6 GORGAS SAYS TAX RATE CAN BE CUT Water Department, Nearly Out of Debt, Could Help Pay City's Bills In his annual report of the city s finances, submitted to Council this afternoon, Commissioner W. L. Gorgas, superintendent of finance and ac counts, suggests a way to reduce the city tax rate for 1917 by at least one Commissioner Gorgas holds that the estimated earnings of the water de part men*. during the ensuing year will be more than $50,000 above the re maining bonded indebtedness of the department. Tf the city is permitted to devote this extra money to general mainten ance of the government than the reve nues upon which the mill rate will be baaed, will be increased by some soo,- 000. This Is equivalent to one mill. In discussing the bonded debt Mr. Gor gas sa.vs: . "The city bonded debt, less Sinking Fund money was $1,578,281.67 at the end of the last year. "The bonded debt of the Water De partment. less Sinking Fund money, ••ash on hand and Investments appli cable to the reduction of the debt was 55.249.3S at the beginning of this year. As the department's earnings for the past six years have been not less than *60,000 a year, this debt will be wiped out this year. If the law is that no earnings from this department can be appliad to the running of the govern ment of the city until the Department is free from debt, when next December the budget is adooted by this Council, the earnings of 1917 can be computed and the tax rato fixed accordingly.' The City's Funds The city's <'ash on hand January 4, 1»lo, according to the report, was »U99 U5.24. The receipts from all sources were $938,370.04, making a total of $1,637,385.28, The expendi tures were $1,270,883.13, leaving a cash balance January 3, 1916, of $366,602.15. * The summary of the city general and water general funds as explained by Commissioner Gorgas show the fol lowing: City general, cash balance January 4. 1915, $21,215.03: receipts, $649,- 429.22: transfers. $3,717.35: total, si:74,36l.6o:cashexpended,ssl4,B7 4.01; ioserves, $8,519.05: transfers, $143,- 117.42, a total expenditure of sti6«,- ."10.48. This leaves an actual cash bal ance in the city general _fund at. the beginning of the year of $7,851.12. The status of the water general fund is as follows: Cash balance. January 4. 1910, $82,316.61: receipts. $163,552.86: t rans fors. $37,982.38: expenditures, cash ex panded, $91,267.44: transfers, sllß,- cm 5.33: reserves, $1,178.49: total. $210,541.26. This leaves a cash bal ance as $73,310.62. V. GRANT FORRER IS REAPPOINTED [Continued From First Page.] scssorship or assistant. The candi dates still in the field include Joseph Cook, Thomas G. George, C. H. Town send and Horace A. Cha.vne. The lat ter are at present assistant assessors. M. Harvey Taylor, ex-councilman, can have the job If he wants it; Jas. B. Deshong, who had been spoken of, ■has declined it. The new names men tioned In connection with the assessor ship to-day are Charles E. Pass, for mer poor director, and James C. .Thompson, chief clerk in the office of the bureau of highways. Will Meet in Morning After next Tuesday's meeting, council will meet at 10 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Bowman offered a resolution to this effect, this afternoon and In accordance with the usual rule it will lav over for a week. The change will be Anally agreed upon next week. The only appointment approved this afternoon which created a ripple of surprise in councilmanlc circles was Mayor Meals' nomination of Brine, lirinc Dropped a Week Ago Brine was dropped a week ago when Lvtle was appointed. Lytle, according to Mayor Meals. Injured his leg while on the railroad. He may be "laid up" for some time, the mayor said, and as the appointment becomes effective January 15, Lytic preferred not to accept. A Bible class to which Brine belonged had earnestly turned in to have the officer reinstated. The mayor in speaking of the chances for re-appointing Joseph L. Van Camp said he would be willin to donate $lO toward a general subscrip tion list to help Mr. Van Camp. Miss Anna Cubbison's reappoint ment as clerk to the superintendent of parks was approved. Council postponed indefinitely the ordinance striking the Walter Con crete specifications from the paving requirements. The Taylor ordinance authorizing the acquiring of ad ditional park land to the east of the city was postponed for another week, while the detective bureau ordinance was passed finally. Mayor Meals offered an ordinance requiring fire drivers, chauffeurs and other employes of the fire department to serve as policemen at. fires. The annual report of Harry D. Reel as city sealer of weights and measures was approved. During, the year Mr. Reel Inspected 4616 weights and measures, sealed 3771 and con demned 845. Mr. Reel asked for an automobile for his department. Forrer's Experience Mr. Forrer entered the service of t lie old Park Board January 16, 1906, and served until March 1, 1914. He made a fine record in the constructive work then under way and started the playground and recreation work, which has since developed into such an important feature of outdoor life in i larrisburg. Under his supervision the Park Board established the Island athletic field, and domestic science, public bathing, sewing and raffia work were introduced. He organized the I larrisburg Track Athletic 1 Committee nnd was instrumental in forming the 1 larrisburg Park Golf Club. Romper • lay was another feature of summer life here that Forrer Inaugurated and the Ave weeks' camp at McCormiek's Island was also an idea of his. Under his direction the drive through Wild wood was completed and he superin tended the planting of thousands of trees and shrubs along the parkways and in the parks. He has many friends among the boys and girls of town who will welcome him back to his old work. The river carnivals came Into I eing wbile Forrer was superintend ent and much of their success was due to his energetic efforts. There is no political significance to his reappoint ment. J. Ray Hoffert, who went out of office with Commissioner Taylor, re mained on <he job a few days there after without pay to complete plana lie had started for a parkway subway beneath the tracks of the T-leadinK Hallway and which he was desirous of finishing so that there need be no de ls vln this Important work. Mr. Hof fort is an engineer by profession and < ombined that work with his duties as Mr. Taylor's chief assistant. Mr. Tay lor upon retiring said: "I owe a Rreat ileal to Hoffert. Tie was loyal and de voted to Ihe city and I am sorry to tir'-t company with him." Mr. TToffrrt , v ni take month or two of vacation bcloiti taking up another line of work. TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 11, 1916 WILSON DODGES TWO TERM PLANK Maintains Stand Taken in Pal mer Letter Three Years Ago; Not Bound, He Says Special to The Telegraph Washington, D. C„ Jan. 11.—Presi dent Wilson will seek renomination, and in doing so will abide by his views of the one-term plank in the Balti more platform, as expressed by him in a letter to A. Mitchell Palmer in Feb ruary, 1913. His position then and now is thai he would abide by public opinion and the action of his parly. In a word, he held that the plank was not binding unless the Federal Consti tution had been amended to that effect. This letter to Mr. Palmer was writ ten while the Senate had before it a resolution to limit the tenure of the President to one term, in accordance with the Baltimore platform. The resolution was inspired by the Bryan followers, as was the plank in the platform. The amendment passed the Senate and was allowed to sleep in the House judiciary committee after Mr. Palmer had laid before the committee the views of the President, as con tained in the letter which was made public by Secretary Tumulty. The Bryan faction, opposing the ad ministration on its preparedness pro gram and calling attention to the fact that the President proposed to ignore the one-term plank of the Baltimore platform, has caused the adminis tration great uneasiness. It was with the hope of setting forth the Presi dent's views long in advance of his election that, the administration gave out his letter, which induced the Democratic House to drop the reso lution limiting a President to one term, term. In this letter the President, says: "1 can approach tile question from a perfectly impersonal point of view, because I shall most cheerfully abide by the judgment of my party and the public as to whether I shall be a can- | didate for the presidency again in 1916. I absolutely pledge myself to resort to nolliing but public opinion I to decide that question. "The President ought to be abso lutely deprived of every other means of deciding It. lie can be. 1 shall use to the utmost every proper in fluence within my reach to see that he is before the term to which I have been elected is out. That side of ihey matter need disturb no one." ' He says he is not. bound by the Baltimore plank and would not be unless by statute or constitutional amendment. BRITISH RELIEF EXPEDITION HALTED [Continued Front First l*a.gc.] they had taken, except that they still hold with difficulty a small rectangle west of Champagne. German Losses Heavy Very large losses were sustained by the three German divisions or more that took part in the attack, the Paris statement claims. The Berlin war office records the shooting down in Belgium of a French battle aeroplane and British biplane. Paris admits the loss of one aeroplane, but declares two German machines were brought down. The Austrians are succeeding in making important inroads upon Monte negrin territory despite desperate re sistance by the forces of King Nicholas. The Montenegrin war office admits the evacuation of Berane, an impor tant town on the river Dim, the east bank of which 1o the north has been cleared of Montenegrins, according to Vienna. On the western frontier of Monte negro Austrian forces finally are win ning successes against the defenders of Mount Lovcen, an important height near Cattaro. The Cettinje govern ment concedes occupation of two po sitions by the Teutonic forces in this sector. Fire from warships in the base of Cattaro. which the Austrians have been using as a base for naval raids, assisted in pushing the Monte negrins back. Air Flotilla in Raid on Sofia Creates Panic i By Associated Press London, Jan. 11. An Exchange I Telegraph dispatch from Salonicl says that a flotilla of French aero planes has dropped bombs on Sofia, causing considerable damage and an indescribable panic among the in-J habitants of the Bulgarian capital. Sofia is 140 miles northeast of Salonicl and 80 miles from the Greek frontier. 8 U-Boats in Bunch Sunk or Caught in British Nets Athens, Doc. 20 (by mail). —Field Marshal Earl Kitchener left a very vivid impression on the Athenian population, and especially on Con stantine I, king of the Greeks. Speaking of the British war minister's visit the Greek monarch said to a correspondent: "I am a soldier. Kitchener is a soldier. We apeak the same language and we understood one another per fectly from the outset." One story which Lord Kitchener told In Athens made a particularly deep impression. No public account of the incident had ever been given. "When the maneuvers of the great fleet were held in November north of Scotland," said Lord Kitchener, "eight German submarines of the newest and strongest type went out with the pur pose of getting to the fleet and play ing havoc with the maneuvers. "One came to grief in our North sea net. The others nosed through and approached the fleet, but there was another net heading them off. They tried to break through to get around, to find an opening, but. there was none. Two more were lost in tills ef fort. Finally the remainder decided to return to their base at Helgoland. "But they could no longer find the way out. The gate In the net had been closed. Two were lost desper ately trying to get through. The re maining three Anally were forced to come to the surface and surrender themselves. We took them intact, crews, submarines and all." Palestine Jews Not Eager For Turk Naturalization Special to the Telegraph Paris, Jan. 10. —The Midi declares that only five or six thousand Jews in Palestine have arplied for naturaliza tion as Turkish citizens notwithstand ing pressure exerted by the Ottoman government. Tho paper explains that the Turks hoped to oblige thousands of Jews who were mostly Prussian subjects to be come subjects of Turkey. It says that many Russian Jews have tried to leave Palestine but were forbidden to do so The Telegraph will have a surprise for its readers next week. Watch for ithe coupon.— Advertisement. DUNBAR'S "BELL RINGERS" AT MAJESTIC LAST HALF OF THIS WEEK I.overs of good music, either vocal or instrumental, will likely take a keen interest tn Ralph Dunbar's "Bell Ringers," the big: feature that moves into the Majestic Theater for the last half of the week. It will be recalled that Mr. Dunbar was the producer of "The Nine White Hussars," the beautiful production that was presented at the Orpheum on two different occasions. While this will be the first local engagement of Mr. Dunbar's latest vaudeville novelty, there are reasons to believe that it will prove equally as popular as his former successes. The new act is handsomely stayed and each member of the company is a talented musician as well as being a good singer. The many bells required for the act were made In Europe under the personal direction of Mr. Dunbar, lie declares that the bells weigh from one to thirty pounds each and that they represented an outlav of 5 000 dollars. The artists arc said to produce whirls of harmony, the like of which has never been equaled by bell lingers. They play high class as well as popular numbers and inject some good vocal numbers. —Advertisement. LAW LIBRARY IS IN AMPLE FUNDS Treasures and Librarian Pre sent Excellent Report to Dauphin Courts Dauphin county's mittee began the comfortable cash Bergner, treasurer. The reports of the treasurer and of David I-'. Young, the law librarian, were presented to court yesterday by ex-Judge M. W. Jacobs, chairman of the committee. The treasurer's report shows that the committee began the last vear with а. balance of $1,419.89 on hand, which with the $1,750 appropriation from the county commissioners totaled $3,169.89 in receipts. All told $1,849.04 was paid out for new law books, peri odicals, ef<\ Bookbinding, insurance, supplies of various kinds and so on swelled the expenditures to $2,076.35. According to Law Librarian Young's report, 470 new books were added dur ing the year. These, added to the б,926 volumes on the shelves at the beginning of 1915, swell the library to 7,396 volumes. Realty Transfers.—Among the realtv transfers recorded were the following: M. S. Hersliey to Dora Went ling, Derrv township. $750: T. 11. Bufflngton to I. F. Hoover, Lykcns, $850: Elias Wag ner to Irene Landis, Derry, $200; John A. 11l rich to John F. Wentzel, High spire. $2,500: I. T. Diffenderfer to C. F. Schuitz, Steelton, $1; C. W. Enders to Sarah K. Ebersole, Susquehanna $1: A. C. Mead to Robert F. Gross, Derry street near Twenty-eighth, $1: .T. M. Ensmlnger to A. C. Mead. Derrv street near Twenty-eighth, sl. injunctions Made Permanent. —ln brief decrees filed yesterday the In junctions granted the Chicago Portrait Company against Ralph K. Bassett and Guy D. Prashaw to restrain the pair from soliciting business for some other portrait firm in violation of their contract with the Chicago company was made permanent by the Dauphin County Court. Widely Known Men Urge Wilson to Appoint Taft to Supreme Court Vacancy By Associated Press New York, Jan. 11.—A letter signed by seven men who have been presi dents of the American Bar Association*, lour of whom are Democrats and three Republicans, has been sent to President Wilson urging him to ap point ex-President Taft to succeed the late Justice Lamar on the United States Supreme Court bench. The let ter was also signed by widely known lawyers from fourteen states. Some of the more prominent signers of the letter are ex-Secretary of War J. M. Dickinson, of Chicago: ex-Am bassador to Great Britain Joseph 11. Choate; Alton B. Parker, Democratic candidate for President in 1901; ex-Senator Elihu Root, of New York; Everett P. Wheeler, of New York; John T. Richards, of Chicago; Peter W. Meldrim, of Savannah, and Wil liam P. Bynum, of North Carolina. GRIP "GETS" LECTURER Dr. C. G. Bassett, a member of the j faculty of the University of Pittsburgh, who is delivering a series of lectures j on applied psychology to the teachers of the Harrisourg public schools, is one of the latest victims of the grip epidemic. After an intermission of two weeks because of the holiday sea son Dr. Bassett was to have continued his lectures lust evening on the subject "Education Through Habit Forma tion." The speaker reached the city on scheduled time, but was taken with chills at his hotel, and was forced to postpone his lecture until next week. Many of the local teachers gathered in the auditorium of the Technical high school before they learned of Dr. Bas sett's misfortune. and will be put in concentration camps. See Adoption of Tariff as Means of Combatting German Trade in Mobilization Move London, Jan. 11.—The protectionist organs among the London mornirrg newspaper derive special comfort from the debate in the House of Commons yesterday on William Albert Samuel llewin's resolution for mobilizing tiie entire economic strength of the em pire in co-operation with Great Bri tain to fight Germany's system of trade. They see in it a drift toward the In evitable adoption of a tariff as a means of combatting German trade. The mere fact that such debate was permitted in war time is regarded as significant. Some of the newspapers, the Dally Express for example. Interpret the speech of Walter Runclrnen. president of the board of trade, as proving a par tial conversion from Ills former strong free trade principles. The free trade organs, while admit ting that Mr. Runclrnen did not alto gether rule out the Idea of a zollverein, contend that, a zollverein is inappli cable to the case under uiscusaiou. RA/LROADNEWS EFFICIENT MEN WORKFORP.R.R. X. A. Smith, Superintendent of Middle Division, Com mends Employes In his monthly discipline report for December N. A. Smith, superintend ent of the Middle division of the Penn sylvania Uailroad, commends the em ployes for their good work. He urges them to continue close attention to all rules and expresses his wish for hearty co-operation in keeping up the good record of the division. During the month the company made 20,683 tests. There were but 18 failures. Tests numbering 101 were made and 8 failed. All were for fail ing to have signal lights burning on locomotives. The number of observa tions was 20.672, and of these only 1s were failures. Two engiuemen were reprimanded for failure to conform to the speed regulations, 2 enginemen were reprimanded for -having head lights burning in ftayliglit unneces sarily, ii enginemen were reprimanded for failing to call in flagmen. In all observations as to obedience to rules the enginemen, trainmen and others attained a perfect record. KAIIJROAD NOTES T. A. Stover, of Altoona, who was in charge of the steel passenger car ex hibit of the Pennsylvania Railroad at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, has re turned home. William R. Hamm, an engineer on the Philadelphia and Reading railway, is nursing several bad cuts on his head, lie was struck by a bridge near Wvo missing on Sunday. The mines of the Reading Coal Com pany have resumed work for the week. Cars have been ordered to the mines for large shipments east. Announcement has been made by Superintendent. Knnes, of the Western Maryland Railroad, that the contract has been let to the Claiborne-Johnson < ompany, of BalMniore, for the con struction of a track between Blue Mountain and Edgemont, on which work will be started early in the Spring. Special club service is the latest fea ture to be introduced by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company for t he convenience of patrons on their dining ears. A wide choice of com plete club service menus is provided for breakfast, luncheon and dinner, each menu including a liberal number of attractive and appetizing specialties. Standing of the Crews HUtRISHI HG SIIM3 Philadelphia Division— iOG crew tirst to go after 3:30 p. in.: 124, 119. Conductor for 121. Brakuman for luti. Engineers up: Baer, Wenrick, Kitcli, Wiker, Urubalter, Bicltel, MeGuire, Shocker, Binkley. Firemen up: Hoover, Steelier, Dohtier, Shive, Byerhart, Messersmith, llartz, I Innlon. Miller, Scliotield, Smith. Min iiich. Keeder, Hess, Shandler, Wright, Conductor up: Myers. Flagman up: Nophsker. Brakeman up: Sipe. U fit die UtviMlon—ls crew tirst to go after 2:30 p. m.: 34, IS, 2.">, 32, 221. 223, Preference: 1. Firemen for 19, 23. 1. Conductor:; for 33,-16, 19, 25, 23. Flagmen l'or 19, 32. Brakemen for 34. 25. Engineers up: Snyder, Blizzard, Har ris. Firemen up: Rumberger, Kepner, Burns, Trimble, Malone. Brakemen up: Gardner, ITeck. Koliler, Shively, Farleman, Powell. Prosser, Pal mer, Doyle, Jr., Myers, Yost. M< N'aight, Mussel - , Reed. Yard ( rrwii— Engineers for second S, 12, 14, 20, 28, 52. 02. Two extras. Firemen for third 8. 20, second 22, third 22, 26. Two extras. Engineers up: Lieby, Fulton. McMor ris, McDonnell, Runkle, Wise, Watts, Clelland, Goodman, Harling, Sayford, Matson, Beckwith. Firemen up: Williams, Cumbler, Warner, Steele. Albright, Smith, Myers, Moyer, Walters, Wilhelm. Zefgler, Hardy, Bruaw, McCartney, Pensyl, Waltz. Hall, Brady, Cunningham, Sny der, Desch, Graham, Fry, E. F. Evde, Glassmyer, Ewing, Berrier, Hitt, Peif fer. UNO I, A SI IIP, I'lilliiiU'llihlii Division—222 crew first to go after 3:45 p. m.: 246. 214, 212, 208, 201. 213, 232. 234, 236, 260. Engineers for 208, 232, 234. Fireman for 213. Conductors for 14, 22, 51. 54. 56, 60. Flagmen for 14. 34. 46. Brakemen for 13, 15, 22, 36, 46, 51, 60. Conductor up: Sturgon. Flagman up: Cooper. Brakemen up: Ickelberper, Goudv, Shirk, Cole, Dick, McNautfhton. Middle Division—llo crew tirst to go after 2:15 p. in.: 110, 120, 114, 234, 239, 227. 237. Engineer for 120. Conductors for 120, 114. Yurd Crcnn—To go after 4 p. in.: Engineers for 112. second 124, second 102. Firemen for 130, fourth 126. Engineers up: Rider, 1111. Boyer, Kling, Smith, Kauffman. Firemen up: Sellers, Brown, T.lddick, Shearer, Eichelberger, McDonald. IRON' HITS MAX'S EYE Sylvester Stevens, aged 57, 145 Adams street, Steelton, Is in the Har risburg Hospital suffering from a serious Injury of the left eye, which he sustained while at work at the Pennsylvania Steel Company plant. Stevens said that while breaking some spiegei iron, a piecu tiLruck, bun. NEGRO SLASHES BILLMEYER MAN W. Scott Longenecker Fires at Assailant After He Falls to Ground .Special to the Telegraph Marietta, Pa.. Jan. 11.— W. Scott Longenecker, aged 50, manager of the J. E. Baker Quarry at Billmeyer, three miles west of here, is in the Columbia Hospital in a critical con dition as the result of being slashed across the throat with a razor by a negro at 8:30 o'clock this morning. The negro, whose name has not been learned, made his escape and has not yet been capturea. I,ont;e neeker, falling to the ground, after the assault, whipped a revolver from his pocket and fired three shots at his ileeing assailant, but they missed their mark. Other men at the quarry round the wounded official anil hurried him to the Columbia Hospital on a shifter. Prior to his removal to Columbia. Dr. Samuel Stiever, of Bainbridge, temporarily dressed the wound. Dr. Bacon, of York, a throat specialist, was summoned "to the Columbia hospital and with Dr. Reeser and Dr. Kennedy, of Columbia is working to save the man's life. The negro, according to the infor mation obtainable, reached Billmeyer from the south three weeks ago and went to work in the quarry. This morning he decided to quit and went to Longenecker for his money. The official is said to have told the negro that he would give him the money this afternoon, but the man wanted it immediately. When he was re fused, he is said to nave drawn the razor across the manager's throat. Police authorities in neighboring towns and cities have been notified of the attack and an arrest is expected within the next 24 hours. ADMITS ROBBING AGED FATHER [Continued From First Pago.] police thief, said that he found his father lying unconscious beside a hay wagon In rear of the stable. Gib boney said that lie searched his fath er's pockets, removing sl3 in cash and liis pocketknife. His father had been drinking, he said, and must have In jured his head when he fell against the wagon. The young man promised to return the money. According to the police, who were working on the case, two witnesses had been found who would have testified that Wilbur had taken the from his father, and had the young man not made his con fession. a warrant for his arrest would have been served on him, shortly. The Allen brothers, however, now proved innocent of the Gibboney rob bery, are being held until it is learned definitely by the police, how they got possession of a watch which they pawned recently. The men claim that they found it in the Pennsylvania House, but Special Officer Windsor said that upon obtaining sufficient evi dence against the men he will charge them with the larceny of the watch. The watch does not belong to John Gibboney, as was first thought by the police, and it believed now that it was stolen from some one else. ROOSEVELT SENDS HIS GEETINGS [Continued From First Page.] world crisis in which for the last 18 months this nation has fallen far short of its duty both to its own people and to the law-abiding and justice-loving nations of mankind. "There is a crying need that we shall cast aside all purely partisan consider ations and disregard all but the vital issues affecting the national life and shall strive whole heartedly for a sound Americanism which shall insist that, every man who is within our bor ders shall be an American and noth ing else. (Must Do .lust ice "We must do justice to our people at home; we must insist that they have justice when abroad. "We must Insist upon the most thor ough-going preparedness to protect our rights against all possible attacks by any aggressors. Such preparedness [is the best guarantee of any honorable peace. "We must ever remember that there cannot be such preparedness in things material unless there is also that pre paredness of soul and spirit which alone renders a nation' fit to perform its high and difficult duties in na tional and international life." Chicago I.ooks Good Kvery state in the Union with the exception of Arizona and Mississippi was represented at. the meeting. The session this morning was infor mal and open. Discussion of the time and place for holding the national con vention of the party developed prac tically unanimous opinion that it should be convened in Chicago. There was some difference of opinion, how ever. as to the date. William Allen White, of Kansas, favored June 7, which would make the convention coincident with the Republican na-! tional convention here, and several others supported that view. Others proposed June 14 or later and a few thought the party should meet before the Republicans. The question will be settled at an executive session of the nallonal committee late to-day. George W. Perkins presided this morning and John W. McGrath, of i .New York, acted as secretary. IRON COMPANY RESUMES WORK About 1,0(H) Men Report at Youngstown Plant; Grand Jury Sitting By Associated Press Youngstown, 0., Jan. 11. The grand jury investigation into the strike at the plant of the Youngs town Sheet and Tube Company was resumed here to-day with a score of witnesses waiting to testify. Henry, S. Ballard, of Columbus, assistant at- I torney general, sent here upon the I request of Prosecuting Attorney A.! M. Henderson, of this county, to aid I in the prosecution of riot cases ar-: rived this morning and at once went into conference with the prosecutor.. The gates at the Republic Iron and I Steol Company's plant where 7,000 men have been on strike since De i comber 27, reopened to-day and many returned to work. According to re ports, about 1,000 reported for duty. Recover Much Loot Thousands of dollars worth of loot, seized by rioters in East Youngs town during the wild scenes of iast Friday night and early Saturday, have been recovered by the military and police and present a collection of al : most everything found for sale in a small town. Four cash registers, two phono- j graphs, 40 trunks, 112 suit, cases, 40 bushels of potatoes and 85 sacks of flour were among the things tlrst re covered. Then the military found 300 cartridges, some of them made Into [very fair dumdum bullets; 125 bottles of catsup, spices, coffee and tea; seven bushels of apples, 150 loaves of bread, two bushels of onions and 40 dozen boxes of matches. Wearing apparel appealed parti cularly to the rioters, and the military unearthed 102- suits of clothes, 300 coats, 800 pairs of trousers, 50 pairs of overalls, 220 pairs of gloves. 1500 pairs of shoes, 1100 suits of under wear, 2100 neckties, 3000 pairs of socks and 300 collars. The soldiers also recovered 112 re volvers, 407 knives of assorted sizes, 25 razors, 25 gold and silver watches, 25 rings, 24 pairs of cuff links and 38 watch fobs. There was a vast amount of other material stolen, much of which the authorities believe they will never be able to locale. lOmploycs Coming llack Operations at the plant of the Re public Iron and Steel Company, where there has been a strike of laborers since December 27, will probably be resumed in some departments late to day. President Thomas J. Bray said that more than 50 per cent, of the em ployes had notified him that, they would return and that preparations are being made to reopen the plant, which employs more than 6,000 men. A ronference of labor leaders with President Bray will be held this after noon. Fred <'. Croxton, mediator, sent here to adjust labor differences in this district, will be present. Three Thousand (iet Raise The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company posted notices at. its plant to day that the wages of skilled employes now receiving 40 cents an hour would be advanced to 4 4 cents and those re ceiving 39 cents to 43 cents. The ad vance. it is claimed, affects about 3,000 men. Subpenas were served on Thomas 11. Flynn, general organizer of the Ameri can Federation of Labor; James A. Campbell, president, and C. S. Robin son, vice-president of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, to appear this afternoon before the grand jury. Mr. Flynn. it is understood, will be questioned regarding the statement he issued last night in which he claimed I that the riot in East Youngstown last j week was a financial scheme to depress the value of stock of the tube com pany so that a merger of independent steel interests could be made. Boy Begs Court to Find Him Work; He Says His Parents Died Here Philadelphia, Jan. 11. "Judge, can't y' sent me some place where T can learn a trade? I've been looking for work for a month and I'll starve if I don't get some. Nobody seems to want a "Rid" and 'specially when he's got clothes like mine." A ragged youngster with a pinched face, who said his name was Ed gar Jones, of Harrisburg, made this plea last night to Magistrate Beaton In the Night Court. He said he was 16 years old, but he looked younger. He had been found asleep in a box car on the Philadelphia and Heading Railway pier by two detectives. He told the judge that his parents had died recently in Harrisburg and that he had no relatives tliat he knew of. "I started out with my bicycle lookin' for work," he said, "but I couldn't get any. My bike got busted and I came here." The magistrate asked Edgar what lie was doing with a small loaded re volver the detectives found in his pocket. "I thought 1 might get out West to hunt Indians if I couldn't find anything here," the boy explained. He admitted that he liked to read about Jesse James and other "heroes." Edgar was held for further hearing to-morrow and probably will be turn ed over to the Society to Protect Chil dren from Cruelty. The Name —despite the fact that it is a good one —did not make King Oscar the famous nickel smoke it is to-day. IT WAS THE UNVARYING QUAL ITY "OF THE TOBACCO USED, YEAR AFTER YEAR, THAT MADE THE NAME FAMOUS. Why, as soon as a man feels the desire for a good nickel smoke he unconsciously thinks of King Oscar 5c Cigars When a man's thirsty—he thinks of water. When he's hungry—he eats, When he wants a smoke—he thinks of King Oscar 5c Cigars. Regularly Good For 24 Years SHUMAN MURDER TRIAL LIKELY TO BEGIN TOMORROW Will Likely Be Only Capital Case Called During January Session Selection of the twelve of Dauphin's good men and true who will try Wil liam H. Shuman. ex-police motor ambulance and patrol chauffeur, for the murder of his daughter. Margaret i Shuman, will begin late to-morrow-, afternoon or early Thursday morn-" ing. Suman's case, from present indica tions, will be the only murder trial of I Januafy criminal sessions. The Sep -1 tember grand jury returned a true, bill against Shuman and his ca%e Is I listed for to-morrow afternoon. I The January grand jury yesterday l found a true bill against Thomas, alias "Country" Smith, charged with the murder of aged Mrs. Ella Al bright. The case will in all likeli hood not be tried until March quarter sessions. Stole Bicycle. Charge Peler Cow's trial occupied most of to-day's session in No. 1 courtroom. Young Mr. Cow, according to Dis trict Attorney Stroup, broke into a bicycle store artd stole a machine just, three years ago to-day. Since then the police have been searching for him. Two other charges of felonious j entry were lodged against him. Cow | was caught with a lot of copper wire in his possession, which, it was ai- I leged, had been stolen from a local j plant. He said he bought the wire ; and pleaded guilty to receiving stolen I goods. j Other cases disposed of in No. 1 court included: Ray Stonesifer, convicted of steal- J ing a watch from H. F. Garner, a I boarder, was sent to the Huntingdon Reformatory; Hattie Weaver, adultery, . five months and $5 line; Mason Fit- I ting, convicted with Mrs. Weaver, ! SIOO fine. j The Weaver-Fitting case began late ] yesterday afternoon. In many a day (the courtroom has not been so thrlll- I ed with accounts of family clashes in j which beer boltles figured occasion j ally as weapons, as when the Fittlng i Weaver case was told. The man anil i woman, it was charged had been liv ing together for fourteen years. Their I family consists of three children. Larry Sipe and Ethan Kreider who were convicted late yesterday of ! robbing Burgess Tlenry Granger's j candy store in Royalton, will he call j ed for sentence January 24. Albert Dorsey was tried before Ad ditiona.l Law Judge McCarrell charged j with robbing Dick l,onovicli, a. for eigner, of $6.75. The jury acquitted ' Lizzie Bennett, of a charge of robbing i John Carrigan of S2O. Tallest Defendant Kver ! The tallest defendant that ever ap | peared in a Dauphin county court -was on trial during most of the morn ing in No. 2 cOurt. Incidentally he ; was acquitted and Ihe costs were ' placed on the prosecutor. He is John Hamilton, a stable hostler, and a for mer employe of O. H. Beck. Beck is Hamilton's father-in-law and the pair difeagreed over some work. Hamilton was discharged and when he went to his room to pack his clothes. Beck punched him. They sparred quite awhile and Beck finally crawled away on his hands and knees. "Where did you hit him?" demand ed Assistant District Attorney Fox. "Oh, I just, don't remember—l'm not quite sure whether it was under the left eye or on the point o' tlm jaw!" Hamilton is six feet, three and : half inches tall. Northampton Controller Continues to Hold Office I Fasten. Pa., Jan. 11.— George F. P. I Young, of Easton, remains county con troller of Northampton county for two j more years, according to axi opinion handed down to-day by Judge Stewart, !of the local courts. Dr. R. D. Walter, elected to the office last November, is thereby ousted. Argument in the case was heard last Friday before Judge Stewart. The costs in the case are placed on Dr. Walter. The opinion is based mainly on the unconstitutionality of the later 1 act of the Pennsylvania Assembly which tried to end Young's term this year. The State constitution had pre viously made it a four-year term. 1 Dr. Walter will appeal the case to the | Superior court. Every Dentist Must Register Each Year In an opinion given to tho Board of State .Dental Examiners to-day Deputy Attorney General Kun decides that there is nothing in the dental regulation act of I!US which exempts any one from the annual registration requirement. It Is also held that the law does not per mit the widow of a dentist to carry on the business. Deputy Attorney General Margest holds In an opinion to Secretary of Ag riculture Patton that fertilizer manu facturers and dealers cannot change the trademark or brand by simply add ing 1916. In another opinion Deputy Attorney General Keller decides that a State highway engineer or superintendent who does not own a motor vehicle must take out a driver's license to operate a car owned by the State.
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