2 Happenings of a Day in Central Pennsylvania MINERS BACK AT i TASKS IN STATE Operations Are Still Delayed in Broad Top and Two Other Regions Altoona, Pa.. Dec. 16. —Witji the exception of two or three districts, the miners throughout the Central j Pennsylvania bituminous field have! settled down to work, at many places j 100 per cent strong. The chief points at which the resumption of | operations has been delayed are the Broad .Top, Osceola and Houtzdale ] districts. The Pennsylvania Coal and Coke j Company, which operates 4 7 mines | at various places over the field, re- j ports operations Resumed at practi cally ail points, including Barnes- i boro and AmsbryV. where some local j difficulties have been adjusted. At • Spangler and Bakerton fully 90 per ' cent of the men are now at work j and South Fork reports a 100 per cent return hi the mines on the part | of the men. The car situation is good now, as j the sidings everywhere were filled with empties. However, thousands ! of cars were sent out of their nor- j mal latitude during the strike, par- | tlcularly to the west and by an- | other week, especially if the weather j proves severe, there may be some trouble experienced in getting the | cars back to the lines where theyj, belong and there may bo some loss j ofproduction due to lack of cars. TO GKT CURRENT BY SPRING Free burg, Pa., Dec. 16.—Freeburg Is to have electric current by next spring, according to the announce ment of Superintendent W. R. Rhodes, of the Northumberland County Gas and Electric company at a meeting of citizens in the high school room here. f' FORRY'S ! Gifts of the Highest Quality Silk Neckwear . .65c to $3.50 HANDKERCHIEFS Knitted Neckwear, 75c to $5.00 Linen Initial 3 for $2.00 Mufflers $1.50 to SIO.OO Cambric Initial.. .6 for $2.00 Silk Pajamas.ss.oo to $12.00 Pure Linen 75c to SI.OO Night Shirts.. .$2.00 to $4.00 Fancy Madras .. .3 for SI.OO Silk Shirts. SIO.OO to $15.00 Silk 50c to $2.00 Silk Hose 85c to $3.50 Wool Hose ... .65c to $2.00 ___ • Street Gloves. .SI.OO to $5.00 x' 1 *X Sweaters ... .SB.OO to $13.50 A Motor Coats. .. .SSO to SIOO 1 jkl Men's Silk Dressing Gowns, /\i I* \ $17.50 to $75.00 //} \ PENN-HARRIS HOTEL Bids. vMUu ! 37 North Third Street Open KvoniiiKN t'ntil IMHI sf Jl I rzz: Open Every Evening Until Christmas DIAMONDS . 'To those who are think- full value and to feel con ing of giving a Diamond fident that you have re this Christmas, this will be ceived it. For seventy of special interest. years that is the confidence our .customers have been In previous advertise- placing in us. and not ments we made two impor- once has that confidence tant statements: been betrayed. (1) We said that we knew of no other stores With stock of every kind selling Diamonds of equal of Diamond Jewelry more quality with ours, at such complete than ever we are low prices. well prepared to take care of your Diamond pur (2) We stated that in chases, our seventy years in busi ness not one customer has ever said to us, "this Dia- y° u are g o * n g to buy mond is not as you repre- a Diamond this Christmas sented it." the most important thing to do is to say to yourself. Whether you intend to "Can I afford to buy a dia spend $25.00 or $2500.00, mond elsewhere than ; you have a right to receive Boas'?" C. ROSS BOAS j / ! i Since 1850 llnrrlsburg's Foremost Jewelry Stir 28 North Second Street Ifarrteburg ' I iVnnu. • , • ; ■ 1 TUESDAY EVENING, ! Man Who Passes Away at Lemoyne to Be Buried at Millerstown Tomorrow Millorstowii. Pa., Dec. 16. —Jacob | Deitrich. an old citizeu of this town j 'and veteran of the Civil War. died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.. Roy Pulton, at Letnoyno on Sun day. Funeral services will be hold in the Methodist Church at this place, of which lie was a member, j Wednesday morning. 10.30 o'clock. I He 'is survived by two daughters, j Mrs. Annie Brindle, of Lewistown: I Mrs. Roy Patton. Demoyne: and two sons. John of Lemoyne and Charles, I of Altoona. He was 8 7 years of age. Burial j | will be in the Presbyterian cemetery. ' 'Father of Five Weeps as He Receives Sentence ! Lebanon. Pa., Dec. 16. David i i Witters, white, and James Mitchell, j . colored, who entered pleas of guilty l I last week at the sessions of criminal ! | court to thefts of wheat, yere yes- i ' terdav sentenced to four years in the | Eastern Penitentiary. They are to ! 1 restore the property stolen, or make i good the value. Witters, who is the father of five j | children, the oldest oi which is but • i seven years, faced the court in tears, j ! His home on the E. S. Kase farm ; I is expected to be the scene of the ar- j | rival of a new-born child this week, j Thieves Loot as Two Families Attend Church Millerstown. Pa.. Dec. 16.—The j homes of John Light and Mrs. J. C.J Hall were entered by thieves oir Sunday evening, while the families were at church. The houses were [ ransacked. A gold watch and l chain and money were found miss- ! ing at the Light home. * OLDEST BUCK IS STILL AT LARGE ! North Mountain Hunters Fail to Bring Down 12-Pronged Deer in Franklin County I x Fort lxtudon, Pa., Dec. 16.—"Ap ' pie Jack," 12-pronged monarch of j the North Mountain forest "and the leader of the deer herd, again es caped the guns of the scores of hunt ers who roamed the mountain in the season that closed yesterday. One hunter said yesterday that ! this monarch of the herd has been | shot at 13 times and bears no wound j marks except many he must have | received in his flight over and , through barbed wire entanglements. 1 From bunches of fiair left at differ ' At places hunters say this particular ! old 12-pronged buck carries with j him net enough good hide to make ! a cut for a pair of buck skin gloves | should ever his tanned skin be pro- I cured. ' It is proposed that a tablet be I placed on the huge boulder named j 1 the Dry Tavern on the road to j i Mount Parnell in memory of "Apple ; | Jack," the chieftain of the hunters'| j tribe, from which place a pointer ! shall direct the weary hunter toward i the big rocks in one of which is a j basin said to be always, even in dry j j season, filled with water for the, 'thirsty, and where, tradition says, I ■ Tusoarora chieftains bathed their j l weary limbs when heated in the j I chase. Hunters may speculate on I what nimrod is to have his name on ! * the memorial tablet as successful atj the Dry Tavern In the last drive at | | "Apple Jack." New Masonic Lodge Is Instituted Today I Euclid lodge, No. 698, Free and 1 Accepted Masons, was constituted at I noon to-day in the Masonic Temple, ! at Third and State streets, by offi ' cers of the Grand Lodge of Pennsvl- I vania. The ceremony of constitut ! ing this lodge, the first to be consti ! tuted in Harrisburg for about fifteen i years, lasted until 2.30 this after ! noon. Officers of the new lodge are j George Ross Hull, worshipful nias ! ter: John H. Nixon, senior warden; ' John A. F. Hall, junior warden; ! Frank N. Matter, secretary, and i Ralph W. Dowdeil, treasurer. There j i are thirty-four charter members. SWAMP-ROOT FOR ; KIDNEY AILMENTS There is only one medicine that ! really stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for curable ailments of the; | kidneys, liver and bla'dder. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands | the highest, for the reason that it has proven to be just the remedy i needed in thousands upon thousands of distressing cases. Swamp-Root makes friends quickly because its 'mild and'tiiimediate effect).*? soon I realized in most cases. It is a gentle, i healing vegetable compound. Start treatment at once. Sold at I all drug stores in bottles of two j i sizes, medium and large, i However, if you wish lirst to test this great preparation*, send ten ! cents to Dr. Kilmer & Coy Btngham- I ton. N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing, be siire hnrt mention . ' the Harrisburg Telegraph.—Adv. I v ™ * ■ +v * - ■ • HAWUSBURG &£*££& TELEGRJLPH SADLER APPROVES FINE STATE ROAD i Stretch of Chamber&burg-*Gcttysburg Pike Thrown Open to the Public After Six Months of Detouring and Inconvenience; Motorists Enthusiastic Chainhcrsburg. Dec. 16.—The , ■ seven miles of the Lincoln High way between this city and the east ern end of Fayetteville, shut off j since lust April because of recon-; struction into a concrete road, was' reopened to the traveling public' yesterday without ceremony. Highway Commissioner Lewis S. ; Sadler made a thorough inspection t and expressed satisfaction with the' I work as completed, confirming the; j enthusiastic verdict of all who have ! | seen and tried the new road. The! bed is 18 feet wide and is of con- , crete wtth steel netting re-lnforc- : ing and ditches on both sides. En- [ gineers say there is nothing newer : ■or better in roadways and llio job' j as finished shows the very best and; | latest thing in that line of public) ; improvement. While the entire road j I has been thrown open to the public; ! the Downey's Hill section is not yet ; ' finished. A bridge may be built I j over the Waynesboro branch of the ! , j Cuberland Valley Railroad from; | Downey's Hill to the hill reaching* l I . . —— AGAINST BILL TO DRY ACT | men of wealth have laid in stocks to ,1 run them for years, and those of j less means should have some oppor tunity." Ask Court For Permission to Institute Proceedings Against the Amendment By Associated rress Washington, Dec. 16. Permission to institute original proceedings to have the national prohibition amend-, nie.nt declared unconstitutional and New Jersey and Federal authorities enjoined from enforcing it was asked of the Supreme Court to-day bythe Retail Liquor Dealers' Association of New Jersey. This was the first question as to the i validity of the constitutional amend ment to reach the Supreme Court. '(George W. Tucker, of New York, pre- I sented the motion together with a j printed brief prepared by the associ ation, and the court will announce later whether permission to institute the suit will be granted. In addition to enjoining enforce ment of the Eighteenth amendment, the association also would ask an in ! junction against enforcement of the Vdsted prohibition enforcement act. Defendants named in the proceed ings were the state of New Jersey, which refused to ratify the constitu- , ticnal amendment. Attorney General Palmer, Joseph 1- Bodine, United; States attorney for New Jersey and Commissioner of Internal Revenue Daniel C. Roper. The association's brief alleged that the constitutional amendment was an interference with the state police powers, a violation of the Fifth con stitutional amendment which prohib its the taking of private property without just compensation that nei ther congress nor the state legisla- I tures had authority to propose or liatify the amendment, and that the mendment when passed by the House did not receive the support of two- I thirds of the membership us the con ! stitution provides, but only of two | thirds of the members present. Chestnut Street Wants New Light Standards Chestnut street merchants and property owners between Second [ and Fourth streets to-day petitioned j City Council to place light standards | along that thoroughfare. Officials of the Polyclinic Hospital ! made a formal offer to Council to • give ground in front of the hospi ! tal building In North Front street as i a place for setting up the Donato fountain. City Engineer Cow den I tiled his topographical survey maps iof the Fourteenth ward, including the proposed street changes in and 'around Hoffman's woods—the pro j posed new High school site and i Italian Park and the maps were re ferred to the City Planning Commis i sion for action. 1 Commissioner Lynch introduced an ordinance to permit him to sell a second-hand mechanical street sweeper to Steelton for SIOO. Agree ments entered inlo with nine llarcl i scrabble property owners about the ' payments of rents, taxes and interest i money, were approved by Council, j An ordinance was passed finally pro ! viding for sewers in Caledonia street, | from Nineteenth to Hudson and in I Hudson street from Caledonia to a ! point 235 feet south of Pemberton I street. Grandson of Noted Scout Visits City ; William Sewall, 2nd. a grandson (of "Bill" Sewall, an old associate oft i Theodore Roosevelt, together with I j his mother, Mrs. Fred S. Sewall, of ; Island Falls, Me., are visiting for I some time with the mother's par ents, Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Garvericli, j 419 Hummel Terrace. I The grandfather of the youth, bet j ter known to the former president las "Bill" Sewall, was Roosevelt's ! ranch manager or partner in the old j days in Wyoming, and later was his i .Maine guide anil very close friend. | lie recently wrote a book on his as ' sociuttons with Roosevelt. : AMERICANIZATION WORK PAYS WELL | Value of Americanization work of | the local srhools was emphasized yesterday when more than two score * resident aliens were made citizens. Among them were more than a score , of Italians who have been taught by I i Prof. C. E. Zorger, supervisor of . I Americanization work in the schools, 1 and Peter Magaro, of the Regent j I theater, both of whom were in court j j throughout the day. a I ROUGHS ATTACK AMERICANS I By Associated Press lirest, Monday, Dee. 13.—Roughs 1 attacked three American officcis ' last irtght as they were leaving a concert und Lieutenant John Camp bell Clove was seriously wounded.! ! Lieutenant Charles Ne\ln received j | a bullet in the jeg. , up into Fayetteville, thereby rentov- ; ing a dangerous grudo crossing where i but recently a death occurred when ja train hit u State oil wagon. Tour-i ; ists and those livipg along the high- ! • way have been compelled to make 'long detours for six months and | have done so without much grumb-, | ling and now they are highly ■ delighted with the magnificent* 'stretch of highway, better than , ; most city streets. At Stoufferstown, a concrete bridge ! over the Falling Spring lias been j ouilt and along the entire seven . miles, grades have been reduced and culverts replace dips in the road, j Fayetteville gets a paved street for | the mile and a half of the length of j that "Springtown on the Pike" vil-1 !lage, one of which any metropolis! j might be envious. j In the spring the road from Fay-j ; etteville eastward oward Gettys- 1 ! burg through Caledonia and Graef ! fenburg over the South Mountain J ;is to lie built to the crest of the • J mountain at least. GOVERNOR GUEST ! OF HISTORIANS; Executive Addresses the Berks Society on "War History i Commission of State Reading. Pa., Dec. 16. —Governor J William C. Sproul was the speaker l ; at the banquet held last evening in ( j the Rajah Temple ballroom to cele 'brate the fiftieth anniversary of the I Historical Society of Berks County. . Governor Sproul selected s his sub-i I ject "The War History *.ul cough can be conquered, until you I try tliis famous old home-made rem edy. Anyone who lias cotigned all day und all night, will say that the imme diate relief given is almost like inagic. It is very easily prepared, and really there is nothing hotter for coughs. Into a pint bottle, nut 2'/ a ounces of Pinex; then add plain granulated sugar syrup to make a full pint. Or vou can use clarified molasses, honey, or corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup. Either way. the full pint saves about two-thirds of the money usually spent for cough preparations, and gives you a more positive, effective remedy. It keeps perfectly, and tastes pleasant— children like it. k You can feci this take lioid in stantly, soothing and healing the mein , branes in all the air passages. It i promptly loosens a dry, tight cougli, 1 and soou you will notice the phlegm | thin out and then disappear alto . gether. A day's use will usually break up an ordinary throat or chest cold, and it is also splendid for bronchitis. • croup, hoarseness, and bronchial asthma. Pinex is a most valuable concen trated compound of genuine Norway pine extract, the most reliable remedy -for thront and chest ailments. To avoid disappointment, ask yom ; druggist for "2Y, ounces of Pi'nex' i \ with directions and don't accept any : thing else. Guaranteed to give nbs'o- j | lute satisfaction or money refunded i ! The Piucx Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. I HOSPITAL CHIEF i EXPLAINS DEATH j Revolver in Hands of Acting 1 Corpora! of Guard Acci dentally Discharged * I Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 16.—The death' lof Private Marvin E. Wland, the! Sunbury soldier who was shot and j i killed by Acting t'oruornl Albert ! Strauba at Hie United Slates hospital 1 here on Saturday shortly before mtd-j ; night. hns been found to have been i accidental according to a statement | t from Colonel Frank R. Kecfer, hos pital commandant, who to-day gave! ! the following information. ' "On Saturday night, at about! 11.70 o'clock, the Acting Corporal' of the Guard, Albert Strauba. was, required, in the exercise of his duty,; to awaken men for the next guard relief who were to go on post at 12 j o'clock. He took his revolver out of Ithe holster and with it rapped one! • of the men on the soles of his feet, j jAs this did not awaken him lie; i walked to the head of his bed, re-1 j volver in hand and as lie reached! the head the revolver discharged, I . the bullet passing through Winnd'sj I head as he lay in his bunk, the load ' mia .£ hl * ° I,r ' " is Relieved he I died aihiost Instantly." Strauba is in the guard house at hnvo k SP,,u ' nnropcr maintenance of what we have in the way of municipal in\estments, and take care of the >r- I tlinury activities of the cltv. The municipal authorities are of the opm- lv\ M'. at b>" cutting off every unessen ' I.t , em the >' may be able to keep j within tite estimated revenues on a l 1--mill basis. CUT. SMITH DIMS By Associated Press j Kant Orange, X. J„ Dec. 16.—-Cap j tain George T. Smith, who ussistcd jin constructing the monitor and , other warships, at the Xew York | navy yard during the Civil War. • was buried to-iiay at Xorth Bergen. Captain Smith, who was 86 years i old, died. Saturday. I Beckley's Business College I ■ I! NT Hit ANY TIMI'I DAY Oil NIGHT I 131 Market St. H Hell 135 Dial .foitl ■ ,No More Thin Folks Hon Thin. YYcnk. Nervous People Can Put on Flesh and Gnin Strength If you are weak, thin and emaciated and can't put on flesh or get strong, no matter how much you ent, go to Geo. A. Gorgas and get enough Blood- Iron Phosphate for a three weeks' treatment and take it as directed. It at the end of three weeks you don't feel stronger and better than you | have for months; if your eyes aren't j brighter and your nerves steadier; if you don't sleep better, and your vim, vigor and vitality aren't more than I doubled, or you haven't put on sev j oral pounds of good stay-there flesh, J you can have your money back for i the asking and Blood-Iron Phosphate | will cost you nothing, j IMPORTANT mood-iron Phot \ nhalc is sold only in original packages j containing enough for three weeks' \ treatment, at $1.50 per package—onlg 50c a week.