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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
Its Mission.

IT have bought new sleepy-hollow
chair for the parlor."
Pop, is that for the carpets nap"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

Perhaps a man can write a sensible
love letter, but he never does.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

Miss Geneva Moeser, twenty-one,
succeeds her deceased father as audi
tor of st. Clair county, Missouri.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
Exchanging Views.

First Boy-My paw says he's sick
over paying his income tax.
Second Boy (proudly)-Well. he
ought to be like my paw. He says he
doesn't have to pay any.--Judge.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

Albert Hargreaves, Paterson. N.
j., policeman, has fallen heir to $685.
600.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

The orange tree is the only one
which bears fruit and blossoms at the
same time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
[Continued on Page 13l
Many Christmas Presents
For Men in Trenches, but
They Will Fight All Day

With the British Armies in France.
Dec. 1S (Via London from a Staff Cor
respondent of the Associated Press)-
Thousands upon thousands of pack
ages from home" are pouring in for
the soldiers of the British empire
lighting in France, as harbingers of
Christmas, but the usually glad sea-
son of peace on earth, good will to
men," will bring no cessation of hos
tilities this year, and Christmas day
promises to go down in history as lust
another twenty-four hours of cease
less shelling and war activity all along
the line.
This promises to be the most
bounteous Christmas of the three the
British "Tommies" have spent on the
foreign field of battle, and the prob
lem of transporting the big and little
parcels cross channel and through
the various stages of progress to the
very front trench itself has been one
not easy to solve for even Christmas
tokens cannot be allowed to interfere
with the real business of the war
the constant bringing up of shells
shells, shells.
Through rain, fog and darkness. nv
day and by night, the British guns
ceasely pound the German trenches
Prisoners recently captured say that
the effect OF the everlasting drumming
of the guns almost drove them insane.
Captured letters written from the
trenches also speak of the terrors of
the constant shelling. Death is far
better than this, wrote one private
to his wife,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
Plan Warm Welcome to
Governors Troop on Return

The Governors Troop will be home
some time in January Activity on the
part of the EX-Members Association Of
the GoVernor's Troop. and other local
organizations, to give the troopers a
warm welcome will start at an early
cate. The announcement came last
nlsht IN a dispatch from Washington
-. G., that 1900 troops would be sent
nome early in January.
soldiers OF Pennsylvania who will
be relieved from border duty include
the First Cavalry and Ambulance Com
pany, No. l, and Field Hospital, No. /
The Governors Troop is known as
CompanYC, First Cavalry
me sixteenth Infantry, Fourth In
Iahtry; one infantry brigade headuuar-
ters, division headquarters and one
si@nal battalion. Tie returning guards
men men are to be moved in three groups,
each or which will number between
5000 to 5000 men. The entire move
ment is scheduled TO be completed by
January .. The exact number of of
hcers and men embraced in the move
ment is 1851. Their places will not
be taken by other units, as all guards
men called into Federal service and
mobtlized last summer have been pre-
Vlously ordered to the border.
More PENNSYLVANIA troops than from
any other State will be sent home be-
cause of the great number of Pennsyl-
Vania Guardsmen who have been doing
satisfactory work on the border
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
ARE
NOW PREPARING
TO MAKE STAND
Throwing Up Strong Defensive
Line in Southern
Moldavia

Military developments of the past
"a hours have been few in number
and unimportant for the most part.
In Franco, on the Verdun front,
there have been only bombardments
since the French attack of yesterday
which Paris reported as winning back
the Chambrettes farm which the Ger
mans had taken in counterattack.
In the Rumanian war theater, the
latest reports indicate the preparations
by the Russians to make a definite
stand in southern Modavia, where
they are reported to have made a
strong defensive line. Petrograd yes
terday reported a holding up of the
Tuetonic offensive and Berlin an
nounced no new advances, except in
Dobrudja, where the Russo uman-
ian forces have fallen back some dis
tance to the north. conforming to the
retreat across the Danube in WAL
lachia
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
Mysterious German Raider
Follows in Wake of Adriatic

New York, Dec. 19. - An unidenti-
fled ship having one funnel and two
masts, in general answering the de-
scrption of the German raider of
which entente vessels have been warn
ed by wireless during the past ten
days, followed the White Star liner
Adriatic last Friday morning. accord
ing to passengers, when she arrived
here to-day from Liverpool.
The ship was sighted off the grand
banks of New Foundland, the pass
ensers asserted. 1t appeared shortly
after wireless warming to look out
for a raider had been received The
Adriatic under full speed changed her
course and her wake indicated 81. e
steamed in . great circle. The
stranger for brief time followed the
Adriatic and then bore away in {. diff
ferent direction. The Adriatic car
ried gun mounted astern for de-
fense purposes. She was three days
late arriving here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
Lively Fight Over Liquor
Question on in Boston

Boston, Dec. 10. The liveliest
fight on the liquor question that Bos-
ton has experienced in its Al years of
license was on to-day.
At the opening the balloting was
about normal but before noon at al
most all of the polling places voters
were in line In greater numbers than
in the corresponding hour in otL er
years. Hundreds of automobiles
public and private about equally di-
Vided between the two factions.
searched out apathetic voters and
rushed them to the polls.
There were 11S,110 men registered
and 10,946 women. The women voted
only for the school committee. Last
year approximately 20 per cent. ont
of registration of about 10000
voted and the city went license by
14,24S.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19

While sitting at his desk shortly
after 2 o'clock this afternoon City
Commissioner Harry f. Bowman, su-
perintendent of public safety, was
suddenly attacked with stroke of
apoplexy and was removed imme-
diately to his home in serious con-
dition.
Clerk Warren e. Lyme was called
from the telephone in an adjoining
office by Mr.. Bowman's call for as
sistance. The commissioner had
struggled 10 lis feet and cropping for
a chair. Help me to this chair" the
superintendent begged.
Prompt Gals for the police ambu-
lance and for DR.. j. b. McAllister were
sent in and few minutes later the
commissioners was taken to his
home. DR.. Nc. Allister admitted that
the com mmissioners condition was
serious. The water commissioners
sudden attack stirred city and county
circles profoundly as Mr.. Bowman had
cen in excellent spirits all morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19

Prussian militarism disturbing the
peace of Europe.
The formal reply of the allies. the
premier announced, will be given in
the course of few days.
Trust In Unbrokcn ARMY
The premier said: I'VE will await
uhtll we Lear what terms and guaran-
tees there are surer than those which
Germany broke. Meanwhile we put
our trust in our unbroken armvr
After declaring that peace without
FePafatlon was impossible the premier
asked whether 'all the outrages on
iand and sea" had been liquidated by
lew pious phrases about humanity"
during the war the premier said,
sshlpplng would be nationalized in a
true sense. "
Premier Lloyd George announced It
had been decided to give recognition
TO tLe agents of former Premier
Nenlzelos, of Greece.
Kumanian BlundcF Unfortunate
dealing with the war situation. the
premier said he had to paint a stern.
put not gloomy picture. The Ru-
manlan blunder was an unfortunate
lContmued on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
COUNCIL DEBATES
1917 CITY BUDGET:
TAX RATE CUT
Commissioner Bowman Intro
duceS Tax Rate; Riverside
Withdraws

City Council this morning debated
the problem of 1917 revenues and ex-
penditures.
Mayor e. S. Meals started something
that Commissioners Bowman. Lynch,
Gross and Gorgas had to finish, when
he offered an ordinance appropriating
to the general fund all revenues from
various city sources except license fees
and forfeitures, paving improvements,
health board fines, etc.
Commissioner Bowman promptly
followed with an ordinance authoriz-
ing the transfer of approximately $52,-
900 from the water department sur
plus to the general fund provided the
total tax levy for 1917. after the ad-
dition of the water departme
funds, shall not exceed eight and a
half mills. In effect this will mean a
TCOntinued on papc 121
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
OVER -CROWDING
CAUSES CRIME
DIR. CHAMPION
Colored Law and Order Lea
que Petitions Mayor Meals
to Close 'Dens"
TENEMENTS CONDEMNED
Six to Dozen Families in Quar-
ters Designed For One or
Two, 1t Is Charged

Petition will be filed with Mayor
Meals this afternoon by the Colored
Law and Order League, asking him to
close number of tenement houses in
the colored quarter which the officers
of the organization have investigated
and declare to be over crowded and
UNFIT for human habitation.
The Colored Law and Order
League has made careful study of
the housing situation" said President
Charles II. Champion to-day I'VE
have found number of 'dens' where
from a half dozen to a dozen families
are hudled together in unsanitary con-
ditions. We have brought suit in one
case and are willing TO do our part,
with the help of the Mayor, to eradi-
cate the frightful conditions that eX-
list. l am convinced that the shooting
OF last night was largely the result
TCOntinucd on paon t21
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
Peoples Forum VIII Give
Candy to 500 Children

The Peoples Forum, made up of
leading colored men and women Of
Harrisburg, will have an open house
on Sunday afternoon at Wesley Zion
church, in Foster street, when 500
be given away to 500 little folks who
might otherwise not have very much
Christmas cheer.
The treat was planned and made
possible by n number of contributions
from both white and colored people"
said DR. Charles II. Champion, speak
ing Tor the league to-day. I'VE hope
to make 500 little people happier
thereby"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
Conditions Intolerable,"
Judge MacNeille Resigns

Philadelphia, Dec. 19.-Judge Ray
mond MacNeille to-day presented his
resignation as judge of the Juvenile
branch of the Philadelphia Municipal
Court to President Judge Charles
Brown, of the same court. and asked
for an assignment to another branch
of the tribunals work.
In his letter Judge MacNeille re-
quested that the resignation be made
effective January l. He declared in
the letter that Judge Brown had per-
sistently obstructed the work of the
juvenile branch; had persistently ig-
nored him as judge; had never con-
suited him about the needs of the
system, and had not listened to any
suggestion from him. AS q result
Judge MacNeiile said. conditions have
become intolerable
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
DISSOLUTION OF
TWO INSURANCE
FUNDS ORDERED
DEGREES Handed Down Today
Put Liquidation of Affairs
i'll O'Neil'S Hands
] U URISDICTION r HERE
Dauphin County Court One TO
Handle Cases Decides
Judge Kunkel

The Union Casualty Insurance COM
pany of Philadelphia, and the Pen
sion Mutual Life Insurance company
of Pittsburgh, were to-day placed in
the hands of Insurance Commissioners
j. Denny O'Neil as receiver and de-
crees of dissolution made by the
Dauphin county court. This action
followed appointment of receivers in
the federal courts at Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon and
the State will seek to obtain sole juris-
diction over the companies by asking
that the appointments of federal re-
ceivers be revoked.
The order in the Union Casualty
came this afternoon when Joseph w.
Shannon, of Philadelphia, counsel for
Union, stated that he did not desire
to continue the case any further ex-
cept to file notice of the naming of the
federal receiver. The State Immediate
TConfinuCd on poDp 1G1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
[Continucd on Page 16,
Attempt of Adamson to
Prolong Life of R. R. Body
Defeated In House

Washington, Dec. 19. - Opposition
by Representative Rayburn, of Texas,
to-day defeated the attempt of Chair
man Adamson of the Commerce Com
mittee, to obtain immediate consider
alton of his resolution to extend one
year the life of the Newlands COM
mittee now studying all phases of the
railway situation. Mr.. Adamson then
introduced "a rule by which he hopes
to obtain consideration of the resolu-
tion before the House recesses next
Friday.
Replying to questions by Mr.. Ray
burn, Chairman Adamson said the
Newlands committee could complete
it's work in thirty days if members
were permitted to give all their time
to the inquiry, but pressing legislative
duties had prevented their taking
more testimony than they have.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
Girl Awarded $4,000
in Breach of Promise Suit
Against Aged Recluse

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 10. - Miss
Nettie Richardson, aged 40, former
cashier in Pittsburgh hotel, was to-
day awarded verdict of $17O,O 600 in
her suit for 100000 for breach of
promise against Henry Deniston, aged
rs, millionaire recluse of Swissvale, a
suburb. The case went to the Jury
late yesterday after being on trial in
the common pleas court for n week,
and Il verdict was reached soon after
ward. 1t was sealed and read when
court convened this morning
Deniston, who belongs to an old
Pittsburgh family and whose fortune
is estimated at several million dol
lars of which half million is in cash.
lives in a little house on his farm al
most within the city limits, although
there is handsome residence on the
place.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
200 EXPECTED TO ATTEND
COMMERCIAL LUNCHEON

The banquet to be given tomorrow
by the Chamber of Commerce to the
commercial travellers. statesmen and
others connected with the sales de-
partments, will be the biggest event
of the kind ever given by the Cham
Der TO the travelling men who make
Harrisburg. The dinner will be given
in the big room of the Board of Trade
hall and will begin at IL noon. Ed
ward James Cattel, the best after
dinner speaker in thescountry will ad-
dress the banqueters.
1t is expected that more than $50
men win be present. acceptances are
still being received at the Chamber.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
Request Advancement of
Their Execution So Grief
Might Be Dulled by Xmas

Ossining, n. Y, Dec. 19.-In keep
ing with their wish that they be
executed to-day instead of Friday
owing to the approach of Christmas,
Charles Kumrow 20 years old, Of
Buffalo, and Stanley j. Millstein, 10,
of Utica, met their death in the cleo
trio chair at Sing Sing prison to-day.
Both went to the chair calmly.
Last Sunday Kumrow and Millstein
requested that their execution be ad-
vanced in order that the grief of their
relatives and the feelings of their fell
low inmates in the death house might
be dulled as much as possible by
Christmas time.
Millstein killed John L. Creedon, a
policeman of Utica. Kumrow shot to
death a barge watchman in Buffalo.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
Will Lure GoriIlas to
Hunters With Cooing
Words in Ape Language

New York, Dec. 19. - With Profess
monkey language. as a decoy, scientists
from the smithsonian Institute and the
american Museum of Natural History,
IN Africa, after skins and skeletons of
Soflllas for group to be mounted AT
the American Museum. The party left
Yesterday aboard the steamship Chi
cago Of the French Line
PROFESSOR Garner once lived for seven
years in bamboo hut in Africa, study
He acquired a Vocabulary of twentv
words, which. he said, is the limit Of
the the ape linguistic accomplishment
armed with this vocabulary, Professor
Garner will sit as Il decov employinp
the language to lure guerillas to the
stand where men are to be stationed
with rifles
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg md vicinity; FuIr
Tonight, with lowest tempcra-
ture abOut 10 degrees; Nedmes-
dny partly cloudy, continued cold.
for Eastern Pennsylvania Partly
cloudy, continued cold Tonight
ana wednesday,, probably local
SHOWS Wednesday In north pOr-
lon; moderate shifting winds.
River
Inc susquehanna river and it's
branches VIII remain generally
fcebOund md practically station
AIRY, stage of about 3.S feet,
lee measurement, Is Indicated for
harrisDurS Wednesday morning
General Conditions
INC southern storm has moved to
the North Atlantic coast. attend
eel by rain i'm south and light to
moderate SHOWS in central and
north districts east of the Mis-
sisslppi river and gales along the
Atlantic coast. Another storm
hns moved from the CanndI,n
Northwest to the Rocky Noun
tnlns, causing snow over the
northern half of the country west
of the Mississippi river. with
some rain in Oregon. Tempern-
lures have risen = to 2S degrees
over nearly all the country west
of the Rocky Mountains and in
.he central and Southern Plains
stntes, including the western Dart
OF the Lake Region, and IL il
somewhat warmer In the Atlantic
states from New Jersey north
ward. From the Lake Region
sOnthward 1T is . to 20 degrees
colder.
Temperature; n. M, 20.
Sun' Rises, 7;23 n. M; sets, 4,4o
ID. IN.
Moon; New moon, December "a.
3;31 u. m.
River Stages 3.s feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, -,
Lowest temperature, 10.
Mean temperature, 20.
Normal temperature, IT,,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
NEVER THOUGHT
OF HAVING GUARD
CROSS BORDER
Maj. Gen. Scott Says Year
Would Have Been Necessary
For Training

Washington, d. c., Dec. 19.-Con-
gressional committees were again en-
crossed with national defense prob
lens to-day, the House Military and
Naval Committee dealing with neces-
sary appropriations to carry forward
the upbuilding of the navy and de-
velopment of the National Guard while
Major General Hugh l.. Scott, chief
of staff, renewed his plea before a
Senate subcommittee for abandon
donment of the National Guard and
TCOntinup1 On Daon =
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19

Pars Dec l9Pemler BRAND announced in the
that the entente allies would send concerted reply
making known ito the central that impossible
their request for peace seriously
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
In Reply to German Advances Asserts Engands Answer
Will Be in Full Accord With Her Allies; Only End of
War Must Be Complete Guarantee Against Prus-
sian Miitarism Disturbing Europe
"MEANWHILE WE PUT OUR TRUST
IN OUR UNBROKEN ARMY" HE SAYS

Asks if "AN the Outrages n Land and Sea" Had Been
Liqudated by "a Few Pious Phrases About Hu-
manity"; Sees Small Hope For Permanent and Hon
orable Truce in Teutonic OUertures
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19
Must Have Guarantee

our answer will be given in full
accord with our allies. Each of tie
allies has separately and indeuendent-
ly arrived at the same conclusion. |
am glad of the first answer given nv
France and Russia.
Lloyd George said the allies would
insist that the only end of the war
must be a complete guarantee against
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19

London, Dec. 10. - Premier Lloyd
George said in the House of Com
mons to-day that it was felt that they
should know before entering negotia-
tions that Germany was prepared to
accede to the only terms whereon it
was possible. for peace to be obtained
and maintained in Europe.
The premier said that without re-
paration peace would be impossible.
Lloyd George said there were no
proposals for peace. To aater into
proposals of which they had no knowl-
edge was to put their heads into
moose in which the rope end was in
the hands of the Germans.
Much as they longed for it, the
premier added, the central powers
note and the speech preceding it af-
forded small encouragement and hope
for an honorable and lasting peace.
Lloyd George said:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-19

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-28
EXTENSION SERVICE
IN THIS COUNTY
Sessions Likely to Be Held in Windham
and Wardsboro-Farmers Attend
Potato Demonstration.

Two five-day sessions by the Vermont
Extension service will be held in Wind
ham county this winter, as in each other
county IN the state, and it is expected
that they will be held in Windham and
Nardsboro. Pledges of support and at
tendance from certain number of persons
are required in order to secure the ses-
sions. and petitions are now in circulation
in Nindham and Wardsboro for that pur-
pose, with prospects OF success. If those
towns do not secure the sessions they will
be held elsewhere. Jay Coryell of the ex-
tension service has visited those towns
and outlined the scope of the subjects tax
en- up IN the period from Monday after
noon TO Friday evening, which is the
usual period of the sessions Lectures and
demonstrations are given on dairying, crop
raising, fruit growing, fertlizing, poultry
raising, canning and other branches of
ordinary farm work
Yesterday number of farmers from
this county attended potato demonstra-
ton IN Chester at the special demonstra-
tion train run from Burlington bv the
Rutland railroad and the Vermont Exten-
sion service. There were two cars, one
devoted to an exhibition of potato ma
chnery, fertilizers etc, and the other to
addresses by specialists on potato culture
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-28
UNUSUAL SERVICE
is OFFERED FREE
Manning Co. Will Try to Locate Per
sons in United States Where There
are Directories.

An unusual service which is free to the
in connection with the collection of direc-
tories placed on file in the office of Carl s.
Hopkins. secretary of the board of trade.
by the H. A. Manning Co of Springfield,
Mass, map and directory publishers 1t is
the service of the Manning Co.'S informa-
tion bureau covering the North American
continent for the location Of people, bust
ness houses, etc
The Manning company recently located
an uncle of woman from Granville, ~
l., who now lives in Los Angeles He
came from Liverpool, England, and she
could not locate him in any other way.
Only persons can be located, however.
who live in places large enough to have
directories.
Directories of many of the larger places
in this part of the country are on file in
Mr. Hopkinss s office for the free use of the
public. and the Brattleboro directory is
linked up with other Manning publica-
tions, which puts it alongside the great
directories of the country, used by mil
lions of persons annually.
The Manning company undertakes to To-
cate persons IN any part of the United
States if they are in places having direc-
tories. The company also can supply the
names of all concerns handling trade
marked goods and can tell where the goods
are made.