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
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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
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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.