GREAT RECORD OFTECH ATHLETE-SOLDIERS; JESS WILLARD WANTS NONE OF DEMPSEY Tech's Splendid Record in Athlete-Soldiers The statement has been made that the American soldier proved so adaptablo to the war game, because of th e spirit that he has imbibed in participating in athletics. Every school in the country boasts of Its honor roll and a glance at the list of any school or college will con vince the skeptical that the athlete was th e llrst to answer his country s Ca \vh!le the Technical High school is just a trifle over a decade old, the Maroon institution has an honor roll that is well over the 100 mark. A glance at the names indicates the fact that each class has a good rep resentation, and many of them help ed to bring fame to themselves and Tech while enrolled at that institu t,o, 'HIH" Wilson, of the 1910 class, was among the first of athletes to make a record In tt>PP ln * the timbers over on the island, it was in the early days when rech was lucky to score sevcral point. . The following year Tcch made a better showing in athletics, of the fact that the class of im contained such men as Vmißereghy, who developed into one of the best weight men in the country, who made the supreme sacrifice or the field of France} Loomis. : Matt . Gough and the.two S^ def ur t her ers, most of wnom -otleee di. U of cnunuca to grow better until finally pionship tetms were developed football, basketball and trac The class of 1912 boatsted of PWI German, who was one of the lech mainstavs in football. 1913 had among others, "Bill" Anderson an all-around athlete, and Scow Gar ner, who made a record in the cage. In the servlco for 1911 ure John Elscheid, who could hit the oppos ing lino with much tho same force as "Tony" Wilsbach; "Bed" Lloyd, Ross Willis and L. Scheffer, tho third of tho family of athletes. Athletes who entered the service from the 1915 class included "Steve" Anderson, who is an instruc tor at Cornell, teaching aerial photo graphy, , , A . "Vic" Emanuel, an elder brother of "Snaps," "Norm" Steitler, "Dave" Heffolfinger, "Johnny" '-Morgan, "Willie" Scheffer, last of tho fam ily and the incomparable Clar ence Beck. It was with this class that Tech first won a state track championship. Class of 191G sent half a score more into the service of their coun try and those athletically inclined were Moltz and Ralph Evans, both good track men. Evans ran on three teams that captured honors down at the Penn carnivals. No less than 11 athletes from the class of 1917 answered their coun try's summons. T'ech students still recall "Hetz" Davies, "Muzz" Miller, Joe Todd, "Dinty" Wear, Manager George Stark, "Gawge" Fitzpatrick, "Snltz" Snyder, "Pete" Such, "Gip" Gipple, "Hank" McFarland and "Peepie" Mell. Last year's graduating class sent into the service almost a score of its members and many of these did not wait to graduate, leaving tho school at the declaration of war. "Alf" Os man, a member of the wresting team, "Hennie" Cocklin, "Pete" Moore, Manager Patterson, Ramey, Nell and Hempt, are among those who helped to put Tech on the athletic map. From this year's graduating class up until the armistice, eleven lads had left school to join the colors, and many more were preparing to go at the middle of the year. These fellows themselves give athletics the credit for making them fit for army life. Fortunately all have escaped death but live of the number. Among the first to be killed was Lieutenant Von Bereghy, who died of wounds. "Gene" Davis was also killed in ac tion. Ray JohnsoiL Earl Martin and Herman Rhoads were victims of THE CANDLE j LIGHT IN YOUR j Window I f| Shows a I Real Xmas } Spirit *; ? >*Jat v V\ ) Mahogany Can- ? 'A"7\i 'lb, ,0 dlestick, holding * wf/V / w kig red candle, dec- t ifcAv/l \ cated with red ? UA' satin ribbon and t <* iflr spray of ho 11 y— t Kf] neatly packed in a f ' I, n Christmas box— f JL& while tliey last, I JL 95c I GOLDSMITH'S I North Market Square j Play Safe- Stick to KI N G OSCAR CIGARS > Because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy you 7c—'Worth it JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers / MONDAY EVENING, ** HAHRISBURG TELEGRAPH! DECEMBER 23, 1918. When Umpire Tim Hurst Settje dthe Question St. I.mils, Dec. 23.—"Bobby" Wal lace, veteran of veterans in major league baseball, his activities as a player stoppcil only by ihe war aft er some twenty-four years of dia mond service, celebrated his forty fourth birthday recently here. "Bobby" is now connected with the industrial branch of the Ordnance Bureau of the War Department and his duty is to give Illustrated lec tures to munitions workers in vari ous plants on how to increase out put. But the ban on public gath erings because of the Influenza gave liim idle time and ne celebrat ed his birthday by gathering to gether a few cronies and telling stories. One that made quite a hit had Tim Hurst as its feature. It was back in 18M, and the Spanish- American' War was being fought. Tim Hurst was umpiring, "Heinie" Peitz was catching for Cincinnati and Wallace was with Cleveland, The game was In Cincinnati and during its progress there developed what seemed to be from the stands and from the players' benches n fierce argument betwe-n Hurst and Poltz. They waved their arms, shook their fists and stuck their chins out at each other. The Cincinnati crowd naturally thought that Hurst was giving tho Beds a raw deal or "Heinie" would not be protesting so, and there was a great uproar. Players on the benches and in the field stopped the game and waited, none daring to approach the plate to help quell the row, fearing Tim Hurst's tem per. Finally Wallace ventured out as a peacemaker. "Bobby" edged up and inquired as softly as lie could what the row was about. And this was ! what he learned: Hurst and Peitz had fallen out and were about to fight over whether Sampson or Schley should be given the credit for the victory in the naval battle off Santiago. "We'll leave it to Wallace," sug gested Peitz. "We'll leave It to no man," said Hurst. "Bight I am. and if you speak another word against Ad miral Schley out ye go from the gome." And, according to Wallace, "Heinie" Peitz shut up and surren dered, | i pneumonia. Tech's honor roll In full is as. follows: 1908—Wallace Dwyer, Stanley Livingston, Boss McCleaster, Allan Paget. 1909 —Howard Seitz. 1910—Leeds Anwyll, John Miller, Earl Fisher, William Wilson. 1911— J. Edwin Gough, Grant Holtz, Bobert Shaub, Charles Loom is, Bryan Matter, Foster Sauers, George Scheffer, Bobert Scheffer, Marcel von Bereghy.* 1912—Clyde Dunlap, Philip Ger man, Bobert Johnson, Bobert Kitch en, Clair Patterson, Edward Payne, Jamison Lewis. 1913—William Anderson, Earl Byron, Robert Payne, James Fitz patrick, Lloyd Garner, Lewis Schiff man. 1914—John Elscheid, Ray Snow, John Lloyd, Boss Willis, Lewis Scheffer, Luther Wurster. 1915—Stephen Anderson, Victor Emanuel, Cornelius Menger, Norman Stitler, Bobert Andrews, David llef feltinger, William Scheffer, John Todd, Clarence Beck, John Morgan, Paul Shope, Bay Johnson.* 1916—Bradley Ilaynes, William Miller, Harry Zollinger, William iiilton, Herman Nathan, Ralph Evans, Eugene Davis,* John Moitz, Fred YVybie, Charles Brenner. 1917 —Kldred Burtington, George Stark, Hetzel Davies, Martin Miller, Joe Todd, Carter Wear, George Fitzpatrick, Upcar Suteli, Gordon Werner, J. Waiter Baker, Frank Gippel, Donald Miller, Lynn Cook, Nelson Harbison, James (Hank; McFarland, "Snitz" Snyder, Envood Mell. ' 1918 —Edgar Batten, Royal Beck ley, George Bell, Bruce Longacre, Alfred Osman, Herman Rhoads,* Henry Cocklin, Raymond Hall, Don ald Heicher, Harold Moore, AVillis Patterson, Edgar Steward, Clarence iTlempt, Dwight Jerauld, Harry Nell, Fred Barney, Newton Heishley. 1919 John Enders, George j Ulrich, George Moltz, Wilson Porter, John Rauch, Ralph Sebourn, Earl Martin,* Chalmers Moore, William Gardner, Albert Michaels, Dewey Lathe. FOOD RESTRICTIONS IN RESTAURANTS ARE LIFTED Regulations restricting the use of bread, meat, sugar, butter and cheese in restaurants were rescinded by the Federal Food Administration to-day In announcing the withdrawal of the regulations, the Food Administra tion notified public eating places to lie ready to assist in putting into ef fect any specific measures which hefie ; after may become necessary through developments in world relief. SNOODLES By Hungerford 1 \ uetwc \'' S [fool \ I BLactc j) I 1 f FilyJi"-* iwv WW, Vivfr CHAUMONT ARMY HOME OF CHIEF OF THEYANKEES President Goes There on Christmas Eve; to Rest Camp on Christmas Chaumont, to which President Wil son purposes going on Christmas | eve, thence to a rest camp, where he will spend Christmas with troops of the American Army of Occupation, is the home of the general headquarters of the American Expeditionry Forces. Until now It has been taboo and the whereabouts of "G. H. Q." one of the secrets of the war. There lives the commander-in chief and In the buildings of the French garrison 'is housed the of fices of the general staff and all the auxiliary organizations that go with it—the nerve center of the army. A city of normally about fifteen thou sand Inhabitants, Chaumont lies on the Eastern railway lines, 163 miles east of Paris. It was formerly the capital of Basslgny and is now the capital of the Department of the Haute Marne. Like most of the older cities of France, Chaumont seems to have been founded on a site of strategic defen sive value. It crowns a high pla teau between the Marne and the Sulze and from the walla and towers of tho old city Is a wonderful view of the valley of the Marne, here the river being hardly as wide as the Marne canal that flows beside It be tween Its popular bordered banks. Northward over the narrow vale of the Sulze the view takes In a wide sweep of rolling forest crowned hills. General headquarters were removed from Paris to Chaumont In Septem ber of last year, Chaumont being se lected after a careful search of avail able locations. It lies In the center of what was the American training area, every camp as well as the Toul sector in which the American forces first saw battle, and all the lines 1 from Toul eastward where we were I located, being within reach by motor. I The French post occupied as head quarters offices is typical of French j garrisons. Three long four-story, red tile roofed barracks form three sides of a great quadrangle facing a wide avenue. A group of lesser buildings and the customary Iron fence and ornamental gates Is the remaining boundary. On either gate post flies the Tricolor and the Stars and Stripes. Sentries pace their posts on every hand, the quadrangle is filled with hurrying officers and orderlies and clerks, hands flash in salute, bugles give their almost hourly calls for the various military events and per iods of the day, staff cars and motor cycles roll In and out and now and then the sentry at the gate stiffens even more rigidly and brings his piece up with more snap when a great olive drab car, shining like a yacht, slides in, the tab on the wind shield with four white stars signifying the commander-in-chief. Frequently the general's car ap proaches unheralded and so swiftly, that the sentry's cry of, "Turn out tho guard," is too late and the com mander-in-chief is gone before the guard can tumble from the guard house. Until last spring General Pershing made his residence in a large villa near headquarters. He soon found, however, that so near the workshop of the army he could not have the quiet and lack of intrusion necessary to his growing responsibilities and he removed in May last to a beauti ful chateau about five miles from town. Here, In a great rambling castle situated In the Marne valley among groves and wido sunlit lawns, he lived with his personal staff. Con nected by telephone with every divi sional, corps and army headquarters, his own offices in Chaumont and with Farls he did his work there when not with the army. Chaumont Itself has become almost Americanized by the presence of the headquarters. Its little hotels are always crowded with officers. It lias been very liospltble to the American occupation. Nearly every home with a spare room is thrown open as a billet for officers and many of the finest residences have been taken over, entirely by the hundreds of messes. In many of them the offi cers have installed electricity and bathrooms and in some cases central heating plants and with French ser vants live comfortably, almost lux uriously as measured in military terms. Hundreds less fortunate or lacking in rank take their chances on whatever billet may be found in the crowded town where a bed is al ways at premium. ARRESTED ON CHARGE STEALING 500 CENTS Samuel Krelger, arrested yesterday, was arraigned before Mayor Ketster to-day on the charge of entering a rear windows of the hotel of Fred Moesleln, Sixth and Verbeke streets, and stealing $5 in pennies from the safe. Charles Baer and Jacob Londau, ar rested by Patrolmen Lowery and Hol lands, was given a preliminary hear ing on the cuarge of- attempting to pick the pocket of Bay Stonesclfer, 439 Market street. Stonesclfer was shopping In a Market street store when the men tried to rob him. It Is charged. s. Willard Not to Meet Dempsey; Wants to Retire Undefeated ■ W ILL Al2 O, Jess Willard has given final answer that he will not meet the devastating "Jack" Dempsey, who reminds us more of John L. Sullivan than any other pugilist. Hence, there is hardly a chance that he will enter the ring again, g and thus be one of the few heavyweights who retired undefeated. In ring judgment this is nothing to be proud of, and old-timers point out that "Jack" Broughton, the first real champion to have worthy rivals for the honor, kept on fighting until he was put to sleep by "Jack" Slack. The latter held on for ten years and then was whipped by "Bill" Stevens. The Nailer and his unworthy success ors of the dark uges of pugilism were all whipped. "Tom" Johnson, the next great English champ, lost his laurels to "Ben" Brain. The latter held the title unchalenged for three years, when he died. Daniel Mendoza, the first Jewish champion, lost to John Jackson, who retired from the ring and never defended his title. Jein Belcher, who became champion when a mere boy, retired undefeated when he lost the sight of one eye, but later sought to come back and was whipped. Pearce was forced to retire because of illness, and soon died. John Gully, after winning the title, refused to de fend it and quit the game. "Tom" Cribb was the first man to retire with his honors full upon him. "Tom" Spring, his successor, also retired un defeated. and so did the next cham pion, Jem Ward. "Deaf" Burke was whipped by Old "Blendy" was whipped by "Ben" Gault, but re covered the title, and then quit while the quitting was good. "Bill" Perry, the "Tipton Slasher," lost to Horry Broome, who was whipped by "Tom" Paddock. "Tom" Saycrs was the next champion, and retired undefeated, al though he had a close call in the world's championship battle with John C. Heenan, the American. "Sam" Hurst was the next champion, and Good-by, Mr. Jinx! Without Ford the Independents Win Could It be that Gordon Ford, man- j ager of the Independents, is himself! the demon Jliix which has consistently j spelled defeat? Strange thing It was on Saturday night, with Gordon out, of the lineup from a sprained ankle, j tho team triumphed over W.issahlckon i Barracks, 50-26, opening the throttle for a big crowd of both sexes who had Just about given up ever seeing a victory for the locals at Chestnut Street Hall. "Ike" McCord was the most active person in battling the hard luck rec ord, and Carl Beck for the first time showed what Is to be expected from him as the season progresses. Ger des was a tower of strength and Gough got many a hand during his I first trip With the Independents.! Fouls were thick as cooties In tho f trenches, Robinson, of the foe, taking f.dvantage of sixteen. The victory put all kinds of heart In the deter mined squadron and the next visitor will find no help from Mr. Jinx. Score: Independents. Wiesuhickon. Wallower F Murphy . McCord F Hartzell Beck C Robinson ! Gerdes G Umberger nmigVi ......... G .......... O'Neill lost to Jem Maee, who whipped the best men In England and America be fore advancing years forced him to retire. Of the early American champions, both "Tom" Hyer and John Morrlasey retired undefeated. Heenan also quit the game without having been licked. "Jim" Dunne retired after his first big bout, in which he won the cham pionship, refusing to defend It. "Mike" MeCool lost the title to "Tom" Allen, who was in turn whipped by "Joe" Goss. "Paddy" Ryan then defeated "Joe" Goss, and was in turn defeated by John L. Sullivan. Since then every champion of the heavyweight division has kept on fighting until overtaken by defeat. The experiences of American boxers who tried to come, back is certainly not assuring. "Joe'lGoss tried it, but lost to "Paddy" Ryft, who then went Into retirement for two years. He emerged and met John L, Sullivan, which proved his Waterloo. Sullivan stalled along for three years before he mot "Jim" Corbett and was dispos ed of. Corbett likewise wont three years without a championship battle before stopping a blow. to the solar plexus at Carson City by "Bob" Fltz oltnmons. "Fitz" narrowed his retire ment a little, from March 17 to June 9, 1899, before he met "Jim" Jeffries in New York, and the title chaqged hands again. Then after Jeffries had stopped "Jack" Monroe in San Francisco. August 26, 1904, he retired until he foolishly encountered "Jack" Johnson at Reno July 4, 1910, He met defeat too. Then Johnson, the new champion, did more boxing than his predecessor, hut fast living reduced his prowess and when he fought Wil lard in Havana, April 15. 1915. he was easily defeated. Now Willard has had but one fight since that time, March 25. 1916, -with Frank Moran, ten rounds. no decision, in New York. The dope shows little encouragement for Willard. The "UMn Golf New York, Dec. 23.—There Is a certain legal light in this district I who finds it hard to master the j fundamental principles of go'.f, try | as he may. In-a courtroom he I dominates the scene easily enough, but when he gets on the links It's a different question. H's daughter was taking a lesson from a friend of his and she Inquired: "Do you think I shall ever he able to play golf?" "My dear," was the answer, "you must say 'goff.' There is no 'l' In , golf." a The young woman looked thoughtfully at the green for a moment. "Oh, Isn't there?" she at length replied. "You haven't heard father play." Field goals, Wallower, 5; McCord, J : Beck, 2: Gerdes, 3; Gough, 3; Hart zell, 2; Umberger, 2; O'Neil, 1. Fouls, McCord, 22; Robinson,*-16. Referee, Clinton White. HAMER TO RETURN Albert M. Hairier, formerly chief clerk to City Draft Board No. 1. who was accepted for service overseas as a Y. M. O. A. secretary and was sent to New York lias written to friends In the city that he will probably be i home on Christinas. SPROUL WOULD SUPERVISE ART Says That State Should Have Best of Advice on Build ings and Memorials Governor-elect William'C. Sproul In a chat with newspapermen In Philadelphia, indicated that he has been thinking about one of the mat ters long on the minds of people who have noted tendencies in memorial art and public.building decoration. "All over the state," he said, "our communities will shortly be spend ing sums of money for memorials of their soldiers. I would hate to see It brought about that the local con tractors, marble-cutters and grave stone chlppers would be able to get to the county authorities and be given carte blanche to erect monu mental monstrosities of various sorts all over the state. "It would be an excellent thing If we could have some sort of a com mission, on which artists should have prominent representation, which would make it impossible for theso things to get by only to be re gretted by generations to come. "I think some of the large cities which will spend great sums ought to keep in view that a memorial of some utilitarian value should bd their offering. For instance, suppose the Philadelphia-Camden bridge were conceived as a memorial to the fallen heroes of the war. How much more it would mean, and how fitting an expression of our sentiments it would be?" The Philadelphia Press says: "Sen ator Sproul said he would not con fine his principle of an art commis sion to memorials of the war only. It should be a principle applied in every direction, he said, so that our, boroughs and cities would be, pro tected against everything that gross- I ly offended the eye. He resisted in- I stances from Pennsylvania cities j where monuments, parks and other | places of beauty were defaced by in- , artistic and unlovely structures. "There is one museum that is the handsomest building in one of our j cities, and yet a man was allowed to come along and build a hideous garage right next tosXit," he said. "Now, no one can hold that garages should not be built., But they can bo made either unobjectionable or j else positively good looking, accord ing to the taste of the architect or owner. The art commission should be there to supply a conscience for owners and builders who ha\e none of*their own." In speaking to the Philadelphia Public Ledger Mr. Sproul let it be known yesterday that lie will have experts In the State Highway De partment to assist Lewis S. Sadler, who will be Highway Commissioner, In the care and construction of state highways. Mr. Sadler has agreed to accept the appointment offered him by the Governor-elect, and Mr. Sproul is confident that the High way Department under the adminis tration of Mr. Sadler will make rapid advancement. ' The Ledger says: Pennsylvania needs improved roadsbndly.andit Is not expected that the SSO 000.000 bond issue will prove sufficient to give the state all that It should have in the way of ilrst-class highways. Mr. Sproul, however, is anxious to have the money used to the best pos sible advantage, and he believes Mr. Mr. Sadler will meet his expecta tions. One Idea of the Governor elect is that there should be a mam trunk road leading* into every coun ty in the state, thus connecting up the state and making free communi cation between the counties possi bl "Incidentally, Mr. Sproul indicat ed that there were several men of first-class ability now in the High- j way Department, whose services un -1 doubtedly would be required under the new administration. Mr. Sproul has as yet made no selections for the podts of Banking Commissioner and Insurance Commissioner. It is un derstood ho has a man in mind to head the Agricultural Department, which he proposes to reorganize<but this name lias not been announced. The Governor-elect may make no further appointments until he Is set | tied in office in Hari isburg. "There appears to be little doubt I that John Price Jackson, head of the i Labor Department; Charles A. Am bler Insurance Commissioner, and Secretary Patton, of the Department of Agriculture, will be asked to step out wlien Mr. Sproul takes office. At the Capitol theso changes were forecast right after election together with others. SAY PARTY WAS NOISY Charged with conducting her blrtn dav purty too boisterously, Elizabeth Harris, 1203 North Seventh street, with her companions, Jeanncttc Thompson, Violet Johnson. .Teasus Mendoza, Cruz Garza. David W nshlng ton, Joshua. Butler, Lewis Robinson. Clarence McLaughlin, Joseph Lew is, Lillle Jackson and Amelia Hallor, to day was arraigned in poltce court on the charge of disorderly conduct. The "party" was held yesterday, i atrol nien Hollands. Whiting. Zimmerman and Sergeant Drahenstadt broke it up at the request of neighbors. ILLNESS FELLS MELF.NDE7, Sun Salvador, Dec. 23. —Carlos Mel endez. President of the republic, yes terday temporarily turned over the presidency to Dr. Alfonse Qulnones, Vice-President. The relinquishment of the reins of government by Scnor Melendex was due to the advice of his phvslclnn. He lias been ill for nome time. The term of Senor Melendez ex pires March 1, 1919. BRIEFS FROM THE BIG NEWSEVENTS By Aiiociated rrtss All proceedings begun by Gover nor Whitman to obtain a judicial re view of the void and protested bal lots 'n various counties in New York have been discontinued. To prevent a transportation tie up as the result of a controversy be tween boat owners and their em ployes, tho United States govern ment may seize all of tho harbor facilities of New York city. Senator Thomas, of Colorado, says the watchword for this Congress should be "retrenchment, frugality and economy." President Wilson will be the first man of his status to be entertained by a British king, a long time rule being broken in the case of the American executive. The election of a new central exe- ! cutive committee of the German • government has been completed, says a Berlin dispatch. Outwardly the Rhine looks at night as if It was enjoying a bril liant winter season, notwithstanding 'the occupancy by the Allied troops. The Dusseldorf Nachrichten ac quits the former Kaiser of war blame, saying neither as German | emperor nor as King of Prussia Is Welhelm responsible personally for | acts of state which arc countersign- I ed by the Imperial Chancellor. Five clerks employed in New York Post Office for the Christmas rush were arrested on charges of theft. I The activities of Kurth Eisner, the I radical premier of Bavaria, have spread to Berlin and some of tho royalist journals there are becom ing seriously alarmed. According to the Lokal Anzelger I of Berlin, German troops have been I sent against Bolshevik forces ad vancing on Mitau, on the Dvina. In their last fight before the armis tice Pennsylvania boys of the 310 th I Machine Gun Battalion accounted for from 400 to 600 Germans, los 'ing only four killed and thirty I wounded. Men are wanted toy tho thousands if Factory-to-You - Coast to Coast | j GREAT HOLIDAY SALE \ lof j WINTER I s|.9sj 5S C | CAPS 1 W A lucky find for you! 1,000 dozen lined caps, with fur- V C lined ear band. A real winter cap. Entire stock of leading I I manufacturer of caps only. & | Christmas Fine Velour Hats j C Suggestion ss°slo S i . Soft Hats— Li: iff Hats —$2.50 to $5 | ) UNITED HAT STORES j ■ Market and Third Sts. § J /lee Our Window Utopia? § . . -At. ■ -...adllMW7Mi-iilfBMß and at once by tho railroads li Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Dela ware, Maryland and the east gen erally for maintenance work. Governor Whitman, of New York, has formed a law partnership with Supreme Court Justice Nathan Ot tlnger and William L. Ransom. Admiral Giscount Jelllcoe, for merly chief of the British naval staff, is to visit the dominions and India In Febnuary to advise the re spective authorities on naval mat ters. Senator Thomas opposes granting tho recommendations mado by Sec retary of the Navy Daniels for in creased appropriations, declaring "every dollar pluced In a battleship is a dollar wasted." Railroads need' track laborers first, thousands of them, and brake men and firemen next. Women are said to have been found impractical for railroad track work. It Is too heavy and too dan gerous. Heinrlch Von Eckhardt, the Ger man minister to Mexico since 1915, has been recalled by the present German government. Maximum coal prices and zone regulations are to continue at least until February. Organization of the North Amer-, lean Steel Products Corporations, a combination of the larger indepen dent steel companies to advance their foreign trade, was formally an nounced at Now York. At Towson, Md., Dr. George B. Wolf, whose home is in Lebanon county, was shot and killed by Dr. Norbura Isita, a Japanese mental ex pert, the slayer muttering something I about protection of a woman's honor when disarmed. Four years of world war have in creased the factory payroll in the United States 128 per cent. At least 25,000,000 1n the United States are on a payroll, living on wages and salaries. The number of business failures In September of this year was the smallest of any month back to Oc tober, 1599, when the total number of concerns in business was much smaller. There is a war debt, at this writing of upward of $16,0000,000, and it will run above $20,000,000, or S2OO per capita. 11
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