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f DRINK HOT TEA
} FOR A BAD COLD
Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call it. "Hamburger Brust Thee," at
any pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful
of the tea. put a cup of boiling water
upon it, pour through a sieve and
drink a teacup full at any time. It
is the most effective way to break a
cold and cure grip, as it opens the
pores, relieving congestion. Also
loosens the bowels, thus breaking a
cold at once.
It Is inexpensive and entirely vege
table. therefore harmless.
BRITISH PREPARE
FOR GREAT DRIVE
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among the officials in the big munition
headquarters just off Whitehall, as
well as a willingness to give out '•com
parative figures," to justify that
optimism."
"The improvement in our position
may be illustrated in this way," re
marked an official of the ministry.
"We are now manufacturing every
week three times as many 155 milli
meter shells, live times as many 200
milimeter shells, and three times as
many 230 millimeter shells as wo
manufactured during the whole first
year of the war.
"Of smallei snclls we are turning
out in about a week the same quantity
as was produced during the first year.
Finally, the number of shells of ail
kinds completed during the last week
exceeded by about thirty per cent the
entire stock of munitions held in re
serve at the outbreak of hostilities."
Dealing with guns in the same way,
It is found that, representing the num
ber of guns manufactured during the
first year of war by 100 the number
for the second year would be 841, and
for the third year will be somewhere
in the neighborhood of 1350. The
manufacture of lighter pieces has had
to be slackened recently, owing to the
fact that the equipment of the British
army in light field pieces is approxi
mately complete, and it is only neces
sary to provide for replacements and
renewals.
The improvement in the manufac
ture of machine guns, rifles, grenades
and explosives has been equally satis
factory. Representing the total num
ber of machine guns delivered to the
army during the first year as ioo, the
total for the second year was 1,250
and for the third year will exceed 6,-
000. The production of trench mor
tar ammunition and grenades has
been so much developed that any
further increase scarcely seems neces
sary.
The increase in the manufacture of
explosives has been tremendous. For
every ton of explosive employed in
September 1914. 350 tons were em
ployed in July 1915 and 12,000 tons in
July 1916.
"It Fixed Me Up
0. K." Says Steward
Every Uonc in His Body Aelied With
Constant Rheumatic
Pains
ALL'ARE GONE NOW
"I felt absolutely rotten all the
time." says Steward H. V. Campbell,
of 222 So. 17th St., Harrisburg, Pa.
"Not sick abed but just all busted
up so that I didn't give a hang what
happened. Seemed to me as if every
bone in my body ached with a special
kind of a pain and my elbows and
shoulders hurt like the old scratch all
the time.
"On top of that I had indigestion S
so bad I couldn't eat anything without
going through hours of misery, but '•
I didn't care tnuch because I didn't i
have enough appetite to keep a I
canary alive and I didn't want to eat i
anyhow.
"Well, anyhow, I got to a point!
where I was pretty near desperate
and I got to reading about the folks !
around here that had been helped by i
Tanlac and that's how I came to try
it.
"And, believe me, it's some medicine
too, for it has chased away all my!
aches and pains and I feel as if I
had just been newly painted and pap
ered. I feel great, fine, and Tanlac
has a rooter in me that's ready to \
root tor the master medicine at every i
opportunity." j
Tanlac. the famous reconstructive
tonic, is now being specially introduc
ed here at Gorgas' Drug Store, where
the Tanlac man is meeting the peo- !
pie and explaining the merits of this
master medicine.
Tanlac is sold also at the Gorgas'
Drug Store in P. R. R. Station.
O^MGHSYRW>
Ask your mother about Dr. Bull's
Cough Syrup. She will tell you that
it is the " bestever " for coughs, colds,
sore throat, etc. And why? Because
it is a doctor's prescription, compound
ed of nothing but the purest drugs and
gives relief in a few hours. 23c a
bottle at all druggists.
FREE TEST "grigs'
TRUSSES
A truss is something that voy
do not buy unless it is abso
lutely required; but when a
truss is required, you should
have the best the "market af
fords, regardless of what it
costs.
We sell all the best trusses,
in all sizes, for all purposes and
for all ages.
Special fitting from stock, or
trusses made to order.
FORNEY'S DROBSTORE
Second Street, Near Walnut |'
MONDAY EVENING,
FLAGS TO BE GIVEN
TO BEST SCHOOLS
Interesting Plan For Recogniz
ing the Attainment of Stand
ards Is Announced
recognition of the
v\\\ A tain standards
y urged by the State
and county educa
tional authorities
I IP! fflpßqMV ' los been arranged
I MMBIHM by the State Hoard
ot Education in the
4glg(gtf UbJJK form of liags and
pennants and it will
! during the spring. The Board at its
! recent meeting gave approval to the
{ plan and a lormal notice will be
I issued.
All schools attaining a standard of
general excellence established by the
superintendents of their particular
county will be awarded a blue pen
nant bearing in white letters the state
ment that it was given for reaching
the standard for the county. Such
schools will then be eligible for com
petition for the State standards and
when they are reported as attaining
them a blue flag four by three feet
inscribed in white and with the State
arms on a gold field will be given.
| These llags are so constructed that
they can be flown from Hag poles
under the national colors.
Arguments On. The Public Ser
vice Commission has listed for argu
ment late to-day the proposition for
a rehearing of the complaint of the
Pennsylvania Utilities Company that
the Lehigh Navigation Electric Com
pany failed to obtain the consent of
the commission before engaging in
business in the borough of Nazareth.
It is also charged that the company
did not comply with the regulations
of the commission in regard to facility
crossings.
Safety First Views. Several miles
of "safety first" films showing the re
sults of precautions and the fruits of
neglect and carelessness in Pennsyl
vania industries have been prepared
in the State Department of Labor and
Industry and will be sent out for ex
hibition in towns of the State as a part
ot the safety movement. The depart
ment has suggested that the arrange
ments for the exhibitions be made
by a chamber of commerce, manufac
turers association, labor organization
or similar body and that wherever
possible the lectures be made free. In
addition to furnishing the views the
department will as far as able send
lecturers to emphasize safety work in
the special industries of the locality.
To Obtain Views. Plans to obtain
views of farmers, cattle owners, dairy
men, shippers and others interested in
milk production on the proposed dairy
inspection of the State are shortly to!
be made. The State authorities have I
had drawn bills which are now in the I
hands of men familiar with various
lines with the object of obtaining sug
gestions. They will be discussed at
meetings to be held hero In the w,eek
of January 22.
Crossing Approved. The Public
Service Commission in an opinion
handed down to-day by Chairman
Ainey approves the plans for an over
head crossing to be constructed by
the Allen Street Railway Company
over tracks of the Lehigh and New
England Bailroad near Bath, North
ampton county. The opinion states
that the entire cost of the construc
tion and payment of consequential
damages is to be borne by the street
railway company, but the railroad
company having offered to pay $2,000
toward the Improvement is directed to
do so. The railway company had
originally applied for permission to
establish a grade crossing but the ap
plication was withdrawn.
To Consider .Merger. The Public
Service Commission will late to-day
consider the proposition for merger of
a number of subsidiary companies of
the Philadelphia Electric Company.
Major Mustered Out. Major F.
D. Beary, deputy adjutant general,
was mustered out with his regiment,
the Fourth Infantry at Allentown to
day.
Headquarters Here. Major Gen
eral Clement and the headquarters
staff of the Seventh division, who
reached here yesterday, are at the
Senate Hotel awaiting the arrival of a
regular army ollicer to muster them
out of the United States service. The
general and his staff are in the best
of health and were greeted by a num
ber of friends.
Complaint on Express. The Mt.
Union Tanning Company of Jit. Union
to-day tiled complaint with the Pub
lic Service Commission against the
Adams Express Company regarding
shipments.
More Jitneys Heard From. The
Scranton Railway Company to-day
entered complaint before the Public
Service Commission against two jitney
operators. The cases will be taken up
later on. The men complained of are
Frank Marts, Plymouth, operating as
the White Transit Company and Alger
Sheaffer, Dickson City.
Senator Lynch Here. Governor
Brumbaugh, who returned to the city
from Philadelphia to-day, found Sena
tor W. M. Lynch, of Lackawanna
county, awaiting him. It is surmised i
that the Senator is looking for some
appointments.
The Oakley Puintings. The plac
ing of the paintings for the Senate
chamber will be finished to-morrow.
Miss Violet Oakley, the artist, came
here this afternoon to put the finish
ing touches to the canvasses whichr
are all in place. The artist will prob
ably take up with Capitol officials the
question of lighting arrangements as
it is understood that there is almost
too much light for the works. The
scaffolding will be removed within a
| few days.
Implement Show to
Be Here Next Week
Men in charge of arrangements for
the midwinter show ot grain, vege
tables and other products to-day se
cured the entire lirst floor of the
Emerson Brantingham building for
the first farming implement show ever
attempted for this city.
The first floor comprises about 18,-
000 square feet and there will be as
sembled a big collection of farm trac
tors, lime spreaders and other ap
pliances of the latest model.
The produce show wul be on the
upper floor.
CULBERT W. BUTCHER
Word was received here yesterday
from Mamaroneek, N. Y., on the death
of Culbert W. Butcher, who married
Miss Viola M. Demming, daughter of
Colonel and Mrs. 11. C. Deniming, in
this city in 1909. Mr. Butcher was an
interior decorator, a native of London,
England.
HYOMEj
ENDS CATARRH, ASTHMA,
Broochitis, Croup, Cough* and Coldt, or
tnooey back. Safe} and guaranteed by
H. C. Kennedy.
NEWS OF S
BIG RECEPTION
FOR TROOPERS
Firemen Take Charge of Ar
rangements; Move Backed
by Merchants
Final arrangements for a reception
to the Steelton boys in the Governor's
Troop will be made at a joint meeting
of committees from the six fire com
panies of the borough in the Paxtang
Hook and ladder Company tirehouso,
Front street, Wednesday night.
In what way the lire companies will
honor the Steelton lads will be decided
this meeting. A parade, in which
all Are companies and patriotic or
ganizations of the town will take part,
has been tentatively suggested. Fol
lowing this a large banquet will be
given the troopers.
The reception was suggested by Fire
Chief O. E. 11. Malehorn and Burgess
Fred Wiglield. All day yesterday the
fire chief saw members of the various
companies.
The affair will also be backed by
the merchants of the town, following a
statement made by Matthew J. Kane,
president of the Merchants' Associa
tion. Mr. Kane requested all mer
chants to decorate their business es
tablishments and give a helping hand
to the firemen in their preparations.
Following are the committees and
the companies they will represent at
the joint meeting Wednesday night:
Paxtang Hook and Ladder Company,
Joseph Gerdes, Robert Attick and
Harry Martzon; Citizen, Joseph
Pricker, H. B. Smith and C. W.
Thompson: West Side, Charles Bougli
ter and John Snell. Committees to
represent the other companies will be
appointed at meetings to-night.
Bethlehem Steel Options
12,000 Acres of Coal Land
Pittsburgh. Jan. 15. Twelve
thousand acres of coal land in Greene
county have been optioned by the
Bethlehem Steel Company at S6OO an
acre, the highest price on record.
Tlio holdings embraced in the op
tions include a tract of the Emerald
Coal Company, comprising 8733 acres
in Morgan, Franklin and Washington
townships: the holdings of E. H. Jen
nings. of Pittsburgh, 2989 acres in
Washington township, and smaller
tracts owned by Greene county farm
ers. It is reported that the holdings
of J. V. Thompson in several town
ships are also under opUon.
Arrest Negro Who Tries
to Pawn Shoes He Stole
Edward Thomas, colored, is in the
Dauphin county jail awaiting a hear
ing before Justice of the Peace Stees
on a charge of stealing shoes from
A. J. Lehrman. 3" South Front street.
The arrest was made Saturday night
when Thomas attempted to pawn the
stolen shoes at the store of Samuel
Lehrman, Front and Chambers streets,
a brother of A. J. Lelirman.
FUNERAL TO-MORROW
Funeral services for Jacob Knod
erer. aged 58, an old resident of the
borough, who died at the home of his
brother, Milton A. Knoderer, 236 Elm
street, Saturday, will be held to-mor
row morning at 9 o'clock. The Rev.
G. N. Lauffer. pastor of St. John's
Lutheran Church will officiate. Bur
ial will be made at Moore's Church
The Paxtang Hook and Ladder Com
pany will meet at 7.30 o'clock this
evening prior to viewing the bodv at
236 Elm street.
QUARANTINE HOUSE
State health authorities have placed
a strict quarantine at 711 South Third
street, where it was found Jacob
Peters, a Portuguese, has contracted
smallpox. The house with its fourteen
occupants was quarantined.
BURNED AT STEEL PLANT
Joe Roval, of Steelton, was badly
burned about the body at the Beth
lehem steel plant this morning. He
was taken to the .Harrisburg Hospital.
ADDRESSES CIVIC CLUB
The regular meeting of the borough
Civic Club was held this afternoon.
Miss Anna McDonald, of the State
Library, addressed the club on the
operation of the State's traveling
library.
RAISES LARGE LEMONS
Although not in a tropical climate,
Steelton is a good place to raise large
lemons. Four lemons, averaging a
pound each, are on exhibition at
McCurdy's drug store, in Front street.
John Bogner, South Harrisburg street,
grew them. Two of the four measure
13 inches in diameter.
PLANNING FIGHT
TOJSAVE THAW
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he desires them to pursue. This an
nouncement was made by Henry J.
Scott, one of the Thaw attorneys. "It
all depends upon ThaWs attitude
when he come around," said Mr.
Scott. "As soon as he is better a con
ference will be held with him by
members of the Thaw family and we
will decide what legal course to
take."
Frank Johnston, of New York, an
other one of Thaw's attorneys, said
last night that there was no desire
on the part of the family to place
any obstacles in the way of the New
York officials and indicated that if
competent authorities show that he
should be kept in restraint there
would be no opposition to such meas
ures. "It will be easy to beat the
case against Thaw In New York,"
Mr. Johnston declared, "and we are
as much inclined to light it out there
as in Pennsylvania." He added that
Thaw's mother, who arrived here
yesterday and announced that she
would "stand by her son until the
end," probably would have an im
portant statement to make to-day
or to-morrow.
Steadily Improving
According to Dr. Eiwood W. Kirby,
one of Thaw's physicians. It will be
two or three days before the patient
is able to talk. While he is showing
steady improvement. Dr. Kirby said,
he is still in a stupor and weak from
j the loss of blood.
New York officials were here to
day with extradition papers for the
surrender of Oliver A. Brower, in
dicted with Thaw on the Gump
charges and who is held here with
out bail. Brower's attorney announc
ed that he would do all he could to
keep him in Pennsylvania. He was to
appear in common pleas court to-day
for argument on an application for a
writ of habeas corpus for Brower's
release and declared he felt confi
dent the writ would be granted. Aa-
HARRISBURG aNSftl TELEGRAPH
MAY POSTPONE
IMPROVEMENTS
Scarcity of Men and Materials
Will Probably Change Plans
at Sleel Plant
Announcement was made by steel
company officials at Steelton that lack
of men and materials and not the pos
sibility of peace is responsible for a
revision of plans for the development
of the mills of the Bethlehem Steel
Company.
The originallv estimated expendi
ture of $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 will
be made at the Steelton plant, accord
ing to Quincy Bent, general manager
of the local plant.
Mr. Bent stated last night that "the
reports that possible peace or an
armistice would make big changes In
the plans are without foundation. The
trouble is that the men and materials
cannot be obtained. In these days it
is possible to spend just so much
money and no more. Here at the
Steelton plant, for Instance, we are be
ing quoted prices on apparatus we
need at twelve to sixteen months. It
will be impossible to get this before
the expiration of that period.
"We may let up somewhat here on
the work contemplated," Mr. Bent
continued. "That Is, we may put oft
some work we would have done this
year until later because of conditions,
but this does not mean that any of the
plans announced for the development
of the Steelton plant will be aban
doned."
Community Chorus to
Be Organized Tonight
"All singers and all those who would
like to learn to sing" is embodied in
a general Invitation announced for
publication this morning by Mrs. J. M.
Heagy, president of the Civic Club, re
questing residents of the borough to
attend a meeting in the First Meth
odist Church to-night to effect the
organization of a community chorus.
During the last week Mrs. John
Bethel, chairman of the committee In
charge, has made a canvass in the
borough and reported to-day that she
had about 100 names on her list.
Many more, it is believed, will attend
the meeting to-night.
W. M. Ilarclerode, school supervisor
of music, will lead the chorus. The
Civic Club plans to get the backing of
business men and to elect prominent
men as officers of the organization.
SMALL CHILD DIES
Helen Vivian, aged 17 months,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
James. 277 Myers street, died yester
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. No funeral
arrangements have been made.
EHRISMAN FI N ERAL
Funeral services for Susan Ehris
man, 238 Lincoln street, will be held
to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The
Rev. James M. Shoop will officiate.
Burial will be made in the Harrisburg
Cemetery.
I'MIDDLETOWfI* • • I
CLASS ELECTS OFFICERS
At a meeting of the Woman's Bible
Class of the United Brethren Church
officers for the ensuing year were
elected at follows: President, Mrs.
Anna Nissley; vice president, Mrs.
Jennie Detweiler; teacher. Mrs. S. P.
Longenecker; assistant teacher, Mrs.
S. S. Hean; secretary, Mrs. William
Wagner: treasurer, Mrs. A. P. Arndt;
librarians, Mrs. Mary Snavely and
Mrs. Ralph Aurand: membership
committee, Mrs. Mary Baker: social
committee. Mrs. Anna Zeiters; evan
gelistic committee, Mrs. I. H. Al
bright; relief committee, Mrs. J. F.
Blecher.
DIRECTORS ELECTED
Directors for the ensuing year were
elected at the annual meeting of the
United Market Company, Saturday
morning. They are: I. E. Coble,
Joseph N. Brandt. D. W. Gingrich,
Samuel J. Kreps, Aaron Alwine, Levi
Peck, H. W. Bailsman, Addison Lan
dis and John A. Kramer. Election
of officers by the directors will take
place next Saturday.
MRS. ETTELLE DIES
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Catherine Peebles Ettele, wife of tl.e
late Henry Ettele who died Saturday
at her home in Middletown will be
held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from 4 2 West Main street.
BAND COLLECTS SSOO
Announcement was made by Lib
erty'band officials that the SSOO mark
has been reached in the collection
for the erection of a new band hall.
The same amount Is yet needed to
complete the total of SI,OOO.
sistant District Attorney Taulane, on
the other hand, was of the opinion
that the granting of tho extradition
papers would serve to nullify the
habeas corpus proceedings and .that.
Brower would be turned over to the
New York authorities immediately.
Mother at Bedside
Other members of the Thaw fam
ily were expected here from Pitts
burgh to-day. P.. B. Coyne and A.
H. Goodman, of New York, joined
Thaw's force of iegal representatives
yesterday.
Harry K. Thaw's mother spent
more than three hours at his bedside
in St. Mary's Hospital during the
morning. She declined to say any
thing regarding the plans of the fam
ily in tlie matter of Thaw's extra
dition to New York. The patient
continues to improve although still
very weak.
Friends of the Thaw family believe
that the final decision In the matter
of Thaw's removal to New York will
be to contest extradition. Counsel for
Oliver A. Brower, arrested in connec
tion with the Gump charges, will
make a strong effort at thn habeas
corpus hearing late to-day to have him
released on the ground that he had
nothing to do with the offense alleged
against Thaw. The habeas corpus
proceedings were instituted last Fri
day for the purpose of having Brow
er released on bail pending the arrival
of extradition papers. As these pa
pers are now here, it is said, counsel
will drop this part of the proceedings
and ask for Brower's absolute dis
charge from custody.
ARGUE AGAINST TRAINING
Washington, Jan. 15. Prominent
educators and representatives of par
ents' associations were heard to-day In
opposition to compulsorv military
training by the Senate Military Rub
committee considering the proposed
legislation. Among those who appear
ed hefore the/committee to testify
were Dr. John Dewey, of ' Columbia
University; Dr. John L. Eliot, of New
York City; President Alexander Meik
eljohn. of Amherst; William I. Hull,
of Haverford, and Prof. Edward P.
Cheyny, of the University of Pennsyl
vania.
PASSENGER TRAIN
HITS FARM WAGON
Driver and Son Injured, Horse
Killed and Wagon Demolish
ed at Meehanicsburg
Meclianicsburg, Pa., Jan. 15. A
grade crossing accident occurred here
this morning shortly after 9 o'clock
when a, Cumberland Valley eastbound
passenger train, just after leaving the
station, struck a team at Arch street.
.John S. Weaver, living on the
McGulre farm, in Upper Allen town
ship about one mile south of Mechun
j icsburg, accompanied by his 7-year-old
| son. drove into town in a one-horse
, farm wagon and stopped at the Arch
: street crossing to let the train go by.
| The horse frightened at the approach
i ol' the locomotive and Mr. Weaver
jumped out to control the animal, the
boy remaining on the seat, holding the
reins. The horse broke away from
Mr. Weaver, throwing him down, and
ran directly in front of the train,
which had not yet gotten tip speed
after leaving the station and was
quickly stopped.
The wagon was demolished and the
horse so badly injured that it had to
be killed. The small boy made a re
markable escape from death. He was
thrown from the wagon underneath
the train and crawled out when the
cars came to a standstill. He was cut
about the head and somewhat bruised,
but was not seriously hurt. Mr.
Weaver was bruised and cut.
TEUTONS WITHIN
SIX MILESOF GALATY
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vances recently scored by the Russians
appear to have been maintained In the
face of heavy counter attacks by the
Germans. Twice on successive days
Petrograd has announced the repulse
of heavy assaults by masses of troops.
The operations on the Franco-
Belgian front are confined for the
most part to the artillery. Paris has
only activities by this arm of the
service to renort to-day.
Hard Fighting in Moldavia
To-day's statements from Berlin
and Petrograd report further severe
fighting in the Moldavian mountain
valleys, in which the Rumanians, ac
cording to the Russian report, pushed
back the Teutonic front in the Kasino
river region. Berlin claims the re
pulse of strong attacks on German po
sitions north of the Suchltza valley.
In Macedonia where violent snow
storms have occurred in some sectors
and floods in others, there has been
sporadic fighting chiefly toward the
western end of the line. There has
been particularly violent artillery fire
along the Vardar and within the bend
of the Ccrna, toward Monastir, while
the Italians, on their front, repulsed
an attack and took prisoners.
Picturesque and Bloody
Fighting Results in
Victory For Russians
j l.ondon, Jan. 13. —On the bleak
| Riga front, amid the blinding snows
and piercing cold of a Russian win
ter, lighting of the most picturesque
and bloody character is going on. So
far the conflict has resulted in brilliant
successes for the forces of the Czar.
Despite long and furious hand-to
hand struggles, and the murderous
fire of hundreds of tnachihe guns, the
Russian troops have been able to
break through the German lines, al
most entirely destroying three enemy
regiments and routing another, and
have finally overcome a series of forti
fications constructed only after fifteen
months' hard labor.
"Neither the severest snowstorms
nor tho paralyzing frosts, nor impass
able marshes could check your ardour."
This is the tribute paid by General
Dimitrieff to his heroic forces. The
splendid bravery of the Russian sol
dier in the face of the severest weather
conditions, and over ground of tho
most difficult military character, Is
the key to the victory won by General
Dimitrieff in this region In the last
week.
Great Russian Captures
The tale of the Russian captures is
equally eloquent. It includes fifty ma
chine guns, thirty cannon and vast
stores of supplies and equipment. An
enormous consignment of brandy for
the German forces—loo,ooo bottles—
also fell into the hands of the attack
ing troops.
The Russian advance is stil in pro
gress and further successes might con
ceivably play havoc with plans for
the general staff for the Rumanian
campaign.
From present indications it is ap
parent that Germany Is planning a
gigantic offense through Bessarabia
into the granary of Russia, with a
view to relieving the serious shortage
of food -within the dual empires. Von
Hindenburg's strategy, it is evident,
is based now on this drive, which
probably will be released as early In
the spring as weather conditions per
mit. Following the German maxim
that the surest defense is to strike
first and disable the enemy, this offen
sive movement will probably be set
in operation before the Russians can
utilize the vast stores of munitions
now being piled up behind their lines.
It is therefore of prime importance
in the German plan to keep the north
ern portion of its own line protected
from Russian penetration there if an
advance is to be made unhampered
against tl.e Kiev-Odessa line. Realizing
this the Teutons are making every
possible effort to check it before it
does Incalculable harm.
The Teuton Tactics
The Teuton tactics to-day In this
sector are the same as those used by
Von Hlrdenburg in the fall of 1914
when he stemmed the Russian ad
vance. The massed formation is em
ployed against the Russian forces and
attack after attack is hurled upon the
front in the Riga-Mittau sector. Tl.e
latest asault of this character, which
was made with great bravery and
dash by the German battalions broke
down as completely as its predecessors
In the face of a raking fire from the
Russian batteries.
Completing the work of the Rus
sian gufis, the infantry executed a
sharp swift" counter-attack, which
effectually ended the German on
slaught.
Wonderfully White Mantle
Made Sunday Strangest
Day in World War
With the British Armies In France,
via London, Jan. 15. This has been
one of the strangest days in the
strange world war. It has been a
wonderfully white day—a day of
snow, white fog, white fields and
strange white trees glistening in magi
cal mantles of clear white frost. Even
the brown gripping remorseless mud
of the Somme—the mud that has been
almost the master of the war for
these past two months—has hidden Its
j treacherous depth, for the time at
least, beneath the soft, fleecy flakes
that came during the night to spread a
Sabbath vestment of purity over the
wretched, squalid and somber battle
grounds of north France.
In most of the front line trenches
I there was tlie mystic quiet that comes
. JANUARY 15, 1917.
Pottsville Miss Prescribed For
Dad When He Had Pneumonia
"Rub Daddy with Viok's 'Cause | BlMlllinffflinillitllilllllllgßgßSit^iMlCinnnHimmnroigM !
It Made Me Better, and It Will! ||W I
Make Him Better, Too," Said ! |j: IHr nl§
Little Emma Kienzle. Iji W \|
MR. KIENZLE IS WELL NOW. )( ? Wl \
When Mr. C. F. Kienzle. 811 Laurel I
yphoid pneumonia, his little (laughter I MjM I
mmedlately recommended the remedy ftffjl j
Uat always relieved her colds. Her mm* m
dvice was good, for Mrs. Kienzle Okl?flHHF *SfU\ jm\\
rites—"The doctor had little hopes ' iLj" O
or him but I kept right on using inr. ■ n ■ i"u u'j .j*
'ioks and the pneumonia was broken." | . I
Wheu Vick's Vapoltub Salve was U -IriJL. POTTSVILLE. pa. J
>st introduced from the South, '
; ehnelder's Pharmacy presented Mrs. syrups . and tonics, but nothing
Cienzle with a jar, and requested that seemed to break her cold. I
•lie give it a thorough trial. Mrs. rubbed a little Vick's Vapoßub"
■Cienxle rejwrted— up her nostrils and made her
"At that time my little girl was inhale a little of it, and she had
suffering with a severe cold. Her instant relief In the head. When \
head was closed and she could not put her to bed I rubbed her chest
breathe through her nostrils. Sho and throat with a good thick appll
was tight on the chest and com- cation, and in the morning there
plained of her throat w *3 no trace of a cold."
firpr hurting her. We had Mothers will find Vick's VapoHub Salve
been trying to doctor a sure enough "Bodyguard in the
•fflß|g,(Qlher up with cough home." Three sizes, 25c, 50c or SI.OO.
Koes> a tSHIe Bopv-Guabp in VOUW home'* A
JOCKS SALVE
with snow. No Man's Land liad been
lifted for the moment out of its de
graded and abject state of melan
cholic desolation and placed on a pic
turesquely white equality with the un
trammeled lands that lie about the
fighting zones. The tortuous barriers
of grim barbed wide in front of the
enemy positions had been transformed
into tangled and graceful strands of
crystal ice and dinning snow. Hack of
the lines the British guns that never
seam to tire or sleep—guns that winter
cannot muzzle or frosts subdue—spoke
with a white hot breath from hiding
places Screened and double secure be
neath the white cover of the newly
fallen snow. Under the spell of the
snow alnd the mists there was, what
is not often the case out here, an al
most tangible touch of Sunday in the
air. Whether it was the white fog
that enveloped so much of the front or
whether it was just some shadowy
spirit of the sabbath, the strident
voices of the guns seemed more muf
fled than usual and farther away. But
the messengers that the guns sent
smashing through miles of glacial
space spoke to their foes in the same
determined tones that have been
heard with such unrelenting regular
ity during all these wintry days. The
war that stretches out over the years
is a war that necessarily resolves it
self into a routine of much the same
thing over and over again. To-day.
however, in all its whiteness, it seemed
just a wee bit different.
Italy's Territorial
Aspirations Explained
Rome, Sunday. Jan. 14, via Paris, Jan.
15. ltaly's territorial aspirations in
connection with the war wore explain
ed and defended to-day by Fransisco
Rufflni, minister of public instructions
and a historian of prominence, in a
statement to the Associated Press.
"In the note of the allies to President
Wilson," he said, "they make a point
which is understandable to neutrals,
and particularly to America. Italy no
less than her allies awaits with calm
confidence the realization of the aims
set forth In that passage of tho note
which refers to the redemption of Ital
ians subject to Austria. The German
Where Can I Find Relief From
Itching, Terrifying Eczema?
This Question Is Ever on the Lips
of the Afflicted.
Eczema. Tetter, Erysipelas and
other terrifying conditions of the
skin, are deep-seated blood diseases,
and applications of salves, lotions and
washes can only afford temporary re
lief, without reaching the real seat of
the trouble. But just because local
treatment has done you no good, there
is no reason to despair. You simply
have not sought the proper treatment,
that is within your reach. '
You have the experience of others
who have suffered as you have to
guide you to a prompt riddance of
blood and skin diseases. No matter
H Find* "Kondon's" on the Job.
Don't try to work with your head all stuffed up. A tube of ft
$1 genuine Kondon's Catarrhal Jelly will make you clear as a bell. 1
iB3 50 million intelligent Americans have used Kondon's for $$
Mi cold-in-head or nasal catarrh. Some druggists offer you com- $§
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i-3} understanding that if the first tube does not do you a dollar's §!
! s-la worth of good, you can get your quarter back from Kondon'a II
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press seoks to depict Italy as desirous
of conquests but American public opin
ion, so far-seeing, so well educated to
freedom and to a deep spirit of national
unity cannot confound brutal lust of con
quest with a justified claim to territor
ies with populations like those of the
Trentino, J.stria and Dalmatla.
"These territories have had only one
civilization in their history, that of
Italy, and only one great humiliation—
which must cease—that of foreign dom
ination which attempted to destroy the
principle of nationality. America
knows well that Italy notwithstanding
these just claims abstained from any
provocation before the European con
flagration, being occupied only with her
peaceful development. Austria was re
sponsible for the outbreulc of the con
flict, bavins: willed war with Serbia
after provoking Italy a hundred times
with violent persecutionsof Italians of
Trent, Trieste Flume and Zura, whom
she denied even the right to educate
themselves in their own language."
IIAHIIY C. KUNKLE DIES
Mechanicsburg, Pa., Jan. 15.—Harry
C. Kunkle, aged 74 years, a Civil War
veteran, died nt his homo in West
Green street last evening after a long
illness, lie was a member of Colonel
11. 1. Zinn Post, Xo. 415, Grand Army
of the Republic, having served In
Troop C, Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry.
He was a member of Grace Evan
gelical Church. lie is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. John A. Rail
ing, of Mechanicsburg; Mrs. Raymond
Stahl. of Richmond. Va.. and Miss
Ida Kunkle, at home, and two sons,
W. 11. Kunkle, of Turtle Creek, Pa,,
and M. G. Kunkle, of Illinois. Funeral
services will be held to-morrow after
noon at 1 o'clock, conducted by the
Rev. L. M, Dice. Burial will be made
at New Kingston.
PRINCES TO BECOME FLYERS
Amsterdam, via London, Jan. 15.
According to the Berlin Lokal An
zeiger. Prince Friedrich Slgismund
and Prince Friedrich Karl, sons of
Prince Friedrich Leopold, of Prussia,
have Joined the German flying corps.
Prince Friedrich Sigisniund is 2 5 years
old and his brother two years vounger.
| They are cousins of the Bmperor.
how terrifying the Irritation, no
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