President Wilson and Mrs.* Gait Will Wed in Washington, Saturday, Dec 18
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 284
FORD PACIFICISTS
LAUNCH FORTH ON i
DEEP BLUE SEA
!
Peace Expedition Hopes to Get!
Soldiers Out of Trenches
by Christmas
MAKES FAREWELL SPEECH j
Auto Man Says "My Heart Is in
This Work For Peace and
Great Work Will Gome"
By Associated Press
.\*o.w York. Dec. 4.—Members of the
peace expedition organized and
financed by Henry Ford for the
purpose of creating a conference
of representatives of neutral na
tions In the hope of ending the war
began assembling (*arly at Hoboken
on board the Scandinavian-American
l.ine steamer Oscar 11. One hundred
and forty names are on the list of
•Mr. Ford's guests. Of these 83 are
peace envoys, 5 4 newspaper and maga
zine correspondents and three moving
picture men. For their use Mr. Ford
••bartered the entire first and second
cabins of the steamer.
The Oscar II should arrive at Chris
liania. Norway, her first stop, about
December 14. Thence the party is to
proceed to Stockholm, Copenhagen
and The Hague. It is proposed to hold
ihe peace conference at The Hague.
Of the governors invited, so far as
announced. L. 13. Manna, of North
Dakota, was the only one to accept.
William .T. Bryan hopes to join the
party at The Hague.
Those On Board
A list of envoys given out by Mr.
ford's assistants are. among others,
the Rev. Charles F. Aked, of San Fran
cisco; Lieutenant-Governor A. J.
Belhea, of South Carolina; Mrs. Inez
Milholland Roissevain, New York; H.
C. Evans, of Des Moines. Iowa; Fred
■ rick H. Holt, Detroit; T. A. Hosteller.
Washington: the Rev. Jenkins L,
Jones. Chicago; the Rev. Samuel S.
Marquis, dean of St. Paul's Cathedral
Detroit; Louis Maverick. Winnetka,
111.; George K. Milton. Chattanooga;
R. H. Molthan, Williamstown, Mass.;
Henry C. Morris. Chicago; Senator
Helen R. Robinson. Denver; T. Monroe
Smock, New Plymouth. Idaho; Charles
D. Thompson. Chicago; Hendrlck \Y.
Van
Weatherby, Lincoln, Neb.; the Rev. M.
\V. Whght, Uttlt Rock, Ark., and
P. Nelson, New York.
Twenty-three members of the party
are women. Students from the lead
ing universities accompany the ex-1
pedition.
"Out of Trendies"
The peace delegates received large
red celluloid buttons, bearing a white
star with rays and the words "Out of
the Trenches by Christmas."
"My Heart in Work"
Before sailing Mr. Ford issued what
he called a farewell statement. "1 ant
sailing with the firm belief." he said,
"that great good will come of this mis
sion. It will keep alive the thought
that hope of peace exists.
"I know little of the details of the
working plan of the peace conference,
but T do know that every effort will be
made for an honorable and early
peace. If this conference succeeds
only in bringing about a beginning of
negotiations for peace it will have ac
complished a good work.
"My heart is in this work for peace
and it is for this reason that I have
stood behind the ship and helped the
people reach a common meeting place
to discuss the possibilities of peace
with the representatives of other neu
tral countries.
"We are leaving on time and leaving
with the feeling that those parts of the
wjjrld now at peace and at war have
heard of the plan anc(are in sympathy
with the move and that the best wishes
of the great majority go with us."
German Attache in
San Francisco Brought
Into Plot Investigation
Sari Francisco. Dec. 4.—Activities of
l-'ederal agents who are collecting evi
dence to present to the grand jury
next Monday in connection with the
alleged plots to destroy munitions
and ships with cargoes consigned to
the entente allies, have brought into
ihe investigation it became known to
<lay. Baron George Wllhelm Von
Bricken. attache of the German con
sulate in this city.
It was announced that Franz Ropp,
German consul in San Francisco, had
been subpenaed to appear before the
Federal grand jury next Monday.
Ropp announced his intention of ap
pearing to testify in behalf of C. C.
i 'rowley. arrested last week on a
■barge of conspiracy in connection
with the alleged plots. Ropp admitted
Hie employment of Crowley, but in
sists that it was merely for the pur
pose of gathering information.
j THE WEATHER
For !Inrrl*burg' and vicinity: Fair,
continued cold to-night ami Sun
day) IniTmt temiK-rnture to-nlglK
nltont -<t drtrrrii,
For Mantrrn IVunny I vniila t Fair to
night and Sunday) not much
■-liiuiKe In ti'liiprrnt urn; modrratr
northtveat wind*.
River
The Sunquehanna river and all Ita
tributaries mill fall wlomly or re
main nearly atatlonary. A at age
of about a.SR feet la Indicated for
llnrrlaburK Sunday morning.
iieneral Conditions
Tlie disturbance thnt noa central
oIT the North Pnclflc coast, Fri
day morning, has moved north
eastward Into Western (anndn.
Klsewhere the weather has heen
fair, except in Pennsylvania ami
Vew York nnd In Northern New
Cngrland. where light snows
have fallen.
It Is S to 11 degrees warmer la the
t.ower Mississippi Valley and the
West Gulf States.
Tenrteraturei H a. in., 30.
Sunt ftlses. 7ill a. m.t sets, 4i31»
p. m.
Slooni New moon, Monday, JiM
p. ai.
KJver Stagei 3.# feet ahove low
water mark.
\ estcrday's W.mhrr
Highest temperature, 37.
l owest temperature. U7.
Menu temperature, !ia.
-Normal temperature, 3d. ,
GERMAN ATTACHES!
EXPECTED TO GO
AT ONCE BY U. S.
Government Looks to Germany
For Immediate Recall of Cap
tains Boy-Ed and Von Papen
WATCH AUSTRIAN CONSUL
Considering Action in Case of
Von Nuber, Who Was
Linked With Plot
fly Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Dec. 4. The
American government to-day looked
to Germany for the immediate recall
of Captains Karl Boy-Ed and Frans
Von Papen, respectively naval and
military attaches of the German em
bassy here, in accordance with Secre
tary Lansing's request.
This government, it was said, to-day
probably would ask the entente allies
for safe conduct for the offending at
taches. They are expected to leave
at once.
State Department officials were
considering to-day what action should
be taken in the case of Alexander Von
Nuber, Austro-Hungarion consul gen
eral at New York, whose name has
been linked with those of Captains
Boy-Ed and Von Papen in connection
with activities regarded as object
ionable by the United States. The de
partment, It was also said to-day is
considering whether any action should
be taken regarding other high officials
of foreign embassies here.
"Abie" Cohen Admits He
Robbed Two 4th St. Stores
"Abie" Cohen, aged 17, once famous
as the Harrisburg Tri-State baseball
mascot, on Monday afternoon will
answer to several charges of burglary.
Last night he was arrested by Detec
tive Joseph Ibach on a warrant charg
ing him with robbing the tailor shop
of A. J. Simms, at 22 North Fourth
street, and the National Supply Com
pany store. No. 8 South Fourth street.
He admitted his guilt, and told De
tective Ibach that lie intended to pull
another job to-night. Cohen had in
his possession a bunch of skeleton
keys and a flashlight. Two of the
keys were used in the recent rob
beries.
On November 14, Cohen entered the!
store of the National Supply Company
and stole a set of furs, a muff, twenty- :
five shirtwaists and a number of pet
ticoats, valued at SIOO. One week J
later the Simms store was robbed, and
thirty-five pieces of cloth, valued at
$350. were stolen. Cohen represent
ing himself as a salesman for a New
York firm, sold the cloth to a .local
Greek merchant. It was turned over
to the police last night. The other
stolen goods "Abie" sold in Reading.
Wilson's Name on File
For 1916 Nomination
By Associated Press
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 4.—The name of
President Wilson as a candidate for
the Democratic party nomination ia
on file here to-day with the Secretary
of State ready to be placed on the
primary ballot in 1916. The petition,
which was filed yesterday, was signed
by local Democrats, among them P. L.
Hail, Democratic national committee
man from Nebraska.
Municipal Architect to
Address Commerce Chamber
On next Thursday, December 9,
Arnold W. Brunner, a noted municipal
architect of New York city, will ad
dress the members of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce at luncheon
on "Architecture and the City."
President J. William Bowman, of
the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce,
has appointed the following gentlemen
• to serve ns a reception committee and
take charge of Mr. Brunner while ho
!is in Harrisburg: Ed. S. Herman. Tson
, aid McCormick. K. J. Stackpole, Bam
, uel Rambo, William Jennings and J.
Horace McFarland.
Mr. Brunner will roach the city on
the evening preceding the luncheon
and the reception committee will show
him over Harrisburg. enabling him to
see what has been done and the oppor
tunities for completing the work that
is needed to fully carry out the needed
| improvements, especially In connection
with the civic center.
Four Killed When Two
Steamers Are Torpedoed
London, Doc. 4, 12. .'t0 p. m. Two
more British steamships have l>een
sunk in the Mediterranean by subma
rines. They were the Mlddlctoii and
tlie Clan McLeod.
Four men oil Ihe Middleton were
killed and one was wounded. Nine
teen were landed at Malta.
There' are no records of the recent
movements of the Middleton which
presumably was in the service of the
British government. She was :iO4 feet
long, 2,506 tons gross, built in 1895
and owned in Hull.
The Clan MacLeod was last reported
at Port Said September 26. She was
owned In Glasgow, was 395 feet long,
3,796 tons gross and built in 1903.
WANTS 85.000 FOR SON'S DEATH
Suit for $5,000 damages was begun
against the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad company to-day by Westley
B. and Emma C. Myers, through their
attorney,. Victor Braddock. The My
ers' claim the sum because of the
death of their 15-year-old son. They
claim he was killed on the railroad at
White Hill, June 30, 1915, through
negligence of the company,
CAPTAIN TELLS HOW SHIP
ESCAPED ItK. SUBMARINE
New York. nee. «. —Captain SlmoneJ
Guli, of the Italian steamer Verona
which arrived here to-day after hav
ing been chased by a submarine in
the Mediterranean on November 19.
said a heavy sea which caused the sub
marine to roll and pitch was the chief
factor in enabling the steamer to
eluao the undersea boat.
HARRISBURG. PA., SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1915.
MILITARY DEFENSE BIG
Washington, D. C., Dec. 4. —Such a multiplicity of questions of highest importance are to come before the
Sixty-fourth Congress that, even if the Senate should decide to gag itself apainst unlimited debate, it is unlikely
that the coming session will end before midsummer.
Perhaps the biggest question coming before the Senate will be the national defense program. The military
affairs committee of the Senate, headed by Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, as well as the House military affairs
committee, of which Congressman Hay is chairman, has been working day and night with Secretary of War Gar
rison and the general staff of the army shaping the program into the form of bills. These bills will cover every
feature of the plan detailed by President Wilson in his speech last month before the Manhattan Club of New
York. Although some Republican senators will fight the bill because they consider it inadequate and some Demo
crats oppose it because they believe, like Bryan, that it proposes superfluous strength, the chances are that the
majority of the Senate will view the President's plan as a satisfactory medium between the extreme of perpared
-11 ess and unpreparedness. Most of the senators who have so far reached Washington from their respective states
have stated that tliey feel sure the sentiment of the people favors preparedness, but not more than the amount of
preparedness proposed by the President.
STEELTON PLANS
WEEK OBSERVANCE
OFTHEYULETIDE
Citizens Born Under Many
Flags Will Join in Making
Celebration Success
"Hyphenated-American!" ,
This is a phrase you have been
hearing a lot about recently. Just to
show that there is "no such a thing"
as a "hyphenated citizen" down in
Steelton, the borough's entire cos
mopolitan population will gather
about a Community Christmas Tree
for a whole week's celebration during
Christmas week.
Representatives of the various
nationalities in the borough, at the
call of the Steelton Civic Club, met last
evening in the borough council cham
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GOVERNOR NAMES
M'LEOD ON BOARD
Philadclphian Succeeds How
land on Charities Board;
Big Merger Today
[ Governor Brumbaugh to-day ap
pointed Norman MacLeod, of Phila
delphia. as a member of the State
Board of Public Charities to succeed
the late E. K. Rowland, of Philadel
phia.
Other appointments made to-day
were :
W. J. Bailey, Connellsville, to be
member of the board of trustees of
State hospital at Connellsville.
F. C. Beinhauer, Pittsburgh, and Al
bert E. Miller, Kingston, to be mem
(Continued on Page 12.)
RI.OTS INK ON DIVORCE PAPERS
ENROUTE TO MARRIAGE BUREAU
When pretty Anna Danner and
Samuel J. Kinney applied for a mar
riage license this morning and the
bride-to-be admitted that she was a
divorcee, the marriage bureau clerk
told her she'd have to produce her
divorce papers. "Why," smiled the
future Mrs. Kinney, brightly, "I've got
'em here. I just came over from the
Prothonotary's office where they'd
been filed." Mrs. Danner was divorced
from Melvin Danner on grounds of
cruel and barbarous treatment. The
decree was lifted at 10:05 and Mrs.
Danner got her license to wed Mr.
Kinney at 10:08. She blotted the ink
enroute.
DELEGATES ARE STRIVING
FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 4.—The campaign
on the part of various cities to capture
the Democratic and Republican na
tional conventions was given added
Impetus with the arrival here to-day
of the vanguard of delegations from
Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas and San
Francisco.
The Democratic National Commit
tee will meet here Tuesday and the
Republican committee a week later to
select convention cities. Efforts of
Representatives of the contesting cities
will for the present be directed main
ly to inducing the Democratic com
mittee to hold the national conven
tion In their city.
POSTPONE DEMOCRATIC EIGHT
hy Associated Press
Washington. D. C„ Dec. i. The
tight to restrict debate In the Senate,
Democrats agreed to-day in conference
should not be urged on the opening
day of Congress and will be postponed
until later in the week.
COMPENSATION
INSURANCE AS
EXPERT SEES IT
J. \V. Hartley Outlines New
Law and Discusses Forms
of Protection
In an interview with J. W. Hartley
who has been actlrve in compensation
work in moat every State under laws
similar to the Workmen's Compensa
tion Aft effective in Pennsylvania
January 1, Mr. Hartley goes into detail
as to the law, its benefits and forms
of protection as follows:
"The compensation law passed by
the Pennsylvania Legislature is of the
elective form, permitting the employ
er to choose between the compensa
tion obligation and an increased obli
gation for damages. The employe
has the right to choose either to ac
cept or reject compensation. Elective
[Continued on Page 6.]
! COOL ENGINEER
FOILS BANDITS
| Carries Holcl-l'p Men Past
Where Their Confederates
Are Waiting
By Associated Press
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 4. Two
posses to-day are pursuing the bandits
who last night attempted to hold up
a southbound passenger train on the
Iron Mountain railroad near Malvern,
Arkansas.
The holdup was foiled through the
coolness of Theodore P. Homard, the
engineer, and so quickly were officers
and citizens on the trail of the would-
I be robbers that a battle was fought
with them less than three hours later.
Sheriff J. Stanley, of Malvern, was
wounded in the foot.
Two men climbed on the "blind bag
gage" into the engine cab and ordered
Engineer Homard to stop the train
| when he saw a. camp fire. The engi
j tteer took his time bringing the train
to a halt and the robbers were carried
a mile beyond the place where their
confederates were supposed to be wait
ing. Seeing that they were outwitted,
the men leaped from the train and
escaped.
(Wasn't Mike's Fault
That He Was Turned
Out Into the Cold World
Mike Zagnich, who on November
IS got a two-day sentence in the Dau
phin county prison for trespassing on
the Pennsy, stayed and stayed and
stayed until to-day; then it required
half an hour's persuasion to get him
to put on his shoes; another to get him
hour to urge him to put on his coat;
and a final strenuous half hour tQ per
suade him to leave jail.
Mike used various pretexts to re
main behind the bars, such as writing
friends in the Middle West, and so on.
When Mike was informed of the ar
rangements to-day to take him to the
poor farm he vigorously objected;
"Me lik-a dis," he volubly declared.
"Me much like stay here." And he
took off his shoes in the warden's
office to prove he meant to stay.
Poor Clerk John R. Geyer and Under
keeper Riley Shope urged and threat
ened, cajoled and sneered and urged
and insisted and finally took Mike by
the arms and gently assisted him to
the door. He looked back regretfully.
CITY PAYS FOR PARKWAY
The city to-day paid Robert M.
Rutherford and the Steelton Trust com
pany, trustees ror the S. S. Rutherford
estate. 16.243 for the additional acre
age acquired recently by the City Com
missioner M. Harvey- Taylor, i'or the
!continuance of the paruway drive.
CONSPIRATORS ARE
SENT TO PEN FOR
YEAR AND HALF
Heavy Sentences Imposed on
Thi •ce llani b u rg-A m erican
Officials
By Associated Press
New York, Dec. 4.--Dr. Karl Buena,
George Hotter and Adolph Ha«btne.is
ter, of the Ham burg-American Line,
recently convicted of conspiracy to de
fraud the United States Government,
were sentenced to-day to serve one
and a half years in the Federal peni
tentiary at Atlanta. Joseph Popplng
haus was sentenced to ore year. The
Hamburg-American Llnfe was fined
one dollar. All the defendants were
admitted to bail pending the suing
out of a writ of error in their behalf.
Bail was fixed at SIO,OOO in each
case and was accepted from a surety
company. Sentence was pronounced
after Judge Howe had overruled mo
tions by William Rand, Jr., chief coun
sel for the defense for dismissal of
the verdict on the ground that it was
contrary to the evidence and law in
the case, in making his motion, Mr.
Hand said he had little hope that it
would be entertained by the court.
Juvenile Friends of
Captain Swartz to
View Body Tomorrow
Many a boy whose fishing trip was
spoiled by Captain Henry A. Swartz,
city truant officer for fifteen years,
who died Thursday evening at his
home. 110 Cumberland street, will
view his body to-morrow with bared
head and a grave face as he thinks of
the many troubles and worries he
caused the Civil War veteran. His
body may be viewed between 2 and 3
o'clock to-morrow afternoon and even
ing.
Thousands of people of the city,
young and old, knew Captain Swartz
and saw him every day as he hunted
up the cases of truancy. Many are
expected at the home to-morrow. The
funeral will be held Monday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the home, the Rev. J.
Bradley Markward, pastor of Beth
lehem Lutheran Church, officiating.
Burial will be made at East Harris
burg Cemetery.
"Ylfkc "Jkafc 1
'
Tn-nlglit marka thr rloap of (lie third
period In tin- l.lteror.v 4 onteNt. The
competition will rim juat one nrrk
more. l*e*t nffk mimr <lmr ltn-ro nlll
I lie an extremely difficult quotation (hat
I we wnger Mill tnx the Ingenuity of the
clevereat of our competitor* to ferret
out.
nil—"lie »|ioke. he turn'd, then, flinging
'round her neck,
tiiiKpt It, aiul cried, "Thine Order,
O my queen!"
Hut, while he bow'd to kl*a the
jcwell'd thront.
Out of the dark, JuMt an the llpa
111111 touelied,
llehlnd him roae a aliadow and a
Nhrlek—
•Mark'* way 1' *ald Mark, and
clove hint thro' the brain."
37—"The uniform 'e wore
WIN uothln' much before.
An' rnther ICON than 'arf o' that
he'lnd,
For a piece o' twlaty ran
An' n Koatakln wntcr-biig
W«» all the fleld-equlpment 'e could
And."
■lS—"Thr melancholy day* are come, the
aaddcMt of the year.
Of walling winds and naked woodn,
and meadowa brown and aear.
Heaped In the hollowa of the grove
the withered leavea lie dead<
They rnatle to the eddying guat
and to the rnbblt'a tread."
89—"Then I ca*t looae my bnlT-coat.
each holater let fall,
Shook off both my jaek-bontii. let
go belt and all.
Stood up In the atlrrup, leaned, pat
ted hi* ear.
Called iny Uoland hi* pet name, mv
horae wlthont peer—
Clapped my biinda. laushed and I
aung. any nolne. bad or good. 1
Till at length Into Rolaud gal. !
loped and atood."
•»<)— "Then. mu*t yon apeak j
Of one that loved not wlaely but I
too well."
PRESIDENT WILSON
ANDMRS.GALTTO
WED DECEMBER 18;
Wedding Will Take Place at!
Home of Bride-to-Be in j
Washington
ISSUE NO INVITATIONS
Members of Immediate Fami
lies Will Be the Only Ones
in Attendance
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 4.—Presi
dent Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait
will he married on Saturday, Decem
ber 18, at Mrs. Gait's home here, ac
cording to a formal announcement
made to-day at the White House.
It. was also announced that the only
guests will be Mrs. Gait's mother, her
brothers and sisters, the President's
brother and sister, his daughters and
the members of his immediate house
hold. No invitations will be issued.
No announcement was made regard
ing plans for a honeymoon, but it was
j expected that the President and his
i bride will leave Washington soon after
the ceremony for somewhere in the
South.
While no announcement was made
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Experts Say Traffic Rules
Could Be Improved
Traffic regulations in Harrisburg
need improvement. This is the opinion
of two expert traffic officers of New
York City, who are here looking over
conditions at the request of the Mu
nicipal Ijeague. They are Inspector
Meyers and lieutenant Snyder, of the
New York traffic department.
These experts will make suggestions
regarding traffic features for the pro
posed isle of safety in Market Square.
Speaking of conditions in INarrisburg,
Inspector Meyers said to-day:
"After being in Harrisburg twenty
four hours we can say traffic in your
city is looked after in an efficient man
ner. 1 notice the drivers obey signals
l and apparently are anxious to keep
within the laws, but some changes are
needed. I have no recommendations
to make at this time. We will be bet
ter able to tell the rfeal needs of your
city after another day's investigation.
[GERMAN ATTAC. 'ELUDES ARREST T
il warrant charging \
Baron George Wilhelm V< eken, captain of cavalry m
I in the German army of the German consulate %
I in this city, with attemptin >y commerce, was given j
' to-day to the United States ce for service. %
I Von Bri : his hotel by %
I claiming immunity as a dip 1<
C - PEACE ARK SATL AT 3
1 d and more than eighty JI
1 3 o'clock to- J
V day on the stean: Christiansand, Norway. f
i TH BY BELT
1 working this after- ■
V noon at the grindstone in f the Millersburg Mill- #
V ing Company, Amos Rumbaugh, aged 35, of Millersburg, J
I was caught in the belt, whii overhead and killed. His M
I mangled body was found by her employes. Rumbaugh F
1 leaves a wife and two chH
* RUSSIANS JAKE TWELVE MILES OF TRENCHES I
I London, Dec. 4. —The R have taken twelve miles C
of trenches. 700 prisoners and a large quantity of munitions %
and food supplies on the Tukum road west of Riga, ac- m
I cording to a dispatch from Geneva to the Exchange Tele- &
graph Company.
BRITISH ARMY IN RETREAT
I London, Dec. 4, '3.2 0 P. M. —The British army in |
| Mesopotamia is in retreat. Official announcement was |
1 made to-day that the forces of General 1 Townshend were re- '
' tiring to Kut-el-Amara. <
l FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE * I
1 Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 4.—William Shull, a farmer,
residing near Smithsburg, committed suicide by hanging. C
I He had been in failing health foi some time.
FIELD MARSHAL VON MACKENSEN HURT (
Petrograd, Dec. 3, via London, Dec. 4.—Field Marsha! C
' Von Mackensen was slightly wounded by a Serbian bullet %
during the recent operations, says a Copenhagen dispatch %
to the Novoe Vremya. %
' MARRIAGE LICENSES (
I Nnmuel J. Klnurr aud Anno Dnunrr, city. I
r ratrlek 11. llrrpdlQK. Knoivllle, Tcuo., rnd Mary Drllierl, (
Michael 11. Capln anil Mlliao Bach, city. 1
i Herman llolanil Marker anil Ilertha Mary Mohler, Altonna. /
' Herbert Wllaoo Slroup, city, and Nada Catherine Keefer, Mechanics- %
£
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MACEDONIA IS
TURNED OVER TO
ALLIES AS BASE
Greece (lives Country With Its
Railroads and Harbors For
Operations
R EFUGEES SL'FFE R
Serbs From Monastir Wade
Through Deep Snow; More
Troops Lauded
From German sources com CM the re
port that. Greece has virtually turned
over Grecian Macedonia as a base ot
operations to the entente allies, be
sides giving them free use of the rail
road and the harbors on the Aegean
sea, including Kavala.
According to an Athens dispatch,
Serbian soldiers who fell back into
Greek territory after Monastir was
evacuated were not disarmed, but were
treated with notable consideration.
Much suffering is reported among
thousands of refugees from Monastir
who are arriving at Fiorina, Greece,
after a long tramp through deep snow.
Debarkation of additional British
forces at Saloniki ij reported through
London. A British correspondent at
the Greek port, however, declares the
military situation tlifc:v is not satis
factory from the standpoint of tho
entente allies.
A Montenegrin official statement
declares that an Austrian attack near
Plevlje, iu Northeastern Montenegro,
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Committee Oft to Manada
Gap "to Look Up a Tree"
For City's Celebration
laterally, figuratively and slangily
speaking;, <\ M. Kaltwasser and J. Wil
liam Bowman, members of the MunUi
! pal Christmas celebration, went out to
I Manada (.Jap this morning ami looked
ttf» a tree.
The purpose or the trip was to allow
tlie preliminary surveying committee to
chose several candidates for the ,lob
as Harrlstmrg's Municipal Christmas,
tree which could he called to the atten
tion of the remainder of the committee
during the next few days. The tallest
pine that ever sighed lonesoinely from
the slopes of the Blue Mountains for
.the gay white lights of the city will bo
'picked, according to Mr. Kaltwasser.