Reply of Austria-Hungary to Ancona Note
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH .
LXXXIV— No. 295
"POISON" WRITER,
CAUGHT AT LAST,
HADLOVESORROW
Woman Confesses to Penning
Degenerate Missives lo Be
trothed Girls
GOT NAMES FROM PAPERS
Did Not Know Slandered Per
sons; Federal Attorney's
Bride to Push Case
Special to The Telegraph
New York. Dec. 17.—8y arresting
Miss Theresa Samuels, of a wealthy
family of Goshen, N. Y., at her home
yesterday, postal inspectors say they
captured the writer of the "poison
pen" letters that in the last year have
been sent to newly married or be
trothed women, some of them of great
social prominence in New York city.
The letters contained shocking
charges against the young husbands
or fiances. The tone of the missives
was of the most degenerate character.
Sleuths Say she Confessed
Inspectors Duryea and Fitch, who
made the arrest, at Middletown, N. Y..
where they went from Goshen after
-Miss Samuels had been admitted to
*5.000 hail, given by htr brother, Sig
mund Samuels, said that she had con
fessed the authorship of the "poison
pen" communications.
They declined to give the confession
in full detail, but said Miss Samuels
had admitted writing every one of the
twenty letters which have come into
the hands of the authorities in the last
year.
"Were you acquainted with any of
the persons, to whom you wrote let
ters"" che -kas asked. "Had you any
grudges against any of them?"
"No," it is said Miss Samuels an
swered. "1 just picked the. names at
random out of newspapers—names
that appeared in the accounts of wed
dings or engagements."
"Have you ever had any love af
fair'.'"
"Yes," the inspectors report she an
swered, "two years ago."
Affected by Own Love Affair
When asked if this love affair had
preyed upon her mind and caused her
to write such scandalous letters, she
replied:
"Perhaps it did."
The last "poison" letter known to
have been received was written De
cember 11 on a postal card from a
train running between this city and
Salamanca, N. Y.
Came in Hospital Envelope
It was addressed to Miss Elsie Sey
del. of 400 West one Hundred and
Fifty-third street, following the an
nouncement of her engagement to.
Samuel Schary. The postal card was
inclosed in an envelope, on the back
of which was printed "Private Pa
vilion, Mount Sinai Hospital, Fifth
avenue, one Hundred to One Hundred
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Laundrymen Raise Rates
Because of Compensation
Because of the workmen's com
pensation law enacted by the last
Legislature, and which will be effec
tive January 1, laundrymen of Har
risburg will exact a tax of one cent
on every bundle, and will increase
the price of laundrying collars from
two and a half to three cents each.
This decision was reached last night
at a meeting of all laundrymen of
Harrisburg. except two. It was de
cided to join the Laundry Exchange
of Pennsylvania, an organization for
the protection of laundrymen in this
State. The new rates and bundle tax
are similar to those adopted in the
western part of the State. On every
bundle will be a label explaining that
the one cent tax is to take care of the
provisions of the new compensation
law. None of the dealers would say
anything as to the amount that would
be derived from the increase on rates,
one proprietor intimated that it would
be sufficient to provide a satisfactory
fund.
Relatives of Wilson
Gather For Wedding
Washington, Dec. 17. —Mrs. Francis
B. Sayre. President Wilson's daugh
ter, reached here to-day from Wil
liamstown, Mass., to attend the wed
ding of the President to Mrs. Norman
Gait to-morrow night. Mrs. Anne
Howe, of Philadelphia, the President's
sister, and Mrs. Anne Cochran, his
niece, are expected at the White House
late to-day.
1 THE WEATHER]
*or HnrrinhurK anil vicinity: Kaln
and iruruter IHIN afternoon and
to-nl|(ht; Saturday partly cloudy.
For Kuntrrn I'rnnny l\an la: Kaiii
and warmer to-iiltfht; Snturday
partly cloudy, preceded by rain In
the early inornliiK.
Vtlver
Rain and warmer weather during
the next twenty-four hour* will
cause u general rise In the Sum-
qufhanna river and all ItM
branches. The lee Is likely to
hrreak up In the t'pper West
llraneh to-nlght or Saturday and
form Korge*.
General C'ondltlouN
The southwcNtern disturbance has
moved aorthward und IN now cen
tral over Wisconsin, Its southern
end reaching Into the i.ulf of
Mexico.
Temperature* have risen 2 to ;iO
degree* over nearly all the coun
try east of the Mlsnlsslppl river.
It Is 2 to 22 degrees colder In the
Vtocky Mountains and the I*lalns
state*, with temperatures at or
below *ero In Xehrnska, Kastern
South Dakota and Western Min
nesota.
Temperature! 8 a. m., 30.
Sunt Hlnes, 7>22 a. m.f sets, 4:40
p. in.
Moon i Full moon, December 31, 7:f»2
a. m.
Hlver Stagei 3.M feet above low
water mark.
\ csterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 3W.
l.owcst temperature, 22.
Mean temperature. 20.
AoraiiU temperature, 'J'J,
OFFICIAL TEXT
OF ANCONA NOTE
BEFORE CABINET
Austrian Reply Considered
Evasive, Unsatisfactory and
Unacceptable
SITUATION IS GHAVE
Diplomatic Relations May Not
Be Discontinued Until An
other Exchange of Notes
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Dec. 17.—Aus
tria's reply to Secretary Lansing's note
on the Ancona, received during the
night, was laid to-day before President
Wilson and the Cabinet and discussed
more than an hour.
Tile gravity of the situation caused
by Austria's rejoinder to the American
demands, which is considered evasive,
unsatisfactory and unacceptable, re
mained unchanged.
The next step will not be decided
upon until some minor points not clear
in the official text are checked up.
The apparent discrepancies are not
important and may be due to trans
mission or translation from the State
Department code but they will be
cleared up before another move is
made.
Secretary Lansing said after the
cabinet meeting that he did not know
when the official text of the note
would be given out for publication and
that it certainly would not be made
public until he had an opportunity to
study it carefully.
Exchange of Notes Final
Diplomatic relations, although in
danger of being broken off, are not
likely to be discontinued, at least be
fore there has been another exchange
of notes with Vienna and so the crisis
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Ancona Situation Meets
With Approval in Berlin
By Associated Press
Berlin, via London. Dec. 17.—Sel
dom has a diplomatic document of
war series met with such general ap
proval in German circles and the an
swer of Baron Burian, Austrian min
ister of foreign affairs to the note from
the United States regarding the An
cona case. The reply is regarded not
only as a success in finding weak
points in Secretary of State Lansing's
logic but as a dignified reply to the
American demands for a prompt dis
avowal and punishment of the com
mander of the submarine which sank
the Ancona.
The German notes in the Lusitania
correspondence all had their critics,
some finding Germany too conciliatory
and others insufficiently adept, but the
general opinion expressed in political
circles is that Baron Burian struck ex
actly the right note and by inviting
Washington to enter on an inter
change of views and submit some
proof for the charges, shifted, the onus
of defense to the shoulders of the
American government.
Relief Steamer Beached
After Striking Mine
By Associated Press
London. Dec. 17, 12.35 p. m.—The
Belgian relief committee's steamer
Levenpool, from New York, for Rot
terdam, has been beached on the Eng
lish East coast in a sinking condition
as a result of striking a mine.
New York, Dec. 17.—The relief
steamer Levenpool, which struck a
mine in the English channel, carried
i a mixed cargo of foodstuffs for the
I Belgians valued at $1,400,000. It is
fully insured.
GIRL KILLED BY SHOT
FROM KATHKIt'S OVN
Special to The Telegraph
MeConnellsburg Pa.. Dec. 17.—While
Mack Richardson, living one mile from
Burnt Cabins, was cleaning his kuh yes
terday, the weapon was accidentally
discharged. The bullet struck his 15-
year-old daughter, killing her instantly.
SHERLOCK HOLMES, JR., HITS TOWN;
WILL BE ON THE JOB TOMORROW
Get Out Your Searchlight and See If You Can Catch Him
and Win #25 Reward
He Is here'.
Sherlock Holmes, Jr., is in town.
The mysterious and Ingenious gen
tleman Is walking about In Harris
burg.
Here is what he writes to the Tele
graph:
"Now, it would hardly be fair to
tell you when I arrived or where I
came from.
"I will be on the streets every day
and will meet some of the leading
businessmen and have a good time
generally, and give all numerous
chances to get a line on me so that
when the bridle comes off you will
have no trouble in locating the right
man.
"Yes. I'll admit that I came in a
little unexpectedly. I even took my
•
Tausig Christmas
IF yon know of n worthy poor family In HarrlMbtirir whose liomc la
likely to lark ChrlMtman rlirer this yrnr, till out the blank hrtuiv and
forward It to thr Telegraph. The firm of .Vaeob THIIMIKN Son*.
Jeweler*, 41!0 Murkrt street, IIHN Riven thr Telegraph with tthleh to
ChrUtmaN baakets for 200 families. The Asnoctated Charities
will Investigate the names srnt to It and will drllver the buakets the day
before flirtations. Fill out brlow.
Followlitfc IN the name an<l address of a worthy poor family 1 Nuggcat
an worthy of u Tausli; ChrlatmaM basketi
Xante
Street address. ••••••••
filgnrd
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HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1915.
i PRESIDENT WILSON AND BRIDE HE WILL LEAD TO ALTAR TOMORROW ' I
i j
These photographs of President Wilson and his bride are the favorites of the President and the ones he re
quested to be used.
NEWPORT ENJOYS
PROSPERITY; ALL
MILLS ARE BUSY
Juniata Furnace and Foundry
Company Will Soon Re
open Plant
By ItOBERT F. GORMAN*
Newport, Pa., Dec. 17.—When smoke
again begins to pour from the stacks
of the Juniata Furnace and Foundry
Company's plant within the next few
weeks, every industry in Newport will
be working up to capacity and enjoy
ing conditions of prosperity greatly in
excess of the conditions a year ago.
Every person who wants work in New
port at the present time can get em
ployment and at least one industry has
been forced to refuse some orders be
cause of the shortage of help.
The Juniata furnace and F° un< iry
Company operates the only iron indus
try in the town and when the tires died
out in February, 1913, more than fifty
men were thrown out of employment.
The company at that time manufac
tured pig iron, but the lack of orders
caused a shutdown with no prospects
of a reopening.
Business conditions have improved
since, however, and several months
ago announcement was made that the
old furnaces were again to be put in
operation. The company, with Alfred
Marshall as its president, immediately
hired a gang of men to put the fur
naces into working shape and make
all necessary repairs. Since then the
buildings have been reroofed and
painted, the Hues and boilers have been
cleaned and every part of the plant
has undergone a general overhauling.
Men who worked at the furnaces
before they were "blown out" and who
were forced to leave town to secure
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Dies on Way Home From
Christmas Shopping Tour
[ While on her way home, last night,
; from a Christmas shopping tour, Mrs.
! Anna Dellar. aged 58 years. ",21 Race
street, was stricken with heart trouble.
She died in ttie store of Clarence T.
Mgckenson. 117 Paxton street.
The survivors are two children,
i Elizabeth F. and John F., at home; two
I brothers. John Langlotz, Harris
j burg, and J. IJ. Langlotz, of Baltimore.
'The funeral will take place Monday af
ternoon. The Rev. S. Winfield Herman,
pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, will
conduct services at the home at 2
o clock. Burial will be made in Har
risburg Cemetery.
manager by surprise. But I am rather
strong on this unexpected proposition.
I have a peculiar habit of never ad
vertising my doings ahead of time.
' "Now, good people, in the Tele
graph to-morrow you will be given
the full details of this contest. You
will be told just how you can capture
me and win that $25 cash for your
trouble. I came in a little unexpect
edly, and but for the fact that I de
cided to do a little talking to-day, that
information would be in this space.
I do want to say, however, that from
Maine to California, and from the
Great Lakes to the gulf, 1 have never
seen a better city than yours for Its
size and weight.
"Until to-morrow, yours for fun,
"SHERLOCK HOLMES, JR."
WANTS $23,280
MAINTENANCE IN
FORESTRY DEP'T
Mueller Gives Out Some
Figures Showing Where
Money's to Be Spent
Just $23,280 is asked by City For
ester Harry J. Mueller for the main
tenance of the municipal department
of forestry during 1916.
City Forester Mueller save out
some figures on his budget to-day and
j his report to council as to his depart
ment's needs were among the budgets
considered this afternoon at the first
meeting of the city commissioners to
make up the budget for 1916.
Here are the various items of the
forester's budget:
Tree census, $750; River Park
trees, $1,000; ■ planting park trees,
$500; Reservoir Park trees, $500;
Wildwood Park trees, $1,000; munici
pal forest, $250; nursery labor, sl,-
000; nursery stock, $5,000; trimming
trees, $4,280; tools, $100; spraying
(equipment and materials. $500; plant
ing trees, $2,230; wire guards. $2,-
250; cultivating, watering, etc., $500;
tree moving machine, $200; educa
tional work, $300; printing, postage,
| office supplies, $200; office rent, $200;
I clerk, *500; maintenance of automo
bile, $500; salary of forester, SISOO.
Present Complete Budget
While the meeting was more or less
■ preliminary, the five commissioners,
.it is understood, presented their
complete departmental budgets. All
, declined to make the figures public
I however until the ordinance is whlp
| ped into shape. Certain parings will
|be necessary here and there, if the
I nine mill rate is to be retained.
The ordinary maintenance require
ments for all the departments will
vary little from previous yenrs with
| the exception of certain items where
i the natural growth and expansion of
I the city requires more money. This
j applies particularly to the park, fire,
■ street and street lighting depart -
! ments.
| In the street lighting department the
principal new item, it is understood,
will be in the neighborhood of $12,-
000 for new electric standards in
! Third street from North to Reily and
!in Federal Square. Commissioner
I Harry F. Bowman hopes to incorpor
ate this in his budget. Additional ex-
I penses that must be considered this
I year will be the SIO,OOO for city dam
ages in the Naudain street sewer pro
ceedings, more than $20,000 for State
j taxes, sinking funds, etc., and several
| other important items that must be
(taken care of this year.
Few Salary Raises
i While few if any raises in salary
I will be considered it is understood
jthat some will be asked for. The City
J Forester wants a raise of SSOO.
• Among the salaries that must be pro
' vided for however, will be the city
'treasurer's coirvpemsation of $3,000,
j the city assessor's of $2500, an assist
| ant at SIOOO and the new city con
troller whose emoluments amount to
j SSOO.
While Council was called this after
| noon to consider only the budget, the
I city treasurership and the city as
isessorship ordinances were on the
postponed calendar for consideration.
Halt Man Running Off
With Another's Wife
i A man and a woman, said to be
i eloping from Lykens to Pittsburgh,
arc being held by the local police de
partment. They gave their names as
Mary Billet, aged 25, and George
Vargo, aged 30, both Aufjtrians. The
woman is married. Vargo is also
known as John Patrick.
The couple were taken from a train
at noon by Joseph Ibach, city de
tective, on advice from the police au
thorities at Lykens. The man and
woman disclaim any acquaintance.
Both were very much excited when
they heard Joseph P. Thompson, chief
of police, call the Lykens authorities.
The man had a ticket from Lykens to
Pittsburgh. The woman's ticket was
from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. Late
this afternoon the Lykens constable
and the husband of the Billet woman
came here. It is understood that legal
proceedings will be instituted.
TAI.LBBT POI.ICKMAN 11,1,
Joseph M. Van Camp, Harrisburg's
tallest policeman, is critically 111 at his
: home, 1523 North Second street. He has
plturo-pneumonfa. and at noon to-day
i was reported as very low. Patrolman
i Van Camp has not been in good health
i for some time. He returned to duty
ten (lays ago after an illness lasting a
j month.
1,1 VK TURKKY SALE
A carload of choice live Turkeys
will be here to-morrow morning. 23c
to 25c a pound. Come early, bring
your coops and take your birds along
with you. Brelsford Packing and
i Storage Co. —Adv. j
EXPECT CAPITOL
PARK ZONE PLAN
BY EARLY SPRING
City Planners Pleased With
State Officials' Assurance
' of Speedy Action
Definite plans for the proposed
treatment and development of the
Capitol Park extension zone will
likely be completed by early in the
Spring.
Assurances to this effect were given
the City Planning Commission yes
terday following the conference of
that body with the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings and Spencer
C. Gilbert of the Capitol Park inten
sion Commission. The board will
probably take up the question at Its
meeting Tuesday, January 11.
The planners were anxious to have
some definite information from the
State authorities as to when working
plans might be obtainable, as the city
is desirous of co-operating with the
State officials in planning the best
development possible for the big
stretch to the east of the capitol.
Discuss Whole Plan
The whole problem was thoroughly
threshed out. including the plans for
widening Walnut and North streets,
and Third streets from North to Wal
nut streets. A splendid map show
ing the location of the trees in the
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Peace Conference Opens
With All Leaders Present;
Gilmore After Presidency
By Associated Press
New York, Dec. 17.—League mag
nates who will discuss peace plans,
went into session this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
Rumors which seemed well defined
gave the following tentative outline of
developments should the baseball
war be ended:
Sinclair of the Federals, will buy
a big block in the New York Nationals
and will be elected to the board of
directors; Weeghman of the Chicago
Federals will buy a controlling inter
est in the Chicago Cubs; Ball and
Stiefel will buy the St. Louis Browns
outright.
Further, it was Said, George F.
Ward, of Brooklyn, will retire from
baseball and his Brooklyn pary may
be taken over by the International
League. President Gilmore, of the
Federals, II was said, will be elected
president of the Chicago Cubs and will
be groomed with a view to his ulti
mately succeeding Tener as the head
of the National League.
Senator Penrose Leads
Attack Against Extension
of Emergency Revenue Tax
tly Associated Press
Washington. Dec. 17. —-Extension of
the emergency revenue act, already
passed in the House, was taken up in
the Senate to-day with debate in which
the Democrats uniformly spoke for its
passage and the Republicans attacked
the tariff as having jnade It necessary.
Senator Penrose, leading off the
Republican attack, declared the Eu
ropean war had not made the emer
gency taxes necessary, but, as a mat
ter of fact, had made them less neces
sary. because, he contended, the fiscal
condition of the government had been
Improved because of the commercial
advantages brought to the United
States by the conflict.
Wealthy Lawyer Weeps
As He Gets Heavy Jail
Sentence; Wife Rejoices
Special to The Telegraph
Jersey City, N. J.. Dec. 17. Despite
his lawyer's plea that the defendant's
I predicament was due to a "desire to
keep the name of an eminent woman
out of the case." and while the convict
ed man wept, Colonel Edward Dudley,
a rich Camden lawyer and member of
the Philadelphia Union League, waH
' sentenced here yesterday to serve from
! eighteen months to three years In State
Prison and fined SI,OOO for criminal
contempt of Court. A writ of error,
carrying the case to the Supreme Court,
at once was filed on Dudley's behalf
and he was released on a $2,500 bond
furnished by his counsel, Alan H.
Strong.
Strong made an eloquent plea for j
Dudley and a bitter attack on Mrs.
Marie Dudley, the defendant's wife,
to whose Institution of "harrassing"
litigation" he said the Colonel's un
t fnrtimal« situation WHM djlA. J
40,000 MEN ARE
TAKEN BY SERBS
DURING RETREAT
Boing Placed in Concentration
Camp in France; Italians ;
in Albania
!
PRESAGE BIG OPERATIONS
Believed Allies Will Start New
Movement in the
Balkans
The Serbians succeeded in making]
thousands of prisoners during their
retreat before the Aust ro-German-
Bulgarian drive, and 40,000 men who
were captured by them, together with
750 Bulgarian, German and Austro-
Hungarian officers taken prisoner,
have reached Marseilles on their way
to a concentration camp, a dispatch
from the French seaport states.
Further particulars regarding the
Italian force sent to Albania, with the
presumed purpose of co-operating in
the Balkan operations of the entente
allies, state that the number of men
already landed at Avlona is 30,000.
The sending of these troops is re
garded as presaging operations on a
large scale, according to a Milan cor
respondent.
Of the large force of Greeks that
was stationed at Saloniki only one
regiment of artillery and one of en
gineers remain. Athens advices state.
Greek army headquarters are now at
Kozhani, 55 miles southwest of Mon
astir.
The Cettinjo war office admits a
further retreat by the Montenegrin
troops in the San Jak region, where
they have been resisting the Austrian
advance.
Submarines Active
Further operations of submarines in
the Mediterranean are indicated by
the announcement from London of the
sinking of the Italian steamer Porto
Said, of 5,167 tons, which was lost re
ported in Mediterranean waters.
|,r~^ —wr ii if ri *r ir r i
I MARKET CLOSES FIRM |
New York, Dec. 17. —Short covering, base don more hope- &
ful reports regarding foreign conditions infused some /
strength and activity to the final dealings. The closing was J
firm. Restraint was manifested by to-day's dull market, main- &
ly as a result of tht uncertain international situation. X
THE REV. RICHMOND SUSPENDED FOR YEAR L
m Philadelphia, Dec. 17.—The ecclesiastical court, which J
C tried the P.ov. George Chilmers Richmond, rector of St. C
I John's Protrstant Episcopal Church in this c'ly, on charges of
S t.onduct unbecoming a clergyman and violation of his ordin- %
# ation vowes, to -day rendered a verdict suspending him from C
J the performance of lis church duties for one year. M
I TEN THOUSAND FOR HOSPITAL IN PARIS f
\ Chicago, Dec. 17.—Ten thousand dollars to establish a 3
C Chicago ward in the American hospital in Paris, was subscribed C
fata meeting here yesterday at which Myron T. Herrick, form- f
\ er Ambassador to France, spoke. J
# BJELOPOLJE FALLS /
| Berlin, Dec. 17, via London, 3.15 P. M.—At army head- \
quarters the announcement was made to-day that the Austro- C
l Hungarian troops which are invading Montenegro have captured
Bjelopolje, on the Lim river bout twenty miles west of the #
Serbian border.
( SWEDISH STEAMER TAKEN TO KIRKWALL' ?
London, Dec. 17. The Swedish steamship Stockholm, 3)
j formerly the Holland-American liner Potsdam, bound from £
K Gothenburg for New York with a general cargo, has been taken 1
J into Kirkwall by the British authorities. The Stockholm was £
1 purchased in October by the new Swedish-American Steam- £
J ship Company and was on her first voyage to New York under
j the management of this company. f
f FLETCHER NOMINATED FOR MEXICO *
C Washington, Dec. 17.—Henry Prather Fletcher, now Am- f
/ bassador to Chile, was nominated by President Wilson to-day 0
J for Ambassador to Mexico. Elesio Arredondo already has been €
t appointed Mexican Ambassador to the United States and Mr. f
1 Fletcher's nomination to-day restores diplomatic relations be- %
J tween the two countries, broken off nearly three years ago. %
r Mr. Fletcher is brother of J. Rowe Fletcher of this city and #
J was born in the Cumberland Valley. C
I WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION EXEMPTIONS 7
Harrisburg. The Workmen's Compensation Board ad- Sj
J journed this afternoon after granting exemptions to eighteen 4
C more companies. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday #
r when representatives of the coal companies of the State will J
% confer with the board. M
I MARRIAGE LICENSES j
< hnrlCM Kdnaril Hipper anil Annie l.lhn Shrrli, city. 1
1 'William I'nrk I'armrr and KUiin I'rarl Stifulfrr. city. W
V Slmilry rallermiii Scholl and Mirah J. Met u«kty, city. %
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ENLARGEMENT OF
WORMLEYSBURG
SUBWAY IN SIGHT
Railroad Company's Offer May
Be First Step in Building of
Proposed Highway
LAND OWNEHS MUST HELP
Property Holders to Be Asked
| lo Donate Land on Which
to Build Road
Residents of West Shore towns in
terested in the opening of a new road
I between Wormleysburg and < 'ami>
Hill will have a part of their desire
fulfilled in the very near future if
property owners who use the grada
crossing at Ferry street, Wormleys
burß, and the grade crossing at Kim
mel's lane, just above town, agree to
petition the Cumberland county court
for the closing of the crossings and
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Moose to Provide 200
Baskets For the Poor
Harrisburg Lodge No. 107, Loyal
Order of Moose, on Christmas day,
will distribute 200 baskets of food to
needy families. In order that only
deserving ones will get the baskets, the
Moose will have the co-operation of
the Associated Aid Societies.
In addition to the baskets, poor
children will be entertained on Christ- ,
nias day at the Moose Home, Third
and Boas streets. A large tree will
be erected, on which will be placed
toys and other gifts for the little folks.*
Arrangements for this Christmas cheer
were completed last night at the regu
lar meeting of the lodge.
Harry McDonald of San Francisco
will be Santa Claus. He will be as
sisted by a committee including
Charles G. Moore, S. Hlner, J. Har
rold, M. Aronson and A. Frankenberg.
Members of the Moose, last night,
also planned for a big representation
in the mummers' parade. The Com
monwealth band will play for the
Moose all day. In line will be 200
members in fancy costume. The de
gree team will also be out In uni
form. The committee on parade in
cludes Elmer E. Stacks, A. ("ameron,
S. Hiner, J. Emerich and A. Franken
berg.