' —-••••-r . -*- - S - T , • " . " - 7" ™ ' < v ..-Ti'V "■• - ' • ' . • • ' * /> Tfff| FF m r T* t * v • * rtl tor nil Hasten Enactment ofmmoaa Legislation at Short 5 HARRISBURG SPKS. TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 281 14 PAGES RAILROAD LAWS TO BE RUSHED AT SHORT SESSION Congress Assembles at Noon With Crowded Program of Legislation Mapped Out FLOOD OF BILLS IN Leaders Concentrate on Pas sage of Big Supply Measures Washington, D. C., Dec. 4. —Con- gress assembled promptly at noon to day for the short session which will mark the closing of President Wilson's first term. With a crowded program of legis lation, foremost in which is the Presi dent's plan for railroad legislation, senators and representatives settled down to work a.s Speaker Clark and Vice-President Marshall brought down their gavels. To-day's opening was marked by the usual flood of bills and resolutions, many of which are expected to die in committee with the Congress itself on March 4. The energies of administration lead ers were at once concentrated on the passage of the big supply bills neces sary for the conduct r>f the govern ment and upon the limited program of general legislation. Democrats Control House Speaker Clark declared the next House, on the basis of the last elec tion, would show at least 216 Demo crats without Scully, of New Jersey, and Beakes, of Michigan. He con ceded 213 to the Republicans. These figures do not include the Independent group ot four, which, with two in doubt, make a total of 435. "We have the control of the House [Continued on Paso 7] Postcard Mailed Here 44 Years on Way to Wrightsville, York Co. Tork, Pa., Dec. 4.—A postcard sent by the Baltimore Coal Company from its Harrisburg office on August 23, 1872, to the Wrightsville Iron Com pany, was received by the local firm yesterday. It took the card forty-four years, three months and eight days to travel from Harrisburg to Wrights ville. The borough postmaster says that he has received no explanation of the long delay in the forwarding of the card. The card bore a 3-cent stamp. Postmaster Frank C. Sites said this morning that he believed someone found the card after it had been mis laid and probably as a joke mailed it recently, as nothing was said of the postmark date. He said that he was sure the post office department was not responsible for the delay, as the card would have been discovered when the local office was removed to tem porary quarters. Start Relabeling All Storage Eggs in Effort to Force Prices Down Pittsburgh, Dec. 4.—The first defi nite efTorts of the State Dairy and Food Commissioner to adopt measures tend ing to bring about a decrease in the retail price of eggs in Allegheny county began to-day when inspectors started relabeling all eggs which have been in storage longer than eight months, the limit prescribed by law. The inspection will be made under Instructions of State Dairy and Food Commissioner James Foust, of Harris burg. The majority of eggs now in storage are said to be April and May eggs. The forcing of these eggs out of stor age through desire of storage men to get rid of them before the prescribed eight months expire will bring a de crease in prices, Commissioner Foust believes. Central Iron Not For Sale, Says Irons Reports that the Bethlehem Steel Company is negotiating for the purchase of the Central Iron and Steel Company's plant were denied to-day. General Superintendent Robert H. Irons, of the Central Iron and Steel Company, said: "There Is absolutely no truth in the report. This plant is not for sale." ————— —j THE WEATHER For Jtarrlahurg and vicinity! I'n- MltM to-night and Tuesday, probably occasional llnhi rain; warmer to-night. with loweat temperature about 4S degrees. For Eastern Pennsylvania; I/nset tled to-night and Tuesdny, prob ably rain: warmer to-night; mod erate south wind*. River The Susquehanna river and all Ita tributaries will probably fall alowly or remain nearly xtatlon ary. A stage of nbout 4.S feet la Indicated for Harrisburg Tuesday mornlnc. General Conditions Pressure has Inereaaed In the At lantic States and from the Rocky Mountains westward to the Pa clflc coast alnce last report. It has decreased generally over the remainder of the country. Temperatures are 2 to 2A decrees higher than on Saturday morn- Inn over the eaatern half of the country and throughout the greater part of the Missouri Val ley; elsewhere temperature chnnfea have been Irregular. Temperature; S a. m., 42. Sunt Rises, 7;12 a. m.; sets, 4,30 p. m. Moon; Pull moon, December #, 7;44 a. m. River Stage; 4.7 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 43. l.owrat temperature. J Mean temperature. M, : Normal temperature, 36. VON MACKENSEN AGAIN MARCHING ON BUCHAREST Takes Gradicstea Within 12 Miles of Capital After Be ing Halted CLOSING OX ALL SIDES Invaders Arc Moving Down Through Mountain Passes; Russ Continue Attack Field Marshal Von Mackcnsen's drive against Bucharest from the southwest and south is again ill full swing. Its stoppage by the Russo- Rumanian offensive in this sector, re ported yesterday, was evidently only temporary for Petrograd to-day an nounces occupation of Gradicstea by the Teutonic forces. Gradicstea is on the Giurgiu-Bucharest railway line, directly south of Bucharest, and its capture places Von Mackensen's ad vance within a scant twelve miles of the capital. On the northwest, the Rumanians are also falling back tinder General Von Falkenhayn's pressure. The Russians are continuing their attacks in the Carpathians, but the only advance reported to-day by Petrograd was at a point some dis- [Continued 011 Page 7] Penna. Laws Prescribing Butter Fat Standards Upheld; Will Push Suits I Washington, Dec. 4. lowa and Pennsylvania laws prescribing butter . fat standards for ice cream were up ! held as constitutional to-day by the 1 Supreme Court in test cases attack ; ing their validity as arbitrary exercise of State'"police powers," although de signed to prevent adulteration of food ! products. The decisions, the court was advised ;by the Xational Association of Ice j Cream Manufacturers, would affect the entire ice cream industry and leg islation of many States, of which more than thirty have similar statutes. The decision of the United States Supreme Court upholding the consti tutionality of the Pennsylvania ice cream act establishing standards of fats for the product will affect hun dreds of cases in this State. The test case was brought in Erie county and was appealed by a Buffalo firm. The State Superior and Supreme Courts upheld the act. The dairy and food division will now proceed with prosecutions which have been brought in about a dozen counties. Say Woman Dressed as Man to Aid in Thefts; Y. M. C. A., Headquarters That Mrs, May Hirnisey, masquer ading as a man, aided Lou Faust, in his series of robberies in other cities, is the clue which city police and de tectives are working on as they are ! compiling their mass of evidence against Faust, now charged with com mitting scores of robberies in all parts of the State. Police claim too, that Faust, by using a Y. M. C. A. card issued at Sunbury, secured rooms at other as sociation buildings and after collect ing a large amount of loot, would take it to his rooms and pack it for ship ment to Mrs. Hirnisey. Two Sunbury men and a projninent citizen of Heading were among the latest visitors at police headquarters last evening and this morning to identify some bf their property. Harrisburg Hospital Isn't Affected by State Report "So far as I know the Harrisburg hospital will not be affected in any way by the report of the State Board of Charities, as I believe we are com plying and have been complying with all that it requires of us," declared John Fox Weiss, secretary of the I board of hospital managers to-day. "It is true, perhaps, that our build ings are not as modern as they might be, but so far as equipment and con duct of the institution are concerned I don't really Fee how the board's re port could affect us. We have done what we have been advised by the | State board to do—for instance, the removal of the nurses' dormitory on the fourth floor, and we have made proper arrangements for caring for maternity cases. Whether it will be necessary for the board of managers to take any action in any way on the State board report I do not know, as it hasn't come to us officially as yet." Insane Asylum Inmate Is Slain by Another Attacked and severely beaten by a fellow Inmate of the violent ward of the State Lunatic Hospital, William O. Shue, 50 years old, died from his in juries. An attendant, J. S. Collins saw Frank McCann and Shue quarreling, in what seemed to be a playful man ner. When he noticed that the at tack was an attempt to kill he en deavored to separate them but Mc- Cann had knocked Shue to the floor and Jumped on his chest before they were finally parted. Contrary to the rules of the hos pital, Collins did not report the oc currence to a superior, supposing that Shue's injuries were slight. Dr. J. R. L. Rldgway. an attending physician noticed the man's wounds were seri ous while making his usual rounds. Shue died within twenty-four hours. Coroner Ecklnger Is Investigating. UXVIIIL MEMORIAL TO HKXSKL Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 4.—A magnifi cent memorial window to the memory of W. U. Hensel was unveiled yester day In the First Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Hensel was trustee for many years. The window Is the gift of his daughter, Mrs. John A. Nauman. gallon." A mass of petitions was tiled In favor of the legislation. HARRISBURG. PA.,MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1916, WILL JOHN HARRIS ACCEPT HER ADVANCES ? V;: '" DON'T BURN UP YOUR WEEKLY ALLOWANCE,SA YS TO HARRISBURG HOUSEWIVES Fuel Conservation Is One Big Means of Reducing High Cost i of Living CLEVER DEVICES TQ SAVE COAL AND GAS' Even With Servant in House Supervision of Kitchen Op erations Necessary [By Mrs. Anna Hamilton Wood] i 'TVHE servant problem is the ex cuse of a great many women for \ doing their own cooking. Dear Mrs. Housekeeper, why be ashamed! of work which well done is really an ! art? To turn out a perfect pie is as j great a feat and requires nearly as I much practice as to play a musical I selection. In announcing that you do I it because you simply cannot find a i reliable girl fools no one but yourself, j You are there to save money. You j know it and I know it and the other woman knows it so why not say so? The superintendent of a factory, if he is worth his salt, keeps an eye on every department in spite of his fore men. So the capable housewife MYSTERIOUS 0.0. IS UNDER ARREST [ Chicago Social Favorite Admits He Was With Rae Tanzer in N. Y. Escapades Chicago, Dec. 4. Strange tangles of mistaken identity were revealed to day in the further examination of the man known here as Charles H. Wax. who, according to the police, admitted last night that he is "Oliver Osborne," j the mysterious "O. O." whose esca pades with Miss Rao Tanzer, a New I York milliner, resulted in her filing j suit in March, 1915, for $250,000 | against James W. Osborne, a former I assistant district attorney. \ Wax, who asserts he was graduated [from Columbia University in 1907 and i is a physician, was taken into custody ! by city detectives and United States 1 post office inspectors at his apartment | hero yesterday. He is said by the ; police to have been known by more i than, a dozen aliases and to have i swindled more than 200 young women in various parts of the country out (Continued on Page 5) !SHOP EARLY FOR SELFISH REASONS ;Not Only Salespeople, hut You Will Be Benefited Is Tip "Tell your readers to shop early, not only for the sake of the sales people in the stores," said a Harrls burg department store manager this morning, "but also for their own benefit." It required small effort on the part of a reporter to find reasons for this bit of advice. Inquiry at the big stores reveals a peculiar situation regarding holiday goods. Germany has sent no toys, nor will she send any for at least another year or two. Some of the big [Continued on I'agc 7] HH |hl mm ■Hb i MRS. ANNA. H. WOOD watches the small leaks in her kitchen expenses if she keeps help; studies how [Continued on Page 6] OVERHANGING SIGNS ILLEGAL Municipal League Secretary Says Prosecutions Are Con templated by Organization Calling attention to the illegality of electric signs projecting over the building line in the city, and quoting ! Part of an act of 1903 providing that no person shall post signs on State, ; county, township, borough or city | property, J. Horace McFarland, secre -1 tary of the Municipal League of Har- J risburg, in a letter to the editor of the Telegraph says that the attention !of the District Attorney has been called to the lack of the enforcement I of the law. The letter Is as follows: i To the Editor of the Telegraph: Now that Market street is tempor arily free from overhanging banners, ! *J n, th at an accident has occurred due to the falling of an overhead elec t Continued on Page 0] COALITION RULE IS AGAIN SAVED Decision of Asquith Urged by Lloyd-George Will Ensure Vigorous War London, Dec. 4. The decision of Premier Asquith, on the advice of the War Secretary, David Lloyd George, which 1b supported by other members of the ministry, to reconstruct the cabinet is believed to have saved the [Continued on I'aico 7] KING BLEDDYN SCNK London, Dec. 4. Lloyds shipping agency announces that the British steamer King Bleddyn, has been sunk. The King Bleddyn sailed from New York on November 16 for Havre, i SCHWAB BUYS IN I AMERICAN IRON & j STEEL CO. PLANTS Ironmaster Takes Over Leba non and Reading Mills For $5,500,000 MAKE BOLTS AND NUTS Turn Out Large Quantities of Car Forgings and Railroad Materials Lebanon, Pa., Dec. 4. The pur chase by Charles M. Schwab, for the Bethlehem Steel Company, of the con trolling Interests in the American Iron and Steel Manufacturing Company's Lebanon and Reading plants was con firmed Saturday. The news leaked out with the summoning to the First National Bank building of holders of the preferred and common stock, who were asked to sign opUons for the sale (Continued on Page 5) Two Young Murderers Die in Electric Chair Bellefonte, Pa.. Dec. 4. —Two con victed murderers were electrocuted in the penitentiary at Rockview to-day. They were Dominick Digtsco, an 18-year-old youth of Schuylkill county, | and Stanislaus Woceskoske, of Beaver county. Woceskoske, who murdered a fellow countryman at Beaver through jeal ousy of a woman, was the first sent to the electric chair. He was pronounced dead In four minutes by Dr. Robert J. Campbell. The condemned- man was attended spiritually by the Rev. Father McArdle, of Bellefonte. 1 Digisco, the Schuylkill county boy, who last May murdered John H.James, an ice cream vendor of Pottsvllle, and whose application for commutation of sentence was refused by the Board of Pardons, was executed shortly after ward. He went to the death chair at 7.15 a. m. and after four contacts was pronounced dead at 7.18 by Dr. Camp bell. Digisco was also attended by Father McArdle. Seek to Reduce Cost of Living Test Last Days Chicago, 111., Dec. 4.— With but one day more of tho Chicago health de partment's attempt to demonstrate that good living is possible at a cost less than 40 cents a day, efforts were made to-day to reduce further the price of tho final meals. For the first time during the two weeks' test oleo margarine was served instead of but ter. Cornmeal mush was the back bone of the breakfast menu, while beef stew and veal loaf, respectively, held similar places on the luncheon and dinner cards. Compilation of weights and expendi tures will be made to-morrow night at the end of the test and the cost per person per day averaged. The cost at the end of the first week was 33 2-3 cents. Owen Wants Expenditures of All Political Parties in Last Campaign Investigated Washington, D. C.. Dec. 4. —Senator Owen, Democrat, of Oklahoma, who will lead the fight for a new corrupt prac tice act will Introduce a Joint resolu tion to-morrow for an Inquiry Into ex penditures of all political parties in the last national campaign '"The resolution will provide for an Immunity bath for men summoned to testify and heavy penalties for per jury," said he. BIG INCREAS ALL SCHWAB AND C. I. & S. PLANTS Ten Per Cent. Raise Announced by Officials of Bethlehem and Central Iron and Steel Company, Effective De cember 16 CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR NEARLY 40,000 EMPLOYES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND 7,000 A ffected at Steelton; in South Harrisburg; Third Increase in Year at Neighboring Borough's Big Mill 1 en per cent, increases, effective December 16, in the Steelton, Bethlehem and Maryland plants of the Bethlehem Steel Company and in the Central Iron and Steel Company plant, this city, were announced this morning. * About 7,000 men are affected at Steelton and 1,200 in the Central Iron and Steel employ. The Schwab increase affects more than 20,000 men at Bethlehem and about /,000 at the Sparrows Point plant. Officials of the Bethlehem Steel Company at Steelton to-day stated that the following announcement of the in crease had been received from President E. G. Grace, of the Bethlehem Company: The Order KlTcctivc as of December 10, 191 M, 1111 increase approximating leu per cent, will be made In all hour, day and turn rates of its employes at the Ilcthlolicm, Steel ton and Maryland plants. Proper adjustments will also be made in certain tonnage aiul piecework positions. It is gratifying to the company to be able to again recognize the loyal and efficient service or its employes. T- I De J 1 I i I f i % ' '- secured byth*j I 1 • *••*•*- • ' ' ■ f CSS" i t ,1,0.! ■ day by ti- ' / | r , i t' . ■ 1. T1 ' * previous recoi 1 was, 10,469 gross tons in October. William ; ■ wn is Superintendent of this department. The recoi • ' war, n; a!e %vi!h four small ~>o-to>n es. ' ij'-iffi CHARGES BOMBS PLACED HERE • . ' ■•.MI U;> in tic 1 k with the Eloss of millions of dollars in vir supplie ' * were destroyed by bombs placed in the cargoes of the ifty 'in this ' I c;t>\ ' tharyc-l to-u idqunrters by the I ial : agent here of the Imperial. Russian, embassy. < fe|jj | ST A MM, PRESIDENT; HOUTZ, VICE-PRESIDENT \ Harrisburg. School directors at the t | lected A. Carson ; Stamm president of the board," D. Houtz, vice , f MARRIAGE LIC I J > Charlea Clinton Bramble, Govant, Mil., and Kdlth Snlilnn RlnScer, CBr llMle. . > Melvln Walhorn Sheets, Hnllfnx, nnd Mary I'Xher Oldt, Mlllersburs. I ' I ( barlM Baaaler liby and Treaale Iteberea l>ouula~, Dauphin. i ' Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT Notices were posted to-day at the Central Iron and Steel Company's plant, South Harrisburg, that a ten per cent, increase in wages had been granted, effective Saturday, Decem ber 16 and will include all employes. Officials of the company also ex tended to the employes with this in crease, their best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosper (Continued on Pago 5)
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