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TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS
iILDIERS MEET
AFTER 27 YEARS
Sergeant Thomas P. Moran
Finds Colonel of His Old
Regiment at Lewistown
Levlstown, Pa., Feb. 13.—Colonel
David Van Valzah, U. S. A. retired,
living here, and Sergeant Thomas P.
Moran, of the Harrisburg Recruit
ing district, met here several days
ago at the colonel's home throygh a
• hance conversation which the ser
geant had with a man who is ac
quainted with the ex-colonel's army
records.
Colonel David Van Valzah was
post commander at Fort Assiniboine,
Montana, twenty-seven years ago.
and was in command of the Twenti
eth United States Infantry, of which |
regiment Sergeant Moran was chief
trumpeter.
Colonel VarL Valzah left Lewis
town- flfty-seven years ago. during
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, BDOmiSBURG 4VMHSW TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 13, 1918
the Civil War, and rose by grade
until he reached the rank of colonel,
when he. retired from active service.
After the rebellion the colonel wad
stationed at a far-away military
post, being considered one of the
best tacticians in the United States
Army, having been tendered the of
fice of commander of the officers'
school at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,
but declined the position.
Colonel Van Valzah saw service
in the Spanish-American War, the
Philippine insurrections and many
Indian campaigns and retired from
active service.
As colonel of the Eighteenth Unit
ed
speaking of Colonel Van Valzah
after his visit, said that a nioro
popular officer in command of men
could not be found in the service,
the colonel being held in high es
teem by all the men under his
command.
American Gunners Become
More Proficient Daily;
U. S. Sector Is Quiet
With the American Army in
France. Tuesday, r'eb. 12.—Aside
from increased aerial activity, the
American sector has been normal
during the past twenty-four hours.
Harassing artillery fire and petrol
ing operations have been kept up.
but there have been no clashes.
The American gunners are said to
be growing more proficient daily.
They have been especially accurate
in registering on the railroads back
of the enemy lines. So nearly ac
curate has been the shrapnei fire
against the first lines of the enemy
that they are now almost abandon
ed. the Germans keeping only a few
men in them. In a sector such as
this the Germans seldom man their
first lines fully, but opposite the
American positions they are report
ed to be keeping considerably less
than the usual number in the
trenches.
The number of enemy snipers and
sniping posts has been reduced still
further by the American sharpshoot
ers, machine gunners and artillery
men.
Airplanes were overhead every
where to-day. The enemy late in
the day sent over a considerable
number of machines in battle forma
tion. They were met and driven
back by a French squadron.
The wounding of three men in con
sequence of an accidcut was reported
to-day. constituting the only new
casualties.
French Advance to Fourth
German Line in Morning
Raid on Enemy Trenches
With the French Army in France.
Tuesday. Feb. 12.—1n the course of
three successful trench raids early
this morning the French advanced as
far as the fourth German line be
tween La Pretre and Mort Mare
woods in the Woevre and took pris
oners belonging to the Ninth Ba
varian and the Ninety-rourth Land
wehr divisions.
The German entanglements had
been destroyed by French artillery
lost night and the progress of the as
saulting column was favored by a
heavy mist. As soon as the French
reached the first positions th Ger
mans opened a sweeping machine
gun fire, as well as an artillery bar
rage, but the French penetrated the
shell curtain almost without casual
ties, demolished all the enemy shel
ters and emplacements and returned
to their own lines with most val
uable Information.
While the French attack .ps Jn
progress the Germans attempted a
raid at Regneville, in the same dis
trict, but were repulsed with heavy
losses.
READY FOR DRIVE
TO AID JEWISH
BOYS IN CAMPS
Mass Meeting Monday Night
to Be Largely At
tended
William Jennings, or the Com
monwealth Trust Company, has
named a committee of non-Jews of
Harrisburg who will assist the Jew
ish residents of the city on Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week in their effort to raise $15,000
for Jewish war relief and welfare
work for the Jewish boys serving in
the United States Army.
The campaign begins Tuesday
morning. The mass meeting to be
held In the Orpheuni Theater Mon
day night promises to be very large
ly attended. The principal speaker
will be Dr. Natiian Krass. of New
York, well-known pulpit orator.
Dr. Krass is a particularly bril
liant speaker.
His talk Monday night will be a
revelation to the Jews and non-Jews
of this city. He will tell of condi
tions as they exist in Europe, in
Palestine, in Japan—where there
are thousands of refugees from
stricken Russia. He will tell what
the Jewish war relief and welfare
work commission is doing for the
60,000 Jews in the Army and Navy.
The information will be startling to
the people of Harrisburg.
Chairman David Kaufman of the
ccJmmittee in charge of the local
drive is receiving many assurances
of support from various sources. He
said this morning that Dr. Krass"
talk may shock Harrisburg with its
information that thousands of Jews
are dying because they cannot re
ceive aid. but that the revelation
will show conditions exactly as they
exist in Europe.
The doors of the Orpheum Thea
ter wijl be open at 7.30 o'clock on
Monday night. The program will
begin about. 8.10. In addition to
Dr. Krass there will be other well
known speakers.
"Down With the Kaiser"
Was Hennig's Sentiment
Bv Associated Press
New York. Feb. 13. Paul C. H.
Hennig. testifying under orossexanii
nation to-day at his trial on a charge
of treason, in the Federal Court in
Brooklyn, characterized as imperfect
the gryoscope parts which the Gov
ernment had introduced as imperfect
during presentation of its case.
Tlie defendant declared that on one
oi casion during his employment as a
gyroscope expert by a firm having
Government contracts he refected a.s
imperfect 1.936 parts of a lot of 2,000.
The fault, he said, lay in the harden
ing process used.
Reiterating his testimony of yes
terday that his antigovernnient activi
ties in Germany in 1906 forced him to
flee from his native country to the
United States, Hennig said he con
eluded one of his public speeches at
Ijelpsic with the words "down with
the Kaiser. High with the rebel flag."
SO SHAKEN NERVES
AMONG SURVIVORS
London. Feb. 13.—Walter Hines
Page, the American Ambassador,
spent to-day at a military camp
where a number of the survivors of
the Tuscania are lodged. He talked
with a number of the oficers and
soldiers and expressed satisfaction
that there was no evidence of any
shaken nerves among them as a re
sult of their experieAce.
IN EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR, BUT
KNITS EVERY
Aged Woman Manages to Knit
Scarf Each Week For Some
Soldier at Front
Mrs. Lizzie Kauffman, widow of
Abraham Kauffman, who is making
her home at the present time with her
only son, George Kauffman. 43 North
Eighteenth street, Harrisburg, has
the unique distinction of working
for the soldiers in the second of two
notable wars. Although she passed
her eighty-first birthday anniversary
on January 29. and is afflicted with
poor sight, she manages to knit a
scarf for a soldier every week. Rela
tives and friends are amazed at the
work she does, for she must feel her
way as she knits each stitch, and the
average woman who finds discour
agement in her endeavors with the
needles, would probably be wonder
struck if she should see the laborious
work attendant upon Mrs. Kauff
ruan's efforts.
But although she is loyal to the
cause and is proud of her work, the
aged woman does not permit anyone
to see her operations and knits only
when she is alone. And she does this
too. despite the fact that she is an
invalid. She has not. been down stairs
at her home for two years.
Mrs. Kauffman before her mar
riage was Miss Lizzie Light, and was
born and reared in Lebanon county.
When the Civil War broke out. anl
the young men of Lebanon county
shouldered arms in defense of the
Union she went to the country and
HAYS OF INDIANA
ELECTED G. 0. P. HEAD
[Continued from First Pago.]
mittee would appoint a new execu
tive committee, giving the party new
leadership. He said that after Mr.
Adams became convinced he could
not he elected, he said he knew of
no better man for the chairmanship
than Mr. Hays, who is chairman of
the Indiana State Central Commit
tee.
The agreement came after three
days of bitter controversy and elec
tioneering. The fight was kept off
the committee floor by the refusal
of twelve men holding the balance
of voting power to pledge them
selves. These men all came to the
city comparatively late and found
earlier arrivals pledged to one camp
or the other. They had hot expected
a real tight.
Load Harmony Move
The leaders in the harmony move
ment, Senator Penrose. Frank H.
Hitchcock, George W. Perkins and
Senator Penrose, Franl? H. Hitch
cock, George W. Perkins and Sen
ator Calder, desired above all to
settle the fight before the commit
tee met. Thoso who hejd the bal
ance of power were Oliver T>. Street,
Alabama; AlleVi B. Janes, Arizona;
Coleman Due Pont, Delaware, Geo.
W. Bean, newly seated as commit
teeman from Florida.
William P. Jackson, Maryland:
Judge Purdy, holding the proxy of
Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota, a
newcomer on the committee, who
was unable to attend; Harry Kelly,
proxy tor Charles A. Soiess. of New
Mexico: Willis C. Cook. South Da
kota: Earl S. Kinsley. Vermont: V.
E. Highland, West Virginia: Alfred
T. Rogers, Wisconsin, and Patrick
Sullivan, proxy for George E. Pex
ton, of Wyoming.
The committeemen and national
party leaders present were jubilant
at the outcome. The Indiana ilen
credited Hays with winning the last
I election for the Republicans. His
| friends said he was in line for the
I next nomination for governor. Frank
H. Hitchcock voiced the general feel
ing when he said:
"I am perfectly delighted. Hays is
an exceptionally efficient man and
there is no better organizer."
Grand Chief W. S. Stone
Condemns Long Hours
By Associated Press
Washington. Feb. 13.—Lack of
j preparation by the railroads to meet I
' the winter weather was the cause of j
I the great traffic congestion, Warren
S. Stone, Grand Chief of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers, to
day told the Railroad Wage Com
mission in asking for a minimum
wage of $6 a day and penalties time
and a half for overtime.
"Many roads went into the winter I
with no provision for taking care of
their motive power," he said. "There
were no doors on roundhouses, no
means of heating."
Eong hours worked by railroad
men, Mr. Stone denounced as a
menace to public safety. He said a
majority of yards were working on
an eight-hour shift until the move
ment was begun for increased wages
when the work was lengthened to
enable the railroads to show larger
amounts paid to employes. More
than half the engineers of the coun
try receive less than $l5O a month,
he said. Employment of women in
the place of men also was condemn
ed by Mr. Stone.
Will Ask Death Penalty
in Case of 8010 Pasha
By Associated Press
Paris.
prosecutor in .the court-martial of
8010 Paßlia on the charge of trea-1
son. to-day began the summing up I
of the government's case. He said j
he would ask for the death penalty.
Captain Mornet first defined "intel- |
ligence with the enemy" ill the mean
ing of the code. He pointed out
that the mere fact that 8010 Pasha
received money from Count von
Bernstorff, the former German Am
bassador at Washington, through
Adolph Pavenstedt, was sufficient
grounds for asking for a death sen
tence, even though the money was
not used against France.
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Eat Wisely-Well- §
Without Vfoste
Grape-Nuts!
being part barley
is a wneat saven
Needs no sugar.
I NOT AN ATOM OF WASTE I
MRS. LIZZIE KAUFFMAN
helped to plow the fields in the
spring and harvest the crops in the
fall doing a great deal of the work
that usually falls to a male farm
hand. During the past nine years she
has lived in Harrisburg with her son.
171 TUSCANIA
VICTIMS BURIED
[Continued from First Page.]
to Washington as the most aspirate
and complete list obtainable. The
last seventeen of these bodies re
covered —. all Americans were
buried this afternoon, villagers again
coming many miles in a downpour
o! rain to pay their simple tribmn
to the American dead. The bodies
were brought to the burial plac? on
big motor truck which was followed
along the route several miles u:g
by the squad of twenty-five khaki
clad American survivors and the
village mourners. One of the vil
lagers carried the Union JacK, while
an American soldier held aloft th'e
Stars and Stripes.
Ship "Star Spangled Banner"
At the graveside the American
soldiets sang" the "Star Spangled
Fanner" followed by the natives
singing "God Save the King." The
isual military salute was then liri u,
ending the ceremony.
Temporary fences have been buiit
around the graves to be replace.! by
a permanent enclosure as soon as the
materials .can be brought to t'lese
desolate shores. A British colonel
who has worked day and night since
the disaster helping the Americans
bury their dead announced to-day
that the people of the nearby coun
tryside had started a public subscrip
tion to erect a permanent monu
ment to the Americans.
There are eight Americans still
here, too ill to leave, several of thein
still dazed by their expe-iences.
They are quartered in nearby farm
houses and village hotels. Thee
men are E. I. Benefiel, E. L. Lys
truin, Wilbur C. Nutt, Boyd E. Han
cock, li. E. Harpham, Henry Bchurt
ing, James J. Colwell and F. A.
Gocher.
One American officer anil fourteen
men are still in a hospital at Glas
gow.
With 164 American soldiers of the
Tuscania known to be dead and bur
ied on the Scottish coast, an unoifi
cial estimate to-day places the total
loss of American troops at 26". Af
ter eliminating from the passenger
: list the names of the survivors and
j the identified dead and accounting
for 33 unidentified dead, 136 sol
; diers still are not accounted for and
1 it is believed they were lost.
! The partial list of the Tuscarii's
dead sent to the Associated Press
I correspondent from a Scottish sea
l port to-day as having been buried
on the Scottish coast, is the first deil
j nite inf6rmation to reach relatives ofi
the soldiers who have not been re
' ported in the lists of survivors.
Of the 164 American dead who
| have been buried in Scotland it was
I not possible to identify 33 of the
soldiers who undoubtedly were dis
figured beyond recognition and had
I nothing on them by which to deter
mine who they were. Of the names
of the 131 soldiers sent from Scot-j
land only 122 have been definitely
located on the list compiled by the
Associated Press of men whose
names appeared on the passenger
list but who have not been reported
as survivors. Six of the 131 names
show similarity with others on the
missing list, but three of them show
no similarity. Only 122 of the 131
names therefore have been checked
off, leaving 178 names to be defin
itely accounted for. Deducting the 33
unidentified American soldiers and
the nine uncertain names from this
list, leaves 136 missing, which added
to the 131 known dead, shows the
total loss of 267 men.
Washington, Feb. 13.—Praise for
efficient co-operation by the Brit
ish war office in the rescue of sur
vivors of the Tuscania, is given By
General Pershing in a cablegram
received at the War Department. The
Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross also
are cited for valuable assistance.
City Enters Lenten Season
With Religious Services
Hundreds of Catholics and Episco
palians throughout the city, together
with many of- the Protestant
churches, celebrated Ash Wednesday
to-day, as the opening of the Lent
en season. Catholics will observe
during the season three meatless
tfajs each week. Wednesday and
Friday are the days ordered by the
church, and Tuesday is the national
meatless day. During Holy Week
Saturday will be added to the list of
meatless days and they will observe
fcur meatless days In that week.
The same is true of the week ending
February 23. when Ember Saturday
adds another meatless day.
Celebration of Ash Wednesday was
begun this morning In the St. Pat
rick's Cathedral and in the other
Catholic churches throughout the
city. Episcopal churches also cele
brated the day with fitting religious
ceremonies. ,
RIVER ICE BREAKS
The ice on the river at Clearfield
broke at 1 o'clock to-day with the
water si* feet and still rising. The
lea is moving off nicely. This in
formation was handed out by the
local weather bureau on the receipt
of a telegram from the Cleirfleld
station.
TEUTON FORCES
IN ITALY RESORT
TO BRUTAL ACTS
Vandalism, Violence, Pillage
and Brutality Are on In
crease, Prisoners Say
Paris, Feb. 13.—The Austro-Ger
man Invaders in Northern Italy daily
are resorting to increasing acts of
vandalism, violence, pillage and bru
tality, according to the statements
of prisoners captured by the Italians,
a Havas dispatch from Rome says.
Officers as well as soldiers are par
tlclpating.
I'dine nas been pillaged and stores
and buildings destroyed wantonly by
intoxicated troops. The rivalry in
stealing, it is said, has been so great
that fights have broken out between
the various groups of the Central
Powers, in Udine these fights result
ed in the death of fourteen Germans
and three Bosnians. There wpre also
bloody conflicts at Polo Cattaro be
tween the Germans and Austrians.
Women and children, it is added,
have been stripped of tlieiY clothing,
which has been sent to Germany,
I while foodstuffs, wherever found,
j also are sent away by officers. The
city of Trigesimo has been pillaged
of leather and copper and the church
bells there have been taken away.
Italian prisoners working on roads
for the Austro-Germans are reported
to be underfed and forced to subsist
on the carcasses of horses.
British Forces Carry Out
i Successful Raid on Huns;
Capture Several Prisoners
By Associated Press
London, Feb. 13.—"We carried oul
|(i successful raid last night upor
German southeast of Ilargi
court; capturing eleven prisoners, in
eluding an officer," says to-day's of
ficial statement. "Patrol encoun
ters. in which casualties were inflict
ed on the enemy, took place lasi
night southeast of I,ens.
"Apart from hostile artillery activ
ity in the neighborhood of Kpeh>
and northeast of Ypres. there, if
; nothing further to report."
Juniata County Man May
Succeed Late Judge Seiberl
Possibilities that the successor o
the lute President Judge W. N. Sei
bert, of the Perry-Juniata district
who died Monday, may come froir
Juniata county were raised here to
day when friends of District Attor
ney John J. Patterson Jr., of Juni
ata, became active in his behalf
Mr. Patterson lives at Mifflin anc
comes of a family long prominent ir
! state affairs. Friends of formei
I Judge James W. Shull, of Perry
! who is backed by the Perry bar, liav<
I been busy, while George R. Barnetl
! who has offices in this city and wiu
j a judicial aspirant two years ago
has been talking about him. Th<
Juniata people claim that Perry ha!
1 had the last two judges, but only re
. cently D. Lloyd Hartman, of Miff
! lin, was appointed by the Governoi
to the |5,000 place of chief of th<
bureau of statistics in the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry. Th<
Governor will be urged to name t
judge, as license courts must be helc
within three weeks. Judge Shu!
was here to-day. The Governor i:
in Florida. <
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LEBANON STIRS
OVER PRIMARY
Sproul and O'Neil People Arc
Getting Active; Urich Can
didate For House Again
Lebanon county commencing to
talk about the coming primary cam
paign with considerable interest and
predictions ofa big registration in
Lebanon city and in the boroughs
and townships are being made. It
is believed that the Republican vote
will be one of the largest in years.
The county is well organized and
Senator William C. Sproul will be
strongly supported, although visits
paid by Highway Commissioner J.
Denny O'Neil and the activity of men
connected with the Brumbaugh ad
ministration are having vitect. In the
event that Senator E. E. Beidleman
is a candidate for lieutenant governor
ho will receive a very flattering vote
as would, naturally. Secretary of In
ternal Affairs Paul W. Houck, in a
campaign for renomination.
Present indications are that Repre-
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Vfl Both coat and
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pantalette pockets,
in Rookie, Soldier's
Blue and Navy,
$55.00
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Discriminately Chosen
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sentative I. K. T T rieh, of Annvllle, will
he renominated, anil L. Stiylor Zim
merman. of Lebanon, may bp hi* run
ning mate. The IXMiiocrats have not
yet shown many signs of interest in
the campaign, being more concerned
In getting federal Jobs than in any
thing els<'.
Don't Let Soap
Spoil Your Hair
When you wash your hair, be
careful what you use. Most soaps
and prepared shampoos contain too
much alkali, which Is very injurious,
as it dries the scalp and makes the
hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
mulsified cocoanut oil, for this is
pure and entirely greaseless. It's
very cheap, and beats the most ex
pensive soaps or anything else all
to pieces. You can get this at any
drug store, and a few ounces will
last the whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with wa
ter and rub it in, about a teaspoon
ful is all that is required. It makes
an abundance of rich, creamy lather,
cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and is soft, fresh looking,
bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to han
dle. Besides, It loosens and takes
out every partlelo of dust, dirt and
dandruff.