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!• 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.
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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
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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
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130 LOCUST ST. HOG. PA. V
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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
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' 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