Temperance Leaders Plan to Continue
' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 300
52.D80 RED CROSS
STAMPS IN COUNTY
Dozen Towns Within Fifty Miles
of City Boost Christmas
Seal Sales
ROCKVILLE S GREAT RECORD
I
Mis? Celia Hoffman's Primary
School Sells 1,000 ; 30,-
000 in Steelton
While llarrisburg's schools, churches, j
fraternal organizations, public utilities. 1
merchants and businessmen aro co- [
operating with the Red Cross Christ- 1
mas seal campaign committee in tho
sale of thousands of stamps in this!
city, the boroughs and smaller towns !
within a radius of fifty miles are just j
about closing what will probably be!
the most successful suburban crusade
In ihe history of the movement.
Just 02.000 of the Red Cross seals}
have been distributed in at least a j
dozen towns and according to reports I
submitted to date to Pr. Galen Hain. j
the chairman, the Yuletide stickers!
are being disposed of with remarkable <
celerity.
Dr. Hain, who has handled this end !
of the work for the last four years, j
said yesterday that subcommitteemen '
iii every town are co-operating splen- 1
didly. "For four years now we've ban- !
died this campaign In the towns round i
about here." said Dr. Hain. "and while
it still requires a lot of careful work
and study, the early efforts at organ
ization are bearing fruit in the shape
of good sales. Too much credit cannot
be given the chairmen of the various!
small town committees; it is due to j
their efforts that the sales are pro- !
gressing so well."
The 62.000 seals have been dis
tributed in nearby towns as follows:
Steelton. 30,000. Mrs. I* B. Johnson, i
chairman of general committee.
Hershey, 7.000. Miss Alice M. Elder, j
Middletown. .",000. Dr. Collin S. Few.
* .ilummelstown. .">,OOO. G. D. Strickler.
Millcrsburg. .">.OOO. C. AY. Rilbendall.
Mechanlcsburg, 5.000. Miss Mary
Clark. 1
Williamstowu. 2.000, J. R. Hancock j
and Patrick Median.
Camp Hill, 2.000. Mrs. Kd. Pardee. !
l.ykcns. 3.000. John 11. Kby.
Fairview. 1,500, Mrs. A. Hoover.
Duncannon. 500. Miss Irene Kent. |
The other towns which took 1.000 j
allotments and the chairmen in charge :
of the committees are:
Halifax. C. AY. Heisler: Higlispire, 1
D. D. Kaufman: New Cumberland. 1
Mrs. George H. Rife: Linglestown.
Postmaster John S. Slianer; Penbrook, j
Robert Hoover; Dauphin, Miss Ella;
MeNeeley, and Rockville. Miss Celia 1
Hoffman.
Miss Celia Hoffman flisposed of the I
thousand through her small pupils of
the Rockville primary grade and the
number established a new record for
seal sales there.
CARRY FRITT THROUGH t AN'AI,
fft Associated Press
San Francisco. Cal., Dec. 23.—The
first cargo of fruits and vegetables
ever carried from San Francisco to j
New York under refrigeration via the'
Panama canal left San Francisco early j
to-day on the American-Hawaiian j
liner Ohioan. This shipment, which
includes thousands of boxes of apples
and nearly a thousand crates of celery,
is of an experimental nature and its
outcome is considered by fruit and
vegetable producers to be of vital im
portance.
PARIS NEWSPAPERS IGREE
By Associated Press
Paris. Dec. 23, 5.25 a. m.—News
papers of ell shades of opinion vie
with each other to-day in extolling!
the speeches of Premier Viviani and
Paul Deschanel, Speaker of the House. I
at the historic sitting of Parliament;
yesterday, which all declare was a'
magnißcent manifestation of the "sa-1
cred union" of the whole country ap- '
pealed for by President Poincare at
the beginning of the war.
GET IX SATURDAY CHURCH
NOTICES
i
All church notices of services on :
Sunday. December 27. must he in tlijs'
office before 4 o'clock to-morrow af- j
ternoon. to insure publication Satur
day afternoon.
THE WEATHER
For Tfarrlfthvirft and -rlrlalty: Fair
to-night nnil Thurarfnyi n«r« mu**h
nhnnirp In temprrntur**; lowmt
temperature tn-nlsht about •«
degree «.
For Fnntern I'mnnjlYanln: Fair to
night and Thiirdria? I not much
rhnnge In temperature; moderate
we»t wind*.
Hlver
\« mnterinl ehangr* will oreiir In
river conditlonN.
t.enrrnl roiM|lti»nn
l'i|»ht *no*v tivi pi fnllen over n part
nf the l,al>r reirlon. In Ihe «t.
I.awrenee Valley, Ihe I pper Ohio
A alley and In (he Inferior of Sew
York State and eonilHlona inn- 1
tinne generally imaettlcil In thniie
district*, they helng on the nest- I
em edge of the atorra that Is
pasting olf the \or(h Atlantic '
eoaat. The weather eontlnuea
cloudy and unsettled In the
s«Dthweat and light ralna have
fallen In the (inlf Mute*. Okla
homa. New Mexico. Arizona and
Southern California and light I
-now or rain In AVeat Tenneaaee.
I.lglit, local annna have occurred ,
In Allnneaota. South Dakota nnd
In the Tanudlan province of Saa
katrhenani elaenhere the
weather has hcen fair over the
territory represented on the map
alnce laat report.
Temperature: S a. m., W,
Snn: Rlaea. 7:211 a. M.i seta. 4114
p. in.
Moon: Klrat quarter, December 23,
a. m
Kber State: 2.S feet ahore Inn -
Hater mark.
% eaterda.v'a Weather
Vllgheat temperature. :t.T
I on eat temperature. 22.
Mean temperature. 2K.
formal temperature, 31,
PROHIBITION LEADERS!
| WILL CONTINUE FIGHT
Vote Taken Last Night on Resolu
tion Was 197 For and
189 Against
SENAT& MEASURE MAY DIE
Analysis Shows 114 Democrats
Favored Passage and 141
Were Opposed
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C„ Dec. 2:!.—Oppo- I
; ncnts of prohibition in Congress were
: confidently predicting to-day that the
defeat by the House of the llobson
! resolution to submit a constitutional
' amendment for national prohibition to
| the state legislatures meant that the
! issue was dead so far as action at this
| session is concerned, on the other
I hand prohibition leaders were trlum-
I pkantly pointing to their majority of
; eight botes for the resolution, and.
I although it failed to receive the two-
I thirds vote necessary to adoption, as
j serted their expectations had been f ill -
I filled. They declared that despite their
i temporary defeat they would continue
! the light. The vote last night was 197
j for and 189 against.
! Both sides appeared to bo well satis
| fled with the result. Anti-prohibition
i ists hailed it as a distinct victory,
! while the supporters of prohibition as
serted that they were exceedingly
gratified over the outcome of tlieir
first contest on the floor of Congress. |
Senate Measure May l»ie
Although a resolution similar to the
Hobson resolution is pending in the
j Senate, introduced by Senator Shep
pard, of Texas, administration leaders
i in Congress expressed the belief to-day
i that it would not reach a vote as a
| result of the action of the House. Rep
i resentative Henry, of Texas, chairman
lof the House rules committee, who
I vigorously opposed the Hobson reso
lution. predicts that as a result of the
vote in the House the question of pro
hibition would not again be brought
up on the floor of Congress as a tia- '
i tional issue for twenty years. Pro- !
i 1
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Each City Policeman
Gets Silk Handkerchief
From Dr. Stough's Party
j Members of the local police force
■ could not wait until Christinas to open
! packages sent them by the Rev. Dr.
j Henry W. Stough. Fred Cartwright.
I custodian lor Dr. Stough's party, sent
the packages yesterday afternoon. Oil
ea'-h package was stamped. "Do not
open until Christmas." Some of the
patrolmen opened their packages last
night.
Kach package contained a white silk
handkerchief and a card extending the
compliments of the season from Dr.
Stough and party. Colonel Hutchison
and Captain Thompson will open their
I packages early Christmas morning.
CIMERON FORTH
IN TRUSTEES' HAN9S
I
Former U. S. Senator Leaves Mil
lions For Benefit of Liv
ing Relatives
The Philadelphia Public ledger to- j
day publishes the following dispatch: 1
"Washington. D. C., Dec. 23. —James
i Donald Canteron. ex-Secretary of War
and United States senator from Penn
sylvania. now living on his farm at
Donegal, some miles out of Harrisburg.
Pa., has placed all his property, real |
i and personal, in the hands, of trustees
j to hold during the life of his children ,
I and grandchildren. This action was 1
| made public here to-day and it is said
: the trustees will have property valued
jat more than $.".500,000 to distribute. |
"Nothing is said about making pro- |
' vision for Mrs. Cameron, who has lived
j abroad at different times. It is be -
' licved that .Mrs. t'atneron received her l
; one-third of tltr property, which she is
, entitled to under the Pennsylvania;
: I iws. before the trusteeship was es
] tablishcd.
"To etTt < t the transfer Mr. Cameron |
j first conveyed all his holdings to An-[
I drew i'. Day, of Wilmington, Del. Mr. !
! Day then reconveyed the property toi
i .lames Donald Cameron: James M.I
[Cameron, a son: J. Cardner Bradley,!
i a grandson, both of Harrisburg, Pa., j
| and the Fidelity Trust Company of |
; Pennnsylvanlfi, us trustees. The trust |
i is ti« continue during the lifetime of
! Mr. Cameron, and thereafter until the
[Continued on Pase #1
Mummers Want All
Entries by Saturday
1 An important meeting of the lfar
! r'sburg Mummers' Association is
scheduled for to-night at the police j
station. It is requested that all organi- I
; /.ations send representatives. The chief .
i marshal, Clarenee o. Uackenstoss, with I
j his chief of staff, is anxious to lineup
the clubs and have all entries In hatul
I' by Saturday at the latest.
COW SAVES MAX FROM PRISON
By Associated Press
IJttle Hock, Ark., Dec. 23.—The j
finding of the skeleton of a cow in i i
wood in Howard county saved William j
Kennedy, aged 24 from entering the
' penitentiary to-day. Kennedy had |
been convicted of stealing the cow and
, sentenced to one year.
T. R.'S DAI'GHTKR OX WAY HOMK
By Associated Press
New York, Dei 1 . 23.-—Mrs. Richard
Derby, who was Miss Ethel Roosevelt,
is a passenger on the liner Chicago,
which is due to arrive here to-day.
Mrs. Derby will spend Christmas with
her parents at Oyßter Bay. (
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1914.
OPEN-AIR SCHOOL YOUNGSTERS GUESTS OF TECH HIGH STUDENTS
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The youngsters who attend the open-air schools Of the Harrisburg school district were entertained right roy
ally this morning by the students of the Technical high school. Real live Santa Clauses distributed gifts to the boys
end girls and "cut capers" for the amusement of'the little folk. The one etching shows the children of the
school in the Susquehanna building as theS - came out to be photographed wrapped in their long coats and wear
ing their warm caps. The other shows the boys and girls of the school in the Foose building as they recline 011
the special cots provided.
Country Folk More Charitable
Than City People, Records Show
Poor Board Says Christmas Spirit Pervades Rural Districts |
Year 'Round
"If you want to know what charity]
means, not only at Christmas time,
but for twelve months nf the year, go
to the country districts," said a mem
ber of the county poor board to-day
when askeil about poverty in town
and country. "The farmers as a rule
are the most charitable people In the
world: whenever they hear of a needy
case they go around on the quiet and
help and nobody is any the wiser.
There is lots of newspaper talk about
charity at t'hristmas time, and it is'
doubtless true, but tho farming com
munities are invariably charitable the
jear round."
In the lower end of Dauphin county
there are only eleven cases under the
earo of the poor board and in the up
No Speechmaking at
Municipal Christmas
Celebration This Yeari
Plans for the municipal Christmas,
tree exercises are completed. The pro- j
gram to-morrow night will open at j
7.15 with a band concert by the Com- j
ntonwcalth band. Singing by the large i
chorus under the direction of Pro
fessors Edward G. Rose and E. .T.
Decevee will follow. Pictures of the
Christmas story will be shown on a
screen which will lie stretched across
Market street nesr the tree. Words
of the selections to lie sung by the j
people will also be thrown on the
screen.
Mayor John K. Royal stated to-day
that there will be no addresses. lie
wil! open the exercises and prayer will
follow. The members of the chorus
will meet in Market Square near the
I'nion Tt*ust bulidintr and will march '
to the platform at Front and Market
streets. route a Christmas carol
will be sun*.
The choir rehearsal at Technical :
high school last night was a big sue- J
cess.
330 MIXERS OX STRIKE
By Associated Press
Fredericktown. Mo.. Dec. 23.—-Three!
hundred nnd fifty miners at the T.a'
Motte leud mines struck here yester-1
day when the mine owners notified i
them their wages would be cut per
cent, because of the low price of lead.!
The National Dead Company an-'
nounced it would close the mine for;
an Indefinite period unless the men
returned to work soon.
A I.FRED HEX RY DEM IS DEAD
By Associated Press
New York. Dec. 23.—Alfred Henry:'
T,ewls. newspaper man and writer of 1
hooks, died at the home of his brother I 1
here of an intestinal disorder. He had
ltecn ill only a few days.
] per end fifteen, while in the towns they j
are innumerable. There is much dis- |
tress reported in the boroughs, es- !
peelnlly the mining and industrial !
towns, such as I,y It ens, Wiconisco, |
Middletown and Steelton.
A number of local aid societies and 1
church charities have been organized
lately in the small towns. One was ;
formed last week in Middletown. Mil
lcrsburg is especially charitable and
one of the best towns in the county i
j for caring for its aged and sick, ac- ■
cording to the statistics of the poor,
board.
The ofllce records prove that the j
country is more generous than the city j
all the year round in proportion to tho |
population.
Posses of Citizens and
Deputy Sheriffs Search
For Murderer of Farmer
By Associated Press
New Rochelle, N. Y. t Dec. 23. I
Posses of ejtizens and deputy sheriffs, j
searching with police dogs during the i
night the fields and woods of East |
t'hester for the murderer of Charles I. j
Se'-ord. had uncovered no trail of the
criminal this forenoon, but continued
the hunt during the day. Although j
the pockets of the slain man, contain
ing S2OO. wero untouched, the motive i
Impelling the murder was robbery, it )
is thought, and the quick approach of i
a trolley car frightened away the as- j
sailant before he could rob the man.
Secord. a wealthy farmer, was shot!
, to death as he sat in his wagon. Farm- '
ers living near by said they heard |
' three shots.
German Forces Again
Invade Portuguese West
Africa; Natives Retire
By Associated Press
Lisbon, via Paris. Dec. 23. C.25 a. m.
j —The Germans have again invaded
j Angola. Portuguese West Africa. The
: fact was announced In the Chamber of
! Deputies by the Minister of Colonies,
who said that the Germans had made
a fresh attack on the military post at
Naullla, in the province "of Angola.
The commander of th post. Colonel'
Roeadas, the minister stated, had only!
a small force at his disposal and re-j
treated in order to obtain reinforce-!
inents with which to drive out the':
Germans.
Further details of the affair, the'
minister said, were lacking I
140 YOUNGSTERS ARE
I HIGH SCHOOL GUESTS
|Tech Entertains Fresh Air Pupils;
Central Makes Merry With
Nursery Home Babies
;
More than 140 youngsters from the
j two "open air schools" and the Nur
sery Honte, were the guests of Tech
and Central High School students this
morning. The student of both schools
jhad appointed real Sunta Clauses to
distribute gifts and stockings to the
i children, and each boy and girl was
made .happy with sled, drum, horn,
;gun, doll, pair of skates, or some other
! toy.
1 At both schools the platforms of the
i auditoriums were decorated with
Christmas greens and trees full of
| fancy balls, tinsel and lights. The ex
■ erctses started with devotional serv
: ices and music by the orchestras, glee
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Beaver Falls Officials
Study Police and Fire
Systems of Harrisburg
Officials front Beaver Falls who
were ill conference with Dr. Samuel
| G. Dixon. State Health t'ommissioner,
: yesterday, spent to-day looking over
I the various city departments,
i 'At the police station they were cn
j tertained by Colonel Joseph li. llutchi-
I son and Captain Joseph I". Thompson,
j They looked over the oolice patrol and
( fire alarm systems, were shown how
| records are kept and were given in
j formation regarding the cost of the
i ambulance and the making of police
i calls.
; In the party were Mayor J. E.
MrClure. I.eo Hudson, consulting engi
i neer, and W. W. Piper, commissioner.
They returned to Beaver Falls this
afternoon.
Hohl's Body at Last
on Way Here For Burial
Barring further delays, the body of
Frank G. Hohl will arrive here to-j
morrow. The funeral will be an- j
nounced by Charles H. Mauk, the tin-1
dertaker. as soon ,as he knows the j
time of the arrival of the body in Har- '
rlsburg.
Following identification of the body]
by Alt. and Mrs. Foster T. Wallace I
late yesterday afternoon, the Clncin-1
natl authorities released the body.!
Shipment Is being made by Adams Ex
press and according to train schedule j
was cxpecfed to arrive in Harrisburg j
this afternoon.
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ALLIES AS
DEFENSIVE ON
EASTERN FIELD
Situation Rapidly Changing in Both Big War Theaters; 1
Russians Compelled to Retreat From Some Positions;
Germans Repulsed With Heavy Losses; British and
French Are Holding Kai
Although further progress, appar
ently, has been tnado by the allies in
their general offensive movements, the
German armies as a whole are stand
ing fast, and so far as is known have
lost no Important sections of the long
line on which they settled down after
the retreat which followed the bnttle
of the Marne early in the war.
To-day's official cor.iunications indi
cate that each side has. had its vic
tories and defeats. The French army
chiefs state that they captured the last
section of a line of German trenches
near Perthes-les-Hurlus. where light
ing has been severe for several days,
and have made an average gain of 800
yards. The German statement, speak
ing of this engagement, says that the
French attack was "partly repelled."
French claims to progress in Belgium
are denied in Berlin, where it is said
that the British have suffered reverses
at the hands of the Germans.
X'o Developments in Kust
The German war office reports no
developments In the East, saying
merely that the fighting is continuing.
The French statement, however, as
serts that the Russians are pressing
forward their invasion of Germany
across the East Prussian frontier, but
admits that tho Germans have made
progress in the fighting in Poland to
the west of Warsaw.
In the whole course of the war thus
far, covering nearly five months, few
occasions have been marked by such a
confusion of claims and conflict of
movement as the present. In the west,
where the allies recently were every
where on the offensive, they arc now
con fronted at points with severe Ger
man attacks, compelling them to de
fend their own positions. In the east
as well, the situation is changing swift
ly. The Germans who for a time wet*,
able to push forward swifely, are now'
meeting with determined resistance
from their antagonists in their new
positions.
I The latest ofllcinl communication
[from Petrograd in the same breath
admits that the Russians have been
compelled to retreat from some posi
tions and states that the German at
V.' •1, D 23.—P ' -'d : Vilson l■■ >--y rcnorn
in.:". C' • "!:'. of C! ) •'. '. S, ri.l :■ Cc' 'C
I" '. 3 r.in; c Comma •. iorvrr.
EMPEROR AT COLOGNE
Lo::dcn, Dec. 23, 2.57 P. M.— ln a dispatch from Cologne
the c rre:.render' . : the Cer.' 1 Mrvs, says that Emperor
William with his enti:e staff, reached Colo-n: to-day from
Beilin cn 1 is \v.-y to the vre.'n 1 front.
RATE OF DISCOUNT REDUCED
j Berlin, Dec. 23, via London, 2.55 P. M.;— The rate of dis
count of the I 'a! Bank of Gtur.ary was reduced to-day
I to five per cent. This puts the rate of discount back to what
it w; s Tt y 31 pierious to the outbreak of hostilities in
I Europe.
I
' from Urga, Mongolia, re'ates that the interior of the palace
I o." tie Kutuktu, or the Deified Lama of the Mongols, with
e y destroyed by fire,
is said to be enormous.
I
GOVERN OR HAS CHARC
Governor Tenor to-day received the char. es against ths
l PuLlic Service Commission filed by the Philadelphia Com-'
I muters and hr.s them under connider&toin this afternoon.
The Cove-nor will likely dispose of them before ni o ht. The
charges . ic al. ut as outlined in the 1\ ie..raph recently.
j RUSSIANS MOVE TO CRACOW
. Pctrograd via London, Dec. 23, 5.25 P. M. Large
bodies of Russian troops are moving toward Cracow, the
i Galician stronghold from the north and east. An important l
I batt'.e apparently is developing in Southwestern Poland, near
Cracow. k
I BREWERY COMPANY IN RECEIVER'S HANDS
I Columbuß, 0., Dec. 23.—The Hoster-Columbus Brew
eries Company, a $12,000,000 cor- on went into the
1 hands of receivers to day on order of the United States Dis
i trict Court. "Decreased demand for beer, adverse legisla-
I tion and the voting dry of many states and counties in the
I last yedrs was given as the cause.
| MARRIAGE LICENSES
f John S. Fnrilnry and Anna K. Giwdyrar, city.
[Clair K. Andrnwn, l.rnioynr. ami Cnrrlr \. Wont*. Cumberland.
Frank A. Klnrr. Ilrrnhry, nnd IXrllii l.nlr, Palmyra.
ttrnjaniln W. *. Klii-rmilr. I Hin|>hrllMu%> n. nixl Mary Patrick. Ilrrabey.
I*anl Klnic Itnhl, Kllxnhptlivlllc, anil llrrnlcc IIHIr lllngninaii, Mllliuont, Pa,
iser's Forces at Bay
tacks have been repulsed everywtwiw
with heavy losses to the invaders. Ger
many anil Austria continue to assert
that important successes are being:
achieved. One of the great battles of
the war is in progress thirty miles
west of Warsaw and meanwhile the
Russian forces to the north are push
ins: into Germany, presenting the pos
sibility of a flanking movement which
will menace the main army of Mar
shal Von Hlndenburg.
It is announced in Lisbon that Ger
man forces have invaded the provlnca
of Angola Portuguese Africa. A Ger
man invasion was said to have been
defeated in October although thels re
port was denied In Berlin. On the
present occasion the Portuguese gov
ernment admits that the troops at the
military post of Naulila have been
compelled to retreat.
CHRISTIANS THREATENED
Naples, via Rome. Dec. 22, 9.4 5
ip. m.—(Delayed in transmission.) —■
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Mayor Harrison Plans
an "Old Newsboys' Day"
By Associate J Press
| Chicago, 111., Dec. 23.—Mayor Carter
j M. Harrison,> himself a former new.s-
I boy, laid plans to-day for "Old Ncws
| boy's Day" in Chicago. The recent
success of a similar day in Detroit,
when funds were raised for charity,
resulted In Mayor Harrison's appeal
to prominent Chieagoans to sell papers
,they sold years ago.
,l K. M. Kandis, United States District
I judge, John K. Ownes, former county
1 judge; Thomas K. Scully, county judge,
ad William T,oritner, ex-United States
Senator: arc among the old-timo
"newsies" urged to replace the present
newsboy for a day.
| The proceeds of the day are to bo
| given to the United Charities for
fund for the enro of the unemployed.