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
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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,
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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
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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<s use of shark
skin in the manufacture of hoe, he
having come here tov that purpose.
He said shark skin would solve the
problem of high cost of leather.
He said ho could produce shark
leather ready for thu shoe manufac
turers at four cents per square foot.
Beef leather is eighty cents a square
foot. One reason he gave for being
able to sell shark skin so low was
that shark oil is used for making oleo
margarine and the meat for chicken
feed,
Deranged Man Mutters
Continually of Harrisburg
Wandering up and down (he otFeets
of Norristown muttering about Har
risburg, a man who gave hiij name as
Alexander Frame was arrested yester
day afternoon. The police of that city
are convinced that the man is very
much deranged and believe that be
cause he speaks so much of Harris?
burg he was at one time a resident
here.
MUST PAY FOR EVERY ONE
OF WIFE'S 0 FAIRS OF HOSE
New York. Jan. 97 After waiting
more than teii years and pressing the
bill through every New York court,
Augusta Wickstrom, modiste, has ob
tained a judgment for $6,559 and in
terest against Samuel W. Peck on
goods bought before Ms divorce. Here
was the list for which the bill was
presented: Ninety pairs of silk stock
ings, ten pairs pt silk tights, thirty
six pairs of shoes, twelve hats and
thirty gowns.
IjARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JA NUARY 9, 1917
BIG DEPARTMENT
STORE AT LOCUST
AND SECOND STS.?
Western Chain of Establish
ments May Locate on Pub
lishing House Site
Harrisburg will have another big
department store, one of a chain
which stretches through the principal
cities in the Middle West and West, if
negotiations for the Evangelical Pub
lishing House property, Second and
Locust streets, are successful.
Announcement of the proposed deal
was made to-day by Attorney Robert
Rosenberg who with B. Handler and
Samuel Fishman have arranged to buy
the publishing house site.
The sale of the Evangelical prop
erty will be finally closed, it is under
stood, February 1. Mr. Rosenberg
declined to name the price, but it is
understood to be something under
$70,000.
"Our original intention had been
to convert this building into a mod
ern storeroom and apartment house
and we expected to put at least ?30,-
000 in the remodeling. I'm not at
liberty to mention the price but I
should say that the property with the
added improvements would run close
to $100,000."
For several weeks there had been
a persistent rumor In realty circles
that negotiations were under wav with
the new owners and with Glmbel
Brothers, Philadelphia, with the view
of selling the site to the Philadel
phia firm for a branch store.
Mr. Rosenberg denied this.
"Gimbel Brothers will not locate
here," said he. "It is true we did go
to Philadelphia with a view to con
ferring with Ellis Gimbel but ho was
not in the city and we came away.
"In New York, however, we inter
ested some of the backers of the big
chain of stores which do business in
Important cities of the West and
Middle West and there is a possibility
that we may close this deal."
"What firm controls this chain?**
"That, I'm not at liberty to say.
Its headquarters Is In Cleveland.
"Is It true that you've also purchas
ed, or taken options on the property
adjacent to the publishing house,
eastward on Locust, street as far as
the Orpheum theater?"
, '' Tl, ' lt !>, 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
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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
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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.
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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. ( '
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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.
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Julin Mieiuler, Jr., Mltlilltlunn, iind ICliinbt'ih Knlaer, Steeltaa.
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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
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