Warren Evening Times (Newspaper) - January 9, 1917, Warren, Pennsylvania recognized as Warren's Leading Daily Paper WARREN EVENING TIMES A Newspaper by Circulation CIRCULATION YESTERDAY BEAUTIFUL PROGRESSIVE SUBSTANTIAL WARREN A B C VERIFICATION VOL WARREN PA TUESDAY JANUARY 9 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS COMPANY TWILL ARRIVE HOME TONIGHT AT A BOUT 7 O'CLOCK Train Carrying the Local Soldiers Left Pittsburgh This Morning Shortly After 9 O'clock Was Delayed Two Hours at Kittanning Should Get in Oil City at ORIGINAL PLANS FOR CELEBRATION TO BE CARRIED OUT AS PLANNED Bradford Kane and Ridgway Troops Coming on Same Train Five Taps of FiK Bell Will Announce When Train is Within One Hour of Company I will be home today this city it will be divided into two This was the glad news that was sections one section carrying the flashed over the wires this morning from Pittsburgh on the arrival of the tion carrying the Kaue and Ridgway trains carrying the Sixteenth will be sent over the P E ment The first section of the troop The Butler Grove City Meadville train arrived in the Smoky City at and Erie companies were transferred and the other two sections of at Pittsburgh from the Pennsylvania the train arrived at short intervals to the Baltimore and Ohio and at the section carrying Company I Butler the Grove City Meadville and riving at 8 o'clock j Erie companies again first section of the troop train ferred this time to the Bessemer carried the Kittanning Franklin Oil which runs from Butler to Erie The City and Corry companies This train carrying these troops left Pittsburgh at scheduled to arrive in Erie at ping off the Kittanning and Franklin The last meeting of the general troops and arrived at Oil City having charge of the arly before 3 o'clock i rangements for the reception to the Section No 2 carrying the soldiers was held this Bradford Kane and Ridgway noon in the office of Colonel Windsor companies got away from Pittsburgh and it was decided that no change at and good time was made as would be made in the plans already far as Kittanning where they were made and that all details of the held for two hours owing to a and reception would be of traffic This section left lied out as originally planned Kittanning at 2 o'clock and as to the fact that the soldiers tanning is a good two and a half hour run from Oil City the train will not arrive there until shortly before 5 o'clock This train will not ruu into the Oil City station but will be transferred to the local river division at Siverly and will run as second section of passenger train 9357 due to arrive in Warren at It was the intention of the railroad officials to hare the troop train leave Oil City a short time after the departure of the regular passenger train but owing to the holding up of the train at Kittanning it was will not arrive in Warren until after dark the committee requests that all boys who were given torches 011 the PRIVATE TO PLAY SOLOMON UPON ARRIVAL Gust Olson a private in Company I will have a pretty problem to solve when he gets home tonight His wife Inez whom he has not seen for six months will be waiting for Him at Munroe street where she has been making her home and there will also be waiting for him two babies both born since he went to the border His puzzle will be to pick out the one which belongs to him The little problem was evolved for the father several weeks ago The Olson baby was born September 29 It was a girl A few days later a boy was born to Mrs S A Mack -a cousin of Mrs Olson The babies flourished It occurred to the mother with the soldier husband when she heard he was at last coming home that it would afford a good deal of pleasurable excitement to see him pick out his own child The father's problem is not a simple one Both babies have blue eyes and their features are somewhat alike There is just one difference in their appearance One is plump and fat and the other just an ordinary healthy baby Which is which will not be told until Papa Olson has made his pick J P JEFFERSON AGAIN CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF LIBRARY BOARD Circulation at Library Showed Marked Increase During Year 1916 The official board of the Warren night of the Hallowe'en celebration Library Association at its annual Monday evening again paid be on hand this evening at the road station with their torches compliment to J P Jefferson that the line of march will be well donor of the handsome building on lighted Market street by him Everyone should remember that president of the board though he five taps of the bell in the central fire station will announce the fact that the train carrying the Warren soldiers is within an hour's journey of home been absent from the city for more than a year Mr Edward Lindsey was again chosen vice president witnin an nour s journey jand presided at the meeting All of now and One new officer and two new I and D all members of j the board were elected necessary to change the schedule and fraternal organizations and others should no more delays be to march in the parade between Oil City and report to the commander of ning the local soldiers should arrive in the city shortly after 1 o'clock Alter the arrival of the train in their division as soon as the fire bell rings so that the least possible time will be lost in the tion LIQUOR CANNOT BE SHIPPED FROM WET TO DRY STATE Was Upheld by the Supreme Court CARRANZA FORCES WIN BiG VICTORY OVER VILLA AT PARRAL Three Towns Taen From in Past Week EL PASO Texas Jan 9 arm in za forces now occupy Jiminez Santa sweeping of all decisions upholding Rosalin and Parral while Francisco prohibition laws the supreme court cal durng the past jear was Villa and his staff have fled to the yesterday upheld as constitutional State of Durango over the branch i and valid the law was chosen to fill the position of secretary heretofore held by Dr W Jones W F Messner was re-elected treasurer Dr W M Robertson and Hrs W Pierce urere the new elected to the board Others were Mrs C H Noyes Miss Rockwell and Mr R W Stone The placing of Dr Robertson on the board gives the school district a representation of two men both he and Mr Stone being members of the School Board Council also appropriates to the support of the library is represented 011 the board by W F Messner T T A marked increase in the number books distributed and in new from Parral to El Oro shipments of liquor from Government agents here who have j wet to dry states It also loath to accent the Caranza rej West Virginia's recent of the victory over Villa at j ment to her law prohibiting Friday and of Villa's tion in interstate commerce of liquor ed retreat to Parral finally admitted for personal use that the battle of Jiminez ended in a j After having been vetoed by repulse of the Villa forces dent Taft who held it one high government official said i tional and having been by he had information which led him to Congress over his veto the law was believe the government forces sustained by the supreme court by had won a sweeping victory over vote of 7 to 2 Leaders of the prohiVilla movement declare it is to their General Jose Carlos Murguia second only in importance to the Juarez garrison rethe proposed constitutional a message dated Parral from ment his brother General Francisco Muri Lawyers for liquor who gula confirming the occupation heard the decision admitted it by the de facto forces held and applied the law in its agents announced late est sense i CHICAGO Jan 9 A warrant yesterday that information had been i Chief unite announced charging Charles C Heasley in Juarez that 67 Carranza the majority opinion to which of police with conspiracy officers were wounded during a Holmes and Vandevanter sworn out yesterday on request tie of Jiminez and several high Justice McReynolds while j ota representative of Maclay Hoyne fleers killed It was also said that 13 agreeing with the majority noted by Miss Mary Weiss the librarian in her annual report Three hundred and eighty-three new cards were issued to adults and 369 to juveniles making a total of 752 The total number of cards used since June 8 when the new building was opened was The circulation department has Continued on Page Five CHICAGO POLICE CHIEF IS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY Alleged to Have Shared in Graft Collections telegraph operators with Villa's did not concur in the opinion mand were captured by General command and executed with a majority of the 500 prisoners taken IMMIGRATION PASSED at Jiminez by the government troops From the same source it was reported late yesterday that General military commanded for the de facto government in the State of Durango had evacuated city and had fled to Llano Grande Durango with 2.000 men An American who arrived at the j border said that only one American Jan 9 Freed of Washington was left in the Slate of Durano The language objected to by the State Villa command was in charge of because it wag offensive eral Fernadez was said to have Japan the long discussed City after General gration was agreed upon evacuated The Vilia forces are day by a conference committee of the State's attorney Mr Hoyne alleges that Chief Healey was one of a number of men who accepted a share of contributions levied upon illegal rej sorts Others of the rins were tif n as Thomas Costello BY THE SENATE alleged collector of the tribute Mike Depit former head of the West side tenderloin district Lieutenant Martin of the Lake Street police station and William a saloonkeeper and politician Mr Hoyne said collections usually Offensive to Japan Was Stricken Out of Measure put at 4.000 men HOUSE ALMOST FINISHED The house will be finished before the day is over When the i two houses and the Senate promptly adopted it by a vote of 60 to 4 The House is expected to act favorably Thursday and send the to the President j Originally passed the court to made on Mondays that approximately was on hand for division office when the raid by detectives was made and that Chief share was usually delivered to him at his home DEMOCRAT WINS CONTEST house was up but was not over Today the roof was put on the doors hung windows put in and partitions between the rooms built Fourteen men were on tao job today that -en MSS Trenton N J Jan 9 The state board of canvassers yesterday finally J decided the disputed election in tiie g Third congressional district by jing a certificate of election to J Scully Democrat On the face of the original count Robert Carson Republican had a majority of eleven votes but a recount showed that Scully had a majority of 202 TWO MURDERERS SENTENCED Indiana Pa Jan 9 Frank Borgio was sentenced to death by electrocution and his wife Angelina BorKio was sentenced to a term of ten years In the penitentiary here yesterday for the Joint murder of Sam Ruaso at Iselin last May known that the proposed provision offensive The Senate changed the language but failed to meet urged by the stale department The following substitute finally inserted by the conferees after consulting officials of the department No alien now In any Way excluded or prevented from entering the United States shall be admitted to tho United States GOV COX IS INAUGURATED Columbus O Jan 9 James Cox Democratic newspaper publisher of Dayton was inaugurated governor of Ohio at noon yesterday for the second time within four years In his farewell address at the inaugural ceremonies Frank B Willis the retiring Republican governor declared In favor of the state-wide prohibition and woman BRUMBAUGH WAR BOARD IS NAMED Made Up of Ten Henchmen of To Direct the Impeachment Proceedings Now Coming DETAILS WILL BE LAID OUT AT THE FIRST CONFERENCE Governor Holds Secret Meeting With Celebrated Detective Also Reported to Have Counsel Philadelphia Jan 9 A Penrose war board of ten members has been formed to direct the impeachment proceedings against Governor and the investigation of the state administration which Senator Penrose declares he will push after the legislature reconvenes on January 22 The war board was formed at the conference of Penrose lieutenants from all parts of the state It is composed of the most powerful leaders in the legislature Their combined power can hold up every ad interim appointment and direct the Penrose legislative of tying up the appropriations and forcing the investigation and resolutions through the Senate and House The entire program that will be launched by Senator Penrose against Governor be planned in detail at a four days conference to be held in Atlantic City starting Thursday All of the members of the war board will be present and they will decide whether proceedings will be instituted in the legislature to impeach the governor or whether the charges against the governor will stop just short of impeachment and will be investigated by the legislature and prosecuted in the criminal courts of the state Senator Penrose will preside over the deliberations of the war board The other members are State Senators James P McNichol William C Sproul of Delaware county and T Lorry Eyre of Chester county President of the Senate Edward Dauphin Speaker Richard J Baldwin Auditor General elect Charles A Snyder Representative James F Woodward of Allegheny chairman of the House slate committee and slated chairman of the House appropriations committee Harry Baker secretary of the Republican state committee and William S Lieb organization leader In Schuylkill county The war board was named just before Senator Penrose issued his statement in which he declared that charges of perjury malfeasance in office and bribery will be preferred against Governor soon after the legislature reconvenes on January 22 It was rumored yesterday that the governor had retained former District Attorney James M Beck as his counsel Mr Beck with Louis J Kolb who Penrose said was the contributor of a large part of which Penrose the governor of having failed to account for during the campaign of 1914 and Albert E Turner another friend of Governor Brumbaugh secretly conferred yesterday with William J Burns head of the Burns detective agency The conference was held in the The Vares Attorney General Brown and Beck all emphatically denied that Beck had been retained as counsel It is known however that the governor caine down from Harrisburg and conferred at the Hotel with the Vares NAME TUMULTY BARUCH AND OTTO KAHN IN LEAK PROBE Washington Jan 9 Official Washington is still in a state of violent excitement over the introduction of the names of Joseph President Wilson's secretary Otto Kahn of Kuhn Loeb Co and Bernard Baruch a New York stock operator into the Investigation of tho alleged leak concerning the President's peace message Representative Wood who brought about the probe stated that he wished it clear that he did not to make charges against any one SMALL GUILTY OF WIFE'S MURDER Verdict of Jury is That Boston Broker be His Attorneys Will Probably Take Appeal KILLED WIFE INSURANCE ON HER LIFE Woman Was Murdered Last Fall and Cottage Was Set On Fire to Hide Crime Protests Innocence GERMANS EXCITED OVER DINNER GIVEN GERARD Teuton Papers Claim it a Move Berlin Jan 9 Via London The dinner given by the American Association ot Commerce and Trade of Berlin in honor of Ambasador Gerard continues in the of interest It is recognized it is pointed out in a Berlin to the Cologne Gazette as a political development of high importance leading the German editors to devote their Monday reviews of the largely to a discussion of its bearing on the future relations upon peace The event has in general a friendly press and Ambassador Gerard's declarations regarding the excellent condition of the relations between Germany and the United States are generally welcomed although outspokenly anti-American newspapers do not from them in an unfavorable sense The Tages Zeitung finds that the American ambassador violated all diplomatic proprieties in speaking of the relations at all and particularly In associating their prolongation with the continuance in office of Chancellor von Field Marshal von Hindenburg chief of the general staff and General Ludendorff first quartermaster general Theodore Wolff in the lamenting that in the flood of misunderstandings such reasonable exchanges of opinion and information are not more frequently heard expresses high at the course of the dinner Ossipee N H Jan 9 A verdict of guilty with capital was night against Frederick L Small former Boston broker who was charged with the murder of his wife Florence A Small The jury deliberated three hourd Small staggered for an instant as he heard the words of the foreman of the jury but at once pulled himself together and maintained his composure which with few exceptions has marked his conduct from die moment he was arrested Turning to the newspaper men after the formalities of adjourning the court were observed he Gentlemen I am innocent of this crime I know no more about it than you do I avn awaiting the next move Under the law of the state a verdict of guilty with capital punishment carries with it a death by hanging County Solicitor Walter D IT Hil moved that sentence be imposed bej fore adjournment but Judge Kivel reserved action until today The murder of Mrs Small September 28 occurred in a cottage at Mountain The woman had boon beaten about the head shot through tho forehead and strangled by a cord before the house was destroyed by fire Much of evidence of the crime probably never would have discovered had not the partly burned body dropped into a pool ot water in the basement Small had left the house to go to Boston seven hours before the were discovered the state contended that he hart arranger a clockwork contrivance which had kindled the fire For a motive the state pointed out that Small would benefit from a life insurance policy by his wife's death Tho that Mrs Small had been murdered after her had gone to Boston and three physicians who declared tho body allowed thai Mrs Small had not been load long before the flames reached her Therefore the defense argued the murder must have boon committed by someone other than I the defendant Mrs Small was the accused man's third wife They were married five years ago after an acquaintance of ten days RAILROAD'S SIDE WAS PRESENTED Feature of First Day of Argument was Whether Congress Has Right to Regulate Hours and Wages TIME FOR ARGUMENT WAS EXTENDED TO EIGHT HOURS SCHOOL BOARD ASKED BY THE TEACHERS TO PAY MORE MONEY Committee Appointed to ConSider Request Action First of Next Term More wages for the teachers of the borough schools came up for consideration as predicted at the regular adjourned meeting of the School Board held last evening in the High School The board didn't take any action on the request presented by the but appointed a committee to give the subject serious consideration A committee of teachers composed of Mr Broderick Miss Marsh and Miss Petheram waited upon the School Board Mr Broderick acted us spokesman and presented the verbal request of all the teachers The board listened and then appointed a committee consisting of directors Arnold Robertson and Stone No specific percentage of increase was asked It was just put up to the board in a general way The committee in fact went before the board now so that in case increases are to be given they may be borne in mind in a consideration of the finances for the next year and it was not expected by the teachers that they would become effective until the beginning of next term School Board decided at the meeting to let the children out if Company I should come in today before 4 o'clock in the afternoon It is barely possible the will be let out early for that reason The resignation of James Alexander janitor in the schools for more than years was acted upon but no successor was appointed It is probable W J Grindley who has been serving as assistant will be promoted He is now capably performing the janitor duties at the High School A request of East street school boys for manual training was tabled for the year The monthly reports of Superintendent Adams and of Medical Inspector I and bills for the past month before the board adjourned MORE LEAVE BORDER El Paso Tex Jan 9 The Fourth Pennsylvania infantry left on special trains yesterday for Pennsylvania to be mustered out of the federal service accompanied by Major General Charles M Clement commander of the Seventh Pennsylvania guard division and his staff Before his departure General Clement received a farewell call from Brigadier General George Bell Jr commander of the El Paso military district LAST BATTLE OF BUFFALO WILL COME TO AN END SHORTLY Famous Old Indian Scout Can Live But Short Time Denver Colo Jan 9 Colonel William F Cody is dying in Denver facing death in the i same manner that marte his name famous The colonel heard the warning words of the approach of the end of his life from Dr J H Kast his physician and friend He had summoned j the physician to the homo of his ter where he is spending his last j hours When Dr East walked into j his room Colonel Cody I Sit down doctor There is thing I want to ask you I want you to answer me honestly What are my Dr Kast turned to the There is a time colonel said he when every honest physician must commend his patient to a higher j power Colonel Cody's head How he asked simply I can answer said the only by telling you your life j is like the hour glass The sand is Slipping gradually slowly but soon i the sand will all be gone The end is not far away j Colonel Cody turned to his sister Mrs Mary Decker said he let the Elks and Masons take charge of the funeral Then the man who made history in the west when it was young began methodically to arrange his affairs Dr East said death would come within 36 hours Brotherhoods Not Represented By Counsel at Hearing Several of the Leading Members Present WASHINGTON Jan 9 The test case to determine the of tho Adamson law enacted laat September when a general railroad strike was threatened came up yesterday in the Supreme court Argument will continue until Wednesday and a decision is expected within a tew weeks Meantime although law was passed to become effective January 1 last all litigation under it and the changes it prescribe suspended by agreement Tho question whether congress haa tho power to regulate hours of and wages furnished the of the arguments yesterday in which the justices manifested keen interest interrupting with many questions In opening defense of law for the Department of Justice Solicitor General Davis declared it regulates both hours of service and wages and contends congress to regulate both He asked annulment of tho decision of Circuit Judge Hook at Kansas City in ther test case of the Missouri Oklahoma Gulf railroad holding the law void Although three hours is the usual time a for argument of a cane the court granted an to eight hours equally divided tho federal and railroad counsel Today Walker D Hines chairman of counsel and John G Johnson of Philadelphia will speak for the carriers and on Wednesday the for the government will be made by Frank Hagerman special assistant to the attorney general The railroad brotherhoods are not participating through counsel tout several labor leaders were yesterday Attorney General and his entire staff and many members of congress also werein the crowded court room Solicitor General Davis in a argument told the court that it reached the heights of to say that the primary object of congress in passing the law was not to limit the hours of toil He asserted that the railroad's spokesman throughout the strike controversy often had admitted that fact as well as that the law is now denied by the railroads When Mr Davis cited disturbance of railroad contracts In passing the federal employer's liability act upheld as valid Justice Day you claim the same power In fixing wages as in fixing We Mr Davis replied I can't follow that Interjected Chief Justice White The subject is regulating hours of service The government has regulated for ages so to speak It was held in the case of the employers liability act that the regulation was valid That was no decision that the government has the power to regulate wages That is what we contend rejoined Mr Davis That's the logic I can't repeated the chief justice The solicitor general argued them that if congress can regulate the relation of master and servant the railroads and employes it can also regulate wages That is the most vital of continued If underpaid and discontented safety in commerce in charge of employs is Also wages have a direct relation to rates investment and expense of service Your proposition goes farther than the chief justice oiling as ar example freight shipped by a grocer Do you intend that wages of all persons making these goods are subject to regulation No we don't go that said Mr Davis and pointing out that has the power to reduce railroad rates to prevent extortions Has congress the power to prescribe what should pay for various things locomotives land asked Justice McReynolds I am not so sure that congr has not the Mr Davis replied All authority is dependent upon its reasonable and not arbitrary use Justice Day suggested that is limited by Continued on Page Two Partly overcast tonight and Wednesday
