(3atf«ftbP€nnayLVAmftp^e«si MURDER CASE GOES TO SUPREME COURT Attorneys For Max Morgenthau Prepare Papers For Trial in January Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 16.—Attorneys for Max Morgenthau, formerly of Har risburg, who was recently sentenced by Judge Sadler to give up his life in the new deathhouso near Beliefonte for the murder of John M. Rupp, at his home near Mechanicsburg, last May, are preparing to appeal the case to the Supreme Court and expect tha final decision to be made when that body convenes In January. It Is understood here that a num ber of Harrisburg men who have be come interested in the case are back ing the man in the attempt for a re versal of decision. Morgenthau's case is the second only of its kind in this county. A parallel is found in the case o.t' Auira Titus, who was triod in the W!1 of 1869 for the murder of a neighbor at his home in Southampton township. Titus pleaded guilty and, as In the present case, asked the court to deter mine the degree of crime. The sen tences in each case was death. Titus was hung in the jailyard here Just for ty-five years ago, on December 22, 1869. •pi ir inr it ir— we won't all get -J-*-"- Chris'mas pres ents this year, but Of^ SPL J most of us can give L 'em, an' I reckon that's f the best way to enjoy the true Chris'mas -i spirit after all. T If he Is a pipe smoker, you can t do bet- Z 3 ,er 4^an Bcn d him some VIiLVET, The *\W Smoothest Smoking: Tobacco, in the fill : ""aM special Christmas humidor with a val ■aras>S-- VELVET comes also In 10c tins and ■ o$3 c } e Q» - The FASHION BOOK for WINTER of the PICTORIAL REVIEW PATTERNS is now on sale. Every woman ought to have a copy of this Marvelous FASHION BOOK. It contains Fashions not to be found in any other Style Book. We Highly Recommend It I Only 10 cents when purchased with one 15 cent PICTORIAL REVIEW PATTERN. 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If the Bible is to '•£!?■ •3®? be mailed, send IS cents extra for postage. figs J ;THE WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 16, IQR Gas Pipe Endangers Tome Building at Dickinson Special to The Telegraph Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 16.—Late yester day afternoon the Jacob Tome scien titic building, the finest and newest of the Dickinson College buildings, nar rowly escaped destruction from tire when a leaky gas pipe ignited while frozen water pipes were being thawed and set fire to the flooring of the main labortory. The pipe which caught fire was the main supply of all the college build ings and as the pipe melted under the intense heat It formed a monster blow pipe, which burned directly against the celling and walls of the basement room in which it started. William A. Jordan, the caretaker, who had been thawing the pipes when the explosion occurr. ■ succeeded in turning off the g;u'. ■ -augh he was painfully burned in t > 1 •mpt. Col lege employes extiligui:. i the blaze. Damage amounting to i-.boiit $l5O was caused. The building was built about ten years ago at a cost of SBO,OOO and houses all the equipment of the scien tific and physical departments of the college, the loss of which would have been a serious blow to the institution. "BOYER DAY" AT HALIFAX Halifax. Pa., Dec. 16.—0n Monday evening the Halifax school board passed a resolution designating Feb ruary 25 as "Boyer day" in Halifax each year. This as the date upon which Mr. Boyer passed the money into Mr. Day's hands for the erection of the new school building. A copy of this resolution has been sent to the borough council and they will pass an ordinance calling for a general ob servance of the day. News Items of Interest in Central Pennsylvania llazleton. —Christmas gift lists that would take S2OO to till are contained among the letters that the Hozleton postal workers have found addressed to Santa Claus and are being turned over to tho United Charities. That society will see that tho children of the poor get treats, but not on the scale indicated in the missives, to fill one of which would consume the en tire fund at the disposal of the charity workers. Heading.—lnstead of receiving any compensation from the government other than the materials, William A. Sharp contracts to pay $6 for the privilege of dismantling five buildings on the site to be occupied by the new annex to the post office. Other bids for tearing down the buildings were: J. McCullough, $950; Garinan Bros., $400; D. E. Dampman, $350; Charles H. Fisher, SIOO. Willlamsport. Hearing something metallic in the coal she was putting In the kitchen range, Mrs. George W. Strauss bent over the open stove to see what it was and received the full blast of an exploding cartridge that had in some manner gotten into the coal. Her condition is serious. Shauiokin. —George Eby, miner at tiie Philadelphia and Reading's Bear Valley colliery, while working on a timber chute, lost his balance and plunged down the chute 180 feet and escaped with a few bruises and lacera tions on the head and body. Shenandoah. Sarah Matskiewicz, .1 years old, found a dynamite cap and placed it on the kitchen stove when it exploded, blowing three fin gers off her right hand. Reading. The Berks County Sab bath School Association expects to collect five cents of every one of the 61,652 Sunday school members in Berks county to purchase 6,000 Bibles to for word to Europe and present to the soldiers engaged in the war. Allehtown.—Fire of mysterious ori gin on Monday night destroyed the stables at the Windsor Hotel, Fuller ton, the loss being about $6,000. PottsviUe. —There are 1,209 appli cations for liquor licenses filed this year as against 1,248 last year, a re duction of thirty-nine. Of these there are twelve for new stands and seven teen for old stands at which the li censes had been revoked because of violations of the liquor laws. The number tiled for new licenses is the smallest in twenty years. ONE DISEASED COW CAUSES DEATH OF SIO,(MX) HERD Allentown, Pa., De<\ 16. John | Sell ell ha miner, of Walbert's, Lehigh county, was to-day held under bail by Alderman Gottliardt, of this city, on the charge of driving a cow in vio lation of the quarantine established by the State in consequence of the foot and mouth disease. Schellhammer, it is alleged, drove a I cow from his farm to the farm of Max I Hess, where the disease appeared I among more than ino animals, which I were destroyed at a loss of more than SIO,OOO. GOOD YIELD OF LARD Special to The Telegraph j Halifax. Pa., Dee. 16.—Frank Kitchen i on Tuesday slaughtered six porkers at [ his home, near Matamoras, which ; averaged in weight 40V pounds each. I Twenty-four cans of lard was realized j from these porkers. ;wwvm\»vi II \ II mmm | i|; Electric M $6.00 ! ij Gas if I! $5.00 i ii Before Xmas i | SALE <! During the next two !; i; weeks SPECIAL REDUC- ij jj TION OF 25% FROM ji Ij! REGULAR PRICES AL- ji !> LOWED FOR CASH. ii FLOOR COVERINGS and FURNITURE PARLOR, LIBRARY, DINING ROOM AND BEDROOM FURNITURE. ODD ROCKERS, BRASS BEDS, BUFFETS, ■ CHINA CLOSETS, DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS. DAVENPORTS, BEAUTIFUL RUGS AND LINOLEUMS. DOLL CARTS, CHIL DREN'S COUCHES AND COMBINATION IIIGH CHAIRS AND HOBBY HORSES. Ladies' and Gentlemen's CLOTHING B. Handler & Co. 1212 N. Third St. Buy It Now—Cash or Credit DIAMONDS Fine quality, perfect rut nnd bril liancy. Kings from $5.00 to 1300.00. JOS. D. BRENNER Hlamnnd Merchant and .lewplrr !*o. 1 North Third St. [WEST SHORENEWSj INFANT DIES OF PNEUMONIA j New Cumberland, Pa., Dec. 16. —I Mary Elizabeth Brlnton, 9 months old, died of pneumonia yesterday after an Illness of several days. Funeral serv- ' ices will He held in Thursday after noii from the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brinton in Bridge street. DIVIIDENI> DECLARED New Cumberland, Pa., Dec. 16. —| Dricetors of the Susquehanna Woolen Company held a, meeting yesterday afternoon and declared a dividend. ILL WITH TYPHOID FEVER New Cumberland, Pa., Dec. 16. —I Harvey Kaufman, of Third street, is ill of an attack of typhoid fever. UNION COUNTY INSTITUTE Fifty-ninth Annual Session of Teachers ! Opens Special to The Telegraph Lewisburg, Pa., Dec. 16.—Monday evening the fifty-ninth annual instl- \ tute of the teachers of the public schools of the county opened in Lewis burg with the reception to the county teachers by the teachers of Lewisburg. The reception was given in the high school room and was largely attended. I A program of Interesting features was presented [and refreshments served ' during theVevening. Some of the in- I structors of tho week are Dr. O. L. ' Warren, of Elmlra, X. Y.; Dr. Louis Rapeer, dean of the school of educa tion. State College; Miss Mary J. I Cooper, supervisor of primary work, , Johnstown; Professor Charles Lose, principal of the Central State Normal School, Lock Haven. A special feature of the institute this year is the exhibit of fancy work, raflia work and drawings from the i schools of the county. With but few exceptions all the 1 teachers of the county are in attend ance at the sessions, which are being i held in the Union county courthouse | under the supervision of Professor William W. Spigelmeyer, superintend- ' ent of the schools of the county. The music of the institute is under the direction of Dr. O. L. Warren ana Miss Elbina Bender, of Lewisburg high school faculty, is the pianist. NO COAL ON CREDIT Special to The Telegraph Dlllsburg, Pa.. Dec. 16.—Coal deal-' crs of Dlllsburg have formed an agree ment not to allow credit on the sale of I coal after January first to any eusto- ' mer. The reason given for this action is on account of the small margin up- 1 on which coal is sold, and the large amount of coal sold on credit. $15,000 FOR HUSBAND'S DEATH Special to The Telegraph Mauch Chunk. Pa., Dec. 16.—Suit was brought to-day against the New Jersey Zinc Company, of Pennsylvania. I by Ellen Heckman, of Palmerton, for i $15,000 damages for the loss of her husband by death on August 31 last. Heckman was suffocated by gas escap- I ing from pipes in one of the buildings. | VICTIM OF SHOOTING WEDS Special to The Telegraph llazleton. Pa., Dec. 16.—Miss Mar-; cella Feuhrer. of llazleton, the inno cent victim last August of the jealous rage of Casper Amerise, who, while unbalanced, shot her in the face and shoulder and then killed himself at her home, has announced her engage ment to wed the Rev. L. Elbert Wil son. pastor of the Jeddo-Milnesville- Lattimer Methodist Episcopal Church charge. HARNESS LEATHER FOR ARMIES By Associated Press Hagerstown. -Aid., Dec. 16. W. D. Byron & Sons, who operate large steam tanneries at Mercersburg, Pa., and Willlamsport. this county, have re ceived large orders for harness leather from the allied armies in Europe. This will necessitate an increase in tlie working force, especially at the Mer cersburg plant, at the beginning of the year and the running of that plant on full time. The firm is now filling a large order for the government for leather for mail sacks. THIEVES STEAL PORK Special to The Telegraph Hagerstown, Md., Dec. 16. —Poultry thieves who, the officers believe, are stealing turkeys and chickens to dis pose of to the Christmas trade, are still operating hereabout. Varying their work to suit conditions, thieves broke into the smokehouse of Roy Hartman on the Marsh pike and car ried away the meat of several hogs that had just been killed, including all of the hams. 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Our last shipments have arrived— and while we still have a complete stock of all styles in every desired finish—these are days you must "hurry" if you want one. Charge purchases billed January Ist. Or, take advantage of our Liberal Club offer, pay cash for your records, begin paying monthly Come in and enjoy a side-by-side demon stration of the Victrola and Edison before making your final decision. 1 Splendid Values In Used Pianos—Priced From SBS Up | Rebuilt Player=Pianos $325 Up; Good Squares $25 Up Terms: $5 Cash, $3 and More Monthly J. H. Troup Music House Troup Building 15 S. Market Sq. GOW CAMPAIGN AT LKWISIIKURVi Bewisberry, Pa., Dec. 16. —Meetings, of the evangelistic campaign beingj held in the local Methodist Episcopal Church by the evangelist, the Rev. Samuel B. Gqff, of Philadelphia, and lii.s singer. Professor Myers, of Atlan tic City, are increasing in interest. On Monday evening the Rev. Dr. Bennetts, a missionary, of Philadelphia, spoke in the interests of the No-Bicense Bea gue, and a league was organized with the following officers: President, Har rison Schubaner; vice-president. Dar ius A. Shrader; scretary. Sylvan E. Millard; treasurer, Mrs. Ella M. Sut ton. The Rev. S. B. Goff will remain here until the twenty-third of December, lie held services Saturday evening, Sundav morning.' afternoon and even ing and last evening. The service on Sunday afternoon was called "A Fam ily Service." OFFICIOUS NOMINATED Dlllsburg, Pa., Dec. 16.—Washing ton Camp, No. 777, Patriotic Order Sons of America, nominated tlie tal lowing candidates lor oltlcers at tlieii meeting on Monday night: President, H. 11. Shriner; vice-president, John W. Elieker; master of forms, John A. Grove; conductor. < >. M. Bush'uan: In spector, George Harlan: guard, Daniel Altland: secretary, M. Clarence Thum tna: financial secretary, John A. Goudy; treasurer, Ira B. Heikes; trus tee. C. P. Spath. These officers will lie voted upon In two weeks. RKOKFTION FOB ST I-DENTS Annville, Pa., Dec. 16.—Miss Flor ence Boehm, instructor of art at Beba non Valley College, will give her stu dents a reception in the art rooms this evening. As the reception is held an nually, many guests of the art students will be present. All paintings and sculpture will be on exhibition for the guests only, the public being invited at the close of the school year. The l'c'lowing students will have articles on exhibition: Miss Florence Chrlste son. Miss Ora Baeliman, Miss Joseph ine tlricli. Miss Elta Weaver, Miss Josephine Mathlas, Miss Helen Irwin, Miss Mary Wyand and Miss Deboruh Bight. RENO-CAMP WEDDING Columbia. Pa., Dec. 1(1. if. Frank Reno, of Bainbridge, and Miss Har riet Camp, of this place, were married at the parsonage of Cookman Meth odist Church by the pastor, the. Rev. W. J. Lindsay. They will reside in Bainbridge. j WINNER GETS BACKET Special to The Telegraph ! Annville, Pa., Dec. lfi.—Miss Mar garette Engle, of Harrisburg, a freah ! man at Lebanon Valley College, hav ing won the ladies' tennis tournament held at the college the past Fall, was presented with a tennis racket yester day morning at the chapel exercises. As the men's tournament lias not been concluded, the prize fpr the winner will be held for the coming Spring. PAIN GONE! RUB I SORE, RHEUMATIC ACHING JOINTS Rub pain away with a small; trial bottle of old "St Jacob's Oil" Stop '"dosing" Rheumatism. It's pain only; not one caso in fifty requires internal treatment. Hub soothing, penetrating "St. Jacobs Oil" right on the "tender spot," and by the time you say Jack Robinson—put comes the rheumatic pain and distress. "St. Jacobs Oil" Is a harmless rheu matism liniment, which never disap points and doesn't burn the skin. It takes pain, soreness and stiffness from aching joints, muscles and bones; stops sciatica, lumbago, backache and neu ralgia. Umber up! Get a small trial bottle of old-time, honest "St. Jacobs Oil" frorp any drug store, and in a moment you'll be free from pains, aches and stiffness. Don't suffer! ltub rheuma tism away.—Advertisement. Try Telegraph Want Ad-s. t Lumber Won't Get Away from the job if you do business with us. You won't need to have it delivered until you arc ready to use it and we won't disappoint you either. We own 100 horses and many wagons so you can easily see why we can make prompt deliveries. Lumber piled on the job a long time before you want it is liable to be taken besides it dis colors. Remember this next time. United Ice & Coal Co. MAIN OFFICE i Forater and t'ondrn Sta. IHiHi'illllliH Non-greasy Toilet Cream keeps the skin soft and velvety. An ex quisite toilet preparation. 26a GOHOAS DKUO STORES lfl N. Third S«, and P. H. n. Stattoa V— ■■ .J SS-cZSSr REPAIRING ar adjusting, Jewelry cleanlig o* rrpolishing, take It to SPRINCER™^'^ 20$ MAltlurr ST.—Bell I'fcoaa 7
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