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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
25G MORE HIT TRAIL
OVER THE WEEK END
80 Go Down Sawdust Lane at
Big Mems Anti-Booze
Meeting
ANOTHER CRACK NEXT WEEK
I08 Converts When Evangelist
Tells How Men Know They
Are Converted
ANOTHER CRACK NEXT WEEK

A total of 256 trail hitters over Sat
urday and Sunday. together with the
stormiest period of the campaign, re-
sulting in the poorest attendance since
the beginning, marked the end of the
sixth week of the revival.
DIR. Slough has confidence that the
days between this and Sunday, the final
day. will show the greatest results of
the series and amply justify the con-
tinuaton of the work.
At last nights service he highly
complimented Harrisburg on its gen.
erosity in paying so promptly and so
easily the largest budget ever met in
his evangelistic experience. He said
such a response proves that the cam
paign has put into the hearts of Har-
risburgers an unprecedented love of
Christ. of others, of themselves and
for the city that will make the finest
Christmastide ever known here.
He repeated his former announce
ments in favor of taking tabernacle
collection some night this week for the
Beleians and he declared he hoped it
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Many Harrisburg Felix's Will Get
Christmas Dinner by Parcel Post
30 Substitute Clerks and Carriers Will Be Kept Busy Until
...s After the Rush

In the opinion of Postmaster Frank
c. Sites. the general public is awaken
ing to the value of, the parcel post as
means for cutting down the high cost
of living. This year, he says, many
Christmas dinners will come to Har-
risburg families by parcel post, as
Harrisburgers, on discovery of the
small cost of shipping turkeys and
other holiday delicacies, are buying
direct from the farmer
Postmaster Sites finds shipments of
produce direct from the farm coming
to Harrisburg on the increase. Con-
sumers save because the middleman's
profit is cut Off A letter with n two
cent stamp takes the order to the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
CARLISLE LAD IS LOCATED
Steeial 70 ~ TeIeeraeh

Hagerstown. Md. Dec. II. Missing
from his home in Carlisle for three
days and causing his parents consid-
ersble anxiety as to his whereabouts.
Roy Wolf. a~ed 16 years, son of Her
man j.. Wolf. was located in Hagers-
town by means of a letter sent to girl
friend at home The letter was dated
December and Wolf stated that he
not, he expected to go to some other
place to seek employment. Wolf left
home on his birthday, being given
nickel TO attend movie show. He was
not seen afterward and no word came
from him until the letter revealed his
whereabouts. -s-4-,..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
GOVERNOR TO
ADDRESS EDUCATORS
Sixty-fifth Annual Convention Of
Educational Association to
Meet Here Dec. 29 '''
TO DISCUSS CODE CHANGES
Leaders in College, Normal and Dis
trict School Fields Will Be
Among Speakers
TO DISCUSS CODE CHANGES

State, county, city, township and
borough educators from all over Penn
sylvania, including representatives of
the State Board of Education, college
and normal school instructors, direo-
tors, superintendents and teachers, will
meet in the Technical high school aud
itorium December 29, 20 and 81 at the
siXty-flfth annual convention of the
Pennsylvania State Educational Asso-
citation.
Possible changes in the school code
will be discussed and the sentiment of
the great army which gets closest to
the youthful mind of the Common
wealth will be expressed in resolutions
to be presented later to the Legisla-
ture.
Besides Pennsylvania quota some
men and women of national repute
educationally, will be among the
speakers. Practically every line of
thought dealing with the development
OF the youthful mind will be taken up
during the three-day session.
In addition to the general sessions
there will be departmental meetings
on city and borough superintendent,
college and normal school high
schools, graded schools, township
study, nature study, manual training.
music, mathematics and science COM
mercial work, history and civlcs, mod
ern and ancient languages and Eng
lish.
GovcrnOr-elect Brumbaugh a Speaker
A feature of the opening session will
be an address by DIR. Martin G. Brum
baugh, governor elect of Pennsylvania
who now is a member of the State
association and who will have to fill
the vacancy when he resigns to take
the gubernatorial chair. The address
of welcome will be delivered by Addi-
tional Law Judge S. ]. M. McCarrell
of the Dauphin county court and the
devotional exercises on the opening
day will be conducted by the Rev.
Lewis S. Nudge, pastor of Pine Street
Presbyterian Church.
Among the well-known educators
from all over the country who will par
ticipate in the speaking program dur
ing the sessions will be the following:
Dr. w. c. Bagley, University of Illi-
nois; DR.. w. f. Halbrook. Choctaw,
Arkansas: DIR. Lewis w. Rapeer. Penn
sylvania State College; DIR. William NJ
Davidson, Pittsburgh; Dr. Edward
Howard Griggs. New York city; DR..
O. II. Corson, Columbus, Ohio DIR. Ma
than C. Schaeffer State Superintendent
of Public instruction, and DR.. W.
Grant Chambers. dean of the school of
pedagogy, University of Pittsburgh.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
[Continued on Page IL
Mile and 3-Quarters of
Pennies Dropped Into Pans
at Tabernacle Collections

Pennies dropped in the collection
baskets at the Slough tabernacle since
the campaign opened if placed in one
straight line would reach a distance
of one mile and three-quarters, an
nounced T.. a. Heffelfinger, treasurer.
this afternoon. In all 147 ,635 pennies
We're collected at the Slough meetings.
Contribution totals in other denomi-
nations were: Nickels. s6,06O; dimes,
$2.54S.5O: quarters, s2.O44.75; halves.
S570; one and two dollar bills. 81 ,0S2;
five-dollar notes. S475; ten dollar notes,
$3.50; twenty dollar notes, $40. The
S639.1S.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
10000 JEWS FLEE FROM
WAR THEATIER TO VIENNA 4
By Associated Press

New York, Dec. 14.-One hundred
and seventy thousand Jews have fled
for refuge from Galicia to Vienna,
according to a letter received here to-
day from the Austrian Israelite Alli-
ance in Vienna by the American Jew
ish Relief Committee.
"Galicia as the field of military OPP
GRAFTON has been cleared Of almost the
entire civil population reads the let
ter. AT the present time there are
10, 900 Jewish fugitives from Galicia
here, of whom 1000 are absolutely
penniless Furthermore. $4,000 desti-
tute Jewish fugitives have been placed
in barracks in Moravia and 10000
in Bohemia, where barracks are also
being built. These 165, 900 poor Jews
are in pressing need"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14

farmer. and he does the rest.
The Postmaster also notices that
many Harrisburgers are having store
orders filled By parcel post.
The Christmas rush is on at the
local Post Office and substations. and
from now until Christmas clerks, car
riages and parcel post men will be
busy. Postmaster Sites announced to-
day that it will not be necessary to
employ extra men, as the substitute
list numbers fifteen clerks and fifteen
carriers and these men will be kept at
work until the rush is over.
The parcel post substation in the
Donaldson Building is now open for
business.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
ALCOHOL AND VICE
CHIEF CAUSES FOR
DEFECTIVE CHILDREN
Study Of Special Schools Shows
innocent Suffer For
the Guilty"
WORK BEING WELL DONE
Instructors Helping Backward Boys
and Girls Overcome Their
Handicaps
WORK BEING WELL DONE
By Anna H. Wood


ten for the Telegraph on Harrisburg
schools for defective children by Mrs.
Anna Fl. Wood. The second Will ap-
pear In "A subsequent issue.l
Few sights are more pathetic to the
lover of childhood than that of the
feeble minded little ones striving to
pierce through the mental mists to-
ward the land of knowledge.
Up to few years ago these chill
dren were classed in the regular grade
work of the public schools. They
were regarded as types of that de-
scriptive word, dumb" They were
the source of irritation to the teachers
and of amusement to the other pupils.
In this way the super r-sensitiveness
born of ridicule was added to the bur-
den of deficient brain. What chance
had such a child for a fair start?
Then it was that medical eXamina-
tion of TIE schools showed the wis
dom of segregating the mentally back
ward. To-day Harrisburg boasts of
two such places-one in the Hamilton
building at Sixth and Hamilton and
one in the Melrose building at Twen-
tieth and Derry streets. Here under
the supervision of wise women of Won
derful patience, tact and training all
Continued on Page 1Il
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
MARYsvILLE GIRL Welded
.chrcial 10 The Tcirerabh

Hagerstown, Nd. Dec. H. Miss
Sarah f. Hipple, OF Marysville, Pa. and
CIvde $. Erb, of Hockersville. Pa, Were
united in marriage here on Saturday
by the Rev. DIR. Conrad Clever. pastor
of Christ's Reformed Church. Miss
Ruth A. Bingaman and Victor c. Pro-
ward, both of Mason and Dixon, Pa,
were married here at the parsonage of
the First Baptist Church by the Rev.
II * Thomas,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
FRENCH STEAMER MISSING
IN Attocinted Prcsf

New York, Dec. 1.-THE French
line steamer Florida, six days overdue
on her trip from Havre for New York,
has not been heard of since she sailed
on November %. The Florida has
aboard twenty-four cabin passengers
and fifteen in the steerage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
NIGHTsHIRTs FOR PRISONERS


Boston, Dec. 14-Nightshirts are
to be worn tonight by inmates of the
State Prison in Charlestown for the
first time. it is said, in the history of
penal institutions. Sixteen hundred
of them are ready for distribution
among the prisoners, each Of whom
will be supplied with two.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
sERENo Il. PAYNE BURIED

Auburn. y. Y, Dec 14.-The
funeral of Serene f. Payne, veteran Re
publican leader In the House of Rep
resentative, was held this afternoon
with simple services in the First Bap-
tlst Church. Hundreds from Cayuga
and adjoining counties united with the
congressional delegation of sixty to
Oil the church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
CONTINUED on Page u
THIEF READY FOR CHRISTMAS
Special 10 The Telegraph

Hagerstown, Md, Dec. ID. - A thief,
who is believed to have been prepar-
ing for the Christmas dinner of him
self and friends. made a raid on the
farm of Grover C. Cline. near this city,
Friday night. and stole three turkeys
and ten fine chickens. The door of
the hennery was broken open and the
fowls carried away without arousing
the family
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
WILL RACE 500 MILES
r. A.sncintes pr.e.

DV .T3AOtINttU FTtNN
Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 14.-Five hundred
miles will be the length OF the initial
automobile race over the new Chicago
speedway, 1t was decided at a meet
Ing here last night of the executive
board of the Speedway Park Associa-
tion and Clifford Ireland. representing
the American Automobile Association
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
BALL CARTRIDGES USED IN SHAM

SOIdleFs Tire on bUU SlIhOuctte Figures
in Texas
Washington, d. c.. Dec. IA. - A
sham battle with real ball cartridges
in place of the usual blanks was staged
by Brigadier General Pershing down
in Texas last month with remarkably
instructive and satisfactory results
Eight hundred silhouette figures.
representing soldiers and electrically
controlled, which received the impact
of about 900 ball cartridges, were
used.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinityi Fair
and much colder tonight. with
lowest temperature about 10 de-
EreeEi Tuesday fair, continued
cold.
For Eastern PennsyIvaniai Fair
and much colder tonight and
Tuesday; strong west winds d.
minishing.
River
NO material changes will occur in
river stages Tonight or Tuesday,
except local rises are likely to
occur due to ice. A stage of about
81 feet Is indicated for Harris-
burg Tuesday morning. The
West Branch is frozen mt Clear
field. Considerable Ice Will form
in the streams tonight and some
VIII become icebOund in places.
General Conditions
The unsettled conditions in the
Southwest, Saturday. devel-
oped into a stream which moved
rapidly NOrtheastvard md IL now
central over Northern New ENG
southern and rain and snow
districts east OF the Mississippi
river in the last twenty-four
hours with strong winds along
the Atlantic coast. The storm ~
followed by an area of moder-
Rtely high pressure, now central
over the Plains States. 1t Is
warmer than on Saturday morn
ing generally in the Atlantic and
Eat Gulf States. II In 2 to %
degrees colder over the rest of
the country. except In the West
ern Canadian provinces and I'm
Washington state.
Temperature: = n. m. 20.
Su1i Rises, 1;I0 n. m.i sets, 4i4O
ID. m.
MOOni New moon, December 10,
9:35 n. IN.
River Stages 81 feet above low
water mark.
Hesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, r..
Lowest temperature, 20.
Mean tempe nature, 10.
Normal temperature, ~,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
WAR INCREASES ARMY BILLS

Washington, d. c.. Dec. 14.-The
cost of the American army ration has
increased to such an extent on account
of the European war that IL will cost
$13O,0 900 more to feed the soldiers dur
ing the coming year than during the
present year. Even the price of horse
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
REVERSES FOR TURKEY
in FIGHTING ON LAND
AND SEA; LOSSES HEAVY

Dardaneles Penetrated by British Submarine and Messu
dieh With 600 on Board Is Sunk Turks Are Re-
treating Under Heavy Fire of Russians; Germany
Prepared to Carry on War For Years. According to
Military Authority
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
MRS. THRONE.

Victim of Husbands Furious Brutality
AS result of quarrel over a pet
poodle dog, George Edward Throne.
aged 2S. yesterday shot his wife, injur-
ing her so badly that little hopes are
entertained for her recovery; wounded
his boarding mistress, Mrs. George
Fortney 106 Linden street, who got in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14
Temperature: 3 n. M, 20,

Henterday's Weather
Highest temperature. ~.
Lowest temperature, 20.
Mean tempe nature. 10.
Normal temperature, 81,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-14

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
NEW ENGINEERING
 FACTOR DEVELOPED

Washington, December 25.--A new
 been developed as the result of the operation of the Panama canal. None
 of the engineers who participated ir
 designing the great waterway took into
 account peculiar conditions that might
 arise and affect navigation as a result
 of the sudden mixture of large quan- titles of fresh and salt water. Yet iy has been found that an important ele- ment of delay in the passage of vessels through the canal Is caused by the dis charge into the great locks already filled with salt water from the ocean at either end of the fresh water which fills the prism of the canal and is sup
 piled from the Chargres and other rivers.
 The result of the sudden mixture of the waters when the lock valves are
 opened is the creation of heavy cur
 rents which, continue until the fresh water has thoroughly permeated the heavier salt water. Tho currents sweeping back and forth through the locks are apt to dash the boats and seriously damage any vessel within | unless 1t is securely held and careful l ly handled.
 When making the first night lociage | recently. the steamship Limari was held in the lower chamber of Miraflores | lock for 10 minutes waiting for the cur rents to subside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
DROP IN TODAY AND
 HAVE FREE DRINK
Demonstrations of Wonder ful New Earth Product
 in Progress Daily
 in Birmingham

Multitudes of Alabama people have viewed the display of crude and refined Vitalitas and have sampled this new and marvellous product at Averty's drug store They also noted the simple device used in extracting Vitalitas from the volca nic , substance in which it is found
 One drink which is a teaspoonful in a half glass of water as served free at 5le demonstration will do you good If you are bilious, have stomach trouble, kidney or liver ills or rheumatism, Vit- alitas will help you almost from the start. When you first taste it you will feel and know it will do you good. It is not unpleasant and its effects in cleansing and revitalizing the human system are equal1ed by no man-made medicine. The action of Vitalitas is natural, and there is none of the hurtful effects that come from hoped remedies, narcotics and weakening physics.
 Multitudes are daily finding new health and strength in Nitalitas. In the treat 'ment of such disorders as indigestion, bil- iousness, rheumatism, nervous debility. catarrh and in fact heterogeneous gen erally of stomach liver, kidneys bowels and blood Vitalitas will be found wonder iuj, effective.
 Bee the demonstration and sample Wit alitas today at Averty's drug store l09-111 Twentieth street, or write there for in- formation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
IMPERIAL DIET
 IS DISSOLVED

Tokio. December 25.-The Imperial Diet was dissolved today.
 Considerable opposition developed in the House of Representative to the budget for 1915, which showed an esti- mated expenditure of 556,000.000 yen S27S.000, ,000). and q decrease of the rev enues of s4O.500.OO Recent dispatches from rokio have stated that there was good reason to believe that unless tho house adopted the budget. it would be dissolved by the Emperor. The Mer- chants association and Baron Shil- busawa, president of the American Jap anese association, and Buei Nakano. president of the TolSio Chamber of Com merce, took steps q few days ago ro urge the diet and cabinet to reach a. compromise in the hope of preventing dissolution of the house or the col lapse of the ministry. They urged that a crisis in time of war would create an unfavorable impression abroad. The opposition leaders declared that pro posals for increases in the army would be an issue rejected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
DONOVAN CONTESTS
 ELECTION OF HILL

Norwaik, Conn., December 25.-Con- gressman- -elect Ebenezer J. Hill was notified today that his opponent at the recent election, Congressman Jeremiah Donovan, had contested his election Tho complaint alleged numerous viola- tions of election laws by A. c. Wheeler Hills political agent. It is charged also that the statement of expenses Hill filed at Washington Is incomplete and that many items in the expense account filed at Hartford are illegal.
 Wheeler, in his dual capacity as agent for Hill and treasurer of the con- gressional. committee, paid out $967S to aid the Hill campaign, the complaint says This sum is declared to be in ex- cess of the legal limitation. Private cor porations in several states are charged with contributing to the fund, and money is said to have been improperly used.
 Hill had nothing to say for publica. ton.
 Previous to the present session oi Congress, Hill was prominent re publican member of the ways and mean, committee for many years. He was de feated for reelection by Donovan, dem ocrat, two years ago. Last month h. won over Donovan by substantial plurality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
ANNISTON

Anniston, December 25.-(Special.) ) Before their adjournment for the Christ mas holidays Wednesday afternoon, the board of Calhoun county road and rev. enue commissioners rendered a decis- ion favorable to the contention of Back Tax Commissioner c. D. Martin that 12 sections of land on which Cherokee county has been collecting taxes for 50 or 50 years belong to Calhoun county, and that this county may hereafter legally levy on the property in oues- tion.
 The tract in question embraces town ship 12, range g, amounting in all to 76S0 acres. Tax Assessor Cowden sew eral years ago raised the point that the land belonged to Calhoun county, but the case was then not brought to issue. Mr. Martin took up the case, however, and Cherokee county wal asked to show wherein the boundaries had been changed giving this land .u that county. This could not be done
 Probate Judge Joseph Savage of Cherokee and large delegation from that county appeared before the com missioners, but they declined to alter their opinion. As the case now stands Calhoun will probably collect back taxes from the owners of property in the af- fected sections, and the property own CTS will proceed against Cherokee for the collection of taxes illegally col lected.
 The wife, son and brothers, John B. Wins of Atlanta, Joe and Robert Twins of Chattanooga and Eugene Twins of Athens, Tenn, are at tho bedside of Burkett Twins, the United States rev enue officer, who was shot in the af- fray that resulted in the death of Patrolman Holland here early Monday morning. The injured officer Is still lingering between life and death at a local hospital, but he is said to have chance for recovery.
 As a result of the killing Of six policemen in Anniston during the pas. four years while they were in the dis charge of their official duty, 1t Is probable that the city of Anniston will take out insurance on the lives of the incumbent officers for the benefit oi their families. Mayor J. L Wikle IS now considering the matter and part of the several thousand dollars raised for relief since the death of Chief Shiretzki will likely be used in this way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-26
ENSLEY IS LIBERAL
 IN CHRISTMAS WORK
Elks' Generous Gifts and Municipal Christmas Tree Help to Make Many
 Families Happy

One hundred and forty-eight Christ mas baskets were delivered yesterday morning by the Ensley lodge No. 9S7, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
 The members of the Ensley lodge met yesterday morning about o'clock at the Rouss X Maenza Grocery Co, where four large auto trucks were filled with the baskets. The members were divided into groups and covered a certain sec tion of the city.
 Each basket contained One five-pound pail of lard, one 10-pound sack of flour, one one-pound can of cofee, one two pound can of tomatoes, one two-pound can of corn, one four-pound bag of sugar, one bag of mixed nuts, one bag of ap- pies, one bag of oranges. one bag of peas, one bag of beans, one 12-pound bag of meal, one package of grits, one ham and one peck of potatoes.
 The affair was in charge of Victor Johnson. exalted ruler of the Ensley lodge. and D. A. Echols, chairman of the committee of arrangements. Each year the Ensley Elks give Christmas baskets to the poor families of this district and this year the occasion was one of the brightest and merriest that they have ever held.