PENNA. QUAKERS GIVE WAR WORK SERVICES FREE Largest Delegation From Hav erford College; Unit Was Formed Last July Philadelphia, Dec. 14. Although the first unit of Quakers to go to France arrived but a short time ago, its members are already at* work, in many places under tire. Professor * Itufus M. Jones, of Haverford Col lege', chairman of the comm'ittee in i barge, declared to-day. There are one hundred and twenty American men and thirty American women In the body which is known as the; American Friends Reconstruction tTiiit. All volunteered without com pensation. the largest delegations having come from llaverford College, Haverford, Pa., and Karlham College, Indiana. The first report of the work of the 1 unit, which was organized last July, was sent here through Dr. .lanies A. ! Babbitt, field director. His report! states that the American unit is | working in Ornans, Dole, Samoens. Kntremont, Golanoourt, Earn and Uruny and adjacent villages, and that at Golancourt the men are housed in I a loft with a stone floor, without san- | itation, engaged in work which makes it difficult for them to keep dry or warm. RAILROADS TIED UP BY SNOWSTORM [Continued from First Page.) to send any trains out of Harrisburg. All the energy on the main line was used in getting freight trains mov ing that were caught in last right's big storm. Every available crew on i the Middle and Philadelphia divi sion not in service when the storm started last night, were called out to: relieve crews tied" up along the main I line. Motive Power Scarce To make matters worse the Pennsy is short of motive power. Tt was out of the question to wait for passenger trains to send the relief crews out, and what engines could be had were used in taking the crews to points! on the Middle and Philadelphia di visions where crews were held up by the snow drifts. Middle Division Trouble Between Marysville and Altoona, it was said that at least thirty freight | trains were tied up, mostly east-1 bound. Trackmen. construction j gangs and shopmen were ordered j out last night to assist on opening! the lines. The greatest trouble isj with switches, and in the yards atl Altoona and along the division. It I was said that drifts 011 the main line I are easily overcome but in railroad! yards, the clearing of hundreds of switches and getting" the snow out! of the way is 110 easy task. It is! the belief that (he men on duty to-j day will have an all-day job. Be lief forces were organized and sent| out at noon from Altoona, Tyrone,; Huntingdon, Lcwistown, Mifflin and! Marysville. Through passenger trains due herel between 2 o'clock this morning and j noon to-day were from five to eight hours late. Trains No. 20, 30 and 34 were not reported on the Middle division up to JO o'clock this morn ing. Local trains made up- in Har risburg and Altoona were started 1 regardless of any connections. 1 Special attention whs given stock 1 trains. Preference was given this traffic on the main line where it was possible to reach a terminal with- ' (£>ut any great delay. Where it was i rikely that the cattle might suffer en route for want of water or from cold, these trains were shortened in order that time could bo made. , Philadelphia Division ! ; Officials of the Philadelphia divi- j sion had their hands full. It is at this point where the heaviest busi ness is done because of the import ant connections west, north, east and south. Pacific Express due here at 2.55 a. m. arrived about 7.30. The ; newspaper train was back two hours, i All early through trains from New ■ York and Washington and Baltimore where delays interfered with later 1 schedules were annulled and pas- i sengers handled on later trains. Freight and yard business was handled in a similar manner to that! ' on the Middle division. Shopmen j J assisted the trackmen and construe-1 tion gangs in clearing the snow from the yards and keeping the switches open. Relief crews were kept mov- < ing all day and everything that look- f od like a locomotive and was able to 1 run was put in service. In addition to this being a busy f point for passenger travel, there is t also considerable express handled s here. Last night's storm added to 1 tno troubles- of the express com- a panics. Tons and tons of express \ goods are piled up on the platforms c at the Pennsylvania railroad station t waiting for trains to move it. a Extra men have been on dutv I since the Christmas rush started, \ but now with increased help the busi- r ness has increased so rapidly that t with train facilities} normal, it is all 1 Use Sugar Sparingly—Do Not Waste It * * * • Everyone—manufacturers and householders— should use sugar sparingly for the present. The supply is limited and will be until the new crop of cane can be.harvested and shipped from Cuba and the Tropics. The supply will then be ample. In the meantime, the people of the New England and Atlantic Coast States should use sugar sparingly. Grocers should limit their sales to any one family. . No one should hoard or waste sugar. Do not pay an increased retail price. The Franklin Sugar Refining Company "A Franklin Sugar for every use " • Granulated, Dainty Lumps. Powdered, Confectioners. Brown ' . ... • •-' .. , ■] ■ ■■■>', ■ ■ . ; <, \4 , : < \ FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBORG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 14,'1917 CLEARING CITY OF ITS ■ • >, V , * ; -.•■., ' / ■ * * - * • < - - • ♦ . -* * ' 4 : : - f ... * ' > m * ♦ ■*"'■ : - . * * *? ■ I L _ i ( . - The above picture was snapped by the official photographer of the Telegraph when large forces of men legan to clear Market street of the snow early this morning. The snow a t the time the photograph was taken nas more than a foot deep in places where the pavements were cleaned. tlie present force can do to handle the business. Cumberland Valley Between Harrisburg and Martins burg snow drifts and three small wrecks tied up traffic. Passenger trains were from three to five hours | late. Bocal trains made good time and helped in taking care of the big rush of travel. The wrecks were between Carlisle and Chambersburg | and consisted ; lostly of derailed cars | at switches. Prompt attention on the part of track forces and construction gang's prevented any prolonged tieup on this important branch of the Pennsy. What delays occurred after noon to day were due to trouble on eonnect- I ins lines. On Otlicr Lines Between Harrisburg and Washing ton on the Baltimore division and on the Wllliamsport and Renovo divi sions snow drifts were numerous and I held up traffic. Through trains to I and from Buffalo were tied up north jof Renovo. Between Williamsport and Harrisburg trains moved with | more regularity. The Philadelphia and Heading j Railway was the only line that ap- I peared to be able to keep moving, j At the start of the storm some trou { ble existed but inquiry at the rocal J trainmaster's offices this morning I brought the announcement that j trains were not far back of their j schedules and that the Reading ays | tern was moving satisfactorily. Barge | forces of men went out early to look ; after the switches and remove the ! drift"!. Whole Country in Grip of Heavy Storm By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 14. —Most of the country was in the grip of storm and cold weather to-day and under cover of snow throughout its northern parts almost from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Rail and wire traffic were much impeded. The unseason able cold extends to Gulf States. Snow was heaviest in the East from the Groat Bakes to the coast with a fall of a foot or more in in terior New York. It was caused by a disturbance which has been mov ing eastward and was central this morning on the south New England coast. This disturbance showed a fall of more than an inch by the barometer in the last twelve hours. It was preceded by rain or snow and gales along the Middle Atlantic and New England coasts, interfering with shipping. Gales of heavy force! prevailed along the New England coast this morning and storm warn ings were up from Delaware break water to Eastport, Maine. Twenty-four Inches of Snow in Blue Mountains Reading, Pa., Dec. 14.—When citizens awoke this morning they found Reading covered with a *l4- inch snow. Along the Blue Mountains it was two feet " ep. During the forenoon all city and suuurban trolley traffic was paralyzed, save one short stretch of line in the city. All rail road trai. s are late. County roads are drifted fence high. Hundreds of workers from the shops were sent out to clear the Reading railway tracks. Freight and coal traffic was almost at a standstill this forenoon. Bittle milk reached the city i.nd there were few deliveries. The storjn will mean a delay in coal deliveries and the supply of numbers of families has been exhausted. It was the worst e | storm in the Schuylkill Valley in twenty years. - Huge Drifts Tie Up . Schuylkill Industries s —— e By Associated Presi Pottsville, Pa., Dec. 14.—Fourteen e inches of snow, in places drifted to I ten or twelve et, covers Schuylkill 3 county to-day, tying up mines, rail roads, closing roads and industrial • plants and bringing the rush of lioli -Bjday business almost to a complete I I standstill. It was the most severe • i storm of its kind in a g.vneration. A - i few of the fast trains managed to -j plow their way through the snow i banks and arrived here from four to *1 six hours late. With satisfac " tory weather conditions continuing 1 j throughout the day, it is hoped to J j have tragic normal before night. The j snow plows and snow sweepers of the Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Com- M pany broke under the strain but this M morning a few of them are again in ' operation. Passengers and crews of J trolley cars stalled along the country • roads were forced to spend the night ' I in the cars. i Street Car Traffic Is Interrupted by Storm ,J Philadelphia, Dec. 14.—Railroad • land street car traffic throughout the | state was badly crippled by the sleet, j rain and snow of last night's storm, j followed to-day by freezing tem peratures. Telegraph and telephone wires are reported down all along I the path of the storm, while in the I! coal regions the snow was so heavy | that through trains were stalled for | hours. It was feared here to-day that .'the coi.l stringency would be aggra- I vated because hundreds of coal cars • jare held up by frozen switches. ii Trolley service In ;he Lehigh Val- II ley was tied up completely during : | the storm. In Allentown, Reading . and Wilkes-Barre, the snow drifted . | to such depths that many motor cars tj had to be abandoned by their owners tj to save their lives. The weather con .! ditions of the past twenty-four hours • form a combination most dreaded, . ] according to electric, steam railways s i and telegraph officials, but it was ex l pected that normal service would t! prevail in a few hours. Lehigh Coal Field Feels Tempest's Blasts By Associated Press Hazlelon, Pa., Dec. 14.—Snow to the depth of two feet covered the ground in the Lehigh coal field to day following a storm of mid-winter proportions. Steam and trolley traf fic was stalled and most of the an thracite mines were idle resulting in an estimated loss of 25,000 tons in the output. Efforts were made to start the collieries later in the day. All industries were short handed. Country roads are drifted as high as eight and ten feet. Snow-bound Workmen Are Held at Bangor Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 14.—The worst blizzard in years last night left the trolley lines completely tied up this morning in a foot of snow and man. cars became stalled anywhere and everywhere along the system. Be tween 500 and 600 workmen from Bangor and other parts of the Slate i Belt were unable to reach their em ployment at the Bethlehem Steel Works because the trolley cars were unable to get through the badly drift ed lines. The several thousand em ployes of the steel company living > at Allentown and other points up the behigh Valley were tnayy hours late in reaching the works by other means ( of travel. Train service on the steam ( roads was also affected by the bliz- I zard. All local trains were an hour or so late this morning, and several I through trains were abandoned. ; Blizzard Cause of Decreased Coal Output ( | ijhamokin, Pa., Dec. 14.—Fifteen | thousand miners in the Shamokln an -1 j thraeite district were idle to-day and • not a pound of coal will be shipped ' as a result of last night's blizzard. Bailroud sidings Into collieries are • under snowdr.fts ranging from three to seven feet in depth, closing in whole trainloads of coal mined Thurs day. No freight or coal trains were being moved at noon to-day. Mining superintendents have called out men j to aid in opening colliery sidings In 1 a hope that anthracite production ! | may be resumed to-morrow. Klre, attributed to incendiarism, early this morning destroyed the Susquehanna Collieries Company's Hickory Swamp washery, entailing a loss of SIO,OOO. The operation was being remodeled. All New York Traffic Badly Crippled Today New York, Dec. 14.—A snowstorm of blizzard proportions that raged throughout the night crippled all traffic in New York to-day. inter rupted telegraph and telephone serv ice, brought intense suffering to the poor and accentuated the serious shortage of coal. The gale whipped up a heavy sea. driving small craft to cover and causing considerable damage along the waterfront. Owing to the scarcity of labor, the regular force of shovelers was re duced to about 3,000, and in order to meet the situation 7,000 reserves were called upon. With trolley service virtually par alyzed in many sections jot the city and elevated trains running spasmod ically, the early morning rush ot workers to the downtown district overcrowded the subway lines. QUESTIONNAIRES ARE READY FOR MAIL [Continued from First Page.] must see that they are provided with one within the time limit or make themselves liable to a year's Impris onment or immediate induction Into active service. Each man must make at least one affidavit or a sworn statement before a proper official qualified to adminis ter oaths that his statements are cor rect. Where the registered man seeks exemption there are a number of affidavits that must be sworn to. Under the ruling of the provost marshal's office, members of the draft beards are empowered to administer these oaths free of charge. In the case where a man seeks delayed clas sification or exemption because h