Arguments on Constitutionality of Adamson 8-Hour Law Began in Supreme Court HARRISBURG liwSßi TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 7 12 PAGES POLICE AND FIRE SQUADS FOR C. L & S. To Build Iron Fence Around Plant Announces Superin tendent Irons TO BUY APPAR AT U S Will Give Central Iron and Steel Protection Equal to Most Modern Plants Reorganization of the police squad of the Central Iron and Steel Com pany, plans for providing adequate tire protection, the purchase of tire apparatus, and the erection of a large iron fence around the plant are being arranged, Robert H. Irons, general superintendent, announced at noon to day. When completed the improvements will make the Central Company one of the most up-to-date industrial plants in this section for police and tire protection, it was said. A special fire alarm box, watch boxes, additional tire plugs and hose arrangement under the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, will be installed as soon as possible. No estimate could be given on the cost of improvements but several thousands of dollars will be expended to provide adequate protection. Super intendent Irons explained that the company was following the move of tl.e large corporations in adopting these plans. A special committee of officials on Saturday inspected various pieces of tire apparatus and arrangements are being made for the purchase of a suit able engine for the plant. A fire de partment will then be organized, trained and deputized. The coal and iron police force will be composed of at least 14 men. it was said, all of whom will be drilled for efficient work. Several applica tions have been received for the posi tion of chief of the department, but no one has been selected yet. Provision will be made" when the large fence is erected encircling the plant to install watch boxes and time clocks at the various entrances. Up-stream Ice Will Pass Harrisburg Tonight Much of the ice on all branches of the Susquehanna river is afloat above Harrisburg and is expected to pass this point to-night and to-morrow. A few small gorges and Jams have been reported, but none of them will cause any serious property damage, owing to the low water stage. The ice at this point moved out yesterday afternoon at 2.05 o'clock. At 2.45 o'clock the river stage was 5.3 feet. A stage of 6.5 feet is pre dicted for to-morrow morning. Colder weather last evening sent the mercury down to 28. Fair weather will prevail to-night and to-morrow •throughout eastern Pennsylvania, with ■ slight rise in temperature. A cold wave may reach this section of the country In a few days. When the ice moved cut vesterday a large part of the trestle work on the new Cumberland Valley bridge, erected by the Robert Graves Contracting Com pany, was badly damaged, causing a loss of S3OO. Repairs were made this morning and when the river recedes much of the trestle work will be salvaged. Wood Pulp Shortage May Close Large Paper Mills International Falls. Minn,, Jan, 8 Unless a quantity of wood pulp is re reived by the International Pails Paper Mills of the Minnesota and Ontario Pow-e*- < 'ooipany to-day the mill will t>e forced Uj shut down temporarily, according tt) a statement made bv- s, W.. Backus, vice-president of the company to-day.. "Ouf condition with regard to wood ♦HJip is serious," said Mr. Backus. 'The snow and cold weather this vear came late which in a way handicapped us. Then tha strike of the woodsmen could not have been held at a better time to cripple us." Should the mill here suspend work it would mean the closing of the mill at Spooner which would throw ap proximately 1,500 men out of employ ment. A large number of middle west ad southern daily newspapers receive their supply of paper from these mills. THE WEATHER HarrUiMirg and viciaityt Fair to-night and Tueariay. mhhm but warmer to-aieht with lowct tem perature about frerilns. Kaatcrn Peuunjlvania't Fair to- Night nnd Tucadny, warmer In northern and weateru portions to night. Strong aouthweat wind*. Hirer The Sukqarfuaui river and ita tributaries will fall *lol> except "here influenced •>>■' Ice Jama. The Ice moved at llarriaburg at 2.6s p.m. the river reaching a xtage . y.S" ou{ 2.4S p. m.j It moved nl \\ illia rapport Sunday nigbt on 7 I'"' of , \V r ' There la a gorge In I Inc creek bHon WatrrvllJe and tnere are probably Korre and ice jam* in other tream. but none of murh importance. The lee remain- Inic In the treaxriii of the I ennsylvanla above IlarrlMburae l montly nfloa*. bavins moved on comparatively low mtascn without canning any damaue to property o far am known except the lon* of a few boat.. A atage of about f1.3 feet l Indicated for IfarrlahurK Tuesday morning. UeaeraD I oudltioaa l*reaaure la low over C anada nnd the northern part of the t'nlted "tatea. A high preaaure nrea of un uaunl strength eovera the Pacific alope nnd one of leaa atrength la central over the Kaat t.uif Statea. Xo precipitin lon occurred In the laat 24 hour* except atonic the north ern boundary from the (ireat takes eaatwnrd to the Atlantic. Temperature H a. m.. 2N. Sunt Rlaea, 7.2H n. in.; aeta, 4.5 p. m. Moon; Hlaea, K. 49 p. m. River Stage, 7.2 feet above low (rater mark. VeaterdaY'a Weather Highest temperature, Hi. lonrat (rmpernture, 211. Mean temperature, 40. Surma I temperature, 29. FIGHT ON AGAINST WENT MILK IF THIS KEEPS UPTOffIMATE CONSUMER ; WLL SOON HAVE AKK 0 " J™!; DEALERS WAN mux Sctm*i BIG FlfaHT ON <HtNT MILK certain famous produce and lAtiTiON FINOS sue H NO HAND IN BOOSTING KICK 8-HOUR LAW TEST CASE IS BEING ARGUED Climax in Legal Contest Over Constitutionality Reaches Supreme Court Washington, D. C- Jan. B.—The ell- ' max in the legal contest over consti tutionality of the Adamson law was reached to-day in the Supreme Court. Arguments were begun in the Mis souri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad's test case. In which the Department of Justice is appealing from Federal Judge Hook's decision at Kansas City, ■ Mo., that the law passed last Septem : her when a nation-wide railroad strike seemed imminent is "unconstitutional, null and void." i Conclusion of the arguments late I to-morrow Is expected. They are the I first on the merits of the Adamson law in any court. Judge Hook having hur -1 riedly decided the case without formal | hearings in order to expedite the ap peal for the Supreme Court's final de termination, A decision Is expected within a few weeks at most. Voluminous briefs were filed to-day j by the federal and railroad counsel before the beginning of the argu ments, which proceeded after an- I nouncement by the court of numerous opinions and orders upon reconvening after it* holiday recees. Numerous precedents. Including Su preme Court decisions, were cited In [Continued <i Page 6] CARRY $179,000,000 ON STREET. New York, Jan, *.—During the Sun day quiet In Wall street treasure amounting to $179,000,00 of which $7,000,000 was cask, was transported through the deserted street under es cort of a group of special heavily ! armed policemen. The occasion was the moving of the Metropolitan Trust Company Into new quarters. nSAI. AKOI'MENT IN SMALL CASE Osslpee, N, H, Jan, B,—Final argu ments were made to-day In the trial of Frederick 1., Small, charged with the murder of his wife, Florence A. Small, | INAUGURATE GOVERNOR Indianapolis, Ind„ Jan. B.—Slm ' pliclty characterized the Inauguration j of James P, Goodrich. Republican, as governor of Indiana, here to-day. He ; succeeds Governor Samuel M. Raliiton, | Democrat, ! HITS LAST LONE TRAIL AT 105. Wrangell, Alaska. Jan. B.—John I Flnla.vson, an explorer, for whom Fln layson river and Flnlayson lake In I Yukon territory were named, died to ! day aged 105 years. Flnlayson was a [ native of Scotland. He prospected and mined gold In California and Ore gon unUl he was sfl years old and then j went to British Columbia and Yukon I territory where he explored large i areas into which white men had never I penetrated, ELECTROCUTE MURDERER Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. B.—Jonas : Brobst, of county, was electro | cuted at the Kockvlew Penitentiary I to-day for the killing cf his wife at Allentown last May, Brobst was twenty-two years old and the wife he killed twenty. The pair had been separated some weeks and Brobst went to the home of his wife's parents to Induce her to return home, Refusing to do so he shot her dead as she reclined In a hammock on the porch, BAND TO GREET TROOPERS The Publicity and Conventions De partment of the Harrlsburg Chamber of Commerce which has charge of the ! reception of Troop C, the Governor's Troop on arrival In this city, has se | cured the services of a band for the I parade. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1917 VON MACKENSEN BREAKS THROUGH SERETH BARRIER Field Marshal Von Mackensen has broken through the strongly defended barrier before the river Sereth which the Russians had constructed at Fok shani. has captured that important Rumanian town and taken nearly 4.000 prisoners and three guns in the process. This notable success in the attack upon the Sereth line, which the Rus sians have flung across Southern Mol davia, was won by a successful flank ing operation the Berlin report indi cates. Some nine miles northwest of Fok shani, the dominating height of Odo bechti was taken by storm, giving a vantage point for the artillery. Fur ther south, a passage of the river Milcovu, which has been strongly fortified, was forced and Teutonic columns pressed their way in behind the former Russian line. Giving the foe no time to place the Fokshani- Tarestea canal position in a state of defense, they fought their way in fur ther and sealed the fate of Fokshani, which was captured. Russians Ijbsc Further North The Russians also haVe lost ground further north along the Moldavian frontier between the Putna and Oitez valleys, Berlin announces. Towards the Danube from Fokshani, however, Recover SIO,OOO Stolen by Bandits at Tarentum Pittsburgh, Jan. B.—Cai.iello Turco, the Adams Express messenger in charge of the payroll of the Flaccus Glass Company when It was stolen by automobile bandits at Tarentum, near here, last Saturday, was released from Jail to-day by order of E. H. Jackson, district attorney, who decided Turco was not a party to the robbery. The other three men under arrest, D. E. King, driver of the glass company's automobile, from which the money was stolen; John Hummel and Karl Schwartz, business men of Brecken rldge. Pa., were still being held by the county authorities. Later John M. Dunn, assistant district attorney, left the courthouse with Hummel and a party of county detective* and, guided by Hummel, went to a point in the wood near Tarentum, where they re covered the money. It was still In the satchel In which it had been packed at the bank. AROUSED AT U-BOAT OUTRAGE. Madrid, via Paris, Jan 7.—Public Indignation has been aroused through the publication of a telegram received by the manager of the Cartagena Navigation Company confirming the report that the San was tor pedoed by a German submarine. WHO IS MYSTERIOUS JOHN V. GARNER SPRINKLING SSO CHECKS IN BLAIR COUNTY? Who in the mysterious John V. Gar ner, of Harrisburg. who has been sprinkling SSO checks In Blair county? According to the Blair county war correspondents, wlio are nothing if not veracious. John V. Garner, of Harrlsburg, sent Karle Carles, of Bell wood. SSO because Carles loaned him enough money to get to Harrlsburg. Inquiry among the Garner families of this city today failed to reveal the identity of the |SO check writer. None knew him, "John V. Garner," described as the son of a real estate man of this city, went to the Carles home the morning of December 20. He said he was all In; down and out. He asked Carles to lean him enftugh money to get to Harrisburg. "You won't be sorry," said "John V. Garner," "As soon as I get home I'll see that you are well repaid." The war correspondents go on to the latest reports showed a Russian offensive of some importance which! admittedly had succeeded in gaining ground from Von Mackensen's forces. There are also indications that the Russian line towards the Danube where an advance by the Austro-, German-Bulgarian armies is being pressed, is holding more successfully than recently. While Fokshani is some distance south of the river Sereth itself, and the Russians still have that river upon which to fall back, the capture of the town, it appears, weakens appreciably the whole Russian position in this area and makes the river line itself more difficult to defend successfully. Offensive Launched. While this heavy fighting has been in progress in the Rumanian war theater the Russians have launched an offensive on the extreme north of their line, between Dvinsk and Riga. Renewing their attack, which last Friday resulted in a gain of ground along the river Aa they succeeded yesterday in enlarging the scope of their gain. On the Franco-Belgian front, patrol and announces the bringing down of in the war office statements. Berlin reports considerable aviation activity and announce the bringing down of six hostile airplanes during the day. Earn SI,OOO a Year? You May Soon Pay Income Tax Washington, D. C.. Jan. 8. —With the return to Washington this week of Chairman Kitchin, of the ways and means committee. Democratic leaders of the House will turn their attention to the revenue problem and revenue legislation may be attempted at the present ohort session. Additional reve nue of approximately $200,000,000 must be raised by taxation, this amount being above the nearly $300,000,000 for which Secretary McAdoo has suggested a bond Issue. A lowering of the Income tax ex emption, abolishment of the free list and a horizontal Increase of about 10 per cent. In all existing duties, a con sumption tax on sugar, a new tax on "excess profits" of corporations and In creased levies on wool, manufactured rubber and coffee and a rovlslon of the Inheritance tax law are means under consideration by members of the House committee. The taxation of incomes as low as SI,OOO per annum has been suggested by the Democrats. BRITISH CRUISER IX PACIFIC San Francisco, Cal., Jan. B.—The presence In the Pacific ocean of a Brit ish auxiliary cruiser, presumably a former Peninsular and Oriental liner, was reported here to-day by officers of the Norwegian steamer Curzco, which arrived from Mexican ports. say that Carles, of Bellwood, was struck with the honest appearance of his youthful visitor: and took him in the house. gsve nim a warm meal and bought him a ticket to Harrisburg. Three days later, the story goes on. Carles, a lumberman, opened a letter he received and was greatly over joyed when a pink check fluttered to the floor, it called for the payment of SSO. There was alao a Christmas card and a letter saying that "John V. Garner" had arrived home Bafely, thanks to the Bellwood man. The war correspondents neglected to tell whether or not the check passed through the regular channels as safely as "John V. Garner" got to Harris burg, but It is the presumption that it did. Efforts to locate "John V. Garner" to-day were futile. None of the Gar ners knew "John V. Garner." al though several of them had read of the check episode. BIG FIGHT ON MILK INCREASE COMES TO FOCUS Producers and Retailers Will | Meet This Week to Take Decisive Aetions Wholesale and retail dairymen, in the throes of another fight on an ad vance in milk prices by the former, are preparing for meetings this week when final action will probably be taken on the raise. The situation remains unchanged so far as the proposed increase stands. G. L,. Strock, president of the Dairy men's League of Dauphin and Cum berland counties, said that producers may adopt a 20-cent rate for six months, and an 18-cent rate for the other half year. j Retail men under the leadership of I President C. E. Cooper, of the city I dairymen's league, are willing to pay | cither the present 18-cent rate during | the entire year, or 20 cents per gallon | for six months and 16 cents per gal lon during the other six months. The farmers will probably decide 1 on an increase to retailers of cent a quart during six months of the year only, they declare. Both wholesalers and retailers claim big advances in production cost and delivery cost are ' responsible for the proposed increase. City dealers are organizing a fight to keep down the price while the pro -1 ducers are gathering facts and figures ■to prove their declarations that an 18- ! cent rate during the entire year results | in a loss to them. * "Aunt" Harriet, Who Learned to Read and Write at 68, Is Dead Mrs. Harriet Harris, known as "Aunt" Harriet to hundreds of Har rißburg businessmen, is dead at her : home. 671 Briggs street. Although | serving in the humble capacity of ! janitress and charwoman for several i of the office buildings of the city she I was known and respected by many of ! the leading men of the city. She was born a slave in Virginia and was in the city of Richmond dur ing the siege by the northern armies. Immediately after the war she came to this city. Heir to the ignorance that went with slavery still "Aunt" Harriet was always determined that as soon as the opportunity presented itself she would acquire at least the ability to read and write. Four years ago at the ad vanced age of 68 she entered one of the night schools of the city, where in spite of her years she made rapid progress, soon mastering the coveted branches. New York Port Trade Totals Four Billions New York. Jan. S.—Of every SIOO worth of foreign trade in the United States in 1916, $52 was transacted in New York, according to figures made public to-day by the Collector of the Customs showing that the foreign trade of this port during the past cal endar year was valued at $4,069,000,- 000. No other harbor in the world ever transacted trade to such an extent in a single year, it was stated. The total averages about S4O a head in the country's population. Customs duties collected here last year amounted to $153,211,939 or al most half a million dollars for each business day. March was the record month, with $14,948,476. MARINER I.KAVK FOR HAYTI. Philadelphia. Jan. B.—Two hun dred marines left the Philadelphia navy yard to-day on the transport Hancock for Hayti where they will relieve men on duty there. The Han cock took along a large quantity of stores for ships on duty in Haytlan and San Domingo waters. "LEAKS TO STREET COMMONEST THINGS "-LA TO ON Has Running Row With Committee Investigation of Peace Note; Says Financial Men Get Advance Information From Washington on Supreme Court Decisions, Sen ate Matters, Congressional Committee Action, Cabi net Affairs and Even "Direct From White House" TUMULTY DECLARES IN STATEMENT HE NEVER KNEW OF PEACE NOTE I President's Secretary Denies His Implication; Takes Whack at Representative Wood; Wilson Prepared and Wrote Note on Typewriter Himself Washington. Jail. S. Thomas \V.i Ijawson, occupied much of to-day's I session of the House Rules Commit tee hearing on the alleged stock mar- j ket leak on President Wilson's peace | note, with a running row with the' committee which ended in much of! his statements being expunged from ! the record and concluded with the 1 declaration that he. could tell where I the leak was but wouldn't. At the outset of the hearing Secre- \ tary Tumulty read a statement, en-1 dorsed by President Wilson, that he! had no knowledge whatever of the' President's note before it was an-! nounced to the newspapers and Secre- ] tary Lansing gave testimony about the| handling of the document after it got to the State Department. Both denied they had been able to find any "leak." Lawson began his statement to the committee with general declarations which soon led into an uproar. It Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania electoral college aci T journed at 3.25 p. m., after voting for Hughes and Fair- f banks, directing that telegrams be sent to Messrs. HughCs 1 ; and Fairbanks, Chairman Oliver having named the neces- J sary messengers to deliver the returns to the United States | I Senate and elsewhere as required by law. , MUNICIPAL LE. O MEET Members of the executive committee of the Municipal f League met at noon to-day for a general discussion of the | big city improvments that are now under way, .including j the high school plans and the new hotel. Mo action was < r' y f taken on any plans for the year. ' H'jl MARYSVILLE ORDER STANDS ! , The Public Service Commission has refused a modi- ) > fication of the order in the Valley Railways case in which 1 ' additional cars for MarysviP.c were ordered. The company <| P asked to be relieved of the order because it was said the j' * additional cars were not patronized sufficiently to make j I them profitable. The effect of to-day's decision is that the j cars must be run. i j • WHEAT AT $2.00; GRAIN MARKET SOARS , , Chicago. Jan. B.—For the firs time, war prices on wheat " t . X j here touched to-day a long-predicted goal, two dollars a ' ■ bushel. 1 ' Wjlkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 8. A panic was created in 1 10-day when it was discovered that Jose] !i j * Pasquele, I'ittston, had two sticks of dynamite in his pocket | ! when he was called before Judge S. J. Strauss for sentence j r for the dynamiting of the home ot Michael Loughriey, of Pittston, during the I. W. W. outrages, a few months ago. j Harrisburg.—City official circles were astounded this : j afternoon to learn that Mayor E. S. Meals has under con- j I sideration the appointment of Abe Roat as a city detective. , I It was recalled that Roat and his wife figured in a sens a- j | tional conspiracy case involving wealthy resident of Green j . ;£j county, in which they Were alleged to have "framed up" a < blackmailing scheme to defeat him for a county office. I*. ! was generally conceded that Roat has a wide knowledge of ' E ' the underworld, but, in police circle it was said that he had * never be< i considered as a prop. • person for city dctect ; ve. 1 , < MARRIAGE LICENSES ~~ tiforgf Washington Wanarr and llorn l.lla Ulaan, city. < ' John Mirnlfer, Jr.. Mlddlefonn, nnd BliMbcili Kalxer, Steeltoa. I'rtvr llnrl mid I.lan .SzmrdU, Mrrllun. ** "V"* if ** tfi" ift *• "jft" i , •Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT i ended by the clerk of the houst forcing him to his chair and the com mittee voting unanimously to expungt the whole exchange from the record, | The stenographer had missed much ' of it in the confusion. Finally when Chairman Henry goi 1 Lawson down to a cross-examination 1 the Boston financier said in effect li 1 could tell, but wouldn't and at thai point the committee recessed for '• lunch. Lawson Says He's a Former ' Thomas W. Lawson followed Mr. Lansing. Told by Chairman Henry that he might "proceed in his own way for the present." Mr. Lawson j asked if he were to be stopped at any point in his talk. Mr. Henry said that would depend entirely on whether ha confined himself to the subject beforq the committee. [Continued on Page C]
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