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.
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nerves electrify the B-* si SQ . F?f .. a '*l
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Treat the liver and
the head is relieved. .
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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.
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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
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[ Big Contract of j
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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
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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.
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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.
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