steel
ton police sergeant, narrowly escaped
serious injury when Nelley's automo
bile left the road, snapped down a
12-inch trolley pole and crashed into
a high bank, a short distance below
Steelton, earl ythis morning.
•Nelley and Sergeant Masters were
on their way to Middletown to identify
a foreigner arrested there by Patrol
man Adam Souliard, of the Pennsyl
vania railroad police, who was be
lieved to be one of the three foreign
ers who robbed Nelley's hotel early
this morning.
A short distance below the entrance
to the Cumbler stone quarries the
steering gear of the automobile went
wrong and the machine headed to
wards the bank. Nelley, who Is an
expert driver, attempted to guide the
car past a pole supporting a trolley
span-wire. The steering gear stuck,
an the machine struck the pole a
glancing blow, snapping it off.
The car continued a little over Its
length until it brought up against the
solid stone wall of the bank. When
the machine struck the pole the whole
right side of the care was stripped.
Headlight, windshield, running board,
tires and the top were ripped off be
fore either occupant of the machine
could move. The |>ole grazed by
Sergeant Masters, who was on the
right side by inches.
Car Completely Wrecked
Flying glass from the shattered |
windshield struck Sergeant Masters in |
the face, indicting a slight cut on his
nose. Otherwise, neither occupant ofi
the car received a scratch. The car. I
however, a Chalmers, is a complete'
wreck.
The trip to Middletown was under
taken following the robbery of the
Hallway House, owned by Mr. Nelley,
early this morning. Smashing a large
plate glass window several foreigners
stole several bottles of liquor from
the show case inside.
Stole Whiskey
The robbery was discovered about
4.30 this morning, according to Mr.
Nelley, and a clue was found that
pointed to three foreigners as the
thives. At o o'clock the police head
quarters was notified of the robbery
and Chief H. P. Longnaker, Sergeant
Valentine Musters and Patrolman
Joseph Trombine were assigned to the
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12 PAGES
BATTLE LINE, 100 MILES
IN LENGTH, IS DEVELOPED
IN GAUCIA; FIGHT RAGING
Latest Struggle Is in Pursua nee of New Austro-German
Plan to Cripple Russian Advance in Hungary; in
Western Theater Germans Have Renewed Their As
saults Near Soissons
A great battle has developed in
Gallcla, along a hundred mile front
skirting the Carpathians. This strug
gle, which Is in pursuance of the new
Austro-German plan of shifting the
weight of attack from Central Poland
to the South may mark a turning |
point in the campaign in the East and
both the Russians and Teutons attach
the highest importance to the out
come.
The Austro-German armies, if suc
cessful, would effectually cripple Rus
sia's drive at northern Hungary. Thus
far there are no indications as to the i
result of the fighting in this battle, J
which probably is still in its prelimi- !
nary stage. An official statement from .
Pctrograd says merely that the battle I
is developing on a large scale.
To the eastward, in Bukowina. j
there is in progress fighting which is j
another phase of the Austro-German j
movement to drive back the Russians;
to their own territory. Apparently, '
the Russian sweep across Bukowtna
had been halted. The Russian report
stated that artillery engagements are
in progress but gives no information
as to the outcome.
Meanwhile the struggle continues in
the North, along the Warsaw front.
Repeated German attacks were made,
and at one point, on the Bzura, the
attackers broke through to the Rus
sian trenches. The Russian statement
says that later they were expelled at
the point of the bayonet.
In the West the Germans have re
newed their assaults In the neighbor
hood of Solssons, where, recently
they won a decisive victory. Tn Als
ace the fighting is less intense on ac
count of heavy snows.
The official repoi-tk of the war to-day
arc in such complete conflict that the
outcome of recent hostilities, particu
larly in the west, Is left in doubt. In
upper Alsace brisk lighting has been
resumed, and the battle at Craonne
continues with undiminished severity.
German Attacks Repulsed
The French war office statement an
nounces that every German attack was
repulsed and that every French attack
made progress. It estimates German
losses In the last three days at 20,000
and asserts that (p-ond was won by the
allies in upper Alsace and near Cra
onne. The German statement says
cago, Jan. 28.—Wheat selling as high here as $1.50 |
became a reality to-day. At the very cutset oi ,
May delivery that figure, opening fig
ires i inging from $1.49 1 - 4 -to $1.50, a rise of Y&i/i to 1' £al |
t jn:, . I with last ni. ht. .
j
t vetoed |
gration bill because of the literacy and other tests, i
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I
rmal opening ceremonies at I
Canal probably will be postponed from March I
San Francisco D> 1
. the naval review 1
will be held. C
r na, Pa., Jan. 28.—8y the breaking of a haulage j
# rope at the Delaney mines of the Altoona Coal and Coke €
Company to-day, one miner was killed and si* injured 1
Three of the men were seriously hurt.
ADDRESSES COMMITTEE OF WOMEN'S CLUBS J
Before the Legislative Committee of the National Fed- 1
eration of Women's Clubs, at the Commonwealth hotel this 1
£ afternoon, J. W. Binder, president of the National Board of J
9 Censorship, spoke favoring the repeal of the present Penn- %
I' sylvania Moving Picture Board. %
DEMOCRAT DEFENDS SHIP PURCHASE BILL 1
Washington, Jan. 28.—Defense of the right of the United J
States to buy interned German ships without fear of intsr- jl
complications was made in the Senate tc-day b> §
Senator Walsh, the first Demociat, to undertake any e.-.- V
tended discussion of the subject in that body. \
1,000 COKE OVENS TO BE LIGHTED 1
Connellsville, Pa., Jan. 28.—Ordei.s were issued to day a
by the H. C. Flick Coke Company to immediately hie l.Ouo 4
coke ovens that have been idle a year or more. About I,OJ(J 9
1 men will be given employment five days a week in the plants ■
1 scattered throughout the region.
i MARRIAGE
(«nn" ,Vld H«noTfrd»le, ami Catherine X. Vlafit, Hiimaeli- 1
• harlra K. Klaalaner anal Sallle D. Wolf. Lfkcna. L
Albert NPOPI'H nod Jrnnlr lanrrna, rltj'. X
John 11. S*»|ir, Dfrrj I hurch, nn<l Orplin Ivuhi,*. I nton llrpixll, I
* POSTSCRIPT
that the French were defeated in up
per Alsace, fleeing in disorder at two
points, and that at Craonno another
long section of trenches of the allies
was captured.
Concerning the war with Russia, the
Berlin war oftlce sas that German
troops won the advantage in two un
important engagements. The Turks,
notwithstanding their reported defeat
recently, are admitted by the Russian
military authorities to have assumed
again an energetic offensive.
AUSTRO-GERMAN FORCE IS
TRYING TO STOP INVASION
By Associated Press
London, Jan. 28, 1.30 P. M.—Tha
Carpathian passes In western Galicia,
Egypt, and the Caucasus by reason of
the sudden offensive of armies hereto-
Core defeated, are again to the fore to
day as the chief areas of interest in
the military operations.
Tn the Carpathians a big force of
Austro-Germans has been concentrat
ed and is lighting not only to stem tho
invasion of Hungary but if possible to
cut off the Russian forces occupying
Bukowina to the south.
NEW CUMBERLAND HOTEL
GETS LICENSE]
Special to The Telegraph
Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 28.—1n the Cum
berland county court here this morn
ing a license was granted to Rdwarrl
Sheesley, hotel, st New Cumberland,
A remonstrance signed by 500 resi
dents of the town was presented on tha
ground of "no necessity," but the court
declined to consider that as a reason
for refusing license.
YEAR FOR CHICKEN STEALING
Special to The Telegraph
Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 28. Lewii
("Red") flulttaberger, convicted of
stealtng chickens at Mechanlcsburg.
was brought up for sentence in court,
here this morning and was given pay
ment of costs and one year in th«
Eastern Penitentiary. The court stat
ed that hereafter all persons convlctec'
of chicken stealing in Cumberlan l
connty would be sent to the peniten
tiary.