AID ASKED FOR THE ARMENIANS Governor Brumbaugh Issues Proclamation Calling For Contributions Contributions from the people of Pennsylvania to the Armenian and Syrian Relief Committee were asked to-day in a proclamation issued by Governor Brumbaugh. The Governor says: "The Arme nian and Syrian Relief Committee has, with national approval, appeal ed for J 30,000.009 to alleviate the sufferings of 4.000,000 good people, including 400,000 orphans who have been grievously stricken by the ter rible war. These people have al ways been' precious to American citizens. We have learned to their great credit of the persecution they have undergone for conscience's sake. We must answer their appeal for help. Let the Christmas spirit carry itself to the far-away friends, kind in spirit, that they may know that our people can be happy only when they have been generous to others. "This appeal is made to the al truistic spirit of our tine .citizenry and will, I trust, have hearty and generous response." "Could Not Sleep; Needed a Tonic" Fnnnd Relief in Tonall "X had insomnia and was ex tremely nervous and could not sleep. My throat and mouth were con stantly dry," says Joseph C. Web ster. of Pylesvihe, Maryland. "i was in need of a Tonic and at the Delta Pharmacy, Delta, Pa.. 1 bought Tonall and began using it nnd the results obtained were great, I now- sleep good, my appetite is im proved and in every way will say Tonall has helped me and X cheer fully recommend Tonall to others." Tonall is sold at Gorgas* Drug Store, Harrisburg. and all loading drug stores in Eastern Pennsylvania. A Tonic and Health Builder Remove that warning cough or cold with Calcerbs (the calcium tablet). They give strength to combat illness. M*e boxes at druggists or from EOKMAN LABORATORY. Philadel phia. manufacturers of Eokmaa's Alterative. (W THE FINAL TRIBUTE ; to the departed is the monu- ' ntent erected over his or her resting-place. Let that tribute be a fitting one. you can do no more p.r.d no less. Slay we erect this monument for you? Plan submitted and exact cost. I/ook over our Monument De sign Book. Also our stock of finished work. 1. B. DICKINSON Granite, Marble and Tile 505-13 X. THIRTEENTH ST. Harrisburg. Pa. r CORNS W W BEN IONS C.ALLtsES GORGAS DRUC STORES , THE GLOBE THE GLOBE Attention! Officers— Rrl THE GLOBE Uniforms @Jg Are Reduced The fact that THE GLOBE ff UNIFORMS are REDUCED in B.'jf Jffl " price means volumes to officers A-' X who appreciate superior quality —finest hand tailoring and su- A I At their regular prices THE GLOBE UNIFORMS are with out equal anywhere—so that of ficers in need of uniforms should hurry here to secure the great savings listed below. $50.00 Serge and Whipcord Uniforms $40.00 $40.00 Serge and Whipqord Uniforms $32.50 $42.50 Gabardine Uniforms $37.50 $22.50 Cotton Gabardine Uniforms $18.50 $50.00 Overcoats, ..■■■m WKti • $40.00 $50.00 Sueae Cloth Trench Coats, with detach able wool lining $40.00 THE GLOBE MONDAY EVENING, THIRTY PAPERS BY THE GOVERNOR Proclamations , Issued This Year and Those of 1917 Make 72 Issued | Thirty procla— two years, according to records of the State Department. Three have been issued thus far this month, | making forty-five the total of 191 S. In the two preceding years the Gov ernor issued thirty. Many of the proclamations related to war ac tivities and were issued by request. Records of the State Department, which have just been closed for the fiscal year, show that the Governor issued J94 requisitions during the year ending December J against 2?4 in the previous year and that 252 warrants on requisition were issued this year as against 302. Between December 1. 1916. and December 1, 1918, the Governor signed 31 death warrants and issued 30 respites against 40 warrants and 25 respites in the previous two years. In the last two years sentences of death were commuted to life imprisonment aft er action by the State Board of Par dons. The state issued 138 pardons in the two years ending December 1 last, 76 being in the last year. In the previous two-year period 164 were issued. Institutes On—State farmers' in stitutes. which have been in pro gross since the middle of November, will be suspended the latter part of this week, until after the Christmas holidays. Attendance is stated at the Capitol to have been very satisfac tory and interest to have been very marked In such topics as land drain age. fertilizer and farm labor. This week institutes will be held in Mid dle Spring, Cumberland. Landisburg and Millerstown, Perry, Shirleysburg. Huntingdon. Hustontown and Cedar Grove. Pulton: Irwin. Scottdale and Ligcnier. Westmoreland: Sweden Valley anTGerania. Potter; Hazen and Baxter. Jefferson: New Mahon ing. Carbon: Scotia and Canadensis, Monroe cAunty. Big Increase.—Thousands of dol lars in new issues of bonds and stock are represented in announce ments just made by the Public Ser vice Commission of the filing of cer tificates of notification by utility companies. Among the notices filed are Germantown Steam Company, j Philadelphia, bonds. $100,000: Mn- ! hor.ing and Shenango Railway and j Light Company. New Castle, bonds. 1 $550,000: Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company. Lancaster, common stock. $35,000; Pittston and Avoca Street Railway Company. Wiikes-Barre. bonds. $6,000; Wilkes- Barre and Plains Street Railway- Company. Wilkes-Rarre. bonds. s>.- 000: Philadelphia Electric Company. Philadelphia. bonds, $1,500,000; Pittsburgh and Shawmut Railroad. Kittaning. notes. $93,600; East Pennsylvania Gas and Electric Com pany. Scranton, preferred stock, $100,000: Metropolitan Edison Com pany. Reading. bonds, $119,000; Citizens Light and Power Company. Oil"Citr. bonds. $31,000; Citizens': Traction Company. Oil City, bonds. $43,090; Lake Erie. Franklin and Clarion Railroad Company, Frank lin. bonds. $30,000; South Pittsburgh Water Company, Pittsburgh, bonds, $13,000. Got Good Results.—Results of vaccination to protect cattle against the sickness known as shipping fe ver or stockyard pneumonia have been so satisfactory in reducing losses of animals that the State Live Stock Sanitary Board has them in bulletin form. They were conducted at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh yards and other places by Dns. J. B. Hardenbergh and Fred Boerner, Jr., of the state service. In three years sixty-one infected herds containing 1,831 animals, had 204 deaths prior to vaccination. In forty-one of the herds the disease was checked with out further losses and in forty-five no deaths after a week following vaccination. The mortality prior to vaccination was 12.3 per cent, and after 1.5 per cent. Eleven Honii<-ide—No less than eleven cases involving homicide of I various classes are listed In ibe thirty-six cases on the calendar f° r 1 the State Board of Pardons for De cember IS. Thirty-one of these cases j are new applications and five are I held over from previous meetings, j ,In one case. Luther Knox. Arm-i ' strong In seeking communication of ; death sentence as is Sam Barcons, Allegheny, whose cases has been re spited from June, when it was held under advisement. The other mur der cases are William Webber, i Berks, grartted commutation over j I twenty years ago and who is seek- j ,1 ing pardon after three refusals. The i other cases Include five second do- j gree and three manslaughter appli -1 cations. Philadelphia, which has had ■ numerous oases lately, has less than , half a dozen, while Berks ar.d Alle- : I gheny, which have had very few, are 1 commencing to figure again, one •with five and the other with four, i while Dauphin has three oases. One of the applications for pardon is from Mary Mlraco. second degree, \ Delaware county. The meeting will be the last of the board as at pros- | lent constituted. Honors to Mr. Rogers—Justice of I the Supreme Court E. A. Walling. ' made the address at the funeral ! services of Chauncey P. Rogers, (Jr.. special Auditor General at Corry on Saturday. Judge P. M. Ros siter and Ex-Auditor General A. E. Sisson spoke at a meeting of the Erie bar. Prominent residents of the county attended the services. Governor to Speak. Governor Brumbaugh leaves to-day fof An i napolis where he will speak on states : and education at the conference of J governors. Bcidicnian Invited Lieutenant j Governor-elect Edward E. Beidle j man has been Invited to speak at i the Masonic function at Reading on I Wednesday. Writing History.—According to the Philadelphia Press, Governor Brum jbaugh is engaged in writing a history I of his administration. | Big Conference. Arrangements have been made for a conference of . people interested in natural gas to 'be held in Pittsburgh next month. ' The Public Service Commission will I I be In charge. Martin to Get Place.—Dr. Edward Martin will be the next Commtssion ier of Health, according to the North . American, which says that he will take office in January, if he can leave the army. Dixie Steams Out of Queenstown For Home Journey; Flags Wave By Associated Frtss Queenstown. Dec. 16. —The I*. S. S. Dixie, a destroyer tender, which ; i has held a large place in the hearts. ! of the Amenican sailors and the • residents here, steamed slowly out , the harbor yesterday on her way' home. She was accompanied part I . of the way by barges loaded with ! : American sailors, while crowds i along the shore and at the windows | waved fiags. STOLEN CAR RECOVERED I Gocttysburg, Pa., Dec. 16. —A new , Hudson touring car stolen from the . garage of S. Gray Bighorn, at Big iervtile. on the night of November 14, has been found. It was located j at Staunton, Va., by J. 3. Baigher, , ; the Hudson dealer at that place. MAN AND WIFE DIE Marietta. Pa.. Dec. 16.—Mr. and Mrs. George M. Prowell, of Hopewell I township, near Highmount, are i dead from influenza. Mr. Prowell ! was 35 years of age and his wife 33. They died five hours apart. Two sons, and both critically ill. survive, j Prowell was a farmer. j '• '■ ■' WHISKY KILLS BABY BOY Chester. Pa., Dec. 16. —Walter De t cessa, 5 years old, died yesterday in the Chester Hospital from an overdose of whisky. The lad lived i 1 with his father, his mother having i died recently from influenza. I NEWS FLASHES OFF THE OCEAN CABLES By Associated Press I iiic r-eiicn government is j considering, with a probability of I presenting before th ® Chambej of I Deputies on December 24. a bill pro posed by Deputy Jacques Stern estab lish among the allies an international financial union. London—An inventory of former | Emperor William's private belong < ings. in Berlin and Potsdam has led j to the discovery of the famous im- ! perial wardrobe, including 598 Ger- I man and foreign military and naval | I uniforms. Purls— Negotiations between Pots- • dam. the Soldier's and Workmen's, ; Councils and Prince 'Eitel Frederick. I looking to the safeguarding of the ' Hohenzollern family fortunes are ! progressing slowly. It is said an, ; agreement will be framed next j ; month. * * ' Berlin—According to the Boersen ! Zeitung, several thousand horses in : statbles formerly belonging to Herr, Hohenzollern have been confiscated. Rome—During the war. the Ital-| ian arm ylost 15.600 officers killed. ] More than 30.000 officers were wounded seriously. Daughter of U. S. Military Chief at Peace Table 2 rc ris Miss Eleanor Bliss, daughter of General Tasker H. Bliss, who is in Paris to act as military adviser to the American Peace Delegation. It is I likely that Mrs. and Miss Bliss will i | shortly join the general In Paris. HA RRU3BT TRG QfSi& TELEGRAPH mwwhmwiii ww i | "The Live Store" j Where Did They Come From? I In spite of the rainy weather Saturday this "Live Store" , ,1 I had great crowds of eager buyers throughout the day and there was no slackening interest during the evening hours —lt was a great day for Doutrichs— There were more out-of-town buyers Here Saturday than we've noticed for a long time and while it was a disappointment to some that we closed so early Saturday night we hope it will not incon venience you to come back during this week and take advantage of huge stocks of merchan dise we have prepared for your holiday buying, for this is I "The Real Christmas Store" It would be worth your while to visit our shirt department during this busy season and see the vast number of people who come Here to supply their demands for useful gifts of "Silk," "Fibre," "Crepe de Chine" and "Mercerized" Shirts you'll be more than pleased with the generous assortment we have of Manhattan & Bate Street Shirts, these brands are too well known for comment, all we ask you to do is to compare the values and cur prices— I We Give Holiday Boxes Free With Every Purchase I Neckwear 1 Velour Hats Doutrichs is a " by-word " for This is the store that made the good neckwear You'll know why if Velour Hat popular in Harrisburg—Today I you have ever looked at this Live Store s neck- g rea t Be lling Hat in the market, they look wear There sno end of variety and colorings we „ , . . . . have a necktie party Here every minute of the day, well and wear better than any other - Shade, of many customers buy them by the dozen. , Green, Tan, Brown, Gray, Fawn and Black. This Is the Store Everybody Is Talking About w%4 . , „ DECEMBER 16, 1918. 9
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