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
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Some persons who select gift cigars "fall" for
fancy bands and fussy packages.
A smoker can't enjoy these things—he wants qual
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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.
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MR. HUSTLER!
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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
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Broadway and Wall Street
New York City
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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
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"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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Btan<lß for tile highest (trade In materials, the most expert workmanship
and a guaranteed result in positive service.
Make Us Prove It
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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.
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