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NEWS OF STBELTOFS
IIIRS.BRINSERANDMRS.SEAL
HOSTESSES AT MASQUERADE
Nearly 100 Guests From New York
City and Various Parts of Pennsyl
vania Attended Biggest Affair of
Its Kind in the Borough
The greatest local social event of the
present holiday season occurred in the
Benton Club Hall, North Front street,
last evening, on the occasion of a mas
querade tendered nearly 100 friends
anil invited guests, by C. E. Brinser
and Mrs. Eugene Seal.
Visitors were present from New
York City, Philadelphia, Lancaster,
Johnsonburg, Hershey, Hummelstown.
New Cumberland, Camp Hill, Harris
burg and Steelton. The color scheme
was red and green, holly forming the
ground work of the latter.
The program consisted of twenty
four numbers and several encores. Re
freshments were served during intermis
sions. A pleasing light effect was ob
tained by shading the electric lights
with falsefaces.
m* mm
SIR R. RAY SHAFFNER
Past Commander of Baldwin Corn
manderv No. 108, Kuights of Malta,
and chairman of the social committee
of that organization which yesterday
announced its social program for the
New Year.
H.A. WEAVER GRANTED PATENT
New Device Prevents Water Corrosion
of Metals
Harry A. Weaver, a former resident
of the borough, and an ex star on the
famous old V. M-. C. A. football team,
'has been granted a patent on a device
which is said to counteract the results
of incrustation and corrosion of metals
from water in steam pipes, boilers anil
t iie like, and the total removal from
the water of the elements that cause
tihe injury, also to remove the corrosive
deposits in boilers. Extensive tests are
alleged to have beeii made of the device,
all of which have established its effici
ency.
It was asserted that where the ap
paratus had been tTied about 25 per
• ent. of the «oal formerly used had
been saved. The scale which collects
on the bottom of boilers takes up an
immense amount of heat, it was said,
The invention, if put in'to use, will save
firemen and stationary engineers their
customary Sunday labor of cleaning
boilers.
Most' apparatus on tihe market now
is too large and require too mut-h space
in the installation. The new one will
be on the market during the early part
of the coming year, it was said.
ENGAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED
Young Hebrew Couple of Borough Will
Be Married in June
'Mr. and Mrs. A. Fein, 39 North
Front street, announce the engagement
of their daughter. Miss Minnie Lefsky,
to Paul Shlomberg, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Shlomberg, also of the borough.
The date for the wedding is announced
to be June 10.
Miss Lefsky is employed asicashier at
Goldstein s store, Harrisburg, and Mr.
Show at
Standard Theatre To-night
as good as those of Monday & Tuesday
The Fable of "The Bush League Lover
Who Failed to Qualify."
A Recent Confederate Victory. Lubin.
Two-reel special.
A Darktown Wooing.
The Girl and the Gondolier.,
Admission, FIVE Cents
HARKTSBITRP STAR-INDEPENDENT. WEDNESDAY EVENING,\ DECEMBER 30, 1914.
Shlomberg is an employe of the Elliott-
Fisher Company. Both formerly resided
at "Washington, D. C.
ROLLING MILLS TO RESUME
Blast Furnace and Open Hearths Are
Being Blown in to Furnish Steel
Active preparations are being made
to open the various departments of the
Pennsylvania Steel Company here which
suspended over t'he holidays, and which
had not resumed Monday. Of these,
three open hearth furnaces and No. 1
blast furnace lhave been fired and will
start the production of pig iron aud
steel so that the rail mill, No. 1 bloom
ing mill and slab mill may have the
metal to resume rolling operations Fri
day, January 1.
Funeral of Infant Daughter
Funeral services for Isaibelle Hershey
Holton, infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clharles R. Holton, were held this
afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the home
of the parents. 1 North Harrisburg
street. The Rev. C. D. Setjelken, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian*church,
officiated, and interment was made in
Paxtang cemetery.
New Officers of Local P. O. S. of A.
Washington ("amp No. 102, Patriotic
Order of America, elected the follow
ing otiicers at its meeting held last
eveuing: President. Alvin Pierce; vice
president, Charles Gallagher; master of
forms, John Brown; recording secretary,
J. W. Bricker; conductor, Milton Wei
senford; inspector, Charles N. Myers;
guard, James Clave; treasurer, H. H.
Harlan; trustee, ij. Ira Cargill.
STEELTON NOTES
Stewart Palmer, Harrisburg, was ar
raigned before Squire Gardner ast even
ing charged 'by the (Harrisburg Rail
ways Company wit'll malicious mischief.
The defendant announced his intention
of pleading guilty 'before court to the
charge.
Oscar Haley, wanted by t'he local po
lice since last April, was picked up
last evening 'by High Constable Bom
gardner on a charge of desertion anil
non-support preferred 'by his wife. He
was committed for a hearing before
Squire Gardner.
Prayer meeting to 'be followed 'by
teachers' training classes will be Ibeld
this evening in the First Reformed
church and Grace United Evangelical
church commencing at 7.45 o'clock.
PERSONAL
William Attick, South Second street,
has returned from a visit to his daugh
ter, M'rs. Prank Reitzel, Ardmore.
Sterlin Herman, South Front street,
was the guest of friends at Red Lion,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Strassner, East
Orange, N. J., are spending the holi
days witih Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Shelley,
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Nivin moved from
New Cumberland, to 354 Locust street,
to-day.
Miss Marie Wiseman, the visiting
nurse employed by the Steelton Civic
Club, will be in her office from 8 a. m.
to 9 a. m., from 12.30 p. m. to 1.30
p. m.
Standard Theatre's Offerings
Manager Sellers announced this morn
ing that the offerings of this well
known playhouse this evening are equal
to those given Mondav and Tue»dav
evenings, this week. 'Laughter and
heart throbs will gently intertwine this
evening and must be seen to be appre
ciated. Adv.*
ELECTION LAW FOR CHINA
Ten Years' Term for President, Which
May Be Extended to Life
Pekin, Dec. 30.—A new election law
tor the republic was promulgated in
Pekin yesterday. The most notable
clause of these regulations fixes the
term of office of the President of China
at ten years.
This term, however, mav continue in
definitely if the Senate, by a two-thirds
vote, considers that the actual political
situation makes such extension desir
able.
Guide Killed for Mountain Lion
Ventura, Cal., Dec. 30.—Herbert La
throp, a well-known guide of the Ojai
district, shot accidentally Monday
night by Lloyd Perritt, a pitcher on tho
lLos Angeles team of the Coast League,
died yesterday. Perritt mistook La
throp for a mountain lion. He had
been camping near Lathrop's place since
the baseball season closed.
Elected Teller in Lebanon Bank
Labanou, Doc. 30 —The board of
directors of the Valley National bank
yesterday elected Cnarles W. Stine a
teller in the bank, to go on duty on
January 1. The increasing business of
tho bank ma.de it necessary to increase
the clerical forc-i.
5 BURT ON ICE:
POLICE TAKE RAND
Continued From Plant t'nge.
a new ordinance giving the Highw»y
Department the power to clean a side
walk. 24 hours after the snow has
ceased falling and charge it to the prop
erty owner—even make it a lien
against the property, if need be. It is
a measure of publie safety and well
within the police powers of a city. The
Board of Health can enact such meas
ures as it sees fit to protect the public,
and a measure of this kind iB for public
safety."
Where houses are occupied the pres
ent law is sufficient, in the opinion of j
the police authorities; but jn case!
where the property is unoccupied or.
where it is owned toy a company or is
not built upon, or where it is used for
billboard purposes, the Police Depart- !
mont runs agpinst a snag, according to
Chief Hutchison.
Another Freeze Is Expected
There are numerous caßes in which
property owners do not reside ip the j
city and the properties are in cftfcrge
of real estate companies that have no I
power to act. most of them saying they j
have no money on hand to provide for
the removal of the snow and ice. Oft- I
en it takes two or three days to com
municate with the property owners and
get funds for this purpose. Under
Chief Hutchison's plan, the snow would |
be cleared off the sidewalks promptly j
with assurance that the money would
be forthcoming later.
The temperature was well aibove the |
freezing point to-day and the work of i
cleaning sidewalks was comparatively |
easy, but ice that remains on the side- '
walks over to-night will be very difti- j
cult to remove, as it is predicted the !
temperature will go down to 18 de- :
grees above zero this evening. Much ;
uf the ice now on the sidewalks has ]
been accumulating there for many days.;
There have ibeen many accidents in j
the last week or two, in addition to |
those reported to-day. In Steelton a i
man died from a fractured skull re
ceived by a fall on the ice a few days i
ago.
LATE WARIMMRY
Continued From First P«ffc
made in Belgium, including the capture
of an important German position.
Russian assertions that an important
victory has been won over the Austrian
forces in Gallcia were confirmed to-day
in an official statement from Vienna, in :
which the admission is made that tho
Austrians were compelled to retreat |
along the entire eastern front, it is
said that the situation to the north, in
Poland, is not affected by this reversal !
although Petrograd asserts the move- :
ment of the main German army has
been checked with losses described as j
enormous.
Austria's defeat at the hands of Ser-'
via apparently has been followed by re
newed activity on the part of Monte
negro, whose troops havo carried the
fighting to Austrian soil, in Herzegovina
and are now undertaking a vigorous
offensive movement. The Vienna War :
Office states that the Montenegrin at-1
tacks thus far have been repulsed;
easily.
Russia's claim to a victory over Tur- i
key in the Caucasus is disputed by re
ports which reached Berlin from Con
stantinople, saying that the Turks have i
won ' Smother success,'' and are pur- ]
suing the retreating Russians. It Is,
also said at Constantinople that another
British attempt to land troops in Arabia :
failed.
COLLEGE TRUSTEES IX SESSION j
Officials of Gettysburg Institution Will
Meet Here and Confer Degrees
'Many important changes were made
at the annual meeting of the board of
trustees of Gettysburg College. The
honorary degree of doctor of laws was
conferred upon Dean Shailcr Mathews,
of the University of Chicago. Steven
Remington Ring," of Cornell University,
was made full professor of the mechan
ical and electrical engineering depart
ment, at Gettysburg. In the future
courses will be given in history and
political science.
."Tolm E. Dapji, of this city, presided
at the meeting and Dr. George B. Kun
kcl. also of this city, was present.
At present there are 400 students at
the college and increased activity was
reported by the committee in charge of
the campaign for new buildings.
Was a Member of Harrisburg Masons
White Horse, Dec. 30. —-J. Franklin
Seldomridge, 67 years old. a retired
merchant and hotelki-eper, died Monday
night from a complication of diseases.
He waa a member of the Masons an 1
Mystic Shrine, of Hnrmburg. He is
survived by his widow and several ehil
! dren and a number o F brothers and sis
! ters.
Table Manners
Some folks don't believe flints were
once used as table knives because they
can't see how the stone age man ever
got one of them in his mouth.—Wash
ington Post.
MUSTEROLE —QUICK
RELIEF! NO BLISTER!
It Soothes and Relieves Like a
Mustard Plaster Without
the Burn or Sting
MUSTEROLE is a clean, white oint
ment, made with the oil of mustard. It
does all the work of the old-fashioned
mustard plaster—does it better and
does not blister. V'ou do uot have to
bother with a cloth. You simply rub it
on —and usually the pain is gone!
Doctors and nurses use MUSTER
OLE and recommend it to their pa
tients.
They will gladly tell you what relief
it gives from Sore Throat, Bronchitis,
Croup, Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia,
(ingestion, Pleurisy, Rheumatism, Lum
'iago, Pains and Aches of the Back or
fomts. Sprains, Sore Muscles, Bruises,
Chilblains, Frosted Feot, Colds of the
t' (it often prevents Pneumonia).
At your druggist's, in 25c atjd f>oe
jars, and a special large hospital size
for $2.50.
Be sure you get the genuine MUS
TEROLE. Refuse imitations—get what
you ask for. The Musterole Company,
Cleveland, Ohio.
SAYS BRIBE WAS OFFERER
Walters Issues Letter for Which He
Tells of Efforts to Force Him to
Fire Guy ex and Barber
Coinciding witih his original state
ment printed in the Star-Independent
to the effect that politicians have been
"hounding" him in an to com
pel him to agree to a plan to oust from
their positions, John P. Guyer, clerk to
the Directors of the Poor, and 8. F.
Barber, steward at the almshouse,
Harry A. Walters, Director of the Poor,
has given out a letter in which he de
clares an effort was made to bribe him.
Mr. Walters charges that "local
Lgan'ggters," both by letter and by tele-
I phone, offered him a certain sum of
I money and a position on Capitol Hill
J for a relative if "only he would join
in a scheme to fire both Guyer and
Barber." The following is from
Walters' latter:
'' An attempt to make me the victim
of a confidence game or bribery, has
been made by some of the local gangs
ters. For several months I have
watched their attempts with growing
contempt and disgust. They have ap
proached me frequently in attempts
to have me force out of office tihe
clerk of the poor board. They also
wanted me to allow conditions at the
almshouse to become as they were un
der former administrations."
"For this desired action on my part
I was to have a ca»h consideration and
a position for anyone I might name,
even a relative, in a State office.
"These offers were made usually
over the telephone. They have become
so open and insistent, of late, that 1
wanted to stop them for once and for
all, and I take this means of serving
notice on the ones making such offers
that their plans will not succeed. There
will be no changes in the force of prin
cipal employes with my consent or
vote."
CUNNINGHAM THE CHOICE
"Public Ledger" Emphasizes Old Ru
mor That He WUI Succeed Bell
Philadelphia, Dec. 30.—''The names
of John C. Btfll, the present holder of
the office, and of Jesse E. B. Cunning
ham, the first deputy, yesterday figured
large in connection with the Attorney
Generalship under the new Governor as
a direct result of Dr. Brumbaugh's vis
it to Harrisburg," says the "Public
Ledger" to-day.
"Dr. Brumbaugh s chief business in
the capital was, of course, educational,
in that he addressed the State Teachers'
Association, but he was also interested
in State administrative matters, as was
evidenced,' it was thought, by his meet
ing with Mr. Cunningham.
"This much is known, that First
Deputy Attorney General Cunning
ham 's name has been presented to the
Doctor with considerable force. On the
other hand, it is understood that Dr.
Brumbaugh has been making inquiries
on his own ai'count as to the wisdom of
reappointing Mr. Bell. It is believed
that, so far as Mr. Bell and Mr. Cun
ningham are concerned, that the ap
pointment of one would be agreeable to
the other."
Victoria Special To-day
A sensational and spectacular drama
in four parts is "The Adventures of
Gar El llama," an extraordinary photo
play, which heads to-day's bill of above
the average films Victoria thea
tre, 223 Market street. The play is
full of thrills and interest is intense
throughout the entire four reels. It is
the story of a pretty girl who is cap
tured by a band of pirates and later
rescued from their ship at sea by her
lover. Counter plots and tragic circum
stances bring the theme to a most ex
citing climax. It is one of the most
remarkable acted motion picture plays
ever showu in Harrisburg aud Ijas at
tracted great crowds where it has been
shown in other cities.
Another strong drama of conse
quences is "The Sower Reaps," in two
reels, which also is at the Victoria to
day. The program is concluded with
"The Pathe Daily News," showing
latest war pictures," and "Our Mutual
Girl." Adv.*
Khetol Club Banquets at Marietta
Marietta, Dec. 30. —The Khetol Club,
an organization instituted several year*
ago during the holiday season anil coin
posed of young men from this section
who are attending and graduates ,of
colleges of the United States, held a
banquet yesterday at the Paules Home.
An excellent menu was served and John
K. Miller, assistant teacher of the
grammar school, acted as toastmaster
and was re-elected president.
Bishc p at Rector's Funeral
Scranton, Pa.. Dec. 30.—Bishop Eth
elbert Talbot, of the Episcopal diocese
of Bethlehem, and other prominent
Episcopal clergymen, officiated yester
day at the funeral of the Rev. J. C.
Dean, the pastor of St. Mark's Episco
pal church, who wat suffocated Sun
day morning by gas escaping from the
open jete of a stove in the kitchen
of the rectory.
Masonic Rites for Murdered Man
Lebanon, Dec. 30. —An impressive
Masonic burial was given yesterday
afternoon to the late John E. Mills, a
foreman at the Semet-Solvay Com
pany's coke plant, who was waylaid
while on his way to work last week and
shot by a highwayman.
RAILROADS
CREWJfoRD
HARBISBURG SIDE
Philadelphia Division —12S crew to
go tirst after 3.30 p. m.: 125, 120,
111, 112, 126, 121, 104, 113, 106,
103.
Engineers for 121, 104.
Fireanen for 126, 106.
Conductors (or 128, 112, 126, 106.
Flagmen for 111, 106.
Brakeinen for 104, 103.
Engineers up: Supplee, Young, So
ber, Beissinger, Gillums, Foster, Grass,
Davis, Minnich, First, Manley, Hen
uecke, McGuire, Reisinger, Wolfe, Brue
baker, Welsh, Crisswell.
Firemen up: Farmer, Mulholm, Bush
ey, Hartz, Collier, Miller, Martin, Cope
land, Bleich, Robinson, Keetreves, Co
ver, Duvall, Naylor, l>antz, Shive,
Kegleman, Herman, Kochenour, Myers,
Achey, Grove, AVagner.
Conductors up: Mehaffie, Fesler.
Flagmen up: Sullivan, Mellinger.
Brakemen up: Sweigart, Stehman,
Morris, Busser, Mummaw, Knupp,
Gouse, Mummaw, Hubbard, Brown,
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II !■ HIMHI 'gSS—— —Vmma&
Bogner, Dcsch, Hivner, Collins, Wiland,j
Shultzberger, Rilev, Mclntyre.
Middle Division —232 crew to go
first after 2.30 p. m.: 227, 249.
Preference: 2, 3, 4, 1, 9, 5, 7.
Engineer for 4.
Fireman for 7.
• Conductors for 2, 5.
Flagmen for 3, 1.
Brakemen for 2, 4, 1, 9. '
Firemen up: Boeder, l'otteiger, Gross,!
Ross, Fletcher, Wright, Seagrist, Stout'- i
fer, Simmons, Kuntz, Zeiders.
Brakemen up: Putt, Henderson, Ris- |
singer, Kane, Troy, Frauk, Heck.
Yard Crews—Kngineere up: Kulvn,!
Snyder, Pelton, Shaver, Hoyler, Beck, j
Harter, Biever, Hoheushelt, Brenemau, '
Thomas, Houser, Meals, Stahl, Swab,
Crist, Harvey, Saltsman.
Firemen up: Weigle, Lackey, Cook |
erlv, Maeyer, Sholter, Snell. Bartolet,
Hart, Baiiev, Sheets, Bair, Eyde, Ney, |
Myers, Boyle, Shipley, Schicffer, Reive, :
Ulsh, Dostdorf, Rauch.
Engineers for 1454, 1820.
Firemen for 1454, 1556.
ENOLA SIDE
Philadelphia Division—24 7 crew to
go first after 3.45 p. m.: 216, 241, j
228, 207, 214, 233, 204, 246, 226, '
244.
Engineers fcr 228, 226.
Firemen for 204, 226.
Conductors for 204, 216, 233.
Flagmen for 233, 244, 246.
Brakemen for 204, 214, 226 (2),
246, 247.
Conductors up: • Pennell, Kugle.
Brakemen up: Goudy, Decker, Mai
seed, Sumuiy, Shuler, Taylor, Jacobs,
Vandling, Mummaw, Wiest, Fenste
mscher, Knight.
Middle Division—24l crew to go
first after 3.50 P. M.: 219, 233, 247,
230, 226.
THE READING
P., H. & P.—After 2.15 p. m.: 18,
5, 15, 14, 7, 24, 3, 16, 17, 4, 12, 11.
Eastbound—After 10.45 a. m.: 70,
51. 60, 67, 52, 69, 54, 62, 68, 64.
Conductor up: German.
Engineers up: Riehwine, Woland,
Fetrow, Wood.
Firemen up: King, Corl, Aunspach,
Anders, Sullivan, Lex, Fulton, Dobbins,
Chronister, Rumbaugh.
Brakemen up. Ely, Machmer,Miller,
Snader, Greager, Ayres, Shearer, Miles,
'.Mum ma, Duncan, Ilolbert, Hogentogler,
Dunkle, Heckman, Grimes, Bingaman,
McHenry, Taylor.
Have You a Good
Hot Water Bottle ?
You need one. Every home does.
The seasen for Cold Feet, Neuralgia,
Backache, Rheumatism and Lum
bago is here.
A Hot Water Bottle Is useful in
forty ways and a good one will give
you long service in the forty ways.
Come here for a water bottle and
select from onr large assortment of
best quality goods at prices rang
ing from
65tf to $2 OO
according to size. We have them
from 4 ounces to 3 quarts.
Forney's Drag Store
426 Market St
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| C V. N£ WS
STUDENT KEPT WEDDiNG
| ft SECRET THREE WEEKS
Had Led Them to Believe His Trip to
Be Married to Waynesboro Miss
| Was a Mere Social Call on Rela
tives
Gettysburg, Dec. 30.—Successfully
! deceiving his fellow students., Elmer
I Bookholt/., a sophomore at (Jettysiburg
! College, kept secret until yesterday his
! marriage to Miss Sarah Verdier, of
I Waynesboro, wlliich took place in Ha
' gerdtown, i.Md., on December 7. Rumors
j were rife aibout the local institution at
1 the time but no one could get any
! authentic information.
! On the morning of Dttreirtber 7, Miss
| Verdier, who had been visiting Miss
Mary Rummel and Miss Nellie Rum
j mel at their home on Water street, left
! on the morning train over the West
ern Maryland. Mr. BookhoKz boarded
the same train and from this there
started a rumor that a wedding was to
take place. A day or two later the
student returned, announced that he had
simply been visiting friends, and those
who gatilicTed to congratulate him bc
i lieved his story.
AN MENSEJCE HARVEST
Some Dealers Have Cut Nine-Inch Ice
While Others Got It l'/ 3
Inches Thicker
Ohainlbei'stburg, Dec. 30.—Since the
] present cold sipell began thousands of
! tons of ice have been stored in the coun
i ty. The large Richmond ice house at
| Richmond Furnace has 'been nearly fill-
J ed witlii good, clear nine-inch ice while
| many carloads have 'been shipped to
I other points along the Uum'berland Val
j ley railroad. This is urnler the. owner
; ship an<l direction of the railroad com
] pany. U'p to this time 3,469 tons have
| been harvested.
'Mmc'h ice has 'been 'harvested at
i Wolf's Lake and stored in the ice house
! gdjoiuing the lake. Much of this is
| retailed in town.
Prob»Wy one of the largest private
! ice ponds in t'his section is tlhat on
I the South mountain near the residence
jof A. I J. Solen'berger. It is jointly own
| ed by Mr. Solenberger and H. A. )Mar
j shall, and in size is about 100 by 380
i feet. Already sufficient ice has 'been
harvested for the use of owners and
t here is plenty more on the pond. Much
of the ice cut measured from
to 10 inches.
ITALY BUYS COAL HERE
i Three Million Tons Purchased of West
Virginia Company
Cumberland, Md., Dev. 30.—1t is au
thoritatively announced that the Con
solidation Coal Company, the largest op
erator in the local and. the West Vir
ginia fields, lhas closed a contract with
the Italian government for 3,000,000
tons of coal to he delivered during the
next two years.
The deal is so vast that the company
would have 'been unable to swing it on
i the basis of quarterly settlement, im-
posed by the Italian government, except
through outside aid in financing. It is
announced that arrangements have beeu
made to finance the operations through
the Federal reserve system.
Hotel Man Is Dead
Waynesboro, Dec. 30.—Harry funic
Wolrersberger, proprietor of the Cen
tral hotel, died Monday evening
9.10 o'clock, aged 37 years and 6
months.
Death was duo to -cerebral 'hemor
rhage. A'bout four years ago Mr. Wol
fersfberger was paralyzed while hunting
in Adams county. We 'had gone there to
spend a week in the field. A'bout thts
middle of the week when the tempera
ture was low and he'had exerted himself
until he was very tired, he lav down in
some giass to rest. When he attempted
to rise be found that lie had lost the
use of 'his legs.
Five Months for Vagrancy
Hagerstown, iJec. 30.—Jesse A.
Light, on the charge of vagrancy pre
ferred against him, was sentenced to
serve five months in the Maryland
illouse of Correction 'by Justice Doiib.
The arrest was made 'by Chief of Police
George W. Fridiivger.
Light, according to the testimony of
Chief iFridinger, Lieutenant Barber,
Sheriff King, Officer Sailes and Deputy
Sheriff Crampton had been loading
around town for the past several weeks
and had (been giving the officers more or
less trouble. Light said he had no
(home.
More Cattle Have Disease
Dillsburg, Dec. 30.—After nn inter
val of nearly six weeks since the last
case of Ifoof and mouth disease among
the cattle was reported from this sec
tion, a new case was found when the
inspectors visited the farm of Willi#
Dock, of Warrington township, near
this place, and condemned his entire
'herd of twenty-three cattle. All had to
be killed.
To Dredge Stream
Carlisle, Dec. 30.—'With all of the
material and equipment on the ground
and erected ready for operation, work
men for t'he G. W. Ensign Company,
which was awarded the contract for
dredging and deepening the Letort
spring, are prepared to begin active
operations next 'Monday, January 4,
and to continue the work until it is
finally completed.
Fire Destroys Cow Barns
Easton, Md., Dec. 30.—Fire last"
evening destroyed the large cow baru«
on the stock farms of George Junkin,
4th, near here. Mr, Jun'kin came >here
from Philadelphia, purchased the Gal
loway farm, upon which lie built new
buildings and went into the stock-rais :
ing business.
The barns were t)h? finest in 'Mary
land. Origin of fire is unknown. The
loss is SIO,OOO, partly covered bv in
surance.
At the Photoplay
•Hearst-Selig Weekly of Current
Events, devoted to the authentic pie*
tures of the present war and the lead
i ing American events of the week. Clev
er Norma Talmadge appears to-day in
a Vitagraph comedy, "A Question of
Clothes," in which Miss Talmadge
makes a very clever boy impersonation.
Special for Friday, "Garrison's Fin
ish," a great race story in three acts;
Adv.*
Naturally
"The critics suv this prima donna
has a voice of velvet."
"Yes; that's where her pile romes
from.'' —(Baltimore American.
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