Alexander Called to Army;
Costs the Cubs $50,000
By Associated Prtss
St. Paul, Neb., April 12.—Grover
Cleveland Alexander, pitcher of the
Chicago National League baseball
team, has been selected by the draft
board of Howard county as one of
twelve of the county's quota of draft
ed men to go to Camp Funston dur
ing the five days beginning April 26.
Chicago, April 12.—The calling of
Grover Cleveland Alexander, premier
pitcher of the National League into
the Army, as reported to-day from
his home in St. Paul, Neb., will cost
Charles H. Weeghman, president of
the Chicago Nationals, $50,000. j
Weeghman made this statement af- j
being informed Alexander had
Been drafted.
Weeghman admitted for the first
time to-day that Alexander had been
paid a $5,000 bonus for joining the
club this season. Alexander is the
first baseball star of magnitude to be
called to the colors. Weeghman
purchased Alexander and his bat
tery mate. Catcher William Killi
fer. from the Philadelphia club for
a price reported to be in excess of
$60,000. It was one of the biggest
baseball deals in the history of the
game.
V. S. I.KXnS 91-5,000,000 TO FRANCE
Wanhlnglon. April 12.—France yes
terday got another credit from the
Treasury of $125,000,000, making
France's total $1,565,000,000 and the
total credits to all the Allies $5,285,-
000,000.
The Right Laxative
For The Little On—
The natural condition of a child is to be Caldwell's Syrup Pope in produces a free move
happv and carefree. When the girl mopes ment of the bowels without griping. A very
and is indifferent to school and study, or the little is required, and it is to take,
boy is sullen and refuses to go out and play; A few >*" aftc ' its use the dnld wdl be ,ts
the child needs a laxative to empty the bowels ppy * a?am "
and stir up the liver. * It is an excellent remedy for the mother
herself, and for the other members of tho
But something should be given that will family, in obstinate or occasional conati-*
produce the result in as simple and nat- pation, for the relief of headaches, as an aid
ural a way as possible. Harsh cathartics Jj, colds and fevers, minor skin eruptions and
and physics are neither necessary nor do- gj] disorders where the basis of the trouble
sirable. is constipation.
Many mothers have found that the com- The druggist will refund the money you
bination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin pay for Syrup Pepsin if it fails to do as
sold by druggists under the name of Dr. promised.
Dr. Caldwell's
OYRUP PEPSIN
The Perfect JL Laxative
NO INCREASE FREE SAMPLES
In spite of enormous increased laboratory costs Dr. CtldweD's Syrup Pcnsin is the laifatt selling
due to the War the manufacturers of Dr. Caldwell's liquid laxative in America. If you hare never used it /
Syrup Pepsin are sacrificing their profits and absorbing and would like to sample it before baying, seed your '
the war taxes so that this family laxative may remain address .for a free trial bottle to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, r
at the pre-war price of 50c and $1 a large bottle. So 468 Waahingtop St.. Montioelloj 11. If you have babiesm .
sold by dxuggists for 26 years. line family send for ft copy of The Car® of the Baby.**- ,' / *
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You Can't IVTake
an Omelet With
out Breaking Eggs
TO win the war it is unavoidable
that the rights of the individual
be infringed. It is unavoidable that
his personal comfort be temporarily
ignored, his personal property tem
porarily conscripted, his personal
fortunes temporarily impaired.
We Must Ma
We Mast Strike Hard
There is no time to weigh too care
fully the questions of individual
equity. The big job, the one job, is to
win the war. There will be plenty of
time to talk about it and adjust
grievances afterward.
All arguments aside, we've got one big job onlat the moment—to
Invest in
LIBERTY BONDS
= H This Space Paid For and Contributed by M =.l
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
and
CENTRAL TRUST CO.
3rd and Broad Sts., Harrisburg, Pa.
FRIDAY EVENING,
Man Who Arrested Ruler
Heads Liberty Loan Body
By Associated Press
Now York, April 12.—Alexander
Alexandrovitch de Boublikoff, the
man who arrested Emperor Nicholas
and escorted him to prison in Tsars
koe-Selo, a member of the former
Russian Duma and first minister of
communications under the revolu
tionary government, was chosen
chairman of a Russian Liberty Loan
committee organized here to-day.
Other members of the committee in
clude Count Ilya Tolstoi, nephew of
the late Count Tolstoi, and A. G. Se
menoffsky, director of military rail
ways under the Kerensky govern
ment.
Policeman's Bullet Kills
Auto Bandit, Officer Dying
By Associated Press
Toledo, 0., April 12.—Kenneth E.
Young. 17, automobile bandit, is
dead; Wesley Worden, 20, alleged to
have been his companion, has a bul
let wound in the knee and Patrolman
Christopher C. Dersch. 26, wounded
three times, is believed to be dying.
Dersch early to-day discovered two
men with an automobile stealing
gasoline a tank. A gun battle
between the officer and the men fol
lowed. Young was shot through
the heart.
The police say Worden confessed
that he and Young stole the auto
mobile and were attempting to re
plenish the tank with stolen gaso
line.
General Foch Directs
Strategy of the War;
Ix>ndon., April 12. —Th. relation
ship between General Foch and the
supreme war council at Versailles.
Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the
exchequer, told the House of Com
mons to-day, was that the council
still was working out plans and de
tails and that for the present General
Foch, who had been chairman of
the council, was exercislfig the power
of general in chief and directing the
strategy of the light. A closer co
ordination than had been possible
in the past would result, Mr. Bonar
Law said.
Empress Eugenie Has
Keen Interest in War
I.ondon.—The (impress Eugenie,
despite her great age. is said to be
taking a more active interest in
events for some y*>ars past. The war
has had a revising effect upon her,
she sees more people, laughs more,
and writes and receives more letters
than for many years. She preserves
all her faculties and her black eyes
that have "looked on so much" are
brilliant still. Her form is now bent
end she walks with a stick and Is no
longer fastidious about dress, though
she once set the fashions. Nearly
all her entourage are dead.
IXIAN TOTAIi $275,019,000
Washington. April 12.—Official re
turns at the Treasury for the first
four days of the Third Liberty Loan
to-day showed a total of $275,919,-
000.
Loss of Blood From Drawn
Teeth Causes Death
"Weakened by loss of blood, tho re
sult of having a number of teeth
drawn, George D. Embick, an em
ploye of the Harrisburg Pipe and
Pipe Bending Company, died at his
home, 1333 North Sixth street, yester
day afternoon. Several weeks ago
Mr. Embick suffered with an abscess
at the root of a tooth. Other teeth
were affected and it became neces
sary, in order to avoid more serious
complications, to have other teeth
drawn. Mr. Embick lost a quart of
blood. He recovered, apparently, and
returned to work. He was at work
on Monday, but was compelled to
consult a physician on Tuesday. On
Wednesday night he was taken ill
with pneumonia and died yesterday.
He was 56 years old. Mr. Embick
formerly had been a resident oi Mid
dle-town and was weil known in the
northern section of the city, where
he had resided for a number of years.
Elks Install Officers
at Ceremonial Session
Harrisburg Lodge No. 12, B. P. O.
Elks, last night installed officers for
the year. James Carroll, past ex
alted ruler was Installation officer.
Those Installed were:
.Exalted ruler, Edwin J. Lewis; es
teemed leading knight, Abner W.
Hartman; esteemed loyal knight. J.
J. Weaver; esteemed lecturing
knight, Daniel D. Hammelbaugh;
secretary, Charles L. Weber; treas
urer, C. H. Sigler; trustee, three
yestrs, H. C. Houtz; respresentative
to the Grand Lodge session at At
lantic City in July, Past Exalted
Ruler James Carroll; alternate. Past
Exalted Ruler Jonas M. Rudy. The
Installation banquet will be held later
in the month.
EPISCOPALIANS OITST BISHOP
New York, April 12.—The House of
Bishops of Lh Protestant Episcopal
Church accepted the resignation of
Bishop Paul Jones, ot the Mission
ary Province of Utah. The Hoiue of
Bishops requested the rasii- tion
several months &g4 ponding an in
quiry Into Bishop Jones' alleged ut
terances of pacifist sentiments and
his connection with "questionable or
ganizations."
Deaths and Funerals
MRS. ANNA M. BLACK
Mrs. Anna Mary Black, aged 52
years, wife of George W. Black, died
last evening at her late residence,
1940 North street, after a lingering
illness. Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock,
from the State Street U. B. Church,
the Rev. Mr. Rhoads officiating. Burial
will bs made in the East Harrisburg
Cemetery.
MISS REBECCA OBTIT
Funeral services for Miss Rebecca
Orth were held this afternoon from
the residence of her brother, Dr. H.
L. Orth, 206 Pine street. Private burial
was made. Miss Orth died Tuesday at
the home of her brother, J. W. Orth,
in Pittsburgh. Her parents were Ed
ward Lawrence Orth and Martha
Cummings Orth. She was closely con
nected with the Elder family, of Pax
tang. and was a lineal relative of the
famous old "Fighting Parson." Her
grandfather settled in Baltimore and
died there in 1816. Her brother was
superintendent of the State Hospital
for more than' a quarter century.
ALDERMEN COST
TAXPAYERS MUCH
tContinued from First Page.]
conducting police court had been
continued.
Figures on the books at the city
treasurer's office show that alder
men were paid *226.53. last year, as
fees on cases for Eolation of a
city ordinance. Alderman James B.
, DeShong, John B. Nicholas and A.
iM. Landis received the fees. Had
the hearings during 1917 been held
I by the mayors who held office this
money would have remained in the
I treasury and then placed in the gen
j cral fund at the end of the year.
Kasy IY>r the Mayor
The ordinance giving mayors the
I right to call in an alderman as a
| committing magistrate was intro
| duced and passed while the late
j Mayor E. S. Meals was in office. It
! was read in place by him August
115, 1916. Since that time all pris
oners held by the police have been
brought before aldermen for hear
| ings. The ordinance also provides
! that the alderman who is serving
j shall receive ill fees from the city
lor county which he would receive
were the hearings to be conducted
in his own office. In addition to re
; cei\ing the costs for city cases total
! ling $226 the aldermen last year re
jceived hundreds of dollars from the
' county which otherwise would have
I gone to the city treasury.
I The law provides that an alderman
shall receive certain fees for any
cases returned for quarter sessions
court or when discharged cases are
| reported after a criminal prosecution
has been brought add the defendant
released.
County Almo I.ohim
As no record is kept of eases which
the aldermen heard in their own of
fices last year and cases which they
disposed of while at police court ac
curate totals on the fee* which they
received but which would have been
paid to the city treasury were not
available for the city and county of
ficials interested in the present hear
ing system. In case the Mayor pre
sided as police court, all fees on court
cases would revert to the city treas
ury, and discharged cases woula not
be reported to the county, with the
Jesuit that hundreds of dollars would
be saved the county.
Not Mfich In Favor
The County Commissioners early
last year In studying the annual re
port of the County Controller for
1916 made a recommendation that
the Mayor conduct his jwn hearings
and thereby the county the
fees, but with the many changes in
( office last year the recommendation
never was considered.
Although a recommendation has
fcten made that a committing magis
trate should be provided for police
court at a fixed salary,- it was aaid
Jto-day Council is not likely to create
a new position at the Mayor's office
this year because of the enormous in
crease in the budget for that de
partment. Last year the cost to
maintain the Police department w?s
$£♦,345.05.
For 1918 $105,765 has been provid
ed for the department, giving in
crease for all policemen, providing
for an addition of five ftrolmen ond
cne sergeant to the force and for ad
ditional _ clerks. The appropriation
set aside Is by far the largest pro
vided in recent years and represents
an Increase of approximately twenty
five per cent
Fines and forfeitures last ve'ar to
taled $10,701, all paid into the city
tieasury. The total so far this year
Is $2,689.27, covering all returns of
fines imposed from December to
March and paid into the treasury in
the following amounts: February 1.1,
L'ccember lines anl forfeitures,
$372.72; March 4, $972.80; March 18,
$1,343,75. All funds collectel at pc
iice court hearings In 1917 were re
turned each month on the first or
second day of the month.
* ttXHJRISBTJRG TEtEGKXFEF
U.S. GUN IMPERILS
GERMAN FLEET
Throws Projectile As Far As
105 Miles; Shells Carry
Dynamite
Baltimore, Md.—That tho United
States government Has In its pos
session all the details for tho con
struction of a subcaliber gun that
will fire a cartridge loaded with 2,500
pounds of dynamite 105 miles was
the assertion yesterday afternoon at
the Hotel Ivernan of a well-known
man who has recently returned from
Washington, where he has been'ln
consultation with the heads of tho
War Department in reference to the
gun. At the request of the govern
ment he will not allow his name to
be used in connection with the gun,
but more than a yqar ago, when he
first went to Washington to place
tfie matter in the hands of the
Ordnance Department, he represent
ed Charles G. Armstrong, of the
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principles of doing business.
'Nobby' 'Chain' 'Royal Cord' 'Usco' 'Plain*
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Singer Building, New York, who
wished to present the gun to the
government. While the gun that has
recently been used by the Germans
to bombard Paris Is of similar con
struction, it is not nearly as deadly
as the one that Is now being con
sidered by the government.
After considering the gun more
than a year ago the government
officials said that they did not think
it could bo used, but now the matter
has again come up for consideration.
When the plans of the gun were
first submitted to the Ordnance De
partment in Washington It was
thought that it could be used as a
weapon with which to destroy the
German fleet.
From the plans seen yesterday at
the Hotel Kernan it was learned that
the gun could be used either on
board ship or land and that great
destruction could be done with It
from 50 to 105 miles by firing pro
jectiles loaded with vast quantities
of dynamite. The projectiles could be
used In any guns from 12 to 14 inches
or even larger. Around the cartridge
were placed rings of soft metal
which fit tightly in the bore of the
gun. Before tiring the gun haa to .be
wrapped with bands of some mate
rial that is only known to the govern
ment. After the projectile is placed
in position a charge of a high explo
sive is placed back of it. The gun
' has also been mounted on a special
APRIL' 12, 1918.
ly constructed carriage to take up
the recoil.
From tho specifications furnished
the government it is learned that
5,000 pounds of dynamite can be
fired 50 miles and 2,500 pounds 105
miles.
An arrangement is also attached
to the gun to tell how hard the wind
Is blowing and also to determine the
density of the atmosphere. All these
things have to be taken into effect
before firing the gun.
One of the reasons given by the
government officials for not accept
ing the gun more than a year ago
was the fact that no glasses had ever
been invented that could be used to
see objects at 105 miles. The govern
ment even went so far as to have a
gun of larg caliber wrapped and
ready to fire, but after a number of
experiments the wrapping was taken
off and the matter was let drop.
"Corpse Ship" Puzzle
to Bagdad Visitors
Itagdad.—Nothing in the land of
strange things strikes tho European
visitor so strangely as the "corpse
ship." It Is a huge barge piled high
with native corpses, many of them
several years old, which are being
carried down the river to rest in a
ce m e t e rynearthojOvhitenedbone||!
packelLUWll 111 .4Qy IHJUII, IJU KM
of which tho Arab attendants sit
jiaSPH.
ill <1 mlif bin mmmd urn I
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Itn H# lb i>WIDr j <!■!—t)i
froiW Jh MWri Itttrabfce Kl atftattka
hal^.tl'Ma M 0
tloa" ivjlrlw anuJo9i -uiroa on
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front Mi,;tn MMIk ' May
celpr A'' UowoTKU
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