■verty, the Freak I// Center With n Ford's Tomorrow PRni fans will | ■Hv to see George 1 greatest bns- the local Inde-1 on Wednesday night The local tans Hut In full to welcome ! Hi to the capital city. [ dismissed from ' ■g served fourteen waters on the sub Big editors, far and' on the Inde luck in getting for Harrisburg. H u varied career inj center for the League team, then ■>, of Pennsylvania present a si rum; ■LY II '-' night. * Do*" ■renown througliout I KN RED SOX Hfr TO TRADE ■MR JOHNSON Frazee Offers Griffith Bunch of Players Great Twirler HYork. Dec. 31.—Harry l'ra ~-lner of the Boston Ked Sox, WBtlo an offer to Clark Griffith, 'lshinglon, for Walter Johnson. ■Hcbfr of the Senators and the ■u.m l-eaciA. The two magnates I conference yesterday at ttie Krf-Astoria. An announcement ■ing the trade or sale of John ■ly hotexpected this week. Fra ■LCvtie lias not divulged the he has offered for Sir Wal- It tint Jack Barry, \and second base- He Vox, is involved in wftseeking a second liter of seasons, little use for Jack Biow. great player though lie Hold Janvrin is slated to cover JVyslune sack for the Boston land if Barry is not traded or Before the season opens, lie will Be a utility intleld role. Kre is little doubt that Barry ■ like to go to Washington and Lrltlitli would welcome him. Kd BY has been signed to manage Bton club for next year, and it htless a bit galling for Barry rmplate returning to a team naged as a private and witli en a regular's job awaiting flth may contemplate making manager of the Senators. The ''ox is supposed to be a bit 1 of leading ball clubs, and, as rns a big interest in the Wash i club, may retire to the quiet executive position if lie se tlie foitter Ked Sox leader. tF'crs Who from Boston if the trade goes through, are Wally 1 Kay Caldwell. Grifiitli liked Caldwell's work, as with the Yankees, was ctixle against the Wash- MHon of little A 1 Wul itching sensation of tlio Ives the Ked Sox a sur kstops. Schang has been sappointment in Boston, robably go away from the cyslkat lie does not ex- up much, if any, cash, Valter Johnson. He be- h!" Dempsey's Right Swing Finishes Gunboat Smith Buffalo ■p.-oy again demonstrated that ■ a regular pugilist of the John type; out to put his op ep minus all frills and v stuff. He disposed r.| poor obi Smith in t'lis fray, bounc the alleged sailor's l-can on the sawdust nine limes during the \,hlch was scheduled to 'to ten mpse] ■ Gunboat." the weights being giv- H. it, 190 and 178. Hardly one ite had passed when a left jolt jaw tloored Smith, who took count and apparently .was dazed nil en he recovered his feet, lie tried Istick to "T" quality is as good as ever it ■was. They and satisfy yot ftrth it fevers jjmßji S TUESDAY EVENING, ■FINISHES 'GUNBOAT' SMITH Will! RIGHT SWING; BOSTON RED SOX WANT JOHNSON | the basketball world, will bring his | Aqulnlno live here to contest with | the locals. Newman is the only bas ' ketball player in the Eastern League !in 1915 and 1916 to come through the whole season scoring in each i game played by the Do Xeri Club. 1 He will have on his club Sugurman, | a Philadelphia athlete, known to the sporting world. Hug-;, who jumped center for Nanticoke In the State League, will be pivoted with Hag -1 gerty, the local pivot man Arm strong and McCollough will be en guard duty for the visitors. Dancing will immediately follow ] the game. Lineup: : Aqulnlno Independents ; Newman, f. McCord, f. Sugarman, f. Wallower, f. I Hugg, c. Haggert.v, •?. I Armstrong, g. Beck, g. j MeCollough, g. Gerdcs. g. i Kefeico. Ciint Whit?. Tarsus Will Tackle Strong St. Joseph Team at Lancaster Tomorrow Tarsus gymnasium basketball ers will travel to Lancaster for to-morrow's diversion and tackle the St. Joseph Catholic club, which is one of the best teams in the state. In a fray with the Garnets of Harrisburg this squad won 68-21, so Tarsus will have its hands full. Meek will not he in the line up because he has been tem porarily disqualified by the fac ulty. Rules are very strict at Tarsus and a member must quali fy in his routine to get on the athletic teams. The line-up for Tarsus will be Holohan and Laughery, for wards; Long, center; Fettrow and Marks, guards. lieves lie can offer players that Washington needs and can put over a deal that will be mutually satis factory and beneficial to both clubs. I Gettysburg High School Takes the Bacon From Lewistown Scrappers Gettysburg. Pa., Dec. 31. —The High school basketball team trounced the school boys from l.ewistown in a scrappy game, score 25 to 11. The visitors had it all over the home boys in size and weight, but Coach Reyn olds' pupils fought their way all over the tloor and added one more to their unbroken string of victories for this year. The lineup: Gettysburg High l.ewistown High Hartley, f. Gassard, f. Hunter, f. Hayes, f. Weiser, o. I'lrich, c. Gilliland, g. Greshard. g. Armor, g. Mumphpr, g. Goals from tield—Hartley, 2; Hun ter, 2: Weiser, Gilliland, 2; Sheely, Hays, Ulrich. Fouls —Ulrieh, 7 out of 16; Raymcr, 0 out of 4; Hartley, it out of 20. Franklin's Birthday to Start 1919 War Savings Drive \\ uxliinaton, Dec, 31.—The 1919 war savings campaign will be opened actively by a nation-wide celebra tion on January 17, the anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. District war savings directors in conference here yesterday were so in formed by Harold Braddock, the new national director of the war savings 1 movement. to cover, but after a few seconds cf i boxing Dempscv knocked him down ; again. Throughout the of the ' round Smith wa i on the dafenslve trying unsuccessfully to parry the ' blows which repeatedly sent him to the tloor. At the opening of the second lotind Smith attempted to take th • oilen sive. Dempsey sidestepped his punches and rushed, knocking Smith down again. As the New York man came up a right swing caught him 011 the head and he went to the floor for tlie full count. Previous to last night's bout the i two men had fought two four-round, ' no-decision contests in California. SNOODLES Kid Addison Becomes a Signboard By H ungerford. • f? ; 1 . Personal and Social Items of Towns on West Shore Kelso Atticks, principal of the schools of Brookltne, Mass., and Mrs, , Atticks are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ja cob Atttoks in Geary street. New 1 Cumberland. Mrs. Walter Hevern. of Baltimore, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Cather ine Cook, at New Cumberland. Moss Wilder, of Camp Hancock, Is spending a short furlough at his home at New Cumberland. Willard Smith, of Princeton Uni versity, spent the weekend with Ser geant Thomas K. Lantz at Shiremans town. • Mrs. Charles P. Neblnger, of Shire manstown, is home from a visit with, Mr. and Mrs. Chapman Xebinger at Hillside. Mrs. A. W. Bistline, of Locust street, Shiremanstown, visited Sir. and Mrs. Herman Brenneman at Car lisle on Saturday. Mrs. Harry Spahr has returned to her home at Philadelphia after spend ing a Week with her parents and other relatives at Shiremanstown. The Rev. W. A. Dickson, of Shire- I nianstown, spent several days recent ly with friends at Chanibersburg. ' Miss Hazel Danner and Miss 1 Blanche Danner, of Shiremanstown, visited the Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Ga ble at Churchtown on Saturday. Mrs. Charles Trltt, of Harrisburg, and her mother, Mrs. Lydia Follmar, of York, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bistline at their resi dence at Shiremanstown. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Faust and fam ily, of Shiremanstown, are home from a visit with relatives at Green castle and Williamson. Ralph Sheely, of Chanibersburg, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sheely, at Shiremanstown on Fri day. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Rider, Mr. and Mrs. Olin Rider and daughters, Winifred Rider and Jean Rider, of Roxbury; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goodhart, daughter, Virginia Good hart, and son, Anson Goodhart, of Shippenshurg, were entertianed on Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Noah R. Heiges at their residence at Shire manstown. William Stough and son, Lloyd Stough, of Mechanicsburg, visited the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward W. Miller, at Shiremanstown on Sunday. Lawrence Kocher, attached to the Quartermaster Corps at Camp Mer ritt, N. J., has returned to his post after spending several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William If. Kocher at Marysvtlle. Benjamin Longanecker. second class quartermaster on the United States Steamship Wisconsin, is spending several days with relatives at Marysville. * Reuel Rice, who was a member of the Students Army Training Corps !at Gettysburg College and is now i attached to the army hospital at j Carlisle, because of throat trouble, | visited friends at Marysville on Sun | day. i Miss Margaret Gauit and Miss : A Ida Gault. student nurses at the ' Germantown Hospital, Philadelphia, are spending a short vacation with I their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Gault. Gallev street, Marysville. Miss Adella Smith, a student i nurse at the German Hospital, Phil- I adelphia, is visiting with her par ! ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith. Miss Edna Kessler, of Harrisburg, i visited friends at Marysville on Sun ' day. Mrs. W. H. Kocher has returned to her hom.e at Marysville after visit j ing her sister, Mrs. H. E. House, at ■ Aitoona. j Arthur Kister has returned to j Camp I.ee after a short furlough spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. | M. P. Kister, at Washington Heights, j Mrs. John Shull and Miss Margaret ! Shull. of Washington Heights, left | on Saturday for. Hot Springs, Ark., where they will spend several • months, hoping to benefit Mrs. Shull's | health. Mr. and Mrs. Otto, of Carlisle, spent I several days with their sons, Mervln | Otto and George Otto, at Washington Heights. Mrs. Clyde Orris and son. Clyde I Orris, Jr.. of Philadelphia, are visit i ing the former's parents, Mr. and | Mrs. John Bates, at Washington' Heights. Miss Ruth Koontz, of York, is the guest of her brother, the Rev.. P R. Koontz, at Washington Heights. Miss Mildred Smith, of Harrisburg. spent Sunday with Miss Mildred l'tish el at Washington Heights. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Peftcr and Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Rishel, of Wishlngton Heights, motored to Philadelphia on Sunday, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Young and Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Cooley. Mrs. Mervln Eshleman and chil dren, of Lemoyne, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Eshleman at Washington Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Weaver and daughters, of Harrisburg, spent Sun daughter and Mrs. Charles Shutt and day with Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Deardorff at Washington Heights. TWO OLD VIOLINS Halifax, Pa., Dec. 31. Jacob F. "Etzweiler, of Halifax township, is the ower of a violin now 182 years old. It was made in 173G and contains this inscription, besdes the date: Antonio Steadlnarlus Cremonentis. Harry F. Shaffer, of Halifax town ship, is the owner of a violin made in 1718, just two hundred years alfo. INFANT III,'HIED Halifax. Fa.. Dec. JM. The body of the tnfH.it daughter of Mr. and [ Mrs. John Brancliie.' of Harrisburg. Lwas brought to the home of and KiteSCitt on H &VMISXSURO TELEGRAPH! AROUND THE BASES Chicago, Dec. 31. Wladek Zby szko defeated Steve Savage in two straight falls in a wrestling match last night. The first fall was ob tained in 54 minutes 32 seconds; th>e second in 3 4 minutes. Both were the result of toe holds. Boston, Dec. 31.—Terry McGov- 1 ern, of Philadelphia, was taken to | a hospital after he had been knock- j ed out by Young Britt, of New | Bedford, in the sixth round of a scheduled 12-round bout here last; night. McGovern's head struck the : lloor and he lay unconscious for ilf- ] teen minutes. Eighteen (told Stars For Prince-1 ton —Hobey Baker's death in France last week put the eighteenth gold star on Princeton's athletic service tlag. Nine of the eighteen stand for football players. The first to fall was John Poe, '95, who died in France. as a member of the famous Black , Watch. Garry Cochran, '9B, the | greatest end the Tigers yet have l had. furnished the second gold star. Cochran's '9B eleven, which defeated Yale by 24 to 6, is recognized as the greatest team Princeton yet has sent against the Blue and the Crimson. Cochran later coached John Dc. Witt's eleven in 1993. Others who | fell in the service were Arthur Blue- j menthal, 'l3, All-American center; j Walter Foulke, 'OS, captain of the 1904 team; P. P. Christie, *l2, quar terback; Warden McLean. 'l2, a trulv great player; J. V. Grainger, Jr., 12. halfback; C. I). Baker, 'l3, and finally Hobey. Baker did much on the gridiron that will not be for- i gotten. Who fails to remember his ; brilliant 85-yard -run for a touch-, down against Dartmouth in the full j of 1912 or the deadly kicking that I was responsible for holding Y ale to i a 8 to 0 tie in 1912 and a 3 to 3 i deadlock in 1913? Baker was one] of the few Princeton football play- j ers who played on three teams with- | out suffering defeat by Y'ale. A committee of five persons con nected with the Technical High school has been appointed tp com plete arrangements for the banquet that is to be held on the night of January 14 in the Ponn-Harris ho tel in honor of members of the Maroon and Gray football squad. Tickets have been secured, and j as the event is to be open to the pub- i j lie, have been placed on sale through i I the committee members. At least j I 200 pei Sons are expected to attend, i ' according to present indications, j j This will include a large number of . ' Tech students, in addition to the j ■ players. A varied and attractive j ! program of events is being planned ; i to be held in connection with the, j feed. California Wants Boxing Legal- j ized. —Marysville, Cal., Dec. ' I Edward Lewis, Assemblyman-elect, I of this city, will present a new box ! ing bill at.the coming session of the j I Legislature which will permit ten ! round contests and a decision by a referee, if plans now being forntu- I lated for a conference with Army j I instructors and boxing enthusiasts j | arc carried Out. Eddie Kane, just back from the; i other side, where he went with the American service boxing team, de ! Clares that Mike Gibbons will i Dempsey. ".Mike isn't a bit afraid of Dentp-; jsey and in a 10-round bout I'm sure he'd make a jack-a-napes of Dentp- I i S py. in a long light he might not, i have all the bets of it on account of | ! the weight. Dempscy is a strong ' fellow and has youth to hack him up.; ! He might win over Alike in a 20- i I round bout, but never in 10 rounds." j Kane is nnothor American who | ' sings sweetly the praises of little , Jimmy Wilde. "A pip. a pippin." is the way Ed- , ; die puts it. "Nicest style over, noils 1 j his head with your punch and can make a blind man lead at him. And I when they lead —oh, how that imp i can hit. Has the sweetest right ' I punch you ever laid your eyes on. j i They'll go mad over him here. I ' There's a chap who can fight." Married Men Lose. —The Single i Men scored a victory over the Mar ried Men by n margin of fifty-seven ' pins In a match rolled in the Parthe-' more alleys in New Cumberland, last | night. The summary: SINGLE MEN* Naugle !34 154 371 | Uriel; 1"0 125 121— 348 I McGonnell ..( 102 149 113— 364 McGarver ... 134 126 110— 3io James 121 103 98 322 Total 544 637 596 —1777; MARRIED MEN Snoke 144 H4 Iff — 386 1 Durff 104 111 85— 300 I.osh 104 121 81— 306 Bricker 11l l® B 123 3 'l Bowen 124 98 133 350 Total 587 584 549—1720 At Leonard Alleys.—A. margin of fifty-eight points separated the Open Hearth team, the winner, from the Sales Department rollers, in a Cen tral Iron and Steel League contest rolled, on the Leonard Alleys last l night. 1 Tpe summaries; I pPEN HEARTH McOuireJi'"' snjw .... 122 130 \D 734 753 6ttH JES DEPARTMEA^M Darr 112 113 142 367 Lechthaler .. 129 172 166 — 467 Total 682 639 791—2112 Camp's All-American Eleven.— First eleven—End Robeson, Rutgers; tackle, Hilty, Pittsburgh: guard, Alexander, Syracuse; center, Day, .Georgia Tech; guard, Perry, Anna polis; tackle. Usher, Syracuse; end, Hopper, Pennsylvania; quarter, Mur ray, Princeton: halfback, Davies, Pittsburgh: halfback, Roberts, An napolis; fullback, Steketee, Michi gan. Second eleven End, Weeks. Brown; tackle, Henry, Washington and Jefferson; guard, Stahl, Pitts burgh; center, Depler, Illinois; guard, Seaflfe, Annapolis: tackle, Ripley, North Carolina A. & E.; end, Finclier. Georgia Tech; quar terback, Robb, Columbia; halfback, Friscli, Fordham; halfback, Mc- Laren, Pittsburgh: fullback, Flow ers, Georgia Tech. Third eleven End, Sehwarzer, Syracuse; tackle, Goetz, Michigan; guard, liuggins. Brown; center, Oulahan, Princeton; guard, Gordon, California; tackle, Neylon. Pennsyl vania; end, Tressel, Washington and Jefferson; quarterback, Ackley, Syracuse; halfback, Eckberg, Min nesota: halfback, Kelley, Rutgers; fullback, Butter, Annapolis. NEED "Y" SECRETARIES Two representatives of the edu cational department of the National .Wat Work Council, Y. M. C. A., are at the Penn-Harris to-day, to-nior i'ow and Thursday, enlisting men to go overseas and assist in educational i work among the soldiers. It is the purpose of the council to send a number of highly educated men to ; France vfhero they will give regu lar training and teach vocational I studies to the soldiers. Dives, Pomeroij & Stewart f mW"~W 6B ISf fisMffl. " ' \ - i, 0m \m®^mP§6P'"lr/m •kj... ■^■| t iTy' - [>m ' < i£ >^<^w".^-^*.-^*, w,i ... ..<■>■/*■ .♦^■ w a*--• '■ nr In -- | .^-•/-.-■■.i. .■■< 1918 . Repatriated {919 THE year closing to-night will go down in history as the one which first recorded the Dawn of World Freedom. In advancing out of that year we wish to express our appreciation for the patronage which we enjoyed. We wish for you and yours a . Happy and Prosperous New Year Store Closed All Day Tomorrow We Announce For _Thursday Morning, January 2, the beginning oi\our annual clearance of Suits, Coats, Dfesses and Surs for women, musses apd children. in Tomorrow's Papers , Ashton Peace Heads Hbg. Republican Club I I f ...v.. rff _ I j jlßßi A. D. PEACE t At the annual mooting last night j ' of the Harrisburg Republican Club • officers were elected for the com-' : ing year. At least 175 of tlic lo ■ cal club members Will be In lino' i for the inaugural parade, it was re ! ported by the committee on arrange -1 mcnts for the affairs, i The new officers are: Ashton D. Peace, president; W. H. Hoffman,! I vice-president; Dewitt A. Fry, treas ; urer; L. R. Metzger, secretary: Her-j I man Geiger, George B. Xebinger [and W. 11. Block, trustees; H. Kis • cnberger, John Pyne, 11. Basehore, C. A. Tress and W. A. Moore, mem- I bership committee. I Mr. Peace served many years as DECEMBER 31, 1918, ; secretary of the organization nnd | is widely known for his work in the , | organization. | ARUERTI'S DEARDOEF BURIED Lowiwborry, Dec. 31.—Funeral ser vices for Arbevtus J. Deardoff, who died of pneumonia, were held Sat- , urday morning at the home of his j parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. j ! Deardorff, a mile west of the bor- j ' ough. The Itev. Charles 11. Heiges, | pastor of the Church of God, at j New Cumberland, officiated, assisted jby the Rev. L. L. Owens, and the i ltev. C. S. Mcssner, of Lewisberry. I The hymns were sung by a mh'e \ quartet composed of the Rev, Mr. ! Messner, the Rev. Mr. Owens, D. A. ' Shrader and J. F. Sutton. Mr. Deardoff's two sisters were I | unable to attend the services on ac- j i count of illness. Mrs. W. B. Weiglc, I !is at the Harrisburg Hospital, nnd i | Mrs. Will 1 laring is critically ill with i i influenza at the home of her moth- i j er-in-law, Mrs. Haring, of near I I Xauvoo. i MRS. ANDREW IvREISER DIES | Union Deposit. Pa., Dec. 31. —Mrs. j Amanda Kreiser, aged 67 years, wife i of Andrew Kreiser Sr.. died on Sat-! j urday at her home in Hanover (street I after an illness of two weeks with i influenza. She is survived by heri 'husband: seven sons, Aaron anil ! Frank Kreiser, Linglestown; Daniel; i Kreiser, of Berwick: Josiah Kreiser,] of Hunoverda'.e; William Kreiser, of] , Reading; Harvey Kreiser, of Sand | ; Beach, and Andrew Kreiser Jr., of] Union Deposit, and one daughter, | I Mrs. James Potteiger, of Union De-1 [posit. Thirty-four grandchildren and] ■ four great-grandchildren also sur-1 [ vive. Funeral services wilt he held I i to-morrow morning at 10 o'cock in j i charge of the Rev. Amos Kuhns, of i I Union Deposit, and the Rev. Thomas I [Patrick. of Hanovordale. Burial j | will be made in the "Hanoverdale. i Cemetery. HEM lUlllEHF.I) "SHUT-INS" I Halifax,ra., Deo. 81. The Moth -1 ers' Societf remembered the "shut ins" this ClTlatnius season, distribut ing oraiiffis. cakes and candles anions then- Substantial tokens of their sonoi'isity such as required money to ly at the grocery store were ' freely given to deserving fam ilies. The'lamp Fire (lirls are taU>, , ins their pltce among the benevolent ! organizatlivb of town. They have I helped old (lannta Claus keep up his i reputation iy gifls to several fam ! ilies and ha'o made and distributed ! green wreat s tied with red, white | and blue rilibm to mothers who lost I their sons in he war. MACCABEUS EI.ECT OFFICERS Liverpool, Pit l>ee. 3J. Newly eleeted officers of the Liverpool I Camp of the M.ecahees are: Past commander, Ralp Kerstetter; com- I inander, itosooe Snyder; lieutenant commander, Arthf Crawford; record I keeper, ,1. Park* llolman; finance keeper, J. Park lolman; champlaln. i Howard Johnsoij wergeant, Josepli Lenig: master at Carina, Itussell lOruhh: first ma sir of the guard. M. i 10. Oothcl; sect® faster of the < I guard, Meade Mr'lejß. sentinel, Al- J ! i>ert. Hoffman; likedWV. 1.. Ruben- ■ i (ln "' T siiott-i :fo wkpimms Halifax. Pa., dec. 31. Leroy L. V I Shott, of Jluli.'s, and Slisa SSarali V I Irene Lebo, of ISnturlinei were mar- ■ | rii'd on Mondu at the parsonage of ■ i the Steven's Memorial ■ Episcopal I'll rati, ul i teh pastor, te Uevy I Sinuekcr. Po'VWlng VI ! trip to New ork ant/ I they will llvelfere. '/ HOME IX)U HOLIDAYS Lewisberry Dei) 31. —Miss i Owens, of Htte Ounege, and a j teacher, of lew Jersey, arrived) A ! urday and t spending a few days y with her buthor anil ■the Rev. art Mrs. L. L. Ower}s, at' ! the Methodit parsonafe. Miss Chvcnß | will 10-morow .0 take up her WorH j again. I ! r TI'HKIY M>K EMPLOYE)* Halifax, Pa., Dee. 31.—Employes, ! of th-t Willis Jhoo Factory on tints I urday prjascnted to .Mr. Wllllts a j line Iwenty-piund turkey atul a ! hand Homo |up3 and tobacco for a, t.'hiislmas ant. New j'car's gift. \
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