JOHNSTOWN LOOKS GOOD ON ITS RECORD; BIG BASKETBALL TREAT SATURDAY NIGHT>
Johnstown Will Put Up
Hard Battle Saturday
Only a blizzard will interfere with
a huge crowd seeing the real .lot
ball battle of the season on bhi.--ir
day when Tech plays Johnstown for
High school championship of the
' ' state. Our big city is taking a vital
concern ltw the contest, for it means
putting Harrisburg on the mip. This
is evidei ced among other ways, by
an A.J.son Hill druggist Emmet E.
rarker, corner of Eighteenth and
Regina .streets, who Is offering a
handsome silver trophy to the win
ner, to become its permanent pos
session. Mr. Packer says he has not
chosen the precise article from his
window, but that it will be wqrth
while and he certainly Is to-be con
gratulated for his activity in boost
ing wholesome sport.
The Telegraph is in receipt from
Johnstown of its football results this
season which shows consecutive win
ning but no such mammoth scores 33
have been made by Tech. Their total
has been 364 points against the
BODIES OF THOSE |
WHO FELL INWAR
TO BE RETURNED
General March Cannot Say
How Soon Transportation
Will Begin
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 4. General
Peyton C. March told the Senate
' military affairs committee yesterday |
that unless relatives of Americans |
who have lost their lives In war re- j
quest otherwise, all bodies of the
American dead will be brought home j
with legislation by Congress. How |
soon the transportation of the bodies I
will begin. General March said he |
could not state.
Senator Freltnghuysen, of New
Jersey, said that apparently the
total American deaths were 60,000
and of these only 42,000 have been
reported.
General March said the majority
of the 160,000 casualties still unre
ported are of soldiers slightly
wounded.
The New Jersey senator urged
that the committee act to expedite
the final returns.
Secretary Baker estimated 750,-
000 Americans had been in actual
fighting up to the signing of the
armistice. General March thought;
the number exceeded those figures, i
being "somewhat less than a mil-1
lion."* y j
CAPTAINS LEAD ACADEMY
The lively tilts at the Academy
bowling alleys last night resulted in
victory for Sergeants and Lieuten
ants. Weak teams are to be strength
ened now to make contests close. The
standing:
W. L. P.C.
Captains 7 2 778
Lieutenants 5 4 556
Privates 5 4 556
Generals 5 4 556
Sergeants 5 4 556 |
Pershings 4 5 445
Majors 3 6 333
Corporals 2 7 2201
AROUND THE BASES
On home shores the armies are landing—
Our tribute they sorely do earn;
While murderers wanton with comfort
111 tliat socallcd "a neutral Interne."
So we'll honor the brave boys' homecoming
Hut keep ever sacred that urn
With the ashes of those silent soldiers
The soldiers who'll never return.
Say, you know who would be the
next President of the United States
if he lived over here, and it wouldn't
matter whether he was a Democrat,
Republican or Bolshevik. It's the
Kent who said this, Lloyd George:
"Somebody has been responsible for
a war that has taken the lives of
millions of the best young men of Eu
rope. Is not anyone to be "made re
sponsible for that? If not, nil 1 can
say is that, if that is the case, there
is one justice for the poor, wretched
criminal and anther for jtings and
emperors."
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Lebanon, Dec. 4. —Thomas O. Hughes,
of California, is & patient at the Good
bamaritan Hospital here, suffering
with a broken neck. Hughes played
left tackle for the Mlddletown Atro
(Squadron eleven in the football Kume
staged on Bethlehem field here with
the Lebanon High School team and
suffered the injury in a hot scrim
mage just before the end of the hot
ly-fought contest.
Oh, these English triflers:
"There were two actresses in an
early play of mine," said an author,
"both very beautiful, b\it the leading
actress was thin. She quarreled one
day at rehearsal with the other lady,
and she ended the quarrel by saying,
haughtily: 'Remember, please, that
I am the star.'
" 'Yes, I know you're the star,' the
other retorted, eyeing with an amused
smile the leading actress' long, slim
figure, 'but you'd look better, my
dear. If you were a little nieteonl' "
Tit-Bits.
Word from abroad says Grover
Cleveland Alexander will not be with
us in the rejuvenation of baseball
next spring. When the Cubs paid
the Phililes $50,000 for Alex they put
such a high value on him that Persh
ing is going to keep him over there
k for the main spring in the Watch on
the Rhine.
The Athletics have dropped Rube
Oldring, a sad swan song fur thuu
eands of fans who woud rather see
Rube step to the marble and give the
pill a ride than any other living
clouter. This means Rube's retire
ment from the game.
Here Is one American with the
punch, the chaplain of Columbia Col
lege In New York, who pleads against
"softness" In dealing with the Huns.
Bays he: "We are not treating with
an honorable though foe.
We are dealing with" p criminal
brought to book and as yet unrepent
ant. We are dealing with a nation
that has shown itself morally defec
tive. How to treat Germany is a prob
lem of penology."
-j "Von Tlrpltz himself cut oft liis
• VYEDTCESDAY EVENING,
foe's 6, and that is sufficient to guar
antee a genuine scrap next Saturday.
The victims and scores were:
Johnstown, 6; Latrobe, 0.
Johnstown, 7; Hurrisburg Central,
6. I
Johnstown, 25; Uniontown, 0.
Johnstown, 15. Connellsville, 0.
Johnstown, ISS; Apollo, 0.
Johnstown, 27; McKeesport, 0.
Johnstown, HO; Pittsburgh, 0.
Johnstown, 44; Williamsport, 0.
Johnstown 27, Monessen, 0.
Johnstown, 10; Windber, 0.
Johnstown, 0; Washington, 0.
Tech is hoping to have "Bob"
Maxwell, Philadelphia, sport expert,
I to handle the big game, and "Shorty"
Miller is secured. The officials are
sure to be high class, for there has
been no bickering in any tray here
rfhis'year. Johnstown will bring along
a husky quota cf rooters and the
team is making every effort to get in
perfect shape. Coach Paul 3initli
is letting his men rest, feeling cer
tain of their prime coudition.
Ike McCord and His
League Island Team
Play Here Saturday
The highest class basketball
seen here this year will be staged
Saturday night at the Chestnut
Street Auditorium where Ike Mc-
Cord and his League Island Navy
team meet the Harrisburg Inde
pendents. -Ike will be remembered
as former Harrisburg Central High
coach and also as the leader of
the Independents and his work at
center for the enemy Will be close
ly watched. McWilltams, who
formerly played a guard position
on the world champion Greystoclc
five, will be In the cage with
Trautwein. a former Philadelphia
Central High School star. The
usual dance will follow the game.
Big Crowd Looked on at
Leonard Billiard Match
Harrisburg turned out greedily last
night to see the big-league billiard
tournament at Leonard's establish
ment, which occupies a big space just
in the rear of Kennedy's drugstore.
As planned, two matches came off.
Earnest Schweimetz defeated Bruce
Mingle, 80 to 66 in a well-played,
clever game. Schweimetz committed
one foul and Mingle made none. The
highest run made by Schweimetz was
for 18 billiards. Mingle ran 11 at
one time, which was his highest at
one clip.
The second match also created much
interest. John Fertig defeated
Thomas Devine 100 to 57. Neither
players fouled at all. Fertig is a
100 bill'irj handicap man and De
vine is a 70 handicap player. The
match was only won at the last few
minutes through clever playing on
the part of Fertig.
MELROSE ISSUES CHALLENGE '
The Melrose Grammar School claims
the football championship of the city
for grammar school teams. Any
school disputing this title can ar
range game by communicating with
the manager, Truman Thompson, Bell
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whiskers." He might as well have
cut a little lower.
These are days of real sport The
Green Ridge Sporting Club, made up
of Waynesboro boys, all in their
teens—N. E. Mickley, N. B. Devor, R.
A. Hsley and R. L Trone—went
hunting, encamped at a lodge they
built Ijjist summer, and brought back,
two deer. The bag included a -big
spike buck and a four-prong stag.
The Wildwood football team is
without a game (Saturday and
would like to arrange one. It is.re
quested that parties should commun
icate with Norman C. Boone, 2415
Reel street, or call between 11 and 12
o'clock in the morning Bell phono
2864-M. •
Chicago, Dec. 4. —A dual training
trip to California with some Ameri
can League team, if it can ;>e ar
ranged, is one of the plans of Mana
ger Mitchell, of the Chicago Nation
als, who is slated to become president
as well as manager of the National
League champions next vear.
The Cubs are booked for their
spring conditioning on the p aciflc
ccast next year, so far as anything
can be foretold in baseball at pres
ent. it was said yesterday. Manager
Mitchell believes the California cli
mate is excellent for putting ball
players in shape, and William Wrig
ley. Jr., who is the controlling spirit
In the ownership of the club. Is said
to be of the same opinion.
Mitchell belieVes that mutual bene
fits could bo obtained if two malor
league teams were to make the trip
to the coast and play exhibition
games there, as has been done in the
South In previous seasons rival
teams in the 'two leagues.
You may swallow your own peach
stones new.
"We surmise that the cooties will
regret the war is over. A pleasant
.time was had by them.'V-Exchange.
Paris, Dec. 4.—The American Army
of Occupation will have plenty of
time for sports, and the Knights of
Columbus are making especial efforts
to meet the situation.
"Johnny" Evers, who has been in
chart* of basebnll Instruction and
who has sailed for New York, left be
hind a complete organization to help
the soldiers in playing baseball.
Large quantities of sporting goods
are being forwarded to the Army of
Occupation from the Paris depot of
the Knights of Columbus.
in the Army will be In the
hands of "Billy" Roche, who is In Lon
don at present at the special request
of Major-General Riddle to rcfere
bouts between American and British
soldiers and sailors
SNOODLES His Pa Thought All the U-Boat£ Had Been Surrendered By
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Horse Racing Revival Next Year;
Ross, of Canada, Is Turf Monarch
lt is believed that the end of the
war will see 'the beginning of a co
lossal racing program to be shared
by the whole world. The sport was
very lively this year in America, but
nothing to what it will be next sea
son, and besides this the tracks of
England and France will be going
wide open. Next year will see a new
king of the turf in Commander J.
K. L. Ross, of Canada, whd recently
purchased Motor Cup, War Pennant
and War Marvel from A. Iflng Mc-
Comber, of California.
That he should have paid $75,000
for the above named trio, which in
cludes as the first named one of the
fastest of the sprinters of the coun
try and the winner of the Withers
among other American "classics";
War Pennant, a 2-year-old which
recently established himself as be
ing in the first flight among 2-year
olds, and War Marvel, another of
the good ones of the year of that
age. is considered nothing out of
the ordinary for tho Canadian
sportsman, who has, since coming
PROGRAM READY
FOR BIG MUSIC ALE
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i\V. C. T. U. to Bring Well
j Known Musicians Here
Friday and Saturday
A real musical treat, with a native
Pennsylvania, girl as leader in the
program, will be offered to liarris
burg at Fahnestock Hall Friday
and Saturday evenings, under the
auspices of East liarrisburg Wom
en's Christian Temperance Union.
This local organization is fortunate
in working with the National Society
for Broader Education, the enter
prising establishment which has its
'headquarters at 168 West High
street, Carlisle, which is able to sup
ply the highest class of entertaining
taient, and Friday and Saturday
nights will introduce to the Capital
City the noted performers, Betsy
Lane Shepherd, soprano; Sara Guro
witsch, violoncelloist, and Helene
Whitaker, pianiste.
Keen local interest is taken in the
first named because sh£ was born
and bred in old Pennsylvania and
has had no tutelage outside of this
fair land. Though youthful, she has
won higher laurels with her notgs of
"liquid gold" than many more
widely known artists; and, as the
New York Telegraph comments, "she
proves that English may not only
be sung, but sung beautifully."
The stern critics of other Gotham
papers were evidently captured by
the Pennsylvania girl's sweet lilts,
for the" captious New York Sun af
firmed: "Miss Shepherd sang in
tune, with excellent phrasing, with
good breath support, clear enuncia
tion and a good command of gradu
ation of tone. Technical equipment
of such kfnd has decided value. In
the recital fie'd it must of necessity
be employed in the service of under
standing. and this indeed Miss Shep
herd showed."
The New York Tribune comment
ed: "She displayed that intelligence
and clearness of expression which
discriminating lovers of song de
light in."
The program for Friday night is:
Hungarian Rhapsodie No. 12
(Liszt), Helene Whitaker.
"Rendi '1 Sereno" (Handel);
"Pastoral" (Bizet): "Chanson des
Raisers" (Romberg), Betsy Lane
Shepherd.
Sonata in G—Allegro, Grave, Vi
vace—Sara, Gurowitsch.
Aria from Louise, "Depuls le .Tour"
(Charpentier), Betsy Lane Shep
herd.
Andante (Molique), Sara Guro
witsch.
"Reflets dans l'liau (Debussy),
Danse Negre (Cyril Scott), Helene
WTiitaker. *
"The Like o' Him (J. P. Scott).
"Sonny Roy" (Pearl Curran), "The
Daily Maids" (LaForge), "Sanctu
ary" (LaFofge), Betsy Lane Shep
yard. .
"Spanish Dance" (Granados-Kreis
ler), "Song of India" (Rimsky-Kor
sakov), "Dance of the Elves" (Pop
per), Sara Gurowitsch.
Songs of the nations: "Ireland and
You" —Irish (Roy Webb), "The Gap
in the Hedge"—English (Banard),
"O'er the Lonely Mountains" —Rus-
sian folk song: selected—patriotic—
American, Lane Shepherd.
Mrs. C. M. Spahr, chairman of
the East liarrisburg Y. W. C. A.,
wishes to have it known that the Red
Cross auxiliary will work at their
room, 1314 Derry street, on Thurs
day next from 9.30 to 5 o'clock. A
call is given to have all knitted goods
1-eturned and for all workers at the
machines.
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Tells of Modern
Merchanlizing Methods
Hcrsbey, Dec. 4. At the monthly
meeting of the Hershey Department
Store Emplyoyes' Association, W. R.
Rush, of the Educational Department
of the Elliott-Fisher Company, Har
rlsburg, gave an address on merchan
dizing methods. He was sent here
under the auspices of the Harrteburg
Chamber of Commerce. The meeting
was taken up with regular business,
somo musical numbers, including
social songs, and refreshments. The
association has a jnembershlp of
eighty or more, and last night's turn
out was large.
HARRIBBURQ TELEGRXPH
on the turf, displayed a disposition
to get what he wanted when he so
desired.
That he has taken the place of
McComber as the owner of the
greatest stable in the country, Is
attested by his possession of such
topnotchers in their respective divi
sions as Billy Kelly, the 2-year-old
for which he paid $27,500 at Sara
toga; Sir Barton and Milkmaid,
which he bought from John E. Mad
den: Cudgel, a 4-year-old, which is
admittedly the king of the handicap
class, and others which uid in plac
ing his colors In the foreground fre
quently at the meetings wherever
held.
Many sportsmen contemplate in
vading Europe, among them Willis
Sharpe Kilmer, of Binghamton, N.
Y., who will take over his premier
horses, Sunbriar and Exterminator.
The Canadian tracks, also, will be
the scene of American activity and
the lowly equine promises to di
vide interest next summer wjth the
national pastime.
How Chief Meyers Looks
Batting in the Marines
CHIEF MEYERS .
Baseball fans! Looks rather strange
but this is Chief Meyers. Looks
rather strange without his baseball
makeup; but this is the chief. The
photographer says so. Our {porting
editoY says that his position at bat is
all wrong, but it was explained to
him that after a chief signs up .with
the marines at a stupendous salary
he restgns himself to a different sort
of a stbing at a,wide one or a Hun.
HICK-A-TH RIFTS WIN
Bethany boys at the Boyd alleys
last evening dropped a contest by
35 pins, as follows:
HICK-A-THRIFTS
E Miller 142 145 147—y 434
Sollenbergor ... 113 93 89— 295
Wolfe 110 119 131— 360
B. Miller 120 90 164 374
Pelffer f 124 136 124 334
Total 609 580 655—1827
BETHANY
S. Lego 97 155 135 387
Heiny 116 126 129 387
Barinzer 102 107 123 352
Palmer 106 117 132 349
Lego 106 109 *l3l 346
Total 528 614 660 1791
WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT
A Canadian soldier and a public
house loafer disturbed the peace one
day of the little village inn.
The soldier, his face a study in con
centrated wrathfulness, had the civil
ian by the scruff of the neck and wus
apparently just on the point of giving
him a thrashing when a belated po
liceman put in an appeargpce.
"Now, then, what's all this about?'
demanded the constable.
"What's it about?" replied the
Canadian, giving the wretched loafer
an extra shake to emphasize ' his
words.. "Why he called me a consci
entious ejector! Now watch him be
ing ejected S-"
COMET IS OBSERVED
Cambridge, Mass. A cable mes
sage received at the Harvard Col
lege Observatory from Professor Elis
Stromg-en. of Copenhagen, announces
the discovery of a camet by Professor
Schorr, director of the Hambur Gfc
servatory. \
GERMAN STA TESMAN
AND PRESS WANTED
WAR IN LAST DAYS
Urged Continuance of Hostilities Rather Than Acceptance of
Humiliating Peace; War Minister Declared
Army Was Not Beaten by Allies v
By Associated Press
New York, Dec. 3.—German states
men and newspapers, even as lata as
the end of October, still were insist
ing that Germany would continue the
war rather than accept a humiliating
'peace. Copies of German newspapers
received here show that even mem
bers of the Socialist party viewed the
sacrifice of national Interests as im
possible.
War Minister Scheuch stated in the
Reichstag on October 24 that the Ger
man army had not been beaten and
that the "homeland" had" not col
lapsed. Forces which would permit
a successful resistance were to be
found everywhere, he said. He add
ed that the most urgent need of the
hour was to stimulate those forces.
The War Minister admitted that
German "tanks" had not been suc
cessful until American-made ma
MAY PUNCH TIME CLOCKS
Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 4. —Habitual
tardiness an the part of many school
teachers here is pointing to the in
stallation of a time clock system.
President Slaymaker has warned
them that, unless the late arrivals
end, he will take some means of
"checking up."
A Cigar Advertisement
Addressed to Women
<| This advertisement is addressed to you, madam- because at this time
of year you are puzzled with the question of HIS Christmas Gift.
*J If he is a smoker, he will appreciate a box of good cigars-which is akjn
to saying he will appreciate a box of King Oscars.
War times, you know, have created havoc with qualities and prices in
almost everything you are accustomed to buy.
Sometimes prices are the same and qualities lower sometimes
qualities up to standard and prices higher and in many instances
quality is inferior and the price higher - •
*J When war conditions confronted us, we felt that we could better afford
to maintain the quality of King Oscar cigars, and raise the price, than
cut the quality and hold the old price.
<1 So we put the price of King Oscars up to 7 cents—and maintained the
same quality that we have been putting into them for the past 27 years. '
If HE (husband, brother, father, relative or friend) has been a King
Oscar smoker in the past, you can't give him a more welcome gift, than
a box of these cigars which have given him lasting smoke-enjoyment
during a part or all of the past quarter century.
So stop worrying about what you'll get him for Christmas—get a box of
King Oscars to-day from the nearest dealer—they all have 'em—and
you can strike his name off the gift list with assurance that the problem
has been well solved.
We have special holiday packages of 25, 50. and 100 to the box. The
greatest demand will be for the hundred size, so we've packed plenty
of them. If you want one of the smaller size packages buy at once—
the quantity is limited.
John C. Herman & Company
MAMJFACTURERS
KING OSCAR CIGARS
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chines with caterpillar treads so'.fbd
the problems involved.
During the same sitting of the
'Deputy Gustav Noske, So
cialist, said the German people do not
despair nor do they collapse.
"The German people need not be
ashamed of the outcome of the war,'"
he continued, "but they will require
an accounting. We demand, above all
enlightenment regarding the flern
storff-Wilson negotiations, l'he Sec
retary of the Navy who said Ameri
can transports would be welcome
booty for our submarines also vlll be
asked for an explanation.'?
George Ledebour, Independent So
cialist, said Field Marshal Von Hin
denburg and General Ludcndorit had
not informed the government and the
people of the true situation on the
battlefleld, and that their demand
for an immediate peace came as a
shock following the statement of the
minister of war.
CANDY PRICES WON'T DIIJOP
Cliictigo, pec. 4.—Prices of candy,
which have soared during the war,
will not be reduced for at least a
year, according to officers of the
Western Confectionery Salesmen's
Association, who are holding their
fourth annual session here.
DECEMBER 4,1918.
Laud Harrisburg Gunners For
Showing at Camp Perry Shoot
The Telegraph is to-day in receipt
of a letter from Cassius A. Dunn,
vice-president of the Harrisburg ltille
Club, in which he encloses an article
quoting a letter to Governor Brum
baugh from Col. A. M. Winter, of
Washington. He explains;
"As Col. Winter is one of the really
big men at Washiqgton, his expres
sion of appreciation the Harrisburg
boys whom Governor Brumbaugh ap
pointed to represent Pennsylvania at
tho national rifle matches at Camp
Perry, Ohio, is of some weight, and
naturally we all feel elated over tho
letter.
"I have Governor Brumba jh's per
sonal privilege of submitting this let
ter for publication and I hope, there
fore. you will give same some good
space ip your paper at an early date.
"The respect and"Nsteem In which
the Pennsylvania civilian rifle team
was held by the officials in charge of
the big training school and nat'onal
matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, Sep
tember Ist to 21st, Is fittingly ex
pressed in a letter of appreciation
from Colonel A. M. Winter, president
of the National Match reams' Asso
ciation, to Governor Martin G. Brum- S
baugl), in which the Colonel iauds the
team and congratulates the Governor
on his selection of the men who rep
resented the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania at that camp. This team
was made up almost entirely of Har
risburg boys, members of the Harris
burg and Keystone Rifle Clubs; hence
tho tribifte paid them by Colonel Win
tec is of unusual interest. The !et
ter is aa'follows:
"'Washington, D. 0., Nov. f!?, Itt 18.
" 'The Honorable Martin G. P.rain
baugh, Governor of the State cf
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa.
"'Sir:
" 'The success of the national
matches recently held at Camp Perry.
Ohio, was so great that this associa
tion feels that it is incumbent upon
it to express to you the great appreci
ation it feels for the civilian rifle
team sent to Camp Perry from Penn
sylvania. Just such teams are re
sponsible for the unprecedented and
splendid success of the matches.
' 'Permit me to state here that C.
A. Dunn, captain of the Pennsylvania
civilian rifle team, through personal
effort and influence exerted over the
members of his team, has helped to
make this year's Government contest
a most profitable, patriotic and sat
isfactory event. The service rendered
by him not only endeared him to
many, but it had In it that quality
of dignity which made him, in the
opinion of those who came In contact
with him, a most fitting representa
tive of the State of Pennsylvania.
" 'lt is the belief of this association
that every able-bodied citizen should
have the opportunity given him to be
come a rifleman, for every man who
so qualifies adds that much to the
military assets of his state. It is my
opinion that the shoot at Comp Perry
was sufficiently impressive to spur
every member on to the spreading of
the knowledge of rifle shooting
gained while there among the men
back home.
" 'The special province of this asso
ciation is to look after the needs and
interests of the civilian rifle teams
while in attendance at the national
matches. We feel that each team
represents and stands for the state
which sent it, and you are assured,
after the good work done by the team
from Pennsylvania, it will from now
on be an especial pleasure to welcome
and look after the team sent to the
national matches from your good
state.
" 'Respectfully,
" 'Col. A. M. Winter.
" 'President.'"
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