8 LAPLAND WIRES EARLY ARRIVAL WITH SOLDIERS British Transport Carrying 1,797 Americans Expected During Day XfMf York. Dec, 4. —The British transport Lapland, carrying* 1,797 , American troops lias reported by wireless ttiat she would reach this port to-day. Three other transports also carrying returning troops, are expected to reach here tills week. The Lapland left Liverpool on November 22. She was due to arrive here on Sunday. She communicated yester day by wireless that she expected to reach her dock eurly to-day. The Orca, which left Liverpool the day after the Lapland, also sent word by wireless that she would reach New York to-day but did not expect to dock until to-morrow. Both vessels bring American troops . No word has been received from the Minnekahda and the Cretlc, both of which sailed from Liverpool on November 22. London, Dec. 4. —American soldiers and sailors here are iinding difficulty in obtaining sleeping accommodations and the municipal government has of fered quarters In many of the public edifices, including the Law Courts and parliament buildings. The American Red Cross is providing the beds for the men. A contingent of nearly six hundred American sailors arrived to-day and is being quarter ed at the Law Courts. I.OS ANGELES MAKES GASOLINE COMPLAINT , Los Angeles, Cat. The Federal Fuel Administration has annulled its request that gasoline and distillate be sold only from 6 n. ni. to 6 p. m„ and all service stations and garages are BOW keeping open evenings as before. A serious complaint, however, from motorists is on account of the price, and quality of gasoline which is now ( being furnished. Some time ago. at the request of the oil companies, who claimed that the action was necessary for war purposes, the city council re pealed the city ordinance requiring gasoline and distillate to be of a pre scribed quality. 20(1 MILES |X lib MIXI TES Washington. Dee. 4.—Captain Nor bert Carolin made a flight i:t -in Army airplane from Pittsburgh to Washing ton yesterday in one hour an 1 thirty five minutes. War Department offi cials said the best previous record for tit Is trip, approximately 200 miles, was two hours and twenty minutes. FEW KAIL TIEI'PS LIKELY' Washington. Dee. 4. —Railroad em bargoes 'his winter probnbiv will not lie nearlv so severe as last winter, said a statement yesterday by tiie Railroad Administration, in response to inquiries from shippers as to the transportation outlook. Do This £*ach Morning, You Won't Need Cascarets Gre2t exercise! Keeps Stomach, Liver and Bowels active. Nothing like it! Splendid! But if you insist upon taking your exercise in an easy chair you simply must take a laxative occasionally. The very, very best laxative is Cascarets •— IO cents a box. "They work while you sleep." Nothing else works the bile, sour fermentations and poison from the liver Hiwi bowels like harmless Cascarets. When Headachy, Bilious, Constipated or if Breath is Tainted, Complexion Sallow. Stomach Sour, just take a Cascaret at night. Wake up next morning looking rosy and feeling fine. Cascarets "ever gripe or sicken. Cause no inconvenience! Scientists Prove Father John's Medicine Is Five Times More Nourishing Than Many Common Foods We Eat When you are weak and run down you need a food tonic which will supply the nourishment which you do not obtain from your fbod. Careful tests by expert chemists have snown that exactly the ele ments needed for this purpose are contained in Father John's Medi cine in a form which is easily taken up by the system. The great food value of Father John's Medicine as established by scientific tests makes it the ideal body-building tonic for all the family. When a scientist states the food value of any product, he does so in terms of "calories," which he defines as the amount 'of heat used to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree. A tea spoonful of T'atlier John's Medicine contains 25,713.76 calories. The same quantity of steak contains only 10.714 calories. By these tests also it was proven tliat Father John's Medicine was five times more nourishing than an equal quantity of codfish, seven and one-half times more nourishing than an equal quantity of oysters, and almost six times more nourishing than pure milk. The food energy which Father John's Medicine contains is exactly thqfkind of energy which is most easily taken up by the system and by the processes of nature turned into tissue or flesh. Because It does not contain any alcohol or dangerous drugs in any form. I'ather John's Medicine is the safe medicine for all the family. f w F A o T R CH The Doll Show WEEK Watch for the doll show this week. Dolls'in all sizes, from one Inch to 30 Inches; socket beads; a limited supply In three sizes; kid f^il[\^ bodies; doll pacifiers, rattles, milk bottles and 1 hot water bottles, knitted sacques. leggings. sweaters, bootees, caps and small mittens, doll di'l 1 wigs. Dolls to be repaired not taken In after December 10. • ' 'jmjjUCj The Marianne Toy Shop 220 LOCUST STREET U\Pif WEDNESDAY EVENING. TELLS OF HEAVY FIGHTING IN CLOSING WEEKS OF THE WAR Harrisburg Soldier Boy Gives Vivid Details of the Terrific Strain Pennsylvanians En dured in Final Dashes to Sedan A series of letters written by Prl ! I vate Robert R. Owen, Comnany I. 1112 th United States Infantry, to his : wife, 1313 Swatara street, this city, jare most interesting, telling of his experiences in the "big pui#i" which begun to put the Hun out of busl | ness. The tirst letter, dated Octo j ber 12, follows In part: j "The night of September 25 we j began a drive on the J funs, and | believe me up until October 9 we j gave them very little rest. This j was our longest stretch in the front i line at one time, and 1 am feeling I the effects of it right now. * * * i We were practically under shell lire constantly from July 4 to October 10. That means that the enemy ar j tillery can reach us where we are ' located, but sometimes three to five | miles back of the front line. The j worst place is among our own ar ] tillery. The enemy always shells I that ground in their effort to put guns out of commission. One is shelled here almost all the time (around our guns). "We were following the enemy in reserve of the troops- on our front line, from July 4 till August ! 7, across the Marne river almost to I the Vesle river. August 7 we took j part of the front line and pushed ! the Germans back about one-half | a mile. Here we held for three days and four nights. This was my first time in action over the top. I sure I was a sick boy the whole time. Was pretty badly gassed (in my lungs) the first two nights. This was the cause of niy sickness. The last night I was crazy, the fellows say. Started to wander around, and they I stopped me twice from going to wards the enemy lines. But in three days after I was back I felt good again. 1 did not go to the hospital because I thought I would not get hack to my company again. In fact, they can do very little for you when gassed the way I was. 1 was not burned as Lieutenant Long, only inhaled the fumes. It has left me with a nasty little cough which 1 will soon get rid of. "The lirst gas shell hit about ten yards from me, but did not explode. Had it been a good one, I would not be writing this letter. The shock would have been enough to kill me. It sure was a close one to thank God for. We then moved back to where Lieutenant Long re ceived orders to pack up for the States about one hour after he left the Huns threw a heavy artillery barrage into our troops and killed about eighty horses, besides wound ing about twenty-live men. He sure HSi SkE WggL "v * R. R. OWEN was lucky to miss it. A very good friend hail his leg blown to pieces and was later removed. Blanche Fleeter nursed him while they op erated. He was a dandy chap, and if he had not come over to see us it may not have happened. The shells missed their sections this time.- Sonte Funny Things "I can tell some funny things from my trips on the line, but twice as many horrible ones. Believe me, a German machine gunner had me laying low one morning. He was cutting the grass all around me, and I just lay still for the one to hit me. Any second 1 thought It would come, but somehow it did not get me. "We were in reserve again till August 22. when we agai ntook out place in the front for five days. The only times I was on the lines this time was when delivering a message to Captain Jenkins or acting as a guide, battalion -headquarters being about a mile behind the lines. Bo fore we were relieved I was sent as a runner between the 77th Divi sion and ours. They wtre holding the line on out; left. This was some job. us it kept me two days longer on the line. Boys, the Dutch artil lery used to shoot at us when going from one place to another. Had to reduce my pack to get more speed to beat those shells coming right for me. * * * After this we moved farther east and began an attack in the Argonne forest near Verdun. Tlrts began September 25 at daybreak, and •we stuck in the front lines for one attack after an other until October 9. We drove those Dutchmen from one hill to another and from town to town. X do not know how mahy""thousand prisoners, guns and supplies we took. 1 saw a great many of each. Xlere in this attack I was located at regimental headquarters and ran my messages to battalion headquar ters. But since I told you how far back I was the second time, you will imagine X had a bullet-proof job this time.' "Tlie colonel led his men in each one of these attacks and we order lies .were right back of him all the time. This was the worst time of any, and a perfect "hell hole." X passed many a dead 'Jerry* killed at his machine gun, also quite a few of our own boys. The most ■we lost were with bullet holes in arms and legs, wounds that may rapidly heal. Sergeant Fitzgerald was shot through the foot. Did not see him, but so heard from the boys. Our colonel was shot through the neck when we made our last ad vance in a town, before being re lieved from the line. He died the next day. Two German prisoners carried him to the hospital on a stretcher. "It was in this town that I bought a watch from one of the German prisoners. 1 have a few more little trinklets to send you soon. Enclosed find a card from a Hun dugout. They sure have line homes. • * We are now back out of shell fire in a nice-sized town. How long we will be here is more than I can say. but the clerk from regimental headquarters and I have a dandy room and bed. We pay three francs (60 cents) a night and consider it cheap. It-is an old-fashioned feather bed, and when you get into it the covers .lust eat you up. Some sleep, in fact the j best on this side." In one of his letters Private Owen i encloses a handbill stating in i French and English that the Ger mans are seeking peace, and that an armistice has been offered. The bill is interesting in many ways. Eight New Members Are Added to University Club j At the monthly meeting of the directors or the University Club, held last evening, eight men were elected to membership. The new members elected are: A. it. Hollinger. Gettysburg; C. p. Zimmerman, (Lebanon), Princeton; the Rev. Dr. George Preston Mains, Wesleyan; Dr. C. M. Rhodes, Hahne- I mann Medical College; 11. G. Nies- I ley, Pennsylvania State; the Rev. Dr. |S. Wintield Herman. Gettysburg; I Prof. W. E. Severance, Harvard; G. j A. Tyson, Bueknell. CANT ESCAPE PROFIT TAX. Washington, Dec. 4.—lt appears j certain that the great corporations ] will not be permitted to escape pay ment of excess war profits taxes on their earnings during the calendar year 1918. Any undue delay in the pending revenue bill, or its entire failure, will not be allowed to effect this result. Democratic ieaders make this emphuttc announcement and ex * I pect to have the assistance of Re | publicans in making some method of j prevention' effective. EXCEEDS Kb HOPE'S VHP HAFT Washington, Dec. 4. —Development ot a new American type of two-seated monoplane was announced yesterday by the War Department. In a recant test at Dayton, Ohio, the machine at tained a speed ot 145 miles an hour with full military load, and an alti tude of 25,000 feet with two passen gers, in remarkable time, exceeding the record of any European single seater combat machine. The plane, known as the I.ocnlng, is American designed and American built. Piles Cured In II to 14 Day* i Druggists refund money If PA/.O I OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Stops Irritation; Soothes and Heals. You can get restful Sleep after the Iprst application. Price 60a, HAHJRISBURG QS&&& TELEGRAPH ALTOONA PARTS WITH FAITHFUL RAIL DIRECTOR W. Brooke Moore to Become Resident of Camp Hill; Tribute Paid Him Trainmaster W. Brooke Moore, once a citizen of Harrisb'urg, but for a number of years a resident of Altoona, ill which city lie had his headquarters as head of the train service of tlie Middle Division, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, will become a Camp Hill citizen shortly. He has retired from his position with the Pennsylvania Railroad after many years of faith ful service. The Altoona Tribune says of Mr. Moore's exit from the service: "The recent retirement of \V. Hrooke Moore, trainmaster of the Middle Division of ttie Penhsylvania Railroad, furnished his railroad friends and admirers an opportunity to manifest their appreciation in a substantial and cordial manner, as was related in yesterday's number of the Tribune. This newspaper lias long known and honored Mr. Moore and it joins his friends of every station in life in congratulating him upon the line record lie lias succeeded in build ing up during the half century and more of his active life. To have achieved distinction in one's chosen culling, to have won the regurd of hundreds of devoted friends, to come to the close of an active business career after having served the public for tifty-one years in such a way as to win universal regard _ is to have made a splendid success mit of life. "The editorial department of the Tribune was never brought into close relations witli Mr. Moore, llis duties took liim frequently into the business office of the paper as well as into the job department, but he nevtr made a habit of frequenting the editorial rooms nor do we recollect that iie ever once ventured to imitate the conduct of those who are certain they could Improve upon the editorial manage ment and have had no disinclination to furnish much more or less valu able advice to the editor and his as sistants. Ills reticence in this re spect merely made lis love him the more. And while lie seldom if ever visited the rooms in which successive issues of tile Tribune are prepared, we heard llis hearty laugh upon niuny occasions and realized that one reason, for his success and for the general favor With which he was received by all who came in contact witli liim was to he found In ills genial nature, Ills perennial good humor. "But we art not writing Mr. MOore's obituary notice; that will be done in a far distant day." we hope, long after the successor of the present writer lias assumed the editorial chair. We are' merely congratulating the subject of so many well-deserved honors upon the successful life he has led; upon the creditable work he has done and the results he has achieved: upon coming down to the traditional three score and ten ill fine physical and mental condition; upon the good will With which he is regarded by hun dreds: upon his troops of loyal friends; upon the fair prospect before him during the declining years of his life which we trust will be greatly prolonged." Railroad Notes | There has been considerable specu | la (ion among: Penney employes r>- giirdlng the pass regulations for the ' cc-ming: year as the result of rumors that the Issuing of passes would he curtailed to some extent. Yesterday an order was received from General Manager R. T,. O'Donnell to the ef fect that passes for the year of 1!>19 should he issued as heretofore. The totals reported for yesterday passing over the Middle division lines were as follows: Passing Denliolm. !i,7SS cars: exchanged with Tyrone, 1,0(13, making a grand total of (!,S5l cars for the day's movement. The Evansville Railways Contoany, operating between Kvansvllle, Mount Vernon, Rookport and Grand View. Tnd., has been placed in the hands of n receiver on petition of the Pitts burgh Trust Company. Palling from a car In the Pennsyl vania yards at Altoona, John Baker, aged 02, of Tlollldaysburg, fractured his skull, dying several hours later. fHILDREN ig Should not be "dosed'* for colds —apply tho "outside" treatment—• " NEW PRICES—3Oc, 60c, $1.20 Do you enjoy hot i lemonade and n J, blistering foot le bath ? Better re ■ Sr/ suits are obtained taking, before Z~JM> bed-time Lane's cold and grip Tablets. They are peasant to take, and you will wake up in the morning surprised at the amount of re lief obtained. Thousands use them and they are guaranteed. Sold by druggists everywhere. liifWir CONSTIPATION Get Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets That is the joyful cry of thousands since Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel. Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician for. 17 years and calomers old-time enemy, discovered the formula for Olive i Tablets while treating patients for chronic constipation and torpid livers. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do not contain calomel, but a healing, soothing vegetable laxative. No griping is the "keynote" of these : little sugar-coated, olive-colored tab lets. They cause the bowels and liver to act normally. They never force them to unnatural action. v If you have a "dark brown mouth"—a bad breath—a dull, tired feeling—sick headache—torpid liver and are consti pated, you'll find quick, sure and only ! pleasant results from one or two little ! Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets at bedtime, j ■Thousands take one or two every , night just to keep rights Try them. ! 10c and 25c per box. All druggists, j OrKICtAL JIOTICB Ol.' DEATH Mcehanlcnburg, Pa., Dec. 4.—Official news has-been received by Mrs. Jiavid M. Hupp,-of Mechanlcaburg, that her husband, lieutenant David ,M. Hupp, was killed in action in France. Pre vious to this time the knowledge of her husband's death reached Mrs Rupp through a letter written by Lieutenant J. Wilbur Towsen to his parents at Ilarrlsburg. Lieutenant a—& -g • ^—B— I ■ ~ ** | Burns & Co.—Largest Furniture Store Jn This Section of The State I I : t jjj Extraordinary Christmas Sale of | * Bed Davenports and Bed Davenport Suits I 1 New Carload Shipment Just Arrived and Unpacked Purchased Nearly AYear Ago Thereby Saving You Money Artistic in design, suitable for any home, practical and really necessary in the modern American home | J Special Feature—Bed Davenport Suit complete I A SUIT that will go well with any scheme of home furnishing. The three pieces Suit of 3 B ft | ■Tx have frames of golden oak and are upholstered in brown imitation Spanish Pieces... $ F | leather. Suit consists of Bed-Davenport, large Rocker and large Arm Chair to match. 1 Handsome Golden Oak . Luxurious Cane Panel William and Mary Design [ j Bed Davenport Suit Bed Davenport Suit Bed Davenport Suit . r - attractive pieces 1 in this suit, well made, rich golden oak fin- \f %JIt Very artistic Suit of three pieces, made 5 .! | lull, imitation brow* Spanish leather rfphol- TlireeTerv handsome nieces The bark and of Bolid °' lk in rlch Jacobean finish. .JThe J J sterlng Bed Davenport, Chair and Rocker Q to match, complete— • v rich blue Damask unudual pattern. Adam ' a °' f nnnreclame ei exceptional \ulue £ I brown finish. Three pieces, complete anu a nlost appreclaDle >"— Christmas ma* Christmas <£ mm rnmm ami Christmas < $ <fl 48 Special Special *1 / S S P ecial 110 The Suit The Suit A ® The Suit XJL \J ! THURSDAY AND FRIDAY —— —n & foal-SaVe MoneV J CHRISTMAS OFFER Full Size, Full Length - Talking fcj p avenport Cet Hal >t fomfort i 12 Selections r i B ' PIIH " mall ' ,tc Extra Special Christmas Offer Z? oke IS. h $i .so T T an achievement in I I I ,I' £ ll 1,1 9 I I furniture values to lie fit s%f\ vvL W U c JL able to sell a Bed Daven- /t* tm ma * Lfl P S M port like this fort *44. Our t JF M t tbOU \\ %• B! ■ 9 ii optimism in the past has mi mi • ij W/T B £ 5l Weekly. encouraged us. We bought _ J W M W A VWCjjl I these Davenports at what / M / Q n ... ■ sa 1 TV I This talking machine with its /I / M Burns Vale Oak Heater | 1 new style tone arm will play all upholstered in brown iini- I IS makes of records "Pathe," "Vic- oak?" ThtflEJk l£w™? to J- Double Heater with magazine. This I 1 tor" nnfl "Columbia" You mav make a full size bed. Easy price Includes all the neces- tt* F" /\ 1 | tor ana LOiumDia . iuu may to handle. sary pipe for installation. I have choice of fumed oak or l__—- 1 special value f market* Fine Large assortment of 'I oys now await Bums' Park Oak Heater 1 I I no^ C 'f^Ki„ Ca 'l ) 3roe rlniihle snrin<r >'0111" selection. Priced without prQfit for Single Heater with nickel plated side I I turp taoie, targe * plcocs an(l top rlnK . Wlll Kive a lnaxi . | Si W< £S d u V s e ' Demonstrate This ' Qr patrons. Brin ff the Kiddies to see sl £ 1 Remarkable Talking Machine t| T Make selections at once. ? \ to You at Our Store this Week . * OIL HEATERS $6 to $10.50 DO ALL YOUR m fff DO ALL YOUR j . CHRISTMAS M CHRISTMAS j I SHOPPING NOW! SHOPPING NOW! Rupp was a son of Attornoy S. S. Rupp, of Shlremanstown, and promi nent in Harrlsburg. DISTRIBUTE ItOSLER ESTATE Cui-lisk 1 , Pn., Dec. 4. —Distribution of the estate of the late Frank C. Rosier will be begun shortly under the terms of his will, just filed. The estate is the largest to be disposed of here In some years and includes DECEMBER 4, 1918. western mining and land holdings and local bank and manufacturing stock, with life insurance, aggregat ing between $750,000 and- $BOO,OOO. 1-Ie gives $15,000 to S. Siiarpe Hous ton, of Carlisle, who was for many years his private secretary; his gold watch, a family heirloom, to his oldest son, Frank C. Hosier Jr., and the remainder of ills estate to his i wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Swank Rosier. MAILS 101 l SOI I'll AMERICA Mechiiiilrxhurg, Pa., Dec. 4. —KdgaP Clark, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. Njslson Clark, a member of tlie armed guards of the Naval Sevvice. sailed under or ders on Thanksgiving morning for South America. Mr. Clark has seen active service ever since his enlist ment. He has done duty on trans ports going to Europe and has been three times to Tamplco, Fla.
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