, 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
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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.
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BE2L.L PUOSH U^-IL
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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
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