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LXXXVI— No. 12 12 PAGES
TROOP C TO BE
> ENTERTAINED AT
MEMPHIS SUNDAY
Four Special Trains Arrive in
That City; Harrisburg Boys
Well and Hearty
RECEPTION PLANS MADE
Whistles and Bells to Give
Signal When Cavalrymen
Reach Altoona
Memphis, Term.. Jan. 13. Four
special trains bearing members of
Troop C, First Pennsylvania Cavalry,
who have been on the border for the
past six months began arriving in
Memphis to-day on their return to
Pennsylvania to be mustered out.
The main body of the troops, how
ever, will not arrive until Sunday
morning. Special arrangements for
the entertainment of the soldier boys
have been made by Memphlans. The
soldiers will lay over in Memphis
practically all day Sunday and will be
given special attention. They will
visit the city parks. Commercial club
and other places of interest to break
the monotony of the trip.
In .Memphis the Illinois Central will
receive the trains and handle them
north to Louisville whence they pro
ceed straight home. All the boys of
the first contingent to arrive in Mem
phis are hale and hearty, and all ex
press themselves as overjoyed by the
fact that they are returning to their
homes. They sky they have had
enough of border life for years to
come.
Troop Reception Orders
Issued; Whistles to Tell
When They're at Altoona
When the bronzed and sturdy lads
of Troop C. First Pennsylvania Cav
alry—better known in the old home
town as "The Governor's Troop"-—get
home from the border, theirs will be
a welcome which should stand out in
memory more vividly than that now
famous farewell reception of seven
months ago.
For the tears that were those of
parting and the fear of something
worse will now be tears of joy—and
there may even be kisses and hugs,
who knows?
Complete Details
Arrangements for the big reception
to the Troop were completed at noon
to-day. Captain George C. Jack, chief
marshal of the escort parade, met
[ with the committee from the Harris
burg Chamber of Commerce to dis
cuss the linal details. Henderson Gil
bert, Major Frank E. Ziegler, of the
Eighth Infantry, who is home on a
furlough, Captain Henry M. Stine,
Benjamin Detnming and Francis H.
Hoy, Jr., are assisting Captain Jack
in making the welcome home some
thing the lads will indeed remem
ber.
Fourteen organizations will be in
the escort including three bands and
a drum corps—to get a little of the
"Stars and Stripes Forever" and
"When Johnny Comes Marching
Home" into the big noise!
Orders for the formation of the var
ious divisions were issued by Captain
Jack this afternoon.
Troop Kxpccted Tuesday
The Troop is expected to reach Har
rtsburg sometime on Tuesday. Stops
averaging live hours will be made
every 36 hours during the trip from-
K1 Paso to permit watering and exer
cising of the horses.
When the troop train nears Pitts
burgh the reception committee will be
notified. On the arrival of the train
at Aitoona. City Electrician Diehl will
tip off the tire houses that it's about
time to start something and then no
matter what hour of the day or the
night, you can bet your bottom dollar
on a Villa peso that you'll not sleep.
The whistles and bells just won't let
you!
Tlicn .Just Three Honrs More!
It will require three hours for the
troops to reach this city after leaving
Aitoona and that should give mothers,
wives, sweethearts and the ordinary
hoi-ploi plenty of time to get on their
best bib and tucker and line up along
the parade route to see them march
ing by.
The last of the big organizations to
enter for the escort parade was the
Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Asso
ciation. The chairman of the lire
men's committee reported to Chief
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THE WEATHER
For Harrlsburg mid vicinity) .Snow
till* afternoon and probably to
night, with lowfNt temperature
about HO degrees; Sunday gener
ally fnir and eolder.
For Kastern Pennsylvania: Prob
ably anon tn-iiiglit and Sunday
morning, followed by clearing
during Sunday; womenlial Mariner
to-night; eolder by Sunday night)
fresh southeast wiuds.
Itlver
l'lie Susquehanna river nnd all ltd
tributaries will eontinue to fall
slowly, exeept loeal rises are
likely to occur due to lee. A stage
of about 4J4 feet Is indicated for
llarrishiirg Sunday morning.
The front of the strong, high pres
sure area over the Northwest fans
ndmnccd rapidly southeastward,
separating the storm that wan
over the Southwest Friday morn
ing into two parts, one being
now central over the l.nke Su
perior Heglon and the other over
Southern Texas. Snow in north
ern nnd central and rain In south
ern districts have fallen over a
c,w " nt *7 from
Northern tlirhiKfin anl WfMrrn
!*ew York south westward to the
West Gulf States.
A general rise of 10 to 22 degrees
In temperature has occurred over
practically all the countrv east of
the Mississippi river, while over
the western half of the country It
Is 2 to 2S degrees colder.
Temperature) H a. in., 24.
Sum nines, 7;2 a. nt.; Nets, 5:02
p. m.
Moon) I.ast quarter, January 18,
0)42 n. m.
River Stage) 5.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 25.
I.owest temperature, 11.
Mean temperature, 18.
Normal temperature, 20.
The Honeymoon House
That is the title of a wonder
ful new Woman's Page Serial,'
the opening chapters of which
appear in the Telegraph to-day.
| But it is more than a "woman's
i page feature." It is a record,
as though written from life, of
the marriage, the honeymoon
and the things that follow of a
1 nigh-spirited, lovely and love
! able young girl and the young
man around whom she has
i woven her life's dream. If you
are married you will follow the
! course of events understand
ingly and sympathetically, and
if you are not you ought to
I read it for future guidance, for
the story might have been en
-1 titled, "A Guide For Honey
i mooners."
675 Die as Big Italian
Battleship Is Sent to
the Bottom by Mine
i Rome, Jan. 13.—via Paris.—lt is offl
| cially announced that the Italian bat
!t' ship Regina Margherita struck a
mine and sank December 11. Six hun
dred seventy-five men on board perished
. Two hundred seventy were saved.
The battleship Regina Margherita
was laid down in 1898 and completed
in May, 1904. She was a vessel of 13,-
; 127 ton, 426 feet long and had a draught
;of 27 feet. Her usual complement was
j 730 men. The battleship carried four
! 12-inch, four 8-inch, twelve 6-inch guns,
, twenty 12pounders, two 1 pounders, two
I Maxims and four torpedo tubes,
j The Regina Marghertia was a sister
] ship of the Benedetto Brin, which was
: badly damaged by an explosion on board
I in 1915, in which a large number of her
I crew, including Rear Admiral de Cervin,
| were killed.
Berlin. Jan. 13.—by wireless to Say
ville, N. Y.—"The Anseiger of Basel re
ports from Rome the destruction of the
j Italian battleship Regina Margherita."
j says the Overseas News Agency, "It is
| confirmed she was sunk oft Alvona, Al
! bania, by mine or a torpedo. Six hun
| dred out of 5530 sailors perished."
Ambassador Gerard's
Spech Same as Reported
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 13. Am
bassador Gerard's much discussed
speech on his return to Berlin, in which
be was quoted as saying that "never
[since the beginning of the war have the
! relations between the United States and
I Germany been as cordial as now," was
i reported substantially as made, it was
j said at the State Department to-day
j 'file full text of his speech has been re-
I ceived at the department. Officials de
| clared that on first examination it ap-
I peared to be practically as contained
! in news dispatches.
\ The text will be examined carefully,
I and it is probitble some announcement
i will be made later. It is stated of
\ fieially that the department's request
of the Ambassador to send on his exact
I words is in no way a reproof to him,
j but it is a customary procedure.
Vocational Training Is
Subject of Conference
! Ten teachers from the six colleges
i in the State devoting attention to do-
I mestie economy, met here to-day with
: officials of the State Department of
! Public'lnstruction to draft a sugges
tive standard curriculum for public
j high schools which have courses in
| vocational household arts.
Millard B. King, director of indus
trial education, invited the instructors
i to come here for the conference which
! was directly in charge of E. L. Bow
| man, a supervisor in the industrial
division. The suggestive curriculum
; will be finished to-morrow and later
will be published as a bulletin.
Forty-eight high schools of the State
now have courses in vocational house
hold arts, using curricula which in
| most instances have been drafted by
| the State to meet individual needs,
j The suggestive standard curriculum
j will be sufficiently elastic to be adapt
j able to all needs.
NOT SLAPPING AT STIIOI'P
District Attorney Not Astuniled, Declare
County OfflclnlN
County officials who yesterday ex
pressed opinions that Harry Miller, of
near Hummelstown, had been arrested
needlessly, charged with the murder of
i his son, Clayton Miller, said that their
I criticisms were not directed at District
I Attorney Michael K. Stroup.
I In a statement District Attorney
Stroup declared that he was surprised
I at the criticisms, and that no one had
] spoken to him to learn what evidence
I he possessed before ordering a warrant
! issued charging Miller with murder.
He also explained that the prosecu
| tion was not originated by Coroner
' Eckinger, but by himself, and was
I brought about under his personal di
; rection. District Attorney Stroup con
: tinued that he had never prosecuted
for conviction unless the evidence war-
I ranted it.
HANGING OAKI.KY PAINTINGS
Miss Violet Oakley and a corps of
assistants are engaged to-day in hang-
I ing several of Miss Oakley's paintings
in the Senate chamber. The doors
lof the chamber are locked and no
! body is admitted.
SKATING AT WII.DWOOU
| Present indications are that freezing
: weather will be in force ror at least
l three more days. The red flag floating
from the I'nlon Trust Building to-day
told Harrisburg skaters that AVildwood
Park lake was again officially open for
the popular winter sport. Snow,
scheduled for this afternoon or to
night, may put a crimp In the skating,
but. however. Assistant Superintendent
of Parks V. Grant Forrer said he would
put forth every effort to keep the ice
clear for skaters.
ANOTHKII MURDKII WEEK
January sessions of criminal court
were continued this afternoon until the
week of February 5, when a number
of the murder cases listed for trial,
will be heard.
OR. SHOPE TO SPEAK
Dr. S. Z. Rhope, of this city, will ad
| dress the Y. M. H. A. in the association
(rooms to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1917.
FIRST ACTUAL WORK ON HARRISBURGS MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL \
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Crew of drillers at work on boring- of holes to bedrock In order to ascertain how deep the foundations must be laid.
SIX DIE WHEN
TRAIN PLOUGHS
INTO WORKMEN
Two Others Seriously Hurt
When Express Takes
Side Track
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 13. Six j
men were killed and two injured
shortly before noon to-day when the
Norfolk express on the Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington railroad,
due in this city at 10.38 o'clock, struck
a gang of track laborers about 100
yards south of Bellevue station. The
foreman of the gang, Michael Ahern,
and three other of the trackmen were
killed instantly, while two others re
ceived injuries which resulted fatally.
The dead:
Eugene Ahern, 46 years old, mar
ried, Bellevue, Del.
Bellofiore Poole, 35 years, married,
Bellevue.
Giuseppe Delicota, 41 years, mar
ried, Wilmington.
Michael Angelo Furisi, 36 years,
married, Wilmington.
Julio Eufont, 22 years, Bellevue.
Salvatoro Debari, 47 years, mar
ried, Wilmington.
The injured:
Carmino Guido and Virgio Guido.
brother. Bellevue. Carmino has a
broken leg. Their condition is not
serious.
How the men happened to step upon
the track directly in front of the ex
press is a question that the railroad
authorities are unable to solve. The
men, according to their instructions,
are supposed to stand clear of all
tracks.
Express Takes Sidetrack
The accident happened at a sec
tion of the line where the two pas
senger tracks leading from this city
are enlarged into four passenger tracks
that continue into Broad Street Sta
tion. Philadelphia. The men wore
working upon the track on which the
train was approaching. At the same
time a passenger train, northbound,
and a freight train going In the same
direction approached where the men
were working. The presumption is
that the men stepped from the
straight line of track on which they
thought the Norfolk express.was mov
ing. to a sidetrack. When the exprsss
reached the switch, however, instead
of proceeding in a straight line it took
the sidetrack upon which the men
were standing. The engine plough
ed through the track laborers, tossing
them about like tenpins. Two of the
bodies were picked up more than fifty
yards distant from where the locomo
tive hit them. All four were killed
outright. The two injured men were
tossed some distance away. One suf
fered an injury to his leg and the other
was hurt internally. They were placed
aboard the train and brought to this
city.
Two laborers, members of the gang,
did not step upon the track with their
fellow workers and thus escaped in
jury.
Pershing to Be Recalled
From Mexico and Fletcher
to Be Sent Is Report
Washington, D. C., Jan. 13.—The next
moves to be made by the United States
In dealing with the de facto government
of Mexico has been decided upon by
President Wilson and will be announced
after the meeting in New York Monday
of the Mexican-American joint commis
sion. Withdrawal of the Pershing ex
pedition across the American border and
the sending of Ambassador Fletcher to
Mexico city are understood to be the
first steps that will be taken.
Secretary Bane and the other me'm
l>ers of the American commission. Dr. J.
It. Mott and Judge George Gray, will
meet Caranza's representatives In New-
York on Monday in what is exepected
to he the final session of the joint com
mission. Already the American com
missioners have informed the Mexicans
that in view of Carranza's repeated re
fusal to ratify the protocol signed at
Atlantic city after almost three months'
deliberation, they regard further con
ferences as useless. Their attitude is
approved by the President.
SNOW NEXT WKEK
Washington, Jan. 13.—Weather pre
diction for the week beginning Sunday
Issued by the Weather Bureau to-day
are: Middle Atlantic States, Snows Sun
day will be followed by fair and cold
weather until after Wednesday when
the weather will become unsettled and
warmer with probably snow or rain.
SNOWING STARS
When snow began to fall shortly j
before 2 o'clock this afternoon, the I
flakes fell in the shape of stars, many I
of them perfect in form.
START FIRST
WORK ON THE
PENN-HARRIS
Drillers Bore Holes to Bedrock
to Ascertain How Deep Foun-
dation Must Go
First actual work on the new Penn-
Harrls million-dollar hotel at Third
and Walnut streets is actually under
way, a crew of drillers being at work
on the boring of holes to bedrock in
order to ascertain how deep the foun
dations must be laid. About fifteen
feet below the present excavation, it is
estimated, bedrock will be found. The
company will be saved a large sum on
foundation expenses, due to the fact
that the old cellar of the Grand Opera
House was never filled up. Phillips &
Worthington, of New Yorlc, are mak
ing the borings.
At a meeting of the directors of the
compa,ny yesterday afternoon final
steps were taken to have Mrs. Pen
field. wife of the American ambassador
to Vienna, sign the deed of transfer of
the site as representing the Weight
man estate. The transfer will be made
through the Commonwealth Trust
Company on Monday. The deed is
here and all the details havt been
completed and ratified by the stock
holders.
To enable the builders, after the
contract has been let, to lose no time
in beginning operations the tenants of
the Strawberry street properties have
been ordered to vacate by March 1.
Preliminaries have also been com
pleted by the directors for the pur
chase of the more than 1,200 tons of
steel that will be required in the struc
tural work of the new hotel, the order
to be placed in time to give the con
tractors the advantage of early de
livery.
Word has received from Syra
cuse, N. Y„ that the United Hotels
Company, which has leased the Penn-
Harris and will operate it, will in
crease its capital stock to $10,000,000
in order to properly finance this and
other enterprises. The magnitude of
this company's operations may he
judged when it is known that the
linens for the Penn-Harris alone will
cost about % 100,000. The company
has procured from the city govern
ment authentic copies of the Harris
burg flag, and this, with the State flag
and the words "Penn-Harris" beneath,
will constitute the china and other
decorations of the new hotel.
Army Transport Train to
Go Over Penn Road
To demonstrate the fact that the
William Penn Highway through Penn
sylvania is a utility road of great merit,
the War Department of the United
States in May or June will send a
transport train from Kaston to Pitts
burgh, this train consisting of a large
number of automobile motor trucks
and armored guns, such as have been
in use on the Mexican border since last
summer. An effort will be made to
break time records for trucks across
the state. On the return trip from
Pittsburgh the route from Heading
eastward will be through Philadelphia,
instead of Easton.
The annual meeting of the hoard of
governors of the William Penn High
way Commissioners will be held in the
Hotel Berkshire. Reading, with a ban
quet Monday. January 2 9.
Selecting Burial Place For
Body of Col. W. F. Cody
Denver, Col.. Jan. 13.—Selection of
a burial place on Lookout Mountain,
near here, for the !>ody of William F.
Cody "Buffalo Bill"), who died here
last Wednesday, is to be made to-day
All of the suggested sites are asso
ciated with some event In Colonel
Cody's life. One of them, known as
Colorow Point, at the brim of a peak
overlooking the plains of Eastern Colo
rado, is said to have been the council
place of Colorow, the TTte Indian chief,
with whose band Colonel Cody fre
quently dealt in the pioneer days.
The body of the pioneer scout Is to
lie in state in the capitol from 9 o'clock
until noon to-morrow. The funeral
service will occur in the afternoon, but
the burial is to be deferred until next
spring. In the meantime the body
will be In custody of Denver Masonic
organizations.
WANT PEACE CONFERENCE
London, Jan. 13.—The Scandinavian
Socialist organization has received a
telegram from American Socialists
asking its assistance in calling an In
ternational peace conference at The
Hague for June 3. according to a
Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company.
SHARP THRUSTS
OF ALLIES PIERCE
GERMAN LINES
British Assault Trenches at
Serre and Gain Foot
hold
By sharp thrusts north of the Ancre
on the Soinme front the British are
making inroads upon the German lines
there. To-day another attack is re
ported, Berlin announcing an assault
on Serre, resulting in a footing being
gained by the British in one advanced
position, the Germans, however, re
taining the main position.
In Rumania it is the Teutonic side
that continues to gain ground, botli
along the Moldavian west frontier and
down the line southwestward to the
Danube. Northwest of Braila the Rus
sians lost another (own when Mihalea
was stormed by Turkish troops, who
drove part of 'the garrison into the
Sereth, where the men drowned try
ing to escape, and captured the re
mainder, to the number of 400.
Bulgarian forces captured a monas
tery at the junction of the Buzeu and
the Sereth, to the northeast, and on
the Moldavian line German troops
pushed forwurd in the Slanic valley,
effecting important captures of ma
terial. Heavy losses were inflicted
upon the Russians in the Ouitz valley,
where strong forces made futile at
tacks.
Petrograd's report to-day on the
Rumanian front operations records a
Rumanian success in the Kasino river
region on the Moldavian frontier.
After a viodent battle, it is declared,
the Austro-German forces were thrown
back and their trenches occupied and
three machine guns taken.
Renewed fighting on the Russian
front in the Riga region is reported
to-day. The Germans threw heavy
masses of troops into an attack on the
Russian positions near Kalnzem, south
of Babit, but were not able to
shake the Russian line, according to
Petrograd.
U. S. Cruiser Milwaukee
Goes Ashore Trying to
Salvage Submarine H-3
Eurtka, Cal„ Jan. 18. The
United States cruiser Milwaukee went
on the shore near this point to-day.
The Milwaukee was aiding in an at
tempt to salvage the submarine H-3
which went ashore several weeks ago.
Tugs were sent to the assistance of
the Milwaukee which was said to be
in no immediate danger. The Mil
, waukee is a first-class cruiser, assign
ed to duty as tender for coast torpedo
vessels.
San Francisco, Jan. 13. The
United States coast guard cutter Mc-
Culloeh was ordered to go from here
to Eureka to assist the Milwaukee.
Boats usually require 4 8 hours for
the trip.
Needy N. G. Dependents
to Get Financial Aid
Washington, D. C.. Jan. 13.—Repre
sentative John H. Morin, of Pittsburgh,
to-day secured from Adjutant General
McCain, U. P. A., an official ruling to the
effect that dependents of the National
Guardsmen who wire in need during
the absence of the guardsmen on the
border , may receive financial aid from
the government whether such soldiers
are still in the Federal service or not.
This ruling secured by Mr. Morin after
persistently presenting the facts con
nected with two cases arising in his
district to the department, is considered
one of the most Important made since
the law was passed appropriating $2,-
000,000 for the purpose of aiding de
pendents of National Guardsmen on
duty at the border.
r.l GKMCIt.tI. WAGE RISES
Federal llurriiu I'linU l.uno.OflO Horner*
Involved In 217 of These
Washington, Jan. 13.—Wage increases
for many American workmen in the last
two months of 1916 are shown in tables
compiled bjf the Bureau of iAbor Statis
tics from newspaper and periodical re
ports.
The number of general wage Increases
given is 510 of which 217 report more
than 1,000,000 employes Involved. Near
ly half of the incteases noted were vol
untary and the other half were divided
about equally between increases forced
by strikes and those reached through
agreements between employers and em
ployes.
Iron and steel workers fared best in
increases, nearly 400,000 benefiting In
wage raises. Textile workers were next
in point of numbers, and garment
workers third.
POLICE BELIEVE
THEY HAVE SLAYER
OF YOUNG WOMAN
Arrest Man Said to Have Ad
mitted Stopping at
Hotel
HANDKERCHIEF IN ROOM
Bore Initials of Man Under
Suspicion of Murdering Girl
in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 13.—With the
arrest at Huntingdon, Ind., early this
morning of Weldon H. Wells on an
embezzlement charge, made in Kansas
City, his home, the Columbus police
believe the slayer of Noma Byron
Simon in an elegantly furnished room
of a leading hotel here has been ap
prehended.
Wells is reported to have admitted
that he registered at the hotel under
the name of G. V. Vanßrunt. Requi
sition of Wells will be niado to-day, it
was stated by the police.
Miss Simon's body was found yes
terday. It lay in a pool of blood on
the tloor of the room engaged Tuesday
by "G. V. Vanßrunt, Chicago." The
body was discovered by Mrs. Mary
Reynolds, hotel housekeeper. Coroner
Herskowitz located a bullet hole in the
girl's cheek. A pillow in the room had
been burned by powder, indicating
that it had been used to muffle the
sound of the report of the revolver
used by the slayer.
In the bathroom was a blood-stained
towel, probably used by the murderer.
Miss Simon had been killed while on
the bed, but the body had rolled to
the tloor, her nose being broken in the
fall, i* is thought. The empty shell
from a 3 8-caliber revolver was found
under the bed. A handkerchief with
the initials "W. H. W." was found in
the room by the police.
Miss Simon, according to Miss Char
lotte Martin, Juvenile court probation
ofiicer, was 27 years old and was a
member of a respected family who
came to Columbus several years ago
from Phillipi, W. Va„ accompanied by
her Sunday school teacher.
Wells, according to a Columbus
sporting writer, came to this city to
confer with Joe Tinker, of Chicago,
new owner of the Columbus baseball
club, about a position.
RUSSIANS THROW TEUTONS BACK
Pctrograd. Jan. 13, via London.—British Admiralty per
Wireless Press.—Rumanian forces in the region of the river
Kasino in Moldavia, after a violent battle yesterday with
Austro-German troops succeeded in throwing the Teutons
back and occupying their trenches, says the Russian official
statement issued to-day. North of the Slanic river the in
vaders forced by the. Russians from a height.
WELLS CHARGED WITH MURDER
Columbus, O , Jan. 13. A charge of first degree mur
der was filed against Weldon H. Wells, former Kansas City
broker's clerk under arrest at Huntington, Ind., by Sergeant
of Detectives Peter Albanesc in municipal court here to-day
before leaving for Huntington, Ind., with requisition papers
for the extradition of the man wanted in connection with the
murder of Mona Simon in a hotel here yesterday.
FAUST TO BE SENTENCED JANUARY 22
Lou Faust, the burglar, who pleaded guilty in court to
day to twenty-eight separate charges of theft, will be sen
tenced January 22, his case being held over by the Court this
afternoon.
The maximum sentence on each charge is ten years,
which Judge Kunkcl pointed out would mean 280 years' im
prisonment.
Faust committed scores of burglaries in this and other
cities, his loot totalling several thousand dollars. He carried
on most of his operations in the Allison Hill district, baffling
the poicc for weeks. After long efforts the city detective bu
reau finally fastened the continued housebreaking upon
him. When he serves his time on the indictments from this
county, it is understood retainers will be lodged against him
from Wilkes-Barre, Sunbury, Williamsport and possibly
even from other States.
Harrisburg Fire destroyed the frame gat age
street. The damage amounted to SI,OOO.
and auto, owned by Franklin C. Mordati. 911 South Tenth
MARRIAGE LICENSES
John Valiant, UmiiFW, and I.urln (inland, ,Nr Cumberland.
Krbantlnii Fault and Kntlp Uriah, Strdlon.
Jacob Fahluiiltot ll* and Chrlatlun Kjrmleh, city.
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SUGGESTS WAYS
OF PUTTING R. R.
LAW INTO EFFECT
Supplemental Brief in Adam
son Case Urges Operation
of Legislation
HOW IT CAN BE DONE
Department of Justice Defines
Act in Message to Supremo
Court
Washington. D. C.. Jan. 13. —In a
supplemental brief in the Adamson
law test ease, received to-day at the
Supreme Court t'or formal filing next
Monday, the Department of Justice
makes suggestions for machinery to
put the law into effect.
Under existing railroad contracts,
the brief declares, the phrases "day's
work" and "day's wages" have a well
recognized meaning in most freight
service contracts to be "100 miles or
less at 10 miles an hour." By sub
stituting a miles per hour "speed
basis" for the existing 100-miies-lO
hour-day scale, (lie brief asserted, the
Adamson eight-hour standard can be
generally put into practical operation.
The following proposed endorsement
on existing ten-hour contracts was
submitted to the court:
"Whenever by this schedule more
than eight hours constitutes a day's
work, (he same is hereby reduced to
eight hours, whether herein stated in
terms of hours or in terms reducible
thereto, and all overtime shall be paid
pro rata."
.Statement On Operation
Regarding this proposed effect the
brief added:
"The Adamson act declares in effect
that every employe of the class af
fected, no matter what his task, shall
be considered at the end of eight hours
to have earned the contract price pay?
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Fill ICS CAL'SIS *400.0(1(1 I.OSS
Kreeport, Ills., .lan. 13.—Two (ires
here to-tlay caused damage estimated
at $400,000. Division offices of tile Il
linois Central Itailway and the com
bined freight houses of the Illinois
Central and the Chicago and North
western Railways were burned with a
loss of $150,000. The other lire destroy
ed the plant of the Kawlelgh Sehryer
Company, makers of gasoline engines,
the loss being placed at $250,000,