STATE POLICE GET MANY CONVICTIONS Splendid Record Made by the Department, but Wages Are Far Too Low Pennsylvania's State policemen ade 3.027 arrests for eighty-two different crimes and secured eighty per cent, of convictions last year, ac cording to the annual report of Super intendent John C. Groome, which was placed in the hands of Governor Brumbaugh to-day. This is the larg est number of arrests ever made and it is stated that forty-three of the persons taken were charged with mur der. Superintendent Groom's report sets forth that the policemen, constantly on active duty, traveled during their daily patrols 067,882 miles, visiting 2,896 municipalities in sixty-seven counties, aiding in enforcing game, fish and forestry laws and assisting the Department of Health and State livestock Sanitary Board. There were 5,188 requests made for assistance. 103 from sheriffs, 370 from chiefs of police. 424 from justices. 28 from ministers, 35 from the State Highway Department and 43 from the State Game Commission, but only one-third could be acceded to because of the entire force consists of only eight offi cers and 220 enlisted men. In closing his report Major Groome says lie urgently recommends an in crease In the force to give more ade quate protection and "a correspond ing increase in the pay of the mem bers so as to enable the department to obtain men qualified to become mem bers of the force and to retain the experienced and efficient men now oil the force." The impos sibility of protecting the rural districts of a territory covering 4 5,000 square miles and meeting requests, he says, must be acknowledged when there are only 228 officers and men. "While the small increase in the pay of the men provided by the act of 1911 helped at that time to keep experienced men on the force," says he, "the increased cost of living in the last five years and the large, in crease in wages of all classes of labor has not only made it difficult to se cure desirable recruits but has in fluenced members of the force to re sign so as to accept much better pay ing propositions. Penn's Strong Man Is Easy Mark For Sword Fish Palm Beach, Jan.-6. Mike Dori zas, the former Penn strong man. has little trouble throwing his rivals on the mat. but when Mike met a sword fish during his recent trip to Palm Beach, Fla., the latter proved that the Ureek is not unbeatable. The fish, realizing Mike's prodigious strength, would not permit the former intercol legiate wrestling champion to get his favorite body hold, and while Mike was sparring to get a good grip, the fish, quick as a flash, fastened its teeth into Mike's right hand. Dorizas, while in Greece, was an adept at harpooning, and this art proved to be a life-saver for him. Seizins a good-sized stick which was nearby. Mike plunged it through the vicious water fighter. The fish was only killed after it had put a nice sized gash in Mike's hand. The natives down south were horri fied. when they saw the Greek's bloody init, and tliej predicted Dorizas' speedy loss of hand or arm, while some even went so far as to forecast an early death for the Greek. How ever. Mike is still living, although the hand is being carefully cared for to prevent Infection. RILES AGAINST RAISE llazleton, Pa., Jan. 6. Charles P. Neill, of Washington. D. C., umpire of the anthracite conciliation board, to day ruled against the contention of hoisting engineers for additional pay at collieries where they are comope'.led to look after the electric generators in connection with their other duties. ASSASSIN TRIES SI'ICIDE London, Jan. 6.—Dr. Friedrich Adler, who assassinated Premier Stuergkin. of Austria, lias attempted to hang himself in his cell according to a Reuter dis patch from Amsterdam quoting the lvreuz Zeitung, of Vienna. Dr. Adler was cut down in time to save his life. tfou%4esf Get the Round Package * Ask For and GET f HORLICK'S THE ORIGINAL fflSsicJ* MALTED MILK P* Made from dean, rich milk with the ex |jk (JK-rftira . tract of select malted grain, medted in our own Malt Houses under sanitary conditions. infanta and children thrive on it. Afreet unth ft S 4 tvmkeat atomach of the inatdid or the aged. \\ iTTn A kinTo sun rD* Jw no coo W w addition of milk. Nourishes and sustain* more than tea, coffee, etc. Should be kept at Koine or when traveling. Anu It&fL8l"fal hot before retiring induces refreshing ACO- " eep - AL> ° m lunct fonn for business men. f . tKSECSSS: - _ Substitutes Cost YOU Same Price 11 ■ 1 Take a Package Home IMS ■ Absolnlely Wo Pain f Jmw EX^l ATION -•" FREE ooid snisss si ______ 4\>> Fllllasa la silver Si'"/ h^wu A a\T krti| rrorfc SB, $4, $S AM*m4mmtm Ottc, .prn /Uiy 8i rfolfc feaa-iT * 329 Market St S Harrfrbura, Po. SATURDAY EVENING, HARIUSBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 6,-1917. Women Are Skilled Workers in Chalmers Factory With American illustrated weeklies reproducing photographs of women at work in the munitions plants of Great Britain, it has probably never occur red to the average reader that women have for some time past occupied much the same position in many of L'nclo Sam's factories. At the plant of the Chalmers Motor Co.. in Detroit, women are employed at many tasks heretofore delegated ex clusively to male employes. And they are not merely earning men's wages. They have proven to the satisfaction of the factory heads that they are more painstaking and efficient in every way. Starting in the top department, where the work of cutting and sewing materials for the tops and side cur tains was exactly suited to their na ture. the use of female help has spread to a half dozen other departments. Everywhere the result has been the same. Increased efficiency and greater output. For a while during the past sum mer skilled labor was exceedingly scarce and many of the women em ployes obtained their tirst chance at that time. Most of them are still with the company and are authority for the statement that the work is infinitely superior and more pleasant than em ployment as clerk in a department store or housework. Good hours, high wages and pleasant surroundings all tend to make the jobs much sought after. Among the tasks to which women ,! employes are set at the Chalmers fae | tory are assembly of all wiring for j cars, assembly of primer systems, | switch assemblies: inspection of pis j tons and other small parts and drill j press work. The inspectors are skilled in the use of the micrometer and are .! infallible in passing upon defective I work. A restrooni equipped with lounges, , arm chairs and a Victrola is placed at \ the disposal of the girls and women l in these departments. President Recognizes Woman For First Time in Federal Appointment Washington, Jan. 6.—Recognition of a woman for the first time by the Pres ident of the United States for a place on an important commission was made late yesterday when President Wilson appointed Mrs. Francis C. Axtell of Washington, an unsuccessful Demo cratic candidate for Congress last year, ito the United States Employes' Com i pensation Commission. There are three ; members of the commission, with salar ies at $4,000 a year. The other members of the commis sion appointed are Dr. Riley McMillan | Little, of Swarthmore, who was at one l time general secretary of the Phila i delphia Society for Organizing Charity, land John J. Keegan. of Indianapolis. ; Doctor Little was named for the slx | year term, Mrs. Axtell for a term of ; four years and Mr. Keegan for two years. ! Opposition will be made to the eon ! firmation of Keegan by Senator Wat ! son, of Indiana. It is expected that Sen- I ator Penrose will fight the confirmation ! of Doctor Little. Mother Consents to Light Christmas Tree Once More; Fire Results | Listening to the pleading of her child- ' ren to have their Christmas tree lighted once more before being taken down, ! I Mrs. Frederick Jefferson, 1849 North J (Twelfth street, decided to please them. ' j Shortly after the candles had been j i lighted the tree caught fire and caused ! the first blaze from illumination of i ! Christmas trees in this city this year, j The alarm was sent in from box 56, ; j Cameron and Kelker streets, shortly j after 10 o'clock. The blaze was ex tinguished by a bucket brigade formed ; by members of the fire companies which I responded to the alarm. The loss was ] slight. <lO lull.l.ED BY AVALANCHES Geneva, via. Paris, Jan. 6.—Sixty per- I sons were killed or injured by ava- j lanches in the Tyrol during the montlf; of December, according to Innsbruck ! i papers. The snowfall is said to have j been the heaviest in many years. On ' the Brenner Pass, yesterday, an ava- I lanche killed ten and injured 18 work ■ men, who were engaged in clearing a I road. PENNSYLVANIA SHOW B Interesting farm statistics, comparing the yields of various agricultural products in Pennsylvania with those of the United States as a whole are Issued to-day in the form of a circular from the office of William J. Rose, division freight agent of the Pennsylvania Kailroad. They are all for the year 1916 and are made up from statistics gathered by the United States Department of Agri culture. The table follows: * 2 E — . S i~ c £ij uJ = J V O to •- _ < „ 3 BjJ 5 V. 3 ~ SB aG ,S y — ♦J c -i p O > 01, - 1 H h ecu t-a. <% f-oa Barley—Bushels — . U. S. 7.671,000 23.6 180,927,000 *O.BB 1-5 $159,534,000 ~ , Penna. 12,000 25.U 300,000 .75 225,000 Buckwheat—Bushels— U. S. 845,000 11.0 1 1,840.000 1.12 9-10 13,364,000 Penna. 270,000 11.0 3.750.000 1.11 4,196,000 Corn (Shelled)— Bushel— s S. 105.954,000 24.4 2,583,241,000 .88 9-10 2,295,783,000 Penna. 1,450,000 39.0 56,550.000 .97 54,854,000 Ifa.v —Tons— l". S. 54.965,000 1.64 89.991,000 11.21 1 008,894.000 _ . „ , Penna. 3,255.000 1.60 5,208,000 13.80 71,870,000 Oats—Bushels— U. S. 41,539,000 30.1 1,251,992,000 .52 2-5 656,179,000 Penna. 1,139,000 31 0 35,030,000 .57 19,967 000 Potatoes—Bushels— • u. S. 3,550,000 80.4 285,437.000 1.46 1-10 417,063,000 „ „ Penna. 272,000 70.0 19.040,000 1.48 28,179,000 Sweet Potatoes—Bushels— u. s. 774,000 91.7 70,955,000 .84 8-10 60,141,000 r, „ , Penna- 1,000 100.0 100,000 1.35 135,000 Rye—Bushels — U. S. 3,096.000 15.3 47,383.000 1.22 1-10 57,857,000 „ . , r Penna. 260,000 17.0 4,420,000 1.09 4,818,000 Tobacco (Leaf)— Pound— s S. 1,411,800 815.0 1.150,622,000 .1 1 7-10 169,008,000 ... . Pen,, a- 36,100 1360.0 49,096,000 .14 2-10 6,972,000 \\ heat (Winter)— Bushel— s S. 34.829,000 13.8 481,744.000 1.62 7-10 783,911,000 TOTAI S Penna - 1.375,000 19.0 26,125,000 1.62 42,322,000 U. S. 254.637,000 Yield Value per acre 22.10 15,627.734,000 Penna. 8,070,000 " " " " 28.94 233.638 000 Percentage. Penna. 3.152 per cent. 4.150 per cent. „„ „ No *S — N l° report on acreage, production, etc.. is made by the Bureau of crop estimates on grapes, nor on spring as distinguished from winter rye—both J ; The figures on "winter wheat," for Pennsylvania, embody all wheat raised in the State, comparatively little spring wheat being produced. MYTON TO MANAGE MOTOR SHOW HERE I A Harrisburg Show From Every Standpoint; Local Men and Local Exhibits Only Hi V mMr "v i M J. CLYDE MYTON P. Driscolt, R. C. Barrett and George IG. McFarland, the committee in charge of the Capital City Motor Deal -1 ers' show this year, have selected J. Clyde Myton to manage the local i show. At a meetin of the | dealers Thursday evening, it was de ; cided to make the show an exclusive [Harrisburg proposition, with nothing I but cars and accessories that have 1 Harrisburg representation. Mr. My ton has received thee endorsement of i the Chamber of Commerce and thej board of governors of the Motor club j sanctioned the show and gave its en dorsement last evening. Arrangements will now be com pleted as quickly as possible to per fect the plans for floor space so each dealer may know how much space nmy be had and arrange for show models accordingly. With almost double the tloor space occupied lost year in the Emerson-Brantingham building, it will be possible for every dealer to make a more com plete showing of the season's new models than lias been possible at any previous show. American Citizen Robbed and Beaten by Greeks London, Jan, ft, News dispatches from Athens quota passages from a note presented to the Oreek govern ment on December 94 by the Amer. lean minister, detailing (he case of an American citizen, Basil Saffis who was arrested on December ij as a revolutionist by Greek soldiers, The soldiers are said to have ignored Saffis' American passports, and to have taken 3,535 francs from his pocket, although after ftxamination he was liberated, As quoted the note described how Saffis left his dwelling to buy food when he was seised, despite his pro-1 testations and (lie production of bis' passport, und taken before a high'offi cer who refused t hear foin\ and ordered the soldiers to take hint away. Saffis soon realized that he was being taken put pf the city and from Jests between niq escorts* and various, passing patrols, realised that he W9B 3-bout ta be executed. He Im plored his guard!} not In piit hin\ (o death, and aonordlng to the dispatches l.a was forced along with blows from fists and butts of rifles until they were outside the city when an orderly over i took then and ordered Saffis to be taken back to the barracks. Here he was examined by several officers who, being convinced pf his nationality, ordered him released. The legation delayed tailing up the matter with the government, the dis patches say. until convinced of the truth of (he man's story and now asks foe the restitution of his money and aa official inquiry. KOtsn WAV Rt'lM) HMKI.TKH I Detroit, Jan. 6.—Henry Ford, presi dent pf ffae Kurd Mi)tor Gar Gompany, wan to-dsj: allowed ti) proceed with the construct fen y>t a sl2,floo,ot)<) smelter on the Detroit river near this city. The three circuit judge* presiding at the In junction suit brought against Kord by the Dodge brothers accepted a bond of $16.009,00$ pit secure the Dodges from any possible loss. Help Wanted—Female Country "girl pr German gfer ss r% "ssrswaSi Mrs. Sara Shuff, One of Lemoyne's Oldest Residents, Dies Today Lemoyne, Pan., Jan. 6.—Mrs. Sara Shuff, aged 82, one of the oldest resi dents of the town, wife of Josiali Shuff,* died at her home here this morning after a brief illness from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy. Mrs. Shuff Is survived by her husband. They were married sixty-one years. Mrs. Shuff is well known here nnd had been a resident of this place for many years. She was a member of tile United Evangelical Church. Funeral services will be held from the United Evangelical Church Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. H. T. Searle, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Camp Hill Cemetery. Thirty Buildings Sold by State Today Thirty buildings bought by the Capitol Park extension commission with properties for the new park dis trict were sold twice at auction for the material they contain by the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings to dny. On the first sale the buildings were sold separately and brought bids for $1,605, and on the second sale they were sold as a whole to Alderman Brothers, of New Haven, Conn., for $2,310. This firm has bought a third of the buildings In tlve park extension and demolished them for sale of the mate rial and have found a ready sale. CAFE COACH SERVICE Effective January 7, cafe coach service will be established between Harrisburg and Washington, Pennsylvania R. It., on train leaving Harrisburg 1:10 P. M returning leaving Washington 7:00 P.M. —Advertisement. Entertainment at Blain to Start Library Fund Blnin, Pa., .lan. 6.—An entertainment at the >lt. Pleasant schooihouse, in charge of Miss Josephine Sheaffer, the teacher, netted a good sum to start a library fund*—Appraisement of the es tate of the late Elmer Booda, was made by R. T. Boooda. administrator, and A. M. Heed and K. AI. Rice, appraisers, which amounted to $3,068.89.—The Rev. O. H. Knox was given a donation by the Methodist congregation, at Blaln.— G. S. Rice, of Philadelphia, is visiting his niece, Mrs. D. W. .Sheaffer.—Claire Welker. of Lyons. Nebraska, a student of Princeton University, visited his aunt, Mrs. W. A. Johnson.—Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Smith and daughter, Evelyn, of Harrisburg, and Prof, and Mrs. B. H. Rhlnesmith, of Ridgway, spent the holiday with Poostmaster D. P. Stoke. Mrs. C. R. Wilt and baby, Max and Miss Mabel Reber, visited friends at Read ing. Deaths and Funerals CHARLES SCHRECKENGUST Charles Schreckengust, aged 60, died yesterday at the Polyclinic Hos pital. He Is survived by his wife, one son and one sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Eshenaur, Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of his sister, 66 2 Locust street. The Rev, N. L. Linebaugh, pastor of the First United Brethren church, will officiate, Ho will be as sisted by the Rev. W. \V. Hartman, pastor of the Kldge Avenue Methodist Church, Burial will be made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. MRS. CHARLES A, TURNER Mrs, Charles A, Turner died yes terday at her home, 10 Haehnlen street, She is survived by her hus band, Funeral services will be held to-morrow nfternoon at 12.80 o'clock from the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, The Rev, U, G. Leeper will officiate, Burial will be made in the Lincoln Cemetery, NATHAN WIIEDBEBG funeral eeryioda fof Nathan fried- Uertf, who died yesterday his home, 918 North Bt*th street, will be held morrow afternoon from the home at } e'elook. VKTKK ,t. POND Victoc .1. Pond, a 6-weak-eid eon pf Mr. and Mrs. Ross B. Pond, died yesterday afternoon at the home, 1325 Ponn street. Kuneral services will lie held at the home Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. R. L Meisen heldcr, pf Trinity Lutheran Church, will liave charge pf the services. Burial will lie made in the East Har risburg Oemetcry.. MKK. ANNA LA6RA Msc. Anna Laura Zears (iied last night at her home, 337 Granite street. Funeral services will he held at the home Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. M. fc. Hershey. pf the Green Street Church of God, Will have charge of the services. Burial will be made In the tlarrishucg Cemeterr. Mrs. Zears is survived by her husband, John Henry Hears: three daughters, Mrs. Kdwgrd Gru"ber, Mrs. George Luckcnhaugh and Mrd. John flutter; four grandchildren aiid one great grandchild. She was a member of the Patriotic Order pf America, No. 37, the Shepherds pf Bethleheni, Nq. 21*. Ladies pf the G. 4. R„ Clrclb No. 17', Herculean Templq, Nt}. I (55, and' th& ef M Satiifl OUTLINES WORK IN JUNIOR HIGH Superintendent Downes Tells n School Directors What Is Required President A. Carson Stamm will call a special meeting of city school di rectors to be held next week to con sider the report on junior high school plans us submitted yesterday afternoon by Dr. F. E. Downes, city superintend ent of schools. Dr. Downes in the report gives u complete survey of the city situation, summing up school needs as he finds them. He also outlines requirements for the new school on Allison 11111 and gives suggestions for remodeling the Camp Curtln school. | Manual activities outlined for these schools for boys include typewriting, science laboratory, mechanical draw ing, wood working, general shop work and printing; for girls, typewriting, science laboratory, freehand drawing and industrial arts, sewing and cook ing. Special, activities for both boys and girls are to Include music, physical training and auditorium work. Aca demic work for both sexes follows: English, Including composition, gram mar, literature, spelling; mathematics, including arithmetic nnd algebra; bookkeeping, elementary In character; penmanship, correspondence and busi ness practice; hygiene; geography, po litical and industrial; history and civ ics, American history, history of Greece and Rome, civil government and com munity civics; science, general and physiography; foreign languages, Latin and German. Favors Two 1 .locations Dr. Downes also favors two promo tions during a school year in both the intermediate or junior schools and In the senior high school when the entire building plans are complete. Molding, extensive machine work, class forging for boys, laundering, advanced dress making, millinery and other forms of household economics for girls, have heen omitted from the junior course. A six-hour school day, not including forty-five minutes for lunch, is favored in the proposed plan, with eight 45-minute periods. Elective and re quired subjects of various courses are given and the number of periods each will be taught per week. In his plans for the new building on Allison Hill Dr. Downes recommends that it be built to accommodate 1.2 00 pupils, with the following provisions; Twenty-two classrooms 24x30 feet, two science rooms, one general lecture room, two study halls, two drawing rooms, one general art room, music room, office suite, general stock room, teachers' room, girls' retiring room, nurse's room, two sewing rooms, small fitting room, two domestic science roms, auditorium, library, two gym nasiums, two shower rooms, two locker and dressing rooms, two small physical directors' rooms, two wood rooms, general workshop, small forge room, electric shop, printing room, facilities for heating plant, fuel, vacuum clean ing. toilets on all floors, drinking foun tains, roof space for playgrounds and hallways not less than ten feet wide. The city superintendent gives a com plete explanation of the equipment for the various departments and makes further recommendations for changes in case the funds set aside for the erection of the building will not per rfiit quite as extensive a program as given. Plans for remodeling the Camp Cur tin building are almost similar to the ones for the new building, except that the seating capacity will not be more than 1,000. Each member of the board will be provided with a copy of the report by Dr. Downes, which is probably one of the most complete ever drawn up for consideration. Bacon Elected Despite the protest of Dr. William X. Yates, the resignation of Director Adam D. Houtz was accepted and Arthur D. Bacon elected to fill the vacancy. George H. Werner was chosen vice-president to fill the unex pired term of Mr. Houtz. Mr. Bacon is a member of the Ro tary Club, Chamber of Commerce and a prominent business man of the city. He was a member of the citizens com mittee appointed by the School Board to review the high school situation. His election to the board was unani mous. Bills Will Be Drawn For Game and Fish Bills favored by the conference of representatives of sportsmen's organ izations and members of the State Game and Fish Commissions which adjourned here last night will be drafted immediately and submitted early in the coming session. It is ex pected that the proposed fishermen's license 'will bring in approximately half a million dollars, which is to be devoted solely to the protection and propagation of fish and checking of pollution, the idea being to restrict the revenue as is done with the in come from hunters' licenses. The details of size of fish hooks and similar matters in the fish code will be left to the committee, which will also draft the bills to permit Sun day fishing, regulating the taking of terrapin and frogs and other meas ures. The fish code will contain a sec tion for 63 wardens and are dealing entirely with pollution which It Is be lieved by the committee will confer all jurisdiction needed to check the trouble. The question of sewage will be handled by the Department of Health. PIIIKKD OK 'l% It. KILLED London, Jan, 6.—Captain Frederick C'ourtenay Helous, fiuthor and hunter, who accompanied Theodore Roosevelt on his hunting expedition In 1909 has been killed in action In Bast Africa. At any time of ike clay 13akerk Cocoa tis a good drink,as pMiiMirti wKolesome and nour f \ it is Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. | jjjSlgsyji ESTABLISHED I7SO DORCHESTER, MASS. = 5 iP Bell Telephone Engineer Dredging Co. President >* SrWlf^'< <i/M "MrPI? T*T ~*-♦ . ? '•. >t*ixi£iM mm . (mat £ jjjpll Br ** AM. NATHAN HAYWAHD Philadelphia, Jan. 6.—Nathan Hay ward, for twelve years engineer of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsyl vania and Associated Companies, late yesterday wus elected president of the American Dredging Company, with headquarters in this city. Coming to Philadelphia In 1898 from the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mr. Hayward has since that time been prominently identified with the telephone industry through out the State, and will still be retained as a consulting engineer by the Bell company. His successor has not as yet been appointed. Gets Divorce on Grounds Husband's Fishing Trip Was Desertion Scheme Wllkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 6.—On May 20, 1913, Chauncey B. Morton went on a fishing trip and he has not since return ed. Because of his absence his wife, Mrs. Anna E. Morton, of this city, has been granted a decree in divorce. The couple were married in Colum bus, Ohio, in 1912. On May 20. 1913, Morton, who was a janitor at the Ohio State University, told his wife he was going Ashing with a party of friends. He took his tackle and departed. She never heard from him again. Later she came back to this city, her home, and recently started an action in di vorce on the ground of desertion. She does not know whether or not Morton is living, but is Arm in her belief that his fishing trip was a scheme to de sert her. Carranza Satisfied Only With Withdrawal of American Troops Queretaro, Mex., Jan. 6. General Carranza last night sent a message to the Mexican commissioners attending the Mexican-American conference in forming them that it was impossible for him to ratify the proposed protocol as it limited the conditions regarding the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico. The message says that only the im mediate recall of the American forces can be accepted and that as soon as their withdrawal is begun the final ratification of the protocol can be proceeded with. Will Not Recommend New Road North of City Opening of a new highway from Llnglestown to the hucknow roads parallel with the Harrisburg railways line will not be favorably recommended to the Dauphin county court Monday by the board of viewers recently ap pointed to report upon the problem, it is understood, although the viewers de cline to discuss the matter pending their report to court. The amount of dam ages that would have to be paid for the section that Is laid out. It is under stood, will far outbalance the sum that would have to be paid to continue an additional section not provided for. It is figured that the net benefit that will result will make the Improvement Im practicable at this time. EX-TROOPERS MEET To complete arrangements for the reception of the Governor's Troop, on its return from El Paso. Texas, next week, a meeting of all ex-inembers of the troop has been called for to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the armory, corner of State and West streets. ANOTHER STEAMER SI NK ? London, Jan. 6. The Norwegian steamer Fama is believed to have been sunk, Lloyds shipping agency an nounces. The Norwegian steamer Erica, erroneously reported sunk, has arrived in port, says another Lloyds announcement. POSTPOXK TROOPS' DEPARTL'ItH San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 6.—Departure of Pennsylvania division headquarters and the fourth Pennsylvania Infantry from El Paso has been postponed until January 8, It was announced to-day at department headquarters, The troops were scheduled to start for home to-day 5 STOCK TRANSFER TAX YIELDS BIG Commonwealth Receives $190,- 304.20 in First Calendar Year of Operation Pennsylvania's stock transfer tax law of 1915 yielded the 'Common wealth $190,304.20 in the first calen dar year of its operation, according to the records of the Auditor General's Department, and as this year was marked by the greatest activity in stocks, it is believed this ligure is a good test of what it will produce. The month of December was one of the largest in the way of receipts, bringing in $24,304.1 8. The receipts reported by the Auditor General for the eleven months preceding December, which constituted the part of the fiscal year in which the act was in force, was $165,950.02. Including the receipts to the close of January 4 the revenue of the State Highway Department for automobile licenses for 1917 amounted to Just about hall' of the total received for li censes for 1916. The revenue for the calendar year 1916 amounted to $2,- 235,057.50, which established a high water mark for automobile revenue and placed Pennsylvania near the leader in the United States in that respect. The revenue received to the i close of January 4 for 1917 licenses I amounts to $1,169,700. Demand for oleomargerine licenses sent the revenue of the State dairy and food comtjjissienr's division to a record point, a* total of $303,000 for 1916 being reported. The best pre vious year was $279,000. To Raise Question of Alien's Claim Despite Bar in Workmen's Law Whether or not an alien may recov er damages for the death of a relative killed while at work despite the fact that the workmen's compensation act exempts this feature, will be tested out for the first time In Dauphin county and probably for the first time in the State when the trespass action of Pas quale and Anna MariaCaponeLiberato against S. A. Royer and Albert Herr for $5,000 damages is tried out in the Dauphin county courts. The Libera tes are not naturalized. The suit on behalf of the Liberates was begun yesterday by Attorney John C. Nissley, their counsel, and while the exact sum has not been specified as vet by a statement, it is understood that $5,000 will be the figure. The action is brought for the death of their son Joseph, a youth who was killed in quarries of Royer and Herr, east of Hummelstown. when tons of earth caved in on several quarrymen. Japan Foreign Office Denies Knowledge of Mexican Rifle Shipments Tokio, Jan. 6.—The foreign office announces that it has no knowledge of any consignment of rifles being ship ped to Mexico by the Kotchira Maru as reported here recently. I VIEWERS INSPECT PROPOSED CHANGE OK UEMUY UIUHWA V The section of highway "In Derry | township paralleling the Uradley quar ries near Palmyra, which is to be re built twenty-five or thirty feet to the east of the present location, was viewed yesterday by Engineer E. Clark Cowden and Paul G. Smith, of the commission appointed for the purpose. About 100 feet of the roadway tn question has caved into the nearby quarry, due. It Is believed to blasts and in ordej- to prevent a repetition of this trouble the highway is to be removed. John H. McDowell, Former Commissioner at Nome, Dies Chambersburg, Pa., Jan. 6.—John M. McDowell, a prominent lawyer, died at his home here at midnight, aged 72, after a week's illness with pneumonia. His wife, two sons and a daughter survive. Mr. McDowell was admitted to the Franklin county bar in 1869 and for nine years was secre tary of the Taylor Manufacturing Company. From 1903 for two years he served as United States Commis sioner at Nome, Alaska, and returning here, he resumed and regained a large practice in law. He was active in the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church. GET READY FOR . A. R. Boston, Jan. 6. The National En campment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in this city from August 18 to 25, was the subject of a conference between Commander-in chief William J. Patterson, of Pitts burgh, and Mayor Curley to-day. It was decided that the route of the parade should be short. A stand on the line of march will seat men who may be unable to parade and members of their families. The State will con tribute between $30,000 and $35,000, and Mayor Curley said the city would give $20,000. BIG FIRE AT MARQUETTE Marquette, Mich., Jan. 6. —The busi ness district of this city was threat ened with destruction to-day by a fire which, starting from an unknown cause, had by 10 a. m. destroyed seven store buildings and a number of offices and had caused damage estimated at more than $200,000, Marquette fire men were aided by companies from Ishpemlng and Neguanee.
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