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THREE SCHOONERS
WRECKED IN GALE;
SHIP IN DISTRESS
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Great Point Along New Eng
land Coast Scene of
Disasters
MARYLAND IS SINKING
Trans-Atlantic Vessel Drifting
380 Miles Off Sandy Hook;
Sends S. O. S.
Nantucket, Mass.. Dec. 26. The
schooner Roger Drury was sunk off
Great Point, the schooner Daniel Mc-
Loud was stranded on the northern end
of the Rip off the point, and the Brit
ish schooner Ravola was wrecked on
the southern end of the Rip in a north
west gale to-day. When the Roger
Drury struck, her crew launched i
small boat and landed safely. The
crews of the Ravola and Daniel McLoud
were brought ashore by coast guards.
Both the Ravola and Daniel McLoud
are coal laden, bound from New Jersey
ports to the eastward. Little hope of
saving either was expressed.
New York, Dec. 26. The coastwise j
steamshir* City of Savannah, and the
const guard cutter. Acushnet, to-day
hurried to the assistance of the steam
ship Maryland. which shortly after
midnight sent out messages statin*,
that she was sinking and asking im
mediate aid. The Maryland gave her
position as latitude 49. longitude 67. I
or about 380 miles east of Sandy Hook.!
Dauphin Deposit Trust Co.
to Have Demonstration
The Dauphin Deposit Trust Com
pany will conduct a demonstration of
Its new Elliott-Fisher bank book
keeping machine in the main banking ;
room to-morrow morning between 101
and 12 o'clock. This is done for the !
purpose of explaining the operation J
of the machine and what it will mean ,
to the depositors.
Donald McCormick is responsible j
for the statement that the Elliott- j
Fisher machine has been purchased j
for the purpose of rendering better j
service to the bank's customers. There j
are several features in connection i
with Elliott-Fisher bank bookkeeping
which benefit the bank's depositors.
The first is machine accuracy. With
Elliott-Fisher bookkeeping the work
is done with machine accuracy and is
proved from every angle, thus reduc
ing the possibility of a mistake in a
depositor's account to an absolute
minimum.
Another depositor's service feature
is the statement. As this statement j
is made on Elliott-Fisher machine at i
the same operation the ledger is posted j
and is checked and proven at the J
same time, it must be an exact dupli- >
cate of the ledger accour.t and It is,
always ready for delivery to the de- j
positor and can be had on a moment's
notice. It is always completely up-to
date to the last transaction.
The Elliott-Fisher Company is |
manufacturing bookkeeping machines j
which are being used in business in- j
sUtutlons and banks all over the I
world.
Chinese Minister to U. S.
Speaks Here Tomorrow
A record attendance is expected to
morrow at the membership luncheon
of the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce. when Minister V. K. Welling
ton Koo, from China, will speak.
Dr. Koo is a widely known orator
and was one of the best debaters ever
graduated at Colvubia University. He
Is well known to ! ankers and business
men in Boston. New York, Philadel
phia and Chicago and has had per
sonal charge of the big negotiations
affecting the entrance of American
capital into China. He will arrive at
11 o'clock to-morrow morning from
Washington and will be received by a
reception committee of the Chamber
of Commerce headed by President Da
vid E. Tracy.
Mary Pickford Plays Here
in "Less Than the Dust"
"Less Than the Dust" was highly J
appreciated at the Regent theater last j
evening, with Mary Pickford as the j
star, it being her first production un- |
der the Artcraft Pictures Corporation, j
Mary Pickford receives the highest I
salary of any actress appearing on !
the screen. This production is one of i
the most elaborate, costly and best '
directed in which she has ever been ]
seen and is showing in all cities in the !
I'nlted States at high advanced prices. >
The scenes are laid in India and j
England, Miss Pickford plaving the!
part of a castaway, a girl of English i
birth who. having been adopted by a j
Hindu swordmaker. is reared among'
the natives of the lower caste. Its i
story is full of realism and dramatic ;
strength and Mary Plckford's part Is
a blending of the delightful comedy. I
w insomeness and innocence that give I
her portrayals of the part such an ap
pealing girlish charm.
RELIEVE HEADMEr
WITHOUT DQSINS
By Applying Sloan's Liniment to
Forehead You Can Stop
the Severe Pains
Many headaches are of a neuralgic
origin. The symptoms of such head
aches are inU-nri md lingering pains
In the brow, temples or back of the
head.
There is one or .la: l r''of that has
been known and reconu.iended for
years back, Sloan's Liniment. One
application and the dull pain is prac
tically gone. It is easily applied with- J
out rubbing. Rubbing Is unnecessary,
as Sloan's Liniment quickly penetrates
to the seat of trouble.
Aching muscles. rheumatism,
bruises, lumbago, cnllblalns, sprains
and stiff neck can also be most effec
tively treated with Sloan's Liniment.
Cleaner than mussy plasters or oint
ments; It does not stain the skin or
clog the pores.
At all drug stores, 25c, 50c, SI.OO.
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TUESDAY EVENING,
IGNORES DEMAND
FOR BATHHOUSE
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morning at 10 o'clock when Council
meets for the purpose in special ses
sion.
Major E. S. Meals apologized for
Council's action in lopping out the
bathhouse item by suggesting that the
proper way to obtain bathing facili
ties would be for Harrisburg to float
a loan In sufficient amount to provide
ample facilities.
Apologies
City Commissioner W. H. Lynch
who all along has oprosetl the $5,000
bathhouse item added a little salve,
too, by stating that he, too. is "for
improvements but he doesn't see how
$5,000 is enough with which to build
a bathhouse."
The budget was planned in execu
tive session and Commissioner Gross
declared that he wrestled for nearly
two hours to retain the bathhouse item
but it was finally cut out by a vote of
three to one. Mayor Meals, Messrs.
Gorgas and Lynch voting against it.
Tough on the Little Folks
In other ways the city's little folks
will suffer during the coming year un
less Council reconsiders some of the
Items before the ordinance is finally
passed.
Just SI,OOO had been asked in the
park budget for miscellaneous ex
penses on the playgrounds. From $25
to $l5O per playgrounds had been
asked for necessary expenses on the
thirteen recreation places. This item
was cut out.
Allowance was made for SI,OOO for
contingent expenses—the same as pro
vided last vea-r—and the miscellaneous
expenses will have to come out of this
contingent allowance.
Wh*t It Means
While at first glance the budget for
1917 with its total estimated outlay)
of $755,882.55 appears extraordinarily!
big as compared with the 1916 bud
get of $599,379, the difference isn't so i
very noticeable when it is figured that'
during the coming year the water de- i
partment's expenditures will be in- |
eluded in the general estimate. Here- !
tofore, the water department expendl- .
tures were operated under its own'
budget.
Chief among the improvements i
which will be' provided for, however, i
are the following:
Improvements
Five new policemen, and $lO per
month raises for everbody in the de- '
partment, and a new police patrol i
and ambulance for $2,500; an automo- j
bile for the city sealer of weights and
measures for $1,100; a new filing case
for the city treasurer at $325; $2,000,
to the city hospital for Its ambulance; •
$3,409.14 to insure all the city em- ,
ployes In the State Workmen's Com- '
pensation liability fund; SIO,OOO for
the re-surfacing of the city's streets: j
$20,000 for repairing streets; $2,000
more for street sweeping: $1,300 for
an addition to the toolhouse: S9OO for
a contagious nurse; fifteen new arc :
lights; seven cluster standards for I
Federal Square and the necessary;
standards to complete the Xorth Third ,
street lighting from Calder to Keily
streets: $2,500 for underground wir
ing conduits: $6,000 instead of the cus
tomary $3,000 for fire hose; $5,000 for {
a new machine shop for the water de- :
partment.
Where Most of It (iocs
So careful scanning of the budget
will show that the police and high
way bureaus netted the bulk of the
increases in lump amounts, as the ad-'
ditional cost for the police department I
will run close to $16,000 and Mr. i
| Lvnch's department gains close to
$ IS,OOO when the money for street re
i pairs, re-surfacing and street paving
I is considered.
Here are the departmental appro
priations allowed for the new vear as
per the budget passed on lirst reading
to-day together with a summary ot
changes and a comparison of the al
lowance for 1916:
Poace—Uuagel for 1917. $85,775;
59 instead of 54 policemen: $lO per!
month salary raise all around and I
$2,500 for the new ambulance; 1916 i
allowance, $10,915.
Law—l9l7. total $9,726.56; dam
ages, salary of city solicitor reduced !
from $3,500 to $2,500; total in 1916 I
$19,227.74.
Auto For Sealer
City Clerk—l9l7, total $5,028.50, j
including some small increases; 1916.
$4,834.50.
City Sealer—Total $2,896; including I
$l,lOO for auto and maintenance; i
1916. $2,100.
Printing—ss,6oo; no change.
Accounts and Finance Total, $4,-
420; raise of SIOO annually for Assist-!
ant M. Verbeke, making salary $1,400.
The city controller's salary of SSOO is
fixed by ordinance.
Treasury - Total $7,157. including!
$320 for tiling case; 1916, $6,672. l
Otlier Items
i Tax Revision ami Appeals Total.
, $3,510; including raise of S2OO annual
jly to Assistant Assessor Townsend's
j salary, making it $1,200.
Miscellaneous Total, $177,049.58;
; including State taxes and interest sink-
I ;ng funds, etc.. on all bonded Indebt
| edness Including water department;
$2,000 for hospital ambulance; $3,409.-
114 for insuring city employes In State
i Workmen's Compensation Fund; 1916.1
i $150,313.11. Last year, however, the!
j water department took care of its own ;
j expenses.
Bureau of Streets Total $140,-
j 310.80; resurfacing streets, SIO,OOO for
repairing street, $20,000; $61,000 In
i stead of $59,000 for street sweeping,
; $1,300 additional for a toolhouse: sl.-
; 500 for the improvement of Summit
I street including building of steps;
; total. 1916, $121,063.66. The allow
ance of $11,672 for the city engineer
ing department remains the same.
Contagious Disease Nurse
Health Total $46,078; including
a contagious disease nurse, $900;
$1,200 deficit caused by the recent ty
phoid epidemic; and a raise of SIOO
for one of the food Inspectors. The
additional food inspector and addi
tional sanitary officer asked for was
not allowed nor was the SSOO raise in
City Health Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck's
salary. The plumbing and building in
spector's department get the same al
lowances of $1,820 and $1,750 respec
tively, while $1,200 Is provided for the
city mechanician, a new office.
Lighting Total, $64,608, including
new lights in Federal Square and!
North Third street. The stretch
from Locust to North was not includ
ed. The city will also furnish current
for the Nineteenth street bridge lights
at $216. appropriation was $67.-
955.74.
$2,500 For Conduits
Police and Fire Alarm Total SB,-
180. including $2,500 for additional
underground conduit; 1916. $5,215.
Fire Department Total, $45,159.
Budget planned with idea of motoriz
ing department for portion of the
year. In addition to the increase for
new hose provision Is made for two
new tillermen. $lO raises for drivers,
boosting their salaries from S6O to
S7O per month. The $7,000 Item to
raise the engineers' salaries, said to
have been opposed by the Firemen's
Union, was stricken out. Total 1916
$36,450.
Whaek Park Fund Again
Parks Total. $39,976. The $5,-
000, $3,000 and SI,OOO Items for muni
cipal bathhouse, new road along Wild
wood lake and miscellaneous expendi
tures for playgrounds, stricken out.
An Item of SSOO for removing stones
from uounty almshouse pasture re
mains. Total, 1916, $32,773.07.
City Planning Total, 1917, $2,616;
no chance.
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HARRISBURG tfjjjftfl TELEGRAPH
CONFERENCE IN NEUTRAL
CITY IS ASKED AT ONCE
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The answer, which also contains the reply of Austria-Hungary,
Bulgaria and Turkey, says:
"The high-minded suggestion made by the President
of the United States of America in order to create a basis
for the establishment of lasting peace has been rcceeived and
considered by the imperial government in the friendly
spirit which was expressed in the President's communica
tion.
"The President points out that that which he has at
heart and leaves open the choice of road.
"To the Imperial government an immediate exchange
of views seems to be the most appropriate road in order to
reach the desired result.
"It begs, therefore, in the sense of the declaration made
on December 12 which offered a hand for peace negoti
ations, to propose an immediate meeting of delegates of the
belligerent states at a neutral place.
"The Imperial government also is of the opinion that
the great work of preventing future wars can be begun only
after the end of the present struggle of the nations.
"It will, when this moment shall have come, be ready
with pleasure to collaborate entirely with the United States
in this exalted task."
The answer of the central powers concluded with the usual diplo
matic terms of politeness.
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Kotur's Argument For
Third Trial For His
Life Is Postponed
In order to allow the defense addi- j
tional time to prepare Its briefs, argu- I
ment on the application for a new trial '
for Klkolo Kotur. the Steelton for- j
eigner. twice convicted of murder in j
t'.e first degree for the shooting of a '
fellow countryman, was continued to- i
day until January 5. The argument for ,
a new trial for John Cain was post- ;
poned until next argument court.
Argument was heard to-day on the
application for a new trial in the tres
pass action of G. H. and Anna Albright !
against the Harrisburg Railways Com- ,
pany and on the motion of Mary Aman- !
da Bentley against the Improved Order
of Heptasophs for Judgment for lack
of sufficient defense. The question
arose on a legal diversity of opinion as
to whether addition benefits are due
Mrs. Bentley whose husband belonged
to a lodge of Heptasophs in another i
city.
Following argument court the hear
ing of the application of Louis Baturln
for the. removal of his wholesale liquor
store at 600 State street to 1101 North
Third street was scheduled for a hear,
lng. General remonstrance against the
change has been filed.
New Electric Lights in
West End Switched On
To the delight of a host of late Christ
mas shoppers, belsnicklers and citizens
who stayed uptown for the purpose, thj
new standard electric lighting system
in North Third street, from North to
Calder, was switched into service Satur
day evening by the Harrisburg Light
and Power Company. The time had
been fixed by City Commissioner Harry
F. Bowman just prior to his illness.
Federal Square and Third street, from
Locust to North, are yet to be lighted
; with ornamental standards, and the
chances are that provision will be made
iin the 1917 budget for the Federal
Square lighting, at least.
ALL MAIL RCSH *
RECORDS ARE BROKEN
The year 1916 was a recordbreaker
for business handled by the employes
of the local post office. The Christ-
I mas rush of this year was 25 per
cent, heavier than that of last year.
For the last several weeks and espe
cially the last few days it had been
j growing larger, and it reached the
height on Saturday.
The regular force of 155, clerks and
carriers wa slncreased to 210 by the
employment of extra help, who were
kept on the jump by the rush of mail.
Over 700 special delivery pieces of
mall were handled between midnight
Saturday night and 11:30 o'clock yes
terday morning.
An emergency branch for the hand
ling of the parcel post business was
opened in the Donaldson building, and
[fifteen mail wagons, four 3-ton trucks
i and two 2-ton truck were used In col
i lcctlng this mass of mall.
I GOOD WILL FIREMEN
HOLD TURKEY DINNER
i Sixty members of the Good Will
! Fire company held a turkey dinner
I yesterday afternoon at the engine
I house. Sixth and Calder streets, in
honor of Samuel Lehman, driver for
the company. Mr. Lehman acted as
toastmaster and was seated In a new
chair presented to him by George D.
Ellis, chief engineer of the company.
On Christmas eve many members
of the company showered Mr. Leh
man with gifts and others were p<
sented to him yesterday. At the
ner he made a short address of thinks.
Other speakers were John Willlam
-1 son, president of the company, and
i Mr. Ellis.
MRS. E. Z. WALLOWER
I Funeral services for Mrs. E. Z.
Wallower, who died Friday night at
her home. Front and Maclay streets,
were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Rev. John D. Fox, pastor of
Grace Methodist church, by
the Rev. Gerge E. Reed. • nducted
the services, and Mrs. Wilbur F. Har
ris sang. The pallbearers were: Ed
ward Bailey. E. J. Stackpole, H. C.
Ross, John P. Melllck, Theodore Cal
der, George W. Relly, C. H. Kinter
; and Charles C. Wood, of Chambers
burg. Burial was made at the Har
risburg hospital.
SINGKR* LEAVE
No more painful tunes from the
organ that has been such a familiar
| sight about town, pushed by two slng-
I ers. who claim to be "singing their
way from New York to "Frisco." Mason
and the two men. are knowi.
to have cleared more than SSOO during
their stay here, but after an argument
with the proprietor of the Crystal
Hotel about fifty cents being added to
their bill, they slashed a valuable mat
tress and left town. They were last
heard of in Washington. D. C.
Council to Reduce Salary
of City Solicitor From
s3£oo to S2JSOO Yearly
In addition to passing on first read
ing the 1917 budget and tax levy ordi
nances, Council to-day amended Mayor
Meals' polise ordinance reducing the
number of policement asked for from
thirty to five; passed on first reading
the ordinance reducing the city solici
tor's salary from $3,500 to $2,500, and
postponed Indefinitely final action on
Commissioner H. F. Bowman's ordinance
to appropriate $52,000 from the water
funds to the city general revenue In
order to cut down the tax rate from
nine and a-half to eight and a-half
mills.
In spite of Commissioner W. L Gor
gas' objection council by a vote of
three to one amended Mayor Meals'
ordinance turning revenues from all
sources Into the city general fund, by
allowing Mr. I.ynch to handle In his
own department the funds he receives
for making private "cuts" In paved
streets. This plsn has always been
followed but Mr. Gorgas objected to It
on principle.
Italy Going Right Ahead .
With War Preparations
Rome, Dec. 25. —via Paris. Dec. 26. j
—The feeling of peace in the air has <
not affected in the slighteest degree!
Italy's military activity. The new
class, those bom in IS9S, has been'
called to report to the colors January!
1 which will considerably increase
the contingents available for the front
while 2,500 factories are running day
' and night turning out arms and am
munition.
| From the peaks of the Trentino to
i the shores of the Adriatic Christmas
i passed in vigilant watching varied in
■ some spots by sudden attacks, not
: withstanding fearful weather con-
I dltlons. Snow in the mountains is j
j fifteen feet deep.
SEE BLUNDER IX NOTE
London, Dec. 26.—Proffessor A. F.
j Pollard , who holds the chair of En-
I glish history in the London Unlver
• slty. whites to the Times, urging that
• while it is clear that somebody blund
j ered regarding the phraseology and j
i presentation of President Wilson's
note, it is also clear that the people
j here are also blundering in iterpret
! tng it.
i Swiss Note Adds New
Impetus to Discussion
of Peace Note in England
London. Dec. 26. — Interest in the
j receipt of President Wilson's note
, remains unabated. Newspaper dls
j cussion was renewed to-day with a
ifiew impetus administered by the is
i sue of the Swiss note with its disclo
| slon of a Swiss-American consulta
! lion weeks ago and by long cable dis
-1 patches recording the discussions,
! speculations and crittsms in America.
| On the main question as to how Pres-!
' ident Wilson's note and similar com
! niunlcatlons shou'd be treated by the
allies opinion remains as already re-;
corded There is on the one hand a'
reiteration of "the rooted objection of j
the allies to iopportune and ill ad
vised intervention by neutrals," and ]
jon the other an appeal for courteous:
(treatment of neutral representations,!
it io being urged that the allies are
bound to take them into account, for
i to do otherwise would be to reducei
themselves to "the level of the ag
gressors who began the war."
Apart from the main question there
is much discussion as to the genisls,
i nature and probable effects of Pres
| Ident Wilson's message. Dispatches
; from Washington and New York rep
| resent public opinion in America as
i uninformed and as curious on these
! points as opinion here. It seems a
| matter of special satisfaction to some
editorial writers that criticisms of the
: President's phraseology and surprise
at the course he sahs taken are ac
; cording to thesfe dispatches identi
: cal on both sides of the Atlantic.
War Must Be Fought
Out Until Guarantees of
Lasting Peace Are Procured
I Paris, Dec. 26.—1n addresses at the
! National congress of the French So
cialist party, Arthur Henderson, the
! British cabinet minister, and G. H.
Roberts, member of the British par
"imcnt both affirmed, amidst enthus
•• stic cheers, that the war must be
fought out until full guarantees have
j been obtained for a lasting peace.
"In my opinion," said Mr. Hend
i orson,"lf France and ourselves were
J t enter into negotiations under exist
i ing conditions we should he nations
in bondage. Nothing less than that
i is the price our enemies would exact
j for peace to-day."
Emlle Vandervelde, the Belgian So
cialist leader, said: "Our comrades
| who have remained in invaded Bel
| glum endure German dominion with
' admirable firmness. Nothing but en
couragement reaches us from them.
!So that it would seem the persons
\ most hostile to war are those far
thest from it."
j Mr. Vandervelde also declared that
the struggle must be carried on until
Belgium and Serbia are delivered and'
Caesarismls laid low.
Capitol Hill Notes
' No Hearings To-day. —No Public
Service hearings were held to-day.
| Engineer Snow will sit at Butler and
; New Florence later In the week in
cases and Chairman Alney will be at
Bellrfonte on Thursday.
I/cisonring in Charge. —Captain F. S.
Leisenring, United States Army, will
be In charge of the mustering "out of
the Eighteenth Infantry at Pittsburgh,
according to information reaching the
Canitol to-day.
! Xo Pardons Issued. —No pardons
.have yet been issued by the State
j Board of Pardons since the recent ad
journment of the board. They will be
j signed by the Governor late to-day.
NEPTHIS IX PORT
New York. Dec. 26.—The Brazilian
bark Nepthls. which broke away from
the tug Garibaldi during a storm on
December 15 and whose crew of
twelve were rescued by the Italian
steamship Sardegena and brought Into
this port. December 1 was towed Into
port by the coast guard cutter Sen
eca to-day. The Nepthls In tow of
I the Garibaldi left Maranham, Brazil,
' October 13.
| BLUMENKTEIX WINS PRIZE
A. H. Holman, at whose Market
street clothing store a guessing con
test was waged last week, announced
to-day that the prize of a full dress
suit or other garments had been won
by Conrad Blumensteln, 1320 Howard
street. An electrically driven ma
chine registered 339.617 and Blumen
steln guessed 341,600, the nearest to it.
G. B. BRUMBAUGH
DIES ON SUNDAY
Governor Will Leave Here To
morrow to Attend Funeral of
His Father at Home.
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: GEORGE BOYER BRUMBAUGH
! Governor and Mrs. Martin G. Brum
! baugh will leave to-morrow morning
j for Marklesburg, Huntingdon county,
to attend the funeral of the Gover
; nor's aged father, George Boyer
I Brumbaugh, who died at tlie family
homestead on Sunday morning. Mr.
Brumbaugh's death came after a long
illness. His two sons, Frank G. and
Irvin G. were at his bedside.
Governor Brumbaugh had returned
only a few days from his father and
had found him holding his own and
the reports on Saturday showed some
! what of an improvement. The Gover
! nor who worked on Saturday on his
I message to tl.e legislature, had been
planning a Hying visit yesterday to
the bedside.
Numerous messages of condolence
upon the death of the elder Brum
baugh reached the Governor yester
day and to-day. All social engage
j ments for the week at the executive
mansion were canceled on Sunday
and the Governor will not be able to
speak at the opening of the State
Educational Association convention,
as he had hoped. The reception in
' honor of ex-President Taft lias also
j been given up.
George Hoyer Brumbaugh, son of Ja
cob • and Rachel Boyer Brumbaugh,
was born in Penn township. Hunting
don county, July 12. 1534. He worked
on his father's farm, the old Brum
baugh homestead, and attended pub
lic school near his home. For one
term he went to a subscription school
at Marklesburg to work up some
branches not taught in the public
school. He began teaching In 1843
and taught for six terms. He was
elected to the ministry of the Church
of the Brethren in 1863 while living
on a farm near his father.
In 1865 he moved to Marklesburg
and engaged in general mercantile
business in connection with his min
istry. He was well known in his com
munity and in the church at large as
an eloquent and forceful speaker.
Locally he was distinquislied from his
cousin George Brumbaugh, another
minister in the same congregation, as
'Talking George," which phrase in
dicated his natural eloquence and pul
pit power.
As an active citizen in his local
community he was called upon to
make a survey of the original village
of Marklesburg. was a member of the
first council of the borough; was
postmaster for twenty-four years; and
at one time owned more acres of land
than any other resident in Penn town
ship, includinng the "Forge" property
of several thousand acres, now part
of the State Forosty Reservation.
During the winter of 1876, when
smallpox in Huntingdon caused the
closing of Juniata college he offered
an old homestead of the Forge tract
as a free asylum to such students
who might desire to make it their tem
porary home, and from this incident
the place came to be known as "Or
phans' Ketrent."
I November 21 1855 he was married
to Martha Pelghtal Grove. The child
ren were Amanda, who died inn her
early girlhood; Martin Grove, Gover
nor of Pennsylvania;, Frank Grove
and Irvln Grove, of Marklesburg. The
! mother. Martha Grove Brumbaugh,
died November 15, 1908. and was
buried in the Brumbaugh cemetery
on the old Penn township homestead.
Since that time Elder George Brum
| baugh has lived quietly with his son.
! Frank G. Brumbaugh, in the midst of
the scenes and families among whom
his entire life has been spent.
Mr. Brumbaugh was one of the
! grand characters of Huntingdon
county. He was one of its most re
spected and highly beloved citizens.
In community, business, educational
and religious matters he exerted great
\ power.
City Briefs
—Alfred Brown, a negro who was
shot in stomach in a browl last week,
is dying in the Harrisburg hospital.
Peritonitis developed from the wound.
Eddie Monroe, who is credited with
the shooting, is in Jail.
—Cut on the back of the neck with
a razor. Oliver Root, colored, was
taken to the Harrisburg hospital last
evening
—Thieves succeeded Sunday night in
badly damaging a safe In the offices
of Cowden &- Company, on Cumber
land street. The work was evidently
that of an amateur, none of the valu
ables that it contained being dis
turbed.
—Mr. and Mrs. Farling of Susque
hanna township were held up late
Saturday night by a highwayman In
Caveron street above Mtclay street.
They were returning from Market
when accosted. The bandit succeed
ed in getting *6 from Mrs. Farling.
—William Conrad, an employe of
the Wallace Brothers' livery. was
taken to the Harrisburg hospital yes
terday afternoon suffering with a
broken arm. He was kicked wl\Jle
watering a horse.
—Earl Challenger was treated yes
terday afternoon for -injuries receiv
ed when the auto he was driving
struck a pole at Eleventh and Market
streets.
—Suffering from a badly lacerated
face. Mervln Ashenfelter was treated
yesterday at the Harrisburg hospital.
Ashenfelter was driving a motorcycle
i that collided with a telegraph pole.
—Mrs. Samuel Hoverter Is in the
Harrisburg hospttal with a broken
arm. received yesterday afternoon
when she well on the pavement in
front of her home, 125 Hannu street.
—Mrs. <"lara Holder, 822 James
street, fell yesterday afternoon on
Hummel street, breaking her left arm,
—Miss Bertha Dunn was brought to
the Harrisburg hospital Sunday morn
ing in a serious condition. She had
attempted suicide by drink
ing tincture of larkspur. She had
been living on a farm near Hainlyn.
DECEMBER 26, 1916.
I The Following Cars Will Be #
f Offered at Special Prices /
# Wednesday and Thursday #
M Five-passenger Overland touring car, M
% electric lights and starter. Repainted; C
top good; in fine mechanical condi- M
J WEDNESDAY, 350. J
M Five-passenger Bulck, model 25; m
\ good tires; motor in excellent condl- •
K THVKSDAY, $250. I
f Our stock contains many other good
■ values. K
% Time Payments Can He Arranged a
1 The Overland-Harrisburg Co. J
W Office: Service Station: \
■ 212 North Second St. 19th and Mauada *
CONFERENCE MAY
BE BROKEN OFF
If Carranza Has Not Sent Ans- !
wer Further Parley Will
Be Ended *
Washington. D. C. t Dec. 26. Unless
General Carranra returns a favorable
answer to-day to the last communica
tion jnacle to his commissioners by
the American representatives a week
ago at Philadelphia the negotiations
will come to an end.
The Mexican commissioners will
meet in New York late to-day and
if Carranza has sent oo them his an
swer it is expected Luis Cabrera,
chairman of the Mexican delegation,
will forward it immediately to Sec
retary Lane, chairman of the Ameri
can section.
When the joint Mexican-American
commission reconvened at Philadel
phia, Alberto J. Pani, the Mexican
commissioner who had carried the
protocol signed at Atlantic c j*y t°
Queretaro for the ratification of t*en-
I eral Carranza submitted to a counter
proposal. It was in effect a rejection
of the agreement entered into by the
commissioners and the substitution
of another protocol that had been
drafted by the Mexican commission
ers at tt.e direction of Carranza.
The Americans replied in a written
communication saying they could not
consider the counter protocol and In
sisting that the agreement already
made must be cither ratified or def
initely repudiated. Some aspect of an
ultimatum was given the communica
tion by the insistence an answer
would be expected by December 26.
It was not specifically stated that
failure to ratify the agreement w-ould
result in a final break in negotiations
but the intimation that the Ameri
cans would not continue the debates
that already have extended over
three months was clearly made.
Whether Carranza has ratified the
agreement is unknown to the Ameri
can commissioners or by the State
department. Mr. Cabrero was In
Washington yesterday to spend
Christmas with Ambassador-designate
Arredondo and returned to New York
last night to meet with Commission
ers Pani and Bonills. He did not com
municate with Secretary while
here and at the embassy It was said
this morning that when he left here
no word as to Carranza's action had
been received.
If Carranza's answer is communi
cated to Secretary Lane to-day ar
rangements for a continuation of the
conferences of the joint commission
will be made unless the character of
the reply is such as to make it evi
dent that continued debate on the
subject is useless. In that case a for
| mal exchange of notes by the chair
men of the commission will probably
j mark the finish of tV.e work.
In the event that Carranza agrees
to the terms of the protocol as signed
it is said that the session will be re-
I sumed one week from to-day, per
j haps in Washington, although the
| Mexicans have expressed a desire that
they might he l eld in New York.
Cost of Monkeys Goes
Way Up in Air, Too
Washington. I>ec.. 26. Like food,
white paper and shoe prices, the cost
of monkeys has gone up and it was dis
closed to-day that patholical experi
ments being conducted by the Public
Health Service are in danger of being
seriously hampered by scarcity of avail
able Simians. Recently the service
needed a dozen monkeys to be inocu
lated with disease germs In Its hygenic
laboratories, but could gpt only six and
had to pay $lB each, although a little
more than a year ago they were more
plentiful at $8 a head. South American
monkeys are used.
Officials attribute the scarcity to the
closing by the war of the world's prin
cipal wild animal market at Hamburg,
Germany.
"SC'HNITZELBANK" IIAND
TO JOIN Ml MMKIIS
The "Schnitzelbank" Band of Eliza
bethtown. widely known In Central
Pennsylvania as a comical musical or
ganization. has applied for entry In
the mummers' parade on New Year's
day. The band will arrive shortly after
11 o'clock, and will serenade Mayor
E. S. eMals at 11.30 and the Mummers'
Association at headquarters, 34 South
Third street, at noon.
Twelve Judges will be appointed,
three for each division, and will be an
nounced on New Year's day. So far five
more big entries have been received,
and the organizations will have several
hundred In line.
"UNITE" SNYDER AT HOSPITAL.
"Snitz" Snyder, popular Tech football
center, is in the Harrishurg Hospital
awaiting an operation for the nose.
Charlie has been a regular visitor at
the hospital, mostly for Injuries receiv
ed playing football. Despite Ills In
juries Charlie always stayed right with
the game, even when warned that con
tinued playing might cripple him for
life.
GET TRUCK FOR
BTH REGIMENT
Officers and Ladies Spend
Christinas Evening Dancing
After Buffet Supper
Christmas greetings and instructions
to get an auto truck for the boys who
are on the Mexican border were sent
yesterday morning in a message to
Colonel M. E. Finney, at Camp Stew
art, El Paso, Texas, by Captain Ed
ward H. Schell, quartermaster, and
the Ilev. Harry Nelson Bassler, chap
lain. of the Eighth Regiment, who are
home on furlough.
The message follows:
Colonel M. E. Kinney,
Eighth Pa. Infantry, N. G. U. S..
Camp Stewart. El Paso, Texas:
The business men, Chamber of Com
merce, Rotary Club and friends join
us in wishing you all a Merry Christ
mas. Get the auto truck. We have
S6OO for same and will bring it with
us when we return.
SCHELL AND BASSLER.
The subscription list follows:
Wltman-Schwarz Co $lO
Harrisburg Telegraph 25
David Tracy 25
Bowman & Co JS
William Strouse & Co £0
Benjamin Strouse 5
Doutrich & Co 26,
E. S. Herman 10
Samuel Kunkcl 2 5
E. Z. Gross 25
Robert McCormick 25
Vance C. McCormick 25
Donald McCormick 2 5
W. P. Starkey 25
William Hildrup 25
Oash I
William Donaldson 25
W. L. Gorgas 10
Samuel Kautz 5
William Corcoran I
C. F. Etter 1
Dr. L. S. Mudge 5
Evans-Burtnett Co 10
Cash 10
H. 1., llershey 10
Ross Boas 5
John Wiestling 5
Miss Anne McCormick 10
H. B. McCormick 10
Mrs. Henry McCormick 5
W. B. McCaleb 5
j A. Carson Stamm 5
Warwick M. Ogelsby 5
Charles Covert 10
I E. E. Beldleman 10
I J. T. Brady 5
D. Bacon 5
George A. Gorgas 5
Casper Dull 10
M. E. St roup 5
W. W. Caldwell 5
H. F. Oves 5
Ladies' Auxiliary, S. A. W. V. ... 5
W. E. Orth 5
J. E. Gipple 1
Cash I
Dives, Ponieroy & Stewart 25
Albert Koenlg 5
William Jennings 10
Star-Independent 20
Total .SSBO
The remaining S2O needed to pur
chase the truck will be furnished by
the Rotary Club.
Just to prove, too, that they aren't
forgetting Christmas, invitations were
sent to this city from Camp Stewart
asking a number of people to spend
Christmas Day with them. A buffet
| supper was served last evening at 6.30
; o'clock, followed by dancing. The
| invitations were from the officers and
j ladles of the Eighth Pennsylvania
| Infuntry.
Carlisle Indian Students
Fed on $5 Per Month
j Carlisle, Pa... Dec. 26.—1t is almost
unbelievable that the Carlisle Indian
I School, under the direction of the Fed
j eral Interior Department, should feed
S its grown students at the rate of 16 2-3
j cents a day and keep them in fine
fettle and good physical condition and
at the same time produce some of the
greatest athletes in the world. It is
known that for the year Just ending
pupils have been kept at the phe
nomenally low cost of $1.17 a week,
or $5 a month.
BIG POMCE COURT
I The unusual prosperity that pervad
-1 ed the city this Christmas has been re
| fleeted at the police station. The police
i have been kept unusually busy the last
'few days liearlnz "drunks" from all
I sections of the city. This afternoon
I twenty-two hearings are scheduled for ■
I the police court, the largest number
that have had a hearing In one day In
the history of the police court.
FIRE IN INSANE HOSPITAL
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 26. Fire
broke out early this morning In th
laundry of the Delaware State Hos
pital for the Insane at Farnhurst, six
miles from this city. Inmates gave way
to hysteria, but all were taken out
safely.
MEASI.ES AMONG RECRUITS
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 26. Three hun
dred recruits for the regular army on
the border and in Merlco were quar
antined in tents on the parade grounds
i at Fort Bliss to-day because Ave of the
recruits were found to have mewles.
HI'RT IN KAI.L
1 Mrs. Har.v St. Peter. 1619 Penn street
I fell down the cellar steps of her bom.,!
| 161# Penn street. Her scalp was lacer-
I ated and he rface badly bruised. She
1 was taken to the Harrlaburg HosnltaU