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SATAN'S LETTER
TO HIS COMRADE,
KAISER WILHELM
Satire That Has Attracted At
tention Throughout
the World
When Louis Syberkop, of £reton,
■ lowa, wrote the satire on Kaiser "Wit
helm, which follows, he little thought
: it would attract the attention which
it has. Requests for copies have
come to him from Theodore Roose
velt, Secretary of the Navy Daniels,
Secretary to the President Tumulty
and other notables. The article is in
the form of a letter from his Satanic
majesty to the human prototype. It
says:
To Wilhelm voh Hohenzollern, King
# of Prussia, Emperor of all Ger
many and Envoy Extraordinary of
Almighty God.
My Dear Wilhelm: I can call you
by that familiar name, for I have
always been very close to you—much
closer than you could ever know.
Prom the time that you were yet
an undeveloped being in your moth
er's womb have I shaped your des
tiny for my purpose.
I the days of Rome I created a
roughneck known in history as
Nero. He was a vulgar character and
suited my purpose at that particular
time. In these modern days a classic
demon and efficient, supercriminal
was needed, and as I knew the Ho
henzollern blood I picked you as my
special instrument to place on earth
aji annex of hell. I gave you abnor
mal ambition, likewise an oversupply
of egotism that you might not dis
cover your own failings; I twisted
j our mird to that of a madman with
certain normal tendencies to carry
you by. a most dangerous character
placed in power; I gave you the pow
oi' a hypnotist and a certain magnet
ic force that you might sway your
people. 1 am responsible for the de
torn cd arm that hangs helpless on
>our left, for your crippled condition
embittered your life and destroys all
noble impulses that might otherwise
cause me anxiety, but your strong
swoid arm is driven by your ambi
tion that squelches all sentiment and
pity; I placed in your soul a deep
hatred for all things English, for of
all nations on earth I hate England
jiiost; wherever England plants her
flag she brings order out of chaos
11 nd the hated cross follows the Union
Jack; under her rule wild tribes be
come tillers of the soil and in due
lime practical ci.izens; she is the
great Clvilizer of the globe and I
11 ATI: HER. I planted In your soul
a cruel hatred for your mother be
cause SHE was English, and left my
good friend Bismarck to fan the
llame l had kindled. Recent history
p.oves how well our work was done.
It lnoke your royal mother's heart,
but 1 gained my purpose.
The inherited disease of the Ho
b zolierns killed your father, just
as it will kill jou, and you became
the ruler of Ofermany and a tool of
mine sooner than I expected.
To assist you and further hasten
my work, I sent you three evil spirits
—Nietzsche, Tritschke and later
Bernhardi—whose teachings inflam
ed Ihp youths of Germany, who in
good, time would be willing and loyal
subjects and eager to spill their blood
and pull your chestnuts, yours and
mine: the spell has been perfect—
you cist your ambitious eyes toward
ilic Mediterranean, Egypt, India and
the Dardanelles, and you began your
great railway to Bagdad, b. t the am
bitious archduke e d his more ambi
tious wife stood in your way. It was
ihen that I sowed the seed in your
l eart that blossomed into the assassi
nation of the duke and his wife, and
all hell smiled when it saw how clev
erly you saddled the crime on Serbia.
I saw you set sails for the fiords of
Norway, and I knew ;ou would prove
an alibi. How cleverly done, so
much like your noble grandfather
Who also secured an assassin to re
move old King Frederick of Den
mark, and.later robbed that country
of two provinces that gave Germany
an opportunity t become a naval
power. Murder is dirty work, but it
takes a Hohenzollern to make away
and get by.
Your opportunity was at hand;
>ou set the worlu on fire and bells of
hell were ringing: your rape on Bel-
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SATURDAY EVENING.
gian caused much joy. It was the be
ginning, the foundation of a perfect
hell on earth; the destruction of
noble cathedrals and other infinite
works of art was hailed with Joy in
the internal regions.
You made -war on friends and foe
alike and the murder of civilians
showed my teachings had borne fruit.
Your treachery toward neutral na
tions hastened * universal upheaval,
the thing I most desired. Your under
sea warfare is a master stroke, from
the smallest mackerel pot to the
great Lusitania you show no favor
ites; as a war lord yx>u stand su
preme, for you have ito mercy; you
have no consideration for the baby
clinging to its mother's breasts as
they both go down into the deep to
gether only to be torn apart and leis
urely devoured by sharks down
among the corals.
I have strolled over the battle
fields of Belgium and France. I have
seen your hand of destruction every
where: it's all your work superfiend
that I made you. I have seen the
fields of Poland; now a wilderness
fit for prowling beasts only; no
merry children in Poland now; they
all succumbed to frost and starva
tion. I drifted down into Galicia
where many Jews and Gentiles
lived happily together; I found but
ruins and ashes; I felt a curious
pride *in my pupil, for it was all
above my expectation. I was in Bel
gium when you drove the peaceful
population before you like cattle into
slavery; you separated man and wife
and forced them to hard labor in
trenches. I have seen the most fiend
ish rape committed on young women
and those who were forced into ma
ternity were cursing the father of
their offspring and X began to doubt
if my oyvn inferno was really up-to
date.
You have taken millions of dollars
from innocent victims and called it
indemnity; you have lived fat on the
land you usurped and sent the real
owners away to starvation; you have
strayed away from all legalized war
methods and introduced a code of
your own. You have killed and rob
bed the people of friendly nations
and destroyed their property. You
are a liar, a hypocrite and a bluffer
of the highest magnitude. You are a
personal friend of God. Ah, Wilhelm,
you are a wonder. You wantonly de
stroy all things in your path and
leave nothing for coming genera
tions.
I was amazed when I saw you
form a partnership with the impos
sible Turk the chronic killer of
Christians, and you a devout wor
shiper to the Lutheran church. 1
confess, Wilhelm, you are a puzzle
ut times. A Mohammedan army, com
manded by German officers, assist
ing one another in massacring
Christians is a new line of warfare.
When a Prussian officer can witness
a nude woman t Mng disemboweled
by a swarthy Turk, committing a
double murder with one cut of his
saber, and calmly stand by and see
a housefull of innocent Armenians
locked up, the house saturated with
oil and lired, then my teachings did
not stop with you, but have been ex
tended to the whole German nation.
I confess my Satanic soul grew sicK
and there and then I knew my pupil
had become the master. I ain a
back number, and, my dear Wil
helm, 1 abdicate in your favor. The
great key ot hell will be turned over
to you. The gavel that has struck
the doom of damned souls since
time began is yours. I am satisiied
with what I have done; that my ab
dication in your favor is for the very
best interests of hell —in the future
I am at your majesty's service.
Affectionately and sincerely,
LUCIFER H. SATAN.
Mid-Year Session of Perry
County S. S. Association
. Bloomlield, Pa., Dec. B—On Wednes
day the annual midyear conference
of the Perry 4 County Sabbath School
Association was held In the Lutheran
Church at Loysville. Miss L. Grau
Kane, ot Philadelphia; D. S. Pry, of
Newport, othe. - Sunday school
specialists addressed the conference.
The resignation of the corresponding
secretary. Miss Puera B. Robison, ot
Liverpool, was presented at the bus
iness session, but was unanimously
voted down. A tour to the Tresslers
Orphans Home, under the guidance ot
Superintendent Charles A. Widle, was
an unusual feature of the conference
and .was enjoyed by many of the
conference people.
The fiftieth county convention of
Perry County Sabbath School Associa
tion will be held at Duncannon May
8-9, 1918. This belfig the jubilee con
vention, "an extensive and elaborate
program is being prepared by the
county members.
BURIAL OP CHARLES DEPICH
New Blomfield, Pa., Dec. B.—Regis
ter and Recorder Charles L. Depugh,
who died on Wednesday night from
heart failure, bad been in ill health
for several years. He had been con
fined to his bed several weeks ago.
but had partly recovered.
I Mr. Depugh was a member of the
| Methodist Episcopal Church of Dun
cannon. He was serving his second
| term as register and recorder of Per-
Iry county. He is survived by his
wife, a daughter, Mrs. Blanche Kluck,
| and two sons, Allen Depugh, of Dun
; cannon, and William Depugh, of
, Marysville.
i Funeral services will be held at the
1 Methodist Episcopal Church at Dun-
I cannon to-morrow morning, with
! burial in the Duncannon Cemetery.
RKD CROSS BENEFIT
Wormleysburg, Pa., Dec. S.—The
Red Cross Auxiliary will hold a
spelling bee In the town hall on Fri
day evening, Devember 14. Prizes
will be given the best spellers and the
proceeds will go to the local unit.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Miller Brothers and Co. report the
following recent sales of real estate;
Three-story brick dwelling, No. 120
Chestnut street, John L. Killinger,
owner, to George L Bricker; four
story brick building, No. 14 North
Third street, Helen Louise Johnston
et al. .owners, to J. W. Rodenhaver;
dwelling No. 1815 North street. Harry
C. Brfady. owner, to H. C. Raddle;
three-story brick dwelling. No. 1012
Hemlock street, Joseph Giusti, owner,
to Margaret M. Mahoney; dwelling in
North Lemoyne, Carrie E. Newmyer.
owner, to A. B. Nasuti; 121-acre farm
about two and one-half miles south of
Middletown, Charles Eyer, owrfer, to
Harry O. Westenberger; the Beates
farm of 133 % acres, in Londonderry
township, to Harry-H. Good, of Eliza
bethtown.
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William S. O'Rrirn, l*rea.
HOMES TO RENT
AT MODERATE SUM
HARD TO FIND
Practically No Houses of Me
dium Value to Be Had
in Harrisburg
Scarcity in Harrisburg of houses
of moderate value, both for rent and
for sale. Is a problem that confronts
the local real estate men. Practically
no desirable houses can be rented at
a moderate price, and property at J3O
and S4O is takeji even before it Is
vacated by the outgoing tenant.
The increase in population during
the past few years, coupled with the
reluctance of builders and investors
to be satisfied with a reasonable re
turn on the money invested, is largely
responsible for the present condi
tion.
Harrisburg is not the only city that
has felt the need of better housing
facilities. Bethlehem, Lebanon, Wil
liamsport, Erie —have faced the same
conditions. The group plan of con
struction has been undertaken, and
housis erected to meet the demand.
One of the latest community de
velopments is at Williamsport, where
a colony of ninety-three houses is
under construction.
Civic Pride
E. Fred Rowe, who went over the
development a few days ago with W.
H. Milliner, of the Williamsport
Board of Trade, told a Te'.pgraph re
porter that a study of this develop
ment shows many features which
could readily be adapted to Harris
burg. .
"Civic pride," said Mr. Rowe, "rath
er than greed for gain, has been the
ruling idea at Sawyer Park. The
general plan of the property could
be worked out in Harrisburg as well
as any other city. The principal
stroet will be eighty feet wide, with
center parkway, while the adjacent
streets are about thirty feet from curb
to curb. The lots arc eighty to one
hundred feet deep and. twenty to
twenty-five feet in width.
"While the houses are of medium
size, they are so well arranged that
almost every inch of space is used.
Three types of buildings are pro
vided, a semi-detached houso for two
families, a four-family house and a
six-family house. The outside is in
stucco, brick and stucco, and all brick
and of course all modern improve
ments are provided.
60 Harrisburg Men at
Camp Dodge Are Pleased
With Training Work
Harri.sburg boys at Camp Dodge,
Dos Moines, lowa, are enjoying the
best of health and working hard to
complete their training for their work
in Europe, according to a letter re
ceived from A. L. Colestoclt, a Har
risburg man connected with the Head
nuarters Company of the Three Hun
dred and Twentieth Field Signal Bat
tery. There are nearly sixty Ilar
lisburg men at Camp Dodge and the
majority are attached to the Three
Hundred and Twentieth Field Signal
Battery.
Colestock writes that "The men are
all in the best of health and are hav
ing a swell time at Camp Dodge. The
eats are fine and they have all the
comforts of home In the Y. M. C. A.,
which \s doing the greatest work for
the soldiers that any organization
could do. All the boys have a good
word for the Y. M. C. A. and would
like t have their sentiments pub
lished. The people back home should
support the Y. M. C. A."
Farmer Attacks Hunter
With Pitchfork; Kills Him
By Associated Press
Williamsport. Pa., Dec. B.—Ward
Plotts, oJ Turbotville, 46 years old.
died 'to-day in the Danville Hospital
from a fractured skull inflicted by
John Reynolds, a Turbotville farmer,
who attacked Plotts with a pitcltfork
during an argument. Believing that
Plotts intended to hunt on his farm
as he passed his home carrying a
gun, Reynolds stopped him and the
argument followed.
Boards Will Settle Problems
Without Action by Congress
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. B.—lndications
to-day were that fuel; food and rail
road war board officials, seeking so
j lution of the transportation problem,
are willing to deal with the situation,
temporarily at least, without imme
diate action from President Wilson
and Congress.
Plans went rapidly forward to-day
to perfect the priority order for ship
ment of fuel, food anil government
supplies issued last night. The or
der promulgated by Robert S. Lovett,
director of priority, is effective De
cember 12 and gives preferential
shipment to the three classes of
commodities over all general freight.
It constitutes one of the three im
portant developments yesterday- de
signed to relieve the situation.
To Giye Farewell Parade
to 150 Men to Leave City
The Benevolent and Improved Or
der of Elks, through the efforts of
the United States recruiting officers,
have scheduled a farewell demonstra
tion to the 1.10 volunteers enlisted by
the United Stats recruiting station,
at 323 Market street, and the re
mainder of the Quartermasters'
Corps, which will leave the city
Tuesday morning.
All the state officers who are, sta
tioned at the state arsenal will take
part in the parade in honor of the
city's volunteers. This will be the
last volunteer unit to leave the city
before the second draft. The parade
will start promptly from in front of
the B. P. O. Elks' Home in North
S%r.nd street, at 8 o'clock.
The parade will be fomed as fol
lows: James E. Carroll, chief mar
shal: Joseph J. Weaver, chief of staff;
aides; municipal hands. Grand Army
of the Republic. Spanish-American
War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign
Wars; Sons of Veterans: Harrlsburg
Reserves, as Individuals; City Grays
Veteran Association; Governef'4
Troop Veterans' Association; follow
ing which will be a hand, to be an
nounced later; B. P. O. Klks; depart
ing volunteers: detachment of the
Quartermasters' Corps, and a detach
ment of officers from the recruiting
offices.
The parade will move from Second
to Locust, to Front, to Market, to
Fourth, to Walnut, to Third, to North,
to Second, to Elks' Home and dis
miss.
Eagles Unfurl Service
Flag For 47 Members
Carlisle, Pa.. Dec. B.—Exercises in
connection with the 'unfurling of a
service flag by the Carlisle Aerie of
Eagles this afternoon were well at
tended, a number of men hero on
furlough being guests of honor of
the afternoon. Senator Scett S. Lelby,
of Marysville, made a strong patriot
ic address. The flag, which bears
forty-seven stars, was unfurled by
four young ladies, sisters of men in
service.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
RAILROAD RUMBLES
PENNSY SELLS
THRIFT STAMPS
On Sale at Ticket Offices,
Shops, Enginehouses and
.Other Departments
At the request of the government,
an<f in order to assist in the raising
of funds for carrying on the war, the
Pennsylvania Railroad has completed
arrangements for placing on sale the
new War Savings Stamps and Thrift
Stamps at ticket offices and in its
shops, freight stations and in the
various departments on the lines
east and west of Pittsburgh.
Every ticket agent on the entire
sy'tem. except where located in the
immediate vicinity of a post office,
will have tl# stamps for sale, and
will keep on hand, at all times, a
sufficient supply to accommodate in
vestors. It was not thought neces
sary to do this where post offices
are near at hand, as the government
will sell the stamps direct at those
points.
Another Campaign
As In the case of the campaign
for the two Liberty Loans, special
efforts will be made to encourage in
vestment in the Savings and Thrift
Stamps, on the part of employes of
the system. It having been found
impracticable to place the stamps on
sale directly in the pay cars, arrange
ments will be made wherever pos
sible. to have them on sale near the
pay cars when employes are being
paid.
Baltimore Superintendent
on Monthly Inspection
C. R. Sinnickson, superintendent
of the Baltimore division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and a party
of Baltimore officials, made an in
spection trip yesterday over the Bal
timore division, and York, Hanover
and Frederick branch of the road.
Veteran Fireman Has Fall;
Taken to His Home in Auto
Thomas F. Collins, a retired Penn
sylvania Railroad yard fireman, fell
this morning at the entrance to the
Pennsylvania Railroad passenger sta
tion. He was helped to a nearby
hotel, and later taken to his home. 563
Forrest street. Fireman Collins is SO
years of age. No bones were broken.
FIRST WINTER STORM
HOLDS UP TRAFFIC
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are working on the signals and in
the yards. The snow is being re
moved from the vicinity of towers
and offices. Wherever it was
possible trains were lightened. Those
from the west were from one to
three hours late this morning.
On the Reading similar efforts are
being made to keep the lines open
and prevent any tieups. Freight traf
fic is heavy and up to late this after
noon, all trains were running on
schedule time, and no serious con
gestions were "reported.
.Storm General
Snow throughout the entire north
eastern section of the country, ac
companied by a cold wave through
the middle west and extending south
ward to the Gulf of. Mexico, was
causing some discomfort to-day and
generally delayed movement of traf
fic. already badly congested by heavy
shipments. Continuation of the
snow was predicted for to-night and
to-morrow by the Weather Bureau
for a greater part of that section.
In Eastern New York and New
England warmer weather was indi
cated, but cold wave warnings were
issued for the lake region, the Ohio
valley, Tennessee and the East Gulf
and South Atlantic States.
The center of the storm was over
Eastern Kentucky this morning, hav
ing developed greatly in the iast
twelve hours. Widespread snow in
the north and thunderstorms in the
south accompany the disturbance.
About fifteen inches of snow fell in
the Ohio valley in the twelve hours
since 8 o'clock last ntglit.
The cold wave which has been ad
vancing from the west has over
spread the south, reaching the gulf
coast with freezing temperature, al
though it ha* made little progress
east of the Mississippi river.
Heavy snow to-night in New Eng
land and the Middle Atlantic states
was forecast, probably continuing
Sunday in the lake region and New
England, with much colder weather
in Atlantic coast, districts south of
New England. Storm warnings are
being displayed on the Atlantic coast
from Jacksonville, Fla., to Eastport,
Maine. ¥
County Schools Need
Lantern For Lectures
Need of a lantern to project slides
so that illustrated lectures can be
given in the extensive series of meet
ings in county schools this year was
pointed out to-day by Professor F.
E. Shambaugh, county school super
intendent. At the beginning of the
school year Professor Shambaugli
outlined an extensive campaign of
meetings in county schools in order
to increase educational interest and
to arouse a patriotic spirit to co
operate with the government in
every movement in th esuecessful
prosecution of the war. Professor
Shambaugh stated he may request
the county commissioners to furnish
the office with a lantern. While some
of the county schools have small
projecting machines these sf.ro the
property of the school district and
can only be used when addresses are
given there.
Final Drive Is Made to
Recruit Registered Men
Posters are being distributed all
over the city to-day by a corps of re
cruiting officers, and by Red Cross
Motor Messengers in their automo
biles. The recruiting officers have
had a great quantity of the posters
printed, and they were all distributed
during the course of the day. It is
the final effort to recruit registered
men before next Wednesday, when
the volunteer branches will no longer
be open to them. Barber shops, to
bacco stores, poolrooms, and billiard
parlors will be especially visited by
the recruiting committees to-day.
Recruiting in tfio city has not been
brisk during the week, considering
the short time left for men to enlist.
Only one man from Harrisburg en
listed yesterday. Howard M. Swartz,
119 North street, enlisted In the
aviation service. Seventeen men were
enlisted from the district. j
Large Cinder Shipments
to Hog Island Navy Yard
The large cinder dumps in and about
Lebanon, which it was believed, would
stand for years, ure disappearing
slowly but surely. This cinder is being
used to till In at the new United States
Navy Yard, at Hog Island, Philadel
phia. From thirty to llfty carloads of
cinder are hauled daily from Lebanon
to Philadelphia over the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Railroad Notes
The Philadelphia Division paycar is
making its rounds to-day over the
division.
Charles Grat7„ freight conductor on
the Pennsy, is off duty on account of
ilness.
Because of the snowstorm and
heavy freight traffic, there will be
no shutdown of freight on the main
line of the Pennsy over Sunday.
Few preference freight crews are
on duty on the Pennsy. Traffic is so
heavy at present that the crews are
doing extra duty.
All engines available will b£ sent to
Rutherford to-morrow to take care of
the usual Sunday rush to and from
that point on the Reading system.
W. R. Sherry, a retired Pennsylva
nia Railroad conductor, at Altoona, is
threatened with the loss of his eye
sight. Conductor Sherry was retired
five years ago, after fifty-ftve years of
service.
Clarence Schuyler, son of Peter
Schuyler, road foreman of engines on
the Harrisburg Division, an engineer
on the Harrisburg Division, has been
enlisted in the Telegraph Battalion.
He will run a locomotive in France.
Herrick Center, a town a few miles
above Carbondale, has the only woman
block signal operator on the Pennsyl
vania Division of the Delaware and
Hudson Railroad. She is Miss Clara
Leonard, and has been working in the
towej - for several months.
Heads of the express companies, be
fore the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. yesterday, in the first hearing
on their application for an increase of
10 per cent, in rates, said the shippers
understand their need for higher rates
during the war emergency and will
present little objection.
The discipline bulletin issued by R.
K. Reading, superintendent of motive
power, for the week ending Decem
ber 1, shows that nine employes of the
shops and shop yards were reprimand
ed and disciplined to? various in
fractions of the company's working
rules. Three were relieved from the
1 service.
Mayor to Speak at Big
Recruiting Rally to Be
Held Here Tuesday Night
Mayor Daniel L. Keister will speak
at the great recruiting rally at the
Chestiut street auditorium next Tues
day night, was the announcement
made this morning. The Mayor will
bring home to the audience the ad
vantages of enlisting in a preferred
branch of service.
Other speakers of the evening will
be Sergeant John K. Blake, director
of publicity for the recruiting serv
ice in the Harrisburg district, and
the Rev. Dr. George Edward Hawes.
Sergeant Blake is well acquainted
with the different branches of the
services, and will outline their ad
vantages to the" men between the
draft age limits. The Rev. Mr.
Hawes will speak to the men on con
ditions in Army life during modern
warfare, and will present conditions
iit the training camps and at the
front.
lied Ooss Motor Messengers will
act as ushers at the meeting. The
young ladies will wear their uni
forms. A place on the balcony has
been reserved for the Red Cross,
which will attend in a body. There
wilh be music by the Commonwealth
band, and a musical program by
Miss Sarah Lemer, violinist; Miss
Etter, whistler, and Mr. Hartman,
baritone soloist.
The meeting will be called at 8
o'clock, and' all citizehs of Harris
burg and vicinity are urged to at
tend.
Mrs. Caroline Chubb Dies
Suddenly at Matamoras
Halifax, Pa., Dec. B.—This morning
Airs. Caroline Chubb, aged 76 years,
died suddenly here. Mrs. Chubb had
gtne to the home of a neighbor for
milk and while returning along the
street was stricken with hemorrhages
in front of the limine of B. C. Swei
ward. She fell to tlie pavement and
was picked up and carried into the
Sweigard home. A physician was sum
moned but she died ,tn a few minutes.
Mrs. Chubb was cine of the best
known women in the upper end of
Dauphin county and was a tireless
churchworkeri Her husband died
about nine years ago. She had no
children. Funeral arrangements have
not been made.
Mysterious Fire Destroys
U. S. Gov't Warehouse
By Associated Press
Chicago, Dec. 8. —A warehouse re
cently leased by the government for
the medical division of the Army was
destroyed by fire of mysterious ori
gin to-day. Chemicals among the
stores caused a number of small ex
plosions.
The flames burned so fiercely that
only the walls of the five-story struc
ture were standing w)en llremen ar
rived. Major W. S. Shields and thir
ty-five employes fled from the flames.
Two men acting suspiciously near
the ruin were arrested by Federal
operatives. The loss was estimated
at $200,000.
14 Sofdiers Killed
by Mexican Rebels
By Associated Press
Laredo, Tex., Dec. 8. —Fourteen
federal soldiers were killed yester
day when 300 followers of Felix
Diaz captured Guerrero, a small
Mexican garrison town opposite
Zapata, Texas. The Diaz commander
is said to be General Almazan. His
casualties, if any. are unknown.
American troops are to-day guard
ing the river crossings in the vicin
ity of Zapata.
>IEJV>S MASS MISKTIMi
The second of a series of men's
mass meetings wil be held in the Y.
M. C. A. Auditorium to-morrow after
noon, at 3:30, when W. A. Granville,
president of Gettysburg College, will
speak on "The Power of Consecrated
Life." The meetings are free to all
men, and are under the auspices of the
Y. M. C. A.
Y. If, C. A. "POP" NIGHT
Five reels of motion pictures, in
strumental and vocal sedlections. will
be included in the program arranged
for the Y. M. C. A. "Pop" to-night.
The motion pictures will include the
Pathescope Periodical; "Pig.s In Pigs,"
in two part, ana an Interesting film
on "A Visit to the Government Print
ing Office in Washington."
FOWLS BY WEIGHT,
URGES SWEENEY
Chief of Standards Renews
Recommendation Regard
• ing Standard Loaves
Recommendations that all fowls
should be'spld by weight, and not by
count and that the same be done
with commodities now sold' by dry
measure and a strong renewal of the
suggestion that there be a standard
weight for a loaf bread are made
by James Sweeney, state chief of
standards, in his annual report to
Secretary of Internnl Affairs Paul
W. Houck. Mr. Sweeney's report is
filled with a bewildering array of fig
ures of examinations and tests made
by sealers of weights and measures
throughout the state, the examina
tions including every thing used for
measuring from scales of grocers
and coal mines, yard sticks, milk
jars and oil pumps.
In urging the amendment to the
law relative to sale of poultry the
chief says that in many parts of the
state chickens and ducks are sold by
weight and that it should be uni
form, and he says that there should
also be legislation whereby all
wrapped meats should be regarded
as package goods and . the net
amount of weight be indicated on
the outside. Now, he says, the con
sumer has to pay for the wrapping
which "is utterly valueless to him,"
being at the present prices a bur
den. Mr. Sweeney says there is no
reason why there should not be a
standard loaf of bread and voices
the belief that if it had not been for
the abnormal conditions brought
about by the war, there would have
been favorable action on the pro
posed legislation, and he gives warn
ing that after the war people will in
sist upon knowing what they are
buying. There should be a thirty
two ounce and a sixteen ounce loaf
provided and nothing in the provi
sions should prevent an eight ounce
loaf.
Commenting upon the times, the
says that any man who de
frauds th bead of a family in food
"deserves no leniency or sympathy
of the court but the fullest penalty
the law provides."
During the year there were 360,-
870 tests made of weighing or meas
uring devices, 13,347 being adjusted
to compare with standards and 21,-
condemned.
Social and Personal Items
of Towns Along West Shore
Miss Florence Orris and Miss Clar
abelle Geigei, of Mechanicsburg,
spent Thursday with Miss Gladys
Bitner, at Shircmanstown.
Mrs. William A. Clouser. of Shlre
manstown, spent Thursday at Har
l islmrg.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Swindell
have leturn'.d to their home at Ha
gerstown, Md., after being guests of
Mr, and Mrs. Frank E. Wallace, Sr.,
at Shircmanstown.
Mrs. William E. Ross, of New
Cumberland, spent a day recently
with her s'ster, at Shiremanstown.
Mrs. H. A. Bixler, son, John, and
daughter, Mary Bixer, of Sixth
street, New Cumberland, spent
Thursday at Quincy and Shlppens
burg.
H. A. Bixler, of New Cumberland,
the teachers' institute at
Carlisle on Thursday.
Miss Synder and Miss Houston, of
Carlisle, who have been guests of
Mrs. Raymond Paden, at New Cum
berland, have returned home.
J. H, Reiff of New Cumberland,
attended the funeral of Mrs. George
Hoerner, of Philadelphia, whose
body was brought to Trindle Springs
for burial.
Miss Catherine Kutz, of West
Fairview, left on Thursday to spend
several days among relatives at Car
lisle.
Sylvan Blair, of Harrisburg, vis
ited his mother, Mrs. Alice Gamber,
at West Fairview.
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the Grace United Brethren Chlirch,
held its monthly meeting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Hippie,
at West Fairview.
Mrs. Daniel Stiles, of" West Fair
view, was in Harrisburg on Wednes
day.
Mrs. F. JJ. Luse, of West Fairview,
visited friends at Harrisburg on
Wednesday.
Mrs. Grace Snider, of Enola, spent
a day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Curry, at West Fairview.
O. K. Eshenauer. of West Fair
view, spent a day at Gettysburg.
Paul Curry and Robert Luse. of
West Fairview. spent a day at Har
risburg.
Miss I.ida Boyer, of West Fair
view is spending several days with
friends at Sliippensburg.
Mrs. Edward Hawkins, of Enola.
is confined to her home in Altoona
avenue with typhoid fever.
Warren Gracey, attached to the
yeomen's school of the United States
Navy, at Newport, R. 1., who has
been visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Sherman Gracey, of Altoona
avenue, Enola, for the last week will
return to duty to-morrow.
Miss Ethelynd Coble, of Enola,
visited her cousin, Mildred Rishel,
at Wormleysburg, on Wednesday.
"Miss Mary Miller and William Mil
ler were guests of Mr. and Mrs;
Crossley, at Wormleysburg on Thurs
day. ,
Foster Wingert and R. C. Sparrow,
of Wormleysburg, mdtored to Wind
sor, where they were the guests of
the Rev. and Mrs. G. B. Renshaw.
Mrs. Samuel Heckard and daugh
ter Enola, of Wormleysburg, visited
the former's mother at Philadel
phia.
Ira Felix, of Shepherdstown, w*a
the guest of the Rev. and Mrs. A.
B. Mower at Wormleysburg.
Mrs. S. E. Vance, of Wormleys
burg, Is visiting her father, Mr
Sheaffer, at Black Gap.
Miss Belle Patterson, of Mechan
icsburg, was the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. H. D. Weaver, at Wormleys
burg.
The "King's Daughters" of St.
Paul's United Brethren Sunday
school, of Wormleysburg, met at the
home of Miss Hannah Lauer last
evening.
SERVICE FLAG AT CHURCH
Wormleysburg, Pa., Dec. 8. —A
large service flag containing five
stars is on displhy in C. R. Miller's
store. It will be floated from the
Church of God in honor of the boys
now in service from that Sunday
school.
W A beverage that j .
I has taken Coffee's |
I place in thousands I
I of American homes- I
1 INSTANT Ml
# There's a Reason" ¥
DECEMBER, 8, 1917.
S. S. WORKERS
AT MT. JOY
District Convention Held at
Methodist Episcopal Church
on Thursday *
J' Joy. Pa., Dec. B.—Mount Joy
| township district Sunday school con
j ventlon was held in the Methodist
I Episcopal Church Thursday afternoon
j and evening. The session in the after-
I noon was opened by the Rev. O. O.
' Romig, of Florin, wiio conducted the
| quiet hour. This was followed by an j
1 address on "The Home Department"
Iby Miss Alice Striclcler. Miss Mary
Detweiler sang a solo, after whicli
the following officers were elected:
President. H. N. Nissley, Mount Joy:
vice-president, Clarence E. Mussel
man, Florin: secretary, Mary F. Esh
leman, Mount Joy: treasurer, S. F.
Eshleman, Mount Joy.
•IL C. Greider, president of the Lan
caster County Sabbath School Asso
ciation, conducted a "round table
talk." Following this about two hun
dred pupils of the Mount Joy public
schools, acempanied by the teachers,
marched into the church and were
granted front pews. They sang an !
appropriate hymn, after which an ad
dress was delivered by Mrs. Sara H. ]
Jenkins, of Lititz, on the subject, "Be
a Lifter, Not a Leaner."
The evening session was attended
by a large congregation. The devo
tions were conducted by the Rev. D.
E. Long and the Rev. I. A. Mac Do
nald, of Mount Joy. "Echoes from the
State Contention" were given by H. C.
Greider. The principal address of
the evening was delivered by the Rev.
Dr. E. A. Bowden, of Lancaster, on
"The Sunday School of To-day—the
Church of To-morrow." A duet was
sung by Misses Ruth StoH and Emma
Brown, and a quartet by Messrs. Gar
ber, Brunner, Arntz and Bentzel. The
Rev. P. T. Brosious, of Lancaster, de
livered an address on "The Trained
Teacher." The convention was one of
the best in the history of the district
convention.
No Trading Stamps at
Carlisle During War Time
Carlisle,, Pa., Doc. 8. —Giving of
stamps, premiums or any induce
ments to trade during the war time
will be prohibited for Carlisle mer
chants who are members of the
Chamber of Commerce, if a resolu
tion presented to the board of direc
tors, and which will be voted upon
| at the next meeting, is adopted. The
plan calls for a court of three to de
cide in all cases of dispute, with a
fine of SSO for any violation, this
amount to be given to local charities.
A Man's Gift From a Man's Store Jii W^k
|j| Wm. Strouse^kj
Unused
Atticks
THERE is many an unused attick
or dilapidated room which can be
turned into attractive space with a
little alteration.
An extra room or two can easily be
rented under present conditions.
Consult a contractor. He will gladly
give you an estimate of the probable
cost.
United Ice &' Coal Co.
Lumber Department
Forster & Cowden Sts.
What Does He Need?
MOST things the Government will supply, for
lie is serving the very best government on earth—
But the stout HEART', and cheerful MlND—
will depend a good deal upon NEWS FROM
HOME!
The Telegraph will be forwarded to France, or
to any Training Camp, or where it will reach your
boy with the Fleet, at the following subscription
rates, which cover postage: 1 month 45c; 3
months $1.00; 6 months $2.00.
Address Circulation 'Department giving his
name company, regiment, and where.
LYKENSAERO
SQUAD FORMED
Young Men of Upper End Bor
ough Will Report at
Harrisburg Monday
Likens, Pa., Dec. B.—On Tuesday
evening, Major H. E. Buffington
started a movement for the forma
tion of an aero squad from Lykens
and sent out a call for volunteers. -
One hundred personal letters were
mailed to prospect recruits.
Last evening at 8.30 o'clock eight
een young men had signed the roll
and many others have signified their _
intention of joining the outfit, ft
Locally # the command will bo called
"The Lykens Valley Aero Squad"
and the members will leave here for
Harrisburg at 7.1G on Monday morn
ing. Probably fifty or more mem
bers will go in the first detail and
others will follow later.
The names of those on the list
up to last night are as follows:
George Allen How, Hoy Cletus Long.
Frank Elmer Miller, David Robert
Romberger, Harry Ali>n Bowman,
Earl A. Wertz, Howard Victor Trout
man, Robert W. Moss, Andrew
Mekatka, Jonas Harper SchufCler,
Wasily M. Leshko, Barton F. Myers,
Frank Shuttlesworth, Gideon Wal
kinshow, Albert M. Zufing, Carlos
F. Daniel, Blain M. Shimulcy end
j Earl I. Hoffman.
• i
ENTERTAIN 500 CLUB
Wormley3burg, Pa., Dec. B. Mr.
and Mrs. George Coleman entertain
ed the five hundred club on Thurs
day evening. The guests were Mr.
; and Mrs. William Filling, Mr. and
Mrs. James Conklin, Mr. and Mrs.
I James Fagin, Dr. and Mrs. Rambler,
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fiery, Miss
Hettie Frost, Mr. Brinser. Prizes
were won by Miss Frost, Mrs. Ramb
ler, Mr. Cocklin and Mr. Fiery.
A Simple Way to
Reduce Wrinkles
Remember that wrinkles and l>ag
giness of cheek or chin are duo lo
I the muscular. tissue losing its
strength and shrinking. The skin is
then too large in area to fit such tis
sue smoothly. It wrinkles or sags.
To remedy this condition, there's
nothing BO effective, so quick-action,
as a simple wash lotion easily made
at home. Just get an ounce of pure
powdered saxolite at your druggist's,
and a half pint of witch hazel, mix
the two and bathe your face in the
liquid. This at once tightens the skin
and solidities the underlying tissues—
which, of course, smooths out the
lines and draws in the sagging skin.
It also stimulates capillary circu
lation, bringing natural color to fad
ed cheeks.