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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
SECOND INQUIRY INTO
SING SING is BEGUN
District Attorney Acts ON Eve
Of OSbornr'> Trial ON
Perjury Charge.

OssiNtSG, y. Y. Feb ~ --n-irct At
torney Weeks las commenced second
Investigation Of Sing sing prison with
a new Grand Jury ct the eve of Thomas
Mott oshnrn"'S trial on a perjury Ind.,t-
ment resulting from The irst iuquiry.
sheriff Wle.eudanror and Assistant
District Attorney Ferris requested to-
day records from the prison which would
show Just what prisoners were taken
from their cells At unusual times and at
%NiLt hour. 'onviCis testified hciur. the
first Grand Jury that they were taken
from their cells t. the WIrlcu's Office
At All hours.
1t was learned that the first Witnesses
hefor" tn" new Grand Jury were Mrssis.
fiurl ana Wal" Of the state Prison
Commission, who are considered friendly
TO Mr.. Osborne.
Leon e. Weinstock. also "A Commits
siOner. mad" public yesterday "A report
on the prison situation which was ap-
proved by the commission on February
|. II recommends the abolition of Sing
Sing as a stat" prison and the establish
ing of a self supporting prison farm.
There Ia no reason why New Works.
prisons should not be s"lf-supporting."
the report says, and advocates extensive
development Of prison industries. COM
missioner Weius,ock also would diyid.
prisoners into several classes according
to their degrees OF crime and chance of
reformation, scgregating htbitual GRIM
mails from first offenders and mental de-
~fcCtivcs from both
The eport points out that the state
nov owns the land for "a prison farm and
could DO much of tn" construction work
with prison labor. Warden kir.hwey of
sing Sing, Henry Maruuiud. state Com
missioner OF Charities Buricttc q.
Lewis. Commissioner OF Correction ;
Francis Lynde Stetson and Isaac NJ.
Seligman approve the report.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
ABSOLVED ON FRAUD CHARGE.
Clean Bili In Given ny Court to
John g.. BOrkstede.

John q. HorgStcde, Commissioner of
Pubic Works IN The Bronx and presi-
dent of the North Side Savings Bank.
has been absolyed by Justice f,rlanger
IN the supreme Court of charges of
fraud in the management of the Fern
cliff Cemetery, which owns property
near Ardsley worth several hundred
thousand dollars.
The application for an injunction re-
s%trainiug MIR. borgstoda from entering
drfault-d judgments against the Grove
I'm Realty company, organized 10
finance the cemetery, was made by
iI"ur. Gri'mc and other stockholders,
who charged that Borgstedc got back
IN salary part OF Si3,IIi he advanced
to the cemetery company.
TIL" cemetery was 10 excel in beauty
amy other Eastern burying grounds, but
funds have been insufficient to carry il
along.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
DRINKERS DIE SOON,
SAYS AN ACTUARY
New York Life Insurance E\-
pert Traces go Per Cent.
Of Mortality.


ior E'r''.,ouu ~. a%u"t."r blow"
yesterday AFTERNOON wn,p Nr'nu. Hun
'"r. ,l t.tul-, 81 '.o Sew Work llfc
lr,ur,u." co.ui.ry. ','l ar aUal,.c 90
yolnG n,u IH 'n" Trcu',-'n.rl s;rco'
us.n. d. - Sin. 'oIrI Mems CHRISTIAN
N-.pr,a'Iu1 t'at $50 p"r cont " The
short l,,l pcrsous v"r" heavy drinkers
Mr.. ii'Ntcr's j.. rrr" W. pl 'illhts
Tra' shorten lIt, ,ui Wa fun -
figures that .Ip,or; r ,y''y Ma tJ"
teachings ~ tho suoLNrr
TIA" NJ" INSURANCE companies are ~
noss'-s.ul OF l"l iuH'Ahl- .'atiHtios Drov-
ing that t.- mortality among drinkers
was infinitely greater than thai among
the thsta!ucr~. Men who take two
,ltsS.- co. whis,py q dty when they
take ou' their policies st.i Mr., Hunter.
almost alW t'3 hrrou1r heavy drinkers
ana 10 wauy cases iuohriatrs. Tho
die long hcfog" 'n"v would had not their
Vitality boon sappcl NJ by alcohol, he
asserted.
"Scv,utv ;,Ars az" said NJ Hunter.
"tu abStaiu"r W. unknown. Every one
n,liryed that II Wa necessary TO tax"
= little s'Umulant daily, When an ali
Staiurr applied for insurance TO a large
London company AZ that tim" y" was
Tho first OF his Kind ever seen. \ spe-
rtal meeting Of IN" hoard Of directors
was cal,rd t. d,al with his phenomenon
and in tn" end a special premium was
asked. Contrary 90 all expectations his
man lived 10 So
Lady .p'.uc was t"cnt"i moro
Kindly by the speaker. Mr., Hunter lad
few deaths to smoke and said wat on,
~ combination with d'rk dd 1t over
,,,I. an unnraci1hlC N,rpnpp in tha
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
MORE SHONT.S LETTERS.
VIII He Read when inuuir> -
Resumed IU-dn,.

Wuou the Thomson .'s.s,..N" ."n-
usit,. resumes is sessions tuS morn
Biiubridg" tu.ay. ,puu~'. 20 the
committee. Vii ,uriin.. reading ''.
letters which passed between j t. Nor
gan y 90. and President Suput~ "t tie
I~nterb"iough. Th-." ~i,it're relate 20
~pr"llmiuar.es leading NJ - sub"
contacts
TIE several tru.hloaoS 60 books ana
papers OF III. 7 y Gllc~pl" roujf ,r'.
.ry Company ST. also u" produced bee
fore t1r committee. They W,r" brought
over SATURDAY. hut h"'a,H~" 1u a''orn'N
Tor IT," company objected 3" any ol",
even tn" committee, tr'utIN ur expert
accountant. examining tt"lu ,N,,u' If 20
r"sGtaI session o.: 'h" committee tI,N
W"r. ,tri.I aNaH tgAr
tNtIrmtu Thompson Of IN" ,uuf.''"'
NtS not ' own N'-'rfu.. HHi Mr.
colby G",li'si to discus. OH" oours" ~
the iuvc-tigttiou or Comptroller li,u-
dercasts statement.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
NINE. WALSKA BREAKS
PROMISE TO Be BRIDE
Priuua Donna Suh>crihr> to the
Creed That "an Artist
Cannot Marry.

rrs ,-.ui mot IAN artist cannot
MARI. fut-ahcu only ia-t wcrh Icy Ais
G,raia.u. F'trrar when IN" Was married
to Lou T"lcrrn. has been adopted by
Nine G,nua Walsha tho Polish pr'imh
DONNA of the METROPOLITAN Opera '"m-
r.ut. Mime. Na.shI's engagement to
Iowo'l NJ Palmer. lr, uf 1874 columbia
Hcights. Bro"klln n, has been broken.
TN, h,'ruthll LASTED from last August
uu'tl - few months ago. As Mine"
Walska put il yesterday. Its termination
v,~ NOT known until Mr.. Palmer, IN
answer go questions about wntn IN"
wedding was to taxi" place., confessed
that everything WAS off. II" had h't."
more 'p sa,. adding that he iid not 'N'nl
know his former tiHncses Whereabouts
But the, prima donna talked freely in
her apartment at 20 West Fcfty-n.nth
street.
"Ouc cannot he an artist and marry"
she said positively. NJ Palmer and
were to he married, but when ! an
uouu,,d tina | would remain on tn"
stag he objected. ! love the Stsg"
above everything. and so-wcll "" Will
not Ice married
Mr.. Ia.ncr, who was divorced in 1909
hy his first wifr, Mrs. Amy RIrnham
Palmer, on statutory grounds, met Mime
WalSha at her first appearance on the
American stage Last April in Mime
Nitou,hr' at the Century Theatre. lie
f. president Of the Palmer Lime and ce-
nicut Company and IA member 81 one
of the oldest and w"althl"St families Of
Brooklyn. Mime Walska was born in
Wariaw AVID WIS married to the Baron
ArcadI" ~dl.iuEoru, a Russian army OFF,
Ger, n the age of H. the Baron was
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14

Representative Peter pooling of New
York gets "a verse, but maybe ne won't
Tx" o.. Il runs this way.
Thor" was an old fellow named DooiIrg.
And sally he needed some schooling,
He's So awfully slow.
II" ioe~nt Nr' know
That ON Suffrage IT, line 20 out, foollnr
The one tn senator O'Gorman sounds
quite yirul.ut. but mtvhe the suffs don't
mean the wish they express in the Sec
ond ana third ines.
Listen. S,na,or'o German.
How v" Wish Nou were a Mormon.
with a hundred wives TO rule you III
you'd dread g..
'Ir-'Hu'th,y opposed" say you
A parrot. ~. could say that, too.
NM understand as clearly why he said Il.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
SHOW GIRLS SPOUSE
RAIDS FOR DIVORCE
Catches Ills Wife With som,
Writer Edwards and Win,
Decree.
HOTEL DETECTIVE HELPS

leo ElWauis. sons wrl'er a.d .-...t,.
~ 'ins edwards. creator If .sYIry.'.
acts, Wa the correspondent
!"r divorce brought uv rhum, ,,-
ock lIduck, Cornell gradual, vino a..
on the engineering STAN or m. lr,.
borough RAPID Transit auI i've. =,
3"' IatE avenue. against I.z,,.A
BAILEY Harck. = show gr hr.v,
the stag" a. Betty Randolph. Sunr.,r.
touft Jns,i'" Iiutchk ~~ he. .gr,5
decree Of diNurce for Hduck
The ovid"n submitted l.. li,y,t.
attorney, Ge"rg" G. Howard 81 ~
broadway. showed that Mir. iiau,l. VIA
~as then playing III THE r,ss"
SHOW of 1919" at th. Wiu,.r G,,d."
was suspected 10y her husband Of
ccpt,ng the attentions of other w.
u detectives were engaged q, Va,
her on March =. 1913.
Thc detectives testified that ,hoy g.,
saw Mrs. Hauck and Edward, ,nr,,t.,
on May -, 1915, when she "a, 80.
taNicah at the stage cuirtn,. 10, -,
Winter Garden, with hey arm. s
with il"Wcis. ana found Edward. ,,.',
ing her IN" taxi droV, TO the iia,.,
Nstpr. wh'r" Edwards got -ore lrs
-hN's hllb ivy li'U went To- the ftosaf
Mc\lriu. where they registered ,s IN,
and Mr.. Edwards "
hauck then arranged With &c, T. end.
John Is luSec. a civIl near l.,.
AZ :" riverside Drive, and Luther ben
-, superintendent Of o~oustrut..r o.,
ih" luterh"ruugh. to tn
on q iaIding party the neNt time ~.
Hauck dud Edwards were rourd IN.
g"th"r. The detectives reported -,
midnight on MAY 90 that the comma h,A
S"h" to the McAlpin again and "a
taken a room on the twentieth s.,r
Accompanied by his friends and ~.
detectives, liauck went to the N.Ai,,
ana enlisted the aid Of Edward j. L.rE
tn" house detective. The door va.
opened iu response 10 = demand "a.
admission. and tho raiders found IA.
wards and Mrs. fiaIck.
Mrs. li,Ick merely said. accord r "a
me raiders Come on back. Leo I
don't love hun anyhow. DOM, c,r
about it," NV
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
MEET TO URGE 8 HOUR DAY.
Labor niOniats Hear Praise for
Thorn psOn Committee.

Jacob I'tIIken, a .Iwyer who Is rep
rescnting the Carmen, workers, was the
principal speaker last night AT a meet
ing In Washington Irving High school
under the auspices o' various labor
unions for advancing the movement for
an eight hour working day. iiugh
Frayne. u local organizer, Also spoke.
After nrIising the work Of tho
Thompson committee Mr.. Taukcu de-
plorcd the fact Shat the lu;crhorougn
Rapid Transit Company was too poor
10 increase the pay ~ It's employees
when II had p'enty Of money TO pay
large bonus"s to itS officials ana legal
representatives.
THE Wcaycrs' u one act play. wa
acted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14

The Board of Health has not taken
any steps Of an official uatUr" a. a re-.
suit of this latest case, Dr. Haven
Emerson, president of the board, would
not second IN" uldtIuu OF Drs.
ROOe and Rogers regarding the d.sir-
ability of r'st'r.iization by Federal au-
thorltics of hides and feathers from
anthrax infected ports.
There are no ANTHRAX infected ports. 20
he said, "NnlhraN ~ Il common disease
among animals and may be- discovered
in this country from u shipment from
another country, but tine diS,a.c may
not hay" been ~.Hr1i by thos. in
charg" Al the time the animals were
Slaughtered. There are 40 ShippiuC
ports 10 which one can point and say
that II Is infected with anthrax. and
ms regards the recommendation of the
state Labor Department | would rather
have the opinion ON This of the Ma
tional Health Service
Dr. Emerson but a few DAYS ago
clashed Will Dr. e T.. Grahan Ro-rrs
over tn question t. 80 whether tn.
germs of dutnrhA were found on tn"
skins OF cats. In, Rogers gave out a
statement rbat spores of the disease
had been discovered IN tho fur of "A
rat taken from the city dumping ground
Mt Barren Island, and tn. scientists of
the industrial hygiene division of the
State Labor Department said that they
would propose IA law To- prevent the sale
Of all fur from Barren Island.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
KILLED BY
Lrnther worker Infected by Hides
From south America.

G~hovEHsylllE, y, Y, Fen. l3.-Nilcs
~i:cyna!is, 81, de- this m"rniug fion
anthrax, which h" contracted last
"Wednesday Wn"n working in "a leather
n'anuia"ilriu@ plant here on sllo"pskIus
imported from South America Thc -
o's" was communicated thr"ueh a
pimplo 81 mis- neck
NJ the 'in"" of death his head was
Swollen =" u'tlI, doubl" its normal
sil'. TIis Wls tine second case a,rour
"o't0N"" "' 'H" ~.,wc plant within "A
yea ~ other recovered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
SIX INCHES OF SNOW;
ICY HOWLER COMING
FethprstOn Able to Get Only
1000 Extra ShOvcllcrs
for City Streets.
MERCURY DROPS TO IL

Another snowstorm hi, New York yes
terday. II started in q desultory
fashion Saturday night and about il 80
Yesterday forenoon IL turned from a
IN miserable slcet 10 a hard, driving fal!
Of flakes. Between five and six inches
fell In the greater city.
II stopped showing shortly after 7 Y.
M. The wind was then brisk from the
north with an occasional northwest ten
dency. The temperature ut midnight
was IL and the local forecastsr said IT
surely would reach 10 or maybe lower
his morning.
The forecast calls for fair and ron
tinued cold this day and fair with rising
temperature tomorrow An advisory
storm warning sent from Washington
at 10 o'clock last night predicted north
westerly gales late last night or early
this morning from wilmington to Jack
sonville.
The storm was caused BY the flight
across the country to the south Of Va
OF an elongated low" that was expected
10 take another course, the usual one
| north and west OF this State, hut in
sisted on obfuscating the prophets ny us
+, eccentric action. 1t brought snow IN
eddy.ng masses Oh the Atlantic coast
states from northern Virginia 20 New
England. also depositing "A mantle on
, most OF Canada. l. was on" OF the
! most extensive snowfalls OF tn. winter.
| quilting al. Of Pennsylvania. West
Virginia, New York and New Jersey.
I IInraaha,,t th.ra xSsr,. M heavy winds
or squalls to SEND the flakes drifting 10
impede railroad t%r,ffic. The hcst the
| nor,hcrly breeze achieved was thirty-siX
| miles In the afternoon. Al . T.. VI. foui
] inches OF snow had fallen on the pre-
| ceding sleet foundation OF an inch or SO.
| The entire OF the d~isttr,bance had then
| passed over Virginia AID off the co's;
10 max. trouble for naVIgators. Fore
caster Scar said i would BE- "dt 20
sea this morning
In New York. still irving &" e-t back
TO normal conditions after tine storms
OF a few days ago. which len three
! inches Of hard packed snow and Ice on
the streets, the street Cleaning Depart
! ment was In "A bad tN SUNDAY acctad-
! ing to Commissioned F.therst"u, j. ~
worst day for suCn a visitation
There we're t.p.u extra men from
the volunteer list of snow fighters pu'
, In worl. early Ia IN" morning, besides
tho 3.uup regulars and '.""" officers.
There should hay. been ii.7"r more IN
each shift. for this number would htv"
been able TO keep pac" with the downfdll
on every thornughfdt". hut i was ih-
possible 20 get them The Department
has "A volunteer. OBJ: "'u"' geu,H. i~i u'
about "u,uou men. but since SATURDAY
night is III" avcraE" workmin r'''"a-
ton period l. wa hard 80 g't them
HN 80. Int leo ~. HtHE 80
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14

M~">T"IAIU. y. J., Fob ~. Tu,.c
wore "a marriages !u MaY'r.l" last,
year. she largest uu'nhgr ever recorded
in tho Tie h.rth cato for he
year was POS, which IS AN Increase ~
-. prr cent aver the rate 'ov IN. pre-
Nious wear ~" Moose OF births over
deaths was 27s.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
Nitri"Iir Word. for PIatt.

Sad and rcproachful is the one tha'
/" Representative Edmund Plat Of
Nork
- Mr. P,d'i. - MIR. r,s,''
however ,oud YOU SAY
That voters needed proper.
To ,ut" Election Day
- Vi TH,''. - Nj Par
r~ ruWtrlt and tt>"
4" stE 10 IL what ynu 4 NOT lare
To oui uNu districts IA %.
q W Plat. - Nj P.t't,
No a! lrt YOUR district know
Your I'm" ideas Of voters rights
Defeated. down You'd 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
Germs From south America.

u was learned NcSttTiltS 'ldl iA'IS'
who is 81 years old. and lives at AZ
Second avenue. handled and sorted many
kinds of hides In the business Of his
employers. j. \. Hull n 60. Of - Gold
street, and tina, he handled in this work
hides cumiug from Argentina. Imported
skins coming from Argentina would h.
included IN The special sterilization which
Drs. Roos and Rogers recommend.
Dr. Ransom Hooker. visiting surgeon
at Bellevue. operated upon ti'fS Oh
Saturday. removing tn" site OF the an
thrax lesion on the back OF the rIsh'
hand and taklng out the d'th tissue
from "h'l h'u nee" Il "h-h' '"''P'' ~"
Wednesday. rms op'ra'l"' was SH'u ny
hr. itooS To nave h'tlI 'l' S.,"I'u per
formed IN an 'htIr"N case u, Ne" I'm
Tue mrs. S"iE''A t'''H'','' Nv '"''' W..
~ VI" '"i,''''' il'.f." '' ~
i."seH' N'''' .
blooN's u, '"S' N'i'''"'' -. ~,
iorhi'hs ,'e "Pe' '''".' .
v,.u' ~" 40 -, ,'.n.r,.
w.. :" -
u w, '"' '.a, -, oyi-
ne - ,Vii,u1Hg ,b, or,ra-
,'nn nr ,r,,ri.. Enrrs dr.,,nr Of
', p'i,,,,,, ,,,I ,u,,d us
ni,ais 80, ,..,.,I,, ,ho, ,h. u,,iou,'s
nutsa ,,. 80 ,,,rr ., sbnv th,t tine
'nrac,,nn -. gc,t,rc , rrin on him
Iat.r tho .w,Il'up which had been con-
nuad IA TN, hand increased and extended
in his shnuld,r Ir Norris EXPRESSED
II. f,,r maj Tho man would die.
Sr>.rtb.l..s thor. we're two more i'll
.r,inus administered nf IN, lI,hhuru
.,rum IN, discovery Of br. Ado'ph Efci-
norm of TN, National Bureau uf AMI
NAL Industry. which was brought to this
CITY in great hast. in October AT the
time thar ,;,oIp. r.. S~tackpole lay seri-
uusly stricken with anthrax at Bellevue.
Mr. S,urLpnlc died ON October II, but
Tho serum Ma mot used until the last
stages of ,., disease.
The tr-, iri.rtlnu witch Hers re-
r.iy,d ~ uft,,u ,ul., ,utum,tcrs on
s.turd.X afternoon At vlirh ,tuc his
tomner,tur. was a, loo and lo3 The
.ocnud INJECTION va. made a, \.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
ACTION BY STATE
TO CURB ANTHRAX:
PATIENT Is DYING
All Hides Imported From In
fccted South American Ports
to BE Sterilized.
FEDERAL STEP PLANNED
no SAFEGUARD HEALTH

Eugene Hers, handler OF hides. he
newest anthrax patient in Bellevue. is
ding. Following an operation on sat
,rday and tho infection Of fifteen cubic
n,imctc ~ serum further injections
of forty-tye cubic centimcters were made
Yesterday, but Hers failed rapidly. His
mental alcrtneSs dwiudled. He drifted
into "A stupor and the doctors held out
little hope of his recovery.
Dr. Forn,ll injected twenty-five cent?
meters of the serum into the patient =
veins al II 80 O'Clock last night IL
was reported later that he was respond
ing to the treatment.
Besides the Bellevue surgeons and
physicians who attended Hers In the $50
lation ward pr. l.. l.. Roos of the diNl-
sion of industrial hygiene Of the state
Labor Department looked Mt the patient.
He said that his superior in tha' division
of the Labor department, Or. &. T..
Graham Rogers. was taking steps To
have the Federal Government order "A
resterilization Of all hides and feathers
coming to this country from South
American and HIM ports infected with
anthrax.
Dr. Ruos sand that he and Or. Rogers
had been trying to get In communica-
ton with Ur rupert Blue. s~urEcou-rou-
er | of the Tinted tatcs Public Health
Service. to induce the Treasury Depart
ment To- institute preventive measures.
AS the sterilization of imported hides
and heather, is not sufficient as II Is now
conducted. \ special stcrillliuc Is neCcs-
sary to get the spores out of the hides.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
o NJ. pat'. ~ Nj. riatt,
or you We y" had our Ill
one decent act before YOU 60
Not. FOR IN, Slifrag" BIZ

Here is a concise bit Of Nors llbre
addressed to Representative Meyer Lon
don. whom the SUITS count rs one Of
their own.
To Meyer LONDON. ou- '-Ic ff.rUi
II there wer" more Congressman Ike YOU
Our strenuous work wOA.I soon D.. a. an
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14

suns will be his valentines II he will be
theirs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-14
Continued from First Pogc.

citNs account for new Investment. The
contracts were made with this in view.
There was no misrepresentation. no ms
understanding, M ignorance of this big
fact. ami al Of this was the subject
of the most earnest public discussion be-
fore the contracts were signed.
1T was the judgment of Il majority
or the city authorities. and ! believe OF
a majority Of the people Of this city,
that the municipality would better ex-
tend the present subway system and
other transit lines and enter into part
nership with the private companies for
this purpose. II such u partnership were
to be effected it could he effected only
upon the basis of private capital receiv-
ing "A preference in respect of interest
and carrying charges. This point was
so thoroughly debated from 1910 to 1919
that to have 1t now brought forward
as a matter of discovery Indicates only
that Rip Van Wiulllc has waved after
another long sleep.
1T is said that huge amounts are
being charged to Ia" subway cons ruction
account OF the |luterborough Rapid Tran
sl Company in the nature of bonuses
and other items. which can only have the
effect OF depleting the sum 1t will pay
Tor construction, thereby increasing the
sum the city Viii nave to pay. The total
amount SO charged Is $127.I0i, repre-
senting outlaws by that company prior to
the signing II the contacts. Nothing
NOR" OF this character can he charged
under the contract, hccau~. The time in
which the company could make a claim
or file an appeal from the decision of the
Public service Commission has row
passed. Under the contracts. which
were well and carefully drawn to cover
provision for Just such items. the Public
service commission las exclusive
authority IN determining what amount
shall be charged, and the company or the
city Chc Public Service Commission
can appeal from such a determination
and send the matinr to arbitration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

Pennsylvania yearly produces 500,oo0 bushels of buckwheat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
Mobile Police Think
 They Stopped Swindle

Mobile, December 23-(Special.)-Joh ohn Mason, aged 26 and John Thompson, aged 50, are under arrest here on sus- picion that fake pool room was being planned for Mobile, according to Chief of Police G. M. Van Liew. They were arrested Thursday, and detectives re- ported they found an instrument of the kind used for tapping telegraph and tele- phone wires, roll of fake money and parts of telephone apparatus which off, cers said are the property of Mason. Ma son also had in his possession $6l0, dia- mond ring and a gold watch and chain The two men were arraigned in the re- corder's court yesterday and their cases continued until December 27. Later they were released on $200 bond.
 The pair were measured by the Bertf- lion system and finger prints taken. Both denied they were here for improper pur- poses Mason gave his home as Mobile and Thompson said he formerly lived at St. Cloud, Minn. "I am strongly of the opinion an effort was being made here by the men to operate a racing game in Mobile said Chief of Police Van Liew. Hast January a Kansas City man here was fleeced out of $2300, but he did not complain until six weeks later'