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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
Roosevelt Abides by
Physicians Decision;
Will Not See Visitors
By Associated PrcSS

oyster Bay. July 2.-The rest cure
was undertaken again to-
day by Colonel Roosevelt. He not
only denied himself to visitors but
refrained from having his usual work
hour with his secretary. He sent his
secretary to New York early in the
day with messages to the Progressive
headquarters and put in the forenoon
in a long tramp through the woods.
Colonel Roosevelt was so encourage
ed by the h~alf-promise of DR.. IL. Hol-
brook Curtis that he might expect to
be in fighting trim in another six
weeks that he determined to follow the
physicians advice seriously and gave
orders that no visitors were to be
admitted to the house.
Colonel Roosevelt read carefully
the attack on his policy, when Pres
ident, toward Colombia, which was
made yesterday by James T. Dubois,
former minister to the Central Amer
lear republic. He smiled when asked
for his views on Mr.. Dubois statement,
and declined to say a word. 1t was
understood, however, that he might
later make "a reply.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
To SPEND 100000
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Car Company Has Purchased 80
Properties to Make Room For
New Buildings

Further details in the plan announc-
ed by the Telegraph several weeks ago.
to enlarge the plant of the Middletown
Car Company. at Middletown, were an
n by Arthur King, president OF
the company. yesterday.
Options have been secured on thirty
III properties adjoining the plant be-
tween Water and Main streets and
Wood street and Nissley avenue. The
buildings on this tract will be razed i'm
mediately to make room for several new
cost approximately $500, O0O,o and when
completed will give work to several
hundred additional men.
The proposed improvements viii in
clude the rebuilding of all of the pres
ent plant with the exception of the
steel erecting. shop, the building of q
new paint and shipping department. so
1896 feet; a new wood erecting shop, 81
X2S0 feet; a forge shop, 6SX112 feet; a
machine and pattern shop. SoxS6 feet.
and an extension to the steel erecting
building, S0X110 feet, making this
building 440 feet long.
Work on the razing of the old
foundry building will be commenced
Monday. The buildings purchased in
clude: Three lots and house in Main
street. owned by DR.. George f.. Mish;
owned by Misses Josephine and Kathryn
Stofer. the three houses owned by John
Bashore. the c. fl. Hoffer plot, the T. G.
Smith residence and store. Mrs. Lydia
Detweiler's home. the William H.. Mar
tin property, -four houses owned by Al
bert Cohen and the Samuel Cohen plot.
Want Cars Through Town
Engagements to the plant of the
Middletown Car Works will necessi-
tate the closing of Wood street. from
Main to the railroad. The Middle
town council will meet in special SEES
sion tomorrow evening to take this
action.
Council will be required to decide
what to do with the racks of the Har-
risburg Railways Company now &C.
cupying a part of Wood, street. 1t is
understood that a determined effort
will be made by several of the coun
cilmen to have the trolley line extend
through the center of the town be-
fore permission to lay tracks in any
new streets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
Chesapeake Islands
Rapidly Disappearing
Br Associated PrcSS

Washington. d. c., July 2.-That
certain islands and headlands in Chesa-
peake bay are being destroyed at a
startling rate, not by any catastrophe
force of nature but by the ordinary
action of waves and currents. is shown
i'm a report to-day by the Geological
Survey, the most interesting feature of
which is the destruction of the three
islands at the mouth OF the Choptank
river. OF these Sharps Island. which
a generation & was a summer resort
and a favorite hunting ground, besides
supporting a number of families
throughout the year. is to-day de-
serted and almost barren of life. Its
43S acres of 1S48 has dwindled to
SO in 1910. its north shore having suf-
fered the phenomenal loss of 10 feet
a year during the period from 1900 to
1910.
The other two islands-James Island
and Tilghman Island-also are rapidly
disappearing. The former decreased
in size from 976 acres in 1913 10 400
acres in 1910. while the latter was
reduced from 2.015 acres in 1S4S to
1855 acre in 1900.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
EXPRESS CHANGES
BENEFIT To SHIPPERS
President Taylor Outlines the New
Routes to and From
Harrisburg

Improved express facilities are out
lined in a letter from George c. Taylor,
3Re aeG P mps e OF fae a a f5is 1ei ESr
are being posted for the benefit of Har-
risburg shippers. President Taylor's
Now. that all roads that were OPP
Grated by the United States Express
Company have arranged their operating
contracts with other express COM
panies, it may be exceedingly interest
ing to shippers to note what these new
connections mean.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, together with the Pere Mar
quette, has been taken over by the
ADAMS Express Company. while the
Frisco System, has been acquired by
Wells Fargo.
"All other lines operated by the Unit
cd States Express Company will be oc-
cupied by the American Express Com
pany. These include the Rock Island
system, with a total mileage of over
1,451 miles; Central Railroad, 676
miles, and Philadelphia and Reading,
1,50O miles, These roads, together with
can Express Company nearly $4,000
miles of railroad lines, making a total
of over $4,000 miles operated exclu-
sively by the American Express Com
pany, which will maintain over 10000
The Importance of this change in
the express operating map becomes
more apparent when shippers appreci-
ate that 1t gives to the American Elk
press Company direct routings to
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton with new southern and western
connections.
This ompany will have its own
direct lines from Philadelphia to Buff
falo over the Philadelphia and Reading
and Lehigh Valley lines, connecting at
Buffalo with it's other lines. the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern, Michigan
Central, New York, Chicago and st.
Louis, c. c.. C. n St Louis, and Grand
Trunk.
"By the acquisition of the Rock Is
land lines the company will extend it's
service to Santa Rosa, N. NJ; Colorado
Springs. Pueblo and Denver. Col; st,
Joseph, Mo; Atchison and Leavenworth,
Kan; Burlington and Keokuk. Ia:
Omaha, Neb.: st. Paul and Minneapolis,
Mimi. over that road.
"a study of the new map OF the com
pany, which has just been issued.
shows h a by the acquisition of these
new roads the American Express Com
pany has very greatly improved Its ia
cilities."
George c.. Taylor, the new president
of the American Express. Company.
stated that 1t would be his policy to
extend the same high standard of SER
vice throughout the new lines that OBJ
tanned at other points and territory.
June Freight Movement. During
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02

DIE t

Observe Anniversary.-Colohel Ellis
worth Camp. 81, Sons of Veterans, cele-
brated its twenty-fourth anniversary,
Thursday evening, in the Grand Army
of the Republic Hall.
Elect Officers. - Middletown Lodge,
268, Knights of Pythias, has elected
the following officers: Chancellor com
mander, C. B. Erisman; vice-chancelor,
William Lau; prelate, p. j. Zweir;
keeper of records and seal. w. K. Rod
fong; master of e~xchequer. NJ. G. Wit
man; master of finance. William Kicker
mel; master of arms, f. S. Kerr; master
of work, Maurice Cain; outer guard,
Jacob Rhan; inner guard, Maurice
Stauffer; trustee. eighteen months. f,
S. Kerr; representative to the Crane
Lodge, ii. c. Lindemuth.
Observe Flag Day. - The churches
of MiddletoYn are arranging programs
for the observance of Flag Day, Sun
day.
VIII Lecture. - The Rev. I. II. AL
bright will lecture on THE Battle OF
Gettysburg" at Geyer's Church, Sun
day.
Peters was the honor guest at a fare
well party in her honor at Borough
Park. Tuesday afternoon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
Be-Ribboned Summer Girls
Encamp at McCormick's

Forty or more very j%ubilant. very
much excited small women Of the
hair-ribbon, middy-blouse age will be
"tenting tonight on the old camp
ground" For McCormick's Island
summer playground camping season
began to-day.
The girls who with their camp bag
gage filed a good sized fiat. Here is
the roll:
Misses Mildred Baturin, Grace e.
Mckay, Kathryn Hopes, Rhoda
Romberger. Margaret Lenny. Ruth
Starry, Mary Campbell, Frances Ca
ton. Helen Forsythe, Margaret Cham
b~erlain, Marjorie Russ, Mildred
Shupp, Esther Naugle, Marguerite
Reynolds, Sarah Beistline, Mary
Beistline, Rosalie Yeakle, Laura MAY
Althouse, Bertha Brightbill, Pauline
Kast, Catherine Handshaw, Marian
Lenny, Beulah Starry, Mary Starry,
Theodore Kaufman, Martha Harris,
Miriam Baturin, Ruth Dowdell, Kath-
leen Robinson, Ethel Geraldine and
Mary Rhoads.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02

Northern Central Lease
Is Now a Certainty
.Shcciai h M TcLcernhh

Baltimore, Nd, July 2. Judge
Knapp, in the United States Court. de
MED yesterday the motion of counsel
for the minority stockholders to issue
a restraining order that would delay
until September rs the execution of the
proposed 999-year lease of the Northern
Central to the Pennsylvania. The
%counse advised immediate execution of
the lease, and this will be lone so soon
as the Pennsylvania Public Service
Commission passes upon II.
Daring the day evidence was given by
employees of diversion of slow freight
from the Northern Central to the Penn
sylvania-
The first witnes was C. w. Sapp.
yardmaster for the last twelve years at
Bayyiew. Others who gave testimony
along similar lines were, C. S. Bell,
yardmaster at the Northumberland
yard. and A N. Sites, yardmaster at
Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
EXPECT BETTER STEEL TRADE

In its weekly review of the steel
trade to-day the Iron Age predicts
that there should be some improve
ment in h trade during the next
few months. 1t says: The steel trade
enters the second half of the year gen.
orally looking for a gradual increase in
demand, but il is recognized, in view
of the large amount of slack to be
taken up. that improvement in prices
may be deferred for some months.
June buying vas larger in the first
half than in the second half. with
some companies. The Steel Cor
poration, with its foreign trade and
its diversity of products. has done bet
ter of late than in early June"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
elect F

At a meeting of Camp No. 16. Patri-
otto order Sons of America. held last
night. these officers were elected:
Past president, George w. Myers:
president. A. c. Dean: vice-president,
l. Rhinehart: master of forms, L. A.
Briggens; recording secretary, j. II.
namDers mnanriaI svWVretary, j.; ". r.
ductor. S. w. Myers: inspector, Hoover
Young: guard. w. r. Buxton; trustees,
F.. ]. Herbert I. c. Bodmer Thomas
numbers: delegate to the State camp
convention. ]. W. German; alternate
delegate. Thomas Numbers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
III REAn&c

go after $3.50 o'clock: II, Il, 20. 25.' IL
g. :: r. d 5s; H. l. z, !.
81, S., 20, IS. SO, 81, 81. o' o.
Conductors up: German. Kline
engineers up: Crawford, Kettnar
Woiandi Massimore.. Fetrow, Richwine'
Firemen up: Bowers Snadar
2ukoswki' Brown, Sellers. Mover
Bingaman, ~Rumbaugh, Miller. HoIien.
bach, Aunspach. Aieh
Cook, Fieagle, Maurer, McHenry
stephens, Martin, Creeger,
Baish, Hartman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
TO BANQUET INVINCIBLEs

Members of the Invincibles baseball
team n about s~eventy-hve guests
will hold a banquet at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Bulger. South Front
street this evening. Many men prom
inent in the baseball activities of Har-
risburg and Central Pennsylvania will
be present. George Cockill, manager
Q the Harrisburg A. c.: Frank Stees,
president of the Central Pennsylvania
League, and j. Nj. Donovan, manager
of the Steelton a. c., will be among
the guests who will make speeches.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
Standing of the Crews
HARRISBURG ID

PhiIadelphia Division = 103 crew &c
III. 122. TO-. iii. 100. 1O4. 1902, lis
100.
Engineers for 1O3, 12s.
Firemen for 101, 1o3, 1O4. ia.
Conductor for lit.
F1agmen for III, 120.
Brakemen for 1.5. III. 11S, 125.
Engineers up: Dennison, Tenant
Streeper, Leceyman, Long, Wolfe,
Smith. Smith, Supplee. First, Albright,
Madenford. Bruebaker, Newcomer, Nc
CURE. MeCaulley. Hindman, Gallagher
Firemen up. ~Kochenouer. Spring,
Whichello. Arnsberger. Balsbaugh,
Regleman, Penwell, Reno, Rhoads,
Horstick, Yentzer. Wagner. Libhartr
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
DEATH OF MRS. MAGGIE CARNEY
Special TO The Telegydth

Mechanicsburg, Pa, July Mrs
Maggie Carney died yesterday after
noon at her home in East Looms,
street, after an illness of severa
years due to several strokes of ma
ralysis. She sustained a more revere
one about ten days ago, which re.
suited In her death. She was IN
years old n a member of TrindL,
Spring Lutheran church. -Four
brothers survive. G. o. shreiner, OF
Mechanicsburg; j. II. Shreiner. of
Pittsburgh; NJ. l.. Shreiner, of West
Unity. o.; and j. H. W. Shreiner. of
York county. The funeral service will
be held tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock, conducted by the Rev. S. s
Garnes, pastor of Trindle Spring Luz
theran church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
WELCOME FOR CUP WINNERS
By Associated Press

London, July q Lord Winborne
and the members of the British polo
team which won the polo cup at
Meadowbrook were to-day given a
welcome home luncheon by the Pill
grims. Field Marshal Lord Roberts,
who presided. spoke of the intense
qualification felt in the British Islands
at the return of the polo cup.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
ENoLA SIDE

go first after 3,45 p. M: pa EOS. or
SS55SS' 5SSSsS' 2Gl' o29o' 24o, 2OS, 2l2, 24i,
Engineers for 2O3. 22S.
Ffremen for 230, 2O6. 2O7.
CONDUCTORS for OF, Is, IS, 80.
Brakemen for O6, %. 40. So.
T., conductors up; Steinour, Lingle
Brakemen up: Twigg. Carroll, Deets
Middle DivisiOn-1OS crew to 20 first
AFTER Sl5 p. m: 107. 1O2, i04. lis. ia:
Laid off: lis.
Engineers for ia.
Flagman for lis.
Brakeman for 102.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
McCurdy. Miller
Witmyer. Bruehl.

McCurdy, Miller.
Flagmen up: Witmyer. Bruehl.
Brakemen up: Nipple. Fenstermach-
Brown, Dengler. Jackson, ShultzbauFb
Gouse, Buchanan.
Middle Division-21S crew to go first
after 2.15 p. m. "Se
Preference: :. 8. l. 3. 2.
Fireman for s.
Conductor for 5.
Flagman for 3.
Brakemen for 8, 1.
Engineers up: Webster Eue,or
Welcomer, Clouser, Free.
tlremen up: Bornman, Drewett
er, Liebau. 49, puS
conductors up; Patrick, Baskins,
Flagman up.
Pipp, Baker. ~
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
U. S. MARINE BAND PLAYS

Unusually fine marches for the July
list of Victrola records. You're well
come to heal them, any time. J. H.
Troup Music House, Is South Market
Observation-Disclosures.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
WAR ON HOG CHOLERA
IN dssocinted Prem

Washington, d. c.. July 2.-The De-
partment of Agriculture announced to-
day that 1t had started its 1914 cam
paign against hog cholera and that its
representatives would cooperate with
state authorities to prevent and eradi-
"a the disease.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
THE VICTROLA

helps you learn all the new dances.
right in your w home. Come in and
hear the new dance records. J.. II.
| Troup Music House. Is So. Market, So.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
NEW VICTOR RECORDS FOR
JULY

Are here. Come in and he entertain
ed. We're glad to play them for you.
]. H. Troup Music House. ID South
Market Observation-Disclosures
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
YARD CREWS

Engineers up: lands, Hovler
Beck. Biever, Brenneman' Tbomas
aouser. Swab, Silks, Crist, Harvey
SALESMAN, Kuhn. Pelton, Shaver.
Ftremen up: Sheets, Rair Eydo
Crow, Ulsh, Schiefer. Rauch. weieie'
Cookeriey, Maeyer, Shelter, Smell, Bar,
Engineers for 1886. 707. 1171 1904
Firemen for 7O7, 80. ' io-V'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
&RAttRQA@ENeMs$

the month of June freight business on
the Middle Division. of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad showed an increase of l.
463 cars.
Although there were thirty-one days
In the preceding month and slow
trelght shutdownS We're less f%requent
than in June, the movement for June
totaled 1896. OF this number go, 699
cars were loaded and 59,697 empties
were hauled between Harrisburg n
Altoona. A daily average of 5,013 was
maintained during June, while the May
average was but 1904.
Second Test of Watches. - Govern
ment officials will begin the second
test of all railroad watches on August
IL: Beglnnlng with that date class A
later class B.
While these tests are not compul-
sorry, railroad men with certificates
showing hat their watches are accu-
rate will be well fortified gains any
liability for accidents, due to a derilect
timepiece.
Rail orders Increase. - Total con-
tracts booked by rail mills during the
proximately $4,000 tons, which is IS
per cent. larger than during the first
half of 1918.
Car shops booked orders in the last
six months aggregating 42,272, or at
the average rate of 7,045 per month
This is a decrease Of 81 per cent, as
COMPARED with the first half of 1914
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
STATE REGULATOR
Of MASSEURS NEXT
State Bureau Announces That 1t
viii Require Them to Take
Out Licenses Hereafter

T h Q Pennsyl-
vania State Blu
reau of Medical
Education a n d
Licensure Will
organize a sys-
tenn of licenses
for all persons
practicing m a s.
sage, m 9 d C a
gymnastics, cleo
tro-, hydro, he
liO- and thermO-
Arizona republican., 1914-04-28
SUCCESS AND FRIENDLINESS
(Harper's Weekly)

tfidTpef Weekly)
 The number of business men who are establishing just and rational re- lations witll their employees increases rapidly. Hart, Schaffner X Marx feel a justified satisfaction in what they have accomplished in the last three years. After the great gar ment workers strik. they took up the idea of collective bargaining with their employees. After a time they adopted the preferential union shop, which began in New York and represents the ideal combination of the closed and open shop. In this work they were aided by Charles H. Winslow, who was making a specific study of the New York protocol for the United States government. The result of his investigation can be found in the United States Bureau of Labor Bulletin 9S. 1912. The sue cess of the experiment of Hart, Schaffner & Marx is still more noticeable in view of the fact that the attitude of trade unioniSm and of employers has been less reason able in Chicago than it has been in the east.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-28
FIGURING VALUATION
 OF MINES OF ARIZONA
Tax Commission Busy at Big Task {; Holding Almost Daily
 Hearings

The state tax commission is now busily engaged in figuring up the amounts that will be placed against the mines of the state this year un- der the mine tax bill In conse- quence, almost daily hearings are the rule in the offices at the state house, at which some mining com pany representative is present, ex- blaming some item or another in the tabulation that has been sent in.
 Nearly all the mines have reported on their net and gross production, but in the report there ofter occurs items which the commission desires more light upon. This was the case yesterday when Manager Gates and Attorney Chalmers of the Ray Con solidated appeared before the com mission.
 The entire total of mine taxation this year has not yet been figured up, but it is stated upon good au- thority that it will exceed that of last year.
 Commissioner P. J. Miller returned yesterday and added his help to that of his colleagues in the onerous task before them.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-28
ROBBED OWN TRAIN; CREW
 FACES TRIAL
Conductor and Two Brakies Face Indictment Under Federal Law at Tucson; Attorney Wiley Jones Preparing for Session

Out of the fifty cases which will occupy the attention of the United States court at it's Tucson session, starting Monday. is that most unusu- al of train robberies, the pilfering of a box car, alleged to have been com mitted by members of the crew of said train. All this week Assistant United States Attorney Wiley Jones will be working on this and other cases, prior to the moving of the of flee to Tucson.
 Jones prosecuted the ease in the commissioner court, it being the third of this sort to be prosecuted under the new interstate box ear law, operative in Arizona. It seems, according to the story of the at torney's witness, a miner named Hines that the train was moving west to Maricopa from Tucson when the robbery took place. Hines with some other miners, was occupying was loaded on the flat car inn medately behind the box car This line up of cars enabled him to see the three robbers enter the goods van through a small window in the rear. A lattice arrangement pre- vented him from getting a direct view of their faces. but he distinctly saw the plates on their caps and knew them to be a conductor and two brakemen.
 With ths much to go on, Jones is to prosecute the case against c. G. Harrison, Allen E. Crute and E. B. Winkler in Tucson some time after next Monday. A search of the ef- fleets of the three men brought to light many dollars worth of shoes, quantities of silk stockings and corsets. They were also possessed of tools for opening box car doors
 Many Indian liquor cases will be on the docket for the Tucson ses- sion. raising the number of indict- ments to fifty or equal to that of the April term just closed in Phoenix A suit against the Southern Pacific railroad company for violation of the service hours law is another i'm pcrtant matter at the coming ses- sion
 On June 1, the court moves to Globe to open the spring session there.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-28
GRAPES AS SAVERS OF
 LIFE; GIRLS BELIEF
Texas Miss Writes for Big Blue Fruit, Hoping It May Save Her
 Mothers Life

Believing that the Salt River Val ley can grow anything, Texas miss writes to the postmaster here ask ing if she can find Delaware grapes a fruit for which her sick mother craves, and which she says may be the means of saving her life
 Miss Emma Maxwell writes as follows: T have been told that in the Salt river valley all kinds of fruit grows the year round and that grapes do especially well there. Will you please see if there are any there My mother is i'll, and has craved the large blue grape, 'Dela- ware grape" I think. This grape may be the means of saving her life
 Please let me know about the grapes, and their prices You will confer a great favor, and it will be appreciated"
 Colonel McClintOck referred the letter to the Phoenix board of trade. which is hunting for grape growers in an effort to aid Miss Maxwell, and to bear out the reputation of the salt River Valley.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-28
TWAS HABIT, NOT CRIME
 F II WAS ANYTHING
Two Men Charged With Series of Hold
 Ups of Little Girl

Ramon Calderon and a youth, his step-son named Ybarri, were given preliminary examination before Justice Johnstone yesterday on the charge of highway robbery. The complainant was nine year -old Villa Lyon an ex- ceedingly bright and self possessed little girl. She said that about four weeks ago she was stopped by the two men and a purse was taken from her. A couple of weeks later the same men stopped her near the same place and by force took her handkerchief. A little more than a week ago they met her again and despoiled her of piece of chewing gum. In company with Off, ficer Morrill, whose attention had been