EASY VICTORY FOR INDEPENDENTS-HERRMANN SAYS NO WORRY ABOUT STRIKE
NO WORRY SAYS
GARRY HERRMANN
Cannot Understand What Dave
Fultz Is Driving at; Do Not
Fear Strike
Chicago, 111., Jan. 15.—Garry Herr
mann. who came up from Cincinnati
to assist the Woodland Bards dedicate
tJipir new quarters, joined with Ban
Johnson yesterday In denouncing Dave
Fultz and his scheme to call a baseball
strike. Both say Fultz will get all the
fight he wants if he starts anything.
Meanwhile A 1 Demaree, who has called
the strike meeting in Chicago, says
there certainly will be a strike and
"we will win." It is understood that
Samuel Gompers and the American
Federation of Labor are backing the
strike. Ban Johnson is going east
this week to consult with President
Tener regarding the schedules and it
is certain things will begin to boll the
minute he deposits his suitcase in New
York, for he is loaded to the muzzle
with fight.
Fultz's Reasons Unknown
"Without seeking to insult the in
telligence of big league ball players, I
don't believe there is a single one of
em that knows what Dave Fultz is
raving about. Personally, I lind his
question very complex, and after think
ing it over am at a loss to know just
what he's driving at.
"We do not fear a strike. We don't
believe there will be one. But—mark
this well—if the players are in sym
pathy with Fultz, then there is no al
ternative but for them to do his bid
ding.
"The national commission will not
(emphasis on the not) call a meeting
to listen to the demand of either Mr.
Fultz or the Baseball Players' Farter
nity. There is no reason in the world
why we should call a meeting. I think
the magnates have been more than
fair with the players. We do not in
tend to be dictated to by a man who is
constantly seeking the line of trouble."
The head of the national commis
sion was not as heated in his attack on
Fultz as was Ban Johnson, but he did
make it plain that the threatened tur
moil was not causing any great amount,
of worry.
Major Schedules Wait;
Magnates Discuss Strike at
Today's Committee Meeting
Washington, Jan. 15. While the
playing schedules constitute the busi-|
ness officially before the meeting of
the presidents of the National and
American Baseball Leagues and mem
bers of their schedule committees here
to-day, the threatened strike of the
players gives the conference its real
interest. The club owners continue to
predict that the major league players
will soon back down when they feel
the need of money. This is the time,
they point out. when many players i
draw advances on next season's salary.
It is predicted that the big league
chiefs and owners here to-day will
advocate that a time limit be set with
in which the players must send in
their signed contracts or face sus- i
pension without pay. The schedule!
committee will stay here until Wed
nesday and then continue the discus
sion of playing dates at Dover Hall,!
Ga. The members of the Inter-i
national League also meet this after- |
noon and it is taken for granted the 1
players' demands will be considered, j
Saturday Bowling Scores
Mount Pleasant League
Pirates 1338
Pollys 1334
Cubs j 216
Elephants 1074
Garman (P.) 126
Rowe (P.) 340
•Balmer (Cubs) 100
Balmer (Cubs) 280
Miscellaneous
Hess alleys—
Hess Stars 2494
Lewiston Stars 2264
Plank (Hess) 213
Collins (Lewiston) 213
Collins (Lewiston) 552
Evangelical League
(Hess alleys)
Timers 1041
Braves 1040
Wise (Tigers) 103
Wise (Tigers) 296
Cubs 963
Red Sox 905
Fetrow (Red Sox) 114 I
Manning (Red Sox) 264 |
Standing of the teams —
„ Won. Lost. P. C.
Braves 19 14 ,575!
Tigers 18 15 .545
Cubs 17 16 .512
Red Sox 12 21 .363
BOSTON PLAYERS REFUSE
Boston, Jftn. 15.—Two instances of |
support by major players of the Base- i
ball Players' Fraternity demands in be
half of minor league members devel
oped here to-day. Harold Janvrln. who !
played second base for the Boston I
Americans in the last world's series '
announcing dissatisfaction with the!
terms of his proffered contract, said he ;
would not rign it until permission was ;
given him by President David L Fultz, I
of the Fraternity .
His statement followed closely the,
refusal of J. Carlisle Smith, third base- :
man of the Boston Nationals, to sign a
contract during a conference with Pres
ident P. D. Haughton. although Smith 1
said the terms were satisfactory.
Most of the members of the local
teams are members of the players' or- |
ionization, which seeks, among other
things, to obtain transportation to the j
spring training camps for minor league!
Players, who up to this year were said I
to have paid their own expenses.
FISHERMEN TO MEET
A m#ss meeting of fishermen and'
their friends lias been called for Wed- j
nesday night. January 17, at 8 o'clock, j
in Bogar's sporting goods store, II and i
14 North Market Square. The purpose
is to discuss the proposed law to license
fishermen. Many prominent speakers
will be Present. Fish Commissioner
Buller will be invited to be present and
present the Fish Department's views
All persons interested are urged to
come.
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MONDAY EVENING.
COMMERCE BODY
TO AID BUREAU
State Gets Assistance From Or
ganizations in Lancaster and
Other State Cities
The Chambers of Commerce in Du-
Bois, Lancaster and Coatesville have
established, in their separate munici
palities. employment agencies to co
operate with the Bureau of Employ
ment of the Department of Labor and
Industry.
Commissioner John Price Jackson
said to-day that these Chambers of
Commerce agencies will be aided in
their local work in an advisory capa
city by Jacob Llghtner, Director of the
Employment Bureau of the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry. The
Harrisburg office of the State Bureau
will serve as the clearing house for
the Chambers of Commerce Agencies
In any shift of labor to or from these
cities as is now the case with the other
State branch employment offices at
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Johnstown
and Altoona.
Boyd Memorial Hall
Activities For This Week
Today .
3.30 p. m„ gym class, boys 12 to 14
years; 4.30 p. su., bowling, boys 14 to 16
years; 7 p. m„ basketball league, Ger
man vs. Franklin; 8 p. m., bowling tour
nament, Palmer vs. Dull.
Tuesday
4.30 p. m., gym class, boys 14 to 16 ,
years; 4.30 p. in., bowling, boys 12 to
14 years; 6.30, basketball practice, Mc- j
Cormick; 7 p. ni., story telling; 8 p. m., i
men's gym class: S p. m„ glee club; 8
p. m„ bowling tAuVnament, McCormick
vs. Hlck-aA-Thrlft.
Wednesday
5 p. m., businessmen's gym class; 6.30
p. ni., basketball practice. Black; 8.30
p. in., bowling.
Thursday
4.30 p. m.. gym class, boys 12 to 14
years; 4.30 p. m., bowling, boys 14 to 16
years; 7 p. m., motion pictures for i
boys; 8 p. m., bowling tournament. Ex
celsior vs. Independents; 8 p. m., bowl
ing tournament, Bethany vs. Boyd.
Friday
4.30 p. m., gym class, boys 14 to 16
years; 4.30 p. m„ bowling, boys 12 to
14 years; 6.30 p. m., basketball practice,
German; 7 p. m., bowling; 8.30 p. m., re
ception to the men just returned from
the border.
Saturday
9.30 a. m., bowling, boys 12 to 14
years; 10 a. m„ gym class, boys under
12 years; 10.30 a. m., bowling, boys 14
to 16 years; 2 p. m., gym class, boys 12
to 14 years; 3.30 p. m., gym class, boys
14 to 16 years; 7 p. m.. basketball lea
gue, McCormick vs. Black; 7 p. m.,
bowling.
ROSEWOOD FIVE WINNER
In a contest for the amateur cham
pionship of Cumberland and Dauphin
counties played at Carlisle Saturday
night, the Tocarco Club was defeated
by the Rosewood Athletic Club of this
city, 33 to 32. The features of the game
were the playing of Kent and Kline.
Foreman and Minich starred for Car
lisle. The line-up and summary:
Tocarco. Rosewood
Hart, f. Kline, f.
Foreman, f. Kent, f.
Todd. c. Tittle, c.
Minich, g. Divine, g.
Pittinger, g. Killinger, g.
Field goals. Hart, 4; Foreman, 3;
Todd: Minich, 2; Pittinger, 2; Kline, 5;
Kent, 6; Tittle, 2; Divine, Killinger.
Foul goals, Minich, 8; Kline, 3. Ref
eree. Eyler.
HARRISBI'RG BOY STATE
ORCHESTRA MANAGER
O. B. Feldser, of this city, a junior in
the department of metallurgical engi- :
neering at the Pennsylvania State Col- [
lege, has been elected manager of the 1
college orchestra.
FREIGHT EMBARGO BEGINS
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 15. —An em- |
bargo on all export freight through i
the port of Baltimore will be put Into
effect to-night by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad to prevent congestion,
which would interfere materially with
the operation of the road. The em
bargo, it was said, probably would not
be of long duration.
ANXLTTE KELLERMAX '
There will be shown at the Orpehum all next week, starting Monday night
< hiP 1 5 neeS i Picture on which William Fox expended a million dol
;?L;?n Lrm e^-ni!J a , ?.1 to me ta.morphose the motion -industry" into that
P h\ a ' he J"^ l,C ad . U l t ml " d —which the Greek scholar, the
SIS.JS2? ? sculptor, the painter, the teacher, the matron, the de-
Zt'.ZII.JLVw and . even &! 8 tlred businessman will enjoy to the uttermost
Matures universality that has been sadly lacking in other so-called
Rnrt°rlrhnl. SI^VV. mptU w HS produotl , on ' which for beauty of ensemble
aiid richness of detail will probably never be equaled, Mr. Fox cliosc for his
star the lovely woman whose classic figure has come to stand for the ideal of
which th o |rt? hOOd ; M u" A " nf : tto Kellerma " the Jewellud hub around
*♦, "Pokes, of six of the tremendous episodes of "A Daughter
ffpff In Wif are 11 ran * ed - The Play in motion is a swift and dazzling spec-
n which climax succeeds climax and thrill exceeds thrill until at Its
iMkc Ll PeCtat ° r fee ' 3 thßt h ° hQS alroost witnessed the ultimate In photo!
Strike Letter Is Ready to
Be Read to Players Tuesday
Chicago Jan 15. A letter setting
forth tho views of David L. Fultz,
president of the Baseball Players'
Fraternity, in regard to callings gen
eral strike is to be read at the meeting
of ball players, to lie held here to
morrow night, A 1 Demaree, a mem
ber of tha Phillies, said yesterday.
Daylight Saving Plan Is
Boost to Outdoor Sport
'New York. Jan. 15. Athletics
would be greatly stimulated through
out the country if the "daylight sav
ing" plan were adopted, according to
a statement here to-night by Fred W.
Itubien, secretary-treasurer of the
Amateur Athletic Union.
VERNON I. A ADS STO V ALL
Dos Angeles, Cal.. Jan. 15.—"Fire
brand" George Stovall, who played with
the Toledo team of the American As
sociation last season, has been named
acting manager of the Vernon club of
the Pacific Coast League, it was an
nounced here.
Stovall will be appointed manager
permanently when he obtains his release
from Toledo. It was explained Stovall's
contract enables him to get his reloase
from Toledo by paying SSOO cash or a
player. He has offered a player to the
Toledo club, it was stated.
LAST DICK DAY IN PENNSYLVANIA
To-day is the last for wild fowl shoot
ing under the federal law in Pennsyl
vania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New ,
Jersey, Washington and Oregon. One
Southern State, Tennessee, under a
State law, also closes its season to-flay.
In the other Southern and Southwestern
States shooting is permitted for ducks
and geese until tho end of January.
Gay Bits of Faust's
Letters to Woman Are
Read in Dauphin Court
Because tho aggregate minimum
sentence that could be imposed on
Lewis H. Faust. Harrisburg's amateur
"Raffles," would stow him safely be
hind the walls of the Eastern Peni
tentiary for the remainder of his life,
the Dauphin county court Saturday
hesitated to Impose sentence and post
poned the imposition of the penalty
until January 22.
Faust pleaded guilty to twenty-eight
charges of burglary in all and the pen
alty on each charge is from two to ten
years in the Eastern Penitentiary.
In holding over the case until Jan
uary 22 President Judge Kunkel de
clared that the case was a serious one.
but the circumstances were so odd
that the imposition of sentence re
quired careful consideration on the
part of the court.
The feature of Faust's plea of guilty i
Saturday was his letters to May Hler
nessy, the woman who was arraigned .
with him on charges of receiving
stolen goods.
Bits of these letters were read and
in them Faust carefully, gleefully, sar
castically, mentioned his success in
other towns and referred humorously
at times to the way he managed to
get away with things.
PAPER RETURNS TO OLD SIZE
Newport. Pa., Jan. 15. —Announce-
ment has been issued by Francis A.
Fry. editor of the semiweekly New
port News, that the paper will return
to its former size of a seven-column
folio. Because of the increase in the
cost of white paper, the size was re
duced to a six-column folio several
weeks ago. A satisfactory paper con
tract has been made and the paper has
returned to its former size.
OLD CHECK CASHED
Sunbury, Pa., Jan. 15.—'William H. J
Deppen, deputy treasurer of North- !
umberland county, received a canceled
check that had been issued a year ago
and Just cashed by the holder. The
amount was $5.
AGED WOMAN INJURED
Sunbury, Pa., Jan. 15.—Seized with
an attack of vertigo, Mrs. Catherine
Zimmerman, aged 69, fell down stairs
at Shamokin and suffered scalp
wounds and concussion of the brain.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Sunbury, Pa., Jan. 15.—Miss Pauline
M. Fasold and Homer M. Deeter an
nounced their engagement at a dinner
glven here yesterday.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LEAGUE OFFICIALS
SELECT SCORER
More Improvements to Armory
Playing Floor; Meeting
Friday Night
Murray Washburn has been elected
j head official scorer and timekeeper for
all championship games held under
the auspices of the City Amateur Bas
[ ketball League during the season of
1 1917. Washburn is an enthusiastic
follower of basketball and at a recent
meeting of the board of governors was
. selected as an official who would bo ac
ceptable to all the teams in the league.
! The armory playing floor has been
materially improved by the erection
I of new baskets and backboards and
the league has under consideration
I the placing of mats at either end of
the floor for the protection of the
1 players in scrimmage.
Interest On For Week
! Much interest Is being taken in the
league games and good crowds are at
! tending on Tuesday and Thursday eve
! nings.
j It was decided at the meeting that
; the team which manages the games
i on the respective evenings will be the
I one to play tirst. This rule will go
i into effect for the games to-morrow
i evening in order to avoid any discus
sion among the teams.
On Friday evening at 7:15 the rep
' resentatives of each team will bo re
] quested to meet at the armory with
1 the board of governors to decide sev
eral questions that have come up since
the last meeting.
Bits From Sportland
"Kid" Alberts of Frederick, Md.,
will meet a strong boy in his class at I
the boxing show January 24.
Steeltan All-Sscholastlcs will meet a
Dickinson College team at Steelton
to-morrow night.
Boxing is to be revived at York on
January 28. Businessmen are backing
the scheme. Joe Barrett will be match
maker and manager and all shows
will be held in the Orpheum theater.
Lebanon High School downed Read
ing Saturdcy, score 3 4 to 32.
Carlisle High School five on Satur
day defeated Hummelstown High five,
score, 49 to 8.
JOHNSTOWN MAY ENTER
BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE
Johnstown, Pa., Jan. 15. —Johnstown
may be represented this season in the
Blue Ridge baseball league. W. G.
Love, a promoter, will represent this
city and Altoona at the next meeting
of the circuit in Hagerstown, Md., Jan
uary 16 to request berths. Johnstown
has not been represented in professional
circles since the old Tri-State League.
Diamond followers here are inclined to
favor a professional club. nrovldil. of
course, that the Blue Ridge League will
offer fast baseball. It is not known
who will back the local club in the
event of a place being secured in the
Blue Ridge circuit.
JUNIATA WINS AT HANDBALL
The local handball team of the
Pennsylvania Railroad motive power
athletic association, Saturday night
lost to the Juniata shop team of Al
toona, score 30 to 17. Stulle's pitch
ing, batting by Wrlghtstone, and the
fielding of Fisher and Niedhaner fea
tured the playing of the locals. Etter,
Holmsberg, Calhoun and Finley feat
ured the visitors.
YORK QUOIT TEAM COMING
Plans were completed to-day for a
quoit match between Camp No. 8, P.
O. S. of A., team and a team from
Camp No. 309, of York. It will be
played in Harrlsburg on the night of
January 31, in the hall of the local
camp at Third and Cumberland
streets.
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FOR LOCAL FIVE
[Defeat St. Elizabeth Five of
| Philadelphia; Local Tossers
Out of Game
The Harrisburg Independents experi
enced little difficulty Saturday night in
defeating the St. Elizabeth five of Phil
adelphia, on the Chestnut street audi
torium floor, score 42 to 32. The visi
tors were almost an hour late in arriv
ing, owing to train trouble. The lo
cals completely outclassed the visitors
in the two periods.
l.ocal Stars Out
The Independents played without the
services of two of their regulars. Cap
tain McCord and Geisel. The former
was absent on account of a boll on his
leg. Geisel was called to referee
the games while Early Is out of the
city.
The visitors were first to score but
were unable to maintain a lead. N. Ford
and Rote worked like a scoring ma
chine, getting 36 of the 42 points credit
ed to the Independents. Fisher and
Cashman played good ball for the visi
tors. The line-up and summary:
ST. ELIZABETH
FI.G. F. S.T. Pts.
Fisher, f5 4 14 14
Keating, f. 5 0 11 0
Moorehead, c. ... 0 4 0
Carney, g 1 0 5 2
Cashman, g 5 6 U 16
Totals 11 10 33 32
HARRISBURG
FI.G. F. S.T. Pts. I
Rote, f 8 0 22 16
N. Ford, f 2 16 8 20
Gerdes, c 1 0 3 2
Reagan, g 1 0 3 2
Colestock, g 1 0 4 2
Totals 13 16 40 42
Referee—Geisel.
MAY START LABOR NEWSPAPER
New York. Jan. 15. The advis
ability of organizing a group bf news
papers which would be under the con
trol of the country's labor interests
and which would reilect labor's atti
tude, was discussed here to-day by
about 125 delegates representing fifty
organizations in Connecticut, Pennsyl
vania, New Jersey and New York. The
meeting was the first convention of the
Labor Publicity Organization.
RECEIVERSHIP FOR PAPER
Johnstown, Pa., Jan. 15. —Financial
difficulties, due. it is said in a state
ment by officers of the company, to
the increased cost of news print paper
and other Items of production, have
forced the Johnstown Leader, an after
noon daily, into a receivership. The
Leader was established five years ago.
DISCUSS PREPAREDNESS
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 15.—Dele
gates from more than a score of patri
otic and preparedness organizations in
the United States gathered here to-day
for a conference to consider princi
pally the co-ordination of the coun
try's plans to advance the cause of
preparedness. The conference is being
held In Memorial Continental Hall at
the Invitation of Mrs. William Gum
ming Story, president-general of the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution.
I-ONCJ TO REPORT SOON
D. Edward Long, Chambersburg, re
cently appointed State Superintendent
of Printing and Binding, is expected
to take up his new work in a few
days. He succeeds Nevin Pomeroy, of
Chambersburg, whose resignation was
requested by Governor Brumbaugh.
JANUARY 15, 1917.
Kent and Kinc, Rosewood A. C.
tossers. are winning laurels in every
game. Their playing at Carlisle Sat
urday brought much favorable com
ment. Kline had five Held goals and
Kent six. They lire in the game from
start to finish.
Harvard Is making a strong bid for
the services of Charley Dooin. The
latter last week turned down an offer.!
Later when DOOIII learned of certain
privileges and additional inducements
he changed his mind and is once more
being considered. Other baseball stars
are after the job.
Activity now in evidence in the New
York State League may all be for
naught. If there Is a baseball strike.
The majors will start no matter what
happens. In order to do so, it is the
general belief, a raid will be made on
minor leagues. Of course, it would
mean a sale in each case except where
a recall of players farmed out is made.
During last season Zach Wheat, of
Admiral Reed, Retired
and Classmate of Dewey,
Dies of Heart Trouble
Washington, Jan. 15. Rear Ad
miral Allen V. Reed, U. S. N., re
tired, a classmate of Admiral Dewey
at the Naval Academy, died suddenly
of heart trouble at his home here
last night, aged 79 years. Rear Ad
miral Reed retired in 1896, after more
than forty years' service, during
which he performed blockading duty
in the Gulf of Mexico during the first
three years of the civil war and later
commanded the Pawtuxent in the
blockading squadron in the attacks 011
Fort Fisher. He was once command
ant of the Pensacola and Portsmouth,
N. H., navy yards and commanded the
Alliance which was engaged in mak
ing surveys for the Nicaragua canal.
In 1873 Admiral Reed commanded
the Kansas and convoyed the Ameri
can steamer Virglnus out of Colon
harbor under the guns of the Spanish
warship Bazan, whose commander
had announced his intention of op
posing her departure and her con
tinuance of carrying men and arms to
Cuba. Admiral Reed was a native
of Oakhtll, N. Y.
RESPITE IS ASKEI) FOR
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOYS
Application for a respite for Henry
Ward Mottern and Ernest Haines,
Jefferson county youths sentenced to
be executed the/ week of January 22,
was made to-day by James B. Mur
ray, of Harrisburg, attorney, in order
that the cases may be appealed to the
State Supreme Court. The State par
don board last week declined to re
hear the application for commutation
of the death sentence. Governor
Brumbaugh was not at. his office and
the application will be laid before him
on his return.
SPANNELL TRIAL OPENS
San Angelo, Texas, Jan. 15.—Trial
of Harry J. Spannell, charged with the
murder of Lieut. Col. C. M. Butler
and Mrs. Crystal Hope Holland Span
nell, tho defendant's wife, at Alpine,
Texas, July 20 last, began here to
day. The case was brought here on
change of venue from Alpine, where
Spannell conducted a hotel.
Spannell. after shooting his wife
and Colonel Butler in an automobile
in which the three were riding, at
Spannell's invitation, surrendered to
the authorities but refused to make a
statement. Colonel Butler was exoner
ated from blame by a board of in
quiry appointed by the army.
the Brooklyn team, was a real hittej
and wound up champion. In 29 game*
he had 4 5 hits. Burns was the leading
run scorer. In 9 games he had 14
hits, 6 stolen bases and 13 runs. He
scored runs in every game from Juno
21 to 29, Inclusive.
Manager Jack Dunn, of the Balti
more International league team,'has
the distinction of being one of the
greatest developers of pitching stars In
the minors. During the past three
years Dunn lias given to the Ameri
can League Ruth, Shore, Russell and
Danfortli. Two of these twlrlers, Ruth
and Shore, have been in world's series.
Frank P. Slavin, the famous Aus
tralian heavyweight, of two or three
decades ago, is still fighting. At the
age of 55 he enlisted with a Canadian
regiment and is now in France. In
his prime he was a great ring fighter,
meeting such men as Charlie Mitchell,
Jim Hall, Jake Kilrain. Frank Craig,
Joe McAulifle and Buffalo Costello.
Noted Boer Leader Dies
in New Mexican Colony
I.a Mesa, N. M., Jan. 15. —General Ben
jamin J. Vlljoen, who took a prominent
part in the Boer war, died at his home
near here of pneumonia. He. was a com
mander in the field and a member of
the Boer parliament at one time.
After the Boer war General Viljoen
came to the United States and cstab
lished a colony of his country men neap
here. He acted as military adviser to
Francisc I. Madcro during the Madero
Revolution. His son is with General
Pershing's column in Mexico.
GIVES AWAY 5.t0.000 ESTATE
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 15.—Miss Florw
ence King, of New York, ntece of the
late Colonel Robert Finney and his sole
heir, has turned over the entire estate,
amounting to $50,000, to sisters of Col
onel Finney by a deed of trust here.
JACOB EEIRICII
The funeral of Jacob Feiricli was
held on Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock from his home, 925 Susque
hanna street. The Rev. M. P. Hocker,
of Middletown, officiating. Mr. Fetr
ich was a member of the Universal
Beneficial Order, the Fraternal Order
of Eagles, Order of Red Men, and the
Knights of Pythias. Members of the
orders acted as pallbearers. Burial
was made in the Baldwin Cemetery.
\V. EDGAR BENNETT DIES
W. Edgar Bennett, a former attache
of the Auditor General's Department,
died last Wednesday at Lake City,
Florida. He came here about twenty
years ago from Honesdale, Wayne
county, where he had conducted a re
tail merchandise business. He was en
gaged in the census bureau in Wash
ington for a short time and later wa*
appointed to a position in the Auditor
General's Department where he serv
ed under five gubernatorial adminis
trations. Failing health about a yea*
ago caused him to resign and go to
Florida to recuperate his strength. Mr.
Bennett was a member of the local
chapter of the B. P. O. E. and was
known by a host of friends in this
vicinity.
TO PAY FOR WHEAT
Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan,
13, via London, Jan 15. —Premier
Hughes announced to-day that the
government on Monday would advance
to farmers thirty pence a bushel on
account of the amount due for Aus
tralian wheat recently purchased by
the British government. This will in
volve a payment of 15,000,000 pounda
sterling.
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