i • I 9 I" f * ' ' A f . . * • H w* ' 7 ißt* Stir-ip • yon Juan, rg Wises Bern )f vnufew Ba HARRISBURG t£Sjf& TELEGRAPH M j : &!|c Star-Independent. l ' LXXXVII— No. 279 24 PAGES Dall Mat'ter' ot Office at HarrlebOrg ! HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 191 S. OK 'nk\vspa!m2ii r\ * iiYu ilis'uu Via B " B * 61 two ce Scrff** HOME EDITION PARIS KEEPS UP ITS HOLIDAY SPIRIT IN HONOR OF ITALIAN KING; WILSON American Mission Settling Down to Business RECEPTION FOR. FRENCH ENVOYS Senators Wait On Wilson in For mal Welcome By Associated Press Trillion, Dec. 20.—1t was def initely announced this afternoon that I "resident Wilson and Mrs. Wilson would arrive in Ixnidon on Thursday of next week, De cember 21V. They will bo the guests of King George at Buck ingham Palace. John W. Davis, the American ambassador, was received by Foreign Minister 15a 1 four to day in connection with the ar rangements for the visit. Paris, Dec. 20.—President Wilson, in addition to the con ferences he hud to-day with Italian statesmen, conferred with Captain Andre Tardfou, French high commissioner to tile I'jfftcd States with whom he discussed relief work in eco nomic questions. Including ship ping. Tiie French government is eager to place large shipbuild ing contracts in American yards but the American government, it is said, intends to keep the yards free until the peace con ference develops fully what yards the United States may need for its navy. An ollicial statement prob ably will lie given out soon ex plaining the status of the cen sorship. Although President Wilson had promised that the censorship would Is- lifted en tirely, It developed that his promise applies only to political [Continued on l'uge 28.] Boys and Girls — Tills Is Jack i'litnpklnhead be fore he pot any clothes. Head In the Ilarrishiirp TeleprapM to-morrow how Tip dressed lilni in a man's clothes and stood him in the middle of the l-ond, and how the Witch Moitlbl peppered him with the powder of life, and how he af terwards became n line plnjmate for Tip. Kvcry Saturday there will he a wonderful story about Tip and Jack Viimpkinhead and a lot of other wonderful thinps, in the Telcpraplt, and you had better tell your father and mother to be sure to pet the Teleprapli from now on. "The won derful stories of Ox is the name of them." In the Harrisburg Telegraph Starting Tomorrow Evening THE WEATHER- For HiirrlNliui-K anil vicinityi Ilnln and wurmrr to-night niir tickets which are not re deemed before January 14 will go into the treasury of the Nationul War Aid, for whose benefit the en tertainment was to be given, und as the work of this organization Is in creasing rather than decreasing since the close of hostilities, all contrlbu- J tlons will b most gratefully rccely- | Service, with headquarters at 307 Market street. Tlfe morale of the soldiers at home r&cds considerable bracing ut this tirje of the holiday season, says Lieutenant A. W. Neate, of Allcntown, fornsbrly of the Brlt- Ish army, In chargfc of the recently opened Circle, for 3his purpose and for the purpose ol£ furnishing well deserved cheer to the hoys. Lieutenant Neali, who came to Harrisburg this wick to open the [Continued op Page 13.] CITY SHAiWED AT FAIIiJRE TO AID jD CROSS State Makes Miserable Show ing in Drive For Mem berships With less than 21,000 Red Cross members secured,ln the Ilarrlsburg Red Cross Chapter district—and only two more days or so to go In the Christmas push—* "showdown" has been called for. ' The 21,000 members thus far se cured want to know something. They want to Wnow who's "holding out." There are 155,000 people In the Chapter district. If only 21,000 of them are members of the organization, then 134,000 are not. Who are the 134,000 That is what the "showdown" to-morrow cn buttons and Sunday on window em blems will show.,' Reports frorrf York this ' noon showed that all' of Pennsylvania [Continued on Page 17.] FEAR FOR SAFETY OF WOMAN WHO LEFT ;HER HOME Search in Vain For Mother of Seven Who Has Been 111 Several Months Mrs. Rose Grand, aged about 50 years, disappeared from her home, 438 Cuipberlpnd street, last evening at 5 o'clock, and has not been henrd from or seen since* It Is feared she might have taken her life, as It is understood she was temporarily Insane from sickness. Abe Grand, her husband, report ed the disappearance to the police [Continued on Page 17.] SANTA CLAUS HAS BIG MAIL TO ANSWER THIS CHRISTMAS Post Office Deluged With Letters From Little Tots Who Pon't Want to Be Forgotten by Old Saint Santa Claus is onq, of the most popular persona in HJarrlsburg this week. Scores of letters are being received by the rotund gentlemen at Hnrrlsburg, the vnngiiard of an un usually large supply af epistles ex pected to arrive before he starts on his Journey in his reindqer-drawn sleigh on Christmas etfe. These letters are bQing delivered to l'ostmapter Sites Who will have chnrge of Santa's mall until It Is delivered ,'to him shortly before Christmns. In the meantime Post master Sites and his assistants are busllv engaged in cnmoillng lists HOPE-TO BE BACHELORS BE!'ORE 20; THAT IS, OP ART - |jj| ™\JSBBE 1 :. , | • ■ , | ■". ■ . ; :, £|- fyM^^'" Five Freshmen at Tech Who Entered School at Eleven Years Will Be Through Col lege Before They Can Cast Their. First Ballot • TWINS AT 12 ALIKE - AS PEAS IN A POD No pther high school In Pennsyl vania can boast of such a football aggregation as the Harrisburg Tech nical institution, and It is doubtful if any cither high school of equal grade In the state can boast of five mem bers' of the freshman class who en tered high school at the age of 11 years. In the frcßhman class at Tech are five "freshies" who broke all records for Harrisburg when they entered Tech last fall. Youngest of the quintet is How ard Albert Miller who goes by the name of Albert. He was born May 21, 1907, so that he will not be 12 years old until next May. Albert is a Willard product, and belongs to Section 4 of the Tech prep course. Mathematics is his favorite subject. Nelson Herbert Gotwalt lives at 201 Muench street, and first saw the iight of day November 3, 1906. He is a product of the Cameron gram mar school where he made a splen did record. Harold Orth Douglnss nlso came to Tech from Cameron. Harold was born April 1, 1907, but that date does not have any particular signifi cance. He is a Latin "shark" und hopes some day to go to Princoton University, after his course at Tech. William Kenner Sowers celebrates his birthday September 20. lie be longs to Sectton 3, of the classical [Continued on Page 17.] MUNICIPAL TREE IS PUT IN PLACE FOR CHRISTMAS Decoration Committee Pleas ed With Magnificent Rig Evergreen The municipal Christmas tree is here. Sprouting out of the asphalt in Market street, 'just west of the square, a huge evergreen is tower ing between the buildings flanking both sides of the street, and point ing its topmost branch at the win ter skies. The tree brought into the city this morning is 35 feet tall, and has been [Continued on Page 23.] that Santa may complete his work without unnecessary delay. Some boys and girls want many things, but most ure modest In what they ask. Some pitiful pleas ha. j been received for the return fath ers and brothers from nrmy servlco. But altogether the'letters aA a happy note nnd many of the requests are for gifts of milltnry nature. One little girl wants a lied Cross uni form. All the youngsters, most of whom hnve been missed before by Snnta Claus, are hopeful that this Christmas will bring a visit from the kind old Saint. On the group picture Nelson Her bert flotwalt stands at the left. By his side is William Kepner Sowers, next Is Harold Orth Douglass and at J TiWO MILLION DEAD, ENEMY'S PRICE IN WAR Staggering List Shows Empire . Suffered Six Million Casualties fly Associated Press New York, Dec. 20.—When the total German casualties are published the number of dead will ho- about two mil lion,' according to the Cologne Ga zette of November 25, n copy of which has been received here. Up to Octo ber 25 the total casualties reported were 6,066,769, of whom more than 4,750,000 were Prussians. The total [Continued on Page 23.] BOND ISSUE OF $91,000 OPENED BY SCHOOL BOARD Cost of Additional Ground at Tech High Met by Loan Bids for the purchase of $91,000 in bonds to pay for the buildings ad joining Technical High school, the ground to he used for an addition to that structure, are to be opened this afternoon at the regular meeting of the board of directors. With the Issue of $91,000 the to tal amount of the $1,250,000 loan which was authorized und which has been spent will be $754,000 or about 00 per cent, of the total. Of this amount $663,000 is being used for the Edison building and the addi tion to the Camp Curtin school. The $91,000 issue will leave a bal ance of $496,000 whicli will be avail able to carry out the original pro gram as planned In 1916 or the latest one if it should be approved. The report of Dis. J. H. Van Sickle nnd Henry Snjwler, made , public earlier in the week by President Hubert A. Endcrs, is to be submitted to the board at the session to-day, but no action may be taken until later. Paymaster Held Up and Robbed by Auto Bandits Everett, Mass., Dee. 20.—Six men In an automobile held up Frank Brown, of Lynn, paymaster of the Steel foundry of the General Elec tric Company here to-day, shot and seriously wounded him. and escaped with the week's pay roll reported; to amount to $12,000.. Brown was' taken to the Massachusetts General Hosnitsl In Boston. the right is Howard Albert Miller. The twins, Donald and Daniel Har lish, are shown on the second cut md Richard DeOruy is shown on .he Individual cut. D. COVES TELLS HOW TRANSPORT RESTEDU-BOATS Red Cross Praised For Work the World >•) Over To be on one of the transports caught in a nest of German subma rines, to see them at such close ranKe that it was impossible for cruisers to fire on thenf; then to see one of the pirates mown high into the air. these are a few of the thrilling ex periences t elated to-day by Darrah C. Oves, of .he 262 nd Aero Squad ron, son of former City Treasurer H. F. Oves, 2218 North Second street. Mr. .Oves arrived in New York a few days ago from England, being .among the first s'Jdiers to return to this country. He talked about many experiences in camps in this country, in England, and on the seas, and paid a high tribute to the work of the Hod Gross the world over. "From the time I left Har rlshurg and drent to the various camps where I was located, and on the trip from Scottfiold to Camp Mills, at every station we stopped, even for a moment, at day or night, wo were greeted by Ited Cross women, who generally had hot coffee and sandwiches. They were the last persons we saw on leaving America, [Contained on Page 11.] Harrisburg Site For Auto Manufacturing Plant Is Sought by Western Co. The Harrisburg Chamber of Com merce this morning received a let ter from an automobile manufactur ing firm located at present in the middle west, requesting information j/clative to conditions hero and the I advantages to be offered a manu ! fucturlng establishment of Its. nature : should the officials decide to move their plant to this city. The plant and equipment of the company has been destroyed by tire, and before rebuilding they are look ing for u better locution. Housing conditions, labor markets, light, heat and power rates, and cost of living are among the conditions they wish to learn about before deciding whether or not, to come here. The plant employs 250 fnen, has a payroll aggregating $300,000 an nually, and an output worth SS,- 500,000 annually, according to the communication of the officials. ARMORED CAR GOER THROUGH An armored motorcar, fully cam ouflaged, passed through Harrisburg CITY AND COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING MAY FACE CAPITOL Plan to Sell Site of Courthouse Meets Favor PARK TO BE GREATCENTER Men in Public Life | Endorse Plan As Good Idea Public sentiment favoring tne' erection of a now courthouse and municipal building on a site facing ■ the Cupitol Park Extension is grow- i lag in the city since the report of City Solicitor John E. Fox and J County Solicitor Philip S. &loyer that; the present site of the courthouse i can be sold by the county provided j the fund is used to provide u simi lar structure. t Development of the pat k and the ' streets surrounding it as a big civic I center has been pointed out by old- I clals and broad-minded biininessmen ' as an opportunity which Marrisburg| should take advantage of at once. 1 The lirst big step towar-l this would I be tho construction of a new court- j house and city office bidding facing! the park, probably in Walnut street! Una near Fourth street. Declare Plan Important Businessmen of the city and others I in official circles declared tilt plan Is' of so much Importance to the future! of llarrlshurg that it should be seri-: i cusly considered before the city and j county commissioners decide iin-Hyl the location of the iiev. stru.-tn.re [which they contemplate having l 'elected. That the site of the present Court- j house nnd a'so the county lull should i he sold, the new administration I building for both city and county to be placed In Walnut street facing the i ? -riber 1J T jj I round f j $ '•"*• • % 1,060 ** J ed. J J 1 X i T - • • i. * * iX ti ; IJ border. I;; ' * ' 4i / X me X w *' "5* *► 4* X . * T *' *r of ' ,e ► X pence 1 be con-- ' 4 * * ► X v * * X * - < ** 7 d i > |G # > T V : -mstroff, 4' 4* rs X x 1 J - X X • i- . MAIL # T of mail mL.