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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
LABOR NOTES

LABOK NOIES
England employs 10000 women
as clerks in government offices.
International Union of Mainte-
nance of Way has 5,145 Canadian
members.
One British munition plant en-
ploys over 10000 women.
The membership of the United
Mine Workers exceeds $4,000.
Last year 2,941 railroad employees
were killed and 1923 injured.
Farm laborers at Donegal, Ireland
struck for increased pay.
London (England) post office en-
ploys over 10000 women.
Every woman in Cologne, Ger
many, is forced to work.
Practically every shipyard in Brit
ish Columbia has been unionized.
over 1900 Breton (France) women
earn their living as sailors.
Stockton (CalD printers ask an
increase of SO cents day.
Women are fast replacing men in
the British printing trade.
Child labor on farms is denounced
in Connecticut.
Toledo (Ohio) garment cutters
have secured a minimum of $2S a
week.
The cost of living in Frisco has
increased one-third in two years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
"HARDSCRABBLF"

NITY SOLICITOR FOX is to be
congratulated upon his en-
ergetic handling of the
"Hardscrabble" matter. This should
no longer be a subject of adverse
comment in public places.
Every reasonable thing has beer
done to safeguard the interests OF
the property owners in the district
affected and there can be no charge
of inconsiderate action against The
city. From the standpoint of thC
municipality great consideration has
been shown all in interest and thc
City Solicitor may be trusted to brinp
the matter to proper conclusion
without further unnecessary delay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
THE NEW ADJUTANr GENERAL

LIlAI l." 4ADO - AN L.
n ROMOTION of Colonel Frank D.
Beary, deputy adjutant general
since 1912, to be the admins
tratiVe head of the military establish
ment of Pennsylvania as successor to
the late Thomas ]. Stewart, not only
recognizes efficiency in office, but re-
wards that hard work and self-sac-
rifice which make for the best in the
public service. Almost from the
time that he entered the office the
hand of General Stewart and in the
days when the General was worn
with the weight of duties it was
Colonel Beary who relieved him and
tool; over much of the burden of
an office filed with detail. Colonel
Beary has to-day the advantage of
a score of years in the Guard. He
began as Il private and rose through
the grades to be Il major of the line,
varying his service by working in
the important departments that go
to make an army, but which are not
in the limelight. In handling the
official matters which come to the
Capitol he has had to spend many
a night at his desk and many an
hour upon trains. But it has all been
to his benefit, for he takes his new
office splendidly informed, well sup
ported and vigorous in health.
In selecting the officer upon whom
will devolve the task of organizing
the Reserve Militia first of all, so that
the Commonwealth may have a new
line of defense, Governor Brumbaugh
w&s able to follow the recommended
tions of the Army heads, who showed
that among the officers coming UNI
der national inspection Colonel Beary
+ ranked among the very first for efii-
cheney and general knowledge of the
duties of an officer.
The appointment of Colonel Beary
is good choice viewed from any
angle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
WELL KNOWN PPLE

Highway CommisSr ONeil
Is commencing to reap harvest
He is getting more jaViohS 10
speak than he can fill
Banking CommisSr LaLean
has been taking a ce Oh Gays
off to attend the York
Col. II. c.. TreXleaartefH
ter general of the MAI G9ard,
is likely to be put in'rge OF tne
quartermaster end of OIL tne DIS
camps, according to ors' III,
Forestry CommiSer CohklIn
likes to "reminisce" tIe gays
when he worked in antlhs oll,cS'
Deputy Attorneehetai III
Inns has taken to AtIorheS
General Brown sayuhtlns an"
canoeing will do hin d "illle'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

Theodore Roosevelt stands out be-
fore his countrymen to-day as the
very impersonation of American
spirit. lie has no patience with the
blathering pacificists or the other
slackers, who would promote the
cause of the Kaiser through direct OF
indirect interference with the prepa-
rations of the Government for a sue
cessful assault upon the entrenched
foes of humanity and liberty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
NO ExCUsE FOR DELAY

y. ELECTION of u site for the
new high school should
~ not be postponed for po-
ntical or other reasons. Ade-
quate facilities must be provided for
the increasing school population and
we trust that the directors will lose
no time in getting the whole build
ing program under way Too often
important municipal improvements
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

and the development of the school
facilities are dependent upon poll
tical campaigns. 1t ought to be OBJ
vious to the average public official
that the best recommendation he can
have for the public favor is unset
fish public service and efficient ad-
ministration of the business of the
people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
FoRGETFUL KAISER

If the Kaiser is disappointed that
only SIS were killed and injured in
the night raid on London, it is his
own fault. He should remember
that little children are in bed. not
on the streets at that hour-Phila-
delphia North American,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
TOUGH LUCK

Tough luck, indeed. The United
States is converting an unusually
big cabbage crop into kraut. and yet
Sweden will not get to send any of
1t to her German friends. Kansas
City journal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

pea coal reduced sixty cents a ton
in Philadelphia" Therefore, we are
told, Harrisburg people should feel
grateful to the Presidents fuel ad-
ministration
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

The answer to the governments
failure to fix cotton prices lies in the
fact that the cotton crop is grown in
the South and that Southern Demo-
Gratis are in control at Washington.
But there is worse side to the
cotton question even than that of
price. Its export is not under gov
ernment control. Thousands of bales
are finding their way from this coun-
try to the Central Powers, where the
cotton is being turned into ammuni-
ton for German and Austrian can
non and rifles. An embargo on cot
ton would be serious blow to the
Prusssian arms, just Hs a govern
ment fixed price ON cotton would
tend to keep down family expenses
and government outlay at this time.
But Democratic Washington is
silent concerning Democratic cotton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
WHERE IS THE "NEW BLOOD?'

w
FOLLOWING the Presidents
II cruise to New England in the
- Mayhower. we were told, a great
shake-up was to take place among
the bureaucrats in the departments
at Washington. Red tape was to be
cut, new blood was to be infused.
Well. the cruise is long since ended
The only shake-up that has taken
place is one caused by the operations
of age and the law. General Scott
has Reached the age of retirement
and has quit the post of chief of the
General staff. His successor will have
to step down and out for the same
reason in three months time.
The infusion of new blood will be
delayed that long, at least.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
DO YOU IOW
THAT Harrisbu sells tons
and tons of saIto nearby
towns for buiIIinirposes?
uIsrORIC HMsBURG

william Maclay | to entertain
many State officialhile here on
trips about the Statter the Revo-
luton. His first 10 stood near
the mansion whide erected Of
Front and Southsets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5

1t fortifeS my soul to knoiO
That though perish, truth is so;
That hot0So'er I stray, and range,
WhGte'er do, thou dost not change
Steddier step t0hen 1 recall
That if slip thou doSt not rail-.
-CLoUGH.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

Mr.. Peewee: 1 suppose you're very
much annoyed by me.
His Wife: I never allow myself to
be annoyed by trifles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
DECEIVE { THYSELF

Let no man ave hlmselr. III
any man amoTg seemetn TO be
wise in this w1rlSt him become a
fool, that he may wise.-l Corin-
thians. Ill, Ia II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

"Bryn-Mawr girls in fsthght on
street."-Newspaper headline. Quail
fying for the ballot in Philadelphia,
we suppose.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

NJ. o. Brown, the Crawford coun
lawyer who died n few days ag
was the man who drew the Clat
third class city commission covert
ment act. Mr.. Brown, who had bee
a student of Pennsylvania law atl
of municipal government for yeak
drew the law in an arrangemqt
with A. Nj. EULER, Mayor of Medl
Vile, wNo was one of the leadtr:
for a change in governmental mqh
DDS. -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

Food and fuel will win war;" says
Potter. In which case is the credit &c
go entirely to the sappers and miners
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

Word has just been received he
that Samuel A. Kephart, brother
the State Treasurer and the Superb
Court Judge, has been promoted
be a colonel of coast artillery. u
has been a lieutenant colonel al
stationed at Panama.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

Joseph B. LeCompte, assistai
cashier of the State Treasury, Wi
started on trip to Oklahoma II
day, remarked to a friend that |
was going to visit a town large
settled by folks from his home tow
of Bradford. This calls attentiS
to the fact that all through the ney
er portions of the western States Al
towns in which people from PEN
sylvania counties are numerous.
other words there are communitI
of Keystoners transplanted to whe
the buffaloes and Indians used
roam.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05
A PIE FIEND.

"Don't patronize that restaurant:
they charge ten cents for pie"
What of It? I'm a piece-at-any-
price man."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

Men of the old Fourth Pennsylv
MIA Infantry have been sending tn
congratulations to Adjutant Gene
Beary on his appointment. The &
eral is pretty close to the F'oul
as he spent almost thirty years
that organization and was in chr
of their subsistence when the G
mand was in Porto Rico. In
the good care taken of Col. Cs
command on the island was do
the energy and system of thd-
lentown captain, as he was in SO
days.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

There is a good bit of Try at
these davs IN pet low 500 The
course Is difficuit ono of I sport
lost" in a Iong distance it is
some battIe 70 heat old CBogey,
who rooste around 90 Tb,.r Rob-
ert McCreath has come sest 10
beating par, which is 70. IoI '0'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

cotton is kept down to a reasonable
figure? Says the New York Sun. dis
cussing cotton prices:
The cost of cotton production is
as disputable as the actual price
it costs to produce ton of steel
or a pound of copper 1t ranges,
according to conditions, between
eight and fifteen cents a pound.
If the Government can say to the
farmers of the Middle West that
S2.20 shall be the price received
for wheat. why cannot it say to
the farmers of the South that n
price fixed after thorough inves-
tigation shall be received for cot
ton? Talk of holding cotton for
a minimum of thirty cents n
pound will hasten such n price
fixing. Thirty-cen cotton would
be profit-grabbing in it's worst
form.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

The effort of the members ne
ITarrisbrrp. Reserves 10 obtair ries
10 drill vounp men Of draft in
the rudiments of military worave
heen ablv seconded hv MN of
residents who have loaned 5hly
priced Krags which they had the
Spanish War and which thee at
rifle ranges. 1t is hoped tCtalh
enough guns for the drillin' the
young men next week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

Miss Caterpillar: Boo hoo! Tnats
picture of M mamma. an9 : don't
look o bat like thAti
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

i. ]. .STACKPOLE, PreS't s. Editor-in- c hief
F. r. OYSTER. Business Manager.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication of
all news credited to it or not other
wise credited in this paper and also
the local news published herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-05

England employs 10000 women
as clerks in government offices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-08
TRAFFIC HELD UP
AS CONGRESS- ST.
BRIDGE is STUCK
East Side Lunch Rooms Do
Rushing Business Be-
cause of Breakdown

Failure of the operating mechanism
Of the Congress street bridge to close
the bridge fully between noontime and
1 o'clock today caused serious disrup-
ton Of east and west bound traffic.
AS result of the inopportune fail
ure of the bridge to set itself all Bar
jitneys and automobiles were held up
to cross the structure.
For a time trolley service was con-
gested with the result that New Ha-
ven and Milford-bound cars were held
up until the traction officials arranged
to route them through by way of
Stratford avenue.
Work on the part Of bridge en-
ployes resulted in closing the bridge at
12:45, after just three-quarters. Of an
hour delay. 1t is likely that no eff
fort will be made-t open it again un-
til experts have passed upon it's condi-
ton
The Public Works department had
not fully completed it's investigation
of the cause late this afternoon, but
the difficulty is unofficially reported to
be in the operating mechanism con-
trolling the balanced lift.
Hundreds of persons who usually go
home to the west side of the river for
lunch, and return to the East Side fac
tories, were compelled to forego their
usual custom with the result that the
lunch rooms east of the river did an
unusual business, in some cases selling
out their stock of victuals before 1880
and turning customers away.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-08
HARB0R
IS REFUGE FOR
OCEAN VESSELS
international Situation Civ
en- AS Reason for Sudden
Scurrying to Cover

Bridgeport has become haven Of
refuge for ocean-going sailing vessels
which are utilizing the anchorage
privileges for the winter months. Two
causes are scribed in shipping circles
today for the tying up Of such big
vessels as the schooners Beckwith and
the Hilton in this port. One is the
fact that impending peace is expected
to change suddenly the charter rates
between Canada and the United States
and the other that severe ice cond1-
tions in Nova Scotian harbors have
made the journey to those ports too
dangerous for ca plain to effect under
present insurance rates.
Captains of the schooners now max
ing a picturesque sight in the lower
harbor Nas their housed booms and
jibs present a mass Of bare masts as
the boats snuggle closely together, de-
clare that owners have ordered them
to lay up in bridgeport pending fur
ther instructions.
That the occurrence has more than
usual significance is declared in ship
ping circles for with the great demand
for tonnage, all ocean-going vessels
are in great demand for European
cargoes and unless some expected raid
or sudden change, in charter rates
was expected the big premiums paid
for transatlantic cargoes would be
grabbed.
Rumor says at least four other ves-
sells are on the way to ie-to in Bridge
port harbor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-08
GIRL HIT BY STRAY
BULLET IS IMPROVED

Contrary to published reports that
Harriet Williams, 10 years old, who
was wounded by stray bullet which
penetrated her abdomen, died from
the effects OF her injury, it was stated
today at, the Bridgeport hospital, that
the child was much better and had a
good chance to recover from her in
juries.
The girl was sitting on the porch
at the home of a relative, Douglas
Williams, whom she was visiting in
Euclid avenue, Fairfield, rocking a
baby yesterday afternoon when she
uttered a cry of pain and lapsed into
Aunconsciousness. She was taken to
the Bridgeport hospital, where she
was found to be suffering from bullet
wound. No one in the vicinity heard
the shot or saw anyone discharge a
revolver. Coroner John J. Phelan, it
Is understood, will obtain a statement
from the girl sometime tomorrow.
Deputy Sheriff Gould is Investigating
the case.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-08
SUPREME COURT
HEARS COUNSEL
ON 8-K0UR BILL
Climax of Legal Contest
Over the Adamson Bill
Reached Today
VOLUMINOUS BRIEFS
FILED BY ATTORNEYS
Decision In Case Will Be
Announced In Few Weeks
Is Belief

Washington, Jan. 8-The climax in
the legal contest over the legality of
the Adamson law was reached today
in the supreme court.
Arguments were begun in the Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma and Gulf RAILROAD
cases. Conclusion of the arguments
late tomorrow is expected. They are
the first on the merits of the Adam
son law in any court, Judge Hook
having hurriedly decided the cases
without formal hearings in order to
expedite the appeal for the supreme
courts final determination. A de-
cision is expected within a few weeks
at most.
Voluminous briefs filed today by the
federal railroad council before the
ceeded after announcement by the
court of numerous appropriations and
orders on the reconvening after it's
holiday recess.
Numerous precedents, including SUI
preme court decisions, were cited in
the department Of Justice brief. The
railroads brief contended that the
law Is unworkable, experimental, in
capable Of application, interferes with
liberty Of contract, does not fall with
in Congress authority to regulate in
terstate commerce and takes railroad
property without "due process Of
law.
The arguments were begun by
counsel for the department of justice,
which has sole charge of the defense,
the railroad brotherhoods not ap-
pearing officially.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-08
MARTIN & SON
BID LOWEST ON
JOINT STATION
Bids Opened for Combina-
tion Police and Fire Build
ing In West End

William Martin & Son appear to
be lowest bidder for the contract for
the building of the combination police
and fire station at Fairfield avenue
and King street, Black Rock. Their
bid opened at noon today in the Of
flee of the board of contract and sup
ply was $4S, 500.
The bids were opened by President
John A. Leonard of the fire board,
President John G.. Stanley of the po-
lice board and William E. Seeley of
the contract board. The other bids
were: T. J. Pardy Construction Co.,
$4S,528; Christianson & Christianson,
$49.995; Casey & Hurley, $49,91O;
Bowling & Bottomley, $4,000; Joseph
D'Agostino Co., Inc, $51 900; Eastern
Engineering and Construction Co.,
$56,9O3.
A meeting of the police and fire
boards was held in the mayors Of
flee at o'clock this afternoon when
the tabulated figures of the bids were
considered
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-08
.ADAMSON TO PUSH
HIS RAILROAD BILL,

Washington, Jan. S-Representa-
tive Adamson started efforts today to
get action by the House, on his new
railroad bill, introduced Saturday, to
establish an eight hour day, for bid
strike or lockouts without 80 days
notice and permit the President to
take over management of the rail-
roads in emergencies such as military
necessity or blocking Of commerce.
He expected to push his bill without
waiting for the Senate to complete
President Wilson's railroad program,
hearings on which were set for re-
sumption today.
Representative Adamson, also was
active today seeking action on the
resolution to continue the life of the
Newlands committee investigating the
railroad problems. Technically, it
passed out Of existence today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-08

large dinners when many other per-
sons were present. I have never dis
cussed any peace or other note, either
when it was in prospect or afterwards,
with Mr.. Baruch or any other person
engaged in the purchase or sale of Sc
curities of any kind Of stock account
while this is a complete denial of
the only insinuations which have
been made, I wish to go further and
say that I have never engaged in
stock market sales or purchases my
self nor through brokers, friends or
agents.
II discussed the Presidents note
with no one, first, because my oath
of service requires that make no
and, secondly and specifically, be-
cause as have stated I had not seen
the Presidents note and did not
know that it was in preparation or
even contemplated.
LAS I have already said, in a public
statement, I have frequently request
ed the President to keep me free from
any knowledge Of impending interna-
tional moves so that I might not be
embarrassed by requests for informa-
ton from the newspaper correspond
ents who appeal to me in my office
constantly for such information. The
insinuations which have been made,
whether conceived in political malice
or merely through misinformation
are wholly false and without even the
f1imsiest basis. I have not at any
time since acting as Mr.. Wilson's sec
retary, first when he was governor
of New Jersey and later when he be-
came President, been interested in
any stock transactions Of any kind or
given any information to any ther
persoD upon which purchase or sales
might be made. I wish to make this
statement as sweeping and complete
as I know how. I am still waiting
for Mr.. Woods public apology
"I am authorized by the President
to quote him as follows: Il wish. in
justice to Mr.. Tumulty, to say that
he has stated the exact fact. He had
no knowledge of the note whatever
until it was given out for publica-
tion.'"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-08
OEVERAUx and
FAIR TAKEN TO .
STATES PRISON
Counsel Said to Plan Per.
sisting In Appeal to
Supreme Court

William F. Fair and Jack Deyeraux
convicted last week by a jury in the
criminal superior court of killing
Margaret Fair in Darien, were taken
to states prison today. County Sher-
iff Pease and Keeper Patrick O'Brien
were in charge OF the prisoners. In
spite of the fact that Judge Burpee
of the superior court refused a stav
Of execution of sentence, which would
permit the accused to be released on
bail, it is said that counsel for the
two men will not drop the appeal to
the supreme court.
Fair was sentenced to serve not
more than eight and not less than five
years. Deveraux received a sentence
OF, not more than five and not less than
one year.