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GLISH METHOD j
OF R. R. CONTROL
HEARDBYSENATE
Senator Hollis Delivers Initial
Speech on Government
Railroad Management
Washington, Jan. 4. The Eng-
I'sh method of meeting thfe trans
portation crisis by taking over con
trol of railroads immediately after
that country entered the war in 1914
was explained in a speech made in
the Senate to-dn.v by Senator Hollis.
of New Hampshire. This was the
first speech to be delivered in the
Senate on the railroad situation and
in view of President Wilson's ad
dress to Congress urging enactment
of railroad legislation which will ef
fect complete government control,
members followed Senator Hollis
with interest.
Under the English method. Sena
tor Hollis said, the government
guaranteed stockholders the same
earnings as paid during the year pre
ceding the war, while under a plan
of conciliation and arbitration, wages
were increased through war bonuses
with due regard to the Increased cost
of living. Strikes, he said, have
proved unnecessary and as a result,
the employes have maintained the
good will of both the public and the
government.
"The unions of railway men.
through their executive committees,"
declared Senator Hollis, "have acted
throughout the war in a patriotic
and reasonable manner, basing then
claims to advances in wages or
bonuses on the increased cost of liv
ing and not on their power, to pre
vent the operation of railroads. They
have realized that a strike would be
a strike against the nation, not aginst
the companies. They have in this,
way obtained a very substantial ad- 1
vance in wages, at the same time re
taining the good will of the public
generally. There have been no rail
way strikes in Kngland since the war
began. The conduct of the railway.*
and the conduct of the men has beer J
in the public interest, with every in- j
dication of conciliation and made!
feeling on both sides. This desirable j
condition can be attributed to but 1
one cause—that is. the feeling of the
men that their sacrifices are made ]
,for the public welfare and not to
'swell the profits of their employers. 1
That this is a sound deduction Is
plain when we consider the hun-j
dreds of strikes in private plants
where profits are not controlled.'
Senator Hollis said that under the,
Knglish plan, freight cars were
pooled, and delay in loading and!
unloading of cars heavily penalized.
Passenger trains also were cancelled,
reservations of seats abolished.ex
cursion tickets discarded, traffic di
verted and passenger rates increased
fifty per cent., not for the purpose or
increasing revenues but to discourage -
travel. i
Clinchfield Company
Made a Million Profit
in Building U. S. Ships
By Asso. tutrd Press
Washington, Jan. 4. Profits
""-vs l . mounting to more than a million
• •oilfUD were niHde by the Clinchfield
Navigation Company in a deal involv
government shipbuilding con- I
■ . is, according to testimonv to-day
i tore the Senate Comerce Commit- I
u< investigating the shipbuilding
program.
'"formation was disclosed by
• ' "'"'is, chief constructor
n<;. Fleet Corporation, 1
"■?■> u „' t by a district officer
,' 1 I '' Sin, ,'iig Board at to-day's I
heaving. , * |
1 ! plincliflt'ld Company, it was de
■d. sold to the government four
ships under construction for the'
• nnpany in the yards of the Sloane
.shipyard Corporation of Seattle, mak
a profit of 1420,000 and later ob- 1
tamed for the Sloane orporation con
tracts for twelve more ships on which
it made a five per cnt. profit.
CITY PREPARES
FOR ICELESS DAYS
[Continued from llrat l*agc.
. the amount is 600 tons dallv of!
which amount at least 175 tons are!
artificially made. I'nless there is a
supply of ammonia received before ,
-April first, the ammonia plant will
not operate at anything like its nor-1
mal capacity.
Officials of the United ice and
Coal Company are already taking
measures to prepare for the artificial
ice shortage. Two hundred men, in
cluding the men who had been em- '
ployed in the plant at Lebanon, are
at work on the various ponds of the
company, laying in a harvest of the
natural product. It was said this!
morning that the heavy snows of the l
month have hampered the men in!
their efforts to harvest the ice. The!
company ice houses at Colebrook, in
Lebanon county, capacity 12,000,
tons, Delia Vale Forge, Ellendale ca
pacity 16.000 tons, and at the Laurc '
Dam. In Cumberland Valley, capacity ;
7.000 tons, are being filled by the
workmen. Houses are being filled at'
Rosmoyne for the Reading railroad, j
at Granthon, for the creamery com
pany there, at Mechanicsburg for D.
,T. Reitzle, and at Carlisle for Mc
cormick and Gilbert. The last named
house has a capacity of 3.000 tons.
Store 75.000 Tons
Mr. Dewalt estimated that within
a radius of thirty miles of Harris
burg, his company will store 75.000 .
tons of ice during the winter. Half !
of this will be required for the city
supply, in order to supply the artifi
cial Ice deficiency. Besides the city,
the United Ice and Coal Company
supplies the Philadelphia and Read
ing, and Pennsylvania railroads, the
towns of Enola. Mechanicsburg, Car- '
lisle. Camp Hill, New Cumberland. 1
Middletown. Steelton, Lebanon and i
Palmyra. ,
The ice supply comes under the ,
Jurisdiction of the federal food ad- ,
ministration, and Mr. Dewalt ex
pressed it as his opinion that the
prices of ice will in all probabilitv
l> fixed by the food administration. 1
Mayor Signs Transit
Lease For Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Jan. 4.—Opening of
a new ra in the development of
Philadelphia—with promises and
prospects of the achievement of the
greater city so long visional—was
marked yesterday In City Hall when
Select Council without debate and
Mayor Smith with a few scratches
ot a pen approved the legislation
needed to give Phlladelphlans their
long-awaited unified system of high
speed transit lines.
So far as the city is concerned, the
ttnal touches have been given to the
lease for the operation of the sub
way. elevated and surface lines that
hre to radiate through the city and
aid In its upbuilding. Nothing now
remains but the official acquiescence
of the Rapid Transit Company, and
this. It was said last night by Its of
ficials, will be forthcoming in quick
order.
FRIDAY EVENING, .
LOSSES AND
1 GAINS BALANCE
\K\\ YOKk STOCKS |
Chandler Brothers and Company,
members of New York and Philadel- j
phla Stock Exchanges 3 North Mar
ket street, Harrisburg; 1336 Chestnut)
street, Philadelphia; .",4 Pine street, |
New York furnish the following l ,
Quotations: Open. Close.
Allis Chalmers 20 19%
American Beet Sugar .. 75 75
American Can 39% 39%
American Car and Fdy*. . 71% 71%
American Locomotive .. 56% 56%
American Smelting 79% 78% )
American Sugar 100 100
Anaconda 62% 62
Atchison .* 86 % 86
Baldwin Liocomotive ... 60 59%|
Baltimore and Ohio 52% 54 1
Bethlehem Steel (B) ... 81 79 '
Butte Copper 20% 19%!
California Petroleum .. 14 13%
Canadian Pacific HO 1365*
Central Leather 66% 66 j
Chesapeake and Ohio .. 51% 53% <
Chi., Mil. and St. Paul.. 45% 47 I
Chi., Bi. I. and Pacific... 21*4 21% !
Chino Con. Coppr 42% 42%
Colorado Fuel and Iron. 37% 37 ]
Corn Products 33 32% ,
Crucible Steel 56% 56% ]
Distilling Securities .... 36% 34 5 , !
Erie 16% 16% 1
General Motors 113% 114%;
Goodrich. B. F 40 39'j
Great Northern pfd 90 90% 1
Northern Ore subs 27% 26% ,
Inspiration Copper 47% 17 1
International Paper .... 28% 27% i
Kennecott Copper 32% 32 |
Kansas City Southern .. 17% 17% J
Lackawanna Steel 79 78% |
Lehigh Valley 58 58
Maxwell Motors 27% 27%;
Merc. Marine Ctfs 22 25% !
Merc. Marine Ctfs. pfd.. 85% 85% j
Mexican ePtroleum .... 82% 81% j
Miami Copper 30% 30% I
j Midvale Steel 47 47<4 ,
'New York Central 72* 72%
N. Y.. N. H. and H 32 32%
N. Y„ O. and W 20% 20%
Norfolk and Western .. 104 104%!
Northern Pacific 87 86% .
j Pennsylvania R. R 46% 46 |
| Pittsburgh Coal 46% 46% I
I Railway Steel Spring .. 46% 47% j
I Ray Con. Copper 23% 23% |
j Reading Railway 74% 75%
Republic Iron and Steel. 80 79'4
Southern Pacific ....... 83% 84% I
Southern Railway 23% 23l 4
' Studebaker 51 50%
] L'nion Pacific 115% 115%
l U. S. I. Alcohol 120 118 .1
' I'. S. Rubber 53 53 1
lU. S. Steel 53 53 j
■ V. S. Steel 95% 94'j
j li. S. Steel pfd 109 % 10.i- 4
J Utah Copper Bl'% 81 % j
Virginia-Carolina Client. 36% 35%
' Westinghduse Mfg 41% 41%)
Willys-Overland 20% 20%;
PHII. ADKM'HIA STOCKS
By Associated Press
Philadelphia. Jan. 4.—Stocks closed j
I lower.
: General Asphalt II
.General Asphalt. Pfd 92
Lake Superior Corporation .... 12% I
Lehigh Valley 57%
Pennsylvania Railroad 16%
Philadelphia Electric 53% 1
Philadelphia Company 27
Philadelphia Co.. Pfd. Bid 25
1 Philadelphia Rapid Transit .... 29'™
Reading 73
1 storage Battery 50
l'nion Traction 42
j Cnited Gas Improvement 72'1 '
l.'nlted States steel 911_ j
I York Railways $ ' '
York Railways, Pfd 1! 32 I
RAILROAD
RAILROADS BIG HELP IN
SENDING MEN TO FRONT;
GENERAL ATTERB
"Recent reports from American
railroads indicate that approximately
TO,OOO men have left railway service
to join the colors," says the Rai.way-
Age in its current issue. Inquiries
addressed to all lines, 100 miles in
I length or over, brought replies from
,119 railroads with a combined op-
I erated mileage of 201,081, or about
| 7 7 per cent, of the mileage of the
; country. roads reported that
"4.381 officers and employers had
1 joined the armed forces of the Unit
ed States since the declaration of
war, of whom 1,417 received com
missions.
"It is not unreasonable to assume," j
saye the Railway Age. "that the re-;
maining railroads of the country
I have supplied the Army and *\'avy
v. ith a proportionate number of men.;
-At the rate at which employes of the 1
119 lines volunteered or were draft
ed the number for the remaining
, carriers should approximate 16,000,
making tjie total, number of railway
men in Army or Navy service over
70,000. or nearly 5 per cent, of all
the railroad employes in the United
States.
Heavy Contributors
"Some individual roads were ex
[ ceptionally heavy contributors to the
nation's military- and naval forces.
The Pennsylvania system alone has
9,019 in the Army and Navy, or about
one man to every mile of line op
| erated. The New York Central sys
| tem has the next best record with
| 7,14 3 men under arms. Other roads
which gave large numbers of em
ployes to the colors are the Santa Ke
Reading Tonnage Is Cut
in Half by Cold Weather
Reading, Jan. 4. The Reading!
Coal and Iron Company shipped but
BSI cars of coal yesterday, which is !
about half the normal output. It is j
said that the breakers are filled with
coal, but that it is simply impossible
to handle it, due to the extreme low i
temperature.
Because of the severe cold weather j
the Reading Railway Company moved j
only about 55 per cent, of the busi
ness compared with normal conditions i
in face of the fart that many trains
have been annulled and the road is
devoting itself more largely to coal
and freight shipments under Govern
ment direction.
Never before has it been necessary
to cut down the tonnage of freight
and coal trains for so long a period.
Notwithstanding the modern locomo
tives that are now employed, there
have been instances when they have
been frozen up solidly and it was nec
essary to draw fires.
Railroad Notes
Harrlsburg employes working for
♦he Pennsy at Coatesville and other
points were unable to get to work to
day because of the tieup of trains.
Breakdowns on the electrical branch
of the Philadelphia division, between
I'aoll and Philadelphia, derailment of
two engines in the Phlladelpuhla
yards, and freight tleups on the di
vision, were factors in the annulment
of passenuger schedules to-day.
The new schedules for the Pennsy
| PHILADELPHIA PRODUt'E
Bx Associated Press
Philadelphia. Jan. 4. Wheat
Steady; No. 1. red. $2.27; No. 1. soft,
i red. $2.25; No. 2. red, $2.24; No. 2, soft,
j red, $2.22; No. 3. ted. $2.21; No. 3, soft
I red. $2.19; No. 4. red. $2.17; No. 4. soft,
red, $2.15.
Corn —. Market nominal: No. 2.
•yellow. $2.350*2.40: No. 3. No. 4. and
No. 5, yellow, nominal.
Oats Market unchanged; No. 2.
white. 92®93c; No. 3. white. 90% <8
Bran • Quiet, but steady; soft
winter, per ton. $46.50®4T.00; spring,
per ton. $44.50® 45.00.
Refined Sugars Market firm;
'powdered. 8.45 c; fine granulated.
I S.ls® 8.35 c.
I Butter —c The market is unchanged;
I western, creamery, extras, 52c; near
by prints, fancy, 56c.
Eggs Unchanged: Pennsylvania,
and other nearby firsts, free cases,
| $18.30® 18.60 per case; do., current re-
I ceipts, free cases. SIB.OO per case;
western, extras, firsts, free cases,
j $18.30® 18.60 per case; do., firsts, free
cases. SIB.OO per case.
■ Cheese Quiet, but steady: New
I York, full creams. 22®25c.
j Live Poultry Steady: fowls. 24®
| 27c; roosters. 19c; spring chickens,
! 25®27c; ducks. Peking. 22®28e; do..
I Indian Runner. 21®26c; geese, 25©
28c; turkeys, 27®28c.
Dressed Poultry The market
is steady; turkeys,* nearby,
choice, to fancy, 35® 38c do.,
; fair to good. 32®34c; do., old, 31®36c;
do., western, choice to fancy, 33®35c;
do., fair to good, 30® 33c; do,,
old toms, 31®32c; do., old. common.
24®26c; fowls, fancy. 29®29%c; good
to choice, 28®28%c; do., small sizes,
22®27c; old roosters. 23c; broiling
chickens, nearby. 30®37c; do., west
j cm, 30® 32c; roasting chickens, 22®
: 30c; ducks, nearby. 25®30c; do., west
' ern, 24® 29c; geese, nearby, 26®28c;
! do., western, 23®27c.
Tallow Steady; city prime in
tierces, 17c; special loose, 17% c; prime
| country. 16% c; dark. 15%®16c; edible
•in tierces, 18 %® 19 %c.
! Potatoes Hull and weak; New
j Jersey. No. 1, per basket. 75®90c (33
! lbs.); New Jersey. No. 2, per basket
. 40®60c; New Jersey, oer 10') lbs SI SO
I @2.20; Pennsylvania, per 100 1b5.,52.25
I #2.50; New York, per 100 lbs., $2.20®
2.40; western, per 100 lbs., $2.20®
I 2.40.
1 Fl"ur The market is firm
I with a fair demand; winter straight,
! sll- 1 ••• 10.25- Kansas, clear $ • >'
10.00; do.. patents, $10.70® 11.15;
j spring, firsts, clear, spot, $10.25@10.50;
1 spring fli.is. clear mill snipment
j $9.75® 10.00; spring bakers, patent,
spot, $11.40® 11.60; spring patent, mill
i shipment, $10.70® 11.05; spring family.
1 brands, $11.00®11.50.
Hay—Firm and active; tim
othy (according to location);
No. 1. large bales, S2B tOf 28.50: No.
,1. small bales, $28.00®28 50: No. 2.
$2fi.00®>27.00; No. 3, $23.00® 24.50,
; samples. $19.00® 21.00; no grade.
$15.00® 17.00.
Clover mixed hay. Light mixed
$26.00® 27.00; No. 1. do.. 525.00 ® 26.00.
i.No. 2, do.. $22.00®25.00.
CHICAGO CATTLE
By Associated Press
Chicago. Jan. 4. Cattle Re
ceipts. 5,000; steady. Native beef
steers. $7.50® 13.50; stoclters and feed
, ers. $6.60® 10.40; cows and heifers,
$5.30® 11.40: calves, $5.50®16.00.
Sheep Receipts. 7,000; steady.
Wethers. $9.35® 13.20; lamlfs. $13.25®
17,10.
Hogs Receipts. 2S.OOO; strong.
Hulk of sales. $ 16.305 i I 6.60; light,
$15.60® 16.50; mixed. $16.00® 16.70:
'heavy, $16.00(5 16.70: rough, $16.00®
16.20; pigs, $12.00® 15.00.
CHICAGO llO\ltl> OK I'll AUK
Chicago. Jan. 4.—Board of Trade
closing:
I Corn—January, 1.27%: May. 1.25%.
] Oats—January. 79%; May, 77%
I Jork—January, 45.30; May, tl.'so
, L-u-d January, 23.65; Mav. 24 07
1 Ribs—January, 23.37; Mav 23 97
l.nes. approxim"tely 3,000 men; the
iscuthern Pacific system, 2.185 men:
the Union Paci.ic system, 2.000; the
Illinois Central system, 1,916; the
lialtimore and Ohio, 1.760; the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, 1,645;
the Northern Pacific, 1,638; and the
Chicago and North Western, 1,373.
The patriotic sacrifices of American
lines compare favorably with those
of neighboring roads in Canada
which have been sending large num
bers of men to the trenches ever
since 1914. The Canadian Pacific,
alone, has supplied over 12,000 men
to the Canadian overseas forces
"The highest commission held by
! any railroad man is that of W. W.
Atterbury. vice-president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, now director
general of American operated rail
ways in Prance, with the title of
brigadier general. A large number
of railroad officers have been com
missioned colonels and majors. The
Pennsylvania system has five colon
els. one lieutenant-colonel and seven
majors in Army service The South
ern Pacific lines have one colonel
and four majors in the Army; the
Baltimore and Ohio, five majors; the
St Paul, three majors; the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy, a lieutenant
colonel and a major; the Northern
Pacific, a lieutenant-colonel and two
majors; the Louisville and Nashville
lint! the Chicago and North Western,
i-no colonel each; the Erie, the Chi
cago. Rock Island and Pacific, the
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha, the Delaware and Hudson,
the Southern, two majors each."
| will be out next week. It is under
, stood there will be no further curtall
j ments in passenger service.
| Altoona local, leaving Harrisburg
at 10:15 daily, known as No. 663, will
j lie taken off. Train No. 15 will make
| the stops.
| With the new schedule on the
I Pennsy will come a number of time
changes for trains left on the sched
[ ules.
With the elimination of a number of
trains on both the Pennsy and Read
ing, there will be a surplus of passen
| ger coaches. This equipment. It is
i said, will be distributed to other lines
!ind roads needing up-to-date passen
ger cars.
Raymond Shesberger and B. \y
Sterner, both Pennsylvania Railroad
brakemen. are ofT duty on account of
sickness.
Shortage of labor and scarcity of
men because of sickness Is giving
Reading officials considerable worri
ment.
Due to the fact that many Pullman
I cars will be put Out of service, the
I force of women employed as' car
cleaners In this city will be cut down.
It is said that 1,275 carloads of
bituminous coal are tied UD near
Huntingdon.
Until further notice, train No 4[t
leaving Reading at 6:60 a. m. for Har
risburg, and which was to have been
taken off, will be run as usual In order
to accommodate the large number of
people living west of Lebanon, who
are employed In the different indus
tries in Harrlsburg. The crew will
take back freight.
HABJUSBUHG TELEGRAPH
STEAM HEATING
PLANT IS NOW IN
NEED OF REPAIRS
Stokers Break Down Under
Heavy Demands, and Can't
Be Bepaired Now
The very busiest man in Harris
burp to-day is C. M. Kaltwasser,
manager of the Harrisburg Light and
Power Company, who is the target
for myriad telephonists, customers
who want to know when the steam
pressure will again be normal. Re
placing the telephone receiver after
nearly tw# hours' consecutive talking
Mr. Kaltwasser, in a hoarse, though
emphatic voice, gave the following
details of precisely what has hap
pened and is likely to happen:
"On January 11, 1917, we ordered
four stokers which were to increase
our boiler capacity 2,000 horsepower
which would have been far more
than sufficient to supply all our cus
tomers. These stokers were to be
delivered in ninety days, but they
did not arrive until August. On top
of this the manufacturer could not
get us the men to install the atok
ers, and the iirst thing we knew cold
weather arrived in October. At that
lime we had been able to run only
one stoker and it was used overtime
until damaged. With the small force
of men furnished us the second stok
er was then put in and it, too, lias
been overworked. Last Saturday the
third stoker had to be discontinued
and I don't deny that we are in bad
shape. But the situation is not des
perate. Three or four days of tem
perature at 20 degrees above will
enable us to revamp all four stokers
ar.il give a full percentage. Not
waiting for that we will on next
Tuesday or Wednesday add 400
horsepower from the Blough Broth
ers factory. This 400 horsepower
means a great deal more for we will
tap at the very end of Third street
and all losses in carrying will be eli
minated. The uptown district will be
well heated next week and the whole
city will be furnished the normal
supply as soon as a couple of warm
days enable us to repair the stokers."
Liberty Bonds Used to
Pay Big Dividend
Liberty Honds and cash were paid
to stockholders in the iilough Manu
lacturing Company yesterday, when
the annual dividend of 12 per cent,
was declared. This dividend has been
the average for some years.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: President and treasurer, B.
S. Blough: secretary, J. W. Dechant;
directors. B. N'. Herman, IV H. Wise
and E. I. X. Book.
Ulll.D SHI I) FOR THE
PROTECTION OK SKATERS
Because of the record crowds en
joying the skating on the dam at
Paxtang, Just north of Derry street,
the City Park Department is con
structing a shed there' Similar to the
one at Wildwood, but smaller in size.
A small stove will be purchased and
placed in the shed, furnishing a
warm, sheltered place for skaters
while not on the ice. With the un
usual cold wave the lake at Wildwood
and the Paxtang dam are used dailv
by many hundreds from the city anil
vicinity.
SCORES COMPLAIN AG * INST
REDUCTION COMPANY I.AXNESS
Scores of complaints are being re
ceived at the City Health Department
offices because of failure of the
sylvania Reduction Company to make
regular ash collections. While the e
is less than a month until the pres
ent contract expires, city officials de
clared the company must ke< > a suf
licient force working. The Health
Department has imposed a tine of
$250 for fifty offenses, although of
ficials claim this Is only a small
amount in comparison with the num
ber of places which have not been
reached by the ash-collection force.
BRIDE OF YEAR DIES
Millersburg, Pa., Jan. 4.—Annie E.
Snyder, wife of Norman E. Snyder,
died at her home two miles north of
Millersburg, yesterday after a short
illness of pneumonia, aged 19 years,
being a bride of less than a year.
She is survived by her husband" and
parents, Mr. and Airs. E. C. Boyer.
Funeral services will be held at her
late home on Sunday morning at 10
o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Baer and the
Rev. Mr. Miller, officiating. Burial in
the Refored Church Cemetery, at
Killinger.
BI HXED BY Oil, STO\ K
Robert Marshall, aged 20, is in the
hospital with serious burns about the
hands, arms, legs and body, as the
result of an explosion of an oil stove
this morning. Marshall, who resides
with his wife and child at 1527 Ful
ton street, was lighting an oil stove,
when it exploded, inflicting the se.
vere burns over his body.
WOMAN'S I.EG BROKEN
Millersburg, Pa.. Jan. 4.—Mrs.
Helen Pike living in Race street, fell
on an icy pavement yesterday and
fractured the bones in one of her
legs. Dr. Hottenstein reduced the
fracture.
HAM)HAG STOLEN
Mrs. Samuel Pease, who resides at
Paxtang, reported to the police de
partment to-day that someone had
stolen her bandbag. It was taken
during her visit to a 6 and 10 cent
store. In the handbag was a pocket
book containing one $lO bill; one $5 I
bill: and four $1 bills.
ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF SON
Liverpool, Pa.. Jan. 4.—Mr. and!
Mrs. George Crow announce the |
birth of a son. Franklin Romig Crow,j
December 29. 1917.
Agricultural Exhibits Are
Shown in County Schools
,In the county school districts as
part of the production and conserva
tion of food pupils are giving agri
cultural exhibits in the schoolrooms
under the direction of the various
teachers. Above is shown an exhibit
at PTne Hall school. East Hanover
township. Corn, potatoes, pumpkins,
fruit and canned vegetables were in
cluded. R. E. Runkle is the teacher
at the school.
DOG LAW IS TO BE
GIVEN SUPPORT
Deputy Attorney General
Says Commissioners Must
Act or Be Forced To
Both criminal and civil prosecu
tions are to follow the failure of
county commissioners, police officers
and any other public officers who
fail to enforce the provisions of the
dog law of 1917. which becomes
operative on January 15. •
Secretary of Agriculture Chtirles
E. I'atton, in whose control the en
forcement of the act was placed by
the legislature, has asked for advice
from the Attorney General's office
concerning the method of compelling
county commissioners and others in
carrying out the provisions of the
dog law and an opinion rendered by
Deputy Attorney General H. K.
Daugherty, clearly outlines the re
sponsibility of both county commis
sioners and local police officers. The
opinion states:
"In the case of nonperformance
of the duties of public officers au
thorized to enforce the provisions
of this law, it is the duty of the Sec
retary of Agriculture to employ the
proper means for the enforcement of
this act."
Section 34 of the said act provides
in part, as follows:
"To this end the Secretary of
Agriculture may employ all proper
means for the enforcement of this
act. Any other state department,
bureau, or commission may, on re
quest of the Commissioner of Agri
culture, assist in the enforcement of
the provisions of this act."
County commissioners, therefore,
who refuse to perform their duties,
are guilty of a misdemeanor and
should oe proceeded against in ac
cordance with Section 35 of this act.
which provides as follows:
"Any person violating, or failing
of refusing to comply with any of
the provisions of this act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be sentenced to pay
a line not exceeding one hundred
dollars, or to undergo an imprison
ment not exceeding three months, at
the discretion of the court."
Upon notice of the violation, it
would be the duty of the Secretary
of Agriculture to direcl the district
attorney of the proper county to
prepare an indictment against the
accused officials and prosecute them
in - the criminal court of the county
in which they live. And, in addition,
if the above remedy Is not effective,
the county commissioners can be
proceeded against by a writ of man
damus on the initiative of the Sec
retary of Agriculture, as provided in
section 4 of the act of June 8, 1893,
P. L. 345, which provides as follows:
"When the writ is sought to pro
cure the enforcement of a public
duty, the proceeding slial be prose
cuted in the name of the Common
weath on the relation of the Attor
ney General: Provided, however.
That said proceeding in proper cases
shall be on the relation of the dis
trict attorney of the proper county:
Provided further. That when said
proceeding is sought to enforce a
duty affecting a particular public in
terest of the state, it shall be on the
relation of the officer entrusted with
the management of such interest. In
all other cases the party procuring
the alternative writ shall be plaintiff,
the party to whom said writ is di
rected shall be defendant, and the
action shall be docketed as in ordi
nary cases."
""he same provisions apply to the
duties of police officers who under
section 18 of lie act are compelled
to seize and detain any dog or dogs
which bear a proper license tag,
and which are found running at large
and unaccompanied by its owner or
keener. It is also the duty of every
pol.ee officer to kill any dog which
does not bear a proper license tag,
which is found running at large.
Dogs having licenses are to be kept
ten days while the owners must be
notified and claim such dog and pay
all reasonable expenses incurred by
reason of its detention.
Secretary Patton is making ar
rangements to have the ,law r rigidly
enforced throughout the state and
has been receiving hearty Support
by most of the boards of county com
missioners and police officials.
A LIVE PUBLISHER'S COMMENT
John L. Stewart, head of the com
pany which publishes the Washington
(Pa.) Observer and also the Reporter,
was in the city a few hours yesterday.
Mr. Stewart is one of the leaders of
western Pennsylvania journalism, and
a live-wire in the newspaper industry.
"You are giving the people one of the
best newspapers in Pennsylvania."
was his comment on the Telegraph.
He called on Governor Brumbaugh
while here.
ALDERMEN TO MEET
The annual meeting of the State
Magistrate's Association will be held
January 10, at Pottsville. Alderman
George A. Hoverter, of the Ninth
Ward, is president of the organiza
tion and a number of aldermen and
justices of the peace in the city and
county are members. Some of these
will probably attend the sessions.
Officers will be elected and adverse
legislation will be discussed.
FINED FOR SHORT WEIGHT
Alderman Land is at police court
yesterday afternoon fined W. W. Wit
man, a grocer. 5 and costs, on a
charge of giving short measure when
he sold a gallon of kerosene. The
prosecution was brought by City In
spector Harry D. Reel, who testified
that the gallon was thirteen fluid
ounces short.
Income Tax Primer
For the Individual Taxpayer
The Internal Revenue Bureau has just prepared a
list of more than
One Hundred Questions and
Answers on the Income Tax Law
In this official educational treatise the law is fully
covered and its technical phases clarified.
For the convenience of individuals subject to tax,
we have printed this information in pamphlet form.
A copy will be furnished upon request for tax
literature AG-2000.
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' Veteran Sportsman Will Be
1 Buried Tomorrow Afternoon
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JAMES B. DINGER
The funeral of James 1!. Dinger,
former brick contractor and veteran
sportsman, will take place Monday
afternoon. Services will be conducted
at 2 o'clock at the home, 1382 North
Front street, by the Rev. William J.
I-ockhart, pastor of First Baptist
Church. Burial will be made in i'ax
tang Cemetery. The survivors are a
widow, one son, Howard Dinger, and
the following brothers and sisters:
George B. Dinger, Kred W. Dinger,
John Dinger and Mrs. Charles K.
Hoover.
Finance Committee Agrees
Schools Should Not Be
Erected During War Time
Recommendation was made this af
ternoon by the finance committee of
the School Board that the further con
sideration of the high school building
program, with tile exception of the
new Junior high 'school and Camp
Curtin building remodeling, be post
poned indefinitely.
This will mean, if the recommenda
tion is approved, that no further ac
tion will be taken during the war on
the erection of a new high school lor
girls, enlanment of Tech high school
and remodeling of Central high school.
The committee also recommended
authorizing bids for the purchase of
SBOO,OOO of 4 'At per cent. 5-30 serial
bonds, the proceeds to be used to pay
for the new openair school, purchase
of property adjoining Tech high
school .and the completion of the two
Junior hltfh schols, together with
equipment.
Another suggestion of the finance
committee is that all men in the Unit
ed States service on account of the
war be exonerated from the payment
of personal or occupational tax.
The teachers' committee advised
the appointment of Alvin Boyd Kuhn.
of Chambersburg. to succeed Merrill
W. Yost, a teacher at Tech high
school, who has been called into the
National Army. J. William Smith is
recommended to teach radio and buz
zer work in the class to be establish
ed for men of draft age. He will be
paid $3 a night.
w wrs MI sic
A plea for more dignified and more
worshipful music was voiced by Har
old .1. Bartz, organist of the First
Presbyterian Church, of York, before
the first regular monthly meeting of
the Harrisburg Organists' Association
in Zion Lutheran Church, last night.
The Rev. Dr. S. Wintield Herman told
of his experiences as an amateur
church organist.
MAY OPEN SPEAKING COURSE
Arrangements are being made at
the local Y. M. C. A. to open a course
in public-speaking within the next
few weeks. At a meeting last night
an enthusiastic reception was given
to the idea, and another meeting will
be held next Thursday evening to de
termine whether or not the course
will be given.
"Globe" Employes Present
Chief With Emblem Fob
BEN STROUSE
When Ben Strouse arrived in his
office at The Globe this morning he
found upon his desk a neat package,
the contents of which proved to be
a handsome emblem watch fob, the
gift of his employes on the occa
sion of his birthday. During the day
Mr. Strouse was the recipient of
many congratulations.
JANUARY 4, 1918
PHILADELPHIA
SEES NO RELIEF IN
COAL SITUATION
Phousands Arc Without Fuel;
Supply of Cms Exhausted;
Kerosene Scarce
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Jan. 4. —No imnie
diate relief from tlie coal shortage in
this city was in sight early to-day
and thousands of householders faced
another bitter cold day without fuel.
Many of them, who have been roly
iiiK upon gas and oil stoves for a
measure of comfort, were even de
prived of this method of heating
their homes.
Demands for gas have been so
great during the past week that it
\ irtually has exhausted the reserve
supply of the United Gas Improve
ment Company and the pressure has
become so low that it is almost im
possible to use a gas stove. Kero
sene is also very scarce and in some
sections of the city was unobtain
able.
An unprecedented rush for accom
modations at hotels and apartment
houses is being made by I'hiladel
phians driven from their homes by
the cold. While all of the larger
apartments and hotels have man
aged so far to keep their furnaces
j oing, many of them declared to-day
that their coal reserves were very
low and that no fresh supplies were
in sight.
Twenty-six public schools remain
ed closed to-day and a large number
of industrial establishments were
forced to shut down because of tlie
shortage of fuel. Railroad otllcials
held out little hope for improvement
in transportation facilities until the
weather moderates, and ice in the
river makes it virtually impossible
to move coal by water. Anthracite
production is being greatly curtailed
by the continued cold spell.
Both the city and state fuel ad
ministrators said the situation was
beyond their control and that the
only thing they could do was to ap
peal to Washington for relief.
Philadelphia, Jan. 4.—lt is colder
to-day than at any time since Sun
day, the thermometer early to-day
touching the zero mark. Reports
from surrounding towns show tem-
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lulled Stntrn Fuod Administration—Llceme Number
Specials For Saturday,
January sth, 1918
SIR£OIN STEAK, LB 18c
PIN STEAK, LB 18c
CLUB STEAK, LB 18c
RUMP STEAK, LB 18c
PORTER HOUSE STEAK, LB. . .. 18c
FRESH GROUND MEAT, for loaf, LB 18c
LAMB SHOULDER, for Roasting, LB.. 18c
STANDING RIB ROAST, LB. . .. 18c
VEAL POT ROAST, lb 18c
LAMB STEW, LB 16c
BEEF POT ROAST, LB 16c
BOILING BEEF, LB 14c
ALL-DAY SPECIALS
SLICED LIVER, LB 10c
PONHAUS OR SCRAPPLE, LB. 10c
PORK RIBS, LB 12ic
STANDING RIB OR CROWN ROAST, lb. 20c
PRIME CHUCK ROAST, lb. ... 20c
BONELESS RUMP ROAST, LB.. . . 22c
BONELESS DUCK ROAST, LB. .. 22c
CHOICE VEAL ROAST, LB. ... 22c
LAMB CHOPS, LB. 22c
FRESH SAUSAGE LINKS, LB. . . 22c
LEG OF LAMB, LB 25c
VEAL CHOPS, lb. 25c
PORK for Roasting or Boiling, LB. . 27c
Calf Hearts, Liver, Brains, Pigs' Ears, Pigs' Feet,
Pig Tails, Fish and Oysters.
Anything and Everything to Eat in Meats.
BUTTERINE
SWIFT'S LINCOLN, LB 27c
B. B. SPECIAL, LB 30c
SWIFT'S PREMIUM, LB. 33c
CREAM OF NUT, LB 30c
BRICK CREAMERY BUTTER, LB. . 50c
MARKETS in 56 PRINCIPAL CITIES of 14 STATES
Main Office, Chicago Packing House, Peoria, lIJ.
perulure as low ns fourteen degree*
below.
liurly to-day llremen battled *.hre
bours in the frigid atmosphere to
save 2,000 tons of coal from a burn#
ing barge. They succeeded, but Ih4
barge was destroyed. .
Rabbi Nachman Heller to
Speak in Syn< gogues
Rabbi Nachman Heller, forme*
minister of local Jewish congrega*
tions, is visiting friends in Harris
burg and is scheduled for a series
of addresses to be given in Chisulg
Emuna and Kesher Israel syna
gogues to-day, Saturday and Sutv*
day.
Dr. Heller has traveled extensively
since he left Harrisburg, engaged in
circuit preaching. Rabbi Heller is a
journalist and author, his latest
product being a book called "Faetd
and Fiction." While in the cit*
Habbi Heller is staying with Mar
Cohen, 915 North Sixth street.
NAVAI, I.IKITKNANT Hi: I IF.
Lieutenant Joseph H. Hoffman, a#
the Battleship Illinois, while on i%
twenty-Jour-hour furlough, visited
Harrisburg to-day. He was the guest
)( his sister, Mrs. Will D. Moyer, 20X
■South Front street.
You May Find
It In Stocking
Cincinnati authority says your
troublesome corns just
loosen and fall off
Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns
or corns between the toes just loosen
in their sockets and fall off the next
day if you will apply directly upon
tin' corn a few drops of a drug called
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
You merely put a drop or two off
this freezone on the tender, touchy
corn to-day and instantly the corn
stops hurting, then to-morrow some
time you may find the old torturous
pest somewhere in your stocking,
having fallen off entirely without q
narticle soreness, pain <>r irrita
tion. The skin surrounding and be
neath the former corn will be as
healthy, pink and smooth as tha
palm of your hand.
A quarter ounce of freezone is suf
ficient to rid one's feet of every corn
and callus, and any druggist will
charge but a few cents for it. It is
a coiupoxind made from ether.—Ad
vertisement.