Reo Distributor For Central Pennsylvania The largest distributors of Reo automobiles be tween New York and De troit is the distinction en joyed by the Harrisburg Automobile Company of this city. George G. Mc- Farland, president and general manager is an optimist of the cheeriest kind, which, no doubt con tributes materially to the success of the local con cern. In spuaking of Reo business in this 80^" "Nothing but prosperity and success. We have nothing else to report. No doubt but what a good car contributes to this condi tion of affairs. Since the llrst of August we have I § delivered sixty-seven Reo pleasure cars and eleven Reo trucks. Just closed a contract with one llrm for SIOO,OOO worth of Reos. Ten carloads of this order is for immediate shipment. We have con tracted for four hundred Reo pleasure cars and two hundred Reo trucks for the coming season. These figures speak for themselves regarding busi ness conditions at the GEORGE G. MeFARIiAND Harrisburg Automobile . Company and the endorse- President and General Manager of the ment of the Reos through- Harrlsburg Automobile Co. out this section." ' The Cigar That's Been on Gift Lists For 23 Years Pretty safe to give a smoker a cigar with such a reputation! Some persons who select gift cigars "fall" for fancy bands and fussy packages. A smoker can't enjoy these things—he wants qual ity tobacco—and lie gets it when you give him a box of King Oscar 5 c Cigars 1 hev don t have any frills, but each one is stuffed as full of quality as Santa's pack is full of good things. * You surely can profit by what others have been doing for 23 years. Box of 25, $1.15 Box of 50, $2.25 Box of 100, $4.50 IIW!l!lffll!lliSllg iMHBIM MR. HUSTLER! Do YOU Want to Make More Money? Europe is now crying for American foodstuffs and America s'an hardly supply her own demand*. Everybody knows that a big boom has Just started in the 'attle and Hog Raising Business In this Country. Thinking people all over the United States see in present conditions that livestock raisers have the GREATEBT MONEY-MAKING OPPORTUNITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE NATION, and meat prices keep on soaring. A group of business men, including Western bankers and Eastern brokers, have recently formed a large Company and have purchased over 37,000 acres of fine land in the famous cat tle and hog raising State of Missouri, within sixty miles of the great St Louis livestock market This new $2,000,000 corporation plans to RAISE CATTLE) AND HOGS ON A LARGE SCALE, and additional money is now being raised by disposing of some of the Company's shares to private investors. If you are a man who can place some of these shares in your locality, we can give you a straight com mission on all sales of 5% and an opportunity to become DIS TRICT MANAGER for your section in placing other stocks an<J bonds which, after this issue is sold, can be offered you by one of the banking men associated with us. You don't have to be an experienced stock or bond salesman to sell this security, for it will almost sell Itself; therefore, if your references are O. K. we will show you how to build up for your future a clientele, and if you are a worker, you can make next year the most profitable one in your lifetime. If you make good A PERMANENT, PROFITABLE CONNECTION WITH A WALL STREET HOUSE AWAITS YOU. Address Financial Department, MISSOURI CATTLE & Hoc RANCH CO. Broadway and Wall Street New York City 'T HE super excellence of Moja quality is due to the * knowledge gained through 50 years' experience in cigarmaking. Ability to discriminate in leaf selec tion—to discard as well as accept—to blend the Choicest Havana to best please the tastes of the smoker who demands all that goes with a 10c smoke MOJA lOc Cigars A m are all Havana—rich and fragrant—and safest to give the connoisseur. Made by John C. Herman & Co. SATURDAY EVENING, "Going Like a House A-Fire Now" Says Reo Official "While Timid Ones Are Wondering What America Will Do —America Has Gone Ahead and Done It" 1 m .^1 "I am not greatly in sympathy with this movement that ho many well-mean ing but misguided persons have taken up," says R. C. Rueschaw, sales man ager of the Reo Motor Company. "I mean this general 'cheer up, cheer up' I movement." I "The reason I am not in sympathy with it Is because I think it unneces sary and therefore foolish. "It reminds me of an Incident that happened on one of the early Glldden tours. We were gliding along over the country road feeling happy, hav-i lng a perfect score in our pocket, as It were, when we met a horse and buggy. The old horse was mooching, along, seeming not to have a worry in the w °rld. Of course, there was an auto mobile occupying a part of the road in front of liim, but that did not seem to bother him either. He had met the tarnation things before and had always managed to find rooms to pass them alright so he was not concerned. "Everything would have gone well I &ud we would have passed him as we j had nassed many others on the way but for the fool notion the driver got Into his head that he ought to "en- I courage the horse." He assumed that! the horse was going to get frightened, so he began nervously to draw in the r,?!" s and to caution the horse to \v hoa, bof! Whoa, boy! Steady now! stead-y.' ' At that the liorse pricked up his ears, began to look nervously around an i won(^er what was the matter. "He had seen the automobile ahead and did not suppose there was any necessity for warning him of its ap proach. He expected to pass it alright. But ho had come to learn that when the driver was nervous, there was likely .something 1 to get nervous about, so he r turned that there was some thing- different about that particular automobile of ours. "At that he went into the air, stand ing on his hind feet and pawing with his front ones—finally lost his balance, went over tideways, broke the shaft and turned the wagon across the road. A 8 not anticipate anything of the kind from the quiet demeanor of the horse a moment previously, we did not have time to stop and consequently in order to pass him we had to run down into the ditch and up again. "Now it seems to me there has been much premature warning against nerv ousness on the part of business. Busi ness is not nervous. Ninety per cent, of the businessmen I talk with see nothing but good for America in the terrible conflict that is taking place on the other side of the water. People who are busy fighting, cannot till the soil or manufacture the articles they need. They have got to be fed and clothed. And we, being the only great agricultural and commercial nation not at war. wlll : be called upon, of course, to fulfill this office. "But aside from that, there is plenty of business here in America. The dis turbance on the other side of the At lantic has already had a tremendous effect on the development of new in dustries in America. "For example, when the war broke out, we were told that in ninety days It would be Impossible to have a photo graph made in this country. I got worried about that, and, not having had one made for manv vears, rushed off to secure what I felt sure would be a curiosity in the near future. Several others must have done the same, be cause the photographers told me busi ness had been excellent. "Now the ground for that belief was the fact that heretofore we had pro cured the glass for negatives from Bel «»-Urn the chemicals from Germany. Those who said the photographic in dustry would have to stop as soon as the small supply on hand was exhaust nuitv n °* coun * on American inge "The other day I was talking to a prominent photographer, and I asked him about It. 'Why/ said he. 'within two weeks after the war broke out we ! were making everything in this coun- I Addition to Hudson Factory Begins at Once Plans for the big addition to the Hudson motor car plant at Detroit are finished and work is to begin imme diately. It is expected that the en largement will be completed and oc cupied by March 1, 1915. The floor space of the present fac tory is approximately eight acres. The addition of the third story means an increase of space of over three acres, or, nearly 50 per cent, increase in floor space. After March 1 the total space will be almost eleven acres, which will make the Hudson factory among the largest in the world. The addition is a third story added to the main factory and probably to three of the wings, making a total length of 2,200 feet by j sixty-two feet In width. The irjater-1 ial is to be the same as the present l building, reinforced concrete and steel. I The Hudson plant is a model in con- • struction and convenient arrangement I of departments, and in light, sun it a-1 lion and healtnful conditions for em-! ployes. It is stated that the company's busi-| ness has been increased so largely by the popularity of the 1915 Hudson light six, rhat the added space Is ab solutely necessary In order to handle the production for next season. SILVERWARE 26 pc. Set, consisting of 6 knives, fi forks, 6 teaspoons, 6 tablespoons, butter knife and 1 sugar shell, from $5.98 up. JOS. D. BRENNER Diamond Merchant nnil Jeweler No. 1 North Third St. __ —J MONEY TO LOAN * at Inn than Irßil ratea, In any amount*. Payable In instalments to suit borrower. Poaltlvely loweal rntea In the city. Pennsylvania Investment Co. 132 WALNUT STREET CAMEO JEWELRY j Brooches, from $3.50 up: Laval- I lleres, from $3.00 up. Scarf Pins, from 75c up; Kings, from $4.00 up. JOS. D. BRENNER Diamond Merchant nml Jeweler No. 1 North Third St. *■ HARRJSBURG TELEGRAPH try. At first it cost a little more, but now the cost Is coming down. As for the quality, of course we have as fine chemists in this country as there are In the world, so we are (getting that, too. "This Instance can be paralled as many times as you like. Two or three cases will suffrtce. Carbolic acid was also made In Europe. Not that It was a secret or that we could not do it, but that the European makers were so well entrenched. Americans hesitated to enter competition against them. Thomas A. Edison had to have curbollc acid. Inside of ten days after the war broke out, he began to produce It. At first it cost more also, but as facilities were perfected and quantities produced, the price began to come down, and now, it is said, that if the war ended to-day, we would probably not buy any more carbolic acid from Kurope. We can make It better and cheaper here. "About three months ago 1 was talk ing to the president of one of the largr- knitting machine concerns in America. To say he was blue Is putting It mildly—he was panicky. 'We haven't more than ninety clays to run,' he said, 'unless the American people will be willing to wear white hosiery and everything else white. All our dyes come from Europe. It's a thing we can't do in this country. Everything will have to stay white until the war Is over.' t "The other day I met him again; ask led him how business was. 'Running to jfull capacity," he said. 'What about those dyes?' I asked. Why. we. are get ting all the dyes we want, and better I than we »ver imported," he replied, ; jubilantly. "Still another: A wallpaper maker told us when the war broke out that It ■ would be impossible to make colored ! wallpaper—for the same reason the knitting manufacturer had given me. jTo make a long story short, we are j making in this country to-day better i wallpaper, and faster colors than ever | before in the history of the Industry. "The point I want to emphasize Is 1 that we bought from Europe not be i cause we could not make It here just as I good and jUBt as cheaply, but because In I certain things that formerly were I secret processes European makers had , become strongly entrenched and America feared to invest the amount to build the plants necessary to fight I for a share of the business. Now the ■ business is ours wtthout even fighting for it—the demand must be suppi'ed, and we are now supplying our own de mands. "Just here I might call attention to one great difference between Ameri cans and all other people. Your Eng lishman, your German, your French man has a strong prejudice against buying or using anything that is made In any other country. We Americans have had a foolish prejudice In the op posite direction. Our loyalty has not reached the commercial stage yet. That Is because we have had no real com petition—nothing to stir up our com mercial loyalty. We like to see the word 'imported' on the box and we have actually paid more for an inferior ar ticle Just because it was made in Scot land, France or some other European country. "Perhaps we are exceptional, but the only indication the Reo Motor Car Company have had that there Is a dis turbance anywhere on the face of the earth is increased orders for automo biles at a season when, in former years, we expected less orders. "Like most American automobile manufacturers, our export trade has been a very small percentage of the total, and inasmuch as we have for several years past been making better steels, carburetors, magnetos, lamps and other essentials in this country than we could Import, the war has not, of course, Interfered in the slightest with our supply of raw materials. "I think we have taken too seriously the admonition of the bankers and the plight of the stock brokers. Eighty per cent, of all the automobiles manu factured in this country go into the great and prosperous agricultural sec tion?, I think that Is true, not only of automobiles, but of most other commo dities. Those people have plenty of money—thoy are getting good prices for their crops and for their livestock. And Wall Street long since ceased to affect them In the slightest. As for the caution of the bankers, we need only recollect that the banker makes hl's money by withholding his funds until he can got high rates of interest. Opti mistic talk docs not make for high In terest rates. Your banker can peddle pessimism to greater profit than he can distribute good cheer. Not that I would Imnune the motives of all bank ers. On the contrary, I think manv of them mean well In their efforts to keep the poor, unscared horde from getting scared. tremulous 'Whoa, boy! Whoa, hoy!' is well meant—but It Is unnecessary. "The old horse Is not soared. He Is going along his way contentedly with a stomach full and happv prospect of getting home betimes. He sees some thing unusual on the road ahead, but he knows the road Is wide and he will pass It all right If the driver will only slt tight and—and let him have his head." First Cadillac Limousine of Eight Type Is Here The Crlspen Motor Car Company received another shipment of the new eight-cylinder cars to-day. The seven passenger touring is intended for York, but the new inside drive Sedan will re main in this city for some time to demonstrate this type of car at this season of the year when motor car luxury of this character is most in de mand. Another lot of cars is expected the coming week, as the factory is now in a position to make shipments in larger quantities, as the manufacturing process has advanced to such a degree •where the finished product can keep pace with the shipping demand. Dodge Brothers' New Car Will Soon Be Here .Robert U Morton, manager of the Keystone Motor Car Company, has re ceived assurances from the factory that the new Dodge Brothers car will be here about January first. This car announced to sell at $785 has been received with exceptional interest in all cities, because of having been known as the "car of mystery." The details of construction, size and price were not published until the car was ready for delivery, therefore all were anxious to inspect its merits in the large city. An unusual reception will no doubt be accorded the car In this city as well. MONEY FOR SALARIED PEOP'.E •nd others upon their own names. Cheap rates, easy payments, contldeD- Ad.m. « Co. R. »(M. 8 M. Market S«. THK Harrtsourg Polyclinic Dlspen - '.i? e °P en dally, except Sunday, at 3 P. M., at Its new location. 1701 North feecond street, for the free treat ment of the worthy poor FOR SALE The four-story brick dwelling house. No. 109 South Second street, Harrlsburg*, Pa., fronting twenty-six feet on Second street, and extending In depth ninety-flve feet to an alley; first floor now occupied as a whole sale liquor store. Title perfect. FREDERICK M.OTT Executor of Mary E. Winters, De ceased, 222 Market street. Harrls burg. Pa 11915 HARLEY DAVIDSON IS HERE I ]| 11 Horsepower Guaranteed, 98 Refinements, 3 Speed jj Sliding Gear Transmission Call, Phone or Write For Demonstration || UET A V DDAC 1204 NOR TH THIRD STREET i: •ii tltL/\ vl I MJiX Uo. R OP F N EVENINGS Catalog on Request j; I *w^WMnm t uiiuuwitwuM! ram THING IN MARKET WHS STDONG Degree of Caution on Part of Buyers and Sellers Was Noted By sissueiarca Press New York, Dec. 12. Open trading 1 In shares was resumed on the Stock Lxchange to-day after an interval of 111 business lays. The tone of the initial trading was strong, but indicat ed a degree of caution on the part of the buyers and sellers. The first quo tatlon was 100 shares of Pittsburgh Coal, which declined one-eighth. This . was followed by transactions of 100 to I 300 shares on some of the more active Issues, including St. Paul, Missouri Pa cific,Lehigh Valley, Reading, Ameri can Can, Tennessee Copper and other | issues of less importance. Among the marked gains at the outset were I points for Central leather, 18 points I for Texas Company: 10% points for Le- I high Valley;; 6 points for Tennessee j Copper; 6% points for American Can; 5% points for Heading; 10 points for American Beet Sugar, and General Motors 26%. The largest single trans action was a block of 1,400 shares of Heading. Among the early declines were Southern Hallways, Common and Preferred, which lost 1% and 3%. and Northern Pacific, which yielded three quarters. Secondary prices showed some recessions from the opening after the first ten minutes. PHII.ADRI.PHIA PRODUCTS Hy Associated Press Philadelphia, Dec. 12. Wheat Higher; No. 2, red, spot, export, $1.18% ®1.20; No. 1, Northern, Duluth, export, $1.28%@1.30%. 81 ®°Bl\4c~ No " 2 ' y e ' low - local. ats Firm; No. 2, white, 64® 54 He. ! .«P£ an Steady: winter, per ton, . 126.00@27.00; spring, per ton, $25.00® j Heflned SugartS Market steady; : powdered, 4.95 c; fine granulated, 4.85 c; confectioners' A, 4.75 c. I Butter The market Is firm; western, creamery, extras, 33c; nearby I prints, fancy, 366 c. | Eggs The market is firmer; 1 Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts. I free cases, $12.00@12.30 per ca'se; do., current receipts, free cases, sll.lo® 111.60 per case; western, extras, firsts, I free cases, $12.00® 12.30 per case; do., firsts, free cases, sll.lo® 11.60. Live Poultry Weak; fowls, 12® yc; old roosters, 10®Uc; chickens, U @138; turkeys. 13®16c; ducks, 13®14c; I geese, 13® 14c. | Dressed Poultry Firm; turkeys, fancy, 21@22c; turkeys, average, 17® 19c; fowls, heavy, 17®18c; do., average, 14®16c; do., small. 12@13c; old roosters, 1254 c; broiling chickens, nearby, 16® 22c; do., western, 14@20c; roasting chickens, weFtern. 13@19c; ducks, 11® 15c; geese, 12® 13c. Flour —The market is steady;; winter, clear, $3.85@4.10; straight*. Pennsyl vania. new, $5.00®5.25: spring straight* $5.35 <S> 5.60; do., patents, $5.65@6.50: western, $4.25@4.40; patents. $4.Su& 4.76; Kansas straight. Jute sacks; $4.11 @4.30; spring, firsts, clear, $4.00@4.:0; straights. $4.2004.30; patents. $4.350 4 60. Hay The market la weak; tim othy, No. 1. large bales, slß.oo® 18.50; No. 1, medium bales, $17.50@18.00; No. 2, do., $15.50@16.50; No. 3, do., $14.00® 15.00; sample, $13.00® 1 4.0u; no grade. $11.00@13.00. Clover mixed hay. Light mixed. $17.00@ 17.50; No. 1, do., $16.00@16.50; No. 2, do.. $14.50® 15.50. Potatoes Market weak; Penn sylvania, per bushel, New York, per bushel, 45@52c; Jersey, per basket, 35 @ 40c. Open. Cios. Alaska Gold Mines .25% 26 Amal. Copper 50 % 52% Am. .Beet Sugar .... 29 30% American Can 25% 27% American Can pfd. . 91 % 91% Am. C. & F... i ... . 42% 42% American Cotton Oil 35% 36 Am. Ice Securities 22 22% American Smelting . 54% 50 American Sugar ... 104% 104% Am. T. & T 116% 117% Atchison 91% 94 Bethlehem Steel ... 42 42 Brooklyn It. T 85% 86% California Petroleum 19% 19% Central Leather ... 35% 35% C. M. & St. P 86 91 Consolidated Gas .. 116 115% Corn Products .... 8% 8% Erie 20% 22% Erie, Ist pfd 35% 36 Goodrich, B. F. ... 25% 26 Interboro-Met 12% 12% Interboro-Met. pfd. . 51 52% Lehigh Valley 132% 134 Louisville & Nash. . 125 125 Missouri Pacific .... 10% 10% Nev. Con. Copper.. 10% 12 N. Y„ N. H. &H. .. 51% 53% Northern Pacific ... 98 101% Pacific Mall 20% 20% P. R. R. . . . , v 106 108 Peo Gas & Coke ... 117 117 Pittsburgh Coal ... 16% 16% Ray Con. Copper ... Ir. 15 % Reading 145% 148 j Rep. Iron % Steel . 18% 18 I Thej "Sterling" Mark on a Tire Repair Btan<lß for tile highest (trade In materials, the most expert workmanship and a guaranteed result in positive service. Make Us Prove It STERLING AUTO TIRE CO, Hsl Z.rl»r Sirwt MILLER TIRES—Made Strong, I>ast Long. The cog-wheel tread on the Miller Non-skid gears your car to the road. t DECEMBER 12, 1914. Southern Ry 16 16 Southern Ry. pfd . . 64 64 Tonn. Copper 30% 31 Texas Company ... 131 132% |U. S. Rubber 51 51% Utah Copper 47 48 % Western ynion Tel. Westlnghouso Mfg.. PHILADELPHIA STOCKS By Associated Press Philadelphia, Dec. 12. .Stocks clos ed steady. Cambria Steel 42 v General Asphalt 33 1 General Asphalt, Pfd 67*4 1 Lake Superior Corporation 12 " ' Lehigh Navigation 75H ' Lehigh Valley 66 i P. R R 63H ! Philadelphia Electric 23 ' Philadelphia Company 34 Vi , Philadelphia Rapid Transit 12"!, I Reading 73 ")4 ■ Storage Battery 48 \ Union Traction 3914! |U. G. I 82% ! NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT ' By Associated Press 1 New York. Dec. 12. The statement ] lof the actual condition of Clearing 1 House Banks and Trust Companies for J the week shows that they hold sll6,- j , 992,400 reserve in excess of legal re ; qulrements. This Is a decrease of $2,- i I 473,230 from last week. The sttaement ' follows: Artunl Condition I jOans, etc., $2,182,768,000; Increase, i $2,559,000. i Reserve In own vaults (B), $333,-559,- 000; decrease, $2,557,000. Reserve in Federal Reserve Bank, $93,842,000; decrease, $337,000. Reserve in other depositories, S3O,- I 069,000; increase, $1,474,000. Net demand deposits, $1,975,336,000; increase, $6,289,000. Net time deposits, $91,509,000; In crease, $1,166,000. Circulation, $60,067,000; decrease, $5,149,000. (H) Of which $261,901,000 Is specie. Aggregate reserve, $457,470,000. Excess reserve, $116,982,400; decrease, $2,473,230. CHICAGO CATTLE By Associated Press Chicago, til., Dec. 12. Hogs Re- I ceipts, 22,000;; slow. Bulk of sales. $6.85 @7.10; llf?ht, $6.50@7.10;; mixed, $6.65® 7.15; heavy, $6.60(fi>7.15; rough, s6.6nfo 6.70; pigs. $5.00@7.00. Cattle Receipts. 200; steady. Na tive steers, $5.70(f) 11.00; western, $5.L'5 @8.40; cows and heifers, $3.25@8.. R io; calves. $6.50®9.25. Sheep—Receipts, 10,000; weak. Sheep, ss.3o(ff 6.40; yearlings, $6.50@7.70; lambs, $6.50@8.60. MKAT PRICKS TO SOAR SOON Europenn Armies Fating l Beef FaMcr Than It Is Reins l*roduced Chicago, 111., Dec. 12.—Shortage in the world's meat supply and still higher prices in the near future for consumers in the United States are seen by Chicago livestock experts. The shortage Is due to the immense quan tities of meat consumed by the armies of Europe, beef being used faster than it is being produced. There are only two fields from which to draw—Ar gentina and Australia. | FRFXCH OCCUPY WEST BANK By Associated Press Paris, Deo. 12, 2.46 P. M. The) French official bulletin given out in! Paris this afternoon says that French I troops now occupy the west bank of' the Yser canal. Artillery engagements,' all of them resulting more or less ad- I vantageously to the French, are re ported in the region of Arras, near Nampcel, In the Aisne, in the region of Perthes, near the forest of La Gru rlc, on the heights of the Meuse, and In the Vosges. POPE'S PLAN FOR TRUCE IX EUROPEAN WAR FAILS By Associated Press Rome. Dec. 12. —The Vatican au thorities to-day made public a docu ment setting forth the efforts made by the Pope to obtain a t/uce in the Euro pean war during the Christmas season. The efforts of the pontiff, unfortu nately, failed, according to the Vatican announcement, "owing to the oppo sition of a certain power." DEADLOCK BROKEN IN OHIO By Associated Press Bellalre, Ohio, Dec. 12.—The dead lock between miners and operators in the eastern Ohio coal field which has existed since last April, when the min. ers struck for increased wages, was broken to-day with the announcement that 2,000 men at the Falrpoint mine i would return to work Monday under the Pittsburgh scale. KAISER'S CIGAR BRINGS $72 London, Dec. 12. —A cigar, which the Kaiser one time presented to Lord Lonsdale, was sold at auction to-dav for the benefit of the Red Cross. It brought £l4 10s ($72.50.) NO CHRISTMAS TRUCE FOR CZAR Rotterdam. Dec. 12.—German news papers assert that Russia has abso lutely rejected the Popes suggestion for a truce during the Christmas holi- I days. Elizabeth, N. J., Woman Is Refused License to Wed Day After Husband Died Special to The Telegraph Elizabeth. N. J., Dec. 12. Arthur Irwin, 27 years old, a painter died 1 hursday night, and his widow yester • day was angry because the city clerk j refused her a marriage license on tho j grounds that a death certificate for her ; husband had not been furnished. 1 th^ r £.,L rwl , n admitted she Is to become I the wife of John Gerlack. Gerlack is also a painter and was formerly Irwin's MrH " Irwln sa >'« she never 'nil HI hi Ww »f tf ;nt ion from Gerlack , dolences lsited her to offer his c°n | Austria Has Sued Servia For Peace, Rome Hears Special to The Telegraph Rome, Dec. 12.—The Austrian gov ernment made unofficial overtures to Servia for peace a few days before tho last crushing Austrian defeat and be fore the Servians had received fresh supplies of ammunition. The Aus trian offer, which was resolutely re jected, Is interpreted here as evidence that Austria realizes the enormous idiffculties of an advance into Servia and wishes to have her troops free for the defense of Hungary. RUSSIA SAYS GERMAN LINE IS PIERCED AT TWO POINTS By Associated Press Petrograd, Dec. 12.. via London, 3.05 P. M.—Russian military observers •contend that the Germans in wlth j drawing before the partial successes j of the Russians along the battle front jto tho nprth of Warsaw are follow ing tactics of delaying the advance of |their opponents as long as possible by j holding each successive trench until lit becomes untenable. Reports reach ing Petrograd Indicate that the Ger j man front has been pierced at least lon two points between Ciechanow and Przasnyss, which has resulted in severing communication between tho German columns. NEW PKRSO WEL IIIHSIIRE WILL END PLUCKING BOARD Special to The Telegraph Washington, D. C., Dec. 12. The new personnel law soon to be trans mitted to Congress by Secretary Dan iels, of the Navy Department," provides for the elimination of the so-called naval plucking board, for the creation of an active reserve list of officers composed of those who do not meet the highest requirements for promotion, and the promotion of naval officers by the Joint process of selection out and selection up. WANT HANDS MOVED FORWARD By Associated Press I Chicago, Dec. 12. The executive committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce, composed of twenty {four members, voted unanimously In j l'avor of moving the hands of the clock • forward one hour, for the purpose of gaining an hour more of daylight at the end of day. WARSHIPS NEAR PANAMA By Associated Press Panama, Dec. 12.—1t is persistently reported here to-day that a squadron of six British warships met four Brit ish colliers yesterday at a point on the high seas fifty miles south of Pannma and coaled them. It is believed locally that these warships came from Aus tralian waters. SOLD SOAP ILLEGALLY John A. Forney, a soapmaker at 10 Argyle street, was arrested by Patrol man Grear this morning for selling soap without a license and running an automobile with ah Ohio license. He was allowed to go on the promise that lie, would take out tho proper li censes. The automobile was the prop erty of a relative. *M»H3.»23 FOR DISABILITIES By Associated Press Washington, 11. C„ Dec. 12. A total of $1,083,923 haj been paid out by the Federal Government during the past five years to more than 14,000 of Its employes who met with accidents in the course of their employment, under the Federal compensation act of 1908. IMPORT DUTY IS SUSPENDED Melbourne. Australia, Dec. 12, via London, 11:07 A. M. Owing to the shortage of the Australian wheat har vest. the Government of the Common wealth has suspended the import duty on wheat. GERMAN STEAMER SEIZED London. Dec. 12, 8.25 A. M.—A German steamer with a cargo of 7,000 tons of oil, proceeding to Italy from tin.' United States has been seized at Gibraltar by a British warship. $lO FOR BELGIANS Trinity Lutheran Sunday school at ! Lemoyne to-day contributed $lO to the Belgian relief funds through the Harrlsburg Telegraph. The payment was made by L. F. Baker, the treas urer. LODGER'S MONEY STOLEN James Leonard, a machinist, a lodger at 107 Chestnut street, last night reported that SIOO was stolen from his room. REAR ADMIRAL WATSON DIES Washington, Dec. 12. Rear Ad -1 miral Eugene W. Watson, U. S. N., re tired, died at his home here last night, aged 71. 7
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