Warren Evening Times (Newspaper) - January 10, 1917, Warren, Pennsylvania recognized W Leading Daily Paper WARREN EVENING TIMES CIRCULATION YESTERDAY BEAUTIFUL PROGRESSIVE SUBSTANTIAL WARREN A B C VERIFICATION yOL SEVENTEEN WARREN PA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS SOLDIER BOYS HOME AT LAST AFTER SIX MONTHS ON MEXICAN BORDER of at the Pennsylvania Station to Give Warren's Own a Fitting Welcome Troop Trains Did Not Arrive Until Nearly 10 EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMPANY APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN GREATLY BENEFITED BY THE ARMY EXPERIENCE Men Were Tired Out by Their Six Days Ride From El Paso Two Members of Company Were Sick Big Reception and Banquet Tomorrow Evening at the Armory Warren boys of Company I Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry reached home late Tuesday night Detraining nearly three hours later than they had been expected the eighty-six members oi the company all bronzed and healthy from six months of vigorous border life were given a characteristic Warren welcome by citizens A further mark of the city's appreciation will tendered them tomorrow night at Captain C E Bordwell a banquet and ball in their honor in the State Armory Differing from the demonstration Which attended the departure of the company more than six months ago only in that it one of joy and not ot sorrow the big reception was carried out exactly as planned The tedious delay which occurred after the troop train had passed the F N tower did not send the crowd home and when the soldier boys marched up Pennsylvania avenue and over Hickory to the Stale Armory they were cheered and cheered by the throngs massed on the sidewalks It was an inspiring event to witness Company I arrived much later than had been expected The first sounding of the fire alarm took place shortly after 7 o'clock It meant that the soldiers would reach Warren at 8 o'clock About forty minutes later the bell was sounded again indicating thai the company was only half an hour away from its native departure of the soldiers would have been repeated To obviate them the Company I boys were unloaded at the freight Not many persons were informed and the soldiers when they did get had a comparatively clear space through which to march before they met the crowds Boy Scouts Service Scores of private citizens were pressed into service earlier in the evening and provided with police badges to help maintain order and clear the way for the guardsmen They did some good work but more was the task fulfilled by three Boy Scout troops These junior soldiers under the command of Louis Sigworth Henry Walker and Burton Bell stood with hands locked in a long line thai kepi crowd back and left a free passage for Company I They formed the line at the Pennsylvania passenger station until they received orders to repair to the freight yards and there they worked and carried out orders as faithfully as had the men who were returning from the border Crowning disappointment but duty withal which was strictly carried out came to the when they received orders sifter the guardsmen had detrained to proceed to the State Armory They did so on the up Fourth avenue and south on Hickory street to the Armory There again they formed a youthful cordon Which kept the crowd back from the of the Armory and gave Company 1 a free passage when the parade terminated It had beer the dearest anticipation of the Boj Scouts for several days that they would march I carried out their orders cheerfully Scene at Station When the two cars containing Company I and ils baggage had finally been shunted on to the siding 35 minutes had been consumed since the boys passed the F N tower and it was o'clock Colonel D F A Wheelock and a few newspaper men went down into the yards and boarded the Company I cars before they were set on the switch As the cars slid into the waiting switch windows were opened and eager hands from the platform stretched through tc bid friends welcome their owners had not seen since last spring The Irain stopped and Captain C E Bordwell stepped off Before he could give an order a half dozen men had surrounded him He greeted them and then turned to Lieutenant trained and almost when they reached the Armory Tedious Delay Friends and relatives of the mer from outside the city stood on the street corners from 5 o'clock in the afternoon until the soldiers came marching up the avenue five hours Tribble who was standing on the car step and gave the order to detrain At the same moment the notes of the recall were sounded by Bugler Lucie and the men began to pour from the coaches They lined up in squads on the platform The police had nol kept platform clear entirely Two later They stood iv the cold I hundred or more persons haft pressed while rain snow fell at intervals i through and they began pumping the by They were joined at 7 o'clock other thousands from this city The fire bell had was be the company in town hands of the boys in the company whom they knew It took five minutes before the men started the march up the platform in less Than an Two Siek Mpn The Pennsylvania ruled Before the guardsmen began the The train made up of march to the two of the men the carrying the machine were hurried on ahead were at p m pass The sick after boarding the train was Alter got in the at El Paso Johnson was tho yards seemed an two ami after the amount oi time was consumed in Armory an was secured shunting tne cars until the to take him to the hospital where ho went immediately Parade There was yet another vexatious delay before the parade started the soldiers readied railroad crossing at Fourth avenue near Chestnut the troop train which was to carry the Bradford companies tn their home still stood on the crossing There was nothing to do The men waited there twelve minutes tho bie crowd on tbo other side of the tracks wondered why the train did not pull out l As the train got under way and disclosed the company drawn up at attention the first cheering rent the air from the vast throng gathered at Fourth avenue and Chestnut The Tidioute Cornet Band struck up When the Boys Come Marching and the six months veterans began the final stage of their return trip i Cheer after cheer rent the air as they passed the Ions line of waiting i automobiles drawn up on Fourth I avenue between Beech and Chestnut streets The column turned to the right down Beech and there carrying the local contingent countered the escort of honor Grand had been set on a siding in the veterans in automobiles freight yards ceded only by them and the Warren An immense crowd of people had Band the parade up Pennsylvania gathered at the Pennsylvania began the other delegations senger station They swarmed in behind as the soldiers where Had the detrainment taken passed place there the scenes of last June There were in line beside the occurred at the lime of the diers G A R veterans and iwo bands Spanish-American War veterans Ladies of the G A It the Elks the only organization of its kind to turn out the Red Cross of Company I and Company D and several hundred private citizens Red fire lighted the way up Pennsylvania avenue the two bands played stirring airs which set the martial feeling rising in the heart of everyone of those who stood on the walks The crowd was most dense at Hie corner of Hickory and Pennsylvania where the big arch of welcome had been erected As the company passed under its electric lights the cheering reached its greatest volume and hats were waved in the air There was no breaking of ranks In Corry Erie and other towns formal order was not maintained on the lines of march from the stations Here discipline ruled and the men marched along in steady order to the Armory He Saw Them Come Home There were persons around tne Armory as the boys entered into the last half block of their march They were relatives and friends but not a one of them watched the arrival at the Armory with more eager interest than did one citizen who was PROHIBITION PASSED SEN ATE Would Abolish Saloons in District of Columbia After November 1st Lines Were not out on the street at all He was George Ball and it was the fourth time in his life that he had seen the soldiers returning to their homes Seated in a broad arm chair with the curtains of his windows thrown back giving him a full view of the Armory steps only a short dis tance away this well beloved zen took in move Mr saw the soldiers come back from a Polish war in the fifties he saw them return here in the sixties he was present when Company I marched home after the Spanish-American war and last night now far advanced in years he sat and watched soldiers come back to Warren yet once again Break Ranks til Hall With the springy step and the swinging stride of healthy vigorous youth and young manhood soldier boys sprang up the steps of the Armory and still maintaining their formation passed through line of and dear friends to the drill hall on the second floor There Captain Bordwell company over for a to Colonel Wheelock The latler the invitation of the welcome committee to the boys to banquel which will be given in their honor Thursday evening Captain Bordwell then took charge of the company and issued an order for them to report at the Armory at 7 p m Thursday evening Then the words Fall Out dropped from his lips and instantly the locked in the embrace of mothers wives sisters aunts and sweethearts while male relatives vainly sought a hand to shake Typical of Them All One meeting is typical of all those which took place Pres Thomas a well known Warren man was assigned some time ago to Colonel Rickards headquarters company His wife has recently been visiting relatives in Palmer Mass She was in doubt whether to come to Oil City or Warren because it was not known if her husband would be able coine to Warren last night She decided to come to Warren Pres Thomas succeeded in gelling Lieut Eric Munson Firat Lieut Wm Tribble mission from Colonel Rickards to come to Warren last night He got off the train ahead of Company 1 because he was not attached to it and started to search the platform at the Pennsy passenger station Doing so he ran into Dr J T Danforth Where is my asked the soldier Come with replied the doctor and he took Thomas to the Armory where the wives of the soldiers had gathered When Thomas entered the drill his wife came halt way across the room to meet him That was typical of them all It took place a full half hour before the others did Admission to t7ie Armory for the evening had been governed strictly by card but there wore 500 persons in the building at least beside the the little family groups began to break up at 11 o'clock the soldiers and their friends repaired to the billiard room on the first floor where a delicious lunch awaited them A committee of ladies did the serving with Walter O'Dell the Elks steward in charge It was almost midnight when the last of the soldiers left the building They went to their homes and those who live outside of town passed the night with friends Awaiting Today the soldiers were to be seen frequently on the streets Many of them went to their homes in various parts of the county on the early trains Others stayed around the Armory They are awaiting banquel night and it is going Continued on Page Four EXPECTED THAT Will BE PASSED BY THE HOUSE Provisions of Measure are Very Drastic Senator Asks for Amendment Prohibiting Sale of Tobacco Washington Jan 10 The Sheppard to abolish saloons in the national capitol after Nov 1 1917 was passed late yesterday by senael and now goes lo house where its friends say it is assured of passage The vote in the senate was 55 to 32 While the measure prohibits the sale of liquor in the District of Columbia it permits for personal use An which would have submitted the proposal to a referendum of of the was defeated just before its passage by a tie vote of 43 to 43 Neither the vote on the amendment nor that on the passage of the was on party lines There were 26 Democrats and 17 Republicans voting for the and 22 Democrats and 21 Republicans voting against it Most of the Republicans voting against aD the Republicans of the so-called Progressive group voted against it The prohibition clause of the says after Nov 1 No person or persons or any house company club or or their agents officers or servants directly or indirectly shall in the of Columbia manufacture for sale or gift import for sale offer for sale keep for sale traffic or bartar export ship of the District of Columbia or exchange for goods or or solicit or receive orders for the purchase of any alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes or for any other than scientific material pharmaceutical medical sacramental or other purposes The system is specifically forbidden All common carriers bringing intoxicants into the District are required to keep a record of shipper and consignee who must make affidavit that they are for personal use The law declares thai no property rights shall exist in alcoholic liquors manufactured or brought into the makes every place that violates the law a common nuisance and gives the right of any citizen to sue to enjoin such nuisance Heavy penalties are provided for violators including a provision aimed at who prescribe liquor for patients without cause A right to sue for damages from the person who sells liquor to a person who is injured in person or property in consequence of intoxication is given to blood relatives Efforts to absolutely forbid manufacture in the were beaten without a vote An amendment by Senator Phelan which would permit the sale of wine ale beer and also was defeated The vole was preceded by lillle debate on its terms but many HOME Welcome brave sons with your belts and your guns Prom the hot arid land where the brown Rio runs From the cactus and brier and the deep sifting sand And the desolate duns of the far Borderland Welcome Home Welcome brave boys to the old cherished joys Which you left for the their noise How you went with a smile and no trace of a fear When the call of your country came echoing clear Welcome Home L'Envoy And we're just as proud tonight Even if you didn't fight You were ready you were anxious for the fray Though we should have liked to see yuh Bring the scalp of Mr Villa We are glad it all turned out this pleasant way Arch Bristow WHITMAN TO INVESTIGATE SPREAD EAGLE CHARGES Alleged Soldier Was Victim of Barbarous York Jan 10 The attention of Governor Whitman was called last night to charges that an abolished punishment termed the spread by which the offending soldier is tied to the wheel of a gun carriage with his arms outspread had been inflicted on one of six prisoners who refused to do work assigned to them by officers of the Field artillery which returned from the Mexican border Saturday The governor said however that as the regiment was still in the federal service and not under state jurisdiction he could say nothing Lieutenant Colonel Frank H Mines the punishment had been inflicted The punishment was ordered for all six it was said but live weakened and agreed to do as ordered The latter then were confined to guard house for insubordination and refusing to obey orders I NO TRUTH IN RUMORS ABOUT BONDING COMPANY'S STANDING Bradstreets Puts Its O K on Royal Indemnity Co Holder of Fath Bonds A letter wus received today by the Times from the Bradstreet Company in New York which declan the Hoyal Indemnity Co of that city has not met with financial disaster and is in good shape today to cary out its contracts as it has been in the past The Hoyal Indemnity Co holds the bonds Charles Fath and contractors for the new bridge Hud the rumor that it had failed been substantiated this county would have stood to lose a large sum of money on the bridge work The Times declined to publish the rumor circulated here two days ago until it had been verified The letter from the Bradstreet Company is as Referring to your telephone call regarding the Royal Indemnity Company New the i York City beg to advise that our formation is to the effect that there has been 110 change in this Company's affairs and they are considered j H mi ui i cimi mey lire considered After he had been spread j good for contracts which they are to make the prisoner was placed in confinement The change was made for an hour according to the charges to save the from ATE merit and humiliation observed by visitors to the balcony of the armory EXHIBIT TO BE INTERESTING to have been alleged lack of food and dissatisfaction with the kind of food provided at the armory This was denied by the officers PENNSYLVANIA TO SEND BRIGADE TO INAUGURATION Governor Signs First Measure of Present Session Harrisburg Jan 10 Governor Brumbaugh yesterday affixed his signature to a legislative measure for the first time during the present session On the day the session opened a resolution providing for the sending of a brigade of Pennsylvania Will Come to Warren Under the Auspices of Club Through the kindness of Mr O E O'Dell who has donated the store room to be occupied March 1st by the O'Dell clothing store and through the generosity of the Woman's Club which will bear the of erecting booths for displaying the exhibit Warren people are to have tho opportunity for three days beginning January 17 of learning something of the prevalence of feeble-mindedness in Pennsylvania heretofore unobserved This exhibit is making a tour of the state under the direction of the Public Charities of Pennsylvania for Hie sole purpose of educating the masses with the expectation that out of this effort a more enlightened people will be able through the SHOW COLORS Will Attempt to Coerce President Wilson Into Supporting the Susan B Anthony Amendment PLAN TO PLACE PICKETS IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE Secure Audience With Chief Executive Under Guise of Presenting Memorial to Mrs to Washington to take parti lure or otherwise in the inaugural parade was which shall in the House and was passed ware given by senators of the Senate concurring later The their reasons for voting for and resolution went to the governor and against the Underwood amendment Under the agreement he signed it late yesterday afternoon to form prevent regu lathe in crease of the number of feeble-minded in our commonwealth There are at least four feebleminded persons to each thousand of for the vote today speeches were the legislature when it reconvenes limited to a few minutes There was evident a spirit of bitterness upon the part of many senators and a feeling of tension that was only broken a few times when amendments were offered or suggestions made that the senate and the galleries thought humorous The crowd was particularly pleased with an amendment proposed by Senator Marline to forbid the use or manufacture of any form in the District There were loud laughs when it was read by the clerk and once again when after Senator had made a technical point against it the New Jersy senator remarked 1 know it you chew tobacco The appropriation will be fixed by the population At this rate K THAW ONCE AGAIN BEING HUNTED BY DETECTIVES Is Charged With Whipping St Louis Young Man New York Jan 10 The hunt for Harry Thaw was on again today after a lapse of a year and a half While the search is being in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh the authorities are also watching Washington The police believe Thaw may be in hiding in New York Only the half of the sensational story concerning alleged whipping of young has been told according to the authorities Sensational revelations it was predicted will be made when the case reaches court One charge made against Thaw is thai he forced young Gump lo grovel at his feet and him master in most exalted phrases A copy of Thaw is alleged to have made the boy repeat has been obtained the police say from Oliver Brower who is under arrest in Philadelphia apportionment would be sixty persons There are reasons for believing that is the increase Tho general public upon niL falls the burden of faring for j dependents owes it to itself to become informed on this subject and it is hoped by the reform department of the Woman's Club which has the matter in charge that every in Warron will be represented in the throng of visitors at this exhibit which will be free to all Claims Thaw Is Innocent Pittsburgh Jan 10 Despite the Continued on Page Five COL CODY IS DEAD Denver Colo Jan 10 Col William F Cody Buffalo the famous old Indian scout and showman passed away this afternoon Colonel Cody had been ill for several weeks STATE FIRE MARSHALL MAKES INVESTIGATION OF MANY FIRES Forty-five Convictions Secured by hte Department Harrisburg Jan 1.0 i January 1 and December 31 1916.1 ithe State Fire Marshal's department {handled cases of them bei I new during the year and ali tho first appearance of being of incendiary origin other 24 cases were carried over from During the twelve months the department secured 45 convictions in i the various counties nf the sialo Twenty-four other were aci quitted because of insufficient five suspects left the lion of the state and one suspect com- milled suicide while in jail Within the period 385 cases were investigated and in 119 evidence of could not be ed and in 194 others there was not enough evidence secured to warrant prosecutions Twenty-one cases are Jan 10 Woman suffragists after another futile appeal to President Wilson for his sunport of the Susan B Anthony amendment announced plans for retaliation by picketing the White grounds with silent sentinels Their purpose is to make it impossible for the President to enter or White House without encountering a sentinel bearing some device pleading the suffrage cause The move wus to be a step in the new policies of mild militancy which began with the coup iu tho 1 louse gallery on December fith when a party of suffragists unfurled a votes for women the President was making hia opening address What the While House authorities will do abou l the pickets the intend to leave for development After the women had their audience yesterday they returned to headquarters of the Congressional Union formed their new plans and held a meeting pledging or the silent sentinel campaigne Headed by Miss Maud Younger and Mrs Sura Bard Field 300 suffragists from the Congressional Union went to see the President ostensibly to present memorials on the death of Mrs Inez Milholland Boissevain Because of the affair in the House gallery in December there was some difficulty in arranging an audience but the president consented to receive the women When they made it the occasion to renew their pleas that he support the suffrage amendment the President expressed his surprise reminded the spokesman of the party that he had not been appraised of their full purpose and was not prepared to say any more than he had said on previous occasions He repeated that he believed personally in their cause but as the leader of party could not commit it to action it hud not endorsed The President added he could not understand why women failed to realize that the Democratic party had done more for suffrage than the Republicans I had not been apprised that yon wore coming here to make any representations or an appeal to the President said I had been told thai you were coming to present memorial resolutions with regard to the very remarkable woman whom your cause has lost I am therefore not prepared to say anything further than f haver said on previous occasions of thia sort F do not need to tell you own convictions and my own personal purpose lie and I need not tell you by what circumscriptions 1 am bound as the leader of a party As the leader of a party my commands come from the party and not front private personal convictions My personal action as a citizen of course comes from no source but my own convictions and my position has been so frequently defined and I hope so candidly denned and it is so impossible for me until the orders of my party are changed to do anything other than I am doing as a lender that 1 think nothing more is necessary to be said I do not want to say do not see how anybody can fail to observe from the utterances of the last that the Democratic party is moro inclined than the opposition party to assist in this great cause ind it been a matter of very deep regret that so many of those who were heart and soul for this cause seemed so greatly to misunderstand and misinterpret the attitude of parties Because in this country as in every other self-governing country it is only through the of parties that things can be a re not accomplished by the individual voice but by concerted action and that action must come only so fast as you concert it I have done my best shall continue to do my best to it in the interests of a cause in which -T personally believe BRITISH CRUISER IS SUNK Jan 10 A report given Tit hv the Overseas Agency says the cruiser Shannon has been sunk off the Corcu with a loss ot forty lives now pending in the hands of district and this week the physicians gave up and 63 cases are at present all hope of prolonging his life He being investigated The small force rallied last night and appeared to have gained strength but this morning he started to sink until the end came shortly after noon One of the colonel's last requests was that the Elks and Masons have full charge of funeral in the department has retarded work considerably and Fire Marshal G dial Port is confident that the present legislature will enact measures which will permit him to add more investigators and carry on the work on a larger scale Snow tonight fair Thursday with cold wave
