MANY SOLDIERS
VISITING HOME
Presence of Large Number of
Sailors Also Noted
in Streets
The presence of the targe number
of soldiers and sailors in Harrisburg
would be unprecedented under ordi
nary circumstances. Men In the serv
ice are to be found in the cars, in the
streets, in the stations, in the shops
und, in fact, anywhere one may go.
Many of these men have come homo
on furlough for the holidays, while
others arrived home in time for
Christmas after receiving their dis
charges from Army camps.
The presence of sailors is notice-
CROSirfEVERISH
CHILD IS ILOUS
OR CONSTIPATED
Look, Mother! See if tongue is
coated, breath hot or
stomach sour.
"California Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver, bowels.
very motnur realizes, after giving
her children "California Syrup of
Figs," that this is their ideal laxa
tive, because they love Its pleasant
taste and it thorouglfly cleanses the
tender little stomach, liver and
bowels without griping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breuth is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! if corfed, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless "fruit
laxative," and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile
and undigested food passes out of the
bowels, und you have a we l !, playful
child again. AVhen its little system
is full or cold, throat sore, lias stom
achache, diarrhoea. indigestion,
colic —remember, a good "Inside
cleansing" should always be the lirst
treatment giv^n.
Millions of mothers keep "Califor
nia Syrup of Figs" handy; they know
a teaspoonful to-day saves a sick
child to-morrow. Asl# your druggist
for a bott'- of "California Eyrup
of Figs," which has directions
for babies, children of all ages and
grown-ups. printed on the bottle. Be
ware of counterfeits sold here, so
don't be fooled. Get the genuine,
made by "California Fig Syrup Com
puny "
Soutter's 25c Department Store
Buy here not alone because Prices are lower, but Because Qualities are Better j
Friday and Saturday
*
Your unrestricted choice of all of our remaining stock of the
season's best shapes and colorings in
Women's, Hisses' and Children's
Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats
at one half price. With the height of the season just at hand this
event is one of supreme importance that will be patronized by
many. The early buyer will have command of the widest selection.
BE PROMPT THESE VALUES WILL BE
SNAPPED UP QUICKLY
SOUTTER'S
f 2 s*l) 25c Department Store
JJ Where Every Day Is Bargain Day
215 Market St. Opposite Courthouse
THURSDAY EVENING, ITARRISBURG TELEGRSAPH DECEMBER 26, 1918.
able, an unusually large number be
ing home at this time. One of those,
who Is home on furtough, lias told of
his experiences as a gunner on board
a United States transport during the
war. He Is Oscar D. Nickle, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Nickle, of 1105
Mayflower street. Gunner Nickle,
who is but 18 years old, has been in
the service of tire Navy for three
years and was formerly on the U_S. S.
Arkansas and Michigan. Tie has made
four trips between New York and
France in the past year on board the
transport Rappahannock, and tells
many a thrilling tale of meeting with
subs.
"We sailed from Brest coming over
this last time," said Gunner Nickle
to-day, "and met the President's ship
about 1,500 miles out. The weather
was so heavy at the time that we
were able to make only four knots."
When asked about his experiences
on board the transport, Mr. Nickle
said: "The only thrilling experience
I could tell was when we made our
third trip last July. Although we
oftt.i spotted things which were
taken to be subs and tired at them,
this was the only time I had the sat
isfaction of knowing it was the gen
uine thing, and we put it out of
business.
"We were about 600 miles off the
coast of France," continued Mr.
Nickle. "There weTe altogether six
teen transports, a cruiser and two de
stroyers. We had not yet met our
convoy. The sub was sighted on our
port bow. The signal was given on
nil the transports to man the guns,
but the Rappahannock was .the only
one which flred. The range on the
sub was about 2,800 yards. Half a
shots did the trick, and in a
few minutes a destroyer was search- 1
ing for signs of life whore the sub!
had formerly been. We were certain
It was a sure hit, but the excitement
was intense for a while, because we
had only the two destroyers with us."
Mr. Nickle is a first-class gun point
er with the rank of coxswain. He told
some interesting general information
of what happened on board a trans
port when a sub Is sighted. "All sus
picious-looking objects sighted from
1 the foremast are reported to the
bridge. If the captain or commanding
officers considers it too suspicious aft
er looking it over through his glasses,
the order is given to fire. The range
is given by a mam located in the
crowsnest, but it generally takes two
or three # experimental shots to find
the true "range. The presence of subs!
was always made known by whistle I
signals, which gave the information]
to all the ships. We generally sight-i
ed the subs about daybreak."
Gunner Nickle also has a brother |
and a brother-in-law in the service. I
Roth belong to the same company and |
have gone "over the top" three times!
in the same engagemnts. Corporal ]
I.onmis O. Nickle is the brother and
Sergeant John R. McNeil is the broth
er-in-law. Both are members of
Company C. Three Hundred and Six
teenth Infantry, and both reside In
this city.
ELKS GIVE S2OO TO
RED CROSS CHAPTER!
The Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks yesterday donated
S2OO as a Christmas gift to the Har
risburg chapter of the American
Red Cross.
CARRANZA NAMES ENVOY
By Associated I'ress
Mexico City, Dec. 26. Eduardo
Hay has been nominated Mexican
minister to Italy by President Car
ranza. His confirmation by the Son
ate is expected.
FAYOLLE GETS YANKEE MEDAL
By Associated I'ress
Paris, Dec. 26.—General Fayolle, I
of the French army, recently receiv- |
ed the American distinguished ser-;
vice medal. It was given him by I
Colonel Bentloy Mott, who went to |
Kaiserlauten, General Pershing's!
representative.
DR. GAEBELIN
OPENSLECTURES
Monthly Bible Conference
Hears Widely Known Au
thor and Speaker
DR. A. \ l J V
| Dr. A. C. Gaebelein, of New York
I City, editor of "Our Hope" and auth
or of several books, addressed a ses
sion of the Interdenominational
Monthly Bible Conference held in
the First Baptist Church, this after
noon. His subject was "The Epistle
to the Galatians." He will speak to
night on "Jerusalem's Future of
Glory in the Light of Present Day
Events." Friday evening his address
will be on the subject, "The Glory
Vision of Ezekiel."
Dr. Gaebelein is known as the
dean of the school of prophetic
teachers. He recently spoke twice
on a program of a prophetic confer
ence held in New York City.
The conference to be held to-day
antl to-morrow is one of a series
held under the direction of a local
committee. Dr. Gaebelein has ad
dressed the conference every De
cember since 1915. He is very pop
ular. with Harrisburg audiences.
DEATHS AT SHIPPENSBVRG
Shippensburg, Pa., Dec. 26. —On
Saturday morning Mrs. Elizabeth
Hatter, of North Earl street, died as
the result of a stroke of paralysis.
She was a member of the Lutheran
church.
Mrs. Frank Fogelsanger, of near
town, died from pneumonia as the
result of influenza.
Miss Abbio Rtchstinc, of Sunbury,
while visiting at the home of Miss
Emma Itockey, died from a stroke
of paralysis. She is survived by a
sister and a brother, both of Sun
bury.
ROLLED UNDER AUTOMOBILE
MUlersburg, Pa., Dec. 26. —Sara
Dubendorf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ncvin Dubendorf, Moore street, was
knocked down by an automobile on
Monday evening at Center and Wal
ter and Walnut streets. The child
was rolled under the machine but
fortunately escaped with minor cuts
LAND WANTED FOR
STATE'SJUNTERS
Plan of the State Game Com
mission Meets With Gen
eral Favor in State
MaaHMik The State Game
IT \ \ J /JO Commission will
i l\ \\ act at its Janu
! J\. ary meeing in re
j 7J Bard to the plan
' to have at least
| IrgaS I $50,000 of the
proceeds of, the
II hunters' licenses
ex P° nd ed for the
*4 purchase of land
W—each year for es
tablishment of
game preserves and general hunt
ing. Under the present law the
commission can only use such tracts
of state forest reserves as are turn
ed over for game purposes or lease
lands. The idea of commissioners
is to have a game preserve in each
county and if lands can be bought
the project will be expedited.
In addition to establishing game
preserves there would be tracts sur
rounding the closed area where
hunting could be permitted and the
lands would belong to the common
wealth und be open to shooting dur
ing seasons.
States to "Sit In."— New York
| state authorities have sent word to
j the Public Service Commission that
they intend to be represented at the
I conference on conservation of the
natural gas supply to be held next
month In Pittsburgh. Ohio and
West Virginia state officials will also
be represented as will the national
government. Practically all of the
big companies in the state will send
representatives.
A Prize Problem. — What is re
garded as the prize question to be
propounded to the attorney gener
al's department has just been re
ceived, and as the state's chief law
officer does not give opinions to pri
vate individuals the request will be
a matter of record only. Mr. Brown
was asked officially to decide how
there should be divided the person
al property of a man who died and
left a mother-in-law, one right
brother, one step-brother and two
stepsisters, according to the law In
Pennsylvania.
Jitney Cases Off. The Public
Service Commission has stricken
from the books a number of com
plaints against Jitney operators,
whose cases were appealed to the
Superior Court and the case nol
prossed. The Harrisburg list is in
cluded In those which have been
marked off as the appeals were not
prosecuted in the appellate court.
There are several dozen Jitney cases
pending and a number of decisions
will be handed down soon.
Must He Violence. The State*
Compensation Board has refused to
award compensation where it is
found that a man died of apoplexy
or from rupture of a blood vessel in
the brain while at work. This de
cision, given in the claim of Smith
vs. Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Co., Shenandoah, holds
that violence was not done to the
body by the accident, but that the
death was due to organic weakness.
Escheat Cases.—Preparations for
arguing the state's side of the test
of the constitutionality of the es
cheat laws are being made at the
attorney general's department,
where William M. Hargest, deputy
attorney general* and Frank M.
Eastman, special counsel and expert
; in taxation are writing tho stage's
, paper book. The appeals were tak
en from the decision of President
Judge George Kunkel of the Dau
phin county court, upholding con
stitutionality of the acts and ad
vanced by the Supreme Court to
Januury 6 in Philadelphia.
Oakley Paintings.—lf the Oakley
paintings for the state senate are
not put in place during the recess
of the upper house of the Legisla
ture between the time of organiza
tion and the inauguration, which
will he about two weeks, they may
I have to wait until the end of the
session in April. As far as known
none of the officials of the senate
has heard very much about the
paintings, which have been accept
ed by tho Governor,
cd by the Governor.
Steam Case Up.—The controversy
over Harrisburg's steam heat rates
which has been under way since bo
fore the time the steam was turned
on will be taken before the Public '
Service Commission again tomorrow, i
For weeks a study of books has ;
been under way. This is the first
complaint about steam rates to be
made since those in Philadelphia
wore determined.
May Isolate City—Mayor John V.
Kosek, of Wilkes-Barre, is getting
I a roused over influenza conditions in
ihis city and threatens to establish
a quarantine about it if there are
I any more violations. The situation'
j in Luzerne county is such as to call j
for some prompt action.
Some Day For Auter—James M. i
Auter, the messenger to the Governor •
and Santa Claus for the children of
Harrisburg for years, officiated yes- :
terday at -Hie distribution of candy
at tho Executive Mansion and there
were scores there to get it. Mr.
Auter was in charge of tho candy in
the days when Governor Hastings
established the custom.
No Date Set —No date has been
fixed for the continuation of the Har
risburg Railways case. The matter
will be taken up next month when
the Valley Railways case will come
along.,
Philadelphia to Move State
Health Department officials were in
terested to-day in the reports that
Philadelphia will push its new sew
ers. This means that plana for ex
tension of the drainage system upon
which tho engineering division has
been at work will be carried out.
MRS. JOSEPHINE WISE
Mrs. Josephine Wise, aged 69 years,
wife of Milton A. Wise, dleji at her
home in Highland street, Oberlin,
Monday evening. A resident of the
borough for more than thirty years,
she was widely known there und
had many friends. Funeral services
will be held Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock, the Rev. J. E. Keller, pas
tor of the Salem Lutheran Church,
officiating. Burial will be In the
Oberlin Cemetery.
Mrs. Wise was a member of the
Salem Lutheran Church at Oberlin
for many years, taking an active
par', in the religious and civic activi
ties of the town. She is survived by
her husband and the following chil
dren: Mrs. Harvey Leigle, Steelton;
James, William, Frank Wise, of
Oberlin, and H. Mlrl, living at home.
CHRISTMAS MAIL LARGE
Until Wednesduy noon, 15,000
packages had been delivered by Har
risburg postal employes since Mon
day. Only five were undelivered be
cause of the absence of proper ad
dresses. More than 100,000 letters
were cancelled on Tuesday.
kUse McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv.
COMPENSATION
CHANGES ASKED
Anthracite Miners First in the
Field in Regard to the
Next Assembly
Nine changes to tho Pennsylvania
state compensation act of 1915 will
be asked by the anthracite miners
of the state, ' and steps to prepare*
the bills for the legislature which
will meet here within a few weeks
are being taken. The amendments
not only propose increase of com- j
pensation, but allowances for loss of i
hands and feet and disfigurements. |
The anthracite miners will have a j
legislative committee in Harrisburg (
during the session.
The amendments are announced j
as follows:
1. The waiting period of fourteen |
days now provided in the act should ,
be eliminated and compensation be- j
gin from the date of Injury.
2. The injured employe should
have the right to select his own phy- j
sician.
3. Payment of compensation for |
the loss of members of the body, '
such as an eye, a hand, an arm, a
foot, or a leg, should be doubled in
amount and length of time of pay
ment j
4. Compensation should be paid
for the loss of Angers and toes.
5. Compensation should be paid [
for all disfigurement.
6. Where sons in families meet
with fatal accident parents should
be compensated without the neces
sity of proving dependency.
7. Compensation should be paid
to invalid brothers and sisters, re
gurdless of age.
7. Compensation should bo paid
to a widow for life or until she re
marries.
9. The basis of payments of com
pensation should be seventy (70)
per cent, instead of fifty (50) per
cent, of the weekly earnings.
WOUNDED SOLDHJR HOME
Marietta, Pa., Dec. 26.—Private!
Noah Klssner, of Wrlghtaville, who
enlisted In Company C, Fourth Regi
ment, of Columbia* has returned ;
from France. The young hero walk- ;
ed in on his parents, Mr. and Mrs. :
David Kissner, neither of them be- i
ing aware of the fact that he was in |
this country.
On July 29 he was wounded while i
fighting near Fismes. He was shot In |
the neck, the ball passing through
on the left side, grazing his windpipe
and coming out on the right side.
I Taking a downward course it pene
trated and cut some of the muscles, j
rendering his rifcht arm useless. He j
Is taking treatment at Fort Mcllcnry,
Baltimore, and will return there. |
VICTIM OF PICKPOCKET
Liverpool, Pa., Dec. 26. —John Rit- j
iter. Sr., member of the Ritter & 1
Tharp firm, was a victim of a sly.
pickpocket while at Harrisburg Wed- I
| nesday. Mr. Ritter carried in his hip- I
I pocket his pocketbook containing)
$66 in paper money and about SBO i
] i checks und in getting into a crowd- i
ed street car some thief unbuttoned;
the flap on the pocket and took the
money.
MURPHY-FOGELSANGER
Shippensbtirg, Pa., Dec. 26.—The
Rev. ROSB Murphy, of the Church of
the Brethren, and Miss Florencce |
Fogclsanger, of Shippensburg, Were ,
married by the Rev. Mr. Cassady, ,
pastor of Juniata College. The wed- i
ding occurred immediately after the I
preaching service on Sunday. The I
church was filled with friends and i
members.
When your nerves are a!i
on edge and sleep seems
out of the question take—
at bedtime—one or two
pais
LftTMtt Sale of An? Medicine in the World
Sold everywhere. In boxes, 10c., 25c.
jf. "
Stop Itching Eczema
- TF
Never mind how often you have tried
and failed, you can stop burning, itching
eczema quickly by applying a little zetr.o
furnished by any druggist for 35c. Extra
large bottle, SI.OO. Heal g begins the
moment zemo is appla a. In a short
time usually every trace of eczema,
tetter, pimples, rash, blackheads and
similar skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making it
vigorously healthy, always use zemo, the
penetrating, antiseptic liquid. It is not a
greasy salve and it does not stain. When
others fail it is the one dependable
treatment for skin troubles of all kinds.
The E. W. Rose Co.. Cleveland. O.
1 \ dangerous
aspmg cough
andsorethroat
. an be quickly
eheved
, (imp's
sam. \ few cents invested
in a bottle will amply repay
you when you have occasion
n. use. Used by thousands.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Sold
by druggists everywhere,
"Cold In the Head"
Is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh.
Persons who are subject to frequent
"colds in the head" will find that the
use of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE
will build up the System, cleanse the
Blood and render them less liable to
colds. Repeated uttacks of Acute
Catarrh may lead to Chronic Catarrh.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE la
taken internally and nets through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the
System. *
All Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
SIOO.OO for any case of catarrh that
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE will
not cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Don't Catch Cold
"or the Influenza may get you, yet.
At the first sniffle, sneeze, sore
throat or headache, take some
"Solof-Quinine"
tablets to break up your cold right
at the start. Don't let It get the
best of you. No bad head effects
as when quinine is taken alone.
Geo. A. Gorges Drug Stores. Har
risburg. Pa.
TRACK WALKER FOUND
DEAD ALONG RAILROAD ,
Peter Brenington, 60 years old, of
New Cumberland, a track walker
on the Northern Central railroad,
was found dead yesterday morning, i
It Is believed that while walking i
tracks his foot slipped and he fell l
4 'The Uve
I
Reductions j
I Will Begin Saturday j|
| On all our "Suits and jj|
Over coats," Sheer* Lined Coats,
Mackinaws, Trousers and Corduroys All
f| "Boys' Suits and Overcoats" and I
I Hart Schaffner & Marx I
IKuppenheimer & J
Society Brand Clothes |
To have an opportunity of
buying h?gh grade -ucb as
I this "Live Store" sells is worth looking for
ward to and if you come here Saturday you
will not be disappointed—Everybody waits
for Doutrichs Reductions because they are
„ Genuine Reductions—- , ♦
This Is the Store Everybody Is Talking About I
i 304 Market Street ~ Harrisburg, Pa. 8
a distance of thirty-five feet to £
concrete culvert where his body wus
found.
OIL STOVE CAUSES FIRE
A slight blaze occurred at a room
ing house at 417 Walnut street when
an oil stove exploded shortly after
midnight. Thrown down stairs by
a one of the boarders, some portierei
1 were Ignited. The dames were ex
tlngulshed before the firemen arriv.
ed. The damage to the house, com
ducted by Mrs. Martin Gaitor, wai
small.
Moose Minstrels, Orphcum The
atre, night of January 23, 191®. adv.
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