PEACE TERMS MAY RECEIVE APPROVAL TODAY-INDEPENDENTS IN BAD SLUMP
YORK LEADS IN
TRI-CITY SERIES
Independents in First Slump of
Season; Must Win to Get
Out of Cellar
With one victory already scored
over Harrisburg Independents, the
York five to-morrow night will offer
strong opposition. At least 100 root
ers from York will come to Harris
burg.
So far as team play is concerned the
Independents are In a slump. Eaoh
man is playing a good Individual game,
but they have not yet developed the
passing game which won so many
games for them last season. Captain
McCord Is working in the practices
to bring the passing department up
to highest possible point.
Harrisburg at present is gracing |
last position In tho league race, and |
they wil make every effort to win j
Saturday night. If the locals win, it |
will place them on an equal footing j
with and York.
Standing of tlio Teams
W. L. P. C.
York 2 1 .667
Lancaster 2 2 .600
Harrisburg 1 2 .333
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theater. The supreme tent of real
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PARAMOUNT
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FRIDAY EVENING,
| Nobody Wants Frank Baker;
Managers Snub Clouter
I Special to The Telegraph
Chicago, Dec. 17. J. Franklin Bak
er was not sold or traded by the Ath
, letics to-day, and may not be very
soon.
When asked if he had sold BAker,
Connie Mack, manager and half owner
of the Athletics, said:
"I thought that everybody in the
American League wanted Baker, and
that I could sell him five minutes af
ter my arrfVal in this city.
"However, I have not received one
offer for him, and Baker will have to
wait before knowing what uniform he
is to wear next season."
Connie Mack and Thomas Shibe left
for Philadelphia last night.
Sports of All Sorts
Arthur Schock, of Mount Joy. a
sub on the Cornell varsity football
eleven, yesterday received his letter
"C." He is the son of Harry C.
Schock, treasurer of Lancaster coun-
The Salem Lutheran church five of
Oberlln last night defeated Baldwin
| A. C., score 31 to 22.
Lieutenant Jonas H. Ingram will
1 be retained a Navy coach,
i Tech High students have taken up
! skiing, and have been enjoying the
sport on Beservoir Park hills. The
skiis were made by the students.
"The Quality Counts" when you
buy a piano. Consult this store.
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JIM CALLAHAN TO
LEAD PITTSBURGH
Former White Sox; Appoint
ment Brings Surprise to .
Baseball Circle
Special to The Telegraph
Pittsburgh, Dec. 17. President
Barney Dreyfuss announced last night
that James J. Callahan, former mana
gre of the Chicago White Sox had
been appointed manager of the Pitts
burgh National League team to suc
ceed Fred Clarke, resigned.
The appointment of Callahan caused
great surprise and bore out Barney
Dreyfuss' assertion that the name of
liis new manager had never been men
tioned in that connection.
A week ago it was universally pre
dicted that Hans Wagner would be
selected, but in New York last Mon
day, Dreyfuss said that his famous
shortstop was not the man.
Who Callahan Is
Catcher George Gibson and outfield
er Bill Hinchman, Jack Hendricks, of
the Indianapolis team, and seevral
others, were mentioned in connection
with the job. Hendricks and Gibson
were the faovrites of the guessers.
Callahan's first big league engage
ment was with the Phillies many years
ago. He failed here and went back
to the minors but the Chicago Nation
als landed him and he became a star
at once. In those days he was a pitch
er. When the American League was
formed, Callahan jumped to the White
Sox. He managed the team In 1903
and part of the season of 1904.
Callahan quit the Sox in 1906 and
played semi-independent baseball un
til 1911 when Owner Comiskey In
duced him to return to his team. He
maanged the Sox in 1912, 1913 and
1914, but last Spring was deposed in
favor of Clarence Rowland. Callahan
remained with the White Sox in a
business capacity.
MONARCH DEFEAT TROJANS
The Monarclis last night at Hum
melstown defeated the Trojans, score
39 to 31. Hummelstown's young
athletes took a lead early and were
never in danger. Marlz, Matthews,
Leinbach and Landis were stars. The
Monarchs want games. The average
age of players is 17 years. W. M.
Lewis is manager.
JOLLY FIVE DEFEAT ALPHAS
Honors in the Casino League last
night went to tho Jolly Five, who de
feated the Alphas, scores 2619 to
2593. The work of Buttorf of the
Alphas featured tho contest. He
made 212 for individual high score
and 59 4 for total.
OPENING GAME AT TECH
The opening game on Tech floor
will be played to-night between Tech
and Lebanon. Tho local five has been
whipped into form by hard work, and
hope to land a victory. Between
halves the Hassett Juniors will meet
the Tech Scrubs.
Powder Explosions May
Be Cleared by Arrest
Special to The Telegraph
Salem, N. J., Dec. 17.—Detectives
of the DuPont Powder Company yes
terday arrested John Szdoba, alias
Dr. Jacob Swoboda, alias "Louis Hart
nian, a former employe of the powder
company, who, according to the de
tectives and Salem officials, has re
cently been acting In a 6 ispicious
manner and who, they believe, knows
more about the recent explosions at
the DuPont plants than he will ad
mit. "
The prisoner, who is well educated
and speaks both French and Ger
man, had been under suspicion for
two weeks. He was employed in the
No. 1 plant of the DuPont Company's
plant at Pennsgrove, having secured
work there about September 1.
NEW YORK'S SKYSCRAPERS
VULNERABLE TO FLEET
New York could be destroyed by a
foreign fleet In two or three hours
without coming within range of our
harbor forts, according to an article
in the January Poplar Science Month
ly by Rear Admiral Bradley A. Flske.
In commenting upon some remark
able pictures showing the destroyed
commerce raider Emden, Admiral
Flske says:
"The destruction wrought upon the
Emden, of which these photographs
give such gruesome proof, has another
interest for us, of a character not
philosophic, but eminently practical,
because It suggests that if this dam
age could be done to a strong, steel
structure, like the Emden, what would
have happened to buildings. In New
York, if they had been the targets
instead. And it also suggests what
might hatfe been the effect if those
buildings had been the targets not of
the comparatively small projectile
which were fired at the Emden, but of
14-inch projectiles weighing 1,400
pounds, filled with high explosive, fired
from a hostile ship.
The American fleet having been de
feated, a single ship carrying guns
able to fire projectiles 15 miles, and
protected against submarines by num
erous destroyers and by other means,
could, in two or three hours, fire into
New York from a point beyond the
reach of any of our guns, 100 high ex
plosive shells, which falling on our
streets, power stations, subways, ele
vated railroads and skyscrapers,
would make the vicinity of Wail street
look like these pictures of the Em
den.
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HARRISBURG S&Sfel TELEGRAPH
WELLySMiQORNER
Baseball peace will come, but at a
high price. There is likely to be an
internal revolution before next season
starts. James GUmore, president of
the Federal League, with a few others,
lost heavily on the venture. They must
be recompensed for some of the losses.
Next will come the players' claims. It
looks as if the cost of peace may
reach $1,000,000.
If Harrisburg is to have baseball
next summer, now is the time to get
busy. It is a safe bet that in the re
adjustment of minor league circuits
this city will get recognition. It may
be a New York State League offer.
It looks good and fans would like to
see someone get busy before It is too
late.
In the efforts to bring about peace
American League magnates forgot
Frank Baker. Perhaps It was a bad
move for Connie Mack to wait until
he reached Chicago. Baker may be a
star, and there are numerous man
agers who would like to have him, but
his value in a cash Bale is less than
It was a week ago. He might figure
well In a trade.
ALUMNI GAME ON
LUNA RINK FLOOR
I
High School Five to Play Grad
uates; Tech High Next
Team on Schedule
Middletown High School will play
the Alumni five of the school this
evening on the I.una Rink floor. Both
teams will send in their strongest line
ups. That Middletown High has a de
pendable five was shown 111 the York
Collegiate Institute game.
The next home game of the High
School team will be played with Har
risburg Tech next Friday night and
the next game, January 14, with Steel
ton High School.
The second team, with Blecher, Got
schall, Brown, Schieffer, Gerberich and
Rudy in the line-up, will play the Mid
dletown 'Juniors between halves to
night. The line-up £or the big game:
Middletown. Alumni.
Concklin, f. Philips, f.
Bowman, f. Beard (capt.), f.
Albright, c. Treichler, c.
Snavely, g. Houser, g.
Kupp, g. Snavely, g.
Strike Settlement Frees
Millions in Xmas Goods
By Associated Press
Chicago, 111., Dec. 17.—With tne set
tlement of the strike of 600 employes
of the Belt Ballway of Chicago mer
chandise valued at millions ol dollars
which had been tied up since the
strike was called last Tuesday was
released to-day when the striken re
turned to work.
More than 15.000 loaded freight cars
had clogged the huge switch and
transfer yards at Clearing. Under the
terms of the settlement, which was
effected last night, the men will be
provided with eight trains daily for
their transportation to and from work,
instead of every hour, as had been the
practice. The strike was settled chiefly
through the efforts of G. W. W.
Hanger, of the Federal Board of Medi
ation and Conciliation.
LONDON SUBSCRIBES $120,000,000
TO FRENCH NATIONAL LOAN
By Associated Press
Paris, Dec. 16.—1n the course of his
demand to-day in the chamber of
deputies that the chamber grant three
months' credit on the budget account,
Alexandre Rlbot, French minister of
finance, stated that the subscription to
the recent French national loan from
London alone was 600,000,000 francs
($120,000,000).
COURT APPOINTS RURGESS
Special to The Telegraph
Mount Union, Pa., Dec. 17.—A. S.
Welch has been named by the court
as burgess of Mount Union, to succeed
W. I-andis, resigned. j
WEALTHY VIRGINIA COVPL
HARRY C. RUPPERT MRS. HARRY C. RUPPERT
. Harry C. Ruppert shot his beautiful young wife to death In a New York
if i a ** er t " e > r h a( * a Quarrel for several hours. The Rupperts were a very
well-known family of Richmond, and the husband had made considerable
that had caused him to sell out with the purpose of moving to California,
They were in New York on their way there, and had another quarrel
xnonej; In the real estate bufllaow. She feud lung Uuea jealous 9i h l r r > m 4
When It comes to eating, Jim Thorpe
is not in it with Fred Walker, pitcher, j
who has been a member of the Pitts
burgh Feds and also played with the
Brooklyn outlaws. There is a man in
Harrisburg who will vouch for the fol
lowing meal, served to Walker at
Planter's Hotel, St. Louis: Two orders
of prunes, canteloupe, two orders of
, bananas, two orders of pineapple, two
orders of baked apple, cornflakes, oat - \
meal, ham and eggs, two orders of i
lamb chops, sirloin steak, two orders
of French fried potatoes, six pieces of ■
toast, cup of coffee, glass of butter- j
milk.
Harrisburg had a popular repre- 1
sentative at the International League
meeting in the person of "Cyclone"
Kelly, the trainer. Here is what the •
New York Tribune says about him: ,
"Frank Kelly, trainer of the Harris- I
burg club, was about the hotel look
ing things over. Kelly was with tha'
Superbas last Spring and hopes to land |
with a major league club. He rubbed I
out all our sore muscles last Spring In
| Beautiful Daytona and we can recom
mend him."
HORSES SOLD FOR
EUROPEAN WAR
Special to The Telegraph
Marietta, Pa., Dec. 17.—Since the
European war began over $600,000
worth of horses have been sold in
Lancaster county. This does not In
clude the sales made for home trade,
which is also a heavy one, especially
during the summer months. Not all
the stock lias been Lancaster county
stock, but the sale was made in the
county. Animals are greatly in de
mand for artillery purposes and the
weight of the animals has considerable
to do with the class of trade, and
these were all of the best. The sale
of livestock at the Spring sales will
be high.
TRAVELETTE
By NIKSAH
OPORTO
Oporto is famous as the city which
gave its name to all port wines, as
well as to the country of Portugal
It is admired for its wealth of semi
tropical plants and flowers, for the
scenic charm of the Douro river wind
ing lazily between green banks and
cutting the city in half. To the casual
traveler, howeve'r, the thing which
most awakens admiration and respect
is the Praca de Liberdale.
The Praca do Liberdale Is the great
square in the heart of Oporto where
all the car lines meet. The Praca is
admittedly the severest teet of so
briety in all Europe. For Portugal
has written her name large in history
as an exploring and sea-going na
tion, so the pavement of this square
is laid with black and white bricks to
mimic the waves of the ocean. In
the glare of a bright sun, these waves
seem to heave and toss even to the
soberest, while the man who can quaff
two bottles of Oporto's own port wine
and then walk across the black-and
white waves of the Praca de Liber
dale, without becoming seasick and
losing his courage, is entitled to uni
versal respect.
A stroll through the streets of
Oporto leads between pretty gray and
whito houses on either hand, set back
from the streets in gardens bright
with flowers. There are even many
date palms, bearing out the tropical
illusion, so that with the sea breeze
blowing up from the west it is hard
to realize that one is still in Europe.
This combination of flowers, palms,
and the sea is reminiscent rather of
Africa or the Friendly Islands than
the Spanish peninsula.
Oporto is a city of churches. There
are ancient cathedrals of slim sweep
ing gothic beauty, and cloisters even
older, built In tho days of simpler
line. It is no wonder that lowers of
architecture the world over come
lere to worship and to admire.
DECEMBER 17, 1915.
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HITTING A PERISCOPE AT FIVE
MILES
In the January Popular Science
Monthly appears a timely description
of the methods employed by English
gunners by which they have nearly
succeeded in driving the German
submarines from the English Chan
nel. The writer says:
"One of the most interesting facts
brought out in Germany's submarine
campaign against British commerce
was the accuracy with which the Brit
ish guns were trained upon occasional
indiscreet periscopes.
"The periscope tube is small, and
an especially difficult target at long
range, yet on a few occasions oc
casions which were so recurrent that
the accuracy could not be attributed
to accident—British guns have de
molished periscopes, thereby render
ing the submersible helpless an
easy prey when she came to the sur
face.
"Nor can this remarkable ac
curacy be attributed entirely to the
correctness of the gun design. The
fact of the matter Is that the British
method of rangfinding, aside from
being one of the most Interesting, is
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"Whether the enemy appears in the
form of a glinting periscope on the
water, a black dot, or a ship on the
horizon, the method if rangeflnding
is fundamentally the same. A range
finder works on the same priciple as
that by which we can estlmato a dis
tance with our eyes. Line drawn from
our eyes to the object form sides of
an angle. The size of this angle de
termines the distance. Unconsciously
and automatically we reckon dis
tances by the complicated process
known as trlangulations.
"What we estimate roughly with
our eyes, rangeflnders determine ac
curately with lenses and measuring
instruments that are wonderfully ac
curate."
ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK '
By Associated Press
London, Dec. 17, 10.10 A. M.—Th»
Italian steamer Porto Said has been
sunk. It is announced here.
The Porto Said was 489 feet long
and had a gross tonnage of 5,i07. Ac
cording to the latest reordfl of her
movements, she sailed from Genoa
November 17 for Alexandria.