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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
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Harrisburg Couples
Welded in HagerstOwn
Special to the Telegraph

Hagerstown, Md, Dec. %. - The
Christmas season brought number of
Pennsylvania couples to this city to get
married. Within a week over fifty
marriage licenses were issued by Clerk
of the Court Edward Oswald and his
deputies, principally to couples from
over the Mason and Dixon line.
Miss Isabelle Koons and George II.
Goodman, both of Harrisburg, were
married here on Christmas Day by the
Rev. +. X. Thomas, pastor of the First
Baptist Church.
Miss May Moore, of Landisburg, Pa,
and Charles Baker of Bridgeport, Pa,
were united in marriage on Christmas
Day at the parsonage of the First Bap-
tist Church by the Rev. f. K. Thomas.
Miss Alemia Kovochek and Edward
Stoner, both of Afiddletown. Pa, were
married here yesterday at the parson-
age of the First Baptist Church by the
Rev. e. X. Thomas.
Miss Ruth H. Scheaffer and Frank
Schreiner, both of Harrisburg, were
married at the parsonage of the First
Baptist Church on Christmas Eve by
the Rev. f. K. Thomas.
Miss Bessie r. Gerger and Ras
Clausen, both of Harrisburg, were
married here yesterday at the parson-
age of the First Christian Church by
the Rev. G. B. Townsend.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
HALIFAX READY
FOR BIG PARADE
Prizes Will Be Awarded to
Largest Organizations and
Funniest Mummers

Halifax, Pa, Dec. 2S.-The commit
tee in charge of the mummers parade
to be held in Halifax on New Years
Day has completed final arrange
ments which mean that the parade
will be a great success in The event
of fair weather There will be O num-
Der of floats, two bands, several girls
clubs and mummers, other organ
izations and hosts of comic individuals
in line.
The participants will meet at the old
schoolhouse at l o'clock and the pa
rade will move promptly at 2 o'clock.
The route will be down Armstrong
street to Front, to Market, to Fourth,
to Rise, to Second. to Armstrong, to
Fourth, to Market, to Front, to Rise,
to Third, to Armstrong, to Second and
dismiss.
The following is list of prizes to be
awarded:
Largest number of out-of-town men
IN line under one captain, $5; sec
ond, 81.
For the largest number of town men
in line under one captain, So.
For the best float in line, $3.50.
For the next best float in line, $3.50.
For the best dressed individual in
line, $3.50; next best, $3.50.
For the most comic individual in
line, $3.50; next best, $3.50.
For the tallest costumed person in
line. $3.50.
For the smallest costumed person in
line. $1.50.
The judges of the parade will be
II. S. Bogar, p. S. Hill, DR.. l.. S. Mar
shall, c. c. Baker and NJ. w. Etter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Regard French Loan
as Splendid Security

London, Dec. 2S. - The London
financial papers point to the French
loan as the most attractive govern
ment security that has been launched
since the beginning of the war. The
price of SO per cent of the five per
cent. rents means a yield of nearly
So per cent, while\ the English or
Am erican investor, with the addition
al advantage of an unusual exchange
rate, obtains a yield considerably
higher.
1t is interesting to note in this
connection what happened to the
French loans issued in connection
with the Franco-Prussian war of
1870. In spite of the fact that on
that occasion France was defeated
and was required to pay a heavy in
demnity, the loans quickly rose to
par. The French loans of 1870 and
1872, bearing per cent. interest,
were issued at $3.50 and $3.50. BY
1870 they were quoted in the market
at as high as LOG, and they went on
rising until 1880 when they reached
120.S5. their highest. They were sub
sequently converted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
SLEUTH BUREAU
IS LAID OVER
See Further Widening of Po-
litical Breach in This.
Postponement

The ordinance creating the bureau
of detectives to be headed by a cap
tain at $1,000, offered in City Council
several weeks ago by Commissioner
Harry f. Bowman at the request of
Mayor-elect Ezra S. Meals, was post
poned at this afternoons session of
Council
Until after the new administration
begins" explained Mr.. Bowman in ask
ing for potsponement, 80 that Mayor
Meals may vote and talk on the meas
ure." Mr.. Lynch seconded his CO.
members move.
And that latest development once
more agitated city political circles.
In the act of postponement the gos-
sips foresee a further widening of the
breach between Mayor-elect Meals and
Commissioners Bowman and Lynch.
And 1t will remain so, it is said, until
the question of whether NJ. Harvey
Taylor or Harry f. Owes is to be city
treasurer is settled. Bowman and
Lynch, tbs said, insist upon Owes;
Meals is at least noncommittal.
Council passed on second reading
the city budget ordinance for 1916. 1t
provides for a total expenditure of
$599, 9,379.S2. The millage ordinance
providing for a 91s mill tax rate was
offered this afternoon. Both will be
passed finally at a special meeting at
0.SU o CLOCK FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The city assessorship ordinance, car
rying a $4,000 salary for this official,
was passed finally. The qualification
requiring three years experience in
buying and selling real estate was
stricken out. Mr.. Bowman's water de-
partment budget was amended to pro-
vide an appropriation of $4,000 for
various cityfunds, thus swelling his total
estimated expenditure to $122 1898.
What will likely be Commissioner
Taylor's last ordinance provides for
requirement by the city of five acres
of Prospect Hill Cemetery land for the
city parkway drive. Mr.. Taylor will
confer at o'clock tomorrow with
Herman p. Miller relative to the pur-
chase of five additional acres. Coun-
ell also decided on motion of Mr.. Tay-
lor to hang Mayor John *. Royals
picture in the councilmanic presiden-
tial picture gallery. Mayor Royal
smilingly voted no"
After the Council meeting Messrs
Bowman, Lynch and Commissioner
elect Gross got together in low-voiced
confab. Now and then they laughed
And when Mr. Bowman was asked il
he'd say whereof the trio was talking
he laughingly declared:
Sure, Mr.. Gross was telling us a
little story about spilled gravy
Mayor-elect Meals did not attend
to-day's meeting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
A MIRACLE OF THE CENTURY

The moral miracle of the century
is the fight the nations of Europe are
making on alcohol as a war measure.
Do the ages present a much more
sublime picture than that of the poor
peasant of Russia who had grown to
be a proprietor, who at the open
coffin of the wife of one of his tenants
slain by rum took a vow before God
to spend his life fighting vodka and
so impressed that hatred on the
175, 100000 of his countrymen that
it was translated into a law of the
empire? He persuaded the Car to
prohibit vodka during the mobiliza-
ton of forces. Prohibition during
mobilization worked so we'll that it
was extended till the close of the war.
The head of Russian finance, in an
interview recently, said that prohibi-
ton was a success beyond eXpecta-
ton; that the efficiency of the peas
antry had been increased one-third ;
that vice and crime had decreased in
marked degree, and that the de-
posits in the savings banks had in
creased one-third. The Christian
Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Two Sunday Schools
to Hold Joint Session
Special TO the Telegraph

Halifax, Pa, Dec. 2S.-The Carson
Vile Reformed and United Brethren
Sunday schools viii convene in the
Carsonville United Brethren Church
on Sunday, January 2. The following
program will be rendered: Hymn,
congregation; prayer, the Rev. j. G.
Pease; the home department and
cradle roll, Miss Rose Loudermilch;
hymn, congregation; teachers train
ing, c. f. Still; offering for the inter
UNCONVENTIONAL Sunday school work;
the temperance department, the Rev.
]. C. Pease; hymn, congregation; bene-
diction.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Three More Members of
Ford Peace Party Quit
Special to the Telegraph

Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 2S.-Three
more leading members of the Ford
ppeace party have abandoned the at
tempt to get the troops "out of the
trenches" They are Lieutenant Gov
ernor Bethea, of South Carolina; Her.
man Bernstein, editor of the Day, and
S. S. Mcclure. New York editor and
Another. Governor l.. b.
Hanna, of North Dakota, has been
stricken with influenza and has been
removed to st. Joseph's Hospital in
Copenhagen.
Thus has the movement lost five OF
it's strongest members in the last two
|dayS,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED BY
EVANGELICAk SUNDAY SCHOOL
Seccial to the Telegraph

Dauphin, Pa, Dec. 2S. - The United
Evangelical Sunday school held an
election of officers on Sunday which
resulted as follows: Samuel Maurey,
superintendent; w. Scott Bickel. secre-
tary; Miss Helen Bell, assistant secre-
tary; B. +. Sheafer, treasurer; John
Howard, and Reuben Howard, librar-
ians; Miss Grace Kennedy, organist; {;
Mrs. Charles Lebo, assistant organist.
The Kittatiny Bible class of the
same Sunday school elected as officers
for the ensuing year: Charles Lebo,
president John Turns, vice-president;
Harry Lyter, secretary; Miss Cora
Coffrode. treasurer; Samuel Maurey,
teacher; w. Scott B!ckel, assistant
teacher
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
MRS. ECKERT DEAD

West Fairview, Pa, Dec. 2S.-Mrs.
Aquilla Sophia Eckert, aged 50 years,
died yesterday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock
at her home. The following children
survive her: Lillian Eckert, Mrs. j.
w. James, John Eckert, of Kansas;
Mrs. Jacob Smith, of Middletown; Mrs.
II. +. Moore, AIiddletown; George.
Harry, Raymond and Herbert, at
home; also eighteen grandchildren and
eight t-grandchildren. Funeral
services will be held Thursday after
noon at 100 o'clock, followed by serv-
ices at the Evangelical Church, South
Enola, at 2 o'clock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
KING GIVES ASSURANCE

Paris, Dec. 2S.-"The interview be-
tween King Constantine and General
Castelnau is being much discussed in
official circles at Athens" says the
Matin. The sovereign seems to have
been impressed favorably by the gen.
erals clear exposition of the situation
of the allies on all fronts.
The King renewed to General Cas-
telnau the assurance that his army
never would fight against us, and once
more expressed strong desire that his
word should not be doubted"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Aged Woman Burned to
Death in Columbia Home
SfcciaI 10 thc TeIccrath

Columbia, Pa. Dec. 2S.-Miss Clara
Cassidy. an aged woman, was burned
to death yesterday morning in her
home, 1874 South Fourth street, where
she resided with her brother, Charles
Cassidy. When found the woman was
dead and the one side of her body and
head were burned to a crisp. 1t is
believed the woman fell with lighted
lamp and the fire ignited her clothing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
MRS. MARY NELSON DIES

Halifax, Pa, Dec. 2S.-Mrs. Mary
Nelson, aged 76 years, died on Sun
day of Brights disease at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Carvin Lebo.
in Second street. Death came sud
denly. She is survived by one son,
James w. Nelson, and two daughters,
Mrs Carrie Lebo and Mrs. Arthur
Lebo, of Millersburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
New Scheme ShoWs That
Hungary Is on Verge of Ruin
Br Associated PrcSS

London, Dec. 2S.-Count Tisza, the
Hungarian premier contemplates MAX
ing the production of wheat state
monopoly according to the Posts Bud
apest correspondent who declares that
it is a desperate scheme showing that
national bankruptcy and ruin are not
far distant. The correspondent says
that it seems incredible that the gov
ernment should propose such a meas
ure and the mere fact of Its being pro-
posed proves the gravity of the present
situation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
MRS. ELIZABETH HECKERT

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Heck
ert will take place Thursday after
noon at 100 o'clock from the home of
her brother, Amos Crum, Lower Pax
ton. Mrs. Heckert, who was rs years
of age, died last night after a brief
illness. She made her home with her
brother.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
FIND NO POSSIBILITY
OF SALONIKI ATTACK
TContinued From First Pagc.l

the steamer New York, after being
abroad since November. The scope
of the work has been greatly broaden
ed, he added.
Mr.. Bacon places little faith in the
talk of dissension among the allies.
Their unity is as near perfect as it
could be-" he said.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
OBSERVE 5OTH ANNIVERSARY

Dauphin, Pa, Dec. 2S. - The Jun
ior Foreign Missionary Society. of the
Presbyterian Sunday school, held it's
fiftieth anniversary on Sunday morn.-
ing. Special exercises were observed
and the rolls of 1866 and 1915 were
both called by the present secretary,
Edgar Forney.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
MANY HEAR PROGRAM
Special TO the Telegraph

Dillsburg. Pa, Dec. 2S.-The annual
Christmas exercises of the st. PauPs
Lutheran Church were held on Sat-
urday evening and in spite of the
storm the church was overcrowded to
hear the program.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
LOESER TO LECTURE

w. l.. Loeser will give an illustrated
lecture this evening in Royal Arcanum
Hall, in the Cameron Building, Sec
ond and Walnut streets, on THE
Dark Side of New York"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE AND GRIP

LAXATIVE BRoMO QUININE removes
the cause. Remember to call for full
name. Look for signature of e. w.
GROVE. 25c.-Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear There is only one
way TO cure deafness, and that is by constitution
al remedies. Deafness is caused by an inhamed
condition Of the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is inlamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored TO its normal condition. hear
ten are caused by Catarrh. which is nothing but
an inhamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
'' ~ F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
PILES CURED IN o TO ii DAYS

Druggists refund money If PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles. First ap-
plication gives relief. 50c.-Advertise-
ment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28

If you suffer from piles, you are doing
yourself grave injustice every day you
put off tes Ing the famous Pyramid Pile
Treatment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
PRINCE RUPERT OF BAVARIA.
A NEW YORK painter who some
~ twenty-odd years ago put IN
five years studying art in Mu-

A NEW YORK painter who some
~ twenty-odd years ( put in
five years studying art in Nit
Mich was talking. &.
This Prince Rupert You SCI"
mention NJ in the wal news as n OF
the high commanders in the Bavarian
hnttalions | met nee in Munich and
We chatted for two hours like com
rades," he sal reminisccntly. lyon
know the Bavarian styl" of herman IS
very democratic and royalty hasn't
the aloofness 50 popular win the
Irussian a%ristocrats. How | happened
TO meet the Prince was in line with
one of my loafs when at leisure. |
had an army friend who, as all officers
do, had his regular detail of acting
AS officer of the day for the city, and
when he was on duty several uf his
friends used to drop in ON him AT
headquarters and loaf as long as we
liked in a very Informal manner
zone afternoon fur or five of us
were sitting around, all officers except
myself, and who should come in but
the Prince. In accordance with GUS
tom every officer stood NJ and salutca
stood up, hut I didn't salute.
Here said the Prince returning
the salute and smiling very pleasantly
i didn't come In here for this sort 4
thing, SIT down. ! came in to have
a talk like the rest of YOU Their
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01

little insect has ever been taught that
the sun shifts its place in the sky
fifteen degrees an hour. or that she
carries n stop watch. Nevertheless she
made so good a guess at the inter-
val under cover that when the PIX
tinguisher came off she first took the
sun" then turned thirty degrees south
and started straight home,
Moreover, the higher. human" ants.
il they do not carry pedometers, have
at least as good an idea Of distance as
our own pioneers who used To set guide
boards on the theory that when "A man
felt ii Vas time to stop and have "a
smoke he had gone ten miles. II has
been found to he IA nearly universal
rule that after any Of the higher ants
have travelled straight across cuun-
try UNDERSTANDINGS until they are
nearly home, they then begin to hesi-
tate and to run in circles as II in
search of something, Four times ont
Of five n returning ant runs these
TURNER'S curves for Ave or ten
minutes within a few yards of her
nest,
Apparently she is acting precisely as
a man would do, lie knows his direc-
Ton pretty nearly and he travels
l-tr..-..; .. zoos county. guessing at his
distance. when he knows he il nearly
IN he stops going by solar compass ana
begins to look for some familiar OBJ
ject,
The ant likewise knows that she Il
close to her goal, Therefore she hunts
for some special pebble. some peculiar
grass tuft, something in short that she
remembers and from which she takei
her bearings for her W door
In fine, then. without going into to,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01

ants keep on as they were going. But
If one section is changed end for end
then the ants are confused. They
have been travelling, let NJ say. down
smell. Suddenly they find themselves
running upsmell. and they do not
know what to make Of the change. In
short they act like men who starting
to go down int the cellar To nix the
furnace should suddenly And them
selves ascending their attic stairs,
Certainly insects do know our up
/ and down. DIR. Brun put n nest near
one edge of a slightly tilted table and
then taught his ants to look for honey
at the middle. While they were at
dinner ne cautiously tipped the able
the other way. Thereupon every
single ant when II started home went
down the slope In precisely the wrong
direction. Clearly then, inside the
nest or out, the ant besides following
It's nose keeps track OF whether il
should be going up hill or down.
All this, however, applies not to al
ants alike. hut In general to only the
less intelligent sorts, such as cor
respond to our lower animals. The
really intelligent species, those that
make slaves OF their neighbors TO do
their work, store up grain for the
winter, pasture their aphid cattle on
the roots Of the farmers corn or keep
them In foot long barns. these ants do
not, 1t appears. rely much more on
smell than we do. Their minds work
more like our own than like a rats or
a dogs.
Now anybody who has v e had his
feet OF city pavements knows that
men who live out Of doors steer BY the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01

norr do,oils p,,f nr,r so,ns T.,
h,,,n ,ro,,od mo-, ,r,s ara, vary mucb
liLa n.nnI, III, Loss ir,o,liu,n,
sorts ar. lue tho ao,s and INN, hy
tho nnse Hu, tho more int.llinent
sorts do their thinking about as We do
ours. They are guided home 10y no
mysterious instinct" q have they
any special direction sense" ~ certain
far flying birds are suspected to have.
Instead they carry the country in
their W wise little heads
They watch the sun and the wind,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01

sun. A practised woodsman will
sight "a house from "a distant hilltop.
plunge into the forest, zigzag back and
forth to avoid hills or swamps, make
long detours. But in the n he will
emerge in the dOoryard where he
aimed.
With all his twistings and turnings
he has kept his direction by the sun.
But In a fog he will tend to walk I'm
a circle. In this respect especially
the higher nts think rather like men
than like the lower ants or our dogs,
An ant is on the main travelled ant
road on it's way home. Suddenly a
vast giant about the height of the
Eiffel Tower cuts Off the sun with
an enormous screen. Also at the
same time he sets up n mirror that
makes "A false sun precisely like the
real one.
The ant thinks II over. Something
is evidently wrong. But there il the
sun, and off she travels I'm quite the
wrong direction, II only the bogus orl
of day bears az before, A mock SUI
will send one Of the human" ant.
anywhere, as II probably would SEM
any one of us II. as Is the case with
the ant, the being who ala ths trick
were beyond our limit Of vision and
therefore quite invisible.
And yet the ant knows that the sur
does move and apparently allows fol
the motion. DR.. Brun caught an an
that was headed for home across
country with the sur squarely In III
eyes. He clapped an e~xtinguisher owe
her and kept her = prisoner for two
hours.
Now we need not suppose that tn,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-06
HUMORIST BUYS AUTO
Author of You-Know-M Meal" Here
after Punctures Jokes on Cars.

--latest among the humolists who
have ceased writing jokes on the au-
tomooile in favor of driving their own,
is Ring w. Lardner, well known Chi
cago newspaperman. Mr.. Lardner has
achieved more than local fame in the
last year through mis- "Letters of a
Bush-Leaguer in the Saturday Even
ing Post, and "You Knoy Me, Aln
has become a pet phrase with thou
sands of Lardner's followers.
During the recent Chicago Automo-
bile show, Mr. Lardner, determined to
buy a ear, had narrowed his choice
down to two makes. just at the crit
ical moment, his own paper, the Trib
une, carried a page announcement
of a 5000 reduction in price on one
That decided Lardner.
Now all the Lardner family will bC
strictly EN- regle this year, and Ring
w. has sworn off on all jests however
remotely concerned with the opera
tion of motor car.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-06
SAFETY FIRST IN THE GARAGE
Louisville Establishment Warns Pedes-
trians Before Machine Starts.

An interesting bit Of safety first -
work has been put in practice by the
proprietor of garage in Louisville,
Kentucky, whose example might wen be-
followed in other parts
Motor vehicles leaving this garage
are abliged to cross the sidewalk Of a
busy street along which pedestrians arc
passing all hours of the day and night,
and az warning a lamp has been in.
stalled in front Of the exit in large
globe on each side of which the word,
" Danger, is painted in large letters.
This lamp is lighted from sun set to
sunrise, and in itself forms an cffcc.
tive cautionary signal. 1t is however,
supplemented by loud.ringing gong,
which is automatically operated when
ever Il vehicle approaches the exit door
Il steel plate being so placed that it
automatically closes the contact with Il
copper spring and rings the bell when
ever the wheels pass over it.
Our correspondent writes that it is
ing of thetruck business, Mr.. WHY'S de.
ing along the sidewalk intuitivcly
/" stop, look and listen" at the instant
the bell begins to ring, and wait until
the automobile has crossed the side.
walk into the street. 1t has been sug.
gested that local authorities would do
well to enforce the installation Of such
device at the entrance to every garage
located on busy thOroughfares.