2 FOREST FIRES BURN VALUABLE TIMBER Outbreaks Causing Great Damagei in Many Counties in Central . Pennsylvania Special to The Telegraph Lewlatown, Pa., April 20.—Forest fires are raging in Mifflin county and threaten to do a lot of damage. Near Ellen's Chapel, in Ferguson Valley, and at Shawnee many acres of timber land are being destroyed, while at sev- | HOW TO RELIEVE KIDNEY PAINS j 1 have used Swamp-Root more or less this last few years, and have al ways got great relief. About three months ago I was taken down with severe pains through the back and limbs. I was very nervous and was very restless at night. I began tak ing your Swamp-Root and before. I used a half bottle I felt great relief, and I kept on taking it until I began to feel myself again. I have recom mended it to my neighbors and friends, and several of them Informed me that they have been greatly bene fited by using it. I cannot say enough for Swamp-Root, and I heartily rec ommend It for Kidney trouble and Rheumatism. 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W.J.GENTZLER, !£ Bell Fhnnrs—37o2 and -3 Week Delivered at Your Home • - *i •■ ■ i,.. a SUBSCRIPTION BLANK i • Date,,,,, f ll.. ; Tha Harriafcurv Telegraph! Please deliver the Tsiegraph dally until further noUce at the' j rate ef ate cent* a week and have your regular collector call for' payment every two weeka. ;*•» Address | TUESDAY EVENING. eral points residences and sawmills are threatened with destruction. , The homes of Henry Martin and Jo seph Bowman, near Ellen's Chapel, have been threatened by the tires, fences and sawed timber to the amount of hundreds of dollars have been burned. Valuable woodlands belonging to I Luther McAlister, Joseph Bowman, j Henry Aurand and Charles Aurand in the Ferguson Valley section have veen burned. Near Vira the homes of Harry Or ner, Henry Folk and H. Ehrenfeld, located along the ridge, were threat ened by a sea of Haines and .are not yet out of the path of danger. Tim ber lands belonging to Mrs. Annie Folk, the Smith heirs and Charles Ehrenfeld have been swept clean by the flames. At Shawnee forest fires are raging and a large force of men is I at work fighting them. Shade Mountain Fire I Sunbury, Pa., April 20. —Fire raging I in the famous Shade Mountain huckle | berry district, in Snyder county, it iis feared, will destroy the bushes there, where thousands of quarts of the finest huckleberries are picked yearly. It burned all day yesterday. In Lower Mahanoy township, North umberland county, many hundreds of acres of second-growth timber were burned by forest tires. Near Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, grass lires threatened the homes of William H. Druckemiller and J. 11. Ketner. Fire On State Reserve Waynesboro, Pa.. April 20. —A moun tain flre on tiie Caledonia state for estry reserve, east of Shippensburg, burned all day Sunday and part of Monduy morning, when It was extin guished. Ten students from the for estry academy at Mont Alto went to the assistance of the rangers. Two other fires were raging at the time in the mountains, one below Kdgemont and the other near Raven Rock. Largest Zinc Plant in World Menaced by Fire on Blue Ridge Mts. — T By Associated Press Allentown, Pa-, Aprfi 2.0. —A furious fire has already done tnousands of dol lars' damage on the Blue Ridge moun tains between Slatington and Palmer ton. At the last named place Is situ ated the plant of the New Jersey Zinc company, the largest in the world. The flre. which began to-day, is be j lieved to be due to sparks from a loco motive. Three hundred men are en gaged fighting the flames, hift up to a late hour this afternoon little prog ress had been made. Help has been summoned from nearby cities. Trenches are being thrown up and in this way it is expected the flames will be checked. LAWYERS' LIEN ACT KILLED The House bill which would "ivc lawyers a lien on any awards made to their clients was defeated in the Sen ate to-day. ♦ Why Suffer From Sore Feet? J 4 Thousands of people who suf- ♦ ♦ for Intense texture frojn sore J 4 feet will welcome the informa- 4 « tion that a quick, easy, positive 4 I 4 remedy Is now obtainable. "Two t 4 spoonfuls of Calocide compound 4 4 In warm foot bath: soak the J 4 feet in this fifteen minutes, gent- f 4 l.v rubbing sore parts." Relief 4 4 is instant for tired, aching, burn- 4 4 ing and sweaty feet; corns 4 ♦ and callouses can l>e peeled right f 4 off. Calocide penetrates and re- ? 4 moves flic cause. Get a twenty- t ♦ five cent package of Calocide t ♦ from any drug store and end t ♦ foot torture. Prepared by Medi- t 4 cal Formula, Dayton, O. t CITY FIRE LOSS IN YEAR WIS 1117.878 Chief Kindler Submits Annual Re port to Council; Asphalt Plant Bid Held Up Week PLAYGROUND SPACE LESSENED Polyclinic Site Only Recom mended; Island Lease For Two Years Granted at SSO a Year Harrisburg's losses from fire during; the past year totaled $117,878.17, ac cording to Fire Chief Kindler's annual report as presented to Council this afternoon. The biggest single flre cost $68,000. This WHS the State printery plant at Cranberry and Court streets. Chief Kindler advocates tire driers for towers and enforcement of the ordi nance giving flre apparatus right of way over autos and motorcycles. There were 99 alarms during the year, 13 false and 137 phone calls. Eleven petition bearing 1,200 sig natures urging the adoption of a cur few ordinance were presented by the Civil Club. Council will look up the measures in force In other cities. Action was postponed for a week on Commissioner Lynch's recommendation of the F. It. Cumner & Son Company for an asphalt repair plant at Its bid of $9,768. The Barber Asphalt Com pany's representative declared its bid was $2,273 less. The contract for the Royal flrehouse to John Barnhart, for the Dauphin Electrical Supplies Com pany. M. H. Baker and I. R. I,yrae for construction and fixtures for $7,707 was approved. Commissioner Taylor amended tlie Emerald and Fifth street playground ordinance to provide for the purchase of the Polyclinic site only, a plot 252 by 300 feet. fronting on Emerald street, for $1 4,700. Joseph Houston askfled once more for the Job of city dog catcher. Action on the city realty registration bureau ordinance was postponed for a week. The lease for the island to the Penn sylvania Exhibition Company was closed for a term of two years at SSO per year. BOWMAN SI IIMITS RIDS FOR WATER MAI>S TO COUNCIL City Council this afternoon was in formed of the bids Commissioner H. F. Bowman received yesterday afternoon for the laying of water mains in several Hill streets. Millard F. Saul was low. bis total ligure being $504.98. Hairy Johnson was the only other competi tor. The bids follow: Carlisle street, Holly to Derry, Saul. $168.78; Johnson, SISS.2S; Sycamore, Cameron to Thir teenth. Saul. 1246.85: Johnson. $261; Agate street. Schuylkill to Columbia, Saul, $89.36; Johnson, sf> 1.81». Senate Passes Finally Big String of Bills Bills passed finally by the Senate to-day included the following: Regulating the salo of vegetables, grapes and fruits and providing stand ard containers, baskets and trays. Establishing a Pennsylvania home for boys and providing for the com mitment of delinquent boys between 6 to 16. House bill extending to second class townships the power to incur and in crease indebtedness. House bill increasing the salary of the two Assistant agents of the State Hoard of. Charities from $2,000 to $2,500 a year. Increasing the salary of the sec retary of the State committee on lunacy from $3,000 to $5,000. Giving banks and trust companies a lien on any balance to the credit of a depositor with such hank or company who may be declared insolvent. Giving the Philadelphia municipal court jurisdiction in cases of forgery, kidnapping, perjury, rape, robbery, disorderly street walking and in cer tain charge* against minors. House bill providing: for the conver sion of co-operative banking associa tions into banks of discount and de posit tinder certain regulations. Repealing section 8 of the supple ment to the Superior Court act which provides for minority representation. Increasing the"salaries of the Deputy Superintendents of Instruction from $2,000 to $3,000. Two bills regulating employment agencies through the Department of Labor and Industry and establishing under the same department a system of regulation of employers seeking employes and persons seeking em ployment. HEAR PROPOSALS APRIL 20 By Associated Press Paris, April 20.—Italy some time ago fixed April 20 as the latest date for the consideration of any proposals Austria might wish to make, accord ing to a report current in Rome, savs a dispatch from the Figaro's corre spondent. After Winter's Wear and Tear one requires a food in Springtime that builds up both brain and body. Grape Nuts FOOD made of wheat and malt ed barley supplies in splendid balance, the ele ments necessary for up building and keeping in repair the brain, nerve and muscle tissue. Grape-Nuts has a rich nut-like flavour—always fresh, crisp, sweet and ready to eat direct from package, Thousands have found Grape-Nuts a wonderful invigorator of both brain and body— "There's a Reason" Sold by Grocers everywhere HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH HI CROP NOW REPORTED SHOOT Weather Conditions Have Not Been Favorable to the Devel opment of the Grain Estimates based upon reports piade l>y men In most of the townships of the State to the State Bureau of Agri cultural statistics indicate that weather conditions have caused a drop in the condition of winter wheat and the summary for April 1 indicates that the crop is twelve per cent, behind tlie average for this time of the year for the last decade. The statement just issued is one of the most complete comiYiled by Statistician E. H. W'ible and sets forth conditions from first hand information. The review says in part: "The weather during the month of March was unfavorable to winter (train. Practically during the entire month, the ground froze at night and thawed during the day. Wheat de clined in condition during the month of March from 95 per cent, of an average to 88 per cent, of an average. Consequently the wheat on the first of the present month was 12 per cent, below the average condition at this lime of the year. On this basis the crop this vear is estimated to amount to about 19.240,000 bushels as against 24.272,000 last year. "Rye seems to be able to withstand the ravages of the severe weather con ditions somewhat better than wheat and is only nine per cent, below the average condition at this time of the year. This means that on this basis the crop of rye this year will amount to approximately 4.069,000 bushels. Last year it was 4.760,000 bushels. The wheat area for 1915 harvest is about one per cent, larger than last year, while the rye area is three per cent, smaller. Because of the drought last Fall the ground could not be gotten in proper condition for seeding. The grain had an average snow protection of seven weeks. In this connection we observe that the northern tier of coun ties had ten weeks of snow while the southern tier had only five weeks. "The corn In the crib is in good con dition. Approximately twenty-four per cent, of the corn ground for this year's crow was plowed last Fall. The Spring plowing began about March 24. However, at the time of making the , returns for this report no plowing was | done in the northern counties. Frost I was still in the ground and in many I instances the ground was still covered with snow. Considerable plowing was : done during the month of February in | the western and southwestern counties. In many instances in tYiese counties more plowing was done in February than in March. Very little February plowing done in the other sections of the State. "The prospects for fruit are fairly good; but this report is early, and our correspondents could not give us very reliable estimates. "The price of grain, particularly wheat, has materially advanced in price since our December last report. Potatoes are very plenty and have de creased in price eight cents per bushel since December. Hay has advanced very little since last Fall's price. The following report is compiled from the returns received from the official correspondents of the depart ment: Wheat—Condition compared with an average, 88 per cent.; average num ber of weeks of snow protection. 7. Bye—Condition compared with an average, 91 per cent. Corn—Condition in the crib compar ed with an average, 100 per cent.; por tion of ground plowed last Fall for this year's crop, 24 per cent.; average date when Spring plowing began, March 24. Fruit—Prospect compared with nor mal yield: Apple, 90 per cent.; pear, 90 per cent.; peach, 86 per cent.; plum, 90 per cent.; cherry, 91 per cent.: apricot. 90 per cent. Grain—Price per bushel: AVheat, $1.41: corn. 83 cents: oats, 62 cents; rye. 98 cents. Potatoes—Price per bushel, 54 cents. Hay—Price per ton. Clover, $13.50; timothy, $15.50. HOUSES. AND CATTLE HORNED Special to The Telegraph Hagerstown. Md., April 20.—Fira destroyed the large bank barn on the farm of Mrs. Sarah Grimes, of this city, along the Potomac river, caus ing a loss of between SB,OOO and $lO,- 000. Eleven head of horses, thirty sheep, eleven head of cattle and 400 bushels of wheat were burned to gether with all of the farming imple ments, wagons and other equipments. LEG BROKEN' IX RUNAWAY Sunbury, Pa., April 20. Thrown from his wagon when his horse ran away down a steep hill, Alexander Roshon, 18 years old, suffered a broken leg and it is feared is suffering from internal hurts. I.EG BROKEN THREE TIMES Rohrerstown, April 20.—Mrs. John McQueney, of near town, fell {his morning at her home by tripping on a rug, and broke her right leg below the knee. This is the third time that this member has been broken. Two years ago she fell the same way and broke it. at the ankle and when a girl attend ing school she well while Jumping rope and broke it between the knee and ankle. Deaths and Funerals MRS. SARAH J AMR CAKTWRIGHT Mrs. Sarah Jane Cartwright, aged 46. wife ol Samuel Cartwright, died last evening at her home, 2117 Monroe street. She Is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. Pearson: her husband, five children, four sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be held at the home Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Floyd Appleton, pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal Churcn, officiating. Burial will be made In East Harris burg Cemetery. BEXJAMIX F. STICK I.MAN DIES Benjamin F. Stlgelinan. aged 58, for eighteen years a traveling salesman, died shortly after 11 o'clock last night at his home, 123 North Thirteenth street, after an illness of several months. He was a member of Stevens Memorial Methodist Church for twenty four years. The following survive him: Three sons, William G., Victor B„ Charles A., and on« daughter. Miss Evelyn Stlgelman. Mr. Stlgelman was a member of Harrlsburg Lodge, So. 12, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; United Travelers' Association, and the Men's Bible Class of Stevens Memorial Church. Funeral services will be held at the home Thursdav af ternoon. at 3 o'clock. XVII,MAM J. I'AINK William J, Paine, aged 73. a veteran of the Civil War and of the Pennsyl vania Railroad service, died at 5:46 o'clock this morning at the home of bis daughter. Mrs. Emma Sheets, 17V) Briggs street. H« had been ill for tho past four vears. The following survive him: Two sis ters, Mrs. Kmnia RitrkHi. Cleveland, Ohio-; Mrs. Whitehead, Philadel phia! George W, Crosby. Philadelphia, and the following children: Oeorgx F.. Frederick, William Paine, Mrs. Emma Sheets, Mrs. Maggie Sheets. Mrs. Llllle Ridley, Mrs. Ida Haen, Funeral ser vices will be held Fridav afternoon, at 3 o clock, the Rev, Dr, Lewis Seymour Mudge officiating, Burial will be mutie in Em Hwrlsbur* Cumetery. . : m I * c >n All Sections of the ff j 1 ) 7 I Drums of Twists Wj| .. . > | l/T | 11 Twists |f*% the mild, "no-come-back" I WKT CHEWING TOBACCO JL M fv lO I in the Sanitary Drum HERE it is the modern container for the finest, mildest twist chewing tobacco ever known in this section. A yellow drum printed in brown and red. It will be imitated. Every success is. But don't be misled. The taste of the tobacco—its mildness—are all its own. ** The Thinker* of the Country Art the Tobacco Chewers " , . said one of the greatest thinkers this country ever produced. Car- XV. U. RATES NOT UNREASONABLE By Associated I'ress Washington, April 20.—The West ern Union Telegraph Company's stand ard message rates between New York and San Francisco and its cable rates from New X'ork to points in England were pronounced not unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory to-day by the Interstate Commerce Commission. I 4< The Range that m ( g I "Makes Cooking Easy" I APRIL 20, 1915. TRUE BILLS AGAINST SPIES | London, April 20.—True bills were returned by the grand jury in the Old Bailey Police court to-day against three alleged German spies, Kucpferle, Hahn and Muller, charged with send ing military information to Germany. Anton Kucpferle professes to be an American md it is believed he comes from Brooklyn; Muller claims he is a naturalized Englishman, while Hahn admits he is a German. I MKDAIj FOR COM.MAM)];it fly Associated Press Berlin. April 20, by wireless to Sny ville.—The Hamburg Steam Naviga tion Society has Riven a. gold medal t" IJeut. Commander Von Muecke, lirst officer of the German cruiser Hmden. who at. the head of a detail of men escaped from Cooos island when tliu Kmden was destroyed and brought party safely to Hodelda, Arabia.