Kussians, With Great Munition Stores, Plan HARRISBURG llllSlli TELEGRAPH LXXXVI — No. 8 14 PAGES ABE ROAT, JR., ' IS CONFIRMED AS CITY POLICEMAN Mayor and Gross Say "His Rec ord Is Clean"; Gorgas Makes Protest •1 OTHER NEW OFFICERS More Delay in Opening Rids For Motorizing City Fire Department In the face of the protest of City Commissioner W. L. Gorgas, a vast majority of citizens and an undercur rent of opposition on the part of po lice otticials who regard him as un suitable for the place. City Council to day confirmed Mayor E. S. Meals' choice of Abe Uoat, Jr., as a patrol man of the police department. Only Mr. Gorgas voted against Roat's confirmation. "These appointments." said he re ferring to Roat and the other four appointees, "are not known to me and in view of what has been said of Mr. Roat. I don't feel that 1 can vote for him." Park Commissioner E. Z. Gross, who seconded the Mayor's resolution ap pointing Roat, said that he "under stood Roat had a clean record in the Greene county courts." Mr. Lynch said nothing, but voted with Mayor Meals and Mr. Gross for confirmation. With Roat's name Mayor Meals sub mitted the names of Theodore Mag nelli, 112 South Second street, who succeeds James J, Gardner, resigned; A. Dennee Bibb, a colored resident of 1104 North Seventh street, vice Robert Washington, resigned; W. E. Rlckert, 5 613 Market street and Conrad Blu menstine, 1320 Howard street. Magnelli is a Second ward man, Bibb is a high school and Lincoln uni versity graduate, Blumenstine is a former trooper of the State constabu lary and regular army man, and Rlck ert is an ex-trolley conductor. Mayor Meals explained all these records after Council. .Mayor on Roat When Roat's name was mentioned Mr. Gorgas offered his objection, whereupon the Mayor replied: "All that I have heard of Roat has been report. He did have a trial in Greene county, but the courts exoner ated him of the charges. If a man [Continued on Page 4] 4 Whirlwind Campaign to Raise Funds For Y. M. C. A. at Gettysburg College Representatives from eleven branches of the Women's Gettysburg College League met here this afternoon In the Y. W. C. A. to consider plans for u whirlwind campaign to raise funds for the erection of a Y. M. C. A. building at Gettysburg. So far $7,000 lias been raised and Ihe campaign to bring the total up to $15,000, half the needed amount, will be organized In the next few weeks. The session this afternoon was a meet ing of the executive board of the wom en's organization, with Mrs. W. L. Strouse, of Baltimore, presiding. The league also has decided 1o pro vide the salary of a secretary for the Y. M. C. A. building when completed. Every effort will be made to have work started on the building shortly after Easter. A meeting of the Harrlsburg-Get tysburg League will be held in Zlon Lutheran Church this evening. Speak ers will be Mrs. G. N. Lauffer, of Steel ton, and Mrs. Ernest Pee, of High spt re. Police Nabs Man Lugging Beer Keg at 3.30 a. m. Pulling as he labored up Seventh street with a large keg of boer tucked under one arm, Paul Garzon, 1305 Monroe street, was arrested at 3.30 o'clock this morning. Garzon pro tested that he had bought the beer from a friend. A, Metro, 622 llerr street. The ofllcer thought 3.30 a. ni. rather a poor hour to be making calls for booze, so committed Garzon to Jail to await a hearing, THE WEATHER For iliirrfahurK mill vteinlly Pal* to-night unit Mfiliiemlux not mu<'b change in temperature, IOVM-M to-uiKht nbout 3S de greek. For KHHtern I'ennM>lvanlß( In it to-nlKht and \Vlnwli)| now, what lower temperature In north ern portion Wt-dncNda)'! xtronit, Mouthtvent vtlndM. Hive* I'll* SiiHquehamia rive* and all it* liraneheM Mill continue to fall Hlotvly, A NtaKe of ulioul tl.a fret I* Indicated for IlarriHlinris Wed? ncNday morning. The lee IN xtlll gorged In I'ine creek aliout one-fourth mile lirlon Watervllle, In Pine creek. Mont of the floating Ice from the prin cipal branches haw paNNcd llar riHhurg, and the river will he nearly free of Ice after to-day. tieneral Condition* l'rc**uro continue* low over Can ada and huN decreaned decidedly over all district* east of the k Rocky Mountain* during the laitt * twenty-four hour*. Centers of lowest pressure are located, one over .Northern Michigan una an other over N'orthweHlern .North Dakota. I'rcnxure continues high and temperature low over the I*a elllo Slope. I.lght nnow continue* In the Kastern Canadian prov ince*, No meaaurable amount of precipitation I* reported in the United States, except In extreme Southern Florida, where light rain fell. Temperriture* have In creased 2 to 40 degrees over near ly all the country east of the Itoeky Mountain*. Temperature! B~a. ni., 30. Sunt Rises, 7I'M a. In.) set*. 4:5T p.' m. Moont Rlnea, OsJO p. m. River Stagei ti.S feet' above low water mark. Xesterday'* Weather Highest temperature, 48. l.owest temperature, 20. Mean temperature, 38. Normal temperature, 20. HELPING HARRISBVRG POLICEMEN "REDUCE" POLICE CLAIM BIKE WWNG \ IS WARD ON TPOUSEPS— TWILL \ NOT BE IF ABOVE PLAN IS FOLLOWED \ "WE OLD-FASHIONED BIKE WOULD, \ N0 OOUBT ' K FOUNI> TACTICAL. X fff 1 A HAW OIASt Vj EVER , |r | ' PRANCIN™HOf?SE, HAWISBURO •®TSr r;u s u, c ®T™ry? t r ™ e can ' t **** • RUSSIANS ARE PLANNING BIG RIGA OFFENSIVE Said to Be Equipped With Great Quantities of Munitions and Reserves I-.ondon, Jan. 9.—The Russians are preparing to launch a great new offen sive in the Riga sector, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company quoting German newspaper correspondents at the east ern front. The Russian troops are said to be equipped with great quantities of munitions and backed by large re serves near Mitau, and south of Riga the artillery Jire is reported to have constantly increased on both sides dur ing the last few days and to have [Continued on I'asre 1] Says Eight-Hour Law Is Mere Wage Fixing Statute in Hearing Washington. Jan. 9. The Supreme court continued to-day hearing of the test case brought to decide constitu tionality of the Adamson act, with the railroads presenting their side of the controversy. The roads' counsel were expected to occupy the entire day with their arguments, leaving .Frank Jla gennan. special assistant to the At torney General, to conclude for the government to-morrow. In outlining- the railroad's attack upon the law. Walker D. Hlnes, chair man of the railroads' general commit tee of attorneys, who opened to-day's hearing, laid stress upon the carriers' contention that the law is not a limi tation of hours of employment, but merely a wage-fixing statute. He de nied that Congress is given power to tlx wages under the Constitution. Says Shark Skin Shoes Will Solve Problem of High Cost of Leather Cincinnati, 0,, Jan, 9, At the convention of the National Retail Shoe Dealers, which opened here yes terday, J, F, of Seward, Alaska, recommended th, I'm not at liberty to talk about." 02-Foot POLE GOES rp One of the largest telegraph pole* that has ever been erected was put up this afternoon at Walnut and Court streets, The pole Is a Maryland chest* nut, 92 feet long, At the present time it is almost Impossible to secure trees over 60 feet In length that will serve for poles, CilßliS RICH AHGER Nti! Chris' Gertrude Wo'ford, two young girls charged with stealing S4O from Luther Diller last Friday, were discharged by the police and ex onerated from blame. UNCLE SAM ORDIRS ZEPPELINS JUST LIUE DE Washington, Jan. B.—Ordnance and , aircraft innovations designed from lines developed by Kuropean belliger ents, have been uuthorlzed by both war und navy departments. They included Zeppelin type airships, large paliber mobile rifles and howitz ers to be mounted on railroad truck)- for the coast defense pr hauled b> tractor engines over country roads. SOUP AND POTPIE FIGURE IN LERCH ALIBI ARGUMENTS Slate Presents Problem in De fense For First of Trolley Strike Cases Did Mizpali Lerch have pot pie on | soup for his lunch early on the morn ing of July 18? Counsel for State and defense wrangled for quite a while over that momentous question this morning dur ing Lerch's trial in January quarter sessions on a charge of "malicious injury to railroads." Lerch is charged with having [Continued on Page 9] Retail Milkmen Meet Tonight to Plan Fight on Increase of Price City dairymen will meet this evening, at 7:30 o'clock, in Maennerchor Hall to decide on final action in their light atrainst producers to keep down tile wholesale price of milk. President C. E. Cooper said to-day that lie believes the city dealers will vote against granting the Increase, pro vided the county dairymen insist on raising the price. He retiterated his statement of last week that the local men want to be fair to both the farm ers and the public and that he believes . an increase now will be unjust, as it would force the retail price to nine cents a quart. To Favor 7-Hour Day at Mine Workers Convention Columbus, Ohio. Jan. 9.—A seven hour workday, and only five of them to a week, is expected to be favored by the convention of District No. 6, United Mine Workers of America, which began Its twenty-seventh an nual meeting here to-day. JBTH INFANTRY HOME Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 9.—The 16th Pennsylvania Infantry made up of companies from the Western Pennsyl vania oil country, reached here to day from El Paso, where it has been on duty since last July. The trains wore stopped at a suburb long enough to water the horses and the various commands were then forwardjd to their home stations. Officers said the men wore in line form, but anxious to get home. BAILEY RAII.ROAD RECEIVER Edwa,rd Bailey, president of the Harrlsburg Trust Company and Har rlsburg National Bank, was named yesterday, as receiver for the Wll liamsport and North Branch railroad, with general offices at Ilughesville, as the result of an action brought at Wll llamsport. Mr. Bailey was notified to-day that he had been named. I'UCA FOR THE VOTE Washington, Jan. 9. Renewal plans for President Wilson to support the constitutional amendment for wo man suffrage were made at the White Houso to-day by a delegation of three hundred members of the Congression al Union for Woman Suffrage who presented memorials on the recent > death of Mrs. Inez Mliliolland Bolsse vain, i Kecrptarj; Daniels announced to-day that tlte "Zeppelin" would be construct* ed at pnee. Array ordnance pianlx are already hulldinK at tlie Watrrvliet arsenal, New York, pilot {tuna of the 18 tind 12-inch howitzer. Plana are practically com pleted aiso for a It-inch high power idle with carriage for mounting on railroad tracks. TRYING TO CLEAR NAME OF LEWIS OF BLOOD GUILT Friends Insist Supposed Mur derer of Model Killed Self to Escape Disgrace Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 9.—The move ment to clear the name of Bernard W. Lewis of the suspicion that lie mur dered Maizie Colbert at her apartment in Philadelphia before taking his life in Atlantic I'ity last week, took form to-day when a number of his close friends, including his attorney. Robert K. Dodds, began the investigation of a [Continued oil Paste 4] While Buffalo Bill Wins One Game, Death Slowly Wins Another Denver, Col., Jan. 9.—Colonel Wil liam F. Cody (Buffalo Rill) gradually was growing weaker to-day. His phy sician this morning predicted the end within 24 hours. Colonel Cody's sys tem has broken down, the doctor said, and the food he partakes of no longer produces life forces. I Buffalo Bill's indomitable spirit never flinched when he was told by his attending physician, Br. J. H. East, that his passing must come within a relatively few hours. Shortly afterward the veteran plainsman called to his sister, Mrs. May Decker, and said: "Bring the cards. We'll play a game of high five, you and I." The cards were brought and all morning the old scout, propped up in bed, shuffled and dealt and played high live with his sister—and another game with death. From his sister he invariably woru but his other opponent is slowly winning the game. When Doctor East entered his room this morning Colonel Cody said: "Sit down doctor; there is some thing I want to ask you. I want you to answer me honestly. What are my chances?" Doctor East turned lo the scout. "There is a time, Colonel," said he, "when every honest physician must commend his patient to a higher power." "How long?" asked Colonel Cody simply. "I can answer that," said the physi cian, "only by telling you your life is like the hour glass. The sand is slippin"- gradually, slowly—but soon the sand will all be gone. The end is not far away." Colonel Cody turned to his sister: "May," said he, "let the Elks and Masons take charge of the funeral." Then he called for the card game. Doctor East last night said death would come within thirty-six hours. Hundreds of telegrams of sympathy from men of prominence all over the country came to-day. Many boys from different parts of the United States wrote to him. "Won't you nlease send me the story of your life and all your pictures, so I can be a scout like Buffalo Bill?" one youngster wrote. The letter was taken to Colonel Cody. "He is a typical American youth," said the colonel as his face lighted with a smile of happiness. Governor Signs Bill to Send Brigade to Wilson's Inauguration Governor Brumbaugh to-day signed the first resolution of the legislative session of 1917, that to authorize the participation of the commander-in chief and staff and not more than one brigade of the National Guard of Pennsylvania in the Inaugural parade at Washington on March 5. The de tails will be arranged later on and an appropriation made. The Governor also considered the deficiency bill, which is generally pre sented In January to take care of any indebtedness created In the conduct of the State Government which could not bu anticipated. LAWSON HIN MEN "HIGHER UP"; WITHHOLDS NAMES Declares Disclosures at This Time Would Have Disastrous Effect For Country and Administration and Prefers Punishment For Contempt of Congress PROMISES TO TELL SHOULD HOUSE ORDER FORMAL INQUIRY INTO WALL STREET'LEAK' ON PEACE NOTE "Cannot Name Cabinet Officer to Whom I Have Reference Without Mentioning Another Official in Higher Posi tionHe Says; Would Be More Serious Than His Going to Jail - - ;• Washington, Jan. 9. The leak in vestigation seemed to make Its first progress toward some definite point to-day when Thomas W. Lawson, after- much questioning and urging, promised that should the House order a formal inquiry he would disclose the names of the cabinet officer, the | Senator and the New York broker, I who, he said a Congressman told l.im, ] were engaged in a stock gambling | partnership and had profited through advance information of President Wil- I son's peace note. To disclose the names to the House ; Rules Committee Lawson repeatedly j refused even when confronted with! three separate resolutions to put hini into contempt, lor two reasons. First, he contended the rules committee had no power to con duct a thorough investigation in cluding one of the Stock Ex change, such as he urged and he would not be assured of an in vestigation if he disclosed the names. Second, Lawson said, he con sidered that disclosure of the names at this time would have a NOTED RAILWAY MAN TO SPEAK Harris burg. Alfred P. Thorn, Washington, counsel for tlx- Railway Executives' Advisory Committee and gen- * ' eral con: . for the Southern Railway .C ipaiiy, will pre sent th< ug estions of the carriers as to the principles J P which should be included in any f; :r and table system of federal regulation, before the Chamber of Commerce at j | luncheon at the Harrisburg Club, Friday noon. i i SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS Madrid, Jan. 9, via London. . Count Romanones, who ( i has been premier in the Spanish ministry since December, 1915, to-day presented to King Alfonso the resignation of the entire cabinet. ( ' t HARRY THAW ASSAULTS BOY, CHARGE * 1 New York, Jan. 9.—Harry K. Thaw wa to-day indicted by the grand jury on three charges of assaulting J Fred Gi ; Jr., a high school boy fK? . City, Mo. A bench warrant was issued for Thaw's arrest. j , / The alleged assault occurred at a Bro: Sway hotel here. ( The authorities stated they did no" ' :;owt. tly where Thaw is to-day, hut he war, known to be in Philau lphia yesterda . Thaw is accused of having beat Grump \* ith a whip at the * ' Hotel McApin on three occasions during tl e holidays. De tectives armed with bench warrants left the city this after- i ' noon to arrest Thaw, who they believe is in a nearby city. Young Grump and Thaw first met in California about a J i year ago, according to the authorities. Several weeks a;,o the boy disappeared from his home in Kansas City. Aware < | of Thaw'r, interest in the boy, it is said, the Grump family 1 engaged private detectives who learned the boy was in New J • York. You iGrump told detectives, it is alleged, Thaw had beat< n him with a whip in the Hotel McAlpin on three ; | different occasions about Christmas time. The district attorney soon after the bench warrant for ( Thaw's arrest was issued received a telephone message from Philadelphia, saying that George F. O'Byrnes, described as Thaw's bodyguard, had been arrested in that city charged ' aiding and abetting his employer. MARRIAGE LI (irurge \\ nnhinulon H utnrr mid Dura 1.118 (ilua, city. ( ' Julin Mieiuler, Jr., Mltlilltlunn, iind ICliinbt'ih Knlaer, Steeltaa. I'eter llarl mid I.inn SKuiedix. Stecllon. Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT disastrous effect for the country and the administration. In pref erence to that he preferred being punished for contempt of Con gress. . Congressmen questioned, cross-ex amined and pleaded in vain with the | Boston financier to give the names of I the informing Congressman, the cab | inet otticer or the Senator. Why He Cannot Name Cabinet Officer "1 cannot name the cabinet officer J lo whom I have referred without men tioning another official of higher posi tion," said Lawson, "and that would | be more serious than if I cast a cloud ! over the entire Congress and was sent i to jail myself for life." All through his testimony Lawson i hinted at names "higher up" but no amount of questioning would bring him down to delinite statement. When the committee recessed for lunch the members seemed to think ihey had gone as far as they could with Lawson at this stage so they ex cused him as a witness temporarily but told him to remain within jurisdic tion of the committee until the resolu [Continucd on Page -I]