Special Prices [I fon Gossard Corsets For Three Days * so ° a "toslard us<! $1.25 HB.BO GOSSARD 5 Q corsets x JOT all sizes and not $3.50 GOSSARD dJO QO l\ . , , corsets v all styles are mc u - #5.00 GOSSARD dJO OO ed in this three-day sale corsets of the Gossard corsets and s(>.so GOSSARD O O bra s S ieres-the ones corsets chosen by the women corsets •pO.O# who discriminate in cor- SIO.OO GOSSARD dj£ t*n set style and'quality. corsets W.U# $12.50 GOSSARD <tQ 00 J J S These prices continue j( I fur Wednesday, Thurs- GOSSARD "^Tc / j / dav and Friday only. brassieres ° # C J/ > And in all probability ! GOSSARD 67c // rj ! LJ Cors " s your style and size are , ~>4> GOSSARD Q7 <r here. At least it will be brassieres 57 # C worth while your time to $2.50 GOSSARD d*! C 7 brassieres 1 .U # investigate. , $3.50. GOSSARD djo 00 I brassieres v^.OO £f efe GoWard 107 A N. 2nd St. cor^srt^ Harrisburg Gossard Agency They Lues In Front ROTARIANS HEAR OF SUSQUEHANNA First of Scries of Educational Meetings to Be Held by Liveware Club Susquehanna University, its ad vantages, and the opportunities af forded a student who attends that in stitution will be the subject of an illustrated lecture to be given this evening in the Technical High school at 7:45 o'clock by Prof. George P. .Dunkelberger, principal of the public schools of Swatara township. Susquehanna University is the first 1o be featured in a series of educa tional nights under the auspices of the Rotary Club of llarrisburg. This institution is located at Selins grove in the beautiful Susquehanna Valley Oil the west bank of the Sus quehanna river within six miles of Sunbury. A splendid up-to-date in terurban electric railway connects these two towns, forming largely, from a business and social standpoint, one common metropolis. Both of these places—the one a city of 15,000, the other a town of 2,000 —are growing rapidly. A large body of influential men and women in all walks of life are formed in all States of the Union and in foreign lands, who received their first impulses to gain higher ihings in this institution. A new Susquehanna is being born out of an older institution; not in a change of spirit, but in an adaptation to modern needs. The alumni and friends of the university are the life of this movement. Rotary night is only one maiwidsta tion of this interest and activMj". One thing in reference to Susque hanna that impresses the investigator is the lar;*» and peculiar service that ibis institution has been doing in the cause of education by fitting persons for the teaching profession. First Summer School Susquehanna University was the pioneer institution in Eastern Penn sylvania in the establishment of a summer school. For many years this summer school has been carried on and it has been the means of as sisting many persons to a complete college education who otherwise would not have been able to reach this goal. ALLIES DESPATCH ULTI MATUM TO GREECE [Continued From Virst Page.] at hand to defend that country. The belief is indicated in these advices that Italy's precautionary measures in Al banian territory have gone far toward safeguarding the future interests of Montenegro, whose military collapse seems to have been considered well nigh inevitable after the crushing of Serbia by the Teutonic allies. Little attention so far has been paid in entente quarters to the reports that allied troops have been landed near Athens, as German press utterances indicate. Prom German sources comes the added report, that the landing of entente forces has been made at Piraeus, the seaport, of Athens, as well as in the bay of Plialeron, east of the Piraeus peninsula, about five miles from Athens. Make Air Raid An Austrian aeroplane squadron again has raided Ancona, Italy. One person was killed, but only unimpor tant material damage was done, Rome declares. In the recent sinking of the Italian steamer Brindisi, which struck a mine in the Adriatic, 260 persons were drowned, it now appears. Denial Is entered by the semiofficial news agency in Berlin that Captain von Papen. recalled German military attache at Washington, made payments in connection with attempts to blow munition factories and railroad fridges. American Physician Says Red Cross Nurse Drowned When Steamer Went Down B.v Associated Press Rome, Jan. 18. 2 P. M. Dr. Ed ward W. Ryan, of the American Red r'ross who arrived here to-day after a. trip in Montenegro and Albania, said that 260 persons were drowned by the sinking of the Italian steam ship Brindisi, which struck a mine re cently in the Adriatic sea. Among those drowned was Miss Hample, a nurse. Miss Hnmple's body was burled at San Giovanni. Albania. Dr. Ryan said Alariano Larno, a nurse, reached Sutaric in safety and hopes to return to the United States. Dr. Ryan's trip, extending over a period of sixteen days, was made for ail investigation of conditions in Montenegrin and Albanian towns, on TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG 8SB& TELEGRAPH JANUARY 18, 1916, behalf of tlie American Relief Clear ins House of Paris. "Not food, but removal to u place of safety, is the need of 10,000 women and children, Serbian refugees at Scutari and other points," Dr. Ryan snid. England Wins Allies' Assent to Blockade Both Her Foes and Neutrals Washington, D. C.. Jan. 18. —Plans of the entente allies to declare a for mal blockade of German ports, it was learned lnsl night, have been the sub ject of exchanges between diplomatic representatives of the allies here and. informally, between the diplomats ancl ofhci;:ls of the State Department. According to information here, the program contemplates a virtual exten sion of the blockade to the Buropean neutrals by rigid application of the "ultimate destination" doctrine, and delay in putting the plans into effect is attributed entirely to reluctance on the part of France, and possibly Italy, to accept the British interpretation of the rights of a belligerent in this re spect. Baralong Case Sharply Discussed by Reichstag Berlin, Jan. 15, via Aix-La-Chapelle to London, Jan. 18, 2:11 A. M.—(De layed)—The Reichstag proceedings, after several days of rather uninter esting discussion of food problems and other matters was enlivened this aft ernoon by a sharp discussion of the Baralong affair and Germany's answer to Great Britain considering it, in which all parties were shown to be solidly behind the government. This solidary was best illustrated by a speech of the Soeiahsr member, Gustav Nosk<« h evoked loud ap plause fr.7*i, all sides of the house. The Reichstag then adopted resolu tions approving of the government's decision in the Baralong case. Allies Landing Troops at Three Grecian Points London, Jan. 18.—Reports received this morning from German sources state that the allies have landed forces at Piraeus besides those disembarked at Phaleron. The Saloniki correspondent of the Daily Mail says that the allies are con TELLS ADVANTAGES OF PROPOSE HIGHWAY TO TRAVEL • •"*** j -W / y v * * r x" < %\\ X . frK X \ '% V' \ J** 1 'fi * J K s / ° U \ / * \ C * V ! w MMNg tON ,/- f V * \ v X "/ ( i ~~~y —- /,^v >* ° *** nc * stir^che * te * /sMt«seT j y £ v •*' \ y MAP SHOWING PROPOSED ROUTE OF WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY. Co-operating strongly with the Chamber of Commerce of this city is a similar organization at Huntingdon, whose chairman of the William Penn Highway committee is E. M. C. Africa, one of the livewires of the Juniata Valley. He has gathered much interesting historical data and through his courtesy the Telegraph is pleased to print herewith an original article on tbe proposed highway by E. E. C. Gibbs, a member of the Huntingdon committee, which is of great interest: "This newly-planned avenue of com munication through Central Pennsyl vania from east to west has much to recommend it to the traveling public. Pennsylvania as a State lias within its borders 'scenery surpassing many of the much-advertised European resorts and the ignorance of our American tourists of this fact, is due, in a large measure, to the other fact that travel through this section has been handi capped for years by some of the worst roads in the world. Now this state of affairs is on the mend. We have a State highway department that means business. "The American Indiana who held this region before the whites came, established certain trails through our mountains. Gifted by nature by an almost unerring sense of direction, they followed the lines of least, resist ance as to grades and found the short est and most direct routes between their hunting grounds. These trails were along the waterways, and they were made so,, not only for the pres ence of (.lie indispensable water, but tinning- to land troops at Orfano, fifty miles to the northeast of Saloniki. BRITAIN WII.L NKKI) MM: MILLION I'Oii THK YEAR London. Jan. IS.—Britain alone will need 55,000,000.000 to run her share of the i;reat war during the present year. This statement is made by a representative committee of Britain's leading bankers who have issued a signed manifesto to the nation im pressing on the people the need for the strictest economy in order to as sist in raising this huge sum. Nation Helpless With 48 Armies, Says Garrison New York, Jan. 18.- —An appeal to the people of the United States to or ganize in support of a systematic na tional defense was voiced by Lindley M. Garrison, Secretary of War. in an address last night. Secretary Garrison declared that the onpoi.ition to national defense is well organized, and that unless the people of the country urge upon Congress that they desire adequate national de fense the present system, which, the speaker said, was "utterly inefficient," would be retained. A real military policy. Secretary Garrison asserted, must be continental in scope and the federal government must be in authority. All proposals, lie said, to build a military system for the United States upon the basis of State troops are proposals to continue a situation that is "illusory and not real, that Is a sham and not substan tial. that is a mockery and not honest." 'J'nc nation would be helpless with forty-eight separate armies, he said. Administration Shipping Bill Will Go in Soon Washington, V. C.. Jan. IS.—Ten tative agreement on the terms of the administration shipping bill which will be pressed in Congress this session was reached to-day at a conference between President Wilson and Chair man Alexander of the House Marine Committee. Mr. Alexander said he would introduce the bill early next week and before doing so will make it public. It is known to include provision for a shipping board to regulate rates in much the sutne way as the inter state Commerce Commission regulates railroads and also provides for ac quisition of ships which can be used as naval auxiliaries. because the water had made its way through the mountains at nearly uni form grades and there was usually a shore line easier to travel than through the unbroken forest. These pathways once established served to guide the footsteps of the Indian traders and the pioneer scouts and were, in time, made broad and more permanent by the occasional passage of nomadic tribes and marauding parties of war riors who fought, in vain, against the ever westward pressure of the coming civilization. First Push Forward Highways "Then followed the settlers. In this the Juniata valley, the hardy Scotch- Irish. serving as a buffer between the peaceable settlers of the Quaker vil lages and the prowling redman, came with a hymn on their lips and a flint lock six feet long in their hands to protect their little families and push the Indians "off the map." The set tlers' rude sledges and wagons again served their purpose in widening and making more passable the trails, giv ing them the first real push towards the highway. Over these semiroads passed the pioneers of Western Penn sylvania and Ohio, the soldiers of France, England and the new-born colonies of America. "In the central region of our great Commonwealth the principal trs.il road, and until 1 758 the only way west, was up the Susquehanna and then the "Blue Juniata" to its head waters, across the height of land to the Conemaugh river and on to the West. NEWS OF STEELTON LEAGUE PLANNING SOCIAL MEETINGS Men of First Presbyterian ■ Church to Start Series of Gatherings Jan. 28 The Men's League of the First Pres byterian Church will hold the first of a series of social meetings for the win ter in the church Friday evening. Jan uary 28, at which time Jesse E. B. Cunningham, a prominent attorney ofi Harrisburg, will be the principal j speaker. Elaborate preparations are now be ing made for the meeting and a pro gram will be announced later. The league will meet once during each month during the winter. The or ganization is one of the most active in the borough and includes in its membership many of the borough's leading citizens. At a recent meeting of the members officers were elected as follows: Presi dent. G. Raymond Cover; vice-presi dent. E. C. Henderson; secretary and treasurer, J. Harry Prowell. The ex ecutive committee of which theso ottl- j cers and the Rev. C. Benjamin Kegel-1 ken. the pastor, are members, will an nounce a list of committees later. Steelton Snapshots Uricnnicr Orchestra. The Hygienic Stringed Orchestra has been organized and will play at Harrisburg next Sat nrdav. It.' members include: Frederick Eighty, violin; Clarence Moyer, guitar; Roy Hummer, banjerine, and William Bachman. liass violin. MHU?' nt Reception. More than 200 members ol the Order of Independent Americans were present at last even ing's reception in honor of State of ficers of the order. \mi I vrrsnry Itereptlon. St. James' Tennis Club gave a reception last even ing in honor of the twentieth anniver sary of the ordination of the Rev. J. C. Thompson, rector of St. James' Catho lic Church. Addresses were made by members of the club and by the Rev. Father Thompson, and refreshments were served. I To Holt! Dance. Elaborate plans | have been made for a dance to be given this evening by Paxtang Tribe, I No. 24'S, Improved Order of Red Men. The affair will be held in Frey's Hall, Front and Piue streets. Class to Meet. Dr. C. R. Miller's class of St. John's Lutheran Sunday school will meet this evening at the home of Airs. Daisy Sponsler, South Second street. Mnsicalc This Kvciiina. —Arrange- ments are complete for the rntisicale this evening by J. Herbert Springer in St. John's Lutheran Church. Mr. Springer will be assisted by Earl W. Bates, tenor, and William J. Dingle, basso. The program and list of pat ronesses have already been announc ed. \V. C. T. U. Meets. The \V. C. T. 11. will meet at the home of Mrs. J. IJ. Miller. 12t> Lincoln street, to-mor row afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Mrs. John Cobb will lead, and "Facts and Fancies" will be discussed. York Pastor Here. The Rev. H. B. Barshinger. of York, assistant edi tor of the EvangelicaJ, will have charge of the revival services in Grace 17. E. Church this evening. The Rev. George Ott, of Ilarrlsburg. will preach to-morrow evening. Bible Class >lc«ts. The Men's Bible class will hold a social and busi ness meeting in the church this even inff. I SUGGEST CENTRAL. SITE FOR MIN ICIPAL BANDSTAND Slim attendance, due to the cold i weather, prevented any action at last evening's meeting of the Merchants' 1 Association on the Fourth of July ! celebration plans. Businessmen who attended the meeting agreed to boost. , the erection of a municipal bandstand j at Front street and Angle avenue. If Council can obtain this site from the Pennsylvania Steel Company. BURY BABY I Funeral services for Charles Wag ner, the nine-month-old adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wagner, who died Sunday from burns received from an overturned oil lamp, were held this afternoon at the Wagner I home, 305 Pine street. The Rev. W. C. Sanderson, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiated. Burial was made in Baldwin cemetery. "At a very early date a commission of surveyors sent out by the Common wealth and actinfj under instructions to find the most feasible western route for a highway, reported that this, the "water-level route," was best, shortest and of easiest gradients. Sections of turnpikes were built by private capi tal and the trains of the far-famed "Conestoga'' freight wagons began their slow movements over the old road. The wayside tavern flourished and the stage-coach with its four horses and the horseback rider were greatly In evidence. Great Tuunci Built "Increasing traffic made necessary a system greater than that of the wagon train and the building of the parallel waterways into the Pennsylvania canal was completed with its unique engi neering feat of hauling the "sectional bookcase" model of the little canal boats over the mountain from Holli daysburg by the incline planes. No tice this, only one mountain on this route. "The next step towards larger things came when the smoke of the quaint wood-burning locomotives of the rail road came up the valleys. And their surveyors surely did hunt the easiest grades which meant going back to the Indian ideas to get over the Alle ghenles. This was accomplished with the building of the Gallitzin tunnel, the first railroad tunnel in the United States and which is still in use. "From this period the most of us know the history of the railroad de velopment. Mow we arc after a high MRS. J. M.HEAGY IS RE-ELECTED Heads Steelton Civic Club For Seventh Consecutive Term; Paul Fuhrman Speaks Mrs. John M. Heagy, president of the Steelton Civic Club, since Its or ganisation six years ago, was re elected to head that organization for the seventh consecutive year at the annual meeting, held In Trinity parish house yesterday afternoon. As presi dent of the Civic Club, Mrs. Heagy lias directed in an extremely efficient manner the varied activities of one of Steelton's most valuable organiza tions. The other officers include First vice-president, Mrs. C. S. Davis; sec- l ond vice-president, Miss Helen I). 1 Reinoehl; secretary, Mrs. Robert M. Rutherford; treasurer, Mrs. W. V. Darby; director for three years, Mrs. James Cline. Mrs. Heagy re-appointc<J all the committees. Besides reading the annual reports of the various officers the club yester day heard an Interesting address on "What Is Our Duty to the Immi grant." by Paul N. Fuhrman, chief of the Bureau of Statistics in the State Department of Labor and Industry. Arrangements Complete For River Celebration The ice choked condition of the Susquehanna and the near-zero weath er will not prevent the annual celebra tion of Epiphany, the feast which in the Eastern Church commemorates the baptism of Christ in the River Jor dan, by members of Steelton's Bulgar ian colony to-morrow. The ceremonies will commence at 7.30 o'clock to-morrow morning with services in the Bulgarian-Orthodox Church, Front and Franklin streets, where the Uev. David Nakoff, the rec tor, will conduct ceremonies until 10 o'clock. At this hour the congrega tion led by Father Nakoff and the choir chanting hymns, will march to the river near Francis street where the feature of the ceremonies will be observed. After first blessing and baptizing a wooden cross. Father Nakoff will hurl the symbol far into the icy waters of the stream, after which several sturdy young sons of the Balkans will plunge into the river to rescue it. The return of the cross to shore completes the ceremony. SAME THE REV. MR. I. VLFFER The Rev. George N". Lauffer. pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, was named a member of the Associated Charities Hoard last evening to represent the Ministerial Association of Steelton anil Vicinity. Attorney and Mi's, W. F. Darby, of Fine street, were made mem bers of the association. SOCIAL DOINGS Miss Viola Whltmoyer entertained Tuesday evening at her home in North Front street. The guests en joyed dancing. Miss Cora Wealand. of the White Hall farm, near Middletown. enter tained a number of friends at a week end party. 41IDDLETOWA- - * I Wincroft Stove Works Is Hustling Industry The Wincroft Stove Works, one of Middletown'n principal industries is arranging to manufacture light .cast ings. If several large contracts for j this product now being negotiated are I closed, it is altogether likely that the j plant, which heretofore has been idle a considerable part of each year, will be operated continuously. At the , present time the Wincroft plant, is iworking on large orders and all de partments are running full time. Be tween 125 and 150 men are employed and the weekly payroll amounts to from $2,500 to $3,000. The principal product is a line of high-class cooking and heating stoves, which is known throughout the t'nited States. Since E. H. Colquhoun, formerly of Philadelphia, recently became vice president and general manager of the way to match the four-track system, to act, with its branches as a parallel road for the automobile and the wa gon through Pennsylvania from east to west, connecting at Philadelphia with all roads east, at Harrlsburg with roads north and south, especially to Gettysburg and Washington, at Hunt ingdon and Greensburg with the Lin coln Highway and at Pittsburgh with all roads to the west, especially the "Ocean to Ocean" highway. Governor's Idea "This project is favored by Governor M. G. Brumbaugh. Ho knows, as no one but a native son can, the beauties of river and mountain in his boyhood's home and he is especially desirous of having the beauty spots along the rivers made easy of access to the tour ist who is seeing Pennsylvania and America, tirst. State Highway Com missioner Cunningham and his engi neers know and appreciate the easy grades and the fact that a goodly share of this highway is already built, only needing a few sections to tie to gether the entire system. "It is planned that all historical points shall be marked by tablets and the entire trip be guided by a standard sign, one design offered being a white keystone with green border and letter "P" in the center, the entire road to be divided into sections, each with Its special designation, the one running past Huntingdon to be called the Juniata Boulevard of the William Penn Highway. "Chambers of Commerce, Civic Clubs, Motor Clubs and other similar ADVANCE in TIRE PRICES Owing to the largely increased cost of raw materials, we are compelled to advance our prices 10% on the stan dard sizes of Goodrich Automobile Tires and Tubes, also on Goodrich Wireless Truck Tires, Goodrich Motor cycle Tires and Tubes and Goodrich Automobile Rubber Accessories, effec tive at once. Occasional or odd sizes of Goodrich Automobile Tires and Tubes advanced as will be shown on our new price list. Despite the marked advance made by others, we have held to a conserva tive increase, in line with our policy to maintain Fair-Listed Prices for the user. THE B. F. GOODRICH CO. AKRON, OHIO company, many large orders have been closed and the plant has in creased Its activities. ROBERT HICKERNELL. JR.. DIES Robert Hickernell, Jr., 33 years old, died this morning from typhoid fever. Me is survived by his wife, his par ents and the following: brothers and sisters: Eugene, Benjamin, Clayton, William. Mrs. Boyd Bishop, Mrs. Wil liam Flory, all of Middietown, and Mrs. Harry Seaman, of Hummclstown. Funeral arrangements are incom plete. ELECT OFFICERS At a meeting of the official board of the Methodist Sunday school Sun day afternoon, officers were elected as follows: Superintendent, N. C. Fuhrman: as sistant superintendent, H. J. Wickey; secretary of the Sunday school board, B. W. Kurtz: secretary of Sunday school, Miss Blanche Churchman; as sistant secretary, Victor Tritch: Sun day school treasurer, H. R. Brinser; financial secretary, H. A. McKee; mis sionary treasurer, Mrs. 11. S. Roth; librarian. E. L. Peck: pianist, Jacob Shroy; assistant pianist. Miss Clara Beck: chorister. John Grove: man ager of orchestra, R. A. Shade: sup erintendent of infant department, W. J. Kennard. MIDDLETOWN NOTES A.' H. Luckenbill is in Philadel phia attending a convention of the Retail Monument Dealer's Conven tion which opened yesterday. OVEIIDEER FUNERAL Funeral services for Harvey M. Overdeer, superintendent of the Butt Mill furnace of the Columbia Pipe Mill, who died Friday, were held to day in St. Peter's Lutheran church. The Rev. Fuller Bergstresser officiated j bodies are to be asked to do all that ;!ies in their power to assist the plan I and eventually to appoint delegates for a meeting at Harrisburg. At this • meeting an organization will be formed to systematize the efforts to provide j Central Pennsylvania a road worthy of its population which is uearly six millions in the counties traversed by and tributary to the William Penn Highway—a direct road running through fourteen county seats and connecting the State's two principal cities, with the State Capital midway, a route rich in scenic beauty and re plete with historic reminders of early days in the Keystone commonwealth. Let Us Open the Gates "Here Conrad Weiser lived and trav eled, the greatest diplomat of Indian Intercourse, the fighting Bradys and hupdreds of other pioneers whose names made history. We want this road built, not only as a monument to William Penn who, as landed pro prietor, owned many thousands of acres along this highway and whose history is a household word, but also as an additional tribute to our present Governor, Martin Grove Brumbaugh, who asks it of his fellow-citizens as one of the measures which will help to place 'Pennsylvania First' among the States of the Union. "Let us open the beautiful gates of scenic Central Pennsylvania to the tourists of the world and provide an avenue which shall better the condi tion of every man, woman and child iin tine State." and burial was made in the Mlddle tawn cemetery. MIDI>LETOWN I'ERS(>NA! ,K Miss Elizabeth Saylor, of Columbia, is spending a few days as the guest of Miss Amy Miller, of Wilson street. Miss Fay Wren, of I-larrisburg, is visited friends in town. Mrs. Charles Number a.nd son Rob ert of Philadelphia, are visiting tbo former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ettle of Ann street. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Seltzer and fam ily, of Union street, soent Sunday il4 1 Lemoyue. I HIGHSPIRE • - - j TEACHEKS MEET The third meeting of a series ji gatherings for teachers in the High spire borough schools was held thu [afternoon in the High school. Prol*- 1 lems of interest to teachers were dis | cussed. PIG-STYS MUST GO ! Pig-stys in Highsplrc will not bo | wiped out by councilmanlc ordinance. I This was decided at an adjourned j meeting of the borough fathers Fri- I day evening, when a recommendation ; from the board of health suggesting | the barring of pig-stys was rejected jby a unanimous vote. Some fifty plg j sty owners attended the meeting. At | this meeting Harry Ulrich, new ] borough treasurer, Hied his bond of \ $5,000 which was approved and John Schroll was elected street commis j sioner. He will also serve as a spe cial borough officer. Joseph Leedy was confirmed as fire chief. ROOF BFRNED Fire burned the roof of the homo of G. Megaro, In the East End early yesterday morning. The Ilighspire motor chemical responded to an alarm and the firemen did good work ex tinguishing the flames in spite of the freezing weather. The damage waa slight. k STUDENTS AT REVIVAL About 150 students of the Central Grammar and High Schools attended the union evangelistic meeting in the markethouse last night. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. O. M. Kray blll, pastor of the Church of God. EXAMINATIONS BEGIN The midwinter examinations begin to-day in the lower grades of the Middietown schools. MANY ARE ILL Miss Anna Fisher is ill at her home In Brown street. Miss Helen Selders is ill at her home in North Union street with diphtheria. Charles Lamly, who has been ill at his home in Spring street, is improv ing. Miss Mary Clouser, who has been on the sick list for the past week with symptoms of pneumonia, is recover ing. Harry Longsdorf, who has had a relapse of the grip, is slowly improv ing. Mrs. C. E. Bowers Is ill at her home in Swatara street. Charles Foltz is ill at his home In Dock street, Royalton. T. O. Nissley is confined to his homo with the grip. DEMOCRATS URGE THAT PHILIPPINES BE FREED Special to the Telegraph Washington, D. C., Jan. IS.—Amer ica's duty to the Philippines was de bated in the Senate. Several Demo cratic senators declared In favor of fixing a date for ultimate withdrawal from ilie Islands with the understand ing that a neutralization treaty to protect them would be negotiated at the close of the European war. This proposal was opposed by Sen ator Poindexter. who urged permanent , retention of the Islands by the United States The discussion centered upon an amendment to the pending bill, ofTered by Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, pro posing that the United States withdraw from the Philippines within two years, and guarantee their integrity, pending <he negotiation of a five-year agree ment with all nations for their inde pendence. Chairman Hitchcock, of the Philip pines committee, after a call at the White House during the day, said the President did not favor the Clark® , resolution. 7
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