. MANY FOREIGNERS ; IN THIS COUNTRY Pile in Every Third, Dr. Becht Says, in Urging Better Con ditions For Them "Americanizing America" was the tebject of an interesting talk before tVie University Club at the fourth of the series of Club nights on Saturday evening, by Dr. J. George Becht, ex efiutive secretary of the State Board In his discussion of this subject, "* the speaker dwelt strongly on the X>rescnt day need for amalgamating the foreigners with Americanism by taking what is best of their literature, art, customs and incorporating them with this country's. To raise the for eign born and the children of foreign l>orn in this country to the high stand ards of American citizenship and to give them some better place to live than in shanties, is in Dr. Becht's mind is the important task before us. Statistics were employed to show the large percentage of foreign popu lation in this country. Theer are more Get mans, for instance, according to j figures, in New York city than In any I ether city outside of there | ♦here are more Jews than in any city I ojtside Petrograd, more Italians than in an.v city outside Home, and if all our ''OO.OOy.O'OO and more people were lined up, every third man would be of foreign birth or the son of a for eigner. Before the Young Men's Hebrew As sociation yesterday Kugene G. Cohen, a member of the Dauphin County Bar Association, delivered an address on "Americanization Work Among For eigners." This work is being boosted l>y the association and efforts are un der way toward a permanent organiza tion. Funeral Services For Father of Mrs. Smucker Funeral services for Jonathan Dun fee, a veteran businessman of Chi cago, and the father of Mrs. Clayton A. Smueker, of this city, were held Thursday afternoon from his resi dence, 748 North Pine street, Chicago. Mr. Dunfee was born in Chicago Turlington county, New Jersey, Octo ber, 14, 1841. He went to Chicago in 1870 and established the first parquet floor business in 1873. The concern, J. Dunfee and Company has been lo cated at Washington and Franklin streets since 18S3. He built the first house in Austin and was one of the founders of the Austin Methodist church of which he was a member. He was a veteran of the Civil war ] and belonged to the General Grant Post, G. A. R„ and was always in terested in promoting historic organi zations. Two children survive. C. W. Dunfee, of New York city, and Mrs. Clayton A. Smueker, wife of the pastor of j Stevens Memorial Church, this city. | Insurance Rerating Will Probably Be Made in May Iterating of Ilarrisburg with a view I to reducing fire insurance rates at least j eight cents, or half of the amount add- | ed two years ago by the National Boar" i of Underwriters, will probably be done j in May, Commissioner E. Z. Gross an- | nouneed to-day. All apparatus in the fire department i will probably be motorized on or be- I fore July 1. with the possible exception ! of jtwo triple combination pumpers. ' Work on the orders from tills city will 1 be started by the manufacturing com- ! panies as soon as council approves the ! bonds and contracts finally. This may j be done to-morrow. Measurements have : been taken for the tractors for the • Susquehanna, Paxton and Citizen steam j engines and these will be equipped in | the city within thirty days after ap- j proval of the contract. Hose driers and additional hose will | be purchased next month. This will | meet another of the requirements of ] the lire underwriters, it is said . KILLED BY TRAIN Harry H. Kline, 24 years. Florin, Lancaster county, was instantly killed Saturday night about 11.30 o'clock when he was struck by a Pennsyl vania Kailroad freight train. The ac cident happened at the intersection of the P. R. R. tracks and Antle street, Florin. Elmer Ebersole, a track walker, found the body shortly after I the accident without a stitch of cloth ing upon it. Mr. Kline was a single man and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Y. Kline. He was engaged in the cement contracting business with his father. His parents and several brothers and sisters remain. Under taker Brunner, of Mount Joy, took charge of the body at the instance of Eli Arndt, P. R. R. track foreman. HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE Charlie Stober, 2100 State street, and Mrs. Benjamin Conrad, 173 3 Ful ton street, were arrested Sunday night! at the home of Mrs. Conrad on a seri- i oils charge preferred by the woman's ■ husband. Officers surrounded the I house at 11 o'clock. Detective Hyde! Speece and the husband entered the 1 front door. Stober was arrested •by I < 'onstable David Hodge as he was en deavoring to leave by the rear gate. Unsavory details of their illicit rela tions were given at the hearing be fore Alderman DeShong. They wore' held under SSOO bail. MUHLENBURG WINS PRIZE Muhlenburg College was p.warded first prize at the Pennsylvania Inter collegiate Oratorical contest held in Gettysburg Saturday. Among the judges were Dr. F. E. Downes, ciiy superintendent of schools, and Rob ert L. Myers, of Camp Hill, president of the Lemoyne Trust Company. Oth er prize winners were Swarthmore, second: Ursinus, third; Paul L. Miller, of Ilarrisburg, is treasurer of the Get tysburg Oratorical Union. I REI) CROSS MAKES PLI.A Members of the local branch of the j American Red Cross Society to-day j announced an urgent need of socks, bed-spreads, Turkish toweling and i old muslin. Requests for these ma terials were given out together with! an invitation to workers to come to i Ihe Red Cross meetings, held on Mon day and Thursday in the assembly hall of the Public Library. SMALLPOX IX BERLIN ,J.ondon, March 19.—Reports reach ing London from Scandinavia and Holland, say that Smallpox is increas ingly prevalent in Germany with an unusual percentage of fatalities, ow insr to the decreased power of resist ance of the people. A considerable | number of cases is reported through out north Germany. Official report? I'.dmit that there were 14C cases in Berlin last week with 11 deaths. URGES TRAINING YOUTH Importance of training the youth > In both civic and political affairs was pointed cut yesterday by City Com-1 missioner E. Z. Gross in an address i to the Forum at a meeting in Wesley | A. M. E. Zion Church, Forster street. The city official told of the duty of parents in properly advising the younr people, and in watching who ►" art, together with TUESDAY EVENING," T.T'rTyT'rur W V T Y ▼ V"W "T ▼ T f yyyf vy vvyvtyytf vt SI,OOO worth of valuable prizes given v " ' "*"** ► away to those attending this sale. Present Hf ] the numbered tags found at your door and t select your prize. THE CROWDS THAT ATTENDED LAST YEAR'S SALE *.. < == : ==== :::::: == ::::: ==== :::: == :::: = : === ; == :: = :: == :: '< Quartered Oak Colonial Dining Suite ; ' '• • \ CONSISTING OF BUFFET, CHINA CLOSET, EX- <* _ _ I . Icl 1 TENSION TABLE, SERVING TABLE, 5 SIDESQA.7S f ""* < CHAIRS AND I ARM CHAIR. Genuine leather seats; O-7 1 C l'J f I J f.l "n- • O V '< iopieces. n aii. 1 boucl tar Load of this Dining Suite SQQ.7S ■ • Adam design, fumed oak finish; 10 pieces complete as Oif """" < fIUE} H illustrated, JfAwpiSff I™ The Mattresses That Will Be Sold in This Sale j HsTf mWill Be Superior to the Kind Generally Sold—The Quality Is Superior ':< This Colonial Bed Room Suite t\ MATOGANY; SYvE T piECES ° RWk^^SIET" IFF ° NIER ' CHAIR frr iPSPIPip as illustrated. Your 100 per cent, pure 50-pound layer felt mattresses, roll edge and J ■K # -|| choice of either ivory an- covered with very high tickings, a mattress d? 1"I EfA < l §M . ira V tique, American walnut sold today for $15.00; sale price, *PXX%J\/ „ j J 1 fHOT"^ ? :i ~ ~~V"f ° r ma^ogany ant iQ ue - Combination felt mattresses and 100 per cent, pure Java Silk floss J •I' V ' extra quality of felt used. A good mattresses guaranteed to stand up, M ✓•vlvl mattress QO sold today by most sl>i QC < ~~ ~ " " ~~ f or t ... ~..v r , „ Pi l #D J A AA A A A A A,A, Ah 4Jy4JLA^ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 20, 1917. 9