12 !• THE INCOME TAX AND THE INDIVIDUAL The act of October 3 is retroactive in so far as the entire calendar year 1917 is concerned. Every person paying SBOO a year or more to another must make a re port of such payment to the internal revenue collector. Gross Income must be scheduled. Gross income includes, salaries, wages and gains from professions, vocations, business, trade and com merce. Gains and profits from sales in or growing out of ownership or use of property, real or personal. Compensation for personal serv ices. Income from interest, rent, divi aemis. securities, transactions of any business carried on for gain or profit, gains, profits and. in fact, in come derived from any source what ever. Exclude in reporting gross in come: Proceeds of life insurances paid upon the death of the insured. Premium returned to the insured under life, endowment, annuity con tracts. Property acquired by gift, devise, bequest, descent; but the income from such property shall be includ ed as Income. Interest on the obligations a state or any political subdivision thereof and of the United States, after Sep tember 1. 1917, only If and to the ex tent provided in the act authorizing the Issue thereof. The first issue of liberty bonds carries only the in heritance tax and the second liberty loan bonds carry the surtax and the inheritance tax, and are tax free up to the Income on $5,000 bonds, oth er laws then regulating the surtax. Most Not Ite Scheduled Obligations of any possession of the United States must not be sched uled. Farm loan securities issued under the act of July 17, 1896, are tax free. Exclude compensation of officers and employes of a state or any po litical subdivision thereof, except where such payment is made by the United States government. Exclude compensation of judges, of supreme and inferior courts of the United States, in office at the time of the passage of the act, Oc tober 3, 1917. Exclude the compensation of the President of the United States—in office October :!, 1917. Income is to be reported on the j 1 asis of actual receipts and disburse- | nicnts. A promissory note accepted FRENCH DISPLAY BRILLIANT FORM IN PIAVE DRIVE ■fcO ake More Prisoners Than They Had Men Engaged, According to Officer By Associated Press '.aiiiin Headquarters in Northern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 2.—The French in their recent successful operation on Monte Tomba captured more prisoners than they had men engaged, according to a veteran of ficer who witnessed the fight and saw the prisoners, guns and booty brought In. Among the prisoners were many Austrians, the first to bo captured by the French. "In addition to the 1,40 prisoners we counted 560 dead on the ground," he said. "The perfect French mili tary system enabled them to accom plish this with a loss of less than fifty men. .The Fiftieth Austrian division, was the one attacked. Is con sidered a good lighting organization. ut the Austrians were accustomed to fighting Russians and Rumanians and this was the first time they had met the highly ' trained French troops. The result was that rawness and indiscipline were swept away be il'ore discipline and training. A Starred Lot "When the prisoners were brought in I never saw a more miserable, Pitiful, starved lot of soldiers. Thfey looked like the riff-raff from the slums of some big city. Even the of ficers app6ared underfed and under • lothed, and I saw only one with a whole pair of breeches. "When the officers were lined up there were forty-two Austrians and two Germans. The Austrians were "old they would receive the usual treatment given officers and gentle men, but the two Germans were told plainly that they would receive ex actly the same treatment given French officers in Oermany. The group of Austrian officers was im pressed greatly at this and openly declared their hatred of the Ger mans. A little later we heard the Austrian soldiers cheering and it turned out they were cheering their French captors. Trained Troops Nc<ressar.v "The success shows the necessity for trained troops as untrained troops could not possibly have secur ed such results. "The spirit and enthusiasm of the French troops as they leaped into the enemy trenches Is beyond all praise. Their earnestness not only carried them into the trenches, but actually far beyond them. Some de tachments kept on going until they reached the upper Plave back of the lines held by the enemy. They found deserted villages and little evidence of enemy occupation and could have held this advanced position back of the enemy lines. But it. was beyond the objective sought and would have necessitated reorganizing defenses, so the impetuous detachments were or dered to retire. But it showed what enthusiasm can do in forcing a wedge straight through the Austrian lines." WILSON ADDRESS COMPLETED TO-DAY By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 3.—President i Wilson to-day finished the address he will deliver to Coixress to-morrow f on the railroad situation. It is under stood to be about 1,000 words long and according to present plans it will not be confided to newspapers and press associations in advance of de livery. I The President will make specific i recommendations for legislation to \ carry out government operation of I foil roads. ./ • •• • ' ; N - "'■■■ ' \ THURSDAY "EVENING, HAJRHISBURG iflsfcV- TELEGRAPH. JANUARY 3, 1918 BY I. A. FLEMING WASHINGTON, D. C. ARTICLE NO. 2 | in payment of an obligation is treat ed as cash. Easter offerings and fees received Iby clergymen for funerals, mar j riagess, baptisms, masses, etc., are 1 regarded as income. I Christmas gifts are not regarded as income; nor are gifts of any kind regarded as income. Act of September 8, 1916 The act of September 8, 1916, pro vides: "For the purpose of ascertaining the' gain derived from the sale or other disposition of property, real, personal, or mixed, acquired before March 1, 1913, the fair marked price or value shall be based as of March 1, 1913, and this value shall be the basis for determining the amount of such gain derived. After March 1, 1913, on all property sold, traded, etc., gain is to be based on cost price." Where property that has been ac quired by gift, descent, devise or be quest is subsequently sold at a price greater than the appraised value at the time the property was acquired, or, if acquired before March 1, 1913. the fair market value at that date is the basis for computing the gain, which is taxable. No account is taken for the pur poses of the income tax of fluctua tions in market value or book values of securities or other property, but a gain or loss is counted on a com pleted transaction on the basis of price consideration. In speculative operations one can show losses on completed trades, but not in excess of winnings. The cost of improvements made by a tenant as part payment of rent is to be added to rent as in come of the landlord. Partnerships Not Required Partnerships as such are not re quired to make income tax returns, except when requested, but each partner shall report his share of the profits therein, whether distributed or not. Same laws relate io nonreporting of Interest on obligations held of any state or government bonds other than the second liberty 4s. The individual, however, shall re port his share of any profits from dividends earned by the partnership, under proper title on official blank. It is obligatory on the part of the individual to obtain forms for re turns of income tax. It a taxpayer's income is deter mined at some time during the cal endar year, the return so determined is to be reported in the individual's return for the calendar year end ing December 31 of the same year. (To be continued) HEAVY DEMAND ON WATER SUPPLY GROWS STEADILY Reservoir Falls Another Foot and a Half Over Night• An unprecedented industrial boom during 1917 is shown by the big rec ord established at the city pumping station, according to a report made to-day. The consumption of water during the last year shows an in crease of 668,231,300 gallons over 1916, due largely to the big increase in manufacturing munitions. The total amount of water pumped in 1916 was 3,039,529,500 gallons, while last year the total reached a record figure—3,707,760,800 gallons. This record was reached in the face of serious conditions developing dur ing the last three months of the year. At the time Ex-Commissioner Dunkle left office and Commissioner Morgen thaler took charge, two old pumps constructed in 1874, were in opera tion. while repairs were being rushed oti the big pump with a 12,000,000- gallon capacity. These repairs are not completed yet and the heavy demand for water is being met entirely by the use of the two old pumps, which have been in service for almost two ! months. At the time the new pi|np broke down It had been running for weeks at full capacity. Commissioner re ported to-day there was 15.5 feet of water in the reservoir. The drop of 1.5 feet since yesterday was caused by the heavy drain early this morn ing when the Central Iron and Steel Company started using the supply from city mains. With the completion of repairs at the pumping station and the installa tion of an electric pump with a five million gallon capacity daily, it is anticipated that during 1918 the water consumption record may show another big increase. The complete annual report of the department will be submitted in a few weeks to city council. Embargoes Responsible For Cumberland Valley Delay By .Associated Press Washington, Jan. 3.—Serious con gestion on certain railroads, while others adjoining or connecting are about normal, was reported to-day to Director General McAdoo by In terstate Commerce Commissioner McChord. in charge of the commis sion's inspectors. "The worst conditions reported so far." said the report, "are on the New Haven, the Pennsylvania lines west at Pittsburgh, on the Connells ville and Cumberland divisions of the Baltimore and Ohio and on the Western Maryland and the Cumber land Valley railroads. On the New Haven the principal difficulty ap pears to be the shortage of power due to a large number of engines In the shop and shortage of both men and material to make repairs. "The congestion at Conway yard at Pittsburgh is due to shortage of power and inefficient help. The con gestion on the Western Maryland and the Cumberland Valley and in a measure on the Connellsvllle and Cumberland divisions of the Balti more and Ohio is due to embargoes." The Baltimore and Ohio at one point was reported to have 7,000 cars of coal, although 1,000 is a 'normal number. These reports were forwarded im mediately to A. H. Smith, assistant director general at New York, with Instructions to reroute traffic from the heavily burdened roads to those operating normally. COMMUNITY CENTER TO MEET A meeting, of the Community Cen ter will be held at the Shlmmel school building this evening. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES in the TELEGRAPH WANT AD COL UMNS are REAL OPPORTUNITIES. >ther Harrisburg Boy Arrives Safe in France BRUCE S. LONGACRE Bruce S. I-.ongacre, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Longacre, 525 Curtin street, is another Harrisburg boy who is doing his "bit" with the Amer ican Expeditionary Forces in service "somewhere in France." Mr. Long acre is with the Eighty-first Aero Squadron. He enlisted early Irt April and was in training at Fort Slocum and Leavenworth and at San Anto nio, Texas, until recently when he was sent across. In a letter to his parents he tolls of the, trip from Xew York and says the troops are well fed and cared for. Higher Price For Wheat, and Flour Sells For Less, Hoover Tells Committee Washington, Jan. 3.—Food Admin istrator Hoover and Senator Reed had their long-expected clash, in public to-day at the hearing before the Sen- I ate committee investigating the sugar ; and coal shortages. The verbal duel | ranged from sugar to wheat. \ Senator Heed charged Mr. Hoover with "usurpation of authority" in handling the wheat situation "that would be a crime in normal times.' Hoover wartnly denied it and said the situation had been handled with the approval of President Wilson. "Yes. of course," retorted Reed, "the President's coattalls are long, his shoulders broad and his position unquestioned, but I'm questioning you on the authority you employed to fix wheat prices." Reed began questioning on wheat, he said, to bring out a point affecting sugar. Hoover said the food admin istration had asked grain dealers not to pay more for wheat than the price , fixed by Congress. Reed tried to (bring out that the price was so put up to the dealers as to-really make the transaction price-fixing, but Hoo ver maintained he only attempted to stabilize prices and denied the food administration had done anything not authorized in the food law. "I take it that with the country at war the people wanted results," said Hoover. "It is not fair to go into wheat conditions unless all phase* are dis cussed, and that would take a week. One thing is certain, the farmers now are getting more for their wheat and flour is selling for less." Hoover would not acquiesce in Reed's statement that some force was necessary to get and maintain so called voluntary agreements on sugar prices. He said the food administra tion depended largely on the patriot ism of refiners, but that "some au thority was needed." U. S. Must Concentrate Efforts to Win War; Peace a Possibility By Associated Press Bo.ston, Jan. 3.—Governor Samuel W. McCall, in his address to the Leg islature to-day, upon his inaugura tion for a third term, said the United States must concentrate all its re sources to win the war, but that this country ought not to refuse to give attention to any honest proposal for peace. "In time of war," said Governor McCall. "there is danger of the de terioration of those institutions of government which are the glory of peaceful times and which are super sedes by a rule military in character. War has little tolerance for freedom. Wt must see to it that it shall leave no permanent trace of its autocratic methods, and take nothing from the body of our liberties. "But we are in the war, and must wage it with no divided energy of the nation. We must concentrate all our resources in order to win it, and we must surely not be led to abate in the least our preparations by any talk of peace. "Do I mean that we should not think of peace and not be ever ready to sectire a righteous peace in any righteous way? By no means. It would be far better to consider an offer of peace. even fraudulently made, than to refuse to give atten tion to an honest proposal. "Each one of us is a member of our great democracy, and it is our duty to keep clearly in mind these objects for which we are lighting. Every week of this war entails loss I of life and property more serious than the cost of entire wars account ed great by history. The ultimate end that is beyond the mere purpose to conquer we must keep ever before us so that we may" not share in the co lossal crime of the architects of the war by prolonging it* evil course an instant after that end can be secur ed." BELGIUM'S FAITH IS UNSHAKEABLE Washington, Jan. 3.—Belgium's unsliakeable faith in the ability of the allies to recover her territory lost to the German invaders in 1914 is reflected In' New Year's greetings re ceived by King Albert from the vari ous branches of his government and made public here to-day by the Bel gium legation. CLEAR AND COLD Four degrees above zero was the coldest that the official thermometer showed to-day at 7 a. m. The tem perature oscillated about that mark all night and according to Weather Forecaster Demain we may expect little relief until Saturday. The snow flurry has been dissipated. Clear and cold is the forecast up until Sunday. MIXED CONDITION GREETS OPENING Unusual Conditions Prevail at Opening of Market, Stocks of Same Group Moving in Opposite Directions; Liberty Bonds Unchanged By Associated Press • New York, Jan. 3.—Mixed condi tions prevailed at the openine of.to day's market, stocks of the same group moving in opposite directions), The more active fctee'.', equipment and motors were lower by 'eruptions to 3 points, while Gulf State Steel and Harvester Corporation pfd. rose 5 points each and Midvale Steel I>4. Similar irregrularity was shovfn by rails and oils, but copper*', ship pings and the mu") prominent wnr specialties tended highe". Liberty Bonds were un •Jha.ige-J. SEW YORK STOCKS Chandler Brothers and Company, numbers of New York and Philadel ! r-hla Stock Exchanges— 3 North Mar j ket street, Harrisburg; 1336 Chestnut I street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street, New York furnish the following uotatlons: Open. Close. Allis Chalmers 19% 20',i American Beet Stigar "4 75 American Can 40Vi 40 American (Tar and Fdy.. 72 71 % American locomotive .. 57 57'/4 American Smelting .... 81 80 American Sugar 101% 101 Anaconda 62 1 ,4 62%' Atchison 85% 85% Baldwin Locomotive ... *6l 59% Baltimore and Ohio .... 52% 52% Bethlehem Steel (B> ... 80% 81 <4 Butte Copper 16% 19% California Petroleum .. 14 14 *•4 i Canadian Pacilic 140% 139% I Central Leather ..: 66% 67 Chesapeake and Ohio .. 51'4 52% Chi., Mil. and St. Paul.. 45% 46% | Chi., U. T. and Pacific... 21 % 21% | Chino Con. Copper 43% 43% | Colorado Fuel and Iron. 38 38% I Corn Products 32% 32*4 | Crucible Steel 57 57 : Distilling Securities .... 35% 35% ! Erie 16% 16% J General Motors 115 113% j Goodrich, B. F 39 40 i Great Northern pfd 90 90% j Great Northern Ore subs 27% 28' Hide and Leather 18% 13% Inspiration Copper 47 47% [international Paper .... 29% 29 Kennecott Copper 32% 32% Kansas City Southern .. 18 17% Lackawanna Steel 79% 79% Lehigh Valley 57% 58% Maxwell Motors 27% 27% Merc. Marine Ctfs 23% 22% Merc. Marine Ctfs. pfd.. 85% 84% Mexican Petroleum .... 81V 82% Miami Copper 30% 30% Midvale Steel 45 46% New*- York Central 70% 72% N Y„ N. 11. and II 3t'/i 31% N. Y., O. and W 20% 21% Norfolk and Western .. 103% 103% Northern Pacilic 86% 87% Pacific Mail 25% 25% Pennsylvania R. K 46 46% Pittsburgh Coal 45% 46 Railway Steel Spring .. 47% 47 Ray Con. Copper 21% 21% Reading Railway 73 "4% Republic Iron and Steel. 81% 79% Southern Pacific 83% 81 S-'outhern Railway 24 23% Studebaker 53 50% Union Pacific 114% 115% U. S. I. Alcohol 122% 120% U. S. Rubber 53 53 U. S. Steel 95% 95% U. S. steel pfd 110 109% Utah Copper 83% 81% Virginia-Carolina Chem. 35% 37 Westinghouse Mfg 41% 42% Willys-Overland 21% 20% PHIIJADKIJPHIA STOCKS By Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. 3.—Stocks closed irregular. General Asphalt 14 General Asphalt, Pfd 49 Superior Corporation .... 13 Lehigh Navigation 63% Lehigh Valley 57% Pennsylvania Railroad 46% Philadelphia Electric 25% Philadelphia Company 29 Philadelphia Co., Pfd Bid 25 Philadelphia Rapid Transit ... 29 Reading 74 Storage Battery 49% Union Traction 42 United Gas Improvement 72 United States Steel 95% York Railways 8 York Railways, Pfd 33 C. of C. and Rotary Directors to Meet Foster W. Taylor President Andrew S. Patterson and George P. Lumb, of the Cham ber of Commerce, and the Rotary Club, have arranged a joint luncheon for the directors of those two or ganizations at the Engineers' Club to-morrow noon to confer with Fos ter W. Taylor, representing the War Commission on Training Activities. Mr. Taylor will explain the War Commission on Trailing Activities. Those who will attend are; A. S. Patterson, Captain George F. Lumb, George S. Reinoehl, A. D. Bacon, Robert McCormick, Joseph H. Wal lazz, A. H. Bailey, W. H. Bennethuni, C. M. Kaltwasser, Quincy Bent, Carl K. Deen, Morris Jacobson, W. P. Starkey, A. C. St&mm, George B. Tripp, E. Z. Wailower, Eli N. Her shey, Samuel P. Eby, Howard C. Fry, John S. Musser and G. M. Stcln metss. Mysterious Fire Burns Machine Guns in Russia Petrograd, Wednesday, Jan. 2. — Eleven hundred airplane machine guns and a quantity of ammunition were destroyed and approximately twenty persons were killed as the re sult of a mysterious fire and explo sion to-day in a military depot In the Gutuyevsky basin, In Petrograd. AMERICANS KILLKI) BY YAQUI INDIANS Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 3. H. J. Poe, of Los Angeles, and Miguel Mar tinez, of Nogales, Ariz., Americans, were among the thirty-six persons killed yesterday when Yaqui In dians attacked a South Pacific train south of Empalme, Sonora, accord- I Ing to messages reaching the rail- I road's offices here to-day. Delegates Demand to Know Opening Date of Constituent Assembly Petrograd, Wednesday. Jan. 2. —A delegation of delegates froni the Ukraine elected to the Consti tuent Assembly arrived in Petro grad to-day and demanded an an swer from the Council of People's Commissioners as to when the Constituent Assembly would open. A conference of all parties ex cept the Bolsheviki, from which the members of the Left of the Social Revolutionists withdrew, decided the Constituent Assemblv should be opened upon the arrival in Petrograd of ont-tliird of the membership. PHIL.AnF.M>HI.t produce: By Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. 3. Wheatl Steady; No. 1, red, $?.27; No. 1, soft, red. $2.25; No 2. rea. $2.24; -No. 2. soft, red. $2.22; No. 5. red. $2.21; No. 3. soft, red. $2.19; No. 4. red. $2.17; No. 4. scft. red. $2 IS. Corn Market nominal; No. 2. yellow, $2.35® 2.4u: No. 3. No . ami No. 6, yellow nominal. Oats Market unchanged; No. 2, white, 92®93c; No. 3, white, 90U® 91 '/6 c. Bran Quiet, but steady; soft winter, per ton, $46.&0@47.00; sp'ring. per ton, $44.50@45.00. Refined Sugars* Market tirin. powdered. S.4bc, line sranuSated 8.15® 8.35 c. Butter Market firm and higher; western, creamery, extras, 52c; near by prints, fancy, 56c. Kegs Unchanged; Pennsylvania, and other nearby tirsts, tii'O cases. $18.30® 18,60 per case; do., current re ceipts. free cases. SIB.O per case. "'■•ltfin. nxiras. ti'sls. tree .:a,- $18.30@18.60 per case; do., firsts, free cases, SIB.OO per case. Cheese Quiet, but steady; New lork, f u n creams, 22@25,c. Live Poultry Higher; fowls, 21® -ic; roosters, 19c; spring chickens, 2f>(g)27c; ducks, Peking. 22®28c; do., Indian Runner, 24®26c; geese, 25® 28c; turkeys. 27®28c. Dressed Poultry The market Is steady; turkeys, nearby, choice, to fancy, 35@38p do., fair to good, 32@34c; do., old, 31@36c. do., western, choice to fancy. 33®35c; dp., fair to good, 30® 33c; do., old toms, 31®32c; do., old, common, 14@26c; fowls, fancy, 29@29%c; good to choice,'2B®2Bi4c; do., small sizes, Z2®27c; old roosters, 23c; broiling chickens, nearby, 30®37c; do., west ern, 30©32 c; roasting chickens, 22® 30c; ducks, nearby, 25@30c: do., west ern, 24®29c; geese, nearby, 26@28c; do., western. 23® 27c. Tallow Steady; city prime in tierces, 17c; special loose. 17V.c; prima country. 16V6c; dark. edible in tierces. 18 >6 ®l9 y, c. Potatoes Dull and weak; Now Jersey, No. 1, per basket. 75<8>20c (33 Jer "ey, No. 2, per basket. 4O(g)60c; New Jersey, oer 100 lt>.. $1 <|o ®2.20; Pennsylvania, per 100 1b5.,52.26 @>2.60; New York, per 100 lbs., $2.20® ,-•40; western, per 100 lbs., $2.20® Flur The market is firm with a fair demand; winter straight. ♦ lll.low 1 (1.26• Kansas. ci;ai la > \<a 10.00; do., patents, $10.70®11 15- spring, firsts, clear, spot, $10.25@10.50; "PrlnK flints. clear mill shipment $9.75® 10.00; spring bakers, patent, spot, $11.40@11.60; spring patent, mill shipment. *10.70® 11.05; spring family brands. $U.00®11.50. Hay—Firm and active; tim othy (according to location); No. 1. large bales, $28.t0©28.50; No. i- small bales, $28.00@28 50; No. 2. l-6.00@i27.00; No. 3. $23.00@24 50 samples, $19.00®21.00; no grade' $10.00®17.00. .. c ' over mixed hay. Light mixed f26.00@27.00; No. 1, do.. $25.00®26.00' I.No, 2. do., $22.00®25.00. CHICAGO CATTLE By Associated Press Chicago, Jan. 3. Cattle Re ceipts, 2i,000; weak. Native beef steers, §7.500)13.85; stockers and feeders, $6.60® 10.40; cows and heif ers. $5.30®11.40; calves, $8.50@10.00 Tir.if ep Receipts, 18,000; steady. Wethers, $9.55@13.20; lambs, $13.25® Hogs Receipts. 55,000; weak. i U k'm?,',, „ s ? les - $16.10® 16.40; light. $15.40® 16.30; mixed, $15.80® 16.45 • * ls 'Bo® ) 16.45; rough. $15.80® 16.00; pigs, $12.00® 15.00. HALTED PEACE WORRIES KAISER [Continued from First Pao.[ Mann discussed the situation and the leaders of the regular and in dependent Socialists are reported to have expressed dissatisfaction with the German attitude concerning oc cupied territory. A breaking off in peace negotia tions probably will upset all German plans to press a formidable attack on the western front Confidence is expressed in Petrograd that the Rus sian government might put an army of 3,000,000 men in the field and the Bolshevjk Red Guard, made up of armed Russian workmen, already has started toward the fighting front. A complete break undoubtedly would compel the Germans to return to the eastern front the troops they have taken away within the past six weeks and would make it impos sible for the Germans to renew trade relations with Russia in order to ob tain much needed foodstuffs. Snow and inclement weather are holding in check any large scale operations on the western and Ital ian fronts. The British and Italians continue to repulse enemy raids at various points while the German ar tillery bombardment in the Ypres and Verdun sectors still is very strong. Inpreased loss of merchantmen is shown in the current British and French reports. Through the mines and submarines the British losf 21 vessels, including 18 of more Uian 1,600 tons, ,or nine more than the previous week, when twelve, includ ing eleven of the larger tonnage, were sunk.- French losses were nine steamers of more than 1,600 tons, as compared with two in the previous week. December shipping losses were but slightly higher than those in No vember, which established a low record. Submarine sinkings, also, are said to have been more common in December than any previous month, being greater than the number the Germans probably were able to build. The severe weather conditions are believed to have added to the effectiveness of the subma rines in that it compelled them to operate closer together and nearer to shore. This fact may account in part for the increase in the number of U-boats caught by the allied fleets. Spanish Class to Meet in Y.- M. C. A. Tonight The opening class of a series in Spanish grammar and conversation will be given at the Y. M. C. A. this evening, with Mrs. Melville E. Menges as instructor. Her work for the Y. M. C. A. last year received high praise, one of her students receiving recog nition from Columbia University. An other student lias taken a position in Santo Doininpo and is using his .Spanish there. Mrs. Menges' work has been warmly commended by E. L McColgin. secretary of the Harrisburg Chamber or Commerce, as an import ant factor in commercial education of to-day. Two classes will be held each week, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. New members will be receivod throughout the entire month of Jan uary. Furtner information may be secured from the local Y. M. C. A. DISEASE REPORT I SHOWS DECREASE Only 1,321 Cases Last Year; No Serious Epidemics Reduce Total A big decrease in the total num ber of contagious diseases reported during 1917 is shown in the compil ing of the monthly reports on file at the city health bureau. The de crease is due to the fact that there ■were no serious epidemics last year while in 1916 there were epidemics of measles and typhoid fever. The total number of cases record ed in 1917 were 1,324 as compared with 8,929 for 1916. These included nonresident cases. The high total for 1916 was caused by more than 2,000 cases of measles and several hundreds of typhoid fever. Totals by months for the two years follow: 1916. 1917. January 152 194 February 110 327 March 100 1139 April ' 121 1128 May 142 264 June 115 in July 64 54 August . . .'. 81 86 September 43 133 October 110 271 November 142 80 December 136 142 Totals 1324 3929 A detailed report will be prepar ter will be held at the Shimmell to Council with a mortality record for the last year. SEVERE WEATHER DELAYS FREIGHT [Continued from First Page.[ tions, foodstuffs and fuel. One of the principal delays in the movement of traffic is the unloading at the termin als. Another serious handicap is the illness of hundreds of men employ ed in the train service. A large amount of material des tined for the United States at Hog Island, is sidetracked down the valley and cannot be taken in be cause of lack of room. It is said about 1,000 cars are, thus tied up. Yesterday the Reading Coal and Iron Company shipped but 881 cars of coal, which is about half the nor mal output. It is said that the break ers are filled with coal, but that it is simply impossible to handle it. due to the extreme low temperature. The product of the mines of yes terday will hardly reach consumers before the latter end of the week. There will be shortage of shipments until warmer weather. The coal situation has reached an acute stage here and unless there is an improvement there may be forced suspensions of industrial plants during the entire winter. The local steam heating company has only a few days supply on hand and in case fuel is not received, a large portion of the business section would be without heat. The scarcity of soft coal will keep a number of the city's industries idle until next Monday and possibly longer. They had intended resuming directly alter the holidays. Philadelphia, Jan. 3.—With zero weather still prevailing, officials of the Pennsylvania railroad have only faint hope of terminating the pas senger congestion on their lines. "It will require at least three days without storms or colder weather to get back to normal schedules," said one official. The Reading railway to-day re sumed its passenger service between this city and New York abandoned yesterday, but the schedule Is neces sarily much slower than heretofore. Shortage of labor is again handi capping the railroads, officials say. They assert it is difficult to recruit a force of trackmen sufficient to keep the switches clear of snow and ice. Five Loaves of Bread in Garbage Pail Excites an Indignant Crowd in Street That the citizens of Harrisburg have a genuine concern in the con servation of food in these critical timc:3 was illustrated this morning when Adminstrator Donald McCor mick had a very busy hour with a number of loyal and enterprising Harrisburgers who discovered five whole loaves of bread in the garbage of a Market street restaurant. At first the telephone conveyed the news and finally a man with "Missouri" Instincts went further, plucking out the loaves and bringing them in per son to Mr. McCormick. "That's mighty good work" com mended the food administrator of Dauphin county. "And I hope every cne in Harrisburg will follow your example. There is no excuse what ever for this waste. We have no authority to do anything in cases like this. Our only weapon is pub licity." Mr. McCormick thought it judi cious not to give out the name of the wasteful proprietor, whose place of business is frequented mostly at night, but this discovery will likely result in a closer watch. The turn ing up of the five untouched loaves caused a mild panic along Market street and the indignant citizen who transported them up the street had quite an interested following. W. E. Schneder. of No. 2 South Sixteenth street, who for twenty eight years was in the railroad mail service, was the man who carried the bread. Many others had noticed the good, fresh bread which topped the garbage but no one had the nerve to start something until Schneder camp along. He first tried to get into the establishment to which the garbage pall belongs, but found all the doors locked. • Famous Hymn Writer Dies at Age of 83 By Associated Press Bennington, Vermont, Jan. 3. Mrs. Annie Sherwood Hawks, author of many famous gospel hymns, in cluding "I Need Thee Every Hour," died at her home here to-day at the age of 83. Want to Sell your old FURNI TURE? Under "Business Personuls" and "Wanted" are listed the dealers who wfll buy it. THE WEATHER] For llnrrlsburg and rlclnltyi Fair ] iind continued cold to-night nnd KrldaTl loweat temperature to night about 5 degTerN. For Knntern Pennsylvania! Fait-, continued eold to-night find Fri day i moderate north winds. Harrisburg Newsboy Is Home For Short Furlough Harrisburg Newsboy Is Home For Short Furlough j SAMUEL KOPLOVITZ There is one busy soldier in Har risburg. His name is Samuel Kop lovitz and lie is known to an army of Harrlsburgers as a former popu lar newsboy. Now he is doing his bit for Uncle Sam and looks every inch a soldier. "Sammy" is a mem ber of Company K, 112 th United States Infantry and is stationed at Camp Hancock, Captain Daniel If. Core being in command. His many friends here are giving him a warm welcome. Fire in Madrid Palace Causes Loss Reaching Millions of Dollars By Associated Press Madrid, Jan. 3.—Fire broke out In the royal palace at Da, Granja this morning and before it could be checked it had spread to a nearby church which with the palace was destroyed. Several houses near the palace also caught fire. Government troops were summon ed from Segovia to light the tiro. Very few of the valuable pictures and art objects in the palace were saved. The loss will aggregate sev eral million dollars. Swiss Fire on German Ship; Show Neutrality Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. ".—Swiss troops on duty on the shores of Lake Constance yesterday (lred upon the newly-launched German lake steamer Kaiser Wllhelm, which entered SwisS territorial waters. The vessel was pierced in many places by rifle fire and withdrew rapidly. No lives were lost. The incident is regarded as mark ing Switzerland's determination to protect her neutrality. What It Means' By the Rt. Rev. Philip R. McDevitt, Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg. Thousands of young men are already in the Army. Other thousands are daily leading their homes for the military camps. More will follow in the imme diate future. AH will be com pelled to live for a long while in entirely new and unusual sur roundings. They will be cut off from many of those influences —religious, moral, intellectual and social, which in the home environment make for right liv ing. Deprived of the wholesome safeguards which the times of I peace provide, these young heroes will be brought face to face with a host of new tempta tions and countless moral dan gers. If at their impressionable age they are to come forth un harmed, it is imperative that every effort should be made to strengthen and support them in the times of trial and tempta tion. Should they succumb to the danger that surrounds them . and thereby lower their stand ard of morality, largely because of the absence of those aids and helps that could have been pro vided them, those who remained at home safe from all moral and physical harm shall be charged justly with deep ingratitude. Therefore justice, patriotism, above all, gratitude and love for the young men now in training camps or in the trenches of France and Flanders, cry out that the civilians of America whose cause the Army and Navy are upholding should give freely and generously to every move ment that looks to the welfare of that mighty host of stalwart defenders of the Republic—the very flower of American man hood, and the hope of the days ' to come. KDCCATIX,\ I, School of Commerce HARRISBURG BUSINESS COLLEGE Troup Itullillnic. !."> S. Market Si). Bell plionc 4K5; !>liil 4393 Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Steno- ' type, Typewriting, Civil Service. OUIt OFFER—HiKht Training by SprciullNtN and High Grade Positions. You take a Business Course but once. The Bent is what you want. Day and Night School. Enter any Monday. A Fully Accredited College ijjititgEK SlAMflfl y|| SEALS A STENCILS Ul n| W MFG.BY HBG. STENCIL WORKS ■ ml 130 LOCUST ST. HOG. PA. V /T" MASS MEETING | Under Auspices of Hnrrisburg Branch, National Association For tlie Advancement of Colored People TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Thursday Evening, 8:15, January 3rd, 1918. W.AshbieHawkins,Esq.,ofßaltiraore,Orator PIIBMC INVITED v*> J/ ' Moorhead Salesmen Get 1 Together For Exchange j Ideas For Future Work | Salesmen of the Moorhead Knit ing Company are in session in the 1 city during this week. The sessions I of the salesmen are for the purpose j or exchanging ideas for the i eneflt of the company's selling force. The "get-together" of the men was held in tiie recreation room of the factory at Cameron and Walnut streets at noon yesterday. There were thirty salesmen present, representing the salesforce of the company, gathered together from all parts of the coun try. The salesmen were entertained I with a roast beef dinner. They were addressed'by Mr. Moorhead and by W. C. Alexander, newly-chosen sales manager, formerly of Washington. D. C., who gave the men many sug gestions. On Friday evening the annual ban -1 quet will be given at the Harrisburg j Club, and all officers, directors, stock t holders, salesmen and members of the office force will be present. The fol lcwing salesmen are present in the city for the conference: Mills Repre sentative Company, H. Tannenbauni and H. B. Emmanuel; A. B. Hill and Company, A. B. Hill Sr., IJoyd Dav vault, F. E. Edwards, M. W. Burk walter, A. N. Phillips; J. R. Craig head; U A. Michaels, Isaac Combs, C. E. Bowman, C. H. Coltrider, I-. W. . Hrady, Julian Steinau, D. C. Brad bury, W. E. Foster. O. F. Allen; George F. Sheetz and Brother, asslst ' ed by Hoy N. Turner. Byron B. King. . D. F. Canter, William Matteson; P. T. Balsbaugh, W. J. Irwin. ! More Members Join the Popular Kiwanis Club | The weekly "gloom-killing party" • I of the Harrisburg Kiwanis Club was ' 1 held at noon to-day at the Elks' club ! j house. Duncheon was served to ap | proximately fifty members and 1 guests. Frank G. Fahnestock, archi j tect, gave an interesting address on I present-day architecture. Charles l<. | Schmidt followed with a talk on j flowers. Frank C. Neely, undertaker, 1 spoke on the work of the Kiwanis I • Club, and' Robert E. Fox, attorney, j explained some technicalities of re cent business laws. Pencils were dis tributed by Charles Bogar, hardware, 1j and blotters and buttons by E. T. * ( ritehHeld, salesman for the Dalton it Adding Machine. A beautiful nickel -I'' plated whiskbroom holder was given ■> by William M. Tvogan, registered 3 ■ plumber. One of the features of | the meeting was the payment by D. . j F. Ncefe, of eighty cents in tines for .! violations of rules during the last 31 meeting. One of the club rules is 3 j to the effect that if one member . calls another "mister" he is fined ten cents. Neefe was fined eighty cents for repeated violation of this rule. New members admitted were: ! George E. Howard, Charles E. Pass, ' j E. R. Keffer, Casper S. Shank, H. A. Gable, Sam M. Taylor, George C. - )| Potto, .Martin R. Nissley and J. O. S. 5 Poorman. The membership now to " | tals seventy. '| Coal Dealer Sacrifices Samples to Keep Warm Detweiler Brothers in Steelton are > using the coal from their display window to burn in the stove to keep ■ their office in Front street warm. The fuel shortage has hit Steelton hard and this concern, one of the largest in the borough, has been un able to get coal for almost two weeks. The various kinds of coal and wood have been displayed by the firm in a window in the coal office. When shipments of coal arrived members of the firm were so busy rushing the fuel to residents that their own supply was exhausted be fore the fact was noticed. The wood has been taken out of the window and used and now the samples of coal will be burned. NO SUGAR FOR CANDY MAKERS liy Associated fress Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 3.—Con fectioners and restaurant proprietors received no allotment from a ship ment of 150,000 pounds of sugar which was received here to-day and distributed by County Fdod Control ler Washburn. Retailers were in structed to sell only two pounds to families of three or more and only one pound to families of three and less. At small cost we can make your brass beds, chandeliers and silverware look like new. We replate and reflnish gold and silverware, brass and nickel fixtures of every de scription. A phone call brings our rep resentative to your door with an estimate. B uiul I^| am AUTO SUPPLIES SALE We have our table up and loaded with discontinued lines i with a price that will sell ! them in a very short time. You no doubt, have a minute to spare today. Look the ar j tides over on this table; theie is something for you regard less of the car you drive. Front-Market Motor Supply Co. 109-111 Market Street
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