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SEEK IDENTITY
OF MAN IN TAXI
IN ART MURDER
Believe He Is One Who Caused
Death of Philadelphia
Model
HOLb UPSTATE MAN
Wealthy Youth Under Surveil
lance in Hotel; Acquaintances
Come Forward
Philadelphia, Jan. 4.—Police efforts
in the search to find the murderer of
Maizie Colbert, artist model and for
mer manicurist, who was found beaten
and strangled in her apartment here
last Saturday night, were to-day di
rected to learning the identity of a
man who was driven in a taxicab early
last Friday morning to the street cor
ner where the apartment house stands.
At the same time the authorities are
keeping under surveillance the wealthy
young man from the interior of Penn
sylvania who is known to have been a
friend of the young woman.
"We have eliminated no one from
the case," reiterated Captain of De
tectives Tate.
Two public school teachers came
into the case to-day and are assisting
the police in trying to identify the
laxicab passenger. A chauffeur some
days ago told the police that late on
Thursday night he drove a man and
two young women to Germantown, a
suburb, left the women at their home
and then brought the man in town to
the apartment house corner. The
chauffeur was not positive whether the
man entered the house. The teachers
have known the man for about a year
and spent Thursday evening with him
visiting hotel cafes. According to the
young women, he is connected with a
coal firm in or near Pittsburgh.
Feci He Is Innocent
The school teachers say they feel
sure that their friend has no connec
tion with the case. lie at all times
conducted himself as a gentleman,
said one of the young women. They
were surprised to learn that he had
failed to pay the taxicab bill, as he
disappeared around the street corner
as though he was going to enter the
apartment house. The chauffeur
waited for him many hours and then
failed to find his fare in the house.
The wealthy young man who is re
maining at a hotel here under an
agreement with the police has .not
been seen by anyone but close friends
'g' and detectives. According to his
friends, he has a complete alibi.
Men acquaintances of the murdered
girl are still coming forward to tell
what they know about Miss Colbert
and to clear themselves of any con
nection with the case. One of the
most prominent to appear and shed
himself of connection with the affairs
of the young woman was a man well
known in the city who was a star base
ball player in his college days.
The funeral of the murdered woman
was held to-day. It was said that the
expenses of the funeral were paid by
iben who knew her well.
GUARDSMEN IJ3AVE BORDER
Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry on
Way to Their Homos
Camp Stewart, Tex., Jan. 4.—Penn
sylvania troops began their exodus
from the Mexican border last night,
when the Sixteenth Infantry, Colonel
George K. Rickards, and Second Bri
gade headquarters. General A. J.
Logan, left for home. There are 1,-
100 men in the regiment, which went
East in three sections via San Antonio
and St. Louis to Pittsburgh. Shortage
of supply wagons kept the men wait
ing six hours after the scheduled time
for departure. Seven more units are
to leave, the Fourth Infantry going
Friday.
REICHSTAG 'IX) MEET SOON
London, Jan. 4. - A plenary session
of the Reichstag will possibly bo con
voked in the middle of January, ac
cording to a Router dispatch from
Amsterdam voting the Berlin Vor
waerts. The Vorwaerts says that "it
is obvious that the chancellor as well
as the parties would like to express an
opinion on the entente's refusal of
Germany's peace offer." The budget
committee of the Reichstag is gener
ally expected to meet in the middle of
the month in any event, the dispatch
says.
' THE WEATHER
l'"op llnrrUlmrg nixl vicinityi I'rnb
nlily rnln to-nlKlit niul I'rliliiy;
Momeivhiit nnrnirr In-nluhi. with
temperature about Iltt <le
icreeM; wiirmcr Friday.
For ICiiMtrru IVnimylrnnln: Prob
ably rain to-niKlit anil Friday;
warmer Friday and In noiitbwrMt
portion to-night; moderate vari
able wlndM becoming cant and
KOUtlieOHt.
River
The SuK<|iiehaiiiia river nnd all It*
brancliCH will rlt xIIkIiIIv or re
main nearly Ktationnry. lee con
ditions will probably not chanicc
materially in the next thirty-Mix
'lour*. A Ntage of about 4.7 feet
Ik Indicated for Harrlsburg Fri
day morning.
Genernl Condition*
The ntorm that wan central over
Michigan, W'edncMday morning,
haw moved eaKtwnrd oflf the New
Kngland coast i It cauMcd rain
I Wednesday generally over the
W eastern half of the country, ex
cept the southern portion. A dis
turb; now over Oklahoma,
moving northeastward. Is causing
generally cloudy weather In cen
tral and southern districts cast of
the Itocky Mouuntalns and rain
has begun In the tower Ohio Val
ley.
It Is 2 to IS degrees colder thin
morning over n belt of country
extending from the Great Lakes
southeastward to the Atlantic
coast.
Temperature! 8 a. m. t 34.
Sum Rises, 7:30 a. m.; sets, 4ist
p. m.
Moon: Full moon, January 8, 2i40
a. m.
Illvcr Stage: 4.0 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 44.
iHineit temperature, 20.
Mean temperature, 3(1. '
IS'o ruin I temperature, 30.
PICKS FLAWS IN
OBJECTIONS TO
LICENSE CHANGE
Counsel For Andrew Schutzen
bach Characterizes Method
Signing as "Fake"
CRITICISE STATE METHOD
Acquiring of Property in Capi
tol Park Zone Discussed at
Transfer Hearing
One of the remonstrances against
the proposed transfer of Andrew
Schutzenbach's wholesale liquor license
from 400 Walnut street to 310 Verbeke
street was characterized this morning
in the Dauphin county court by
Charles H. Bergner, attorney for
Schutzenbach, as a "transparent fake."
"The whole thing's a transparent
fake," declared Mr. Bergner, "and it
has been worked on the court time
and again."
Some of the signers to the remon
strance, as read off by Attorney H. B,
Saussnman, counsel for the remon
strants, were Sheriff W. W. Caldwell,
Dr. J. W. Ellenberger, John E. Glpple,
H. C. Ross, Harper W. Spong, Willard
Young, George L. Reed, E. A. Shaff
ner, Charles H. Kinter and E. F.
Rowe.
The Remonstrances
Attorney Bergner picked legal flaws
In the remonstrances in that many of
the signatures were written in inden
tical handwriting, others were without
residences, still others were outside
the ward in which the wholesale liquor
man wishes to locate.
Three numerously signed remon
strances were filed, one from the Sixth
ward, the proposed location of the
transferred liquor store, which bore
192 signatures, 72 of whom were men
and the remaining 115 women; an
other containing 413 men and 342
women from city and county, and an
other containing 93 names from the
city. A fourth petition, containing 11
signatures, was not accompanied by an
affidavit and this was not considered.
Attempt to Deceive Couit
i In arguing against the admission of
all the remonstrances but the one from
the Sixth ward Jlr. Bergner declared
ho couldn't see the purpose of intro
ducing such paper unless it was the
intention to deceive the court or for
newspaper publicity purposes. In pass
ing Mr. Bergner whacked the news
papers because "they could confidently
be expected" to enlarge upon the fact
that so many had protested against the
transfer.
No Need for Liquor Store
All the remonstrances were based
on the fact that there is no necessity
for the location of the liquor store at
310 Verbeke street and that the trans
fer would be detrimental to the public
good.
Attorney Bergner declared that Mr.
Schutzenbach has been ordered by the
State to vacate his property, which Is
just, on the edge of the Capitol Park
extension zone; that vain search had
been made throughout the town for
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Rambo's Friends Hear
He May Be Renamed
For His Old Place
Notwithstanding the reports of the
appointment ol' this or that person to
the vacant position of Superintendent
of Public Grounds and Buildings there
1 has been a persistent rumor to-day
I that Governor Brumbaugh might rein-
I state Samuel B. Rainbo, who retired
from tills important position on Mon
day. It is known that many of the
Governor's warmest friends and sup
porters feel that a mistake was made
in requesting the resignation of Mr.
Rambo in the midst of a bitter fac
tional controversy and it is also inti
mated that there was considerable
misrepresentation to the Governor of
Mr. Rambo's real attitude toward the
i head of the administration.
The position of Superintendent of
Public Grounds and Buildings is so
extremely important and involves so
much technical knowledge of building
j construction and management that
those who are familiar with Mr. Ram
j bo's qualifications believe that he
| should be retained, if he will continue
!to serve. At the large noonday
| luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce
to-day Mr. Rambo was told by many
of those present how much they re
gretted his retirement and the rumor
of his possible reinstatement has in
spired the hope that Governor Brum
baugh will take this course, especially
in view of the fact that the technical
knowledge of Mr. Rambo is so neces
sary in shaping up the many things
involved in the enlargement of the
Capitol Park zone and the probable
changes in the State House.
TO START "LEAK" PROBE
Washington, Jan. 4. Public hear
ings on Representative Wood's "leak"
charges in connection with President
Wilson's peace note will begin to-mor
row morning before the House Rules
Committee. Thomas W. Lawson, of
1 Boston, Representative Wood and
Representative Gardner of Massa-
I chusetts, will be the first heard.
22 WOMEN DROWN
London, Jan. 4. A Central News
dispatch from Amsterdam says that
22 women and children were drowned
through the sinking of a ferryboat in
a collision on the Moselle near Bell
stein.
PUT M'NAMARA IN DUNGEON
San Quentin, Cal., Jan. 4. James
B. McNamara, serving a life sentence
in the State prison here for dynamit
ing the Los Angeles Times building
in 1910, when twenty lives were lost,
was ordered into the disciplinary dun
geon to-night for refusing to work in
the jute mill.
HOMICIDE A DAY
Chicago, Jan. 4.—A homicide al
most every day was the Cook county
record In 1916, according to the an
nual report of Peter M. Hoffman, cor
oner, made public to-day. The report
showed that in the year there were
312 homicides, 692 suicides, 276 per
sons killed by automobiles, 328 by
railroad trains, 133 by street cars
and that 192 were burned and scalded
to death. There were 6,3 23 deaths
reported. j
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1917
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These are the collaberatlng architects who are designing the Penn-Harris Hotel. They were in the city yester
day attending a meeting of the directing officials of the big million-dollar hostelry.
PLAN R.R. LAWS
REQUIRING LONG
STRIKE NOTICE
Proposed Legislation Would
Give President Military
Control
Washington, D. C., Jan. 4.—Railroad
legislation desired by President Wil
son to supplement the Adamson law is
to be pressed in the House without
waiting for action by the Senate.
After a conference with the Presi
dent, and while tho Senate committee
was continuing its hearings on the
subject, Representative Adamson,
chairman of the House commerce
committee, announced that within a
few days he would introduce and seek
the passage of bills designed to pre
vent railroad employes from striking
without giving sixty days' notice and
to empower the President to place
tied-up roads in the hands of military
authorities in case of public necessity.
It had been understood that the
President wanted the railroad program
completed by amendments to a meas
ure now pending in the Senate. Mr.
Adamson said, however, that he was
tired of waiting for the Senate to act.
"They will run on with these hear
ings for I don't know how long," he
added, "and 1 doubt if the members
know much more about the subject
when the hearings are over than they
do now."
To IVolonjf Committee's Life
Mr. Adamson also will press his pro
posed special rule, now in the House
rules committee, for immediate con
sideration of his resolution to extend
the life of the Newlands railway in
vestigation committee for one year.
The life of this committee will expire
next Monday unless it is extended. Ob
jection by Representative Rayburn,
of Texas, blocked unanimous consent
for consideration of the resolution.
Vigorous opposition to tho proposed
compulsory notice measure from or
ganized labor generally is anticipated.
It was to fight such proposals that the
four railway brotherhoods and the
American Federation of Labor repre
sentatives recently allied themselves
unoflieially. They oppose ail measures
forcing men to labor.
Brotherhood officials are expected
here within the next few days to tes
tify before the Senate committee and
it is expected that they then will in
augurate a light on the Adamson pro
posals.
House leaders pointed out that pass
age of the Adamson bills by the House
would not interfere with the Senate
procedure. Tho Senate has before it
a bill passed by tho House at the last
session to enlarge the Interstate Com
merce Commission and' any House
measures easily could be attached to
it as amendments. Action on the en
tire bill in conference then would be
prompt, It is argued.
SWISS TO TAKE CHARGE
Geneva, Switzerland, Jan 4, via
Paris. —The Austrian government has
asked Switzerland to represent Austro-
Hungarian interests in the unoccupied
portion of Rumania. The political
department has accordingly instructed
the Swiss charge dc'affaires at Jassy
to take charge of the Interests of
Austro-Hungarians.
VOLLMER GENERAL DEPUTY
H. A. Vollmer, district deputy United
States internal revenue collector, has
been made general deputy collector of
the entire district by Collector B. F.
Davis, of Lancaster, of the Ninth in
ternal revenue district. Collector Voll
mer will have charge of estate, cor
poration and munition taxes. Deputy
Collector M. E. Pl.vme, of York, has
been named to take charge of the
Harrisburg district.
MAY OPERATE ON SOTHERN
Chicago, Jan. 4. E. H. Sotliern
who yesterday canceled his Reason's
theatrical engagements because of ill
ness, may be obliged to undergo an
operation for a disorder of tho kidney,
his attending physician said to-day.
Mr. Sothern spent a comfortable night
and was reported slightly improved
this morning.
ORDERS FOR ROII.ERSIIOP
Waynesboro, Pa., Jan. 4. The
bollershlp of the . Ememon-Brantlng
ham Company here, which has been
almost Idle for the post two years, has
secured a sufficient number of orders
to run tho shop at full blast for a year
or longer—giving employment to over
one hundred men. J
FINAL APPROVAL
GIVEN PLANS FOR
THE PENN-HARRIS
Stockholders Agree to Finan
cial Arrangement For Tak
ing Over Site
Two important steps in the new
hotel proposition for Harrisburg were
taken yesterday afternoon. The stock
holders approved the financial ar
rangements for the taking over of the
site at Third and Walnut streets and
later the directors, alter a long con
ference with the architects and the
president of the United Hotels Com
pany, which will manage the hotel,
gave final approval to the plans.
Frank A. Dudley, president of the
United Hotels Company, was present
during the discussion of the prelimin
ary drawings with W. L. Stoddart, of
New York, and August Essenwein, of
Buffalo, who are collaborating in the
designing of the building and its ap
pointments. Some revision was made
in the drawings and formal approval
was then given with the understand
ing that the working plans will be
prepared without delay.
It is proposed to place upon the bill
boards at Third and Walnut streets as
soon as possible a picture of the pro
; posed hotel with certain information
I as to the management and the general
I appointments. The architects believe
j they will be ready for reception of
| bids for the construction of the build
ing within sixty days. Meanwhile cf
j forts will be made to anticipate so far
j as possible the placing of orders for
! steel and other important materials so
| that there may be no delay in the con
| struction of the big building.
! Mr. Stoddart and Mr. Kssenwein
j have had large experience in the de
: signing of hotels and other important
I buildings and the owners as well as
the managers of the hotel are more
than pleased with the, design and the
j interior appointments. It will be a
modern structure in every respect.
WOULD CONTROL GOLD FLOW
Washington, Jan. 4. The Federal
Reserve Board's official bulletin this
month discloses that amendments to
the bank law governing reserves re
cently transmitted to Congress and
now under consideration by the com
mittee, are intended to aid in controll
ing the great gold flow into the coun
try and are connected with the board's
recent warning against bank invest
ments in foreign war obligations is
sued November 28.
COLD W.WK ON WAY
A cold wave from the. northwest
will follow rain and warmer weather
predicted for to-night and to-morrow,
according to Forecaster E. R. Demain.
Although the mercury will stay above
freezing to-night and warmer weather
is forecast ed for to-morrow, the
weather man does not expect a change
in ice conditions on the river fur at
least 36 hours.
KIGHTH GETS TRUCK
It was learned here to-day that the
Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania In
| tantry, at the Mexican border on
Saturday received the light auto truck
presented by citizens of Harrisburg.
The machine was purchased at El
Paso by Colonel Maurice E. Finney.
When the regiment returns from the
border the truck will be housed at
regimental headquarters here. The
S6OO needed for the Christmas gift to
the soldiers was collected in this city
by subscriptions.
INSPECT MOTOR APPARATUS
City Commissioner E. Z. Gross and
Fire Chief J. C. Kindler returned last
night from a trip to New York City
land Elizabeth, N. J., where they in
spected the motor tire departments of
both cities.
NO COAL INCREASE HERE
No increase in the price of coal in
Harrisburg is contemplated at present
by the dealers of the city, according
to Walter L. Montgomery, head of the
Coal Dealers' Association, despite the
fact that in many other cities in the
State fhe price has advanced twenty
live cents a ton.
FOURTEEN ENTOMBED IN MINE
Dillon, Mont., Jan. 4. —Of fourteen
men entombed by an explosion of gas !
on the 400-foot level of the Pittsburgh i
lead and silver mine at Gllmore,
Idaho, yesterday, ten were rescued
early to-day. Three men wero killed i
by the explosion.
MARBURG SHOWS
FORCE IS SAFEST
PEACE INSURANCE
Compulsory Inquiry Into Dif
ferences Between Nations Not
Compulsory Arbitration
Force is absolutely needed to insure
the future peace of the world.
Not compulsory arbitration, but
compulsory inquiry into international
| differences is the aim of the League
i to Enforce Peace.
j These were the two outstanding
I points in the address of Theodore
Marburg. minister I'.rom the United
States to Belgium under President
Taft and member of the executive
committee of the League to Enforce
Peace, before the Harrisburg Cham
ber of Commerce at a noon luncheon
of its members to-day.
That efficient preparation for ade
quate national defense is essential for
the purposes of the League, was an
other argument presented by the ex
minister as he took exceptions to criti
cisms of the plans proposed by the
I league.
The Speaker was introduced by De
puty Attorney General William M.
| Hargest, who expressed, apropos of
, the atmosphere of the meeting, the
concentrated sympathy which the
American people have felt for Bel
gium and of the hope for a peace that
will be lasting for all people.
Ex-Minister Marburg, who is a citi
zen of Baltimore, Md., made some
complimentary remarks about the in
dustrial and civic forwardness of Har
risburg and remarked that as a neigh
bor this city has set some splendid ex
amples for Baltimore.
Germany Cause of War
"Co-operation based upon altruism
is the foundation of all society." This
is the fundamental principle which
underlies the efforts of the League to
Enforce Peace. A scholarly address
followed, that was climaxed by the ex
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Americans All Liars
Declares J. H. McFarland
in Washington Speech
Washington, Jan. 4.—The American
people are all liars, according to J.
Horace McFarland, of Harrisburg, Pa.,
president of the American Civic Asso
ciation. In an address to-day before
the national parks conference Mr. Mc
| Farland said the national hymn proved
what liars the American people are.
"'I love thy rocks and rills, thy
, woods and templed hills," the hymn
runs, but we mine out the former and
we chop out the latter," said President
McFurln nd.
He estimated that the American
people use 63,000 years of time every
day in play, which costs them about
$11,000,000 every twenty-four hours.
To divert as much of this time and
j money as possible toward the national
I park development propaganda, should
!be the big job, according to Mr. Mc
; Fnrlnnd.
Mr. McFarland is president of the
Mt. Pleasant Press and secretary of
j the Municipal League of Harrisburg.
Ex-Convict Finds and
Returns $15,000 Necklace
Chicago, Jan. 4. A rope of 62
pearls, valued at $15,000 which Mrs.
Charles L. Hutchinson, wife of a local
banker, lost while shopping last Tues
day, was restored to her to-day. Ac
cording to the story made public the
, pearls were found by a man who re
i cently was released from Moyamens
; ing Penitentiary, Philadelphia, after
serving a long term for safe blowing
and who, despite straightened circum
stances, heeded the pleas of his wife
to restore the pearls to the owner. The
man, whose name was withheld, was
given SIOO reward.
PLOT TRIAL NEARS END
I San Francisco, Jan. 4.—The trial of
j Franz Bopp, German consul general
here, and six others on charges of
j conspiracy to violate American neu
trality. was nearing Its close to-day in I
the United States district court. The'
last witnesses were expected to give |
their testimony to-day and both sides I
believed that arguments would begin I
Friday morning and that the jury
would take 'he case not later than I
Saturday. The trial began five weeks I
ago. j
RETAIL DEALERS
PLAN BIG FIGHT
ON 9-CENT MILK
Second Jump in Price in Three Months Declared Abso
lutely Unfair by President of Ciiy Dairymen's Asso
ciation; Says Public Will Not Stand For It
TWO CENT RAISE NOVEMBER 1;
PROPOSE ANOTHER FEBRUARY 1
President C. E. Cooper Calls Special Meeting to Organize
i Campaign Against Producers' Plan to Effect Proposed
Gouge of Poor; Producers Line Up
Retail milk dealers of the city to
day began the organization of a fight
to keep down the wholesale price of
milk, so that they will not be com
pelled to raise the price to consumers
to 9 cents a quart.
The move was started as soon as it
was learned the Dairymen's League
of Dauphin and Cumberland counties
had decided to increase the wholesale
price 2 cents a gallon, to 20 cents, ef
fective February 1.
C. E. Cooper, president of the City
Dairymen's Association, called a spe
cial meeting of the association mem
bers to be held next Tuesday night in
Maennerchor hall, when the retail
men will take action. ,
Sc< ond Increase in Three Months
Only two months ago, November 1,
the dairymen of Dauphin and Cum
berland county jumped the whole
sale price 2 cents a gallon, and milk
men in the city were forced to go up
to. 8 cents a quart. The demand for
another Increase within three months,
according to President Cooper, will in
all probability be met with a storm of
disapproval and criticism on the part
of the public:
"The farmers must be reasonable In
their demands," President Cooper de
clared. "The price increase they vot-
\ WOULD IN REAS.E BOUNTIES J
At a meetihg of the Pennsylvania Steltfe V
[ sioners to-day lin the Fran iclln Buildin f
1 mendations for changes in game laws were made, Twi 4 *
1' lutions were passed. One provides for an incre I
bounty paid on v> Idcat: | I
creases the bounty on
changes of the huntinj <
I sportsmen's conference which opened this afternoon at* the fc, .
| Capitol. The conference this afternoon was held in the <
I caucus rooms of the House of Repres<
f tended by representatives of fportmen's associations from Ife'j
I ah over Pennsylvania. Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh call *
r td the meeting to order and subsequently turned it over to ' '
b William B. McCaleb, member of the State Game Commis- )! P i
Ision. The opening session was taken u< in the discussion I
of proposed changes in ■ ime laws. Subjects of interest to <
I the Department of Fisheries will be discussed at the ses- 'j |
I sion to-night. < I
[ ' N TAXr i I
[Philadelphia, Jan. 4.—iihvcod Pout.
feaur, who told the pol. :c a few day:; a ,q, that he drovy ft ' : "k H
man to the ap. .'.cut .c v. he; e M wsie Co;U,', "jjio '
I artists 1 model, was found murdered, and that the man dis
i without paying the bill for the hire oi t < I
►
Iliicle, to-day swore out .. warrant for the an est o
ard W. Lewis, said to be the son of a coal operator of Pitts- j
P burgh, Pa., on a charge of defrauding him out of the t
[ • bl!1 " i < |
> Washington, Jan 4. A vote on Senator Hitchco*
resolution to have the Senate endorse President Wilson'.- j
note was again postponed to-day by the parliamentary .r
f uation. . , >
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El Paso, Tc::„ Jan. 4.—A meeting oi Villa partisans and £
I advisers will be held in San Antonio, Texas, Fiiuay oi i
L lay, to formulate a plan of organization for tl *
■ government and to arrange for the protection of !
' *
lives and property, according to a report received by govern- *
k ment agents here to-day and forwarded to Washington. ' ! >t. .' §
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
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Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT
Ed on last night, to become effective
February 1, isn't quite fair. It means
either 9-cent milk, or the farmers will
have to decide on lower rates during
the summer months. We, the retail
men, can't pay 20 cents a gallon for
milk during the entire year.
"If the farmers charge 20 cents
during the winter months, it may be
that we can arrange for a 16-cent rate
per gallon in the summer months.
"At present we are paying the coun
ty dairymen 18 cents a gallon. What
the city dealers will decide upon I
cannot say, but personally I am op
posed to a move which will undoubt
edly mean another increase to the con
sumer within three months after the
price was advanced to 8 cents," Presi
dent Cooper concluded.
Action of Producers
The producers at their meeting in
Linglestown last night voted unani
mously to advance to 20 cents a gal
lon on February 1. The farmers claim
that milk sold at 18 cents a gallon is
a loss. Another meeting will be held
to-night in Mechanicsburg to discuss
the situation again. At the meeting
last night the need of a county farm
agent was pointed out by a number of
the dairymen. No action was taken
in the open meeting on the question,
but many of the farmers present fav
ored the plan.