12 Seventeen Years in Man Walla Walla, Wash.—Edward Sutherland stepped from the pen itentiary the other day into a land of strange things and made nts way Into Walla Walla, that he almost failed to recognize. He was the oldest prisoner in the institution, and seventeen years of: his life were spent there. His re-1 lease papers arrived from Olympia that morning, and as soon as he: could be fitted out in clothing he j was let go. Sutherland was sent up| for twenty years in 1900 for attacks J on women and girls. Sutherland was taken to the pen-' ltentiary to save him from mob vio-: lence after being attacked. He was convicted on two charges, one' brought by a young girl and the' other by an older woman, and was j given fourteen years for each offense. He was past middle age at that time; and left prison aged and feeble, a mere shadow of his former self. KEEPING SOLDIERS STRONG Early in the world-war cod liver oil was selected to fortify the health of soldiers against the rigors and exposure of camp life and to help keep up their strength. SCOTT'SoneEMDLSION that actually guarantees the pure quality of Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, skilfully emulsi6ed to promote prompt assimi flation which is always difficult with the raw oil. Scoff's Emulsion is famous for putting power in the blood to thwart colds, grippe, pneumonia and lung trouble. It is free from alcohol or opiates. Scott & Bownc. Bloom field, N. J. 17-38 The Christmas Dpint Prevails throughout the stores of the Gately & Fitzgerald Supply Company not only in words, but in deeds. The benevolent sentiments that are the very essence of Christ mas A just consideration for our employes and due regard for the influence of what we do for the welfare of others, whether that influence be little or much, are more precious to us than the prospect of a few more dollars earned at the ex pense of overworked salespeople. In accordance with these principles and the broad progressive policy maintained by this firm for years the Gately & Fitzgerald Supply Co. Stores will NOT be open evenings during the Holiday Season except 011 Thursday, Friday, Saturday,&Monday December, 20, 21, 22, 24 when it mil be absolutely necessary to be open to meet the obligations to our patrons and the public. We sincerely wish that we shall have your approval and co operation in this matter as we have had in former years. Notliwithstanding the wonderful increase in our business and the handicap 011 account of the scarcity of experienced help, we shall endeavor to give you the same good service That Has Made These Stores A Favorite With You and Your Friends We will appreciate the favor if you will make your selec tions early as possible so we can make our prompt deliveries as usual. Wishing You the Compliments of the Season Gately & Fitzgerald Supply Company 31-32 South Second Street FRIDAY EVENING, HXMBBURQ Mfe Tra TORXPH I John McCormack Tour to 1 Get SIOO,OOO For Red Cross 'j Washington, Dec. 14. Agift *of SIO,OOO to the Red Cross from John McCormack, the tenor, was an nounced to-day. Paying his own ex j penses. Mr. McCormack will make a I patriotic tour from the Atlantic to ! the Pacific, opening in Washington, ! December 18, with b concert which i President and Mrs. Wilson have an > nounced they will attend. 1 "I will keep on singing until I ' have earned SIOO,OOO, which the I American Red Cross may use as it : sees fit." said Mr. McCormack, in making his offer. "The work will be a privilege to me and I will perform ' it with an enthusiasm such as I never felt before." ' j | LettersFromtheFront j HARRISBURG BOY KIND FRENCH NURSES ARE Pari sis full of Amer'cm soldiers, writes Herbert Wallower to his father, E. Z. Wllower. The number of Yankees is said to be so large as to make it seem as if they had taken possession of the city. Mr. \Val lower's letters follow: Le 5 Novembre. 1917. Dearest Daddy and la famille: Le bover du Soldat is :tt til* dis posal of the poor blesse's here at the big field lupital tis-". • oui camp and which takes care of most all of the wounded in this sector. You probably are wondering why I am here, and perhaps worried too, but really I am quite ashamed to tell on what slight pretexts I have the nerve to play sick. About two weeks ago I cut my finger while cleaning my engine, which refused to heal quickly and which finally produced a slight in fection with swelling of my right hand and arm. I went to the in firmary at camp, where the doctor dressed it and then much to my surprise ordered me to this field hospital. That was last Wednesday morning, 6 days ago, but it seems like a year. The French doctor lanced the finger, which began then to improve immediately, so that now it is completely healed, except tor a little aftermath pain in my arm. t 5 till have the dressing on my arm which interferes slightly with my writing. I will stay here two more days and then —I have to take a lonfi breath here—then I will go to Paris for 8 days permission to do as I please, and - I have lots of things in mind. First I want to go to Neuilly to the American Hospital to see tho bed in memorium to mother. I will probably stay at the Y. M. C. A. hotel and the rest of my time in real sight seeing. My stay here at the .hospital has been very n't ;* sting and .111 unusual .'.liioli in many ways I hope never to experience again. The hospital is very large, con sisting of at least 50 large barracks 150x25 in which are the operating rooms and wards accommodating about 600 wounded. In addition are many smaller barracks for doctors, nurses and attendants. The wounded stay here as short a timo as pos sible, or as soon as they can be safely moved and are evacuated by train to the base hospitals in the interior. They are brought here from the postes de service by ::m --bulance. During the last attack the hos pital was taxed to its capacity for ,1 week, so you can imagine how many wounded went through, prob ably 10,000. There are left here now about 2,000 with few new pa tients as the battle along this front is over. It was very short, a bril liant victory, terrible in its inten sity while it lasted. I was brought to a ward where there were still about 25 wounded. Since then most of them have been evacuated, about 9 left now. 1 can never describe what this week lias' been and I could not stand another. Two poor young soldats. terribly wounded, died right at my side, in the beds next to me during the night, two nights in succession. Only ' the attendant and nurse there at' their sides, but I breathed a prayer j for them as their souls took flight.. Oh, what a terrible thing war is! I The tragedy of it had at that instant! been suddenly revealed, the sad' scene in the darkness of the night l with the mingled voices of pain and j suffering of the other wounded, made ! an impression upon me that will I never be effaced. The horrors of the war I have yet to see on the battlefield; this is the tragic part. j I have been terribly depressed at times, and I need a diversion to re lieve my mind. I am glad there are only two more days of it. ! Of the wounded left In the ward, | some are still very low and moan' continually, while others are gain- i ing strength. Every day one or two! are brought in and others moved ' out. Mine is a case ne pas grave 30 I I do not go through the usual aro- 1 ceedure. Indeed I have been | treated exceptionally, the two little I French nurses have been wonderful j to me, doing lots of little things for me, bringing bonbons, things to I read, etc. One of them, a young! girl whose fiance has been killed j In the war speaks a little English, as much as I speak French, and we get along pretty well. Every one | over here has a heartache some-1 where. While she was telling me! of her fiance, and her brothers now in the war, she broke down and! cried. It is hard to comfort when ! all carry a heavy burden in their hearts. Yesterday afternoon I was invited to tea by the head French nurse.' the Infermiere Chef, who is a> splendid capable woman. She real- | ized the state of mind I was in, so • I was very glad to go, even though j they were all French nurses, and I j was the only American. There was! a French doctor there who spoke excellent English, so it was not quite so hard, but I had a great time with the nurses. I have been getting up in the aft ernoon for the last few days for a stroll. There is an American oper ating team here at the hospital, four doctors, two orderlies, who by the way are young Princeton students, and two American nurses. I usually I spend the afternoon with the boys, which is quite a help. Several of the boys have walked over from! camp to see me too. The next word will probably be | from Paris. I have had no mail fo rover two weeks, so there ought to be a goodly bundle In a few days. With much love to all, HERBERT. Tuesday .Nov. 13, 1917. Dearest Family— Well, at last I am back in the nip city, and the joy of being 1 here cannot be expressed—a good bed with sheets, wonderful food and the privilege of doing as I please. I was detained at the field hos pital two days longer than I had anticipated, so that I was there ten days altogether. It is customary in French hospitals to give a man as many days leave as he has been in the hospital with certain limits, so that now I have ten days per mission. The trip In to Paris was rather interesting for I had to travel on a "permissionaires" train on which wore at least a thousand poilus on their way back home. Only officers are' supposed to travel in first 'lass compartments, but nothing daunted. I climbed into a first class coach over a few captains and a couple of majors, etc., and they not know ing my uniform and being an American they showed me every courtesy thinking I was an officer too. The train left the hospital sta tion at 1.30 a. m. arriving in Paris 9.30 Sunday evening. I went immediately to the Y. M. C. A. hotel where I obtained a splendid room with an excellent bed, hot and cold water for four francs a day. Before the Y. M. C. A leased the hotel it? was called the Hotel Pavilion, which was consid ered a very good hotel. There ia a restaurant and cafe with excellent food at very reasonable prices. There are several boys here I know so I have company at last, and to-day I expect my chum in frog* camp on permission, Duncan Welty. The first persons I saw Sunday morning whpn I walked in were Franklin Ettei and Meade Detweiler Sunday I spent in the hotel at tending a Y. M. C. A. service In the evening which was a pleasure after having experienced no religious at mosphere for months. Yesterday t went out to 21 Rue Raynouard to report to the office and to the O. S. E. office which is the Paris police who keep track of every person entering Paris. I am going to make an attempt to be released from the French serv ice, so I talked to one of the men at 21 who, however, did not give me much encouragement. He was not the right man to go to, so I will try again. In the meantime lam going to investigate all the branches of the Army .service to find which suits me best. There are several special branches" organized over hero only, which ot ter some attractive advantages, fne is the camouflage department and the newest one, which I heard of last night was a branch of artillery which attempt to locate enemy guns by sound wave mechanism, etc. It is in charge of Major Augustus Trowbridge, who was my old In structor in Physics at Princeton, and he is looking for a few college men with technical training. A commission is given immediately I believe. I will investigate thoroughly all these before I decide. J_.ast night I had dinner at Noel Peters a famous restaurant which I found certainly to deserve its re nown, for I had the best dinner T have had seen since T left New Y:irk. After dinner we went to a Revue, a show something like the Winter Oarden. Every opportunity they got they would brine in something about America, and the grand finale consisted of a bewildering variety of costumes made of red. white and blue, American flags draped all over the stage, and the music Dixie. Tt made a great hit with the French who cheered vociferously, and it looked pretty good to me too. When Duncan Welty arrives we will plan a systematic sightseeing Itinerary. 's full of American soldiers, who have almost taken possession of the place. The boulevards are very Interesting with every variety of soldier uniform imaginable. I am feeling fine again and ready for anything. I believe it was the food at camp which put me tern- porarily out of condition. I aave had no mail for almost a month. With much love. HERBERT. (Address) Section Or".i, e Amdrlcaine, T. M. 526 Pelaton D. Convois Autos, Par B. O. M. Paris, France. \ HOUSE SEATS DEMOCRAT Representative Bucou, of Michigan, Replaced by Beakes Washington, Dec. 14.—The House yesterday voted to give the seat for the Second Michigan district held by Mark R. Bacon, Republican, to S. W,| Beakes, Democrat. The final returns showed Bealtes, slightly ahead, but technical ques-i tions on alleged irregularities madej it necessary to carry the contest to! the House. DROPS NAME OF GERMANIA Fire Insurance Company Will Be Known as the National Liberty Directors of the Germania Fire Insurance Company, at a special meeting yesterday, voted to make ap plication for an order authorizing the company to change Its name to the National Liberty Insurance Com pany of America. The company was chartered by the State of New York in 1859, and all of its officers are American-born, it has no German re-insurance con tracts and is not in any way under German influence or control. win Exchange Kinney's Big Sale JSULm After Xmas zzz. Harrisburg 01 Holiday Shoes and Slippers Shoes and Slippers are becoming more popular every year as a Xmas gift. They are always appreciated and bring back pleasant recollections every time they are used. frSSllli! II j Couple thrift with your Yule-tide spirit and buy of 11 j our kig holiday stock. Ladies' Felt Boys' and Little Military Heel 1 M Juliettcs ® ents ' Boots For Ladies jj it Fur or ribbon trim- Military Shoes _ | J ming 980 * j* —^ j aij) ——————. new shoe. Army ' II I T| st y' e in tan, strictly I ®/ # / rm T TrrT —j- —J Women's Felt Slip- solid leather, ' Jy / H pers '^ lOto 13* ... #1.98 If p|| j Ito 2 $2.19 jj* Childs' and Misses' 2*/ 2 to S*/ 2 ..., $3.98 I ( I Felt Bootees in Red or _-Jr f\ xjA Ju 111/ ' blue .. 7 and 890 v \ Ml il 11 I _ Boys Hi-Cuts, J /p@Su|l k- . ——————— Buckle Tops, sizes 1 i '■■'! \ Men's Romeos .. 980 to 6 for, /£?* yr L \ $2 - 49 and * 2 - 98 yQ&itr Men's Felt Slippers, f Gray or Black, $1.25 f ———————— varied and Boys' and Youths' Rub- Little Gents' Hi- complete line of this ber Boots .Cuts. Size 11 to 13 / it popular seller in town. Short Boots—Boys' $1 93 All Gray Kid .. $3.98 3 to 6 $2.29 Youths' 11 to 2, Misses' High Lace Tan Lotus with $1.98 Shoes, extra good /al- Khaki co lored cloth ties 111 lan Calf or fnn