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New Ministry.
PREMIER ALMOST DICTATOR
Takeg Place Denied Asquith Carl
Curzon, Lord Melner, Bonar
Law and Arthur Hender
son Hit Aidt.
Lon Inn. The oflicial list of the new
Ministry follows tlio unothcial fore
casts, with two or three minor
changes. Mr. Lloyd-George, Lord Mil
ner, Karl Curzon. Andrew Iionar Law
and Arthur Henderson form what Is
olliclally termed the War Cabinet,
while the others, who ordinarily have
been designated as Cabinet Ministers,
are called heads of departments.
An Important point in this novel or
ganization Is that It concentrate far
more power In the hands of the l'rinie
Minister than the British system has
ever known before. Mr. Lloyd-George's
proposals to Premier Asqulth were for
a war council, of which the Premier
should not be a member, although he
should have the power of passing on
Its work. Mr. Lloyd-George has not
hesitated to place himself in the posi
tion more closely resembling a dicta
torship than he was willing to give his
predecessor.
The War Cabinet will hold daily ses
sions directing the prosecution of the
war, and the freedom of Mr. Lloyd
George, Lord Milner and Mr. Hender
son from department duties will allow
thera to devote all their time to the
War Council.
The complexion of the new Govern
ment Is 12 Liberals, 13 I'nlonlsts, 3
Laborites and the presidents of the
Boards of Trade and Education and
the Shipping Controller, who have
been attached to no parties.
The most Important new officials
are the food and shipping controllers.
Would Follow French Model.
Sir Robert Flnlay's renunciation of
the pension attached to the office of
Lord High Chancellor will be a popu
lar stroke. The Lord Chancellor
draws 10. 000 in office and a pension
of 5.0( 0 after his retirement. There
has been much discussion over the
cost of this largely ornamental office
recently. Three retired Chancellors
are drawing pensions, and Lord Buck
master will make the fourth, having
seen two years' service.
I T. P. O'Connor gives notice of a
notion in the House of Commons for
the formation of a series of commis
sions In Parliament on the French
model, for co-operation with the Min
isters In conducting the war.
i The measures of the new Govern
- rnent for the control of food supplies
will be preceded by one for the entire
control of the liquor trade, according
ti well-informed sources. Absolute
prohibition of the consumption of
spirits except medicinal!;.', and re-tric-tions
on the beer trade, are expee'ed.
Tl'.e who'e resources of the spirit
trade, it is believed, will be put under
state control early in the new year
and the accumulated stocks diverted
to other purposes than drink. Tie
distillation of whiskey and gin will be
prohibited.
SHARK SKINS FOR LEATHER.
Bureau Of Fisheries Investigating Its
Possibilities.
Washington. I'-e of shark skins as
a substitute fur le.i'her Is being In
vestigated by the I'ni'ed S'afes Bureau
of Fi.-heries as a pnj.-:b!e solu'ion of
the high cost of aninril skins. Al
ready, says a bureau statement, an ac
ceptable leather is being made from
shark skins in some foreign countries
and In the t'nited Slates the-e has
been a limited demand for the skins
as coverings for smaller articles Flor
ida fishermen will supply lame shark
fklns for the experiments. The Gov
ernment Is furnishing the fishing
tackle. Men In the lighthouse service
also have been directed to catch
sharks.
NO DOUBT AS TO PENNSYLVANIA.
Official Count Of Vote Shows It Cave
Hughes 181,953 Plurality.
Harrisburg, Pa. The official count
of the vote cast In Pennsylvania for
Presidential elee'ors at the recent e'ec
tion was completed and shows that
Charles E. Hughes had a plurality over
President Wilson of 1S1.950. The first
elector on each party ticket received
the highest vote. The veto was as
follows: Kepublican, 700,7.14: Iiemo
cratic, dC1.7t, Socialist, iZA?"; Pro
hibition, 28 SiS; Industrialist, 417.
-Total vote cast for President 1.207,037.
TO VOTE ON VETO POWER.
Business Men Consider Plan To Help
President.
Washington. Whether the Pre?!
dent of the United States should be.
empowered by constitutional amend
ments to veto separate items of appro
priation bills Is the subject of a refer
endum ordered by the Chamber of
Commerce of the t'nitcd States. It
was announced at the Chamber's head
quarters that all affiliated organiza
tions had been asked to vote on the
question and that balloting would be
completed the third week in January.
CONTRACTS FOR AIRSHIPS.
Army Orders Ninety-Six For Its Coast
A,-tillcry Stations.
Washington. Contracts for flfi high
power hydro-aoroplares for the roast
artillery stations In the United State,
Hawaii, Philippine? and the Panama
Canal Zone were let by the War Ic.
pnrtn ent. Immediate construction Is
to be begun on the DG machines, and
contracts fooa will be let for C2 more.
Persian fanning depends- ou Irrigation.
CABINET
P. 0. DEPARTMENT
$12,1,000 AHEAD
Postmaster-General ShowsSur
plus Accumulated.
$5,200X00 ADDED THIS YEAR
Burleson Recommends That Tele
phone And Telegraph Systems
Be Taken Over By
Government.
Washington. Postmaster - General
Burleson's annual report, Just Issued
declares there was a Postolllce De
partment surplus of 5,2uO,000 during
tho present year and enumerates as
among the year's accomplishments Im
provement of the parcel post, exten
sion oi city and rural deliveries and
development of tho Postal Savings
system.
A surplus of $12,500,000 Is shown,
ays the report, for three years of the
four the administration has been In of
fice, and it calls attention to deficits
under previous administrations.
The department makes many recom
mendations for improvement of the
service. Some of the most important
are these:
That early action be taken by Con
gress declaring a Government monop
oly over all utilities for the public
transmission of intelligence and that
as soon as possible the telephone and
telegraph facilities of the United
States be Incorporated Into the postal
establishment
That $300,000 be appropriated now
for acquiring telegraph and telephone
utilities in Alaska, Porto Rico and
Hawaii.
That second-class postal rates be re
vised to make sepond class matter pay
more of Its share of transportation ex
pense and that the 1 cent rate be ap
plied to all so-called drop letters.
That public buildings erected for
postoOice purposes be standardized
and that their costs be commensurate
with the needs of tho service.
That funds be expended in a num
ber of large cities for buildings not
of ornamental de ign, but designed to
accommodate the postal servire be
fore more money is spent In smaller
towns where buildings are not needed
and cannot be Justified.
That chances be made in the pres
ent building policy which Imposes a
fixed charce on the department that
has grown burdensome.
That the classified service be ex
tended to Include the position of post
master at offices of the first, second
and third classes.
That the department be authorized
to bond its employes, so that the
Government may be protected more
adequately and that relief may be af
forded officials ami employes of the
service.
That the pay of rural carriers be
equalized by fixing salaries on the
basis of the number of pieces and
weight of mail traported. lenrth of
routes and time required to serve
them, Instead of solely on length of
rou'es as at present.
That $100,000 bo appropriated for
experiments In aerial transportation
of mall.
Growth of the parcel post will cut
the cost of living to the city dweller,
the report declares. The service Is
now handling 90 OoO.OOO packages a
month. Liberal chances In its regu
lations have done much to bring about
Its extension, it Is declared.
NEW U-BOAT NOTE MAY BE SENT.
Washington Stirred By Activities Of
German Submarines.
Washington. More definite infor
mation as to the facts Involved In
recent activities by German sub
marines has brought the situation to
a point where a new note to Germany,
designed to clear up any doubt as
to the interpretation of the Berlin
Government's submarine pledges to
the United States, appears to be
among the possibilities of the near
future.
President Wilson has given careful
attention to the evidence In the cases
of several of the vesels recently at
tacked, but has given no Indication of
what his decision will be. It was
stated positively that no course had
been decided upon, but beyond this
and a reiteration that the American
Government had not In any way al
tered Its stand on the submarine
question, officials declined to make
ar.y comment.
The cases in the forefront of con
sideration are those of the British
steamers Arabia and Marina, both of
which, Germany con'ends, were be
lieved to be transports in the naval
service of the Allies. During the dav
official information reached the State
Department e'tab'ishlnr; that the
Marina, on which six Amerlrans were
lost, was In no sene a transport, nnC
an Inquiry was ndd-essed to Great
Britain for In'ormatlon as to the act
ual status of the Arabia.
WANTS HIGHER SALARIES.
Petition To Conyress From Coast end
Geodetic Survey.
Washington. Secretary Redfield
presented to Congress a petition from
employed of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, rrttlng forth the high cost of
living and asking for Increased pay.
POTATO EMBARGO OFF.
Agricultural Department Expects
Canadian Crop To Lower Price.
Wa.-hington. The first step of the
Department of Agriculture toward a
policy expected to reduce prices on
food staple was taken when the em
bargo on Canadian potatoes was or
dered lifted. Shipments of potatne ,
It was explained, must bo certified by
shippers to be as sound as Is com
mercially practicable and to contain
no more than 10 per cent, of tubers
showing traces of disease.
I THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY I
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UNITED STATES
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Production Increasing Faster
Than Population.
THE BEEF SUPPLY GROWING
Secretary Of Agriculture Points To
Further Great Possibilities
Held Out By Till
able Lands.
Washington. Fears that the popula
tion of the United States is growing
so fast that It will outstrip the pro
duction of food are set at rest by the
annual report of Secretary of Agricul
ture David F. Houston, Just made to
Congress.
The production of foods In the
United States has held its own In some
branches and has Increased In others.
The alarming decline In beef produc
tion which set In some time ago reach
ed tho lowest point In 1913. and since
then has increased materially. At the
same time there has been a marked
increa.se In the production of swine.
Sheep have declined slightly. More of
these meat animals have been slaugh
tered under Government supervision
during the fiscal year euded June 30,
1016. than ever before, the report
states. The heaviest slaughtering has
been accompanied by an Increase In
the number of living animals, how
ever. Secretary Houston says that the
situation gives reason for' the bright
est optimism, it being indicated that
the United States cannot only supply
Its own food needs, but can feed a
large proportion of the people of the
outside world.
The report states that the Depart
ment has energetically worked through
tho eradication of disease nnd the de
velopment of stock raising to increase
the food supply, lie recommends the
Inauguration of a vigorous campaign
against tubereculosis in hogs nnd cat
tle, which, he estimates, Is causing an
nual losses in the United States of
$:r..ooo,ooo.
The report states that the secret of
continuing to feed the world lies In
the expansion by the American people
of the acreage of tilled lands. Food
crops should be stabilized and better
regulated, he declares. Crops should
be rotated scientifically, the Secretary
declares, and the entire business of
tilling the soil should be placed on a
more scientific basis.
A marked improvement In the qual
ity of foods and drugs offered the pub
lic has been brought about through
rigorous enforcement of the food and
Drugs act, the report says.
CASHIER SHOT BY BANDIT DEAD.
Ordered To Turn His Back And Fired
At Three Times.
Point, Texas. Clarence Glass,
cashier of the Point National Bank,
died from wounds received when he
was shot down by a robber who took
$244 from the bank. Glass said the
robber, after taking the money, or
dered him to turn his back, and then
shot him three times. The man
escaped.
WOULD MAKE WASHINGTON DRY.
Senators Sheppard and Kenyon To
Champion Measure.
Washington. First efforts of prohi
bition leaders In Congress at this ses
sion are to be directed toward making
the national capital "dry." The Initial
move will be made by Senator Shep
pard, of Texas, and Senator Kenyon,
of Iowa, will champion the measure
from the Republican side.
ADVERTISERS FAVOR IT.
National Association Approves In
crease In Price Of Newspapers.
Uotton. The Association of Nation
al Advertisers at Its annual meeting
here adopted resolutions approving
"reasonable increases lu the selling
price of periodicals and newspapers
because of the higher cost of white
paper.
BEATS HUSBAND FOR MAYOR.
Oregon Woman Keeps City Hall Job
In Family.
Umatilla, Ore. Mrs. E. E. Starcher
Is mayor of Umatilla, having defeated
her husbarifl in the election. Women
also were elected to all other offices in
the municipal government, Includin;
four peats In the council, recorder and
treasurer.-
New York State consumes 370.5r.0,
000 feet of lumber annually In making
iwick Ing boxes and crates.
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FLAUNT BANNER IN
PRESIDENT'S FACE
The Suffragists Carry Out Care
fully Planned Stunt.
PRESIDENT GIVEN OVATION
President Wilson Merely Smiles and
Goes On With His Speech, While
Page Pulls Down the Of-
fensive Banner.
Washington. President Wilson's
address to Congress was marked by a
woman suffrage coup in the galleries
the first real show of organized
militancy In the capital and by a
great demonstration of congratulation
to the President upon his re-elecUon,
in which many Republicans Joined
with the Democrats.
After acknowledging the prolonged
cheers and applause which greeted his
entry to the hall of the House, the
President launched into his address,
reviewing recommendations for rail
road legislation, a corrupt practices
act, and had passed to his recommen
dations for a broader government for
Porto Rico. He was Just about to be
gin a sentence: "The present laws
governing the Island and regulating
the rights and privileges or Its peo
ple are not Just," when over the rail
of the gallery, where sat a party of
woman suffrage leaders, there fluttered
down above the heads of an amazed
assemblage of senators and rcpiTscn
tatlves a silken banner of suffrage yel-
ow, bearing In great black letters the
inscription:
"President Wilson, what will you do
for woman suffrage?"
The suffragists said afterward, It
was their protest against the Presi
dent's plea with Congress for broader
suffrage for the men of Porto Rico
while he did not mention their own
cause In his address.
Wilson Merely Smiled.
As the banner rippled down tho suf-
frnrlsts sat smiling and unperturbed
watching the effect. A diminutive
page, raised on the arms of men di
rectly under the gallery, grasped the
edge of the banner and snatched 'it
down. President Wilson, attracted by
the stir, looked up from his reading,
and apparently taking In the situation
at a glance, smiled broadly, and with
out hesitation or interruption turned
his eyes back to his manuscript and
continued his address to It and with
out further demonstrations.
Policemen . and gallery guards
scurried to where the women were
seated, but contented themselves' with
watching the party, as if to prevent a
further outbreak.
When the Joint session was over the
suffragists filed out unmolested by the
police, who said they had no orders
other than to prevent any further In
fringement of the rules of the House.
The banner remained a trophy with
the scrgeant-at-arms.
Was Carefully Staged.
As It turned out, the women had
their plnns laid with precision and
sprung their coup almost on the sec
ond. Evidently in possession of an
advance copy of the President's ad
dress, they had timed the document
at the speed they expected he would
read, and anticipated he would reach
the Porto Rico section in eight min
utes. Miss Mabel Vernon, of Nevada, whe
heckled the President here at his
American Federation of Labor speech
ast July and who smuggled the ban
ner Into the House Rallery under her
coat,, kept time and gave the signal for
the unfurling of the banner.
TORNADO HITS LOUISIANA TOWN
Business Section Of Atlanta Demol
ished And Child Killed.
Atlanta, La. A tornado, which
swept over this town virtually demol
ished the business section, causing a
loss of about $10,000. Among the
buildings destroyed were the Catholic,
lethodist and Baptist Churches ant'
the depot of the Louisiana Railway
ind Navigation Company.
AUSTRIA ASKED TO EXPLAIN.
Penfield Instructed To Ask For Details
Of the Chemung Disaster.
Washington. Secretary tf State
Tensing instructed Ambassador Pen
field In Vienna to "request" the Aus-
rollungarlan Foreign Office for an
explanation of the sinking by an Aus-
rltin submarine of tho American
learner Chomung off the coast of
'.pain on November 26. The Inquiry,
t was puid, was preliminary to formul
negotiations concerning the vessel and
U nnt In Itself final.
TEUTON FORGES
OCCUPY BUCHAREST
The Rumania Campaign a
Notable Achievement.
TWO GREAT GENERALS
Mark , the Climax Of a Campaign
Which Began August 27 Were .
Crushed In the German
Nutcracker.
Derlln. Bucharest, capital of Kou
mania, has been captured, It was o(U
clally announced.
Ploechtl, the Important railway June
Hon town, 36 miles northwest of Bu
charest, also has been taken.
Roumanians Avoided Trap.
London. The retirement of the Rou
manians from the city of Bucharest
nnd the surrounding region was made
Imperative by the ndvanco of the Ger
manic troops on three sides of the
capital. To avoid flanking operations
that would have eaten Into their
armies King Ferdinand's commanders
slipped out of the enemy's trap with
their forces apparently almost Intact.
Recent advices stated that the mili
tary authorities had decided to make
no stand In the capital, which was re
ported to have been stripped of the
defenses that once made It ono of the
most powerfully foi tided positions In
.tie world.
The capture of Bucharest marks the
culmination of an operation accounted
by military commentators one of the
most soundly conceived and brilliantly
executed strategical feats of the great
war.
From the hour when Field Marshal
Von Mackensen forced a crossing of
the Danube and, on November 24, set
foot on Roumanian soil, effecting a
Junction shortly afterward with Gen
eral Von Falkenhayn's armies, driving
through Wallachla from the west,
there seemed little doubt of the ulti
mate fate of the Roumanian capital.
The relentless pressure of the Teu
tonic invading armies, with their pre
ponderance of heavy artillery, proved
too much for King Ferdinand's forces
once the Roumanian front was broken
In western Wallachla and the Danube
crossed behind the line of the north
ern Teutonic Irruption.
Continuously outflanked on tho
south by Von Mackensen's advance
and on the north by further Austro
Gernian Irruptions through the moun
tain passes, tho Roumanians had no
choice but to fall bock upon the line
of their capital and now have been
forced to yield even that.
Hold 50,000 Square Miles.
The taking of Bucharest virtually
completes the conquest by the Teu
tonic forces of the southern section of
the Roumanian kingdom, embracing
territory of more than 50,000 square
miles.
The heclnnlne of the Teutonic cam
paign against Roumanian dates back
to the Roumanian entrance Into the
war on August 27. Perhaps taken by
surprise by the speed with which the
Roumanians threw their troops across
the Transylvania Alps Into Hungary
nnd took possession of Kronstadt, Her
mannstadt and a wide sweep of Hun
garian territory, the Austro-German
military authorities were awake to the
opportunities In Dobrudia, on the Rou
manian southeastern front. Within a
few dnys the Bulgarians were found
to be winning signal successes along
the Danube, capturing Turtukal on
Sentember 7 nnd Silistrla on the 10th.
There remained then the operation of
clearing the remainder of Dobrudja: up
to the lmnortant railway line running
from the Black Sea port of Constanza
into Interior Roumanla, over the
bridge at Tchemavoda.
This Von Mackensen accomplished
something more thnn a month later,
defeating the Russo-Roumanlan Army
and capturing the railway, thus shut
ting off Bucharest from direct rail
communication with the Black Sea
and cutting the most convenient line
for sending Russian reinforcements
and supplies Into Roumanla.
Crushed As In Nutcracker.
This accomplished there began the
process of crushing Roumanla In the
nutcrackor fashion made- familiar by
the Germans In this war. First, the
Roumanians were pushed back to their
frontier on the north. This was
easily accomplished, as the Invaders
of Hungary were apparently ill-equipped
to hold their ground. Gen. Von
Falkenhayn, In charge of this opera
tion, then began hnmmorlng at the
passes through tho Transylvanlan
Alps, which it was necessary to carry
to -reach the Roumanian plain. The
Roumanians, assisted in some cases
by the Russians, tenaciously defended
these passes and their approaches, but
all nlone tho line the Teutonic attack
progressed and finally on November 18
came the vital break in the Rouman-
Inn lino. This occurred in the UnDcr
Jlul Valley, when Von Falkenhayn won
the great battle of Tirgu-Jul and
opened the way to the plains of Little
Wallachla.
Falkenhayn's Advance Rapid.
Driving southward Von Falkenhayn
quickly captured Craiova, cutting off
the Roumanian forces In the Orsova
region, In exlreme Western Rou
manla, and by November 23 had vlr
nalv coniDleted the conouest of Little
Wallachla. The Roumanians' retreat
eastward was In full swing by this
BRITISH STILL ARGUE.
But Are Expected To Let Austrian
Ambassador Come Here.
Washington. A series of communi
cations is now passing between the
United. States, England and Austria
over England's refusal to give safe
conduct to the new Austrian Ambas
sador, Count Tarnowskl.
Oil obtained from seeds of Brazilian
rubber trees has been found an accept
able substitute for linseed oil by Brit
ish palntmakers.
time, when suddencly came the news
that Von Mackensen, who had been
marshaling a big army In Dobrudja,
had effected a crossing of the DanuDe
at several points, one of them at Zlm
nitza. turnluit the position the KOu-
manlans had taken up along the Alt
river after their retreat from the Jlul.
From then on events moved rapidly.
Von Mackensen, capturing Glurglu on
the Danube, pressed up the railrond
lino thence towards Bucharest, and
the armies from the west and north,
winning engagements that permitted
the Influx of additional forces through
the passes, fought their way to the
line of the Argechu.
Argechu Battle Decisive.
This line was broken In a great bat
tle on December 3, In which the (list
Roumanian Army was badly defeated
and began falling back eastward In
disorder. The Austro-Ocrman armies
were ncniing the capital ou threo
sides, and nt no point, except on the
south, meeting really effective resistance-
Evon to tho south it was an
nounced on Tuesday that they had
worked within seven miles of the capi
tal, which had been reported under
bombardment for several days, and Its
evacuation by the Roumanians wus
hourly looked for.
In entering Bucharest, the armies of
the Central Powers have taken their
fourth Entente capital. Early In the
war, King Albort and the Belglon Gov
ernment were forced out of Brussels,
and last yenr King Poter of Serbia
and King Nicholas of Montenegro were
successively compelled to give up their
capitals to the Teutonic invaders. Now
the process has been repeated In the
case of King Ferdinand of Roumnnla.
Bucharest Well Fortified.
Bucharest, before the present war
relegated old-fashioned fortifications
to the scrap heap, was considered ex
tremely well defended by its outlying
works, which comprised 18 fortifica
tions of the first class and many re
doubts and batteries. Aside from
Paris, It was accounted probably the
largest military camp In the world,
capable of accommodating 200,000
men.
AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK.
Crew Of John Lambert Arrives At New
York.
New York. The steamship John
Lambert, listed In the Maritime Regis
ter as an American vessel, was shelled
and sunk without warning by a Ger
man submnrino off the Isle of Wight
on November 22, according to mem
bers of the crew, Americans, who ar
rived here on the French line steam
ship Espngno from Bordeaux.
The John Lambert was one of the
12' vessels which was built on the
Great Lakes the French line agreed to
purchase. Accordingly to the arrivals
the vessel had not yet been turned
over to the French Interests, but was
on its way to Havre for delivery there.
CONDEMNS BELLIGERENTS.
Pope In Hie Allocution Calls Atten
tion To Violations Of Human Law.
Rome. In bis allocution at the
secret consistory, when the Right Rev.
Mgr. William T. Russell was made
Bishop of Charleston, S. C, the Pope
said: "It Is well to recall, aside from
the laws of God, that even If the laws
of men were obeyed at present peace
and prosperity would reign In Europe.
We see open cities and defenseless In
habitants exposed to aerial attacks
and we see by sea and land nameless
horrors. I cannot but deplore again
these crimes nnd condemn all those
by whom they are committed."
McADOO AND HOUSTON TO STAY.
Officials Close To Wilson Deny Res
ignation Reports.
Washington. In spite of reiterated
reports to the contrary, officials clcse
to President Wilson Insisted that
neither Secretary McAdoo nor Secre
tary Houston will retire from the
Cabinet at the close of the President's
first term. Attorney-General Gregory,
who returned from Texas, refused to
say whether he was planning to re
sign. In his case, however, the re
ports are generally credited among
his friends.
$1,000,000 FOR FISH HATCHERIES,
House Bill Provides For One In Mary,
land Or Virginia.
Washington. Twenty fish hatch
erles In as many states would be pro
vided at a cost of about $1,000,000 by
a bill which passed the House. They
would be In Alabama, Louisiana, Flop
Ida, Georgia, South or North Carolina,
Maryland or Virginia, Oregon, Texas,
Oklahoma, Illinois, Washington, Ari
zona, New Mexico, Michigan, Idaho,
Missouri, Pennsylvania, Delaware or
New Jersey, Minnesota and California.
The bill now goes to the Senate.
URGES PAPER EMBARGO.
Kansas Congressman Inroduces Meas
ure Providing Fines.
Washington. A bill designed to
place a two-year embargo on exporta
tion of news print paper was Intro
duced by Representative Campbell, of
Kansas, and referrod to the commerce
committee. Penalties ranging from
fines of $1,000 to $20,000 and Imprison
ment of not more than ten years would
be provided by the measure.
ALL QUIET IN SANTO DOMINGO.
Payments Suspended For Several
Months Are Resumed.
Santo Domingo. The situation Is
now quiet In Santo Domingo, In which
American military rule was proclaim
ed last month. Payments by the Gov
ernment, which were suspended for
several months on account of the re
tention of public funds by the Ameri
can officials, have been resumed.
Turkey has put bakeries under gov
ernment rule.
VOTE OF THE GUARD
COST NEARLY $8000
Expense Of 19 Election Commission.
ere To Texas Was $7,459 Jus.
tlce Walling Spent $9,041.
Harrisburg
It cost the State of Pennsylvania
$7,456.60 for the expenses of sixteen
commissioners to take the vote of the
National Guardsmen at the election
held last month. One commissioner
has not filed his account The com
missioners were allowed ten cents a
mile for their trips to Harrisburg for In.
structlons and supplies nnd for the trip
to and from El Paso. The expenses do
not Include the cost of printing and
other expenses.
Justice E. A. Walling elcctd to the
Supreme Court, filed an accounting for
$9,011.79 expended In his campaign.
This sum ropri-sents his personal ex
penditures and does nnt Include any
of the contributions to Campaign Com
mittee in his Interest. Ho gave the
Erie County Campaign Committee
$3,209.05: the Republican State Com
mittee, $2,500, and the Democratic
Stato Committee, $1,000. The Erls
County Walling Committee accounted
for the contribution from the Justice
and the Schuylkill County Walling
Committee for $59.35.
Congressman John R. K. Scott certl
fled to expenditure of $2,105 with
$814.67 unpaid. He received no con
tributions and gave the Republican
State Committee $1,000. Mr. Scott
paid $500 to the Philadelphia Commit
tee of Seventy for Investigation of
qualifications of voters and $200 to a
detective agency for the same pur
pose. Certifications of payment of nothing
or less than $50 were made by A. O.
Graham, Washington candidate for
Coneross-at-Large: Isaiah Schellne, C.
H. Ruhe, A. H. Klngsburv and F. D.
McCue, Democratic electoral candi
dates. O. O. Benn, Republican elector,
accounted for $300.
Jitneys Declared Common Carriers.
Jitneys are common carriers within
the meaning of the Pennsylvania Pub
lic Service law and can only be ope
rated when their owners have obtained
certificates of public convenience from
the Public Service Commission which,
however, will grant authority to ope
rate only when applicants for certif
icates show that they hnve safe and
adequate vehicles according to a de
cision of the commission. The opin
ion was written by Chairman Alney
and refuses a certificate to Poter Greco,
against whose operation of a Jitney
the Allegheny Valley Street Railway
hnd filed a protest.
Tho opinion Is the first In which the
commission has taken a stand against
Jitneys not of sufficient size to meet
demands of traffic. It lays down rules
and under the decision will come prob
ably a score or more of Jitney ope
rators In western Pennsylvania, who
have been complained against, while
the case will furnish a precedent In
other cases which may be brought
Commutation Asked For Murderer.
Application was filed with tho Stale
Board of Fardons for commutation oi
the death sentence of Fred Christy,
Mercer county, convicted of the murder
of his father, John Christy. As in the
cases of the two Jefferson county mur
ders, sentenced to die for the killing
of the father of one of them, a plea
of youth Is made. Christy Is only a
little over seventeen. He asserts that
another person did the actual killing
and that he was adjudged guilty of first
degree murder on submission of his
case after withdrawing a plea of not
guilty; the person whom he charges
with the murder being acquitted.
Aek Holiday Ruling On Work Hours.
Represenatlves of employers asked
the State Industrial Board to permit
two hcurs extra work each day the
week preceding Christmas for female
employes. Christmas falls on Monday
and the law provides that In holiday
weeks women and girls may work two
hours extra a day not In excess of a
total of fifty-four hours to make up the
'oss of time. The emplovers wott'd
like to have thera work the week be
fore, during the rush, Instead of the
week following. The Attorney General
will be consulted before a ruling Is
made.
Quail To Be Brought To Pennsylvania.
Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of the
State Game Commission, received a
telegram from one of the representa
tives of the commission that he had
arrived In Texas from Mexico with
6000 Mexican quail for distribution
throughout that State. This Is the
largest fot ever brought Into this coun
try for the State's propagation work.
The quail will be kept In captivity until
Spring, bolng distributed throughout
farms whose owners have agreed to
care for them.
Whitewashing Casual Employment
Whitewashing a fence on a back lot
Is casual employment and a person In
jured In such employment cannot claim
compensation, was the decision given
by Referee E. K. Saylor In the claim
of Lewis Stambaugh, of Boiling Springs.
It settles a question as to casual em
ployment. Schwab Buys Fifty Memberships.
Charlos M." Schwab took fifty mem
berships In the Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce for officials and others con
nected with tho Bethlehem Steel Com
pany. Australia boasts of the tallest troei
grown on British Boll.
Fifty thousand combinations are po
Bible with a new combination padlock.
The first electric lamps ever mad
In Argentina recently were turned out
at a new plant
The temprrature of a new eloctrh)
Oatiron can ,bo regulated to four dlf
ferent degrees.
One Farls motion picture plant pro
duces an average of 3.000,000 feet ol
Blras weekly.