. 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 *.. <
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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 <pOX/0 stores for S2O; sale priced*,
One solid car load of ■ .
this dining suite as illus- n , D m ± m I V I lf\ ■ r n •
trated; io pieces com- JgSM BP fl rositively i our Last Opportunity or Buying ■
plete, solid quartered oak _j "'tsttttH if) ril I i - _ r 1 f\l 1 n • <
Jacobean finish, c om- | Q rUmilUrC ftt Ulu I FICOS <
p^et ®' tR U j We guarantee you a saving on every purchase. Goods held until wanted <
SI2S 00 * | on a deposit.
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Positively the Biggest Lj f\ f\l J? ioads of dining room suites bought '
Furniture Sale Ever H\J(/Ir Li 'way last October at less than the old
f low prices, two car loads of bed room <
Held in Harrisburg Furniture Company suites to sell from, |
n • mi ijrii jt *- 1415-19 N. SECOND STREET J 4 hf P*
Prices That Will Amaze You Between Calder and Reily | <s3 O t0 J(>l #D J
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
MARCH 20, 1917.
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