GUATEMALA CITY
DESTROYED; WILL
GET AID FROM U.S.
Homeless Mar Reucli Hun
dred Thousand; Foreign
Colony Escapes Death
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 31. —Still with
out detailed information of the
earthquakes which destroyed Guate
mala City, costing many lives and
leaving a hundred thousand home
less. American officials to-day pre
pared to send aid to the stricken sis
ter republic. Further reports were
awaited from Minister Lea veil and
Consul Fee.
Red • 'ross officials conferred with
N'avy officials as to the supplies to
lie sent 011 American warships order
ed to Guatemalan seaport.
While the American diplomats are
safe, archi'es of the legation and
consulate are believed to have been
lost, as the buildings are reported to
have been shaken to the ground.
I'nofficial advices indicate the for
eign colony escaped without loss of
lil'e. The Guatemalan minister, Joa
quin Mendez. was informed of the
disaster by the State Department
and although he has sent cablegrams
of inquiry, has received no advices.
Helena, Mont., Dec. 31. —The for
eign colony in Guatemala City is safe,
loss of life caused by the earthquakes
there having been confined to na
tives, according to a cablegram re
< eived here last night from Guate
mala by A. E. Spriggs, of this city.
The message was from a mining as
sociate of Spriggs.
New York, Dec. 31. —An estimate
of 1,0(10 persons dead in the earth
quake ruins at Guatemala City is
contained in a telegram received
here from the Central and South
American Telegraph Company's
manager at San Jose, Guatemala,
who returned to San Jose from
Guatemala yesterday afternoon. The
message reads:
•"The legation and American con
sulates are badly wrecked. Forty
per cent, of the houses in the city
are demolished; most of the others
have collapsed and arc uninhabita
ble. The penitentiary, asylum and
ministerial buildings are all wreck
ed. The post office and large church
es are demolished.
Press Is Asked to Follow
Censorship Regulations
Washington, Uec. 31. The follow
ing statement is given out here by the
Committee on Public Information, of
which George Creel is chairman:
"A revision is announced of the re
quests of July 30 with respect to the
> oncealment of military information
for the guidance of correspondents
end editors who have patriotically
placed themselves under censorship of
their own enforcement. Future re
visions will follow in conformity with
the changing military situation. None
of these requests will he retained
"hen it is established that the secre
cies now considered essential for the
successful conduct of military opera
tions 110 longer serve a detinite mili- j
tury purpose.
"The committee is requtsted by the
v ar-inaking branches of the Govern
ment to urge again upon the press
1 lie serious necessity for observing
these requests. It is highly import
ant thai military information be kept
out of print. It is a matter of little
consequence how widely military in
formation of the most important char
ai-ii-r is known within the borders of
Ik- I nited States. The purpose of
tlcse requests is to prevent such in
lormation from reaching the enemy.
The printed pages forms a safe and
• isy method of communication for the
enemy agent. Whenever he can be
forced to attempt the use of the tele
graph, the cable or any other medium
for the transmission of news the risks
of detection are immeasurably multi
plied. But he can mail a newspaper
or a magazine without leaving a
trace.
REVIVAL AT DAUPHIN
Dauphin, Pa., Dec. 31. —Revival
services in the United Evangelical
Church were started, Saturday even
ing. by the Rev. J. M. Shoop, pastor
of the church. The presiding elder,]
W. F. Heil, of Allentown, was pres- 1
ent and delivered a most inspiring j
sermon. These services will continue '
every night until further notice.
This evening, a union old-fash
ioned watch night service will be j
held in the church, to which every- I
body is welcome. A song service
will begin at 8.30. This will be fol- I
lowed by sermons by the Rev. W. |
H. Zweizig, pastor of the Methodist I
Episcopal Church, and by the Rev. j
Mr. Shoop. The services will last
until after the arrival of the New-
Year.
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MONDAY EVENING,
REASONABLECARE
MUST BE SHOWN
Dr. Dixon Points Out Dangers
of Medicines Not Properly
Taken Care of in Home
The people of Pennsylvania are
losing: enough members ot' their
families through the war to per
mit any loss through carelessness,
declares Ur. Samuel G. Dixon, State
Commissioner of Health, in a talk
in which he urges people to take
every precaution to prevent mis
takes in the use of drugs in the
household. Dr. Dixon calls attention
to frequent mistakes which are made
by people in their handling of medi
cines and cites how even doctors
themselves have been sufferers
through accidents. What is needed,
says the doctor, is "reasonable at
tention."
Dr. Dixon says:
"The modern method of preparing
drugs for family use has its attrac
tions, yet it has been the cause of
many deaths, often from the fact
that so many drugs are put up in
form and color to resemble each oth
er. One may be innocent and the
other deadly poison, as, for instance,
calomel, an innocent form of mer
cury, and bichloride of mercury, one
of the most deadly of poisons.
"One of these drugs might be
picked up for the other in the dark
or even in the daytime, if the label
was not carefully read by the one
seeking to take the medicine. This
has resulted in an innocent father
killing his child or perhaps his wife,
or, in some cases, himself.
"Another great mistake is to
change a drug from one bottle to
another without altering the label,
it is often done in dividing up the
contents of a rare drug with a neigh
bor. The one receiving the unlabeled
bottle depends upon his memory,
which often fails him and a fatal
mistake results.
"A very short time ago 1 knew of
a generous doctor dividing up a rare
drug he had with one of his col
leagues, intending to label the bottle
he kept for himself. He neglected
to do so and not long after he want
ed to use the drug and picked up
what he believed to be the proper
bottle, but which proved to contain
an agent active in its power to de
stroy tissue. This he dropped into
his eye and only escaped having his
eye destroyed by ;t narrow margin.
"Now, thjs is quite a common mis
take and people have been made
blind by this carelessness. Drugs
that are most useful are, as a rule,
most dangerous, and should always
be kept under lock and key and
plainly labeled. At present we are
being robbed enough of the members
of our families during the war, so
that we should have no patience
with the killing of the innocent at
home by simple carelessness, and it
is this common, everyday practise of
confusing drug bottles that 1 warn
you against. It can all be done away
with if you will only give it reason
able attention."
K. OF C. WORK PRAISED
BL SECRETARY BAKER
[Continued from First Pago.[
particularly constituencies, and that
their buildings would at all times
and for all meetings be open to the
entire camp.
"There were on October 16, 1917,
65 Knights of Columbus Halls com
pleted and in operation in the
various training camps. Fifty sec
retaries were at work and it. is esti
mated that within a few weeks two
hundred and fifty representatives of
the Knights of Columbus will be
ministering to the general welfare
and comfort of the soldiers in train
ing camps. Each Knights of Co
lumbus Hall is equipped with read
ing desks, benches, folding chairs,
phonographs, player pianos, moving
picture apparatus, athletic equip
ment and facilities for other enter
tainment. If there is a demand, de
bating and literary societies will be
organized."
Advance Meetings Scheduled
The general committee in charge
j of the Harrisburg drive will meet
j prior to the opening of the carn
' paign to complete final details.
| Headquarters will be open<l in the
Kunkel building to-morrow mom
j ing, being in charge of Mrs. 11. E.
I Lucas, 2015 Green street. In Leb-
I anon. Lancaster, Cliambersburg, as
well as all other towns in the Har-
I risburg diocese, committees to
i prosecute the work are being named.
Well attended meetings of
I patriotic nature were held in Lau
! caster, Chambersburg, as well as all
other towns in the Harrisburg
j diocese, committees to prosecute the
work are being named.
| Well attended meetings of pa
-1 triotic nature were held in Lan
' caster and Lebanon yesterday after
j noon by Knights of Columbus
| workers, while a monster booster
| meeting is scheduled for Carlisle
courthouse Wednesday evening. A
| similar meeting will be held in
I Chambersburg the same evening.
Meetings are to be held at Lykens
! at 2 o'clock and at Wiiliamstown at
! t o'clock 1 to-morrow afternoon,
j both of which will be presided over
j by Recorder James Lent/, who is one
of the backers of tho successful
Liberty Loan and Red 'Cross cam
paigns in those sections.
The Lykens meeting is to be held
In St. Mary's school hall and that at
| Wiiliamstown in Sacred Heart school
I hall. Indications are that both will
lie very largely attended. From both
] localities a large number of jnen
| have gone Into the United States
service.
War Will Influence N. Y.
New Year's Celebration
New York, Dec. 31. The new 1
I year will be welcomed in New York
! after the fashion of former years
I that has made the celebration an
event of international interest, except
that to-night the war promises to
place its stamp of moderation on the
convivility of the celebration.
Hotels and restaurants will enter
tain just us many guests as in times
of peace but the menu cards in most
instances will include nothing that
does not bear the stamp of the food
administrator's approval and the
' high prices prevailing for wines and
the 1 o'clock closing order indicates
tHat the New Year's toasts will be
drunk in less generous proportions.
Watch parties and entertainments
for soldiers and sailors have been ar
ranged in greater number than be
fore America entered the war.
MARCO*I ENVOY TO I. .
Rome, Dec. 2'J. —William Marconi,
inventor of the wireless telegraph,
has been appointed Italian High
Commissioner to the United States.
Senator Marconi was a member of
the Italian mission which visited the
United States last spring. After his
return he served on the staff of Gen
eral Diaz, the Italian Commander-in-
Chief, giving special attention to the
wireless system at the front.
WEST SHORE NEWS
WEST SHORE TOWNS
SHORT OF COAL SUPPLY
New Cumberland and Enola Worst Off; Factories Using
River and Bituminous Coal Have Sufficient
Fuel For Month
With the intense coal weather
comes the report from Robert L.
Myers, West Shore coal administra
tor. that there is very little coal in
West Shore towns. New Cutnberland
and Enola, Mr. Myers says, are in
the worst shape.
The supply for use in the homes
at New Cumberland, which, up to
a short time ago was very good, has
been used up during the cold snap.
The dealers are without coal, but are
hopeful of receiving several ship
ments during the week. Mr. Myers
reported that the industries at New
Cumberland have enough coal on
hand to keep them running full
ENOLA SUFFERS
COALFAMINE
| Only Six Cars Delivered at
Town During Month
of December
Enola, Pa., Dec. Sl.—With the
temperature about KOTO, Enola is in
the grip of a fuel famine, which has
j been threatening for several weeks,
Samuel Mumper, coal dealer, de
clared to-day that he is doing ev
erything In his power to relieve the
situation, but that he is unable to
have the coal shipped into the town.
Through Mr. Mumper's yard the
towns of Enola, West Fairview, Sum
merdale and Overview are supplied.
Tn this territory hundreds of fami
lies are to-day with little or no coal.
Since the Ist of December only six
cars of coal have been received in
the local coal yards for this big ter
ritory. The amount of coal received
in these six cars is between 200 and
250 tons. The hormal consumption
of coal is about 1,250 tons a month.
Upon Mr. Mumper's request, both
County Fuel Administrator Bedford,
of Carlisle, and It. L. Myers, admin
istrator for the West Shore, have
visited Enola and gave promises of
help. Whenever a car of coal ar
rives at the yards, conditions are
studied and those persons in dire
need of the fuel are supplied. So
great is the demand that only a
quarter of a ton is given to a cus
tomer.
According to school directors
there is no immediate danger of
closing the schools in this vicinitv
because of a lack of fuel. All build
ings have a large amount of coal and
this reserve is increased from time
to time. Churches are conserving
their limited supplies of coal as
much as possible. The fires in the
church buildings are kept down and
the services shortened. <
Marysville Week of Prayer
Service Starts This Evening
Marysville, Pa., Dec. 31.—Final
preparations have been completed by
the Marysville Ministerium for the
usual annual week of prayer, which
will start in the local churches this]
evening and continue until Friday
evening. During this time, subjects
assigned by the World '"hurch Con
ference will be discussed in the pul
pits of town, alternately. All services
will start at 7.30 o'clock, this even
ing's service being in the Trinity
[ Reformed Church, with the Rev.
Wesley Wright, of the Church of
God, as the speaker. Several other
Marysville ministers will participate
in the program. The schedule for the
remainder of the week follows:
Tuesday evening, iCion Lutheran
Church, the Rev. Ralph E. Hartman,
Trinity Reformed Church, speaker.
Wednesday evening, Bethany Unit
ed Evangelical Church, the Rev. S.
L. Rice, Zion Lutheran Church,
speaker. '
Thursday evening, Methodist Epis
copal Church, the Rev. L. A. Fuhr
man, Bethany United Evangelical
Church, speaker.
Friday evening, Church of God. |
the Rev. S. B. Bidlack, Methodist,
Episcopal Church, speaker.
MARYSVILLE SCHOOLS OPEN I
Marysville, Pa., Dec. 31.—After
: being closed since Tuesday, Decem
ber 18, because of an insufficient coal I
supply and for the Christmas holiday |
I season, the Marysville public schools '
opened again this morning, a suf
ficient supply of fuel having been re
j ceived since closing.
SAVING COAL. AT CAMP HILL
Camp Hill, Pa., Dec. 31.—As a
means of conserving the limited sup
ply of coal at Trinity Lutheran •
Church, Camp Hill, the weekly meet
ing of the senior catechetical class |
will be held this evening in the
church at 7.30 o'clock and the choir
I rehearsal at 8.30 o'clock. The mid
week prayer meeting will be held at
the home of G. W. Wallace.
Snyder to Insist
on Auditing Fund
Developments are expected within
the next twenty-four hours in Audi
tor General Charles A, Snyder's plan
to ✓jdit the State insurance fund in
order to determine whether at the
present and prospective payroll rates
the fund will be self sustaining at
June 1, 1919. TVie auditor general i
has been making inquiries and says
he has doubts whether the fund can
be administered without creating a
deficit unless there is a substantial
reduction of the force.
The fund to-day infomed the audi-:
tor general that it would not furnish;
its books to him in advice of the
attorney general.
The audlttor general said that he
would have a statement to make on
his course later, but intimated that
Miles A. Dawson, the actual expert
from N/w York, would make a de
mand to audit the books and that he
would insist on his position. Thts j
will bring a clash that may lead to
court.
"I am In consultation on the subject
and will have something to say later |
The public sevice commission was j
011." said Mr. Snyder.'
closed to-day, but it is understood j
that some complaints against Pitts- I
burgh increases of fare were filed.
Major A. M. Porter, chief store- |
keeper, has returned fom a visit to i
Washington.
Fred Thompson, of Bellefonte, mes
senger in the State department of
Labor and Industry, is said to have
retired.
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit eo.,
to-day paid the State $529,000 as
State tax.
HAJRRISBURG TELEGRAPH
time for about thirty days. River and
bituminous coals are used by the
factories.
Other towns are in fairly good
shape, it is reported. Shipments n,re
expected to arrive this week which
will give residents enough reserve
supply to keep their fires going for
some time.
During the vacations in the schools
enough reserve supply was accumu
lated to keep the heating systems
going. Before school closed for va
cation at Camp Hill there was very
little coal on hand. It was necessary
to secure a wagon of fuel to keep
the furnace running up to Vacation.
Social and Personal Items
of Towns Along West Shore
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Goodyear,
! Miss Virgie Desenberger and William
; Goodyear ,of New Cumberland, went
; to Philadelphia on Saturday.
Relatives from New Cumberland
j attended the. funeral of Mrs. George
Rhodes.at Harrisburg, on Saturday
j afternoon. Burial was made at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery here.
Mr. and Mrs. Carrol, of Lancaster-,
j spent the week end with Hoy Lech-
J thaler's family, and Mr. and Mrs.
John Lanitz, at New Cumberland.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mathias and
| son, of Latrobe. who have been visit
| ing relatives at. New Cumberland, re
turned home on Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Good, of Shillington, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. H. C. Oren,
in Bridge street, New Cumberland.
John Brumbaugh, of Marysvitlc, is
on a business trip to Michigan.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. White and two
children, of Lebanon, visited Marys
ville relatives.
Prof, and Mrs. A. E. Deckard, of
Marysville, have returned to their
home after visiting during the
Christmas vacation with relatives at
.Liverpool.
Miss Mae Logan, second assistant
principal in the Marysville High
school, has returned to the Perry
county town, after spending the
Christmas season at her home near
Carlisle.
Park L. /Sellers, teacher of the
°ighth grade in the Marysville
schools, has returned to Marysville.
after spending Christmas vacation at
Liverpool.
Miss Beatrice Kreider, of Rebers
burg, Center county, teacher of the
combined second-third grades of the
Marysville public schools, has return
ed to Marysville to take up her
duties after visiting at her home.
FRY-HKISJIIJEY WEDDING
Marysville, Pa., Dec. lll.—An
nouncements have been issued of the
marriage of Miss Margaret Marie
Heishley to Jacob Ruth Fry, of Lan
caster, at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Heish
ley, at Glenvale.
Mrs. Fry before her marriage,
was employed by the Gregg Short
hand people at their New York City
offices. Mr. Fry has been located in
New York City for some time as an
electrical engineer with the Western
Klectric Company. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. M. W. Stahl,
of the Newport United Evangelical
I Church. Mr. and Mrs. Fry will make
| their home in New York City.
: Course in Telegraphy
at Dickinson College
Carlisle, Pa.. Dec. 31.—Special in
struction in telegraphy will be add
ed to the curriculum at Dickinson
College after the holiday vacation,
according to announcement made
here. Hours will be given over to the
study of commercial and wireless
work, mapping and laying out lines
in order to tit students for war. The
Carlisle Y. M. C. A. has established
a radio schol under the direction of
the secretary, John S. Byrne, who
was an operator for a number of
years and was a correspondent dur
ing the Boer war.
1918 Budget to Be
Passed Finally Wednesday
1 The regular session of City Coun
| cil will be held Wednesday instead
j of to-morrow morning. It will be the
last meeting before the reorganiza
| tion next Monday when the new com
missioners take ofllce.
The budget ordinance and the or
j dinance fixing the tax rate at ten
j mills will be passed t finally. Com
i missioner Morgenthaler also will
probably ask for the final passage of
the ordinance authorizing advertising
for bids for collection of ashes by
I contract. Bids will likely be opened
[January 12.
Many Miners Killed in Gas
Explosion,Scranton Report
By Associated Press
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 31.—Many min
ers are reported killed by a gas explo
sion in the Underwood Mine, of the
Pennsylvania Coal Company. near
Throop, about six miles from this
| city. Company officials are silent,
| and information is vague. At noon
seventeen bodies, some dead and some
nlive, were reported taken from the
mine.
OFFICERS ARE RB-EI.ECTED
All the old officers of the Harris
burg Democratic Association were re
elected at a meeting of the associa
tion held Saturday night, with the ex
ception of secretary and treasurer.
George W. Deiker was elected to fill
this office. At the meeting a resolu
tion was passed by those present urg
ing a State Democratic convention.
A \K\V YEAR'S BREAKFAST
John T. Brady, a prominent lawyer,
whose New Year's breakfast at the
Harrisburg Club is always a feature
of the opening day of the year, has
invited a number of his friends to
meet him at the club as usual to
morrow.
GUARDIAN FOR SOI.OIER
The Court to-day named the Allison
Hill Trust Company as guardian for
Ceylon 8. Mclllienny, who Is in camp
at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
Young Mcllhenny was bequeathed
SSOO in the will of the late John H.
Mcllhenny.
MRS. MARY A. RAMBLER
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
A Rambler, 82. will be held from
the residence of her son, Dr It A
133 J North Sixth street!
Wednesday afternoon. Burial will
be made in the Paxtang Cemetery,
the Rev. H. W. A. Hanson, pastor of
the Messiah Lutheran Church will
officiate She is survived by a son
Dr. R. A. Rambler.
MUCH GAME WAS
KILLED THIS YEAR
Dr. .Kalbfus Believes Deer
Was Found to Bo
Plentiful
"In spite of the fact that the heavy
snows brought the hunting season to
a close a few days ahead of the
scheduled time. I believe that the
kill of deer and bear will run ahead
of last year. The reports we have
had have shown some line bucks laid
low and the statements about bear
would show an unusual number
shot," said Dr. Joseph • Kalbfus,
secretary of the State Game Com-
talking about the close of
the 1917 hunting season. "Hunters
got pretty busy when the snow
squalls began and the drives were
pressed home. In the South Moun
tain region there were pretty active
times. l*'rom all accounts, the kills
early in the season were not heavy,
but I guess they speeded up when
the weather turned.
"The bear hunting up the state
was excellent. Clinton county re
ported fifty-five alone shot. North
ern tier counties also had some good
bear hunting. . Bear were reported
as more or less of a nuisance to
farmers in the late summer and
fall and I guess some of them went
after the animals."
Dr. Kalbfus expressed the opinion
that early in the new year there
would be a pronounced movement
on foot to obtain closing of a num
ber of counties to grouse shooting
because of danger of wiping out that
bird. He did not anticipate opposi
tion worth while to the new game
code. The new code, said he, has
stood the test of only one season.
Most people desire to have same
laws stand a while and do not want
changing around every year or so.
Hence, they will test out the code.
The sentiment of legislators last
spring was that the code should be
thoroughly tested out. This was a
good year because there were as
many hunters in the woods and
fields as ever known and conditions
were fair.
Game wardens are now gathering
up data on the game killed, both as
to head and weight, and the reports
are expected to be made in time for
the meeting of the State Game Com
mission on January 3. This should
furnish some very interesting data,
as last year a report which was un
usually complete was made. It
showed about 7,000,000 pounds of
meat secured by hunting. If the
kill this year is anything like that,
it will make a substantial contribu
tion to the supply of food, to say
nothing of the recreation and
healthy conditions attendant on
hunting.
The Game Commission report last
year showed 3,000,000 rabbits, 200,-
000 grouse, 20,000 quuil, 22,000
wild waterfowl, 22,000 woodcock,
300,000 squirrels, 1,500 pheasants,
1,800 deer, 1-6.000 raccoons, 5,000
wild turkeys and 435 deer killed in
tiie state.
The rabbit kill should be near
that of last year. Cottontails were
if anything more numerous and,
while the bag was limited, almost
every hunter seemed to be knocking
them over. Squirrels were also
abundant and hunters who found
birds scarce turned attention to the
chatterers in the woods.
The raccoon season ends with the
year, but the last half of the month
has not been conducive to much
sport in that line.
The state has really a great re
serve familiar with firearms in its
hunters arg\.es Dr. Kalbfus. He
says that approximately 300,000,
maybe more, took out hunters' li
censes. There were some hundreds
of nonresident hunters who came
into the state to enjoy the sport and
maybe 100,000 men hunted on their
own lands. Last year he estimated
that there were 400,000 hunters.
This year there will likely be more.
These men are largely used to camp
ing out. know how to handle guns
and can shoot. They will form a
valuable reserve in addition to the
men being trained for military work
in event of emergency.
Deaths and Funerals
MISS ELIZABETH I A. V.MMOV
Miss Elizabeth A. Amnion, 28, died
Saturday at the home of her father,
John 1,. Amnion, 2037 Penn street.
Funeral services will be held Wed
nesday morning at 10 o'clock from
the residence, the Kev. A. M. Stam
cts, pastor of the Augsburg Lutheran
Church, officiating. The body will
be taken by Undertaker Charles H.
Mauk. <to ILancaster, on the train
leaving Harrisburg at 11.58 o'clock,
Wednesday, and burial will be made
in the Terre Hill Cemetery there.
Miss Amnion is survived by her fa
ther, three sisters, Mrs. J. W. Peffer,
Huntingdon; Miss Pauline and Miss
Mary Amnion, of Harrisburg, and a
brother, John Amnion, of Harris
burg.
MRS. MARY C'AHK
Mrs. Mary Carr, 77, died Sunday
morning at her home, 1211 North
Front street, of pneumonia. She is
survived by six children, eight grand
children, two sisters and a brother.
Funeral services will be held Wed
nesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock
from the home, the Kev. H. S. Her
shey, pastor of the Green Street
Church of God, officiating. liurial
will be made in the Harrisburg Cem
etery.
DAVID (iALRKAITH
Funeral services for David Gal
braith. 84. were held this afternoon
at 2.30 o'clock at Saltsburg, Indiana
county. Pa. He died Friday after
noon at Saltsburg. He is survived by
four sisters. Mrs. D. S. Robinson,
Miss Emma Galbraith, Saltsburg;
Mrs. W. R. Mcllwain, of Los An
geles, California, and Mrs. D. W.
Cox, of Harrisburg. Mr. Galbraith
was a retired railroader, and was
employed in the Northern Central
Railroad offices in Harrisburg dur
ing the Civil War. He has been ac
tive in railroad circles for more than
fifty years. He was a Mason.
DIES OK PNEUMONIA
Delmar Wills, aged 29, who re
sided at Washingtonboro, died in
the Harrisburg Hospital at about
6.15 last evening. The cause of his
death was pneumonia. He has been
in the hospital for treatment about
two weeks and was thought to be
improving, and was even up and
about. His condition became serious
yesterday and death resulted. Wilis
was employed as an expressman at
Middletown.
MRS. BRIDGET MeGOVERN
Mrs. Bridget McGovern, 75, died
at her home, 1048 South Cameron
street, Saturday morning. Funeral
services will be held in the Sacred
Heart Church, Wednesday morning,
the Rev. G. L. Rice officiat
ing. Burial will be made in Calvary
Cemetery.
JOHN MAIN
Funeral services for John Hain,
58. will be heid at his late residence,
in Hainton, Wednesday morning at
11 o'clock. Burial will be made in
Shoop's Church Cemetery. He died
yesterday at his home.
GERMAN-MADE PEACE
TOO MANY KNOTS-TOO HCAVV AN ANCHOR
The above cartoon is one of those drawn by Robert Deiter. Tl
pictures mostly are of a patriotic nature.
Many Enlistments of Men
Not of Draft Age
December was the banner month of
the year for the recruiting officers of
the Harrisburg Recruiting district.
The official report has not yet been
complied, but it is estimated that
more than 3,000 recruits were enlisted
for the Army during that month.
Most of these men were recruited in
the week preceding December 15.
A creditable number of men is en
listed daily from the Harrisburg dis
trict in spite of the fact that draft
registrants may no longer enlist.
From twenty to thirty men are en
listed daily, who are not in the draft
ages, and sent t(* training camps.
Abou a half dozen men have been re
cruited for the United States Guards,
composed of inen over 31. After the
beginning of the new year, a drive for
a good-sized contingent of men for
this branch of the service will bo
launched.
Chamber of Commerce
Praises Post Office Work
The speed which characterized the
handling of the Xmas rush at the
post office has called forth praise
from E. L. McColgin. secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce who sent
the following letter to Postmaster
Frank C. Sites:
"Referring to the statement in the
papers to-day about the volume of
business handled by you during the
Christmas season, I think you are to
be congratulated upon the ease with
which you handled such a large
business. When it is considered that
there is a labor shortage, the weath
er was cold and the streets were al
most impassable on account of heavy
snows and the express companies
were far behind in their service, the
record of the local post office shows
what the United States Government
can do when it undertakes to handle
business.
"Although I was in the post office
nearly every day while you were
handling the Christmas rush, there
was such an absence of confusion
that I did not realize the increased
amount of mail matter which you
were handling through the post of
fice."
In addition to the heavy Christmas
mail, Mr. Sites had extra work with
the "baby bonds" and thrift cards,
not to mention 41,399 packages of
1918 automobile licenses which were
taken care of on time.
Asks Exemption Board
For Induction Into Army
John C. Orr, chairman of the first
district exemption board, announced
that the first man appeared before
hisboard for voluntary induction
rather than wait on the ruling of his
board. The registrant stated that he
had been before the recruiting officers
to enlist, but was bared for physi
cal disability. The draft boards may
draft men into the service without
waiting to till a qlota, if they so de
sire. Not all the branches of the ser
vice are open to the draft eligible,
however. Infantry, aviation and field
artillery are open to the registrant
fo immediate enlistment through his
local draft board.
County Law Library
Files Annual Report
The annual report of the IJauphin
County Law Library Committee was
tiled to-day with I'rothonotary Henry
F. Holler. The committee includes:
M. W. Jacobs, chairman: W. F. Darby,
H. Bergner, L Bailey and Wil
liam M. Main. According to the re
port of Mr. Bergner, treasurer, sl,-
739.76 was spent to purchase new
books, and there is a balance remain
ing of $1,587.50. D. F. Young, libra
rian, reports that during the year 5-16
new books were added to the library,
making :• total of 8,351 volumes on
record.
Harrisburgers Asked to
Aid Starving Armenians
Several of the churches made men
tion yesterday of the great need for
the 400.000 destitute orphans of Ar
menia and As.vria. The American
com mi t tee for this particular need
states that Harrisburg should con
tribute $20,850. It is said that $30,-
000,000 is required to provide food,
clothing and other necessities of life
during the winter for 2,140,000 desti
tute survivors, and that this total
would give to each dependent man,
woman and child a pittance of less
than eight cents a day to meet the
winter's need at famine prices.
MUST SERVE IIV ARMY
George Elmer Danish, of Philadel
phia, for the last few weeks employ
ed as a freight brakoman for the
Pennsylvania Railroad, must serve in
the new National Army. This decision
was reached Saturday at a hearing
before the Third City Draft Board.
Danish was ordered to report to his
home board in October. He evaded
the call, and came to this city, where
he secured employment. He hired
under the name of George Daniels, i
although he received his mail uncler '
his right name. Through this chan- !
i el his identity became Known and his j
arrest followed. He left to-dav for;
Camp Meade at the order of the City
Board.
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Political Balance
of House Reveals
Unusual Situation
Washington, Dec. 3!. How l|
' close the political balance tn the | '
j House will be when Congress re- J
convenes on January 3 is shown
j by this summary made by South
I Trimble, clerk of the House—
Total membership 435
Democrats 211
Republicans, 209
Independent group 6
Yacancies 9
DECEMBER 31, 1917.'
Condemnation Proceedings
Begun by School Board
to Get Dozen Properties
Condemnation proceedings to ac
quire a number of adjacent properties
to the Technical high school, so that
the building can be remodeled and an
addition erected, were started in court
to-daj- by the City School District, M.
W. Jacobs, solicitor for the board,
asking for the appointment of view
ers.
The properties are given in three
Mocks, as follows: Eight brick build
ings, 20, 26%. 28, 30, 32 North Fifth
street, 439-41 Walnut street, 20, 22, 21
North Fifth street, frame buildings,
and 16, 18 North Fifth street, two
other frame buildings.
Most of the properties are part of
the Simonetti estate, and a number of
mortgages and judgments are listed
against the properties. The School
Hoard took over the properties in
September.
The viewers aro James D. Saltz
lnan, Paul G. Smith and Earl G. Graeft'
The first meeting will be held Janu
ary 26.
Co-operating Churches to
Hold Cottage Services
Preparatory to the opening of the
Lnlon Revival of the Interdenomina
tional Ministers' Conference, next
Sunday, cottage prayer meetings will
be held in a*number of homes dur
ing the week. The revival services
will open at the Harris A. M. E. Zion
Church, West Harrisburg, Sunday
January 3, at 3 p. m. The cottage
prayer meetings will be held at 8
p. m. Tuesday evenings, they will be
in the following homes: Mrs. Robert
Temple, 1622 Elm street; Benjamin
Massey, 142 Hancock street; Mrs.
Selena Johnson, 1331 Wyeth street;
Mrs. Reuben Royster, 1730 North
Seventh street; Earl Hawkins, 704
North Seventh; Mrs. Mary Lewis,
149 Linden street.
A union prayer meeting will take
I place Wednesday evening at the
| Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, at For-
I ster and Ash streets. Thursday evgj
ing meetings will be held in the
homes ol' Deacon Henry Warren, 126
Liberty street: Tyson Dorsey, 132 3
Marion street; Mrs. H. Jones, 232
Liberty street; Mrs. Willis Beverly,
801 South Tenth street; Mrs. Hattie
Briscoe, 118 Balm street; Joseph
Page. 106 Cherry avenue; Mrs. Katie
Walker, 1131 Wallace street; Mrs.
Mary F. Jackson, 602 Forster street;
Joseph Turner, 1409 James street,
and Mrs. Hattie Hall, Herr and
j Chamberlain streets.
On Friday evening they will be
| held at the homes of the Rev. R. L.
| Briscoe, 121G Cowden street; Mrs.
I r. M. Ford, 250 Liberty street, and
| the Rev. W. Tolivar, 1407 James
street.
GEN. CROZIER DENIES
OPPOSITION TO GUN
| [Continued from First Pago.[
features and offered to again test it
when perfected. He produced a letter
from President A. E. Borie, of the
Savage Arms Company, statir/ that
the board's action had been "entirely
unpartial."
Appropriations Meagre
Congressional appropriations for
machine guns prior to 1916, before
! the declaration of war, when $12,-
000,000 was authorized, General
Crozier said, "had been very mea
gre." Because of machine gun de
velopment and the large 1916 appro
priation, General Crozier said Secre
tary Baker decided to appoint a
special board, organized in Septem
ber, 1916, and which arranged for
the tests of May, 1917.
When war with Germany became
imminent. General Crozier said he
asked for 5,000 Lewis guns. On April
12, he said, 1,300 Lewis guns were or
dered, 4,400 more on June 12, and
j 2,000 more June 18.
"This shows," said General Croz-
I ier, "that as soon as the gun
was developed for use with Ameri
j can ammunition, large orders were
i immediately given."
letters in F.viilence
Letters from General Pershing last
| summer asking for "the greatest pos-
I sible production" of Viekers guns,
I were put in evidence and General
Pershing especially asked for Lewis
guns for aviations. Demands for
Lewis guns in the latter service, Gen
eral Crozier said, probably will re
sult in continued orders for them.
Turing to the charges by Colonel
Lewis, inventor of the gun bearing
his name, that General Crozier had
been prejudiced against him, General
Crozier showed that a board which
investigated charges exonerated him.
! Assertions that he had opposed
i adoption of Colonel Lewis' range
! tinder, also were categorically denied
| by General Crozier.
MRS. IRA A. CRAMKR
Mrs. Ida M. Cramer, wife of Ira
I A. Cramer, died yesterday morning
; at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Sallie
! Brookehart, 927 Penn street. She
; was 30 years old and had bean an
invalid for months. Funeral services
will be held Tuesday evening at 81
o'clock at the house in charge of
the Rev. Mr. Phaum, pastor of Harris
Street United Evangelical Church.
The body will be taken to Miftlin
town, Mr. Cramer's former home,
Wednesday, where burial will be
made in the Union Cemetery in the
afternoon.
PAV FOR I'RISONKRS
The city to-day paid to the county
$1,960.40 for the maintenance of pris
oners at the county Jail during the
year. All defendants arrested on
charges of violating city ordinances
and given Jail sentences are sent to
the county prison.
TO HOL.H MKKTING
Parent-teachers' meetln will be
held January 2 at the Oeyer school,
Londonderry township. County school
Superintendent F. E. Shambaugh,
Assistant W. R. Zimmerman and
County Farm Agent H. G. Nlesly will
speak.
Many Hear Dr. Holmes at
Sunday Y.M.C. A.Meeting;
Service Flag Is Unfurled
Tlie largest audience which has
greeted the speaker of a Y. M. C. A.,
men's mass meeting of this series,
was assembled to welcome Deart
Arthur Holmes, of State College, who
spoke on "Milestones on the Koad ti
Eternity," yesterday afternoon.
Several musical numbers by the
y. W. C. A. Musical Club and a nuni
i ber by Miller's banjo trio preceded the
address. The musical numbers ware
a feature, written by Professor Hoy
G. Miller, leader of the musical club.
They were, "Y. W. C. A. March.'
"Christmas Greetings and "Eitude.
Dr. Holmes gave a timely address 011
the derivation of the names of the
months and days, lie said, "This is
a time to take stock of ourselves ami
the world." He deprecated the cele
bation of the first day of the year,
saying that we should make Niw
Year's Day a new kind of holiday,
"I am going to live, think and hi?
what I ought to be every day in the
year."
"There isn't anything stronger than
an idea. Everything is an expression
of an idea," he continued.
A Service flag with forty-eight
stars, was unfurled, after a dedlcat
orv address by Dr. G. E. Hawes. pas
; lor of the Market Square Presbyterian
i Church. The stars represented mem
i bers of the V. M. C. A. who are in
| the service.
| After a short musical program, un
l der the leadership of Professor Gre-
I gory, the meeting adjourned. A short
twilight song service, around the bij?
I piano was held, Professor Gregory'
and Mr. Dinsmore directing the sing
ing. After this song service, an un-
I known musician played Beethoven's
I "Moonlight Sonata," and a number of
■ old favorites.
Dr.E.N.Kremer's Grandson
Helped Capture Hun U-Boat
Hundreds of persons in Harrisburg
j were greatly interested to hear that
young John Kremer was one of the
| crew of the Destroyer Fanning which
i encountered a German submarine on
| November 24 and aided by another
iU. S. craft, sank tlie "moccasin of
j the sea," taking care to save the
crew. Young Kremer is a son of John
Krenier, of Philadelphia, a widely
known insurance man, and tho
grandson of the Rev. Dr. Ellis N.
Kremer, pastor of Reformed Salem
Church. Me was a frequent visitor
In Harrisburg and marked for his
daring and precocity. Though only
eighteen he insisted on joining the
Navy and finally got a berth on the
Fanning.
Kremer immediately showed such
j skill and judgement in handling the
big guns that he was made captain
of a gun crew. Sighted by the Fan
nlng's coxswain the U. S. boat rushed
for the spot where the periscope had
disappeared and dropped a depth I
bomb. This had its effect and
German was seen to come up, bov M
first. The Fanning then pumped I
three shots into her and within a 1
few seconds the German sailors I
were lined up on deck, their hands I
up in surrender. The Fanning, with I
her guns trained for fear of treach
ery. then proceeded to rescue many
of the crew who had jumped into
the water.
iPeoDle Turn, to Church
During War, Says Pastor
The trend of modern things is be
coming more Christian. This point
was emphasized by Dr. Clayton Albert
Smucker in a war sermon, on "War
Judgments and Funeral Bells," in
Stevens Memorial Methodist Church,
last night. Dr. Smucker pointed out
that the world is dark with disaster
and that the dawn of a better day is
coming. He said: i
"Looking at this night, which
coming on all the nations of till
earth, what hopes, what feelings may
we entertain concerning that which
is so dear to us, our own native land?
The judgments which have fallen and
will continue to fall on the continent
of Europe, have, in some degree, been
blessed to us. We are more attach
ed to our great institutions; and that
our people are being taught, by re
cent judgments, less to depend upon
man, more upon God. The churches
are more crowded arid (he people aro
hecoming more Christian. We must
look less on the things that are seen,
and more on the things that are un
seen; our hope must be in the purity,
the efficiency, the spirituality of tlie
church; for days are coming when it
must be founded on nothing else
whatever. There is a book called th'i
Bible, it is the inspiration of 'God.
it is His Word. Are its prophecies
mere dreams?. Are its promises charm
ing delusions, or 'are thev yea and
amen in Christ Jesus? Let "men re
turn to Him from whom they have
gone astray."
Evangelist Pleases at
Ridge Avenue Church
The evangelistic services at Ridge
Avenue Methodist Church had a fa
vVnble beginning yesterday. By use
of its ora-n heating plant, the church
was made comfortable all day. A fair
sized congregation was present in
the morning and a large congreation
at niht. The Wev. David Huhes, the
Welsh evanelist, made a very favor
able impression both mornin and eve
ning. In the morning he delivered a
strong sermon on "Christ the King."
In the evening his subjest was "Is
Life Worth Livln?" He is a very
interesting speaker, has a good vo
cabulary and is rather dramatic in
Ills manner. He easily convinced his
audiences yesterday that he belongs
to the upper grade of evangelists who
make their meetings worth while. lie
excels also as a singer, and succeeded
yesterday in organizing a large
chorus choir. This feature of tho
services promises to be unusually ef
ficient. Watch niht service Is to bo
gin at 9.50 this evening. Sermon by
the evangelist at 10.30 p. m. Meet
ings will continue during the week ai;
7.45 p. m.
Civil War in Progress
at Irkutsk; Many Dead
Peking, Sunday, Dec. 30. Civil *
war is in progress at Irkutsk, in east
ern Siberia on the trans-Siberian
railroad and in the surrounding dis
tricts. Tho town was set on fire by
Red Guards after they had murder
ed the French consular agent and
three other Frenchmen. Many per
sons. Including women and children,
are being murdered and street fight
ing is under way.
The Bolshevik! continue to receive
reinforcements and ammunition from
Krasnoyarsk. The Cossacks are of
fering determined opposition to tl* 4
Red Guards. The Siberian rallwav 1
guards are outnumbered and are be 1
ing killed or driven from their post'
Communication with Petrograd In*
been cut off.
Academy Alumni to
Hold Annual Smoker
The alumni of the Harrisburg Acad
emy will hold their fifth annual
Academy Night In the University Clu-i
looms, Front and Market streets at
8 o'clock this evening. A good-size,i
crowd of the alumni of the Acadeniv
Is expected to be at tho meeting to ''
night. Arrangements have been mad.-
for a good time and refreshments will '
he served. The meeting will be ad
dressed by James Wlckcrsham Yale 1
Robert Shrelner, Lafayette; Wlllar.i
Oenslager, Harvard, and John C He-- 2
man Jr., Yale.
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