, SANTA ANNA IS IN PORT AFTER : ROUGH VOYAGE Bears Knights of Columbus Heroes Who Wear the Croix de Guerre Yew York, Dec. 17.—The TJnlted • States transport Santa Anna, bring ing home 48 officers, 21 enlisted meni 70 Young Men's Christian Associa tion workers and three Knights of Columbus workers from overseas, arrived here late yesterday three days behind schedule. The ship's of ficers reported a voyage so rough that it had to be broken by a stop at Bermuda. James F. Kelly, of Salt Lake City, one of the Knights of Columbus workers, was the only wounded man aboard..With the two other Knights of Columbus men, L. M. Kines, of Baltimore, and J. L. McCann, of Chicago, he wore the Croix de Guerre, won by flying In an airplane with food to a detachment of ma rines, who were pocketed for four days in a salient of the Argonne line. The enlisted men on the Santa Anna were members of the 73d Field Artillery. Among the offle'ers were Lieutenant Colonels William Eaton, Pittsfield, Mass., and T. . F. Brown, Brighton, Mass.. and Major W. H. Rogers. Pittsburgh. DRAFT BOARDS QUIT Annapolis, Md., Dec. 17.—Local and ' district draft board® will be dtssolv- j ed at the end of the present month, Secretary Baker said in an address] yesterday at the governors' confer-! • ence here. 5 KILLED. Id HURT IX DRESDEN Copenhagen. Dee. 17.—live per- ! sons were killed and forty, wound ed in Spartacus riots at Dresden, capital of Saxony, it was learned from Berlin last night. WO ME Suffering from . Nervousness aM Sick Headache • ' —lassitude, low spirits and loss of appetite will find re newed strength, brighter looks, better health and clearer complexions by using Beecham's Pills, They give; you the very help you need, and are a natural aid to the stomach, liver, bowels and blood. Gentle and positive in action, without any disa greeable after-effects Use j • fjPiiif Lamest Sale of Any Medicine in the World. \ Sold everywhere. In boxes. 10c., 25c. * Don't Worry, Plenty o£ Christmas Trees We will have THOUSANDS of the FINEST, FRESH CUT TREES. Our shipper writes. "I have selected for you one of the finest cars of trees we ever shipped." More beautiful than ever, and not oxi: t i:vr hii.iii h thw i.ast vi ar Prices Will He From 35c to 52.50 for the Very Largest Plenty of trees for all—at the same prices—from Santa's own woodland, cut by Santa's own little wood choppers. If you wish, t. Just tell us the size and we will reserve for you a beautiful tree. TREE HOLDERS—GRAVEL FOR ROADS AXI) WALKS Schell's Seed Store QUALITY SEEDS 1307-09 Market St. Both Phones j J | EFFICIENCY SPELLS SUCCESS £ Take a lluhlufsh Course I ndcr Specialists. SCHOOL OF COMMERCE Bl Hnrrlxl>urg*a Lending and Accredited Huxlne** College ' mB Troup Hulldlng IS s. .Market Square PS Bell 485—DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOL—DiaI tJOU Write, Phone, or Call. Send For Catalog. H | A Representative Will Call Upon Request. 1 *ksoiuteiy 0 A My latent Improved nppll- jffi' A fSkf aneca. Including an oxeygeß- Jy r, 4!m 1 r*Q> . U- M laed air apparatu*. mtkra A? Cap Ar B 1 extracting and all dotal a. Qt 9 W orlk positively pain-- • Ar I* M a X.vif}M and U perfectly Imri.i- i 7 •.CV , ftjt ffl 3 lone- (Ae u* Asft fll act ef 1 I EXAMINATION / . CS> /£-£!! U 1 I FREE J*Vy>x \ Ar bridg* work. rs. at an si A ■ V Jy xtK aoid friMVA, *.*'oo M H D..i...d A AAV OJled dally M.Stl 3 jW |> I|. M.i Monday, \Ved- M I Oaadaata i%\y aeaday dad datarday, till 9 ■ daaletaata Ar A# V wp. m. BE2L.L PUOSH U^-IL Bill TERMS J | tTUESDAY EVENING, Habjrisburg telegtraph DECEMBER 17, 1918 CHAIRMAN HAYS CALLS MEETING : OF REPUBLICANS National Leader Summons "Workers to Gather at Chi cago For Conference | By Aisociated Prtsi Washington, Dec. 17. Chairman Hays, of the Republican NaUonal committee yesterday Issued a call for a meeting of the committee at Chicago, January 10, 'to discuss the general situation and to lay plans for the future." "Republians feel," said Mr. Hays' announcement, 'that they have won a tremendous victory this last elec tion and realize thoroughly that by their opportunities now are their responsibilities measured." At the first general meeting here yesterday of Republican women un der the auspices of the Republican women's executive committee, de-1 cision was reached to invite sugges-1 tions from Republican women over j the country as to the best means of social and industrial reconstruction. I The suggestions will be • at a conference of the executive com- j mittee here January 15, M:ss Elsie M. Wilver Dies of Influenza j Believed to have contracted the !n-| / fluenza during the (recent epidemic \ while she was engaged in nursing pa tients at tlie Hurrisburg Hospital, ! where she was a student nurse, M'ss | Elsie M. Wilver. 19 years old. daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wilver, 99 North Eighteenth street, died lost evening at the institution. Miss Wilver entered on a three year training course at the nospitnlj about six months ugo as one of the| volunteers secured in the student nurse drive. She became ill as the recent epidemic began to abate and for the past several days had t:een in a criteal condition. Funeral services will be on Thurs | day afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late home, conducted by the Rev. Thomas Heiseh, pastor of Christ Luth eran Church. Burial will be in the East Harrisburg cemetery. HEVIIV S. DIXON Funeral services for Henry S. Dix | on will be held to-morrow afternaon at 3 o'clock at his residence. 106 j Cherry street, the Rev. H. H. Cooper, i pastor of the Bethel A. M. K. Church, | officiating. Burial will be made n the j Lincoln cemetery. Mr. Dixon died on j Saturday. He is survived by h ! s wife, I Mrs. Mary N. Dixon; a daughter, an | infant son and a brother. MISS PFlAItt. M. 1.1 V E Miss Pearl M. Line, aged 21 years, j an employe of the New Idea Hosiery j Company, died yesterday after a short | Illness at her home, lfill Swatara street Funeral services will be held | to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, i from her late home. The Rev. | Clayton Albert Smucker, pastor I of the Stevens Memorial Methodist I Church, will officiate. Burial will be j in the East Harrisburg cemetery. IIAROI.n H. WAI.TEHS Harold H. Walters, aged 23 Years, I died Monday morning at his home. 3217 Derry street, from pneumonia. I Private funeral services will be held I Thursday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock, I the Rev. Harry B. King, pastor > f the I Paxton Preshvterian Cnuroh, otficiat lin p. Burial will be made at the mau soleum In Paxtang. He was a "im- Iter of Warrior Eagle Tribe of Red ' Men. KEYSTONE STATE ORCHARD LEADER I Remarkable Showing in Re gard to Commercial Frtiit > Growing in Pennsylvania P c n n svlvanta \\\ terlally increased orchards raising jVtwSSwUfl , now has orchards Vrli which arc cngag pears, crabappics and quinces, cur rants and cherries. A state survey of all such commercial establish ments, as distinguished from those owned by farmers ot" privately op erated, has Just been finished. There are 1.414 apple and peach orchards. Adams county having the largest number. Throughout the state these orchards have over 1,300,000 bearing peach trees and i 725,000 bearing apple trees with a | larger number of apple trees com j lng alongj ] There are over seventy pear or- j J chards scattered throughout the 1 , state which are engaged in commer | eitil business and almost 100 devoted Ito plum and prune raising for the j general market, the bulk of them | being in the northwestern counties. I Erie also leads in the commercial cherry orchards which number close | to ninety, while Pike boasts a crab- I apple orchard with 1,000 trees ind there are nine quince orchards, two of them having at least 1,500 trees. ! Adams county alone has 1,800 quince | trees. The state has eleven currant, plantations, one in Pike having 30,- 1 000 bushes, while one in Beaver has 10,000. i Erie leads in vineyards, some of I them having over 23,000 vines. Many .„f them are in North East and vi-j einlty. Mr. Billing? Visits—James S. Bill ings. of Pittsburgh, whs on the Hill 1 to-day to see Auditor General Sny der. Ho is a candidate for tlie Ke- i publican nomination for county j treasurer of Allegheny. Asking Reports State draft i headquarters is out with a qpll to all boards to finish reports as soon as possible. The records are soon to be closed up. State Attache Dead —■ Joseph A. Tinsman, lieutenant of engineers and formerly an assistant engineer of the division of engineering of the State Department of Health, died of wounds while serving in France witli his regiment according to a message received at the Department of Health. Three Dauphin Cases—There are three Dauphin applications for par- I don rcr the meeting of the State Board of Pardons to-morrow to- I gether with some from York, I.an- I caster, Schylkill and Northumber- j land. The Board Will meet at 10' | o'clock and give decisions in the ; evening. I Dr. Royer Returns—Commission- j er of Health itoyer has returned from Chicago where he spoke at the | public health convention. C. A. Em- j erson. Jr.. chief engineer, spoke on j sewage treatment by cities at the j convention. Derry Township Cases—Tile Derry ] township grade crossing \ cases, . • which have been before the | Service Commi: sion in one form or | another for months, are listed for | hearing to-morrow. McC'lniii Praised—The announce- | ment a few days ago that Lieutenant Uovernor Frank B. McClain was be ing talked of for Secretary of Agri culture, has been welcomed at the Capitol. The. Lieutenant Governor is j praised as a man who would till the bill. State Away Up—'The federal re- 1 ports on wheat show Pennsylvania I with over 1.U32.000 acres in wheat, j an increase per cent, with | a condition of 9 8 per cent, compared with a ten-year average. Inquiries On—State Department j Health officials are to-day investi gating reports of new outbreaks of ! influenza in Blair, Northumberland, ■ Tioga and Luzerne counties. The ] E department stated to-day that there jg were no alarming conditions. if Demurrer Filed —The Public Ser- i j vice Commission has taken the de- I murrer in the Union Traction Com pany case from Philadelphia under consideration and briefs will be tiled. Luzerne In—The official returns from Luzerne county were received j at the department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to-day and : the final official count of the votes j in the state will be made lute to- ' day. Jitneys Again—The first applica tion for a jitney certificate to be pre sented to the Public Service Com- | mission since the superior court nc- j tion will come up to-morrow when j Howard Mitzel will ask a certificate, j Whether there will be any opposi- j tion is not known. The Quinn case i against the Harrisburg Railways j Company, has been continued until J December 23 and the steam heat j ease until December 27. Suffragists Byrn Wilson Speeches at White House j as.Capita! Crowd Hoots Washington. Dee. 17. —Nearly 300 1 members of the National Woman's party, carrying torches and bannners, paraded by the Whito House yester day. Grouping around the statue of Lafayette in a public square across Pennsylvania avenue from the execu-1 tlve mansion, they ceremoniously burned copies of all speeches made by President Wilson. • [ j The demonstration was staged as a j F protest against the failure of the j - Senate to adopt he resolution sub- | mitting he federal suffrage consti- ft tutional amendment to the states. || Police proected he women from ' | interference by the crowd, which I several times attempted to hoot down j g Ihfi women as they deposied the copy I K of an address in the flames at the 13 same time making a speech. PHYSICIANS TO REPORT DAILY OX INFLUFNZ Yj Physicians of the city have been ! I requested in letters from Dr. J. M. | § J. Raunick, city health officer, toll make a daily report of any new cases j J of influenza and pneumonia In Har- 11 tisburg. Dr. Raunick expluined that I this being done so that the health | bureau can keep in close touch with | the situation here because In some I of the outlying districts new cases I are being found. TWO ARVESTED AS SMUGGLERS OF WHISKEY P James S. Watson, 434 Lincoln I street, Stelton, and William H. Bos- I man, Philadelphia, the two Pullman E porters bn the Northern Central 3 Railfoad who were arrested yester- I day on the charge of attempting t® I take twelve quarters of whiskey into I prohibition Virginia in a suitcase, I will be given a hearing before United I States Commissioner W'olfo Saturday ] afternoonat 2 o'clock. || "The Live Store" I Beginning Wednesday Night This } } "Live Store" Will Be Open { I " Every Night Until Christmas" I /- . ~ >. /M, people to Doutrichs and that's half the battle, the jKli lv¥ £SC 3®l|| other half is the exceptional service and satisfaction you get t j| i||| HERE Our merchandise today is better than it has ever ifvly j* sjMi\ 1 been in the history of the store lt's a big thing to trade v with a store that firmly believes in handling known quality merchandise, but it's a greater thing to find a merchant who I'lii 'h\ ! •''' 8^ "back of" every purchase you make When you l ■|/ ' come to this "Live Store" for | | I|pL Hart Schaffner \ & Marx | Kuppenheimer Society Brand Wjmk PP| Clothes rlr I ' You have the assurance that you are I I II j dealing with a dependable store which satisfies the jfljßfLjjjtif purchaser to the fullest extent without quibble or question. J Wireß'it This month is going to close carrying away the honors as the Ilffifflß greatest clothing year in the history of the store and if you }< llff want the best clothes you've ever bought or had the pleasure || of looking at in such an extensive variety, you should come E "Suit or Overcoat" I This Is the Store Everybody Is Talking About | | In order to help make this year j | | "The Greatest American Christmas" j ~ I Iwe will be "open evenings" beginning | I j to-morrow (Wednesday) night | I 13
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