M'CLAIN OBJECTS
TO LITTLE CASES
Says Board of Pardons Will
Not Resentence Men For
Crimes
Emphatic protest against bringing
cases without extraordinary reasons be
fore the State Board of Pardons was
made at the opening Fall meeting of
the board to-day by Lieutenant Gover
• or Frank B. McClain the chairman.
When an application for pardon of an
Erie county man convicted of assault
and battery was presented Mr. Mc-
Clain said: "This case ought not to
have come here. This board was not
created to hear such cases. As far as
I ajn concerned this board will not
act as a court and resentence men."
Mr. McClain and other members of
the board also objected during the ap
plication for commutation of death
sentence of Joseph W. O'Brien, of
Philadelphia, to hearing a case on no
more evidence than had been brought
out at the trial. The lieutenant gov
ernor also remarked in closing the
hearing that as for himself "no mur
derous beast in human form should
have the advantage of any technical
ity in the law."
The board had a long list of cases,
including an application for pardon of
William Webber, Berks county, grant
ed commutation of a death sentence in
1595, whose case has been heard be
fore.
In hearing the application for par
don of Mike Kamintsky, Lackawanna,
who is serving from five to twelve
years far manslaughter. Lieutenant
Governor McClain commented upon a
statement of the destitution of the
prisoner's wife and five children by
saying: "Some consideration ough
also to be shown for the victims of this
assault. They are entitled to some
sympathy and the evidence shows that
the prisoner jumped a fence to attack
his victim. That raises some pre
sumption of malice." this case and
lhat of Sylvester Kozar, of Lacka
wanna. were presented with statements
that there were extenuating circum
stances and severe sentences.
Attorney General Brown and Sec
retary of the Commonwealth Woods
during hearings repeatedly asked law
yers to present something which had
not come out in trials. "I want some
thing outside of the record to justify
action by this board. We must in
sist on it," said Mr. Brown several
times.
The application for rehearing of H.
E. Filler, Westmoreland, will come up
late to-day and will be bitterly fought.
The Dauphin county cases will come
later in the day.
Among lawyers here for the cases
to-day were ex-Judge W. K. Stevens
of Reading, T. H. Greevy, Altoona;
District Attorney Shive, Xorristown;
Andrew Hourigan. Wilkes-Barre: Eu
gene A. Philbin, Scranton, and W. T.
I>arr, Brookville.
The decisions will be given later in
the day.
First Initiative Ballot
in State Will Refer to
Jitneys; to Be 4 by 6 In.
Pennsylvania's first initiative ballot
to bo voted upon since the commission
form of government was adopted for
third class cities of the Commonwealth
will very likely be a little sheet 4 by 6
inches in size.
The ballot will be provided for the
electorate of Harrisburpr. which will be
asked to pass upon the question of
whether or not the jitney ordinance
shall be anmendcd so as to reduce the
jitneurs' bonds, method of creating the
bona, license and penalty fees. The
question must be decided at the gen
eral election in November.
City clerk Charles A. Miller expects
to open bids and award the contract
October 2. The same number of offi
cial and specimen ballots as are pre
pared by the county for the city elec
tion purposes will be contracted for.
On the ballot will be a simplified state
ment of the ordinance and its mean
ing, with blank spaces marked for the
X to indicate "yes" or "no."
Funston Believes Villa
Will Cut Lines Between
Chihuahua and Juarez
San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 20. —Belief
that Francisco Villa will soon cut the
Carransa line of communications be
tween Chihuahua City and Juarez if
he has not already done so, was sug
gested by Major General Funston to
day after he had read a report on
Villa's Chihuahua engagement re
< eived from Brigadier General Bell at
El Paso.
Stories gathered by General Bell
from persons reaching El Paso from
the interior indicate that General
Trevino's forces were driven out of
Chihuahua City in Villa's Saturdav
attack and that they took station on
a large hill outside the city from
necessity and not from choice, as pre
vious reports said. From this hill thev
succeeded by the use of artillery in
dislodging the Villaistas.
General Funston refused to give out
all details of the Bell report for pub
lication but he said that It confirmed
previous accounts of the battle and in
dicated even more serious conditions
than were admitted by the Car
ranzlstas.
"It stems that they had quite a
holiday down there," said the general, j
Asks That Lehigh Valley
Be Separated From Coal
Firms in Blow at Monopoly
Washington. D. C., Sept. 20.—An
other step in the government's attempt :
to dissolve the alleged anthracite coal j
monopoly was taken to-day when the
Department of Justice filed its brief in
the Supreme Court appealing from the
decision of a New York Federal court
dismissing the antitrust suit against i
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, |
the Lehieh Valley, Coal Sales Company
and the Lehigh Valley Coal Company.
The railroad company Is charged
with monopolizing production, trans- !
rortation and sale of anthracite coal I
from mines along its lines and with !
having attained this command not
throvgh "conspicuous efficiencv," but
by "acts wrongful and unlawful in
themselx es."
The government asks that the dis
trict court be reversed and that the
railroad company be separated from ■
the coa! companies.
HEALTH BOARD CONFERS
WITH ICE CREAM MEN
Practically all of the city ice cream 1
manufacturers met this afternoon with i
city health officials for a lengthy dig- I
cussion of the cause of impure cream I
shipments to Harrisburg during the \
last two months, causing the tvphold
fever epidemic. Forty-two victims are
now under treatment in tho Harrishur*
Hospital, and more than 300 cases hav,
been reported within the last six weeks
in the city and county. Infected les
'•ream is held responsible bv health au
thorities, and the State Health Depart
ment Is aiding in checking the epi
demic.
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
NEW BISHOP OF HARRISBURG
TO BE CONSECRATED
All Priests of Diocese Will Attend Ceremony; Big Reception
October 3 Planned b y Local Catholics
—=*s>>rr*
MONSIGNOR McDEVITT
Monsignor Phillip R. McPevitt.
whose consecration as Bishop of the
Harrisburg Diocese of the Roman
Catholic Church takes place in Phila
delphia to-morrow morning, will offic
iate at services to be held
in St. Patrick's Cathedral, this
city, at noon, Thursday, September
25. The exercises will last one hour
and will be followed with a dinner in
Cathedral Hall, at 1 o'clock.
Priests from the Philadelphia and
Harrisburg dioceses will accomifanv
the new Bishop to Harrisburg. . A com
mittee from Harrisburg Council,
Knights of Columbus, with automo
biles, will meet Bishop McDevitt and
party at the Pennsylvania railroad
station, and act as escort to the Cath
edral.
On Tuesday night. October 3. the
Knights of Columbus will hold a pub
lic reception in honor of the new head
of the Harrisburg dtocese. Cathedral
Hall will be elaborately decorated for
this occasion. The program is now in
preparation, and will be completed to
morr3.v. The arrangements are in
charge of a committee of which J.
MONSTER BATTLE ALONG
THE EASTERN FRONT
[Continued From First Page]
forces resulted in the Turks com
pletely maintaining their positions.
In Macedonia the trend of the cam
paign appears to favor the entente
armies. The Serbians are reported
in a continued advance along the
western end of the line, driving the
remaining Bulgarians out of Fiorina
and capturing the highest peak in the
Kaimakcalan range, north of Lake
Ostrovo. Sofia, however, denies the
success claimed for the Serbians in the
Kaimakcalan region.
Greece again appears as a probable
new factor in the military field in the
Balkans. She is reported to have sent
an ultimatum to Germany demand
ing the return of *Te Greek troops
taken at Kavala by the Bulgarians and
sent to Germany for internment.
Comparative quiet prevails in the
Somme region. Paris sends news of
a German attack at hill 76, north of
the river, wheih the French repelled,
ejecting such Germans as succeeded in
gaining a foothold in advanced posi
tions.
On the British section of the Somme
front the Germans have also been
counter attacking, but have failed to
regain any of their lost ground, Lon
don asserts. Further north along the
iine British troops raided and cleared
r German trench 200 yards in length
south of Arras.
Reports from the Rumanian side of
the struggle in Dobrudja to-dav were
more favorable to the entente. Bucha
rest declares that the Rumanians have
won a success over the Germans and
Bulgarians near Enigea. nineteen miles
south of the railway from Constanza
to Tzcrnavoda. in the battle on which
control of the railway line probably
hinges.
Germans Claim British
Lost 500,000 Men in
Battles in Somme District
Berlin, Sept. 20. —By wireless.—
British and French losses in the bat
tle of the Somme have reached about
500,000 men, the Overseas News
Agency estimates.
"Recent local successes obtained
by the British on the Somme are her
alded by the English press as great
victories and even occasioned a spe
cial message from King George to the
British commander. General Sir Doug
las Haig," says the news agency. "It
is said the British occupied the vil
lages of Flers. Martinpuich and
Courcelette in the first day's fighting,
although it had been planned to take
them in the course of four days of
battle.
"Nevertheless the British were en
abled to make this advance only after
eleven weeks of the most desperate ef
forts. The result of the battle of the
Somme should be gauged by consid
ering the amount of French and Bel
gian territory occupied by the Ger
mans. which amounts in all to about
50.000 square kilometers. Of this
29,000 is Belgian and 21,000 French.
The efforts made by the French and
British have resulted in the recon
quest of only 1.500 square kilometers
or three per cent. The price paid for
this territory is appalling. According
to a conservative estimate the British
lost 350,000 men up to September 15.
This together with the French losses
brings up the total to about half a
million men."
Declares U-Boat Campaign
Postponed, Not Abandoned;
No Prospects of Peace
Berlin. Sept. 19, via London, Sept.
20.—Major Ernst Basserman, leader
of the National Liberal party, in a
keynote speech delivered on Monday
before his constituents in the Saar
bruecken. declared that the subma
rine campaign had been postponed
and not abandoned. Major Basser
mann advocated the widest possible
use of both submarines and Zeppelins
and the most ruthless methods of war
fare.
The National Liberal leader asserted
ARCHBISHOP FRENDERGAST
| William Rodenhaver is chairman.
I'nder instructions from Monsignor
:M. M. Hassett, administrator of the
Harrisburg Diocese since the death of
Bishop J. W. Shanahan, all priests,
\ numbering 9S. will attend the oonse
; cration services at Philadelphia to
morrow. Many came to Harrisburg
to-day, and left this afternoon for
Philadelphia. Monsignor Hassett will
leave this evening.
The consecration takes place to-mor
row morning in the Cathedral of St.
; Peter and St. Paul, and will be in
; charge of Archbishop Prendergast, as
consecrator. He will be assisted by
Bishop Fitzmaurice, of Erie; Bishop
McCort. auxiliary of Philadelphia.
Monsignor James P. Turner will
preach.
Next Sunday morning the new
Bishop will celebrate mass at the
Church of St. John's. Monsignor Nevin
F. Fisher. rector will preach. On
Monday night Bishop McDevltt will be
the guest of the graduates of the
Catholic Girls' High school at a recep
tion. He will leave for Harrisburg at
S:3O Tuesday morning, Sept. 26.
! that his views were shared bv Ad
miral Von Tirpitz, Admiral Von Koes-
J* r . Prince \on Buelow and Count
Zeppelin. He maintained that "in a
struggle wherein the existence of Ger
many is at stake the most ruthless use
lof all possible weapons is called for."
1 J his sentiment was heartily applauded
.by his audience. Submarines and
Zeppelins, continued Major Basser
! Mann, were the most effective wea
pons against "our arch-enemv, Eng
land."
Referring to the United States, Ma
jor Bassermann warned his hearers
against trusting for any permanent ef
fect upon American sympathies from
England s blacklist policy and the
achievements of the Deutschland and
other commercial submarines. He
warned them also not to hope that
the present American protests to Eng
land would have any greater effect
than their predecessors. Xo prospects
of peace were held out by the speaker.
Dr. Dixon Is Head of
State Medical Society
Scranton, Pa., Sept. 20.—Dr. Samuel
G. Dixon. State Commissioner of
Health, was to-day elected president
of the State Medical Society. He takes
the office at the next annual meeting.
Dr. Dixon was opposed for the presi
dency by Dr. Lawrence Fitchfield. of
Pittsburgh.
Other officers included: First vice
president. Dr. John B. Croser, Scran
ton: second vice-president. Dr. J. W.
Albright, Muncy; third vice-president.
Dr. George H. Boyer, Allentown;
fourth vice-president, Dr.~J. C. Wag
ner. Beaver Springs: secretarv, Dr.
Cyrus Lec Stevens, Athens; assistant
secretary. Dr. Clarence P. Franklin,
Philadelphia; treasurer, George Wag
oner, Johnstown; board of trustees,
Theodore B. Appel. Lancaster; Horatio
W. Gash. Sunbury: J. L. Lazsrous
Tunkhanncck; William T. Sharpless
West Chester; J. F. B. Frank. Kittan
r.lng; F. T. Van Sycle, Oliphant; James
Johnston. Bradford; John B. Lowman
Johnstown; Irvin J. Moyer. Pitts
burgh; Charles A E. C'odman. Phila
delphia; Cyrus L Stephens, Athens
The milk supply of cities and towns
formed the discussion of the morning.
Dr. Minor, Wilkes-Barre, reporting for
the society's committee on health and
public instruction, introduced a reso
lution recommending that the old laws
governing the state'B milk supply be
revisca and new ones adopted.
MRS. MARY E. DUGAN
Funeral services for Mrs. Marv E.
Dugan. aged 41. who died last night
at her home. 816 North Third street,
will be held in St. Patrick's Cathedral
Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. She
Is survived by one daughter, Glenna
Dugan. of this city. . Burial will be
made In the Mount Calvary Cemetery.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
HUGHES ON WAY
TO MILWAUKEE
[Continued From First Pajfc]
Hughes Opens Wide
Throttle in Illinois
This is what the Republican
Presidential nominee thinks of the
Adamson law.
"A measure to increase the
wages of certain men, not tlx the
hours of labor at all."
"A measure to fix wages and as
such must be judged, not by incon
clusive suggestions that it may pro
cure an eight-hour day."
"When railroads are required to
j expend additional millions, the bur
| den must ultimately fall upon the
| public."
"It is a surrender that shocked
• the people throughout the land."
' "I stand for the principle of ar
' bitration in industrial disputes. It
is a civilized method as opposed to
the injurious contests of force."
"There are usually the forms and
presumptions of legislative consid
eration on the merits of proposals.
In the present case even these were
' absent."
"We cannot yield reason to the
rule of force. That is the path to
sure disaster. 1 shall not take the
1 first step in that path!"
*■
| row morning on a trip through In
! diana.
A "Force Bill"
I Charles E. Hughes, addressing an
i ,u . ,l V euct * p *' le Springfield Arsenal last
i nigh!, renewed his attack on the ad
j ministration for passage of the Adam
son law in the face of the threatened
railroad strike. Mr. Hughes discussed
and called "futile" reasons advocated
for lis passage, Quoted from President
Y\ ilson's address to Congress on the
subject, c—::yenged the statement of
Representative Adamson that it was
passed to meet an emergency, and
! cited a declaration attributed to Qro
; ver Cleveland in support of the con-
I lention that the law was "a surrender
to force."
"We have seen," .Mr. Hughes said,
"what appears to be the consideration
jot immediate political expediency at
| the expense of public welfare. Mr.
| Adamson said "It is hasty legislation,
; I admit, to meet an emergency.' What
I emergency? The emergency of force
ito which the administration had
j capitulated."
Speech Loudly Cheered
j Mr. Hughes spoke before a crowded
j house. His speech last night was his
I second in Springfield. The first, at the
; state fair grounds in the afternoon,
! dealt chiefly with his ideas on protec
tion of American industries. American
| rights and preparedness. He also
| touched on the protection of American
rights.
j "The America of which I have a
| vision, the America of the future, is an
; America maintaining rights on land
and sea without fear or favor through
out the world."
j The audience cheered and applauded
I loudly.
Legislation Without Inquiry
I Mr. Hughes, after declaring "the
] just interests of labor are the concern
j of all," and asserting that he desired
j to see safe and wholesome conditions
i of work, adequate opportunities for
j education and recreation, reasonable
j hours of labor and fair wages, said:
"The Adamson bill is a force bill. It
was legislation without inquiry, with
out knowledge. The demand by the
administration for such legislation as
the price of peace was a humiliating
spectacle. It was not only a serious
misuse of official power, but a deplor
able abdication of moral authority.
"The excuses presented are futile.
The Adamson bill is not a bill provid-
I ing for an eight-hour workday. It
i does not fix hours at all. It regulates
I wages. Its, provisions do not require
I any employer to employ any set of
men for only eight hours a day. Eiglit
j hour day laws are to avoid fatigue and
overstrain by prohibiting employment
!in excess of the requirement. There
is nothing of this.
"What it does is to provide by law
i for an increase in wages for certain
men. They may work just as long as
, before. They may work ten hours or
more. They are simply to get more
• pay. The act provides that in con
tracts for labor and service eight hours
shall be deemed a day's work, and the
! measure or standard of a day's work
1 ior the purpose of reckoning the eom
| pensation for services to all employes
of the sort described."
Pointina out that the Adamson bill
| itself conceded thpt the subject was
one requiring investigation. Mr.Hughes
said that if there was anything requir
! ine a careful inquiry i; was a "propo
; sitiop affecting readjustment other
S than of rates and of expense? of car
riers." on whose efficiency "the com
munity depends."
"It was proposed in substance by
the administration that Increased rates
should bo charged to shippers so far as
required to pay this increase of wages.
Assurance was given that 'no obstacle
of Jaw' would be suffered to stand in
the war of the railroads in increasing
their revenue to meet resulting in
creases in the expenses so far as de
velopment of their business and of
1 their administrative efficiency did not
prove adeouate to meet them.
Public Must Pay Bill
"We may pause to osk what is the
significance of this reference to 'ob
stacle of law.' The law provides for
'reasonable rates' and an appropriate
proceeding for fixing of reasonable
rates by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. Were these proceedings and
'he provisions of law the 'obstacles of
law' to which reference was made?
Were they to be overcome, if neces
sary. to accomplish the desired in
crease?
'lt must be understood that the bur
den of increased rates is passed to the
public. It necessarilv affects a host of
activities, agricultural and industrial.
"Manifestly we have here an ex
tremely intricate question of rates and
outlays. What was tlje manifest duty
of the Executive? Plainly to Insist that
investigation should precede action and
that nothing should be vielded to force.
It was stated by the Executive in his
r.ddress to Congress that 'the matter
had been agitated for more than a
year.' Why. then, was it not investi
gated? Could not the administration
command all necessary machinery for
fair and thorough inquiry? Not only
did the administration fail to take
proper action on its own initiative, but
the business men of the country ap
pealed in vain to the administration
for investigation. Their request won
no favorable action.
"Time was allowed to run. and then
came the surrender that, shocked the
people throughout the land. Was the
'crisis' unforeseen? Why was It per
mitted to arise when the adminis
tration was forewarned ?
Stands for Arbitration
"I stand for the principle of arbi
tration in industrial disputes.
least of all. can afford to have that
principle surrendered. It Is a civilized
method, as onposed to the injurious
contests of force, which impoverish
labor and imperil the social order. The
essence of the matter is a fair and rea
sonable hearing of all parties con
cerned and a just determination ac
cording to the facts.
"It Is no answer to say that the
awards of arbitration are not always
just. The effort should be to Improve
reasonable methods, not to subvert
them. Railroad companies refusing
arbitration have been condemned at
the har of public opinion, and great
progress has been made In the direc
tion of the peaceful-and reasonable
settlement of labor disputes.
"To say that fair and prompt arbi
tration could not have been had in
this case is to Indict both the adminis-
MEN PROMINENT IN FALL FASHION FETE
P. H. BAILEY V. GRANT FORRER
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tration and the American people
I*rinclple Vielded
Mr. Hughes held that there was
"no justification of the yielding of
principle." Of those who sought to
"excuse the administration" on the
ground of exigency he would aslc, he
said, "How far do you propose to
yield to force?" Asserting that force
"can reject courts as well as arbi
tration. that it can dispose with any
part ot' the orderly procedure of gov
ernment which it may oppose," Mr.
Hughes continued:
"When force is proposed and arbi
tration is refused, there is but one
I stand to take and that is to appeal to
the judgment of the country to vin
| dicate the processes of reason. Had
| tlie Executive, when arbitration was
, declined, at once directed the entire
i force of public opinion, as he easily
! could, to the demand for the rec
! ognition of the principle of arbitration,
I have no doubt he would have won,
! and the nation would have been his
debtor."
Wilson Swinging Into
Campaign Form; Works to
Meet Attacks of Haghes
Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 20. —
President Wilson swung into cam
j paign form to-day. With his plan for
discussing public questions before non
partisan organizations instead of mak
ing campaign tours fully decided
upon, he actively took up his political
plans after a lull of more than a week
caused by the illness and death of his
sister. Mrs. Annie E. Howe.
Administration leaders here predict
that from now on there will be plenty
of activity in the Democratic cam
paign. The attacks of Charles E.
Hughes will be fully met, they say, by
the President himself and by mem
bers of his cabinet and Democratic
leaders who will tour the country.
I Vance C. McCormick, the chairman
of the Democratic national committee,
who spent the night at Shadow Lawn,
(held an early conference with the
j President this morning before leaving
for headquarters in New York. He
will return in a few days to make ar
rangements for the speeches to be
made by Mr. Wilson.
Meantime, the President worked on
j a speech he will make to a delegation
' of businessmen he will receive Satur
day and on the address he will deliver
J Monday before the convention of the
National Grain Dealers' Association.
In these two speeches he will outline
the reason why he thinks farmers and
businessmen should vote the Demo
cratic ticket.
Wilson Denies He Will
Make Any Campaign Tour
Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 20.
President Wilson announced last night
that he has no intention of making
1 a campaign tour, but that he will carry
j out plans already tentatively made
I lor several speeches on public ques
tions before nonpartisan organizations.
This announcement followed a con
ference between Mr. Wilson and Vance
i C. McCormick, chairman of the Demo
! cratic national committe.
j Both the President and McCormick
: expressed indignation over stories
printed to-day to the effect that as a
result of uneasiness over the Re
publican campaign Mr. Wilson has
i changed his plans..
Pruning Out 267 Caught
in Raid; Leaders Held
Scranton, Pa., Sept. 20. Twenty
five of the 267 Industrial Workers of
: the World, arrested when State
1 troopers and deputies raided a meeting
hall in Old Forge several days ago,
were released from jail yesterday on
I their own recognizance when Sheriff
D. S. Phillips started separating the
"goats"• from the "sheep." As many
more men will be given their liberty
soon.
The authorities now believe that all
| but fifty of the I. W. W.'s caught in
the raid will be released. The fifty
that will be held are alleged to be the
leaders of the organization.
Steps to deport many of the pris
oners are being taken by the Sheriff
and local United States authorities.
Special representatives of the govern
ment are expected here shortly.
SEE END OF STRIKE
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 20. Pros
pects of a sudden end of the traction
strike that has been bitterly carried
on for the past eleven months at a
tremendous cost, loomed up consider
ably brighter here to-day.
J. J. Thorpe, first vice-president of
the International Association of Car
men, who is head of the unions during
the absence of President Mahon, is
here. The mediators and Vice-Presi- .
dent Thorpa with Dennis McCauley.
president of the striking carmen's!
union, were in conference last night, !
it was admitted that concessions of!
sufficient Importance are being made'
to warrant the reopening of negotia- j
tions between traction officials and
strikers.
The mediators do not intend to meet
General Manager Thomas A. Wright,
of the traction company, until they
are able to go to him with a new
proposition, which they think will be
ready by Thursday.
f&Cman's
/i/ceens
In the Windows Tonight
228 Market St
SEPTEMBER 20, 1916.
President Bowman Urges
Co-operation of All For
Greater Commerce Chamber
Co-operation of the business and pro
fessional men of the city in the propos
ed moement for a bigger and greater
Chamber of Commerce is urged in per
sonal letters by President J. William
Bowman, of the Chamber. In discuss
ing the campaign President Bowman
said:
"Our firm belief is that within the
next ten days or two weeks we can
show the people of Harrisburg a plan
which will provide for a Chamber of
Commerce of community wide interest
and influence, a Chamber of Commerce
which will be in position to accomplish
for Harrisburg those things which the
city needs to place it in its rightful po
sition as the capital city of Pennsyl
vania. The Chamber of Commerce is
an organization caring for the inter
ests of all the people of Harrisburg."
RUMANIANS IX BAD SHAPE
London, Sept. 20.—The situation of
the Rumanian armies on both the
fronts, in Transylvania and Dobrudja.
is giving rise to some apprehension
here, although the news of the latest
events comes largely from enemy,
sources and therefore is taken with
certain reserve. "It seems possible,"
says the Times to-day, "that the
Russo-Rumanian forces in Dobrudja
may soon be in need of help. The ac
tual position of affairs in Transylvania
is equally uncertain, x x x Why
did Rumania allow herself to leave
her Dobrudja front inadequately pro
tected? The fact is that Rumania had
no wish to quarrel with Bulgaria. She
did not declare war on Bulgaria, and
to this day Bulgaria has not officially
declared war on Rumania."
FRUIT SPOILS IN ENGLAND
London. Sept. 20—Thousands of tons
of fruit are bpoiling on English farms
for want of labor to pick it. Com
plaint is made that hundreds of intel
ligent and well-educated women have
gone to these farms to pick the fruit,
only to return, because of the miser
able conditions under which they were
asked to live and the pettiness with
which they were treated.
PHILADELPHIA*"S WED HERE
P'rank M. Booth and Miss Helen
Shriner Crouse, both of Philadelphia,
werj married by Alderman Hilton at
his office this morning.
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REAL ESTATE
City Planners May
Confer Monday Evening
on Second Street Line
Further consideration of the propos
ed plan of i-stabllsliing uniform lines
for Front. Second and other streets in
Susquehanna township, from Division
street northward to the base of the
mountains, will be Riven by the City
Planning Commission at its meeting to
be held probably Monday evening.
President E. S. Herman to-day con
ferred with E. Clark Cowden, engineer,
on the subject and devoted some time
to a further survey of the plans.
The Plunning Commission is desirous
of fixing lines of Second street at 30H
eastward from Front street and the
other streets will be lined accordingly.
The benefit to builders in the future
will be incalculable. A conference be
tween the Planners and the Riverside
Improvement Association will be held
in th<' near future in an effort to com
bine forces on the scheme.
TODAY'S REALTY TRANSFERS
To-day's realty transfers included
the following: Jacob llofford's heirs to
Frances S. Gland, Steelton, $3,000; Wll
mer H. Cumbler, to Mirko Konlck, ami
Leopold Orendo, both in Bressler, $1,875
apiece; Henry E. Toomey to H. Cloyd
Horning. 2oi:J Jefferson street, $11,300;
W. M. Ditlow to William F. Houseman.
Emma ?. Irving to Caroline A. Hess,
Steelton. $1; Aaron H. Elser tO.Lydla
M. Hill, Susquehanna township, sl.
BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits to-day included the
following: Herthn M. Keller, brick ad
dition to 1:122 North Second street,
$250; Curtis 1.. Conner, single story gar
age, rear of residence at northwest cor
ner of Hillside Koad and Holly street.
TRACY TO BUII.D HOME
Some time ago David E. Tracy pur
chased the southeast corner of Front
and Muench streets and contemplates
the erection of a home on this plot
within the year. It is his purpose to
I grade the piece to the proper eleva
tion and also to plant trees this Fall.
Stone Issues "Word on
8-Hour Law as Related
to Railroad Operatives"
Chicago, Sept. 20. "A word about
the so-called S-hour law as related to
railroad operatives," by William J.
Stone, United States Senator from
Missouri was issued by the Western
Xational Democratic headquarters
| here to-day. Accompanying the state
-1 inent was an assertion that Senator
j Stone was representing the thought of
the administration on the subject. The
\ statement said in part:
"Messrs. Hughes, Roosevelt, Root,
Lodge, Penrose, Crane, Plerpont. Mor
[ gan and George W. Perkins
maintain that the President and
1 Congress surrendered to force
land thereby discredited public author
, ity and weakened the foundations of
our government institution.
I "One weakness about this charge is
' that it is false. Nobody threatened
j the President or Congress: nobody
i demanded anything of them. There
| was no controversy between the gov
ernment and the railroad employes,
I nor between the government and the
| railroad managements. The con
! troversy was purely industrial, waged
i between hundred thousand
| men who actually operate trains on
[ the one hand and the managers of the
j railroads on the other.
FORMKR .JUDGE HART DIES
Williamsport, Pa., Sept. 20. Wil
| liam W. Hart, ex-President Judge of
l the Lycoming county courts, died sud-
I denly of acute indigestion at his home
j here yesterday afternoon. He was 53
years old and was a native of Lycom
j ing county. He entered politics early,
being a Democrat. His party elected
I him district attorney in 1874 and re
-elected him in 1877. In 1882 he was
sent to the State Senate for a four
| year term. He was elevated to the
bench in 1901, serving ten years and
being succeeded by Judge Harvey W.
Whitehead. He is survived by his
widow, who was a daughter of the
late Dr. Hugh Montgomery, of Muncy.
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