10 BIG WAR FILM AT COLONIAL "For the Freedom of the World," to Be Shown as Benefit Picture "For the Freedom of the World," said to be the greatest war spectacle 111 m ever produced, will be shown Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Colonial Theater, as a benefit ex hibition for the Harrisburg Chapter, Daughters of 117, National War Aid. The theater management has arrang ed to give a percentage of the gross receipts to the chapter. The story of the film is one of love and deception, cowardice and heroism of the highest order, written by Cap tain Edwin Bower Hesser, an officer in the American Legion of the Cana dian Expeditionary forces, and pro duced by Ira M. Dowry. Its scenes arc laid in Canada, the United States and on the battlefields of Western France. Members of the organization com mittee of the Harrisburg Chapter who saw the film at a private exhibition several days ago, are unanimous in their opinion that it is one of the best war dramas ever produced. Commit tee members are now selling tickets. Admission prices will be twenty-fiVe cents for adults and fifteen cents for children. The film will be shown continuously on the three days from II in the morning until 11 o'clock In the evening. In the cast are such well-known screen stars as Barbara Castleton, E. K. Lincoln, Romaiiie Fielding. Jane | Adler, Neil Noran and Walter Weems. i Probably never before has a war i picture been seen which sets forth in ( a more effective manner a pictorial i exposition of the reasons why the i United States has gone into the great j world conflict—and gone in to win. In the course of the film story spec tators may see a realistic photo graphic reproduction of the life of I their sons, brothers, fathers and j others who are at present living in the I training camps throughout the coun- ; try and the hardships they will later j be privileged to undergo in the trenches of the battlefields of Europe. I Twenty-seven motion picture cam eras were required to film the battle scenes in "For the Freedom of the World." The action, which took place at night, was registered from every i angle so that no part of it could be I missed. AMISKMENTS REGENT THEATERI Special Extraordinary Attraction TO-DAY, TO-MOHUOW and \VEI)\K.S|> A * William S. Hart i First Tiiiif in IfiirrislMirx in llin \fufnt Piny "Tr.e Silent Man" Produced l>y Thomas H ?ncr for Arteraft Different from anything in which j ho has appeared. In the role of a good Westerner, instead of a "bad man." Comes direct from the Rialto Theater, N. Y. I. This is one of the most costly productions in which Hart has ever appeared, therefore costing ' the itianagem<int considerable more I and compels us. to rais- our ad- I mission on this Hart production, 10 A. M. TIM, l. >|. Adults, 15c. Children, 10c. | Evening: Adults, 20c. Children, lOe. | Honrs of showing: 10.30 A, M , \ 12.20. 2.00, 3.35, 5.10, 0.45, 8,25 and ' 10 P. M. Thursday, Friday mid Saturday Marguerite Clark "Bab's Matinee Idol" ADMISSION! Adults, 15c Children, tOe. ! V • 1 | MAJESTIC THEATER! 2 Won't You Join the Monday Night Regiment and Be One of | * the First to See | ; AL LAV AN and BILLY W ATKINS | in "SHERMAN WAS RIGHT" f A VAUDEVILLE MUSICAL COMEDY I\" THREE SCENES 5 WITH A CAST OF NINE PEOPLE. A SURE WINNER. j NORRIS ANIMALS I WEISER & REESER t A Real Animal Circus. | And 2 Other Uig Hit Attractions. £ \ wkv.uuv.Mvmm vMWMtwmwu' /r^Bßomm | SWEETHEARTS I f presents • FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD by CAPT. EDWIN BOWER HESSEEU The final summing-up of the aims of the World "War OLONIAL THEATER. I W ednesday—Thursday—Friday Benefit of Wives, Mothers and Sisters of Harrisburg Soldiers, (Daughters of 1917). Don't Miss the Wonder- | A tmtt ful Scenes of Night Fight- j ADULTS ... ing at the Front. I CHILDREN, 15c • • ...... , vl>t . _ . ■ MONDAY EVENING, HARRIS3URG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 10. 1917. | 1 j AMUSEMENTS j ORPHEUM To-morrow evening, at 8:15 Free Lecture by Countess De Turcyzno wicz, "When the Prussians Came to Poland." , , . . _ Wednesday, matinee and night, De cember 12—"Love o' Mike." Friday and Saturday, withdaily mali nee.s, December 14 and 15 Captain Findlay in "A Trip to the Fighting Front." MAJESTIC High Grade of Vaudeville. COLONIAL To-night and to-morrow Harold ; Lockwood in "The Square Deceiver, i Wednesday, Thursday and Friday The great war drama, "For the Freedom of the World." Saturday—"The Mask of Life." REGENT To-day, to-morrow and Wednesday William S. Hart in "The Silent Man." Thursday. Friday and Saturday—Mar guerite Clark in "Bab's Matinee i Idol." VICTORIA To-day, to-morrow and Wednesday —] "The Warrior," featuring Maciste, the giant hero of "Cambiria." Thursday—Mrs. Vernon Castle in "The | Mary of Cain." Friday and Saturday—Virginia Pear son in "All For a Husband." I Captain Lord Michael Kildare is the hero of the story of "Love o' Mike." the musical comedy "l.ovr o' Mike," which ran one solid Musical Comedy year in New York. It comes to the < >r • j rheum, Wednesday, matinee and j nightnight. Lord Michael is the guest lof honor at a houseparty. As he jis such an engaging fellow, all the (girls are in love with him. and this serves to make all the other fellows peevish. All the girls want to love a j hero, which causes Lord Michael to < j pretend to be one, and all the other I fellows to follow his lead. The girls I all wear stunning gowns in the play and pretty lingerie in the prologue, j the scene being laid in a bedroom. I The music is by Jerome Kern, com poser of "Oh Boy," "Very Good Eddie" and "Have a Heart," and is eharactet istic of that melody sharp. The lyrics by Harry B. Smith, the famous author ■ of "Robin Hood" and scores of famous | (operas and musical comedies. j I The feature at the Colonial Theater for to-night and to-morrow is Metro's "The Square De- Harold I.oektvood ceiver," with liar- Int tlir Colonial old Lockwood as the star. This is I said to be one of those delightful com edy dramas that would meet with the (approval of any moving picture audi (ence. The picture holds out an un j usually strong appeal to boys and girls in tlieir 'teens, for the story has i to do with a classy chauffeur and a i j pretty girl, and furnishes plenty of j romance. Mr. Lockwood gives an ex- I cellent portrayal of the part of tiie j chauffeur who, in reality, is a very wealthy society man. Some wonder ! ful scenery is shown in this picture, ( which is always typical of Lockwood j | plays. The cast of players chosen | I interpret the different characters are | all very good. | Wednesday, Thursday and Friday— the Harrisburg Chapter National War Aid will give a benefit performance, i and all the money taken in at that j time will go to the mothers, wives and sisters to buy comforts for their ! boys at the front. A great war drama entitled "For the Freedom of the World," will be shown in conjunction | AMUSEMENTS j COLONIAL! Our Favorite Vour Favorite i Harold Lockwood Preftentlnif Hl* l.nlcnt Film Piece "The Square Deceiver'' ADULTS, I Set CHILDREN, Me. Wedneodny, Thursday, Friday "FOR THE FREEDOM j OF THE WORLD" with the benefit with beautiful Bar bara Castleton as the star. B J Harry Lauder, the famous .Scotch - comedian, who Is making his farewell l tour of America, .• Farewell Tour of and will appear Harry Luuder at the Orpheum Christmas Day, has tried his hand at editorial work. Several years ago, between his toura of the United States, he was- appoint j ed "Joke editor" of the People's Jour- I : of Life in Scotland, and he took • j an active interest in his work. Besides - furnishing: material of his own, he es • tabiished a "Joke contest" for hti journal, and offered a prize for tne best humorous anecdote s#nt in. A schoolboy, of Edinburgh, won Lauder's ten shillings with this story: "Tom Wilson's son and heir had just been christened and the minister was congratulating the worthy parents on . the baby's splendid behavior. 'Why,' 5 said he. 'that is the rtrst time in all my experience that I baptized a child who did not cry during the cere mony!' " _l "'Ye see. sir,' answered Tom, 'he's I got kind of used to it. His inither an' me has been practicin' on him for the last fortnight wi* a bucket o* caud j water.' " A miniature musical comedy, en- titled "Sherman Was Right," occupies • the headline position "Sherman Was on the Majestic bill 1 at the early half of the f"e MaJentU present week. A cast of ten cle\ er 1 players have been selected to furnish the singing, dancing and comedy in the piece, which is diverting and en s tertaining throughout. The two big ' features of the act are its good-look > ing girls and two funny comedians. ; Beautiful stage settings and costumes, l ! and splendid electrical effects make > f this musical comedy a pleasing "sight" attraction. Appearing on the same • bill are Norris' Baboons, a wonder ful trained animal offering; the Klein , Brothers, in comedy, songs and paro dies, with a bunch of nonsense ' • sprinkled here and there; Weiser and ! Reiser, comedy blackface entertain ers, and one other Keith act. j Maciste, the giant hero of the siu- I i pendous production. "Cambiria," which | delighted theater- j "' hp nrrlor," goers everywhere for I '| u< tlie Victoria several years, is I . again starred in a novel and highly interesting motion picture play, entitled "The Warrior." to be shown only at the Victoria • 1 heater to-day, to-morrow and Wed • nesday. This novel picture of seven reels is just as gripping and interesting as ; n e '. It is said to be full of l thrills, tears, cheers and explosions of ' laughter. Maciste, the hero, is the I j strongest man in the world and his I exploits and accomplishments on the ! - side of his native land. Italy, in the • world war have startled and surprised the world. "Nothing: like it since the - exploits of Samson," is the way critics . have described his actions. II The scenes of this remarkable pro duction are laid in Italy. In it, Ma -5 ciste makes a club of one of his foes to floor half a dozen others. He breaks down a big tree with an r Austrian snipe at its top. With one hand he upsets a horse t and rider. ' He carries massive pieces of ar tillery up the Alps on his head. i Three Austrians are captured ny | ; him single-handed and he carries them i I into camp on his back. And, to add i • | a bit of variety, he takes a snow bath j every morning before breakfast. Those - are facts, not fiction. William S. Hart, whos portrayal of Western types has made him one of the most widely I "The .Silent Man," popular of motion at the Urgent picture players, is ! i appearing at the Regent to-day. to-morrow and I\\ ednesda.v in "The Silent Man," a I mining camp story, written by Charles Kenyon and produced by Thomas 11. Ince. The picture is highly dramatic and contains plenty of lightninglike gun plays, feats of horsemanship and other picturesque frontier exploits which have endeared Hart to his ad mirers. "The Silent Man," which is shown for the t'-st time in this city, jis one of the m t. expensive produc | tions in which K rt has appeared and j which Artcraft Pictures Corporation i have released, and comes direct to the Regent from the Rialto Theater, New j York. In New York and other large > j cities, the admission has ranged from | twenty-live cents to sl. It costs the > ] Regent management more to show this | \ production, therefore compelling them , to rainc. the admission price from flf teen cents to twenty cents after G | o'clock. > In "The Silent Man" Hart is said to J present a characterization unlike any i thing he has ever appeared in on the > screen. In this play he will not por , tray the part of a "bad man." but ' rather the role of a good, honest J Westerner, whose success as a miner makes him the mark of the many un • scrupulous characters such as were , common during the time of the story. > ! J j Real star shells and trench rockets . were used to illuminate the trench system photographed at night in the spectacular film. The Canadian Admy's Ordnance Department supplied the necessary "fireworks." The director of the war film "For the Freedom of the World," was oblig ed to install a system of trench tele phones to supervise the work of his thousands of actors in the big battle scenes. AMUSEMENTS | I /■" "THE ORIENTAL" 435 MARKET STREET DANCING EROM r.,30 to I1.:I0 I*. SI. Clean Amusement Soft Drink* CHINESE DISHES 5 I'. SI. tn a A. M. v 8 VTO nI A TO-DAY, TO-SIOHHOW I ■■nil WEDNESDAY j The Novel, Thrilling, (Gripping Photoplay Sensation "The Warrior" Featuring MACISTE, the giant, hero of "Coblrin." The world's strongest man. The picture llint ■•lenses everybody, j PRlCES—Children lOej Adults, .Matinee, 15e; Kvcniiigs, 2Be. This Includes War Tax VICTORIA ORPHEUM) ! WED., DECEMBER 12 H ATI \ EH—E V E.\ ING SEATS TO-DAY Klrst Time In This City THE SEW MUSICAL, COMEDY LOVE O'MIKE With SHEP CAMP PRICES i Slntinrr 2Hc to 111.00 ! Evening S.V to fl.rio " RAILROADMEN ! HEAR FIGURES Local Trainmen Get Official Demand For Wage Increase ' at Monthly Meetings Looal trainmen and conductors j yesterday, at their semi-monthly j lodge meeting, received ot'llcial com munications regarding recent de mands for higher wages. No action was taken, as the wage increase is with the national officials. Briefly, 'h figures submitted to President Wilson and luiersiaie commissioners are as follows: PflMNcnKer Hun* On runs of 155 miles or less per day: Conductors, not less than 3.5 cents a mile, $5.43 a day, or *162.90 . a month; ticket collectors, not less; than 3 cents a mile, $1.65 a day, or $139.50 a month; baggage electricians i not less than 2.9 cents a mile. $1.50 a day, or $135 a month; baggagemen, not less than 2.5 cents a mile, $3.88 a day, or $116.40 a month. Flagmen and brakemen, not less than 2.33 I cents a mile, s:f.6l a day, or $108.30 a month. The schedule contains the usual provisions for short runs, overtime. \ etc., overtime in all passenger serv- J ice to be not less per hour than one- ; eighth of the daily rate. 1 Freight Service The proposed rates for freight \ service are as follows: "Through and irregular freight, I snowplow and circus trains: Con- ! duetors, 5.3 cents a mile; flagmen and i j I rakemen. 3.81 cents a mile* For j j yard crews, the rates contain the j J usual differences for night work, and | are: Conductors or foremen, $5.30 "at day and $5.50 a night; brakemen or helpers, $5 a day and $5.20 a night; ! I eight hours or less to constitute a | | day's work; overtime pro rata actual | j minutes to be counted." Railroad Situation May Receive Favorable Action Washington, Dec. 10. lnterest in | the railroad situation involving sug- j gestions of Government operation or repeal of the antlpooling laws and a | Federal loan as a measure, centered ! to-day in a conference between Presi- ! dent Wilson and Senator Newlands. i chairman of the joint Congressional committee investigating the roads. It was understood Senator Newlands hopes to submit in behalf of the roads i a statement of their position agreed | upon at a conference of executives in j New York yesterday. Although the decision of the conference was not an nounced, the general attitude of the railroads was made known last week by Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the P.ajlroad War Board, In a statement which asserted that the roads under their present direction are prepared to I furnish all the transportation possible | under any management. J. B. Hutchinson, Jr., Has ;, Interesting Railroad Life; Superintendent at Tyrone Referring to the recent promotion I of J. B. Hutchinson, Jr., to superin tendent of the Tyrqjie division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Railway Gazette in Its issue of last week gives the following interesting sketch: J. K. Hutchinson was born on March 3, 1876. at Bristol, Pa., and was edu cated in Princeton University. While] attending college he worked for the , Pennsylvania Railroad during his . summer vacations, and on January i. 1898, was appointed rodman. Ini April, 1899, he was transferred to the I office of the principal assistant en- j gineer at Altoona, the following No- i vember he was made assistant super- i visor on the West Penn division, and in- 1900 he was transferred to the Pittsburgh division. He was promoted to supervisor on the West Penn division In 1901, and in 190J5 was transferred to the Middle division in the same capacity, m January, 1910, he was appointed di- , vision engineer of the West Jersey | & Seashore Railroad and three years later was transferred fo the Wil liamsport and Susquehanna divsions i of the Pennsylvania. He was ap- ' pointed division engineer of the Mo nongahela division on February 11, 1911, and in September, 191G, was transferred to the-Pittsburgh division In the same capacity. In April, 1917. lie was promoted to assistant super intendent of the Pittsburgh division, and on October 25 was made superin tendent of the Tyrone division, as above noted. Railroad Nptes William I>. Bowers, special duty en | gineer on the Middle Division, Penn sylvania Railroad, will leave to-mor | row on a two days' hunting trip in Huntingdon county. The Pennsylvania Railroad Glee Club scored a big hit. Saturday night, at Camp Meade. They gave a concert under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. An invitation was extended to the local vocalists to return at an early date. John Dockey has succeeded M. A. Davis as special officer for the Pennsy j at Lewistown. The latter has been | elected sheriff. The new officer was j transferred from Huntingdon. The summer cottage formerly oc cupied by Grafton Drake, passenger engineer, and his family, at VanDyke, has been taken over by the railroad company and will be enlarged. It will be occupied by the signal main tainer in that section who is on duty, and subject to emergency call, twenty-four hours each day. James 10. Kirk. Pennsylvania Rail road freight solicitor, has assumed his duties at Reading. He came from To ronto, Canada. T. M. Flack. Philadelphia, general manager of the Reading Railway, has been appointed on the subcommittee of the general operating committee of the eastern railroads now located at Pittsburgh. Ralph W. Beard, formerly assistant yardmaster of the Reading at Potts town, who is now attached to the One Hundred and Fortieth Aero Squadron, is located at Bentwood Field, No. 3, at Hicks, Tex. A. C. Ksterlfne, a fireman on the Harrisburg Division, was overcome in the tank of his engine at Palmyra, Saturday. When discovered by the en gineman he was unconscious. Dr. S. •D. Bashore was called and the young man recovered sufficiently to be sent to his home in this city. The November efficiency record of the Middle Division, of the Pennsyl vania Railroad, in regard to observa tion of operating rules and obedience, is one of the best of the vear. They established a mark of 99.9 per cent. The number of tests taken were 21,- 686, of which six were failures to ob serve some running rule, making the total a grand percentage of 99.9. AUDITOR NAMED The court to-day appointed Harry M. Troxell auditor to serve until 1919 succeeding Robert E. Swab, who re signed to enter the United States service. * BREAD TO SELL i j HERE AT NINE AND TEN CENTS I City Bakers Have Different Price Schedules For New Sixteen-Ounee Loaf i, The Schmidt Baking Company of; ; this city took the initiative to-day by! putting on sale to the consumer j bread weighing sixteen ounces for i nine cents a loaf. This price was also! adopted by the Harrisburg Baking! Company and the Pan Dandy Baking Company, affiliated corporations. Bernard Schmidt was personally re sponsible for the cutting down of the price from ten to nine cents and in accomplishing it he carried his' assertion that without a wrapper u | J loaf of bread can be sold at profit j for one cent less than when wrap-! ped. Up until noon most of the , other big manufacturers of bread; j had followed this precedent, thel I rates of ten and fifteen cents con-! tinning to prevail. The Schmidt firm emphasized that; I the nine cent loaf has no right to be called "war bread" for it contains j the identical ingredients stipulated J by the government and is all wheat, j Removal of the wrapper alone pcr i mits the sale at nine cents, the mid dleman still getting his percentage. | Whether this system will be gen ! erall.v adopted remains to be seen. Mr. Bricker, of Bricker's New Bak ery, said to-day that his attitude was ; to take care of the retailer who I j could not make anything in sellint;! bread at less than ten cents. "A big! ] Philadelphia firm," said he, "is em-j j barking on the campaign of eliminat- \ | Ing the retailer, selling an unwrap-1 ! ped loaf for eight cents. If this were I done in Harrisburg a great number! I of small merchants would be hard j hit. This recalls that some time ago j when Philadelphia was paying ten J cents for thirteen ounces of bread' ! here in Harrisburg they were paying j but six. I am going to stand by the small dealei and see that he getsj j what small profit he is entitled to." The "cash and carry" system j which is being adopted in the larger j | cities is not feasible here said sev-1 eral ol" the local bakers. Only a j comparatively few people could af-j I ford the time to travel to a bakery I ! and purchase their bread. The labor 1 involved in handling the product Ist j not overpaid, say these men, when | the baker selis at wholesale for S! | and 12 cents. Boroughs Will Be Invited Once More Boroughs and counties which have not responded to Highway Commis- | sioner O'Neil's invitation to unite j with the state in improvement of j highways will be asked again, ac- j cording to a statement by Mr. O'Neil to-day. Thirty boroughs and twenty counties will be included in the sec ond invitation. Over 200 niiinielinilitleH anil politic safety committees have responded to I the request of Adjutant General ] Beary for information as to -police i j forces and home defense organiza- | j tions. In a number of Instances it ' lias been found that boroughs have I formed volunteer police forces. More iitln n tee r policemen were ! named to-day for Carbon county. OfflcerM representing the railroads j were here to-day in conference with | | state draft headquarters officials re- | J garding movement of the remainder, • of the drafted men in the first quota, j i No dates have been set for the move- | I inents to start. The Allcntinvii anal Heading True- j j tion Company has filed with the Pub-i ' lie Service, Commission notice of an j increase of fare from five to six cents I | except between Reading and Rose-| dale, to be effective January 1. | Workmen's and school tickets are in creased. The Waynesboro Electric | Company, Franklin county; Home | Electric Right and Steam Heating Ccmpany, Tyrone and vicinity.; Ridg way, St. Mary's and Jolinsonburg ■ Electric Right Companies have also filed notices of increases. The four nen lieutenants of the state police have been summoned here for a conference to-morrow witli Acting Superintendent Lumb. IteprcMcntntl ve K. It. Smith, lled , ,ford, and Richard E. Cochran, of York, former deputy secretary of the Commonwealth, were at the Cap itol to-day. Adjutant (ienrrnl Henry Is expected home from Augusta Thursday. BUYS WAREHOUSE The Killinger property, 120 Chestnut street, has been bought by i George E. Bricker, of the Harrisburg Electrical Supply Company, to be. used as u warehouse when the needs of the growing business demand it. I I The Biggest Rubber Goods Sale Ever Held In The History of Harrisburg for 10 DAYS ONLY 9 The Entire Line of Goodyear's High Grade Rubber Goods L of Every Description Including Raincoats Just at this time, when prices on everything are soaring every day, we were very lucky in procuring this immense stock FOR THE HOLIDAYS. This stock consists of a very large and complete assortment of RUBBER TOYS, WATER BOTTLES, FOUNTAIN SYRINGES, RUBBER FOOTWEAR, RUBBERS, RUBBER BOOTS, OILED CLOTHING, and in fact anything made in rubber Also a big stock of MEN, 'WOMEN R A Tivrnn ATS M*.™.™ AND CHILDREN AwXXXtXr™ W V/A4L Mm KJ AND CHILDREN This is a sale, the likes of which will G Come to this sale, no matter how far never be held again. You owe it to i.' -M. Am. you may have to travel to get here, yourself to come, look and buy high- Your dollar will surely buy more grade merchandise. ■ . I H I than double its value. Don't miss it. All Inst week wc were busy marking down and assorting goods, among these are WONDERFUL COATS for MEN", WOMEN, and CHILDREN. The materials are NEW, the models represent the .smartest, swaggerest of up-to-the-minute styles, while the tailoring and workmanship is THE BEST tliat ean be made. REMEMBER BUY HERE AND SAVE MONEY Rubber Co. Open Evenings 205 WALNUT STREET Open Evenings TOO COLD FOR COURT TO SIT Hardscrabble Cases to Be Heard Wednesday if Weather Permits Because of the low temperature I due to cold weather and lack of heat i in Courtroom No. 1 this morning President Judge George Kunkel post poned starting the trial of the Hard scrabble appeals cases until Wednes day afternoon at 2 o'clock and ad journed court until that lime, after several motions were made and a jury called to try the first case. Jurors from the November term ot common pleas court were present to day for duty. Several did not answer when called while others were ex cused. in requesting the court to excuse one of the jurors, counsel ex plained that he was needed in a store where he is employed. "A juror serves in his country's i duty in times of peace the same as a soldier in time of war; he is drafted j for service as a juror the same as! another man is selected for military i service. We can't permit a member j of the bar to make excuses for a ! man to be relieved from this duty when there is no legal ground." was Judge Kunkel's terse remark. He de- I ciaed. however, to excuse the juror' provided he was not called for the j first case. Jurors not appearing or excused i were P. Isaac Deimler, Lower Swa lurt township; Adam Etzweiler, Jack son township; John K. Henry. Royal- ! ton; William I''. Hess, Halifax: David H. Hoover, East Hanover township; Samuel G. Eudlow, city; Harry Mc- Clure, city; Charles R. Webb, Sus quehanna township. The first of the Hardscrabble ap peals cases to be called for trial this morning was the suit by Mrs. Eliza beth S, Heister and Caroline S. Bald win, owners of the properties from 1100 to 1106 North Front street. Ater the jury had been called City Solicitor John E. Fox asked the per mission of. tiie court to ask if any of the jurors were interested in the set tlement of the cases. All answered they were not. After the jury was sworn Judge S. J. M. McCarrell ex plained in part the cases which were to be heard and advised them not to discuss the pending litigation with any one; then discharged them until Wednesday. Asks to Have Election Protest Discharged, Because only one of the petitioners I contesting the counoUmanlc election , j in I.ykens had signed the bond which j 'must be tiled as surety for costs of| ; the proceedings, Jackson & Jackson , and Paul A. Kunkel, counsel for A.] | F. Hanna, whose election is contest ed, to-day asked the county court to dispose of the case by discharging it; According to the petition filed to-day, it is contended the law requires a bond to be filed within ten days after the election is contested, and that the! bond must be signed by at least five | | of the original petitioners who con- I test the election. Several other alleg ed deficiencies in the papers contest ' ing the election were cited by Han na's attorneys. The court took the petition asking to have the proceed ings discharged but reserved deci sion. Fire in Hazleton Factory Results in SIOO,OOO Loss By Associated Press Hazleton, Pa., Dec. 10. —Shortly before work was started at the shirt factory of J. Gerhardt & Company to-day fire broke out in one section of the plant and spread so rapidly I that the entire building was burned. I The estimated loss was SIOO,OOO. The; other section of the mill on the" op-1 posite side of the street was saved. | The company has been making shirts! for the War Department and a big onsignrncnt of freshly arrived ma terial had been placed in the de stroyed building yesterday. The man ufacturing of the shirts 's done in the section that escaped the flames. The cause of the fire is not known. Five minutes before the blaze was discovered the night watchman had completed his rounds and reported everything all right. A block of four houses was burn ed with a loss of about SB,OOO. Sev eral months ago a fire of mysterious origin occurred in the part of the Gerhardt factory where army shirts are being turned out, but only slight | damage resulted. According to those on the scene ! early, a series of explosions were I heard, leading to the suspicion that I the fire was the work of incendiaries. FIVE RESCUED FROM RIVER Ice Holds Party For Three Hours in Uncovered Ferry ■ With the prospect of an icy bath jin the waters of the Susquehanna •and possible death three girls and two men were cangbt late Saturday in the river off McCorinick's Island in an ice jam where they endured the snow, sleet and nearly zero weather for three hours until rescued i by the prompt aid of V. Grant I Forrer and Charles Dintaman. The unlucky voyagers were E. E. Shipley] and his daughter Dorothy; H. A. I Stock and his two daughters, Clara and Emma, all of whom live on the i McCormick Island farm. Boarding the old ferry boat which | is operated on an overhead cable te^^d^oney by Western Union Thousands of soldier-boys abroad an(i in cantonments. Thousands of loyal women at home wondering how to send them money with the greatest safety. Let Western Union Money Telegrams, Transfers help you. Day letters, Wtht Letters. Inexpensive. No red tape—no bother Cablegrams. n0 trouble. Safe—and as simple as AB C. ferred by Wire More than " ixt y million dollars will be trans ferred this year by THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. ———i— HHHI | BREAD 9c | With the new requirement as made by the Government in the sale and manufacture of bread we propose to put on sale Today—December 10 At all Grocers, an UNWRAPPED loaf of bread known as Pan Dandy Meeting all the requirements of the Government as to weight and quality to retail at 9c Per LOAF We will continue to make our brand known as HOLSOME bread wrapped, retailing at 10c per loaf, and LARGE OUR QUEEN, wrapped, retailing at 15c per loaf. Pan Dandy Baking Co. A Man's Gift From a Man's Store | jST Wm. Strouse 4® with lines extending down atld tha I current doing the reat, the party" I essayed to cross to the mainland. I But the sudden drop in temperature had not been counted on and wheii the lAiwieldly craft got out in mid channel things began to happen. Here the ice was freezing right be fore their eyes and great floes banged up against the side where they took lodging. Slower and slower the cur rent advanced the ferry until, sur rounded by ice it was stopped com pletely. Without any protection, for tha ferry is not roofed, the whole party struggled to pull the heavy craft further but only found that the ice piling up would soon break the ropes and set them adrift down the river which was tearing along like a mill race. There was but one recourse, yell for help, and this the party did | so lustily and so long that a motorist heard them and telephoned Com missioner E. Z. Gross who sent a hurry call for Grant Forrer. He was lucky to get the help of Mr. I>intaman and the two of them finally reached the ferry in a row boat, not without great danger I'OP the huge ice blocks threatened to crush their light boat any moment.
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