12 SAYS HE WROTE LETTER TO MAKE WIFE JEALOUS Undertaker Tells Court He Hoped to Get Better Treatment "H persuaded me to leave our hoifve and then applied for a divorce after I left," Mrs. M. Ola Coles testt lled on the witness stand to-day be fore Judges George Kunkel and S. J. M, McCarrell. in the suit against her husband, Clarence E. Coles, an un dertaker, for maintenance for her self and a fourtcen-month-old child. Mrs. Coles declared her husband asked her to leave and even called the taxi for her, saying it would be better if she would go away for a short time until some difficulty he explained about to her, could be overcame. During the hearing of the case two letters were introduced as evi dence, one supposed to have been written to Mr. Coles by a woman signing herself "Violet." and one from him to "Violet," both contain ing many endearing terms. The lat, ter, Mrs. Coles said, she found in his coat pocket before it was mailed, the former in his desk in the envelope in which it was received. When Judge Kunkel asked Mr. Coles who Violet was, he replied "A friend of the family, invited to the house by his wife." Counsel for Mrs. Coles tlien asked him whether io let" was invited to leave also by his wife, but he said he did not know. In explaining about the letter he had written to "Violet" he said he intended his wife to find it so that she would be jealous and would treat him better. He told the Court the lirst marital storm started two weeks afsr the wedding, and that on one occasion she hit him over the head with a hairbrush. He was ordered to pay his wife $lO a week. Samuel G. Goetz, defendant in a nonsupport action, was discharged upon payment of the costs when it was stated to the Court that his wife, the prosecutrix, had died re cently. Rose Andrews and Arthur Weber, two other defendants, called for sentence on a quasi criminal charge, were ordered to pay $23 Tine and costs. France Names Envoys to Peace Conference; Foch to Sit at Table Paris. Dec. 16. —The Echo De Paris says that the French dele gates to the peace conference will be Premier Olemenceau. Marshal Foch. Foreign Minister Pichon, and Leon Bourgeois, former premier. It adds That Captain Andre Tardieu, head of the general commission for Franco - American war matters, probably will be named. Fse McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv. f, ■ !■ " > is When Itching Stops V- - ■■ - There is one safe, dependable treat ment that relieve# itching torture and skin irritation almost instantly and that cleanses and eoothe9 the skin, Ask anydruggist fora3scorsl bottle of remo and apply it as directed, Soon vou will find that irritationa, pimples, blackheads, eczema, blotches, ringworm and similar akin troubles will disappear. A little eerao, the penetrating, satis fying liquid, is all that is needed, for it banishes mort akin eruptions, makes the akin soft, smooth and healthy. The E. W. Rose Co., Cleveland, Q. ! " ' '' II s !if = — Complete hot water garage T heating system only Jj> §3 The "WASCO" is a coal burning garage heating system. Made for private garages holding from Ito 10cars. Distributes heat evenly along entire width Q of radiators—economically and efficiently at a cost '! of but S cents a day. prices ares 1 -car ■ SB3; 2-car $116; 3-car $149; 4-car $182; 5-car $215; , ■ 3-car $248. "WASCO" is made in stock sizes. Reg ulates the heat automatically Any handy man can install. Steamfitter unnecessary. VS3BK 204 WALNUT ST. HARRISBURG. PA. Peace Time Employment That Pays Well We need the services of fifty earnest young women who would like to turn from their temporary war-industry employment, To Wrap Triangle Mints The Mint Made in Our Own Home Town. This work is clean, delightful, easy to learn and very profitable, and the hours and working conditions are ideal. This Is Permanent Peace Time Work Come Out and See Our Factory The Wintermints Co. 12th and Herr Sts., Harrisburg, Pa. ■ 1 •** i s * MONDAY EVENING, KING'S CAVALRY SPREADS OUT IN RHINE BLOCKADE iNew Military Governor Estab lishes Headquarters Near Cologne Cathedral Cologne, Dec. 16.—British cavalry for the first time crossed the Rhine as the vanguard .for the army of occupation on Thursday. A thousand khakl-clad horsemen, with full bot tle equipment, pushed over ho river from Cologne and Bonn and went eastward to establish the semi-circu lar line which is being swung about these two cities to a depth of thirty kilometers. One division of Eng lish horsemen, with artillery and armored cars, was sent out from Cologne, while Canadian cavalry was operating through Bonn. Friday a considerable body of in fantry arrived for the formal occu pation. General Ferguson, the new military governor, has established headquarters in offices near the cathedral. Mrs. Rachel M. Peters Dies at Hershey Home Hershey, Dec. 16. Mrs. Rachael Nancy Peters, wife of Stacey E. Peters, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton D. Kauffman, of Dallas town, died at her home in Choco late avenue, yesterday afternoon at 3.15 o'clock from the effedfs of bron chial pneumonia following influenza, having taken sick December 6. Mrs. Peters was born July 2, 1883, at Dallastown, Pa. She graduated from the Dallastown High school in 1901. of which class her husband was also a member. She also was grad uated from the Lebanon Valley Col lege in 1905. She taught school in Dallastown for a period of live years and was married August 10, 1910, to Stacey E. Peters, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Peters, her hus band being a graduate of the Get tysburg College in 1908. After her marriage she had lived in Downingtown for five years where Mr. Peters was principal of the High school, and later supervising prin cipal during a period of seven years, moving to Hershey in 1915 where Mr. Peters is now supervising prin cipal. While living in Downingtown, Mrs. Peters was a student of china and watercolor painting and ceramic arts in Philadelphia for two years. She was a member of the Lutheran church at Dallastown, and was also an active member of the Lutheran church and its auxiliaries at Her shey. She 1s survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Hamilton Kauff man, Mr. Kauffman being a promi nent cigar manufacturer in Dallas town. one brother Artus, a gradu ate of the Lebanon Valley College and formerly principal of the Fawn Grove and Warrior's Mark High school, a teacher in Red Lion High school, and at present a teacher of science in Columbia High school, one sister. Belle C., wife of Norman E. Garber, county farm agent of Bucks county, residing at Doylestown. Her sister is a graduate of West Ches ter State Normal school and taught in the public schools of York coun ty and later in the public schools at Doylestown. The body will be taken to York on the Pennsylvania railroad, arriv ing at 11.25 Tuesday morning, and removed to Dallastown to the home of William H. Peters. The funeral services will be held at 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon at the resi dence of her husband's parents. The services will be conducted by the Rev. S. L. Heneh, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church of Dallastown. The Rev. R. R. Butterwick, pastor of the United Brethren Church, of Hershey, will assist. Burial will be made in the Union Cemetery. Steelton News DETECTIVE HAS A CLOSE CALL Bullet From Negro's Revolver Grazes Detective Durn baugh's Head When Detective Durnbaugh at tempted to arrest John D. Washing ton, colored, yesterday noon there re sulted a fight for the heavy revolver the negro carried. In the tussle the negro pulled the trigger. The bullet passed close enough to the detective's head to graz ethe skin. The detective, howver, secured the weapon and land ed his man safely in jail. About half past twelve yesterday, Durnbaugh was called to Adams street by Henry Taylor, who had been chassed away from a house in Adams street by Washington, who was charged to be shooting things up about the place. Durnbaugh found the negro at Front and Adams streets. The fight resulted when he attempted to arrest him. Washington comes from Kentucky according to his registration card, and has been in Steelton but for a short time. He was committed to jail pending a hearing. Durnbaugh also arrested Thomas Ross, colored, for participation in a holdup on the West Side early this month, in which George Krasovic was shot in the leg. A warrant had been Issued for his arrest for some time, but he could not be located until last Friday, when his whereabouts were discovered by Durnbaugh. He was committed to jail awaiting a trial. .B and C. Relief Association Pays Its Annual Dividends The Beneficial Association of the bvidge and construction department of the local steel plant will to-day distribute dividends amounting to to. ooo. The dividends will this year amount to $6.90 per member in good standing. There are about. 600 such members. During the year the re ceipts of the association totaled $8.1174.15. It paid out in sick and ac cident benefits $1,921.73, and in death claims $1,420. The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, W. .1. Collier; vice-president, Claude \V. Kunkle: recording secretary, George \V. Neff; financial secretary, William F. Nye; treasurer. Ivan L. Hoffmeis ter: trustees, William F. Nye, 11. G. Page; E. J. Ziegler; T. W. Miller. J. 11. Albert, Stanley Becker, Russell Bauchmoyer, C. W. Kunkle. lrvin M. Fernsler, Samuel B. Curran and Jo seph K. Grass. Learned Bulgarian Speaks to His Countrymen Here The Bulgarians of Steelton last night heard a splendid lecture on the position of Bulgaria at the peace ta ble by Vandal Sugaroff. Sugaroff was born at Monastic and was a member of the field artillery at Camp Zachary Taylors Kentucky. He is a graduate of Syracuse University and took up a special course in political science and economy in Harvard. Sugaroff's talk was of a high char acter and was thoroughly enjoyed by his countrymen who heard him. FREDERICK C. KLAISS SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA Frederick C. Klaiss, an old resident of Steelton, died yesterday morning of pneumonia at his home, 149 South Front street. He was 76 years of age and lived in Steelton for the past thirty-five years. Up to the time of his illness he was employed in the frog shop of the local steel plant, and was a prominent member of the Pax tang Tribe of Red Men and Carthage Lodge, Knights of Pythias. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. He leaves five children, George Klaiss, of Easton; Mrs. T. Park Brehm, of Oberlin; Mrs. Sara Clause and Mrs. P. J. Croll, of Steel ton. and Abner W. Klaiss, of New Cumberland. Funeral services will be held at his late residence by the Rev. George N. I-auffer Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will be made in the Baldwin cemetery. DR. G. PRESTON MAINS WILL SPEAK TO THE CIVIC CLUB "Germany's Grievances Over the Terms of the Armistice" will be the subject of a talk by Dr. G. Preston Mains to the Civic Club Tuesday aft ernoon in Trinity Parish House. A most interesting lecture is looked forward to, and the club has invited not only its members, but friends as well, to attend. SATS ROT THOMAS IS ALIVE A letter dated November 12, writ ten by George Wren, of the One Hun dred and Twelfth Sanitary Corps, in France, mentions the name of Roy Thomas and says he fs alive and well. Thomas is a former resident of Steelton, and was reported dead a few months ago. The casualty lists had first, given Thomas' name as missing and later his name appeared as having been killed in action. Both casualty lists were dated prior to November 12, the date of Wren's let ter. STEELTON PERSONALS Lieutenant Abraham Shelly was yesterday visiting friends and rela tives in the borough. He is located at Camp Dlx. Corporal G. F. Shutter spent Sun day at his home here. He is sta tioned at Camp Humphries. Mrs. S. E. Powell, of South Har rlsburg street, is visiting her son, David Powell, at Hartford, Conn. Captain Harry Weaver, of Camp Hancock, is spending a few days at his home. SPECIAL LODGE MEETING There will be a special meeting of Chosen Friends Lodge No. 43, F. and A. M., on Tuesday evening, De cember 17, at 8 o'clock, to arrange for the funeral of Brother Henry Dixon. By order of the Worshipful Master. J. M. AUTER, Secretary. adv. lOuniper Tar '-Coughs, w A Colds ' Ml | §o^o 8} Tpi . Mrs. David Martin, * UOl 107 S. Front Strset. Nashville. Tenn.. Writes: I had a very bad cold, some thing llko "GRIP," and after using Juniper Tar I have entirely recov ered." Buy It Today, as Colds Iad to Grip •JO Doses, SOc . HARRISBURG Hi IM TELEGRAPH! CAPITAL OF RHEINISU HESSE OCCUPIED BY AMERICANS *5 -. . - ■ 'I r I American troops have occupied Mainz, capital of the Province of Rhenish lles3e and one of the prln tie fortresses of Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. MOTORISTS JOIN •' IN A MOVEMENT AGAINST BUREAU Charge For Registering Ma chines Against Theft Is Not Popular Greater storms are appearing on the sea on which the Chiefs of Po lice Association of Pennsylvania is sailing its clearing house for the re covery of stolen automobiles scheme. The Pennsylvania Motor Federation, following an agitation for action on its part, by the Harrisburg Motor Club has declared war on the ambi tious plan. Plans are being made to warn ev ery automobile owner in Pennsylva nia against registering their car with the clearing house, as the chiefs of police are endeavoring to have them do. Every organization in Penn sylvania, affiliating with the Penn-, sylvania Motor Federation, is being warned now by its 'officials, advising | them lo post their members against | following the solicitations of the or ganization. The Pennsylvania Mo torist, the magazine of the American Automobile Association, read by the greater number of auto owners in Harrisburg, and a great influence among them, has been asked 1 to open its columns against the plan. Paul C. Wolff, secretary-treasurer o*fr the Pennsylvania Motor Federa tion, writes to officials of the Har risburg Motor Club, in response to their plea for action on.its part, as follows: "1 have written the American Mo torist asking them to publish an arti cle in the next issue relative to the Chiefs of Police Association move ment and will send a communica tion to the secretary of each Fede ration club. I fully agree with you in your attitude with regard to this scheme." Motorists Disapprove The plan of the Chiefs of Police Association provides that automo bile owners throughout the state pay $1 for the purpose of registering their automobiles with the clearing house as a safeguard against having their automobiles stolen. But local motorists most heartily disapprove of the plan, al ready Inaugurated by the associa tion. Letters arc being mailed to auto owners all over the state in viting registration. They say: The state Highway Department's automobile division has on file in its offices the same information as the police chiefs' association requests its registered members to send in. The automobile division has a double card indexing system for each ma chine. One card has the motor number. When a car is stolen —if the division is notified of the theft —the fact is noted on a special pink card attached to .the motor number card. When an application is made for registration of a stolen machine, which has already been registered with the automobile division, the fact is immediately patent that the machine is stolen. The motor num bers are filed according to the make of car, of course. Motor clubs point out that inas much as during the year just end ing, the first year the stolen-car system has been worked by the state Highway Department, the automo bile division has aided in the recov ery of near 100 stolen machines of various sorts, there is no need what ever for the "Association for the Re covery of Stolen Automobiles" —and particularly at *1 per registration. It is suggested that the police chiefs are hardly the proper people to back the organization, inasmuch as it might be argued that they could iclub car owners into sending in their- dollars. If a police chief were to suggest to a car owner that he sendPalong his dollar and be regis tered, the car owner, it is urged, might feel that if he were to refuse his dollar it would be quite useless for him to expect real action from a police chief to whom he had re fused registration and a dollar. Mo torists say that this sort of an atmos phere is not the proper atmosphere with which to surround police chiefs. Hunter's Joke Leads to Loss of Limb; Leg Amputated Above Knee Chambcrsburg, Dec. .16. John Foreman, who lives near Edenvilte, not far from the famous Parnell Knob, and Harry Stoner. a neigh bor, went hunting in Bear Valley, across the mountain from their homes. Jokingly. Foreman, the father of a large family, crawled back of a bush while Stoner wus eating lunch. He gave out several turkey calls. Stoner, not knowing his whereabouts, got his gun and blazed into the bush from which the cail came. The bullet hit Fore man above the right knee, shatter ing the bone. The injured man was brought to the hospital here and surgeons found it necessary to am putate the limb In order to save his life. For several terms he had been a county auditor. D. R. Francis Improved, Is to Undergo Operation & I '.V;-. *ks acwsvio FRA*rers > . ao fiWKW, M. V. David R. Francis, American am bassador to Russia, has arrived in London from Scotland, according to a report from the British capital. The physical condition of the Am bassador is improved, according to the report, and he will undergo an operation within a few days. TEUTON TROOPS SPURN SOLDIER COUNCIL CHIEF Cheer When Metz Governor Signals; Show Disdain. For Molkcnbuhr • Berlin, Dec. 16.—Soldiers of the Fifth Infantry Regiment of the Guards division who entered Berlin on Saturday administered a direct snub to Herr Molkenbuhr, chairman of the Soldiers' sectipn of the Work men's and Soldiers' Executive Coun cil. It is difficult to find any other interpretation than that the troops from the front have little respect for he Berlin Soldiers' Council. The assembled troops were ad 'dressed by Lieutenant General quls, former Governor of Metz, who closed with a cheer for the father land In which the troops joined vo ciferously. Molkenbuhr then mount ed the tribune and began reading a speech, whereupon the regiment sta tioned directly In front of the stand shouldered arms and started to wards the Brandenburg gate with its band playing. Other regiments followed, passing within twenty feet of where Molken buhr still was making a valiant effort to finish his speech. When he brought his address to an end the square was half empty and his voice was drown ed by the sound of marching feet und martial music with an occasional hoot. This is not the first incident indi cating that soldiers from the front do not think highly of the council which includes few men direct from the firing line. Steam Heat Rate Case Postponed The hearing in the complaints against the steam heat rates of the Harrisburg Light and Power Com pany. was continued to-day from this week to December 27. Efforts were under way late to-day to continue the Harrisburg Railways hearing set for to-morrow, but chances are that it may go on. The Public Service Commission me', this afternoon with the Union Trac tion Company, complaint up for argu ment'on the demurrer. Joseph J. Ilohan. of 0833 Woodland avenue, Philadelphia, has filed a com plaint with the Public Service Com mission against the "skipstop" plan of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, on Woodland avenue line. Re alleges inconvenience. Ralph E. Smith was to-day oppolnt ed a member of the Pittsburgh reg istration board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of W. L. McCul lagh. Charlea K. Breasler, of Look Haven, hag been appointed captain of Com pany K, Second Infantry, Reserve Militia. Governor Brumbaugh, who la to speak at Annapolis to-morrow, will address the Westmoreland County Teachers' Institute at, Greensburg on Thursday. Dr. John B. McLean, of Phlladel ! phla, is now picked in that city to 1 be assistant commissioner of health | under Dr Edward Martin, who has | accepted the commissionership. State Treasurer H. M, Kephart, | who has been 111 in Philadelphia, is i i eported slightly improved. | Senator-elect Marlow and Repre ; sentative Spangler. of York, have Iboth announced Intention to present prohibition amendment ratification resolutions early In the new session. RUSSIA IS LOST IF ALLIES ABANDON STRICKEN NATION Grand Duchess Anastasie Says Germany Made Great Blun der in Entering the War By Associated Press Geneva. Dec. 16.—Germany made a great blunder in entering the war and should admit that she was in the wrong, declared the Grand Duchess Anastasie, of Mecklinburg- Schwerin. mother of the, former German crown princess in an inter view yesterday. The grand duchess, who is a Russian and a cousin of the late Russian emperor, came here at the outbreak of the war and now is about to go to the Rtveriji for her health. She had many relatives fighting against each other on all fronts. The correspondent was the first newspaperman she had talked with since the beginning of the war. Re plying to a question about the former emperor and the former crown prince, she said pathetically: "There is a splendid maxim in your language: 'Don't hit a man when he is down.' Let us observe this principle, this sporting principle during our conservation." Asked why she had left Germany as soon as that county began mili tary operations, she replied: "I could not remain in a country which had declared war on my own country—Russia. This war came as a great surprise to me and my son, (Frederick Franz IV, grand duke of Mecklenburg-Scliwerin, who abdi cated several weeks ago), although we were in constant touch with the royal families of Germany, Russia and Denmark. It has been said that not more than twenty persons in Germany understood what a cruel mistake it was going to be. I was one of them. However, as I never meddled in politics and never intend to, I was not able to interfere. "But I continue to think that Germany made a great blunder in entering this terrible struggle, not only from a humane poin't of view, but also for political and commer cial reasons as her commerce was j prosperous. Now she has lost all. | Germany should recreate a political, financial and artistic nation by open ly admitting: 'We acted wrongly; we are j sorry.' " ' The grand duchess said she had Ino news from her daughter, the | former -crown princess, since Sep tember, except through a letter from her eldest daughter, the Queen of Denmark, saying both of them were I well. She made an appeal for help for the country of her birth, saying: "If the Allies abandon Russia, ; Russia (s lost. The Allies do not seem I to understand the situation clearly, j About "8 per eent. or the Russians ! have respect for only two things. I God and the czar. Tin- peusants now say: 'We have no czar, whom shall we obey?' "It Will take the population fifty years to understand the meaning of the words republic and president. The Russian people want some one to worship because it is their old I custom, their religion and their lives. Let the Allies take note and help poor Russia before it is too j late." Disbarment Proceedings Brought Against Bretz Charge? of misconduct as an at j torney were made against Harry M. Bretz, bankrupt lawyer, in court to-day when disbarment proceedings were started against him. The order made against him requires an answer within ten days giving reasons why he should not be disbarred. Recently the board of censors of the Dauphin County Bar Association reported their Investigations In a number of cases of alleged embezzle ments. There are reviewed in the petition as presented to the ccurt by William M. Hain, John Fox Weiss, Arthur H. Hull, Charles C. Stroh and John It. Geyer. Mr. Hain read the lengthy paper, in which misconduct is charged. In twelve of these cases It is al leged he received amounts ranging from 1100 to $2,800 to be used in pay ments on mortgages or to satisfy mortgages, but in each instance lie retained the money and has not paid it to the persona holding the liens against properties. The total amount which he has received not including some interest which is not estimated is $16,674. In one case It is charged he was given the authority to satisfy a mortgage by the person holding it, that he received the money, marked the mortgage satisfied but never paid the fund to the holder. In another ease it is alleged he received SSOO and interest and held it for many months but finally paid the money. Major Ezra B. Witman to Speak' to Engineers Major Ezra B. Witman will lecture in the clubrooms of the Engineers Sccicty of Pennsylvania this evening, his subject being "Camp Life." His address will touch principally upon the work of the engineer in the camp and the practical work in regard to utilities and engineering problms. Major Whitman is in charge of utilities and engineering problems benefit of those Interested in this subject who are not members of the Engineers' Society, the meeting will be open to all men. " DECEMBER T5, T9lB. 1 MAJESTIC „ High Class Vaudeville Billie nerves, famous motion picture comedian: Sultan, trained horse; three other attractions. OKPHEUM December 23, 21 and 25—Thurston, the Magician. COLONIAL Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday— Norma Talmadge in "Tho Forbid den City." Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Julia Arthur, as Edith Cavell, in "The Cavell Case." __ REGENT _ Monday and Tuesday—Wallace Reid in "The Soured," und Sennett com edy, "Beware of Boarders.'" Wednesday and Thursday—Charles Hay In "The Law of the North." Friday and Saturday—Edith Clayton in "The Girl Who Canto Back." VICTORIA Today and To-morrow —"The Empty Pocket." Wednesday—"The Crucible of Life." Thursday—"The Hand of Vengeance." Friday and Saturday—"Mr. Logan, U. S. A.," with Togi Mix. Thurston, the famous magician, will appear in a three days' engage ment at the Or- Thurston. phe um. beginning the Magician Monday. December 23, witli matinees Tues day and Christmas Day. As an en tertainer Thurston has become n na tional institution. It has always been his custom to present new mys teries each year, which is perhaps liis most potent claim to popularity, and it is said that his performance for this season wilL be along lines new to the amusement world and will lie an exhlbtion which is mystifying in the extreme. Some of his most elaborate presentations are labeled "The Vampire." "Gravitation Defied." "Every Woman's Wish," "Birds of the Air" and "The Miracle" and are said to bo especially baffling illusions. "Ghosts, or Do the Spirits Return?" is another, in which a hair-raising seance is included. One has to keep his eyes and his attention fixed in order to follow the various myster ies. for they are so sudden and so astonishing. * 4 The many admirers of "Billie Reeves, the famous motion picture comedian, will be given an At the opportunity to see him in. Majestic person at the Majestic Theater to-night, tomor row and Wednesday. Reeves is ap pearing in a .farce comedy entitled, "The Right Key But the Wrong Flat." and is supported by a company of capable players. The act Is a big laugh from start to finish. An added attraction on the bill is Sultan, the trained horse, who goes through a routine of tricks that are nothing short of marvelous. Tho remainder of the bill includes Flo and Ollie Waters, a popular "sister" team, in a refined singing offering; Waiter Weems, in comedy, songs and stories, and Hart and Diamond, novelty I dancers. Norma Talmadge, the favorite star, plays a dual role in tlie sensational Oriental screen drama. At the "The Forbidden City." t'olonlnl allowing at the Colonial Theater Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Talmadge is given an excellent opportunity to display her emotional powers in the part of "Troy," a little Chinese girl. Miss Talmadge has the best role of her entire career in this, her latest screen success. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Julia Arthur will be seen as "Edith Cavell," the British Red Cross nurse, in "The Cavell Case." the woman the Germans shot. The attraction for to-day and to morrow at the Regent is "The Source," in which the pop- At the ular star. Wallace Reid, is Regent featured. Seldom has a more vigorously human pic ture been seen anywhere, than "The Source.'" The story first reveals Reid in the role of a city bum in a cheap Boston lodginghouse. He is shang haied to the Green Mountain coun try of Vermont, where he is put to work as a lumberjack. He is a wreck of a man, sodden with drink. How the contempt of a young woman and the disgust with which she treats him brings about his reform provides a strong, highly dramatic and thrilling story. On the same bill witli "The Source" is the Sennett two-feel comedy, "Beware of Board ers," featuring Ford Sterling and Chester Conklln; also the U. S. Offi cial War Review. "The Empty Pocket" is the feature BeheduieU for the Victoria Theater | to-day and to-morrotv, and i At the it Is said to carry witli it I Victoria a great moral lesson that all who "run may read!" I.aclc of money lias often resulted in the first step to thievery, whether of a small or a large amount. The sight of wealth in certain quarters, when the individual has little or nothing himself, has often aroused an envy which is followed by the desire to get riches despite the means used. "The Empty Pocket" should prove to be a . most interesting and attractive pic ture. ' Fires at 12.30 A. M. Annoys Mechanicsburg Moclinnicsburg. Dec. 16. —A fire in the office formerly occupied by the 11. F. Moore Coal Company, in Arch street, near the Cumberland Valley Railroad tracks, which occurred last night about 12.30 o'clock, is being closely connected with other fires in this place which occurred tinder sim ilar circumstances, and the belief is general that the chain of tires were of incendiary origin. The fire last night, following close ly upon the one which occurred last. Wednesday night, was apparently set|, from the %utside, it is said, and when ; firemen broke into the one-story building formerly occupied as an of- . lice and situated near some large j frame sheds, a strong odor of kero sene wus apparent. Although the building was burning briskly at the ; time of its discovery, the fire was dis- ! covered in time and very little dam-1 age resulted. Last night's fire is hardly more] than 100 feet from the blaze, sup-! posed to have been incendiary, which , destroyed the stable of the Singiser ] Grocery Company, and scorched sev- j eral adjoining buildings late last summer. That fire also began about 12.30 o'clock and the evidence was, strong that it had been begun by ui flrebrand, it is stated. The other in the chain of flres which is to-day occupying the at tention of citizens here, occurred last Wednesday, and was staged under i most favorable circumstunces for a ( large conflagration. A stable used for ) storage purposes by the Hnrnlsh Au-; tomobllc Company was blazing di-1 rectly across a narrow alley from the ! garage. The heat from the burning c building was so intense that the win- i dow sashes In the garage were on fire. The stable was also located near I a large frame building, used for I storage purposes. It was only be cause of the wet weather at the] time of the lire that more damage was not done. It is believed here that the Bor ough Council will make an Investiga tion in the near future as to the cir cumstances of the tires. Much appre hension is being experienced by mer chants of the town for their ware houses and storage buildings. It is rumored thut an Investigation is al ready under way by the town oifl pcui*. INTERSTATE JOB : MUST BE PROVED Important Decision in Regard to Crossing Watchmen „ in Pennsylvania f | The state compensation board ■lay announced an award of com* pensntion to the widow of Fasqual . Donato, Conshohocken, killed while acting as a crossing watch man for the Heading, refusing to entertain the company's contention * that he was engaged in furthering interstate commerce when killed. We hold," says the decision, which will liavo a far-reaching effect, 'that this watchman while in tho course of his employment met his death while Sagging a train whose char acter has not been disclosed by tes timony. We believe that the mere fact that he was so engaged does not render him an employe engaged In an interstate activity." "When a claimant at the unau thorized request of a fellow em ploye attempted to interfere in a personal quarrel between two fellow employes he took himself out of the course of his employment and was not furthering tho interests of the employer" Is the ruling made in Hollistcr vs. Colonial Colliery Com pany, Natalie. The claimant was lilt by a hammer when he picked up another hammer to frighten men engaged in a fight. It is held that there is no claim for compensation because the man was hit as a re sult of animosity and not la the course of employment. In Shatter vs. Keystone Vehicle Company, Heading, compensation is refused because the decedent died from a complication of tinlluenza and not from injuries. A new hearing is awarded in Ful lerton vs. Gehron, Williamsport, in order to determine whether a poi sonous germ entered an abrasion of the skin or not. The board says there is no similarity between this case aid that of one in which an thrax is count. The appeal is dis missed in Subschuck vs. Blossburg Coat Company. 1,000 HUN* SOUP IKK S RESCUED Copenhagen, Dec. 16. Sixteen • hundred German soldiers were res sued'when the German transport Worms was sunk between Sweden and Bernholm island, acccording to a Stockholm dispatch. The cause of the sinking is not given. 11,400 EXECUTION'S IN AUSTRIA Amsterdam,. Dec. 16. Tlio su prem.e military tribunal iut Vienna has announced that 1 1,400 persons were sentenced to death by Austrian military tribunals during tho war and executed, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Ilandelblad. r Regent Theater Exclusive Presentation of Paramount-Artcraft Extraordinary Bill for the Entire Week TODAY AND TOMORROW WALLACE REID , In the dramatic and thrilling story "THE SOURCE" ADDED ATTRACTIONS: I lVAlill OT BOARDERS" a two* | reel YfißMNßimiidtt cufcaeitft Ford Sterling and Chester Conk llu. ALSO U. S. Official War Review WEDNESDAY AND HHURSDAY* CHARLES RAY "The Law of the North" ! Special Added Attraction ! For three days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday "FATTY"ARBUCKLE In lli* l.ntfNt Serpaiii "THE COOK" . .Flrwt Showing; in Inrrlnhurt? FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ETHEL CLAYTON —IN— "The Girl Who Came Back" Adapted from tho stage success, "Eeah Klesohna" High-class Films, supplemented by pipe organ music of rare quality. Admission, 10c & 20c & War Tax , i MAJESTIC p : Billy Reeves r The clever comedian, in "The Right Key But the Wrong Flat" CHIT AM EDUCATED hULI AN HORSE ;il '' COLONIAL lilil in "The Forbidden City" A New Picture Now Shown for I the First Time TH U RBDAY—FRIDAY—9AT ! IHDAY , THE HEAD STORY OF EDITH CAVEL !} "THE WOMAN THE GERMANS SHOT" See this wonderful picture nnd , you wRI know why they want to try the Kaiser for murder. If you sec this picture yon will lietter understund what taken plnee nt the peace conference. V i ~. ifV I CTORIA I ; I Today and Tomorrow | "THE EMPTY POCKET" J A picture with a great moral lesson that cunnot be mlsseil. Wednesday "THE CRUCIBLE OF MIW Thursday "THE HAND OF VKM.KANCP' Friday nnd Saturday IOM MIX In "MR. I (Hi.W. O. S. A." | Admission —10c, JOc, Slid war
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