Piqua Leader-Dispatch (Newspaper) - November 16, 1916, Piqua, Ohio WEATHER REPORT Fair rising temperature Delivered Every Evening at Your the VOLUME XXXX PIQUA OHIO THURSDAY NO A SUGGESTION FOB THIS EAR GETS A QUARTER 2 Is Now in Federal rWO QUESTIONS ARE INVOLVED A WOMAN BOSS OF 229 MEN AND WOMEN Drive Back Supplies Short In England Appeal By Railroads Fo Light on Adamson Act STATEMENT OF MANAGERS Suit Filed to Determine Whether the Eight Hour Law la Constitutional and rf Valid What It rate Action Necessary to Protect In dividual Roads Chairman Elisha Lee New York Nov filed railroads against the federal ment to test the of the eight law also aro expected to result in the tion Che statute If it be upheld to a statement by the railroad managers comprising the committee of designed to teat the validity ot the law and to restrain the ment from putting it into effect wore Bled in this city by the New York tral and Kris Similar salts are to be In tbe nert few days by each railroad In tbe country in of tbe federal Jt according to ElMu Lee chairman of the ence committee Mr Loe iwood a statement at the end three day cret session explaining the program In their fight against tii law The statement Two questions are involved hi thf appeal by the railroads to the courts for light on the Adamson First Is the law constitutional and second If It Is constitutional what does Opinions nave been expressed bj authorities that the law is unconstitutional and there are con flirting is to how the law r constitutional should he applied Therefore the railroads roust a of duty ask the if Hie law is within the power of congress It is a duty they owe not alone to owners of these properties but also the public that provides the revenues for the payment of wages If the law Is declared al it Is said that the will malic clear its meaning and the railroads It is unnecessary to say will ly follow the Instructions of the In the bringing of suits the country the have no de- sire to delay action or to resort to The railroads are oils to have a speedy decision on the points at issue Those separate suits are necessary to protect the Individual roads The department of Justice at is planning to contest each 11 it comes un for Attorney General Underwood will hare direct charge of the ment's defense and Prank of Kansas City has lioen retained t assist him Miss Annio R Roe chief of the numbering division of the bureau of tinting and engraving in Washington now of 229 men and has been in the employ of the government for fifty-one years he it is who numbers the notes issued by the treasury department nd every note you have in your pocket has been numbered by her Khc seals the notes they arc sent to the treasury from which they are formally issued as money EXPRESSES SENDS MESSAGES TO THE PEOPLE THE Nov expressed his to tae people of the west support In election messages sent In reply to re- that visit that section be fore congress He said he be to make tho trip at present at critical hut prom tood to go west later IT possible The president also written letters ta Gavin McNabb Democratic national of California and eral Democratic leadens In that expressing his appreciation of California's support HONEY TURNED OVER TO GIRL Nov hundred and fifty dollars of in bills which was found on the pilot of the engine wnich killed Julian more than year ago was awarded to Alexandria ten as damage claimed by the for an alleged attack on her hy tbo dead man The girl originally for but two days before tho papers wore was kill ed In yards SEE COMPLETION WAR EFFICIENCY SOCIETY BERS WOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS New York the ed States may prepare Itself to foreign competition after tho war it tho subject of a three day conference called by the Efficiency society which started hore today with many leaders of Industry and public affairs In at tendance This afternoon the conditions of foreign countries were presented tonight present trial and commercial situation of the United States will bo taken up morrow the speakers will survey tbe beginning with tho close of the war and on Saturday those at tending the meetings will try to lay out a course of action based on tho given at the previous sions GUARDSMEN DESERTING WILSON SENDS MESSAGE WIRELESS SERVICE BE- TWEEN COUNTRY AMD JAPAN San Francisco NOT service between the Tinted States and Japan was by the Marconi Wireless company the first message being a formal greeting from resident Wilson to the emperor of Japan extending felicitations on the now means of communication between 110 two countries A reply from the emperor received and o the president at Washington by then were exchanged between persons of hero and in Japan The stations at Marshall a station on No Northwestern Pacific railroad at Hawaii and apan were used for the initial ser hie but later it Is planned to send messages direct without relaying N M Nov men avo boon arrested on charges of dp it was announced at brigad at Camp Doming Th len It is understood arc from tn First provisional infantry brigade at Port N M am re deserting because of hardship dn o cold weather DARING ROBBERY Toledo Nov robber hurled n paving through lie display window of the Jewelry store in the heart of the business district and escaped with jewelry ued at PLANS UNDER WAY CIVIC AND POLITICAL LEAD EBB FAVOR AN URAL BALL FRENCH ADMIT BOXING PROMOTER A SUICIDE Louisville Ky Nov C Gray fifty live well known snorting man boxing promoter committed by snooting Nov and civic leaders lore already are making plans for the second inauguration of Woodrow Wilson on March B President Wilson within a few days will be asked to appoint an Inaugura chairman Democratic leaders are practically unanimous in the opinion that Mr Wilson will also sanction the inaugural ball plans and they now are discussing tentative for continuing this time-honored tom Tile ball would be the first public social gathering of the ad- ministration at which the first lady of the land would meet prominent men and women from all parts of the United States As Mrs Wilson has been a resident of Washington for many years she is familiar with the ball custom and it is predicted b social leaders that she will accept as her duty such an occasio to herald a new social season in th national capital WHOLESALE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED German Charges Successful oo Side of Somme REGAIN LOST POSITIONS Chicago Nov ar rests of prominent business men an officials ot Gary Ind on fraud chart es growing ont of the election of IKS week must be made within four hours It was said at the fodera building here The resulting scandal it said would prove more ling than the Terre Haute fraud cases Only the higher nps will be take In the raid will be made federal officers from Indianapolis I was said BRITISH WOULD PREVENT WASTE Government to Deal With tbe Food Problem CONTROLLER TO BE AMERICANS WHITE CHINESE SAYS VILLA Carranza Releases American Scout Held at El Paso Tex Nov being In the Juarez jail since Nov 7 during which time he expected to be shot as Villa spy Benjamin was re at tbe military headquarters In and to the American the river said he knew of no reason why be was arrested than he tact hat he was a scout Pershing In Joseph the be released as soon as he Is aTilo fo furnish 1 bond of it was announced Francisco Villa referred to as white Chinese at when he entered the town at tbo hoad cf his troops following Its evacuation by lib a Mexican from Tarral declared when no came to the border disguised as a peon In a speech to the people of Parral Villa said he intended to kill all Chinese and white Chinese Ing Americans the refugee reported Three Chinese were to there hy Villa bandits Villa aho announced his Intention to go to Chihuahua City and capture it from Ue troops the refugee rIANT FREIGHTER FLOATED San Diego CM Nov the former Cierman freighter ashore at Ocos Guatemala for teen years has been successfully floated is received from Cap tain R Ridley mastor of tho British salvage tug Pilot Three hydraulic pumps and 150 natives used remove the great banks of sand from around the giant which is said to as seaworthy as the dav she went ashore CHARGED WITH BIGAMY O Nov mary arrived here from County Cork hy two tle daughters to prosecute a charge of bigamy which she filed against iel Corcoran a tire hers Corcoran charges that Corcoran ded her in Ireland and left her to come to America rears Ths man is charged having two wives and with having married the wife No 2 In a year ago Will Have Pull Power Over All DC In Great Britain Con cerned In Food man's Speech In Parliament cates Protracted Insure tbe National Food Supply Nov man president of the board of trade Hounded a warning in parliament the situation in had reached the point tho government Ve compelled lo take moans to limit the consumption of food As of he steps mooting the present situation man announced the government will limit milk prices Runciman said he favored the ap pointment of a food controller for England with greater powers than any similar official The controller will be named by the premier later Food tickets will be issued Conscription has gone too snid in the course of a de- bate on the food must be broucht back for farming and building or the government maj be compelled to take artificial means to limit food consumption The of Mr had significance aside from Its actual con- text as showing that the government 1s looking forward to protracted and foresees Uie necessity of timely measures for insuring the tional resources in a similar manner to that adopted in enemy countries The speech was welcomed In parts of bouse Sir Edward Car son on behalf of the opposition ana George 1 Wardle for the agreed that thn house ready to grant tbe power asked without tbe formality of a Roumanian and Russian ating on the Transylvania Line Falling Back Before the Men In Dobrudja Lose Town on the Danube Operations on Italian Front j London Nov tbe British were advancing their front of the Ancre river or fating their newly won positions tho French and Germans have been en- gaged In violent both north and of the Somme In regions the Germans made the northern corner and western outskirts of the St Vaust wood north of the river and In tbe eastern part of tbe village of soire south of the stream The French communication in admitting the loss of this ground says the Hermans obtained only advantage at the price of heavy losses In the north the German at- tacks extended from to the south of a front of five miles and suuth of tbe Somme from to the Chaulnes Siass The attacks ww after violent artillery prep aration Berlin In reverting to the attack which gave them the town o says that at Bean court all tbe British attacks down with heavy casualties On southern of the Anure the attack already has shattered Bar lin which adds that fighting pre and soire According to London Gw mans have been made prisoners on tbe front since Monday The British losses considering the extent of the are declared not to been The Transylvania front aside from Hie lino in Prance is most sanguinary Hen almost everywhere the maus an gaining ground against Roumanians and Russians In the Alt and the Tell tonic allies have forced their further back In the Do Bucharest reports thi occupation by the of town of on the Danube The royal palace in hai bombarded by Teutonic allied aircraft The queen and thn princesses were not in the building at the time Berlin admits that on the Cema river bend In Serbia the entente lies have captured some and In the valley the Teutonic allied Hue has been drawn In order to prevent pressure on the flanks East of the by heavy bombardment have compelled the Italians to give up some of their trenches On the Carso front the ians have made advances at several Points DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS ARE ELECTED San Nov tions that the lowest Democratic tor In California will run ahead of tbe hest Republican elector were madR Democratic lenders augmenting returns from clerks The difference will ic about In favor of the said Sidney M Van Wyck Jr of the campaign MANY WOMEN Topeka Kan women candidates for county n M of the 195 counties in Kansas at recent election 151 were elected to reports received hero Cansas w has EG women county offices FORGE OF ARE IK THE FIELD TURKEY'S NEW ARMY TO AID THE TEUTONS AND NEGRO FIGHT Cincinnati Nov ar argument over the tendering of ftn ex- pass Dave Cohen negro street car employe stabbed Conductor Clark twenty-one in tbo neck with a and in turn had his skull when Clark struck him on the head with a block The will die but Clark is not seriously hurt Berlin correspondent who returned from Constantinople re- cently reports that Turkey has a new of 800.000 men fully and drilled These large fresh forces have been trained by German officers during tho Inst months and will be used to reinforce the Bulgarians in Macedonia and the and toe and In Galicia and According to re- ports from Vienna the are to replace the Austrian on the eastern front to enable Uie dual archy to start a new and decisive of tensive Italy which Is to ba crushed under all circumstances fore negotiations are started TOILERS LOSE LIVES o Nov 16 LaMKhman was when at an rll well exploded Charles Nelson a miner was killed about the same time by a fall of slata GIRLS LONG TO SEE THEIR MOTHER Baltimore Nov 16 Longing to see heir mother in Chicago prompted two Kirls Josephine fourteen snd twelve to run away from their home Mte The police were notified to stop find The of girls hare PREACHER IS ELECTED GOVERNOR Jacksonville Fla Nov T Catts has won the Rover of Florida after one of tbo bitterest the Peninsula ever He defeated both the regular Democratic Inee and the Republican aspirant He made tho religious Issue prominent in campaign FIRE DESTROYS ODD FELLOWS HALL Medina O Nov story Odd Fellows building was de- by fire loss Is estimated at HUGHES TO GO SOUTH TO REST UP Now York Nov Hughes Is to leave with his tamily for the south on Sunday to rest for several months Mr has not yet conceded tho re-election of Wilson and will not do so until there Is an official count In EXPLOSION IN MINE SOLONS TO TAKE UP RELIEF FOR CITIES Cox Outlines Legislative Program V Va men escaped death when terrific explosion wrecked Jamison mines NFo 7 and 8 Fifty men just loft the and fifty more were making ready to enter when the blast came It no one li In tho mine Washington Nov Cox of Ohio culled dent Wilson this morning tions were exchanged Later Cox made this Some of the big problems the legislature must face Is relief for With the limitations the Smith i per cent law on the one hand and apparent on thn other somo of the large cities snd small ones us well been unable to provide for perfectly natural Them have I been 0 tax the turning back of revenues to the etc but little of tho concrete has forward There ir a demand for an absent voters law and a sustaining public opinion for it as well Recent developments seem to rest necessity for the pansage of a corrupt practices law written In words hut will both plain and In addition te this there wlH be considered beyond the passage of a putting end to Intimidation attempted tion of voters Inasmuch us the issue wan cut campaign with reference to taking the activities of liability ance companies entirely out of the ad- ministration of tho com- law this must and will bo done not only as a matter of faith but as a certain tM of
