SERVICES HELD FOR SOLDIERS BURNED IN CAMP Hundreds Attend Funeral of Young Victims of Guard house Tragedy Impressive services were held at Middletown this morning for the three soldiers who were burned to death early Sunday morning as a re sult of a fire at the guardhouse at the United States camp near Micklle town. The services were conducted oy the Rev. Or. Thomas C. McCar rell, pastor of the Middletown Pres byterian church and were held at i lie Pennsylvania Railroad station at Middletown. Several hundred citi zens attended. Each body was enclosed in a cas ket, and the latter placed in a metal < ase. That of Private R. Wiley was shiped to Rockford, 111., and that of Private W. J. Kramer to Detroit, Mich. Parents of Private Edward F. Gallagher of Munhall, Pa., were at the services and acoompanicj the body to their home. Brief services were first held at 432 MARKET STREET (/lilted State.* Food A dinlniNtr.ition—Moenae Number G-515803. 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Whatever investigation is to be made of the burning to death of three soldiers in the guard house at Middletown, none will be permitted to Coroner Jacob Eckinger, accord ing to .Major Garrison who is in charge of the aviation camp. "I'll i make the investigation," the coroner was told when he offered to probe | the tragedy. Since the fire, which occurred early Sunday morning, there have been all sorts of rumors regarding the responsibility for the death of the three soldiers. Until the War Department makes an investigation, none of the officials at the aviation camp will talk. It was said to-day that the father of Private Gallagher gavo notice that after the burial of his son he would go to Washington and personally request Secretary of War Baker to see that a rigid in vestigation was made. What remained of the burned guard house has been destroyed. It Is said that one guard who was on duty told the men not to burn the tnr paper In the stove. It was also Nald that the paper was folded into small pieces and packed into the SCENE IN RICHMOND RUINED SECTION OF HALIFAX, AND TENT CITY IN SNOW WHERE HOMELESS ARE LIVING L v —■ rs- k v,., VV. Sis ... i. ■■■<....■ i nVA.., , ,>y-TO- y -TT' The upper photograph shows the Richmond section of Halifax, w here the explosion of the munitions steamer Mont Blanc caused the most damage. There it leveled all build ings. The photo was taken looking toward Dartmouth. The lower pic ture shows part of the tent city In the snow, where manv of the home less of Halifax are being cared for. REWARDED FOR WORK -# -'*•.•wjwj'Jx; ?,*,• '^wywßsr^sjeMEasa*® LORD r lif f * \ Ivord Nortbcliffe, who spent several months in the United States i connection with British war work, lias been rewarded by being given th title of viscount. Many Britons consider him, despite their dislike < some of his newspapers, as being th e ablest man of Great Britain. RED CROSS NEEDS AS A LITTLE G GROWN folks are not the only ones who realize the needs of the Red Cross. The other day William F. Bilger, of Bowman & Co, received from his young daughter in Buffalo, N. Y., an article on Red Cross necessities that will bear the study of older people. The little gifl wrote it as a school essay, sent it to her father for his ap proval, and it fell quite accidentally into the hands of the Telegraph's Red Cross reporter. Hero is the way little Miss Bilger sizes up the situation- "The American Red Cross needs| at this time, more tlian it ever needed before, the comprehending support of the American, people and to the; facilities which could be placed at its disposal to, perform its tasks. It will be our'duty of mercy for this 1 struggle. "Abroad in France and Flanders' you come nearer to the true agony | of the situation. How can I. describe 1 it? Think of the worst earthquake, of the worst floods, that have scourged and shocked you here at home; multiply the horror of your' impression a hundredfold, and you l will come near the horrors of M.lrne I and Aisne. Multiply them a thousand I fold, two thousandfold and you have' before you a picture of misery, pain I and death as on the great battle fields of Russia and in the mountains of Persia and the Caucasus. Try to conceive long trenches of men sut UPHOLSTERING Have your upholstering done now. Let me put your furniture in fine con dition for the holidays. Cushion Work Slip Covers Draperies and General Upholstering JOS. COPLINKY 1005 North Third St. Bell Phone 735R HARKISBtIRO lA|Qt TELEGRAPH fering in torture from poisonous gas or from liquid flame, soldiers disfigured by shell wounds are in describable. "Reave the trenches and retire be hind the firing line with me. Here we are on roads lined with men on stretchers, some dead, some mortally wounded, hundreds upon' hundreds suffering from various causes. The middle of the roadway Is filled by dozens of ambulances. After each action, there is a mile or more of hospital trains waiting to convey the wounded to base hospitals, where they are tenderly nursed back to health. It is a most satisfactory fact to know that the Tied Cross was able to he called into the field and to send to Europe the first actual help that wo have extended to our allies in the form of those six base hos pital units, which were called and sailed. Inside of three weeks the whole six units were on the water going to Europe, where, they gave relief to those who were caring for the wounded the past three vears. "We who are here should .levote as much time as possible In raising funds and preparing things for their uses. "How thankful we should be for this faithful organization and its honorable president, Woodrow Wil son. Everyone who claims the Stars and Stripes should give a help ing hand and an open purse. It may seem Impossible to some, but where there is a will there is a \tfav. A woman of Middletown, Ohio, had the will and found a way, her val uable glf* was a hen ard *we!ve eggs. "When auctioned o." '-ought the sum of two thousand and two dol lars, ($2,002), little she thought It would contribute that sum to the funds of the Red Cross. May each and every one give their support to this worthy cause." Cures Colds in India LAXATIVE BHOMO QUININE tab lets remove the cause. E W, GROVE'S signature on box. SOe. WHAT DO YOU FIND INTERESTING Man's Character Can Be Told From His Likes and Dislikes By BEATRICE FAIRFAX Are you blase? Must you have something new all the time to stim ulate you? Do you need excitement and outside interest to make your life entertaining? •Someone once wrote words to this ellect; "Tell me what a man likes and I will tell you what he is." Tnere is a great deal in {hat idea! Mary Jones gets an honest good time out of a walk up a country lane. She likes to feast her eyes on the landscape and to scuff along clierrily in the lush grass of Sum mer. the falling leaves of Autumn or the crisp snows of Winter The minute you know that much about Mary, you know also that she is a simple soul—wholesome and sweet and with enough 1 magination to dream a bit out in the open, enough health to glory in walking and enough respect for life to rejoice in its clean beauty. Tommie Smith likes cabarets—the noisier, the more vividly lighted, the more replete with cheap and garish song and dance, the better, says Tommy. Weil, then, even if he be r. husky young giant, who is ca pable of knocking oft a good day's work or a rattling game of tennis, there is a weak spot In Tommy—a love of cheap emotion, the longing for hectic stimulation to his imagin ation. If. the weak spot widens jand deepens, it is going to be a nasty hisy spot. Some day Tommy will turn into the sort who can't keep an honest job and who needs spectacular excitement in business as well as pleasure. Kitty Smith loves to dance. She doesn't want to talk seriously about solemn things—why think about tragedy? says Kitty, there's enough of it in the world anyhow, and you might as well have a good time. And Kitty's good time is dancing, "rough-housing," tearing around in high-powered automobiles and toss ing off a drink or tyo at a road hcuse and then swaying sinuously to the lure of music. Kitty is pic [ lured for you—now, isn't she? Light, frivolous, painted as to face and I sham as to feelings—what chance is there for Kitty to grow and find i deep joy in the tender, beautiful | things of life? Another Instance Billy Mason likes books. He wants to spend all his time reading and studying. He hates to be in terrupted. He is groucny and irri table if any one tries to tear him away from his studies and get him to join a crowd of young people. Billy is a student—he may be a scholar and even a celebrated sa vant some day; but do you feel that Eilly is going to understand his fel low men? Isn't he likely to miss a great deal and to scorn simple, prim itive natural feelings and desires? Take stock of yourself and dis cover the thing that really gives you joy. It will tell you a great deal about yourself. For your longings arid desires are deep within you and they govern you more than you kijow. Get them up to the light of day and face them squarely. i know a rather austere, hard business woman who is so bent on success that she shoves aside all thoughts of love and marriage. She coldly criticises sentimentalists. Re cently my attention was directed to the fact that she has softly lighted lamps in her home; taat her clothes arc always of beautiful soft colors. That indicated a strain of sentiment underneath a hard, forbidding and and almost morbid nature. A suggestion that she come to a concert was laughed at —no time to wane on music! Didn't enjoy it. Far rather stay home and figure how to cut the cost in one of the depart ments of the office she manages. Willy-nilly I dragged her to the con cert. A week later there was an ex hibition of pictures mo must see. Walks in the Autumn woods, trips to beautifully lighted studios. As soon as that woman came face to face with her own real desire for beauty and recognized her interest in the lovely things of life, she mel lowed. She used to find her rec ro-.tlon in telling risque stories and goin>.' to all the plays that were ud •ertlsed as "off color," and people suggested that the hidden ."elf of ibis buetress woman wasn't very ploas ant to ttiinir Vow she Is en- Joylnfc the real beauty of her own nature. When you find what really inter ests you, you will find one of the keynotes of your_being. Don't take BIG INCREASES A BY CITY COMMISSIONERS MAKING With biff increases in the majority of the city departments asked for in estimates lor the budget for 1918. Citv Commissioners and Mayor Keis tar will probably lie compelled to hold executive sessions every nisht tM.- week in order to have the list of ixpen litures for next year ready for Council next Monday. With the tax rate at nine milis et<xt ;.oar, and other revenues added the total amount which would !><> available would be about the sair.o as lor this year, according to Finance Commissioner Gorgas. An increase to ten mills will add $53,700, mak ing n total of about SBIO,OOO, It is estimated, but even with this in crease the officials are facing a l>i j rolilem in paring down many of th-j items, manq of which are salary in creases. lit the police department, in ad dition to asking for increases in the salaries of officers and patrolmen, a number of other minor additions are indicted, bringin gthe total for next year fo $98,525, in comparison with $85,773 for this year. This does not include Mayor Keister's request tor nineteen additional policemen, one more- sergeant and the salaries of ilie three patrolmen in United States service, adding $29,320 more. Decreases Noted Tti the City Solicitor's estimate there is a slight decrease because o? a irumher of claims which had to he jmid tl is year and which will not be inciudtd next year. The cit> c!o:\Vs department also shows a rs ductio as the salary of an assistant is eliminated. A SIOO salary increase for Inspec tor Ilarry I). Reel, of the Bureau of Weights and Measures, is the largest increase in this department. Another salary increase of S7OO for City Con troller DeWitt A. Fry, is submitted. In the Bureau of Revision of Taxes and Appeals another big in crease is asked. A salary increase of s.'oo for the city assessor, and S7OO for contingent expenses, bring the total for next year to $11,595 in com parison with $3,510 appropriated this year. Miscellaneous expenses, including appropriations to make payments of interest on loans and to the sink ing fund total $178,440. This year the total was $177,049. Improvements Planned Including a number of important improvements, increased cost of la -1 or and materials, the estimate for the Highway Department for next year is $213,111.33. The total appro priation this year was $150,429.07. Among the items in this department budget are the cost of widening and pavi' g North Third street, Walnut to North street, $25,000; paving street intersections, Cameron street, Herr to Calder streets, $3,350; expert to plar. for improvement on Mulberry street bridge, reducing danger from accidents. $1,000; first payment for T'ourteenth ward drainage system, $5,000; salary increases; additional funds for manholes; repairing as phalt strets out of guarantee, street sweeping and removal of snow and other smaller increases in funds for supplies and maintenance. Saia.-y increases for practically all of the employes of the Water De partment are submitted in the midget estimate, which is $132,400 a substitute. If you crave real beauty, make sure of it and don't try to satisfy yourself with cheap emotionalism. And if you like, cheap emotionalism, take yourself in hand and teach yourself that in lik ing the ugly you handicap yourself. In your Interests a great part of your destiny is involved. You can't afford to let yourself so on liking the wrong things; you can't afford to find your satisfaction in the unwor. thy. For if you" do, you will swing toward the petty, the contemptible, the weak and even the vicious. HOISE MAKES HKI'OHT TO CHIEF EECUTIYF. By 'Associated Press Washington, Dec. IS.—Colonel K. M. House, who recently returned from Kurope, where he attended the interallied war conferenc as head of th American mission, was at the White House to-day to make a per sonal report to President 'Wilson. CLOSING OUT WM' OUR TOY DEP'T On account of the press of the Furnace, Hardware and House fur jMHH nishing business we are compelled to discontinue our Toy Department, fPEgHfI and we belieVe now is the time real down to the ground low prices will cair * ef l over a stock from last year—This all goes at last year's COST PRICES. (qHB| Come prepared for low prices—genuine before the war bargains — You will not be disappointed. /uggj|jpl Real Coaster Sleds, formerly from SI.OO to $5.00 —Now P3BS 89c, $1.19, $1.39, $1.59 to $4.00 Dolls— 2sc to 98c. Velocipedes—Reduced to $2.49 53.49 S Tool Cheats at prices that enable every man and boy to own one Wit —^ ome * n e arly and make your selections jy| , Open Evenings Until Christmas [lmperial Hardware Co. 1202 N. Third St. Harrisburg, Pa- DECEMBER 17, 1917. for next jear, compared *Mth $83,- 305 .1 impropriated this year. Salary Increase The increases include men employ ed at the tilter nlant pumping sta tion and on the various water lines. Improvements which are included are the construction of a six-inch water main from Division street to Vaughn street in Second street, to supply the Fourteenth ward with water, estimated cost $7,G00; guard ing water supply, $5,000; purchase of electrical centrifugal pump with 5-million gallon capacity to be at tached to 20-inch main in Cameron street, $9,000. In the health department esti mates a salary increase for Health Officer Raunick; $15,000 for a mu nicipal hospital for contagious di seases, and additional funds for con tingent expenses form the principal increases; increases in the salaries of the food inspectors and plumbing inspector are requested also. In the lighting .department esti mates are made for four new cluster light standards at Sixth and Ver beke streets, costing $618.70; cable for underground extension to Briggs and Cowden streets, $2,500; and ex tending fire and police alarm sys tems to Fourteenth ward, $2,761, bring the total to $67,721 for rnain tainance of all cltv lighting. This year the cost was $64,608. Salary in creases also are submitted in the esti mate. One of the biggest expenditures to be provided fois the garbage and ash collection bureau; the estimate totalling $87,034 for this depart ment. Under contract the citv had been paying $34,000 to have r'll the collection and disposal work done. 81ie budget estimate includes the cost of the ash and garbage supervision work, equipment and labor for mu nicipal asli collection and $22,000 for eleven months' payment on the garbage contract which has been awarded to Hagy Brothers. Await Estimates Estimates for the fire department and city engineering office have not been submitted but will probably be turned in this evening when Council and the commissioners-elect meet again. In the park deDartment there is probably the smallest Increase asked. Slight salary increases for the de partment engineer and clerk are ask ed. The total estimate for next year is $49,036. This year $42,476 was appropriated. Among the important provisions for improvements which are made in the park estimate are the fol lowing: Completion of riprapping along river bank from Calder to Hamilton streets, $3,565; planting along River Front, $8,898.85, an in crease from $4,230 because of ad ditional planting needed along top of banks which have been riprapped; and $3,000 for the construction of part of the roadway in Wildwood Park So that It will border the lake eliminating a big grade and danger ous drive along a high bluff. Estimates of revenue for 1918 fol low: . City valuation. $33,700,000; r.lne mill tax rate. $4 83,300; water de partment. $190,000; railways. 323,- 000; mercantlley tax, $15,000; linrs and forfeitures. $8,000; high li cense. $23,000: other sources. $lO.- 000; total. $752,000. With the tax rate at ten mills the total from '.axes would be $537,000: and the total revenue, $806,000. Bulk of Meade Men to Go January 3 Indications are that the 1,400 men needed to make up Philadelphia's shortage of drafted men for Camp Meade will not go to the cantonment until January although men in other counties tributary to the Mary land camp will be sent on regular trains In samll numbers between now and the first of the year. Camp Meade is the only one which has men due it under shortages in earlier movements and to reploce rejected men. Nothing has been determined regarding the remainder of the men to fill the first quota for Camps Meade or Ree. All of the bids received to-day at the State Armory Board for the re pair of the Pottstown Armory have been rejected. The bids will be asked by units and probably be opened in January. Pope Warns Teutons Not to Aid Turks Rome. Dec. 18 (Tuesday).—Accord ing to the "Messagero," the Pope ha addressed a circular letter to all bishops in the belligerent declaring that if any Christian etato aids the Turks in an attempt to re take Jerusalem it 'will be condemned! by the Holy See. MISS VARNBY ACQUITTED By Associated Press Dedham, Mass.. Dec. 18.—Miss Har-* : riet A. Varney, a nurse of West Up-!' ton, was found not guilty of murder of Mrs. Pauline Keyes, thj ten months' bride of George H; Keyes, a Boston real estate man, byp a Jury in the Norfolk county superior court here early to-day. The Juryj' deliberated more than rour hours. • £ |; Pure linen with em- !! Ibroiderctl initial. Packed three 111 a jj SI.OO, $1.25 and $1.50 a box. f i; Also Silk Khaki ij Handkerchiefs, $1.50 each. I FORRY | 42 N. THIRD ST. it ; Open Evenings i ; ftMMWMMMVMtMHWMWMv WE REPAIR MADIA P Lamps, Fenders, |g Hoods, Bodies and || Windshields [lnush Ml& CO. 1 H 1 lib an<l Mulberry St*. ffi II Alt 111 Sill'lt U, PA. y I S TURKEYS Shipments Daily From York and Cumberland Counties. Orders for live or dressed tur keys delivered promptly In llar risburg for Christmas. Also Geese, Ducks, Chickens Geo. W. Swavely Dial r>r> 618 Cumberland SI. 9
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