CAMP FIRE GIRLS
ARE ENTERTAINED
Mrs. J. O. Charles Is Hostess at
Pleasant Affair at Home
of Mother
PARTY ON~" BIRTHDAY
Young Ladies' Organized Bible
Class Are Guests of Miss
Flossie M. Loy
Mlllcrstown, Pa., March 10.—On
Tuesday evening Mrs. J. Otis Charles
entertained the Campfire Girls at the
homo of her mother. Mrs. Samuel
Rounsley, in Main street.—A surprise
birthday party was held at the home
of Mrs. Samuel Rounsley in her honor
by several of her friends on Monday
evening.—The Young Indies' Organ-i
ized Bible Class of the Methodist |
Church, Mrs. John Light, teacher, was
entertained at the home of Miss Flos
sie M. Loy, on Tuesday evening.—Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Messersmith, of Har
risburg, were week-end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. L. I*. Cathcart.—Emory Fry
left Wednesday on a visit at Newark,
X. J., and Philadelpia. James
Beacham and son, William, of Al
toona, spent several days at their
bungalow, above town. —Carl Lauver
and Miss Grace Light visited friends
at McAllisterville on Sunday. Miss
Ruth Weiser, of Mifflin, was the guest
of A. 11. Ulsh and family Sunday.
-Mrs. Edith Smith, of Duncannon, vis
ited her mother, Mrs. B. H. Branyan,
this week.—Harry Rhoads, of North
Dakota, visited his uncle, John
Rhoads, the past week.—Mrs. Melvin
Beimer, of Altoona, spent Saturday
with her sister. Mrs. Martha Putz.—
Miss Rose Miller visited friends at
Harrisburg this week.—Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Wagner, of Lemoyne, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Wagner's mother,
Mrs. Ida Ward.—Mrs. Hulda Knight,
of Duncannon, spent Sifnday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Banks Page.—
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Karstetter ai\d
baby, of Harrisburg. were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Mowery this
week. —Banks Karstetter, of Harris
burg. is visiting his mother. Mrs. Mar
tha Karstetter. —Mrs. C. C. Page and
Miss Daisy Walker were guests of
Mrs. Edgar Noll, at Newport, Tues
day.—D. Gilbert Rickabaugh, who has
been in the city for several weeks,
returned home on Sunday. Mrs. O.
K. White, who had been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Jennie Byers. and niece,
Mrs. T. V. Diffenderfer, for the past
two months, left on Thursday for New
York city, where she will spend sev
eral days before returning to her
home at San Diego, California.—Tus
oarora Castle, No. 289, Knights of the
Golden Eagle, held a banquet in their
hall on Friday evening. A special
program was arranged. James Rouns
ley delivered an address, entitled "Our
Flag."—Joseph Hogentogler, of Indi
ana. who has been living in the west
for forty some years, is spending some
time with his brother. Nicholas Ho
gentogler, of Pfouts Valley.—Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Page and Mrs. Hulda
Knight accompanied Mrs. Anna Hum
phrey home to East Salem on Sun
day, by automobile. —Miss Myrtle
Gearhart. who had been visiting her
mother who had been ill, at Harris
burg, has returned home.
Dwelling Houses Badly
Needed at Elizabethville
Elizabethville, Pa., March 10. —
There is a scarcity of houses here and
several families are compelled to
board on account of not having a
house to move into.—Swab Wagon
Company shipped a large consign
ment of farm wagons for the spring
trade this week.—Solomon C. Shutt,
of Allentown, lias returned to his
home here. —Miss Florence Wehr is
spending a week with her grandpar
ents at Schnecksville. —Tuesday was
net apart as visitors' day at the new
player piano works and many visitors
availed themselves of the opportunity
to see the new plant in operation. Mr.
C. H. Hard has charge of the works
in the' Weaver building.— MTH. Lee A.
Eeigler is seriously ill with little hopes
for her recovery.—Oscar P. Klinger,
a Philadelphia and Reading fireman,
spent several days Tiis family
litre. —Edward I-". Engle moved his
family into Paul's valley on a farm
this week. —Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Keigler, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday
with Josiah Romberger, who is seri
ously ill. —Mrs. Cyrus Romberger, of
T.ykens, is spending some time with
Mrs. Ella J. Klinger and daughter.—
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Lenker. of Mil
lersburg, spent Sunday with F. M.
T.enker and family.—Miss Trene
Kressler, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday
with her mother here.—Mrs. Isaac
Swab was takep to the Harrisburg
Hospital, where an operation was per
formed, —Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Moyer
*pent Monday at Harrisburg.
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SATURDAY EVENING,'
SIMPLE RULES FOR THE
OPERATION OF INCURATOR
Most Successful Methods are
Those Learned From the
Sitting Hen
Ventilation, Temperature,
Moisture and Turning the
Eggs are the Essentials
By Frank C. Hare.
Poultry, Husbandman, Clomson Col
lege, South Carolina.
According. to the writings of Aris
totle and Pliny the ancient KgypUans
hatched eggs In vessels which they
buried in the ground ami covered wIU
manure. For the last two Uiousaitd
years the Egyptians have successfully
incubated eggs In Immense baked-clay
liatchcries wlileli are heated by burn
ing piles of straw and dried manure.
The hatchery lias a capacity of 36,-
000 eggs, 6,000 of which are added
every three days. The eggs rest on two
inches of cut straw, art- turned three
times daily, and almost all the fertile
eggs hatch. In 1908 It was reported
that out of eighty-five million eggs
placed In the hatcheries, seventy-live
and one-quarter million chickens were
returned to the Egyptian husband
men.
The success of the Egyptian hatch
eries, and equally gratifying results in
China, demonstrate that it is possible
to hatch as great a percentage of
chicks by artificial methods, as when
the work is performed by hens. And
since no thermometers are used in
either country where hatcheries are
employed, the heat of the room being
ascertained by placing an egg to the
closed eyelid of an expert attendant,
and crude heating methods are ' em
ployed, it is evident that the successful
hatching of eggs cannot be such a del
icate process as we have imagined.
In America and Europe there are no
baked-clay hatcheries, but the eggs
are Incubated in lots of fifty to many
thousands in special incubators heat
ed by kerosene, gas or coal. While
there are excellent small incubators on
the market designed for the poultry
man with a small flock, a most de
sirable size for even the beginner is
the machine that holds about 250
eggs. When more than 1,500 eggs are
to he Incubated at one time, a mam
moth incubator heated by a kerosene
or coal burning stove Is generally pre
ferred to a number of lamp-heated In
cubators.
Location of Incubator.
An incubator should be placed in a
well ventilated room. A bright, airy
cellar or a north room having fairly
uniform day and night temperatures
are most suitable, while a close room
filled with impure air will kill the em
bryos in the most vigorous hatching
eggs. Keep the windows constantly
open on at least one side of the in
cubator room, and, if there is a draft
on the machines, cover these windows
with thin cloth.
Set up and level the incubator. Fill
the lamp with high-grade kerosene.
Then operate the incubator without
eggs in it until a temperature of 102
degrees can be maintained in the egg
chamber from one night until the
1 next. The thermometer should hang
from the ceiling of the egg chamber,
with the bulb so placed that it reg
isters the temperature of the air sur
rounding the upper portion of the
eggs. Do not allow the thermometer
to touch an egg, as the temperature
will fluctuate each time the bulb is
moved from a living to a dead em
bryo—the latter being colder.
Studying Natural Incubation.
We will insert an incubator ther
mometer under a sitting hen that hat
ches successfully to learn at what tem
peratures her eggs incubate. By aver
aging the results of a number of trials,
we discover that all eggs in the nest
are not .kept equally warm. The tem
perature of the bare breast of the sit
ter, against which the center eggs
rest is 104.6 degrees. The. air at the
upper portion of the middle row of
eggs in the nest is 103.4 degrees,
while that circulating around the out
side row of eggs just inside the sit
ter's wing lias a temperature of 99.4
degrees. In taking these temperatures
the thermometer was placed at the
breast of the hen, or held near the
upper portion of the eggs, with the
intention of making these readings
under the hen correspond with the
readings of the same thermometer in
the egg chamber. The hens used in
the experiment hatched practically
eyery fertile egg, and, for that reason,
can be considered authentic.
We have learned, therefore, that the
highest temperature to which eggs
should be subjected in an incubator is
about 104'/i degrees—any higher tem
perature is unnatural. The lowest
temperature to which eggs should be
held for a long period is about 99 V 4
degrees. By estimating the tempera
ture of each egg daily from its location
in tho nest whether at the hen's breast,
middle, or outside row and computing
these temperatures, it was found that
the average temperature during the
hatch at which each egg is incubated
under a lion is 102.3 degrees,
i Temperature, Turning and Cooling.
As a result of this and other experl-
mental work with sitting hens and in
cubators it haß been shown that the
best results will be obtained when a
temperature of about degrees is
maintained throughout the entire
hatch, including the ilnul period when
the chicks are emerging from the
shells. It is not necessary to keep the
eggs at a constant temperature of
degrees, but this should be the
object aimed at, and at least the aver
age temperature for each day or week
and the hatch.
Of course, the sitter cannot main
tain an invariable heat of 102 Vi de
grees for every egg every hour of the
hatching period, but it is believed that
each egg averages this temperature
each day. It can be conservatively
stated that a sitting hen turns her
eggs at least ten times a day, roiling
the outside eggs to her breast and
changing the positions of each egg in
the nest. This rolling takes place the
first day the hen sits on the eggs.
Fill the incubator in the morning
and turn the eggs that evening, and
continue turning them morning and
eveing until the first chick pips tho
shell. Three turnings a day are prac
ticed in Egypt and by some American
operators. The noon turning could not
be harmful and it might be beneficial,
but so far as we know, no experiments
have been conducted to decide this
question of additional turnings.
Test the eggs at the end of the first
and second weeks and remove the in
fertile eggs and dead germs.
The egg chamber of the incubator
is warmer at the center than near the
door, and to overcome this variation,
the center eggs are frequently lower or
farther from the heating compart
ment. However, this uneven heat is
not injurious when the eggs are moved
around the egg chamber of the ma
chine similarly to their movement un
der a hen. If the incubator tray has
no divisions, place the center eggs at
the front and back of the tray and roll
the remaining eggs toward the center.
If the eggs are in rows on the tray,
keep moving the outside eggs of each
row to the center. When there are two
trays, shift them from side to side of
the egg chamber and turn them end
for end alternately, thereby equaliz
ing as much as possible the incubating
temperature of each egg.
Leave the eggs out to cool and air
at each turning until they are almost
cold. Fifteen to twenty minutes is not
too long to cool the eggs in warm
weather. Commence cooling and airing
the eggs in this manner at the first
turning and continue it at each turn
ing until the first egg is pipped. Keep
the door of the eg£ chamber closed
while the eggs are airing.
Moisture and Ventilation.
In a dry room thoroughly sprinkle
the eggs on the tenth, fourteenth and
eighteenth days of incubation, with
warm water (105 degrees), removing
the trays and scattering the water
over eggs and tray with a whisk
broom. Open the ventilators through
out the hatch. Do not place a tray of
water under the eggs as it is an ideal
medium for the development of mold,
the spores of which fungus cause one
form of white diarrhoea in baby
chicks.
The egg chamber must be filled with
moist air when the chicks are pipping
the shell on the nineteenth and twen
tieth days of Incubation, otherwise the
shell membranes (skins inside the
shell) become dry and tough and
many chicks are imprisoned. Pure air
is also necessary at this critical time.
The sitting hen exposes the pipped
eggs constantly to the cool outside air
in her desire to assist with her beak
the chicks emerging from the shells.
The limited ventilation of the egg
chamber is inadequate for a number
of live chicks.
Instructions For the I,ast Days.
When the chirp of the first chick is
heard about the nineteenth day. If the
glass of the door of the egg chamber
is not dripping with moisture, with
draw the tray partly and sprinkle the
eggs with warm water as previously
described. Close the door until the
early chicks are hatched. Then with
draw the trays a second time, place
the dry chick compartment under the
tray, roll the eggs around and examine
them for mishaps, and sprinkle eggs
and newly-hatched chicks with warm
water. Wet the front of the trays and
the inside of the egg chamber also.
The whole operation should not re
quire more than two minutes.
j After the hatching, from the
t time tlie chicks leave the shelter of?
: the Incubator until tjicy are wean-1
I c<l from the brooddr. the poultry-;
I man is apt to regard life ns a rath-!
ier serious proposition unless lie I
J has reliable brooding facilities.
T Next week's article has to do wltlif
I tli© construction of a broodcrhoiiscT
!or known practicability, by Robert!
Armstrong, anil it is illustrated byl
a working drawing. I
novs KILLED FOR MUBKRATS
By Associated Press
Baltimore, March 10.—Mistaken for
muskrats as their heads arose above
the grass of the Gunpowder river
marshes, where they were hunting
yesterday, Morgan Rollins, 15 vears
old, and Harry Qunther, of Magnolia
Hartford county, were shot by William
H. Dwyer, a hunter. Rollins was in
stantly killed and Gunter seriously in
jured. Dwyer was exonerated.to-day.
RELEASE 1,000 QUAIL,
Annapolis, Md., March 10.—More
than 1,000 Mexican quail were liber
ated here yesterday in an effort by
the State of Maryland to restore its
supply. Quail have been steadily de
creasing.
Pekin Ducks
Peklns arc natives of China, where
duck breeding is extensively followed.
And this breed is the most generally
bred. They were imported into Ameri
ca in the early '7os, and their wonder
ful vigor, prolificacy and hardihood
made them favorites almost immedi
ately. This Is the breed found on most
of the large commercial duck farms in
this country, many of which market
upwards of 60,00(1 duckn a year.
- l J ekins lay well, better, perhaps,
than other varieties, with the excep
tion of the Indian Runner. Their eggs
are large and white, and like those of
other ducks, are laid at night. On com
mercial farms the eggs are hatched in
large incubators, after which the!
HARRISBURG rfSßfa TELEGRAPH
High School Students to
Debate Monroe.Doctrine
Hummelstown, Pa., March 10.
The high school will hold a debate on
Monday evening an the question, "Re
solved, That the United States Should
Abandon the Monroe Doctrine." The
affirmative debaters are Elsie Mumma,
Ethel Lehman and V.Hetrlck negative,
Catharine Christ, Caroline Schaffner
and Miriam Cassel. The Rev. It. A.
Hausch, Herbert S. Games and Wil
liam Gaus have been asked to act as
Judges. The State Fire Marshal has
extended the time for the removal of
the lockup cages from the flrehouse
to cover the next meeting of the Bor
ough Council, which will be held
March 12. William Landis return
ed to work this week at Doutrich's at
Harrisburg after an idleness of sev
eral weeks caused by an attack of ap
pendicitis for which he underwent an
operation at the Harrisburg Hospital.
—Sarah Cassel has been ill for a week
with grip. The Reformed consis
tory met at the home of F. J. SchafT
ner on Monday night. Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Knull, of Palmyra, visited Mr. |
and Mrs. David W. Cassel. Miss
Mary Fox spent a day in Harrisburg.
—H. J. Webner returned on Tuesday
evening from a trip of several days
to the Lykens valley. Miss Clara
Cassel spent Tuesday in Harrisburg.—
Mr. and Mrs. W. L,. Pike returned
home afternoon from a visit
to Halifax. John Eckenroth has ac
cepted a position with the Elliott-
Fisher Typewriter Company of Har
risburg. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stro
man are rejoicing over the advent of
a son at their home in Main
street. Mrs. Frank Hummel was a
recent visitor at Harrisburg. Word
has been received by Mr. and Mrs.
David Hummel of the arrival of a
daughter at the home of their daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Har
ry Snyder, of Philadelphia. Mrs.
Snyder was before marriage, Miss Nel
da Hummel, This is the first grand
child in the family. Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Neibert, of Palmyra, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Eber
sole. Mrs. Richard Forney suffered
a stroke of paralysis on Tuesday morn
ing and is in a serious condition at her
home, corner of High and Water
streets.
Illustrated Lectures at
Linglestown Union Chapel
Linglestown, Pa., March 10. On
Monday evening, March 12, an illus
trated lecture by Prof. Helm, of the
State Department of Public Instruc
tion, will be given in the Linglestown
Union Chapel. The subject will be
"Consolidation of Township Schools."
On Saturday evening, March 17, an il
lustrated lecture will be given in the
same place by J. H. Boyd, on his ex
periences as an ambulance driver on
the western battle front in France.—
Mr. and Mrs. William Feeser and
children, of Hainton, spent Sunday as
the guests of Mrs. Mary Feeser. Mr.
and Mrs. Grissinger, of Harrisburg,
visited Mrs. Annie Buck on Wednes
day. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Good and
daughter, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday
as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Good. H. Henninger made a trip
to Myerstown on Monday. Mrs. O.
B. Leese and son Walter were visitors
at Harrisburg on Thursday. Church
services will be held in the Church of
God to-morrow morning; in Wenrichs
Church in the afternoon by the Lutli
erun pastor, the Rev. O. R. Bittner,
and in the United Brethren in the
evening. Gertrude and Anna Maria
Wetteroth spent Sunday as the guests
of Miss Myrne Speas at Penbrook.
Miss Vera Care and R. Sheetz, of Har
risburg, were guests of Miss Jane Care
on Sunday. Mrs. Harvey Stine, of
Lebanon, spent several days with
friends here. Mrs. Morris Tobias,
Mrs. William Look and Mrs. William
Berkheimer, of Enola, and Mrs. Wil
liam Tanner, of Kansas, were guests of
their sister, Mrs. Mary Noecker. W.
G. Zimmerman received word of the
ideath of his uncle, Dr. Daniel Bortz at
Esterly, Berks county. Mrs. Samuel
Grubb and children, of Penbrook,
spent Wednesday as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Grubb.—M. S. Feeser, of
Penbrook, was the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Zimmerman Wednesday.
—Mrs. W. Ebersole was a visitor at
Harrisburg on Tuesdayr Miss Luel
la Runkle spent several days with Mrs.
George Wade at Penbrook.
Dog Kills Fifty Chickens
in Lewistown Man's Coop
Lewistown, Pa., March 10.—A dog
got into the coop of Lewis Peck here
and killed thirty prize chickens, val
ued nt S4O. —Samuel Eby, ; chicken
fancier, has set one incubator tilled
with 120 eggs.—Mrs. Reynolds Swy
ers has recovered from an operation
for appendicitis.—Dr. and Mrs. Wal
ter H. Parcels have been wintering
at Tliomasville, Ga.—Tom Kennedy,
at over four-score years of age, is
ready for spring work in the bricklay
ing line.—Miss Mildred Wentz, an in
structor in Coombs Musical Conserva
tory, Philadelphia, called op her
mother here this week.—Miss Leah
Krenfzman has been on a trip to New
York. —Alex. Gershman and family, of
Indiana, have taken up their residence
here.—Marlin Yeater, of Pittsburgh,
is calling on Lewistown friends.—'
Lewistown vWll pave more of its
streets this spring and summer.
i Robins and bluebirds have arrived in
Mifflin county.—Al. Hamilton, Hunt
ingdon, has been calling on friends
here. —Dr. John Mitchell has recov
ered from a severe attack of rheuma
tism.—Mrs. Charles Riley, of Tyrone
has been calling on friends here.—'
ducklings are placed In a brooder and
"moved from pen to pen as they deve
lop. They are heavily fed for ten
weeks, when they are killed and dress
ed as "green ducks." The best speci
mens are reserved for breeding pur
poses. The feathers are dried and
sorted for use in pillows, beds and
so on.
The Pekln Is large, males Velghing
from 7y% to !> pounds, and females
from 6 to 7% pounds. It is canary
white In color, with an orange-yellow
bill, legs and feet. It walks with a
semi-upright carriage, J which distin
guishes it from the Aylesbury, the
great English duck, which Is whiter
in color, and carries Its body more
horizontally. ,
BELL EMPLOYES
HEAR WIRE TALK
General Manager Ivinnard
Makes Address by Tele
phone ;
L. H. KJnnard, formerly of this
city, who Is vice-president and gen
eral manager of the Bell Telephone
Company of Pennsylvania, delivered
an address over the wires to the Tele
phone Society of Harrisburg during
the annual meeting in the Chestnut
street auditorium last evening from
his home in Wynnewood.
J. Heron Crossman, Jr., also a for
mer resident of the city, who has
spent several months in Canada gain
ing information on telephone meas
ures taken since war started for pos
sible use in this country in case of
trouble, delivered an address on his
ndlngs.
At each man's chair there was a
watchcase receiver ana at a given
signal Mr. Kinnard cut in on the line
and made his address, which was
heard distinctly.
Following Mr. Kinnard's talk, music
and vaudeville was rendered, which
had been arranged by the house com
mittee, composed of C. P. Williams,
F. F. Lutz and G. B. Detz. „ The fol
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, C. P. Wil
liams; vice-president, J. L. Montgom
ery; secretary, R. M, Leonard; treas
urer, J. D. Smith; directors, A. Shultz,
B. H. Overpeck.
Among the out-of-town guests were •
J. H. Crossman, Jr., general commer
cial superintendent; P. C. Staples,
publicity manager; J. H. Hons, audi
tor; R. C. Mason, C. E. Malley, W. J.
Jennings and William Roache, of
Philadelphia; D. C. Cox and Division
Commercial Engineer Gladden, of
Syracuse, X. Y.; William F. Schmidt
and J. G. Truesdell, of New York.
Scheme to Smuggle
Goods to Interned
Ships Is Discovered
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, March 10.—Alleged
attempts to smuggle goods on and off
the two German commerce raiders in
terned at the Philadelphia navy yard,
are under investigation here to-day by
agents of the Federal government, in- '
eluding the collector of the port. A
sergeant of marines at the yard, who
is alleged to have failed to search
wagons conveying foodstuffs to the
Kronprinz Wilhelm and the Prinz
Eitel Friedrlch, is said to be involved.
All Federal agents investigating the
alleged smuggling scheme, refuse to
talk. It was reported several arrests
will be made.
Some of the articles reported to
have been smuggled from the ships
are said to be part of the merchan
dise seized by the cruisers while raid
ing. There is no confirmation of the
report that some of the boxes alleged
to have been smuggled aboard the
ships contained ammunition.
TRIAL IS CALLED
IN PREMIER PLOT
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the crown to produce a certain witness
against the four defendants, Mrs. Alice
Wheeldon, her two daughters, and Al
fred George Mason, husband of one of
the daughters. This person, he said,
was a "man who should have been its
principal witness, namely the myster
ious secret goevrnment agent known
as Gordon."
The attorney declared Gordon was a
police spy who had started the whole
plot, who had lured the defendants
on and then when lie had got them
well within his net, had handed them
over to another agrent named Booth,
so that his own connection with the
case would not be ad flagrantly appar
ent.
Would Walk on Hot Iron
"Why wasn't it possible for Gor
don to come into court and facec the
Jury?" asked the lawyer. "Because
from him," lie continued, "the Jury
would have drawn a very different
version of the case." Later he said:
"In the absence of Gordon I would
suggest that the defendants should
have a trial by ordeal."
The judge was puzzled and said.
"I fear that would be impossible.
It has been abolished. Do you seri
ously suggest the ladles should walk
over hot plowshares In order to
prove their innocence?"
Rlza: "I do."
The judge: "It is not use submitting
such a suggestion. You are not seri
ous."
rtiza: "I do seriously suggest it."
Says Flag Was Burned
As Religious Ceremony
By Associated Press
New York, March 10,—In denying
a motion to dismiss the case against
the Rev. Bouck White and members
of his "Church of the Social Revolu
tion," on trial for burning the Ameri
can flag in a "melting pot" during a
so-called religious ceremony. Judge
Mclntyre, who is hearing the case, de
clared yesterday that "any person
burning the flag mutilates It and is
guilty of a misdemeanor." He said
the oilly Question for the jury to de
cide was whether the flag was burned.
The first witness for the defense
was Plank, a senior in the
theological seminary at Harvard.
"The whole thing was religious," he
said. "The songs were old church
tunes; prayer was said during the
ceremony."
DR. DOWSES MAKES ADDRE9N
AT FUUBI.HMINDHD KX 111 HIT
Dr. Frederick E. Downes, city super
intendent of schools, last night em
phasized the need of the State in tak
ing charge of the problem of educating
and caring for feebleminded children,
In an address before a large gather
ing at the exhibit of the feeblemind
ed in the Hunter Building, 206 Wal
nut street.
Dr. Downes told of the work being
done in Harrisburg for this class of
pupils. Miss Serena C. Knabe, of the
Hamilton school; Miss Ida Hartzell, of
the Shimmell School, and Miss Helen
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MARCH 10, 1917.
BIG DEMAND FOR
HOUSES IN CITY
Applications For Dwellings
Pouring in From Out-of-
Town People
Real estate dealers in Harrisburg,
facing the biggest demand for houses
in more than a dozen years, are at a
loss to supply the many applicants
with suitable dwellings.
J. 15. Oipple, president of the Har
risburg Heal Estate Board, discussing
the situation said: "Daily the realty
men of HarrUburg are receiving many
inquiries for houses, in many oases
from out-of-town people who want to
locate here. Although there are a
number of suitable places for sale, tho
dwellings for rent are always in de
j mand. /
"Much of this is due to the present
prosperity wave. The applications are
from all classes. Traveling men in
this district are using the city for their
headquarters and want to bring their
families here. Increased demand for
labor and experienced hands In the
Iron and steel mills, on the railroad
and in other industrial plants add to
the great number of people either
looking for better homes, or trying to
locate in Harrlsburg.
"We are now facing the biggest de
mand for houses since 1904 and have
practically none to offer."
HOUSES NEARING COMPLETION
Interior work on four of the three
story brick houses being erected in
Nlnteenth near Chestnut street, by J.
E. Glpple, 1251 Market street, will be
| finished within the next few weeks,
j Four other houses just completed,
! have been sold by Mr. Gipple.
Clinton M. Hershey, real estate
dealer, 14 South Second street, is of
fering several homes near Bellevue
Park. The dwellings are three-story,
with improvements and comfortable
porches.
Franklin Sedan Shows
Many Exclusive Features
Something new in the line of enclosed
cares made its appearance in town this
week in the form of the latest Franklin
Sedaq, now on dispulay at the Franklin
Agency, 107 Market street.
Of the new features, the body with its
V-front, constructed with two built-in
windshields of the adjustable type, is
the most striking. When one is seated
in the car, it is easily understood how
{ this design, by eliminating two side
body posts, broadens the vision. The
V-front also reduces wind resistance
and makes possible eflicient ventila
tion of the passenger compartment. The
combination of the V-front with the
new lines of the Franklin hood makes
the appearance of the car attractive and
different from the ordinary.
A good example of Rothchild panel
construction, a recent development In
body building, ia seen in this Sedan.
Its elimination of all joint moldings
makes possible the much-sought
smooth, unbroken exterior.
One of the first things a person no
tices when entering the car is the ease
with which any seat in the passenger
compartment can be reached from
either side. The fact that the front
Pullman seats can be tilted forward
I out of the way does away with all fric
] tion and crowding.
i That this car should weigh only 2,615
j pounds is something unusual, as auto
! mobile engineers generally consider
] 3,500 pounds the minimum for enclosed
cars. The light weight of the Frank
lin Sedan can be considered a real de
velopment in automobile construction,
inasmuch as it appreciably increases
the usefulness of enclosed cars. Prob
ably nothing will lend more to the
adoption of enclosed cars for general
use than the .economy, safety and
greater range of travel which light
weight opens up.
Insurance Fight Nears
Settlement in Council
| Settlement of the workmen's com-
I pensation insurance problem, which
has been hanging fire in Council for
week, will probably bo made Tuesday.
Yesterday City Commissioners met
with City Solicitor ohn E. Fox, and
again went over the question, with the
result that an effort will be made to
! settle the differences with the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty Com
pany for the first quarter. Whether the
city will carry its own insurance, give
the contract to the State or to the
stock company for the remaining
months of the year, also will proba
bly be decided next week. After the
conference yesterday it was said that
shoudl thero be no settlement with
the guaranty company, the commis
sioners wilwl stand a test case in
court. As the final contract for In
suring city employes was never signed
and approved by Council, it is con
ndvd that the best way to end the
discussion will be to have the city
carry its own insurance again this
year.
TEUTONS FOUND rtIILTY
By Associated Press
Florence. S. C., March 10. —Eight
I officers and men of the German llansa
line freight Lieberifeis, which began
sinking In Charleston harbor on the
night of January 31, were found guil
ty of sinking the vessel in a naviga
ble stream, by a Jury, in the United
States District Court here late yester
day. They were acquitted, however,
on one count charging conspiracy to
sink the steamer.
PLANS SNOW UHUTIC
Commisisoner William-11. Lynch is
planning to have a chute erected join
ing the Cameron street approach of
the Mulberry street bridge, to be used
to dump snow into the Paxton creek.
Work will probably be started late in
the summer, if the plan is approved.
During the recent snows much time
was saved by hauling snow which had
been cleared from the streets, and
dumping it into the creek.
<125 SUNK WITH TRANSPORT
London, March 10. The British
transport, Mendl, carrying South Afri
can native laborers, was sunk after a
collision on February 21 and 625 per
sons lost their lives. Ten of the per
sons lost were Europeans, according to
the announcement made yesterday to
the South African Parliament by Gen
eral Louis Both, the premier. The col
lision occurred o ffthe Ise of Wight.
BROUGHT 11 ERE FOR BURIAL
J. C. Brown who died at Indianapo
lis, Indiana, will be brought to this
city by Undertaker Arthur C. Hauck.
Private funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the home of his sister, Mrs. Anna
Pretz, 1737 Fulton street. Burial will
be made in the East Harrisburg
Cemetery. '
FIERCE BATTLING
TURNS IN FAVOR
OF FRENCH ARMY
Germans Lose in Desperalq
Attempt to Get Back
Lost Trenches
By Associated Press
The Chumpagne region in Franca
continues the scene of desperate light
ing, which Paris reports haa resulted
In new French successes.
- Last night the Germans made an at
tempt to regain the ground they had
lost In the recent French attack on
the salient near Maisons de Cham
pagne created by a successful Germun
operation last month. The Germans
in this new effort made several des
perate charges and the tide of battle
flowed back and forth for some time.
Finally, however, the French arms
prevailed, acordlng to X 3 aris, and not
only was the ground originally gained
held by General Nivelle'a forces but
fresh progress was made.
Haiders Are Active
Other actvitles on the Franco-Bel
gian front were conllned for the most
part to raiding operations, except that
northeast of Verdun, the Germans are
reported by Paris to have unsuccess
fully attacked the trenches lately re
captured by the French north of
Caurleres wood.
Operations in the Rumanian prov
ince of Dobrudja are mentioned in the
official reports for the first time in
many weeks. A statement from Berlin
Indicates that tho Russians are still
clinging to some ground near the
northern boundary of the province. It
reports a German air raid on Russian
establishments near the Sulina, an es
tuary of the Danube in northern Dob
rudja, numerous bombs having been
dropped successfully.
SI,OOO Per Month Being
Spent on Welfare Work
by Associated Aids
According to a report submitted
yesterday to the board of managers of
the Associated Aids it is costlrig at
least SI,OOO each month for welfare
work in Harrlsburg. To be able lo
meet the ever Increasing demands
made upon it the Society must of
course receive at least that amount
each month.
The Charity Ball in January netted
the sum of $3,562.25, a sum that will
not maintain the standard of work be
yond the first of April. During Febru
ary the Society handled 101 cases. So
coal workers made 275 visits, financial
aid was given to 23 tubercular cases,
relief was administered through the
medium of the Harrisburg Benevolent
Association to 131, employment was
found for 4, the Children's Bureau
placed nine orphans and made 234
calls in reference to the children.
Mrs. Lyman Gilbert will namo a
committee to select a successor to
John Yates, who resigned.
Aliens Brave U-Boats to
Reach American Shores
By Associated Press
Washington, March 10. Despite
the submarine dangers and other risks
nearly as many Immigrants camo to
the United States during the last six
months as in the eritire year 191 M,
when 298,826 "entered, the Federal
Bureau of Immigration reported to
day. Of the 24,74 5 Immigrants who
came in January with intention of re
gaining, 3,397 were English or Scotch,
the largest proportion and 1,020 wero
from Germany. Three hundred Mexi
cans, 151 English and 121 French wero
excluded.
BERLIN PRAISES ZEPPELIN
By Associated Press
Berlin. March 9, via London, March
j 10. The Berlin press is filled with
reviews of the life and achievements
of Count Zeppelin, who shade with
Field Marshal von Hindenburg the
honor of national popularity. Count
Zeppelin's fame, however, was estab
lished when the field marshal was
practically an unknown quantity and
Berlin to-day recalls the time not long
gone by when airship rides from
j Dusseldorf to Berlin byway of Ham
burg and Bremen were luxurious
thrills to be enjoyed at 200 marks a
head.
I AI,KICKS ASSOCIATION MEETS
The regular meeting of the Alricks
Association was held last night at the
St. Andrews Episcopat Church. W. 11.
German, of the Harrisburg Gas Com
pany, gave an Illustrated lecture on
"Two weeks in the Canadian Wilds."
The pictures were taken by Mr. Ger
man, while he was campTng in a For
est reserve.
KRANKMN DI'HDEL TO SPEAK
At Bethesda Mission to-morrow
night at 7.30 o'clock. Franklin Dubbel
will speak. Monday evening, the Rev.
G. S. Rentz, of the Market Square Pres
byterian church will address the
meeting. Services are held each even
ing at the mission and the public la
Invited to attend.
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