185,000 DEATHS
IN STATE IN 1918;
FLU BIG FACTOR
Review of State Department
of eHalth's Work Is
Made Public
There were approximately 185,000
deaths in Pennsylvania la3t year,
making the highest mortality rate in
t"he history of the Commonwealth,
according to the brief review of the
year's work of the State Department
of Health made public to-day by Dr.
B Franklin Royer, Acting Commis
sioner.
Data available at present In the
Bureau of Vital Statistics is by no
means complete, but the State Regis
trar, Dr. W. R. Batt, said that last
year's mortality rate will be approx
imately 21.6, as compared with 14.8 in
1917.
Due Kntlrcly to "Flo"
This apparent increase, according
to the state health official, is due
entirely to the epidemic of influenza,
which has claimed a total of more
than 50,000 lives in Pennsylvania
since last September. The greater
portion of this, mortality occurred in
the ages from 20 to 40 years. Had It
not been for the influenza epidemic,
tl;e mortality rate would unduobtedly
have been lower thah in 1917, as the
death rate from many diseases was
less than in the previous year.
200 Emergency Hospitals
In reviewing the work of the State
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TUESDAY EVENING,
BERLIN'S RED
LEADERS FLEE
By Associated Press
Copenhagen, Jan. 14.—Dr. Karl
Llebknecht, the Spartaean leader,
is reported to have fled from Ber
lin to Leipslc. Chief of Police
Eichhorn, according to the Vor
waerts of Berlin, has fled to Den
mark, using a passpdrt obbtained
from the Danish legation some
days ago. Many documents have
been seized at Etchhorn's resi
dence.
The government at Berlin has
Issued warrants for the arrest of
Dr. Llebknecht, Rosa Luxembourg
and Eichhorn. The war minister
is quoted as saying loyal troops
have begun a search for arms !
with a view to disarming the pop- i
ulation of Berlin.
Department of Health during the in
fluenza epidemic, Dr. Royer states
that the department established and
maintained more than 200 emergency
hospitals, directed the activities of
more than 500 physicians, hundreds
of trained nurses and thousands of
volunteer workers, and gave medical
attention and nursing to many thou
sands of sick persons.
Discussing the war activities of the
Health Department during 1918, Dr.
Royer says that special attention has
been directed to sanitary and public ■
health conditions in all the zones
around the war industries. Special
supervision was maintained over
twenty-five miles of country sur
rounding Camp Colt during all the
time the soldiers have been quartered
there.
The department has managed thej
important work of mosquito extermi
nation In the Hog Island district and
co-operated with the shipyards at
Corwells and Bristol.
The soldiers who have returned
from the Army because they were
found to be tuberculous have been
followed up by the dispensary system
of the State Health Department and
treatment has been furnished in many
cases.
Aided Draft Boards
In every portion of the state the
Health Department's county medical
Inspector and dispensary men have
served upon the district draft board
and their services have been ex
tremely valuable, because of their
unusual experience in making phys
ical examinations.
During the last year a number of
genlto-urinary dispensaries have
been established and there is now a
chain of thirty-two of these dispen
saries located in the larger cities and
towns of the state. Others will be
established as rapidly as possible.
Honslng Condition*
The Bureau of Housing has been
accomplishing good results in the lo
calities in Pennsylvania where con
ditions were found to be bad, par
ticularly towns in the coal regions
have been much improved through
the efforts of this bureau; also splen
did results have been obtained in
Coatesville and in other towns in the
southeastern portion of the state,
where conditions would have been ab
normally developed, due to the es
tablishment of war Industries.
Hotel inspections have been insti
tuted all over the state by the Divi
sion of Public Service, and the Divi
sion of Drug Control has been active
in enforcing the regulations of the
state narcotic act.
Commissioner Boiler
Looks After Interests
of Lake Erie Fishing
N. R. Buller. commissioner of
fisheries, is in Clevelond, Ohio, at
tending a meeting of the Fresh
Water Fish Producers' Association.
He expects to visit the department
hatcheries at Erie, Union City, Corry
and Pleasant Mount, returning to
Harrisburg January 20.
The authorities of Ohio and New
York state admit that the Fish Com
mission of Pennsylvania, with the
laws of this state at its back, has
done more to keep up the fish sup
ply in Lake Erie than any other in
fluence. It is the belief of Mr. Buller
that every fish placed in the waters
of the state ought to be allowed to
grow to a sufflflcient size to repro
duce at least once, and he is oppos
ing the use of smaller mesh nets in
Lake Erie which would allow fish
less than adult size to be taken. In
this he has the backing of the fisher
men of Pennsylvania.
American Steamer Yuna Is
Wrecked on Monchoir Bank
By Associated Press
Turks Island, Bahamas. Jan. 14.
The American steamer Yuna, with
a cargo of sugar from San Domingo
for New York, was totally wrecked
on Moucholr bank on Friday. Two
members of the crew and five labor
ers are missing. The captain and
part of the crew landed here in a
boat to-day shortly before the sec
ond mate and eighty-two laborers
reached here on rafts.
The Yuna, owned by the Clyde
Steamship Company of New York,
left that port on December 18.
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> throat or headache, take some
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at the start Don't let It get the
beat of you. No bad head effect*
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RAILROAD NEWS
PLANS MADE FOR
CHECKPAYMENT
Most of the Pennsy Employes
to Receive Their Money
Earlier
Pennsylvania Railroad officials are
busy completing their plans for the
reinauguration of the check pay
ment plans for all employes. The
cash plan of payment, which super
ceded the check plan a number of
years ago, was used for the last time
when employes were paid for Decem
ber during the early part of this
month.
The ■ reinstated check system will
go Into effect this month when the
emploj-es are paid for the first fif
teen days of January. Final ar
rangements are being made by of
ficials that the arrangement may be
come effective with the least possible
inconvenience and disturbance.
. ?? er t,le new arrangement, most
■ , e, np'oyes will receive their
salaries earlier than they did under
°'u system. Some few. however,
will receive their checks later. But
tneso few persons who were paid
during the days preceeding the first
day of payment under the new sys
tt j re v ® r y much in the minority.
Dnder the new system checks will
be sent to the point most convenient
for their distribution to the employes.
,J larrlsburg, the employes will be
paid by the several department of
ficials. In Bnola and Marysville and
other yards tiiroughout the system,
the checks will be sent to the chief
yardmaster, who will make pro
visions for their distribution among
i?i "? en - It other cases, the checks
W 'l be sent to the station masters
at the several stations, who will be
charge of the distribution.
T P°. first checks in payment of
work during the first fifteen days of
January will he distributed to em
ployes for the first time since the re
instatement of the system, on Janu
ary 23. Payment this month will be
made also on January 24, 25 and 27.
During the first part of the month,
H? e -P^ c ' £ distribution will start on
lb® <tn and !bo latter part, on
the -3d. In all cases payment will
be made on the three succeeding;
days In addition. When Sunday or
a holiday intervenes, payment will
also be made on the fourth succeed
ing day. #
Senator Myers Would
Execute Former Kaiser
Washington, Jan. 14. A demand
that the former Kaiser be executed
and the leaders of the militarists in
Germany, including former Ambassa
dor von Bernstorff, be imprisoned for
life for causing the world war, was
voiced in the Senate yesterday by
Senator Myers, Democrat of Mon
tana, in the course of a speech in
which he demanded that the forma
tion of a league of nations be left
until after the treaty of peace has
been concluded.
The Montana Senator said that he
regarded the question of what shall
be done with the Kaiser as one of,
the first to be disposed of by the
Peace Conference.
"I think the German Kaiser ought
to be executed," exclaimed Senator
Myers. "He has forfeited his right
to live. He ought to be executed as
a common criminal. Of course, he is 1
an uncommon criminal, but he ought
to be executed as though he was a
common one and without trial, too.
There is nothing to try. All the world
knows that he launched a criminal
war which plunged the nations into
the greatest catastrophe and confla
gration the world has ever known.
He waged that war in a way which I
violated every principle of interna
tional law.
"I am not In favor of any soft sen
timentality in dealing with the Ger
man Kaiser. The German Govern
ment ought to be compelled to sur
render him, and if it refuses the
Allied armies ought to seek him. Any
government giving him asylum and
refuge should know now that this
cannot be done.
I'ae of Kalaer'a Fortune Urged
"The Kaiser's fortune, estimated
at $250,000,000, ought to be confiscated
and applied toward the tvar indem
nities that Germany must pay. Von
Bernstorff, Van Papen, Von Rintelen
and other 'Vons' and German mov
ing spirits in this war who resorted
to every crime and dastardly crimin
ality should be imprisoned for life.
This should be provided in the treaty
of peace."
"Does the Senator think the Kais
er ought to be hanged or shot?"
asked Senator Poindexter.
"I think he ought to be both hang
ed and shot," replied Senator My
ers.
The Mantana Senator characterized
Von Bernstorff as "a burglar who
tried to climb through the backdoor
of the United States and corrupt and
debase our Government with the
most dastardly machinations that
have ever been known in this coun
tr or any other."
Injuries Fatal For
Former Treasurer of
Republican Committee
By Associated Press
New York, Jan. 14. George R.
Sheldon, financier and former treas
urer of the Republican national com
mittee, died to-day at Carbondale,
111., of injuries received in a mine ac
cident recently near that city. Word
of his death was received at his office
in this city, of which he was a life
long resident.
Mr. Sheldon long was active In Re
publican politics, having been a New
York delegate to the Republican na
tional convention In 1900, New York
member of the Republican national
committee 1903 to 1904; treasurer
subsequently of the New York state-
Republican committee and in 1908
succeeded Cornelius N. Bliss as treas
urer of the national committee. In
which capacity he served for eight
yeos-s.
As a financier, he was. at the time
of his death, director in eighteen cor
porations, including the American Lo
comotive Company and the Bethlehem
Steel Company.
Says Y. M. C. A. Gave
$1,400,000 to Army
Now York, Jan. 14.—The extent
of the free distribution of canteen
supplies by the Young Men's Chris
tian Association was disclosed yes
terday in a statement given out by
William Sloane Coffin, chairman of
the National War Work Council,
based upon a cable message from E.
C. Carter, chief secretary of the or
ganization in Paris. Mr. Coffin said
that the Y. M. C. A. had distributed
free to soldiers canteen supplies to
the value of $1,400,000. Beside this,
the loss on operation of post ex
changes overseas, exclusive of sol
diers' stores in Great Britain, amount
ed to 1332,181. This total, he ex
plained, does not include the post
exchange deficit for November and
December. The figures do not show
all the organization's free service,
but, he said, they are an emphatic
answer to the charge that the Y.
M. C. A. had been profiting.
JUGO-9I.AV ARMY SOON
By Associated Press
Paris, Jan. 14. The Jugo-Slav
Republic will soon mobilize its Army,
according to a dispatch received
here from FJume.
Mrs. Lulu Loveland Shepherd will
lecture to women in the Camp Curtln
Memorial Methodist Church to-night.
i Her subject will be "Secrets of the
I Mormon Temple."
HAHRDSBURO OrbftAfl TELEGRAPH
WILL RESTORE
TWO C.V. TRAINS
Eliminated as War Measure,
Trains Will Run Again,
Officials Promise
Travelers throughout the Cumber
land Valley are jubilant to-day over
the announcement that the two
passenger trains eliminated from the
Cumberland Valley Railroad service
last fall as a war measure will be
restored within a short time.
Both of the trains to be reinstated
run between Harrisburg and 4lag
erstown. One of them leaves Har
risburg for Hagerstown shortlv after
11 o clock In the morning and the
other arrives here at 2.35 p. m., from
Hagerstown.
Announcements issued by the of
ficials at Hagerstown late vesterday
are to the effect that the trains wiil
OPEN DAILY 8:30 A. M. 5 P. M.—SATURDAY 8:30 A. M. TO 9 P. M
1 One Day Specials—Tomorrow—Wednesday Only I
jj Extra Special—One Day Only Wednesday m
Imm 49c One Hundred and Ten Coats S
[ilij WWtnliill ma For Women and Misses, Juniors and SmaU Women. JLMNSMA
191 With gxoo worth of mer- - . ___ I Girls' Silk H LN
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PM Only one to n customer. jH ft W I I AII M , ,I, T [[lj
j| h'one to children. ° m " V j jIHS i 1 i
In all the most desirable materials, such as Broad- (/\* [/ 1 rfjjl ______.—lll——., I jjjL
xviN cloth, Velour, Kersey, Burella Cloth, Meltons; in every fflmiftiisjA'".■iSl >/ / \ JiMhIILJ—BL-ll|l....Ji..J\BlUlLiWl Ki]
[r' \ _ \v'dX color that is popular and desirable, namely—black, * -J \ J }.) \ /ftt A llli|
J jj Navy, taupe. Burgundy, reindeer, dark green and |
| | Save Five to Ten Dollars on a Coat \Jfljjl fv. fII S
M Well made, good Please remember that there are only 110 Coats in ft sS! j I I\\ lli }'l I tX (i/
1 1 quality, full cut, this entire lot, and at this price we are going to sell P UM] /Ml 0 Imr-H W \x/ f Bovs" Pants 1
If and° rt sDes C Avid it\ them all in a day. It will mean that you must come \ . lIT 1 7 \fl r Corduroy Punts 1 Kjl
ill only jYi here as soon as the store opens to-morrow— V'v'XS 3l : aI& 111 J\ | 7 to 17 years. I j[|il
|I 01OQ | Sale Begins at 8.30 A. M. 1 j >. ?f|-'rWM I | U I I I 1 /I ed ' Wednesday bA k|
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/ajfl Second Floor , lined. Some are adorned with big fur collars, others • \ //. %J%J C Vft i§l
/^ll,| | have seal plush collars and pockets. Others have self * . V;^' J*.,/ 1 Id, First Floor. . ft yjj
None on Approval—None C. O. D. ? J|® \ \ /j|n i m 1,11 ...rnwAll. m
JIT Extra Special For Wednesday 111 T
Beaver Plush Sport Coats, 569.95 UM
f y Here's a bargain for these who can wear one of I L'* ~T\ il / \
I B the sizes from 16 to 40. There is only a small lot a.'l I > J \ W Wf* 1 uy.' Tooue. V fill
t\ ■kV\nUJ\ of t jiese to go, and we expect to close them out in &LJ J j Vf if' I Knitted toques, ! Lli|
SS Women's a day- Beltied and with pockets. Lined with fancy r Is* VI) /all sizes. six y
I I Wool, piain and, I ' 1 hades ' U\
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I black. Wednea l\ ■ KAUFMAN'S—Second Floor =nl . Qf* I\\ fij|
( day only, at pr S' V. J [iy
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1/jylSli \i|| 125 Suits&Overcoats for Men |
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II Regular Prices $16.50 and SIB.OO I fl 1
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IS _ tlf _ W A W Mt Jus t a small lot that we are A W* P Corduroy Pant-:B lA
f I JT S°j"e to put in this one day Mx 40 Li| fed Slzes 32?0 |l
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Ml / fleece lined un- 1 ft THE OVERCOATS 'in' l " ■ r lift l J ■ ®\ *S
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Ivj 1 Wed. only. 11 , tScrj. IT 4L All sizes in the lot —but not
hi //" 7 Q Y-ll \\ all sizes in each model. j>||
1 Linens, Bedding and Towels, Blankets, White Goods Etc.| l& 37c ; | |
fil I "l I SATIN FINISHED BLEACHED MERCER- BLEACHED MERCER- SCALLOPED TABLE % /gfffiTii'9 an ii"|ieA lil
lH A /BLEACHED TABLE IZEI) NAPKINS; hemmed rXOTIIS- 64 Inches In di- t ""'VJUSI ISj
ZS Underwt-ar M ( DAMASK} rich designs; KED TABLE DAMASK; ready for usef 18xl8 CDOIHS, t incnea ui u - flft
/ Vests and Pants ftl fuU mercerized, good 58 lnc-hes wide; good inches square; ail good ameter, good patt . . J [I
IS / assorted 12 to 16 A\ I Quality, 72 inches wide. olcan patterns. Clean square hemstitched. Clean ( g
n|) 4 year sizes. Wed- Iftt I Clean Sweep Qftr* ' 69c Sweep Price, £1 QO Sweep Price, $1.98. / fl hWRIXVVA
J nesday only, I Price, yard JrOC Sweep Price, yard, dozen sM.J/O yard -I . / U |JI
1 I 34 c 11 'I I.ONCH CLOTHS JOWEL" T " I CBOCHBT BHD
m) /t (jj n M half linen 45x , ' . Wlilte Shaker Flannel, TURKISH BATH SPREADS; good I S For Women. As- ! |L
!u IttH _I I j Size, heavy ab- nualltv for ehii TOWELS; good size and will < sorted sizes and ' r Sl
|gS \\ ttllVlLW* S inches square; Borbent; are full luality for chil- he a| wash heavier; ' patterns In per- j \ [|
fil M all good patterns. bleached with dren s use. Clean Sweep , . ' hemmed ready i ony anly
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IS | REAU SCARFS; lace 36 inches wide, extra good big size, plain hemmed in large sheets, 72x84 1 . T "™* IS
t l\iq)ml I trimmed, good quality, 18 quality, for general use. with red borders. Clean inches, ready to put in ' M| Kl
iyj / (1 ItfWiMviV qn I *SO Inches. Clean Off- Clean Sweep Price, OQ r Sweep Price, 1 Q comforts. Clean AO lis
!g| ' i /Sweep Price, each OC yard each 1C sweep Price. 1 f '
nj | ladles' Corsets I | " WHITE SHAKER FLAN- BLACK TAFFETA SILK; i f II M
;!s I High grade Cou I I GRAY , , .. _ COTTON , 6 lnehoß wl .i e . extrtt e oo d PLAID g /_ " "rly l
I low m buats m full \• I BLANKETS; Nt ' L , 36 inches wide; 35 c FILLED quality, a limited amount at BLANKETS; ( U Women's
IIS! I boned four hose \ | cxtra weight, heavy quality COMFORT- u ,i s p r!ce . Clean 01 OQ beautiful ■ I Kimonos [K
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fil llhi Floor ■ m nap hn'sh. ln .. h __ wMp cipan sateen > b 'S 81x90 Inches; seamless, with £ ,uo & Pink. M I Wednesday only \\ Ki
liU Mi F '" t Floor - 1® f Clean Sweep terns. 36 Inches wide. Clean 8lze; warm . R three -inch hem. Clean Sweep f // A f 0/\ 1
IOh l\\ 1 $3.95 Swe e p Price. 29c $3.48 sweep Price $4.95 1 L $ £ .(JO |
m y|| Second Floor. ||
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hjl If Brassieres B d Women' lloso B Women's Huso ft I Hoso ft i Women's Skirts I i Dresses b
lIU R Warner's Bran ft H Black fleece Hn- ft ft (i Black ribbed, ft I Serge Sklrta, 11 p Hade of Glng-
SS ■ Brassieres, open U (I ed. double sole | mack Fibre bilk ll | double toe and 1) I black and navy ftl I hams la assort- . J |S
Kl ft hack and front, ftl ll and heel, sizes 9.1 I , Hose,boot length |1 I heel, sizes 7 to j \ I In assorted sixes, iftl I ed colors, 2to • I \ S
|ll ft Odd lots. Wed- |L\ /1 to 10H. Wednes- :1 I Double sole and Kl / gyt. Wednesday |LI 1 Onsale Wednes- lb I years. Wednes- 1
J ■ nesday only, IU nl day only. tll ft lieel. garter top IJh .7 only, I H II day only. 11l B day only, Cholea ft Ml
1 /if 48c ll J| 47c \ J 34c I 24c I/I $1.59 11 47c \ 8
// M /fl flgufk M ' First Floor. I
likely be reinstated on Sunday. Ar
rangements, however, may not bo
completed In time and In that event
the first trip since their reinstate
ment will likely me made on Sunday,
February 2.
liver since the war has been ended,
Cumberland Valley citizens have
been clamoring tor the reinstatement
of the trains on the railroad sched
ule and huge petitions were signed
and presented to the officials. Yes
terday a conference was held with
Superintendent Tonge, of the Po
tomac Division; Mr. Darby, of the
Eassenger service and Superintendent
owman.i of the Cumberland Valley
Railroad by forty leading citizens of
the Cumberland Valley district. At
the conclusion of the conference the
promise of the restoration of the
trains was announced.
Socialists Get Short
End of German Votes
By Associated Press
Berne, Jan. 14.—1n the Wuerttem
berf elections the Socialists have
been defeated by the civil parties,
the latter elect'ng ninety-four mem
bers of the National Assembly, while
| the Socialists elected flfty-3ix. Of
! the latter, four are Independent So
' cialists.
JANUARY 14, 1919.
WILSON TO TOUR !
COUNTRY TO FEEL
PULSEIN PEACE
Plans to Inform Nation of
Proceedings at Paris; Will
Sound Public Sentiment
By Associated Press
Paris, Jan. 14.—President .Wilson
is considering a speaking tour of the
United States when he returns home.
It is said this trip will take him
into many of the principal cities. His
plans are not yet matured, but it is
believed he has discussed the plan
with his advisers.
With Congress out of the way
early in March, Mr. Wilson would
have an opportunity, for such a tour
before returning to Europe, should
he follotv his original plan. So fai
ns known Mr. Wilson has no plans
for calling an extraordinary session
of Congress but he still holds to his
idea of returning to tho peace con
gress, If his presence seems neces
sary to the success of tho Lcuguo of
Nations.
The object of his proposed speak
ing tour would be to Inform the
country of the proceedings ut Paris
and at the sume time sound out and
encourage public sentiment in sup
port of the peace principles which
he has enunciated and which he
feels have been accluimed by the
masses in Europe.
Mr Wilson's friends believe that
popular expressions in the United
States might support those of Eng
land, France and Italy and have
great influence on European states
men.
Wilson Diner. Yank
Peace Envoys in Paris
By Associated Press
rarls, Jan. 14.—President Wilson
gave a dinner last evening to mem
bers of the American Peace Commis
sion and Its technical advisors, in
j eluding E. N. Hurley, B. N. Barueh,
Herbert C. Hoover and Vance McCor-
I illicit. Colonel E. M. House was too
I ill to leave his home.
Army Officer Tells of
Size of U. S. Army
Major I. C Brower, chief ot tho
aervico section of the maintenance
and repair division, and iJeutenant-
Colonel (Jeorgo C. Johnson, assistant
to the officer In charge of the main
tenance and repatr division of tho
construction department of tho
army, addressed the Engineers So
ciety last evening on the work ot
the "construction division of the army.
The construction division has bad
charge ot the construction of can
tonments. the National Guard and
Regular Army Jumps, as well as an
of the warehouses, hospitals, ®m
barkation piers. etc.. Bcatt £™ d
throughout the United States. This
work has included the construction of
some 17,000 buildings, 1.000 miles of
highways/ hundreds of miles of water
lines, sewer mains, etc. In the can
tonments alone the lumber would
have been sufficient for a floor cover
ing an area ot forty-three square
miles. The warehouses, if placedi end
to end, would havd been
a building seventy feet wide and over
eighty miles In length The ho*pUals
have a capacity for 121,000 pauenia.
Colonel Johnson Is widely known in
Harrisburg, and It wl b, "called
that he was one of the experts leB ; 1
fyfng in the suit of the filter company
„,-oint the city of Harrisburg for
filtration plant was constructed.
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