10 JUDGES ARE TO SHOW SOLDIERS' VOTES GENUINE Supreme Court Takes Action j on Republican's Petition For a Probe By Associated Press Philadelphia. Jan. B.—Upon pe tition lof E. N. Carpenter, Repub lican, who, according to official re turns, was defeated for Congress in the Eleventh district by John J. Casey, Democrat, to declare illegal the soldier vote cast in the Novem ber election. the State Supreme Court yesterday granted a rule to show cause why a writ of mandamus J shall not be issued and made it re-' turnable January 13, when the Lu-; seme county judges, who were made : respondents' in the petition, must an- ; swer Carpenter's charges, that the ballots as cast in l.uzerne county. gave him the election by eighteen votes. Prothonotary E. J. Williams, of Luzerne county, refused to certify the soldier vote, claiming the vote was not cast and the returns not made in conformity with the acts of Assembly. The Court directed Wil- 1 liams to certifv the returns, which j he did, and when the Court can-1 ■ vassed the vote the returns from j sixty-six of the seventy-three army cantonments were thrown out. lie- ; turns from only those camps in which ten or more votes were cast were counted by the Court. This gave Casey a plurality of forty-two votes. McAdoo Wins 5c Damages in Suit Against Cleveland Cleveland. 0.. Jan. S.—W. G. Mo- . Adoo, director general of railroads,' was awarded a verdict of live cents in his damage suit against the city j of Cleveland and Police Chief Smith. b\ Judge Kennedy, in common pleas J court yesterday. in the suit. McAdoo claimed the ; police department held as evidence against a boxcar thief a 81,600 roll | of leather being shupped by the Bal- 1 timore and Ohio Railroad to Cincin nati. The leather was restored to i the railroad. SAYS COLD WEATHER BRINGS RETURN OF INFLUENZA Public Must Be Careful To 1 Avoid A Second Epidemic. Easier To Prevent Than Cure. What To Do. "Encouraging reports of the fewer cases of tuiluenzii in tnis vicinity snouid not allow- us to relax our ' N.guatKc or ,u utcoiue carciess in th# belief thai the uaqger is alt over,'' says a well known authority. With tue coining ot cola weather there is aa i oe a return of tnis frightful epidemic and its seriousness Will ue j.cnu on the extent ot Ute precau tious. tuKen oy the public, to prevent in lection. when the air is full of influenza germs, you may be constantly-' need tiling litem into your uoso una tm ott. li-t tueir danger may ue a i oiuiu uua >oa may luuao yourseir ' practically iuiiuutte to inteciiou it' y..u destroy tne germ oetoie u actu-1 any begins work ill your blood. inuring in-, leoeni serious epidemic w inch mt rlarrisburg so harn, most ' successiUl results Were obtained by ' many through tue simple nreatnlng ' into the nose, tnroat and lungs ot lue nieaicateu an of oil of Hyomei. , 1 robabiyr no better, safer or more ' s-nsiole precaution against Jnflu-' en,.a. Grippe, coughs. Colas, liron- j eiiills or Catarrh of the nose and ' throat could be employed than to go 'bow* to the nearest urug store and get a complete liyomei outtit con m.sting ot u bottle of tne pure Oil of j liyomei and a little vesipocket Hard j l übber inhaling device into whicn a tew drops of tne oil are poured. i Carry this Inhaler with you ilar- | Ing the day and each half hour or ; to put it hi your mouth ana draw j ueep breaths ot its pure healing | germicidal air into the passages or your nose, throat and lungs to de-| ► troy any germs uiai may round i lodgement there. This simple pre caution may save you a serious ill- i ness and tne loss ot several weeks' I work, it is pieasant to use and not I ui ail expensive as the innaler will last a litetpne and turther supplies j c-f the Oil of Hyomei can be had at | any drug store tor a it.. > Hundreds of people in this vicinity i used liyomei in this way during tr.'e I recent crisis ana avoided danger, i They snould not neglect it now for J the danger is by no means over, I H. C. Kennedy. LOOKING BACKWARD 60 YEARS ■tt"l, jgiif| An Interesting Bit of History Everybody Should Know One of the interesting places in Lowell, Mass., V. | .is the old apothecary shop on Merrimack street, es t a hhshed in 1827. '1 his location is still a drug store, although of course modernized in many jWEy- departments. The old prescription books, how ever, have been preserved and form an mterest ing record covering near f - • -J s written th e original^^^ttjjt^it/ Prescription of bather John s Medicine. V this prescription was compounded for the Keverened Father John O'Brien at the old drug store on that date, and so sue cessful treating Father John's ailment, Thc OI(1 which was a severe cold and throat trouble Prescription Book that he recommended the medicine to his •— —————— — J\ p 5 #■> ✓ friends and parishion *KLJ£o A \ " S * In SO'ng to the * ticug store and calling f• V • or tlie mec^'c ' ne ' they '_7 In,fc always asked for Fath 'l ® cr John's Medicine, "fP j$P §•*? !¥ \[h S 1 jml hC* ant * ' n this wa y the Pi fci si" 'Si W me< Jicine got its name a ' K ' as a^vert sed. and as a tonic and body Tlie Oh I Apothecary si,op builder, because it does w* Ktabiishetl in IBJ7 not contain opium mor phine, chloroform, and any other poisonous drugs, or alcohol, but is all pure, wholesome nourishing WEDNESDAY EVENING, CAPRONI, PLANE MAKER, HONORS YANK PRESIDENT Wilson Grants Bissolati Audi ence on League of Nations at Rome Milan. Jan. B.—lnuring his visit to Milan, President Wilson recevcd many- gifts. One was a statuette made of captured Austrian cannon representing Italy conquering Aus trian Black Eagle. Another was an illuminated volume presented by- Gianni Caproni, the airplane manu facturer. describing the President as a "white engle, % the conqueror of all." ' The volume was dedicated to a giant airplane which Caproni is building | for a trans-Atlantic flight. Rorur. Jan. S.—During his visit to j Milan, President Wilson received i as an ordinary citizen whose ideas always had been in conformity with . the ideals of a league of nations. ' President Wilson, it is understood, 1 announced his intention before leav ing Paris of talking with Italian polticians who were not connected with the government. President Wilson Lauds Colonel Roosevelt; Flags to Be Lowered Thirty Days . i Washington. Jan. 8. The following proclamation on the death of Theodore Roosevelt was cabled front Paris yester day by President Wilson and issued Inst night at Utc Mate Department: "A proclamation to the peo ple of the United States: | , "It becomes my sad duty to announce officially the deaUi or Theodore Roosevelt, Pres ident of tlie United States front September 11. 1901, to March I. 1909. which occur red at Ids home at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay. Now Yijrk, at 1.15 o'clock in tlie morn | ing of January 6. 1919. lu his death the United States has lost one of its _ most distin guished and patriotic citizens, who had endeared himself to the people hy Ids strenuous devotion to tlieir interests aiul to the public Interests of his country. "As president of the police - ltoard of his native city, as member of the Legislature and Governor of Ids state, as civil service commissioner, as Assistant Secretary of the .Navy, as Vice-President, and as President of tlie United states, he displayed admin istrative powers of a signal or der and conducted the affairs of these various offices with a concentration of effort and a watchful care which permit tod no divergence from tlie liue of duty he had definitely set for himself. "In the war with Spain lie displayed singular initiative and energy and distinguish ed himself among the com manders of the army in the held. As President he awoke tin- nation to the dangers of private control which lurked , in our financial and industrial systems. It was by thus arrest ing the attention and stimu lating the purpose of tlw I country that he opened tin way for subsequent necessary and benelieial reforms. His private life was rliar acterized by a simplicity, a virtue and an a flection worthy of ull admiration and emula tion by the people of Amer ica. "In testimony of the respect ill which Ills memory Is held by tlie government and people of llic United States. 1 do liereby direct that the Hags of the White House and the several dc]vu-tmentnl build ings be displayed at half staff for a period of thirty days, ami that suitable military ami naval honors under orders of the Secretaries of War ami N'avy be rendered on the da)' of the funeral. "Done this 7tli day of Jau uary, in the year of our 4>ord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of tlie in- ; dependence of the United Slates of America the one hundred and forty-third. "WOODROW WILSON." "By the President, Frank i L. Polk, acting Secretary of | State." -ARMY AIRPLANES MAKE TRIP FROM i COAST TO COAST _ 4,200 Miles Made in 53 Hours; Held Up by Bad Weather i By Associated Press Mineola, N. Y., Jan. B.— Four army airplanes under the command of Major Albert D. Smith, landed at Hazelhurst fjled here at 5.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, completing the | first transcontinental flight ever made. Although the planes started front San Diego, Cal., on December 4, the actual flying time for the 4,200-mile , trip was only fifty-three hours. Ma jor Smith explained that the squad -1 ron had been compelled to remain > inactive for three weeks because of 1 adverse weather conditions. During the first stages of the trip Major Smith and his fliers mapped an aerial mail route between San Diego and El Paso, Texas. FYom El Paso the party was permitted to select its own route a ( nd made no effort to establish a speed record, Major Smith said. The four planes were piloted by Lieutenants Robert S. Worthington, j If. D. McClean, Albert Pyle and John j M. Evans. The planes were in good I condition, and Major Smith said he 1 expected to return in them with his j ! party to San Diego. The transcontinental fliers were. | escorted here from Washington, the ! i last stopping point, by two other | planes, piloted by Captains Castle ; and Kenyon. ! Another planes from Washington, which had as a passenger Major General William L. Kenlv, chief of the bureau of aeronautics, and was piloted by Major William C. Ocker, yesterday, set a new time record for the flight, of one hour and thirty nine minutes, a speed of about 160 miles an houi^ Cleveland. 0.. Jan. S.—What is be i lieved to be a new world's airplane . j speed record was set yesterday in a,' flight from Dayton to Cleveland IV Pilot Eric Springer and Mechanician Ernest Longchamp in a M.Vtin bombing pktne driven by two Liberty motors. The 215 miles was covered in one hour and fifteen minutes, an average of 172 miles an b*ur. The previous record between the two cities was two hours fiat. The machine carried gasoline, tools and baggage weighing 2,500 pounds. It was th first machine turned out by the Glenn L. Martin factory here and bad been at Dayton for several months undergoing army tests. The flight was not intended as ' a speed test. Service Badges Awarded by Columbia Red Cross Columbia, Pa., Jan. B.—Columbia , chapter of the Red Cross has award- i ed to members who work- j ed sight hundred hours or more in six consecutive months. These cer- j tiifeates entitle holders to service I tadges and buttons. The workers! who have been honored in this way 1 are: Columbia. Mrs. H. M. North, | Jr.. Mrs. E. C. Shannon. Lucy Hayes ; Grier, Sara V. Pair.e, Mrs. Alfred 11. ..eyers, Mrs. George P. Cooper, ' Mrs. E. A. Becker, Mrs. A. E. Dun- ; 1 !>ar, Mrs. S. High Gertrude Moriaritv, Mrs. 11. -F. Yergev. Kate; | Paine. Mrs. Frank J. Blair. Mrs. W. I ; E. Powell, Mary Louise Heckel, Mrs. j 1 Paul Umberger, Ira Jamieson, Mrs. |W. C. Sampson, H. M. North, Jr., Modie Heineman and Davis L. Faust. I Marietta, Mrs. B .Frank Hiestand, I Mrs. E. Y. Rich, Alice Collins, Haldv ; Libhard, Annie Libhard, Miss Buch- I anan, Mrs. H. C. Johnson. Maud ; Haldeman, Gertrude Mehaffey, Georgie Shaffffner. Mrs. E. V. Halde man and Mrs. T. E. Ingram. Bainbridge. Mrs. Paris Engel and I Mrs. D. Umberger. MANY RED (ROSS MEMBERS York Haven, Jan. B.—To date 892 ! members have enrolled in the Red j Cross in the tenth district of York t ! county, comprising Dillsburg and j : FTanklintown boroughs, and Frank- ! iin, Carroll and Monagan townships, according to the report of the dis | trict chairman. Wellsville borough | enrolled 143 members: Washington j township ,164; Warrington town ship, 231; Lewisberry, 25: Golds boro. 63; Manchester, 179; East Manchester township. 159; Cone wago township, 100: Manchester ; township, 161; Mt. Wolf borough, ,212; York Haven and Hallam bor ! oughs have not as yet made com plete reports. More than 27.000 have j been enrolled in the county. SUNDAY SCHOOL ELECTS New Haven. Pa., Jan. 8. The Yocumtown Sunday school elected i the following officers for the ensu , ing year: Superintendent. H. C. I Prowell: assistant superintendent! jH, P. Kauffman: secretary, Mary IBeshore; assistant. Ruth Spahr; or i ganist, Pearl Smalling; assistant, | Mrs. Florence Besliore: managers! ■ Ralph Lecht. Clyde Spahr, Bertha ; Fisher and Lillian Anderson. The | Christian Endeavor Boclety elected itho following officers on Sunday: (President, George Shenk; vice-presi l dent. T. A. Yost: secretary, H. P. ! Kauffman; assistant, Chester Kauff man; organist, Mrs. T. A. Yost; as sistant, Mrs. Bruce Downs. ' P. O. S. OF A. ELECTS | Halifax, Pa., Jan. B.—The follow ( ing officers were elected on Sunday 1 evening by th\p. O. S. of A., for the ensuing term: Past. pi esident, Ira B. Zimmerman: president, Ross E. Zimmerman: vice-president, J. How ard Chubb, master of forms, Myles E. Molter; recording secretary, H. S. Potter; financial secretary, p. C. Fog! treasurer, Ross E. Zimmerman; ' trustee. H. S. Potter; conductor. Jo -1 seph Land:?, inspector, Leroy En i ders; guard. M. H. Spahr. ' INSTITUTE AT MARIETTA Marietta, Pa., Jan. B.— The thirty third annual session of the Marietta district institute, comprising tlie schools of Marietta. East Donegal, Mouniville. West Hempfleld and Conoy will be held on Saturday, Jan uary 11, In the High school build ing, Marietta. There will be two ses sions. The speaker for the after noon session will be Trof. John S. Simons, of the West Lampeter voca tional school. Interesting program have been prepareij. OVERSEAS VETERAN RETURNS Miffiintown, Pa.. Jan. B.— Chester | Fasick is flfsl Miffiintown over seas veteran to return home. He served with tlie 313 th Infantry and during the fighting about the Ar gonee Forest region was severely wounded ip the left shoulder and suffered from an attack of mustard ,gas. SARRISBTZTRG TEXEGRXM ! Germans Gave Villa Munitions, Is Claim Washington, Jan. B.—Evidence signed to show that Francisco Villa, the Mexican bandit leader, received $350.000 worth of munitions paid for by a German agent through the Mississippi Valey Trust Company, IJ. H. Brcnner 6 HS.S.Ij Sale Extraordinary I Of Women's and Misses' Fashionable I | Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts and Blouses j * Starts Tomorrow Morning at 9 A. M. Sharp i I Gigantic Clearance of Women's Ready-to-Wear Apparel | | At Reductions Unparalleled in the Merchandising History 1 f Talk about low prices before the war! Why there was never a season since we are in business that the S Jl women of Harrisburg could buy such fine garments in January at the prices we are offering them tomorrow. A 1 combination of circumstances by the sudden stoppage of the war upset all market conditions and manufacturers 11 | caught with huge stocks were eager to unload at sacrifices never dreamed of. i [ f This store, always in a position to use merchandise at the right prices, plunged to the limit. Backed with Ji t the goods and the prices we are ready tomorrow to launch a sale of | 2000 GARMENTS AT % AND y 2 OFF ( , Come to this sale to-morrow; don't permit anything to stand in the way from your participating in this $ J GREAT BARGAIN EVENT. 1 r | This sale will continue for 10 days only. It is most natural that the choicest offerings will be the first to go, B J therefore the importance of your early attendance is clearly evident > g I All Our Dresses Divided in Four Groups, $9.95, $11.95,515.95 and $19.95 | I Dresses Sacrificed Dresses Sacrificed | 1 In this lot YOU will find some verv charming Blue Serges are predominating in this lot— g I models in all the new shades at onlv als | o^omc GeorKCt,es Crcpe de Chines at | $9.95 1.95 1 (Former values up to $22.50) Uf 1 j (Former values up to $27.50) | § Dresses Sacrificed " if Dresses Sacrificed | A lou will find Blue Serges, Georgettes and Im 111!!!!/ Here we feature some of our very best 1 Jerseys—beautiful colorings, at only Dresses at only || I (Former values*up to $32.50) (Former values up to $37.50) | $22.50, $25.00 and $30.00 ilnn't Di<n Gu Thncn Dai-irainc $32.50, $34.50 and $35.00 % I SUITS AND COATS U !!L!f!lE P T SSIIS SUITS AND COATS f Is| qii s7°fof SL ss 25<t| or | i $37.50, $38.50 and $30.95 Suits & CoatS at $2.95 """Sk m | I SUITS AND COATS SUITS AND COATS I & _T. . „ , A lar about style they are certainly wonders V/XXi-U . B jfe [j r this is a wonderful assortment of in value. Sacrificed at the unbelievably low (1 [" ftf (h WW Hj Suits and Coats featured at $22.95. ■ price of $29.95. You will marvel at the HlJr ftJF MT M M LILX You must see these garments in or- nl <3* "I AA values when you see these lovely Suits K I der to appreciate their true value. UUCSSCb [it ch we feat ™ at ,7 I nTTS°' $s A 9^nd^ 0( '507.50, $70.00 and $72.50 — 1 || SUITS AND COATS SUITS'AND COATS i I SQ/i N Dresses at $3.95 I § tS"E" ™ur s<SOT of The "scMon's" 1 best Mostly " hite dresscs in this lot - ,hcse featured in this great sale at OR P J LraSs seasons best of white net and crepe de chine? be ailt i. $39.95. Hundreds to choose from— V *l^.3J & * fully embroidered and trimmed, values up they are the most wonderful values #B f All Skirts Sacrificed 10525; s ° lleJfromh ° nd " ng - 5 — 3-'| % $6.50 and $7.00 Skirts—Sale Price -$3.95 Coats at $6.95 Ail Blouses Sacrificed § % $/.soand $7.95 Skirts —Sale Price $4.95 These garments are brand new, tailored $3.50 \^AISTS—SaIe Price ...... $2.25 ■ K $8.50 and $9.50 Skirts—Sale Price $5.95 of good heavy material in the latest fash- $4.95 —Sale Price $2.95 I $ $10.95 and $11.95 Skirts—Sale Price Sfi 95 """ former "'" e " $5.95 WAISTS—SaIe Price $3.95 f & $12.95 and $13.95 Skirts—Sale Price $7.95 Ql r * j. ®-j qc $7.50 WAISTS—SaIe Price $4.95 a $14.95 to $16.95 Skirts—Sale Price $9.95 OKlrlS d.l $8.50 WAISTS—SaIe Price $5.95 ® |-$17.50 to $18.95 Skirts—Sale Price $11.95 M Thesc sk^ f .lu, $9.50 WAISTS—SaIe Price $6.95 f t $22.50 to $25.00 Skirts-Sale Price $14.95 fe 6 " 8 '" pla '"' y " u '° red ' "° rt " at slo.so WAISTS-Sale Price $7.95 | I THE FINEST COATS THE FINEST SUITS THE FINEST DRESSES | 1 EVERY HIGH - PRICED SUIT, COAT OR DRESS THAT FORMERLY SOLD UP TO $150.00 1 w The moat extraordinary offer ever made In Harrisburg. Fashionable women compare these exclusive garments with those jl M*m h B displayed in the high class most pretentious shops at exorbitant prices, then you will realize in giving you absolutely un- R• " B/w aln CT gf restricted choice of these marvelously beautiful Suits, Coats and Dresses for $53.95 —It is nothing short of sensational. in mivfjl Is j These models are limited only one of a style—we advise women who want a distinctive, -individual, exclusive, Suit, Coat, or jr ft# W a J Jft w B B Dress, to come here as early as possible. . ■ " K I SALE STARTS TOMORROW MORNING J of St. Louis in 1916 was presented to-day to the Senate committee in vestigating German propaganda by Major E. Lowry Humes, In charge of the investigating German propa ganda by Major E. Lowry Humes, In charge of the Investigation. Major Unties said the money was sent by F. A. Sommerfeld, now interned as nn enemy alien, who received credit to that extent f jm U> e St. Louis bank through -h® Guaranty Trust Company of h ew °' - Tho'muni ons Y ere man "factured by the w< dt ® rn Cnrtridgo Company, at Alton ln - n "d shipped to Hlpl iiCo Vt ,a - a brother of the Mexi can tend it. at El Paso, Tex., ac cori ing to the documents presented by Major Humes. " JANUARY S, 1910. Fire, Threatening Army Post at Newport News, " Causes $25,000 Damage >"ewpo p t News, Va., Jan. B.—Fire, which for a time threatened the de struction of the army post of em- — —'l barkatlon headquarters last night : was confined to one wing of the building by the army and city ffre departments. The portion of the < largo frame building destroyed was occupied hy the medical corps r.nd as most of the contents wero removed, the damage will not cxcoed $25,000. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminhtor—Ad.
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