Don't Forget to Join in City's Christmas
HARRISBURG tfiSw TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 300
« FIND MURDERED
MAN BESIDE AN
EMPTY BEER KEG
Head Crushed in, Foreigner Is
Discovered Slain in Third
Street, Steelton
REVENGE THE MOTIVE ?
Dead Man Said to Have Killed
Two Others in Days
Gone by
Lying beside an empty beer keg in
front of the home of Nick Zutic, 723
South Third street, Steelton, Yoso
Baklc, aged about 40, was found mur
dered early this morning.
The police believe that foreign resi
dents in the vicinity could name the
murderer and that the crime was com
mitted to avenge the death of other
men whom Bakic is said to have killed.
«Bakic had been lying on the pave
ment all night. It is believed. His
body was cold when removed by H.
Wilt's Sons, undertakers. South Front
street. Coroner Eckinger was notified
shortly after the case was reported to
the police.
Bakic's face was crushed in and two
large holes were found, one over his
left eye, the other under his chin. It
is believed that he was knocked over
onto the beer keeg.
Was Had tliaractcr
Ho was identlled by Constable Gibb,
Who had p.rrcsted Bakic in past years
on several charges, among them ag
gravated assault and battery, felonious
assault arid battery, malicious mischief
and carrying concealed deadly
weapons.
According to the story told the po
lice. Bakic came to the borough yes
terday afternoon about 2 o'clock, lie
went to t***» home of Steve Radosevic,
713 Soutl Third street, and asked for
food. La«?r he said that he intended
to get work at the Pennsylvania Steel
• "oinpany plant and stay in the bor
ough.
Shortly after Bakic left and accord
ing to people in the vicinity was not
seen until his body was found this
morning. The police do not know
whether he was murdered there or at
some other place and the body placed
in front of Zutlc's home. Chief of
W Police Longenecker is working on sev
* oral dues.
According to the police, Bakic was
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Community Center Plan to
Feature American Civic
Association Meeting
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C.. Dec. 23.—Dis
cussion of the community center plan
will be a feature of the annual meet
ing of the American Civic Association
beginning here next Tuesday. The
program for the four days' conven
tion announced to-day also provides
for general consideration of city and
country planning, industrial housing
and many kindred subjects.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
the President, will preside at a ses
sion Wednesday evening devoted en
tirely to detailed study of the com
munity center idea. Miss Wilson for
several years has shown much inter
est in the development of the plan of
using public school buildings as com
munity centers for civic meetings.
Speakers at the session over which
she will i 'de include Professor E.
•T. Ward. he University of Wiscon
son: Dr. c urles E. North, of New
York; Raymond F. Crist, of the
Bureau of Naturalization and Miss
Zona Gale.
J. Horace McFarland, of Harris
burg. Pa., president of the associa
tion, will make his annual address at
Tuesday night's meeting. Wednes
day will be devoted to business mat
ters, and Thursday a joint session
will be held with the Pan-American
Scientific Congress.
AWARD STORY PHIZES
The December issue of the Tech
Tatler was distributed to the students
of the Technical High school to-day.
A special feature was a contest for
two prist's offered by the members of
the Tech Faculty for the two best
Christmas stories. The first prize of
$3.00 was awarded to Gilbert Stew
art. a member of the junior class. His
subject was "The Chimes." John Wlls
nach. with the subject "The White
Brick" won the second prize of $2.00.
THE WEATHER^
For Harrfabarfg ami vicinity: Lljght
rain and warmer weather to
night, with low-cat temperature
about 38 degree*i Friday partly
cloudy with moderate tempera
ture.
For Haatern Pennsylvania: I ,<><•« i
ralnn and warmer to-nlifht: Fri
day partly cloudy; freah aouth to
aouthweM wlndn.
XUver
The main river will continue to fall
alowly to-night and probably Fri
day. I .ocal ralnn and higher tem
perature are likely to caone the
tributaries to rlae nomewhat Fri
■l day. A atage of about ft.4 feet la
▼ Indicated for Harriaburg Fridny
ntornlng.
General Condition*
The northwestern dlaturhnac* liaa
moved rapidly aoutheantward
t«lth Inereaalng strength and la
aow central near l.nke Superior
with Its aonthcrn extremity ex
tending southward Into the Loner
Ohio Valley.
A general rise of 2 to 34 degrees In
temperature has occurred over
the greater part of the I'lalna
States and thence eastward to the
\ t laatlc coast In the last twenty
four houra.
Temperaturei H a. m. f 2*.
Hum Rises, 7*25 a. m.; aeta, 4:4.1
p. m.
Moon: Itlses, 0:3.% p. m.
HKer Stage: ft.o feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 4A.
I.owest temperature. 23.
Mcjio temperature. 32.
IS or HI II I temperature, 31,
MUNICIPAL TREE
! CELEBRATION TO
! START AT 7:45
Christmas Carols and Pictures
of Biblical Stories to Fea
ture Observance
I
I
MONEY BADLY NEEDED
(Committee Will Have to Go
Down in Own Pockets to
Pay Bills
»■"
7:15 I*. >l. MertlnK of ulnitfn
from public* rWkhilm nt Zloti I.athernii
Churrli, V*rol>NßOr K. (■. Honi* In
churn*; mrrtlng of ulngtri from lo
cal churoheM ami Sunday at'hmtla at
Z.lou Lutheran Church. l ¥ rofea«or E.
J. Derevce In charier.
T ::t(>— lommonnrallh llnntl, with
ehorufirfi, march to Front nnd Mar
ket ntrrrta, movlngr out Fourth to
Market, to Market Square, to Front
anl Marketi tree llichtH to he turned
on when proce«alon reachea Market
1 Square. •
T i4!5 MnglnK of fhrlatmaa
carol* by choruaea: illuatrated Hlhll
cnl views to be ahnan on acreen at
| Hoard of Trade IlulIdlnK; aln|[tnv.l
dlamlaa.
v
Harrisburg's annual Municipal
Christmas Tree celebration to-morrow
night will be brief and impressive.
The exercises will start at 7.45 o'clock
with the singing of a Christmas carol
by the choruses. Appropriate Biblical
pictures to be shown on a screen at
the Board of Trade building, will be
interspersed with singing:. The exer
cises will close with the singing of
"America" by everybody.
Workmen from the Harrisburg
bight and Power Company to-day
completed the decoration of the big
tree with colored lights. A large elec
tric placed on the top of the
j tree. A platform will be erected for
the committee and chorus leaders.
The musical feature will be under
the direi ion of Prof. E. G. Rose and
Prof. K. J. Decevee. Singers from the
I public schools will meet Prof. Rose at
Zion Lutheran Church at 7.15. At the
same time singers from the local
churches and Sunday schools will meet
Prof. Decevee. Only familiar Christ
mas carols will be sung.
The march to Front and Market
streets, where the exercises will take
place, will start at 7.30. The Com-j
monwealth band under the leadership
of Prof. J. Fred Weber will head the
procession. The route will be outj
Fourth street to Market; up Market to i
Market Square. The parade will halt
one minute to await the turning on
of the lights of the big tree. The pro
cession will then move to Front and
Market streets, the singers surround
ing the tree.
Following singing by the chorus,
appropriate stereopticon pictures will
be shown on a screen in front of the
Board of Trade building. At inter
jvals, verses ot a Christmas carol will
! be shown on the screen and the pub
lic is invited to join with the chorus
■in the singing. The exercises will
close with the. hinging of "America."
Money Badly Needed
Mayor John K. Royal, chairman of
I the committee to-day said, "Every
thing is in good shape but the fin
j ances. Unless the public gets busy
i between now and to-morrow night,
i the members of the committee will
j have to go down in their pockets to
| meet expenses. The amount needed
is more than $l5O. Heretofore the
' cash was forthcoming without any
| special effort. This year we called
t upon the public, but to date have re
ceived but $1.50."
The Commonwealth band gives its
services free. The Harrisburg Light
I and Power Company brought the tree
|to Harrisburg and will furnish the
! power free. The total expense last
I year in round figures was $l7O. Con
tributions can be left at the police sta
j tion.
Man Who Tries to See
Wilson Shoots Two in
Big Passenger Station
Special to the Telegraph
Baton Rouge. La., Dec. 23.—Robert
; L. Knox, surveyor of customs in New
; Orleans, yesterday shot and killed
! Alexander Fraenklin, an aged man,
!on his way to enter a hospital, and
Benjamin Foster, prominent real es
tate man and lawyer, of Hattiesburg.
Miss., in the Ya/.00 & Mississippi Val
ley Railroad station here. He shot
them both without any provocation.
! without speaking to them and with
out knowing either of them. The sta
j tion was crowded at the time with
! passengers waiting to catch a New
j Orleans train.
Knox is the same man who was ar
rested in Washington about two
months ago because he insisted on
seeing President Wilson and Secre
tary of the Treasury McAdoo. Several
times while in Washington he tried
j to force his way into the White House
! declaring that he had important of-
I fleial business to transact with the
I President. He was arrested by Secret
j Service men and his brother "in New
| Orleans Was notified.
State Department Needs
More Money Because of War
By Associated Press
Washlngtorf, D. C., Dec. 23. An
additional appropriation of $143,-
060 to care for the Increased work of
the State Department resulting from
the European war Is asked by Secre
tary Lansing in a memorandum sub
mitted to Congress.
Complex and difficult problems
arising from changed conditions of
warfare, according to the secretary
have Increased the work of the De
partment over 75 per cent.
MARKKTS OPEN TO-MORROW I
All city markets will be open to- j
morrow at the usual hour. There will i
be no markets Saturday. Christmas 1
Day. The Chestnut street. Verbeke 1
and Hill markets will open as usual at !
4 o'clock to-morrow morning. State'
street innrKet will be open to-morrow!
night. The Hill market will also be '
open to-morrow afternoon.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1915
ONE OF SANTA'S HELPERS AT WORK IN DUNCANNON \
■ JbftMH
S*±_'. V*-a»\X*vjn W\H>WW\ JBI JS
Eight hundred sleds are being made daily at the Standard Novelty Works,
Duncannon, and the etching shows one of the men at the plant putting on a
sled seat.
JUDGE WALLING
IS APPOINTED TO
SUPREME COURT
Erie County Jurist to Fill Va
cancy Caused by Elkin's
Death
Governor Brumbaugh to-day an
nounced the appointment ot Judge
Emory A. Walling, of Erie county, to
the State Supreme court bench to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
Justice John P. Elkin.
At the same time the Governor ap
pointed Captain Ed. L. Whlttelsey, of
Erie, to be judge on the common
pleas bench of Erie coun|y, succeed
ing Judge Walling.
Judge Walling was born in Green
field township, Erie county, June 11,
1854. He was educated in the public
schools, in Edlnborough State Normal
school and as a private student in the
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TELEGRAPH'S BIG
LIGHTED TOMORROW EVENING AT 5
It's 56 Inches High, 3in Diameter and Weighs 11 Pounds; Pre-
sented bg W. R. Houser of I. C. S. Branch
There is widespread interest
throughout the city in the Christmas
tide candle movement and the ar
rangements for a general lighting of
the homes in the city on Christmas
Eve have been made in many house
j holds among all classes of people.
All the children and those who love
; the children are invited to see the big
Telegraph candle, which will be lighted
at 5 o'clock Friday evening and will
'SEASY TO NAB
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Will Leave Telegraph Building
This Afternoon at 5
O'clock
By SHERLOCK HOLMES, JR.
As advertised. I appeared on the
i stage at the Majestic Theater last
! night and told those present just how
I would wind up this feature. A little
further along in this story I will tell
you the way I will make it easy for
; somebody to nab me this afternoon
and receive $25 for saying "You are
the mysterious Sherlock Holmes, Jr.,
of the Harrisburg Telegraph." You
know a doubting Thomas was never
known to get the money, but some
body always picks up this prize before
I leave a town.
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Indiana Wants Fairbanks
on Presidential Ballot
By Associated Press
Indianapolis. Ind., IJec. 23. Sixty
of the ninety-two counties have sent in
petitions asking that the name of
Charles W. Fairbanks be placed on the
ballots for the primary next March for
the preferential vote for the Republi
can nomination for President, according
to a statement to-day by W. E. Henley,
secretary of the Republican State Cen
tral Committee.
The petitions, he said, were not sent
out from the comn-.lttee headquarters
until last Friday. He added that the
response Is the most prompt of any
that has been made to any request made
by the State Committee.
WANT CAMBRIA LISTED
By Associated Press
Philadelphia. Dec. 23. President
William H. Donner. of the Cambria
Steel Company, said after the regular
monthly meeting of the board of di
rectors to-day that the board decided
to make application to list the stock of
the -ompany on the f*ew York Stock
Kxchange. Other than that only rou
tine business was transacted by tlie
board, Mr. Donner said.
ONE OF SANTA'S
WORKSHOPS IS
IN DUNCANNON
Kris Kiiigle Gets His Supply of
Sleds in Hustling Perry
County Town
Duncannon, Pa.. Dec. 23.—Christ
mas stories told this week to children
all over the country lead them to be
lieve that Santa Claus will have a very
difficult time bringing all his toys from
his North Pole home on Friday night.
Many youngsters are puzzled to know
how that one fat round little fellow is
going to carry over such a-distance all
the playthings necessary. Sleds, for
instance, are popular and they are
heavy, too..
Now children, here Is some infor
mation given the Telegraph by Santa
Claus himself. For quite a few years
back he has not been making sleds in
his North Pole Workshop. So many
boys and girls want them when Christ
mas time comes that he decided long
since, that he could not make enough
at his home and get out Ills other
work, too. Of course not every per
son knows that sleds are not made at
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burn continuously for several days.
This candle is perhaps the largest one
of its kind ever manufactured. It was
presented to the Telegraph by W. K
Houser, superintendent of the Inter
national Correspondence Schools of
this district, and occupies a place in
one of the front windows of the Tele
graph offices in locust street. This
candle is 56 inches high, 3 inches in
diameter and weighs 11 pounds. The
total height of the candlestick and
candle is 70 inches—almost six feet.
It will please the Telegraph very
much to have the children come and
see its big candle, which is handsomely
decorated.
JAP LINER SUNK~
WITHOUT WARNING
American Among Those Res
cued From Yasaka Maru;
Loss $5,000,000
By Associated Press
London, Dec. 23. 10.52 A. M The
new Japanese liner Yasaka Maru
: Which was sunk in the eastern Medi
iwv ul ne »», n A , ,onc,ay by a submarine
while the steamer was on her way
from London to Japan with 120 pas-
I sengers and a crew of 160 aboard was
I sent to the bottom without warning
■ acc ° r !* ,l ?'f , to a report received from
I I -0 " 1 ,he a scntn of the own.
ers All of those on board the ship
including one American passenger W
V ighl u were "aved. The nationality
of the submarine is not mentioned bv
the agents and previous reports re
ferred to the sinking of the ship as
done by either an Austrian or a Ger
man submersible.
Many Women and Children
The Yasaka Maru was sunk Tuesdav
afternoon. A French gunboat picked
up the passengers and crew at mid
night and landed them at Port H-iid
Wednesday morning. On the passen
ger list were 51 men. 54 women and 15
children, most of whom were British
subjects. i
I k W ' "? L S,'si h ls an Ame|, ican citizen,
born in China. His father was a
I Californian.
. has spent most of his life
in China, but recently has lived In
bngland. He was returning to China
on the Yasaka Maru to take a position
with a business house. His family is
in London. Mrs. Leigh has received a
safe messaKe savln K her husband is
Advices received by the Nippon
Yusen Kalssa state that the Yasaka
Maru was tornpdoed without warning
and that she sank in <9 minutes This
occurred in the afternoon of Tuesday i
and it was midnight when the passen- >
gers and crew were rescued by the '
trench gunboat.
Excitement In Toklo
Tokio, Dec. 23.—News of the sink- '
Inp of the Yasaka Maru reached Tokln
to-day and caused great excitement. I
WAIF TAKEN IN
BY MILLIONAIRES
LIVE NEAR HERE?
Possibility That Little Fellow
Adopted by Shehards Re
members Harrisburg
REMEMBER A LOST BOY?
May Have Lived on Farm
Within Driving Distance
of This City
New York. Dec. 23. —Scientists who
have been looking into the history of
little Finley J. Sliepard, the waif
who has been adopted by Mr. and
Mrs. Finley J. Shepard she who
was Miss Helen Gould —believe that
the once llve<| on a farm, near a
city which had a Broad street, on
which is situated a , markethouse
where farmers congregate. This is a
new development of the great mystery
lying around <he lad's birth. It may
lead to the discovery of the boy's
parents. •
All the lad can tell of his past is
that he once lived in a big house with
grass around it, that chickens and
cows were there and that occasionally
a wagon or automobile passed that
way. The only street name he can
remember is that of Broad street. The
country has been searched with a line
tooth comb for such a house on a
Broad street and nowhere has one
been found.
This has led the scientists employed
on the case to the conclusion that the
house is in the country and that the
boy never knew any street except that
on which the family wagon stopped
when it occasionally came to town
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Paxtang Burgess Pays $5
to Couple He Marries
Within five minutes last evening j
Burgess Thomas W. Smallwood, of i
Paxtang, hail a desire fulfilled and j
kept hts promise to give $5 to the (lift
couple he. would wed.
Several weeks ago the burgess, the
tirst the town ever had. announced
that he would give $5 and pay for the
marriage license if he could perform a
marriage before the expiration of his
term on January t. There were a
few responses at the time, but the
couples would not consent to the wed
ding. Finally Edward Gerry BJosser
and Miss Eva B. Chrismore, both of
this city, volunteered to permit the
burgess to have his desire and last
evening they appeared at his home to
have the knot tied. The ceremony
was performed in the burgess' parlor
and at the conclusion the newly weds
were presented with a new crisp $5
note. Burgess-elect H. F. Sheesley,
who witnessed the ceremony, pre
sented the bride with a handsome
apron. Among Ihe others who wit
nessed the wedding were Dr. I), r.
I Rutherford. P. L. Wright, Arthur H.
i Bailey and Howard C. Fry. •
Warnings For the Home
and Prevention of Fire
In a convincing pamphlet which
! has been issued by the National Fire
i Protection Association attention is
I called to the dangers of tires at
I Christmastime and these warnings
j are so much to the point that we re
| produce them herewith hoping that
i they will make the people of Harris
| burg and all the readers of the Tele
! graph more than ever careful in their
decorations this year:
Do not decorate your Christmas tree
with paper, cotton or any other in
flammable material. Use metallic
tinsel and other nonlnflammable dec
orations only, and set the tree secure
ly so that the children in reaching for
things cannot tip it over.
Do not use cotton to represent snow.
If you must have snow use asbestos
fiber.
Do not permit children to light or
relight the candles while parents are
I not present. They frequently set fire
to their clothing instead.
Do not leave matches within reach
lof children at holiday time. Candles
| are meant, to be lighted, and if the
j children can get matches they will
| experiment with them. They imitate
• their elders.
Do not allow trees to remain in
: side buildings after the holidays. The
itree itself ignites readily when needles
| have become dry. A large number of
i fires usually occur in January from
I this cause.
I A house of merriment is better than
la house of mourning.
I Fires in winter impose unusually
| severe hardships upon the firemen.
I Frozen hands and feet are common
incidents in fighting winter fires.
Pneumonia frequently follows ex
jposure of those driven by fires out into
the cold. Defective heating and light
j ing equipments and combustible rul>-
| bish in furnace rooms are the usual
I causes of winter fires. Such tires are
I unnecessary and will not occur in
I premises properly cared for.
Where are you going to put the
boxes, excelsior and other combustible
packing material that come with
Christmas gifts?
Unknown to you, the life of a child
may hang upon your answer.
Fire prevention leaves no after
math of regret.
WIIX NOT HE PLY UNTIL
COMMANDER REPORTS
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Dec. 23.—Am
bassador Sharp, at Paris, to-day noti
fied the State Department, that France
would not reply to the American note
protesting against the removal of Ger
mans and Auftrlans from American
vessels on the high seas by the French
cruiser Descartes until the commander
of the warship had reported.
DR. RACNICK'K "FLIVVER"
LOSES REAR LEFT WHEEL
Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck's "Flivver" suf
fered slight contusions of the side at
jnoon to-day when the doctor attempt
ed to turn out of the <ar tracks justl
above Locust street and wrenched off 1
bis rear left wheel. When last seen
tho car was resting comfortably to
the right of the tracks going uptown
and the wheel was leaning against i
the curb.
MUCH CONTESTED
SUMMIT IS AGAIN
IN GERMAN HANDS
«
Berlin Claims Capture of
Hartsmans-Weilerkopf With
1.500 French Prisoners
BRITISH LOSE 112,921
Dardanelles Operations Costly;
Expect Teutonic Drive
Toward Saloniki
The much-disputed summit of Hart
mans-\\ eilerkopf, in the Vosges, Is
again in German hands, according to
Berlin. It is announced by the war
t office that the peak, taken by the
| I 1 rench on Tuesday, was recaptured by
j landwehr regiment, the French de
fenders of the position suft'eringheavily
j and losing more than 1,500 men taken
! prisoner.
j The French official statement of to
i day declared that there was no change
j In the situation on the left of Hart
mans-Wellerkopf, where the Germans
| were counterattacking, while progress
; had been made during the day yester
day by the French right.
The current official reports indicate
continued <iuiet along the eastern war
front and in the Balkans.
The Freneli claim they have not only
advanced their positions in Hartnians-
Weilerkopf substantially notwithstand
ing the fait that the Germans succeed
ed in reoccupying some of the lost
trenches, but have forestalled in a
measure an offensive which the Ger
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To Release Woman Who
Wrote Threatening Letters
By Associated Press
N.vack, N. Y., Dec. 23.—After being
confined in state institutions for the
I insane since November. 1914, Mrs. Ida
| von Claussen, writer of threatening
I and eccentric letters to Theodore
Roosevelt and others, is to be released
from the State Hospital for the Insane
at Middletown and placed in the cus
tody of her brother, Matthews Claus
sen, of New York city.
Justice Tompkins to-day signed an
order for her release, specifying that
in her brother's charge she must not
be allowed on the streets alone or out
of sight of a custodian. While she has
shown improvement, the court says,
she is not deemed entirely cured.
! GERMANS CLAIM THEY RECAPTURED SUMMIT
Berlin, Dec. 23, via London. The war office announc
ed to-day that the summit of Hartmans-Weilerkopf, cap
' | tured earlier the week by the French had been regained
1 | by the German
1 |
1 | VI£mNA RECEIVES SECOND NOTE
I | Washington, Dec. 23. — The State Department received
I to-day from Ambassador Penfjeld at Vienna a brief dispatch
| announcing the receipt there cf the Ancona note at 6p. m.,
C Tuesday
C SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TAKES STRYCHNINE
% Harrisburg. Suffering from the effects of strychnine,
a James Patterson, aged 39, 1931 State street, principal of the
% Pie
J in a serious condition late this afternoon. He had been su:-
1 ne an 1 it is be
% lieved took the poison in mistake meuicine.
I NOTE CREATES GOOD IMPRESSION
I Vienna, Dec. 23, via London, 5 P. M.—The new Ameri
can note regarding the Ancona has made a good impression
• here. An early answer may be expected. Work on it has
I begun already.
[ TWENTY EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN GUATEMALA
1 Guatemala City, Guatemala, Dec. 23.—There have been
i twenty severe earthquakes in Guatemala in the last two
days. No serious damage has been reported.
REVOLUTIONARY LEADER DIES
San Salvador, Dec. 23. Dr. Prudence Alfaro, former
vice-president of Salvador, died last night after a long ill
ness. For many years Dr. Alfaro was a revolutionary
leader.
MARKET CLOSES STRONG
New York, Dec. 23.—Wa1l Street.—lnvestment shares
were at best prices in the later trading, while specialties,
notably oils, were lower. The closing was strong. A board
inquiry for rails of the better class, especially Pacifies and
New York Central, sustained to-day's dull market.
HHAKMACt UCLNStS
CSeorse Haul. Ci.ariid nn ( | Mllte Bine Pnrker, Uanaler.
llHlnn'toHil' «'ade It lunula, Steelton, null Kllui I'urollM .Nc-hleln, Wit.
Eluraan LfHuy Muinnm, Middle t«»n, and Mary O. Kelker, city.
14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT—FINAt
SMITH PEACE
ENVOY TO MEET
THE GOVERNOR?,
Much Mystery in Night Visit of
Mayor-elect to Executive
Mansion
NEITHER WILL DISCUSS IT
"Social," Says Brumbaugh;
Smith Only Smiles; Gossip
Is Lively
Governor Martin O. Brumbaugh hart
an important guest at the Executive
Mansion yesterday afternoon unci even
ing, whose coming was unheralded
unci whose presence was carefully con
cealed from the curious on Capitol
Hill and elsewhere. Even the repre
sentatives of the press were unable to
I discover the identity of the mysterious
visitor until he was about loaving for
home last night. Then the mask was
removed and there stood revealed
Thomas B. Smith, mayor-elect oC
Philadelphia, who had been closeteil
with the Governor from the minute
of his arrival until his departure fop
home after 9 o'clock.
What was said during the confer
ence at the Mansion neither of the
principals would disclose. Governor
Brumbaugh declared that it was
I merely a social visit, while the mayor
elect smiled beatifically but gave no
j intimation of the purpose of his com
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j Strange Men Are Eagerly
| Buying Up Stock of Dyes
in State Retail Stores
Special to The Telegraph
! Sunbury, Pa., Dec. 23.—Due, it is
believed, to the general scarcity oC
1 dyestuffs in the United States, strange
I men have been working in Central
Pennsylvania during the last few days
! buying up all of the dark-colored
| dyes that they can find in retail
! stores. The dyes that sell at 10 cents
i for a small package are being eager
ly sought, according to merchants
here. Their entire supplies were
snapped up at the retail price, mak
ing the price as much as $3 a pound.
No effort was made to get their
names. It was asserted by merchants
that, thousands of dollars' worth of
coloring material have been bought
in this manner.