8 Jeff's Blind Man Simply Made a Slight Mistake in H —~r —*— r ' I AVJ ( "TH6 PDOK. oa> I NO " ] FFLLOW. VW- TAW, ENTOST \ ['"-IMAT':? \ _ . BUT T«E.V SCUT )FC Wl """ * «*> wofW J »"• Lou wee* weogTwrr* W - SCT V I BLIND J THE >MRONCs •'' '' '' " " ' ''' *—* | C 19IS- ir SrAA. CO HI CHAMPIONS TO HAVE A BUSY YEAR Jack Johnson Returns in Defense of His Title; Featherweights Meet This Month Special to The Telegraph Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 12. Two classes in ring battles are scheduled for a busy year. After a long wait Jack Johnson wiil tr> to hold his title against several newcomers. Thee clubs, the Olympia and National, of , Philadelphia, and the Empire A. C., of New York, are now bidding for the Kilbane-Willlams bout, to be fought next month. The offer from McMahon brothers, who control the Empire A. C., came yesterday. It was in the shape of a bid or 53,000 as Kilbane's end, whereupon Manager Dunn wired .back he preferred that Johnny go on under a percentage basis. It is ex pected that while Dunn and Kilbane are In Philadelphia between January IS and 32 they will complete the ar rangements for the Williams go and accept one of the three bids. TRADE PLAYERS FOR DOGS Startling Statements Affidavits of Federal Owners InHudc Special to The Telegraph Chicago, 111., Jan. 12. Affidavits that two ball players under contract under the national agreement were traded for dogs were among the docu ments filed yesterday in the federal court in support of the Federal suit against organized baseball. Mordecai Rrown. former Chicago Nationals pitcher, submitted an affi davit concerning the dog transactions. "Joe Cantillon, manager of the Min neapolis club of the American Asso ciation. at one time traded a profes sional ball player for a bulldog," Brown swore. "Your affiant also be lieves that Roger Bresnahan, while manager of the St. Louis club of the National League, traded a professional player, a pitcher named Hopper, to Richard Kinsclla, then manager of the. Springfield. 111., club, in the. Three-I League, for a. bird dog." RITCHIE TO FIGHT WELSH Former Champion Accepts Offer From Titleliolder For Ten-round Bout By Special Correspondence San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 12.—Wil lie Ritchie last night accepted terms to meet Freddie Welsh in New York over the ten-round route about Feb ruary 9. The former champion will get a guarantee of $5,000, with a privilege of 50 per cent, of the gross receipts, provided the match draws more than $20,000. Grocery News Roe Herring, 3 in bunch 180 Nova Scotia Herring, 3 in bunch 180 Goodman's Egg Noodles, pkg 10* Premier Snappy Relish 100 Fancy Creamery Butter, lb. 400 Bestootes, pkg 150 Grape Fruit, each 50 Sweet Florida Oranges, dz. 250, uof, 350 Baldwin Apples, y 2 pk., 200 Cranberries, qt 100 Shellbark Kernels, lb. .800 Black Walnut Kernels, lb. 500 Belgian Box for infants, food for 4 weeks ..$3.25 Adults' Box, food for family of four, two weeks, $2.50 SPECIALS Granulated Sugar, lb. 12-lb. sack Hecker's Super lative Flour 450 All soaps, 6 cakes .... 250 15c Can Franco-American Pork and Beans, 2 for 50 10c Cans, 3 for 250 25c Can Republic Peaches 200 Goose Liver Sausage, lb. 400 Allen's Philadelphia Scrap ple, 3 lb. cake 400 Jones' Dairy Farm Lard. Hams and Sausage. S. S. Pomeroy GROCER On the Square TUESDAY EVENING, DICK ILLIN WILL WORK IH BIG LEAGUE Former Harrisburg Outfielder Re ceives an Appointment From Ban Johnson "Dick" Nallin, one of the most pop ular baseball players who ever wore a Harrisburg uniform, will be on the American League umpire staff next, season. Ban Johnson, the president, has named Xallin to succeed Jack Egan. who, it is said, has gone to the Feds. Nallin was an outfielder and at times twirled some puzzlers from the pitch er's mound. Because of a difference as to remuneration he decided to be an umpire. He tried his ability in sev eral lower class leagues and his work won a place in the New York State League. Later he was taken by the Internationals. That he will make good in the American League is the hope of his many friends in Harris burg. Diminirk Mullanev, of Jacksonville. Fla., is another umpire who will be with the Americans and with whom Xallin may be assigned to special duty early in the season. Other American umpires are Billy Evans, Tommy Con nolly, Silk O'Lo.ighlin, Bill Dineen, George Hildebrand and Ollie Chill. PINK SLIPS FOR WHITE SOX Chicago, Jan. 12.—That the unwel come rattle of the tinware must be heard by no less than eleven members of the White Sox, possibly before the start of the 1915 baseball champion ship in the American League, Is ai startling revelation of which some ofi the athletes drawing pay checks from) Charles A. Comiskey may not be aware. Whether Ed Walsh and Billy Sulli van, the old guard of the Sox batter ies are to go to become managers of minor league organizations is one of the problems involved in the new player limit soon to be adopted by the American League. TRENTON" TEAM TO PLAY The Trenton Eastern League team will be the attraction at Chestnut street auditorium Saturday night, Jan- j uary 16. One of the fastest games! of the season is looked for. Trenton j, has been playing their best game ofi late. Last week Trenton defeated thei fast Hazleton team, breaking a series' of fifteen straight games which the I Hazleton team had won in succession. I Captain McCord lias the independent team at practice each day and will ,• try and keep up the winning streak | of the team. The game will be called i at 8 o'clock and will be followed with! the usual dance. » I HERE ARE SOME ELECTRICAL FLASHES YOC MAY NOT KNOW I Electric lighters are made for gas stoves A belt line electric railway will circle the ancient walls of Peking. China Electrically operated locks are now j used on automobile doors. Pressing a j button opens the door. Wireless telegraph waves are propa- j gated along the surface of the earth ! with a velocity slightly less than j ISC.OOO miles an hour. Eperiments with electric plowing in ! Italy give the cost as follows: Ani- j mats, sii.3o to $5.75 per acre; steam, ! $4.30; electric power, S3. The General Electric Company built | and installed a total of fifty-eight elec- j trie locomotives for the various rail roads of this country during the year 1914. An appropriation of $150,000 has been voted by the board of education of Richmond. Cal.. for equipping the domestic science departments in the new school buildings with electric heating appliances. The equipment to be installed includes twenty-six disc stoves, two electric ovens and an elec tric circulating water heater. At Bangkok, Siam, there was re cently completed a municipal electric power plant with three 1,000-kilowat Curtis steam turbo-generators. Paddy husk, a byproduct of rice milling, is the chief fuel, though facilities have also been provided for using fuel oil, coal or wood. A large 110-cell storage battery is part of the electrical equip ment installed. ||| SWEATER SALE || Every Sweater in the |; :! shop on sale at reduced \\ prices. jj $5.00 Grade $3.00 ii jii $6.00 Grade $4.25 ii ii $6.50 Grade $4.50 ii | SIO.OO Grade $7.50 ii l! Manhattan Shirts Reduced ii| L«w'. Third StKel i ; pi rorry s N» r w»ut i LOCAL PLAYERS TO PLAY IH TRISTATE Low Salary Limit May Also Cause a Run on the Central Penn sylvania League Reduction of the Tri-State salary limit will bring to the Graham circuit many husky youngsters, including a number of stars from the Central Pennsylvania League. Amateur play ers who were prominent in good work with local independent teams will also get into the professional game. Many inquiries are being made re garding local players and those who figured prominently in the Central League. Players who are anxious to make good will have an opportunity to be looked over by the major league scouts. Among those who may be found in the Tri-State are Eddie Bote, Duckey Rlioades, Tom Lyter, Same! Mocker and Buck Giiday, who are likely to re ceive offers within the next four weeks. A list of players in the Central League, with their averages, has been for warded to George Graham, president of the Tri-State, and he will aid the managers in locating good material. Bits of Sports The Colonials of the Casino bowling league returned to form last night and defeated the Alphas; margin, 42 pins. Lebanon Y. M. C. A. last night won from Middletown five; score, 38 to 22. The game was played at Lebanon. The Feds are now after "Cozy" Do lan, of St. Louis Nationals. Big Bill Donovan lias signed Peck inbaugh for three years. Charley Dooin turned down a $6,000 offer from Cincinnati yesterday and then announced that he would be a witness on the Feds' side in court. Philadelphia sporting writers' din ner will take place January 16, instead of January 10. The Bisons in the Y. M. C. A. bas ketball league last night lost the Ath letics: margin, 13 pins. The J. Frank Palmer team of the Pine Street Presbyterian Sunday School league, defeated the Mrs. H. B. Dull team at bowling; margin, 96 pins. In the Lebanon Yalley College in terclass league the Preps defeated the Freshmen, score 23 to 18, and the Sophs won from the Juniors, 46 to 19. in the Elks bowling league last night the Waps on over the Artisans, mar gin 119 pins. The Americans won the Holtzman duckpin league game last night; mar | gin. 116 pins. In the interclass basketball series at I Tech high school the Sophs yesterday I defeated the Seniors; score. 24 to 17. ITOTAL OF 1,441 CASES CONTAGIOUS OISEASE | Report of City Health Bureau Shows Increase of 271 Cases Over Preceding Year i One thousand four hundred and forty-one cases of communicable dis eases were reported to the City Health Bureau during 1914. of which 33 were nonresident, according to the figures in fhe annual report. This is an in crease of 271 cases over the rec%rd of 1913. but the reason given by Dr. J. M. J. Kaunick, city health officer, is that mild epidemics in several minor diseases prevailed. Sixty-three cases of typhoid, of which 36 were nonresident, were re corded. Ereven resulted in death, causing a resident death rate of 13.88 per cent., a decrease of more than 12 per cent, on the figures of 1913. In that year 241 cases of diphtheria were reported, against 184 cases last year. Right of these resulted seriously, mak ing the rate more than 4 per cent., a small decrease over the record of the preceding year. Four cases of smallpox, three of which were in one family, were re ported. All of the cases were traced to outside sources, in which the vic tims contracted the disease while out of the city. The complete list follows: Typhoid fever, 63, of which 36 were nonresi dent; scarlet fever, 76; smallpox. 4; chickenpox. 192; diphtheria, IS4; measles. 160; German measles. 200; whooping cough, 103; pneumonia. 19 cases reported and 71 deaths; ery sipelas, 54, 2 causing death; mumps. 150; infantile paralysis, 1; scabies, 5; ophthalmia, 24, 2 nonresident; im petigo, 10; tetanus, 7. 4 nonresident; tuberculosis. 190. Dr. Raunick said this morning in regard to the increase in cases: "While our communicable disease record shows a general increase over that of last year, this is accounted for by mild epidemics of scarlet fever, German l lensles. mumps and chickenpox, which, fortunately, did not affect the death rate, as might have been the case had epidemics of the more serious communicable diseases prevailed." Try Telegraph Want Ads. HARRISBURC- TELEGRAPH Bantam and Featherweight Champion to Box POSES OF KID WILLIAMS, THE BANTAM CHAMPION The two have very different styles of fighting. Williams is a strong: built along his tines. He is a clevendous development. Kilbane is not youngster who depends on his tremer boxer, who relies more on his brains to win. lie would have difficulty in holding off Williams. Baseball Diamond Romance | Will Terminate in Wedding ! ■H 1/k f »L- V 4jfc : . SHBra "^wSI^WP • \' . t ▼ .' j '.r la i • *J3Blt. M '^^^K' ; . ~ ■.. ■ . . . . . - ... MISS HAZEL, MEYERS JOHN MASCHEN Special to The Telegraph Annvllle, Pa., Jan. 1-. romance, ! which began on the baseball diamond , at the University of Georgetown, will i terminate this summer with the mar- j rlage of John Maschen, a student at Lebanon Valley College, whose lilme Is ' in Waynesboro, and Miss Hazel Meyers. | of Baltimore. The engagement was j made public at a dinner party Riven i by Miss Meyers at her home, in Balti- 1 more, during tne holidays. When Lebanon Valley's baseball j team played ner Southern schedule, j Georgetown University was the third j contest on the list. Maschen. who is a star player, covered the shortstop po- i sition for Valley, and It was I he who drove in the winning score in I the ninth inning. Ho did not know j that Miss Meyers had suddenly chang- 1 ed her cheering from the home team to the Valley nine. That which followed Is now a happy his tory. redeemer MTHKKW EI-MCTS George Eefoo was elected trustee of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer at the annual congregational meeting last night. Grover Wolf, David G. Garman, George I„ukens and George Witmer were chosen deacons. Treas urer Erb read a report showing a good balance in the treasury. The Rev. E. Victor Roland, pastor, announced that almost one hundred new members have been received into the church during the past year. HOW TO MAKK HOMK-MAOK PASTE In the November Woman's Home Companion appears a department call ed "The Exchange"—a department in which household suggestions are con tributed 1>" various readers. An Oregon woman tells as follows how to make home-made paste: "An inexpensive paste is made of one small potato grated fine. Add boiling water enough to make it clear, and boil five minutes; this is much better than Hour or corn startch paste for all kinds of pasting." - s Soles and Heels That Wear Longest are found in these Hub-Mark Rubbers with Service Heels and Rolled Edge Soles. If you could see them made you'd realize how much thick ness and high quality of fabric they contain. The extra thick heels and •oles give them more life. Perfect protection and positively longest wear, with style added. Also made in low cut style. U** Look for the Hub-Mark on all kind* and itylei of Rubber Footwear for Men, Women, Boyi and Girlf. Note thin You can rely on anything you buy from dealer* who »ell Hub-Mark Rubber Footwear. They are dependable merchant*. Boston Rubber Shoe Company Maid—. Mua. JANUARY 12, 1915. COMMERCE BODY PUBS TRIE TRIP Will Travel Through the Susque hanna Valley on Next Extension Tour, in February Intense interest in the next trade extension and "get acquainted" trip of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce was shown at the first meeting of the committee in charge, which was hold at noon to-day at the Harrisburg Club. Those present were Charles W. P.urtnett, chairman; Brook Trout, Stanley Jean, Carl W. Davis, J. A. Grieshaber, Joseph Kiinedinst, A. E. Buchanan, Henderson Gilbert, presi dent. and E. L. MeColgln, secretary. Roughly the route agreed upon for the next trip will be up the Northern Central to Sunburv, along the Susque hanna probably as far as Wilkes-Barre, returning via Hazleton, Pottsville and Reading. The trip will be made on February 10 and 11. The committee and officers of the chamber desire to have it clearly un derstood that in addition to promoting business, the great benefits from the trip are in the way of better acquaint ance among those who participate, a knowledge of what other Pennsylvania cities are doing and general advertise ment of Harrisburg as a live city; that does not entirely rely upon business people coming to it, but that goes out after it. It is part of the chamber's general advertising and selling cam paign of the city's advantages in or der to capitalize Harrisburg. WARSHIPS Foil TAFT AMI T. n. Bi-Pmiilrnta Will lie Invited to Open ing of Pnniimn < nun I Spccitl to The Telegraph Washington. D. C.. Jan. 12. A num ber of distinguished guests. Including men not now holding official positions, will be invited to attend the official ceremonies in celebration of the open in"' of the Panama Canal if Congress provides sufficient funds for the exe cution of the tentative plans of the committee in charge. Ex-Presidents Taft and Roosevelt will be invited if Congress makes an adequate appropriation for the enter tainment of official guests. In that event a battleship will be placed at the disposal of each for the trip. Most of the other guests will be accommodated on Panama Railroad Company steamships. S2OO to S7O0 —Guaranteed One Year- Enjoy vour car while pavin* for it. SSO down and balance in monthly J (hSSTI vIE payments will buy any car under our future delivery plan, and 4% interest will be paid on the deposit. #r _ _ . _ Down Buy* Any Car t tr if-" f?!■■!■'?**■"°. Ro»<lst#ra, Runabout* and Track■. Writ* to day for FREE ltlfl CATA THE CRAIG-CENTRE AUTO COMPANY. Inc. V 308 Cra '» Street Pittsburgh, Pa. M Good Enough For the OMost Critical Smoker Sure thing! Watch the men who buy, them! They know quality and ask for MOJA. JIOc CIGARS because they know they are all Havana cigars with 50 years' cigar making back A of them to guarantee best results from the use of choicest leaf. Made by John C. Herman & Co. |i A Cold House Means Sickness jj Heavy colds, pneumonia and even tuberculosis are frequently the 1 1 I' result of a cold house. An even warmth Is essential to your family's 1 ! ]' health and even heating requires good fuel. Montgomery coal ts all ]! 11 coal, liurns evenly, thoroughly and .gives the maximum In heut value. J! I > Try a ton the next time. < [ J. B. MONTGOMERY ; Both Phonea Thi(d and Chestnut Streets j '*"**'*"*""*»*****"""imiv>wwwninii; FIRE LOSS 540.000 • IK EXCESS OF 1913 State Printing Fire Boosts Year's Loss Above Normal; Total Damage $117,878.17 , Notwithstanding Harris burg's sev eral big fires last year, the total loss on property and contents was only $117,878.1 7. This is an increase oC S 40,000 over the fire losses for the yeur 1913. In his report sent to Council, this afternoon John C. Kindlor, tiro chief, calls attention to the big reduction in losses, following returns from insur ance companies reports on amounts paid. During the year thevre were 95 box alarms, 137 telephone calls and 13 false alarms. The actual loss on contents for the year was $91,454.- 47; on property. $2fi.423.70. The to tal amount of insurance on contents was $498.650.00; one property-, 0684,- 325. During the month of Apri3, which included the State Printery tire, the total tire loss was. on property, sll.- 000; contents,. $74,100. The smallest loss was during September, $lO on property. During the year, the Har risburg tire department assisted in out-of-town lires as follows: September 2, Penbrook, Wolfe's bakery; September 12, Stouffer's duck farm, Camp Hill; October 7, Eemoyne Heiges garage; November 9, Frank Cooper .residence. Camp Hill. Renting an Underwood Typewriter a sound investment, certain to increase, your income. "The Machine Von Will Eventually Buy." 25 N. Third St. PROMISE JUDICIAL REFORM Washington, I). C., Jan. 12.—Non partisan judicial reform to speed up justice and reduce the cost of proced ure is promised by senators before Congress adjourns. The House has already agreed to the reform meats lures, and they have been favorably re ported to the Senate by the judiciarv committee. STRIKE SHORT LIVED Another miniature short-lived "strike" of the "stone-gang" at the county almshouse was nipped in the bud again yesterday by the inaugur ation of the bread-and-water treat ment. After one meal the "strikers" went back to work.
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