"BATTLING" LEVINSKY MEETS LEO HOUCK AT LANCASTER; BENNY LEONARD AFTER DUNDEE Tragic Story of the Ring From Chicago, Home of Many Ex-Pugs Alive and well in Chicago to-day aro half a dozen boxers who in their day were the best in the world, all > champions in their class and for a long time invincible, among them be ing "Packey" McFarland, "Tommy" White, Harry Gilmore, "Eddie" Sun try, "Jimmy" Barry and George Gard • . ner. It was little "Jimmy" Barry, of this lot, who went to England to tight Walter Croot, their best man. for the bantamweight championship of the world, perhaps the most sensational battle for world honors ever fought. It was a contest which for speed, i. cleverness and the countless number \ of exciting incidents which came be fore and after it has stood for years as the most memorable and thrilling , battle ever fought by the little fel lows. It took place December 6, 1897, at the National Sporting Club in London. Croot registered from Leytonstone, England, and Barry from Chicago. Prior to this battle Barry was the undefeated bantam champion of America, having defeated Joe Mc- Grath, who claimed to be the cham pion of Ireland, in three rounds on February 6, 1594. Later on Barry defeated Jack Mad den in a match for the bantamweight championship of America at Maspeth, L. 1., October 21, 1895, in four round-t, and In San Francisco, April 24, 1897, he defeated "Jimmy" Anthony, the bantamweight champion of Australia, "s In twenty rounds. ' From 'Frisco to Boston, from Min neapolis to New Orleans, Barry trav eled and met them all, and only one l man, "Sammy" Kelly, of New fork, i received as good as a draw at his) hands. On this single occasion Barry went far out of his class, as Kelly fought at 115 pounds, whiie Barry' never weighed over 105, and Kelly at that time was the topnotch man of America at his weight. * Belli Conqueror Barry's win over Croot In London and his last contest, a draw with Harry Harris, one of the greatest lts - pound boys in this country, make him a real world champion, and. when re sults are considered, perhaps the greatest undisputed and undefeated champion in the world, i "Tommy" White was in England In the fall of 1897, and "Jimmy," sighing for new worlds to conquer and know ing he would feel safe with his old time pal, quietly took passage on the Majestic, and no one was more sur prised than White when Barry located him. • The afternoon of the day Barry ar rived in London, accompanied by White, he visited the National Sport ing Club, at that time under the man agement of John Fleming, who had built up the club so it was known then as the "greatest boxing instltu ! tion in the world." A match was at once made with VIOLENT EDITOR ADMITS HELPING AMERICA'S FOES When Cross-Examined Eng dahl Confesses He Wrote Antagonistic Articles Chicago, Dec. 24.—Under, cross examination yesterday, J. Louis Eng dahl, editor o f the American Socialist, who with four others is on trial be fore Landis, charged with vio lating Unt espionage law. admitted that he never had printed a line in the paper which might have aided the Government in the successful prose cution of the war. He did not deny having printed pages of editorials, statements, speeches and interviews against the war and the selective draft. Assistant District Attorney Flem ing read extracts from numerous al leged anti-war articles from the files of the paper. One was entitled: "The Navy Gives Receipts." It referred to the fact that window service flags for homes of men in the military service of the United States had been issued. It concluded with the inquiry: "How much longer will women continue to swap their husbands and sons for a gaudy piece of cardboard?" Another article compared women ■wITo solicited men to enlist in war service with prostitutes. "Come, Ye Slaves," was the title of an article against the selective draft law. In his direct examination Engdahl said he had registered under the se lective draft and did not claim exemp tion as a conscientious objector. Attorney Seymour Stedman. for the defense, read an editorial on free speech from Hearst's Chicago Exam iner, which he offered in evidence. Swatara Was Treated Rough by Steelton Boys and Girls From Oberlin came the sad news to-day of a double defeat at the rude hands of the Steel City. As a starter the Swatara township High school lost two interesting games to Steelton High, by a score of 24 to 19. The summary: S. T. H. S. Steelton. Kendall, f Sellers, f. Hammersla, f. Weuschinski, f. i locker, c. Morgen, c. Brehm, g. Hay, g. Hager, g. Roth, g Subtstitution, W. Aungst for Hook er. Field goals, Kendall, 3; Ham mersla, 2; Sellers, 3; Weuschinski. 2: Morgan, 2. Foul goals, Hager 9 out of 14; Wueschinski, 1 out of 18. The Steelton maidens were equally ferocious when they tackled the Oberlin lassies who lost out, 25-17. Faculty Director Ralph N. Lutz vouches for this score: S. T. H. S. Steelton. Houck, f. Livinigston, £. Papenfus, f. Hoch, f. Bishop, c. Morett, c. - Espenshade, g. Powden, g. Beinhauer, g. Hartman, g. Substitution, Miss Bolan for Miss Espenshade, Field goals, Houck, Papenfus, 3; Livingston, 7; Morett, Hartman. Foul goals, Livingston, 1 out of 6; Hoch. 5 out of 11; Bishop, 1 out of 1; Houck, 8 out of 13. PENHROOK PLANS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE Every citizen is invited to come out and help swell the community service to be held in Penbrook Square at 7 o'clock to-morrow morn ing. Groups and community singing will feature Christmas morning in Ihe borough, and under the direc tion of the B. T. S. Literary Club and the Per.brook High Schcol Alumni Association, a real old-fash oned Christmas is planned. TUESDAY EVENING. • j Walter Groot, who had a standing challenge to meet uny man at seven 1 stone seven pounds (105 pounds) for i £lOO (8500) a side and a purse of £250 ($1,.50). "After putting up his ' $5OO side stake, "Jimmy" lud less than . $8 as a working capital. Eeing a world's championship bat tle, the night of the tight the club i was crowded to the doors with the . i sporting aristocracy of London, but in it Bariy's corner were two ol America's i 1 sporting aristocracy also. They ware . j "Tod" Sloan, the famous American , • jockey, then at the height of his glory, , j and Captain Anson, of the Chicago : Cubs. For nineteen rounds the contest | went at ligiitning pace. First bne, j then the otner would show a slight | lead, and, although absolute quiet | among the spectators was the llrm I rule of the club. It was Impossible make the members observe the rules at times. So really wonderful was the cleverness displayed on both sides •that there were frequent and enthusi astic outbursts of applause. lleggeil 111 in to Flglit Knowing the referee would natur ally favor their home man, .White pleaded with Barry near the end of the contest to "go in and keep at him until you get him." But. although "Jimmy" would try hard, he could not corner the elusive Croot. "Jimmy," in telling about it after ward, said: "As I got up at the call of 'time' for the twentieth round, I noticed that 'Tommy' White, my chief second, was crying, and, though I had fought the hardest and host I could ' and it seemed impossible to do any I | more, the sight of White's tears! I seemed to change everything. "I saw Croot coming toward me, | land with some mysterous speed andj j strength that came from I don't know) where, I started in to do us 'Tommy had begged me to do. All I knew! was that everybody In tha place went crazy. The cheers were ' deafening. Maybe I went mad, too. But that part of it was like a dream to me. I do remember that afterward in the dress ing room Anson, Sloan and the rest ; all crowded around me. wind White was still crying, but this time he was laughing through his tears. Then T asked him if I had obeyed his in structions. When he replied my dream was over. I knew that X had won." Croot died the same night. The physicians who attended him said he had sustained a fracture of the skull in falling after Barry had hit him in the closing round. White and Barry were held for manslaughter at Bow Street court* but after the coroner's Jury acquitted them the Crown coun sel droppp'4 the case, and they were discharged by Sir James Vaughan two weeks later. The same evening of the day they were discharged they were on their way to Tilbury to board a boat for Chicago. BIG WELCOME GIVEN BAND OF THE OLD EIGHTH Band in Service Eighteen Months Arrives Home Absent from Harrisburg for eigh teen months. Lieutenant David M. Clark, leader, and the thirty-two members of the Sixtieth Pioneer In fantry Band,. formerly the band of the old Eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard, made up almost entirely of Harrisburgers, were accorded a royal welcome when they arrived at Union Station last evening shortly after 7 o'clock. Several out-of-the-city wounded men accompanied them. Hundreds of friends were on hand to greet the men and participate In a big "walk-around," headed by a monster band, including practically the entire membership of the Mu nicipal Band of which organization many of the returned soldiers were members, and many other bandsmen from the city. The Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Ki wanis Club, the Elks and other or ganizations had delegations in the line. Mayor Kcister and Andrew J. Patterson, president of the Cham ber of Commerce, headed the line of march. After traveling some of the princi pal streets, the procession moved to the Mayor's office whercrMayor Keis ter made the address of welcome. A band concert was given by the band and community singing had a part in the welcome home. Quite a few Harrisburgers were expected to return home with the bandsmen, but their number was smojl. The men, however, brought the welcome news that there is a large number of old National Guardsmen from this city, recupe rating from wounds received in France, at the Maryland canton ment. Fred B. Harry Home After Navai Service Fred. B. Ilarry, well known hat merchant, returned this morning from Hampton Roads, where he Was mustered out of the naval service. Jfr. Harry enlisted in the navy last summer and left his store in the hands of employes until the end of the war. He will at once resume his business. Mr. Harry will spend Christmas with his father, George Harry, who will'also have as his guests over the holidays Mrs. J. H. McCulloh, his sister, and I. N. Harry, his brother. HARD TIME TO SETTLE Canton, O.—lt is about as hard for Cantonians to keep track of their time as it has been for residents of Cleveland, where the clock hands arc shifted back and forth with pleasing and reckless abandon. Only a few days ago this city returned to central time. The new order of things is to continue until New Year's Day. when, in accord with the Inter-State Commerce Commission's ruling relative to railroad time. Can ton will revert back to eastern time again. CHL'ItCH PROGRAM An excellent program of services has been prepared for rendition in Kagle Street Church of God to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. HARJUSBURO TELEGRAPH SNOODLES The Welcome Air Raid . By Hungerford Benny Leonard Is Back in Ring; to Fight Dundee More than a year ago Benny Leonard won the lightweight cham pionship ot' the world from Freddie Welsh. We were in the war then, and a boxer's capacity for making money was cut down to the bare ex penses of living. Benny did cer tainly arrive at a bad time so far as • the chance of his collecting on his holding was concerned. Now the war is over and the deserts which usually come to a champion's lot shvuld be realized before long If the plans of- Man ager Billy Gibson materializes he and Benny will begin reaping the late harvest, beginning January 13 next when Leonard is matched to meet Johnny Dundee, at Newark, N. J. These two phenoms met Just before Leonard conquered Welsh at the Olympia, Philadelphia, and a majority of the spectators gave the decision to Dundee. Leonard was considerably miffed when ask"d if 'he would take on Dundee again, declaring: "I'll meet Dundee any time. I want you to mark this—l'll knock . Dundee out the next time I face him. He's one fellow I'm going to get." Perhaps Dundee had been in formed of Benny's intention and skilfully avoided the match. Leon ard is much heavier than the Italian wonder, but Dundee never did pay much attention to weight. Dundee always gave Leonard a great tight. Now will be the chance to see just how much Benny has ad vanced or jUst how far Jonny has slipped. L-jonard, says his manager Billy Gibson, will take a long swing from one end of the country to the other, meeting the best here and there. This boxer bids fair to be come popular with the public be cause of his steady work .in war service. His work has been appie ciated by men and officers, and as a result of his efforts there are many young i<cn of this country who know more about the art of self-defense than they did before the war. And Benny has, too, earned many new COLONEL HARVEY ADVISES NATION AGAINST LEAGUE Tells New England Society We Have Troubles Enough of Our Own New York, Dec. 24.—Asserting that President Wilson had sailed for Europe "in eager pursuit" of the en tangling alliances against which Washington warned the nation. Col onel George Harvey denounced the League of Nations plan in an address last night at 113 th anntlal dinner of the New England Society of the city of New Y'ork. 1 "Would we not better still the fer ment in Mexico and Peru and Chile end San Dcmingo and Costa Rica, ' Colonel Harvey demanded, "before at tempting to foist everlasting peace upon the Balkans? And have we o vital problems within our own boun daries crying for solution?" Recalling "a precisely similar alli ance that came info existence in 154.1," Colonel Harvey quoted Daniel Webster's speech in which he opposed the preservation of peace "by bring ing the power of all .governments to bear upon ail subjects." "Halite times so changed." he said, "that we owe it to humanity to toss our cherished republic into a melting pot to be massed into a pulp of in ternational Socialism?" Colonel Harvey also opposed the program of "no indemnities" for the United States, asserting that for the United States to refrain from.col lecting the nearly $30,000,000,000, the war has cost, would be tantamount to a 'voluntary contribution to the war fund of Germany." Touching on the current argument that the United Slates has too far de parted from Washington's injunction . gainst "entangling alliances" again lo drop out of European politics, Col onel Harvey asserted Washington bad specifically declared in favor of "temporary alliances for extraor dinary emergencies." "We may rest assured, moreover, he continued; "that It never uyuld have occurred to li'm to give an non , orabie alliance an aspect of a loofness and distrust by designating it with ostentatious caution as a mere and unique 'association.' " America to-day. he maintained, "in iu way yec committed to a single step further ulong the path of med dlesome Intrusion." EXPECT WARSHIP FLEET THURSDAY MORNING New York, Doc. 24.—America's over seas battlesras- battle fleet—nine superdreadnuughts—with the Connec ticut, flagship of Admiral Mayo, cogi maiuler of the Navy, ns escort, will arrive oft New York harbor Just in time to lead the review by Secretary Daniels Thursday morning. I/EOFTAJSD. admirers, who will be with him In spirit any time he goes Into the ring to defend his title. Yankee Soldiers Well Fitted Out For Winter,- Relatives Here Reassured t'ty?'™' Dec - 24. (Correspondence or The Associated Press). —> Mothers, sisters and sweethearts in America need not worry about protection of their soldiers in Europe against the rigors of the coming winter. The Quartermaster Corps specialists in France declare to The Associated Press that the boys are better equip ped than the majority of them ever were in civilian life. Each soldier has two pairs of heavy nail clinched and dubblned shoes which are impervious to water, five pairs of wool socks, three suits of wool underwear, two complete wool uniforms, two wool O. D. flannel shirts, one short but heavy overcoat, trench style, and one pair of wool knit spiral puttees ten feet long. Every soldier has also an overseas cap that has a felt protector to pull down over his ears. He is not allowed to wear the old issue of campaign hat that his folks at home are used to seeing. He has wool gloves and one flnger leather mittens over them, and each soldier is provided with at least three blankets and a waterproof slicker or raincoat. In addition to all this, very soldier on outdoor duty has a leather waist coat to wear beneath'his overcoat. This leather waistcoat is newly issued and much admired. Apart from what the men have on them and in their possession, the Quartermaster Corps in France has in well-distributed stocks available for isuse: Breeches nnd trousers. 1,504.000 pairs; wool coats, 200,000; tvnderdrawers. 5.000,000; undershirts. 2,714.000; wool gloves, 2,960,000; leather waistcoats. l.OOS.OOO; mittens. 746,000; overcoats, 379,500; wool spiral puttees, 1,718,000; field shoes, 2,570,- 000; wool O. D. flannel shirts, 2,349,- 000; slickers. 633.000; heavy wool stockings, 7,807,000; blankets, 721,900. 'Yours Truly' Club Will Battle the Independents on Chnstmas Night The leaders of the American League will be the attraction at Chestnut Street Auditorium on Christmas night. The American League is composed of such teams as St. Elizabeth, Rockwood, Gar nets, Hancock and Vlncome. These teams have all appeared In Harriß burg and the visitors will appear with- a very strong lineup. The' "Yours Truly" is the name of the visiting team. Preparations are being made at Chestnut Street Auditorium to ac commodate one of the largest crowds ever witnessing a game ,n this city. This Is the annual meet ing of college boys -home for the holidays and also of many Harris burg people who come back to spend the holidays. The Independents have started their old stride again and "hey will give good account of. themselves when they line up with the Yours Truly Club. Dancing will follow the game. Yours Truly. Independents. Paxon. t. McCord, f. Rettlnger, f. . Wallower, f. Oet/.lnger, c. Beck, c. Holland, g. G. Ford, g. Kleinberg, g. Oerdes, g. Gough, g. PLAYER LIMIT CAUSES WORRY Whole Bunch of Athletes Will Be Ticketed For Minor Leagues A twenty-one-player limit, as re cently adopted by the American League, means a lot of work and worry for the managerial gents of the Junior circuit between the present and the start of the 1919 llag race. Pruning a big league roster may seem a simple thing, but it's not, and iigures prove it. On the reserve list of Ban Johnson's league there are 260 names. The new law allows 168 names, ex clusive of bench managers, and as there will -bo two of the latter. It means that approximately ninety ath letes will be ticketed buck/'to the minors. What is going to save some of the managers—not to mention the players —is the little clause about men in ser vice being carried on the inactive re serve list until thirty days after their discharge by Uncle bam. Many of tne inen, however, will be ready long be fore the season opens, and few will be left in service along übout next July, so sooner or later the pilots will go through the trimming ordeal down to the last man. H1 Sox Hiive Iliic List 'For cutting possiblitics the Boston Red Sox oiler an unique situation. President Harry Frazee has under reserve the nucleus of two pennant winning teams. Probably never in the history of baseball has one club boast ed such a collection of talent. It might be well to mention- right here that the gents who eventually buy the Red Sox will realize some thing better than $lOO,OOO from the sale of players. Of course, Frazee may dispose of some of these athletes before he lets loose of his ball elub in which event he will have to be termed a "smart guy." Frazee finds himself with this re markable string of talent because he was quick enough to land on the golden opportunity just a year ago. Connie Mack publicly announced to his fellow magnates that "Joe" Bush, Amos Strunk, "Wallie" Schang and "Stuffy" Mclnnis were on the market. Some of the club owners wanted the men, but preferred to think It over. Meanwhile Frazee sailed in, closed the deal and In the twinkle of an eye made for himself a pennant winner out of a team previously wrecked by enlistments. The slicing of teams Is a help and not a hindrance to the successful con duct of baseball. There never have been enough men of the big league caliber to fill every position on the sixteen major league clubs. Once In a while one team will become top heavy with first string men and other clubs will be lacking In all but a few posi tions. Thus under a low player limit the material is better scattered, and to even up the strength of the respective contenders assures a hotter race and Increased attendance. There is another angle to consider. Certain managers have a failing for attempting every conceivable combi nation in an effort to win a game. "Jim" Callahan and Fielder Jones Jones were terrible ottonders In this respect. Neither would hesitate to exhaust a string of twenty-five play ers in a single game. Such methods confuse the fans, cheapen the game and make life miserable for the scribes who hRVe to keep the figures. With the rosters cut down we don't have to read box scores that look like a league roster Instead of a team lineup. Snlcn to He Brink The cutting down process Is going to bring on a lot of sales nnd trades. Some of these may come off shortly, hut in many cases the clubs will pre fer to wait until later In the winter, ns by that time It will he possible for theni to get a definite idea ns to which men will be released from Uncle Sam's services. The New York club furnishes an ex ample of what must tnke.place. There are fifty Yankees under reserve and of the men in service all but n couple nre on this side of the pond. The Red Sox have fortv-three on the rrseve list. The White Sox string- embraces forty-seven names. Tarsi's in Two Games at Tower City Tomorrow The Tn-sus school of gymnastics basketball team will Journey to Tow er City to-morrow to play two games, one at 2.30 and the other at 7.30. The Tarsus tosscrs haven't ployed a regular scheduled game for two weeks hut have been practicing in their gvm with local cage teams. Tower City has a very' strong team and is one of the leading teams in the coal regions, placing such teams as Pottstown, Pittston and Nantieoke. The following players will make the trln: Meek. Fetrow. Laughery, T,qog, Holohan apd Marks. TnrsnH has a game ponding with Reading High school -fo be played at Reading on Thursdny. Reading is in the Pcnnsy.-'finla Scholnstic I.eague, Santa Claw* to Anpear Before Kiwanis Cl"b • Santa Claus will nnpesr at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis Club Friday noon In the assembly room r<f the Y. M. C. A. A real Christmas tree will bo there and gifts will be dispensed. The meeting Is postponed from the rrgular meeting day, Wednesday, to Friday because of Christmas. Among the applications for mem bership to come before the meeting are thoße of Peter Mngaro, owner nnd manager of the Regent theater and A. W. Hormnn, chorister at Messiah Lutheran Church. "Battling" Levinsky Scheduled to Box Leo Houck, Native Son, Tomorrow at Lancaster Lancaster boxing fans are looking forward to a treat to-morrow, when Frank -Erne's physical culture school, "biggest little club in the United Stales," is to stage a star bout be tween Leo Houck and "Battling" l&- vinsky. Houck, of course. Is the na tive son, for years a star In the game, and everyone In Lancaster knows him. But Levinsky, who claims the world's light heavyweight championship, is a comparative stranger. His home is in Bridgeport, Conn., and he has met all the high-class men in this country. Little Talks by Beatrice Fairfax If a girl Is sixteen years old and works, earning enough to pay for her board and keep, how much liberty Is she entitled to? This is the text of many letters that come to me —usually from* the j girls themselves—that a few general!- j ties on the subject may be opportune. | A girl of sixteen is really a child, even though the Industrial conditions of the country, due to a world war, en aole her to make a woman's wages— for a little while. It is the big wages that make her see everything through a magnifying glass—her age, her prospects, and the, tragic condition of her breaking heart. Duties of a Wise Mother Her mother, If she is wise in her day and generation, sees to It that her daughter does not go strolling off with every Tom, Dick and Harry that comes along. For Sweet Sixteen is too young to have any real knowledge ( of human nature. She Is too young to have any per-; spective on life, and a year to herj seems an eternity, and she argues: | "Next year I shall be a -weoman of lev enteen, and not have the interest in life that I have now; by that time I shall be almost middle-aged. There- i fore, why should I not make hay J while the sun shines? I am earning; my own living, and what right has every one to treat me, like a oaby?" And the mother, if she-is a clever j woman, will humor these old-age de-| lusions, keeping a watchful eye, how ever, on her daughter and seeing that her amusements are safe and pane. This will necessitate her keeping very much on her Job as caretaker, while j she dozes with one eye open and pre-, tends not to see. For Sweet Sixteen must have its good times. They are as necessary to the machinery of a young life as is the escape valve to a boiler, and if this useful vent is neglected we are likely to have an explosion. Nothing could be a more difficult and delicate job for a parent than this business of letting Sweet Sixteen Imagine it is having its ewn head, while all the time a wise, kindly hand remains on the bridle. Sixteen the Age of Enthusiasm Sixteen is an age of thrills and en thusiasm, nothing is to be taken at Its face value, the world Is a placo of roses, rainbows and star dust. Every thing is either sunshine or shadow, comedy or tragedy, there are no half tones, no halfway values; this state of mind Is reflected in the vocabulary of Sweet Sixteen. It is "just crazy" about chocolate sundaes, it would "rather die" than eat oatmeal, it "adores" white uni forms, and all these exaggerated ex pressions are quite true; it feels thut way about everything, life is at top speed. Alas, what a taming influence mere living exercises on these young hearts in a few years. But it is In their wild, untamed state that we are deal ing with them. In the days wlin it is a breathless adventure to walk downtown nnd look in shop windows, when a movie ticket is admission to 101 Dorado, when tho tenor In a light opera Is a prince to dream about for weeks afterward. Curiously enough, all these things, the trip downtown, the movies, the fairy prince of the light opera, become stale, flat and unprofitable when they are shared by mother. Aunt Kmma or father's Cousin Jane. The beautiful soap bubble is punctured, the irides cent world of romance evaporates if some solemn grown-up invades it. And now appears the problem for mother's ingenuity. She has got to make Sweet Sixteen feel that she Is not a solemn grown-up: that she Is just as young, in her heart, us any one of the girls, and Is not looking at the world with the cold, weary eye of experience, but with the Joyous en thusiasm of youth. This is a task that will require some histrionic ability on the part of moth er, who would undoubtedly prefer re maining at home, resting in the Mor ris chair and enjoying a book. But to keep volcanic Sixteen happy and con tented is worth a little extra strain and fatigue, so the clever mother goes along, not in the capacity of a wet blanket or a rain crow, but as an— allegedly— enthralled spectator. And ns long as mother has given op her comfortable evening at home she makes of the occasion a real party. She sees that several young people go along, and she does not allow her presence to act ns a damper on their youthful high spirits. When they gig gle and whisper over the silliest love scene she controls her disapproval cr her worldly superiority. She knows theae young things have Juat so much j DECEMBER 24, 1918. A bout of importance Is that be tween "Sailor" Globish and "Rubo" Bennett. Globish looked pretty punk here the other night when he showed at the Motive Power Club. Nate Isaac man, native son, is to meet "Buck" Free, of York; "Johnny" Gill, of York, engages Joe Duffy, of Philadelphia; Charlie Yeager, I-ancaster, meets Ray Sargen, of York. The bouts start to morrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock sharp. The admisison is 55 cents; re served seats, $l.lO. suerfiupous enthusiasm to get rid of, and she doesn't propose to tamper with the safety valve, no matter how bored she may be. Father Will Do Sometimes Sometimes there is- a married daughter to whom this delicate mis sion of sheperdess may be entrusted. Any one will do who is responsible and will not act as a wet blanket on the youthful spirits. Father has been known to fill the rote quite handsome ly. The great thing is to get some one who will not interfere with all the giggling, bubbling, thrilling en thusiasm of Sweet Sixteen. A mother of my acquaintance was terribly anxious over the mysterious errand that took her young daughter out every evening in company with three other girls. They usually sal lied forth in snch high spirits and re turned with such chuckles and gig gles that the good lady felt something highly exciting must have taken place. Whenever any grownup member of the family suggested going along the faces of the quartet fell, and they would give up their mysterious expe dition without a word. Finally, the anxious parent could stand it no longer. She consulted with the other mothers and lound them to be equally perturbed. No one had the vaguest idea of what befell the quartet after they started out so hilariously. Then one of the fathers undertook to do the sleuthing. He fol lowed them down one street and UP another with the stealth of a conspir ator, and saw the four vanish into a well-lighted drugstore and fall upon —the city directory! The anxious father, watching through the plate glass, saw one of them pounce on a name, all four heads came togethei in a second, and then, there was more chuckling and bub bling. After some *'me spent over the pages of the directory, two dimes were mustered, two ice cream sodas bought and shared by the four girls. This went on evening after even ing, until the father enlisted the serv ices of the druggist In the capacity of Sherlock Holmes. The excitement, it seems, consisted in nothing more hectic than looking up the names of different boys they knew or had heard of. and to see which of them had achieved the eminence of having his name inscribed in the city directory. And when one suggested a name that proved to he a winner there would hp more rejoicing than over the tra ditional sinner doing penance. These parents were wise, they did not interfere, but left the girls to their mad quest of pursuing names through the city directory an 4 after ward refreshing themselves with half, or quarter, rations of ice cream soda, according to their prosperity. Oh, it was a mad. wild liflTthis direc tory game, and a wonderful safety valve, for it kept the boilers from exploding. O 1.1 VET PRESBYTERIAN A musical entertainment will be given In the Olivet Presbyterian Church on Christmas evening at 6.30 o'clock. Play Safe- Stick to K±N_G ,OSCAR CIGARS Because the quality is as good a3 ever it was. They will please and satisfy you 7e—worth it JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers RUSSIANS BURY DIFFERENCES IN PEACEPRELUDE Work Toward Common End; Lvoff and Kokovsoff Are Among Leaders in Paris rnrln, Dec. 24.—Prince Georges E. Lvoff and Vladimir N. Kokovsoff, both former RUBSUQ premiers, are among the prominent Russians who have arrived In Paris to assist the movement of unifying Russia and restoring order there with Entente aid. The Russians here, representing many parties have apparently recon ciled ,their political differences and are working toward a common end. Neutrals arriving In Paris from Petrograd, which city they left early In December, say food conditions there are constantly growing worse and that the position of foreigners is especially hard since all the neu tral legations have been- withdrawn. Neutral caretakers in charge of em bassies and legations are unable to obtain food and will probably be forced to leave. Total Casualties in War Are 31,591,758; 7,909,768 in Death List Casualtis of both sides In the world war, according to official and esti mated figures, total 31,591,768. Of this total, the Allies lost 4,559,768 men dead, as against the Central Powers' 3,350,000. The table of killed and dead of wounds-follows: Central Powers Germany (Including naval) 2,000,000 Austria (end of May, 1918) 800,000 Bulgaria (estimated) .... 250,000 Turkey (estimated) .... 300,000 Total 8,360,000 Allied Powers Russia 1,700,000 France 1,400,000 Great Britain 658,000 Italy 200,000 Rumania 200,000 Belgium (estimated) .... 150,000 Serbia 150,000 America 72,768 Greece (estimated) 25,000 Portugal (estimated) .... 4,000 Total 4.559,768 Grand total 7,909,768 The total casualty lists follow:. Central Powers Germany (including naval) 6,066,769 Austria 4,000,000 Bulgaria (estimated) .... 1,000.000 Turkey 1,000,000 Total 12,066,769 Allied Powers Russia 9,150,000 France (estimated) 4,250,000 Great Britain" 3,049,991 Italy 1,500,000 Serbia 400,000 [Belgium (estimated) .... 400,000 IRumania 400,000 1 America 264,998 [Greece (estimated) 100,000 Portugal (estimated) 10,000 Total 19,624,989 Grand total 31,691.758 GORGAS DRUG STORES 13
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