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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-07-31

ihuaoer iino in aiel uno @il6elms.
ba0en con3entrirt nno BADEN nod
ibre normale 6rieOens Starfe; tel.
nes Der 9leierpe Sdiife lit nob gtu-
go6e Oes 9leibs W1arineantes bis
iest 6emannt porOen. Gs lit ie0o6
q(aes 6ereit, oie Moriue iofort oui
&riegsitdrfc 81 6ringen foQs oer9iui
81 ben g9afien fommen ioQte.
@as bic 9lrnee au6etrifft, 10 ioQ
ole 2anOpe6r Srores er6alten 6a6en,
i'm Sale elmer D1o6ilmaduug bin.
nen orei Eoeen iib 81 elmer lIebung
5u iteaeu.
Sobe 0ffi3iere, pie nit ser Gntiui-
delung Der Cinge genou oertraut
iino, prop6e5eiten 6eute, ooB oie
ud1iten "a Stlnoen sic 6roge, o6
es einen europa &rieg ae6en lper.
sc, entideiOen ipiir0en. sic erfl1.
rem sic 9td6e ser &riie iei in ser
Orore Der 9ieierbe Sffi3iere, iid
oienit6ereit 81 6olten, mo in ouOe.
rem GoriibtsmaBregeln 5u erfenneu.
Gepeiden aus Oen Eropin5en 3ei-
gen, pie in bielen @I1ben sic groBte
9luire9umg 6eite6t. Gie @emo6ner
ser befeiii9ten Stoot StroB6irg an
ser fran30iiic6en @ren5e boben BE-
reits angefangen fir Sen Sal elmer
Belogerung 2ebensmittel @orrdt6e
on3ulegen. Ger Stootrot6 Bat WloB.
uobneu getroifen Dem enormenStei.
gen Der No6runesnlitteI -@reiie Gin.
bolt 81 t5un.
2ie Sta0tDeroroneten BON 9resloii
iUurOen sur Spe3ialiibuug ein6eri.
fen im0 paiiirten cine geripiQiaung
BON 100000 @1orf ($5,O0OOO0)
fir @erprobiantirung ser Gioilbeb0l.
feriing I'M Sale zines arieges.
Sic So3ioliiten in alien S6eilen
0es oeutideu yieibes bolten gInti.
&riegs @eriommlrngen o6, a6er
ole nibt-io5ialiitiiden glrbeiter.Grga-
niiationen orrangiren @egen 0e.
mouitrationen ino 6o6en elm Oloni-
felt erIaiien, melHes betonte, DAB sic
iiberipdltigenoe Nle6r5a6l ser Oeut-
iden 9lrbeiter in treucr SoDalit1t 81
&oiier unO 9ieid per6arre.
Seiterreider5uriidge-
d agen?
2on0on, 30 SuIi. IL Gin Selc-
gramm oos Bel ser 6ieiigen ier6i-
iden @eiauotidoft einging, beiogt,
DAB oie Seiterrei9er Del einem Ser
Jude, 20 @leilen oItlid bon 9clarao
Die 2onau 3u frel0en, BON oen Ger.
ben 5uriideeidlogen motoen ieiert
unN OaB ein 6eftiges 9lrtiQerie Sc
febt I'M @ange lei.
Cine onOere bon Ser ier6iiden Sc
ianOtic1oft empfangeue gotidoit
brodte Die &unOe, OaB Die ier6iideu
Eruppen iid nit Grfolo oer gor-
oringen Ser Seiterreider bel 9osnie,
weitlih bon 9el9roO, wioeriesteu
Gie Seiterreihiiden Sn0aiions.
Eruppen folgten Dem SboIe oes Do
roiuo-6liiies mo itieBen ouf cine
ql6t6eiIung Ser Serbeu 6ei Sarnen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-07-31

SSoiep1 iu6r 6eita bon Bier nadgsien
o6 9llf Dem 9a6n6oie 6atte iic5
cine rieiige WleniGeumenge periom.
melt welGe inner iuO INNER tuie.
Ger in Sodriie auf Oen greiien 9Ro.
norheu aus6raH GB5er5og Gorl
Der S6ronfolger 6egleitete Oen aai.
icr.
6ran5 Soiep9 Dertrout ouf
iein Seer.
Gins, O6er0iterreid, 3d. Sui. TT
@G6renO aoiier 6rou5 Soiep6 olf
oem @eae Don Sidl nod gieu 6erte
Oieie Stoot paiiirte, 5ieIt er cine fiir-
5e 2luiprad]e al Oos ouf Dem go6n-
6ois &errou 0crionueIte Offi-'
3iers Corps ser @arniiou. Gr Jag
te:
DsSc6 iin0e MIR 3eit, in 0icier idlue-
rem Shn0e eini9e 9cgriiBungsmorte
an Sie 3u ribtcn Gieie ioiie id Oo-
BIN 3uionnieu BOB i1 ali oeu gli-
ten @eiit sic 9hsoouer mo ocu
@ht6 meiner 9lrnee Dertraue. IS
mar mcin @unid, Oen 8rie0en 5u
erbolien.~
@oIlonO ruft 9eier0en an
ben 6o6nen.
SIN &aoh 80. Suli. ~ Gonono
riei 6eute o0e 9lrmee 9eier0er, sic
@ren3wadeu unO bic aiilienmaben
5u Den 6a5uen.
Gos omtlide Organ Deroiientlihte
cine &roflouatiou, melde Oie a6io.
lutte g}eutrolitGt ser 9iieoerlanOe in
Dem 0iierrei6iid ier6ii6eu &rie9e
erfldrt.
9ritiidle c &anonen6oote in
d dineiiiden @ aiieru
0eSarmirt
Sonfom, G6iuo, 30. Sui. -Gie
6ritiiGeu &anonen6oote ,,Snipe,"
oGooocod" uno ,Giui6o" bonn 6ri.
tiideu China @ei6pooer puroen
6ente ouf geie6l ser 6ritiiden 9lOmi-
rolitdt bon i6reu ManuiHoiten Der.
laiien Die 9emaluung entiernte
oic Geridliiiie bon Oeu &ononcrl
ua6nf iopeit ais m6ali1 sic iouItige
2lrnirlng in0 bic 0lunition nit iinO
mari Oeu 9leIt in 0en Doug tie Slang
6mB.
IS 6eiBt Dab sic 6ritii6c qlOniro.
litdt in alcider @eiie a0e fleineu
&anoncu6oote in 6iueii6cn @epai
iern oesormiren IdBt inO sic Moun-
iAaitcu oeriel6eu nod &ongfong mo
g2ei Sei @ei ienOet, nm oieie mi1-
tisen 9eiibuuaen 9egeu eiueu eueu-
tueaen 9lngriff Seitens ser Geit-
i6en 81 Oert6ei0iaen.
GeutiAe Gruppcnnod
Giing Edu.
SEEING 3d. Suli. II Gie oeut-
iden SruppeL pelHe sic 9o1e in
Sientiin bir0en trofen bcute @or6e.
'tcituii1en uuhdh EihiB Edtt su
ae6en weldes, uie oerlautet, inn
vcinder scareIen
MACH FLETCHER'S
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-07-31

oria mif ser ier6iiden Seite ser
Gonon. Sic Ser6eu 6ielten i6re
@oiitionen bis sum glnbrud Ger
g}aAt uno 5oseu iid Damn 5uriid.
Sowo6l Die Serben pie Die Ceiier.
reider erlitten ibwere 9erluite. Gle
3abl ser Sooten 6etrugen me6rere
Suuoert,
9lui ser gseit.Seite Serbieus 6atte
cine 0iterreidiic6e 9lbi6eilung BEL
Sosniba cine 9lencontre NIT elmer
ierbiideu Sorce, meIde 6eitiaen Isl
oeritauo Ieiitete mo oeu DETER
reidern empiinoli9e @erIiite 6ei.
bra1te.
Ser6en erIei0en i9mere
96ieOerIage.
2on0oM 30. Snli. u lln6eitG-
tigte 01eloungen, sic bon Berlin bier
eingiuaen, erflaren oaB Oen Ger.
ben bei Eotdjo in goSnien bon oen
Seiierreitern cine empiinolidc 9}ie-
oerIooe 6eige6rodt murOe. 0ie Ser
lutte Der Ser6eli betrugen ange6lid
500, Oie ser Neiterreider 200.
Gine peitere rm6eii1tigte 9otiAoit
iagt, oaB oie 0iterreihiiben Grup-
pen Die Nlontenegriner om gerge
SoDden angriiien.
Reimbursement BON 9eI-
grab fortgeiebt.
2onoon 80. Suli. - Gie bic.
iige ierbiide @eionotir6oft crbielt
beute 9l6eno Elm SeIegramm bon
gliib, wcIdes beiagt, OaB sic GeIter-
rcider beute 01orgen Inn 6 ll6r Oos
&onbaroencnt bon 9elgroo nieoer
oufgenon1men 6oben. 0ie @eihoiie
wlrroen ouf sic SoiptitraBen ser
Stoot gerihtet.
Die 8otidoft fiigte bin8u sob
mcbrcre oiterreicbiide 5pione BON
ocu Serbeu gefaugen genommen
moroen ieien.
0etcrret6's Snbafions-
Sorce.
2onoon 80. Suli. ~ 0ie
0iterreidiib lngoriide Sruppen-
mo1t, wclde our Supoiion Ger.
bien's beitimnt it, 86blt no6 elmer
3eitungs.0epeide BON 9fom 500,-
600 W2onn. @on Oieien operiren
10000 bon Semlin eegeniiber
9eleroo; 100000 BON Sbornif on
ser Qrina in @osnien; 10000 bon
SoroieDo, ser bosniit6eu Smlptito0tg
rn0 100000 bon WdlonoboB on ser
0onai i'm 6itlihenSbeile Ser6icn's.
&rteqsrcGt fir ruiiifden
Difrift profIomirt.
&igo, 9lublauo. 30. Suli. IT
Seute muroc fiir @oloeraa an ser
Wliinoung ser GDina lno Oie hinge
6rng oas ariegsrebt proflamirt.
0nmpfer, mel6e eiu- o0er ouslalfen
pollen, ,ntiiiien iib ipe5ieIIe grlaub-
nib ein6olen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-07-31

bon Der See ans bon Der 6ritiiben
6lotte angegriiien perOen iuiirOe.
Die 9eihiibilng ser 9hisldu0er in
China miro inn 9}ot6foae oo6er noe.
ientlih BON Der amerifanii4en inO
iapaniiden 8lotte unO Oen ousldnoi-
icGen Erlppen in oen Sdieu a66dn-
gen.
6ronfreic6 fir allie Gben-
tuoIitGten geriiitet.
@oris, 30. Sui. II Ssn 5ronf-
reid iinO bis olf W}o6iInodung oQe
militdriic6en &or6creitungen fir ben
&riegsfal 9etroiien. Gie 6ouptidH-
li6en 9o6n-Stotionen unO o0e Sig-
uaIt6iirmc ino @ei6en mcr0en bon
Sruppcu 6eDo6t.
@eriid)te Ser milOeIien g[rt poren
6eute i'm llmlaui. Gines 6cioatc.
ooB &rGiioeut &oincore 100000
0lann Der &eierbe ciu6erliieu babe
Gies pirOe ieoo1 prompt ofii5iea
Oemeutirt.
@rdii0ent @oincore fii6rte 6eilte
@1orgeu oen @oriib in elmer Ga6i-
netsiibilng, in ser man iid5 ousidleB-
li1 nit Der europdiic6en Sitiation
bcic6Gitiqtc. Gas N1iniiteriunl bait
5ur Belt tdglid Sibrngen.
9loH0em oie &unoe eingetroiicn
mar, ooB Geutidlano bon 9luBlano
cine GrflGring 6cjiiglic6 ser @}o6il-
modnng oerlougt mO cine 6riIt fiir
0luBlanO's 9lntiuort geicbt 6o6e, 6e.
ga6en ii1 @remiermiuiIter @ibianL
iopie ser &riegsminiiter unO ser
03arine @liniiter nod oem GIDiicen-
&olait I'M nit @r1iiOent Goiucare
5u conicrircn.
sic oGemps4 ioot ser ciu3iae
3uedJ ser Gouierenj ici Scr gepecn
Oie 0loBna6men 5n 0isfrtirGrt mel-
be 5ranfreic5 i'm Sale elmer Wlo6il-
mo6ung Scr oeutiden 2lrmee treifen
merOe.
0ic nEcmpS~ iiiot 6iu3u: ,99ir
iinO in Der Gage, 5u crfldren, ooB
6rdnfrei1 nidt mo6il madeu miro,
ousgeuommen faas 9eutiAlono Oies
t6un iollte.4
&iele amerifonii6e Gouriiten iiuo
crnitlid 6eruru6igt neil ic fiirdten
oli ldngcre 3eit in europa feitge-
6olieu 81 peroeu, fals ein olgemei-
ner &rieg ouS6reden ioQte.
Die @ariier 9iireaur Ser Oeutideu
9ompier 2inien perfariten 6eute
8o6rfartcn NIT ser geOinoung, OoB
oas @eIo 5uriid eritattet weroeu Mir
Sc, faas Ser arieg 0en .Gampierber-
fe6r uerbiiOcrn iollte.
9lls cine @orning iiir ii6erienio-
tionsiii1tigc 3eitungen 6egann Die
fron50iiide 9leeering 6eute Oie Ger
foIgung wir Slu. @}oiirice Sc @olrfs.
ic, Sen Serausge6er 0eS, n@aris-0li-
Oi~ lmter ser 9lni9ulOigung, iolic6e
@}eIotngeu ii6er sic Sibuugen Oes
@liniiierrot5s I'M 6lgIeeu-@oloit oer-
0lfentlidt 81 6o6en.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
WOULD PAY S9.675 FOR
AN ASPHALT PLANT SITE
Lynch Introduces Ordinance Today
Calling for Appropriation for Pur-
chase of Land in Cameron Street
for That Purpose

Tentative plans for the construction
of municipal asphalt plant in Harris
burg were laid by William H. Lynch,
Commissioner of Highways, at the
meeting of the City Commissioners this
afternoon when he introduced an ordi-
nance carrying an appropriation of
S9,675 to buy strip of ground at
Cameron and Kittatinny streets, to be
utilized as th, plant site.
The ground in question is part OF
the Margaret McAllister tract on the
west side of Cameron street. If the
ordinance passes at the meeting next
Tuesday, the deed at once will be trans.
ferred to the City and the Highway
Commissioner to-day said he at once
will lay plans for the construction of
the plant.
This appropriation, as well as the
one for building the plant, will be ia
ken out of the $4,000 improvement
loan approved by the voters at the
November, 1913, election.
The establishment of Municipal
Hospital for the care of persons suffer
ing from transmittible diseases was
again urged upon the City Commission
Continued ON Eighth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
Three GERMAN Generals
DIE FROM BATTLE WOUNDS

Berlin, Dec. IA, I P. NJ. Via Lon
don, Dec. 15, 1896 A. M.-Lieutenant
General Won Streck, former Inspector
general of ordnance at Munich, has
died from wounds received while fight
ing in the west The newspapers an
nounce also the deaths on the battle
field of General Won Brissen, command
er of an infantry division, and Major
General A. Won Martin.
The newspapers to-day generally
print the story of the killing and mutt
lation of a German sentry who had
been watching the wire entanglements
and comment appreciatively on what is
termed the quick justice meted out by
the French to the man who mutilated
him. The soldier was found dead De-
cember 4. His ears had been cut off.
The day following the finding of the
body an officer of the French infantry
appeared before the German position
under a flag of truce and expressed to
the German commanding officer the alb
horrence of his regiment at the action
of the culprit, who, he said, already
had been condemned and shot.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
NO BUYER FOR fOND issue
Tightness of Money Market Shown by
Failure to Get Bids on $4,000
Gilt-edged swatara School 41as

That money is tight in the vicinity
of Harrisburg and gilt-edged bonds go
begging for purchasers was evidenced
last night when the School Board of
Swatara township met to dispose of
loan of $4,000 and found no takers.
The fact that bids would be received
for a duly authorized school bond issue
of 1900 had been advertised exten-
sively, and last nights meeting was
the time set for Orening the bids at
the school board office in Oberin Pres
ident P. Eyre Furthermore presided and
announced that the bonds TO be issued
were 4hs per cents, redeemable in thirty
years, the board reserving the right TO
redeem them at the end of ten years.
This was followed by the announcement
from Secretary John NJ. Erb that no
bids had been received.
After some discussion it was agreed
that when the money market gets bet
ter the board will agG offer the bonds
for sale. The district, however, will NOT
suffer for lack of funds as the board
already had made temporary loan as
precautionary measure.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
late war news SUMMARY

The British military authorities an
nounced to-day that lighting in North
ern France had recommended and that
combined attack by the allies in
Belgium, to the south of Ypres, had re-
suited in the capture of German
trenches and substantial progress.
This is the first occasion in several
weeks on which the British authori-
ties have considered the day to day
activities of the allies of sufficient i'm
portance to issue such statement.
London suggests it may mean that the
allies have at last begun the general
offensive movement which has been ex-
pected there for some time.
The French statement to-day covers
the same ground as the British an
nouncement and in addition says that
some progress has been made in the
Argonne. There were indications, how
ever, that the Germans have made
progress recently toward the eastern
end of the line. The French war Office
admits that at Steinbach, in Alsace,
the German infantry '"gained foot
hold Bombardment of St. Leonard
and of Commeroy by the Germans also
has been mentioned in the last two Of
fetal French statements. st. Leonard
lies some distance to the south of
points previously mentioned in &C
counts of fighting in the Vosges Com
mercy is about ten miles south of st.
Mihiel which has been believed pre-.
Continued on Eleventh Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
90 Per Cent. of Owners
Seek Total of $780,
500 for Their Prop
critics and Damages
CITY TO PASS
ON THE CLAIMS
They Are Submitted to the Commits
sioners by City Solicitor Seitz Who
Says the improvements Made Since
1860 Cannot Legally Be Considered

Estimates on values of homes and
damages likely to result through the
razing of Hardscrabble properties to
permit the reopening of Front street,
between Herr and Calder, which were
submitted by sixty per cent. of the
Hardscrabble property owners to City
Solicitor D. S. Seitz, total something
about $152,500.
The score or more of claims were
submitted to the City Commissioners
at their meeting this afternoon, but no
action was taken upon them, the com.
.missioners desiring to defer action for
one week. They did, however, pass
resolution providing for the filing of
the necessary bonds as guarantees to
the Hardscrabble property owners
against damages through the taking by
the city of their homes. These bonds
will be filed with the court and the
property owners will have the oppor-
tunity and privilege of Obiecting 20
the amounts, if they so desire.
Along with the claims came letters
from owners of property alon! the
westside of Front street between South
and point 90 feet north of Liberty
street. These claims alone will run
close to if not exceed $4,000.
One Property Is mot For Sale"
The City Solicitor, in a communica-
tion to the Commissioners. advised
them that with them is vested the
power to say what estimates are rea.
sonable and equitable and they alone
shall say which shall be accepted. The
legal adviser then goes on to tell how
the property values are to be deter.
mlned-that the present values of the
homes are to be considered and that
improvements made since 1869, when
the street was originally opened, shall
not be given consideration; ana he ,sso
points out what legal procedure must
ne pursued to acquire the homes and
accomplish the plan to reopen the
street.
Many of the owners refused to suh.
Continued on Eighth Enre
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
Water BUDGET Goes IN
With the Health Department Appropri-
alton Bill, 1t Is Passed on First
Reading This Afternoon

The city ordinances carrying tho
1915 budgets fol the Water and Health
and Sanitation departments were intro.
duced by Commissioner Harry +. Bow.
man at the regular meeting to-day OF
the City Commissioners and passed on
first reading. The water ordinance car
ries appropriations totaIing $t22,-
1888, For the present nine month
fiscal "year" the departmental appro-
priations totaled $13S,79S and for
1913 they were S135,191.5S.
This year s budget, however, includes
a $22,259 item, the money for which
was appropriated after the appropria-
tion bill had been framed. 1t covered
the cost of new water meters and new
water pipe construction.
The total Health department budget
is $49,S3S This includes the plumb
ing inspectors budget. $3.50; the
Health budget, $10,430; food inspec-
tion, $3,64O, and $33,94S provided for
the collection of garbage and ashes.
The request for a $1,000 appropria
tion for the salary of an assistant to
the plumbing inspector, which was put
in the ordinance at the request of the
Plumbers Association, has been ripped
from the bill.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
French retain GROUND
WON ALONG YPRES Canal

Paris, Dec. Is, 2.40 P. M.-Tbe off.
cial statement given out by the French
War Office this afternoon SAYS the
French have retained the territory they
won recently -long the Ypres canal to
the west of Hollebeke; in the Argonne
and elsewhere. There has been artillery
fighting from the Somme to the Argonne
and In Alsace. German infantry gained
a toothold near Steinbach The text
of the communication follows:
Between the sea and the Lys the
English have occupied a little forest to
the west of Wytechaete. The ground
gained yesterday by our troops along
the Ypres canal and to the west of
Hollebeke has been retained in spite of
vigorous counter attack on the part OF
the enemy.
'From the Belgian frontier to the
Somme there is nothing to report. From
the Somme to the Argonne there has
been intermittent cannonading. Except.
ing in the region of Crouy this artillery
lighting has not been spirited. On the
Argonne we have made some progress
and retained the advances made by US on
preceding days.
"In the Vosges the railroad station
of st. Leonard, to the south of st.
Die, has been violently bombarded by
the Germans from a considerable dis
tance.
"In Alsace there has been much ac-
tivity on the part of he enemy ar
tillery with the exception of before
Steinbach where an attack by German
infantrymen, coming from Uffholtz, was
successful in gaining foothold. We
have everywhere retained the positions
won previously by u.s.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
4 Degrees Last Night
Broke the December
Temperatur Rec
ords for This City
RIVER FREEZES
OVER ABOVE
Susquehanna System Will Become Gen.
orally Ice Bound To-night-Cold
Wave Will Linger for Two Days
Few Homeless Men to Care for

BY fraction of degree this morn
ing the temperature smashed all mini
mum records for the month of December
when the mercury touched the four de-
gree mark. A further drop to zero is
forecasted tonight, which, if verified,
will set a new minimum record for the
month.
The river closed up last night above
the dam at the lower end of the city
and with zero'temperature here tonight
it will probably become icebound.
There was considerable suffering last
night on account Of the suddenness of
the fall. The temperature fell twenty
eight degrees over the previous night TO
a mark of four degrees. This is the
first actual cold wave of the season. In
the language of the Weather Bureau the
fall must be twenty degrees in twenty
four hours to a minimum of ten de-
grees. Last nights fall was six de-
grees beyond that.
Previous Low mark in 1894
The previous low mark for Decem-
Der was a fraction over four degrees
on December 80, 1894. Records are
on file in the local Office of the Weather
Bureau for twenty-six years. The clos
ing of the river in temperature of four
Continued On seventh Pare
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
Band CONCERT TONIGHT
FOR RED CROSS Benefit
Christmas Seals Will Be Sold in Audi
ence by Pretty Girls at Free En-
ertainment-Mercha Are Using
Thousands of Stickers

Almost seventyfve store keepers
and other business men of Harrisburg
have enlisted in the "Merchant Day"
movement of the Red Cross Christmas
seal campaign which opened to-day,
and between $1,000 and 10000 of the
Yuletide stamps have already been dis
posed of through these channels.
The plan is simple. No one who fig
ures in the campaign is expected TO
seM the seals; he merely buys a lot
and pastes one upon each package that
goes out of his store or office on the
particular day set apart for those in
the line of business in which he is en-
gagged.
The merchant Is day end of the cam
paign is being handled by Edward
Manser, who is assisted by some thirty
or forty Boy Scouts of the city. The
youngsters acted as canvassers and
obtained the orders from the store.
keepers and they later served as mes
sengers in carrying around the sup
plies of seals.
To-day was "clothiers and haber-
dashers' day" and seals were pasted
up by the following: Clobhiers, Dout-
Continued on Eighth Page,
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CHRISTMAS Goods STOLEN
Thieves Leave Behind Part of Booty
Which Is Too Bulky to Go
Through Window
Especial to the star-1ndependent.)

Especial to the STAR independently
MiddletOwn, Dee. 15.-Christmas
goods valued at two hundred dollars
were taken from T. +. Mayes' drug
store on Union street, last night, by at
least two men, who forced their en-
trance into the building through a
rear window. They were not seen and
it is believed that there is as yet no
clue as to their identity.
After the thieves had rifed several
show cases, they made their'way from
the store through a small opening BE.
meath the front show window.
This opening is barely large enough
to permit the passage of man IS
body, and they must have had difficulty
in getting their spoils through. At
any rate, they left behind box of
goods valued at more than fifty dollars
which they had manifestly gathered
together to take with them. They also
left behind coat and a whiskey bot
tie, neither of which bore signs Of
Identification.
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TURKISH CRUISER MIDlRLI
BOMBARDS SEBASTOPOL

Berlin, via Wireless to Sayville,
Dec. 15.-The official press bureau to-
day gave out the following:
"The Turkish cruiser Midirh (form-
erly the Breslau) has bombarded
Sebastopol.
vienna newspapers report NUT
my in the army besieging Przemysl.
Several battalions are said to have
been sent away in fetters.
""The Turkish official bulletin says
that the large cruiser Sultan Selim
(the Goeben) bombarded Batum on
December 10, setting fire to the city.
The Russian land batteries returned
the fire without success.
'Constantinople learns authoritati-
vely that Mohammedan uprising has
occurred in the Caucasus and that fifty
thousand armed Russian Moslems went
over to fight against the Russians.
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POSTMASTERS' SALARIES CUT
Harrisburg Escapes But Steelton and
Middletown Are Affected

The Congressional House Committee
on Postofices and Post Roads yesterday
reported to Congress bill that makes
cut in the salary of almost every
postmaster in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg
escapes the cut, but Steelton, Middle
town, Palmyra, Shamokin, Sunbury, Co.
lumbia, Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Car
Isle and Mechanicsburg are all in the
list of those who will get reduction in
their annual dole.
Some of the cuts are as follows:
Steelton, from $4,000 to $2,5OO; Mid
dletown, $2,1O0 to $4,000; Mechanics
burg, $4,000 to $4,000; Carlisle, ST.
500 to $2,500; Chambersburg, $2,900
to s2,500; Gettysburg, $4,000 to $2,-
500; Columbia, $4,000 to $4,000; Sun
bury, $2,700 to $4,000; Shamokin, $2,-
500 to $4,000; Palmyra, $4,000 to
$4,000; Waynesboro, $4,000 to $2,-
500 Shippensburg, $4,000 to $4,000.