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Happenings of a Day in Central Pennsylvania
BLAZING WOMAN
; CRIES FOR HELP
Trolley Car Barn Employes
Hurry to Aid of Aged
Waynesboro Victim
Waynesboro, Pa., Dec 2C.—A\ hon
her garments caught lire from a
stove ill her home In llollinger ave
nue yesterday morning. Mrs. Jffiia
Stoops, known as "Grannie" Stoops,
received fatal burns. J. \V. Miller
and William Collins, employed at a
trolley cur barn, heard the cries of
a woman in distress, and going to
the door saw Mrs. Stoops, her cloth
ing nbluze. standing on a high pOrch
at the back of licr home. A moment
later she fell from the porch to the
ground.
Tliev ran to iter assistance and
when they reached the woman dis
covered that her garments were
being consumed by the tierce flames.
They at puce set about tearing them
from lier body, and Miller's hands
were badly burned. Before slie had
been entirely stripped she became
unconscious. It was learned that lh"
woman, who is 80 years old, had
been standing near an egg stove in
which there was a tire and stooped
to pick up some kindling, and in
doing so her clothing was ignited.
A surgeon who was called said she
could not survive.
Foreman Home From
Honeymoon Has Men
Under Him as Guests
Columbia. Pa., Dec. 20. Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Polack upon their return
from a wedding trip, entertained the
employes in the warning department
of the Columbia silk mill, of which
Mr. Polack is foreman. There was a
large gathering of the employes lo
welcome the newly weds, who were
met at the home of the bride's
mother, in East Columbia, where a
luncheon was served. The bride was
formly a bookkeeper in the mill.
Dickinson Seminary Girls
Come Home For Vacations
l.i vrriioiil, Pa.. Doe. 20.—Misses
Irene Coffmnn. .lulia Albright. Anna
Clouter, students at Dickinson Sein
innrv. and Miss Puera P>. Hobisnn. an
instructor there, are spending the
Christmas holidays at their homes
lure- Mrs. Ili'da Murray is visiting
in llarrisburg.—Misses Zella Fllek
inger and Edna Knisely visited in
i.vkens. —Chas. E. Deckard spent sev
eral dnvs in Harrishurg.—P. 11. Win
gert. of Summerdule. is visiting bis
sister. Mrs. Chas. . a . .Snyder.—Miss
Alice Zeller, of Harrishurg. is visiting
tier mother. Mrs. Ellen Zeliers. —John
Pair, of Millersburg. visited his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. X. W. Pair.—Mrs.
Martha Hartzell. of Harrishurg. is
visiting John X. Ritter and family
Dr. and Mrs. G. M. Bogar and daugh
ter, Bettv. visited in Port Treverton.
—Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reiehenbaugh
end daughter. Gladys, of Millersburg.
are visiting H. M. Freed.—Harry
Morris, of Steelton. ts visiting his
parents, l>r. and Mrs. W. G. Morris.—
William Fish, of Sunhury. visited his
brother. Thomas Flsii.—Mrs. Sarah
Mover lias gone to Sunhury to spend
the winter with her son.—Mrs. Sarnlt
Jfolman is spending the winter with
her daughter, Mrs. T. P. Cathcart. In
Millerstown.
Efforts to Find Missing
York Haven Boy Fail
A ori. lliiven. Pa.. Doe. 20. —AA'illiam.
16-vear-old son of Churles Crone, hex
been missing from his homo here
since December 8. All efforts to lo
cate him thus far have failed, it is
believed he may have enlisted at the
A'ork recruiting station, hot there is
no record there. AA'hen lie left his
home lie told his mother he was go
ing to York for the evening.
TO .MY FRIENDS
I desire to inform my friends, par- '
ticularly those in Enola and other
AA'est Shore towns, that I have re- 1
signed by position with my father,
J. R. Harkinson. grocer, Enola, and !
am now engug- d with the Aiotor
Sales ami Auto Service Co.. 14 08
North Third street. Harrisburg.
Thanking you sincerely for your
friendship and patronage in the past,
1 solicit a continuance of your favors
in my new position. Call and see me,
whether you wish to buy or not. 1 i
am always glad to see you. A ery |
truly,
adv. J. PAUL HARKINSON.
HENRY TAYLOR, JR., TAKEN ]
Carlisle. Pa.. Dec. 20.—Constable
McCoy arrested Henry Taylor, Jr.,
on oath of Raymond Lane. It is al
leged Taylor furnished Lane's wife
liquor. Taylor gave bail for a hear
ing
STAYS HOME FOR
END OF WORLD
l.ew Is town. Pa., _ Dec. 20. —
There is a man iii I/ewistown
who firmly believed the world
would come to an end on tlie
17th. He wore his best Sunday
clothes and stayed at home from !
his work, saying he "wanted to
be at home with his family
when the world turned inside
out." The day ufter lie put on
his working togs and told friends
who joked with him lie knew the
old world wouldn't end nnd was
glnd it hadn't.
Stuff the
bird with
•;|JJFF: TOASTIES
Flavor
SATURDAY EVENING,
MILLERSTOWN
1 Mlllrrsion n. Pa.. Deo. 20.-—-Mrs. Roy
ilßice, of Steukenvillc, Ohio, visited at
I the home of J. I. Crane.—Mrs. V. It.
] Tabb entertained the Camp-tire Club
iat her home in West Main street on
i Friday evening.—The Rev. E. T. Bc'.l.
]of Newport, preached in the Meth
odist Church on Sunday morning.—
[Mrs. Howard Ward was a recent visi-
I tor in Harrishurg.—Mrs. Perry Ulsh
] visited the home of her parents in
iNewport.-—A Christmas program will
He given in the Methodist Church on
[Sunday evening.—James Prctz. of Al-
I toona. visited in town.—Mr. and Mrs.
G. 11. Frank, of Newport, were in]
lown on Monday and attended the
lecture given by the Rcyv. E. 1* Wil-i
'liams. known us "The Fighting Fur- 1
! son." in the Methodist Church.
MAN WHO KILLED |
SOLDIER QUOTED
|Commanding Officer Advised
of Slaba's Prediction Be
fore "Wound's Death
Carlisle. Pa.. JJec. 20.—When Act- j
' ing Corporal Slaba faces court-mar- i
: tial at Camp Meade next week to an- |
] swer the charge of carelessly hand
| ling a„ revolver and thereby causing j
[the death of Private Marvin E.
| Weand at the Government hospital.;
i there will be testimony given that j
I will quote Slaba as having said:
: "Weand will not be one of those who I
| gets homo for Christmas. I'll get
i him before that time." A soldier j
i whose name is withheld and who j
I accompanied the body to Sunhury.)
where funeral services were held on j
Thursday night, is said to have in- I
i formed the commanding officer of i
i the hospital of ttie remark.
The dead soltjier's remains were i
buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery j
at Shamokin yesterday, the pallbear- j
; ers being members of Milton Jarrett |
' Herman PoAt of the American !
I Legion.
Transfers of Real Estate
Made in Enola District
Knola. Pa., Dec. 20.—A -number
of real estate transfers have been
made here within the past few days, j
among them being some important!
deals. The following were in- J
eluded: George (J. Shindel and wife, i
property to John E. Myers, nomi- ;
nal consideration; John E. Myers,
and wife, property to George O. [
Shindel, nominal consideration; !
.Jacob L. Koons and wife, lot. to
George W. Koons. nominal consid
eration: Harry Wynick and wife,
property- to George Koons, eonsid- 1
eiation, $1,200; Era Hershe.v and
wife, two lots, to Clara G. Errets,
consideration nominal. .
EVERY COUNTY IS
HIT BY RULING
Stale Will Not Countenance;
Spending of Money on Roads j
That Will Not Last
The State Highway Department I
to-day declared that yesterday's;
ruling to the effect that counties may i
not spend long-time bonds in build- i
ing short-time roads not only applies :
to Venango county, whose county j
commissioners saw Commissioner i
Sadler yesterday, but every other j
county in Pennsylvania. The depart- '
ment in the act of June 12, 1919, j
is given control of road construction]
by counties.
"The State," said Commissioner j
Sadler to-day, "will not permit coun-1
. ties to spend money borrowed on i
long-time terms to build roads which'
! would have disappeared before the ]
bonds were paid off. That would be j
waste of the worst sort. It costs i
us SSOO lo' $1,500 a mile per year!
to maintain macadam highways. I
Venango county suggested construe-1
tion of cinder roads. Such proce- j
dure cannot be countenanced. Roads
' built hereafter must be built with j
some idea of the use lo which they j
! are to be put."
Over a score of iiitcrtirban trolley
i companies in Pennsylvania have;
I been asked by John P. Dohoney, in- i
vestigator of accidents for the Pub- i
lie Service Commission, to present j
their opinions as to means of op- j
eratlng headlights of cars so that it
will dominish the number of street
railway accidents. Mr. Dohoney re-
I cently called attention of the com-1
mission to the fact that accidents i
had been claimed by automobile
drivers to lie due to the glare from i
trolley headlights who asserted that ,
motormen did not dim the lights;
; when cars were approaching. It is j
the idea to present tho opinion to [
the commission with the idea of ob- |
taining some uniform practice in re- j
j gard to trolley car lights as there :
is under the requirements of the j
automobile code.
John C. Winston, named as di- i
rector of public works in Phtladel- |
phia, is a familiar figure on Capitol j
Hill and has long been active in civic ,
movements.
Adjutant Genera! Henry was a j
Reading where he attended meetings i
to organize new National Guard j
i units.
DEATH COMES TO
! WOMAN IN STORE
| Mrs. Charlotte M. Brunner Is
Seized With Heart Attack
While Shopping
Mcehaiiiesbnrg, Pa., Dec.' 20.
Mrs. Charlotte M. Bruner, widow of the
late George Bruner, died suddenly from
an attack of neuralgia of the heart, on
Thursday evening at Bobb's stove and
tinware store In AVest Alain street,
where slie had gone to make a pur
chase. Site complained of shortness of
breath, and, although a physician was
summoned, slie dif-d shortly after his
arrival.
Slie was aged 72 years and was a
member of the Lutheran Church at
Lemoyne. Airs. Bruner was born in
York county, but lived in MeelianlcS
burg since she was eight years old.
Two sons survive. They are Charlts
K. Bruner. with whom she lived, and
John D., of Lemoyne, A sister. Mrs.
Julia Hannan, of Harrisburg and a
brother, Enoch King, of Mechaniesburg,
also survive. The funeral will be held
on Atonday afternoon at the homo of
her son, Charles, 227 East Locust street
at 2 o'clcok. Burial will be made in
Chpstnut ltill cemetery.
Mrs. Susan B. Coover Dies
After an illness of several months,
which only became serious the past
few weeks, Airs. Susan Barbara Coover,
widow of John Coover, died yesterday
morning at her home on AVest Sfmpson
street. She was aged 68 years and was
a member of St. Mark's Lutheran
Church. The following, sons and
daughters survive : John AA'., at home ;
George H., of Mechaniesburg; Miss
Lulu, ut home; Airs. Blanche Perry, of
Shortsville, N. J„ and Airs. AA'. A.
Moore, of Sparrow's Point, Aid.; nlso
two sisters and three brothers as fol
lows : Airs. Susan Shuler. of near Me
chaniesburg ; Mrs. Clara Logan, of
Aleehanicsburg; George Alessinger, of
near Mechaniesburg; AA'ill and Harry
Alessinger. of Steelton,
The funeral service will be held on
Tuesday morning at 1 <.au o'clcok at
her late home, conducted by the Rev
Dr. H. X. 1-Vgley. Burail will In? made
in Trill die Spring cemetery.
Marietta Man Wins High
Position in California
Ainrlctia, Pa.. Dec. 20.—Charles
Johnson, of Marietta, has received a
letter stating that liis grandson,
Etlieihert Johnson, has been appoint
ed assistant secretary of agriculture
for Califcrnia. The young man is
less than 24 years old and is a gradu
ate of the Marietta High School,
Franklin and Marshall College and a
western agricultural school. His
grandfather is an extensive seeds
man.
Foreigners Would Enter
Country on Probation
Under New Law
By Associated Press
AYasliingtoii, Dec. 20. Urging
passage of a bill to deport alien
member of the i. AA*. AA'. and organiz
zations advocating the overthrow of
the government. Representative
Johnson, Republican, Washington,
chairman of the House Immigration
Committee, to-day declared in the
House that all foreigners coining to
the United States "in the future must
eonie only on probation." His state
ment indicated that later an effort
would be made to pass legislation
for the probationary entry of for
eigners.
"The citizens of the United States
are through with being told by ulien
revolutionists, communists and an
archists, who are within our bor
ders by our courtesy und by our
grace, how to run our government."
declared Mr. Johnson. "Free press
in the United States is ours, not
theirs; free speech is ours, not theirs,
ad they have gone just as far as
we ran let them go toward ruining
our most precious rights. They have
been guests in our house. They
have misbehaved most woefully.
They are welcome no longer and
they must go. And those who come
from foreign shores in the future
must come only on probation."
Gas Well Continues to
Blaze as More Steamers
Are Rushed to Scene
by Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Dec. 20.—The Snake
Hollow gas well at McKeesport,
which caught lire Thursday, oon
j tinned to blaze away to-day while
I more steam boilers were being rush
ied to the scene in an effort to ex
tinguish it.
Two boilers were put to work late
I yesterday and a curtain of steam
hurled across the mouth of the 25,-
] 000,000-I'oot well. Twice the pillar
; of lire was within a lialr-breath of
j being extinguished. The steam cut
I off the gas from the flame for. a
1 moment near the ground, but the
i gas swept beneath and around the
] curtain to again ignite when coming
|in contract with the dwindling
I flames high in ttie air.
It is estimated that it will take
] two or three more boilers to raiso
! steam enough to he effective.
DITPONTS DKN'Y CHARGES
By Press
Wilmington, Del.. Deo. 20.—The
I DuPont Company denies, that it lias
| adopted practices or methods of
i unfair competition in the Springfield,
Ills., district, as have been alleged
against it before the Federal Trade
Commission.
Little Lines From Nearby |
! Lebanon —Seventy-one liquor doal
lers in la-bar.on city and county have
filed their applications for renewals
of licenses.
I i.fnltoiv-The big Standard Steel
[works at Burnham, neur here, wilt
close down on December 24 for the
holidays.
! York Hnvrn —Pupils of the York
I Haven schools are assisting in the
crusade against tuberculosis by sell
ing Red Cross stamps.
! Carlisle —Herbert N. Powlev has
! sailed from San Francisco for Siberia
I having been commissioned u tlrst
.lieutenant with the Russian Service
i Corps.
Mount Wolf—The funeral f Mrs.
•lohn Fareht, who was found dead by
' hor husband upon his return from
I work on Tuesday morning, was hold
yesterday and was largely attended
Carlisle —The gas supply for a
I large section of town failed yester
iuay morning. The cause of the trou-
I ble had not been found late in the
I afternoon.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
NEWS GLEANINGS IN
THE SMALL.ER TOWNS
Happenings in the Daily Life of Folks Who Live Outside
the Larger Cities and Boroughs of Central Pennsyl
vania; What People Are Doing in Country Places
An unusual experience in the deer,
region in Stone Valley, Huntingdon
county, is told by J. AA'. Taylor, of
Reedsville, who was a member of)
a hunting party. Taylor said that j
one of the members of the party)
came suddenly onto a deer and tired j
at the animal quickly. The nim-j
rod's aim was not as good as it
might litive been had he been more j
deliberate. Therefore. 1 the shot
only stunned the buck, which fell!
forward onto a tree. The animal's j
horns straddled the tree scverul feet
above the ground and the excited
deer sank to the earth. AVlder near;
the bottom than further up the tree
acted as a wedge, securing the horns;
tightly and holding the deer help
less. The hunter then killed it with
a Avell-placed shot.
Deaths of people in the country;
places seem unusually numerous and.
sudden this year. Scarcely u day]
has passed within the last fortnight!
that a Telegraph correspondent lias)
not reported the sudden death of a ;
resident in some rural section.
From Hallam comes news of the'
sudden death of Miss Martha I
Jlauser, who was 84 years old and l
who, after eating a hearty meal, I
was found lying dead across a bod '
by her niece, Mrs. J. H. Dietz. Miss
Huuser hud been a resident of the!
Hallam section of York county for
i 0 years. She suffered a stroke of
paralysis about a year ago, but was I
able to be about up until yesterday
morning. (
The rigors of northern winters
have moved quite a number of per
sons in this section of tho State to
seek a warmer climate. During the
week a party of sixteen Lebanon
county people started for Florida, i
The latest persons to make the trip;
are Mrs. I. Harvey Brumbaugh and j
daughter. Marian and Mrs. J.
Myers und daughter, Lois, of Juni
ata College, Huntingdon, who will
spend the winter months at Jack-!
sonville. President Brumbaugh of!
tlie college, went with the party and'
wi! spend the Christmas vacation, j
which will continue until January 5
with Mrs. Brumbaugh and their 1
daughter.
In this season of giving the Y. AA".
' . A. organizations throughout Uen
trnl Pennsylvania are remembering
the needy. The Juniata College Y.
AA. '. A. lias been conspicuously
active in this respect, having given
many gifts of money and clothing to
needy families in Huntingdon and
surrounding counties. One of the
most inspiring Christmas services
held in ihe Valley region
was that recently given by the
college Y. AA'. U. A. In the college
chapel.
Tn Zion Lujheran church at
Lykens on New Year's evening the
yearly congregational social session
is to be held. The Rev. C. S. Jones
who has been pastor of the congie^
NEW RESOLUTION
DECLARES PEACE
[Continued from First Page.]
that it acquiesces in and confirms
irrevocably to the United States all
undertakings and covenants con
tained in the Treaty of A'ersuilles,
conferring upon or assuring to the
United States or its nationals any
rights, powers or benefits whatso
ever, and concedes to the United
States all rights, privileges, indemni
ties. reparations and advantages TO
which the United States would have
been entitled if it were a ratifying
party to the said Treaty, the Presi
dent of tlie United States shall have
power, by proclamation, to pro
hibit commercial intercourse oe
tween the United States and Ger
many and the making of loans, or
credits, and the furnishing of finan
cial assistance or suplies to the Ger
man government, or the inhabitants
of Germany, directly or indirectly,
by the government of the United
States or the inhabitants of the
United States.
Punishable
"Any violations of the prohibitions
contained in such proclamation by
the President shall be punishable
as provided in section sixteen of the
trading with the enemy act .approv
ed October 8, 1917.
"It is further resolved that the
United States reaffirms the policy
expressed In the act of Congress ap
proved August 29, 1918, in the fol
lowing words:
"It is hereby declared to be the
policy of the United States to adjust
and settle Us international disputes
through mediation or arbitration to
the end that war may be honorably
avoided. It looks with apprehension
and disfavor upon a general increase
of armaments throughout tlie world,'
and the authorization and request
made in said act to the President
that lie:
" 'lnvite all the great governments
of tlie world to send representatives
to a conference which shall be charg
ed with the duty of formulating a
plan for a couit of arbitration or
other tribunal to which disputed
questions between nations shall be
referred for adjudication and peace
ful settlement and to consider the
question of disarmament, and sub
mit their recommendation to their
respective government for approval
is hereby rehewed.
" 'And it is further resolved in
the language of said act, that the
representatives of the United States
In said conference "shall be quali
fied for the mission by eminence in
the law and by devotion to the cause
of peace." and said representatives
shall be appointed by the President
by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate.' "
A proposal by Senator LaFollette,
Republican, Wisconsin, upon which
he plans to speuk to-day, extending
government control of railroads for
two years, alone prevented passage
of the bill lost night, the Senate
having disposed of all other im
portant amendments Including re
jection of all efforts to eliminate or
modify the antistrike clause.
Overturns Previous Action
The Senute last night overturned j
its previous action and rejected by I
n vote of 52 to 11 an amendment by I
Senator Jones, Republican, Wash- I
ington," designed to prevent alleged
discrimination by Canadian rail- '
roads against American carriers by J
cutting rates on freight between
, gut ion for -12 years, has made it a
point to hold this session each year,
; believing it the best way he and
, his good wife can take to meet the
members of the oongiegatlon in a
] social way and at the same time ex
! change greetings and talk over pluns
j for the coming year. There are to
be readings und vocal and instru
! mental music and after the informal
[ program refreshments are to be
[ served. These sessions usually are
; largely attended und it is expected
that the Lykens Lutherans and their
, friends will bo out in force to pay
their respects to the pastor and his
i wife.
I That the high cost of living lias
jno terrors for the people of Lan
] caster county was evidenced at a
i wedding reception given at the home
! of David E. Heller, ut Bird-In-Hand
j in honor of his daughter, Lizzie, who
l yesterday became the bride of Levi
j Fisher, of Intercourse. Following
| the ceremony which was performed
i at tho homo of the bride's father, by
I Bishop Boiler, 250 guests sat down
■ to a wedding feast at which were
I served 5 geese, 15 ducks, 2 5 chick
] ens, 4 hams, 40 custards, 80 pies, 22
| cakes, a tub of doughnuts und 3
| bushels of celery in additoin to a
] large number of side dishes.
Related reports of the results of
i the deer hunting season continue to
I come from neighboring counties.
| Clarence Hollinger, a member of the
J Monterey club in Adams county, is
said to have shot the deer having
tho linest rack of antlers. His prey
had thirteen points. Guy Linn,
game warden, is preparing ills re
ports for flic stiitc game commis
sion and will feature in it the fact
| that only one deer hunter was
; wounded. Earl Bushey, of Gard-
I ners. who was struck by a stray bul
let. Ray Anthony, of Bittinger's,
w'as shot through tho ankle when a
I gun discharged accidentally, hut he
had not started to hunt at the time
|of the accident. This record ts in
: striking contrast to that of the rab
i bit season when eight men in the
I vicinity of Gettysburg were wound
] ed during the lirst week.
Never before in the history of Red
I Lion have cigar manufacturers ox
| perienced so great a rush of busi
! iiess and this in face of the fact
! that during thai time the manufae
jturers abandoned making cigars of
| a less retail price than live cents.
; There is an unprecedented rush of
j orders for the holiday trade, and
! workers are energetically engaged
iin rushing the goods to jobbers and
[ distributors, so as to get them to the
i retailers in time for the late Christ
; mas buyers. The orders have dur-
I ing ihe past year piled up handsome
i Wiiges. This is demonstrated by the
i present earnings of the girl hand
lers, It requires a day of ten'hours,
| for a girl to hand a case of 10.000
cigars. For ail this work the girls
• are being paid $lO per case.
J points in the United States, bat cur
ried through Canada. The amend
ment would have prohibited Ameri
can roads from making freight con
nections with such roads.
Opposition to the amendment was
led by New Kngiand Senators who
claimed it would work against the
! interests of New England industries.
Senator Walsh. Democrat, Massu-
I Chusetts, who said the amendment it
> Placed in the bill would upset dif-
I ferential rates for New York and
Xew Kngiand that have been in ef
fect forty years, was joined by Sen
j ator l.odge, Massachusetts; Moses,
New Hampshire, and McLean, Con
, necticut, Republicans,
j Party lines were split on the vote
! on tlie McCormick amendment, thir
teen Republicans and seventeen
Democrats supporting it, while
twenty Republicans and thirteen
i Democrats voted in oimosition.
, Among those opposing the umeml
-1 ment was Senator Robinson. Demo
t erat, of Arkansas, who declared
there would be 110 excuse for a
strike of railroad employes in view
of the impartial government tri
bunals provided by the bills.
While voting in favor of the
amendment Senator Kenyon, Repub
lican, lowa, said he thought that
the labor section should be made
general, in effect, and that the peo
| pie were becoming tired of striked.
; He said he did not like the Cunt
• mins bill, and favored an opportun
ity for the conferees to work out
! a compromise.
Moves Against Antistrikc
Upon t ejection of the McCormick
I substitute. Senator Stanley, Dento-
I erat, Kentucky, moved to eliminate
1 the antistrikc clause. A similar 1110-
jtion by the Kentucky Senator was
I defeated Thursday.
| "This is a system of involuntary
I servitude. monstrous and abhor
rent," said Senator Stanley, refer
ring to the antistrike clause, "and
| goes back to the days of chattel sla
: very. It is infamous and humiliat
ing."
I When the vote was taken Senator
| Stanley's motion again was de
j feated. 3 9 to 24.
| The motion secured support of
j five Republicans. I,a Collet te, Wis
j cousin: Len root, Wisconsin: Me
j Nary, Oregon: Norris, Nebraska, and
I Spencer, Missouri. and nineteen
I Democrats: Chamberlain. Fletcher.
| Ray, Geary. Harris. Harrison. Hen
j derson, Jones, (New Mexico); Ken
! fjrick, K'ng, Klrby. McKellar, Nu
! gent. Sheppnrd. Smith. (South Car-
I o'ine) Stanley, Trammell, Walsh,
i (Massachusets) and Wolcott.
After disposal of all amendments
I to the Cummins bill. Senator T.a
--| Kollette, Repuhllean, Wisconsin, of
fered a brief substitute bill propos
| ing to continue government opera-
I tion of the railroads for two years.
Reports That Mexico Had
Purchased Arms and Shells
in Germany Are Denied
By Associated Press
Mexico City, Dec. 20.—Reports
that Mexico had boußlit arms and
ammunition in Germany and that
machine Runs seized in Holland had
been purchased by the Mexican gov
ernment ure flatly denied by Hiiario
! Medina, under secretary of foreign
affairs, and General Juan Rarroßan,
chief of the presidential staff.
These reports originated in Cobienz
on Tuesday, when it became known
that Mnrshal Foch had reported thci
seizure of war materials exported by I
Germany- J
SADLER VETOES |
CINDER ROADS
j
I Declares State Will Not Coun
tenance Long-Time Bonds
For Short-Time Roads i
'
Highway Commissioner Lewis S. j
•Sadler Inst night laid down the law
Ito A'enango county commissioners |
; who tried to get him to approve i
some cinder roads for tliut county. ;
Ho declared that the department
would not give the consent which it
is empowered to confer under the!
act of June 12, 1919. to anything hut .
roads of a durable type. Long-time |
bonds, stiid the Highway Cotnmls- j
sioner, cannot lie used to build short- |
time roads. Uoivuiiisstqners Gutes ]
and Culbertson tell the Highway I
Commissioner that A'enango county |
voters recently approved a bond is
sue for $1,000,090, the money to go |
for road construction; and tliat tberc |
is some sentiment in the county for i
the construction of cinder highways. .
[ "Our studies," said Commissioner!
1 Sadler, "clearly demonstrate that a [
] cinder rood is not serviceable under ,
j modern conditions of trunsportution. j
1 Upkeep of such u road would be i
. continuous und costly. AA'hen i tell !
I you that maintenance of surface- ]
i treated macadam highways costs j
j tliis department from SSOO to $1,500 ]
per mile per year you will under- j
' stand what it would mean to attempt j
j to spreud thin the construction pro- '
! gram lo lie paid for with borrowed !
■ money Long-time bonds should not |
| and muEt not tic used to build short- ;
, time toads. AA'e cannot consent to |
I any improvement paid for wlt'i bor ;
rowed money—money borrowed for i
. n long period of time —that is not an ;
I improvement of a durable type Any ]
; other plan would be extravagant 1
t waste. If A'enango county chaoses |
;to pursue a course of that kind I']
i would suggest the levying of un an- ,
jnual tax. The Highway Department!
] proposes to exercise over large j
1 county bond issues the control given .
t it in the act of June 12. 1919. To)
i put down cinder roads would tnean t
1 annual rebuilding. The continuing;
I cost prohibits .this type of construe- j
I tion. And long before the maturity ;
lof the bonds issued to pay for the I
I cinders the roads would have dls-1
; appeared. Such procedure Is eco- .
i noinically unsound. AVe cannot !
countenance such a plan."
Allies P.. Kltts. mayor of Erie, i
agreed with Commissioner Sadler i
during :i conversation on road mat- |
ters that the cities of Pennsylvania
very shortly must solve the problem i
of constructing streets which will j
stand up under modern trausportu- j
j tion methods. it was the opinion |
lof Mayor Kltts and Commissioner
i Sadler that Pennsylvania municipuli
| tics must in the future pay more at
j tention to the putting down of pave
i ments which will meet the require- j
I ments of modern traffic; and in the j
case of pavements put down with j
j money obtained from bond issues lie j
; of such a type us will still lie in ex
| istenoe after the maturity of the I
bonds.
Commissioner Sadler expressed the j
opinion that spending borrowed j
money for tlio maintenance of city ;
streets or of State roads is an eco- !
nomic waste. Both the Oommis- |
sioner and the Mayor arc of the .
opinion that municipalities in future i
pavement construction must give )
considerable thought to the problem {
of building streets which will not ;
break down under the heavy ton-j
nage now using them. Rapid disin- |
tegration of streets of Pennsylvania |
municipalities is declared chiefly due j
to the fact that they were not in- !
tended for the use to which they are j
now being put.
The city of Erie is extending its j
municipal limits to the south over a j
territory embracing part of State;
H'ghtway Route No. 81. The State)
Highway Department has under con- ;
struction considerable mileage on
this route. Mayor Kitts came to
Harrisburg lo leurn whether the de
pertinent intends to continue its con
struction from the northern term-!
inns of tho present project to the j
Erie city line. The city of Erie will )
Improve Route No. 84 for a dis- j
tance of approximately one and one
half miles joining the city's present
paving. Commissioner Sadler ns- ]
sured Mayor Kitts that the State i
Highway Department next year will ;
award contracts for the completion
of the pavement between the present j
project and the city.
W.lson Again Names
J. S. Williams For
Comptroler of Currency
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 20.—John Skel- 1
ton Williams was again nominated !
to-day by President Wilson, to be j
Comptroller of the Currency.
The renomination was made. Sen- 1
a torn explained, to meet Senate rules j
requiring new action with each now
session. Mr. Williams' previous |
nomination expired with the last
session. The new nomination auto- I
matlcally will KO to the Senate Bank- j
1 ing Committee, which is expected !
to renew its recommendation on a !
party division that tlie nomination ;
be not confirmed. Meanwhile the j
renomination continues Mr. Williams
in office.
Lewis Denier "in Every
Particular," Charges * j
Made Against Him j
By Associated Press
\ Indianapolis, Dec. 20. —John 1,, i
i Lewis, acting president of the Unit- j
ed Mine Workers of America, do- j
nied "in every particular" a state
ment attributed to him by a mem- 1
her of Congress and used by United
States District Judge A. B. Ander
son in his charge to the Federal
Grand Jury, summoned to investi
gate the coal strike. In a, statement
made public hero to-day.
Mr. Lewis, as a part of the state
ment, also made public a letter he
I had written to Congressman Schuy
! ler Merritt, of Connecticut, reques
j ing "that you make amends for
j your mistake by making public ad
-1 mission of the fact."
TO IIOLI) MASQI'KR.\I)E I
A masquerade and Christinas tree j
social will bo given by Capital Le- j
gion No. 1108, in its hall, 28 North
Third street, on Tuesday evening.
IBeckley's Business College K
liXTKH AXY TIMH
DAY Oil XKiHT ■
131 Market St.
11.11 133 Dial 4010 ■
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DECEMBER 20, 19*19.
WILLIAMSTOWN ,
AA llthiiiistown. Pa'., Dee. 20.-—Miss
Helen Uuenger and John Sours, of
I town, were married at the home of
the bride's parents. Mr. and Airs. John
, Duenger, by the Rev. Alex. fceo. —
Howard Aluck, employed at Detroit.
Mlcli., is visiting bis parents.—Mr.
unci Mrs. William Dressel. of Lykens.
visited friends here.—A charity ball
! for the community chest wi'l be held
!I n Adams Hell on Tuesday evening,
i December 20.—Miss Jane Savano
[spent Saturday at Harrisburg.—Mrs.
I Florence May wood left on Wednesday
for Colorado to Join her husband who
lis an army offleer in that State. —
.Miss Hannuli Dossier left for New
A'orlc City where slie has a position
!at AA'hite's Bible Institute.
GOES TO HAVANA !
FOR THE WINTER
' -
| N C'AA'S Notes Gleaned in Neigh
boring Borough Along the j
Susquehanna River
| Dauphin, Pn., Doc. 20.—Mrs. How-j
| an! Bay ley has closed her bungalow j
lon the mountainside und gunt; to Ha-1
| v nil for the winter.—Miss Elizabethl
j Oyster, of Harrisburg:. was the guest'
jof Miss Elizabeth Poffenberger.—Mrs. j
j( barles Walker, Mrs. George Taylor,!
.Miss Cora Cofrode and Paul Walker
Nero guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wa'ker
.Speece ;it Speeeet'Ule.—Miss Mary
| j mbergcr. who has been spending
{the month in New York with her
j nephew. Captain Albert Poffcn-|
jherjrer. has returned home. —Mrs. T.I
JA. Brooks, of Newark. N. J., is the'
week-end guest of her sister M'ss 1
i Mm rgaret Brooks.—Mrs. J. M. Shoup
'has returned home, after spending sis ;
; weeks with her sons in Shamokin—!
i Mr. and Mrs. David Lewis, of I >•-j
!<;tur, 111., ure spending the winter:
jwltn Mrs. Lewis' father. John •
,Li n ker one of the oldest residents of
i town.—George Talrley. of Hahway, N. I
. J.. was u recent guest of his sister. i
*ii ~,a,' v pr ich.—Charles Wed
id'e, of Brooklyn. N. Y.. arrived here'
[ Thursday to spend several days wßh|
I his parents. #'r, and Mrs. George'
; Kline.— Lnsiirn James Lewis Gross is
• home on u ten-day furlough and will
spend he ho'idays with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs W. B. Gross.—Mrs. Alice J
Heidler, of Shendonh. Va., who spent:
| several months with her sister. Mrs. j
W. D. Kelster. left Tuesday for Bin -
jfleld. W. Va.. to visit her son. John.—
i Tim entertainment given by the Llt
iernry Society of the Dauphin High
1 school in the high school room:
{Thursday evening was well attended.!
I Miss Elisabeth Po ff en barge r was!
I the guest of Miss Kinifui Heck nti
jllickson. —Mrs. Charles Suavely, of
• Harrishurg. spent Wednesday with
!In r father. Joseph Beck"). - The
,Christmas entertainment of the Pros
jhyterian Church will he held on
Christmas evo in the church.
Urges Parents to Send
Their Children to School!
| GettyxliiirH;. Pa-. Dfcc. 211.—"1f tic
I people can't be encouraged to send!
their children to public schools they I
thou Id be obliged to." said Dr. .i. J
Duncan Spaeth, of Princeton Univer
sity, in his lecture at Xavier Hall on!
the subject "Liberal Education and
Training for Deficiency."
"In order to have a good com-i
munity the people of that community!
must lie üb!e to read and write j,
j telligently. That is one thing so
runny can't do. The people also must,
i know the English language. That is!
lone subject that should be oin-l
iphusized lo the greatest extent in the'
schools to-dn.v." 1
KEYSTONE BANK
THIRD AND CALDER STS.
HARRISBURG. PA.
.1. I". Mcl't I.! Ol't.H 11. S, SAIEI/I"/,Ell
President Cashier
11. G. lilt I<■ IITIII 1.1,
Assistant Cashier
Join a Keystone
Savings Club NOW!
It is not too late to join this big Keystone
Savings Club. Pay in a small amount each
week and provide yourself A\ itb a fat purse
for next year's Christmas shopping.
25e Class 50c Class $1 Class
Provides you / Provides you Provides you
with a Clyist- with a Christ- with a Christ
ina?) purse of mas purse of mas purse of
$12.50 $25.00 $50.00
plus Interest. plus interest. plus interest.
Checking and Savings Accounts Solicited.
"Tlic House of Diamonds"
Store Open Evenings Until Christmas
Eleventh Hour Suggestions
For Christmas Gift Buyers
For Men For Women
Diamond Rings Diamond Rings
Watches Brooches
, Scarf Pins Bar Pins
Cuff Links Wrist Watches
Dress Sets Toilet Sets
Belt Buckles Pearl Necklaces
Cigaret Cases Vanity Cases
Bill Folds Hand Bags
Military Brushes Silverware
Umbrellas Umbrellas
All moderately priced and of the
well-known Boas standard of high
quality merchandise.
C. ROSS BOAS
Since 18."0 HarrJsburg's Foremost Jewelry Store
28 N. Second Street
Hurrisburg; - Penna.
BREAKS ARM iN
FALL ON STREET
Returned Soldier Tries to
Avoid Auto at Elizabeth
town ; Woman Injured
Kllzabctluowit, Pa., Dec. 20.—■
AiVios Haldman, a returned soldier
and an employ of the Kreider shoe
factory, met with an accident while
crossing East High street. "When
an auto came along he tried to get
out of the way of tlie machine and
fell, breaking his left arm.—Mrs.
Alary Fetter of North Market street,
fell at her home, fracturing her
right arm.—XV. B. Ishler, of Rock
l.uko, North Dakota, is visiting rela
tives in this vicinity, his first visit
in .19 years, lie was a former resi
dent of town. —A large truck load
of soldiers from the aviation plant
at Atiddletown paid a visit to the
borough and partook of a chicken
and waffle supper at the Roggs Cafe
in South Market street, —At the
regular session of l.odge No. 682, F.
and A. XI., these officers were
elected: Worshipful Alaster, Nathan
Oreincr; senior warden, Norman
Good: junior warden, Ralph
Shoaffor; secretary, 11. F. llorst;
treasurer. George D. Roggs; trus
tees. John <\ Redsecker, J. S. Alc
! Bride and 11. I". Coble; represcnta
! live, Walter B. Wealand.
Enola Sunday School to
G!ve Program Tomorrow
Knolit, Pa.. Deo. 20.—The mem
bers of the 7Jon Lutheran Sunday
School here will hold their annual
Christmas exercises in the church
auditorium on Sunday evening nt
T. 4."> o'clock. Tlie committee in
charge of tlie program includes
Mrs. I>. 11. McCalet, Miss Mabel
Spitz, Mis. Charles Yeingst, Mrs.
Harry Myers, Mrs. John Campbell,
Miss Mnrgnretto Knauh, and Miss
Carrie Knuuby. The regular Christ
mas Cantata will bo sung on Friday
evening, December 26, at 7.4r. and
will lie under the direction of Prof.
C. A. llainhridge.
Legion. Post Moves
For Home in Columbia
< 'o'imii Mil. Pa.. Dee. 'JO.— Paul '*<*-
vere 1,-eher Post. No. 372. American
legion at a special meeting here
adopted reso'utions by a unanimous
'•■ do, on motion of General R. ('
Shannon. expr"sing the sentiment of
members in favor of a home lor
I lie post in Columbia. The post com
mander was authorized to appoint l
committee of five of which Lieut.-Col.
('. N. Herntheizel is chairman, to
further the project.
At the same meeting Major \V. C.
ttehm and General Shannon ad
dressed the members In the interest
of tlie organization of the new Na
tional Guard for which a campaign is
being conducted In Lancaster county.
2.000 GET WAGE BOOST
Niinliiiry. Pa„ Dec. 20. —A 10 per
cent increase in wages, affecting
more than 2.000 employes of the Sus
iiuebannu Silk Mills corporation in
this city, has gone into effect. This
will be'n welcome Christmas present
from the company to its employes. It
affects not only the operatives of the
plants but the office forces as well.