GRIP EPIDEMIC ON THE INCREASE IN HARRISBURG Dr. Raunick Gives Tips on How to Escape It and End Its Spread The grip epidemic in Harrisburg shows no signs of abatement, accord ns to Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, local health officer. This disease is preva tent in all parts of the city and physi cians are liavlng a bus}' season. One physician said lie had 75 cases in his < liarge. Dr. Raunick is looking after ♦iO. Everything possible Is being done to prevent the spread of grip. In tlie opinion of Dr. Raunick, a little care will go a great way to head off this disease. He offered the following sug gestions: TO ESCAPE THE GRIP Avoid crowds; keep away from per-! sons who cough and sneeze. Don't ride when you have only a ; short distance to go. Walk. Get plenty of sleep, with window i open. j Avoid overcrowded movies. Walk a mile every day in the open air. " IF YOU GET IT Keep by yourself as much as pos sible. If you feel ill go to bed and stay there. Send for a reliable doctor. Cover your face when sneezing and don't expectorate in public. See that your eating and drinking utensils are washed separately from I those of the rest of the family. Don't take the patent grip remedies. Restaurant Men Again Warned by Raunick I'he local health department is send ing another warning to hotel keepers, restaurant proprietors and owners of public eating places. In a bulletin, Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, local health offi cer, calls attention to the recent act of the Legislature regulating health conditions of employes. Attention Is called to the provisions ol the law safeguarding patrons of eating houses by insuring physical cleanliness of employes, penalties for violations of the act are outlined. Dr. Raunick Calls Penna. Reduction Men on Carpet Dr. J. M. J. Raunick at a late hour this afternoon held an investigation of the conditions which for the past fen weeks have caused such a. tie-up in the performance of the duties of the Penn sylvania Reduction Company. The superintendent and officials of the company were summoned before the; city health officer to-day to submit reasons, if any, why their payments should not be held up until the work of removing ashes has been brought up to date. The reason for the delays has been jriven that all the men whom the com pany have been able to hire have been lured away by the attraction of higher wages in the various munition plants nnd that it is impossible to keep enough men on the job with the pres « «nt salaries to keep the work on sched ule time. Housewives have been • aused no end of inconvenience, and I>r. Raunick says that the company may have to forfeit its bond if there is no promise of relief in the near future. City Will Buy 5 Acres For Parkway Purposes For $2,000 -More than five additional acres of land was obtained for the city for parkway purposes to-day by City Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor, sup erintendent of parks and public prop erty, when the park head concluded negotiations with Herman P. Miller, President of the Prospect Hill Ceme tery Association to secure the needed ground for $2,000. The park superintendent yesterday offered an ordinance in Council au thorizing the city to accept from the < 'ernetery Association five acres of ground adjacent to the burial ground which is needed to help complete the city-encircling: parkway. The grading of the roadway, how ever will require some additional ground and this the city has to buy. Commissioner Taylor and Mr. Miller agreed on the price to-day. The or dinance will be passed finally at Fri day's special meeting. Warden Osborne Is Charged With Perjury and Neglect Special to the Telegraph White Plains, N. Y., Dec. 29. Thomas Mott Osborne, millionaire warden of Sing Sing Prison, was in dicted here yesterday by the West chester county grand jury, which since November 8 has been investigating alleged abuses in the prison. Mr. Os borne will be removed from his po sition as soon as a successor can be chosen. Two indictments were found against the warden, one of them contains six counts, including a charge of im morality. The other charges perjury. Expect to Liquidate Bank at Saving of $150,000 By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Dec. 29.—The temporary appointment of G. H. Getty, bank ex aminer, as receiver of the closed Pitts burgh Bank for Savings was made permanent in common pleas court here to-day by Judge Joslah Cohen. By I his arrangement the liquidation of the institution will be under the supervision of the common pleas court. Banking Commissioner W. H. Smith and the office of the Attorney General. It is expected this plan will effect a saving of $150,000 in closing up the affairs of the bank. FIRST VISIT OF BISHOP Bishop J. S. Caldwell of Philadel phia will pay" his first visit to Harris burg Sunday and preach at the Harris A. M. E. Zion church. Marion street, Sunday night. Bishop pre sides over the California, Oklahoma «nd Arkansas Conferences of the A. M. E. Zion chtirch. FIRE HORSE HURTS SELF One of the horses of the Royal Fire ompany last night kicked Itself on lhe left hind leg, causing a severe laceration. The company was out of service all day because of no horse. Another horse will be provided by John C. Kindler the fire chief. BOGUS COLLECTOR WORKING ' John Yates, secretary of the Asso ciated Aids, to-day notified the police! to be on the lookout for a bogus col lector. The man Is said to be collect-l ing money in various parts of the! < ity, representing himself as agent for the Associated Aids. He was seen on Allison Hill yesterday afternoon. / WEDNESDAY EVENING, I NEWS or TH3B \ TWO TOWERS TO CONTROL BRIDGE | New Structure at Front and j Mulberry Street Important; I t Modern Signal. Equipment ; To-day's storm put a stop to work on , the new Cumberland A'ailey bridge. The •only indoor operations are at the tower, at Front and Mulberry streets. I ntil the switches and tracks are down, connecting the the towers with the nidge, there will be very little to do j here. \\ hen the hridße is completed two towers will operate all trains. The one win be at the Umoyne end. the other »t l« ront and Mulberry streets. The .latter will be an important operating* : plant, as the levers in this tower win ! n< ]k only control the bridge tracks but :^ ni w a ]s° °P er *t«? all signals between !\?i and I nlon Station, and two • sluinKs leading: to the new Pennsvlva • nia Railroad freight station in South ! second street, and to the warehouses jand other plants in that section. ! new tower will be equipped with telephones, automatic signals and lev ers. The building is fireproof, and is n concrete and tile structure. The ex terior trimmings will be of stucco. \\ hen the tracks are in operation the signal tower at Third and Mulberry streets will l»e abandoned. Standing of the Crews HARRISBI'RG SII>K Philadelphia Dlvlnlon—l23 / erew first lo go after 3:40 p. m.: 111, 109, 11S. engineer for 123. Firemen for 123. IJS. Conductors for 123. 109. Flagman for 111. Brakentan for 109. Engineers up: Burkley, Brubaker. Gemmill, Hubler. Andrews, Kissinger, >hoaff. Dolby. Dolby, Mctlowan, | Schwarz. Firemen up: Herman. >iamm, Killian. Magman up: Hartman. Brakemen up: Potter. Thompson, Lutz. Foster. Mltlille Division—243 crew' first to go after 2:30 p. m.: 242. 228. 254. 247. Engineer up: Snyder. Firemen up: Wagner, Uel.au, Bender. Stephens. Hunter, Eckels. Malone. Brakemen up: Heck. Stambaugh, Schmidt. Yard Orna— Engineers for 6. second 8. 12. 14. sec on ™""' third 22. 36. 62, 64. Four extras. Firemen for 6. second 8, fourth S, 10, 20. first 22, second 22. first 24. 28. 32, 4S. 00. 56. 62. Four extras. Engineers up: J. R. Snyder. Lov. Ueby, t ulton. Fells. McMorris, Runkle. Wise. Watts. Pelton. Firemen up: Pensyi, Waltz, Brady. Desch. Graham. Doughertv. E. F. Kvde. Ulassmyer. McKillips. Ewing, Ree'der, Berrier. Peiffer, Sneil, Jr., Fleisher. V eigle, Richter, Iveister, Six, Crawford. KNOI.A SIDE Philadelphia Division—23B crew first to go after 3:45 p. m.: 216, 245. 224. 201 206. 243. Engineer for 238. 216. 224. Conductors for 43, 45. 48. Flagmen for 6, 16, 33. 35. 38, 40, »2. Brakemen for 6. S3. 35, 36. Conductor up: Hasson. Flagman up: Hartman. Brakemen up: Gross. Quentzier. Ol wlne, Shaffner. Cassner. Middle Division —249 crew first to go after 1 p. m.: 216, 225, 21T. 261. 252. 238 218. 235, 222. 214, 226. Vard Crews —To go after 4 p. m.: Engineer for 104. Firemen for second 108, 112. second 126. 1 22, 132, first 106, second 102. Engineers up: Turner. Reese. Kep ford, Passmore. Anthony. Firemen up: Cumbler,«L. C. Hall, C. H. Hall, Kawel, Blckhart, Handiboe, Brown. Mclntyre, Liddlck. THE READING Harrlsharc I>lvision—9 crew first to go after 2:30 p. m.: 3. 24, 4. 23. 7. 15. East-bound TO, 56. 57. 53. 54. 63 Engineers for 54. 56. 70. 1, 9, 23. Fireman for 56. Conductors for 53. 56. 4. 23. Brakemen for 53. 54, 56. 1, 24 Engineers up:. Merkle, Woland, Morne, Pletz, Wireman. Firemen up: Riggs, Coyle. Conductors up: Slioner, MeCullougli, Alleman. Beaver. Brakemen iip: Green, Amey, Uman. Peters. Ka\ifrman. Grimes. Donlev, Cocklin. Leader, Scott, Sullivan. KKISER UVDER SI3OO R\(i|. At a hearing this afternoon before i Alderman Hoverter, John A. Keiser. j driver of the auto which caused the death of Harry Lehn at Steelton, a fortnight ago, was held for court un der SI3OO bail. He was held under 1300 on a charge of driving a car without the consent of the owner and under SI,OOO for Involuntary man slaughter. PLOTTERS READY TO GIVE THEMSELVES UP [Continued From First Page.] , come into court are received this aft ernoon. The two who surrendered were David Lamar, alleged paymaster for Captain Franz Von Rintelen and Jacob Taylor, of Kast Orange, N. J., president of Labor's National Peace Council, the medium through which the government alleges. Von Rintelen sought to direct his activities. Both entered pleas of not guilty and were released in $5,000 bail. Taylor denied ever knowing Lamar and of Yon Rintelen he said he had heard only through the newspapers. The third defendant who signified his Intention voluntarily to give him self up and who came to New York from Columbus. 0., is Frank S. Mon nett, former attorney general of Ohio. Slay Claim Immunity Representative Frank Buchanan, of Chicago, and H. Robert Fowler, for merly representative from Harrisburg 111., had not. signified early to-day whether they would make their ap pearances before United States com-/ mlssioners in their respective districts* or in New York. There is a question whether Buchanan can claim im munity from arrest on the ground that he is a member of Congress. The law states that congressmen "shall in all caf.es, except treason, felonv and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during attendance of the sessions of their respective, houses." Franz Rintelen. also indicted, is a prisoner in England. David Lamar, who is alleged to have distributed a considerable portion of the $500,000 of German money said to have been devoted to the organization of Labor's Peace Council and of strikes in war munition factories, has given no inti mation as to whether he Intends vol untarily to appear to answer to the indictment. DANIEL WHEELER The funeral of Daniel Wheeler of Philadelphia will take place this eve ning. Burial will be made In East Har risburg cemetery. The body arrives In Harrisburg at 7:45 and will be re ceived by George Sourbler the under taker. Mr. Wheeler was 68 years of nge and was a former resident of Harrisburg. The survivors are four sons. Harry, Samuel, Charles and Hugh. Mr. Wheeler was a member of the Mt. Vernon Hook and Ladder Company. This Is the Birthday Anniversary of— V pHjfe \ v -?r i«pp^ John J. I.andis of Middletown. He is a native of Koyalton, but at present is identified with the Citizen's Bank. Middletown. Sir. I.aml is is well and I favorably known In the lower end of the county. His acquaintance, how ever, does not stop here. Congratula tions from all over the county indicate this. He is identified with several secret orders, and at one time was a prominent businessman. Mummers to Lose Their Home When Royal Goes? The complete program for the mum mers' parade on Xcw Year's Day will be announced at the meeting to-night, to be held at the Mayor's office. Tho association will meet Sunday, Jan uary 2, to wind up its business for 1915. On Monday the mummers will be without a home or meeting place. Since Mayor John K. Royal has been in office he lias permitted the mum mers to use his office and the basement for the meetings. With the.installation of Drj E. S. Meals as Mayor it is un derstood there will be no person in the department who is at present iden tified with the mummers' association. At tlie meeting on Sunday a committee will be named to look up other quarters. The Sons of Italy band will play for the Fraternal Order of Eagles during tlie mummers' parade on New Year's Day. E. TCoxe, clerk in the .city water department, and the band man ager closed the contract to-day. Paxton Valley Club Is Planning Housewarming Members and friends of the Paxton Valley Club of Paxtang, will attend a housewarming Friday evening in a I house near the corner of Paxtang avenue and Derry street, which the Iclub has leased for the winter months. The affair will be a New Year's event Inasmuch as the party will continue until the new year puts in its ap pearance. There will be games, dancing, music and refreshments dur ing the evening and a box-ball alley, procured from the management of Paxtang Park, will be installed in the house for the use of the club mem bers. Every Monday and Tuesday evening during the winter social af fairs will be held and oyster and sauerkraut and o\her suppers will be in evidence. The club members are anxious for a permanent home and the agitation for a Are company in the borough gives some the thought thai with the founding of a company will come a; home for the club. Paxtang at pres- ! ent is without fire protection and i many of the residents are desirous; of having a fire department. If a company can be organized a building! of some kind will necessarily have to j be constructed to house whatever ap- i paratus is acquired. Paxton Valley Club members say that if a firehouse can be built, the club will take the second floor for permanent social rooms. RUSS OFFENSIVE IS GROWING BIGGER [Continued From First Pap-.] The Turks reported continued suc cesses for their artillery in interfer ing with allied operations in the Dardanelles. A battleship of the Ajiamenon class and a cruiser were hit by Turkish shells, and the land ins places of the allies were repeat edly bombarded, disturbing transport work, it is declared. Hand grenade fighting in the Chaul nes sector and bombardment of Ger man positions west of the Navarlne farm in the Champagne are the only activities reported by the Paris war office. Conflicting accounts come from Athens and Saloniki regarding the movements of the troops of the cen tral powers on. the Macedonian border but there are persistent reports that the Greeks have given the Bulgarians permission to cross the border if they and their allies are still intent on following the entente troops to Saloniki. The recent French official state ments indicate that the allies are maintaining the offensive in the west with the fighting fiercest in the Vosges. Italians Have Pushed to Northern Epirus By Associated Press Paris. Dec. 29. "ltalian troops which disembarked at Avlona, Albania, have reached the vicinity of the north ern frontier of Epirus in some places, according to reports from voyagers ar riving from Sani Quaranta," says the Athens correspondent of the Havas Agency. Italian troops also have been seen near Tepeleni (southern Albania), j 75,000 Serbs Are Strongly Fortified in Albania By Associated Press I Paris. Dec. 29. 9:45 A. M. "Ac cording to reliable information there art. 75.000 Serbian troops at Scutari and Blbassan, Albania," says the Athens correspondent of the Havas Agency. "They are In excellent trim, notwith standing the difficulties encountered in their retreat. They hold strongly forti fied positions against the advance of the Austro-Germans and Bulgarians, and It is unlikely that they will be transferred to Saloniki." TO-DAY'S KKAL/TY TRANSFERS Realty transfers to-day included the J following: Joseph Toney to Susque hanna Coal Company, Williams (own ship. $800: M. F. Hartman to B. Man fridi. Middletown. $125; G. A. Shrelner to U. Grant Nagle. Sixteenth street near Briggs, $1: 13. U. paum to Charles P. Walter, Ninth street, $1; 1,. Sllbert to B. Rosenberg. 353-55 South Eighteenth street. $1; Anna N. Frantz to Ellen M. Cornpropst, 1641 Fulton street, $1: F. Hetrick to Harry F. Yeartck, 1936 Zarker street, sl. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH REV. KING'S STORY TELLS WHY ' HOL Y BIBLE ISN'T READ MORB Shows How Magazines, Best Sellers, Newspapers and "In nocent Amusements" Crowd Out Study of the Word . A recent Issue of the Christian En ! deavor World prints an article by the I Harry B. King, pastor of Paxton rt-esbyterian church, Paxtang. which deals In an Intensely interesting and readable way with the pledges taken by a young Christian Endeavorer who is in business, even as you and I, and who Imagines himself living up io those pledges. One of these pledges is: "To read the Bible every night," which he does, but oh! liow lacka daisically, and oh! how easy It was for this young man to manufacture excuses, even as you and I. We take the liberty of reprinting the article in full. It will profit you to read It thorough. "He was a livewire in the Christian Endeavor Society (with a little of the Insulation worn off by some of the innocent amusements of the day); at any rate, he held an office, and was really active. So after going home • Sunday night he did read a chapter— I a fairly long one, too—out of his Bible, ; partly because his pastor had preached | on "The Bible in Christian iJife," and ! partly because his mother had cleared , the library table and carried the Sun j daj paper down to the Cellar. And since it was a long chapter—twenty three verses!—he felt he had done a work of supererogation. Monday morning «as gloomy, and he overslept, so had to rush to be at | the office on time. It was a busy day and nothing doing until he got the evening paper. He spent thirty-five minutes reading about what be had heard the boys talking about at the of ' flee, and was none the wiser. And that I night, when he turned In, he read the one hundred and twenty-third Psalm ! —four verses, twenty-one lines, ten [seconds, a sort of hundred-yard spir itual dash. Devours Sporting Page Tuesday morning he sat on the porch till breakfast was ready, and de voured the sporting page of the Morn ing News, getting all the runs, strikes, put-outs, of the local and National leagues—twenty minutes: and he knew the percentage and standing of the teams and men—a lightning read justment of the line-up. And he took the paper along with him, and read all the way down town, ten minutes" solid cramming of the world's news into his head. On the way home he bought a Cos mocluncy, and read three short stories, eleven pages. And before he got into bed he opened his Bible, and read the one hundred and nineteenth Psalm — section Mem, eight verses, beginning, O how love T thy law!" and because he had no sense of humor he kept a face, and fell peacefully asleep. \\ lining Away tlie Time Reads Pajiers And Wednesday evening he hurried home after prayer meeting, because it was a wet night, and because Brown had lent him the latest out; so he got an hour and a half of intense pleasure and enjoyment reading about kings that never lived, and castles that were never built, and lands that never were on an) map, and felt when he was through that he had been in touch with a literary genius of the day and was some judge of books. And because the newspaper had fallen across his Bible, and hid it from sight, he forgot all about his Christian Endeavor pledge until almost asleep, and endeavored to salve his conscience by repeating the twenty-third Psalm as best he could. And his sleep was undisturbed. Thursday the firm sent him on a trip. It took four hours to go and four newspapers to while awav the time. When he couldn't doze, or was tired of trying to make out the blur of passing scenery, he read—murder— arson—divorce—political blackmail- - war—peace—international complica tions -- municipal manipulations et cetera ad nauseam; and, when he grew tired of the news, he read the j ads and the theater programs, the , Lost and I'ounds" and "Wants" n.nd Deaths," to kill time. It is true he did wish he had brought ! a pocket Testament to look over the i Christian Endeavor topic for the next 1 meeting, for he was to be the leader ! But he hadn't any, hadn't been able to I buy one; it would have cost the price of five movies. Six Verses Then on the way home the experi ence of the morning was repeated. On reaching home he was tired and dusty and would have none to lied instanter If his open Bible had not looked at him so accusingly; feo he read Psalm 126, just six verses. It seemed so ridicu lously short that he added the one hundred and twenty-eighth, same size, and straightway forgot what manner of reading it was. But he was an En deavorer. and kept his pledge. And Friday was much like other days, except when he went to read his Bible. Because he had no method, neither reading a book through chap ter by chapter, nor the daily readings on the Sunday School lesson, nor any other method, he spent seven minutes TROOPS PREPARED' | FOR HARD WINTER I Trenches in Northern France Paved With Brick; Have Warm Clothing (Correspondence of Associated Press) Boulogne, France, Dec. 15.—Signs are plentiful that winter is close upon the troops in the north of France. The nights are already cold, far too cold for comfort, and the characteristic j winter night-mist from the marshes is ! in the air. It is evident that there is to be an other campaign; robbed, however, of' much of the horror of last year's or deal in boggy trenches and along im passable roads. ,In Northern France, at least, winter will find the rival armies well prepared to receive it. The wet mud. the ice-cold water knee- ' deep in the communication trenches, i the ooze and discomfort of the dug- I outs, will be the exception rather than j the rule this year. The shelters, even in the advance trenches, will I ally be fairly livable, thanks to the I plentiful use of concrete and tar, and ' the skilful employment of drainage. Moreover, the armies will be prop erly clad and amply fed. The British soldiers will again don their sheep skins, supplemented by ample supplies of warm caps, sox and heavy boots of rather better type than last year's. Floors In Trenches Many of the trenches now have i brick floors, and practically all are j drained and protected against land- I slide by timbers. The great problem of the winter I will be the billeting of all the new i divisions which have come out since I last year. In the villages well behind | the firing lines, every outbuilding and', old barn has been requisitioned. I cleaned, repaired and made Into shel- j I THE REV. HARRY B. KING and eight seconds in a liicle-and-seek game frotn Old Testament to New and back again, sampling here and there the first half of the first verses, a sort of butterfly method, to see whether they would suit. And, when the right thing turned up, he spent one minute and thirty-three seconds finishing it. Bible Is Different And that very afternoon he had started a novel and began at Chapter 1, first word, and read right on, chap ters 2, 3, without any skipping here and there, so that he might get the plot and the story. But then—the Bible is different. On Saturday nothing doing. Half holiday, and Speedsell brought his machine around after dinner for a spin out to the storemen's picnic at Candy Park. And that evening a quiet dance at the Century Club caused liirn to get home late, tired, wilted. And the moonlight was so bright that he could see the bed in the same old place: and, not having forgotten the way there, he tumbled in. Feeds His Soul And the Lord took care of him all night long. And Sunday—well, he agreed with the phonograph record. "O! It's very, very nice to lie in bed on Sunday morning." So from bed to bath to breakfast. And because the day was so quiet and peaceful, and he had been shut up all the week in the office, and was so tired (from Saturday night! he stayed at*home all the morning, and fed his soul on The Sunday Sledger, reading some pious platitudes called a sermon, by Jeremiah Sacksnaps; and, forgetting it was the Lord's Day, he read on and on and on—scandal, base ball, races, social slmperings, stori ettes, and what not. These all marched by, column after column, till his brain was doped and lie fell asleep: and his dreams were not half so hideous as the comic supplement he had been enjoy ing. And, when the Sabbath was over, if he had taken a niter and measured his day's reading, The Sunday Sledger would have overtopped the Bible as much as the Washington Monument overtops a lead pencil out on the Mall. W hat Is Tills Bible? And what is this Bible? WJiy, it is the only book that the Lord God ever wrote for man. It is the only one in spired by His Holy Spirit, and deals with the most sublime truths of heaven and earth. It is the only guide book from this sin-cursed earth to the portals of heaven. It is the only reve lation of the bliss and joy and holiness of the eternal city. It is the only liv ing message for the sinner and saint, the only source of comfort and conso lation, the only inspired rule of faith and conduct, the only book that tells of the love of the Father and the sac rifice of the Son, that conveys pardon and promises peace. It is bread for the hungry and wa ter for the thirsty, cheer for the dis couraged, strength for the tempted, comfort for the sorrowing, hope for the sinner, assurance for the saint. It is the cloud and pillar for the child of God on his way to heaven. And this young man who has ac cepted its Saviour as his Lord, and who believes in its teachings, and would fight for its integrity, who says its price is far above rubies, that it overtops all other books —yet this young man, who says he believes in its God, and loves Its Saviour, and desires to live by its precepts, reads it neither regularly nor consecutively nor top ically nor systematically. It gets the ends of tired days and a passing glance at odd • moments. And because the Lord is kind and long suffering and generous the young man lives, and is strong, and enjoys many blessings. Ho, when his pastor dropped in Sab bath afternoon on the way home from Sunday School to consult about some Christian Endeavor work, the Bibte was so ashamed of its unused cover and unthumbed pages that it was glad to be hidden under Jim's tennis coat carelessly thrown on the table. Paxtang, Penna. ter against the wind and cold. But nearer the firing lines most of the buildings have been smashed into ruins, and although they were usable for housing purposes during the sum mer, they are plainly impossible after mid November. The problem is being dealt with to some extent by the build ing of portable houses and huts, but the armies grow too fast for the car penters. The work of the aeroplane observ ers gets more difficult as winter ap proaches. The fogs of the late autumn • ling to the ground in little patches well into the day. while the evening mists make observations difficult soon after midafternoon. Released on Parole From Asylum, She Marries Special to the Telegraph New York, Dec. 29.—Mrs. Ida von Claussen, who on last Friday wa.l re leased on parole from the Middletown State Hospital for the Insane, eluded her attendants yesterday morning and was married to a mysterious Dr. Francis Albert Dona, who gave his ad dress at 1134 Arch street, Philadelphia. Immediately after the ceremony the couple disappeared. Since first coming into prominence, in 1907, when she attempted to get an audience with the King of Sweden as the "Countess Ida von Claussen," 'the bride has led a varied career, one of the latest chapters, of which was her transfer from the asylum for the in sane at Matteawan to the Institution at Middletown. She was released from Middletown last Friday at the urgent request of lier brother by Justice Arthur S. Tomp kins, of orange county, who paroled her in Mr. von Claussen's care. He brought her to New York city and she was living with him at 350 West Eighty-fifth street until this morning. It was said. Mr. von Claussen said at the district attorney's office that he kept l nurse with his sister constantly. She told the nurse this morning that she leslred to get married and the nurs'. lust to hjimor her, accompanied hei Jowntown, the brother said. There ah •luded the nurse and was married. DECEMBER 29. 1915. NEW YORK NOW BIGGEST CITY Fact London Took Second Place Hidden by British Blunder London, Dec. 29. New York is the largest city In the world. London by reason of losses occasioned by the war and because of a gigantic mistake in estimat|ng the population, must now admit that the American metropolis Is the bigger by about a quarter of a million people. Nor are matters Improved, as Lon doners have imagined by comparing the population of Greater London with that of Greater New York, for there again the American metropolis beats the older city by 132,000. It Is four years now since the last census of London was taken, but the official figures have only Just been made public. Kliturrn Show llliindrr These figures show, among other things, an astonishing blunder. The census revealed that there were actu ally some four and one half millions within ttao county of London (which means London proper), but the London County Council and other local authori ties had been estimating that the popu lation was 390,000 more and accordingly all statistics as to births and deaths have been inaccurate. The exact numoer of people In the county of London, according to these 1911 figures, is 4.521,368, whereas New York City in 1910 numbered 4,76ti,883. Counting in "extra London." at: it is termed (that is, London outside the coUnty), the population of the erst while metropolis of the world is 7,251. 358, whereas that of Greater New York, including the Westchester and New Jer sey suburbs, was at the last census 7,383,871. Considering. however, that the latter count was made In 1914, three years later than London's most recent enumeration, the probability Is that the bigest cities of the old and iho new world are now just about neck and neck. West Shore Committee Will Make Plans For Meeting After Jan. 1 Carl K. Deen, chairman of the Camp Hill counciimanic committee on West Shore improvements, announced to day that immediately after the first of the new year he would call a meeting of the committee and arrange plans for a meeting of all persons interested in improvements and improvement or ganizations along the West Shore. Mr. Deen says he has spoken to quite a number of persons in various sections of the territory and they are all anx ious to get together and organize for civic betterment. Mr. Deen's plan is, first, to have his counciimanic committee meet and then invite a number of citizens from other towns to meet with t,he Camp Hill men to get the sentiment of the West Shore and map out a program l*>r a general meeting of West Shore residents. His plan has the approval of hundreds of citizens. Camp Hill council will reorganize the first Monday in January and Mr. Deen is delaying action by the com mittee until the new president of the counctl can reappoint the members of the committee. METKRS SHOW LOW CURRENT Investigation of the city volt meters ; by City Electrician Clark E. Diehl dis closed the fact that the amount of electric current furnished during Christmas week was not up to full re quirements, although It was above the minimum allowed by the city ordi nance. Installation of new equipment at the local electric plant and the lack of power from York Haven, due to the river conditions," combined to lessen the service for both motive and light ing power in the city. NO FIKIS INSPECTION TODAY Because of the unsatisfactory weather conditions the inspection tour of the city schools which had been planned for to-day by the officials of the State De partment of and Industry, was called off. The State officials want to look over the buildings, particularly with reference to provisions for fire protection. PLEASING PROGRAM The Christmas tree exercises of the Second Baptist Church, in North Cam eron street, Monday evening, were largely attended. Music, recitations and distribution of gifts made up a pleasing program. Suffragists Plan to Win by Ending Internal Strife in*,, -;v 1 1 j IcxAPMAM CViTT I ' Jjv M r>je an ma +tr.k. My The National Association for Wo men Suffrage has come to the con clusion that it can win the vote best by working harmoniously inside its own ranks. Therefore the election of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt as presi dent to succeed Dr. Anna Howard Shaw was not contested at Washing ton last Friday, December 17, Mrs. Catt has been promised the support of a united body of suffragists. In the nbove picture she Is shown at the top with Dr. Shaw, the retiring president, below. SPLENDID WORK TURNED OUT BY CRIPPLED MEN French Wounded Taught All Manner of Trades; More Useful Than Before Paris. Dec. (correspondence 01' the Associated Press). The Frencl. government recently save facilities to the Associated Press and a party of foreign journalists to inspect some of the remarkable work which is being done for the regeneration of the ranks of stricken, crippled, maimed and ap parently hopeless wounded who are home hack from the lighting line at Champagne. Under the escort of French officers, the party was taken to St. Maurice, a short distance outside Paris, where wounded are brought after the phys ical cares of surgery have been given, to be nursed Into convalescence, di verted from the loss of limbs, and gradually educated into some new line which recreates them into useful mem bers of society. St. Maurice Is'of vust dimensions, the buildings and ground. occupying an area probably greater than Cent rah Park In New York. The buildings stretch as far as the eye can see; low, two-story stone structures, so that the cripples are not climbing long stairs, and are near the gardens, everywhere abundant with flowers and shrubbery, to lend cheer to the occu pants. "Two hundred more wounded are coming," said an attendant, as the officer led the way into the tirst build ing, the receiving ward. "Here they are," said the officer, pointing to 200 large glass photo graphic plates arranged and num bered in a case. The photographs of the 200 wounded had been sen? ahead, the plates show ing with precision the exact wound and its process of healing, some of them being x-ray plates. "See this one," said the officer, hold* ing up a large glass plate showing the side profile of a wounded soldier with a gaping bullet hole back of the ear, and around the hole little sutures or cracks of the skull. "It is not a fractured skull —that would be hopeless." said the officer. "No, that man can be made over." More Useful Than Before Rut this receiving ward was merely the first stage In a sort of ascending scale which improved the wounded man's condition at each stage until he was finally landed in the school where he -was made over into a condition more useful to himself and society than he was before. It was to this school that chief interest was directed. This enormous school at St. Maurice is a hive of workshops of all kinds— shoemaking shops, machine shops, auto repair shops, blacksmith shops with blazing forges and clothesmaking shops, and the workmen were the wounded soldiers from the firing line, minus an arm, leg or eye on which they had before depended, but now launched on a new Mne< which did not need that arm. leg or eye. As a whole it was as efficient a body of workmen as one would find in any well-regulated, factory. The men had smiling faces; those working in groups were chatting and laughing. Attention was also given to the fine arts and the professions, and here also were schools for sculpture and paint ing and architecture, so that leglesw or armless or eyeless soldiers, who had a taste for the esthetic, could be led Into some new line which did not re quire the use of the lost member. One pale-faced young soldier, his left arm gone near the elbow, was delicately modeling a Venus of Milo with his re maining hand. The soldier-architects were making designs, with blueprints of girderr, arches and columns, and calculating the strength of walls and roofs. All of these men had something missing, but their work was so chosen as to make absolutely negligible the lost, member, and to make what remained of their members entirely efficient, for this particular work. Near the soldier-, architects were ranged two long lines' of soldier-typewriters, men who had lost a foot or some other member, but whose hands had now been taught a skill they had not. known before in rapid typewriting. Make Splendid Shoes In the shoe shop the men were turn ing out a good grade of shoes, selling for 23 francs (about J4.60). also wal lets jyid purses of all kinds, leather watch chains and belts. A large glass case exhibited the diversity of their product. It was the same in the ma chine shop, the blacksmith shop and all the other branches of this hiv« of industry. "One soldier with both hands gone," said the officer, "is making 18 francs a day as a carpenter." He explained that special tools had been made for this handless carpenter, fitting onto the steel hooks on his arm-stumps. The plans, for instance, automatically permitted the carpenter to do his work with precision, a bell ringing if pressure was too great to the right, another bell if pressure was too great on the left, and other bells of forward and rear pressure. So that the handless soldier-carpenter learned his trade automatically, bells warning him of each false move until ho had become expert. The St. Maurice institution and school which is thus making soldiers over for a new and useful occupation has a capacity of 800 men, who have ■ their wounds dressed so far as remains necessary, are housed and fed, and at the same time carry on these extensive shops which turn out useful products of all kinds, and, what is more, turn out useful men skilled in the arts, architecture, mechanical arts and the many branches of manufacture. Deaths and Funerals MRS. MARY J. SCANTLING Mrs. Maiy J. Scantling, aged 73 years, died late yesterday afternoon at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Rachel Gibbons. 1224 Market street. Mrs. Scant ling had been 111 a short time. The sur vviors are a husband. Fllmore Scant ling; one son, George Franklin, and three daughters, Mrs. Rachel Gibons, Mrs. Sarah E. Johnson and Mrs. Bar bara A. Wilcoxson, of Albany: also four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Market Square Presbyterian Church Friday morning, at 10:30 o'clock. The pastor, the Rev. George Edward Hawes, D. t)., will officiate. Burial will be made in Marysvllle Cemetery. MRS. ETTIE S. MAI KR The funeral of Mrs. Kttle 8. Mayer, wife of William M. Mayer. 2456 Reel street, will take place Friday morning. Services wilt be conducted at the home bv the Rev. E. K. Snyder, pastor of St Matthew's Lutheran Church. Burlai will be private and will be made In Hat - rlxburg Cemetery. Mrs. Mayer died yes terday In Philadelphia. The body will lie brought to Harrlsburg this evening Resides the husband the survivors are i father, John Rhaffner, and f<»ur Mothers, 5