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SWALLOW-ROBINS
The new Swallow-Robins Home, erected b ythe Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Silas C. Swallow in memory of their
respective parents, was formally dedicated and presented to the Central Pennsylvania Conference yesterday.
The accompanying etching shows the pretty little cottage at Camp Hill. The upper ovals contain the pictures
of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Swallow and the lower ovals, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs.V William W. Reese, the first ap
pointees to the Home. \
SWALLOW-ROBiNS
HOME DEDICATED
Cozy Little Bungalow on Out
skirts of Camp Ilill Turned
Over to Beneficiaries
The Swallow-Robins Superannuates
Home for Veteran Ministers of the
i Central Pennsylvania Methodist Con
ference—the cozy little bungalow
home on the outskirts of Camp Hill
toward which the plodding Methodist
parson can always look hopefully—
was formally dedicated and turned
over to the first beneficiaries, the Rev.
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Reese and
family, with impressive ceremonies
yesterday afternoon.
The Swallow-Robins I-lome was
erected by the Rev. Dr. and Mrs.
Silas C. Swallow In memory of their
respective parents, George and Sarah
Swallow and Joseph and Leah S.
Robins.
The deed to the Home was given to
the Rev. Dr. Charles W. Karns, as
representative of the Conference. By
5 o'clock a big crowd of guests filled
the little house and the program of
dedicatory and reception exercises
was carried out.
Miss Helen Reese opened the pro
gram with a piano selection, the
guest rose and sang "Blest By the Tie
That Binds"; and the Rev. Mr. Pyles,
pastor of the Fifth Street Methodist
church, this city, led in prayer. The
Rev. Dr. Deavor, pastor of the Ep
wortli church led a concert recitation
of the Twenty-third psalm and the
Rev. Mr. Haverstick, pastor of Camp
Ilill, led a similar concert recitation
of the "beatitudes"; "I Love Thy King
dom, Lord," was sung by the guests,
Mrs. William W. Reese acting as the
accompanist. The Rev. Dr. Swallow
read a portion of the deed of gift and
then presented the Home to the Con
ference. The dedicatory service was
repeated by the guests.
The first resident of the pretty
little home, the Rev. Mr. Reese,
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feelingly expressed his thanks at his
appointment after nearly 50 years of
service. Mrs. Karns and Mrs. Deavor
sang a duet and tne program was
closed with the singing of the hymn,
■;God Be With You 'Till We Meet
Again." Refreshments were served
by a committee consisting of Mrs.
Hattie Baughman, Mrs. Dick, Miss
Dick and Mrs. Thomas Meyers.
To Organize 24 Branches
of No-License League
The reorganization meeting on the
part of the executive committee of the
Dauphin county branch of the
No-License League will be held in the
office of the treasurer. James W. Bar
ker, in the Masonic Temple building,
at 8 o'clock this evening. It is planned
to organize, if possible, twenty-four
local branches of this league at the
meeting, which, the constitution pro
vides, shall take place immediately
after the election of officers.
There are twenty-one members of
the executive committee and their
plans for next year will include the
establishment of local branches In the
various wards and townships of the
county under the supervision of com
mittees.
Red Cross Christmas Seals pay
trolley car fare for the open-air kid
let. —Advertisement.
Paris Expresses Regret at
Departure of Gen. French
By Associated Press
Paris, Dec. 17. —The employment
of General Sir Douglas Haig as Brit
ish commander-in-chief in place of
Marshal Sir John French was
entirely unexpected in France, where
it has made a great impression. The
press is unanimous in expressions of
regret at the departure of Field Mar
shal French and lays particular em
phasis on his services during the try
ing times of the opening period of the
war.
The newspapers express satisfaction
that Field Marshal French Is suc
ceeded by one of his most apt pupils,
whose proverbial good IUCK IS men
tioned, with the hope tnat It may
prove to be a favorable omen.
EMPLOYERS MAY
ASK FOR CHANGE
Much Surprise Over Removal
of Compensation Referee
to Lancaster
/
There was much surprise to-day
over the announcement of the Work
men's Compensation Board that the
headquarters for the referee of the
Harrisburg district had been changed
from this city to Lancaster. Em
ployers were not pleaseed with the
change, which removes the head
quarters from industrial and railroad
center of the district to one corner
of the territory covered by the ref
eree. The change will cost hundreds
of dollars a year additional in rail
road fares and many days of time
lost. It is likely that some effort
will be made to have the board re
voke the ruling.
The Board has assigned ten referees
to districts and formally exempted 24
corporations from necessity of taking
out insurance to cover claims under
the provisions of the Compensation
Act. All of these companies convinced
the board of their tinancial ability to
meet any liabilities which might be in
curred under the law, the board re
gaining the privilege of revoking Its
| action at any time.
The corporations granted self-Insur
ance are:
United States Steel Corporation,
Pittsburgh.
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Chester county, Coatesville.
William Steele & Sons Co., Phila
delphia.
W. J. Rainey, Connellsville Coke,
New York.
Alum Rock Gas Company, Oil City.
A. B. Farquhar Company, Ltd.,
York.
Ingersol-Rand Company, Phllllps
burg, N. J.
Morris Run Coal Mining Company,
Wilkes-Barre.
Steelton Store Company, Ltd., Steel
ton.
Standard Steel Works Company,
Philadelphia.
Miner-Hill Banking Company,
Wilkes-Bar re.
H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh.
American Can Company, Philadel
phia and New Castle.
American Engineering Company,
Philadelphia.
Hammermill Paper Company, Erie.
William Cramp & Sons' Shipbuilding
& Engine Co., Philadelphia.
Westinghouse Airbrake Company
Wilmerding.
Pittsburgh Steel Company, Pitts
burgh.
Provident Life and Trust Company,
Philadelphia.
Baldwin Locomotive Company,
Philadelphia.
Manor Gas Coal Company, Phila
delphia.
Penn Coal Gas Company, Philadel
phia.
Westmoreland Coal Company, Phila
delphia.
Lehigh & Wllkes-Barre Coal Co.,
Wilkes-Barrc.
Referees were assigned to districts
as follows:
W. B. Scott and C. G. Klauder to
District No. 1; headquarters, Phila
delphia.
Paul Houck to District No. 2; head
quarters, Pottsville.
G. W. Beemer to District No. 3,
headquarters, Scranton.
E. K. Saylor to District No. 4; head
quarters, Lancaster, changed to that
city from Harrisburg.
W. W. Champion to District No. 5;
headquarters, Williamsport.
Jacob Snyder to District No. 6;
headquarters, Altoona.
Charles H. Young to District No. 7;
[headquarters, Erie.
L. E. Christley and Thomas J. Dunn
to District No. 8; headquarters, Pitts
burgh.
The headquarters of District No. 2,
have been changed from Reading to
Pottsville and District No. 4 from
Harrisburg to Lancaster.
A CLOCK MADE IN GERMANY
A clock made in Germany is con
structed of nothing but straw. Not
evien a piece of stiffening cardboard
or a drop of glue has been used. It
is six feet high and is two feet
square. There are eight pendulums
which allow speed regulation. By
pressing a button which comes out
automatically on one side, the clock
work is wound up and runs for five
hours. By pushing another button,
llie hands can be set. The dial,
figures, pendulum, hands, even the
chain, weight gears and the skeleton
are of straw. The chain Is fourteen
inches long and endless. In the con
struction of this clock, thousands of
stalks of straw have been used, most
ly three and four fold to give greater
strength.—Januarv Popular Science
Monthly.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
r | —give her a fine bag lOT to-morrow's specials V"? 1 . 0 ? 1
To-morrow', sale of finest Pin Sell V, doxen WiTTtk 2-CLASP BoU<lo,r Cap and AprOO
10 morrow a sale or finest Pin Seal CHAMOISETTE Washable C .. tn„
Ilandl>ags (tl»e best values ever offered) f— —- -j ft I Oclo, JUC j n Boxes
leather or fancy silk lined; many shapes. ■ ■" " ■ ™ 3 Children's Capcskln Gloves, lined
/ , -->» >■» f*\ m or nnUned; pair 50c
980 .>1.39 $ 1.8 < /
, , .„ Ai> '""O *""*• embroidery trimmed 25c
Worth 91.«9 Worth $2.00 Worth SB.OO Sinn oto TVi. „ „ .. ... , . .. -
M 6 Handkerchiefs, embroidered
corners. In l>ox 29c
ft / ■ ■ ——Corset Covers, ea., 25e, 35c, 50c
—NEW SKATING SETS Ground Floor) I Duinty Night Gowns, worth I
FOR TO-MORROW — Fine White Underskirts, each
Jp> Angora wool sets, al! colors—Cap and Scarf $1.2,1 3#c ' 50c * 98c
FinC Knit 01 S « tS ~ all S° lorS ' SCt sl * so Beautiful Neckwear I
The new Nichols Skating Sets; red and white, set $1.39 25c, 50c, «»c, 98c
/r : " Fleeced plaid or check sets —set 79tf and 09c <• , , „„
25c Stockings; pair, 17c
Vl' >KkW vBWr line Brassieres 35c and 40c
Y', ———— 81.00 and .$1.39 Vanities ... 50c
m —the big sale of Umbrellas to-morrow
W For Men and Women—immense variety of fine handles to select from Handmade Beaded Bags,
sale PRICES r 98<; $1.98 $2.98 worth s>s0 ' at 69c »
Worth 91.50 Worth 93.00 Worth 93.08 69c German Silver Vanities, ,25c
f A \<®W 11 Extra—3oo Men's or Women's Silk Umbrellas, natural <> -l r Klegant German Silver Mesh
iP'" and hand carved and mounted handles; Saturday, each «91«»0 Bugs 91.39 to $3.98
\Jf "" j - Shaving Sets 9c to 91.98
Women's 2-clasp lYcnch Kid Gloves (every pair
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BTB3 guaranteed perfect). Black, white, tan, mode; also H tj' . ___ *_i .
white witii black stitched backs. QC, If "iece, special to-morrow
■ I wSfc Sizes 5% to 8. Saturday, pair I Oi l 1Q Oil ,IO mo «o
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STORES EXPECT GIG
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS TOMORROW
Business Heavier Than in History of City Say Leading Mer
chants; to Be Open Nights Until Dec. 24
Mr. and Mrs. Shopper, to say noth
ing of all the little Shoppers, do you
realize that Christmas will be upon
you in Just one week?
If you have done your shopping
early, you can sit back in your big
chair and smile contentedly; but if you
haven't, remember that you can't al
ways get what you want on the day
before Christmas.
Generally the people of Harrisburg
have responded nobly to the "shop
early" call and the merchants say that
this year has been the heaviest so far
of any Christmas shopping season in
the memory of the present generation.
All the big merchants are well pre
pared to receive a heavy rush of busi
ness to-morrow, even though the un
pleasant weather may put a damper
upon the spirits of some of the less
hardy of the shoppers. Yesterday was
the heaviest shopping day one of the
big department stores has ever had,
and it was the same at many of the
FOR RESTRICTION
ON ALIEN GOODS
Secretary Redfield Urges Leg
islation to Prevent "Unfair
Competition" After War
Special to The Telegraph
Washington, D. C., Dec. 17. —Legis-
lation to protect the industrial and
commercial markets of the United
States from a "destructive type of
struggle and unfair competition" at
the close of the European war was
recommended to Congress yesterday
by Secretary of Commerce Redfield in
his annual report.
Every strategem of Industrial war,
he says, will be used by powerful for
eign agencies against American indus
tries which may menace large markets
heretofore controlled abroad.
"In my judgment," said the secre
tary, "the matter Is one which may be
more wisely treated as an attempted
wrong to be forbidden than as an eco
nomic matter which needs to bo re
strained. I should prefer, therefore,
to deal with it by a method other
than tariffs, classing it as an offense
similar to the unfair domestic compe
tition we now forbid. It seems pos
sible that by ustng the existing ma
rhinery of the Treasury Department
and Department of Justice we may re
strain this foreign 'unfair competition'
on both sides of the sea.
"I recommend, therefore, that such
legislation be enacted as will give to
the foreign representatives of the
above-named departments such added
powers and increased personnel as
they may need for this purpose, and
that it be- enacted if possible that mer
chandise sold in 'unfair competition'
or under circumstances which tend to
create a monopoly in behalf of the
foreign producer in American mar
kets shall be forfeited.
Would Supplement Clayton Act
"I also recommend that legislation
supplement to the Clayton antitrust
act be enacted which shall make it
unlawful to sell or purchase articles
of foreign origin or manufacture
where the prices to be paid are ma
terially below the current rates for
such articles in the country of produc
tion or from which shipment Is made
In case such prices substantially lessen
competition on the part of the Ameri
can producers or tend to create a
monopoly in American markets in
favor of the foreign producer, and
that it be made unlawful for any per
son to buy, sell or contract for the
sale of articles of foreign origin, or
to fix a price for same or to make a
rebate upon such price, conditioned
upon the purchaser thereof not using
or dealing in wares produced or sold
"by the competitors of the manufac
turer or seller, where the effect Is to
substantially lessen competition In the
production In the United States of such
articles, or tends to create a monopoly
In the sale of such articles in Ameri
can markets in favor of a foreign
producer."
Chamber of Commerce
Approves Plan For
Highway Conference
The plan to hold a William Penn
Highway conference In Harrisburg was
approved to-day by the directors of
the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce.
As soon as other cities have been
heard from on the proposiUon a date
will be fixed, some time in January.
MRS. GEORGE SPECKS
Mrs. George Specks, colored, aged
61 years, 610 Cowden street, died last
night at the Harrisburg Hospital. Mrs.
Specks was admitted December 15,
suffering from pneumonia. The body
was sent to the home late this after
noon. Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
other stores. The smaller specialty
retailer is likewise doing a heavy busi
ness and there are mighty few indi
viduals in the city at the present sea
son who find time lying heavy on their
hands. The uptown merchants are
being kept busy handling the crowds,
but all seem ready to meet the big
demands upon their attention and
space.
Starting to-morrow night, prac
tically all the stores will be open in
the evenings until 9 o'clock straight
through the week until Christinas. On
the night before Christmas, however,
Bowman's will close at 6 o'clock. This
will be the third successive year that
the big department store will have
done this. Bowman's will be ready to
try out their new pneumatic pressure
and vacuum cash system, which will
be given a fair test to-morrow under
conditions that will test its efficiency
to the utmost.
SUSQUEHANNA TO
REMAIN ICEBOUND
Rain Expected to Continue
Until Tomorrow Morning;
to Get Colder
No flood trouble is expected here aa
a result of the rain which fell all day,
partly freezing on the sidewalks and
streets.
The river still remained ice bound
and no opening' appeared in the sheet
of Ice on Wildwood Lake. The rain
is expected to continue at intervals
until some time to-morrow morning.
It will be followed by cloudy and
colder weather to-morrow night.
A rise in temperature is predicted
at the local weather bureau, but the
ice on the river is not expected to
break. The storm passing down over
the Central States swerved eastward,
bringing with it rain, sleet and warmer
weather. Record rainfalls were re
ported from this section of the coun
try, but the rainfall here was not
sufficient to cause alarm.
Street cars and trains had slight
difficulty in maintaining schedules and
the icy pavements made walking dan
gerous for pedestrians.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Dec. 17.—Heavy
rains last night and to-day succeeded
the sleet and snow which fell yester
day throughout this section of the
Ohio valley, with the result that al
most every small stream within a ra
dius of fifty miles from here is at
flood tide.
Louisville, Qy., Dec. 17.—One of the
heaviest rains in years has fallen over
Kentucky within the last thirty-six
hours, swelling small streams and
flooding lowlands, but reports Indicate
very little damage. At Louisville the
Weather Bureau reports a rainfall of
4.19 inches during the twenty-four
hours ending at 7 a. m. to-day.
WORKMAN INJURED
Emanuel Bitler. aged 23 years, an
electrician for the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, who resides at 220 Market
street, was treated at the Harrisburg
Hospital for internal injuries. While
at work this morning he was caught
between a car and box of ore. He was
sent to his home this afternoon.
SCHOOL TEACHER
Anaemic, Run-down, Nervous
How She Recovered.
There are so many cases like this
right here in Harrisburg that we are
publishing this interesting letter with
the hope that some of our customers
will try Vinol and get the same hap
py results that Miss Baez did.
Key Wefit, Fla.—"l am a teacher
and became anaemic, nervous, run
down, no energy or desire to do any
thing. I could not sleep and had
that languid, nervous reeling that
made me a brrden to myself. X had
taken various tonics without benefit.
I heard of Vinol and tried it. Soon
I had a good appetite, could sleep all
night and it built me up so I have the
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Mary L. Baez, Key West, Fla.
The reason Vinol was so successful
in this case is because it is a consti
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of trouble. The peptonate of Iron con
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izes the blood, while the strengthen
ing, tissue-building properties of the
extractives of codn' livers and beef
peptone aid in building up the tired,
overworked, run-dowj» system.
George A. Gorgas. Druggist; Ken
nedy's Medicine Store, 321 Market
street; C. F. Kramer, Third and Broad
streets; Kitcmlller's Pharmacy, 1325
Derry street, Harrisburg, Pa.
P. S.—ln your own town, wherever
you live, there Is a Vlnol Drug Store.
Look for the sign. —Advertisement.
DECEMBER 17, 1915.
EXPECT PARK PLAN
BY EARLY SPRING
[Continued From First Page.]
capitol grounds which would be ef
fected by the proposed scheme of
constructing a walk through the park
on the terrace Just east of Third
street, was prepared. It will probably
be taken up later. The walk in the
park was suggested to permit the in
corporation of the sidewalk on the
east side of Third street into the high
way proper. This would add twenty
or thirty feet to the width of the
street.
The board of public grounds and
buildings appeared to consider favor
ably the Planning Commission's
further suggestion for the appoint
ment of an architectural expert as
well as a landscape expert in plan
ning the park development.
Mr. Gilbert of the Capitol Park
Extension Commission was invited by
Governor Brumbaugh to explain just
what the situation is with reference
to the ground to the east of the state
house. The Commissioner declared
that the State had obtained all but a
few properties which It might hav<»
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to condemn. If this procedure is
necessary the necessary bonds would
be filed and the State could tak«
possession so that within sixty days
after the proceeding was started, the
Board of Public Grounds and Build
ings would have the properties.
Governor Brumbaugh pointed out
that the problem is one of the ut
most important and that matter
would be given careful attention as
early as possible.
Both the bridge and subway plans
for State street were discussed al
though nothing definite was decided
upon. Governor Brumbaugh is of the
opinion that the view from the
Pennsylvania Railroad to the state
house should be not interrupted.
Whether or not the construction of a
bridge at State street would inter
fere any more than a subway ap
proach was not gone into very thor
oughly. That the members of the
Board of Public Grounds and Build
ings are in a receptive mood however,
and are of an open mind on the whole
problem was clearly indicated to the
City Planners.
"By Spring at the latest," was the
official assurance to the planners, "the
State hopes to have some plan
worked out, and then we will call
upon your commission to meet with
us to offer suggestions."