The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
R. R. MEN WIN SIX
FULL CREW CASES
Railroads Get Decisions In Four Tests
OF 1911 Act Before Service
Commission.
Harrisburg


The six decisions upholding the train
men were given by Chairman w. d. B.
Ainey, who went into them exhaustive
ly. In one case. which was watched
with interest all over the country, he
held that sleeping cars must be con.
sidered as coaches in the meaning OF
the Act, and that the Pennsylvania
Railroad must place baggageman in
charge Of the baggage car In four
other cases II was held by the chair.
man that dining car conductors could
not be considered trainmen or brake
men and that II would be just as logic.
al to make walters trainmen. The
cases in which the railroads got de-
cisions involved construction Of trains,
definition OF expressmen and baggage.
men and yard work The latter case
came from western Pennsylvania, and
was one in which the railroad men
took much interest II was contended
that trains containing over fifty and
sixty cars were run through yards
without the number Of men required.
Commissioner NJ. J. Ryan, however, in
a long analysis OF the work performed,
held that the trains must be con.
sidered as yard switching. and that as
the men were paid on a different basis
and worked on a different system the
Act could not be held to apply.
Phils. VIII Have 1918 Endeavorers.
Enthusiasm among Philadelphia
Christian Endeavorers has been run
ming high since the announcement that
the State Executive Committee of the
c. Il. Convention had selected Phila-
delphia for holding the 1918 conven-
tion. The big Philadelphia delegation
received the news with cheers and
plans were at once begun for the en-
tertainment of the convention two
summers hence.
The executive committee was in
fluenced in its decision to take the con-
vention to Philadelphia by pressing in
vitations from the Philadelphia c. E.
Union Mayor Thomas D. Smith and
the Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce
Big features of the session were ad-
dresses by William T. Ellis, of Swarth-
more, and Miss Mildred Haggard,
junior specialist, of Minnesota.
DR.. William Shaw, Of Boston, ad-
dressed the convention and big page
ant was given by the Junior Endeavor-
ers. "Endeayor Experts held a ban
quet. when they were addressed by
Stanley b. Vandersall, of Ohio
The parade Of the Endeavorers was
prevented by thunderstorm which
swept the city at the time scheduled
for the event. Sectional meetings
where various phases Of G. f. work
were discussed by leaders from Phlla-
delphia, Reading. Pittsburgh, Allen
town and other cities.
Annuity To OIL Dlscoyerer Is Closed.
An opinion given to Thomas A.
Crlchton, cashier Of the State Treas.
ury, by Deputy Attorney General Kun.
closes an annuity which the Common
wealth Of Pennsylvania granted 10 e.
l.. Drake and wife by Act of 1878. The
grant was made to Drake because "he
discovered large quantities OF petro-
leum" in the State, which greatly
stimulated various industries" and
"also added directly to the revenue of
the Commonwealth more than one mil
lion dollars" The annuity was $1,000.
Mr.. Drake died some years ago and
his wife has been drawing the annuity
since. Her death occurred recently
and Mr. Crichton is informed that he
may pay the amount OF the annuity
which had accrued at the time OF her
death to her estate.
Supplies For Workmen Part OF Wages.
The State Workmen's Compensation
Board has ruled that amounts deduct
cd from gross earnings Of an employe
by the employer for furnishing sup
plies necessarily used by him in his
work should be included in computing
average weekly wages" In compensa.
ton proceedings. The ruling is made
in an opinion by Commissioner j. w.
Leech, in case which will have an
important bearing upon the claims in
the anthracite region
Refuses To LIT Road Race Ban.
Highway Commissioner Black re-
fused to reverse his ruling forbidding
hill-climbing contests and races on
State highways, informing n commit
tee OF Fayetse countians that if public
sentiment was in favor of such con
tests the Legislature could be petition
ed to permit them.
Labor Department To Inspect Schools.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby school buildings throughout
the State will be inspected by men OF
the State Department of Labor and
Industry, who viii make recommends
tions as to fire escapes and similar
fire hazards.
Two Justices Appointed.
These justices of the peace we're
named: John NJ. Scott. Beaver, and
William +. White, Beaver Falls.