CITY INTERESTED IN PLAN TO MAKE RIVER NAVIGABLE Rotary Club Promised Big Audience When Experts Talk Because of the great commercial advantages that would accrue to this city, a growing interest is be ing manifested by Harrisburg busi nessmen and traders in the meet ing Tuesday night in the Technical High School Auditorium, when the feasibility of making the Susque hunna navigable wlil be discussed. The interest taken in this move ment by the Atlantic Deeper Water ways Commission, and the State Water Supply ' Commission of Pennsylvania, and its endorsement by prominent engineers, among them Major William B. Gray, brings the whole matter out of the realm of speculation, and makes the plan to deepen the Susquehanna carry dignity and importance. Besides the speeches to be made by Major Gray and R. A. Zent myer, chairman of the AA'atcr Supply Commission, increasing interest is being taken in the address to be made by John H. Ostertag, of Co lumbia, who is chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the Mer chants and Magifacturers As>cia tion of that place, and who Was a member and delegate to the conven tion of the Atlantic Deeper Water ways Commission in Breton several months ago. Mrs. Ostertag will report on the tercst in the present plan shown by the Deeper Waterways Commission, and his address will outline the com mercial possibilities through the project for cities and towns along the Susquehanna below and above Harrisburg. It is even proposed to carry navigation of the Susque hanna as far north as Wilkes-Barrc and Williamsport, and the position of this city as a center for this trade is significant. The Rotary Club, under whose auspices the meeting Tuesday night will be held, has extended an invi tation to all businessmen in the City to attend, and to all persons in terested in the project. The meet ing, wheih will begin promptly at 7.45 o'clock, will be presided over by Eli N. Hershey, president of the Harrisburg Rotary Club. A letter was received by AA'illium M. Robin son, secretary of the Rotarians, that the Kiwanis Club will come to the meeting as a whole, and it is under stood that all members of the Har risburg Chamber of Commerce will avail themselves of the opportunity to hear this important matter dis cussed. "SYRUP OF FIGS'' CHILD'S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove poisons from stomach liver and bowels Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only—look for the name Cali fornia on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little stomach, liver anil bowels. Children love its de licious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dos t on each bottle. it without fear. X'J l! HOTEL MARTINIQUE - Broadway, 32d St., New York t: ox One B'.uck from Pennsylvania Station U Vl Equally Convenient for Amusements, ITm ►"ill Shopping or Business It-J "11 •] 15"* Pleasant Rooms, with Private Bath. p PiM 57 $2.50 PER D„Y V* ii £li Si n? . jSJia-f 'H I wiiiiii a- ij *57 Excellent Rooms, with Private liwHtoWl Bath, facing street/ southern exposure \lggSr $3.00 PER DAY Also Attractive Rooms from $l.BO 100 Roomi |T| rha Restaurant Prices Are Most Moderate (00 Baths fl—^Maa——B—— n ■ mini II mm Sick * licadachc It is one of the symptoms of liver . derangement and J\. T!V]E[ M S? 56 * stomach trouble. A KjFU MiA w'v! l v Sti fi V<? Fm C-4 KM bad liver reflect, its JTI Mkfc& Ksii disorder in a giddy, thumping head; the tT en shocked stomach [O | g tf nerves electrify the B-* si SQ . F?f .. a '*l brain with pain. JL AJmJH h*P Treat the liver and the head is relieved. . One dose will relieve the worst ease • of sick headache over night—perseverance in their use will remove the cause and give entire freedom from this distressing ailment. Schenck's Mandrake Pills are constructive tonic, so strengthening, reviving, comforting stomach, liver, bowels, that these organs are freed from tendency to disorder. Wholly vegetable; absolutely harmless they form no habit. PLAIN OR SUGAR COATED PROVED FOR MERIT BY SO YEARS' CONTINUOUS SALE DR. J. H. SCHENCK & SON, Philadelphia SATURDAY EVENING. C. V. NEWS BODY HELD 30 DAYS AT MORGUE i George Leonliardt, Once Be lieved Dead, Provided in Will For Late Burial • Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 16.—Believed 1 dead once, only to revive some hours j later, George H. Leonhardt, of Car -1 lisle, widely known in Southern Pennsylvania as a vendor of medical | soaps and remedies, has been buried, | thirty-one days after his death oc curred from Influenza. By a peculiar provision in his will ho requested that his body be kept in a morgue for thirty days before funeral serv ices were held, and this request was | complied with, with the result that j funeral services took place yester- I day, thirty-one days after death. Some years ago, Leonhardt, who | was a victim of a heart affection, I was thought to have succumbed, but I revived just as he was about to be | placed in the hands of an under ] taker and this was the reason for his j request. Corporal H. I. Zinn Post, : G. A. R., Resumes Meetings Moelinnlosbui'g, Pa., Nov. 16. On Thursday evening (lie regular meeting' of Cbl. 11. 1. Zinn Post No. { 415. Grand Army of the Republic. ] were resumed with an unusually j large attendance and interest on the I part of the officers and members, j In addition to the regular business of the meeting, four candidates for i membership were elected as raem ! beys and mustered into the Post. Past Commander Frank H. Hoy, i Sr., Past Commander George W. j Rhoads and Officer of the Day Jones, i all of Post No. 58, Harrisburg, were j present. Comrade Rhoads, in his official capacity as chief-of-stal'C to | the commander, represented the I Department of Pennsylvania. Dur i ing the exercises congratulations on | the close of the war and the condi ; tion of the Post, as exemplified by ! the addition of new members, were j offered by Comrades Hoy, Rhoads, • Jones and Adjutant Floyer, of the I local post. j MUS. ELIZABETH WEAKLEY ' Mecluiiiicsburg, Pa.,- Nov. ,16. — ; Mrs. Elizabeth Weakley, widow of William K. Weakley, died at the j home of her son. J. King Weakley, | near Boiling Springs, on Thursday night, at the age of 88 years. She j was a daughter of George and Nancy t McCormick and was a life-long resi- I dent of Cumberland county. I Surviving arc two sons,' Lincoln Weakley, of near liuntsdale, and J. King Weakley. Funeral services will lie held at the home of her son on j Monday afternoon at t o'clock, and , burial made in Spring iliil Cemetery, • Shippcnsburg. ENTERTAINING SOLDIERS Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 16.—With a can. I teen committee holding entertain j nients every few days and club quar ters for soldiers of the Catholic and i Jewish fait Its, an additional point for tile entertainment of soldiers will i tie established here this evening with j the formal opening of a reading and ' cluhrooms for soldiers in connection j with the local Y. M. C. A., half of the , lower lioor of the big building being ! fitted up for the entertainment of ; men in uniform. This evening there ; will lie a reception for men from I the general hospital and next Satur day for those of the S. T. C. A. at j Dickinson, while throughout th're | mainder of tlie week the rooms will be opened informally. FARMER MOVES TO TOWN Waynesboro, Pa., Nov. 16.—Alex- I ander IJ. Morganthall, a veteran of | the Civil AVur, and a large apple ' grower in this section, whose Bluo ! Mountain orchards are located near i Rouzcrvllle, has disposed of his i farming implements and lias moved , to ills town residence, which he pyr- I chased in IS7I and occupied thirty three years, or until he moved to his I farm six years ago. I BROTHER DIES IN FRANCE | Waynesboro, Pa., Nov. 16.—Mrs. T. 11. Davis has received word that her brother, Sergt. Charles G. Ross j man, of the Medical Detachment of • the United States Ambulance Serv | ice Unit, with the American Expedi | tionary Forces in France, had died j there of pneumonia. SAMUEL SUGAR DIES Wayncslioro, Pa., Nov. 16.—Snm -1 uel Sugar, died Thursday morning of • pneumonia after an illness, of infiu ; enza. He was 28 years old, and is I survived by his wife and one child. GREECE LOYAL TO SERBIA IN GERMAN PLOT Minister Reveals Plot of Huns to Draw in Allies by Means of Barter London, Nov. 16.—Eliptherios Vcnizelos, prime minister of Greece, speaking in London yesterday, re ferred to a conversation he had at the beginning of the war with' the German jlhinister in Athens. The German minister had come to him because ho was aware of the declaration of M. Vonizelos that if Bulgaria attacked Serbia, Greece would go to tjie assistance of her ally. "The minister showed me the great dangers Greece would run it she carried out her plan, because she would have opposed to her not only Bulgaria but Germany," said M. Venizelos. "I replied that I was ex ceediggly sorry to hear that, but it was our duty to go to the assist ance of our ally and we should carry out that duty. "The German minister then asked me if in going to Serbia's assist ance I was looking forward to any beneiits that might accrue to Greece. I replied 'No.' lie then said: "But if Greece will remain neutral we are in a position to give her very great and substantial benefits.' "I asked what were the benefits .Germany would offer us. I put that question knowing what the answer would be, but I wished it to come from him. lie replied: 'Germany will give you Monastir and as much more of Serbia us you want.' "I said to the minister: 'You will allow me to translate your offer into my own words. What you do is this—you ask me to dishonor ntji signature, to dishonor my country and to violate its obligations towards Serbia, and as remuneration you offer me a part of the corps of that which I am expected to kill. My country is too little to commit so great an infamy'." ARMY TO SEND BACK 30,000 MEN DAILY [Continued from First Page.] in France, General March said the order i.i which the divisions will be withdrawn is being left to General Pershing:. It is the intention of tlie War Department, however, so far as is practicable, to return each ■division tt the locality from which the majority of its men cante and to parade the division in adjacent cities so that the people may have a chance to give lilting welcomes. As an example, he said, the New England soldiers might be brought to Camp Devcns and parade in Bos ton and other cities. War Victims to Come First. Orders have been cabled tb Gen eral Pershing to begin the return at once of all casuals, sick and wounded, who can be moved, and convalescents. A steady stream of these men should begin immediately to cross the Atlantic. Camps at home will be cleared out to prepare for the return of the ex peditionary forces and the General indicated that the process would be expedited. A unit of regular troops will be left at each camp to guard and police it in preparation for the arrival of the overseas units, ltninhow Division to Be Honored Because of its unusual composi tion, General March said, and its brilliant record at the front, the 4 2nd i Rainbow Division), .will he given special consideration in the demobilization plans. The purpose of the department was not outlined specifically, but the Impression was gained that the division will be paraded in Washington before it is mustered out. Steps already, have been taken to ward the organization of the perma nent army. All men now in the army have been or will be offered an hon orable discharge from the emergency enlistment and an immediate re-en listment in the new forces. A fur lough of one month will be given as an incentive to re-enlistment. To Get litmus on Salary It was announced that Congress will be asked to give each man dis charged from the array regardless of whether he re-enlists, a bonus of one month's salary. General March pointed out also that all soldiers are entitled under law to wear their uni forms for three months after dis charge. This wjll make loss difficult the immediate task of supplying civi lian clothing to the demobilized army. The return of commissioned per sonnel of the army to civilian life General March said, would be effected by dividing the present list of of ficers into three classes, those who desire) commissions in the regular army, those who are willing to hold themselves available for future ser vice as reserve officers, and those who desire honorable discharge from the service. Instructions have been issued to the army staff corps to carry out the reduction in their commissioned and enlisted lists, keeping pace with the reduction of the line forces. Pershing to llnrry Cnsunlllea General Pershing has been directed to expedite complete casualty lists of his forces, showing the names of every man killed or wounded or miss ing up to 11 a. m. November 11. General March would not hazard an estimate as to what the final total would be. Replying to a question as to the number of American prisoners In Germany ho said official records up to October 15 gave ttie total as 5.735. General March sketched the offi cial line' held by the Allied armies and the Americans along the west front when the fighting stopped. The' front held by the First and Second American armies at that hour meas ured 52 miles. Of the American force. General March said: tray Dear to American People "it had reached Its highest point of military excellence on the day the fighting stopped and had endeared Itself to the hearts of the American people." Poigs of the Atlantic const from Boston to Charleston. S. C\, Genernl March said are being organized to handle returning troops and It Is possible that ports south of Charles ton will be urcd. The question of final disposition of the great cantonments is being stud ied, General March said, and no de cision has been reached. New con struction already largely had been stopped. \| HARRISBURG TFT.FGR.APH PAINTING THE CITY RED IN GOOD CAUSE Unique Method of Checking Up on What Harrisburg Is Do ing to Support the Soldiers Who Remain in France An uncommon sight was witnessed, in the h'story of Harrisburg to-day,; wheii thousands of inquisitive citi- I sens flocked to the pavement in front of the Courthouse, where stands the huge map of the city, designating in red paint precisely what localities of tho municipality did in responding to the drive for United War Work funds. Human Interest ivas the keynote of the . demonstration. Every person, man. woman and child, wanted to see what his particular block did. whether! It went over the top or slacked. The fact that Harrisburg bus al ready passed its quota in nowise les sened the tremendous interest, and wise obsorvers concluded that this stunt, which was originally suggested by ex-Ma.vor J. "tVlliam Rowman, was tho cleverest ever. No city ever tried it before; tlie notion was born of in spiration on a trip to New York, made for the purpose of finding out the best way to completely canvass a big city. "Check them up by words." was Mr. Bowman's suggestion to David E. Tracy, city chairman, and E. J. Htack pole, district chairman. There was doubt whether this Intri cate project could be handled, but four expert draughtsmen and ten swift stenographers got on the Job, and In two weeks the entire city was maped out in individual ward), with every house number, and thus the manning Commission, chairman of which is E. S. Herman, had something substantial to work on. Fixing the Quoin* The huge , throngs which gathered to-day in front of the hoard wondered how the trick was done, while an artist was completing his job of paint ing the over-top districts red. And to this is a story of gpnuine genius and efficiency. Mr. Uowman suggested that the quota fay each ward fshould he determined by the total population, the valuation of taxable property, the mercantile tax, the vot | Avoid Disappointment by Doing Your Christmas Shopping Now jjj [ Big Contract of j Winter Piano Co. Closed j H I' OES/QM PITCIIT N *OB9 I 34P ®J 14 1125 AM H HA* Hew Yorlc II Y Nov 15 1918 • B El _ * | Troup Bros, 1 317 Chestnut St., Harrisburg, Fenna. J ■ Your offer for entire winter stock Is aocepted. and we consider the j sale closed. I " Winter and Co jj 1 1127 AM £ I I i Big Lot of Pianos and Player Pianos I These Goods Are On Sale at 317 Chestnut Street This is absolutely the biggest opportunity for ail prospective Piano Buyers, pi Because this stock has been' bought at way below normal prices. £ . We must dispose of these High Grade Instruments within the next few days, as wc must have the room on our floors for 1* m other Xmas goods arriving daily. This stock consists of WINTER'S best make of Pianos and the Cases are of beautiful Oak and Mahogany and are of the £ same High Class Pianos that have been sold in this city for the past 10 years, and formerly located on North Sixth Street. There will be a saving to you on these High Grade Pianos from $75.00 to slpo.oo. Now this is surely one chance for you to | *3 secure a beautiful Piano for Xmas. As we positively must dispose of the goods in short order. In this BIG STOCK are also a number of BEAUTIFUL PLAYER-PIANOS of Beautiful Designs. i • 100 Talking Machines | M|jjr Don't forget if you have not bought a Talking Machine to see the "EMPIRE"—the Machine that has won its way b Hi into hundreds of Homes in Harrisburg the last few weeks, for its wonderful tonal qualities, the perfect reproduction that §Kjj is absolutely life-like, the machine that plays any Record. At the very special prices and terms that we are still allowed jj to quote you, you are able to own one of these beautiful Machines, and as cur Christmas stock of Machines is in we are 1 able to give ycu the benefit cf the wonderful selection of cases. We also offer you a complete stock c. f Solotone, Pathe, j MS! Starr, Stoddard and Magnola Machines We have about fifty (50) Second-hand Machines, including such makes as I Edison, Victor Sonora and many other makes on which we will make very attractive prices to get rid of them. I 6 RECORDS OR 12 SELECTIONS FREE WITH EACH MACHINE j H Liberty Bonds Accepted During This Sale at Their Full Face Value TROUP BROS. 317 Chestnut Street I Out High Rent District—Daily Concerts —For the Benefit of Those Who Cannot Visit Us 11 During the Day Our Store Will Be Open Evenings. Come In. , / ... .... ... ing poulatlon, the number of stores I' and industries. When the drive is over it will ap pear that no stunt ever pulled in Har risburg was more efficient than this, | although the workers in some in ; stances failed to get every man in i the district. Early to-day, for In ■ stance, and indignant person came to headquarters and liunded in a check | for $35. i "They missed my house," he com | plained bitterly, "and I see on the board it is not painted red." The drive was pulled so quickly that I some workers failad to go the route, I and the pr.Ject now is to continue the i canvass several days next week, so every resident in town will be visited. 1 Many a canvasser found the door | slammed ■ lti his face, hut these in i stances were forgotten when happier ; ones were reported. A young miss from an uptown district, cunie to the ! office ao give fifty cents in order that i her district should be painted in one i wee, small corner. Hiiilruud shops to Fore ! Each ward had a leader, and he ap j pointed four precinct lenders. A great ! number of workers were enrolled, one ! block being assigned to each two. The I Eleventh ward, for example, has sev -1 enty-ftve blocks, so the number of i'workers there wns 150. | There was a wild howl to-day from ; hundreds who arrived before the of-- 1 Aclal dauber had his red paint and ! the scores. A leader in the Seventh jward shouted: "Why, they have the i roundhouse white, und X took $535 • from 170 men there." | "I got you," responded the painter, who hove in view then. "All those I railroad shops made good." Pleasant View and Penbrook show ed up fine with complete red. The i Bellevuc section equaled it. The I Twelfth ward looked had this tnorn . I ing. but late results were not In. Run it ning from Sixth street to Ifront, be tween Boyd avenu® and Kelker street. Two Million Chocolate Bars Ordered in Hershey For U. S. Army in France Hersliey, Nov. 16.—Tho huge task of manufacturing, wrapping and packing two million chocolate almond bars before December G, faces workers at the plant of the Hershey, Chocolate^ Company hero, as the result of a government order for that amount of chocolate to be sent to the boys overseas for Christmas. Th.e riocolate bars will weigh a half-pound each. The total weight of the shipment will be 1,000,000 pounds and 15 cars, it is estimated, will be required. That j the shipment may go across safely and quickly, the Her shey lted Cross has voted to devote all possible time of the workers for the soldiers' Christmus treat. A call for 300 women workers has been issued. Merger of Lutheran Synods Is Ratified New York, Nov. 16.—The Unltfed Lutheran Church in America, an amalgamation of three Lutheran bodies, was incorporated here yes terday. More than 1,000 delegates from this country and Canada rati fied the merger. The Rev. Dy. Frederick H. Knubed, of New York, was elected president on the third ballot. The Rev. Di\ M. G. G. Seherer, of Charleston, S. C„ was chosen secretary, and Clarence D. Miller, of Philadelphia, treasurer. only six blocks out of fifty were red. Tlie Tenth ward was only painted a little over hair red. The Ninth ward, from Twentieth street to Fifteenth, was white all along Market street. In sharp contrftst, Capitol Hill was one block of red. As a sample of municipal thorough ness. nothing like this house-to-house drive has been seen during the war. NOVEMBER 16, 1918. Time Is Extended For Mailing of Christmas Parcels to Yanks Abroad The time for mailing Christmas) parcels to the boys overseas ha" been extended to November SO by an official order. This announce ment was received in Harrisburg to-day. Workers at the local Christmas parcel headquarters urged that al though this order has been made, senders of Christmas parcels should expedite the sending of their gifts. "Purchase your gifts as soon as you receive the label; have them in spected and send theih at once if you want the parcel to reach the boy by Christmas day," Is the slogan. Local inspection headquarters un der the auspices of the Harrisburg chapter. American Ited Cross, arc in the old Ford display rooms, cor ner of ltiver and Market streets and | next to the Senate Hotel. Germans Begin March Out of France to Homeland Headquarters of the American First Army In France, Nov. 16.—The Germans In force w< re to begin to i day to leave the points they now I occupy northcust of the American | lines, according to German wireless messages. Opposite the American j front (here was much wagon and [ automobile tradio yesterday, the Germans apparently hauling out the applies of war material which are not to be left behind. A few German rear guards are to remain as patrols and to pick up any stragglers should some Germans at tempt to desert. American observa tion balloons went up yesterday af- I ternoon, the observers endeavoring no get an idea of the extent of the German withdrawal, but most of the ' traffic was so far back that little of the activity could be seen. Fonck, Ace of Aces, Ends the War With 75 Aerial Victories Paris, Nov. 16.—Lieut. Reno Fonck. a French flier, and greatest of the Allied aces. Anded the warl with a total of seventy-live official aerial victorias. He has an addi-j tional forty Huns to his - credit butf not officially confirmed. Lieut. Fonck's greatest day was when he brought down six planearl His quickest work was the shooting down of three Germans in twenty seconds. Lteutena. t Fonck fought throa. distinct battles in the air when, on May 8, he brought down six Ger man airplanes In one day. His record never lias been equaled In aviation. Ail three engagements were fought within two hours. In all, Fonck r :! only fifty-: ix shots, an average of Jittlc more than nine bullets for each enemy brought down —an ex traordinary record, in view of the fact that aviators often fire hun dreds of rounds without crippling their opponent. The tirst fight, in which Lieute nant Fonck brought down three German machines lasted only a minute and a half, and the young Frenchman tired only twenty-two shots. | WHY HAIR FALLS OUT Dandruff causes a feverish irrita tion of the scalp, the hair roots shrink, loosen and then the hair comes out fast. To stop falling hair at once and rid the scalp of every particle of dandruff, get a small bottle of Danderlne at any drug store, for a few cents, pour a little in your hand und rub well Into tho scalp. After several applications ail dandruff disappears and the haif stops coming out —Adv. 3
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