. . ' , 'w * ' # /V\crj>' Qvri^tnias HARRISBURG gSMiS} TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 298 18 PAGES GIVE SWITCHMEN OF 13 RAILROADS EIGHT-HOUR DAY Arbitration Board Allows Mem bers of Union Straight or Overtime Pay NOT OK OF ADAMSON LAW Foremen and Helpers Get 5 Cents an Hour More; Asked 10 or 12 Cents New York, Dec. 23.—The eight-liour day. with straight pro rata time for overtime, is granted to the Switch men's Union by the Federal Arbitra tion Board in a decision to-day in the switchmen's controversy with the rail roads. The award gives an increase of 5 cents per hour for both foremen and helpers. The switchmen had asked an advance of 10 to 12 cents. They had demanded also time and a half pay for overtime work instead of the pro rata basis fixed by the board. While all six arbitrators signed the award. James B. Connors and W. A. Titus, representing the switchmen, dis sented as to the 5-cent increase, to the denial of time and a half for overtime and to the award giving overtime at the pro rata rate. Thirteen Eastern Koads E. P. Potter and T. W. Evans, the railroad representatives, dissented to the award of the eight-hour day. Charles B. Howry was chairman of the board and Jeremiah Jenks was the sixth member. The award affects thirteen eastern railroads. "Much emphasis has been laid upon the fact that the hours of work of the switchmen are often long," says a statement by Arbitrators Howry and Jenks attached to the award. "Al though the standard work day has been ten hours, frequently the men have worked from eleven to tw r elve and sometimes even longer." Not O K of Adamson Law It was said here to-day on behalf of the railroads that the award was in terpreted by them as not giving an O K to the Adamson law. Often Physically Exhausted "One of the reasons urged for the shorter workday," continues the state [Continued on Page 16] ROB IX CAPITOLS SHADOW Thieves Smash Window and Escape With Thousands in Jewelry Washington, D. C., Dec. 23.—Two men pushed their way through Christ mas shoppers near the Capitol on Pennsylvania avenue yesterday, threw a brick into the plate glass window of a jewelry store and made off with several thousand dollars' worth of jewelry. The police are working on the theory that the thieves drove an automobile carrying a Pennsylvania license. No Telegraph Christmas Day In accordance with n l"nK-eNtnl>- llxlit'd fQKtoiii there will he no Ismie of the Telegraph, Chrlntman Day, Monday December -5. THE WEATHER For Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to-night and Sunday; little change In temperature, lowest to night about 20 degrees For Fastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night and Sunday without de cided temperature change: mod erate neat winds, becoming va riable. River The Susquehanna river and all It* branches will eontlnue generally icebound and nearly stationary. A stage of about 4.0 feet In Indicat ed for Harrisburg Sunday morn ing. fSeneral Condition* The storm has continued to move northeastward with Increasing energy and IN now central on the North Atlantic count. It caused light to moderate precipitation in the form of rain and HIIOW In the Inst twenty-four hours from the l.nke Iteglon and I'pper Ohio Val ley eastward to the Atlantic coast, and strong winds and gales along and nenr the Atlantic const from the Carolinas northward, and waa followed by a general fall of 2 to 2fl degrees In tem perature over nearly all the coun try east of the Mississippi river. Temperatures have risen 4 degrees to 32 degrees generally over the I'lalns States, decidedly In Texas and Oklahoma. Temperature: 8 a. m., 24. Sun: Rises, 7:25 a. m.; seta. 4:44 p. m. Moon: Nfw moon, to-morrow at 3:31 a. m. River Stage: 4.1 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 38, l.owcst temperature, 30. Mean temperature, 34. Normal temperature, 31. Burn a Christmas Candle A single taper burning from the window on Christ inas Eve with charming sim plicity radiates Good Will and Welcome and honor to the Christ Child. RECORDER LENTZ, SANTA AND CUPID PLAY IN CAHOOTS Pre-Christmas Issue of Licenses to Noon Break All Single Day Records LEST APPLICANTS FORGET Yuletide; Wedding Bells Swing; Clerk Alvord Gets an Umbrella If the rush of business at the Dau phin county marriage bureau to-day could be used as a basis for a charge against Recorder James E. Lentz, Cupid and Santa Claus of running the bureau in cahoots, Mr. Lentz would have probably pleaded guilty for near ly a score of couples turned up to-day for the pre-Christmas rush. Not that the recorder couldn't handle them all, bless you. no. He had his clerical force busy writing out the licenses at the rate of one every five minutes. By noon nearly a score of licenses liad been issued and from all appear ances a lot more will have to be han dled in the mail Tuesday. Lest the diffident, blushing, shyly i proud and nervous callers forget the significance of the Yuletide occasion along with their own prospective par ties, Mr. Lentz had arranged quite a I decorative scheme in keeping with i the season. About the offices great | pink papier mache bells—Christmas or wedding, it was all the way you felt about it—were hung and from these festoons of laurel were strung. But that wasn't all that gave the offices a Christmas touch, bless you. Clerk "Jake" Alvord, who is Cupid's first lieutenant, was presented with an umbrella by Deputy Recorder Nissley, during which he said—well, he said, such things as elicited a "thank y' fer them kind words" from Jake. The String; of Knots The marriage licenses to noon in cluded : William Domnic Colbert and Char ity Ann Greenfield. Hershey. John Lawrence Smith, Linglestown, and Bessie Violet Megonnel, Piketown. Sherod Wheeler Hock, Highspirc, and Ruth Naomi Lebo, Oberlin. Walter William Bell and Carrie 1 Blanch Briner, Dauphin. ! Harris Milton Garvericli and Mary Lomman, city. Milton Duniel Baker and Edith Elizabeth Kalston, Enhaut. William Cornelius Gress and Mary Agnes Kilgore, Columbia. Harry Edward Ginter, Fisherville, and Esther Liezle Hoffman, Halifax. Lloyd Stand Schroyer, Pleasant Walk, Md., and Tressa Viola Irving, Beaver Creek, Md. Robert Lee King and Annie May Yoder, city. Charles Vernon Pike, Cleveland, 0., i and_ Cora Louisa Leiter, Lucknow. Nelson John I.auver and Mary Es : tella Richwine. city. Dale Hays, Etters, York county, and | Minerva Isabella Bare, Cly, York i county. Harvey Milton Stambaugli and I Grace Naomi Givens, York. King Ratifies Treaty For Sale of Danish West Indies Copenhagen. Dec. 23. King Chris tian, in the cabinet council yesterday, ratified the treaty providing for tlie sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. This follows the passage by both houses of the Danish parliament of the bill for the ratification of the treaty. The exchange of the ratification in j struments will take place in Washing ! ton, probably toward the end of j January. Big Christmas Rush Jams Traffic Everywhere j All records for Christmas traffic in i the city were broken yesterday and j to-day, crippling all branches of train I service on the Pennsylvania Railroad, I and causing the biggest rush in recent years at the Harrisburg Post Offie and express company offices. Trains arriving in the city, in many ; instances were several hours late, due ; partly to unfavorable weather condi tions. Railroad officials made every ; effort to-day to back to schedule time despite the Christmas rush, j Record breaking mails and express i piled high at every station causes big I delays all along the line, it was said, | until it is loaded. At the Pennsyl vania Railroad yards, and Adams Express Company platforms, every I inch of space was filled with articles, j Every available truck was kept in mo tion all day moving the packages (about as they were sorted for the dif j ferent trains. At the Harrisburg Post Office, both I yesterday and to-day, new records ; were established for handling mail. ! Extra employes, trucks and wagons were kept in service all day. GENERAL WOOD EXPLAINS Says Six Months Intensive '.'raining Is Sufficient New York, Dec. 23.—Rigorous train ing of a sort now unknown in the American army applied for one six month period to boys just out of high school is Major-General Leonard Wood's idea of what is needed to es tablish a reserve army for this -country. "Six months intensive training given under conditions where the men's at tention is devoted wholly to military | work is equivalent to from one and a half to two years' service in the United States Army under normal conditions," he declared yesterday in amplification of his testimony before the Senate military committee on Tuesday. "It isn't the number of months or years a man spends in the army that makes him a trained soldier, but It is the number of hours of actual work." NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER Washington, Dec. 23. Weather predictions for the week beginning Sunday, December 24, issued by the Weather Bureau to-day are : Middle Atlantic States: Overcast probable the greater part of the week with rain or snow Monday or Tues day; snow again probable Thursday or Friday. Moderate temperatures at I the week's beginning, followed by pronounced change to colder weather Wednesday or Thursday and cold thereafter the week's end. HARRISBURG, PA.,SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1916 WHEN CANDLES GLEAM IT If you're a bit skeptical as to whether or not Harrisburg is a city of real old-fashioned homes at Christ mastime, just get away from the bright lights to-morrow evening and stroll out through the residential districts —and watch the candles twinkle in the windows. Since the Telegraph suggested the old Yuletide observance to Harrisburg folks, the people have grown to like Venison Big Item on Menu of Charitable Institutions Tomorrow If you happen to be a patient or ! an inmate of any Harrisburg chartt , able institution to-morrow you will live high. Venison is to be one of the big items on the Christmas bill of fare ! and venison, you know, is out of sea ison, and much more exclusive, oh very ; much more exclusive than mere, ordi nary turkey. For once the charities I "have it all over" the folks who live ; at home. Three of the buck deer at Paxtang ! park were slain yesterday upon order i of President Frank B. Musser, of the | Harrisburg Railways Company, and the meat distributed among the varl- I ous charitable Institutions of the city. I Nay, do not pity the bucks who i were sent to the slaughter house. They were no gentle, timid animals. On the other hand they weer a bad lot. They fought each other all over the place at Paxtang, broke down the fences and j wouldn't let the does have a bite until '■ they had eaten their fill. So it was decided to turn them into fresh meat, and as the deer season in Pennsylva nia has come to an end a State per mit was necessary. Some of the di rectors offered to buy the meat, but Mr. Musser decided it should go to the unfortunates of the city for their Christmas dinner. Congress Recesses; Does Record Work in Short Time Washington, D. C., Dec. 23.—Con gress adjourned yesterday for the Christmas holidays, to reconvene Jan uary 2. In the three weeks of the ses sion the House passed five govern ' ment supply measures, the urgent de- I ficienev, legislative, Indian, District of | Columbia and diplomatic and consular j appropriation bills, more than ever [ were passed before In the brief period t preceding a holiday recess. Railroad legislation suggested by President Wil son failed to get much attention in | either branch. 11IT WITH AX; MAY DDE Struck over the head with an ax during a fight last night Edward Curry, colored, G09 x Cumberland street, is In the Harrisburg Hospital in a dying condition, and George Dor sey, also colored, is being held by the police charged with the assault. Ac cording to the police the tight occur red last night when Curry returned from a trip to Hagerstown with his sister, but the ambulance was not called until 8 o'clock this morning. When the police arrived both of the men were found lying in pools of blood. CHRISTMAS FAIR Christmas Duy will probably be fair with moderate temperature according to Government Forecaster E. R. De main in the local weather bureau office. The cold wave will end to morrow and is being followed by a storm from North Canada which may not reach here until Tuesday. candlelight more and more as a Christmas Eve illuminant. That's why you can watch the candles one by one a-gleaming in the windows. While the candles will glow in the i windows of many a home, many of the churches will conduct their serv ices by candle light. Messiah Luther i an church, for instance, will burn ; nothing but Christmas candles : throughout its Christinas Eve service. Name Committee to Investigate Y. M. C. A. Situation Thoroughly President Charles A. Kunkel of the i Young Men's Christian Association, (his morning appointed a committee ; of three members of the board of di rectors, following the action of the j board at its recent meeting, with au thority to Investigate thoroughly the I Y. M. C. A. situation in this and other I cities to make at the' earliest possible date such recommendations to the ■ board as will in their judgment tend to place the Y. M. C. A. in Harrisburg lin the position which public opinion I believes it should hold. It is understood that the appointed ! committee, composed of \V. J. Les | cure. Franklin J. Koth and E. J. i Stackpole, Jr., will at once take up its work with a view to an early solu i tion of the problem. Reaches Into His Own Purse to Pay Wage Bonus Lonsdale, Ha., Dec. 23.—A year ago William D. Heebner. manufacturer of j agricultural machinery, informed his workmen that he would share with j them at the end of this year all the firm's profits above 5 per cent. Audit of his books shows that there has been a deficit of SB,OOO below the j 5 per cent., but so that the men shall not be disappointed Heebner has gone down into his private purse to the ex tent of $7,000 that he might grant to them a bonus of 15 per cent, on their salaries. [ Heading. Pn.. Dec. 23. Salary in creases for nearly every city employe, ranging from 10 to 20 per cent., were announced by council, to go into effect January 1, but no money will be spent on paving and other public works next year unless bond issues are authorized. MAN Y LIVES LOST IX FLOOD Colombian Valley Inundated and Prop erty Valued at $3,000,000 Destroyed Colon, Dec. 23. Reports reached here of one of the most disastrous floods in the history of Colombia. The Magdalena overflowed the lower val ley, which is fifteen miles wide, inun dating Calamar, Magangue and many other towns. In Calnmar, one of the terminals of the Calamar-Cartagena Railwav, there is only one street which is not under water. Thousands of people are home less and many lives have been lost. It is estimated that 10,000 head of cattle have been destroyed and the property loss Is estimated at $3,000,000. With railroad traffic Interrupted, people have been forced to use boats. Parranqullla also suffered, but not to the extent of the up-river towns. "DAYLIGHT SAVING" DILL New York. Dec. 23.—A bill to make effective in the United Statns the "day light saving" plan, by which the clock would be advanced one hour from May 1. 1917, to September 30, 1917, will be introduced in Congress by Rep resentative William P. Borland, of Missouri, it was announced by the New York daylight saving commission. CITY BATHHOUSE ~ ITEM IS HANGING IN THE BALANCE $5,000 Item in Grave Danger; Expected Cut in Tax Rate Certain Council will reduce the city tax rate from nine and a half to nine mills for the ensuing year, as had been con fidently expected when it became known that some of the surplus funds of the water department were to be I diverted to the general revenue fund. But at that the question of whether or not the $5,000 item for a municipal bathhouse and bathing beach is to be provided for is in doubt. Unless the Greater Harrisburg Navy and other river enthusiasts rally and and rally quickly to the defense of the item, the possibilities for obtaining recognition of the demands of thou sands of river lovers will go by the board. City Commissioner W. H. Lynch frankly admitted to-day that he is op posed to the item although he said he is for the reduction of the tax rate. "Couldn't it be possible, since money is being taken from the water surplus, to include an additional $5,000 for the bathhouse?" he was asked. "Don't see how," said he. "The revenue even with the water money means that we've got to cut twenty thousand from our budget as it is!" SOUTHERN PAPERS RAISE PRICE Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 23.—The Birmingham News and the Birming ham Ledger, afternoon papers, an nounced to-day that, effective January 1, their yearly subscription rates would be advanced $1 because of the in creased cost of news print paper. The Birmingham Age-Herald also has in creased its subscription price. ROCKEFELLER GIVES GOLD Tarrytown, N. Y., Dec. 23.—John D. Rockefeller gave to every employe on his estate a $lO gold piece as a Christ mas present. Each gold piece was in a small case, on which was printed the season's greetings from John I). Rocke feller. Larger gifts were made to members of the household and to the office force. SHACKLETON OFF FOII ANTARCTIC Dunedin, New Zealand. Dec. 23, via London. Sir Ernest .Shackleton, the explorer, sailed to-day from Port Chal mers for the Antarctic on board Ills auxiliary ship, the Aurora, in an effort to rescue the members of his Antarctic expedition marooned near the Koss Barrier. There are ten men in the party which the explorer will attempt to reach. Captain Mackintosh and nine of the crew of the Aurora. They had only a scanty supply of provisions when the Aurora broke away in a blizzard, twenty-one months ago, leaving them stranded, and nothing has been heard from them since. During That Hour of Rest Turn to George Randolph Ches ter's new serial—"The Enemy"— opening chapters of which appear in the Telegraph to-day. It is a powerful tale of the passions of men and the love of women; of riches and poverty; of an enemy that is more powerful than Satan himself to pull men—and women —down into the mire, and ruin. Nothing more absorbing or orig inal in Action has been written in a decade. It is strong, absorbing and entertaining. Get acquainted with Tommy Tinkle and his pals and Bow-Wow, and you won't stop reading until the author writes finis. NOTICE HOW CHEERY EVERY ONE IS TODAY? j\Y hole City Radiates Christmas Spirit as Great Natal Day Draws Near I LIGHT TREE TOMORROW j Municipal Celebration Will Be gin at 9.15; Beautiful Pro gram to Be Given The same fellow who always glow ered at you ' when you accidentally tramped his foot in the homeward ear to-day cheerfully divided a strap hanger and grinned a "Tha's all right, Ed, ' even as you kicked him on both feet. Ihe person whom you had grown to look upon as a good deal of a "cat." particularly in the stores on bargain days, smiled In a way to make you wonder why on earth you hadn't no ticed how pleasant she is. The rather "smart" person at the ribbon counter you discovered to-day a real fun-loving girl who con tided to you as to what she expects from him" and not the irresponsible fluff-fluff whose more or less indiffer ent actions this week made you won der why such girls should hold their jobs. 'Round Home and Office The Boss was mighty genial all day and you felt more like laughing at his jokes, just as you always laughed at [Continued on Page 2] Waynesboro Companies Pay Big Bonuses to Employes Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 23. Almost 1,500 employes of two of Waynesboro's largest manufactories were given a practical reminder of the Christmas season by large bonuses paid them to day. • oTL'Sn T ° ol Company divided 120,000 in bonuses among its 1,000 em ployes here, in Greeneastle and in Hag erstown, based on their wages of the past year. The Machine Company pre sented to 427 employes—to all who are not paid monthly salaries—the sum of $13,000, based on length of service with the company. The bonus in each case amounts to about twenty days' wages. Tellers, cashiers, bookkeepers of the People's National Bank and the Bank of Waynesboro have received bonuses Other people here to receive bonuses were the etnployes of the Bell Tele phone Company, j VILLA CAPTURES TORREON EI Pa: o, Dec. 23.—Unconfirmed reports that Torreon I had been captured by Francisco Villa's forces, were forward ed to V rton by gcv.cn-ment agents early to-day. The reports stated that the fighting started early yesterday morn continued' until 1 o'clock in the afternoon > when the city capitulated All Americans left the city about, a week ago. GOVERNOR REFUSES TO COMMENT 1 Governor Brumbaugh to-day declined to make any comment one way or the other on the charges made against * his administration by Senators Sproul or Snyder. The Governor read the statements in the morning papers but I I sent word that for the present he had nothing to say. New York, Dec. 23.—The eight-hour day with straight pro rata time for overtime is granted to the switchmen's ' union by the Federal Arbitration Board in a decision to- I day in the switchmen's controversy with the railroads. The j award s an increase c: live cents per hour for both fore , men and helpers. I VILLA EXECUTES 300 CARRANZISTAS ■ El Paso, Tex., Dec. 23.—Santa Rosalia, 75 miles south ' east of Chihuahua City, was captured December 12, by Villa 1 forces, according to a message received to-day by an El iPaso man who owns property in Santa Rosalia. Three hun dred Carranza soldiers who had entrained there to go to Chihuahua City were captured and nearly all, including their commander, were executed, the message said. No 1 was destroyed. | ITALY HAS PRESIDENT'S NOTE , Rome, Dec. 23, via Paris.—Thomas Nelson Page, the i American ambassador at Rome to-day handed to Baron ( r Sonnino, the Italian foreign minister, the note from Presi | dent Wilson "containing a suggestion on the subject of a P plan of action concerning the war." I . [ MARRIAGE LICENSES ~ 1 Otla Patterson and Novell? Harrlaon, Steelton. Albrrt Cohen and Hone l.tpman, city. Irwin Monroe IcrnMler, Meelton, and Florida Virginia Sckoppert, , city. Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT CHARITY MOVES SWEETLY ABOUT 'MID CITY POOR Hundreds of Children of Hie Poor to Be Given Real Christmas Joy BASKETS FOR FAMILIES* Associated Aid Societies Giving Proper Distribution of Food and Clothing If there's a boy or girl in Harris burg who hasn't a real Christ mus thla year, it will not be the fault of hun dreds of kind men and women in the city and vicinity who have been spend ing days in preparing to make the sea son a happy one for hundreds of youngsters. Much of the work of caring for the hundreds of needy children is being done through the Associated Aid So cieties, but churches, businessmen, secret organizations and many indi viduals have interested themselves in providing Christmas cheer for needy families. Donations are being received by the Associated Aid Societies from thirty organizations and several hundred private individuals. Others are ar ranging to entertain boys and girls at dinners and Christmas parties. Clothing, coal and other necessities are being furnished in many homes as Christmas gifts, and in some instances arrangements are being made to care for destitute families during the re mainder of the winter. True Christmas Spirit All over the city, the true spirit of [Continued on I'age 2] AMERICAN FLYER KILLED London, Dec. 23. H. R. Deighton | Simpson, son of Henry W. Simpson, of j New York, was accidentally killed | while flying in England on December | 19. He was a lieutenant in the British j flying corps. MERLIN DARK AT 10.30 Berlin, Dec. 21, via London, Dec. 22.—The Berlin police president has turned a deaf ear to countless appeals and has refused to extend the closing hour for restaurants, cafes, clubs and hotels beyond 10.30 p. m. on New Year's eve. The ruling hits Berlin especially hard since it has been the custom for generations to celebrate the dawn of the new year well into the morning.
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