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Veteran Railway Postal Clerk
Retires With Good Record
Andrew J. Haer, aged 73, 113 South
Thirteenth street, for many years a
railroad mail clerk, ha 3 been retired.
Ho is in good health and retires with
a record that is interesting. He served
in the Civil War in the One Hundred
and Twenty-seventh Regiment, Penn
sylvania Volunteers.
When a young man Mr. Baer resem
bled. from a facial standpoint,
J. AVilkes Booth, who assassinated
President Abraham Lincoln, and was
taken for Booth during 1865 while
talking to friends in the Central Hotel.
The report spread rapidly that the
President's assassin was in Harrisburg.
A orowd gathered and prepared to
capture the fugitive. Mr. Baer was
told of his danger and escaped the
mob.
RELIEF EXTEItTAIN'MEXT
Kabbi 1.,. Silver and Rabbi A. Tvtl
baum, manager of the New York Cen
tral Relief for European war sufferers,
will speak to-morrow afternoon at the
Channukah entertainment to be held
in the Chestnut Street Auditorium, be
ginning at 4 o'clock, and continuing
during the evening. The entertainment
is being held under the auspices of the
Harrisburg Central Relief Branch.
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Clare Williams, in "The Criminal,"
booked for the Colonial Theater Mon
day and Tuesday.
<ll AKK lIECOHUKD
"Washing-ton. l>ec. 23.—A slight earth
quake shock lasting from 4.35 until
after 5 o'clock was registered to-day
on the seismograph at Georgetown Uni
versity. It apparently was about 4,600
miles distant.
COMPENSATION
AMENDMENT ON
First Effort of a Proposed
Change Heard From Phila
delphia Lawyers
An amendment to the administrative
section of the workmen's compensation
act of 1915 creating the Workmen's
Compensation Board will be contained
in a bill to be introduced at the next
Legislature asking for the appoint
ment of eight advocate counselors to
represent claimants before the board •
where the claimants would otherwise
bo unrepresented by attorneys, ac
cording to W. B. Scott, referee for the :
Philadelphia district.
"While many claimants are able to
employ legal advisers, there are many
too poor to do so," said Referee Scott
last nlgl t. "The advocate counselors
will look after their interests during
the first hearing and continue to do so
until the claim is finally settled. At
present the referee not only has to sit
as a Judge, but he is also frequently
called on to conduct the claimant's :
case." . ,
NOTICE HOW CHERRY
EVERYONE IS TODAY?
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them before; the landlord forgot to i
rub In the fact that the high cost of j
living is just as burdensome to the
renter as to the tenant; the market [
man told you the price of his turkeys!
a wee bit apologetically—at least you \
thought so, anyway; the wife admitted ;
she was tired, but did so in a way that |
made you feel like asking her to the i
"movies" for a final bit of holiday j
deviltry, and She—well, the chances i
are she'll call you up, If she hasn't j
already done so, to caution you not to
forget to come out and help hang the
—holly!
In office, shop, street, car train,
store, it was all the same—all Harris
burg has finished a nerve-racking time
of it and is about ready to heave a
mighty hearty sigh of relief and to
turn its eyes backward some nineteen
hundred years to a tiny town In far
away Judea.
Two in a Bow— Oil! My
Elsewhere In the Telegraph you can
read in detail just how Harrisburg has
planned to spend Christmas. Most
everybody, by the way, is feeling more
than ordinarily cheerful at the way
the calendar man arranged the dates
this year. Two "loaf" days; yoi-yol!
Switching Oil the I,ight
At 9.15 o'clock to-morrow evening
the giaift municipal Christmas tree
will be switched into all the blazing
glory that the experts of the Harris
burg Light and Power Company can
produce. To-morrow evening's
bratlon, in the language of your
"newsie" poet, is going to be a "bear."
The Rotarians arranged rll the de
tails and bore the bulk of the expense. \
Current was provided gratuitously by
the electric company: the lamps were
loaned and the wiring was done at
cost. Chairman Frank B. Musser, of
the Rotary Club committee, provided
| the tree and appointed a committee
of hustlers from the Rotarian organ-
Ji/.ation which has planned such an en
tertainment as Harrisburg will always
remember.
Tlic l*rosrani
The Moorhead Knitting Company's
giant chorus, together with the Mu
nicipal band, both of which have of
fered their services gratuitously, will
furnish the music. The hour has been
selected in a way to give the church
folks a chance to attend.
Here's the -program as announced
by Chairman Musser:
"Cantique de Noel," Municipal band,
under the leadership of Frank Blu
menstein; "Joy to the World," assem
blage; three Christmas carols, "Watch
man on the Walls," "Far Out Across
the Hills" and "Christ in Glory." Moor
head Knitting Company Choral So
ciety, under direction of Abner W.
Hartman; "O Faithful Pine," Munici
pal band: "While Shepherds Watched
Their Flocks," Moorhead Choral So
ciety: "O Sanctissima," Municipal
band: "Holy Night." Moorhead Choral
Society: "Adeste Fideles," Municipal
band; "America." by the assemblage,
and "Yuletide Fantasia," by the Mu
nicipal band, as a closing number.
The Prayers
At the opening of the program the
Rev. James F. Bullitt, rector of St. An
drew's lOpiscopal Church, will offer a
Christmas prayer, and the Rev. Dr.
George K. Hawes, pastor of Market
Square Presbyterian Church, will read
a Christmas story.
The band and the choral society
will meet at the Board of Trade build
ing. where the members of the chorus!
will don their robes, and; headed by
the band, will leave the building at
9 o'clock and march out Market to
Third street, to Walnut, to Second, to
Market Square, to their places in front
of the tree, the band playing as a
march "Onward, Christian Soldiers."
The Angels' Serenade
Just a word about the church serv
ices, too. In every house, of worship
to-morrow the exercises will have
more than ordinary significance;
choristers and choir singers haven't
been on the job for nothing during
these last few weeks. But it will be
long, long after services that dreaming
Harrisbur" will get its first delightful
appreciation of the dawning of the
Birthday. From church tower and
nearby street corner bundled-up choirs
will give a mighty decided touch of
realism to the suggestion of the angels'
serenade of nineteen handled years
ago.
To-night Harrisburg will observe
Christmas Eve unofficially.'
The Campaign's Seal
"Belsnieklers" will be out in force
to-night and after you have finished
your shopping and helped Santa trim
the tree, and so on, you might bring
the wife down town. Bring some
loose change along, too, for the final
effort in the Red Cross Christmas sales
PILES CURED AT HOME BY
NEW ABSORPTION METHOD
If you suffer frcm bleeding. Itching
blind or protruding Piles, send mo your
address, and I will tell you how to cure
yourself at home by the new absorp
tion treatment; and will also send some
of this home trea'ment free for trial
with references from your own locality
If requested. Immediate relief and
I permanent cure assured. Send no
I raoniy, but tell others of this offer
Write to-day to Mrs. M. Summers. Box
P. Notra Dame. Ind.
FLORIDA
"BY SEA"
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Delightful Soil
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Illustrated Booklet on Krqurat.
MERCHANTS A. JIINEKS TRANS, CO
W. I'. TUHNKH, U. P. A. Hallo.. Ud.
Tour saving of garage rent will
i quickly pay for a Butler Ail-Steel Gar
age, 10x14 ft., $71.00 f. o. b. factory;
larger slaes; fireproof, large doors, win
dow ventilators, tool shelf; write for
descriptive booklet. C. Frank Class,
Union Trust Bids.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 23, 1916.
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campaign is to be staged this evening.
Through the kindness of C. Floyd
Hopkins, the theatrical manager, a big
group of the singers, dancers, violin
ists and funny folks of the "When
Dreams Come True" company, which
is booked as the holiday attraction at
the Orpheum. will conduct an informal
cabaret on the streets from a big
truck stage. And 'tween acts the actor- ■
folk will go about in the crowds—sell- I
ing Red Cross Christmas seals.
CHARITY" MOVES
'MID CITY POOR
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the Christmas season prevails and ao-j
cording to John Yates, secretary of I
the Associated Aid Societies, this Yule
tide will probably set a new record for
Christmas giving.
Five families have asked just re
cently for children for over the holi
days. Others are offering to aid as i
much as possible in providing real
Christmas cheer for those who are in
need. Baskets of food, toys and
clothing for children, candy, oranges,
vaudeville entertainments and many
other appropriate celebrations are
being planned and will be held in the
next few days for hundreds of boys
and girls.
Tech Roys Entertain
In fact, the first entertainment of' ;
the season was held yesterday morn- j
ing in the Technical High School j
Auditorium, wl.en the 550 boys in
that school were hosts to the merry j
boys and girls from the open-air
schools. Candy and toys were dis
tributed and a program of music and
recitations was presented. This is an
annual custom at the Walnut street!
school.
Yesterday afternoon 200 inmates of
the Dauphin county almshouse re
ceived a visit from Santa Claus. Mrs.
A. Carson Stamm was in charge of
the program. Afterward presents
which were piled around the big tree,
were distributed. One of the features
of the program was a vaudeville en
tertainment by all the participants in
the acts at the Majestic. A Christmas
dinner was served.
Fraternal Groups Busy
Members of Harrisburg Lodge, No.
12, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, have also arranged for a big
Christmas celebration. To-morrow
afternoon the Christmas committee
will distribute 150 baskets to as many
different families. Each basket will
contain one dressed chicken, flour,
cornmeal, potatoes, canned vegetables
and other provisions.
The other part of the Elks' cele
bration is a Christmas entertainment
on Monday afternoon between 1:30
and 5 o'clock, to be held at the home
in North Second street. One of the
large rooms has been decorated for
the occasion and at one end is a
■ Christmas tree, full of pretty balls,
tinsel and small electric bulbs. Ar
rangements have been made to enter
tain at least 300 poor children and part
of the program includes a vaudeville
show. Other numbers include sing
ing and dancing. At the close of the
celebration each child will be. given a
box of candy, an orange, a toy and a
small cake.
Owls Distribute Baskets
Twenty-six baskets of food, one
cash donation of five dollars, one cash
donation of two dollars and fifty cents
and two pairs of children's shoes were
distributed to-day by the local Nest of
the Order of Owls to needy families
as a Christmas gift.
A total of eighty-two dollars and
fifty cents to provide this Christmas
Cheer was raised by voluntary offer
ings taken in the last three meetings
by the Owl's newly organized local
lodge. The committee met last eve
ning, and assisted by John Yates,
secretary of the Associated Aid So
cieties selected their list from nearly
tifty applicants.
Each basket supplied contains 5
pounds flour, tomatoes and corn, 1
pound coffee, 1 pound rice, one-half
peck potatoes, 2 loaves bread, one
half dozen oranges, 1 can syrup, 1 bag
meal, 1 roast of beef, 1 cabbage, 2
pounds sugar and 1 pound beans.
The celebration of the Knights of
Columbus will be held to-morrow aft
ernoon la Cathedral llall, the program
opening at 2:15 o'clock. Children of
the various schools will sing the
choruses under the direction of the.
Sisters of Mercy. The boys and girls
of each of the parochial schools will
attend in 3 body. The large hall has
been decorated and a real live Santa
Claus will give each child a present.
Treat For Youngsters
Another treat is in store for poor
children on Tuesday evening when
members of Harrisburg Aerie, No. 122
Fraternal Order of Kaglcs and the
ladies' Auxiliary will give an enter
tainment at the home, Sixth and
Cumberland streets. A surprise is in
store for all who attend, and applica
tion may be made by children to the
following for admission tickets: Hay
mond Beitman, 434 South Fourteenth
street; Samuel Dunlap, 641 Verbeke
Btreot; L. M. Ammerman, 620 Muench
street; J. h, Redman, 1215 Swatara
street, and 1... H. Gardner, 404 Verbeke
street. The social committee of the
order l.as also arranged for a dance
to be held on January 10; the second!
of the series being held this season. ]
Sunshine For 200
Another organization doing big!
things this year is the Roberta Dis-1
brow Lloyd Sunshine Society which |
has prepared many useful gifts for
poor and needy crippled children. Al-!
most 200 packages have been wrap-1
peed, including warm clothing and!
toys. For elderly ladies and invalids
a blooming plant will be sent with
each little Christmas basket. The
"newsies" of the city are on the job,
too. They are arranging to entertain
100 boys at the Newsboys' Association
headquarters, 304 North Second'
street. j
During the last three days the Tele- j
graph furnished 100 small Christmas
trees with trimmings to as many j
families. ,
Rotarian Joy
The New Year's dinner of the Ro
tary Club to 200 boys and girls will!
probably close the season of special j
entertainments. The charitable work
will be continued in destitute families
under the supervision of the Asso
ciated Aid Societies, and plans are be
ing made for more extensive work
along these lines during 1917.
The Rotary Club dinner will be
given in Chestnut Street Hall, and
members of special committees of
that organization are planning tot
make it a banner day in the New
Year.
Never before in the history of Har
risburg have so many Yuletide cele
brations been planned. Even in the
hospitals and orphanages Christmas
trees are being decorated and ap
propriate entertainments will be held.
Chicago Woman Doctor
Discovers a Third Sex
Chicago, 111., Dec. 15. The "third
sex" according to Dr. Bertha Van]
Hoosen, of Chicago, has been evolved!
from the feminine half of the race.
"I have believed for some time that
a third sex is being slowly evolved out
of the old human material," Dr. Van
Hoosen says.
"A great many girls are discover
ing early in life that their natures
are not at. all domestic and that they
j have no spark of the normal desire
Ito marry and rear children. The bal
j ance of power, which in their sisters
. goes into the sex life, in these girts
I seems to have been added instead to
j their mental make-up.
"It is up to such a girl to make a
deliberate choice of careers. The new
third sex is going to be an off-shoot
from the main body of womankind.
There are probably more examples of
this sex evolving in New England
than in other parts of America, but
they are scattered all over Europe and
the rest of the world, too.
"The new individual who will bo of
a neuter gender, will ha*'e more time
to cultivate her—or its—brain than
will the woman who gives up part of
her time to child-hearing. In the sec
ond place, she will be less emotional.
Romance and sex affection will not
influence her."
Christmas Demands For
Booze in "Dry" States
Swamps Express Companies
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 23. The
Christmas demand for liquors of var
ious kinds for the "dry" States of Vir
ginia, West Virginia and the Caro
linas, has swamped the express com
panies from this city which serve these
sections. Two of the companies im
posed an embargo on liquor shipments
at noon yesterday until 9 a. m. to-day
with the view to relieving the conges
tion.
The express company officials say
that for the past week they have been
receiving and handling an average
of 35,000 to 40,000 packages of liquor
a day. The packages vary in size
from a quart to several gallons.
FIREMAN KILIjKD
Lewistown, Pa., Dec. 23. While
responding to an alarm of tire yes
terday afternoon, the Henderson Fire
truck skidded on the Ice at the corner
of Third and Valley streets and ran
against a telegraph pole. One man
was killed and two others injured.
Schuyler Brought was driving the
truck which carried a number of lire
men. George Wentz who was rldtng
on the truck was caught between the
pole and the truck and one of the
ladders on the truck fell on him. He
was instantly killed.
FIND BODY OK DEAD
INFANT NEAH SEWER
Information last night was given
Coroner Kcklnger that led him to in
vestigate the front cellar of 1007 Wal
lace street, where he discovered the
body of a dead infant hidden between
the walls, near the sewer. Neighbors
reported the case and when the body
was discovered its appearance indi
cated that It had lain there undiscover
ed for several months. The house Is at
present occupied by IJOUIS Frank, but
a search is being made for a huckster
who lived there prior to Frank.
Raise Notice Christmas
Present to Prudential
Insurance Co. Employes
The Prudential Insurance Company
of America has made Christmas
cheerier for its Home Office employes
and industrial field men by an an
nouncement of additional salary pay
ments to be made early in January.
! About $300,000 will be disbursed in
this manner. None of the officers of
the company, or managers, will share
in the distribution.
The plan in brief is as follows: One
1 extra week's salary is to be paid to
all home otfice employes who entered
- the company's employ prior to Oc
tober 1, last, and who are receiving
, $5 a week or under, and $25 is to be
. paid to all other clerks receiving be
i Iween $25 and S4O a week. In the
I field, industrial agents are to be paid
$lO each and an additional sum
based on the increased business writ
ten by thein during the last quarter
of 1916. Agency organizers and as
sistant superintendents are to be paid
sls each and a similar addition.
Exercises at Lemoyne's
Christmas Tree To-night
Lemoyne, Pa., Dec. 23. Exercises
under Lemoyne's community Christ
mas tree will be held this evening at
7:30 o'clock, with a program of sing
ing by the schoolchildren of the High
School, Seventh and Eighth grades,
under the direction of Miss Erma
; Snyder, instructor of music in the local
j schools. The ministers of the town
| will take part. The tree is situated
; just below Lemoyne Square in Huni
j inel avenue, and Is decorated with 300
! varicolored bulbs. The celebration is
I in charge of the newly-organized Le-
I moyne Municipal League.
I
/ A Merry Christmas
and |
Happy New Year
to you all is
the wish of
Chas. M. Stieff
and employes
24 North Second Street
TUST a sprig of mis
<Jl\\ tletoe to convey to
(J all our friends the sea-
IWUVC son's greetings. May
jlf iSW iwli your Christmas day
/"j be most enjoyable and
the New Year the hap-
piest ever.
Jacob Sons
"i"n°d JcTr™ -t * 420 MARKET ST.
Death of German Prince
Complicates Coleman Case
Lebanon, Pa., Dec. 23.—The death at
Berlin of Prince Guido Henckel von
Donnersmarck, father of Dr. Guido
Ilinkel, contestant irf the Coleman will
case in the Lebanon county courts, may
further complicate matters in that suit.
Dr. Guido Hinkel, of Freeburg, Ger
many, had already taken steps in the
court here to have his father's deposi
tions taken to establish his identity as
the natural son of the late Mrs. Rosalie
Parent Coleman, of Paris.
Dr. Hinkel Is seeking to break the
will of Mrs. Coleman, who, after ori
ginally naming him as her universal
legatee, disowned him by codicil, declar
ing liiin to be dead to her on account
of serving as a surgeon in the Kaiser's
army. Mrs. Coleman had an interest in
the Cornwall iron ore mines which she,
in disinheriting Dr. Hinkel. bequeath
ed to J. Coleman Drayton, Ronald
George de Router and Camllle Besson.
T'-Coleman estate is estimated at
* w" 1 1 I ■ M l mil, I
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