"The Quality Store"
SALE OF FURS
AT ONE-HALF PRICE
To-morrow we place on sale our entire
stock of high grade Furs. Ladies', Misses'
and Children's Fur Sets, Muffs, Xeck Pieces
and Coats will be sold at just ONE-HALF
the former prices. At such remarkable
prices, why not give Furs for Christmas?
L. W. COOK
fersonal^^SociS
OLD SANTA COMES
TO TECH SCHOOL
Students Arrange Attractive
Program With Presentation
of Gifts to Follow
A second telegram from Santa
Claus to Ralph Evans, chairman of
the entertainment committee at the
Technical High school, states that
everything is in readiness for to-uior
row morning at 9:00 o'clock when
the Lochlel and Susquehanna open
air schools will be the guests of the
Tech boys, In the school auditorium.
The entertainment is the third annual
event given to the two schools by the
Tech boys.
Just to show the jolly saint that
they are willing to do their part, a
program will be given by the students
of Tech, and the children of the Sus
quehanna and Lochlel schools, prior
to his arrival. The following numbers
will be presented:
March, Technical High school Or
hestra; devotional exercises, Ralph
Kvans: address of welcome. William
Hilton; anthem, "Nazareth." senior
chorus and the school: song. "Christ
mas Time is Here." Lochlel school:
re. itation, "A Believer in Santa
ciau»," Glen Cashman: solo and
■ horus. "Count Your Blessings," Sara
l.iddick, Paul Beck. Fred Goudy, "Wil
liam Shay, Cecil Prentice and George
Sangree: Hoop drill, by 10 pupils of
I.ochiel school; address of thanks, by
George Sangree: anthem, "Silvery
< Uirlstmas Bells," Freshman chorus; j
'■n Whiff of Fresh Air," by four of 1
'em: anthem, "We Have Seen His
Star," Junior chorus; song, "The
Wonderful Tree," Technical High;
school: "Christmas at Skeeter's Corn
ers." Susquehanna Open-air School: |
song. "Silent Night," school: '"Twas
ilie Night Before Christmas," playlet j
by students of the Technical High
school: selection. Tech orchestra.
The senior committee arranging de- |
t tils consists of Ralph Evans, Paul
Strickler. Russel Eowery, John
Wachtman. and George Bloser.;
Daniel Roberts Is leader of thel
orchestra. The auditorium of the ;
school will be open Thursday evening ;
in order that those who did not see'
the tree may view it at this time. The!
proceeds for the entertainment were j
secured from contributions made by |
the Tech boys.
Evangelistic Chorus
to Give Xmas Program
Members of the Harrlsburg Evan
gelistic Chorus will present a spe
cially arranged program of Christmas
music In the auditorium of the Tech
nical High school on Thursday eve
ning December 23. at 8:15 o'clock.
The program follows: Hymn. "Joy
to the World," Handel: pre-Christ
mas antiphons. Noble; Carols. Noble,
<a> The Shepherd's Song, (b) The
''ornish Bells; quintet. Joyously Peal
Ye Christmas Bells, Coombs. Miss
Mary Turner, soprano, Miss Martha
Ellis Conner, contralto, W. E. Diet
rich. tenor: C. R. Engle, bass, and
tenor obligato, C. F. Clippinger; hymn
"Hark. The Herald Angels." Mendels
sohn; chorus, Crown Him King of
Kings. DeEoss Smith: contralto solo.
The Birthday of a King. Neldllnger,
Miss Martha Ellis Conner; carols.
Noble: (a) The Holy Child: (b> Jolly
Wat: hymn, Adeste Fldeles. No ad
mission will be charged and an Invita
tion is extended to the public to at
tend.
MISS DARLINGTON'S GI'ESTS
Miss Kate B. Darlington, who is
home from Burlington, N. J., for the
holidays Is entertaining informally this
evening at her home, 319 North Front
street.
Her invitation list includes the
Misses Claire Reynders, Eliza Bailey,
Jean Davis, Dorothy Cox, Jean Cham
herlin. Louise Johnson. Elizabeth
Brandt. Gertrude Olmsted. Annette
Steele. Margaret Bullitt, Annette Ball
"v, Elizabeth Zlegler, Martha Bullitt,
Rleanor Rutherford and Dorothy Hur
■ock.
(Other Personals Page 4.)
Christmas Dessert?
Ice Cream of Course
For the unusual demand we'll have an ample
supply of the following flavors— A
Vanilla Pineapple
Chocolate Bisque Orange
Strawberry Frozen Custard Maple Nut
Cherry Sherbet Lemon Ice
All at the quart. Just call us by phone and say what
flavors you prefer—we'll deliver promptly.
CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
TUTTI PRUITTI, FRUIT PUNCH,
per quart OUC per quart uUC
-~-TDean F. Walker
Either Phone 409 N. SECOND ST.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 22, 1915.
Former Students Renew
Friendships at Dance
Quite a number of former students
who are home from college attended
the Christmas dance of the Harrisburg
academy last evening. The decora
tions were of blue and gold intermin
gled with Christmas greenerf. The Up
degrove orchestra played for a 22-
dance program and a supper was
served.
The patronesses were Mrs.Arthur E.
Brown, Mrs. Harold R. Omwake, Mrs.
Sherman A. Allen. Mrs. Thomas B.
I MaeMillan. Mrs. Mercer B. Tate. Mrs.
! Edwin S. Herman, Mrs. John Oensla
j ger and Mrs. S. Hart. Jr.
j The dancers included the Misses
I Martha Fletcher, Marie Yount, Mary
j Wills, Mary Wolz, Sara McCulloch,
Helen Cherrick Westbrook, Elizabeth
Ross, Mary Boas, Alice Marie Decevee.
j Gertrude Edwards, Ruth Fitzgerald,
I Lenore Graber, Katharine Powers,
Marian Mean, Vivian Mercer, Kathar
iine Hart, Katharine Stamm, Marian
[ Westervelt, Julia Stamm, Isabel
J Shreiner, Ruth Beatty, Eleanor Earle.
t Dorothy Wallower, Katharine Etter.
I Ell 1 lan Miller. Fraces Bailey. Maude
Stamm. Pauline Sommcr, Harriet
Westbrook. Miss Whlteman, Spencer
Ross, Dana Gurnett, Robert A. 8011,
Benjamin Hale, George Shreiner, Dun
bar Ebcrts. James Finn, Edward Sour
bier, William Walters, Albert Stack
pole, James Wlckersham. John O'Con
nor, Bruce Long, H. E. Smith. Edward
Roth, Willard Oenslager, Charles Sc
gelbaum, L. W. Phipps, Richard Rob
inson, James McCutcheon, Arthur Fox,
Harold Fox. Archibald Knisely. Frank
Mahon. William Wilson, DeForest Les
cure. Jack Hart, Lane S. Hart, Jr..
Ralph Demaree, Walter Boadway, E.
Elmore Cmlth, George W. Orendorf.
Edward Lapp, William Bruce and
Mercer B. Tate, Jr.
Boy-Ed Engagement
Again Firmly Denied
Special to The Telegraph
Washington, D. C., Dec. 22. Mrs.
Alexander Maekay-Smith, at her
home, 1325 Sixteenth street, last eve
ning denied the existence of an en
gagement between her daughter and
• "aptain Boy-Ed. of the German navy,
late attache to the embassy in Wash
ington. Earlier In the evening Mrs.
Charles Eester Marlet, the eldest of
the three daughters of the family,
also denied that her sister was en
gaged to the retiring naval attache.
ORDERED TROOPERS
TO RETURN FIRE
[Continued From First Pajje.]
south and that 5,000 more were within
a short distance of the town. The
name of the commander was not men
tioned. but it was said General Villa is
not with the party. The arrival of the
troops revived the report that the ar
rangements to surrender had fallen
through and that the town would not
be turned over to the Carranza gov
ernment.
Villa soldiers In Juarez, who. clamor
ing for their wages, broke from mili
tary control yesterday and enacted
scenes of disorder which resulted in
the killing on the American side of
an American trainman and several
Mexicans in Juarez, early to-day were
still unpaid. The money, however, is
on deposit In El Paso, awaiting the
appointment by the Mexican authori
ties of an authorized paymaster.
Killed By Snipers
Strong representations have been
made to Mexican Consul Andreas G.
Garcia by General J. J. Pershing, com
manding the Eighth Brigade, at Fort
Bliss, regarding the death of the
American, George A. Diepert. Ac
cording to his investigation, General
Pershing said. Diepert was deliberately
fired upon by Mexican snipers as he
passed along the border on a moving
train. Shooting across the border
would not be tolerated, he told the
consul. A heavy guard of American
troops is on duty on the border.
General Villa, whose whereabouts
during the last few days has heen a
mystery, last night was reported from
Rancheria. seventy miles south of
Juarez, approaching the border.
NECESSITY MUST
BE SHOWN STATE
Public Service Commission
Lays Down Rule in Refus
j ing a Charter Rehearing
OFFICIALS WILL MEET
Pennsylvania State Society
Will Be Perfected News
Notes of the Capitol
| The Public Serv
\. \\ 9 //J ice Commission in
n\\\ a-V/y an opinion written
V\N\\ tcK by Commissioner
Samuel W. Penny
packer refuses to
grant a rehearing:
WjqBSQSk or > the application
I of ,he Sou, h keb
: OSE nnon Electric
I S<v * tsfc3ls=sl2ifc Company for ap
i "" proval of its In-
MitimmaSimmmdim corporation on the
ground that there is no public neces
sity for the service the company of
fers to give. The opinion establishes
a precedent. The company asked the
right to operate in a district where
the evidence showed there were al
ready two companies and nothing to
establish that the service they gave
| was inadequate or that any demands
: had been made for service which they
had not granted. It was also shown
that the proposed company intended
to obtain current from a traction
company and to furnish current only!
In portions of the township which did
not have electric service. "If the
commission could limit the territory
as designated it would be in effect to
relieve the corporation from certain
of the duties imposed upon it. The
grant In a charter is accompanied by
certain burdens which have to be
met," says the opinion.
To File Briefs. The Public Ser
vice Commission has asked counsel
for complainants and railroads in
volved in the charges that the full
crew law Is being violated to file
briefs. The commission now has
eleven allegations of violations before
it. eight railroads being respondents.
The companies claim that the com
plaints are based upon matters which
are open to Question under the full
crew act of 1913.
Two More lilnc-Vp. Notice has
been received at the State Capitol that
Bedford and Monroe counties have
decided to appoint sealers of weights
and measures and to bring articles
used In markets and In business un
der the genera*l State Inspection laws.
Juniata county commissioners have
the same nfatter under consideration
and there are less than ti\'e counties
in the whole State whose weights ana
measures are not supervised. James
Sweeney, State chief of standards,
who has had charge of the bureau
since it was created, has been in com
munication with the counties which
do not have sealers and expects that
the end of the coming year will see
all districts protected.
People Must Ileip. State Dairy
and Food Commissioner James Foust
in his bulletin on the activities of his
branch of the State Department of
Agriculture calls upon the public to
help the State enforce the food laws.
"It Is recognized that unless the con
sumer is interested in his own protec
tion the police agencies of the State
cannot secure him entire freedom
from injury." says the commissioner.
To Push Appeal*. lt is likely
tliat steps will be taken early in
January to present to the Dauphin
county court appeals from decisions
of the Pviblic Service Commission
which were made prior to the act of
1915 providing that such appeals shall
be taken to the superior court. There
are half a dozen such cases, some of
them of wide importance. The other
cases will go to the superior court
automatically.
Fifty-six Exempted. The State
Workmen's Compensation Board to
day announced that fifty-six corpora
tions < r other large employers of labor
had been exempted from necessity of
insuring their compensation liability,
having satisfied the board of financial
ability to meet claims which might
arise. In the number are the Phila
delphia Rapid Transit Co.. Philadel
phia and Reading Coal and Iron Co.,
Atlantic Refining Co.. Alan Wood Iron
and Steel Co., Philadelphia: Pitts
burgh and Lake Kric railroad, Riter
Conley Manufacturing Co. and Harbi
son Walker Refractories Co., Pitts
burgh; Alpha Portland Cement Co.,
Kaston; Link Belt Co., Chicago: Penn
sylvania Coal Co. and Hillside Coal
and Iron Co.. Dunmore: American
Telephone and Telegraph Co., New
York and General Electric Co., Sche
nectady.
• Will taker Named. Samuel A.
Whitaker, one of the members of the
Legislature from Chester county, and
a second lieutenant in Battery C,
Phoenixville, was to-day appointed
captain of the battery to succeed Cap
tain Charles H. Cox, who resigned.
Adjutant General Stewart also an
nounced that Second Lieutenant
Thomas J. Kernaghan had been ap
pointed captain and assigned to Com
pany K, 3rd infantry, Philadelphia,
and Second Lieutenant Walter V.
Kirkwood had been appointed first
lieutenant and assigned to Company
E. 18th infantry. Dr. A. Raymond
Radhams, Wilkes-Barre, has been ap
pointed a first lieutenant in the med
ical corps and assigned to the 9th In
fantry. The resignation of First Lieu
tenant S. Y. Rossiter, Company G, 16th
infantry. Erie, has been accepted.
State Not Involved. —The State had
no funds In the .Pittsburgh Bank for
Savings which closed to-dav.
Hearings Held Today.— The Public
Service Commission to-day heard the
Taniaqua-Eastern Pennsylvania and
the Portage Water cases to-day. The
New Castle grade crossing case came
up this afternoon.
Mr. Gnmbert Here.—Among the
callers on State Highway Commis
sioner R. J. Cunningham to-day was
County Commissioner-elect A. C. Gum
bert, of Allegheny county who is in
Harrisburg for a conference with Gov
ernor Brumbaugh.
General Von Emmich,
Conqueror of Liege, Dies
By Associated Press
Berlin. Dec. 22 (by wireless to Say
vllle). —The death at HanoVer of Gen
eral von Emmich, the conqueror of
, Liege. Is announced by the Overseas
News Agency.
General von Emmich was com
mander of the tenth army corps. He
figured prominently in the early events
of the war, being in command of Ger
man troops which invaded Belgium.
It was he who issued an appeal to the
Belgian people not to resist the Ger
mans.
The heavy loss of life of the Ger
mans at Liege was said lo have shat
tered the confidence of the general
am! a report that he had committed
suicide gained wide currency in Au
srist of luut year, lie was decorated
i with the Order of Merit lust J una.
j A Palace of Sweets
M WITH every glass case stocked full and windows loaded with our pure Christmas candies and extra tables
" " filled with the choicest confectionery and hundreds of beautiful gift boxes of bonbons and chocolates,
M we are this year prepared better than ever to supply you with our popular varieties fresh from our own candy
a kitchens.
I Heaps of the Finest
I Christmas Candies
5" In no other place can you find a larger assortment of pure, wholesome candies, properly flavored to ap
-3 peal to those of discriminating taste. Whether you want candy for the Christmas stocking or a gift box as a
U token to a friend, you will find excellent quality, a splendid variety and prices low here.
? Special Prices in Quantities to Schools, Churches and Societies
I Palace Confectionery
I 225 Market Street
o-mai Tnn MiDDLeTown £f)ief?spiߣ' { &
CT I..VSH,yUmm,mn'o^p.'enr>AUTj
CLIPPINGER TO
LEAD BIG CHOIR
Will Direct Chorus During
Evangelistic Campaign; to
Organize Next Week
C. F. Clipplnger, chairman of the
Stough campaign music committee last
year In Harrisburg, and director of the
Harrisburg Evangelistic Chorus num
bering many hundreds, will be in Mid
dletown next Thursday evening to
whip the Mlddletown chorus Into shape
for the evangelistic campaign to be
conducted here in January.
More than 100 persons have added
their names to the large list in the
Mlddletown chorus, which will exceed
all expectations in size. The interest
aroused by the music committee in this
branch of the work has been remark
able. and another meeting will be held
Sunday afternoon in the St. Peter's Lu
theran Church, at 3 o'clock, to complete
plans for the llnal organization.
Six Charged With Selling
Liquor Without License
Peter S. Blackwell, Clinton Jones,
ex-patrolman, Kcvan Burwell, Jones'
successor, and present Patrolman
Lloyd Polston and George Madden,
members of the Union Republican
club, this place, and Lewis Harrod,
steward of the club, were brought be
fore Squire Gardner this afternoon,
charged with selling liquor without a
license. It is alleged that men went
into the club and purchased liquir and
that the club had no license to sell
It. A number of politicians of the bor
ough were witnesses at the hearing
which lasted until late this afternoon.
Steelton Snapshots
To Hold Dance. The Trio club
will hold a dance this evening In
Frye's hall.
Servkvs for Mrs. Li tell. Funeral
services for Mrs. M. B. Litch, Lincoln
street, were held at the home yester
day afternoon. Burial was made at
New Cumberland.
W. C. T. U. .Meets.—The W. C. T. U.
met this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. M. M. Stees, 11,5
South Second street.
ENDEAVORERS HOLD SOCIAL
The Christian Endeavor Society of
St. Mark's Lutheran Church held a
social Monday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Mendenhall, 868
North Front street. Those present
were Christian End, Myron Lamke,
Mrs. Anna Chewski, Beatrice Stelner,
Leroy Otstot, Mrs. Sarah Steiner, Jacob
Bricker, Penrose Hoas, Norman Hoas,
Mrs. Roberts, Milton Miller, Mary Mil
ler, Catherine Reider, Mildred Lamke,
Cynthia Lamke, Mrs. Sarah Rockey,
Mrs. Emma Frantz, Mrs. Sarah Scholl,
Racles Rashensky, Mrs. Jacob Men
denhall. Roberta Laßue Smith, Mrs.
Sarah Atticks, Mrs. Christie Gibbler,
Mrs. J. Lamke, Mrs. Rose Smith, Isa
belle Smith. Jacob Mendenhall, Charles
W. Peck. J. F. Lainke and the Rev.
William R. Smith.
HIGHSPIRE" 777^
ELECT OFFICERS
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the United Brethren Church elected
the following officers to serve for six
months: President, Raymond Duncan;
vice-president, Elmer Duncan; record
ing secretary, Lydia Ehrhart; corre
sponding secretary, Daniel Yeager;
treasurer. Cloyd Letter: pianists, Anna
Iloch and Martha Frutlger; chorister,
Russel Ehrhart; Watchword agent.
Tyrrell Poorman; junior superintend
ent, Anna Hosh; intermediate superin
tendent, Mrs. H. C. Mathias.
SIPE-HARRO WEDDING
Miss Catherine Harro and Robert
Boyd Sipe were quietly married Satur
day. December 18, at Shepherdstown,
by the Rev. A. B. Mower. The pretty
bride who was unattended, wore a
dark blue velvet suit with hat to har
monize and corseage bouquet of bride
roses and lilies of the valley.
Both young people have a wide
circle of friends in this city and vicin
ity. After a southern wedding jour
ney, Mr. and Mrs. Sipe will be "At
Home" at 63 North Sixteenth street.
ARGO TAKEN INTO PORT
BY GERMAN PRIZE CREW
By Associated Press
London, Dec. 22. The steamship
I Argo has been taken Into a German
j nort by a prize crew, the Exchange
j Telegraph Company's Copenhagen cor
respondent says. The Argo put into
the Danish port of Aarhuus on Mon
day after having been in collision with
a German torpedoboat which fired sev
aral alxuU in an all mniit. Lo *Luu liar.
MEMBERS ADOPT
LEAGUE BY-LAWS
To Do Charitable Work Among
Colored Residents of Har
risburg and Steelton
Final passage of the constitution
and by-laws of the Booker T. Wash
ington Civic League of Harrisburg and
Steelton, at the meeting last night was
the feature of the organization of this
work.
The meeting was held at the home
of John W. Fields, 260 Ridge street,
treasurer of the League. Work has
heen started to obtain new members
for the organization, the chief aim of
the members being charitable work
among the colored folk of Harrisburg
court will eb looked after by league
will be broad along these lines cover
ing all branches of charity work. Co
operation with the Harrisburg hos
pital, the Associated Aid Societies and
the cases uncared for in juvenile
and Steelton. The scope of the league
members.
Other poor colored children of the
city will be cared for, it is under
stood. The league has been named
after the late Booker T. Washington
as an incentive to continue his work.
The next meeting of the organization
will be held next Tuesday evening at
the homo of John Keyser, of Balm
street, Harrisburg.
L-MIDDLETOM - • I
Middletown to Play Tech
High on Luna Rink Floor
The Middletown High School five will
play the Harrisbur" Tech quintet Fri
day evening on the Luna Rink lloor, in
the first game in the series between
these two schools. The local team Is
after a victory, having won all of the
games played so far this year. Prac
tically all of the regulars will be in
shape for the game and a hard contest
is expected. Tech will send its strong
est aggregation here in an effort to
take the game. The first team line-up
follows: Beck, Bowman and Concklin,
forwards; Albright, center; Kupp and
Suavely, guards. The second team will
play the Tech seconds, with Blecker
and Schiefter. forwards; Gotshall, cen
ter; Rudy and* Brown, guards.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS
IN M. E. CHURCH
The Christmas programs of the
Methodist Church will be given Sun
day afternoon and evening. At 1.30
o'clock in the afternoon the primary
department entertainment will be
given by the following; Dorothy Gar
ver, Ethel Welsh, Vondlna Trltch,
Donald Graham, Eleanor Botts, Helen
Moore, Ethel Good, Fern Garver,
Jeanette Good, Helen Light, Hilda
Raymond, Helen Weller, Ethel Weller,
Helen Stipe. Daisy Graham, Margaret
Baker, Cyril Stipe, John Inley, Rife
Welsh. Myrtle Campbell, Samuel
Hutzberger, Marlin Kugle, William
Ridington, Robert Swartz, Earl Beach
yer, Mark Yost, Emerson Girton,
Claude Green and Vincetta Trltch.
In the evening the annual exercises
will be given in the church. The fol
lowing will participate: William Rid
ington, Vincent Tritch, Margaret Gross,
Vernon Trltch, Harriet Swartz, Blanche
Churchman and Mary Stipe.
NOMINATE OFFICERS
Mlddletown Council, No. 156, Order
of Independent Americans, nominated
the following officers to be elected for
1916; Councilor, Charles Overdeer;
vice-councilor, H. C. Brown and H. E.
Brown; assistant recording secretary,
F. E. Walsh and Walter Houser; con
ductor, J. H. Seltzer; warden, H. Ham
aker; inside sentinel. E. Sohn; outside
sentinel. J. R. Stedman; chaplain, J.
A. Ulrieh and C. R. Bausman.
MIDDLETOWN PERSONALS
H. A. Romberger, of Philadelphia,
was a business visitor here to-day.
Mrs. Ella Black, of Chainbersburg,
Is visiting in the borough,
j George Campbell, sergeant in the
quartermaster's department of the
United States Army, is visiting rela
tives here.
John E. R. Kolir, of Dickinson, is
home for the Christmas holidays.
Harold Kauffman, of State College,
will spend the Christmas holidays at
home.
ENTERTAINS CLUB
Members of the Auction Club were
recent guests of Miss Margaret Em
inlnger. North Union street. Those
present: Mrs. Thomas Mac Donald. of
Carlisle: Mrs. T. PJ. Mayes, Misses Mar
guerite Potter. Isabel Matlieson, Kath
eryn Mac Donald. Mary Peters, Enid
Peters, Haddie Fisher, Lyde Peters,
Elsie Campbell, Margarie I-iongenecker,
Margaret Emminger.
The Koyallon borough council will
hold its final meeting for 19l"> to-mor
row evening. The borough schools will
lUoua Friday- until January a.
MIDDtiETOWN NOTES
Miss Eva Isabel Reitzel and Irvin
Fornwalt were married Saturday even
ing at the parsonage of the Church of
God by the Rev. O. M. Kraybill.
The Rev. O. M. Kraybill, of the
' Church of God, will give the fourth of
the series of prayer meeting addresses
to-night. * His subject is "Philip and
the Eunuch."
The school board will meet Monday
evening at 8 o'clock to make further
plans for the continuation schools.
The Christmas cantata "The Ado
ration," by Kevin, will be sung by the
choir of St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Sunday morning at 6 o'clock.
ADD MILLION MEN
T OBRITISH ARMY
[Continued From First Page.]
While the Greek elections have
given a large majority to former Pre
mier Gounaris, a powerful member of
the present cabinet who Is not over
friendly to the entente powers, it is not
believed here the change will have
much of an effect on the attitude of
Greece, which is now much more agi
tated by the possibility that Bulgar
ians will cross the frontier than by the
formation of a now government.
(Germans Suffer Heavily
Along the western line, according to
British official reports the Germans
suffered heavy losses while exposing
their forces in an attempt to occupy
craters which their mines had opened
along the front near Armentieres.
French operations at most places arc
hampered greatly by bad weather, but
a considerable portion of the German
works on Hartman Weilerkopf has
been carried.
The Russians are reported to have
occupied Kum which indicates they
are making an important advance into
the interior of Persia.
Although the question of conscrip
tion llgured largely in the army de
bate last night in the House of Com
mons it was only an incidental part of
the discussion. The country awaits
with keen interest the debate which is
certain to follow presentation to the
House of the Earl of Derby's figures
on the attestation plan.
Withdraw More Troops
From German sources come state
ments that nearly all the British
troops have been withdrawn from the
Aegean island of Imbros, Eemnos and
Tenedos, their destination being Sa
lonika
British bases for operations in the
Dardanelles have been maintained on
these Aegean Islands. Reports of the
troop withdrawal are in line with the
impression that the abandonment of
important sections of the Galllpoll
peninsula front marked the virtual end
of the Dardanelles campaign, even
though a footing on the peninsula has
been retained by the allies.
Capture 1200 Germans
After the French had made an im
portant gain in the Vosges region,
capturing the summit of Hartman's
Weilerkopf, the Germans vigorously
counterattacked, and according to the
Berlin dispatches, regained a portion
of the lost position. Some 1200 Ger
mans were made prisoner in the
French drive, Paris claims.
Bad weather Is interfering with
operations on most of the western
front and official statements indicate
little activity in the eastern war
theater. Neither are important
developments reported from the
Balkans.
A roundabout report from Malta ts
to the effect that an Austrian sub
marine has been captured by two tor
pedo boats, presumably Italian.
The Japanese steamer Sada Maru
Is reported to have been sunk in the
eastern Mediterranean by a German
or an Austrian submarine.
Read Cross Christmas Seals buy
clothing for the tuberculosis poor.—
Advertisement.
RECOVERY FROM GRIP
The form of Influenza popularly
called grip lasts but a short time, is
seldom fatal, but causes suffering and
misery out of all proportion to its
importance.
The reason is this: When the acute
stage of the grip is passed there often
remains a neurasthenia that persists
for months if not properly corrected.
The patient Is moody. In poor spirits,
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HOUSE TRIP IS
NOT PEACE MOVE
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that tho ambassadors might more
intimately communicate the attltudo
of the United States toward certain
phases of the international situation.
Further than to say that Colonel
House had stated the object of his
mission exactly the President refused
to comment.
To-day the President and Mrs. Wil
son motored over to White Sulphur
Springs, West Virginia, for luncheon.
The ride is about 45 miles.
CAUSES MUCH INTKREST
Washington, D. C., Dee. 22. An
nouncement by Col. E. M. House, of
New York, President Wilson's close
personal friend and adviser that he
soon would go to Europe at the re
quest of tho President and the Secre
tary of State caused great interest in
official and diplomatic circles here
M>-day. Secretary Lansing confirmed
the announcement but declined to
add anything to it.
Col. House's statement declared
that the sole object of his mission
would be to take to the American
ambassadors at the capitals of the
warring nations certain information
regarding the Washington govern
ment's attitude on International ques
tions. It was denied that he would
go on a peace mission.
Officials to-day declined to discuss
Col. House's mission owing to Its deli
cate nature nor would they make any
response to questions as to whether
he would make formal inquiries re
garding prospects of peace.
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