THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
WILSON'S MESSAGE
TO THE CONGRESS
Senate and House in Joint Ses
sion Hear Address of
the President.
HE MAKES FEW SUGGESTIONS
Further Legislation for Settlement and
Regulation of Railway Labor Oil
putet Held Imperatively Necet
ary by the chief Magistrate.
Washington, Dec. 5. The senate
and house met In Joint session today
and hoard President Wilson's message,
which was ns follows:
Ooutl.'ini'n of the Cointreau:
In fulfilling at this time the duty laid
upon me by the Constitution of com
municating to you from time to time
Information of the mate of the 1'idoii
and recoiium-ndlng to your considera
tion such legislative measures as mny
be Judged necessary and expedient I
shall continue the practice, which I
hope has been acceptable to you, of
leaving to the reports of the several
heads of the executive departments the
elaboration of the detailed needs of
the public service and confine myself
to those matters of more general pub
lic policy with which It seems neces
sary and feasible to deal at the pres
ent session of the congress.
I realize the limitations of lime tin
der which you will necessarily act at
this session nnd shall make my sug
gestions as few as possible; but there
were some things left undone at the
last session which there will now be
time to complete and which It seems
necessary In the interest of the public
to do nt once.
In the first place. It seems to me Im
peratively necessary that the earliest
possible consideration nnd action
should be accorded the remaining
measures of the program of settle
ment and regulation which I had occa
sion to recommend to you at the close
of your last session In view of the pub
lic dangers disclosed by the unaccom
modated difficulties w lib h then existed,
and which still unhappily continue to
exist, between the railroads of t in
country and their locomotive engineers,
conductors, and trainmen.
Railway Troubles First.
I then recommended :
First, Immediate provision for the
enlargement and administrative reor
ganization of the Interstate commerce
commission along the lines embodied
In the hill recently passed by the house
of representatives and now nwaitlng
action by the senate; in order that the
commission may lie enabled to deal
with the many great and various duties
now devolving upon It with a prompt
ness nnd thoroughness which are. with
Its present constitution and means of
action, practically iniosslMe.
Second, the establishment of an
eight-hour day as the legal basis alike
of work and of wages In the employ
ment of all railway employees who are
actually engaged In the work of oper
atlng trains In interstate transporta
tion. Third, the authorization of the ap
pointment by the president of a small
body of men to observe the actual re
sults In experience ef the adoption of
the eight-hour day In railway trans
portation alike for the men and for
the railroads.
Fourth, explicit approval by the con
gress of the consideration by the In
terstate commerce commission of an
Increase of freight rates to meet such
additional expenditures by the rail
roads as may have been rendered nec
essary by the adoption of the eight
hour day nnd which have not been off
set by administrative readjustments
and economies, should the facts dis
closed Justify the Increase.
Fifth, an amendment of the existing
federal statute whvh provides for the
mediation, conciliation, nnd arbitration
of such controversies as the present
by adding to It a provision that. In case
the methods of aeconimoilatlon now
provided for should fad. a full public
Investigation of the mr-K of every
such dispute shall be i i -: ; t u t . i and
completed before a strike or lo.koiit
may lawfully be attempted.
And, sixth, the lodgment in the
hands of the executive of the pow.-r.
In case of military necessity, to take
control of such portions and such roll
ing stock of the railroads of the coun
try as may be required for military
use and to operate them for military
purposes, with authority to draft Into
the military service of the Cnlted
States such train crews and adminis
trative otliclals as the circumstances
require for their safe and efficient use.
Renews His Recommendations.
The second and third of these rec
ommendations the congress Immediate
ly acted on: It established the eight
Imur day ns the legal basis of work
nnd wages In train service and It au
thorized the appointment of n com
mission to observe nnd report upon the
practical results, deeming these the
measures most Immediately needed;
Unusual Experience.
"Man." remarked Sandy, "I did a
tiling last niclit what I've no dune this
twenty year. I went to ma bed palrr
fectly sober, but I'm rilit thankful to
say I got up tills inoniln' none the
waur I"
Few Beggar In Panama.
Although the city of rannma Is a
most cosmopolitan place, practically
every race being represented in Its 00,
000 Inhabitants, there are no beggars,
except a few blind men.
Somewhere.
Tour true lover is In the world or
you wouldn't be here. You must not
go to any other. That Is the one dead
ly sin. lie Is looking, too. As soon as
you both are ready, you will meet. In
her sleep that night she dreamed that
she saw the One who was to coine, and
there was a gold light shout his head.
L. ii. Steele In "Doctor Nick."
It Limitation.
"You can't make a bluff with an
nmbrella." "Why not" 'lU'cnuse you
must ai'her put f or Rhut up."
hut It postponed action upon the other
suggestions until an opportunity should
be offered for a more deliberate con
sideration of them. The fourth rec
ommendation I do not deem It neces
sary to renew. The power of the In
terstate commerce commission to grant
an Increuse of rates on the ground re
ferred to Is Indisputably clear ami a
recommendation by the congress with
regard to such a matter might seem to
draw In question the scope of the com
mission's authority or its Inclination to
do Justice when there Is no reason to
doubt either.
The other suggestions the Increase
lu the Interstate commerce commis
sion's membership and In lis facilities
for performing Its manifold duties, the
provision for full public Investigation
and assessment of Industrial disputes,
nnd the grant to the executive of the
power to control and operate the rail
ways when necessary In time of war
or other like public necessity I now
very earnestly renew.
The necessity for such legislation Is
manifest and pressing. Those who have
Intrusted us with the responsibility
and duty of serving and safeguarding
them In such matters would find It
hard, I believe, to excuse a failure to
act upon tltese grave matters or any
unnecessary postponement of uctlon
upon them.
Not only does the Interstate com
merce commission now find It practi
cally Impossible, with Its present mem
bership and organization, to perform
Its great functions promptly and thor
oughly, but It Is not unlikely that It
may presently be found advisable to
add to lis duties still others equally
heavy and exacting. It must first be
perfected as an administrative Instru
ment. The country cannot and should not
consent to remain any longer exposed
to profound industrial disturbances for
liok of additional means of arbitra
tion and conciliation which the con
gress can easily and promptly supply.
And all will agree that there must lie
no dmibt as to the power of the execu
tive to make Immediate and uninter
rupted use of the railroads for the con
centration of t lie military forces of the
nation wherever they are needed and
whenever they are needed.
Tills is a program of regulation, pre
vention and administrate e elhelency
which argues its own case in the mere
statement of it. With regard to one
of its items, the Increase In the elll
cloney of the Interstate commerce com
mission, the house of representatives
has already acted; Its action n Is
only the concurrence of the senate.
For Control and Operation.
I would hesitate to recommend, and
I dare say the congress would hesitate
to act upon the .suggestion should I
make it, that any man in any occupa
tion should be obliged by law to con
tinue In nn employment which he de
sired to leave. To pass u law which
forbade or prevented the Individual
workman to leave his work before re
ceiving the approval of society In do
ing so would be to adopt a new prin
ciple Into our Jurisprudence which I
take It for granted we are not prepared
to Introduce. I'.ut the proposal that
the operation of the railways of (he
country shall tit be stopped or Inter
rupted by the concerted action of or
ganized bodies of men until a public
Investigation shall have been instituted
which shall make the whole question
at Issue plain for the Judgment of the
opinion of the nation Is not to propose
any such principle. It Is based upon
the very different principle that the con
certed action of powerful bodies of men
shall not be permitted to stop the In
dustrial processes of the nation, at any
rate before the nation shall have had
an opportunity to acquaint Itself with
the merits of the case ns between em
ployee and employer, time to form Its
opinion upon an impartial statement
of the merits, and oportunlty to con
sider all practicable means of concilia
tion or arbitration.
I can see nothing in that proposition
but t lie Justifiable safeguarding by so
ciety of the necessary processes of
Its very life. There Is nothing arbi
trary or unjust In it unless it be arbi
trarily and unjustly done. It can nnd
should be done with a full and scrupu
lous retard fo,- the Interests anil liber
tics of all concerned as well as for the
permanent Interests of society Itself,
Other Legislation Urged.
Three matters of capital Importance
await the action of the senate which
have already been acted upon by the
house of representatives: the bill
which seeks to extend greater freedom
of combination to those engaged In pro
moting the foreign Commerce of the
country than Is now thought by some
to be legal under the terms of the luws
against monopoly; the hill amending
the present organic law of Porto Iticoj
and the bill proposing a more thor
ough and systematic regulation of the
expenditure of money in elections, com
monly called the Corrupt Practices Act.
I need not labor my advice that these
measures be enacted into law. Their
urgency lies In the manifest circum
stances which render their adoption at
this time not only opportune but neces
sary. Even delay would seriously
Jeopard the Interests of the country
nnd of the government.
Immediate passage of the bill to reg-
Most FUhermen Have Done It.
"Simple Simon went n-llshlng In 1:1s
mother's pall." "Not so simple, nt
that," declared the amateur sportsman.
"I've spent time and money getting
to a place where the likelihood of
catching llsli was no whit greater."
Nothing New.
"I see some scientific sharp has dis
covered a substitute for bread." "lie
needn't think he's so much. Our cook
bus been turning that out for
years."
Proof of True Love.
Grace (sobbing) "You don't love
me! I know you don't." George
"Why, darling, what makes you say
that?" Grace "P.ecause you're not
Jealous. Maude Mullins has been mar
ried nearly a year and her husband's
so Jealous he has shot nt her twice and
tried to kill himself three times I"
Puck.
Flaw in HI Honesty.
"Honesty Is the best policy," btl he
who acts on that principle is not nn
honest man. Archbishop Wh'itif'y.
ulate the expenditure of money In elec
tions may seem to be less necessary
Hutu the Immediate enactment of the
other I isunh to which I refer; be-
cuuao at least two year will elapse
before another election In which fed
eral otllces ore to be filled; but It would
greatly relieve the public mind If this
Important matter were dealt with
while the circumstances' and the dan
ger to the public morals of the pres
ent method of obtaining and spending
campaign funds stand clear under re
cent observation and the methods of
expenditure can be frankly studied In
the light of present experience; and a
delay would have the further very se
rious disadvantage of postdating ac
tion until another election was at hand
and some special object connected with
It might be thought to be In the mind
of those who urged It. Action can be
taken now with facts for guidance and
w ithout suspicion of partisan purpose.
I shall not argue at length the deslr
ablllty of giving a freer hand In the
matter of combined and concerted ef
fort to those who shall undertake the
essential enterprise of building up our
export trade. That enterprise will
presently, will Immediately assume,
has Indeed already assumed, a magni
tude unprecedented lu our experience.
We have not the necessary Instrumen
talities for Its prosecution; It Is
deemed to he doubtful whether they
could be created upon an adequate
scale under our present laws. We
should clear nway all legal obstacles
and create a basis of undoubted law
for It which will give freedom without
permitting unregulated license. The
thing must be done now, because the
opportunity is here nnd may escape u
if we hesitate or delay.
Porto Rico's Need.
The argument for the proposed
amendments of the organic law of Por
to ltico is brief and conclusive. The
present laws governing the Island and
regulating the rights and privileges of
Its people are not Just. We have cre
ated expectations of extended privi
lege which we have not satisfied.
There Is uneasiness among the people
of the Island and even a suspicious
doubt with regard to our Intentions
concerning them which the adoption of
the pending measure would happily re
move. We do not doubt what we wish
to do in nny essential particular. We
ought to do It at once.
There are other matters already ad
vanced to the stage of conference be
tween the two houses of which It Is
not necessary that I should speak.
Some practicable basis of agreement
concerning them will no doubt be found
nnd action taken upon them.
Inasmuch ns this Is, gentlemen, prob
ably the last occasion I shall have to
address the Sixty-fourth congress, I
hope that you will permit me to say
with what genuine pleasure and satis
faction I have co-operated with you In
the many measures of constructive pol
icy with which you have enriched the
legislative annals of the country. H
has been a privilege to labor In such
company. I take the liberty of con
gratulating you upon the completion of
a record of rare servlceableness and
distinction.
Cut Tree by Exploding Dynamite.
Instead of an ax and saw to remove
the tops of trees that are to be used
as masts In logging operations, dyna
mite Is used to shoot off the tops.
After the branches have been removed,
a rigger climbs the tree, with a set of
irons, to the point where It Is neces
sary to cut off the top. Here the trunk
Is usually about 12 Inches In diame
ter. The rigger ties a string of dyna
mite cartridges, fastened end to end
like sausages, around the trunk nt this
point, Inserts a blasting cap with about
JO feet of fuse In one of these sticks,
lights the end of the fuse, and de
scends before the explosion tnkes
place. The tree top pumps Into the
nlr with the explosion and the trunk
Is left ready for attaching the rigging
for dragging In nnd loading the logs.
Engineering Record.
All He Saw of Battle.
The bluejacket had been In the bnt
tie off Jutland, and In the railway com
partment every one addressed blm re
spectfully. Incidentally he was the
recipient of numerous fine cigars. He
conducted himself with becoming dig
nity, and w hen the foreign-looking gen
tleman who had kept silent went out
at u roadside station the audience set
tled down to hear the yarn. Nodding
his head toward the dark stranger on
the platform, the bluejacket remarked
with a grin, " 'K thinks 'o 'as lost some
think 'e'd like to hear, 'e 'as. But hnll
HI sfiw of the bloody bnttle was coal
nothing but coal. Hi'in n stoker, you
see, that's what HI am." London Mall.
Not to Be Thought Of.
"Now, these fashionable dames don't
mind talking freely about the efforts
they make to reduce weight."
"That's true."
"P.ut they would feel deeply humili
ated If anybody suspected them of try
ing to reduce expenses."
Unsatisfactory Remedy.
Ilelny A doctor tells me that If n
man works stendily he never worries.
Omar I'shnwl It's working stead
ily that gets my goat.
Remain the Same.
Progress Is observable In most di
rections, but wc have the same cheup,
vulgar and disgusting old forms ol
profanity that the English-speaking
peoples always have had. Houston
Post.
A Certainty.
There Is nothing certain In the
world, except that when you start In
saving money for one thing you are
going to spend It for something else.
Fort Worth Star-Telegruni.
Placing the Blame.
Dorothy Ann was put to bed nt 7:30,
much against her wishes. She spent
about twenty minutes asking ques
tions, nnd finally her mother told her
she must be still and go to sleep, and
sho snld: "Well, mother, I want to go
to sleep, but myself won't."
Fooling the Boy.
"I don't see how you got that hoy to
tnke the castor oil." "Easy enough. 1
told him to try some first nnd see how
he liked It, and If he Hdr't "ke I. he
needn't take It." Life.
HORSESHIP MARINA
Sill BY U-BOAT
Germany Makes Admission, But
Questions Ships Status.
WASHINGTON TO FIND OUT
Cay Submarine Commander Took
Vestal For Tranport Offera
Reparation In Cate Of
Mlitake.
Washington. Subsequent to the re
ceipt of a communication from the
German Government admitting that a
German submarine torpedoed the Brit
ish horseshlp Marina, with the loss of
alx Americans, Secretary Lansing con
ferred with President Wilson, and It
was decided that no action would be
taken by the American Government
until It was definitely established
whether the Marina was a private ves
sel or a belligerent transport.
In the note Germany stated that the
commander of the submarine which
tank the Marina bad reported that he
took the vessel for a transport, and
asked the United States for Informa
tion on this point. Count von Bern
etorff, the German Ambassador, called
at the State Department, and also
aought this Information. He was told
by Secretary Lansing that the United
States was not yet in a position to
answer the Inquiry, but would do so as
quickly as possible.
As a result of the developments of
the day It was Indicated by officials
that no action could be expected In the
lmraedlato future on the Marina case,
admittedly one of the two most serious
pending between the United State
and Germany. The other Is that of
Uie British liner Arabic, sunk. In the
Mediterranean.
Germany, It Is understood, Is ready
to acknowledege error and make of
fers of settlement, If It is established
that the Marina was not in the Brit
ish transport service. When the ves
sel was sunk It was stated In dis
patches from London that she had
been previously connected with the
transport service, and also that- when
sho sailed on her last voyage she was
armed with a gun astern, manned by
two British naval gunners.
If the ship was in public service
prior to being torpedoed, some State
Department officials take the stand
that the presumption was in favor of
the position that an enemy might have
believed her still to be a transport
at the time of the attack. In order to
clear up this point the nature of her
previous character, the orders under
which she was sailing and tie charac
ter of her officers and crew will be in
vestigated. State Department officials hesitate
to make a ruling on what constitutes
a vessel In public service In time of
war until a decision' has been handed
down In the case of the Italian vessel.
Attuallta, libeled In the United States
court at Newport News, Va., after a
collision with a Greek vessel. The
point at Issue is somewhat similar to
that Involved in the Marina Incident,
as the character of the Attuallta Is
disputed.
Secretary Lansing wont over the
case in detail with President Wilson
after the call of the German Ambassa
dor, but at the time had not examined
all the affidavits bearing on tho at
tack on file at the State Department.
It was Indicated that the American
Government will be able to collect all
the evidence necessary without fur
ther reference to the German Govern
ment. 19 MURDERED, THEY SAY.
Survivors Tell X)1 Torpedoing Of the
Marina.
New York. "Cold-blooded murder,
and nothing else," Is the way in which
the 41 American survivors' of the Brit
ish steamship Marina, just arrived at
this port, described the sinking of that
vessel without warning by a German
submarine off the coast of Ireland on
October 28.
The men were sent here from Glas
gow by the American Embassy on the
Anchor Line steamship Tuscanla,
Jesse T. Hancock, a printer, of Rich
mond, Va., who had acted as -a fore
man of horsemen on the Marina, said
that the 19 men who were drowned,
Including seven Americans, had not
the slightest chance for their lives,
since the submarine, after firing the
first torpedo without any warning, rose
to the surface when the 19 were still
struggling to lower the vessel's fifth
boat in the davits and deliberately fired
a second torpedo. With this second
shot the Marina blew up and sank like
a rock, taking the 19 men with her.
AUSTRIA HALTS WAR RELIEF.
Want American Red Cross To Stop
In Northern Serbia.
Washington. Austria-Hungary has
asked the American Red Cross to dis
continue relief work In Belgrade and
In other parts of Northern Serbia con
quered by the Teutonic forces, when
supplies now on hand have been dis
tributed. The suggestion reached here through
Ambassador Pendeld at Vienna. The
Austrian Government expressed Ha
deepest gratitude to the Red Cross for
what has been done, but gave no rea
son for asking discontinuance.
RUSSIAN TRANSPORTS SUNK.
Regiment From Finland Aboard, Over
tea Agency Heart.
Berlin. Two large Russian trans
ports bound from Helslngfors for
Iieval were sunk In the latter part of
October as the result, It Is believed, of
striking a mine, says a dispatch from
ftnckholm to the Oversea News
Agency. The transports, It Is said, had
the entire Four Hundredand Twenty-l:-hlh
Russian Regiment on hoard.
This r-jsl'ient, It Is said, had been on
Juty 'r some time In Finland.
WINTER
(Copyright.)
Secretary of Navy Daniels
Awards Big Contracts.
TOTAL COST OVER $65,000,000
Battleships To Carry 16-Inch Guns.
Bids For Four Cruiser To
Be Opened Thlt
Week.
Washington. Secretary Daniels
awarded contracts for more than $65,
000,000 worth of new fighting ships for
the navy, Including four battleships, at
ill, 000,000 each; two fleet submarines,
at approximately $1,190,000 each, and
27 coast submarines, at from $094,000
to $G98,O0Q each.
These vessels comprise the bulk of
the great building program of 66 craft
of various types appropriated for by
the last session of Congress. Bids for
four battle cruisers will be received
this week and for three scout cruisers
on January 3, with the hope of com
pleting the task of getting all the
ships under contract within the six
months' limit set by Congress.
Already the House Naval Commit
tee is at work on the 1918 bill, and
early in the spring the department
must find building facilities for at least
three more battleships, one battle
cruiser and a proportionate number of
other craft remaining In the three-year
construction program. The bill to be
put through this winter for the navy
will carry a total of nearly $400,000,-
000.
The new battleships will be sister
ships to the California and Tennesseo,
now under construction, except that
they will be fitted to carry eight 16
Inch rifles Instead of twelve 14-lnch.
They will displace about 32,500 tons.
The department now is considering
plans for the 1918 ships, three In num
ber, with indications that they will b
of 40,000 tons displacement, carry
twelve 16-Inch guns and make 23 to
24 knots an hour Instead of 21 knots,
the present battleship standard of the
nary.
Submarines Big A U-53.
The two fleet submarines will be of
the so-called 800-ton type and similar
In size to the German U-53,' which call
ed recently at Newport, R. I., before
making a raid on Allied commerce off
Nantucket. A third boat of this size
will be laid down at the Portsmouth
Navy Yard, where the L-8 Is nearing
completion. The type Is experimental
and for comparison with the 1.300-ton
Schley, now being built for the navy,
with a required surface speed of 20
knots, against 16 for the 800-ton type.
The coast submarines will range be
tween 475 and 650 tons, according to
designs, being substantially similar to
the most recent submerslbles of the L
class completed for the navy.
STARTS MAIL EARLY CAMPAIGN.
Postmaster -General Expects Heavy
Christmas Business.
Washington. Expecting heavier
Christmas molls than ever before be
cause of "the general prosperity prev
alent throughout the country," Postmaster-General
Burleson announced he
hd begun through postmasters a
nation-wide "mall early campaign."
Early mailing Is especially necessary,
Postmaster-General Burleson says, be
cause the day before Christmas falls
on Sunday and all parcels should be
mailed In time for delivery on Satur
day, December 23.
$1.00 LAND WORTH $1,000.
Ganister Discovery Send Values Soar
ing Near Huntingdon.
Huntingdon, Pa. The A. J. Haws
Ganister Company, of Johnstown, Is
preparing to erect a modern firebrick
plant of large capacity on Black Log
Mountain. Billions of tons of ganister
rock will be within easy reach of the
new plant. Ten years ago, with the
timber taken off, mountain land could
have been bought for $1.00 an acre, but
since the discovery of ganister and
building of a new State highway it
canot be bought for $1,000 an acre.
$80,000,000 FOR CIFT8.
Christma Saving In United State
Greatly Increased,
New York. In the United States
this year there are 2,893,000 Christmas
club depositors in banks who will
divide approximately $80,000,000, ac
cording to a carefully compiled esti
mate made public here. Last year 425,
000 depositors roceived $20,000,000.
The total for New York State wm esti
mated at $12,000,000 for this yoar, with
$10,000,000 In New Jersey.
4 DH G IS
29 SUBMARINES
DEFENSE
IY SEND CRUISER
E
Refusal of Safe Conduct for Tar
nowski Peeves Washington.
BAD MANNERS VIEW TAKEN
U. S. Government Anxious To Have
An Ambassador From the Haps
burg Monarchy In Wash
ington. Washington. Count Tarnowskl, the
recently appointed Ambassador of Austria-Hungary
to the United States, will
reach Washington unimpeded by the
British. The attitude of the State De
partment toward Gre.t Britain's re
fusal of a safe conduct to the Ambas
sador leaves no doubt as to the
ultimate Issue of the case. The United
States Government Is anxious to have
an Ambassador from the Hapsburg
monarchy In Washington, and, If
necessary, a vessel of the United
States Navy will be sent to Holland or
Denmark to carry Count Tarnowskl
through the British blockade.
Chance To Back Down.
The answer to the communication
In regard to Count Tarnowskl will be
worded so as to give the British Gov
ernment a chance to back down grace
fully, but It will be Intimated clearly
to Great Britain, through official chan
nels, that the United States will not
endure a prolonged controversy, but
will at once send a cruiser for the Am
bassador In case Great Britain con
tinues to refuse the necessary safe
conduct.
The action of the British Govern
ment la regarded as a peevish exhibi
tion of bad manners rather than as a
serious affront t6 the United States,
but the State Department is deter
mined to put an end to Great Britain's
flouting of our desires. Indeed, It Is
likely that the note In regard to Count
Tarnowskl will be followed shortly by
another peremptory note In regard to
the passage of the United States mail
to Holland, Denmark, Norway and
Sweden. The State eDpartment, is
considering the advisability of employ
ing cruisers of the navy to carry the
mails to and form Denmark.
Z't CENT PIECES URGED.
Director Of Mint Says Country De
mands Such Coins.
Washington. A 2H cent piece Is de
manded by the country, according to
the Director of the Mint, whose an
nual report, just made public, recom
mends passage of a law authorizing
coins of that denomination from cop
per ami nickel. "Articles which now
sell for 15 cents each or two for a
quarter would sell for 12 M cents," he
says. "Popular shops such as the five
and ten cent stores, would undoubtedly
place articles now selling two for &
cents on sale at 2V cents."
COMPULSORY PRIMARIES.
West Virginia Legislature Adjourns
After Patting Bill.
Charleston, W. Va, The special ses
sion of the legislature closed, after re
ports had been made by conference
committees appointed to bring the
House and Senate together on the
registration and primary bills. The
bills were finally passed by both
houses, and they become effective In
90 days. The primary bill, as It came
from the conference committee, re
stores compulsory primaries to the
election system.
NEARLY ALL BAKER3 ARRESTED.
Charged With Selling Light-Weight
Loaves In Wilmington, N. C.
Wilmington, N. C Proprietors of
practically all bakeries In the city were
arrested on charges that they were
selling loaves of bread under the stand
ard weight set by' an old city ordi
nance. The ordinance specifies that
each loaf must weight 16 ounces, and
It Is alleged most of the bakeries have
been selling loaves that weight only 10
WOMAN KANSAS ELECTOR.
Sunflower State Prepares To Send Mrs
R. C. Layman.
Topeka, Kan. A woman probably
will go to Washington to represent
Kansas in the Presidential Electoral
College Hubert Lardner, chairman of
the Democratic State Committee, said
the preparations were being made to
choose Mrs. R. C. Layman, or Hutch
lnson. to represent the Kansas elec
tors, Mrs. Layman Is the first woman
to be named as a Presidential elector
in the State.
OVER 0
M
ADAMSOfj M IQ
SUPREME GQURT
Test Case ' Now on Docket of
Highest Tribunal.
PLAN FOR EARLY ARGUMENT
Agreement Of Railroads and Brother.
hoods To Co-Operat With the
Commlnlon To Observe the
Law's Operation.
Washington. The case of the Mu,
sour!, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad,
selected to test the constitutionality of
the Adamson law, was placed on th
Supreme Court docket, the lost step i
perfection by the government of lu
appeal from Federal Judge Hook' de
cision holding the law unconstlhj.
tlonal. A motion was later presented
to set a date for early argument.
Outside of the record before the Su
preme Court and not so far made a
part of the official transcript ia tli
stipulation agreed upon by Attorn;
General Gregory and railroad counsel
to abide by the court's decision In the
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf rase li
all other suits questioning the validity
of the Adamson Act. In the present
tion of arguments to the court, how
ever, a stipulation making tho pending
case determinative of all other suit
may be filed.
Unless the Supreme Court gives the
Adamson case precedence over many
others already assigned for hearing. It
Is considered doubtful whether It
could be reached much before the mid
dle of December, even should the court
agree to advance the hearings. There
are some forty alroady assigned, many
of them Important cases specially ad
vanced. Nevertheless It is generally
expected that the railroad case will
be submitted before the court re
cesses for the Christmas holidays on
December 22.
Nine additional cases were placed
on the Supreme Court's call for De
cember 4. They were recently passed
and now are reassigned. Among them
are the 'railway mail pay divisor"
cases, Involving railroads' claim of
$35,000,000 against the government;
an alleged rebating case against tie
Lehigh Valley Railroad and cases In
volving right of the United Mine
Workers and other labor unions to
operate in West Virginia, where. Fed
eral Judge Dayton held the mine work
ers to be an Illegal organization.
BOTH WILL CO-OPERATE.
Railroads and Brotherhoods Will A
(1st Federal Commission.
New York. An agreement has been
reached by the railroads and by the
trainmen with the Federal commission
appointed by President Wilson to ob
serve the operation of the Adamao
act regarding the commission's plana
to collect the required data in an ae-
curate and reliable manner satisfac
tory to the roads and the men, it u
announced here by Interstate Com
merce Commissioner E. E. Clark, t
member of the commission. Both
sides have promised that all Inform-
tlon desirable would be at the com
mission's disposal, Mr Clark said.
The commlselon, of which Major
General George W. Ooethals Is chair
man, met the trainmen brotherhood
representatives In a conference similar
to the one It held with railroad presi
dents last week.
TO LOCATE FARM BANKS.
Board Will Make Its Announcement
Within Twenty Days.
TToahlnirtftii Annnunrmient within
20 days of the location of the 12 region
M farm loan banks authorized by Con
gress will be made by the Farm Loan-
Board. During Its Investigation trip,
Just ended, the board has held hear
ings In every State, traveling 20,000
miles. Testimony of hundreds of farm
ers was hoard.
VOTE IN MINNESOTA.
Canvassing Board Determines Plurality
Of Hughe At 392.
St. Taul. Minn. Charles E. Hughes'
plurality in Minnesota at the recent
presidential election was 392 votes,
h State Canvassing: Board deter
mined. Discovery of alight errors In
the original tabulation resulted in
net loss of four votes by Mr. Hughes,
the final official count being: Hugh,
179.544; Wilson, 179,152.
TWINS, 14, IN U. S. ARMY.
Judge Land! Is Trying To Learn Ho
They Worked It.
Chicago. Federal Judge K.
Landis today took stops to learn no
Hyman and -Abe Jackson, twins, H
years old, got into the United State
Army. A few weeks ago the twlni
were Inmates of an orphan asylum
here. The superintendent says U'
for five years they brought about
reign of terror.
U. S. ATTACHE RECALLED.
Lieutenant-Colonel Kuhn Is Ordered
Back From Berlin.
. Washington. The War Department
officially confirmed reports of the re
call of Lleut.-Col. Joseph E. Kuhn.
military attache of the American Em
bassy In Berlin.
OHIO WILL HAVE "DRY" FIGHT.
Anti-Saloon League Proposes Pr
hlbltlon Amendment
ColumbuB, Ohlo.-The Anti-Saloon
League will call a State-wide pro
hibition fight In Ohio next fall, accor
Ing to announcement made by J-
White, superintendent of the league i
this State. The loague will under tn
Initiative submit prohibition In t"
form of a proposed constitution"
amendment, to be placed before
voters next November.