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LXXXVIII—No. 296 20 PAGES D,i MATWR P A S T£ D PO.t omc^t". S rrubers 1,,s HAfiHIHBURG, PA. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15,1919. 0>
WARTIME PROHIBITION HELD
TO BE CONSTITUTIONAL IN
DECISION BY SUPREME COURT
Visions of Christmas
Flowing With Booze Is
Shattered by Opinion
INJUNCTION RESTRAINING
REVENUE AGENTS DISSOLVED
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 15.—Wartime prohibition was held con
stitutional to-day by the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision.
Thus vanished the hopes of many for a "wet" holiday time.
No decision was rendered on the cases involving the consti
tutionality of the Volstead law, the prohibition enforcement act.
framed to carry out the intent of the prohibition amendment to
the Constitution.
Binding on States, Too
In passing, however, Associate Justice Brandeis did hold that
the prohibition amendment was binding on the states as well as
the Federal government. n
The court entirely reversed the contention of the "wets"
that wartime prohibition was outside the wartime powers of
Congress and pointed out that wartime control of food and rail
roads still were in effect.
The decision added one of the final milestones to the long
fight to make the country dry. .
The court will render opinions again next Monday, at which
time the beer cases are expected to be decided, after \\ Inch the
court will recess until January 5.
Will Keep Country Dry
Upon the court's decision the prohibition enforcement law
will depend whether the Federal government has at hand any
legal means for making the amendment effective.
The constitutionalitv of wartime prohibition, however, the
"drys" are confident, will keep the country dry until the amend
ment is carried into effect by law of its own.
Federal Court decrees in Sew Tork
dismissing proceedings brought by I
Dr> foos. Blum and Company, to com- j
pel internal revenue officials to per- ,
ntlt the withdrawal from bond of
whisky for beverage purposes were
affirmed by the court
liijunction* Dissolved
In deciding the question the Su-1
preme Court also dissolved injunc- <
tiens restraining revenue officials
from interfering with the removal i
ftem bond of about 70.000.000 gallons'
of whisky valued at approximately
J75.000.000. held by the Kentucky Dis
tilleries and Warehouse -Company, of
Louisville. Ivy.
War Po*vers Not Abrogated
The signing of the armistice did
not abrogate the war powers of Con
gress. Associate Justice Brandeis said
in reading the decision of the court.
May Kxport Liquor
Justice Brandeis said the Govern
ment did not appropriate the liquor j
by stopping 'ts domestic sale, as the j
way wgs left open for exporting it.
iiirrclam War Powers
Justice Brandeis also called atten- ,
tion to the continued control of the
railroads and reassumptlon by the
Government relative to coal and j
sugar under war acts to show that th > |
Government eoittjVH to exercise va- j
ricus war powers despite the signing j
of the armistice.
The constitutional prohibition i
amendment is binding on the Federal j
Government as well as the states and \
supersedes state laws, the court de- j
clared.
Judgment I nnnimou*
The Judgment of the court In the
Kentucky and New York cases was
unanimous.
Justice Brandeis said there was no j
besis for the contention that Presi- ;
dent Wilson's statement in his mes- j
sage vetoing the prohibition enforce
ment act that the war had come to '
an end. was a proclamation announc
ing the termination of the war.
In rendering its opinion, the court'
confined itself entirely to the war;
time prohibition act and took no ac- ;
t'.on on the so-called beer cases which !
attacked the constitutionality of the j
prohibition enforcemenS act.
Millions Involved
Beside the millions of dollars in- j
vested In brewery and distilling plants'
Thirsty Cohorts Mourn
With Mahogany Polishersl
Following a hasty mobilization
tills morning. General City Saloon
Proprietor this afternoon ordered a
hastier retreat of his corps of bar
tenders, fancy drink mixers and otli- j
er enlisted employes.
The mobilization this morning fol
lowed the receipt of a Supreme
Court memo that a decision on the
legality of the wartime prohibition
measure would probably be handed
down to-day. Declaration that it
was constitutional, caused the utter
route of the forces carrying onward
the banners of John Barleycorn.
Much weeping and wailing, to
gether with gnashing of teeth, has
followed the complete downfall of
the Barleycorn forces. Expressions
of sympathy by the thirsty are being
[THE WEATHER]
Harrlsburg and Tlclnltyi Fair
continued .old to-night nnd
Tneadn?. I.oneat temperature
to-night about 13 degrees.
Eastern I'rnmo Ivanlm t-'nlr to
night nnd Tuesday, continued
cold. Kresh west nnd north
west winds.
Itlver: The Susquehanna river nnd
all Its brunches will fall slow
ly or remain nearly stationary,
lee will probably nppear In thr
streams again nnd some may
become [rotes in places to
night.
\ ,
the decision affects approximately 60.-
| OOC.OOO gallons of whiskcj valued
alone at between J100.000.000 and
' 5200,000,000 according to internal
' revenue officials estimate.
Justice Brandeis' Decision
Justice Brandeis' decision in part
; follows:
"The war power of the United
! States, like its other powers, and
like the police power of the states,
i is subject to applicable constitutional
! limitations; but the fifth amendment
imposes in this respect no greater
limitations upon the national power
than does the fourteenth amendment
I upon state power, if the nature and
i conditions of u restriction upon the
use and disposition of property is
such that a state could, under the
police power, impose it consistently
with the fourteenth amendment
| without making compensation, then
the United States may for a per
i mitted purpose impose a like re
; striction consistently with the fifth
i amendment, without making com
| pensation; for prohibition of the
! liquor traffic is conceded to be an
appropriate means of increasing our
' war efficiency.
Liquor Not Appropriated
"Tliere was no appropriation of
! the liquor for public purposes. The
| wartime prohibition act fixed a
i period of seven months and nine days
from its passage during which
liquors could be disposed of free
1 from any restriction imposed by the
[Continued on I*agc 2.]
Decision Causes Food
Products Shares to Drop
New York. Dec. 15.—Wild trading
, in United States food products, which
; lias targe stores of liquor on hand.
followed receipt in Wall street of
j the news that the United States Su
j preme Court had declared wartime
j prohibition constitutional. The
i stock, which had been selling a few
! minutes before at 78 to 81. imme
i diately dropped to 73.
United States Industrial Alcohol
: was less severely affected. losing
j about two points. The general list
was moderately unsettled.
extended In every quarter of the city
this afternoon.
Wormwood ami Gall
The downfall is all the more bit
ter becnuse of the strong hopes that
had been held out for a literal coup
d'etat on the part of the now de
feated forces.
Under the personal supervision of
General Saloon Proprietor and a
force of capable lieutenants, pre
parations had been made for the
reopening of the saloons which still
hold their licenses. In every one of
them, windows were being cleaned
this morning, and the little glasses
for straight whisky, and the long
stemmed ones for wine and mixed
drinks, were being polished. Too.
the mahogany bars that had known
nothing hut near-beers and water
since July I, were well scoured in
preparation for the expected arri
val of a long stream of long absent
friends
But alas, all the fond hopes have
been literally dashed to pieces by a
cruel court.
To-day's mobilization was the sec
ond ordered by General Proprietor
and his staff, fgist Monday, it had
been doped out tbat as the Supreme
Court was to meet. It naturally
would drop its other business and
come to the rescue of the rumsntlcrs.
The only hope now is that hy some
miracle Congress will make peace
with Germany before January I<>
when the "dry" constitution amend
ment becomes effective.
Ugliest Woman in London and
Her "Runner-Up"
There was held recently In- London a competition for the ugliest worn-;
an in the city. The selection was made in St. George's Hall. The winner
was Miss Layton. who is seen at the right. Mrs. innes, at the left, was
second choice. Arnold de Biers, who advertised for the "ugliest woman
in London." was the Judge.
Five Minutes With Crowds
in Store and Street
A mother angrily shaking a little i
girl and saying: "Don't you say Tj
wish' again!"
A bashful lover buying silk stock- |
ings.
A woman giving a traffic police- i
man a popcorn ball.
Voting married pair buying shoes ,
for the wife. "Please don't buy high '
heels, deanc." the husband is say- j
ing.' "They make you so much j
taller than I am."
Five-year-old dropping package \
of toys in Toy Mission box at Bow- j
man's.
Man at one Jewelry store counter: i
"That stone looks to me to be alto- ;
gether too large for $1,200."
Woman at another counter: "That
isn't much of a ring for $12."
Blind man raucously and hid-'
eousty singing "1 am blind—l kinnot j
see the light of day."
Beggars.
More beggars.
Young men buying toilet sets. .
Young women buying cigaret I
cases.
A wife buying cigars for her hus- I
band. Cigarman trying his best to t
make her buy good ones. "Do you j
know hint?" asks a bystander. "No, I
the poor devil." says the cigarman.'
U. S. TAKES UP
KIDNAPING OF
RANCHER HUGO
Government Instructs Em
bassy at Mexico City to
Make Representations
By Associated Pre**
Washington, Dec. 15.—The Amer-
J ican embassy at Mexico City was
directed to-dry by the State De-j
! partment to make representations
to the Mexican government regard-'
j ing the kidnaping of Fred O. Hugo'
' the American manager of the Dobie
j yanch. near Muzquiz, by Vi I list as |
last week.
To Make Probes
The embassy and the American!
• consul at Kagle Pass, Texas, have'
been instructed to make an inde-l
,-pendent investigation of the incident!
and also to investigate reports that j
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38,770,000 Acres of
Winter Wheat Sown
by Farmers This Fall i
By Associated Pre*3
| \\ anhlnuton. Dec. 15. —The winter 1
wheat area sown this fall is 38,770,-,
! 000 acres, the Department of Agricul-i
j luro announced to-day. The revised
estimate of last year's area was an-;
■ nounced as 50, <89.000 acres.
1 The condition of the crop December ,
j 1. was 85.2 per cent, of a normal, com- I
| pared with 98.5 on December 1 laat j
I year. 79.3 in 1917 and 89.5 the ten;
i year December 1 average.
I The arc.i sown to rye is estimated'
; at 5.530.000 aer>-s. compared with $7.- ;
I 232.000 acres, the revised estimated
Hic;i sown in the fall of 1918. The
'rendition of 'he crop Decetober 1 was
'B9 8 per cent, of a normal, compared,
! with 89.0 on December 1 last year.
! 84. 1 in 1917 and 91.6, the ten-year Dc-
Joeiuber 1 average.
| Little girl standing near counter
[of small tovs, looking carefully!
I about lier. Iter hand strays nearer
I and nearer—and nearer the toys.
! Ah—She passes on. uneoncern
i edly looking at the counter displays.
Youngster with thirty-seven cents
! trying to rind something nice for his
j mother.
Father and two daughters buying
i dining room set "for mother."
I Young woman surreptitiously
| withdrawing funds from "the first
! national bank." She straightens,
blushing; and smoths her skirt,
j Little girl, buying liberally at toy
; counter. "And now. Mother. 1 must
| buy something for the Toy Mission."
j Father and son at electric train
j display. Father nods mysteriously
at salesman. Salesman nods under
standing!}-, and takes down the ad
! dress.
j Mother asking toyman how much
i it will cost to have new tires placed
j on a velocipede.
Boys enviously examining "BB"
| air rifles.
Woman from Toy Mission invest
) ing some monetary contributions in
! tlie things which cheer the hearts
lof children.
Ragged children, blue-nosed with
cold, looking rapturously at dolls.
QUARANTINE IS
USED PERSONALLY
FOR FIRST TIME
City Health Bureau Takes the
Lead in Fight Against
Social Disease
The lirst quarantine for social dis
ease In Pennsylvania, if not in the
United States, has been established
by the Harrisburg Department of
Health, with the support and en
couragement of the State Health
Department.
The example set by Dr. J. M.J. Rau
nick, with the local police heartily
co-operating, is expected to be taken
up all over Pennsylvania and to be
used by the United States health au
thorities us a means of encouraging
similar legislation and action in all
the states of the Union.
The patient is Ruth Bowman, of
227 South River street, a house that
w; raided hy the police some time
since, and on Saturduy was placed
under quarantine by Dr. Raunick.
Dr. Raunick had some difficulty it?
gaining entrance, but finally did so.
and found the conditions warranted
a quarantine. The woman was or
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MANY WANT TO HELP
I S REMAIN "DRY"
Enforcement of the new prohi
bition laws evidently has taken 1
the popular fancy. So great has
been the number of applicants
for Jobs from this Internal Reve
nue district that Uncle Sam's
agents are having a hard time
tiling away the appl'cutlons.
Collector Lederer, upon whose
shoulders will rest the labor of
keeping this district "dry," to
day called upon newspapers to
ask -.i.c | uhlic to seek other Jobs.
TUT! TUT! LADY! i
WORLD WILL NOT
FREEZE AT 16
j Temperature Musi Full Fan
Before End of Time Ar
rives 011 Earth
MANY IN FEAR OF DEATH!
;Hard to f'ut End to Belief of.
Disaster Among the
Superstitious
|
| H ARD ON THE COAL PILE j
i
!Planets Are Lined I'p Accord-!
i 1
ing to Schedule and Noth- j
ing Happens
Tut! tut! lady! ft isn't cold to- I
i day.
' At least it isn't cold euough to
■ bring about the end of the world
i Wednesday afternoon, according to
t the schedule of a planet guilding
J shark. A considerable drop in the j
j temperature was said necessary by j
t those who profess to know before a ,
justly famous resort for the wicked !
! freezes over sufficiently to cause a '
j general calamity.
j According to the predictions of a •
! more or less half-buked astronomer >
J the end of the world is scheduled ,
j for Wednesday when all planets ;
j with the exception of the earth will :
j lie in an approximate line with the
' sun. So far sq good. The pull 01 ,
gravity will he so great 011 that j
day, he opined, that the heat would j
be pulled out of the earth, the 80l- .
sheviks run wild and all mundane ,
things mussed up to an alarming ,
I extent.
A Bit Chilly
While the wind whistled to-day j
j and the mercury sank to sixteen t
! degrees, the worst thing that hap- •
i pened was a general depletion in the !
! bankroll and a more or less serious j
I financial loss caused by the exees
: sive combustion of anthracite coal.
| The forecast for to-night is fifteen
degrees above zero.
' The story of the world's end lias
' had a wide circulation among the
J ignorant and the superstitious. The
! rumor has penetrated not only into
nearly every civilised country, but
natives in the wilds of Africa have
been frightened.
So great has the fear of sudden
death been that many persons have i
j sought assurance from whoever j
they thought might know anything
! about the weather. Even worry over J
i the high cost of living has been rele- j
! gated to the rear by many.
1 To show how foolish the fear of .
i world-wide destruction is Harris- j
! burg men who have made a study of j
j astronomy to-day said that it is no \
| unusual occurrence as eternal time j
j is recorded for the planets to be j
j aligned. They now are pretty nearly
! in the same position as they will be I
! Wednesday and a heavy undershirt j
i to-day was about all that was need- |
1 ed to put things back Into ship- j
' shape.
One Missing in Fire
Which Sweeps Block
in Heart of Hoboken
By Associated Press
Hoboken. N. J., Dec. 15. Fire
J broke out shortly before noon to
i day in the Admiral Benson Club for
i service men, the First Reformed
| Church and four five-story brick
'apartment houses. The church and
: club apparently were doomed. Oth
!er buildings were threatened. The
1 entire fire department was called
i out.
I The clubhouse. a three-story
' frame structure, which was built by
; the Catholic War Council two years
j ago, was destroyed. Several explo
! sions which occurred in the build
' ing probably were due to souvenir
j shells brought from abroad by serv-
I ice men. One man who was rescued
! from the clubhouse, was taken to
j the hospital in a serious condition.
I The llames spread to the adjacent
| apartment houses, many occupants
! of which, including several fainting
j women, were carried out by firemen.
Occupants of dwellings opposite the
! burning area were driven to the
j street by the intense heat. The ori-
I gin of the tire has not been deter
t mined.
| The loss is estimated at $250,000.
Walter Vance, assistant secretary
lof the club, who slept th -e last
! night, could not be found a.ter the
| fire.
(|l IKK ROCKS ALASKA TOWNS
By Associated Press
Jancuu, Alaska. Dec. 14. —Juneau
and vicinity were rocked at 4.10 p.
; n>. to-day by one of tlie heaviest
earthquake shocks experienced here
j ii. years. Buildings were badly shall-
I en. but no material damage has been
'reported. It is believed the shock!
| centers about the Katmai Volcano'
j near Kodiak, and that the volcano!
; may be in eruption again.
| FlItE BURNS OLD CASTLE
By Associated Press
Paris, Doc. 15.—The cause of the
| fire which early Sunday damaged
I portions of the old royal castle at
• 'onipiegne remains a mystery. The
I electricity In the building was cut
J off before midnight Saturduy, so !
I that the theory that the blaze was I
started by a short circuit has been i
i abandoned.
J !
| SEVEN UARRIVALS NOMINATED j
By Associated Press
\ Rome. Dec. 16. —Seven new car
jdinals were nominated during the!
; secret consistory held to-day), at I
which Pope Benedict delivered an al-j
locution. No Americans were!
; named,
CONSTABLE KILLED
kllhrittaiii. Ireland, Sunday, Dec.
i 1 4. —A constable named Bolger was
'shot and killed in front of the police
j barracks here to-day. No arrests
| have been made.
SIGHTLESS SEEK LIGHT AND
THOSE WITH WITHERED LIMBS
PRAY WITH HEALER FOR HELP
HE USES FAITH TO
CURE SICK
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: JAMES M. HICKSOX
INCREASED PAY
I FOR OVERTIME ON
[ SLOW FREIGHTS
.Will Become Effective as of
Dec. 1, Brotherhoods and
Administration Agree
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 15.—Under an
agreement between tlie railroad ad
ministration and the folir brother- j
. hoosis train aaid enginenien, an
, nouneed to-day. time and a half for
S overtime 111 slow freight service will
| become effective as of December 1.
| All arbitraries and special allow- 1
; ances formerly applicable between 1
i terminals were eliminated, but spe
-1 cial allowances for switching and
! similar work at initial terminals
i were preserved. These, however,
i will be at the old rate.
Dog Misses His Master,
Makes Seven Trips Around
Reservoir Trolley Loop
It is said a man's best friend is liis
' dog, but every man does not have a
j dog. However, according to a story
i told to-day by Reservoir Park crews
!of the Harrisburg Railways Com
; pany, there is one man in Harris
j burg who does not appreciate his
1 dog. Early last evening this man
S boarded a Reservoir Park car. His
' dog was left on the outside, but
| when the car started so did the dog,
; and the latter went over the entire
j route returning to Market Square,
j The car on its first trip was crowd
! ed. When a stop was mude the dog
| would run up to the front door and
. watch for his master. Here is where
j the dog lost out. The master got
! off from the rear. Of course the mo
j torman or conductor could not tell
I this to the dog, so the latter kept
I going along with the car until it had
; made seven round trips. The dog
' appeared to have some intelligence,
i und concluded that his master would
I have to return on a Reservoir Park
i car. The dog was still at Market
; Square when the last car left. Per
jhap's the master walked home.
j
Germany's Reply to
Entente Note Handed
to Peace Conference
By Associated Press
| Puris. Dec. 15.—The German
j peace delegation this morning lian-d
--j ed Germany's reply to the Entente
I note to 'Paul Dutasta, secretary of
! the Peace Conference.
The forecast given by the German
| press of the contents of Germany's
! reply to the Entente note was sub
j stantially correct, according to to
i day's Paris newspapers. Although
i appearing to yield to Allied dc
i niunds, Germany makes a reserva
i tion on the principal point, concern
j ing the sinking of the Scapa Flow
j fleet. (The forecast stated that
Germany conceded the principle of
I reparation, but requested negotia
: tions over the method of payment,
' declaring Germany could not give up
i the tonnage asked.)
The general terms of the German j
reply had been known for several:
days, according to one of the com- !
mentators, and it wus the subject
of particular consideration at the
London conference, last week, with
i the result, it is suid, that it has been
i decided not to permit the Germans
| to prolong the negotiations.
ALBANIANS PROTEST
liy Associated Press
Lansaiuic. Sunday, Dec. 14.—The
National Albanian Committee has
| issued a protest ugainst territory be
i longing to Albania being separated
I from independent Albania. The pro
test says that M. Venizelos, the
Greek premier, has declared that all
| lands south of Albania are to be j
definitely ceded to Greece, and Hint I
if this is confirmed it will be a flag- J
rant violation of the principles few!
which humanity bled in this terrible!
war. and that Justice should recon-j
istitu'.e Albania Into a territorial
i entity.
Woman Gets Out of Bed and Walks,
While Physically Helpless Get Com
fort in Service at St. Stephen's
Church; Hundreds Asks
For Assistance
l aith in Christ and prayer lor Divine aid arc the two things
that will cure ills', James Moore llickson, the faith healer, told
more than 600 persons at his opening meeting this morning in
the St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, North Front
street.
Before hint were men, women and children suffering from
the,affects of almost every known malady—blindness, paralysis,
heart disease, dropsy, spinal meningitis, deafness and scores of
other afflictions. At least 300 persons came or were brought to
ilv church to he helped through the prayers of Mr. llickson.
Walks Without t'ane
About 125 had been prayed for un
til noon with hundreds more pati
ently waiting; to lie visited by Mr.
llickson, who went from one to the
other, placed his hand on the head
of the sufferer, prayed' quietly lor a
minute, then on the head of the par
ent or other relative and prayed
asain.
tine woman, who resides in IVnn
street, and who luul been walkout
with a cane for many months, came
to the eliurch aiul asked for lie!p.
Shortly after she left the ehiireh she
I'ouiul site could walk without her
cane ami that site was cured. She
walked into a room in which there
was about a score of other persons
who came for relief and told tliem
what had happened, cheering them
and telling them to have faith. She
said she had not lieen out of lier
house since early in the year.
('onto From Afar
Afflicted persons come from great
distances to seek Mr. Hieksou's help,
one Invalid being brought here from
Ohio. Others came from all parts
of Pennsylvania, some from Altoona,
York, Lancaster, Lebanon, Hazleton.
Scranton, Milton and hundreds of
other smaller cities and towns.
Physicians came with some of
their patients, others were brought
from the Harrisburg Hospital, moth
ers carried sick infants and paralyz
ed children in their arms, sons and
|j LATEST AMERICAN CAPTIVE IS RELEASED !
ft EAGLE PASS, TEXAS. FRED G. HUGO, OF J
f EL PASO, MANAGER OF THE J. M. DOBIE RANCH
S .AR MU3QUTZ, MEXICO, HAS BEEN RE [
£ LEASED BY THE VILLISTAS, WHO HAD HELD 1
j IIIM FOR $10,600 RANSOM. ACCORDING TO AD-
r
J* VICES RECEIVED HERE. NO RANSOM WAS J
£ i'AID. *
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£ THREE NEW GAS WELLS COME IN *
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L Pittsburgh.—Three new gas wells were added to the •
•
7* ist in the McKeesport field near here to-day when j
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a ten ullion cubic feet well came in with a rush in Eden "
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4, t ■ ■ , :.■' ,\ y ind *
* was quickly followed by a two million cubic feet well in
* i
* e section. Almost immediately afterward anothet t
I! ing two million cubic fect was struck in an •
* olch ion. *
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iPITAL GyARD SHOT THROUGH HEAD Z
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, isle. When Corporal Albert Schaba started to •
* awake P.ecruit Mervin E. Wiand for hi stour on guard at
the United States General Hospital last night, the cor- *
•- " r
, poral's revolver was discharged and Wiand was shot *
, through the head and killed. Army officials give no ere-
| £
I dencc to a report of murder that was circulated in the :
I town. i
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SENATE REJECTS R. R. AMENDMENT ♦
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B Washington. After an hour's debate on the Cum- |
* . to-day rejected an amendment which *
h
* would have given interstate commerce commission con-
J tro! oyer interstate pipe line distribution of natural and *
* . . proposed by Senator Calder, Republican, *
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, v . . declared tows in his state were
■ i
t irfpletc mercy of Pennsylvania gas companies." •:
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■ MARRIAGE UCENSES
IK lo|| *••• Mrliiurrlll, Prvlilrnrr, H. ~N D AWM4I Kartlnn,
daughters fame with aged parents
who were Mind or suffering from
other serious maladies.
Holds Kay of Hope
With one little ray of hope these
suffering, tottering, twisted victims
of humanity's worst enemy, disease,
eamc to have an appeal made for
them. Some of them unable to
walk were wheeled in on chairs,
others were carried; some seemed
to be hopelessly deformed; a few
had to be led' and stumbled up the
steps to the chancel when their turn
came to go before Mr. Hickson.
Bishop James Henry Darlington
opened the healing mission service
with an explanation that no one was
to look for any show or any miracle
and that many might go away heal
ed and not realize at tirst that the
Divine touch had helped them. He
explained that Mr. Hickson will lie
in the city to-day and to-morrow to
endeavor to help all who come to
him and then will leave for Pitts
burgh and other cities. Hast night
physicians and clergymen met Mr.
liiekson, among them a Jewish
rabbi.
Began With Pra ycr
Then, as the Bishop began "Our
Father, who art in heaven," the en
lire audience Joined in repeating the
Ford's prayer. It was followed by
other short prayers, and while these
were made scores of persons who ar
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