EDISON JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL NOTES
The playlet and dances given after
school Monday afternoon by several
sections of the 7B students, were very
well rendered. The playlet was en
titled "The Forest of Nowadays" and
was given under the direction of Miss
Naomi P. Bair. The folk dances were
entitled an "Aesthetic Dance" and a
"Norwegian Folk Dance." ami were
given under the direction of M ; HS
Irene Burns. A pleased audience or
parents and pupils attended this pro
gram.
Section 883 during a recent home
room period, gave a very interesting
program before the students and
friends of the section. The program
was: Singing, by section RB-3; dialog,
by Melba Farnsler and Winifred vN in
land; reading. laicile Hamme: reci
tation. Marv Bailetts; dialog, Martin
Kunkle and' Evan Thompson: humor
our reading. Gertrude Smith, and
Currant Event®, by Richard Hertzler.
Mr. Hoke, principal of the \\ orm
leysburg schools, spent yesterday at
the Edison Junior Community. Mr
Hoke first made a tour of the school
under the direction of a guide and
then .visited the general science gym
:*nd other classes in which he was es
pecially interested.
The gymnasium has been open less
than one week but the physical train
ing classes are becoming the most
interesting classes in the school for
the boys and the girls. A group or
hoys have the door the flrst part ot
the period and are sent to the show
ers and to classes in "First Aid. the
second part of the period. The girls
attend the class of instruction :n
"First Aid" during the flrst part of
the period and then snend the second
7>art of the perod on the floor and un
der the showers. This order is changed
from time to time so that at th end
of the vear the boys and the girls will
have had approximately the same time
on the floor. This work is under the
capable instruction of Eugene Miller
and Miss Irene M. llurns and should
give large returns to the city of Har
risburg in the better men and women
of to-morrow.
The basketball practices of the boys
team are showing good results and
the girl'i coach. Miss Burns, announc
ed to-dav that she wll issue a call to
all candidates for the girls' team im
mediately after the Christmas recess.
The boys' team hope to start their
schedule during the flrst week after
the recess.
The Christmas entertainment will
he held this afternoon and will he
the work of the ninth year students.
The program will consist of a play
hv students of section 98-2 and a pan
tomime bv students of !>B-7 and 98-5.
\mong the other features of the pro
gram will be the award of letters to
the boys who earned the "E" during
Still Better Service at
BOWMAN'S
\Yc were the first department store in this city to
adopt "Electrically Operated National Cash Registers.
This service enables each clerk to wrap package and
make change on the spot.
We. are so pleased to delight onr customers that we
have placed in operation to-day three more of the time
and labor saving devices.
This makes it still easier to simp at
Sowmoftt
"^^v^Her " "
jp_ An "Eden" for Christmas J||
The favorite of thousands 9^ar
I of women. The grimy . 1
overalls of the worker, the jfcaif \ : 1
splattered clothes of the chil- I ft. \ \
dren and the stained table A ' r
linen come out of the Eden /' jYffl
as clean as new, with a very \d |
| , much longer life ahead for * 111 'J
not having been beaten and Zfs©. I Eftr** |. 1
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You can buy the jjgf U' [ ].fU ' j
Eden for cash or in the same SllZaJf-=
easy, way you paid for j |
Liberty Bonds. 1
The "Eden" Washer =
|' Harrisburg Light and Power Company i j
22 North Second Street. Harrisburg, Pa.
1 * 47-49 North Front Street, Steelton, Pa. =
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TUESDAY EVENING*
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS
ENGLAND CANNOT AC
CEPT SEPARATION
Uiiulou. Dec. 23.—Premier
I.loyd George outlining the gov
ernment's proposals for Ireland
i in the House of Commons, de
! cla red:
"Great Britain cannot accept
separation. The people who
think Britain can be forced into
it have not read the story of the
last live years."
In an eloquent pororation, the
premier said:
"It is-always the right time to
do the right thing, and Britain
can afford now more than ever to
take the initiative. No one will
now suspect her of conceding
from weakness. The land that
by its power destroyed the great
est military empire in the world
will not be suspected of quailing
before a band of wretched as
sassins.
"The world will know that we
are entering upon the task
prompted by the deep sense of
justice which sustained this land
through these last years of sac
rifice."
the football season. At the end of this
entertainment a collection will be
lifted for the benefit of the Toy MisA
sion.
The students of the homo room of
Miss Knox gathered a large collec
tion of toys during the past few weeks
and sent them to the Toy Mission yes
terday morning. The heart of many
an unfortunate youngster will be
hnhpy because of the tine spirit of
giving ilfat this class has shown.
GONZAI.KS RESIGNS
San Antonio, Toxas, Dec. 23.
President Carranza has accepted the
resignation of General Pablo Gon
zales, of the Mexican federal army,
in order that he may become a can
didate for the presidency, according
to newspaper dispatches from the
capital to-day. He still refuses to
withdraw his objections to the resig
nation of General Obregon, it is said.
General Obregon was named as lieu
.tennnt colonel by the president re
cently. a measure designed to keep
him from entering the race.
BENEDICT GOES TO
COUNTY PLACE
j
Expert Map Maker of High
way Department to Accept
Position in Home County
Ralph C. Benedict, of Erie county,
has resigned his position with the
State Highway lVpartment and on
January 5 he will become chief clerk
to the Board of County Comniissioil
, era at Erie. Mr. Benedict has been
1 employed as a draftsman in the En
; gineering Division of the State High
way Department for twelve and one
half years. He.is an expert on map
making, and numerous county and
! State Highway maps which are is
sued by the State Highway Depart
ment are his work. Mr. Benedict
was appointed from West Spring
' field. Erie county, and has a great
many friends in Harrisburg. The
position of chief clerk came to him
without his solicitation. Mr. Bene
dict's resignation takes effect Janu
ary 1.
t'liester dispatches to-day ait
' nounce the formation of a lew purt
i nership among members of the Dela
ware county bar, to be known as
! SchaftVr, Hannuni, Chadwick- and
: Weeks, effective January 1, 1920.
The members of the new tinn are
William 1. Schaffer, present Attor
ney General of the State; John B.
j Hannuni, Jr.. who retires the first
Monday of January after serving
1 eight years as district attorney of
Delaware county; K. Wallace Chad-
I wick, prominent of the younger
members of the bar, anil J. Borton
I Weeks, who was recently elected
. president of the Keystone Automo
bile Club, to succeed his father, first
i and only president of that organi
' zatton.
Appointment of mercantile ap- ;
praisers for the lirst time under the ;
'act of 1919 may not be made for,
several days by the Auditor General,
it was said to-day at the Capitol. |
i Numerous recommendations have I
been made by various county leaders!
and the list is being stone over very j
carefully by the Auditor General. I
The new officials are to assume
office on the first of the year when
! terms of present appraisers expire.
Auditor (Senoral diaries A. Sny
; der declines to discuss the reports
j that a suit to test appointments of
! the Philadelphia appraisers may he
| started.
Governor William C. Sproul lias
| changed his plans for the dinner to
the congressmen front Pennsylvania
! and it will be held on January It.
Frelinghuysen Denounces
Palmer's Strike Deal
W ANhinjrton, lec. 23.—Senator Fre-
I linghuysen. of New Jersey, in a state
! mtnt reviewing the dispute between
I the miners and the Government which
led to the resignation of Dr. Garfield
' and secret negotiations to settle the
strike by Attorney General PatTner.
concluded bis observations by say
ing:
, "It will be a sad day for America
if obedience to the law must be pur
l chased in this manner." Senator
• Felinghuysen is chairman of the sub
[ committee of the Interstate Com
merce committee investigating the
1 coal problem.
BRITISH HOLDING TURKS
By Associatrd Press
London, Dec. 23.—British forces
have occupied Batum and Bak.u to
j prevent the Turks from penetrating
.the Caucasus region, according to a
I Moscow wireless dispatch.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
CAMP CURTIN JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES |
A merry social event near the
Christmas holidays was the dinner I
given Monday evening at 6 o'clock, by J
the Domestic Science Department to I
the Camp Curtin football team. i
t'nder the direction of the hostesses.
Miss Frances Hamilton and Miss Ma- {
lie Finton, the several hundred girls
applied all the skill that they have
developed during the semester in pre- ;
paring the substantial and dainty i
dishes that complete a roast pork j
dinner.
Two tables were laid with covers i
for 18. Centerpieces of Sweetheart!
rosebuds and fern made a beautiful j
decoration for each table, and the i
Kewpie football place cards were aj
eiever reminder to the guests of the ,
event that they were celebrating. !
John J. Brehm. principal, Horace G. i
Geisel, athletic instructor and James j
l'elfer, athletic coach, were among ;
the gmests of honor, of course, for as '
Miss Bertha Turner, girls' athletic in-1
struetor said in a clever poem writ- j
ten recently, there could be no team |
without those three.
The student guests were the mem- i
bers of the Camp C'urtln football team !
and included: Captain Joseph Brieker, !
| Charles Crownshield, Frank Wils-j
bach, Jameg I.ytle, James Shocker.
John Hummel, Paul Wissler. Russell i
Asper, Marlin Burd, Wallace Liggett, j
i Robert Ureenawalr, Wilmot Lanlz.
Hyman William's, Charles Boyer, John
I DeShong.
The cheerleaders. Helen GraefT,
Margaret Rathfon and Virginia Wcrtz
sirved the dinner.
The guests were enthusiastic in
their appreciative expressions to the
hostesses for the hospitality received
close to the most gracious season of
the year.
| Maria Mausteller, Section 98-2. ac
cording to the latest report, heads
Camp Curtin in the individual sales
of Red Cross Seals. Maria sold over
7,00u seals.
The girls' varsity basketball team
received congratulations from stu
dents for the victory of Saturday eve
ning when the team played the Key
stone basketball team of the Y. M. C.
A., ending with a score of 9 to 8.
Miss Bertha Turner refereed the
game.
The faculty team is eager for a
chance to play the student team soon,
and end the game differently than it
ended Saturday evening when the
score, 28 to 29, showed that the stu
dent team had won. Mr. O'Donnell
acted as referee.
I At the suggestion, of Helen Ritter.
I Section 98-1, part of Miss Bateman's
! Latin choir, went with Miss Mildred
I Conkling and Samuel Wilson, home
j rcom teacher, during the home room
i activities period, to sing Christmas
Carols to the women living in the
home at Fifth and Muench streets.
An enterprising entertainment com
mittee of section SB-2, including: Inez
Polteiger, chairman, with assistants,
I Marie Badorf. Melvin Lyter and John
i Steiner, prepared the following credi
j table program for the pleasure of
their home teacher. Miss Clara Hook.
I and the students of their group:
I "Silent Night." "the pearl of Christ
mas Carols," was sung by the school;
a play. "When Did You Last See Your
Father." having the historic setting
of the period of the restoration, was
given. The cast included: Mistress
Sydney, Sadie Bitting; Barbara Syd
ney, aged 12. Mary Jarrett; Little
Nan. aged 5; Evelyn Bennett; Roger,
aged 9. Norris Longaker; Micah Hol
fast. member of parliament. Melvin
Lyter; Holfast's clerk, John Steiner.
I An appropriate Christmas solo was
|si ng by Phoebe Fortenbaugh: a poem.
"Two Little Stockings," was given
by Sadie Bitting; "The Gladiator,"
| was told by Melvin Lyter. After the
j school had sung 'Under the Stars."
and "O Little Town of Bethlehem,"
| Norris Longaker gave a description,
and the pupils guessed that the
speaker meant Santa Claus, and they
were right.
Melvin Lyter's description of Gen
eral Green was guessed readily.
The grab bag. with its usual supply
of inappropriate and amusing gifts,
such as a string of beads for a boy
of the athletic type, marbles for a
girls who likes to embroider, was fit - j
ted into the center of the program '
which was accommodating enough to i
adjust itself to a number so capacious :
and fun giving, since it was an ex- {
pression of good will felt by the mem- j
bers of the group for one another. I
Wood Free to Seek
Office Under Army Law
Washington. Doc. 23. —Major Gen- j
oral Leonard Wood may file his for-'
; mal statement as a candidate for the j
Republican nomination under the !
presidential preference primary law
in South Dakota without violating]
any Army regulations or affecting j
his status as an officer. He would i
not have to resign from the Army In ]
order to run for the presidency I
should he be successful in obtaining j
the nomination from the national
convention at Chicago next June.
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of
War. made that clear in response to
inouirlcs as to the effect of political
activity by General Wood upon his |
status as an Army officer. Mr. j
Baker added that the same rule ap-i
plies to General John J. Pershing, !
who is being urged by the Republi- j
jeans in Nebraska and Missouri to
permit the use of his name as a!
candidate for the nomination, but]
there has been no such doubt in the 1
public ntind with respect to General
Pershing as with General Wood, for i
the reason that the man who com-j
manded the American expeditionary |
forces has the rank of general of I
the armies of the United States for I
life under the special act of Con- j
gress.
Legion Leader Warns
of Drastic Measures'
liKlinnnpoliN, Ind.. Dec. 23. Frank- I
lit D'Olier, of Philadelphia, national j
commander af the American Legion, j
declared that neither "National. tHute, j
nor local organizations of the Ameri- j
can Legion have any right to take the 1
lew in their own hands or interfere!
with proper authority." and said that {
such action would be subversive of
the principles and ideals of the or
ganization. The declaration was part
of a statement made by the national
commander in view of the recent re
ports of activities of members of the
legion, which said, made it Imper
ative that the policy of the organiza
tion with respect to its standing on ,
the maintenance of law and order be i
defined.
—
OFFERS PEACE TO POLKS
lauhIOII. Dec. 23.—M. Tchitcherin,
Russian Bolshevik minister of for
eign affairs, on December 22 mi
dressed an offer to the Polish gov
ernment to begin immediate negoti
ations to conclude peace, according
to a wireless dispatch received here
from Moscow. The Polish govern
ment was requested to indicate the
time and place it would like the
negotiations to open.
LETTS WANT PEACE
llcMugfors. Dec. 22.—The Lettish
government has decided to open
negotiations with the Soviet govern
ment of Russia with the intention
of nrranging for an armistice, ac
cording to advices received here
fp—... Ui
Try to Prove New
Insane at the Time He
Murdered Fiancee
l*>s Angeles, Calif. .Dee. "3. —,
Effort* to prove that Harry S. New. ■
lon trial charged with the murder j
I of his fiancee, Freda l.esser. was in- i
sane and that Miss shortly!
before the alleged murder in Topan
|go Canyon, near here, July 5, was j
despondent and expressed the wish,
to die, marked the opening yester
day of the case of the defense.
As long ago its 1909, New was'
'known as "Nutty New," according
i to a deposition read to the jury. 1
j The first defense witness was A.
IN. Burger, of Glendale, a suburb,
j who worked where New and Miss
I l.esser were employed. lie testified
I that in June he heard Miss lesser
I exclaim to Miss Edna Clancy, a half
| sister of New, and other girls:
! "1 wish I were dead."
| Lecompte Davis, of counsel for
! the defense, said he introduced this
j testimony in connection with the
.contentions of the defense that Miss
I l.esser was in such a state of mind
j because of the expected birth of a
child, that she was likely to have
| taken her own life.
Post War Defense Problems
Bring About Crisis in
Dutch Government
The Hague, Monday. Dec. 22.
Post-war defense problems, costly
allied with the problematical result
of the formation of the League of
Nutions, have brought about what
appears to be a crisis in the Dutch
government.
Closely following the resignation
of Jonkheer Bylevlld, minister of
marine. last week. Alting Van
Geusan, minister of war, announced
his resignation to-day when the
Dutch states general amended his
war budget and greatly reduced the
sums available for munitions. The
budget generally provided for an
arnt.v of approximate strength of
200,000. While the present gov
ernment had taken a stand that
the world situation was still delicate
and necessitated a large army. .So
cialist members, led by Deputy Mar
chant. opposed the budget on the
theory that the l.eague of Nations
would end. the necessity for largo
armaments.
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jj HARRISBURG MILLERSBURG I
Middletown
New Band Uniforms to
Be Worn on Christmas
The l.iberty Band of town which
numbers about thirty-live members, [
received new uniforms to-day and
will make its first appearance in
them on Christmas Day. Chief Con
stable Charles Houser whose term
expires at the end of the year will
be their drum major, for whom they
have received a special uniform.
Each year the band plays at vari
ous homes on Christmas Day aft
which time a number of donations
are received from the citizens. The
money is used to improve the hall
in South I'nion street.
I.ewis Miller is spending a few i
days in New York city in the inter- j
est of the local oar works.
J. B. Martin, teacher of the Ixi- J
dies' Bible Class of the Church of j
God was presented with a beauti- ;
ful chair at the Sunday school ses- j
sion in appreciation of his services. ,
The presentation speech was made
by D. F. Fishel.
E. W. Seiders, a grocer in North
i'nion street, sprained his right )
wi"ist while cranking an automobile
on Friday.
A meeting of the Girl Scouts was \
held last evening at their headquar- '
ters in the parish house.
Elmer Kreiser has returned to hiq !
home in Royalton after spending |
two years overseas.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hawk and j
son have gone to Philadelphia where
they will spend some time.
John Landis, Jr.. South Union
street, has been made assistant man- j
ager in the forge shop of the Beth- j
lehem Steel Company.
Claude Ware, who is employed by '
the Westinghouse Company at Pitts- !
burgh, is spending the week with his!
father, Edward Ware, South Catli- 1
erine street.
Miss Reba Hendriekson. of Wash- ;
ington, D. C\, is spending the week ;
in town with friends. She will also I
spend several days at Harrisburg
before returning to Washington, 0. !
C.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hatz and!
daughter Gladys. Pittsburgh, are
visiting relatives in town for two]
1 weeks.
DECEMBER 23, 1919.
Beveridgc Calls on
Nation to Keep Unions
From Coercing U. S.
Plymouth, MUSH., I.VC. 22. —The
"crtfwning domestic issue imme
diately before America is whether
labor unions shall run the American
government or whether the Amer
ican people shall run It," Albert J.
Heverldge, former senator from In
diana, told an audience here.
Heverldge spoke at the 299 th nn
nivesary celebration In honor of the
I landing of the Pilgrims.
First, combinations of capital, and
I now organizations of labor "seek to
Christmas Attraction
Dinner, Musicale and Dance
CHRISTMAS EVENING
THE PENN-HARRIS
Dinner at 7.45 P. M.—Followed by
MUSICALE AND DANCE
MUSICAL PROGRAM
"Holy Night" Damrosch
Pine Street Quartet; obligato solo, Ross Harman
Violin Solo Miss Bralavoski
SONG CYCLE
"In a Persian Garden" Liza Lehman
Thanizine Cox, Soprano; Salome Sanders, Con
tralto; John Gibson, Tenor; Elmer H. Ley,
Baritone; Ruth Kraybill, Accompanist
Reservations at Pcnn-Harris, $2.50 Per Person ;]
Phone Bell, 5000
Xmas Dinner From 5.50 to 7.30 $2.00 Per Person
■control the government of all of
us," Beverldge declared.
"The groups do this by corruption
and force," lie nddcd.
"Yesterday," the speaker assert
ed, "the question was whether finan
cial plunderers should exploit the
nation. Tq-day the question is
whether labor bandits shall hold ui
the republic."
TOCA lll'KT IN ACCIDENT
By Associated Press
Madrid. Monday, Dec. 22.—Former
Premier Sanchez Toca was slightly
injured to-day as the result of a
motorcar accident near the village
of Arravnca. Members of Senor
Toca's family, who accompanied
him, were unhurt.
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