Germans Are Giving Up Cannon, Engines and Railroad Trucks By Associated Press l.oiuloii, Deo. IT.—Winston Spen cer Churchill, Secretary for War, announced in the House of Com mons late yesterday that the Ger mans had handed over to the Allies 5.000 guns, 25,000 machine guns, i 3,000 trench mortars and 1,700 air- j pianos. They had still failed to de- 1 liver forty-two locomotives and 4,"50 | railway trucks. The Secretary considered that the ! Germans had made a tremendous j effort to comply with the conditions j imposed upon them. Cecil Harmsworth, Under Secre- I Another Demonstration J II" "" Saturday, December 20 AT NOON AT THE CAPITOL The New Overland Four Will Climb the Capitol Steps, Main Entrance Be on Hand to See This Marvelous Demonstration The Overland-Harrisburg Co. 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Baron Von I.ersner, head of the German peace delegation, comment ing on the peace settlement, said tiiat hone was entertained in En tente circles that ratifications would J be exchanged and peace would be- I come effective before Christmas. He | affiled: "I share that hope, which I trust j is founded on an accurate interpre j tation and possible acceptance of our reply to the Supreme Council's i note. I have been ready and wait ! ing to sign the protocol since Oc -1 tobcr IS. and T even hope now that i ratifications may bo" exchanged be- I fore the end of the week. MAYNARD STORY WAS 'JUGGLED; FLIER CHARGES i [Did Not Apply Booze State i | meiit Directly to Truns <• I continental Racers By Associated Press - \\ nsiiiugton. Dec. IT.— Meutenn.it . Belvin W. Maynard. the "living par s son," in a formal statement that his . recent statement concerning the ef fects of alcoholic liuuors on aviators,' " which was issued through the Anti yaloon Beague. says it had been "jug - I gled" until it had left a false impres- 1 ; sion and had erroneously attributed , his remarks as applying to aviators i participating in the trans-continental || reliability test. His statement follows: ! "1 feel it is due to the memory of i the wonderful men who gave their. j lives in the cause of aviation de- ! , yelopment in the recent trans-eon- ' tinental air lave to clear up the lior- j rible and miserable impression that 1 I ] lias gotten about through the jug- ' | gling of my statement to the Anti- j [ Saloon Dengue with respect to the ef- j feet of intoxicating lfiiuol- oil flyers generally. "My statement was made in good ] faith to the Anti-Saloon Beague at their earnest solicitation. ar\ they. I robbing it of its opening paragraph j and in giving it the misleading cap tion. "Booze knocked out trans-conti nental fliers," have, with the aid of | . I the press, succeeded in doing me the ; j most serious injustice I have ever j ! undergone, and have done to the l| trans-continental flyers of the race I | and to the air service as a whole an | i even more serious injustice. i Thtf Wtr9 Pal>6 l i "Such statements that 'a large nuin . her of the casualties in the race were I caused b> flying with hang-overs and being drunk.' are absolutely false and I without foundation and were niant- I ill luted to create a sensation. The I very fact that 1 was fortunate, by in tervention of good weather in my favor, to he constantly a few miles ahead of the rest of the filers, is I • \ id- nee in itself that 1 could not have based my opinion on the effect of alcohol on flying from my obser [ ration of livers in the race. Indeed. several of those killed were total ab l stainers. \ "The juggling of my statement has I transformed it into a lie against my '.colleagues in the race, which impres i sion 1 certainly won't allow to stand i without an emphatic and complete denial on my part. Let my statement ! be now clear and not twisted to meet 'the demands of those who hunger for | scandal and sensation. Sticks to Original Storr "T said and I still say that many ' accidents in aviation are caused by overuse of intoxicants. Aviation is a game where a false move means dis aster. and in any such vocation the participant needs the full use of an .active brain —not deadened and weak ened by the effect of liquor. "Such an affected brain and the cor- j ' responding reaction on the nervous, system add an unnecessary fatal haz- ; iai d t the already natural and neces- J sal v hazard of Hying itself. "The action of the publicity agents j I f the Anti-Saloon League, or the J ! press, or whatever it was, in so jug-. I : gling this true statement of fact to meet the demands of sensation, ill making it appear that my conclusions ' webo hosed entirely upon my observa- j ijons during the race, has created this ' most false and unjust ' **pression of which 1 am in no way party, and j for which I am truly sorry. "I onlv hope that this true state ment of my ideas receives the same {consideration and publicity that was ! afforded the false one." 1 / ALLEXTOWX MAX KILLED Washington. Dee. IT.—The casu | alty list of the War Department j shows Private Jonathan P. Clause, ' i Allentown, Pa., killed in action. "X MASTER STRENGTH/ BLOOD BUI LDEIR X '■■ v ■ ■ ■ I L I v?.' ■H People use N \ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MINEHS OBSERVE MANY HOLIDAYS By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 17.—Tracy W. Outhrle, president ot' the Hill man Coal and Coke Company, in discussing the "actual tacts" from miners' payrolls, hud this to tell the Senate coul investigat ing committee: "About twenty per cent, of miners are idle all the time, ac cording to our experience with twenty-three mines," he told the committee. "That is. we have to have 120 names on the payroll In order to get 100 men on the Job as a constant factor. Miners like to celebrate all American holi days and a lot of foreign ones Then they have 'Mitchell Day' on April {, in honor of the late John Mitchell. They have 'Rab bit Day' on November 10. when everybody adjourns to shoot a rabbit.'* From mine accounts, he read the record of one miner who in 187 days of the present year earned $3,0 70, or an aver age of $15.50 per day. He paid $72 rent for a "company house" during the period, and his fuel bill was $3. Other records fur nished showed earnings during the first nine months of 1919 ranging from $l,lOO to $2,100, for pick and machine miners. Washington Knows Where Reds in U. S. Get Funds, General Declares Now York, Dec. IT.—Major Gen eral George 11. Harries, formerly commander of American Military Mission in Berlin, declared that the government at Washington "knows of the relations between Russia and Germany, and knows more about funds for making trouble in the United States and where those funds came from." fie was addressing a luncheon of ttie Electrical League here. League of Nations Candidate Wins By Associated Press 1 Charlotte, X. C., Doc. 17. In a special election in which the League (of Nations'was one of the leading s l-sues, voters of the Ninth North t'aru- Jlina Congressional district yesterday I chose Clyde R. Iloet. Democrat, anil I supporter of the League, over John |M. Morehead. Republican, and oppo nent of the League, to till the vacancy caused by the appointment of Repvo | sentative E. Yates Webb to a Federal 'judgeship. Complete returns from toe I larger counties and partial reports front the smaller counties in dicated a majority for the Democratic | nominee of from 1300 to 2000. Hoey jon tlie basis of unofficial returns car i tied by 7S votes in one county which Hast year gave a Republican majority | of til votes. Boston Voters Permit 'Slicing' of Common By Associated Press Boston, Dec. 17.—The "slicing" .of Boston Common to permit the widening of Tremont and Boylston streets for the relief of traffic con gestion was sanctioned by the voters in the municipal election yesterday. On the license question the vote I was: Yes, 29,425: no, 10,781. Although national constitutional | prohibition will be in effect before j the new license year begins, the | question of granting licenses for the sale of liquor went on the ballot as ; usual because the state local option j law has not been repealed. Says Soviets Have Not Asked Peace of Koichak By Associated Press Copenhagen. Dec. 17. With ref erence to Premier Lloyd-George's pronouncement that the must make peace witli General Den ikine and Admiral Koichak before they can make peace with the Al lies. M. Litvinoft', the Russian So viet representative here, says that j the proposals made to the Ameri- I can, William C. Bullitt, were prac- I tically an offer for peace with the | counter revolutionists. The Soviet I government, however, he added, hns no intention of proposing peace di | rectly to Koichak and Deriikine. "Terror of Crooks" Is Named Safety Head Philadelphia. Dec. 17. James T. Ccrtelyou, a 'terror to crooks" and a man who "cannot be bought," as Mayor-elect Moore aptly referred to him, was yesterday named as the suc cessor to William H. Wilson, as the Director of Public Safety. The selection of "Chief" Cortelyou, as this nation-wide known expert in j the detection and prosecution of crime . in all of its phases is best known, U is declared, will mark a new era in the administration of the Department j of I'ublic Safety in this city. ! CAT EMPLOYED BY X. Y. CITY" New "York, Dec. 17. —Mayor John ! F. Hylan yesterday wrote a letter to David Hirslitield, commissioner of accounts, asking him to investigate , the history of a cat "employed" evi dently by the department of educa | tion. The mayor inclosed a voucher j for $6.50 on the city chamberlain for I board for the cat for three months. CONSIDER GERMAN CLAIMS By Associated Press Paris. Dec. 17. German claims jin connection with settlement of | peace terms details were again be j fore the Supreme Council to-day. |in dealing with these the council I unanimously agreed to permit the I Germans to collect their customs 'duties in gold. $70,000,000 I'OR AUSTRIA By Associated Press Purls, Dec. 17. After further j consideration to-day of Austria's re j quiroments for the relief of her dis | tressing food conditions the Supreme | Council decided that it would be I necessary to furnish relief to the | amount of $70,000,000 at Hie least, I the relief to go formard at the rate I of $9,500,000 monthly. lino KKM'I ED By Associated I'rrss ] San Francisco, Dec. 17.—Six luin | drt-d passengers and members of- tin crew of the steamer Fazllka. recenl.lv stranded on the southeastern shore of Grent Nioobar in the Indian Ocean, were taken off safely find carried to Penang by the United Slates Shio ping P.oard steamer Westfnl. accord ing to mail advices received here to jday. FORM ROOSEVELT SOCIETY By Associated Press i New York. Dec. 17. A notional | "Roosevelt Society" for "the develop ment and application of the policies land ideals of Theodore Roosevelt" I was launched here yesterday with . the naming of a committee on or- I ganlzation by William Boyce Thomp son. The committee Includes men ! and women of varying sliudes of J political opinion. TWO WOMEN, OF 11 ACCEPTED, ON THE NEW JURY Counsel For the Defense Will Base His Fight on In sanity Plea By Associated Press 'Los Angeles, Cal.. Dec. 17. Eleven jurors, two of them women, had been accepted tentatively when Superior Court convened to-day in the trial of Harry New, alleged son of Senator Harry S. New, of Indiana, charged with the murder of Miss Freda Lesser, his sweetheart. Lecompte Davis, leading counsel for New, made it clear the defense would be insanity. Thomas Leo Woolwine, district attorney, who is prosecuting the case, announced that the state would not attempt to prove New is an "intellectual giant." but would maintain he was intelligent enough to he held responsible for his acts. Many of his questions seemingly were framed with the idea of ascer taining whether the veniremen be lieved a man of what lie termed "dull mentally" should be punished for a crime. COAL I'RORI'CTIOX N'OKMAI, By Associated Press Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 17. Kanawha district coal mines regis tered normal production yesterday and New River Hold mines worked at 92 per cent, of capacity, accord ing to statements issued here last night by operators. The few idle mines, operators said, bad not yet been placed in shape for operation. Don't SafferWithEczema I Cudcora Soothes At Once First bathe the affected part with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Dry and gently rub on Cuticura Oint ment. This treatment not only soothes, but in most cases heals distressing eczemas, rashes, irrita tions, etc. Sop 2Sc. Ointment 2S end 50c. Talcum 2Sc. Sold throughout the world. For sample each free address : "Cuticura Lab. oratories, Dept. 16F, Maldan, Mass." Soat shares without mu. ps p ■i Sandwiches with Sealdsweet Filling Cut bread not too fresh into rounds, diamonds, hearts or fingers. Make into sandwiches by using any of the following fillings: (1) Sealdsweet grape fruit or orange marmalade, sprinkled with chopped nuts; (2) shredded, drained Sealdsweet grapefruit or orange pulp, bound with mayonnaise (spread un buttered); (3) shredded Sealdsweet grapefruit or orange straws, mixed with minced kumquats or co coanut; (4) (for rolled sandwiches) spread with Sealdsweet orange sugar slices of buttered bread. 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All Christmas Checks Cheerfully Cashed DECEMBER 17, 1919 Sealdsweet oranges and grape fruit are heavy with juice The Iruc test of quality 111 eitrus fruits is the juice content, indicated by the weight. The soil of the citrus belt of Florida is ideal for the production of juicy fruit and the climate gives just the needed combination of sunshine and showers, througli the long growing season. Sealdsweet oranges and grapefruit come from groves given watchful care by their owners and so cultivated that the trees bear fruit of surpassing juici ness, which is permitted to become fully ripe before it is picked. These splendid food-fruits can be bought at reason able prices in almost every community. Your grocer or fruit dealer can secure them from his wholesale house and will supply you, if you insist on having Sealdsweet oranges and grapefruit. This is Hie third in a series of eight ad vertisements, each emphasizing one of the points of superiority of Sealdsweet oranges and grapefruit—the fourth will appear in this space one week from today. To prepare grapefruit for eat- VJK I \\ H \ ing, first cut in half crosswise. If f A\ possible, use a sharp-pointed steel \\ Lnife. After halving the fruit, cut out the core, removing any seeds. Insert spoon between membrano of rind and pulp, lifting the lat tcr. Whenever sugar is scarce, use a little salt to flavor grapefruit. Coring Grapefruit, 9