Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-18
FULL CREW CASE
Is ARGUED TODAY
Important Complaints Will Be
Considered by Commits
SiOnerS at Once

! AMHIhlnzWEH service commission
/ rulings on various
/ SEk-zt4 phases and points
! zS in question, were
argued before the commissioners to-
day at the Capitol This will be the
last move in the cases, which have
been pending for months.
This mornings session of the COM
mission was given over to the hear
ing OF argument in the railroad cases.
which were brought by the railroad
orotherhoods. Specific instances of
aiIeged violations were brought out by
attorneys for the brotherhoods, who
! sought 10 show that on numerous oc-
caslons the Pennsylvania, Baltimore
IL Ohto and Philadelphia & Reading
| companies operated trains which con-
sisted or crews of but five men, In
! opposing these charges railroad at
torneys insisted that the sixth man
! was on the trains in the person of the
conductor or steward of the dining
/ car and that he also served in the
capacity of brakeman. Brotherhood
attorneys, however, declare this prac-
lce is in direct violation of the Full
Crew Act inasmuch as the law does
not recognize a dual responsibility.
James Scarlet. who spoke for the
tralnmenS organizations, explained
that the steward in the dining car
was never called upon to act as a
brakeman and that it would be a diff
his duties in the dining car and at the
same time examine brakes and look
| after the safety of the passengers in
| the other parts of the train.
A case brought against the Pitts
burgh x Lake Erie related to the full
crew within a railroad yard and on
sidings An example cited was that
of train made up of IS cars which
were intended for sidings between
Pittsburgh and another city in the
western part of the State. The train
dld not have the required number of
men on because, the railroad explains
when it reached it's destination, ali
but a few of the cars had been drop
| ped off.
Just before the noon adjournment
was taken a charge brought against
the Cumberland Valley Railroad oom-
PanE P' was argued. attorneys for the
| Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
said that frequently on Saturdays the
| train between Chambersburg and
! Waynesboro is operated in violation
| OF the law. Cumberland Valley at
| torneys explained that the train con-
sisted OF less than three passenger cars
and was therefore operated in accord
ance with the law. The railroad com
! panN alleges that the charges were
instigated by two men who were dis
charged because of intoxication.
In addition to this case the commits
sIoii hdu peloTe IL tne ScneduleS of the
! Philadelphia Electric Company, of
which action was deferred some time
ago; the New Jersey Zinc case which
! brought William A. Glasgow Jr, and
| q number of prominent members; the
Mansfield Water and Newport Water
| cases and several others.
| Tomorrow the ''slag rate" case will
| come up for argument
Albee's Big Venture. Henry T.
! Atbee, Potter'S representative in the
| House of Representatives, has bought
! the Ansley farm of 100 acres near
Galeton, part of which is under culti-
vation, and will extensively engage in
sheep farming. The present price of
wool, lamb and mutton ought to make
/ 1t very successful investment, pro-
viding the dogs do not do too much
| damage and the bears likewise. The
latter are causing much annoyance
to some farmers of the county. There
is much land in Potter county that
will sustain sheep and is good for little
else.
Eighteen Candidates. Eighteen
candidates from Schuylkill, Northum-
/ berland, Dauphin and Columbia coun-
ties, for certificates of eligibility as
mine inspectors, appeared before the
examining board yesterday at Potts
town. There are seven vacancies at
$4,000 annually to be filled.
Flowers for Patton. - Attaches of
the State Department of Agriculture
| last evening sent to Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs. Charles E. Pat
ton thirty-three roses al honor of the
thirty-third anniversary of their mar
riage. Mrs. Patton returned last night
from a Southern trip.
Senator Here. Senator Horace
w. Schantz, of Lehigh, was here last
evening. He came to file petition to
run for Republican nomination for
| Congress in his district.
York Visitor. - EX-Representative
r. S. Frey of Wrightsville, was at the
Capitol. He filed the nominating pa
pers for Congressman-at-lar Lafean.
| ROderick Sworn In. State Chief
terday took the oath of office for the
| fourth time. He was sworn in by
Deputy Secretary Godcharles.
Hepburn Storm Center. = Della
ware county friends of Representative
II. II. Hepburn say that he is n storm
center. He is being opposed for Re-
publican denomination by V. Gilpin
| Robinson, a former member. Repre-
sentative "Dick" Baldwin seems to be
escaping trouble.
Ccnsors Are Upheld. In an i'm
portant opinion by Justice Won Mosch-
zisker. the Supreme Court yesterday
sustained the appeal of the Pennsyl-
Vania state Board or CenSorS, taken
by Deputy Attorney General Kun.
from the decision of Court of Com
mon Pleas No. 2, which in the case of
the film entitled Virtue" decided
that the Board of Censors' judgment
in ordering certain eliminations was
minute and far-fetched" and with
out merit, but failed to find that the
censors had been guilty of any arbi-
trary or oppressive abuse of dis
cretion. TN. the absence of such a
determination" the Supreme Court
says, "the order complained of can